Star.
London, England, 1810-09-15 00:00:00

GREENOCK, SEPTEMBER 12.

The Fglinton, GI LEI NSON, passed yesterday morning, from
Otcoach, in 44 days. Ihe Betsey, Are srauTura, arrived at
Fort Gla-gow from Quebec, was boarded on the 21st ult. by his
Majesty's ship FAA NCHlbg, in lat. 47. N.long. 48. W. then bound '
to Newfoundland, all well. On the 124 ult. ‘Tio‘tet e Mary
Ann, of Teignmouth, from Liverpool for St. John's, in lat 47.
long. 46. some days after spoke the Mercury. ADAMS, from
Liverpool for Newfoundland, lat. 5;. 15. long. eco. The Char-
lour, (A.) L'EARcs, arrived here on Monday from Boston, for
Cottenbuigh, with tobacco, &e. The Dunlop, STEVEN SON, ar-
rived here yesterday morning from Quebec ; sailed thence the
9th tilt. Lett loading the new ship Pompey. Cowaar, and brig
Betsey, WILSON, for this port ; and DvArr, for Port-
Gli‘gow ; the ;sr; mat sloop of war was to sail on the 10th, as
co: voy front thence to Great Britain ; the brig St. Larre!.ce,
Sucitirr, loaded and hound for this port, was run toul of by a
Newcastle brig on the ici of August, and lost her bowsprit ; toe
S'. Lawrence was at anchor off Bique Island, when the Dunlop
passed.'lie Dunlop vilte the following vessels hound in Que-
bec :—On the 19th nit. off Green Island, the ship Four Brothers,
out Lire weeks. i-otn /-1,11; aid brig Sir Christopher, ECCLES,
out twelve weeks from Berwick ; on the 20th, the Recovery,
Wren, of and from hence ; and Johns. —, of and from List(r-
pool, off the Island of Bique ; on the s 4 h, the Ann Green,
ABRAMS, of this port, from Whitby, off Cape Gaspee ; on the
15th, spoke the Rolla, Tenor, two days trom Newfoundland to
Lisbon ; and, on the id instant, the ship Wreck, from
Landon to Quebec..

Mr. JOHN HARE POWELL, the American Secretary
of Legation, who was obliged to return, in conse-
quence of not having been permitted to land eithe- at
Calais or Boulogne, set out again last night, with dis-
patches from Mr. PINKNEY for General ARMSTRONG,
;It Paris ;—it it supposed he will now proceed via
lilorlaix.

By the last Cartel from Morlaix, a number of letters
Were received from British prisoners at Arras, Givet,
and Morlaix. We understand matters to be now in
such a train, that Mr. MACKENZIE expects that before
a month from this date a general and uninterrupted
exchang? of prisoners will take place.
By the Cartel before mentioned, a number of sol-
diers' wives and children came passengers. They
were wrecked with their husbands, in a transport, on
the coast of Spain, about fiveesokiths since, and taken
prisoner; by the enemy, who placed them under• a
guard of Spanish and German troops, to march them
to the frontiers. By these hirelings they were treated
With extreme cruelty and insult ; but, after paising
the frontiers, they were placed under a guitcl of,
French troops, and Ili them, as well as by the inha:.,
bitants of the different places through which they
passed, they were treated with great kindness and
hospitality, and liberally supplied with the best fare
that could be procured. The men were ultimately
sent to Givet, and the women to fvforlaix, to embark
for England. At Morlaix they experienced the greatest
kindness from Mr. MACKENZIE, who cheered their
drooping spirits by an assurance that their husbands
Would be speedily released from their captivity and
rejoin them.

That inimitable comic performer MUNDEN is con-
fined by a severe fit of the gout at Liverpool. 1
The approaching pugilistic contest between Crib
and Mu'incur the black, will, it is said, be decided at
Pegwell Bay, near Ramsgate.
The great success that has attended Bisn's offices
for a considerable number of years, and the known
punctuality in paying all prises on demand, will, he
hopes, insure a continuance of the public favour in the
present Lottery, which has the novelty of having only
4,000 Numbers, 5,000 Prizes, and Five Prizes of
420,000. Tickets and Shares are to be had consi-
derably cheaper that last Lottery, at 4, Cornhill, and
9, Charing,Closs.

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Portugal: evening; was not exceeded ill npruarinumest. }Any
The 7th Dragoon Guards have lately been removed of fait season,, during the hoOest of the O. P. co4qs.t.
from the North-West District to the Inland. Perhaps At the first account the Pit war not more than ,itter•
there are few regiinents more fit for service than this thirds fUll, and the Bases rather thin. 'roes the
highly disciplined corps, which is to he attributed to quiet which prevailed at first, see.ahisostanticipated
the unremitted exertionsof their Commanding Officer, night of at most but partial distnibawrg. 44 Gen save
that highly-respectable veteran, BPevet Lieutenant- the King" was called for as Usturl,inisi played., The
Colonel LATHAM. who has, we understand, been up- curtain drew up amidst some hissing and consider-
Wards of 60 years in that regiment, though it was able applauie. Soon after the commencement of the
only the last brevet promotion that secured to it the , first Act, a person in the Pit, who was very loudly
advantige of his permanent command. practising vociferation, was as loudly called uron for
Quarter-Masters of Local Militia Regiments are in silence. Refusing to comply with this demand, there
future, by order of the Secretary at War, to pay the s was a cry of "Turn him out I" and some persons
permanent Staff Officers on the 26th of every month, assailed him for the purpose of ejecting him by force,
and Non-commissioned Officers and Drummers at the , which, after some struggle, they accomplished. The
end of every Week. 1 victorious party had, however, but a short triumph,
Private letters from the British Army in Portugal as almost immediately about twenty came in, who
announce the death of the Hon. Captain STEWART, seemed determined to nuke a noise. One of them
second brother of Lord CasmettEAost. An express . stood up on the bench with a carpenter's rule in his
has been sent off to Ireland to communicate the af- hand, which he held tip to public inspection, bawling
flitting intelligence to his Lordship, Captain the Hon- nut at the same time, .. Who lost a rule?" A willing
T. H. SrEwstar was the third son of the Earl of immediately answered, " Give it to Johnny Kemble,
Londonderry. He had just completed his 20th year, he's out of all rule ;" which caused some laugher, and
having been born the 27th of August, 1790. some pet son in the height of his indignation seized the
The Bank Volunteers mustered at seven o'clock rule and broke it.
yesterday morning, in their new clothes, on their pa- This caused another scuffle, wh:cii for some time set
rade in the Royal Exchange, and marched with their at defiance all rule. A third scuffle followed soon after-
full band playing to Moortields, where they were in- wards, and from the number engaged a battle royal
sheeted by the Governor of the Bank. They marched. seemed to be threatened ; but one of the warriors, in
in review order and presented arnss, after which they
consequence of the pressure or of being thrown down,
were dismissed. The corps appeared to better ad. tainted, and was carried out, and a parley having
vantage than in their former uniform, the present taken place, a truce ensued. Some females in the
being a legulation dress. A great concourse of spec- Pit were much distressed by these repeated contests,
rotors were present.
being driven from their seats, or in danger of being
BILLETING OF SOLDIERS.—Within these few days, much hurt. In the mean time, the first Act of Love
several of the most respectable hotel-keepers, &c. in the in a Village was performing on the stage, some parts of
neighbourhood of St. James's-square, were summoned which, in intervals of tranquillity, were heard. Some
before'Wll. FIELDING and PATRICK COLQUHOUN, Esq. passages were seized on, and " House, I say; hip, hob,
at the Public Office, Queen-square, for refusing to lo !" was re-echoed till the house rung again. " This
receive soldiers, though regularly billeted upon them, is as it should be," was loudly answered by " No, no,
upon the plea that they were not victuallers within no !ss The dance at the end was highly relished and
the meaning of the Act of Parliament, when upon a much applauded. Simmons, in female attire, as the
fair and impartial investigation, it was adjudged that cook, was esti emely whimsical.
they were liable, and ordered to receive the soldiers The most discintented spectator could not repress
accordingly. One of the party resisting was fined his risibility at Simmons's personation of the Coal-maid
40s. with costs.
—it was truly comic, and created peals of laughter.
Thursday, a General Court-Martial assembled at His mock fainting-fit was an excellent barlesque on
Bexhill, for the trial of two Privates of the 2d Batta- the affectation of delicacy which we frequently wit-
lion of the Royal German Legion, who deserted a ness amongst servants..
few days ago, and took from the beach a large boat The storms which had tak'en place seemed to have
fur the purpose 'of going . over to the enemy. They had the effect of purifying the theatrical atmosphere,
were apprehended off Dover by a boatman of that and the second Act commenced very tranquilly.—
place,
and were last week brought back to the regi- Nearly the whole of it was heard. The Pit were all
went under a proper military escort. seated, and peace seemed generally to prevail. Mrs.
Horse-Guards, 20th August; 1810. Dickoas received much deserved applause, though
At a General Court-Martial, held at Barbadoes on we cannot help thinking that 4er flourishes are rather
the '2lst of April, 1810, and continued by adjourn- at variance with the simple melodies cf this very char-
ment to the 28th of the same month, Captain Francis ming and truly English Opera.
Assiotti, of thiSd West India Regiment, was arraign. 'the calm, however, as in many other instances,
ed upon the under-mentioned charges, viz. was only the prelude to a most tremendous tempest.
mi. For conduct unbecoming the character of an Officer and
a Gentleman, in misapplying the public monies trusted to his A
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strong and numerous party came in at half price,
charge on account of his Company, and refusing payment to 1% Ithe th new initial C. for Contract, mounted in their
the following perms's, for neces'aries anti vegetables furnished hats, who bore down every thing before them. Then
hi. said Company, for which the men were charged, he having came "the
rreeived the full amount of his abstract to the 24th of December, . tug of war," and the warriors under their
1809, viz. new banners fought the ba• tee of tliV 0. P.'s of old,
with nearly all the weapons that were wielded in the
I'o QuaLter-Master Serjeant Clyne, £l3O Os. 8d sterling, or
thereabouts: far-famed 0. P. War. Mounted aloft on the Pit
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To Joseph Itsinnedy, a tradesman of Bridgetown, £l3 19s. old. benches, with their hats on, the signal foi hostility,
or thereabouts. they roared and routed till the whole pit becaMe "one
To Betty Dial, for vegetables, Li 10s. 44. sterling.
Suck -sactir, b.. wide scene of rude commotion." The actors iboitcl

- transactions -'ng highly injurious to the honour of the I
Corps, and ili,grace i.l in themselves. I their lips, but to them it was not fated to be heard.
ed For detrauds g hi, men, by an overcharge on shoes, pur- 1 A loud and shrill peal was sounded by the perfur-
cbased by hint Iron, Paymaster Cranford at Ss. 4d. sterling per 1 mers before the curtain, which resembled any thing
pair, and issuing the Lame to his Company a: Gs. id. sterling per
pair ;as also for pantaloons bought by him from Joseph Kennedy rather than Love in a Village. The amatory strains
at 9s. 9i,1. sterling per pair. anti delivering them out to his Com- of the tranquil village were lost and overwhelmed in
pang a- 1, x rid. sterling: tranpactions injurious to the honour of i the uproarious rowing of a crowded theatre. The
the Ccrpx, and disgraceful in themselves. I dulcet sounds of a watchman's rattle in the lower
3d. For disobedience of orders, in refusing to submit to the 1
boxes were loudly and vociferously
examination of the Commanding Officer of his Compaoy's books. cheered from the
Pit, where another soon added its melodious notes ;
The Court-Martial found the prisoner Guilty of all .
the Charges preferred against him, and adjudged, ' and lo ! a third appeared to make the concert still
that he should pay the overcharge which he made on ! more harmonious. The watchmen's rattles, the em-
-64 pair of trowsers (being so. sterling on each pair)! blems of a row, were sprung, but so loud was the roar
to those persons who received them at the overcharged that they could add little to the noise. a Contract !
price ; and that he should also pay the overcharge of ' Contract !" was resounded on all sides, was danced,
Is sterling per pair on 48 pairs of shoes, to those per- i and beat time to in the old 0. P. style, and " Con-
sons who received them at the overcharged price ; ! tract" appeared in large characters on several pia,
and the Court further adjudged the prisoner to be dis- 1 cards unfurled in the Pit ; other placards were ele-
missed his Majesty's service. 1 vated, with the following inscriptions:
His Majesty has been pleased to approve and con. " Contract, mid N. P. B."
firm the Opinion and Sentence of the Court ; and the " John BuU and Contract." .
Commander in Chief directs, that the Charges pre. " Remember the Crown and Anchor Treaty."
ferred against Captain Assiotti, together with the 6, A Private Box to let, with accommodatk
Sentence of the Court, and his Majesty's confit motion beast. —Apply to Black Jack:'
thereof, shall be read at the head of every Regiment, M " Boxes Gs. or N. P. B."
and entered in the Regimental Orderly Book. se Contract, or 0. P."
Letters from the British head-quarters in Portugal f " The contract."
eiplain the reason and object of MASSENA'S late move- " John Bull demands his Contract."
ments. His distress for provisions has induced him Minor attempts atitlacordisnr, and some compositions
to send 35,000 of his troops back, to quarter them, in of the moment, as we presume, were moved before the
fact, on the country, and to save his own magazines, audience. The Shakespeare quotation seemed to be the
Which would not have sustained his whole army, ac- rage: and " I'll have my bond"—" We come here for
cording to report, more than a fortnight. Lord WEL- ourßond,"continued to be favourites duringthenight.
LINGTON, therefore, has advanced towards Almeida ; ' At length the grand placard, which was probably re-
not to relieve that place unless a favourable occasion served for theinale of the performance, was reared on
should occur, but to force MASSENA to recal his .two sticks ; and moved about from side to side of the
troops, and force him to the consumption of his own house with all imaginable dignity. This formidable
stores. manifesto was expressed in the following words :
The intended destination of the expedition, consist- es Dec. so, 1809.
ing of 4.000 men, which lately sailed from Cadiz, was i " Crown and Anchor Tavern.
" We promise and contract
San Lucar ; but from the violence of the gale on the " To deliver up twenty Private Boxes to the Public,
evening appointed for sailing, it did not sail till the " Fir favours conferred upon
following day, lest the troops should not be able to " John Krmild e aged Co.
1 effect a landing. The enemy observing early in the " Protested fur non-fulfilment, Sept. 14."
1 morning the number of troops that had been embark- This produced its effects in a roar that lasted for a con-
ed, immediately sent from 2500 to 5000 men from siderable time. The roar died away for a moment,
Port Saiat Mary's, by the route of Xerez, which force and the genius of the Contract-men was for that period
I was distinctly seen from the Castle of St. Sebastian. at a loss to give employment to the national taste.
1 This event caused the plan of attack to be altered, The Contract Troops gained possession of the cen-
! and at the departure of the last packet from Cadiz, it tre of the Pit, formed their ring and brandished theiel
was ascertained that the Expedition had effected a sticks. The victory was theirs, and all opposition west
landing at Ayamonte, for the purpose of attacking a vain. In one of these rings, however, a Gentleman
I small French force in the neighbourhood ; after which stood for a considerable time, manifesting the most
it was to proceed, in order to effect a junction with a s.oical indifference to the taunts of the contract men,
division of the army pf General BALLAsranos. till at last, when they began to push him about, he
1 The 91st Highland Regiment, from Ashford, is ' prostrated several of them under the seats, and came
mentioned as likely to replace the 92d in barracks at off tri nm ph ant. Lovein a Pillage concluded amidst huge
Canterbury. • uproar, and Claremont, who came on to announce the
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1 Major-General K. A. HOWARD, lately placed on; play for Monday, gesticulated and bowed, but was
the staff of the Rent District, is appointed to the not permitted to be heard. The Opera being ended,
command of garrison in Canterbury, where he the Contract Troops gained a breathing time, and
f *livid:du T, 7. '•. "- . • ..- - . rested from their labours, they seated themselves and

for man and

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Air unusually short interval was all.;Svegetween
'the Opera and the Afterpiece, and the drawkig rip-of
the curtain was the signal for the recontmAcem •at
the rm. The Child of Natire Was ov:rpowelei
the Stentorian arts of the Contract Troops, and not A
word of the Afterpiece, from beginning to end, con's'
,be heard. The actors made their entrances and th-ir
!elks, and moved their lips, and it is very prob
that they spoke, but the probability is all we haie for
it. The Contract Tinops gained mare bench ground
in the pit, and scuffled, and danced, and roared,
whilst detachments in the boxes added their miffs of
noise, some in open friendship, and others pretendi.,7
to be enemies merely for the sake of keeping up
the rev. A Gentleman had his cheek severely cut
by a dextrous blow from a practiked opponent.—
Amidst this unceasing war vociferation tend up-
roar, the curtain dropped at '2O minutes before te.t
o'clock. T.)t contract troops then took their se..:s
and pulled off their hats; they called 1,.t. Kemble,
hot he would not come, and they uttered three um) ins
for him. After going through their evoluti its of
'groans and cheers, and after orders had been issued
fur a general mtbter on Ntiriday, they diperted, and
the house was cleared in about half an hour.

Our Readers will have observed the alvert
••• :mast
offering a reward of two hundred guineas for the aft
(prehension of 1)r. R .AEHTON, the Acconchour. Pm
charge again'a him is of a name, whi..l, 0:t•- respcct
!for the sex prevents us fr un Suffice at to
say, that it amounts to the suspicion of wilful mur.
der of an infant extr.icted from die womb under
cumstances the most shocking. But he made a pro:
fessional defence, which induced two Most honourable
men to enter into high bail fur his appearanee. Fro's*
that bail he has flown.

A melancholy circumstance occurred ugly on Mon.
day morning, on board the Fox packet, on her passage
fiom London to Ramsgate, with passengers. The
vessel was lying off Broadstairs, waiting until the tide
flowed to enable leer to get into Ramsgate harbour,
when by some means one of the passengers, Mr.
Campbell, Surgeon and Apothecary, of Coventry.
street, London, fell overboard, and the tide running
itrong, he immediately drove from the vessel, thougb
still floating on the sort ice of the water ; a boat w es
instantly put off, and lie was taken on board ; bet
nutw•ithstand+ng he had not been overboard mord
than six or seven minutes, every endeavour used by
some gentlemen, his friends, who were in the vessel,
to restore hint to life, unfortunately proved inef-
fectual.

6

Yesterday Jaw Brown was fully committed from
Bow-street Office, charged with stealing a box from
the bar of the Edinburgh Castle, in the Strand.
.W. Wale; driver of a hackney coach, was charged
by Mr. Bigud, of the Herald's Office, with extortion.
Mr. Bignel stated, that he ei,gaged the defendant
to bring him from the Plough and Harrow, at HAM.
mersmith, to town, for Its. 6d. t. but on hia are
rival in town, he refused to let him nut without pay.
ing one guinea. The prisoner made no defence, and
was fined 40s,
Yesterday W. North and J. Da, were charged, at
Guildhall, by Mr. Anness, watchmaker, Cheapside,
the first with receiving a watch which the latter had
stolen from him.
Mr. Anness stet* that on the evening of Thurs.
day he was sitting at tea in his back parlour, when
some one opened the door leading from his shop into
a narrow coon, .put in his hand, and took up some.
thing with which he ran off. Mr. Anness imnt2clis
ately followed and seized Day, who handed some.
thing over to North, whom Mr. Anness immediately
seized also. In the passage leading to the warehouse
of Messrs. Townsend and Simpson, a watch and cast
were found, which Mr. Anness **ore to as having .
been lying a few minutes before en his counter. They
were fully committed for trial.
Yesterday, at Union Hall, Williaos Barnett, and
.Elistabrth, his wife, who, it appeared, had been mar.
ried nearly 40 years, and had seen better days, were
charged with pledging a bolster, two pillows, four
lau blankets, a carpet, &c. the furniture of their furnished
fipartments. They were convicted, and fiped gOs. ;
t not being possessed of so much money, the man
'was committed to the House of Correction, and the
woman was discharged.
A French Lady and Gentleman, residing in Brook-
,street, Walcot-place,_ were summoned to give evi-
dence in a case of felony, of which the following are
the particulars : a woman, named Bailey, who lived
servant in the family, quitted her place on Saturday
last, and previous to leaving the house, brought down
her box, in which were eight pounds in cash, and
clothes worth near twenty pounds, for her mistress to
examine ; she then left the hbuse to fetch a person to
take her box away ; on returning, however, about alt
hour after, she was informed a woman had taken the
box away soon after she left the house. The mistress,
shortly after the box was gone, began to suspect she
had done wrong in letting it go, and sent a little
girl to watch where it was conveyed. The girl
traced her to Westminster Bridge.; where the woman
took a boat, and all traces of her and the box were
lost. The servant seemed to insinuate that her mis-
tress must have some knowledge of the person who
took away the box ; but there not appearing any
grounds for such a suspicion, the Magistrate dismissed
the complaint.
Coal, alias Fop, was yesterday charged at Marl.-
borough-street, with a burglary in the house of Mr.
Thompson, of Tottenham-court-road.
The prosecutor was awoke by a noise in the lower
pan of the house, ss lion he ran down stairs; fonnd his
shutters broken, his door open, and the prisoner. and
,another standing on the pavement, the forcer he
seized, but the latter escaped. Another men was
yesterday apprehended on suspicion, and therivisez
WAS remanded. -- ,

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CANTIRBUILT —olll' planters brat ge-
nerally comnsentld picking, and from their concurring tostiikoor
there is little doslitlet that the crop bas been tresto.rabki by at
law ale lualky it, however, etcerlin rigicaier
day in gym gibisicis the soaticesprd of ‘bei y* Apo
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ether brook idleneii,'Ami Thy employed th lelthz.
in singing 44 God saire die King." SAN Pr..." 9
they jumped lip again. and the 0. P.' 'yin' • / irk
cot
Dance, with all the v.trious other evolarro'util U..-.
discipline. , . .1 Pt, l'fi •• cwf ;O
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A litverie nvf sittl had e 4,111, -
Aild wafted to a .takti arai3O •
Of which we oft havelkard enrapted,
B* now despoil'd by horrid war. ,
On yrinp thro' air my course I beaded,
.1
* where the sky with sulph'rous smoak
Was darktml--and dread noise ascended,
Shrieks which misery loud bespoke.
My eyes an obstacles defying,
Beneath I saw—oh ! dreadful sight ! •
(O'er mangled heaps of dead and dying) •
Two mighty hosts wage bloody fight ! • ' •
Arms—horses—men, together blended,
• Form'd frightful piles—The streaming blood,
t.
Which o'er eh' embattled field extended,
RAppear'd a ghastly purple flood!
• ,
It
view'd till horror, fear, and wonder, •
Pulsation atopp'd—my heart near broke,
Wben Victory's shouts, like mighty thunder,
Wide rent the air—and, lo ! I woke—
Bkss'd Goa! cried i•—'tis all ideal—
HUMANITY loud whispered " No,"
Perhaps this very moment real
May be that awful scene of woe !
Man—boasting Lord of the Creation,
• Why dost thou reason so disgrace ?
We're brothers ALL—each Clime and Nation—*
Heaven's gifts divide and LIVE Ix PEACE!
Mrand, August 22, 1810. J.
• Andalusia. •

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she replied, she did not think he had the heart to per-
petrate the deed. In consequence of this informa-
tion, Sullivan was taken and committed to gaol; and
on Saturday last his trial for the murder of Driscoll
came on before the Chief Baron, when the widow.
M. Driscoll, was sworn as a witness. She pointed
out the prisoner, and said ,he had known him before
her marriage' and for sor 6 years past. She denied
the prisoner shaving called on her husbandat night, or
in the morning ; and said that her husband did not go
out with Sullivan, to her knowledge ; denied his hav-
ing told her that he had destroyed her husband by
throwing him over a cliff, or that he had a conversa-
tion with the deceased a little before his death ; and
she swore that she never had any conversation with
Sullivan about her husband's death. There being
no other evidence, Sullivan was of course acquitted
of the murder, but the Judge ordered him to find
sufficient sureties for his future good behaviour. He
also ordered Mary Driscoll to be indicted for perjury,
in the gross contradiction between what The had
sworn before the Magistrate, and her swearing on the
table; and she was on Monday tried and sentenced
for transportation. It was mentioned in Court after
the trial, that the wretched man (Sullivan) was so
stung with remorse, that he had made no less than
three attempts on his own life, and had endeavoured
to put a period to a wretched existence by hanging
himself, but was prevented by the interposition of his
friends.

A child about two years of age, belonging to Mrs.
Brown. of Webber-row, who was standing in a
chair by the window, happened to slip, and falling
backwards a few days since, was so much frightened
that it went into a fit, and died in about ten minutes
after the fall.

A Coroner's inquest sat yesterday at the Spread
Eagle, at Millbauk, on the body of an unknown gen-
teely-dressed female, who was found drowned in the
Thames, at Millbank. The deceased was apparently
about twenty-six years of age, and she was dressed in
white. The body was taken to St. George's watch-
haus: to be owned. The Jury, for want of evidence,
have returned a verdict of—Found Drowned.

Thursday night, a young man, lately from Ailing-
ton, Kent, was decoyed, by a female, into a house_in
Chick-lane, where he had been but a short time, be-
fore two fellows entered, the one calling the woman
his wife, when the countryman was for going away ;
but cne of them pinioned his arms, while the other
rifled his pockets of his watch, Al in Bank notes,
and about 15s. in silver, with which they made their
escape, and, having fastened the street door, it was
some time before the countryman could get away,
which he at length did, by breaking open the door.
Several tradesmen in St. Mary-la-bonne were on
Tuesday defrauded of various articles of provisions
by a gang of thieves, who appeared determined to
procure a good dinner at a cheap rate. They obtained
of Mr. Bull, fishmonger, in Charles-treet, New-
road, six pair of soles ; of a poulterer in the same
street, they ordered seven fowls, which were to be
sent to a house in the neighbourhood, where one of
them was in waiting to receive the articles, with which
they ran off. The alarm having been given, a great
concourse of people went in pursuit of them, but they
effected their escape towards the back of the Jew's-
harp House.
Last Thursday evening as Mr. Evelyn, a shoe-
maker, residing in the London-road, was returning
home from the Borough, about 11 o'clock, three vil-
lains, apparently in soldiers' cloths, came up to Mm,
and forcing him into one of the dilapidated houses in
the Dbrough-road, two of them held him with a hand-
kerchief to his mouth, whilst the third rifled his pock-
ets of his watch and money, with which they got
clear off before he could give the alarm.
On Saturday evening an accident happened in the
street of Mnsselburgh. A chaise-driver, returning to
Edinburgh, with his horses at a brisk trot, came up to
a number of children, who were following some
stage performers, passing threw the town, threw a
child out of the arms of its sister, and bruised its I:ead
so that it almost immediately expired. The man is
secured.

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the deceased, You rogue, is thit your language to
me ? and at the same time deitroyed the deceased;
and that shortly after the interment of her husband,
Sullivan remarked to her, that she was in great grief
for her husband, and blamed her for it, saying, I'm
sure it was to-destroy him I took him out; to which
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