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r'' cans making him light againfl his country, which he declared he would notl do• on any account ; that he with all the men who deferted from the HANK, were perfuaded by the boatfwain to enter for the CheCapeak, to proteB themfelves, which they did : Lient.Sinclair afking them if they had not a fecond name. About 30 men went in the firfi draft with him to the Chefa peak, when Captain Gordon mullered them, and they were mullered again in Hampton Roads by the Commodore. He requefied leave to call one evidence in again—to alk his Officers for a charader—and then he threw hinsfelf on the mercy of the Court. Lard James Townfhend Rated, that, prior to the charges, he had always behaved himfelf as a quiet Ready man. Mr. Turner called in again, iftd reminded that he was Rill nn his oath. Q . ._ By the prifoner. Do you recoiled my throw. log my oar acrofs the boat, and not rowing after the boat had been pulling tome tune for the (hare. and after others called nut " pull away." A. Ido not. The prifoner puUed away as the others did. Lieutenant Carter, of the Halifax, on being called on for the prifoner': chandler. Rated, that all the time he was is► the (loop, he confidered him a Ready. fober, attentive man, and one he could have entrufted on (hors. Lieutenant Karam had known the prifoner all the time he had been in the Halifax—never knew any thing againtt him—he was fober and attentive, and occalionally with working parties on (bore. The prifoner having nothing further to offer, the Court adjourned, from the quarter deck, to confider of the evidence they had heard ; and, after maturely and deliberately weighing the fame. were of opinion, That the charges againft Jenkin Ratford were proved, and adjudged him to fuffer death, by being hung at the yard-arm of filch one of his Majetty's (hips, and at Inch time, as the Commander in Chief at Ha- litas (hall dire& ; which fentence. being figned by each Member, and the Court affembling again on the quarter deck,the prifoner being brought forward, and the witnefret and audience admitted, was read by the Jadge Advocate accordingly. After which the Pre fident addrefred the prifoner in neatly the following words: 66 You have now heard the awful lenience of the Court—You have been found gnilty of deferting from the fer vice of your country, which, at all times, is highly criminal : if it was poffible to make it more ti), it is, at the prefent cars, when Great Britain is flruggling f.r her very exiitencg. 66 Your deferring from the Halifax, and entering into the American navy, has been attended with moil ferious and unfortunate conlegnences, affeeting the peace of both countries. 46 The offences of which you have been found guilty, are of fo flagrant a nature, that I cannot flatter you with the teal hopes of pardon i I, there fore, earnetli) recommend your employing the Ihort time you may have to live, in making your peace with Heavily. " All who are now prefent, and have witneffed this trial, as well as the crews of others of his M.jef ty'.s (hips, mull be convinced of the heinous crime of defertion : more particularly fo, when it is attended with mutinous and contemptuous behaviour to your Officers—the fate of the unfortunate prifoner will, I fruit, fink deep into your minds, and prevent the continuance of an offence fo hurtful to your country, tad difgraceful to the charaeter of Bririth feamen." . Kaifax, September 5, rBor. On Monday morning lafl, at a quarter pall nine o'clock, the fentence of the Court Martial was carried into effect at the fore yard arm of his Majelly'slloop of war Halifax. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY,' OCTOBER z 6. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Confols, for money 6z }—for aec bait. Omialum, dif.•—E:eheq. Bills, par zs. preen. When theWalfingham packet left Lifbon, his Ma. itfly's fhip lavezy was in waiting to bring away the Englith Ambaffidor, I.ord STRANGFORD, and every exertion was making to procure a fuflicient quantity of tonnage to carry off our countrymen and their dells. On this fubjed the following Circular Notice war fent to the 13r . itifh Fano: y : "SO —A s ooe of the Committee, I have it In charge to inform you of a communication made yetterday by the Conful, the flab ftsnee of which is, that the French Minilter and Spanith Ambaf hdor lave abfolutely demanded their paffpotts; in eonfequence of Which, it is prefumcd that Britifts ftsbJedla have no time to tole a preparing for their immediate departure, and [emit g their deft.. As the Britt& veffets here are already engaged, the Could propoles to engage Swedes, as he is empoviered to rake off kalienage, but he wants to know the quantity of tonnage re- Bind, and each member of the Committee is eommiffloned to ask enquiry to that purpoie of a certain number of Members of tit FaCtory. You are one of thofe that I am to make enquiry of, akti therefore I be g you will let me know as loon as you can, what Ilamity of manage you want. The Conful Paid that there is a Mt of war going ft r England to•mornow, and that he will forward tat letters that may be fent to his boufe today. " %Way Evening, Sept. ay, [Boy." " Your'., &c." The Wallingham brought as many paffengers as it could flow. The following per fon, arrived by her: Mrs Barker, Thomas Gonne, Efq. Francis Lupton, Efq. John %triton, Efq. Mrs. Harrifon, Mifs Halation, I. M. Bulkley, Erg Ws !Maley, Mifs Mary Bulkley, Mifs Harriet Bulkley, Mr . .sku Bulkky, Mrs. Par Bulkley and Child, Mifs Sarah Bulkley, 4r. Stephens, Mils Campion, Mr. Chambers, Mifs Hicks, Mifs P .sbaluriek, Mr. It. &luny, and Mr. Kelway, jun. It is dated that the Portuguefe Clergy are decidely adretfe to the idea of that kind of abdication upon which the Patwca Rican? was laid to have deter mitted. The Clergy are not willing to go to the Brazils ; there are clergymen enough there already. This Is one of the quarters from which we fufpefted the C onn i e ' s would proceed which were likely to pre. tent the execut i on of the magnanimous projea al gibed to the Portuguefe Government. T he Clergy in Portugal of courfe will not abandon 'country that has provided fo magnificently for their vertaionlent. They will not abandon their monaf trieii and bentEces, and tythes, let what will happen to the Government. But they dread that they might wit enjoy them with the fame fecurity under the French, as they have done under the Portuguefe.— The value of their dimes depends on the uncontrouted authority they have acquired over the minds as wen as the property of the people. And they jußly fear that BOWATARTZ might not pay the fame refpett to the gold and flyer images, the Virgins and Saints, as the Panics REclwr did. They are to a man, therefore, again( the emigration. A number of yards have been hired, and fent out from this country, for the purpofe of carrying home the perfons and property of our countrymen. The MINSTRIL floop of war, with the fleet for Portugal, has come back and put into Falmouth. Orders are Paid to have been fent down, to prevent its failing. The following article from Bayonne h copied from the Madrid Gazette of the 25th September, received by the Walfingham : N BAYONNE, SEPr. z 4. " On the t tth inflant, in the evening, feveral cont. panics of artillery entered this city. On the 13th arrived two regiments, one of infantry of the line, the other of light troops, which have marched out to-day, in order to be quartered in the neighbouring towns. This morning, at (even o'clock, a detach ment of artillery, with fix guns, alfo entered ; fevera l other detachments of the fame corps are eapeaed." We have Peen feveral letters from Lifbon : they all agree that the greaten confiernation prevails, as no one can yet tell what is to refult from the prefent critical Rate of affairs. The general opinion, how. ever, teems to be, that by the beginning of next month the fate of Portugal will be. decided—The only circumßance which leaves the matter undecided is the following : The mannfadurers in the North of France have petitioned NAPOLPOn to allow Portugal to remain neutral, urging, that if przvented from getting cotton from Lifbon, !heir mannfaeures will be (tor, and an immenfe number of people bz thrown idle. It is thought that this may polfibly have fome weight with the French Emperor, as cotton cloths are in great demand in France, not only for its own confumpt, but for the fupply of thole parts of Europe from which Britiils manufactures are excluded. AMERICA. This morning a Mail arrived from Norfolk and Halifax, brought to Falmouth, in 19 days, from the latter place. By tl.is conveyance we have received, from our Correfpondent at Halifax, a copy of the Trial of the Deferter taken from the Chefapeak. It will be read with much intereff. To morrow we (hall give Tome other official documents And remarks rela tive to this affair. The three deferterb from the Ms• Last rut, who were taken out of the Chefapeak, have been tiled, and were fenteaced to receive Soo lathes each ; but we learn from Halifax that they have been fence pardoned. The following letters from our Correfpondent, will Phew the unjnflifiable means employed by the Ame ricans to induce onr feamen to defect. and the fatal confequences which may be expeited, if permitted to be prudifed with impunity : % Halifax, Nora Scotia, Sept. 13, do). " Nothing farther has tranfpired with the Ameti. cans fence my laft to you, except, that they Rill remain very hoftile, giving our 11lips nothing whatever. His Majefty's chip JASON, which was fent with difpatches to our Conform New York, has not been allowed to laud them, but is guarded by nine American gnn bOats, which are moored round her, for the purpofe of preventing communication with the (bore. " The 98th and Newfoundland regiments leave us in a few days to strengthen Canada, to be replaced by two other regiments (3d and 25th) now on their patfage from England ; which thews Government is apprehenlive of a rupture with the Yankies, and ifhes to put that valuable colony on a refpeltable footing. •a This morning a fignal for a convoy to the Weft Indies, has been }milted by the Cuassux, which is expelted to fail in a few days. The Iflot.us arrived here from Cork on the t 2th, with difpatches for the Governor of this province." " MALIFAX, SEPT. z 6. " Since writing the above, his Majeßy's (hip JASON has arrived from New York under very un pleafant circumßances; while lying there, when the Captain went on there (it was obliged to be done in difguife and by night) ; having occafion to fend a Lieutenant on Awe, the moment the boat landed, the American rabble invited the crew to defert, by laying, " do you want your liberty ? now is your time : you are in the land of liberty!" in confequenee of which the crew immediately left the boat. The Officer attemped to intimidate them by drawing a piflol upon them, but was immediately furrounded by the mob, and, had it not been for the interference of a Captain in the American navy, would hen been tarred and feathered ; however he elcaped unhurt. —After this a Rill more unpleafant affair occurred— a mutiny broke out among the crew of the Jason. They put on the gratings, placing (hot boxes upon them to prevent the officers from coming up, and rufhed aft to lower the boats down, for the purple of defacing. Fertunately, the officers forced their way to the deck in fpite of the precautions taken to prevent them, and upon the Firlt Lieutenant making tome thrill(' at them with a bearding pike, and the other officers getting polieffion of the frnnll arms,f , they were obliged to r etreat b e l ow , an d f urren d ere d. l Forty five of them were put in irons, and they arel now here for trial. The Court Martial commences to marrow morning, at nine o'clock, and will hold, in all probability, for fevers! days : one of them has turned King's evidence. Some of them, it is Paid, were for putting the officers to death, but that was over-ruled by the generality. The whole tranfadien will come out in the courfe of the trial. " There is no kind of doubt but the mutiny was oc• cafioned by fome inflammatory papers fpread among the crew by the Americans. The Columbia !loop of war was lying these. The Captain of her fent a mid. fhipman on board a Revenue Yard, with a letter upon the Midfhipman's quitting the boat, the crew immediately fhoved off and made for the fhore—fuch is the encouragement given to our deferters, by the friendly and hofpitable Americans; nothing but a revere chaßifement will check their daring outrages, and I think a very few months war will convince! Jonathan he has got—" The wrung Sow by the Lug." I The Cleopatra fent in a fchooner, arrived this day, from Vera Cruz, with iso,ooo dollars on board, be.: longing to the King of Spain. - Sr PT. rg.—Thesis the fecond day of the Court fitting, but as yet it does not appear that the people of the lama meant to offer any violence to the Offii• cers farther than fecuring them till they had lowered down and efcaped on More. I do not think above two or three of them will Puffer death. As the mail goes this evening, I mull dole this without being able to give you the refult of the vial." The rumour circulated on the authority of an American Cantain, that orders had been ;lilted at Peterfburgh for laying an embargo on all Englifh veirels is not generally credited. It it. believed to have been circulated in aid of fome fpeculations in the article of tallow. FALMOUTH. OCTOPER t 4. Arrived the Prince Adolphus packet, Capt. Bout. DERSO4 9 with Mails from New York and Halifax, in 19 days from the latter place. When the Packet failed, Ilse left lying at Halifax, his Majefly's (hips ' Ramilies, Belleifle, Bellona, Ethalion, Catlor, JEolus, Melampits, Squirrell, Nimrod, Cleopatra, and Cu rieux.—Wind S.W. TORBAY. OCTOBER T 4. Lift evening arrived his Majetly's (hip C./AR, Admiral Sir RICHARD STRACHAM, from Plymouth, to join the other Mips now in the Bay, confiding of the Hibernia, Dreadnought, Ville de Paris, London, Conqueror, Coloffni, Foudroyanr, Saint George, Plantagenet, Harlequin and Erebu. ; and the Raleigh and Ann brigs, and Nimrod and Betfey cutters. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER t 4. Came in the Deux Ami• French lugger, from Rochefort, laden with wine and brandy, captured by the MARTIAL gun brig ; (he fell in with a fleet of nine fail, and captured eight of them, the others are hourly expelled.—Spanith fehooner privateer, of 4 guns, and 3o men, captured by the Martial.—Bellerophon, of 74 guns, from the Channel fleet.—Aigle, 436 guns, from a cruize.—Sailed the axial., of 84 guns, to join the Channel fleet. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER zs. Sailed, the Sprightly cutter on a cruize. DOVER, OCTOBER is. Came in this morning the 'hip Chriftian, Hasa, of and for Copenhagen, with a cargo of wine, brandy, and vinegar, from Bourdeaux ; the was detained tome time fince off Ellineur by the Kite floop of war, which fent her fnr England ; (he was however taken the 6th init. off Yarmouth by a French priva teer, which took away the Captain, Prize-mafler, Pilot, and four feamen, fortunately the Satellite (loop f e ll in with her en the following morning and recap tured her.—Arrived in the Roads from a cruize the Bloodhound gun-brig.—Wind W. S. W. DEAL, OCTOBER rj. An American (hip was dircovered at day-light on the Goodwin Sands, when the boatmen launched from this place to her ;alliance: the got off again, and proceeded on her voyage without fullaining any material injury. Sailed the CIALLENGER &op, for the Nore ; and Osresv hoop, on a cruize off Sou l. gne.—Wind W. and moderate. SHEERNESS. OCTOBER its. Sailed from the Note this moaning the Forefter hoop of war, with the trade under convoy for the Baltic, with a fine breeze at W. The John Fredericafon, from Smyrna to Denmark the Protearice, from Lifbou ; and Charles, Keating, to America, are detained and fent into Malta. The John, Dunkin, from Riga, bound to London, is captured and carried into Holland. The Winter, Folcke, bound to London, is bolt at Memel. The Georgetown, —, and the Richards, —, have been taken by a French privateer retaken, and carried into Wm. • The littfey and Sophia, Shaw, from London for Surinam, was all well on the 14th ult. in lat. 33. o. N. long. t 6. o. W. The brig Traveller, of Whitby, had a narrow efcape from capture on the 29th ult. off Scarborough,— A veftel coming in with the land fiom a confiderable offing, towards evening hailed the Traveller, diced ing the people to fill the foreyard and follow her ; at the rime time commanding the crew of another brig which was in company to hoiß out their boat. The Mailers of the two •ef(els confulted together what was to be done in fuch a fituation, and agreed that they lhould attempt to efcape by bearing away before the wind, which was immediately carried into execu. lion ; and being favoured by the darknefs of the even ling, and with a confiderable (well, they happily got clear off. ARRIVED. In the River, the Orient, Harrifon, from Rise. At Drifts, the Hope, Smith, from ditto. At Cowes, the Commerce. Crowd hill, from Virginia. At Liverpool, the Cornelia, Hunt, from ditto; and the Thomas Penrofe, Ellis, from New Orleans In the Clyde, Jean, Smith, from Ctilebee. At Malta, Providence, from Jamaica; and the Adventure, Medley, from Hull; Nancy, Harris; Mary Ann, White; knterprize. Taller; Speedwell, Findlay; !Hiker, Morns; Young Regulus, Allan; Wight. Ford ; John and Ann, Whitefides; Mentor. Brine; and the Sally, --., from London; Maker, Thorn, from Briftol; , Dixon; Inehary. Henley, and the Maria, 114134mga1, from Liverpool. At Baltimore, Comeau, from Liverpool. bREAFtft 4.c'OI,BYRF. SADLER'S WELLS. As the curtain ails kttingrf.rsro'laltsiiht aT ais theatre, to prepare fof fife water fceno in The Onion Rend, a quarrel cniratneneed in the pie, and lonic Thi pt i o a p a l k e e C n ri f e o d r O a u c t r y" of a fight's Th e It w•a e s z a tP r t ersefi ti t ° n n ig ir h a t s , and the honfe was crowded. The died of fuch an lalarm may be conceived, but cannot he adequately defcribed ; every part was terror and canfofion; the people in the gallery, pit, and boxes, all prelPd eagerly forward to the doors, but could not (Attain egret's in time to anfwer their impatience. The preffure was dreadful; thofe next to the avenues were thrown down and run over by thofe iromarctfutli be hind, without dininflion of age or fez. Of thole quite in the rear, fume became defperate; shey'threw themfelves from the gallery into the pir, and from. the boxes upon the nage. A horrible difcrod ~f (creams, oaths, and exclamations, reigned through out. On the exterior of the theatre. the fcene was not lets dreadful ; at every door and avenue might be teen people dragging nut the audience, wh:le nrength was exhatilled, and who were unable to 1 , effe ft their efcape, but h a d j u R nymph to gain the 1 palf.ge, or been forced forward by the crowd behind.. Not leis than so women were fainting at the fame time, on the inlide and ontficle of the houfe. The performers, who had not heard the exclamation that excited this alarm, came forward nn the Ilage, full of anunißtment and flap ite at ate fcene before them, and fume of them catching the alarm, ran away in their dueler. In this frightful fituatioa the Manager came forward with a fpeakiog trumpet, and armed the audience, that there was not the flighteft danger or caufe for the alarm ; that there was no fire; that he conceived the alarm was excited try a let of pick pockets, fur the purpnfe of committing depreda. tions; and that one of them was then in candy.— At this time about two-thirds of the audience had effeaed their efcape from the pit and boxes, and about one half from the gallery. The remaining company in the pit and boxes recovered confiderably from their alarm ; but the afl'urance of the Manager had not the leaft effeft upon the people in the *Ale-. ry. Finding the crowd not clearing away with a . rapidity equal to their impatience, they conceived that their egrets was ohltruded, and cried out that the doors were fallened. The Manager declared they were not, and continued to allure them that there was not the (lighten caufe for alarm. They were not, however, tr. be fatistied ; they broke the tides of the gallery, and thus forced their way into the houfe, and down the private paffages. One thoufand fix hundred perfons were in the houfe. Of tittle, we lament, 18 loft their lives. They confined chiefly of women and children, who leaped from the gallery into the pit, or were thrown down the gallery ftairs. Among them were two beautiful girls, fuppnfed to be filters. The 18 bodies are lying in the hook.— Many more, it is feared, have been killed ; as in every diredion might be met men carrying awe)* women and children in their arms, with broken Soaes, or apparently lifelefs. Two men, fufpeited of being the promoters of the alarm that led to this dreadful catastrophe, were lodged lift night in Clerk ' enwell Bridewell. A Mr. Dnbfon, of C , gave his addrefs to Mr. Dibdin, one of the Mana gers, and prnmifed to appear againft them for riotutte behaviour during the whole evening. It was impot. tilde for the Managers, by any diligence, to have prevented this accident ; every thing that man could do they did to arreft its progrefs ; they flew to every part of the houfe to infpire confidence, and convince the audience of their error, regardlefs of the havoc that was making of their property ; for all the gi randoles, mufical inftruments, &c. were broken to pieces, and the interior of the houfe entirely de °Toyed ; they thought only of allaying the fears of the audience, and adminiftering relief to the (*offerers. Medical at:finance was called in from all quarters; not fewer than 3o furgeons were prefent before la o'clock, and by their exertions many perforas were relieved, and fome reftored to life. A great number of conftables were alfo called in to preferve order by keeping off the accumulating crowd, and affifling the friends of the injured perfons to find them out. The dead bodies have been' all claimed ; but we have not learnt their names. The number is as fol lows t—s Men-7 Women -4 Boys—and 2 (lids— tB in all. The Coroner's Jury has been Cummoncd to meet at fix o'clock this evening, of which we null give a pa:tient:6r account to-morrow. Yeflerday a Cabinet Council was held at the Fo reign Office. All the Cabinet Mininers except the LORD CHANCELLOR and the Earl of WEST 140111 E LAND were prefent. Their deliberations continued from two until almult half pall five o'clock. Monday lsliciioxas Louts BAZ toe, and Louis Rol- SEAU, the two French prifoners, who were in con. finement in Canterbury Gaol, were removed from thence under a military efcort, to be put on board theprifon (hip at Chatham. A dreadfa carnage has taken place in Africa, anseqg fume of the principal tribes there. From all weliave been enabled to learn, it appears that one of the Chiefs, a very rich and powerful Prince, of the Tribe of the Affenteis, died, and in conformity with the Cullom was buried, and a large portion of his treafure depofited in his grave. The Chief of an-o ther tribe found means to approach the tomb, from whence he !tole the money; the violation was difco vered—tbe thief was purfued, who it was difcovered had taken refuge with another Chief, with whom he had (hared the broty, and there two were joined by a third. Thefe three tribes were followed by the party aggrieved, with a very large army. One of the of fending parties proceeded to the Englith fort of Ana. maboo, where liven thkufand women and children had previouily taken (helter—the fort was attacked by the Airenteis, in the defence of which ryoo of them were killed. They were afterwards informed, that the Chief of the Tribe of whom they were in fearch had efcaped to Cape Coati Cagle, for which place they infiantly commenced their march, and on their arrival there, he was given up by the Governor, with whom they feparated on the molt friendly terms, and proceeded again in fearch of the other offenders, carrying fire and murder through the whole of the country through which they marched. Whea at Cape Coati, they had proceeded about boo Englifh miles from their native country, and it is (aid, that in the eourfe of the march not lefs than from thirty to forty thoufand perfons had fallen victims to their ferocity. ,am VI tbc C in' re 1 0 oder Y s r " tart' rhich v a to •• 1 5.