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IIT• OF lii TR, , OF .orn mcl• ar• ett, ~d VIP WO. id% 006. , red .Os See. )I:kr 4‘ , 4- as Aga QUEEN's 1111VOli-Dlr. Dove., Ore. 18. he mrtming was ushered in with the ringing b e lt,, t . t2 heiting of drums, the sounding otrbu , and the p 1..) mg of the Rands belonging to the rent Regitnems of the garrisnn, which were et! by Lord Fay au to assemble at a certain to fire a fru de l ve in celebration of the Mini ry of Her Mat t.s I v's Nativity. At about ten k, the troops kut under arms, on their respec parities (having been previously supplied with ree rounds of Wank cartridge, and a good dint), m whence they .oOti afterwards commenced a 141 movement limn the castle and the heights, the beach Die brigade, consisting of sit regi ts of Militia, besides detachments of Cavalry d Attillery, then formed line is front of the sea, d remained at open order till the firing corn ced. At one o'clr.clc, a discharge of seven guns k place from Ardcliff Fort, westward of the wn, which s:as answered by the same number om the ca.. k, to the eastward ; a single round eying been r.iid in the intermediate space, by the the Shingle, between both, be inning from .c right of the front rank, and finish ng with the right of the rear rank. A second dis harge of a- ttilery from the Fort, and the Castle, nth another interriming round from the soldiery. fullosved, which was succeeded by a third, from whole, as before. The line afterwards presented army. the t,ands playing (led glee the King, and the dr 'ms beating the generate; wh:eh being over, a sigtial was made, and the troops immediately gave tl.ree cheers. The several regiments were now w!teeled into open columns of companies, and marched past the General, with the accustomed complments, in review order. After this, they ich filed off to their different quarters, which eon laded the ceremony of the day. The colours were Wed at the batteries along the coca, and a royal e was fired from the shipping in the Downs. The following is an came of a letter received from Captain *Laces c ay. of the urig 1111 f of Greenock (last from Limerick), for London, with a cargo of provisions, announcing her capture by a French privateer, on the 30th of November last ; it is dared Calais Dec. 2:— a I am truly sorry to inform you of the capture of your brig Jane, on the night of the 30th ult.. near the South Foreland. I wrote you last from Fal mouth. no the !6th ult. where we lay wind-bound till the .23J, at tea, rt.'s. wind E.N.E. got under weigh, in company with the Haseser sloop of war, and a few coasters. At two, r.w. the wind veered round to the E.S E. and the fleet and us put back to Falmouth. On the morning of the 29th. wind W.SAN . at nine, a... got under weigh, in com pany with a Liverpool cheese-man. and the Lard Await. from 'Limerick, both for London. I en• deavonred to keep company with the cheese-ship, as she was well manned ; bu', the eight being thick and >godly, lost sight of her. On the 3061, at four, wins Beachey Head bore north, distant one mile, wi-d S.W. carrying all sail. seveval sail in sight, n:24 son:e dose by us; at eight,p.as passed Onor news ; at ten the South Foreland Lights bearing E. by F. its Cant nine or tea miles, saw a lugger saluting across our bow ; he hailed, and asked where ors: were from? I told him from *mins I asked him where he belonged to ? He ans•••eredi skews& the Dave, of Dover, commanded he AA. 4 A H and belooged to an owner. whose name t could nut Male out. We immediately got two of our guns 10 ma side, seeing him wearing and shearing op •aloag-s*: We tired on board hini ; he soon suppled our rigging, bring swivels and sawn 0:41 her men jumped en board, innumerable. all ; we had neither men nor arms to defend ourselves, They soon got command of our deck ; i 1 four hours afterwards, they had us in Calais Roads. She proved to be the Eash lugger pri vateer, cf Boulogne, commanded by Captain Harms, and carrying 16 guns and seventy two men. She had her bowsprit anchor-stock carried array, and three men wounded. We were Loded the next morning; bot, I must say, we have bred extremely well treated ; they Allowed us to cc all our clothes, which was more than we ex rreed. che three passengers, Mate, and myself; are allowed to be out on parole, and we expect to march off from this, for Valenciennes, in two or three days" A gentleman in Glasgow has letters front the Cape of Good Hope, so late as the 7th of GRober last ; at that period the colony is represented to have been in the greatest distress from a scarcity of pro vision: ; so much so, that many of the poorer class had died of want. At that time they had no in :,writation, from Europe, respecting an expedition tint, this country. A letter from .)over, dated January 19, says— Cape is the Hornung, —, of Altonr, tr,iin Am. eterslatY4 bound to the Mediterranean, having had all her provisions plundered from her by a French pis weer, if Dungeness. A French privateer was seen morning earl;, and, it is reported, has eaperrJ twa brig:. Ihr Ans, of shields, Aamstuaric, has sprung a ice:, 4,14 put into Copenhagec to repair. Moe, !II AusoN, sailed from Pillau nearly three mc•••'. s:ace, and bas not sitlce been beard of. The A r •frouA Ncs•. from Whi•by, for London. Dion store imeat W , '• s, but is expefted to be got off. The Active. SA SO AM, from Newfoundland, which Was no abate neat Poole, is got off. The Got.c.mar Nth:. Moir %vv. horn Grenada for London, is un aboc.• Scilry,l3o hogsheads of su,:ar saved. The Mini:, La.urru, from Rip, is lust on Aveni T 4.—The Hon. Capt. Rt iscawooor to the Ajes; I!. Roils:sort, to the Garaltar ; Capt. 'mous, to tile Pnirtcy tf Wales; Capt. CUM -10.• to the fii.; t.. Carat:WIELD, to the !Gael, vice WILLIA MS ; ;L. I- A °CHB. to the Kan garoo ; Lieutenant lc.. to the Impress ser vice, at Bristol. Letters received at Plymou:::, L.r wile of an ediliwr of the 9th regiment of foot, stag- puts having bin shipwrecked in the late hurricanes, on the assa t near Calais, wth about five hundred of t'sa: five regiment, who were, with part of their bag.- gas% t , ..tvel by the humanity of the people or Calais, who,: condo!), un dna occa.s:oa, s represcate.l as hisl.lv • MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, J Ass. tO. The Court sat this morntn, fdr the sole purpose 01 impanelling a Jury, to try 31 cause relative, to the London Wet Dock Compeny p but in consequence of the absence of Mr. 8-rje.tnt Or:,r, who was con eerned.for one of the parties, and mild not attebd, the trial was postponed to some future day. SURREY SESSIONS. Jan. 10. [fad hr_ ire Mr. Serjeant OrrsLow, Chairman, and several Jassires. Charles Reek, f and William Fe llstul, two respeda hie traders, in the rope and twine-making business, were indided for fraudulently receiving half a ton weight of hemp, the property of Messrs. Duncan and Haynes, merchants. On the part of the prosecution, a man of the name of King was produced, who had formerly concluded den Weariest of the Prosecutors. He de posed, that he lived with them in 1001 and 1804. On the 24th of July, in the latter year, he sold to the Prisoners about half a ton of hemp, which be longed to the Prosecutors. Being in the habit of meeting one of the Prisoners at a public house, it was there the bargain was made. On cross-eiarnination, the Witness said. the Pri soners had asked him whether the hemp were his own property ? and he told them it was. It lay on his master's wharf, and one of the carts usually em ployed by his master, was hired to carry it to the Prisoners' premises. The hemp was weighed out to nirn at nine o'clock in the morning, and carried of wkhout any particular hurry, as if it bad not b-en a fraudulent trarisadion. He received eight pounds down in payment for it, and took the bill of the Prisoners'. who were in partnership. for the remainder. This bill was not paid when it be came due, the Prisoners having failed, but he has since, with their other creditors, received two divi dends. In August 1804, he was discharged from the service of the Prosecutors, on suspicion of having stolen this hemp, and on a promote of not being himself prosecuted, had informed against the Prisoners. The carter who carried the hemp, and some other Witnesses, were called ; but, on cross-er.imination, they all said, that the husiness was CAZI ird on in the usual tbanler, arld,that there was no kind of con cealment, whatever, in loading or taking away the hemp. Mr. Lows, for the Prisoners, was heard at con siderable length, but did nut call witnesses, as he conceived the Jury were already convinced of the innocence of his clients. The CM A I esess then read over the evi.leaze, And the Jury pronounced a verdi •t of atrquettAi. POLICE. Il• TTO 4.0 A . istlehrior, Carr ; Ones, and • boy DAM • ," Sh ir , son, who had been brought before the NI TRATLS la-t week, no a charge of veiling Icons Mr. Thonhis Fag's staples, Were yes:ern: , aguin brought up for further examination. MI. Fag, was a respeCtable stable-keeper in George yard, Leather-lane, And the Prison-, Baldwin, was also a respelabie brick layer, •rho and a stable in the same yard, opposite to Mr. Fag's. Oney was Saddwin's man, and Carr seal h.eraekeeperto Mr. Fag. In addition to what had taken place on the former examination, Mr. John Miller, clerk to Mr. Fag. deposed. that frequent depredations of this nature having been committed, and suspicion falling on some of the Prisoners, be determined to watch their motions; and accordingly, on Thursday morning bat, before six o'clock, he took his station opposite the yard -gate. He soon after observed Oney kni.ck at the gate, and call Baldwin, who got up ; Oney lighted a candle, and they both went into Kalil% in's stable. Immediately after, oat came Carr friar Mr. Fag% stables, crissed over to Baldwin's, and got his calcite lighted. in the mean time, the Witness slipped into the stable, and secreted himself ; Cart returned with his candle, and a bag, and he ob served him go to the oat-binn, fill the bag with corn, and return to Baldwin. to whom he gave it. The Witness then discovered himself to them, and seized Baldwin. There were other persons in the stable, but he could not swear to any of them but Bald win, Carr, and Oney. The hag and corn were produced, and proved by Mr. Fag, to be his property ; also an empty beg, which was found in Baldwin's house, to which he positively swore. The corn was mixed with beans. peas. and chaff, and proved to be of the value of I sd. the bags 3d. each. which was sufficient to make the offence amount to Grand Larceny. Solicitors attended on both sides ; the gentleman on behalf of Baldwin, contended, that upon this evidence, his Client was not a principal in the theft, but only an accessa: y, after the fa!! was committed; he was upon his own premises at the tine-, where he had a right to be ; he therefore submitted, he might be discharged upon bail ; lie was a man of respeCtability, his reputation was called in question, and several persons of known responsibility attended to give security. The Sireirao M4GISTR AT t thought, on the con trary, that the whole was a premeditated plan be tween the parries, and he therefore felt himself •. justified in fully committing them for trial, which f. was accordingly done. ,ch As to the boy Stephenson, it appeared, by the aer testimony of Jahn 'nett, the oticer, who was so on 'Five in the apprehension of all the parties, that when he went to take up Oney, the boy ran away, et on he fndowed, and took him into custody, when the boy seemed to know the buainess perfettly well. roma. H e was det a ined for fwther investigation. , altar ; A NM Moos or Au& LEA Lt 4 t.— A coople being engaged lately ia a rn•lrtmonial altercation, before their children, the littsand a: length exclaimed, Zoonds, my dear, is there any matter in wni:h we can porsibly agree •• Yes, papa," cried an arch bey, of seven years old, •' yet and mamma can easily agr.e to give me and my brother. and sisters a share each in the I...sttet7 that is now making to muci. noise." The fa.her and modter smiled, and instantly averd to Mak e the pre,ent requested, while • the yuwog gentry retired joyfully to rZ.7, to dream of the memeroas fortunes, which will be distributed is a few Jays, to early edveastererss 4 WILTS QUARTER SESSIONS. The Ge n eral Quarter Sessions of the Peace, .for the county of Wilts, were last week held at De vizes. John .4rd was inclined on the Statute 6 Geo. 111. for cropping an spoiling timber trees, in the palish of Bradford, belonging to John William Yerhury, Esq. in the night home, which mikes the iffence fe lony, and empowers tLi- Court to transport for seven years : the Jury returned a vertliel of GsiO,:. when Mr. Yesseav addressed the Court, stating, that as Thomas Hinter (who wit inclined with Aust, but had for the preser.t escaped from justice) appeared to he the principal offender, and most de- , serving of exemplary punishment, he wistie t l merely that the present convinion might deter others from offences of this kind, by doing away a mis taken notion among the lower orders of people, that they are liable to no ether punishment than a small fine. , This humane recommendation the Court attended to, and sentenced the Prisoner to only six monthi imprisonment, instead of the heavy punishment of transportation. Themes Dir, .I.pries Die, and ,fohn Dati,, were indined for stealing a fowl, the property of Mrs. Flower, of Milford, near Bradford ; but the two latter only were tried, the former having escaped from justi. e. It appeared, that the Prisoners had been out i,,dheir vocalism, late at night, with three terrier Jogs; and the noise made by Mrs. Flower's poultry having alarmed the family, they were pur sued, and at length taken into custody ; but the persons who first pursued them were so severely beaten, and bitten by the ter iers, as to be left cease less. From these aggravating circumstances, they were sentenced to six months imprisonment; ere In the cells at Fisherton Gaol, and the other in site cells at Devizes Bridewell. George Town, of Trowbridge, weever, indiaell by special direEtion of the Comme0.1111“ of Town; fir resisting the Colleflor of TUN; MIA doe (4 1 41vw stable assisting him in levying the NM, was kind Gal//y, and sentenced to be imprimis. three raked dar months. in Devizes Bridewell. to pig a fine of 101. and to find sureties for his good behaviour fee two years. Tria. Leevreare and John Revel, indiAed by di reetioa of the Admiralty Board, for assaulting a serjeant of marines, when on duty in the recruiting service, were found Guilty, and sentenced to he imprisoned, and to find sureties for their good be haviour ; but. by consent of the Court and Prose cutor, they were allowed to enlist into the Royal Islarines. And six meta, who had deserted their families, were sentenced each to six months imprisonment. sate LIEI)S, Jan. IS. -44450 m On Monday last, at the quarter Sessions for this Flomugh, ;PiNees Pens, of %Vondhouse, clothier, as ciontie-duf stealing a silver pint, the property of :`•!:-. Strickland, innkeeper, of this town, and sen n.a.sed to be transported for seven years. Harri;on, Joseph RocCr*, and Jule Syker, guard r uo to an indiament charging them with our tssault, and were sentenced to one month's int prisesnment. Matthetie Briefley, and Joie Barret, 1111 of Royds, near Beeston, were charged with issembling in a uotous manner, near the dwelling haute of John Hetherington, cf Royds; and also with throwing stone', and breaking his triodes'''. 'l'nis trial occupied the Court several hours.—The %Witnesses were numerous, and, in many important particulas, flatly contradifted each other ; to one side or other, the Ruth of wtlfal perjury must be attached. The Juts , found all the Defendants Gat;!tv. The ACCOPDV.R. after expressing his abhorrence of the pt!jury which had been resorted to, serrate ni R. Ellis t. , six months imprisonment; and Matt. Bradley and John Ellis, to fourteen days imprison ment in the linuse of Correftion at Wakefiel 3. The two latter were childrta, apparently not mote than IR years te: age. Seem! MO4, clothier, of Wortley, was indifted for breaking tha window of Cooper, of Wort ley. The Prosecutor stated, that on the evening of Sunday, the ttd of September, abort ltalf-past nine o'clock, he saw the Prisoner approach his house, and after coming close to the window, to ascertain that there was no person in the house, the Prisoner took a stone, and broke a pane of glass, and im mediately retired. Four witnesses were called for the Defendant, who, if their testimony had been credited, would have sufficiently established an ebbi. The Jury found the Defendant Civilly, but judg ment was respited, on a point of law, until the next Sessions. Jules Whitaker, of Armley, was found Gaut ! , of an assault un Crabtree, of the same plac f„ and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Several of these assaults having arisen out of the unhappy d.ffetence which lately existed amongst the master: and workmen engaged in the woollen manufaCSuire, the trials, in consequence, excited mach interest. and the Court was unusually crowded. The Ricoausa, adverting to these differences, said, that it was the determination of the Court, to punish, with the utmost rigour, all offences origin ating in unlawful comhinations. sirsoos-•_ At the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for 1 the East Riding of the county of York, held at Be verh y , Tuesday last, Jame: Slestbny, late of Kingston-upon-Hull, tailor, convifted of stealing one goose, the property of THOM AS BOWAN, of Sut ton, in lisilderness, was sentenced to be publicly whipped at Sutton, on Thursday next, and to be eckniiied in gaol one month, the last fortnight in a solitary cell. George Maar, labourer, found Galley of severely beating, bruising, and wounding a mire, the property of Roe Ell r Sts.wa•tt, of Kirby Griadalyth, of which wounds the mare died, s,n tenced to receive twelve months imprisonment. An instance of malignant mischief occuned on Wednesda) sinilight in the Manchester Theatre. Between the Play and Farce, a pocket-knits, with its blade open, was .s wally thrcw.s front the gal lery into the middle of the pit, aid fell upon the bonnet of a lady; bur, fottunateiy, owing to the preponderance of the haft, in its fall, the blade pointed upwards. mite, wise the consequences might have proved fatal. • • • SPORTING INTEI:LICENCE EXTR • BETTING AT TAT FER's ALIA. St:. ...law. 19. MUT Ct. ASS ,OF Titt 04. ELANDS, •I' 7 to 2 ate. by titer. lISCOOD CLASS Of THI O4T4ANDIS • 7 to 2 aglins: fl..ery, by Overton. THIRD CLASS OF THE otter *VDU 6 to! egst. Yorkdiire, brothut M l'C PI G. • •" to 4 Itraierworm art Stoy;ler, " , 9 etPleit sto 4 Sir David list. StamJey. - • • A ' CLARET ST •It W. • .401 i lk : oet asst. • ..,74 :4 , 0•4 4 "11) , A , 04 '3 4 1 1 10 .1111 ).V 4: ; . DERBY STASES. , 7 to 2 apt Lord Egreinont's boy chit, by Johar.•, , , out of dem 8 to I eta. the Doke of Grafton's b. c by Worthy, out "I • Pr usselie. „ 9 to I:tn. Mr. C Wilson's b. c. by Floneilutonian, out of Stow ise's slam. , •-• OALS! not %Ione& • • THE Cif !kir —ll6 YORKSHIRE The Fed of Dartingter's Forthwith late.y returned idle the Doncaster coueiry, and have, tonal, attracted into that neigh bourhoul a large party of ioutleirnerv, no t awe induced by the gund..ers .it the huur.d , , thee by th e gentleta,n4 4nv l e n s i v v via maimn , of their .swear. Sharp bursts, and blown nwr s aro the order of the day Amongst a long list of grad spoßaroca wad hard ridemona n tossiden, we must partieetarry ktrears. Witten sod Towers. Sir !Vivi' Sykes ha' hid roma, t2rnarkobly good runs leek Ms Foxhounds both in the North and Esit Riding. Hr. fields. fawn hut eel-known aff .IMay apt anew aud the Readout; of Isis heweela. art itifIOPSWI well attended. From the • ;duty et... Stockton Finest. /the other day, they ha ode , f the • , gpielned things eves kimono—where, we uoilasseaset. thou' mow (e,aleinen, itt their anxiety to lay owe dm hounds. littlertlfel the tai t li oh:trillion of a cattle-peed. aod copse. enjoyed to ad attrition the lexory of a maid halt! tar Lanes tenthoune, knee had Mewls pod 'Peet ghto44llool.llge *mem y hot us • Set erne iseteasir had nor of the morprpleedid days ever remits/affect ,-..hdeenoi at Red- Hall, near Gladder, th the otighlmoring peens wldieuf a eh.illesige, when ' crowing ever tack•hfoor, to .fien-Www4, they I 1111111.41041 , Newt; the tot rbewentiy bream cover, and tong away in a Mon rAlaht serle omo the CAUltry, 14111,4/1 Wea-Woods in the,riglit, ever nig on.Ndla, aad th.• brook in the b..ttron, sin k * Enlyanghtun town. ao4 /o wn theists doe. to Ox.cluse where, eressi‘.g ter river, he passed throogli Mr Srott's park and plantations ax Wend-11.11, white he WAS viewed. and tliessee ran directly eta • to Steckel'. where, withewa hanging a nsonsena„, he berths swap over tier hetet cranially in the world iLoicestereessee tai en* cepted,) in a direct hue for 144roorgate,then. ylsr ; • left, passed near Spefforth village, and mauling feye theoterMlow, seem to ground ier a t rai t , aid being within, a few rants of his brush! Nit towi sidtred ter the ett:ot of greet *ay old reatesksto m r str ai g ht he het .k, or the fine.tceo of the enter f! he . •-. will srldo abe dual el in the annals of sportifig. 111. to*, wove:usually snail, peshaps fro n tho onpmenieing anon nee of the morattag (st hmitt a Saes I ost ) Irt, emiN at aßilt held was, it was mom consideretaly Wonted toy the meow* • r.ding deep, acid the severity or the .fepan--it may be map said, o A chosen few aloue, the sport eajpsrd.* • On Thursday evening last, a ire broke one h , the extensive out-buildings belonging to theilliet. 7 Wosrentocr. at H osley Cate, near Warr. • field, Yorkshire. which raged so furiously. 411111. about ten tons of hay. as many loads of cos* medi eleven head of cattle. with the barns. ice. were din" stroyed. The horses were saved The damage is estimated at tours thee Ave hundrod van*. ae4l. • no part wat ;hatred. • Two wren of genteel appearance, about foot* o'clock yesterday afternoon. knocked at Mis. d azi CI SION'S door in South Molton-street, and to look at the l•sclginvi. Mrs. Wiccistsoo shirred them up to the first floor, which was to let. They wanted, to see the bed-room ; the door being locked. ri they said, if they saw the second floor, they would be able to judg r of the size of the apartment one of them walked up stairs; Mrs. WILKINSON followed ; and t/ e other remained in the till his companion said, *. Rea, why don't you come ?' when he ran up stairs after him. Mrs. Nil'icat mane hearing something jingle iit his pocket, charged him with having taken something out of the room, and laid hold of his coat. The man who went first up, ran by, and made his es cape ; the other took three silver spoons, and a pair of silver tongs out of his pocket. and Lid them down, saying, " I have nothing of yours." He then forced pint Mrs. Wilt INSON, ran down stairs. and made his escape into Pas aorr's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, went into a room where a womaq ear- . 'want was sitting, and taking hold of her by the arm. said, " get me pen and ink !" Being frightened. she ran to call her master, Mr. Paeaort ; and, in the mean time. he pulled off his coat, and threw it under a bed in the room, and ran to the street-doctr ► to enquire what was the matter. By this time, a lodger of Mrs. ‘lia LOCIPOION'S had reached the door. and said," you are the fellow ;" he was, accordingly, secured, and taken to Marlborough-street ; and was committed for forthea examination. lie gave a very incoherent account or himself. and as sap peed to be an old offender. A contest ;n the FLINT and THORWSCPS Sat leek place last week in the Assembly Rooms, of a pried. pal town. not twenty miles distant from the centre of the West-Riding. Some ill-blood it seems had arises betnixt the pari s out of a .sftiiteez farrow, lately inst toted, and the assailant had revioi a y iEtimated to ha opponent, that if I e attended the Assemble. no one room ab mid hold utem both. This intima tion was disregarded, and at the moment when the • company was standing up to dance, Mr. I— per. ceiving Mr. P— stepped up to him, and com menced an attack. by a species of infliaion better known in the purlieus of St. Giles, than the vicinity of St. James. Mr. P— retired, having, as we understand. resolved to resent the assault by an appeal to the Laws of hie country.—lard. Afeecar 7 . The first-drawn 5.000 Tickets are sure to be Prizes.—iloansay and Co. beg leave to state to their friends and the public, that in consequence of • the arrangement of the above benefits, it is manifest to every adventurer, that by ptvcbaaing before the Lottery commences Drawing. an important advan tage is obtain-d: for instance, the fir t-drawn Tick et will be entitled to ; the fortunate holder mar renew the purchase of an t adrawn Tickl with ti.er°l. and on the second day obtain 20,07% and continue to do so ortil the tir0t.3.030 421. l irk era ate drawn out of the wheel. Tickets and Shares are selling in great variety of nurrabsrs, and at the lowest prices. Prizes paid on demand by Mortises. and Co. the old establi,hed State Lr•ttery Office , , Cornhill, St, Charing Cross, arid St. Margaret's Mil. Borough. Orders, by letter or terrier. ex ecuted exualy on the same terms as it present. The Lottery bgias Draw rag n:zs week. I