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i I:: • • . ' ' , ‘ ...d { AvA 1 . :•••• ^' ''' . . r . ,•., .', ''' , .v 1 -I' 7 lj . • , . , '- ~,,,,' ~,,r ..,.... i 1... , ,A A . 7 7 7 , - 1•• / it. / ,_‘,...,....: . ....................._.._a - 1 ' l':.l'\\\'' . - , • , • -. . • ' NUMBER 9658. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1823. PRIP.R REDUCED FARES, and UNEQ.UALLED TRAVELLING, TO bOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. • • FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, By S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW HILL. LONDON. THE following LIGHT POST-COACHES, and MAILS, &c. set oat from the above Inas— , The " Telegraph," DOVEIt, Deal, Ramsgate Margate, Broadstairs, Canterbury, Feversbam, and Sandwich, new superior fast Coach—every :Morning at a quarter past Seven • o'Cldek. In consequence of the decided preference given to the Telegraph Coach, the Proprietors are determined nu expence shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent Road. BROMPTON, Chatham and Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud; Sittingbourne, Rainham, and Ospringe, Mutting, Quarter .astest 7, at RedUcedTares. The ",Royal Eclipse," FALMOUTH. Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, 13odhim, Peuryn, Ashburton, .fotness, Dartmouth, Weymouth, Dorchester, and Salisbury, every morning at Seven ; through Honiton. Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, Stockbridge,_ Sutton, Basingstoke , .Hartford,Bridge,. Black water, and Bagshot. The only Day Coach to WEYMOUTH, (driven through with Two Coachmen - only), through itagshot, Blackwater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchiirch, Andover, Woudycats, Cashmere, Salisbury, Slandford, and Dorchester, at a Quar ter past Five o'Clock In the Morning. Packets from Wry. mouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Maine's, &c. • every Wednesday and Satorday afternoon, at Two o'Clock. The " Union,' souniitm tram, Lyttriugtoil, Lyndhurst, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackivater, and Bagshot, New Fourlnside Coach, ever! Morning at 8 o'Clock; arrives at the Coach and Horses and Vine Inn, Southampton, by Five. This is a must delightful Conveyance to the isle of • Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Melees, Havre de Grace, Cher • k•urgh, Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the " Union." A New light Day . Coach to DORCHESTER, in 14 hours only, through BagshOt; Blackwater, Basingstoke. Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salisbury, Woutiseats, Cashmore, and . Blandtord, at a Quarter past Five o'clock in the morning.— The Proprietors of this Coach are determined no expence shall be spared tp tender it the first :conveyance on the %Vest Road. BATH and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Cloppen. ham, Caine, Marlborough, Hungerford, Newbury, and Read ing, every Aftertiouu at one; arrive at the Greyhound Bath, the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, early the aext .Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth, at reduced Fares. 'rite " Umpire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Five, though • Woburn, Latlibury, Northampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley; Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Routs turd, Warrington, and Prescot. SHREWSBURY', Wellington, and Sbiffnal, Light Post. Coach, every Afternrion.—Guarded. BARNSTAPLE and Suuthmolton New Light Post Coach every Monday, %Vertnesday,aod Friday Mornings, at Seven. The " Rockingham," LEEDS light Pest Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Two; and passes through Baldoek, Big. gleswade,. Eaton, Bnckdcn, Stiltun, Wansford, Stamford, Greet tarn, Grarithain, Newark, Tiixford,, , Markhani Moor, Itetfotd, Hawley, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, arrives at the tioldeceLion. Inn, Leeds, next Afternoon at Three o'Clock, in time for the, Brad ford, Halifax, Skipton, an' Hudders field *Coaches,' at •Reduced Fares (driven through with Four Coachmen only).—Luggage and Packages only id per in.— Notwithstanding the uticutnnion Expedition of this Coach, it ii allowed to t],i the must agteeelle and Complete Public Con veyance on the North Road, being unequalled by any other. ki.AlutowctATs and Ripon new Light Post Coaches, every Afterriconi at Two, and Eight in the Morning. GLA"GOW, LorigtoWri3Oretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, Brow-WWI, Thorithi 11, Sanquhar-Kiln, Canmock, Kingsweil, and all Parts of Scotland, a light Four inside Post Coach daily. B1ODGEN011:111, Slirewhbury, Salop, and Holy. brad New Light Coach,_evely Afternoon, at reduced Fares. The 44 Express," to Y ORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, re New light Four inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every morning by way of Newark, Itettord, Doncaster, .Ferrybridge,T;lcaster, Darlington, Northallertoo, Durham, biwtpetb,a,ud'Berwick, and arrives at York the next Morn. • ing nt Twelie &Clock, at reduced Fares. Driven through With Four Coichmen only. Passengers finding themselves . fatigued ou the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH rand Swindon, iour•inside Day Coach, thraugh Aldbouru l Reading, Lanthourn, Purton„ Lydington Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Itaisishury, Himgerford, Newbury arid Maidenhead. Driven through with One Coachman only. The New Royal Patent Mail, BOSTON and Lott*, through Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon,' Stilton, Peterborough. Dernine. Spalding, Spilsby, Alford; Grimsby, and Hull, Eveniog, at Huff past Seven o'clock, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. The " Express," a New Light Four-inside Post Ci)Ch to CARLISLE, Penrith, and Whitehaven, with a Guard all the way, pasties through Appleby. Brough, Bowes, Greta bridge, Richmond, Catterick, Boronglihridge, Forrybridge, Doncaster, Newark, liawtry, Grantham, Stamford, Gres , - *bath, Stilton Biggleswade, and BaldoCk. Sits out it; the Mortitrig, and p erforms the journey with, the greatett faci lity] I pit reduced Fares, Passengers detained on the Roadby businiiss of pleasure, have the peculiar advantage Sif their • Seats, bcing 4ecured in the next Coach.—The only direct Coati) to COrliole: Thn.' NeW • Royal Patent Mail, (ANIBRIDGE, through Were, Buntingford, Buekland, and Royston, Evening, at Half past Seven o'Cloek, Sunday, at a Quarter before Seven. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirhy-Lorisilale, 'Bolton, Charley, Ottosktrk, and Garrtang Light Post Coaches, evert :Afternoon. 'Pitt " Royal Express," Now Light Four Inside Post Coach, to LIVERPOOL, in -25 hours only, through Warrington, , - Prescut, Congleton, Lawton, Newcastle, Itudgly, Kontsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield, (only One Night on the Road), every Afternoon ; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn, rsale:street, Liverpool, next Evening. at Eight. The Ad vantages to Travellers who honour this Coach with their pre lerenee ere far superior to any other on this Road, as the. .'t Royal -Express" is drivers throughout with Four Coachmen only (Three less than any other Coach to Liverpool), a saving to Passengers too evident to reqaire comment; besides the additional advantage, especially to Commercial Interests, of performing the journey in less time than any other Cooch ; o.nwithstaniling its cheapness and expedition, the Pro prietors pledge themselves that for safety and arcommodation it. it equalled by few, and shall he surpassed by . none. WAKEFIELD . Foui inside Post-Coaches, every Morning and Afternoon, at reduced Fares. CHESTER,Newport,%Vhitechurch,Tarporley, Namptwich, Northwich,&Middiewich Light Post-Coach, every Afternoon. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Light Post Coach, every 'tilorn. to the Georgt Inn, Sunderland, at reduced Fares. ' Mountain's Eapreis," to MANCHESTER, NVinslow, Conglettort, Newcastle, Walsat, Wolverhampton, end Knuts new Four Inside Post Coach, every Afternoon.-;-Only One Night on the Read -. SHEFFIELD and Rotherham Ncw Four inside Post Coe:ekes every' Morning; 'called " The Express," and al. O " The lt.citlnttbams" every Afternoon, at reduced Fares. I' l " Royal &toms," New BIRSIINGHAM Light Fast POO ekiech;.sets .rut; every 'AffOrroon, carrying Four Inside passes' through Warwick, I.ellininittott: Suntharn, Wee ao it; Daventrv, Stoney.Stratford, and , Toweester, to the jluit-street, Birmilighisin,. early the next Mug. ' Driven through with Two Coachmen only (Two I,si that . any eth'er Co ac h). Expres," a New Light Post Coach, to HULL, Lin ton:, sortilc:lve, Bowden, and Don cas t er , every M orning at Eight utloCit, to Ole Cross Keys, Marketplace, H u n ; and a e n iv i , , et - Rnekitighem" in the Afternoon at Two o'Clock. The tlEßlTOßD,Ware;Haddesdon, and Clteshuut Coach, at red it ced * Fa r e.. • tOti.ESHAA and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven H , alf-pastVwo, Five, and Eight o'clock. at Reduced Fare, to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, Lug.;a ] te and Paaages at only 'id per pound. S. A. MOUNTAIN - and Co. respectfully acquxiat th e i r rri s , 4 o 4 alu i puhlic,"that they be accountable for POI , Parsels. Post rwt'i Luggag %VI itings.plate, Fzc. of itoivit• than Fare Pitilitd4 Value, if lon. stolen, isr dnmaged, urivties entered seSaeli, I'll'a mice paid accordin,gly, at t.! "44: icon% MIA 16:1, Skilifler•Str:,MnliW-bill, L evndon. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL•M ALL, CLOSING OF THE PRESENT Extimmos. TIE-GALLERY, with a SKLECTIO' of PICTURES by SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, and of the ITALIAN. SPANISH, FLEMISH, and DUTCH SCHOOLS. including the celebrated Picture by PARNIIGIANO, called The Vision of St. Jerome," lately purchased by the Insti tution IS OPEN DAILY, from Ten in the Manilla' tint.' Six in the Evening, and will be CLOSED on SATttItDAY, the 9th instant. By Ordaf,' it)I4N - YouNG, Keeper. Arlntii•i•on Is.-..estalupe Is. - • LONDON REPOSITORY for the CAI3INET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description-of :CABINET FURNI TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL STREET, London, opposite 'aildgate • •Pump.-Read- Money Only. rrii E Society o f Cabinet-Makers respectfully A. inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Indostr ball Mechanic., who have large Fatniles, by offering them Manufactured Articles In the Cabinet Line, of the hest Workmanship, and Cheaper than any Hesse can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit required on the Goods but the bare house expences ; at the same time will he sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and 'families. This Society telt Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the- number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to 6(1; In June, 1819, five more were added to j the Society; in June, ,iB2O, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of thiS Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Price., all warranted.-Ready Monty only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. -.Full size tent Bedstead 11. 65.-Bordered hair Mattress to fit 11. ls.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed , 21. 10s.-Ditto, free from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in eil 11. Os.-Best Wash-hand-stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table 165.--/learth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto onlyit. lars and claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing Table 11.-Ditto Bidett, best 11. 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11. 12s. I. -Ditto ditto 21. 2s -Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British 1 Plate lbs.-Ditto ditto Is. 65.-Ditto ditto 11. 165.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto fn.-Ditto' al • ditto .-Ditto ditto 125.--Sea Bed and Pillow 55.-6d.-Ditto ditto 65.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 764-Long Mahogany Tray 143.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta. ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 145.--Music Chairs any patt ern Bs. 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, cove r ed with horse hair, brass nailed 61.05.-8 ditto ditto 61. 165.-8 ditto ditto 71.74.---8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-Mahoany Sofa to match 71.10x. -. Ditto Couch 71.105.-Ditto ditto 8 1.105.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 104.- Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81.1&3.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 1:1%.- Ditto, the best that can be made-to order or pattern 101. lOs. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, witb carved back 171.-Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern. 4 foot by 10 foot 61 11.- Ditto, 4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6 by. 12 foot li, 161. 1651.-If Spanish, an advance of 31.105.-.. Shaw Palliasse 11. Is.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31.15.-Bamboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 104. -Five-foot mahogany four-post Bedstead and furniture. witb rteneb draperies, lined all through, complete, "ltd. 144.- Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10s.--Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201.-Drawin6-roorn Curtains, of the best Mo rine and Chintz, fitted for window, 61, 6t1.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. -Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, lilt. 104.- Drawing-room rose-wood Dmwing-room Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, Inlaid with bah]. 201.--Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 161. lBs.-Ditto 11. la.-Drawing-room Sofa 61. 66.-;Ditto. 71. 7s. -Ditto 81. Os.-Horse-hair Cushions, each 6s. 6d.-Covered ditto 41. W. TH UR NE LL, Agent. COUNTRY DEALER* SXIPPLIIED. floods packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent so all parts of Great Britain, and to, the East and Weat In- ities.-Captains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exportation. Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and I 1 Houses two or four days. 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Ave, The Court was occupied with motions In bankruptcy, of 110 public interest. Some of the Counsel in the causes first uno# the list being absent, his Lordship entered the cases to be struck out of the paper; but at the request of others of the Counsel present, he allowed them to stand over. ills Lord: ship remarked, in terms of severe reproof, that while other Judges were enabled to make arrangements for leaving town s the effect of those arrangements would be to leave him sitting to wait the attendance of Counsel elsewhere. He would not subject the proceedings of this Court to the convenience of parties engaged in other Courts, the sitting of which Courts he was empowered by Act of Parliament to stop at his pleasure. VICE.CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Auo UST 6. Ex.parte Home°le in re BOYD AND BENSFIELD. His Honour the Vtcg-CtialbrcEt.r.oß was occupied this day until three o'clock in bearing exceptions to the 4aster's Re port in this case, principally on matters of calculation and amount. At the rising of the Court his Honour, after a few obseiva: floes, acquainted Zr.a Cullen be should reserve himself for hearing the other exceptions to this Report until to-morrow. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, TUESDAY, Aro, 5. CROVVN SIDE. Thomas Hamilton, a midshipman, of his Alajeety's ship Ramillies, employed in the smuggling preventive service, was indicted for the wilful murder of James Conley, at Dirnchurch, on the 12th of June, by shooting him with a loaded nmsket. Mr. A DOLPH trs Nutted the case to the Jury, and called the following witnesses : Thomas Taylor, a labourer, lived at Limme, examined—On the night of the 11th of June, about eleven o'clock, witness, with other persons, were lying on the ground, near Mr. Dray's rails, at Limme, in the parish of Dimchurch. There *ere 16 of them In the whole. The deceased was one of the party. Two' persons came up to them. One of them said, " Holloa t what are you after here ?" They were armed with muskets. The night was starlight. Four or five of the party immediately ran sway. Witness s party were not armed. None of them had any arms. One of the two men ' levelled his piece and fired after those who ran away, the rest of the party remained still. They were four or five rods off when the piece was fired. The person who fired was the prisoner. The deceased amongst the rest ran away. Witness got off. Those two shots did no other injury. None of witness's party made any resistance whatever. Wm. Fraticie and W in. Cheeeemen deposed to the same facts as the last witneeli• William.iliara that he was one of the smuggling party: None of them had any firearms. Saw two or the blockade come up• One of them said,_" Holloa I what are you after here ?" Some of the company ran away. One of the two men cocked his piece. It looked like a nusket. He was within half a rod of the rails. One was dressed in a long blue coat, and the other wore a short Flushing jacket. Seeing some of the company running away, the man who cocked the piece said, "Sudal, you. rota* Pealed." Witness ran away. In running away e be heard the report of another shot. The party ran landwards. As elite,* run aW4, the demised. ; 1 ;A:A Dixon, and John Wreiten, wele jun i n hied h4e. neere. a report then of a third piece. They had then run nearly half a mile landward as near as he could judge. lie was then in the field called the Lowlattd.field. The rails were nearly half mile from it. As soon as the third shot was fired, he heard a man fall and say, " 0 Lord Almighty God I" and witness felt a ball come through the sleeve of his own frock. (The frock was exhibited). 'After that, be heard the report of ano ther piece. In the whole course of that time no opposition was made to the blockadingmen ; the party were only making the best of their way from them. Most of the men were dressed. in smock-frocks. John Wrattan, a labourer, living at West Hythe, was of the same p . arty, and he described th e genera l f ea tures of the trans. action in the same manner as the preceding witnesses. The officer fired apparently right at the party. John Dixon, a Seafaring man, of Folkestone, deposed, that on the Mile in question lie was one of the partyof 16. He had no arms. Saw the prisoner and his tnan, named Everett, with him. Had known the prisoner before by name and person.' The flat thing done was Mr. Hamilton's firing.a musket.. All hands then ran away; whilst they were running be heard two more pieces fire. Three pieces were fired before the deceased fell. Witness and the deceased ran nearly together they found them. selves purstied by the prisioner and his sitar. No ou e was with wit mesa but the deceased. Other men were running in the same direcs tion. Witness had hold of deceased'a because - he could not get along. He was a man 47 years of age. Witness let go of deceased's collar; et that moment a piece wait fired, and the deceased fell at his feet; he thought he had tripped over a mole bill. Witness got from him -about five yards, when the de ceased exclaimed, " O. Lord Almighty God I I am shot 1 0 dear, John, I ant shot !" NVitness immediately turned back, and met the prisoner with a musket in his band. lie immedi ately up with his minket, and knocked the witness down with the iron part. Witness had not said or done any thing to the prisoner. He told him to go back to his man. Witness said to the prisoner, " This is teahocking job," having the deceased then in hie arms. The prisoner said, "No reply, you rascal— no reply." Could not be certain whether he used the word rascal • The prisoner then took out a cartridge from his pocket, or cartouclte box. Before lie got the piece reloaded, up came Everett, and he ordered him to fire for an alarm. After lie fired fur an aim), four men of the blockade came up, and teak the deceased upon a wattle to the cottage of a man named Brawn; hut before he got there he was dead. Witness was put ii. prison, and remained there seven days. Cross-examined.=-Witniss was there with an intention to smuggle. Did not know that he was an old hand at smug gling.. Did not know that be was ever taken up for. arnitgiiiing. He would own that he had been taken up for smuggling before. It was so manyyears aro, lie had forgotten it. H e pa id f or i t. He paid Government itiot. for it. Could not tell rightly how long. Could not tell whether it was five or fifteen years area. It was ablaut ten years ago. That was not the only time. He had been taken on board of a man-of-war for smuggling, and hid been to the West Indies. He was in prison for seven days on this business, on suspicion of smuggling. Was not the marksman on this occasion. Did not know that expression. • There was no armed party that night. Never knew such a thing as an anted party. Could not tell, within a hundred, how many times he had been out.. GaVe the same account be fore the Coeonee.hs he Kuala -day of. this transaction. Benja min Streaton desired witnesslse out that night. He hired him. Witness went by . the name of John Dixon, which was his right name. Sometimes went by the tame of Taylor, but was best known by the name Of. Dixon. The boat was expect ed near Mr. Dray's summel , hOuse. Did not see the boat. Had gone from, Butter's Bridge-house, In the Marsh, about amile an a half from Mr. Dray's house, Did not know who a'af the commander of the party. There were 15 men besides himself: Had courted them abouta quarter of an hour before the blockade-men came. Not one Man had any arms. Re-exatnined.—His father's natio was George Taylor; his tiadther's was Dixon. Went into ;We navy about eight years ago, and served two years. There he went by -the name of Dixon. When be paid the .100/. to the King, he went. by his father'S name. Would not have gone with ii;. party if they were ar me d. Was examined before the Coroner. At that time he was in custody. John Dale, a publican of Follcatones deposed that he knew t h e p r i son er. On the 23d of Jube, while the prisoner was in otiatOdy, he went to him to get a book. which he had lent him. Their conversation turned upon the death of Conley. Ile asked witness what the Folkestone people said about it? Wit ness repned that he had heard but little about it. The prisoner said it eras tbe best thing that ever happened for him, and that he should be Mee:en:tint Hamilton, an should get rid of three or four rears hard service. That was Witnesinreeolleeted. Mr. John Pendell, a SU rgeON o f N ew R omne y, deposed t h at he was called in to examine th e b c d y e t t h e d ecease d. F oun d a gun-shot wound. Had no doubt the round occasioned death. One of the coteries seas lacerated, . Ilmmorrhage was the immediate cause of the death. The prisoner being called upon for his defence, handed in a written paper, which was .read by the Clerk of the arraigns, to the following effect:— • • " Gentlemen of the Jury—Previous to the 10th of June, I had been employed at Foilteatone in the preventive service, and I came to the Hythe .district for the first time on that day, and was. stationed at a mariello.tower near Diinchurch. On the eight of that day I was upon duty, accompanied by a man of the name of Samuel Everett. At the bark of a -cottage ocett. pied by one Thomas Brown, where my attention heti been at meted by hearing an unustiel mac, about half-past twelve (the night being starlight), I obeetved a body of between 40 and .50 mon, apparently kneeling, some of thetn having gune in their hands. Altera moment's hesitation, I advanced with my sword in hand, calling upon them to give an account of themselves. Upon 'receiving no answer, I was confirmed in my suspicion that the)* were smugglers. I then. made the usual signal for aid, by firing a pistol In the stir, ,wpon which all of them rose. • and those who were armed placed their guns in a position to fire, forming no triangle.' I returned the: sword to the iicab. bard, and, took Everette musket, which, ,firm its greaten length (having the bayonet fixed), I considered a better instrument of defence fie the perilous situation in which we were - then placed. A portion of the smugglers,. upon observing what 1 had done, began to retreat; upon which those who remained shouted Come back, and we will give it to them.' I then t irS dared Everett to make another eignal, by firing his pistol in the air. In coneequenee of tine second s ire!, all the party, fearing *trebly that assistance would speedily be effordect, ran of, in the direction of some premises belonging to Mr. Dray. I fol. k w o , b ut b e ing unacquainted with the spot, became impeded in toy pursuit by the paling of the garden.. At this moment several shots were disch o arged by the smugglers. 1 a le fired a signal, and followed in direction which I imeettned they had taken. My object in piirsuiog theta was to ascertain * b e e ther they had eny smuggled goods, and my signals were not only i nten ee4 to ea u assestariee, but to point out to those %On should come to it the direetion we had Wont. After I had ad. vaneed a few hundred yards, in consequence of stumbling over a drain, which, owing .to the ilarknete, l Led no t p erce i ve d ; in ' the act of falling my musket eceidentally went off. lin en rms . vering myself, without waiting to reload the musket, I cond. nued to pursue the, smugglers, and came up within a few yards ~ of them, when one, who was behind the rest, an d w h o proved to be John Dixon, called out to his corntede s to ' come b ack, saying one of hitmen was wounded, and b egge d- me to return to elle spot where he lay. I Inamediately tu rne d h ac k for the space of severity ystt6, and round.a man lving upon the women who said ha bed been shot. Ue on Mr. Bain bridge, with a party of semen, corning up, we carried the wounded -man towards Brown",s cottage, wh ere h e expired he only wi t h my pistols;: fore admittance could be gained. The reedinese with which I returned, and the succour which at the monient I ren der e d , I trust will convince you that I could not be cons c i ous of hay. sole ing n b i e n e l n y , d th i e a ca t l uB fi e re ° 4 r s and that the musket was discharged butt once, when, it accia! dentally went oft' in coneepenee of my fall. But though' this; is the fact, I sin advieed, that, in Paint of law, if it had been otherwine, and I had need et themugs/tiers, th ere are- two' his if;n grnienda which would constitute a jOtification—firet, th at th e e . al l t ea n th t . Gentlemen, I declare most.he air were in the commiesion a a capital felony, in the edurse of, which they discharged firc-arrns at roystli told Evevett wh o were then legally acting nor the preyettion of the ()fence 'in which they were engitgetin and, secondly, that if they were .engaged its en 'offence that does TIM ntpotint to felony, t h ey discharged fire-arms at Everett anti nlYneif, before, any inst It will be altewn by the ' our otr parr, could justify therm itnesses to be celled on my behalf, that immediately after th e second signal had been made, w hi c h e ordered in conaequence of the thrent to offer violence, a diacharfe of tire-mms, by the murkier% directed towards myself an , Enetntt , took Place.' It Will be shown, by the marks made' N ow the back of Mr. Drny'a stables, that those fire-arms Were lauded with ball,ger and that I and - Everett heti been exPeted 'emain erable drin.--- This - happened Prot time before the deceee couldtede „__ receive his wound. But, gentlemen, 1 tic nut further emerge ground of defence,. .because I again most solemnly declare. that I never fired at the smugglers. I believe ,most ceineciene tieusly. that I was not even accidentally the cause of this' unfortunate man's death.. , It *ill be shown by the testimony of a surgeon, experienced in gun-shot wounds, thittehe wound was received in front, which could not have happened at a rmi thent when he was retriting, and I was in pursuit ; and there fore it is quite impossible that the ball could have issued from my musket. And you will hear that shot* lead. just before been diseharged by Ills own party front a bank about GO yards' in advance of him, one of which doubtless produced the fatal event. Gentlemen, I leave my case in your hands. I need not, lam sure, call upon you to dismiss any unfavourable im pressions that may have been attempted to be iruitilled 'into your minds. You must be aware, that in the course of our doty—a %nom painful duty —we ere exposed to conflict* with smugglers, who are living in the daily violation of the law. They assemble in great numbers, and generally with arms. Their desperate habits are such, that these conflicts are always meet dangerous, and sometimes most fatal. Within the last 5 years very many persons have been sho t by smugg l ers on this coast,. and to this time the offenders hive escaped undiscovered. If on these occasions an accident happens le themseltee, no pains are spared, end no means are unemployed to misrepresent the facts to the prejudice of the poems in the preventive eerviee. It, therefore, by their enrol upon' the toast, or by their a w earees In a court of justice, . they can deter us from the performence of our duty, they will smuggle with impunity, and all the laws for the protect= of the customs will live been passed In v a i n ." The following witnesses were then called for the defence:— Mr. John Williams, a navy surgeon of the Ramillies, exa. mined the body of the deceased, in the presence of Mr. Ran dolph, and was unequivocally of opinion that the ball entered in front, and passed out behind the body. The wound in the forepart—namely, fn the hip—was much smaller than that be e hind ; its edges were smooth and depressed, or turned inwards. The opening behind was about twice or three times the sire of' that before,. and was ragged anti uneven. This proved most unequivocally, that the - ball entered in front : the ball, with diminished impetuosity, having torn itself out. ' Robert Parks, a seaman 'euiployed in the preventive service, deposed that he was on duty at Dimchurch-wall .on the night of the I Ith of June. About half s past twelve he saw the glare and heard the report of two firearms. Could not tell whether they were pistols or muskets. They came from the westward, in which direction Mr. Dray's premises were. He then heard three other discharges from the - right of a brick building on Mr. Dray's premises. in the whole, he heard about ten dis. charges. Joseph A. Bainbridge, a midshipman In the preventive ser vice, deposed that he was on ditty at Pimchurch-wall on the night in question. About half-past twelve he heard the report of two pieces, one immediately after the other, in &direction from Mr. Dray's premises. He proceeded to the direction whence the tiring was heard, and in his way heard more shots. In -all. the reports were eight in number. These reports ape peered to be inland. His st a ti on was near l y a mile from Mr. Dray's premises. The last report appeared to come from the marshes. When abreast of Mr. Dray's premises, he heard' voices. He went to the spot, and found the prisoner in a field at the back of Mr.. Dray's premises. He saw the deceased sitting on the ground and a man supporting him. After he came up, another piece was fired, which came f r o m th e westward. In - the coarse of the night he heard ten reports. The whole space of time during which these firings occurred was about ten minutes. William Jones, quartermaster in the preventive service, de , posed that he was at the tower No. 22 on the night in ve.stion, about half a mile from Mr. Dray's house. In all he heard ten shots,'which appeared to be from muskets. Cross-examined.--All the reports he heard were within an hour. They appeared to come from inland. Every succeed. ing shot appeared more inland. They appeared to be shot by I three or four different peOple. Samuel Everett, a seaman of the. Ramillies, deposed that he was out with the .prittoner on the night in question. The prisoner came first to ;het station on the .10th of *Tuna. 001te night in question they were near Mr. Dray's house, and hiSid some people talking. He .was armed with a musket, a bayonet, and a. cutlass: • The prisoner wits aimed with, a brace of pistols and a cutlans. Ile was decreed in a blue jacket and .troweera. Upon . hearing the people talking,. they went up to •Mr. Dray's rails , and saw between forty and fifty Ili e n leaning on the rails. About twenty of them werearined with lorn:guns. The prisoner asked . them what they were doing ? They said hatoa I holloa ! Seine that had the'arena came out in i front of witness. soma of them began to move, and one of the party cried out, " I say, come beck here, and we'll give it to them. 'l'he prisoner then fired an alarm pistol in the air. Witness also fired an alarm pistol in the air. Neither of these pistols were pointed at the muggier. The smu gglers were between four and five yards all at that time. If wit ness had fired at them he could not have missed them. They ran away. Hcfbre they ran away witness gave his musket to the prisoner, but lie did not discharge it at that. time. The smugglers ran, as he supposed, between Mr. Dray's house and the stable. Witness got into Mr. Dray's garden over some pales. When he got over he fhtind some g arden pales. soon as he got in they heard three fire-arms discharged from backer Mr. Dray's stable. They were tired close together, ie if by three people. Witness tore his trowsers in getting over the pales. They pursued the smugglers up the marsh. As they were going up the marsh, he observed a musket going i off a-head of him. Soon afterwards seven other fire-arms went off right and left. He saw the prisoner rising from the ground when his musiket wept off. Ile appeared as if he had, fallen doWn and was getting up. At the stop there was a little ridge. Witness came up, and heard Dixon say, " Coble back, here is one of our men wounded." This was, as If he was speaking to his own party. Dixon then said, " For God sake let us get a wattle and take this poor man to some place where he can get some assistance." Witness tired aWn signal pistol. The pri soner never desired witness to give him his musket, saying he would shoot the —. He did not call witness by the . name of " Sam ;" could not know that hie name was Sam: The pri %oiler did riot, know witness before. CrOSs-Cl4Blllined.—The prisoner did ask him for his musket. Was quite sure he heard fourteen reports. Did not see the .prisoner take a . cartridge out of his pocket. Witness was gone for a wattle for about a (planer of an hour. Lieu ten ant. Graham, of the Rainillies, was stationed at Dov er on t h e 11 t h of Arne,. O n t h e 12 t h, baring Of this event, he went to Piinchurch to inquire into it. On examining the land side of Dray's stables, on the lhth June, he found three bullet i mark& In consequence of a report which he hoard, he called upon Dale, who keeps the Veltent Sailor puhlic-house e He told the witness he had seen th e prisoner in Pimehurett jail.— Dale mild that the prisoner complained of the cold and confine. Meat ; that he appeered to be in good spirits, but it was evi. dently put on. NV hen Dale told him that the prisoner said he eXpeeted to be promoted, witntee , asked him whether he did not understand him to mean thet he expected iLrolamtahtair lieo e daredc n s e q t u o e s n a c y e o t d : at h w is as si l l i fib is ri m n ea g n s i t ng to . which Cross-examinees—Hati no doubt that the marks on the wall of the stable, which was brick-built, were made by umeleet.. 1 shots. Witness had staid to Dale, that if the primmer had made any such remark, it was a silly remark, and that he thought ' better of Mr. Hamilton's good sense and humanity to make so inhuman and improper a remark. Witness knows nothing against Dale's character. Re.examineci.—ilae known the prisoner l *years. Witness did not know a more humane young Mau. He was a gencW man of high honour and - -correct deportment. The yrieoner was tea much a gentleman to use the coarse language imputed to him by the witnesses for the pzosecution. In his manners he was a perfect gee tleman,. and his disposition was elwaye kind, humane, and. gentle. He believed him incapable of aoy thing like inhumanity or an insensible disposition ; and among-et his brother officers and brother sailers, he bore the character of an honourable, brave, and high.epirited man. , • • 'Severe] witnesses were then tendered to speak to the pri.: sooer's character, when Mr. ADOLPHUS, on the part of the plosecution, interposed, and said that after , the eviihnee, he' had beard in defence, it would be unbecoming the situation he held to yress the case: forth: r. The prootecution was conducted at the tastance-offthe , parish-officers of Dimehurch, who-hed no other whth upcitV tine subject than to bring the matter before a public triburiat; order to sift it to the bottom. Prom the arse now so flilly in vsetigated, it . Wita quite manifest that ev4,ry thing whiolt juaice required had been accomplished; and as ~there %Imam ground for pressing the ease further, he prayed that thernairer' might be terminated by a verdict In favour at the gentleman who stcod at the bar. Mr. Se' rgtont 0T:91.0W spette in high terms of the candid '1 and dispassionate manner In which the case bad been conduct , ed on the part of the prosecution 4- rind iremetilately directed: thejury to find a verdict of not guilty.—'S'he prisoner was im mediately aciattird, and etdered to be discharged. : 4440, );"; -‘Mi .- ECLIPSE t4O49QN qn.sgavap CALcfrWA. • T,he gpodstown of, Calcutta (other. places may speak_ for themselves) Was amused on nutty night, 26th January, with a remarkable celestial phenomenon,' tt , hich deserves ,at least, a paktitiir notice in a dailyitiurnit, if it were only tore. mark the.different sensations caused by the, same event in different minds according to preconceiv ed notions. About lutifrpait nine in the evening, persons within doors, not prepared by the pre dictions of Calcutta philosophers, or the esti:ono.' niters of Nuddea, for any great event, were stir prised at the rising din of tom-toms, and the jingling of,ghpon-ghrood, mixed with the anxious bum of human voices• which -filled the nocturnal air. The wise were ready to suspect that the serpent who supports the ,world, according'to fabulous belief of the superstitious liindoo, was shifting the load off his weary bead, w hich caused the astonished earth to tremble; hut, on inquiry, it appeared that the vengeful Ballot) was threat ening to swallow the fair round rnootr because. of the sins of matt. The pious If indoor were there fore bestirring the_selves mightily to frighten away the hid e ou s m demon, who appeared to have applied his voracious teeth to the lower limb of the yellow 'queen of heaven; nor did , they ne glect to appease his wrath by' opening Aqir nig gard hearts to charitable deeds, in the' hope that this fear-extorted charity would cover a multi tude of sins. Notwithstanding ail these pious works to deter the moon's consumploo, the vin dictive Rahoo peasevered in his musty meal, and in the course of about an hour the labouring orb was only dimly seen through his skim:) , •skies, somewhat like a, juggler holding a, burning candle in his mouth, while its rays shine faintly through his lantern jaws. The devout Hindoos then repaired to the purifying streams of the sa cred Gauges to perforth ablutions, and atone for the heinous offences that had thus drawn down upon them, as they supposed, the frowns of of fended heaven ; while females carefully abstained from food and sleep till the ominous sign was past. The more ignorant part of the moosul manna in Bengal are said to combine various 'fa bles of a differeut kind with eclipses of the moon, some attributing them to the wrath of the deity; others imagining that she is arrested for debt by an inexorable muhajun ; but the latter notion is so frivolous that it does not deserve to rank among the dreams of astrology. The less superstitious moosulmauns ascribe the obscuration of the lu minary to the-intervention of some Baud, or cor ner of the zodia between it and the light of the sun. A t the time of the greatest obscuration, the shadow of the earth was distinctly- visible oo the moon's disk, leaving a small luminous ring sur rounding it, and the elliptical shape of the sha dow clearly sheeted the spherodieni form of the terrestrial globe, which hr.' been ascertained to be oblate"at the poles.----(- fkagat Pape, ) Extrac t : from the Journal of the Bev. Alexander I•s'y vie, of Surat r-. Sept. I, 11122. Preached in one br our native school rooms. On my arrival, found only our native schoolmasters, the native readers, and a few school children assertible& being seat ed; I desired the reader to begin, which he immediately did, and rend three chapters of Osterrald's abridged History Of the Bible, Ithith we translated and printed for the ilornba7 district Com mittee of the Christian Knowledge Society, with a number' of which the society has kindly supplied us. The reader made several remarks ray. he went on ; one was, that it was a little book full of ueeful instruction ; we had in it the histerrof the whole word of Cod, from the beginping . to the present tiditi, in a small compass. In the: true Asiatte style he excluitised, " Moat excellent ! a little book, but full of wise andlood information." • • I concluded the service by _prayer, and gave away about twenty parts of The Googuratee New Testament. Before going to worship, 1 was visted by a M 417. otned4n, who said he had heard of my giving away books among the people ; and there was a report that 1,200 Hintlaos had become Chris tians. I said. 1 had not heard any such report: And I Mourn ed it was false ; but why should the people riot become Christiana? He said; • If they do become C bristains, how are they to-obtain >k livelihood?" I said, just as they had done formerly " The kingdom of Gott was not meat and drink," &c. He acknowledged all this; but said, t h at if we could give the 'people a living, there Was no doubt hitt that some thousands would embrace Christianity. I told him that such converts would not be worth having ; we did not wish to make people Christians in this way, nor by force, as MainimCd had done. Thiele were the means petiole 'Used to propagate' false religions, but truth required no such means. He appear ed to think al l this very good, and said that converts from eon vietion were the only right ones. NV rt Tito re are K i ngS"---:Say .4 h u " who go to far no other reason Than that they may 'ivftb, greater , ease establish despotic authority at borne. For in tin of peace, the power of Parliainents, the dignity of AtOntra4l, the vigour of the laws, are great impediment% to a Ptuice w:. wishes to exercise arbitrary Tower. liat When once p Wart is undertaken., the chief management of affairn devolves .triein few, the Itlinisters of Executive Governrnen!„ who, for de ge neral iafety, assume the privilege of efindutting every thing tic ebrilink to their own humour, deManding unlimited tOnfidente. The li9nces favourites are all exulted tb places of honenr and. rofit. Those wham he dislikes are turned out ati4 neglected Now, the time of war, in the time for rai4ing ati inneh money upon the perrplr an thedespet's heait can wish. ''shdrt, twin - the the time of, Ia the ti me at they feel theinselvtitlenpOls in very deed and truth, not h name only, bp tkspoxs with at reance. hi the. mean while the grandees 'play lite an' tiro. tber'ehanilw, till they have eaten' np the wretottiittneePto rent and branch. Do you. think that Men Of /WO 44 4 g 4 ,4400:004r9V0 be backward to lielze Arid the slightest occasion !lir war, spin. crative, sa fiat:ering to'avarice and vanitk. o '.-Thia above- W`3 , 4 written more than tare hundred ybarr ago,. will ecae nny it in not applicable to the events of late , years 1.. s • • . ~ A,cc341E,t4.3•4 IVI: 1311.11,ifiSakfr,.7j:Iii to t 1;9 o'clock yesterday none of the bodies tv.i4 been t;04.-.11: of th e m e. tents at Billingsgate ri ' b'ut one twin has fortunately been vs... triested ,franv ii itttlAatiria .in witicht t eosit-ic'tlionght i n k. .possible (bat life yhouhl ltAwY been 0 long ,Rre4tgyett, 1 /4 failing, his tae scent wits ',dapped by, the projecting .t tries: or two vosSebi; between , which he conti:vseet tia,el7' ; ,,,,,,t g yd , se t pure on 14,,t )0 ,i,h, wio , 09,0 duke, be cal no,. at iiiolitto it In alevelidiettlar Aitista ion,' (listin g e.tfttral hotty.,,, ,A d pm ,. I Ciently laud" to be beaid fl : tfio liTi'lc w iEt ilirr d e li the i,'Et; 4. a the vrotiii, VII tieing taken-up; tie etirittlistriea ~f , ,,„.i , t 4ei. . ' able /rain in rlie *beet ;-,ltut the itkittiy he hats" aostained :.:k earn., parativily incongiderable. . , Airport 4 of Ao upeatiing description A. re in dr - Ottlation in liourallath nitetits iricinity, eattise to rho su p., 'rb,ll ' !ate a the . Indintly a •the ' Reb. , *ills* -i itatite .hantid, siti.tatoin thatittret t, who is repostoi t o . h o v q .bio nvmur a,,,d.. An inyestigation is ,stout to borate/id into inward:l . , n li- . f