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I NAVAL INTRI.LIGENCE. soorsmotno, MARCH Sailed the Anson frigate, with a fleet of transports, Ste und.or convoy, for Cork ; and the Prow , o bona), with a convoy for the Downs —Wind N.E. PLY MoVTIII, AII•RCIS 24. Yesterday came in a Spanish brig, about '2OO tons, laden with cotton, hides, cloth. &c. prize to the John Bull cutter, Lieut. Cartwright, which she sptt.;•..d off Cadiz. She also took a Spanish .thoonet, but not having room for the prisoner., sett both the crews in her for Spain, only reserving nna from each prior as hostages. The Spanish brig, mounting three guns, and three quakers„ only men on board, !lefties the two Spaniards, was atratked yeeterda. morning off the Eddystone, in sittht of land, by a French lugger nrivaterr, and had it not been for the aid and exertion of the two Spaniards. with the little crew, in keeping op a smart flee, she must have been retaken. This mottling, sbe is put under quarantine in Stonehouse Pool. TORBAY, Al ARCH 24. The West India, Nlediterra:.ean, and Newfound land Fleets, are just getting tinder weigh I do not think they will all get out to night, and ill ihforrn you other particulars to-morrow ; the this instaut departs. DEAL. MARCH 2S. Came down from Sheerness, His Majesty's ships /.' '.lope and fif,a-e, and remain io the Downs, with the rut of the s tas per last. EANI 1111)1A HOUSE. A Quarterly Cenetal Court was held yesterday at the India Honse, and was numerouly attended. BYT-LAWS. After Intro previous business was disposed of— The CaAtavat said, he understood, that this 'rasa special Court convened to receive some pro . positions with respeft to the Bye-Laws. - Mr Roca rose, and after observing shortly on the rate of the Bye-Laws, by the avoiding of which, he mod, the Court of Direflors had a power of granting any sum of money they pleased, to any person, without the concurrence of the Court of Pr plietors, though they were p eveated by a positive law from granting any pe•.sion of greater value than 2001. per annum ; he then moved, " that ' a special Court should be held on Wednesday, the rth of May next, at which he should be at liberty to Snake a Motion to remove all doubts with resists% to the Bye. Laws, regarding the grant ot pensions by the Court of Directors, without the concurrence of the Proprietors; and that there should he added to ' the said Bye-Law. 'or any sum of money equiva lent thereto." This brought on a conversation, in which the Curt test tor. Mr. Two: too, Mr. R. JACKV:Pee and Mr. Lows es, took part ; after which, Mr. ItOca's Motion was put and carried. COLLE , ;F: AT HLIZTFORD. The Comex* w then rose and said, that he had to submit to the Court, a subjat which had already bean agreed to by the Court of Direetors. It re listed to the ereetion of a College. to prepare youas Coollemen for India, at Hertford. He eoneludt4 by saying, that the papers which should be read to them would more fully explain the different cir cumstances. Tile Clerk then read the Report of the Com mittee appoitued to take into consideration all matters relative to the establishing of a College at Martfird Cagle, sebii.h should hold 80 students From this Report it appeared. that the lease which the Company had of Hertford Castle, was only for meaty Tears ; and that, thetetore, it would be much to the disadvantage of the Company to expend a stun of moon' on it. 't he Committee were there fore of opinion, that freehold land should be r:r. chased ; but that no greater sum than 10,0001. should be expended. On this report the Court resolved, that it would be ineligible to expend money on the Castle of Hert ford, and, thelibelore, gave power to the Committee to purchase freehold lands, but not to exceed 10,0001. In cnnsequeace of this,- sixty acres of land, with a house, were rurchased in the county of Hertford. for the sum of 5,9001. and an adjoining field for 20001. The turn of 46,0001. being the lowest esti mate made by the different contraCtors, Mr. Wilkins has dire2ted to undertake the building. A letter from Lord Minto was then read, from which it aplearrti, that the Board of Cater-out highly approved of the purchase of the lands, ai.d the ereCtion of the College. The CHAITNIAN then stated, that there were at present twenty students at Hertford Castle, which was fitted up as a temporary college, and, in a short time, he expeCed that there would be forty more. Mr. DxvATN►s ohjefled to the ereetion of the college, oa account of the ex pence. Mr. Jac KSOII commenced by pronouncing an eu logium on the Marquis Wellesley for the ssedfaet support he had ever given to this establishment. The only question now was, whether, after it had been saroffioned by the Board of Controul, and by the Court of Diruffors, they shonkil objeCt to it He submitted, that it would be watch cheaper to v e on this plan, as though they were about to ex pend 50,0001. instead of 20.0001. yet it would always be the property of the Company ; and in the other ease, entirely lost at the end of '2O years. He con cluded by moving.' that this Court should agree to the Resolutions entered into by the Court of Di- retors." Mr. Dtv•essa asked, whether the Court could 14y out money on 1 freehold, witiviut the aid of an A& of Parliament The CHAIRMAN said, he did not think that was $ question to be considered, as the suet expended on the purchase was under the sum to which they were rcaritted. But if, on account of the build ing, it was thought necessary to apply to Parlia ment, he was convinced there would not be the smallest difficulty in obtaining an enabling A. Mr. TWINING was concerned at the increase of erpence, but thought there were good reasons for it ; and that in the end it would be a saving. He therefore would support the motion. After a short conversation between Nlr. De- VAYNkI. Mr4 Fool gat d Mk r. Jac son, relative to the xi to purchase freehold t on Mr Jackson's tivo.—Adjourned. P,, ) tiOltE CIRCUIT. -.A., molts:tam, ma'am. U. (RIM CuN litttissp:s: v. •Dasts. this was in anion for crininal conversation with Plaintiff's wife. Setjeant Suiten can stated the case with great ability. The Defendant, heesaid, was a wealthy miller. The Plaintiff was a prison residing at Bognor, in this coiiniy, and the proprietor of two fishiag-vessels, with which he was frequently at sea for days together. He was also the father of six children by the woman who had been thus seduced, and the Defendant himsr;lf was also a married man, .and the father pf Mary Cobden prayed the marriage of the Plaintiff with his wife, about twenty-two years ago ; he had six daughters, the eldest was about twenty-two ys;ars of age. They lived together, she believed, tolerably happy, until this affair. On cross examination, she said the lady was big. bellied when she was married, but she k-iew nothiiig of any connenion between the Plaintiff's wife, and a man of the name of Gray. Wm. Jeomin stated, that he knew the Plaintiff and his wife ; he believed they lived tolerably well together. He never heard there was any great de ficiency. Wm. Leath deposed, that just about Whitsuntide, 1304, he was going to Master Medwick's to borrow a saw, he found the back door fastened, and seeing Adams's dog about the house, he thought the mas ter was in the house—looking through a hole made by a knot in the boarding of the door, he saw into die wash-house, and just opposite was the kitchen door, which stood wide open. so that he could see into the room, there he saw Mrs. Medwick and Mas ter Adams. The witness then descried what en sued, which left no doubt of the feet of the adultery. When the witness thought it would be no intrusion, and had waited their leisure, he knocked with the latch of the doer, and let them know some one was there. He told the Plaintiff of this fa& some months afterwards, when he had employed his lawyer, but said he was afraid he must give over for want of a good witness ; he then let him know what he could prove. This was the case for•the Plaintiff. Mr. Gaseow stated the Defendant's ease with great abiliiy; to support which he called his Wit. Edward Peachey state 4, that he was formerly parish overseer of the parish of Burstead. He re colleiled when the Plaintiff married his wife, she was then apparently big with child; but he had told him, that his wife had not had a child ; she had only miscarried, and in that case no harm was done. Mrs. Knight stated that she had hid frequent con versations with Plaintiff about his wife ; he had told her that his wile had confessed to him having been connected with twenty men ; but he said it was not all known to his neighbours, and he would not re. ridge the names of those gallants, who were not knows) to have been conneeed with her. This con versation she had with she P 1 iintiff, at the tine that his wife had run away with one Clarke, a smuggler. with whom she was absent for several days. She believed it ended in a tight between the husband and Clarke. and had heard it was agreed between them, that Clarke was to visit her as often as he liked. Amy Wyer stated, that she had had conversa tion with the Plaintiff about his wife ; he confessed that he knew of her bad goings on, but he kept her as a gentleman put up with a bad horse. • Henry Bridger, a farmer, at Pagenham, stated, that on the 15th of June last, he met the Plaintiff and his wife returning from Chichester. He fell into conversation with them. The Plaintiff told him that they had been to the lawyer's about Master Adams ha .:ng to do with his wife. The witness advised them to remember King Charles', Golden Rule, and " r,:peat no grievances." He then stated the rest of the conversation, which was too gross to be repeated. It amounted to a lamentation on the part of the Plaintiff, that the old woman, his wife, would grant him no favours till the law-suit was over, and they had got da mages against Adams, the Defendant. To which he added, that now be had gene so far, he was de termined to go on, and if he did not succeed, he would run away, and leave his family to the parish. It appearing, on cross-examination, that this was a respenable man, Mr. .rjeant SHZIPHERO gave up the cause, and the Plaintiff was Neuf/med. LANCASTER AiSIZ EN. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday). Milian flardiegre was indifted for stealing fifteen pieces of printed cam b ric, the property of Hugh Waterworth. The Prosecutor had purchased the goods in ques tion, at a warehouse in Manchester, and desired them to be sent to him by the Kendal carrier. The carrier's servant called for the goods, which were made up in a truss, and put it into his cart. After wards, whilst he stopped at another warehouse for sorne more goods, the truss was taken away out of the cart, and no trace left of the depreda tor. Information being given at the Police Office, Nadin, the constable, applied to a woman of the name of Roberts. to assist him in discovering the goods and the thief. This Rolterts, it appeared, kept a public-house, was well acquainted with the persons and haunts of all the principal thieves in Manchester, and. had often before been employed by Nadin in the honour able of fi ce of betraying her friends and supporters. She set about her work with great activity, and meeting the Prisoner in the street, and thinking him as likely as any of her friends to give her in formation on the subjed, she accosted him,by asking, 1 , Whether he followed his old trade, and whether he had any thing to sell ?" Hardman at first pretended ignorance ; on which she said, " Come, you need not make it strange, I am up to you!" She then askei' him whether he had got any prints ? lie answered, that he had got fifteen pieces in plant, but would not break them." He said farther, that " he had lit of a sweet Peter on Tuesday, and had got it from a drag in Cannon-street." All which corresponded ezadtly with the theft in question. Upon this she agreed for the prints. and appointed a time for the Prisoner to 'bti . ag them to her house, ssi.cte she introduced him and his Peer to Mr. Nadir., who took charge of them with great .willingness. The goods being produced and Identified, the Jury immediately found the Prisoner U'dtfrv, atid he was sentenced to seven years transportation. Bridle was indiaed for hurglaric.u,ly en tering the dwelling house of William Cocker. It appeared, from the statement ot the Prosecu tor's Counsel, that the mode of entry adopted by the Pris o ner, was getting down the chimney. But when he was near the bottom, the chimwy grew so narrow, that he stuck fast, and could get neither backwards nor forwards. In this situttioii, had only to choose between the certainty of suffocation in remaining where he Was, or tl e chance of hang. ing, by alatm;ng the family. lie prtfelred the latter; and, in so doing, it appears he ael:od very wisely ; for the Judge (Mr. Justice Rook:.) being of opinion, that as he got no farther than the chim ney, he colld not be said to have entered the house, direlled an arquittat. It is a singulav circumstance that the prisnoer was tried a' the fait assizes fur a burglary in the same house, and had then a vet y narrow escape ; and he had not been released from prison more than a month, when the present attempt was made. Mari 7n-Ason, aged 20, was inclined for stealing to the amount of more than forty shillings in a dwelling house. This young woman was indineJ, last assizes, lot the nimaii;r of the woman whose property she was now accused of having stolen. The prisoner, it ap pear., was acquainted with the deceased, and used often to visit her ; on which occasions the deceased had often shewed her clothes and little trinkets, one of which in particular had attracted the notice of the prisoner. It was a small enamel box, with this rhyme on the lid,---.‘ I love tao well, to kiss and tell." A fed days before the robbery and murder. she had been talking of this box to a girl of her ac quaintance, and had promised to make her a present of it. On the day of the robbery, the Prisoner had at work in a factory at Manchester, as usual, till dinner time, hut did not return after dinner till about two Is Airs later than ordinary ; during which time. it appeared decisively in evidence, that the murder mulct have beef; committed. On her re turn, she brought with her several half guineas, some silver, and some trinkets, and among them, the box before mend med. These trinkess she gave away in the most open manner among the gills at the faiaory, saying, they had been given her by a sweetheart of het's. whom she named ; but no per son nt the name ha; been, or can be found. In the evening, when told of the murder, she appeared surprised, but neither alarstecl or confused, and continued her ordinary employment and residence for some days, till her apprehension. When search. ed, several other articles of the deceased's property were found upon her, which she told the conttablehad been given her by owe George Cheetham, which was a different name from that which she had before used. The only circumstances in her favour were, the little alarm she exhibited both before and on her appre hension; her not having used the fall opportunity she had for escaping ; her not having been seen in the neighbourhood of the deceased near the time ; and the sudden and resolute violence of the murder, which seemed to requite more strength and resolu tion than what could be expected in a girl of 19. For the deceased had been strangled, as it should seem, so •iolently and instantaneously, as not to alarm persons who were in the next room, which was only separated by a lath and plaister partition, and the windows of both of wt.ich rooms were open. It should be added that the deceased was ill in bed. Upon the evidence of the above facts, the prisoner had been Arvented .of the murder, but was found Guilty of the robbery. Sally Eddletlais, aged only 19, was con.'icled of stealing 861. Gs. out of the dwelling lleu•e of John Wiswall. She had been servant to the prosecutor five years, and had had many opportunities of knowing where he kept his money. She had left his service about six weeks, when she returned one afternoon, and entering the house without being observed, pro- ceeded immediately to the drawer, where she knew the money to be kept, and, by pulling, forced the lock off. She then rifled the drawer of its contents, and departed without being seen by any one. She first excited suspicion, by appearing on a sudden very finely dressed; and lavishing about her, most pro fusely, sums of money, impossible for a girl of her description to have come by honestly, and which she gave very improbable and contradiaory accounts bf her manner of obtaining. From these circursstanc2l she was apprehended, and when carried before a Magistrate, made a full confession ;if all the above facts. Cs+forge Lowe was indiiled for uttering knowingly, a forged Bill of Exchange, for the sum of 291. 14s. The Prisoner had gone into a shop in Manchester, and purchased a watch, for the payment of which, he tendered the bill in question, signed by J. Pod more.—Being asked, whether it were Mr. Podmore of Exchange -street ? he said nu, it was a mucle better man ; it WAS Mr. Podmore of King•street. The hand-writing of both these persons was disproved, as being that of the drawer of the bill. On the part of the Prisoner, it was proved that the bill was aelually signed by a Joseph Podmore, and therefore it could not be a forgery, but a fraud only. The Prosocu:or then shewed, that the Jo seph Podmore who drew the bill, was a person in very low sircumstances, and could not possibly expeet that a bill would pass upon the credit of his name; and general connedions between him and the Prisoner (though not as immediately relative to this transaelion) were proved. Upon these cir cumstances, Mr. Justice ROOKS left two questions for the Jury to consider. First, whether Joseph Podmore, when he signed the bill, intended it should be passed off as the bill of another person ? 2cily, whether the Prisoner knew of its being drawn with such intention ? The Jury found both these fads in the affirma tive, and a general verdict of Guilty was taken. Christapwr S;mpine was indicted for higway rob bery. 3tephen Sparrow, the Prosecutor, *as met by a man on a chesnut horse, abeat eleven o'clock in the morning, on the road between Lancaster and Liverpoiil, and about seven miles from the former pl ice. The man presented a pistol, and robbed him of his watch and money. The Prosecutor then stated, that he believed the Prisorer to be the man ; but as it appeared, that wh e n r Ah e d, I , been very much alarmed, and had once before pointed out a different person, the Council for the Prosecution thought it right to go into (alter evidence, which was nearly as follows;—The Pri soner,inou •ted on a chesnut horse, was traced the •same day from Lancarier to Kendal, whrre h e stayed one night, and, in the morning, bought a deal box, in which he packed some articles, ritre.t!.- ed it to " C. D. Williams, Liver pool, to be left till called for," and sent .it to the carrier's war, house. Some suspicion arising, the bos was stopped and opened at Preston ; and the Prosecutor's watch, among divers ether articles, was found in it. These things were taken nut, the box was sent fore ward, and the Prisoner apprehended, enquiring for it at Liverpool. Ou this evidence, the Jury found him timid", 1 he country may be congratulated on this con. vielion, as a more alive aid determined r o bb er seems baldly ever to have existed. He had formerly robbed five pe•sons on the same day, near Tierra ford ; for one of which !IC was condemned to die, but his sentence exchanged for transportation foe life. Whilst ur.kr this sentence, he escaped from gaol, and came into that part of the country, where he did nut at all relax in his exertions; fur it appeared that he had stolen the very horse on which he rode; that he committed more than one robbery on the night he was at Kendal ; that all t'ie articles in the box he packed Oleic were stohn ; and in his lodgings were found three large chests of stolen goods. MARCH £4. This morning Mr. Justice Bonet passed Sentence of Death upon A/4, 1 , / Jertrov, Sally Eddlestor, James Frrreejt, Geor. " e Love, Christopher Sasipsy , s hav dord Barl o w. andlticiGrd Weeds. He beg 4, by telling the two latter, that there were circum stances in their cases which would weigh with him to represent them as fit objeas,of mercy. He then addressed each of the others severally, and com menting with much energy and perspicuity on the Gras and nature of their crimes, told them they were not to exist& mercy on this side the grave. He then gave them an admonition, at con.iderable length, on their unfortunate situations, and recom mended them, most earnestly, to use diligently the few remaining hours they had to live, in humbling themselves with penitent and contrite hearts before their Maker, in whose mercy, through the inter cession of their Blessed Redeemer, Alc bni theta expeet forgiveness, if with true faith and penitence they sought it. He then cot.duded a most solemn and impressive harangue, by pronouncing the WA tenee of the law. The Court was unusually crowded, and the spec tators much affeded by the awful solemnity of the scene. Immediately after the sentence was pronenrced, the two unfortunate young women fell down sense less ; aad George Lowe wac so much affected, that he was with difficulty removed from the ipot. CORN-EXCHANGE, IYlAsca 21. We have to-dry a further continuance of short arrivals • Whet coming to this Market; the line quzlity nusintairis last price ; inferior, very dulled sal , , aiol rather lower. 'hooey in but middling quantities; yen Intle ci‘fire that fe-ches lAA currer.cr , other samples go off Isea•ry ; wnd Malt slower with out sale Bean:area trifle cheaper. There are many orlon of Foreign Oats arrived, the supplies here are clue, o! nary, which are difficult of male ant lower; fine support their price. Sales of Flour are moody at rar.er Imuthan tho general quoted prii.es. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. W h eat ........425. 604 4 705. Hestia( Ncv.)....31. se: (4. VIM' d0........734 73e N Tck beans (du.) 24s 31 O. . Rye S6i 40s. 1.. d Oats 245.26. 265. Barley 26a. 32.. 6d. 11'..laiAs 29s 31 , Od. Malt ce. 61.. Od. Rape Sead 311. 441. 01. Must rem.... 34 . 40a. 0.1. Fine rout 6os. 63a. 01. Gr., 1..., 3ds 345 01. tirco. ds Sjs flOs Od. COAL-MARKET, Adam\ 26. Ships at hlot.t. . Sold. Price. 6.. Nawca.tle 3 3ls Oda 32s 9.11 1..514118 Coal 1. .C I uuters PRICE. OF STOCKS. YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Cnnant I per Cent. Navy._ " 2 6iii im;terial 3 per Cent • 59a India fonds dis. Exdn•gner 3e. Ys Eagln't Lottery Tickets.•••••••••....l9l Ist. Con.ul. for T. RIM!, Stock IVolcer. No. 4, Cerohdl. an. 4 9. Ch..ring-Croet PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS—Mmtem 40 Com Debentn....,6 pec Cent 93s 94 Data. per Cent " Rural Canal 1.04'1.6 per cent tc34 BIRTH. On Monday Init, of a son,iltelight lion. Lady Maim% Duncombe, in t Grafton-forre, _ _ _ MARRIAGES. ....... Yesterday, at St. James's Church, by the Ri.hop of Ratli and Welk, the Rev. Dr. Clarke (ofJceue College. Ca itilar , 4 , 4 to Miss Angelica Ruth, second daughter of Sir W rlhew R of Pall 1111411. Ou the Nth inst. Peter Dais, Fig of Lime Park, I e'a , ll, I + Min Moe km, of Baker , trset, Portman•square. DEATHS. On Wednesday set:night, Thomas Pvnen n( sink Hill, in the county of Lancastei, father of Cul:seel Patten, fur Newtnii, io the same county. On the 28th instant, at an advanced age, at his seat, is ro - t - Aire, General Ogle. On Wednesday I .st, at Brampton, Sir Jahn Dillon, a! t b •• advanced a`• of 72. Do Sunday montinr Is.d, in Portland place, Mrs. 3rllell, Sall, in the county of Norfolk, wife of kirlisrn Nut J0.h.0. k.sq and niece of Sir John Lambe, Rut: ut Gre•t Melton. the aid county. Her uJs occanuned by the buratias • t a blood ventel. HIGH will rt:lt THIS DAY AT I.UNDUN Illuu hf0r5...31 Nein after 7. St min. .0 , 0 , 7 SALE BY AUCTION. LIBRARY OF BOOBS. By Mastro JORDAN mid MAXWELL, At their Repaint, No. 3JI, Strand. THIS, and Yaws follotrirg Day. (Sunday exce,tted) at Tee yo. ACOLLEC rioN of BOAS, comprising t e :lfs Library of a etertentan, anal a celetvated Arraock , r, who are ensuing into the country ; SIMMS watch are Haan , scarce, •aluable, and intenoting , Works Catalogues, price ti.t. may lei had at the Renato, and books to be whom( t.ll the t.rne of sale. lalcatUentene Ltbrar.e. pa,• c hased se devoted of. -e LONDON ,—Printed In G. DAVIDSON, Pin , 17. D" k ' Cmet, Sow -street, Covent-Garden, and Published pt ' O&M, t 4 ,) S. LA or St. Clement's Church, S by W. STUCK, cif NO. 7. New II ilbsniesgeet. Lon, Itc. for t°le. Paper, tint to the WS= (,'w"' r • willise duly attended tu. I