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London, England, 1805-07-13 00:00:00

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*Dens?,
A *fli;l'ititKii-1' nitie'n 0.4 and rtillat ,im n years,
during which time the Prisoner's conduet was not
regular. He had often seen him working from six
in the morniu:r urtii nine, and then stopping sudden-
ly and remain for a considerable time, opening and
stunting Isis mouih, then staring abmit ana look int
wildly, leaving the ir.,n he was working in the fire un-
til it WAS cormsirtely spoiled. Sometimes he would be
singing, then raiking sensibly, then on politics, then
of Moses, Aaron, and Jacob, withoUt any conneniorn '
and in the most ludicrous manner. He at one time
met him standing in the street, with his bacl: a.v,ainit
a post, and his shoes in his hand, with A great inttnl.
guineas in each; it was with difficulty he could gr4t
him to put them on and go home ; in short, his
condita. at times, appeared to him to be that of a
madni in. .

)Nineteen witnesses swtre examined on tTie part of
the Prisoner, ail of whom testified to different mad
nits of which he had been guilty, viz. titnn'ing up
and down the house with a loaded gun, Which the
neighbours were obliged to take from him by force ;
ru using through the streets with his eyes staring;
talking and singing. in the most nonsensical m in-
ner, then talking gravely, and going from one sub-
jed to another, without any meaning.
Mr. Justice Lovaerce read over the evidence to
the Jury, and observed, that there were two things
they had to consider ; the fist was, whether the de-
ceased got Ka death by the prisoner ? of which, he
thought, there was no doubt ; the next was, what
state of mind the Prisoner was in, when he com-
mitted the offence whether he could distinguish
right from wrong at the time, though his Feneral
conduit was that of an insane man ? t his, he
said, was the only point they had to consider; and,
after explaining the law to them, recommended
them to direst their attention to the evidence given.
The Jury retire.l, and, in about ten minutes, re-
turned a verdiEt of arquillt/f.

Great joy manifested itself in the Court ; some
clapping was heard in the gallery.
Mr. Justice LAWIIIBNCE asked the Foreman, whe-
ther it was on the ground of insanity the Jury had
pronounced their verdid ? Being answered in the
affirmative, he desired that the prisoner ihottld be
detained and taken care of.
Mary Parttell, a very young voothan of genteel
unpearance, was found :wiry of uttering a forged
back note for

N,47+ if L INTELLIGENCE.

rot-J.3%lmm', JULY It.
Arrived several outward-bound vessels from the
Downs.
Dropped down to St. Helen's His Majesty's ship
Sarirrn, with the ontward-bound East Indiamen.
The Rayal Sarerrio min of war, and Triad bomb
!ender %vete tL•is day released from quarantine.—
Wind ndttherly. - •
PLYMOUTII, JULY 10.
Came in the Fait? sloop of war, from .1411.1ieR.
last from Cork ; and the Swedish ship Merrariar,
from Alicant, for Amsterdam, detained by
the Iris frigate.—Wind N.W.

AI. N.:iUTII, JULY 9.
Arrived the American ship Dix no, Captain Bale-
son, with tobacco and staves, from Virginia, in 27
days; the Danish ship Fame, Captain Theilson, from
the coast of Spain, with wine, its 8 weeks; and the
Danish dogger Boletie, Captain Thompson, from
Alicant, with brandy.
Sfileft ,fie Prt:,eeti Cea•l.'te packet, Kerr, with a
Mail for Jamaica.—Wind N. E.
HARWICR, lULY I I.
The Lark picl-et, Captain 1),11, sailed yesterday
with the mails of the 9th and sth for Husum. Those
of the same date for Gottesiburgh are detained here.
The Priam. of Wake packet, Captain Hearne, ar-
rived here yesterday with the mails, and several
passengers from Husum.
DEAL, JULY It.
Sailed this morning the Vesecius bomb, with the
Read Sorereign, Ronni Ch2rlotte, and the Princess
Auguita yatchs, under convoy for Weymouth ; and
the Prospero bomb, with a convoy for Portsmouth.
Sailed through the Downs the names, Benton, for
New Providence.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
aaaetrae.
Off the Lizard—The Polly► Cait, from Now York.
At Lirerpmil—The Ros.., Jenkiiii, from New Orleaus; and
the Quebec, Illowsrd, from Quebec
At Dublin—The Ann, Jamison, from Jamaica.
At Ileirmit Port—T:le Afars, Powell, from Charleston.
At Newfoundland—The Prickle, Ford, fmm Daitinouth ;
Lark, Norton, from Liverpool; Commerce, Britain ; Mi-
nerva, Wistow, (loin Poole.
At Botany Bay—The Alexander, Rhode►, from London.

The Argo, BADEN, from London, for the South
Seas, arrived at Rio Janeiro, on the 19th of March.
The British Tar, of London, was at Port Praya,
on the 11th of January.
The Charming Kitty, of London, is also arrived at
Rio, with only forty tons of oil, the Captain and
seven men having died.
The Afrihrook and A,li» sloops of war sailed from
Oporto on the 2tith of June, with a fleet for Eng-
land.

The Maria, FOXRESDAILE, from Dartmouth, for
Newfoundland, is lost near Ferryland.
In addition to the number of daring actions exe-
cuted by British bravery, we have to relate one,
performed by the Second Lieutenant, and part of the
crew of the Wrangler gun-vessel, commanded by
Lieutenant Jour+ Perna The if inn was
cruising off Boulogne, and perceived a sloop ly-
ing under the batteries, ready to sail on the first
convenient opportunity ; the Commander of the
Wrangler proposed attempting to cut her ont. and
was immediately seconded in the project by his se-
cond in command, and a set of jolly fellows sufficient
to man the long boat; they pushed off almost as
soon ps the scheme was formed, and in a short time
reached their objeEt. They were challenged by the
sloop's centincl, to whom they paid no attention,
but running the boat alongside immediately hoard-
ed. The Frenchmen, when they !law our gallant
countrymen on the deck, took direrilly to a boat lay-
ing alongside the sloop, and made the best of their
way towards shore, leaving only their captain on
board. We are happy to announce that the sloop
was brought ont safely without the slightest injury
to any one, though a very heavy fire was kept up
from the batteries. The prize was laden with visions is arrived at Ramsgate pier.