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ing if the knife, which Must Irgze been turned in
the wound by the Prisoner.
Thomas Sutton, Esq. a surgeon of Shrewsbury,
arrived between nine and ten that night ; found
Mr. 11'11(le in bed ; considered the wound of a very
alarming nature Cusid as he thought Mr. Wilde s
life in danger, be remained with him all night ; he
wag afraid Mr. Wip'e's liver Of might
have been injured. Mr. Sutton fully corroborated
the testimony of the preceding witness, us to the
Stir and nature of the wound.
Thomas Breeze, a blacksmith at Pontesbury,
recollects Prisoner coming to him about nine o'clock
in the morning of the day on which Mr. Wilde was
stabbed ; Prisoner asked if I would give him a turn
Or two of the grinding stone ; I told him 1 was
horsy, hut 1 did turn for him about two minutes; I
observed him grinding the point rod back of the
knife, and asked hint what he was grinding the
'beck of the knife for ? Prisoner replied—" I
tell you, you'll hear more about it before
night."
Mr. John Stretch, vestry clerk of Pontesbury,
reruenthers the Prisoner applying to him fur ad-
Whirl:tin to the workhouse un the 17th of August,
the day before Mr. iVilde was stabbed ; witness
told him lie roust apply to the committee : Pri.
sorier applied to him again on the isth; wit-
Dees had a man thatching • stack, and asked Pri-
soner to assist by making hay-bands; Prisoner said
he could not stop, but he (witness) should hear of
him again before night; Prisoner was then perfectly
sober. Witness saw Prisoner again, in the village
public-house, about eleven that mor g ; he saw
him there continually from eleven to three o'clock, as
witness was doing business at the public-house (Sur.
ing that time fur a Magistrate ; Prisoner was then
also perfectly sober; witness heard the landlady re-
fuse todraw dritik„observing that the Mrgis-
trates had ordered them to draw no drink for paupers.
After leaving the public-house, he again was ap-
plied to by the Prisoner, between three and four
o'clock, fur re-admission, and was again refused ;
witness, however, referred him to Ale. Harrison
(line of the Rectors, and a Magistrate) ; and wit.
teas believes lie did apply to Mr. Harrison in
his presence. Witness saw Prisoner again about
eight o'clock, having heard a cry that John Denny
bad stabbed Mr. IVilde with a fork; witness ran
to Denny, asked him if he was not ashamed of
himself? Did be know what he had done ? Pri-
soner replied—" 1 know what 1 have done, I'm
not drunk nor mad." Witness took Prisoner's
stick, and gave him him two or three blows across
the arm with it. Sew Prisoner again, about eight or
ten mit:liter after lie was seized, in the custody of
the curistAble sod others; asked him if he was
out ashamed himself? Prisoner replied, " No,
am not ashamed of myself, I had as lief kill Wilde
as kill a toad." Wituess said, Prisoner appeared
then to be perfectly sober. Mr. Stretch spoke as to
the identity of the knife produced in Coin t.
Edward Brawn seized Prisoner after Mr. Wilde
hail been stabled : when lie seized Prisoner,
He'll said, " You must come along with me."
Prismser asked hint if lie wanted him, and said,
" 1 will go any where, 1 would as lief be hanged
as demoted (starved) to (heath." Prisoner also
said, " 1 think it no more harm to kill a parsou
then to kill • toad." A Mr. Jones asked Prisoner
if lie was sorry fur what he hail done? Prisoner
replied that he was irony he had not done it quite
enough ; was not drunk, and appeared sensible.
Mi. Gittins, a constable, and William Pugh,
confirmed the statements of the preceding witness.
The Rev. C. Peters, Rector of one of the por-
ti of Pontesbury, and a Magistrate, stated, dirt
the Prisoner was brought before him about half au
hour after Mr. Willie was wounded. The Rev.
Gentlemen spoke as to the identity of the knife
produced in Couit ; and on this point Mr. Stretch
was re-examined, and the ideutity fully established.

Mr. PCAUSON cross-examined several of the wit-
nesses as to their knowledge of the Prisoner bring
ill of ■ fever, fourteen or sixteen )ears ago; but
they all expressed themselves ignorant of stay such
fact.

The Jury consulted fur s few minutes, and thew,
by their Foreman (Mr. Perry, of Clive'ley), re.
turned is verdict of Guilty.
Huron GARILOW then passed sentence of Death
on the Prl►unrr.

NAVAL INTELLIGENC'E.

roarastoliTit, AfIIII. 6.

Arrive.' the Camelron gun-brig, from a ciiii.e ; and Nor.
folk, Y.atcll, hum the Mediterranean, and put 111.141 Cr
qtlillllll ill!.
SaHrd she Edward Ellirr, —, for Catlie; Sir George
rrevost, for Quebec ; and Marshal Wellington, Addiek, fur
Live. pool.

rt./MOUTH. APRIL S.
Saited the Minerva Mills, anal Row, 31' l'aggairi, fur
Ilengal ; anal the anal of the utatward.bananal.

DEAL, APRIL 6.
Arrived the Ebenezer, Jensen, from Noma', and auntie.
Caine Mites' from the River nod sailed, the Timmer, Prck,
fur New York.

LIIRWICK, MARCH' 30.

The .Lip Present, of Ilnll, rot un the rurkm, dhib
in a calm, and received cunsiderable diiiii,ige; she was gut
off ilia next tide by assistance of hosts b. longing to vet...els
iu the harken?, and brought in, where she now hts water..
lugged—bulled to Liatvis's Straits.

turftAcomar, •PRIL 5.
Arrived the galliot Tlashaudie, frum Celte, bouud to Am-
sterdam, with a carob of tittle uniumast pique% rad mils
and rigging cut away.

DISTRIRUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
The lynx, Air the Petite Guillaume, on Werlitrulay, the
7th April, on board, at Plymouth. Readiest No. 2, Kerr-
street, Plymouth Durk.
The Dwarf, fur the smuggling vessels Venus sad Two
B►sehrra, on the Sth iustaut. Recalls at No. 22, Arundel-
street,Stranil.

Last morsdag Irrey sad Greets, who were convicted the
Sessions before het, the former of baviug rubbed his master,
Mr. Perkins, or properly to the aormant of 1,000/.: the
latter of having stolen 2501. the property of a Hein fit Su.
mil, acre executed at the Old Bailey. Since the time of
their condemnation they acre - '- penitent. Groot,

, extremely
spots Wog told that he was to die, did not appear iu the
slightest i!egite agitated. He said, " The will of God
be dune," and devoted himself wholly to ieligious ram
Matey, ou reerii big the same dreadful intelligence,
trembled excessively, and said, it was rut of the pain of
dying be was afraid, but of appearing before Gud, with
every clime ujion his head except murder. Green expressed
his surprn.e as not having beard from his companion in the
rubbery, who, be said, bad enjoyed all the plunder ; but ha
forgave that pe'rsoll from his heart, and hoped his conscience
would dwelt him before it was too late. The Rev. Dr.Vottou
attended Green, and Mr. Devereux,

GENERAL GOURGAUD.

PETITION OF CF.NFRA GOURGAUD, COMPLAIN-
ING OF HIS ARRESI' UNDER TIlk: ALIEN ACT.

(Presented to Ike House pf Cowinctes, April 2.)
I
A Petition of Barns Conresed, was presented, and read ;
petting forth, that She laws have been vtulate.l in Isis persua,
anal by that very power to wheal the executiou of them is
ram6aled ; and that his alsontee, the result erf vaoleure, ten-
ders it impossible to appeal to the Gonna Law, and throe
to support his cause; his male hope is, that the 11/lUge will
not turn • deaf car to She Petition of an tothappy. norm.- I
tooted foreigner, also invokes She English laws in the Parlia.
tend of Crest Britain; the Petitioner will e ~,,, 111113113! by
establishing the facts cm whir li be thinks himself justified in
getimseliag hi, complaint; they are coulathed in the Whittle;
sanative, which was tient by the Petitioner to lord Sol.
Instath • few days after his arrival at Hataboigh:—" Ilse- '
ling keen unwell for manly days, about eight o'clork on the
morning of the 11th of November, seven or eight men,
armed with pistols Rllll bludgeous, precipitately rushed into
my chamber, ber.re I liadriseu, surrounded my bed, seized I
My arms, and every thing they could lay their bands 1111 ;
one of them, Mr. Capper, of the Alien Oilier, ordered me to
get up immediately ; that Lord Sjilmouth wished to see toe ;
I answered that I was not well, but that I would dress eny.
*elf anal wait pit his Lordship, and begged them to retire
while I got tip, which they refined to du; 11111'11.6ed to sae
them opening the drawers of my bureau, 1 asked to see the
artier by which they thus stied; Mr. Capper shewed me one,
signed Sadmouth, whirls required sae to leave the kingdom; '
1 said that this order dial too give them the moliority to
seize my papers and other effects; that in" Me *situati iiii 1
was, unwell, slot..', without a servaut, I wanted • fee hours
to arrange any affair'', or to get one of my (Oriels to lake
charge of them, and to aid me in my itreparatiou for nay de.
perigee; but Capper told me in the must grins manner, that
if I did 1141 i get up immediately, hr would take me naked
as I was, at the same time inking hold of the heal clothes, j
and drawing them off with some force; I protested against
this violence, and desired to be carried heroic the Privy
Cuuncil, or before Lind Sidmouth, anal era neat myself with
all haste; 1 said, 1 hoped to he allowed to go into the
Netherlsods, where I had many friends; but Capper told
me, the King of that country would not receive Ilion persons
who were expelled this country, and that I was to he coo.
• ducted to Cuxhaven, sad that I was going to , way all
my effects, Lie ; I then went into my pithier, surrumided
by all the above.mentioned individuals; althouzli they had
taken away all the arms they had found i• my Ired.rown, they
appeared to be iu great fear of me, and held their pistols
to my breast; in order to toulquillize them, I told them,
there was another pair of pistols to my closet, which they
found on updating it; they had already seized my portfoliu,
my papers and many other things; it was not without
wee\ ddealty that I could succeed in patting a part of
the papers auto the said portfolio ; anal lurkiag it, uotwith-
standing Capper's wish that it shoold be left open ; protest.
lag against the unlawful seizure of them, I declared I was
not afraid of having them examined by Loral Badmouth; that
many of them were of the greatest consequence to sin,
and that I never could leave them iu the hands of Capper
and his companions; that perhaps many of them might be
taken away, and others substituted, and therefore I was de-
termined to put them under my seal ; my desire of &sing
things according to rule, seemed to culminate the plans of
Capper ; anal to hinder me from doing so, he tried to snatch
the sealing-wax out of my hand; 1 however succeeded in
sealing the curer, untwitlistanding the fury of this man,
milk+ increased every minute; I tried to pnt other seals on
the sides, when nut being able to ennui.' himself any Luger,
he sized hold of the portfolio, and snatched it out of my
hands ; this was probably the signal agreed upon with his
accomplices, fur immediately two of them seas.'d me by the
throat, while the others struck me on the head with their
bludgeons, and took possessiou of my effects; I then cried
out " Murder!" and thought it high time, fur their rage
had no bounds; they dragged me out of nay room, striking
one with their slicks and the butt-rod of their pistols; ot lira a
attempted to force • handkerchief bath my mouth, and all
tried to hurry me into a carriage which stood at the door;
the only aim of all toy ellen@ was to be allowed to be
taken before • Magistrate ; I only wished to sell my trunks
and tither effects that I left in my ludgiugs,aud to put it., sat
in chsige aunt of toy friends; 1 ',kat! for clothing but that
justice, that would not have been drilled toe at Tuiiis or
Algiers ; but it was mu+ ss; every th=ug was refused me ;
Capper and his men told the people who had assentlakd
round the canine hi consequence of nay erns, that I an
a mailman, • great ei ' . ail, and told them that I Ind
committed high treason! they dared even to threaten
to Ere on those who were *mediae by if they attempt-
ed to iuteifere, or hinder the ishuman treatment 1 was
receiving. For 141111 C moments my right leg was hang-
ing out of the carriage-door; they theless •t -
'mooed at different time's to abut it with great force;
I thought they would have broken it; the pain that 1
experienced was such, that I tumbled into the button' of
the carriage, where Capper mid four of his malt had got
iii; they profited by this eircumstance, and he:il time
slows, under their feet; two others nsuunted the hos, sod
the tentage set off at full gallop. They conducted one over
Westminster-bridge to a house belouging to Capper, egad
put me into a room, where two of the turn rernained soh
1111 e, while the others went into ail adjoining apartment u it h
toy effects, probably to dieole them amung the ts; after coue
time Capper entered, and made use i.f tall possible meatus
to idosio (tom me a letter to may landlady, to authorise the
said Capper to re-eater my lodgings and take possession of
the remaining effects. I sunned, that the measlier in
which he and his men had already pillaged ray lodgings re-
strainril me from goring them any authority it. noire ; that
if they Ind the rigid is the first instance to act as they bail
dose, they could, by the eame sight, return and lake time
rest; Capper then told me, its • minion, that 1 should set
off as I was, without busts, hat, or any thing else: 1 had a
gent pain in the head, and had great difficulty iu obtain-
tug out of my linsidkeichiels to tie over soy head; from the
"nisi on my leg I could hardly walk; two men look met...staid
the arms and carried me to the carriage, which was maltose
behind the house : they planed me between two of thesis, a
third mounted the box, mid we set off; five sir six miles
from Loudon the carriage stopped at au ion (the Rising Suit),
where the three Officers got nut to breakfast, and obliged
met° do the same; as 1 did nut choose to partake of this re-
past, I was subjevt all the time to their moat insolent and
impertinent jukes; when they had finished, and that they
we re conducting use to the carriage, 1 asked the hostess said
five or six other persons who were there, if I could out speak
to a Magistrate; that 1 was an intros:it/nate furs iguer stlio
hod been seized and carried off fruits Isis loalgiugs, %%loch
were left to he plundered, &c. Capper and his 111131 told them
that I was a great crimistal, • scoundrel, mad began again to
ill-treat me; they even took unt cords to hoed me; in
the carriage I was obliged to hear them speak its the must
abusive terms against some of the most distinguished 514:111•
1/Cri of the two Muses of Parliament : ' These are your
friends, said they ; ' Ah ! we should be glad to have
them here, those rascals.' At the Next 101111 (I believe
Ilfind) they were /WMo time in changing horses, and seve-
ral peruses gut roues% the carriage from curiosity ; 1 spin
asked to speak to a Magistrate, lot I could not Omsk that
Capper sod his men had any right to do what they were
abort, but Capper drew a pistol from his pocket, and
struck me with force on the side, while one sat his sworn.
plices struck toe on the head with • bit of wood, anal
wished tufurce • handkerchief in my mundo ; it was in vain
that I implored the persons assistatice who surruuaded the
carriage; I saw companion painted on all their faces; but
the third taiseireout, who was ripens the hue eryiug oat, • it's
by the order of I.ord Sidsavatli! high treason! a great cri-
minal !` hindered any help being giver to me. 1 bled much;
1 resigned myself to my tut, fur !saw I had nothing So Imps
fin, and made so more attempts to obtain justice ; I wished
oncerirseiji ssite doh rbtaeouvt
tegre;l.ats) Harwich"..
a obliged
suffered
chives. ulirri untillit:c ;ku but
clash sight,pe
asked
lbaeuna. :di' me;ddta.l
his
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m a steiwur
eel oh. fa,
.0a:
supped, although they had dined oat therwad, bettor I could
obtain permissiun to retire to my bell; dating the night two
of thous slept in my chamber, smiled dot u the witidows, the
third slept in an adjoining room.
(To be contiwood.) .