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r r ti' ' t h i 1.11), . • * , l • ~ri.' -••••••••••• I ..., 1 tt . t 1 • 1 • .. ~. t . 1 f l ...b.— ri-gt NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSVIOVTII, .1 4N. 21i. The following ships and vessels of war remain under ciders for sailing, as soon as wind and•wea• they permit: the Donegal, of 80 guns, for the Me dite,vaacan ; the Lula, of :M guns, for I.eizh; the Theta, of 3t glans, for Sheerness; the Censor brie, of 16 gum, for Deptford, to complete her compli— ment of men ; and Bloodhound brig, of 16 guns, to her station off Beachy Head, from whence s..e lias' been forced to bear up, on account of the late easterly pies. I.E.wT el, U.N. 22. Yesterday morning sail e d from our toad, on a croile, the Clyde frigate. The easterly wind, which has so long prevailed, and which has been accompanied with a. constant !wavy %well rolling into. the Frith, seems now to be abating ; as the wind yesterday has b..en gradually coming round towards the west. This will be a great relief to many ships that have for these some weeks been lying wind-bound in the Frith, particu larly at St. Margaret's Hope, above the Qudnts ferry, *lsere actin aboitt SO sail at anchor. FROM LLOYD's LIST. The Cerherus butts from J. 11114.1.11, is arrived in Bantry Day. the Britannia, Brown, from Demerara, es loot at ilditgio. Margaret, Goodwin, from the CaniltiCK, fur LUAOII, lost near Oplicto. The Diana, Derbyshire, from St. Kitt's, for London, is put into in distress. Tse ifero, Dealt.; from Newfoinidland, for Leglumi, is lost off Lisbon, and all the crew. Th.; II ,:he, !bedpan, from Bristol, for Dublin, is on shure at Du 41 , 'full of watec, The Dantiihal, Dcx, from Stettin fur Oporto, is lost near TSxu -ra. The Alott, Mason, from Now P-ovidence, for North Ciro 'boa, is put into Charleston in di tress. •aiirvr.o. At Dartmouth—tbe Speeds, I)Wes, front Babas. At Brit $--the Nancy, Brawn, from Virgniss, and Sant! Riets, from Bdb a. At Liverpool—the ►felton, Buller, from Li4bott, and'Clytie, , from Charledon. At Milford--theestandSackan, Whippen, from New Bed. ford. M Smardenws--.che Amsterdam Packet, ----, from Phi. ladtl phi . At Soutloown—the James. Jones, from Oporto. At Corlr—the Rostliers. Jeff ry, bow Newfoundland, and Seth, Adams from St. Mich :l's. SUICIDE. [From the blot:m=l.3 A young man, very well dressed, coming from Lyons on foot, arrived at four in the afternoon thine weeks ago near an inn in the commune of (.'hocas. He quitted the high road, and proceeded to a lonely valley, about 300 paces distant. There he was found on the Ist instant, stretched upon the grass, and dead, his face upwards, and a horse pistol in his right hand. The ball had entered be nfsth the chin, and had passed through the head. A seco.id pistol loaded lay beside him. The fol. kwing billet was found upon hitn:— 1m of honourable iiarents at Lyons—l never swerwel from their principles. I be' those who shall perform the last offices for me, to let me carry to the grave the collar I have round my neck. Per haps, if it had not been for the head on which the hair grew, of which that collar is made, I should have died a natural death ; but since the period in which Etc cut short her days, I have had no peace, and I see no happiness for me, but is going to join her. " I have informed my parents : by letter, of my resolution, and I leave them the power of claiming me, or not. It is this that determines me to call myself merely A. B." A passport was found upon him, but he had taken care to tear it into eight pieces, that his name and hi, family might not be known. It was f o und out, however, that the passport had been delivered by the municipality of Dijon. Round his neck was a collar, to which was suspended a jewel, containing hair. Coaformably to his desire, his body was bu rted with the necklace round his neck. MOtnea.---On Saturday night last a cool, de liberate, and horrid murder was perpetrated in Greenwich Hospital, upon oue of the Pensioners, by inother ; the circumstances of which, as nearly as awe could collect, were as follow :—The perpreta tor, win. had been some years a Pensioner, who was of a disposition so violent and quarrelsome, as to render himself ve:ry obnoxious to his associates, and became so extremely troublesome in this respect, at the public-houses in the town, to which he was in the habit of resorting that, for a considerable time past, none of them would admit, or entertain him. adthout a month since, he had been guilty of some gross breach of duty, within the College, for which fie was brought before the Board of Commissioners, upon the charge of a fellow Pensioner, who acted In the capacity of Boatswain, and the fact being subst intiated, he was mulcted of two months pocket money, and severely reprimanded, but without any furtl•er disgrace. however, was sufficient to exasperate him to vengeance against his accuser, and another, his birth-mate, who had ceiroborated hie testimony, and on Saturday night he determined to carry his purpose into execution : he went in the dead hour of night into the cabbin, or apartment of the de ceased, who was alone and wrapt in sleep, and with a large poker, at a single blow, literally beat out his brains, and killed him so Instantaneously that he never 'uttered a single groan. Fortunately for his bed-fellow, os whom a similar fate was intended, he had obtainci permission to sleep out of the hospital that night with his family. The murderer then went into the next birth, where an aged Pensioner was in bed, and minutely . ' examined whether he was asleep, lest he might have heard any thing of what had j ust passed. The man erne, Itearl the blow, and expected every moment a simila: fate, lay still as if fast asleep ; but on the =St dezer having . left h'm, and retired to his own cabin, the man immediately got up, and alarmed tee g-.:se - 1, a party of whom directly came to the place and secured the murderer, after a desperate mist sum 2,Lisday morning the Coroner's Jury returned their irrlict wilful autrder on the body of the otklea2a, ar..4 the perpeetratoc wa, committed to p,ruaacc.- A d; but so far was he from evincing avy mss. <remorse for the deed, at he only de yg.; mart at Dot having the opportunity of hailt7:ne a may. who bad so fartnnuely dlud aii"11111161#0111e. GIER,ILT -JR, Dzc: 27 . On th. NI), in the evening, the garrisen , was alarmed with the report of a nattily having token out in the 2-3 battalion cf the Royals, whiel, how ever, was soon suppresst2 without any serious con- seipemces. 'fee circumstances were as follow :—The men cf that regiment had beer. extremely dissatisfied with what they conceived to he uratetessary severity in a new Adjutant who had been lately appointed, and against whom they had beer. much prejudiced before his arrival free England. On that day it happer.ed that all the nen et the regiment were off duty, and had been paid the balances of their ac counts, and it being Christmas eve, nutty of them had drank freely, and had got liluor*into the bar racks. To prevent their obtaimeg more, and to keep them from straggling out, the Adjutant di rected the gates of the barracks to be locked ; on this, a number of them seized their arms, andrush ing out of the doors and windows, threatened to s.iurder the Adjutant wherever they could find him. They had proceeded as far as the Esplanade to the number of about '230, when General Barnet over took them, and harangued them on the impropriety of their conduct, requesting them to go back to their barracks, and assuring them, that it they had any just complaints, they should be redressed in the morning. They listened to him with the greatest respect, and were on the point of returning, whe n . unluckily the Adjutant appeared among them ; at the sight of him their fury seemed to revive, many crying out, " Kill him ;" and he with great &Wt. culty escaped into a house, several blows and thrusts having been aimed at him. Shortly after this, the greater part of the men, after some shouting and huzzaing in the streets, were persuaded to return to their barracks; but about thirty of the worst cha racters amongst them, chiefly Irish, who appeared to have some further mischief in view, Proceeded to the south barracks, about half a mile front the town, where the 54th regiment Were quartered, wholly composed of Irishmen, some of whom were supposed to be ifisafected ; these thirty from the Royals, in consequence expected to be joined by them. In this, however, they were completely dis appointed; the instant they called upon the 5 tth to join them, that moment they received a volley from the grenadiers, who were immediately opposite the road by which they advanced, and the whole regi ment joined in one shout of " Loyalty, and good Diu: for over," The mutineers imrnectiaaely tied, and returned to their barracks, and in less than an hour from the commencement of the business all veas quiet. From the darkness of the night, only five or six were wounded by the firing of the gre nadiers of the 54th regiment. The conduct of all the other regiments in garri son, was, on this occasion, highly to their honour and credit, as, in five minutes time, after the first alarm, every man was under arms on parade, ready to act when called upon, and they unani mously expressed the utmost fidelity and attachment o their officers. On the following morning a severe example would probably have been made of some of the ringlead ers, hail not the regiment paraded without their arms, andi requested General Barnett to intercede with his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, and to assure him of their entire submission, and sincere repentance of the excesses into which they had been betrayed, and promi s ing the most exemplary beha viour in future. To tins his Royal Highness, after some deliberation, consented, and ordered the regie • men. to appear under arms befOre him, when he, in the most forcible terms, pointed out to them the fatal consequences of such disorderly conduct, which, in them, was the more unpardonable, as no soldiers in his regiment could say, that he had ever made a just complaint without obtaining redress. After this, his Royal Highness proceeded to the other regiments, and thanked them separately for the steadiness, fidelity, and discipline they had hewn, and he was received by them all with three cheers, and the warmest enthusiasm and applause. Last night the Garrison was again alarmed, ow ing to a drunken riot of some soldiers of the 25th regiment. The regiment had that evening receiv ed the balance of their accounts, when most of them, as too often happens on that occasion, got extremely drunk and noisy ; and about ten at night, about forty or fifty of the most riotous sallied into the streets, shouting, and firing. their muskets in the air, though without offering violence to any one. The Garrison, on hearing the noise, and ignorant of • the cause, immediately got under arms, when the 2d battalion of the Royals, anxious to wipe off the disgrace of their late conduct, requested their Offi cers to solicit his Royal Highness's permission for their going to 4=ll - the riot. A strong party of them were accordingly detached for that purpose, who, meeting with about thirty of the rioters, near the King's Ba,t!on, drove them before them towards their barracks without opposition. In their way thither, they unluckily, in the dark, came upon a party of the artillery, who had taken post ,between the King's Bastion and the Barracks, who, seeing the rioters advancing that way with their arms, and not perceiving that the detachment of Royals were in their rear, immediately fired upon them, by which two of the rioters were killed , and unf o rtunat el y , at the same time, one of the Royals was killed, and three or four were wounded. This morning, thirteen of the chief rioters were delivered up by the regiment, and a General Court Martial is now sitting upon them, and it is supposed that an example will, be made of some of them, as though their conduct a.ppears chiefly to have origin ated from drunkenness, yet the exciting of such an alarm, after what bad lately. .happened. :old which has been attended with such fatal consequences, cannot be passed over with impunity. All is now perfectly quiet in the garrison. Monday the adjourned Sessions of the Peace, for the City of London, were holden at Guildhall ; when Lilly, a Stock Broker, and a person hitherto of much respectability, was tried before Mr. fLE co ara.a, and a molt respectable Jury. on an indict ment which charged him with an offence, of which he was found Cathy. The Court, after much deliberation. were of opi nion, the good character the defend:int had received, rendered' hisn deserving, in some daAree, a lesser punithment than otherwise; and, accupaiugly sen tenced Wm to be imprisoned 'us Nensre tor three months. IRELAND. sPECIAL COMhllssioN, cLONMEL, SAN. tl. Baron Genitte delivered to the Grand Jury ii charge peculiarly appropriate to the circumstances under which they were called together. After touching briefly on the general duty of their office on ordinary occasions, of which, he said, their oath itself •.vas the best expositor, he reminded them that at this particular juncture, something further was to be expeeted from their conduct: it was to be ex pected that as their whole attention was now di rected to one concern, the support of the peace and good order of the country, they would exhibit an example from which all good men may be confirm ed in their allegiance, by knowing that the strength and protection of government were their security, and that the ill-disposed may see in the vigour and fif7intess of a mild administration the certain ruin which must follow from their misconduct. His lordship could not here, he said, look to the present situation of the country without recurring to the dangers and alarms that have passed away, and to the security which has followed. Happily for the country its loyalty has been able to put down all spirit of rebellion, never, he trusted, to raise its head , aeain; and, still more happily, the war, cf which . the rebellion was a consequence, has been closed by a peace, produced by the atchievements of our :.reties and fleets, that have quieted the world.— The happiness of this situation was encreased by the bounty of Providence, so kind and plenteous, that every man hying industry and grace, partakes his share of it—governed by an administration, the mildest that ever exercised power over a nation, dis pensing the wisest laws that the world has ever known—with the military force recalled from fo reign service, to support the laws, the peace, and the happiness of the people. In a season like this, in which vices and crimes had so little expectation from foreign sticcour, and so many enemies at home to oppose their progress and crush their weakness, it was not to he wondered at, since crimes and vices mutt prevail in some degree, that their latitude was confined to a portion, and that a small one, of the province of Munster, which became an exception to the lest of . the kingdom, where the advantages of its si,tuation were reaped in industry and peace. — For, unhappily for that small portion, a dissolute ness of morals and corruption of principle had rooted itself in the rebellion, too strongly for any system of policy or certainty of advantage, in a moment to put it down. And this was to he expected. It was in separable from the gross ignorance of the peasantry and populace, that they possessed likewise the. gross est credulity ; a credulity, which in spite of experi ence, makes them listen with avidity to the imposi tions of any disturber whii has ability to excite their terrors, or their hopes, and to lead them, as such characters invariably do, to certain destruction, where the deluded rabble regularly find themselves deserted by those under whose instigation they have been ruined. It is their friend, therefore, as well as the friend of the law, and the peace, and the government of the land, wbo will try and put an early and vigorous check to their enormities, be cause though any, or all of their efforts combined, arc not serious, vet their consequences must be ca lamitous. They begin on the poor and the unpro tected : let them meet with impunity, they aspire to the destruction of those a little more opulent and powerful--let that step pass, and the gentry are their objeft. if this evil be not checked early and effec tually, where will it end ? When his lordship alluded to the gentry,. he animadverted with his customary strength and per suasiveness of reasoning on the supineness of those who suffer themselves to temporize with any enor mity committed in the neighbourhood. He exhi bited the weakness of such conduct, as inviting an attack upon the person who could pursue it.—He, who would sleep quietly in his bed, ought, in times like these, to prove that his bed was defended, and step forth in support of the laws by which he and his country, and the safety of both were identified. But this is not to be done by two or three, much less can it be effected by individual, unconnected existence :—The Gentlemen of the Connie', to ensure its peace, should unite in its cause, every man who has character or property to value. "As long, said he, as you support yourselves in the mainte nance of order, with the arm of a regular, mild, and firm government at your hacks--if ye will use your own strength in such a cause, I know not what ye have to fear. To do this with effect, review your police, and see that every man around you supports the law of the land--lletermine yourselves to set your faces against every ernunal of every kind, and the populace round you, and the tenantry under I.lu, will cover you with them blessings for saving them from destruction." JAN. 15. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the following persons, tried and convicted on the three preceding days, were conveyed from prison to the Court to receive sentence: Dan;el Ryan and rmothy Hallman, for the rape on Margaret Daniel; John Supple and John Londregen, for a burglary and feltmy in the house of John De vereux ; and Christopher I.ondregan, Edmund Lon dre:an, James Fox, Matthew Mockbr, Edmund Dwyer, Ofiebael Hennessy, Dennis Carew, and John Croneen, for burglary and felony in the house of David Grady, in the Glyn of Agherlow, on the night of the Scl of September last. Previous to I•assing sentence, the Hon. Mr. Ila ron GEORG r. addressed the prisoners in a most im pressive manner, on the enormity of the crimes for which they were to suffer, and on the importance of their employing the short period which inter vened between them and eternity, in the deepest reflection and contrition. To the convicts for bur glary, be represented the fatal consequences w:lich would result to the community, were such crimes as theirs permitted to pass unpunished. Where property and life are tr.secure, even individual prosperity must be unknown ; the land would coon resume its original uncultivated aspect, and its in habitants would be degraded to their former level of vassals and slaves. In the present case, the crime of burglary, at all times punishable by death, was aggravated by some peculiar circumstances. A spirit of opposition to the laws, and of contempt to the Magistrates, had produced a wicked anklrainous species of combination among a considerable portion of the peasantry of this anal some of the adjoining counties and it wa.s in furtherance of this destruc tive system that the prisoners had attacked the houses, with an evident intention of destroying the properties, And of at least abusing the persons of ~~:~ ~:~~ two honest, peaceable and loyal men, from whom they had never received an injury, or probably an insult—thus at once outraging the ordinances of their God and the laws of their Country ! "Mi serable, deluded men I what have you done?" em phatically asked his Lordship: " In attempting the destruction of others, you have brought down an infamous death upon yourselves, and sorrow, ruin, and disgrace upon your unhappy families!—The Learned Judge, with almost indescribable feeling and force, lastly addressed the two Prisoners con victed of the rape. Presumptuous indeed, it would be, were we to attempt following his Lordship in his own words s and, were even that attempt suc cessful, it would be utterly impossible to represent to our readers the penetrating irresistible strength which the dignity of his 'expression added to every period. We can barely give a sketch of his Lord ship's conclusion. . .. " But, enormous as is the guilt of your fellow-sufferers—your's, Daniel Ryan, and Timothy Hallinan, exceeds it ; for yr( tr's are crimes which must be abhorred by all who bear the name of min ! At the dead hour of night you entered the dwelling house of a poor industrious MD, then absent, at:: demanded his horse; after giving his wife your solemn promise that no harm should be offered to her, you seized an opportunity of bring alone, for the perpetration of an act, at the recital of which humanity must litidier—you violated her. In vain were her intreaties, her representation of her situation—that her day e , f delivery of the clad of which she was then great, was at hand, and that her death, and the death of her unborn infant, would be the certain consequences cf your falfill na; your intentions : you . persisted—you both * with more than savage atrocity, effected your diabolical purpose ; and you both• contaminated her ! The predictions of the poor mother, the wretched wife, were at least in part, but too true: yon added murder to your other crimesthe innocent, unbornpei through your brutality and your uncleanimers I -0 I did you believe that there existed a God above, and yet hope to escape his vengeance ? Great and numberless are the crimes of mankind ; but, till the awful hour of your public atonement arrives, cease not, Timothy Hallinan and Daniel Ryan, to recol lect, that your crimes have exceeded them all ! To this your prior guilt, you have added an outrage upon justice and the universal feelings of Nature : finding that she alone who could prosecute you was protected from the influence of terror, you found means to extend that influence over the minds of some of her nearest kindred; and by threat and artifice conjoined, the brother and sister, were pre vailed upon to come forward to this table, to com mit bare-faced perjury, in order to invalidate the testimony of their injured sister! What depra vity ! Never was it so shamefully, so unnaturally displayed in a Court of Justice. The wretched dupes of terror, in the confusion occasioned by. their conscious guilt, acknowledged the cause, which before this confession WAS disgustingly evi -1 dent. Unfortunate meta 4 Let not the smallest hope of mercy in this life, rest in your bosoms 1 . To extend that mercy to you now, would be to inflict a dcalh. wound on the trar.quility of the Country. At the Throne of your Itadmrner, whom you have so hein ously offended by your transgressions, you can alone hope for fo:7iveness." The Learned Judge concluded by pronouncing the dreadful sentence of the Law, which is to be executed as follows : Timothy Ha!hoax anci,Dan;el R;ato to be hanged at Newcastle, on Monday the 9.4 th inst. goon Supple and john Londrqatt, on Saturday the 29th at Clonmel. Chrietoph.er Lotselreean, Eirmood Lomb -riots ' Jams: Fox, Matthew Meek E.'mind Dwyer, and Hennet.7, on Wednesday the I '6th, at Glen of Ag. hetluvr. gobs Croseen Caren., recpited till fur ther orders. Immediately after passing Sentence, the Court adjourned. - BI CTI3. Tceterday, Mrs. Steel, relict of the lat- unf wninate Mr. 3. C Stet, who was wi barbarously' murderea a short time since on Hounslow Heath, of a son. On Thursday last, at Frome, Soineraetsla;re, the Lady of Maim . Caraphel!, of the Krng's Dragoon Guard 6, of a &tight if. On Sunday, in John-street, Bedford-row, the Lady of John Puget, Esq. of a win. Suudav morning, the Lady of W. Brien, Eq. of Queen square, of a lon. At °newer-HA, Staffordahire, on Thun:day reaming, the Lady of Samuel Powell, Ea of a MARRIED. Glinow s on the 17th irrtakt, R Egg. merchant in, Grutu.ck, t., Mii.s; A. Cuo:pbell, daugnu:r of the late J: Campbell, EN. of Auchline. Ltt 4y, ut Uubliu, Ci.torge Ormsby, Fact, Captain in Oil Royal ltiala.A.etillery, to Mi a Racks. 1)1E11, Suddenly, on Tuestity, the . 18th inst. at his cottage on eta Patad •,CaeriLarthen, Stephen Leillaw, Esq. in the 74tit yr.sr oi his a;e. Lately, at 1( ily macultwycl; in she path* of Poubeey,Ca;rina therishire„ atter a short illwats, John Rees. masers My re gretted and lamented by a nun :rousdircie of friend,' anti ac quaintaste.•. Ifis duty as a D platy-Lieutenant and M..pstrate for tile %NA ernitity, he dis;harg et with ; a severe loss is sust.iiisod in I ' as* Maglitrate, me that neiglibotithrad, Wllolft pacific endeavours were ever successful en causing !ors to depart friends, :did th reby avoiding .nisny litrwations, which other wite would infallibly happen. Ye-itent,y, at his bionier'v house, in flaky-street, Ch.4l.* Beinavoir Torin, Esq. Caveudish-square, Mrs Epic, nod ;Ti, motile( to Col. Hyde. Lately, Esq. ur .w.ou.h,n, in the costnt f of Stafford. Lately, is her 89th year, Mrs Tat:damn ; sfie urea for talons Lately, years a d4mestic of tile Duchess of Aoe.aer's, and accutuve hied her present Mapist ! to England. Lately, Then as Stokes, Esq. formerly in tha Commission of the Peace, tor the coo ntv of Monmouth. At !lath, on thz V2d instant, Johu Crisp, Esq. of Co mand.in„ Surrey. .On the 17th instant, at East Horsley, Surrey, Miss Eliza. licth.Currie. /UGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 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