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London, England, 1807-08-13 00:00:00

POLICE.

11011/411tIST.
resterday, Alward G./me, who is charged on
suspicion of wilfully setting fire to his bonito Old
Boswell.c.,urt, on the morning of the ink instant.
brought up for re-examination before Mr.
Naas.

William Beteklow, of the Black Horse public-
Neese, in Old Roswell -court, said, that about a
quarter before four o'clock on did morning of the
Are, be was alarmed by beariviebirs:"B•tne, a
neighbour, laying to the Wattibmin..there. was a
filet he immediately got no ander* Smote inning
from the windows of the itrisisnet's blitteeearhith
was neat to hi., he went immediatefradd• endea-
voured toffee, open the dom.-bat o odd nbradcons-
plish it ; be thee see round to WSICIE eke of the
house ; he them saw the staircase en Sre through a
crevice of the door, and alarmed the neighbour-
hood by the cry of " Fire ;" after which, with the
assistance of a watchinaa, he forced open the door.
end eziinguished the fire with some pails of water.
They then went into the cellar, where Mr. Crow-
foot panted nut to them three candles, which had
been fined to burn under the flooring—one of them
was them burning ; the other two had gone out,
after bruning the boards slightly : the candles were
pet in pan d some potatoes, placed upoa pieces of
emit the coal eft upon a beam within about'seven
at eight WWI et the floor. The Wetness fur-
ther stet .01.thei he accompanied the Prisoner on the
let day of last December to the Phoebe Fire Office
at Charing when he insured the house he
.lbeed hie aeadjoinirg house, for 4501: each.
Cevedins Beekley, a watchman of St. Clem: es,
, mids duet rifietet is quarter before four o'clock, on
tfhe "rokflliff Wohnnidale the sth in -tans, be heard
the dal a of "NW' in Old Bosaell-c,,urt f he went
• them and assisted Mr. Bucklow in breaking open
the suett-door ; he afterwards took the Prisoner
into custody.
Mr. Marston, a Clerk at the Phenix Assurance-
office, proved, that the Prisoner had insured the
house be lived in, and the adjoining house, for 4301.
smolt, at that oficv.
Mr Baster. a Clerk at the London Assurance.
office proved, that the Prisoner had insured at that
since toe furniture of the house he lived in, and
tut next, for 6001.

Mr. Ford, of No 12, Strand...produced the po-
licy belunwns to the Plasm Pre-office, which he
tonnd in a ooz d.hvsa r thinornrjr.the hisorieria.
wire. • • int.; r
The Priam did ist .
iiTA
defame, than that at his.
die patios Irmo all based 441“4.thie
sis top roarnte. and the alirproup ilistali.fikbair • •
Sb• Oa& try crotilifytto4o•
The Primmer woe huly moafaltirest:.. c • •
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SW Desim dtri 11qpiirs door. aid the 44.,pieshese
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• • tail siiq&• the following ems* th.l
11 ' 4:+ehe ^widow* AtOrs, Swink
4S • " &is.* Mies, aid the AfArewott Wood
to did i also. Ws de= Majoilir• Opt
Lied ktid Sephia, from the .
' lined Es. Biwa sloop, aid the Diligent sts
1 • 4wish aas for Oporto an& the Meditew
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e aid the3whw sloop, with a convoy fol.'.
• Neves is appointed convoy for the Eastward.
e ffistres, 44 guns, with tea ships for the West
?oliti%la at St. Ham's.
1Lu0II:14 saG. 10.
11° ittlein His Majesty's ship Ptesltasind, from
lot • RI ; also several Neutral vesSels demisted.
• : ' die Lavinia frigate oa a cruise; sad the
j (011Auile cutter, with a fleet of viatirlietsfot the
•
squadsbireltochefort% •
. • few,
i • DtAL, *UGVST I I.
Sailed through the Downs &massing, from the
!Liver, the Surift,,,lfhowittaikaiaqbiem.-...Wiad N.E.
ite arasava,4ltel.)l7....irYglats, Tihsikl CIIIII rtie4
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Agill
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Elisabeth; Stegnkons Nerwae",4eiledlllgi , conl
Jamaica g LahillaiGreißl 6134 Ibit itiunk,SVN i Iles"'
Jane, Holland, and the MAIN WhiMenent, riditin g
Common,. Tindall, for Riga; Sweets, Betty; John, Mat
My. and the Amason, &My, 1/100 Fetelnitets.

The ship Alert, from Charlesto, is arrived at Li-
verpool : she sailed oil the 14th of lisly,eo which
date she brings letters. The spirit excited by the
affair between the Loped and CArdyffelle had tat ia
the least subsided.

The Dublin Stock Exchange has its Bulls and its
Bears, as well as that of Loudon. It was reports!
in Dublin, last week, that the Expedition, command-
ed by Lord C•TIICART, had tailed; acid that his
Lordship was taken prisoner.
Letters from St. Petersburgh state, that great
hopes are ensertained, that the Commercial Treaty
with England. will be speedily revived, and affairs
placed upon their former footing.
A Prnashm Officer has published a letter, in a
0011111U1 Paper, in which beams% that the sword
which the French carried away from the Palecs of
Potsdam, was not the sword of Plummiest the
awaits, hut belonged to a Prussian Officer, who
possessed himself of the sword-of Peensaice upon
the death of that monarch, and substituted hit own.
On Sunday, as two lads, one the son of Mr. TAT-
Loa, of Charlotte-street, Battlebridge, near Isling-
ton, the other named RUNS tila, late a pet-boy at
she Assemhly-House there, but who now lives at a
butcher's opposite, went to bathe in the new Reser-
von, facing Eldots-streers near Bagniggs Wells; not
thinking It deep, they leaped in. and immediately
sunk. The cries of some other boys brought to tiieir
assistance a gentleman's servant. about eighteen
years of age, who lives in Brunswick-square, and
who happeiti-d to he near the spot at the tine: re-
garelecs of his inn midi; he immediately threw
hirriklf into thArater. and the bdys entangled aboat
hint.'NWittt mach nillicerfry he' tberated himsclf,
and succeeded its brinkirik out Absrifilailisarlas wet
carTittillo Mr. Hmniri%% fit thi
an d tiered. "Thist lad; Aimed TINOS*. vivo en
minutes 'udder 'wirer. ing ktiblif (Moth, irsitqrst.
The oenlentan's seeirsitit"gdebillibisi#lll.llrdigs:
his cslsiudit- deserve it'o • • •

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CORNWALL AR M&
...ralftpupor
sa.•oaf f. INST.

This was an an- Dna of damages for eahillion of
the Plaintiff's daughter, who had becomes pregnant.
Pee ped wellies, aria. The Plaintiff is a respect-
able widow lady at Came nerd ; the Defendant is
a surgeon of the same place.
Mr. have. in opening the ease. Miter* cen-
mired the proll.gacy of the Defendant, who, from
his profession. was admitted sate the bosom of the
rawly, and wider that uattioa had seduced this
young lady. even under the very eye of bar parent.
and had then boasted that he would spend 10001.
in defending so disgraceful a case. Mr. Jse v
said, he should produce a respeCtable Alderman,
of the borough of Canselferd, who would prove in
evidence, that he had questioned Mr. West as to
his views in chewing so much attentiim, as he
was publicly observed to do, towards Miss
' Gregory—attentions which were no doubt construed
by the injured female as indicative of an honourable
attachment : that the Defendant had admitted
' to the worthy Alderman, that Mrs. Gregory's
daughters were respeaable and fine girls, and
that if any man were the c.iuse of either of
them becoming pie-gnaw, he would be bound
in honour to marry her ; but iliac for his part,
he certainly had no such intention. Mr. Jsrays
having with his usual abaity laid open his the. ge,
proceeded to call his first evidence, WI.O was
Miss Gregory herself. Her appeara.,ce
highly interested t.,e Cant in her favour, and sae
gave her evidence with great m sty and scnsioi-
lity. She stated that she is twenty. tour y, are of
age, and ti at her mother, Me Plaintiff in this ac-
tion, is a widow, livieg in Cameltord, independent
of any business, and that she was of tell, to
mother in her household s ; the Ddlen.tant is a
surgeon. who 'thee or four ye.r ago came to
at Cime:foid, to practise in his protessii.n ; he had
:onsiderahle buUness, and attended her mo.her's
family 41 surgeon and apothecary. H. soon beg .as
t r pay her particular attention, iglu ch cuitasueu t.O
FebtuarY,lllo6, wh. n, upon a notalay, net m Ann
and elder sitter went u.to me country, where they
continlueif tit use Tuesday followings leaving her,
with ha' youngest sitter, at home ; ibis youngest
sister wen: to the Methodist chapel, Abut.% s.s O'CIOCk
ih the evening, Laving her at home alone, for she
was preveuticr-by indisposition from accompanying
her 1 soon after belt sister had gme out. the De-
fendant came km the house, so tn. pa' hour where
the was sitting by the fire' and after some improper
Etlitiesacid 44 using her very ill," he completed
; she became pregnant, and .has been
feted of a tonal, child, which is since dead.
Cefystre she Wit kart ) Het mother had paid
.apemse attendant ou her unfortunate situation.
Ors Whir mosesetam.ned by 14. r. Pecs (who
was aisist-4 by three other Counsel), she saiu she
fever rourased the Defendant that she should be at
heipe (in the day the deuce happened ; know, WM
II hatter s bee bees acquainted watt Wu from
Macy 1 uut fns salts , 011 Clmcllord to
lee; never had any crania** h
or any other. person whatever, emeept fie 1)••
. 'Admit ; has heard that Lot is now in bodieris, but
deeeset Meer that her mother km had any calm.
ration with him since they have been at the Assam.
Wimen knows Mrs. Rosevear, of Llunelford, who
lives riser her mother's house, and has three sons
but does not know that Mrs. Rosevear ever object. d
to her sons coming to Use Plaintiff's house on
count of its ill repute 1 she never said " it was no
wonder that Rosevear came so often and staid so
long at her mouser's house, since be bad no peace at
home on her (the Witness's) account."--Mr. Dais.
rise now called Miss -- Gregory, the youngest
user of the preceding evidence, wno says, she is a
mdliceroind twenty use years of age : she corrobo-
rated the former part other sisters sists testimony.—A
private convaliation now took place between the
Couisel for both parties, when it was agreed, that
tamely peewit damages should be t Oti n. and the
trial closed. Ibis was a Special Jury case.

At a 'netting of the Aging Mlagiorstes for Kos•
teren, held at Bourn, in Luleulasture. on Satutday
Joky Lame. labourer. was, eonvided in lie
'lliltigated penalty of 40s. for lopping Wa►er-trees on
estate of the Marquis (Altars a. This pradiet.
feared. is too general among tenants. who are
' list aware of the severe penalty imposed by the
statute of 6th Geo. 1. for cutting timber without
assent of the owner.

Tendril MAUligh;, as Mr. A INSIOND, of Estry,
was driving Mrs. &Anat. t. and Min Hogs: N, in a
canto Eythorne.near Chatham, the horse took frigi t,
and the driver losing the reins. he ran with such ra-
pidity down a hill, that the females were thrown
ash mid very severely bruised: Resistance was im-
thediessiy given, and Mrs. Ensissa I. was conveyed to
the Wens of Mr. Gramm. surgeon. where the
Load* attention was inelleanally paid to her, AS
Oished in the moat excruciating pain unsil
Thursday morning, when she expired, leaving a
numerous fami to lament her loss.
An awful aad.truly meleneholy accident occurred
at Hanley. in the Potteries. on Saturday se'nnigla,
in the evening :—Three of the sons ut Mr. %VII.-
son, a revealableson, manufacturer in that place, for
their amusement, and as a preparation the celebrau
ing the wakes the succeeding week, had paced
three pieces of sm .11 cannon in the garden of the
elder brother, which they charged with pswder and
wadding. and disposed at a short distance hunt
each other ; when one of the brothers was in the
act of Er.ng the tint piece. the elder, with his infant
child in his arms, was in front of the third. and.
dreadful to relate. the priming communicated to the
others, by which unfortunate emit the fathee and
child were literally blown to pieces, and in a mo•
trent rendered spe6acles too shocking tot humanity
to contemplate. and that in the presence of their
nearest and dearest tie—a w.fe, mother, and bro-
thers. Their mangled remains, ioclor,d in the
same coffin. were deposited in Cae family vault, on
Wednesday sentitgro, in the presence of ntrnctous
spectators; and this distressing event has cast such a
gloom on the surrounding neighbourhood, as all the
hilarity attendant on the season was not able to clip.
pel. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Monday be.
fore Tsar as Sea %Now, Gent, when the Jury, efte:
• minute investigation into all the causes which led
so this most melancholy catastrophe, returned a
verdict 06....4(carnial Death.