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ained 13 5 t, :dy PENLVO ; CriCOrea' r Benkter on , gained' ADOL' Y bathea ;- tlk on the ter vice 0 . the Revs lain of, the from the' reed home the Sam's, venerable led in the iy flincral )tel, their v, the Du' :011GIANA aved frog' 11, in cele' 's Arms it' at an ; 01 ' ft ot) th e st. I\ll.ol ted at th e of hors e igh Cour t ended 11 01 e spent ri° n, but 0 5 e was or ii on S!'n: led les s soN's r ip k. ) make :xt seas s been l e : 'd in both ed to joil► v at Scat:. tccoiint a ay by til e lentieo 4% Weci , at tjuie44° t NO: tit of tins t ° wall! and 51 1- r to move .CoogE 4 11 not ail' and as 11 ° me so po' compe!'' rs, as - - • to exclEc' [sion 0 f p 1 to osed z, P, the Pea ce layor 3- fi , lAmso adget, of udulen tIY tbr which n and ad' liar enor' ieral le of 20 4 he Cast le the fin e ' sent. appear e3 two pre: ess t °- , o 15 144 :arly ~s no lleu: doo r , an ° , latter ac 4 the Fait; t 3S. ;ile d for, an i part show of !rn ember,:, b i g;- %O. was ti up%iiara' it st ore s, ., Lo ut pu:, as bLit • , fs' NAYA • < ", • . INT z--• ••• • ' • Won - itii.ifilperium ,sfd milsi sorte datirm. PORTSMOUTH, A uz, . 31 . AR A VE D His Majesty's Cutter Grand Falconer, ..ieutenant CH IL C OTT, from Marcou; and the '4. • Galigii,,,of 74. guns, from the Channel Fleet, • ).. .' ,l :heputward-bound East. India Ships are detainej -, :by contrary winds. SHEERNESS, Axsc 3!. • ARRIVED His Majesty's Gun-brig Blazer, and Narcissus hired Brig, from a CrUize. Sailed the Ready Gun-brig, Lieut. DYER, to join Lord NELSON. - .DEAL, Arc. 31. AilltrytD the Anson Frigate, with the COnvoy from Lisboa ; and Mentor Armed Ship with a Con voy from Exmouth, which are sailed for the River. STATEMENT DISTRIBU OF TnE TION or THE BRITISH NAVAL FORCE TO THIS DAY. Extlusive of the. Maxi) ARMFH - . VESSV.S, Which arc chiefly employed in proteding the Coasting Trade of GREAT BRIVAIN. In Port and fitting - C card-ships - - In'the English and Irish? Channels - - S On the Downs and North ? Sea stations S "n the ga 1 tic Service - At the West India,lsiands and on the Passage - S O n the farnaica station • - A n -, ,tri7can Se Newfound.' ? • land stations '" S C' of G. flop . e . „-S • and orrtfle'Passage ,Africand on Statio,r4. , - del . -Portligal With out the Straits - S in.the Mediterranean -iospital and Prisen Ships Line so's t i Frig '1 3 Sps. Ti So, Total in Commission 144 ;.'eceiving Ships - .3erviceable and repairing'? 6 or Service - 3 ".4 4tli 9rclinary - 7 9 ng Total '9l 1 7-7 7 3Ti 7, 3 3 is 5 n I z 52 I 344 SLATE or trit C.R.DiwAity A.TEACII PORT. Line. so's Frig Sps. II 0 ig 14 , I ,YMOUtiI .- .. v , -tlatharrt - - ,t ) heerness - - ttiv& - - of ° I 6! zi 6 6 14 Total 33 I ,z ( Z 9 j 29 i 93 ‘v The Prussian. Brig, Iris;Iris; CHRItTIAN BitGIDAHL,. sh ith wheat from Riga, bound to. Topsham, run on tj Ypon the Go o d w i n san d, on `the evening o f .b - 6Ut -was. got Off by the-crew of a D ea l oat, w h o. . brought her into t h e D owns , where s h e re 'who to The Bri g Two Sisters, JOH,lifiON F froin Dominico Ne' York, has been Captured by• the Ligrnel ''oop,of war and taken into Montserrat, and con demned. STATE OF THE ARITISII ARMY. GENERAL DISIMIBVTION OE THE BRITISH _ . ikß..)ll-, -st.t!t. 1, z 8 or• Re `t Forci4lts. „,,.. 1 ra. Inv. t n 1 . Cho. IlY' Cay. 121.`" 1 : Bat. Cmp , ... „ . . Mort g and atiivvres" --- '23 24 3 74 1 24 4 6 i,n brit '; "/- 12 . 1 4 6 i.,reianci _ ll . l : 612 6 - so Ci r g e Y, Givanseir, .64c ---; S 7 2 0 maerrltaF - - ' - * 5 Min t ;L r A - - ' - - 7' I Eg y pt 4 and Malti . - - -IZ , ' - ,"'ilacU ... - - - 32 2 West f3,,Alova Scotia, &c. 5 Cap e nc sl ",ies - - 1 34 E 'mod Hope - . 1 5 aSt Indi es °lll°.l rdSr I/ / a - tres 418 Sou a d i ,_ -.• 1 .91 ) i _ I. Eu 6 - n - - , 'lrked for Foreign Ser- , Q 4 v ' e t in for 1 -". Pzssage frym abroad - 3 2 - '2 4 -- 4 I 25 7 - • 35 --- 6 - hz2 C • Total' 41' z 4 s ----7—.4 36 3!9' 72 (a) And Detach eats. t(b) T •he C ompany ' s Troops exclusive, elWith.Detaehrnents.. xcl uslve - Or A rtiniy and Engineers at home a: - )n),:vi '4l.Tendent Compipies, Recruiting Corps, Volumxtis, bOn S a t ur d a y a n i n f ormat i on caine on to be heard e . ,fore one of the Sitting rVlagistrates,. of corn wh table to the Public, at a time the p r o v id ence o f th e P olice of ' the Metro-, its e l i s f ?fluot. be too 'Vigilant and aaive •in exerting p r i ce 3 every means to:abate, and reduce the high tale n A Provisions; and i n preventing cosions in •i‘ttrk ets. It. was.an information against the 4Pl 'il) of a Dutch vessel, laden with fish, • founded or ir ; !he Stat utes Of • t h e zz d an d 29t h of Geo:: 11. 11,. ~ .'l ; f li i .t.g, that all vessels loaded . with fish for sale, ' tlispose o f t he s a me within the space of eight rlisafter their arr i va l at t h e Nore, under, the lie tTire Y O f confiscatipti. ;: of the said vessel and cargo. C..Ounsel .f.orclithc,Dufch Captain took an . ex- Iv rt ' u n to' th atioqiVhich was not. slifticient., , co! fo r m I;uelt of the.Detendarq s name, and to this in-- toviil!ty 'pleaded an abatement.. He availed hip.- this plea, he said, not front any eavilltng.mo ti),;', but from a wish - to obtain softie little was to j kla :l(le r o f the case ~ .6f his Client, , ' w hi c h WasT. but his hands • .• Magistrate :agreed, to adjourn the nearing, • • -• ;- • - 4„ridttion that the Vessel and Cargo . should be t f'ePrecisely in the same stateas before, to which. . t ttf o l ' ar ties assented ; and a.future•day. was appoint_ r I ts further hearing and d'e6sion. - - L i~~ ~ sl - ";11-'p:41. , Ei?:. - . -- • PUERSBVRGH, AVG. 5. • . . 2. That the etiecas embarked on board Neutral Ships shall he free, ,with . the exception of 'Contraband of War, and of, • Eemy's Prope - rty ; and it is. agre;al not to comprise in the nuMber of the latter ; the ineechandize of the produce, growth, or manufacture of the CoUntries it War s which should have hien acquired by th e. , SUbjeds of the N eu t r al P ower, and should be"transported for theit account, which merehanaize cannot be excepted in any case from the freedom granted to the Flag of the said Power. - 3. That in order to avoid all equivocation and misurider . standing 'of what ought to be qualified as Contraband of War,. His J:t' aIAe MAJEvry of all the RusstAs and - His Bit -IANN tc MAJESTt declare,,conformabiS , to the iith Article of the Treaty of Conimere concluded between the two Crowns on the loth (2tst) February s 5797, that they acknow .ledges as such only the following Aects, viz. —Cannons, mortars, fire:arms, pistols, bombs, grenades, balls, butlers, firatocks, flirts , matches, powder s sidthetre, sulphur, hei mCts, pikes,, swords, sword.-'belts,_ sallies and b r idle s , e 7- . cepting, however, th e quant i ty 'o`f the said article s whi c h , may • be necessary for the defence of the Ship and hf those who.compose the crew ,•- and all otter articles whareirer, not enumerated here,' shall not he reputed warlike end naval am munition, tor be subje& to confiscation, and of ;course shall pass freely,.without•li;irkg subjeaed.-to the small es t diffi culty, unless they be - editsideted as Enemy's Property in the abbve. stilled sense; - It' is-also agreed, that that which is stipulated'in the present Article shall not be to the preju ;;;ee of.the particul a r stipulations of one or the other Crown • with other Powers, by which Objeds ofa similar kind should be xeserVed, prohibited, or permitted. 4. That in'order to detertnine - what'cl,taranerise ; a-block ded Port, that d e t erm i nat i on i s given only to that, where there is, by the disposition of the Powen:which attacks it with Ships, stationary, or sufficiently near,an evident danger in - entering. • 3.. That the Ships of the Neutral Power shall not be stop ped brit upon; tist causes and evident •fuels that they he r tried without delay, and that the proceeding be aiWays form, proMpt, and legal; In order the better to- ensure the respea due to these sti pulations, diclated by the sincere desite of conciliating all in terests, and: to give a new proof of their loyalty and love of justice, the High eCntr.iefing patties enter here into the most formal engag ement , . to renew t h e severest prohibitions to their Captains, whether of Ships of War or Merchantmen., • to take, keep, or conceal on , board -their Ships, any of the objtas which, in the rerins of the present Convention, may be reputed contraband, and respectively to take care of - the execution. of the orders which they shall have published in their Admiralties, and whereVer it shall be necessary. • • IV. The two H;gh Contrasting Parties, wishing to prevent .all subject of dissention in future, by . the. right of search ;of Merchant .Ships. going under conyoy, to the sole causes in which the'Belligermt Power may experience a real pre- I judice, by the abuse of the NeUtral Flag, have agreed; •" , • • T. That' the rlht of searching' Merchant Ships belonging to the Subieds:ot one of the Contrading Powers, and navi gating under Convoy of a Ship of War of the said, Power; shall only be exercised by. Ships of War of the .belligerent Party, and shall never extend to th e fi tters out of P rivateers, er other Vessels, which a 6 nOt..belong to the Imperial or .ROM Fleet of Their Millis - x.IES, but which their Subjeds Shall have'fitted out for War. - - z. 'That the: Proprietors 'of: all Merchant Ships belonging to the Subjects or one of the COntratling Sovereigns, which shall be destined tp sail under Convoy ora Ship of War, shalt be required, before they. receive their Sailing Orders, to produce to ..the Commander of the Convoy 'their 'Pas4)orts and Certificates, Or 'Sea - Letters,:in the form. annexed to the present T rea t y • 3.• That when such ship of war, and every merchant ship under convoy,.shail be met with 2tiv a. Ship pr.isihipa of-•. War orthe ether Contracting Party, who shall thep.bema• s pat e of war, inrardert o avoid all disorder,. they shkl rkeep ()tit qi cannon sh6t, unless the situation of the sea - vox-the place of meeting, render a nearer approach • necessary ,f,iand the Corn niander of the Ship .o f. the Bellig e r en t P ower s h all send a slcop on board the convOy, where. they shall 'Proceed reci ptocally:to. the verification of the papers -and certificates that are to prove on one. part, ,that the ship of war is autho rised to taktruntler its escort such or such merchant ships of, its nation, laden with..such:ecargo, andfor such a port ; on • the other part, that the ship of War of the . Belligerent . Parry • lielongs . to the IMperial or Royal ficut of Their Majeties. .. This verification made, there shall be• no - pretence for any.search,.if the papers are found in•clue form, and if - there Mists no good motive for suspicion. In the - contrary c'ase,. the Captain of the Neutral.Siiip ofWar (being duly required . thereto by the Captain of the Ship o f W ar.Of Ships of War. of the Power) is to &Iwo° and d e t a i n h is c onv o y during the time necessary tor-thb search of the Shipt *hide CeTy OF THE CONVENTION WITH THE con.cr OF • LONDON, SIGNED AT ST. P ETERSI3VR Ii ) . THE' "STH (.17TH). JUNE, I-SOI. - J • hr the Naide of ti.;e Uadivided Trinity. - . - THE mutual desire - of•-His Majesty the EMi.E-1 ROR of AIL the Russ,tAs and of His Majesty the , KING of the Unitakingc . fom, of GREAT BR I-TAIN and IRE - LAND; bait ,iiOC OiitY •tO come to an ,un.: ' d erst andingbetwcerii , thernseiVes ( with respect to the differences . whic . ll bayer,l4!&y. interrtipted the good understanding and, triendly relations which ,sub , sisted between the ., tWo States ; but also to prevent, by , frank.and precise explanations upon the naviga, • tion of their respeaive Subjeas, the renewal of milat - altercations and troubles which plight be the consequence of them ; 'and the objet} of the soli citude of their said Majesties • being to settle, •, as soon as• can be deine, an equitable , arrangement of those difterences; . and an invariable determination of their principles upon the Rights Of .Neutrality, in their application to their respective Monarchies, in order to: unite more closely the ties of-friendship and good intercourse, of which they acknowledge the utility and the benefits, have named and chosen for their Pienipotentiaries, viz.' His Majesty the EMPEROR Of ALL the RtisstAs ; the Sieur NEof t- TA, Count De PANEN, his Counsellor, &c. and His Majesty the KING of the .United Kingdom of GREAT BRITAIN and IR ELAND, 'ALL EYN, Baron St. HELENS, Privv'Councillor, &c. who, after hav ing communicated their. full powers, • and found them in good and due form, have agreed upon the Points and Articles : • Art. ,I. There shall be hereafter between Hrs . IMPERIAL' MA J ESTY Of ALL the RUSSIAS and His BRITANNIC MA J EsTy,,,,their Subjeas„. the States and Countries under. their domination, good and unalterable: friendship and understandng,' and - all the political, Commercial, and other relations :'of common utility between. the respeetive. Subjeds, shall subsist as formerly) with Out . their, being dis tuibed or troubled in any manner whateVer. His Majesty the Rut , F a,cpi..and HIS BR ITA NI C MAJESTY cleelare)tftai fbey , ,will;take the most especial, care of the 'exeCUßn of the;wrohibitioni against the trade - of Conto,ind of , their st.bjeas with tire - enemies of each of the. High Cont ranting Parties: 111. His M. 11 1 1AftSTY. of all the Russias and His * lfkift,tiNto MA J zsTi - having ' resoh;ed to' place under a . ssffiCient safeguarii the freedom of Com merce and Navigation of ..their suhjcets, in case one of them .shall' be at war, whilst the other shall be neuter, have - agreed 7. That the Si.ips of the Neutral Power shall 'navigate freely to the Ports and upOn the Coasts. of the Nations at War. . . tortipose it, 'atict he shall have the factiliy .Of naming and de_ jegatina- one or mere Officers to-assist at ,ithe search of the sad Siaps; whiCh shall be. clonein his presence on board each Ncrchant Ship Conjointly with one or more Officers seleCtect by the Captainnf the Ship of 'the Belligerent l'arty, • • 5. 1 ' it happen that the Captain of the Ship or Ships of ittot trio Power at war, having examined the papers found 6t: b oivetiand - livirtginterrOgated the Master and Crew ofithe Ship, ;nail 'see- just and isufficierit reason to det a i n the 'Mer_ Ch eat Ship in order to proceed to an 'ulterior search, he shall uotify that indention to - the Caotainof the Conidy, who shall the.poxvet .orttelt an 'Officer 'to remain on board the Ship digs cl;4iiileci f , and - 116 'assist at, , the.examination of the cause of heidetention..-IX)te iVierchant,Sbip shall be carried iupecliat'4&to the nedie§t:_and west convenient port belong ing to the4.ietligei'ent I l liklet; and 'the ulterior Search Shall be carried on.with:altficasible diligence. • V.. - It'.is also agreed,`anyMerchant that if thiiS convoyed should be. detained without just and - ' sufficient _cause,. the Corninander of the Ship or Ships: of .War of the.. Belligerent Power shall not only be bound to make to, the Owners of the. Ship and of.th e 'Cargo . a full a n d petted' compensation for ,all ahe. losses ? expeoCes, dam:i g .es, and costs, occasioned ,by such a detention, but .shall. further b e li a bl e to an ulterior punishment for:every ad of violence - or other fault which he may have committed, accord_ ing - aa the natrate of die case may. require. Mn the other. hand, no" Ship of War with 4 ., Convoy sh a ll 'b e permitted, under any pretext- whatsoever, to 'resist by force the detention of a' Merchant,,Ship or Sh;.ps by, the Ship or Ships _of War of the Belligerent Power ; an obligation Which the Comtnander of a Ship of War with Convoy is not bound to obs'erte towards. Privateers" arid. their fitt ers o ut . • VI. The high Contracting Powers shall give pre cise and — efficacious orders thit the Sentences upon . Prizes made at Sea shall be :conformable with the rules Of the most exact Justice and Equity e. that they "shall be given by judges above Suspicion, and: .who l / 4 shalt not be interested in the matter. The Governinent.of the respective States shall take care that the said sentences shall be promptly and duly ,executed,- according to the. forms prescribed. .In case of the:unfounded detention, or other contra vention of the regulations stipulated by the present . Treaty, the Owners of such a Shipand'eargo shall be allowed-damages proportioned - to the loss Occasioned by such detention.. The rules' to observe for these damages, and for the case.oftinfounded detention, as also the principles to follow for 'the purpose of awe,' lerating the process,., shall J.a.l the .niatt4r of addi:- uoual Articles;4l - iich the COntrading Partiesitgree to settle between them, 'anti Which shall have the same force and validity as if they 'were inserted in the present Aft. For this effe6, Their Imperial and Britannic Majesties mutually engage - to put their hand to. the salutary work, -Which may serve for the completion of - ,these-stipulations; and to commu nieate ao 'each- other without delay the .views which may be suggested to them by their eqUal solicitude to . prevent the least grounds for dispute in, future. VII. To obviate all the inconveniencies which 'may arise from the bad faith of those who avail theinselVes of the Flag of a Nation without belong ing to it, it is agreed to establish for an inviolable rule, that any vessel whatever to be considered 'as 'the property Of the Country the Flag of which it carries, must have on board the Captain of the ship, and one.half of the crew of the people of that Coun try, and the Papers and Passports in due and perted form ; b ut every vessel whi c h s h a ll, not'observe this and which shall infringe the ordinances pub lished on that head, shall loae all rights to the pro. , teftion ofthe contrading Powers. VIII. The principles ;and measures adopted by the present -Al6 shall be alike applicable to an the. Maritime Wars in which One of the t w O P owers May be engaged Whilst the other .remains neutral. These stipulations shall in : consequeneelie regarded as permanent; and shall serve fora constant rtile to the COntrading‘POwers in matters of Coinmerceancl Navigation. IX. His Majesty the KING, Of DENMARK - , and His - Majesty the KING of SW,E D EN, shall be imtne... diately invited by His bin , a R 14v,i ; IVIAyEsty, in the name of 'thy two Contrading ?axles, to accede ,to, the present 'Convention, mad at' ) the same time to renew and confirm their. respective Treaties of Cormilce with Hi s B RITANNIC MAJ'ESTy i and His saic Majesty engages, by 'ads which shall have established, that agreernent,.to render and restore to each of these Powers, all the Prizes that hitve been taken froth -them, as well _as the Territories and Countries under, their domination, which haVe been conqUered by the Arms of 'His BRITANNIC MA_ lESTr since the rupture, in the state in which those possessions Were found, at the period at which the Troops of His BRITANNIC 'MAJESTY entered them. ;Hie orders of his said Majesty for the restitution of those prizes and conquests shall be immediately, expedited after the excharige. of. the ratification of the acts by which Sweden and Denmark shall accede Ep the present Treaty. • • X. The present ConVention shall, be ratified by. the two C ontra fti ng P art i es, and ' the, ratifications ,exchanged at St; Petersburgh iri the space of two months7at furthest, 'from - the day of the signature . . In,faith of 'which the respedive Plenipotentiaries have, caused' to be ,made two copies perfedly similar, signed with their hands,. and have sealed with their arms. bone at Sr. Petersburgh the s ( r 7 June),, t Sot (L. S.) N. COUNT DE PANEN (L. S.) ST. HELENS. Formula of the' Passports and Sea Letters which ought to bedeliveredi n the respe'ai,ve Admiralties of the Suites of,the two High C'oatrallin g Parties t o the Ship i of War, and Merchant . Vessels.,"which. shall sail from them, con formable tq ilrticle 4 of the present, Treaty : Be it known that' we have given leave and per.: mission to N---; of the city: or place of master Or condu6lor of the Ship belongineto N—, of the port of of 7 —tons or thereabouts, now lay. ii in the port or'harbourof N-----, to sail from thence to laden. With N-------, on account of N---,- after the said ship shall have been visited before its departure in the usual manner by-the Off cers appointed for that purpose; and thesaid Or such other as . shall be vested with powers to re place him, shall be obliged-to produce -every pb;rt or harbour which he shall enter with the said Vessel to- the Officers of the place the present, licence, and - - to carry the flag of N. during his voyage. t •' ' In' faith of which, &c„ • tl"e er - '7 .7 coy 'oje 117 - nica of rwith the Couit' o a f L s;gNed the 5.1; 7 • 'The pure and 'magnanimous intentions 6f Ilia Majesty. the Emirßo•a of ail the Ru ;s I A' , having already induced him Ni i retore [he yessels'an,d goods of British Subjeeti,- which ha'dlieen segnestered in Russia,.His said Majesty cO4irms :that 'dispO4irioo in its whole ex - tent ; and. Ifis: .13R 'TAN N t-c JESTi . ' engages . alsq to .kite- innn;diate'ordeTs far taking..o'ff all 'Lid upon the Russian, • Danifh,. and Swedishyrcipertics, derilined in Eng.- lish - Ports, and •to.prove s till more .his • sincere sire' terminate amicably the • d Life r2...nees hme arisen between Great Britain and-'rho Northern , Courts ; and order - that no-- nc'w throw obstacles-in the:' , way of this s;:;utar , work, fits Bit risztc. kI.;_rE3TY - binds to give. orders to the Command&s. 'of iris' Forces by land' and sea, that the Ard2istice now subsisting with Courts of Denmark stud Sweden shall be pro lonigcd i'c,r a' term ,of , three months from' the. date of - this day ; and Majesty the' F,mptßoß of - A L the Ru . siLks, guided ,by 'the same motives, -under irr the name:of, his Allies, to have this Armi. stice maintained daring the said term. - . • • • . •• • • ,A Dr Zwparate ' Artitle , , aC. faith of which - &I. • Copythe ..2d Separate rt:ele of ihe....rorirvevtips i t awrth the Cou rt. q f Lortiloi t , Peters. hiirgh, tie sl/) 71.5) • The digerFnees -and Anisundeistandings which subsisted. between His Majesty the -EMPEROR 6E; AJ. E.: the , RussiAs, and `fifig Majesty the Kt NG of the the Uni te d Ki ng d om Qf:G.reat. 'Britain, and ,Ireland. being thus terminated, arid the precautions, taken.by the present Convetition not giVing.forther room fear'that.,they may-be able, to - distort) in !future th , ! harmony and .good...u.nelerstanding which , the two High - Colitrading Parties have at heart consoli. date, their said . Majesties confirm anew, by thtf present Convention, • the Treaty of, Coiumeree" . .of the ;loth Feb.‘ , zt„ 1797) i the stipula;- tiohs,'are here 'repeatecto.be maintai'ned whole cAtent e • . : • - • • This• Se, - arateArticle, &c. ufwhjcih &c... . . MANstoiv-f - lottsF„—Yesterd a y two' men were, charged before the Lord-Mayor,- on suspicion : a : having dishonestly in their-possession a quantity_ of gloves . to the value 611'1.31; Jt appeared that they. AA - Feted these gloves to..M.r. Robert s , ,a_glover, i n Fenchurch- street , muchuuder the real value, and : . Mr. Roberts. stispeetingfrorn this, :.that they were., !'stolen, had thew apprehe.nded. :In their.defence, one of thein 'said, he. had the goods of the other 1. on. the. - other hand, to account foy-the,riLtnner 'in which he became possessed of them, said, - he had them- of a person fOra debt due ,to hi§brother, reside's at..Saddleworth, in Yorkshire. : It carne-.out'. evidence, that this Jatter person .was , concerned with Oxley and Broughton, the Mai,l-robbers, and: turned - King's evidence, After a long -examinaiiori, they Were'rcmanded to the Poultry compter, and Ordered to be kept in separate apartments.. Mealtrian from Brentford was summoned before: the Lord Mayor •upon the oath of a Baker, with not having delivered a biil piitCeiS with a , qunii- - tity of flour sold to , him, , anetdelic'ered4the i7.ih of ' August. The IViealm'an said,' thht it had long been the .custorTof the trade not to glive in -the price . flour till the next . Week - afterT;thn - cl-.!iivety; :This, his Lordship raid; was what had c,gusi:d so•ina_ny t:aes, the Bakers thus being unable td , niake, proper returns 'of prices:every week. It ;,vas bcf, sides' contrary to the Ad of Nriiament, cxpiesses thar every Mealman shall. at the ti:n2 , of sale, and before delivery, give in a true bill of the 'preent priees.----The Meabnan was convided .40 . shillings, which.he.paid directly. Robert Ilignett, of Ashton, in' the County Chester,' Offers two guineas for the apprehension of his ‘Sife•Elizabetli, a beautiful young Woman, aged twenty-five, who has' lately' doped With; Larry M‘nride, an Iri§hman, si'xty years of age, five feat high,, jaw-lecked, deeply pitted with the small pox, dressed in a sailor's . jacket, a n d -a - pair• tim black breeches. • An accident happened On Thursday night, whiCh was nearly attended by serious conseqtrences. The Brighton night -coach froth London was overturned going down , Retgate-hill; owing 'to h truss of hay; lying- in the road, .supposed to have fillen Out of a cart 'coming to London. Neither the outside nor iri side passengers were materially hurt ; but the coach, man was much bruised, and cut in the forehead. We present the following to our Readers, not only as a caution, but as a great literary curiosity, printed,, verbatim et literatim from' the original.lVß, ge . ntleman of Bath; requiring the . chara6ter, of a ser.. v ant who had pppli c d for hisplace,.,' . was referred by' him to his, last, master. In a few days the Gentle_. man reeeiy•ed the following 'answer by post : To 'the •. Hon. ----..--•"**1"",' BirminghaM, august 3. .? • Thomas Handson Why , disnj,ist on the. aCount of Wageas' and sarvedi, me tow years and - tow.motiths as a &tier and •vailat With Soberarity- and hoti::sty and attcntay and allso a Clean,sarvent. forfear of anny deseption hels.a than a five feet , fore Finches High spear mead Black eys and Greay Heair staffordshiet man and Cauld Shave and Dress Hair Well anof to please me dO-not take. "my Word. but I would Have you. make 'troyl .. of him and-1" dortte Bout but what he will sutT;you Please to excuse me for not Wrighti;igto you ly9Fore: hut I Was out on . a vise( to u:Ple:aw to exenseriy had wrighting for rny pens hare bad and I ham in halt - - . your humble Sailieant • ~ , . * Wiltiarn'ebataingtOn Es jr . . Upon the fe.ll6w being'-iiirerrogared as to the authenticity .of tiieletter, he for a lo ng time cl::- Glared it was hig o ld mastet's ~ v ery oli;n hand, but upon examining son •other papers aboUt him, the - similitude was too strong to doubt this Charaaer being the, writing and e6nipositiOn of the man him.: self, *ma he aftei - wArch cw - ifissed; savit - T, as that he had tong been out Of place, he had tAcia those means of 'obtaining One:• . .