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officer, sad carried before the SheritT for eatt,nina•
lieu. -When he went to Cause market. he put a
guinea note and a halflerosres intn his pocket, and,
when sexamided by the Saerilf, about tileter
were found upon hems
Os searching the Prisoner'a hoitsenere 'were
found a pair of corduroy breeches, a pair of tam-
pers, • jacket, and four ruir of stockater.—Tho
storkings were concealed in a hay stack, and two
pair of them were acknowledged to belong. to the
Ptpioner.—There were red s!rros on the breeches,
which had the appearance of lelood;. the trica sera
were also stained with spots, hilt these could not
be well distinguished, as they were covered over
with pipe clay. The house was searched fur too-
ney,but none could be foued.
The woman who washed some clothes for the
Prisoner, on the morning the rohliery was commit-
ted, was examined. Among toe articles washed
were some shirts belonging to the Prieoner, oar
of which was ruffled; and, oil Misers ing sorue blood,
upon the ruffle, she said to the Prirotier. who wa,
present, " I doubt von hare heen fighting,
Ott this he laughed; and, on the question hyena
again put, he Lod he had been fighting with one of
his comrades. Witness also washed two pair of
stockings belonging to Prisoner. but sin 110 Wood
upon them. No -breerheso ewe washed ; and she
sat. the Prisoner make up some pipe clay, *nil
clean his pantaloons with it. Sile also saw Into get
oat of bed about tell o'clock, forenoon, and be after-
wards went out to the fishing. When the witness
spoke to the Prisoner, about the blood on his shirt,
he did not appear agitated or frightened. She had
heard of the robbery before this time, but did not
know that the Prisoner was suspected. •
A drummer, in the Fiferhire Militia, saw the Pri-
timer on the parade, on the mor gof 'Thursday,
the 12th of October, at which time be had on a
ruffled shirt, which the wit, Jess li•al never obseived
him to wear before. Oa this occasion, one of& the
Prisouer's.fingers was bleeding, without any moth
wrapped about et, and lie had on white trowsers.
A private in the Fifeshire Nliiitia, examined en
the part of the Prisoner, de:wined. that he saw the
Prisoner's finger cot nn the shove °erasion, and that
he told him he had done it while rotting • stick.—
The Prisoner, he added, was • quiet sober lad, as
far as ewer he knew, _

tie emitted three declarations on the 13th, 1641,
and lath October, which were regularly identified
in Cond. lu these, he denied a number of the
leading facts wlaicli came out in the proof against
him. _ _

The evidence being closed. the LORD A DVACATIL
addressed the Jury for the Crown. itod J. ki.linsid,
Erg. for the Prisoner. The Leap Jusuts-Cuesut
summed up the evidence with his übuil abilities and
candour. •

The Jury returned thekryerdiet yesterday morn-
ing, at 10 o'clock, tits libel Not Prorem.—
After a most 'nimble and imprenivr admonition
from the Loan Jugrece-Ctotaw, the Prisoner was
dismissed from the Bar.

NAVAL lATE,LLAIGENCE.

lORTSMOUTII. 31,1/. IL

5.41 Pd Eire Blajesty's ohip 'Fri/undo. with a /en-
voy rot the Downs; oftd the Gaoratede, on • cruise.
—Wind S.W.

• TnIMAY. JAR. 17.
Sailed •the Alert sloop of war. for Portsmouth.
Itemsin the Gassed anti flapper brigs of our.

!I- cm
The Friends. of. Teignmouth, is got oil, end
brought into our pier, with seine d.iinage. The
Corinth/I'a is not yet got off. but it is expected she
will by to-morrow morning's Ude ; at present .hr
appears to have received no damage. Eight other
ships of the Ganiters aouvoy have lost their cables
and and,,,,,, and come into our pier ; and I sun
happy to sly. that it is the greatest loss, as it wee
luovh jeered, in the gale. tkat many more of the
ships would he& come on shore.

DIAL, J 18.

Arrived. yesterday. the Primers. Caroline. Wes-
tic. and pefewer, of 71 guns, Ruby, of tit, Proms-
therts, of iti, nod Eph, es, of to gots% from the
. _

This day several transports and outward-bound
resod. sailed for Portsmouth. with the wind at
N. W'.

This being the anniversary on which Her Ma-
jest's birth-day is kept, the same 'taw observed
Mere by the royal standard being hoisted on board
the Primers, of Orange. Vice-Admiral Campbell's
hog-ship, and a royal salute flied, at one o clock.
from the following ships in the Downs. wiz. Princess
of Orange, Son [honing°. Audacious. Aboukir,
Prineess Carolime, Minotaar. Majestic. Lkfenee,
Ruby. Agincourt. Jaime. Helicon. bimaldo. Royal-
ist. Monaco A, Promo:kens, Alphca. Raven, Oberon,
■od Beaver. •

ongwocr. JAN. 13.

Arrived, on Friday. the brig kiierads, Harrison,
from St. Andrew's (N. B.) milled Bth December, in
company with the ship Wilson. bound to
On the isnls spoke the American brig Jews, from
St. Petersburg!' to New York; on the 90th spoke
the ship Mars. of London. Falconer, master. from
Dominica. nut five week, ; kept company till the
124th.-0.1 the 38th spoke the brig Fortose, of
Grangemouth, Hardy, master, from Quebec, bound
to Oporto, out tire weeks ; had lost her bowsprit
and tenrinast, had jury-masts rigged, wanted no
assistance.

COVE OF COII2,_JANI. 11.

Arrived, the Hibernia, of sad from Bristol, 'Davis, near-
chant; goods; Ann, ditto, Lasion, *wads, Honduras;
Emilia, ditto, Long:ottani, goods, Fsal ; Bristol Volun-
teer, ditto, Jacques, goods, Autigra ; Romanis, of and from
St. Übes, )ln•gaitu, salt ; MIIIIIMII, of Southampton, Sin-
glet**, Chepstow, timber, for Portsmouth ; Harper, of
Greenock, Lamest; Glissgen, ruin, &ft Catharina, of and
for Gottriibuntli. Wusir, St. rbes, salt ; Strada Brilliant, of
and from St. Vbes, Jose, salt and fruit.
Nu ship saded.—H Ind S F..

At the General Quarter Sessions of the Pea.%
holden at the Court Hall, Maiistone, before Lord
Viscount 'Lass's*, Chairman for the Western
Division of Kent, on Thursday and Friday
last, Jasper Koigh, for stealing in His Majesty's
Dock-yard. Deptford. two rarda and a half of
canvass ; Samuel Fincladar, for steslintt in Wool-
with. bilb. weight of lead ; and Ju4a for
stealing in St. Nicholas. Deptford, 10th. weight of
cordage, His ittijesty's property ; WtTC sentenced
to he imprisoned each three months in Maiii•tone
Bridewell, and publicly whipt 50 yards at the above
respective plata%