North Wales Gazette

KENT INDIA MAN. Ix addition to the many gratifying acts of li- berality shown towards the parties who distin- guished themselves so much in rescuing the un- fortunate sufferers from this ship, we have the pleasure of recording the follow letter, furnished us by Messrs. Dobson and Baker:— War-office, Alarch SO. Sir, the Secretary of War having taken into consideration the resolutions passed at the Board of the Anglo Mexican Association on the 4»th instant relative to the important services renderad by Captain Cook and the crew of the Cambria, to the Kent East Indiaman, whereby 657 persons were saved from the wreck of the latter vessel, I am directed to acquaint you that his!Lordship will authorize the sum of tlvehundred and eighty pounds to be granted to the master, mates, and other persoilsi on board the Cambria, in the under- 0 C, mentioned proportions, on Captain Cook stating to this office to whom he would wish the same to be issued. I am, at the samn time, to state, that Lord Palmerston feels the greatest satisfaction in offer-- ing to the Captain and his crew this acknowledg- meot, for their humane and meritorious exertions in rescuing so many persons from the-fate, which,' without the assistance of the Cambria. would havit been inevitable To the imaster Mate hI) Acting Second Mate 30 Crew, nine men, each lOt, 90 Marines, 2G men, each 10t. 260 jtm I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble sewtct. (Signed) W. We have also the pleasure to state, that the Royal Exchange Assurance have in the hand- somest manner paid to Messrs. Dobson and Baker 501. as a present to Captain Cook, and W. to be divided amongst his officers and crew. The Royal Humane Society have awarded to Captain Cook an Honorary Medallion.

lontion, TUESDAY EVENING, AP&fc 12- PRICE OF STOCKS. S Cent. Cons. 9311 Cons. for Ac-et. Doi I 3$^ Cent. 18IS India Bonds, 76pr. 3j W Cent. Red. shut I 2d Ex. Bills lOool. New 1 per Cents 1041. THE French papers of Friday arrived last nigln, but we can find no thing, in jhein, worthy of extract. Accounts from the United States, rep- ort that after the return of Bolivar from Peru, one of his first acts will be to attend a l'meeting of Deputies from all the new Ame- rican States, who are to assenibieat Pana- j ma, to confer oki such measures as maybe necessary for the geiit-ral safety. The packet-ship Callada,Hogers, arriv- ed off Cork, Wednesday last, in 19 day. from New York. The Hon. E. Stanley, j M r Dennison. and the other Members of Parliament who accompanied them on their visit to the United States, are reo turned to England in the Canada. Captain Franklin, Dr. Richardson, and the other persons composing the Arctic overland expedition, arrived at New York on the 16th day of March, in the packet ship Colombia, Lee, after a passage of28 days from Liverpool. PORTSMOUTIl, Apil O.-Ab(iut sixty ,;nit, of valuable shipping, which had been de- tainN) here nearlv a month, by prevailing i-aslerly winds, proceeded this fhorniivg fOI the river, with a sligh t air from the N. weiiward.—The Morgana and Dauntless sloops of war, lately purchased out of the navy are among them. They are to be repaired and fitted for the Colombian ser- vice. It is reported there are between 3QQ and 400 sail of homeward-bound ves- sels in soundings in the Channel, detained by easterly winds.—The Aurora of 46" Captain John Maxwell, has this week been fitted WiLh a main-mast on Sir Robert Seppings' plan. This mast is composed of a number of pieces ten inches square, and from 35 to 40 feet in length, four of them j making up the breadth of each spindle, and three the fore-and-after fishes; these pieces are kept from working by circular coaks at their abutments and in their edges, are, firmly combined by hoops, which are made to screw up as the mast shrinks, and- to take off, for shifting any of, the parts that may be injured, or become defective. The form of this mast is such, that other end can be placed uppermost, in the event of any disaster; and it presents great ad- vantage, from being readily taken to pieces and conveyed, without inconvenience, to any distant part. The expence is said not to be more than two-thirds that of the common mast. The Ganges, Naaid, and Spartiate, have been supplied with them and they have been found to stand e. tremely well. The French Opposition papers give a translation of the Bill for removing the disabilities of the Roman Catholics, and contrast its provision with the new law of sacrilege now before the French Cham- bers. The two Governmentll are certain- ly conducted on very opposittj,: prin ciples, English legislation proceeds in conformi- ty with the changes required by time, cir- cumstances, and public opinion, while in France the welfare of the people is sacri. ficed, and their feelings disregarded, if not outraged, by almost every fresh act of authority, whether legislative or execu- tive. It being asserted by the friends of Pope- ry that their opinions have been misunder- stood, and that the absolution of the Romish Church is only declaratory that if the repentance be sincere, the penitent will be forgiven, we subjoin the following extract from the Life of Ridley, p. 13, and Gravess Life of Wolsey (p. 58.- Pope Alexander the Vlth. issued a Bull respecting the souls of those who died in pilgrimage to the Jubilee at Rome We absolutely command theangets that they place their souls in Paradise entirely ex- empt from purgatory.' And in another Our pleasure is that the pains of hell do not afllict them in anywise.' The Camelion 10, Capt. Lambert arrived on Tuesday night from a cruise with the ex- perimental squadron, which she left oif Ca pe, Clear. The Phaeton had carried away her iron bowsprit. The Champion was decidedly the superior ship. „The. C,r Pandora & Rose had no chance in <f0mpe- "fltion with any of the experimenta l slopps, One of the letter carried away her fore- topmast and top-gallant-mast on the day on which the Camelion left. We have receivedafile of Canadian pa- pers to the 24th of February, whicb give a very satisfactory account of the affairs of the colony. Upper Canada, which thirty- years ago was considered little mote than a wilderness, has now aboveone million of acres nnder cultivation, which is in a great measure to be attributed to the extensive., emigration from Great Britain and Ireland. The total valuation of assessed property [n the province, on which the rate of one penny in the pound is collected for the public service, is 11,969'0741. 13s. Id. In Upper Canada there are 30,774 horses and 27,614 oxen, all fit for immediate service.

OLD BAILEY, APRIL 7. TRIAL OF WILLIAM PliOuWr, FOR HORSESTEALING. William Probert stood inflicted for stealing a Wire, the property of Andrew Meredith, value £ The prisoner was genteelly dressed in black.— He appeared to be in excellent health, and ex- hibited no the least appearance of fear. In his ;hand he held a paper which apparedto be a brief. Prisnnt-r-INI-y Lord, I have not been able to ewr. Irv counsel for my defence. I have therefore prepared, within a few days, a brief for that pur- pose, aid 4 trust your Lordship will alsign some gt-ntleman a*t the bar to undertake my defence. The Lord Chief Justice-The Court cannot n. ;isjH any gentleman to undertake your defence they can only assign counsel to advise you in matters of lInv-. Mr. Barry then offered to take his brief, which •was immediately handed i6 him. Mr. Bnlhind.commenced stating the case. Prisoner—-My Lord, I wish the witnesses to come Into court one at a time. The Lord Chief Justice—Certainly. Let all the witnesses leave the court. Mr. Holland proceeded. The prisoner stood indicted, as they would have collected from the rentlinit of. the indictment, for stealing a mare, on the Itirh pf February last, the property of William Meredith. The learned Counsel then proceeded to state the particulars of the case, as liv in evidence fcy the witness-. .\t t¡" close of the address to the Jury, the prisoner was accommodated with a tsenti; and had nftper for the purpose of taking notes. Will In m hredith-Is a farmer at Rnerdean, ¡1ft Gloucestershire. He had a black mare, which he lost on the 10th of February. The prisoner had bewn at his (prisoner'i) mother's for about two months. She lived about two miles from witness. Witness went and watched fliere, and .-afterward* went to Gloucester, thence to Chel- tenham he then came to London, and went down to Andover; he afterwards saw the mare at Baw-street, It was in the keeping of Ellis, the officer: it was the same mare he had lost. She did nit look so well. She had been trimmed and docked. He again saw her this morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Barry -He bought the mare about two years since. Could swear posi- tively thatit was the same mare. There was a very particutar mark on the mare. Turn her among a thousand," saii witness, and I will pick her out." [The prisoner here handed a paper to Mr. Barry.]. Cross-examination resumed.—Never heard his wife say that she had lent the mare to Probert. Mary Meredith, wife of last witness, fenows the prisoner; he resided at his mother's house since last hay-making, Prisoner had been at their house three times. He was there on the Sth of February. He there saw the mare, in the fold. He came into the fold with a candle and lantern, and a little boy. He asked if that was where they kept them '-tre. She said it was; some- times they turned her into the orchard. He stayed there till a quarter before ten. Her hus- band was not at home then She saw him at his mother's house on Thursday, the 10th, about 12 o'clock. Mr. Barry wished the last witness to be called back, to ask her one question. The Lord Chief Justice—We shall see if it is tweessary by and by. There is no promise. Andrew Meredith, a youth about 14 years of age—Was with his mother when the prisoner came into the fold, and when lie asked his mother where they kept the mare. He afterwards went with witness into the stable lw did not speak to him; he was pulling off the gear from. the mare. On the Thursday evening be turned the mare Into the orchard, and shut the gate; it had a spring latch. He came to London on Monday last; had seen the mare; she was altered she was fatter she had been ti Unmed, and her tail cut; wasqalte sure it was his father's mare; she was black, and had a white mark on her back. Cross-examined by Mr. Barry-He could not be mistaken about the mare it was brought out of the stable and shown to him by the ostler. James Staomtr.-i-is ostler to Mr. Francis, livery-stable-keeper, Phillimore-place, Kensing- ton. The prisoner came to his master on the 16th of February, about seven o'clock in the evening, with a black mare, saddled and bridled she ap- peared as If she had had a hard day's work. He took her to the itable, and prisoner said." Ostler, will you take care of my mare ? She has had a hard day's work, I have rode her 40 miles to- day." He said he did not know that he should fetch the mare himself, or that he should come that road, and asked witness for his name, and he told him. Prisoner said he would sent a note the next day, directed to James the ostler. The next day Frewin brought a note. which was the one produced. Frewin paid for the keep. He has seen the mare since in the custody of Ellis. James Frewin.-Is a green-grocer, in Caroaby street. He sometimes roasts beef. Has known the prisoner about five months. He knew the priso- ner by the name of Thompson. Prisoner came to Mm the last time o;. the 18th of February. He asked him if he knew of a lodging, and added he had seen one at No. S, Cross-street; he had some bread, cheese, and some porter, which they drank together. Prison IT asked him to call on him the next morning; he did so; when he told him be had a mare to sell, and if he would take it for him", he would give him a sovereign. He went to in- quire the sate days at the Repositories. There was one in Barbican, another in St. Martin's-laDe, and one in Goswt-ii-strect he wenltohim at three o'clock, and he wrote three notes; the note he wrote to Stanmers for the mare, was open, two others were sealed iip he told him he would see the nllllle or Cousens CD the right hand in Ken- sington. and he was to leave one there, and the ■other hj was to take to Dixon's; he told him which way to take the mare he was to go through the park, and make his way to Battle-bridge. He delivered the note to Couserts, and then went and got the mare, and paid 4&.tki. for her; be (ioliver-, e-d the mare aT T)*; -,ton'g, to a man in the yard, and the note that WHS directed there; had not seen the man since, liiat he kuew of. When he re- turned, prisoner asked what they said ? he fold bim that they said he had opened his month too wide. He a,k",d witrress to go next day and see her sold, and told him she was to be sold for what she would fetch, lie went and gave such direc- tions. She was knocked down for 20 guineas.— Saw prisoner that night, and told him she was sold for ISI.; he (old him so because he thought he would surpr ise him when he got the money, Richard foreman 10 Dixou.Va at hortie when she mare was brought there. The >.rote produced, signedCousens," is the same note brought with her. He sai. the money (SO g lineas) named in the note, was too much money t ,f. the mart. She was sold for 26 guinear., on the Friday, to Mr. James Eames, fqr his brother, Mr. John Eames, the-coach-proprietor. Has seen the mne since. It-is the same. Mr. James Emnes—Lives at the Angel Inn, St. Clement's. Jle bought tf»e mare that- Ellis.' has* for SO guineas thinks she was brought home the ri,xi dav. It was the same mare that was at ¡ Bnw-stre«f. WiHiijiii Coast'n.s—Is a linen draper at Ken- ¡ s:o £ ton has known prisoner some years ^receiv- ed i'i e -'Ote from Frewin; destroyed it in his presence, and said he knew no Such person the J r-—7 note was signed Thompson." The note to Dixon, signed COUS¡'u's;' ,is the prisoner's hand-writing, and also that to theostlen Did not send a mare to Dixon's, nor even authorized the prisoner to send one in his name. Cross- examiiie(i liitd no curiosity to make any inquiry about the note. He did not think the note brought to him was prisoner's hand-writing at the time, being signed Thompson," and he knew no such person. Davd Ellis, the Bow-street officer, apprehended the prisoner, and fnund 011 him a pair ot scissors, and a bill for refreshments, on the back of which was written in pencil, Dixon's, Barbican, on Friday," that led iiiin to Dixon's, and thence to Mr. Eames, where he found the mare; Meredith had seen it, and also his son. The mare had been in his possession ever since. The prisoner's note to the ostler at Kensington was hfere read, and also that to Mr. Dixon. Mr. Barry wished to ask Mrs. Meredith one question and that was. whether she had not lent the mare to the prisoner ? Mrs. Meredith recalled, and being cautioned by Mr. Barry as to the importance ofthe question hp was about to ask her, said, on her solemn oath, she never lent the mare to the prisoner, nor authorized any person to do so, in her life. By the Lord Chief Justice Had not seen the prisoner since she saw him at his mother s. Andrew Meredith recalled. Lord Chief Justice—Did you ever see the pri- soner after the mare was missed ? ? Witness—No, my Lord she was missed on the Friday. This closed the case. Lord Chief Justice—Prisoner, you hate heard the evidence that has been given against you. It, is now the time for you to say any thing you have to say in your defence.» The prisoner, who had risen from his Chair, res- pectfully bowed to the Court, and unfolding a paper which he held in his hand, addressed the Court and Jury in the fellowing written defence. which we give verbatim: My Lord, and Gentlenten of the Jury-Ir I have this day pleaded not guilty to the indictment preferred against me, it is not that I wish by subtleties to evade or screen myself from the ver- dict and sentence which my country may award against me. if convicted, but that I might have an opportunity to say something in this Court, to evince to the public, that whatever may have been the unhappy circumstance of the latter days of my life, I was not driven into my present crime from depravity of disposition, but from a species of fatal necessity, which had placed me beyond the reach of all human assistance and charity. The appeal I now make is not with a view to lessen my past error that I unfortunately fell into, as there is a God on whom, I alone rely for mercy but I beg the Jury to banish all former unfortunate circum- stances from their minds. It cannot have escaped your notice, my Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, that immediately after, and ever since my dis- charge from Hertford, the public animosity has been kept alive against me by the public press, which has reached every part of England. When- ever I went, even to ths remotest village, through- out the kingdom, I was spurned as an outcast of society; and the chief instrument which prevent- ed my obtaining employment, or indeed to effect a reformation, was the public press which has not slackened to follow, and pourtray me to the world. As the victim of prejudice, I could scarcely move from one place to another without seeing myself noticed in the papers. Those of my for- t mer friends, who might otherwise have wished to continue thelv services towards me, shrunk back from an apprehension of public reprobation for being connected with one such as myself. Every door was shut against me, every hope of future support blasted. My country had spared my lite, but individuals rendered that life of no utility to me. I was hunted down like a wild beast of the forest. With this desolation around me, and with these dreary prospects before me, t felt my forti- tude forsaking me, and I knew not what course to pursue. Heaven and myself only know what I suffered. I was a prey to the most heart rend- ing care-I was a prey to a deep and intense feel- ing, the cause of which I trust it will not be ne- cessary to refer to. I appeal to you, my Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury, whether my situation was not most deplorable perhaps you will weigh in your own humane breasts the miseries which sur- rounded me, and what you would have done under similar circumstances. If you, Gentlemen of the Jury, should observe an features in my case deserving commiseration, then I trust you will ex- press a sense of it to his Lordship, and recom- mend me to mercy and should you. my Lord, concur in the same sentiments, then (liumblypray that your Lordship will recommend me to the clemency of my gracious Sovereign, as no former conviction appears on the record against me. On my way from the police office to Newgate, my ears were stunned with the horrid yells of the populace, and my life threatened. Indeed, my Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, since the cala- mitous event that took place at Hereford, I have been a lost man, and at timps on the eve of self- destruction. But the Almighty God has sustained me under my heaviest afflictions, and should his wisdom direct that my life is to be spared, the remainder of my days will be spent in atonement for past errors that I have fallen into. I hope I have not intruded too long upon your Lordship's time. I felt it my duty to state to your Lordship and Gentleman of the Jury, how miserable my life has been, and the severe trials I have under- gone since my discharge from Hertford: and like- wise my innocent wife has suffered all privations, without comfort and without a friend to assist her. and even on the point of starvation she having lately been brought to bed with-an iticrease. to the family, and no one to assist h^rift that trying moment, or to render her any but, on the contrary, nothing hist. distress and tiouhle and even at the present time, destitute of friend and home. Such,^5entleii#eu of the. Jury, has been. and is now, the situation of. iy wife. Indeed, my Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, I have endeavoured to leave lhe it*i o'elve- rat times olrtrod 14 -"set all my endeavours to aecomplhh have been unsuccessful. For the indulgence yon have this day shown to me. by attending,io the address I have now made, I feet greatly obliged there. fore, I cannot help reminding you. my Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, of the happiness ■% onpe possessed, and was evetready to alle viate the dis- [ trusses of my fellow-creatures, and to contribute to the support of-cliarttable institutions. I hope l am more the object of conimiserisiioH than that of severe censure. I anI aware, nty Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, the whole country is against me; but that, I trust, will not hifts your mind; as a trial by jurymen of my country does credit to the wise laws oftherealm, &docsnot less reflect the same sensible feelings i) Iii iiiv own mind. I therefore trust, if there should be any inarks favourable in .my ease, you will give me the -benefit/' He read the address with great composure, but in a somewhat low tone ot voice. At five minutes before twelve o'clock the Chief Justice commenced his charge to the Jury, by observing, in a most impressive manner, that they should dismiss from their minds any thing they might have heard-respecting the unhappy person at the bar. Their verdict should be founded on the evidence they had heard, and on thut alool;, The learned Judge then observed, that he wus charged with stealing the mare at a village in GlocesterShire. but the mart- being found in his possession in the county of Middlesex, ha could be tried in the latter county for the offence. He then went through the evidence, remarking upon the particular points of the case, and concluded his charge to the Jury at ten minutes after 12 o'clock. The Jury, without retiring from the box, con- sulted together Tor ifve minutes, and then returned a verdict of Guilty. The pi-i,;oiii-r, throughout the whole of the trial. appeared quite composed, and we observed no particular change of countenance when the verdict was given. He was immediately taken from the bar. He is now in the thirty-sixth of his age.

SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A STOLEN CHILD. Between fifteen and sixteen months back a very fine little bov, about five vears old. the second son of Major Williams, of little Priory Park,, near Guildford, in Surrey, suddenly disappeared from thence, during the absence of t!ip parents, who were then in London on a visit. The boy, and a younger sister, had been entrusted to the charge of a maid, who took them out to walk one evening, as usual. A crowd having been collected on the road to witness the exhibition of ttn itinerant showman, the cuiiority led her to mingle with the spectators, and, to her great affright, at the termination, she discovered that the little boy had disappeared, and no trace whatevercould be obtained of him. The circums- tance was speedily communicated to the parents, who instantly adopted every mettiod-tikelkt6 lead to a recovery of the child, but be wits eventually given up as lost. Accident, ot length, ace oiti- plished that which perseverance had failed to effectuate. A young woman, who lived in the family of a gentleman within a short distance of Priory Park. had received permission to visit her relatives at Kew, and, on Monday last, she went to see Mr. Graham make his balloon ascent from I that place. Of course, such a sight attracted a concourse of people, and a number ofexhibitors, such as mountebanks jugglers, andtumblingboys. In a groupe of the latter gentry, the girl was struck j by the superior agility of owe boy, and also by the certainty that she had seen him before though she at the moment could not recollect when or where. However, a little closer observation convinced her that he was no other than the Master Williams who had been stolen from Priory Park, and for whose restoration such large, re- wards had been offered by his parents. The girl communicated her suspicions to a man that accompanied her; and the latter having put some questions to the boy, a formal demand was directly made on the fellow who seemed to be Master of the Revels, to relinquish the child, which he as peremptorily refused. till. the inter- ference of Burton, one of the local constables, put an entire end to the dispute, the latter taking charge of the boy by virtue of his authority.— The showman finding that his right was very likely to be disputed, now stated, that he met the little fellow in London about six months ago literally naked and almost starving, his former protector, who pursued the trade of a petition beggar," (or a fellow that chalks on thp pave- ments) having been sent to the House of jCorrec- tion as a vagrant. The boy was being educated for the same literary profession, but was deterred from pursuing it by the fate of his preceptor.— Under his new master, tlie little fellow became a harlequin. and exhibited at fairs and other public places with great eclat. The truth of this statement was corroborated not only by the testi- mony ofthe boy himself, but by referrence tothe books of the House of Correction, of which place the fellow is now an inmate, having been Recently convicted at the prosecution of th«# Mendicity Society The foundling was on Wednesday re- stored to his overjoyed family and th parties instrumental to his recovery, have experienced the bounty of parental gratitude in the fullest tent. It is difficult to say what is the legitimate name, of this determined child-stealer, he has passed by so many. Surgeon Major's son was taken from him nearly two years back, at Union Hall, when the fellow was brought up there on a charge of roguery, and committed to Drix ton Treadmill for six weeks.