Star.
London, England, 1805-11-21 00:00:00

POLICE, &c.

PUBLIC-0711M MARLBOILMICH•STRIETYCIItr.
day the young man who called himfelf Alexander In-
nes, of the Royal Navy, at the time of his examina-
tion on Monday, was brought up for re-examination.
J. Rich,fervant to Edw. Cartwright, of Grantham-
place, (wore that onTuefday,os weeks ago, the prifoner
had hired his mailer's horfe of the witnefs, only for
the purpofe of riding about for the (pace of two or
three hours. Both the matter and the fervent fwore,
that fence that time they had not fees the horfe.
J. Nunns, ftable-keeper, at the Royal Oak, Vaux-
hall, depofed thata horfe which anfwered the defcrip-
ti n of that hired from Cartwright, was, in a few days
after that time, left at the Royal Oak by a perfon
very like the prifoner, but he could not pofitively
(wear to his perfon ;he then fubfcribed himfelf Chas.
Beckett, of Gravefend, and hired a horfe and chaife
which has not fence been returned. He had been a
journey of near 4.d0 miles in fearch of the perfon to
no purpofe ; at left, by putting an advertifement in
a newfpaper, he received a letter informing him
where the property was to be found. The prifoner
denied his having the lean concern in, or knowledge
of, the hiring of a honk from Cartwright ; and upon
being quellioned by one of the Magittrate, as to his
affuming the name of Captain Innes, he laid that bis
name was lanes, but that he had never called himfelf
Capt.l.; but that the people had Riled him a Captain
he fuppofed, on account of his having faid that he
belonged to the Navy.
A Gentleman attended from the Pay Office, to
prove that the only Captain Junes, who was now in
aanal fervice, had the command of the Emus fri-
gate, and was at prefent in the Cove of Cvrk.
The prifoner faid, that he had paad as Midfhip-
man on board the Magoanime, a 64, about four or
five years, but had not tioet that time done any duty.
(The Magnanime, however, is rated only as a 40
gun fhip.)—Another cafe was partly Rated, in which
IL was faid, that the prifoner had defcribed himfelf
as the fon of Mr. Pigeon, part proprietor of a refpec-
table banking-houfe., in confcquence of which it was
faid that he received the fum of 451. on his draft
upon that houfe. A variety of other cafes wete
Rightly mentioned ; but the molt fingular of all was
one in which it was Rated that the prifoner, in the
courfe of his travels about the country, with his boric
and chaife, had gone from London to }Lotion. in
Devonfhire, from (finto Crewkern, in Somerfetfhire,
and from thence to London. During this time he
flopped at Exeter, and before the battle of Trafal-
gar had atqually taken place, he told fome Gentlemen
in the City that he came with difpatches from Lord
Nelfon, who had fallen in with the Combined fleets,
and totally defeated them ; he was afked if the en-
gagement was any thing like the battle of the Nile.
Oh,' fays he, it was much more dreadful—the
battle of the Nile was a fool to it.' The bringer of
filch good tidings was confequently treated in the
molt handfome manner, and had every facility given
him to forward him on his journey. The cafes being
all imperfea at prelent, the prifoner was ordered to
be committed for examination on Wednefday next.
Monday fennight a warrant was Wiled by Mr.
Gough, one of the Coroners of Oxfordlhire, to the
Minifter and Churchwat dens df the Hamlet of Little
Tew, ta take up the body of George Southam, an
infant under the age of three years, who had been
fecretly interred ; and on the following day an In-
quifition was taken, when it appeared, that the infant
was lift with its brother, and, in the abfence of the
mother, its clothes caught fire, and burnt him in fuels
a manner, that he died in about two hours.
Wednefday fennight as an elderly lady was at
breakfaft, at Liverpool, her clothes caught fire ; by
the timely affiilance of the neighbours, however, her
life was raved, but (he was dreadful:), burnt.