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London, England, 1812-01-14 00:00:00

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIoLE SOCIETY.

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DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.

We are gratified in being informed that Vie Bn-
ro4gh of Evesham; in Worcestershire, and its vicinity.
have in the most spitited manner, formed a Society
auxiliary to the British and Foreign Bible Society.
which miginated in the year 1804, for the purpose of
diffusing the Holy Scriptures at home and •abrixtd,.
of which that distinguished Nobleman, Gerd TEAGN.
MOUTH, is President, and which has hld more exten-
sive operation than any ether Charitable Institution
on record. A meeting fur the purpose of forming
this auxiliary Society, nas convened by the Wnrship-
ful the Mayor, at the Guildhall, on the 28th of No-
vember. The Chair was filled by the Worthy Mayor.
The Meeting was numerously and most respectably
attended ; amongst those present, were all the Clergy
and Dissenting Ministers officiating in the pla:e. Pro-
per resolutions for the formation ofee Society, were
entered into, and a Committee formed for the pur-
pose of conducting the same. It was evident that all
present partook in a high degree of thu:.e benevolent
emotions Which have invariably characterised these
interesting assemblies, and the utmost cordiality pre-
vailed.

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DARTMOUTH, JAN. in. [EI/ETHER PARTICULARS IN ADDITION TO THOSE WE
On enquiry relative to the report of six American STATED YESTERDAY.] ,
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vessels having been lately taken and carried into Sunday evening the shop of Mr. Pryor, a reepec-
Morlaix by the French, it appears that only one Ame- table boot-maker, residing at NO. 71, High-street,
Heart vessel was litere, and she was not aca ptused ship. Borough, Southwark, was entered bj, two desperate
villains, though
•by hat means is not yet discovered,
FALMOUTH, JANUARY 11. but certainly with an intent to rob the premises. While
. Sailed the Swallow packet, for Lisbon and the employed in packing up several pair of boots in a
Brazils. Wind N.E. light airs, large skin of leather which they found in the shop,
the servant rent down stairs to empty a vessel in the
• PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 12.
.. cellar; on her way thither, though she passed through
Arrived the MYRTLE sloop of war, from Lisbon ; the shop, she did not observe any person, but on her
the ENDEAVOUR, with a small convoy from Swansea; return she perceived two men, one of them packing op
the QUEEN, 74., from Basque-roads. Put back the boots, and the other coming as from thtr hack part of
NIMROD cutter, in consequence of having sprung her the premises, to whom she said, " \VIM( ! Are you
2 .ne to take boots away to•night ? it is Sunday !"
boom last night, in a squall. Came up harbour the thinking they were some.of her master's journeymen.
DREADNOUGHT, 92, in order to be put out of con- At this instant one of the villains made up to her,
mission. Arrived the American ship Navigation. and threatened her, that it she uttered a word he
DEAL, JANUARY ia would instantly murder her. On looking round, she
discovered the other to haie a black crape over his
Arrived the EREBUS from the Baltic. Came down face, which so alarmed her that she screamed out
from the River the David Scott East Indiaman, and murder! murder ! several times; and ran towards the
sailed to the West Ward. Arrived the MosQUTO shop-door, which was open, and which in her fright.
from Sheerness, and the CHEERFUL from a cruize. she shift, and thereby inclosed herself with these mon-
GRAVESEND JANUARY 13. sters. She continued to scream, though one of them
, had levelled a blow at her head which knocked her
Sailed the Cuffnells East Indiaman for the Downs. down. On her rising, and not ceasing to call out
YARMOUTH, JAN. 13. murder ! Mime: ! &c. one of the wretches seized her by
4iled this morning his Majesty's ship DESIREE, for the hair, and with a sharp instrument cut her throat
ifie Nore, to refit ; and the CENSOR with a convoy for i right across the wind-pipe. She then fell to the ground,
and remembered no farther of what passed.
the Downs. No intelligence of the ST. GEORGE and
. The screams of the girl had by this time alarmed
DEFENCE.—Wind N.W. fresh breezes and hazy. the family up stairs, which consisted of Mr. and Mrs.
LEITH, JANUARY 9. Pryor, and three young men, lodgers. Mrs. Prycr
The brig Ballance, under the Hamburgh flag, M. then went down stairs, and on her reaching the bot-
BREEMER master, arrived in the Roads on Monday 1 tom, actually fell over her wounded servant, as :he CbURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY IS.
from Petersburgli, with hemp, flax, and iron, bound • lay senseless on the floor. The terror of Mrs. Pryor CAZONFS v. BLACKBOURN.
may be better conceived then described. Notwith- This was an action on a policy of insurance, on the •
to Liverpool, put up through stress of weather. She
: standing her fright, however, she got up stairs; but ship Vrow Alida, at and from Lond.in to any port or
sailed from Gottenburgh, with the convoy on the 18th
ult. and has had very bad weather ; the captain was it was not a matter easy to determine in the minds of ports in the Baltic, backwards and forwards, with
those above, who should venture down to attack, leave to return to any port in Sweden. The vessel
washed overboard the second day after they sailed
—she afterwards lost all her bolts in a gale. Arrived what they supposed a banditti of murdereis. Mr. sailed from this country, and arrived off the port of
yesterday morning the brig Lindisfarne, BUTLER, of Pryor and his lodgers at last went down, and found Surnamund, on the Ist of November, 1810, where
this port, from St. Andrew's, America, with timber.
the servant as we have before described, the shop- the agent of the consignee was ready to receive her.—
Some of the French officers, prisoners, landed here, door being wide open :and, we are sorry to say, that , The Captain went ou shore and received directions
from the Zealous, yesterday morning, the perpetrators of this horrid crime escaped, leaving from the agent to continue off the port, he conceiving
JANUARY I I. , behind theft] the skin of leather, tied up, full of new • it would be dangerous for her to enter the port, on
The SNAKE sloop arrived in the Roads yester-
boots and shoes. Medical aid was instantly sent tor, account of the state of public affairs. In this situation
day morning, from a cruize ; and a brig is in sight,
and the wound on the neck wes pioneenced not mor- site continued tiil the 12th of November, on which
working up, supposed to be the Cele goop of war, tal. What adds to the daring atrocity of this act is, day public affairs having assumed a still more unfa.
from a cruise. ; that it was committed so early as between eight and vourable aspect, the agent directed the Ctptain to sail
1—..-- nine o'clock ; and the premises of Mr. Pryor are as for Carlesheim, in Sweden ; the Vrow Alide neut..
public as any situation can be, being situated in the dingly sailed on that day, but was driven back by cone
No accounts have yet reached the Admiralty of the
High-street of Southwark, not many yards from the trary winds, and in the morning of the 160 of No-
Sr. Geolioe or DEFENCE—they are now quite de-
Town-hall, which is as great a thoroughfare as the vember, appeared off Surnamuod sta, and in the
spaired of.
1 Strand or Fleet-street. . course of the day was taken possession of by a mit-
The MARINER, BALLANTVNE, -put back to Ports. The Magistrates at Union-Hall are making every tart' force, her cargo removed to the King's ware-
mouth on Saturday last, with the greater part of the exertion to discover these desperadoes. house, and confiscated:
ttff-
fleet that sailed on the 7th inst. having been drivenbast
bast night, Mr. H The ATTORNEY GENERAL, for the defendant, eICKS, the Magistrate of Union- '
e
over to the French coast, by contrary winds. 1
' Hall, went to Mr. Pryor's house, to examine Sarah tended that the plaintiff was not emitted ea recereer
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROat AN OFFICER ON ROARD Wilkins, the servant maid. The substance of her there was in the policy a warranty in favour of
THE ILLUSTRIOUS, IN BATAVIA ROADS, DATED AU- evidence was as follows:—e" About nine o'clock on underwriters, against seizure in the pat of &utile
lion ; there was a warranty against tetzure by a ml-
cosi. 30, 1811. 1 Sunday evening I had occasian to go down to the
lit try force frim the shore ; and in totisequeoce of
" We afterwards sent another prize with a valuable cargo, to
cellar; and on coming up stairs, I saw a man coming
such warranty the undeiwriters redticed their pri
BUlinbing, on the western coast of Sumatra, and we have since
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mum nearly one half. That Surnamund was the poet .
she was taken by pirates, who put every Eunipean on from the back of the shop, who I thought was my
'Lite,- I had a duet with them once : the Barracouta lying at -master. I asked him if he was going out so late :
of destination, he thought, could not be denied ; the
anchor at Bautam, some of the natives came on board, and told , when lie turned round, and I observed he had a black
ship went there, continued there twelve days, during
us, if we would send a boat to a place they pointed out, they crape over his farce; I was alarmed, and called out.
would give us refreshments. I was sent in the launch, with eight •which time the Captain went on shore,
men armed, to guard against treachery. We left the ship at noon The turned
man round to me, and said he would . and the agent
at night arrived at the place, but the things were not ready, so murder me it I did not hold my tongue. I got near of the consignees was endeavouring, by every means
in his power, to dispose of the cargo. If these cie-
were obliged to wait till morning. As we were cooking our the door, and attempted to shut it ; upon which he
; cumstonces did not constitute a port of destination
breakfast,.a prow, we had been watching all the morning, stood came to me, and said he would cut my throat. •
towards us, so I ordered every thing to he got ready. As she; ~ . up .
approached, I observed she was full of men, and therefore iDeetng his hand coming, I put my arm up, and re-lhe was at a loss to know what did.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that at the port of
thought it prudent to get off; but could not, for the prow ceived a deep cut in it with some sharp instrument: •
both out-sailed and out-rowed us. When she came near, they .he then put something into my mouth to gag me, I destination was a point not fixed by the policy, it
began to fire. I was now convinced they were pitatts, and , and
gave me several cuts across my throat: the door might vary according to circumstances. If the Jury
determined to board them, knowing that to be the only chance; could credit the evidence of Mr. Bolger, the agent,
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for if they took us, they would have put the whole of us to death,
lo
opened at this time, and a short man came in, who
—As soon as we came alongside, we cleared our way with our . said to the other 4. come out." I was immediately !although Surnamund was the first port of destination:
and continued so from the Ist of November W the
muskets, and jumped on board the prow. There w.re about , knocked down, became insensible, and knew not 1
50 men in her, and we only nine. In about half an hour we 12th, yet it ceased to be 60 from that time ; Mr. Bul-
clearedgar Naving, on the 12th, ordered the ship to proceed
what followed."
her. ty this time we had drifted near the shore, and the he had d
few thtn remaining jumped overboard. I observed four or five Richard Pryor, the master, said,sat own
.port ; she did not reach that port—she was drivea
reach the shore, most of them wounded.—l had two men killed. to supper with the husband cif Wilkins, and Wilkins, to Carlesheim, which from that time was her destined
the other ex had no wound, of consequence. Just then the Leda who is his housekeeper ; when she having occasion
appeared in the offing, and we took our prize on board her.— back, and seized by the enemy at Surnamund. If the
to go down stairs, they soon after heard a cry of
Jury credited this evidence, the warranty in the pu-
Captain SAY II made us stay on board the Leda till the next .
thieves, murder, and immediately went down, when
'icy did not protect the underwriters from the loss.
morning, to refresh ourselves. We got to the Barracoota about
noon, and Captain Owitis approved of what I had done." they found the shop in darkness ; he sent Wilkins up
for a light, and on his coming down with it, Sarah The Jury, without hesitation, found. 'a vetdi A for
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
Wilkins was found lying on the floor insensible, the the plaintiff—Damages 4300.
Plicebe, for the Elizabeth, on Saturday, at No. 22, Norfolk- CONTEMPT OF COURIC : '
street, and there recalled.
door was opee, and a quantity of boots and shoes
Folkestone, for the Thalia, fm board, on Thursday; recalled at were strewed about the floor, but he had not dis-
William Collins, the Officer at Mace; ifrought a
Mr. Gunnell's, Beach-street, Kent.- I covered that any thing was taken away. man named John Robert Curtis before his L irdship,
Emanuel, for Sloop No. 99 and Prince Frederick, on board, Mr. May, the second Clerk of Union-Hall, was and stated, that the prisoner was talking loudly at
the 25th inst.; recalled 00 Wednesdays and Thursdays, at No.
14, Cl-mtnt's-inn. on the spot within five minutes after the alarm was the door of the Court, in consequence or which, be
desired him to retire into the Hall
L• for la M:lan, on board,the 25th ; recalled on Tares- given, and sent for Ga., Clark, and Friend, imme. ,or be silent. Cora
*dos and Fridays, at No.lB, Clement's•inn. diatelye who have used every exertion, but unfortu- tis, however, refused to do either ; upon which Col-
Jasper, for the Mariner, on the 17th ; recalled on Wednesdays nately, at present, without success, to discover the lins took him by the arm and gently pot him back.
and I•r.day.l, at No. 27, Broad-street, Portsmouth. perpetrators of this outrage. refractory, Curtis, however, became still more refraory, swore
NAVAL APPOINTMEN fS. at the officer, and threatened to knock him down ; --
Captsin Sheppard is appointed to command the Victory, of I: CI upon which he thought it 1 is duty to take him into
guns, zt Spi, head, to relieve Captain Durnareseue. custody, and bring him before his Lordship.
Ceptain Dunn, to the Bacchante frigate, at Deptford, until His Lordship demanded of' Curtis if what the offi-
Captain Hoste, Lite of the Amphion, joins.
Captain Plampiii, of the Gibraltar, to be Captain of the Dun-
cer said was true ? who acknowledged lie swore at
cni, t,f 74 guns, at Deptford. him, and said he deserved to be knocked down for a
Captain G. `cote, to the Gibraltar, at Plymouth, in the room damned rascal ; but lie was provoked to Sat so by
of Captain Plampin, appointed to the Duncan, of 74 guns, at Collins having pushed hint.
Deptford. Lord ELLENBOROUGH —"I Thii is very improper
Captain William Cumberland, to be Regulating Officer at
language to use at any tine, but more especially in a
Cowes.
Captain Graham Moore, to the Cha.ham. Court of Justice. I shall not, however, punish you
Captain Fyn,, to the Juno, late BeUone, taken at the Isle of very severely ; I shall fine you lee. which, in paying,
France. you wilt be discharged."
Captain Dixon, to the Vigo.
Captain F. W. Fame, to the Iphigenia. Mr. Curtis—" But, my dear friend, I cannot pay
Captain Aclom, of the Ranger, is promoted to a Post Captain. it. I came here to be sworn in Constable of Lang-
Lieutenant Riehard Head is appointed to the Venerable, at bourn Ward."
Portsmouth. Lord ELLENBOROUGH--"is very easy
Sir, the fine
Lieutenant Robert Scallon, to the Namur, at the Nom.
Lieutenant Richard Beriff, to the Raven. —you must pay it, or be committed to Newgete till
lieutenant John Brown, to the Hogue, at Woolwich. you do."
Lieutenant Richard Stuart, to the Castilian, in the Downs. The Constable Elect for Langbotwn Ward then
Lieutenant Borer, to the Venerable. paid the fine, and was discharged.
Lieutenant Nathan Ball, to the Semiramis.
Lieutenant William Hooper, to the Malta.
lieutenant John Baikie, to the Royal George.
Lieutenant -- Peackey, to the Diana.
lieutenant John Smith, to the Boyne.
Lieutenant --- Thompson, to the Argo.
Lieutenant Thomas Birdwood, late of the Ffrincess Soda
Frederica, is appointed to command the Kron Princesses prison
ship.
Lieutenant Roach, to the Abercrombie.
Lieutenant Tulloch, to the Mures.
Lieutenant Roe, to the Wanderer.
Lieutenant Smith, to the Venerable.
Lieutenant Lowcay, to the Vautour.
Lieutenant G. Marshall is to be Flag Lleatesaat to Admiral
Mr T. Williams, in the Namur, at the Note.
Lieuteniu t A. B. Valpy, to be Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir
grinds LakasT, ii ihe Dragon, oa the Leeward Island station.

MURDERS.—On the sth instant, early in the morn-
lug, as a boy was passing on the edge of the river at
Waterford, in Ireland, he found a dead female body
in the mud. He communicated the circumstance to j
the inhabitants of a house near tine place. They
returned with him,and found a female corpse,mangled
in suz,h a manner as would be horrible to descithe.
On enquiry, the strongest proofs appeared, that the ill-
I fated being had been murdered at the termination of '
the wall leading to the city ; that the author' of her
death had thrown the body over the wall ; that he then
dragged it as far into the river as seemed to be con-
bistent with his own safety, and there left it, in the hope .
of its being carried away by the stream. Fresh blood
in considerable quantifies was visible on the wall, on
the adjoining gate,and in some places between them and
the river : whilst the marks of footsteps, and the im-
pression of the body, were discernable through the
whole space from the road to the spot where it was
abandoned. A stone of several pounds weight, and
nearly covered with blooa, was found beside the body,
with which it was evident some of the wounds on the
bead had been inflicted. There were other wounds
on the bead that Ix re the appearance of haying been
rp instruuminent.
humble ant dsrteasst
station,
butindicatedit
tveewnebayrerah toshaave
did not resemble that of the peasantry in that part of
Ireland.

There are now upwards of 80 Societies for a simi-
Lir purpose connected with the p.►rent Institution in
London.

The subscription at Evesham exceeds the highest
eafEctations. We also observe. with great satisfaction,
the name of the Earl of COVESTRY, as President of
this auxiliary Institution, and those of Lord NORTIt•
WOLF/ Sir eIfAIILEs WILLIAM Rouse Battourox,
WILLIAM MANNING, Esq. M; P. and FIUMPHXY
Howoara, Esq. M. P. as ice-Presidents.

Saturday se'nnight the body of a newly-born in-
fant was discovered at the vaults, commonly called
the Bow-butts, Montrose. It had marks of violence
on its head, and there is no doubt of its haring been
murdered.

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LBW INTELLIGENCE.

Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be.
Tore the Right Honourable EDWARD Lord ELLRNIIO.
ROUGH, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Hilary
Term, 1812 :

Ei MM.
Middleser. Loudon.
Wednesday - - Jan. 29 Saturdiy - - - . Feb. I
Monday - - Feb. 1 Wednesday -- - II
Monday - - 10 Tuesday - -- iii
AfT6ll MK.
Thursday - " 14
The celebrated convent of La Trappe was, on du
30th November, suppressed by a Decree oldie Swiss
I Council% .

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