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WED% !STU V, OCT...an
Milnlesk stood indicted on a charge of steal-
ing a Bank Post Bill for five gn:neas, froza the Pro-
secutor, who deposed, that the Prisoaer and he heihg
in company, the former took a parcel of ciollisfs
from his pocket, boasting of his wealth ; the Prose-
cutor, not willing to be outdone, pulled nut the Post
Bill, laid in the indiAment, on which the Prisoner
jocularly seized, pot it in his pocket, and retained it
with much composure, nevlcr attempting to abscond.
It proved to be a Scot's trick ; and, on the charge
from the Bench, the Pi ',otter was arquisicd and
discharged.
Eleanor Baldwin WAS prosecuted by Edward
Clarke, Esq. for stealing from him a great coat, a
silver spoon, and pair of stockings, all of which lie
found on her person. The Prisoner avowe4the cir •
cunistances. Being at tke Prosecutor's command,
for which she was parsimoniously paid, for the :lc-
commodation of his bed, on a rainy night, she put
on his coat. The spoon she took to eat spoon-meet
with ; to a regimen of which he confined h.q. by
drawing her teeth, or rather pre,sing them out, by
forcing her head between her knees. Five she lost
in this operation ; she had, however, but three to pro.
duce, having Hung the reni.onag two into his face,
in the paroxysms of her pain, or the sublimity of her
indignation. He, moreover, one night in bed, twist-
ed two of her fingers out of their sockets, and paid
the some compliment to her elbow. For this night,
in particular, he paid her but two ten-penny pieces.
On investigation of this matter, through examina-
tion by the Court, it appeared, that the Prisoner was
once Clarke's servant, and, after the period of her
servitude, though he alleged she had robbed him of
near a hundred pounds, he gave her a good discharge.
lie became a widower, and took her as an occasional
hand-maid ; but having recently married, he insti-
titre,' this prosecution. The whole narrative of the
Prisoner he nearly acquiesced in, and, conlormable
to the charge from the Bench, she was acquitted and
discharged.
Pot. Thompson, Joseph Harritort, and Jaws Starr,
convitheJ, on the clearest evidence, of stealing one
hundred weight of lead from off the house of G.
O'Farrell, Esq. Barrister, having been found Radio,
only to the value of 101 were, -however, from the
situation they held as soldiers in the Commissariat
Department, and the disgrace they brought on their
establishment, sentenced to be publicly whipped, on
Saturday next, from Kilmainham Gaol to Mount.
Browne, and to he afterwards imprisoned for sic
months.

G. .loAnton, Esq. submitted to an indiament for
an aggravated assault on a Mr. Steel, the husband
of his mother-in-law, in Mr. Steel's own house.—
Counsel for Mr. S. pleaded on a variety of circum-
stances in mitigation of punishment. The Court
called for the informations, which, having read,
they pronounced them to have been a relation of
the most grievous assault they ever heard of, and
required, as a condition of mercy, the intercession
of the Prosecutor, who did earnestly intercede,
avowing that the Traverser had made him ample
satisfatlion, by expressions of sincere contrition, and
unqualified apology. He was accordingly, alter a
salutary admonition from Judge Yox, who declared
that the conslua of Mr. Steele was honourable, hu-
mane, and generous, lined 6d. and discharged.
Catheriwe Kir4, fogad guilty of uttering forgeries.
after a very serious and *geeing charge to herself
and her husband, received sentence of death.—
She appe.iled for mercy, on the score of a large
and distressed family, and then pleaded pregnancy.
Court adjourned to the 7th Dec. next.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH. NOV. 4.
CAM in and sailed again His Majesty schooner
ling, Lieut. W. Archbold; also the Brpid gust-
brig from a cruise.
Sailed His Majesty's ship Paper:44 Capt. Plam-
pin ; and frperb, Capt. Keats, to join Lord Nelson
off Cadiz ; also La Soptite sloop of war, on a cruise.
Wind Easterly.

•oven, NOV. 3.
In consequence of the wind shifting to the South-
west, the vessels which have been detained, wind-
bound, have put to sea.
A vessel under Prussian colours, which has been
taking in a condemned cargo here, for Holland,
and hauled into the outer harbour, to proceed on
her voyage, was prevented by an express, which ar-
rived late last inglir, for that purpose. A collier,
lying off Folkstone, was hailed by a French priva-
teer, in very harsh language, to put his boat off.
and bring the papers on board, which was answered
with aye, aye ; but, is consequence, all hands took
to the boat, and made to the shore, and informed
the Sea Fencibles of the circumstance, who imme-
diately put off to the brig, when they found the
Frenchmen had taken what was portable, and mad*
ea:
Yesterday was heard, in the direction of Bou-
logne, a very heavy tiring for upwards of two hours,
supposed to be a rejoiciog for their late victory.

neat., Colt. I.
Arrived the Vesta/ and 1. Iteniorteke frigates, and
several gun-brigs. from off the French coast.
Came down horn Sheerness, His Majesty's ship
Sta.iddrd, of 64 guns.
The greatest bustle has prevailed here the whole
of this day amongst the troops, owing to the wind
having shifted Irons S. E. to the S. W. and Sue
weather.
His Majesty's ships Ls iris./
oper-, 211.1 Alert,
with several other ships of war, With a huge
fleet of transports, having on board the Cold-
stream and 3d Royal Guards, the WSJ sir It iyal
Welch Fuzikers, the 4th, or King's Own, and the
14th Regiments of Foot, the 95th, or Rik: Corps, the
King's German Legion, together with the Artiliory,
Generals, and Staff Officers, attached to the above,
sailed this afternoon from the Downs to the eastward.