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COURT OF EXCHEQUER, SATORDtt, Jame 10.

ADULTERATION OF HUMAN FOOD.
THE ATTORNET•GRNERAL V. WILLIAM MALIN&
Th a man was lately coniticted in a penalty of
100/. for having in his possessio) prodigious quan-
tity of ground and whole scorched peas and beans,
which lie sold at a low price to grocers as a substi-
tute for coffee. He had two manufactories : the tine
in Noriliumberlsod-allay, Fenchurch-street ; the
other in Crovrnytreet, Steen Dal:. It will also
be recollected, tfiat during the same sittings ten
grocers, whose 114111“. meal places of abode Re pub-
lished, were convicted its various penalties for re-
ceisirig into their posersti;on imitative tea, which
had been matitetiettired its Gottld►tone-street,
Whitechapet. Under the direction of a man mimed
Proctor (a commission tea traveller). and John
Malin+, the soh of this Defendant. It was then
suspected that this Drfentlant wits a participator in
that nefarious manufactory. Circumstances have
More occurred which eunfitmed that strfpition, and
led to this information.
Mr. WALTOi shortly opened the information,
which imprilvil to the Drfendant. he being a trt►-
dealer, the offence of dying and fel:orienting 100Iba.
weight of leaves in imitation of tea, whereby he for-
feited 101. for every pound of leaves so fabricated :
there was another contd. charging him with having
In leis possession 1001 b. weight of fabticated tea,
fur which he was liable to the like penalty.
Mr. DAONCRY shortly stated the frets of the
case, which afterwards came out in evidence.
Mr. FRANCIS BOWLS', the Excise entry keeper,
produced his hook, in which appeared the following
entry, :—" I, William Molina, dealt" in M-
ire, cocoa nuts, and chocolate, living in fitortlium-
berland-afley, in the pariah of St. Catherine Cole-
man, do tl•is pith day ofJisly, 1817, make this my
rutty• of alt and every the places by me made use of
for the keeping of coffer, tea, cocoa nuts, and cho-
colate, that is to s iy, two rooms on the ground-flour
fur roasting coffee. (Signed) MN. 141•LINS."
There was soother entry of the 45th Jan. 1314.
of a like description, in which lie entered the ware-
house on the ground floor in Crown-street, in the
parish of Si. Giles's.
Thomas Jones. the witness examined upon the
former prosrent 1111 l s, proved that he had been em-
ployed by John Malin• mid a person of the Siame of
Proctor, to gather the leaves of white and black
thorn, which were afterwards manufactured butts
imitative tea. Hr employed a man of the name of
Rimer to assist him. They got 2d. per pound for
the I so gathered. It sock three pounds and
halfor four p do of green !raves to make a pound
of tea. Hr then described the mode of making the
t. i by bnrhug, Nisei sing, drying, mid colouring
with, kgabort, Dutch look, and venligrise. Mitt'
the tea as. made. hr carried it nut in semis pound
parcels to different grocers. To Mr. Palmer, Gray,
a►nl others. He took some to the Deft octant's house,
in Crest Rusaell-start, Bloomsbury. In the hills
of parcels delivered witl► this composition it sat
called B. 11. or British Herbs. It oat in May he
took son►c to the Defendant's; there 'were about
weight, and they were tied op in 71b. trigs.

The first parcel he took there he carried through
the house into a little yard: the son of the Defen-
dant carried it up rashes, the Defenrsent ;wing pre.
I stet, Ile yank some asoraiti July. Mr. John Malin*
sehl he wes doubtful of having it seised if it eemaineal
where it was, in Gouldstoordareet, and therefore
*et it up to his father's. Willows* went three titnee,
and carried more these 501 h. ate time. It wallah car-
ried up stairs. and was afterwards sold to grocers at
the wed end alive 'two --part was take n into the
city. Willie's.' Matins war the master of the house
in Greta Russell-street, vied desired the tea to be
carried sip stairs.
Crost•erarmined by Mr. Ketnwr.til.
Never sor .5 employed by Wm. Malmo. the Dr..
Pitchout, tot/other leaves. Was engird in wino-
factoring imitative tee front the leder end of April
to the latter end or July. Jodie Mahe. paid him.
Took some of the leaves to Non thuniberland-elley
before they were miumfactured to be weighed.
Ne err saw William Slaloms on those occasions.
J. Malin, elesi,ed him to take the imitative tea to
hie father's, hi Greet Russell-street. He never
asked for twrosir.ime of eery out to put the bags se
the cock-haft. lie orient up with some of them to
the cock-lott, but mild not tell whether permit.
anon was asked of the landlord, who wares poulterer.
'l'hrre was a common passage through the pout-
tercel shop. John Malin* slept at his father's
house.
In re-examination, witness said, Wm. Wins
treat one of the bags up stairs hioncelf, mud directed
his sou to take up the rest.
John Baxter was employed wish the last witness
to gather leave.. Hr fir-t took them to Jones'.
I .e. but afterwards tarrirtl them to W 11441111
M41111,' coffee-roasting preissi-oes, in Northumber-
land-envy. lie took them there to he weighed,
and frCrlVtll 411. err 1101111.1 fur all he tonoghe..—
They wets sub....queasily carried to Gould.totoe-
street, Whierchapel, to lie ruassufactureel. When
he i-enried tier leaves to Northoonsberland-alley. he
tionnetinws saw West. Matins there, mod sometimes
John Lewes, one of the eforknieit. At first lie re-
ceived his motley in Nerthotriberlandealley, but
afterward". he got it (den John Merlins.
Jobe Lewes—teas a *errant to Won, Wins, in
Noorthisrulmolund-odloy, in 1317. He rensetnbered
Jolters awl dexter !oriole eniplo eel to gather leaves;
they gathered a great quantity ; he could not ray
Low much. They r, err brought to him to be weigh-
ed, in order thi.t the pasties might know what they
were to receive for gathering theta. Witooeme lived
tan years with the DA-lid:silt ; during that time, his
bosisieds was conducted by his son, John
The Defendant I ttttt self lived in Great Russell-
street. Blonm.bury. lie recollected some of tier
itssitodive tea : it Nan sold its 7110. bags.
In cross-eXtittlil4l4lloll, cites.,., *Kid a man of the
mule of Goodwin ocesspied the hewer port of the
Defetident's house in II tele 11-strect.
John Williams el.O lived servaut with the De-
freehold. lie Jusw, 1817, he was fetched from the
preostisets in Crown-street to Gain Russell-street,
Icy K. Malone. On getting there he yaw the De-
ferodaut, who brought dowse blade a hag. which he
pee witness. to carry ; wito.ese did not know whet
was its the bag. Mr. Richard M dins want with
him. They first writ to Mr. Nlarshell, a grocer,
*so I ligh.streo t, St. Geles.s, sheer he delivered two
jasper parctie from the bag. They these went to Mr.
CONN r, • grocer, where they delivered tau more; theta
to Mr. Bootle's, the grocer, is. Oxford-street, where
they delivered four parcels ; soul lastly, to Richard
Bickerton... where they delivered two other par-
cels of tier same sort. One of the Litter parcels was
lorokete and tonne of its contents spilled is. the bag.
When witness got home he turned the bag inside
out, and saw a substance very much reserubliug
tea, which he tasted ; but it did not taste like tea.
to cross-examination, witsiess said he was a coffee-
roaster, and was emplined by William Melillo, the
iiefentlant, usetsl last Saturday night. Mr. Richard
Wins gave him warning lest Monday week.—
fe could not Pay elopes he told of this leissittess.—
Ile mentioned it half se-yo ar ago to John Lavers.
It was no secret bet were tome and John Lawns. He
never told any body belonging to the Exciow.
In re-examination he said, it was Mr. William
loiosiself who gave I the beg.
Mr. RNoWees addressed the Coati and Jury on
the part of tier Defendant.
111 r. Baron Mtn tem, in soldre..itig the Jury,
observed. that the learo.e.l Consosel for the Crown
this Nose had suede au objection na pond of law,
which it was unfortunate ly hoe duty to decide. Ile
was of opeuiois that the objection wee soot well found-
ed sot law. It was urged very forcibly Neel very in-
geniously by the Learned Ganser' for the Defend-
aut. that is., proof lied been adduced of this person
having been a dealer en tea. But they must recol-
lect, that in the book of entries which had been pro-
minced from the Encise °Mee, the Defendant had
described himself as a tea-dealer, and to all intents
and purposes had riddled I self to the privileges
of that entry. But beside phi-, no evidence had
bees. offered to disprove the allegation ; and if be
were sent a tea-dealer, and sever hail dealt in that
corinuodsty, surely there timid be son difficulty in
calling witsieseee to that 'loud. Independent of
this, however, he had regularly entered himself as a
tea-dealer, and in his humble deprelieueion must be
considered so in point or law.
Ilis Lordship was thou about to read the evi-
dence in tie case. but tier Jury num t i ttttt slay de.
Glared themselves autielied, used found a veithet for
the Crown upon the two counts; the ooe for ma-
nufacturing 100 lbs. of imitative tee, send the other
for having I Wlbs. of such too in ii s poesessiou.
The total amount of the penaltiee upon these two
convictions being Two Thousand Ponno:s !
Mr. KNowiec submitted, that the verdict could
only be taken upon one count, tee the amooufactur-
mg df 100 lbs. of 'hie tea Naturally implied the pus-
etssion of that quantity.
The verdict was, however, entered as returned
by the Jury, euliject to the °prun' of the Court.
both as to tier 'menet, and us to the eufficieoicy of
the evidence of the Deksodatot bring a &elk r is. tea.
THE ATTORNEY-GENII:11AI. V. kICIIAND

Air. Wm. vita opened this calor. The iniurina-
ti.ni charged the Ittfeinlant. hr bting a dealer in
tea, with having in his pinuession a quantity of ma-
nufactured sloe and other leave% ns iininition of
ter, whereby he forfeited 101. for every puuud of
ouch leave,.

Mr. )AvMCEY was p►oceeding to date the par-
ticulars or the case, when—
Mr. JEa•ts, who apptartd as Comm! for the

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Defendant, said, he winil.l not give hi* Learned
Friend the trouble of proving the diagnating tootle
in which dna tea mot manufactured —Ol lie *irked
wa«, that he sho'uld ronline himself to the fact.

Air. DaDecry said, if this w.re the case, and
that the manufacture visa solcni. tr.!, all that was
necessary for him to do was to call a admits to prove
the tdelivery of own sea ea-pounds parcels of this
stuff to 11w fend.int.
John Williams was then called. He is the same
witness who was rtransined in the last cause. Ile
proved that he.was brought from the warehouso; im
Crown-street, to the house of the Defentlant,.Wil-
ham llalina, in Kussell-street, where a sack was
delivered to kin containing divers parcels. He
carried it out, and Mr. Richard Mathis IICC0111•
ponied hint. They delivered the parcels at dif-
ferent grocers shims, and ramie last to the Defend-
ant's. in Seven Dials. He delivered two 'parcels
there—one of these parcels was broke, and some cf
the eontetits were molt in the rack; Ile sah Mr.
Bickerton pay Mr. Richard When he.got
home he examined the wick—it contained a small
quantity of a crimposttiott like tea, blit which bad
not the flavour of tea.
In crow-examination. he eonhl wit . swear that
Mr. Bickerton was present. Mr. Bickerton had
three shopmen ; it was one of them, he believed,
that had paid Mr. Rich :All Malin,.
Mr. Baron Ittatatths having summed up the
evidence, the Jury found a verdict for the Crown—
' Privilty one hundred and thirty-five tanuttls, de-
ductiag five pounds for the the tea spilt its the sack
and not delivered.

ARCHES COORT, DOCTORS' COMMONS,
SAAmOir, Jvx 20.

litntr:F.93 V. BURGESS.

This was an 414 seal from the seittesite of the Con-
sistory Court, i a suit instituted by Mrs.. Mao
-Burgess- (daughter of Mrs. Ilic.rett. formerly pr.-
priettix of Vaulthall) against her husband, For reci-
lotion of conjugal rights. A counter allegation was
given in Oh the part of Boyce Borgess, Esq. (a
partner in ter !waste of Moffatt, Lane, Burgess,
and Co. hanker-j, no bar of his wife's suit, which
charged her with an adoiltcroili intercourse with
Mr. Lane, jun. a young iinais }can of age, and
a partner in that hello-.
The sentence of Sir William Scott, judge of the
Court below (mow appealed against) was, that
though on direct evidence of the adultery appeared,
yet, taking the whole rel geVer of circumstantial
and inferential facts pleadtd. he •Illt of opisrion the
suit of the wife was sufficienth barred by the coun-
ter proof of adultery given in by the lonsbuiorl ; and
that the Court was in duty Immo, to protostiace for
the divorce which Mr. Bargess sought to establish.
Counsel were this slay hated iu further argument
on the merits I f the caw.
Dr. LUSIIINGTON contended, 6.4 there was si
total defect of evidence in stoppOrt of the. Adultery,
inasmuch as a narked attention, and indecent fa-
miliarity beta eels the pains% (whilst oil * visit to
the family of Mr. Chamberlain, of Rise, in Essex,
deposed to by a variety of witnesses, servants to the
farad)), was rebutted by the het of 3lrs. Chamber-
lain and daughters, young• ladies present, never
having discovered any such symptoms of indelicacy,
otherwise they could not, consistently with their
own character, have suffered the visit of the parties
to be continued at their house ; and this fin. some
time after such evidence of the adultery had been
remarked. A strong circumstance deposed to by
the servants of 4r. Chamberlain, ass, tiering Mrs.
Burgess, 4111 two occasions, coining out of Mr.
Is-throom.
Sir Jou* Nittiol., after reviewing the whole of
the evidence io this case, was decidedly of opinion
that the adultery was made out to the satisfactiou
of this Conti, upon the circumstantial evidence ad-
duced; and therefore affirmed the sentence of the
Court below, by prossousscing fur the divorce.

OLD 841Litl. JUNE OP.

Thomsen Dtegood, the lad shim, whom Orator (Not made
so much noire on account of his helot apprehended fur
pulling damn route Mold-WIN which Omit considered
as tellecting 011 him. was mop ictril 14 striding a watch,
the property of J. Nirkie, a hatter. Dognoil war appre-
hended iin a charge of tittering forged notes, awl the watch
fumed 1111 him, which hr said he received from bus mother
three years ago ; but the officers retold migrated un it the
mime of Mr. Math., and the dale " MIN.* This led to a
discovery of the rubbery.
The rest of the thy was orriipied in trying cants Olga
importance.

PO I.IC E.

11011V-111TatrIr.
ATTACK UPON LORD CARTLEREAGH.

On Salm day, about one o'cicek, information was received
at the office, that after land Castlereagh had polled for Sir
Murray Maxwell he had heel, attacked and followed by a
snob with great violence, ss he was leaving the hustings,
and deairiug the immediate assistance of Dome officers to
protect his Lordship, and is collargncate Vickery and
II When, the facets, and a number of constables, ran off with
all possible speed to the assistance of the Noble Lard
0,. their arrival in 11-. Martin's-lane they found • mob
collected, to the another of about five bombed, as.
seisibleel Ponied a draper's shop, in which his Lordship had
taken refuge tinder the protection of John Smith, belonging
to P.ow.st►eet Office, in consequence of the violence
offered In his person, by throwing mod and various things
at him, but his Lordship received No material injury. On
the arrival of the posse of constable", his Lordship loft the
draper's shop and itericeeded under their protection to
l'haring.erosi, and took refuge in the Admiralty, the mob
following him and ming the most foul language and threat•
lowshls his Lordship. the alarm of the attack upon Lord
Castlereagh Waving reilehril she Horse Guards, the Of
on duly turned out his gnarl!, litP horses being its readiness
for osittintimg, list they proceeded no further than their
parade tutort•nn the gates.
Lori Castlereagh neat from the Admiralty through G.
Jamcii's Park to his house in St. James's-square, ■nd left
there ■M.at three o'clock for Ireland

- - -
ATTAux ON SIR M. MAXWELL, &c.
A men was taken into cristinly at the time Sir M. Maxwell
received the injury carer hi• rye, on suspicion of being the
person wit° sinew the substance al him. Ile was brought to
the I Mike and underwent Nil exas oo itt as inn li..lore Me. Bum sg,
when the suspicion. 'mai wit him tiring eery slight, the !Regis.
Irate took his word for his appearance can Friday evening,
which be accordingly did, ahem several persons who *ere in
the temporal y galleties, and who sae the man Ikat threw the
substance at Sir M. 3lazwell, attended, and declared 'rift
not to be the man.

Mr. Brown. the Secretary ti. the Westminster Fire OfSea,
attended, and glee him it moat eactileot character. He was
distlling..lond the 31algistrale told law wit►out the slight.
est intiktilsilid.n 1136.4 his elms-mire
Mr. Dawpnn, who c.....lurts Sir Murray Maxwell's elec.
lion, wit present dunng the examination. The can w►u

committed the violence brio; strongly motto tied to belong
Its one of the Fire insurauce Offices, and from his coat and
tombola he was thought to belong to the Sion Office, The
' fovefosio of that ))thee attended, and expreoned hie resells...4ls
to pnoloce sate of his men if a description of the man
in question could lie given. Th3l. however, not being
able to he done acenrately, it was suggested to him to sum.
mon the whole of his men to the race. They all attended
on Saturday before Mr. Hindi.. when the whitey. who aide,
theamin throwing in the front of the hisstinks attended, and
elec.eyeti none of the Sun tithe* men to be the limos. 'Miry
were accordingly not detained. .
We stated on Saturday that Mr. Ble...Xte had committed
no less than sixteen rubbers on Friday, for pietist pockets
among the crowd at.Coveut.garden ; soother was brought to
the office in the evening, Sam. Ilafrainwm, a well-known
character, whose conduct, with a gang of nix or seven where,
was at tended with • more darisig andatite than has been beard
of for some home. It appeared that about sin o'clock on Fri-
day evening, at the time Hunt's molt was in Norfolk-street,
Mr. Atk4lSoll, of Manchester, sal passing at the tame, when
he was holsterd to stop to set the procesoliugs, and directly
after he was attacked by a gang of robbers, at least seven or
eight in number; be was upon Isis guard against being
rubbed, having note, to the amount of I tn. iw hie pocket.
book; he held it on the outside has pocket, but the daring
gang put his ierecaution at debate,; one of them held him
by the collar, mid others forced his hood front Lie pocket,
and ran off with the pocket-hook.
Ale. Atkinson came to the Offire, to give information of
the daring robbery, and !wing positive that he could ideutify
one of the fliers, 11lesteote acentufaiiivel hint to sevenl pub-
Ile-lottoses; and on 'steering the Cornish •As nag, in Drury.
lane, he pointed smut the prisoner Hutchipson, Out at( twenty
men, as one of the robbers, and swore positivity so his be.
jog /he Man who heist him Ily the collar; in which he was
confirmed by a Geistlensan, who was • "horse Its she daring
outrage sod roblory.—The Prisoner was committed.
Mr. Hick", the 31stristrele, cosnmiltett Ilk inure pick.
pockets Ina Saturslay,fsuin Covent garden hustiogs--making
• 23 in two days.
HATTON GAIRDItn.
I'IPURIDUS TEA.
Saturday an information came oat to he toasted at this
office, before Tilisilas LEACH, Coal the sitting Magistrate,
solute a man of the name of Ednimol Ithodes,,s Tenter.
row, St Leopard, Shoreditch. chargs di with having/ on the
nth of Augiist last, dyed, tato bitted, and menials. tared,
divers large quantities, via one girt. of sloe leaves, one
cwt. of ash leave s, one cwt. of elder leaves, sod one cwt.
of the leaves of a certain other tree, is imitation of
tea, contrary to the statote of. the 17th of George 111.
whereby Ihe "aid Edmund Rhodes host, fur every pound °ranch
!tiers en inAlinfaitinn`d, forfeited the Runt of five pound.,
making the total of the penalties atirmint to 2,0n0t. The
second roust in the information charged the said (Hindi@
with ha. i e's in his possession the above goilitity of slow,
ash, elder, and welsh` leaves; tinder the tike penalty of 2poot
The thirst count charged him with having, on that said,
12th of Acivigt last, in his possession, divers quantities,
exceeding six pounds weight, of each respective kind of
hares; viz. fifty pounds weight of green sloe leaves, 50
pounsis weight of greets leaves of ash, 50 particle weight of
green leaves of elder, end 50 podinds weight of the green
leaves of a certain other his, nut haring !wowed that such
leaven were gathered with the consent of the owner! of the
tree, and !throbs from which they were taken, and that such
leaves were withered for some other use, and not for the
porpoxe of manufacturing the same io imitation of tea;
whereby be laid fort ited, for cash mood weight, the sum of
V. somminiimr, its the whole, to 1,031)1.; and; in &fault of
payments in esclp case, subjected himself to be.committed
to the 'louse of Currectiou fur nut muse than tactic mouths,
nor less thew she mnorlis.
Mr. Drool's, who appeared for the Defendant, win) was
alistMi, said that he was a very poor man, with a family of
five efftlshren, and wets only the servant of' the real matinfac-
'neer, being an ignorant mow from the country, put into
the premises to carry on the business, without knowing
what the leaves were intended fur. By &reef of Me.
Mayo, olio conducted Ike prosetution, ssieral barrels and
hags filled with the imitation tea, were then brought into
the office, and a sample from each handed round. To Ile
eye they stained • good imitation of tea. Mr. Denton, fur
the Defendant, pleaded not guilty.
Janies {Valera, an officer of Excise, proved Navin; .eirsed
Cite sommlans on the Defendant in the presence of tall wife.
The evident* was then gone into, and it appeared, ow the
oaths of lames Waters mill William Saunders, that, !lav-
ing entered at the back part of the Defindane's house, in
Tenter row, St. Leonard's, they found oone is the place
hut funr children. They fotsud some pans coutaiiiiug
trqttid (a !Mille. of which they produced), in which were
some of the leaves in a green state ; they threw the leases
away, and destroyed them. They also found some copper
and iron plates fur stoves to airy the leaves on when taken
mot of the paus. Or the first floor they found three large
helps ready sifted, and prepared in imitation of tea, each
hemp exceeding nue cwt. ; also seven wire sievet, and a
frame cuataioing In slides, with canvass bottoms for the
porpoise of draining the leaves previous to their being pot
on the stoves (the frames anal sieves were poiduced).
They shin found some Ditch pink anti logwood for giving
the leaves a proper dye. At litlf-pa.t eight is the evening
the Defendant said his wife came hone. He acktiowledgeil
the premier* were takes. for him to carry on the business,
considerimg it a manuftelory of scone; the Defendant mid
his wife slept there that ni7,ht, and appeared to he the chief
menage's and occupier* of the place. Mr. Mayo handed
the samples to several lea-dealers its the office, all of whom
tronsidered shim to be imitations of tea. He dad not press
messiest the liefesidant the first count, for flying and falai-
violin, our the third count, fur having the erten leaves in
his possession, but merely the second count for ba'ring the
dried leaves in his possession. He regretted he was not .
able to get at the principal mateurseturer, as his would '
prove • far more serious COUP 6811 1111111 of the grocers who
sold it, front the heavy penalties attaching to that office.
Under all the circumstances!, he would not press the ronvie-
timsfur more than one cyst. To this Mr Demou assented;
said the Dekuslent was convicted in the penalty of WIS.

On iVeilnevisy FFENRY Curt:, wit+ Acct.
ed M.P. for Montgomery, in the fOOlll of W. KEEN,
E.g. who hat' retired.
Lord KEN st n aToN lwing; (Ir-dined to offer him-
self again rnr the wpretrtit titian of the town and
county of SCOU 11E1 E of
Priisloroketiliire, is a candidate fur
the slime, loot likely to meet with any
billoll.

FROM A CORRIP.SPONDEPIT.—" In Grantham at
this moment are five different flags flying. Of the
five Candidates, Mr. Manhalts, the Lady-killer, as
they have named him, is of course the favourite of
all the lathes, being an uncommonly handsome
young man, about twenty-one years of age."

I he Paris Papers say that the celebrated Madame
M Amine is reconciled to her family, who consider
her conduct at Alfa a aufficieut atonement for the
errors committed at Itodes. %%re notice this as dB
instance of the dangerous facility enjoyed by the
females of France, of recovering from the come•
(jut:lees of c es the must degrading to their own
character, and most pernicious to the good order
and happiness of society.
The ('rows, 8/..teKnyfut, arrived in the Downs,
f Jimmies. fell in with, on the 14th ult. in tat.
30. N. lung. 77. W. au armed brig and a schooner,
under a blue, white and blue, flag. The Ini 14 hail-
ed the ('rows, and requested to know what nisi. of
war were accompanyilig the Spanish limieward-
houssil convoy, then in sight said they were lode-
pendent',; ausl, wishing her • pleasant passage,
hauled away for the Spanish comoy. Next day
heard • small tiring in the direct. of the convoy;
but being hazy weather, could not discern the ves•ehs.