The real name of this famous leader of the gang of robbers was Buckler. The nick-name of Schinderhannes, which in German fignifies Jack the Hangman, was given to him on account of his cruelty.

Letters from Conftantinople state, that the Beys, who had not, as was fome time ago reported, got poffeffion of Alexandria, now befiege it fo clofely, that the Governor, Ali Pacha, has been forced to abandon the town, and confine himself to the defence of the cattle.

In the month of October last, Mr. Thornton, merchant, of Conftantinople, on his return from England, was ftopped on the borders of Turkey, by a banditti,

and robbed of the whole of his baggage, containing fifteen thousand pounds worth of diamonds, befides feveral ether articles of value; happily, himself and attendants efcaped unhurt.

General Rochambeau, reduced to the greatest distress in St. Domingo, has, according to fome accounts, been obliged to abandon Cape François, and to retire to the Spanish part of the island. Other accounts affert, that he has evacuated the ifland altogether, and made his escape to North America. The negroes, it is ad. ded, have eftablished a Government of their own, and called it the Republic of the Incas.

DECEMBER 17.

A LONG hearing took place, before the Magiftrates at Union Hall, on a charge brought by Captain Colling don, of the Southwark Cavalry, against Mr. Thomas Dowley, of the fame Corps, for fines incurred by non-attendance at drills, &c. It was infiited, on the part of Mr. Dowley, that he had fame time fince refigned, had a right to refign, and was therefore not liable to the penalties; on the other hand, it was made out, and fo determined by the Magiftrates, that a Member of a Volunteer Corps could not of himself, and of his own accord, refigna the fines were accordingly confirmed.

18. About noon, Elfi Bey, accompanied by Lord Blantyre and Colonel Moore, attended by his interpreter and a fuite of Mamelukes, arrived at the Cattle Inn, Windfor, where he was foon after met by General Stuart, when the whole party proceeded to the Cattle, where they continued for fome time, viewing the apart. ments, &c. After divine fervice, the King, Queen, Princeffes, and the Duke of Cambridge, came alfo into the Caftie, and proceeded to the armoury, where they met the Bey, who was prefented to their Majefties by General Stuart. The Mameluke Chieftain made a bend of low refpectful falutation, and was received by their Majellies in a moft gracious man ner. Both the King and Queen converfed a long time with him, complimented him upon the gallantry of himfelf and his party, in their frequent difcomfitures of the French troops during their late invafion of Egypt, and acknowledged their fervices to the English armies, in the glorious expulfion of the enemy from that

country. His Majefty, conformable to etiquette, did not enter into converfation with him upon any political objects of his miffion to this country. In answer to his Majefty, the Bey faid,

"He was proud in expreffing to their Majeftics the inviolable attachment of all his party and adherents in Egypt; that he came to bear the homage of their refpect to this nation, which, from its conquefts, as well as its humanity, they confidered the greateft in the world; that the happy deliverance of his country, by his Majelty's brave armies, from the cruelties and oppreffion of the French, whom they ftill regarded as their common enemy, would ever remain engraved upen the breafts of his people; and that he still hoped that, under his Majesty's aufpices, its peace and tranquillity would be finally established, for the honour and glory both of their Emperor, the Sublime Sultan, and themfelves, who, like a father and his fons, could have but one common intereft."

On quitting Windfor, the Bey, accompanied by the above military officers, went to dine at Lord Hobart's, at Roehampton.

On Monday, his Excellency paid his vifits of leave, in form, to their Royal Highneffes the Prince of Wales and the Commander in Chief of the Forces, and the feveral Officers of State; and on Tuefday, at five in the morning, fet out on his way to Portimouth. He has fince failed for Egypt.

The 10th Light Dragoons, of which the Prince of Wales is Colonel, has been removed from Brighton to Guildford barracks.

21. At the Levee, Mr. M'Intofh, the Barrister, was prefented to his Majelty by Mr. Addington, on his being appointed Recorder of Bombay; when he received the honour of Knighthood.

24. Mr. Spencer, the mafter of the Garrick's-head, in Bow-treet, went from his own house in a coach, with provisions which he had taken for the purpofe of dining with Mrs. Spencer and fome friends, at Bracknall, in Berkshire, on Christmas Day. When the coachman opened the door, at the White Horfe Cellar, in Piccadilly, Mr. Spencer was found dead. He appeared to be perfectly well in the morning, and had eaten a hearty breakfast. He was many years known to the Public at Drury-iane Theatre as the principal Harlequin, a character which he supported with peculiar activity, and with more of the traditional pantomimic knowledge of that character than any of its prelent reprefentatives pollefs. It is to be noticed, that Mr. Spencer was one of the Duke of Cumberland's Sharp Shooters, and lately gave a medal, value 50 guineas, to be hot for by the Members of that Corps.

18. This afternoon, two officers, with 3 warrant of diftrefs from the Magistrates of the Borough, diltrained on the premiles of Mr. Thomas Dowley, Willow ftreet, Bank-fide, for the fines and penalties fuppofed to be due by him for nonattendance at drills, after he had tendered his refignation to his Commanding Oficer, Captain Collingdon. Inete fines and penalties were itated to amount to 5. 158. but which Mr. Dowley refifted as illegal. The officers took from Mr. Dowley, his fword, pistols, uniform, and helmet, which they estimated at 41. 103.; and therefore, to complete their levy, they took from him two filver table fpoons. Mr. Dowley has acted upon legal advice, and will bring the question to trial before a Jury in the Court of King's Bench.

JAN. 7. This morning, about two o'clock, Mr. Salver's cotton manufactory, at Durham, was difcovered to be on fire; and by leven, nothing remained of that extenfive range of buildings but the fhell, the greatest part of which fell to the ground in the courte of the day. The lofs fuitained is eltimated at upwards of 20,0001.

11. This day, every Banking-houfe in town received a 1000l. worth of ftamped dollars from the Bank, in exs change for Bank paper. The Bank iffue and receive them at 5s. each.

13. Francis Smith, Officer of Excise, was indicted at the Old Bailey, for that he, on the 3d inftant, did maliciously and aforethought make an affault with a loaded gun on Thomas Millwood, and him the faid Thomas Millwood did feloniously murder and kill, by a wound in the head, neck, and jaw bone.

Mr. John Lock, wine-merchant, in Hammersmith, faid, that on the night of the 3d or January, about half pait ten o'clock, as he was going to his own houfe, in company with a Mr. Stow, he met the prifoner, who informed him that he had fhot a man, believing him to be a pretended Ghoft that infettel Hammerfaith. There had been a ruatour of fuch a circumitance. The watchman coming up, they all went into Limekiln-lane, where they found the decealed lying. Mr. Stow and the witnefs confulted together what was bett to be done, and they fent for the High Contable. They obferved the head of the deceafed, and that a fhot had entered the lower part of his left jaw. The witnefs told the prifoner the confequence of what he had done. He faid he did not know the individual. It was an extremely dark night. He feemed very much agitated; taid he had spoken to the perfon twice, but received no an

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William Girdler, watchman at Hammerfmith, faid, that on the night of the 3d of January, about half paft ten o'clock, he met Mr. Smith at the corner of Beaver-lane, wh told him that he was going to look after the Ghoft. The wit-. nefs faid, that he would come and meet him, fo foon as he had called the hour; that they would then fearch the lane for him, and take him if they poffibly could. They agreed on a watch-word, by which to know each other. The one was to fay, "Whe comes there ?" and the other to answer, "Advance, Friend." They then feparated. Shortly after this, as the witness was coming towards BlackLion-lane, he heard the report of a gun. He was not furprifed at the circumflante, as it frequently occurs during the night time, and he therefore took no notice of it. In a minute or two, however, the fervant of Mrs. Honour, who keeps the White Hart, came un and informed the witnefs that Mr. Smith withed to fee him. When he came to the prifoner. he informed him that he had hurt a man. The witnefs faid, he hoped not much; and the prifoner replied, he was afraid very bad. Mr. Lock and Mr. Stow then came ur, and they all went to the corner of Black Lion-lane, where they found the deceased lying on his back, quite dead, with a wound in his left jaw, apparently by a thot. They then carried the deceafed to the Black Lion. The prifoner told Lock and Stow that he would deliver himself up immediately.

Ann Millwood, filter to the deceafed, being called, the faid that the lived in her father's houfe. On the 3d of January, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, her brother came in. He had been to feek his wife, who was at a friend's in the neighbourhood. The witnefs and her mother were then going to bed. She lighted up the fire, however, and her brother fat down for about half an hour. The watchman having then called the hour, the reminded her brother to go for his wife, who he was afraid was ftaying too late. He accordingly went away, and fhut the door. The witnefs went to the door a minute or two afterwards, and heard a voice exclaim, "Damn you, who or what are you? Speak, elfe I'll fhoot you." And imme. diately the report of a gun was heard. The witnefs cried out, "Thomas," meaning her brother. No perfon anfwered, and the witnefs faid to her mother, that he believed her brother had been hot. Her father, and a gentleman

who ftaid in the houfe, paid no credit to her apprehenfions; but the witness de clared that he would fee after her brother, though it fhould colt her her life. She accordingly ran out, and about half way between her father's boule and the houfe to which the deceafed was going, the found him lying dead on the ground. No perfon was near him at the time. She did not believe that any animofity subfifted between the prifoner und her bro ther they hardly knew each other.

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Mr. Flower, furgeon, faid that he faw and infpected the body of the deceased, and found that he had received a gunthat wound in the left fide of his lower jaw, feemingly from firall hot, No. 4. The fact had penetrated the vertebra of the neck, and injured the spinal marrow. fie examined the brain, and found it had received no injury. The witnels entertained no doubt that the wound which he faw was the caufe of the perfon's death. The face was much difcoloured, and the jaw-bone broke.

The prifoner was now called on for his defence, who, being informed that his Counsel could not fpeak for him, faid; "I can only declare, that I went out with a perfectly good intention: after calling to the deceated twice, and receiving no answer, I became to agitated that I did not know what I was about; but I folemnly declare that I am innocent of any malicious intention against any per fon whatever."

The mother-in-law of the deceased was called to prove that the deceated had once before been taken for the ghoft, in con. fequence of his white drefs, and that the therefore advifed him to wear a great

coat.

A number of refpectable witneffes gave the prifoner an excellent character; one gentleman, who had known him for fifteen years, faid his life had been marked by fingular acts of humanity and benevolence.

As to the defence made by the prifoner, his Lordthip thought it rather rea markable, that the pritoner fhould have gone out, under the perfuafion that it was a mere man whom he expected to meet, and yet, in his defence, should alledge that he was fo completely agitated, as not to know what he was doing. His character, however good, his Lordship was afraid, could not avail him. It was his Lordship's painful duty to say, that nothing occurred in this cafe which could take it out of the legal definition of Murder.

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The prifoner feemed much affected during the trial. At the conclufion of the Charge to the Jury, he was obliged to retire for a few minutes into the air. The Jury retired for an hour and five minutes, when they found a verdict of MANSLAUGHTER!

The Lord Chief Baron reminded the Jury, on the oath they had taken, that this was a verdict which they could not give. The prifoner could not be found guilty of Manflaughter. Their verdict muft be, Guilty, or not guilty, of Marder.

Mr. Juftice Rooke, Mr. Juftice Law. rence, and the Recorder, fated their concurrence in this opinion.

The Jury then deliberated a few minutes in their box, and returned their verdia-GUILTY OF MURDER.

The Recorder immediately pronounced the Judgment of the Court, forencing the prifoner to be executed on Monday Dext, and his body to be diffected and anatomized, according to the statute.

When the Jury returned the verdict of Guilty, the L rd Chief Baron faid he would immediately report the cafe; and a refpite was lent to Newgate in the courfe of the evening.

[Smith has fince been pardoned, on corcition of a year's imprisonment in Newgate.]

15. The Rev. Lockhart Gordon, and Mr. Lauden Gordon, brothers, forcibly carried off Mrs. Lee, a lady of contiderable property, from her houfe in BoltonTow, Piccadilly, to Tetfworth, near Oxford; where, from a firm perfuafion that her death would be the confequence of a refiftance, (Lockhart having pistols,) she and Lauden Gordon flept in the fame bed that night.

The Gordons are committed for trial. By the itatures, 3d of Henry VII. and 30th Elizabeth, it is made felony, without benefit of Clergy, to take any woman forcibly away, with intent to pollefs her property, marry her without her content, or to defile her perfon.

17. Ann Hurle, for forging a power

of attorney in the name of Benjamin Allen, of Greenwich, with intent to defraud the Bank; Sarah Cheshire, for burglary; Jeremiah Corneilly and James Draper, for wounding and maiming; Margaret Carrol, for Healing in a dwelling-houfe; Samuel Jenkins, for uttering falle money; and Cecil Pitt, for houfe breaking; feverally received sentence of death at the Old Bailey.

Mr. Wickham has refigned the office of Principal Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; and Sir Evan Nepean, Secretary to the Admiralty, is appointed to fucceed him in that important fitua tion.-M. Mar.den fucceeds Sir Evan.

A letter has been fent by Colonel Harnage, Infpecting Officer of the London Dutrift, to the Commanders of Volurteer Corps, in which is contained the following remark: "It is proper to instil into the minds of foldiers, the abfolute neceffity of pofitive filence and fri attention. Every man, from the moment he is under arms, until difmiffed, ought not, on any account whatever, to move hand or foot, head, tongue, lip, or eye, but as ordered by his chicer; it is pofitively and indifpentably neceflary, that every man, officers included, while in the ranks, become machines, no part of which is to flir, but when put in motion by the breath of the cor manding othcer."

A Mr. Hime lately brought as action, in the Court of King's Bench, against a Mr. Dale, for piratically publishing a

purious copy of Dib tin's Song of Abrabam Newland, the plaintiff being pol defied of the cle right of the fame. Lord Ellenborough though, that a fong, print ed on a fingle theet, could not be confidered as a book, and of courfe did not come under the meaning of the Act of Queen Anne. Mr. Erikine, on the contrary, thought a poem, whether thort or long, was fill within the meaning of the Act, and entreated that this action might ftand over for future difcullion; to which his Lordship, though perfifting in the opinion he had delivered, readily confented.