Star. — London, England, 1802-03-11 00:00:00

NAUTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. IN CONTINUATION FROM THE PRECEDING PAGE. I.IVERPOOI., MARCH 1. The Alevander, DURHAM, arrived at Port Glaf gnw on the 26th ult. from Grenada; the failed from thence on the 27th Dec. tBot, and expe rienced very heavy gales of wind; fpoke nn velfels during the paltige. There was a very great pro fped of a good crop of cotton and fugar in that Wand. Arrived —'she Rclittriwt, Tifihrts, from Charlefton ; If hel• h, M•f'onehy, from Drogheda , and Thetis, Allen, from Dun dalk ; Felicity, Read, from hence and 1.4b0n at Buurdraux ; and FriendfLip, Church, from Bahamasat Savannah. HULL, MARCH 2. About twenty of the (hips fitting nut at this port, for Greenland and Davis' Straits, are gone into the roads,and the re( are preparing with all expedition. The Salerno, Scimt.ts, arrived at Cuxhaven, on the 24th ult. which place (he was obliged to put into, on account of the running ice in the Elbe. The Brilliant, SCOTLAND, from Berwick to Booth- Ferry, got upon Whitton Sand, in the Humber, on Friday evening laft, and it is feared will be loft. It is of great importance that the Ship owners and mailers lhould be aware that from a very re• cent opinion of the Attorney and SolicitorlGenerals, a veffel of any defcription whore length (aloft) ex ceeds more in proportion, than three feet and a half to one foot in breadth, mutt be furnilhed with a licence from the Lords of the Admiralty before fie can le rya for any forpoft whatever. The Triptolemus, of Sunderland, has put into Scarborough, with the lots of all her canvas, an chors, cables, &c. Arriezd—The Janet and Sarah, Hudion ; Franck fort, Bailey; ..---, Pannell ; and Pilgrim. Robinfon, from hence at Ham burgh ; the Crefeent, Radfton, from hence at Leghorn. PENZANCE, MARCH 6. Thurfday fe'nnight, in the morning, about four n'olnck, came on as violent a gale of wind from N. N. E. as has been remembered for many years, which did confiderable damage to the fifhing and pilot boats of this place. The HUNTER !loop of war parted her cables in Gwavas Lake, and as (he fwang sound, firuck on the rocks at Point Lee, which greatly alarmed the officers and men. Three officers and feventern of the crew quitted the brig from the bowfprit, which hung over the point ; but fortunately (he got off again in a few minutes, and went for Plymouth to repair damage. i'elerday a Court of Direetors of the Ea II India Company was held at the India Houle, which ad journed till to morrow. The following (hips be- Luring to the Honourable the Eaft India Com pany were expelled to be .finally difpatched this day, viz. the GLATTOW, Captain WILLIAM MACNA. MARA ; and the ROYAL CHARLOTTE, Captain Ro arar PATTERSON, configned to China direft. The Honourable Company's (hip Tst.xicHERRY is the ft dirt& (hip for Bengal of this feafon, and fail< early in the next week. C.lrt:l4l STACK POOLE is appokted to the cm mind or the At.nmzi) MADl:lllA.—Number, and Nations of Vail*, which ar , i vtd at this Lifland during the year Aot. Britifli f.. ips of Ire. 4R I Da n i th - Ditto movhauttnen 280 ! Swedith - • 4 9 A mericar s - 148 Hamburgb - 3 P •ngut fe - 36 Simi& - II Total 469 Carryinz away nearly r7,0c0 pipes of wine, of which 11,666 were in Britifh bottoms. The Hannibal, FOLINGSVE, which arrived on Saturday fennight in the Clyde from Charleflown, left there the American (hips Thetis, Thomas and Mary Ann, loading for the Clyde. On Thurfday lag, flue Spoke, go miles weft of Tory, the Peggy, BARCLAY, from Port GLlgow for 'Tobago, all well. A Letter from Philadelphia of the 23d of Jan. Rates, that the Lady Bonaparte of that Port, was boarded off Point Petre, Guadaloupe, by a French frigate, and a Britifh frigate, and ordered away, in:concequence of the Ifland being declared in open rebellion againil the Republic of France, by Ge neral LACROSSE, and all intercourfe being inter. di led. The Captain was informed, that even clearances from Guadaloupe would not be refpeel ed, and that (hips of war were Rationed round the Ifl,md, to enforce this Proclamation. The Officers of the .frigates Chefapeake (Com modore Ta u ), Conitellation, and Adams, re ceived orders on the soth of January to repair to Walhington, to hold thcmlelves in readinefs to fail upon Expedition, it is fuppofed for the Medi terranean. The following account of the diflrefs of the Sur. trot K (rice fhip), lately from Bengal, mentioned in this Paper fume days lince, are given in a letter, dated St. he's, March 4 :—" She came on (bore in a lhoc Ling and did:Tiled condition, having fplit all her fails to pieces the night before; and of a 1 h a nd s nn board only fix were able to do duty, the relt being tick; the fhip proving very leaky, and the water continuing to gain on them, they were obliged to let her 'hilt on (bore before wind and tea. The crew remained on board in a very peril - ow, fl o tation for fume hours ; but, by the vigilant e.:zrLions ofthe people from the Chore (who always in filch cafes difllnguifh themfelves by manly ala cri,s„•l having got boats from the creek of Hayle, tretra lame eig)ht-oar boat, carried from St. lye's (three miles)by land,and being well manned, they attempted at all hazards to get to the (hip. In the man time the Captain and crew on board fattened a line to a keg, and let it drift from the fhip; the boat's crew got hold of it, and by that means hauled the people on fhore, one by one, until they were all fafely landed, except two, who were fo iil as not to he able to fltLiggle, and fo died in their hammock% The weather next day proving fa vourable, all the bale goods, which. confilled of raw filk and muflin , :, with tome hundred bags of rice, were brought to St. Ive's by boats ; and yetlerday the (hip, w ith part of the cargo of rice, was got off, and brought into Sr. lve's Pier, much ~~ WWI DIZII MARCH 2. MONODY ON FRANCIS DUKE OF BEDFORD, Once more, my Harp, I Rrike thy trembling firings, L'ut not a- , ain to joy thy notes I raife ! Cilia' o'er the chords her hand difircfsful flings, And, faintly paufing, oft the lung delays. M.,ern, Mourn! around the grave of Russct.i. mourn! Ye Great! ye Young ! ye Gay ! furround his bier! Alas' from every blifs thus early torn ; He !peaks, though mute, and fondly claims the tear ! Peers of his greatnefs! knows of his youth ! Approach ! approach ! lo! fallen from his round Is earthly dignity! Behold, with truth, Of rank, of title, pow . r, the narrow bound! For him no more (hail Pomp difplay her charms, Nor Ceremony greet him with a (mile : In Flatt'ry veil'd, no more (hall fervile fwarms Of fy4)phants attend him to beguile. No more (hall Friends around his Board repair, Or join convivial in fort Pleafure's train ; The chofen few no more his thoughts mall (hare, Nor the Rill Senate lißen to ►is Brain. One tribute paid, and his career mall dole: The fcpukhre Mall guard his honour'd duft ; Within the Haute of Death he (hall repofe, Nor wake till the revival of the Jolt ! Ye ! who with grief the holy rites have join'd, And Peen his corpfe in folemn hands laid. Inftrueted turn !—his Rate, with wealth combin'd ; His fall,: ; the beauty in his form difplay'd ; The patriot teal, which glow'd within his heart ; The gentle tcar, which tender Pity drew; Avall'd not to repel the fatal dart The fudden hand of Death ►cnrorfelefs threw ! Yc Poor! who throng one parting look to claim, In fpeeehlefii energy and broken fighs ! Your grateful forrow mall enflirine his name ; Your faithful orgies waft him to the Wes ! LAW INTELLIGENCE. R. E. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Don' oa's Commons TUESDAY, MARCH 9. This day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT. proceeded to the adjudication of the following caufes:— Enyheden, Ker, mafier.—This was,a Da nifh (hip laden ith a cargo of coffee, fugar, and other articles, amounting to the value of between 8 and goool. The Court was fatisfied, from the documents and letters produced in this cafe, that there was not a particle of truth in this tranfaelion, and therefore condemned the fame. Sufanna, Donohue, mailer.—This was the cafe of an Amcrican fhip laden with a cargo of coffee and fugar , bound on a vo y age from Phila delphia to Amflerdam,in which a claim was given for go hogfheads of fugar as neutral property.— The Court being fatisfied with the proofs of pro. perty zellored the fame. Alexander, Akerman, mailer.—This was a claim of a like nature, which the Court alto reflored. Neutral, Moller, mafter.—This was a (hip laden with a cargo of wheat, coming from Rig.e and Copenhagen to Barcelona. The Court reflored the cargo in this cafe, &Ned to the cap tors expences. Maria, Lopens, mafter.—lt appeared in this cafe that the (hip was condemned on the for mer healing, and further proof ordered with re fpelt to the cargo, which confifted of wine. The Court pronoynced the fame decree it did in the for mer cafe. Maria, Jortz, mafter.—The Court in this cafe reltored the property claimed on payment of captors expences. Neptune, Jurgens, marten—This fhip was en her voyage from Rotterdam to Teneriffe, laden with a cargo of flax. The Court being fatisfied as to the proofs of property in this cafe, reftored the fame on the payment of captors expences. La Madona della Graze, mafler.—This was a fhip laden with a very valuable cargo, con fining of gold, jewels, church plate, and various other articles. The Court condemned both (hip and cargo on the ground of breaking the blockade of Malta. IVIDNESDAY, MARCH 10. The Caine, Rawfon, maller.—This was a cafe of falvage, in who) a joint re-capture was fet up. It appeared that this chip, of 343 tons burthen, laden with a cargo of coffee, fugar, and various crher articles, bound on a voyage from Surinam to the pent of London, was captured by a French privateer, who took the mailer and all the crew out of her, except two mariners, and put a prise. mailer on board, in order to condu4f her to the firft port in Fiance, but on the appearance of an Englifh privateer, they endeavoured to run her on more, and then abandoned her, leaving thefe two perfons on board, who immediately took to the helm, and got her head about, which the French. men °Mervin, they attempted to get poffeflion of her again, but were prevented by the inter ference of thefe two men, and his Majetty's !hip coming up. It wait fubmitted, on the part of thefe two ma riners, (who fet up a claim of joint falvage) that by their exertion, and making ufe of the arms which the Frenchmen had left on board, they pre. vented the enemy obtaining poffeffion of this (hip again, and theretbre t h e y were i nt i t l e d to a j o i nt (hare in the falvage. On the part of the King's (hip, it was fubmitted, that thefe two perfons were amply rewarded by being refcued from captivity, and thereby placed in a lunation which would enable them to recover their wages for the whole of the voyage. The Court faid it was not a common ferviee that would intitle them to falvage, and it was of opinion that they did nothing more than what every leaman was bound to do, and if they had not done fo, it would have been a breach of their duty,and therefore confidered them amply reward ed by being relined from a French prifon, and thereby were entitled to recover their wages. Maria, Peace, mafter.—This was an American ankles, which was captured arid carried into Cape Nichola Mole, where proceedings were in flituted, and the Ihip reaered with ilcight, but the cargo was condemned. The Court reamed the property in this cafe, and condemned the captors in coils. Palmborn, Gardels, mafter.—This was a Da nifh fhip, laden with a cargo of wine, bound on a vziyage to Bourdeaux, oilenfibly to Embden. The Court condemned this property, on the ground of their being a fraudulent intentinn of (applying the port of 13rcft with this commodity. NORTHAM P I'ON ASSIZES. On Tnefday a caufe was tried of great impor tance to the public, wherein Mr. Thomas Pirkins' farmer and grazier, of Eaftcote, Northampton (hire, was Plaintiff, and William Watkins, mer chant, of Bedford, Defendant. The action was brotight to recover the fum of 351. I9c. tld. being the balance the for fome vetches and peas fold by him to Jonathan Tebbutt, the Defendant's agent, at Blifworth, and delivered at the warehnuies there. after deduding the price of a load of coals, re ceived in return. The Defendant refiftel this de mand, and attempted to prove that Tebbutt was his agent for one purpnfe, but not for another; and, as fuch, that he was not liable. It appeared, however, that, on Tebbutt's abfconding, the De fendant hisdelf came to Blifworth, ordered the wareboufes to be locked up, and the property to be taken care of,afterwards hired teams and canfed all the corn (amongft which was a part of the vetches and peak as well as the Plaintiff's lacks) to be conveyed to his own houfe, at Bedford. The Jury, therefore, gave a verciiC for the Plaintiff for his whole demand, and cods of fuit. HERTFORD ASSIZE. 3, MARCH 9. MAIL ILOBEERY. games Snool was indified for felonioufly affaulting on the King's highway John Stevens, the poll boy, who was employed to convey the letter-bags from Tring to Hemel Hempfied ; putting him in fear ofhis life, and taking from him the laid let tef-bags. The darknefs of the night prevented Stevens from having fuch a view of the robber as to be able to identify the perfon of the prifoner ; but the fol lowing chain of circumfiantial eviderca was rub mined to the Jury, to guide their determination as to the guilt of the prifoner:— Several witneffes proved that he had been teen in the neighbourhood a few days before the rob bery, riding upon an iron•grey horfe, and one of them had met him cobbling the girths of the fad dle which had been broke. The morning after the robbery, an iron-grey horfe, the fame de fcription, and a (addle, the girths of which had been broken and unficilfully cobbled, were found, with tome of the letter-bags, in a field adjoining to the place where the robbery was committed. A confiderable number of witneffes were brought forward on the part of the profecution, by whom feveral of the notes that were taken out of the let ters in the bags were traced up to the prifoner, who fent them into circulation the day after the robbery. The circunillances of the prifoner being poll - died of this property the day after the robbery, his being a man of no vifible means of livelihood, or poffibility of coming honeftly by thofe notes ; his having difguifed himfelf by affuming different names; having abfconded, and at the time of his arrell having a brace of pifiols in his pockets; to• gether with the general evidence of his having been Peen in that neighbourhood a few days previous to the robbery, formed fuch a mars of circumflantial evidence, that the Jury, without hefitation, found him Guilty. Juftice HEATH, in his addrefs to the p: ironer, previous to palling fentence upon him, obferred, that there would be no fecurity for the lives or properties of his Majeffy's good fubi ~:ts, if the midnight depredator was lure of efcaping the juf tice of the country, when he had concealed his perfon either by the darknefs of the night, or under a difguife ; he told him, that his clime was of a nature fo deflruaive to fociety and the commercial interells of this country, that he mull not flatter himfelf with a thought of pardon. The fentence was, that he Ihould be hanged on Thurfday, near the fpot where be committed the robbery. BURGLARY. yohn Now/and, Thomas Barnes, and Richard Dukes, were indiEled for burslarioilay breaking open the dwelling-houfe of Sir At,raham Hume, Bart. at Wormley Bury, in the county of Hert ford, in the night of the 3t It of July, and felo nioully (leafing therein many articles of plate and jewellery. The evidence in fupport of the profecution relied on circumliances fomewhat minute ; but (bill fuch as lcft on the minds of the Jury no doubt of their guilt. Sir Abraham Hume proved, that one of the win dows of his houfe had been entered during the night ,the fhuttershaving been opened by violence; that there were feveral marks of feet in the room that had been fo entered ; that feveral (mall arti cles had been taken from that part of the houfe in which thefe perfons entered ; but that the robbers had been prevented from entering the body of the houfe by the ftrength of the doors, and the good nefs of the locks ; that there appeared many marks of force ufed to break open an iron door, by which the molt valuable property in the honk was fc cured ; but the iirength of the door tendered all their attempts fruitlefs ; and that in the morning after the robbery he traced the footfteps of the rob. hers to the London road. Mrs. Wright, his houfe•keeper, (wore, that fhe had feen the bottle fecured, as ulna', the night of the robbery, before fhe went to bed ; that to her great furprife the dircovured, at fix o'clock in the morning, .that one of the windows had been en tered, and different articles Wen. Among the number of things taken, the mentioned that a mailed fhoulder of mutton had been taken out of the larder, of a remarkably (mall kind, no large, than Weill; mutton, which had been a little cut. She ulfo (wore, that a lamp, which her mallet with which they ufed to light this lamp, had been all coniumcd, and matches tOn:id about the room. A keep:!r of a publicAinufe, within a mile of Sir Abraham's dwelling.houfe, proved, that th..: loners had (laid in his houfe all the evening., and filpirckl there, and did not Lave it until the hour of midnight, when he was about to Phut his hour. Another publican, who lives about fix difiant, proved, that the plifoners came into his Louie a little aftcr five in the morning ; that th,:y were all wet, and obliged to chan i ;e their flock. irgs; that they produced a cold root thoul,Lr of mutton, fo fmall, that be tot!: is for lamb ; and that two women were with theal, who a bafket and bundles, and went to town in the. (large. 'Three other men, who were in the pui)lic-hol:fe at the time, fwore to the prifoners, and the cit cum. fiance of the fhoulder of mutton. Rivet, a Bow-ftrect Officer, 1.; ore, that or. the defcription of thole men as given by the publicans, being fent to Bow-fired, they were known, imme. diatcly apprehended, and when fent to Hertford.. (hire, were identified lot the publicans : lie alto proved, that the prirone:s we; e not inhabitants of Hertfordfhire, hot notorion- chataelcts :n London (one of them, Nc..iand, being, already under fen tence of tranfportation for another burglary). Here the cafe endzd for the profecut ion, and the prifoners calling no witii, Wes, Serjeant BE6T, who prefided as Judge, fummed up the evidence to the Jury, and dwelt on the Ilrong Cllcuinflances of the prifoneri, who were London ers, having (pent the whole night in the neigh bourhood, and producing early in the morning a fhoulder of mutton, exactly the dere' ip tion of that which had been (Hen ; Ciat the honk% had been entered by violence, had bzot dearly proved; that it was entered-in the dark (which is neccffary to con(lieute burglary); the circurnttance of the lamp being moved, the fpirits of w ne curl fumed, and the matches fcattered about the ro om, firmed clearly to prove: as for no part of t he pro perty being found on the prifoners ( when ari cited in London), that was nothing extraordinary; it ulualiy was the cafe with old offs-nelers ; ever, if they had any doubt, they fhouid le I,) the fide of mercy.—The Jury, after a very thi re c..nfulta- Lion, ga• e their verdi : t—Guilt;•. The Judge informed them, before pafring fen fence, that !heir chance of pal don was frnall, and if they obtained it, it mull be on the ;urns of being tranfported for life, from that country whole juf- Lice condemned them. Two more prili,ners were convi&cd and fen tenced Tor highway tobbery,aggravated by cruelty, and one for flre:p Ilealing. On the tith of lalL month a perfon fold at the ' Market Crofs, in Chapel-en-le-Fri:lt, a wire, a. child, and as much furniture as would fet up a beggar, for clever. (billings ! An opulent farmer, living near Gain'borough, was detecled on Tuefda; fe'nnight fel.ing butter confiderably under wei g ht: it was immediately feized, and he returned home w ith an empty pocket, in lieu of the expeEted ill-got weal:h. The bodies of !even p.l•rfons have Leen taken up on the chore near Match Chapel, within thefe few days, amongil whom was that of Mr. Whitacre of Thorn, 101 l in a veffel bound to Louth with coals. On Thurfday fe'nnight, at Cove, Cork, a boat belonging to his Majay's fhip la RE NOM M EE, with Cap:AisVICELLA P.. the Dirt Lieutenant, an officer of Marine;, and 6 hand; ou board, upfet on her ange from the ihore to the (hip : it this perilous lunation they continued for Lye:al minutes, cling ing to the boat's bottom, and to fame articles of furniture which were fortunately conveying on board, until all - aft:ince reached them from the fhore; and w: are highly gratitiH in being able to add, that they were all preferved by the aCiivity which was exerted on the oceafion Bik . nts, On the 2 rth ult. in Britain-fireet, Dublin, thc wife of Mr. Sparks, thoemaker, of a fon, th • nest day o: a dallghter, and on the 27th of two other chNren, females.—The the c latter the mother is in a fair way of tloit.,; well At Ishii-, Ireland, the wife of Conway Heady, Efq. of a daughter. In Pitt-Itreet, Dublin, the wife of Donovan Flood, Efq. of a OH. MAK R ED. At Rofs, Henry Loftus Tottenham, Efq. C011...d0r of Ar magh, to Mifs Cliffe, daughter of the Rev. John Chffe, D. D. Thomas Wm. Nugeut, I•fq. of Roshs,rough, county Wcit moth, to Mifs C. Fitzgerald, of Mullingar. 1)1E1). On the 4th init. in Marlhorough-ftrect, Dublin, Mr.. Mary Graydon, the vi ire rd - Alexander Gray(b,n, I fq. and (laughter of the late Harvey Illy,'Efq. of the county of Wexford. In Tortola, (Weft Indies) of a five-day fever, Mr. Robert Phelan, of Carrick- on-Suir. At Limerick, Mr. Wm. Geary. archib - 61. . - In Watling-ttre.t, Deblin, ifrs. Middleton, wife to Mr. Samuel Middleton : her t was oecafionecl by a fall from a gig: tile day before her death the was deliv•:red of a chile, whore jaw• and Scull were broken by the accident. On the 28th ult. at Ofweft: y, the Piro. i d'ard Mortice, near to year, one of the plaices of the Peace fur the counties of Salop and Denbigh. Lately, ut 'Tortola, after a lingering illnefs, Captain R. Bat foa, of Liverpool. At Crow Trees, near Thorne, on tlie 2,6 th ult. after a tedious indifpoation, Mrs. Atkinfon, wife of Jof. Atkinfan, Efq. of that place, and Welt daughter of Edward Eattland, Efq. of Lincoln. On the 2 tit ult. Mrs. Rideing, fitter to Sir R. Perry'', Bart. On the 26th tilt. Mr. Thomas Crofland, manufadurer, of Man( better. At Sri(ln!, Wm. Gordon, Era. of Lewerlon. Porfetfbire Ow Sunday evening, at her !:cafe in i•. Joh , l's-iln:et, Mrs. Lorkin, widow of the late Mr. Jo:m Lail week, the daughter of Air. Wimbult, of Saila. Pau:% Chinch-yard. In Ff:ypt, aged nineteen, Fnfign ter Grinuinn, of tl.r 58th Regiment. Lately, at Richmond, Yorl:gdre, of a coultirrvior. Hunton, wife of Alderman Hunton. At York, on Saturday morning, aft-A - a Mott ii net., ard 27, Mr Dunn, of the Theatr.: Royal. On Monday lilt, in the 39th ye.sr of his 2,1-. c, :if:Tr a lingc.ing and tedious iilt!efs, Mr. J. Botta - 11 of York, on.: of tlt COMIIIOII COllnCillrell for Monk-Ward. On the z3th ult. Mr. Walter Steriher, of Ye;:dini;ham, eminent grazier. t.ONDON: Printed for the Prnprietors. by JOHN DANIEL (of Carnaby-ftrett) at the Sina Pb, ry.r r o-Orr:ct. Nn. t Carey-ftreet ; and pnblicaert Fy I.FV 4 4 • , C.n. tcbttry-place, I.antS-th), at Na. r. Carry-at cet, 31:t: at the STAI.OrICa. TC111911:-Bar;Olhoe a::