Star. — London, England, 1818-05-30 00:00:00

j 3 • , . ) 1 . , t 1 ? i i ) • i f 1 t 1 1 i 11 t I 1 .1 1 i - i 1 t t . 1 ,I i 1 I ‘ 1 c r I c I i I t P . 1 i il l ' ' 1 ' t I t , *l.ii 1 1 1 / t i , 1 1 r i ) 11 , i , I / •" i , 1 I'4 EAST INDIA HOUSE. A General 'Court of Proprietors of East-India Stock was yesterday held at the Company's house in Lea &r.hall-street, pursuant to public advertisement. The usual forms having been gone through, a va riety of documents, (the titles of which were read), which had been presented to the House of Commons since the last Court, were laid on the table. The Chairman, JOHN PATTIsON, Esq. then stated that the Court was convened in order that there be laid before the Proprieters, the draft of a Bill new in progress through the House of Commons, for conso lidating the several acts relative to the hiring of the Company's shi.pping. The Bill having been read by the Clerk, Mr. 'brie rose, and in a speech of considerable length, opposed the whole of its enactments, except that connected with the last clause, as being calcu lated to overturn the existing shipping system. That system, he observed, which had been established afters struggle of fifteen years, was sanctioned by the late Right Hon. Henry Dundas, and by the concurrent Re solutions of the Court of Directors and Proprietors. As there was no immediate necessity for the Bill, he wished that it should be suffered to lie over till next Session of Parliament. Mr. GRANT defended the Bill. It was necessary to prevent the principle on which the existing grip ping system was established, from being wholly de stroyed, to adopt certain modifications, in order to sneer the various contingencies to which human affairs were liable, and which, at t4se commencement of a contract, that would probably left for 14 or 20 years, it was impossible to foresee. Mr. &Pm NSTONE condemned the existing system as a.most vicious one ; but as the present Bill was better than those which had preceded it, he did not mean to oppose it. ,l‘fr. GRANT stated, that the present shipping sys tem had saved the Company half a million of money. Mr. EI,MINSTONE denied this position, and was ready to aigne the point with the Hon. Director. Mr. D. KINNAIRD observed, that the Bill which he understood to be the work of the President of the Board of Controul, was much more worthy of a water of poetry than a grave Statesman, for to his humble comprehension, it was utterly unintelligible. There was no immediate occasion for any measure on this subject, and therefore, he conceived in fairness and candour, the further proceedings with respect to it ought to be postponed. Mr. Lowsees was of opinion that the Bill ought not to be passed in the present Session. In the course of his speech the Honourable Proprietor inveighed strongly against the conduct of the CRiirt of Direc tors, who had lowered the interest on their bonds in England from 5 to 4 per cent. by which his father lost 10,000/. Ile believed, while the interest of this country was reduced to a peace rate, it was conti nued at a war rate iniudia. This was rank—it smelled strong—it looked as if the Court of Directors'were oily anxious to serve their sons and Rephews, while they paid no attention to the public. Mr. Alderman ATKINS agreed perfectly in the prin ciple of the Bill, but conceived the measure might be los:loosed without inconvenience till next Session. Mi. ROBINSON said the measure had been fully considered in the Court of Directors, they had given their assent to it ; the great body of the Proprietors appeared to like the bill, and, under these circum stances, he:saw no good reason for postponing it. 1 3.11, Hum& movecl.a low , amendment to the mo b tion, That the Court do approve the said Bill," in which he condemned the measure, and called on the Court of Directors to petition Parliament that it should not pass into a law until the whole ache Corn pany's shipping system was examined. The amendment, on a show of hands, was nega eyed, and the original motion carried in the alfir mative.--The Court then adjourned. . , On the 15th -instant, during a violent storm of thunder and lightning, tiro children at the village of Bolton, near Appleby were struck down by the lightning ; one of them was much scorched, and they were both senseless at the time, but a man who had formerly worked in the mines at Alston Moor being present, he had them covered up to the neck with fresh pwi Id, which soon restored animation, and at pre sent both are doing well. Tuesday last, as J. VIITOOLGER, a farmer, was help ing a neighbour at . Byfleet, Surrey, to wash his sheep in the river Wey, - ope . Of the animals having escaped from him, on his reaching to catch it, he slipped into a deep part of the river, and immediately sunk and never rosellgain ; and although several persons were on the spot, half an hour elapsed before the body was foimd, which; when taken out, was quite dead. The Untortunate man had previously remarked; that the last time he assisted at washing sheep he was nearly drowned, and hoped he should come off better this tim,e. lie has left a wife And several young children ' totally unprovided for. Gm-Ica% MAT 18.—Wednesday evening last, a dreadful murder was perpetrated at the village of Ower, within about seven miles west of this town, by 4f, Flaherty, husband of the woman who was mur -4...red, aided and assisted b) her whole family, con sisting of her father, mother, two brothers, kc.—being led by the lnisband to think the deceased was pcis sasse ! of some evil spirit, and that he had power from the priest to cure her, which had the effect of making ht; own family look on, and even assist him, while he . strangled her, by putting an iron tongs round her neck, and pressing on it till she expired. The father cf the deceased has been committed to the county jail, by R. MARTIN, Esq. of Ross, who has been snaking, and still continues to make, a most active search !::.31- the murderer. SPlelioimAN's STOMACH PILLs.—A Medicine of Teular Proscription, and established credit, is per. ksi - 9 ore of-the Most safe and efficacious, that can be taken at tl.;s season of the year, and at all times fot Spurns, Wind in the 44tattach, Nervous Cornplaints,to promote regular Perspiration, Delicier.cy of Bile, ani in Obstruction of the Bowels, in Heart tarns, Costiveness, Cholics, Gout, Von limes, and in Mad aeSei. On trial, their intrinsic worth will prove their beat re tail:met:dation ; they are particularly recommended during the elude of Sea Hathill, and drinking the Sea and Mineral Ws • ; also-for these living In warm climates. Prepared by Tao. esa.a tiscet.. , res, jun. Druggist, Tottenham High-Cross, Middle bfiletite of an Asslynment from H. and J. Berwick, solcPro firißtbri of 2isYt 11, Ipt, by the Will of M. Speodimen; and are ▪ taar Skase and LAwards, So, 66, St. Paul's Cintrels.wel and Tkvon awl ff.t),Oxford-strott,in Boxe9st 4.. ild. 10s. • :014 One °Anna ; and.may M bnel of tke principal Venders o. asdielaes in 7bwa odd Country. • 1.4 W INTELUGiS= CON'GISTORY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS. SULLIVAN, AUAISST MARIA IIU4LIVAII, 111 . 1111IRIVIIIE QLDAKEit, ?MAW CAIAISSWOO SULLIVAN. The further hearing, on this important question of nullity of marriage, on the ground of minority, fraud, misnomer, rsci non-consent on the part of me Right Honourable - Sohn Sullivan ' father ani natural guardian of John Augustus Sullivan, the minor, (who was married by- banns in the parish church of St. Olave's, Southwark, on the 15th July. 1816, to Maria Holmes Oldaker, natural daughter of Thomas Oldaker, huntsman to the Berkeley Hounds), came on yesterday. • • • a time. egnsldeiing the Jew state of the ride; she 4 consequence struck against the bottom. Joseph }Wield, a caulker, was present at the time tips Barosa was uied. at the request of the plaiatif4 .and considered her fit to sail to any part of the work'. excepting for the state of the keel-seam, which the defendant, who is a ship-builder, would nut have touched. Ile considered all the men who had been called to •pr9ve the case, its excellent workmen,' and had heard the plaintiff, on the Sunday after the ves sel was launched, tell the defendant that he had ex pected the leakage ; and the defendant did not deny that he had been remonstrated with before respecting the blind seam. Mr. Serjeant Huttoest shortly addressed the Jury on the improbability of the defendant's giving orders nhich must evidently entail upon him additional ex pense. He should prove, by witnesses to the trans action, that in point of fact the vessel leaked at every seam, and she was obliged to be uncoppered and un caulked, at an expense of upwards of 1104 If then they were of opinion that the defendant had given Orders that the keel-seam should not be touched, he should still be entitled to a verdict, if the repairs had not been done in a workmanlike manner. The Lear ned Serjeant then called George Levasker, who hadteen a long time in the employ of the defendant. He found that the vessel was leaky in forty or fifty places, on the next morn ing after she was launched, some of them four or five feet above the keel. The whole of the vessel was un coppered and uncaulked by Mr. Elliot, which would not, have been necessaryliad the leakage been confined to the keel-seam ; in fact, no water could penetrate through that seam into the hold, because it was a false keel, and if taken entirely off no water could get in, as the main or real scan: was made close by %slat arc called stop-waters. On his cross-examination, he admitted ti at the main-keel seam was not caulked at all in the first in stance; but that when the vessel was taken to Mr. Elliot's dock-yard, it was judged necessary that it etould undergo the operation which the plaintiff re commended in the first instance. Mr. Justice PARK instantly stopped the proceed ings, observing, that the case was over, and the Jury were hound to return a verdict for the plaintiff. He had thought at first, that as this vessel seemed to be a new speculation- in the art of ship-building, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, as he had been a party to the sending out of a vessel that was not sea-worthy, at the request of a person ignorant of what was essential to the salvation of the lives and property which might be put on board. But it turned nut at the course of the proceedings, that the defen dant was a ship-builder himself, and must be pre sume(' to know his business ; as the repairs had been made according to his own express directions, he WAS alone responsible; the Jury would therefore give the • plaintiff his full demand. The jury immediately returned a verdict fur the plaintiff.—Damages, 321. 10s. Certain interrogatories, containing charges against Dr. Battin, having been rejected, as unappertauning and irrelevant to the question, and as being extra interrogate, Dr. Swaazy opened the case for the consideration of the Court. The husband was of the age of 17, and the lady also a minor of the age of 19 years, when the marriage was solemnized, in presence of Thomas Oldaker and wife, hut without the know ledge of the Right Honourable John Sullivan, father of the minor. The marriage was, therefore, im peached on the ground of minority and undue publi cations of banns, together with fraud and clandes ,! tinity, though admitted to have - been duly solem: nized informa facie Ecclesie, there was a circum stance of false representation in the entry, which, it was con ended, formed an impediment under the Marriage Act. In the winter of 1916, .7o!qr Augustus-Sullivan was in the habit of hunting with the Berkeley hounds, whilst at that time residing with his father at Richies Lodge, Buckinghamshire ; Thomas Oldaker, the huntsman, residing at Gerrard's Cross, near Ux bridge. In the summer of 1816, a close intimacy arose by young Sullivan being a constant visitor at the L ouse of Oldaker, accompanied most part by Mr..order, his tutor, and on one occasion by the two Miss Suilivaths, his sisters. Miss Maria Old aker, who was bred a milliner at Uxbridge, then' living with her father, became the object of his afrec-' tion, and was permitted on this, as on several occa sions, to ;;de out with him in a gig and on harse• back. Banns, it appeared, had been published in the parish church of St. Andrew's. Holborn, by a notice in the hand-writing of Augustus Sullivan, and subsequently in like. manner at St. Qlave's Church, where the ceremony was perfofmed. The Clergy man was particular in hi; inquiries respecting con sent of parents at the time, but • was answered by Mrs. Oldaker that " all wus right." He saw nothing to induce suspicion that it was otherwise. Maria Oldaker, by which name alone she had ever gone,. was induced to assume the name of Maria Holmes Oldaker, becauie of her being born before the mar riage of her father and mother, and her mother's name being Holmes, it was considered prudent, be ing illegitimate, to marry by that name. A variety of cases were cited to establish the nul lity which was sought to be pronounced in this case. Drs. Lissitttsorox and PHILLIMORI, ijr the Ho nourable John Sullivan, laid great stress upon the evidence of a conspiracy to inveigle a boy of years of age into a marriage of s uch disparity. Doctors STODDAET, JENI4III4, and Dooms, on be half of Mrs. Maria Sullivan, contended that here was no evidenced/Cana (as existed in the cases cited), to induce the Court to pronounce for nullity in this instance, the circumstance of the Right Honourable John Sullivan and his Lady being reconciled to the marriage prior to the commencement of this suit.— The courtship having been with the knowledge and privity of Mr. BUT der, the young Gentleman's tutor, and the character of Maria Sullivan being altogether unimpeached, added to the affectionate letters writ ten by John Augustus Sullivan to his wife, and to the family of Oldaker since his being sent abroad; all tended to shew this was a marrive of alrection, and not a case of fraud, as falling within the provi sions of the Statute upon which the Court would be justified in pronouncing for the nullity of the mar riage, which being had by publication of balm duty proclaimed, in facie &clerics, was rendered indis soluble by the spirit and preamble of the very Act at Parliament in question. 'rho case stands over to be further argued. COURT OF QOMMON PLEAS, MAY Et CLARKE V. WARWICK. This was an action for the recovery of 821. 10s. the balance of an account fur repairing two vessels, tho Isabella and the Barossa. The original amount was 461. 15s. Gd. but 81. had been advanced during the progress of the work, and 61. 55. 6d. had been paid into Court, as the whole sum to which the plain tiff was entitled, on the ground that the caulking of the 13arossa had been so imperfectly performed as to be of no advantage whatever to the vessel, ahe hav ing leaked :n various places on the first day of her leaving dock. A great number of witnesses were called on the part of the plaintiff, the principal pan of whoni bad been employed upon the work in question; from whose evidence it appeared that the Barossa was built upon a new construction, having iron pluck on the sides, instead of the usual number of nuthers or ribs, and hat all her seams were well caulked in the repair ing; that is, filled with oakum and pitch —except the keel seam, which the .defendant positively ordered should not undergo this operation. James Ilollis, one or the workmen, stated that the defendant came often to his master's dock-yard while this vessel was tinder repair, and gave express direc tions that the blind seam near the keel shUuld not he canned, notwithstanding the frequent representations made to him by the plaintiff that it was necessary, in order to prevent its leaking. Upon being asked, whether the defendant saw-the vessel after the repairs 'were finished, and expressed himself satisfied ?he replied-44 0 yes ? and he gave us a supper in the evening, .after she was launched, ,when we had the pleasure of drinking Mr. Warwick's good health." Mr. Serjeant Bzer.a.—“ That's a supper iirlich I think my Learned Brothers oa the opposite side will not be able to digest."—(Laughler.) Thomas Corailh, a waterman, attended the launch at the desire of the defendant, who was himself pre .acut. l l never saw a v4.4l,l . lauaLled at «a imreoper MANSION Housz.—A well-looking lad, about 15 years of age, named Walker, was yesterday brought before the Loan Mayor, charged by Charles Camp bell, Esq. the Danish Consul, with having repeatedly challenged him to Samar combat with deadly wea pons, and with sending him threatening letters.—Mr. Campbell stated, that the prisoner was one of dial ' most extraordinary youths he had ever heard of. He was of a very respectable Irish family, but by 'the' misfortunes ut his parents he haifbeen compelled to accept a menial situation. The witness took him into his service some months ago, but not some part of his conduct he discharged him, but afterwards procttred him a situation with a Miss Prince, an inti mate acquaintance. I k had not been long there, be fore a notion, as extraordinary as it was groundless, possessed him, that a conspiracy existed between the witness and Miss Prince to defraud him of his salary, and to blast his character by the circulation of false reports concerning him. Nothing could convince him of the folly of thiisupposition, and Mr. Campbell received a letter from the prisoner, in which he was styled a " conspirator," and a " foul slanderer." He shortly left Miss Prince, and went to Tottenham— whence he wrote several times to Mr. Campbell, threatening to have vengeance for the wrongs he had suffered, and demanding satisfaction. No notice was taken of these letteri until a few days since, when one arrived, from which the following is at extract " I have repeatedly solicited & mating, but you choose to dia -1 regard my communications. I repeat that I must have similar , - thin for the cruel injuries tLat have been heaped upon me by you led your coadjutor, ltlartlia Prince ; and, thrtefote, f n one* that you will meet me to-morrow at one o'cloa, on 'geed ; or, if you art diainclined ycagself, provide a substitute, and let the matter be hone•arably decided with pistols, or other weapons. Although you are the Danish Consul, you must not be permitted to betray a trust, or to blast the reputation a an humble individual. I again repeat, that you are a swindler and a slardarer." Mr. Campbell now instituted a search for the pri soner, but could not find him, and on Wednesday he received another letter to the same effect. This con tained the address of the boy, and he was apprehen ded.—The prisoner, with much fluency, attempted to convince his Lordship that the charges he had brought against Mr. Campbell were well grounded. The Lotto MAsioit, however, thought otherwise, and ordered the idly lad to be locked up until some of his friends came forward and promised to take care of him. Row-smitte7.-.-Yesterday John Janes was brought before J. K. CoasaNT, Esq. charged by a beadle of the parish of St. Giles, with begging in Bloomsbury square, and endeavouring to excite commiseration by chewing a raw cabbage leaf. The Secretary of the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity being pre sent recognized the man, and stated to the elagi strate that he had been relieved and clothed, and pro tided with employment at the expense of the Societi besides which, a benevolent individual had furnish al him with ample means to proceed to Portsmouth. to obtain a birth under his fi rarer Captain. It appeared that he bad not only spent the money in liquor, but had pledged the clothes for the same purpose ; and as there was evideoce of his former commitments, he was again committed as a rogue and vagabond to the Sessions, to befarther dealt with according to law. John ',Sutton and Sarah Gatelau were at the 5..-ae time placed at the bar, charged upon the testimony of two of the officers employed by the Mendicity So ciety with'several acts of vagrancy in the parish of st. Martin-in-the-fields. The charge being substan tiated, they were both committed as rogues and rs . gabonds, and ordered to be passed to their differ, at parishes. To Sesmtary of the botiety iaati.d,. that both these eagratas laaa Laz referral tot!, with the Societrt'flctets, and had been ler. but choosing rather to continue beggi ng , ,fused to take the direct'ons of that ticuet T tr, rochial relief. He also infp r m e j t i . „ - Ni , /bat no beggar receiving theit ticltc.s ca., li pretension to solicit alms, as the I , A:heti abandons any case where tlr penp::: i , : , i. -, g ducts himself, until saffscien. re:sells 0.1::1,,. MA RAJIMOUOII4 ZETe...-ThUTioday t , m7 r. the jailor went into the strung rocm kr ;b. ; of taking the prisoners away to ti.c he was astonished to find them gone hole made through the brie irao 3brla mews, by which th:y escaped. C. k. outside, it was discos red to be I,:oic e a s pick-axe. Tlill MARKETS, NEWOATE .exo LE tDENHALL ie . l (By the Crease.' Bed ss od to es Gil I Veal Mutton 4* lid to 4s 10d I P0rk........ Lamb Si. OLL to eh. ed. SMITIIFIBLD MARKEL', NIT VA To ink the othd—per 'tote si er Beef ........4s 'xi to Se OA Va Mutton ....St Od to 61 61 I Pork ..... se es Lamb • Ta Od. to it. Cd. B uds s5O--Calves doo—Sheep and Lamb, E. C:4l. PRICES or HAY Aso V sr. astszs's. Hay ...41 Os Od to 61 6s 166 Straw 51 Os Od to 61 re 011 Clew/sal Os Od to 01 Os Od TRAW YEsICkl wansolati Hay... 51 54 04 to Straw *1 iih Id co Clovis 61 ea yid to OF HOPS. PRICE SSW eaol. Kent 2Ol Os t• 1131 00t Suis.:: l9l 06 to 2:11 Os kites OOl 04 to 00. OS Ire toner Kent 4ll oe Susan 231 us Ems l4l Os rstafitO —OM Os RAW Best Tinders and Ststts (vs stone)......Ss Ca to 2. I'd Middlings ...sts 24 to Ss 44 filsocpskins—Pullcd, Es 04 :of Saes:Wis. Is rd to 04 0 °Mow? —l3 10! Market C.lf s• Ear. licrae 31 3k ?a 4C—Down, d—Lambs, 36 1.4 a. " PRICE or TALLOW, - SAP, atto CAD Se. James's Market l. 4tl Tows Tallow Clare klatitot. Oa 01 Yellow Lusk.- ti WLitettspel Market ta 5,t White ditto (par it... of 8114 Soap Yellow Soap, No—Mottled, 108a-4assi,ll2*-1 ca more, per drs. lits 64-11oalds, Iss PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, SO to 36Ibe to Ditto, SS 00 Sall* 134 to ; Droning Hides ...... ....... to Fine Coach Hide 5......... to Crop Hides, Z. 5 to 4013. or eattiag ----tad to Ditto 4; to solbs • to ; Calf Skins, 30 to !E. nitro 60 to ....... 23d Ditto 70 tc oGilts ...Cid to Small Seals (Oroenland) ...... ...... Asa to Lame ditto -per dese . n 70s to Tinned HOlll4 Hides Spacial Horse COAL SUREST, MATO: Ships at Matt. Skips Sold. 39 N....castle IS Stls 6: 15 Sunderland SS 54. Cd COUNTRY MARKETS- resamea, May 116.--Wheat, per load, LIP 0. Barley, per quarter, efs to Sos—oacs, MI to 51 44 4 SO SODPaaa, 441 00, t.) (vs. itinvivr, Kay SL—Wheat, Ss. od.lB los cd—ll to lea oda—Vatchea, as Od per Lusha—llart,c, lei Od to Ns Od per se :ter—Bread, o. peck—Hour, 67. to 000 per sack. Oarottos key 911.-11te prier of a Boatel Wt —The Half-peck Leaf, Wheaten, Os 041.—Heetele Newsier BIOTA May U.— Whoa, to Na to 50s-1004, 96s te 44:0-..Beses,• Ilea ell 441 to 5474.—iateed, Is fd to is Ild. per Gam. lINCH A NCI — Dam, Marlys 1' ' Gebraltar Leptto ...... Owcut ...... s Turks ItaL LI% aples P N aters; :smote 0 * I Dalai lApe et ice bank 4 Fez not. COURSE OF Am.terdam .34 10 B. SU. Diu., at nett 36 4 Amu:ad= ll 6 CF. thaw at atght 11 3 ILAttetO.un... ... ll 7 SU. Antwatp, el-alta 11 Hatabtagit 33 11 CU. Alma . ..... 14 Cr t U. Paris, s day's date su s Dna ,j4 23 :47. Bourdaain 44 Id Frankfurt on tke Mains 1411154W Madrid, effective 59 Cadis effect n Barcelona PRICES Ur 00 Portugal Ciol4 In Coin, pet Foreign Gold in Dan Now Doubloons . ILD a$L-4 New .......... 311 wet in Ban New Louis each At Glasgow die quartern Ica has come penny this week ; it is now thirteen pence. pears also to be a very considerable reciac price of oatmeal. There was imported into Liverpool I.lv Wheat, 5100 quarters, 12,370 bags, 2002 of Oats, 3365 quarters and 48 bars ; of Ba quarters, 7082 bags ; and of Flour, 40,8 and 1945 half barrels. In the cider countries, the apple and pel now in full bloom, and so flat..enng a poi abundant crop of fruit has not been wir many years. DIARR111:11 May tt, at Utgokatt. the Rev. Archibald I! mechty, to Mtst Mallow Matte, Skushtar Js Esq. Cockley, Kinrosi:dhire. 111 ED. On the MI inst. at Peak Hill. Waklists Athol'. illness, Captain Richard Dale, of the %th Saturday, *this house inWin.pule.straa, air Steil in the sdth year of hi. ate. May 22, at Burfued I leow, Sirrhh'e , th e Rushaut, wife of the llonf and hew. Owl( Rob Saturday. Ponsaari-atreet, Dr. lent Ors, Lir Fast India Company's service, Madras EatabAsse: April 111, at Lissom C . are, IA Asa, the yozeftll Rev. Charles Hawkins (Rector of Kabul°, Seeirro. 15 months; and on the folios ins day, Augusta the ter of the suss, kith& 9th year of her age. May 16, at OadJriby, near Leicester, Efigl. l, ! Colonel Cheney, of the Scotch Crays. Saturday, aged 24, Catherine Mary, daughter Clarks Proby, Reefer of Sun,vlck, Northampton! April 30, of typhus fever, b his 3fth year, th Smith, P.M. of Hahloyle and Ho b. Saturday, at Rents, of a fever, liishael Sheehan oast is the Itsub..reissaarzy. /UGH WATER at LONDON BRIDOR TO-1 *laming - U mimeo Alternate . . .—.—... 1.01 1 WQN: Primed -114 ruNishol by I.sna b fensploSay fisi .5' sk