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London, England, 1813-12-07 00:00:00

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FALMOUTH, DECEMBEit 4.
No arrivals.—Sailed the SPARROW pin-brig, with
a fleet of transports for Plymouth. The Chichester
packet, with Mails for Gibraltar aild Malt., is gone
into the Itnads. The Plicebe, Captain JOLLY, itf whose
capture we wrote by the last Post, was taken by Oro '
American letters of mfrque, which sailed flog') Nantz
in company with two French frigates, one of which
is supposed to have captured the Little Catherine
packa,—Wind N.N.E. fresh breezes, fine we.ither.

PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 54
Arrived his Majesty's brig Sr.taaow, having under
her convoy a fleet of. transports front Passage, last
from Falmouth, with the garrisons df Pamplona lad
St. Jean De Luz. The R minima brig of war, Capt.
MANNIRS, sailed this motning.On a ctuize. The Su.
MB man of war, and MatteLaus frigate, arrivedkart
, this morning from acruize on the Brazil Coast,
' PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER I.
Airivid his Majesty'i ship Duricair, of 71. gnaw
Captain LAMBERT, from off Cherbourg ; and everal
sail,of• colliers. coasters, and• outward-baund,- from
the Eastward, itwas the ELZPIIANT, from the We
tie, which arrived feiterday, and not the Atout,
fikons the Mediterranean, as mentioned. Sailed zle
sw" IQ, Captains DAsuwoon, on .a cruise. His
Majesty's ship Butwtatx, in coming into harbour
this morning, fell athwart two transports; 'the King-
ston and Laton;, and didthemconsiticrable damage.
Went out of harbour the Iseofatt. 16; Captain STE-
-I.ruani. The TALBOT., .931 Captain SWAWE, is. ap-
I pointed convoy for Cork.. - 4.4

The QueenClearlotte,ladettiritlltt valuable cargo
frern London,: bourid •.
to the Cape of (rood Hope,
Which sunk in St.-Helen's Channel some time since,
was weighed thisday.br twp:of his Majesty'., frigates,
iltted with tackle for.tharparposecaull Werepursuing
;In excellent direction for plating Rir ht a goad Sittia•
tion for landing the cargo,. when Ofprfurtattly One
Hof the hawserabroke, and the Qteen o;arlotie was
once more •preci?ita,ted to the ,bottom, but is much
iiitallower water than her prgviotts position„ the elects
tieing now dry at, the lowest ebb. 'rite weather being
very moderate, it is etpected an9ther attempt will be
I made to-night to Boat her near the Isle of Wight shore.
DEAL, DECEMBER 6. •
Came down from the River the Thomas,- for Rio
Janeiro ; Ceilidh, for Deinerara ; Gratitude, for the
Mediterranean; Sisters, Paovtukxca, for Sevflle; and
several others. Sailed the whole of the outward.
bound, under convoy of his Majesty's ship ltiNatoo.
'Arrived his Majesty's 'ships CIaSSEY and GRAIIPI:St
with a detachment of marines forliortsmouth, bound
to Holland.—Wind East.
SHEERNEB6, DECEMBER 6.

Arrived today Ms Royal Highness the Duke of
CASIBMGC ; a salute of twenty-one guns was fired
from the Garrison.
HARWICH, DECEMIER 6.

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Arrived the William, YAAT, from Catwick, and
three ships from Scheveling. Nothing sailed sollay,
Wind North.

Two French frigates Sailed from Nantz on the
27th ult. on a cruize.
Wednesday upwards ol2oo,Germans, and Friday
a considerable number of Dutchmen marched ftons
Edinbutgh to embark for the Continent.•
On the night of the 19th ultimo, thirty French pr..
soners of war escaped from V.clleyfield depots most
'whom are seamen, and dressed in :eatuen s clothes.
Five of thew were recaptured the same evening, and
Other three on the following morning, in* the ttelh-
bonthood.
•A fleet of transpotts from Passages, *WI about
4,000 French prisoners on board, have arrived nt
Falmouth. They will sail-from thence for a Mc re
Eastern part, to disembark them.
MURDERS.— Sunday se'nnight in the night, a party
of arm men atticked the house of James Connell,
within a mile and an half .of Athlone ; anJ, after
hating shot l m through the head, as if theirdetno-
niacal appetites were not sufficiently glutted, they
dragged him, weltering in his blood, into the road,
and .drove as tinliandled pitch-fork Into his heart, up
to the very hilt, and then, by way of fusek to this
hor, id tragedy, fired a shot at. his unfortunate wife,
which entered at one temple and came out at the
other, can-ying with it both her eyes from the sockets.
All exertions hitherto to trace the perpetrators, we:
are sorry to say, ale yet unsnccessiet. It is suppoted,
that the evidence which Connell gave at the late As-
sizes at Mullingat, led to the perpetration of this hor-
riot
- New Pelee CurtitENT.—Germara and Mach have
risen ;—Frewasrren are rapidly falins ;—.Britont every
where id adnianee.

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OLD Aitaisr. •
THOMASRHODES, FOR THE MURDER
.:UEL PRESTO, A CONSTABLE.
Thomas Rhoda was indicted for the tell-
' S. Presto, a constable, of Alderman-
'g him through the head with a pistol,
November.
stated, that this prosecution had been
, the officers of Cripplegate Ward. The.
Counsel observed, that the present cos; was,,
time the prisoner fired tbe.pistol;
of reason, as not to possess a know-
.ight and wrong ? If he were in that
not the object of punishment.' It would
his conduct on the day the murder was
rational to the observation -of the wit-
id be, called. Another question wouldi
respecting the deceased striking the,
t stick; because, if the latter was of,
might have considered himself defen.
, while the constable was in the act of
of liberty. The Learned Counsel next
.acts to the Jury, and left the case in their
the able direction of the Bench.
warehouseman to Messrs. Haigh and
. prisoner calling on him at York-1)11Ft,
escaped from St. Luke's. He borrowed'
and said he. was going to Yorkshire,
all his plans before his escape. He
ith witness and his wife, and appeared
and rational,
a pawnbroker, proved, that the priso-
a pair of pistols at his shop, on the
.nabor, for RI. 15s. Ike was a perfect
appeared to act with that eireurnspec-
would do. He was particular about
screw, tee.
Riley (this witness was so overcome
igs, that she fainted, and was examined •
side boxes) had known the prisoner tit
had called upon her on the 30th of NO-
. ten o'clock,
,and had conversedowith
hour. Met liim.coming up stairs toter
*Well fad had never done bere ; deihed
the drawing;roonr, which he did, and
Ames of his uncle, Mr. D; Haigh
been there that morning, arid:was going
settle an t econiat prisonef seemed to
ha4l4one him' o injury;:nd would
Witfissi wished Iritta to apologise to
pris&neeseid it -wits not the fAshion to
to apologise : mentioned that he bad
there be was going,: •
cross:examined, said,,she had not known that
been in confinement ; his behaviour was':
the !Owe ; and hilitittences
:newer to a questiLn- frOm Mr. Aanoril
collected, but could not judge if he.

t insane.
Haigh was next examined i Wativateitt,
.:r, who had been some. time in/114;1.1
conduct • had been good up IV October.
The first change in it appeared from
' received from him when at Ra.ogate,
8,1812.
was read in Court, and stated, that lie
service for that of his cowry, and for
the human race; but that he would not
deserter, and hoped he would take his
is house in his stead. A printed paper
, bearing, that a man born in England
Ire an universal peace, and would fulfil
of Scripture, in turning the swords into
, and the spears into pruning-hor4-s ;
made for T. Rhodes, Aldermanbury.
went on to state, that he came home on
Ictober, 1812, and adc;td prisoner to dine
the Sunday following, when he wished
particulars of his scheme; hilt-prisoner
secret, and could not be divplged at
mg asked what means he deigned to
ing about his plan, he expressed his dis-
ers, hut thought well of Sir F. Auld.
told him, that .he would bring himself
gallows or to. a madhouse; prison'er
[frerent, and said, the world was widile
:also received another letter from hith,
‘her $l, in which he termed himself .a
Loan, and that th*ierrible clays of the
hand : in this he asked for lawn of
thich would be repaid with interest ; and.
the money be would be his friend, but
enemy.. Witness then applied to Mr.
medical gentleman, who : saw "rimer
which he received anothei letter, of 'date
unber,
.itating, a, that he had a targe bill,
for gratitude, and that the balance was in
Madness, is his mind, was -a niifortiinei
he prisoner's) it was a disgrace: He (the
murdered his reputation in the commas:
t‘tl he must have ruiafactiaii
;t be made, that hi had never been arad,
medical man had not. beeh Callecl'in to
his lunacy; and that he Wanted ;el 0,000
days." There was .also`atitairli letter,
tn. signature, but having the post junk
December, containing the words "get
.de."
tarles,wareheusernan to Mr.liai gh , proved
being in the warehouse just befote the.
'hen he talked-rationally, and recognized
tints, &c. Witness did nut consider hires

Metcalf, the porter, proved. that Presto -
prisoner with a stick whilst he stood is-
. counting-house; and said be should de-
', when the prisoner shot him dead.
!ccr, one of the keepers of St. Luke's, also
shooting. He was one who rushed in
isomer after he had shot the constable.—
aoler supped a pistol ai him, but it did not
He told him, be would have shot hiin, as
- other, if the pistol Inrd gone off.
.;ht, a City Officer, proved, that the pri-
rationally to binr, after shooting Presto,
.4new to be an olcer.
!pus here koterogated the Counsel for the
• ; and obiliffro. od, that he could make no-
than Waitslaughter of the case, if the
was consciaits the roan shot was about to
arson, because he was in the act of de-
imseli. Supposing him to be insane, these
es. s accuiij Mars without any

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legal pretviskand that ‘by .Ibite. Itcoult sot amount
to murder itr smy point of viers.'
The prisoner l'iting called upon for his defence, ob-
served, if the Court would grant him the indulgence,
be had a good deal to say. The principal part of the
charge, he had just understood. was done away with;
and, therefore, he had no need to defend himself on
that. He then proceeded to give an account of his
first confinement in the Compeer, down to the present
time, in a collected manner, stating dates, &c. He was
told he was well four months ago, but Mr. Haigh did
not consider him so • and he resolved on breaking out
of the Hospital, as Mr. Haigh had made himself a
physician to beep him there. The prisoner added, •
the witnesses could only see him present a pistol
through a glass.
Mr. Haslam, a surgeon, had had 2Q,000 cases of
lunatics under his inspection: He considered the
'prisoner decidedly insane. He had seen hi:, after
' his confinement in the Compter, and his opinion was
the same. Witness certified to the confinement of the
prisoner. Saw him a dozen times at Horton, and
there was no variation. He had no lucid intervals,
although he talked rationally on all subjects not con-
fleeted with his favourite object. In answer to a
question from Mr. Assoc, witness oloserved—,l His
right is your wrong, and his wrong is your right."—
His understanding was so perverted as deprived him
'of judging of 'right or wrong. Witness was of opi-
nion he was not a judge of the moral guilt in taking.
away the life of a person.
Mr. Drury, Apothecary of St. Luke's, proved, that
the prisoner was always insane when in that Hospital.
He was incapable of forming an .estimation of any
matter in which he was engaged.
• The prisoner here desired to question witness, when
he was informed he had Counsel (Messrs. GIJRNkY
and Anne), when he replied—“ he had no Counsel."
His cross-examination was chiefly to endeavour to
prove he was not insane,—and when informed, in
answer to a question that witness always considered
-him isisne, he replied—he the witness had a good'
opinion of himself.
Dr. Sutherland, Physician of St. Luke's, also
'agreed; -*that the prisoner was insane, and-not fit to
begat large.
Question from the Benth." Had his malady that
possession of his mind, so as to.preverit the estimation
of right or wrong tieing I"—A. 66 He certainly was
net capable of judging of right and wrong."
Here the Counsellor the prisoner produced the
verdict of the Coroner's Jury t but Mr. Shelton, the
Coroner, was. not sworn: The verdict in that ease
Top lusantty.
tvir.Aisor, for the prosecution, objected to such
evidence, and the Court coincided with him. The
Cc~rrones's was a preliminary step, the same as a
cam Jury's business. It was prima facie evidence
to inquire; into fads; assd bring a prisoner to trial. •
`.Sit S. BL.OICI in' summing pp, stated in a clear
distinct view the law of/the case. To convict the
prisoner, the Jury must be satisfied the act was wilful
and Malidous.; and to constitute this, the mind must
accompany the act"; and it.was necessary that the in-
dividual shoUld estimate the distinction of right and
wrong. If the mind of the prisoner was so diseased
at die time he shot Presto, he was not amenable to the
laws. It however was not sufficient that the mind:
was diverted from right by one object. The evidence
went to prove that his mind became diseased at the
time of addressing his first letter to Mr. Haigh; and
the physician and surgeons declared him iosane up to
this time. The question for the Jury was, fist, whe-
ther the prisoner knew right and wrong ; and if so,
what offence had been committed f Two persons
from St. Luke's observed pistols, but no breach of the
peace had been committed, to make the prisoner an
object to secure without legal process., Insane or not
—if insane, the People of St. Luke's did what they
could to tame the prisoner ; but if not insane, no one
could legally molest him. Presto, according to the
evidence, was shot in the attempt to take the prisoner;
and then the off nce was not murder, but manslaugh.
ter. If sine, the tifence was the same. If insane,
the prisoner would be entitled to acquittal.
The Jury returned a verdict of Insanity.
The Court ordered the verdict. with the reason for
it, to liericorded : and said it would make the usual
order With: respect to the prisoner being confined.
The foal lasted till five o'clock in the afternoon.
Seienteen other prisoners were tried, eight of whom
were capitally convicted, viz. Mary Ann Brown, for
stealing articles of plate ; J. Reece, Elizabeth Clark,
and J. Sweeney, for stealing several pocket-books ;
Mary MiCariht; for stealing several ,Cl Bonk-notes ;
J. Wheeler; for stealing a saddle ; R. Finch, for
stealing two sheets and J. Golding for stealing six
.del Bank-notes. The following were acquitted, viz.
J Johns, J. Whittephall, Margaret Tyler, J. Rey.
tolds, R. Spicer, F. Clark, and A. Rutter.

' SwtNninm—Yesterday George Lodz, alias Dougla+,
underwent a second examination, at Bow-street,
charged with various acts of swindling, and other
offences, which were so numerous that the parties
connected with them actually crowded the office ; but
how such a number of persons could be duped and
defrauded by such a stripling, is quite surprising, as
he is only seventeen years of age, and has neither a
genteel appearance nor address; but looked like a
mere bedizened fop. Os) the investigation of a charge
made by Mrs. Elvey, of Bond-street, for obtaining a
valu6le dressing•case, and other articles of value, to
the amount or Jet 97. 13a. the shopnian of Mr. Kim-
ber, piwnbroker, of Knightsbridge, attended, and pro-
duced some gold pencil-cases, which had been pledged
by the prisoner, and which Mrs. Elvey proved to have
iven part of ',he articles that were stolen in the dress-
in-case.Another Pawnbroker produced a variety
of articles, which were proved to have been in the
dressing-case.—Mr. M'Doual, who keeps a livery-
stable at Knightsbridge, produced an elegant silver
gilt shaving-bason, which he said he received from
the prisoner as a security for the payment of the hire
of a horse and gig, and which Mrs. Elvey also proved
to be in- the dressing-case.- Mr. M'Doual said, the
prisoner left it with himns a gold article.—Some evi-
dence was gone into on other charges, but the parties
not bound over to prosecute. The charge of Mrs.
Elvey involving one of forgery, for uttering a forged
draft, and a charge of stealing the goods, the prisoner
was upon both fully committed for trial.
A slave, named Guillaume, belonging to Mr. Mo-
ran, was, on the 19th Aug. executed at Roseau, Do-
minica, for having struck a white Mil, and =dee-
routed to excite a mutiny among the alarm

insmisse
'TRIAL OrIYIR.TI
OF SAM
Yesterday 77t0
ful murder of S
bury, by shoetiN
on the 30th of N
Mr. /knot st
•
instituted by the
Learned Counsel
whether at the t
was so deprived
ledge betwixt ri)
state, he was not
be proved that hi
coniniitted, was
ne.ses who wool(
probably arise r
prisoner with a
sound mind, he I
ding his person,
depriving trim o'
detailed the fact:
hands, under the
Mr. Haigh, w
• Co. proved the p
after he had esci
as of wi wess,
and had laid a
breakfasted witl
cool, temperate,
G. Lowther,
ner purchased a
30th of Novena
stranger. He a
tion 'as another s
the mould, screv
Miss Harriet
by her feelinv
its one of the sul
years. He had
vernber, abqut
• - ber about an km
• :.)-:bed-T2om,.thiel
Sys gri`to
' . spoke several sir
said‘be had bee'
there again to s
think his uncle
bave justice. '
bis nrielel but I
be injured and 1
escaped, and wl
being cross.e:
prisoner had bee
melancholy in
+emit. • In an
• said, he was not
were or were a.
Mre Dtoiel I
to. die -prisoner,
, pltg; his• cone
twelvemonth.
a letter he had
dated October
The letter ia
. must quit his SI
the benefit of tl
quit it like a c
brother into hit
was enclosed,
would procure
the language o
plou4h-shares,
enquiry to be
The witness w
the 13th of Oc
with him on .t
to learn the
said, k was a
present. Min
employ to brir
like to Ministe
Witness then t
either to the
seemed indiffi
enough. He.
of date Otto')
servant Of the
Loan were at
£5OOO, which
that if be got
. if not, his en
Haslam, a n
once; after w
945th of Noven
against him fi
his favour. t
. in his own (th
witness) had t
cial world, at
affidavit must
- and tkat the r
decide upon h
within four 41
without date
or the Ist of
your will mad
James Char
the prisoner
murder, whe
some
ins.inc.
Gectge
.struck the p
Mr. Haigh's
, f-ed himself,
J antes Tei
'r oved the
8 •
upon the,prii
The prisoner
so off. , He
wall as the o
• Cartwrigt
loner talked
. whom he kn
The.Junci
prosecution
thing more
prisoner wa
arrest his pet
fending him
parsons ware