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the belief which a man might have in his am ski,
and that judicial belief, which was necfssary to con.
viet a man in a Court of Justice. He compared the
present case to that of a conspirator or a robber
turning King's evidence, whose testimony required
to be confirmed. He made several legal objedtions
VI the averments in the indietment, in point of form ;
and concluded by oh,,erving, that the ends of jus-
tice would he nincli }setter answered, he the Jury
acquitting the Delendint upon such evidence. al-
though ti.ey might believe him guilty in their own
He called no witnesses.
Lord ELLSNII•tROUGH shottly observed, that
there was no quev,on in this case, it the Jury gave
credit to the witness, Prince, confirmed as he was
by the other witnesses, who had been examined.—
He could not see how criminal justice was to be come
at, if such testimony wasnot admissible. He could
not but observe, that the averments in the india-
ment were very clumsily set out. His Lordship
• wished, however, that the question might be recon-
sidered, upon full argument, in the course of the
ensuing tern ; but he had no question upon the de-
cision which the Jury were to make.
After a short consultation, the Jury found the
Defendant Guilly.
The Defendant is a young man, not more than
20 years of age.

OLD BALLET

SIONyll AT.
John Edward* was indified for stealing one pair
of cotton stockings, the property of Thos. Robson ;
but the Prosecutor not being able to say positively
whsther he sold them or not, the Prisoner was
Aequitted.
He was again indifted far stealing ten cotton
shawls, the property of John Kyle, from whose evi-
dence it appeared that the Prisoner came into his
shop in January last and entered into conversation
with him ; he having known him before, went nut
of the shop, leaving his brother, a boy of thirteen
years of age, along with the Prisoner. Some time
after he returned, and was told by his brother that
the Prisoner had taken a parcel of shawls from one
of the shelves. He immediately pursued him, and
having apprehended him, found in the crown of his
hat the ten shawls laid in the indictment. The Pri-
soner then acknowledged he had taken them, and
said he would not have done su, but he was in the
greatest distress.
The Jury immediately found him Guilt,.
He was a very genteel looking young man, not
more than twenty years of age.
Mary Steebtuut was found Guilty of stealing a pair
of sheets and other articles lett to her in ready fui-
nished lodgings.
Ann and Mary Cab:11o, mother and daughter,
were indiaed for stealing one shirt, the property of
Nicholas Walker; Ann, the mother, was Acquitted,
and the daughter, a girl of twelve years of age, found
Guilty.

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A large ship from La Plata (a prise) was cap-
tured on the 17th instant, off Scilly, by a French
lugger privateer.
The N. del Cerise,,, from Vera Cruz.,
is captured by the Endeavour, Wislit.t. Alt, of Lon-
don, and carried into Lisbon. The Mentor, Tow.
atm, from Jamaica, for Liverpool, is also put in
there.
The Ana, Hoaroan, from Liverpool, for Africa,
foundered at sea on The 17th of December ; crew are
arrived at Madeira.
The Aim, Hciessars, from Dublin, for London,
has been captured, re-captured, and is arrived at
Cork.
ISTRACT 01 A L TTTTT 15OM AN OTTIC/LR 1111-
LONGING TO TIA► CIIANNEL ILTFT:
" The St. George, Atlas, Sport:ate, Verran, and
are gone in pursuit of the Rochefort ulna.
dron. The PreNee vc Wales (Sir R. Calder) lelt the
Brest fleet on Tuesday to assume the command cif
Ferrol. The eight gun-boats captured by the Me-
lt:vas ate part of forty sail which left Rochefort :
the others separated in a gale of wind. The
Mdampas looked into Brest last Monday, and
counted twenty sail of the line and two frigates. She,
and the Niobe, were so close in, that the shot went
over them. Yesterday morning the 3felatagur,
on quitting the fleet, recaptured the Be/bower,
from Jamaica, worth 40,0001. The same privateer
had captured 15 vessels off the Lizard, four of
which she sunk, being in ballast. The *Vim:Hide fell
in with a French line of battle ship, belonging to the
Rochefort squadron, disabled, but carrying a press
of sail: the Sportiate carried away her maintop-
gallant-roa a, and the Frenchman escaped."
The e:eitt which lately occurred at Dresden, at the
theatre of Meissen, appeared so extraordinary, that
the Magistrates direded some enquiries to be made
respefting it. Two municipal officers, assisted by
a physician and a surgeon, have published an au-
thentic report on all that came within their know-
ledge. 'I he following of which is the result :
" The troop of French dancers, of the company
of Morel, gave a grand ballet. A young dancer,
silbjed to fits of epilepsy, fell upon the stage, and
was immediately carried out. Many of the comp :my
of both sexes endeavoured to give assistance, but
they almost immediately found themselves affected
by symptoms somewhat Trembling hysterics. The
first physician called in declared that it was occa-
sioned by the coals in which the hair-dresser of the
company had heated his curling-irons. But this
assertion is suffiziently refuted since; many of the
dancers, and even some individuals from the town,
whose curiosity had attrafted them to the theatre,
•fell into the same extremity. Still less could it be oc-
casioned by any potion, or unwholesome eatables,
since the persons attacked had rot dined together.
Othcrs have examine.) whether it is possible that these
convulsions have been caught merely by the sight of
- them; and in this belief the great Boer have is con-
firmed, after what has occurred under his own imme-
diate observation in the Monkish hospital for orphans
at Amsterdam. We do not deviate from our sub-
jec't, to observe, that men, as well as women, have,
for many days, complained of a great pain in their
stomach, and a frequent inclination to vomiting.—
The physicians have, with great success, applied
mimic as a remedy for their sufferings ; and when
this began to take efe,f, the person :reeled uttered
the most piercing cries ; and, in former ages, there
Is no doubt that this singular scene would have Leen
ascribed to the Incantations of some magician."