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London, England, 1805-10-09 00:00:00

fliL FA MF.

LAUNCH OF lIIS MAJESTY'S SHIP IF‘M'F.
Yesterday, the Fame, a beautiful line of battle i
ship of 74 guns, was launched at the King's Dock-
yard,
Deptford. At an early hour, the men of war
iind merchant vessels, lying in the River, prepared '
to celebrate the introduction of another gallant
ship to our invaluable Navy, by displaying the Hags
of Old England, and the, colours of all nations, in
their shrouds and rigging. The seamen, upon this
occasion, proud of the fete, vied with each other in
the arrangement of their yards, and the neatness of
their vessels. The River presented a speCtacle truly
picturesque. Within the Dock-yard every rezirla-
, Opts was adopted to render the ceremony as gratify-
' ing to public curiosity as possible. The First Bat-
talion of Tower Hamlets Militia was placed at the
entrance of the gates, and ranged in extended files
in every direaion within the I) ick-yard, for the
purpose of preserving order. The Dock Volunteers
were also stationed Hear the water-side. Stages for
the accommodation of the spectators, were erected
contiguous to the vessel ready to be launched, and
those commanding the best prospeet of the cere-
mony were covered with white canvas, and appro.
printed to sae& company. On the right of the
Dock, close to the water, a stand, covered with
green cloth, was prepared for Her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, who was expeCted to honour
the launch with her presence, and a flag staff stood
ready at one angle of it, to hoist the Royal Stand-
ard, when Her Royal Highness should approach.
The bands of music belonging to the Tower Ham-
lets Militia, took their stations in the latter stand,
and the drums and fifes of the Dock Volunteers
were placed at another part of the Yard. The
Mineron, a frigate building in the Yard, together
with the other vessels repairing, were crowded with
spettators, many of whom stood in the most peril-
ous situations. The banks of the Rilet opposite,
were also filled with a multitude.
The Fame lay in the slips, decked in all the pride
of naval magnificence. the St. George's, red, and
blue ensigns, were displayed at the fore, main, and
' mizen jury-masts. A red ensign was also hanging
over her stern, and the Union Jack forward. She

appeared LbPutiful ship, built for all the purposes
of war: her head is adorned with a figure of Fame,
sounding a trumpet, fin ly carved, and painted
white, with blue drapery. It is impossible for any
image of the kind to sit better on 'he caseate? ; the
rak.: is perfectly suitable to that of the stern, which
is built after the French and Spanish models, not
u :like the stern of the San Josef, a Spanish three-
decker. Her stern gallery and windows are te-
onarkably neat And plain, without superfluous exter-
nal ornaments; au, • he quarter-galleries are formed
in .4 St) I of workmanship, that adds considerably to
her grandeur. On the water, the decks are several
inches wider and longer than many of our seventy-
fours ; the orlop is peculiarly convenient for stowing
her cables, and tie parts are fitted in a manner that
must add to the security of the guns. Agreeable to
a new constitiaion, she is built without knees and
riders on the lower deck, chocks are substituted for
them, and she is rendered more roomy and conve-
nient to her clew, than any of the old built ships.
Upon the whole, she is considered by the best
judges, a great acquisition to the 'levy, and likely,
from her mould, to prove a prime sailer.
Alvan half-past twelve, His Royal Highness the
Duke of Susses arrived in a landau, with three at-
tendants, and immediately tack a seat in the stage
appropriated to the Princess of Wales. His Royal
Highness was followed by Viscouet and Viscountess
Castlereagh, the Turkish Ambassador, and a nu-
merous assemblage of Nobility and Geniry. The
ban l of music began God stove eke King, on the ar-
rival of the Rnial Visitant and party. The dock-
yard men soon after began to remove the shores
which supported the ship on the slips. 8y one
o'clock, the tide had flowed nearly high enough,
and, at twenty minutes after one, the usual signal
WAS given, the remaining shores were taken away,
and the rime began to move with all the solemnity
which the motion of so great a mass of mecha-
nism could impress upon the minds of the be-
holders. She went off the slips, and glided into the
arms of the River Gad, amidst the shouts of at
least 4J,000 speaators. The bands of music, at the
moment she was in motion, struck up Rule B,atansia,
echo repeated the sounds of triumph ftom the distant
hills, and the grandeur of the scene cannot be ex-
pressed. Having been named with the usual cere-
mony, of throwing a bottle of claret against her
bobs, she drifted to the middle of the stream, and
dropped anchor. The company on board of her
then went ashore ; and, after warping in the fair-way
of the liver, sails were hoisted on her jury-masts,
and she dropped down to Woolwich with a fine
breeze. On re-passing the dock, the spetators on
board the ships, and on shore, greeted her with
three cheers ; the bands again played martial mu-
sic, and the launch ended. The absence of Her
Royal Highness the Princess of Wales occasioded a
disappointment. Lord l food, accompanied by se-
veral officers, came in his twelve-oared barge, and
appeared highly pleased with the gallant manner in
which the vessel went off the slips. Atter the launch,
His Royal l hghness the Duke of Sussex inspeited
every part of the Dock-yard, attended by the Port-
Admiral, and an Officer of the 'Fower Hamlets Mi-
liti.o. Having passed through the store-roams, and
other departments of the yard, llis Royal Highness
returned to the grand entrance of the yard, where
the Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia was drawn
up to make a royal salute, wh,ich His Royal
Highness received with the most polite condescen-
sion ; and, alter conversing some time with the Co-
loud of the Regiment, he returned to town.
We are sorry to state, that the pleasure of the
day was damped by an accident of a shocking de-
scription. 41.,1 elderly man, employed as a scaffold-
man in the duck-yard, fell from the lower deck of
the Fame into the hold, and, suit:tag his bead
against the keel-stone, was dashed to atoms ; he
has left a widow and five small children. Several
persons fell into the river during the launch, but
we have not been able to leatn, that they sustained
turther injury than a ducking.

A ei icket match was decided nn Mon Jay, at
Tuntni,lge Wrl6, between four gentlemen tr,m
,utliborough. and three of the Wells; the fanner
won by one inning.

POLICE.

lOW-STREET.
Yesterday, !acre Wi//ir, a servant of Mrs. Smith.
in Quebec-street, Portman-square, was charged be-
fore Sir IVILLIAISI PARSONS, with having raw: ed
watch belonging to Mrs. Smith's son, a hos, twelri.
years of age. It appeared that M: s Smith i
prated from her husband, Colonel Smi h, and cr -
joys a separate maintenance. Mrs. S. a .hort
time since, called upon her son, at a ticerdine-
school, at Chelsea, where he is placed by Iris ,
and got the watch from him, saying, it want.-J to
be repaired, and she would get it done for him ; but,
instead of this, she took it home, and gave it to t:ar
Prisoner to pawn. The Prisoner likewise said, she
had pawned various articles of wearing apparel, be-
longing to her mistress and lo•l. slaughter, as well :IS
her own clothes, to oblige her mistress, for which
she was promised to be rewarded with a handsome
present.
The MAGISTRATE severely admonished the Pri-
soner, who, he was of opinion, had aged under
the influence of her mistress, and discharged het,
on condition that she gave up the duplicates.
A respeftable tradesman from the City, and one
from Suho, were charged with having uttered
counterfeit shillings to a considerable amount.
Richard Tanner, a dealer in Welch flannel in New
Town, Montgomeryshire, stated, that he had csN.
inferable dealings with one of the Pastimes in the
City ; and last May, when he was in London, he ap-
plied to him to settle his account, when various
modes were proposed, but none to his satisfaCtion
till the tradesman from Soho offered to lend 201.
in shillings, which he agreed to take, and settle the
account. On his taking them home, they all proved
to be counterfeit. He made several appplications
to get them taken again, but all proved in vain,
which induced him to apply to an Attorney in King's
Bench Walk, Temple, who referred him to the So-
licitor of the Mint, who took his information, and yes-
terday morning Riven and Parkes apprehended the
prisoners. On searching their premises, they found,
in the City, sixteen counterfeit shillings wrapped in
brown paper, in the desk in the counting-house ;
and at the house in Soho they found a deal box
with about 601. of counterfeit shillings, packed in
mahogany saw dust, apparer.tly arrived from the
country within these few days, by one of Willan's
coaches of the Bull and Mouth Inn.
They were committed for further examination.
Join Larb, Janus Denver:, and Maus Leach, the
three boys whom we stated on Monday to have been
apprehended by Young Crocker, at Brixton Cause-
way, on Lis way from Croydon lair, were yesterday
brought up for further examinotion ; when Mr.
Henry Balky, of Bedingro near Croydon, attended,
and stated, th a on Wednesday he was at Croydon
Fair, when his pocket was picked of his pocket-book,
containing about 301. and, to the best of his belts I,
he recoilefted seeing one of the boys near him.
They were committed fur further examination.
MURDER OF MR. BLIGHT,
The pistol which did this horrid deed not h tying
been found, slr. Casuals determined to go to the
premises of the deceased, at Dock t lead, on Mon-
day motning, to make eve-y possible exertion to
find it. He was attended by Mr. STATfORD, An-
thony, Adkins, and several of the patrole, who
took with them lle.ter Kitchener, the servant of the
deceased, from the Brown Bear public-house, and
made her describe the exact part of the house she
was in for some time previous, and at the time cf
the. discharge of the pistol, likewise every thing
that passed between Mr. Patch, her master, and
herself, in anions, as well as words. The officers
and patrole then proceeded to clear a deal of rub-
bish from the collar, in search of tbespistni, but in
vain, and then removed some heavy timber in the
yard, and afterwards searched an East-India vessel,
which is breaking up at the what f, till dark, but All
to no purpose The officers brought the girl back
with them, and lodged her again in the public-
house.
MA WSION-HOCSZ.
A poor man, who had formerly been a porter to
Mr. Hynes, a grocer, in Cheap-side, was brought be-
fore the Loso Maros. A watchman stated, that he
had taken him up the night betote, opposite to Mr.
Hynes's door, to prevent him from drowning him-
self in the Thames, as he declared most solemnly he
would before morning. The Prisoner stated, tuat
Mr. H. refused to give him a ChATAEIET ; and, know-
ing that he must starve without one, he thought it
best to drown himself. The LORD MAYOR repri-
manded him for his folly, and, having discharged
him, told him, if be would summon Mr. Hynes be-
fore him, he would, at all events, oblige him to give
I a reason for not giving him a character.
its, I

The Kenii,h Courier of yestet day states, that in the
case of Thome: Archer, a seaman, at Chatham, the
Inquest gave a verditt of " murder" geaerally, and
not of " murder against Captain Truett," as
stated in a former number of that Pal-e:. Captain
'Fa se rt.' is now in town.
On Friday, as J. NI. Cs lees, Esq. of Lewes, was
riding near his farm at Stantons, his ho: se, by a
sudden start, dismounted him, and one of his arms
was unfortunately freatired by the fall.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a serious
accident took place in a house in Little Vine-street,
corner of Swallow-street, Piccadilly. A poor wo-
man (who, with her husband and two children, had
taken an upper apartment in the house, only the
night before) went to polish her rale with a paper
of what she supposed to be black lead dust • and, nut
finding it answer the purpose, she threw the paper,
with the whole of its contents. consking of near
half a pound of gunpowder, into the ashes ; a spark
of fire immediately after communicating with it,
the whole blew up with a violent explosion, that
alarmed the neighbourhood. The house being
very old, upwards of 12 or 14 feet square of the
front was forced into the street, with several arti-
cles of furniture, but without injuring the roof.
The poor woman was a little burned in the arm, but
the children, who were fortunately playing at the
ocher end of the room, escaped unhurt. it being
at first imagined that the accident was premeditated,
the parties were brought before the Maersvaar is
at Bow-street, sad underwent an ezaminat:i:n I hut
it fully appearing that it was a mere accident, they
were discharged. A considerable crowd was at-
tradled to the spot during the greater part of the
day.

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The-famous match betty: en • Ire Goes ('hid. rs and
Galley WAS to take place yesterday at Haylsham. irf
•ittssex, about GS miles from town. Thirty miles of
the toad is very deep, soft sand. 'lhe gene
r!ernan who went down Iv the mites' -urpose of
wing an account of the right in this Taper, had non
• eturned when it was put to press. We shall give
he particulars to.rnormw:
Extract ht a letter from Gloucester, dated O.
7th :—" An attempt has been made to introduce
the disgraceful and siVn4l custom of prize-fighting
into this neighbourhood. A S114.(11 was made at
Tewkesbury Races, between William Prrktni, of
Warrington, in the county of Worcester, and Charl-s
Ballinger. of Cheltenham, tnro celebrated chain-
pions.--The Swan, at Staurton, was fixed for the
place of meeting, on Wednesday last ; but the Rev.
Mr. Conimeline one of one worthy Magistrates,
immediately interposed his aathority, and prevent-
ed it. Tile concourse, consisting of upwards of
200 i people, many of whom bad tome a very con.
sidetable distance, than roceeded to Little London,
in tlerefordthire. Intelligence of the taostilt haring
been communicated to that vigilant hlagiirrate, toe
Rry Dr. Yate, be instantly proceeded alone hi the
spot, there not being time to collet peace-officers ;
could not reach it,liowever, before the combat hod
begun ; but lie rushed into the eel !, and, with great
personal risk, took Perhine nut of the ling, to his
own house, and bound him over to keep tre peace ;
when the speaaturs gradually dispersed, uttering
their discontent in the must opprobrious expressions,
at so unespeaed a disappointment. A special con-
stable was nett day sent over to Cheltenham, toe
Bailinger, who, with proper sureties, entered into the
ussal tecognitances. This lawless assemblage w as pa-
tronised by several persons of distinaion from Chel-
tenham; one of whom brnught Ballinger to the
scene of aainn in his carriage, and attempted to
persuade Dr. Yate of the policy of heightening the
English spirit by these exhibitions. The Doaor,
however, par -isted in the discharge of his public
duty, ar.:l dispersed the mob."

It is with extreme regret we have to annouree
the sudded deeth of J. ROOKR, Esq. of Bigsweer-
House ; a General if His Majesty's Forces, Corueel
of the tieih Regiment of Foot, and M. P. for the
cminty of Mani:teeth. 'Fite circumstances atterd-
ing his dissolution. afford an awful lesson of the u ;-
certainty of all human enjoyments. He was sport-
ing on the Trellick Hills. oa Friday last, and hail
just fired at a bird, when he fell dead from his horse,
in an apoplexy ! As soon as the event was made
known at Monmouth, by the servant who attended
him, Dr. Bevan and NViiliam Powell, Esq. set off
immediately to the spot but all the efforts of inedi-
cal skill to more animation, proved ineffeaue!.
The General had represented Munenouthshire re se-
veral successive Parliaments; and might be truly
styled a gentleman of the 01.1 Fnelish School. being
of an open. socia', and men adeble di position : in-
deed, in the exteusive en de of his acquaintance. no
cheraCter could be more esteemed or moss respeeted.
During the last e.'ar. he had the command of the
Severn District; on relinquishing which, the Mayor
and Corporation et Bristol voted him some superb
pieces of plate, as e mark of the high sense they en-
tertained of his private worth and public services.
On the return of peace, he retired to his estate in
Gloucestershire, where he spent his time in the enjoy-
menu of ficld ports, and the pleasure of social in-
tercourse with the families of fortune in his neigh-
bourhood.
Yesterday se'nnight died, in consequence of a
fail front his horse on the preceding evening, as
he was returning from Droitwich to Worcester, in
the 22d year of his age, Capt. J. 13! ae, of the 96th
regime:l. His remains were ieterred on Friday,
with military honours, in ht. Osivald's burying
ground. attended by the two regiments of Herefied
Volunteers, and all the Officers quartered in Wor-
cester, including those of the Loyal Worceste Vo-
luateers : the procession was solemn and imps es.ive.
We are sorry to announce the death et Mr.
Dees Sooty, at Cheltenham, on Friday last.
By his death. the Parliamentary Representation of
the Scotch Burghs, of St. Andrew's, Perth, &c.
becomes vacant.
Cep-- HA aDC asr cc, of Bath, died, on Saturday,
at Worcester. This Gentleman had only arrived
on that day from Malvern, in the company of a
friend, with whom he was walking on Broad-street,
when he was seized with an apoplenie fit ; he was
immediately conveyed to an inn, where he exeii ed.
A young lad, about 17 years of age, who is fee.
boy to a Noble Lord at the west end of the town,
lately fell in love with a girl, who is housemaid to a
genteel family in the aeighbnurhood. 'They had
agreed to a marriage, and a day was fixed for the
ceremony taking place. In the mean time, lover
of riper years (About 25 or '26) presented himself,
and the female slighted the lad. In consequence of
this disappointment, he last week got abided pistol,
and attempted to blow his brains oat, but his tre-
pidation WAS so great, that he missed his aim, and
Cited over his shoulder. He then was so desptrately
resolved on putting an end to his existence, that he
cut his throat. lie is still, however, alive.
As six men, who are employed on the Martell
Towers, with a woman and girl, the wife and daugh-
ter of one of them, wcte lately taking ass aquatic es-
cursion in a boat, between Pevensey and Eastbourne,
they were upset by a sudden gust of wind, and all
drowned, except one man, who saved himself by
getting upon the bottom of the boat. The unf. 're
Senate woman was far advanced in her pregnancy.
We have not head that any of the bodies have been
picked up.
On Saturday morning, a man of the name of
Wis. L I Ado MST RIP RN, a bricklayer's labourer, was
at work, repair mg the roof of a house, in Richmond.
Just as he got to the top of the ladder, he tell back-
wards, into A wheelbarrow, and was killed on the
spot. The woman, whose house was repairing, had
a dream, two nights previous to the accident, is high
was ominous of the event. She dreamed ileac the de.
ceased fell from the top of her house into a wheel-
barrow. She told him hcr dream the next mein-
leg, and was continually cautioning him to take
care, till the fatal accident happened. What Is re-
they remarkable, the deceased had u,ed a hod to
fetch his bricks in, till the, day, when h • got a
wheelbarrow. The Coroner's Jury sat en the h .ly
on Monday morning. Vcr.lia—dicidesimidsarii.

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N.frlL EvrELLIGENCE.

P0RT1,401.! r , oer.7.
Arrived the Albicore born guernsey ; Diamond
and Le Chfeime from Weymouth. Wind S.W.

T •RMOUTII, OCT. 7.
Arrived the Der MA elm arnetiots Mahan'
from the North Seas, laden with salt fish, bound to
Poppenburg, sent in by the Sentms sloop of war ;
and the Pitt, smuggling cutter, xi Folkestone, in
ballast, seat in by the Ouircr sl,)op of war. Wind
S.W.

FALMOUTH. OCT. 5.
The African, Jones, from the South Seas, came

under convoy of His Majesty': ship Calcutta, of 50
guns, till the 25th inst. when the Calcutta tvas cap-
tured by a French squAdron; :014 blcarna of the
remainder of the vessels, Captain Jones could not
:Ay. _ _

Nino o'clock, p. N.
A cutter is this nr,tnent arrived from the %%Ted-

ward, and reports, that all the vessels, late under
enovcsy of the Cafratta, were arrived safe at Millard.
By the aep4rts4, we learn the site arrival of
thr Lard Xrbe►t packet, at Lisbon, which packet was
expe„ed to leave Lisbon in•about 16 Jays.

DEAL, OCTOlltk 7.
Arrived the reit/rites brimb, with a convoy from
Portsmouth, which are sailed for the River.

Came down from Sheerness, the Rai/!saw sloop
of war.

Artivcd the Ariadee frigate, Votc.4no bomb, with
several other cruisers, from of the French coast ;
and remain its the Downs, with the ships as per
Lut.--wind W.S.W.