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three several rodietusents, himself in Eel. and
sou sureties in 501. each, upon .ach incliament.

CR I MIN il/4L INFOIIMATIoN.
Mr. Gaeaow, on hebalt of Genetal Gwysne,
ennead for leave to file a erimilal informatioo
against Lime- .int Colonel Richard Watson, now
Major of a tf-ginient of dragoango for an ACCUMU.
!dation of libels, and 4160 for a gross and violent per.
'opal insult. 'I he Learned Con sel stated, that it
unfortunately happened once, that Gen sal G s yore
was ?resident ot Conrt Martial upon Cl. Watson.
who, amt ug other rile .ces. wet, C:• .11Ted with Lino&
eet•lik,. Ana angentkinan-likeconatitt, in dr,kking in
c ministry with some rinn.crininitssioned otficrtrs, &c.
He had been found guilty upon all the charges, and
suspended until His Majesty's pleasure should be
known. His Majesty afterwards confirmed the sen-
tence of the Co.,rt-Martial, and considein.g him an
unfi, pars ro t coniinue in the service, he got leave
to sell sot. This was the oily provocation General
G ynne gave this gentleman. who had since conti-
nualr) rr ,reuted hint 0 ids the out'? gross and scan.
deka, iineb, accusing him of turtiii.g his back' in
America. and of a :fir; as a traitor to his country ;
repeating various opprobrious epithets, all of which
wrre u:,rrly unfounded. But all this, the Learned
Counsel said, his Ghent did Nu mcan to trouhle the
Court will., mail a few days ago, when he received
a ?Toss personal insult Ile was walking down 01-
ft rd- erect, convervi, s with a brother officer, when
the Defendant came ty to him, and pnintirs a stick
et him, said, in a fond voice, " You are General
Gwynne. you robbed me of my property, by
da tivtng me of my commission, and ruined my
family ; you are a wound el and a rascal, and I
will go int this shop, and post you for a coward."
Ms. Gaaaow was then proceeding to state more
of tbe ciicumstances, when Lord ELtessoaourais
told him he had stated sufficient--The Rule was
cordingly granted.

TYR -I[ll,lo a BABBITT, ATTOINIST..

Mr. NI AI TTTTT applies' to enlarge the time for
retreating the bail in this ease. The Defendant had
bete coovieed of perjury, the Sittings after last
Hilary ferns, in a transaCtion between him, the
Margrariee of Anspach. and Lady Gruner& as
mentioned is a former paper. the Learned Counbel
mi, that insmedi itchy atter his conviaioa, Mr. Bar-
nett left this country, and his bail had no: been able
to Isara where he was, ever since. They had made
diligent search for him, and expells-d he would
surrender himself for judgment. next November
Term.

The station being in doe course, the Court
granted a conditional 'elf

P.. '.t.

Sow..? a LIT.

A young man, of the name or John Rid-
liras, who was lately a clerk to Mllesirs. Jain
and Company. metehants. in the city, absconded.
alinst a month since, with abnnt 3001. of his Pm-
ployers'. Messrs Jain and Co. ;Is consequence gave 1
information at the Office, and Adkins has
been since exerting himself to apprehend him. The
officer. at le,gth, learned from a f emale. of the name
of Willis. in Pitt-street, Tottenham-court-road,
111411$ ~s cohabited with, that he was at Plymouth,
apdtLat he had his letters di, e3ed to him 'bete, by
the r.aine of Pearce. Adkins. in consequence, nn
fortorday last, set off for Plymouths and went. as
his letters were desired to be &retied, but found it
was a respeitable attorney, of the name of Peers.
sodded there. The morning after his arrival,
when walking through the town of Plymouth,
he saw a young man. (sadly answering the de
sctiptinn of Btitticax ; he stopped him, and chal-
lerged him with being the man he was in search of ;
mad, after considerable .prevarication, he acknow-
ledged his name. Adkins brought him to town ;
and on Thursday tv. nit., he underwent a short
examinatind, before Mr. READ ; sod, the offence
being committed in the city, the Magistrate sent
him bent, the Loan MAYOR.

Yesterday he was examined before his Lneosair,
and committed for further examination on Thews
day nest.

NATAL. IN TA LLIGENCE.

Foirvint;Tll, JUNE 4.

To celebrate the anniversary .4 the birth of our
good King, the garrison of this town and Goo.
port, with the vniandsrer sof^tise neighbourhood,
marched to Portsdown-h;11, this morning, to fire a
.fr• de joie. The guns on the platform, at noon,
firecra Salute, and the ships at Spithead, At
one o'clock, did tl e bj me.

Arrived the iheAr sloop, from of Havre, with
• report of an ermisiiie h tying been concluded on
toe C. ofnent. with conditions highly favourable to
the more t and glory of this country.
iwr's harlots:, for the Chat:t-
ibia iad N. E.

PLY MOUTH. JUMI 3.

• Arrived the Weds's, schooner, Irons the Clunnrl
Fleet ; and the Ruyai George, 100 guns, to be re-
paired here.
Sailed again the Adria,' cutter, Am tender, and
Has Misj.sty's ship CAunyion, 2 guns, C.4,14in
14.Krsizie.

'lnv thketrie. CApt. Conn; the Sonia Marrort/t4
fv ate ; and the Plover sloop, have made 111F1141 lot
editing. As oon as the wind freshens a hale, which,
at present, is at W.
_ _

eoptilin I IsJght. of the Ant lire frigate. wiser-
sedes Captain Dick. who is appointed to the Prat.
loPe•

Tut MAY. JUN[ 9.

Arrivvd this morning, and sailed again in the
afternomi, the I.BArty, iirthirevet, and Daring brigs
and the .Nrsistiy caner.

DRA I, Atilt 4.
Arrived bin night the Calkins sitrip of war, from
the we•twArd, and sailed again this morning, with
the Gioia frigate, Commodore Owen, for the North-
war. i I also, thus day, the Skyl,,,k sloop of war, and
the Tare. inr fire vessel, from a cruise, and remain
in the 1)....50.,w.th the rrst ct the ships. as per last.
•et. 4, dry, be.ng;:ie antiiversary of kits Majesty's
birth, at 'clock a royal saiute was fired by the
'ships a.t in the Downs, and the different
CAA,Ir, A teries —Wind N. variable.

IM•7IIEr
T?. Mereheat, kittiosti 'l
de tee den,, at

WEXFORD ELECTION.

We stated in a former Paper, that the Rev. Mr.
Sutton nominated Mr. John Colelough. After he
had finished his addre.s, which we also inserted,
Picace Newsom RING, Esq. thus addressed the
Freehold. rs
Mr. Sheriff—ln rising to address a Tel y few
words to this as-emhly. I trust that I shall not Ise
considered as ever 'aching upon your time, nor do I
presume on the supptoition, that any thing whicii
comes from me cal be delivered its the
same master.
le style ttii‘ it has been exhihited by that finished
clerical orator, the Rev IViltiarn Sutton. However,
Sir, as an independent H. enr of this extensive and
highly resneeahle county, I beg leave to offer a few
observations with regard to the pretensions of one of
the Candidates wh.,) are now come forward to so.
licit the distinguished honour of becoming its Re-
presentatives in the ensuing Parliament. Allow me,
then, Sir, to express my unqualified and decided ap-
probation of W. C. Alcock, to become one of those
Reerssentatives. Knowing him, as I do, from my
earli-st childhood. I have had opportunities of ap-
preeiring that gentleman's worth, not only as an
individit ii whose moral charafter must ever place
him high indeed in the estimation of every honest
man, but likewise as one, the qualities of whose
mind, and whose extensive general information, af-
ford the brightest prnspee. to this county, and
give every just expettation to his Constituents,
should he be eleCted, of seeing themselves both vir-
tuously and ably represented; I am bold to asseit,
that there is no person here present, who can, with
justice, call in question the truth of what I have
now advanced; but were a proof wanting, I should
only refer to that part of Mr. Alcock's political
conduit, where, on the most trying question which
was ever agitated within the walls of the Par-
liament House of this kingdom, he indisputably
proved himself the incorruptible friend of Irish in-
dependence. Neither do I think, Sir, that it enhances
that gentleman's pretensions in any trifling manner,
when I reflec on the noble family to which he is so
nearly allied ; a family whose extensive property in
this country entitles it to every consideration, and
whose undeviating loyalty, and unbounded attach-
ment to the constitution, is so well known, and so
universally acknowledged—a family, with many of
whose members I have the honour to be personally
acquainted; and I do assert. notwithstanding what
may be surmised or imagined by its enonies in this
county. that the United Kingdom cannot produce
one where there is to be found more sterling virtue,
more honorable independence. Added to this,
S.r, behold the situation in which Mr. Alcock stands
at present, and for a moment Trite on what it was
twelve months ago You will perceive. that all the
great leading interests which then opposed that
gentleman's eleetion, have at length opened their
eyes, and are now come forward, dews mined to
support bins. in the full conviftion of how much
more eligible he is m become your Representative,
than any other man this county can afford ; in fan,
he unites in his favour those interests. which, I am
sorry to say, have been but tro long opposed to
each ether in the county of Weeford, but whose
union at present clearly demonstrates the almost
unanimous sense which is entertained of Mr. Al-
cock's iodependent spirit and fitness to attain that
high honour. to which be this day aspires. And it
I know the gentleman, though a friend to the pre-
sent Ministry. he is incapable of countenancing the
measures of any Administration. except so long as
he conceives them tending to the advancement ul
the public weal.
And here, Sir. permit me to remark, notwith-
standing what may have been said on taking up
your time by reverting to opinions which have been
sported at these Hustings on a former occasion, by
Gentlemen, whose sentiments, 1 feel both proud
and happy to say, have always been completely at
variance with those 1 profess ; that the late Admi-
nistration, which gave such energetic support to the
brother of one of the present Candidates, and whose
measures, in my opinion, tended to throw disgrace
upon those realms, and place their loyal inhabitants
in the last stage of ruin—was an Administration,
whose leading features were imbecility, injustice,
want of caconomy, and a total disregard to tbe fun-
, damental principles of the Constitutint. ; a Canaan-
tion, which is justly the admiration of every country
in Europe, but which the measures of the late Ad-
ministration tended virtually tru destroy ; an Adrni•
nieuation, which did nothing to justify their arro-
grant claims to the possession of all the talents, all
the experience, and all the judgment of the country;
or to justify the confidence of the credulous people,
who thanked their., before they had done any other
ail but that of accepting those places of which they
had been so long ambitious; but which. thanks to
God, and L. their own mi,condue, they were unable
to hold but for so very short a period.
I shall detain your attention, Mr. Sheriff, but
!be a few seconds longer, merely whilst I suggest.
that it must surely be the wish of every persoe, that
this oiliest should be carried on with that quietness
and good humuurb for which. I am happy to say.lhis
convoy has been always remarkable. Often at it
has been contested, it ha. hitherto escaped those
scents of riot and confusion which have disgraced
oilier places. This I attribute chiefly to the cha-
raeer aed conduct of the Candidates who have ap-
peared on the Hustings, in the different contests
which have taken place within my memory ; parti-
cularly of that excellent man, whom I am proud to
call my friend, Mr. Ogle. It was a maxim of his,
never to interfere with use tenantry of any get-le-
ns who thought proper to oppose him. This
.p.eversted much of those jealousies and heart-burn-
,tips, which a contrary line of concise is always
sure to occasion ; for this is a business on which all
men are sore. and as such interference can scarcely
be remsciled with the chars ter of a gentleman, so
there are few gentlemen who would not look upon
it as a personas insult offered to themselves. I own,
that in this light I feel it t ead Ms wan sh•ad
entkalesir Ls a. pirate the inierral of tee tract, Mail
perienally easier le tee
_for the socked rool impede.
teee-hke •linnfit. lam the best friend of my
tenant; and he is a bad man who endeavours to
make me his enemy.
There is another subjelt which sometimes Manlove
r *inns New York for men's minds, indeed always when reverted to; I
see. mean, Religion. It should, therefore, be the duty
reset---seseee • -*