BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRACTED FROM THE A Downing Street, Jan. 16, 1796. DISPATCH, of which the following is an extract, has been received from lieutenant-colonel Craufurd, by the right hon. lord Grenville, his majefty's principal fecretary of ftate for the foreign department, dated head quarters of Marshal Clerfaye's army, Creutzenach, the 21st Dec. 1795 In confequence of the advantages obtained by marshal Clerfaye, as stated in my lat, general Jourdan, after having attempted in vain by different manoeuvres to fecure the right of his army, began his retreat from the Nahe on the 13th inft. and on the 15th he took a pofition upon the Hunfrach, occupying all the principal paffes between Bacharach on the Rhine, and Trarbach on the Mofelle. From the 15th to the prefent date feveral unimportant actions have taken place between the advanced corps of these two armies, and the Auftrian light troops have at different times fcoured the country from Birkenfeldt to Treves; but the strength of the enemy's pofition in the mountains, and the roads that lead to it being rendered fo bad by the late rains as to make the march of heavy artillery almoft impoffible, have prevented marthal Clerfaye from undertaking any operation of confequence. His excellency's line now extends from Dreyekhaufon on the Rhine, by Stromburgh, Kirn, and Oberstein to Birkenfeldt, from whence the left of his army is connected by a chain of light troops with mrhal Wurmfer's right, which occupies Kaiferslautern. Marshal Wurmfer has drawn his line from Kaiferflautern, by Neustadt, along the rivulet called the Spirebach, to the Rhine. General Pichegru has made feveral attempts to oblige the Auftrians to abandon the post of Kaiferflautern, and on the 20th inft. he attecked it with very fuperior numbers; but after an action of feveral hours, he was completely repulled, with the lofs of near two thousand men, and feveral cannon. The Austrians had, on this occafion, twenty-nine officers, and betwen fix and feven hundred non-commiffioned officers and privates killed and wounded. The enemy fometimes make demonftrations from Dalleldorf, but the Auftrian corps ftationed upon the Sieg rivulet keeps them completely in check on that fide. Part of Mirthal Wurmfer's army and the prince of Conde's corps defend the right bank of the Rhine from Philipfbourgh to Bafle. Parit, Dec. 24. The following details have been published refpecting the departure of the daughter of Louis XVI. "Charlotte-Antoinette departed on the 29th ult. (Dec. 20) at four in the morning, accompanied by Madame de Saucy, daughter of Madame Hib. Mag. Feb. 1796. de Machau, wet nurse of Louis XVI.de Hué, his old valet-de-chambre, a captain of cavalry, one of the guardians of the tower of the temple, and óne Caron, a waiting-boy. The preparations for her departure were made by cadet de Vaux, with all the fecrecy which prudence demanded. The minifter of the interior ook Charlotte-Antoinette from the temple, and conducted her to his hotel, where a travelling carriage awaited her. All her wants were fupplied in the most convenient manner, and likewife every thing that the wished." Accounts from Bafle mention that the daughter of Louis XVI. has arrived there; that her exchange has taken place against the French commiffiont rs delivered up by Dumourier. On finding herself in a state of fecurity, the refafed to accept of any of the things provided for her by the murderers of her parents; faid fhe forgave the French nation the injuries the had received from them, but felt herself happy in being out of their power. Cowes, Jan. 3.] There have been various examinations of the mafter, and fome of the furvivors of the unfortunate paffengers on-board the John and Elizabeth, lately arrived from Guernsey. It appears, that, on Dec. 24, 120 perfons, difcharged from two fencible regiments, were put on board the above veffel by an officer of the army, whofe name the master does not recollect. The vessel is only 35 tons, and the officer faw her, and paid the matter gs. a-head to lani thefe foldiers in England. On the 26th, the failed from Jersey, and about four in the afternoon put into Guernsey, to give the people an opportunity of fupplying themfelves with provifions, and to lay in a stock of water. They failed from Guernfey the next morning about 10, the wind W. S. W. At 6, it began to blow, and, continuing to increafe, they took three reefs in of the main-fail, and fet the form jib. At three in the morning of the 29th, it blew fo very hard, and was fo thick, that the mafter could not make the land diftinctly, and about laid her to. At 8 bore away to make the land made the land about 10, but the weather being very hazy, could not diftinguish what land it was. About noon, fet the try-fail, and laid to. No hatches were then on, but the vessel shipped immenfe quantities of water, from the fea running very high, and more than the pumps could difcharge. At 8 P. M. the mafter called to the people, then below, and told them it was impoffible to keep the hatches open any longer, as the veffel muft inevitably founder, and that as many as chofe might run the hazard of coming upon deck; that the hatches must be battoned down, in order to fave the veffel and their lives. About feven came on deck; but one perifhed by the feverity of the weather. The hatches were then laid on, and the tarpaulins nailed over. About 12, it blowing with great violence, the mafter was alarmed with the cry of fire; upon which he ran to the fore hatch-way; on which a most offenfive fmell iffued from the hold. The pumps 1 in the mean time were kept at work, but could fcarce free the veffel. On the morning of Dec. 30, the wind fhifted to N. W. by N. about 2. At day-light, on examining the hold, 47 mien were found dead, and 3 women, all of whom were thrown overboard. One man died after the arrival of the veffel in Cowes Road. One of the foldiers died on Thurfday night from the effects of the fuffocation; and another was fo ill on Friday, that it was thought he could not furvive many hours longer; making the whole number of lives loft, 54. Plymouth, Jan. 26.] The gale of wind this day has been productive of the most melancholy event that has occurred at this place for many years paft: The Dutton East Indiaman, captain Samplon, which arrived here yesterday. afternoon from admiral Chriftian's fleet, brought up into the Sound, the tide being too low at that time for her to get into Catwater; in the course of the night the wind veered to the S. S. W. and blew a heavy storm, attended with a tremendous fea. The Dutton rode out the gale very well, until this morning about nine o'clock when the began to drive towards the rocks at the weft end of Mount Batten; about a quarter paft eleven fhe was fo near the shore as to strike, and the only alternative which then remained was to flip the cables, and make an attempt to run for Catwater, as the going a shore at Mount Batten would have been inevitable deftruction to every one on board, it being impoffible to afford them any relief from that place. Fortunately, by fetting the foretopfail and stay-fail, her head wore round towards the garrifon, and the cleared the Batten Point, but the rudder being unhung, the ship was not under any command, and he stood on till fhe reached the thore juft abreast of the citadel flagftaff, where the ftruck, and foon after bulged and filled with water. The people on board immediately began to cut away the mafts, to cafe the thip's rolling, and alfo to form a bridge or ftage between the hip and the shore, on which to attempt to fave their lives; but the fea running very high, the ship made fo heavy a lurch towards the rocks, that the mafts fell with great violence, fo as to break in their fall, and in con, fequence became useless for the purpose intended, notwithstanding which, many of the foldiers and crew of the Dutton, got out of the ship on the wreck, the sea at the fame time breaking over them every moment, and as no affiftance could be given from the thore, they were in the most imminent danger of being drowned; many others would have followed if the officers had not prevented them. Several of those who were on the wreck, after being almoft (pent with fatigue, got into the hip again, but four or five of them, jor who were banging by ropes under the main chams, unfortunately perifhed, by means of the main-mait falling from the fide of the fhip on them, at the time the made a heavy roll from the shore; none of these unfortunate creatures ever appeared again. Another man was crushed to death by the bowfprit falling on him. These are the only perfons who loft their lives attempt ing to reach the shore, though for hours it was expected that the greater part of the people on board, confifting in the whole of about 500, would have perished. The gale continued with the greatest violence, attended with heavy thunder, lightning, and rain, until about two o'clock, when it began to moderate, and ropes were then fo fixed between the fhip and the shore, as to enable the people on the rocks to hand them from the fhip; many had near perished in this day, from being fo long fufpended, and fo drenched with water before they could be got hold of. About three o'clock the gale had so far abated as to admit boats, with great difficulty, to get near her on the fide from the thore, and about 300 of the foldiers were taken out in this manner, including upwards of 80 fick, who are now conveying to the hospital, many of them apparently in a dying ftate. At the time the fhip ftruck, captain Sampfon was afhore, but, at the hazard of his life, about two o'clock P. M. he infifted on being hauled on board by a rope lashed round his body: this cheared the fpirit of the crew and foldiers, and each waited with the utmost patience for his turn to be hauled on fhore. Many of them were in a state of nakedness, and fo bruised as to be unable to ftand when landed. The greatest exertions were used by the inhabitants of the town, many of whom exposed their lives, and were in danger of being washed off the rocks. Five o'clock, P. M. The ship is now full of water, dashing against the rocks: he fell over about ten minutes after the rest of the crew were taken out. About 12 or 14 of the fick were fo ill in their hammocks as to be unable to get on deck: thefe unfortunately perished, and went down in the ship! The wind is again veering to the fouthward, and increafing to a gale, so that by the morning the ship will be dafhed to pieces. Not an article of her stores is faved, nor any thing belonging to the foldiers or crew, many of whom were with- out a covering, and others half naked. So meJancholy and diftreffing a scene has not been witneffed in this place for many years past. LONDON, Jan. 1, 1796. ON Wednesday laft, Mrs. Mary Reed, widow of William Reed, Efq. who died at Berkeley in April 1794, was fully committed to Gloucefter goal, by the rev. W. D. Tatterfall, and A. Auftin, efq. for trial at next affizes, charged, after two days examination, on fufpicion of having poisoned her husband. The circumstances of the murder are, that about two years ago, it is fuppofed Mrs. Reed's husband had fome poison given him in his broth, and he finding himself indifpofed, went to lie down on the bed, and thatwhile he was there, he went up to see him, and her brother followed with a broomstick, and. ftruck him three violent blows over his head ; the immediately called out murder, and her brother efcaped. The doctor being fent for, who came and dreffed his head, and left him about fix in the evening, observing there was no danger of death from the wounds, but by nine o'clock Mr. Reed Reed was a corpfe. She applied the fame evening for a coffin to be made, and wished to have him buried the next day, Laying that as he died fuddenly he would not keep; which circumstance gave rife to a fufpicion, and he was opened by a furgeon, and fomething being found in his ftomach, which was given to a dog, it proved his immediate death; accordingly the coroner's jury fat on the body, and gave a verdict of wilful murder. The brother of Mrs. Reed abovementioned, was found dead about four days after the decease of captain Reed, and is fuppofed to have thot himfelf with a blunderbufs found lying by him, his head being blown to pieces. At the time this fhocking affair took place, Mrs. Reed was examined before the coroner's jury, and discharged for want of evidence. In a late trial of an action brought by Mrs. Reed against the Royal Exchange affurance office, for the recovery of 2000l. the amount of a policy of affurance on the life of captain Reed (who died within a week after the execution of the policy) fome fufpicious circumstances arofe, which induced Mr. Mingay, her counfel, to fubmit to be nonfuited, rather than urge the trial farther, and occafioned Mrs. Reed to be apprehended a second time as above. The following Ode for the New Year, was performed at St. James's, Jan. 18, 1796. WHERE is immortal Virtue's meed, Th' unfading wreath of true renown, For all the cares that wait a crown; Remorseless Faction's harpy rage? II. Yet not, imperial George, at thee Was the rude bolt of Malice fped, F'en fiends that crown with rev'rence fee Where Virtue confecrates th' anointed head No-at thy bofom's fondeft claim, Thy Britain's peace their fhafts they aim; Pale Envy, while o'er half the world War's bloody banner's are unfurl'd, Beheld our coafts from ravage free, Protected by the guardian fea, Where Commerce fpreads her golden ftores, Where fleets waft triumph to our shores ; She faw; and, fick'ning at the fight, Wish'd the fair profpect of our hopes to blight; Sought out the object of our dearest care, Found where we moft could feel, and try'd to wound us there. III. The broken fhaft that coward Malice rear'd Shall to thy fame eternal luftre give, Infcribe on Hift'ry's page thy name rever'd And bid it there with endiefs blazon live. For there our fons' remoteft race, In deathlefs characters fhall trace How Britain's baffled foes proclaim'd their hate. And deem'd her monarch's life the bulwark of the ftate. IV. Now ftrike a livelier chord-This happy day, To celebrate a name to Britain dear, A bud its filken folds difplay, That crown thine own ambrofial May. O may thy fmiles, bleft infant, prove Omens of concord, and of love! Bid the loud ftrains of martial triumph cease, And tune to fofter mood the warbling reed of Peace! 18.] While the royal ftandard was flying in the Tower of London, this day, in honour of the queen, a tri-coloured filk flag, three yards wide, and of length in proportion, was raised over the ramparts on a staff of leven feet long, and continued hoifted for three hours before it was difcovered in the garrifon. On the difcovery, the major of the Tower, colonel Smith, went himfelf to strike it, when making into a wrong part," it disappeared before he reached the fpot, but was traced into the deputy chaplain's houfe, and found ftripped from the staff, under his fon's bed, a young man of 15, at prefent the pupil of a public fchool. Died lately at Shelford, on the Trent near Bingham, county Nottingham, James O'Burn, the celebrated ventriloquift. He was a native of Ireland, but had refided several years in this kingdom; and having, fome time ago, picked up a. wife at Shelford, he always after confidered that village as his home, whenever his inclination led, or his eccentricity fuffered him to defift, for short intervals, from his perambulations through different parts of this country. He had several liberal offers from various companies of iti-^ nerants to induce him to engage with them for limited periods, in the exercife of his wonderful and extraordinary faculty; but as he could not brook the idea of confinement, he never thought proper to accede to their propofals. Amongst the many ludicrous pranks difplayed by him, the following is not the leaft worthy of recording: A a 2 meeting meeting a farmer's fervant upon a public highway driving a waggon top laden with truffes of hay, he fo artfully imitated the crying of a child, as proceeding from the middle of the hay, that the poor affrighted countryman ftood aghaft at the noife, which being feveral times repeated, he was prevailed on to let him affift in unloading the waggon, and release the fuppofed fufferer, whofe cries became louder and more frequent. Jemmy having thus fucceeded in getting the hay off the waggon, after laughing heartily at the countryman's fimplicity, left him to replace the fame himself in the best manner he could. Feb. 16.] On the evening of Thursday laft, between eight and nine o'clock, her royal highnefs the infant princefs, daughter of their royal highneffes the prince and princess of Wales, was chriftened in the great drawing-room by his grace the archbishop of Canterbury: her royal highnefs was named Charlotte Augufta: the fponfors were their majefties in perfon, and her royal highness the duchefs of Brunswick, reprefented by her royal highness the princess royal. On Sunday evening a young woman genteelly dreffed found means to get into Buckinghamhoufe, and was making for the queen's apartments, when the was difcovered by a fervant, who asked what the wanted; but the treated the queftion with indifference, and endeavoured to prefs forward into the interior of the house, when the fervant stopped her and infifted on her telling where she was going to, and to whom, when the replied, the was going to her "mother Mrs. Guelph, the queen," who had got fome writings belonging to her, which the detained without any caufe, and if her mother, (alluding to her majefty) did not give them up, the would find means to commit fome horrid act. Upon which fome of the fervants fecured her, and fhe was given into the custody of Thomas Jones, one of the patrol belonging to the public-office, Bow-street, who took her to St. Martin's watch-houfe; and yefterday morning at nine o'clock she was brought to Bow-fireet, and underwent an examination before William Addington, Efq. during which the appeared very much compofed. She said her name is Charlotte Georgina Mary Ann Guelph. She perfifted in the story she told at Buckinghamhoufe, of the queen being her mother, &c. She further faid, that the late duke of York was her father, and fhe was born at Rome, and that he was fold to a gentleman in Spain, It appeared that the can talk ten different languages; but that he was quite infane. She was committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell for further examination. On Monday she was taken to the fecretary of ftate's office and underwent an examination. She perfifted in the fame story she told at Bow-ftreet, and the talked in the French and Italian languages. She remains in Tothill-field's Bridewell. On Monday night, after eleven o'clock, as the royal family were returning from Drury-lane theatre, when the carriages had reached the end of John-ftreet, Pall-Mall, a ftone was flung with fuch force as to break one of the glass pannels in the coach, in which were their Majesties and the lady in waiting, which, after ftriking the queen on her cheek, fell into lady Harrington's lap. A depofition on the above business was taken yesterday at the duke of Portland's office, before the fecretary of state and two of the magiftrates from Bow-treet; when four of the footmen attending on the royal family were examined, The Princeffes, who did not leave the theatre for fome time after the King and Queen, returned to Buckingham-house, unmolefted. We are happy to learn that her Majefty has not experienced any bad effect from the fright the received on the occafion. Ο DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. DUBLIN, Jan. 21, 176 the object of it, that he could not but notice Quarter Seffions. County of Dublin. N Monday laft, as foon as the Juftices had taken their feats on the bench, lord CarHampton faid he had a matter to mention to the court, before they proceeded to the usual bufinefs-his lordship then flated, he had been informed that fomething had been faid refpecting him the laft day the court had met, which he conceived required an explanation: if the gentleman who mentioned him was now prefent, as he understood he was, he expected he would ayow what he had faid and give his motives. Mr. M.Nally, who was in his place at the bar, arofe and faid, that the pointed manner in which the poble Lord had looked at him, while making his complaint, to clearly indicated that he was what had been faid. He affured the noble Lord that he had not, as he recollected, mentioned the noble Lord to the court either by title or by name, nor had there been any occafion as yet for his doing fo, but that if ever his duty called upon him to mention any man's name, or to animadvert on any man's conduct, he would do fo with that freedom which belonged of right to his profeffion, and would to the utmost of his ability, and extent of his inftructions investigate any man's evidence, however high in fituation or diftinguished by title; and as he fcorned to lay any thing behind the noble Lord's back that he would not avow to his face, hoped the noble Lord would be particular in his charge. The high fheriff, Mr. Vefey, faid he could fet the matter right-that on Saturday when Patrick McCormic had been called upon to attend the grand jury, and did not anfwer, Mr. McNally and Mr. Green faid, in his hearing, that McCor mic mic might be found at lord Carhampton's, for he was one of his fervants. Mr. Green was proceeding to fpeak, but Mr. McNally requested he would not, obferving, that as what was faid upon that occafion, had been faid folely by him, he was folely refponfible for the confequences, and could not permit any friend to be implicated. He perfe@ly recollected the observation he made to Mr. Green, and it was not as ftated by the high sheriff. When Patrick McCormic was called, and did not appear, he obferved in a private manner to his friend Mr. Green, "he," meaning McCormic, "might be found at lord Carhampton's," but he did not fay that M'Cormic was a fervant to the noble Lord, for he knew he was a labourer; he knew who he was, and what he was, from the brief he had held from Mr. Corbally, against whom M Cormic had lodged informations for high treason, but had forfeited his recognizance by not appearing on the trial. Mr. McNally exprefied his aftonishment that the high fheriff of the first county in Ireland would report, as he had done, the private converfation of one profeffional gentleman to another, but would leave his conduct to his own feelings, and the opinion of thofe who were prefent, Lord Carhampton now adverted to a new fubject. His lordship ftating, he understood it had been advanced that he had given protections to profecutors he would, he faid, always protect those who came forward to profecute perfons charged with offences against the public peace. Mr. McNally declared he had never charged the noble Lord with giving protections; he believed his lordship was too wife to grant the like; but he had in a brief, copies of feveral protections of a very fingular and alarming kind; and had Mr. Corbally been tried, the originals would have been read in evidence. In one of these curious protections, which appeared to be drawn up by a justice of the peace Mr. J. Pentland, it is directed that with the confent of lord Carhampton, Patrick M'Cormic is not to be taken up for any offence he had before or might after commit as a Defender-This ftatement having created a loud and univerfal laugh, lord Carhampton declared he had never heard of fuch a protection, and immediately left the court, exclaiming as he went out that the Pope himself could not grant such a one, Law Intelligence. Court of King's Bench. The King, v. William Webb, and Anthony A CONDITIONAL order for an attachment had been granted laft term against the defendants, who are Magiftrates of Weftmeath.-The order was grounded upon two affidavits, one of which, fworn by Patrick Brennan, ftated, that on the ad of October laft, he faw in the guard house of Caftlepollard, James Donnelly, Patrick Geraghty and James Kiernan, who faid they were arrested by the defendants. Deponent afterwards faw them tied upon cars, in the care of a military guard-they exclaimed against being fent out of the country, without being charged with any crime, or legally tried; deponent ince saw them on board a tender, where they told him they were confined against their will. The fecond affidavit ftated, that deponent faw the men on board the tender; they entreated him to apply for their enlargement; that they were taken out of their beds in the dead hour of the night, by the defendants, who did not make any charge against them, but brought them to the guard-house at Cattlepollard, confined them there for three or four days, and then tied them on cars and conveyed them to the tender; that they had applied to the defendants to commit them to jail, or bail them, which they refufed. Notices were ferved upon lieut. Somerville, who commanded the tender, and upon Mr. Brabazon, the regulating officer, to discharge the men, which was refused. Mr. Plunket now fhewed caufe against the order. He admitted the facts charged were of the moft enormous nature; which he could not justify, but it was not neceffary to do fo, as would appear from the defendants' affidavit. They stated the fituation of the county Westmeath, as disturbed by nightly depredations, burglaries, and murders, the fuffering inhabitants were intimi dated from giving information on oath, and therefore the Magiftrates affociated for the prefervation of the peace, that they received information against two of the perfons named in the affidavits, but knew nothing of the third. The defendants admit the information was not upon oath, but they fay, the men apprehended were men of bad character; Mr. Webb affiited in taking and conveying them to Caftlepollard, where he left them in the care of Mr. O'Reilly, who admits he left them at Caftlepollard with a military guard, and there was no committal. They deny there was any application to know the charge, and know nothing of what happened after they left the men at Caftlepolla:d, "but heard they were on board the tender. Thefe affidavits' exculpated the defendants from the charge of having fent the men out of the kingdom, and as to the others, the Magiftrates appear to have acted to the best of their judgment for the public welfare; they may have stepped beyond the limits of the law, but they deny any corrupt intention. This being an application to the difcretion of the court, they would examine into the circumstances, and the difturbed fituation of the country must have confiderable influence with them. Mr. CURRAN argued with great eloquence and ability in fupport of the attachment. The Magiftrates confeffed they arrested these people without a chance of bringing them to trial. The Magiftrates formed an affociation to aft against law, and when the fword of oppreffion is wielded by the hands of the law, where is the man whofe minutenefs can efcape its fweep, or whofe greatness can avoid its terrorship. A Ma |