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"and - 4:itated,.that he was indulged with a chair in the, dock, and twice fainted away, under the Ares. sure of his situation.- tS,•veral repeCtable neises appeared to his cliarafter for years past, and Amongst the rest, Serjeant GlYnne,• of the Third •Rffgiment of • Foot Guards, , who deposed that the ;Poisoner had been for above nine' years aprivate in that Regiment : that he had been with them in Holland ; was always'a good soldier, and bravely did his duty itt the Reid of battle; that though ,he still continued a private, his Command ing Officer bad given him leave to aft as Mill Ser. leant to the St. Septdchres Volunteers, to which 'Witness Act! as Serjeant-M.ijor;* that he h.d always considered him an honest MAN 'and the Re. girnent wovid.aga,in gladly receive him. The Pri. Boner Aso paid, that Lord Banbury had called on him' since his confir mem, and told him, that if in town he would atiend on I;is trial, and give hint ; which his Lordship had also de. dared to a - servant of Mr. Kirby, the late gaaler. Mr. Justice CUAINt art E summed up the evidence with great precision and impartiality, and the jury found the Prisoner Guilty" of stealing, but recum. mended him to the mercy of His M,tiesty. Robert Brown Prentice, alias . 7oblißrow , te, was next [tied upon a capital indiettnent for ,feloniously stealing, on the 17th of April last, a brown geld. ing, value t 51. the property of Mr. Chandler-; but on this indictment be was-4quilted. He was then tried upon -a second intlittnnent, for stealing, in the night between the 18111 ar4 rgth of lasr, black mare, and.a„che,snnt mare, the property o f Mr. Richard Edgar, Fdrmer, at Wrotham, in' Kent. Mr. Edgar proved the mares to have been stalest nn the night stated. In consequence of hair_ ing published some hand-bills, he found that they had both been .sold in a week afterwards by alter -I;att named George . Adking, a horse.dealer, - near Smithfield, London, to whom he applici, and who aliedged he had bought them of the Pri , sontr. ,Mr. Adkins appeared, and proved that- he had bought the mares as stated, together with a black horse, on the , 20th of May, fur 401„; and that he afterwards sold them to the person in whose cus. tody they were found, line for 171. and the other two for 251. ; that .he had known the Prisoner: for a year and an half, during which time he frequent_ Iy . sold horses in Smithfield ; that the Prisoner had repeatedly told him be was a farmer and hop. grower, and resided at a place called Chapel Farm, near Sittingboutne, in Kent ; that he was in the habit, of frequently buying horses in the country, to help to draw his teams to town, and afterwards. selling them in London without profit, as his other horses weri sufficient to draw back the empty wag. goes. The Prisorer informed the Witness, that he had bought the last three hotses in particular, from, some travellers whOM he did not know, at a plaCe called Barons, or Byefrance, in Kent. That Wit. ness, on understanding the. horses in question had' been stolen, got a Peace-Officer and took the Pri. Seiner into. Custody, and brought him to a Public. house in the City Road, where he desired him to deel,re' particularly, where and of whom he had got the hotse!e,mentioned in this case, That the prlsoner at firseliesitated, and then refused to give `aly answer, but attempted to run away,. in which attempt, t he Witness, in endeavouring-to seizehim, tore off the flap of his coat, but again pursued and apprehended him. Upon cross.esarnination, the Witness admitted, that tin stolen horses bad been traced to his Cu,. tidy, the whole of which, he said, he had bought of the Prisoner ; that he knew he was himself re, iponsible to the charge of the thefts, if he did not prove froM whom he had bought , them ; and that he understood there 'was a considerable reward for the convielion of a hotse..stealer. John Rea . and Thomas Maim', Police. Officers, proved their being present at the-examination of the Prisoner before the Magistrates ; and that the Prisoner had then declared, he bought the horses of the travellers before mentioned ; but that upon in. buiry being Made foe hits-residence at Chapel Farm, ittingbourne, no such person was known there, but that they traced his lodgings to the house of a tobacconist in St. Giles's, which they searched, and found nothing but a few Pawnbroker's Dupli cates; Mr. justice CHAMB RR summed up the evidence for the jory, who, after.a short consultation,' dcli. vered their verditi—Guilty—Deark. Prisoner was a smart, welt.looking young man, above the vulgar rank, aged 32. He bore his arraignment with the utmost sang froid, and went through his trial seeminly coliated, and with great fi jury came to deliberate upon the Evidence, when' his mind seemed torn with violent agitation and anxiety ; ,but on hearing the verdia,, he retired horn the Bar with apparent indifference. Gerll, a man of decent appearance, aged about , „ 3esy-was next tried, op a capital charge, stealingin ,a , •dwelling•house, Piccadilly;•-oo• the 3d of Septembwinstant, various articles of wearing apparel, value forty.two shillings, the 'property of William Cooper ; aid again, for stealing other articles of a similar kind, the property of George Thomas. • ' - Mrs. Cooper,. wife of the Prosecutor, deposed, that_ site kee;-i. the Three kings, in Piccadilly; that. the. Prisoner had lodged.there several nights early in the month of July last : he came there again on the of September, in. the evening; went up stairs unknown to the family, and •the Witness saw him come -down stairs with a bundle under - his arm, and go out at the baek.dooi, •and , she immediately gave the alarm, • Thomas Baker deposed, that being near the place, witil a friend, he heard the cry of ".Stop thief ;" paw the Prisoner running, and' • the bundle drop, from him.; he. instantly pursued. him and collared him, tripped up his heelP, and gave him into the custody clef the Peace Officers, ,by whom he was sent to the watch-house, Baron HOTHAM summed up the evidence, and the Jury found the Prisoner—Crary of Ibe rimplr '•/e, ON Tuesday : last a Lady, dressed in the most elegant style-, and affeeting the woman Of fashiOn, went into the shop of a jeweller'in Oxford,street, and 'being without a hat, she appeared as if just. stepped out of a carriage, which in faa . was the case; she asked to look at sane rings, and several were shiwn'to her.; presently a servant in. livery came in, and with his hat off, said aloud to her, "Sir Roativr is in the carriage, my Lady."-L-" Very well," she replied, " I wilf,be with him in a few minutes." She then paid for two r i n gs,' left Ole shop, and got into a post-chaise, which was stand i ing at the door, and . the servant followed 'her into the chaise, which immediately drove off; this latter circumstance somewhat surprised the jeweller, but, on his returning into his shop, he soon found other cause for surprise, for on examining his stock, he found, to his very great regret, that " her Lady. ship" had diminished it considerably, by taking five:rich diamond rings, and,several other articles of value, wisLch, in her hurry to attend Sir Rot; EAT, she had forgotten to pay for. Oescqption of the Blood. Hounds of Cuba, some of which were-carried to Jamaica, for the purpose of hunting down the Maroons when they :were in a state of Insurreftion, and who were induced to sub. mit, in consequence of the terror excifed amongst them by the introduction of this novel species Warriors. (From DATas's History of the 'Maroons.) " The dogs carried out by the Chasseurs del Rey are perfectly broken in , that is to , say, they will not kill the objed they pursue, •unless resisted. On coming up with a fugitive, they bark at. him till he stops, they then couch near him, terrifying him with a ferocious growling if he stirs. In this position they continue barking, to give notice to the chassruta, who come up and secure their saner. Each. chasseur, though he can hunt only with twca dogs properly, is obliged to !laie three, which he maintains at his own cost, and that at no small cxpence. These people live with their dogs, from which they are' inseparable. At home the dogs are_ kept chained, and, when walking. with their masters, are never, unmuzzled, or let out of 1 ropes, but for the attack. They are constantly ac. companied once or..Jvvo small clop, called finders, whose scent is - very.keen, and always sure of hitting off a track. .1./lgs . and bitches hunt equally well, andssthe. chaiseurs, rear' no Inure than will supply the number ~required. This breed of Jogs, indeed, is not to' pro s lific as the eoinmon kinds, "though intioitely'strunger and hardier. The animal is the size of a very large hound, with ears erect, which arc usually. cropped at the pdints ; the nose more pointed, but wideniog very much towa r ds the after-par t of t h e jaw. (it s coat, or skin, is much. harder than that of most dogs, and , so must be the whole strudure of the body, as the severe beatings he undergoes In training would kill any other species of dog. There are some , but not many, of a M ore 'obtuse nose, and which are rather squarer' set. , These, it may he presumed, have been crossed by the mastiff; but if by this the bulk has been.a little increased, it has added nothing to the strengih, height, beauty, or agility, of the. native breed. " 'The chasseur has no other weapon th an a l ong straight antrichet, or couteau, longer than a dra. goon's sword, and twice as thick, sumethinglike a flat, iron bar, sharpened at the lower end; of which . about eighteen inches are as sharp as a razor. The point is not unlike . the old Rtrinan sword. The steel of them is.excellent,'.and made at Guanahacoa, about three miles frOm the Havanna.. . The fuddle of the muschet is without a guard, but scolloped to admit the fingers and suit the grasp. These men are under an officer of high. rank; the Alcade vinciale, and receive a good pay from the Govern._ mem, besides private rewards for patticular and ex. trAordinary services. They arc a very hardy, brave, and desperate set of people, scrupulously honest, and" remarkably faithful. C I The a'aivity of the chasseurs no negro on earth can elude ; and such is their temperance, that with few ounces of salt for each, they can. sopport temselves for - whole months on the vegetable and far in..eious food affurdeci by the woods.:. They drink nothing stronger than water, with which, s di.tance . frowsprings, th e y are cop i ously supplie d by the wild pine, by the black and grape withes, which are about two inches in diameter, and .the roots (tithe cotton-tree. Of the last, six feet junk. : ed off the smaller part of the root, where it , tapers to the thickness of a man's thigh,,will yield,several gallons of water., In the greateit dtought. these resources geld= fail. For the wild pine they are obliged to climb trees; bin that they do• almost with the.veiocity -of a monkey. TMi plant takes root, On the body of a tree, and the leaves of it are so formed as to catch the rain, and contuft. it to a reservoir at the base, where, being ! never. exposed to the, stm, it is found delightfully fresh and cool. But the easiest method of obtaining water in the woods, and with less delay on a March, is from the black andsgrape wither it is done, with .greater ex. pedition than drinking ail spring; The chassetir , ;catches a pendent withe, w hi c h, w i t h hi s musc h er, he divides about two feet from the ground, and ap. plies the end ofthe white, as it hangs, to his mouth, Of to , his dOg's, who kijicates his thirst: he' then cuts the withe off, alulksix feet higher, keepi'ng the upper endllevated, when the air beio&adtpit. ted above,. he receives through the porous fibres of it near,a quart of delightful cold water. With re. sped to animal food, if any of them happen to de. sire it, they find no difficulty,in obtaining it. The little finder, if set on, but nut otherwise, will soon bay. one of the wild hogs with which the 'woods abound ; the animal, retreating for sheltor to the trunk of a tree,. is immediately transfixed . with a lance.. The men cure as much of the'fiesh as they think they will, have occasion far, by scoring it in ternally to the skin, sprinkling 'it with salt, and 'smoking it; over .the smoke they thrOw some aro. [natio leaves, Which Out only add ro its flavour, but assist in preserving , it. The meat thus cured will :keep for, months, and is esteemed a very great dainty by the most refined epicures. rlt is, in lid, the jirked hog, ,already mentioned in the account of the maroon,nnocle of life. The part of the hog 'not preserved is given. to the dogs. The pursuit of the game is.entircly ;he pros ince of the finder; the lisiger dogs, from their training, would pass a hog without without notice; were one of thein to hark at a hog he would be ,severely punished. The chasseurs 'beat their dogs.-most unme r cif u lly-, us in g t h e fl at - sides of their heavy muschets." . O‘prod. the Private belonging to the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, who was tried several times for re_ pealed desertions and .other improper condal, and sentenced to he shot, has , received Hts 11 1 1/..mirras most gracious pardon, upou..co'ndirion-or fits being itaivipoited for life to New South Wales. The dwelling.houre of W. P. STANYARN, Esq, Upper Harley:street, was entered. by four villains on Tuesday night, the-last of whom- was observed to enter the first fliot window, by the watchman, who give tl,e alum, and one of them was secured., The other three decamped tvithour their boots', -; rya LC • OF•PI t POW.. PR ET. IV'. COll S • .quence of a riot that took pl ice on SUlltlAy after. noon, at St. Giles's, respettipg . the apprellensionOt some deserters, •and in which C.ipt. SHAW, 1/I . le 2 3(1 Fusileers , and some other • persbns, - were much hurt, warrants were issued by. Paw ARID, El. to search three houses in St. Giles's, suTeaed ut harbouring deserters, and which were put in exe; cutiori early'yesterd,ty- morning, when upwards of io persnns were taken into cUitody, and ex unined at Bdii.itreet, before the abo%;e Magistrate a nd . ED: WARD REID, E.g. Several other 'persois tt ere, identified as bein g alive i n the riot, and diet were committed, to prison for trial at the present Sessions. Two being swoin to as deserters, *ere , Committed to the Savoy. IS44.4IIQROUCH-sTRi two . youni men, Clerks in a house of respettability were tharged With breaking the peace. tinder the lOwing circumstance. They had 'emiinotited -fthe Lady's bressing.maid, and severally. and 1 . 11 c• cesidully paid their addresses to her. The yowl' woman was partial to bkh, and received their F ru *mations alike, until a jesloosy arose, and it ,t'at determined on, in her presence, that the victor, in a 4ghlt, should be the 'fortunate hero.--=They 'coifed to Hyde Park on'Mondly afteinnon for that pur pose, and aim' fighting in the Lanca,hira ttylcs chip fly un'ilie ground; for half,ati hour, during which time. they had marked each tither' wi!h ~'me stvere-kicks l they were taken into cibtody at the interference of their empl . , yer. They wer e held in sureties ttikeei) the peace. INSOLVENT DE sToß*.—i - he only case Of a r e ! . • son.ramanded at Clerkenweit Sessions, on Wed"c s ' day,- worthy notice was, that of a man c ot.fined ire New gate' under an action commenced against him , some time since, by a young woman in. the serda many years of a respeetable faMily at Hampic"; ll for a malicious defamation of her chatatl.w for t ' i te n purpose of preventing her. settling in marrhg e which he was convicted in damages and costs,o,,. Att:Er,' the Counsel fur the Plaint iff opposed his release under the 39th Clause o f the AZI, which expressly precludes malicious culprits from any benefit under the same; and the Magi strates having with a laudable attention fully•IFII; vestigated the Record and procee din g s of the aftio • miller which he w as committed, were Unani:(ll°Usi of opinio n , t h at h e was' . expressly 'excludedfr om an rrlief under the intelvent At:t. res A ult c , ir o c eeTr t r:il l6ei t ' i 6' ;i f s a tl .%; a a y i . i fo a'-- rt i- n s fil si Tr 6 . u-511 A at.Vuroeluinnteiellir Corps returning from the place where they ee had b" exercising, a coachman, bf the na m e of Biggst wial bl i alou c g : td.o ii n, d a e t rable degree of insolence and audacity', 'and . ridiculed one Of the Soldiers, who , irritated at such an insult offered tO him while under arms,' seized his musketi and. struck Biggs a violen t There itsghlelittilstoleredfiroeaautdkv_.itc:T,tht.,:ct.hautltiftohretu, fietawtercinma:nlaivr; 'platted till 'Wednesday, When he died. 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Rank Stork, shut Navy s per Cell . 921 5 per Om. 79',. soul riAl s per Cent. Oita 4 per Cent. shut per Cent. Red. shut 3 o e Cent Con 571-14 . 4, Martlet-court, 10W.:itrec . 0 ; and publlthed I m Amt4ll.:lllß SCRIPPS, ( of South Mc,iton.st GrOSiCO squarcJe rect., LONDON ; Printeti by RI CH Aft 1 - 1 AR RI S• (of No. r • Strand ; where 4 ftelti, 401 , ~c.e.t:tei:s 4)r the Editor, &c, (poit-paid), must be eve rtrte At tine SuN.OFF ICI, No. I I:, •• • 'Dote, tit. )(Ole" Arrived—the William and Mary, Jones, and 1101,e!nougn ; Taws, front Shoreham ; Charles, King, from ‘ 7°l iico n " Olive Lun c h. Gilbe r t, trorn London ; El iza beth, Noo from Sunderland ; and Love and Unity, inner, to ° d i t o pc, Sailed—the Aalve, SpurrieG a l l wid 14 ' Veal,, for Portsmouth; George, Rees, for London 1 tegrity, Burk, tor Guernsey. • GRAVESEND, SEPT. 12. et .rp• Passed . by—the Levant, Dryden frotii`Gibraltar; I.ci ter, Bo w yer, from GallipOley I" . iyir Sisters, 11(..A1,ijor, Twe Gesusters„ Bardon, front 'Norden ; Vrow : rot trout, PuppenbutO ; Concordia, PL'tc r '? i i i ,'VriAY lonnitigen,.; Toby, Boyer, Willrelmina, Clayton, Martha,Denison, 'rota Lean't Colurnbutt, Wallnt.o, 13Nmen ; Fortuna, Halloo, Vrow Fella, Jacobs, I 'loot Nl,tyQrs, Hollnuti, 0», Nl.tgdaletta , llylOrrsr, Two Dirks, :aid Yoong fn rieltv Orvtrig, from Linbden. • ' tioar ailed-,tile Alexander,. fay New-York , schalt, Moritz, and V row Anna', De Vreis, for E 10( M4RR IA U. . daub sin O g n ie T to t n ie , sd i ! s y n t . h t e o x t t h ict e ta H lt ,;n at clillaaroiyii-nlce-buort...,Cnthurcli. isftlo the , Dowagcr. L tily.Templ,!town. • ~ k i Wii". On Svi,eay,the 2.6 th Wt. at iiungarford, dories, "- r.- iiiitc Ham I..or,Ohttre, 'to Al i,,s Louisa Scatainellt a i il4: ' • • plate. . f Vi..s # „. • ~, : v cri (an ThurAay, at Clapham., IN iiii4m riarris, ....4' I.l ' trius , tertu - d, to Miss Elisabeth, V1, 7 ,t; l e, daughter of M: 4 r tin c ' Es• Cornmiss46 of I . Accounts, itc. &a. tec. . _..... ___---- Da& . . ;„...... tit On Tuesday last, at Southend, %Otero ho went 1:)r t. _ iii i petit. Or his.heal th , loin] 1 hbetson, ,E,441• tnan) ycl . ' ''''' ~ Secret/or to the Admiralt.y. Lately, at I savannah, Mr. James WOthothad,. lard 4 11 ''' verpool. . . ‘A 1 1 ' P . .. ill I ° 4bflary 12St, at Madras. Mr. ChariCi VWtry- vi i . 004140 n a William Finals Finch, Esq. lot :11"...;_, PRICE OF S lOC visrp Rt!nv. ank T.. Ann. shcit 1) 1 1to Slt.rt A. n. *a B xt;liopici (411,.itivi, 6-'4 pr. I dtpa ,s; 3 pk.i lltito Attn. Cohs t , r .16th t).l.:::Lee„,l'lr' CAPT. DANCE AND CAPT. WILSON. The splendid a& ion of Captain bwr•c E has, in the annals of Great Britain, something like a paral. lel in the gallant exploit of Commodore ArtrtLoil, in 1757. • In the beginning 4 the year 1757, Captain Wit,. lox, / who was then at Fort St. George, was ordered to proceed to England, as Commanding Officer,• with the East India Ships, then ready to sail. From the period of theirdeparture nothing mate. rial happened, until they had got into the latitude of 35. 4. south, and 6.'30. to the east of the Cape ,of Good Hope, when, op the 9th of March, Capt. WILSON, in the Supa, supported by the Hon. Captain WALPOLit t of the Houghioni and Captain HUTCHINSON, of the Godolphin, the .only .Ships then in company, had the courage to encounter, and the good fortune to beat off the Compt de la Chaise French Ship of the Line, of 7+ guns, with the Sy/pkyde Frigate, of z 6 guns. The following is a copy of Captain . Wtt.totes Letter, giving an account of the engagement , -- (See Be-ation's History of the• War; and other au. thOrities) : rr Sufotki March' I 1757, at Sea. " On the 3;11, in latitude 55. 4. south, and 6, 30. to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, in company with the Houghton, cotntnanded by the Hon. RICHARD WALPOLE, and the Godolphin, Captain HUTCHINSON, 61W tWO sail, who gave ua chase, and: coming up With us in the night, kept on our weather beattiS till morning. " Being suspicious of a War, ,we made ready to engage At the dawn of day we hauled up our courses, took up our topgallant sails, and stowed our stay-sails. 11 Being Commanding Officer,, I hoisted the broad pendant, and made. the signal for the kine of battle a,head, which was presently formed, and . we lay to to; receive them. As the day . broke we could perceive the Ships robe French, the:largest, being a: t wo.(,(ecker, with fourteen ports in the lower tier, and the other a Frigate of 216 guns._ They bore doWn upon us, and, before they came. With: ri gun. ibot, hoisted their coloUrs. The - 74. gun Ship fired a shot at us, which I immediately returned ; but both falling short, desisted, firing until we were ,nearer each other, when a. general firing began, an our kith:. They hauled; .up to the coastward to bring their broadsides to bear, and beg an also. " The attack was short, for as our heath lay. dif. ferent .ways, we were soon out of the bearings of each other's guns. All*our Ships received some shots, and the great Ship's main.top-sail, being brought' down, they made sail to the westward ; on which we wore, and making 'sail after them, soon came up, tot considerably nearer, and brought our larboard guns to bear. A warm engagement ensued far about half an hour, when. the French Ship , hoisting her . maintop-s:,il, they made sail from us. We irimiediately crowded after them, but they went fast from us. Being out of gunshot, they spoke with each other, and soon tacked. There being little wind, they fell much to leeivard before they could bring their Ships to, when they set all their sail, and we hauled up Our courses to receive them. 41 They came much nearer than before, and a very smart engagement was maintained on both sides, until they once mote made sail from us. When they went out of, the bearings of our guns, we set all our sail, making a show - of standing. for their wakes;: but as they continued their course to the eastward, we shaped, ours to the westward, and lost sight of each billet in about six hours." Captain WILSON, like CaPtain DANCI, offered his enemy battle,. 18 if lie chose--to come down :" rwken be At come, he attacked him with the same intrepid spirit,'etigagod' hitt' With' the same-fortime, nor quitted him until that enemy, in - the Line of Elide Ship which he elmmanded, together with his aid, flew from a laden English East Initliaman. DANCII engaged and chased the French Flag Ship: Captain WILSON engaged and chased the opponent of ta.,llritish Flag Ship, on the 3d of August, ;753*. . Both Nicer* received the, thanks of the Hon. the I,ast India Company, and handsome acknow, le4gments in testimony of each extr.4urdipary set. it IV. In 1758, for the better protection of the trade, Captain WiLsoN was peomoted to the command of the Pitt, of so guns,. and by a si!ecial commission entitled, Connuodote and Commander of all Ships and Vessels in the service of the English East India Company." This distinguished chaWier died, and was buried' at Ayton, Cleveland, in Yorkshire, on the 17th of June, 1795, aged So. * The -Compte de Province, reckoned ono of the finest ships in Monsieur d'Aihe's Fleet, N':is the. ship o p pose d o n this occasion to the Yrinuutli, carrying the thig ut Pueoke.