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• .. . NAVAL INTELLEiIiNct FALMOUTH, AOCUST 19. Arrived the American ship Felix froth Monte Video. The Manchester packet is eipected to sail this evening with the L-isbon mail °Mast vie ek, and for the Dutth West-India Islands. Arrived the -PHEASANT Sloop of war from a cruize.—Wind S.W. . . ARMY. . • Irtoerday 40 privates and n nn.cammestioned dicers arrived in St. Jatne‘'s Park, from the army ofidei the command of Lord WELLINGTON, I h l'artugal: not correct, that some of the it ilitia.vekiniehti have already embarked at Plymouth for Ireland. The Nottingham militia will be the first to embark at that p. r r eland. Tuesday and yesterday the West Norfolk Militia • TOIUSAY, AUGUST 20. marched from Yarmouth for Woodbridge, and Were Arrived yesterday, after post, his Majesty's ship replaced by Vie 51th regiment, from N 'rwich. VENERABLE, from Basque Roads. An order arrived ifnni the War-Office, at Ply._ • . • mouth, on Friday lasr, for the East-Kent Militia; PLYMOUT:-1, AUGUST 20. now doing duty at Pendennis Castle, Falmouth, to The merchant vessel stated in a former letter tet embark without delay for Ireland, to which country have been captured by a French privateer, off this they had previously volunteered their services. port, is the brig James, RICHARD ALLEN, master, be- TUE REVIEW AT Wrensoft.—Yesterday the Royal longing to Shields, laden with ti m b er , f rom Q ue b ec . Horse Guards ( Blues) were reviewed on Winkfield : The FOXHOUND has net yet returned; and it is there- Plain, near Windsor, by his Royal Highness the fore conjectured that she was not fortunate enough to PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by his Royal Highness ;overtake the enemy. The American s hip B rutus , the Criminander in Chief, the Dukes of CLARENCE, CUI4IO.IILAND, and CAMBRIDGE, and a numerous train,. from Baltimore, for Bourdeaux, with 31 passengers .. of General O ffi cers. The regiment went through ; on board, has been taken and sent in here, by the their manoeuvres with the utrno.t precision, and his DIANA frigate. A cartel sailed this afternoon with kay'al Highness the PRINCE REGENT was pleased to Siapitess his highest approbation of their appearance passengers and lette rs , f or M or l a i x . A rr i ve d t h e and 'perfect discipline, attained under the command NlNlfton hired cutter, from off L'Orient ; and the brig of their Colonel, the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.-••• ' Mathew and Thomas, from Quebec, with timber.— The l'iyiNcz Rezzar came on the ground about a The SEINE frigate is still in the Offing, with the out quarter Wore eleven, mounted on his favourite grey • • ward-bound convoy, for Quebec, the wind being still charger, and appeared in excellent health and spirits. . • His Royal flipliness inspected this fine body of ca. against her—N. W. `airy with the closest attention, and theTritical eye I PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 21. •of all'expesienced General. This brilliant military : Arrived his Majesty's ship CoMus from the Medi- Npieticle, and the attire of seeing the PRINCE RE-. terranean and Gibraltar, and is put under quarantine ; eight, tad A,tirieted a 'vast multitude ef.all ranks to his Majesty's ship Reciter'. from Newfoundland..., the field. Ealijr in the morning all the carriages, Passed by his Majesty's ship PELORUs, with the Ja landaus, landaulers, trigs, hoggies, &c. were put in maica fleet. The MARTIN sloop of war is appointed ireqtrisition, and extended along the road for the space convoy for the Weil Indies and the coast of Brazils. of him* miles, and so great was the pressure of the The DECOY takes convoy for the Downs.—Wind W. vehittes,that they went slowly on at the rate of two miles its tlle DEAL, AUGUST 21. hour for a considerable distance. From ! the frequent stoppage on the road, several ladies and Arrived the Active cutter from off Flushing. Sailed ships B gentlemen got nut of their carriages and walked to his Majesty ' s Emma and NYMPHE for off ditto. the interesting scene. - I YARMOUTH, AUGUST 21. 'russet= WELLS, AUG. 20.—The skeleton of the ' This morning arrived from a cruize off Heligoland, '7th tiexileers marched into this place on their route the HoRATIo frigate, Lord GeentoeSrewAar Captain, to Maidstone from Portsmouth, where they were dis- and the PORTIA froth a cruize. Sailed the ALERT embarked from Portugal. They m arc h e d , in, their cutter with dispatches fur Admiral YOUNG, off Flush band playing and their colours flying, honourably ing ; and the Princess Augusta cutter with medicines pierced in a hundred places, and otherwise much tat- For the sick and wounded atHeligoland.—Remain the tered. The martial appearance of the hardy veterans Vixen, Vice-Admiral MURRAY, Desiree, and Acute. made a strong impression upon every heart, on reflec- I SHEERNESS, AUGUST 21. ting that this battalion went into the battle of Al.! Sailed the Hendrick, HANSEX, f rom O nega , buera between 8 and 900 strong, and (exclusive of! Arrived the BEAVER man of w ar f r om th e West about between '2 and 300 men left in the hospital at war d . • for London ; tue Enigheden, BRRGGE, from Norway -Lisbon), they mustered no more than about five offs- for the Downs ; the Johannes, Evens, after the-convoy eel-6 and 70 men, of whom many were disaGled so as for the Sound .; an d . the Louisa, Mullett, from Pillau to be obliged to march without their arms. As soon to London, w i th t imber. Went out of harbour, the as it was known what corps they were, the sympathy SNARL, to the Little Nore.—Wind S.W. for their sufferings on that memorable days where in 'about ten minutes time nearly 500 of their. brave ; FRASERSBURGH, AUGUST 19. comrades fell, in consequence of being broke into by , Arrived this day, in this port, a sloop called the the Polish Lancers, before they were able to reload Danszig, of Lerwick, picked up at sea in great dis their pieces, and the rest rescued by the arrival of the tress by the Royal Charlotte excise cutter, Captain 23d, before which they in !licit turn were obliged to re. ROBEsTsoN, on the afternoon of Sunday the 11th tire, andwereoltimately cut up bythe Englishcavalry. inst. The crew, three in 'number, viz. two old mats .Among the disabled that came here, there is a man and a boy, report that they had been driven off the W*o received a 'shot in the left cheek, and, passing coast of Shetland in a gale, and had been without through his mouth, the ball came. out again under : food or water for three days They have been since lthe right jaw-bone; in the directioa it took, the tongual liberally supplied by the cutter, who has towed the 1 "of the unfortunate man was lacerated in such a man- i vessel into this place, where she now lie s . I net as to render it necessary to cut it off, in coils*. LEITH, AUGUST JR, quetice of which be is now deprived of speech, but in I Arrived in the Roads, yesterday. tke Alarm !saner, from the other roosts possesses his faculties entirely, and is a northward — also a lar g e Dutch ship, f roni Archangel, ' bound to very hardy and Ene-looking man. The emotions the London. Smiled from Leith goads, on Sr.urday, the Archer lOC of these brave men diffused in every bosom : gun brig, with a convoy of 12 hail ; for Gottenbnrgll. Arrived at burst forth almost instantaneously into the most ge. Queb". between 27th J u n e , a nd Bth J u d y — Hi e Tiger, Smith. . from Leith—Tay, Elder ; and Elisa, Wrangler, from Dundee— nerous ideas, in resoecr to what could be devised to , Homes Castle, ____ ; and Pallas, !noes, from Aberdeen. chew the men how dear they •were to their country- , ARRIVED—Auget4t 17. Freedom, Wilson, from Bowling-hay, men, whether by giving them a handsome dinner, or ' iron ; Antelope, Barron,tisbon, salt ; Martha, Foreman, Yar by making a subscription, they would be most bone- . mouth, barle y .- 19. Stafford, Thomson, Hull, goods ; tariff, Munro. Fi horn, rods and grain ; Margaret and Ann, Gore, fired ; the latter was preferred, and the gentry imMe.: Arbroath, barley ; Tele g raph, Gordon, Gottenburgh, ballast ; diaiely began to subscribe, when there were above 40 H e t ie , Clark, ' Dundee, g oods and g rain. guineas subscribed for thim. In consequence, their 1 CLZAILLD our—Elizabeth and Mary, Carter, for Stockton ; iandiplayed in the evening facing the head-quarters, Neptune, Dawson, Inverkeithin g ; J ean , Mil ne , B an ff ; S t . Ol a , ! the Susses 'Hotel, many martial and other airy in very ! Smith, Kirkwall ; Gipsey, Ind u stry, Dundee ; Inotry, Cation, Le- Val; Ann, Wr ight, Hull; Janet, Scotland, Alloa— a ll with goo d s . excellent style, amungst•which they introduced diffe. Tent Spanish pieces, which from their liveliness and vivacity were generally admired. The parade was thronged with spectators, amongst Whom all "the fa shionables and others of distinction graced the fete like evening with their presence • it was truly a beau tiful spectacle. This morning the corps left this place to pursue their route, and pla)ed as long as they had a house to pass. Sunday, William Gates, late a soldier in a veteran battaliin, froth Orkney, accused of the crime of Murder, was lodged in the tolboodi of Edinburgh: ~ The HAWK sloop fell in with, off the coast of France, last Sunday, a convoy of nearly 50 sail, le den with naval stores. She captured five, and drove on shore several others. The French privateers are very much on the alert in the Channel, and off Jersey. Two loaded and two light colliers were taken within these few days off the Corbear, near Jersey. Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, a French priva tee, chased alight collier into Dover harbour, at !which time she grapled her, and was in the act of Grouse shooting began on Friday. A number of boarding, but the wind at the time blowing strong i Noblemen and Gentlemen from England have passed ;from the westward, and the collier having a press of through Edinburgh for the Highlands, to take the I "I, the privateer was obliged to quit her hold, and amusement of shooting. i the brig ran into the harbour without any damag e , Yesterday a gentleman of the name of Watkins, rand soon after proceed e d to se a ag a in.—The priva weighing 14 stone, walked 12 miles in one hour and tear, in attempting to board, lost several then, who fell over, one of whom se as pick e d up by a sentinel a hall, fur a wager of WO guineas, in Bushy-York, with considerable ease. placed on shore. He says his companion was drown ed, and it is supposed more have got on shore not yet A foot race for 30 guineas a-side was run yester- I discovered.—A frigate was at an chor to the eastward day on the road leading from Hounslow to Sudbury, ! . of t he harbour, and also a•gun-brig, but neither were between Lieutenant Gent and Mr. Walpole. The t able to get their anchors. There were four privateers • alistance was four miles, at two starts. The Competi-i. e . in company, one of which succeeded in capturing a t,:ys performed half the distance together, somewhat i b less than twelve minutes, and after fi ve minutes rest, ,! rig' from ro Newhaven, with timber : the latter was ~e y started again, and an interesting race ensued, t soon after recaptured by the Ecu u sloop of war, and carried into the Downs. vhich was won by 6 yards by the Lieutenant. The 1 Vast shoals of both pilchards and mackarel have distance altogether was performed in 24 minutes. • been caught for several days past, close bff Plymouth. Many gentlemen of considerable landed property, ' Mackerel come up that harbour, and are hooked in assembled from various parts of the West, at the Exeter great numbers by persons angling in small boats. Assizes, entered into an agreement to give notice to . The pilchards have been selling at 6d. per hundred. their respective tenants, that they will receive only Monday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as Bank paper in payment of their Michaelmas rents. l a young man, of the name of Phillips, residing in the GENZRAL EtexTtos.—Canvassing for Votes has neighbourhoOd of Kennington, was crossing the fields alreadybegun insome parks of the Empire, and to se- from Camberwell, he was accosted by two footpads, sure the interest of the Fair Sex with the Electors, armed with bludgeons, who knocked him down, and the Candidates present them with the smiles of For- rifled his pockets of his watch, a dollar, and 2s. they tune, in the Share of a Ticket for the present Lottery, then ran off and made their escape. vhich embraces every advantage, and removes every i Tuesday morning the Ship public house, in Tot lion to former ones. There are only 13,500 tenham-place, Tottenham Court-road, was broken - which will not be sufficient to meet the wishes open and robbed of two bags, containing pence and air friends of the electors in five counties. and no halfpence to the amount of A 7 each ; and also several they will be very scarce before the :22d October, . articles of silver plate. The robbers entered by means all the Lottery will by drawn. . of a ladder, at the back of the premises. ;• • lobjectior. Tickets, of the fai doubt th when all ASSIZES: LEWES; SUSSEX AUGUST It NEALE D. WOODMAN. This WAS an action of Replevin; brought by the plaintiff, on account of the defendant having detain. ed his cattle ; but the real question was; to try the property in the land upon which they were depastur: ing ? The place in question is.a piece of land reclaim: ed from the sea in the Isle of Selsey in this county, which fora long series of years, being mere mud and sand, was of no value, and the property in it never contested; but of late, by the improvements made in excluding the sea, it has borne vegetation, and af forded pasture for sheep. It was therefore now claim. ed by both plaintiff and defendant ; the former as owner of the adjoining land, who claimed it in that character as a gradual accretion gained from the sea; and the latter as a lessee under Lord Selsey, who claimed as grantee from the Crown, of certain waste lands, then at the time of granting them, part of the waste of the sea. The evidence consisted of both sides calling a great number of persons as witnesses, to shew that both sides had exercised acts of ownership upon the place in question ; but after evidence of this sort, which lasted the whole day, and until near ten at night, the Jury found for the defendant, which affirmed the' land in question to be the right of Lord Selsey, as grantee of the Crown, under a grant in the reign of William 111. AUGUST 20.—0 n account of the great length of time occupied by the case of yesterday, the Lord Cater BAItON sat again at eight this morning. THE KING V. HERNELL. Mr. Serjeant SHENIERD stated, that this was an information against the defendant Hernell, for words provoking Mr. Stone, a Custom-house Officer, to tight a duel. The defendant he stated to be a fo reigner and a Frenchman, but he felt confident the Jury would equally guard his interests, and he would have the same measure of justice as a native subject. But at the same time he must also yield the same obedience to the laws, and suffer the same reproof if he infringed them. The occasion of his giving Mr. Stone the challenge was merely because the lat ter Gentleman had faithfully executed his duty in stopping some goods which the defendant had impro perly entered at the Custom-house for exportation. In fact, he being the Captain of a ship, entered a package as a parcel of blankets, which contained waistcoat-pieces. These being stopped by Mr. Stone, he thought proper to tell him liOwould have satis faction of him with sword and pistol. The only duty for the Jury would be to consider whether they thought these words were intended to convey a chal lenge to fight. Mr. Stone, and Mr. Harrison, the Collector of Customs, at Seaford, having proved the facts, as stated by Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD, Mr. TADDY addressed the Jury, on behalf of the defendant, and contended, that they were rhodomon tacle words of an angry Frenchman, who had no seri ous meaning in any thing which he uttered.—The Jury found the defendant Guilty. SLANDER.--.COLEBATCH V. GREGORY. Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD informed the Jury, that the plaintiff in this action was a most respectable young man, as Attorney, who had been educated un der a Mr. Brooker, an Attorney of the first respecta bility at Brighton. The defendant, Mr. Gregory, was resident at the same place, and though he did not I know his person, yet he knew his name very well, for he had so often been before the Court as either plain tiff or defendant, that his name was very familiar to the Judges and Juries of the county. Upon the pre- 1 sent occasion, Mr. Colebatch had to complain of as serious a slander, both as to the matter and the man ner of it, as could well be imagined. Mr. Gregory, it seemed, had executed a bond to a Mrs. Camac, to which bond the plaintiff was the subscribing witness. In an action upon that bond against Mr. Gre gory, the plaintiff was calle'd as a witness to prove its execution. Mr. Gregory had instructed his Counsel on that occasion, that the bond was given for an usurious consideration, and Mr. Colebatch was asked that fact. He replied, as the truth was, " that he knew nothing of the consideration." In consequence of this, Mr. Gregory took occasion afterwards to go to a Mr. Penfold, a Clerk of Mr. Colebatcb, and to tell him that the plaintiff was guilty of perjury ; that he meant to prosecute him, if he could induce Mrs. Camac to come forward as a witness : that he had given money to the plaintiff to pay over, wiiich he had not done, and that he (Gregory) was consequently arrested for more than' he ought to have been. With respect to damages, he would not say a single word. Mr. Colebatch brought this action to vindicate his reputation, and not to put money in his pocket. His wish was, that Mr - . Gregory should either disavow his slan:ler, or prove, it there was any foundation in truth for it. Mr. Serjeant BEST immediately rose, and made an ample apology on behalf of Mr. Gregory, retracting the offensive expressions, and declaring that the words spoken in a moment of irr,:ttion were not meant to convey seriously the charge which they implied. It was therefore agreed that the plaintiff should take a verdict for 40s. to cover his costs. The Assizes here concluded. WARWICK. INTERESTING TRIAL OF JOHN OUGHTON AND CHARLES TAE, FOR A MURDER• COMMITTED iID YEARS AGO. Mr. CLAnkE addressed the Jury. . The subject of this trial WAS the death of a young man, named Ri. chard Whitton, at Kenilworth, in the month of Octo. her, 1790. He was found floating on the water, lifeless ; at the time it was not known who it was that VW the cause of his death, but there appeared to be manymarks of violence on his body. During 20 years, nothing had transpired to throw any light on the mysterious circumstances attending the death of this unfortunate person, till abut eight or nine months ago, when Lee, who had been tried for an offence and sent to . the hulks, in conversation with a fellow convict, gave the particulars of the whole affair.' Oughton was in consequence, taken into custody As an accomplice ; and tilty were now to take their trial, on suspicion of the above murder. Mrs. Elizabeth Burbridge formerly lived at Kenji. worth. She knew the deceased (Richard Whitton), before she was married : he was a young man. She .Ipyt w both the prisoners, Oaghton and Lee ; they wets both living at Kenilworth. The last time she NW Whitton was the night before he was found dead : . .... _ ::~ . the thought chi, &Mt 20 years ago, lleCiasecl viera took witness as She Was walking at. lienilutorth the 'night before ; about nine o'clock; they walked near Washbrooke-bridge: Deceased had h.,ld of het hand, but he slipped behind her. There was an orchard near the bridge where he slipped behind her; she walked slowly on, expecting , him to follow. She heard him call ; ke said,. 4. Stop, Barnes," (Mrs. Bnrbridge's maiden name) two or three times ; he called in a 3phispering tone of voice, not very loud ; she looked back, and saw him stdoping down—this was near Lee's house. She heard deceased run along the bridge; she walked along the bridge after him, towards Lee's house, after which she saw no more of him. Sarah Smith lived at Kenilworth in the year 1790. [She remembered the time when Whitton was found drowned. The evening before, she was going to Mr. !Dunn's, the brother of her master, alloy. 8 o'clock lin the evening; it was a very moonlight night.-- *hen she got opposite to Mr. Littleton's, she saw * 'man come over the Hallybone-style. as it is Called ; the man was running very fast towards Mr. Little ton's factory ; she knew him to be Charles Lee—he was dressed in a light-coloured coat, with sleeves dark ker than the body ; his waistcoat was unbuttoned ; his stockings were ungartered and slipped down.— When lie met her, she said 44 Maio, Lee!" He held up his hand, clenched, and said, " Hold your i tongue, and don't speak a word." He did not stop at all, but ran on all the way very fast. Witness stopped and looked after him to see where he went, but lost sight of him against Mr. Littleton's factory, She went on till she came to a small wooden-bridge its Mill-end ; when she heard a great noise in the was ter, but did not see any thing. The next morning she .;aw the prisoner, Charles Lee : she said, 4. Lee, where was you going in such a hurry last night when I met you r. He said, 4. I'll be d---d if you met me : I was not away from home after seven o'clock last night." She was quite certain Lee was the man she met. Mr. Matthew Wilcox was a Surgeon, living at Ke. nilworth in the year 1790 ; he remembered' being called in to examine the body of young Whitto I, when he bad been taken out of the water two or three days : from the examination of the body, he judged that the deceased had been strangled. John Woodcock, Esq. was Coroner on the body , Richard Whitton. He received the deposition of Mr. Ridges, a Surgeon of Kenilworth, but who is since deceased, and who examined the body, together wi'' the last witness (the examination was then read by which it appeared to be his opinion, that the , ceased was partly strangled before lie was thrown into the water. The next witness celled was John ClAyton, a con. vict on board the hulks. He knows the prisoner Lee he saw him on board the hulks at Langston Harbour, near Portsmouth. It was some time in January he was with Lee, and had conversation with him specting Whitton. About this time a newspaper into his hands respecting the death of Mr. Whitton, and that a man of the name of Oughton had been taken up for the murder. He told Lee of the cir cumstance : previous to which, he asked Lee if knew A man of the name of Oughton ? He said did. Lee then told the circumstances of the case —" I and Oughton went to get apples in WI ton's fat:ier's orchard. I s left Oughton to watct., while I went to the apple-tree; Oughton saw ‘ Whittoss coming, and called out to me, he was after us.. Oughtun ran across a small meadow, and Whittors after him. When I saw them run, I dropped do from the apple -tree, and followed them across mead ivr. Oughton leaped at the mill-dam, and ju, ped into it. When I got to the edge of the mill-dam, Whitton and Oughton were struggling in the water, Oughton called out to me, if you do not assist be will drown me, he is too strong. I ran up, ar t 'jumped on the top Of Whitton in the mill-dam. Soon after, Oughton and I left. the deceased in the dam.' His Lordship then asked the prisoner Lee, what had to say in his defence ? To which the prisoner replied—." My Lord, I hal nothing to say, but hope you will spare my lite." Mr. Baron THOMPSON than addressed the Jury, He requebted they would dismiss from their m: any circumstances they had heard related, or thing they had seen in print, respecting the tranL tion; against the prisoner Charles Lee. With respect to Oughton, his Lordship observed, that there was evidence whatever to criminate him. After rec: ItulAting the evidence with much perpiscuity, his Lor , ship closed by saying, it would be the safest wa find the prisoner Lee, guilty of manslaughter. The Jury consulted for about five minutes, at turned a verdict against Lee—Guilty of MansiAtk ter ; and an Acquittal in favour of Oughton. The trial of Mr. Montgomery, for the alledf murder of his wife, took place on Monday at way. A number of persons were subpcened Crown, amongst whom were three Captains, LieutenAnts, the Doctor, and a Seijeant, of the ► way Militia ; the trial occupied the attention of , Court the entire of that day, and he was acquitted, At the late Assizes held at Philipstown, for King's County, B. Fagan, a hawker of books pamphlets, was convicted and sent.2nced to six nit imprisonment, for having published a seditious in a periodical publication called 7he Irish Magazin:, It appeared on the trial, that this man could neitl read nor write; he did not appear to be actuated any motives in selling this book, but the desire of little pin which he obtained by disposing of it criminately with other books in the way of his , It was purchased from lim by a constable, sent a Magistrate for the pnrpose. But the Judge, in f sing the sentence, observed, that designing persons might, without such a check, popogate their mis , ' by employing undesigning and illiterate person: their agents. At Castlebar Assizes Jobs Gibbons was tried for :murder of John •M`Nally, of style, in that county the 17th of January, 1799. He was found guilty, receivedsentence of death.—Dennis Bingham, Esq, lErris, was tried before Judge Fox, for oppression, the exercise of his duty as a Magistrate, by issuing warrant for the apprehension and transmission to the gaol of Castlebar, of deny Nash, Eaq. and others, upon an alledged charge, and informal information, felony. He was found guilty, and will next term ceiro sentence in the COUtLok King's Bench. top mess ent, Dry dge w 4. ling ,ee„ • hen mrt lock nail Ke. !ing to I, hree ged y of Mr. nce vith d) ; de- into con. .ee ; Our, 1 tst re. ton, wen sir- f• he he Ise : 'hit. tch, t [Oft own the urn. 14m, ater. me and loon at he have iinds any nsac. spect as no • .capi. ..ord- te d wah. :dqed Gal- )y the two Gal. 3f the ted. Dr the .2 and tontlas s libel razing. 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