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been i* a matinous state on the voyage. The ship
Unclad at the 4 est lacws, ohhc'they .gut per-
inissioo, through tie iiiterr:eusioß of the Prisoner,
to go no shore tur a day. They behaved there in
a riotous moaner, nod refused to go on board
again; and .it was with the greatest difficulty they
were gut back, it was only by the protection* kciug
witisheid train thew, that they could be kept toge
ther ; the Prihoner frequently got into disgrace
with the Copt:lit fur lute:reeding fur iudulgencies
fbr them, winch they abased, and the prosecutor
was one of the rianleadert ; he 'was heard to say
he would lowa the Plisolier's life, the night he re-
seired the a °mid, out of revenge, as he did not
*are two-pence for his own life, and it way supposed
u witness who irks. hint, that at the time he wo4

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Mint, he was going on board the ship to attaek the
Prisoner with the stave. lie was taken to the In-
firmary, where Mr. Wilson, the Resident Ante.
rican Consul, at Liverpool, went to see hint, when
be acknowledged that the Prisoner had always
acted well towards him ; and the injury he 'had re-
ceived he ised brought upon himself by his own
aiiscoudtitt.".which he had been advised to pursue
by Smith, another of the crew. . Since he got
wail, he made an application to the Consul for a
passage home, whoa lie again made a similar con-
fessioa of the error of Ills conduct.
The Learned Junuz. in suniming (11) tile evi-
dence, told the Jury the question for them to de-
cide was, whether the Prisoner discharged the
pistol with malice, or in his own defence?
The Jimmy, after a short thiliberatiou, returned
—.slur Guilty.
The Jenne told the Prisoner he had done a
very rash act, and he4wd lie would make the Pro.
aecutor every possible remuneration, as he had
done him a lasting injury.
The Prisoner applied to he discharged in Court,
as lie had an opportunity of returning to his own
country, and if lie was detained he should lose it,
as the vessel sailed in a day or two.
The 'lunge, however, told him, it was not in his
power to do it, till the Clraisil Jury was discharged,
at soonest, and lie was remanded back to the
Castle.

Joins Torr was indicted, and fotihd Gnihy, un-
der a charge of bigamy, in having married Mary
Young, in Liverpool, ul tiie year 1601, and marry-
ing Mary L,ongbottoin, in Mauchester, a few mouthy
since, at the time his first wife wea living.
The Grand Jury found • trr bill to-day against
a Gentleman of considerable consequence, is lA-
verpool, on a charge of murdering his sister-in-law,
under peculiar circumstances.
This county, which is the pride of England fur
beautiful waineu, appears sensible of it ; there
it a gallery in Court appropriated for them, whi. h
is daily filled with near lou charming Lancashire
witches.

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.111IiNsaolt-slouss.
Masai Stadose Ina fully coniatitted hell:Vitt on Saturday,
charged with edeallog lines -sod .plated to At considerable
agrooot, fear the house of Mr. Thompson, cottun-marchat.t,
is Newratrntreet, where .she lived servant.. Part of the
property behoved to a gringos:l, who, on gulag abroad,
left his deserts is the hoses, which the Prisoser contr.ved4o
epee. The Prises* eeetireemell the theft.
ltielterit dkianar a itooshoffiro, and Maser, :fat, a watch-
men,. when abseil was at the terser of Lung-lace, near Al-
iiingsge-ioset, were charged with robbing Julia White, a
less; trotter s. helooguig to Apothecar.'s Haft, early on
Friday.gionsigg. They was folly committed for trial.