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NAVAL. NEWS. )I,YMOUTO, DUI. 5 stated yestertlay the vat Of the Diana frigate from the coast of France, which the following particulars of a most ck 'sing occurrence ate said to have been received, truth of which we cannot vouch for; but give the information of the public. clew days since, the Diana frigate, In company h theGrow/er gun-brig,were crui zing on the ene s Coasts when a French brig was discovered at anchor in, shore, but whether a vesel,of force not, We cannot determine ; however, it was Iced Prthicable to cut her out ; accordingly Is Were detached from each ship to carry it into ration, Which was etreaed, but whether ,with "'dont loss we are unacquainted.. A prize. ' ter (midshipman),quarter-master, and a steward, tent from the Diana Co conduit her to. this 1 ; b ut whether any more we cannot sar; how.: t, there were then -on board the prize five [or -•original crew, viz. two men of colour, Portuguese, and an American. or an Irish 1' Shortly after, they lost sight of the- Cap vessels, when, 'it is said,. that - part of the crew ° 4 board rose on those sent from the frigate, moit de‘perate and fatal confiiii ensued, 41 ended in the death of the midshipman, (par- Niter, and steward, who after being murdered. t hrown overboard by these inhuman mon °. The victors .bore away for . a French port, 'ing there to find proteaion, but they were again 'vered by the Diana, which 'ship again came a nd retook her prize, atter a resistance, during ieh ► it is said, three more of the Diana's crew . re 'lain. • krr . wed the Rhin frigate from a eruize ; the Swift, and Riga Merchant, WILSON,. from Sun a" Mimes, and the es, ROVIE, from Wales. sailed the Acasta. frigate, witib.a small convoy for "mouth ; and the' Gleaner hired armed • ketch, Gu ernsey and Jersey. • ll ' liter lett er fr o m Plymouth gives t he following uhtB of the above horrid transaaion i e Mona frigate has arrived ' at Plymouth from tr 4 , 4iz e off Brest. On Tuesday, the tgth of No -, hlsf, they took a French br i g , b y cuttin g r • ° l3 - " They took out the Fr enchmen who were. 11 , 1sa rd her, and also Mr. A,ndrews, MaAer's - Quarter-master natuad Bolen, Mr. Wins idt 'daptsin's-ste ward, four , sea r n en of the Diana, 470 belonging to the Growler, and sent her (or 7, I h. Au, r they Were out of sight of the fri '`Wo black fellows who were on board, joined f!v() men stiou'from the Growler (who were Fit:rt in our - service) MSC upon the and. Andrews, the Master's-Male, by thrust r, through his skull.' They then called ct the Qua' ter , rnaster, up. from his sleep, e " him if he wonid join with them.? and on anew tack b . "lag in -the negative, one of the Blacks th, ' l4l on the head with an axe, and killed him 4 0 1 - i vi 'l l°t • They alterwards went below anti ttri,m7ie ;. Winsland, the Steward,, as he lay in his and threw the three bodies overboard. orn other two men belonging to the Diana, were Pelled t o assist t h eme i n working the ship , in iuEng t 0 take her into Brest, bat the wind being could not e ff ect their purpose ; and aftec -four da)s posses,ton of the brig, the Ap anr. bitata again tell in with them, took out 4, 4 m ost atrocious murderers, an d put others un„ her. The wretches have arrived at Pl y mouth' ht th two Munn, to be .tried by a Co urt-Martial, and ) nicewhom they compelled to assist, are to tv i , e nce against them. The captur2d, brig has Yet arrived. • 4. ""tiTu , D4c. 6.—Azrived his Ma j esty ' s 4 calla fio m Plymouth; Hyacinth and Argo kill 4 1 1431 t 3 and ate both under quarant ine. his I \ l . l jesty's ships Voyteur, North Star, and: , ;li e 1 44 ' 4, on a ; Vengeur for Plymouth; a nd ari r 4l Be to see a Prussian .vessel into Cher 41'0. N , ' 4 u B c. 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Pao li iol.,r Port smouth. t rjvcdt he ellphea, HinTow, from Lisbon. i.. out wald-bouud vessols remain. tQn 4L140 PP u tti. Asc. 4.—The Nocton, and Dili/iv- lacketsaCe put back. Zil itil ,, l4"7ll ; DEC. 6.--gailed MajeslY's ship s "'“raprion and Duitirf tor the Down s ; w ith . Sarpedon, f or s..convey, for the N ore pithead lfixen, with a:ouvoy! and the Blazer train the Nur . 'l.l 4kw "in -ic k) Nov.' 6.=-The Alexandria arri ved t!,, tl a' cruize, t ow i ng i n a ship of 400 tons b3r iliie; c° mpletely denuded of her masts and rigging; it em were.. f oun d d e ad on deck, one of wh om liit n rs atthed to. a tart o f thc s 4el ' With some g°l, . . no pape copld be. discovered by Ili" rat ts - rigs people that ascotained the propet:ty,: , ve 's (lS, smashed into a alis - s ha P el Y aPPetd", kevtr i , nave been drifted on the Western coast, and 6, 41 ' • l -Yeas • tress pass ed recen tly to the 3 d u warri. • r th, uesday last, between eight and nine o'clock of 'naming, the remains of CAROLINM, Duchess y ouli 411111 °Rovnti, were deposited in the family 4 1 ' , unti er the Chapel at Blenheim. The Itinerat liste ri -uth io-ted ptivate a manner as was . con l;ttish t 111 M 111 tits attention due her Gr.lce Chain: L 'lttl e tt' an ic• Thu aiquis of. BLANtwoRD and:: : - "`Ncla SPEINCHR, her Gr'ace's two surviviN s as ..3e " d al Chief Monrners an-this melancholy t un. .0 iv, i‘ ti OM. trlion THE 11AVAi:NAii dAzaTtal . i 4 O THB PUBLIC. " Mexico, Aug, 3 . T' vas fdpeatecili i nformed list night, that a corNiincOvasitci fake' place this clay in this Ca pital.; l'iipmediately communicated, this intelli g,ence taitie Junta of robliC Safety, whiCh, with its accustomed zeal and gli - Vity, iMMediately dis covered the' math of this inquiteus. plift. The principal obje& was, to seiie my petson, thereby to unjoint the Govermendtent, and lotrocipeeianarchy and discord the greatest of ail public evils with which the wretches int4nd to satiate their vile passions —My :constant attention I.)r the tranquility of this Capital, the felicity of which I have so mach at heart,, prompted me to toke those Measures of precanticio which the public have witnessed ; and 1 had the saiistaaion and joy to'see t ha t t h e valiant troops and of .the inhabitants of this noble city, 'are as Much attached to my person - as they are faithlid to ih . eir King, The princip.ll persons concerned in this ini quitous ,plot haw.: heu!n dkcovered and arrested; and the police is with the greatest aciivity endeavour ing to secure the rest 01 the conspirators, who will be immediately punished with that rigour which the law direas. This was the object of the mea sures of preCaution taken this day; and I hope the final result will be the res.tolin'of tranquility to i he faithful inhabitants of this Capital, to which they are so highly entitled, and expelling from its bosom those corrupt members who contaminated them, by their vices and detestable' designs. (Signed) " FHANOSCO YLNEGAS. " Mexico, August 3, 11311. , " Manuel Vehisquei du Leon." • THE VICEROY VICEROY TO THE INHABITANTS OF THIS,CAP I FAL, • " MexICANs!—I have - already informed you on the ad instant, of my, objet in .the measures of pre- Caution taken on that day, by the Jont.a of Public Safety.. • .Novti itsten'for.a moment Jo the voice of your chief and best friend. " You - are all entitled to my irffeElion and cons'. deration, for your unchangeable 'loyalty. In vain did a few wretches, pro3tituting their talents, 'and relying on that docil.ity ancisitnplicit) which charac tetises the greater part pt . you, attempt to seduce yon. At first, they told you I was sent here to deliver this beautiful kingdom to the French. ' You know the falsity and calumny of this report, and by the war of extermination waged against our enemies in SPaio,f,th,ey themselves' dared not speak any more about e this imposition." TfieYirnplicated at the same time in this affair, another Power, •the sworn enemy of the forme!; ithoet,afteeding to the absurdity of the contradie„ tide. 'They were likewise' convinced'that I did not accept or receive any foreign asseitaece. They' saw, that with the valiant troops of this kingdom feared . nobody ; they then changed their course and cried out for independence, , without understanding . its true. meaning.. , For if they pretend that we shall" all depend on the legitimate authorities, this is Al*-: ready done. This kingdom solely depends Mt the National Government, which istompoled in a great part of the Deputies elected to'represent this kiwi:. dom. The rights of all its inhtbieolts and those of thereat of Spain are the salve, and there can 'be no greater political indepeedence and equality. — Bet the object of those seditious persons ,was to se parate themselves from the obvert ante at the laws and their religion, subltitkeing in their place mei'• der, plunder, .and ottier crimes which those prOhi bit. .You have witnessed this, and are too just and tiro well informed not to 31)010413re ii. I have en deavoured to reduce them to reason, by using the most mild means, but without effect. Each victory kfrothe, many obtained by the Kiog's erms was rello*mi . by. a gen - eta', parden, which the 'greater part ill them would, not accept, not elithstanding that it to those who were at the head of t h e Rerolt\tion ; but they obstinately . despised it, and it seisms it is Gees pleasure they should. lose their lives on a scaffold. ~ 1-7rdly one example of justice has been made, niewithstanding.that the prisous of this eepital were fitled- with rebels, who had taken up aims ag4test their country;--because L. knecv the, imputency of their elfbrts. I attributed their temerity to seduc tion and madness, and I wished to spare their blood, ttivsArne, as if they had been my.own soldiers. liar these t o nsideratioes, in which I. had no ether &Ilea inview but the welfare of these Wretches, teyilnthless' was repaid by their adherents with the bleekksi ingratitude. , The conspiracy they Itetched up the end of last April was ; dhicoiered, and was similar to the present one, According, to the confes sums of several of the criminals who haye disclosed the whsle Plot. I still persuaded myself I hey %yenta have'desisted from inch infamous and wild schemes but to the' meanwhtte , they framed. and invented another ;' this will be the: last (wee, as they will now remain coMpletely.disabled. e! Mexicans ! all these . intrigues were direfied against you. The first effeas would have bean the . shedding of your innocent blood. Fortunately you are unac quainted with the horrid and-dreadful con sequences of art inserreet ion, mid I shall refrain from picturing to -your iinagioetion thine hOrrors, trot to afflict you with the: idea 'of such misfortunes. It is not just that you should be the least exposed to endure so.,eruel a fate. To me it beiongs,then to avoid it. I se e painted in your agitated counte . Dances the indignation which these detestable wretches, and their atrocious crimes, excite in your breasts. You call 'out for justice, and, notwithe Standing that my pious heart averse, in a certain , 'retiailer, to this severe, but 'necessary measure, still l'lealanot deny it you. Jettice shall this day be 'eine, and the laws shall be. executed with that firm ''dess:aUcl proMptriess.which. you desire. These info. motis wretches shall not , be confounded with the virtuous and inclfic people of this city, who are attached ,to their Iteligion, their King, and their Country. , 1 , 1: shall root them 'out; that you may enjoy that trAnquility you are entitled to, and which you have a right to expeft from me I shall punish them, that they may serve a'rnereorable example and warn- to posterity, and to all those who in th e ir h ear t s 'should contemplate equal crimes:: ln ahort;,l shall orepay, ih a proper manner, the unbounded regard. rwhich you haVe uonstently, and on all occ,asious, ..manifested for. me; as al3O the confidence Tot; VPri;e me For my vigilance and paternal solici tude towards tho;e unfortunate persons, who, ow ing to tlieVpOverty, live unknown in the remote quarters of the city. After seeing them disposed and r s atly. to present their naked breast's against the attacks of the rebels, who they thought were ap: proaching the city, render their' still more worthy of my consideration. [need not say mire, I can. not do too much for them. But they have given 'a greater proof of their refined patriotism, by could buting to the disdoVery of a conspiracy franied by persons, who, by their talenti and inforttiation, knew the horrid consequences resulting therefrom, and which they bboulcl have dove every_ thing in their power to avoid: " Continue then 'Arm in your 'honourable „senti ments, and in those of reciprocal and Internal har mony, by which yoU are so intimately united, -and you will soon see extirpated all your enemies, both external'and internal, who shoOld attempt •to inter; rupt your peace and tranquility. (Signed) " Fit*Nctsco VeNe,.lns. " hinao, Aug. 6, tBtt,.• " Manuel Velasques de Leon." OLD BAILEY. . . . • , ' . . DEcomzer. •G. - Elizateilt Russell, .alias Iluxton, was tried on aft indiamerli charging her with, stealing et!itain iiiti cies' of wearing apparel, the .property of Lairs Dcilew. ' . , _ . Mr. 1301. LAND having stated that the priioner had stolen the child of the prosect.yor, and exphined.the motive for charging,het with stealing the clothes ra tber than with stealing the child, he proceeded. to. call h s ~iti, s es, e s to prove the 14 4 . Mrs. COX was first called. 41}e0t.poscd that she lived in St. Martit..'s-laue, Cannon street. She was actrainted with, James .Dellew :and his wito; the (orm-. , r is tr, Warehouseman, in the city. On Mnu da), the of November, Mrs. Dellew being ill, sent her little son, Thomas Dellew,:a.child d►rge ye4rs of age, and firs sister, five years of sge, to sxit pess, to be taken care of. In. the • cour,o of that morning a lady came into the shop, to purchase some apples, and witness at that time . having the. little boy in her arms, she put him dowry, and pro ceeded la serve her customer. The lady seemed to - - take part icolar notice of the children, and gave them some of the apples she had bought. At that trio mem a young woman came in to purchase potatoes, and after her came another person to make some other purchase. waving served these persons, wit ness for the first time mimed the 'lady and the two children. She immediately went out in search of. theta, and after some time Mal saw the letle girl running down the street, .wi!h an apple one hand and a small 'plumb cake in the other. The child. told het% that she had been with the lady, who told her 'to go . hew, and seid she would take her bro ther t 9 his mother; The little boy wits dressed in ; a light.coloured frock, a bliele.skirt; blee piobefore, and a,pair ot lePt her half-boots. Witness, eitholigh she had a pertect recollection that the lady. was sery genteelly, dressed, could not remembet the colour of • her garments, nor could she recogoize her person. Mary Bignell, deposed, that she lived at INlrs. Slate's, pastry-cook's shop, on Fish-street hill. On Monday, the 18th of NOvetilber, I.llo,priSinip,r came into her miatreis'e shop, dressed in.a blue cloth cloak' trimnsed with fur, a straw hat with a blue flower, a dark eolourie4.gown, and a ~white apron ; shs was, accompanie4 by a little boy dressed as described by: the' last witness, and,a, little girl. The sister of he little boy was then put forward, and witness ,rocoguized her to be the same child that aeeompanied thu reisoner. She putehesed two phubb and two seed cakes, and then went ont of the shop with the children. Inquiries were made in'five minutes efiertvards, when witness give all the information site could on the subject. Miss Slate coreoborated the testimony. of the last witness: Antic Wakefield deposed, that she lived ~at Messrs. Payton and. Cd.'s, hatters, on Fish.street. hill. Oa the .i Bth of November a lady came into her master's shop; she was dressed in a blue .eloak tilt - tuned with fur, .and wore a . straw hat and a blue flower, hut shecuuld not recollect her person. She had a littlejtpy' h her. who wore to hlue pinhefore, She, eat the child on ille. counter, and asked for a hat of . .. the value of half-a- i guinea, Anti,on g.etting,it she asked fOr a feather, whiCh eitoes bronehrher. Witpesi then asked her if she 'should set it In, but she said, no, as she was in . t great hurry she then paid eleven shillings and went out. Witness as ptesent at Union-Hail when the . ittle girl; the sist e r pf the child stolen, poiteed out the prisnee; ( (G m 'amongst other -ladies, as the person who had ad o her to the pastry-cook's j shop,..and had taken her 'brother away. Thisves eight days afterwards; John Shergold 44osed, that he was A labourer in the Service of the East India Company, alid)n;(;),e of the Child Stolen . .., He wag distrthating hills. tor. there daya:before received any tidingie He then ici:etved such informatem AS induced him to o to the lodiing of the prisoner, in Trafalgar place,' Lock's-fields; be wag accompanied .by two officers. Ott arriving at the house, he was .told she wa.s net at home ; the landlady however promised to send for tier, whieli site did. Here it appeared, teen the testimony of the witness as ta titb:eonversAtion . he had with , we prisoner, that she was, a woman of loose .charatter.—He first saw her in the 'front room in thesecond .floor, but Out seeing any thing; there:which could lead to a dikovery of his nephew,. , he persuaded her to take him into a back room, which he also shrverecl with a scrutinizing eye, but was still ,unable tog tin any trace of what lie so , much desired. He then asked. her to put.on .her cloak, with a view to see .whether it tallied with the description be had heard frOm,,the pastry-cook's shop ; hut she refused, and proposed mekieg hint a comfortable cup of tee,' as she supposed he was going to stop, all night with her. Atter wine further eett. versatility be called, up, Goff, one of the ,odicers who had accompanied hint, and at once toid ; the priso n e. the iribjeei of his visit, namely, to search for his riepheW, who had beetystolem She, seemed. retch hula, and asked 'how he hedsobtained any direetioo to her.. _Witness then told her that he bad been in 'ormed by a Gentleman who. had lost - a 611141, but had found it again, that it was stolen by a tieotp. who wore a blue cloak; and leathers inkier hat: The prisoner . then said she.bad no such clothes, and offered to ACV her werdrhhe to witness. Witness, iefused"to see them, and said, if, she was an inno. . 041 4 ffigsp she w ould hayen! elajettion tepee the servant ot the pastry•cook, where the . Jay Ac-hl-) bad stolen the child had purchased some cakes. The • prisoner declared herself perfetily-r.s illingAtty ee al ly one. Witness then sent for Mary Bag-e1.1,' o re- cognlzed the prisoner as the lady who hart purchased the cakes for the children. Witi,ess next propo,ed drat she shoald accoMpasiyAthirr to liter natter's .o.s. Fish-street- hill,•tO which tie 'fdsci,ave,d. Oil their 'way, the prisoner ntiessioned, him . closely as to Coe mode of his discovering her. Witness then-told her :hat he lord heard she was acewicd of taking a before. She confessed she had, but at she had 1 44 1 the Mothitr's perthission, Witness ihen, aslad her if sb‘• had permission to haVe the cliiid,' why ...he beit it? She contcs4ed she had stripped it, bot not to hurt it. "By this time they i d arr , ved at the hatter's 'shop, wh , re the wiiness a , ked Anti Wake. field if she Could recollett her. Slue said she teas about the satn- height of the person who bought the haifor the child, on the t Bth of Nnyember, but., she did not 'remember lierpersoo. Upon heariog her talk, however, she said The vast e, and firmly uelieved to he the person who bought the hat for' liitlei Dillow. Winess ;ben condwried her to Union-hall, and have her charge ot an officer. V:iinegq on his crosq-examinet;on said, be bad not sect] any eintht.s i ..ti•e prisoner's.toont which cor re,pootied \vii h those detcribed b .114 witnesses a; worn by the prisoner when sheiwas suppusod to 1 1 , 4 e ,ocil e n !,e• clad' John Mills, formerly a soldier in the Guard , :, deposed, that he plyed as a porter in Thames-street. On the` Bth rt Novert,ber he saw the prisoner rtriVing iwo hole 'i•childrt-ii helorchor ; the ehle4t Seeniel reluEtant to go, and the riioner took the youngest in her arms, and she, was going io btif cakes (or them..: Witness walked alter them to the end of the strut, his attention being minified by the prisoner' ,"„ raiher Snubbingthem." Shortly afterwards be s'aW the hide ,reiurn alone 'with some cakes in iis He p us pos'itive its to the , person'olthe prisons r. On the part of the, pi - I,oller, her .landlady .called, and she 'positivOy swore si:e li.id pot quit (c.c.! her lodgings on the 18th of NoVember. §l,c al-o swore most positively that she had not'it btu ci. aI to tier possession.'c ""' • She was eerroburatell thislaa by. Mary Wriglv,. a waiber-woman idthough on teroos of intimacy with therprisoner, she bad never. seen a a blue cloak in her Teotn. Severdl witnesses were then exattined . to the Fro. cotter's character, who - all bore tcstimoui to her „ . neral good. cntiduti.. The ReottbEtt, 'ittrnniing up the evkh served* that )liere was 'nothing to fix the vti,oi•er with the gniit but Ler identity ; be the' ii ii.stooei:d ease in which six ‘,vitrwsses had sworn to the t.er,un of a Gentleman mR having committed a rohh,irsi at Hampstead, who :atttit-,,vtirds pro% cd to detnow:;tra non, dent he was' to Lbodolvat :the time at was said 1161,nd been Vilry,ef the poi iwe iniliiited to tint. tiaVti: then'Ovolt:d to the , rrlilt t pro‘i:d on the part of the pitianer, he exhotted the' Jury , to cltret minds of all fimjudice, and tam thir judgment wPiolly upon the fact 4 beroFe them,. .11 ihq had :thy doUbt. as' td ;her guilt; her Bond eli,t raCter otlght !,,hrpwit into the scale of mercy ; if, on . the'eontrary,, they wet e fully cony. loct-d of her crimitiality, the y wbuld return a v , coroingtv. jury, after a alloqcqnsp . loo9n, returned a %TIP:A of Acrittrd, . • - Sever..l females were cprrind out of the Courtin It of insensihtlity during the,. trial, from the crowded State of every pot.of it. The trial lasted 11'0 , 11 five mild nearly ten o'clock. ?It:mos Diibbins wi4s capitally indicted for assault. i o4 'Witiimn.Sinith, on the King's. highway, vOtting hilt) in tear, and repot his person a Silver watch and two guld . sears, and acquitted. ,Honor' Th uipt ti oAed r t .' 9 j year,., wag tried on an indictment, clArzt , tisher With the wilful mower of Stephen• Brawn , li4tiand; on the 5 it) of No. vembe( hist,' in thd l iilt?istiOf St.llunatan, Stepney, and acquitted.. '," .14411 TNEATRP.--The heavy, common-place, c h a ii i3 pl. The Man of Ike) MOW last night intro ducat 'Dar. Gar,Ny, an actor of reputation on pro vincial boards, to 'the London audience, in the part of Sir Pertinar M'Sycafilont. It is but justice. t(),lll,is, Perfoimer to'state, what we are, assured is thela4..t, that he very reluctantly took this part rot' his .Onset, fully lware of tl4 merited 'fame Which ;Cooke had acquired init. As it was, therefore, inconformity te *le wish' of the Manager, and not in the indulgence of en over-weening confidencein, his., own .power 4, th* he thus came forward,. by wOuld be entitled to alenient consideration, if his abilities had not 1114 justified the discernment which 'assigned the part to - him. Mr. h'RANT is a good lookitig u,iddltmized and, middle-Aged man. He .<eermert to hate.4l , vety just conception of the part, aivl ; , ti th'e , wholei-ow,taiped it In such a manner as to desetve the applosse which he received. He has some pra6tices touanlearn, which are usual on I. the provinclal sine, the chief of, which consists of intetje(niortal interpola;ions of rather a vulgar pa tine. It w.is observable, that when he had uttered his shame in the dialogue, he did not sufficiernly support the&eharaaer, and aid the,progress of the fliuk; by what. 'is termed .bye.ple.ty. 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