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N 'i~ I‘,l • I - POETRY. THE FRENCH, AND THE SPANISH,GUERILLAS. Munger. and sultry heat, and nipping blast From bleak hill-top, and length of march by night Through heavy swamp, or over snow-clad height, These hardships ill su<tained, these dangers past, The roving Spanish Bandi are reached at last, Chirged, and dispersed like foam:—but as a flight Of scattered quails by signs do re-unite, So th..”te-and, heard of once again, are chased With combinations of long-practised art And newly-kindferl hope; but they are fled, C , .nt are they, viewless as the buried dead! Where h ow ?—Their sword is at the Foeman's heart!! And thus from year to year his walk they thwart, And bang like dreams around his guilty bed! SPANISH GUERILLAS-1813. They seek, are sought, to daily battle led, • Shrink rot, tblugh far out-numbered by their foes: For they have learnt to open and to close The rltl•;es of grins WA.; and at their head Are Cr:pt: ins sorb as erst their country bred Or severed, self-stipported Chiefs—like those Whom hardy Rome WAS fearful to oppose, Whose desperate shock the Catthagenian fled ! In one who lived unknown a Shepherd's life,• ]tedouhteJ ViItIATES breathes again ; And .31INA, nourish'd in the studious shade, 'With that great Leader vies, who, sick of strife And blood,hed, longed in quiet to be laid In some green island of the Western Main! WILLIAM WORDSWOMTH. • The Pastor who now commands in Biscay. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 6. COOPER V. LEE. This was an action against the defenant, an t torney, practising. at Witney, in Oxfordshire, for a libel. The declaration set forth, that the plaintiff was clerk to Mr. Smith, solicitor at Witney, at a sa lary of two guineas a week, where the defendant published a hand-bill, headed " Conspiracy," and co.:ched in the following terms : " Notice is hereby given, that on the 20th day of May,1320, at the General Session of Oyer and Terminer for the County of Middlesex, held at the Sessions House in Clerkenwell, in the said county, William Cooper, late of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, but now a clerk in the office of John Smith, of Witney and Chipping Nor ton, in the county of Oxford, attorney at laW; and one Edmund flay, were, according to due furm of law, tried, and convicted on an indictment against them for a certain conspiracy, in un lawfully and wickedly conspiring and agreeing together, .with divers other evil-disposed persons unknown, by divers false pre tences and representations, and by divers false, artful, and subtle devices, stratagems, and contrivances, to obtain of and from one T.tomas Harrison, divers deeds, hills of exchange, and securities for money, value 6001. and to cheat and defraud him thereof." n consequence of the publication of this handbill, Mr. Smith discharged Mr. Cooper from his service., To this the defendant pleaded that he was not guilty of publishing the libel, and also pleas of justification, settin,; forth A record of conviction of Wm. Cooper at the Clerkenwell Sessions, and averring that the William Cooper was the plaintiff. Mr. GURNEY, with whom was Mr. COOPER, having shortly opened the case, called Mr. Edgington, a so licitor at Witney, who proved that he received a copy of the hand-bill, directed in the hand-writing of Mr. Lee. Mr. Smith, of Witney, proved the averment in the declaration, that the plaintiff was in his service, and was dismissed in consequence of the hand-bill. Ile admitted, however, tint he had talked of parting with him becaL,se he was a sharp practitioner, and therefore not agreeable to his clients. Mr. SCARLETT, with whom was Mr. EYKYW, for the defence, said that he should prove that the hand bill was perfectly true, by producing the record of the conviction, and sliewing the identity of the plain tiff with the patty convicted. In his judgment, Mr. Lee had performed a laudable act, in diffusing the knowledge of a fact which would protect the public from the mischief of AN unworthy practitioner of the law, and an honourable profession from the disgrace which it received from the intrusion of dishonourable members. The record of conviction of William Cooper and Edmund May at the Clerkenwell Sessions, for the conspiracy alluded to in the hand-bill, was proved in the usual form. It was also shewn that the plaintiff was the party convicted; that the case stood over till the next Session for the judgment, during which time he was in prison ; and that ultimately he was sentenced to a further imprisonment for three days. The LORD CtilEr JusTicz.—The plea is certainly established. Mr. (3 u NEY .-If your Lordship thinks that a pub licat:on in this manner can be justified— The Lout) Cll EV JUSTICE.—I say.nothing of what might be done in another form of proceeding. All I say is, that the plea is supported. Mr. Gni:SLY elected to be nonsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 5. QUEaTION OF LEGIII3I4,CY.—CUSIOUS CAM JAMES DEAD v. MARY DEAD. Mr. ABRA II AM S opened the pleadings, and Mr. Setjeant Hut.LocK followed on the same side. The question for the Jury to decide was, whether the plaintiff was tile legitimate son of Mary Head, the defendant. The father and mother married in 1795. William was a carpenter, and died at Lambeth Marsh. It appeared that William Head was addicted to drinking, and his wife left her husband's house, and went to reside at Kent Farm, Beckenham ; she had a small annuity, in her own right. This took place in 1795; and all children born in wedlock are legitimate, unless it can he satisfactorily proved to the contrary that there was an absence of intercourse between the husband and w;f . ;. At one period of the law of this country, if a person were beyond the King's dominions, by that law issue of the wife was bastardized. The ancient law was, that it was im possible for a man to be the father of the child, where it could be shewn that he had not been within the King's dominions for a long period of tille ; but in this case it would he proved that the husband had visited his wife, whose residei.ce was only eight miles distant from that of her husband. Mr.ltickarby produced the register of marriage between Mary Head and \'‘' Head, at Lambeth. - . John Phillips.—knew )Ir. and Mrs. Head when they lived together ; it was 42 years ago ; bad known Mr. Head previously to his marriage; he was a master carpenter and builder; bad s •en Miss Davis befLi e her marriage; visited them afterwards; stir was about 13 or tio years of age; can't say how long they lived at Lambeth ; recollect, their separating, from the report of Mr. Head; she removed to Kent House Farm ; don't know what le d to their separation ; went to his funeral ; he di e d i n Lambeth Marsh. Mrs. Klixabeth Greenberry examined by Serjeant l ie, octt. Witness temembees living at. Kcgt House Faros; was the house. :. keeper to Mr, Randall, and is his slateri knew Mr. Head, the husband of Mrs. Head ; has Teen WWI% :]want Hour! Farm ; saw him several times, but did uet see him always ; opened the door the last time she saw him, and let him in ; it was the latter! end of July or beginning of August; ii was in harvest time; Mrs. Head was at home with Mr. R. bee brother, who was laid up with the gout. He asked for Mrs. klead—rhe asked if Mrs. Head was at home, and witness 'hewed hint into the kitchen, and said she would-tell Mrs.llead of his arrival; which she did. It was on a Sunday; -she wipes down to-the kitchen to hint ;' there was no ether person in the kitchen ; this was the last time witness saw Mr. Head ; it was about ten or eleven o'clock; witness left in 1798 ; she has only been there since as a visitor. Mrs. Head, front the observations she made, was in the family way when she left. • Mr. Serjeant LENS addressed the Jury. It was an important subject to all parties as to the question of legitimacy, and it was important as to law. The question was, whether the plaintiff was the son of one father or the other? And the Learned Serjeant con cluded he was the son of Randall, and not of Head. William Arnold—ls Parish perk and Schoolmaster of Becken ham; knows the plaintiff; witness understood his name to he James Randall and no other; don't know who brought him there; his father brought him, he supposes, there ; he paid him up to Christtnas, 1810 ; he never saw him at the school in parti cular; don't recollect that he came to the school; he paid him from time to time as other people did ; James itandall paid him; witness always considered plaintiff 'as James Ran dall's child. Several other witnesses were called, but nothing further was elicited from their testimony. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the Jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff. LAWRENCE V. WINTER.-PUGILISTIC AFFRAY. This was an action to recover damages for an as sault committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant PELL stated the case to the Jury, from which it appeared that the plaintiff, a married man, and father of four children, was by trade a law stationer, and, as appeared, by inclination an ama teur, at least, of the fancy. The defendant, whose' real name is IVinter, but whose fancy-appellation is' Spring, is well-known in the sporting world as a ce- lebrated pugilist. He is also the keeper of the Wey mouth Arms public-house, Weymouth- . street. The dispute between plaintiff and defendant arose out of a fight between two pugilists named Stockman and Brown, to the latter of whom Spring or Winter had acted as second. The fight took place near Uxbridge. On the return of the parties to London, they met at the Plough public-house, near Bayswater. A general conversation arose here respecting the conduct of the combatants, which ended in the defendant's calling the plaintiff a d—d liar, and, as if in punish ment of so odious a practice, struck him several blows with a stick, which cut him severely on the head. Not being a match for his assailant at such weapons, he wisely called to his aid those of the law, and brought the present action. To prove this James Farrell said, I am the brother-in-law of the plaintiff. I went with him to see the boxing match at Uxbridge. We stopped on our way back, at the Plough, near Bayswater. Winter I saw at the fight, he was the second of Brown ; Lawrence took no part in the fight. Lawrence and I took two or three pints of porter between us at the Plough. We were both sober ; we were sitting at the door of the pub lic-house when Winter came up. A conversation arose respecting the men who fought : Lawrence as serted that Brown had bit Stockman in the fight, upon which the defendant told him he lied, and on his persisting in the assertion, said he was a d—d , liar. Plaintiff said if he, defendant, said that Brown did not bite Stockman, he was a liar. Winter then struck him several blows with a stick, which cut him severely, and the blood flowed down in streams on each side his head. Plaintiff was unable to attend to his business for a few days, in conse quence of the severe usage defendant gave him. Cross-examined by Serjeant VAUGHAN.—We drank only beer on our way home. lam positive that de fendant gave the lie first. Winter is the name of the defendant, but he is better known by the name of Spring.—This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, for the defendant, con tended that this was not a case which called for da mages. The plaintiff, who, they were told, had a wife and four children, and who, they would admit, might from that circumstance have employed his time much better than going 15 miles out of town to see a fight, went to witness one of those pugilistic contests, and on his way home got into a squabble, which, according to his own witness, he commenced by saying that the man whom defendant seconded had acted unfairly. Now, that was an insult to the second, and the plaintiff brought the consequences on himself. Mr. Justice Buanoucx summed up, and observed, that whoever attended at those fights had a right to express his opinion of what passed there, and the plaintiff only expressed his, when he was wantonly assaulted by the defendant. With respect to fights of the kind which they went to see, they were illegal, and unfortunately of late there had been very fatal consequences attending them. By a late Act, how ever, the Judges were empowered to extend the pu ❑ishment of manslaughter arising from such fights, according to the circumstances of the case, and he believed, in some instances, to transportation. At to the damages in the present case, the Jury would con sider it was not one which called for anything like heavy damages, but the plaintiff was entitled to his costs, at all events.--The Jury, after consulting to gether for five minutes, found a verdict fot the plain tiff—Damages £lO, and costs. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, John Geynor was indicted for feloni ously marrying with Pluebe Lanning, his former wife, Lydia Scotchman, being alive. Sarah Scotchman deposed, that she knew the pri- 1 soner, and was present at his marriage to her sister, Lydia Scotchman, at Mary-la-bonne church, in 1814. The prisoner lived with her sister for some time afterwards, but not regularly, as he was in service, l and she went out to nurse. The result of their co habitation was four children. Her sister was still alive, and was then in Court. Phoebe Lanning deposed, that she was married on the 16th of October, 1818, at St. James's church, Westminster, to the prisoner, who lived with her for 12 or 14 months. Michael Morris, a Police•oficer, who had the pri soner in custody, stated, that he had attended at the two churches where the prisoner had been married, and had examined the Registers thereof. He then produced the copies of both, and swore to their cor rectness. These copies were then put in and read.— The prisoner made no defence, but threw himself on the mercy of the Court and Jury. Being asked if lie had any witnesses to call to :Ve•a cliaracter?, he replied that he. h a d . b een. a serva nt in malpractices, to which he (the - Learee..l Judge) w nu l ‘1 two or-three families, whose names be rherwirinid, wise storwadvert; •nalert -arise out of such a system. I t would be well, too, that the bills should be s " aod had sent for the heads of them t o speak ill his behalf.' He did not know whether they. were in at- down as soon as the Grand.Jui y at Clerkenwell tendance or not. • and net, as was frequesaly the case now, at nine • i The crier called their names, but nobody answered. ten o'clock at night. Mr. Baron GA a ftoW summed up the case, and the Jury immediately returned a verdikt of Guilty. • Mr. Baron GAnaow. — " This is a crying offence, and one which the Court must take every oppor..' tuiiity. in its power of punishing severely. A set of men get acquainted with young women, marry there, live with them for a short period, and the% ruin+ them and all their prospects by leaving them when they have a family of young children to support:— They then pay their addresses again to the first tts-1 gaging young woman they meet, and conclude by I plunging her into the same distress in which they have left their former victim. The law upon this crime has been lately much improved by the wisdom of the legislature, and we are now empowered to visit it with the punishment of transportation. I am going to make a memorandum to inflict it in this case.' The prisoner in this case was a coarse heavy-look ing man. The woman Mahe Lanning, whom he had trepanned into marriage with him, was crying bitterly all the time she was giving her evidence. In the case of Mr. D. M'Cullurn, who is accused of having forged certain East India warrants for the receipt of goods, Mr. BOLLARD moved that the recoguizances of Mr. T. Sterling be estreated, and all proceedings sus pended till the next Sessions, on the ground that Mr. T. Sterling, who was a material witness on behalf of the prosecution, wilfully kept himself out of the Way to avoid being cal:•:.d upon to give evidence before the Grand Jury. The Learned Gentleman made this motion upon certain affidavits 'which he read to the Court. Mr. Baron GARROW having explained to the pri soner that the effect of this motion would be to post pone his trial till the next Sessions, asked him whe ther he had any objection to urge against its being so postponed? Mr. M'Cullum said that it would be a very great hardship to him to have his trial thus postponed, as he was in custody. It was not sworn, he observed, in the affidavits which had been read, that there was any collusion between him and Mr. Sterling. Mr. Baton GARROW allowed that it was hard upon the prisoner that his trial should be postponed, but justice demanded that the recognizances of Mr. Ster ling, who, to say nothing more of it, had strangely neglected his duty, should be estreated. It would be to defeat the purposes of justice, to compel the prosecutor to proceed to trial without his evidence. The prisoner must be remanded till next Sessions. Mr. BOLLARD made some observations in a low tone to the Learned Judge. Mr. Baron GARROW-••••" The Learned Counsel has just informed me, that he has made this application now, because, if Mr. Sterling were not to appear before to-morrow, the Grand Jury might he dis charged, or there might not be time to collect the other evidence to support the bill to be presented. If Mr. Sterling should make his appearance in time, and the bill be found, the case may come on at the present Sessions; but of that nothing can be said with - certainty at present." Mr. M'Cuilum—" Will your Lordship take bail for my appearance?' Mr. Baron GAnnow-" Not yet —a time may come when the propriety of so doing may be argued in the proper quarter." John Barton was trie,l for picking the pocket of Mr. J. Gatton, on London-bridge, about the middle of the day of the 22d November. A constable saw the robbery committed ; there was a second person concerned in it, who escaped.• The prisoner, in his defence, said that he picked the handkerchief off the ground, and called several wit nesses as to character. These persons spoke well of his general conduct, and said that he could earn (though he was only a lad) from 3s. to Ss. 6d. a day, as a shoemaker. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER said that it was scandalous for any man to steal who could earn 3s. a day ; he might save money out of it to go into business. Such per sons should be made examples ef; and he (the Recor der) therefore sentenced the prisoner, on the spot, to be transported for life. Richard Thompson was tried for picking the pocket of Mr. Abraham Van Oven, of a silk handkerchief, on 'Change. The prisoner was taken in the fact.— The Jury found him Guilty. Mr. Van Oven said, that he had felt it his duty to prosecute the young man; but that he now begged to say that he had heard much lately in favour of his character, and that a tradesman of respectability was ready to take him into his service. Mr. Jones, optician, of Charing-cross, with whom Thompson had served his time, spoke to the goodness of his character, and offered to employ him. The RECORDER said, that could not be. It was a terrible thing if merchants were to have their pockets picked on 'Change. Mr. Alderman C. SMITH—And a reflection on our Police too. An Inquest was held yesterday evening, at tl- e Sun and Punch Bowl, before TUOUMI Esq. on the body of Mr. John Franklin, who carv e to his ,death under the folowing ciicurnsta n e e ,,_ . Mary Anne Henders.in sworn.—Witness was scri. 4 . l to the deceased, who lived at No. 200, High born. The deceased had lately been in good Leah. On Wednesday morning, about one o'clock, a, broke out within three doors of that house; the d a ceased was in bed, but on the alarm being given, he got up and looked out of the window ; he afterti aids 'went into the yard, and complained severely of his stomach, saying he. was in gieat agony. About tine* or tour o'clock witness went into his room in con k . quence of hearing him groan. 11itness gave hi al some warn' brandy and water, which he drank, but be appeared to get worse; be would not have medi cal advice, although pressed so to do. About six o'clock he made a noise as if he was going to s:ecii, and in consequence no one was willing to disturb him. About half-past seven witness went to him, and found he as dead. Witness then sent to a surgeon. Mr. Henry Turner, surgeon, sworn.- Iti it. was sent for about eight o'clock to the deceased, whom he found quite dead. He was near:). NO %Tars of age, and witness attributes his death to the fea r occasioned by the alarm of five. The Jury, aCte r viewing the body, returned a verdict of, Died by:lle Vis,itatiog of GOD. An Inquest was held on Thursday evening at the Olive Branch, Homer•street, Portman•square, on view of the body of Joseph Payne, Esq. a Gentleman possessed of great property, and a resident in the parish of Mary-la-lionile for many years. His death, which it was supposed was accompanied with very mysterious consequences, led the feeling of the pads in general to conceive that improper meads had been used, when it was resolved to have the opinion of a Jury, which was composed of a numerous assmbla : ;e of most respectable inhabitants of the parish, upon Coroner's inquiry convened for that purpose. A great number of persons (mostly neighbours) deposed to many acts of cruelty and ill-treatment exercised towards the deceased by his wife and daughter,__ The Jury, after consulting together for about half an hour, returned their verdict s—" That the dece.isea died of inflammation on the chest, and that he exre rienced great neglect from his wife and ditubter, and want of medical assistance." PRACTICE OF THE COURT. The indictments from Clerkenwell having (about four o'clock) been put into the hands of Mr. Shelton, Mr. Justice BAYLEY desired to see the person who had brought them from the Sessions House. A young man was accordingly put into the witness box. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Did you bring these indict ments from Clerkenwell?--I did. Mr. Justice BAWLEY.—Who gave them to you ? Mr. Richards, the crier of the Court. Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—And in this state? (They were merely tied round with a string.)—Yes. Mr. Justice BAYLRY.—And you can ied them in this way through the streets in the dark ?—Yes. Mr. Justice BArLEY.—Such a practice is a most improper one, and the Court has frequently here had reason to complain of it. The bills, when found, ought to be sent here locked up in a box, and by some responsible person ; not open, expoied to the chance of loss or the po - ssibility of alteration. Mr. Baron GARROW was astonished how such a practice could be continued after the Cotirt had spoken of it. Every man acquainted with legal pro ceedings must see the great impropriety and the great danger of suffering the bills of indictment to be carried about at the leisure and at the mercy of as ordinary messenger. Interpolations, or molly other NEWGATE IND LEA DEN lIA LI. MARK ETS, Dgc.6. (By the Carca,e.) Beef ls 81 to tt, 8J Veal 24 4d to 4s 4J Mutton.. ..... .2s od to 2, fid I Pork "s 11 to 53 Stl COAL MARKET, DEC. 6. Adair's 43s 9d—Beaumont 421 6d—llebburn Main 44s 3d Killingworth 43s 9d—Wo.lkend liewicke 441 9d—Wall - seni Green 40s—Wallsend Russell 45s 3d—Wallstnd Larnbtor. 4is —Vrallsend Springwell 42s 6d—Hedworth Main 39 6d. 61) Shipc at Market-56 Shies sold-s#, unsold. COUNTRY :11ARKETS. Ocrotto, Nov. 30.—Wheat 4s. 81 a bushel. The price of a half.peck loaf (hous:hold) Is. id. 1388autev, D. s.—Wheat, '2s . 61 to ss. 2d—Beans 2%. to 3s Bd.—Vetches, Os Od per bushel.—Barley, 168 to 20;. Oats, 16s Od to 28s Od per quatter—Bicad, i s Od half peek ; and smaller in proportion. Flour 2.2%. to 38s. per sack. UXBRIDGE, DEC. s.—New Wheat per load £lO Os to 35. Wheat, £8 108 to £lO 10s—Barley, per qr. 25s to 328 18s to 28s—Beang, 27$ to 30s.—Peas, 26s to 335. ,NCIIANGE. Seville 36 Gibraltar 30i Leghorn 47t Genoa Venice Ital. lay '27 SO Malta Naples Palermo llB pet oss Lisbon 524 ltiojaneiro 46 Dublin. ....... ' C0rk............. 91 AND SILVER. . ............. 3 17 .......... 0. 0 0 0 4 gi ..... •••••.... •RM. DU., Fence I tanthursla Flanders Malta o 2 o 0 O 0 Gottenbursit 0 4 1 Jamaica 0 0 W ATbatat Lo:s l'aON BILIDGIC Morning . • • 44 Sliettitat Liter 9 Attarticrea • • 13 minute, after 10 WNW:4 : Famed and piddished by Lent r, ricir" - platt, Icatpleast. COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 6 C.V. Ditto at sight 12 3 lint: :rdam... l2 7 2U. Antwerp, ex-mo. 12 7 ..... 37' 9 2U. Attuna l7 10 IU. Paris,Zday'ssight 25 55 U. Ditto - 0 5 85 2U. Nlatlrid, effective:77i cAdiz t tYect 363 Barcelona Bilboa, effective PRICESOF GOl,l Foreign Gold in Bars ... New Doubloons New Dollars.— .......... Silver,in bars, standard. MAILS. AILIt. nu L. Dublin 1 0 Waterford - 1 0 G tier naey and Jersey 1 0 I itbork 0 0 Holl.ina 0 1 Leeward Island• 1 0' MARRIED. On the sth instant, at River, near Dover, by the Rev. J0!..-1 Manic, henry I'ringle liruyeres, Ew e to Ann Judith Lzu:::: Fector, eldest daughter of the late Jolut Minet Fector, Esq. e: Dover and kearsney Abbey. Nov. 25, at Straloch, Major George Turner, of I.llcrie, to Margaret, third daughter of the late John Ramsay, Lig. of B Monday se'nnight, at IVorthenbury, Flintshire, John Willi:- hall Dod, Esq. of Cloverley, Shropshire, to Elizabeth, c:Lsr. daughter of the Rev. George Allar.son, Prebendary oi Nov. at IFlazley, Gloucestershire, Rear-Admiral Ballard, to Catharina Crawley, daughter of the late Sir T. C. Boevey, Bart. Dec.:, Henry, son of Colonel Brown, of Amsvell Bury, to Mary Aune, daughter of the late John Wilmsley, Esq. of Cas tkmere, Lancashire. At Craigmore, near Randalstovrn, by the Rev. Mr. Ilogg, Mr. Thomas Strahan, to Miss Kerr.—The Rev. Gentleman tra velled on that eventful day a distance of 30 miles to pay his L.:- dresses to the amiable fair one, whom he very disinterestedly, and with the greatest gallantry, married to more early rival MED. On Friday, the 6th inst. George Frederick, the infant son of W. Venable', F. 41. Alderman. Nov. 17, at Windsor, Anna, wife of Capt. Carve:!, late of the 25th Regiment of Infantry. Monday, at Malvern Wolk, Harriet, the wife of Wm. Tahr, Esq. of Tenby, and only daughter of the late Major (V:, oz . Twickenham. _ . . June 19, at Madras, aged 19, Lieutenant Charles Ctmr Er Luard, 24 Batt. sth Native Infantry. June 9, Cornet A. R. Chifney, of the Ist Regiment Madras Cavalry : he was drowned while bathing in a tank at lionapoc:, near Ilydrabad, aged 18. Sunday, whilst attending Divine Service at the Chapel in Batter-street, Plymouth, Mr. William Cowling, one of the oldest Masters in the Royal Nary. . August 21, on hoard the Fort Willhm, at the early age of sixteen years and a few months, Mr. Edward Atkinson, sun of E. Atkinson, Esq. of Bath..