The Sun.
London, England, 1803-09-15 00:00:00

THE PATRIOTIC FUND COMMITTEE.

" 1 am direeled by the Proprietors and Partners in this
Property to,transmit to ;o;t the entire- 14.1.,ciet
Night of Performpt:e a this Theatre s3Bl. 611. ill °rder tll3'
they, together with the Company, who have all cheaftillY
-
given up their Night's Pay,. may have the .honour
of cr~tti'
tribtiting to the Patriotic Fund over witkli you "so worthili.,
preside, and whose excellent ;)bjea. constitutes a claim 00"
the Loyalty and Pit:iotitot of the whole Community.

" I harp ;he- Honour to tic
" Sir, your nic,lto4clßnt humWe servant
" R. PEAK E,

For the farther security of the Metttipoli9,
measure (which we sotnetitne since Mentioned 09 icir
tended) is now adopted, and 'even begun to be po
in execution,. which svill effeetually .protett it, .1°
the eastern side, for an extent of nearly z 6
A Dam is to be constrkted on the Le., 1-tlvert'
which will enable Government, on the shortest 0"'
tice of the landing of the Enemy - 1
,' to overflow 1,1/#46'
whole vatic y front war Ware, to the'Thatne,i. 17.
Sutveyors were employed upon the business on "oc!'
day last; and the Workmen are expated
to commence their operations.
Yestirday a Court of DireCtors was held at the,.
East India House, which adjourned at six ofeloc'
till to marrow.
Mr. LEACH, a Gentleman eminetti. in. the Pir:;
fession of the LaW, ha% ,ileeeeded Mk. 13L"'"! p
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in the POlice-011ice Hatton...Garden,
that blithe Clerk or tht .Couiity Court.
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Rourke, the Rebel Leader, was this day brought,
ont to Rathcoole, in the neighboUrhood of which
he lived, and executed. Ile was escorted by a
strong parity of horse, and the adjacent Yeomanry
Carps were assembled on the spor to prevent any at.
tempt to rescue the Prisoner. Notwithstanding his
assumed boldne:4s, and his protestations of vino:.
cenee, he met his fate with the Most abje& cowar.
slice anti, at the gallows, confessed the justice of
his sentence, and recanted his bravado atseftions of
Innocence.
Kali?) and MlCann are to be executed on Mon.
tidy next. •

It is generally, and with apparent reason, be.'
Bever! that Amur/ came to WWII with the design of
exciting another Insurrection. His condua was
Very bold when taken; he avowed that, htgloried
in the cause in which he had engaged, and would
meet it in the field or on the acaffold. He said,
that his only regret arose from the embarrassment
which his arrest would prove• to his adherents, as
he had organized great numbers; he, however, add.
ed, that the designs of the Insurgents were nut re.
linquished.

THE tou.ovoriNa is Axotnia ACCourir or

Y hove
to announcC to you an event of the ut.
most impnortance to the Government, as it prolr
mites to give a fatal How to the hopes of the In.
tutgents. It is the arrest of Thomas Rowel, what
under the title of the General of the Northern Dis.
trict under the Provisional GoVernment, issued a Pro.
timmition to that District on the 23d of July. One
thousand pounds were offered by proclamation for
his apprehension, but his arrest Was not pro.
duced in c.mtetplence of that offer. It was owing
to a Mr. Eta itson, of the Attorney's Corps. He
had received information which was obtained through
the vigilance of the Divisional inspettor or the Dis.
In that a stranger of suspicious appearance was
observed in the house of a Mrs Maley, gon.maker,
in Parliament-street. This circumstance-Mr. Em it-
'sdli immediately Commlmicated to Mr. Secretary
IMAitsotts, by whom he was referred to Major
r. ft, Mr. Estattso4 accordingly called upon the
Major last night, and accompanied by him and
Lieutenant Mt tongs, with a detachitient of Capt.
• tit .tleti Cap of 'Yeomanry, under the command of
iirroN, proceeded to the house in question
about ten o'clock last, night, where in a garret room
they discoVeted the person whose condud had excited
suspicion. . On their attetispeing to examine him, he
drew forth two loaded pistols, which lie snapped at
thero,but both of them missed fire, Being recognized
by Sift*, as Russel the Rebel General, he was seized
and taken to the Castle. He represented himself as
Itfr:Thmar, but.STßit had recolleded him since he
ova; a Prisunerin Newgate, and upon being taken to
the Castle, he was lolmediately identified by an old
acquaintance of his, the Hon. Capt. Knott, son of
Lord NORTHLAND, under whose patronage Rawl/
once was, until he had, forfeited It by his political
principles. Other Noithein Gentlemen Who were
Ist dinner with Mr, WI CitIIAM, also knew kusiei.
After he had acknowledged his real name, he
avowed his purpose in coming to the Country, and
spoke in the boldest language, of the " glorio
, 'cause" in which he has engaged:a us
ts t ia that
(said he) for WhiCh I would meet deathl with plea..
sure, either in the field ot on' the scaffold;. but do
not imagine that my d;:ath, or that of hundreds, will
avail. In secure ttie existence of your power--No
Tho'ugh My arrest may prove some enibarraismein
to my friends, the organtzatiOn is too extensive,
and the pl4n too well laid, to entertain a doubt that
the ,object will over be relinquished."
Ile ,was 'confined last night in the Castles and
was examined this day before the Privy Council ;
Where; I understand, he maintained the same tone.
lie abus.%l the system of the trovernment, and, in fad,
time whole struaure of the Constitution. e.repro. bated particill'a'rlyibe conduct of the lateH Admini.
titration towards Ireland. Various reasons are assigned
for his coming to town at this particular time, for
he had not been many days in Dablin i some state
that he Meditated another Insutration immediately ;
and othes, that his intention was, . with a chosen
band, ib attempt the rescue of Mt. Emmett, who
is said to be considered of the highest consequence,
from his abilities.
Russel has been long distinguished for sitperiotity
Of talents, particularly as a military man, He corn.
bioes all the ardour and personal courage of Lord
kti WARD Virzi; ERALD to a much greater degree of
Military skill., I *iderstand that he has servethboth
in the East and West tulles, and in the latter with
great Credit in the same regiment with Gen. kNox,
with whom he went to Ireland, and was very at.
ten ti vely treated by the No RTH LAND family,thrOugh
County
interest be was appointed a Magistrate of the
.)unty of Tyrone; and he lived fur some tithe
3,14 r) t at
V•„,onnoil a bat in consequence of a difference with
ilticill,c'Viriel'lnAn.‘iv9eft4,o6l.„,LlYl'fats'tl,riw"lityerilerihseinrgesti.rii(:l'
til the year 17n2,
when he was arrested, with S'a-
.
si'll4.l Nei" and Others, and conveyed to Newgate,
tit tvhett he ttvian:re he remained a prisoner until 1793;
to Fort Geors;
of the last 1)I:
t with ArthurO'Colinor and others
in Scotland.--:fit the cOnclusion
mare he was, with the other prisoners,
iiber4ted) and tit proceeded tcifrance. He lived
in Paris during the Peace, and was observed to he
intimately' acquainted with many of the Members of
the French Government, and with several of the
first. Generals in France. linniediately subsequent.
to the Declaration of War, he ryas missed from Pa.'
and since then it is concluded that he has found
his "way to Ireland. Puiiei, though a prisoner
during the proceedings in .1798, appeared to be very
touch in the confidence of the .Leaders of the In.
surredion at that period. It was remarked by the
gaoler of the prison in whiCh he tvas confined,.that '
lie Was frequently visited by Lord Edward Fit;ge-
raid, Arthur O'Cotalor,:rkomas Addis si",simet,
vet Boyd, Dr, WA'elviss, the Sheares's, sited all the
Other chiefs of the insustealon of-1798, by one or
Other of them almost every day. This naturally in.
apes a suspicion that he was highly estimated among
them. It is reported that it was intended, in the event
/C
4 their success, to appoint hint to LI vairy important
)(Amami, namely, that of the North, where he
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Arco Citttlildy papule, Great ;ellance

veal aiwiYa plaied 'apOn hi's:professional know.
ledge and fidelity, and of . that account tc is "said
he was -frequently `consulted. Vely
liberally educated, and in some pamphlets written
by hiM upon the State of Ireland previous to 1798,
he manifested considerable genius and info'rrnattun.
He is about six 'feet high, remarkably well pro..
portioned, and very marked countenance. His
mind seems Strong. His conversation is very in-
teresting, where he isdiSposed to be comniunicatie ;
but he is in general reserved. His mannets.are high-
ly polished. On the whole, he appirs to be amaz-
ingly well calculaitd to conciliate attar:hat-cm and
ensure obedience.

Milo, in whose hotise he was arrested., has been
committed to prison, anti all the arms in his house
have been taken to the Castle.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUPT. 14.

THIS o#e is hourly filling with fashionable
company. Volunteering is the order of the day.
The offer of a Corps to Government has been ac.
cepted ; it is to be commanded by JOSIAH JACKtiON,
Esq. a gentleman deservedly much esteemed here
for his liberality and public spirit.
The improvements which by Ad of Parliament
we are allowed to carry into effect, on the Quays,.
&c. are going on very rapidly, and this tow►► bid,
fair in a very short time to'be of great commercial
:magnitude.
The New Theatre was opened on Monday last
to an overflowing Audience: it holds about tool.
and is, without exception, the most elegaist and
commodious for its site of any in England. The
Scenery and decorations are superb to a degree, and
what is not to be found in any other Couritry Thea.
tre, the upper boxes are formed entirely round the
House, in the manner of those in London—,the Ar.
diked is a M. SLAT9R, of Bouthampton, who has
evidently shewn much taste and skill ; and CoLLisss,
the Manager, is Entitled to every support for the
liberal and spirited manner in whith he haq'carried
the building of the new Theatre into exeOntion,;
Dowtori and COLLINS Of Drury Lane, play
Sherva and Jabal, in The Jew, this evening,

A ProClaniation for the observance of a Gmeral
Fast in England, on the t 9th of Oftober, wa3. signed
by His MAI ESTY in Council yesterday.
The Volunteer Systemigoes on in the neighbour.
bond of Bristol very successfully, and the hundred
of Westbury Corps, whose offer of service has been
just accepted by fits NIA:CITY) has to Amin( of
Colonel Colts for their Commander, an able and
experienced Officer, who ascended the breach at. the
storming of Seringapatam.

The Volunteers of the Farringtion Within and
Broad.street Wards, together with the London
Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel AN.
Dint.Torii and Alderman Row caor, as .Major,
were inspeaed ar eight O'clock yesterday morn.
ing, by the Earl of KO; ittwatol4, aCConl.
panied by the toRD Mai oti, and General Ste w.
net , The Corp 4 were fUrnied. in their drill
dresses, in the different quarters of Moorfields,
and made a very respeaable and Military appearance.
Lordship, atter a minute inspeaion of each
Corps, expressed himself highly satisfied with their
steady and soldierly appearance. 'He was particularly
pleased with the Cavalry, which is a new Corps,
mustered abogt too, and went throtigh their differ.
ent evolutions with the greatest regularity and pre.
cisioti. His Lordship, declared he had never seen
finer horses.

On his retuin his Lordship found the Bank of
England Volunteers under arms, and formed in front
of the Bank to receive him. They saltited.his Lord-
ship as he 'passed with presented armi. Hii -Lord.
ship is expefted in the City this evening, to inspeet,
the first Regithent or Royal Exchange Voloiteerq,
and the Divisions ofCtirtiliil4 Powgate. hil;,
Street, and Vintrey

N s Tit EAtis;---Tite Comedy of The Smsisidous
Misband was last hi,ght represented at Covent.gar.
den Theatre, and LEWIS, who carne forward in the
chary ter of Ratter, was received with the most
gratifying testimonies of public estimation, fie
performed the part with his usual spirit; and ren.
dered it the Chief feature of the Play. Mrs. Gt.o.
irta,_whO returned to this Theatre in the character
of Clarinda, wati also distinguished by very flatter.
ing marks of public regard. The Farce was Roliga.
Miss liolAittYtt was the heroine cif the Piece. She
sung with chaste simplicity ; and when she has
overcome her tintidity will probably appear to more
advantage as an Actress. INCLPzon had a tri.
=pliant rceeption in Rebrid/r, and his vocal exer.
tions procured reiterated plaudits. the House was
well attended.

V.eaterday about three o'cloCk, a man decently,
dressed in blacks with a large, sword by hiS side,
entered St. James's Palace, and was proce4;ling up
stairs towards the Levee, when the Yeoman of the
.Guard inquired of him where he .was going, he not
being in a Court dress: he replied, he -was going to
the Duke of PORTLAND: he was infeltnedi he cuilid
nor proceed any farther to see the Duke there, but
he persisted, and said, the Duke. was to lay his
claims ,t 0 an Estate which he was
.I,pt out: of by
Lord ettot,stolvvitey, and that he was brother to
Admiral Sir RR:HARI) BlCKEitioiii and by virtue
of the noble fainily to which be was, allied lie-car.
ried the sword by his side, which etit on both sides.
1-le likewise produced the follotVing extraoidinaty
paper, and there was annexed to it a likeness of hini-
self, and his Coat Of Arms :

" Muhum Desideratum; or, a few Hints concerning the
Bicketions,' who lived in Cheshire, atter they came alto
England with Vv' HAM the Conqueror i And respetin4
R. I. Bickerton, A. M. C., R. Queen's College. Oxfordi of
the same Family ; together with a kameise Address to his
Friends, ke. to inform them how they. may be .rich and
happy in the present tune, and future; with a rein-es:;:otfrtion
of the three broad Arrowsi the, Fatinly•F Coat of A rim, and
ut the aforesaid Per&on. Reprinted by t)ie i
(..ets.re 0.4 ai:ht to
accommodate his Friends Who live at A distance."

He refusing to leave the staircase, Sayets and
Townsend, the Officers attending, took him into
custody, andfiirced the sword from himl nrd took
him before Sir it 'J. Foto at. his house in Sloane..
street.

On thursdlyt as Mti Henry C 011414, of Tigate-
stone, was shooting, he was, by the accidckatai disc
charge of his guni o* the eph .

)9 11 .4 Lur.

, • •
WrDNESDAY'r, S.RPT. DAi"O

Try Scssion-commenceil at this place betbre
ecolder and City Officers, and Mr. Baron Ho,
hi AM, Itlr. Justice La BLANC. and Mr. justice
CIIAMBILE.

John Wrtigg was indiaed f:r maliciously and
feloniously slouiting at Sirah Fox) in the dwelling.
house of Sir Italph.WoolOid, she then and there
being in the peace of God and of otir Lord the
b •

• Sirah Fox swore that .she Was servant tO Sir
_Ralph Woodford, at Kensington Gravel. Pits. She
then proceededahus On the z3d of May last,
about half past twelve o'clock at night, I was in
the Kitchen, tWo maids were with me : the Pri.
soner came into the kitchen, (he was a fellow-ser-
vant of mine, he was butler). Upon his 'coming
into the kitchen, he brought three .pistols in
,his
hand, and, told them all to stand fair and clear ;
then he pointed the pistol at tne, but trot the others;
that pistol lashed in the pan; he laid that down
and took another :and fired it, and it went into my
sln.:ulder. I tried to get away frorri him, but could
not,'becauie he kept pointing the pistol at me. I'
fell down ilirealy, and do :not yecollea any thing
more after that. I had no quarrel with him; we
had lived in the house together about two years and
a ball. I had never beeti upon ill terms ;. I had no
reaarso for expeaing that he would treat me so, but
he had threatened the before, about a fortnight I
believe., had no reason to
.suppose that he was
out of his mind. Nothing passed !cp- lead me to
suppose he would treat me so; but he had behaved
rudely to niC: he never made his addresses to me,
but he pulled me about and behaved rudely to me."
Elizabeth Hunt was in the kitchen at the time
this misfatune happened ; she went there by de.
Sire of the girl's mother, who thought it was pro.
per the girl should come away, as she had beard he
had thremened to shoot her. The mother and the
Witness went to the i'risoner, who was in the
pantry, and the Witness asked him .watt he nieant
by 'ming the girl ill.; whether he meant to have
her as his wife, and he said I No." He then
went to a place where there were pistols, and took
them into his hands, and said he would blow her
brains out. if she ivould'nat put her hand to a paper
he Fad. He said he would take two, pistols,. 4u that
there should be one for her anti: one lq him. He
was quite sober, to appearan:e. . The Witness
said-=-I left him in the pantry. lit; came into the
kitchen, it was aboot t, quarter after twelve at
night, he had three. pistbls in his hand i he said,
"Stand vicar ;"1. will let. yoo Nee what a man dare
do who is
.resolute itt his mind.." The girl's mo.
thee grit up and, ran away, and so did the house.
maid. Thezirl ran behind the cook and me, and,
screamed, and he fired the pistol at her,; it flashed
to the pan, and then the cook ran away, and there
was nobody, but me left; I begged, for God's sake,
that he would not, rou6ee her, that it should be
settled auy way provided he would not murder her;
he bid me take care of myself. I raid I would
stand by -het and would not slit ; he shoaled about
• till he got under the chair, Which held up; and
fired at her : she; fell down. He fired between the
arm of the chair and under my aria, ter she was be.
hind me. She fell down, then got up and ran up
stairs ; I staid 1106! he had dischar led another pistol ;
(lien ftieati,.uncler the ear.
I thought aimed it at his
I left bird in the kitchen : I'never saw hiM before.
An account was then given Or
.0e manner in
which he was taken, the Watchman having sorting
his rattle on the cry, of murder. Ir.appeared that
before he was secured he attempted to cut his' own
throat:

The Prisoner being called upon for his defence,
saids-41 My Lord, I am entirely ,ignorant of the
aff,ir, and I leave it to my Counsel."
Sir Ralph 'Woodford exarninrcl.--.11 He, lived in
my service twelve years. 1 was absent .when this
happened, He conthi4ted himself perfedly well, I
eterrnsted him With the itimiAgeiiient 61 my ;Ifttirs,
and found him pettedly honest, and
.gOod servant
in every resped, but within the list two or three
years he altered, and about a'montlt belOre this al.
lair happened' I mast= smite observaliong oil his con.
tip 1, and pereeived several times that he wis de-
ranged in his mind, but not know to What to
attribute, it ; in every respell his conduct was per.
ledly good, but the month u&rod this I considered
him deraned."
Ralph James Woodford, examined.—" I
am son of the last Witness, During the last twelve
mouths since I arrived froin abroad, I 'observed a
considerahle change in the contit't of the Prisoner,
I found him extrewely. Okligent 0t himself, and of
his business, Ile did not atte6d with thai assiduity
he was accustomed to do, and for which he had been
remarkdble, for he Was an excellent set yam. His
mind was then Certainly impaired, at leas:, in my
opinion. Several times I have observed him to bit
remiss in his business and negligent in his rrso4:
and I have reprimanded him for ir. Ile Ills three
children; and I have retuindtd him tai the conic.
quentes likely to ht. Ith bytheth for his remissness,
but he appeared to me, at times, to be quite lost.
During the first pair of his service In our tainily liia
conduct Was particalatly liumane and t.)t;retnely
gentle."
John BMW. a relintv4crValt Of the Prlsnno,
agreed in the chary ter Which his two MiStors gave
him ; as did also Mr. Axon, a potilterer in she
neighbourhodd, sand added that of late he had iv.
geared to them to he deranged.
William AfrheSley, one of the Servants of Mr.
Kirby, .thy gletplr of N!,,iVgare, proved that the ,
Prisoner since he came th,qr, hAtt had sc'vet.l violent
fits of insanity, in which he had ende“ti ws,red to
(bib his head to, Piet es Nptinst the Itnor, Sce.
Sometimes he was pretty well, at other times quite
fiat.

Thomas'Raiiiins, a persnp: 10 tong had the
care of Lunacies, gave it 3S his decideil opinion, that
the ?dinner as deranged ih his mind, and this Ise
said horn ettqe had seen him do six weeks beforti
this accident.

The Jury found that wai itiaana the timer
the ad happened, and therefore found hE was not
guiitt. The terdid was entered accordingly, and
he wns ordertd to be remanded, grid provided si
ditecled by a liutir.o in thit. cafe mule Rod',
idcd; .

' ,:;
Will;azt Bolton and 3amei' were cilargej
With a cilpital offence, in' burgidriously breaking
and entering the dA,•eilitig.ttpuie of
,t'btle Div s en.
port 'on the night of the 31st of July; and iteidini:
therein a. quantity of whe.itcn flour, his property.
The Prisoners making no defence, were Liam,'
'Cud*, to tt* client of the chaige.—Drath.

John Pardiits indieted for a capital offence
feloniously putting oil and circulating as true, cer:
tain counterfeit coins, in the likeness •ind
tti'de of the current Coin of tlie
being convicted of a like Offence before: • ,
The Record. of the- Prisoner's cony idion fur a
sirbilar offence, at the Middlesex Sesiions in F.
Pwary dot, Was given in evidence by .Mr.
owell, Solicitor, and Mr., it °bens of tht
Prison, Clefkenwell, deposed to his being fn. hii
custody one. year after the said convidlion.

The present cast against the Pilsc.ner; which
*as conduced by Mr. KNALYS, aMounted to hiti
having put off, on the toth of August, a counter.
felt shilling at the Castle Public.hluse, Portugal.
street, Lincolti's.lnn Firldsi in payment for a glass
of gin. Shot* afar it was dlselivrtedto
and carefully laid Aide. However,on the ip-xc
day, the Prisoner came again' and asked for sonic
trifling matter, on which Mr. Soaite; the owner 4
the House, charged him with having I`.lut nit d had
shilling the day before, and suspetting him to be 4
professed utterer, had Al officer sent 11r. H' reel
the Prisoner into a back room, and sat down besidt
him, while the officer was lent for they
were thus situated, the Prisoner put his Wind iotci
his pocket and took out something, wliiC'n appart.or.;
ly he designed
•to thioW OPay; on whiCh
Soane got up, and laid hold of his arm, w lib
to prevent him, when the Prisoner forced hii h,od
toWards his .1113uth, and pot in something in nit
mouth ; it appeared to the Witness En be ii cou oer..
fcit shilling. He instantly swalltnied it; and Alr.
Soane .des4ribed that he felt it going ovn
throat. The Prisoner on being searched, had Avg
or sit pennyworth of cop ter niwiey aliont
Mr. Mencelin td the Mint' proVed Hitt the shit.
ling produced in Court, and which had been taken
from the Prisoner, wag a vety bad doe.
The Prisoneris defence not being in the 9lighi,3i
degree•satistAny; the Jury inirnediately futind hint
Ghi/b..—Deark.

.tillarlibY and jam. Prol,rer tv(4l indinej
for stealing on the 3d of SeptemiNr a q ,anitty nt
table-linen,' a silver, tongue-scraper, a gold 2:we
pin, and a necklace, the property of Jol:o
E,q.; and Jane Prosser was separately
.chargrtl
with
,stealing d and some articles Lt
Wearing apparel, the goods of Mary borairs.
the Pr:sectitor Mr. Doratt, it appears lives,in
Bruton-street, Berkeley-square ; th pritioners were
his domestic servants. He had Missed varioui am:
cies from time to tine--at length suiptaing' the
Prisoners, he ordered 'the man to attend
carria, e. on a particular day, and direael that in
the inean cline an °facer should he sent flr;
and every passible inquiry set on foot in order
to discover the depredators. In consequence the
boxes Of both the Prisoner's were search,:d ; thit
of the man after he returned with his ni,sLer. In
each of these were found some of the articles claarg,
cd in the Indiftmen4 and in the man's b ,x, a do.:
plicate-for a table.cloth, which the Brofter'A servant
with whom it Was deposited, said 1w believed was
Paivned by the female Prisoner.

The articles produced were folly identifiNi by
Mr. llJratt, and r those laid as the prorty of Mary
Daritt, were dilly ascertained Ur Mr,. Daratti
mother of the ProseCittor.

In their defence Atlirribk, the man; entleavoutetl
to eireuipee himself by critninattrig his fellow..
m prisoner; , The Woan's defence was unav,iiiin:
and dissatitlatiory : the Jury," therefore; after a
very pertinent,charge from Mr., Justice ci3titv73ltr!
aA to the aprlicittion of the law to the co;, found
both the- Prisoners Q,;/'y --The Charge was kid
Only its a laicenk.

tltepen Gardner and Thomas Dixei were capital.
ly. charged with committing an unnatural crime.
The only Witness who was called on the part of the
Prosecution; was Michael Corley, an Irish Watch.
man, who described his lia,ving found the Prisoners'
nbout eleven o'clock on the night of the 25th, of
July, in Lempn.street, in such a sittistion and cir.
uninstances as induced him to take them into CllstO.
ply, and afterwards •laid the foundationof the pre:
11:iit charge. ,

On being examined by the rrisonert' Counsel,
awl the LL'arned Judge who tried the ease, as to
certain poi. is necessary in the contemplation of the
.L?w to establish -the .case, the letter stated to the'
Jury, Opt rile charge laity in the Intik-11unit wii4 nit
legally borne out by the evidence. lie was there 4
fore under the necessiti diretling them to acquit
the Prisoners. A vesdiet of Not Gmilty was accoiti.
ingly pronounced; but the Cnutt ortlereti the NI.:
stayers to be detained, in grder Allat the minor
Charge, that of Miademeanot4ti ahould in preferred
against them. •

The long Continued succes‘ion Of -dry tv6thri
kts rendered water extremely scarce thioughout
Stissex. Mills, which usually grind from twenty
to thirty loads'of wheat per weeks can with
entry grind two lOads [natty icarinec's te.,trtw on dui
Dons are wholly empluycd in fetching water frorri
distant rivers and springs fur their herds and fl ghs
and water Nils are in bontitt4dl ttiotion from. Stan..
met, Faimeri stud other plaors at distaoces fivd
and sit irking water fmrt ponds oe.:if
Lewes, for household purposel.7.Sd tew rdins d.lys;
within tt tweivralontb, itlivt nut been etrtienvett
in any year since 1762, Jib during the last 36,/ dayst
The sheep in Pevensey are
for want of water; A Rock, consistiog of :Oci
which vas; a ftw days einCr, dtiven iron thttiq'
to a distant pond, drank In itunloilerately, that /6c?
of 'them died almost inure:4'4*y after.
A grain of wheat t 0%41 14 Mr. A: tidNiti'r
Nutscryi near Leech, hav Oils year iirodueei 24
ant tlicifigh tent 00' them tip:let/est-toyed kf
birds, flit; vrodittet reapiti it 1669 graitrsa