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London, England, 1810-12-06 00:00:00

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Lord Mu .0 A Lenoir .....)
Lieuteuanttolonelcy of
.the. Rvyal totthillEfi'l
:ck Regiment of Militia.
Lirge quantities of entrenching tools havOiett,
wired at Plymouth for Lisbon ; and two inns:
s (the William and Sarah) have sailed-With do:.
&ruts of different regiments fqr the same place.
gAjor AVESTROPA of the Royal Marines, an,ofacer.
greii experience, has received sudden. orders to
roceed forthwith to Lisbon,. as Paymaster andCom-
issary.in-Chief to the Brigade of Seamen and Ma-
oes serving in that eohntTT, consisting of about 2000

ectives• , .
The following dorpiii*at present doing garrtwi
, sty at Plymouth; I" ' s'o. ''' • .. . .. .
The sa Royal Linieisiirrtilltia;Reol Cheshire, let Somer..
Soto Devon; Nottingham, Shropshire, South Hants, tine
~pally of theßogat Oorsagral.l, two adz*, of 49,01, Art-.
cdmi Cl Attptssy Drivers,. Corps of fartifirieri lead 1t.41
inaspoariiemu of the 9th Light tirainogic-4. z ::: liz •
ibattalion of Buffs is 'eip. ected at theta tftellatie. .;
The east Kent Militia are doing ptisou duty sit
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: bnlunclay ni6ht l'f.a.st, at half-pitt"erden chliiit4
a;fire broke out in a small wooden house in Chwiehi
greet; between. St. Philip's Church and Athen.streett
-,.:As the whole of .tlii.:pact of the. city consisted-of
wnockt' buildings, the flames soon spread to the
~ joining houses, and raged with uncontroulahle fury
No rain having fallen since the little of last month,.
the houses caught like tinder. 'The fire spread along
Church.stiret to Amen-street, - and down this street
to Matte-street. At this time the wind, which 'at.
the commencement of the fire was about N.W. shifted
an the eastward of N. which drove the flames 'alerng.
Motte-street, consuming the houses on each side, ex-
cept one, down to Queen-street ; through each side ,
of this street to near the Bay ; and down Union-street
to Broad-street, burning both sides. The wind now PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 4.
shifted to the N. and then to the westward of N. and Arrived the Nancy and Mary, CottawowoOn, and
blew very fresh. It broke through the Bay at Mr. James, —, cartels, from Morlaix, which sailed from
Hart's nevi brick house, which it consumed. From ,
hence last week with aged and infirm French priso-
Ili:ion-street it extended round' Broad:street and, the
taY to Mr: Rat's I.l4any of the wooden,buildingt tilers ; the Iris, Chatham, Abbey, and Union, from
'were blown up to arrest the progress of the devouring kWaterford, with cargoes of provisions, bound to Lon-
:gement, 'no destru,ction of the. house occupied by -.40n, put in here by contrary winds ; the SpaoTsh'
Mr, Cupein iia
.FtepArkstreet,above trnion-Stiect, vat • .-.
schooner Nostra Senora de la llera, from London ;
the means Of preventingo4 further ezteasion of the
names no Broad-Witt.' The +messes -on the opposite the Prosperous, MITCHELL, from Cowes, with part of:
skis of this street, near:the Bay, were several times the cargo of the trading sloop Tigre, wrecked there i
on bre, but the wind shifting more to the westward: some time since ; the Four Brothers, Three Sistersi
saved them. -While the fire was ravaging this part I
and four other sloops, from London; with stores dos
of the city, the flakes whieh li
were blown to a cause- • -.
the dock-yard at this port.—Sailed the tort ling
*derable dist:trice, caught; the,roof.of a wooden house
on the bay, two doors below Tr-add:greet, Occupied of war, Ca Main Campuz pu., oa a cruize to the West.
by Mr. Baker, and entirely consumed itrtnit the ward. ,
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high brickb6iiiet 'terfletheside, prevented it from . . PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBERS. .
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ipreading further. •- •• • •• .. Atrived h:i.t. Majesty's skip Conswela,.. Vii. tie:, ~s•,
AbOtit nine o'clock le.the.toorning.of. Neither) ri?e. the Dn*ns t itLPILE.I. muter, from a cruize; and
iprogressof the flames appeared to have been arrested , SANDWICH from Guerasey:—Wied W.
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461trat••tWo o'clock in the ailtrnoon, a large back. ; ~.
store of -Mrs. Ryan's, near Lodge-alley, on the BitY,' •. • • • - DEllaft,DEcisma 6.
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was discovered to be on fire. fhe exertions of die Arrived' ....
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his majesty's ship•DATURIT. Captain Cinkta.
citizens •savect the contiguous buildings, and confieed •frogs „the. Bald. remain .large fleet
the conflagration to the stsre in which it began. The DERLAXDS _
'water in the wells held out much better than could coasters,4kc.-;-Wiod E. S.W. . ..s
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Iravrbeer expected, considering the .drought: of the,' BH,BERNEES, DECEMBER 5.
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.Axiivetl his Ma'jeSty's ships RESOLUTION and Rini!
The FireeMasten4.-eindeed ezery 44.4- or our' from the north Ward. • ,
Citizens, deserve the:highest praise for'their great and
onremittedezertiont„and•the.labour witich they sus.
tained for nearly twenty-four hours.. ' ABERDEEN, DECEMBER 1.
After a track of the most unsettled weather, sire ex-
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The fire company of .Axe-Men, compose! of hardy perienced on the night of Sunday last a violent gale
as& active citizens, were of infinite -serviet ' ots thic_frept the South Eastward, which continued with hula
awfpl occasion, in pulling down
_houses, fences, &c. abatement for the three succeeding days, raising a very
which contributed greatly td circumscribe the client I high sea on the coast, so that there is reason to fear
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bf the 'conflagration. it must have been attended with considerable loss and
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The Officers of the Artillery.are entitled tiihigh damage of shipping. On the very tempestuous night
totnniendation for their_ intrepidity and their success between Monday and Tuesday last, a large ship, about
in blowing up the* sr/era' 'houses that were deemed, 500 tons, was driven ashore at Pitscur, near Slains
necessary. .. . Castle, where she was totally wrecked, and the crew
A strong aetaehmerit" 'of -catralry and infantry'', drowned,--part of her materials, and two of her three
'mounted guard on Monday night, to weigh ove; the masts had been found, as also, it is said, some women's
security of the city. • . • • apparel ; she appeared to have been loaded with oak
. The bones of a female were yesterday discowered iwood, which was coming ashore in quantities : _ the-
among the
,ruins of• Union-street. Several petsons !ship had a figure head, decorated with arrows, &c.
deceived hijnry it pulling doivolhe houses, fences, i and was ornamented and gilded about the bows ; and
lc. but we hive not hear& ofAnty.that are. se,,lercly on the stern the gilt letters Cies/. could be plainly dip
wounded. covered.--01 a fleet which sailed from Sunderland
The loss of oroNtrtv- - :.
taint-.‘a.s yet..
be
accurately I for titis place, immediately before the gale, wc.are
itscertained,•botiWppnied that it will not.be less 4happy tp state, that the Fidelity, RUNCY, got into
than half a thiliiiit•Ordtillars. The riumber 01l uses' the Frith. of Forth, and the Diana, BRUCE, into Mott'.
which were buirtntrieiblown up, are about t hun- 1 ttoke, while two ofthem arrived here during the,storm; *
tared and fifty.,.;
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None of tfie•AtieSpOirs were published Int rdaY, the harbour with great difficulty, owing to the strong
li Attlee pap* offices were exposed to danceti,• and i flood in the Dee, of :whichldanger it was endeavoured'
,their nutterrals very-mirth deranged and injured. to wen' thnin by various signals. , •., j,
Bread ;,;nd intar•were yesterday distributed among Sunday- last, putt; into rraserburgh a large brigne
the pat' 'stiffeieti,aiitd Subscriptions set on :fait faro tine, with the lost "of one of her masts, in clear{ ,
their - relief. ••• ', : - •• • ~; ... • . , -:. ~ I away the wreck of .Whieli; three of the crew w- 1
A large.__ ion of the 'tonics destroyeetNikre i washed overboard,• but fortunately regained the vein
eidier o . ile • oeeopted by persons in the ht.,nablerk set with the returning wave. The'vessel had been.
walks of -liti, many 4 vsbom byre been deprived, by . eight days at sea, ein her passage, it is said, from
this awfnl Clifilfiltfiffrtheir little all. , : ; Leith to her port in • England, after discharging a
The follov.ing'ire thel;snumber 'of dwelling-;houses cargo of timber ; and is reported to have seen a
Itonting on the several aiteeets which were destroyed ; schooner, after being upset with a heavy sea and
during the:conflagration- onChurch-street 10, Moue- i-xightening again, go to the bottom. The schoner
street 2,3,Volnehls•-coort,9, Amen-street 21, Lodge- 1 Concord, ltitzt.l, of a=cl for this place, with coals,
alley 8, ttniciln.iteti 44, 'East Bay-street -.14., Queen. which sailed with the Daphne sloop, as already then.
street 2N. ehilmeikalliir 8, Unitralley 8, Broad- . tinned, from Sunderland five weeks ago, was two days
Otreet 11,4.4beil VA, '• - . after seen near the Staples, and reported to be spoke
about nine days after sailing off Scarborough, but
We unilerstatitthat Government sent yesterday to has not since been heard of ;so that there is too much
the: Costornlionse, to order that a correct account be reason to fear. she has met ' with some misfortune.—
taken of all the livredisharesseis in the port of London, . The Concord had a crew of tour besides a passenger,
and of the state' of their cargoes, . , . Mrs.INNS% sister-in-la* of the Master; and the
Mrs:Wettenty Pool, the Lady of the Chief Sc- )' Dapinas Crew likewise consisted of four persons.—
cretary for lreland,embarked from Dublin on Sunday i The schooner Ythan, HUTCHESON, which veal ashore
evenin; for England. . . •I on Gorseline Sands, has since gone to pieces. •
On Ihnnalay night, about 160 feet of the immense •• The Margaret, i
wall built by Sir Hum! Seryro, near the. Coach and , I-lavannalt to the Clyde, bas been lost off the coast
Horses, at Ashton, fell from its basis, literally covered of Wexford, and there is too much reason to appre.:
the road, and rendered it almost impassable for a ton' t bend that din crew have perished, part ot• .6voissef
likletabie distance. biavin auto* on shorn wee Gasp • "

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A Juror---r& If we have erred, we have vied Ai
the right side. Better ninety-nine guilty men should
escape, than one innocent man suffer l''
.._,lo4s.J.Ceifr was indicted for a highway robbery, in
feircibirtablig-- frinirt4 tießott of' Robert Wild a ma=
tal watch, with a gold key and seal, on the 25th of No.
'ember last.
The prosecutor stated, that he was passing through
Golden-lane on the night of the 25th of November,
when three men rushed out of a Court, and snatched
his wateli. He immediately cried out, and the watch
Was thrown away—it seemed to come from the pei-
wner, who he was certain, was one of the party, and
Whom, with the assistance of the •Vatchman, he toot
into custody. He picked up his watch from the ground
himself.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty of the larceny.
William iirry, Charles Gimes-, and Mary Tooley, .
were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling
house of Frances Clarke, in the day time, on the 16th
of November last, and stealing theaeout a pair of black
silk stockings. th of
It appeared that, on the morning of the 16 per-
November, the prisoner Berry was observed by a bats
son of the tame of Gerrard, cutting a pane of On-
'ln the window of the Prosecutrix, who kept a in vi
fiery and haberdashery warehouse, at the corner
Charlotte-street and Russell-street, Bloomsbury
having made a breach in the pane, be in-erted a win*,
with which he hooked out a pair of silk stockings,
and gave them In the prisoner GlOver, who put
• them to his 6004 and they made off together.
down Charlotte-street, when they joined the priso-
ner 'Thole'', who was not near enough to see what
was doing at Mrs. Clarke's window ; site, however,
received the stockings, and they proceeded in con.
- pony to Broad.street, St. Giles% when. Xooley went
into a pawnbroker's shop, leaving, the 314
slads.utst.
side. Gerrard followed her, and begged tile master
of the shop to secure her, while he iipprehended
the boys: He went out and seized Glover, Berry
hating tun away; on his return to the. shop, h*
found the woman had escaped;, be, however, with
the assistance 'of Blackusah,.the officer, apprel;eszded
both her and Berry the same evening -
Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidence..
He observed, that though the Prisoner Tooley was
not sufficiently near to see what the two boys were
about, yet, if the Juty were of opinion that she was
stationed at a distance, in furtherance of a concerted
plan) that rendered her equally culpable with those
who actually committed the robbery,
The Jury found the three-Prisoners Guilty—but re-
.commended the %romp to mercy—Death. Berry is
13, Glover 14, and Tooley 16 years of age.
Mary 11:14n was 'indicted for feloniously stealing
in the dwelling house of Martha Mears, a silver tea-
pot, value et, her property.. Guilty--Death.
The six following prisoners were convicted of felonyt
. Wm. Williams, for stealing a tee of mutton, the property of
Jona:ban Lambert ; Robett Willy, fbr stilling a cloth treat-coats
the property of 1111e4rge Rana ; Richard RobtrAr, for trailing
two sacks, the property of James Lynn ; ippeptt Gates, for steal-
Ilia iptensity of topper riveta„.the property of Messrs Pontlies;
lan Amieswat for itealipg.sl6lba. weight of brass, the property
pkiitlessap. Gillman sod Co.; • and lame. Greenlee', for reali•ig •
seteeselsempants of irish 'linen, Coitou;Stn. the pftiperer of Wm.
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Amon rircEM3Eita.'.
I have jest returned ire% PlYrnouth, ivheire I was
teresant.at ITChr soldiers belonging to
, the Nottingbxm Militia, fr* aiding 'she escape of sit
Frenth prisoners 'otivaY ar thts place, when.on duty
on the 14th of November, at ten at night; Early
morning, two American prisoners informechhe ant
of the escape, when the hue and. was immediately
raised, and one-taken the Second day, at a place called
Jump, nine miles from this; and on the 19th, the other
Ave were taken at lingsbridge, 8S miles distant.
The morning after the escape, the four soldiers were
taken into custody on suspicion, ,when one of timid
confessed that therrenchmen gave them eight pounds
each, and that they left theirpost. and pit them on the
direct road for the coast, ir.d then rammed. In a
shaving box, belonging. to one of. the soldiers, was
found SOguineas, covered with soap..
The trial began on Monday list, and finished oft
FridaYi the charge areal' fully proved against three
of them, and the plveeedints were sent- up t. :Ike
Commanderin-Chief. his expected they will b;:. _hot.