The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-24 00:00:00

HINTS RESPECTING INVASION.

Circumstances may occur in the course of a
short time to make it necessary, independent of any
mbveahle fidaring, columns which are established,
that a great Militia ferce should be conveyed with
the least possible delay from the extreme points .of
the. coast to (he centre,. and vice versa. To ac_
compli,sh this without any demur, at the moment
necessity, and to have every arrangement 'previously
made,. I think it would be a melisore of precaution
to fix. on 'certaio gesitnents •of Line, IVfiliti a, or
Penctlito, in tlirnrent-positions from the Firth of
Forth( to the 'Landis.E.nd, to hold themelVes in
readiness lot 'embarkation for absolute home service
at the shortest notice. The statioos may be Hull,
Yarmouth, Harwich, Downs, Portsmouth, and Ply_"
mouth. Let an Officer be sent to each place as an
Officer of Etnbarkation, • to explain in the, clearest
manner. to the Regiments tite nature of the embarka.
tion'and °hied o.f the seiVice they may be guildenly
called on ,to.undettake. Let him examine and make
a return of .the means both of embarkation and
transport, always keeping; an exact account-of .the,,
boats that lre.can command, and the vessels, if he
should be obliged to press them, andi make the pro.
per Communication to the Senior Officer of the Navy-
in the Port.... This arrangemOt ,will enable you •to
Command a verylarge. reinforcement, let the. wind
be from any. quarter ; and it will save the means of
transport for other duties in the interior, übviate
much confusion,. and considerably lessen the alarm
by matching.and.countermarching after the Enemy
have landed. •

Such a tbree may net with great athiantage on
the Enemy's rear ; and it may not be imprudent to
make the arrangement public, as the Enemy, by'
knowing the various modes of opposition, tie is
likely to encounter, will he die Itessinelined,to un-
dertake the expedition..

. ,
Mating 1)e pots of Powder and Storrs may be of
use io cet tido prominent station's.

Saturday Henry .136.t0n wis finally examined at
the Public,Office, Queeres-souare, Westminster, on'
a charge.of murdering Phaebercox, in the month of
May, 18oz. This is the m,ot who a few days since
surrendeicd himself to justice, observing that. his
crimes prevented him from, enjoying a moment's
peace, and that he wished to expiate his offences by
delivering, himself over to the Laws of his Country,
The evidence produced against him went to prove
that he had cruelly beat and ill treated the deceased;
that he had stamped upon: her breast, and that she
had expiled in a Short time, after at the Work,house.
He wa committed for trial at the ensuiniSessions,
upon the Coroner's verdiiiOf Wilful Murder,
At the. Quarter' Sessions lately held at Durham,
.14b4s'ial; and Annßeburn, two WoMen
belonging- to. South Shields, pkalfd guilty toyarito-
dieirnent which:had:been Preferred against them for
making a rick, and abstruaing Dicer. joHN MIT.
'stir tli.,:employed on, the "Impress Service,in' that
neighbourhood, and his people in the execution of
their duty, The Cliairmao, Sir Jot*: Ell EN, and
the other". Magistrates present, after reprobating
very severely the conduit of these women, in ob-
struaing the execution.of a very important and ne-
cessary service to the country` at this period; and at
'all times unpleasant ter the.= direiting and employed
in it, ordered the. offenders,' with the 'consent of
Lieut. MrectuLt:, to be.dischargedi On, their'de-
daring their contrition for their condttil, and. en-
tering into recognizances with sureties, to. apnear
to receive, the
,judgment of the Court when called
'npon, and in the mean time, tobe-of good behaviour.
The Magistrates were at the same time pleased
.to
express their hOpe, that the clemency shewn on this
occasion by the Officers of Government, would ope-
rate as a caution to persons of the Defendants' de-
scription, and others in the neighbourhood. of
sea coast, not to :41biat themselves: to prosecution
for obstrufting the execution of the Impress Service
in future, -

One day last week, Mr. Ntmmo, 'of George_
street; Manchest4.6(pare, sent down to'Salisbory
a pigeon from his dove-cot, tube dispatched, with a
billet round .its neck, the next day at r z o'clock
precisely, in order to ascertain what dependence
could be placed on pigenns in case of extraordinary
expedition being necessary. The bird arrived' with
the billet round his neck, seven minutes past three
in the, afternoon, a distance of 83 miles, •in three
hours and seven minutia.

A young woman,mame4lla Bird, was, some
dap ago, committed to Stafford GJol, charged with
the murder of her illcgititmte child, by throwing
the infant, shortly after, its birth, into an old coal.
pit at Kingsvvinford.

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