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or their ignorance of the channel, 

 it is supposed the boats struck on 

 the banks, and the men, attempt- 

 ing to wade to land, it is feared 

 have all perished, as at daylight 

 one of the boats was found on 

 shore, and two dead bodies lying 

 near it. Six hats and several bun- 

 dles of clothes were also picked 

 up. 



21. Portsmouth. — The Fortune, 

 cartel, returned to that port from 

 Morlaix, having on board an inte- 

 resting woman, a native of Ire- 

 land, 22 years of age, who having 

 been married to Colonel Berthon, 

 a French officer of artillery, lately 

 on his parole at Chesterfield, re- 

 ceived the permission of this go- 

 vernment to follow her husband to 

 France, and embarked for that 

 purpose at Portsmouth on the 17th 

 of August last; but has now been 

 cruelly driven back, together with 

 her son, an infant of 19 months 

 old, by order of the French autho- 

 rities, and is arrived at Portsmouth 

 as above mentioned, in a state of 

 the greatest misery and distress, 

 destitute of the means of subsist- 

 ence for an hour, until relieved at 

 the charge of this government, as 

 is done in all cases of English wo- 

 men arriving from France in a 

 state of distress. The conduct of 

 the French government towards 

 this unfortunate young woman 

 affords an additional proof of a 

 fact which cannot be too publicly 

 known, — namely, that all mar- 

 riages contracted by French sub- 

 jects, detained in foreign countries 

 as prisoners of war, are considered 

 by the present French laws as to- 

 tally invalid. 



Carlisle, Dec. 26 — Robberies.-^ 

 Saturday night about eight o'clock, 

 as Mr. Hudson Scott, of Caldbeck, 

 was returning fron Carlisle mar- 

 ket, he was stopped aud robbed 

 by three footpads, on Hawksdale 

 Pasture. — As Mr. Irwin, of New- 

 houses, Salport, in company with 

 Mr. Tinniswood, were returning 

 home from Brompton-market, oa 

 Tuesday evening last, between six 

 and seven o'clock, they were at- 

 tacked by four footpads, between 

 Brampton and Irthing-bridge, who 

 robbed the former of bank-notes 

 to the amount of 18/. with which 

 the villains made their escape.— 

 Monday night, about six o'clock, 

 as Mr. Raper, of Bothwell, was 

 returning from Wigton, he was 

 stopped near Red Dial, by four 

 villains, who robbed him of 8 

 guinea notes, and a parcel of cloth. 

 Tuesday morning a poor man was 

 robbed of 10/. on the road betwixt 

 Penrith and Appleby, by two vil- 

 lains, who inflicted such wounds 

 upon his person, that in conse- 

 quence he is since dead. — Wednes- 

 day night last, the weaving shop 

 of John Robinson, of Cumwhin- 

 ton, was broken into, and two 

 webs cut in the looms, which were 

 taken away with ihe cloth beams. 



28. A party of Luddites, eight 

 in number, this evening entered 

 the house of Henry Cox, of Bees- 

 ton, Nottinghamshire, one of whom 

 stood guard over the woman (who 

 happened to be the only inhabi- 

 tant then in the house), while the 

 remainder proceeded up stairs into 

 the workshop, where they broke 

 and destroyed an 84' gauge yard 

 wide frame. 



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