Star. — London, England, 1808-07-06 00:00:00

NAUTICAL pirszmiumcz. ;A ,4i' P • It/LY i Came in the American ship tiger, eaptain CrAltis: f ro m Baltimore, bound to BOurdraux, in haltast* 400~ pined by the GROWL= : she has 'gird , f or ty-nine passengers, alionk whom is the Spanish. Ambassador to the Unifed - States of America, hi s ivile and family; DREADNOUGHT, of 98 gissoi, f r om the ChanUel Flees, bearing the flag of Reir.. mlmiral SoTuasy ; HENDOSTAN, Of 50 gtoW; ertnt of the Tagus, ;With . 2 tiatisiloyt, having .94102:e4 a b o ut 150_ s7orttiguyze Emigiants ; Tsarist,. :of 18 gulls , from a crwarrPomoNr,.of .40 grins, : from the Channel Fleet, to' &t for thr Wet Indiek u s st;, of 18 gsias, , , , ; , PORTS/lOU - hi, /Ul4ll 0: • .Arriv'ensishfajeatraship PosiMel,f;;mi Piymonth. sad his Majesty s- ship STORK, with dispatches for theßrazits.': . • • ' • DEAN, rtivr, 5. • • Arrived the Loin hiszyri+ll sloop, front Ports.' m ath ; ARILTHUM legate, from JRZHai4 . a t with folly Brest India ships under convoy, the.neatest part of which have sailed for the River; 814stsza gun-brig, from a crnize. Sailed the RnyaLter slap last night for the Baltic, with three transports under conyoy,- having on board provisions. Arrived the Supply navy transport. There are upwards of fifty sail of transports assembled in the Downs within a few days, their destination am not at present able to learn. MMAIN IN 7:111 . DOWNS. Princess of Orange, Wee-Admiral Campeau. ; St. Albin's, Arethuss, Lord Melville, Blazer, and Supply. CHATHAM, JULY 3. Money arrived here last week for the payment of the artificers an' workmen of the Dock-yard up to Lady quarter; the paying commenced Friday and gill end to-morrow. The ABOUKIR remains at Long !teach, but will sail immediately on a shift of wind. Aa express arrived here on Thursday afternoon to fit at send away all the gun-boats at this port, every exertion was made and they were all got ready and sent away to Shterness the same evening at high water. ABERDEEN,- JULY *. Extrast of a letter from a Gentleman in Johr sha ven, to his friend in this . place, dated Tune 28 :.-.- u This moment, the Master.of the Charlotte of Leith, Tuomas Puttp ' ' and seven of his crew, landed here' in ,his boat, his ship being captured on Sunday night, about 45 miles right off the Suchan-ness. The Char lotte was from Werberg in Sweden, loaded with flax and potashes, and came from Gottenburgh under convoy of the Hebe armed ship, which vessel went to Longhope. The privateer is cutter-rigged, full of men, and Captain Pniu thinks they made off as for Bergen in Norway. Captain Pim? and crew had been in their boat since Sunday night, and this is the fest land they made." Extract of a letter front a gentleman in Peterhead tolls correspondent in this place, dated June 28. u 14 leave to inform you, that one of the pilots belonging to till place, this day, when out at sea, spoke the CHILDERS sloop of war, the Captain of which informed him that he had been for two days in chace cf a sloop.riued privateer off this coast, but owing to a fog he had lost sight of the privateer and given arm the chace, and being in want of provisions, that meant to sail for Leith Roads."—A brig was af &wards seen in tow of one of our dinners, steering othe Southward, • whicb, it is hoped, may prove to in the above-mentioned vessel, retaken. DAVIS' STR A ITS W I(DZE FISH ERY.-0 n Wednesday bit the Horn, Vats:cm% and Mary Ann, —, balk of Dundee, with nine fish each, full ships, in company with the Royal George of Hull, with 12 fie, passed this place. Captain VALENTINE left the is cm the Bth of June, when, we are happy to learn, theism, JAM MON, ci this place, was killing her seventh fah and had the prospect of being soon full. .The following account of the success of the fishery is given by Captain VAL/LIMNS Sim—Caron and Joseph, 7 fish, earty—Harmony 9, June 8 0-Leviathan 7, North Briton 4, Symmetry I, early—Samuels 4, June B—Tra6lgar 6. boson —Advice P, Estridge 3, May 8, (gone up Straits)—' Jean 3, May 8. Care—North Star, burnt March 30, the first day she made the ice, cause unknown—Rattler 5 fish, May 8--Royal Bounty 4 ditto—William and Ann 4, early. LONDON—Aurora 7 fish, June B—Ocean 9, in May. Smulla—.Lsdy Jane 6 fish, May 8. The Horn made her fishing at S. W. ice, where , the weather was bad, and a deal of tackle lost ; eight Ilips only remained there, the rest having gone up the Straits, where the ships in general were poorly 14 4, and had not got to N. E. Bay, when the Horn left that quarter. Arrived here yesterday, the brig Alexander, of this Flu, after an agreeable passage of a menth from St. elm's, New Brunswick. The Alexander was spoke off Kinnaird's Head, by a cutter brig, which infor '2eillira, that a small cutter pris.iteetc with one eide ?aiated Yellow - and the other black, was cruizing a ifw itaguei off, The Hannibal, THORN, of Aberneent arrived at ~.._F 4tBtt the 21st of May ; the Adamant, LEISK ; an d 7n l Sisters, Banym r, the 23d; as also several other British vessels, which had been captured and plan. deed by privateers of the enemy, about the longitude of 28. west. From Lk)YD'S LIST. , °l ei"Exta, Jett S.—Passed by the Golden (Wye. Web, •rgra lamaica,--Sai/ed the Ann Artie, for Malta; Mary, ;knots, '• l4 Aksander, Niven, for S. Satvaalore.. ; Ile Robe . ; Alckes ; Friendship, Airmen; Unhernarnings ,' 4l dei Urania, Make ; Rochelle, David ; Throne, Ven_Varel __"'"les; and the Conc er di ne , Mien, have been taken by a French - Pruett . , and carried into Dintaill• A French ship, with a ranston from the Mauritius to Rangoon✓ ins lately lost on the latter coast, when most of the persons on; Wird, including the Amtraseador, perished. The Nelly, Sughrue, from Jamaica for London, has .t cal* re'caPtgrixl. an..d arrived at Plymouth, after lanais( bests in Awe, and thrown part of her cargo' overboard. The William, Wells, from Jamaica for. Liverpool, is put back utnaira, with damage. The American ship. Two Marys, and dn./lacy, have been ,4 4traoti in Francs. ISTRIBUTION or nun MoVey. The Phxtess, tar the Principe d'Asturias, eaptured.August 91, I 89111, will be phi t g e e Monday next, at No. 6, Stanhope-street,l Strand, aid thhitilidtd every day for three months. to H 7 fie the Capture and destruction of sundry vessels t elfitimiltil volt the 9th at Ju1y,•1906, will be paid on Fri thiti:lit„ *Tteto,lit r. Edward Lyne's, Plymouth, and there recalkd every Tuesday and Friday for three months. • The payment for the treasure captured at Buenos Ayres, which was to have taken place on. Friday next, is deferred for a short allie. • i ' BALTIC. I.3 l lTekive been favoured with the following parti dulaiitalien from a Letter from an Officer ofhis Ma:- knee - ship QUEBEC, to his Friends in Greenock,' re s:eivied On Thursday last : " T. hive lately, been on two short cruizes in our lure cutter along the enemy's coast, in company with a small vessel captured and armed by the Cruizer, aid commanded by Lieutenant P. Our first attack was•On three small vessels in harbour, in the island of -Langoland. The Danes brought down on us about SOQ soldiers, and a number of armed peasantry, who kept up 4 heavy fire of musketry from behind an em ,bankment, fOr upwaids of two hours. We dislodged them several times with grape-shot from our two car ronades, and, though we had n' means of ascertain ing the loss they sustained, it must have been great, '4s we could clearly observe a number fall every time we fired. ' , 4 Our ammunition being'now spent, and seeing the enemy were collecting and coming down on us in great numbers; I endeavoured to cut out the vessels with my boat, and succeeded in taking one of them, 'but was obliged to abandon the other two which were aground. I had only one man wounded, though my boat was like a sieve with shot-holes. ' " A few days afterwards we were abs east of Bratens burgh, in the Island of Samac, where we observed a number of vessels lying, the greater part of them on shore. We immediately agreed to attack them and bring off such as were afloat, and burn the rest. I was to land with my people, and Lieutenant P. to stand close in and cover me. With only fifteen men. a midshipman, and myself, the cowardly Danes al lowed us to land, though they had twenty to one in point of number, they deserted the place, and left me in quiet possession more than three hours, during which time I took three vessels, burnt eleven, and a timber-yard extensively supplied with valuable spars and square timber for building. All this time I could see the enemy collecting in crowds on a height about a mile distant. Just as I had finished my work they began to advance ; I had now only six men on shore, and had scarcely got into my boat, when they marched down the beach about 700 Infantry, .50 Cavalry, and 10 pieces of artillery, and began to blaze away upon us • but found, to their disgrace, that they had now only undertaken what they should have done three hours sooner." Extract of a letter from an Officer on board his Majesty's ship Phoenix :—. " Finisterre Bay, June 22, 1808. " I take the liberty of acquainting you where we are: the ship is quite healthy; plenty of fresh meat, and fruit in abundance, supplied by the Spaniards about this place. We were at anchor a few days ago in Muros Roads; I went on shore with the Cap tain and his interpreter ; the people were overjoyed to see us-.. men, women, and children, the latter up to their knees in water, crying out, 4 Long live the English and FIRDINAxp the Seventh.' Thew have all red cockades in their hats with this motto—' Con quer or die for FERDINAND the Seventh.' They offered to sup ply the ship with whatever was wanted. After the return of the messenger, who was sent away with the Captain's letter, offering any assistance within the power of the two frigates off Cape Fi nisterre, they yesterday sent us out a Gazette, offering us any thing we wanted. Of course, all thoughts of war are now laid aside. The coasters pass and repass without being molested." Regular packets are, it is said, about to be esta blished between Corunna and this country. The NAacastrs frigate is appointed to sail immedi ately for Portugal, to convoy home the ships loading there with wine for this country. The Marquis of HUNTLEY and the Duchess of MANCHESTER left town yesterday for Ireland, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of RICHMOND. Captain PATER is appointed to command the Pittx ems CAROLINE, of 71 guns, at'Portsmouth. Two ships, of 74 guns, to be called the CORNWALL and the DEVONSHIRE, are to be built at Deptford. A letter, of date the Ist June, frem an O ffi cer on board one of our men of war off Rochefort, states the French naval force in that harbour as follows, viz. Le Patriot, of 86 guns, ready for sea ; Jemappe, a two-decker, under repair; Warsaw, _of 130 gulls, with another three-decker, and one two-decker, all of the largest class, building ; several frigates, a great number of small craft and gun-boats in the harbour, besides one frigate laid down for building. We have reason to believe, that the most advanta geous consequences have resulted to the Agricultural Interests of the Empire, from the universal, diffusion of Attritva YOUNG'S Farmer's Kalendar, and Dr. DICKSON'S System of Modern Agriculture, a new edition of which is at present in course of publication in Monthly Parts. The County Reports of the Board of Agriculture have doubtless contributed also to nroduce the same salutary effects. Some of these I Av . orks are now to be found in the house of every re ' spectable farmer. The humorous Dean SWIFT, whose antipathy to fishing was well known, having been asked, by a lit tle child, what a fishing rod meant—" it means, my dear," said he, " only a-long pole, with afoot at one - end, and a worm at the other." The WHIP CLUB met on Friday last in Cavendish. square, about one o'clock, and proceeded from thence to Blackheath to dine. There were only nine Mem bers in the set out : several others joined the caval cade in the road. Each charioteer sported four blood horses in hand. Cost-lime—a drab cloth close-bodied coat, large silver buttons, bouquets of flowers in the bosom, and white bats. Mr. CHARLES BUXTON, as is usu al, took the lead, Lord Hamm followed.* Mr. THORNHILL, MT. METHUEN, &C. were of- the party. After partaking of an excellent dinner at the Green Man, the Club returned to town, with a velocity which save us an idea of the speed of the chariots of %Want - tent warriors in the field of battle. A trotting match took place on Monclaf against time on the Ilampton Court-road ; a mare, the pro. party of Mr. Nooks, of Holborn, having been backed to perform four miles in fifteen minutes for fifty gui neas. The match-was a very close one, and lost only by a few seconds. Before starting bets were in f - your of the performance. • - LAr,IPTTALLICIIPCE. BISHOP OF LONDON'S Col7itT.-410L1911F COM MONS. itU,'Y 5. ''. . BAzETT 1114 BAZST7. ~...,r . 1 ., This was a suit of divan ., or separation, from bed, beard, and mutual cohabitation; instituted by Richard Campbell Bazett, Esq. against Margaret Ann Bazett, his wife, by reason of adultery, alledged to have been committed-with Frederick Thai, a per former on the harp, at the Opera-house. From the :pleadings in the cause, it appeared that the marriage ,between the parties took place in the summer of the ,year 1790, at Calcutta, in the East Indies, where they cohabited and lived together as man and wife . —that on their return to england they went and re :sided in York-place, Portman-square, where they continued to live together in a reasonable degree of harmony till 1806,, when Mr. Bazett observing some improper conduct in• his wife, words arose between them, and Mrs. Bazett, the year following t quitted her husband's house, and went and lived in Park lane, with an allowance granted by Mr. Bazett of 6001. a year—at which residence it was deposed to by several witnesses produced, that the alleged adul tery took place ; and the material facts appeared to be these :—That Mr. Dizi• frequently visited Mrs. Bazett, and sometimes staid from the Satu r day night till the Monday morning; that during these visits ,t familiarities were observed by the servants is house to pass between the parties ; and also, that Dizi had been seen going in and coming out' . cf Mrs. Bazett's bed-room half undressed. - The COURT, after hearing the Counsel on both sides, was of opinion, that the effect of the evidence was sufficient to furnish that competent degree of proof as to induce the Court to pronounce that the fact of adultery was proved, and accordingly decreed the remedy which the husband prayed. PRICE V. BOSWELL, FALSELY CALLING ifussir PRICE. This was a case of nullity of marriage; bitinght by the father, as guardian of Robert Price, the hus-• band, against Sarah Boswell, his wife, on the ground of minority. ! In this case the evidence clearly established the fact, that the husband in question had only obtained the age of seventeen when the marriage was celebra ted ; and it was also fully proved that the same was had without the knowledge or consent of the father. The COURT, therefore, without any hesitation, pronoucced the marriage to be null and void. 414RAIIAIN V. ABRAHAM. This was a cause of divorce, or separation from bed, board, and mutual cohabitation, promoted on the part of Thomas Abrabam, the husband, against Susannah Abraham, his wife, by reason'of adultery. It appeared in this case tbat the marriage took place between the parties at St. Mary's Cnurch, Islington; that soon after Mr. Abraham had occasion to go to Devonshire, and during his absence Mrs. Abraham contrived to introduce a person as her uncle into the house, by a fictitious name who turned out to be a per son of the name of Coulthard. The facts of adultery being clearly established, the COURT pronounced the usual sentence of separation. COURT OF EXCHEQUER ) JULY 5. TUE KING V. CASTELL AND POWELL. A motion was made in this ease to have a Writ of Extent taken out against the Defendants quashed. Mr. DAL NCEY, on a former day, and Mr. I-looms and Mr. CARR to-day, argued that the writ of extent was not supported by the affidavit on which it was granted. That affidavit was made by the senior and nianaging clerk of Sir M. W. Ridley and Co. who swore that the Defendants were indebted to the Crown to the extent of IB,SOOI. This sum, however, the affidavit afterwards shewed had come into the hands of the Defendants through the house of Sir Matthew White Ridley, for whom they acted as general ban kers in town, without any knowledge on the part of the Defendants, that the same arose from Govern ment money : For, although the affidavit bore that the sum; in question, along with a variety of other sums, had been paid into the house of Ridley and Co. in Newcastle, by Mr. Surtees, Receiver General for, the County, and had been by them transmittedtathe Defendants, the agents of Ridley and Co. in London, to be, through the Bank of England, paid into the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer, it was no where stated, that it consisted with the Defendants' knowledge, that this was the money of the CroWn, •or that they accepted of it under the burdens which at tached to the holding of public money. The Learned Counsel quoted a number of cases to shew, that an' immediate extent could not be takeu'out, unless where it appeared that the Defendant was privy to the fact of the money he held, or debt he owed, being the property of the Crown. It was an establahed point,' that the prerogative could not be used as a handle, for the recovery of a private debt, which, it was COll. tended, was the case in the present instance. Mr. SOLICITOR GENERAL contended, that it wai the privilege of the Crown to follow its own money, and to demand restitution of it, from whatever hands into which it might have 'found its way. It would be ridiculous to suppose, if the Crown employed a suc cession of messengers to carry its revenue to the Ex. chequer, that, in the event of the money not ulti mately arriving there, it could not apply for redress 'against the person who withheld it, but must go :through all the other persons to whom, ;tt - traroitu, it had been entrusted, before it could recover. It was no answer to the present 'writ of extent to say, that, because an extent- might have been taken out against 'Sir M. - W. Ridley, and an extent in aid thereof against the Defendants, that therefore an extent might not at once be taken out against the Defendants who were actual holders of the property of the Crown.— 'His Majesty was entitled to exercise his discretion in this respect, aped the Defendants would not be pie- I judged, as they might by traverse bring the case be t ! fore a Jury, where, if the claim of the Crown could not be made out, their defence would avail them.— I It would, however, be peculiarly hard, by giving el ! . feet to the present motion, to preclude the Crows . , • from any inquiry into the right which it here asssertest The Court were of opinion, that the affidatit wai Sufficient to support the Writ . of Event granted. The merits of the case, however, would remain entire, and if the Plaintiff could not shew, as stated in the :Ada- Sit, that the money was poblic money, sent by Sir M. WAtidley and Co. to the Defendants, to be by them paid, through the Bank of England, into the receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer, neither the Defendants not their creditors would be at all prejudiced. - , . . nr - :• - r..1 1 .1)tetT,07 - 1EINCI BENCH, MN JUDGMENTS. The Proprietors and Primers of The if Et raid, Ledger, Traveller, London Packet, Post, and Selector, who we:c under prosecutiun fur • a paragraph reflecting on tit... Jury who acquired Chapman, the slave-ship Captain, and had saffereil.., judgment to go by default, appeared yesterday in Court to receive sentence, when, after a suitable ad monition from Mr. Justice GROSE, they ware ordered to be discharged, upon paying a fine of 251. each. THE KING V. EDWARD HAWK/NS, ESQ. CL4IMZNu TO BE AN ALDERMAN OF THE BOROUGH OF ssLrasit. The Court, after stating the Charter, the Manda mus for the election of an Alderman, the ineligibility of the Defendant, as insisted upon by Mr. Carpenter, the - Annual Indemnity Act, the Special Verdict found by the Jury at the last Assizes for COrnwall, and a variety of cases bearing upon the points contended for by the parties, gave judgment of owter against the• Defendant; the consequence cf which ibthat Captain Spicer, the other Candidate for the office, is the legal Alderman. CRIMINAL INFORMATION*. _ _ Mr. TOPPING applied for leave to file a criminal information against George Forrester, Esq. Tin mo tion was made upon the affidavits of the Rev. Mr. War del, who had been joint tenant with the Defendant of a manor in Worceorershire. This instrument stated, that some time since M'r. Wardel, the Rector of a parish in that county, proposed to sell his share of the manor : to Mr. Forrester, who agreed to pay him for it thesum 0f16,0601. Subsequent to this contract, dis putes arose between the 'parties respecting the pay ment, when Mi. Wardel was compelled to file a bill in the Exchequer, and in March last he obtained a• decree iu his favour, ordering the discharge of the debt by Mr. Forrester. After this proceeding, Mr. Forrester appeared in Church, while the Prosecutor was performing Divine Service, and insulted him by making grimaces' at him, in the view of the whole Congregation. • Mr. Wardel then went to London, and, during his absence, Mr. Forrester, having the whole manor under his controul, attended by one of the Churchwardens, ofthe name of Bayles, who was entirely devoted to his interests, and about thirty per sons, with ribbons in their hats, on the 19th of March, issued from his own house, proceeded to the Church, broke open the doors, and, by means of new ropes, (Mr. Wardel having directed the 'old ones to be re moved) and the ringers of a neighbouring parish, sounded a merry peal, in triumph of a supposed vic tory gained over the Reierend Clergyman. It was here, amid this disgusting scene of profanation and riot in the Church, that Mr. Forrester pulled a paper from his pocket, and read the following passage to the disorderly assembly Scrub (meaning the Prosecutor), was buried on Monday, at Worcester," alluding to the period when Mr. W'ardel had signed the deeds of conveyance of the manor to the Defen dant; A day orawo after Mr. Forrester had thus ,wantonly expressed his satisfaction, he procured a painter, named Hickey, to inscribe on the walls of the parish church various passages from scripture, the tendency of which was either to expose Mr. Wardel' to derision, or to hold himself up to admiration. One of these was taken from the Gospel of St. Luke— " My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves." Another was taken from the Psalms—" Thine hand shall find out all thine ene mies—thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee ;" besides many more of the same description.— Soon afterwards Mr. Wardel returned, and when he was sitting at the desk, in' the .church, on Whitsam - day, Mr. Forrester came close up to hirn, and read in a loud voice one of the passages which he had pro. cured to be painted upon the walE--,thus personally insulting the Reverend Clergyman in the exercise of his functions, and interrupting the performance of the sacred duties of the day. The motion of the Learned Counsel was not confined to Mr. Forrester alone, but extended to Mr. Bayles, the Churchwarden who had been appointed by him, and two persons who were principally active during the riet. in the church on the 19th of March, including also Hickey, the. , person who had been employed to deface the church • walls.—Rule granted. THE KING V. WILLIAM NATANT. , . The Defendant was.byntight up to plead to an at. tachment, for not paying costs of a suit pursuant•to the Master's allocation. Mr. Bryant appeared on the floor of the Court, and requested to be heard. He said, that this proceeding arose out of an action brought against him by a per. son of the name of Dixon. It had been appointed by the Plaintiff for a Special Jury, but it was referred' before the trial took place, consequently before tbe . Judge could certify whether the costs of the Special Jury should be allowed. Afterwards, when. the costs were taxed by the Master, he, Mr. Bryant, refused to jay the additional charge of the-Special Jury, alledg sng that it had been appointed by the Plaintiff. He this day resisted the attachment upon the Statutes of arm 24 , George 11. insisting that 18 guineas, the ad ditional costs, could not, according to the law then enacted, be justly required. The Court concurred in the opinion expressed by Lord MANSFIELI;O, in an anonymous case, when it was determined, that where a reference of a Special Jury cause took place before the verdict was given, it was implied that each party consented to pay its share of the additional costs. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, niLy 5. ARNETTS Z. ANDERSON. This was a motion to set aside the nOnsuit, and to enter a verdict for the Plaintiff. It was an action on an agreement relating to the sale of a house at Oar raway's. It appeared that the premises in .question, namely, the Rodney's Head Public-house, in Old street Road, were put up to Auction, and the plain tiff bought the same for 690 L He paid 50L as a part of the purchase money, but he did not after wards obtain possession of the premises. The receipt e the Anctioneer for 50L was produced at the trial; but it was objected to, as not being evidence under the Statute' of Frauds. It was also contended, that there was no proef of the conditions of sale to which 1. receipt applied, and wider all the circumstances the Plaintiff was nonsuited. It was contended in sup port of the present motion, that the receipt for the 501. w.:5 evidence of the agreement of sale, and that the signature of the Auctioneer, who had described the M ouse sold in the receipt, was sufficient to take th‘ . case out of the .Statute of Frauds. The Court granted a Rule to slow cause. I ~~~ , 5h rd ~r is; ,~d on m.