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London, England, 1806-12-13 00:00:00

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AlTailination of Duncah M'lntoth, Efq —This gen-
tleman lens lately altaffitialed at Aux Cayes in fid-
paniola by the negroes ; becaufe, as it is fuppred,
forte oethem were deeply indebted.to him. They can-
celled ibe debt h h the blood of the creditor I!!
Mr. &Pinto& was a native of Scotlatid ; to the ar-
dent fticndfhip which charaftifes his countrymen, he
added unbounded humanity and uncommon bencli•
cenee. _ _ _

Nov. 3.—rA letter from King(ion, Jamaica, dated
Aug. 3, fays—" His tslajefiy's brig Ferret, of :8
guns, tie Hon. Captain Cadogar., came into Port
Royal late on Wednifday evening. We are concern.
ed to (late, that dtit trig her crwite if Levies', the
crew mutinied, rote upon the officers, and endeavour-
ed to obtain pore frit.a .of the retiel while they were
below, but by the gallant and intrepid conduit of
Capt. Cadogan, who fortunately fucceeded in getting
upon deck, inflitnly followed by his officers, and aided
by the whole of the wines. loon compelled the mu.
tineets to lay dawn their IMO% who it teems made but
little refinance on being commanded to do fo by the
Captain, when he and the officers had got upon deck.
No lives were loft nor a tingle perfon wounded. The
boatfwain and twelve of the crew who were the prin-
cipal ringleader', were immediately put in irons. It
WAS the. Intention of the mutineers, had they fumed-
ed in carrying their infonaut purport into execution,
to hare taken the Ferret into
Captain LIDSII• of the Colombian army, who
returned in the Ferret, WAS put on board the Gala.
tea, one of Miratalls vefds, at Aruba. The Ge
octal continued u that ifland with his force, but
I had little hopaswit.appears. of fucceeding in his
enterynifel"
Extra& of a letter from a Officer, dated Rapids'
-of Red River, Sept. zo, tBe6.—" We are within do
miles of Natchitoches% whore we hare met Clair borne
and letter horn Cufbing, which leave no fort of doubt,
that the Spaniards mean to difpute ground with us at
the point of the fwwd: and that they are augment.
Ping their forces. The General bas called on the two
territories for militia—Claiborne will furnifb 430,
and Mead 250 men only : no matter. we have a tew
hundred confidential'. and the greater difpaticy of
force, the mote fame."
Dues..—On Tnefday the eoth ult. a duel took
place near Gofport, between Wills. Orresv and
Coarsen, &It and fecond Lieutenants of his Majefiy
(hip Chiebeiter, now repairing at raid place ; when
the former was (hot through the head at the firil
fire, and l'zpited on the fput. Mi. Cot:Nate and
the fccond. have decamped.

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Ikon enough td Mime tranquillity. Tit extii.inr:.
the various flattites formed and now in force for the
punilhanent of. crimes of the nature et thote peri e-
trated ley the prefent iritregente. The mere :Asa;
bling in 11. ch numbers as to excite tenor j %Cal ;t•g
any badge or ditstife not ufbally. worn upon (hell
lawful occalion. ; Miming any particular unufunt
name or denomination to diltinguilb them ; and rifiesa
by day or by night to the terror of his hiojefty's (1.1).
jells—any t-f thera aels is a high offence' puoilhal.le
by fine, imprltinment, and corporal pstailheutlt,
even though no vinlence be committed ; but.apy
y to the-habitation or property dtsne, by filch per •
funs when affembled at sight, is &cannel offence ;
adminillering illegal oaths to join tittle feditiout a!,
fociatiors--rto obey the orders nf a captainer leader
to conceal inept oaths teudaiml, or illegal ails frle:ef,,
are all punithable with Lordibip :heti
explained PitlY the powers of the Magi io Etc
aifcoveting and tup.prelßon MC theft crime • .
On Friday mornteg, at ten o'clock, she Court wee
visitant to adjuornment, when 7i' .11'/Jaeorsh and
('erety were put upon their tlish.,
There were four int elments—fhe fief! foe burglary
in the dwellinghoufe of O'Neil. on the night
of the ad of September tall, at Windysgap, near tie
town of Sligo--tfie fecond India me tee was rubbing
P. O'Neitiss his dwelliegthoofe—the third indiatuent
waefoonded nit thb White Boy AA, for briaking
Into the Frofecutee's houfe, between funfet, and fun-
fife!, *faulting and injuring the houfe,.lqablytaking
entre!, and tatting it to be deliiered to them by
thteati—tbe fifueth-indidtitent was froonded os the
Rint*.skw Of * firth of, hia Feint* /Neses reign))
for providing aft ioltranoint of clime, and therewith
in/lifting totleti-em the pfefferutor. to ingamer hAn to ,
join the unlawful confederacy of Theatre."
Theft lull:Woos, to which the prifonete`pleaded
Sot guilty, were 01111(1Cd by Mr. REPOIWAYgitne
Cnnnfel for the crown. after which des. Right on.
the ATTORNEY ORIERRAE, in eisliiuma!t ga t rietico
and forcible (peed; dated the cafe on the old*
Crown.
Peter O'Neill was then (worn ;,
he fail; that on
the night laid in the indithsentr, bethreeis one and
two o'clock, his hnufe was attacked by a tioinus
patty, confining of about 26 0r.17 ; that two of them
came to his door and broke it in, .forted him out of
bed and demanded money from him ; that having
but a tenpenny piece and his wife another, they forced
him naked out of hie houfe, when the whole party gat
round him, carried him fome diftance from the honfe,
and, having made him prqmife to fend money next
day to a houfe they named. they then carded his
naked back with a wool card, and lacerated him in
a-barbarous and inhuman manner ; that one of them
:truck him with the but of a inn on the fntall ef
the- back, and broke one a hi. !bent ribs—that the
party then went away, and the profectak returned
immediately to his bode, put on his &item and fol-
lowed the party—*her tracing them hoar hinge to
houfe, he returned to hi, own.— (He here identified
:he two prikmets as thofe who entered hiathoufe.).d—
On his crofirseittmination by Mr. Beat a, Cocrifel.‘nr
the pantsuits it was endeavoured to be (hewn that
rewards hat been offered by the Magiftrales of the
county (err Information againk and for the apple-
!motion unforoenrs s,l this defeription, and that
N prattle rewardwhed influenced thie prtle profecution.
Mary the wife, and James O'Neill, the fon
' of the profecinor, were ilfo prefaced and fworn, and
they fully corroborated the profeutor in every pars
molar and Material fail, andfsverafly identified the
prifnners is having leers theitesir the houfe.
On the part of the profecution.
Thomas Soden, Efq. Sovereign 01 pr3ved
that no.rewards were offered till long after the infor-
mations were given ; and this raft was onefirmed by
John Irwin. Efq. another &legalese:, who (wore
that the rewards we e not offered oil the 15th or
26th of September ; and epun jape sn of the in-
tormatinns, it appeared theii they were (worn on the
soh September.
On the defence, both Plitcrers preulticed fnor
wit-
nctles, who proved that their !intik!, were Vited oft
the fame n't.tht as O'Neill's, by pasties 'of Threthere,
with iritior fhirts-en their bodiei, and whim bands on .
their hate—that motley WM dernalkied at each brute • ,
and the affailing parties essnfined of between twenty
and shitty : and the witneffes ells ineurred in (wear-
ing they did not fee the Prifoners among the mob.—
On the mutt examination, they admixed that they
Ind not Oren the faces of all theinforgents affembled;
and two of them mentioned havingfeen the prifoner
M.Lionough, armed with a gut., on the evening in
quettion, on the road near the, Profteutor's houfe.
'there was then produced for MiDonough, his bro-
ther in law, of the name ref Gilmnre, who (wore that
the pastier 34.13:inough 'attained its his bode the
whole night in queftion.
Two Witneffes, produced on behalf of the pri.
loner Carney, to
.prove an a 61.3, (wore , that the psi-.
Laser never left his houfe on that night.
.., Here the Loan Cause Jusraca recapitulated the
evidence, obferving (as lie proceeded) on the falls,
and poioting out with precifi..n and clearnefs, the
cnntraditions and iocnnfiliencies in the tranfatioe ;
and, u; nn the whole, his Lordlleip told the Joey, if
they had any rational douht on the tranfation, they
Ihould acquit—hut if they were fatisfied of theuile
of the ptiloners; they Mould convlU. Tue jury
having retired for ahout an hour, returned, and elle.
ed the judges if they could acquit one prifoner, and
Sad thebthet guilty 3 and Mr. Baron George hav-
ing toll them thilt here was no law to prevent them
from acquittieg either nr both Of the prisoner., s
fitedirgsither err both cf them guilty ; and that, ;n
lea, the whole cat. asap "AN* tete difcretion of tier
Jury, retired for a few tai and returned with a
:verdle of 'Acquittal as to but
Dee. 6 —This day Thon4: Bermes was tried for
ebarerarykiiiingg themin OliPaye.4ilsAgfteir 41`thaft,ei*itgichSchreldfaonot
liours,the Joey wiled for four hours, and luundthe
t:sinner Gtiilty. • This was a clearekfe.

Kotzestis had jall milled hit exqnifire Novel-
lefties *heti the French advanced to Berlin, and cam.
•ppaalled him and other literary opponents of the Gallic
Ufurper to fly into Ras, Thee Noteileum ail!
&only appear in London an/Lu ill, by report, rival
the happieft produrßions of Maearoutes, C
and St. Plllll,ll.

The fon of a Poßatailer is now in Bury gaol, on a
charge of taking bask notes out of feveral letters.--
His father; holVlTtr, ts a very refpcitable man. I ;
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