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London, England, 1803-03-29 00:00:00

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• AftI.IIOateCCRATITIT.
A aril irr4k was brr.aght before the Magistrate
•oht this Otfice, charged with having several
yards' eta troth, the property of !assts. King and
lhompson, taylors, near .;,. Clement's church
The prisoner was a forouran at the shop of the
prosecurors, and had fu: a long time been the con-
detor of their business. In July' last, it anpeared,
that he went to the lu4ing' of John Griffith, a Lay-
kir, in Great Portland-stftict, and gave him the cloth
to make tutu coats ; one %rya to fie a midshipman's
uniform, and the others plain ; he also gave him
,:Jilkeril for a pair of pantaloons, and silk, twist and
Liituins for the whole. '111...5e clothes, he said,
were to be made itt, un bi ov. n account, and that he
had bought the stuff the day before. Griffith sus-
pected the cloth had beta stolen, he o..:refore im-
mediately informed Messrs. King and Thompson of
the transaction, and produced a part of the stuff,
which exactly corresponded with a piece in their
warehouse, from which it appeared to liaw been
cut. The Egesccutors stated, that they had very
strictly examined the same, and they were positive
is was their property.
The prisoner said in his defence, that he had pur-
chased the articles which he had been accused of
having stolen, and called several respeCtable persor.s
to his charader, who described him as au honest
man.
Mr. ALLY, the Counsel, attended to speak in his
behalf, but the Magistrate observed, that ahhough
the prisoner was untitled to make use of every argn-
nient for his justification, which the law could fur-
nidi hint with, yet, in the present case, no obser-
vations could prevent his being brought to trial for
the offence with which hE bad been charged.
The prisoner was therefire committed, and the
pink.' bound over to prosecute.
jolm Daigle!, (a Black), was brought up, charged
a watchman of St. Giles's parish, with being
theism in the streets at an unseasonable hour on

Sunday night.
On being ordered to give an account of himself,
he said, that he had just arrived in England from
the West Indies. On his made inquiry for
a lodging at Wapping, they had told him to go to
St. Giles s ; he followed the advice given him, and
knocked at the door of a house in Drat-street,
whew he insisted upon being admitted, but having
no cash in his pocket, he was turned out, and on
making a disturbance, was carried to the watch-
hot, ie. The Nla:Ti, strati: advised him to go on board
'lie ship to which he had formerly belonged ; and
after having humanely u:dereil hint some money,
he was disetiarged.
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Yesterday several girls of the town were brought
before the i.ord Mayor, whom the constables had
taken into custody for being found disorderly in the
streets. On the appearance of their friends, who
were scat for to speak in their behalf, the greater
part of them were discharged ; one young girl, af-
ter having forsook her parents (who were people of
respeCiability), for upwards of a yetr, was con-
strained to send for them, and seek that assistance
which she I . eloped from. His Lord-
ship gave the trait sat. 'nes that advice which their
situation required.
Tile Church-wardens of the parish of St. Swithin,
summoned a master-tradesmen before his Lordship,
for having taken an apprentice, bound to him by
the above parish, on board the Tender. The mother
of the boy said, that the accused had entered her
son as his nephew, by which artifice he had sent
him to sea; the master confessed his having done as
already described, but alleged, in defence of his
condo& that the boy was so depraved in his mo-
ral", as to render it necessary to place him in a situa-
tion where he would reform.
The laird l'slayor did not approve of his conduCt,
'observing, thm no master had authority to dispose
of his appr..ntice in a clandestine manner, and al-
thongh the boy might have been a bad one, applica-
tion atc,uld have been made to get rid of him in a
regular was.
lie was orr.kred to settle the business with the pa-
mh, tilt friends of the apprentice, upon such
leans as might by tliem ae considered satislaftory.

Last Mond.r.-, the Providence. Capt. Pierrepoint,
arrived at front llourdeaux, which he kft the
sth instant. lie says, that during the time he was
aelivering and re-loading his ves.sel, there was a
very hot press of seamen, and that they were heat-
ing up for volunteers, who were sent off in carriages
'for ti.e sitalrent ;tom, where the 'viten of war Lid.
lie could not learn tie cause of this warlike prepa-
ration. It is worthy of observation, that Captain
Pierrepoint 13ft Bonnie-aux two days before his Ma:
' jesty Message was delivered to Parliament.
On Saturday there v.-as a most spleudidenteetain-
tnent given at the London Tavernliy the American ;
merchants to 14r. Kiss:, previous to his quitting
this country. A number of tht principal merchants
-in the City were present, and, see believe, all the
Cabinet Ministei s,. with a great number of other
.persons-of eminence. Mr. istsohas exercises! the
Itintiions of the imirortant station he filled so much
to the alvanuse of both countries, that his depar-
ture is the suhje.l of general regret.
MAIL TT s, late of Bristfield, near Wakefield,
has been committed to York Custle, on a charge of
killing and slaying his wife; the following particu-
ix.-. relating sit -this melancholy affair have since
Iroispired :
About sex o'clock on the menting of Saturday
the sth inst., Tyne, who had spent the evening from
„home, returned.; seon atterwards the neighbours,
J A ME% F14141,R. and G LU ROE MESSENGER, heard his
wife soreani 'in the most dreadful manner ; they int-
Aoiliately got Ks, and FP;IIER perceived the de-
ceased laying naked on the
.grtinatd, struggling to
get from her husband having accOmplished her
oli,ect, she rattier Prot :ton, first into Ft.:lives and
afterwards into NI,E 'MP s g es house ; T e fol.
lciwed, and hiving overtitkrn her, he dragged her
by the hiir out of the celher into which she Lad gone
to conceal herself; aid inaisted.upon her going home
with him this She tirmly • objeaed to, expressing
her tiara that:he whald kill her. At &ay.:break in
the morning, ,i quanifitaroihak was found near tthe
b•il of the d ta4:4l, 'Old a ninth largrr :quantity in
Maser 950'4 &Mo. 'No unfortunae winnan•corn-
plainki ttruai of *thelituises
.0;41 had received both on
ya.r leb.i4 • 044, Oar,- iad• eepressed herself' alarmed
fist !key Sheittld: iitpve • "mortal • theseti.iti wtre
rAt tl i, lhi"*Aftin; ki si gg latveished in
the worklicesse at Nfirfield till the Flidayitoiltrwitts,

L 17i7 71! LL la tATCE,
'LIM MTV. $4116 °C.
Came in, last eveltTn:z, eTprzna from Malta, after
a, fine passage, La PM", Sh of liiguns, Captain
Malmsey. Whatever dispatches she brings, the ut-
most secrecy prevails ; all th a is learnt is, the Bei.
tish troops at Yalette, and tie is the harbour, were •
ell well. The Rolarin wis i.nnie3iat,.ly put under
quarantine, and her dispatches were sent off express.
At 4P. NI. a strange frigate hove-to in the S. E.
quarter, and lay-to some time of the Sound. A
signal was immediately made from Maker Tower
signal-post, demanding her number, which she im-
mediately answered with her nnrnber and signal,
and her lumber was reported to the flagship in I LI:
moate. She proved to be the Eleyslia, of '..!4 guns,
Capt. Charles Malcolm, from Madras. After re-
porting her nu:nbvr, she hauled her wind, and stood
to the Eastward with :t press of sail. Hove-to for
an hour, at sun-set, and stood to the Westward, the
.Boadicra, of 4i guns, Capt. Maitland.—This fore-
noon the Calloden, of 74 guns, bent her mainsail,
preparatory to her going into C.v.vsand-Bay, having
the course of the week bent all the rest.

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koarssiourti, MARCH 26.
Sailed his Majesty's ship ilhaie4,, of guns,
Capt. Stites, On a crui.te.
Remaiu at St. Helens his Majesty's sloop Mor-
gistaa, of 16 guns, Capt. rtaynsford and at Spit-
head his Majesty's ship Hennas., of 98 guns, Admi•
ral the Right tionourable Lord Gartner and Capt.
Drury; Venerable, of 74 guns, Capt. Searle;
of 30 guns, Capt. Lobb ; oak, of 5$ pm, Capt.
Woodruff; Diamond, of guns, Capt. 'll'.
stun ; of it; guns, Capt. Wolfe; guns, of
32 brims, Capt. Richardson ; Pool Mabon, of LIS
guns, Capt Neville ; and Ps..;onoy, of 14 guns, Lieut.
White.—Wind S.S.E. and variable.
'1 he rapid progress making in kitting out the fol-
lowing ships in the harbour, surpasses any thing we
have hitherto seen : the Droulmooubt, of 98 guns,
Rear-Admiral John Holloway, and Capt. Bowen ;
Russell, of 74 guns, Capt. Williams ; Gravels, of
50 guns, Cap:. Caulfield ; Ch4otsitr, of 11 pins,
Capt. Spear ; Castor, of 22 guns, Capt. Ptracocke ;
Arrow, of 1:0 guns, Capt. Vincent ; and Siar/ing, of
111 guns, I.ieut. Guyon.
llis Majesty's ship Pristaat is getting ready to re-
ceive the flag of Lord Gardner. Lieutenants Morris
and Lovell are appointed to her.
MARCH 27.
Went nut of harbour his Majesty's ship Arrow,
of JO guns, Capt. Vincent, and remains with the
squadron as per last.
Sailed his Majesty's ship hi:, of 50 guns, Capt.
Lobb, and Port Arbon sloop of war, of 18 guns,
Capt. Neville.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Amelia, of 44 guns
Captain the Right Hon. Lord Proby, from the
eastward, and his Aflajesty's ship Earydi:e, of 24
guns, Captain Malcolm from the Last Indies.—
Wind E.N.E. and moderate.

His Majesty's ship Gladiator, of 44 guns, is ordered
to be commissioned; Ae will bear to e ti.ig of Rear
Admiral Holloway.
novEs, stAurit ?6.

Arrived the genthine packet, Capt. Lambert,
with mail and passengers from Calais, amongst
whom were James Hammond, Esq. Capt. Mansell,
Mr. R. Busk, Mr. Pascal', Mr. Biggen, Mr. Dor
must, and Mr. Littledale.
sailed the Expresi packet, Capt. Dell, with mail,
and W. Teniwn, Esq. Mr. Locket, Mr. Roche,
Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Heamer.
Tussle's 27.

Arrived, last night, the Prince of Wale: packet,
Capt. Sutton, with Mr. W. Hunter, jun. with dis-
patches for Lord Hawkesbury ; and Mons. Duchens,
with dispatches for Gen. Andreossi ; also arrived
the Two Friend, passage vessel, Gillot, from Calais,
with Colonel Stopfortf, and Capt. 'ropey ; and the
Alexander passage vessel, with a few passengers,
from noitlngne.
Passed by, with a fair wind from the Dawns, the
Calcutta outward-hound East-India ship, for Ma.
dray.

Lord Came'ford, a few days since, embarked in
a small open boat, at this place, tOr Calais, where he
safely arrived after a short passage.

LivEaroot, MARCH Ql.

Arrived the Lottery, Neale, front Africa ; Thr.v
Siiiirs,Thompson, from Virginia, and John, Adams,
from Savannth.

The Elizabeth, Hanna ; and the Fortitude, Gei-
nev, from Liverpool, arc arrived at lea 1e;. The
//opt, —, from Jamaica, is arrived at Charleston ;
the Eliza, Prior, from Dominica for Liverpool, is
arrived at Cork, and the Sarah. Conncl!, from
Africa, is arrived at Cork.

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