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London, England, 1819-09-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Arrived yesterday the Royal Sovereigu yacht (ruin the east.
ward, and sailed again to-day.
Arrived to-day the Sterling cutter, from a cruise.
Sailed the Spartan and 'fees, fur the eastward ; Caroline
aud Fox transports, aud the Voyage, Jaqses, fur the east.
ward.

PLYMOUTH, lIEPTEMEZR
Arrived the Waterloo, Blackler, from Prince Edward's
Sailed the Scipio, Hugh Wallace, !Along, aad Barbadoes
packet, fur LuntMo.
Pas►ed up Channel the Mars, hum llermuda, in WS days,
fur Luuduu.

FALMOUTH. SEITTNIIIER 24.

Anived the Dolphin, William., front Newcastle fur Buur.
deans; Friends, Bulmer, from Loudon for Newfuuudlaud ;
and Twee Gehrueders, Bruyus, (loin Antwerp.
Sailed the Prince Emma packet for Li.lkuu, and Camden
packet for the Islands, bulb with walls.
DZAL, utrrr.xuta 28.
C. dawn hum the River yesterday, and baited, Um Co-
lumbus, Alien. fur Jamaica.
Arrived the Transport, No. 46, from Purtsmonth, with
troops, and sailed fur Lath ; and the Pioneer whooner, from
a cruise.
Crime down from the niter to-dip, the Pomona, Slavers;
and Eden, Spence, for the Si ut h Seas; and Earucst, Beaton,
for Bahia.

EDINBOCH.

'CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE.

JEBBURGII. SEPTEMBER 18, 181 g.
On Saturday last the Circuit Court of Justitiary
was opened it Jenlbsirglo, by the Right lionourable
the Lord Justice Clerk, when the following cases
were brought before the Court:—
George Bone, gamekeeper at Langton, and
Agnes, his wife, were charged with assaulting.
bruising. and wounding, to the effusion of his blood,
James Richardson, hedger in Langton.• on the
10th day of April last.
The Natick pleaded Not Guilty.
Several witnesses we►e examined on the part of
the Crown, who (limited as to the nature of the as•
unit, and the extent of the injury unstained by
Richardson; and it appeared from the evidence.
that Bone, in consequence of some altercation re-
specting the conduct of Riehardson's children. laid
hold of Richardson. and, almost strangling him
with his neckcloth, beat him severely, whilst Bone'a
wife, during the scuffle, took a gardener's knife
from her husband's pocket, and stabbed Richard-
son, repeatedly in several places about the head and
face, inflicting no less than 13 wounds, ►ome
of which penetrated into the skull.
The Jury, without leaving the box. unsnimonsly
found the Pannels Guilty. Sentence delayed till
Monday.
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The Court next proceeded to the trial of Jurors
Bell, Isaac Bell, and /Wham Middlemost,
irk-
ed with assaolting the manse of Maxims on the 19th
of February last.
The Rev. John Thomson, minister of Marton,
deposed. that his house was attacked on the morning
of the 19th of February last. On the 18th a scotch
had been made in the houses of the Prisoners for
some paling sto►en from him, in consequence of a
Sheriff's warrant, which had proved ineffectual.
Their houses are in the village of Maxton, anti the
officers had hardly left their houses when the whole
three Prisoners came down to the manse, desiring
to speak with him. Middlemost demanded whikt
right he had to search their house when he hurl no
proof of their guilt ? IVitnems said he had suspi-
cions, and wanted proof. They then asked why he
suspected them ? fie answered, because they
were idle, and lived in open defiance of the laws
of God and man; that he wished to have no alter-
cation with them ; that if they thought themselves
injured, they might apply to the law. Witness
shut the door, and heard James Dell mutter some.
thing, and brandish his stick. in the course of the
afternoon he heard from different quarters of their
intention to he revenged upon him that night.
Expected to have a few windows broke ; hot iu
case of greater violence, loaded Ins gun with small
shot. Deposited his gun mid went to bed at eleven
o'clock. In the morning was awaked by a tremen-
dous crud; at the window, as if it had been driven in.
Immediately seized lug gun, and went to the window
of his closet, fearing that there might be a volley of
stones, and wishing rather that they might be
thrown there than at his bed-room. ft was clear
moonlight. Saw a man standing 15 or 20 yards
from the misuse, but could not identify hint.
Stood for a minute and saw the person looking
steadily to the window►, and as soon as witness ap-
peared saw the men rai►e a gun in Ins hand. or
pistol, he could not say which, which he tired with-
out producing any effect upon the window. %Vit-
us-se raised the sash and fired at I . Had not
time to pull down the sash alien a shot was fired
from a second person behind a hedge, whom lie did
not see, and smashed the bed-room window, break-
ing a considerable number of panes. The window-
shutter, being partly closed, intercepted a conside-
rable portion of the shot. Part crossed the mom,
and lodged in the wall opposite ; his wife called out
that she felt it pass near her face, and next day, froth
the position of the shot, he saw that this must have
been the case ; the window is on the second Poor.
Seized a bayonet, and rundown stairs to prevent tiny
attempt to get in at the windows. Finding the doors
and windows secured, returned to the second flat,
and endeavoured to watch the assailants from the
different windows. Could not again get a view of
the assailants, for they kept behind the hedges.
But they fired shots at intervals against the windows
for about an hour ; perhaps about eight or nine.
Heard one o'clock strike, when he got out of bed,
and heard two before he returned to bed. More
panes were broken. About two o'clock a heavy
shower of rain begun to fall ; the firing upon this
ceased, and witness neither saw nor heard more.
When the man raised his arm he saw the gun deli-
berately pointed towards him. Witness returned
to bed, and in the morning examined the house,
when he found the windows of the lower rooms
smashed, and several large stones in tlte rooms ;
one of the window shutters had a panel split, and
the closing bar broken. Found that his shed had
been entered, that the back dour of a cart bad
beau taken off nod thrown into a plantation; dist
some straw had been scattesed about; in the stack-

yard fouud saint sheaves pulled out of a barley-stack,
and scattered about ; the top had been taken off a
wheat stack. a great part of the stack taken down ;
sheaves untied and trampled in the mud. Every
thing was very wet in consequence of the heavy
shower. The top had also been taken off a hay
stack. Cannot say to the nutuber of the assailants ;
saw no more titan one ; but when he saw hint, Issas,'
a shot from another, and when lie went down heard
the voices of at least two, perhaps three ; heard a dog
barking. On the forenoon of the 1811). wisest the
Punnets carne and threatened him, two dogs came
along wills them. That day went to Jedburgh and
gave informatiou to the Sheriff; al►o wrote to John
Elliott, the constable, desiring hint to apprehend
the three Pelmets and bring them to Jedburgh, to
the Sheriff's office. 'Recollects tl►at ogle of the dogs
was white, with black spots. Had lost some paling
and two gates formerly, and had the houses of the
Prisoners searched for these gates; also part of the
bell-rope of the church. It wss the loss of the pal-
log and gates that had led to the search warrant.
Mrs. Thomson is not able to attend as a witness.
(.Tore-emsnined.—The house of the Bella was
also searched, iss he was told by the officers, as well
as that of Middlemost. Thinks the shot was not so
large as that produced; but could out judge, as
every shot was flattened.
Qaestiou from the Jury.—Did the words mot-
terrd from behind the door appear domiciling ?
. Dsd not War them, but frosts the tone they appear-