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be expressed in his contract with his 

 landlord. 



I Ith. This day being fixed for the 

 holders of the loyalty loan to make 

 the election either of stock or money, 

 applications were made at the bank 

 to the amount of about 3,000 0001. 

 out of the 4,000,0001. of which 

 notice had been gi?en. On Friday 

 morning, the parties who contracted 

 for the late loan gave in proposals 

 to the chancellor of the exchequer 

 for raising l,000;000l. to pay the 

 demands of the loyalty holders, and 

 agreed to accept the same terms that 

 those holders refused, without any 

 discount whatever. The periods of 

 payment are on the 26th of April, 

 June, and July, the 30th of August, 

 and the 27th of September. The 

 loyalty holders expected to be paid 

 before those instalments take place, 

 and government has undertaken to 

 pay them on the 5th of next month. 



12th. Thegazetteof this day con- 

 tains a letter from captain F. F. 

 Gardner, of the Princess Royal, an- 

 nouncing the capture of the Regulus 

 French privateer brig, of 14 guns, 

 and 84 men. The vessel is an ex- 

 ceeding fast sailer, and perfectly fit 

 for service. 



13th. The mill belonging to Mr. 

 Timothy Joslin, of Little Bardficid, 

 Essex, caught fire, owing to the 

 brass-work being over-heated, and 

 was consumed in a short space of 

 time, together with about thirty 

 quarters of wheat. The property 

 was not insured. 



17th. A man of sJiabby appear- 

 ance was observed lurking about 

 Windsor Great Park, and on being 

 questioned by the keepers, he re- 

 plied, he came there, by the appoint- 

 of Mr. Pitt, to meet the king ; and 

 he expected the king's carriage to 

 convey him to the castle. Having 



evident symptoms of derangement' 

 the park-keeper took him into cus- 

 tody. He proved to be a native 

 of Ireland, and a barrister. 



18th. A numerous body of the 

 nobility and sentry of Ireland, now 

 in London, met o commemorate 

 the anniversary of their patron saint. 

 The earl Moira and the duke of 

 Sussex, who had been appointed 

 chairmen and prpsident of the meet- 

 ing, being unable to attend, M. 

 Fitzgerald, esq. knight of Kerry, 

 was called to the chair Tie col- 

 lection of the night was above lOOOl. 

 being 3001. more than that of the 

 year before. The capital of the so- 

 ciety is now about 15 0001. The 

 children supported by the institution 

 passed through the room, to the 

 number of 150 boys, and above 

 30 girls. 



20th. Morice, v. the bishop of 

 Durha.m. — This was an appeal by 

 the defendant agai.ist the decree of 

 the master of the rolls, under the 

 following circumstances : 



The late Mrs. Ann Cracherode, 

 by her last will and testament, after 

 a variety of other beque^ts devised 

 the residue of her large property, 

 amounting nearly to 30,0001 to the 

 bishop ot Durham, in trust, " to be 

 applied in acts of benevolence and 

 liberality." The bishop accordingly 

 applied the interest of that residue 

 in such acts of charity as he consi- 

 dered to be comprehended in the 

 words of the will, and the intent of 

 the testatrix. The Plaintitf, as the 

 next of kin to the deceased, filed a 

 bill in this court for the recovery of 

 that residue ; and the master of the 

 rolls being of opinion that the true 

 intent and meaning of the testatrix 

 was not sufticiently expressed in the 

 words of the will, and ih ' ihe 

 words " benevolence and liberality," 

 Bb 3 without 



