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BARBADOES, APRIL 4.

Accounts front St. Thomas's state, that Sir U.
Prevost having touched at that isho.d, sailrd from
thence nil the 23th ult. ; *44 afterwards seen at
anchor at Porto Rico, and intended to proceed to
the city of St. Domingo, the inhabitants of which
had petitioned I to take possession of it.
A number of sn•nrh vessels continue to arrive
at, or be carried into, Martinique.: within the last
week there acre not 1i..3 than ieve•st made prises
of--o-notig these, one (notionol brig of Is guns)
was towed into Trinity he one of our frigates, on
the 30th ult.: where, on the 27tb, another brig
ran in, awl was taken possession of by a Detach..

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY. MAY is.

It was reported lust night, that Government have
received tile Fourth Btilletin atite French Army in
Germany, and that the events %lite!' it relates are
not of importance.

The letters and paper. brought from the Leeward
Islands by the Francis "reeling Packet, the arrival of
which we mentioned yesterday, were delivered in the
course of the day. Their principal feature is the
arrival of the L'Ocient squadron at the Saintes,
of which we gave an account yesterday. The
French ships had two thousand troops on hoard,
and a large supply of provisions, destined for the
relief and protection of Martinique. Upwards of
twenty vessels have fallen into our !muds, in con-
sequence of sluicing that bland its ignorance of its
capture. Among them was a French national brig
of 18 guns.—lt has been andersto.Kl in England,
for souse time past, that General l'ativusr had re-
turned direct to Halifax, after the conquest of Mar-
tinique. This repott, however, does not appear to
be correct. A Barbadoes paper of the 4th states
that he passed St. Thomas's on the 45til of March,
and was afterwards sera at Porto Rico, oa his way to
the city of St. Domingo, the inhabitants of which
had expressed a desire to put•themselves under the
protection of the Englsh.

We have received Madras Papers to the Roth of
December, from which we have made wine ex-
tracts.

It will be seen in oar Parliamentary Retain, that
the A rroati Y -GEN ERAL means to bring forwurd,
this dub, his proposition fur revising Mr. PlTy's
Bill far regulating public mvetings. ' The Debat-
ing Societies, sod some late political meetiii,s, we
understand, will come under his consideration..

‘Ve took occasion, some months ago, in com-
menting on the policy, measures, and great out-
lines of the system adopted by BONAPARTE, for
regraerating the Continent, to unssark, that he
committed a radical, and perhaps, us it might
eventually prove, a fatal error, by placing his bro-
thers and his relatives on the throats of so many
kingdoms or countries. It is by no means impos-
sible, that in the progress of the present war, he
may have to repent of this predilection for the
two families of BONAPARTE and Beadmatttrots.
Of all his kitqr, :111:11AT is the only one who pow-
sesses any military talents, or who may be esteemed
personally lit for derentlitig the crown conferred
on I . The other; have no merit except that of
being brothers to I\ lroi.tox, Or souse his
Jones', .by the universal consent of all mankind,
is a usil4l, quiet, urnuelsitione, domestic toasts ler-
ing Lis ease and his bottle, fit for a diplomatic or
a ministerial *filer ; but utterly destitute of talents
to inaigatain hid:self on a revolutionary elevation,
surrounded with dangers. It is, indeed, probable,
that the Government of Barataria was not more I
irksome to Sancho, than that of Strain and the
lathes i-. to Don ..Nip.steers Joseph the First !
Letts, Klux of link:arid, is cast by Institut in the.
gentlest mould. Dadirient in nbility for continued-
ing crones, or in inclination for arms; and aware
that au hour of calamity and, reverse may arrive,
lie liars sought by every possible means to conci-
hate the *Keeton's of les 'subject'', and to mollify
the tyranny of his brother. Ile may perhaps owe
his safety and his life to this judicious and amiable
line of conduct. Vor, even in rase of a popular
insurrection of the Dutch, we believe that Louts's
person would be safe from the fairy of the people.
,lifeont, timu4h he has served cis both elements,
has been distinguished on neither. Narotdcom, by
compelling the Duke of %VtaTanotae to give his
daughter in marriage to this amphilsiolis mo-
narch, may subject him to a trial fur bioniny,
if in the mutability, of human even:s, Ilia
WESTPIIALEAN MAJEATT should ever be drivels
from Cassel to Philadelphia, as DR:me:nes was
from Syrricuse to Corinth. Such a tramitem ie. not
impossible; for Jeenme has neither merit, nor se-
sources, nor character. 'The Prince Viceroy, other-
wise EUGENE BEAURARNOIS, seems to be the
worst and weakest of all NAPOLEON'S relerl.• Ile,
too, has married the Al aughter of one of ilie
Cori-
can Kings; but his Step-fother may perhaps repent
of having entrusted the protection or his .• King-
dom of Italy," and his Iron Crown, to this son of
Med:nue BONAPARTE. Ile appears to he utterly
unlit for an arduous and perilous a station, if we
may judge flout his bite defeat on the banks of
the Taiiliaun elite. It is curious to consider, in this

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enumeration :f ,:caitionari that th-
only individual of the lioN trtttriJ, distinguislicri
fur capacity and vigour, namely
pertinaciously refused to accept of any crown
sceptre from NAPOLEON—as if he for.nialor that thi,..!
donations were neither secure nor durable.

The British force 14t Islockading the
squadron at the Solutes, consisted of .s fail of the
aloe, besides several frigates, slotys, &e. *1 he slni
of the liiie are :
Rvar•Adeuiral Sc A. Cer
Neptune,
RA•t, emu.
t*, l4O leatitaia R COCSSURN.
Vautan., 74 --- Wool).
Vuek. ' 74 ---. H.111.70K
Intrepid, -. Hue. W. Laur.
%wallower', frigate. awl brigs.
The Marquis of WLI.LESLIM is expected to leave
Eaglaud, for Spun], iu about ei3lit or teas Joys.
We understand that M. Ctva tros having com-
pleted din ohject of his mission, propose~ to return
to his native country in. the coupe of the pre,eiit
mouth, leaving the duties of the Spanish Legation
entirely under the able direction of Admiral rieJ-
DAIS.
Nine vessels from Holland iirri red on Tomb's.—
Most of them left the coast on Friday lost. It is
• favourable circumstance, that nt that thie no
further success of the Frerich'had been announced
tliroug'h the Dutch papers.
The forces, English sod Portuguese, wider the
commuild of Sir A. IVVI.O.L4LICY and Marshai
RSSFORO, err thus rated A. W kl.l.rlit.: Y,
R 7,500; Marshal BERLaIORD, 35,000.--Total.
62.500.

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By accounts from Dominica. dated !'2il March,
upwards of twenty sail of peels %)er.• expecitil at
S. Bartholomew 'a from Liverpool. at alas
Lary ...Lila obtain the Swedish fling, end piovreil
to the coast of Africa, to trade for ; he
which means the law for prohibiting the sale snit
be evaded. It is the duty of Wainer* to look to
this adventure.
The ,La BUellte Cl/ornate, of _
18guttg, Cliptain
T 0074 NO morrivtaionTueulay from V hest
sirs lilt the Taps it was thought that VICTOR, io -
mt. ed of marching to &dojos and Elem., would
proceed north-wen. with latent to join SOULT at
Oporto, bat sanguine hopes are entertained the.
Sir A ?Mit W ei.1.101.6Y would be able to come it;)
with them before the two French corps cuuid form
u junetion.
It is expected that the Ist battalion of the Lid
regimeint, and the !!sth Rifle Corps will be em-
barked in the routs* of the present week. Set real
other corps (nom the eastern district are also to he
embarked immediately, and the feet will sail Lefere
theKis?s bird) daps
The Lona Mattis) resumed its sitting yesterday
at Citrates, upon Captain COcußAse. Aft.er
some senoeile* were e‘aititoed, Captain COCHRANE
ovule Ins ilefetice, and the Promentor was heard in
reply. The business being then closed, the Court
proceeded to deliberate upon the judgment. ethic's"
will he transmitted for tits !Weisser's approbation.
There was a heavy tiring, on Tuesday night, ca
the French coast, but it is reported that it proceed.
from some of our cruisers chasing French revere's.
A rcquivitiou, signed by upwards of flirty re-
'tractable Burgesses, has been presented to T.
Lor.ues, Esq. Mayor of Werwick, requesting lain
to call a Meeting of the Burgesies. to take into
consideration the propriety of expressing don-
tintriks to Cul. WARDLE, for bringing forward the
late investigation into the conduct of his lio)at
Highness the f)uke of Yost. The Mayen, in
compliance with the Requisition, appointed a
meetiag at the Court-Douse yesterday.
The Alliance, —, front Liverpool, hound to
Philadelphia, has been run foul of by the Swim,
and left iii a winkling state—the crew are arrived at
Liverpool.
The Maria sad Ass, —, from Cottentowz,
for Liverpool, has been found at sea without any
person on boardolisinasted, end carried into Shield,.
Friday mottling, the lit Iteeionetit of Dragoon ;
Guards, under the command of Colonel Fe u.sit.,
left the Barracks, near York, on their route fort
Berwick upon Tweed.
On Tuesday, Mr. NICEOLAY. Her MAistres,
principal Page. died, at so advanced age, at his,
apartments in St. Janies's Police. Mr. N. attend-1
ed Her 3lazesTe to this countay.
A Captain of a vessel who left Oporto nit the
19th ult. gives the following recital :—At the tint
of the advance of Marshal 50u1..? to Oporto, 'about
40 French pristmers fell iuto the hands of the.
papoisme, who hurbarootly put them to desith.•••
aeon a, 6.! Marshal was informed of this, he
ordered Woody vengeance to he taken. In conse-
quence, some thoosands of the wretched inhabi-
tants were bayonetted, without distinction of age
or sex. After the rage of that French was i.l woe
measure satiated, and the bodies of the 'laughter, it
lied been reposed threekdays in the streets, the lin •
dies of some were permitted to be interred is the
churches aid herbsl grounds, but the greater nom-
beruf the deed bodies *ere east into the river. M., r-
shal SOU t.T, it is wild, rive strict otrierato the soldiers
not to hurt sin?, of the Etigtish, as they. he was
pleased to declare, gctiereily respected the laws of
war. It is diflicult to credit so horrible a story.
It appears that snow movements have again corn-
meneed among the vessels te.eposing the Boo-
lope flotilla. Their object is oat known, but they
have been onfortuinde in their attempt. Tuesday'.
His Majesty'. ship Troorpetise, Captain DOLLING.
sent two of than nato Doter. They carry each
two large guns sod t to howitzers, and a crew of
13 men. Thei.e, with now more, came out of lino-
logue harbour thr...day before, and ^ ere hound to
licivoct. On obeerving the Trompease, they mule
for Ambleteuse harbour a ith alt possible speed, and
right of them succeeded in their object. Tim
other three too on :Imre under Cape Gristles. sod
about ten o'clock at Higirt the two thnt have been
sesitin were brought riff by the heists of the Trost•
pease, un.:er s.trcintia:oas tire from the batteries,
but fortuuntely withein any of our brave fellows re-
any bust. 'flies, prizes, though froot
Boulogne, are Dust!). and were mooned Wis.::
Dutchmen, two of whom wounded b.
tire folio (lie tanneries. 'i he vessels appear to t.s
touch decayed in conserjuence of hating lain by so
ions;.—Tleg hate each four large guns be:oll, bt-
iWele those mounted sea-dick.

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Yesterday, anon after twelve Flie Ma-
Jute at. iced at. the 4,lukeres Palace hum Wind-
sor ; he was reeeive.l he the Dukes or YORK. KENT,
CUMBlitt.L.4 awl CA eIItRID,4%. A little after
two o'clock AIt,RSTY l.e•hl a private Levee,
which was attended &y
The Arelihisb•tp d Csoter'isry, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lord Preside it Albs Cottrell, the Lord Privy Seal, the
First Lord .'tits Fresenry, the First Lard of the Admiralty,
the President of th • Hoard of Trade, the th.ce Sccreisries of.
State, the Cis me7..iior Esehr.pier, the Co 1,04.c1er-in-
Chief, the Lord Cliain'terlein, the Lord Steward of the
Mosseheld, the Aostriso Ambassador, the Recorder of
tondos, the Llti't.ts of Bedford and mouirose, pie Dar-
guinea Wellesley sad favistork, Earls St inaforl, Winched.
sNi, end Patilet, ',to wait:3); Lords Rolle sod Chalon, Sir
F . cotterel, Colonels Erne, Jackson, Smyth, (Keane!, and
Gobbino.
•Ine fallowing h.td the honour of being presented
to His ::Issrwilr •
The Prince De Stahremberg, eons h 7: haling appointed
E tr.)+, Batraurdinary and Minister PleamotclitiAiy front
7imperor of A..tiria, by ltr. Cloniog, and conducted
by Sir Stephen Cottrell, as :Waster of the Ceremonies. Ris
Fzeigie./ey hitl a pe.vAtt• Audience of Ms Majesty, and
delivered his credenttals ace vdinely.
lAN Clinton:upon coming to tin title, by Lord Rolle.
The SI dont. of T.tristotb, 'you his Coming of age, by
the Duke .4 BeJtord
Co!und rant, of the soth Reg;toent, upon his return
how, Spain, by the Earl of Westmorland.
!mmienant•Cotoitel Smyth, upon his promotion in the
CA:stream Regirseol of Foot Guards, by Dr. Smyth.
l.icoleon.st Colonel l'Cotmet, of the :::•1 Regiment, upon
evanualso, a al bring appointed LicAttenatat.•G4verour of
Pen Smith Wake.
...tentenaut-Cettonel 'eckeoo, upon his promotion in the
01.0.tstresie Regiment of ens* Guards.
I.l.•autptiat.Coloorl Gulthiss of the Lith Regiment, epos
his tieing appointed tbat Re4itocut.
.t.taiuts n1.14.:51AY took leave of His Ms-
atiSTY, prev•nos to his leaving England, upon his
Erebastor to Sprkiii.
• fits Siastrery held a Privy Council, at which the
VEl:oftnEii of Lorruorr• attended, and made his
Bentirt of the twelve convicts capitaiiy convicted
et the last Old Batley Sessions, it nen lite MAJESTY,
with the advice of the Privy Council, was pleased,
we tindristaitil, to order them ill to he reprieved
I:•riug h:s Royal pleasure.
Ctts vi Assume gave audiences to the Duke of
Pontos ela the vest of the Cabinet Ministers pre-
/ sem, Ampler IVeLLEstetr, end Sir DAVID Dina-
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Ye terrine, at ei4ht o'clock in the evening, the
H .11. Mr. Leas, 1,1111 of Lord Vise. kir.csovatilts
w:is married rq, special licence from the Arch.
. CAN rt&BURY, to Milts Li: JIBUN t, a ward
of tare Doke of Davonsmax. The preparations
for thf!eerevonny wire in a most superb style of
Tire grand suite of apartments were
1)141164de lighted iso far the lira time these three
ye:irs. The Pseverend Mr. PREDY, chaplain to
the Countess Downer Sri:NCR', performed the
ceremony, in the grand Lick drawing-room.
liia (irate the Doke of pure the
Bride away, and Viscount Mcr.autmeit attended
his son on the occasion. The two Miss HOWARDS
were Bridesmaids. An elegant end select company
were assembled iii the evening, including Its Royal
Highness the Prince of WALES, Eurl and Countess
CuWPIIII, Viscount and Viscountess MELIMURNE,
Viscount and Vi.rininteas MOILP6/11, Lord and
Lady G. CAVSNDieII, Lady E. Barren, and Keyes
ral other distinguished personages. The new mar-
ried pair will go to Bracket Bali, to pawl their
honey-woos.

I CONCERT.
'Die eleventh of these Cinieerts WAS hell last
night, under the direction of the Earl of Wturoti.
'mil was attended lay nearly the vi:loie of the Sub-
scribers.

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Yesterday the Cabinet Allinistnvis dined with the
Duke of Pouliot ND.
Hi, Royal Highness Monstkua left town yes-
terday for Ailitabirl. .
This day Mr. Pc:NT:gam will given grand
dunk r at his house ia Park-lane, to Marquis WEL-
&WAY, and a tIUMITOUS party,
Let,l ROLLS Al ill give a• grand dinner to-day to
Lord NI nt.oRAVE, and a imniernils party.
Ou Sunday, Lunt •114rtaowny will give a grand
dinner to a numerona party.
Mrs. JORDAN'S Benefit at Bath was the greatest,
ever known in that city, although the weuth-r we.
extremely unfavourable, and the time what is eres•
sidered the dead season.
Lord and Lady FoLET gave a grand dinner
yesterday at their h lose ra Berklay-square. to Lord
and Lady 11. and Lord R. FITzORRALD, Lady Dn,
itiovsa, Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN:, Mr.
Cl/LMONDELEY. and Mr. fiIItISIMILL.
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The Artist employed upon Mrs. CLARKE IS
re:salved to avoid every thing that could Ibug4est an
idea of her faux par.—He confines himself merely
to a bust of the lady.
Amongst the elegant company who inteltd to
visit Epsom this day, are Lord and Lady Fot.ET,
Lords R. and CMARLIVI SOMERSET. Colonel and
Mrs. Brairmisam.
Mr. Owe% charge against Lord CASTI.KRIAGM
did not surprise in.. We have long thought that
it was all Dickey with his Lordship.
The Countess of Eunz's (arty, last night, was
attended by iipwsrils of 100 .Nobility: •
The Earl of Essitl, we are happy to say, is nearly
recovered from his late indisposition. His Lord-
ship left tow!, yesterday for Cashiobury, and vow
. be riiitvd this day by Earl FORTS:wile.
A ffete-fanglel heir has launched a carriage all
green, in opposition to Fir. OmBALDLiTuIt's
tsar)/ Bird. It is tailed the Greta Linnet.
'rime Ditches Dowager of Rtrre,•mri it hubs-
possd at her house in Saeltrifie-street, with a nil.!.
Mr. KEUBLE arrived iii Diiblin on Friday, from
England, and was to make his appearance, fur the
first time these five years. at that theatre, on Mon-
day night last, in the tliaraeter of Penriadock,
the Whrel of Pirtywe.—Mr. Licstar.r. is (1,4.1g4'd
for 12 nights.

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This day the Sessions commenced :here before
Judges Goose and Geauso.
• Joel Ware, Mona* Mimi', alias Lacey. aria
Anderson, and John Faller, were indicted for bar.
glarmissly
,breakiug and entering the house
Richard Jones, and steallug thereto about seamy
pounds in motel.. two mourning rings, two finis.
pieces, and other articles hip property, on the
aught of the it3d April ; and David Ware (the fa-
ther of the first-named Prisoner,) was at the same
time indicted for rece,ving one of 111, time-pieces,
kunwiug the same to have been *totem
The. Prosecutor keeps the public house called
the Black Dog, iii leaditig to Bethnal
Green. Ou the night laid in the iiiiiietinent, the
house was secured in the usual inawier, previous
to the family retiring to rest. and in the icorning
the wisidOe-sliutters appeared to have been forced
open, and the bar rifled of the various 'snider laid
in the iudirtment, cod which were carried off.—
Upon the alarm being given, the track u f a wheel.
barro v was traced to the house of Joel Ware, et
some dismoce iu the iseiAhbourhood, who, with the
Other two, moiler with an aeciamphee of the name
of Randall, wits detected in the act of dividing the
spoil, and secured. It appeared irons the evidence
of Randall, that the three prisoners set off from Joel
Waie's howl. about one o'clock Of the morning of
the 4ld April, for the purpose of committing the
robbery in Jones'. house. from wheace they returned
About half past L grithQ wheel-barrow, loaded with
halfpence oud other articles. He had been sent
by them in the morning with one of the tiow-
pieces, wrapt up in a cloth, to the house of David
Ware, where he left it, without giving any accouut
of it, and where it was found by the officers.
The prisoners made ins defence, only David
Ware called witnesses to his character, particularly
Atkinson, one of the officers employed iu securing
the prisoner., who lived in his neighbourhood fur
many years, and who gave him a good character tar
honesty and industry.
The Jury, after summing up of the evidence by
the Learned Judge (Goose) fouud the three pri-
soners Joel War,, Hoban, and Fuller. guilty, and
David Ware, not guilty.
Richard Inns was indicted for sts.aling a sheep,
the property of William Matthews.
The Prosecutor is a labourmg man, resiling in
the neighbourhood of Fincliley Common, upon
which he is in the haled of keeping a few sheep.—
Some time, in the latter end of Mater!), lie missed
one of Clem, and heard nothing of it till lie saw the
skin in Hatton-garden Puhlie-otfice, which he
uleatified by the mark of his brand W.ll. and
which 111411 so constructed as to present the same
letters when turned upside down.
The Prisoner, who was a servant to hlr.Grimaldi,
of the Covent-garden Company, and who has a
residence at Finchloy Common, was detected by
selling six sheep-skins to a dealer tu skins in the
neighbourhood. in whose custody some of them
wererecogitized by the marks to have belonged to
some of the neighbours who hod lost sheer, and the
Prosecutor's, egoism/ the rest. Souse joints of meat.
not cult up in a butcher-like manner, Vete also
found in an out-honse of Mr. Grimaldi. ortlehish
appeared to lit to one of' the skius.
The Jury found the Prisoner guilty. •••
There were five other indictments spinet the
Prisoner, at the prosecution of the respective owoess
of the other skins, one of wham was his master.'
but it was not necessary to try him on them.
The Calendar for this &Alias had few or se
crimes of any atrocity—not One charge for eturdet.
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atootiritut V. isr.sofssist.D.
The day was wholly occupied with as of a
trifling nature ; the our which attracted the most
notice Was the case of Mrs. Bloorrifield-aganist her
Itu.hau•l. It appeared in evidence that this lady
married the Defendant in the yea► 1702, but that
a separation took place a few months after, since
which period she had been .iviiig under the protec-
tion of her brother, upon u small property which
she possessed. On the 25th of January last, while
she was sitting at her music, the Defendant came
into the room, and without any provocation look
up the music stand, with which he brut the Pro-
secutria, used very opprobrious language, and
swore he would do for her. The Prosecution was
stated to have been instituted merely to secure
peace iu future. Oil the other hand, it was stated
to have proceeded front u vindictive spirit, articles
of the peace having been exhibited against the
husband in February last, and for which he had
entered into recognizances for WI. The assault,
however, having beta substantiated, the Jury 'l/-
tut-aerie verdict of Guilty. and the Chairman held
the Defendant to bail iii his own bond, for tool, to
attend the Court to receive judgment when called
upon, as the best means of affording future secu-
rity to Mrs. Bloomfield.
The Prosecutrix appeared to be Arent 3S years
old, and was genteelly elreswil in white; the has-
hind, a very respectable looking man, seemed
double her age.

The Dover sessions fore goal delivery enm-
inruce this day week : two prisoners, who had
been confined, one of the name of Craib, from the
Isle of Thanet, for sheep stealing, and another for
stealing linen, contrived on Monday night to
make their escape.
On Sunday, one of the swans in St. Jaines's Pnrk
produced tax young ones. Site has since attacked
men, women, and culdren, in the most furious
tn: r.
As one of the Greenwich coaches was pansies
over Westminster-bridge )estertlay, 'fly vouch
loaded, the perch broke, :me! tin• passengers were
nrscipitateil with great violence to tie
Several of . theist were much hruived. t /fir poor
to an, a savor, was so morn hurt, that he was sill-
sole to walk. De was taken in the arms of to o
men to a house near the spot.
The retrains of the Rev. CU 411411 POT/ITS,
brother to the Co 66666 CAS Dowager SPAIICER. were
removed, on Monday, front her Ltayship's house
ht Jertnyn-sleet, St. James's, to the mostly vault,
in Berkshire, I.r interment. Der Ladyship's
ride" Is:other, WILLIAM POYATT. Esq. died on
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The first trial that cause on, was that of Captain
William Sheppard, ~,dieted fur the murder of Cap-
tain Phillips.. The following reported thy' trial, we
copy from The thrisaris.
The prisoner was brought to the baifiisedc
, hearing yheinclictioent reed, he pleadbdlleat ghlik;
A jury was then inaprinaelllnf, and atlfysitairseee
oar the,part of the Cionn were examimed by the
Court.
Clioyfun Bearer deposed—that one dal, in the
mouth of October last, about six in the evening, he
wits ordered by his master, Capt. Phillips, to bring
Bird him red jacket, and to attend him with a han-
dier,. It was then. dusk. Capt. Phillips mounted
his horse, and, attended by the is itiiess with the lan.
thorn, proceeded nut of the fort, through the hospi.
NI gate, and rode wwarriathe plain. A hearer in
t he service of Mr. Smelt likewise accompanied them.
Ilia master itt length halted under a tree, the largest
its front of the hospital : and ordered the witness to
go to anot;ier trce at a snort distance, where he should
find • gentleman, to whom he should deliver Capt.
Phillip • compliments, and say that he was come.
He accordingly went to the tree, end found a gen-
tleman, attended by a Portuguese servant, mid
some bearers. The gentleman asked him, who be
was ? and on his replying that he was Contain Phil.
lips's bearer, the gentleman mouuted his horse, and
accompanied by his servants, attended him to the
spot, where his master was waiting. Some conver-
sation then passed in English, which the witness did
not understand. The strange gentleman dismount-
ed, and, after measuring twelve paces along the
ground, called to his servant in Hindostauee for his
pistols, which the servant accordingly gave, him.
Caption Phillips's pistols had been carried by Mr.
Smelt's bearer, from whom Captain Phillips bail
taken cue of them. while on his way across the
plain. This pistol Captain Phillips already held
in his hand. By his master's order, the witness
then placed the lauthoru on the ground, precisely
in the middle space between the two cumin:tants.
Some conversation then took place in English,
which he did not understaild, and immediately de-
sired him to get away. Ile accordingly turned
about, and was in the act of waking off, when in the.
same instant, lie wasstopped by the report of the
pistols. Foos the loudness of the seated, he be-
lieved aing two had been tired, thoolifirtine reports
were so simultaneous, that he could tioaailistinguish
them from ean'a other.—He immedisitely turned
round, and saw his master stretened on titeground.
The other gentleman cams up. and ?taring felt
Capt. Phillips pulse, directed his people to place
hiss iu the parakeets. He theta mounted his horse,
and proceeded towards the fort, followed by the pe-
latikeeri and attendants. He tir4 west to his own
quarters, which he entered, and then, returning
immediately, directed the bearers to carry the pa-
lankeen to Dr. Orr's. The gentleman, however,
did not accompauy them to Dr. Orr's, nor was he
afterwards seen by the witness. In the course of
these transactions, the witness had no distinct view
of the strange gentleman's face, WO/ should he now
be able to recognise bun. if he saw him. The wit-
ness attended the palaukeen to Dr. Orr's, who was
not at home. They then proceeded to Captain
Phillips's own Tarter*, and set down the palan-
keen to the bottle coattail. Presently the Siedar
hearer Caine. mild openiug the door of the palan-
keen, found his master lying dead. The witness
also looked into the palenkeen, and saw him dead.
Upon this. the Sirdar bearer went to inform Capt.
Philiiiis'a friend, Mr. Smelt. who happened to be
dining in the fort. Mr. Smelt presently arrived,
amosupenied by several other gentlemen ; they
looked at the body, and. perceiving it to be per-
fectly lifeless, ordered the servants to carry it
up stairs, and lay it on a bed, which they accord-
ingly did.
lu answer to a question from Mr. Strmdell,
Coausel fur the prisoner, the witness said, that he
hid not know whether the strauge gentleman. after
their,teturn to the fort, went to calf Dr. Cheese,
or not. In answer to • question flop the Bench,
he said, that lie saw a wound in Capt. Phillips's
forehead, Lind the blood streaming down his breast,
while he was lying in the pulanknen ; though, in
consequence of the hurry and contusion. occasioned
by the accident, he had perceved neither when he
first weut up to Capt. Phillips on the ground.
The next witness called was Peter de Cruz. •
Portuguese, Steward to Limit. Col. Hardwicke.
This witness deposed, thet he had known Cep'.
Sheppard, the prisoner, for a considerable time,
having seen him occasionally at his master's house.
About a quarter past 5 o'clock, on a Saturday
evening. in the mouth of October lest, he received
' an order from his master to go to Capt. Sheppard,
who had some business for him ; he went accord-
iugly, and was desired by Captain Sheppard to
attend him. Captain Sheppard then loaded his
pistols in the presence of the %vitae's, and directed
the witness to put them into his palankeen, and
likewise to get into the palankeen himself. Cap-
tain Sheppard then mounted his horse, and the
witness followed him in the patankeeu. It was
now about ail in the eireoing, the night had set
in, and they had no lights with them. They pro-
ceeded out, through St. George's gate. to a blight-
ed tree near the Hospital. There Capt. Sheppard
dismounted, and ordered his syce to look under
the tree. and .see if there was any person there.
The syce did so. but could find no one, Captain
Sheppard thou mid to the *anon. " I sin going to
light with. a gratteman,—rou mast observe ,and
recollect what we both say." This was the tint
intimation of his purpose. which Captain Sheppard
had given to the «moms. hi • few initiates after,*
Witham was seen corning across the ground. The
hisicalehre who earned it, came up and said to Cup-
tain Shepianl, that hi. master *MAIN' Min : Captain
Sheopard and his attendants then went, as related
by I. diothati, towards a green tree, close to Kidder-
pore rued. where the witness saw • a gentiessan,.,
• whom he did not then know, ,butisiltem lee after
w.irds learned from the servants to have been Capt.
Phillip*. On going up to lam. she gentleman ac-
costed Captaiii Sheppard. ponying, " is this'yost
friend whom yens brought with you?" mearmigose ,
the witness understood, the wanes hhohltir• %TO),
this Captain Sheppard rejoined, n none of your pp-
sofeace. Sir, upon the ground." The other servadtil
were then orlereil W go away, but the witness re-. I


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(not 12. as etzted by Chuytun.) Captain Putiftpe ,
likewise paced over the ground. and on WM"'
iug to his station, said, •' It will do very well."
Opt. Phillips then asked the witness," When the
moos would tire?" to whit h he replied," About I
o'clock." Capt. Phillips then said, " Moottlig it.
terjlarktinst, it all the same to me." Upeii
Caw: 'ShiPpard Oteterteslos" We shalf ber able to
see enclesalices facer by the light of the latithootn."
which he riciiiiestlor'atiswer, 's It willdo very
scell.W The witatiatiwaitliti standing betwreto the
partied, 'with tht datrtlpro iu Per band. Captain
.PhilliPtiasked his antagonist what was to be- the
signal /sataliciiiit. Sheppard proposed that it should
be given by keveilisit the huithorn. The witness
accordingly stood by, with the Loaliorir raised to
his baud. He saw both pistols presented; and, .04
soon as the parties told Ilan tliey were readv,lie
dropped it, as directed. They tired precisely to
• Beater; and at the ssme moment Capt. Pstillipe
fell. The witneen went up, mud Raw that the belief
load entered lus forebteul. Capt. Saepptird tikes
wise earns up, and said, "Are you brut ?" Bet
Capt. Phillips neither spr;ke nor moved. The hi...
dy was then put into the patarikero; mid COUVergi
towards the fort. The witness quitted it at the
Artillery Barracks, and went home to Colons'
Ilardwicke's.
Mr. Strettell then aged the witness, whether the
words used by Captain Phillips, shun 14e salad.
'Captain Sheppard, if he had brought his friettil
with him, were spoken in a taisitting and tesulteig
manner? To this the witness rephed iu toe wait -
;native.
The next evidence adduced was Arthur Saseft,
Esq. of the Hon. t;onipuit'a t'ivil S. rviee. The
witness stated, that he lied been intimately ac-
quainted with Capt. Phillips, that their aertaira.
mace commenced about six mouths ago, tut that
be knows of the differetice winch subsisted between
Captain Phillips, and the Prisoner at the her. Bets
ing asked by the Court whether he had ever inter-
fered in the quarrel? he said, that he had interfered
a little, at Capt. Phillips's request. Ile waited en
Capt. Sheppard, on themornin4 of the slay, on which
the duel was fought, but did not recollect partieto.
lady the convening 101 i which passed ;Capt.Sheppwrd
appeared tie hihi so touch enraged, and art lunch
bent on meeting Capt., Phillips, that he th•tu,':',.t
it would be 'mete" to make any attempt at ion-
elhatieu.—Ou being 'asked by the Court, *the.
tb4or. .he had any Teatime to suppose, that the
wish for a meistingsswas Mutant on the pelt of
qtyassia Pikitlips the tensile said, that he did not
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4.tesellooslay.StrsHenry Russell. "In the course
of ypur coeurersation with Capt.Sneppard, did you
leans any purticialates regarding the origin Of eaten:
of the quarrel?"..
Witness-sus /Adak* acme particelars were men.
tioned." r •
Sir H. Russell-" State to the Jury what passed
between you."
Witness--" I noticed to Capt. Sheppard some
expressions, affecting Capt. Phillips's character,
which Copt. Sheppard had tattered at linen. Bad- •
he's table ;—to which Capt. Sheppard replied,
that he did not recollect luiviag used any such ex- •
praetor's."
Sir Henry Russell. "itis of the utmost
consequence that the Jars alMuld know the whole
of the conversation, which passed between you and
Captain Siteppard.—You went to Captain Seep-
peed, did you mot. with the intention of eedreveur-
ing to effect a reconciliatiou ,P [The witness
nßni-
-6ed his asseat.] It was a highly laudable purpose
on your part. You hoe not e,t stated, however,
what proposals you conveyed to Captain Sheppard.
nor how you commenced your conversation with-
him on the subject of the quarrel."
Witness " I told him, that I waited on him,
by CaptaisrPhiltips'is request to say. that, ea Cap-
nun Sheppard hod wit him w challenge, he erns
ready to meet him--.l'n this Captain Sheppardre-
plied, that he had not been able to procure a Se-
cowl }•-•11e had asked several of his friends to go
oat with him, but they had all refused. I wiriest
tine by UO means to go cut without one."
On further interrogation by the Court. the wit.
nem said, that the • igket part of the conversa-
tion, which he recollected, was that above noticed,
touching the expresskins mad by Captain Shep-
pard at General Baillie's table, which the waists,
stated to Captain Sheppard to have been highly
detriniental to Captain Phillips's character. Tii.2
expressions were to this effect :—" that Captain
Phillips's conduct in separating trent his wife hail
beets isifamoos."—The witness thinks, that nothing
further passed on the occasion.
Sir Ileury Ilussell. This is realy very incoms
prehenteble.—You are deputed by Captain Phillips
to wait upon Captain Sheppard. in consequeuce of
a challenge which Captain Phillips had reeeited
from him.—You go to Captain Sheppard, for ti.c
purpose of endeavouring to effect a reconciliation,
and then, Sauteed of entering Os. the subject. which
had given occasion to Capt. Sheppard's challesige.
your conversation is exclusively canlined to canines
expressions used by Captain Sheppard, *hick were
ctkulated to provoke a challenge from Captniii
Phillips. Cats you recollect nothing that led to
the mention of these expreesimis ? some other
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furder."
Sir Henry Ituseell. .. Did as aceessetsatiou
pass !seta-esti you, respecting the cause of Captain
Sheppard's challenge ?"
%Vetoes's. a Ido ant recollect any."
Sir Henry Russell. .• Inu went to Capts.as
Sheiipard, with the view of esideavouriag to ISA il kt
up the quarrel. Did you make say attempt to
that .effect ?"
IVitoess. • •4 Captain Sheppard spocurc.l :4
muck enraged, that I thought n would be to lis, .
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• lent I-lanrj lltes4elL. .. This is al! very usii.stel-
-liptele fo the Court. Flout the whole evideacer
which we hells heard hitherto, it would were. that
the prcrivossion had been gieru by Captain 5!...ip.. . .
pied; ysi•l:sptaktiehepparri is the party a:6°,lmA*
. , the challenge ; en Captain Shepiserd appeased. to
you to be so much-irritated. that you can... Jared all
atternpts it aniciliatiou hopeless. From wliwel
did' yoe info+. that Captain lillepvard was in t 1.0%
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Sir Henry Russell. " Did you mention to Cap-
tain Phillips) on your return, that Lieutenant
Sheppard disavowed any recollection of having
used the erre-aloes at General Duillie's table,
which hail been imputed to him ?"
Wanes.. " I dot- •
Sir Henry Russell. DMI Captuin Phillips then
desire you to go back to Captain Sheppard ;. or did
be take auy other steps iu consequence of that ills-
folnatimi ?"
Witness. " Ile did tint desire me to go back,
nor did he take any other step., that 1 knew of."
The Witness was then examilied by the Counsel
for the Prisoner.
Mr.Strettell. "Do you recollect liming ever
heard Cantata Phillips speak lightly of Ca 4.1111
Sheppard ?"
Witness. " I think L have."
Mr. Strettell. " Can you state what he said ?"
Witness. rs I cannot remember particularly, I
have sometimes beard kin inentiou Captain Shep-
pard, and lie certainly did not talk of him with
much respect."
Sir Henry Russell.—or This is not the ques-
tion. You have just sow delisted, that you have
beard Capt. Phillips spe,ik lightly of Capt. Shep-
pard. You can be at no los, to uuderstand what
such a phrase implies—more espeutelly when the
subject is a military maii. The Court wish to know
what Capt. Phillips, said, or insinuated, when he
• spoke lightly of Capt. Sheppard ?"
Witness.--.." 1 thtuk it was in allusion to some
affair at Ca.. iapnre, in which Capt. Sheppard had
allowed himself to lie insulted, without resent-
ing it."
Strettell.—" Have you frequently heard
Capt. Phillips talk is this slighting manner of
Capt. Sheppard ?"
• Witness.—" No, not frequently."
Mr. Strettell then produced iii Court two
times, (one of them a challehlte)' addressed by
Capt. Phillips to Captain Sheppard, and handed
them over to the witness.
Mr. Strettell.—" You, are acqiiiinted, I pro.
smile, with Capt. Phillipe's hand-writitez. Do
these notes appear to•you to have been written by.
him ?"
Witness.--" I think they are his hend.writing."
Mr. Strettell.—" Now that you hove perremd
these notes, Sir, -do you still retain your former
opinion, that us provocation had ever been given
by Capt. Phillips to Capt. Sheppard.?
Witness--" I believe the provocation was given
by Capt. Sheppard."
Mr. Strettell--" Did you never heir any thing
Of this challenge baying been Pent by Capt. PlA-
lips to Capt. Sheppard ?"
Witness—" I recollect, on the morning of the
day on which the duel was fought, that Capt,i
Phillips odd to me, in allusion to the challenge,
which he had received, that he was just about trs.,
have saved Capt. Sheppardithe trouble by sending.,
a challenge to him."
Mr. Strettell—" Had Captain Sheppard re-
ceived the challenge, just at toe moment you speak
of ?"
Witness-." No: perlieps it might have been the
night before.'
Here the evidence for the Crown closed. And the
prisoner being called upon fur his defence, Mr.
Sraerreti„ by permission oldie Court, read aloud
the following paper:—
" If tour Lordship please, awl Gentlemen of '
the Jury
"The very peculiar situation in which I was
placed, was such, as to render it impossible for me
to act otherwise thin I did ; and much as I regret
lilac consequences which followed, I could not, con-
sistently with the character of an English Officer,
timely submit to the imputation, that after hay.
iugalandered the reputation of another, I refused
that satisfaction, which Captain Phillips exacted.
" Captain Phillips's letters have been preehreed,
and I shall make im other comment on thews them
to remark. that those letters could not fail to hurt
the feelings of the most moderate man ; they were
followed up by other acts, irritating in the highest
degree, and ultimately ended in the unfortunate
fanner. which is in et idhee before the Court,
" Gentlesneo„ I de solemnly protest, that I ne-
ver harboured any of that malice or revenge, which
makes the lives of our fellow creatures an object of
indifference to us, against any human being—much
!ma, egainst. Ca gotta Phillips, with whom I was not
much acquainted, and had no cause for hatred—
Had I submitted to the disgrace of being insulted
with impunity, I must have yielded to the resolu-
tion of parting with every thing that renders life
not only comfortable, lint tolerable; I should have
loot the respect of every officer in the army, and
have incurred the derision and contempt of those
with whom I am acquainted, together with the in-
dignation and scorn of those, with whom I have
lived oa terns' of intimacy and friendship; I should
have been considered a reproach to' ny profession,
and a disgrace to my family.
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.ti• guess the cause of it ?" I Jiffy, I shall leave my' case in your hands, couvilic-
What's. " Captai'u Sheppard spoke of some ell, that it Bill receive every possible favourable
espersionsehichreveral-gentleinen bed circulated construction, which, in justice, iiiiiy be due to. it ;
against his character, and which, he said, he oils at .be mime caw, I solemnly protest, that nothiog
determined to wipe oif." but the irritation excited by each unworthy conduct
Sir Henry Russell. " What was the nature of of the ulifortunate deceased, could have induced
those aspersions ? Did you understand that they me to meet him in the Manila, which lies unliappi-
affected his moral character, or his bouour,.—his , ly produced ibe present trial."
character as a soldier ?" . . Mr. Seasirrtml. then said, that he should rest
Witness. " I understood them to regard his liveliest's defence on the notes already produced,
honour." one of whiel2 was a challenge from Capt. Phillips,
The Conrt was proceedint with the interrogii., and the other a note iit a very irritating description
tortes, when the witness wits taken suddenly ill, which had-evidently betas written inslisequent to
and obliged to retire from the box. Ile returoeil, the interview between Mr. Smelt and Cupt. She's-
however, after a few minutes, and the eke iiiii imam paid,. as it cunt:cited au allusion to what Captain
was renewed. Sheppard hail timid on the subject of the expressions
On being asked, whether lie had any flagon to which I,e W. 19 C11464-efi W4ll having used lit Grn`4"l
suppose. that the aspersions no Captain 4iheppard's Biullie's table, and declared Captain -Phillips's coop-
character, above alluded to. had origineoW eiti tinned belief in the truth of that charge. The only
or, hod been circulated by Captain Phillips ? the witness whom lie thought it necessary to call, was
witness replied, that lie did not know. Ile belies- lleneral &011ie, who would give testimony to the
ed, however, that they laud come to the ears of character of the Prisoner.
Captain Pnillips. Ile thought lie lied heard them lime notes were then read to the Court; and Sir
ineutioned in. Captain Phillips's presence ; but Evan Liaillie was called in and sworn. He stet-
could not say, whether CaPtain Phillips helievcil elf, that he had kliown Captain Sheppard for four
them. Ile was not acquainted with the cause of years past, during three of which he had been lime
the quarrel, nor with the particulars of the airier- Aitl-de-Catup ; that he had every reason to approve
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mous thrown ou 12uptaiii Sheppard ; neither had he his character and conduct daring that period ;stitl
seen the correspondence, which had passed between -that lie considered his disposition to be perfectly
the parties.
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The evidence being thus closed, Sir Hester
licento. addressed the Jury, nearly to the follow-
nig effect :•-•-
" Gentlemen of t he Jury ;
" The case before you is a ease of Duel ; of. an
nidawfirl meeting between two gentlemen, for
the tl,:etrion of a persoual quarrel, terminating
fatally to one of the parties. The crime of
killing ia Dud is declared by thelav to be Nor-
den It pes.esnat all the requisites which, in the
eye of the law. are necessary to constitute murder;
Minimise:, as it is quite distinct from any sadden im-
pulse of passion, as it pre-supposes something of
deliberate arrangement, and is, in its very nature, a
premeditieed act. At the some time, in compas-
sion to !minim infirmity, Courts of Law and Juries
have been iu the bidet of inakine great al:oounces
for the circumstances, in • which u person called
upon to tight a duel way have been placed. Witeti
a fellum•7reature is put to death, from motives of
deliberate malice, the law pronounces the crime
to he inurdet ;--awhen the same act is commit-
ted, under the immediate influence of violent
piessiton, it is merely aceounted manslaughter.—
Now, in the- case before you), it will be for .you to
consider, whether the present circumstances of so-
ciety, as applied to a gentleman and a soldier;do
not take away the perzictilar clitmicter of malice
from the crime. A man is placed in a situation,
where, if he does not go out to tight whirl, lie has no
pro pact before him in life, but theta contempt and
ignominy. Surely the feelings which are iueepa-
ruble from such a situation inay be supposed to de-
prive te man of self-nosseseion and selt..command,
as well as a violent gust of passion. And I see no
nasals why the law should deny, nor do I believe
Shit Mt law does depy the same 111(11114NliCe to theme
feeliago. that it vieldr to a brutal impulse, which it
is the chief oliect of all human and divine
tions to controul. In declaring this opinion, I be-
have, I go rurther than mast-Judges have done.
But I have not formed it without manure delibera-
tion. And I think it places the question of low,
in cues of duel, upon more stable and more teir.
able rizeinds, than the shifts and artifices whirl'
have teen so generally resorted-to. Where it clear-
ly app eari in evidence, that twa person!, armed with
weapons, have gone out together ; have fought, and
that one of them has fallen, nothiag more surely
can he wanting to make out the facts of the ease,
and it is vain to struggle against them, or to seek
to prevent them."
Sir HENRI( then went on to sum up the evidence.
In reciting the di etimstnuces brought to light by
the two li:•st witnesses, he remarked, that both par-
ties, when en the ground, appeared to hare been
equally eager and determined ; and that, after the
fatal recut, the conduct of Capt. Sheppard, in re-
Omitting by the body of his opponent, acconentny-
jag it to the fort, and directing the uts to
rry it to Dr. On's, was exactly what it ought
30 have been. Sir Ilenay then particularly dwelt
or the insultiag conduct of Capt. Phillips on the
rinsed, in asking Capt. Shepp:lrd whether a black
Man, who accompanied him, was his friend, and on
the irritation which and. a question was likely to
produce. As to the feet of the du- I, Sir Hasa
then observed, the evidence was guile conclusive.
The nest point to be considered, was the quarrel,
which, had led to it. Upon this head, the Jury had
the et idence of 31r. Smelt, which was so incoherent
and unintelligible, that lie was entirely at a lose
how to smut it up. From the whole, honest r, it might
be collected, that aspersions against Captain Shep-
pard'a (+erecter had gone abroad; and, after much
questioning, it lad at length been directly admitted
by the witme• that Capt. Phillips had spoken light-
ly of Copt. S!teppard, in ell usien to circumstances,
in which his reputation as a man of honour and
courage was particularly implicated. Aspersions
upon such points were of all others the most dan-
gerons,--and more particularly so, when applied
to a soldier. In so strong a light was Sir Henry
:diapered to regard their tendency, that he was
almost really to go along with the whole substance
of Captain Sheppard's defence, and to allow, that
if he had tamely submitted to them, he could
sever afterwards have held up his head its society.
That the aspersions were 'peat:Hedy gelling and
conturmelions, might be inferred from the agita-
tion, which Mr. Smelt described them to hare ex-
cited in Captain Sheppard. at the time of their in-
terview.—The learned Judge then proceeded to
remark, en the second letter produced in Coon,
which Captain Phillips had written after the con-
versution between Mr. Smelt and Capt. Sheppard.
lie forbore to continent further on Mr. Smelt's evi-
dence, as being a task equally useless to the Jury,
and unpleasant in himself. But he conceived, they
would be amply warranted, from a view of the
whole, in regitriling the come of Captain Sheppard
as the same with that of a man who inflicted death
fill another, under the influence of violent passion :
anal lie was fully minified, that the indulgence
granted by the law was applicable to the one as
much as to the other.--He was moreover disposed
to give very considerable weight,, in the determina•

tion of the case, to the testimony of Sir Evan 15a'i1lis
who spoke positively to the timidness of the
prisonti'. disposition, and who seeing that the pr,-
smiler had io long held a sitiution in his
must hire spoken frAn the most thorough know-
ledge of his character.—Sir Henry then cpucluded
by saying, that all these mitigating circumstances
appeared to him to redu6l the ccinie to Man-
, slaughter ; but further than that; lie fraieef, the
Jury asiuld not iii, l themPetvvit entitled ao go.
After a few inmates deliberation, the Jury ac-
cordingly returned -a verdict of—Marailaughter.
The Vristmes withdrew, and shortly afterwards,
to the astonishment of the Court, one of the Jurors
rose, and std.: that he dissented from Ilia verdict,
ng of opiiition tivit die prisoner ought to have beam
acquitted. He and two others of the jury far-
ther declared t hit :hey had not been called upon to
give weir voices previous to the return of the verdict.
A fter bIIIIIC tonsiolt ration, the prisoner was remand-
ed to the bar; and the Judges delivered their opi-
nions Separately. It woo unanimously decided,
that verdict once recorded, could not be touch-
ed by any subsequent declaration of a Juror."
Lieutenant Sheppard was then sentenced to pay
a fine to ilte King of lOU Itupee;, and to be im-
prisoned in the common jail of Calcutta, for the
space of six calendar months.; and to be further
imprisoned till that fine be paidi

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
• PORTSMOUTH, MAY 16.
La Ronne Citoyenne arrived here from Lisbon,
this totalling. Previous to her sailing, it was up-
prelkittletl that the force under Marshal Victor, from
the South of Spain, would be able to joist that of
Marshal Soult in the Kest; bat it appea►s front
the inactivity of the Portuguese, that little informs-
tiosi has been received of the force of Marshal
Victor. It is hoped that the force under Sir Arthur
IVellesley would be able-to meet the force under
Nlarshal Snub, which is supposed to be at Oporto,
before the latter could form it junction with Victor.
Arrived the Vesuvius bomb from the eastward ;
also the Ceres from a cruise. The fleet for the
Brazils is expected to sail to-morrow.
1.1.1310t;TII, MAY 15.

Came in the Orestes, with the Muria, Princess
Mary, and Diana, with pri.oners uu board from
V Igo.
Sailed the Wilt/boar sloop, Capt. Burke, for
Lisbon; Shannon, of 38 guns, Capt. lircke, for
Hoehturt ; Dutteretoloop, Capt. AU!), ; Encounter
gun-brig, Lieut. Talbot ; Whiting schooner, Lieu-
tenant Wiidy; and tspiegle sloop, Capt. Morris,
00 a cruise.

Arrived off the Sound the Grampus, with the
Surat Castle, Plsanix, Arm, Preston, and Werfbrd,
East firdiamen, lima.; William, Ruse, and Albion,
South Seamen, under convoy.
FALMOUTH, MAT 14.
Arrived this day, the Francis Freeling Packet,
Capt. Bell, with mails from the Leeward Islands,
2J days from St. Thoinas's.—She brings the ac-
count of the arrival of the L'Orient squadron, viz.
Le Calrageux, De la Phan/le, and Polonaise, line of
battle ships, and Indicant anti Fariesise frigates, at
the Salutes, the latter trod of March. Those ships
were intended for the relief of Martinique, but
leorisink from some vessels they had captured, that
the Waled was in mmitssion of the British, they
proceeded for Guadeloupe, which Admiral Coch-
rane bring apprized of, detached -His Majesty's
ships Aeptorne, York, Ponirie, IL'aptain, and intre-
pid, with several frigates and brigs, by which they
are now blockaded. In consequence of en appli-
cation mule by Admiral Cochrane to Gen. Beck-
with, some troops are preparing to land on the
Island, and treet batteries, for the purpose of (toy-
ing them out, or coinpellisig them to surrender at
diseretiou. There is doubt but that the next
packet will hiring an account of their below in pos-
session of the British. The Duke of (tent and
Duke of Montrose pockets were safe arrived at Bar-
ba:lor%.
A rrived kliiKl the ship Indiana, —, from Lisbon,
trail passengers; she has on hoard above forty
nubs ; also the brig Commerce, Julian, fm:n Be-
rieveote, with wipe and brandy, last from Gib-
raltar.

Sailed the 4lert, 18 guns, with 22 sail of vessels
nailer convoy for Quebec and Newfoundland : the
Areihusa on a cruise; and the Snake packet, Capt.
Thouirois, for Madeira and Rio de Janeiro, with
snails ; she has also on board the Portuguese Ain-
bitsoulor front the Court of St. Petersburgh..
Now otY Ow harbour, the Grampus, 60 guns,
with the following East India ships under convoy,
Ramsden; Wexford, Barnard ;
Preston. Starroek: Swot castle, Robinson; 4,m,
; and Ruse, Botany Bay ship; pith two wha-
lers; they left Madras on the erstli October, the
Cape on the linh Febrnary, and St. Veleta ois the
'lst March ; they parted with three East lUJWIuan
in a gale of wind in the Indian seas.
DAAL, MAY 16.
Sailed Ilia Maje,ty's ship Kangaroo on a cruise.
DOVILR, MAY td.,
A hay, ;ably front Rotterdam, with gist and
to nett for orders, suited this cresting for Duhliss.
Another, laden t‘ith bark, is come iu fee the same
• purpose.
'lke brig Ihvyiuk, of New York, detained by die
Lieitetiant of the Pull cutter, is not likely to be
released soon. .

FROM I .1.. t I V LYS LIST. •
Git VIESIIII D, M • ili.—Sailed the Iroquois, Walker,
fur Gihrultar; Pairiwt, Serivraa;
Marshall; Calglossiss, Iluma.; sod Aunt, ll.ggios, fur kivib.
gybing'.

The Lancashire Witch. Fran Liverpool for Bar-
budoes, totally lost•off St. Lucia ; the crew and •
part of the carl.;.• saved.
On Saturday was committed to St. Augwitine's
Goal. Canterbury, ruder a warrant front& G.
I.AS.tur, Esti. one of :he Coroners fur Kent, George
Moore, a serjeaut in the 14th Rteriuient of Light
Dragoons, charged with killing and slaying !Led-
wAiit hi+ wire, wt. St. Margaret's, at t'liffe.
The flour-mill at N'aynnoth, near Dahlia, was
transomed by fire yesterday se'tini4tit ; it was
considered, for its sire, one of the hest in Ireland.
There was not much corn or flour tit...titled, as it
happened that there was hut a small quantity on the
lofts; but the I,ss, notwithetailding, is eery coosi-
deruble. Fortunately for the proprietor, Mr.
H aches. the premix" were inured.

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