The National Register.
London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

BUENOS AIRES. JULY io.—The Confederacion Patriot
privateer arrived here on the atii i.nst. from Ensenada, and is
fitting out tin a cruiser ; she will mount about 14 guns, and is to
sail aibmit the end of this month.

11.%itia, Jr 1.1( 10.—The trice da Gama, which arrived here
on the 14th inst. (runt the East Indies. lied an engagement with
a Patriot privateer off this harbour on the tith, and again on
t,te.ltli, and, after an hour's contest. the privateer sheered
The Mercurio, tram this port to Mozambique, which returned
here on the 4th inst. after being taken and re-taken, was plun-
dered of 20,000 dollars.

The Hound revenue cutter, Capt.. Kennedy, cap-
tured a large smuggling lugger ut sea on Tuesday,
off Brighton, with a crew of 10 men, and contraband
property to the amount of upwards of 10001. The
latter has been deposited in his Majesty's Custom-
house at Shoreham; the lugger run into the harbour
of that place, and the men, suitably guarded, have
been removed to Portsmouth.
Loss OF THE SHIP LIVERPOOL—Extract from a
letter, Brig Francis, a Plymouth, August
am extremely sorry to inform you of the loss of the ship
Liverpool, on the morning of the Bth of May last, at y,
a. nt. when she unfortunately struck on a reef of rocks
off &risco, in lat. 1 deg. Is min. north ; she instantly
filled with water. At day-break we were surrounded
with a number of canoes, well maimed and armed;
they soon got possession of the ship, and immediately
the decks were crowded with blacks, ['Mustering in all
directions, stripping us naked, and throwing us into
their canoes; among whom I noticed Captain Realm,
without a stitch on bins, who was only recovering from
a long sickness. Ode of the crew was shot by the
.Africans previous to our being taken out of the ship.—
We were taken to the shore all in different canoes, and
placed in separate towns. The only place the natives
nailed to was Gaboon, where I arrived on the pith
May. I waited on Prince %Villiam, and prevailed on
him to go down and purchase the captain and the
remainder of the crew. After relating the distress we
were in, he cemented, and set sail on the foliowing
morning, and on the 22d he arrived as Gaboon, with
Capt. Bean and four of the crew. There was a French
brig and a Portuguese schooner lying in the river. The
French captain purchased Captain Beast, J. Stowell and
myself, and was good enough to give us passage to Mar-
tinique, where we arrived ou the 16th of July; front
thence to Dominique, where I shipped along with J.
Stowell on board.of the Francis, bound to London.—
Captain Bean was to leave Dominica on the I st August,
in the Ealing, Grove, for London. The protest was not
noted at St. Pierre. Captain Howard left us at Tom
Short's oil the day we took our departure, which was the
Ist of May. ‘Ve lost 15 of the ship's crew, and three
belonging to the cutter. Captain Campbell is dead.—
The Ottawa arrived at Calabar after the Union Island."
Extract of a letter from Capt. Short, of the Atlas, dated Ma-
dras, 2eith April.—•• 1 experienced, 70 miles to the southward of
Madras, a very heavy gale, which continued from the tuth to the
March. It carried away my jib-boom, and, for the safety
of the ship, was obliged to cut away all but the gallant mast.
During the gale, the ship Painters and another went down at
their anchors."
The East India Company's ship Earl of Balearras arrived at
Bombay the 3oth April ; she parted company with the London
on the 12th February, in 14. 15. 50. N. lung. 52. 5./. W. The
Thames arrived at Bombay on the Ist May. The Dorsetshire,
outward bound, was expectea to proceed on her voyage from St.
Helena 2d July.
The Painters, Kemp, is lost ; crew saved, and arrived at Ben-
gal the 12th April; from Madras.
The Minerva, Virow, front Gothland to the Brazils, having
sprung a leak, put into Calmar the 20th ult. to discharge and
repair.
The Petrel, Spedding, from Liverpool to Gibraltar, was
wrecked the Bth ult. at Catmint Point; very little of the cargo
expected to be sated. •
rhe W. P. Johnson, Dawes, from Liverpool to New Orleans,
put into Cork the Bth inst leaky.
The New Jersey, front Liverpool to Alexandria, was driven
on shore on Long Island the 10th ult.—cargo expected to be
saved.

i'ma DEAD Ablva.—Wednesday afternoon .Johnson,
the beanie of the parish of St. Thomas's, Southwark,
waited on Mr. Shelton, the Coroner fror London and
Southwark, at his office in the Vol Bailey, with a let-
ter float the steward of Guy's-hospital, intimating that
a man was 1-rought there that morning, in consequence
of his having fallen (Ala scaffold, and that he died almost
immediately. Mr. Shelton issued his warrant for an
inquest to be lio:den on the body, and the beadle re-
turned and summoned a Jury, who were to sit the fol-
lowing evening; in the inuring the dead luau was
removed to the dead-house, and several of the students
accompanied the body, to learn what internal injuries
lie had sustained. Some appearances, however, led
them to believe that life was not extinct, and, in o:der
to try the experiment, ihey applied themselves st
ith un-
abated ardour to use the means generally adopted in
iestoring animation. After the lapse of a lew hours
animation was restored; and he was able to itletioiy
several of his trietids who were iii attendance to
the necessary preparation, for his hinial. lie is now
considered to Leto a lair way of recovery.
A melancholy occurrence took place lately in the
barrack-yard at Londonderry. The Quarter Ni:eittr
Serjetnit of the fusileers, a young DIM of excellent cha-
racter, observing a Fit ate, who is a tailor, somewhat
disorderly, and mtglectiog business, desired iii
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repair to his wink 111 lice minutes, otherwise lie vs oind
have him punished. The other replied, that in less than
five minutes lie would do fur a tyrant; whereupon the
soldier immediately retired to die barracks, and tenoned
to the yard with a ket in his hand. The (Joan"
NI aster asked him what he was going to do woo the
musket; "to shoot you" was the answer. The Quarter
Nlaster, as it is supposed, believing lino to be 111
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extended his arms and desired him to proceed, oti wroto
tile soldier levelled Ins puce and shot him through the,
mad. lie hell to the ground, anti itistantly owed
without littering a word. The horrid VtletChl Who vtt•
pttrated the cm tid murder has been committed to prison

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On Monday o;eofthi; most extraordinary examina-
timis relative to the identity of a dog occurred at tins
Mice, we hate ever witnessed. Mr. Summers, a but-
cher, re:tiling in Sk Muer Street, Somers Town, appeared
to a summons at the suit of George. Fisher, Esq. of
Euston Square, to show cause why he detained a
taln-
able Newionnilland dog. his property, which dog had
been missing about four months, atid a reward 01 two
guineas advertised for Isis recovery. Ripley stated,
that he had the dog a puppy, and that it was in his
possession about three years and a half; that he Mit the
dog about twelve months ago, and offered a reward of
fit e guineas for his recovery; and in conseqn:lice of
which reward Mr. William Audit", a constable of St.
Pancras, hrooght hid) the dog front Padnington, and
paid the live polkas to die person who restored it; that
about four months ago he lost the dog again, and had
souse posting bills stuck up, offering a reward of two
guineas for his recovery, but that the dug was never
brought back ; that about a week ago a gentleman, a
frieuil of hls, then present, knew the dog, which he
saw followiiig the (kleinlaut ; and after watching him
home, his friend informed him, the plaintiff, of the cir-
cumstance. Mr. Ripicy, accompanied by Mr. Audley,
the constable, who could swear to the identity of the
dog, went to defendant's house, where they. saw the
dog, and being well satisfied as to the identity of the
dog, he offered the reward and claimed the dog, but Nlr.
Summers refused to deliver it up. Mr. Ripley then pro-
duced a host of witnesses to prove the identity of tile
dog, which he said he would not part with for twenty
guineas: it is a beautiful animal, black, with a white
breast, four white feet, and a white blase on his face.

Mr. Summers being called on for his defence, stated
that he had the dog six months in his possession, being
two months before Mr. Ripley lost his dog. lie knew
the dog about tw:lve months before nt the possession of
Mr. Jennings, a builder, lately deceased, from whom he
had tile dog; and lie produced a number of respectable
witnesses w prove the dog was three years in Mr. Jen-
nings's
A man of the name of Stevens proved selling the dog
a puppy, three years and a half ago, to M r. Jennings.
Mrs. Jennings, her apprentice, her lodgers, several
of her neighbours, and woikinen, were ready to swear
the dog was three years in the possession of Mr. Jen-
nings before he gave it to the defendant. The plaintiff
and a number of the most respectable witnesses were
equally prepared to swear to the identity of the dog,
which they called Catu; the defendant called him Plato,
and the dog readily answered to both 11:11.1CS.
Magistrate, Mr. Rogers, declared he found it impossible
to decide, and he dismissed the complaint. Mr. Sum-
mers took the dog, an i Mr. Ripley declared his intention
of bringing an action for the rt covert( of the dog.
MANSION-110U:;E.

A young man named Weetlon, was charged by 'Air.
Tucker, stationer, of Budge-row, with har•ing embezzled
the sum of 32L I Is. 4d., under the follow:lig cireum.
stances :

Mr. Tucker stated, that in April last the prisoner
called at his house, and told Mtn he could get a great
deal of business for the house, and would undertake to
serve it at once. Witness accepted of his sers'ices, and the
prisoner sold a considerable quantity of goods, but he
found the most correct return had not been made' by
the prisoner, and on that account made a narrow enquiry
into his conduct. lie ascertained that the stun of 321.
I Is. 4d. had beets paid by a linendraper, i!s Great Suriey-
street, into the hands of the prisoner without being ac-
counted for, and he accused ts:un of having feloniously
embezzled the same.

A clerk to the linendraper stated that the prisoner
sold to the house a quantity of paper, and delitTred a
bill of parcels with it, amounting to the slim of 381. 7s.
3d. Witness settled the account, having deducted two-
pence a bundle, and taken off a discount of 84. There
then remained a balance of 321.1 Is. 4d. The prisoner
took 151. in linen-drapery, and witness gave him a
banker's draft for 171. I is., being the balance of the bill
of parcels.
The prisoner said he was not a seirant to Mr. Tucker,
and could nut therefore come within the operation or the
act under which he had Leen cihitged ; he also declared
that Mr. Tucker had agreed to consider it a debt.--lle
was fully co 11111 l Uteri.
GUILDHALL.

CHARGE er FORGER Y.—A iniddle-ag,ed man, whose
mine we forbear to mention, out of regard to the res-
pectability of his family connections in the city, was
brought before Mr. Alderman J. J. Smith, by Leadheater,
the marsiiclinaii, who had apprehended 111111 lal a
warrant granted a fortnight ado, tyon a cl,arce ot
forgery.
The prisoner it appeared by the evidence ofSaurucl
Cocks, of Baguio Unlit, Neug.tte Street, agent to
Messrs. Lea :Ind Butcher, carpet manufacturers, had
had been employed by twat Mtn to sell ;tools on commis-
coo ; much confidence had been placed in litin, and so
desirous were those gentlemen of giting him et ery res-
pectability in his trallsJeltOllS on their account, that he
was permitted when necessary, to draw hills in his
own name upon the parties to whom he made sales,
in the same It:1114M as if he had been a prticipal iu ON
firm.

In the course of these transactions the prisoner gave
in an account ul goods sold so Mr.iatneb(;legory of Bow,
to the amount of 491. 12,. bd., and paid into the firm
for the same bill or:Iwo by hon,clf upoo (i,o•ory,
and purportiog to be accepted by tire latter, fur the
above sum, at two umlauts hate.
Subsequent traitsactions having created suspicion that
all was not right in the prison is poccetlingi,
.enquiry
was mule as to this bill, when it hutted out thal ho b (left
person as Mr. James (;legury was 1:110W11 at Bow ; a;.(1
upon the bill being exhibited before disc l‘lagistrate, Mr.
Cocks swore to Ins lion belief, th.tt the whole of the

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