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ANIERIC.AN CONSULATE.

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Lomien. Mdrck 18, 1140*.
Official niticeb isheen receivtsl from I.illson, that his Royal
ilig'inty, the Pr.m•r R-ecut of Portugal has issued mill-
Mitel orders for the whin.sion of fun•igu flour into the ports
of that rummy. 4.0 paying a duty of forty revs per alquier, or
four hutidr.%land t eghty rees equal to s.xty cents per barrel ;
and that vcs.cls with clear bills of he:dtli, *aml e ho.e crews are
free from any 'lckiless, shall no lougt.r be subjected to qua-
rausine.

Friday at noon a very numerous and respdta-
ble County Meeting was holden at the Shire I fall, in
Chelmsford, Essex, to consider of an Address to his
MAJEsTY, on the late traitorous designs against his
Royal Person. As soon as the High Sheriff, S. T.
GIL fest, had opened the business of the Meeting,
one of the Members of the County, Colonel Buf-
foc x,arore, and addressed the Meeting in a short but
elegant Speech. I'Le spoke impressively of the ami-
able virtues of the beloved Sovereign, whose sacred
life had been endangered ; and concluded by observ-
ing, that the threats of a foreign enemy, in addition
to this domestic outrage, had a further claim on
the demonstration of the loyalty and illegiance of all
who heard him. The Colonel then read the Address
very audibly, wh'ch was unanimously approved.—
Captain HaRVI:v, the other Member for tube County,
after a neat Speech, seconded the Address ; whieh
being put by the Sheriff, passed netu. cox. Colonel
Dui.i oi.A: then stated, that he was sorry to inform
the Meeting, that the Lord Lieutenant, Lord BR v-
is OOK f, who meant to have personally attended the
Meeting, was prevented from an indisposition which
this morning had confined him to his chamber.—
Mr. W.Lsres N informed the Meeting, that he was
authorized by Lord PLraf, and Mr. HONEY wool),
who were prevented from attending, to give their
hearty concurrence to the Address.
A most extraordinary robbery took place at the
White Hart inn, Bath, about two o'clock on Wednes-
day morning : some villain, who had concealed him-
,
• self in the house, during the evening, entered se-
veral bei-rooms while the guests were fast a-sleep,
and from under the pillows of three gentlemen
wok their breeches, and rifled the pockets to
a considerable amount, and stole three valuable
watches. An attempt to open several other doors
was heard, but they were fortunately secured.
It is conjectured to be a systematic plan of a nefa-
rious set of villains on their return to the metropolis
from their usual visit to Bristol fair. A similar
robbery was successfully pradised at one of the
principal huts at Bristol, doubtless by one of the
saute gang. It were unnecessary to point out how
much it behoves every person, sleeping. at an inn,
to have the ddor of his chamber fastened. The
master of the best regulated house in the kingdom
cannot be aware of such artful and dark; depreda-
tious.

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M. 1 IDSTONS ASSIZES.

:AIL POLK.

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Lawrence lanes was indiaed for the wilful murder
of John Price, at Greenwich, on the 21st of January
last.
This was a case of the most savage and ferocious
barbarity we ever recollea to have heard in a Court
of Justice.
The prisoner and the deceased were both pension-
ers in ( .reenwich Hospital, and the following is the
account givea of the transadion by the witnesses:—
James Millar said ::c was a Greenwich pensioner,
and his birth was in the Clarence Ward ; his cabin
was next to that in which the deceased slept. On
Tuesday night, the 20th January last, just as he was
in bed, he heard the prisoner and the deceased come
up the gallery together ; :ht ..were talking ; the de-
ceased said to the prison,' • lo to bed, and then
there will be no more Tile prisoner replied,
" I won't." The prisorier then went away to the
fire-glace, in the 1 tall, but soon rearmed to the ca-
bin-door of the deceased, and called out " Price,
" Price ! Jack, Jack !" Th.e deceased did not.
answer ; the prisoner went away, but • returned a
second time, and called out as before. The de-
ceased then answered him, and said to the prisoner,
" You will prepare to appear before the Captain
of the Month to-morrow--I have you upon the
comp/Hint, for stiiking me to-day at the • Tyger's
Head, in London-street." To this the prisoner re-
plied, " Then you have done me, have you ? but a
d—n to you, I'll do you in return." 'I he prisoner
accompanied these words by a blow, which knocked
the deceased down. The deceased called out mur-
der, upon which the witness jumped out of bed,
and the pi isoner was secured, and the next morning
he was carried before the Committee, and mukted
two months tobacco-money for his ill behaviour. This
was the morning preceding the night of the mur-
der. As he came out of the Committee-room, he
said to the witness, " Millar, you have borne false
witness against me, but I hope to God I shall live
to seek revenge." On the same evening he did not
see the prisoner till eleven o'clock; he then saw both
Price and Innis go to their cabins. The cabin of
the deceased was about four feet from the wit-
ness's. After he had been in bed a short time,
he heard the prisoner come out of his cabin, and
go to the cabin of the deceased. From that he
went to the tire-place in the hall as fast as he could
go.. He returned a second time to Price's cabin.
He staid a seeorai or two, and then again went to
the tire-place, and once more returned to Price's
cabin. In a little time he heard him shut the door
softly, and thought no more of it, till about a
quarter of an /Ina afterwards Bryant came to him,
and told hi:n for God's sake to get up, fur the
boatswain (Price) was murdered. '
John Hawford, another pensioner, said he slept
in the Clarence Ward, at Greenwich flospital ;
about eleven o'clock on the night of the 21st of
January, he saw the prisoner pass backward and
forward in the gallery; he saw him returning the
last time, wheiche had something in his hand like a
stick, or a piece of iron. The gallery, he said, was
lighted with lamps, and led to the hall; each of
their cabins had a little window looking upon the
gallery.
lune. Bryan gave evidence as follows :—I lay in
the same cabin with the deceased ; we were talking
together not ten minutes before he was murdered.
The prisoner's cabin was nearly opposite to.ours. I
heard the prisoner open our door softly, and he look-
ed in ; we appeared, both asleep. As soon as he
looked in, he went away towards the fire-place. He
had on a great coat and two night-caps. Ile came
back, and when he came in our cabin he looked at
me attentively. He again went away, and returned
with the poker. Ile turned round and gave me an-
other attentive look, and immediately after struck
Price five or sit-heavy blows on the head. At the first
blow his head crashed, but I don't know whether the
others hit him. As soon as he had done it, he again
turned and looked at me, but I lay still as though
asleep. He then went out and hauled the door softly
after_him, but did not lock it. As soon as he was
gone I gut up, gave the alarm, and the prisoner was
secured.

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limes Curran, another pensioner, described the
state in which he found the deceased.
The prisoner, in defence, said, that the witnesses
were in a conspiracy against him. The deceased, he
said, hid come to his door with the peter in his
hand, and attempted to strike him with it, but that
he wrenched it from him, and gave him a knock on
the head with it. He added, that after the accident
the witness Bryan had undressed the deceased, and'
put him in his bed, to make it be believed, that he,
the prisoner, had murdered him sleeping.
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, found
him Guihry, and the Learned Judge proceeded im-
mediately to pronounce the sentence of the law.
The prisoner seemed very little affeccted, and exhi-
bited strong symptoms of a brutal and savage na-
ture. He.appeared about fifty.

This day the Officers of the 'Egyptian brigade
of Guards hold their Anniversary Dinner, at the
Thatched House Tavern, -in commemoration of the
Rattle of Alexandria, when the Hon. General Leo-
Low, who commanded the brigade on that ever me-
morable expedition, will be presented With a most
superb silver vase, as a pledge of their friendship and
esteem. Colonel DALRYMPLE, of the 3d Regiment
of Guards, President; Colonel PEACOCKE, of the
Coldstream ditto, Vice-President: Capt. Sir JOH:4
GORDO:4 and Capt. Sri it ti-No, of the Coldstream
Guards; Capt. Husrxit and Capt. CAREY, of the
.;d Regiment of Guards, Stewards. The full band
of these two corps have orders to attend on the occa-
sion.

Several buildings, &c. have lately been set on fire
in Selby, and the neighbourhood, and great alarm
at present prevails. A tew nights ago a consider-
able quantity of wheat in stacks, standing in Wiston
Lordship, the property of Charles Weddall, Esq. of
Selby, was totally destroyed ; and on the night of
Tuesday se'nnight, Mr. Nappy's barn, with its con-
tents ; on Thursday night, Mr. George, BeW's. hay-
stacks at Wiston ; and the night following, Messrs.'
Foster and Co's foundry in Selby, all shared the
same fate. Several other attempts of a similar na-
ture have been made ; on@ so late as last Monday
night, but happily with less destructive conse-
quences.