The National Register.
London, England, 1808-05-08 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

nt PER YEAR.
7 Servants .2E4 16
8 .. 5 3
9
ilO

0 6

2 1
S 1(1
1 4
2 S

1
2
1

4
5
4

5 12

0
0
0

203

trAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Dispatches have been received at the Admiralty, which are
said to speak •f the Brest fleet as making motions indicative of
a disposition to put to sea.
The Brazil and East India fleets sailed from Portsmouth on
Friday ; the latter will not touch at theCape.—Lord latrangford.
Sir James Gambier, and several officers, sailed in the Brazil
fleet.
YARIWOVTFT, May s.—The gun-boats which accompany the
expedition are about 30 tons burden, sloop rigged. and carry one
long 18-pound carronade aft, on a traversing swivel ; they draw
three feet nine inches water, and row 28 oars.
The British force now in the Baltic is seven sail of the
line, five frigates, and several gun boats. The Danes have only
one 64, several armed ludiamen, and gun-boats. The Russians
cannot move as yet, On account of the ice, and cannot bring out
more than twelve sail of the line. The Swedes have five sail of
the line, six frigates, and five gun-brigs, cruizing ofi Rugen.
6.—This morning, between four and five o'clock, Ad-
miral Keats arrived in the Mars, and saluted the Admirals

........
lying in these Roads; he was followed by the Audacious, 'V,
Sparrow 'Hawke, Ranger, Zebra, Pleartv, Piercer, and Ty-
greys, several gun-boats, and upwards of WW(► sail of transports,
with troops, &c. for the Expedition, and which are to remain
here until further orders.—Wind

Yesterday P. M. arrive(' the Stately amid Nassau, of 64 gur.
from the Baltic, and landed their sick and wounded.

POLICE.

PUBLIC-OFFICE.. BOW-STREET.

On Monday, Joseph Mood', the soldier, Inlnneing to the :id
regiment of Foot Guards. was hronht up for n•-examination.--
A labouring man stated, titat :te saw. Bowden, who el:l6ns th,.
motley, in company with the prisoner, its the Three Compasst-s
public-brine, Drury-lane, on Tuesday tannin; at six o'stitei:.
they were both apparently In liquor, and ;tact- drink in.; t“01.,.
more with two girls who came in, they vs fon away. Sow.
other evidence was given of what passed while they I-email-4
in the public house. The prisoner was finally con:witted fur
trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute.

m t tur.ennor Gil- ST nr.E.r.

M' Donald was attl'riday charged by Mr. Russell. of Ono--
lane Theatre, with an assault on his danOner. It appeared by
the statement of Miss Russell that she was wall:Mg:llmeg Greet:.:
street, Sohn, about half-past nine o'clock ou Thursday evening.
when the Defendant accosted her in terms very familiar, woil
proceeded to al;.e further untrarrautable liberties. The youn,e;
lady requested him to desist, awl her father, who was on liore-
b.:ck at a short distance, informed him that the lady W;:3 his
daughter, and advitsed him not t r moleit her. Some words arose,'
which were followed by blows, at the commencement of which,
Mr. it. made free use of the handle of hor-ewhip, and after.,
wards pugilistic skill, of which the Defendant, not withstanding-
his Herculean form, exhibited man' dreadi%,l rents, particu-
larly on his head, which was 11111,t hideno-Iv distt:rureil.. The
watchman at length interfered, and the Derrialant was given in
charge, which he retaliated on Mr. Ritseli, hut the lessons of
late given in Westminster-hall, seem to hart. pat Peace-officers
on their guard, aryl the latter charge was rejected. The Prose-•
cutor did not desire the Defendant should he hoLl to bail, the
• Magistrate having given it as Iris opinion tliat he had been de—
servedly and severely punished, and he .was consequently dis-
charged.

Hill.
On Friday morning, in Caroline-places, the Lady of Captakt
Chariei iiralrien, of thes NN Pitt East Indianian, of a son.
MARRIED.
Ey special licence, at Hampton Surrey, the seat of
Edward 13. Loo g, E q. Sir IN ckon Rycroft, flart. to Miss Mar-
garet Mandeville.

DIED.
On Wednesday last, :It Rickley. in sent' Mary Ann, cream/
daughter of the Rev. lienry Drummond, Rector of i
county of Southampton..
Lately, at I,auteit-en-le-Morthen, Yorkshire, the old Par:itt
Clerk of that village, aged 94 scan; : during that period his
sight was so strong that lie had no orrasinn to use spectacle's. and
tilled faithfully the following situations 'l6 years—parish clerk,
sexton, grave-digger, parish-ringer, and due-whipper : an!, in
his youthful days, he reaped with a sickle five statute acres of
w!teat in five days. .

'1

I

~~~