Star. — London, England, 1816-01-02 00:00:00

4 . LORD SgI.KIRK'S COLONY. Our Readers have probably heard of this Colony; but, in truth, so little is known of it by the British Public, that any information tending to extend this The fol , knowledge, cannot but p rove acceacceptab le. lowing letter explains some of the circumstances l l under which the un dertakin g originated, and de. tails of sobiequent events are curious. Of the gene val truth ot the statement we entertain but little doubt; but it is possibly coloured a little; lot a great jealousy exists between the Canadian traders associated under the name of the North West Company and the Had suit's" 15.14 Company ; and the subjoined letter is Iron a quarter in which the interests of the former are pre dominant: 1 • diet exclaimed that Instead of being k enter the hospital to get medical assistance, allowed to die like dogs--that -they eagt out to the defendant and to the appraisers, now le: blow i" and that the negroes broui the appraisers one of the neck tables, of a size, to chew them the instrument of their from which those gentlemen turned their abhorrenCe. One of the medical gentlemen, who had charged by the plaintiff in 1810, was proved the very healthy and well•conditice, the gang at the period of his discharge, serable and shocking change of their cendie. in 1812 he was ordered to renew his medi dance on the estate by the defendant. 'Other evidences were called on both side: secondary circumstances, but the facts by 6 316 most relevant to the issue joined between the p ant in suit, were comprised within the above testirrei n i.. Mr. Whitfield, the plaintiff, had possession of estate for more than two years, previous to th e monthepossession by the defendant, and it w 43 3. that excessive labour, severity of treatment, arid 4; gal privations inflicted upon the gang, during t two years, had driven them into that despend et , which suggests to slaves the means of brineiii g np themselves the ma! d' estemac; bot with which mutation of their constitutions, they m4y survive mere or less length of time, according to thr dir b of this disease. Mr. Whitfield, in his reply, confessed his use the he'ck table, and declerA, that 44 he e e i vre d approved of it—that it Weir. put on the necks of the eel groes for the most benevolent purposes—tint it le' had the most beneficial effects, and that it %Is t. disused when it was no longer wanted." The Jury brought in a verJitt for the defendant. Oa I r• lila ell ml The Dw trinC i P al I Kts cr. "nth a If The After L 11 Mon Se ; ,the The " 1111.1111111.11125"--- * right to trade in this country, with the ativantsges NORM. AMERICA th given to them by their ch arters, in• opposition to our individual merchants; and se far eir direct inter. 6rics2cle el 7:llth;lettlycl - 7 . telly , CO " di IV, tught bo . vet y le t hits eon . • it eye s 1 , 04 . I try . tiß X 1 lad b ees dio call: d, lo is TI cr.ed state 0 and the rsi. ris p kilt: , n, w h et aedical sties 4 ides to pro t ilir GIMP 41 , . L._ Iggests to slaves the means of bringin g op q „frusta , fes the ma! d' maniac; bot with whi c h vnit . cionz. DO t of their constitutions, they m4y surviv e; . less length of time, according to the d r P antwini - 0.- , . sworn* 1 lisease. . pry siv l Whitfield, in his reply, ccinfessed his see , c table, and declar:d , that 44 he ord vre d a -: - avail, MI 11 of it—that it War. put on the necks of the ri W ith "nig ir the most benevolent purposes-0i it it 1 1 , •. 111 " 1 " r Sam most beneficial effects, and that it w ast.- wnsozre when it was no longer wanted." - .Oa Fl'l6l brought in a verd i ct for the defendant, ;, °° 611814 ...-- - 11: rsday evening, about ten o'clock, a m HIS attempt at murder was committed ini ii‘e p. Mr. Georie Coldliarn Knight, of Lower.l4 ii . near Farnham, who, on his return !iota ‘i,ii. tarket, was fired at by three n o n, divivii Alms/ round frocks, but fortunatery their stab,' Antonio, Gonzalo, I on: proved abortive. Scephz at what appeared on the examinmion of , committed to gaol at Hull, in Yorko;ite.• r with a woman of the name. f Robiamt, a , '' • 9 there, it appeared, that it was the mutt) jitter of receivers to leave their shops at niOit , pea. • HA i the thieves left all the ducks, geese, tat . " • ;arse they could steal, and after wards the pale 111 upon honour ! • • w.rrttErr.—Yesterday John WM, a lefter 4 Pria" c ,longing to the Post at Woolwich, was chit . ' 14.811a1 .P 44 feloniously stealing a letter entrusted to his • s e,rii e delivered to Mrs. Morbrey, in liighntr • , Chi Iwich, containing several Bank of En ; l a: 'MI r. The prisoner was committed for further • es; 01 aim. • a •, si atestow•HousE.--Yesterclay Stroh Scat, an • afs, st:t lan, was brought before the LORD Maws, . ' 3 af• ;resent an examination, charged by the • . aig i git ,* ere of Bishopsgate, with haring stolen, :tot .d.., 4 1 ; afterwards deserted, a female child of about the Pao s and a half old. The prisoner h•id abic . The pie it a month, but a description of her , . • • ovt ing been even to the Officers, she was takeni trig°s: :ody on Saturday afternoon.—Miry licobt ' arta eel, that she resided at No. 5, A.:10411i,', . kerb psgate. About a month since, the prisonah Maar T 1 her a small room upon the ground flat, c • some took possession of on a Monday. :9te ran - Ol :he apartment until the forowin7 Friday, Ca left the house, having locked her door, sad • 011o.ti iltk tuned. NVitness was not awar e that the (iv, of 25,t I brought a child with her into the ho. Pro 'ee: - .low stated, that he worked in a room op ~ !.. apartment of the prisoner, with whom be Tick tool et Rd. He remembered her go rig out on the No. 2 of Friday, and in about an ho ur afterwaidi , A e cries of the infant issue from the mum, •• .2,6 vanced to the window, and saw it lying urea Best ior in the most deptirable condition. lo . LE? ience of this the MOM door was broken in, to, • El iild was foiled totally naked, its whole him gDJ aced, the esti-en - skits contracted, and mat etv , t l xtrtifieation on its feet, and several parts U! the . The I here was a baton containing a hole watts, — rim ime raspings of bread upon th e floor, and dr , 14.1'...1 int kept crying for bread. The child was is wed li anveyed to the Workhouse of Bishopsgate, and CAT C r isoner never returned to her loclgings.—The Ii.LII n• of the Workhouse stated , that the child had . "mil ut under his care, and that during the time it imri 1 the Workhouse, it had conveyed the info , ' • . ' ii hat its real home was in the neighbourhood at s o , ifkro i ti .!urtain.road. It was now in a fair way of rev; ~ ,„_. the prisoner, in he r defence, said that she vZ he,_ gra ndmother of the child, who wu P. IV' 'oder her care by hr. parents, to prevent other I 4 . Ma lifferences.—The LORD . MAYOR said he had n. rgt l s , , I ;lightest doubt of the child being stolen, and ' our., the Parish -Officers to have it brought to the Cu road, where it might possibly point out the rev. La of its parents. The prisi ner wa s then raw isi a final examination. ri W.:::-......-.—..—.•;•••••-•"--"------.------_--------. ._7:7: - _=---_---=----.- - LAC 1)11:3). - . its th Thursday sennight, * Molly, at Torpoint, Plymcia , it in Thomas Dress, Surgeon, R. N. t by Ai Grenada, Major-General Sir C. Shipley, Knt. GO.' • • that Wand. c aria Friday last, at his house An Baker.strett, in the 6713, k ,„, his age, Phineas Bond, ' Esti. late his Allies:y.6 Cno,:l• rilua r n for the Middle and Southern States of Ameiie6 mot ---------------------::.:-. aims NEW 14A Ilk AM, I..k.AutNriAi.l. .`,14411./0. 13 . i ^pour (by the Carcass.) , to uniblo Beef, rer stone Ss od to 46 4d j Veal 46 Cu 0 . 1 Mutton 3s Od to 4s Sit 1 Pork 36 4 40 ......----....--------------- ST. Is.altefiS. PRICES OF HAY ANU S 1 AAW vitl Y vr E t ti c l u '4 6. lk . • John ..—..—..—..------- .—;-- IR sw rocs Os. eKw F S 4 t i ger 11 31 1 s 6d 3i I t ° o 4111p:1°6::E00101FISitakaryaowPs.4111 OS: C ° 6 5 1 1 1 le 1 9fs i new sisos• 0 0 LIA Kest 51 51 to 91 Os Kent -61 Susses • 41 10s to 71 105 Susszz 61 Os t'' °.4 Essex at 10 e to 111 M s Farnham ISI Qs to . 1 3 c s • COAL MA JANUARY 1. ilisol filkips at Market. Skips Sold. RUT. A 96i Newcastle Ski/ .• • 291. Cli 10 19 , 4 .; ' 24 Sunderland 4 414. 6tl to 4J• 11 Stone Coal of 488 Od. to 0136 ' 1 1 ! , HIGH WATER TO...MORROW AT LONDON • , i Morning .• 451 minutes delf : t Afternoon - ... 2 minutes Ike' SW 11 ' LONDON; Printed by LITZL EINT, Pickett t. Italt+lsed titer*, and at the kw Office, Toot h P h i. ' . INMj?.CAN TREATMENT OF SLAVES• NOVEMBER 13, 1815. , ($ You will no doubt have heard of the departure 'from. England of Lord Selkirk, to visit his colony in this part of the world, and we were not more sur prised at his arrival here this week, than he must have been on his first setting his foot on the shores of America, to hear of the disappointment of all his hopes and expectations, by the empire disper sion of his colonists, and the destruction of all the establishments t hey had formed on the Red *River. This result to his wild and visionary un dertaking had long been predicted by every one Vl° bad any knowledge of the character of the na • tives, the jealousy of rival traders, and mere particu larly of the situation and climate of the remote and in hospitable region he undertook to colonize. We have of :en heard of his Lordship's scheme, but till the arri val of the north-west canoes this season with the Go vernor and Sheriff of the new colony in custody of the civil power uoen a chute of grand larceny, we had no accurate knowledge of the circumstances under white the present underta kin g ori g inated, and it does • *appear strange that the Government at home should not have interfered to prevent the emigration at first, when they might easily have ascertained the sad fate the poor deluded people must have been subjected to. Tire whole scheme is now the topic of general con versation here, and it appears his Lordship, on some occasions, sees his interest with as keen eyes as his neighbours. In looking to various objects connected with smerica, his attention, it is said, was drawn by a Canadian Knight to the affairs of the Hudson's Bay Company, and finding these in a decayed state, no dividends having been made for several years, and the value of stocks: dined from 250 to 50, or 60 per cent. they thought some benefit might accrue from speculation in this stock, the whole amount of which is under 4100,000, and continued their purchases till they had acquired a very considerable sum. So far the partners went on quietly together, till finding their views and interests disagree, his Lordship aiming at a much greater speculation than the Knight, actually prosecuted his purchases until he had acquired such a prepondsrating amount as placed the nomination of Directors nearly in his own hands, when the specula tien which has now so completely failed, begin to develope itself. " The Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company is a most sing ular document, and had long escaped the no lice of t hose not directly interested in it, as the prise. leges and pewees it purp*ts to confer had never till his Lordsllip's interference in the affairs of the Company, been ninth resorted to, otherwise than to regulate and carry on a confined trade in peltries between Great Britain and the Establishments in the 114 y. The fee simple of all countries washed by waters emptying themselves into the Bay, the power of making war or peace , with the natives, and of est iblishing Courts for the trial and punishment of all offences, except mur der, under the statute of Henry VIII. and others equally extensive, are granted to this Company, or to ropeetors tf stock to the value of 50 or £60,000, a trifling sum in these times, not without the. reach of bring monopolized, as h has now nearly been by one iedividual, who might in that case exercise all these rights, Sec. at his sde discretion. ° " Lord Selkirk having acquired so great an influence .in this strangely . constit uted concern, came fotkard whit Iris propoetion for a grant to himself and his heirs of about 7.5,000 superficial miles of territory, and the Directors, notf.i4 doubting their power, and in the face of a protest of the other stockholders, who could see no reason for giving away their property -(if this land real& war so) without consideration, actually granted him the fee-simple of this enormous track, by deed under the seal of the Company. • It was neces sary next to peop;e it, and this was done to the num ber of about 300 eeedies of emigrants from -J.-eland, and Scotland, to wi.om in public advertisements, all she inducements of freedom from rents, tythes, and taxes ; a fine and salubrious climate, and a soil parti cuLtrly adapted to the growth of -hemp and wool, were liberally held out ; his Lordship forgetting that the esteblishatent was situated upwards of 1500 miles from the sea, and the only •communication by rivers, admit impassable by the smallest boats, so that the., first ankle could not be exported to a market, and that this district had supplied the fur traders with an annual export of many thousand wolfeskins, which 'soul.: rather interfere with the flocks of his settlers. " The poor people, however, reached their destine. tion, and were maintained by the seizure of provisions from theCanadians,when the supply obtained from the Hudson's Bay Company was insufficient, during two winters : their sufferings were severe beyond descrip tion, and seeing no prospect of relief but in the aban donment of their patron's schemes, it is said they ac tually assisted the Indians, who had become jealous of their estabiishment,, in the destruction of all the. buildings erected, and readily embraced the offer made to dein by the Candian traders of means of transport to Upper Canada, where they arrived and have been &tiled by the Provincial Government this autumn. You know the merchants of this country associated under the name of the Nor th-west Company, had been always the successlul rivals of the Hudson's Bay Company, in trade with the Indians, notwithstanding , the difficulties opposed to them, and annually • col-: lected five or six times the amount of ill returns of Limit opponents. Ot course they naturally became ealous of the new vigour w hich seemed to be int used into the proceedings of the Hudson's Iley Directors, Sind . they heti been benefited by the advice of Lord Selkirk, and direct attempts to injure their trade by an outfit mein this country last year, did not tend to al. ty that je iltessy. It may be fairly, I should L'aeik, be doubted whether the Hudson's Bay Com more Matt the Last 'Loa Company. have advantages , gur Andiv Idual merchants; 4ct inter; ference by fitting out and dispatching a brigade of saver to canoes by the Grand River to the interior,*as neither proper, or, I presume , lega l ; but ik an this is. how can you asperta:n whether the expedi tion was dispatched by the Hudson's Bay Co or Lord Selkirk ? and' you will not deny to the latter. his right of becoming an :Indian trader, a l t h o ugh it may not quite accost! with his dig nity as an Earl. However, the q uestion is not very material, as the interests of his Lordship and the Company are so blended : the expedition took place, and increased the animosity which our Canadians al-, ready felt towards his Lordship's projects as con nected with their rivals, and they are now openly accused of having instigated the :Milers and the In dians to destroy the colony. " We are so Much accustomed here to hear of the /violence of North West Partizans, that nothing an. pears more probable, although they of course stoutly deny it, but still tilt) , bring forwar.d strong documents in the shape of his Lordship's autograph instructiema, and his Governor's proclamations, which prove that his Lordship has acquired, with his knowledge of the Indian trade, an intimate one, of the violent and fits dolls means, by which, unfortunately, it is too often prosecuted. " The Governor of this hew kingdom, for it may be fairly so called in point of extent, issues a procla mation, that all wild aniaials killed by the Canadians, (who had heretofore quietly and uninterruptedly en oyed their right of occupancy with o ther traders), for their maintenance. are his Lordship's property, and should be delivered tip . for the sustenance of. his colonists. This, though a violent measure, was possi bly, in the difficult and extreme situation in which the Governor and the colonists were placed, absolutel, necessary, and the seizure took place ; the traders obtained warrants from Canadian Magistrates against I, the Governor and his Officers for grand larceny, and brought them down for trial in the Courts here : the Grand Jury return a true bill upon the indictment, but then a-new difficulty arises. The prisoners plead the Hudson's Bay Charm, in bar to the jurisdiction of our Courts, and this question is to be argued.when 'the necessary documents and information can be .pro , cured from home. 61 We understands that beyond the protection of their own servants, the Hudson's Bay Company now further claim a jurisdiction over all other persons re sident in what they call their territory, and have gone the length this year of appointing Judges, and the subordinate officers of Courts to administer justice in their dames. It is impossible, however, to Conceive that the Government will ever permit such a juris diction : what a fine chance of justice the Canadians will have with their rivals in trade (for you will ob serve the judges and officers ate all traders), accusers, ' judges and jories. As the Charter says, the law of England is to be administered by the Company, Lord Selkirk will no doubt strictly enforce the game laws in his territories, and the poor Canadian, who must either in that case poach or starve, would meet with little mercy. He has, however, rather a better security than his Lordship's discretion, in his own strength ; and, as he utterly disclaims the right of territory, or the slightest acknowledgment of the ju risdiction, he will resist it without much fear of pro cess for contempt. 46 It is much deplored by Al uninterested persons ' in this country, that his Majesty's Government should have in the first instance either directly encouraged Lord Selkirk's schemes, or at least acquiesced in " them ; and it is said that the Governor of the Pro ; vince received orders to hold at his L ordshi p 's dis posal a body of troops for the protection of the colony. These facts would be scarcely credible were they not sufficiently substantiated, as had the least inquiry been made into the merits of the undertaking it would have been found as hopeless as it was cruel to the poor victims who were embarked in it. Where the troops were to halo been quartered or maintained in the wilderness, I suppose was never considered, and indeed that was not necessary, till the means ref transporting them had been arranged. They could not have been conveyed to the Settlement in one year. 66 The conseqoences of the newly assumed juris diction are likely to be very serious ; already some instances of quarrels ending in bloodshed have oc curred, and they will be more frequent, as attempts are made to commit violence under pretence of au thority. It would be very difficult even to restrain the lawlesstatures of some of the persons engaged on both sides, under' an acknowledged jurisdiction, for our Canadian traders, and their servants, are not notorious for the regularity of their conduct, and there are, independent of them, a race of people be tween the Canadians and Indians, who are always ready to take advantage of any disturbance which may arise, and to pillage and plunder both parties." COVENT GARDEN TAZATREIII consequence of the indisposition of Miss 041%1mt., last night; the cha racter of Julia was sustained. by Miss Boma. The Emigrant:, a tragedy, from the pen of Coun sellor SHEIL, of Dublin, and which was brought out at the Theatre of -that city, is in preparation at Co. vent Garden Theatre. Adelaide, the principal cha racter, was written expressly for Miss O'Netu., and will again receive the support of her splendid talents. HONEY MOON.—It was the custom of the higher order of leutonee, an ancient people who inhabited the northern parts of Germany, and from whose language the English is chiefly derived, to drink Mead, or Me-' theglin, a beverage made with honey, for thirty days alter every wedding. From this custom comes the expression to spend the Honey Moon." ATTILA. King of Hungary, drank so freely of this liquor on his wedding day, that he was found suffocated at night, and with him expired the inspire of the Huns. We are requested to state, for the information oil the London, Bistol, Hull, and Liverpoo l merchants' and shippers, who may be disposed to export to, America, France, Holland, Sm. Moult) Tummies' Real Japan Blacking, now become the most popular and inestimable composition, for boots, shoes, har ness, &c. sold in the Metropolis, and by shop-keepers in all the great towns in the United Kingdom, from sixpence to . eighteen pence each, may have packed up in casks, tierces, and hogsheads, trom one gross to one hundred thousand bottles, withoot leakage or the least fault, by addressing their commands ao his Exportativi WatS44ollxes Al4O l Lvaikopproad• 40(0; wark. GRENADA, OCTOBER Is. During the last sitting of the *upreme Court of Judicature, an action was tried, which was as re . markable In its nature, as it was singular as brought to the c i rcumstance s which attended it. t WAS at the suit of George Whitfield, Barrister at Law, against David MGEwen. his Majesty's Receiver of Foliated Estates. This action occupied the time of the Court "from Thursday morning (sth instant) until eleien o'clock at night on the succeeding Saturday. This case was, that five-elevenths coffee estate, with abou t 150 negroes, were vested in the Crown; five-elevenths were sold at Max sitars sale, and purchased by Mr. Whitfield at the very time be was rigorously officiating the powers of his Majesty'i Attorney General of this Colony. After this purchase he procured a Decree of Chan. cery from the late Mr. Adye,a fellow Barrister, and Chancellor, to oust the Crown from the estate in 1810. In 1812, Vice Governor Ainslie reversed this Decree, and replaced the estate into the hands of Mr. M'Ewen, as Receiver of the Forfeited Estates. The plantation remained about ten months in the bands of the Receiver, when the Crown's rights had been purchased by Mr. Whitfield, and then it was delivered to his Attorney in the Colony. During these ten months of the Receiver's possession, eighteen of the negroes died, from mal d'utotnac, hooping cough, old age, &c. and this action was brought by the plaidtiff to recover compensation in da mages for these slaves, from the defendant, grounded upon the 'reason, that the defendant did not clothe the negroes during that period of tee months. Mr. Whitfield opened his case by lameating his necessity of pleading his own cause, instead of more able and experienced counsel, which he had endeavoured to procure. After this exordium, he, in a very abrupt manner, and without any preparation for the im portance of the question, asked the Chief Justice upon the Bench, if his Honour intended to sit upon the trial ? to which his Honour replied, by asking him what he meant, and ordered the Clerk of the Crown to note down his words. Mr. Whit field then repeated his question, adding. that his ob jection was addressed to the delizacy of a member of the British Bar, and not to the competency of a Bri tish Jddge, and that he had two reasons for it. His Honour answered, that if he was only to be guided by his own feelings and the necessity of supporting the dignity of his situation, he would immediately inflict the punishment of fine and imprisonment upon Mr. Whitfield; but for the present he would take the opinion of-the Assistant Justices on the Bench : these gentlemen were of opinion, that the question put to , his Honour was qualified by the subsequent tea.' sons. After this escape, Mr. Whitfield was again animadverted upon by the Bench, for the internpe. rance of his language in the course of the trial.— The first day was wholly consumed in the statement and arguments of the case : six hours and a half of the second day were consumed in the examination of the first witness of the plaintiff. The leading facts stated by him, were, that Mr. Whitfield emplc)yed him as manager in 1810, upon discharging lsfr. Webster, the former manager ; that he at the same time discharged. the doctor from the medical attend ance of the slaves; that great exertions of negro la bour were required ; that there were very large build ings to be erected ; that the estate being three miles distant from the sea-side, the carriage ot the lumber upon the heads of the negroes was a great additional labour, as they made dine turns per day up a steep hill ; that they became sickly from the excess of the work ; and that clothing was but sparingly given to them by Mr. Whitfield. Upon being cross-examined by the defendant's Counsel, he admitted that the ne groes were sickly, and numbers were affected with{ the vial d'emmac at the time the defendant got pos session ; that the defendant immediately on seeing , the diseased state of the negroes, ordered the doctors to he called in, for their medical advice ; thitt not withstanding this, many of the negroes with the teal d'estomae died during the ten months of the deten. dant's possession ; that he frequently applied to the defendant for clothing without effect; that he be lieved that the want of this comfort increased the sickness of the negroes, and the mortality ; that as soon as the attorney of the plaintiff found that he was to be dispossessed, he carried off every. article of, produce from the estate, - together with the stock ; 1 1 'that nothing was left upon the estate for the defen dant to purchase, either provisions or clothes for the negroes; that the annual clothing was due to the negroes for two months before the detendant vas put in possession; that it was demanded by the negroes from Mr. Whitfield, their master, before he went to England, who answered the negroes, that he would send it out to them ' • that finding the mil d'oteniac becoming very prevalent among the gang, before the possession by the defendant, he had ordered these . afflicted with the seal d'ertossae to carry round their necks what he called a neck-table, which was de scribed to be a circular machine made of board, broad enough, and so placed round the neck as to prevent their hands from approaching their mouths, and thus prevent them from filling their stomachs with dirt or earth ; that Mr. Whitfield, as theii mas ter, knew and approved of the use of this machine; that he had no authority from the Magistrates ot the quarter to inflict the punishment of it upon the ne groes; that these machines were discontinued as no t answering the purpose ; and that the estate and slaves were appraised by the defendant's orders, about four weeks after he got possession through Governor Ainslie's decree from Chancery. Not*ithstanding.the unexampled length of time which this trial took. up, yet it is only the leading evidences and leading facts of the case which may be supposed to be most worthy of public attention. A Gentleman Was called in as evidence for the de fendant, who proved that he was one of the four ap praisers requested for that purpose by the defendant ; that this appraisement took place some weeks after the defendant's possession ; that he had known this gang some years before that period,. and he never knew a more stout, healthy, or better-conditioned ng at that time ; that there was a very great d i& hence in their appearance at this appraisement ; that the general appearance of the negroes was shock ing to the sight—that they were to the last degree sickly, dissatisfied, and desponding ; that they seemed igentrally to be afflicted with the 'sal "atomic ; that be saw ten or twelve far ire in it—that they com. l eanest witch of the seeersty used upon them—that Thursday evening, about ten o'clock, a daring attempt at murder was committed on son of Mr. George Col,lharn Keight, of Leiser.le tki Farm, near Farnham , who , on his return teen 'i41.1 ham market, was fired at by three nu n, 4.livtvd white round frocks, but fortunately their de intentions proved abortive. From what appeared on the examination 0 ., thieves, committed to gaol at Hull, in Yorksriite. getker with a woman of the name , I Robins. , a pot terer there, it appeared, that it was the metro these receivers to leave their shops at niy,lit spar which the thieves left all the ducks, geese, • and game they could steal, and after wards the seeded upon honour ! • Bow•rrtterr.—Yesterday John War, a lee vier belonging to the Post at Woolwich, was with feloniously stealing a letter enttusted to his to be delivered to Mrs. Morbrey, in High Woolwich, containing several Bank ire' 1. notes. The prisoner wale committed for further mination. Massiow•House.--Yesterday Stroh Sele an woman, was brought before the LORD MAY 62, underwent an examination, charged by the officers of Bishopsgate, with !hieing stolen, st, and afterwards deserted, a female child of about years and a half old. The prisoner hod at about a month, but a description of her having been even to the Officers, she was tat& custody on Saturday afternoon.—Mary Jacobs posed, that she resided at No. 5, Aaigilalliy, shopsgate. About a month since, the prisoner/ from her a small room upon the gronnd flar, , she took possession of on a Monday. :9:e in the apartment until the following Friday, she left the house, having locked her door, sot returned. witness was not aware that the had brought a child with her into the Greet:low stated, that he worked ith w in a room the apartment of the prisoner, whom he cl:ild. He remembered her gcing out on the ing of Friday, and in about an hour afterwaids the cries of the infant issue from the room, • advanced to the window, and saw it lying floor in the most deptirable condition. Is qiience of this the rcom door was broken in, child was foiled totally naked, its whole form crated, the extremities contracted, and mel mortification on its feet, and several parts u! flfr There was a baton containing a hole some raspings of bread upon the floor, and fent kept crying for bread. The child was i conveyed to the Workhouse of Bishopsgate, prisoner never returned to her lodgings.—The ter of the Workhouse stated, that the child kale put under his care, and that during the time it iii the Workhouse, it had conveyed the info that its real home was in the neighbourhood Curtain-road. It was now in a fair way of . The prisoner, in her defence, said that she' the, • grandmother of the child, who wu under her care by hr. parents, to revent other differences.—The LORD. MAYOR said he had slightest doubt of the child beieg steles, and' the Parish -Officers to have it breught to the CI road, where it might possibly point out the of its parents. 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