Star. — London, England, 1809-09-21 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, SEPTEMBER It. This monini.%) about rine o'clock, many persons el this pier wete highly gratified by the following in t:ante 4;f humanity and activity of our boatmen tailor looking through a telescope on the pier, saw a boat at set, seemingly coming towards the harbour, ‘ . .hta he perceived her suddenly to upset at about three reiles distance ; he immediately gave the alarm, sr.d the Nile Ramsgate boat, WILKINSON master, in a element manned and put off, with a great press of . s•rl, to t h e i r ass i stance, at the i mminent danger of 0 ;"1:: themselves overset, as there was a fresh breeze, and a considerable scud. The Nile fortunately ar r.""cd ul time to save the lives of every person belong tethe boat, n i ne i n num b er , v i z . a li eutenant , ni!dsirpman, and seven seamen, .belonging to the Dina frigete, in the Downs. But for the prompt 2 " ls t 3 nCe of the Ramsgate boat, no doubt some must have perished ; there was a good deal of sea. They. were all, including the Lieutenant, who has but one arm, eresecved and nut on shore at Ramsgate, We hope that this laudable attention of the boatmen, in z.tvlng so many valuable lives, will be properly re. presented to the Lord.; of the Admiralty, and We trust t 7 :..ir , lnuran e e ff orts w ill not go unrewarded. N‘ c the plea sure t o s t ate , t h at man y o f t h e i • landed at this port, a few days since, froui Flush ' are fast recovering. 'lie whole number landed v:as ahout two hundred ; a few only of whom, •0 . .r.• re last gasp when they landed, have (red—tha wounded, are, for the most part, get ber.or. We are authorized in stating, that the These poor men is not infectious; and levvr are the prevailing maladies among t..ck h ere , f rom w hi ch every hope is entertained •)7 tr,; , medical goetlernen, that they will speedily v-%.(:Ter. mom LLOYD'S LIST. C 7lt Strr. 19.—tented the Propose, Priost, .. front it):(pir; l'ompro, Arandigo, from Palermo; Mira, 'Watson, Jamai ca ; G overner Harcourt, Mq.ean, from St. Croix i ard `Aaria, forte, from Cadiz.—Sailed the Valise., Dobaran ; 1n.4 olif..rt and Sarah, Teesdale, for Lisboa ; Divine, Penny, for 1 ), , 1f7 0 7 and Jetsey, Patterson, for Madeira. tm ti A 9 . o . —Arrived the Floriton, Spires, front Quebec ; ' 44 -P ='d and Ann, Harply, from Martinique ; Pomona, Wood, from 7.. ; Mari, Surmon, from Montreal ; and Swa ll ow, Long :dye, from Malta —Sailed the 011011 . Gardner, for Hayti ; the Ni.:ll.lson, for Rio Janeiro; Limerick, Lone, for Li t. rck ; ai,cl Two Brothers, Burnstead, fur Flushing. T' e Demerara, Inglis, bound to the Clyde, we, on ab3re at but 11 o ut o i l, full of wa te r, an d put i uto D oc k— t h e S k a merva, Smith; ' George, flarmonia; M argaret , S te) h en ; an d nk ••••:-, ;were driven on shore at Liverpool tut Monday night. I•PF YAI'AL INtELLICEIVCE. T.Vind S. W. DEAL, SFIYTEMBER t,. . FALMOUTH. SEPTEMBER 18. Arrived his Majesty's ship HUMBlift, from the Vowns ; and the Walsingham packet, Captain Ro was, with mails from Lisbon, in eleven days pas. s age. The Lady Arabella packet, for Jamaica, pu•. back on the 15th instant, with the loss of her bow sprit and foremast.—Wind S.W. PLYMOU I H AND Pf.yMOUTH.DOCK, SEPT. 1 9. TheT Darwin, of 61 guns, is coming up harbour =peril Cawsand Bay. She will, I understand, be laid bing now 39 years old ; add to which, she su ff ere d very severely in the 1 tte gales on her passage from t he West Indies. l'everclay A4rairal Yot.l:G arrived here, and re sumed thecommand at this port : he hoisted his flag bft board the SALVADOR DEL MIND°, and Rear-Ad. Surrot: shifted his to the 11.2.sOtue. ri v e wind having become favourable, the following vessels sailed this day for their respective destinations, v ; z .--The CONFLICT gun-brig, with Mt. Mats, the Messenger, having cEspatches for Lisbon and Spain; Jatot7SE sloop, for the Cork station ; and la RIDE frigate, for Rochefort.—The Pilots are looking out for the DEPIANCE. Came in the brig Wienholt, of Teignmouth, Cap tain Witttavt LANGDON, from Liverpool, bound to Newfoundland, laden with coals,. salt, , and provi sions : she has been as far as long. 29 W. where she expeliencei a very heavy gale, and in which she lost her mists, beats, sails, rigging, and every other frwmtble that was on deck, as also part of her cargo, and she is a complete wreek, and great fears were en trtained that she would have foundered. Two of c; ,-_••. , , were also washed overboard, but recovered :lg.:in.-Trio, of Whitehaven, Capt. M'lvcn, from Cape Francois, bound to London, with coffee and cotton; - sl:e has list her mizen-mast, main-topmast, and otherwise in great distress—Brig Stag, of Jersey, Captain LP. Manua, from Poole, for Co run :a, with cod-ash ; put in here by had weather ; CEorge, Captain AZ:BORNE, from Malta, to Hull, vith oil, currants, /cc. one of the HYPERION'S con voy: she left Cadia the 14th 'At—Omega, Fnosv, front Coruna:: it does not appear that she brings any thing of importance—Mary, Captain MAY, from Bristol, with spirits fcr the navy. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER d2o. ::fI,NI the H A RDY gun•brig on a cruize. The knu..t cutter takes convoy to the Eastward. Arrived the korAt O.tw, of 74. guns, from Ports mbuth ; the ROLLA And SHEERWATER sloops from a rtuize,Sailed the THALIA frigate for Portsmouth, ani ;!:e CHALLENGER sloop of war on a cruize. :.!IYTEM'Erit 20.—came down from the River:. the !kton:rch, KENT, for Jamaica; Francis and Eliza, Cnisex, and the Albion, Hustr, for Gibraltar; Go ernHalket, WATSoN, for Tobazo ; and the Fin. 7.1, DUNNING, for Rio Janeiro.—Wind S, W. • • ktta:in the Princess tf Orange, Super% Vererable, Royal r!ai, !.:orunooth, Salsette, Diana, Butephelu., Iluis , Wey xtoath, Termagant, Rapid, Kaniaroa, Fly, Sheer. Royalist, Redpole, Faeoarite, Ulysses, Crocus, Cordele, t::2l,agv:, Oberon, Osprey, Dexterous, and Furiois. YARMOUTH, .SEPTEMBER sm. • Arived DAUNTLESS sloop or war ; DltinExcE SrAr,:.;sc, wit i convoy, for Gotteriburgh ; and tit H A cc pun-brig, with transports, remains.— Re. zrzia in tire Roads ships as per Ist.-IV - in& &S.W. breeze. -- itSs.ro.vb t , ' , • . . THE KING v. WRIGHT AND nTtitltS; This was a prosecution against Wright, a Sheriff's (fficer, Barnet (an auctioneer or broker), J. Shaw, T. Bien, R. Tinker, M. Jet ome, P. Smith, D. Snsith )1 and James Philpot, h s assistants, for an assault end trespass on the night of the 21. th of December last, in the house of a Mrs. Olivier, mantua and dress-maker, in Pall-mall. From the statement of Mr. Barry, it appeared, that in consequence of an execution for debt, in the house of the: prosecutrix on the preceding day, the defendants went there on the Saturday night, to carry away the goods under seizure. About 8 o'clock, Mrs. Olivier ) who was out, returned home, and found these men employed in taking down her beds, and prepar ing the goods for removal. She opposed their carry ing off the goods, without giving her a written inven tory ; which they refused. Mrs. Olivier, on her part, resisted the removal of the goods without it. The defendants persisted. Altercation proceeded to vio lence; and Mrs. Olivier stated that they seized hold of her person, and gave her a violent shaking. She said, the debt for which they seized was about £5O, and the goods carried off were worth above £lOOO. ,They tore her .pt.lis.e off her back, pushed her about, and used other personal violence ; but she did not alledge that any blows were. received. They continued re moving the goods until two o'clock on Sunday morn ing ; and having completely gutted the house, from the garrets to the kitchen, they departed. Mrs. Olivier, pursuant to tne adv.ce of her Solid ter, commenced this prosecution against the parties. Mr. Ataatv, for the defendants, stated, that so far from having acted inhumanly, or with wanton vio lence or cruelty, they had given every indulgence, and had deferred finally acting under the execution tat tru,ted to them, the whole Friday, apt until the latest hour they could defer the business en Saturday even ing, with safety to themselves ; for had they delayed it until Monday, the landlord might have seized for his rent, and defeated the execution. el he Officer, with his assistants, were in the legal discharge cf . their duty ; and if Mrs. Olivier experienced any tiling like rough treatment, she owed it to her own violence ; for she chew a knife from under her pelisse, threatened to plunge it in the heart of any man wtio should at tempt to move off any part of her goods; and said, that she would wade to her neck in blood, in protect ing the right and property of her family ; and so far from the defendants having continued there till two lin the morning, the last of the goods were moved off by half past eleven that night. This statement was supported by the testimony of a I man named Wisbett, the Broker's assistant, and of Cuthbert, the keeper, who had been placed there since ' Friday, and was present at the transaction. It was alledged also, that the Defendant sent for a Constable, to take the Prosecutrix into custody ; but he refused to take charge of her. The Constable was called, and said the reason why he refused to rake charge of Mrs. Olivier was, that nothing was ailedged against her to warrant him in taking her. Nothing was said of the knife, or of her violent resistance to their authority. Mr. Barmy, for the prosecution, ably replied in refatation to the statement and evidence on the part of the Defendants Mr. MatewattiNG, the Chairman, observed, that , the unseas.alabie lr.ur at which this levy was made, and at such a season of ti e year, was extremely in discreet and severe, more especially as the return to the warr:4llt need not have been made for eight days afterwards. With respect also to the demand of the Prosecurrix, I r an inventory of the goods about to be taken a way, although it was not a matter ef strict legal right on her part, yet it was a thin 7 so usual, and not at all injurious to the claims of the Dekn dams or the duties of the Officers, that it was gene-• rally considered a rightful claim, and was equally advantageous to the Officers as to the Prosecutiix ; for it would gtrtrd them against unfounded allega- ECM as to any chattels not really taken away by them. If the Jury believed the evidence for the pro secution, it was obvious that a great deal of unneces sary violence was used by the Defendants ; and din supposing the circumstance of the violence charged against Mrs. Olivier be tree, still, surely, it could not happen that a posse of 16 men could be terrified by the threats of a single weak woman. They made no such charge to the Constable whom they wanted to take her into custody; and if such a charge was true it was their duty to have made it, is order to justify the Constable in the task they wished to impose on him. No such charge, however, was made -at the time, and therefore it was totally improbable. The Jury, therefore, if they believed the evidence for the prosecution, must be bound to find such of the De fendants guilty as they conceived specially affected by the testimony. The Jury, after about a minutes deliberation, found all the prisoners Guilty, except Pete, Smith and John Philpot, who, it appeared, had no patticipation in the affray. • . • Mr. MAINwANINGron proceeding to prOitounce (be judgment of the Court, observed, that he was ex tremely well satisfied with the verdict of the Jury,' who, he was persuaded, would feel with him that the Defendants had greatly transgressed their duty in the violence they had offered to the Prosecntrix ; for al though their first proceedings were perfectly legal, their conductafterwurds was wholly incompatible with the line of duty they ought to have observed. He trusted, therefore, the example of the present Officers would teach Sheriff Officers in general hereafter to feel that the law did not countenance any such vice. lent stretch of the functions vested in them. He then senwfitied each of the Defendants to seven days im prisonment, and one who appeared more active than the rest, to fourteen days. An Inquest was held at the Coach and Horses, in York-street, Westminster, on the body -of Mary Clarke, aged 91, who met her death while crossing Bridge -street, by the inattention of a servant, in the employ of Mr. Nvipniar, in driving his master's chaise over her. The Jury, after having examined several witnesses, levied a fine of 10s. on the horse, and .50s. on the wheel. Saturday, as T. Evans, errand-boy to Messrs. Da vies and Lee, hatters, Piccadilly, was cleaning his master's second floor windcms, he fell from thence on an iron bar, and then to the area, by which accident two of his ribs were broken, and his recovery is v ry doubtful. . . OLD .I).dr.L.Er. • • • .• . . Yesterday the Sessions commenced,- before Bart* Barbn Woos), and Mr. Justice 13 ! tii..tv.• Mary Taylor, a girl only 13 years of, age, and, in appearance,' not more than eleven, was capitally in-. dicted for stealing a horse and cart, the property of Elizabeth Thomas, green-grocer, \Visite-yard, Ruee mary-lane. Mary Skinner, the daughter of the Prosecutriz, de. potcd, that she was sent, carly on the morning of the 9th of September, by her Mother, with a horse and cart, to Spitalfields-market ; she left them standing. in Paternoster-row, and returned in about ten mi Times, when they were missing. She saw the cart the same evening, it being brought home, but did not see the horse until last Saturday, when it was ip Whiv.2chapel Pound. Elizabeth Thomas deposed, she found the cart, on the evening of the 9th of September, in Scotee.., Fields. \\Tinian . ) Rhodes; hi boy of 13 years of age, deposed; that, about nine o'clock on the inorning of the 9th of September, he saw the Prisoner . with the horse and cart, in Duckingpond-lane ; she had hold of the reins —the cart stuck in the mud ; the witness and some other boys, extricated it ; .i gentleman asked the PA.] soner whoth the horse and cart belonged to ? she told him the horse was her father's, and the cart-belonged to a woman. She drove to the turnpike. and asked what was to pay ? she was answered 6d ; she then said the horse had been through before that day, but the keeper of the gaic would not believe her, and she asked the witness to skew her the way to Dod's-road. When they got into Scott's Fields, she unharnessed the horse and gave him some water; she went to rut him in the cart again, when he kicked up his heel, and ran away. The witness and another boy caught himi and brought him back to her. She then said • she would not.put him in the cart but would go home' and bring her mother, who was much stronger ; ehe • then went off with the horse ; there were some vege tables in the cart. The witness never saw the prisoner to his knowledge, before that day. George Boom, a pewterer, deposed, he saw the Prisoner, at a quarter before nine o'clock, driving the horse and cart up Whitechapel-road.. 2-le had known her six years—she w4 s iticne. He also knew the wit ness ilhodes, he was not with her. The Prisoner, in her defence, said it was the boys who had taken the horse and cart, and asked her to hold :he reins. She did not know how to drive one. She did not call any witnesses. Mr. Justice BAILEY summed up the evidence, and observed to the Jury, if they considered that the pri soner took away the horse and cart, with au inten lion to deprive its lawful owner of them, they would find ber guilty---but if they thought otherwise, they would acquit her. The Jury, after a few minutes consultation, re turned a verdict of—Guilty—Death. Richlrd Ockden, whose trial wac, at his own tvgnest, postponed frcra the hist Sessions, was convicted ci haring committed an unnatural crime on Thomas Seagur, a youth of 15, Who had lately come freim the country, and was the prosecutor. The young man gave his evidence in a plain and distinct manner, and was corroborated by other witnesses upon the collate ral circumstances. The prisoner's conduct in ensna rinr; the young man, was throughout most atrocious and abominable. This man, notwithstanding the shock:lig nature of his offence, behaved with great indiarence during the Sarah Gunnever was arraigned for having, offered, in payment for soma: goods, a forg;ed note of the West Ham and Essex Bank. The substance of the evidence was, that the prisoner, on the 2.ith of Au.' gust last, went into a mercer's shop in the city to pur-, chase some remnants, which she said her mistress,] who was a charitable woman, meant to give to the! poor. She purchased two pieces fur hve shillings,l and tendered the note in question, observing that some tradesmen had before refused it, because it was a country note. The shopkeeper desired her to wait' till he should make enquiry as to the credit of the' bank, which he did, and learning that it was of no value, he had her taken into custody. Several ?witnesses proved that no such firm as Davis and Co. who signed the note, was in existence' at Westbant. The Learned Judge declined calling upon the Tari soner for any defence, and directed the Jury to acquit' her, as she had told the prosecutor •of other people] .having refused the note, before she tendered it to him. ...Acquitted. - i Joseph Get/ivy, a private in the East London Mi- 1 j litia, was indicted fur having buigkaiously entered' the dwelling-house of Hannah Webb, and stealing thereout•six shirts, valued at XI, on the 18th of Au gust last. The prosecutrix stated, that on the day mentioned, she left her house about twelve o'clocl:, after having! locked the dour and fastened the windows. She re-' turned at one, and found an iron peg which fastened one of the windows, had been removed, and that the shirts had been taken away. Several witnesses sworc I that they saw die prisoner pass from the house Ell that I day, with a bundle under his a:rn, but they could not I say what it contained. He was taken into custody next day, but none of the shirts could be fainci.- 1 Acquitted. Hannah Beison Was indicted for having burglariously entered the lodgings of Itabert Diggings near Beth nal Green, on the 4th of July last, and robbing it of a silver watch, chain, and key, valued at 253. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner and Mrs. Diggings were in the house together, and went out together, when the latter hinig.the key upon the door ; that the prisoner returned home, took the key, and stole the watch from the mantle-piece, which she 'pledged for a guinea, Arid got herself very drunk with part of the money. Information of the trans-I action having been received, a constable was sent to : take her into custody, and the duplicate, and twelve shillings and some halfpence, were found upon her person. The prisoner. in her defence, stated, that the pro-, secutor's wife had given her permission to pledge the watch, but that she was to return the money.— Guilty. . The following were also capitally convicted— Mary Williams, for sitiaLog a pair of boots in the shop of J. Dodd. T. Simpson and R. Wilson, for stealing in the dwelling-hot:ft 4 mewl. Courrbili u 4 Illecanfield i 9s yards of printed came: _ Ann Gulag; for staging i 'rata, &O. frOni tilt awes %Lk /. Nine were convicted ,Jkl. Murphy for stealing a quantity of lead, the property of . • ty. teary Holmes, for Stalin: front the person Of I. TEblddo ies, s .1. Hobacio, fOr stealing 11 s. std. the ).loj, v ,ty of It: Oteenssoon: '• ?.Hurt, for stealing 14s. the property of fr: Sparrow: blasidter, for stvalieg a tea-spoun, the property of ... r: 1. kao, for stealing three yards of carpet, die property of P: Mart. P. Dion, for stealing 19 Pieces of sponge,w4 Other artiell.;,c::: property of H. Opper.heial. J. Sit:lth, for st,sl:ll 241'.4. of pot atetal, the gaols et W. Wen. ' Ht ilictnits, for sttaling enc pound of tobatcc, the prJpetey V. Ryder. The followinz were acquitted R. Tucker, b. Ironr.lor.ger, 1. Goodwin, alias lioidin, 1. Clod grel, mindiAartbal.t.szley. . .1 F ASSAULT At trwiTHING. • We stated on Tuesday, that the person wbcf assnalt ed the young lady had been taken, and un Jergone an examination. The gentleman who etan.ls charged is Mr. Barret, a wine and brandy merchant, in greet trade, in the City, and he underwent an exeminatint. yesterdey at Marlborough-street P. , licis-Otee. • Messrs: ALLEY and Wtatkr attended fol• the aefiti &lit, and the former gentleman briefly addressed . • Mr. Neve, the Magistrate, and requested on behalf ,of hisslient, that the examination should he public, in order that the ease might be fairly represented td the public. '1 he testimony of Miss Latham, the preeecuirix, and daughter of Dr.Latham, was read over, as - follows She was walking along South-street, Worthing, at •seven o'clock on the 10th of.lunee after having left her brother and maid servant it a bathing Machine, when - sae was overtaken by the defendant, who took her by the arm, and pressed his conversation to her. She declined his company, but he solicited her to grant him five minutes conversation, and followed her to the door of her lodging, where he left her. On the morn ing of the 12th she had returned from bathing and whilst reading on a sofa she heard the door open, un 1 suspecting it to be the son of Mr. King, of Bedford row, she went down stair's, and to her surpriie beheld the defendant, who hastily feliowed her into the draw& ing room. He immediately began to take. libertiessnnd shafainted. She did not know what had happened until some time after, %rhea she found herself on the sofa, with a handkerchief tied over her mouth. The defen dant had taken off her sash, and tied her hands at the wrists. He observed that she should ,not be - hurt, and advised her not to be alarmed. After having violated her person, the defendant used pressing ta licitations to prevail on her to elope, and he added, that a post-chaise should be waiting for her at the door of Mr Ogle. He assured her that he wouid treat her affectionately ; she should go to his country .house, and have servants at command. He then loosened the handkerchief from her mouth, in order, as he .said, to obtain a faVourable answer ; but on her expressing her abhorrent* of his conduct, he again fastened the handkerchief over her mouth, and left the room, after having placed the furniture, ice. in order. She then loosened the handkerchief, and cell trived to ring the bell for her servant, who liberated her'hands. The prosecutrie swore positively to the defendant's person. Mr. ALLEY begged to offer such evidence to the Magistrate, by alibi, as should convince him of the total innocence of Mr. Barret. Mr. Francis Feltoe, an Excise Officer, proved hav ing executed two bonds in the presence of the defen dant, on his premises in Thames -street, on the 12th of June, (the day the iape was said to have been com mitted) between twelve and two, which bonds were produced with the defendant's signature. Mr. Hale received a checque of the defendant, signed by his own hand, which he paid into a benkin:s, house on the 12th, as did also a Mr. Grubb. Mr. Dobson, a merchant, dined- in a party with the defendant, at the house of a friend, in Cori: -street, L Bond-etreet, on the 12th of June. Mr. Backhouse saw and conversed with the &fen. dant in town on the 12th of June. Mr. Morley, a merchant, and several other, wit nesses proved an alibi as completely as ever was'proved in any Court. These witnesses, eho were of the first respectabi lity, described the defendant as a man of nice morale, an exemplary husband, and the father of five children. Mr. Bari-et had been at Worthing in the early part ef die season, with Mrs. Barret, as it was their usual • custom.. • Miss Latham did not attend at this exemination, bet Mr. Gurney watched the evidence on her behalf. The Magistrate expreSsed his conviction of the inne cence of Mr. Barret, Lut he felt it his duty to order • another examination, to give an opportunity for other witnesses to be brought forward on so serious a charge. GUlLDHALL—Yesterday a poor paralytic creature, s who has lately been discharged from one of the hose fitals, w.ts brought up by two gentlemen with a view receiving some assistance to tale her down to iHythe, in Kent, where she said she was born. Sin was decently-dressed, and seemed a fit object for cha rity..- Alderman C. SMITH said, that the City did no: allow any thing in that way, its only mode being to pass such as her to their parishes ; but he generously proposed to the gentlemen, that they should subscribe a smell sum, by the assistance of which she might return to her friends with more credit than by the other mode. . The subscription was accordingly made and the gentlemen engaged to see her off in the coach. riTANSiON-IleUse.— l',2sterday J. Conley was fully committed, charged with stealing several brushes, blacking, &c. the property of Mr. 'Mathews. A porter in the employ of Mr. Blundell, of Holborn, haberdasher, and a female friend, named Choy, were charged with robbing their employers. Several ar ticL:s were found in their possession, and they were remanded. • UNtotarlitit..—John Parson: was fully committed, charged with breaking into the ibors?..of Mr. Walker. of Kent -street, and stealing a qa..ntity of we ring apparel, and some Money ; as was Henry G charged with having committed a tape on the body of Susannah Reeve, a child under 12 years o age. Four persons were yesterday exaMined at Bow street, on charges of be . ag con bance at Covent-garden Cher rt. • on the preeedisi , evening. They were oia.:Letkso 'fiarnded in th. distur• bad. • I ; ~~ ,` ____ ~,~ -. ~. - ..