The Sun.
London, England, 1805-01-12 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOVTH, JAN. o.—The Frigate seen yes-
terday off this Port, in tow of an armed Ship, as
mentioned in my last, proves to be the Spaniel)
Frigate Santa Gertru.yda, mounting 40 guns,
from Lima, ' bound to Cadiz, having on board
one million two hundred thousand dollars, be-

sides a valuable cargo of copper, cocoa, bark.
plate, &c. captured on the Bth December last, off
Cape St. Mary's, by the Polyphimur, of 64. guns,
Capt. LAWFORD• The latter towed the Frigate into
soundings, when a violent gale came on, and sepa-
rated them ; since which the Spaniard lost her main-
mast and rudder, in a gale of wind, and threw most
of her guns over-board. The Polyphemus has cap-
tured four other rich Spanish Ves..ela, and sent them
to Gibraltar.

ArriVed the American Ship Minerva, W.
t. R, Master, front the Havannah, laden with sugar,
indigo, and cotton, bound to Cowes, for orders, Pr
in by contrary winds. Capt. N. HUNT,
late of the
Williansof North Yarmouth, from Honduras boot!
to London, came passenger in the Minerva, bra
Vessel having been captured the t nil August, of
Cape Antonio, by a French Privateer ; also Capt.
RICHARDSON of the Wes: Indian, takin at same

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from Portsmouth.
Wedne,day nigh! the,Surgeon of Hl3 IsibjestYig
Sloop Argus 'way unfortunately drowned, as he was
going on board in a shote-bnat.

Friday Ric Majesty's ship Euryalus, Hon. Capt.
LACKWOOD, arrived in Cork Harbour from Ports.
mouth.

Saturday morning His Majesty's Ship Venu't,
Captain MArsort, arrived in Cork Ha►bour from a
Cruise. She left the West India Fleet, which
sailed from this Port the 4.th of November last,
Under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship Seine, and
the Nimrod Sloop of War, on the z7th of the same
month, in Ist. 33, co. N. long. 20, 30. W. all

The Fleet colleiting in our Harbour, for the West
Indies, is rapidly augmenting. The Convoy is
Appointed to sailon the loth inst.

We subjoin two Letters written by the Masters
of two Merchant Ships, which, in company with
the Thetis, lately engaged and defeated the Bone:-
Parte Privateer, in the 'West Indies. Their ac.
count of the Engagement differs materially from
that which appeared in our Paper of Wednesday
hit, and which we copied from a respeelable Dub.
lin Paper ; but we think ourselves bound in justice
to lay both statements before the PUblic, without
pretending to decide which of the two is most cor.
ref}. We cannot, however, avoid expressing
some surprise, that a Morning Paper should
Imitively assert, that the account in our Paper of
Wednesday was incorreel, a because, it is well
known that no later intelligence from Barbadoes
has reached this Country than of the i4th Novem.
ber."—Yet, three or four days since, that very
Paper communicated to the Public a Letter Itom
Barbaclues dated the 16th November.

" board the Ceres,
aritige.ttrunt, Barhadoes, Nov. to, 1804.
11 I am happy to inform you of my safe arrival
here, in company with the Penelope and Thetis.
The day we came in we fell in with the Bonaparte
!lenchPrivateer, of 20 guns, which bore down upon
and commended a very heavy fire, which we
returned as warm as possible. She attempted to
hoard the Thetis, and, in the aft, lost her bowsprit,
and soon after her foremast went over the aide ; a
fortunate circumstance, as I understand she was the
terror of the West Indies. She sent a challenge in
litre, by an American, the day before we arrived,
to any of our Sloops of War to go out and fight her;
tire understand she had beaten off one of them a little
time ago.
" The ilftion was very smart for about two
'lotus; we began firing at nine o'clock in the
horning, and did not leave Off until half after
twelve. My Ship was on fire three times. by ne.
klift of the people with their cartridges ; she once
got on fire to the cabin, but by the exertions of the
trew it was soon extinguished. They behaved with
,the /greatest spirit, and I believe, would have
loligh , t to the last, though one.half of them were
I(neipers. I had Rectal- shot in the hull ; and iny
tining and sails were very much cut. The small
t and grape came on board us like hail, though
t_hurney did not. hit one man. I had two men blown
bY the cartridges taking fire who are very much
uos

"On hoard the Penelope, Pridge.town, Barbarker,
et " November 10, 1804.
/ take my pen to inform you of my safe arri.
is here, after a passage of thirty.three days, in
company
with the Ceres andTheth, and shall '4c
detained here some time to refit ; having on the Bth
inst. (in lat. 13. z 6. N. 5
te.7•
had an en.
kagentent with the Bonatar Privateer, of 22 guns
and 2So men, for three hours : in which engage.
tnent *e had ten of our guns dismounted, which I
lutist repair here and likewise replenish our powdei :
I suppose I shall, be ready for sea by the 13th.
" I am sorry to say, that Mr. Li NDO was killed
in the engagement, and hisconsolate
poor wife is very dis-
hut she w t I wish her to return home from hence,
ill not. I send this by the Bartoni of Li-
let.Ponis who is now under weigh, or otherwise
would be more particular. The attion commenced
when
at 9 A. M. and
we engaged until half past meridian,
bows we left off ga' chace.
•The Privateer lost her
We
and foremast, in attempting to boatel the
217rtir, which had 2 men killed ands wounded."
..............—.
On Tuesday sennigett the Ship johIS Bull, of
Liverpoz4
•
Sand` s was in a very, perilous situation, 'at
coves near the entrance of Kinsale Harbour.
her
she was riding with three anchors a.heatl, and
e, stern in the tassel wash, her two bower anchors
Zmelt . In this dangerous situation, she was for.
tatelY supplied With an anchor and cable from
"ri
1"'Iles which saved her from destruflion. She
ved on Monday
Wety. at Kinsale, where she lies in
Bay, under
to strong fleet is collefted in Bantry
h-,;",11,ere of Lord Getentrea. His Lordship. is to
117 uls flag in the iiiherssia' , 'the finest ship in the
rltish Nay h. his day expeEted there
Y. W IC every
from c•
,m • lYmow h.
1„„",°54 House.—Yesterdy a Colin of Direttors
into the Command of the COliiii, consigned to China
!1•!rell• The Court adjourned, at .six o'clock, till
Wednesday next.
IndiaYe'Lerday intelligence was received at the East
House intelligence
of the safe arrival at Milford Haven
the nti,,,;„ Country ship, Capt. W. B. G II"
*44' I front Bengal. The Maria, we understand,
148 in great distre s which obliged her to put into
that Pot. 1 '
Pa3sett 14„,
anti ors per ittsrl4.—his. S. Aare, H. C. BriIMP!
14. Mrs. Vandenrs and child ; Mrs. Glee and child;
kart Si"vrnan t Mr. flebbert, Sustain of the Prlnll
tddift Mr. MiCrae, 2d Officer of ditto ;
_Mr. et.eicont.be.
1.,,,,e lcgr of the karl Spencer; Mr. and M. Hart ; Ctcr3.,
rtom ilitteputy-Coveroor of St. Helena; Lieut. Kinnal
Patsseou'
Tni.,,,r Irs Per Are Extra Ship, left at St. Helena,..—Ca„,ol*
child ~,,J.l,oinbay Marine; Mrs. Turner, Mrs, irP.V"
tncht: ff',44 AlME.trOng ; Capt. Nl'Laren, of the Stith
_,!.
Iktvi
.+lll at sta in UEiober t, Lapt. De tersey, aum In
.01,.,nt I Lk.. Atilps, Bombay Marine ; twists. Simons
t„iniztritr, from Madras ; Lietits. Phillips and laynce front
N, IL, Mr. and Mrs. Ssndroch.; Mr. R. L. Ainbros!;
Navy ; Lle,lv., (lied At sea in Oduhtl; fames Clarkl,c!!,,t'sr
Of the ;oho Cole, 01 the 77th Regiment ; Alex. MIA-"“iii,
7ath Regiment.
We w,. •
•
vaiu.. , ..re niiNinforrned in stating, in 0111 last, the
of dteQ: the Spanish ship detait;rd by the Neptune,
1114 ed naek, at p00,0001.--iler Cargo is not sup.
25,00Q1.--(Chiprlo
4 COliritr.)

flow bless'd the syMpithizing heart
Which sighs at tarrows not its own,
Feels the warm thrOb, the kindred smart-.
To meet-ey'd Pity only known.

Like the soft dew which Heaven distills,
To cheer a drooping world below,
It sheds a blessing o'er our ills,
And soothes the keenest pang of woe.

Tx e TH E ATR E.--.-The Man of the World, sup-
ported by CooKE's Sir Pertinax, attraEled a nume.
rous audience last night to Covent.garden Theatre.
His performance of this charatler was indeed ad-
mirable. To say nothing of his merit in the Scot.
tish dialect, his form, satire and humour rendered
the part highly entertaining. Mrs. LITCHFIELD
improves in the charaCter of Lady Rodolpho. The
new Pantomime of Harlequin Quicksilver went off
very well. BRUNTON is properly released from the
humiliation of playing a Pantomime Lover. The
part of the Clown was last night performed by Bs.
V ERLRY, instead of BLANCHARD. BEVERLEY
proved himself a very good Clown throughout; and
in point of aCtivity was a powerful competitor to
the motley hero of the Piece.
The Belles' Stratagem was represented last night
at Drury-lane. Theatre, and was very well attend.
ed. Et.i.rstost shewed great improvement in the
part of Doricourt, which he supported with more
case and sprightliness. Miss DUNCAN's Letitia
Hardy is one of her best charaCters. She played
with spirit and sensibility.
EMERY'S charatter in the new Comedy of The
School of Reform, is said to be admirably adapted
to his talents.—Much is expected from this charac-
ter as to the general effeCt of the Piece; and the
Performer himself is not likely to disappoint ex.
*laden.
If Mr. SHERIDAN should bring Forty Thieves to
old Drury, the number of Judges will be commen.
suratc, and they will have the advantage of an
impart/at jury.
Yesterday the Skaiters recommenced their slip.
eery diversion on the Serpentine River, and like.
wise on the Canal in St. James's. Park.
Mr. ROBERT DRUMMOND, the grandson of the
great DRUMMOND, of Charing Cross, came to age a
tcw days, since, when he took possession of his in.
heritance, said to amount to go,oool. per annum.
On this occasion he opened the noble mansion of
his ancestors in Scotland to all corners, and has kept
up that good old English custom ever since, by a
plentiful distribution of mutton, ale, and whiskey,
to ail the neighbouring poor.
A Clergyman of Yorkshire, for one hundred
guineas paid to a Nobleman about two years ago,
is to receive a guinea a.day as long as B;)NAPARTE
lives.
Yesterday se'nnight the post.boy conveying the
Mall from'Clonmel to Waterford, was stopped near
Fiddowne, three miles below Carrick, by a middle-
aged man and 'a young boy, who robbed him of the
bag, with which they got clear off.
On Saturday se'nnight, on Whiddy Island, Cork,
the Stables of Mr. MAHoNY, who had contraeled
for building the Batteries there, were accidentally
set on fire, by which as horses were unfortunately
consumed.

. Wakefield Fax Cattle Market on Wednesday was
well supplied, and not many buyers; the sale con.
sequentiy was tlull at declining Prices. There were
zoo Beasts and f 000 Sheep in the Market,
Major-General THORNTON has taken the COM.
mend of the Garrison at Ashford, in the room of
Major• General Lord SOUTHAMPTON.
The itt Battalion of the 18th Royal Irish Regi.
ment, in barracks at Canterbury, which were under
orders to embark for foreign service, have been
countermanded as to embarkation, but are to hold
themselves in readiness to move at 'the shortest
notice.

On Monday as two young men of the names of
Jackson and Jagger, were working in the iron
stone pits at Birley Common, near Sheltield,, they
were both suffocated by the damp.
On Saturday, about twenty men being at work
in the Pond-Lane. Colliery, Sheffield, they had a
very providential escape from death.—.An old
Engine having given way, and sunk down so as to
communicate with the goit of the Pond Forge Dam,
caused the Pit to be filled with water almost in.,
scantly, and it was with the greatest difficulty,cite
Colliers avoided being drowned. They were under
the necessity of leaving pan of their clothes, and
all theiriworking implements behind them.
. On Sunday the 3oth ult. about the hour, of seven
o'eloCk, Mr. Crone's house, at Ardnamober,
ty of Limerick, within a quarter of it mile of the
town of Galbally, was attacked by two armed men,
in Mr. Crone's absence, who, after breaking the
windows, broke into the house, went up stairs where
Miss Crone, her mother, and four children, were,
and seizing her by the head, threatened tg blow Miss
Crone's brains out with it pistol, which one of the
ruffians presented at her, if she did not iinrne.
(lively deliver up her father's gun and sword to
them; which she complied .with they then went
off. These ruffians were armed with a case of pis.
tots and a blunderbuss.

On Wednesday morning, about eleven o'clock,
the remains of the late Marchioness of ROCKING-
HAM were conveyed through York, in funeral pro.
cession, to the cathedral, and deposited in the vault
of that ancient family : the hearse with biX horses,
decorated with plumes of Wad( leathers,, and escut.
aeons, waiiprecaded by mutes, and a nmober of the
tenaiits of the ViftifW,OßTH family, in black cloaks
with silk hatbands, and attended by three mourning
coaches and six. The corpse was met at the iron-
pie within the cathedral, by the 'Rev. Archdeacon
Mnaxtima and the Rev. JAMES RJCI4ARDSON, by
whuni the funeral Service was read. The cuflia was
covered with crimson velvet, ornamented With rich
gilt tire.
On Tuesday a Coroner's Inquest was held on the
body of an infant daughter of John Broadhead of
Wakefield, taylor. It appeared that on Sunday
morning the mother, in her hurry, shut the child
up in a bed, and tecolleCted her aiistAke eno late to
save its life.— Verdict, Accidental Death.

THIRD ISAY-FRIDA.Y, JAW. 11.

MURDER.

Sa►auel Mitchell, alias Samuel Wild Mitchell, was
itiiiittr:d for the wilful murder of Sarah Mitchell, his
daughter, a child of nine years of age, in the parish
of Christ Church, on the t Sill of December last, by
striking, cutting, and penetrating her throat with
a razor made of iron and steel, and inflitling
with it a wound of four inches in length., and two
inches in depth.
The circumstances of this unnatural and shocking
crime have been already before the Public. •As
proved on the trial, they were shortly these : The
Prisoner, who was a weaver, in Wheeler.street,
Spital Fields, having quarrelled with his wife, a se.
paration was agreed on between them, on'the day
preceding that onwhich the murder happened. On
the night of the day of separation, the child, with-
out the consent of her father, had slept with her
mother. She had been accustomed to assist her fa-
ther in that part of his business of a weaver which
is called quilling. Her wheel had been heard on
the morning of 'the day on which the murder was
committed. About half past eleven o'clock the
Prisoner called down the stairs to learn the hour.
A person below informed him of it. He was abort.
ly afterwards heard to go out; and, about half past
twelve o'clock, the child was found stretched out
on the floor, weltering in her blood, with her head
almOst severed from her body. Within half an hour
after, the Prisoner called on a friend of the name or
De La Force, informing him that he tilt, something
particular to communicate to him. Seeing him in
a violent perturbation, his friend, though inconve.
nient to himself, yielded to the Prisoner's entreaty,
when he informed him that a thing had happened
that day which would send him to Newgate. When
they had proceeded so yards horn La Force's house,
the Prisoner, turning about to him, with a coon.
tenance full of grief, said, " Ned, I shall die."
His.friend inquiring what, was the matter, or what
had happened ? the Prisoner immediately replied,
" I have killed my. Sail;" and, on being again
questioned as to what he meant, and if the child was
dead ? declared, " Yes, I have cut her head half
off." He then . stated his intention of going to
Shadwell to get some money from his ftiends there,
to keep him in Newgate ; asked when the Sessions
commenced—and declared that he would give hitn.
self up to Justice, and suffer the punishment due to
his crime ; adding, what odds will it make to me
if they cut me into a thousand pieces ? When I go,
hundreds will go at the same minute. When told
that he should not have killed his child, the Pri-
soner,looked in the face of the person to whom he
had divulged his-guilt, and said, " I knew that; hut
do net you retort 'on me. It is done." At the
Watch.honse, when taken into custody, on the
same evening, the Prisoner, in answer to a question
put by Armstrong, the Officer, stating, that be had
Seen a razor and cap that day taken from the Pri-
soner's apartments covered with blo .d, said, " I
have often shaved myself with that razor, and, with
that razor, I committed the horrid deed." He
also made a similar declaration before Mr. :VI Imo.,
the Magistrate, who had previously fully warned
him of the nature and consequences of the con-
fession. The Officers who went to the Prisoner's
apartment found the child lying with her held
towards the door, about two feet from it ; her
wind pipe cut completely through; a quill.wheel
stood at a little distance, on the foot.bnard of
whiCh was a quantity of blood,nnd there was a track
of blood from the wheel to the place where the body
lay. There was a stool standing alongside the
wheel, as if some person had been sitting on it; at
the stool there w'ia'a razor all bloody ; and between
the 'Wheel and where the' child lay there was a cap
stained t►iih blood.

In' his defence the ,'Priionar pled, that though he
was in general esteemed a man of recolledion, he
was in reality at times ii an insane mind. So far.
front regarding hia child with any portitin of malice,
he hail for her the must ardent affedion; and it was
only the fear of being deprived of her, or of receiv-
ing her merely .as'a wisitur, andia resolution, if he
could not have her, that neither should his wife
have that privilege, that:drove him to the com.
mission of the dreadful aff.

• The LOAD CHIRP lAltoll informed the Jury that
the faft'of a person's being overcome by any sudden
paroxisins of passion to coutniit a deed of a flagitious
nature operated as no justification of the crime. If
God Aided any man with a temporary, or, occa.
siOnal want of reason, that was a different question.
There, from the mere occasional suspension of the
teasoning.faculties, the crime might have been corn.
mitted; but such could by no means be compared
to the case where the dereliCtion of the reasoning
faculties had been occasioned, 'either by the concern.
plation of a circumstance by which alone the mind
was affected, or by which, after its completion, the
mind could be supposed capable of being agitated.
Here a strange mixture of affedion was discernable
amidst the cruelty which had prompted the perve.
trarion of the deed ; bnt he could see nothing in the
Case to induce hint to point out to the Jury any dis.:
tindlon between this case and the •various other
cases of a similar kind which ,presented themselveq.
The jury immedia telyfntind the Prisoner —Guilly.
The RecostOre then passed •on the Prisoner the
awful sentence of the Lil‘v, appointing him to he
executed on Monday next, aria his body to be, ana.
tornised.

•3. Tennant was indieled for burglariously break.
ing into the .dwelling-house of R. Shaw,: Esq. and
stealing there 20 guineas in gold, t
several7s. pieceso number of CrOWni and half.croivris,
some Frencls crowns and half-crowns, 31. in strait
ney, a number of ti. liatik.notes, three 51. notes, one
201. note, three 21. notes, a -Bill of Exchange for
3007.1. Bi, i rd. another for cos.% iitiother tor 43 4.1,3:;-,
another for 3601. anothe:r for 1001. iind anotticr for
25L all the property of the said Robert Shaw.' .In
other counts he is Charged- with bttrglariously bre 4k.
ing out of the house ; itr separate counts with bur.
hlarioUsly breaking into, or out of, .s4id dwelling.
ouse, and stealing certain of said nosy, described
as the' property of different .persons, whorn they
had been committed to the care tyf idlr. Stow ;
Isstiy, the Prisoner is chlrged with the Crivila of
stealing said property in the dwelling-house.

torne;e4 resitting-in Bridge-etteeto-Blackfriars, and
that his office looks into Todotosefeet. On the fifth
of November dij dceirs.of his office, consisting of a
front door towards Tudor-street, having no key.
hole on the outside, which was double locked, a
glass door fastened by a bolt, end an iron doorieed.
tog into the • clerk'e office, were prOperly secured
over night. In the morning, however, when Mare
the Stevens, the hou,e.maid, c.one to clean out tho
Prosecutor', room,shefnund the fireo,irons were mis.
placed, and thee.the upper drawer of Mr. Shaw's
desk had been broken open. On looking farther, it
was found that the iron door
.and the outer door by
Tudotostteet were open, so that the robbety must
have been committed by some persons having eon_
fleetly!) in the family, the more particularly, as
the. only drawer broken open was that in which
Mr. Shaw was accustomed to keep his money
and valuable property. The Prisoner, who had
for some time been footman to Mr. S!law, was im.
mediately suspected ; hot the Prosecutor smothered
his suspicions till he should see what a few days might
produce. In the mean time, the zol. Bank.note,
stolen from Mr. Shaw's drawer, was traced to the
Prisoner's wife, by whom it had been uttered. The
Prisoner's house was searched, and in a box in it
were found almost all the articles stolen out of the
Prosecutor's drawer. One of the Notes had been
passed us early a, November 6; others siece; and.,
tin the reth, all the other Bills were fotoof in the
Prisoner', poesession. One of the Bills of Exchange
for 3601. had, in the mean time, been offered by his
wife, in payment of certain articles porch iscd by
her, at Farnham, in Surrey, from a Mr. Eladdle,
hut had been refused, in consequence of its being
discovered that the Bill was not indorsed. It also
appeared, diet the Prisoner was not at home after
twelve o'clock of the night When the robbery way
committed, till nearly fOur o'clock in the morning,
and that the excuse for his absence, made to a per.
sun who lodged in his house, and who informed him,
that his wife and mother had been lamenting hi; ab_
sence, and expressing fears lest he should ileve been
taken, or grabbed, as they termed it, was, tleAt ho
had- been at a dance with an acquaintance. Two
letters were also produced, written by the Prisoners
the one without an address, the ether addressed
to a person of the name of Benjamin Setnuelv/in
which he endeavoured to persuade the perSoes.
to whom the letters were addressed, to come for.
ward and excnlpate him, at the expence of ether
persons, whose names are there suggested. The
former letter, written between the tst aod zd exa.
mination, was to this effeet, that he would esteem
it a favour if the person to whom the letter was ad.
dressed would come, with another person of the mime
of jeerer, who lodged with the Prisoner, anti %Need
say, before the L'ird Miyor, that two men, minted
Samuel Grace and William Parker, had brought the
things to the Prisoner's house. All they would
have to say would he, that they saw these men
give the Prisoner a small canvass bag and a browne
bag, 'about the size of a small ehot-bag, and desire
the Prisoner to keep them till they asked fur them;
and that this happened on the Bth of November,
about two in the afternoou. He adds, that he tied
told the Lord Mayor they would come, which la
hoped they would do, and he would give them ;toy
compensation they might desire. The second let.
ter, addressed :to Benjamin Samuel, was dated this
ta.th December, is nearly of the same nature ; only
the persons supposed to have given the bags to the
Prisoner arc changed, and are represented as being
a groom 'and. a footman ; the groom a good hii
larger than the footman ; and that the Witnesses
heard the Prisoner call the groom William Harris 4
and the footmen William. They did net hear the
rest of the name---only he was a little man. nest
were both in name and ,in figure the groom and
footman in the service of Mr. Shaw at the time of
the rubbery.
- All these faCts were clearly proved ; and the Bill
of Exchange, the 201. note, and the il. notes
found in the Prisoner's possession, or uttered by MI
wife, were proved to have been in the possession of
Mr. Shaw, and in his drawer, on the evening of the
eth November.
After a very articulate charge from Mr. justice
Lawitexce, the Jury retired for nearly an hour,
when they found the Prisoner Guilty of Stealing
above .eos. in the dwelling-house, being a capital
offence.

Mr. Shaw then stated, in extenuation, that the
Prisoner had, since his imprisonment, sent to him
Bills of Exchange not mentioned in the. Indictment,
which had been carried off at the same time, but
which` had nut been found in his possession, to the
amount of upwards of ,roof.
The ReCOUDER said, the circumstance should
be attended to.

;ohm /bilis, for returning from Transportation
—and Jobs Silk, for burglariously breaking anti
entering the dwelling-house of Charles Taylot%
and stealing therein four tin canisters, co9tain.
ing about t4lb. of tea, and .other 'articles, his pro..
perry—were both capitally convined.—And three
were Acquitted.