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A • hay-loft; he catered the ltay•loft throagh • wicket, and, searching :shunt, discovered u trap-door, %thick Willa'. csitd with the shade underneatlr. lie went down, unit found a still set iu brieli•work, with • see counonuiesting with the • chi ttttt ey ut' a comitioptionse adjoining; their was nothing 1:r the still ; but several large casks, which appeared to hare recently contaisied molasses, and two, strongly impiegietted wills aplTds, were standing round ; a quantity of salt, of a de ncription only Weil in diatillution, was KIM) found upon the premixes The defence set up was, that the Defendant had let the premixes in giteslion to a most named Taylor, at Limier last. %t the time of their being let, they were fitted up, in all re spects, as a stable mid hay-loft, mid lie au ignorant of the purpose to which they had Aron applied since that haw. The Defamtaitt was vote-lard, and tined its the mitigated pc:laity of fifty-two pounds, and the utensils were forfeited. . _ Tu th, Emma Thr BUITISH PRESS. Ste--A etatenfent relative to the dispute between M Alfred Crisee,"and Myself, buying uppemed in your paiter'of this tiny, which is extremely •erro newts% r trmt you will do me the iiietice to insert • the following incontrovertible truths :—I went to thlt new Theatre, list Saturday even*, at half peice, and haring enteVed the box, tiiimbpred 36, on the second tier, I observed in the trout seat of , the adjoining box (N 0.35), Lietitenaut Drury. of . the 11 est London Militia, in compauy with Mrs. Drury and Mrs. A. Crave; Mr. Crece's father and mother were nut in the box. lii a few minutes Mr.. Drury saw use, and said aloud " her is room, if you will come dawn ;" upon which I was per mitted to pass from the back part of the one box to the front seat of the other. (I submit, this would not have been suffered, if the irompany had not heard the invitation.) I took my seat between Mr. and. Mrs. Unity, wed very. soou placed the ini tials o.l'. in my hat, at which Mrs. Crace expressed, her displeasure, end I immediately removed them: Mr : Croce (who had not previously been in the box, tier, os I Nader:tour; expected) then conic to the dour, and called Mrs. Crace out ; Upon which I witreeted ber to keep her seat. and I would with . draw ; she, however. quitted the box. In the let ter part of the evening, Mr. Crace accosted me In the lobby, and said. e. Mr. Miller, you have acted like a bleckguaril, in taking my seat, and insulting Mrs. Crace."—l answered that " I was invited to the seat by Mr. Drury. is whose name the places were entered its the box-list, and had, therefore, uci ther taken his seat, nor insulted Mrs. Crace."—lle troseet."! That is no matter, Sir; you are a great blackguard ;^ and wislwirew.—Senday morning, I wrote ilw following billet to Mr. Croce " Mr. Miller calls upon Mr. Crace to appoint a time and place when himself sail friend will meet Mr. Miller and friend, ua the subject of the limit Mr. Miller reerired from Mr. crace, duet cveniae, at the Theatre. 31r. ?Tiller himself hares this, and will call spilt, in the coarse of au hour, fur Crace's reply. " New Mtlltnawatc et, Sunday morning:" • I left this letter at Mr. Crace's house, in the pre sence of a Criend r euti called again, iu the company of Mr. Illeiderson. Mr. Crave came to the door, said, "he should not retract a word ;" sad declined geeing any ether answer to my letter. In the evening 1 wrote him the'rollowing:— " Sllt.e•Aftei the numerous civilities that have been in terchanged bonier° as, it will IT *jib great reluctance that I adopt such mesaates, in relation to the insult I rerrired from yna last night, as the nrcssion &manila ; but, mite. • you sjnuk propel to make me a suitable apology, or—comply with say request of this morning, I feel it a duty i OWI any awn character to make the /affair public, which I shall cer- Mealy do at the Theater• to-morrow evening. " I am, Ntr, att. " JOHN MILLER." . . The second letter was taken and delivered to Mr. erect, by Mr. Henderson and Mr. Haddock ; to which Mr. Crace declined giving any answer, until he had consulted hi. friends. Monday, about noon, a Bay-street officer called upon toe, and produced a warrant against Mr. Henderson, Mr. Haddock, and myself ; I engaged, to appear before the Magistrate, at seven o'clock in the even ing, where I attended accordingly, and was ordered to find hail, rr” self its 1001. and two sureties in 501. each, for sending Mr. Crace a challenge to fight a (Intl. Mr. Henderson and Mr. haddock were discharged An their own recognizatices.-1 beg par don f;' , r the intrusion I have made on your columns; and am, Sir, Your ouligid servant, • • Juan MILLin, 24, New Millman-street, Nov it, 'son, Yesterday the old woman, who has been a pest to all the Courts of Law, for some time paws. wad to both the Rouses of Partlarneist when sitting, at leurwurd vtt gain admittance into the presence of the Xi MG. She entered the door of the lodge. at the tune tke Ministers and other distinguished person ages were going in to attend His M 441 isIT a Levee. She shut the door Beier her, and was proceeding up the passage, very coolly, when one of the porters coiled to know to whom she was gonig, as a 1111111* bee of persons reside in the Palace ; she made, no answer, but was pushing on; it was immediately' discovered whom she was, and she wet turned out.— She beesirut eNtreinely troublesome nu the metallic. was very abusive. and Itiranifoiml the populace; saying, as she could Out ..et her grievances redressed by the Judges, she would ere the Kt mi.. sad skew ed her clothes. which It4if been torn in the Court of King's Bench. Mscraa6a, Tourttmun, end Ulm's, who attend the Palace. in consitipience took her into custody. and conveyed her before Mr. /LSD, at the Bow-street Police Office. Precepts are about to he issued for a return of lists of persons bable to serve in the old militia, fur the augmentation of which ballots will take place early in the envying year. The proprietor of one of the prieicipal glass bnwses in Bohemia asserts. that he has discovered the secret of rendering glass malleable and ductile. ' At the head of owe of the tables, at Newcastle. upicsi-Tyne, on the Jubilee-day, was a pauper, who, the day before, had walked a distance of eight • miles, and who is in the 107th year of his age. On hie right hand eat a venerable matron, 99 years and a halt old ; rod at the side table another, aged Int ! The man suspected of breaking open and robbing the house of Mr. PERRY. at Merthyr, has been ais . prehended and safely Lodged iu Cardiff gaol. Nis same is 77soespaols, and he is one of the two who escaped with fiesekriegAwas, whilst being moseyed to Woolwich for tramportatiOn. Saturday morning. as • lad. about twelve years of age, was playing with • pump-meat. at St. 3.totholonietes Hospital, one or the handles caught bons between the kgs, by which his thigh was bro ken. He . waa taken to the accidental ward, where, it was thought. ha must uudergo amputation... EXECUTION OF O:►YDLN, SULLIVAN, ANUFitZGERALIX Yesterday morning, Chas. Oafide*, 1). Fitzgeridd, and C. Suliirax, the first far an inmainral- crone, and the two lust Fora rape, were executed, opposite to the siebtore door of Nrwgate. A more than usual degree of interest was excited in the public mind by the execution of these unfor tunate men, from the unsuccessful attempt made by Sullivan, tin Sunday hist..to escape from New gate, disguised in wonten's clothes; and a vast con course of spectators were assembled in the Old Bailey at an early hour. Soon after eight o'clock, Sullivan and Fitzgerald appeared on the platform, accompanied by a Catho lic Clergyman ; and ai abort time after Oaktien lame forward; attended by the Ordinary of New gate. The Prisoners severally passed a few minutes in prayer, and essol of them appeared duly impressed with the justice of his sentcuse, and contrition fcm the crime he had been guilty of. About a quarter after eight o'clock, the awful signal was given, anti these indoituaime men were hunched Mtn eternity, and appeared to die almost without a struggle. After being suspended the usual time, the bodies were cut down aud delivered to their respective relatives. _ _ _ The dress Sullivan, the convict, hod on when de tected was an old tattered gown and petticoat, a checked apron, a dirty shawl, and a loose slimness''s great coat, which, with uu old bonnet, a pair of wo men's shoes, acid a pair of platens, finished the dis guise. --IFT--!•m—a•T. DUBLIN, Nov. IL COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE. . A special messenger was on Wednesday night dispatched trona Dublin Castle into the country to the Lord Lieutenant, where his Grace is now on a visit, relative to the one of t; - .e four un happy men uuder sentence of death and Unworn'', which stood against them appointed for Thursday, in consequence of the accidental discharge of a pis tol, together with the decision of the eleven Judges, which occupied se many hours on Tuesday last. The messenger arrived in Madill oil Thursday morning with his Grace's signature to the warrant, directed to the High Sheriff of the county of Dublin, res. piting their sentence, by winch the lives of those unhappy men have been spared by the clemency of Government, and the dn•adful sentence of the law, which was proimmiced against them, thereby changed to the milder sentence of transportation for life. The election for Master of the Figure Academy, under the patronage of the Dublin Society, took place on Thursday last. when Mr. Robert West was chosen bye majority of 3j. TIItATRE.ROINI4 This Theatre opened on Monday ve'nnight, with a degree of splendour that at once surprised and delighted the spectator. The exquisite pencil of the artist, and the tastefolliberality of the Proprie tors, are equally distinguishable, and deserving of every possible praise and patronage. To add to the interest of the occasion, Mr. BRA.. H /DI made his first appearance before a Dublin au dience, and, with a stream of melody, which can not be described, charmed his auditory. The pert of the zteraskier, in The Siege of Bel grade, gave ample room for the display of those extraordinary powers of voice, which Mr. BRA H Abt has so highly adorned by taste and science. We know not which to admire most, the great volume of his voice, the extent and rapidity, yet ease and mellowness of his execution, the correct emphasis, air the di • t and sweet articulation with which he delivens all his songs. Mrs. MounTsts also made her fiat appearance, and distinguished herlielf by goal acting, mid in her songs by judgment and guest sweetness of ex pression. Tuesday night brought forward Mr. BRAN UM for a second time. Lord triltiam, in The Haunted Tower, called forth his finest powers, and procured him the most rapturous applause. Mrs. M.01,1N. TSUI again distinguished herself; and Mrs. COOKe met with general marks of approbation, on her first appearance this season : she was in fine voice, and gare her songs in her Lest style. • On Thitroiday evening was presented, the Tra gedy of Venice Preserved, for the purpose of intro ducing to the public Mr. WHEATI.T. End re-intro ducing Miss MAC•I;LET to the attention and cri ticism of a Dublin audience ; if, in these times of managerial insolence and theatrical monopoly, an audience may presume on the privilege of their ancestors, now for the first time questioned, of ex pressing their assent or dissent to the 'Gill of fare with which the condescension of the Patentee may favour the swinish multitude." For our part, interested as we are in concerns of higher moment than the proceedings of a Theatre, we should possibly have passed them by as objects beneath our serious attention. But the time has arrived, when the frish Notion will demand on what principle a servant of the triadic, forget. tiug the hands by whirls he was nurtured, shall issue from behind the scenes, and, violating at once all decency and order. dare to seize a gentle man in the boxes ' and transmit him into the cast°. dy of base and hired satellites —or, if possible, With more aggravated insolence, shall insult an Irish au ditory, by appearing on the stage, and demanding of a person in the pd to debase himself by acting the part of a constable ? Let the perpetrator of this crime be assured, that though neglected, he has not been forgotten ; and that if lie confounds the pnblic forbearance with want of public spirit, he shall in the sequel discover his mistake.—Dub. Evening Post.) _ . . Tuesday afternoon, some mischievous boys dis chargrd a small cannon in Oxford -street, whilst the carriage of Mrs. Marion, of Nottingham-place,. was passing. One of the horses took fright, and ran the chariot against read cart, by which it was over turned. Mrs. /ha Fl/024 and her three daughters were in the chariot ; and the youngest, about seven years old, was leaning one arm out at the window when the accident happened, and the carriage fell on it. Lt Mee dreadfully slisttered. The other Ladies sisal out /attain any materiel injury. MERAIEN AND CIERII4IIII --- • To the late well-authenticated accounts of the existence and appeal &lice of 'Mermaids, given by :Miss Mackay, of Bray, and the Thurso School master, iu letterX, which, after their appeanince iu this paper, particularly excited the attention of the Glasgow Philosophical Society, may be added the following ancient authorities, touching the actual existence of those extraordinary creatures : Alessiider ab Alexandre affirms, that be has known a Mt ammo steal WOinns ;—lie adds "CA LIS• CONCUSITES :" l'erdiusiid Alvarez, Stcretary to the store-house of the In sham, says, be saw a young Merman come out of the water, and steal fish, left to dry us the shore by the fishermen. fa the year 11E17, a Mensal' was fished up on the coast of Suf folk, - and kept for six months by the Governor , this is re lated Oa many of our early English Chronicles, the writers of which add, that it bore so nears conformity witlidnan, that nothing scented wanting to it besides speech. It took an opportunity of making its escape, and, plunging Wu the sea, was never more heard of: In istri, near the island of Mauer, on the uestorn comet of the island of Ceylon, some fishermen brought op at lime drtic,:lit of the net, seven Mer men and 31aials, of which sveernl Jesuits (and moo g the rest, F. lien. lle:iritpies, and Dieser Kepner, physiciiiii the Viceroy of Goa) were witnesses. The physician, who examined then, with mach cure, and made flimsy dowections front them, ammo, that all their plots boils internal sad sidereal, were (intuit pea fectly cuntormal:le to those of mew. (See Hirt. Or it Campagnie de Jeser, tom. iv. No. u 76, where the relation is xise.. at tenth) tVe have another account, well attested, of a Merman seen near the Diamond Ituck, on the coast of Martinico; the persons is Imitiewed it, gave in a precise desciiptiou of it hirturen emery. A creature of the sionespeciee was causkt in the Baltic a the year 1531, and sent as n present to Sigiornitud, King "of Pulated, with whom it lived three days, and was sees by all the Court. CHICHESINM—Nov. l i. The Corporation *of St. Pancras held their anni versary dinner on the 3d inst., at the Unicorn Inn, the U 1.11,11 time of holding it, the 4th, felling on a market-day. The company were numerous and re spectable. and aii•excellent dinner was provided by Mr. Pescott. the landlord. After the cloth was removed, Thomas 14'0.1. Esq. was elected Mayor for the :tear ensuing, and other officers appointed, which being finished, " The King" was given with three times three ; then " The Queen and Royal howdy," and many tither loyal and patriotic toasts; " The Lord Lieutenant .1 Irrlend"—" The Lord Lieutenant of the County'—" Mr. Th9ntat"--und " lite Independence (1 the City f Chichester."— " Mr. Walker, our worthy Chaplain," followed ; a proposal was then made, that the toasts should ha given .withotit further hollowing, to prevelirthe too frequent and rather unpleasant (though custorie:ry) repetition of three tiinesAliree, but iv was impuw sible in some instances for the members rigidly to ad ere to this rule. The health of Colonel Sergi•on bring given, a proposition was made to deviate from it, which cs carried by acclamation, and drunk with three times three ; the health of Colonel %Vardle, Sir Francis Burdett, Nil.. Whitbread, and several other patriotic individuals ; and friendship and unanimity to the parish .of St. Pancras, were deemed worthy of similar respect and approbation. and drunk iu like manner with enthocoalni. Mr. Bartlett in a very handsome manner !present ed the Corporation with four very ancient chairs, for the accomiaodatioli and stute of the Mayor, High Steward, and Aldermen ; nun of winch, of ex yellent pattern, Pad perfectly unirte, was adpriir ably calculated to serve as a ',tensest° of the origin and antiquity of this Corporation, show churtet is derived from Adam ! Mr. Alderman Newman, in the 611117. e handsome and generous manner, presented the Corporation with a most beautiful and expensive China bowl, capable of containing 1G quarts, the admiration of all who had ever seen it; the filling of which with bishop, cost three guineas. About half-past eleven o'clock, after singing God sore the King in full churns, the company left the rrr.•m flushed with the Tascion juice, and afters mast cheerful and happy day, retired in proper order rind decorum to their respective homes, leaving r con siderable surplus of cash in the hands oldie Mayor, to le expended ut the next meeting of this cheerful Corporation. — NORWICH, Nov. is. Our Corn Market, on Saturday bid, we. ribund antly supplied with gnus', and more particularly with barley, the greatest part of •••• Lich was unissiLe able. Bright mamples, however, were in demand, and the price fluctuated. according to the quality, from ltis. to Ifs. per coomb. There was very little variation in the price of wheat from that of last week, heing•suld from 455. to 475, per conmb. There was a very great deal of Inhiness transact ed en the Castle-hill, the same dry, indeed wore than has been seen fur some time. There was a good shew of leans heists, not only Scotch, but also Lincoln and homebred cattle, many lots•of which were sold at high prices; likewise a sufficient quan tity of fat beef, which was bought at as. 6d. per stone, and a plenty of fat mutton, which did not fetch more than 7d. per lb. A. great many store sheep were sold, and the lamb pens were tolerably well tilled. Store hogs were !ilentiful, but very dear. A Yew cart horses were exhibited. On Monday last there was a very capital slimy of Scotch cattle at St. Faith's (on their way to Hemp ton Green Fair on Thursday), which were in good condition, and sold at high prices. Illanycarinern in this connty hint not yet finished wheat seed,ansl some who began very early on light soils, in consequence of rhe rotating drought, hale deposited seed II second time, fearful that the crop would not otherwise he sufficieutly productive. Th, turnips ate amazingly improved within the halt month or six weeks and will 3 ield more seed than was supposed. The weather contniniog su opesi,'and the pastures being no fresh, from the la.e rains, ills straw-yard beasts will !riot bezeken up till a late period. One evening last week, during the performance at Shrewsbury Theatre, the lodgings of 1 1 4 Yr. SHU• TM, Comedian, were entered, mid a box stolen therefrom, containing some valuable trinkets, and upward. of YO!. ut cash ; the hos is:.• found a few days after in the River Severs. The abase !q.ta was nut only the little hoard saved in' hisktnetit night, bit it also int:hided 81. h.hnnging•to the Manager, which had been received by Mts. Seltl• TER at the box iloor,-on the preQeding Met NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • PORTSMOUTH. NOT. 14. Arrived the Woo/trick store snip, with dispatches, brought by Major Rlayor, from Georral Fraser, at Cadiz ; aVuch place she left Fourteen cloys sine. The bonegai.sailed from Cadiz with the Woo/- wirh, and, coneequently, is shortly to be expected. We have not learnt 'that the Marquis Wellesley it on board the Donegal. Sailed the Pearlen, SU, Capt. Thompson, for the Weyt Indies. ♦NOTHER LETTER, SANE DATF. Arrived the Woolwich store-ship, front Gibraltar; left the Rock on the 1.9111 ult..; the formidable wins of war was to slut next day, with a fleet for Eng land ; the ihntrgai wls expected to the same clay, front Gratz, with the Marquis Wolfe"ley on board,' for England.--Colonel Mums hunted from the Woolwich, with dispatches for Goveriitneut,, from C;eneril Fraser. Governo► of Gibraltar: Arrived the /doe end Zephyr trinisports, taeruser—severil twore ships ore in sight. —Witss: N.W. PLYMOUTH-DOM. N 4 V. 1.1. Arrived the Fancy cutter, from the eusi.v.lrd and the Pheasant, sloop of war, from a cruise. Sailed the Quebec frigate, for l'"rtsmoutiv. The York weighed to-day, hot wa•t counter manded, and we understand will sad to-morrow.— Wind N. E. PLYMOUTH, NOY. 12. Arrived the Mover,from a cruise, with Le Lezeing privateer, her prize; the Pheasant stoop of war, horn a croisi, and was inamediatirly .put under tirearantine, fur having communication with the. brig T r a ve ller, from Malaga, which ship she re captured, and sent in here.—Sailed the ../micusta cartel, for Morlsix, with sick and woundrd French prisoners, and several women, in all *boat seventy persons. Dllll, NOV. 1.4. Came down front the Diver, nwi— s.oled to the Westwarkl, the Rose, Marshall, fur ; thy Foster, Sondes, fur Jamaica; and the Apoas. Corey, for Oporto. • Sailed the Ulterukee and Fl* sloops of war, t e Sheerness ; the Redpole sloop of tsar, with a con voy, to Purisinoutli.—Wind N. E. onnalikerk any. 14. Sailed. yesterday, the . Glockstadt, withve enemy. for Gottetildirg. It is uncertain when the next convoy will sail. NEWHAVEN, 1140% , . On Thursday last, the 9th instant, the Roobstek, Lowry, a 'midi trading vessel, laden with elephant) teeth, &c. front Africa for London, put into di* la place, «here she iit eselif lies wind-bonud. The above vessel, in naming np Channel, was in unaista danger from the enemy's erulecn. On the 6th instant, between Portland and die lse of %tight. she fell in emboli/elicit private-cr, winch attempted to board her, hut in vain. as the Itoebiteic's wear, only•Li in number, gallantly esigegetilhei, and attar an hour and a hales hard fighting compelled Cie marauder, alt:Avagh she appeared. to have utvaarJs of tit) men on burnt, It, sheer oft; at:sl, on Tuesday last, et da)-break,Captain Lowry, being then near the Freuch coast, WOW, harittielrsurrouodcd by Ho le‘s than eight stout !Ogee privateers; agaiiirt stit - li odds, righting was entirell oat of the and it hirkily blearing a gale of wind. the Ciptsin availed himself of only tr.sairce, by peeking on the Roebuck every erce of canvass she could hoist; and by this daiik , erniis expedient, theta running very high. she completely escaped her no melons enemies ; about ten minutes after which, the sails and seve ral of her spars, tic. were broke,. By the bravery an: peeseterance of Captain Lowry, a very valuable ship and cargo have Lees saves} so his owners, end the underwriters; from whose well-knovin liberality, ne have no doubt his signal merit will be handsomely rewatded. The Channel, re are sorry to land, not only front the above account, hut fronvdiver, others, h:is been for the last two or three weeks past, greatly infected with privateers, ay which the trade hos been inach 'tasinoyect. The•Vewirs, from Malta and Gibraltar, iv sow lying in Seaford Hoed, wind-hound, with O quartos tine ling FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Gt A•FAVA 0, Nov. 14.—Arriml the Lively, Birds t aa4 RinLard and Auo, ----, from Malta,--S.lert the Dixon, Smith e ry'. Hayti; wed the Hosomoy, for et. 3liclasers; rOAI.-31.1it K r--NoS rusts IS. Shops at Market. ships sold. Psis*. ti •.. Itietresitle PRICE OF STOCKE YESTBROAT Bank Stork , --, 3 p.. Crsd. Reduces, ' • • 6 1 9i:. 0: 3 pia at. Consols 694' ili 9 7* 4 per Cost. ......... 44i ai 4 S iscr .'e,st N wry .. • ••'•• • • •••• •• • • Ing* liUli RAMC 4111111111C7 laspr:cial J per Cent 6;1 OS Imperial Annuities ' (bnivqm ui. prem. India Stock i9ut India Bonds • Estrimitier 111114 English I.totery Tickets.. .. Consuls for.. s 7. Ellin, Stecit-Crukcr, • a i , Cersilsill, andg, Cliai lin; :-r.,+ tilltT HS. Oto the tolls inst. at %toed:self, Surrey, the Lady. of beet Scutt, EH. of n tlaugliter. (In Monday, at 1% aueliveter, the Lady of 141a,jor-Goicre. Dyott. of z. sou, DEATHS. Teo edits morning, at his honer in Pett.rapil, Sir Fretleritt Morin% Eden, Hart. Uu Moado ) last, ~f s. brain fever, Ste J. Pettett, late' v stahle.keeper, of ltrlllitior. Pettett's remains erre oa Stdurtlay hurtle to the Kt ay.., attended by itimoe U.w. elgblt stable keepers, eitebutett, and 4ruotus, to •Itont, in liCe, la was sell knono, and greatly respected. Saturday morning, at her house, 1a liaigeol•ltred, L a dy Bat, eelni nt the late Sir Ihona.ustfell. kiIGR WATER AT I.OMION BRiDUE, 1)A1 itortllti% o ruin. att. , 9 I Afferrnowe 37 LON Ot .—Prir 'oil by C. xsirrit, Nu I r ('krorul • . I thul . publishr.l at the 11t5....: Nal., Hark of St. ("; 0 ., ut • by WHITE. .f acre plact :"• he in the Peps* r seri to the 4,11:0... (feat pairtJ, .11 ..• tlaq attao4.ll w. • GI in • 14 (I w A ti I a D I 1 i • T • P i 1 1 1 I 1