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London, England, 1821-08-15 00:00:00

pay the debt for you. Come up to-day, love, for 1 sure to
be put to death. 0! Charlotte, what must Igo through.
" JAMES CAWTHORNE.
" For Charlotte Tomlinson, Wbaplode, Liocolosbire."
The following is the letter written at Boston :
" March 28, 1821.
" Mau CHAILLOTTi—I the love for you a dismal death
must go through. I always thought you ray best friend,
but wow, Love, yon proved my violent foe ; but, Charlotte,
you really are my bosom friend ; you have gotten my heart
with you, Lova, for I base left it with you. I would rot
put the real thing in, Love, for I did not know who would
open it. You know what has been done between us, Love,
but I sever will discover it ; but, Lure, I really moat see
you, my dear, before I can die happy—l most see you,
Lore, really. I shall always be in trouble and torment, so
pray, Charlotte, come and let ale ease my ailed hi tore I die.
Love, game to Lincoln. by some meows or auother, as sorsa
as you can. The turnkey will let you see me; so, Love,. ►e
aura come, for I must see you before I die happy. 8 want
to ease my Naiad ; so adieu, adieu, my bosom friend. Die
I must, Love, hat let me see you lint, Love; thee I east
die happy. 0! Charlotte, our last meeting—t have sent
you my heart, Love.
" JAMES CAWTHORNF..

" For Charlotte To mI i neon, %%Implode, Lincol re."
The Prisoner in his defence declared be war not guilty,
and that the two eonetables bad' persuaded hint to write the
two letters. The eonetables being recalled by the Judge,
positively swore that no persuasion, suggestion, or entreaty
of any kind was used; but that the writing was quite vulva-
tary, mud that he had expressed a desire to write.
Mr. Justice Panc aside a luminous charge to the Jury.
Alter retiring for a few minutes, the Jury returned a. ver-
dict of Ordtlia
Mr. Justice Pas& Mee, is a meet impressive and affect-
ing manner, passed sentence of death tea the Prinuer. He
coucluded by ordering the Prisoner for execution on Thun-
der, his body to be afterwards delivered for dissection.
The address of the Judge made a great impression upon a
very crowded Court, many bring affected to tears ; and his
Lordship himself was au overpowered by his feelings that he
was obliged to pause before he could bisigh the seolcuee.
The Prisoner, however, remained wholly unmoved.
li is believed that the abuse is the only Prisoner who will
surer death et these Aaiz•s. Twelve o'clock on Thursday
was the lime fur execution. The wretched luau way very
penitent. On Wednesday be made a full confession, and
said that he could out miter enough for what Ice had door.
lle acknowledged that the way of his committing the mur.
der was by putting poison io the milk. Hating been used
to church music, and in the habit of playing on au instru-
ment at church, at his request a plaint was sung at Ilse
preaching of the condemned sermon, and be bore a part in
lie melody.—( Stamford Moreitry.)

POLICE.

lOW-STILT /T.

Yesterday Joshua Rowbotions, s►aling himself to be a
, was brought up by Lee, one of the horse patrol,
from Steals(ll, Middlesex, on a charge of having on Mon-
day last broke into the house of the Prosecutor, Joseph
Horcutt, and stripped the house from top to bottom.
It appeared from the evidence of Joseph Hurcutt, the
prosecutor, a pour labouring man, who is in the habit of
going with his wife into the fields to work, that nn
Manilas, about one o'elock, his wife, who had gone
home before Pro•reutor, returned and info►med him
that the hoes* had been broken into. On the arrival of she
Prosecutor at his cottage, he discovered it had been entered
by means of the window, which was completely brutes', and
on his gulag is be found out • abets nor stow left• trcover
them ; he instantly made an alarm and gave informition to
the officer, whom be accompanied in pursuit of the Prisoner,
and was fortunate enough to apprehend him near Salt
Hall, in Berkshire, with all the property in hie possession;
the Prisoner had left his own clbehes behind and put us
the Prosecutor's, which was the means of his apprehension.
Being charged by the officer with being the mats setperted,
lee immediately confessed he was,

The Poisoner,. on being called upon by the Justice for bin
defence, fold uMbiug. He wan fully committed. to•Newgatn
fur trial.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTII. MOUS? IS.
Cams iota harbour the Earyalus from Spithead, to be
paid nal.
Sailed the Mary, Tyree, f.jr Sbeeraess ; sad Medusa,
Hutcbiosee, for the eastward.

yALIIIOIITX, *saute 11'.
Arrived yesterday the Duke of Keut packet awls • evil
from Lishon--4he Es-Neapoliiar General William Prpc
came past/roger is her.
Sailed the Doris frigate for South Atomics • mid. the fol.beiuu packeteeith made :—Lady Arabella for Lisboa, Pus
fur the bleAterratieeti,. sod Nuctou Goethe Brasile.
siusitis*, mom 13..
Sailed from Standgate Creek for Loudon the Turkish fn.
pte Discs, Capisiu Carina.

DUAL, AVOUIPT 136.

Arrived and sailed, for she River she 'bananas Boaeh,
Bosch; and Beaufort, Saiutbill, Gust Jamaica; Peggy, Hoo-
ter, frosts Quebec; Nelson, Campbell, from Cape !).triton;
Lavioliv, Brooks, from she Brands; and Juno, Hutelnuasso,
from Havre--the Iwo latter rennin.

Came 'lowa front the River ■ad reasaia the Robert Ed.
wards, Sherbet., for New York ; Palaver, for
St. Joke's, N. H.; Kingston, Riassey, fur Halifat ; Cyfraa,
Nicholson, hie Watts; and Elisa►eth, Mather, fur

Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's et
Smyrna, dated the 4th ult.:—•6 The rmbergo ou
merchant shipping. it is expected, will be shortly
removed. The Medina remains in port with a
French frigate sod two sloops of war. A French
GO gun ship and two sloops of war have arrived in
this quarter,. and others wee experted ; they will re-
main in the neighbourhood until, orders are received
from Comitsatinopte to permit their eutering this
port."

Estroet of • letter from the Agent t Lloyd's
at Sierra Leone. dated Jose 8 :
" I beg leave to send you as extract trees the log book of
the brig George and James, Cbalwin, lately arrived here
from London and Gambia. In consequence of the blaster of
that seaml having faller is with thrum islands labial are set
laid ileum Is the ciarts, sod from Itis (request paasages be.
tween Gambia awl this tame be bad sot Ware reeu, he pre-
sumes them to have hem throes up by as authistake lately
felt upon tins coast. . _ _

"1114 y 3U, 1821.—We vowidewi le Lye fiehlume coarse
mad stones ; at the male lime sew *gee Woods. low sad
sandy, lituring 55.8 disi3st than smiles, Cope SAW bear-
lug 8. liil“sllC2 live miles "