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Her daughter Elisabeth went out at five cielocit,,
and did not return until after nine o'clock at neght.
The Witness aid bet eldest daughter went to the
barrack-gate, and inquired for the Prisoner, as she
thought, if be had been there he might have heard
winething of her, as they were in the habit of walk-
iwr tog.ther.
'Mr. ilohn Wilkinson, Surgeon, deposed, that
he attended the knee of the Prosecutrix ; it was.
much bruised, and it was several days before it
got well ; he did not examine any further ; it was
not !,•coposed, and out of delicacy he did not pro-
pose it. On the 13th of November he war sent.
for again ; was not allowed to tnake any examina-
tion, but ea the representation of the mother eer
dered her medicine, and she was still under kis
can, and be believed she bad received a material
injury.
Hei a the evidence for the Prosecution closed.
Mr. Holum GUS stated,.that the defence on the
part of the Prisouer would commence with the Of-
, ficer'r reading the letter which the Prosecutrix had
acknowledged to be her hand-writing. It was di-
rected ts- Adjutant John Fadeu, Marine Barracks,
and dated Nov. 3, 1807, without a signature.

The •letter, lie thought, was nearly an &usurer to
the prosecution, Such a letter, written by a young
woman, in en iuferior situation, to a wan in a
sphere above her, almost chewed that she was reads'
to fall into his anus. The kiud of language used
by an indiscreet young woman to the Priiimier' a
very young man, written on the Tuesday before
the crime is charged to here taken place, must give
an idea of what their conversation was in the inter.

mediate time between the receipt of the letter and
the transaction. It was intimated that the de-
fence might have rested on the letter, but he was
glad it did not, at it was necessa►y for Justice
that a business of such a mature should be
sifted and thoroughly itivettig-ited. It was a
pity that a young woman of her appearance
'lmola so decidedly wish to part with that, for
which there could be no adequate compensation.
Of which she never could regain. Ile concluded
by observing, that the question for the Jury to cou-
eider was, whether she was ravished by brutal force,
and if they thought ►he was, they would laud the
Prisoner guilty ; but if they it: might she met hN
embraces half-way, they, would give their verdict
Not Guilty.
The Jary immediately gave their verdict-...N0t
Mr. Faden attempted to adireis the Court after
the Jury had returned the verdict, but was pre-
vented by his Counsel.

THE FOREST ROBBER.
Joint Pitt, aged 27, who so lung infested the
Forest of Bere, and robbed almost every person
travelling that way, was indicted for feloniously at-
saultiag John Brent, putting him in bodily
fear, tuld mbbing him of a silver watch, one metal
watch-chain and seal, a seven shillings piece, arid
two *hilltops and sixpence in silver, on the 24th of
November last, on the King's highway, in the pa-
riah of Warblington.
William Goldsou, Esq. Magistrate, of Ports-
mouth, deposed, that the Prisoner made a full con-
fessiou of the fact of having robbed Mr. Brent ;
that be held out not any hopes of pardon to biz%
swfairfreen thai tarraillis to consider well be-
fare be made the confession, as his crime, were of
such magnitude, that be ought not to expect say
mercy.—The Prisoner did not make any defence.
The Jury, without hesitation, returned their vsr-
dict--Gailiy—Deoth.
This unfortunate wretch, who was left for execu-
tion, acknowledged hliving committed the follow-
ing footpad robberies, which have nerer been be-
fore published by any authority, lest it might be a
prejudice to the unfortunate man before his trial.
A person of Cie name of Ferguson. a Scotch travel-
ler, of 171. los. near Chichester ; Mr. Nash, a horse
dealer, in company with Rice, of a silver watch and
money, near Chichester; Mr. Piggott, of a silver
watch and money, near Chichester ; Mr. Prim of
a gold watch and money, near Chichester; Dlr.
King, of a silver watch and money, near Havant ;
Mr. Brent, of a silver watch and money, near
Havant ; Mr. Knight, of a silver watch and money,
near Uppark ; Mr. Turner, of a silver watch, Ow
money) near Horndean ; Mr. Peskett, of money,
Is. cid. near Horialean ; Mr. Miles, of money, 14,.
1 near llonalean ; tie Rev. Mr. Evans, of money,
Ins. 151. DPW` Stanstead ; Messrs. Snook and Ayles,
in a gig, of a pocket-hook and money, near P.m--
worth ; Mr. and Mrs. Redinan, in a tax cart, of
money, near Emsworth ; Mr. Loveden, of about
71b. of sugar, near Emsworth ; Mr. Astlett, of a porn.,
which had nothing in it, near llornilean ; hestopt Mr.
Moore, .silo was in company with Mr. Grigg, but did
not rub theta, near Horndeun ; he stopt Mr. Turner,
but did not rob him, near Su itsteail ; he stopt and
demanded money of Mr. Sailer, near Chichester,
bat did nut rob him ; I.e stopt, with an tonna to
rob, a return post-chaise, but did nit roa it. there
being only the poathoy, near Hortideun ; he at-
tempted to stop Mr. Chatfield. of Linsv.-ortli, wlio,
refusing to stop, Pitt shot at him, and lodged .t he
contents of his piece in his body, and wounded him
mist dreadfully, near Emsworth ; he attempted,
in like mantle:, to stop Mr. Tribe, of laatington,
whose horse being frightened, flew off, when Pitt
shot at him, and lodged the contents of his gun in
the saddle and haunches of the horse, without
wounditoz, Mr. Tribe, near Statistead. He is a line
tall young man, about 27 years of age; he was born
and lived near Stinstead, in what is called the
Woodlands, where his parents now reside. Ile never
was suspected. He always robbed with the same
gun, dressed either in a great coat or a blue short
coat, and never disguised his face.
Elizabeth King, a beautiful young woman, n
years of age, decently dressed, with a baby in her
arms, was charged with feloniously and burghtri-
ously breaking open, and entering the dwelling
house of Henry Harrow, in the parish of Alton, and
stealing therefrom a feather bed, value five pounds,
and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of
Kezia Woolveridge Harrow, to the value of twenty
, pounds. It was proved in evidence, and by her
'Own confession, that she went into the house of Mr.
Harrow, on the 4th of October last, about nine
o'clock at night, and brought down a feather bed,
and left it in the wood house, until .be went for the
wearing apparel. She afterwards removed them
to a meadow, and from thence to a barn in the
neighbourhood of her father and grand-mother.
She oats suspected of the robbery, she being the

He's gone, he's rose, the youth is Rod,
Tbe tibmagitt, the wretched thought, distracts my bead;
Where shall 1 tun' me, it hither Abell 1 stray,
To some weelaided spot I'll 'bend my way;
He's envie, he's gone, break, break, my stubborn heart,
For Heath's more welcome than with him to part.
What p!easure is there in the sheAy grove,
Since l no longer meet the vest% 1 love!
Return, return my Fade", oh ! return
`Tie thy love cans ties, litilliklare dist eases.'
- Oh! come and cheer me, whit tine kind embrace,
Let pity smile upon thy healinly face'
Coe tented then, I'd join my heart todesta,
And gaze, and love thee, 'till I lose my breath.
Mr. Buattouous said, he expected tifat after the
Court and Jury had heard that letter read, it would
be unnecessary
.to go into further detail ; but if the
Court wished it, he had a great number of wit-
never:4 to call.
Mr. Serjeant Man:MALL intimated, that he
thought it necessary he should go into detail of
evidence.
Timothy Morgan, a Serjeant of Marines, de-
posed, that his room adjoined that of the Prisoner;
there was only a slight wall between the two
rooms ; he was in his room from seven o'clock
on the evening of the Bth of November, uutil
next morning, and he did not hear any un-
common noise ; and at any time he could hear
persons talking in conversation in the Prisoner's
room ; could even hear the door shut or open ; and
if any person had called out ‘. Murder!" he would
bare heard it ; or if a woman called for assistance,
be could not escape hearing it.
Cross-avainked bey Mr. DAMPIER"
He did recollect the Sunday particularly, for
he was questioned during. the following week,
about it ; heard some one rine up and down the
stairs, but supposed it war the Prisoner's *enlist,
since deceased.
John Murphy, Serjeant of Marines, deposed,
that be occupied the room under Morgan, and if
• any noise had been made stn the staircase, he must
have heard it, as he was in his room the whole of
the evening.
Edward -Atkins, Serjeant s Marines, deposed,
that he was 011 duty at the rrack Gate, on the
evening of the Bth of November ; he was put on
duty at nine o'clock ; saw a votsag woman come
with the Prisoner with her ann under his ; they
walked very lovingly together across the phrule.—
He opened the gate for them, and at the time a
publican brought up a Serjeant of Marines belong-
ing to some ship, in a state of intoxication ; and
the Prisoner orderul him to Ix put in the guard-
house ; on which the Serjeant ran off, and the Pri-
soner followed him, and was away fifteen minutes,
during whirls time the young lady waited is the
middle of the road for him ; and when he come
back, she took him under the arm, and they
walked away quite slowly. Witness watched them
until they puttied the militia barracks; perceived
they were talking very fondly and sociably toge-
ther. About a 'porter of tin hour afterwards, the
Prosecutrix's mother and sister came to the Leer-
rack-crate, and asked was Mr. Fallen at home ? he
answered he had gone out with a young lady under
his arm.

Captain Robert M'Lensl, of the Mari, es, and
Mr. Satan Shutrar, Attorney, deposed, that the,
had made twerimeats nn the rooms, and particu-
larly on Morton's, and that the 6..4,4 transaction
cools' not ti. done in the Prisoner's room, without
bring heard in :Woman's room.
Mr. Bcattocons here closed the defence.
Mr. Fseimit sai,l, that. it was a
elvirxe of the streatest ina,..Tuitirle, and one of those
tbut the legislature si.cly previded against,

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and made pitnishable by death; it was w crime " ohly permit that had slept in that room, . riming
that no man would be guilty of but a 'Mehl ; for been allowed, about a month before, .to attend her
to effect such a Crime he must make • use of the brother (a servant of Mr. Harrow's) who .had been
greatest brutality; it mart be dune by actual force; Rick. On her grandfather's morn, and her father's
a person using persuasions and insinuations to house being searched, the articlr.s were found..
accomplish his purpose, did, not constitute the The Prisoner in defence and, that a gentleman
crime intended to be cognizable by the Act of had committed a rape on her, and finding herself
l'arliainent. It was a crime that must be commit- with child, and ng that when her friends
ted without Witnesses, and of course no )person found it out, they would desert her, she got out of
could give evideuce but the female upon wieom it her naiad, and did commit the robbery,. and that
was actually perpetrated ; in which case it was she was delivered of the child which she /Midis
i particularly ncumbent on the Jury to pay par- her arms. The Jury found her guilty--Deark.
ticular attention to the Prtisecutrix's evidence, uod Lair charged 'with having wilfully
also to pay due attention to the circunistsfees murdered Frericisco Houten), en board His Ma.
before and after the transaction. He then nith jesty's ship San Dasww, in Portsmouth henbane,
great perspicuity summed up the evidence, cud by stabbing him with a dagger in the lef. Wean—.
observed, that the mother had been very remiss, Goilty, Duda.
for when she spoke to Mr. Faden, and he answered, llubert =Ma.,
he meant her daughter no dishonour' she ought to rifle for
have asked him, ifhe meant to marry her daughter ? tried foi
for it waa well known that people of a certain de- in a due
scription did .not look on dishouour in the seine quieted.
light as others, for if their daughter had parted
with her virtue, and a good provision was made for
her, they would not look on it as dirhouour.—

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Capt. Haawoop is to the
brig. (late Danish). sad
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The Frame. Caimgorms. from Newfoundland.
for Lisbon, has been captured, re-takes.' and Op.
tied into Madeira. ' _ _

Accounts have been r.ceived from Cape Coast -
Cateltt to the cod of October. By these it appear",
that the Klutz of the Ashantees has completely ex-
tirpated the Fontein, but the most perfect Inetl-
ship subsists between him and the British, on the
African coat. _ . _

Professor DAVY on Saturday resuraedhis lectures
at the Royal Institution, wad was greeted with
three distinct rounds of applause; all the Philoso-
phers and Dilletantis were present ; he eve • very
accurate and succinct accouneof Galvanism, and
the rullair principle, and intends to illustrate the
various discoveries he has made in that most inte-
resting branch of philosophy, which obtained him
Bemseawra's celebrated prise,by a series of beau-
tiful esperiments. The audience was delighted to
see him so peeked:. recovered from his late see: e
indisposition.
A curious circumstance took place on Friday
evening. Mr. INGLEsv, the Emperor •of all Con-
jurers, was taking • skulk up the Hayrnai ket, in
company with Mr. Triosisos, a inerehant in the
City, and Mr. Estmer, a publican, in the Strand ;
they cluniced to call at the Cock, iu the Ilayinar-
ket, for some refreshment, when they fell in com-
pany with three sea-faring officers, who were read-
nn" over Mr. l.'s advertisement in one of the morn-
ing papers, concerning cutting a. fowl's head off,
or any animal under the size of a calf, they swore
by heavens it was a lie. -Mr. 1. iminediately said, he
would bet them a bottle of wine that he would cut
one of their heads off ; the wager being laid, he
performed the deception, anal oeitantly two appear-
ed without heads...the third forfeited two derma
of wine if Mr. 'l. would put their heads on again,
as he had no reason zohylieve but what they were
really off, which was done accordingly, to the high-
est satisfaction *fall present.
Vie are eatretuely sorry to !tity, Mr. MATIMSIRS
has *let with /In accident similar to Mr. BANNIS-

TEA'S. On Friday a fti rnoon there was a grand
match of p•Aeo:-iilioonng, by some gentlemen near
Barnet. Mr. MATTHEW!, the Comedian, was

.present, and was prevailed upon to fire a shot ;
when, unfortunately, the fowling-piece burst into
numberless pieces, whirls shattered. bin left hand
in a most dreadful manner, and otherwise ►n shook
his whole frame, that he was not himself for a long
time. As soon seise was recovered from the first
effects of the shock, he set off in a chaise fur Lon•
don. We are happy to say that Mr. Aso:kin,
the surgeon wins attends him, eatartaiLs a favour-
able opinion as to the ultimate issue of the ease.
The inquiries after the state of Mr. MseTurss
during Saturday and yesterday, were very nume-
rous.

Ilse ringing of the bells thmughtint the metro-
polis on Saturday art excited universal curiosity,
as nn one could bud in 'that it onginated. On
;miry, we learn that it was An Irish Gentleman who
go: the Ten Thon,shd Prize in the Lottery oo
Triesday, and whn was determined, he said, to let
his friends in Dublin hear of his rod fottonsh ,

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ahly person that had slept in flat room, . rating
teen allowed, about a month before, to attend her
prother (a servant of Mr. Harrow's) who. had beau
ick. On her grandfather's room, and her father's
rouse being &torched, the articlr.s were found.
[he Prisoner iu defence staid, that a gentleman
tad committed a rape on her, and finding herself
sith child, and knowing that when her friends
ound it out, they !wild desert her, she got out of
ter mind, and did commit the robbery,. and that
ihe was delivered of the child which she held•io •
her arms. The Jury found her guilty--Deetth. •
Lair !feel:dodo, chirged with having wilfully
inurdered Francisco Romero, ca board Elie Ma-
jesty's slap San Damao, in Portsmouth harbour,
by stabbing him with a dagger in the left, breast—
Ustilty, Death.
!tubers Gathrie, Lieutenant of the Rni•al Ma-
rine Corps, late of His Majesty's ship Mars, was
tried for the murder of Lieutenant W. Charlton,.
in a duel, which was fougbt near Gosport.—ile-
quilted.
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BEVERLEY • HUNT. 6 . t
WEDitIasDAY, MARC! Q•
Sweepstakes of cogs. each, int. Two miles. •
Mr. D. Legartrs p. b. noblemen, (rode by Mr. T
Sykes) l-, .1
Mr. Action's E h. Tanned (the Owser) ....... • •••••••
Mr. Mellish's ch. h. Playfellow (the Owenr).. ..... ...• !St
Mader Croft's ch. la. Precipitate (Mr. Trencher)...
Five paid forfeit.
CaptaliaCrofrs b. b. Liquorice, beat Mr. Mellish'. lib •
Loewe, ma. awe, once round the Comae, rode big nis
Owners. • •
itATURIDAY. SIARCII 12.
Mr. 1). Lagerd*s gr. h. Huiderness, against Mr. F. Watt's
h. h. Dwane, Lint. each, !Dogs. two milts.
BOX! NO EXTRAORDINARY
• casual battle was fought, en Friday, on the road to
betwein (iii the boxer and a fanner of hie
mime of /Ants., in whirl, the latter got a veil tl,..wireally
▪ thrashing. The pugilist had put a horn into the
yard of a public-home, whilst he drank some wine mul
water at the door, ar.d be eisierved the farm, r tinzing the
'annul with a ‘.1.1p. Crat desired bun to tiesM, »lieu Den- •
mu behaved very rudely, and swore ha would detain both
tuaamnd.bar.e, fur the mania likely enough belonged to some • '
one else. Crib treittatt .uti. discourse as a joke, but °Ohs
manuring the has, se id h•ave the home, the farmer held the
tries, and refused t-afrrY biro to depart. The joke hall*
teen thus carried ton fsr, Crib resillkd h, when he ince:wed
a blow is the fare. A ba;sle commenced, whisk soon ended
in the discemfiture of Denton, who receiver sorb a hestirg .•,
is 'boat fuer inmate., that he was Motif* to be put to bed
. _
Detachments of Regiments, to the number of •
06 men, are under orders for the depot in the Ise .4
of Wight.
The Maids, 74, Capt. S. H. LINZEE, was paid 1
off at Portsmouth on Thursday, and her men
touted Ore( to the Daltrey, 98, Copt. M.Leon.
Lord Goistsa, it is said, is to command the
Chaauel Fleet;—A,dtteiral Ettan He StVrY is to
have a emanated in it; and Admiral 13Eteriat is to
command at the Cape, leered of Admiral Sera- ir
LINO.
Mr. T. W. Ruse, Clerk of Ili, Majesty's Ship
Suffolk, is uppsioted Purser of the Poaktte frigate: •
Caps..fii. W. lioltem, israpeeinted to the Druid:-
Capt. Hsawoou is appointed to the Dolphinta
brig, (late Danish), at Chatham ; and Lieut. IV.