Star.
London, England, 1813-02-04 00:00:00

YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY 3.

Sailed on a cruize the CRETAN ; and the PnrmaosE
for Sheerness, with Dutch prisoners. Remain in
the Roads the Solebay, Leveret, Blazer, and Oberon
under sailing orders. No arrivals from the Continent

9 The greatest energy prevails at present in the dis-
position • and direction of the Navy. In addition to
the number of fir frigates lately ordered to be built,
20 sloops of a large class have been laid down, to be
completed as quick as possible ; and an order has
been issued to establish all the 38 and 40gun frigates
with an increase of men and an additional Lieutenant,
which is to be carried into effect immediately. The
SCARBOKOVGII, of 74 guns, and RIPPONI ef 74, at
Portsmouth, in a new state, are brought forward for
service ; and several other line of bade ships are or-
dered to he completed with all possible .lispatcl.
A French privateer of 12 guns and 120 men, was
cruizing off Cork the 25th ult. and was chased by the
SKYLAktK sloop of war. •
On Saturday night an open sail boat, with some
passengers, returning, to Ballylangford, county of
Kerry, from the vicinity of Kilrush, was lost,. and
thirteen persons unfortunately perished.
The established number of shipwrights in Chatham
Dock-yard, is ordered, by the Board of Admiralty,
to be augmented to 720, and an additional number
of apprentices, to the amount of 40, is likewise or-
dered to be given to the most deserving shipwrights.
Since the great discharge in 1802, of this branch of
the service, it has never yet regained the established
number.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East-India House, when the under-mentioned Com- i
manders took their final leave of the Court, previous
to departing for their respective destinations :
For Madras and Bengal—Captain J. Fairfax, of the Hugh Inglis;
Crabb, Lord Melville; J. Jameson, General Stuart; W.

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Nesbitt, Huddart ; and 'l'. M‘Taggart, Ocean.
For China direct—,Captain J. Pendergrass Hope ; Captain L.
Dodds, Walmer Castle; and Captain T. h. * Ilkinson, Cum-
berland.

For St. Helena and Bengal—Captain R. Rankene, Union; and
Captain H. Christopher, Sir William Pulteney.
The following Captains"were sworn into the corn-
mand of their respective ships, viz.
Captain C. B. :•:otheby, Tottenham, for Madeira, Madras,
and Bengal.
Captain J. W. Leach, Retreat, for Bengal and Bencoolen.
Captain J. R,,F ranklin, Northumberland; and/
for Bengal.
Captain --Murtlock, Streatham,

BERNADOTTE has increased his popularity with the
Swedes, by appointing their own countrymen as tu-
tors to his son, and by publicly declaring his disap.
probation of the fashionable practice of employing
foreign instructors for the education of the young
Swedish Nobility.
We learn by our last Letters from our Correspond-
ent at St. Petersburgh, that not only that city, but
almost every part of the Russian empire, is over-run
with French spies and incendiaries. The following
extraordinary article accompanied this communica-
tion

44 The Gold Baton of Field Marshal DAVOUST,
which, with several French Eagles, had been recently
hung up in the Cathedral, as military trophies, was
stolen the next day, to the great astonishment and in-
dignation of Government and the inhabitants of that
City. The most rigorous search being set on toot by
the Police, it was at length found in the obscure
lodging of a Frenchman, who was immediately 2p.
prehended, and executed for the offence."
BUONAPARTE, it seems, was twelve days in passing
OR a sledge with the utmost rapidity, to affect his
escape through Poland, during Which time he took
no other sustenance than tea and dry bread ! _

Monday came on before the High Court of Justi-
ciary, Edinburgh, the trial of James Wood, accused
of forging and vending forged notes of the Galloway
Bank. The prisoner having pleaded guilty to the
indictment, under certain exceptions, as to being
concerned in the actual fabrication of the notes, the
LORD ADVOCATE, in consequence of considerations,
which he did not think necessary to state to the Court
and to the Jury, restricted the libel to an arbitrary
punishment ; and as the confession of the prisoner ren-
dered the examination of witnesses unnecessary, the
Jury were inclosed, and returned their verdict accor-
dingly.

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held a private Court at the Queen's Palace, whit
was attended by
The Prince Regent, Prineriaii i'lliabetis and itaii, cis itlii
ilea AmbilisLitw and Lay, the Sidi& Ambassador, the Lord
Chamberlain, the Queen's Chamberlain and itiee-Chamberlaini
the Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners, the Assistant Masts+
el the Ceremonies, the Principal Every, the Sliver Stick and
Ezon; Viscountess. Castlereagh; and the following Attendants
on the QuPen and Princesses:—the Marchioness of Bath; La-
dies Hartotwt, Harrington, Pembroke, ',cheater, Roaslin; a:4
J. Thynne.
His Exiellency Count litzvnii, the Russian AM:
bassador, had a private audience of the Quail, and
delivered his Credentials, and was most gratiously re-
ceived ; to which he was introduced by Earl MORTO/11
and conducted by Mr. Cursnut, the Assistant Mass
ter of the. Ceremonies.

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The like ceremony took place ;with Baron Ds Rz:
ItAUSENt the SwediSh Ambassador.

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The Countess of ',nevem, the Lady of the Russian
Ambassador, was introduced to the Q(.I6ENS by Vis-
countess CASTLEREAGH, as the Lady of his Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and was con;
ducted by Mr. Cuesraa, the Assistant Master of the
Ceremonies.

Monday Princess CHARLOTTE of WALE!,. attended
by the Duchess of LEEDS, arrived in town from
Windsor. Her Royal Highness, we are sorry to sayi
continues slightly indisposed, although she is better
since her first attack.

CHANCES..—A New Mode of Adventure in the ftretent
Lottery. For only Aigkeen Guineas you may pur-
chase the Chance of a Whole Ticket, which will en.
title the bearer to the 11/hole of any Prize above £25.
As these are but 7000 Tickets in this Lottery, only'
500 of them can be issued it this way, the remainder
of them will be sold in Tickets and Shares as usual.
The difference between a Chance and a Whole
Ticket is this t The Purchaser of a Chance gives up
the ma Prizes, and is entitled only to the Prizes
from £20,000 to £BO, which are, in fact, the grand
objects of all Adventurers. The Aet of Parliament
does not permit Share, of Chances.

LISBON/ JAN. 18.—His Excellency the Marshal
General the Marquis TORRIN VZDRAS, after having
passed, through the triumphal arches erected in the
fortress of Elves, and in all the towns on the road to
the left bank of the Tagus, where for the space of
SO leartes all the inhabitants strove to out-do each
other in testimonies ofenthusiasm and xratitude, at
length arrived at past Sin the afternoon of tile loth
inst. in the finest square in the world, the commercial
square of this capital. He was there received by all
the Portuguese and English Generals, by all the,troops
of both nations, and the whole armed force at pre-
sent in Lisbon. His Arrival was announced by re- -
prated s3lvoes from the ships and frigates in the Ta-
gus, and the Castle of St. George. The troops were
ranged in two lines, extending to the Pala' cis des
Necessidades.

His Excellency was mounted rn horseback, dins
affording a sight of himself to the immense concourse
of spectators collected, and the innumerable ladies
who adorned the windows of tl.e Palace of that vast
edifice, which had been prepared for his reception.
Repeated and loud acclairiaticAis accompanied his
Excellency as he passed or ; aad t!,e people 'of Lis-
bon, who had never given a pi.wdit or one salute- .
tion to Juror, notwithstanding all the power wilt
Which be was surrounded, were now boundless in their
applauses to their deliterer from the venal invas.on
Of MASSENA.

At night there was a general and voluntary Uinta.
nation, which was repeated three successive nights,
and in which the houses of his Excellency the Mi-
nister of his Britannic Majesty, the Members of the
Senate of Lisbon, and those of various Officers, civil
and military, were particularly distinguished, as were
also several convents, hotels of corporations; &c.
On Sunday at one o'clock, his Excellency, dressed
in the Portuguese uniform, went to pay his corn; li-
ments to the most excellent the Lords Regents of
the Kingdom, and took his seat among them, in
the Palace of Government he shortly afterwards
returned ; and both in going and returning, he
was accompanied with the loudest applause' on
every side. At four on the same afternoon his Ex-
cellency again retured to the Palace of Government,
dressed in the English uniform, to partake of a sump-
tuous entertainment, provided for him by the Regents
of the Kingdom, to which *ere invited all the Se-
cular AufficriCes, the Bishops, the Portuguee
English, and Spanish General Officeni, the Staff
of the Great Lord, of the Marshal, the Count of
Francoso, the Diplomatic Body, the Intendant Ge-
neral of the Police, and all the Presidents of the
Tribunals. The sumptuousness, richness, and ele-
gance displayed at this memorable Banquet, could
only be equalled by the distinguished qualities of the
guests assembled. The Portuguese company of the
Royal Theatre of San Carlos, presuming that his
Excellency would honour that Theatre with his pre-
sence, had, in the short space that intervened be-
tween the notice given of his Excellency's coming
and his actual arrival, made every exertion to present
the hero with a speetacle worthy of him, and cf the
Portuguese nation. All the boxes Were decorated
with particular and appropriate ornaments, such as
genii with crowns and shields, on which were in.
scribed the initials of Lord WELLINGTON. The box
of Government, which was also that of his Excel-
lency, surpassed them all, being richly adorned
with figures of Fame and Victory. Never was the
Theatre of San Carlos so early and completely
crowded; the pit was filled before five o'clock. His
Excellency came thither from the Palace of Govern-
ment about half after seven, and the moment he ap-
peared in the box, the most rapturous acclamations
resounded on all sides. The scene was opened by an
anthem sung in praise of our beloved Prince, whose
portrait under canopy, displayed on a sudden, elec-
trified all the spectators, and the thunders of applause
were again repeated, and lasted a considerable time.
His Excellency was accompanied in his box by
the ..r Excellencies the Regents, the Minister of his
Britannic Majesty, the Marquez de Borba, the Mar-
quez de Othao, the Secretary Don Miguel Pereira
Forjaz Continho, and the Secretary Alaxandore
Jose Ferreira Castello, &c.

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MAGNA CHAIMA OF INDIA.

Tewd's "Vie Me Island"

The Out-ports one day tts the Prensier did say,
ts We're the sons of Adventtuei and Barter;
Let us go but to India—and wet not be stiOgy,
If you'll yield us' the Company's Charter.
Oh, its a nice little Charter,
Let us all have a touch at the Charter;
With that stop our throats,
And we'll give you our votes,
So you give in return but the Charter."
Chatles the Whig laid pretensions to places and pensious,
' And coveted India, to part her
Among thp Court minions, who held his opinions,
And claim for his own abut the Charter.
Says he—" 'fis a nice link Charter;
For myself t shall seal up the Charter ;"
But Geoecejtatock'd him down,
And swore by his Crown,
He should neer touch the 'seal of ttt Charter!"
Shall we who perceiv'd what the Mouareh achlev'd
'tiainst the po'u'r of that blustering l'arrar,
And bid us defy on, the fangs of the Lion.
To the Rats of the State give the Charter?
Oh, no • 'tis tic) noble a Charter,•
An Imperial, privileg'd Charter ;
They may nibble a bit,
• But it cannot be fit
That Vermin should eat such a Charter!
Then Billy the Tory—so fatuous in story,.
To please the Star, Ribband; and Garter,
Form'd a Board of Controul—to.watch over the whole,
But still he beld sacred the Charter ;
He never would trench on the Charter,
So highly he valued the Charter—
Thought Commerce the hinges
On which hung the intlies,
The Throne, and support of the Charter.
Once liniey the dingy tried his hand at India—
From Egypt he soon was a starter,
And ran away skipping, sans commerce or shipping,
Aod ne'er saw the land of the Charter.
How he long'd for the dear little Charter;
He tried alt his might for the Charter.
Now none of his creatures
Can.shew their grim features,
Expelt'd from the realms of the Charter.
Sh:111 it not be thought treason this jewel to seize on—
'lu Which Charly Fox fell a mat; yi
And Billy the just held so sacred a trust?
Nor could lsonere'er get at the Charter.
• ;Th.& jewel of England—the Chartvr
Its pride and its glory—the Chart( r ;
'1 tie Regent, no doubt,
Such a treason will scout,
And preserve, as our King did—the Charter !
J. R.

Lwir IN7'ELLIGENCE

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, E.EI3. S.
THE KING V. JOHN AND LbIGII HUNT.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL prayed tile judgment of
the Court upon these defendants, who, ,it will be re-
collected, were found guilty at the Middlesex Sit-
tings, after the last Term, of a Libel upon the
PktINCE REGENT, in The Examiner newspaper.
The defendants accordingly appeared in Court,
and Lord ELLENBOROUGH read the libel, and his notes
Upon the
The defendants then put in the following affidavit :
" John Hunt and Leigh Hunt, severally make oath, and say,
that in writing and publishing the paper of which they have been
convicted as for a libel, they were actuated by no personal malice
whatever, nor any love or purpose of slander ; anti that they are
conscious of no motives which were no honourable, in writing
and publishing the same. And these defendants further say, that
with respect t'o their pecuniary resources, they are informed,
and believe, that an erroneous opinion has gone abroad, greatly
magnifying the same ; and they feet they lave not altogether a
right, to regard to their families, to omit to notice, that although
their cone-rn in the said paper is at present in a promising con-
dition, and such as to enable them to maintain a respectable ap-
pearance, early difficulties, arising irons heavy expenees of set-
ting up their, business, and other causes of a private nature, have
nearly anticipated its profits up to the present hour ; anu they
further say, that in aCition to the inceinbrances on their con-
cern already mentioned, they have been put to vet y heavy ex-
Fences in three prosecutions, in one of wh ch they were acquit-
ted, and in the other two were never brought to trial—and that
their net-profits, for one year, were totally exhausted by ex-
' pellets attending one of such prostlentions which occurred within
that yt ar —and they submit to this honourable Court, if it shall
be its intention to punish them by any hue, that this cirturn.
mace should be taken into consideration, iu mitigation of the
amount of such fine.'
Lord ELLENBOROUGH then asked the defendants,
whether they had any thing to add to the affidavit ?
Mr. LEIGH HUNT—No, my Lord, our affidavit
contains all that we wish to say here ; and we do not
intend to take up the time of the Court.
The Souctroa GENERAL then addressed the Court
very shortly in support of the prosecution, and said,
that this case stood upon the record itself, without
any additional matter ; for the Court could not take
into its consideration what might be the defendants'
understanding of the motives by which they were ac-
tuated. The Jury, who were the judges of those
motives, had found this a malignant libel ; and the
defendants had judged wisely in offering no observa-
tions upon their affidavit. Every thing that could be
said in defence, extenuation, or apology, was, at con-
siderable length, and with great ability, addressed to
the proper tribunal, the Jary, who had found the
defendants guilty. In the Learned Counsel's judg-
ment (which might be erroneous) if the present case
did not speak for itself, as calling tor such a punish-
ment as would secure the public Irons such libels, no
observations which he, could add would have any
effect ; and he, therefore, left it in their Lordships'
hands.
After some is-liberation, Mr. Justice LE BLANC (in
the absence of Mr. Justice Grose) pronounced the
judgment of the Court. He told the defendants that
they had been tried and convicted of printing and
publishing a scandalous and defamatory libel on the
Prince Regent. The libel had been stated to the
Court ; and it was impossible for any Lane who heard
the terms in. which it had been published in their
newspaper, to doubt that this was a mischievous and
daring attack upon a person who was to be looked
upon as filling the first situation-in the Government
of the country. They had put in an affidavit stating
that they were actuated by no personal malice or pur.
pose of slander, and that they were not conscious of
any motives which were not honourable. What these
motives could be, that were honourable, or for what
purposes this libel was published, if not for those of
slander or personal malice, it was impossible for the
Court to conceive; but this they would venture to
pronounce, that no man filling the character of a
good subject could have been actuated with any but a
bad motive ; for in uo Government could the person
standing at the head of that Government be suffered
to be held up to the nation as an object of dee station
and abhorrence. Whether the defendants' motive was
by gratifying mischievous curiosity, to minister to that

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I.diseased taste of tlii. public which wait" gree l* to
I catch at every attempt to pUll down exalted char .cters
to the lowest level, or whether the defendants thought
that not a dishonourable motive,' hisL'urdshlp could
not tell ; but it behoved a Court entrastedikvitt the.
etiminal administration of a country, to protect the
Government of that country from those who acted '
upon such motives and opinions. Keeping this
object in view, those who deliberately offerded in
this respect, must be brought to answer for a mis-'
chief which necessarily brought the Government
itself into disgrace and contempt. In order,
therefore, -to deter others from committing a like
offence, by the example of the present punishment,
the Court sentenced the defendants to be each impri-
soned fa r the spice of two years,—the defendant John
Hunt ti Cold-bath-fields prison, and the defendant
Leigh Hunt in his Majesty's gaol for the county of
Surrey, situate in Horaemonger-rane, Southwark ;
and that at the erd of such imprisonment, they should
each pay to the King a fine of 4500, and find secu-
rity for their good behaviour for five years, them-
selves in.. 4500, and two sureties for each in £250
each; and that they should be further imprisoned till
those fines were paid, and those securities found.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
Mr. NOLAN applied for a criminal information
against a Magistrate of the county of Cheshire, for
having improperly removed a pauper from Stockport,
in that county, to Stepney in Middlesex. It appeared
that the pauper, John Smith, having applied to the
Magistrate for relief, was asked to what patish he be-
longed ? to which he replied, he was born on the sea,
and hadrilever gained a settlement any where. Upon
receiving this information, the Magistrate imme-
diately decided that he belonged to Stepney, and pro-
ceeded to send him to that parish.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that this was a
great blunder on the part of the Magistrate, but it
did not appear to have been done maliciously, and
was not a subject for a criminal information. The
parish of Stepney might, if they chose, indict him,
or bring au action against him.
Mr. NOLAN-.-44 My Lord, this is a serious evil of
which we have to complain. No less than 25 per-
sons have, within the last year, been brought to us on
the same pretence. We do not wish to press against
die Magistrate ; the opinion of your Lordship will
fully answer the object we have in view, by sheaving
that the idea entertained of our being obliged to re-
ceive all paupers born on the high seas, is erroneous."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH—." Certainly ; it must be
• derstood that all these na-bore persons are not to
be marched off at the pleasure of Magistrates, to the
parish of Stepney, whether settled in it or not."
Application reinsed.

HOME V. WEBBER.
This was an action upon a breach of covenant con-
tained in a bond of £2OOO, conditioned for the pay-
!
I meet of an annuity of I'2oo per annum by the de-
fendant to the plaintiff. The de:endant pleaded that
the bond was given for an unlawful and invalid con-
' side' ation.
.Mr. PARKE, in stating the' plaintiff's case, observed,
that the defendant, at the time of executing the in-
strument in qttestion, was a young Gentleman of
:considerable fortune, holding a Captaat's commission
in the Guards; the plaintiff was the daughter of re-
spectable parents in Shropshire, and had been in-
duced by this young Gentleman to live with him *as
his mistress, fi.r some time, and in that immoral state
they continued to live together for a length of time.
No one could deprecate so immoral a practice more
than himself ; but when a party was the cause of
enticing another from the paths of virtue and chas-
tity, it was but fair, when they were inclined to re-
turn to that path, that he who, had drawn her from
it should make her some compensation for the Ines
she had sustained : such was the present case. The
plaintiff, wishing to return to that path from whenee
she had strayed, and the defendant, as would appear,
still entertaining some attachment towards her, upon
their separation executed the bond in question, as a
future provision for her, and not as the price of her
chastity, or a consideration for eentiatting to live with
him in that state, as by his plea he had endeavoured
to shew. The Learned Counsel then read a letter
from the defendant to the plaintiff's mother, wherein
he expressed himself in the strongest terms of affcc-
! tion and regard, calling her his dear Eliza—his
wife, &c.
Mr. Reilly was then called, and proved the execu-
tion of the bond by the defendant. Upon his cross-
examination by the SOLICITOR GENERAL, he said the
bond was prepared in the office of Mr. Thomas,. and
executed by the defendant at the house of Sir Felix
Agar, of the Guards. Witness did not know of his
executing any other annuity deeds at that time—be-
lieved the. defendant was only just of age when he
executaiti And was then a young Gentleman of con-
siderableJlatune.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL, for the defendant, ob-
rerved, that upon the question of law and morality,
there could be no difference between him and his
Learned Friend (Mr. Parke), but he should prbire,
that this bond was given upon the express considera-
tion, that the plaintiff was to continue to live with the
defendant in the state ar.d on the terms already de-
scribed ; and that it was given as the price of her
chastity, and for her eouuauance in that immoral
course of life, by spewing that she continued to live
with him in that state for a long period of time sub-
Iscquent to the execution of the bond. The defendant
I had been a young man of considerable property; bin
I getting into the hands of these annuity agents, and
I having an unfortunate attachment to this plaintiff, he
was reduced from an aniplas fie-tone to a state of dis-
-1 tress and embarrassment.
Sir Felix Agar and limes Farquharson, Esq. were
then calk d, but not appearing,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH told the Jury, that however
the statement of the defendant's Counsel might inva-
lidate the Load, if adduced in evidence, yet it was
not proved; and the execution of the bond being
established, they were bound to find for the plaintiffs
CONSIS rum( COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS, FEB. 3.
HARRIS V. I:ARRIS.
This was a cause of divorce, promoted on the part
of Elizabeth Mary Harris against William Harris,
her husband, by reason of cruelty. From the.procee-
dings it appeared, that the marriage between the par-
ties w.s solemnized on the 10th of November, 1.801,
and that they cohabited togetier until the lath of No-
vember, lbl 1, when Mrs. Harris left her husband's
house, in consequence of his repeated ill-treatment.

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Severalwittessesiiiiiiiiiiiiitiei; suitthe io.
tails) facts depot to wetre, that so early as the. rear
11803, he struck hers *lent:blow with a pokers
(whereby her face was Way cut ; that he frequently
red her a fool, a liar, and a devil, and refused her
acient money, to buy necessary apparel with ; that
.1n August, 1810, whilst drinking tea together, he
'threw a tea-cup at her head, which caused her face to
bleed very much ; that after her lying-in, she conti-
nuing extremely low and weak, her medical atten-
dant ordered her to take two or three glasses of red-
port every day for the benefit of her health, which
wine Mr. Harris refused allowance of, although he
had always wine at his table ; that on one occasion he
threatened to throw a knife at her fade ; that the last
act of cruelty, (which caused her immediately to quit
the house) he thrust his fist with a degree of violence
in her face. Upon the behalf of Mr. Harris, no plea
was given ; but several interrogatories were addres-
sed to the witnesses. Mr. Harris's Counsel submitted
to the Court, that there was not one act of violence
legally proved ; but it was proved, that Mrs. Harris
was possessed of a bad temper, and had shewn great
provocations.
The Court (Sir W. SCOTT) was clearly of opinion,
that not only acts of violence on the part of the hus-
band, but words of menace were satisfactorily proved,
and therefore the Court had no hesitation in pro-
nouncing for the remedy which the wife prayed; and
accordingly decreed the usual sentence of separation.

Dam° ROBBERY.—On Thursday night a villain
ascended by a ladder to the bed-room window of
Mrs. Fletcher, No. I, Kincgton.buildings, Bristol,
broke the square, unscrewed the window, heaved up
the sash, and entered the room, before Mrs. Fletcher
heard him. Two children, her nieces, were in the
same room, one of whom began to call her aunt, on
which the villain, who had a dark lanthorn, drew a
dagger, which he flourished over her head ; he then
pulled down a crape over his face ; had on a leather
cap, and blue jacket ; he scarcely took notice of any
thing in the room ; but on seeing a writing desk, he
very leisurely sat down, opened his lanthorn, and
with a sharp instrument cut it open, and took bank-
notes to the amount of upwards of and a suit
of child's clothes, which happened to be on the draw-
ersos he retreated cut of the windi,w on the ladder.
He was a short 'thin man, and is supposed to have
been well acquainted with the house. It is thought
he would have murdered Mrs. Fletcher and the chil-
dreN had they made any noise, as he continually
kept flourishing his dagger, which was very long.—.
A week before the house was robbed by villains en-
tering the kitchen, and stealing servants' clothes, pro-
visions, Ste.

IsQuEsTs.—Saturday last an Inquest was held at
the King's Arms, St. George's in the East,.on the
body of Elizabeth Bullon. The deceased was a
child, left alone, while the nurse went to receive its
weekly allowance from the parish, when it was burnt
before her return, and died next morning. Verdict,
Casually Burnt.
Tuesday, an Inquest was held on the body of Ann.
Denison, seven years old. The deceased resided with
her father and mother, in East Smithfield ; the ser-
vant, in whose charge the child was left, going down
for a pail of water, was absent about five minutes,
dnring.which the child's clothes caught fire; when
she was burnt in so shocking a manner, that she died,
next morning. Verdict, Casually Burnt.
Same day an inquest was held at the Red Lion,
Tottenham, on the body of S. Audley, the driver of
one of the Edmonton stages, who met his 'death in
consequence of the overturning of his coach, as men-
tioned in.a former Paper. Verdict, Accidental Death,

Saturday se'nnight as James Allan, a fine boy,
eight years of age, was amusing himself about a horse.
boiler at Daimon., parish of West Kilpatrick, he fell
in, and was so dreadfully scalded, that he died in