The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-18 00:00:00

'l7 11, S' 1 1 .1TVSNIA N. • • • -' • LIT' INTELLIGEYCE. -- . his case didmoteertte within the exception enntainid ship*, but Ms Client wouTd have gone 21 yeas mire , a'... - sai,,..Y 4in illas6tA,ctodiliei4lishop, Dean and Chapter? ' Warded; if ho failed in the present fiction: He had . couittOF KING's . I3ENCH,'NeV4II: - ''- ,1 !Mgt &SUM, to eVAxgeeti these reserved points, already been a probationer for one year. He could ' antistas.V . t.bas. .. ..t on thespart. of the pallid: „The Cathedrakßody of not be admitted to any profits at Liiicoln till the it ,,a_ n i ne fie- autumn visitation, and lie having been - ifiStalled iss This was en actinh 0 besempitikraftechl'he . Exeter consg i tedot als; t aii?p Dean, mrar.ers of a year there. Plaintiff sought It ' • rei'Ofter ' Nom the retitle - tit the sitletitigrY ' 'hems. attnWala, one of the Canons winter, he must lose thrseee t amount of two erototsstil' rtnUs granted G l s' the-De. Realtleritary,' was promoted to be Bishop of Exeter, Thaf the words of limitation ii: the Charter did cot fetidant, and a person named .D . eit, to the rtil l itifr. ••and . ln'tive year 1063, this Sithwald, - then Bishop, in apply, ho inferred from the fact that the D..r eth ei nt . The action wa , tried before Lord Ellenberough, and con junction with the. Dean and Chapter, pasted a had beer'promoted to the Deanery o f Li nco l n, a verdict had been founillor the Plaintiff, subject to law, decla r ing , that in future every ,otse of the Ca- I whereas what the Plaiiitiff e s w as ,e fo r was th e the opinion of the Court on this point, namely, who. roils Residentiary, or their heirs, .a - c. should be en- profits of the Canonry of Esteer. 'Psi., th e pl a i n _ Cher the consideration for which the notes were fitted to t h e .emo l uesents an d profits ari3ing from that. tiff must admit, so far as he was comicerned, unless granted was a valid consideration, or whether they eau* for the space of one year after their ceasing to . he could contend that going from a C•nommry to a west. net ab initiu, null and void, • having been hold th e s ame , w hether their c easin g to hold it was Deanery was no promotion. The Canon law, too, Ni granted to procure the liberation of Dent, while in i sit per volantarein resignation was constrained. ; occasioned by death, by promotion, etc. " Sire he contended, contemplated as resign a ti on , not hi n g custody of au officer, under an attachment granted per mortem nrthiralem per promationem ad all- but plena et simplex resi g n a li o . He r e th e D e f en d att e by the Lord Chancellor for non-payment of debt and °rens irrodnals" a:c. --- " , cessioncnt et resignationem, super dcprivationcm." Mr. Justice Baisi.r.--" A strong inducement was costs underan order of the Court of Chancery. Mr. BAILEY now argued the rase on the part of There were a number of cases now relied on to held out to.him, and operated on his mind." the Plaintiff, contemling that a due and adequate shew the wry in which the right conferred by this I Mr. Wirszaisis said, if the Plaintiff pre va il e d i n ' consideration had been given for the notes in question, act of the Deus and Chapter had been enjoyed after this case, he knew that the Court would see Inane they having been the means of procuring the din. promotion or resignation. On the promotion of similar actions. charge of Dent out of custody, when attached for ; Dr. Charles Talbot from the Dsatiery of Lincoln, Mr. BURROWS replied, whe n debt and costs to the amount for which the bills were it was intimated to the present liefeudarit that , Lord Essese o e, si , en , a ft er consu lti ng w i t h t h e graarted r—that en attachment was in appearance a Isis Majesty would be pleased to present him to the ' Other Judges, said, if this ca,e cettiti be consid ere d criminal process, he admitted, hut it was criminal in , Deanery of Lincoln, on comlition that he would be as involving the question as to the v alidit y o f t h e appearance only, for the effect it %via intended to Pleased to resign his Deanery and Cauoury of tae- _ statutes of other Cathedral Bodies and C o ll eges , as produce was the obtaining payment of a civil debt. ; ter. He accordingly did resign his Deanery to the involving the right of the y e ar o f p ro b at i on or grace, So completely indeed had it of late 'years been con- King, and his Canonry to the Bishop. The King all, or the greater part of them, depending on th e sidered is the light of a civil process, that the benefit did afterwards present him to the Deanery of Litt- acts of the visitors If those Colleges, & c . f or hi s coin, and on the 21th of the same month he was iii- Lordship was satisfied, that fe w o f th em were pro of the Lords' Act had uniformly been granted t a debtors who were in prison under attachment, in the stalled, yet he insisted on his right to receive, and had sided for in the charter .f foundation ; and, there same manner as it wound have been granted had the even admitted having received the profits and emolu- fore that the judgme n t in thi s case m i g ht seem to cut processi been nominally as well as really civil. The , melds of one of the Canons Residentiary of Exeter, : down all of them, and as such would go much f ar . Plaintiff could not complain that the consideration ' for one full year after he had ceased to besirelt °moo ther than the Court inte n ded—th e y wou ld requ i re foe the bills in question had failed, Dent having i n i Rksidentiary, or to discharge any of the duties there- farther hearing and consideration of the case before consequence Obtaiued, and still enjoying his liberty. of, and after the Plaintiff had been admitted to, and , they found so. Even in as far as the d e ci s io n m i g h t : Neititerwris there heft any idea of the danger which discharged the duties of that office. The question, : involve a question as t o the v a lidity o f thi s s t a t ute : whether the Plaintiff was entitled to receive back . itself, that seemed a point of sufficient nicety to ill- Might be.supposedin some eases to result from such a practice. Here the consideration was not received, ' ! from the Defendant the profits of this office for the :duce the Court not to con i c to an i mme di a t e d ec i s i on. nor tise liberation from- the attachment granted by I first year, after the Defendant had . ceased to be. and As to the objection of right in the Plainti ff , that the Plainti ff had become, such Canon Ilesidentiary, • seemed sufficiently removed by the fact of his bovine the officer, but by the pertv interested,- and having : would depend, fi rst, on the validity of Sithwald's been admitted to his •/ • ** before • • n IS a ) cnum jus bringing the the controul over the warrant. .- Mr. l'utd.ra, for the Defendant, sniff, the: present , Act, when opposed to the Restraining Act, or 13th : present action. case. •111 a ire:tt measure, depended on the distinction ' or Eliz• C. 10; and, secondly, If their Lordships between a civil and a criminal process. He contend- . should be against him on that point, on the interpre. cd, that an at•achrememt, as it implied a contempt of the 'tailor to be put on the words of this very Act of Sithwaltrs. That the Dean and Chapter had a right Court by whirl it was issued, must be regarded a to grant alienations of their property - , till the passing criminal process. Ilea the attachment which ;soared, ' of the Restraining Act, he admitted ; but on the bore to he in favour of a number of persons We- . passing of that Act, he contended, all such right creed,amid he submitted that the clischarging of the party s.. allarlied. on the granting -if promissory ! ceased. Lord EI.LENEDROUGII doubted if this law of Sith notes, slc-cv;ecil only by tome of the parties so ante_ Lord wall's could be called an alienation ; it seemed re. restiel, wa...1 proceedimig highly dariget•ous and im ther in the nature of a division of their property preeer, being in bi•eatam of the pine, .s intrusted to the pacerto execute. H. Learn dF. lend had con- among themselves. tended, that an officer might look to the object ; Mr. Buenows submitted that it was an alienation of tlsc pi•of.ts of their estate for a year, which was •whiA the attachment was meant to effect, and in the ' exce.rieg of it mi T h i s h e: the same as a gift. The words of the Act mentioned clossif•sl. od maisessissed that this would be to arm an gh t consult that intent. 1 disposition, gift, or lease, the object of it being :s. chiefly to guard against the mischief of long leases, officer with the power to defeat the very process he was to execute. le proof of this, he alluded to a and therefore, it prohibiting any other leases than fur 19 years. If the right thus assumed by Sithwald case where indemnity having been given to a gaoler, was to be tolerated, he did not see where it was to on his al:awing a pri•emer to eseepo, that indemnity : stop. If a successor to a Callon was to be deprived was held not to be good, as being ag,aimist the policy ' of the emoluments intended for enabling him to of the !!•.w. In Love's case, in Salkild, p. 2R, the : cute the duties, awl to support the dignity of his exe very point cote minder consideration had been decided . iss favour of his (Mr. Puller's) present argument; and office and character, were to be taken from him and in Sleckstian and Austin, itt '2d test, the Sheriff 11er.! given to a straeger for ouss year, why might not the ing take,.the prisoner, and having received the mo- same thing be dune for trzo or many years? Lord El.LiNeoaouels thought it would be better ney, and liberserd him before the return day, with. i out, at the same time, handing the money over to the ; to argue this as unreasonable at Common Law. Pk;intiff, was held to he liable as for an escape. ! Mr. Buattows submitted that this was void at Com- Lord ELLENBOI101;:A1 said, the ground of the de. ! mon Law. fie could see no distinction between the cisiosi iii the case last referred to, was, that the substance itself, and the representative of the sub. parry did not eoucur, and that, in the way in which; bta"ae; or between the profits of the lands, and the the Sheriff acted, he ran the risk of Isis solvency. lands themselves. This was giving the fund for the All the cases mentioned came short of the point in : exercise of an office to strangers. question. If all the justice which was meant to have I Lord Etamesottourat was afraid, on this principle been granted by the attachment had been obtained, ! the Learned Counsel would shake all the years .of then was there no contempt of the authority of the grace in ovary College. There was in all a year of Court by which it was issued. Here the attachment, , famine, and this was to compensate for this year of though criminal in its form, was to be considered as I famine. Mr. UraltOws thou went to strew that the present merely auxiliary, or suberdinary to the attainment did not even fall under the words of Skil% aid . S Law. of civitjustice ; and the party, in agreeing to dis charge it, took what it was meant to produce. here, I The removal had not happened per proinotionem, too, it could not be said that there was nadues pot. for at that time he was a Dean; ou the contrary, it tam. There was a consideration for the notes, i i , I fell under the words of exception, nisi sit per rolun the disoharge of the prisoner ; of this consideration ! tarots cessionem et rcsignationem, The Plaintiff was he had not been deprived, nor was there any comb i trot here removed by promotion, but by his on n act, plaint here, except by the Defendant himself, the' voluntarily given, and containing the most full and surety in this transaction. I complete words of voluntary cession and resignation Mr. Juetic Goose concurred, observing, that! which could be conceived. here there was no complaint of any incouveuiency Mr. WILLIAMS argued the case on the part of the having been produced by the transaction. Defendant, contending from authorities which he Mr. Justice Le BLANC said, if the effect of this cited from Bishop Gibson's Conk?, that the right of compromise had been to defeat the process of the making Laws similar to that of Bishop Sithwald and Court of Chancery, there would have been much in the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, was completely re the present objeation,but there was here nothing of the cognised by the Common Law. Where a Statute of kind. Attachments were now considered as if they i a Cathedral Body bound on l y their successors, there it was held to be bad, but if it ho u nd thems e l ves were intst..tl for the recovery of a. sum of money in a also, in that MSC it was good. eivi). proem. Here, too, the arrangement took place, not with the o ffi cer, but with the party hay- Lord Eta.csinottorcit asked, was not the taw in mg a controul over the attachment. i question liable to that exeeptien of not binding them 'Mr.selves ? Justice BAILEY concurred in the same opi. : mien ; the transaction took place, too, its vacation, I Mr. Justice B.szary said, this would bind their when neither the Lord Chancellor was sitting, nor successors to give up one year's profits. They them vas the Accountant-General's (Mice open to receive selves might be beuefited by the law, but could not time money, had it beets reedy to be paid in.—Jac/cr. lose by it. mcnt for PaintUr qiirmed. I Mr. WlLtrams went on to shew, that if this law • • . • , ; was held to he bad, there was hardly a statute of any tiAtt:ivr . pi t as e sy pEAN or • exx•ren, 0. aonnote, 'Cathedral body, or of any of the Colleges in the Ejl& LVI I-. DI:N.i or IA El . un, AND PRESENT DEAN OF ye rsities which would be mood.. 'H - e contended how. 0 , LINCOLN. ever, that the Plaintiff had no right to-maintain the • This was an action of .Asatimpsit, by which the . present action. Till after the first he was not year, Plairmtiff, the present Dean of Exeter, seueht to re- admitted to I •us plconm jigs, nor entitled to any of the cover from the Deferidaist,• the late Dean of Exeter , ' privileges of the body . l' lor Isis first year a canon but since promoted to she Deanery of Lincoln, the - notentitled to '• ' • was -. , profits or emoluments belonging ' to t h e situation of so, but belied no right during that year to a share of one of the I(e4dentiary Canons 'of Exeter, for tare the patronage hAonging to the Chapter. Nine balls first year after the Deferidarres-resignation- of that . were put into a box, •iii the event of a vacant: e•- ..eil.fe, amid time Plaintimi's being elected to it. The - earring where th • possessed Y ' they the patronage, aial each J./Aside:it made.au admission -_of 1i)1. as re is .cr'sved by ; .of the ni . .. Canons drew out a ball, and had the fate • him in Rart of such profit;, antitt verdict was takes', attached to that - ball, unless it was his first year, or subject to a'referener, as to the actual amount of the year of probation. ,eotite;' and,„ alse„aulieet to the opinion of ttiC _Lord Ewa:ego:toe 1 nu said , se believed in all Col. e;r!, vsliothar else Statute of- the Bishop and Beau le-es there was one • , ear of probation. ' Chapter of Exeter, in 1410,- gave to Defelidaet • b Mr. WILLIsa id, • his ANIS in College, there were .t. to. the first year's emoluments of the office of two veers. sifter be had failed to hold that °dice? Or, I • Mr. Aasorr said , he .. N . ICaSelf had been a Probe ,g' that the Act In qbestionwas sufficient to ; (loner fora fellowship two years. .in right, In any case, whether by a fair in-; Lord Eereanoitocon.—That istteeping the appe . ~ . .sit of the worth of that Act, as compared tite for profit too lorig ungratified. ".• ••..;. ' .erms of the- Defendant's resignation of t Mr. WiLLIAKS said , ha ,knew that famine was not 4 ,2. . a . f Cauca of ilig';Cathedrat of Exeter, an argument that sy Id ou go Clown With Wait Lord 0. * COUR.TLMARTLIL. COPT OF A trTTErc ADDRESSED BY HI3 noTAL HIGHNESS THE COMMANDER IN (mar TO GYNE RAL. THE EARL OF CHATHAM, K. G. OR GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT, DA lED I orsc Gum:dig. M Y LORD,—Having laid before the Prince Re gent the proceedings of a General Court-. Martial, held at Chelmsford, on the 30th December, 11.11, ' and continued by adjournments to the 10th of .Tana ' ary, 1812, for the trial of Captain Richard Frizal, • of the Ist Royal Surrey Militia, who was arraigned upon the under-meutioned charges, viz. Ist, For disobedience of his Majesty's orders, in having, du rim, the whole or part of the periods between the lot Sep tealer, 1810, amt Ist of September, 1811, neglected to pay his Oionpauy himself, and fur allowing Scrjeant Joha ,Iledies and the wife, or reputed wife of the said Serjraut Joins Medley, in du so, by which means the comfort and interest of the s o ldiers were not attended to, the men acre charged more than thcv ought to Isafre been for necessaries, or than snob necessaries neit worth, and the soldiers were subjected to various impositions; such conduct bring lii4lily detrimental to his Majesty s service, and to the prej udice of good drder and military disci piirte. Yd, For highly irregular and unmilitaty conduct, iu haying, during the whole or part of the periods between the V.lth of Fe bruary and fith of June, 1809, drawn pay (or allowed his Pay Serjeatit to do sn), fur private Joseph Wood, late of his Com pany in the la Royal Surrey Alilitia, although the said Joseph IVood died MI or about the 'l2d of February, 130:). Upon which Charges the Court came to the fol lowing decision " The Court having taken into their serious consi ' deration the evidence produced by the Prosecutor and Prisoner, as well as the defence and reply, are of opinion, that the Prisoner, Captain Richard Frizeil, Ist Royal Surrey !Militia, is Guilty of the Charges preferred against him, in breach of the Articles of War, and do therefore sentence him to be dismissed j the service; hut in consequence of the good charac ter given him by his Colonel, and other Officers of the Regiment, as welt as the documents produced before the Court, beg leave to recommend him to the clemency of his Royal Highness the Prince Re- Igent." lam to acquant your Lordship, that his Royal Highness was pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty. to approve and confirm the Gliding and sentence of the Court. Your Lordship will therefore acquaint me with the clay upo9 which the sentence is made known to the Prisoner, Captain Richard Frizell, as from that day he will cease to receive pay in his 3lajesty's ser vice. I am, &c. (Signed) FREDLUICK, Commander in Chief. 1 .. _ . ........ i'() (d 'ls: .• - " f ...-.4, 1 .•..-- . . • i .. . . . 0... j i_. F 1jk,14,1 P.N ANT i - 1.4 IMO 4 estnti-gAr.i..-- -.Within 3011 N ()N. Ihrse rely ilap,a ma l e sviai i sd n haying been a prreb er " ' -- -- - (i..- urarliretaxich,•c u a cii.og-eio ; brisk iu ti aVea tefeie comi•v • • No., inawd he eimid some In: It inierination re. in ardor i.r• W't• e ,l the Prisor.e" ckodueirs! bis,inn ll:41, 1., ha, , T ,! r " . 4 ,f`Vrfill pr i vate evittnipr.tion v . ;I:r.•( 0.. mr... q4 rifimi ;11Id l,'' stated th e f o li o» tag rat icii . horrid :ramartinr.:, Or; the r,ielit on ul!idi ttrz place, the - al It it N't• tamed 1, ruck had agte...l to go 'tt :not rob St/lOC - both' d settled v . h:4! route tlnfy odd take, but .: t c e ' . "t publie-hrove, it; Kert-rdreet, t o get sumeoiii: v . to di imr v. ‘ P, lietiterant „to: I coo, aeimortici,.l by a g i r l they t , ..d • al .tire 44E. ;111 , , , r,,. ; „. A.11.r33:: oillnyed sc vera l • ; cf the Pri:mr.i.: sod his cotopn.nam:,.. hot prno.!.. • hiti.'st:y :• iyas gi;iag to Deptford. I : termiced to nay -.ay f and }tor imr:to:e tom. r. house i.i• allte ;Alit 411 . 0,1: near th" ive Valk, thny lid hini io4c. They immediately prepaind to ; stick in hi. hand, with I, i-iitet , :mt, on .!a:: 1,,:C1 dolts, hi, w.r.ke ‘ve ti to tided money mid' „.4 b ut b e bcgtzwi l i g - to ree.:‘er, all, tint,t. ! thnt he night out iti.oear o t h em. 111 j, eppesi if the tired to a oi: , ;:neee ; filh( I Vt.; hovered,ester, lE,i; horrid design. The iimOrt , :na nii k- vie i e g .. , 4 1. 1 1 „„, z ,„ made great resiqam:e, but they at leligtii eaeete.ti. ~r s" by cutting hi, throat : lie had t o top hi, imint s to 0 0" e • and received several severe cots Nom tlii pr• v foun i . tr• was quite dead, they dr.igged tlic body throng!: ;, i„ ta e hedge, and threw it into a ditch. 'flier then reterLel to lovn, hod weld to a hoosc of ill-fame in Touley-q ukt re passed the night pith tome women 'it' the ton a. and a ben' divided aril. booty, amouliting ewe inch was gie,m to our of the girl,. for her 10 flivose id. At t .:. lon had a jacket cit. arid Butler u the C . o r bino iv ; thew, therefore, were imrot, iata the „ nt all Ilid elf/lilt, sill) ill the neighboorhood, bouzli: trio twit for them ; after Ow they separitled• At th" "sue the ho-,ieuirt is as knoc!;eil don n, hi. hat fell inf ; tll i.. the Primmer tip, :mil preserved ever since, as 11,41 the knife ithidt used to cut hi, thr(ut. which Ile fol:Ild nu pniug h” the vet next day. throw ti into tile mud. %% healer the t, cite had beton"- eil to NI - dim' or Butler he could not tell ; butt he Into preserved hotli that and the hat twist carefully, Flavin', alum). rialt o ". plated this discovery, and considering that th ese t h; nn st,u,4l prove striolOy corroborative of his tertimonv. 'fhe kit b u t Lefq produced ; and through the activity of the ()dicers, Coil u g h olr , and (ileum n, Aldlon is in cuatudy. They were oath rem:mint fur future examination. BOW,TME.EI'.—C/ ;A'S C.ll;a, a coachman out of employ, suspected of attending ut the Theatres to rob, u a qupped on Saturday uight, soon after eleven o'clock, by a party of Patrole, with something under his root, n t.ich pisised to he toe glass of a conch, and uWO it is strongly stispectir: he dole from a coach uniting at Cm. ent-gardera Taeatre, as he :lad Leen seen lurking about the '1 heatre, Donaldson, the Cui.sb.hte., during that evening. lie WiLS committed for furtherevarnioation. se'nnight, Mr. (insford, a Is holesale woolletwirtr s iu oghall street, discovered that his collecting clerk Lade .% Gs:Med 101. Nut suspecting him at the tiine of attly other tin. proper conduct, he fomented himself with turning Dim out si his tiou., , e; but on in •tigating his books, he found some of I% rmly-i.:one% cusromms with debts against them, audon ex q pir. ing. they did not ust e any thin;;, the money having hero paid to the discarded clerk. Several other similar eases were diAsi vered, and pieces :if taken away, sold, and the mune; wit aecounted for. Toe clerk w as traced by Adkins to the habitt. tion or a woman:; hlingmn, a :101:1 he paid hit hadtewt to. afd there took him into ens:tidy, and brought him to the 02ice. 'rile °Rimer having been committed in the city of Luc, don, he st as sent befere the Lord or. As a labourer was digging on the Longmynd, near Pulverkatch, in Shropihire, a few days spade struck an earthen vessel, in which were de posited upwards of 80 silver coins, chiefly of .the mintage of Edward I. and most of them in ekcelleut preservation. Thursday last, being Winchcomb Annual Hunt, a singular circumstance occurred during the morning:, sport. Whilst Mr. Ashmore's harriers were running a hare, a fox crossed them, when Co dogs abided, and after a capital run with each, they killed both. On the 2,1 inst. the attendant of the new light houses, on Hurst Beach, on going up to attend the lamps, was much surprised to find a hole in one of the sgunres of glass, and on turning round discover• ed it had been made by a seal and plover, which, in the darkness of the night, had flown through into tha apartment, and were lying on the floor. Fiat. —About twenty minutes past eleven o'clock on Sunday night, a fire brok out in a back room on the first floor at No. 24, Upper Titchtield-streel, which threatened destruction to the premises ; hut by the judicious exertions of some gentlemen ia b.; neighbourhood, and a supply of Water from the houses opposite, it was happily got. under, after dr stroying the bed-furniture and a partial damage to the room. The Gunner stationed on the Platform at Ports• mouth, had last week a narrow escape from a serious injury was standing near the tire, with the priming powder-horn in his hand, with which he was going to prime the sunset-gull, when, by some acc;- dent, the powder in the horn exploded, shattered the t horn in pieces, broke some of the windows, but for tunately the man did not receive the least injury. A boxing match took place on Saturday afternoon for five guineas a-side, between two novices, funood Chip and Biyant, in Harper's-fields, FAlgenare-road, in the presence of about lOW sp:..ctators. The) bet to about three o'clock, seconded by Tom Jones and Dick Hall, and fought a well-contested battle for about an hour and a half, consisting of upwards of 50 rounds. Bryant was. shockingdf • bruised about the body, but was ultimately the victor. The rig was broken in by several of the light-fingered gentry. who were extremely active on the occasion, uae of them was detected by a Constable. On Saturday stonnight, an Inquest was held it • Wynn's Hotel, Falmouth, on Mr. Wood (uf tla house of Powell and Co. Bristel), Who bled himself to death on that day ; a•letter in his own hand-% ting, praying pardon from the A LMI found near the body, partly obliterated with hlood. Our Correspondent does not mention the verdict. Last week, a favourite mare, ln•ktlgilq. , , to a Gen. tleman in Leeds, was destroyed by was recommended by a farrier, fo;• thts alleged Im Pose of scaling her milk. We inssett this as a cl tion to others, how they suffer empirles to la:!:ler is ith the lif. of this useful and valuaL)le Friday, Joseph Gibson, seaman of his Majesty's ship La Loire, sentenced to sutler death, for ma ticttrosty stabbing Lieutenant Croker, Buffered the sentence pissed upon him, en board that ship at Spithead.--His behaviour since his condemnation proved that he had been convinced of the henious- IleiS of his crime ; when he was conducted to the forecastle he shook hands with Captain Brown and Lieutenant Croker, whose forgiveness he constantly entreated, saying, he did not intend to take away the life of Lietenant C. though he felt his crime was deerving of punishment. He hoped his fate would bee warning to his shipmates.—At eleven o'clock the fatal gun tired, and his spirit was dismissed into eternity. The unfortunate man had been Szliool master of the Loire, but his re►tless violent conduct tint only deprived him of the situation, but caused his shipmates to avoid his company.—He belonged to the Superb ten years.—He was about 40 years of age. Some disturbances about corn and potatoes have I s taken place in and near Plymouth, OH % hick ac-1 Mits.P.n'sVharr. count the,route of the Berks Militia has been alter. ! Eliza (Mar , hall), Leith ed from Bitidiford to Plymouth. The principal crops of white corn have been got in without suffering . '[n:st~• Dundee 1 ;3 sty tlIallangall), Leith 113 much injury. t o WATER z~•r LON i/iEsi t. Wheat fell 20,. per quarter in price, at Spalding i►toruin~ , ‘.lt/tainutez afu•r 1, F:s..niti market, on Tuesday last. About nine o'clock oit Thursday morning, the gth inst. as a Folkestone boat, containing fire perikini, was leaving Gravelines, it was suddenly swamped in the surf, and, melancholy to relate, three of the crew, ►ix. Michael Boxer, his son Jaceli, and Thos. bgar, all belonging to. Folkestone, were drowned; the two others with great dillculty saved themselves by switdbing to the S M .1C NS . it rrinr•l. G Nuv. . 1 19 Nov.— 1, 1. 1 19 -P.N. • I v. '.1t11)(li-. TINS i)AY. 14. 59 mitiutei aticr DILI) • . .-... Oa Saturday 134, at his !wow at 'Acworth, Tlwmai 1 ,, ... , Esq. at the advanced age ur :13 year;. . On Sontlas evening last, at Abingdon - stree t, Weihnia-ter: Mn. Mary SVltittrtur. aged $O. lA'. At Lochmalonv, Vileshire, Mr;. Sena, widow of Ca Major Thotoaq Scott, of Lochr t_221.2.1.1 LONDON : Printed and Published by I). I.nrcu. tt'e Sit tifIlAN ()twit. 87. rteet•st vet. I r i !,', .. Ji ,t I , Ii ‘ 1 r . r, l' . " 4 1/ IL de. 4 i i 7 A: 'i ~Fs~; ,i I, i • Gt $73! $ )1 ~in