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ER." 3Gyit . about Itl‘- . $4 the Ply Is l . when I Wehap Our tuns N pie. per , on iP. sh 4 Dade 11 1,4 11..00.111t eVCltit4 ia m. t Li/ ~ i J t::. VI wiry ~' C .1.. 12. ;over- Km di hip Wit: go to xi, he uig.: Vu 14e KW, 4 I. thc to go r bus r pan, niied, from D'Ou ,aituog drrf • :it) is and 3a;I:!- Iy, to in t::e • futz: nont's w, the board u our w!lere to go I C^ - - or. tha: rut, iad fo: I at the load t' he i:8•~. , . r ZeL: he 1,4 rill, ; iuners A Hu: k, and LON DON, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBIIt 24. Mem of Of Statr, ! Tgken.l :ca.t.•— r..rleligth of tits o,z.ttr, ant the great quantity intertst. lug Foreign News, will, we hope, be admitted by oar ad vertiiing friends, as an apoiori for postponing their /Over tisen:ents until to-tnonuw. THE pilansm PRESS. We received last night French Papers to the I ith, and Dutch Papers to the 18th instant. The account of our atrem; , t to burn the French flotilla, off Bon inzne, is their principal feature. It embraces a varie ty of official letters, which will be read with interest. The naval and military Commanders represent their loss as not amounting to more than one pin nace, and twenty-one men. They account for this result, by an assurance, that, being aware of the nature of the attack, they opened their line, and suffered the English fire-ships to pass through ; by which manoeuvre, the latter exploded, without doing any mischief, between the flotilla and the shore.— But, however small the loss of the enemy may have been, it is evident, from a perusal of the Of ficial Details, f. 'at the attempt hasexcited great alarm in the French flotilla, and made a great impression. The catamarans, which have fallen into the pos session ..f the Mosquito fleet, appear to have excited in it as much surprise and curiosity, as that which the first appearance of an European ship produced among the inhabitants of Mexico and Peru. It is also remarkable, that since the attack, the enemy have not ventured out of Boulogne ; but, while we think the party writers fairly enough ascribe this result to that event, we see no reason for supposing that the French account was held back until the English report of it had reach ed France. The Dutch Journals contain nothing in confirmation of the late report, of the pro bable reconciliation of Russia and France, through the mediation of Pru!tia. On the contrary, a paper is circulated in Germany, purporting to be the Rus sian declaration of war against BONAPARTE. Ano ther Russian squadron is fitting out at. Cronstadt ; a Russian 2slegoeiator is preparing to come to Eng land, and the Russian army is ordered to be aug mented. An article in the Dutch Papers, under the bead of Cadiz, states, that orders had been sent by the Sp:ll.6h Government to South Ameri ca, to hasten the remittance of all the Spanish trea sure to Europe. Box r *RTC arrived at Paris on the 12th, but the rapers do not say whether he previously visited the camps upon the coast. The Poet was expeied at Turin on the 223, when the Governor of that city, the Mussulman and ItCORgAII4, ARO ALL AN MENOL, was to compliment hint in the name of his accom plice, ALI BONAPARTE. A very unpleasant report has been in eirculaticn for several days respelling the capture of four home- ward lndiamen from Bengal. On inquiry at the India House, we do not find any truth for this re port, as no intelligence has been received there of any such event. The account is said to have come by a Dane. We are sorry to say, that apprehen sions are, notwithstanding, entertained for the safety of the expelled fleet, as they were appointed to sail from Bengal the 25t1t March, and had not arrived at St. Helena when the last ships left that Island. Their crews are said to have been considerably re duced by the great demand for European seamen for the Navy in India, who pressed them into the King's service, leaving the crews of the Indiamen to be chiefly composed of Lascars and other natives of India. The Ca7ette of last night contains the official ac cnunt of the engagement with the Spanish squadron, off Cape St. Mary. It will be urn that the Spa niards resisted the wish of the English to detain them, and tired first upon our frigates. On Monday eight Mr. LvsLit, the Mes'eager. se ;f by Ministers to Spain, with dispatches : th it Court. A tiring in the dire/lion of Boulogne was heard at Deal on Monday, occasioned probably by an at tempt on the part of the enemy to skulk irons Calais to Boulogne. The Spanish frigates at Plymouth, having sick ness on board, have been put under quarantine. A Philadelphia Paper says, that the yellow fever has b ro k en out at New o;leans. It still conti nued a Charleston. The &Wu, POOL!, of Whitehaven, from POWs burp, is on shore on Goshland. 11. e freMehrinsa, —, from Balboa, is put into Tenby with the loss of =chose and cables. A convoy was appointed to sail from Hull, on Sunday, for Tonningen. Another corm } , is expelled to sail from Hull for the. Baltic, about the 28th inst. We are happy to announce the capture of the F.i.cruire French privateer, mounting 16 guns, and Lying a great number of men on board. She was cap:aired by His Majesty's ship L'Alcion, and has beta carried into the Bay of Gibraltar. This priva teer has greatly annoyed our Mediterranean trade this war, and had taken twi or three valuable ships from Liverpool, bound ur the Mediterranean. AOYAL PAWL,: t mot:Tif, OCT 29. The weather continues remarkably fine. [lis MAJESTY was on horseback this mornine b2fore seven o'clock, and went and insdeaed the troryrs brigading. His MAJESTY did not return to the Lodge to breakfast till near ten o'clock. After breakfast His MAJESTY perused the dis. patches from London, by the Messenger, from Ministers, and returned answers Soon after eleven o'clock, His MAJLSTY went on board the Royal yacht for an excursion to sea. Hi‘ I‘tiesry was accompanied by the Princes‘es Au- Olsl' A, MART. and Soput A, the Duke and Princess SOPHIA of Gt.oucrsy en ; l.a•tkki G BULK El EY, M. ERSKINE, and Pouter; Earls Rosst.VN and Dicey; Lords Rtveas, Potter, and WA LSING IIA General MAISNINGNAM ; MIS. DIA; and Mrs. DILLE GIOSYLNUR. This morning the nuke of CAMBRIDOC attended the brigade of the troops. tier M.A.irsrr, soon after breakfast, accompanied by the Princesses ELIZABETh and AMELIA, with their attendants, took an airing in her carriage for a considerable time. This evening Lord Doecitzsrea gives a very grand hall to the Officers of the Doraetshire Yeo. m inry Cavalry, in honour of their h wing received the distinguished mark of Royal favour of /saving Royal added to their names, by command or His MA I err ; their wives and daughters are likewise invited. It is expert id to he very splen lid. This evening the Roy AL FAMILY will honour the Theatre with their presea...e, to set Wild Oats and The Midnig4t Hour. CITY BUSINESS. Yesterday the Logo MAYOR ordered rhe price of bread to be raised a whole assize, or two-p:nce in the peck loaf, to commence to-motrt.vet the quarters loaf whe tten will then be Is. Old aad household I I Id. After which a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, at whiel were preset the Logo MAYOR, I.ORD MAYOR cleft, fifteen Al kronen, Recorder, Sheriffs, Common Set jc.int, and Town Clerk, and 227 Commoners. 1 he Court proceeded to tied by ballot a principal Land Sea-Coal Meter, vacant by the death of Ea. WARD PARISH,_ Esq. when the sever a l h um bl e peti tions of JOHN Awn.asom, JOHN KA IRA Y. and BEN• JAMDE Cury's, were read, praying to he eleeked thereto; and, upon casting up the said ballot, there appeared for JOHN ANDERSON, 128; tot JOHN K ATRA7, 8h; and for BENJAMIN CORER. 1.5 when the LORD MAYOR declared the eleSion had fallen upon the said JOHN Annessoc to hold the same office, during the pleasure of the Court. 'che Court will at their nest meeting elea a Prin cipal Clerk and Beadle to the Nese Coal Market. The Cum broke up at live o'clock. SHOCkING C.ll , • I '.'t 01'3E. Mr. Griffiths, a roan t,t unnl-•miOutd ch +meter, and a very respeCtable trath-sman, has resided for many years in Oxford term, tie Cororrr of H.d les-street. He carried on there the bu.ia.-ss of trunk maker, and has had also shops fat rat some business in Mary-la-bonne-street, Goldetr.sqn it e, and other parts of the tcw.t, upon an extensive sc Je He has also had for several ye.r. s a villa near Wil lan's Farm, New road, Tottenh. , m Court Road, at which Nlrs. Griffiths, woo is in a ha .1 state or health, has regularly resided with the children duel g the summer. Last week the unsettled state 01 the wea ther induced her to come into town witfr her family, taking with her all the useful part of the furni turu. On Sunday last Mr. Griffiths went out after dinner, to walk with his two children, a boy and girl, and about five o'clock he sent them home.-- The children presumed, that he proceeded cowards Paddington, and as he did not return nn Sunday night, or Monday morning, the family became greatly alarmed. On Monday morning, search was made for him, in every diredion, among his friends and acquaintances, buff to no purpose. In the even ing, a messenger was sent to the villa, at Willan's farm, and the shutter of the window of the room that was frequently used as Mr. Griffiths's bedcham ber, was perceived open. Atter knocking at the door for some time, without- obtaining an answer, the messenger returned to Mr. Griffiths's house, and brought some persons to the villa, with imple ments, with which they broke open the doors.— On entering the bed-chamber, then• found Mr. Griffiths dead upon the floor, and the room covered with blood. The waistcoat of the deceased was found tied by a string. to the w.,:trscot, and the sleeve was so contrived, as to admit the but-end of his musket ; Mr. G. being a Member of the Mary la-bonne Volunteers. A string was also found tied to the trigger of the piette, and brought round the bat-end of the musket. It is supposed that he put the muzzle into his mouth, and by the aid of the string filed off the piece. The contests of the musket had completely demo lished the upper part of his head, leAving nothing but the under jaw and part of Isis neck, And pre senting a most shocking speetacle. An inqu:st will sit upon the body this day. The decea►ed was 55 years of age, and a man of polite and pleasing manners. A morning paper of yesterday says, se It i‘ pain ts, to revive the public anxiety respetting a calamity, which we imagined had some time since considerably abated. We allude to the malignant epidemic dis- temper which broke out and raged with very fatal violence at Gibraltar. Shortly after the first public mention of this disaster, a report was said to have been given in to the Privy Council, statingthedisorder to be nothing more than what is usually incident to the place and climate, and which, in a greater or less degree, very frequently succeeds intense heat of weatherimg continued. This report quieted in ;great me sure the public apprehension; but it now unfortunately turns out, that the disease, instead of being considerably abated, as we fondly believed it to be, continue*, on the contrary, still to rage with aggravated virulence and a wider fatality. Report represents the town, garrison, and neighbourhood, to be in confusion and consternation; that the disease had reached every rank and description of the inhabitants j that the ganiscm was also infeaed ; that the deaths per day were from 50 to OQ. 1 . . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Erie►e WILLIAM MA INWA R IFIG, Esq. Chninftan t end Me Justice: of Me Peuce fur Me Courtly of Middlesex. ATROCI .ITs ASSAULT ANT) R A vet y interesting cause was tried early in the day, ehich occupied much time, and in which a very crowded Court was anxiously concerned. After flitch difficulty s:lence w is &veined, and Tb - rs of Newman's-mart, Lincoln's-hut- Cields, Printer, 1V.15 hit , ll.7llt to the liar, indided 'or an assault, with intent to commit a rape on the Indy of rattielia Dixon, one of his female' servants, aged about 19 years. Tlw Witin- , sithi, on both sides, and. all the females in Court, being pies ;misty ordered to retire ; Mr. Gt iis r . , as Counsel, on the part of the pro secution. stated, that the ca,e he WAS about to dis close to the Court, and to the Jury, was one of the most 'ethers in its nature, and of the utmost import ance to the public, and the comnitinity at large. I he charge against the Defendant was seldom equalled in atrocity and violence ; and, had he keen arraigned at the bar of another tribunal, it wiail have affeCted his hie ; but, happily fur him, the par ties were satisfied to oh.ain justice in a less rig ‘rows degree, and chose rather to expose his crime for public example in this way, than to set his life at stake. It was by 4,aPure impla Ited in the mind of man, to be the proteelor and guardian of female inno cence; hut more particularly when that proteCtion was regihred of him in the pet son of a young and artless girl, placed under his roof in the situation of an humble domestic. In the present instance, he had to charge the Defend ant with an outrage against humanity, against morality, and even against na ture. lie was an eminent printer, in the neigh bourhood of Lincoln's Inn Fulda, a married man, with a virtuous wife and two children. The Pro secittrix was a young, artless, unsuspicious, innocent girl, between eighteen and niheteen years of age, whose father was deed, and her mother married a second time to a respedable tradesman in the same neighbourhood. l'he Prosecutrix served the Defendant in the Ca p ecir of children's maid, ar.# on Saturday the Itith of June last, her mistress and the children were at the country-house, while she remained in town. At night the Defendant rang his bell for her to take away the supper things, and, noon going up stairs, he attempted to take v. ry improper and indecent liberties with her, and offered her money if she would sleep ovals h;rts. She refused him with indig nation, and threatened to acqua'nt her mistress with his conduti : at this time there was no person in the house but the Prissecutrix and the Defendant, bet soon after the apprentice boy came in and went to bed in the upper part of the house. Her master came down to the kitchen some time after, and repeated the libetties he had before taken. offering her a mein piece if she would consent to his proposal; and, upon resis.ing his earteses, and attempting to s:reem out. he threatened, if she made a noise, th et he would pet ;serrate by force the objet of his wishes ; he then dragged her up two pair of stairs to his own bedroom, which was in a remote p art of the house, and, having secured the door, he undres s-•l her with one hand, while he held her with the a. la a, a id then lanced her into his bed ; it was then beta ee.i 1 2 and one o'clock at ni,.tht ; he fleeted her with nati:ll violence, and took m any indecent liber ties, but did not succeed in his vicious purpose. Mier passaig some hours in the utmost terror and ag:t loon, she at last perceived he was asleep. She moo., searched for the key of the merit, which she found in his pocket, unlocked the door. and made her escape. 'fia secure herself the better from fur ther insult. at that time, she locked him up, and took the key away wi,h her ; she then went to the pat lour, where she fastened het self in, and there re mained until the apprentice got up. That morning (811 Jay) her master left town, and did not return until Monday night; when her mistress was going out of h,wn, she gave her a stria charge not to leave the house, which charge was afterwards repeated by her master, there was not any one left in the hose e but herself; and being afraid to leave it, and having no person to send to her mother. she had no opportunity of communicat ing what had happened to her at that time. On Tuesday morning, about eight, he rang his cham ber bell, and supposing he was up, she answered it : she founJ him in bed, and he desired her to hand hies his medicine bottle from off the table: she brought it to his bed side, and having left it on a chair near him, was retiring, when he started up, seized her in his arms and threw her on the bed, when, after usi-g great violence, he perpetrated his abominable design : he attempted to detain her, but pretending she had heard several knocks repeated at the hall d ear. and romising to re turn again to him, he permitted her to go away. She then took an op i sortun ty of sending for her mother, to as horn she related some part of her master's condua, but suppressed the mote material pail, at that ureic. Her mother af terwards made her complaint to Mrs. l'hreader, the sisteriin-law to the Defendant, who, having sent for him, reprimanded him its severe terms, to which he did not ventu e to make the slightest colour of defence. Th.t step father i.f the Prosecutrix, who, by this time, had hem' made acquainted with the whole of the trAtlsa3:n.l, applied to a Medical Gentleman for his advise and opinion ; in whose presence, the Defendant acknowledged the fad, :and offered to make sonic pecuniary compensation, which was :mimed with indignation ; and when Mt. Cooke (the stepfather) declared his intention of bringing him to public justice, he replied, he might as well put a pistol to his head and blow his brains out. That day, the Defendant left town, and the girl was so ill, she could not be removed, and her mother and stepfather sat up with her all night ; the next day, not being able to walk, she was brrught home in a carriage to her mother's; she was there visited by the former Physician (Mr. Colthnrst) and a Mr. Consins, the former of whom brouet a third medical Gentleman with him ; but he having declined giving evidence on the trial, the father refused to let him see the girl. The Learned Counsel concluded by observing, that such prose cutions as the present should have no objeft what ever in view but public pieties and public example. In this case pecuniary sari fail.on IVAS not sought or required ; the honest step-father of the injured girl haa refit 4.1 all compensation ; and. what was a mute soaking lianas its she case. the Defendant, by bit own acknowledgment; admitted he sever had a more prudent and better condu&rd girl in his house. The Prosecutrix was then sworn; 'tad, upon en tering the witness box, displayed a countenance most peculiarly innocent and interesting; her face was not beautiful, but her fine expressive blue eyes, regular features, and gentle manners, bespoke innate innocence and truth. She was rather of a low stature, delicate figure, and her whole deportment was that of propriety and modesty. She gave her evidence in a clear, ingenuous, and satisfs&ory manner; and, though sometimes betrayed into a slight error, through her confusion, and the con scitiiness of her unhappy situation, vet she always correaed herself with precision. Her evidence %vac neatly what we have already given in Mr. Gu R Rev's statement. She sail she was almost nineteen year of age, and had lived in the Defendant's family about three months. In dragging her up stairs, h r put her head under his arm, and his handkerchief in her mouth, to prevent her screaming um - . She then underwent a long and selupulon•Ov sti crns..examination by Mr. CoNit, on the part o: the Defendant. It appeared, that there were two doors to •• • . Defendant's bed-room, one leading to du stairca,-. and the other to an adjoining room ; it was throech the latter her master had dragged her, and the iszy of which she had taken out of his pocket when she made her escape from him ; she stated fut thrr, th..t she had never seen the other door open, there se,.s no key in it, nor did she ever see any key belong i ng to it. She went out, with her master's permission, for a few minutes, to see the illuminations on the 4th of June, but neither he nor any person el,e ac companied her ; she only went as far as Holborn, and, returned again ; he never offered to take any improper liberties with her until the IC_lth of June. when he offered her the crown-piece, and in isted lie should sleep with her in the kitchen, or she should go up stairs with him. When asked why she did ro' tell the apprentice the next morning she replie I, she was ashamed to tell such a ttansaaion to so little a boy. Jane Cooke and Thomas Cooke, the mother and step-father of the Prosecutrix, corroborated the transaftion. as far as came to their knowledge, and stated the p irticulat s of the matter as relating to the reprimand given to the Defendant by his sister-in law, Mrs. Threader, and his offer of making coin iiensation. &c. Jo.eph Cowell, tbc defendant's apprentice, a tiny about Iti years of age, st.it:d that he had a conver sation with his master on Sunday last, who asked him if he had ever taken any improper liberties with the girl, when he declared he never did. Messrs. Colthurst and Couzens, the two medical gentlemen who had attended the Prosecutrir, proved the injury sustained. Mr. CONIT, nn the part of the Defendant, went into a very long and able statement in his drf:ncv, in which he contended, that the evi,l, nee of the Prosecutrix was not to be relied on, inasmuch es she might have made her escape from Cie De fendant, if she thought proper: she had remained three days in the house after his fist atterni t to v;olate her; and he further stated, if he was rightly instrufted, h. would prove that she not only eon. served to the farnilia sties which followed, but wil lingly !1. p: with him sin the Monday fallowing the first traosaCtian. Mrs Threader, sister-in-law to the Defendant, was then called : she stated, that she had a conver sation vr'.ls..thi Prosecutrix on the Wednesday after the transaflinn happened, who acknnwledged to her that Jr: had slept with her master on the lslonday night she y.romiscel to sleep with him on Tuesday, but d.. 1 not. tY,r4 n being closely interrogated by the Court she soul I not tell what first lei to :he c‘anrersation, nor could she mole& one sei once that p.is.ed at the time she reprinianded the Deten.lant. The Jury, wallow ene moment's hesi•ation, brought in a verdia of Gnstbu, and the Defendant was committed Clerked ell Gaol, to br br , :ught up on a tuture day to receive the sentence cf the Coon. BPers, Erg. was indiete I fcr assalilting Elizabeth MI :Mahon. Ir. appeared that the Prose, cutrix was conk to the Defendant, who was a gen tleman of property, and kept a bachelor's house, in York-buildings, Baker-street. One day the Prose cutrix, by her master's permiss;on„ h been front home, and returned about ten o'elock at night, when the housekeeper desired she would Prepare a pair of fowls for supper, as her master expected com pany. This order was countermanded about twelve o'clock, when her master came down to the kitchen, and abused her in very gross language ; asking her was it she who bought the scraggy veal inr dinner He struck the table with violence, and threw the candle down; he then ordered her to go up to hed ; he immediately after followed her up, and while Are was in the as of undressing. he swore at her. calling her an impudent b—ch, and Asked her, did she stay up to listen ? He then seized her by the wrist, arid dragged her with great violence ,1,-wn three pair of stairs, by which her limbs were much bruised arid hurt : it was then between twelve and one at night, and he i.isisted she should immediately leave the house. She refused, rut knowing selo.re to go at that late hoot ; he then Imked her cp in the kitchen, where she reant nod all night, the next morning made her escape thtough tI tz garden, and went to her sister's; tae mark rd fingers, whore he had relied Ler by the iris', re mained for several days. She niminoned him be. fure the Magistrates at tow —tree:, wlv.n he ac knowledge,' he had used het ill, arid said he had left a one pound note at home, along is ith her wages all a compeasetion ; but as she h a d brought him there. he would not give her any. She was of erwards oblige,: to prosecute him for her wages at H 'Thorn. The Jury found the Defendant ()Nike, And the Court sentenced him to pay a fin.. of I Ss. 4d. Day.—The Ticket Nu. 6791, as firs[ drawn yesterday morning, entitled to l'vexpir TWOUSAND PuvvDi, was sold in Sixteen Suxteet,th Shares, at the Office of SWIFT and C,. in the Poultry. The first drawn Ticket on Wednesday last, the Seventh day, No. 9362, a Prize of TEN Movisso Porsns, was also sold by Swab r and Co, in One Half and Eight Sixteenth Shares, and No. 19,008, :he Second Day, a Prize of ONz Tstovsa sco Pou•oh in One 9usatsr and Twelve Sixteenth Shares.