Star.
London, England, 1805-07-26 00:00:00

CIRCULAR.

PIR, King's Honfe, June r 4.
The Commander in Chief having ftrongreafous to expedt that
the enemy will snake an early anti very &riou• attack upon this
Wand, from the accounts he has tuft received front the Governor
of Barbadoes of the great inerrate of their forces at Martinique,
conGfting then of thirty-one fail of the line, and probably a pro-
portionate number of troops; his Excellency dircets Ow to as
you therewith, awl to &fire that you will make it public

COURT OF CRIMINAL JURISDICTION. is the ',Stith of Nu gaol'.
are again
emanates dereerdad. to inform you,, thatd the
l.whole of the Moab
On Monday et half pall ten the Court unhealed,asonhtei
etuurfttohner,,orht!evr:, and
and proceeded to the trial of Yobs Green (the black that the conedoriPand ro•n'apt-olltrs („I lregl
man Rated to have been lea week apprehended) for direded to prevent even drosses-sand boats from paifing along the
a rape, committed on the morning of the 17th intl. "'aft c Prefent•
near Paramatta. You will be plcafed to communicate the content* of tbi• eater
to the Officer* e*naniandin • th, corps of foot and bode militia
The Profecutrix was called, and gave a clear and your prigs, that they .0 forthwith titer i lte ae
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candid evidence, which left not a fhadow of doubt of thee-not haying treeiercl orders through theeru;lenne; inl Ot &era
- riet. I Wye du. huaour to be, air, year obet'lent humble
of the Prifoner's guilt ! the brutal and inhuman of the dilt
fault, aggravated, if it be poffible, by an infamous f"'"`' (signed) 5. TYRRELL, See.
or CCurioshicf Magiftrate of Kingrton.
attempt to deprive her a exißesee by drawing a he Cu
knife acrofs her throat, which in the a& of refinance In confequence of direaions from the Comman-
the received in her right hand, and cutting a hand-
der in Chief, Committees have been appointed in this
kerchief fhe held in it through many of the folds. parifh, and that of St. Andrew, for the purpofe of
Thomas Allen depofed to having teen the prifoner taking the names and numbers of women and chil-
at the bar near the refidence Of the Prolecutrix within dren, with an account of fuch articles as wonld be
necellary to accompany them, and the delignatie n of
a (hod period of the time by her depofed to:- and
being Maly crofs examined by. the Ju DGe•Anvocae a thole places in the interior to which they could be
as to his pofitively identifying the prifoner's perfon, conveyed in cafe of emergency. Conceiving that
theft inflruainiis were not attended to with futlicient
the Deponent declared he was no Wenger to him,
promptitude, his Excellency has reiterated his orders
for every article of his drefs not only correfponded
with the cloathing he now wore, but conceiving that and required that they be immediately obeyed.
he was Rill a prifoner confined for mifdemeannr to JUNe 15.—0 n Tuelday, a meeting of the Magif-
The Paramatta gaol gang, he concluded that he trates and other inhabitants of Port Royal was held
had been turned out to work earlier than ufual, it there for the purpole of conlidering of a proper
being then but a little pall five in the morning—lie place of fecurity to which the females and children
further depofed, that when the Prifoner perceived might be removed, in the event of the enemy's ef-
that he was noticed by him, he threw himfelf into feCiing a landing en the Mend. After fome delibe-
a trench or ditch, and looping, ran off as fall as he ration it was agreed, that, if it flinold he neceltav,
could. - they are to be conveyed to Pert Henderfan in boats,
Patrick Born, a private belonging to the New Sec. and from thence to St. 'Thomas in the Vale, be-
South Wales Carps, depofed, that en Monday the ing the flea fittelt for their rt reel ion.
sath Meat, he walked toward Mr. Core's farm with His Excellency has been plea'fed to appoint Capt.
a defiga of &acting wild fowl, when meeting one of BALLARD BIiCICEORD to be Deputy Adjutant Gene•
the farm fervent', he was told that the offender who ref, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel ; and Cap-
bad committed the recent atrocities about Paramatta lain Ja re es CLARK to be Aid-de Camp to Lieutenant
'vas then sear at band, for he had jolt been leen.— General CARMICHAEL.
That he, the Deponent paired onward, and at fall We underfiand that orders were lan night ft r.
beheld the Prifoner among fome trees, and imme- wercied by exprefs to ail parts of the Mend, direaing
diately fummoned him to Conceder—but he, loop- thole perfous belonging to the militia of the country
ing, and taking up an age, with eompofure and dif. parifhes, who had obtained leave of abfence far the
dais replied, that he was ready for him; and to ap. purpofe of tailing in the loading of the homeward.
proach him would be infiant death : that the Depts. bound velrelh immediately to join their refpeetive
Mtn then (hewed him his firelock, cocked and precut- Corps.
ed it, alluring him at the tame time that if he did not His Excellency the Commander in Chief intends
ionantly lay down the axe he &mild certainly (hoot infpeeting the Brigade of Regular 'Troops and Mi-
him, as he had come out purpofely in quell of him; litia in Spanifh Town, viz. 55th and 85th Regiments
that the Prifoner then appeared fomewhat more at- and St. Ca.herine's Regiment- ef Militia, under Ma.
tentive to the command, and urged his own pre-de jar-General MELLIFONT, on Monday next, the sath
termination to furtender himfelf to a Maginrate, for inn. at daybreak, on the Race Courfe near Span&
that he might as well die here as any where elk ; Town. And on Wednefday, the [9th inn. at day,
but that finding him, the Deponeat, refolute in his break, at Up-Park Camp, near this city, the Brigade
purpofe, he at length fubmitted, and walked in to- of Regular Troops and Militia, viz. in and 6th bee:
wards the above fettletnent, at a proper diaance be• talinns of the (oth Regiment, under Major-General
fore him. Hoe rF4RD, and Kingilon Regiment, under Major-
Here the profecution doted; and the prifoner be. General FAR hi Eit ; the line to be commanded by
ing called on for his defence, denied the charge point Lieutenant.Gener.ll Cacti 'coast..
blank. A Court Martial was held on the 9th inflant, at
The Court cleared for a moment, and re-opened, Falconer's Tavern, is Clarendon, for the trial cf Mr.
the evidence being too pointed and conchafive to ad- Philip O'Connel, Adjutant of the Troop, and Mr.
mit of any doubt favourable to the culprit. Alexander Givan, a private in the fame, for &fhb&
The Juoiaa ADVOCATI recalling him to the Bar, dience of orders. Both being found guilty, the for-
by impreffive eloquence endeavoured to aroufe him mer wasfined two doubloons, and the latter 41.
from the want of fenfibility which muff have secant- Jutis i6.—Since our lafl, we have again been in
_partied atrocities like his. " The crime," Paid he, a floe of alarm, in confequence of the arrival of
4 horrible as it is, upon which you have been ar- another force at Martinique, whereupon Martial Law
iaigned. is not, forty lam to fay, the only one that was again declared, and from that period to the pre-
might have been exhibited rig-ain't you of the fame fent all Winds is, comparatively at a hand. The
atrocious and diabolical Ramp, in the perpetration ifland is in a complete Rate of defence. and from
of which you have betrayed a bafenefs of difpolition, the confidence our Commandet puts in the Militia
a cowardice of heart, and vitiated inclination, that and Regulars, there is little to be feared ; indeed,
render yott hnpelefs of mercy here. Happy for fo. it is generally believed that we mould be able to do.
ciety it is, that the law, although incapable of totally feat a much larger force.
preventing crime, is yet capable of overtaking the It is Paid the combined fleets are waiting to be
career of the criminal, and of apportioning its pu. joined by the Rochefort fquadron, which it is under.
ilia:talents to the weight of the offence. Superior flood here, have already arrived in America on their
thength you have perverted to the meanell of pur- way to the Weft Indies ; but we fear nothing ; the
poles, and tears and entreaties were a fufficient pro- Wand was never before in fo good a Rate of defence
vocation even to a threat of murder. On to aban- —depots of provisions, and every thing elk is made
doned a criminal, I apprehend, that whatever I may to enable us to hold our.
fay can make but a triflingimprellion ; yet, let me The Port Royal fortifications are ha an excellent
conjure you to take into your molt lesions reflection nate, and Admiral Deets* has moored all the heavy
the awful predicament into which your tranfgre 'lions (hips of the line eirea againa the Channel, which will
have plunged you ; if the fear of death you are inca- admit of the entrance only of one Chip at a time.--
pable of acknowledging, yet let me intreat of you, There is little, therefore, to fear from that quarter ;
whatever be your perfualion, it any religion you pro- and the troops are fo placed, that the whole of the
fella to lay aficle the implacable hardihood that has Regulars, exclufive of the Militia of the different pa.
reduced you to Co do lefel a dilemma, and by a con- tithes, can be brought to a point in a very few hours.
Itite and true repentance endeavour to affuage the Every precaution has been ufed, and we do not fee
wrath of an Omnipotent judge, that in the world to any.aaual caufe for alarm ; and if the force of the
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come you may -find that mercy from the hope of sbellty IS no greater than is laced, he can never re-
which your climes have,alas! precluded you on earth. Agee this Mead, la its preterit late of preparation.

, The Captain and crews of the Ibips have offerer',
their Cervices, which have been accepted. and they
a ill do duty in Fort Charles. Should the enemy
appear, the Admiral can fend on Chore goon feamen
and coo marine>, to aft with the Regulars and Mili-
tia, befides having a fufficient number on hoard to
aft as the neceffity of the occafion may require, Co
that we can have a very large force in lUngllon, per-
haps not Iris than to,ooo men, in twenty-four hours.
AS you arc ir.terefled, we truft that it will be grati-
tying to. you to knoyr, that there. is not that aelual
caufe for alarm which Come would reprefent, and wills
to be believed.

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