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Saturday, and what she said before 

 the coroner she could not tell, as 

 she did not perfectly recover her- 

 self until the Sunday. 



The prisoner Rowell said no- 

 thing, but left it to his counsel. 



The jury, after consulting about 

 two minutes, returned their verdict 

 of guilty against both prisoners. 



Mr. Justice Le Blanc then pass- 

 ed sentence on them, dwelling 

 much on the enormity of the offence 

 in both prisoners, particularly in the 

 wife. Fountain, who fainted at the 

 conclusion of the sentence. The 

 other prisoner, Rowell, received 

 the sentence with the utmost in- 

 difference, and treated his fellow 

 prisoner with marked contempt 

 during the trial. 



They were ordered for execution 

 on Friday morning next, and their 

 bodies to be anatomised. 



Extract of a letter from Deal, 

 dated Wednesday, August 4. — 

 " About two o'clock this after- 

 noon an unusual quantity of 

 smoke was seen issuing from the 

 afterpart of a large ship at anchor 

 in the Downs, and in a few minutes 

 more it was discovered she was on 

 fire. Our boatmen, with that 

 promptitude which distinguishes 

 them, immediately put off to assist 

 the distressed mariners. In a short 

 time the headmost of them were 

 along-side the vessel. Volumes of 

 dense smoke now arose from every 

 part of the ship, and the flame 

 began to show itself through every 

 port hole, the deck appearing as 

 one mass of fire. Before three 

 o'clock the sails and rigging were 

 on fire, and soon afterwards the 

 forctopmast went over the side, 

 and the mainmast fell by the board. 

 Our intrepid boatmen kept close 



along-side, however, and succeeded 

 in towing the burning ship clear 

 of the other vessels riding at 

 anchor in the Downs, until they 

 had got her considerably into the 

 bay : she proves to be the Favour- ■ 

 ite, captain Evans, laden with 

 wine, nails, iron hoops, and other 

 merchandize, bound to Guada- 

 loupe. Neither captain Evans, 

 nor his mate, can give any con- 

 jecture as to the cause of the 

 fire." 



Loss of the Dcedalus Frigate.-— 

 Extract of a letter from an officer 

 of his Majesty's frigate Daedalus, 

 dated Madras, Aug. 5, 1813.— 

 «« We, on the 1st of July, after a 

 prosperous, though tedious voyage, 

 with our convoy, made the island 

 of Ceylon, near Point de Galle, 

 and not more than four days' sail 

 from our destination, Madras. On 

 the morning of the 2nd, about eight 

 o'clock, going very fast through 

 the water, all hands were roused 

 and alarmed, as you may easily 

 conceive, in consequence of the 

 ship touching the ground, and 

 then sticking fast: we all rushed 

 on deck, when the distressing truth 

 too evidently appeared. The ship 

 had struck and grounded on a shoal. 

 Fortunately for us and convoy, it 

 did not occur at night ; if it had, 

 certainly not a soul would have 

 been saved to relate the lamentable 

 tale. The necessary signals were 

 immediately thrown out by us to 

 the convoy, which saved them 

 from sharing the same fate with 

 ourselves. No indication of shallow 

 water had been perceptible ; though 

 coloured, it was not more so than 

 all the morning and evening pre- 

 vious. We remained on the shoal 

 twenty minutes, rolling consider- 



