Star. — London, England, 1801-09-17 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY....Whid N. E. aliatrao o Hantburgb, 1 Dublin, &PUS , O Waterford, t =ghadert ger. 1 30 • _ Eming • mat will be made up at the General Poft Office for the Leeward Mantis, to be conveyed from Falmouth to the Wcft Indies, in the LORD C SPENCER, a new packet, now at Falmouth, ready to fall as roan as the Mail arrives there. FALMOUTH, Spa% yefterday the WALSINONAM packer, ROBERTS, with the Mails of the Bth inft. for Lifbon ; the American (hip Merchant, Capt. DYER, for Rotterdam; the Juno, Worri4, for Guernfey ; and the Britifh King, TONE, for London. The CHESTERFIELD packet, Capt. BLIGHT, with the Mails of the firft Wednefduy of this month for America, is detained till further orders. The KING GEORGE packet will fail, if fair wind, on Saturday next with the Lifbon Mail of the ipth inftant. The PEN sLors packet, from Jamaica; the PRINCE Dew ST ditto, from America; and the lisaLtqylN ditto, from Li(bon, are hourly ex peeled. PLYSIDDTFI, SEPT. lg.—Arrived the Earl Saint Vincent privateer; and SPEEDWELL floop, front a MIZE. Porrssiourn, SEPT. t6.—Arrived the RESO. LOTION lugger, with a convoy from the Downs; and Johannes and Elizabeth, with butter, &c. fent in by the TARTAR frigate; alfo the ABUNDANCE IRotefhip froth the Eaftward.—Sailed the MALTA, of 74 guns, Captain BIRTH, to join the Channel Fleet. The Tszst. man of war is the only (hip slow Rationed at St. Helen's. DOVER, 6IPTIMNER t6.—lf the Negotiation is to be judged of by the frequency of flags of truce palling, it goes on very brifkly.—One from hence failed this morning with Difpatches. DEAL, SEPT. [IIEOEIO the Downs the HIGHLAND CHIEF, Captain GREENWAY, for India.—Wind N. E. - - GRAVESEND, SEPT. 16.—Paf1ed by the Hope and Ambo, FRYER; Neptune, Jaconson ; and Har mony, WILLIAMS, from Norway; Margaretta, SMITH, from Qirebee ; Jonge Peter, —; and Britannia, CAULSON, from Dantzic ; Jonge Maria, SMITH, from Rotterdam; Fidelity, EDWARDS ; Dove, BATTY Britannia,Caart ; Heetor, PR INC I. ; and Nancy, PoßsoN, from Peteriburgh.—Sailed the Jane, GARDNER, for Hamburgh ; Port Van Pillau, —, for Koningiburg ; Twe Gebroders, —, for Rotterdam ; - Vrow Alida, ; and Drie Gefufters, —, for Amfterdam. Rnt, Sart% I+—Arrived the Dart, Writ.- LIAMS, and At - live, WILLIAMS, from Portfmouth; Ann and Catherine, ROBARTS, from Sandwich; Vbiquell ,Wltt.s; and Olive Branch, THOM r sow, from Lymington ; and Three Brothers, STUDLL y, from Southampton.—Sailed the Lapwing, CART RIDGE, for Portfmouth; Falcon, HANCOCK ; Unity, FLOOD; and Rofe in June, STROUD, for Liverpool Monday morning, a very large fleet for the Baltic, Hamburgh, &c. failed from Leith Roads. The neW packet DisratcH, with every accom modation for palfengers, carriages and horfes, fails twice a week between Ilfracombe in Devon, and Swanfea in Wales, from whence a mail coach joins -the packets at Milford, which fail daily for Water ford. The Honourable EDWARD Ktmc is appointed to the command of his Majefly'sfhip MARIA, at Ply- Mouth. The Galen, and the Joreph, —, from Liverpool, and the Aurora, COLMAN, from Ja maica, are reported to be loft at Honduras. The Ifabella, REID, from Riga, is arrived at El(*more, after being on fhore at Sandhammer, and unloaded a part of cargo.. The Lavinia, Ettrs,./from Tortola to Qebec, is loft near Tortola ; great part of the cargo laved. The brig Unity, of Biddeford , Capt. Swirrotv, bound to Dram, ran on fhore off Walden, on the coaft of France, the ,cth inflant, and was burnt by the enemy ; crew Paved by the MARINER gun. brig. • The Dutch have four (hips, of 74 guns, at Am• fierdam, two of them without any men in them.— In the Texel they have one of 6¢ guns, one of go, two of z 6, one of 16 guns, and two (mailer vef fel; ready for fea. The Mscsaa fire.ftip, Capt. Nswnouss, was, during her late cruizc, ordered off Brett, where the continued in perfest readinefs to have gone into that harbour, only waiting . for another fire-fhip then expelled. The enterprize was to have been condueted by Captains BRISBAN a and NEWHOUSE, and would have been put in execution had not the Trench received intelligence of it, and were pre pared accordingly. _ _ A very gallant anion hasbeen fought off Roche fort by the AM, LIA frigate, Captain Hsaas sr, with a fquadron of three French frigates and a fehooner, which Ile compelled to return to Port. '1 particulars of this anion are as follow: Oa the 22d of Auguß, fhe was ordered in by fig nal from the I MPETIYIU I, of 84 guns, Commo dore Sir E. PF.LLEW. Bart. to reconnoitre the ene my's force in Rochefort. On her nearing the Port, the obterved two frigates and a fchooner (landing I'.lt towards her; one la Medufe, of 30 guns, and the (.titer a 44 gun frigate. Captain limiter immccli..tely bore down, and brought them to ac tion in the molt gallant Rile. In a (hurt time the !i-devant Ambufcade, of 32 guns, came out to join her contorts, but the fire from the AMELIA WAS to well kept up, that the French fquadron bore away for Posit. The AMELIA Rood after them, and aFtually lay to for them off the harbour. The (bore was lined with thoutands of fpcaators, who witneffed the retreat of their frigates covered c•o 4 7log ) . The A ris E LlAtuflaiued but little damage, having made her obfervations,returacci to the fittadron. CORN MARATS. There was an advance in the price of grain, at Carlifle market, on Saturday laft. The fupply was very feanty; owing, probably, to the finenefs of the day. At Kendal market, on Saturday Taft, Old oats fold at 425. the load, (74 Wincheliers)—New oats 33s.—Beft wheat flour 4s. 6d. per flone of 161 b.— oatmeal, 3s.—potatoei, 4d. for 14113. - - At Barnardeaftle market, on Wedtiefday fc'n night, new wheat fold at 17s. per bbll, 'containing two Winchefler bufhels.—New oats at at. 6d. per Winchefler BURY, SEPT. t6.—The harvefl being finished in this part of the kingdom, our market wa§ this day moll abundantly fupplied with famples of Wheat, which caufed a redation of Bs. per quarter fence lall week:—Prices were—Wheat, Bos. to ; Barley, 365. to 465.; Oats, 175. to ass. per quarter. LYNN, in Nciarout.—Our harveft has been the belt that we ever knew; the greater part of our growers have finithed Tome days without an hour's interruption by bad weather, although Tome few of the very large farmers, and thofe more parti cularly in the Fens, have Rill (as is always the cafe) Tome to get in. Wheat in particular is of fuperior fine quality, and we confider it will weigh upon the average an excefs of 6olb. per bufhel. The crop is certainly good, exceeding a fair aver. age one, as more acres were Town than ever were known before, and by taking the weight into eili mation we mutt elleem it fully double to the crop' l of IA year. NEWCASTLE, SEPT. 12.—0 n Saturday laft there was a greater quantity of wheat in the market here than there has before been for a long time ; indeed, nearly half the length of Pilgrim•Rreetwas crowded with carts : the bell new Wheat fetched about 905. per quarter in the morning ; but towards the dole of the market it fell 16s. or 18s. lower.—The par ties who govern the London market are playing off the old manccuvre—llinting the fupply to tome what lefs than the denumsl; but the abundant harveft both at home and abroad, will defeat their object. The Sound Lifts of Auguft 21 and 25, mention the paifage of 24 veffels from the Baltic for this country with grain. The bounty given by Gdvernment mull amount to a very great firm. One cargo of Wheat which fold for only 12001. received 6041. of debenture. Dr. Hicciws, who about five years fine was invited to go out to Jamaica for the purpofe of improving the art of making fugar, has recently returned to England, for a time. There was the large(' (hew of cattle at Malden fair, on Monday and Tuefday that has been known for many years pall ; but the prices of beans were held up fo high, that none of the principal graziers would buy, erpetting that the continuing dry weather mull bring them down. Sheep and lambs fold freely and well. Some South Down {heading wethers fetched as high as aos. a head ; wether lambs 265. and ewe ditto ass. Cattle having fold at Tome late fairs for very high prices, people in general are forming refolu lions to refrain from veal and lamb, fo that the live-flock of the country may be encreafed. The General Meeting of the Weftern Agricul tural Society for the (hew of prize cattle and fheep, held at Petworth on Thurfday laft, was numer oufly and refpeetably attended. The cattle exhi bited for the prizes were of a fuperior and commanded the admiration of all the bell inform. ed amateurs prefent. The fheep did not rank fo high in eftimation, the bell that were (hewn there being much inferior to the worn that were exhi bited there in Auguft 'all, not indeed owing to any deficiency of agricultural knowledge in the Weftern breeders, but to a want of the South• downs, by which the Eaftern flocks are fo ellen tially benefited, and in confequence of which the Society has refolved in future to difcontictue the premiums for fheep. A moll interefting and magnificent piece was Lift night brought out at the Royal Circus, St. George's Fields, for the benefit of Mr. CROSS, named KM: Csfar, or the Negev Slaves, which yield ed the utmoft gratification to a !ma crowded au dience. The Story is interefting in the higher' de gree, the laft fcene between little Itiaxo the blind boy, and SestaA his filler, is peculiarly affeEting. The fcenery is charming. The mufic with the Indian overture, the airs, &c. by Mr. W. WARE, univerfally admired. The dances by Mifs ADAMS, and Mifs DENNY, cannot be excelled; the dreffes and manners of the natives are finely preferved, and the ceremony of Mumbo jumbo produces a wonderful effect—The charaCters were admirably fupported throughout, and no doubt this produc tion will continue to draw the soft overflowing affemblage of admirers every evening. Mr. Bafham, a collar-maker at Holt, fell from his horfe on Monday fe'nnight, and was found lying in the road the next morning. He died on Th'irfday in confequence of the injury he received. Some nights (ince a gentleman who was return ing to town on the Kingfland road, in confequence of - his horfe taking fright, was thrown off, and his foot hanging in the flirrup, was dragged a confiderable diftance, by which accident he had one of his legs broken, and was otherwife much bruifed. We beg leave to caution the Public to fccure the tops of their bottles, as feveral attempts have been made of late to force a way in by palling over the roofs of other houfes. On Thurfday nig ht - the houfe of Mr. CHAINPNEY, in Cheapfide, was at tempted to be broke open by lime villains, who fucceeded by an iron crow to force open a lirong door at the top of his houfe. Fortunately there was an inner door (fill lironger, which they were attempting to force and cut, but were heard by two Ladies who flept immediately under. On ex amining the tops of the houfes near, it fsems they had "come over at leaf twenty houfes, anZ had got to the top of an uninhabited hook in a court in Yoder-lane. OLD BAILEr. Yellerday the Sefßoni commenced at the Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the LORD MAY )R, Mr. Baron HOTHAM, Mr. Juftice LE BLANC, Mr. ltscognt a, &c. when 19 prilhners were tried, five of whom were capitally conviCked, viz. John FYlet alias gone:, was capitally convielcd on a charge of flealing a wooden box, containing a cloth coat, and other articles, value tol. and up. wards, the property of Thomas Judge—Death. gofeph Daub, Thom:: Head, and Heber Head, were indieted for burglarioufly breaking and enter ing a dwelling-houfe, about the hour of eight in the night, with intent to (teal, and burglarioufly healing therein two cloth coats, a Thin and other articles of wearing apparel, a table-cloth, &c. amounting in value to ten pounds, the property of Samuel Chivers. Mary Chivers, the wife of Samuel Chivers, laid the lived at a houfe in Old-fireet, where the kept a (hop; that on the tsth of Augutt loft the locked the door of her apartment which opens into a pal rage, and went into her Chop, which is on the other tide of the paff.age ; the was then in diftrefs on ac count of having taken a bad 75. piece of a girl whom the did not know. Heliher Head ufed to deal with her, and at this time owed her fome mo ney ; the came to the witnefs and afked her how thuch the owed her ?—The witnefs faid the could not tell at that time, but would look, and then laid the had taken a bad 71. piece of a girl, which the prifoner faid the lamented, and anted if the knew the girl ? She faid the did not. The prifoner ad. vifed her to go after the girl, Paying the law her going along a little while ago. She went with the prifoner, as the thought then, in purfuit of the girl, but which the witnefs now, upon refleCtion on her condutf, thinks was with a view to deceive her, having afked her two or three times to go into a public-houfe to drink fome fpirits, with a view to facilitate what was going on at the houfe of the witnefs at that time. When the returned to her houfe, the found that her back-door had been unbolted and her room opened ; the had fattened it all over before the came away. On looking over the room the found that all the articles mentioned in the Indiament, and many more, were taken away. A few days afterwards the found, bn ex amination, at a Pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood, a table-cloth, and at another's a thin. which the knew to be the property of her hutband. She fufpefted the prifoner Thomas Head and his wife of this robbery, becaufe the had feen them about her houfe two days before making obfervations, as the conceived, about the place, and therefore they were apprehended. A Pawnbroker proved, that he took a thin in pledge of the prifoner, Jofeph Davis, and advanc ed him ss. on it, on the Bth of Anglia ka: Mrs. Chivers fwore, that the flirt was her hut - - band's flirt, the knew it by her own work upon it; there had been a mark upon it, but that was taken away. Another Pawnbroker produced a table cloth, which, he faid, he received of Elizabeth Davis, the wife of the prifoner, Davis, who lire. with him ; and Mrs. Chivers alfo (wore to the cloth, although the mark that had been on it was cut off; but the knew it by many different little marks that were upon it. Armftrong, a Police officer, apprehended the two prifoners, Head, on the 18th of Augutt ; and afterwards, in confequence of an information, he fearched a room belonging to a woman of the name of Auttin, in a place near the Surrey Road, and under the bed he found a box containing a dark lantern, a phorphorus box, a bunch of pick-lock keys, chile], &c. the implements for houfe•breaking, and alfo a piece of cloth, which Mrs. Chivers fwore to be the property of her hutband. The mark upon it was torn off, but the knew it by her own work, which was alfo upon it. Sarah Au flin faid, that her fitter, Mary Jenner, brought a box to her lodgings two days before the officer came there and found it ; but the laid, the knew nothing about the box herfelf. Mary Jenner gave a very grange account from beginning to end, of what the knew of this mat ter. She faid the took this box, without knowing what was in it, for fafety, of her own head;—and then the laid, that the took it at the requeft of jo feph Davis to her fitter's—[She fainted, or teemed to faint, and was carried out of Court ; being re covered, and brought back]—the faid, the never Paw the box opened ; the did not know what was in it ; the never law the prifoner, Head, in com pany with Davis : and on a queftion put to her by Davis, the laid, the received thefe things In the box of Mrs. Head, on the Wednefday after the rob• bery was committed. That the laid fo before the Magißrates, and that in point of fait, the did re ceive them from her. It was in Old-greet the re ceived them, but the did not remember on what day. The things that Mrs. Davis gave her, were a dark lantern, and a bunch of keys; and the then laid, that (he herfelf put them in, and put in w ith them the piece of cloth, which was produced and (worn to by Mrs. Chivers.—She laid afterwards, the did not know who brought it into the room ; the found it there and put it into the box. The Officers of the Police fearched Davis, but found nothing upon him, nor in his apartment. The Learned jUdge, Mr. Baron Ho THAN, fum med up the whole of the evidence, and obfcrved to the Jury, that as to Mary jenner, her (tory was fo incontinent and Ilrange,and the manner in which the gave her evidence was fo extraordinary, that the was not intitled to much credit before them. —With refped to the burglary, the Learned Judge Paid, he thought, fairly enough, they miglit ac quit all the Prifoners upon that part of the charge; for it appeared by the evidence, that the houfe was fattened up at eight o'clock in the evening in the month of Auguil, and the Profecutor's wife went out immediately afterwards; it could not then be dark, aad, therefore, faid the Learned Judge, your conlideration will be, w hether you believe thefe two men Role thefe things, I fay thefe two men, for as to the wife of the prifoner Head, the cannot be found guilty of any larceny that is done in the pretence of herhufband. Wi:h tctpen to I lead, the only evidence, I conceive, that affeas him, is his being ken about the houfe in the cootie of Use day, or a few days before, and ohferved particulars. ly by Mrs.Chivers, to look about the place, that is, to be lure, a dicta/ill:ince to be taken with others into confide' ation ; but at the fame time it does not appear to rise to go a great way, fur he might have lodged in the neighbourhood, and might have been in the cool-feet going home, and h: might have been fees about the place, and ap pear lufpicious without having any bad pat poi.. :n view. That does not appear to me to weigh a great deal; he is not Avon, to by either of the Pawnbrokers as having pawned any of tl:e goods; he is not fecn by Mary Jenner—the had onver fation with him about the box, and therefore it does teem to me, that whatever may be your fuf picion, the evidence in point of la6t, falls (Ilea of proof of guilt as to hint ; and his wif:, as I have told you already, is decided to her acquittal of courfe, bee:tide the is ruppolecl to have aged, dike did any thing in this bulinefs, under the controul of herhulband. As to Davir,there is more to behind; for, two days after the robbery, it appears that he pawned the thirts which Mrs. Chivas (wears to be the property of her hufband. Now if a man pawns that which is clearly proved to be the property of another, and does it forecently after it was dolen,it is incumbent on him to aflign to a Jury, when tried for the theft, come reafon for being in polkflion of it, which the Prifoner has not done; he has raid merely it was his own. 'That you are to decide for yourfelves upon the evidence ; the mark is picked out, a circumflance of fufpicion to he added to others. The other Pawnbroker took the cloth (which has been proved altar to be the property of the Profecutor) of Elie,. Davis ; now as to this box, you have heard the girl, Mary Jenner, fwear ing backwards and forwards, and you have heard what it contained, and, to lie lure, part of this Rory bears pretty hard upon the prifoner Head, for it appears to have been an interelling thing to him, that the box thould be taken away from his po(ter ; but that is not, perhaps, enough to convidt him. There are the ciretimilances, as I have Rated, which affect the Prifoner Davis ; if you think they are fufficient to convidt him of dealing the property you will fay In, but I think you cannot fay it was in the night, it being about eight o'clock in the evening, and in the month of Anguil, about the middle, it could not have been too dark to didin. guifh the perfon of a man, and therefore cannot be a burglary. With refped to the other hironer, the cafe is not In thong, and, therefore, I think, you will feet yourfelves difpofesf to acquit him, whatever may be your fufpicions (for I will not do you the injullice to fuppofe that you do not furpeet at lead, that he was concerned in this robbery), but I am of opinion, that the evidence falls thora of proof of guilt in him. You will confider the whole of the evidence, and give fuch a verdidt as appears to you to be Jul. The Jury found the two prifoners, Head, No• Guilty, and found the Prisoner Davis Guilty of deal. ing the goods, but riot of breaking and entering the dwelling-houfe in the night time. Mr. ta:.on Hornass.—" Gentlemen, when the property appears to amount to 16L I cannot ark you to teduce the value below aos." gof,ph Nand :lofty) R3lld were indidted fat dealing a lamb, the property of Edward Kerby, on the PA of July lath Mr. Kerby Rated that he had purchafed forty lambs at Romford on the 29th of July, and that he was one short when they came home. Merring ton, the drover, laid, that be drove the lambs to quellion from Rumford; when he got to White d-lapel, he met Huff and Rodd, who were driving fome lambs for Mr. Glaffye, another butcher.— He could not keep their Limbs together, and they begged him to let them drive theirs with his ; to which he confented. When they parted, they fe parated their refpeetive flocks ; but upon his arri val, he found one thort. He then vent back to Mr. Glattyc's to know if he had a lamb too many. He raid there was, but that the drovers had taken, it away. He alfo then learnt that they were to meet at the Prince of Hefre public-houfe, in Field gate -greet. He went there, accompanied by Griffiths, the Police.officer : when theygot there, they found Rodd, who denied having any know ledge of the lamb. Soon after wards Huff came in, who upon being queftioned by Griffiths, laid he would confers where the lamb was, and accord ingly told them it was near the White Swan, Rat clitte-highway, where they found it. Another drover fpoke to his being hired by Huff to carry the lamb to Ratcliff highway; but as no evidence particularly applied to Rudd, he was at-- quitted, and Hutt only found Guilty Ricad Eat, a young man of decent appear. ante, was indidted for breaking into the dwelling hook of Mrs. Humphrys, in the day-time, and dealing therein feveral pairs of (ilk and other tiockings, trinkets, money, a watch, and various other articles, her property, Mrs. Humphrys laid, the kept a (hop in Brook. Rivet, Ratelift; that on Chrifimas-day lad the flint up her houfe, leaving nobody in it, and went out to fpcnd the day with a friend. When the came home at night, the perceived feveral things removed out of their places, and on examining the doors, found them unbolted ; and going to Her drawers fie perceived they had been unlocked, and every thing Ilolen out of them. A tientar robbery took place in March lad. Site never heard any thing of her property 'until, in the month of July lad, the faw tile prifuner, ehom file knew as being fm to the Keeper of the %York. honk, yeah lonic of the articles the had Ltd about him. lle was follc,wcd, and his apartmeto ft:arch ed, and mod oldie things were found in his poi: fedion, together with a parcel of keys that open. ed the locks of the profecnirix. The prifuner, when brought before the Magill rate, a vu. luntary confetlion of his having, Chi ;au:es-day, got into the houfe through a cellar ; an I, in March, through a one-pair window, by meta, of a ladder. He alto acknovileetia.l that he doh: the watch, and fold it to a Jew. o'ieve v...vetr c , came and gave him a good charieTts: ; h it being no doubt in the cafe, the Joy f 'WU Gili..ty—Dej:h. There ii as atiutle.r .•• agaola tom for a I;nular oicace ; btu as !h.. II convia,sl of a c.l pita) oflencq it ss AS 11 , .r tho i uecetfitry to follow it up. 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