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NAPLES. Nov. it.
Yesterday nt trti In tlit* morn
ijifr, the Tribunnl f-xrraoMinarv,
nppnirjtrd to trv Ern Diwvo'o,
having !>en asst-ml dt cl. flu* cul
prirwas brought lief on- them.—
V-hi- act of amtsation being read,
anti an able advocate choeen for
ihe accused, he pleaded in ins
behalf. The .Tribunal afterwards
coming to the v<>k 4 , they unani
mously condemned him to lie
hung, which sentence was put in
execution to-day, at hail past 2
o’clock, in the inaiket ?quart —
The foPowinir are some ol the
particuhtes ol the life of this too
famous robber: —
Mich: el TV. - ’ ‘ w-i hr the
njm: o i’ a ‘• ■ ■•• ‘f ;•
of very or p. : u ~
pearaaic •’ 1 lea* •• h-* o
( rjn. 1 -ar t hio’ • waver
lie tr.’i-i’., bU c-. • ■ c''. a num
ber (1 ciime-. while be was v ery
young. A price was set upon
hi, head by the ancient envern.
men'/ after which he tort shel
ter in ‘ht countiy, tvhe.ret,e sub
sisted bv robbery and plunder.
In 1 709. he was cbflsen to he one
cl” the Queen’s principal agents.
Alter the aniial ol Cardinal
Ruffe, he transferred his tlcptc
dat ions to Home. His cruelty
at Fra c-t has ever been remetn
b, red with lio-ror lbs late
crimes produced him notoalv an
act ol oblivion lor the past, hut
also a commission m one <d tne
chiefs of the Masses, amla peti
tion of utSOO ductus, and ala, tn.
When tiie court ol king Fer
dinand qtiitivd the kingdom, bia
1)ia■ oio tv a, cltai gsd vvidi aasein*
1.1 ng be iindeconterus. He at
niv,arils took refuge at Gael',
lioui whence he was sen* away
by the prince of ile-st Pl.il*|~
sthal. lie was one of the lust
that ‘tent into C alabria, but be*
jng dele* ted by the rest ol the
chiefs of tire Masses, he returned
to P„let mo, where he w.ia made
a* quaint* and with >hi pi nui me
jiiscr iecli**n. lie ven atvaj soon
i*f r with sir Sidney Sini.b,
v I art. the Q let n taught him to
lot kup or: a hislathte. Having
collected a banditti near Cilento,
h>’ pans, (ijnei to the Isle ol Ca
j ii, aid Wi^pb < m thence to the
rest of the t-.landr, where he got
toge.her all the vilest assassins,
aiidothe. s who bad been ton
cbn.nevl to the gillies tur 1 fe. —
He e!i-embarked at Spiriting#
vi b his fvorpnj companions; nil
iiis s eps since that period, have
been u aik and v. ,th robbery, mur
der and tiev astatiou by fi e.
Fra Brtvuio she we tl hi m * elf
as covvated) alter hi. apj.rehee.si
in as before, and eq tauy as ciu
ii as mti lie was at die heaw ol
lis assassins. He never teased
m utt, r itvpi e cations against
Q.'fcit Caroline and air biunev
bmitti. 1 muitig there was no
taoie hope lor In m, he d-Barcil
sol muiy ilia, evet since u. ui
c iota i It'd at bpei itaiga,, lie h..cl
bttu guniy oi . v.vniiig out u.c .i*
terai exetution ol litc oiueisgt-
Vvli h.m by sir biliuev Ou.lm—-
\>u vh wete, lo l, Vage eicrv
tt.'lele With tre ,t id a. ot. , to
Mpeillhc prisons (o vlte CitilUn.Us,
stt.U pa-don ail uniLi.ico r , o.i
U.l d.Ueti thul trey ■ i-uidu a.sl .t
in put moting a i, voiuit, ii; to m
le t tiie bigntvay s, Se!/.e tlpe i
Iffe | i •c: ,y ui i ■ idle cli.l
- ku, .uivl .o iew.ii a cnosc who
a.. Isteei ItJiii ii hi , ctiserp. ic ,s j
1 in,,, CO spH.U UoUllllg 111 ex
citing uisoiuei u nuarcit. v.iieie-
V C.i ..e C.oi.e.
Ah immense crowd of specta
tj . “'vit pies.n, at .tie e.vecu.l.
<-4t oi lilt, luiicrciiui. —j Hiir.iul
.1. pitilUtU
NASSA'J, Feb. G.
jo ,'o~vi ;g /.v i/tc manner in
u l\ u ir, : e i.-jf'.e c utt
i . j :h< i -tiii,.. a-ork cut
,< a-t -j i.-. 4. /. v not. e 11. e
jit ii i .i .w,i0,,.a/i
I.’ ‘ . J lH ii* ’
• .et .. p.i W. ‘lav e had tile
pit :..vii S tv> s ana i.wi V|Ciii>>
afi ’ am tileus oi tue ty
...I ii .tv l ein 111, tiivCl
r flight of tix'vr'*nihs, and aLt-r
having c ndvircd all •■ort'i of dan
(ti-ra nnd fatigue"., ;■ rt length ar
rived in. a cotmtrv where nerons
•ire ret ane*oed for the gratifica
tion of private revenge against
individuals of their families,
much lies beautiful women, and
voting children. Ihe intrepid
Sicilian Marquis of Salvo, who
devoted himse'f to a certa'n
(Lath, to procure the escape of
Mrs Smith, at Brescia, would
not quit his charge until he was
enabled to re-place her in the
hand® of her husband and fauni
lv. It would require the pen of
Mis. Radcliffe, ei that of the au
thor of the Castle Spectre, to
write the history of the sufferings
Mrs. Smith has undergone, the
brutal treatment to which she has
been exposed; not only when
she was in the custody of two
French <!’ armaz* who hoav
ted before her of their disregard
of human life; but also when she
had to traverse countries where
the daughter ot an Austrian am
bassador, and the wife ot a Bri
tish envoy, hrtd die greatest right
to expect A&ylum and protecti
on. ft should seem, that since
the peace of Freshing, terror has
dissolved all the *;ocial ties of life
in Germany, or to make u-ieofthu
French expression, f/emortthzed
that people. In iisun ; ng to the
ic-L’.ii; nos all the vexations and
suffci ings of Mrs. Smith, we
have laucifcd ourselves present
at tiie representation of the infer
nal regions in the ballet of Fnychc
—lt will hardly be believed tr*ty
tear hence, that in 1806 it was
neecssarv fi.r a lady to pass six
months, & make a route of 500
leagues, in coming from Venice
to England, through the territo
tirs oi ihe l ieiHts and allies of
her country; ami vet this is what
las actually happened to Mrs.
Smith and her two children
ilu te t'lfiv possibly arrive a
tmn-, when to get from Calais to
Dove’, it shall be necessary to
douti c the Cape ot Goc„ Hope.”
KINGSTON, (Jam.) Jan. 12.
Capture of Currucoa,
On Saturday arrived at
Port Royal} his Majesty’s
frigate An foil, of 40 guns, capt.
L\diard, from Curracoa, with
300 priloneis and the colours
captuied at that Island which
was taken in the moll extraor
dinary and gallani manner, bv
a iquadrßn of frigates conhst’
ing of the Arethufa, 38, capt.
Brisbane; Latono, 38, capt.
Wood ; Anson, 40, capt. Ly
diard ; and FiiguarU, 38, capt.
80l t.n. For skill in planning,
lingular holonei.s in executing,
this event will tank among!!
the lit it of hcioic actions—it is
indeed pcifcttiy in uni Ton with
evoy thing glonons in the past,
and an example of every thing
g!oilout to the future.
As our iquatiron did not
P* fids the means of laying le
gal.u iiege to the place, capt.
i. iiibane came to ihe determi
nauon of iaiiing into the poit,
and donning forts hitherto
coiduiereti as impiegnable, or
pti 1 filing in the attempt, sot
retieat was unpofiible. The
tune eluden was dav dawn on
the morning oi the 1 ;l january,
when all boats were hoiiied
oui, and the squadron (food in
with a ttrong bieeze, the Are'-
thufa leading. ihe enemy
were panic if tuck at such un
expected teinenty, ail was con
futum—here i*uuieis without
officer ——.here oiheers without
foidieis; aldiui diums beatitiu
. o
in ail uncClions ; a Brinfh
kjuaoiou m tiictr vci y haibour,
and within pi tul liiot of then
Odttciies bet.vc fun rife.
I “coops collected at O.ra Bin
viy were prcvcMt.d Com cros*
ling me waici, our Itaips niler
pdii.ig ; not iwoi-e than three
uro4U.Kie> woe ffreu from unr
frigates, when the Hops coin pa- J
nies arid officers of ihe Are j
thufa and Anson with the .ma
rines of ihe Lstona. headeti by
captains Brift ane and Lydia re,
were landed, Fort Amsterdam
flor-mcd and all the out works
had Bririfli colours flying he
fore eight o'clock, Fort Re
public, on the hill, and Cara
cas Fort excepted. ‘l’he Fis
guard had orders to acl a
gainff Otra Bandy, two hatte
ries diftinfl from the main land;
file took possession of them, to
one of which the men abfolute
!y ("warn, the enemy being pre
vioufiy dislodged. The guns of
Fort Amfferdam were fired
but once ; on our people
Oorming th.c place they did not
in a bodv, but retreated in
confufion, filing round corners
and from houles. Ihe militia,
amounting to 3.000, had no
time to collet), nor could they
crols the water in boats. The
Dutch fiigate Kenau Haffiar,
was boarded by capt. Brisbane;
the Latona warped alongside
and took poffefiion, when cap
tain Brisbane proceeded for
die fiioie. The Surinam Cor
vette was boarded from the
larboard bow of the Anfon v
while her Uarboard guns were
firing at tie batteries. The
Flying Fifli, a large national
schooner, was boarded by the
boats of the Arethufa ; the offi
cers and cr:ws of thole vcflels
fought mod gallantly; com
modore Cornelius Evertz was
killed, the captain of the Suri
rtarn mortally wounded, and
ihe fird Lieutenant dangerous
ly, besides several others. The
moment the Town, Fort Am-
Itcrdam, &c. were completely
in capt. Brisbane’s poflelfion, a
Lieutenant of Marines was lent
with a flag of truce, requning
fort Republic to surrender.
The officer difeontinued fn r
ing, but would not surrender
without an order from lieuten
ant gen. J. P. Changuion, the
governor, who was at this time
a prisoner, with all his daff, in
fort We under
dand that captain Brisbane de
filed the council to be collefcl
: ed, and gave them five minutes
to capituiate for the whole ifi
and, but as they intreated for
longer time, it was extended to
half an hour—in the mean time
preparations were made for
Itorming this alnoft inacccffi
blc fort. ‘I he liiip’s company
of tiie Fifguard, commanded
by capt. Boiton, were in boats
ready to proceed by water.
: Ihe matines of the iquaaron
( with about 300 Sailors, prepar
; ed to advance by land, the re
mainder otthe tailors on fhorc,
manned such guns as could
bear on the objefcl of attack ;
every thing was ready on a
ligna! being made, when a ca
pitulation was signed, and the
troops in fort Republic alone,
marched out with the honours
j of war, piling their aims, and
; becoming puioners. All pti
: vate property is rclpefled, and
1 the troops to be lent to Europe
; and exchanged. Capt. Bal
ton took pofLffion of fort Re
public. Captains Brisbane 6c
Lyuiarcl landed nearly toge*
thcr ; the former was the firlt
man who Icaied the walls, the
latter the second, clolely fol
lowed by their icfpeclive ofh’
cits and firp’j companies.—
About 200 of the enemy were
Ruled ; our lols, is very trif
-1 Hng, about fix killed and 30
wounded m tiie whole -fquau
roh ; bad our ihips been half
1 • l! ’ buur latter in tiie attack, the
Slang iter mult have been
I dreadfu- : nothing couio be
| better timed.
The ci devant governor
comes a paifenger on nis way
10 Europe. Captain Bolton
remains at Curracoa in the nt
uation of governor.
December 29.
So apprehensive are they at
the Ifiand of Marttmco, of an
attack from fotrie of the Biit
ifh forces, which they suppose
ate on their way from England
for that purpoie, that at the
commencement of this month,
the greatefl a6fiviiv and buiile
prevailed there in putting the
different forts and fortifications
in order, and preparing their
troops, See, to repel the ene
my.
The Minerva, Glenn, which
was detained Sc sent into Port-
Royal, on Sunday Ell by the
Goelan brig, failed {torn Ga
diz on the 26th November, and
brings intelligence that the
King of Spain, had made a
formal appeal to his fubjetts,
Petting forth the degradation
and vaff.lage, to which the
Spaniih Nation was now re
duced by the Government of
France, and enjoining them all
to arm, and affilt by every
means in their power, to repel
the aggrandizing movements
of Napoleon.
It is Rated also, that the sub
jugation of (he Spaniih Citi
zens was so great, that not an
individual had been allowed to
utter a fyliable on political
lubjeßs, regarding ffapole**
on, without the risk of being
apprehended; French Spies
biing disseminated in eveiy di
retlion.
Information was received at
Jamaica on the 9th of Janua
ry, by an arrival from St.
Thomas, that the remainder
of the town of St. Thomas had
been emir Ay-deft royea by fi.t p,
The llames are Rated to have
burst forth just at the shop
where the conflagration of ’he
lft of Otlober terminated.
Avery smart shock of an
earthquake, was felt in Iving
fton and i1 s vicinity on the
morning of the yth 01 januaiy.
d'he Courier de Brest an
nounces that hit Imperial
Highness, Prince Jerome, has
been promoted to the rrnk of
Rear Admiral, by a decree cf
the 19th September.
It is somewhat remarkable,
that the late Lord Nelson, at
the last interview he had with
j Mr. Pitt, predicted the failure
| of the Continental var, from
the command being given to
Gen. Mack, who his Lordflrip
added “ I know to be a scoun
drel and a coward.”
The report of the death of
Mungo Park, who was laid to
have fallen a vifctim in ’he In
terior of Africa, is now found
to be untrue. Accounts were
received of him at Cambridge,
in England, in CGobtfr Jail,
which Rated his arrival at
Tombubtoo, ar-d that he is on
his return home.
it is laid that the expedition
under Col. Crawford proceeds
fiilt to the Cape of Good
Hope, & afterwards to Lima.
BARBADOE3, Nov. 29.
I he preparations making at
Martinique have been fJme
time known to us ; their fears
now appear redoubled and
their efforts keep pace with
their apprehenGons. As late
as the 23d inst. ail continued
buiile and attiv >y,f<” tiie pur
poles of deiei’ itg< mil an at
tack, which fi riident.'/ ex
peCled by the mtu • - t
Dei (n. , ry. ]'; v H
of the colonies aenetu, . Hf
threatened v.i;h ‘inc.-yS
‘noyance from tio Cn jH
privateers in cur r c :., V
hood, aim oft a!!
cans arrived here wu h,!B
last few days bavin® S
boarded to windv. aid h v [B
of his cruisers, and
of Iwo cap'u res teccntly A
by them being aheady rr ‘H
ed ;—The fchociur
was boarded on the 2d j n '|S
lat. 16. 30. long. 54> bv ß
jeunc A delie, ol .2 guns H
too men, which had rsp-.H
on the 2 yh wit. :h*
vernor Beckwi'h. froauH
foundland bound
sent in, and arrived, i ne H
Rigby, Capt. Dona'-J, of I
from Liverpool, i- ov ;
St. Kitt’.s butcaptmtd S B
Confunce ptivaterr K
of 14*guns and 23 nici. (B
Donald made a vetv
refinance, and ft;-.:-.. -■
day previous to his r,...H
heating the privarcer t’ff.B
falling in with hn - n _ H
two hours fhatp
and having twcr.ty mu;’ H
and wounded, w;; : :f B
surrender. The Ikniiaiicß
so fufferc-d cotificeu-i:: . B
ing eleven killed, Leß
wounded. ■
Bfcfides the Jeune .*B
and Confiance, the r'B
privateers Deteriniiicea.riH
nera! Erneuf are alio in B
neighbourhood. ‘1 he B
mince has been (poke B
miles to windward, and B
General Erneuf wa? Itfiß
Saturday last by she Ameiß
biig Greyhound in chafe B
brig Handing to the Scuihwß
One or other of ilwfe prß
teers has boatded almofl B
ry American vefTei u;B
here (itice Saturday last. K
The enemy has aHo iB
•'fortunate in ge and..„ So H
Martinique, his iiigstc? B
brigs (escaped Irt-m hhrß
muei Hood) feme v.rrkiß
arrived there. ‘The byi’xß
18 guns, after nrodunß
Guadeloupe, has pn-cetdrß
France with difpatcLe:; B
La Thetis frigate, with B
other brig efcapcd about B
or five days ago, ar.d B
seen standing to the h-B
ward. ■
A report has hovevcrß
reached u>, and which B
to be much riepertkdu:oß
our Naval circles, of ti e ß
tureoft hefi i g ate. Ihe* ■B
of an Ametican vtfiel jHB
rived reports that he
abiion between two !Hpß
Saturday last, in the h’ B
co Channel, aid he-t“ B
cannonading, which cea.ej
the surrender of one of -fl
A further report ;s thatß
our frigates was then (,n B
day towing a large fhip lo *B
Antigua. I
We do not know t'a'‘B
is any man or war {latio| lC1 B
Martinique, but moll °* B
on this ftaticn arc hova'Jß
lea. The Northumbeß
(flag.fhip) arrived )'<■ B
from a cruise, and kh ‘) ■
nada and Venus to v, ’ !n
The Cerberus, A iex2 'fl
Wasp, and Expref*, v "“ ■
Northumberland, re3' tll ß
Carlifle Bay. I
SVRR r t , DE R or col '’ ’ l ’ I
Natciitz J B
On Tuesday mo.n.i* ■
reached this p'ace that c -f H
was encamped at ‘^ e 111 f J
Bayou Pierie, w<h s ■
a j 10 ir ‘ ktß
was said by some, o** ■
by others of 300; tl )C ’ ■
ioued to be the c> |