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MIDDLESEX. ST2IIONS, FRIDAY, Ssrr. • • Thintas'• Fearnswortb, jitn„was indietr'd for a li bel on Thc.s. Fearnsworth, and for threatening 'his life The prosecutor; it appeared, was formerly a bricklayer, residing in Church-lane, ll' i liitechapel, but had for some years retired, and llred on his fortune. The presetit defendant's course of life, it appeared, had be& most dissolute. His father bad supplied hii extravagance for sonic time with a liberal hand, till, justice to the rest of his family obliged him to forbear doing sO any longer. On his refusing to continue to supply him with money, le had first charged him with having murdered his mother, and threatened to avenge her death by the murder of his father. On the sth and Gth of :Tune last the father received two letters fr:-n him, in which this charge was made, and threats held out, 'unless he complied with . his.. (the defendant's) wishes. These letters were the libel complained of . they were put in, and proved to be the de lendailt's writing ; but on their being read and compared with the record, it Was found that there *as a variation between them, which, in the opi nion of the Learned Chairman, was fatal to the indietrnent. - The Jury therefore, under his direction, acquit ted the prisoner. The defendzat'vtFus put to the bar, on a charge of havipg as.,atiiteci his father, who is almost seventy years of age, on the 24th of May last. , From the statement of the prosecutor, it appear ed, that he was standing at the door of house in Goodman's-fields, in which the widow of one of his deceased sons resides, when the defendant came up to him ; he immediately retreated down a stable-yard, in hopes of' escaping him, but be followed him, and kilock , A .him down with a broom-staff which he had in his hand, and whilst he was lying onthe ground, heat him with it most e :erely. !This statement was corroborated hy a gentleman named Herbert, who was drawn to the spot by the old man's eriys of murder. The Jury f6und the, defendant guilty, and the Court sentenced hini to twelve months imprisoa ment, in the House of Correction, and at the ex . . piratioq of that period, ordered that he should find Security for his gorA behaviour for two years, birnself in 100L'and two sureties in 50/. each. Scuddell was charged- with puttinz off t o o one Herbert a counterfeiil three-shiling bank token on the 4th of June last. It appeared that }Jcibert, suspecting. that the prisoner-was a dealer in counterfeit tokens, com municated his suspicions to Hutt, the Hatton g mien officer, and a plan was laid to discover whe ther they were well founded. Herbert_ went to the Mitre public-house, in. Goswell-street, where he net the prisoner, and, entering into conversation with him, it was agreed that he should, on the following ,day, meet him there again, and bring sonic toluns for sale ; the meeting accordingly took p!ace,' and Herbert bought 12 three shilling, and 12 eighteen-penny pieces of him, for 30s. all of which, of course, proved to be bad. The pri soner,. however, escaped, and was not appre. hended for five weeks afterwards. _ _ In his defence, be denied having, any knowledge of the transaction. The Jury found him guilty,- and he was sen tenced to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. Josep4 Law tar was convicted of uttering a coun terfeit, 3s. Bank token ;, and...it being the second timed I ,e was sentenced to• two years' imprison ment in the House of Correction, and at the ex piration of that term to find security for his good conduct for t,vo years mote. POLICE. Bow-STREET.---Thursday evening two shopmen of a linen-draper, in Bond-street, were examined before Mr. READ, on a charge of stealing a very ;arge quantity of goods out of the shop. It appeared, that one of the parties, who was the confidential servant of the linen-draper, was, during his absence in ..the country, directed by him to pawn a quantity of the goods ,to pay. the rent and some bills that were coming due, instead of which he sold three parcels of goods to a pawn brOl: er in Fleet-street, removed another large par cel to a house near Holborn, and filled his own trunks with more of the stock. On Monday morning he went to a wholesale linen-draper on Ludgate-hill, wITO was a principal 'creditor of his master's, and told him that the shop had been broken open the preceding night, and robbed. of elmost the whole of the stock, on which account be had not opened the shop that morning. .• Application/ being made at this Office, Pearks, - one of the officers, went to examine the premises,. when be ascertained that they had not been broken open ; and upon searching the room where the prisoners slept, he found the property concealed 4n the trunks, and more in a closet in the room. The _under servant. confessed that he had taken 'a coach load of goods by order of the other, to a pawnbroker's in Fleet-street, by whom they were produced, together v.ith nearly the whole of the , other "goods he had purchased of the same party, and which, with the rest of the articles produced, were identified by the linen-draper as being his property. The prisoners were therefore fully com mitted for trial. , _ Yesterday the hay-salesman, in custody on sus picion of being concerned in some late forgeries ommitted on the house of Messrs. Robarts and Co. and other bankers in the City, was brought up for re-examination, when no evidence being adduced to criminate lihn, he was, discharged. . , _Vmund Burkitt, in custody for the same of fence, was brought up for re-examination,_ and remanded. ThsaoN-HAL.L..--A man was brought before the Sitting Magistrate, charged by Mr. Nash, a gen tleman residing in the Borough, with obtaining mouey from,him uncicr . .faise pretences. Mr. Nail) stated, that the prisoner came to his house a few days. since, apparently labouring tier very'severe indisposition : -'and having repre uented-that his (Mr. N.'s) father,•to whom he was known, had, on a former occasion, given him letter of admission to St. ThoM Itosp!tnl, re guested Mr, Nash would do him the soffit kind ness. Mr. N. immediately complied mail his re questi and also gave him ss. to pay certain fz-3 of admission. A few days afterwards the prisoher came to return him thanks, and presented him a letter, purpo'rting to be written by the Steward of the IlospitA, stating, that the bearer's Com plaint was such as required that he should wear flannel waistcoats, that two would be necessary,. and the cost of them would be 9s. Mr. N. again extended his aid to the prisoner ; but after he was, gone, suspicions' arose in his mind that all was , not right; and on applying to the 'Hospital, he found that the prisoner had never been near it, and that the letter from the Steward was a fa brication. .The prisoner expressed great contrition for his offence, and said it arose from distress. The worthy Magistrate severely reprobated his conduct; but at "the request of Mr. N. who said he had kJ:own his family, and trusted his present situation would prove a warning to him in fikture ) be consented to his being diSchargecL BIRTHS. On Wednesday last. in Upper Wimpole - -street, the Lady Of Captain I , rederick Leicester, of thi Royal Staff Corps, of 4 Dangl-ttr. On Thuisilay last, at his house in Portland-place, the Ladl of Richard Hdil, Etg. of a Son'. • NIAIIRIED. On Monday last, at- Prescot, Lancashire. Mr. Tho'n Leigh, of Creseent-pl4ce, New Bridge erect, London, to Tuna Maria, eldest dat7giter of Henry Itoigson, Esq. of the former place. • Dr ED. On Monday last, at her 10 - dgings in Snhn-strcet, New-roft4 Mrs. Denitkon, wife of Mr. 'Richard Dennison, of Duke street, Manchester- square,. Apothecary. On Wednesday, at.iler house at Chelsea, Mrs. Paulo, aged SO. . On the 16th inst. at the house of Samuel Goodbehere, ' - i 4 l . Lambeth, Mrs. Wood; relict - of Henry Wood, Esq. of S' Margaret's, Westminster. pii the 1 ith inst. at . Beacon'sifeld, in the Roth year of lier age, Mrs. As ' heton relict of. the late Ralph. Assheton, 3 CP of Cuerdale, In the County of Lancaster. . _ COAL MARK.ET, SE47. 18. Ships at I .Yfars.i-t. Ships Sold. 34 Newcastle . Price. 10 Sunderland • 5 61 •• • 425. 3d. to 625. N. 2 Culid " 9 • . . 9a. to 455, 6a -2 . . . 435. Oth to •- •-5' ,f! MGM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGES TO-NIORRO W ; Murninsi 23 minutes after 1. I Evening, 43 minutes after BOSTON,' SEPTEMBER 14. A fatal occurrence took phlce in the afternoon of Thursday last, in. Swineshead North Feu, t ► et a particulars of wilich, - as appear from the inquest taken on Friday, by J. W. "1)AI:is, Gent.'of this place, Coroner, at the Barge public-house, Swineshead High Bridge, are as follow: About four o'clock in the afternoon of Thurs day, as. George Daybell; farmer in Swicreshead . North Fen, and Charles Roberts, a labourer, who lives near lung, were shearing wheat in.Day-_ bell's field, four Irishmen Caine • up to • - thews and asked for work as reapers. The road : was to ' the field where Daybell and Roberts were reaping, and one oithe Irishmen, wild was in li q uor; got over the ditch and was inclined to be very quarrel- . some. Being told by-Daybell that he had no work for him, be began - to cut off the ears of , the wheat with his sickle, and throw them about the fie!d. Daybell expostulated with him ow his eon , turnacious conduct, and requested him to desist and seek for work elsewhere, which at-length he consented to do, and with his companions went away. In passing Roberts's house, however, which is bard by, the quarrelsome4rishuran wan tonly plunged his sickle into a pig which belonged to Roberts„ and which was upon the road at the time. The point of the sickle -penetrated quite . through the haunches of the poor animal, and was there left by the cruel wretch who inflicted - the wound. The children of Roberts, on seeing this, called out for assistance, when their father and Daybell, who had also been witnesses of this nn provoked outrage, ran immediately towards the spot, having first called to their aid John Carnal, a neighbouring farmer, who went into his house and took down his gun, which had been previous ly loaded to shoot the birds among his corn.— These three pursued the Irishmen-Who were mak ing off as fist as they could, and coming up with two of. them, one of whom was the fellow who stuck the pig, Roberts demanded satisfaction for the injury, which after, some altercation was agreed to he given, and a piecC o f dirty paper was tendered - as a guinea note: but it appearing to be only a partof 'an old newspaper, Roberts refused to accept it. In the mean.time.the two Irishmen Who had gone away, returned with five or six more, of their- companions, armed with ..sticks, sickles, &c. Alarmed at their appearance, Roberts requested of Carnal to let hire have his gun, which was complied with. Roberts, .how ever, did not think proper at that time to use it, and he, with Daybell and Carnal, retreated preci, pitately, and were in their turn closely pursued by the Irishmen, brandishing their sticks and and exclaiming ." We'll give you satisfaction fin. the pig !" Roberts, who was the hindmost, find , ing himself almost exhausted, and perceiving that his pursuers were nearly up with him, turned suddenly round and discharged the gun at the man nearest him, who was only a few yards distant- 7 The contents of the piece entered the stomach of the unfortunate person, and he expired..:on the. spot. This put an end to the pursuit ; and fortu , nately no farther bloodshed ensued. Roberts, who was greatly affected at this dreadful catastrophe, made no attempt to elude justice, but readily yielded himself up to the constable sent to appre hend hits, anxiously Awaiting the verdict of the Coroner'S Jury.—lt appeared in evidente,--that the gun was loaded with al-auf half the fill of a tobacco pipe head of powder, and the same quan tity of shot,. number 3 ; and upon 'opening the body of the deceased, whOse name was Terence Feagan, aged 20 years, it was found that seven shot corns had passed through the heart. The Jury, after seine deliberation, returned a verdict of Justifiable . Himieide ; the witnesses Day hell and Carnal having sworn that they. considered their. 'own lites, and that of Roberts, to be in danger. • UNIVERSITY OF EDINBITRGH.--On Saturday the Sena Pus Academicus of the University of Edin burgh conferred the degree of Doctor h Medicine on the following Gentlemen, after having gone through the appbinted examinations, and pub licly defended their inaugural dissertations OF SCOTLAND. Robert Renwick, • De Hydrothorate. Richard Sinnot, De Chorea. William Bow/e, De Asthmate. Alexander Aitken, De Typho Graviore. George Waddell, De Fehre Intermittente. FROM ENGLAND. Jelin Pickering John Wardell De Scarlativa. FROIII IRELAND. William Touig, De Phthisi Puhnonali. John 'Morrison, T)e Ty'pho leterode. Richard Grattan, De Htpate et Bilis Seeretioue. Hubert Pendergast, De Apoplexia Sanguinea. tOsitcYST, JULT 2©a GRAND CONVENTR3?iii VOICE OP VIE " FBIENDS Ot• THE uzziox DEPENDENCE; AND LIBERTY OF' THE UNITED 'STATES." All the citizens of Boston and its vicinity were edited upon tci assemble in the 'United States Court Room, in the Exchange Coffee-house, on the 13th inst. M half-past seven o'clock, for the purposes set forth in the notification. The Chairman opened the Meeting, by briefly stating the manner in which it was called ; the reason of the adjoutninent ; 'and the subjects for discussion ; after which, ,Benjantin Weld, Esq. Ni7ith a short, but pertinent speech, introduced the resolutions, which, at the request of the Seer& titry, were distinctli, read by Mr. Pollard. The debate was opened by Mr. Adams, in oppo sitiofi to the Resolutions, the scope of whose oh-' nervations, as far as they could. be understood, seemed to he intended to skew, that it was crimi nal to oppose the measures of Government, and that war being declared, its justice and -expedi ency could not he lawfully inquired into. He was succeeded by Benjamin A:.Whitman, Esq. who took an affecting view of the miseries of the country, advocated the right, of free discussion; and pointed out the only remedy for the ,evils already felt, and: securiiy against those yet to come, viz. a thorough change. in our itulers.. The lion. DANIEL SAKGN'T than /rose, and in his usual style of sound sense and rilly described the effects of the war upufl the com merce 'of the country ;. gave' his reasons for , be lie.ving it to be the result of French influence hi our National Councils and asserted the right of wiliholding any support to it, beyond the requisi tions of the. constitution, and of the laws made pursuant to it. / -* . • • • The Iron. Mr. QUINCY, who then' rose, was hailed with affectionate acclamations by his con stituents,, who evinced their admiration of his steclfast and able, though:unsuccessful, vindication of their rights arid interest% in Congress, by long continued watulations. Ile made a most solemn. and striking appeal to the judgments and feelings of the audience, pourtrayed the calamitieS of war, and the fatal alliance with which it must be ac- • compa n ied . The question ! was taken upon the Resolutions, and they were unanimously adopted.' Mr:Adams, haying been 'convinced by the reasoning whiCh • he' heard, or silenced by arguments' which could not be answered, did not vote iu the negative, nor did any other person. FROM THE BRAZILS. Natures tam Creatrice quam Marcian. Pereira. Ribeiro,.. . Destructrice Return. FROM ST. CROIX. John L. Hunt, De Intemperantia. It is said, that Baron GERAMB has offered his services to Denmark, but that they have been re jected. . . • LONDON 1 P rinte d by ,THOMAS WOOD,. o f'N e . 3s ,.Maiden-lanc, Covent-gardin; . and Published by W!LIJAM, ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South! Molten-street, Grosvenor-s q u a t • ' u . , At the S. OkIICE, No. 112, Strand, where Alvertiseinents, Orticiefor the Parer, Letters for the Edi t or, &c. (post paid), must . be addressed.c RESOLUTIONS. -Whereas the inhabitants of Boston and its Vici.- nity, here assembled, cherish with solicitude the' union and independence of the United States, and the liberties of the people—and whereas it is their most solemn conviction, that the course of mea sures adopted by the Administration of the, gene rat Government, for several years past, has a ten dency to dissolve that union, to impair that inde pendence, and to endanger those liberties ; and whereas in a more especial manner they consider the late rash, unnecessary, and ruinous declaration of war against Great Britain, and the consequent connection with France ; if, indeed, such connection do not already exist, as we have great reason to apprehend,—which, must inevitably grow, out of such a war, as fatal to our union,, independence, and liberty ; a war undertaken without due no tice to our citizens without adequate naval pre.. parations,—Without permitting.the return of the vast property now in -the, possession and power of the nation against which war is ,declared ; a war whose first, future, awl certain effects will be, to impoverish .the'eastern and navigating States,who will be compelled. to bear its principal burthens, and great 'majority of whose representatives voted against it ; and whereas the inhabitants of thii town and vicinity, from a reluctance to counte nance a belief that they are officiously diSposed Unduly to influence their fellow-citizens, and pro- mote any of the incalculable consequences which often result from the indignation of a free and in- , jured people, whose interests are betrayed by their public servants---a belief which has been studiously and wickedly inculcated by men high in office -in the national and state Governments—have since the declaratio i n of: war abStained from any public declaration of their sentiments, under tha .. , con viction that a sense of interest, and dutywould s lead-the. (rood people, of other towns and counties to afford them an example which they might with propriety follow ; but the friends of administra , tion and of war, not satisfied with their appear ance, have . endeavoured to procure an expression of .approbation front their deluded followers, in this and other States, which is calculated to ex hibit a false:and deceptive standard of public opi nion, and encourage a perseverance in their de structive measuees, and thus have made it our duty, as far as'in us lies; to counteract the ten dency of such gross deception :—Therefore, Resolved, as the opinion of the Citizens assem bled in this-place, that while we acknowledge the constitutional power of Congress to declare war, .and /he (ay of the citizen to abstain from forcible resistance to such a measure ; yet we do not :air render, but on the contrary - will maintain, at every haz,ard, the right secured to us by our State Consti tution, of peaceably expressing our opinions, either as inAvidual citizens, of a collective body, on that' series of disastrous measures which for years past has been tending towards, and' has at last ,terminated in the most distressing of national Evil—War !—a war waged against a people nobly struggling for the meintenance of their own free dom, and that of other nations, endangered by the fraudulent, sanguinary, and impious assault of the greatest military tyrant .by whom the world has ever been scourged. , Resolved, That we assert a right, and that we will exercine it,- to deprecate the war,—to explain its cause and consequences, s —so that the voice of this great -people may rise up against its authors ,and in a tone which shall convince all who abuse the trust committed to them by the people, that their day of account is at hand; and that they must expiate the offence of destroying the public : prosperity a jeopardizing the government and tinibn of these -)sttittes,. bribe neg3eet, 'contempt and it!di. , ,,rnation of that .por,tion of the peopf. , , which fallen yittints to tiaat natfilaced confi de ace. Resofved, that the declaration of - war, under existing circumstances, is sincerely to be depre ceed, as it tends to impair the attachment - of the people to the union of these States and - thus to endanger its existence, by sacrificing the interests and prosperity of one portion of them, to gra tify the pride, resentment, and mistaken policy of another. Resolved, That in a free Government, it is at all times the right, and in seasons of public eala-; . nifty, it is the solemn duty of every citizen freely to communicate his opinions upon the measures' of the Government, and upon the motives of the men who administer it, to the end that those mea sures and motives may be universally known, and' may be dilly weighed and ,consilered,. .wheti the people are called upon to exercise the right of suffrage : and that,we will therefore discounte Dance all attempts to check the freedom of speech and of the press; and that we will with heart and hand rally round and support all those• who iriOy • (by any combination of . Men whatever) be ine= naded with injury td fbeif per Sons Or their pro.; perty, for the independent exercise of their natu.; ral and constitutional rights, and that we will pre• serve the peace and 'tranquility of this town, and suppresS every riotous or unlawful assembly which may, by night or day, be collected for the purpose of restraining any man froth the expression, or injuring him for the promulgation of sentiments and opinions which he may lawfully declare and • publish. • Resolved, That the appearance of armed meet in the peaceable, constitutional, and civil assem -blies of the citizens,—Whether the said persons • art in the pay of the Government of the United' States, or merely armed for the occasion—is measure highly indecorous and alarming ; inas much as its first tendency Is to overawe the free- Born of deliberation, and its'final effect to destroy the privilege of discussion, or to produce the wan ton. dusion of the blood of our citizens--and` that, for these reasons, such intermingling of per.. - sons so armed ought to be diScouraged and repro- Resolved, farther, That the Honourable the _ Sengors of the county of Suffolk, and tbe Repre sentatives of the town of Boston, in the General Court of the Commonwealth, be and are heteby appointed a Committee, and are earnestly request ed to meet and digest such a system of mea-.3ures and resolutions, as in their opidton the exigency, of the times, and the awful and alarming situation of the country may require ; and they are request ed, as sown as they shalt deem it expedient, to ap ply to the Select Men of Woston for a regular and constitutional town meeting, when the said sy's'-' tem may be discussed ; and such firm, vigorous, and effectual" measures may be adopted as may" suit the circumstances of the country ind may , be worthy the character of this ancient and patrtait metropolis. ' . A true Copy.---Attested H. D. SEDGAVICK, Secretary, MILFORD, SEPT. 14.--A most horrid murder was committed this day, on the body of James Dean, in the 'service of Mr. Watens, who plies the passage from Bulw_ell to Milford. A person, about 40 years of age, five feet nine-inches high, dressed in a bluejacket -and trowsers, stout mr,de, of verydark complexion,-and who has lost Y part of one of his great toes, describing himself as a sailor, came to. ,Mr. Waters's house, at nulwell, last night, sayMg- that he had come from Teril3v, was looking for a Ship, and requeated a night's lodging, which he was accommodated with and thiS morning, about six o'clock, hearing.Mr.Wa ters give his boy 3G shillings, with directions tv - go to Milford,. the stranger said he would go over and try to get a birth ; and if he could not suc ceed, be Would give the boy his breakfast, and re- . tarn with him, to see what he could do at Ang;r:. It happened ko be a very thick-fog, and the cries of Murder were distinctly heard from the, Milliard shore ; -they were supposed to proceed from some • , boy on hoard.; a vessel,-chastiSed by the master; however; some time after, similar cries were again heard, and a boat was diScovered by an ar tilleryman- near the - shore, from which proceed ed the cries of murder, but in :a fainter. voice, and a cask or something else was thrown into the wa; ter, after Which the boat put of, and was obscured in a thick Tog. The- soldier alarmed some of the neighbours, and in about an. hour arterwards the Bulrvell paisage boat was discovered near Ilubble• . stone with a quantity of blood in it. Every pos sible exertion was used by the Magistrates in or der to detect the murderer. About nine o'clock, the body of the unfortunate boy was picked up, his throat being cut. in : a slicking manner, with other. marks of violence.