The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-29 00:00:00

0'24 Officers, to cut her out; they accordingly proceeded nearly, nlostirsidg, without any appearance of resistance, when alased • battery suddenly opened upon them , and 200 :mops a been concealed behind a hill, advanced to a small neat of land, , Within pistol-shot of the launch; upon which they, op a 'most destructive Ares which. our brave fellows most galln i~c tly aeuirned, till their boat wa completely knOckFd to Twenty men were either killed tit desperately wounded, and the remainder taken prisoners by the enemy. rae Lords of the Admiralty,..we understand, have ordered round, directly, five sail of the line to Ipughswilly, for the pur wse of more narrowly watching the movements of the enemy's Scheldt fleet, shobld they be inclined to attempt a paisage North about. Court-martial his been beld on board the kalsonAle, at lucerne's, fur the trial of Mr. Joseph Davis, Second Officer of the Lord Keith, East lediaman, for disobedience and contempt of his Captain's orders, and for mutinous language in the ship • i turing an alarm of tire, eu her hornewa•d-bound voyage. The . Lord Keith carried letters of marque, like all the other ships of the Company, which are, by a recent Act of Parliament, as lettets of inarqk iiliccd under the laws and re g idation " of the British Navy. 'Ater three day4' investigation, the Court, of which Admiral Lord Col Ville as President, on Thursday gave . sentence, that the charges were riot prbved; and the detendant was accordingly acquitted. On Wednesday last, a Colin-muttflat was held the • ! Salvador del Moudo, for the trial . of Mr. Thoreas BUrross. Purser of the Rhin, for neglect cf duty and disobe,lence of orders, in not kee ing the, ship i)! - Operiy supplied with necessa ries. The charges being in part proved, Mr. Burrows was sen tenced to he reprimanded, and was reprimand( d by the Culla accordingly. President, Re.ir-Atitniral Sir .F.. Buller, Bart. • i'HE NATIONAL It' !crlsTiim MIDDLLsEX SESSION& SWINDLING. •••••••••••• . _ THE KING 'U. ETCHAED ANDR t:WS AND ALEX. HALL. On Tuesday these defendants were brought up to be tried Upon an indictrn'ent charging them with obtaihing money under false pretences. On Andrews 'being put to the bar, hr addressed the Court, requesting tbey would sutler his trial to be poAponed until the next Sessions; he did not ask it as a matter t,f right, but, us au indulgence from the Court. 'Die indictment upon which he now sto id fof trial had been preferred only on Saturday last, and he had not sullicient time to prepare for his defence, nor , any pecuniary meani of employing Counsel or A. torney :• under these circumstances he craved the peculiar int;uleence of the Court, which was always extended to p tsons in his situatiotn Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, meld not agree to any post ponement of tleis trial ; he had no wish to pros hardly against the prisoners, tf , ut the Court ould recollect that the crime fur Which they stood charged was committed so far back as the month of February,last, and the Original indictment was pre ferred in the last July Sessions, but there being some slight in formality in that indictment', ano her more correct, but of ex actly the same tendeacy, had been preferred on Saturday, so that virtually it was the sante indictment, and the prisoners bad sufficient time to prepare for their defence, and however mo tives of humanity might incline him, ptrsonelly, to accede*, yet he owed a duty to the Pub lic which on tilts occasiod could not be dispensed with, he therefoee felt that he could not consent to postpone the, trial. Awlrews aeliti addressing the Court observed, that he was charged with giving a cheque on a thither, who leel tug money in his hands ; but for the first time he had to learn thet a person over-drawing the Banker with whom he had kept a cash account, was guilly of an pirence against the Law.. had still more to coettend with, die public pre . ,ritdice had peen raised against tim by the Manner in Which lie had been treated by the public paints, some calling him „I\ lisjor Andrews,. others, Parson Andrews, and more Captain Andrewi ; none of which c h a racters he .challenged any man to prove he had ever as sumed, his name was Richard Andrews, he never passed by any Other name, he was never known by any other; and tinder all theie intyressits, he threw himself e n tire clemency of the Court, which had never been refused when it could be granted. Tire Learned CHAIRMAN staid, that there was no groundi laid before him winch could justify in retarding public justice, anti the trial proceeded. The prisoners having pleaded not guilty, Mr. ALLEY stated the case on the peirt of the Prosecution, and in his address to the Court and Jury, declared he had pur posely abstained frorri casting any reflections on the prisoners, it not being his.wish or inclination to press upon a broken reed. Mr. Isaac Kendall, being sworn and examined, deposed, that he kept the tiew St. Clement's Coffee-louse, St. Clettrient'S ChM - eh-yard—that on the 18th of February last, the prisoners cime together to the Coffee-room, and ordered dinner. He had known flail some time before. At the sante table there was another gentleman, whom the witness knew to be a respectable person; be joined them, -and after some general conyersation, proposition was 'made to go to the 'I heatre in the evening,. and the gentleman in question (whose name was nut mentioned) con'euted to - be of the party. Dineer being ended, they called for tile bill, which amounted to li. its. Eld. and Hall banded him a cheque on Drummond'', for ss. drawn by Andrews, pa)etble to Hall, or bearer ; but, upon examination, sante fnfor iisality appearing on the cheque, Andrews apologised. for the error, took out a banker's cheque-bunk, and drew another for the same amount. The witness then drew Hall on ono side, and said he hoped all was right. Hail replied, " My good fellow, don't beeat ail afraid, Mr. Andrews is a very respectable man, is a very good friend of mine, and has been very kind to me." I lisp!' this, the witness was hithiced to give him the balance in cash. They otilerol a dinner to Le preparcd for some friend; Ott the folio7:ing Wedneedey; and the eentlenian before aUuded to, Was invited to be Of the party. They soon after rose to .0 away, and while the gentleman spoke to the witness at the bar above the dinner, the prisoners i rocecded to the dddr but w 1 gentleman went to join them, they were off, and were-nt seen nit any direction. The nest mornine, the witness se) sun to the banker's with the cheque, who received for a they had no value in hands. The witness afterwatds pained his son to Messrs. Drumrnonds, where he ascertained that Mr. Andrews had had no' money in their hands for yews. . . • Cross-E x a mined by HALL Do you keep a Coffee-house ?-1 do; „ Did you nut ,wear, upon y our before the Magistrate bow-street,. that your son kept this Coffee-'house ? . .1 stattid than 01 OA.• lay, so ers bad er MC- dei yet uld not consent chit 1 1 ) 1 arts that 1 kept a w.. ad peen s treated others, ‘ which titer as- awd by ad tinder :y of the granted. c g i r u ° s ti tic. d e l , seciltion, had pur- n-isopers, ken reed. )sed that ~lew , prisoners net. he there was ;spec table ration, ning t and .entioned) ley called 11 banded Andrews, )nie ftifor- 1. for the linker fOr side, and otl able man, d to me." balance in friend; Ott alluded to, goo away, bar about t when the - e-not to he ss sent his Or answer, bds accqm- astertained is for many : agis trat th e O a f r . stated• PAPER..MONEY: . • . • BErtmcE.—The paper:Money in circulation in the colony of Berbice having become so defaced that the sums .were scarcely legible, ROBERT GoUDON, Esq. the Governor, has ordered the whole (that Under three guiLlers excepted) to be culled in, pre- 1 paratory to a new issue, to the same athount, bn i, stronger paper. The Post-master tidying complained il of the evasion of the laws pis 1.6 the delivery of let.o.2rs 1 at the Post-office, by the nea%tel-s of vessels frthn this iou . ntry, the .Governor, with the concurrence of the i . • 'Court of Policy, has decreed, that-offenders in this I . 'respect shall, in future, be liable to the penalty of 1 twenty-five guilders for every letter withheld from the Postmaster. The offence of conveying from the , . tolony any individual not provided With a regular . 13assport; is, by the same authority, subjected to a I penalty bf six thousand guilders, besides payment of the debts of the person so carried away. To en- , force the execution of this regtilation, all masters of 1 tnerchant-vessels, previous to their being admitted to entry, are to give proper security at the Secreta fy's office.;- - -=Whilst the new Governbr haS tlittS shown due attention to the interests of the revenue, and the pecuniary concerns of the . coloniSts, we have to state, with heartfelt satisfaction, that he has had the firmness to insist upon an important alteration of the Dutch Colonial Code, in favour of our sable brethren. In an edict Of the ISt of July, it is enacted, tle4t every white, or other free person, convicted of murdering, minting, or wounding a sldee, to whom. ioever belonging ; shall stiffer the satire , punishment which would attach to , the perpetration of such Crimes upon persons of their cla's. o_ The greatest attraction in the S h iallest State Lotter y ever inoWn. The Capital Prizes more Various.—Ticketd and Shares idosiderably cht aver than for many Years past, and s Prizes of 15,0001. 3 of 5,010, 3 of 2,000, 6 of 1,000, 12 of 500, and up *aide of 7,7C9 of 100, 50, 25, and '20,-111 to be draWriTu'esday, of October. In the late October Lottery, upwards of 19,000 'rickets im.rh sold; in the preseht there are orily 13,500 Tickets, awl frel'n the uniVersaiiy aP;roVed Scheme, and great Deniatid, it is likely all tbe Tick:ear anti Skare4 will be sold - be fosf Elie Drawing. I