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of Raab, hr setae. at No. 77, St. James's-street,
' sod that if be (the irosecutor), could procure some
Jim di part, he (the Marquis), could sell it to the
• club, and he could insure both himself and the Pro-
' mentor, a eery aendsome profit. The Prosecutor
accordingly obtained 52.5 dozen n 1 fine old port, at
41s. a dozen, which he sent to the Nlarquts's house,
is Air-street, Piccadilly, in'single dozens, to avoid
the necessity of a permit Ater this, he told the
Prosecutor, the wine was highly relished, and ap-
' proved of by the club, or ealeva, and that they had
paid him 701 for it. The dear pt,fit to be divided
on this speculati n, between the Nlar (pis and the Pro.
Neater, amounted to ahour 19I• ; not a farthing of
which the Prosecutor received, it being placed to the
i account *of the money aiready dle to him by the
Defendant. Some time slier thi., the Defendant
inforgewi ff. Prils.CU .I', that he had an opportu-
nity of potehasing 2,400 pieces of linen, by which
there could ben.) douht of immense profit accruing.
He therefore des red the Proseentor to procure as
emelt =WY as he possibly could. tot the purchase
of this ad., noire ; as the more money he ha I, the
greater would be the numbest-, and the profit, of
course, the mote extensive. Ihe Pro.eLutor ex-
erted himself, and a•` '1 !sorrowed from a friend
5001. a Bank note for which h- seat to the De-
fendant, by his derma/n/4,4e., vilest, he sent to re-
ceive the money from the Prosecutor. Islntuith-
standing the d •xteritv and address with which this
linen affair was condo eed, the Prosecutor's sus-
picions were excited ; and, ist sushi- to have them at
once set it rest, he sent to the Marqiiis for four
pieces of sheeting The Marquis sent him tour
pieces, nor of No load, of eight shil:ings an ell,"
of' which Ms. told F.,/,byr she had bought
him shirts for Ins hark, but of " Doev?a,
.Casv
posies," nothing better than ded roarer Ir“h cloth.
These the Nos- curio returned, and the Marquis
mnt hits in return two pieces of eery good Russia
sheeting, which he retained and used.
Mr. Gussit thin proceeded to state, that he
could incontestibly prove, [llO the Arse pretence 4 1
buying wine for toe ,/inb. was unfound's' and un-
ti ue ; eau wii h regard to the ham, that the Masquis
bad not made a purchase 01 12400 pieces; on the
contrary, that the tier sent to the pwsecteor, had
• been bought ate draper's. at Charing-ci iris, to whom
it bad bew moo sea, on its rejation by the prosrcu-
ter. and from wham the It its,,ia sheeting had been
bought. on paying the difference. *The necessary
{ evidence was then aJduced, confirming the case.
Mr. Roil i.outsms ad,iressed the Jury for the Ds..
feadant. btu called no witnesses.
Ti.. Defendant. was Inuits! Gvitv and sentenced
to he impraunted six months in the Ils use of Correc-
tion.

It was then stated to the Court, :het the Defend.
ant was aCtually cus:ndy cf the Warder• of the
Fleet, for suits to the )(mimic in Aoool. The Court
sh.n ordered his tmptischment, under the present
cosimeion, to rake pl-ice in Newgate.
A young woman ett the name of Er fe was tried
for perjury, in swearing A child to a Mr. Moore.
She stated teat her iletimintanee with him began At
the late Middlesex eleztiom Mr. M. pr..testvd his
chastity, and proved that he was at home with his
swill at the time particularised. The Defendant
persisted ia eaying Mr. Moore was the father; but
the Jury disbelieved her, and she was fond
She wee sentenced to three months imprisounntot.

We anderstand that the claim of the Prince of
W•Lts. in tespea to the revenues of the Duchy of
Cornwall, during his minority, is s'iortly to be
lcought befeie farliament, and th.tt it will receive
full and unequivocal support of His M•itsr Y'S
'sisters.
We -

tiadetstand that all struggle is now over for
an aselusive and individual exercise of the Govern-
ment patronage in dcotland, which is henceforward
to he is the appointinant of the Cabinet at large.
so.irmercial failure, of great magnitude, has
taken place at tlanihurgh The house of laves,
mail Davit). stripped on the 14th instant,
for the sum of two millions one hundred and fifty-
' nine thousand eight hundred at.. ninety-aye marts
Estraft of a letter from a young Gentleman, son
of a disisayuiahril Magistrate, at Somersetshire,
who, in his second siwyAge to the Eatt-Indies, again
met Ltisois' squadron ; having brlore bean in the
lest oader the command of Commodore I) :
" wait:lees, sr. rr . 5, 1805.
41 On the 6th of Augitsso it befog A very bad
day, s: lout in the Afternoon, lat. 19. E. long 82.
we saw three strange ships coating down on us,
te•cl tie moment after we recontitsed our old
friend Limits, in the ...1/ereriee, and one of his tai-
gates, uith a prise the late &a.m./grit Indianian).
intige what hustle and stir there was in clearing for
Ia half an hour. lie came round our rear,
at it pi.tired a broadside into the Votolberiand, which

did lire some /adage, but did not hurt any body.
In a few moments after, he rare the &trier a broad.
stile ; but it blowing hard, only sic of has shots then
struck oi, no, did they hurt any one on board. For
about twenty minutes we wete exposed to his ire.
and the shot fiew abou: like hail. Nor were we

• idle..--.we fired at him some time, and must have
struck him utten. Colintunately, when we began
one fire, the rookriese4 and Lle;11 were between
the illiakeaa and Mari ea, As soon as vie Effesheires
co6IIJ get kyr guns to boar, she blazed away fa-
muddy. AtV ter trading we had a line of hattie sinp
at-norm use he ran away. atid from his superior sid-
ing was Posit oat of gan-shat. He dogged us all
tsar night and the text day ; but never came near
' enc-igh to get a second thurnoii,;:. In the evening
of the 7th he made off. iti'e expeaed is have
taken Mr. Danis, and we certainly sh•• uld. had i.e
given us an opportunity. One man WAS killed on
Goats! the Gnno.• by a spent shot. which was the
only one that muck her; and a Nli.l..o..nisn was
killed sin board the Zile frihrov.
.6 W e col t‘,-rnorrovv, wader convoy of the Mee-
kia. for Pinang, and proceed from thence by an
Eastern passage.
• it We left Portsmouth the lath of April, and ar-
rive i here tire 29.1 of August. Nothing worthy of
satire *reclined till we got mend the Cape; when,
on the I7th al July. we experieaced a severe gal-,
in which the feasts lost two topmasts, and sepa-
rated from its. On the 20th of Jury. we had ano-
ther 'i:; the lf.rire 104 ons topmast, and sepa-
lrat „,,,.! .41411FUS;s10 arrived here two Jays altar
u •'',"7-I,4s.',;kh .....\ We found the We swath
si 4/ ••• . 1116..
' 2 Lao. here.".
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