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disposable cash, and she is his 

 only child. She is under age, 

 but was. not made a ward of chan- 

 cery. The plan was as follows : 

 — One of the clergymen, under 

 pretence of paying his addresses 

 to a lady on a visit to Mrs. Elwes, 

 contrived to be received into the 

 family in thecharacterofherlover, 

 where he was treated with the ut- 

 most respect; and this gave him 

 opportunities of arranging the mat- 

 ter for his friend, Mr. DuffieU). 

 On Wednesday morning lie pre- 

 vailed on Mr?. Elwes to accom- 

 pany his intended wife a shopping; 

 and in their absence he handed, 

 with the utmost openness, Mi.'S 

 Elwes to the door, near which a 

 chaise and four was drawn up. 

 He met Mr. Elwes in the liall, who 

 asked them where they weregoing; 

 she was without a hat or bonnet, 

 and said she was going to her 

 njamma, who was waiting for her. 

 The reverend gentleman proceed- 

 ed with her, placed her in the 

 chaise by the side of her gallant, 

 and returned to the house with the 

 utmost unconcern. Mr. Elwes had 

 inquiredin the mean tiraehowlong 

 Mrs. Elwes had been out, and, 

 seeing her conductor return, in- 

 quired where his daughter was. 

 The clergyman, with perfect sang- 

 froid, told him he had delivered 

 her to the man destined to make 

 her happy ; and that she was ofFto 

 Gretna- Green, where he advised 

 him to follow, andassistin the cere- 

 mony. The distress of Mr. Elwes, 

 and still more of Mrs. Elwes, on 

 her return, may be conceived. 

 They both set off in a post-chaise 

 and four, on the north-road ; but 

 we believe they proceeded no fur- 

 ther than St. Albans, where not 

 having heard the least account of 



their route, they resolved to re- 

 turn. 



8. The surrenderof Guadaloupe 

 took place. 



9. On Monday and Tuesday a 

 court-martial was held at Ports- 

 mouth, on tliehonourablecapt. W, 

 Lake, of his majesty's ship Ulys- 

 ses, for having, when commander 

 of his majesty's ship Recruit, on 

 the 13th of "December, 1807, at 

 six o'clock in the afternoon, caus- 

 ed a seaman of the name of Ro- 

 bert Jeffery to be put on shore on 

 the desert island of Sombrero in 

 the West Indies. 



It appeared, that in the month 

 of November, 1807, Jeffery went 

 into the gunner's cabin, and took 

 out a bottle with some rum in it ; 

 that on the day he was sent on 

 shore he broached a cask of 

 spruce-beer, which had beenbrew- 

 ed for the ship's company ; and 

 that his general character was that 

 of a skulker. The Recruit beinjj 

 off the isle of Sombrero, captain 

 Lake asked the master what island 

 it was, and if there were not some 

 thieves on board ? To which the 

 master answered, " Yes, there 

 were two." Captain Lake then 

 desired hini to send Jeffery up 

 to him : the man soon came up, 

 and captain Lake said he would 

 not keep such a man in the ship. 

 He then ordered lieut. Mould to 

 land the man, and return immedi- 

 ately to theship. Assoonasadmi- 

 ral Cochrane heard of the circum- 

 stance, hereprimandedcapt.Lake, 

 and sen I him to take the nrian off the 

 island. Some of the officers of the 

 Recruit landed, and explored the 

 island, buttheyfoundonlya barren 

 spot, covered in the middle with 

 a kind of rough grass-weed. There 

 was no house or inhabitant on 



