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London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

The Jut .. acquitted herof the murder, but found
tier Guilty of concealing the. birth.
7nwni.2s Bell, a young man of most respeelable ap-
pearance, was indicted tor stealing, in the dwelling.
house 44 Messrs. Hughes and Bristow, feather and
bead merchants, in Golden-square, 308 dozen of co.
loured beads, and 50 ostrich feathers, all considerably
exceeding the value of 401. their property.
Jr appeared in evidence, that the prisoner had
formerly lived in the house of Mr. Hughes, for se-
veral years, the in capacity of, assistant, before that
Gentleman entered into partnership with the 'other,
Prosecutor. Abiiut tour years- since, lie left the
service of Mr. Hughes, upon very good terms, and
from CIA tithe until the present frequently expev
rienced acts of friendship -from his fate emlloyer.
When Mr. Hughes commenced his partnership
with Mr. Bristow, which he did on the 24th of
June last, an account of the stock on hand was
taken, for the sattsfatticm of both parties.—
Shortly afterwards a quantity of the property being
niissed, it was thought prudent again to take stock ;
when, to the surprise of the Prosecutors the articles
mentioned in the indictment weregone. Upon making
inquiries amongst the young men in the warehouse,
it was ascertained, though not remarked at the time
as an extraordinary circumstance; that one Monday
mornii.g the errand boy had discovered the street
door unbolted, and the lock only half shut. Being
confirmed in the suspicion that they bad sustained a
robbery, Messrs. Hughes and Bristow advertised the
circumstance, offering a reward for the apprehension
of the offender. The consequence of this proceed,
ing was, that information Was received that the Pri-
soner at the bar had sold several feathers to Mr. Bar-
low, of Great Jermyn-street, and pawned 60 dozen
of beads in his own -name and real address, with a
person named Ackland, answering the descriptina
the ad% ernsenient. The Prisoner -was accordingly.
apprehended by Hamilton, of- Marlborough-street
Police, and upon• him was fonnd a single row of
brads, which. Mr. Hughes afterwardsieCcignized as
part of his properly. Whilst in custody the Pri-
soner made a confession tending to inculpate him-
self, which, however, the Learlied‘JUcfg; would not
to he received in evidence, as it:was obtained
under promises of mercy.• -
The foregoing circumstances , of the
.case were
fully proved in support of the indictment ; but the
Prosecutors failed in identif) lug the property to the.
extent the forms of law required. The Prisoner
having produced a most excellent chariaer up to
the bane of the commission of this offence, the Jury-
returned their verdict—Not Guilty. -
Ants Newman was indicted for assaulting John
Thompson, a Swedish seaman, putting him.'in fear
of his fife, and taking .from his person three Batik.
Notes.

The prosecutor, who speaks the English.language
fluently, deposed, that he arrived at Greenhithe, in
the river, about three weeks ago, whirti he and one
of his inessthates met- the pr;soner's,htisband, who
proposed to them to go and lodge at his house, where
they had formerly lodged when last in England.—
They consented, and agreed to assign the wages
which was due to them for their board, and the ne-
cessaries wherewith the prisoner and her husband
were to furnish them, and a debt which they
formerly owed. On Saturday week, however,
when the assault took place, they went to the
India-House, and drew' a part of their wages,
which they kept to themselves. When they went
home the prisoner asked them whether they meant ►o
pay her; which they answered in the affirmative;
bat declined doing at that time. The Prisocer, who
is nearly 60 years of age, hovi became much enraged,
locked the room door upon them, and threatened to
send them both on board a man of war or to New-
gate ; and ending that that; did not 'affea them much,
she took a stick and beat them both. At last she
put her hand into their pockets, and took three 11.
notes from the Prosecutor, and two ii. notes, a half-
pinea, and a sixpence, from Corhelius
;he other seaman, and compelled them both to sign
sills of sale for the,remainder of their wages. They
then continuer h "the house with the prisoner and
her daughter-about three hours longer, when they
went out together. Hownes, notwithstanding that
treatment, continued to board and lodge in the house,
And the prosecutor went back next day, and received
a suit of seaman's clothes, which he had ordered,.
and which was of more value, than the money she
took from him. About three days afterwards, some
persons, to whom he had told his story, advised him
to prosecute the prisoner at the Old Bailey, for rob-
iring him, and t he would then have the clothes
and the money ogether.

. At the commencement of the action which took-
place between .the Nymph and_ Cleopatra,. during
the late war, there was a 13,gt Ne w t °Lindland
dog on board the, former vessel, ,which, the mo-
ment the firing began, ran troin below deck, . irs
spite of the men to. keep. him down, and climb-
log up iuto the main chains, he there kept up a
Coiginual bating, aed seratihited• the roost violent
rage during the u.lole of the engagement. :When
the Cleopatra struck, he was among the foremost
to board her, and there walked up and down-the
decks adellll-41y conscious of the victory he had
gained.
A gamekeeper of the -Rev: Mr..' Cersellis had
reared a spaniel, which was his constant attendant
both night and day ; whenever old Daniel appear-
ed, Ddill was close ballad him, 'and the dog %% as
of infinite use in his nocturnal excursions. The
game, at that season, he never regarded, although
in the day time no spaniel would find it in a
better style, or is greater quantity ; but if at night
a strange foot bad entered any of the covers, Dash,
by a significant whine, informed his master that the
enemy were abroad ; and many poachers have been
detected and caught from. thia singular intelligence.
Atter many years- friendly connection, old Daniel
was seized with a disease which terminated in' a
consurapticin and his clath : whilst the slow, but
fatal progress of his disorder allowed him to crawl
about, Dash, as usual, followed his footsteps, and
when nature was still further exhausted and he took
to his bed, at the foot utivicaeily attended the
faithful animal ; and when he,clied the dog would
not. quit the body, but lay upon the bed by its side.
It was with difficulty he attempted to eat any food ;.
and; although after the burial,-he was taken to the
hall and caressed with all the tenderness which
so fOnd an attachment naturally called forth, he took
every opportunity to steal back_ to the room in the
cottage where his old master breathed his last :
here"' be 'would remain for • hours, and from
thence 'he visited his grave; but, at the end
Of fourteen days,' notwithstanding every kind-
ness -add attention ibewn him, he dial literally
broken-hearted!.! ! •

. A gentleman who usually spent the winter months
in the capital of North Blitain, having gone with his
family to pass the summer at his country Seat, left
the care of his town residence, together with a fa-
vourite house-dog, to same servants who were on
bOard-wageS. The dog soon found board-wages
very .short allowance; and to make up the defi-
ciency, be had recourse to the kitchen of a' friend of
his master's, which, in better days, be had occasion-
ally visited. By a hearty meal which he received
there daily, he. was enabled to keep himself in good
condition, till the. return of his master's family to
town on the approach of winter.
Though now restored to the enjoyment of plenty
at home, and standing in no need °lforeign liberality,
he did not forget the hospitable kitchen, where he
had found a resource io his adversity.
A few days after happening to saunter about the
streets, he fed in with a duck, which, as he found in
no private pond, he concluded to be no prNute pro-
perty. tie watched up the duck in his teeth, carried
it -to the kitchen where he has- been so hospitably
fed, laid it at the cook's feet, with many polite
movements of his tail, and then ran off with inuc'a
seeming complacency, at having given this testimony
of his grateful sense of favours.
Mr. Stuallie relates a curious anecdote of a dog
(at the time belonging to a grocer in Ldinburgliy, who
had for some time amused and astonished the people
in that neighbourhood. A man IA ho %cut through
the streets ringing a bell and selling penny pies,
happened, one day, to treat this dog with a pye. The ;
next time he heard the pyeman's bell, he ran to him
with impetuosity, seized him by the coat, and would
not suffer him to pass. The pyeman, who under-
stvod what the animal wanted, spewed him a penny,
and pointed to his master, who stood at the,sireet-
Aber, and saw what 'was going on. The dog imme,
diately supplicated his master by many humble ges-
tures and looks. The master put a penny into the
dog's mouth,which he instantly delivered to the pye-
matv.ind received bispye. The traffic between the
pyeman and the grocer's 'dog was practised for
months after, and continued when this anecdote was
related in the year 180.5.

His ExCellency the Loan LIEUTENANT held a
Privy Council in tills city yesterday. We are igno-
rant of the motive which required so very unusual a
transaction.—(Cork, Sept.

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Island of Ischia, luny 14, lase.-
British fleautieuarters...
ty a brig of war which sailed from hence on
Siltult. I gaVe you an account of our .preceedings
thus tar, and of nay cruize in the Alcestefrigate 'outlet
the Bay of Naples on a secret:tilissidii.--Since
.We'have been employed in landing 'end encamping
the troops to retread. them' a little, preViOns to eolit-.
mencing operations on the Continent of Italy. We
are now in quiet possession of- these two beautiful
islands, Ischia and Procida; the French priSoners; are:
all sept to Malta, with the exception in a french
Colonel, who is under arrest at the Castle of
for having ordered one of our, sailors, to he shot, who•
accideutaiy tell tato his hands. Colonel Howe had
the command of the immediate operations against
the Castle of Ischia, which surrendered at discre-
tion ; the affair of Procida was singular ; about
ClOO Swiss and Germans (considered, of :Mtirat's•
chosen troops),who were thrown into the island the
night previous to our attack-, inutiiiied,, and it was
with great difficulty we could prevent their murder-
ing their Officers, who were all Frenchmen, in re-
turn for their ill usage towards them. Instead of
marching out of the, garrison with the honours of
war, they ture the French cockades out of their caps,
threw away their arms, and with repeated huzzas
declared for the King of England, volunteering at
'the same time to enter our service on the spot. These
nieii had all been prisoners taken from the Austrian
and forced into the French service.; the same spirit'.
pervades most of their foreign corps; this was the
regtmetit of Issennurg. As to the Neapolitans in the
French sci vice, .of whom there are in the kingdom
01 Naples about 20,000 regular troops, theywould be
Lappy at tee upportunnyot meeting theßritish troops'.
to surrender to them without firing a shot. ThePtocla-
prat Ant which bas been issued by tile Court ofPaierino,
arid guaranteed by us,otiering ageneral ainnesiy,will I
hope, have a. gaud effect 'lathe Neapolitan States,
and iodate the people to return to their duty and al-
leGi Murat has called from flume a corps of
boot) men, to reinforce his army, which now
amounts, in the neighbourhood of Naples, to 38,000
Men effective, nearly double our force, includingfthe
Neaporitans under Prince Leopold, who, it is to be
wished,. was, with all his -artily, back, • again at -Pa--
lertno, Murat's cantonments are as follow :
,Naples, Baia, and the .environs ; Capua, Averra,
. Sifra, &c. About 1500 men are at Gaeta, and the
saint number at Capri.
When 1, wrote to you last, I mentioned the Castle
ofScylla was invested by 4500 men, viz, eighteUm-
panics ;Jut Regiment, six ditto of loth, eight ditto
Chasseurs Brittinnique, one ditto Artillery, and sortie
Calabrians. The fire from our batteries had dis-
ruounted'the enemy's guns,, when • General..Parto-
neaux, with about 500 cavalry and 4000 infantry,'
marched to.its relief, and obliged Colonel 'Smith to
retreat and abandon his enterprize. This.' was the
only unfortunate event that has hitherto attended•
our operations, including the operations of, Colonel
Smith's corps, the capture of three.companies of the
2141 Regiment, under Capt. Mackay in the.tOwn of
not tar from Scyila. .
Since this, attairs in Lower Calabria have changed
in our favour; Partoneaux having, from-some motive
unknown to us, after relieving Scylla, withdrawn the
garrison, and blew into the air this renowned rock,
together with its castle after whlch, leaving -behind
hitiab pieces of brass field artillery,he retreated in the
most, precipitate manner.. He has nut 'taken his
route through Calabria to Monte Leone, and to-
wards Naples, but has crossed the lower Appeuines,
and now directs his course towards Apulia arid
Abruzzo, by which. we have repossessed ourselves of
Calabria Ultra, as far as Monte Leone. Many.con-
Jectures. have arisen as to the cause of this retreat.—
We have every thing to hope on this side, particu-
larly as the Romans are in a state ot- revolt,. and I
sincerely hope their country will be the scene of our
operations. Genoa has shewn a disposition of the
same nature, and it is well known that Tuscany and
Piedmont only wait a favouranle opportunity to throw
off the French yoke.
The incompetency of our force to the obje&s in
contemplation I lament sincerely. What can 12,000
men Lto in preserving Sicily, and attempting
c•tiquest of the Kiuguom of Naples ? But with
24,000 effective troops at the present moment, I am
cotivfneed we should deliver 'Naples, 'the Roman
States, Tuscany, the Genoese Territory, and Pied-
mont, while the Austrians on tile not them side drove
the French from the Veronese, Milanele, Lombardy,
the March of Ancona, and the Venetian States.—
So great is our want of cavalry, that we have ac-
tually been obliged to make a draught from the in-
fantry to forma small corps of cavalry to do the or-
• derly duty of the army,, and those joined to the del,
tacliment of the. 20 Light Dragoons, do not amount
.to 350 horsemen. This is very extraordinary, as
Sicily and Italy are of all countries the most adapted
for cavalry, and where infantry cannot well ad with-
out them.

TO return to Partoneaux's retreat through Apulia :.
there are in my opinion two motives, either of which
might have induced him to take this route, his being
`ordered to strengthen Beauharnois's corps d'arrntS2,
in,case of • its being pressed by the Archduke John ;
or his being afraid of being cut cif by out army, it he
retreated by Lower Calabria.
Ischia is a very tine island. I have been employ-
ed for two days in making a reconnoissance and mi--
litary report ,on it, and to-morrow go to Procida for
the carne purpose. This island (Ischia) is one of the
oldest volcanoes mentioned in history, and a great
part of the country near the town of the same name
is still covered with lava. Here are famous hot
baths and mineral springs, which intersect the coun-
try in almost every direCtion ; the water in some of
the baths is so hot that it will boil an egg in three
minutes and forty seconds; this has been proved by
several, and amongst the rest by your acquaintance,
Captain --, of the 62d. -. The regiments land al-
te.rnately to refresh the men, those now on shore re-
embark to-morrow, and others land; the 62d will
'sand at Procida, and the 58th here. Besides villages,
this isla►td contains three large towns-, the capital,
Tatia, contains about 7,500 inhabitants.

141T4ACT 90 ANOTHER ,LETTER, GIVING AN ACCOUNT
OP T.His UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR AT PALMI.

A considerable body, under the command of Col.
Smith, of the it7th regiment, composed of the toth

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