The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-07 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS,

VA:lgot,•111i DEC. 6.--The tfthisports 'with the
troops under General crinas nil! still viltithig
these Roads for a fair wind. The Data sclinyts
which arrived last night have receivorl on board is
number of arms and ball cartridges, with which
'they will proceed for the opposite coast the instant
the wind h fair. The foreign ship. Schwaga,
JVH/41iOLTZ, NESter. from Memel to Lond'on~
with timber and linseed, i's•on shqre on the SerOby
Sand, but is expected to be got off.

RaMOUTI-1, DEC. 4—Sailed the Sparrow gun-
brig with a fleet of transports for Plymouth. The
Chichester packet, with mails for Gibraltar and
Malta, is gone into the Roads. The Phoebe, Capt.
Jot.t.y, of whose capture we wrote
_by the last
post, was taken by two American letters of
marque, which sailed from Nantz in company
with two French frigates, one of which is sup-
posed to have captured the Little Catherine
packet.

SUEF.ESEqS, DEC. 6.—Thnrsday last three o
the carriages belonging to the Duke of CAM.
11,11/PG$ arrived here, and were taken to pieces
one belanglng to Count ItaksTaa, and pin
on board the Pactolus, Hon: Copt. AYLMEn.—

Sunday Once chaises, full of baggage, ate. . also at.-
riVed, and were directly put on board the frigate.
About three o'clock this clay, his Royal Highness,
with the Duke of CLARENCE, arrived in a carriage
belonging ,to the latter, the postboys and horses
being decorated with orange ribbons. The guns on
the battery fired a Royal salute, and the mili-
tary, consisting of such limn, belonging to the Mi-
litia as refused to volunteer to Ireland,were drawn
up, receiving their Royal Highnesses with pre-
Sewed arms. At the Dock-yard the Royal. Dukes
were received by Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS Wm-
, I.NIS, Commander in Chief at this port, Com-
missioner 'LOUR, the Captains belonging .to the
men of war at the Note, the Warden, and other
Officers of the yard ; the Commandant of the
Garrison, with ail the Military Officers. The arti-
ficers of the Dock-yard were ranged on ealb side,
to the houses of the Admiral and Commissioner,
giving three cheers to the Royal Visitors. Their
Royal Highnesses and Count MUNSTER sleep
there tonight, and embark at ten o'clock
to-morrow morning. Every arrangement is made
for that purpose ; the Admiral's barge is to convey
his Royal Highness, and all those belonging to
the ships at the Note are ordered to attend.
-Hisswica , they rLilliarn Teo
from catwlck, and three.ships from Schevelit:g.
..PORTSMOUTH, DEC, 6.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships Elephant and Duncan from the Eastward.—
i‘rent out of harbour his Majesty's ship Imogen.
Caine into harbour his Majesty's ship Bulwark.—
Majesty's ship Talbot gives instructions to
the ships bound to Cork and the %Vest Indies.
Dent, Dec. 6.--Sailed the" whole of the out-
ward-bound, under convoy of his Majesty's 'ship ,
Rinaldo. Arrived his Majesty's ships Cressy and
Grampus, with a detachment olMarines forinarts-
mouth, bound to Holland.

IMPROMPTU.
We often have heardof Lord WeLLiNuToN's wings,
Thungh!ti# pja4l4,a4na-bis tkat-heiyatltx nu such things
For wherever, on earth, he his fortune may try,
The world.way in- sure that he never will Re.

• New PIIICe CURRENT.--.OeTMOTTS /111(1 Mitch
have then ;—Fientilitnan are rapidly falling ;
tons evety where in advance.
The dress of the Royal Horse Guards is about
'to be altered, similar to the Life Guards, to wear
helmets -instead of hats ; but their coats or jackets
are to remain blue.
The Ist, or Highland Regiment of Edinburgh
Local .Militia, commanded by Colonel A: APGRt-
GO!: MURRAY. has, in the present crisis, made an
offer to extend-its services, in order to meet the
views of Government and the Legislature, with
respect to the Local Militia eltablishment.
Cowits, DE:c.4.—Last.week embarked on hoard
the Fife West' lndiaman, about 200 men, detach-
ments for several regiments ; and on Friday last
eMbArked on hoard the .011edizia about 160 more,
in detachments, for Jamaica,
.The Athlone Herald says, " On sundny night
last, a party of armed men attacked the house of
'lmes Connell, within a mile and an half of Ath.
loae; and, after having shot him through the
head, as if their demonuical appetites were not' ,
sufficiently glutted, they dragged him, weltering
{alas blood, into the , road, and drove an unbun-
dled pitch-fork into his heart up to the very hilt,
and then, by way of finale to this horrid tragedy,
fired a shot at his unfortunate wife, whieltentered
at one temple tend came out at the other, carrying
with it. both her eyes from the sockets. MI excl..
tions hitherto to trace the perpetrators, we are
sorry to say, arc yet. unsuccessful. tt is supposed,
that the evidence which Connell gave at the late
Assize. at Midlingar led to the perpetration of this
!torrid trims,.'`

We understand that the Coach-masters, Post-
tnal3ers; and Proprietors of Stage Waggons, who
use the 'PATENT ANTI-ATTRITIoN CosniosmoN,
sold at No. 40, Charing.-cross, are 90 convinced of
its easing draught,_ preventing wear and tear, and
and saving time, labour, and expense, by which
they have derived so many advantages, that they
intend to present the Authors of this important
Discovery with a superb piece of Plate, as a tri
bute of gratitude, and as a testimony of their opi-
nion of the benefits the Public will experience, by
its being generally adopted, to.prevent the etects
of friction,

otb n 1 ay. y.

- . .
OF THOMAS liffoOES mg Mtn bEit GiP
PRESTO THE CONSTABLE . ,
Yesterday' TfroMas pet to Oa' *bar;
eln4rgcd ‘vitli the nthriler,of Sainhei Thll
intik:infant having been read; Aanot de,
scribed the ,•..ie oh the Oil. Of the prow:mien,
which, bei;:g so fresh in the rt.:Colter:doii of the
public, we forbear here to repeat. tbe'Learned
Counsel stated, tleit Ahere egret tWo'distinet: castes.
tiotis for t'.e consideration of the Jury,: one;
,ftS.
to the degree of guilt of the prisoner, if he were
a moral and acCouniable agent ; and the other,
whether 'the prisoner were iu such t State of mind"
as to make him amenable to any tribunal for any
part of ,his conduct. The last .qustion had been
before Juries in two cases, still fresh in the re,,,
collection of evety one; and at an el:J:4er period,
in the year 1724, in the case of. Edward Harlow,
who had fired at. a Noble Lord. As all punish.
ment was , fur the sake of example; it was self-
evident,. that.no one depriVed of reason could be
a proper subject of it : but the plea of insanity
deserved to be well weighed, otherwise it Might
serve as a screen to the most atrocious Crimes ;
and it must be distinctly ascertained, that the
party, at the commission of the erinie, was en-
able to distinguish hetwecu right and wrong. In
proof of insanity, the commission of the crime
could never be utnitted. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to call his witnesses.
George Metcalf stated himself to be in the em-
ploy of Mr. Duffle! Haigh, uncle to the prisoner.:
had knOwit the, prisoner eight of nine years,,,seyen
01. eight of which he (the prisoner) had lived with
his uncle ; prisoner had been in confinement he=
fore the 30th of November : on the morning of
that day, had seen him at a quarter before seven
o'clock at Mr. D. Haigh's ; prisoner then seta
nothing ; saw him next in the warehouse talking
to Bottomly, one of the men, whom he asked for
money, but the other said he had none. He then
asked for.his trunk, and was told that it was in the
'mese; and that he might go in at the back door.
Prisoner then Went away. The prisoner then
seethed to be much as usual had not seen hint
for 15 months previously., His general conduct
was that of a rational man.
Mr. Samuel Haigh, uncle to the prisoner, a
warehouseman to his brother, said the prisoner
called at his house, in North-place, City-road,
about half-past eight in the morning of the 30th.
Witness was much surprised to see him, and pri-
soner told him he bad got out 'of St. Luke's that
morning. Wituesi told him it was uuu unfortn•
nate.circumstance, as he understood he was to
Continue there some time. Prisoner said he should
go into the country, and asked witness to lend bird
some money. Prisoner stopped to breakfast, and
then witness sent to get change, and the servant
gave prisoner 31. Witness asked prisoiter what
he was going to do in the country ?—He answer-
ed that he had laid his• plans beforehe came ode,. •
Witness lett the prisoner with Mrs, Haigh„ ettd
went to the warehouse. He appeared to be in
possession of his senses. Had not seen him sine*
Februnry, a ben he was confined at Hoxton.
Witness saw papers ptrinted by the pt•isOner, whiCh
he said would bring about a peace :o all the
lo his cross examination by Mr. Gutevart said,
that befort the *prisoner went-RY hart
bit sprinted, which stated, that he (the priSoner)
proposed to bring " peace to all the world,"
George Lowther, pawnbroker, residing
tenlizon-eOurt-road, 'Said, that the prisoner einne
to his shop on the morning of the 30th Nosk.itt.
her, and purchased a pair of pistols for 355. They
bud sonic conversation about the screws of the •
pistols, which appeared rational, lie paid fur
them with two 11. notes..
Miss gimlet Riley (this Witness was so oVer-
come by lier feelings, that she tainted, and was
examined in, one of the side boxes), had items%
•the prisoner six years. lie had called upon her
on the 30th of November, about ten O'elock,' and
had converied with her about an hour. Met him
coming tip Stairs to her bed-room, which he had
never clone, before ; desired hint to go to the
drawing.room, which he did, and spoke several
time's of his uncle, All. D. Haigh : said he butt
been there that morning, and was kuing, there
again- to settle an account : prisoner seemed to
think.his uncle had done Win an injury, and would
have jtaticc Witness wished hint to apologise to
his tuteltsvhut prisoner said it was not the ftishion
to be injured and to apologise : mentioned that
he had escaped, 'and where he wets going.
lacing cross-elan xinedi dsaid, she ad out known
the prisoner had been in Confinement; his belts
viour was melancholy in the extreme; and iris
sentence, incoherent. In answer. to a question
front Mr. Abbott, said, he was not collected, bat
could nut judge if he,were or were not insane:
Mr. Daniel Haigh, uncle of the prisoner, said,
he had been in his service for some time : pia con-
duce had been perfectly consistent until October
twelvemonth, when he wrote to him at Ranisgate
a letter, dated Oth October, 1612, which was tan.
Minot-Int to this— ,
" DEAR LINE4c—A There ica tide lathe StftlTS of man, act.'
I can du my country service, and to:do that is better than be-
ing a private individual, There it a person who can briag
Knout
.general p.m*, for his address look to the , next
skeet,

Rhodes, N 0.6, Aldorraanbury.
• 4' I
must leave you—pricy lake my brother int:, y;t4r em ploy. Nation sball nu longer the against minim —*T.—.
6co'

Did not send tiny unswer to this letter ; Witnefa
chine 1191.4 P. ',about the leth of Oettiher, uu,i the
Sunday after had some conversation with•the
saner ryspemiug the scheMe he had iacontempla-
tion ;:ip.sistmet, 'said it
,was a secret, and he oin..it
not thytthiettik; he said he did nut like the Mini-
sters, hut Burdett and Mr. Canning he re-
spected, .tVituess told him, if he pursuedthis
Conduct, he,woutd conic to the .gallows or a inad..
!tonic; prisoner rePlied, he did not care if he lost
his character, us the world was wide enough. Soon
after he received this letter-- •

" Ocr. 31,
" DFArt UNctg—' If we fear OW, we shall pri,,ifta'..7.,(o4lier
seriptocal go,tationl followed Joa !cud rue 30001.
—lf you lead me thicitt a week, I shall be your Hut
I shrill be your eueuly. It Will be returned to Too with terest.
" T. 11.110ligs.-
After this it was deemed 'advisable to have Air.
Tusluttiy iniossessorof a tuad-house, ,at
in the room of Mr. Jones; he Caine once or twice
and conversed. with the prisoner, after which the
prisoner sent the following letter :

"Nov. 19.
SsA-1 beard 41 4ux—orlat that box !a...100k to 1
yott