The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-25 00:00:00

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BA ItSAIDOIIIIISittIIIOIIIIIIIII.S. -711*410 Froliiibil brie
are reported at Alartiniqbe to have been recent')
ca:iturctle one off Nino fiilines„"and the other off
/trlariegalante, by the ra./..hoat privateers of Goa.
dalouve, and binti (staid intii
Betides the French %claimer Superieure (a Na-
tional vessel, carrying tWo long brass 12-pounders
and four carronatles; slid lip men), there are two
wiser privateor etch ttttt tip; tiitettuut at G uad mien pe,
and now at sea. The row-boas privateers of that
Island lea ly attacked tinder the lee of it, the Net-
t, schooner of Anti,via, which beat them off and
escaped..., ' cstertlat his llajesty's hag Achilles.
from Fort 'Loyal, and Julia, from tit. Piet re, ar.
lived at this anchorage. and remain with the me
of war, as per I IVe learn that four French
frigate., armed en jilte, are momently expected
•at Gionlaloope, with troops. The Alcmene (late
Jewel) mi.l soils. other frig ties,, have been sent tee
look oat for them.
Serrtstase 12,—Arrived his Majesty's brig
Swaggerer, Lieutenant Evelyn, (ruin Maitinique,
and rentaiiis wish the airs tafet ant Glummen. Sub.
sequeut actiounty from tit. Pierre to those from
Fort Ito's!. reporting the arrival of three French
frigates, arm. ti etkllnle, at Guailaloupe, cant-ra..
diet that report, and state that no inch arrivalst
hare taken platy. • The capture of a letter of
martin. schooner from Guadaluiipe, with a cargo
of coffee . hound tie France,. It) the Hazard slim:.
Omar, is mentioned by an arrivAl th morning,
Arid steNst to 'hate beet sent into St. Pierre on
Wedniejay last.
Sive. 14.—La fitse French privateer schannet
his captured the schooner Mora Ann, of St.
Lula, and sent her Intl Guadaluitpe; and aliot
thu brig Maria, from Martinique, boom, in Eu.:-
land, and scot to the WIMP place. She kid like
wise captured the polacru ship Sir George Pre.
'oat, Croat Nuirrouselleatt, hula(' to Martinique.
but. which has since beta recaptured by the news,
*hop of war. and carried to her port of destina-
tion. Tuc Pelee, on the 3d inst. made au sttailh
with her boats on a brig lying under the batteries
sif.sl.biary((i widish/ape), supposed iheMurin, and
succeeded in cutting her,froin her anchorage, but
as are meet tunateir grototaled in bringing out,
they set ern to her, which, after flu), abandoned
het, the enemy tharereded iis extinguishing, and
gut tholes& off. The enemy al Guinleloupe has
not only augmented his prieutecte, bet thvy are
sow kept very- actor, ly cruising among al the
Islands to leew.mil, and capture, without destine.
ii•its, Americans as well English. The ohm)... r.
./.ciuhd and George (both of the former de.erilt.
thin) hive lately &To 1%1 toted by threat, but as
the re Ater aSe aft••rn 'ails ;41f t-t op to the Captain
a 41 Sopescarge of the Ma, la, and the latter re.
captured by the Ten.
Styr. 23.—The ioltalitants of Trinidad. imps.
tient soder hc oppressiwi of 'he arhitra-1 "zp:inis!,
hang, are still a: lively engaged in tem,,vr lie an.:
%soli-concerted ost.a.llr,-11 to obtain Ilse 10,144111. z.
Ott h Contitutiun fur that eountr ; and f•r
this purpose, at a legal pliblte meeting, held nil
the 'l6th agreLd to the following Address
his Msjy„,t)
Most grstines Sorerrign—We. your TfloarAT'a lovnl tub-
levy of the Wood of lrititatod. ookt Moth:, tors-T64 ittor
lajettv to (twirl to the. iithalsiLints 4.r shot I.lood, it Winot
0.tt1,1141 torrolitritits soil‘witotout legal n irospee-
tin% gee thritsa Constitution, as roautisbag.ta sae other pH.
tisk Cotunies us the 'Veit

,POLICE.

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Thomil nal], a w.itchman, belonging to the
parish of wa. brought to the
°thee, cluir:ed with being vsticerncil with another
in:iu, not yet taken, iwrobbing Caroline Wilcox,
wife of Julio Wilcox, boatswain's mate or ow
brig Bearle, bank.nntes of 201. and
each in the amount of about 2001. and 61. in
(Ash, niuu valuable gowns, and ether women's
wearing apparel:
The circumstances attending the robbery are of
a deep-laid scheme, daring, and very crud. They
are as follow :

Thu proiecoriz's husband was some years
since a steward un board the Columba?, in the
West India trade, till about five years since, when
he nes pressed on board one of his Maj •sts's
ships, from which ho was removed to the pollee,
on board of which he was promoted to be a gun.
rier, in which si!uation he r •maincil about a year
and a half, *hen he was removed to the Beagle,
and nag promoted to be boatswain's mite. Ile
then sent for his wife, and she sailed with him to
the On their Wein they jiiined the cape.
elation to and while on board, the Pro.
seeilirix noised the Captain's (Newconite.) sire
during her confineineut in childbirth. About two
innetlis ago they returned to dock, at Sheerness,
fir the .esewl to be repaired.
•I'llesday week, the% went to the Downs,
where they mere paid off: her hu,'.and received
three years pay, anti some prize.muncy, which ha
psi: her, in con,..queuce of his being ordered to
se.% itiaitt, and ti-sired her t e return home to Ise.
.1 ind to her •nother, who has time rare of their two
children. Tue rtoney he Imre her, tor/ether with
the sum she r.ceivrd as a' present front Captain
Newcomb, mad:• up the above.. Early un Sattir_
tie. morning the left Deal, by tins stage, and ar-
t:v..4 in the evening at the Gulago Crods, Char.
ing Cross. She not knowing any person in Eng-
land, took• her place by the Liverpool coach, to
proceed the following morning to. Ireland. She
stela at the inn, and was called in the morning,
at four o'clock, the coach starting at five. Site
got up when state was called, and was waiting fur,
the coach under the gateway of St. Martin's.lane;
the hostler went to her, and told her the r-sszh
was nearly ready, and to follosb.him; she did so
a few yards, but it being darkplisst..sight of him,
when the Prisoner and another man accosted hdr,
and said they were going by .the coach she was,
and as the coach would stop at three places before
it got oil the stones, which was very disagree
able, advised her to walk on with them, till they
gut to the last place, which she was silly enough
to.agree to. They set offoind as she supposed,
004 the Strand; the contrary road she goes.