landed, their hope of affiftance from the inhabitants would have been totally difappointed. From the armed yeomanry government derived the most honourable affiftance. Noblemen and gen tlemen of the first property vied in exerting themselves at the head of their corps. Much of the exprefs and escort duty was performed by them. In Cork, Limerick, and Galway, they took the duty of the gar rifon. Lord Shannon informs me, that men of three and four thoufand pounds a year were employed in efcorting baggage and carrying expreffes. Mr. John Latouche, who was a private in his fon's corps, rode twenty-five miles in one of the fevereft nights, with an exprefs, it being his turn for duty. The merchants of Dublin, many of them of the first eminence, marched fixteen Irifh miles with a convoy of arms to the North, whither it was conducted by reliefs of yeo. manry. The appearance in this metropolis has been highly meritorious. The corps have been formed of the most respectable barrifters, attorneys, merchants, gentlemen, and citizens, and their number is fo confiderable, and their zeal in mounting guard fo ufeful, that I was enabled greatly to reduce the garrifon with perfect fafe, ty to the town. The numbers of yeomanry fully appointed and dif. ciplined in Dublin exceed two thoufand; above four hundred of whom are horse. The whole number of corps approved by government amount to four hundred and forty, exclufive of the Dublin corps. The grofs number is nearly twenty-five thoufand. There are alfo ninety-one offers of fervice under confideration, and one hundred and twenty-five proposals have been declined; and, in reply to a circu lar letter written to the commandants of the refpective corps, their anfwers almost univerfally contained a general offer of service in any part of the kingdom. Many prominent examples of individual loyalty and fpirit have appeared. An ufeful impreffion was made upon the minds of the lower Catholics by a judicious address from Dr. Moylan, the titular bishop of Cork. I cannot but take notice of the exertions of Lord Kenmare, who fpared no expence in giving affiftance to the commanding offcer in his neighbourhood, and who took into his own demefne a great quantity of cattle which had been driven from the coaft. Nor could any thing exceed the ardor of the earl of Ormond, who, when his regiment of militia was retained as part of the garrifon of Dublin, folicited with fo much zeal a command in the flank companies, that I thought it a measure due to his majefty's fervice to encourage his lordship's request. 3. The London Gazette of this day announces the capture of Le Suffrein, a French veffel, with 250 troops, arms, &c. on board. She was taken off Cape Clear by Cap tain Sterling of the Jafon. Alfo of the Didon French cutter privateer, carrying four brafs four-pounders and 30 men, by capt. Drew of the Cerberus. Alfo of the L'Amaranthe French brig, of 12 fixpounders and. nine men, by the Diamond. 7. The London Gazette announces the capture of the San Pio Spanish corvette, of 18 guns and 140 men, by capt. Carthen of the Regulus; Le Coup d'Effai, a fmall privateer of 2 guns, small arms, and 28 men, by capt. Colvill of the Star. 8. The fteeple of Horningtoft church, near Norwich, fell down, (A 3) while while the bell was ringing for divine service. 9. The London Gazette announces the capture of the L'Efperance French brig, by fir R. Strachan, of the Diamond; of L'Hirondelle French privateer, of 12 guns and 70 men, by vice admiral Murray of the Cleopatra; and La Tortue, of 44 guns, 725 men, including troops, by capt. Lumfdaine of the Polyphemus. 11. About noon, a melancholy accident happened in Liverpool harbour. As Mr. Slack, deputy conftable, was conveying a party of volunteers, raised in Manchefter and the adjacent parishes, for the navy, the boat in which they were proceeding to the tender overfet, by which fatal accident 25 perfons loft their lives. The following addrefs of the city of London was prefented to his majefty by the lord mayor, accompanied by the aldermen Clark, Boydell, Le Mefurier, Sanderfon, Curtis, Eamer, Newman, Anderson, Herne, Williams, and a few common council. To the King's Moft Excellent Ma jefty. The Humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Com mon Council assembled. Moft Gracious Sovereign, We, your majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons of the city of London, in common council af fembled, beg leave to approach the throne most humbly to thank your majefty for your gracious communication to both houfes of parliament, of the measures adopted by your majesty on the recent manifetto of the court of Madrid, abruptly declaratory of an unprovoked war with Great Britain. Your majefty's faithful citizens of London fincerely lament that your majesty's endeavours to preferve peace with Spain, and to adjust all matters in difcuffion with that court by amicable negotiation, have been rendered ineffectual, and the calamities of war thus unavoidably extended. Nevertheless, relying on the juítice of your majefty's caufe, the refources of the country, the wifdom of your majesty's councils, and the bravery of your majefty's fleets and armies, we doubt not that, under the protection of Divine Providence, your majesty will be able to repel this unprovoked aggreffion, to fubdue all your enemies, and finally to obtain the bleflings of peace, to fecure the dignity of your majefty's crown, and to advance the profperity of these kingdoms. Signed, by order of Court, WILLIAM RIX. His Majefty was pleafed to make the following most gracious Anfwer: I receive with great fatisfaction this loyal addrefs from my city of London. I fincerely lament the failure of my endeavours to preferve peace with Spain; but, from the juftice of my caufe, the experienced valour of my flects and armies, and the fpirited and generous exertions of the nation at large, I truft, under the protection of the Divine Providence, that this aggreffion will be effectually repelled, and that the bleffings of peace will be restored upon terms confiftent with the honour of my crown, and with the fecurity and interefts of my people. Alderman Herne, of Castle Baynard Ward, received the honour of knighthood, now fir W. Herne, knight. 12. At the Old Bailey feffions thisday, the following fingular caufe was tried : Launcelot Knowles was indicted for obtaining money under falfe pretences, and the indictment stated, that a perfon of the name of John Sanders was under judgment for a felony, and that the prifoner, intending to cheat and defraud one Ann Keys of a fum of money, knowingly and defignedly did falfely pretend and affirm that he had great influence, credit, and intereft with the duke of Portland, fir Watkin Lewes, and Mr. Baldwin, and that by fuch influence, credit, and intereft, he could procure pardon for the faid John Sanders, and that he would procure fuch pardon, but that he muft for that purpose have the fum of five guineas entrusted to him, for that he was to procure fuch pardon on paying one guinea through one channel, and another guinea through another channel, but that no part of that money was to be kept by himfelf. That the faid Ann Keys gave him the fum of fix guineas, and he faid he would procure fuch pardon by exerting his influence, credit, and intereft with the duke of Portland, fir Watkin Lewes, and Mr. Baldwin, whereas in truth he had no fuch influence, credit, or intereft with fuch perfons, or with either of them, nor had he any reafon to think that he had any fuch influence, credit, or interest. Mr. Abbot opened the pleadings for the profecution. Mr. Garrow opened the cafe. The profecution, he faid, which the jury were now called upon to de. cide, appeared to him, from the facts on which it was founded, to be of the highest importance that could poffibly occur to a court, or come before it in the shape of a mifde meanour. It had been thought by thofe who filled the highest departments in the administration of pub. lic affairs, that it was their duty to lay this cafe before the jury, which involved in it the cafe of unfortu nate individuals who were unable to protect themselves, and who had been the objects of the most rapa cious and profligate plunder of the prifoner who now stood at the bar. The charge which was exhibited against the prifoner was, what probably the jury would agree with him in thinking, came before them in a fhape which the beft men must lament to fee, for the prifoner was only indicted for a mifdemeanour. He really wifhed it had been an higher denomination of offence, and that to affect the prifoner's life. The charge, however, was only a mifdemeanour, that of having obtained, at three feveral times, upon falfe pretences, the fum of fix guineas of Ann Keys, by pretending to have intereft with three most refpectable perfons, namely, his grace the duke of Portland, fir Watkin Lewes, and Mr. Baldwin, as the jury has already collected from the opening of the indictment by his learned friend; and this was done under pretence, on the part of the prifoner, of procuring his majefty's par don for a perfon of the name of John Sanders, who was convicted of a capital offence. Ann Keys was the mother of the unfortunate convict, Joh. Sanders, and the prifoner now at the bar was introduced to her as a perfon who could procure his majefty's pardon to her fon. The prifoner, without the least difficulty on his part, ftated to this unhappy woman that he had fuch intereft with the duke of Porland, fir Watkin Lewes, and Mr. Baldwin, as would enable him immediately to procure a remiffion of the capital (A4) part part of the punishment of her fon, and that it might be followed, very foon, by a free pardon. But this, he faid, was not to be done without money, for there was to be a guinea paid in one way, and a guinea in another, fo that he was to have nothing of it himself. If the money could be procured, the pardon would follow as of courfe. The jury would easily conceive that a mother, believing that a pardon could be thus obtained for her fon, would strain every nerve to procure the money. At first she could only raife three guineas, part of the fum which the prifoner required for this purpose: part of this the borrowed and gave to the prifoner. He then faid, he must have more money. He appointed the next day to fee her for that purpose. He afterwards gave the mother hopes that pardon would foon arrive; in the mean time he had two guineas more of her. She faw no more of him for a month, during which time fhe was in the moft anxious fufpence, dreading the execution of her fon, but ftill waiting for the hopeful effect of this man's intereft with thefe great characters. On a fubfequent application from the prifoner to obtain another guinea from this poor woman, he had it, and that was all the could raife; the then faid the hoped the pardon would foon arrive. He faid it was actually accomplished, and only waited for certain matters of form that were abfolutely neceffary in fuch cafes. He then asked her, in cafe the pardon came, how much more the would give him? She faid, fhe would make it ten guineas. He afked how that was to be paid? She faid the would give him her note of hand. No! a note of hand would not do; and finding he could not get any thing elfe from her, he made use of a sentence that difgraced the character of a man. He damned her blood, and faid he would do no more for her fon; in that state he fhould leave her, and that he would use his influence to stop the pardon from going any further. In this diftracted ftate this poor woman was left by the prifoner. However, fhe had afterwards an opportunity of ftating her condition to thofe who, for the purposes of public juftice, inftituted this profecution. The prifoner's pretence was that he had intereft with the duke of Portland. That noble duke was at the head of that department of the state, from whence, on juft occafions, the royal mercy flowed. It was the most valuable, the most important, and, he believed he might add, the most pleasant prerogative of his majefty, to fhew his royal mercy; but he was confident that the noble duke would never fuffer an appeal to be made to it, in his name, but in the most delicate manner, and on the most proper occafion. It was not to be obtained for money nor by any influence whatever, except in cafes where it was juft and proper that appeal fhould be made to the fountain of mercy. He should therefore be under the neceflity of calling upon the noble duke to declare whether the prifoner had any influence with him: not that anv man of fenfe in the kingdom could fufpect fuch a thing, but merely out of form, to fupport one of the allegations of this indictment. He fhould put the fame queftion, for the fame reafon, to, fir Watkin Lewes and Mr. Baldwin. He fhould call the other witneffes to prove the cafe, and then, he believed, the jury would congratulate them felves on the opportunity they had of doing juftice to the public in this most important cafe. The The conviction and fentence of John Sanders, the perfon for whom the prifoner pretended he would obtain a pardon, was proved, as a neceffary point of form. Ann Keys, the mother, was then called. She gave her evidence as follows: I had a son of the name of John Sanders, he was convicted and confined in Newgate. I know the prifoner very well. He became acquainted with me by means of a woman of the name of Sells. He had done fomething for fome fmugglers that were confined. On the ift or ad of July, I do not know which, he came to me from Sells. He came to my houfe on a Saturday, but as I was not at home then, he came again on the Sunday afternoon. The first thing he asked me was, if I had a fon in trouble? I told him I had. He told me he could be of great fervice to him, but it would be attended with a very great expence. I told him I was a poor woman, but I would do all that was in my power. He faid he was fometimes a rich man himfelf, fometimes a poor man, fometimes a houfe-keeper, and fometimes a room-keeper. He told me he was a ferjeant under fir Watkin Lewes in the city militia. He asked me what I would agree to give him for getting my fon on board a man of war? I told him my son had served his majefty, and was wounded on the ift of June, and that I wifhed him to ferve his majefty again. He told me he could do it with a great deal of cafe; that he had cleared fmugglers, and that it was a great deal easier to clear a criminal than a fmuggler, because fmugglers were against government. He faid, if I would put five guineas down, he would make no doubt but that he fhould clear him, so that in a very little time he fhould go and ferve his majefty. I agreed to give him five guineas. He told me if he could not get him to serve his ma jefty on board a man of war, he would return me my money again. He faid he had an influence with Mr. Baldwin, and if he knocked at the door of the duke of Portland's houfe, he was introduced to his grace when noblemen in their carriages were obliged to wait. He told me he should not afk for any more money; but if he got my fon on board a man of war, he should leave it to my generofity. He faid he had an influence with his grace the duke of Portland's groom of the bed-chamber, and that he had been with him a great many times. I told him I had but three guineas then, but that I would the next day give him the remaining two guineas. I gave him the three guineas, and the next day he came for the other two. He faid he had no doubt but that he fhould get the pardon, and that very foon, to go on board of a man of war, but if his free pardon came down he fhould not be furprife). All I wanted was a pardon on condition of his ferving his majefty. He faid that Mr. Bildwin was a great friend of his; that he was a ferjeant in the city militia. Nothing further paff d then. About a fortnight afterwards he came to me and hook hands with me; he wifhed me joy, and told me all was finished, but wanted to know if I could let him have a couple more guineas. I told him it was not ia my power. He asked me if I would meet him in Newgate on the next Sunday, and let him have one guinea more? I agreed to meet him in Newgate, and I met him there in the condemned room, where my |