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OLD BAILEY. SzeTtuste24.

Thews Have Bell was inclined for feloniously
stealing a portmanteau trunk, value SI. and a smaller
trunk, value 11. 10s. the property of a Mr. Harring-
ton. of Leicester-Hoare.
Mt. Harrington and his shopman stated, in evi-
dence, that, on the 2,,th of August last, about seven
o'clock in the evening, the prisoner came to his shop.
And chose two trunks, for the prices of which he
agreed. He said they were for Captain A. Crof-
tor. in the Navy, and desired to have the name A.
Cr.,fton, e,graved ..n the brass-plate, urn the
la-ger t-tink, and to have hoth sent next morning to
Lady Cocoon's, in Cadogar-Flace, with a bill. [his
WAS accordingly done. The Prisoner called next
day, at twelve, to ask if the trucks were sent t and
being told they were, he desired the bill might not be
sent till two o'clock. I; was not sent till four; and
the shopman was then told, by Lady Croftion's ser-
vant, that the trunks had been taken away that day
by a pe: son answering to the prisoner's description,
and styling htms,,lt Captain Crottoli's Steward.
P. Quinn, a footman in lardy Crolion's service,
proved that the trunks were left at her Ladyship's
house, on the 25th of August; and the Prisoner
afterwards fame there, about one o'clock the same
day, and asked it Captain Crofton was there ? The
Witness answered he was not ; but the plate to bear
of him, if he was in town, was at the Gloucester
Hotel. The Prisoner asked, if there were any
trunks left there for the Captain ? and Witness said
there were, and pointed to them on the hall floor.
The Prisoner then said, he was Captain Crofton's
steward, and came to fetch them away. Witness
seeing him genteelly dressed, advised him to call a
porter to carry them. Prisoner went out, brought
an another young man, and each carried away one
of the trunks.

The Prisoner, in his defence, denied no part of
the evidence adduced, but said he was steward to
Captain A. Crofton, ever since his ship was put
into commission; that he had sailed with him to
Russia, and back ; that he was in the habit of par.
chasing for Captain Crofton every thing he wanted ;
that he had purchased those trunks by his onier. and
forwarded them to Sheerness, where the ship lay ;
but that Captain Crofton suddenly sailed with the
expedition for the North Seas, without waiting for
Aim.

Aftsr some points of law upon the case, suggested
to the Court, in a low voice, by the Prisoner's Coun-
sel, M ALLAY and Gt:KISItY. the RICORItaIt
observed, in summing up for the Jury, that the pre-
sent was a case of such critical nicety, as to render it
difficult even for the most acute Lawyer to due, the
line which separated in this charge, a freed from a
Plane. The Prisoner was indiaed for the latter, and
therefore could not be convicted of the former,
which was not the descripthsts of criminality for
which he was indicted. He had not obtained the
po ion of the goods from Mr. Harrington by any
false pretence, for he desired them to be seat, on ac-
count of Capt. Craton, to the houseof Lady Crofton;
and if there was any felony in the case, itmust be in the
stealing them from thence, under a false pretence, as
the pretended steward of the Captain. There was no
proof that the Prisoner was not Capt. Crofton's
steward, and it would be rather a hard predicament
to throw upon him now the wort of proving that be
was; as it was well known that Captain Crofton,
who alone could prove or disprove the fad, was
now in the North Seas, and consequently the Pri-
soner could not have the benefit of his testimony.
The Prisoner admitted every other part of the evi-
dence ; and it was not very probable, if the Pri-
soner was not what he professed, and meditated a
fraud, that he would have ordered the trunks to the
Captain's aunt, and afterwards call for them there
in person, where he would be se liable to deteaion.
The Jury, therefore, would in this, as in all eases of
rational doubt, lean to the favourable side.—Verdict,
Nut Geily.
The Prosecutor now produced to the Court a red
Morocco leather pocket-book, which he said was
foond on the Prisoner, and contained a SOL draft,
signed " I. Creflen ;" and be desired to know
it he was obliged to return it to the Prisoner ?
but we could not tolled the order made by the
Court on this subject.
?bower Wilows, a man aged forty, was indiaed for
embezzling two banker's drafts, the one for 41.1.
16s. 6d. and the other for 231. the property of his
master. Mr. Maberly, coachmaker, of Welbeck-
street, by whom he was employed as a porter, and
1 for which drafts be was sent to receive the pay-
ment, on Saturday, July 11. It appeared by the
evidence, that the Prisoner had been frequently
trusted to receive for his master large sums of
m mey, at different times ; but on this occasion his
honesty was not proof against the lures of love and
1 opportunity. ,His first step, after obtaining the
1 money, was to get tipsey; his next was a visit to a
C.vprian cww,mt, near Cockspur-street, where he
solaced himself with one of the jrad ROW, who now
appeared as evidence, to prove his generosity in pre-
senting her with a 201. note. He next hired a gig
to drive her about town, and 'squired her down in
his vehicle to Oxford, on a visit to her friends, who
resided there. Inquiry, in a short time, ied to the
discovery of his retreat, and a clerk of Mt. Nlaberly,
with a Police-officer, were dispatched alter him,
surprised him in the arms of his delein,a, at Oxford,
and brought him to town, with a temuant of 301.
of the money, which he had not spent. His para-
mour suspecting that a man of his mean appear-
ance could not come honestly by so much property,
retained nearly all the 201. he gave her, and readily
gave it up to Mr. Maberly's clerk.—Gaiks.
There was no other trial of any importance, and
the calendar being now gone through, the Re-
, wanes proceeded to pass sentence of death on the
following convias :
Janes &nitwit, • Itanktopt, for ombeaalmg his property ;
Wary Duffy and Robert Smith, on their illlid CON•lalOtt as
common anent... ul bale money ; Gourge Nut, fur highway
rubbe,y; John Uneen, Catharine /a ester, Elisabeth Kellet,
I aiii John Cutur, for pr.rately stealing an dwelling-houses I
Alexander Monne., to, Snug a loaded pistol at, and desperate-
ly wswisJing, Miss Wyatt Dobson.
1:1.4.6M Molloy. a palsied old woman, of 70, for
utteriag a forged Bank note, to be transported for
I $ years.
Eighteen were sentenced to transportation for
sevon years; eight to one year's imprisonment;
1 twenty-five to six months confinement in the House
of CorreShnu; and six to be whipped.
When Jaws Bullock was called on, in the usual
way by the cletk of the Artaixos, to say, why

sentence of death and execution •thereon, should
not be passed oo him ? he repeated his objeftioas.
made on a former day. that he was not guilty
of ay intentional fraud or wrong; and that he
had been tried and convieted upon illegal and
unconstitutinnal evidence. And, again, after the
awful sentence of the law had been passed, lie
addressed the Court with firmness, expressed his ap •
probation of the impressive speech frcm the Re-
act-trim which preceded the announcement of his
late ; bat, again, professed his cons:inusness of de-
frauding no man ; and the high consolation he felt,
under his awful situation, that nn sense r.f wrong to
others inteisupted him in making his peace with
God. He then bowed respedfully, and retired
from the bar, apps-ently borne down by the horrors
of his situation.

He is a man about 40 years of age, of middle
stature, of gentlemanly appearance and address,
and of a pitch of intelleft which might render him
an honour to any situation in life.
ThreCtrurt then adj-ntined to the 16th (Moller.

NAVAL INTL. LLIGANCE.

►ORTSMOUTH, St:tr 44.

The blowing weather prevented the Intrepid tram
moving to the Motherbank till this moini..g. She
does not bring ro late news of Lord Collingswood,
as is in the Foreign Pap, rs. His Lordship sailed
from Malta (two months since) for the Dardanelles,
whilst the Intrepid la► there. She is come home
with the Hon. General Fox and Family, and beitrg
in want of repairs.
Arrived this afternoon, the Sate-a, of 74 guns.
Lord A. Reauckre; and the Switrere, 74, with a
convoy from the Mediterranean. They left Gi-
braltar a fortnight before the Intrepid, therefore can-
not bring any thing new.
Sailed His Majesty's ship Resistants, on a cruise.
—Wind S.W.

PLYMOUTH. SLPT. 23.
Sailed the Horni sloop of war, to the westward.
Last night it blew a gale of wind from S.W. but
havirg much rain this day, the wind is lulled.
Went into Cawsand Bay, the Renown. of 74
guns, and the T Mane, 36. carneinto Dock.
Came up Hamm ze, 11.4doen1ssro, Spanish Inter
of marque. cutter, Lieut. Knux, a prize to the.Var-
anus, 32 guns, Captain Malcolm.

PALMOUTII, SEPT. 22,

Arrived the Andland Packet, Schuyler, with
Mails from Lisbon, 14 days passage ; left the
Princess Elizabeth Packet in the Tagus. The Por-
tuguese Grupe cement is understood to have refused
Bonaparte's requisition of 4.000,000 of crusadoN,
and had determined rather than be further imposed
on by the French, to gait Portugal altogether, for
which purpose they were fitting out every ship of
war in their possession ; ten sail of the line were
already equipped, and quite ready for sea.
Also arrived, the Princess Elizabeth packet. (2d,)
Forresdale, with mails, from Malta, &c. 24 days
from Malta. Lord Collingwood bad sailed from
Malta, for Constantinople, the latter end of July.
On the 17th instant, in lat. 49. 1. long. 11. 47.
spoke His Majesty's ships Sears and Swiftszre, of
74 guns each, with corgaracforty, sail,) from
mb Gib-
ar, for England. Fox had sailed from
Messina. on board His Majesty's ship Intrepid, for
England.—. Wind S.W.

TORBAY, MT. SS.

Arrived this forenoon, from of Ushant, under com-
mand of Admiral Lord Gardner, the Ville de Parts.
Femdroyant, Dreadoseezht. St. Ge•rge, Londe*, Mo.
march, Cal 4sais, CoMplerJP, Plantagenet, Ann, armed
brig. and Berg and Nowa, cutters, being blown
off this station.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 2s.

The lediutre. Guthrie, from
this port, arrived at Cork, where she discharged her
cargo, and sailed from thence, on Saturday, the Sth
inst. but being caught in a severe storm, came to
anchor. of Waterford, when the people took to the
boat, crossed the Irish Channel, and when within
about two hundred yards of the Cornish Coast, lie
upset. and they were all unfortunately drowned;
the vessel, without any hands on board, rode out the
storm, and was. the following day, safely taken into
Waterford harbour.-Phis is one instance. amongst
many others on record, of the folly of a ship's crew
quitting the vessel, without an absolute necessity
for their so doing. _

I. to

DIAL, SEPT. 24.
Put back the Resilience. Law, for New York.
Arrived the Wrangkr gan-brig front a cruise, and
remains in the Downs, with the ships as per last ;
also the Hamilton Moore, M'Cobb, for Charleston.
Sailed the Bloodhound gun-brig for Yarmouth.—
Wits.l S. W. blows hard, with rain.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
•uncal

In Yarmouth Roadt—Ahe Eleanor, Thrift, from Riga.
Ulf Ponseinuth--the Ante, —, Irons the South Si.m
At Bristol—the bisque's, Fable', ir4io Dominica ; Miss,
Shepheard. from St. Lucia; West Indian Appleby, from
Nevis , Sussex, Hutchinson ; and the Dyljes, from
the West ladies.
In the Clyde.—the Northern Friends, ..—..., from Pitton.
At Dublin—the Jamie's, Foid ; and the Harmony, Hum -
Pbrms, from London.

At Cork--the Uinta, Wylie, from London, and the Rama.
slit, Butcher, from Peter burgh.
At Belfaes—..the Union, Brinx from Petersburgh ; and tit St.
St. Patrick, let.Gibben. from LOnJon. •

At Oporto-411e Lord Nelson, Wade, from Letidun ; Unity,
Tomlin, from Newfoundland; Bladen, White and the
Bury Castle, —, (rem Quebec.
At Boston-41m Hannah, Cottle, from Dublin.
At Chariestant.-.4lse Ocean, Malcolm, from the Clyde.
At Tebage—.the Golden Grove' from Fayal.
At Trirdad--the Thomas, Anderson, (coin Af, tea.
At Nith —the Fleetwood, Crook, loon Lisetyand
At Malta—the Prozbe, Gumucio ; and Om Ann, Britton,
from Loudon.

The Anni y of the Kimo's Coronation was
celebrated ou Monday, at Plymouth, by the Forts
and Garrisons firing el guns, at noon. and the
ships in the different parts of the harbour, ■t one
o'clock. A shot from oue of theships in the *mind,
entered the back of a house in the market place,
belonging to Mr. ROMTII, ironmonger ; passel
through the floor of the room into that immediately
under, and from that into the adjoining room,
where it lodged in a beaufet ; in its passage
through the last room, it knocked a chair to pieces,
in which Mr. Rosser, bad been sitting; and from
which he had not arisen more than two minutes.
It did considerable damage to the partitions us its
passage—ae shot ersigh44l I Y pounds.

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