Star. — London, England, 1801-07-25 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLICENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.--Wind W. N. W. lIIIIVID D t / Hamburgb, July Ti, 0 2 Dublin, July 19, 20. 0 o Waterford, a i DO:10201AM, July 21, 0 i Guernfey, July 21, 0 tr leley, July 22, 0 O ' on, it o Leeward Iffands 1 PLYMOUTH, JULY 23. Came in the VALLIANT, of 14 guns, Lieutenant MaxweLL, from a cruize off the coaft of France : !he brought in an open boat, called the Oz, of Lyme, laden with 36 bags.of falt, which the fell in with and took poireffion of, a few leagues from Guernfey, with two boys only on board, who, it is faid, ra n away with her from that ifland, and were (Leering for the coaft of France.—Came in the BOADICEA, of 38 guns, Captain KEATS, from a cruize.—Sailed the SYLPH, of 18 guns, Captain DASNWOOD, and the SUFFISANT, Of 14 guns, Cap• fain WITMAN, on a cruize, off the Ifle of Bafs : Sailed alfo the MILDROOR fchooner, of 16 guny Lieutenant de STARCK, with a fleet under convoy, to the Weftward : the RA 'to ER cutter on a cruize; the EARL ST. VINCENT, of 18 guns, witll _ a fleet of viauallers, for the Channel fleet ; and the Lox. DON PACKET, of 12 guns, with a fleet under con voy to the Eaftward. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24. Arrived from the Downs, the PR EVOYANTE of zoyans.—Sailed the RAVEN, of t 8 guns, Captain SAusnsas, and OSPREY, of IS guns, on a cruize. YARMOUTH, JULY 24. Arrived the KING GEORGE packet, Captain Dun, from Cuxhaven with the Hambugh Mail of the ,7th init. This morning arrived the Cosoutto cutter, with five fail of Pruffian merchantmen richly laden, bound to Lifbon, (topped by the JeLouSE in the North Sea. This morning M. Somaoutts, a foreign Mellin ger, arrived here with the baggage and retinue of his Excellency the Portuguefeldinifter : the bag gage was chipped on board the LATONR frigate : his Excellency is expetted here this day, when he will embark as foon as the wind is fair for St. Pe terlburgh. Part of the 49th regiment marched this morning for Horfham Barracks. Arrived the LYNX (loop, and the Fuer, ZE. Fara, and PINCHER, gun brigs, from the fcria don cruizing off the coaft of Holland.—Sailed the &mow armed chip, with a fleet from Ham• burgh, to Hull; the Prtsnes Hoop for the Note ; and the ALECTO fire !hip, for the Downs. The Packet with the Mails of the 22d inft. remains in the Roads, wind-bound. The Srscutaroa logger failed this afternoon, with difpatches and letters for the Beet on the eoall of Holland. LIVEkpooL, JULY 23. •RRIVLO. The Sally, Grimes, from inceat Trinidad. The Flora, Lewis, sod Mists, Gatebffe, from hence at Jamaica. The jimmies, Barwife, from Whitehaven at ditto. The Nekhoufe, Harding, tram Africa at Demerara. The Triton, Simkins, from home at ditto. The Ro4.lrtion, Redman, from hence at Noribik. The Fame, Perkins, from hence at Virginia: The Lydia, Jackfon, from hence at ditto. The Happy, England, from hence at Philadelphia. The Amizad, Fioa*, from Cadiz, prize to the Ctn. Iteppel privateer, of this port, is arrived at Madeira. The Sir Charles Hamilton, M , Cosiestit, was well off Madeira the 6th April, in company with the Emerald. _ _ _ The A6tive, TURNBULL, from hence for the Bahamas at Madeira; parted from the Revolu tionaire frigate, and her convoy, from Cork to the Weft Indies, on the 23d lilt. near Madeira. The James, Haw RIN3, from Greenland, arrived here on Friday laft, with t t fifh. By her we have the following information, viz. the Sincerity, Davits, with S; Lyon, SPEDDINO, 6; and the Three Friends, Mtztst, 6, for this port. FROM LLOYD'S' LIST. DEAL, JULY a4.—Remain as per tai.—Sailed through ;he Downs, the Prudence, Betsy, for Philadelphia.—Wind E. N. E. blows hard. GIATESIIIII% JULY 24.—Paft by, the Jonge Margaretta, --- from Elbing ; Johannes, —, from Dantzic ; Oran, —, from Stockholm ; Johannes, Maxey ; Peter Andree, —; Farhat hoop, ---; Emanuell, HsNoslaoN ; Andrew and Carolina, SAMOON Eolus, NIIILSON ; Nicho las and Ann, Tonoanson ; and Two Brothers, from Norway ; Maria, Mszuta, from Stet tin ; Endraght, --, from Riga ; Ann, CRAW• Tie ; and Expedition, —, from Rotterdam. Wed the Linger, --, for Tenerife; and Three Sißers, ANSLEY, for Philadelphia. Vice-Admiral Lord NsLion is appointed Com mander in Chief of the fquadron deftined fo a& on the coati of Holland. Rear-Admiral GRAVES and Rear-Admiral Toery are to ferve under him. The ARDIIIT and GLATTOPI, (hips of the line, are armed as Boating batteries, and have joined the Baravisa, BISCHIRMIIt, and VLIITIIR, which Are Rationed to defend the mouths of the Thames and Medway. Five hundred penfioners of Green wich Hofpital have turned out volunteers, and gone dawn to complete the complement required to man theft tioadn batteries. Several 64 gun flops are now Rationing down the Swin, in order to prowl the Eaftern coaft; the Acorn us.brig. commanded by Lieutenant &A sia, has dropped down, and taken her Ration off Bradwell Chapel, fo as to command the entrance of the Colne and Blacks/liter rivers. The brig Ann, from New-York to Liverpool, was afhore on the Bth of June on the EaR end of Lo. r . Maud. seffel loft—cargo fared. The new 73 gun flip; which has been nearly 7 years building at Harwich. is ezpeited to be launched in the month of Ottober nett.--She is to be mimed the Conqueror. MILITaIRr PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICE, DUBLIN-CASTLE, JULY to. His Majefty has been pleated to make the follow ing promotions in the army on this ellablifhment : Nth Light Dragoons.—. Lieut. It I. Thornton, Captain, by pur chde, vice Kirk, refigned ; Cornet Hug% Henry, Lieutenant, by purchafe, vice Thornton, promoted; Mr. Wm. Pilfivorth, Comet, by purchAfe, 'vice Henry, promoted. JULY 14. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been pleafed to fign Commiffions for the tOllowing Gen tlemen to be Officers in the undermentioned diflria corps: Doneraile Cavalry—Samuel Croker, Efq. Second Lieutenant, VILC Nommt, refigned. Newt)his Cavalry—Jofeph Warta, Efq. Fourth Lieutenant, vice Dudgeon, refigned. Glenawli Infantry—W. Ingham, Efq. Second Lieutenant, vice Fawcett, deceafed. Tireragh Infantry—J. W. Wilkins, Efq. Flrft Lieutenant, vice Wood, promoted. Ballymote Infantry—Firft Lieutenant Richard Gethin, Captain, vice Bridgham, refigned; Second Lieutenant James Moth well, Fiat Lieutenant, vice Gcthin, promoted. Athlone Infantry—Second Lieutenant Gerald Dillon, FiVft Lieutenant, vice Larkin, promoted; Rich. Hafem, Efq. Second Lieutenant, vice Dillon, promoted. PRESENTATION OF COLOURE.—Yellerday be tween twelve and one o'clock, the Colours of the Uxbi idze Yeomanry, commanded by Sir CH RI rro- PH ER BAYNES, were prefented to Captain ILL. LIARD, in prefence of the whole corps, by Lady Bartf Es, on Uxbridge Moor, before a very nume rous and genteel company, many perfons of fa fhion being prefent in landau's, fociables, &c. Her Ladyfhip made an impreffive fpeech on, the occa fion, reminding the corps of the probability of their fpeedily being called into aanal fervice to repel in vafion ; and Captain HILLIARD, in reply, Rawer-, ed for the courage and alacrity of his brother fol dlers. Aclergyman then confecrated the colours by a fuitable prayer, after which, the mon difiinguifh ed part of the company retired to marquees on the ground, to partake of rcfrelhmcnts; God Pave the King, and Rule Britannia, being played by the band. The ground was kept by the Buckinghamfhire Ca valry, commanded by Lord GRENVILLE ; and the day being very fine, the fpeelacle• was good. Vaux7nall bn.eled a molt brilliant affemblage of vifitors on Thurlday evening. Upwards of five ihonfand perfons were ptefent, among whom we witnelfed Was' Ult, the Dokes of ORLEANS and BOURBON, the Duchers of GORDON, Cnuntefs of jkRSIY, and Lords HARRINGTON and Oassomo. Mamma Houst.—Application having been made to the Loan MAYOR in confequence of a. great number of failors having ode' ted from his Majeily's fervice and taken refuge in the city, prefs warrants were granted on Thurfilay night lad to apprehend all tailors who might be found in the city. Two or three prefs gangs, aiii,ted by fome city officers, fearthed feveral public houles, where they found above twenty feamen who were lodged for the night in the different compters, and yeller day morning they were brought before the LORD MAYOR, when fixteen of them were found to be prefrade, and were fent on hoard the tender oppo. fue the Tower. The Officers made heavy com plaints againfl the millrefs of a public houfe who had refilled their authority. On Thurfday evening a prefl gang, confining of about fourteen perfons, having received information of a number of tailors who lately belonged to the Company's (hips, being fecreted in lime public houtes in Leadenhall.itreet, proceeded thither, pro perly armed, with an int.mtion to im girds them and take them on board th : tender. The tailors, how ever, having inumat o of their approach. instant ly collelted together a 4 rellited the gang : 4 ge nerd engagement immediately enfued, and the tail ors after a difficult fcuffie, proved vietrnious and obliged die prefs gang to relinquith their purpofe. Several, we are forty to hear, were wounded on both fides, and a number of windows were broke during the affray. About ten o'clock on Tuefday morning a moll dcfperate attempt was made by lime of the pri toners in Staff. .rd gaol to elcape. Ont. of the turn keys, on entering the felons divifion of the prifon, vrasfeized by Thomas Howell and William Fowlds; they took the keys from him, tied him to the rail 1 of the itaircafe, and then, with nine others, milled out to the Boundary wall, wher'e they feized the ladders from a building which was ereeting for va grants. The bricklayers ran from the building, gave instant notice ; the alarm bell WAS .mme_.ate fyy rung, and other precautions taken. The pri foners were fecured, and are now all lately lodged in feparate cells. Friday fe'nnight, a number of conviets under 'I fentence of tranfportation, &c. effeifted their efcape from the New Prifon, Dublin, by paffing from that prifon over the Seffions Houfe, from whence they contrived to let themfelves down unperceived by the centinels at New/gate. Two offenders concern ed, it is alledged, in the recent mail robberies, have been committed to Kilmainham gaol by Major Si aR. We ate stinted that no advantage whatever will be taken of the prefent enormoufly - high price of pa. per,by the Proprietors of Mr. BARR'S tranflation of ° the Natural Hi dory of the celebrated M. Bur row in 15 vols oelavo, e mbelli flied with many hundred high. ly finithed engravings illuftrative of the work, as [they ere deeerwuneel so it ON ehe original term, in 94 Numbers at One Shilling each, by one or more at a time. Port . R' s Exhibition of his great Hiltorical Pic ture at the Lyceum, offers to the public one of the moR attraftive Spethaeles in d town. The Siege of Acre is an unique which at once impreffes its fubjeCt on the mind of the beholder; and the intermixture of the French, Turkifh, and Egyptian epitome, with that of the Britifh army and navy, forms at the pre fent moment a prong print for popular curiofity. When the moR fplendid fcenery and delightful mufic are blended with an excellent plot, the refult moR be the height of attraSion. That the Fire Kiwg or efllert ad Right, at the Royal Circus, St. George's Fields, is completely filch, and fue.h its effect upon the public, the over-Rowing audience of each evening at that Theatre completely proves. This however, we find, is the lag week but one of the preknt p erformances, and a new fplendid co. one - Pantomime,which has been a loos time is re burial; will be fpecdily produced. CORN MARKET. In our Paper of Thnrfday, the price of Wheat and Oats in Bury St. Edmund's * (hould have been quoted per Coom6, not per I'9uarter. We therefor:: re-flate the prices : Wheat, 555. to 781. per Coomb. Oats, 135. to ins. per Coomb. Barley, 355. per glaartcr. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD, THURSDAY, JULY 23. Fifty pounds, the gift of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, free for any hoi fe, mare, or gel• ding. Four yr olds 7ft. 71b. syr olds 811. 71b. 6yr olds cifl. and aged 911. 41b. The belt of three 3-mile heats. Sir C. Sunbury's b. c. Sorceror, 5 yrs old Mr. Nicholl's b. g. Cordovan, 6 yrs old - - 2 Hon. G. ftowees b. h. by Dungannon, 6 yrs old - dr Sir F. Pool's br. f. Tawney, 4 yrs old - - dr CARMARTHEN, JULY 21. Our races began yefterday for the firfl time in this county, when fix horfes flailed for a plate of fifty guineas, which was won by Mr. Hemmings's chefnut mare, clofely puthed by Mr. Carr's bay mare, Tawney, who bolt the race by half a neck. The concourfe of people from the adjacent coun ties was immenfe, and the carriages of all forts very numerous. A landau, with General Cowell's family, and Major Hely in it, was overturned, owing to the pottillions driving too fail in turning a (harp corner. The.carriagc was broke in pieces ; but very fortunately the company received no ma terial injury. ASSIZES. BURY, JULY 24.—The Affizes for the County of Suffolk commenced here yellerday ; twenty Prifoners appeared for trial on the Calendar, none, however, for offences of any magnitude. The bu finefs at the Nifi Prim? Bar is not very great ; the only Caufe of importance was this day heard be fore Mr. Baron HOT HA M. CRAGS , / V. OAKES AND SON. This was an Action brought to try the legality of Bank Notes as a tender in fatisfadion for any demand. It appeared on evidence that the Plaintiff, who is a gentleman refiding near Bury, has at different times demanded of the Defendants, who are Bankers in that town, fpecie in exchange for their cafh notes. The circumftance on which the aCtion . was founded, happened on the 3 t ft of January laft, at which time the particular fcarcity of fpecie ren dered it neceffary for the Defendants, as well as other Bankers, to limit the iffue of calk to a cer tain proportion, in order to accommodate the public in general. On the day before Rated, Mr. Gr:gby brought to the Bank of Meffrs. Oakes and Son, their notes to the amount of fifty guineas, for which he accepted Bank notes and calh in the idual proportion of exchange; he then prefented a five guinea note, for which, agreeable to his de mand, he received calls : he afterwards repeated it with another five guinea note, for which he was tendered a five pound Bank note and five thillings in calh, which the Plaintiff refilled to accept ; and declared his objet was to infill upon having ca(h for all the Defendants' notes he might pre fent, and if refufed, he would bring an aaion. The Learned Judge, after repeating the evi dence to the Jury, made fume remarks on the con duet of the Plaintiff; which, whatever it might be on other occalions, appeared, he faid, in the pre fent infante, to be bufy and officious, and, if car ried to the extreme, to have a mifchievous ten dency. The Jury feemed inclined to give a verdia for the Defendants, but his Lordfhip obferviag, that it was a queftion - in Law not for their decifion ; they gave a verdia for the Plaintiff, fubjea to the determination of the Court of King's Bench. CHELMSFORD, JULY 24. —OUT Affixes com. menced on Wednefday lalt, before Lord Chief plaice Kaman+ and Mr. Jullice GROSS. Their Lordthips arrived about three o'clock in the after noon, and, after opening their cornmiffion, dined with Sir Hexer MILDM•Y, Bart. at Moulfham hall. Yefterday morning, after Divine Service, (which was performed in the Nifi-prius Court), and a molt appropriate Sermon from Prov. ch. viii. v. le : " By me King: reign and Primer decree juiliiT," preached by the Rev. J. LYPYEATE, Reaor of Great Hallingbury, and Chaplain to the High Sheriff, their Lerdthips proceeded to bufinefs.— There was a molt refpeaable appearance of the Magiftracy and Gentlemen on the Grand Jury, who were addrelfed by Lord KENYON in the fol lowing words : " Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—When I firft had the honour to reprefent my Sovereign, in order to affift in the adminiftration of the jultice of this country, I thought that decency and refpe.ft required that I fhould enter into the duty and pri. vilege of Grand Juries. The abundant experience I have had, in the many times I have had the happinefs of going the Circuit of the County of Efex, has convinced me, that neither the Magi ftrates have Rood in need of any inftruCtion, nor the Grand Juries flood in need of any exhortation, from me, to look into the copious part of their duty, in adminiflering the criminal jultice that ' falls under their direCtion. It is ufelefs for me to detail thefe things, which are abundantly well known by thofe whom I have the honour of ad dreffing. The calendar which will come before you, I am lorry to fay, exhibits a very numerous lift of very atrocious offences, more, I think, than ever met my eye in the like period of time, in the various circuits I have gone. But numerous and enormous as they are, there is nothing that re quires any particular obfervations from me. I am lorry to fay, that offences too often occur.; and one laments to fee fo many individuals guilty of fo many' enormities as appear on this ealendar.— There se, however, nothing very intricate ; and if there was any thing intricate, your knowledge is (efficient to wet it; but the:* is nothing that re quires from Me any particular defcription, nor does any thing luggeft itfelf to my mind, that I can lay to you, more than you are already ac quainted with on this fubjea in general. There are two offences, or two perfons accufed of th e fame offence, viz. a felonious violation of the ho nour of the other fez. It does not often occur that two offences of that kind are contained in one calendar. How the cireumltances will thin out, I do not know. I perceive one of thefe offenders hag been -icimittcd to bail. Whether the relpeiftable Magiftratewho admitted him to bail be in my hear ing or not I do not know ; but I would jutfub mit to nim, that perhaps that is rather an excels of authority. It is not ordinarily fuppofed to be quite right, that a tingle Magifirate, or even tw o Magittrates, can admit to bail a perfim committed for capital offences, and a capital offence this id.— There is likewife another offence in the calendar, which prefents the fame obfervations to me an offence of e magnitude, a capital offence, and bail ought not to have been admitted. I juft mention this, not by way of reproach, I do not mean any fuch thing ; but it is very fit that I fhould mention what occurs to me, when I am fpeaking to the fame order of men as myfelf,--11(agyfrates of the county. If any thing does occur to me, it is du* to them, as well as to myfelf, ,that I fhould men tion it. " Gentlemen, there is a great number of offen ders, I underftand, who have iterated and reite rated charges againft them. lam very lorry that thofe who are able to prote& us, (hould become the plunderers of th. , le out of whole pockets their lubsillence and cloathiug arc taken, It is a lament able thing, and it is proper that tkeir offences should be looked at with eagles' eyes, and punned with the utmoff fever ity. It is not a very pleafant thing to adminifler the criminal jidlice of the clunti y, efpecially where the puniffiment annexed to the crime, by the law, is very levere. But thole who are placed in Courts of Juflice, mull always film• mon up fufficient fortitude of mind, to meet the objets on which they a& ; and if the Laws muff be promulgated, more than they are, in charaaers of blood, fo it muff be.—Fatal neceffity calls for it, and fa it muff be.—None of the Judges of this land delight in blood, but, on the contrary, I would almoll fay, a falfe humanity makes them flop (hon.—But when offences become moll enor mous—when they are doubling and trebling upon us, it is neceffary for the Law to be promulgated ; it is neceffary for you to look minutely to the pro ceedings, before you fend them to another Jury to decide on their lives, and the Judge to affiff that Jury; and I cannot but caution you to take care who you hand up for jullice. Ido not mean by that to infinuate an improper lenity, but when death is the confequence, when the life of man is in danger, you will take care to difcharge your duty with fortitude.—" Nulla vulva'', de murk bomti nir cunaatio longa efl." "No delay, about the death of a man, can be too long." " Gentlemen, with refpe& to the offences again ft the honour of the other fex, it has been faid by the wileff Judges,that itis an offence ea* made, and met with difficulty. Ido not know any offence fo enormous as that is, but fometimes one has met with offences of that nature, when there has not been much ground for accufation; and no offence has ever came, or can come, before a Grand Jury, that calls for fo much inguilitivenefi, (it I may b e allowed the expreffion) as that offence does. If the offence is proved, it is a crime moll enormous in. deed; but it is not flight evidence that will prove it, and it requires an infinite deal of circumfpec tion and care. " If, Gentlemen, you Mould find I can be of any fervice to you, fuch alliftance as I can give, you are welcome to ; and I do not know, efpccially in the enfeebled Rate of bodily health as I am at pre. fent, that I need trouble you any farther." There were 6o prifoners upon the Calendar, few of whom have yet been tried. Our flZcarter Seffions were held Jail week. The appeals were not numerous, and nothing extraor dinary tranfpired refpeitin them. John On the calendar Rood Mumford (lately from the Eaft Indies,) who, under pretence of being the owner of the houfe and premifes near the gaol, lately occupied by Mr. Ambrofe Mumford, and purchafed by the county, and affumin& the name of a certain perfon, who if living is confider. ed as the legal heir, and thereby obtaining money from Mr. Lambirth, of Writtle, which being clear ly proved, the Court fentenced him to fertn years tranfportation beyond the fear. John Hughes, a notorious vagrant, being found with tools and implements upon him for boufebreaking, was again conviaed (having been feveral times before the Court) was adjudged incorrigible arffi fentenced to two years hard labour at Hahted. John Avery and Rofe Obrien, were feverally convicted on in diaments for uttering counterfeit half-guineas, which being fully proved, and the bafe metal cut in Court, they were (as common utterers of falfe money) fentenced, the fiat to one year's imprifon. ment and to find fureties two years more, and Ooe latter to fix months and find fureties for lix months after. The two indiaments found at the prefent Sef lions againft Elizabeth Sayers and Samuel Clark, for burglaries,are to be tried at the enfuing A al zc s. Wm. Belcher,for flealing poultry from Mr. Thorn ton, of Stratford, is to be imprifuned fix month‘, and feverely whipped at the cart's tail through Stratford, at the end of his term. Several of the indiSments againfl forefiallers were swathed; but we hear three or four of them (land for trial at the prefent affizes. The mode of appointing Infpectors of weights and meafures within every dittriCt of the county, has been, and is likely to be, attended with the moil falutary cffeas ; many perfons keeping limps being convieted of having, and of mirk, using fulfe weight. and unequal balances, and many and large fines have b:en laid upon them. Humanity thudders to think how the poor have fuffcred, r• t only from the pretrure of tie times, but horn this molt heinous of all fpecies of fraud. which is now by the wifdom of the Legiflature and the exer tions of the Magidracy:of this county, likely to be brought to a permanent Kite throughout the Came, and we trait, all Gotha countiei will follow the es. ample.