The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-21 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-14(}N.EY:

To the Captains, Officers,' and Crews of His Atfjesty'g'
ShipsCulloden, Theseus, Zealnu,Swiftsure, Perseus, anti
Alliance, for the l'apture of the Lauraitius, on the t.ith,Feb.'
1799, oft Alexandria, a final distribution will be made to the
parties on the 2.211 inst. to Att,-nies on the Thursday follow'
ing, and every Tuesday and Thursday for three years.

`The Proceeds of the Brig Argus, seized May 4, Igo4, the
Schooner Thomas and (ohm, seized. M-%l' ai,•:rBo4, and. A rne.
rican Fish, seized Sept. r, 18 .iny 14.'9
Majesty'sired Armed Cutter queen Charlotte, will badis-
tribweil every Tuesday arid Friday, at No. 23, Norfolk.
street, Strand. .• ".

The proceeds. pftlic hull, stores, ancd cargoes of the Spanish
tuggers St. Antonio and San. Ituctrla Ventura, .cantured the
42d March, t3a6, by His Majesty's hired Armed Cutter
Colpoys, will -he distributed on boar 4 •The said, Cuttir, at,
Plymouth, on the 21st iitst. and atterwards at t I,`
•
'streetl Strand.

TO the ()Meet's and Company of His Majesty's Ships
Defence and Itubyi the Proceeds, of the Cargo of the Iris,
captured on the sth August, 1803, and of such parts of the
Proceeds as was granted by His Majesty to the Captors, 011
the ajd, at No. 13, Great Gorge-street, Westminster, 411"
for three years at the 4aine place. ,

TO the Officers and Companies of His Majesty's Shins
Leviathan and Cvane, foi the Capture of the V rena on the
19th Feb, Igo t, the balance of the Nocecds Of the said Prize,
not distributed in the West Indies, on the ze, ar the Hotts4--
"of Poulain and Keys, Salter's-Hall, Cannon street ; and
every Mopday-apd 'Thursday for three years, at the same
place.

To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's. Ship Ma,
labar, the bounty grantcd for the Capture of the Nap.°lcon*
and des,truEtion, of the
.Brutus, private Ships of War, on the
zd jan. 0306, on the 23.(i lust. at No. i r, Cectl-street, Strand,
aw,laft.erwalOs at tlae same

List of Seamen and M❑rines saved from
of 6i guis, which was lost in, the Medi4
ter(aneark

Seamen. Seamen. Seamen.
PPniamin Mason William Reynolds Thomas [ones
William McCann James Young R. Townsemi
WM. Tompkins .jathes Buick ' William Barne;*
John Christopher William Hills T. Cheatham
William Watson Richard Rex Joha Gamble
Mich. Shoubert Ri.h,r,rt Garrick • William Inglest
John Kyle William Hall ' Samuel DaChesil •
Thomas 13.aintOn Evan Jones William Dodds -
lames Hall lames Durkka , . ,_..l4e:*illarn Collett
WlT$. Anders,., George Hitt al:ln:Met iligiwoClk
lohn Bateman Thomas l'impson Charles Holt;
Robett Hutton James row • 1(. Hillier
Wm. Williams E. Sol;.smon, Wi.0,,i;.9 . Hill
_
J. Domini, enry Hume :lama Forrester
[ohm Cody - °seen Boyd George Taylor
George 13utterfier.ld ohn Anders. William William Armwon.4
losepti Hicks dward Lienfieick
Robert Denny. R. CltapmAn ' ---
Boy,a.
George White Alex, Srhall Samuel Vincentt
William Arnold ames Marehant 'Richard Murray
Charles Field john Condrin Samuel Mencloc4
loseplt Hicks (..orge Hanson
James Burgess. Sarmlel Cennel. Royal Marines.*
Philip 'ones john Benson los- 13ates, Private"(
Evan Rolles Samuel VVylliartit o.porp Tanner, d°'
H. Feitow*- -John Hew4on Wills= Volton, ex.
William Rabnage lames. Pavey k'. Cooks.on4 dol.
l.ctivard Hanton John ifoX. JO. Hayes, do,
John Cogan. John .loties, Wm Mar/ow,, do'
William Manning R.
, Small Edward Hill, do..
Thos. Williamson William Patton Wm. Williamakda*
Michael Nylon Thomas Little loon Barnsley, do‘
Edward Boddc William White Ship's Cook.
1, ohn Loft P.. C laiis,cy Robert'Hanscoin,b.

The a,bov,e persona were subseqaently on boaril
the Pompce, of guns, Admiral. Sir, S. Sisarn, 44

On Snturday net that beautiful Ship the kcolfazitA
of 74 guns; will be launched from Mr. 15ERRY'5,
Yard at. Blackwall, and afterwards go into. duck to;
be coppered, rigged, and otherwise fitted out for
immediate smice:

EVII ACT OF. A LETTER, DATED ST. KITT'S, DEC•

14, 1806.
"- The Mail Boat, with the letters from the
Southern Islands, is not arrived, and I am aTraid
some accident has happened to her, and that the
Mails will not reach this Packet.' There are two or
three small. Privateers from :St. Eustatia which do
much mischief, and. I am fearful Will harass the
trade about this island during the
,loading of the
ships. The Trial, ROBERTSON, from St. Bartholo-
mew's, was cut out of Sandy Point Bay on the sth lost.
by-a French Privateer, and carried into St. Eustatia.
A Sloop belonging to GRAHAM, HAYES, and Co.
of Liverpool, from the Windward Coast. of Africa,
was taken • and carried, into Guadaloupe o the
30th ult. The Vanguard, of Liverpool, is taker'
off Old Calabar, by two French Frigates and a
Brig."

A Paper published at Norfolk, in Virginia, states
that a dispute having lately arisen at a gaming table
in that city, an Italian drew a knife from his pocket,.
and stabbed four Gentlemen, with whom' he had
quarrelled. One of the victims to the wretch's'bar-
barity died of his Wounds the same evening, a second
next day, and a third a few*days afterwards. The
fourth was not declared out of danger at the date Of
the Norfolk Newspaper; and the assassin had hither-
to successfully eluded the vigilance of the Police.
Mr. STEELE and Mr. ARNOLD are Executors of
the will of the late Duke of AICHMOND. ADOLIt
18,0001. per annum, we understand, will devolve
with the titles to the present Dut-,e‘; of :winch
12,5001. is from the Consolidated Fund, the coal'
pound made by the late. Dilke wi;11 Governmelnt-
-11* his portion of the
,prockds of the Coal
granted to his Gracs's ancestor, King CHAIsLEO
Seconds,

1.0. RD NELSOP:

occasions Lor.d.Nelsbn• anxiously inquired wliat ,wass 1
the cause of it ; when Lieut. Pasco, who lay wound-
The
•
Mi'ne of this di:-itingnishe&Hero't(rill always ed at soave distance from his,Lordship,.raised
him-
self up, and told him that_ anoter Ship h 4 struck,
be dear to Britons, and every circumstance relating .
Anich- appeared to give hitn much sattsfaCtionc ' He
to the melancholy 'event wliich _deprived the Coun-!ii
try of his
splendid talents, must be highly,litterest now felt an ardent thirst, and .frequent:y calfed for
ing. In the Narrative rei:ently lbr. : drink, and to be fanned with paper, snaking use of
published. by
LEATTy, who attended the villant Chief, there ire' these words : " Fan, fan," and " Drink, drink."-.
'
some particulars which have not before been coin- ''This he continued to repeat, when he wished for
drink or the refreshment of cool air, till a very few
olunicated to the public, atikious' as they Were, to-T:
hear every thing respeding their' favourite Hero,-- ' minutes before he expired.. Lemonade and' wine
Dr. BEATTY'S book is a very valuable addition to all and water were given to him occasionally. , He
the accounts that have been given to the public on : evinced great solicitude for the event Of the battle,
this affecting subjeet ; 'arid 'while'we avail ourselves j and tears for the safety of his friend Captain Hardy.
of the following particulars, which attended the' ' Doctor Scott and Mr. Burke used every argument
lair mertrientS of _the Nob they could suggest to relieve his anxiety. IVir.Burkele Lord, we confidently ;
recommend the remainder of the work to ever
told him " the enemy were decisively. defeated, and ,
y -
that he 'hoped that his Lordship would still live ,to '
friend of Great Britain. The Appendix, consists- of
those excellent instructions that the departed Hero be ~himself the bearer of the joyful tidings to his
issuedlo the Admirals and'Captainspf his Fleet se- country." He-replied, "it is nonsense, Mr. Burke,
veral days previous to the battle, and which we had to suppose I can live : my sufferings are great, but
the pleasure of first communicating to the public. ,they will all soon be over." Do6.tor,SCott entreated his
- • I ordship not to despair of living, and said, " he
trusted that Divine Providence would restore him"
:once more to his dear Country and friends?l—" Ah,
DoOgr_!" replied his Lordship, " it is all over; it
Is all' over." . . ~

It was from this Ship
,(the, Redoultalle) that L
Lord Nelson received his Mortal. Wound. About:
fifteen minutes past one o'clock,,•which was in'tfi6l:
heat of 'the eniza(*ement, he was vvalk:ng.the middlesk
of the quarter-deck with Captain Hardy, and in the
A& of turning near the hatchway with his face to-
wards the stern of. the Vielory, when stile fatal ball
was fired from the 'enemy's mizen-top ; which,
from the situation of the two, Ships (lying on board ,
of each other) Was. brotight. jnst abaft,. and .rather
below, the VieTiory's main-yard; and of course'not
more than fifteen yards diStant from that part of the
el.tek where his Lordship stood. The ball_ struck the
Paulette on his • left shoulder, and penetrated his
°lest. He fell with' his flice on the deck. Captain
Xlardy, who was on his right (the side tnithest from
the enemy), and advanced some steps before his Lord-
WI), on turning rannd, saw the Serjeant-Major
(Seeker) of Kathie's, with two seamen, raising hitm,
from the deck, where he had fallen on the same
ISPot on which, a little before, his Secretary hAtl'
breathed his last, with whose blood his Lordship's
Clothes were much soiled. Captain Hardy expressed
et hope that he was not,severely wounded ; to which
the gallant Chief replied i "They have done for me
Hardy."---" I hope not,," answered Captain
lardy. « Yes," replied his Lordship, "my back-
bone is shot through.' •
Captain Hardy ordered the seamen. to early the
Adn.tiral to the cockpit ; and now'two incidents oc-
6aired strikingly • claraeleristic of this great. man,
411,1 strongly marking that energy and refloklion
Which in_his heroic' mind rose superior even to the
itnrue,diate consideration of his'present awful condi-
tion. While the•men. were carrying him down the
4adder from ihe middle- deck; his Lordship observed
that the tiller-ropes were not yet replaced ; anc de-
Sired ozie of the. Midshipmen stationed there .to go
Pon the quarter-deck and remind- Capdtaahl-lar4.,
f that circumstance, and- request' that new ones -
Should be' invnediately rove. Having delivered this
order, he took his ha'ndkerchief froln his pocket and
covered his face with it, that' he might be conveyed
to the cockpit at this crisis unnoticed, by the crew.
about forty men, -
Several wounded; Officers, and !

-Were likewise carried to the Surgeon for assistance
Just. at this time and sonic others had breathed
4410.14.0. lasi during thvir 'panyeyance below. Aino-ng
`,,ge latter were Lieutenant William Andrew- Ram,,
L'ld Mr. Whipple, Captain's Clerk; The.SUrgeon
bad just examined these two Officers, and found that
they were dead, Ntrileti his attention was arrested by
several of the .Wounded calling to him,'" Mr. Bratty;
Lord Nelson is here Mr. Beatty, the Admiral is
Wounded." The Surgeon now, onlooking ruund,
law the handkerchief tall trotn his"l.:Orclship's face.;.,.
When the stars on his coat, which also had been pa.,
Feted by it, appeared. Mr. Burke, the Purser? 'and
the Surgeon, ran immediately to the
,as-sisfaiice or
his Lordship, and took him from the arms of.the •
.4,ieau4en who had carried him below. In conveying
ilia' to one of the Midshipmen's births they sturtt-
bled- but recovered themselves without falling.
LorcfNelson then inquired who were supporting
him ; and when the Surgeon informed him,' his
Lordship replied, " Ah, Mr. Realty I you can do
tothing for me. I have but a short time to live ;
my • back- is shot through." , The • Surgeon said,
" he hoped the wound was not so dangerous as his
Lordship imagined, and that he might still sur'ive
long to enjoy his glorious victory." The Reverend
bottor Scott, who had been. absent in another part
of the,cockpit administering 'lemonade to the wound-
ed, now came instantly to ibis Lordship ; and in the
anguish of grief wrong his hands, and said teas,
Beatty; how prophetic you were !" alluding to the
apprehenSions expressed by the Surgeon for
Lordship's safety previous to the battle. <
His Lordship was laid upon a bed, stripped ofhis,
clothes, and covered with' a sheet. While this was
Sffeaing, he said to Do6tor Scott, " Doetor, I told
'you so. DoEtor, I am gone ;" and. after a short
pause he added in a low voice, " I have to leave
• pause
Hamilton, 'and my adopted daughter Horatia,
its a legacy to my Country." The Surgeon then
examined the wound, assuring his LOrdShip that he .
Would not put him to much' pain in endeavouring .
to discover the course of the ball ; which he soon
found had penetrated deep.into the chest, and bad
probably lodged in the spine. This being explained
to his Lordship, he replied, " he Was•confident his
back was shot through'." -.The . back was then ex=
ttnined externally, but without .any injury being
perceived; on which his Lordship was requestedV
the Surgeon to make him acquainted with all his
sensations. He replied, that "he felt a gush of-.
llood every minute.within his breast : that lie had no
'feeling in the lower part of his body ; and that his
breathing was difficult, and attended with very se-
vere pain about that part of the spine Where he was
confident that. the ball had struck ; for," • said he,
" I telt it break my back." These symptoms, but
more prticularly the &St) of hlo6d which his Lord-
ship complained of, together with the state of hiS
pulse, indicated to the Surgeon the hopeless situation
at" the case; but till at te; the. vidory was ascertained
and announced to his Lordship, the true nature of
his wound was concealed by the 'Surgeon from all
9n board except only Captain Hardy, Dodor Scott,
Wr• Burke, and Messrs. Smith and Westernburg
the Assistant-Surgeons.
The Plaory's crew cheered' whenever they ob-
served au enemy's Ship surrender, On one of th6e.

(To be cextinued.)

Mr. GooLD, the late Manager of the Opera-
House, it seems, en,tered into Hymenial Bonds a
day or two .before his death, with a niece of Mr.
KELLY, of Drury-lane Theatre.

CATALAN! is chiefly admired for the extent of her
voice, the compass of which exceeds any other that
has been heard since the days of FARINELLI. The
compass of FitaiNEi.i.t's voice is fully ascertained by
the airs which he sung, and which were composed
on purpose to shew its extent. CATALA\NI'S tone,
and knowledge, of music, are by no means of the
first order.

' Dr. JoHNEcia's False Alarm once made a great
noise.in the political world, and Mr. KENNY'S False
Alarms are at present nearly as conspicuous in dra-
matic regions.

MT. CHARLES COMBE, son of Dr. LAMBE, has
resigned hiS situation of Assistant Secretary to the
Society for the Promotion of Arts, Manufaaures, and
Commerce. Mr.- WooprALL, son of the late re-
speciable WILLIAM. WoonFALL, of Parhaif.t7itary
memory, is a Candidate for the vacant office.
The Lottery Offices, by sending a coach covered
with ,the list of prizes through the streets, .seem re-
solved to spew that no tricks can prevail, since all
the world may see the drawing of the nuinlers.:
The Lady whose house was burnt down Soon
after the late Election for the county of Norfolk,
and which is thought to have fallen a sacrifice to the
heat of party, is Mrs. ATKINS, formerly Miss
WALPOLE, of Drury-lane Theatre. This Lady took
.an active part in favour of Colonel WODEHOUSH,
but such a part as is fully warranted by custom and
friendship.
We much lament to see that the price of Bread
is not yet lower, as the supplies of wheat have been
of late petty plentiful; and in the price of which,
for some weeks past, there has. been a gradual re-
clut-lien. The criterion is, that when' wheat falls
los. per quarter, flour is reduced ss. per sack,
and that, of late, has nearly been the case.—
We remember an instance that lately occurred at
the Mansion-house, which appeared in some of the
Public Prints, -where a Baker summoned a Flour-
Maur to spew, cause why he should not pay 705.
instead of 755. per, sack, as the Fa6tor made out his
bill at the highest price, merely for the returns to
the Lord Mayor, and verbally agreed to take the
lowest price. We have reason to fear this is too
common a. prataice.

- There is no foundation for the report of the death
-of the Queen of Prussia, which originated, probably,
in the recent, death of the young daughter of the
Princess of Orange, at Berlin : the young Princess
died by terror of the horrible scenes that surrounded
her : during her' illness,,neither her father or mother
were allowed to approach Berlin ; but the Dowager
Princess of Orange was permitted to enter, and visit
her.

The following is a copy of a curious 'tie&ion Bill,
atiittially delivered in to an Irish Member of Parlia-
ment, by a Publican, after the late General -EletSlion:
To easing 16 Freeholders, aboie stairs, .for Sir John,
at 3s. 3d. a head - - 2tz 6
To easing ix more, below stairs:and two Clergymen
after supper - - - - is
To six beds, in one room, and four in another, at two
guineas every bed, three or four in a bed every
night - - - - - - 22 IS 0

TO 23,horses, in the yard all night, at 13d, every one
of them, and fora man watching them all night z 5 S
To breakfast and tea, next day, for every ore of them,
and as Many as they brought with them, as near as
I cart' guess • - 4 12 0
To beer, porter, and punch, for the first day and
night, ,I
am not sure, but I think, for the three first
da)s and a half of the E.ledion, as little 'as I can
guess, and be very exact, is, in all, or thereabouts 79 15 5
To shaving, dressing, and cropping the heads of 4z
reelioltiers for 'Sir John, at t3d. for every one of
them z 5 6

,C 115 7
In plate of jemmy Carr,
BRIAN GERACHTY• •

-
:Front.the AMERICAN PAPOI.

MIRANPA's _
N'Ew=Yoatt.,.:DEc.l9.on this subje& ve have
been favoured with the 'perusal of several letters from
Trinidad,which implicitly contradiCt the Extra& pUb-
lished in our• Paper of the Gal hist: One of theSe let-
ters, dated November ifj-, gives a. more satisfaalory
and we believe corm& statement of the situation and
prospeas of. MIRANDA. and his associates than any
other we have lately seen: From this we are per;-
mitted to extra& the following :
" General MIRANDA arrived here on the oth inst.
(November) in the Melville Sloop of War, trorp •
.Barbadoes,' From the' present prospe& of affairs,
it is probable he will: remain here some at
least till he hears the result of some dispatches sent
to England in September from the Island of Aruba.
These .dispatches were conveyed by the Govern-
thent Schooner Pickle, the return of which may be'
looked for sonie time in December.. It is possible,
however, the Expedition may be again put .in mo-
tion sooner than is now generally expected. This
idea is derived from the strong appearance of several
Secret ExpeditiOns preparingby the British govern-
ment ; one of which particularly appears to be des-
tined against the, West Indies ; and the opinion of
the most respeCtable here is, that those troops are
intended either to.conquer the Caraccas, or to co-
operate immediately in the plans of. General Mr=
RANDA—which of the two a little time will discover.
Had the English given him one or two regiments 'of
- regular troops, in addition to the naval,force employed
in the attempt, it would have saved much trouble
and expence, and General MIRANDA would, without
a'doubt, have been at this moment in full possession
of that oppressed country. The British have (through.
a bad* look-out) permitted a Brig from Guadaloupe
to land' 180 French soldiers at Laguira: A French
Frigate 'and two Brigs, ,a few days since, arrived at
Martinique with 200 soldiers. This is said to be part
of a squadron from. Rochefort, consisting 'originally
'of-six Frigates and three Brigs, with 2000 troops,
bound to Martinique, but intended,' no doubt, for
the Spanish Main. . The other four Frigates, with
1800 troops are reported to have been captured, short-
ly after they left Rochefort, by Sir SAMUEL HOOD'S
Squadron.
" General MIRANDA,•previOUS to his leaving Bar-
: badoes,, sent .Col. Count DE ROVEItAY to England
with dispatches for the British Government,' Which
:• must, at :all events, produce in the course Of two
months from this time, a definitive answer on the
subject of land forces ; Without these he can'iot sue-

" General MIRANDA has received letters, via Lon-
don, from Sir HOME POPHAM, at Buenos Ayres, the'
substance of which I cannot communicate to you."

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

SENATE WASHINGTON, DEC. 3.

A Bill was laid before the Senate to prohibit the
Importation of Slaves into any Port; or Place within
the Jurisdidion of'the United States, from and after
the first day of January, 1808 ; it also prohibits the
Exportation. of Slaves for the purpose of selling
them. This Bill was ordered to have a second read-
ing:
The Resolution offered by Mr. TRACY, calling
upon the President for information relative to the
Negotiations pending with Great Britain, was taken
up and negatived.—Ayes s—Noes 18.
g.—The Bill offered by Mr. BRADLEY, to
prohibit the Importation of Slaves into: any port or
place within the United States, from and 'after the
Ist of January 1808, was referred to Messrs-.
GILE6, BALDWIN, and MITCHELL.

The' Bill to suspend the operation of an A&, in-
titled " An, A& to prohibit the" Importation of cer-
tain Goods, Wares, and Merchandise," passed in tho
,House of Reprzsentatives; was read a second time,
and ordered to a third reading.
DEC. 10—The Bill which had yesterday been
reported without Amendment by- the Seleo Com-
niitteo, was considered as in Comm:tzee of the
whole House, when Mr. MITCHELL proposed a new
Section to the Bill, empowering the President. to
give a further suspension' to the law beyond the3Oth
June, l sO7, until the public interest should require
it. On this the Bill with the amendment, was re-
committed. •

DEC. 11.-Mr. VILES reported the new Setition,
and another Amendment; - and Mr. MITCHELL'S
Proposition being thus incorpOrated into the. Bill, the
whole- was ordered to be printed.

NEW YORK, • DEC. 18.—Captain DUNSCOMB,
from Cape Francois, informs, that since the death of
DESSALINES, the people have determined to abolish
the regal power, and fashion the Government to a
Representative Democracy.—(Commercial Adver-
tiser.)
Capt. SEBASTIAN!, lately arrived at Charleston
from Madeira, informs, that Mr. LAMAR, the Ame-
rican Consul unfortunately fell from a bridge, on
the 23d OEtober, and
.broke his neck.—(Jbid.)

• A few nights since, as Mr. °ORTON, a Lanca-
shire fisherman, was examining his nets in the liner
•dune, near Basil Point,' he Thought he heard a bolt
approaching, but to his great astonishment, when
he held up his lantern he discovered a horse swim-
and his astonishment was increased by find-
ing a cart fastened to the horse, with a man in it,
who proved to be Mr. J. KIRtY, a farmer of Hey-
sham. The only account that he could give of his
extraordinary situation was, that he had been in a
public-house 9n Conder Green, with his cart, on his
way to hi's father's house, at Cockersham. He left-
the public-house in the evening, very much
cated, -and was put into his cart, by some compa-
nions, with whom he had been drinking, and they
set the horse otf. The horse, instead of 'going for-
ward towards Cockersham; turned off towards Glaf-
fon, where it had been accustomed to cross the river.
The tide, however, was scarcely half out, and it
must have swam with the,cart above a quarter of a
mile. Kirby was discovered quite in an insensible
state through intoxication, and of course not aware
of the itutnineat danger he had escaped.

'MORE WONDERS. The following Extra& of a
Litter is copied from the National Intelligencei.
" The ROckY mountain Sheep beats the 'horned
Frog all
" I have the pleasure to inform you of the ar-
rival of Captains LEWLS and CLARK.
They were the, first white people- that ever
visited this Country. By the best accounts they
could get,' there are about ninety or one hundred
thousand inhabitants (Indians)' on the West side of
the Rocky Mountain,s ; horses without number. It
is thought to be a very poor Indian that did not own
300 horses. Not an iron tool among them. They
erected a fort on the Sea-shore, and engraved their
names. They have brought a numbe. ~f curiosi,
ties ; among which is a wild sheep—its head anti
horns weigh about 80 or go pounds. He was
caught on the Rocky Mountains."

A Letter from Gibraltar, dated 30tii Dec.lBo6,
ays..--6, Since the Decree made by. BONAPARTIIy re-
lative to Neutral Vessels trading to Great Britain, 8
or g American Vessels hare been carried'intA Spanish
Ports ; and a numbei of Cruizers are now at sea,
with a-determination to detain all vc:asels they tall in

w itla,"

4ktp:St BOiIOtTGII

CRUELTY.

TIM KING V.

. .
Tats was a trial for an assault 'ef. a 'very singulai
nature.; and in giving an outline of it to our Readers',
we shall simply, lay before them the evidence, with=
out any comments, either of our own, or of the
Counsel for fhb reSpeaive parties.
Charles Campbell, the boy on whom the assault
was committed, son of Lieut. Col. CaMpbell, of this •
town, having been examined as to his capacity
(being only ten years of age) of understanding the
nature and obligation of an oath, :was admitted by
the Court to be sworn. He stated, that on the IT Pt
July last, betwixt the, hours of twelve,and one at
goon, he put a play-bill under the rapper of the De;
feridant's'door, but ;vhich, falling from the situation
in whiCh be.had.placed it, occasioned a , rap at thc.
•door ; the witness immediately rah away, and was
pursued by the Defendant, who overtook hAin at the
corner of St. Paul's Church, and seizing him by the
hair, knocked him down, and placing the head of the
witness in such a situation •as with his.ktiee. to con-
fineit:againSt the wall, he took a penknife frond
the right peeket of his waistcoat, and with it made
an:i.hc)sion in _the back of his ear. The witness said
he cried out when he was-first. seized ,by the De-
fendaht, but much louder when he began to cut his
ear; his ear bled -much, and blooded his shirt neck;
Master Campbell further added, that a servant girl
of Mr. Clark's, who was cleaning the outside of the
windows, was looking towards hith at the same
•

A female servant of Mr. Clark, who lives in
Park-square, said, that she was cleaning the outside
of the windows at the time when this assattlt Was
committed, and that her attention being attra6ted by
the screaming of Master Campbell, she kept het'. "
eye upon him the whole time ; Mr.,,---overtook
him at the north-west corner of St. Paul's Church,
knocked him down on his breech, and placing the
boy'4thead between his knees, took a small penknife,
from.his4ght waistcoat pocket, and cut his ear with
it. Being stronf,ly interrogated on this part of her
evidence, witness said she could solemnly declare
upon her oath the truth of all she had asserted. On
being asked her opinion as to the distance from her
master,'s house to the place where the assault was
committed, she t xplessed her opinion, that it was
about 50 yards.,
-Mr. Logan, Surgeon, stated, that he 'was sent for
about three o'clock in the afternoon, on the 17th
July, to dress the wound, which had the appearance
of having been infli6led by a sharp instrument, as it
was a clean incision ; it was not impossible, but he
thought it improbable, for the wound to have beeti
occasioned bye finger nail ; the wound was about
i
an inch or an inch and a quarter in length, and a
quarter of at-Ouch in depth.
.The
,Defendant did "not produce any evidence to
rebut, the charge.
The Jury, after deliberating upwards of an hour;
found the Defendant Guilty of the whole charge.-
The Court sentenced him to pay a fine of 251. to
the King, and bound him.to his good behaviour for
twelve Months, hiMself in 2001. and two sureties in
1001. each.

* The name of the Defendant is suppressed in the Papelt
from which we have copied this case.

It is said that the son of a wealthy core-keeper has
recently proved himself so great a calf; as to loiel
6%0001: at the gaming table.

The week before last, theqap-house in the Dock-
yard, Chatham, was entered, and robbed of a quan-
tity of silver and halfpence, •,4.illich were tied up in
a handkerchief. A brush and pricker, na" '`c •
a chant usually appendant to a soldier's belt; being
found o'n the premises, induced a suspichiii. that one
of -the -stildiers of the Guards, doing duty on'the
Docklard,'Must have been the thief, and a search,
was accordingly instituted. The guard being turned
out, and the men all drawn up in order, one Of the
grenadiers was observed bobbing his bead backwards'
and forwards in the ranks, and wa•repeatedly spo-
ken to by the serjeant to keep himself steady, but
without effect ; when his turn carne to be searched,
it was discovered that he had lost part of his chain,
together with the brush and 'pricker attached to it.
On being taken from the ranks, convincing proofs-‘
of.his guilt were found on him, his cap being filled
with the money he had stolen, together with some
bread and cheese, the weight of which had been the
cause of his unsteadiness whilst - in. the lite.' Aft6T
he had possessed himself of all the cash he Could lay
his hands on, it appears that he
_very deliberately
went dciwn into the cellar;•where he regaled hirn-
, self with , sotee bread and cheese, and a cool
tankard drawn fresh from the cask. He was brought
to a Court Martial last week, and the fa& being fully
established; he was sentenced to receive 700 lashes,
and to be sent to the-condemned regiment.
The following circumstance occurred at the Post,
Office in a market town near Leeds a few days
ago.,--A tradesman, whose prudence habits himself
always to deposit his letters which-contain remit-
tances in the office, went' for this purpose ; he
thoßght tht lAN did hot descend as they ought
to do into the bo , when, on holding up his lanthern,
he found them, and a letter the property of some
other person, in such a position that they might
easily be taken away.--=-An examination by the Post-
master Was the immediate consequence, and the
mouth of the letter-box was found to be choaked
up with paper, by whom, or with what intent, re-
mains unknown, but the circumstance ought to be
rernernbered.by those who may be in similar situaa
tions.

• CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 21.."—WheRt 19 here
considerable supply,_ that of first quality is nearly
at our last currency, but for second and inferior,
sales continue very &ill, at rather lower prices;
Barley is again arrived in large supplies, exce,,,ting
the best:samples, it is lower and a falling article ;
Malt likewise ; White Pease at less ; Beans of each
kind at little alteration ; the supplies of Oats are
large,. and this trade is. quoted cheaper ; Flour in
full plenty ; few sales made at 'the highest quota-
tion 5 'good American 4.5. to per birrel.

. , ..
Wheat 53s3 64S 3 Bos od Beans -36 s a 4 ts 6,1
Fine ditto -82 s a Bss od Tick Beans 305 a '36s 61
Lye . -.-- 4os a 4ss od Oats zas a 2&s a 3os od
Batley . r .- 345. a 4os od Poland ditto -3 is a 32, ,),1
Malt : . • -66 s a 73s od Rape Seed 241. 271. os. ,v 1
White Pease las a 9os od Fine Flour • los a 75.: oti
G icy ditto. 42 a 47$ od Second* " 6Sa a "i4li o 4