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London, England, 1807-04-28 00:00:00

ORIGIA'4L7P4Tar

tilt W“lrs or TPIE DAY.
itch mt harnue'oa 4tivaa ISO fvfle bright bays,
A•nun I the Pafic, on high and hetoggya ;
Tra se•tann .o bits woh hoek.kia torPacitas,
Qt ptanet-g Maeda, gliaoate the Muth has lieltem;
The rmpty carrocatronaLing on baNini,
Drai.byt tho 'leant cham near "1 h a m,.(1
S. father to gain of stealth a store.
That lONA out stag Arive a coach and four.

DAY'S Etolootafiee, of a rer,nf eslonlion of NIGNIT,
dprii 2,5, 1807.
ul /tom-, telt the eauoo,
W: 1, c tntrate Natete's laws
The nigh should, at titre Ike' of yeas,
Extend to Wes. es teeth aPpeat
Quite .tesoce heaved to at, the amino.
That disc cquhteett, think ot %itch creation.

gamma Woo-retie AD, EA+ M.P. will leave town,
to morrow, for Bedfor.lithire.
Viscimpt CASTLE!. AGII gave a grand dinnor.
7.- erday, to several of the Cabinet Ministers, at his
)0
use. in St. .1:4 mes's.square.
We tut and Countess of r 011.1 t t.l VIL I. e wll give
randclioner, to.mori ow, to the Earl and Countess
Dan ev and several other NAility, at their
ire in Privy Gardens.
.ord and Lady 1144twoon will give a grand
ter, to-morrow, at their I.uu;e in Hanover-
are.
.*.ie Earl and Countess of Deasy will give a
.rid dinner, next Sunday, at their house in Gros.
.eirequare.
N. AirtEW hail a grand rout, last night, at her
:-.. in Winspole.street, which was numerously
tied.
'AI -usable Departures yesterday, in consequence
.e Dissolution of Parliament t—
,
:Awl nevonont, fir Umiak, Narthurnberian.l; Sir
i Milianke. and Sir llama" Li.tdail, fur Durham • G.
•.ara Dawn +vine, Cy IN: SAilanrl; Sir ff. DairynipleFla•
~a, moo Colonel Gran:, so., of Si: Jame Grail., tog.scos.
Goodwood Races are fixed for the 6th, 7th, and
Ilth of May.
The friends of the Minister, having enganed all
the pow horses, not one hack could be obtained by
Opposition on Sunday for fire or went,.
Lt 1) Ea Loor's grand root, last night, was very
numerously attended ; the grand suite of apart-
meats was splenlidly lighted by magnificent dia.
mo.ai-cut gla,s lustrts. The company did not
begin to asseinble till near eleven o'clock, and con-
sisted of the first Nobility in town.
The F..rl of DALCNISE ill is expelled in a few
days, at his house, in l'ark.lane,frnm Milton Ablier,
Northamptonshire, where hi; Lordship has been on
a visit to the Earl and Countess Firzwtt.i.s 4 st.
Viscountess Caart.stuaautt bad her usual grand
party, last Saturday, after the Opera, at her house
is St James'...square.
Aa Elegy upon a Lady who had been twice ister-
r rd. an! left .fairteen eleito•eq. in an Irish Palters be-
.... thus.., Adieu. sive*: Maid."
The 1) ike of GOSUOSI intends, in a few days.
;oing on a tour through Oxfordshire, and then to
Rath, where his Grace intends passing the suinuacr.
The Marquis of H intends giving up
his hints- in Charles-street. Berkeley-square, pre.
rims to his leaving town.
An artist advertises, in a Provincial Paper, that
4' he' teaches French and f.oiciag atter the true PA-
tisiron /wait."
The Duchesa of Connote will hare no more
parties this season : her Grace intends leaving Lou n
lii a few days for Scotland. The coati; of her mo-
ther. I.ad) Maravoit., is the arigred cause.
Vi,count and Visccuntet.s HlNCHltriaaaoctleff
town. yesterday, for Huntingdon.
The Duke of GORDON. and his daughter, the
Du.tio.s 01 Ricnmonn. left town, yester.i•n On a
•1,11 to the Marquis and Marchioness C4.: \ KW•LLIS.
at l ultort, Sotrolk. Her Grace is gone to take
leave of her ::Inidhle Wove, previous to her &par-
tur.: for Ireland, which is expelled to take place in
the course i f too day..
The remains of the Hon. Colonel FA Nil. brother
to the Earl of ViIiSTSIOSZLADIO, and rote of the
Girl"' ni the Bircchainber to Hui MAJtST Y. were
Int'efe• in the family vault at Apethorpc, in North-
antronshiro, on 'lllunday last:,

EX I'AJORIVNARr SQU.iDRON.

N... (C nclUlledj

We gave, on Friday, some particulars of the
dreadful engagement between the British Fleet and
the Eztraortfinary Squadron, under St. Stephen's.
It was attended with a pbennernewsn that may rank
among the most wonderful in nature. During the
anion the Extraordinary Squadron was enveloped
in the thickest fog that ever fell upon the earth ;
shadows, clouds, and darkness, rested on it ;°
while the opposing fleet, although only a few yards
distant, was illuminated by the purest and most
brilliant rays ever emitted from the fountain of
light in its meridian splendour. The fire from the
British fleet partly succeeeded in dissipating the
clouds, and as they began to disperse, the Extrant.
dinar, Squadron became oc c ail onally visible through
the dismal gloom, and presented a most shocking
appearance. One would suppose that every shot
had told, for every vaesel discernible in the mass, bore
marks of havoc and desolation. Flags of digress
were llyin4 in every direction, ,nd in many of the
ships the crews had quitted their guns, and ran
down below in despair. The whole Van Division,
consisting of the Ceetiareegh, Capt. ST ILWA ; .he
ridqedier, Capt. PRICK/rat ; the AideJactaiia.
Capt. Ca muse; the Rose, and several others, had
their heads completely beaten in, and lay in a heap,
ail wrecked together upon the rocks of Bigot• y and
Stateerift, while the great body of the scinad:on
were aground upon the shoals of Delusion, and the
moving sands of Apostacy. The lag-ship had
something flying from her top-mast, which, at a
distance, appealed to be the Cap of Liberty; but,
upon nearer inspeaion, it proved to be the Cap of
'oily, and there was scarcely a ship in the whole
line that did not fight under false colours.

The British Beet, on the contrary, appeared in ex-
cellent or•ier grid cJadition. Not a single vessel
had sutF.,:ed in her hull, mast, sail, or rigging.
Their signals were all well concerted and arranged,
and ebeyscl wi.h prompricada and precision. 'fbe
gale, it Is Mir, VIA{ not favour4Wei but still, having
plenty of sea-room, and every ihip sound in
timbers, and worked by a well-disciplined ..new,
they suffered not the slightest injury or -nconveni-
ence. la two or three instances, enemy's Gre
recoiled upon themselves ; and Clair guns, being all
pointed in the dark ; .1, consequently, without
good aim, it is not surprising that they should
have done mere injury 14 themselves, than to the
British flzet.

It may excite some surprise, that with all th'is
su-
periority and advantage, the British tint did not
capture the Extraordinary Scoadrou ; but R wit
be remembered, that the great Ns.l.iON, though
commanding a squadron super i,;r to the enemy in
weight of metal, as weil as in discipline, courage,
and experiencek was unable to take the Boulogne
flotilla. Fhe fact is, the fire of the enemy was
scarcely silenced, when a strong wind arose groin a
height, calleJ Speaker's Chair, close to Table Bay,
which completely divided the two lines, and the
tide ebbing with exuaorilinary and unexpected ve-
locity, left the Blitish fleet, at the moment it fancied
itself afloat, completely aground. There they were
when the dispatches came away, and there they
will remain until the returning tide. In the mean
time, the Captains of the Extraordinary Squadron,
which, as we stated in a former Number, was to
Windward, by holding out promises and rewards for
exertion, prevailed on the crews to work it into the
King's Dock and Treasury Roads, where it is now
ativcly employed in repairing its damages, and
preparing fur another cruise. With intent still
more to strengthen and increase its force, orders
have beat issued for building an immense number
of new vessels, among which are the following, at
the undermentioned ports :

Two Frigates, at Harwich. Two Ba p, at Dublin.
'Twe Date, at Dov,r. Two Datw, at Cork.

Two &loop', at Vol ti.nouth. Two Gu n-4r.gg, at &ht.,.
Two Bugs., at S..utiumpton• Two Dirt°, at Ilatin.a. .

Tom gagers, at P,y mouth. T• o Cogito, •t ti .e.
&e.

This is only a small vriioa of the new vessels,
the keels of several of wilds have been already
laid down in the above ports. It will be seen from
the list, that the Extlisoldinary Squadron are
more anxious about elk-timber, than the size,
streogth, and value of ;heir vessels. It looks as if
all they wanted v es to r.!itt-number their oppuni
not to beat them. • It is, however, very well
known, that they will nut be able to aitgnietit their
force to the extent which they hope—as in s ,me
places the docks are pre-occupied, and in others
the workmen either stand out for extravagant
wages, or have aaually entered into the service of
Lt.eir opponents. It is also well-known that most of
the timber which they have provided is rotes*, and
that they have no crews with which to man them,
hut a sort of Swiss, that are really to tight for either
tide, and never fail to desert the sinking vessel.

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ur Iznisuansc,:.

ct,uRT 07 KING•S BENCH, Wastwiinns, Area h

Tilt XING, v. 110111tItT CRAM %VT.
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The Defendant, who had formerly been an As.
siiita..t at Mr. Barrie', school, at Hackney, was
bet tAt up for judgment. having bem cnnvited
of assaulting and beating the young son of General
Lyman, American Consul; as billy reported in our
Parr f the 19th February last.
The Afternoon, G , for the Defendant,
said, his Client was in a most unfortunate situation,
deserving the commiseration of all who knew him.
His situation.at hest, was not likely to lead to much
opules.ce ; but he was, in consequence of this trans-
ation, quite thrown upon the world. The circum-
stances in his favour were. that he had received his
education.at that school, and from his good condua,
was afterwards made an Assistant ; and it appeared
from the evidence of all the boys who were examined
upon the trial, that he had at all times condutted
himself with the utmost humanity and gond temper
towards them, lie was far from casing any re-
ft-etion upon the Prosecutor, but could not help
saying, there was a gond deal of misapprehension on
his part; arid it appeared the notion of the manner
of education in America, was quite different from
the mode inculcated in this cottony. General Lyman
had direttled that his son should sot receive any
bodily esastisertient ; and certainly a more retulant
unruly hide boy, was never placed under any mas-
ter. The General might have considered this a
ease not fit for a prosecution. The master was in
a very bad predicament, horn the obstinacy of the
boy, for when be had heat him to compel him to do
a thing, it would not have been right to let the
buy conquer him by that obstinacy of dispos:tion.—
He did not press the contradiaory evidence upon
the trial, becalm the boy's father was present but
certainly the account he gave was widely different
from the story of the other boys.
Lord Est. etc Donovan —0 The great aggravation
of the case, was the son of cane he used. He
might have chosen another mode of punishment."
Mr. GA 11110 W, for the prosecution, urged the
feelings of the father at the appearance of the boy's
body, when he returned tram school. He admitted
that the boy arias the moat provoking of all provok-
ing boys, but put it to the Court, whether this was
a 'roper mode i f entler,:on or note It was for
their Lordships to say, whether in so important q
case tor the , there was no: .: :-.,.cPs,ity for
bringing it benign the Cat::: r.•'-•• ?

Mr. Justice GR.3: . ' • ~f 2:.e
tnat tbe only luestion • y prc•
parr -,t to he Jury was, whether this was a
pro-
r n.ode of pnoishment ? and they were of opiniur.,
..sat it exceeded the bounds of moderate cor-
'talon. The boy had behaved exceedingly ill, and
deserved severe correftu.n; but the first thing a mas-
ter should do, Was not only to command his own
limper, but teach his scholars to moderate their's.
There were, however, circumstances of great mi-
tigation, and the Court had Oct forgotten the ex-
cellent character which had beep rven of him.
For them reasons !be Spurt direaedne should pay
• fine of aud be codunitted uutil such fuse be
paid.
The Defendant immediately obeyed the sentence,
and was discharged.
At one o'clock Lord fillen`xwough sat at Nei
Prim', when several causes were disp..)sed of, among
which tLe only one of lowest we. the following:

USURY.
AI.DRILW

This was an attion upon a Bill of Exchange,
drawn by Robert Ayr.. in f of one Sharp, cid
accepted by the Defendant, Wilson, tor 49M.

The regular procts of hand-writing. ac. being
made, the Areas pee.Gssaa•r. closed the case
on the part of the Plaintiff.
Mr. GAR tow, for the Defendant, said. he should
proceed to state this case from his brief, without
any comment. In the year 1906, Major Ape bad
the misfortune to be artraeted by one of those
moneylending adve:tisements which were every
day to he seen in the public prints, and applied to
No. 17, Ludgate-bill, where he found Mr. John
King, who, with his usual philanthropy. proposed to
raise the money upon bills of the description of the
one in qiieetion, at the rate of 5 per Cent. and one
per Cent. Commission, per month; but Maj.n clvre
refused to do business with him far more than 101.
per Cent. which being agreed to, he delivered over
to Mr. King 50001. of those bills, to carry into the
world, to raise the money'on. Out of the bill of
BM. and one of 4001. he received back about 1001.
and never any further sum out of the whole. The
Lear .red Counsel then went on to enumerate several
other advertising money-lenders. who, he said, now
carried on business in this metropolis, for. or in
partnership with, the said Mr. King. He also
quoted the matrimonial advertisement of Mrs.
Morris, who procured wives and husbands with por-
tions. &c. at the premium of two and a half per
Cent. upon completing the match. all of which.
be said, was under the auspices of Mr. John King.
If this was not the case, the Auorney.General might
coetradia it by calling that gentleman.
It appeared in evidence, that Main Ape having
some large claims upon Governtrar ot, and warning
an immediate supply of money, he was introduced
ta Mr. John King, and prcpwed to dispose of these
claims, but he advised him to draw the bills as al.
ready mentioned. The 8.115 were drawn by Mr.
King, and were, when accepted, handed to him to
turn iato cash, for which he was to be allowed at
tile rate of 101 per cent.
The ATTORM&Y•GSMIRAL, is reply, said, that
Eowever vitiated these bills were in the hands of the
parties who framed them. yet, as against a Ostrecjfie
hider for a lull and valuable conside.-ation, the sta•
tote was not available.

Lord ELLII4.IIIOUOI4, in charging the Jury,
left it to them to consider, whether the Ball, in its
original formation, WAS made for an usurious con-
sideration t and whether the party was to be paid
a >um beyond 51. per ccut ? Atid if the Jury were
of opinion that the Delendatit had knowingly lent
his name to the Bill, antecedent to its coming to
the Plaintiff's hands ; and was also acquainted with
this agr-em:nt, then they should had their Ver-
di!! for the IX fendant.

'FL. Jury imrarictrately retutued a Verdift for the
Deterviant.

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•
•
:f4TROCIObS'•MURDER AND Ronnaßr.

fr.

On Thursday last, about three o'ctock in ti-ie af-
te.rnoon, Alexander Williamson. topensan to John
Cnrson, of DaJwhat on h.s way from Delmfries to
F.'irkcecfbright, stopped at DrumjAn. in the parish
nfiLialguasien, to ionic upon Some cattle, and hay-
ing tone about al:tarter of a mile off th.• high read
for that purpos-, he wis mos; bar bar, u sly murJered
by a pistol shot, and thereafter rnhhed of a letter,
c,.ntainirg a bill upon London for BOO'. his ',well, a
puree containing some sliver, ant several papers.
'Ube ball entered ahem an inch from the spine. frac-
tured one of the ribs, passed t .I...nigh the
heart anJ breast, and was only coy by th
ment of the breast, when found by Messrs Laing
and Shortbridge, surgeons, Dumfries, who opened
the body.
Mr. Fertusson, in Drurnjohn, seho was going to
join Vs illiainion at the cattle, heard the ir.ot, and
saw the n:urderer rust away ; he immediately
returned home, and dispatched his yin a:id cep.
rant, upon horseback, in search of nit.; ; at the
same time they alarmed the whale iteghbenrhoosl,
whu all with the greatest alacrity joined in the pur-
suit; and, in about ad hoer or little more after the
murder, a man was discovered concealing himself its
a ditch, within a plantation in the lands of Lokhend.
He was apprehended, and the letter containing t;me
bill, the watch, the purse and silver, and papers of
which Williamson was rubbed, found upon hints,
together with a pair of pis:o!s. the one loaded and
the ott.er not. The man calls himself Maitland
Smith, stocking-maker, in Di.mfriek ; and he tra-
velled from near Cargen toll bar to Kirtgantion in
company wan Williamson. Smith loa Leen corn.
mined to Litieudbright gaol.

On Sunday. A bnip'9, the flow.streest
arrived rn town with three witnesses. to air .1.4 v 'or
to iientify tfle person of the well-kaov.n Ara 4c-
( 24i1, who is charged on suspicion of haviior 1110/"71
a parcel from the York COI h. Cilittii;'! 't; tot,.
and bilis, to she amount of 42001.—M5. Ca.% as-
ses LAIN, of the White Hart, Uttozeier, identirleet
the P:isoner as the man who got l,r,e otr tiie
stolen owes arse:sunted at BeLt's lisiik, in tire:
tow .1. when he (the Prisoner) signed U J. Watreo
as hit name. He was, in consequence, committed
to Newgate for the forg. ry and the robbery.
Mr. CHATS lILD, of EIT)SW3rtfl. &suet, whh Was
wounded by a shot from a gnn discharged at bins
by a footpad, as previously noticed by os, we are
sorry to add, has completely lost the UPC °ibis left
hand.
/tames, the garderer, of Clapham. having re.
e-Yrini a conditional pardon for transportation fo:
1 .re to H ,zany Bay, has been removed from the
_•:•• iol io the Reirilmsnos balk at Woolwich.
•' nuanat•reot.—This o-iglnai and curio
out Book, • • • a Natural History of Quadrupeds.
so long out of print, has b•ea agAin pat to Press,
and in the course of a few weeks will be ready for
publication. To the admirers of Natural History,
this book has been ern:teem:l one (AS al! 11110114 I,llb.
aka •it our hingolge. not only on account of its
adturacy and the number of well-authenticated
Anecdotes, ellustreice of the habits of the Animals
it describes, but from the peculiarly beautiful
figures of those animals, cot oa resod, which ernbel-
lisa the work. This edi.ion has been carefully
pr.n•ed and correßed, and the vacant spaces its each
page furnished rut with some add:t:twal mew Vig-
nettes.
The Ticket, Nn. 24.305. as first drawn on Thurso
day last, moiled to 20,0801. was sold in one Half.
one Quarter, one Eighth, and two Sireenths, by
Messrs. Bekaa:scone and Co. Joint Contraftors for
the prese,z Lottery, and Proprietn s of the Lucky
Lottery Oifi:es, No. 11, Holborn. 57, Cornhill, and
38, Haymarbet, who solicit an immediate attention
of the Public to Saturday next, the 2J of May, when,
as la. the first drawn ticket will be entitled to
20 0401.; and by whom Capital Prizes in the Lot-
teriis for 11•05 and 1806, were sold in 267 deferent
Shares, amounting to upwards of 15X.0001. and
where the first 30,0001. and the last 23,0001. ever
shared. were sold. Tickets and Shares are now
on sale, and Prizes exchanged or paid on demand.
26. Cornhill ; 32, Charing cross ; and St. Mar.
gem's-bill. Borough. Hoaosev and Co. respe3-
fully acquaint the Public, that on Saturday next
the First-drawn Ticket will be entitled to 23,0001.,
and all the 'rickey drawn on that day will be
Prizes. The Firstotraven on the Fourth Day will
alas be 20,0001. ; ant on the Filth and Siath Days
10.0001. Tickes and Shares, warranted undeastru,
are selling on the lowest MEM, and the: Prizes paid
on demand.

Eighteen individuals have already gain"d an ia.
dependency for life, from two Prizes only, in the
present Lottery; but when it is mentioned that the
wheel is so uncommonly rich, aftar two days draw.
ing, as to rwsess t"7O C 2 pizals of 20,0001.; four of •
10,0001.; four of 5300 i. ; eight or 10:;01. are. to
bow many scores of individuals ham yet a certainty
,'•nost of sharing its unprecedented opulence—nay,
a Corn tdventurers, at least. will in all prob tbility
participate of t'e 20,000 i. Prim to the first-drawn
Number on Saturday next.
Gesso EvanTl.---The First-drawn Ticket, No.
16,787. in the present State Lottery, and which dis-
tributed to the Public the Sum of 40,0001. was sold
in °se Qaarter, one Eighth. and ten Sixteenth Shares,
at. loan es. Pans r, and Co.'s, Cornhill,Oxford-street,
and St. James's street. On Saturday, May 2, the
First-drawn Ticket will be entitled to 20,0001.
independent of any other Prize ; and there are nu.
meroas Capitals .et ia the Mittel. Also, reel
Ticket that may be drawn un the above Day, will
b.! a Prize.

A few dayt ago there was an account Oven of
blood-sucker worms coming off by the m.iuth of a
child aged veep ; t'iese vermin ii•ed IS days.in
cold water, duriog which time some young ones
appeased in the bssou the site of hairs three inches
long. Another chid has vended a mend worm.
12 inches, of the TlMltit kind ; it is full of young.
which Is plain to the human eyc. The last child
had hren .41 Sad variouly tor 'tinny years, and no
medicine had reached the malady, until Dr. Gain.
ell's Worm Medicines were tippled. The also's.'
rtsay be feel. 4, Long Acre, with reference to the
Pati:nts who voided' them. Dr. Gasowee is con-
sulted tour dais sae alas w.el. fie= I to 4 as 1.(..*