The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-21 00:00:00

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PORTSMdtJTII, FEs. 19.--L-Sailed the Chi/dors Sloop;
Capt. INNES, and the Rettig Gun-brig, Lieutennut
liVnrsulT, with a Conroy for Lisbon and Oporto.
The Dreadnought, of gR guns, Capt. LEctimritz,
and the Thames Frigate, Capt. TAYLEa, are dropped
down to St. Helen's.

The Antelope, Of 50 guns, Captain BAiELY, is
again appointed one of the Convoy for the East In=
dianien at this Pori.

FEB. 20.—=This day arrived a considerable number
of Outward-bound Ships, almost all without an;
chors and cables ; amongst them are, the- Afetca(
Baring, and Lord Duncan East Indiamen ; Janzes;
MIcHsLL ; Regiment, GARNEtT ; Charming Kitty;
KING; Centurion, DOUGLAS; Dwina, HAYLEsi
Sisters, i Blenheim, MILLER ; Preston,
ED-
WARDS ; UraVia, FRExcH ; and Alexander;
M'LAULIN.

Arrived also two American Ships, arid the Esttz•
fette, FENGUR, from Copenhagen to Leghorn, de-
tained by the Diamond Frigate.
The Dreadnought of 93 guns, which sailed last
evening, put back this day. to Spithead.
Arrived the Indefatigable, 74, from Plymnutl.
Hermes Sloop of War, SIBLY Explosion" Bomb;
and Cracker Gun-brig from the Downs.

SHEERNESS, Fm 3. 18.—This morning, about three
o'clock, it came on to blow a strong gala frOm the
North, shortly after the wind veered to the N. E.
when the gale increased to that 'degree, and conti-
nued the greatest part of the &iy, accompanied by
snow and sleet, that several 'Transports and Ale:
chant Vessels drove on shore at the bick of the
rison, and two on the Nore Sand. The Spy Sloaii
of War, lying at the Little Nore, has lost her. tire.-
mast and bowsprit, 'we suppose by some of the above
Vessels driving foul of her. The Men of War have
rode out the gale very well; except brinjing home
their anchors a little; and the Merchantmen anti
Transports have not, as we hale; yet learu,A, re-
ceived any very serious daMage.
FEB. 19.--MI the Ships at the Nore and in Flar
hour have their yards lowered, and topmasts struck,
FEB. 20.—Some Merchant Ships passed for the
DoWns. No arrivals, nor any Men °Mar sailed;
since the 17th.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 1.-Sailed the following Packets
Princess Elizabeth, Ktbn, with two Mails for Lis-
bon ; Prince of !Pales, -TODD, with one Mail for
Lisbon ; Princess Elizabeth, FORRESOALE, with
Mails for Gibraltar arid—Malta ; Prince Ernest;
PETRE, with Mails for New York and Halifax ; and
the Duke of Marlborough,-BULL, for Jamaica.

DEAL, FE8.20.-*=Arrived His Majesty's Ship
Sokbay, and several others, With damage ; they
were among the Ships blown out of the Downs in
the gale on the 18th instant ; and remain in thd
Downs with the Ships as per last.
Came down from the River, the Worceiler East.
Indianian, bound to India; and the Fami; BEAND,
for Demerara.

YARMOUTIr, Fin. 19.—0 n Wednesday the isth
inst. at about tbree o'clock in the morning; a most
violent gale came on very suddenly from the N. E.
end continued till the evening, the dreadful effeEts
of which appear all along the coast tbr several miles
to the northward and southward of this Port. The
Snipe Gun-brig ran on shore on a sand, called the
South-ham ; she had on board a number of French.
Prisoners—upwards of fifty persons were lost, and
she will fall to pieces.
There are driven Upon the beach opposite the
town the Echo, of Shields, R. HARDY Master, cre
saved ; and a small Fishing=vegsel belonging 'to
Harwich.

At Caester—the Lord Duncan, Ceres, atid.lndusg
try, supposed to belong to Newcastle. •
At Hasbototigh—fhe Margaret, of Sunderland;
crew saved; another Vessel from -the same Port,
crew lost except one man ; a Brig, name unknown,
crew saved ; two Vessels on shore at Triturningharn;
and one fOundered at sea off Hasbdrough, crew lost.
Between Yarmouth and Lowestotf=the 'Tartar;
of and from Shields, for London, with coals, 'C.
GRANT Master, lost, and the master and nine of the
crew perished; the Jane, of and from Aberdeen;
for London, with oats, A. ALLEN, Master, lost;
crew saved ; the Pomona, of Plymouth, from Sun-
derland, with coals, J. TRAMAYNE Master, lost,
crew saved ; a Boat driven on shore with the name
of Ulysses on,.her stern, and another Boat with the
name of NATII, Baowlki, and a Humber Keel; with'
out any person on board.
On Winterton Beach—,the Fortitude, of Shieldt;
SWELL Master, the Trelawney, of Yarmouth, FELL
Master, with corn, for Dantzic, crews saved ; a
Bark and a Brig, names unknown, which are en.,
tirely gone to pieces, and the crews lost.

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C-onsiderable apprehensions are entertained fol.'
the safety of the Runt& Cutter, in the service of
the Customs at this Port.

YARNIOUTH, FEB. 20.-4 t is now certain thit the
Hunter Revenue . Cutter (for the safety of which
some fears had been entertained) was entirely lost
on thebeach, near Hasbcirough, on the lgth inst.
the Capt. Mate, and crew, consisting of 30 men,
all perished.

During the gale the Diaatot, of 64 guns, 'drove
on board the Stately, carried away her stern-;alley;
and the DiaatOr lost her bowsprit.,
The pames'of several other Vessels wrecked neat
here haVe been colleaed, among which are the fol.
lowing : Nel:ron, of Hull, F. WRIGHT Master, crew
saved; Elbell, of Newcastle, J. RONALD Master.,
crew saved ; Breeze, of Hull, and Cha• les and
Mary) pf Boston.

Mr. Parwiis, of Bridge-street, has given Mr:
JAMMIWEBB TOBIN four hundred pounds for the
CoiirFight of the CURFEW, written by his late bro.
tlier, John T 08164,: Esq. and the Publication will
take place on Monday morning.
Billy BaldwinwasonThwiday conviaed at the Old
Bliley, for taking guineas and half-guineas.—The
B: r:istery.vhen they heard the name and tl offepte,
greed he Inuit have b.-en uo old Qiiivider.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY NI,:

MURDER OF MR. ST EEL.

.is case. which , has for upwards of four years
past been inl;olved in the greiteSt. Mystery; w Bich
..-ifag 'given rise to-various conleAnts, and relative to,
which several persons have .4tt, different tittles been
' su,ileeted, some of whom have been examined be-.
f supposed-perpetrators
be-
tine Magistrates as the sused.Perpetrators of the
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sisrocl-irS rolirder : this ititricatt, c:l4e this,dav-umler-

vent the most solerna investigation, in a trial which
" lasted. seven hours, and, a quarter. Sir Stmozsr Lc
BLANc trt.ed the case, and vas assisted by Mr. Jus-
tice I-In'Aint Sir TII.OMAS MANNERS SUTTON, and
t -Itecorder of-the City of London. •
Jplui Ziollowav, alias. Oliver, a man about six.feet
high, of a strong athletic form,, at d.Oteeti Haggerty,
alias Eggerty- , werearraigned,•on the oaths ;of John
, Vickery and others, on suspicion • of the murder of
Join Cole Steel, jn:the Parish of Henston,, in,- the
• Co,lnty of Middlesex,. on the 6th of November,
There_were two counts in the Indi&ment ;
the one -stated the offence to have been committed
by the infli&ion of divers Vows with a stick or
cudgel ; the other, that the crime, had been coml.
filitted by strangulation of the deceased.
" The pleadings were opened
Mr. GuhNey then addressed. the Jury in a speech
'of coffsiderable length, on the part-of the 'prosecn-
tion. He began-by most'. humanely giving, his ad-
vice to
.the Jury, that they should not sutler them-
selves to be so fax inflamed by a spirit of indigna-
.tion against a crime of such magnitude, as that
was now imputed to the Prisoners at the bar,
as to let it escape their memory, that every thing
that fell, from the Witness tbr the Crown,
W-7as to be received with the utmost caution, where
itAvas-nnsuPportedhy, any other evidence; neither
would:they, he was sure, permit their minds to he
_1
for a Moment led a A-ay by any rumours which might 1
hive reached them as to the part which the Pri-
soners were suppOscd to have borne in this trans-
It was equally as important a duty with a
Jury, that.they should see that the innocent were
,freed frOm'aceusation, as that, the:guilty should he
delivered over to that punishment which theoffend-
ed lawn of their country demanded.. He then detailed
the .circumstances of the case, which were .after-
wards stated in..evidence ; •concluding with an ob-
serVatidn, that the Jury would have two objeos,.in
view, Ist, that of the guilt of the Witness Haufield,
and of this they would have abundant confirmation;
Vdly; as to t!le guilt or innocence of .the- Prisoners,
and that . they would have_ to conclude according
as the circumstances of the case,might,warrapt them,
and according to the best of :their judgment, from
the different evidence that they would have bete
them.

Thomas _Stephen Gerard Meyer, brother-in-law
to the late Mr. Steel, deposed, that the deceased was
a distiller of lavender-water, living in, Catharine-
street, in..the Strand.' Oh Friday morning the sth
of November, .1802, he left town, for the purpose of
going-to Feltham, near Hounslow, where be had a
bouse, building, and some improvements making for.
carrying on his business more extensively. He soine,-
. times did not return to town so pundually as might
be expected, and no one went to the country to in-,
quire after him until the Wednesday following. The,
witness then went to Feltham, where he .was in-
formed that Mr. Steel_ had. left his house there on.
Saturday- evening, at Jaezit seven o'clock. . 143 e. then
made further inquiry, along with other persons
whom he engaged to go with hirn. for that purpose.
A great coat,. which he believed to have been that
of the deceased, which had 'some blood upon one of
the shoulders, an' old hat, and a thick stick, were
found upon ditfereht parts of the Common, and his
body was fouled on the opposite side of the road.---A
reward of 501. was then offered by the family for
the discovery of the perpetrators of.the murder.
-Henry Mandy, inspeaed the works, and
paid the men who were engaged at Mr. Steel's im-
provements, proved that the deceasedieft-that place
at about a quarter before seven, the evening of Sa-
turday the 6th of November ; Mr. Steel. had not at
the time above six or seven and twenty shillings in
his pockets; -he had a drab-coloured great coat,
which the witness had helped hinlon with on Satur-
day evening ; he also wore, a round_ bat, almost
new, and a pair,ofhalf-boots. On the Wednesday
following he searched, along with Mr. Meyer, for
the bock'', of Mr. Steel, as by that time it: was con-
cluded that heMust, have been killed. Opposite the
third clump of trees the witness found au old hat,
which he gave .054 Mr. Meyer. They went to the
barracks for assistance, and on their return the wit-
ness found a. great coat, which he believed to have
belonged to the deceased ; it , was lying in
,some
water, and he pulled :it out from among.the fide's
that were growing there.
Wm. Hughes found the body, of the deceased in
a ditch, near the third clump of trees, on the Heath;
it had'a part of the bank thrown over it, the remain-
der was nearly covered with rushes, and the.flap of
the coat was thrown over the face. 'There was a
leather strap round the neck ; it appeared to have -
been drawn_ so tight that the buckle was broken ; it
was then fleitened by cutting a hole in one part,
through which the other end was drawn, ,and then
fastened by. sticking a knife in it. The face was
covered with blood and dirt.. He .found a pair of
Shoes. about fifty'yardS from the body, on the 'same
side of the road. 'There was not either hat or
shoeS on the rcinaiiis of Mr. Stet' *hen they Were
found.

Mr.lienry Frogley, who was so infirm that he
was dra4ged, in on a chair, gave. testimony that he
had examined the body and the head of the deceas-
ed... He fonn4- a verylarge and extensive fraatire
on the front-of the head, with some laceration of the
integtiments; which appeared to have been Ocp-
'sioued by a stick or some blunt instrument. There
was also a very severe wound, anda laceration of the
integuments on the-back part of the head, but no
fratAtlre'there.- The neck appeared to have received
so much injury by the application of the leather-strap
so tight that it was in itself sufficient to have caused
serangulaiion. There were other blows of I im-
portance o 6 the right arm and other placeslrut it
*lli his opinion that the deCeased might have• come
by his death either by the fraatire of the skull or the
puking the leather strap round the neck.