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THE PRISONER OF WAR. BY LIEUTENANT CHARLES GRAY, OF TILE ROYAL MARINES What low mournful sound comes over the ocean ? 'Tis the voice of my MANIC I hear on the wind; In the salt notes o' sorrow she wails for her Willie, . And gently she chides me for lingering behind! 0 soon would I flee to my faithfulest Name, Nor ocean nor mountains should keep me afar; But low and dejected in damp dreary dungeon, I'm forc'd to remain a poor Prisoner. o' War! The wind fill'd each sail as we homeward were steering, But Hope on her anchor lean'd pensive and sad; She pointed to home and she pointed to Nat.:lE, Yet my heart aft misgave me—l cou'dna be glad Mild ruse the sun on the blue smiling ocean, Joy beam'd in the eye of each generous tar, As Albion emerg'd like a cloud frae the welkin— We dreamt not o' danger, nor thought about war: But danger oft lurks en the dark-rolling billow, '1 he winds aft prove faithless, and barks are but frail; But far more deceitful, mere cruel than either;— Man hears, all unmov'd, the poor Prisoner's wail ! The land fast appreach'd-1 could see the white cottage, Where NANlt's fond welcome awaited her tar; But, unarned and defenceless, the Gaul seied our yews], And led us in triumph—pour Pris3ners o' War ! Oh! soon would I flee to my faithfulest NANII, Nor ocean nor mountain shou'd keep me afar; But, low and dejeded, in damp dreary dungeon, I'm f.rc'd to remain—a poor Prisoner e War ! We are happy to state, that Master Join/ CAMP BELL, who was shot by accident on board the Amelia frigate, at Plymouth, on Monday se'nnight, is now completely recovered the ball only slightly grazed him : the principal injury he received was from the powder The body of a boy, nine years old, was on Tuesday found in the Thames, near Chelsea College, which proved to he that of Henry Sumner, son of a brandy dealer, who was drowned whilst bathing on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT—TO those who wish to be well ac quainted with the sanguinary warfare that the French are carrying on in the Peninsula, and their cruelty towards the unfortunate inhabitants, we recommend the perusal of a new work, just published, intitled, 4 ' Santo: de Mouton:, or Annals of a Patriot Family," founded on recent facts, in 3 vols. Svo. dedicated to the memory of the late Duke of ALBURQUEItQUE, by the Author of the Historical Chart of the eventful reiga of his present Majesty. Sold by N. L. Pannier, 15, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, price 18s. sewed. EXTRAORDINARY Hear.—Although our Year is so much advanced, the heat was, a few days since, by Farenheit's Thermpmeter, five degrees greater than is usual in the West Indies ; and eight degrees more than at Bombay. Equally a fact it is, that our pre sent Lottery Thermometer stands, capitally, six de grees superior to former Schemes. No wonder, there fore, the adventurous world manifests such uncom mon warmth in its pursuit. Indeed, it would be astonishing, if with such an increased variety of Ca pital Prizes—only 13,500 Tickets, much cheaper than for some years last past—the lowest Prize 020—and the entire Lottery determinable on the 22d of Next Month, were any of Fortune's Votaries now at a freezing Point. BoxiNc.—Belclser and Power:.--Yesterday these two professors of scientific boxing met at Gregson'hi when : a challenge was formally presented to Belcher by the patrons of Powers. Unaccustomed to the no vel etiquette of exchanging such compliments from front to back parlour, Belcher personally communi cated with Powers, to know on what grounds he was induced to offer a combat ? Pure ambition to con tend for the honour of superiority being a satisfactory answer, Belcher and Powers agreed to fight for 100 guineas a side. The articles were immediately drawn up, and a deposit of ten guineas staked. The battle Mill be fought on the sth of November, and the money to be made good by Friday se'nnight. ROBBERY AT THE TREASURY.—SOIIIe depredators, on Tuesday night, contrived to open the locks of se veral desks, drawers, &c. in the Treasury Office, ex pecting, no doubt, to enrich themselves at once with the spoils ; but, to their mortification, nothing was contained therein but a few books, and other articles of stationary, scarcely sufficient to repay their manual labour and dexterity in the enterprise. Some Bow street officers have been to survey the premises, but they were unable to d. :ermine whether it• was the work of any common robbers, or of some one more intimately connected with the premises. HOAX AT TILE QUEEN'S PALACE.--The Queen's Palace has been infested with washerwomen, from early ca Monday morning till yesterday evening - , who stated themselves to be hired by a woman, cal ling herself the head of the Queen's laundry, who had filled that situation for upwards of five years, and had b:•en obliged to discharge all those employed under her, on account of their not washing the linen clean, and getting drunk. She engaged some at 2 guineas a week, others at 4s. a day, a pot of porter a day, and as much rum, gin, and wine as they chose. They began to come early on Monday !periling to work. The porters, of course, refused them admittance ; they, however, persevered, and said the Lady who tired them had given them the key of the laundry to let themselves in to go to work, to light the fire, &c. This convinced the porters there must be some mis take, as there is too laundry at the Queen's Palace ; and they sent them to the laundry at St. James's Pa lace, where no such persons had bten engaged, or were wanted. It was with much difficulty the porters pre vented them from forcing their way into the Queen's Palace, as the woman directed them what part of it to make for. The porters have several times been obliged to call in the assistance of the centinels at the door, as the women have met frequently in large par ties. They had seen brought from various parts of London, and are principally Irish women. To some of them the trick will be attended with ruin, as they have left good places for the engagement, the terms being . so advantageous ; others have sent their chil dren into the country to nurse, to enable them to take the place. The woman who played off this hoax called herself Fitzgerald to some, and to others she assumed the name of Res. She.apFared in general very well dressed, and an Irish woman. She went to post of their residences, ate and drank with them, awl borrowed a cloak, umbrolla, or shawl ' &c. OLD BAILEY, SEPT. St ReSecea Reynolds was charged with stealing a straw bonnet from a child, which, in the indictment, was stated to be the property of its parent ; which state ment, the COMMON SERJEANT took occasion to ob serve, was inaccurate, and gave directions to the Clerk of the Court, that in future the indictments in such cases should charge the offenders with "stealing from the person." The theft took place in St. George's in the East, upon the 30th of July, when the child being absent from home an hour and a half, search was made for her, and she was fcund by a la bouring man hearing her cry out—" 0, that woman, that woman, has stolen my bonnet !" The Jury ,found her Guilty ; and the COMMON SERJEANT ad dressed the prisoner, and expressed a hope that her conviction would be a caution to others against com mitting.such art offence, which was of late becom ing too common, namely, that of decoying children from their homes, for the purpose of robbing them of their clOthes. It was a crime that deserved to be very severely punished, but as the law now stood it only amounted to seven years transportation. Jahn Bradley was indicted for stealing two tea chests, value .50s. the property of John White, from his shop ; but the capital part of the indictment was done away by the circumstance of the shop boy hav ing seen him running off with them. Upon the boy's calling out " Stop thief !" he was apprehended, and called out for mercy. The Jury found him Guilty. Thomas Smith and Michael Marshall, the former 34, and the latter 35 years of age, stood charged with stealing two geese and four ducks, value 13s. the property of James Ford, at Islington. The prisoner Marshall, in his defence, stated, that he had met Smith on the toad with two bundles, one of which he told him ha would pay him for carrying for him, and when he ag reed to do so he did not know what it contained. 'the Jury found them both Guilty. Robert Little was convicted of stealing a quantity of clotheslinesfrom therope.manufactory of Messrs.Back ingham, rope-makers, at Pancras, in the morning of the 26th of August. An officer who knew him to be an old offender, stopped him, upon coming out of a field, with the stolen goods in a large bag upon his shoulder. Francisco de Silva, a Portuguese sailor, was convict ed of stealing a jacket, a pair of stockings, and a pair of shoes, on the 24th of August last, at Portsmouth, from a mess-mate with whom he slept. Hannah Cologhan, aged 44, was convicted of steal ing fuur silver tea-spoons, the property of Judah Pa. riente, a merchant in Goodman's-fields. T. Wick was convicted for stealing a shawl from the person of,a Mrs. Taddy, is Exeter-street, Strand. Charles Peter !Vanier, who was tried during the present Sessions, for fraudulently absconding from an examination of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, but who was acquitted from the omission of a regu lar notice being given to him by the clerk to the com mission, this day appeared at the bar, and stated that . . he could not find ili:iil (he being detained upon an- SEPT. 18.—Robert Wright and Robert Alexander, m other indictment charging him with fraudulently con- cased of breaking into th e shop of JohnWotherspoon, spiring to cheat his creditors), and was therefore re- Caltonmouth, and taking therefrom £B. 12s. 6d. and ntanded to prison. some other articles, on the 10th August, 1609. An The following prisoners were convicted of felony : alibi was set up by both prisoners, and they were Ac - Robert Luckmore, alias L itimore, Ann Toulon, quitted. James Bradford, and John Kelly. Margaret Smith alias Millar, in habit and repute a The Sessions being ended, sentence of Death was thief, was brought to the bar, accused of having stolen passed on D. Davies, for stealing a £lO Bank-note i from the shop of Mr. M'Farlane,nine yards of printed out of a letter ; W. Betley, for stealing a quantity of cloth. The libel being restricted to an arbitrary pm plate, the property of W. Rowlatt ; T. Burnham, nishment, the prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen for robbing D. Green of a watch, his property • Elia. tenced to 7 years transportation. Field, for stealing goods, the property of G.,4wkes, Sxrr. 19.—Jame: Ferguson and Idward Nadine, privately in his shop ; Sarah Green, alias Clayton, accused of robbing Peter Gibson, master of the packet for stealing a gold watch, the property of J. Cran-1 plying betwixt Glasgow and Stranraer.—Peter Gib bourn ; W. Bradford, for a burglary in the house of son , on Friday the 7th of June, between eleven and Sarah Shepherd ; J. Johnson, for stealing the goods twelve o'clock at night, was in company, for a short of W. Spottiswood, privately in his shop ; T. Skef- , time, with two girls, Hill and Harvey, in a house off fington, for stealing a mare ; W. Bevan, for a bur.; the Salt Market. Harvey left him, and Hill walked glary in the house of Mary Stratford, and stealing a 1 down the Salt Market with him, on his way to the quantity of plate ; Mary Jones, for stealing the goods : Broomielaw, where his vessel lay. At the foot of the of J. Thomas, privately in his shop ; J. Bond, alias Salt Market, he observed two men before him, one of 1 Smith, for a burglary in the house of J. Mackinder, ' whom pushed the other down, and a third person, and stealing his goods ; M. Davis, for horse stealing; coming up behind, pushed him (Gibson) over the! J. Kent, for returning from transportation; Mary fallen man. When in this situation, the whole three King, for stealing the goods of E. Turner, in his fell upon him : and one of them, putting his hand dwelling-house ; J. Connor, for stealing 025 in lairic- into the witness's side coat pocket, took out his pocket. notes, the property of J. Sweepstone, in his house ; book, containing six five-pound notes, eight or ten M. Brush, for stealing £8 in notes, the property of one-pound notes, a bill for £2B, and a memorandum P. Collins; Jane Mills, alias Charlotte Groves, for book, with other papers of some consequence. When stealing several articles of plate, the property of Ann he was k ocked down, Hill ran off. After this the Brown ; and Edward Phillips, for setting fire to his whole thee set off, and he gave chace ; was half seas dwelling-house. over, but knew the latitude he was in ;* but, seizing 1 Six were ordered to be transported for life, viz. J. upon the first person be met, who had nothing to do Jones, A. Levy, T. Whitford, Johanna Brown, Jane with the business, he was so long detained, that he Cockill, and T. Fogerty. lost all trace of them. Next day, he met with a girl 1 Fifty were ordered to be transported for the sof the name of Ann Kennedy, to whom he mentioned term of Seven Years, viz. John Davis, Mary his loss, and described, as well as he could, the ap- Thorpe, Judah Beer, William Wood, Jane Elvin, , pearance of the persons by whom he had been at- James Butts, Eleanor Kirdy, C. Thomas, C. Par- tacked ; when she mentioned that she suspected the sons, John Beverley, Lau. Matthews, John Long, two prisoners and one James O'Neal to have been the Ann Kelly, Sam. Parker, Wm. Jones, Ann Norris, men. Saw Ferguson soon after in the Council Cham- Mary Davis, John Brandon, Charles Heavry, James ber, when he had the same dress on as the person Miller, Henry Scoon, James Thomas, Mary Lock, who took the pocket-book from him, and he thought Eleanor Latnb, George Bassat, Thomas Forth, W. him to be the same person ; did not see Harkins till Boler, Elizabeth Cuttleby, William White, John lately, when his dress was changed, and he is less Williams, Edward Simpkin, M. Smith, Edward clear about him, but thinks he was one of them ; but Crane, John Pass, H. J. Vanderberg, Mary H enn a, he cannot swear positively to either of them. Wm. Copes, William Cable, Henry Beaton, Eliza- Jean Hill, and afterwards Margaret Harvey, were beth Deakon, Robert Luckmore, Elizabeth Yeates, brought forward as witnesses; but their evidence was Richard_Peates, Richard Cleaver, William Winston, in every respect so unsatisfactory, that they were John Watt, Louisa Wood, John Clipton, John Knell, committed to prison under a charge of prevarication, and John Reynolils. : ---Sarah Davis was ordered to be or peljury. transported for 1-1 years. Ann Kennedy—knows the prisoners, and also A great number were imprisoned for various pe- Capt. Gibson—saw him go into M'Lachlan's house, nods in Newgate and the House of Correction; some along with Jean Hill, on a Friday night early in were ordered to be publicly and some privately whip- June • next day, Capt. Gibson informed her, that he ped, and many discharged by proclamation. had been robbed, that he suspected. it was by three The Court was then adjourned to Wednesday, the persons of the name of Ferguson, Harkins, and 28th day of October next. . O'Neal ; she said she suspected them also. The wit ness was, next night, in company with these three in Fairley's public-house, in the Saltmarket, when they asked her what Capt. Gibson had been saying to her about bis robbery; she told them that if he could get back his pocket-book wit)) the papers in it, he did not care for the money. Harkins said, it was a pity that the Captain should not get back his pocket-book ; O'Neal said, he thought the safest plan for whoever had the book would be to burn it. In Fairley's house they had two bottles of wine and some potter. It was then proposed to go to the Calton; O'Neal ob- Sittings arpointed in Middlesex and London, befot, the Right Hon. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD, Knt. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, in and after Michaelmas Term, 1811. 1N TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. Friday - • Nov. 8 Monday - Thursday . 14 Friday Thursday - . 21 Friday ATM TRIM. Friday • • Nor. 49 Saturday • • Pm 34) - Nov. ii - . 15 • $2 _ elliCUlf INTELLIGENCE. jetted, saying, that, after drinking wine in Glasgow all day, he had no notion of going to drink whiskey Goorsow,Serr.l7.—JeanLaidiewasagain brought in the Calton at night; did not see them have any into Court, accused of the murder of her son John, a profusion of money ; O'Neal had got new clothes on, child two years of age, by giving him laudanum on and Ferguson a new hat. the 29th of March last, at Renfrew, where she lived. John Greer, in the Calton, recollects that the pr:. She admitted the fact of administering the laudation' sorters and a WrM4ll whom they called Annie," in a small portion, but denied with any felonious iuten- came to is ho ise early on Monday morning in June tion.—The prisoner, about two years ago, had a na- last, and knocked him up out of bed; Fcteitson gate tural child, a fine boy, who lived with its mother, who ; him four shiilings to go out and get drink ; Narl. i ns was extremely poor, and rented an apaitment, in Ren- i afterwards fell asleep, when Ferge son poi his hand Frew, along with four other persons, one of whom had i in Harkins' pocket, and took out some silver and been discharged from the army, on account of the some papers; saw him count eight separate On of VsTalcheren fever. This person had been greatly annoy- paper, which he suspected to bc bank notes. Har ed by the child crying during the night, and repeateuly kins waking. the witness told him what Papaw's made the landlady threaten to turn the unfortunate i had done, on which he said, " that it Inside no odds." lodger out of doors. In order to avert this catastrophe, Some witnesses were adduced to I.irguson's char the poor woman bethought her of giving her child meter; from whose cross-examination it appeared, laudanum, to induce sleep, and appease the clamours that he had formerly ken in Btidewell, and was Kiel, of the sick soldier; and that she might get some work but acquitted, at last Circuit.--The July fctinsi done. For this purpose, she applied to a person of the verdict of Not Guilty. name of Carswell, who sold her a pennyworth of the anodyne, and jocularly asked her, if she meant to poi .son any person, and was informed of the purpose for which it was wanted. In administering the medicine, the prisoner did not appear tobeacquainted with its fa tal qua! i ties, and gave it in sogreat a quan tit y,as to occa sion theboy to fall into a long sleep,and ultimately to pro duce his death. The prisoner, alarmed to findaliat he slept so long, and could not be awakened, went, con siderably agitated, to consult Dr. Carswell, from whorl' she purchased the drug, and requested him to call and see it. He refused to go, and assured the poor woman that her child would recover in a short time. A second application met with no heLter success ; and in a few hours after the child expired. Lord HERMAND charged the Jury, directed them to I find a verdict of not guilty, and lamented that Dr. Carswell was not in the place of the prisoner. The Jury unanimously found a verdict—not guilty. John Houston, for s'abbing, Thom,: Houston, and James Hall, were tried for assaulting Allan Anderson, carter. Allan Ar.derson was walking with Alexander Lyon, on the road between Paisley and Elderslie, on the evening of 23d February last ; and were attacked by four men, one of whom, Thomas Houston, pushed witness from the foot-path, and knocked him down, with some heavy instrument. When down he was struck by James Hall. Witness rose, and tried to run away, but was overtaken by John Houston, who, w ilt a sharp weapon, stabbed him in the side. Witness could not go home without assistance, was confined to his bed durirfg three weeks, and was attended by two surgeons. The case was clearly proved, and the Jury re turned a verdict, finding the prisoners guilty of the assault libelled, and Jobs Houston also guilty of stab bing Anderson. John Houston was sentenced to be transported for seven years ; James H4ll to be imprisoned in the Tol booth of Paisley for twelve monthil and Thomas Houston for nine months. Bow-STREET.—Wednesday a porter belonging to the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, was oh trged with feloniously stealing a parcel. containing three £lO Bank of England notes, and a variety of papers, which were seat by Mr. Dobree, tLot pawnbroker if In. born, to the above inn, directed to Mrs. Dobree, At Wor.hing. The parcel did not reach Mrs. Dobree at the expected time. One of the notes Irici been traced to the prisoner. He was committed for farther ex amination. Yesterday J. Brinner, a bricklayer, vraf charred with conveying spirituous liquors into the House of Correction, at Clerkenwell. The Governor having lately observed that intoxication 4:ad increased, in Aft alarrnirg derr, ce, nmong the prisoners, ordered the turnkeys to be on tl:e Alva in discovering th mews by which it was procured, and in conseq , ience the prisoner WAS observed to have a b!adder full iif fia conc aled in the crown of his hat. He was convicted in the penalty of 410. 'steer.—Joel Poron, a hackney coact man, was charged AS this OlfiCe on Tuesda.,, with issuulting two Ladies, from Cuvent GarJ:rt Theatre, on Monday night. Tile Ladies refused to pay an extortionate demand of two shillings more than tte dlendant's fare, when he detained diem ha an hour in the street, and bestowed on them the most opprobrious epithets, in addition t , i the assault. The defendant was committed till be found bail, to isomer the complaint at the Sessions. GLILDIIALL.—Mary Barer: and frarrift Steamer, were charged by the master of a merchant vcsscl with picking his pocket of a purse containing five guineas, and eight pounds in Batik -notes, on Lud. sate -hill, nn Thursday evening. The property has. mg been restored, the prosecutor wished the busitil , ss not to proceed any further ; to this, however, the Magistrate not acceding, he was bound over to pro. secute, and the prisoners committed for trial. A baker was convicted in the mitigated penalty of one shilling a loaf, for exposing to sale (any tno. penny loaves, without having a W impressed on them. Tuesday se'llight,aCeurt-Martialwasheld at Ports. mouth,on Mr.G. Major, surgeon of theStenste •Lo, for contempt and insolence to Lieutenant Ei.t.rwas, of the same ship. He was found guilty, and seutenced to be dismissed the service.—On the same d.iy, Court-Martial was Meld on Patriri Moirraty, se.onim of the THEBAN, for a foul crime. He WAS I( 3111 guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Frank/ jit. A Portuguese seaman, of his Majesty's ship Menelaus, was tried for throwing a holy-stone, of a large site, at James Quickley, seaman, of the said ship : he was found guilty ; but only sentenced to received one dozen lashes, on board his own ship, in consideration of his excellent character. The Court Martial on Mr. Burrowes, purser of la RHIN frigate, who was tried for neplect of du'y, in not keeping the ship properly supplied with fuel, has delivered its sentence. The charges were adjudged to be in part proved, but, in consequence of his ex traordinary good character, he was only sentenced to be reprimanded, and was reprimanded by the Conn accordingly. The value of Dr. FR ERMA/ft GOTTA BAUMAN. has been so long proved, that nothing of the preseot day can bear a competititia with it, in all the die. rent stages of a certain disease, which it effectlitally cures and eradicates from the habit, without exciting the painful feelings and exposure .that attends saliva tion—without debilitating the constitution in any de gree, or even requiring confinement from business or restriction of diet. The radical virtues of thine ines timable Drops have proved their claim to publ c ap probation for more than 30 years. In all the debility of both sexes they prove a never-failing restorative — whether the debility is produced by too free use of mercury, by illicit pleasures, or the effects of a warm climate. To travellers and those going abroad, they cannot be recc.xnmeaded too strongly, as they will re ceivil'a safe, speedy, and compli-te cure, in all olp stubborn sleets, and every weakness that sheets the bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many women have become mothers, who for many years had been deprived of that happiness.—Sold wholesale and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheap side, cwixr of 'Paternoster-tow ; and retail, by Belam and Sharp, Portsmouth; Hall and Johnson, Gosport; Minna, Weston, Mallory, and Jones, rococo; Trewmana Exeter ; Cook Nor thy, Glenville, Gilbert, and Hoz land, Plymouth.; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and Mac. donald, Glasgow; Smith, Manile:.ti n. 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