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theirs, to unite themselves with cbaiming.swectners resumed tl;3 



foreign powers now at war with 

 France ; but merely as stran- 

 gers, who demand a free pafsage, 

 ■which the right of nations en- 

 titles them to, and of which 

 they will avail themselves, in 

 order to repair speedily to a ter- 

 ritory, the government of which 

 •may not be at present engaged 

 i« hostilities against their coun- 

 try. La Fayette. 



Rochf rt, Aug. 19. 



Domestic. 

 Warwick, Aug. 21. this 

 morning, about half past seven 

 o'clock, the soi disant duke of 

 Ormond was ordered to the 

 bar : — his deportment was 

 graceful and becoming j and 

 the whole court, which was 

 extremely crowded, seemed to 

 feel a painful sensation, that a 

 young man so acccmplifhed 

 fliould have reduced himself to 

 so dreadful a situation by his 

 own imprudence. 



The first jury was challen- 

 ged — another being sworn, he 

 was put to his trial, which las- 

 ted till near twelve o'clock, 

 when the jury acquitted him. 



He spoke upwards of an 

 hour in his defence, and dis- 

 played very gieat ability. 



The young lady, who ac- 

 companied him from Leicester 

 to Birmingham, was present 

 with her father ; and it is said, 

 her countenance refused to 

 conceal the agitation of her 

 mind during the trial, and 

 ■when the jury pronounced the 

 ■words, " not guilty,'''' the most 



pla«e of the most gloomy sus - 

 pence. 



The evidence of Bruce the 

 thief-taker, was somewhat de- 

 fective — but the following ax- 

 iom, it seems, determined Grif- 

 fin's fate : '' If an officer be 

 killed in endeavouring to break 

 into an apartment to secure 

 an offender, it cannot be deem- 

 ed murder, except the officer 

 Ihall have acquainted the of- 

 fender by what authority, or 

 for what offence, he is about to 

 secure him. 



Griffin is still held by two 

 detainers ; one on the charge 

 of Mr Hammond, banker, of 

 Newmarket ; the other on that 

 of MrGreen, jeweller, in Bond- 

 street. 



His majesty lately received 

 a present from the duchefs- 

 Condesa de Campo Alange, 

 consisting of some of the fi. 

 nest Spanifh (heep that her 

 country could afford. As 

 some return of kindnefs to the 

 fair Spaniard, his majesty has 

 sent eight fine bay horses of 

 uncommon beauty, which were.. 

 (hipped off from the tower on 

 Wednesday la!.t foi" Bilboa, 

 and are to be conveyed with' 

 all due care to their intended 

 mistrels. 



The commifsioners for build*- 

 ing a bridge acrofs the river at 

 Montrose, have contracted 

 with Mr Alexander Stevens, 

 and a few days ago this im- 

 portantpundertaking was coin-» 

 mencec^ 



