The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-23 00:00:00

CORN EXCILINGE, APRiz. 23.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

On Thursday last Ifarlisuu moved to let aside
the injunction which Kiug had obtained against
him, on that extraordinary verdict in the King's
Trench, which the Judges su universally condemn.
cl upon a further hearing, but he failed.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, Mr. HART, and Mr.
ROUPELL, were for Mr. King, and discovered
Cat sa4acity, and displayed that eloquence whi-:.
su eminently charactelize them. Si: SAmogr.
being the leader, had the best opportunity ,
lift:sting his powers, and he availed himself of it.

The arrivals of Wheat to-day make but an in.
Considerable supply; sales brisk at an increase in
sic; of about 24. and 39. per quarter. Barley
:tad Mat maintain their prices. White Peas like-
utbe. Beans of both sorts rather deare. Oats
are in tolerable supply, and this article is also ra-
ther dearer.. Flour at last prices.

cutettENT PRICE.
Wheat, - - 78.9.).. 105,.. Tick Ileaiiii, (01,11 4% P.R.
ime dig() .- - - 110, 11:i- I OMs,
lise - - - -90 i. :31i. OJ.
Barley, - - - 3ii. Ott.
NLilt,- - - - ..t:4B .C.'d
W. 14c.,..,( Boiler') tit,R. 7a. Fine Flour - -- - B::',i. 90b.
(,:.!y Pent-, - - - - 4.?:-R. 474-. Second)
Lg.:, (WO - - - 57, tjs.

Av-ra‘r,e Prices of Corn, by the quarter of eight Winches-
and ut Oatrieeal per 801 l of 1 A voirdo poii,
the rNitros received in the week erriliog 14th ot April,
Tani—Wheat Ells. 1 I,l.—K)e '585. 34. --Barley 47,. 4d.—
(lats 114.—Pcave 575. Vl.—Outtucal

Zit. Average Price of Brown or Mitscovado Sugar, corn-
twit Returns ride in the Week, endiii I:te Pith
APIA lblo, is .r:i,is: 41‘1. per Mi. exclusive of the
Lit.,', I,f cu•toms pail or payable thereon on the importation
Urea two GM :at Br itaut.

FRENCH GALLANTRY.-A Paris paper says,
that the Archduchess MARIA Louisa had a little
tin and a bird, which she had brought up herself.
tier room was ornamented with tapestry, of a
Plain but elegant pattern. On leaving Vienna,
the bid adieu to her little dog, her bird, and her
I.oearite apartment, and appeared much Alerted.
kn:nediatcly after her departure, the Yriu a of
NLUYCIIATEL took care to have the little dog,
the bird, and the raoestry, removed with great
13ml.vion and secrecy to Paris; so that upon her,
arrival in that city, sire was shewn into a moat
which seemed exactly- the same as that she had
l'ft at Vienna.

The Austrian Government has offered prize
Tiesthus of 500 ducats each, Nr substitutes for
camphor, Perfuian bark, and opium, also what
sreles of plants may replace seolta, i 313119
`•acuanha ; and what indigenous or European
Prokictions, distinguished by specific effects, may
subs!itutcd fur those now brought fro:n la.

PAPERS RELAYING TU PRIZE SHIPS.

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Those who have read Me. POTT'i book upon
lite Practice of the. Court of Admiralty, of which
We long ago meant to have taken notice, but have
been prevented by the influx of various other
matter, will recollect, that he adduces it as a mat-
ter of complaint on the part of our seamen, that
out of several of.the conde►ttned prizes, a certain
per tentage, apparently of an extravagant amount,
was paid to an informant abroad, who supplied
the I.lritish Admiralty with documents sufficient to
procure their condemnation in our Prize Court.
of' the manner in which this per tentage has heel)
earned, some idea may be formed from the follow.
ing Extracts of Papers laid before Parliament on
this subject ; and we confess we'do not think the
wages more than commensurate with the work
done.

Copy of a Dispatch from Lord LlArra..esnu RI, to

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311.. NicuoL4V.
Downing-street, Jan. 27, I£3ot.
Sir,—l have received your letter and its eucto.
sure of the 6th instant.

You will take an early opportunity or inform-
ing Mr. Muir that his Majesty's Government is
inclined to behave towards him with the most per.
feet liberality; but that, for reasons which must be
evident, a desire is entertained here not to disclose,
for the present, the nature of the information
which has already been obtained.
It is hoped, therefore, that Mr. Moir will con-
tinue in his intention of furnishing such replar
documents as may ultimately tend to the condem-
nation of all the stores which he has the means of
pro►ing are the property of our enemy ; and you
are authorized, as I have already stated, to as.
sure him, in return, that the conduct of his Ma.
jesty's Governntent shall be such as must appear
to hint entirely satisfactory. I am, &c.

E. Nichol:is, Eq. &c. (Signed) HAWKESBURY.

Copy of a Dispatch fro; 'Ur. NicnotAs to Lord

-11.twicEsauler, with one Enclosure.

liamburgli, Feb. ith, 1804.
MY Loitt),—l have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 27th
January.

Iu obedience to your Lordship's commands, I
have communicated to Mr. Muir the liberal inten-
tions of his Majesty's Government towards him.
From what I can collect from *the different con.
versations I have hail with him Upon. this subject,
he seems determined not to give up or produce
any legal documents fur the ultimate condemna-
tion or the stores in question, until your Lord.
ship informs him what, and how large a remune.
ration he is to receive.

I have the honour to enclose, for your Lord.
ship's perusal,a copy of a note I rectived from him
the sth inst. in his own hand, but signed as be.
fore, David Aberdeen. I have the honour to be,
&c.

(Signed) EDW. NICHOLAS.
The Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, &c. dec.,

(Enclosure.)
Copy of a Note from DAVID ABERDEEY t pfr.
NICII4PL43I•

Ilainburgh, February 5%1804.
SIR-I answer to the note you honoured me
With this morning, I make not the smallest doubt
of the liberal intentions of his Majesty's Minis.
ters towards me for any service I may have in my
power to rend::: my country ; but as they do not
come to ani• :Specific terms in answer to my letter
to you of 0:e sth January, and my situation not
atbnittin4 repetition of the great personal risk,
heavy (~eitces, and pecuniary sacrifices incurred
!J; y last year's endeavours, I cannot again at..
Walla a repetitiOn of such a dangerous undertak.
ing without a certitude on what grOund I am act-
in, upon.
intend b.eing in England in a few weeks. In
the mean time, s!inuld you receive any further in.
f.nmation int this business, I will thank yams to
cotnrnnuicate it to me ; and assuring you that no.
thin 4 in my power shag be wanting to render to
my country every service in my power,
1 have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) DAVID ABERDEEN.
NichuL.,, Esq. &c. &c.

Cupp of a Letter from Mr. 1112gUTHNOT, to his
Majest.y's Advocate G'neral.
Downing-street, 18th February, 1801.
SlR—i am directed by Lord Ilawkestiury to
transmit the inclosed papers to you, and to desire
you will report to his Lordship your opinion on
them. It appears from Mr. Muir's answer that
he is not satistied.with the proposal which Mr. Ni.
cholas, his Majesty's Deputy Consul at Ham.
burgh, had been authorized to make to him, and
theiiefure it is now necessary to decide, whether it
will be advisable to agree to his demands for the
sake of obtaining such documents as would lead to
the condemnation of those naval stores, with which
he has been personally.concerned. I am, &c.
CHAS. ARBUTHNOT.
His Majesty's Advocate-General:

Copy of a Ltqter from Mr. NICHOLL 10 Lord
I.I4WKESBrIIt f.
February 20th, 1801.
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NIT Lonn,—Mr. Arbuthnot has transmitted to
me, in *letter of the 18th instant, the copy or a
letter from Mr. Nicholas,, enclosing one from Mr.
Aberdeen to him, respecting the mast cargoes.
nursitant to your Lordship's directions, I have
considered these Papers, and I have the honour to
report, that as Mr. Aberdeen proposes to be
shortly in ti'nglantl, it seems advisable to defer en.
tering upon specific terms until his arrival. If,
however, your Lordship should deem it expedient
to intimate the probahle remuneration which might
be thought sufficient, I aporehend that one.
fourth of the net proceeds of the property con.
demued might be thrown out, us at present ap.
pouring to be a fit proporion to be allowed.
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) J. N ICHOLL.
The Right lion. Lord Ilawkeibury, &e. &c.

The terms being settled, as we suppose, ac.
cording to this recommendation, Mr. Motrt's (pia.
Itficationa fur the duty he had undertakes) way

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be inferred- froet the lelfoliiiißoguuieutsi von
. 'which We inaktrn9 remarks
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AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM MOIR.
Aleiz master; Heisriei and Jan, other
,e Damian and John, linen master; Dolphin, (host
master; Aulphiou, Bachman master- Jaeschkeuthral
Ke.rmer tu-vuer; (iraeral Major van 'fora.]
Appeared personally IVilliani Moir, late of Menset, in the
kingdom of Prusxia, but at present residing in Broad-street,
G“ltlemsquare, in the couisty`of Middlesex, and made oath
that the itimexed Doc/omen( marked A. is an original con-
tract, eatered into between this Deponent and Mans. Aug.
It T.ievia, French Commissary of Marine, on the part of the
French thwerinnent, for the sieutralizatina of a certainwiam
thy of Mats and Timber, which were to have !seen shipped
as for account of this Deponent, hut absolutely awl bona title
to forgoing for the account and risk of the French Govern-
ment ; and he further wade oath, That the above s:lips here
laden with cargoes, although in the naMe of tlik Deponent,
set in fact lacy were to have been delivered for the sole ac-
count, ri,h, and benefit of the French Government; and in
further verification thereof he begs leave to annex the LeV
tern and Papers marked B. to F. mclus:vely, which Papers
are in every re.yliect true and genuine.
J.voicti before me, thud WM. MOIR.
t.".11:1 July, IS&I.
J. 11. ARNOLD, Surr.
(A.) Translated from the French.
I, the undesigued, merchant at Memel, in
Prussia, binding myself to Mr. Bergevin, princi-
pal Commissary of the French Marine, upon a
mission in the .North.

Isl. To take up for freight imnsediately, and to
address to Alessrs. llelminut and Son and Blanck!
coliagen at Riga, fourteen Prussian, Russian, or
Swedish vessels, and afterwards such a number of
ve.stels of the same nations as I shall be required
by the saiJ merchants, being expedieurs (ur hay.
lug Charge of the expedition) for the French marine.
2dly. Tu neutralize the cargoes of those vessels
laden Nittt masts fur France, by a simulated des.
filiation fur Lisbon and other ports in Portugal,
Spain, and Naples, under condition that I shall
he paid a commission of two per cent. on the a.
mount of each invoice of the ships thus neutraliz-
ed in my name ; that I shall be permitted, in or.
der to possess myself of this commission, to draw
bills fur it for each of the cargoes on Mr. lloug-
ger, banker at Amsterdam, at sixty-tive days date ;
and that this leave to draw shall not be in force
until I shall have received a copy of the invoices of
the cargoes which Messrs. Helmond and 13Iancken-
liagen shall send to me at Memel.

3dly. That in case any of these vessels should
be captured by the enemy, notwithstanding their
neutralization and expedition under simulated in-
voice, charter party; and certificate of property,
I bind myself indiiidually, as well as by my
agentt, to carry on whatever suit and proceedings
are necessary, in order to reclaim and obtain re-
stitutiOn of the cargoes of those vessels, whether
iu Eliglattri or in any other coentry whatever.
4thly. That as soon as I obtain knowledge of
the capture of the said vessels, and that they have
bean carried into England or any other country,
I shall be bound to give immediate information
theieuf, lay duplicates, to the Minister of time
French Marine residing_at Paris, and to request
his Excellency to give we au order on Mr. Mug-
ger, at Amsterdam, to receive the funds necessary
for carrying on the reclamatiotis and proceedings
in that respect in England ; but the complete re-
imbursements of the advances made by niyself or
my agents are not to be made until proper certifi-
cates are produced* stating the u.tture and particu-
lars of the disbursements that were made in order
to carry ou the said proceedings, whether atten&
ed with success or not

sthly. That in case of•averages occurring to
the said vessels* or their being wrecked, wherever
it way be, I shall be bound to givo notice there-
of to the Minister of the Marine residing at Paris.
And inasmuch as by virtue of the ordinance of the
year 1681, the cargo must bear its part of the ex_
peaces, whether by average or shipwreck, his
Excellency shall pay to mei when verbal processes
are exhibited of the occurrences in question, such
share thereof as may fall upon the cargo, in older
that the said vessel may be enabled to proceed
again for her destination.

6(l* That in case, through any unforeOen
event, the vessels that I shall have freighted, ac-
cording to order in that respect, should not, at the
expiration of the laying days fixed by the charter.
party, be legally permitted to load at Riga, the
merchants who conduct the expedition fur the
French marine shall then do 'their best endeavours
to p►ovide the shipmasters with another attreight-
ment ; and should this be impracticable, then the
indemnification due to them in lieu of freight,
agreeable to the custom of that port, shall te fur
account of the French Government, and be in
consequence repaid to me upon my receipt, by means
of Mr. Iloogger, at Amsterdam, iu conformity to
the account thereof, which shall l.i rendered hitt
Excellency the Marine Minister. Dane in dupli-
cates at Riga the 9th day of June, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and three, Russian style.
Accepted by us, the principal Commissary of the
French Marine; in the presence of the Marine
Engineer, Surveyor for the Examination of the
Masts. The said obligation to be mutually bind-
ing, agreeable to its form and contents. Wile and
executed at Riga, the day and year' as on the ether
side.

• (Signed) AUG. BERGEVIN.
(Signed) &ÜBE le Cadet.
The principal Commissary of the Marine, on a
mission in the North,•impressed with a desire to Ju
honour to the engagements which fie has entered
into in the name of the French Government, se-
cures to Mr. Moir the commission of two per
cent. which ho promised Lino fur neutr►lizing the
Gat twenty vessels, including aniunotst them
those already freighted by Alessrss il!ancketi.
hagen, and Hellman' and Son, nutwitliktanding
their destination shenlil be changed, and should be
furEu►bden only; but meanwhile thinks it perfect.
ly just to reduce the said commission to one and
one quarter per cent. for all vessels over and above,
twenty that shall be expedited, whatever be their
cargoes and numbers, which Mr. Muir has agreed
to, and in consegnence has signed atilt us the
said Supplementary Article consenting thereto.
Dune at Riga, this twentieth June, one thousand
eight huudfed and three.
(Signed) AUG. BERGEVIN.
The inference is pretty obvious, from the above
documents respecting the danger of Mr. Moir's
employment ; and we do not think, taking all the
circumstances into consideration, that he has been
extravagantly paid fur his work.

e
t.litelleeli'e4irtestonf at
ho,r.yr,
fitat to our ;41ury—they still be su to Y. M. I see
remedy for theiu, but tilat which I had the honour
e to Y. M. my letter of se'terdav ; and, even
adopted, it will operate too slowly. I am forced
eircarustaiire to fall hack upon Talavera de la Revn
zllards no resources anv more thaa tail place. Wh
become of us ia the midst of s ich a calaioitt ? We I
mediate succours, but where sae they t Who is to
with them 11 i. M. forsakes me in the unfortunate
io wnich I am ir:q.nlve.l, 1 shall forfeit honour, servi(
TO.tumn 11.1 the cause of the disaster which
guy troops, I shall, notwithstanding, experience the
filch :f I were. To-morrow I shall be at Talave
.Reyna, where I 001 await vuurMajesty s order:.
(Slgiled) Marshal VIC
Calzada, June 45, lisoS.
S. I leant that tat: endßy hare pontoons it
Tf lacy choose N'oss the T-sgas, there is 'whim; to
them. The first ca:Tscamiot possibly be left any long
ft<sitaation is bo distres3ing that there was never any i
116 Majesty the Klux of Spain.
LAW I Nl'E L ENC E.
COURT OF CHANCERY.
KING V. HARRISON.
On Thursday last Harlisuu moved to le
the injunction which Kiug had obtained i
him, on that ettraordinary verdict in the
tench, which the Judges so universally cut
CU up.iis a further hearing, but he failed.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, Mr. HART, an
ROUPEI.L, were for Mr. King, and disc
Cat sa4acity, and displayed that eloquence
su eminently eliaractelize them. Si; S.
being the leader, had the best opportunity
infesting his powers, and he availed himself
CORN EXCIIANGE, APRIL 23.
The arrivals of Wheat to-day make but
Considerable supply; sales brisk at an inct
pies of about 24. and 39. per quarter.
alit( Mat maintain their prices. White Pet
wise. Beans of both sorts rather deare.
are in tolerable supply, and this article is a
to dearer.. Flour at last prices.
cutertENT PRICE.
Wheat, - - 713. 1.05, Tick Behort, (41)
f nae nig() - no, 1135. Oats,
46i. 514. Polaads - - - -
35, .015. Potaioe ditto -- -
76.5. Rape Seed - - -
W. Boiler') Lit!. 7,13. Fine Flour -- - 1
(,:.!y Pew-, - - - - 425. 474-. Second)
La.:, (old) - - 635.
Ae-rage Prices of Corn, by the 4plarter of eight I
•ft I,a,:iels, and of Oatmeal pet 801 l of Il.dbs. Avoi
I'o.n the rNorns received iii the week en:hog 14th II
lelo :—Wheat e '585. '3d. --Barley
rims ;Id.—Brous 5J,, IN.—Pease 575. V.l.
Sta.
T:tt. Average Price of Brown or Mascocadn Sugl
rm 4 thitn toe Returns crude in the %Neck, ending
do/ s: April, Iblo, 41d. pet ever. exclusivi
'ax> cu-coins pail or payabk thereon oil the ices
Urea into Great BriLain.
FRENCH GALLANTRY.—A Paris paper
that the Archduchess MARIA LOUISA had
du; and a bird, which she had brought up
ifer room was ornamented with tapestry
Plain but elegant pattern. On leaving
the bid adieu to her little dog, her bird, a
looarite apartment, and appeared much a
j-nmediately after her departure, the Pr,
NI UYCHATEL took care to have the lift
Thu bird, • and the taoestry, removed with
1311.,Y;vion and secrecy to Paris; so that til
trrivai in that city, sire was shewn into
which scented exactly- the same as that s
l'ft at Vienna.
The Austrian Government has °item
Tiestilus of 500 ducats each, Nr substitii
camphor, Peruvian bark, and opium, als
trews of plants may replace scuna, i 313111
c.actiatilta ; und what indigenouS or Eu
llro,lactions, distinguished by specific vtTeci
sahvitirts:d fur those now brought fr
tho.