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AUGUST 4.

Melee& Hunter was indicted, under Lord El-
lenborotiih's Act, for maliciously shooting at Michael
Davis, *nh intent to murder him, at Hougham, on
the 12th of June last.
It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor and pri-
g-tater weze both seamen belonging to his Majesty's
ship Severn, which is stationed in the Downs to pre-
vent smuggling: The greater part of the crew are
divided into watches and disembarked, and form a
cordon round many miles of coast. On the night of
tile 12th of June, at Hougham, near Dover, Davis
wits at the watch-house, it being his turn to be in, and
Hunter's to he out. Davis was lying in his ham-
neck, when Hunter came in, and made a great noise;
the prosecutor remonstrated with him, and said, if he
did not go out upon his duty and quit the watch-
lhOuse, he would make a complaint to the Officer, upon
wpch the prisoner struck him a blow. The former
ten lumped up for the purpose of making his com-
plilei, when the, prisoner declared he would, shoot
him, and immediately taking the guard off his pistol,
he discharged it at him. The bullet grazed his
temple, and his left cheek was dreadfully burnt with
the powder. The prisoner was within a yard or two
of the prosecutor when he fired. The prisoner ran
away, and he was found next morning concealed in
some bushes in a gravel-pit.
• An excellent character for good nature and huma-
nity was given to the prisoner by the prosecutor and
the Officers of the ship.
The prisoner stated, in his defence, that he was in-
toxicated at the time, and knew not what he did.
-The Jury, without hesitation, found him—Guiltyi
but strongly recommended him to mercy:
Mr. Baron GARstayr,ja atiashetic address, passed
sentence of death, infonninghim that in a case of this
serious character he could not take upon himself to
say that it would not be carried into effect, but that
he should second the recommendation of the Jury in
the proper quarter.
The prisoner was greatly affected, wept bitterly,
and scarcely held hisltead up during the trial.

CjVIL SIDE.—LEWIS tl. TLOOD.
'This iiits an action of trover to recover a wherry,
which the declaration alleged the defendant to have
wrangiOar conserte,d to his own use.
It mieared u evidence that the parties aye both
watermen, the plaintiff of London, and the dellindant
of GreenwiCh. In the atittiraiefiast.yeit, Sir Tho-
mas Wilson, who is ctlifirited for aquatic amuse-
ments, and occupying the estate of Charlton, on the
banks of the Thames, proposed to give a prize-wherry
to the best boatman of six on the River, in three heats,
to be rowed from Mack& iars to Vattahall Bridge.—
The plaintiff and the defendantovith four other wa-
termen, became candidates for the I» ize. On the Ise
of October the race took place ; but there appearing
tq he sospe foul play between the parties, Sir Thomas
. *glum refurd to make any award of the prize. In
a few dais afterwards another race took place, but
the same conduct having marked the demeanour of
the competitors, no adjudication was made. At the
ttestion of the parties, Sir Thomas consented to
er race on the Ocl of November, and on that oc •
cistbn the plaintiff was declared to be the winner, and
tie boat Was delivered over to him by Judges. The
defendant' afterwards contrived to get the boat into
his possession, and the conversion was admitted.
Mr. Justice PARK was of opinion, in point of law,
that the action was well brought. Verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages £23. 21. the value of the boat.

Friday, a young man of the name of Wm. Graham,
went to bathe in the Tay, about a mile below the
bridge of Dunkeld, and was drowned.
Friday, as Mr. Walker, bookseller, Forfar, was bath- ,
ing in the inch adjoining to that town, he unfortu-
nately
went beyond his depth, and was dtowned.
Last week a fine spirited boy, between eleven and
twelve years old, clambering among the lofty rocks,
near the Castle of St. Andrew's, in quest of birds
nests, unfortunately lost his hold, was precivitated to
the b6ttom -of• the bay at low water, and literally
dashed to pieces.
Monday se'nnight, a fine young man, of the name
of Fraser, a native of Inverness, met a molt Meta*:
iholy end. lie was working on the CaledcmiartCa-
nal, at Loch Oich, and became entangled in the
of the steam-engine employed in deepening
the Linn]. 'His death was almost ittsrnntaneons.
Tliursitay serinigfit the body of Mr. fames `':ocher
was found near the mouth of. Aberdeen hirbour.
He head been missing since the Friday preceding, on
the evening of which day he went to inquire after a
vessel eitpecte4 'front America, and having, it is sup-
posed, gone too, near the edge of the pier, had, un-
fortunately, &lien aver.
A person. of the name of Carter, on bis way home
on Sunday night, across the fields to St. Pancras,
being rather 'inebriated, lay down and fell asleep.
On awaking in the morning, he was seised with a
shivering, and shortly after he went home expired.
Yesterday 'ast Inquest was held at the London Hos-
pital on the body of J. Rockwell, a waggoner, who.
was killed by his waggon passing over lum. He was
found by a watchman, dreadfully lacerated' on his
tight side, and unable to articulate. Verdict—Acci-
dentaltrieitth, and a deodand of ss. on the waggon:
Antititer 'lnquest was held at the same place on the
body of J. Watson, a sail-maker at Shadwell, who
died en consequence of a mortification brought on by
a fracture of his leg, which he received by ecciden-
tellifalling dawn stairs. The Coroner's Jury came
thefollowirig,extraordinary conclusion: Diedby the
Visitation of GOD, accelerated by a compoundfriscture
lege;l4
Anintlyest was rarely taken at Hose, Lincolnshire,
on the body 'of Sarah, wife of T. Allen, wheelwright.
The deceased, after eating a hearty dinner, was sud-
denly taken ill, and died in a few minutes. Verdict,
Dial, by the Visitation of Gon.
Au instance of singular audacity and early depra-
vity occurred at the Wigan Quarter Sessions, on Sa-
turday the l'7ih ult. A youth was arraigned for home-
breaking, to which, with a sneering smile, he pleaded
Oki, and on sentence for transportation for seven
yeats'beyond the seas being pronounced, he bowed to
the Court, and said, " I thank you, that is what I
wanted e' and after cursing afemale who was in tears,
for giant Of courage, again bovied to the Bench, with
thattearleas unconcern that excited pity from the re-
flecting paeeelf tee Court, and laughter from others,
he, with a namircivasaid, "Good bye! waken I return
I will bring you a lotig-tailed moukey."

Matriook-troda.—Yesterday, Jmy AAA the
shopman at Mr. flint's, in Fish-street-hill, underwent
a final examidtion, upon the charge of having robbed
his matter's shop.—Mr. Flint -said, he had taken an
inventory of the property found upon the prisoner's
premises, in Portsmoutk-street, Clareonarket, and
had idendlled most of it. It had been stated to the
complainant, by one of his young men, that several
persons had been in the habit oicalling at the shop
Air parcels, which they received from the prisoner,
lied took off with them, without paying any money.
When Mr. Flint's suspicions were raised, and he had
opplied to Turnpenny, the officer, it was determined
that they should follow Mitchell, the former having,
without effect, tried to discover the rendezvous.- Mr.
Flint accordingly disguised himself, and assumed the
Voice as well as the appearance of a Jew, and fre.
quently came in contact with Mitchell, in the course
Oftheirwinding pursuit. Turnpenny was often within
half-alard of losing his man, but the activity of the
pursuers succeeded at length. Mitchell, upon arrive
ing at his house, looked about him cautiously, for at
least the fiftieth time, and then rang the hall-bell, and'
shifted into the shop, where he laid down his newly.
gotten stock on the counter. Turnpenny, who was
close at his elbow, took up the bundle and charged
him with having run goods in his possession. Mitchell
was astonished, and said he had the articles from
Flint's. Turnpenny gave a whistle, and in came Mr,
Flint i 0 his disguise." This is only a brother officer pf
mine," he said. " Pray did you pay for the goods r
" Certainly," said Mitchell, 4 I paid Mr. Flint." Mr.i
Flint at this moment threw off his disguise, and'
bUt for his wife, who supported him,
would have fallen to the ground. He was fully com-
mitted for trial, and the parties bound over to prose-
cute. '.:The.losses sustained by Mr. Flint, are, we un-
derstand, estimated at £lOOO.
POLITE LETTER TO TUE LORD MAYOR !—A sailor
brought a letter to the Justice-room, directed to John
Atkins, Esq. The envelop was of gilt paper, It was
evidently the production of a person who knew how
to write well, and was put to, some difficulty to wilco
badly ; and informedlis Lordship, that as the writer
was dot in employment, he should be very glad, ,bye
way of keeping himself out of idleness, to exercise
himself daily over his Lordships person with some
instrument of castigation, at the diminished rate of
10s. a week.—" Well, (said the LORD MAYOR, upon
reading it), it spews my correspondent's disposition
to be industrious at any rate. lam glad to see that
there is some inclination to work, although the ope-
ration proposed would not be very agreeable to my-
self." The bearer was not present when the letter was
read. His Lordship, soon after this circemstance,l
which caused some mirth, was applied to by some
sailors, who appeared to be able-bodied, but who
were, in fact. so much out of order, as to be obliged
to look out for births in the Hospital. Having dis-
posed of these petitioners, the Loan 'Mayon was next
addressed by a hearty-looking tar.—" What, (saidhis
Lordship), you don't want to go to the Hospital, do
you 7'--Sailor " No, my Lord, I want nothing but
an answer."—Loan MAYOR : " An answer ! to what r
Sailor : " Why, to that letter I was sent with to your
Lordship ; a Gentleman promised to pay me for
bringing it to you."—LORD MAYOR : " Oh, you mean
this, handing him the envelope of the proposal of
" ogging" his Lordship.—Sailor: " Aye that's all
right ; I have been waiting since morning."—Loal
MAYOR " Why, my poor fellow, the Gentleman has
been laughing at you. But, however, you can be even
With him: tell him you have the answer in your pocket,
but you cannot give it to him until you have 6d. fox-
your trouble." The sailor went away in amazement.j
BOW-STREET.—Joseph Day, the owner oldie wherry
boat, 1,470, was brought to the office by a summons,
charged with unlawfully detaining, ill-treating, and
assaulting Amelia Williams, the wife of Facon Wil-i
Hams, of Pheenix-alley, 'Long-acre; and also Eliza-
beth Watson.—Amelia Williams stated, that on Mon-
day evening she, accompanied by Elizabeth Watson,
went to Vauxhall-gardens. They went by water in a
waterman's boat of the name of Arthur, who promised'
to be in attendance at Vauxhall-stairs about two
o'clock to bring them back. About 20 minutes after
two they went to Vauxhall-stairs; where the defendant
told them that Arthur was gone away with his boat,
and that he offered to carry than as sate as Arthur.
She then agreed to give him 2s. t take them toWater-
locobridge, on the Strand side. He had put off his
boat from the shore only a short distance, when he,
began to behave iMprOperly, made use of indecent
language; &c. which so ldarmed her, that she desired
him to put them on shore again, and she would pay
him his fare the same as if lie took her to Waterloo:
bridge; but this had no effect upon his ruffian.like
conduct, which he repeated, and told her, if she did
not sit quiet he would throw her overboard. Another
boat then came alongside the defendant's, in which
were five men ; they all came to the defendant's boat ;
she went to sit With 'him for prot&tion, bnt he refused
to afford her any from their attacks. The boat was
several times under water, to that the water poured
in, and she was COmplitely wet through all her clothes,
which had Rhea her such a violent cold and hoarse-
am that she COUld'scarcely speak. She was so ex-
tremely alarmed from the boat being under water
several times, *id the ill and indecent treatment she
experienced from the defendant and the five men he
admitted into his boat from another boat, that she
(tinted. When they Were near Westminster-bridge,
she entreated hftta,to put them ashore, and she would
pay him his 'fare, but he refused to comply with her
request. When they got to Waterloo.bridge, he Was
going through it, when she screamed, called for assis-
tance, and insisted on being put on shore, when he,
with much reluctance, rowed his boat to the steps of
the bridge on the Strand side. When she got out of
the boat it was four.o'clock, she having been kept in
his boat an hsl',, gridg) minutes. She then told the,
defendant tp c tie'tivith her to the top of the steps,,'
and she would Whim. He then seized'her by the
arm, and held up his fist to her, attempting to strike,
her. She having paid him, and extricated herself
from him, called for the watch, when one from the
Lyceum and one from the Strand came to her assis-
tance ; however, on their approaching him, he got,
into Lis boat and rowed of. 'This statement was con-,
firmed by l*r Companion, Elizabeth Watson, who*
also charged Moser .whom she observed inthe,
office, with being one of the five men who
their-boat from Bte other, and with issvol6o;
The Igagistrates not only justly reprolgefithsClidt-

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