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ie Ike reentry. .
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laintraiwe spas Swamis( Ilicr Hundred Pound.. or °prank.,
uarrisii GALLF:ItY, PALL-MALI..
V 11SliALLEIUr. for the 10k11111311.111)N and I
I SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is
NOW OPEN lir , mail will confiner as ever!,
dad, (fulls Tr., io the morniiiie till rive in tba afternoon.—
Admittance it. •al. •
kit Voiles, VALENTINE GREEN, A.R.A. Keeper.

GHANA.) LOT Fliktli hegins DIU WING
the telt of APRIL, i•io9.
FREI! 01E1' rif ONE THOUSAND WHOLt
TICkITS for the First Prete above O. the Piitt Day;
FREE r trf FIVE HUNDRED WHOLE TICKETS
fur the First Prize above Isl. the Set owl Day, besides
•.. Prises of L.ao,owu I ... Prim of L smou
Itionrof b
ice. he..
The Tahoe of the arms I,see Tickets is incaleithilik, as
they may conttili all the Capital Prises.
TICk elB and SHARES at present are Selliox is great
variety, hut, °snug to 1,...,1. 'facie% hiring locked up in die
Bank of Lurked, for thr above Pm Lifts. there is r very
probability of all the rerntiniler licit* sold before the Wheel
pen rimod; a is:Piedy purchase is therefore rtemusessilen by
111111, t, tiorphill, and 0, Clearing cross, who sold sail re•
'jotted 9,151, tlic brit 17.C1 I, the last gs•tsxl• •
6,1 k. I, and 6,41,y, the two last 30,tioul Prim ever draws, all
ivt6 Sham.
• Ponto.: in the Country utay be supplied the same as •
if ',meet, b, .esidiue their Orders, poiPt paid, accompanied
with I,oo{i Bab, Balk Notes. Cask,isr Post-011ior Orden*, 1.. r
(bi.lingaOpw, laindou.

The KING has also been Itleased to preteit the
Reverend ltosuar Illot.oinottrn, Master of Arts,
to th, 1 icantge of Brifchtnt. in C ototy e.e
i), v,lgi and Diocete of Exeter, the name being tool
b) the Death of Ttiouss row N►N, Cletk.

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MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

Intr-OArt, Me. eh tang.
Coldetreent Helpmeet a Foot Guarek—.Willies Stothert,
Gbot tl/ by Porch arc, rat L rrzoit y, proesote4
ba time ACe3,ltou llegtutent.
HOSPITAL sr.trr.
To be Pbysisiees to the Freres,
Gerry Potbitell, M. U. William hai;ll.l. M D.
The eutieroteitLosed Gart:om Sureeirse tu be Sarre,* to
the nor,.
J. W. Dunk* PAq. Jutocr Er, Therein Oiday.
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1 012EICAr 111. TE LUG CM&
GOTTENSIYAGIN MAIL.
:':1111 OF A 1.61761 FROM CARLSTADT, DATED t On/
MAUCH..
A.s alarming occurrence took place here
within these last few days:—Colonel d'Arblersparre,
who commanded the troops ou the frontiers of
Norway, after having seduced them, marched in
here on the night of the 6th inst. and demanded of
the Burgomaster quarters for his troops, which was
refused; in consequence of which he mile up-
lineation, in the most presumptuous manlier, to
Count Rosen, the Governer, stating, that if his re-
quest was not granted, the troops lie commanded
should enforce it, and take quarters where% er they
mould find them.
" Count Bosco still persisting in the refusal, he
314 ordered wider arrest, as the Burgomaster ; and
the troops forcibly obtained what their Leader had
demanded.
"CoLd'Addersparie, at the head of 9.000 regular
hoop% and about the fume number of peasantry,
are now on their march to Stockholm, to demand
of the King to call a Diet of the Stites, as well as
to obtain* payment of the troops under his com-
mand. Should these demands be resisted, the
consequences must be dreadful, as Steekholus is
hot prepared for defence, all the troops having
been withdrawn to Aland."
GOTTENFORGH, MARCH 10.
The Troops on the borders of Norway being
iu a state of insurreciion, caused by their want of
clothing and provisions, and having broken up
from their positions, to march *against Stockholm,
the Magistratee of this place have deemed it ad-
visable to assemble the principal merchants, and
to require a loan of twenty thousand
to pay off the arrears due to the troops in this
district, and to prevent them from following the
example of those nheady muturied.—A
anbacrip-
tion was imincditin ly opeind, rind the necessary

sum provided.
This city being hitherto garrisoned by the militia,
who are inifortunatcly iii a had state of health, and
'indiscipline, it has taco thought necessary to order
r regiimut of horse; and one or foot soldiers, to be
quartered here ; they or.: expected to at rive in a
few days.
The Commander-ie-Ch:el set oat at one o'clock
this iviermng to Carlstadt, to suppress the insur-
rectiou atnengst the troops that are in a rebellious
state in that neighbourhood.
For the prevention of riots and ilisturhances, the
tavern-keepers have ha 1 a strict order from the
head magistrate to shut up their bone's at nine
. o'clock oa week days, and Kt seven o'clock on Sun-
days, Huller a heavy penalty, besides imprison-
meat.

Soule of the Engli.h eraiters hive iotercept( (I a
comber or i)iitish rearrla, einpinyed in conviyint:
tiAeilisli primmer* of war from Norivuy to
provi4ons bciiig- so *carer, they could no Unger
nissintnin them iii that country.

F OCLANAT lON
is,srED By TI i DUKE OF SUDEitIIANIA
MING GOVERNMLNT.
"'Vi'. Cti tams*, by the Grace of God, fleretli.
tHEy Ptioce of Sortln, the.•(lotlm, Vutolok, Ste'.

Duke of Stbleromoia, Graud A.lor;r4l, He. &c. do
declare, that, under eliatligreitcotuataiscra, Hu

111.ij,:s:y is incapable to act, or of conducting the
important A:l44s 'of the eiiitieu: We have there..
fore, (being the nearest and only branch of the
Tamils- of agc), being indoced, fur the time being.
as Administratori of the Kingdoms to take the
reins of government into our handy, which, with
the help of the Almighty, we will conduct, so that
THE NATION MAT,ILECIAIX PEACE, 10TH AT 1101i6
AAP ABROAD, and that trade cid commerce mg

revive from their languishing state ;
a' Our inviolAble intention is, to consult with the
Stites en the means to be taken to render the fn-
tore time happy to the people of Sweden. We
ir-
•ite and command, therefore, all the inhabitants of
our nation, our forces by sea and laud, and also the
civil officers of all degrees, to obey II!, us our real
intention, and their own welfare dennuni.—We 'v-
elum:m:od you all to the protection of God Al-
mighty.

a; bone as Stockhohe Palace, the 131* March.
11109. (Signed) CILIRLEA•

C. LAGERammu."

MAIKII, 10.

The King is a Prisoner ; •nd I hear that Count
1.,:g Count Fersrii, aad otlwrs of his friends,
hare been arre.terl.—The Tribunal lately instittit •
ed by the King,' et Stockolni, for the trial of some
of In. Nobles, has liven dissolver! :—:/rertsires hr►e
alresuly lwen made to the C•biue?ts of Parr. and
Petershurch fur the• restoration of Peace.—The Re-
volution which his just token place, hos I fc\r het
effected.by the itirluelive of France, awl
holy, prune injurious to the interests of England.

• PROCLAMATION. •
" A considers'ale number of soldiers lune taken up
arms in order to march to the eispital, and relieve
our enn,m•ro, now milluaisnure roil dismembered,
native country.
" As nil our fell-ur-vilizens must be sensible

Out our vo-..s are melt as our puNie spirit mill our
priiwiptes dictate to %irtumis we cannot Ire
assatukeu iu our implicit contidense, that our bre-

1 *rah iu arms, and our %manned fellow.eititonss
will not form any incorrect opinion of our senti-
ments mid views, they are merely these I that the
states of the Realm, and our Legislators, shell be
at liberty to assemble and delilarrate on the means
of restoring the prosperity of our suffering country.'
"'We have solemnly contracted the engagement
to lay at their fat the arms which we have taken up
to procure their freedom. We will form a call
around the leill where Swedish Legislators hold
their deliberation, which no power upon earth shell
he utile to bear down.
" We have solemnly contracted the engagement
to destroy all such as shill still endeavour to pre-
fer foreign connections to the internal welbire and
tranquillity of Sweden.
"Sweden's German dominions are delivered
up to the enemy, and Finland, the native soil of a
noble and gallant people, is lost.
"We have solemnly contracted the engage-
ment, that not a single inch more of the Swedish
territory shall be given up to the enemy.

Sweden's trade and mines are ruined and de.
sected ; Sweden's youth arc taken from agricultu-
rd in order to he destroyed by sickness
and the sword; the burdens laid on agriculture
are such that they cannot be borne any longer;
grinding taxes are exacted without mercy; desola-
tion and misery are spreading aide and far, and
threaten universal ruin.

66 We have contrasted the solemn engagement
that the fathers of the country shall enjoy fall lite.r-
ty to restore the welfare and prosperity of the
countiy.
6' May the higher and lower states of the com-
mon-weal also join heart ard hand to assert tLe
freedom of the country ; and then, by harmony
and well-concerted efforts, illbare success to our
enterprise and views. May the Fathers of the
country offer peace and amity to our neighhours,
but accompany this offer with the asaurams.„ that
every Swedish hero will rather be buried under the
ruins of his country, than suffer a single Midi of
Swedish ground to be taken by our eucinier, or
tronstetred to them.

" Our ally. (treat Britain, 91,;0.1 learn to appre-
ciate and value a nation knows how to break
its fetters, and rescue liberty from its cliainsi.—
Frsaice shall learn to respect a people, arixions to
rival her military prowess. The Rulers of Russia
and Derinsark,incessantly engaged in pursuits,tend-
nig to promote the proiserity of their Iteoplr, will
not disturb the peace and tranquillity of is nation
which merely desires to live or die independent.

•• 'We have :.een with sorrow the most important
concerns of Sweden manageil in a manner which
eas as d:'stitnte of uny well conceived plan, as of
success.
•' May the reniaining strength of Sive(len not be
wasted by folly, but employed by wisdom, for the
real benefit of Ili!. country ?
Such ore our wishes for our country, and we
shall readily sacrifice our lives to obtain their fuli:-
uietit.

• It is of the utmost importance for Sweden, that
every Swedish mon should at length be ailowcd
to return to a peaceful home, ay far as it can be
done withoutuny disparawment to the honoar and
independence of Sweden.
▪ The frontiers of the kingdom are for a short
iime left without defences en account of our de.
',suture from thence; bat should the enemy, coo-
• trary to.his solemn proniise, avail himself of oiir
abstnee to attack theta. we shall speedily return,
take u severe revenge, and convince him of the dif-
ference of a warfare, carried ow by personal hatred
of the Rulers, and a war waged by a nation anxious
awl deter • ed to rased its independence.
" We implicitty conhde, that all Military Com-
usanders will noddy co-operate aidb us to secure,
by speedy and vigorous exertion, the restoration or
our lost prosperity, and the destruction of our fo-
reign foes.
• To conclude, we venture to express the wish,
that mir beloved countrymen and fellow-citizens, of
ciery rank and description, may suspend their
judgment on all further proceedings, until the de-
cision of the States of the Realm shall be known."

,f.)Ibi(ICA. -

HOUSL'OF REPRESCNTATIVES
14 AbIIINUTON, PFR. 11..

Air. Nicholas, from the Committee of Exterior
B..lations, reported " A Bill to interdict tell Com-
mercial intercourse between time awl
(ireat Britain and France and their dependencies,
and for other purposes."
It was read a first and second time, and referred
to a Committee of the whole (.louse, 011 Tuesday
nest.

for.owing iv a summary of the provibioos of
thc.l3ill.

Ali armed ships or vessels of (;rent Britain and
France are interdicted from entering our porta,
from the the Act.
vo.,els are to he interdicted, from and
after Jay of next.
I 41,sirtations of and Freneh goods, wares,
and merchandise, are to cease after the 20th May
next.
If ci•her Britain or France shall revoke the
Orders or Decree", violating our neutral rights, the
o:.rnition of the law as it respects the power re.
suiting, ahall fortlevith cease.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

lAN DON,
NIONDAY, 11.%UCH 27.

ItEVOI.rfION IN SWEDEN.

Yesterday a Mail arrived front Gottenlitirgli,
and, at the some time, a Messenger reached the
SECOVTARY Of STATE'm Office, from that city, with
an account that the litsu of SWLDEN has been
DEPOSED, and that the Duke of St.; nettlaktrta. has
assumed the reins of Governinent—rie Duke has
issued a Proclatitation, in winch he declares the
King incapable, and that his object in twsumiiig
the Government, is to obtain WWs both at home
and abroad ; that is, a reconciliation with France,
Denmark, and Russia.

A Mail from Lisboa arrived yesterday with let-
ters and papers to the 7th bast. They state, that
Admiral Out aw•onrn wits off the Tagus on the 'JAI,
with eleven call of the line. The French, accord.
ing to report, were on the frontiers of Portugal,
but were prevented from advancing by extreme.
distress and want of proviAons. They were obliged
to subsist alum their moles and horses. The inha-
bitants were driving the cattle, and carrying of the
provisions before them, and the enemy's foraging
parties massacred all that fell in their way, without
distinction of age or sea.

The Imperiense, lord COCHRAN F., !Orly iirrseed
at Plymouth, left Port Mahon, llisiorca, on
h nth, and Iljihralteir on thee 17tIt silt. Lord
COLLINGITOOD was hing at Minorca, t%i!li 15
sail of Lire line, which had heen there since
the gales of wind of the 29th of Dec. The fleet were
all separated fur fourteen days. That anchorage is
felt to he a good relief from the harassing watching
of the Frenieli fleet at Toulon, which ilo not chew
any preparations to put to Iwo. Thor crews are
composed of French, Spaniards, and Italians. They
have hauled 8 sot of the heir into Ithe inner-har-
bour, cad dismantled thew ; they not thinking it
prinked, it is supposed, to reinain in the outer hat.-
Isour.—The fleet at Minorca consists of the Orions
Royal Sorereigm, Formidable, Northumberload,
Renown, Tigre, rrible, Comma,. Kent, Magni.
ficerd, Senior,, lame, Ciietberlitarl, and War-
rior—The Terrible was going to :MAN.—Ad-
miral !MARTIN, of the Conop:ss, with the Spartiaie,.
is at Palermo. All the Spanish forts, from the
neutral grouted to TarifT., have been distil:tidied,'

•
and the guns, mortars, &c. curbed to C..!,141far.
Admiral l'oavis, in consequence of a
I,:•,cat dii-
turbunce at Cm:iz, lied withdrawn Ilia hillpS fur-
ther Pont the town, and all Communication with
the shore hail era:Jed. The ('amilla, Captain
Bow4N, Railed from Gibraltar on the ‘l7lil ultimo,
crith a convoy for England. The Impel *po'ise
the Endyuri nn, Lluu. Captain CAPRI., nn the I Mil
v. nth the outward.lioninl Lisboa eon% o). ail
well.

%Ye have received liew y ork Paper., to the 19th
last, coot: g the procewlittge in Congress to the
15th inclusive. The Non-hitereouraa Bill had, ut
that date, been read a let and f,l/4.1 time. and ordered
to he referred to a Committee, It nig be seen, nu
reference to our extracts, that ht one of it, elati,t.i,
the Etilyirgo, at to all other countrie:, except
Great lie tan', France, Anvil their dependu,,
tics, war to be taken off on the 4th of thit Month.
111111 the cdititueree of America.% ith such countries
re~ired, while a •totat interdict is placed between
ruat continent and Great Britain mud France.—
The original re,uilution upon which this Wilt t gilt
COVill111:41 a el 3114 e, propoqiiig the iseuisiti of
letter.. of marque and repri44l. This part of the
itettrlilltlllll was, hovierer, upon delaite, negatircil
in the House of Repreaautatives on the 7h I,>
a majority of 57 to 39. It thus apposes. lap one
of the New York Etlitort, *Multi% to this cit.-
cum stance. that there is 'adeciiled ojurity fur
peace.

Yesterday arnved os a nate to Ilia MAJESTY, at
Windsor, Lord" ItivEßs. • '
His MAJESTY. hailer:4We ACOUST4 nn 1 NIAEV,
necompanied by Lord Itivnes, Groeral M t N NSA ~
and 'Aches MACcLhartE ID AIM THY NNE. rode hi
St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon, preached
by•the ['Gr. Mr. Noirrunv, Crain Isaiah, chap. 3.1.
versa. and afterwards returned to the Palace.
The QUEEN sod Priucesses'SnetitA and Amvl.l t
are much better, but not able to leave the Palate.
On friday a deputation f:otn the Livery waited
on the Lino AIAYOB., tri.li a lieginrition fur a
COalltion Ilall, of which the following is a copy,
together with his Lord .13ip's answer:—
••
Mansion-Hsu e, Marche,, Four °thick, r.
IS The LOlll MAYOR prrscilhl his Cmarlitilelilv to Mr.
Deputy t oucavilt• isv. and et reply to the
cor seise a Cunneen Mallopou aan early day, to adopt ouch
eixdings as maybe thowtht nectssaryreap,ctiug the cot t apt
prrittirea which have Ptp inn prevailed its theilispose I of ((11111-
iuissiutis and Promotions in Ms AJLIITY'S Land F.L.rel,,,
sod other public abuses, in which the honour and intisest
the country are so deeply involved,' has the honour to ittforia
biro, that it it ofso geared a nature, as, ha its present shar,
necessarily to preclude the Leap ?Wiwi from sow
plying with the slaw: of the worthy Liverymen who Isar
sigard it ; :.at if utiottscr Requisition he pry-wined more se
CUM and iX,)lstuatury t.f tt..! Resolutions intended to Ls
tirunlit 144411, the Loa D •Mayisa will take such Requi-
sition hits icouniliate consideration."
In comiripseace of a respectable requisition, the
Mayor of the City of Rochester-has convened a
Commou 11411 to be held this evening, at six
o'clock,. to consider the propriety of passing a
vote of Thanks to Colonel I.VAILDLE. for bring-
lug forward the late inn stigatioa ; and to .10101
CALCMAFT, Esq. the Henreseatative of that city,
for the repo:. he gave him. on that 0. casion.
Capt. :4A,toaN, now i,t New,;aie silt General
CLATlaltiti, far prevaricatia,,.. in Ins testimony
, upon the charges against the [hike of YORK, is no
relative of, or in any nor connected with a persist*
of the same name, lately eularzed from the Fleet,
awl under prosecution lit 11 snick Assize*.
We understand shut a new regulation is im-
mediately ta take place respecting the length of
service to entitle (Aeolis to Ws:Motion, volikh is
follow.: a Subaltern mint serve three years, in-
stead of two, as at present, before he can purchase
a troop orsompany ;a t.aptaitl seven years, instead
of six, before-he can purchase a Majority ; and a
Major nine years, instead of six, before he is
.eligible fora Lieutenant-Col.:lucky ; and instead of
allowing Captains immediately to ;to upon the
Stall, upon their atbiiiiing that rank, it will now be
necessary that thcv should be ejfective with their
respective red ads three years.
The. Thalia, Captain 1-AlllOll4 with the convoy
far Halifax amid Quebec ; and the Marl-art!,
Lieutenant IltauaP, with the Newfoinidland coa-
toy, continue sit Spithead.
The Castle Eden, Surrey, and Deronsre, E:l!,t.•
huliaintn, arrived at the Mother-back, Saturday
morning, from the Downs, and joined the Princesc
Thanev, Albion, City ty,' London,
_Royal
Charlotte, Walton, anu United kingdcua.—The St.
Alluni's, 464 guns, Capt. AUSTEN. is appointed to
comoy the China ships.
APPOINTSIENTe.—Captaits T. HARVEY, to the
Majestic, iii the room of Captain WATEINs, who
was dismissed the command, for disobed.mice of
orders and contempt to Hear-Admiral WELE.4.—
Captain llot.t.Lii (Of (losport), to the Standard;
Capt. llowEvtita, to the Ardent, fitting for th.t.
Baltic; Capt. St Km to the Ten fy, tinily; for Sir
EttMeND Natil.E's flag, at Leith; Captain W.
FERMI*, to the Nemesis.
Iy Rear- 211,1mirid MAN tv l)tvin is appoint(
so:trete) Rear-Admiral ,MAR-i IN. in the Metro,-
'lowan ; Capt. BARRETT. to tit.: J/i»orour ; Caw
NARBONNE THOMPSON, to the Pearlen; Cur',"
ICI4 so, to the Africa: Capt. BittGliAM, iv lilt!
Sceptre; TTF.ItrIELD, to tOttitaatail lb.
Sees retteildell at Trideureke FERRIS.
The Vancuard. M.jcatse, Standard, Dartatc,
and Owen Gkadower, me lining at Chatham, to.
the Baltic.
Fxtravt of a I. tter firm Dover, dated March ?-t
" A cons4l.lr lile. bust le at present prevails to th•
Ordinance Depart theist, in shipping I quantity sa
the rockets Mee-cited I.y Mr. Coregreve, which, it
is said, are itetiL.,ni d to tilt against the Frenchfat:
in P.;isrpie-rowts ; they are Now shipping on hour't
r shin I,f upwards of 30ti tons burden; it is *ski
said. Mr. Cittivreee If attends on the occa-mr.
A thing for several me. iiiFs past has been heard
from the opposite coast, e'tt no accounts hunt Leon
received tei the tracete." •
Yesterday, Earl CANIDE% gates grand &met 1"
a select party.
Earl CAttuEN's family will leave town to-mnrt"n!
for their lions.', at Dik ti ilderness, in Kent, t.'
after the holidays.

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• MURDER BY POISON.
YORKSHIRE LENT ASSIZES.

On Tuesday evening, the Assizes at the Crown
end closed before Sir !.."41MOK LK BLANC.
Tke followino is a report of one of the most in-
teresting trials that occurred at them. It is taken
from The York Herald, of Saturday, with au early
copy of which we have been favoured.
. Mare Altman stood indicted for the wilful mur-
der of Rebecca Perigo, wife of William Perigo, of
Bromley, near Leeds, by poison, iii May, 181.7.
Mr. Wit.t.tams opened the east, and ors billow-
ed by Mr. HARDY, who commenced a must elo-
quent and forcible speech, with observing, that lie
had to detail circumstances of as extraordinary
folly on the one ham!, and of iniquity on the titli..r.
us ever came before a court of justice. Thu event
v Inch occasioned this prosecution took place 30 far
!rick as May, 1807; but he should be able in evi-
iicnce to thew ally the charge ems not brought for-
ward at a more eat ly period. In the black eiitalogue
of human crimes, none manifested so !ouch depra-
vity as that of oni. (((( nog. it was mie of those of •
ir:'ich the commission was most easy, and the pet:-
N.4l6°n most difficult. When we received injury
thrott.th the ineiliirm of those victuals from whence
.se sought refreshment, or that medicine to which
ee locked for relief in sickness, we might be truly
said to he every hour in danger; and in the midst
of lit'e to be in death. He should proceed to detail
the evidence upon which the indictment they had
heard rend was founded ; and unless the Prisoner
:it the bar could rebut it by other evidence, equally ,
unexceptionable, they most convict her. When
the deceased and her husband hest became ac-
quainted with the Prisoner, they lived at branileyi
:old she lived at Leeds. They were of that class
of people who beiieved in the c istetice of wise per-
sons, who run preset events, and perform actions
at.r beyond the reach of human !tower. The de-
. eased was poorly, And thong:it she had an mil-
-1 wish on her; the exact meaning of which words
e could not explain. Her lins!rilicli who was
very alhctionste, had recourse to the prisoner, who
was reckoned n wise woirton, in artier procure
her relief. The principal evidence he had to pro-
duce was the deceased's husband, whose memory,
he uniiersiood, wrs so very retentive, that lie could
go through a detail of a great variety of eircum-
str.,lc.-s, the ovviirrences of Its months, and relate
`.V.: Litelitv. even the contents of several letters
a lie received on this occasion, and which, for
masons. %tele ortle.ed to he bornt as moil
a., read'. By these letters lie was directed to gise
no sWlnllll article. of pmperty, Ice. eze. which tliid-
ed to th.ir coot. ins more strongly in his me-
mory. ta the truth of this there could be no doubt.
The person who was to work the cure, and of whom
the PriaNier professed to he only the agent, was
stated by her to be a Miss Blythe, of Scarben.; anti
the first letter he received from her was Coin II:11.
...rte.! to him lay the Prisisier ; and he read it at her
house, after which it was destroyed.—Some of
these, subsequently received, were open, and others
not; part of them also had romethiag ofa post-
mark 011 them. This Miss Blythe, the Prisoner
had craifessed. war not in existence ; but the letters
were written by one Hannah Potts. lie cared not
by St hoot they were written ; they passed through
the Prisoner's) heads, rod it remained for her to
shew, that at that time she knew nothing of their
content:l, though she bridal ways talked with, Perigo
mu the matters they treated of, cad evidently wmis
acquainted with them.
In the spring of laidi, Sarah Stead, niece of the
went over from Leeds, rod binding her
aunt iery ill, told her rhecould tell her Ufa woman
who could cure her. Ou her return to Leeds she

and ib Is sA

Iteerirdingly called upou the Prisoner. whit desired
to hare a Illannel petticoat sent. or any thiug the
sit ce;i4ed wore next her skin. The husband shortly
after took the petticoat to her ; and she said she
oval send it to Scarborough. to Miss Myth ie. Soon
after a letter mite. marked like the Searisorough
post-mark, by which the deceased was directed to
meet the Prisoner sit Kirstall-bridge. Stsc weut thi-
ther; bat the Prisoner in the meant time cagily to
their house, and told the husband, that havin
missed his wife by the way, she wished he wouid
go clown and meet her. This the unsuspecting has-
h:mil did. The time of his absence she hstA no-
donbtedly employed in ti king an inventory 0r their
furniture : fur all those articles were demandoil. one
by our. in the suletisiiient letters from Scarilll rou4ll,
for the use of Miss Blythe ; awl
,such of them as
were not lik-ly to be itsci of destroylqi, were
found is the Prisoner's Irou.e at Leeds, when she
was taken up on the p.cseot charge.
Here Mr. 11 tape (kelt at irent length on the
credibility of the evitleitee tLeill:4l he nitwit to bring
forward ; but owing to t:c• death of the deceased.
lie raid he would be eimibl.• to :snug any other esi-
'hence of the letters, sate that of her :Thsbaiid ; for
every letter or document that could ‘tlYct her she
had taken care to have destroyed as +tom as its pur-
pose war ministered ; illlll had Providence not inter-
fered in an especial insulter, she would never have
been suspected of being guilty of tin-ir murder.
Nlr. Ji4RDY dwelt forcibly on this subject, and
particularly remarked On a letter, in which pus (lent
W:•re threcti:d to be taken, having come opeo from
priso:ier. That she had directed these letters,
to ht. but at ut her own house, was nu instatice of
the deepest subtillY ; wereitlan the contents of a
letter or the middle of April. If they were taken
111 in coliscquenve sir eating the powders. site had
therein told the.ti they were to be taken ill ; it' they
were brought to. thou verge of the grave, yet they
were not to despond ; for thought they seemed
to he dead, yet they should live. Such &I.:air:in-
ces were most 'like') not only to induce them to
take the poison, bat also to abstain from its
advice. The letter ft:tiered them to begin this course
of medicine on the tit!' of Nlay. For what pus ;Pose
was this time appointed ? N by she hail promised
to bring twenty pounds on the 20th of May.
The live first powder+ they took were iisnovent ;
evidently fur the purpose of iusiaring these
guided people with greater confidence; and the
poison was then to be taken jest four day:: hit furs
the money was to come ; but it, had meter t our
tet, nor ever womb]. They were directed not to
let the lithe boy eat of the pudding. Why so, if it
was harmless? Perhaps she wished to spare him.
Lt cause he was ignorant of her deceits. Another,

vr; he Goad, herever.

might be rwaigswil ; [tight apprehendd, that if
Ise partook of her fatal lioutity, the rytoptoma
might, from Ilia yeuth awl weakness, appear too
soon iu him, and thus give a tea:mature alarm Le
her intended viciitns. They were ordered to k••ep
the doors shut, for tear of ai, rue toy: they had nu
enemy, however, except hers, If, but the doors be-
lug shut, might have prevented the neighbour*
from rendering them ussistaece. They were not
to have a doctor, fur they. were assured they should
not die ; but they were directed, if taken ill,
to have recourse to the honey-pot, saturated with
poison.
" Good God !" exclaimed Mr. I Isrtor, " can
any person after this entertain u doubt that the Pri-
somer at the bar wished their destru,a ion ! Could
ally person have laid so iliabolitail a plan with more
art, or u greater possibility of eventual stweeas :
To me the circumstances I have adduced, if proved,
app.ar irreaistible ; and they cannot fail to strike
you in the !Mine manlier, unless the Prisoner can
explain or rehut theist by satisfactory
giving your verdict um this uccesion, I cull on
you to do your duty, Gentlemen, and I call on you
to do no more. In eases resting upon eircurnstitn-
fiat evidence, doubts there gene, ally are, end
there will he; but, Vouch et idence is to be utterly
rejected, you may as well proclaim impunity it, th,,,
most horrid • es. If you put doubts against
probability, and probability sink the scale, you
must diernisii your doubts, and find the Prisoner
guilty. By the Learned Judge you will be di-
rected to use your judgments aright upon the evi-
deiii•e as it acmes; and may that Almighty Being
who briugs all human actious to light, tool from
' allow no secrets are hidden, guide you ni your ar-
duous duty, and enable you to do justice both to
yourselves end to the Prisoner."
Sarah Stead, the tirst Wain's% e,:ainine.l, lived at
Leeds, and was niece to the deceased, %vim lived at
Brantley, three or four miles from that place. On
Whitsunday, 1806, Wages, went to her house, and
in consequence of what pessed, called 'nom the
Prisoner, whose name she did not then know, at
her house in he Black Dog-yard, at the Bank, at
Lets!,. Witness tat her she had been at Brantley,
and lard fonini her aunt very low and poorly, and a
man of the name of Butterfield had told her that
she had had an coil rye lai4 on Air. The. Prisoner
said she knew a lady who could core her, but
neither named her, nor the place where she hied.
A fortnight after Witness weut over to Bromley,
and told her alit she knew a W. 0104111 that could
cure het, if she a ould g., over to Leeds. Her tiliele
came an the Tnesl iy after, aid Witness directed
him to the Prisoner. When the IVitness first men-
tioned the deceased's illness, the Prisoner said the
deceased were to *end the eilonter a flannel petti-
coat, or any thing wore next her skin.
IVillimn Perin, onahand of the decased, is
shoot 43 years of age. led a cloth inaonfacturer at
Bronlev. His wife alied on the 44th of 3lay, 1t407.
They hid been married c2O 7•11,71; and there was
only a month or two iliff,ren. • in their ages. bite
had, in general, a very good state of health. and
was never coniineil a week its he: I.fe. lit they spring
of !anti, she complained of a ilackeeifi.; or beating
in her side, hut went &toot 41 g her work as
usual, and made no other coniplaint. in conse.
'pence of some ronversation he had with the last
wikeitss about his wife's illness, lie went, about the
latter cod of July, to the Black 04,4•yaril, at the
Bank, iu Leeds, to inquire for the prisoner. She
was aitting at the lone, and, on his asking for her
by name, desired hint to walk in, baying, " I sup-
twist. you are Sarah Stead's uncle, and have brought
the Biome! petticoat;' and he replied " She
said she would s-od it to Scarborough by that
night's post, to a lady named Blythe ; and witness
was to call oil the Tuesday or Wednesiluy, when
there would he a letter to tell him what was to be
dime. He did cull either on the Tuesday or Wed-
nesday. She had a 641:1' in her hand, which she
said was from Miss Blythe, and after reading it to
horn, blunt it.. It stated, that Mary Bateman was
to go over to his house ou the 4th or August, and
bring four guinea notes with her, which were to be
put one in every corner of their lied, and they were
to give her four other guinea notes in return. The
four tirst notes were to he left ill the bed four
months; fn., if touched before by the deeeased, it
would her, and Miss B. wapitd mit take her in
hand unless this protuise was given. Part of this
letter the wittiess himself read, but lie could
tint read it so quick as
.the prisoner did. It was
signed Miss Blythe.
The sarisoiser said at first that she would meet the
4.4 guard at Kirstall bridge, about half past eleven,
bat afterwards fiscal to meet her thereat one o'clock,
Oil tile 4th of August, 1806. Ile,.aceortfingly, when
he went home, iiiformed his wife, and she set out
at the appointed time: about ballot three quarters
oran boor after, while she was absent, the Prisoner
rattle. and said to hint, " 1 have nn.Rell your wife ;
11:11.t. WIC seen her." Ile immediately went out
to seek fur the deceased, leaving the Prisoner and
her boy, whom She had brought With her, in the
house. Lt about an ho.irow WI hour and a quarter,
he retinae 1 with his wife, and found the Prisoner
in the h0u5e...1;0114 nut the bed. The Prisoner took
out four guinea tortes, fir which he gave her four
in return: she then pulled out filer small begs of
silk, mi,d sowed the notes she brought in them,
and two of three bags were put by the deceased,
awl- two by the witliems, at the four corners of the
bed. The prisoner then went away, and said he
ca:l when he Saone to Leeds, us there might
be a letter fi,pr I
About a week or a Cd•tnight after, he received it
letter by the above boy, wl lie hail heard her call
her own twenty times or weir % This letter, which
he afterwurils inarelt, a as open , came Irma Searbro%
was siglle,i M:ss Blythe, and said that Mary Bate-
man eortlil come to their home: an n few days, and
that they must get two pieces of iron ovule in the
shape, and about the size of a berme-shoe, to tie put
I...lnuit the door, and to remain there eighteen
mouths. They were to be fixed with three nails
each, hut not to lie nailed with a hammer, but with
the hack of a pair of pincers, which pincers were to
lie teturned to Scarborough to Miss Blythe. The
pr'imiiier did accordingly coins• a few plays after, and
aaiil witness must go and get the mils mode, for the
slim, must he wailed un by three o'cloek that after-
smolt. The nails were not to be neade by their
own blacksinith, but by oue who lived at Stanning-
ley, a few miles off.

• Soul! entte rifler, *tittles. fecAved another letter
from thePrisouer, at her house t it was 61. pied either
M. B. or Miss Myth!, but he corild lint tell how it
was directed. This letter, after Imiiig read, was
invent. In it he wus ordered Litany 411 e.. of bacon,
as tine as he could get. It was for aome particular
use, which was not mentioned, and the Priemer was
to send it to Miss Blythe, at Scarliorooh. He ac-,
cordiugly beualat toe bacon, atet rove it to the Pri-
soner's boy. This 1111111 Alan September, 1806; and
from that time till A pril,lB97.lotgenerally received
a letter every fortnight, sometimes by the post-boy.
mid sionsetimes at her hieise, ia whiell vise lie paid
her p istage for double letters. losteml of gning into
a particular detail of all the several 411!11.4 lit' money
she haft got from him between September, 1E406, mid
April, P3o7,he was asked to state the annonat of the
whole; and lie unsweied, be believed it was about
701. in sums of two, three, and four goinem at a
tune. She always gave him somethino sewed op in
return, whioli she told him was two, three, or four
givineas, corresponding to the sums lie had give.; her.
These they were not to open ea reluy acconin, bat
to put them in the bed us soon as lie got lin ne. He
hail also given her a qiiintity of goods of viirious
kinds: maim; others, a camp tier!, for which he wive
ill. This was in consequence of a letter he reeriv-
ed from Leeds, appointing him to meet the Pri-
Rosier at kirkirete end, who went with him to one
Thomas Dobbings, where rift of the 1.V.1 Wit%
bought, anal the rest of one DAV it Ni IIekTHIV. Af-
ter which iie took it by her dc.;re to one Suttoo',,, '
where her brother's boatmati, she said, was to 4111 i
for it, to take it to Scarborough. In Dobbin'a
shoo, sow said it was to go to Scarborough, and
Dobhili said it was is singular thing to send a bed-
stead .o far: Ile also brought her half a dimeii of
their own china, at the time he came down to buy
the bed : and likewise a teastahle, all to; o t i Scar-
borough. The value of the goo Is thus .al to
her, is' the above-mentioned period, lies we WHY
151. or 161. at least. In the middle of Apo , Iso7,
the witness received 11,1,etter from Miss If: the by
the Prisoner's boy, which spoke of an illu •ss they
were to take. [This letter was not proved to have
been destroyed, end therefore the sulistan,e of it
could not Ise received in evidence ; but frost what
we collected from the opiming of 'Counsel, it stated,
that both Bateman and ins wife were to take a very
severe illness ; but they were told not to despair ;
his Almighty God had lint given them over with
death, and if they attended to her (Miss l 3:::) di-
rections they should tilinlly recover. They were
to take some powders die hail provided for theme;
and though these might operates° its to make them
very ill, they were not to go for a doctor, but have
recourse to a pot of honey Mary Bateman was to
give them, by mewls of which they should recover.
The powders were given, not to Perigo, lot to his
wife, who took the above letter back to the Pri-
soner's.]
On the let of May, he went down to the Priann-
et's, amt mentioned this letter. Ile said. it was a
queerish thing Miss Blythe could foresee such thiugs
as were to happen ; meaning that illness they were
to take. I'he Prisoner observed, that Miss Blythe
could see if any thing were wrong every day by the
planets. She thea said, " I suppose you :are come
for this honey i" and fetched nut of the cellar, a
brown jar, w ith honey, and pat a small paper of
white stuff its it. Ile knew the jar to be their own;
and asked her what the white Iwader was for? She
replied, she supposed it was to core their of that
disorder, that it would Ores.- the Almighty to send
upon them at same future tune. On the iitli of
May he re:eivrd *outlier letter, with the Sciarlio-
rolk,ch past musk on it, :iri.lre.sed to hurt; but he
slid nut see time Pris-iner till after the death of his
wile. In Jim: lad he was at her house, and coin-
ii:ailied abaitt there things hem 4 lint settled, it, the
la !non?), acre gone by. The Prisoner said she
was mei)* she had had any hand is, it, as the lady
had not come home at the tine appointed, letin4
called away by her uncle Wilkaison, to go to Not.
thighani. Witness 'aid lie was grieved they had
not butt a dnetrr, but did ecciirding to the direc-
tions. She said,
." You Mappen did not lick all
the honey ?" He replied, " No; I doubt we have
tikes' more than done us good." She asked him
what he int mit ; and lie said, at I doubt things
ar'il't as they should he." The Prisoner said,
" You iiiiike me so unhappy, I sha'n't sleep to-
night ; hut if you will !Mug the pot down to me in
the morning, I w ill lick it all out before your face,
and satisty you." Witness, in the latter end of
Jule, was going on horseback by the Prisoner's,
and she asked him to get off and ualk ie. She
expressed her • atwitter that he should go to the
doctor, contrary to Miss Blythe's directions; for
he knew that if they did so they should all die. It
hail made the Prisoner come some weeks before her
time; and if her husband knew of it, he would
have no more concern with her.

After the honey WM mixed, he took the pot
howe, and they put it et the cellar head. Before
this, the deceased had brought 'mine powders bark
with her when she went down to the Prisoner's
house with the letters of the middle of April,
marked Monday, Tuesday, Weduesslay, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday: At the time lie got the
honey pot, the Prisoner mentioned the 'powder' to
hon. and wished them to do every thing at-cording
to Mr..; thr's directions, g. otherwise it will kill
us all."

The letter of the sth May. according to the wit-
WWI 1141 11,1111 Mi "My dear friends, this is to
let you know. that you roost make up that pod-
ding which I told you of in the last letter, begin-
ning nu the litli May, and you mast put town of
their powders iii, which I vent from Scarborough
to Mary Hateinall's, at Lived., and which she gave
your wife whet' she way down, marked for !Monday,
Tile/slay, IVednewlisy, Thursday, Friday, and 54..
tiorday. Mind what I ally unto yon, nod do every
thing as I order you, and all will be well ; but if
yon do not, it will kill us all. I will come over and
send for vonr wife down to Mary Ilisteamii.s; and
she will take me by the I I, ■nd say, God bless
you, that ever I found yogi out. It pleased God
Almighty to send me into the world, that I might
destroy the works of darkness. I Ilan them works
of darkness, hecaose they are dark nom yon." The
witness read tilt letter over once of twice, and
wrote a few lilies nut of it. lint duce burnt tf,at co-
py. %Viten I•efore the Magistrates, he had forgot
that he had taken a copy, hut ternembered the
contents.
Ou the I Ith of May, the first rawjfar, marked

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rot Monday, was put into the pudding, sgrteiddie
to the diret tams, and the ft 1114.11111. g plonk i..., every
succeeding day : they r-it ISO pareettl•r taste, sof
any tiding out what was right, till Saturil.Sy. do thee
inorsihig witness was gkigg to ',red>. Ili i•,,i slop; e
to see the powder-, pint ',an the toddiags,. the et-
ceased called him down from Lisp erk foe, gest .p nes
pose. Ue then set net for L. eil-,-tiorl oulps retests
from thence, ebout ler initiates past twelvg,, huitsit
* mouthful of cake, of a high both hr apd pis :yip
partook, and ate it heti, ixt time. It isseted very
hot and keen. The pewter for that dry was tice
Or frvir times the quautiti of the pi cceding ones,
but looked alike. The pudding le ing l'llUti:A,l.
%dues. ate a mouthful of it ; and big will: four or "
five times as much. lie would 'not more, be-
cause he did not like the tin-te of it ; the die cased
also complained, but vroii:d sat it. A part that re-
mained she carried tato the cellar. A's she was re-
(unsling up, lie heard something fall front her mouth,
and she immediately said, " I sin sici: !" She Was
indeed very sick. In two minutes, witness him-
self was struck as sudden mu gnu, anal could lewdly
get to the tub before he threw up. They huh v.-
miter] fur twenty-four hours, and au vet hut the-4
clothes ref all sight. _The deceased, when she Met
thrown up twice, brought the pot of homy out.
awl took a tea-ipoouria; upon which shef erew up
worse than before. In that eight au I test day sue
took six or seven tee-spoonfoivi of the honey, and
witness took four. They else drank a quantity of
balm tete &c. slid were sick during tie night. A
violent heat Caine up from the oitneee's stomach,
his head was giddy, and staxged with pain, mid
every thing apiwarcd sreen that he looked upon.
The deceased complained of similes symptoms.
His mouth grew very sore shout Sinidisy ingot:
and her's blackish on Sunday, and grew worse and
worse, so that she could not open it nithuut putting
her hoods to it. Her symptoms were daily more
aggravated, and, on the Sunday atter, tn.! clods
'o doctor was called its until (slat morning, whoa
Mr. Ceurtey, surgeon and espothecury, of Leeds,
was scut for, but she, died before lie genie, ug that
his visit was countenueuded. They did not send
for a doctor, in order that every thing might be
done agreeable to the directions of the letter. Wit.
ness grew rather better on the Friday, but sae so
weak as ever ; mud continued so for a very (rug
time after. His wife had been as well fur four
mouths before as ever he had known her.
The prisoner had ineutioaed to the witness as • .
uncle of Miss Blythe'e named Wilkistsoo : sir
one of the letters from Mims Blythe, the also
tioaed her uncle Wilkineon, who herd at W, intw ' -
iu Bolland.---(Thia letter was prosliseed in Com:.
and was sealed with two seals; and the witness
said, he believed the letters from Miss Myth were
all sealed iu that way.] Ile wished much for these
chimes to be at au end, and that Miss Blythe n wild
come to Leeds ; and the Prisoner insured him she
would goon come, as she had got to her on. ie Wil-
kinson's, at Whitwell, its Bollard. lies eremitism's( 0
of a letter he had sceeived, witness Mal tekter a
parcel to Mr. Hick', coach-office, sit Leeds, direct-
ed to Miss Blythe, Centre Hotel, Buxton, and en-
tered it. Four or five days after dais, in Octoln r,
1807, Witness called at the Prisoner's, who sin.'
she was very unhappy in her mind, end had nut
been able to sleep for three or four nights, for set
express officer's servant had beets there from Bux-
ton, for this parcel for Miss Blythe, which Wittiest,
sleaskl have vent down by the carrier, and she had
not received it. The Prisoner told hint 'Mist.
Illy the had taken a bowie of her cousin 'it 'Minion,
at Wibeey, near Fulnock, about three miles irons
Brumley.
It was on the 19th of October, ISOB, that witne.s
opened the lied, and found the small hags that had
been pat in, all of which l.e had believed to hare
contained moue", or tiles. John Rogerson opened
some of them, and the witness opened the rest.—
Those that die prisoner told him contained guineas.
proved to have nothing its them but a leilfpersiy,
or a piece of lead ; those which she said were half
guineas, turned out to be farthings ; and the stern
shillings-pieces to be only button tops. .Those
which should have held bank notes, cautioned sic..
thing but pieces of old newspapers. Ile cut ti e
semi* of the bed quite open, and found ail the bags
except the thug with g • 'a notes, he and his wife
had put in in the prisoner's presence. The prisoner
had only been in his house twice, to hie knowledge,
viz. at the first visit when the bags were pot in; and
secondly, when she scut him to Stannisigley to get
the nails made, with a hick the horse shoe was to be
nailed on. When he cattle hack lie found the pri-
soner and his wife in the house. On the day aft, r
the bed was searched, the witness met the prisoner;
nobody being present but themselves 'mil her little
boy. Witness said he had opened die things mud
found nothing but bits of lead, halfpeucee farthings,
button tops, and hits of blank paper. The prisoner
said, he had " opened them too soon ;" but Inc said:
he thought "it was too late." " lie told bre he
would bring three or four men dowivin the titer,,.
ing."--Slie auswered, " Don't bring ally men down
to my house, it would raise each a Jiang ha/loo! bat
fix a tune to meet me in the nionsine, aed3 ow shall
dud me." They accordingly fixed to meet no the
navigation beak*. lie informed IVi!liana Roger.
son and J Stockdale. and they ng.rergl town along
on the other side of the brink, and some lip tette-as
when they were talking. In the morning they rust
according to uppointment ; she sat herself down ea
t he intlit side, but ins telling her that he bad brought
two men with him, and one of theta coining use shit
began to complain, as if sick and ponds., mod pre-
tended to be retching. Witbess tokrii I.er what
was the matter : and she said. " That bottle yon
gave me, on Saturday night, for me and my hus-
band, he has drank of it, and I have dreoli of it,
and I think it has poisoned us both." A ...omits
was with her, and elle said to the woman, " Did
not you see bins give me a bottle lest right ?" 'I he
women made mid answer, hot w elks's! elf. Norma is
denied that he hod ever given her situ bottle, 'Fie
constable sown sifter came ON slid took her into
custody. Iler house was afterwards seercherl, end
the camp-bed, china, tea-caddy, a piece of cloth.
and several other articles, which were among those
the *dries* had riven her to send to Miss Blythe,
were found. This was the subotatioe of his esaini-
notion, which lasted nearly fivehours and a hale

The Prisoner Fein g asked if she kart any qtresticirs
to put to the loiMeets, desired that he might Ire spiked
if the ever gave him any powders I He replied th.t

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