The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-29 00:00:00

PRtNCII PAPER.B.

..)TUTGARI), Strr. 14.—His Majesty has re-
"'vett, by the First. Lieutenant De Miller, dis-
patched from the head-qaarters of the Wurtcm-
burgh troops, the following report, dated at their
bivouac in advance from Pucwaren on the road
from Smolensk to Moscow, the 24th of August,
1812 :----

S.

‘, •
• After departing from Liosta, on the 12th of
August,' the Sd corps formed the -advanced guard:
of the army ;
.the Ist and 2d regiments of light
Nurse of the griarfls,-and the 4th chasseurs of the
Bing, ,on the 14th, charged the Russian infantry
at Krasnoi, and covered themselves With 'glory
in that affair 5- in the forenoon of the 16th, the
3d corps d'armee arrived before Smolensk.
" That city, Which the enemy wished to _con-.
7vert into a sort of out-:work, and whiCh he had
fortified accordingly, was immediately invested ;
and the troops which he had,posted in the wood
and on the heights in front of the town, were at.;
tlelied-by the S'd corps. The battalion of Chas-
-4ei-trs of the King was employed as sharp7shooterS,
while the rest of the division supported the corps,
. and a portion of the, Royal Artillery kept up a vi-
gorous fire on the ,eneiny's batteries. The -bat-
talion of Chasseurs of the King displayed. the
greatest bravery.
" The brigade of Koch, and a party of artil-
lery.„ received orders to occupy the Valley, of the.
-Pnieper on 'the left wing of the cordon, to-defend
it aPinst any attacks Which the enemy might at-
tempt from the suburb situated on the lett bank
of that river. The brigade took up
•poSition
suitable for this pnrptise, and pushed a consider-
, able detachment as far as the entrance of the
suburb ; but the •enemy gave no opportunity for'
fighting, and there was only a 'short cannonade.
43n the 17th, the enemy attempted to dislodge- this
auvanced post ; but as it was promptly supported;
a short fire of musketry only ensued, at the- close
°F-Ivb.,ich the enemy retired.._ Scarcely was this
akirMish terminated, when the whole division re-
;eiVed orders to advance with its artillery, on 'the,
101 wing, in the valley of the Dnieper, and to
tarry the suburb situated in that valley. In •spite
the fire froM a battery of the enerriy, which
opened from the right bank of the Pnieper on
the left flank' of the division, and. of that of a
':econd battery which owned in its front, this at-
ack Was effected in column by the brigade Hugel,
and the 3d • battalion of light infantry under the'
eoitunand of Colonel Stockmaier, supoorted on his
tight flank by the royal batteries.. The village,
'hough occupied by a. considerabie force, and pre-
,/,"til/g great obstasles, was taken..and held by
the two brigades, even within reach of :the can 7
11.," of the city, and as. far as a hollow of Consi-
erahle depth'.
s' During these affairs, the enemy exerted him,
telf iu sending over the Dnieper some strong de-
lachtnents of Cos Sacks some leaguesg below
near the village Catani, to annoy the di-
"si°n on its left -flank and rear : but .as the 4th
I:4egiinent of cavalry, the King's- chassenesa and the
"-hattalion of light infantry were posted in this
t;arter the- Cossacks' were consequently repulsed.
he' first regithent of cavalty also supported th-e
10on. on its right dank, against the- sallies which
he enelev's sharp-shooters Made from the town ;
thf regiment of light horse of the: guards
‘,lls l=ured as a corps. of reserve in the valley of .
e Dnieper.. As there .yea-s 'reason, to presume
that theenemy, who had been vigorously attack-
ed, on the 16th and 17th,•by infantry.and-artillery,
41°1-1g the whole front of the town, which was
t,.9'llpletely invested—fearful of a breach bting
,"'"ei and of the consequent assault, would wish
ey\aeuate the town in the night of the 17th, and
„tvitharaw to the right bank of the Dnieper, the
4d corps d'armee received orders early in the
b'°rning of the 18th io advance; to pursue the
rear-guard,,• and-take possession of the,
9"n• The brigade Hugel, supported by the re-
tin) tnt of infantry Duke William, immediately ad
-'''.4eed;.repuise'd the enemy's sharp-shooters, took
"rriplete possession.-of•• the suburb which .com-
manded the aboYe-mentioned hollow; and by this
aide entered Smolensk, which was abandoned by •
ate enemy. That city being occupied, the divi-
• t°ll of infantry received • orders to cross the
tlieper at at ford four feet deep, and to take
Ijesession of a suburb on the right bank of the
t'' er which was thought to be nearly abandoned
the enemy.
• ``
But scarcely had the 2d battalion of the re-
. . .
Fltnent Duke William passed the ford, and began
" form, when the enemy, • concealed in great
tltunbers, in .the houses and streets where 'they -
).41d not be perceived, attacked this battalion
ilth some thousands of troops : the fire of the
w'fantry was very lively, especially near the ford, .
4d an of ' though extremely unequal,
eenThat commenced. However, Colonel Bauer
,;og With his battalion taken a redbubt, Deco-
Vett by the eneuryelose to the ford, and the latter
fettles , •
tnus repulsed for some time, time was of
t..ded to send overthe brigade Huge!, to main-
-441 this important entrenchment, which the ene-
41toY endeavoUred to retake, by coming several times
the Charge with renewed force ; bat he was
r°Ostantly repulsed by the.efforts of Major-Gene-
al RUgel, his officers, and men. .The enemy was
eesantly bringing up fresh troops, both..to re.
the the redoubt, and to post them along the
trbank, and, thus to drive back. the Royal
jops from the suburb upon the left bank. In
ii`l'sequence, it became necessary to bring the
ton
Of light infantry and,that of Koch, into-
ti7ion ; and tOplaCe upon the left bank these trio
4'gldes,,, in order •to support the troops which
a`' • 1
crossed to the other bank; and•thuS to render
the action. general. ,
!h.(' This obstinate*CoMhat began at seven in the -
and lasted, with some short intervals,
oo'fu:ten at night; -its result-, was, .that the troops.,
I
b., the King kept the suburb, or.rather its-sruok--
"g ruins, -for the-enemy had himself burned the
• treater part of it. As he supported his infantry
1337. batteries placed on the heights of-the opposite
4A :Ai this defence and his numerical superiority,'
t Tied us also to support the royal infantry by
tc)rne batteries; but on the ruined walls of•the-j
tj'wl'i there were only confined spaces for their!
tjection Which were althost completely exposect
1 _the fire of the enemy's infantry. lloWey'er,
batteries were established-with the greatest
t2•7ity, and, during the whble of-the action,
kept up Unix ire without being covered.'

the 1-7 o reiittentt of light .horse; tinderh"e
orders of Major General Breuning, likewise en-
deavoured to support our infantry, by various de-
monstrarlons along the Ourse of the river; they
partly passed the Dnieper, threatened, the right
flank. of the enemy, and had various skirmishes
with his infantry and cavalry; but as thetgroutid
was very unfavourable for cavalry, he was ob-
liged, to confine himself. to these demonstrations,
which, however, obliged the enemy to divide his
force.

" On the Morning.of the 19th, the enemy vas
no longer visible'; it was, however, piesumable,
•that hiS year-guard would turn to advantage, for
the purpose of covering the retreat of his army,
the rugged heights which enciecied the right of
the valley of the Dnieper, and that' be would take
a position behind their crest. ;'1 he. third, corps
d'armeetberefore received orders to advance, and
carry these heights should it be necessary'; but,
contrary- to all 'expectation, the enemy did not de-
fend them, and the division of Royal infantry' was
posted there as an advance.. The two regiments
of light horse passed the Dnieper lower down,
and followed the corps d'armee. After a- few
moments march,. the 41arp-shooters came: up
with .a troop of, Cossacks, who retired in the vala
ley of the,Dnieper, on the road of Moscow, when
they perceive) the cavalry, and when our sharp-
shocters opened their fire On them.
" The corps &amine, in three columns, March-
;
ed in the- same 'direction in the valley, and about
a league from Smolensk fOund the enemy pbsted
beyond a Considerable stream with very rugged
banks, and ,--liich-fallingiinto the Dnieper, iater-
seefed the road itasuch a- Way that the left wing
of the enemy's first line rested 'on the Dnieper.—
The banks of the Stream, which Were covered With
thickets, were strongly lined with infantry.; the
enemy had! also thrown, troops into two vill iges
situated alonga the. stream. Some
,hundreds of
paces behind the stream' there was a wooded
height, on which the enemy had placed a.senond
line Of infantry, , with artillery: The' corps
d'artnee deployed; and briskly attacked, with ar7
tidery and sti7trisbooters, the enemy's 'first line ;
but it made a vigorous resistance, and the 'combat
became general. One village on the left bank;
Was attacked.so warmly, that the enemy was dis-
lodged; he endeavoured to gain the
.heights in
his rear ; but at the same moment the light horse
of the guard pasSed the' stream, took- both in flank
and rear this infantry, which was endeavouring
to form a square, and sabreththem, •
" Jn.consequence of thisanovernent of the ca-
valry, the second village was also taken in reverse;
the infantry which
.defended it attempted in con-
. sequence to escape the heights ; a trooli of Cos-
sacks advanced to protect them, but were soon
Overthrown by the cavalry,- who pursued, came
up with, and sabred the infantry:.
At the same time, the enemy, in spite of his
reiterated attacks, was also driven back on his
left wing, and all the divisions nearly at the same
Moment gained possession of the
.heights. 'The
enemy continued his retreat several leagues with-
out' halting, and'it was not till five in the evening
that the- corps d'armee came up With him, .in the ,
oeciipation.of a very strong position, The:Royal
division, which formed the centre' of the corps,
'could at first bring into ph'my only, its artillery
.The.. principal.force o. .the enemy„, jn cavalry and
..infantry, was' posted: in close . columns, with
strong batteries in front, on a high ridge, in ad-
vance of which the ground. tor 4 or. 500: paces was
row, intersected with rivulets and ditches, and
covered with thickets, wbich formed a sort of gir7
dle to the principal position.. The enemy bad
thrown at least ten thousand' men into this low
ground, which was, besides, defended by the.bat7
teries on the ridge. The prim6pal operation.
was to pierce across this girdle, and gain the
ridge, which was the key of the position.,,--
The third corps d'armee was charged with exe-
'Cutiaig the attack in front. The combat com 7
menced, and had already lasted. two hours ; dur-
ing 'this time the Russians had been, more than
once relieved by fresh troops; night .at length .
came on, their columns could no longer beeasilv
seen; their batteries gradually produced less efH.
fact, and in consequence orders were given to form
a column behind a Cloud-of sharp-shooters, and
to assault the. ridge.. .. •
The light brigade of the King formed a chain
of sharp-shooters, and Was followed- by the two
brigades of the line:in two parallel colamns The
:obscurity of the wood, the thick smoke of gun-
powder, the obstacles. presented by the hollows
and thickets,' rendered the march very painful 5
but at times they afforded. a protection front the
enemy's batteries, to which the Royal division
was greatly expOsed. Frequently the enemy,
who presented a front bristling with steel, over-
. Whelmed the columns with his aharpsholters,
who adeaticed with intrepidity ; but nothing could
prevent them from renewing 'their attack, Thrice
were the enenay charged., and thi; sanguinary field
of battle had been long lighted up by the moon,
when at last the ridge was carried, 'and the ene-
my's masses compelled to. retreat ; however, the
sharp:shooters did not cease firin:g.till NiclOght.
", The whole of the third corps d'armee passed
the' night where :the combat had closed. The,
troops of his "Alajest, On this day, -took a num-
ber of very strong positions. On the morning of
the 20th this- corps marched a league in advance
of the field of battle,. and there encamPed.
" The division of his Majesty has taken a great
many Offi.cera and soldiers prisoners. Its loss in
these different' Combats is seven Officers killed, 41
wounded, and one missing ; 80 subalterns and
soldiers killed, 559 wounded, and 45 missing."

His Majesty has also received, by Lieutenant
Miller, a report from.Colonel,Milkau, command-
ing the 3d regiment of :ca-alry of Duke William,
dated at the. bivouao„ of:RI:Ina, the Bth of Au-
gust. According to. this . report, ..the regiment
had on, that day to follow up the movetnent of a
division which was..zinanceuvring againSt the ene-
my; and to cover its left flank. On this
.occasiott
they repulsed several . attacks from
.3000 of the
enemy'S cavalry, and Made several successful ones,
in return. However, the regiments, while-earn-
bating an enemy so greatly superior in numbers,
experienced a considerable loss. Major
.General
Count WaldbOUrg, Brigadier.Of this corps, amidst
•a very dense cloud of dust, ryasThst sight of by
the regiment. He bad - with „bun. only the First

Lientiftint CoUtt -Groev'e.'nitz, the SeCond Lien:
tenants Fink and Hornstein,' the Trumpeter of
lli.Statf, and three privates. In an instant they
were surrounded by twfo sq*.dronS,of Cossacks,
and the 'General had the misfortune to fail .from
his lio'rse In spite of the efforts of those who
attended-him, he was slightly wounded, and made
priiorer. The brave LieAenant Nornst*(7;n- Was
.severely wounded, but \escaped, Lieutenant Bax
was also
.severely- wounded, and made, prisoner.
Besides: the.:offi,cers Above named, the • regiment
lost in this affair 6 horsemen killed, 13 wounded,
2 prisoners, and 9 missing. ,
TIitEST SEPT. -10,—The frigate la „Dura, of
44 guns, and 350 men, stationed: here, blew up
about midnight ; the. Commandant had gone on
board scarcely a quarter of 'an hour before. The
whole roadsteds is covered with the fragments of
this vessel, and there are few houses in our town-
which have not had the windows shattered.
ArEtaren, SEPT. 12.--The Officer .of Maritime.
Health of this city, having been inforMed that the.
merchant ship It Giusto, from Barbary, hail
touched at Lissa, and landed some infec!.ed mer-
s'ehandize ; and that the persons employain trans=
. porting this merchu.ndiae had fallen Victims. to the
contagion, which had afterwartls spread in the
island, has deemed it proper to prescribe the fol-
lowing regulations for protecting the Italian States
from this scourge : , •
Ist. -All vessels coming fromailmatia, Ragusa,
and the Quarmaro Isles; are subjected to a quaran-
tine of 40 days. • , „
2d. Vessels vititedipy enemy's cruizcrs shall be
subject, to '2O days', quarantine.
3d. Cabtains must make their declaration with
the Most scrupulous exactness; under pain of he
ing punished with all the rigour of the laws.

EXTRACT OF• A LZTTER, FROM LONGFORD,

(IRELAND.)

" Yon cannot conceive how welt oar Meeting
went off, th.ough we were in some degree deserted
by the great, viz. $. T. N. and E. F. We were
opposed -by Colonels Forbes and Achmuty ; 'yet
when our Resolutions were read, which were very
moderate, and adopted from Sligo, the opposition
was silenced, and they passed with the, greatest
joy and enthusiasm.
The first. Resolution was received with three
cheers, and it was with some diflicUlty we could
stop the huzzas, or moderate the satisfaction of
the delighted Protestants :--through the. whole
perfect order prevailed and Ido not exaggerate
when -I -tell you, that not less than 2000:Protes=
tants were in the Court and outer Hail.

" The Protestant Cause was -very warmly sup-
porte4 by Sir Jaiws Hutchinson, and, in fact, by
every one except, those I have When
the. Resolutions were read; Sir inures Hutchinson
asked Colonel .Aclaitinty-=` Now; Sir, I would
be glad to .hear your-. objections—l-your 'reasons ?''
He could not say a word ; acknowledged he an-l-
earned in them, but feared they would agitete.the
Country. Mr. Robinson replied, that he thought
they would'rather:tranquilize the Country,-as the
sober thinking part of the Roman Gatliolie.§ninst
see. that to- give them what they called unrestrained
Eurancipation,Would be a 1 entire t2urrender of-the
Constitution ; that if they expected privileges;
they must give -equal seeurity,with every other
subject-enjoying them ; otherwise they ',rottld have
`an uncontrouled power in the State-, which` the
Constitution could not endure. He was therefore.
confident, that if they would reject the brawlings
of their demagogues, and
..Zite instig-.tion of sedi-
tious prints, and listen to reason and the advice
of their true friends,- they would think it a very
reasonable conilition of enjoying equal privileges
with their other -fellow-subjects, that they should
give equal security with them. . .•
" These oh nervations had such an effect upon
one of the. Roman Catholic Delegatas, who, with
half 'a dozen others; was- listening, that he de-
clared be thought the condition perfectly rea-
sonable. •

‘‘.. In Fermanagh,- the Protestant Petition will
have near '25;000 signatures; in Arnkagh, 13,000 :
upon the whole, it is expected that -upwards of
'soo;ooo:Prote'stant men will pray:thti Legisgature
'not to surrender the Protestant Constitution in.
Church or State,!;

ELECTION REPOIITS.—Mr. DAVIS, Mr. PRo-
TpEnoE, acid Sir SAMUEL ROM ILLY are candi-
dates for Bristol.—• Mr. BAILLIE retires.

LOrd PdLLINGTON anda. P. MILNEsiEsq. the
sitting Members itir Pontefract, have offered again.
LaclSoNßr. ILiDGsoi, Esq. of Sthpleton,
starts 'again there. As Mr. H. LASCELLLS'S
dress to the Electors of 'Pontefract was subse-
quent to- the knovin resignation of Mr. WILBER-
roncE, it is supposed that he means to persevere
in hiS canvass for that 'Alec._ •
. .

Mr. T. WYNDIIAM, according to report, with
draws from Glamorganshire.
WALTER FAwK.I;s, E..q...bas been. invited to
to stand for Westminstcr, where a sharp contest
is expected.
Ikxr ERSOx is to stand for Newcastle.
COltiel Wox 21.EY is Anong the Candithites lot
the County of York.
Mr. C. C. JENKINSOI4 declines,, and Citptain
RAINIER stands again'for Sandwich.
.Mlr. WYATT offers
.for Sudbury, tnd Mr, euL_
LITM is rXpeetrtt also to st.trt for the saute place.
General Phipps and Mr. ''Sui4o,.7 stand for
Scarborough. .
Mr. THOMAS relinquishes .Chichester.
BROG. DEN, Esq. and COlonel .-Ar:mAnoN
are the Candidates for LaunceStOn, Cornwall.

. , . .
WILLIAM NORTHEY,tS.Cf. and JDN:qHAN RAINE,
Esq. stand ;or Newport, Corriwalr.
RICHARD SPOONER, Esq. 'stands fol' Wanvick-
shire. .

Mr LAcoN stlids for Yarmouth; in the room
of the Hon. E. I.IAREoRti, who retire:;
T. KEMP, ESti. , and. G. SiItPFNER, Esq.
again stand for Lewes. '
ExtrJet of a Letter from Norwich:----- " Your
Old Friend W. talks of starting for the County.—
He has made a good use of the X 20,000 Prize he
gained in the Lottery two years ago. 'The Estate
he bought with it is now worth double the Mo-
ney. .He desires you will send him a Ticket in
the present one ; for he says, as the Lottery draws
so opportunely for the Election, he feels confident
to get a Prize on tilt 20th, to pay for it." -

SEFL. 2 .

: .
Mr. John Slakcilf VitaS put to the bar to take 14.4
trig? on an indifiti-nent, chai•ging him with
-sic-ilea several books, a Silver snuff-box, and other
articles, the property of Hughlq`Kenzie, Esq.
it appeared', :from the evidenceof Chag.Strachan,
tqe servant boy of the prosecutor, (who lives u
No. 2, Brick-con' rt,7Terhlnle, that on the 20th (f
July last, the prisoner calfed at the Chambers, and
asked if M'Kenzie wai at home ? On being
answered in the negative, he said he would write a
note to him. The boy inonediately procured hid
sonic paper, rind a pea and ink prisoner .thei
complaiaed' of being thirSty, and begged the buy.
to gethini ;a glad of water.; which' the b 4 agreed
to do, and quitted the room for that purpose: 0n
his return the prisoner gave hinra note, which be.
'desired him to give to his Master, and then went
Out. This note being unsealed, the boy observed,
that it was 'nothing but a piece of blank paper.
„igkis Suspicions were immediately excited,.and, ire
followed the prisoner intc, New-court, and there
Abld him that tbeYnote be had left had no writing
•in it ; the prisoner said be was mistaken, it was
written with a pencil. This, however, not being
the case, the hoy insisted upon his going back to
the%ChaMbers, and the porter of the inn having
Collie to his assistance, the; prisoner agreed to ac 7
company' theM and in 'going up stwrs, 'a book
fell from vhich the boy picked up, and re-:
cognize:l as his. master's. The . prisoner was
searched, and- other bOoks, also the prOperty
the prosecutor, were found in b.is possession.•
was afterwards conducted to the .Brown
where a snutf-boX, likewise the property of Mr:
IVl'kenzie, was found..

The prisoner said nothing in his defence, but
left his caw in the liandi4 his \COunSel; who
called five mast respectable per Sons liom*Nvito-k
depositions it appeared, that the prisoner was fdr-
merl? a Fellow-conimolier at Cambridge, and a
Professor of Chemistry; that he had at all tidies
supported the character of
.a man of the .strictest
honour and integrity.:; but that of late,'in conse.
quence of a Variety of misfortunes which .had 'be-,
fallen him; he had evinced the strongest marks of
a disordered -mind, II 'also -appeared, from the
evidence of Mr. Landseer, an engraver, that the
prisoner Was above the ceremony of as;:ing any
small favour of a friend, such as borrowing books
or .other triflingarticleS. Ne always took them
without asking, and expected his friends to be
equally free with him. It farther-turned out, that
the prisoner was upon the molt intimate footing
with a gentleman of the name of M'Kenzie, but
whether the prosecutor was that person or notj
did not appear..
The COMMON SERJTANT having summed up the
evidence with gieat impartiality, the jury,: with-
out hesitation, acquitted the prisoner.

The business of the .Session. was yesterday
finished,,,when sentence of death was passed en
the following- convicts

John RobertsJor stealing in a dwelling-bonne ;
John JOhnson; for privately stealing in a shop;
Francis Shipman,.: for forgery ; Pietri
for stealing goods privately iu a shop; Stefano
Haskett, for steAling goods in a dwell.ng-house;

Mary Rof;crs, for uttering a .counterfeit money,.
having before being convicted of being a tom,
mon utterer of base money; John. Rabbett, f6r
a highway robbery; Win. Birch, for a ,burglary
Thos. Sim mester, alias Davis, for house-breaking;
Geo.
,Bell, alias .Geo.W. Porter, for horse-stealing;
Thos ;Wright, for stealing privately in a shop; Ann
Owen ,•for a like offence; AbelM`Donald, for high=
way robbery; John Price, for stealing in a dwelling=,
house ; Catherine Forester, for sttzalilig goode
privately in a shop ; 'JaMes Westbrook and Eliza,,
teeth Phipps, for house-breaking; Joseph Aurora.,
for stealing privately in a shop; Ann Watts an:i.
John Rogers, for stealing in a dwelling-hous ;
Mar.,aret Palmer and Mary Turner, for stealing
goals privately in a 'shop ; Thomas Williams and
Robert Miner, for stealing in a dwelling-house ;
Young arid, Wllliam Lewis, for burglary,.

Richard.Rieliards, John Car, and Collard, were
ordered to:be transported for ; Sarah Bellings:,
Edward John Yates, Thoinas Newton; and James
Ashton, for 14 years ; Thomas Wilson, Thomas
Dolan, Henry Moth, 'Joseph Wayland, Villiath
Connor, Sarah Baker, JOhn Hayward Wolf
strom, Mary Bruce, John' Bazar, Eliz.
John Williams,: Mary,Ann David, Mary Jones,
Thomas Cosgrove, Margaret Graham, Isaac Crane,
'William RaWlinsou, • Thomas Norton, Joze Sur
batik, Mary Ryder, George Truman, d'i'm. Kirby;
Eliz. King, Mary Squires, Fran. Jarvis, Ed, White,
Elizabeth Henley, James Bull, Win. M`Dortald,
Sarah Gordon, Sarah Longhurst, Thomas Bent-
leY, Jaines Bevan, Richard Bevan, George Elliot
alias Brown; FranciS Cousins, Thomas Saunders;
James Kennedy, and George Cock, for the term
of seven years. Eleven were sentenced to be hn-
prisoried in Clerkenwell Bridewell for years ;
eleVen for year; and eight for six months
each;‘ thirteen' for various periods in -Newgate 5
three to_ he publicly whipped, and eleven private.
ly ; and 42 were discharged by Fociamation.

GUMrigALL..-A boy named Roberts,... was yes-
terday charged before., Sir Matthew Bloxatiq tha
sitting Alderman, with a novel species Of theft, by
Mr. Wolfe, a tallow-chandler in Fleet-market.
On Saturday afternoon, the priscuer with another
boy still less in stature than himself, came into
the prosecutor's shop which is very large, haying
two counters. on opposite sides, behind one of
which, a heap of silver.was. piled up, out of the
reach of any hand from without either counter.
The young thief thrust a slender wooden wand,
:across the counter, and dexterously lifted.ont,of
thc.silver heap one bank token appended to these
top of.the wand, and then a second one, which he
'quiekly handed to his Juvenile accomplice, who
instantly effected his escape. Roberts was seized,
and a Constable being sent for, was searched,
when neither,of the bank. tokens. but other silver
was .found, upon him. The •wand was found to
have bird lime Rti the top, which. attracted the
silver tokens, and .a.box..of that article Was found
in the prisoner's pocket.=-He was remanded for
further exaMination. .

WORSIIIP-STIIEET. A person named
,Slater,
alias Ellis,. was yesterday committed, charged with
-.uttering forged notes, parportng to be Bank of
'England notes of 11. each, - •

SIXTH REPORT OF THE AFRICAN /MiITUTION.

CASES OF SLAVE SHIPS. • ' ,
[Continued from our Paper. of Irestcn*.]

21cTRAC:FFIt-OM THE REASONS.OF .JUDGMENT GIVEN

BY THE ACTING JUDGE.

. ,
This -*Vessel sailed from Charlescown-, -in Ame-
rica, in the month of July Or. AugUst, 1809, bound
for Madeira, but: nor being able to fetch that he.
sland on account, as it is said, of contrary winds,
sht put into Grand Canary. Through this part
of the voyage we find Freeman Wing acting as,
master, and Archibald M'Williams, a British sub-
lect, appearing only as a passenger. Here, how-
ever, Wing and. M'Williams turn out to be the
real owners of the. property ; for they jointly, and
on. their own behalf, and for their own benefit
proceed to dispose Of lioth vessel and cargo. I
will scarcely appear credible_ to this Court that
should take a pass-age frOm-..-America merely to re-
turn to it again by the way of Grand Canai-y, the
coast of Africa, and the Havannah : yet such is
fact on evidence.

" This vessel is ostensibly sold at. Qrand Ca-
nary to on Joseph Navarro ;•a• and there is not
only a copy (for it is not an original) of the bill
of sale, but also other papers; which have a regu-
lar appearance ;' but as it is observed by the learn-
ed Judge, now of the High Court of Admiralty,
'it was natural to suppose the papers would be
regular, for it is the very intention of the fraud,
if' it' be a fratid, to deceive by the regularity of the
papers •
.they are the necessary apparatus and
rtrachinery of such a case ; but if there are circtun-
stancea and factS 'appearing in the case, leading
justly to the conclusion that those papers, though
formal in themselves, and though formally sup-
ported on oath, are nevertheless false, it would be
ridiculous :to say, that the Court is bound by
them. It- is a wild conceit, that any Court of
. Justice is- bound by mere swearing : it is the
swearing credibly that is to conclude its judg-
ment. Unquestionably a • Court of Admiralty Will
proceed with caution in determininta against regu-
lar papers, regularly supported ; )ant if the papers
say-one dying, and the facts Of the case another,
the Court must exercise a sober judgment, and
. determine according to the common rules of
evidence to which the preponderance is line.'
" But let us examine whether there is reason
to draw the conclusion,' that any real transfer of
property ever took place, and whether or. not these
papers were not procured with a fraudulent inten-
tion, with a view to conceal the real owners of
the property. The vessel 'appears to hive pro-
cured foreign papers fol' the sole perpose 'Of en
gaging in an illicit trade. In reviewing the seve-
ral facts -which appear in _evidence, we find no
change taking place either in the circuMstances
of the vessel or her cargo, with the exception Of
four Spaniards, who are .shipped on board to
give the transaction a .colourable appearance, and,
it is also reasonable to supposZa to assist in the
navigation of the vessel through -by far the
most hazardous part of the voyage. To pro-
cure theSe foreign, papers, it is, necessary that
Wing
.and M`Williams, the owners, 'should
appear to sell both the vessel and cargo ; buttawe
find no change whatever, to. take place with re-
spect to their own situation on board. Wing
still appears, throughout as'an owner,-and 111`Wits
Lams as an assistant, bearing his former charac-
ter. It further aPpears, that the whole of the
transactions relative to the vessel were executed
in their name, and, as was well understood on
board, solely on their behalf, and for their belie.:
fit. With respect to the crew, they still remained
on board, and. neither received any wages on ac-
count of the transfer (as it might be supposed
they would if they had changed masters) nor en-
tered into nny new agreement. They are, it is
true, reinforced by the addition of-the four Spa-
niards to their complement; one of which is ad-
vanced to the command of the vessel, and, it is
said, carried her to the Rio Pongas. Wing, how-
ever, still appears in his original character : be
disposes bf her cargo;' and, on the death of this
nominal master, again assumes the command
.ma.ster ; completes the sale of the outward cargo,
and the purchase of a cargo of slaves. This ap-
pearsplainly from the log-book, kept in his hand- -
writing ; for the present nominal master, Searne-
lia, can neither read nor write.
acknowleges himself to be a
party to the bill of sale ;• . !strain reviewing all the
evidence before the Court, and all the papers pro-
duced, there 'appears nothing to show that any
valuable consideration was -ever received for any
part of the property.; and from this circumstance,
and that of the real acknowledged owners still
remaining in the same situations, and assuming
the same characters as before the alleged sale,.
there is every reason to conclude that their inter
rest in the vessel and cargo remains unchanged.—
A plea is'inade by M`Williams•that he is a subject;;
of the United States.of America; but it,will never:
be held by this Court that any man may throw
off his natural allegiance, in order to cover afraudu-
len Land illegal transaction. In the case of McWil-
liams, therefore,, the property is not only confis-
cable, but he is liable to all the penalties of✓ the Act.
• " With respect CO 'Wing himself,
.he very much
invalidates the credit of his evidence, try stating
\repeatedly thatail the papers. relating and behing-
iag to the vessel and cargo have been delivered up.
Some time after, however, it - occurs to him that
he has ;a. power of attorney ; and this power is to
enable him to act for Don Joseph Navarros-as
When this paper produced, it proves to be a joint
power of attorney to McWilliams and himself.--
isl‘Williams expressly declares, that every paper
-has been neliVered up. Surely, being; a" party to
the sale, he could not be ignorant that this power
of attorney existed, and that he was a party in it.
Allowing that this poWer of attorney were a valid
instrument, regularly signed by the original
grantee, it is such a one as has the eventual ta.n-
dency to render the 'most effectual assistance in
carrying on the fraud, by delivering, or rather
1 aiving, the Whole of the' property again in the'
h suds of the original owners. It gives a full•
p iwee both to Wing and •M`Williams: to dispose
of and manage the property, in the,same_ and as
full manner as they did before the transfer. There
is no igreement.between the parties. I must con-`
side's- the whole transaction as false and illegal."

(To be continued.)

EREL:V,s.

t TIE KERRY

TntpE, SLFT. 21.--With sincere regrit we
have to announce a circumstance foi.,de-
pravity and 'wickedness, no precedent is to be
found on the records of this county. The crime
ewe allude to is that of the murder of a Magistrate
in, what we conceive; the legal execution of a
legal order of law. The circumstances which led
to this melancholy affair have been so. fully and
satisfactorily developed by the esiidence produced
on the Inquest held by John J. Hickson, Esq. a
Coroner for this county, on Friday last, that we
shaltlay the entire before our readers.
Morgan O'Connell Bu!teed, Esq. Surgeon; was.
the: first witness ..'called—he viewed the body of
John Segerson, perceived eight wounds -on his
head, apparently inflicted: by balls or slugs, two
of which entered the brain, anti another lodged
near the. ear-,--and he -has no doubt.. of his death
being occasioned by these Wounds.
John Mariarty, of Ardmoneal, in this county,
farmer, sworn, saith—that he was one of the bai-
liffs named in the warrant against Daniel Penning-
ton, of Farrantoreen, near
.Killorglin. farmer, at
.the suit of John .Segerson, that on Wednesday
morning-last, deponent, deceased, and five others,
Went to the residence of the said Pennington; for
the purpose of executing paid- writ—the door was
closedagainst them—they continued watehing-the
house until about three
.o'clock next der.; about:
one. tine deceased went into
,the house. of. John,
which immediately. joins that of -,Daniel, suspect-
ing
that communication was formed bya breach
in the wall, which separated the :two honieS,,and
that the;eby Daniel might effect his escape z on
the deceased entering the house,-the Wife of JOhn

nsed very abusive language "to deceased, anti de-
sired them to u-) this, deceased feplied, " that
he would not hurt-or injure her, or any thing be-
longing to her, nor did he' come-with any such
intent." Deponent saw the breach in the wall,
and also- saw the wife strike at deceased with a
shovel; deceased begged she would be quiet, still
assitring her that no injury should be offered her;
she thenlaid by the shovel, and deceased 'sat down ;
John the husband' was standing by at the time.—
While the deceased was thus sittings the wife_took
a pot of potatoes off the firer and having emptied
the water into a peck, which was no sooner clone,
than John Pennington took up the:vessel, and
threw the contents of it on tile head of the de-
ceased, which was uncovered at the time, and
would havestruekli'm with the peck, if the del,
ponent had. not prevented him ; deceased made for
the door, crying out—" murder,"---deeeased ne
tired to a neighbouring house, where he dried him-
self and shaved_--after which hebegan to write,
and while writing was informed, by Cornelius
Hayes, that fire-arms were conveying into the
house of John, and insisted that deponent should
accompany him -to
,the door, in order to prevent
the arms being carried in—deponent went accord-
ingly, but being afraid to stand opposite the door,
took his station on one, side—Mr. Segerson came
up shortly after,
.and seeing the-wife at the door,
he called-on deponent and the rest of the party to
corneforward=they didso—heard the wife repeat
some words, as if cautioning the husband—heard
her. sayi the peoples'., children are outside," to
Which John, the husband, replied, "by G—d he
would,"--deceased at this time, came up to the
house, and stood .within three or . four yards in
front of the door, and rested his hand on depo--
nent's shoulder, in which situation he was not
above a minute, when the muzzle of a gun was
thrust through a hole at the side of the door, heard
the discharge, and..sa* Mr. Segerson instantly fall
—4las no doubt but the gun was fired by
John Pennington. After the discharge depo-
nent and the rest of the, party fled. Before the
shot was fired, and previous to the deceased coin-
ing up,- heard.pan. Pennington say " let me see
the soldier that will be as good as John now."—
Cannot say whether Daniel was in his brother's
house at the time the shot was fired. Among the
seven of which the party consisted, there were
but two pistols and a sword ; nor was the deceas-
ed at any time armed—is positive that no attempt
whatever had been made to force either of the
louses. -

Cornelius Hayes, a Police Constable, sworn
—was called upon, on Wednesday last; by John
Scgerson, a Magistrate, to assist him in preserv,-
ing the peace, and arresting Dan. Pennington on
a Sheriff's warrant, to deponent and otherS di-
rected—did attend accordingly—found the house
of Daniel, which is immediately adjoining that of
John, closed against them—heard Daniel: Pen-
nington' frequently abuse threaten deceased
on said day from a window, deceased having
heard that provisions Ni.,ere conveyed, through a
window. hi a wonnin Daniel,-deceased follow-
ed and struckliev—was not with the party during
the entire of the• time froni Wednesday to Thurs-
day; returned on Thursday—fotind deceas,!(l ap-
plying. remedies to his head, which heard was
scalded by Pennington—saw Edm. Murphy, (one
of the Jurors) writing informations, at the (Haw-
tion of the deceased, against John—deponent
told deceased that. arms were conveying into the-
houseS, and that their brother, Michael, endea-
youred' to get in ; deponent, and deceased repaired
to the house, and while. Mr. Segerson was stand-
ing
,within a few, yards in front of the house, a
shot
.was fired through a hqle close to the door,
and the deceased instantly fell ; as Mr. S. fell, de,
ponent and his party rap off, seeing the friends of
the Penningtous collecting; .heard Michael call
on his brothers to come out ; when deceased
came to the house, beard Daniel say to deceased,
" damnation seize him (meaning his brother John) %,
for not killing you at once—deponent heard
Daniel, on Wednesday, give directions to a fr.-

male relation of his- to have her friends come
to his
.house: fo protect him against deceased—,
cannot say whether they did conic, or whether
they were in either, of the houses when the. shot
was. fired. .

John Sweeny, 4 Police Constable sworn:—
His evidence went only to prove that he saw
Daniel make his escape from the house, .and was
of opinion that he had a gun in his hand at the
time. •

Here the evidence closed, which was read