Star. — London, England, 1819-10-27 00:00:00

i A 14. 4 . rat t ~•ti COMMERCE. LONDON MARKETS, OCTOBER sto. Corrox.-There was an improvement in the de , mend for Cottob last week ; the purchases were es timated to exceed 1500 packages, viz. 74.0 ordinary . Minas Gearas 13d. to 131 d. 260 fair Minas Novas 15d. to 151 d. 100 good - Pernabucos Sid. a few , rdSt. Domingo 140. waste Berbice 12td. 94 Boweds 14e. 910 Bengals were taken without variation as to price ; very ordinary, in bond, 6/d. to 6jd. fair to good shipping quality 7d. to Tid. By public sale this forenoon 105 bales Surat, 22 bales Bourbon, and 100 serons Carthagena Cotton, all sold in bond, at very low prices ; the Surats were of the lowest description, and very foul, sold Std. to .s}d. ordinary Bourbon 15d. to 16id. the Carthagena was of a middling quality, and sold mid. to I Id. Sochta.-This forenoon there appeared to be a steady demand for Museovades, yet the ntirchases by private contract were not extensive, as the buyers anticipated that the public sales of this forenoon would go off at a further depression. The first sale consisted of 140 hhds. 10 tierces Barbadees Sugar; the whole went off freely, and at prices a shade higher, particularly the fine descriptions ; good w h i te lodized 80s. to 82s. ordinary middling white 745.6 d , to 795. 6d. one lot yellow 63 5. 6d. he other sale, 825 casks of Trinidad, St. Lucia, low Dominica, and common Jamaica, being chiefly of inferior qualities, which have, for a length of time, hung heavily on band, it was believed that a considerable reduction would take place ; about 400 casks Trinidad sold Yes. 6d. to 575. for low browns ; middling 595. to 625. about 6.i barrels, with colour, sold 695. to 695. 6d. about 200 hhds. St. Lucia, sold 535. 6d. to 555. for low browns ; middling 595. to 60s. 60 hhds. Do minica sold 545. to 575. for low brown ; middling 60s. to 60s. 6d. 80 hhds Jamaica, common quality, 58s. for ordinary brown, to 625. for middling. Ge nerally, the effect of this sale may be considered very favourable for the market, the few good Sugars, with colour, selling Is. to 2s. higher than the pre vious market prices, by private contract ; the good brown at nearly the mat ket rates ; the low brown went off l s. to Is. 6d. lower ; but the whole sold, and with some briskness ; and the general opinion enter tained is, that Sugar will now rally. The request for refined goods, during the last week, has been ge neral, and rather extensive ; several large parcels were reported to be taken for shipment to the Bal tic, as the final close of the season, for export, may now be sated to be near at hand ; several purchases were also re-orted for the home-trade ; yet, notwith standing the general demand, and the small quan tity of goods on hand, the holders evinced so great a disposition to meet the offers mate by the buyers, that a further reduction in the prices of refined goods trust be stated. Molasses were steady COFFM—There was a considerable public sale of Coffee brought forward on Thursday last; and, not• withstanding the previous heavy market, the whole sold freely, at prices is. to 2s. higher ; the demand appeared to be general, and on rather an extensive scale. The market, yesterday, was, however, damped by the declaration of considerable public 'sales for this week. There were no public sales this forenoon ; and little business doin ,, by private contract. St. Do. ming° may to-day be purchased about 10Ss. and other descr►ptions in proportion ; yet the holders seem not inclined to force sales at presorts. IRISH 1 3 /tow:mtgs.—The prices of Beef and Pork may be considered no.ninal, no new Provisions being yet brought to market ; arrivals of Beef may be early expected. Butters are heavy, and may be stated 3s. to Is. per cwt. lower. Ruz..r, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—TheRam mar ket is again heavy this forenoon, but no reduction in the prices can be stated. Brandies continue to be offered at very low rates, and such is the languid state of the market, that were offers made for large parcels, a considerable reduction would, probably, be submitted to. Geneva is without alteration. TosAcco.--Considerable sales have been effected during the last week—Leaf Tobacco, in parcels, as imported, 6td. to 7d. some fine dark parcels ed. to l Id. stemmed 71d. to Sid. The dealers are buying freely. The accounts florin Holland continue fa vourable a cargo of Petersburgh inspection has been sold at 8 stivers all round ; Kentucky leaf 4td. to 6d. stemmed 51d. to 6Z i cl. NAVAL STORES.—The lively demand for tar has subsidided ; the latter advance, however, is fully maintained. In pitch and rosin no alteration. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The prices of Tal low have rather recovered ; there is little briskness in the demand. The few sales made in Hemp, since Tuesday last, were at the previous prices. . There is little alteration in Flax. On,L—The prices of Greenland Oil are little va• tied. Spermaceti has advanced, with every appear ance of a further improvement. In other Oils there is little variation. Isoloo.—The sale at the India House, which com- 1 silenced on Tuesday last, is expected to finish on Fri day. Fine Indigo is heavy, and much lower than last sale ; the middling and inferior descriptions go off freely, 3d. to'4d. per lb. higher. LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 23. The demand for Cotton has continued unusually, dull during the whole of the week, and we have to notice a further reduction of id. per lb. in the prices of Boweds and East India, and aid. to id. per lb. in most other descriptions. The sales of the week are, only about 2400 bags, consisting of 1000 Boweds Ind. 10 13d. for middling to fair, Ind. to 1$ d. for good fair to good, and a few prime 14d. 100 Orleans 131 d. to 15d. for fair to good ; 70 Sea Islands 2s. Sd. to 2s. 6d. for fair to good, and a few at 2s. id. 50 stained do. 17/1 to 21d. 220 Fermatas 16d. to Igd. 350 Maranhams 16d. to 17d. 40 Bahia; nid. 150 Peas 16d. 70 Demerara 151 d. to 17d. 20 Wtstlndias 14d.20 Carchagenas 11F1. 140 Iliadrat 9id. 150 Bengals 7 5 d. to aid. The arrivals are 9050 bags. GLASGOW MARKET, OCTOBER 24. Cos:ay.—The sales of the week amounted to 506 packages. Sea Islands 29, at 2s. 4d. tn 2s. 7 Bytist Do. 38, at 1911.—Boweds 194, at 12 to r 144d..—Orleaus 53, at ISd. to 16d.—Pernams , at ski.--Maraaliams SO, at 18d.—Berbice 58, at IT. to 14d...4 . 90111e 6, at 12d,....8eards M r a t 7 d. LAW PITZLLICZNCE. COURT OF ZING' S BENCH, OCTOBER 26. The Judges of the Court of King's Bench met this morning at Serjeants Inn, .and decided on several special cases which were argued before them. The ity of them turned upon abstract questions of generality of them turped upon abstract questions of law, and, therefore, contained no point of general im portance. BULLER D. JONES AND OTHERS. In this case a verdict for the plaintiff had been en tered oa the record, subject to the opinion of the Court on the following point: —Whether an under taking given to the plaintiff by the defendants in the following terms—" We, as Solicitors for the Assig nees, undertake," bound the defendants personally, or only the Assignees for whom they acted ? Mr. READER argued the point for the plaintiff, and Mr. DENMAN for the defendants. The Court, after hearing their arguments, and re viewing the authorities which they adduced, unani mously decided that the words of this unctertaking bound the defendants personally, since, in such cases, words were to be taken strongly against the parties using them. It was expedient also, to the ends of justice, that men in their situation of. Solicitors should be personally liable when they entered into under takings like the present, since people were more in clined to place confidence in them than in other Agents. Besides, if they were not considered as prin cipals in these undertakings, great difficulty would ensue in proceeding against those who employed them ; because, if it became requisite to examine the Solicitor r egarding either the undertaking itself, or the authority by which he made it, the plaintiff would naturally find in him an adverse and a reluctant wit ness. Upon these grounds the Court ordered the ver dict to be affirmed. Sittings appointed to be held in Middlesex and London, before the Right Hos. Sir CHARLBS AfipaTT, Knight, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in and after Michaelmas Term, 1819 : IN TERM. annosssat. Friday _ . - - Nov. 12 Saturday - - 20 Friday - - 26 AFTER Nov. $0 Tuesday Monday - Nov. 15 Monday - - 22 Saturday . - 27 GERM. Wednesday - Dee. 1 EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL FOR MURDER. SIERRA LEONE, MAY 15. Pei, a captured and liberated Negro, was indicted for the murder of Zongotia, another captured Ne gro, at Charlotte Town, in this Colony, on the sth of January last, by severing his head from his body with a sharp instrument, made of a piece of iron hoop. Previously to the commencement of this trial, much difficulty was experienced in procuring ade quate means of interpretation between the Court and prisoner; and at length, when a person was found capable of conversing with the prisoner in his lan guage, a second interpreter was required to render the bad English of this first interpreter intelligible; but at the best, the interpretation was altogether very insufficient and unsatisfactory. The first object of the interpretation was, to inform the prisoner of his arraignment, and to instruct him how to plead; which being accomplished, an endea your was made to apprise him of his right to chat.' lenge the Jurors, and of the - proper mode of exercis ing that right; but upon the first option of challenge being put to him, in swearing the Foreman of the Jury, an answer was returned which threw the whole Court into an involuntary burst of laughter, at the same time that it produced a strong and universal sensation of horror. When the prisoner was told to look upon that man, and say if he liked to be tried by him? the answer, as interpreted ; which was given in a tone of astonishment by the English interpreter, NraS.." lie say he like him too much; if he catch hint., he eat him !" After this answer, it was - thought best, in tender ness to the prisoner, to go through the remaining forms, without any further reference to him; but it was subsequently believed, that the latter part of the answer was a remark added by either of the-inter preters, according to the uniform practice of the Africans, of interposing their own remarks in every thing. The first interpeter was frequently in laugh ter during the horrid details of the trial, and was more than once reproved for it by the Court, for his want of feeling. The particulars of this horrid transaction, as de tailed in evidence, were as follows: Hyena, an. inferior overseer of captured Negroes at Charlotte Town, employed to superintend the de ceased and his' countrymen, because he could speak their language, having missed the deceased (Zongo bia) at ration time, reported his absence to his supe rior (Mr; Ashford), who ordered him to cause search to be made in the bush. Shortly after leaving Mr. Ashford, he saw a man coming out of the bush with a canvass bag, which he attempted to shift away, as if to put it out of sight. He immediately questioned the man, whom he found to be one Quia Pei, of Zonflobia's nation, and insisted on seeing the bag and its contents. The man reluctantly opened the bag, which, he said, contained some meat; on inspection, he discovered several pieces of human flesh. The man was immediately secured, and Mr. Ashford was sent for. Quia Pei died in prison, while await ing his trial. 'William Ashford, Principal Native Superintenclant at Charlotte Town, stated, that on being informed by the last witness that Zongobia was missed, he had given orders to search for him ; shortly afterwards, be was informed of the detention of Quia Pei, and came to the place, where he saw the bag and its con tents; there was tat of a human hand, 'with the thumb, a piece of the shoulder and lower part of the neck, and some of the intestines. Quia Pei, he un derstood, avowed the killing of the man Zongobia, and implicated the prisoner - Pei as his accomplice in the act. Quia Pei and the prisoner Pei were kept in close custody for the night, while Mr. Kearney, the nearest Magistrate, was seat for. John Oeseley Kearney, Esq. a Magistrate, was re sident at Bathtnit Town. In the month of January last, he was sent for by Mr. Ashford to inquire into the particulars of the horrid transaction now before the Court. The bag, containing the mutilated re mains already described, was shevrn to him. Quia Pei, upon whom it was found, confessed the fact, and alleged that the deceased was fat, and good to tat! both together seised the npputitnity of strpri+ the deceased, as he was steeping down in the in searching for crabs ; the pr i soner caught the arms the deceased behind his back, and held him, while Qoia Pei threw him over; he struggled hard. were obliged first to cut off his hands, and afterwar , they ett off his head; they then proceeded to the rid process of cooking and eating the flesh, and this abominable repast it was understood that others also assisted. This statement was given freely voluntarily by Qnia Pei, the man who had since in prison. —The prisoner, Pei, also confessed, slowly and reluctantly, and not till the other peatedly accused him, and remonstrated with hir the inutility of his denial.—Mr. Kearney caused to conduct him to the place where the dreadful was perpetrated, and to spew where the further' mains were to be found. He saw the place wl , ere the fire was made, and the bones that had been some of them bearing the marks of such , persevc voracity, that a thigh-bone had been broken for pupose of extracting the marrow; the head, with tongue and upper part of the neck, had been left tire, and buried. He caused them to be taken _ the face was recognised as Zongobia's. The reason riven for the distinction with respect to the head its contents was, that eating any part of the head supposed to cause madness in the country of cannibals. They were called the Manni, or Mani and were notorious for this practice, for which were despised by all their neighbours. On Kearney's asking whether there was any quarrel any enmity towards the deceased? he was told was not ; and upon some expression of surprise so great an atrocity should be pea pet .tied without any provocation or motive, it was thought suffik to explain it by the same motives which induced Kearney to kill a fat Sheep. Quia Pei said, the of his having been sold as a slave was, that he killed and eaten so many men, as to render him _ midable to the King of his country and to the head. men, who made a palaver for him, and had - condemned and sold. P. Bragger was present at the examination search. He saw the same facts, and had the understanding as Mr. Kearney as to the confessions. The substance of Mr. Kearney's testimony was terpreted to the prisoner, and he was asked ' wished to put any questions? He did not ask queition, but denied having participated in the der in any way; he had never confessed it; he near the place with his knife and pot, and was called by the others after the man was killed. In reference tP the charge of holding the hands of Zongobia bind his back, he asked whether a person of his slight frame was capable of such an exertion ? rth. tenet to the charge of having pointed out Zoni bia as a fat man and fit to be killed, he denied kg given any such suggestion, or having had part in such conversation or design ; he knew, ever, that Quia Pei, and the others of his country 'had held such talk on board the ship hi which came (San Juan Nepomuceeno), and that they formed a design accordingly for the opportunity future execution. avri After this special denial of the charge by the sorter in all its most material parts, it was thou; desirable by the Court that the Interpreters of *Banal examination should be called. One of them, the English Interpreter, was, it found, unfortunately detained by sickness in country, but the other, the native Interpreter, foiled to be the same who was now interpreting . the prisoner ; this person was immediately put under examination. Cock-eye was a captured negro, of a nation border ing on the country of the nation to which the prisoner and 'Quia Pei belonged : he resided at Char! Town, and generally was employed to look after interpret for these people—he had interpreted at examination before Mr. Kearney. Quia Pei, had been caught with the bag, on being told by witness to tell all to master, and so to avoid palw (trouble), did declare all that had been related cerning himself and the prisoner, and had urged prisoner also to confess ; but that the prisoner not confessed any pert in the transaction, but all firmly denied having any share in it, or any know. ledge of it, until after the murder was perpetrated. It became necessary, however, again to refer to prisoner, in order to enable him to understand and plain the circumstances which appeared still to 1 against him, and in particular the share which seemed to admit that he had in the latter part of. dreadfnl business. The prisoner's answer, or rather statement on this head was, that when the man killed, and they were proceeding to devour his bod' they called him and invited him to partake ; but 1 refused, saying, it was thought fatal in his country to eat human flesh, and that those who did eat it' came inevitably mad. He was not a native of Pei's country, but of a country bordering on it. After this further denial of what was supposed , have been admitted, the Court thought it not right to put any further questions to the prisoner. No farther evidence was produced on the part the prosecution. The prisoner was informed that it was now for him to state to the Court what he had to sa , his defence. The Interpreters having commuuo....— prisoner, gave as his answer on this head—that had nothing to say. One of the Jury expressed a - doubt whether prisoner's meaning might be, that he had nothing say to the murder, or nothing to say to the Court This point being interpreted to the prisoner for' explanation, he said he had nothing to say to . murder, and that he had nothing to say to the Court. The Quer JUSTICE then summed up the evidence in a luminous manner. with The Jury retired, and after an absence of about half an hour, returned with a verdict—Guilty assisting. The CHIEF JOITHIC informed them that this dict could not be received, the indictment charged the prisoner, not with assisting, but as the actual Iv petrator of the murder, and as such alone ; the verdict, therefore, that the Jury could regularly or that the Court could receive, was, simply, one Guilty at of Not Guilty. The Chief Justice sr that although he conceived he had already marked, as distinctly as he could, without appearing to direate to the Jury, his sense of the insufficiency of the dance to convict the ittsoner, he thought it left them slooold be any iniseop • brook risln I " exp W ressly—it WKS not sufficient. ms of half'r h a e n Juryh our, retired giving their vaerrijicrte_tuGrneetied::;. but the sit e course of his duty, forthwilli top e ,' l this verdict it would be incumbent n ". while er i: oe j o u i dl: :, They The CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that ° T. • tenet of death upon the prisoner, in o on ne h of im 'th; . ordinary course prescribed by law ; wards e hor- tute which enjoined that course of pro cee d:, a power to the Judge to postpone the o n y t d h a e i n rs d n he should see sufficient cause. Aft 1 e ' r e dbi te elidt _ he (the Chief Justice) had expresse of ti e . . I • ently with himself, if he did not avail himself, --- power : he therefore postpor.ed the iudgme:a. im on ciency of the evidence, he would act very ;,,, OU l t d h ee em d r.c. T. Cole, the Foreman of the J ps er re- Jury w a , a where man ; the other Jurors were colcured rnel k art n left, Settlement. :r It e ring On the last day of the Session, prey:— —us tc.- CO f or the fencing the other convi c t s , t h e C HIEF Jts:o of Pei, with his (the Chief J ust i ce ' s ) exrer , ii; of th the mated, that it was th oug h t proper to mire- p al e verdict of the Jury, and the grounds therci. reason up per:or authority in Engla n d. A stateme . CO .ft en n d and case, with the evidence and a copy o f t h e ir.,.. ,ii'.-I ~ duly authenticated, having been soon after . /.-1 td was , „ . thesetlte hands of the Gove rnor f or t h e purpose, tie e ' ll was transmitted by his Excelle nc y to E ar l B A his Majesty's Prir.cipal Secretary of State rivers, c E es a , rl th ß n a u r s a h u t aistri,nicnnc:. 1;C a tnev Colonial at' } a M i . linnn of the circumsta rel or y, him to recommend Pei to his Royal Rig .. e 6l there PRINCE Racer, for his Majesty's most e that pardon. The pardon was received a few week s , ithout accompanied by an official letter to his E'. V ficient d Mr. and the prisoner was, in consequence, liberated bib out delay. rai cause of The Janus convict ship, lying off Wool .. e hadful to take out the female convicts to New South n for- Friday 300 convicts were removed from n: head-. 2 i him viathan and Laurel hulks, in Portsmouth h.... ' • the Coromandel, which ship has been fitted% IA a and them to Botany Bay. The hydrophobia exists at present tea most- same • ou ing degree, among the Foxes, in the Stated lons. bu York. In the County of Northumberland. a th , as in- of forty persons have been bitten, who have or lif he sent to the Stone. A most remarkable circa... 9, .k an y attends the malady, which is, that the affi ... ic mUT• Mal in place of avoiding the human spec;es,; I' oe was • thately makes towards them, and even enters ui called in the middle of the day. One Gentleman ~. trence a fox entered a house-yard in his presence, .. ,ia be. standing there were several dogs; and that the. I S OWSI • in place of attacking the animal, irrme,'.i,,te:i 1 With tired, exhibiting great signs of fear. -On ate:: . A ongo- r. d ni casion, a fox made towards a boy who was -. any k k along the road. The latter, to avoid him, : , - how- onto a waggon which was passing, but th: ful g sued, and bit him in several places. Aluch i / entry, has likewise been done to the cattle ; and the g. , e they uneasiness exists among the inhabitants, on .4 , i r bad of this singular and extraordinary malady. t at of• It is eighteen years since a fall of snow tool , r . at such an early period as it has done this year. e Pn - what is even more remarkable, in 1801, the U.; aught _, pened precisely on the same day of the year, i 1 4. we bet 21! The fall was, on that occasion, sac:- • by very mild weather. 1. t was Tuesday se'nnight, at New Arlesford, C. !.II • a the lagh, a private in the 90th Regiment, in atte. , . P was to get on a waggon which wasleonveying bai:, g for he slipped from the shafts on the ground, whet under the off wheels passed over his neck, and nearly se the head from the body. n-der- SHOCKINC Accirmirr—Friday morning, as . '• wner Fielding, one of the mea employed at Tinsouryf ,rlotte works, was attending the machinery at the pit,! 1' and himself by some means entangled in the rope, • , at the , was descending, which twisted round his oast w ho_ k such violence, that it completely severed his ha., t , I ' R e two. No medical aid, of course, was applied for; slaver a coffin immediately procured to shelter the ~: l con- of this unfortunate man (who, but the moment .• !'d the was in the vigour of health) front the horror. 7 had spectators. He has left a wife and five did . lwaYs' lament his loss. mow - Red. DIED. Oct. 0, at Aberdeen, Xrs. Captain Liviarton. to the Oct. 15, at Bridgend, the Rev. Robert hay, one ride ld ea- nisters of Perlis, • bear Oet. $l, at Edinburgh, Junes, isfast sou of Mackey - , :h he Writer to the Signet. Oct. 11, Mrs. Jean Robertson, daughter of the late Set 4. _, - the cis Robertson, Minister of Clyne, S u th e rlandshire. 'miner At his house, the Stir li ng Cas tle, in the parish of Till. a was Islsnd of Jameica ' aged 62, William Sawyers, Fab &p del bi Mrs. John Chalmers, fo , : body, Augustßrownfield , I, in ' ow, occasi on by bathing in cold water Int he the body was over-heated. What is remarkable, her h antry died about the same time last year by drinking colt irate, it be- after his arrival from Britain. Q u i a May ft, at Sattara, in the Fast Indies, in his 3241 year, ~ shun illness of seven hours, caught by infection, whils t tering relief to a poor native Indian, Alexander Gordon,i ed to Surgeon on the Bombay establishment, eldest son o f 03 r i g h t Rev, Dr. Gordon, one of the Ministers of Aberdeen. At Lanark, in his 79th year, Mr. James Hamilton ,late( ' otsma at at Jerriswood . He was the perfect model of aSc . . xt of old school—patient, industrious, economical, prudent! , ir.....11 affectionate, diaritable, of the most spotless in 44 81 17: t... time so deep es to exhibit keel/ fit crci y a•-tiou of WA lik--Se I. • ay in descenda nt of a Covenanter. • COURSE OF EXCHANGE h the Amsterdam 1 1 1.1 C.F. Seville ssi at he Lotto at sight is 14 Gibraltar ... ... .. 39 Rotterdam... ll IS SU. Leghorn ...... ... 48i Antwerp, ere-no. 12 0 Genoa ..... ...... . 44} T the Hantburgh... 35 11 SU. Venice ital. ;ay. '27 :' ,O 44 IT to Altona •ao o 9 T.:. Malts Ar t ? Parisp day's date 15 20 U. N a t' l " ......... 11 5 6d l Fr Or his Din° • as at SLY. Palermo ........ Madrid, effective 3.5 d Dublin. ........... 134 :o th e Cadiz effect ~ 36 Cork...—. •••• •• ' : 'l g ,,‘ ;OUTt. Barcelona 35 Agio of the Bask is deuce Bilboa, effective 30 land S PRICES OF GOLD ANDSILv EL . . i about Portugal Gold in Coin, per os . ...... ..... 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