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thinking that she had staid longer 
than necessary, went in search of 
her; but not finding her, she be- 
came alarmed, particularly as there 
was no other way out but the one 
they came in at.~ She therefore ran 
to see if the deceased went back ; 
but meeting two gentlemen who 
were ‘going into the garden, they 
assured her that she did not go out 
that way. The alarm being given, 
Mr. Garthshore came with a boat- 
hook, and, in a little time, hooked 
her cloaths, and she was taken out 
of the water lifeless, and brought 
into the infirmary, where every me- 
thod, prescribed by the Humane So- 
ciety, was used without effect. Thus 
perished an amiable young lady, in 
the bloom of youth, and under the 
immediate care of an affectionate 
mother. 
Yesterday evening, between six 
and seven, major Sirr, attended by 
Hanlon, the keeper of the tower in 
the castle, surprised an offender, 
against whom there was an informa. 
tion, as an insurgent, in a carpen- 
ter’s shop in John-street, in the li- 
berty, where this fellow was at 
work. The major, on entering the 
place, where two others were also 
employed, threatened, that if any 
should offer resistance, he would 
fire; this did not deter, for the ruf- 
fian whom they wanted, finding him- 
self nearly secured, sought for a pis- 
tol he had; on doing which, major 
Sirr snapped his at him, which mis- 
sed fire. Hanlon immediately went 
to seize the fellow, but before he 
could, the latter fired, as did Han- 
Jon, at the same time, but he was 
unfortunately killed, and the despe- 
rado only shot in the left hand, 
where the ball lodged. The offen- 
der, with the two other persons, 
were seized and lodged in the castle- 
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guard house last night: the delin- 
quent is a young man between 20 
and 30 years of age. 
At the Old Bailey sessions, Mr. 
R. Astlett was again put upon his 
trial, by a fresh-construéted indiét- 
ment, charged with the embezzle- 
ment of the property and effects of 
the Bank of England. The evi- 
dence was nearly the same as .on 
the former trial, which proved that 
the prisoner had embezzled ex. 
chequer bills to an immense amount, 
Mr. Erskine, in -behalf of Mr. 
Astlett, took his former ground of 
objection; viz. that the exchequer 
bills embezzled had been informally 
issued, and were no more than 
waste paper. 
Mr. justice le Blane said, he 
would leave that point to be deter- 
mined by the judges. The jury found 
the prisoner guilty in the facts, and 
the point of law will be argued next 
sessions. 
The Hereford journal of this day- 
says, “* Mrs. Read, who was tried 
at Gloucester, in 1796, on a charge 
of poisoning her husband, died lately 
at Southampton, after acknowledg- 
ing her guilt in that, and another 
transaction of equal atrocity. No 
language can describe the severity of 
her feelings, and her contrition bor- 
dered on despair.” 
A-very fine mastiff dog, at Heckle 
Grove, Yorkshire, suffered an ex- 
traordinary fate a few days ago, be- 
ing actually stung to death by a 
swarm of bees, who attacked him 
where he was chained in the gar- 
den. Many of these vengeful insects 
vere found, afterwards, in the dog’s 
mouth and throat. 
19. Dublin—R. Emmett, esq. 
was this day arraigned for high trea- 
son. The prisoner ploaded not 
guilty. Several persons i es 
his 
