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tit 41/.IUTIC,IL INTALLIGINCE. LAND6Akb Itkr, JULT 1?. EALMOUTH, JULY ie. The Sea Fencibles, tvhen at etercise this tiornittg Arrived the Itatiger, SHIRBOURN, and Four Sisters, at the tw bitter, o-gun batte, near this place , under the or ders of Captain MIFARLAME, of the Navy, a good w ayaza , f r om Malta ; also the Sally, OKPRANT, veteran officer, had t 6 Misfortune to have two tnen from Liverpool, for Malta, to join convoy. The badly wounded by a gun going off when in the act of Townshend packet sailed for Corunna this forenoon, loading it. They were received into the hospital but brought to again in the Roads, the wind having upon Captain M.Faataxa's request for that purpose come South. to the Lieutenant-Governor. But they were obliged to the to send to Harwich for medical assistance •, and, from PLYMOUTH, ILLY 17. I having no amputating instruments at the Fcrt, or Came in his Majesty's ships Gnowitn from Off any where nearer than Ipswich, Messrs. CHURCH and Rochefort ; CHAIIPIOS add Csiziitur from the Me- RALPii, Surgeons, of the Westminster Regiment, from di lti vanean and the coast of Portugal ; and the Ms- Harwich, and Mr. COCKLE, a Country practitioner of merit, from Trimley, attended as soon as toa, With a fleet of victuallers, from off Lisbon ; circum stances would admit ; and it is hoped, that a man of a lso twwo French Chasse marees, laden with naval 1 the name of Chapman, who is a thatcher, and has . st ow, from Bourdeanz, prizes to his Majesty's ship seven children dependant totally on his labour, will A.varmst, who has destroyed eight others. Passed only loss three fingers and part of his left hand. The up Channel his Majesty's ship HYDRA, w i t h a other man, who has a wife, fiat no children, will lose of both hands, and is otherwise much lacerated Sett of transports and merchantnien under convoy, ! a b out tl..e face. born the Mediterranean ; part of the transports are st rived here. Came in the Juno, Capt. Env/Ann.% from Barcelona, with wine. P. S. Just arrived his Majesty's brig CoNvotmoze, of 12 guns, Lieut. VALoBRA, froth Cadir,, in 11 days; sas brought over Sir GEORGE &writ, Colonel of the 82d regiment, who is gone off for to..tn, with dis- patches of the greatest importance. Captain SKINNER, of the Tickler, who was killed in a late contest with the Danish gun-boats, was buried by the Danes with military honours. A sum of money was likewise g;ven to his widow, by the King, to bear her expellees to England. The Commander of the BITTERN, Lieutenant Usirkrt, which arrived last week at Plymouth, has received the rank of Post-Captain, for his activity as zeal while Commander of the REDWING , loop of war , PORTSMOUTH! . JULY 18. --- - . - ...•-......,.....k. :-. op t,. ., the on her station at Gibraltar. He has been appointed Arrived the --Aezer, with a convoy front to the command of the frigate the PIQUE. Downs; Pursuit, TUCKER, and Peggy's Success, General Jecottle, one of the Spanish Commissioners Ttromesore (transports), from Malta.—Sailed the arrived from Cadiz, was rormerly Governor of St. PLUTO, with specie for Spain, and the THEIISH, with Roche, and the particular friend of the Duke of KENT. the following vessels under convoy, viz.--Fortitude, He was displaced from his command in consequence of the known intimacy that subsisted between him and Batese, for Jamaica; Eliza, —,for .Surinam; his Royal Highness, while the latter was Governor Thames, Gamy; and Two Sisters, —, with troops of Gibraltar. General CAS reeos, who succeeded for Barbadoes. His Majesty's ship POMONA has Jecoetre, has always been friendly to the British inte made the signal to unmoor, and is expected to sail rest in Spain, and is now Generalissimo of the Patri otic Army of Andalusia. to-morrow morning veith the fleet for the Mediterra- We have accounts from different parts of the nean. The THAIS is appointed convoy for the Bra- country, communicating numerous distressing conse• sils, and is also expected to sail to-morrow. quenc& of the late extraordinary heat of the weather. DOVER, JULY 18. ' A man at Corby in Lincolnshire, on Wednesday, Passed by last night, the Maria, Captaiti SINtLAIR, whilehoeing thistles, was sooveitaine by the heat, that from Trinidad; also several sail of Danish prizes from he died in the field. A woman employed in making hay, in afield adjoining the town of Huntingdon, St. Thomas ; and the Whim, FORBES, from Gibraltar. com plained of being ill from the hest, and died before bEAL, JULY 18. she could get home. A woman at Bellesdon, in Lei- Arrived his Majesty's ship lir-nein, from St. Cvoix, cestershire, on Wednesday, died of the excessive heat; hiving under her convoy the following vessels, viz. The horses in Mr. Paterson's carriage, going to Cro the Friends, DOXALD y Isabella, ;Adventure, mer, stopped on the road, unable to proceed, and or. ikl‘liertriercx ; Kitt , Maria, ; Nestor, unharnessing them, one fell lifeless. Two horses in y --; -- the ma il coach, between Grantham and Newark, died —; Isabella, ; and Navigation, which have while in harness. One of the horses in the Yarmouth sailed for the River.-e-Arrived, the HARDY gun- coach died on stopping at Norwich. Two horses be brig, with the Deptford navel transport from longing to Mr. Fawcett, of the George Inn, Stamford; and one the property of Mr. Roodhouse, of the same Plymouth, the latter has sailed for the River I DES place, died on the road ; as did a post-horse belong ?U M'S gun-brig, from a cruize. Sailed the HARDY ing to Mr. Bone, of Dereham, Norfolk. gua•brig, for Plymouth; Rotetet . sloop, on a cruize. • A married woman, an inhabitant of Hull, of the REMAIN IN Tilt Dovem. name of Watson, having gone to work in the hay field Vriecess of orange, Hero, St. Alban's. Trusty, Clyde, Fisgard ; for a few hours, was taken ill, and compelled to lie Gime; Hermes, Desperate, Bustler, Fearless, And Phosphorus. down in the field, hoping to obtain a little refreshment .4* sir from the Eastward. by so doing. Her companions, after leaving her a HARWICH, JULY 18. short time in that situation, on their return found her Arrived the AMILISLE frigate, Lord Srlwanr, quite lifeless. A man working near the Holderness- Comniandei, and remains with the FURIOUS gun-brig. road was so much disordered by the heat, that he be came quite insensible, and laid in that state, in a YARMOUTH, JULY la. neighbouring house to which he was carried, for the Arrived (torn Gottenburgh the STARLrkO gun-brig space of fi ve hours before he recovered. Several with a convoy bound for London. Also the NED other persons were obliged to be taken away out of Eeves sloop, from the Northward, and remain with the fields in carts to their respective homes. At Dun the ships as per last-e-Wind N.E. nington a man of the name of Richard Taylor, ern ployed in making hay, dropped down dead, in con- HULL, lULY re. sequence of the heat. At Sigglesthorne, the heney On Wednesday Captain Faszetwe, late of the Moron, of this in several bee-hives was entirely melted, and ran out_ pert, captured by the Danish gun-boas in the Sound, in Novene• upon the ground, and most of the bees were drowned bee last, arrived here. He bad been confined in the prison of Hole Perko', in North Jutland, with about twenty other masters of in it. At Rowley, a dog belonging to the Rev. Mr. teeth, six of whom, viz. John Davidson, of Sunderland; John Croft, died from the great warmth ; and some birds, Kidd, of Arbroath ; David Raft, and David Stewart, of Dundee ; flying over Hull dropped down dead in the streets: John miller, of Kirkedy ; and Mr. Fromnan, made their escape Another woman, we understand, also died in cdn en the evening of the 90th June, by rolling themselves down the bank of the field in which they were permitted to walk, and thus sequence of the heat, at Rigemont, in Holderness. eluding the vigilance of their guards. After travelling towards the On Friday evening, after a day of the most erpres 'Westward for two ni g hts, and hiding themselves among the cern save and excessive heat, the neighbourhood of Bath by day, they reached the beach, not far from Bovenbergett, and was visited with a more tremendous storm of thun found a boat aboht 90 feet lon, by 7 feet ; in this they put to sea, havin g with them only about a gallon of water, and d er , a small plane der, lightning, and hail, than was ever remembered City of bread brought off in their pockets. They hate s o either come to have been experienced. The roiling of the distant lies nor mils ; but the latter they supplied by taking six spare thunder, and quick succession of the flashes of vivid shirts to pieces, end sewing them to g ether with the yarn of their I lightning, • completely illumining the hemisphere for stockin g s. Their allowance of food was half a penny loaf of bread a • constderable length of time, formed to the inhabi a day, and halts tea cup full of water night and morning, each man. On the 24th they found a haddock floating in the sea, which they tants of that city a truly grand and awful spectacle. divided among them. The weather being at times very foggy, The storm extended beyond Bristol, in which city they I were compelled to steer along at no great distance front the hailstones were picked up of nearly an inch in eircum sbore, intending to snake Heligoland if possible. On the evening • ference At Newton, Corston, and Kelston, mostef of the An, they ran w ithin a small island, and two of them i -- heeled en the Continent, and made with their bottles towards a , the windows that lay in the direction of ' the storm house *out a mile distant, in search of water and food ; but had . have been broken, as well as the glass of' the hot only proceeded a short way, when tkcy were chased back to the I houses, &c. in the gardens of Gore Langton, Esq. at boat, by tw o Fr e n c h d ragoons . P utt i ng off towards the island they 1 Newton, and of Sir CzsarHawkins at Kelston, where lay to near it during the night being in a most distressing state, so moc k f rom 1 considerable damage has been done to the youn g g plan "'ink" no water for 16 h o u r s , and suffering thl"t teat they could not swallow a morsel of bread. Fortunately ; tations , as the ha i l d escended in several places in large stele-0 to ta k e and e l the help of etrie shirts and sail, they col- 1 flakes of two inches in thickness. A boy , belonging ? ected sent a eaten of dirty water, which prevented them from i to Mr. Harding of Keynham, was struck down by delivering themselves up to the enemy, an otherwise they must I have been neeettitated to do. After suffering much from the cold 1 the lightning, and his recovery was for some time and ra i n , an d t h e weather being unfavourable an d their prove.. doubtful. We have heard of several horses being sins nearly neended,tbey made Newark Island in the afternoon I killed, and other cattle destroyed, but we trust the IlEtie "th, aael ran P 4B : tt In within half a mile of the shore , accounts are exaggerated. *See they by to, intending to land to prneure water in the even iv. Bein g greatly exhausted, however, thee aR fell asleep in the On Friday last, about nine in the evening, there "•ot, and were awaked be a Cushavea fisherman, who had evn i L i f storm near Glastonbur9, in Somersetshire, ended to them from the shore. On stating their case to him, he in its appearance and consequences exceeding any =trued them t o p ut o ff i mme thately, as otherwise they would i thing that has, for a long series of years, been known eio imminent danger of being muk in:toners by the French ; Ltd r ecommen d ed the i r lan di ng oft Wwark Island, where there !in this country. The thunder and lightning were were no tr oops . Th ey arcee d sng ly l an d e d near a single house, I tremend ous ; and the shower of hail, which formed a *S-e they repienisbcd their bottles with water, but could not ' part of .this tempestuous phznomenon , was of a na keeil upon the people to supply them with anyiiiread. They put , ture which would scarcely justify belief, if we had off again from th e tooter/ ease o'clock in the murniag of the 28th, not a perfect confidence in the Gentleman who com and at seven the canoe evadft get aboard a vent: lyin g on the municated the account The storm appeared to have hanks on the F.astward of theNlhe leading shells for Hamburgh. - . On board this vessel there were teetlytwo men, who supplied them spent its chief fury between I iper's Inn, on the road vult water, a tang campus, and about two pounds of breed-- from. Wells to Bridgewater, and the village of Ash- At tW3 next tti:srni:sg lbw, le ties verse!, and aboutseven in the fete , Here the corn was laid flat ; the roads were rtcrting of the 30th, se tweet gicarjay s came in sight of Helga e awl After rowing meekest a heavy N. W. sea and a breeze of inundated ; the apple trees, which abound in that 9 iaddurlne tine whole o f e ke d a y, u ser rec e ee dee i n ginittin g the ' country, were stripped, net only of their fruit; but of shore, about eight in the evening, and %sere cordially received their very- leaves ; and almost every pane of glass in %Ten the beach by muse hundreds of the inhabitants. Governor the latter village was broken. The larger hail stones, HAMILTON, the rent of the Officers, and the Council, treated h'h were of an irregular form, measured 6 inches thee with uncommon ki n d ness , en d spewed them every possible s° 'c attention, supplying their wan t s with every thing which their ea. in circ umference ; and the lesser ones, or rather balls hutt e d state rendered aicasimry. Captain ?RUMAT., and Capt. of ice, were about half that size. The inhabitants DAVIDSON, of Sunderlised, left Heligoland in a Pappenburg vessel w er e so much alarmed at this extraordinary visite on the sth instant, and arrived off Y -1"1"th on 1 nent LY last* — tion, that they trembled for their lives ; and few of The rest of the Captains were to sail from Heligoland about the them, to use their own expression, expecteet to behold lode in nonce vessels belonging to Leith , which had been deli- . • wring coals at the Island. the return of day. Aes. MO prime' OLD 114ILET. Oh Saturday fdtirteen prisoners were tried, two *whom were capitally' convicted, viz. Donald Rainton, for stealing seven 11. hank notes, ,fie property of John Brockinshiar, privily from his 'person • and J. dest, fot a burglary in the house of Mr. Han :hint an attorney in Oraittery-Ittne, and stealing four table spoons, three table cloths, tee. the property of Jt Hanson and W. Clapham ; and W. Rolsertson, for receiving the same, knowing them to hare been stolen. ft appeared, that West had been a servant to Mr. Hanson, and of covse was well acquainted with the house in which Hanson dwelt. Clapham was the husband of Mr. Hanson's cook, and had permis sion to sleep there with his wife. On the night of the 7th of June, West got into the area of the house, where he had wrenched a pin from one of the win dows, which gave him access to the kitchen. The hack area door was then opened, and Clapham went out by the street door at five o'clock in the morning, in which he 'was followed some time after by West. Mrs. Clapham, on coming down, observed the print of a man's foot on the window, inside, where the pri soner entered ; and, on a farther investigation, she dscovered that the articles in the indictment, belong- ing to Mr. Hanson and her husband, had disappear- 1 ed. As it was not likely to find out the thief, Mr. Hanson chd not institute any inquiry ; when, about ten or twelve days after, as the junior Mr. Hanson WAS walking through Lincoln's-inn, West came up to him, and begged hi s pardon fo r having lately rob- bed his father's house. He described how he had done it; and added, that he had, in getting in, torn off a part of his coat, and this Mr. Hanson had kept. He added, that he remained in the kitchen till Clap ham went out by the street door, and that he then followed his example. Mr. Hanson, junior, took West over to his father's house, where he gave him in custody to Blundell, the constable of the Liberty of the Rolls, who took him to the . watch house. He confessed that the articles stolen were in Robertson's house, No. 22, Fisher -street, Red Lion-square. Han son and Blundell went there, and asked Robertson's wife, whether she had recently seen West, Mr. Han son's late servant ? fihe denied that she had ; and on their pressing her on the subject of the stolen goods, Robertson came in, and hearing what was going on, said it was as well to confess ; with that he drew from under the bed the bundle. The articles were produced, and sworn to by Mr Hanson and Mrs. Clapham. Several witnesses gave West a good character, having known him for a number of years. Robertson, in his defence, said lie was ignorant of the stolen property having been brought to his house, it having been given to his wife. The Jury found West guilty, and acquitted Robert son, who was discharged, after a suitable reprimand from Mr. Justice LE BLANC to abstain from such practices in future. Fight were convicted of felony, viz. Daniel Richardson, and lames Kieff, for stealing several deals, the property of T. Lewis. Samuel Fearey, for stealing a silver watch, the property of Thomas Hooptr. Catherine Perry, for stealing three pair of' Th sheets, and various other articles, value S9l. e property of U'illiant G edgS. Thomas Cripps, for stealing a shirt, a petticoat,. N6tl other ar ticks, the property of Thoniks Tucker. William Taylor for stealing a gold ring, the property of Thomas Sar dere. , * James Henley; for stealing a quantity of rt/bons, the pro perty of John Smith ; and Ann Finland, for stealing 14L and upwards, the property of Ceorge Hankerwell: The following were acquitted : John White, Joseph Brown, and William Jennings, who re ntal: s till the next Admlr. lty Sessions. Yesterday nineteen prisoners were tried, fifteen of 1 , wham were cotvicted of felony, viz. _ . - W. Finn, fur stealing a quantity of lead affixed to the dwelling , house of Thomas 'costs. Mary Jennings, for stealing two guinea+, fourteen half guineas, and a one pound hank note, the property of J. Higgins. Sarah Delaney, for stealing two tablets spoons, and a pair of stockings, the goods off. Millard. Margaret Cook, for stealing a gold broach, and four pair of stockings, the property of Harriet Wolbank. Jahn Connelly, for stealing a table cloth, the property of T. Wilcox. J. 'Darby, for stealing a quantity of oats, the property of Jere ntiab Roeher. • T. Smith, for steal:4 g a Pair of boots, • the property of J. Mae &mold. Margaret Griffiths, for e ste;ling a gown, a time piece, and a shawl, the property of W. Joseph. C. James, for stealing a sow and seven pigs, the property of ' John Whitby. Aan M'Carty, for staling a quantity of leaden pipe, salt fish, and other in - tick s„the property of J. Haywood. Ann Critics, for stealing one quart and one pint pot, the pro perty of Edward Hartley. Elizabeth Water*, for stealing a pair of sheets, the property of 3. Goodge. Sophia Taverner, for stealing two sheets and a counterpane, the property of Elizabeth Miller; and Isaac Leach, who v:as indicted for assaulting Neal 'Pardon, and taking from his person a 7s. piece, 2s. in silver, and other money. • The prosecutor stated tharhe lived in Nightingale lane. In the afternoon of the 15th of June he went to several public houses in Whitechapel, and in the evening he went into the Angel public house in the same street. He was very much intoxicated when he entered that house, where he sat down in a box by himself, and soon after the prisoner came in, and sat alongside of him. The prosecutor was very drowsy, and soon fell asleep. At the timehe was perfectly sure he had in one of his breeches pockets a dollar, some silver, a 7s. piece, or an half guinea, he was uncertain 'which. He slept for some time, and on his awaking he clapt his hand on his breeches pocket, and found that the pocket had been cut, and its contents disap peared. He said, in answer to a question by the COM most S ERJEA nr, that notwithstanding he felt his pocket cut, it was not in his power to stop the thief, he was so stunned with drink. He did not think any force had been used in robbing him. but rather imagined the robbery to have been slyly committed. The 'prisoner, to the best of his recollection, was the per son who filched his money, though of that fact he was by no means certain, as there was another man with la smock flock in the box when he awaked. Finding hiMself thus cheated he ran instantly to the door, and gave an alarm to the patrole, who soon stopped the prisoner. He was fully sensible that he truly descri bed the money he had lost, as he had pulled it all o tt when he paid .tis reckoning at the Angel, as he put the dollar back into his pocket. He could not know 'he dollar from any other, neither was there any thing I rent' art4ble id the 7s. Piece: The jpitipole said, that when he came up to the prosecutor he was making a great noise, telling the people around him that he had been tobbed. He confessed himself to be drunk, but said he was not so winch so but he knew what he was doing. The prisoner was searched, - and the money described by the prosecutor found upon him,.with a small knife which had also been in the prosecutor's pocket at the time. A part of the.pocket lilting had been cut off at the instant of the robbery, and on ap plying, it to the lacerated part it fitted it exactly. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the transac tion, or of the prosecutor. The Jury, however, found him Guilty. Henrietta ;Masa, Inas capitally indicted for pri. vately stealing from Themashiephton three one pound Bank notes. The prosecutor was a millwright at Chelsea, and about two in the morning of the 2d of July, was passing through Covent Garden Markel. when he met the prisoner, who in a very earnest man ner asked him for a glass of gin. He refused to comply with her entreaty, but she persisted, and overcame his resolution. He took her into one of the receptacles in the Garden, and complied with her demand. When they quitted the shop, sl:e invited him to walk down Southampton -street, with which he complied ; she then inticed him to go along Mai den lane with her to her apartments, which she sa'd ...were in that neighbourhood. She then left him et a sharp pace, and on looking to the right pocket of h's trowsers,he discovered it hanging out, and that three one pound notes had been taken away by the prisoner. He said, he was not sensible of any violence in the prisoner's taking the notes, as the trowset-s v.vre very wide. He followed her, and by the help of a watch. man lodged her in St. Martin's watch house The constable of the night desired her to empty her pock ets ; and in doing so, she threw down anhandker chief, from which two one-pound Bank notes drop ped. She denied having any more, and she was searched to the shift without effect. The Recorder asked the prosecutor, whether he was perfectly sober at the time He said he was. He said he could not specify the number of the notes, but they were new ones. The prisoner, in her defence, denied the charge, alledging that she had got the notes, which fell from the handkerchief, from a gentleman that night, with whom she had been for a long time acquainted. The idea of privately stealing could not be supported as the evidence was in direct hostility to it. The Jury deliberated for a few minutes ard returned a verdict of Guilty of stealing only. • Four were acquitted, viz. J. Wallace, alias Harris; Sarah Smith, alias rater; Jame:, alias Joseph Worior ; and George Seaton.* Worboys is remanded, being a deserter. SURREY ADJOURNED STSSIONS. HORSEMONGER-LANE, JULY le. Before Serjeant ONSLOW, and a full Bench of Ma. gistrates. The Court has since the last Sessions been very ma terially altered for the better, distinct approaches being made for the Magistrates, Counsel, and At torntes, the Grand Jury on the oste side, dr.: Tra. verse Jury on the other, and the Suitors and NV itnesseso with the Auditors to come in on the centre. A number of houses have also been-pulled down in the front next Newington Causeway for the carriage. way, but which is not yet completed. The Grand Jury were called over and sworn ; al. ter which the Learned Chairman made an excellent charge, the subject of which was, that he felicitated them on the state of the Calendar, and the tranquillity of the county, and thelittle trouble they were likely to have. 'They then proceeded to business. The Travers Jury were then sworn—Jar/a Neale and William Wharfingers, pleaded (hilly to an Indictment preferred against them, fur a nuisance and encroachment on the Banks of the Navigab ' e River Thames. They were fined one shilling each, and discharged, on entering into recognizance of 1001. each to abate the nuisance and remove the en croachment. ..... John Acton, a publican, in Pitt -street, Kent-road, was indicted fora gross and violent assault on Thomas Heath. a serjeant in the East London Militia, on the 4th day of December last, at Mill -street, Dock-head. After the Chairman had summed up to the Jury, they found him Guilty. In the Crime. Con. case, which stood for Trial } - ester. day, between Lord BORRIgGDOM and Sir A. PAGLT, judgment has been suffered to go by default. It oily remains, therefore, for the Sheriff to assess the quantum of damages. Another Crim. Con. cause is pending, in which a Gentleman of extensive property is Plaintiff, arid a youth under 18 years, who officiated as footman in the family, and is now a waiter at an Hotel in St. James's, is the Defendant. The scut': of adultery is said to have been at a village near Canterbury. The mistress of the servant was married to her spouse in Devon shire, four years since, and she has two children. She is twenty-five years of age. Saturday, at the Clerkenwell Session, a woman was sentenced to seven years transportation for steal ing the clothes of a child. The offence had been committed previous to the passing of Mr. Alderman Cossait's Act, else the woman would have beer. tried for stealing the child. There were seven Inquests held yesterday on per sons drowned whilst bathing on Sunday, viz. three taken from the Sorp:.‘ntine, one from the Canal, two from the Thames, and one from the New River.— One of the persons drowned in the Thames was a miniature painter, whose cries were brarli by the company on Blacicfriars-bridge. Several boats put off to save him, but he sunk ere assistance codld reach him. Saturday night Mr. GREEN, who kept the Red. Cross Tap, in Barbican, coming down a winding staircase, at a confectioner's in the same street,.svhere he had been delivering beer„missed his way, fell from a great height into a cellar, and was killed ou the spot. A fire broke out on Saturday night, in the upper part of a house belonging to Mr. Bicknel, haber dasher, in Whitecross-street, which commai icated to the house of Mr. Salmcn, pawnbroker. The damage is computed at upwards of Jesoo.