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, I lieu, I reckon that was one of my mistakes.—(More laughter.) The Court—Stand down, Sir, we will have no more to do with you. The Defendants now called Mr. Bowie. or Bowen. who stated himself to he a tobacconist in Leadetihall.street. The sample of snuff was ►hewn to him, and he pronounced it to he is fair sample of common Scotch. It was a poor snuff, but there was no ochre in it. Why do yon say there is no ochre in it ?—Be. essise I conceive if it had any ochre in it, it would have au earthly smell. It is sworn in evidence. that this sample is adtil ierated ID per cent. with wine substance not to. bum) ?—I should think it was a pure snuff, made of sandy tobacco. It has not much pungency. for it gives no earthly sensation to the nose. The wit ness further informed the Board, that • good nose was every thing to a tobacconist, and no good was Yo be done without it. If a tobacconist was to lose his nose. be had better shut up his shop at once. Set eral other tobacconists and imulf-clesslers were called, who all gave their opinion that the snuff was genuine, though poor; and they all slated, that they hall never beard of ochre In.ing used to ashilterate snuff. One of them said, lie believed chalk had been used fur that purpose, but the par ties paid well for it," and he thought the practice was discontinued. After mod; further examination of the d i tr olm t witnesses.. from which nothing new was elicited, the Board irtecidra that the t ooseciition tuust he -ritaaslicd, the case oot being satisfactorily made out. GLOUCESTER ktSIZES. MYSTERIOUS murtur.R. The following trial, which took place hit Toes day, at recited on uncommon degree of untie... 'Elie Prisoner 1111% SO have been tries On the -Fii‘lay preceding. hut iii eviewqiience Of the olisenee of the Hight HOlll. Charle+ liathurrt. who was detained in tows, by public 'mantel... it we. postponed. Mr. Bethorit was the Magistrate before wl the Prisoner was fires tisken, Mid to lON .01011311illIg lwrerversoce ircie attributed the +ultimate discovery of the foul offence with which he stood charged. • -- • William Barron, aged 33. *moil capitally ii.- 'dieted for the wilfsa minder of William Syrtis, in tlw month of November last. 111 r. Lunt.ow stated the ease. sod then called leis witoweses. William Hurd proved the fact of the Prisoner and tlw deceit.. .it setting not for Bristol in his boat inn the 311 of November ; they remained at Bristol two day.. He remembered etenig them together afterwle oh. at the Swan poblie-I .e nt Pyle. ti t ans yelled for ta , o glasses of rem and water ; hr said, .• 1 hate a five pound bill in my pocket." The landlady Stilt'. " 1 eltesold like to see it." SW‘lll. uhnu [hi% out three five pound hills ; two of these wive Chepstow bills, quite new. He pat them on the table, together with three or four Doe pound owl. Willows mid Spits slept together that night ; heard the clock strike five in the morn ing, rod said to Syme, " It is time in get al, ; I Ul.ll tow would help Burton to take the boat op and stint, in to the old parmoge, where I will meet you." Syrup agreed to this. Witness eqos f a llen going to Tovkington; they parted soon after her. Witness went to Bristol the Friday following ; did not go to tlw old pasease, for it ranted hard. and lie gm wet through. He looked for Syms at Bris. tol, but slid soot see him. Burton's shoes were in • very bail state. John Portell deposed that he lived at Pyle; hr was oequninted with the deemed. He saw him nt Cholfey's, at the Swan, on the Gth of Novem ber. He saw 'him and Burton going down the ,ierr next morning in tlw boat together. It was about wren O'clock. The tide was low. Stephen Hook saw the Prisoner and the deceased together in the boat lta the morning in question. John Wade lived at Wollaston. Oil the 7th of 'ovember, he me the Prisoner alone in a boat 011 the Si vent, going towards Chepstow. He asked Idm if lie wits swiug to Chepstow ? He replied lie was. It was about two o'clock. Witness said, you have had a line tide this morning. The wind and the title were fair, the boat was drifting up. 'Witness also obnerved . to the Poisoner, that his shuts were out water-tight. 'The Prisoner answered— "No, master, hut . I'll have better before I go back." Old Hord asked the 'Prisoner where Syrtis was left, and he said, 4 , Not at 'Pyle." Ile afterwards said, lie lied landed him et 'Eastern Point. John Homily picked up the body of the deceased, floating iu the Severn. The left-hand breeches pocket was turned Millie out. He tied a rope round the arm, and drew it on bliore. This was the 2711' of November. 111 r. John Esle lived at Frampton, on the Ssvern ; on the (28th of Novesnber he was - called to remitter site body : lie could not say how long it had been tiered : it was in a putrid slate: he examined the bead, and frimid several wounds. At the bark part o f the head there was a mortal wound : the skull was shocimigly fractured. There was ii heavy blow user the 110. C, and on the upper pan of the frontal bum. lie was clear the maar's death had been oer:lt.irmed. by these wounds. Mr. J. Hammond went to see the body on the 28th of November. It was in a putrid state. He WWI Suite it was Syntv. The night 111011. C. flatlonrst produced the ori ginal depositions taken befme 1 . They corres ponded pith the evidence now given. Eiizabrth Chidtey keeps the Swim at Pyle ; site was ecquaintell with Hurd and Syms; they used her house. 'Sri)* and Button came In her house on the sth of November; they came from Bristol. Syms tool "Hurd went to Led together. Syms, m u d. a nd Burton were toi,sctlier the next morning. The Prisoner had eleven pints of beer, but could not pay for them. John Comingford saw the Prisotier with Syrtis at Mrs. Chaffey's, on the evening of November . to ; the Prisonser asked Syms to give him a pint of beer. The deceased was a near man, but lie 'had plenty of money; the Prisoner asked the deceased whether he would go borne? he said " yes;" wit ness *Old it was not weather to go in an opeti'boat, the wind and rain being very strong. Esther Smith proved that the Prisoner had come to her, sod asked her to let him have sonic things on ilurd's ace JUnt, as Hurd had left him without sty thing; he hail some bread and tobacco. James Henry Bell lives at Woo Huston. He knew the 14i:oiler, Syrtis, and Hurd. He saw them all three eininerk 111 Ilurd's boat for Bristol. Burton asked him to lend him 25.; he declined. Saw the Prisoner the Suuday following, awl asked him what he had done with Syrtis. He said he had put him on shore at the Eastern Point ; he thought he had either gone to America or Barhadore. ‘Vitness causer! the Prisoner to Ise apprehended and taken before Mr. Bathurst. He hail the boat heed examined on the day the Prisoner was cm 1111 l itted. He observed the left-band side ; it had been mopped very much. Hr looked particularly to that part, it was so clean. He could see the grain of the wood where the paint had beets rubbed off, and discover ed whit appeared to hr marks of blood. Ile ob served the gunwale, and the seats which run across the host. Before the after-thwart, it had been struck so as to make a drill. In this dent there were the stains of blood. There were marks too, as if blood had run on the edge of the gunwale. Ile went to Epirey to view the body on the 28th of November; it was in a barn. Ile knew it to be Symo; one of the eyes was ; the head was dreadfully disfigured. James Evans saw the Prisoner at Chepstow cm Monday, the gib of November. Ile asked hum what time the vessel would sail to Ilristol, and if he would take any thing to drink ? Witness said " Yes." The Prisoner asked loin to chaisge him a SI. bill. Il'itiress got the bill Olinger'. Barton hrd some rum, and pail fist it ,pith John Hull, a shoemaker, at Chepstow. proved, that on tha evening of the 7th of Nossinber the Prisoner Ininglit cif lints a pair of shoes, lor winch be paid with u 5/. Chepstow bill. Several other witnesses were then called, who proved that the Prisoner, front t•eiug very poor, suddenly became rich, and paid all his &Ina. Priscilla Jones is wife to Jour., oho is steward to the shop Comet; She proved that her lite,hatatl was nimble to lend the Prisoner W., nor was be much acquainted with them. Mr. Wooslrilie produced ■ handkerchief marked W. S. ; Ice received it from Sarah Davis. Davis proved that he received the haud kerchief f the Prisoner. _ !Lacheel Richards made the handkerchief pro duced fur Seine shortly before his death. MU. Cln;ffry—The handkerchief produced was like one which, she saw the deceased flryitig at her fire on the looming of the 7th of November. This was the whole of the case for the Crown. The witnesses were ingeniously truss-examined by Nlr. 'reciss for the Prisoner. Mr. Justice IticuAausoN then summed up the evidence with great clearness and perspicuity, and the Jury, after a short consultation, found the ri isomer— Gui/iy. The Learned Jndge inimediatcly proceeded to pass the awful sentence of death, in the most im pressive manner. Ile observed that the Pri.otier had been found guilty, upon the clearest evidence, Ufa crime hateful alike to God and man. Ile hail deprived an innocent fellow-creature of life fur the sake of his own personal gratification, and under circumstaiices of bailiainy at winch the stoutest heart could slot but shudder. For this offence, the only atonement lie 1'4)11111 make to 11111 offended God, and to his outraged country was the saci diet: of his own life—a life, the short remains of which could not he devoted aids too much ardour to re pentance nod to prayers for that mercy hereafter, which in this world he could not hope to receive. The Prisoner was then ordered for execution nn Thursday, at one o'clot k. The Court was crowded to excess, and all seemed to concur in the justice of the bentriter. The Prisoner underwent the sentence clue to his crime at the time appointed, in the presence of ail unsorlise concourse of spectators. Ile had pre viously acknowledged the justice of his sentence. POOR BILL—One good effect will certainly take place by prolom,:ing the period fur forming a settle. meat. It will lead the servant in husbandry to con. duct himself with sobriety and good behaviour, that his master may retain hint in his heti ice ; sod it'll abate the nuisance of puhlic statutes for hiring sir. vants annually, which is the scene of uproar and immorality. It ist asserted that, in some parts of Wiltshire, farmers now hire their laliourers so low us Jour peace a day! double es much more is paid them by the parish, to make up the means of existences WILLIAM WOODWARD, of Exeter, who was present at the execution of the three culprits in th a t city, was so deeply affected at the ►ight, that what the men were turned off he complained of a sudden pain at his boat, went immediately home, and died early on the following rionrn i n g NstHilay lie'llilight.Wool/WA RD bad been a soldier, and Will only 27 y. ars of age. The Assizes fur the County of Surrey terminated on Wednesday evening. Eleven plistmers reco-ived sentence of death, eight of winos' were rept ieved lor fore the Judges left the town, and three are left for execution, viz. Wilsom, Burnet, owl Curtis. There men have been convicted of robberies, under cir cumstances of peculiar atrocity. and lot tiled part of the "'Borough gang," that have so long been a terror to the County. The whole of the concets from 'Kingston arrived on Thursday night at the 'orison in llorsetuonger-lane. liTnitoimoniA.—Died on Tue►day morning, in Cuulston Crofts, Sheffield. Mr. Josepit I.cAts- IteiTew.anrston, who, its administering some medi cine en one of the canine species, about three mouths since., that laboured under what is g e n erally termed the distemper, is ►uppuwed to have had communicated to htn► three effluvia which pro duced the above dreadful of all human rnaledi•s. Previous to expiring, his bodily sufferings and con vulsive struggles, heightened by all intensity of thirst which admitted of no dissinoging, beggar all eltseription. The floor of the rn.on in which the unfortunate stilkject was confined !sensible of his situation), was literally covered with saliva. The deceased-susiorined through hfe am unblemished ►e putatiun, and leaves a disconsolate widow to befuomi an irreparable loss, with uniattered grief. Two ves►els Andod lost week from Hull for Quebec, gvith 310 emigrant passengers. viz. the N u ido, r if. L ; with ; 'ME Fame ; MIN NETT ; with 171. Six or seven other vessels are laid on tip twice p.isengers for Canada mild the United States. GEN/MAL GOURGAUD. PETITION OF GfiNERALROURGAUD, coIIPLAIN ING OF Ills ARRE.sI . UNDER THE ALIEN AcT. Preterite(' lose Howe or Commons, April 4. (Coolinved !row our Paper of Thirarlay last.) _ . The next day (the 151 h), Capper told me he was ring to bring a Magistrate of the place ; I wished to retool.? the • violence that hail been committed, the 'pillage of my lodging*, the refuels' to conduct me before the Pries. Council or before a Magistrate; and also to allow too to luck up my effects, to seal them, or to leave then. in charge of a friend ; in fine, the refusal that they made to give me a copy of the order of Lord Suhnuuth. and of that to allow me to go 10 the Netherlands or to Dol. land, &i ; I hail hardly login mreomplainte, before this Ma gistrate interrupted me by saying that I had notion, toile but to address myself to Mr. Capper, who represented Lord Sid ttttt tith ; sweitig that I had nothing to hope from this Gentleman, Magistrate or net, 1 asked him neverthes less if hr would take charge of a letter to his Lordship; hat having answered that 1 had nothing to oho loot to give it Mr. Capper, I thought it best to hold my tongue and to suffer in silence; the same day Capper toll toe that he was going to return to London, sod that if 1 wished 1u have any clothes aid liuen from toy loilginee, that I had o n ly to give him authority to go and gel them ; which I, fur very good reasons, refused; but I wooly to my hanker for snare money, us well as to my frivol the Count Dr lot bin Janson, begging him to lake possession of all my effects that had been left its my apartment', and to sake an love yof them, and examine whether my trunks had been broken open, In 111111 his seal on tl o and to deposit them sit n place of safety, audio twits' me a few clothes; the moon, of 31essre. mid Dl'Meell being Melll inillll its this letter, Capper refused Its take ehaige of.it, and I aas obliged to write aoullitr, in which 1 did not mention throe Gentle ineli's mimes, which he then consented to retool open ; the enardlaus received the Loudon Papers: they le fused to Ist one read the 118 during my stay at Mara iclo, 1 was kept in rigout/n% arerroy, obliged to dress myself, pool pee l...um all the wants of nature in the presence of my guardiatoa, ileOdua having gnarls placed under toy window.; I asks d pet siltation to speak to a clergyman ; it was any intention to make known to Wm all that frail suffered; but this request was refused, and all that 1 COOIJ obtain was, t hat having still the fever uo sue, with a must viuleut head ache, to ramsult with • Doctor, which 1 could out do bill in Ow presence of these men ; the Doctor gave me several things a lii. weir of some use to ; Capper returned ft ion !unripe' the mooning of the 18th; he told me that, by order of Lord Sitlinoulle he bad returned to my lodgings, lipid that he had brought me Atone clothe., and an toilets letter It ton my friend the Coital de Fot bin Janson, who ii.formeol me Ih..t he hail nut been allowed to read the one I lied written to lion; this circumstance MAC mr fear for my effects 1. ft in nit fogs; Capper told me also that lord Sidiatinill had nay effects, and all my papers, in his posyssi un , see that 1 fooled myself without any mewls sat proving who 1 was; I asked again fur the ropy of Ilse order of Lord Stilmnistlo al.icii 4.re tiered me 110 retire out of England, or at least a (oar ili s mic that my papers mese in his Lordship's pOSIMISIIOO, loot could not obtain any thing; 1 then wrote lo his Lordship, by Capper, complaiiiing of the seizure (Amy cliectossead to ask . lorin4srion to return to LopOuit, in order to reclaito them before the Courts of Justice They 1;:aill 0411 . 11.11 the linen and other clothes that I Inquest with me, (7apprr looking into the pockete, Ste. ; its fine, at two o'clock, rifler having made me pay the whole expeoses at the ion, n o d the passage, they conducted me to the pocket-boat (the Castlereagh); the only favour that I could obtain of them *as, that they woolt not lay their lewds too one, but that 1 should take the arm of Mr Billinesloy, of the Alien Office, at Dar:rich, of vrliton 1 had nuthisig to plait), mid therefore wished to render him all possible justice; they pot ne tooter the ewe of the Captain of the packet boat, who hail, said they, an order to give me a passport on lily arrival at Cuxhaven ; we palled itionediately, a n d MI Slue 23d, on Ri'liviag, 1 Joked the Captain fur the passport t which Capper hail spoken o f ; lint ',diet was toy surprise and itirlignal when the Cap tain, 51r. Macdonald, who is a good and loyal English man, told me that he knew nothing of it ; 1 thought they had neic.l thus, in older that I notelit be arrested on my debarking; I livgg..l the Captain 1.. accompany me to the Governor of Cuxhaven, to declare that they low one too board of his vessel I.) coder of his Government; Nom this declaration, and Nom Ilse one that 1 made, that Lord Sol th had taken my papers, tee. I sort-eroded in procuring a le-mord for Iltoulostrgh, where I waived on the 25th, cm under serveollioire, waiting the ammo: to she Idler 1 wrote 10 Lard Multnomah, the rrstiiittiom of my ff. eta, which haws Wen photo'. red, and the jostle.: that I di 'wood for the shameful treatment Mott I have experienr.4l. Certified, iu kola and sincerity, llatubourgle 2611iNov. IRIS. _ _ Le General Baron GOUr,cAu D." cup... (.1 Crccipt• that I have iu my puss, spina : The first is that of the Istolteepri lit Has u ; the ►t tend that of 16e pi we of the Passage : . Three Caps luta, Hass ich. - General Cosiratud, Pr. Fur laver citproAcs Fur prrsuhs ittendallrc For prison.. reirr.honents Fur two bodes port wide , fur bra Fur t*u puffer ) By each Fur Wlll. Your copic confirm', Lr Gehl Dn. GM:I:GAF D. Pass&Lte pill at varlet office .£s . 0 Corrine" of trunk: 1 04 11 Comb in Looduo 0 12 0 Wulf:mum and [writs £7 10 0 Rrerive.l, 18111 November, of the Baron Gourgainl, sevtai puuio:s ten shill:sic , . SA WEL CIII.LINGSBY. The expense thank flt. 155.; and Miring my stay at ibis 1 took heal -mile coffee Cos breakfast, soil • soap f ur ilitoorr ; having it fever i could nut cal: duff iig thy fulSf days I rat but two whinny." The Pet Ilion, r ll,i, ki it his ditty to submit to the Ilouse the letter whit Is be clissztil Mr. Capper to give to Lord .81:1 , mouth previous his dt pasture r. on' Eiteramt : " l'u Viscount Sitlmulifli, Secretary of Stale fur the flume " Harwich, Nov.uuhcr IR, IRIR. " My Lord—Witco 1 cloth he no imr4s r at the dinpositoto of those pest...on who ca II theinsclres your Liwtkliip's agent., I shall du honour of letting you know the manner in which they Sr Med me, when is,, the lids November 'ant they took pas-en:ion of my parrs, tlftei4, &e. which they taint we're the coders and inalrismiona of y • Inrilship, and carried Me .itr fium soy lodgiuga, No 7, Compton-sorrel, to conduct the hese ; slow that they are g g to emit.. k site fur Cuxhaven, I lake the liberty of writ ossg to you, only to Inv that you will allow the object* which have been taken away from me Si be remitted, at,,,,,,: which in my portfolio, which coolants ellecla 'nom precious In me; it wan taken front she by Mr. Capper,of the Alien Oilier, when 1 attempted to st al it on; this gentleman Minima me, that it is at tore time iu your pusnrssi••u. Your Lordship moat balm the goodness to remember that I slid not come to England by stealth; that disehig my May in this cousin) , I hare not mannsitted any inning. uteri uu Ik e Laws, and he will pardon me fur sot being aide to ima gine the reilSoll for soy removal from a country where I had received hospitality. Am I licensed! am I thought guilty? I beseech your Lordship then in allow me then to pre sent myself before the Courts of Justice ; hot to seise my papers, soassUaCripla, rind affect% which contain all toy (mimic, and to send lalt . out of Site kingdom, appears to me such ass injustice, that I date Its stltlrrisa toyself to yotte- Lordship, to beg you to repair it. I wattle wills the consent, soil its the prest•are of Mr. Cap gwr, to one of toy friend. in !antilop, the Count Ik For. bin Janson, to beg hint to g ive me a revise account of She stale of my trunks artd nfrects, left in my lutigioss, to seal them op, and to deposit them in a place of igtfely. i heat that dim part of my letter to my friend the Coma, has been communicated to him; that be rr•,s not ever allowed to see Illy letter ; sod that lie only keys what they stele pleased to telt him, which makes.nie very fearful for the safety of my effect, Capper would not take norm himself to remit the letter in question, till after hiving refused to take of lwr, whereto I recuttiontstdril my property to men of the ; what Call 1 think of such ! I de clare dint I have never bail (as many newepapers have acid) the tenet idea of resisting the orders of your Lo►dshiii, for my (milting the kingdom ; supposing even that I had had the eight, it would have been a great folly on toy part I was ondresseil, without arms, and ova •d by oeveie or right vigorous mew I did not call for Lehi, till my in tcntion of sealing lily paper., having deratig. d Capper's pious, he seized hull of my portfolio, while viral of his cum• panions /cited me by the throat, and •the n. brat me mi the head with their ntickit to atoll me. 1 cumin,. illy asked to lie carried either before your Lordship, before • Magistrate, or before the Privy Cooled. If your Lordeliiii thinks that the power gr...nteil to the Ministers by the Alien Bill, dues sot extend to the connotation of the property of an mifortionate foreigner that is drives lint of the coin try, have the I our to beg you again to allow me to return to London, to reelatio berme the C to of Jostlee the effect*, papers. mid manuscripts, whirl) have hero taken away from inc ; aLteh I have already maid contained all my fortune; or, my lota, to be judged if I am accused. I Ws.- the honour to be, with the highest respect, Acr, Le Gent 1:011USA 11 It." Harwich, Ittitt Nor. !SIR, just betute the l'esitioner's cos- bail:alum for Cuxhaven. The rilitsoner rectivtgl, iu December, the follow to !eller, its his "Tv General (' zasul. 2111. November, PO A. Sir-1 snl ihrreted by lAN,' Sithll.,lllll to ack..o‘vb..lze Iba rerript of the tel addressed by yon to his Los d-iop fium Nara its ms else 181 h instant, and to arlhlailll s.oi, that Lordship has given du eel ions that y lNntfuhu,aod all Ike tutor at toles allitilvd to iu yam It tl. r, lir irJsismit- Sidi to Mr. Dot m , Pissi•gollice Agent ot 1 oxliaven, fur the poi liaise of tiriuz drkw, t d to you. " I Ain, Sir, your must uttediNit bumble SPlValli. "11. HOHHOUSIi." The P,lirionee then wrote to 1,1111 SOllllOOlll the follow ing letter,lo 111111.11 Ile added the !eternity.' above mentioned: ** To Viscouut Sii!mouth, Secretary of State for the Home Ikpartment. liambiumiali, 7th December, ISIS. LORD—I hoped that as your larrilallip was aware what little f o undation three was in the %tortes that were abroad on my account, that vim would have granted me the rrepeot whirls I naked in my letter of the 18th instant, and allowed me to retesit to lamilun to settle my affairs; Llr Account of your Losilship's silence tot this subject, I fear that his 11l ll °crows occupatimis have made him forget my request ; 1 have the honour of reminding Inns of it. I a. 1.1 to this the detailed oarrotive of all that I suffered from the individuals charged wish 11w execution of your Lordship's order,. 'I he desire that 1 hail until this day of remitting it to your Lordship myself had retarded my sending. Vu., will therein ore, that, after having refused to conduct me YY hi fore the l'rivy (.7oneeil, ur before a Magistrate, not •Ilow iiig sue 10 give the objects that I hail left in my lodgings to the care of a friend, - having taken away my portfolio and my papers, pillaged my effects, after having oppressed me itli the roust 11.2111. 1 . 01 heat enrol, refused to let we KO Mast the Netlicilands or Holland, and having kept nee four days "toiler such close eatifilwissetit, that I could see no one, these iinlividisala rest menu shuteatCuahavru, ait bout allowing me to have a copy of the order by which I was sent out of the e try, awl a Wood leaving me a single paper to prove who 1 Wa4 Hoot expess'asg me to lie arrested for a yoga bumf. Cci lain as I sin, my turd, that this shameful cow duet of your agents was contrary to your instructions, I de. tumid justice of it to your Lordship. I have already had the honuor of commussicating to your Lofdshia, that I had written by Hr. Capper les my friend the Count ale robin JAINAU to keg him to take an iserentory of the effects left in niy l o dgings, soul In pat Illean in a place of safety, but that this letter had 111.1,vr been remitted to him. 1 lase again writt , a to this friend, to tremble him with she same compel atm ; not having reel-mid any •uswer, I can only pre %time that this last triter, like the first, has been intercepted ; I am therefore %idiot's any knowledge of what has become of all the things left hi my lodgings; I am still more emcee lain, as Slr. Capp. r info. mid use that his men stunned dove anti my departure. Mr. llolihouni , wrote la me some days ago, by your Lordship's make. to acknowledge the receipt of ,isly leper from Ilarwith, and to inform tne that the articles therein aids , .1 for cite scot uhf. I have only se cetveil, an yet, Ist, my portfolio; 2.1, my pistols; 3d, a bundle of busincos letters ass.l vowing cards. These objects nut being iwar alit was seit..l by your agents, 1 should be much uliligrif if your Lusdoliip would have the good ness to I. t {wow ei hat is become of the rest, and to mend them to sue. My paretfolio, 0114'11 I had taken case to luck at the time of my arrest, having been scut to me open, wundl nut see. ire it fium the hands of the Director of the English I'u-aolficr but Ist the presence of Mr. ffstatell, • &laor al of Police of this town, in malty that be might note. min the fact of its being opeu when delivered to sue. I will not take the liberty to discuss a hetht r that of I,llollllg toy papas, when I am tormil out of the country, is a regu lar measure or not ; for, if itstincent, ally punish me if guilty, why spare me Without looking for the reasons of this visit, the fact is, that it ought to convince you that 1 ant not a conspirator. My curreept 'ideate with 'eve rol Sewell-iv.% hail but one object, that of letting them know the title situation of the unhappy Napuleoss, to try to obtain by their intriveotion some relief fur his evils. Your Loidship may have remarked in those kiwis that it tha heat alone which sparks, and there is nut one arosd which has all Offillily ID I.oiitieB; in all the dis cussion% of the English Ministers it the treatment of their illustrious and unfortunate Prisolier at St. Helena, • they said that they .11.1 not omit any 111v11111 of mitigating the rigour of Isis fate; how cats they then find me guilty who Meta FrPllChlatal, honoured by his kisidnriat 111 1111 prosperity, also hail partaken of his captivity fur three years, who am his Aide-de-Camp, who has fought fur fifteen years under !Wu ; can . these Ministela find me guilty of using all my fforts to administer to his inisfortunro ? No, nay land, I appeal to y o ur conscience ! well! it is f o r this that they have driveti sue tint of England; that they hate sent me to the Contiuent to be put under the inspection of the po lice, to rein:tin there without protection ; at least such is the wily 11101111` that I call goon; it is !roe, that certain persons have maliciously spread abroad that they wily treated isle this+ to give more hulk to a pretended couspaavy, but the absurdity of this motive &atolls the suppooitiosi; others have ',Mil, that it woe DU account of my having published a work in a loch I had audacity to say that Nopoleoli was the lii at of all modem Generals, allll, if lie Was van. quisheel in the fielil of Waterloo, it was by fate, and nut by talent. I have mit pride entingli to think pint having pro efouswed this opinion ass the reason fur my bring treated with so mock rigour Ilse fact is either true or false; if it is true, it cannot he considered as a crime to relate it in a country called the Country of Liberty ; if it is false, it is eel - I Minty not an insignificant personage like me oho emu make ft peso for the truth. I shall no•lunger try, my Lord, to find out the motives for ',costing me out of a country where I had hewn received hospitably, and where I had heed for six months in retirement and tranquillity ; what they may be, your Lordship must be well convinced that they air unjust. I hope, therefore, he will make haste to efface from my recol lection the ignoble treatment of which I have been the vic tim, in granting me permission, that 1 again ask bins, of goin g to London for a few days, to get together my effects, finish my affairs of interest, awl, its fine, 1101 to lose the small hotline 1 have left. 1 11111e1 your 1111•11 Cr, my L o rd, with must respectful coufidence; certain as 1 am th i ef it is not in England where a Minister fears to of-knowledge and repair to injustice. have the bon tttttt t my (Aril, to be, with respect, your most obettieitt bumble servant, General GOUR9AU D. Hamborougb, Hotel of the King of Hanover, December, 1818." sot len -. 2 ., (To he tentaird.) TILE TURF. CP.OXTON PARK RACES. VIFfINI%DAR, APRIL 7. Mr. W. Ashton's b. 1,. 0 srs uhl, best Mr. Cslersk's oh. E. !bolos-10.4i. each, 50;• miles. Mr. titslmrsie's hr. It Treipitss received forfeit Goss Mr . Osh4ldrol. , Wg ch. b. liter-13.1.; 10045.-2 miles . _ %\ bite's Jupiter, :mail, brat laud litattottler la. 1 4 Sperulntinta--600r. h, —13.1. each-2 mom Slelion Starcrtaketa lOga. aorta, for bow+ tott thbrough Waal, that have been regula.ty Ituattell ; I NIA., 12,1. each; won by Mr. Otway Cava': (*.awn, bestow Th. Otaltortiets h. li. by Pa tworth, Lori Kront.ly% Surly, 041.11+1 Berkehla's ll:artier, Mr. Maticrasies ti.tt4 of at: four others. The Formers' Plate, 50p, Owen by the Clio I. own of the Bcproae and Lpoorndon Montle for Wows riot oh ....ails bred. the properly of fartnerc, tint have rectaloa:y hunted won by Mr. Mower . % b, h. by Vivahli, beating Nit.. Bator's ch to ,Mr Westuotorelontrr hr. It., anal f teen nth. - The Balla mho Coplow Stake*, of Vap rub, riablen he gentlemen, tr,as wan by Load Dentaiglo*go Er. b Tto near of Orders Gory, 4 yna old, brothel; Mr. thway 11 . 7• or's , c, Storm. 4 ye. uld, Mr. Ci alortn+ b. 10. by Julius Cao.o, aatt.l four wiles v. A Forcrd Handicap lOgi. each. MOO by Mr. , Jupiter. em r)tts : : 130 bo min g Lunt Neanerly\Specooroi.,r, 12,1. ; Is. CO. SlOllll, I lat.; 31r. ?obi pot woe's litlvuir LAIN I Ist. 71b ; rod three others. V NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. •rnti. 1. Railed the Diamond, Ihritable, fur ',want •ud of roaster•. DAM, AVAIL !:.o. CAMP down from the River mod sailed the Hano3l4, lon, fur Cadiz ; Dorot hy, Amterson, fur Mitlrira nn - 1 it. Rill's; nnrl Mem iiroart, fur fterhmluee; flyby, How, for Havetiosh; •nil F.114.u, Scott, fur Quebec. Arrived sw; remora to the Downs the Hannah, HeatLe,it front liumb.y. CORK, ♦PRIL S. Arrived tie Wolf. MET:TIVGV OF CREDIT /R 3 AT GUILDII.II.I., TO-MORROW. M. p W. R. Tigers. Anstinfriara, merchant C. F Kett, R. thsial.grecel, ♦ictualler A. Krul , Depiriii.l, baker ... • • T. Pinkerton, Eirelun-lane, merchant A. Gorariaric, I..robarJ street: merchant E. Carr, Bridge.alrect, Westminster, jeweller l 12 DWI DEN D. T. J. Lancaster, Catestowstivet, user:Laut. CERTI FICATES. W. Heath, of Henley, Stafford, blacksmi tb.—W. Pierer, of liayhrook -pot lei y, Rent hall, Salop, putt, r —T. Thonolson, ,d* Ilanlel•elon, Kirkham, Lancaster, tonne r.--. 1. Morris, of Woolwich, Kent, cordwainer.—T. Cs imes, of Cheater, •u.ch. prop. ictur.— R. CAde, of Sin cwslatry, hop-mrrrhant...--1. Simpson, of Brazil V mow, Kingston npan-IIM!, common bream —R. Ailum, of Chatham, Kent, builder. M CIA NCHOLT SUICI9F.—Ots Nlntiday night last, Mr. T. 11. IlAt r, of coobottom )Harm, near Pet. worths, Sussex, lair of Cushion, Hants, having been, from pecuniary difficulties, placed under arse•t. took the desperate resolution of ►hooting initiseif with a pistil through the heart—awl he fell upon the spat. ✓. Denny was executed on Saturday a -.tiniest, at Shrewsbury gaol, pursuant to hir tit-enema-, for stubbing, with intent to kill, the Rev. J. Wl2-9i. li.ctiEsTEn C;Aot..—As a proof of the admira ble management and useful employment of the prisoners iti this gaol, the Assize Courts at Taunton on the 29th lilt. afforded the pleasing exhibition t f two cloth covers fur the Counsel mai Anomie,' tables in each Court, entirety manultettir.4l by the Prisoners in this gaol from the ituple in the pack, through the different processes of picking, sorting, combing, carding, apinnistiz, westing, and dying to the gretitept perfection. The clothes are dark blue ; and the centre of each bears the fol lowing inscription, worked in yellow silk :—" Ma nufactured by the Prisoners in Ilchester Kiel, 1819." DEATH. On Sunday Intl, at Lacock, Hants, at an advaiwit azr, the Rev. Henry Rrindley, Vicar of Holcumbe Burnell, lb eon, and Rector of Callites, Wilts. He was the benevolent tutor of an annual lecture on cruelty In the brate rtt Atm., and his strenuous txertious in the cause of humanity wvi. as universal as his liberality was extensive. HIGII WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIMU Morning 18 after 3. I Evening 35 after 3. PRICE or S-FOCI ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock 3 per Cr. Red... 73122 1 5-16 3 per Ct. Cons. 74iit 74 India Bonds 40 99 pr. 31 per Cent. 224 I Ex.llirs.2 .. 2 pr. p,.r 4 per Cents... 9221 92i I Lottery Tick. is 191. 1f1.4. S per Ct. N.An. 1052 M I Cons.forAcc.74‘lll 74 NO SurLteoiLs in 11:e British Empire have beets more distinguished far their talents and their fame than the celebrated Messrs. CURRIE and Co ; neither the envy of private individnals, nor the linmerons sdvei tisernento of opponents, have affected their reptitatitio, nor bike*, hoot Ihewt their extensive popularity. Aa regularly . ducattd Sus geons, and !Remise's of the Royal Colleges it Lae-tun and Edinburgh, and holding a Commission in Lig allajemy ' s Service, :Messrs. Currie and Co. lay Chaim to grooms). - me quircinents, and enjoy a most derided preference ewer other paetit inners. The pluinpt decision sail. which y invarishly art, insures to them the po connikoce; and during so long • practice in this, the first metropolis in the world, they hare hero enabied to make many valitslole einiverit a and important implovemetits in the cure of Syphibiie Complaints, Ns rroxs Kt las:alining, Debility, Palmtop. V Consumptioes, Strictures of the l'ictbra, tke ilfic. By kb , kr superior plan of treatint r.t, Strict tires, of Inwrv, r lone sta,ia• ing, or of the most inveterate kind. are speedily sail le is manently cured. In early cases of Syphilis, a enmity cure 14 completed in the short period of two days, mod in tie., claimant a MA , ' complicated nature, erhert otsi.4 ;owl I i toiet s Lave fail, d of sure. '45, a proper perseverance in their plaii..l treatment rllllll/es to the Patient a perfect re.. •tahlishint ei To those who an labouring nutlet a gemeral or local itehoer it will be consolatory to know, that in place nt boss :Lid , .."t relaxation 'Messrs. Currie mud Cu. offer lasting , strength, and vigonr. Patients of either sex may consult Mewl. Currie and C , . with the ;neatest ►eetesy, di liewey. and honour, at ihr.r house, No. 107, Hatton.gaeiltri, where their diplomas. e'•• titicates, and testimonials may be lawn. The tel ma o•Cli kt:t. - aeration ale plainly stated on the first interview. Pain. ..is in the country stating their es!• and enclosing, a 'emit OP: , or advice and anesheines, the same will by gives) ur sent tO ell parts of the World. LONDON : Priated and Pnbliabed at the (Nike, Nn. 1•27, Strand; grieve Atlwrrlisetnents tire received, nit+l let • (polikpnad) taunt he addressed—..C. I. Clement's Ina, Printer WHITg, Nu. 127, ',took% ru!o!mher • I