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London, England, 1812-10-21 00:00:00

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New ORLEANS, Atroter $....0n the rid July, the - night, about half-past nisei o'clock, dur-
family of Mr. Pierre Daucet, of the country of Ope- .lai * tOtMendotri storm, a Belfast pilot-boat strata
lousas, (Mr. D. and his eldest son being absent frees rem the Miallipier of this harbour, and all on board
home), were murdered by a young negro man, ft The bodies of four men were cast ashore
slave on the plantation. The children had lain downiClitrel/4Lirettirse of the two succeeding days. The ves-
to take an afternoon's nap; Madame franeet waioe- `ll.lrits spoke on Saturday morning:in Belfast Lochs
cuoied in spinning, and had from the window Ober. ty*CetpoliW Poag of the Agnes, whowrived at Irvine
ved the negro sharpening a broad ase on the grind- on Monday. The men told him they Were destined
stone, and inquiring what he was about. received for lot Ns:coast; whence they intended to take a plea-
answer, in very impudent tone. that he was prepa. sure jaunt to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Their names
mg to run away. - The fellow entered some short j were Charles Macgirraty and John Scott, pilots ;
time after with his weapon, and advanced upon his Yns!ph Yule, boatman ; and Wm. Marra, innkeeper,
mistress with such rapidity that, notwithstanding her Belfast. Yule has left a helpless and destitute family.
alarm, he instantly cleaved open her skull, and then j The vessel had gone to pieces immediately atter she
Repeated his blows across her face and in other di. struck on the South Dike, and the bodies were carried
suctions, without her doing any more than to scream by the very high surge across the harbour to the
to as to siwaken her eldest daughter lying asleep on north aide. The Magistrates of Newton upon Ay,r
the table in the same room. The daughter flew, as ' had been very active on this distressing occasien—
by instinct, to the aid of her mother, but only came , they appointed men to watch the shore, ordered diem
'in time to receive the sante- fate. The noise by this to pay attention to every thing belorgii g. to the
;time produced, brought out of ancthrt room a young wreck, and make every endeavour to find the corpses.
son, who seeing the destruction dea;ing around. at When the bodies were found. they were carried oWI
once attempted his escape, but was pursued by the ; the church and easefully washed. On Monday of
cnegro to an adjacent fence, and there put to death.— ternoon they were decently shrouded and put into
The negro then returned to the house and murdered coffins. At four o'clock a vast crowd of respect-
the little children in their sleep, and collected all the able people attended, according to previous Ultima-
Victims into one pile. He afterwards set out to catch tion, to accompany them to the new burying-ground
the best horse on the plantation, apparently for the of Newton, the Magistrates and Council piesi-
11surpose of flight. The horse being somewhat in. • sting, and walking as Chief Mourners. Belonging
tractable, carried him to the fence of a neighbour }lke) the unfortunate sufferers there had been found
lord some one observing the fellow, asked what hed,thite watches, some little money, and clothes; these.
was dcing with the horse, he replied, that some Spa- ,1 by particular order of said Magistrates. have been
niards had come and murdered his mistress, Ste... inventoried, and placed under the care of proper per-
, The inquirer and his companions immediately prop(. ! sons, that they may be attended to and preserved.—
tied to.go to the house, and one of them being mor.• , Such attention, care, and activity by the Magistrates
auspicious than the rest, thought. proper to seize the on such an occasion, must be gratifying to all, and
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negro, who, after being detect( din several filsehoods, i ily praise-worthy.
and finding particularly that no tracks after a recent
shower of rain could he shewn of the Spaniards, con-
fessed his crime. He said that his father was a war.
' rior, and that he had inherited the family courage—
; that what he In id killed before be would not think of
' counting, but if they would only let him loose he
would let them see how many he could kill. The
same hardihood attended him through his trial—and
! on being sentenced to the gallows in two hours, he ap-
peared anxious to reach the spot, and when there,
would not wait for the cart to be drove from under
him; but told the bystanders to get out of his way and
let him jump— Rhich he did, into eternity

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At Keith-house, East Lothian, Gude igth inst. Lady Marga-
ret M'Lean, of a son.
Sunday sr nil& at Newlyn-bail, in the county of Durham,
Mrs. Fawcett, wileof the key. J. Fawcett, of a son.

MARRIED.

Saturday, at Mary-b-bonne Church, Major Archdale. of the
60th regiment, to Mrs. John Bushby, willow of Captain llashby,
of the Royal Navy. '
DIED.
Hareourt•street, Dublin, .Gartett Tyrrell, Es,. of Bailin-
derry, in the county of Kildare, late a Major in the Kildare MI- ,
lick, and one of the Magistrates of said county.
litoday seunight, the Rev. Wiliam Row, &Mare, county
Liaanick.
• At Keith Hall, on the 6th inst. Wm. Keith, Earl of Kintors.
; Halls Succeeded by his eldest son Antbony,now of Earl of Kintore.
Sept.; at Malta, James Bray, Esq. of the Dock-yard. This
geetleman served under Sir Sidney Smith, at ALT!. and was the
blinder of the Dock at present forming by Government there.
Lately, at the Vicarage, Waterbiuch, Cambridgesinge, the
Rev. William Williams.

During the high wind on Monday, NICHOLAS M.
crate, Esq. of Drayton, was, by a sudden gust, blown'
'Vont the gallery of a windmill at Uxbridge, and
I killed by the fall.
I Tuesday se'nnight, two ofthe French prisoners in.
I the Depot at Perth, were released from their confine.
Iwent' to be restored to their country and theirfriends.
One of them, a Lieutenant, was exchanged for a Bri.
• tish officer of 'vial rank ; the ether, a brave and
humane soldier, has obtained, not only liberty; but
I the good will and respect of every' Briton who knows
!his story. The gallant General WALKS*, while
storming Badajoz at the head of his brigade, was
found by this young Frenchman lying wounded and
bleeding in the breach r He took our wounded Ge.
metal in his arms, and tarried him to a French hos-
pital, where he was taken eat* of by the medical de-
partment 3 The General gave his address, with a
promise to serve his deliverer, if ever in his power;
the Frenchman, at last'a captive, accordingly applied
to General WALICSIt, who lost no time in procuring
for him the precious reward of liberty.
BUYING or GUINE/t&—At the General Quarter
Sessions for Newcastle, holden by adjournment on
Wednesday and Thursday last, John Ryas, an Irish.
man, was tried under Lord Stanhope's Act, for buy-
ing guineas above their value. It appeared that he
had paid for the guineas in provincial bank notes ;
and though it was held that such a payment came
within the meaning of the Act, via. paving more than
the current value of the guineas, e/s., any waits, device,
shift, or tovt4osurce, yet the particular means which
the defendant made use of not being set forth hi the
indictment, he could not be convicted.
Sunday evening last about eight o'clock, Mr. Ro.
BERT% one of the Common Councilmen of the Ward
of Farringdon Within, was stopped in Gutter-lane,
Cheapside, within a:few yards of his own house, by a
hgang of genteel dressed men, one of whom put a
andkerchief to his mouth, while two laid hold of'
each arm : they then took his watch from his pocket,
and made their escape into Cheapside..
Wednesday two privates of the Berwickshire Mi-
litia were committed to Edinburgh Bridewell, for SO
days, for breaking into a garden near the Abbey,
and stealing .a considerable quantity of fruit.
A pedestrian of the name of Wester, yesterday,
undertook, for a wager of fifty guineas, to go half-a-
,
mile in two minutes and • two seconds, on the road
from Hounslow to Hampton : he completed the task
in two seconds within the given time.
Saturday evening the Canterbury and Rochester
coach, which comes to the Golden Cross, Chasing-
Cross, was upset on the Surrey side, near Westminster
Briege, by she breaking of one of the wheels. Some
of the passengers were very severely injured.
1. A singular marriage took place lately near the Old
Head in Caithness, between a woman of 100 years of
age, and a man of 70, being her third husband. It is
somewhat remarkable, that on the same eight she was
married to her first husband, her second was born.
A few days ago, there was sent in the morning,
from a warehouse in Glasgow, to a bleacher at Bell-
field, near Kirkintilloch, forty-nine pieces of muslin,
to be bleached, whiCh were completely finished,and
again in Glasgow, by two o'clock of the same day,
and were in Greenock that very. evening, to be ship.
pled for the West Indies ; so that these 49 pieces
were carried about 27 miles, besides- going through'
all the process of bleaching in ea, day.
NIWCASTLI, OCT. 7...431 Otif marker, or Saturday kit, there
was a large supply of country wbear,which nut a dull sale, at
reduction of 41. on tile samples, and nw to es, eft Inferior "Gs,.
Wes. AU other grain sa, her lower, except oats, which stapperted
the preceding week's ci.rrency. Current mum: Rabat (pea)
hes. to 1060 per cr; Old none. Ryt 61111. to 70F. ilits=:,
Ws; Malt has. to lOts. Oate 'pewee) sasateims.
aes. to 445. Fine hour 90a. to 945. pee sack.
At Morpeth, onWeJnestley last, there was a very Id market
of eottl.-, sheep, and lambs ; fat sold trembly, part put sold. Beef
from 7s. to la. per stone, sinking cffal. Mutton as. 30 Om Lamb
70. to as. Wheat from 76•.41 1 I 111. per quarter. Rye NM to
ass. Oats 372.4 d. to 42e. ad.
The hertiog &Arty has bees se very soesevala in the West
Hiiblanik that a fleet pf sty mil war txpected to be lily laden
in a few-days- kb* pride /toga Ili. to Os. and limas cram

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