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I I NAVAL COURTS MARTIAL. PoRT - 4119UT1 - 1, SEPTEssza 9. iitnlt THII HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH. Accounts have been received of the following ships' being on their passage to England :—the Thetis from Rio Janeiro; Alligator, from the East Indies; Hussar, from the West Indies ; Diamond, from South America, Lisbon, and \laden a ; Naiad, from the Mediterranean ; and the It:fleman, final North America. _ _ It appears from the following extract of a letter from Rio Janeiro- witlx which we have been favoured, that the Braw4iatis have te stained a serious loss on the River l'iat(: RIO JANEIRO, JUSZ 28. . . Lord Piinsonhy proceeds to Buenos Ayres, in the Doris, Sir John Gordon Sinclair, - when she has refitted. The Thetis returns to England direetly. The Doris has brought us accounts from the River Plate of the Impe ril squadron, consisting of the Netheroy frigate, Cap tain Norton, mounting 38 gulls, two 22-gun corvettes, sever al 18-grin brigs, schooners, and gun-boats, having grit a confounded • hammering: 'The frigate and two brigs were taken by the Buenos Ayrean squadron sw•hich was composed of only two small ships and three brigs! Several of the Brazilian vessels made a bolt after the first broadside. The wreck of the blockading squadron has returtiel to Monte Video, quite crest fallen. The Buenos Ayrean vessels are manned entirely •pith English and Yankees, who were all very hearty in the cause. Most of the Brazilians, though officered by EnAlish, have a very mixed crew, and mostly impressed nii n. Imperial' justice has just made a most con spicuous figure here. It seems that the Redwing cap tured a slave schooner, on the coast of Africa, and put on board her Lieutenant, a Master's Assistant (Mr. Faulkner, whose passing certificate shows that he was examined fur a Lieutenant in 1815), and four men ; but the Lieutenant being afterwards taken out, and put on board a French vessel, he took the papers belonging to the schooner with him. The schooner parting company in a gale of wind, was afterwards boarded by a Bra- Hap sloop of war, who finding no papers on board, sent her in here as a pirate. The officer and crew were sent to prison, and the vessel has since been condemned as a pirate.' The Redwing's stern chain, and several other 6 King's stores,' ate on board the schooner, which ought to have been sufficient evidence that the vessel was not a pirate. Notwithstanding, no rept esentations of the cir cumstances yei made by Our authorities have availed anything; the crew ate continued in prison, with every expectation, that Imperial justice will finish the case, by banging the pirate's crew In the regulations established by the King in Coun cil, relating to his. Majesty's service at Sea, and lately published by authority of the Admiralty, we are glad to find, that Art. G. Chap. 8. under the heads of Courts Martial, is amended. The former instructions on this subject, directing a junior Officer in the command of a post ship to take precedence, at Courts Martial, of a senior Officer in the command of a sloop, were not in strict accordance with the 12th Section of the Courts Martial Statutes rand we submit, that no regulations established by the King in Council can destroy the e r ..e'ct, nor do away with the meaning and intention of an Act of Parliament. Courts Martial should be go verned, in respect to evidence, at any rate, by the same rules and principles as the Courts of Common Law ; and their general proceedings should fellow the same totirse, when not rep:Wed by Act of Parliament. We regret to state, that there is a woeful deficiency of legal knowledge existing in the navy. In perusing the minutes of the proceedings of eine Court Martial that occurred, some years ago, in the East Indies, we were astounded. On foreign stations, these Courts are de prived of the necessary legal advice and assistance of a qualified Judge Advocate; for the person generally ap pointed, from necessity, to officiate as Judge Advocate, is totally incompetent to discharge the functions at tached to his important office. In Civil Courts, on trials for murder, we often notice hair-breadth distinctions oracle between the cis cumstances necessary to constitute that crime, and those that constitute the crime of an in ferior degree of homicide ; with these nice distinctions every member of a Court Martial should be well ac quainted. Under the impression that a knowledge of these facts will produce on the minds of every one that has a faithful regard for the good of his Majesty's ser vice, we did hope to see, in the regulations lately pub lished, the instructions relating to Naval Jurisprudence considerably extended. About one hundred short and explicit rules of evidence, strictly applicable to naval cases, prepared by the Law Officers of the Admiralty, and issued with general printed instructions, would carry an authority with them superior to that of any work that has been published on the subject and would serve as a material guidance, in •regard to evidence, to Courts M.irtial held on foreign stations. The Jasper, Capt. Blackwood, will sail hence in a few days with specie for Berniuda, Halifax, and Newfoundland, and thence to the Mediterranean. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Saturday, J rum was charged with embezzling varioWs SUM of money received by him nn account of his employer. The prosecutor, fslr. Itstall. a Sheriff's officer, stated, that the prisoner had been employed by him about six months to deliver out bilis, but without any authority to receive the amount of them. He, however, had lately called on some of the Solicitors by whom he was employed, when he discovered that the prisoner had on several occasions received the amount at the time he delivered the bills. He had never accounted to him for the moneys he had re ceived.—The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was empl o y e d jointly by the prosecutor and another Sheriff's officer, named Dun ham, with whom he was formerly in partnership, to collect the outstanding debts of the firm ; that he was to receive a week for his trouble, but this seas not paid.—On finding this to be the case, the Loan MAYOR dismissed the charge. GOATS AND DONCRTII.-4. Coat was charged with stealing a Donkey, the property of a costermonger named Ferret. The sin gularity of the names of the parties caused considerable laughter.— It appeared that the Goat, taking advantage of the absence of the Donkey's owner, carried him off, panniers and all. Ile was, however, ferretted out, and given in charge to an officer, who brought bins before the Uare (Mayor) who not considering the evi dence against him sufficient (as on searching hint the Donkey could not be found) ordered hint to be discharg ed. Saturday, a girl of interesting appearance, mined Mary Connor, was charged by her mother, who sells'froit in the streets, with having run away from her, and enlisted into the service of a wo man who is said to be a most expert beggar, and regularly educates children for that calling. The mother stated. that she had in vain attempted to keep her daughter at home. The beggar-maker enticed her away, and was in the habit of displaying her, along with other poor children whom she represented as her own, to the view of the people, in order to raise their compassion for so large a family. Sometimes she sent them about to sell any little trifles, and the poor children tints • left to themselves soon fell victims to that vagabond sort of life. It was stated that upwards of one hundred little girls had been enticed away from their parents by this woman.—After having remained with her some time begging, she took opportunities of disposing of them more profitably, but much more wickedly. It was feared that this poor child was a sufferer in the latter way. the LORD Mayo* asked her why she had left her mother? She replied that her mother indifferently fed, and severely beat her without cause. A woman named Jemima bad prevailed upon her to leave home, and introduced her to a lodging house in Went worth-street, where a great number of young girls slept nightly, at the rare of four-pence per night, which they paid out of their earn ings as beggars, late-sellers, and match-sellers. She (the prisoner) sold laces, and got about a shilling or fourteen pence a day at the work, and she regularly retired after her day's work to her lodging. Her mother, who sells fruit, could not afford to keep her so well as she kept herself. The Lotto Mayors asked the child whether there were men lodgers in the houselt---She replied that there were, but that they slept in a different room. e Officers said, that bad as the lodging-houses were, the owners never allowed the sexes to come together. The society, however, was sure in a short time to bring young creatures upon the town. The Loan 31Avon said, that the neglect exhibited by the parents of the lower orders in London was greater than ever he had wit nessed elsewhere. He really thought that this cue *hewed in a very strong manner the necessity there was for discouraging the practice of selling fruit, &e. in the streets. as if mothers were at home, their children would necessarily be better attended to. His Lordship reprimanded the mother of the girl, and ordered her to take the child home, and attend to her more strictly. GUILDHALL A young man named Stephens was brought up for : final bearing. The accuser was Mrs. Currey, of Buckingham street, Strand, the wife of a purser in the Navy, who alleged that the young man at the bar was the person who cut the pelisse, as she bad previously stated, only she wanted to make this addition, that her petticoat was also Injured. Mr. Berestord, the Chief Clerk, read over the former state ment, to the truth of which she attested. Mr. Harmer, who appeared for the defendant, cross-examined the prosecutrix, who appeared extremely angry at the questions put by the Learned Gentleman. Mr. Harmer—By the evidence you gave on a former day, it appears that you arrived late at the fair. Mrs. Currey—Yes, but there were people of respectabliky there at as late an hour. AU the witnesses were positive as to the identity of the prisoner. Sir Pyres Lao= said, that this enquiry could go no further, and he was guided by the opinion of the Gentlemen around him, that it ought not. In discharging the prisoner, he would not at tribute improper motives to the ladies who had made the charge. The young man had received a good character ; but he (Sir Peter Laurie) sat there to look at facts; and his opinion was, that the evidence given for the prisoner was more conclusive than that on the other side. The young man was discharged, and nearly thirty respectable friends were ready to receive him. A young tailor, named Byers, charged with a similar offence, was remanded till to day. BOW-STREET. Mr. T. Taylor, the tradesman against whom a charge of bigamy has been lately brought, and whose cue has excited considerable' sensation in the city,from some names connected with it,was brought up sea Satutday morning to this Office, for re-examination. Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Butler (clerk to Mr. Harmer-) both attended to conduct the prosecution, while Mr. Harnet attended for the de fence. The first person now examined was Mr. John Inkskip, one of Mr. Harmer's clerks, who produced a certificate of the marriage of Thomas Taylor with Anne Greasely, his first wife. John Tukes, a lace maker, residing at Radford, and who had married the doer of Anne Greasely, next deposed to having been present at the marriage of the defendant. Taylor, with his sister-in law,and that they subsequently were generally known, and cohabited together as man and wife. He farther swore that the said Anne Greasely, now Taylor, was still living, and that he bad, in fact, seen and conversed with her this morning. That she had been residing for some time past at Birmingham, was well known in that place , and might have been readily discove red by any one who had inquirai after her. Mr. Harnet cross-examined this witness at consider able length, and elicited from him that he knew a lace manufacturer of Birmingham, named Regg, in whose employ be has understood Anne Greasely to have been Living, but on being further asked whe ther he did not know that there was a connexion between her and her master, and Whether there bad not in fact been two children produced by this intercourse, replied, that he had no knowledge of any such circumstance. Taylor bad, he said, deserted his wife, after living With het about a month ih his (witness's) home, but he was not aware that he had sent the bellman round, cautioning the tradesmen of the town against giving her credit in consequence of the debts Which she had already incurred, nor did be know that Mrs. Taylor was now going by the name of Tibbett. Anne Bond, of Church Lane, Islington, sister of the woman who is acknowledged by Taylor as his wife, and for criminal conversa tion with whom he has declared his intention of proceeding against a Stock Broker in the City, proved that she was present when the Brighton and Margate are both crowded with tom- defendant married her sister Mary Bond, in the parish church of St. George, Hanover-square, in . the month of May, 1819, on which party. At Bognor the visitors are not numerous, but, occasion she was a subscribing Witnesses in the parish register. as usual, :elect. On her cross-examination, she said that Taylor then represented ENGLISII OPERA HOUSE. MATHEWS brought a himself as a Widower, and h er mother had inquired, and understood crowded hiPtise on Saturday night. His performance of that was the case. Her sister and the defendant, she added, bad Jonathan W Donbikita, a lea' Yankee, landed at Lii lived happily together as man and wife, till their domestic peace had been broken in upon by Mr. Ileapy. oerileol, is certainly excellent ; and it is an admirable Freeth, a tradesman, who keeps a shop at Birmingham, de satire on the cant pa s sing in the Unitettfitates, respect- posed', that be is a brother-in-law of the defendant, having married lug C , mstitutions, Liberty, eire. while slay/ill's and the his sister—that he has himself scalded in Birmingham upwards of sale ot, and •• larrapping" of " niggers" is permitted. 40 years, and that he remembers the father, mother-in-law, and two uncles of the defendant living in that town in the year 1819; nig engnerrys" in England respecting the British the defendant's wife, Anne, was living there at the same period, Coniti!Ul ion, and the memorandums he takes, in order and had any inquiry been m ade concerning her, her existence would to the wri..iivg home of letters, are laughable enough, have been at once ascertained. :tnd an extellent hit at the modern getting up of traves On crosa.examination he stated, that the woman in question got her livelihood at the time by needle-work, employing several other by the book -piakers. In the farce of Before Breakfast, hands in the same way. at her own house, in Freeman-street, Bir wtre nvich pleased with Mr. BaarLev's excellent mingh.m. lie was quite sure she is nut now living wish Tibbett, acting of a pa-sionate man, moved to that of which he at Warwick, but admitted that he believed she did go by the name af!er wards repents fr , ,m the im;:uhe of the moment.— of Tibbett in company. lie had personally known Tibbett for up wards of twenty years; he is a silver iencilicase maker , and he he- One i‘f ili•hslsx's deli g htful overtures was introduced heves a single man. He also admitte dl that he had heard of Anne by t:te oichestra between the pieces. Greasley (Taylor), living in the employ of Mr. Ilegg, and that she Itt the lsle of Arian, Lord FINCASTLE, the Hon. had miscarried while in his service, but he did not believe that she CIIAMLEi 7AI / RIL.% y, hit bri.ther, and two friends, have, in nine days, had borne any children. averaging nut mine than four hours' shooting each day, killed 350 San. tiel Bails.) knew Taylor. that he bad matried when very brace of arouse and black co.:ks. One of the Gentlemen shot only young, and that his wife bad afterwards lived in ite,;g's env:oy, en four days. but knew of no children. Partridge shooting, which commenced on the Ist Inst. is affording William Smith, a patrol, deposed, that he apprelienil.,-1 Taylor excellent sport in tile nortilt this sea-on. The being so Very plenti. in his shop, Bear-str. et, Leicester-square, but did nut starch the ttil will in a great r.:vasur.: compensate for the scarcity of grouse. It house, nor take any woman erroneously for Mrs. Taylor.-bi: in is quite c"mmen to see from 30 to in a covey. The slaughter has 1 quired for Mrs. T.l and was told by the defendant that she was already been very great. at Taunton. The Galatea, Sir Charles Sullivan, Batt. is gone out of harbour; The Phnom), Lotd W. Paget, came in, colt for foreign service; the Dispatclt, Captain Parsons, sailed this afternoon for the Cork station ; and the Arrow, Lieutenant Brooking, on a cruise. At Spithead—Galatea. In the liarboot —Victory, Melville, Spartiate, Pyramus, Pelican, Philomel, and Clinker. Lieutenant Cruse, IL N. has seized, on the Sconce Point Coast Guard station (Yarmouth, I. W.) the vesseb Pallas, Nelly, Marti, Adelaide, and Kitty, upon supposition of their bring employed in contraband trade, having disguised concealments in their holds. This was the case fur the prosecutibn; when, on the examitut tinn being concluded, Mr. Ilarnet addressed the Bench, and en quired, " Wbe are the plaintiffs in this case? They are neither the first wife nor the setond wife of the defendant • but they are Thomas Heapy, anti his Cat's.raw Dobson." He should not retract one syllable of what he bad before asserted, that the whole was the result of a conspiracy, and he hoped therefore that the lowest recognizances would be accepted. He had bail to any amount. Mr. Adolphus now rose and said, addressing Mr. Harriet, " It is d,,ernright impudence to call a respectable citizen a cat's paw! which I say is false." Mr. Harnet was replying with some warmth, when Mr: HALLS put an end to the altercation, by requesting hint to confine himself l to the . case. Mr. Adolphus then applied to the Bench fur the committal of the defendlot, and alled, that no bail could be accepted, as the charge Was one of felony. His Worship, referring to the Act of Parliament, coincided in this opinion, and Mt. Taylor accordingly stands fully committed for trial, un the capital offence, at the next Assizes. MARLDOIiOUGIUSTRERT. A few days age two solenri.looking youths, that is, as solemn as persons apparently not more t h an 17 or 18 years of age can look, clothed in black, their hair remarkably neat and sleek, and each having a book under his arm, by way of giving a literary appear ance, came to this office, and announced to Mr. Ros, the magis trate, that they were two young aspirants to pulpit fame, and wished to have the Nlagistrate's licence to thunder out eternal destrt►ction against the world, and the wicked of its occupants. Mr. lioa asked, was it any particular persuasion or sect they meant to attach themselves to as preachers ? The applicants said they were not very particular, but they meant to go into the general dissenting line. Mr. Hoe then told them, that before they could have a licence from a Magistrate, they must according to the statute of William and Mary, bring with them copies of the oath, against Popery prescribed by that statute, and be sworn to them iu the presence of a -Magistrate. Accordingly, OR Saturday, the embryo preachers came again, fully prepared with the necessary oaths, which they read aloud in the offico, and having, with all due reverence and solemnity, sworn that everything connected with Popery and the Pope was blasphe mous, superstitious, idolatrous, and damnable, they went forth with a benign and Christian spirit, to preach the Gospel and ex pound the Scriptures. The Solicitor of Lieut.-Colonel Archdall, whose committal in default of bail we have already noticed, stated that, owing to un toward circumstances, the income of his client did not now exceed 3001. a-year, and pleaded for a mitigation ol the amount of bail. Mr. Dees said that the amount of 1,0004 in which Colonel Archdall was himself bound, was merely nominal, it being or little consequence whether the sum was 1001. or 1,0001. as regarded bis own responsibility; and under all the circumstances of his case, he, Mr. Dyes, did not consider two sureties in 5001. each, or four in t5Ol. each, as at all excessive bail, and he must therefore decline making any alteration in the amount; but if Mr. Seal still con sidered the bail as excessive, he could have Colonel Archdall brought by Habeas aritsts before the King's Bench, where the application to reduce the amount might be attended with more success. Mr. Seal then bowed and withdrew. MARY-LA-BONNE: Joh* 'Peak, footman to Captain Corfield, of Grove•end-pkcei Regent's Park, was remanded, charged with attempting to defraud Mr. Flint, pawnbroker, of the Edgeware road, by offering two gilt farthings as sovereigns, which, it appeared, he had stolen from his master's house, where they had been used as card markers. J. Greve was charged with assaulting H. Gunning. It will be re collected the complainant was on Tuesday charged by the present defendant with pulling his son's ears ' when the Magistrate dismissed the complaint ; and, on quitting the Office, Green followed Gunning out, and most severely beat him. On the prisoner being asked what he had to say ? he replied, your Worship refused me justice, and I exercised it myself. The Magistrate told him, that might be his opinion, but he must now find very good ball. Mrs. Green, a tali portly Lady, then commenced arguing the cue, but, on the Magistrate refusing to bear her, she followed Gunning into the Chief Officers room, and knocked him down twice; on which she was brought back, and ordered to be locked up with her. husband. HATTON-GARDEN. An Irish pedlar was fully committed for a misdemeanor, in carnally assaulting a child between 10 and 11 years old, the capital offence being disproved by the testimony of a Medical Gentleman. Iliory Griffiths was remanded, charged with stealing a laced cap, from the shop of Mrs.Goodaon, Cow Cross-street, while offering an earthern pan for sale. Mary' Rivers, alias Lloyd, aliai itachill, war accommodated with three months' residence in SpaSelds Castle, for exercising her in genuity in the art of swindling. On Saturday, M Magee was brought up for another examination, on a charge of assaulting an infant, aged eleven years. lie was or dered to be committed for the misdemeanour, and was taken to prison in default of bail. WORSIII P-STREET. Saturday, William Hinshaw, Same: HineTurw, and Joreph Bennett were brought up, charged with depriving a horse of its eyes. It appeared that a few days ago the horse in question was grazing in a field belonging to the complainant, and in the elening, on Mr. Tuck (its owner) going into the field, he perceived the poor animal with one of its eyes completely out of the socket, and the other nearly as bad. In consequence of information he received, he ob tallied a warrant for their apprehension. Mr. Tuck said that the animal wju so ill :that he feared it would not survive. The de fendants admitted throwing the stones, but declared they had no intention of injuring the horse. The bleausvaars said it was a most cruel act, but he would con sider it in the most favourable way, namely, that they had no inten tion of knocking out the horse's eyes, and therefore he should con vict them in the penalty of Ws. and costs. UNION-HALL There was not one night charge at this •6ce—a singular and al most unprecedented circumstance, considering the extent of the very populous district of Southwark and its precincts. On Saturday a letter was handed to blauexx SWAM, Esq. the presiding Magistrate, by a person who, at the same time, inclosed his card of address—" Mr. George Meeves,s3, Southampton-street, Strand"—the contents of which were as follow : " Gentlemen—Can you be good enough to send an order to the watchman of the Vauxhall Trust, to deliver up some keys which formerly belonged to a man of the name of Black? . The Magistrate not knowing what this very singular epistle could mean, desired Mr. Burnaby, the Clerk, to return the letter, with , .. . an answer to that effect, and to say, ~ that if he (Mr. bleeves) wanted art interview with the Magistrates, he could obtain the same, by coming to the office any time between the hours of one and three." Mr. Meeves accordingly appeared at the office, fashionably attired and produced thEletter be had just received, and read it over aloud, commenting on it as he proceeded; and, after talking most in coherently, the Magistrate at last collected from his discourse, that a Mr. Black was formerly a lodger with him; that, about a month since he went to Vauxhall Gardens (" that enchanting place of fairy-land," exclaimed Mr. Meeves), and indulging too freely in strong potations, he had been lodged in the watchhouse, and while there, had cut his throat. He was immediately taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died. Mr. Meeves said, his object was to get the keys of the watchman, for the purpose of securing the deceased's property, and rendering an account of It to his relativek The Magistrate said he could not grant an order for any such purpose. On learning which, Mr. Meeves exclaimed, " You are here for the preservation of the peace, and, on an applics.tion of this sort, should render me every assistance. What is to become of us, if, in a state of civilized society, suck things are permitted." After a little snore similar expostulation, he added, " I am a courosizoa of music ; I have suns compositions far beyond Handel or Mozart t what hurts me is (lifting his hands up), they refuse to print one word of my compositions, while they print and distribute six or seven hundred copies of other compositions very inferior to 11T. sate." Ile now quoted Othello, where, in the 6th Setae of Ztl Act, Logo says— " You are well tun'd now; Bat I'll let down the pegs that make this music, A> honest as I am." Ile then quoted Hamlet, and entered a tirade against him, but landed the play of OtitelUi to the skits. lie said, " Ilhntkt io despi cable in the eyes of all good judges, and in the eyes of Nature itself; and it is to me quite incredible how such a man as Shakspeare could write such a stupid, sue:► a vapid play ; a play much lister fur the senoulboy's exert* than calculated to warm the kc hogs of a die. criminating audience." With tlt. greatest dAculty he was prevailed upon to give over his harangue, anti requested to quit the office. I le said he disliked Hanks on account of the ghosts it ; there was nu real substance iu these aerial personages, and so very unfit for histrionic exhibition. lie several times returned into the office, making a thousand apo logieq to the 514gistrates for taking up their time.—Some one re. marked, 2, he was going out of the passage, that he appeared a s mad as the man who had cut his throat; op,w hick he became fa. riously indignant, and at length walked away. The poor man evidently labours under some mental infirmity.. but some parts of his address completely upset the gravity of th e bench, while it lasted. L A M BET El-STREET. Messrs. Woolf and X. Alexander were again placed at the bar, a , %%1s also &mon Voinon, charged with an outrageous ascault oe T. Lazarus, at the Jews' Burial Ground, when Mr. Isaacs appli e d for their admission to bail; hut a certificate being produced of the dangerous state in which Lazarus still remains, the application Iris refused, and the prisonereremanded. TOWN HALL Marcus Falk was fined 101. under the Hawkers and Pedlars Act i or offering to sale a variety of articles of jewellery in the Borough, without a licence. Margaret Ellice was sentenced to Brixton flaol for a month, aa disorderly. She was brought up, with 13 others, by the Pari;'r , Officers of St. Olaves, and had been eight times previously for: given, on promises of amendthent. THAMES-OFFICE. Love ra AN Amta.—On Saturday, a disciple of Jehu. nantli Slammed, and a smart buxom damsel, calling herself Moe were placed at the bar, under the following circ umstances: - A trusty guardian of the night stated to his Vorship, that ta l calling one that morning in Shade street, he saw the figure of a 1n 43 in the corner of the area of N 0.7, seemingly trying to conceal hit... self. fhe railings were all secured, and the way in or out tr u , t have been over them. Not being quite so young as he used to h e , he did not choose to make any attempt to get at him; hut knowing the prisoner could not very well escape, he alarmed the family, when, to their utmost astonishment, the kitchen table bore evidect marks of a recently-laid out elegant supper for twn ; and, oa a far. then search, the damsel, who acted as housemaid to the establisl... meat, was found concealed in the wine cellar, and cons;7,c,l to durance vile,' with her gal:ant, in the adjoining watchhouse. It being understood that the girl had paid for the treat, and se veral persons giving Stannard a most excellent character, they were discharged, with a strict caution as to their future behaviour. TOWN-HALL, GRAVE:SEND. Friday, the young man who gave his name Lakeland, of York, charged with feloniously taking away a horse and gig, was brought up for re•examination, before Wm. Gr.surnsu, Esq. Mayor. Several witnes►es having been beard, The filavot said he should eventually commit the prisoner to I'daidstone, to take his trial at the next assizes; but he would re. mand him till Friday next, in order to give any person who might have suffered from his artifices an opportunity of appearing against him. CONFLAGRATION AT MONK'S WOOD FARM, OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING. FROM THE HUNTINGDON GAZETTE. Another dreadful fire has spread dismay through our neighbourhood. Scarcely had we ceased to deplore the calamity at Over, when i,ur sympathies were awakened by a similar misfortune nearer home ; which if not at tended with the extensive and ruinous consequencrs which marked the conflagration at Over, took place under circumstances more awful. On WednesJay, about two o'clock, a dreadful storm burst over tie neighbourhood of Upton. The rain fell in torrents, the thunder was unusually loud, and the lightning most vivid; considerable apprehensions were therefore enter tained lest it should be attended with fatal consequence-. The worst fears were speedily realised ; and the in habitants of this town thrown into the greatest con fusion by the arrival of a horseman, who galloped into the north•end, crying out " fire, fire," &c. Tiht engines were instantly drawn out, and almost as instantly arrived post horses (two fours)• foam the Fountain and George Hotels, which were put to, and with about eight or ten men to each engine, immediately set off at full 'speed to Menk's Wood Farm, near Alconbury Hill, the residence of Mr. Moyse, where they arrived in about 2'4 minutes, but not in time to preserve any part of the corn, haystacks, or the buildings in the farm yard, all of which were in one entire blaze. It appears, that about two o'clock, three or four vivid flashes.of lightning were felt, and were instantly succeeded by a tremendous clap of thunder, which appealed to shake the earth; at tha: moment a large ball of fire was seen to fall upon a barn which was full of unthrashed corn, and instantly the whole building was in flames. Two men were at the time in the barn; they ran out upon hearing the noise, and even by that time the flames were commu nicating to the adjoining building ; it was with dif ficulty they got out a waggon and two carts from under the hovels ; drove what cattle there were out of the yard, preserved the harness belonging to the farm ing horses, a bean mill, and a few trifling articles, which were all that could be saved from the devouring element; a strong wind was blowing from the S.W. and in less than 20 minutes the whole of the farm-yard was in a blaze. The efforts of those persons that had arrived, by this time amounting to some hundreds, were directed to preserving the furniture and property in the hou.,e, which were quickly removed into the garden. Mr. and Mrs. Moyse were from home, spending a few aysu itie ia some friends in London, but were expected to retina that afternoon by the Defiance coach ; and upon its ar rival at Huntingdon, the melancholy intelligence was communicated to them, when they immediately get into a post-chaise, which in a few minutes carried them to Monks wood House, where they were net by several friends to console them upon this unexpected loss. This dreadful confl ignition has levelled with the ground two barns (full of corn), stables, cart-hovels, cow-sheds, &c. thirteen stacks of corn and hay, a gig, and all the farm ing implements, except two or three ploughs, which were in the fields, and the two carts and waggon before mentioned. MARRIED. Rev. Dr. Maltby, Preacher of Lincoln's to Wu Margaret M. Green, youngest daughter of the late najor Green. Rev. W. William Hai!ward, of N l .iltleu, Sululk, to Harriet, daughter of the late Charles Powell Leslie, Esq. of Glasslough, blonaghan, Ireland. Rev. Robert Dteker, C*.irate of All Saiute, Stamford, to Jane, fifth daughter of Edward Brown, of Stamford. At St. 3ames's Church, Dublin, the Rev. James Sprig, M.A. CO Mtss Gardiner, only daughter of the late J. Gardiner, req. of Publin. DIED. Wednesday, at Lee, Kent, aged 82, Mrs. Mary Ann Morland relict of the late William Moorland, Esq. Of Pall-mail, loVestmiuster. At the Rectory of Salford, in the 84th year of his age, the Itev. Thomas Nash, D.D. formerly of Worcester College, Rector of Sal- ford and Whitcomb, and Vicar of Ensham, Oxfordshire. Ile took his Degree of M.A. In 1768, that of B.D. in 1778, and D.D.1793. At Barrackpore, in the East Indies, on the morning of the 22d Siptember last, after a severe illr.ess, contracted in the arduous service with the Army of Arracan, iu the 22d year of his ;go, ' Lieutenant James Rolfe Browne, 27th Regiment Native Infantry, and third son of Alderman J..S. Browne, of Canterbury. MAILS -THIS DAY. Dublin Waterturd ALL. 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