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London, England, 1823-09-20 00:00:00

NAVAL LVTELLIGENCL

The Denmark Bill, Ilion. New South Wales; haul* mitred
in the Downs. .•
Fs smourn, Sm. 18. —Med N.— Arrived the Mary. Hassell,
Wuu.tts, from Paraiba. •
PLYMOUTH, Sem 1 8.-IVind W. S. W.—Arrived th*Brittin, Begpi
from Qoebee. Off the port, the Arcthusa, from Grenada; Alfred,
from Quebec; and Fortuna, froth St. Thomas's.
PORTSMOUTH, Seer. 19.—Wind Westerly.— Arrived the Charlotte,
Srevataosr, from Hamburgh for Bombay. Sailed his Majesty's ships
NAIAD and GLASGOW, on a cruise.—Monday arrived the Oautsztess,
24-gun ship, Capt. G. C: assoina, from the East Indies, Cape of Good
Hope, and St. Helena, fifty-six days from the latter place. She was I
placed under quarantine in consequercce of having hoarded a ship I
from the Mediterranean, but received pratique on Wednesday, and
is ordered to come into harbour to be paid off. Captain Lord HENRY
THY/e4l, who went out in the Atticazos. to join the Taastaciaarr,
came passenger in the DAUNTLESS; also several invalids fauna the
East Indies and the Cape of Good Hope, amongst whom were
Captain FLETCHER, IL M. late Lierze ; Lieutenant GASIFIER, late
Tres; Lieutenant GORDON, late DAUNTLESS and Mr. KERRIGAN,
late Purser of the Tees.—Tuesday arrived the MADAGASCAR, DCW
teak-built frigate, Captain E Nue*N, from India. She left Simon's
Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 16th July ; arrived at St. Helena, 29th,
and sailed again the 51st ; touched at the Island of Ascension the
Sth August, and landed supplies of stores for the use of the garrison,
which was in perfect health, no cases of sickness having taken place
there for upwards of a mouth previous to the Manacaseaa's art ilia.
The MADAGASCAR brought home a detachment of troops from Ma-
dras, and a number of invalids, also a party of artificers from T. In-
comnlec dodo-yard.—Arrived also on Tuesday, the NAIAD frigate,
11on. Captain SPENCER, since which she has completed her_ water
and provisions, and is under orders to put to sea immediately, with
sealeii instructions. The SEEINGATA rA m frigate, Captain 8. WA RHIN,
C.B. is also held in readiness to proceed on a patticulir service. Tile
Grs.ascow, frigate, Captain B. C. Doe tr., fitted for the reception of
Lieutenant-General Sir W. latastsv, K.C.11. and family, and Com-
missioner BIUGGS and family, went out of harbour nn Tuesday, and
is daily expected tc sail for Bermuda. General and Lady LUMLEY
Hived here yesterday.—Rear-Admiral Sir GEORGE Es-RA, K.C.B.
received his final instructions yesterday morning, and has since sailed
in the SPARTIATE, 78-gun ship, Captain Gonnos THOMAS FALCON,
for the Brazil station, to relieve Commodore Sir THOMAS HARDY.—
Arrived on Sunday the Russian frigate, Swift, Captain Tniaorie.
front Iceland, bound to Cronstadt, and remains at Spithead ; and
also the Russian corvette, Enterprize, Captain Kozzaaus.
Mat, SEPT. 19. —Wind S.S.S.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Nunta, BARCLAY, from Jamaica; Venus, Nscot, from
Dominica sailed 29th July ; and the Mary and Eleanor, from
Limerick.
Cow as, Sm. 19.—Sailed the Betsey, ASPILL, for Teneriffe; and
Industry, M‘Doxat.o, for Gibraltar.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, SEPTEMBER 19.

Slurs ENT&&SD lawAkos—The Georgians, horn Grenada ; Ata-
lanta and Coronation, from Harlingen ; Good Intent, from St.
John's ; Colonist, from Trinidad ; Augusta, from Havre ; Ardgonr,
from Port-au-Prince; Charles, from Tobago; Francis, from New
York; and Alexander, from Limerick.
ENTIZED 01ms...inns—The Eliza, for Lisbon ; Percy, for St. Vin-
cent's ; Rock, for St. Michael's; Coromandel, for Jamaica; Earl
Bathurst, for Rotterdam ; and awes, for Odessa.
CLEARLNO OcxwAsna—The Commerce, fur New York; Ugie,
for Santa Cruz; Cornwallis, for the Cape of Good Hope; Franci.,
for Teneriffe ; Samuel Spyvie, for Elsioeur ; Oporto Packet, for
Pernambuco • and Steel, for Deinerara.
AssivenAt St. Helena, the Mangles, Cogill, from Bengal. At
the Cape of Good Hope, Resource, Fenn, from Bengal. At La-
brador, Elizabeth, —; and the Joseph, ' from Poole. At
Boston, Betsy, Wallace, from Gottenburgh ; and Oak, Weeks, from
Havre. At the Sandwich Islands, Active, Charlton, from New South
Wales. At the Mauritius, Charles Heron, from Marseilles. At the
Cape of Good Hope, Flaming, from the Mauritius. At Naples,
King George, Pay, from London. At New York, Cadmus, Whit-
lock, from Havre ; Spartan, Dickenson , and Manchester Packet,
—, from Bourdeaux ; Superior, Sweetzer ; and Martha, Free-
man, fram Stockholm; also the New Priscilla, —, from Gibrat.,
tar; Melator, Cobb ; Minerva, Wilson; Grand Turk, Taber; and
Angelina, Harrison, from Liverpool. At Piiiladelphia, Montezuma,
, Potts, from Liverpool; Tontine,--, from Marseilles; and Mon-
tesquieu, flom Antwerp. At Virginia, Ilebe, Dyer, from
Gibraltar ; Abigail, Gooday ; and Factor, Knight, from Liverpool.
At Boston, Montgomery, Weston ; Amethyst, Bassey ; Herald,
Jackson; and Almeira, Atwood, from Liverpool. At Miramichie,
General Brown, Sharp ; and Atlantic, James, from Liverpool.

EXECUTION OF AN INNOCENT

PROM THE PROVIDENCE, RHODE IsLAND,-Jountim..
We stated, a few days since, that John C. Hamilton
was executed in Kentucky a few years ago (1817). for
the mut der of Dr. Sanderson, of Natches, Mississippi, and
that a man had recently been executed in Mobile, who
confessed himself the murderer of. Sanderson, and de-
clared that Hamilton was innocent. The following
are the particulars of this melancholy affair, the perusal
of which is sufficient to wring tears of anguish from the
heart of apathy itself :
" The annals of judicial proceedings rarely afford a report of a
trial and execution of a more extraordinary and distressing charac-
ter than this, and it should be universally circulated, that Judges and
jurors may be guarded against condemning supposed culprits on cir-
cumstantial evidence. Young Hamilton, through life, supported an
unblemished character, and obtained the love, esteem; and admira-
tion of all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. As is cons-
mon with the young Gentlemen of Kentucky, be was in the prac-
tice of spending the winter season in the more genial climate of the
Mississippi. On a return from a winter residence in that quarter, he
accidentally fell in company with Dr. Sanderson, who, bring in ill
health, was journeying to the celebrated watering place at Harrods-
burg Spa, witk hopes of recovering his lost health ; and as be was
anxious to make something out of his pilgrimage, be took with him
a large suns of money, with which he contemplated purchasing
negroes on speculation. On his way up the country, his infirmities
increased, and as he was apprehensive he might expire on the road,
he committed to the charge of Hamilton his treasure, having in his
acquaintance dis ed that he was worthy of unlimited confidence.
" In a few days however, his indisposition abated, when be pur-
sued his journey, and finally arrived in Safety at the residence of
Hamilton, in Barren County, Kentucky, where be remained during
the summer, and received from his young friend every mark of cour-
tesy, attention, and hospitality. In the month of October, Dr. San-
derson made arrangements to depart, and on taking leave of his hos-
pitable host, young Hamilton accompanied him several miles on the
road, and then took an affectionate farewell. Ten or twelve days
after, as some hunters were rambling through the forest, they dis-
covered the body of Dr. Sanderson in a state of corruption, shot in
several places, and mangled in the most shocking manner. As
Hamilton was last seen with bim, and as it was known that he had
from time to time made use of sums of money, originally the pro-
perty of Dr. Sanderson, suspicion fell on his head, and he was ar-
rested, tried,and executed.!
a Previous to his arrest, he was advised to leave the country, to
avoid dangek; but as he was cemscious of his innocence, he dis-
dained to take a step which would Cast a cloud of obloquy and dis-
grace upon his character, and resolutely remained at home. As
tilt inhabitants of the county were divided in their opinions as to
his guilt, the affair gradually died away ; but Hamilton being anxious
that a trialshoUld take place, firmly believing that in such an event
his reputation would remain unspotted, he 'solicited at the hands of
justice # trial, which, to his astonishment and sorrow, closed with
rb condemnation. The only evidence against him was circum-
stantiat, viz. that near the body of Sanderson were found a Wordy
pair of pantaloons, and a pistol, both bearing the name of Ilatn
Through the whole of the trial he manifested that fortitude and de-
tetinined coolness characteristic of innocence, and expired wi•h a
full conviction that the real murderer would altim..te4 be dis-
covered. When on the scaffold, he took a manly ',Aye oft he world,
expressed not the least regret for his fate, but lamented that his mis-
fortunes would cloud the prospects of hie family, and shed an inde-
lible disgrace on his memory. Thus through the weakness of the
was an interesting young man and a worthy citizen hurried
from the world, and doomed to expiate on the gallows that canine
iomntitted by the hands of a villain and asty;,,iit.'

ConottEn's Itectuzst.—Wednesday evening an In-
quisition, which occupied several hours, was taken be.,
fore J. 11V. Unerttc,:Esq. Coroner, g the King's Arm?
Wilkes-street, Spitalfields, view of • the body
tawrenCe ROss, a Custom House Ater, whO diedi
in
cousequence of woutids inflicted upon him by too
Frenchmen while he was in the act of seizing, some
sniuggled goo.ds from them: The fact of the outrage
was stated by the deceased hiniself the day previous to
his death. Verdict—" Wilful murder, by some person
Or persUrls Unkrldwp." •

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