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LONDON, May 4.
r-pHIS day, at the Old Bailey, Robert Blakewell was
I indicted for embezzling, felonioufly lecreting, and
running a wav with certain effeCls, particularly a note for
50K belonging to the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England, which had been intruded to his care, he be
ing at the time a clerk of the Paid governor and company
Frpm the Evidence of-mr. Bentlv and others employed
in the bank it topeared, that the prisoner’s bufrnefs was to
read over the number of the notes paid; and brought into
the accountant’s office to be cancelled,’ where, after being
cut through with a {lamp, an entry being firft made in the
ledger, they were Pled. The notes were generally cut
t-rougk the black letters denoting the amount, but if by
accident ordeflgn a note ft.ould be turned upiide down, and
pl.-ced in between others, the {lamp would not cut out the
(urn, but pierce the note in a different place. This might
occur as well from accident as dtfign. several notes being
{temped through at the fame time, after being fir 11 placed
even to receive the blow. The note in question was so
(lamped, and afterwards taken off the file, and put into
circulation, the entry being erased from the ledger. It
cantc into the bank on the 24th of March* 1801, and was
paid, and was cancelled and filed on the 26th, the inter
mediate day being a holvday. On the 18th of February
last itKvas returned a (econd time into the bank and was
paid. The fraudulent act was traced to the prisoner, in
addition to which was his own confeffion, contained in a
paper signed Robert Rlakewell and William Hill, and
v. itnefled by William Taylor, drawn up in the form oi an
agreement, appearing to be dated previous to the difeovery,
wherein they Bated their knowledge of the practicability
of re-ifluing cancelled bank notes; and that, in order to
benefit the company at the rilk of all that was dear to
man, they had undertaken to put the lame in practice,
and had actually circulated many hundreds, not with an
intention to defraud the bank, but to point out to demon
ft ration the portability of the fadl, and to render the com
pany more i'ecure in future. For this service, Bated to the
governors in an anonymous letter, (since con felled by
Blakewell to be his writing) the party claimed a remuner
ation of 10.0001. but if the governors did not think proper
to advance f large a sum he was content to take 50001.
down, and an annuity of 500!. for life. This was in De
cember last, and was the circumstance which led to the
oviioncr’s detection.
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A Ir. ?ergtant Rest, counsel for the prisoner, took an
objection to the indictment, and contended the prisoner
did ot come within the meaning of the statute cf Geo.
11. the one on which he was tried. That statute was made
to provide again/! the embezzlement or ftcreting of any
note, more \ or effects, belonging to the Bmk of Eng
land, bv clerks intruded with inch note, money, or ef
fi cte. He would therefore contend the prisoner was not
intrufted with the the fuhjeft cf the prolecution, his
department bring directed to all notes from tool, to ioool.
Seccr !v, that if he was intrufted, the thing deferibed to
!>e taken did not come within the meaning of the a<ft, in
afniucb a: it was a thing of no value, the note being can
celled. ar.d should be taken on the words of the witness, a
note that was once a bank note. And thirdly, that it did
not come under the term of other tffecls, as the legiftature
never intended a piece of waste paper ftiould come under
that head.
Mr. Garrow infilled there tvas nothing in the objection
taken that could have legal weight with the court. The
prisoner had access in common with others in the lame de
partment to tire general file on which all cancelled notes
were placed, whether of his checking or not, and from
that file the note in question was taken; but he would
contend more broadly, and he had no hesitation in faying,
that, for the pnrpofe of a criminal prolecution, every clerk
in the Bank of England was intrufted with that his office
enabled him to get at, whether or not he was precisely
engaged in the department.
Mr. Recorder observed, that his mind was made up on
the point, but he \ -mild rather it fliould be investigated
before the judges, as it was anew case, and of the great*
est public importance to be corrtcllv understood. He
fliould, however, observe, there was not the leaf! doubt
with refpecl to the prisoner’s coming ftriftly within the
meaning cf the statute of Gee. 11. and so would any
clerk employed in the Bank of England, should he con
vert to his own ule, or fraudulently obtain, any thing be
longing to the governor and company of the said bank,
however trifling it might be.
Mr. Garrow w as glad his lordfliip had so exprefled him
felf; the importance of such a declaration was incalculable
when the mil! hitfs arising from a contrary way of think
ing were reflected on.
Mr. Recorder then summed up the evidence, and said,
the only question for the conlideration of the jury was,
whether 01 not the prisoner had taken the note off the file,
and wh ether be had fraudulently secreted and embezzled
the fame, for the purpose of putting it again in circulation.
With ri fpecl to the agreement that had been read, it could
he confidcred in no other way than as an ingenious device
to cover the felonious and profligate intentions of the par
ties, and to serve them in the time of need, ftiould that
period arrive.
The jury instantly found the prisoner guilty, death.
It clid not appear that more than 7501. worth of notes
had been circulated, though fome thou lands had been taken
off the file, under the above circumstances.
We i’cievft the- following energetic paflage from the ser
mon preached on Kafter Sunday before the firft consul of
France by t!ie pious archbishop of Paris:.
“ Into what region, into what land, however remote,
into what climate, however barbarous and rude, have not
the troubles bv which this country has been agitated deeply
penetrated? No; it was not the extraordinary courage e
-vinced in battle bv the warriors of this nation—-it was not
he impetuofitv of its armies, ably led on bv the mnft ex
- -need generals—it was not that warlike glory, suddenly
from the l).ave and the Po to the banks of the Nile
h (hook the earth to its centre—but it was when
fubverlive o: all decorum were seen making their
e v ery ilate, and menacing everv government
•Ton—when it was found that no form of pow
>rty upon earth, was i’ecure from the a {faults
—Mien we law that power which is the belt
-Vftabiiffied ‘oh its- venerable Constitution, and rendered still
more- mighty: by happy moderation of its ul’ages, and
the equally fortunate ascendancy of its national morals—
it was when'we fawtjiat refpe&.alde power, I repeat it,
tremble in all its parts,, and start at the idea of the general
dissolution of order, wfith infurreiftion rearing her unnatu
ral ftaridard in a neighboring,. a sister jfland, with a mutiny
in its fleets, rebellion hatched in correlponding foejeties,
and'with difficulty putdowp by the-wisdom of the batibnSrt
councils—it tvaS then that every” regular government felt
what it had to apprehend from the comutfion of only one
people, from the revolutionary mania of only one em
pire!'’ ■~ ( * ...
May u. A letter from Ratilbon, April 26, fays,
“ The prayer for the French government, appointed by
the concordat , was, on Easter Sunday, read in the chapel
of the French legation here. It is as follows: O Lord!
bless the republic! bless the consuls! and hear us when we
call upon thee. Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and
to the Hbly Ghost. We pray thee, Almighty God, that
thy servant, our firft consul, Napoleon, who through thy
mercy has taken upon him the government of the republic,
may increase in every virtue, and, adorned with them,
avoid all vice, and thus come to thee, who art the wav,
the truth, and the life, through Jesus thrift our Lord,
Amen.”
May 13. We undferitend that the French general De
ftaing was killed a few days ago ill a duel by gen. Regni
er. The quarrel arqfe from an observation of Regnier’s
reflecting Defteing’s coadudl in the battle of the 21st of
March in Egypt, The latter had been wounded and re
tired, and Regnier had remarked, that had he himfelf been
wounded so (lightly be .should have remained at his foot.
A duel was the consequence. They fought with pistols at
20 paces, advancing two paces each (hot. Regnier was
wounded by the second. An explanation was attempted,
and Regnier Faid, that he did not mean to impeach the
perlonal courage of the other; but Deftaing said. that no
apology for such an offence to a fbldier could be received.
Rtgnier’s next (hot entered bis forehead, and killed him
on the spot. It isprobable that the aecifion of the chief
consul in favor of Menou will produce more duels on the
fubjtdl of the campaign.
A young man of 19, at Bolirdeaux, was lately convict
ed and executed" 1 for having murdered his aunt. Those
who saw him between the time of his sentence and execu
tion gave the following particulars refpecling him: Having
fome knowledge of drawing, this young man a mated him
felf with tracing on fome pieces of paper the circumstances
of the affaflinatiott;, on one was delineated the posture in
which he stood when he firft struck his aunt; on another
he drew himfelf knocking.her brains out; in a third he
reprelented himfelf on a (ledge going to the fcaffold.
David Forrester, lately executed for the murder of capti
Piggott, of the Hermione, made the following Blocking
confeffion a few minutes previous to his being turned off:
u That lie went into the cabin, and forced capt. Piggott
overboard through the port while he was alive. He then
got on the quarter deck, and found the firft lieutenant
begging (or his life, laying he had a wife and three chil
dren depending On hifn for support; he took hold of him
and allifted in throwing him overboard alive; and he did
not think the people would have taken his life, had he not
firft took hold of him. A cry was then heard through the
lhip that lleut. Douglas could not be found; he took a lan
tern and went into the gun room, and found the lieuten
ant under’ the marine officers cabin; he called in the rest
of the people, when they dragged him on deck and threw
him overboard. He next caught hold of mr. Smith, a mid
(hipman;- a feuffleenfued, and finding him like!v to get a
wav he struck him with his tomahawk, and threw him over
board. The general cry next was for putting all the offic
ers to death, that they might not appear as evidence a
gainst them, and he seized on the captain’s clerk, w ho was
immediately put.to death/’
May 18. YeftcrdaV*the admiralty was crowded with
feverat hundred navy officers widows, who attended to lie
sworn as to their being widows, previous to their receiving
their pen funis tire day; and what has been so
long talked of is at length to take hide?, namely, an
augmentation, of their pittance of 201. a year to 3d.
This morning received Paris journals to the 15th in
stant. The legiitetive b#dy is doing evrry thing to hasten
the election of the firft consul for life. As they cannot
vote as a body, a plan has been deviled to enable them to
vote individually",without taking the trouble cf a journey
to their departments.
The following is a wlimfical Lift cf the present Impe
rial Parliament.
A Man, a Wild Man, a Hard Man, a Honey Man,
a Savage, a King, a Page, -two Balt arils, a Knight, a
Major, two Clerks, a Biihop, an Abbo% three Taylors,
seven Smiths, a Steward, two Butlers, a Baker, a (look,
a Gardener, a Fuller, a Porter, a Carter, a Cartwright,
a Forester, two Riders, two Turners, a Cooper, three
Moors, a Buck, a Bullock, two Foxes, a Hare, and a
Ram. A Bird, a Rook, two Martins, a Heron, a Finch,
a Cock, and a Cricket. A Temple, four Fanes, a Wood
House, a Bam, three Heath Cots, a Birch, an Orchard,
two Woods, a Honey Wood, three Pits, three Hills, a
Hunting Field, two Long Fields, a Lake and its Banks,
two Brooks and a Trench, two Lemons, two Roses, and
a Garland, A Bond, a Penn, a Comb, a Patt'n * and a
Spencer. Law, Power, Hope, a Price, aAA(Ley, a
Shakfpeare, a Calender, a Little Town, £<? Ivor’s Head,
two Scots, a New Bolt, a Brag, a Flooder, a
Beach, a Sergeant, an Eift Court, a Monday, two Wall
Poles, a Burden, a Mill Bank, a Chamber, two Fellows,
a Strut, a Warren, a Somerset, and a Dance.
An afTetliug; and at the fame time ludicrous feene,
was exhibited a few days since: A sailor, who had been
absent from .}•? tountiry since tlie commencement of the
war, and was fupplfled’ dead by his friends, unexpectedly
came to town abort ten days since, with his pockets pretty
well filled with th# fruits of his hard earned fen ices. Im
mediately on his tivivaVhe hastened to the spot where he
had left his wife and children, but (he had left her place of
residence fome yeart back, and was gone nobody knew
where. Still he was determined to find her if alive, and
wandered wherever hit fancy directed, in hopes of gaining
so ne intelligence of h<r fate; he had almost exhausted him-
felf , a the fearth, and given up all hire- ,
when chancing to pals a flreet, near
hearing a woman crying water creffes,’ t hT?
h,s attention; he thought he recognized 1
former helpmate; f„ r a moment h fc d O! , , olCt
scarcely believing his wife could l.vetp^
’ reverie of fortune, but on coming nearer ?
removed; with a tumult of joy 8 nor
(hatched the ba/ket from herTrni r! rP . I’s defcii
the street, and gave her as complelt a h CreS
robust affeaion w ts capable of hoc
woman was no less furprhed, and buffi
the jolly tar toon diljjelletl with a comfort
creature. A tboufand questions were nowi/
iolveii in a minute, when the sailor hauled awS
to a clothes limp m the neighborhood,
her from item to stern, calling her old ones in, \
after winch he called a coach, and rode away
fweanng that, now he had found his v.zndil
was the hapneft dog alive. ‘ 1
A singular circuinftance occurred lately to mr 0
eminent hoffe dealer at Edinburgh: He had TANARUS,
F-el of balk
mand ‘caL hT„t”fo,tk
was to be seen, though they had bm/th™ oZh
and no pirfon havm-been in . 1 rtl )
fulpicion naturally fell upon him, ‘anifdf courie
no finall meafinefs; his protestations were of no
but, on t minute examination of the clolet, thecoi
a bank nne was perceived (licking through a fmaii
this led p a farther investigation, when the whole 0
notes, ptrfectly entire, were found neatlv piled up
(liape of a rat s nest, l’o that the pronertv was fafeh
vered, much to the fatisfiicftion of ‘all concerned, {
the unbrtunate rat, which would now be under th
celfityof recurring to the Jlraw.
‘July 14.
A lrorn Canada, by way of Ven
X .E state, tnat the British are strengthening their mi
poUshv that quarter, from the apprehensions they 1
.aiaoi *..e fcttleraeut of the French in Louiluna.
Wafhingtony July 9.
Appointments by the President.
General Commissioners cf Bankruptcy .
For the Diftricl of South Carolina.
William Moultrie,
John Blake,
Theodore Gaillard,
Dominic A. Hall,
Benjamin CudwortL.
For V irginia.
George Tucker.
For the Diftricl of Connecticut.
Hezekiah Huntington,
Jonathan Bull,
Joftph Hart,
John Dodd, ‘
Henrv W. Edwards,
Eljhu Munson,
Jeliolhaphat Starr, v
John Nichols,
Eliiha Hyde,
Jonathan Friibie,
Nichol Fofdick,
Jacob De Witt.
For Delaware.
French M‘Mullen,
James Brobfon,
John Warner,
Ifiiac H. Starrs.
Wiffiam White, of Virginia, Purveyor and :ns*
of the revenue for the port of East River.
Griffin Greene, of the N. W. Territory, collet®
the customs for the diftricl of Marietta, and also intjK
of the revenue for the port of Marietta.
James Clarke, of Nortli Carolina, surveyor and i" w
of the revenue for the port of Toinbftone, in the
Edentai.
Win iam Lee, efq. of Georgetown, major
legion of militia of the diftricl of Columbia.
Join P. Van Nefs, efq. of Wafliington, m
fame/egion.
Fr&ncis Peyton, of Alexandria, lieutenant t
mancant of the second legion of the militia of the
of Gdumbia.
Henry Rose and John M ; Kinny, majors of the 2
legion.
Cbarlefion , July 20. Arrived,
Gheefeberry, Amsterdam, 51 days.
July 22. Yesterday arrived, the brig *
Greenock, 70 days.
July 23. Accounts from Havana
Beauty, state, that, in consequence o
tween the governor and intendant of - r - -
Lad arrested the latter and confined him to his houie
prohibition against the entry of provisions, &c. w •
can vessels, was rigidly enforced; and although coat
tinued at 35 dollars, and the murmurs and difet*®
the inhabitants were loud and open, the governor, ‘
ill judged policy, refilled to remit, in the
the i’eyerity of the prohibitory orders. The®
spread from the (hipping to the city, and great
of the inhabitants were daily carried off. , 1
Burdeux de Pufy, well known as the
La Fayette, is said to be apjxainted by the French r
ment prefecl of the colony of Louisiana. .
July 26. Arrived, (hip Canton, Minor, 1
44 days.
SAVANNAH, July 29. p ,
On the 15th ult. about 5 minutes before
rtiock of an earthquake was felt at Fort K°) * ’
and of Martinique; and on the 16th, 10 minu£^j £ ],|
a. M. there w’as another moil violent (hock, ‘ v y
two minutes; (everal (lone walls were l e ' f
ground, and one cr two men were killed, and c
wounded; a (hip cf war, fsveral leagues i:0