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foard of admiralty, in not going 
out to the West Indies in the As- 
trea frigate, the court were of opi- 
nion that-the charge was not prov- 
ed, and therefore acquitted admiral 
Cornwallis upon that charge. 
10th Early this morning, the 
7 "“"* wife of Mr. Sawyer, a boat- 
builder, near the Bishop’s walk, 
Lambeth, . was discovered in her 
bed-room, with her brains dashed 
out, and stabbed. in a most shock- 
ing manner. This horrid deed is 
supposed to have been accomplish- 
ed by some diabolical villains, who 
entered the back part of the house 
leading to the river, and, meeting , 
with resistance to their shemes of 
plunder, perpetrated the hellish 
deed. The murderers escaped 
without creating the least alarm. 
It is a circumstance particularly 
remarkable, that, although the bus- 
band of the murdered woman was 
in the house the whole time, he 
declares he neither heard nor saw 
any thing of the transaction. 
1ith This morning a little be- 
mesores, 12; three malefactors 
were executed at Kennington- 
common: a brush-maker, for a 
riot in St. George’s fields, a young 
man for sheep-stealing, and a man 
for house-breaking. 
Letters from Smyrna unfortu- 
nately advise us of the conflagration 
of 4000 warehouses, entirely be- 
longing to Ottoman merchants, the 
value of which is estimated at four 
millions of piastres. 
91 Advice was received at the 
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admiralty, brought by lieut. 
Crispe, of the ‘Telemachus cutter, 
of the capture of the enterprising 
sir Sidney Smith, commander of 
his majesty’s ship Diamond, on the 
goast of France. Having, on the 
18th instant boarded and taken a 
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lugger privateer, belonging to the 
enemy, in Havre-de-Grace hare 
bour, by the boats of his squadron, 
then on a reconnoitring expedi« 
tion, and the tide making strong 
into the harbour, she was driven 
above the French forts, who, the 
next morning, the 19th, discovering, 
at break of day, the lugger in tow by 
a string of English boats, immedi~ 
ately made the signal of alarm, 
which collected together several 
gun-boats, and other armed vessels, 
that attacked the lugger and Brie 
tish boats; when, aiter an obsti- 
nate resistance of two hours, sir 
Sidney had the mortification of 
being obliged to surrender himself 
prisoner of war, with about sixteen 
of his people, ard three officers 
with him in the lugger. The Dia- 
mond frigate is safe, but could af- 
ford her commander no assistance, 
there not being a breath of wind 
during the whole of this unfortu- 
nate transaction; we are happy to 
add, that only four British seamen 
were killed, and one officer and six 
seamen slightly wounded. The 
seamen were immediately thrown 
into prison on their landing; and 
sir Sidney underwent a long exa- 
mination before the French com- 
mandant, after which he was or- 
dered to be conveyed, under a 
strong escort, to Paris. The fol- 
lowing were amongst the officers 
captured with sir Sidney Smith : 
Messrs, W. Moory, R. Kenyon, 
and R. Barrow: one of these was 
wounded. When the officers on 
board the Diamond heard of the 
disaster which had befallen their 
gallant commander, they sent a 
flag of truce into Havre, to enquire 
whether he was wounded, and en- 
treating that he might be treated 
with kindness. The governor re- 
turned 
