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have reached Gravesend, on the se- 

 cond tide, from the Downs, but 

 for the darkness of the night. 



26th. This morning, came on, 

 in the court of king's bench, the 

 trial of James Hadfield, for high- 

 treason. At nine, the four judges 

 took their seats, and tlie prisoner 

 was brought into court. The of- 

 ficer of the court called over the 

 pannel of names ; from which, after 

 nineteen challenges on the part of 

 the prisoner, and two on the part 

 of the crown, had been made, the 

 jury were swoni. Mr. Abbott then 

 opened the proceedings on the part 

 of the crown ; after which, the at- 

 torney-general addressed the jury. 

 When, after a short speech, on the 

 part ofthe prisoner, by Mr. Erskine, 

 the jury delivered their verdict, 

 "not guiJty, being under the influ- 

 ence of insanity, at the time the act 

 was done;" and, on that ground, the 

 court ordered him to be remanded. 

 He was, therefore, conducted to a 

 coach, and conveved back to nrison. 



From the Philadelphia Gazettes 

 of April last, it appears, that Mr. 

 Cooper, formerly of Manchester, 

 has been arraigned and tried for se- 

 dition. The indictment consisted 

 ofthe following passages, published 

 inhand-bills, signed by Mr. Cooper: 

 Ist, That the president did not pos- 

 sess sufficient capacity to fulfil the 

 duties of his office. 2nd, That he 

 had created a permanent navy. 

 .Srd, That a standing army had been 

 created under his immediate au- 

 spices ; and, 4th, that he had inter- 

 fered in the judiciary ofthe United 

 States, and caused Jonathan Rob- 

 Irins to lie delivered over for exe- 

 cution to ail unrelenting military 

 tribunal. Mr. Cooper reatl nume- 

 rous passagesin hisdefence, and con- 

 tinued reatling until exliaustcd and 



unable to proceed. The jun.', in a 

 few minutes, returned their verdict. 

 Guilt 1/. The court then allowed Mr. 

 Cooper three days to prepare any 

 thing he could oiler in extenuation. 

 On the appointed day, he was sen- 

 tenced to pay a fine of 400 dollars, 

 to suffer sis montlis imprisonment, 

 and to enter into bonds for his good 

 behaviour, for one year ; himself 

 in the the sum of 1 000 dollars, and 

 two sureties in 500 dollars each. 



Thefollowingminuteparticulars, 

 respecting the capture of the Wil- 

 liam Tell, French man of war, are 

 given in a letter, dated Syracuse, 

 Foudrovant, April 2, 1800. 



" March 30, 1800, sir Edward 

 Berry, commanding his majesty's 

 ship Foudroyant, of 80 guns, after 

 having landed lord Nelson ill in Si- 

 cily, came up with the Guillaume 

 Tell, French ship of 84 guns; and 

 laying the Foudroyant alongside so 

 close that her spare anchor was but 

 just clear ofthe GuillauraeTell'srai- 

 zens chains, hailed her commander, 

 admiral Dacres, and ordered him to 

 strike ; the French admiral answered 

 by brandishing a sword over his 

 head, and then discharged a raus- 

 quet at sir Ed%vard Berry ; this 

 v»-as followed by a broadside, whicli 

 nearly unrigged the Foudroyant, 

 whose guns, however, being pre- 

 jiared with three round shots in 

 each, she poured a most tremendous 

 and efFectual discharge, crashing 

 through and through the enemy, 

 slie tlien fired another broadside, 

 and down cams the Guillaume Tell's 

 main and mizen masfs, at the same 

 time,theFoudroyunt'sforetop-mast, 

 glb-boora, sprit-sail, main-top-sail- 

 yard, stay-sails, fore-sail, and main- 

 s-ail all in tatters. It was difficult, 

 in this situatiim, to get the ship to 

 fall off, so as to maintain her posi- 



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