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- STAGE COACHES. ...ogICAN NAVAL BIOGRAPNT. . No. V. • Captain Daniel M'Neal is a native of Scotjand, he .enigreted to the United States before the Revolution, and settled in Salem, in the State of Massechusets.— During the revolutionary war, he obtained a commis. , lion as a Lieutenant in the Navy. On peace being made, he got command of a vessel in the slave traJe, jn which employ he contineed until the year 1803, when he was called upon by President Jefferson to iii take the command of the frigate Boston, of thirty-two guns, which he soon afterwards took possession of, ' and sailed up the Mediterranean. Commodore Mur ray, in the frigate Constellation, was senior officer, and had the broad pendant flying; but Captain Ma. ' Neal refused taking his instructions, saying, that he was the superior officer, having held a commission at the time of the revolution, and considered himself to be entitled to carry the broad pendant, and instead of obeying, if not obeyed, he would consider he had a roving commission to go where and do what he pleased. He accordingly carried his threat into exe cution', and went up the Mediterranean as high as Toulon, and went into port; after remaining there three weeks, he hauled out in the roads, and invited two French officers to dine ; while at dinner, he or dered the ship to be got under way in the most quiet manner, and can ied them to sea, and afterwards put them on shore in Sicily, an enemy's port. They were obliged to cut the buttons off their coats, and borrow some from the Midshipmen of the Boston to put'in their place to disTeuise themselves, afraid they should be known. What became of the two Officers we have never heard. At another time, he gave li berty at Leghorn, to two of his Lieutenants, his Sur geon, and Purser, to go on shore, and immediately got under way with only cne commissioned officer on board. His officers were not able to join him for - four months, which they did at last at Malta, after having been cruising up and down the Mediterranean for four months in a Swedish frigate. When they came on board, he accoste.l . l era in the following handsome manner—" D—n your livers, I thought you were in America'before this—l have just done as well without you as if you had been on board, but as you are here I suppose I must tape so much live lum- . 1 ber on hoard—you had better look out for your old jea-bags" (meaning their cabins). From Malta he t A powderamill on Hounslow-heath blew up on Sa ptoceeded to Sicily, where he amused himself at : turday afternoon, whereby two of the workmen lost Messina and Palermo, giving, what lie called faedan- i their lives. gds to Ladies with their Lords, not of the most refined ! Thursday a thatched lodge, belonging to Mr. description ; for when night came, the Captain and i Payne, butcher, of Canterbury, situate at the back of I Wi nc h ed street took fire by the burning of some his party were in that state •of inclination, that it would take more tgekles than the ship could afford i weeds in a garden adjoining, by which accident a sow, to hoist them on deck. On the morning after he with twelve pigs, which had been farrowed only three would have all the boats manned, and his company days, were consumed. Another sow, with three pigs, lowerd into them, which was a most ludicrous scene; escaped unhurt. the Ladies' costume being completely discnmpos- Last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a most ed, and the Sicilian fop obliged to appear .in the alarming fire broke out at Mr. Howard's, cheese remnants of his gaudy dress of the night before. '.monger, High-street, Newington Batts; it raged with Ithe greatest fury for about half an hour, —On their leaving the ship, he made the drummer but by the and fifer play the " Rogue's March," to the no small ; timely arrival of the engines, and a plentiful supply i of water, it was got under without the destruction of Sicily. at Messina, he asked permission for the Go- gratification of the crew. To complete his visit to I the adjoining houses. We did not hear of any lives vernor's band to go on hoard the Boston, to play for I being lost. the amusement of his officers, which was granted g— ( A gang of incendiaries has lately been Irscovered ,in Berlin. Six of the offenders, who are in custody, but the moment they got on board , lie ordered the ! acknowledge that their association comprised forty ship to be got under way, and carried them to the United States. Before he took the command of the ' members ; and tit it the object of their union was to ! set fire to the city in different quarters, that they Boston he went a voyage to the coast of Guinea ; he might, during the general terror inspired by the con had one of his sons on board with him. On the re turn of the ship, off Goree, the son fell overboard.— flee r ation , plunder the citizens with impunity. He would not allow th e ship to be hove tn , but or- Monday last, one of the crew of a victualling hoy at dered a hen-coop to be thrown overboard , which was Dover, was found suffocated in the cabin of the vessel, which had a few days previous to the accident been self on that, let him be drowned and be d -- d I" accordingly done, saying, 44 if he cannot save him fumigated with smoke to destroy the vermin, from which cause it is supposed the uutertunate man died. While the gallant Captain was at anchor off Malaga this son came on board the Boston, being miractr- I At Hanslope, Gabeth Hindes, an infant, innocently , endeavouring to seize the rail of a horse, received a lously saved by a vessel a-stern of that of which his unnatural father was master. On presenting himself ' to his father, he was received in the following maser: 1 kick, which causes his death in a few hours. Saturday morning, between Slough and Eton, as ; " Dan, I thought yon were drowned , but I see you the Windsor coach was coming down Harbour-hill, are here, to perplex me like that old b — h of a mother at a very gentle pace, the near wheel horse unfortu of yours." The young man most respectfully an- nately fell, upon which Mr. Moody, the coachman, swered, he came on board to see his father, for he i and who is one of the proprietors, immediately jum considered it the duty of the son, but not to hear n ped from the box, and before he made any endeavour mother whom he loved and respected abused, and !to disentangle the fallen horse, succeeded in getting a immediately left the ship. This had no other effect away the passengers, who were ten outside and four inside, except a little child, who was left upon the in Captain M'Neal, than to get under way that night, , and he amused himself the next morning off Malaga, ; roof, Mr. Moody then, whilst he was re-ascending the i firing at a poor fruit vessel which was trying to get coach, to rescre the infant, stationed one of the pas intos harbour. She hove to and made every sign of : engers at the head of the leading horses, and the instant he had gat the child down, the passenger very . submission, but it did not satisfy him, he still conti- i , improperly left the liorcs to themselves, upon which stied his fire, although he knew it was impossible she ;they immediately set ow with great rapidity, making should come down on him, as there was not a breath Vi every impediment, until they came Of wincti at last a breeze sprung up , and after her their: way thro papers being examined, she was dismissed. At length , in contact with sonic road-side paling, which they he received an order from the Secretary of the Navy ( broke , and did considerable damage to the coach. to return to the United States , which at first he re- I ' Bartholomew Fair, last week, was well attended fused ; but in three months afterwards he did return, throughout. As usual there were visitors of all sorts ; but on the whole the company was very respectable. and when he was told that his conduct would under- The booths and sliewshad abundance of customers.— go investigation, he took his commission from his I pocket, and threw it into the Secretary's Office, At Richardson's Theatre the receipts on Friday were never less than :it the rate of £'23 every half-hour. saying, " You wanted my commission , did you ? d—n your livers, you have got it now, and you may ! White who was lately wounded in the throat in use it for what dirty purpose you please , " and took endeavouring to secure a man at Hon, in Kent, whilst stealing wheat, died on the evening of the day after his leave. He still resides at Salem ; he is about five feet six inches in height, very thin and emaciated, a : he received the wound : an inquest was held on the great lover of the Ladies, and about 70 . years of age. body before J. Simmons, Esq. when a verdict of wil ; I ful murder was returned against William Brazier.— Tuesday a match at Cricket was played on Bullinßrazier absconded immediately after the perpetration if- ! i don green, between eleven married and eleven sing e of the horrid act. li men of Oxford, which was won by the former. I Saturday se'nnight, R, Stevens was committed to O A neat little Theatre, fitted up by the French Of- ;xford gaol, charged with having feloniously stolen i a dark-brown mare, the property of William Hall, of facers upon parole at Cupar, Fife , was opened on the 1 Aldborough I arm, parish of Limington,Warwickshi:e. 27th ult. for the fi rst time. A Prologue, composed At the Somersetskire Assizes, a replevin cause, in by one of the Gentlemen, complimentary to the in -1 which E. spencer, Esq. of Wells, was plaintiff, and habitants for their hospitality to the captives, was . S. Paine, Esq. lord of the manor of Uphill, defendant, spoken and acted. It was followed with Les Fairs excited considerable interest. It appeared, that nine ilmetirewer, a comedy in verse by RaoneßD, and the of the plaintiff's horses had strayed into the delen afterpiece of Le Qualerne. They have been in every dant's lawn, from Uphill Green, where the plaintiff, thing their own artists. The scene painting, the in has a right of common; defendant empounded them, tenor decor.ttioifr of the Theatre, the arrangement of , and demanded nine guineas for damage, which was the costume, the getting up of a complete stage appa resisted by the plaintiff on the plea of the defendant's ratus, and, above all, the forming of a most excellent i The . fence being down, and otherwise weak, low, and in band for the orchestra, are all their own doings. sufficient. Several witnesses were examined, who after p iece went off successfully, and the comedy and . completely made out the plaintiff's case ; and the afterpiece were extremely well played. The French Jury, by the direction of the Judge, and much to the L style of acting is more rapid and vehement than ours; ! satisfaction of a crowded Court, gave a verdict for on this occasion, too, the female characters were re the plaintiff, damages erl 12s. 6d. and costs. By I 'relented by persons of the other sex; yet these peen- this decision it was clearly established, that proprie ° Rarities did net prevent a numerous audience, many tors of land, adjoining to commons and wastes, were of whom necessarily knew litde of the language, :Wind to keep good aad sufficient fence. 1 Kea being . • highly amused With the pod acting. The constant pr'actice of loading coaches, and the improper conduct of the drivers, which is daily wit nessed in and about London, in direct violation of the Act of Parliament, induce us to insert some of the more important clauses, that the public may be in possession of the power given them by the Act : A coach having four or more horses, and with four or more wheels,• to carry ten outside passengers, and no more, exclusive of the coachman, and including the guard.—All coaches drawn by two or three horses to be allowed five outside passeng ers , and no more, exclusive of the coachman.— All long coaches, and having double bodies, to carry eight outside, and no more, exclusive of the coachman, but including the guard,.—No child in lap, or under seven years of age, to be reckoned as one, but two such children are to be accounted as one.— No person paying as outside shall be permitted to sit as inside passenger, unless with the consent of the inside passengers, and next to such on the scat.—No luggage on the roof, nor out side passengers, unless the height be under 8 feet 9 inches from the top of the ground, penalty £s.—No luggage exceeding '2 feet in height on the roof, when drawn by four horses, and if two or three, not to ex ceed 18 inches.—No person to sit on packages, under penalty of £so.—The names of the proprietors, and number of passengers to be painted on the doors of the coach.—Summons left with the driver or master, to appear before a Magistrate, sufficient.—No driver to leave his horses, under penalty of 55. —Any driver loitering on the road, being in liquor, or careless, to forfeit selo.—Any driver who shall use insulting lan guage, or insist on more than he is entitled to, shall forfeit 40s.—Any constable, or officer, refusing to execute a warrant against a driver, to be sent to gaol for one month:—Passengers may order the toll ga therer to count the num be r of passengers, and mea sure the height of the coach : 'if the driver or collector refuse, either to pay £5.-:—Outside passengers getting off before they come to the gate, and getting tip again when passed through, to pay 510.—N0 person to be permitted to drive, except the coachman or proprietor, and if he shall dri .e furiously; so as to endanger the lives of the passengers, to pay £lo.—May appeal to the Quarter Sessions, if aggrieved. POLICE. COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS.--Saturday night two wo men were brought to the public office, Bow -street, charged with uttering Counterfeit Dollars ; and it appeared from the evidence of the witnesses who at tended, that they had uttered counterfeit dollars in the course of Saturday, at five different shops in Knights. bridge and Brompton. On searching one of the wo men by one of the patrole belonging to the Office, who resides in that neighbourhood, he found four Counterfeit Dollars, two in her pocket, and two tied up in the corner of her pocket handkerchief. The prisoners were committed for further examination, when the Solicitor to the Bank will attend. John Willaa was convicted of selling, on the 17th of August last, 28 trusses of straw, short of weight, and was fined 2s. GI for each truss. Friday, a chimney-sweeper's boy, between 12 and 13 years of age, offered a horse for sale in St. Giles's, for fifteen shillings. The appearance of the professor of the brush, mounted on a poor animal, nearly fa mished, with its bones ready to start through the skin, with only art old piece of string for a bridle, and two shoes that had come off the horse's hoofs, hanging on the string, had a truly ludicrous appearance. A mas ter chimney-sweeper, residing is Short's-gardens, agreed to purchase the horse, and desired the boy to take it home ; but having no doubt of its being worth two or three pounds, he questioned the boy how be came by it ? The boy was recogniz?d by another chimney-sweeper, who was present, to be the apqren tire of Mr. Redford, of Swallow-street. Mr. ford attended at Bow-street Office, on S.unrl, where the boy was in custody, and identified h m as. his apprentice, who had ran away from him about three ; months since. A chimney-sweeper of Kingston atten ded, and stated, that the prisoner had been working for him for some time past ; the horse found in his possession had been stolen from the Common. The prisoner was committed for trial. Maria Sullivan was charged by G. Riddle, a jour neyman Baker, with stealing a baked leg of lamb, dish and all. The prisoner met the man, while taking the meat home, and, saying she came from the custo• mer it belonged to, he delivered it to her.—She WAR committed. A pawnbroker in Holles.street was charged with taking more interest for a pledge than is allowed by Act of Parliament. W. Howlet; of Fendal-street," Bermondsey, said, that on the 28th ult. he went to defendant's shop, to redeem a prayer-book, pledged on the 2Gth day of December, for which was de manded and paid Is. 10d.. being one halfpenny more than allowed by Act of Parliament. The defendant was convicted in the penalty of £.5, but said he should, appeal. Friday se'nnight, Adkins, the Bow-street Officet, arrived at Worcester, in pursuit of one Thomas Wood ford, who was known to have dealt pretty largely in guineas; having found him, Adkins offered him eight guineas, and three half guineas, for which Woodford I gave him £lO. 18s. Gd. in Bank of England Notes. He was immediately. apprehended, and committed to gaol. This is the first commitment under Earl Stan -1 hope's Bill. Saturday 15 dexterous pickpockets were brought up to Guildhall, for Anal examination. They had been taken by the Officers, exercising their talents in Bar , tholamew Fair, during its continuance. Some were seized with the property of the spectators in their pos ; session ; and others, known to be thieves, were i taken while in the act of seizing their prey. Alder man WOOD committed some to the Poul;ry Compter, ' and disposed of the rest according to their respective merits. Last week, a man named Moore, was committed for trial to Maidstone Gaol, for violating the person; of a girl under 15 years of age, the daughter of a respectable farmer at East Mailing. The prisoner afterwards beat tbe girl severely, expecting to intimi date her from giving information of his conduct. Frid.ty, between eight And nine o'clock, in the lane leading from Wandsworth to Battersea, two fellows dressed in smock frocks, and armed with bludgeons, attacked Mr. Wells, of Pimlico, and having by a blow with a bludgeon felled him to the ground, they rob bed him of his watch and pocket book, containing about £27 in bank notes. _ _ Friday evening, a man was stopped in Rochester, under very suspicious circumstances, having 2 horses in his possession, supposed to have been stolen. He says he has been buying and selling horses within these two or three weeks, at Canterbury, Dover, Deal, and also at Egham, but he is supposed to belong to ' a gang of gipsies, who have for some time past been about the country, committing various depredations, particularly in stealing horses. EXECUTION.—Last week was executed at Penenden Heath, agreeably to his sentence at the late Assizes, Peter Wood, aged 35, a sailor and a French prisoner of war, for cutting andstabbing Ebenezer Alexander in the right breast, with intent to murder him, on hoard the Canada prison ship, on the river Medway. The unfortunate man, who was a Catholic, was at-1 tended by a clergyman of that persuasion, and by the chaplain of the gaol ; he appeared very thoughtful =and penitent, the priest praying to and conversing ; with him for a short period after his arrival at the; awful spot; after which, the Rev. Chaplain addressed; the spectators, by briefly stating that he was request ed by the unfortunate man, through the interpreta tion of the worthy priest, to say, that he had made his peace with Gob, and acknowledged his guilt, (and be was sure there was not one among them but would join him in offering up their prayers to GOD for the unfortunate man); and further, to rike heed and not give way to passion, which was the si , le cause of his being placed in his present awful state, from which he hoped they would take warning !" They then took leave of him, and he ascended the drop, where, as he was tying up, he uttered iggeo./bye all i" shortly after which he was turned off, and ap-1 peared to die without a struggle.—The spectators , were not very numerous. A flight of some hundred storks, on the 25th June, alighted in the vicinity of l3atnberg, in Germany, and were caught by the inhabitants. Mary Martin, aged 109 years, died on Wednesday, at Hubberstone. Her memory and understanding were perfectly unimpaired till the last ; she had aper. feet recollection of the total eclipse in the year 1715, and never kept her bed until a mouth before her d nth. LINIFERVITr INTILLIGEA'CE. ICCLISIASTICAL PReatonose. Clart, M.A. Fellow of Clara Han, Cambridge, Is pre. &mud to the vicarage of Duzford $t John in that county, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Favel HopliCtna. Rev. Mr. Graham, of Gianni, to the rectory of Belton, Rut. land. Rev. William Monkhoute, to the'viessage of Mosiattd, West. nanriand, vacant by the decease of the Rev. J. Jackson. Rev. R. Whitehead, to the rectory of Ormside, vacant by the resignation of the said Rev. Wm. Mmskhouse. Rev. R. Atkinson. to the rectory of Musgrave, Westmorland, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Whitehead. Rev. Thomas Thorpe, M.A. late of Eatntanuel college, Cans. bridge, has been instituted by the lord Bishop of Litre an to die valuable rcctory of Bunion ()very, Leicestershire, vacant by tbet rcsivation of the Rev e l homes Holditch. A Dispensation km passed the Great Seal to enable the Rev. J. Hit& DD. to hold the vicarage of Effingham, with the rec tory of Moulton. The Rev. G. Davies, of Bletckley academy, in Bucks, is elected master a tlle grammar school In in the rw.m of the Rev I J. Scott, reaped. The Rev. Charles Burney, LLD. of nreenwich, has been fres- Itad a Doctor is Divinity by his Grace the Archblaltap of Canters Mink N, 1 • mad Ca 04311111, Moatlay, I NEWCASTLE COAL. 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TO THOMAS TAYLOR, ESQ. No. 9, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, LONDON. nomous CD $ll, I BEfl leave to inform you, that ever since the yen 1790,1 had been afflicted with the l.ues Venous ; whlch,frona .Its obstinately relining every course of medicine prescribed by Ma most eminent of the fatuity here, and undergoing several GMT! courses of salivation, and twice discharged from the Hospital, with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. la the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a bead, as nearly to pu: a p.: bid to my existence. I had a large ulcer on the i crown of my head, one on each arm, and my kg, were broken out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the List seven years • my left had also two nodes upon it, was' very much discoloured , ears; pee me such exereciating pain, particularly when warm is bed, as nearly to deprive nee of rest ; in this lamentable 'tate, 1 was re commended by Mr. I. Thompson, (who rert•ived so great a cure by them here;) to take your Leake's Pateut bilk, which 1 began to do on the siiitfi May ; in the course of a fortnigir I began to receive benefit—in little mute than a month the ulcers on my E. bead and arms Were soundly healed—soonafter, the barrios: n:y leg heeled also: leaving, however, conhderabie discolour - tion in the skin, and pain in the bone of the len, which, by •!.4 blessing of God, and a little longer perseverance in your !de Menlivine, subsided ; the nodes dispersing, the skin r e oair • ittnatural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going off—l 1;o4s became, by your Hberal advice and inedidne, perked r free:: na I my former complaints—have recovered sty farmer spirits 1 • strength,and am boronse jolly and fat, in which statehaving con tinued many rim*e to the astonishment of all who knew me, S. am ate loss to what terms to express my gratitude, bat het %O' fur the good of other suffering mortals, to make this me caw a public as prohibit, as I shall on every mem:re—in en %Wag rer will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful obedient very humble see cant, ALEX. MU ItliEß. Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by tbesole Proprietor, Thomas T Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London, at Ins heuse, No. 9, New fridge -street ; where, after a constant res:dence Its more than 10 years, In a practise particularly dirreted to the Cure itf Venereal Complaints .and. those incidental to tiw Parts of Generation with •tia:Linviolable secrecy which mos: of his profession should always observe ha such cases, be fiat. errs himself, the advice end assistance he gratuituudi aemi• tisters to per sons taking this Medicine, will bet wren ed, by a dis cerning Pubhc, as an advan t a ge seldom; .at.eined and void of all ambiguity. • • • • They are also sold by his appointment, at the Perfumer's, No. 35, St. Al ban's-street, Pall Mall,. the Toy-slop, No. 101, 0e s:or:I-street ; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, fish -street-hill, nceriTeP posite the Monument ; end by one person in eve ry cemaiarabis town in F.siglard, 6.e. in holes only Vs. 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