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ilia rot - eta - ire : ly IlTraerstatiL etante titA matt directed his conversation teColunt'l Mansol. The •wittres - 4, iA answet to another question ) stated, that be kue%v Spanish sufficiently well to undvrstattil perfectly__that the peasant said that the French titre at Villafranca. Captain John Stoddart, the next witness, com manded the Strombello bomb-vessel, 'ion the 12th Jtme, 1813. He was sent on that say to Torre Ba r r a , and (Skated by the Admiral to take a nosition for covering the road to Tar ragona , i n case the clienty should advance from the eastward. lie was also directed to,obtain what information he could respecting the situation of the enemy.— He went on shore accordingly at Torre de Barra,. and saw Colonel de. - Mansol, who stated to him, -that he had received orders about an hour before to Leave his position, and asked him if the troops were about ;to embark from Tarragona. He re plied, that he - believed .they were. Col. : Maniol expressed great regret and astonishment .at hear ing it. - He then asked Colonel Mansol whether be could give him any information about the ene my, and whether they were likely to advance.--- . .. Colonel Maim' gave it as his opinion that .they were not likely to advance. Te Court considered that the mere opinion of Colonel Mansol was not evidence to be admitted. The witness then continued his narrative,• and said, that he bad also been informed by other per sons of the situation ofthe enemy. He went on shore the next morning for the purpose of ob taining information. 'About ten in .the morning of the 13th, he conversed with a peasant who had left Villafranca at half-past seven, andjnformed him that he bad left a' French division of about 5000 wen there, having two mountain-guns, two ho ld-pieces, and a.howitzer.-. He asked the pea sant, was it probable that the French were ad vancing, but the peasant could .not tell. After . having received this information, he returned and jollied-Admiral The witness was then asked, was the Strom belio in a position to have prevented the-enemy from- coming on the highroad front Villafrauca to. Tarragona He answered, that there was.a broad road leading. along. the beach, which he couceirvd that iie was perfectly us a situation to. cover• lie did not-know, however, whether this was called the .high road or Dot. Adtnia Hallowell observed, that this was the TOA which- he was enquiring about. Tile - witness further stated, that he was all the time in inunediate. communicatiou with the Ad 'wird, and could have immediately informed him if the enemy had been advancing. Admiral Hallowell - then stated to the Court, that he-was extremely sorry that the information derived froN k the opinion o f Colonel Man Sol could not be allowed to be given in evidence. That Officer commanded the brigade in advance, and was the must likely person to be well informed of the situation of the enemy. Ile, however, often received his information front the accounts given Yy peasants. The PititstneNT of the Courtinformed Admiral EaHowell, that alth oug h 'ltc h i n f ormatioo might be very good ground for an Officer to act upon, 'yet that it could not easily be Anade good legal evidence before a ,Court,-martial. The witness was then cross-examined by Sir J. Luray, and asked the following questions :--- Q. Was the puasant known to hint, or a perfect stranger I—A. He was a perfect stringer. Q. Did the Alcalde, or any other respectable man in the village, answer for the peasant's being deserving of credit, or even for his not being a Spy of the enemy ?—,A. No. Sir• J. Munn slated to the Court, that his ob.- jest in asking those questions was .to spew on what slight groundS those chaiges were.s'ipported. The witness being examined as to his know ledge in .the Spanish' language, said that he did ink understand it sufficiently. well enough to carry on a conversation it, bnt . he understood it well enough to kiionr perfealy what the peasant said to him about the French being at, Vilialranca. On his, return to Admiral Hallowell, he re to him both, the opinion of Colonel Man -501, Ruth what he had himself- heard front the pea sants. Upon his re-examination by Admiral Hallowell, ke•stated, that those. reports had been also con firmed, by, meeting. the inhabitants of Torre de Barra retqrtiing on the . 13th to their [lonics, truni v.:itielt they had fled, on hearing. that the French -were at Villafranca. The next witness was Ljeut.,C6l. w.ho vaumeanded tic artillery at the siege of Tar ragona. fie, like most of the . preeeding' wit net,:s-e5, proceeded by riscatement in the war of narrative. About ..half-paSt 11, on the night of the 1 lth, tin met A. Staff „ Officer,. who informed' him that Sir J. Murrro.: desired to see !kiln at _his head-quarters. Ile arrived there about 12, and Sir John told him, that he. intended to raise the, siege, and desired him.to make p:;eparations for get tiog the gtins immediately off. He expressed great regret to Sir John upon the circumstance, anti Olathe had notmade him sooner acquainted with the eircnnistance.: He also represented to him, that as it was then half-past 12, and that it, would be day-light in atAmt threv., hour', it wciidd be.impossible to get stitficient worltingpar ties, and to yenuire .the gunS from Oliva before clay - light,-Wflell the men.would be exposed to the firo ofyrarrg.otiii, .which almost enfiladed part of the road - to (be Jte told hint that he had tiever burn led „to suppose that he would raise the: siege . in a hurried and precipitate in:llmin., without -previous- arrangenients or prypar . ittiois and' pledged himself, _that' if S'ir would stay till the next night,, %you'd take every thing Safely to she laar.-.11, where by the as6istaitee. of Adm. Hallo well, they might be ail embarked'by.six or seven. 'clock the. next morning. 11e,a1;io assured the Ciene7: . ll, .that by this, arrangement ail' the stores that had been landed, t•onlil ha ve.been safely clu b tr i se dywid no-art:ries left behind. Si,' 4, Mur r,l.„- of.every thing that he said, and then th:;t he should wait till the next night. prOceeded to remove t o th e beach all the heavy grins that rcay,men iu foe de puts; imd in the o.theLbattetivs,, !ntemling to re juove the g" nus i rtm , 'Oh t ',iglu.. while tlt embarkation of the guns und stokes wac go _ the inoloing of the 12th, Gen. p o nt i i n o f 4 .iced on the beach about nine o'clock, ;An d or , dcred that the embarkation of the guns should be dstont . intied. also infortned rue \t : ilhet4, that General Clinton's division was expected td arrive the beach in half an hour, or three quarters s anti that t wat the orders of Sir John Murray, that as soon as this division had passed, the guns at Oliva should he spiked and alean 7 domed. Witness was also desired to take imme diate steps to carry those orders into execution. He immediately dispatched Officers with the ne cessary instrtictions to the different points, but directed that.the guns should not be spiked with out further orders, either from him, from the General commanding at the post, or front the Como tinder in Chief. He then told 'General Don kin, that those orders ill accorded with the pro mise which Sir JOhn had made him the preceding night. If that proMise had been adhered to, every thing might be carried off without noise or confusion, and in a military manner. Adin. Hal lowell then begged of him to suspend the execu tion of the order for spiking the guns until he had seen Sir John Murray, and immediately went to look for him. On his return he informed the wit ness, that Sir John Murray denied that he had given the order for spiking the guns,, and said that he would remain till night. The witness was then asked, if the guns had peen allowed to remain till night, 'would there have been' any difficulty in removing them to the beach Elk answer was, none in the least. If Sir Joint Murray had given him but three bours previous notice, he could have removed every thing in the night of the 1 I th. There could have been no dif fienlty in removing the guns from Oliva on time night of the 12th, if Sir John had staid till then.. The witness then stated, that the order to spike the guns was not given through him, but pro- - bably by the General' commanding at the post. -- Two mortars were landed on the I Ofh, .and every day throughok the siege stares and provisions were landed. A supply of stores siltLient for two or three days' consumption was landed in the first instance, and every day after enough Ira§ landed for the coilSittapiloU: _l-te never founq the leasr . difficulty in being supplied froth the 'ships with every 'thing that he required. Admiral Hallowell .anticipated all his wants, and grave hint the most prompt and ready Assistance at all times. The witness also stated, that he was:present when 0. Spanish Officer brought a 'Fetter, from General Co. pons to . Sir J. Murray, stating a dirision of the French to be, at VillafiAnca„ He believed that the order for 'spiking the guns was given almost immediately after the, receipt of this letter. The further' examination of this witness was postponed till to-tuorroC—Tbe trial' is expected to last till Tuesday next. Erratum—hi yesterday's Report, fur Capt. Sato. Hood, R. N. read Capt. Ingieficlil, R. N. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CrIANCERY, J. is. HAY-MARKET 'THEATRE, MORRIS V. COLEMAN. This cause came forward this morning, and oe eitpied the Whole day. It teas a motion' made by Sir SAMVEL ROMILLY, supported by Mi. Disi.L, on behalf of the praying for an order - tri set aside an award made in this cause by ITenry Butler, Esq.. of Lincoln's- Inn, who WES called in as an umpire by the two referees to whom all the matters in dispute be tween the litigating parties had been referred un der a submission that was made a Rule of Court. There were . (livers objections urged against the legality of the award, and more particularly to a certain deed for a co-partnership in future, pre pared by the arbitrator as part of his award, and to be executed by' the respective parties, which Varied so essentially from the original articles or deeds of co-partnership entered into in the year 1805, that had laid the foundation of an original and amended Bill, for a specific performance, filed - by Mr. Morris, - and a cross Bill filed by Mr. Cole man, on the ground that he hall not contracted to give all his dramatic compositions to this Theatre exclusively, but merely those he had or should bereatter assign to them for a valuable considera tion, and a mere right of pre-emption or prefer , ence before all, other purchasers of such works, ,some of which be bad in his necessities and d uress already sold or assigned to the Proprietors of Co vent-garden Theatre, which formed the subject of oilter.laW 7 shits with such ProPrietnrs. Mr. HART, supported by Mr. SHADWELL) On the other side, for the defendant, strenuously sup ported the award as legal and perfect in all re spects, at great length. The former, on find;ng his Lordship strongly against his argument, de 'sired to cease, - but - was desired by his Lordship to proceed as long as• the Learned Counsel pleased, since ibis being the Queen's Birth-day, it would be as well to be amused here as in viewin g the exhibitions in the streets on that occasion, Sir S. ROMILLY made a very pointed but eon cise reply to the leading arguments of his adver saries,resting on the law only. His Lordship observ ed,that in a case so much discussed before, h e only wondered that the great judgment and learning of 'Mr. BuThes.hed waded so far through the mass 'of matter submitted to him ; oil which, if the award cannot be supported as he wished, if pos • sible, although differing on the law of the case, the suit would not be ended, from the spirit of the parties, till his Lordship were dead and Int ' tied. I! must read the papers again carefully. ---JudgMent deferred. OLD BAILEY, JAN. 18. CI-ILD ,STEALING. Sarah Stone was indicted for fraudulently taking a female - child, the inf7mt daughter of Thothas and Mary. Crether, with a view to secrete it from the parents. The mother of the child stated, that she Avas delivered of twill children about a week :before last Bar t holome w Fair, and she used to pit with Ahem and solicit charity in St. Panl's (..:hurch-yard. Ou the 14th of October last the frrisoner at the, liar gave her some charity, and de ,sited her to .go witl: her to A Lady who had seen the, children in the street, and wished to see them at haute, arid that,she tVould give the witness half s guinea. She accompanied the woman; 'who' de sired to carry one of the children, and she told her Ilia Lady lived in the Minories. As they went ktO4,. the pti§onti• tlesi'M In* tai n inW) : honst to get sOmethirig &hide; Ilk she refuted, Saying ske wanted to .ARi.the Lally. The prisoner turned ttp a court, and as t 4 %Illness had also another little one %vitli her, which could not walk fast, the stlimblett over some bricks, and.she stepping to dis - vngage t 1 child, the Fri-. soner . made a Sudden turn, and she lost Sight of .her. • She endeavoured to tra6 'her along ti lie, and advertised a description of her person, but she heard nothing of her for a jong time. At last the Police Officers informed - tier, that a woman, answering the description of the pt.isonel.,. had gone, on ship-board. She went, with - the Officer, and immediately recognised the voice of her child before she saw it, having heard it cry sits she was in the boat. When she saw the child she knew it again, although it was much thinner than when she lost it. The officer stated, that he traced the prisoner by the accurate description given of her person in the hand-bill. He corroborated the testimony of the last witness, and particularly added, that he reemmised a piece of i.tnnel what was part of the -child's clothing. A Mts. Wood, and a girl of the name of Ara bent 'Gray, stated, that the prisoner lived in Bliglt!s-court, San-street : that she had a long time appeared to have been pregnant, and that, on the 14th of Octoher, she went out, and soon, after returned .home with a something in her cloak. When she went home she said that she had beert taken in labour in the street, .and had been deli vered at a house in a court in Rosemary-lane, and she produced her child. She was put to bed, and continued in bed a month all but two days. She Cohabited with a sailor of the name of Swail ; and a day or two after her 'supposed delivery, Swail and she had a quarrel, and the man left the hOuse, upon which she jumped out of bed and ran bare-legged into the street after him, nor did she suffer any inconvenience front it. The girl - Gray alsb stated, that when she first saw the the cbilfi itAlid not appear to be like a new-born infant; but seemed from. its sprightliness to be above a month old, hot as.she was, not expel-kneed as a mother of children, she gave belief to the. assertions of - the_Ptisoner. Two other witnesses Who saw her go out on the morning of the 14th, described her dress exactly as the mother of the child described the, dress of the person who took. it away. The Prisoner hi her defence repeated nearly the, same thing she had before stated,. namely, that she carts hi Rosemary-lane when she was taken in labour ; that a• woman took. her .honte to. her lodging, in a court in Rosetna6t,lane ; thats,a Doctor was sent for,-and site was delivered of the child in question ; that the_y - put her into a coach, in which she was carries to the end of thigh court ; that she walked from the coach to the hone, where she met her mother, who put her to . bed :. She afterwards went to . join Swain at, his ship, as it was intended ahe should. go .abroad with hini. The mother confirmed the fact of her coining home in the manner described, bringing , the child with her. Neither the medical man nor any. other witness was called, who proved that she bad been actually delivered of a child. On this evidence the Jury found her thiilty. BIGAMY. Francis liodenham stood ind icted fur feloniously int?rmar rying with Eliza Keiitch, his former wife being then alive. — Verdict, Guilty. • TRIAL or Nor!': Last night Thomas Nutt w a put to the. Bar, .chargctt with having stolen a variety of .articha, the property of Jiihn lii shop. The evidence was prec:sely the same as that adduced at titaeili,:quitre, which. w.,s correctly reported., lie was foungGu,lay, awl the itvcottptut informed inns that he gas too ,lever a Itio to remain in :hi, country. POLICE .INTELLIGENCE. 11C)W-S - fltEET. Yesterday mining the Office was filled with a most motley group, resembling very much a scene of 'pirates on the stage, .consisting of Turks, Moms, Greeks, Indians, &c. forming the crew of the Turkish schooner Gelea, from , Smyroa,. and otherS of various coUntries, _excited io their at tendance from curiosity, to hear an investigation by - Mr. N.OlEs, of a dispute between Captain- 11A sana, a-Turk, the Captain of the Turkish schooner Gelea, and kis -crew, in the shape of a charge of misdemeanOur against the Captain, in violently assaulting andwounding John Ciragno, one of the seamen, conducted by Mr.-litta., the Attorney. The wituesses.producefl . were sworn according to their dif ferent religions, .without their shoes, &c. and according to the directions of the interpreters who attended for the pur pose. From their evidence it appeared,' that, in the month of November last, -the Turkish schooner Gelea was lying tween Dover and Stangate Creek, when John Cirag no was at work very hard'onlward of her; h e asked •--the co ok to- give him sonic bread; which being within hearing of the Captain, he called out to Ciragno to know, what toisiuess he had to give orders, and afterwards gave him a violent Wow with' a Turkish long pipe. Ciragno remonstrated against the. Captain's striking, hint, and asked the 'Captain - why he used him so ill ' for merely asking for some bread? The Captain replied to this, that he had better hold his tongue or he Would come to him and him, and appeared ina great passion; 'he pro ceeded to Ins cabin, and returned, in- a shrift time, armed with a sabre or a cutlass, and went. to Ciragno, .and aimed a violent blow at his head; but which was fended off 6y some of the crew, and the sabre or cutlass fell on his thigh, and inflicted a wound. The wound was afterwards dressed by the Surgeon of the vessel in the hold. The wound was not so -bad as to prevent him from working. Mr. AtLev attended for the Captain, and stated 't that this prosecution is' as only commenced against the Ca'etainin eon sequence of their being 'a disputebetween him and some otthe tress' for their wages, or it would not litve.been heard of, and in consequence several actions had' been brought by several of. the crew against the Captain. Mr. HILL, for the prosecution, stated, that -he bad several other charges to bring forward against the Captai'n, in con, sequence of Which the further proceeding wak postponed to a future day, sonic respectable persons_beconning responsible fur the appearance of the Captain. MARLBOROUGH-STILEET. - Mr. C—, who represented himself as 'an Attorney; lately from the North of England, was changed by a Gentleman of fortune, residing in Harley-street, with a forcible entry into his theelling-house under the following circumstances defendant, it appeared, fell desperately i 4 love with the daughter of, the prosecutor ; and although lie did not receive the slightest countenance from the lady, his pas,lion so unrestrained, that he forced by the father of his-adored in • the passage, and made his way up stairs. It turned out - that he had before got admission to the hou4 in a clandestine manner. The prisoner was ordered to find' hail. . RestiltiiecnoN M 11: N.—Robert Clark and .1. Griffitk were charged with assaulting one of th e St. Giles's watchmen uri Tuesday nipt. The prisoners were endeiiYouring to get in to St.. Giles s ChM - eh-yard, and . ocn - the watchman approaehing them, one of them struck him. The prisoners were commit ted in default of bail. .A solenin .service. is to be celebrated it all the Churches of France on the 21st instant, in 1:onour of tLe memory of Loves XVI. hag i& §'h iiiiiiii§ Ciiiiliii.iyiatiii. l" tP.TISRR PktrilcuLins.—About tit ttrier t. 'six yesterday fire was discove..ed the foot passedgeis in St. Paul's Chitreh-yard, who knocked vlolently . .for a sconsidc4.able ainie, but none of the family of Mr. 8100-s, in whose premises it broke ;int,' were made to hear. At length the door was forced, when the flames burst out with snch fury, as to .prevent any one front alarming the family up stairs, but which was at length done by the ringing of the bells, and" cry ink out " fire, fire !" Mrs. BIGGsj with an in.! fant in her arms, and a s.ervant-maidi got first out - of the house as they had arisen from. thrir beil.-- - So.rapid were the tiames.on this nufortunate oc casion, t hat nq other person except a seritit, witlf another of 'AIN. Bloc's's children, succeeded in get- Ling out by. the floor I the. rest ,took to Ale' roof of the house, and got away unhurt, among whoni. was an elderly woman, wifo was attending di a nurse on one of Mrs. BlGGs's lodgers, Whii, we. bear, made her escape by. getting from one roof to another. We have only. accounted for two out of Mrs. BIGGS'S six child en, rhe eldestOlwifoin, a son, was only nine years of age. ire wish vi , e could have stated that they had all been saved;but the eldest son above-mentioned, and . bi4 sister' between three and four years old, perished in the flames ;_ nor was it in the - power of any one to ,prevent it : they lodged, it appears, in a room' above their brothers, to which those who first got into the house could not reach, and to which the servants who escaped by. the roof durst not venture ; indeed, the situation of this family - will be better understood by stating, that, the fire was' not discovered nntit a quarter. past six,- and the house was down to the granthl before seven o'clock, The two other children of Mrs. Blo9s escaped,• no one can tell how, but ; they happily did escape, though one of them was not discovered until 11 - o'clock yesterday morning, in St. Grand. This, fire entirely consumed • the two' houses above-mentioned, and tilinaged the top Of the houSe f. 4 Mr. IlAtt to the right, and scorched, a little the house of Mr. - DefttAxn; the optician, ' to the left. To . atici td , theinisfortune to Mr. and Mrs. Blocs:, the former of whom is on a journey on business, not a sixpence of their stock in_ trade was insured. To the • credit of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, it onght to be inent ioneit 'that the Ladies were all day yesterday sending in ar tides of dress' for the children ; and yesterday ir w .evening a meetinas '4lelf.l at the instigatiOn . Messrs. PEARSAf;L:ByTLER, Date, KINDER, D.1.114,ETT, six' of the principal inhabitaiitf4- wheo it was resolved to bring forward a sub s e r ip-; • tiou for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs: :fandly, who have' not saved a farthing of their .property,, either in -stock; furniture, or wearing apparel. . Another fire broke ont on Tuesday evening. in thePremi-es of ALLEN and •Pst.i., druggists, in AlderSgate-street, which, by the timely arrival Of the eng,nies,-lwas got under, after doing COOSideT-.. Ale injury to the premises. On opening _one of the graves - in St. Peter's Church, in Chester, last week, the bOtly of a. young Wolllqll, which had been hnried upwards of 80 years, was found quite perfect : her long born tresses, and plcid,cotuntinance, prescuted most interesting spectacle. WC presume some antiseptic process must - linve been-had recourie to, previous to interment, and which has preserved the body for so great alength of tiinc.--(Chester Paper.) tin Saturday se'nnight, forty-four publicans, re ;Went in Wolverhampton, were convicted at the Public-office of having their quarts, pints, and half-.pints below the standard measure. In gene ral they hell about two-thirds of what they are 'required by law, and one tankardl'•not more than a table .spoonfUl over a pint—consequently the landlord cleared nearly cent. per Cent. iu additiou to his usual. profits. • COAL MARKET, JAN. 18. . • . Ships at Nlarket. Ships sold - Price. • 81 Newcastle i 05...... • .4SL 6(1. to 'sts. 841-.- . 4 22 ,Stiderland:.:.. e 2... '.12 ::Cinders , , .., 4) • • ' BIRTHS: On Friday 'morning, at tier residence in Berkeley -Squat, the Duebe;i of Newtastle, of a :son. • On the •Ifittt nit, at Mary le Boi, France, the Lady of Co:cr , MI Ross, of a son, still-horn. On, the 30th ult.' at Brighton, thetady of P. R. Lempricre, Es'y of a' daughter. M R. 41 'art Tuesday , last, .itt Green7kieli, Motor Ilarriott, of the 1 - lon..East India Company's Service., to Matilda, eldest (laugh' ter of the late T.' NOrriS, Esq. of Cifeenwieh; On the sth, Lieutenant -W. StopfOid, It. N. to Octavio, daugltter of the late Rec. William Mantle, of Sculeoates, near HAIL The same day, at kinsale, Ireland, Lieutenant-Colonel Hewitt, of the Portuguese Infantry, to Eliza, second daugla' ter of the late Richard Gillman,Esq. of lialidon. A few days since, the Rev. David Williams, of Sherburne+, to Miss Hawker, daughter o f th e l a t e Ed. Han - her, Esq. to the Royal Navy. - • -At Edinburgh, William Richardson Graham, jun. of Richardby, Cumheriand, to Miss Joan Crawtord Cuninghatno daughter ui the late Sir William Cuniughati Fairlie, Bart. DIED. - On Thursday morning, in the aid year of his age, Mr. Air. James Robins, of Great Russi.ll-sarcet, Illpoinsbury, sufferings, for the long space of 28 weeks, have been me ceasing, occasioned - by the - rupturing of a vessel on his iuu(`► and terminating in.a decline. lie bore his afflicting situation with a fortitode and resignation seldom equalled, and never' surpassed., • On Friday, at Salishnry, the Rev. Arthur Dodwell, Vicar ° I Bishop's-Canniugs, Wilts, Prebendary of St. David's, an d for nearly forty. years Perpetual Curate of the Parish of etas, Salisbury._ • 'Lately, Ilea? Lanchester, Mr. John Proud, formerly of Bari:: gate, aged 92. He was father to IC children, 13 of wlim." are still listing; and he had been married to his present 01 ' dote t t years. Lately, Rachel, wife of Soseph Williamson, Clerk of Ttioffr ton Church, Cheshir e , age d 7G years, an d mother of 49 Cl"'# dren. A few days ago, at Wolsingham, John GreeirWell, of 11 4 ; leyhope, blacksmith. 'He and 'his wife not living toggl, be , f when he took be was removrd . to hi s wil e , and sow' an' died. She i m pr u d en tly l a id hi m out w i t h out any assistan... and' buried him. A suspicion having aiiseii concerning death, the body was taken up but no marks of violen" appearing . , it bras again interred. ' . LONDON : ' Printed by J. 13. CARSTA Ny, 7 CPl O ' „ 1 , - , buildino; and publi s h e d by W. A. 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