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PonfsivniPril, SEPf. !iii ?Majesty's
ships Liffey end.i-j1:3()1-, ‘vith the Fox aunt Kin-
nersieSr Castle, transports, all fore Leith, with
troops also the .SOccess transport, for the Me-
diterranean'. His Ma'jeity's ship Raleigh i 3 taking
in provisions, to sail.for Scotland._

PLYMOOTIT SRPT Majesty's
ship ;:I►at•►an ition Portsmouth.
PAnsTow, SEPT. 16.-:—Atrived. the George and
Ann, CIWOXER, ftom 'l'ruro !fo'r London, in a

sillkit,g slate

LlirkiliPool., 'SEPT. 7.—Arrived off this port
the Cornwall, OxLky, from Calcutta, after having
been on shore near ‘Vexlord. • .
SPPT. 18 --Arrivett=; the Active, ,
iSt.'t&GstY, twin Davis's Straits, with 5 fisn, I fIU
butts.

SrrT 17.—Arriverl.tbeZEza,
Bosvvm.b, 11.011) DAVii'ti Straits, l'fisit, 40 butts.

THE LOSS OF THE NANCY PACKET.

BRIGHTON; SECT. 19.—A most alarming and
very distressing event took place in our Channel,
nearly. off Berichy Head, 'between ten and eleven,
o'clock, P.M. on ThUrsday; The Nancy packet;
with trom_ fifteen to twenty pa)scngers, consi-
derable bage'aoe" a horse, and one 'carriage, set
sail from the 'Roadstead here for Dieppe,. a bora
three borers. previously. The night was.datk,
but it was not regarded as untarour'able to
the passage, or the vessel, of. course, .Would not
baie got under weigh for such a purpose. The.
wind, however, freshened, 'and the the weather be-
came rather sqnally, soon alter the packet hart
no apprehensions were apparently
entertained for her safety. The vessel, it
seems, continued to prake safe and satisfac•
tory wayfor her. destination until bet meet?' 10 mut
I 1 o'clock, when, from some cause or other,
which has not been accounted for; she was ruts
foul •of by the Henry brig, of London, bound.
for .Alicant. The shock, to the weaker .Ves-
sel, the Nancy, was tremend crush
ous', and the crus
appalling. The distress of the passengers may lie:
easily comprehended—the females, several of
whom had retired to their cabins for the night,
hurried to the deck as the water gushed ine
to _their apartments, with smell irarts of their
habiliments as ,ip the horrible anxieties of
thc motneßt they..cOpids.secure.
'the rigging' of the t two vessels Were 'entangled
togetlitro his kept the Nancy abotee water,. and
enabled the crew and pissengers`to•Throw them-.
selves on the, brit;, ae,Nancy'S, mart giving
way at the moment, and her decks forcing up. The
separatinn, of the two vessels. was maikel. by the•
fotioderiog of the packet—not an atom of the pro-
per!y on board could be stsved-;--rll, in an instant,
was.ininseved And irrecoverably lost. The horse
wort. lovr-r whit}_ the ship; but the crew and pal-
-1 tengers,:haPPilg,.were preserve;;. Accovcring
otri the dreadful panic of theseettt';'rlic !nig bow
:changed her course, and brought the passengers
h•ac,k to this awe, ‘The're-they were re-lauded oft
Friday r:ot preViOdsly been sent
on shore, awl e;urniog with a supply of clothes for
.the.ladie‘s who Is Jrcen so disastrously departed of
their wardrobes.:_ e\ French lady and three daugh-
ters are meno•ono:as the greatest 'stilTerers in ;his
distressing; utfair—r-the whole of their peceniary
means nf ence.aro. sail to have been on board
.
.r he packet. They are at pt e?ent. at the (jd Shin,
ht re ft, alit/SC11111101) has heen' opened iii their:
favour, aml.Which, r) has been vvery..
unticcd. A sobscriptien teri also,bgen Opened for.
r and owner of he packtt3 "'Henry
Iltaber, whose' Side means of 'subsistence was by
his aessel„his only prop6rty, and which wars un
insured. Ile is a destreine man, l'elth a %vile and
seven children,to bear the hardships of his loss.

DEATU tiY TERROR.

An liquisiti3n was tAc'en .oh Friday flight, at
Guy's Hospital uPon the 'Mt. Itobert
Cut slam, one of the manoi4eturers of Paisley,'
who died in the hospital on Wedues'4y: last.
Jeremy co4lan deposed, that about fire'O'cliiek-Onyuesday
morning-he saw a man hanging by his haiids-from tan—altic
window in St, Thomas Apostle. He called.to tkim,to go,baek;
and knocked .at. the door in order to, alarm the inmates. At
the same instant he fell upon'the step Of thedoorond tumbles&
into the kennel. 'Witness put him upon the curb-stone, and,
procured a doctor.
Mr. John Home, Manchester warehouseman, said, the de--
ceased arrived by the coach from Manchester,' ms Sunday
night. Monday he came to .their house in' Watling-street:
The alarm about Huntand the mob troubled him very much ;
he complained he had been taken by the coachman and guard.
fur Hunt, and, appeared much frightened„ Witness took
to a lOsigiltOmuse iirLittle St. Thomas the Apostle, which is
frequented,by:respectable Scotch gentlemen. Witness thrill
left,ltim,„but returned to tea with hint. He still seethed its
terror 017tunt and the mob.' Witness left him again, 'and
bad nut seen him till he heard of his leaping out of his cham—
ber window. t •
Mr..ltubinson stated, that after tea lie joined inconversa-
tion with the sillier Gentlemen Who lodged its the house ; he
was continually talking about Hunt and the mob, 'and
alipreseut-notieed the troubled state of his mind. Ile supped,
and about 10 o'clock went to bed; he was shown into aroma
on the attic story, but ir. a few minutes he came &IWO stairs
again, partly undressed, und mixed in conversation-with dies
other guests. Ile was prevailed upon to go up again to
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room, but he came down a second time. Witness left him, and.
went to bed hinaself.• abissn't a quarter before 5 u'clocil lie
was'ettlied up by a -Gentleman who slept in the next room to
the deceased, who said he apprehended he would do bins,
self some mischief. He went to his room•door, and knor,ked ;
lie asked Who "was—there; witness"replied, IsisislendsVMs.
hill and Mr. House. He ealled to Mr. Hill, suid•then said
he had no-right to open hiss door, fsfr any. person, ancii then.
went over to the window, ohich was thro,vii up. Wstness.
coup see he had only his shirt and pantaloons mt. The bell
was irtaced against the doge.' witasknent down staits
io about three minutes heard bins `Al.!' pots Ilse pavemesst.
Cox,,,tresser to Mr. Astley Ce.sj.er, said, the dee;-aS:td
was hrbught in about six o'clock, in a. state of in4ou,ibility,
convulsed, and foaming at the mouth. '!'here were no swirls
of stiolettoe:upontsios ,of auy consequence; a sruallapissmity
ut blood wit taken frosts him, but that did out relieve
Other remedies were applied be got better on the next "elfsyl
but on Wednesday alteration lie threw up a great quantity of
blood, and dyrJ. , •.
Verdict---;,‘ Died in cousesfience ofa fall from a wisalW irk
a state of insanity."

DREADFUL ACUIDENT.---On Ftiday,laSt, at a
wan -61 tire name of-John Stiveiter, a %%it:goner,
we's driving his team laden with bricks Along;
Whiteehapel-road, and being rather intoxicated,
he stumbled and from oil the footway ,into the
street, and the horses and waggon passed over
him ; savefal of -his bones were-broken, and he was
other wise much wrangled and distiguied ; he was
t;.,k-erk urvlve
..Loikdair frivspital,-.where- irelived a
few =meats aiicl expired.
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OLD BAILEY,.SATuRD4Y, Srrr. 18.

'MAL OF HENRY STENT,

Tl,is pri.,,ner was pot to the har.—The Court
wls almost immediately erow dell with letnalts.
A London Jery having been called, the pi isoner
was al raigued npon an indictment, charging him
in the uknal torn) with leaving inflicted diverse
woun,ls upon the person of h s mite, Maria, on
the fith of Angus, last, wi.is intent to kill and
murder her, or to do her some grievous bodily
h erm. He pleaded not guilty. The .Inry was
then sworn. There was no Count:4 for pro-
secution, and Mr. Justice BesTcalled Maria Stew,
the wi.e of the prisoner, who stood up its the wit-
ece,s-box., and was sworn.‘ S!ee was plainly diessed
in a coloured bombastic gown, and wore a large
Leghorn hat, which ttnded to conceal her fea-
tures : she seemed to be greatly agitated.
reir. ALLEY, one of the Counscl for the prisoner,
instantly rose and addressed the Court. He said
Ise was wet aware that this witness would have
been called so early in the proceedings ; bite being
in the box, before she was examined, he telt it his
ditty to Submit, that as against tier husband her
tevidenre was not admissible. He bad searched
the book- with great diligence for cases in which
wives had b .en admitted as witnesses against their
Fu shands ; but round none except that of Lord
Audlry, the circumstances of which were very pe-
culiar—and even the authority of that case be had
beard questioeed. He recollected one. case its
which the question would hare arisen, but the
bill was ignored. Neyertheless, The opinion of
Justice Buller was, on that occasion, against the
propriety the testimony of the wife In iteg re-
ceived He knew.s)(no instance, exce ut in the case
Of a rape,-W, ere the testimony of the wife was re-
ceived against her husband.
Mr. Baron. GRAHAM, whO spoke in a very
low tone, said, that there were many cases
in which •Ise wife was C.ril•idcred a fit Witness
against her husbiind, particularly in one where
Elie was in a stste of danger fi mil injury
uhich she had receiv,d nom hien. In such a
c,,se„ where the wife had died, her det,esitiou ver;,s
kt,!):l.(pluntly received against lien husband as eve-
dente eel thejact.

Mr ALts'y said, that the piinciple, upon which
the 0,.i./..ore ot a wife against her husbaiid veal re:,
jvct,tl tvAs, that .if it were.aritnU.:sible, it would
timd•o ex;;i,ediSagreetrrents in thetuartiage state.
\‘7hc.re a ipoke " iri periculo mortis" ibis
Itrincipt did i•at apply. and t:.et.e.tore the e.inlene
rofghl b received; but this was not the case in
to pie rot inistac•ce..
Arlin NUS addressed the Court in support
of Mr AtltA's ohjection.,
J•, lipwr !laid, that he had tint the least
dont?, f:, in the ctn.
i!enec. t,is Ca.e• of any other ca-se ott be same
tl,BCriptiOn) this npirtion 'X4S founded upon
tl.at a wirri,•(.l wont u, every
whet subject of pie seairn,' eras entitled 'to the
rofection of the, laws, whicti would tint be the
Case it the obLetions nnwi well•;',,tixt.
t There- were litany descriptions of 1)6i-sons!
it yjin Usi• a %tire wa3. subject, independent..
cf ilia! to had peril made, erhiCh
her tinder!, ..cotihri, alone sniTort, and if her testi•
Were as a matter of c,,nnirxe to he rej,cted,
sl!e woold he allogeftier without the pale of the
law. Jr', .orc-,siols in Lord Audley's easewas
perfectly, aalingoits to the present anti the prin-
ciple upon which the evidence. of Lady Alt&
was received was precisely the principle:
lel!' he should admit the evidence of
Mr». Stunt NVhat-ver might be the opinion of
.10(4;es On this qw:stint!, the opiniOn
of the of Lords, a..istsitd. by the twelve
Jir'ges ot tai.d, was ot too soleinn a nature to
be a-:ly dist tatted.
Mr BitoIIGRAHAM was entirely of the same
Opinion ; a niChis judgment was froinfled not alone
tipo-n the cask ot Lord Andley itself, but upon a
lot .g 'experience, in whiCh be had repeatedly seen
the .plinripte Isiit, down by his Learned Biolcier,
acted a tt The
,decision in' those cases might
Do, he fon,•dio tie books, front the ituiveYsal ic-
quir-,cence which they had received.
Mt-Justice RICiIANDSON mgreed with the other
Jild.zes, that the evitl,.nce of Mrs. Scent ought to
be rCtelvtd. It teas a genera! trite, With very
exceptions, that a wi!e was an witnes.
againt her husband in cas; $ of personal violence.
Mrs Stent was, now addressed by Mr. Justice
Best, when s',e entreated, that she might not lie
called on to give evidence against the best ot
(iii)ands.

• Mr. 3.lltlce am extremely Agr.ry..to
give yi,n pain; but it is my duty to ask 'yoAr some
ves'iouf, which it will,be, your duty'to:a:irswir:".
Is your name Mat is St cum. ?—Yep.
Is the prisoner, your husband Look at. him.
(11,1 e the ti,ness turned towdrds the prisoner,
wirh.a 10,4; gt eat anguish )—Yes,:
I helosve you sepaiated from him for—some
tiniv

Wtivn did you lure. him ?-01) the 29th ,cif
Alietw, 1218.

Mitre did you go to ?-7-To France. •
Vi 11,11 did Nr)di town to Engianti retnrne(l
to 1,0mi,,D if, Aug:on, 1819.
WO,re yost come from when you came to
1.4“11,i0n ?—Fi.“ll) Livt.rpool, .

vhat int) atir you go i—To the Saracen's
Dead.

Do you rt collect the day you returned.?--Oa
the 6.11 Aiwtst!
tVl,ete di.d the pritnnet live at tl.at Cane I—At

J'tlnllCt-1,

I).d.you send any letter
,or message to him ?-
3 sent a letter.
+vhat c1431?-oii the..s.tb of August,
Iu tlse course tit tnat 41ay did you see your hits-
buid
i% here ?—At the Head.
He.eanie tn .
Wilsal rime of the thy I.—Between seven and
eight.

41,4 von recollrct, wale what prised.---1 bat ,no
recollectinn of what n.lssed; ,
Dui any T
do.von first :r(woiltet ?—Being "tit lied in
st .;$ tvtd-tnew's-110.pititl:
Abe cltdtirC %lila you ?-1. we,
wonnticd.

When welt you wounded ?--2:u tha beck.

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Any whete o.se?-.4es, !Item were other
wounds.
.)Flow Icing were you boo,•ed i t STA,1:01010-
triew's-hospi,4l?—A fort t/igh,.
Have yoo any fec.lleettoo of the prisoner's
coming into the room -to yon at the Snracen's-
head ?—Yes.
Who emb, in with lint ?-4 dr) not recollect.
Wet e
.von alone itt tht: town ?---Yes
Before you went into the room, had you any

tvoi.vpd,
Al:rrwatds the first .tiiittiz yr,tt reeniie-t waR
being in bed in .St.
174-€1 ! •

Croce-tx+tniitietl.by ALE fePlinas
overpowyreci
.yon vtl.en ytip y(1111' hp.honfl,
tu,(l yon Intvc not I lie least recolfcct:on of wbat
hoPnvite(l .fterwar4s ?—Yes.
'i-tt seiil .yon (Jul put wish to give evidenre
agmiwo the piisopPr, because lie was one of the
brct 11l husbard, ?—Yes.
flow long were yim away flow him ?—Ahoktr

motvhc.
Mere tile witness sat dp wn, and seeme4 ex•
trernety atixitais to bide bast:!l front poblie ob-

3PlVation.)

C,,tj:trge King, a waiter at the Sariteen's-icarg,

Snow-bill, looked at the last witne,:s : be t.\-rol-
lected her coming to the Saracen's-head on the
sth of Angust ; recollected her writing a tettr,
which was sent by a porter to the two-p-nny post-
office ; the woman afterwards remained in the
,house. The prisoper came to the Saracen's. hvad
in the evenit.g; ire int-Orel! for 3.y,ting woman
that arrived to; the Liverpoo) ccoch, Rod he
was introduced to t!,e wit oesq, vot
to meet him, and. witness si,to the door. In 10
wiontes witness howm the shii::l; of a woman, and
immediately went moll itt. which he had
lett the prisoner and ;he woman. Ott arri‘ing
be found his two G. 11,04. servants in the oo: : the
;roman was, on her h2l-It ; tt e ;:riscancrw,s van&
ing dose by her ; a knife was lying, on the floor ;
it ivas binndy, Witness diAeovered ttiat the

wonillt) was .4794,411 t acid went tan tiffieer,—
Tlie woman said she hoped 110 harm h*ppen
to the prisoner tor what he hod thine, for she
i•Ati been a base wife, and he was oue of the best
of hiishsnils,

Thomas Pithouse, alto A waiter k the Sara-
cen's head, remembered the artival of Mrs. Stew.
She continued in the house. tilt: the evening.—
,About hall-past six he heard a shriek from the
parlour. fie entered the parlour with Tutner,
the porter, anti perceived the on her hack,
and, the ~,risoner.with hi 4 49ers apparently upon
her. Turner said, " Thomas, the man his got a
koife.!! 117iiness looked, acid saw- the- koite
('l'he: kuis!e was here produced.)—That. waa the
knife. ,‘Vittic.t.s ;,tiVi, the prsotvr stab the woman
in theme,:k. lie attempted ter take the k,tite,
and,the prisoner dropped it on the floor. Ater
he had struck. the blow,. the prisoner said, " 1
Iblyv peconiplished my purpose ; I wish for no-
thing more; I shall stiffer for it, I know' 1 shall."
'Fite woman direct 1 7 cx,-laiintd, You have! you
have, • ! out I fitely forgive you, and I
hope the law will take no hold of v 0,,, and that,
no m will come to you. I freely frr:give you.".
then. asked him to kiss her. lie k,leeled
down amilsisse-d her ttvjce, wlich she returned.
She said be was the best of liti.,hand!, and she
%vas the worst of wrees ; she highly deseived, all.
site bad gut. The woman was takest.to the flos-
pita!, Ilrhen witness first entered the room, -the
woman exclaimed, " Take hint away ; het mur-
der nte."

Thomas Turner, another waiter, corroborated
the witness's evidence. Witness went- into the
room, on.hearing the shrieks of Rl•feinitle. Ile
saw Aire. Stem lying on her bark ; the prisoner
was kneeling on Lcr. Witness observed the pri-
soner.stab her in the front of the trek. IT,e said,
have accomplished my purpose." \Vitnes de-
sired Pithouse not to let the prisoner escape,
while he went for a surgeon, kooer s4id, ",
don't_ wish to escape."-, An, offiter was imme-
diately sent for. Mitre his arrival, es.iiness said
to prisoner:--" You're a I ash rnan—yon've secom-
plished your death.warraor..". Prisoner observed,
" I have had sufficient .eatts'e-,--she has :behaved
basely to me," MI R. Stem. "_lndeed,
have b-en a .base womaoito .the, best of bus.
hands'.": Site then requested to be raised up, and
witness lifted her between his -knees:• She re-
quest!ed him to take.lw wide!)
he did, twice or thrice.. She said, she freely tor.
gave him; ,aini hoped her late would be a %yarn-
ing to all ball

J,dln Hudson prUved that he took the prisoner
into custody:, atrd searched him ; he found a letter
in his possession. Tile letter was produced ; it
proved to he the sauce which Lad been directed to
him by hi: wire:; witness asked the prhnner how
be could commit F.orashan act ; lie !tusk, ered that
lie had done it; *find he knew that he should suf:
kr for it.

.14k!r, Elenr.v Benwell, liritrse surgeiCriof St. Bar-
tholAmcw's r&olleeted -MrS: Sten, being
brottglit to the iiosl>ital on the evening oldie sth.
of Aug. She had several woni.ds 7 one on the lower
part rat the neck, %%Vic!) had fn:fletrated the wind-
pipe.; if a dangerous writ,.!, 81111 might have
Occasioned her death, hot
,she might have thine
without a surgeon : this was probable. Sue
bait another wound on her chest, a superficial cut ;
a third on-the right brvast, a stab ; tt fourth in
her. right side, ref considerab:e depth, which lkad
%roundel the:,right
_lung.; this was likewise a
dang,rous wound. Theie was .a fifth %roomi
on the The wound in in t; lung might
have Occosione4 he; jeatlr:. The knife pro-
duced was sucV an instrument as would inflict
these wtiunds.,
This was the whole of the case for the prose.;
clot

Mr..Listice -BST now addressed .the Ori,,oner,
and, intimated that: it he had R y thing to say
his defence, the petiod had now atrivof for so

doing.
.
The Ktibtier said he world leave his case cn
tire,ly '!he hands of his C'onnscl-
A va't nnwher of witimswes -iVere then called
on behalf of he prisoner, all whom appearid
to be persons of treat resperlabili!y..Tlp'y Rteltrd',
that limy had nimpy years, pfnd
had it,nys behri'ed him to 14 n kind-be.irted,

rtitlfl as fins in rltit,tenre,
and a particularly affectiouttte and indulgent

husband. 1' was impossible,ln fact, to imagine
testimony more favourable than was given by
these persons, who all scented actuated by the
strnngeo sympathy towards the poisoner.
Mr. Justice Best proceeded to sum up the
evidence. lie deeply regretted the important and
paiotol duty which, in the present case, desolved
upon himself as well as upon the Jury ; painful,
however, ns that ditty was, 'he felt no doubt that
they wmild discharge it in a proper manner. The
Learned Judge then explained the law upon the
tobject. Front the evidence detailed, and which
he should:again re.d over to them, no doubt could
remain on the mind of any unprejudiced person
that the crime charged topol the prisoner mite
,eithio the proei3ions of that most excellent Art

of Parliament introduced by the late lamented
Chief Justice of the King's Bench, for the pro-
tection of tlae subject's life. Though it .did not
appear in evidence upon the present occasion,
the het , however, might fairly be assumed, that
Stent, the. unhappy woman ,tcho appeared
before them on that d.,y, had forsa4en her !ins-
band, and: by proving unfaithful to his bed, bad
inflicted upon him the most poignant anguish,
the most acute suffering that a man devoted to a
wife could possibly endure. This, however, could
by no means be admitted as a justification of Isis
crime. The law of the. land upon this subject
proceeded upon the same principles as the religion
of the country, which was Christianity. if a bus,
band detected his wife in the vety fact, in flit-
grade delick ), as it were, and that at the moment
be plunged some deadly weapon into her bosom an
aS to oecr.sitin death, it would not be ennsideted
murder. Tie law, like the religion of the country,
m kith fr,ir allowance the frailties of human na
+urc , r~tttAdercrltftelutsband, with such privocation
immediately before his eyes, as PO li.rtker under
the guidance of reason, and of cootie not acCount-
able for his acts. re, bow, ver, the circntn-
stances were vite difFrent. A cocsiderattle time
had elapsrd since the elopement of the first wit-
ness, and on her Jetiarn she manifested those
symntonts of repentance-r-that appearance of re-;
turning affection, which might wtll he sitppot.ed
to di'sorni vengeance, and prevent ti‘ at I,rociong'
porpoSe Which the prisoner appeared to have deli-
berg tely contemplated. Even while her blood
was. flowtog from the wounds inflicted, she
still" emreatesl him to kiss her ; and in that
kiss e,oveyed a pardon to her assailant. Un-
der cit-Cm»Si aliCeS such as these, the law did not
admit of. the same excuse as when a husband
detected his wife in Ike very fact. Sufficient
time having been given for coil reffection on
one side, and for repentance on the other, the law
rroceeditnz on the same ptincipie as the benign
religion which it imitated, did not ullow ventleauce
to be inflicted with Litrmity. After some fttrther-
, observations, whit h the Leart,ed Judge delivered
wi.b great talent and feeling, he summed, up the
evidence at length.
The Jury then retired, and after consultingfw
about half an' hour, returned With a verdict of
Guilty, but recommemb-d the prisoner strongly to
mercy, on account of his good character. •
Mr. Just ice BzsT—The recommendation shall
certainly be forwarded.