The National Register.
London, England, 1812-12-20 00:00:00

DEG 20.

,!,ere he found himself placed in the pump well, abaft the main-mast,
%ilien he recovered his senses ; and there he akii saw two more of lus
saipirtates, and a stranger, who was in a sailor's dress. Witness then
came on deck, where he saw M'Dk.riuot, Thompsou, Cook, Fisher, and
Drown, and he also saw Lord Sligo on hot't d that evening on deck, who
asked hint his name, when witness to!d hi, name, and that he belonged
to the Montague. Thee were then tso miles from shore. Next ni,,rn-
tit, he again saw Lord Sligo, being than perfectly sober, when he was
„„Akins on the deck with a shipmate of the M.mtague, of %s Melt they
were talking, Lord Sligo, again asked their names, tind they answered
that they are Elden awl Storey, and that these were the names by
they we'd onboard that Kelp's ship, but Storey told Lis Lordship,
that being men of war's men it vv.,uld not do to go by their own names.
III:I Went on :lie quarter-deck, and Defendant gave the name of Wm.
Smith w the Witness.
Thotnas Fisher, Dennis Sullivan, and William Brown, gave evi-
dence to the same effect, as did Mayne and Richard Co ,ke.
Lieuten int Hay was next called. Ile was the Officer belonging to
the Active, who was sent on board the Plvades to search for cieserters,
and he stated that he found none, Lord Sligo said that had none in
his ship.
The case being finished on the part of the Crown,
Mr. DacNcrY, on behalf of the defendant, addressed the Court and
Jury at considerable len,s.th. lie contended, that although his Nehle
client might be found guilty of his having King's seamen on board his
ship, he was ihcapable of et:tieing them, or of causing them to be en-
ticed therein front any of his Majesty's vessels, and stated, that he
should prove that his Lordship's servaws acted on this occasion with-
out the privity of their Nulale Master. He then proceeded to cad his
witnesses.
The first was Edward Needham, a servant of Lord Sligo, He was
called to 'hew that the men emph:yed by hint were so employed by
witness without-the privity of Lord Sligo, they representing themselves
as not belonging to tiny ship of his Majesty. His evidence generally
went to that effect.
He underwent a cross-examination by the Advocate-General.
Some other witnesses were then called, in behalf of the Noble
Defendant.

The Counsel for the prosecution replied ; and
Lord ELLEN AORO CO n, with suitable comments, summed up the evi-
dence ; and at half-past one in the morning the Jury returned a ver-
dict of Guilty on all the counts except one.
Thursday, the Marquis of Sligo attended to receive sentence, when
Mr. SCA n LETT, his Counsel, tendered to the Court. an affidavit in %hid)
his Lordship solemnly declared, that he had no knowledge of
men being on board his vessel till otter leaving the port of Malta. %%
ith
regard to their subsequent concealment, he colifessed, with deep coney in,
his error, resulting Irvin rasline,s and iudiscration. and he w is anxious
to impress upon the Court his carne-i desire of making every reparatii n
in hi- power. "Ilie Marquis then appcariug at the inner bar of the Cowl,
t4rar Wm, Sco rr, iv;thessed on the magnitlade of the oil enc.,
of which he had been convicted, and after a suitable admonition, lie
passed the followinv, sentence, viz. that the Marquis should pay a tine
of 5,000/. suffer four months imprlAnuent in Newgate, and be furtla,i
i oprisoncd tiil tic line is paid.

John Pruce was indicted for the wi'ful murder of James Dean, at
1\lil(ord Ii iven, oil the 1111:;1 seas. • -Mr. Jervis detz,iled the circAnt-
stance3 of the case. he jece;ised was a buy in the service 4)1 Janies
Wiilers, a ferryman at, MiltOrd Haven; the prisoner, in September last,
wctit at r !.iot to Waters, and desit cd to be firried over. He was in-
formed th it it was t o Leta, and slept that nOtt on a settle in Waters's
Lange; the next day he at first declinvd ruing over, but soon aisle',
itlit:n Waters vave his hey a 11. note and latrteen shdlingq, to procure
some ale in t barrel, the prisoner changed his mind, and he and the
buy cut in the beat too(ther : as they were crossing the ford, .t von:,
tuur.ser was heard from a boat ott the water ; but the Wail Who litar,l
it. conceived, though he knew the voice, that it wastruerely -James Dean
crying out because somebody was beating .biro: some time afier, the
o:ce sta., lyard again inure faintly, anti the boy was seen struullug
I 'y hldof a boat, w !life a man in the boat was pnshill hint away
a:I, :in oar. Time body of the boy was found in the evening, with the
tlituat cut ; and the prisoner %% 21b npprehended the next day. The b,:at
v.d% very bloody, and the bottom t.t it was a 11. note and some
ul,O found upon the prisoner. The-e cirt.um-
stances were bully proved by the evidence, and the prisoner when called
tat tor his detence, 'slid, the charge was true. The Jury found blot
Cadr!;; and being ;01;03 %%liit he had to say why sentence of Death
14041 kot pas' upon hint ? replied, " Give me as long It day ,115 yoo
cAtt. tay Lord, that I may make my peace with God us well as I can.''
—art 11'+•liarn `sort then scforoed Into to be executed on Mund:iy next,
at Ekeelifloit Duck, anti to be di.sectcd 3,4 anatomized.
stomas Youni;busband, a native et Lierir%ici:, wit:i+l.-4ViSe etlo4/1,