Star. — London, England, 1812-01-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILE r. HIGH TREASON. -t--- SESSIONS HOUSE, HORSEMONGE4-LANE. Yesterday R. Woodhatch was indic!ed for being at Sin—l had waited till the present time to see whe- Yesterday, the LORD Cater BARON, Mr. Justice Let large, having been transported in July Se ssions, 180711 4 . tier some one in ParliaMent WORM notice the late ' BLANC, and Mr. Justice CII A MIME, opened a Special for stealing a cow. The prisoner recently escaped, melancho y and dread!ully severe losses in the Baltic Commission of Oyer and Tominer, under the Sta.( with 19 other cfinvicts, after serving four years , and fleet, anal seeing in y our Pa per of y esterda , that : cute 35 Henry VIII. for the trial of treasons cont.', he was found at a public house. at Kensingt o n . In y ; raked out of the realm, for the purpose of trying 1 defence he claimed the mercy of the Court, and said, Mr. WIIITIOI EA D professes himself satisfied with Mr. YORKE'S answer, and that no blame is to be attri the following persons, in custody, charged with hay-Ibis wife needed 11:m fdr the support of four infant-' -- Muted to the Adiniralty—perhaps no blame does at - ing entered into the French service at the Isle of , children. A respectable timber merchant spoke of t telt, but a fact connected with this melarch.oly event France, and with being found in arms at the capture the prisoner as having worked honestly for him six ouFht certainly to receive some explanation. l of that island, viz. weeks ; and it appeared also th at he had been in l'he Fleet were ordered to sail fol_England on the John Smith James Tweedale Philip Lathey other honest employ up to the present time. He was Ist of November:: order: were afterwards sent fat-them Cornelius Parker William Lundell Noah Francis found Guilty — Death. to remain till the Ist December ! Had not thisbeen John Qulgly Cringe Armstrong Samuel Macfarlane The lteconnEn observed, enquiry would be further the case, three ships of the line and two thousand Charles Bird James F,bbs Josiah Tester. made respectin him. g brave seamen might have been saved to their coup- I The Grand Jury, (of whom Sir John Frederick, R. Leach was todicted for breaking and entering the ' dwelling house of Elizabeth Brock, in the day time, ti y, and many—many families saved an aching ' Bart. was Foreman,) being sworn, heart; for the wind continued fair, with fine breezes, Tice LORD ell lEF B ?OWN then delivered his charge on the 16th uh. and stealing a silk gown. The Co till the the night of the 30th of November, at which time to the Grand Jury, and stated, that his Majesty had soner, during the absence of the prosecutrix, at Co •it Clanged to a gale from the direct adverse quarter, thought it necessary to issue this Special Commission vent Garden Market , effected an entrance, by means the effects of which we have now such great cause to to inuire into offences of no ordin try magnitude, i n j of a picklock-key, which some of the neighbours ob deplore. That it was against the judgment of the . order to spew in this as well as in ere: y other instance served, and he was taken on leaving the house, with the Officers I am convinc ed , and in support of this con- I his anxiety for the protection and salvation of the ..prope!ty in his possession. Guilty—Death. :1 - - itally convicted :—J TO THE EDITOR OF THE Milt The - foll Owing were a Ism cap►i country. He was sorry to say, that the persons charged with these offences were members of those illustrious and honourable plofessiens, the Royal Navy and Marines, to whom the Houses of Parlie. meat were in the habit, session after session, of pre senting their thanks, for clistitiguished skill and ve lour, the recurrence of which was recorded in almost every daily Paper. Still the duty which Juries owed to their country obliged them to attend to cases of this nature, let the parties be whom they might ; and his Lordship was so well acquainted with a Grand Jury of the county of Surrey, that he could not think it necessary to detain them, except to explain so much of the law as was requisite to c trey them through their preliminary inquiry.—All the prisoners stood committed for the same offence, so that the Jury would not be puzzle) by any variety of crime; it was one of the species of high treason—the highest offence of which a man in civil society could be guil ty, because thereby the whole community might be injured, and the laws and constitution be totally sub verted. Anciently, the law on this subject was ill defined and ill-arranged, till the statute 23 Edw. ID. distinctly enumerated and ordained what acts to the exclusion of all others, should be deemed high trea son in future. This statute was wholesome, wise, and just; for, in propor:ion as the punishment was heavy, the crime should be certain. By this statute, all former treasons, which were before as numerous and extensive as the caprice of the Sovereign or Isis Ministers, were reduced to seven ; and though some were added by subsequent Parliamentaryenactments, yet all that were fundamental were to be found in the stet ute ef Edward. The first three treasons, which were—compassirg the King's death, violating his consort, and ievying war ageinst him in his realm— were such as tended directly to the subversion of the State. The feurtb, of which these persons stood charged,. was that of adhering to the King's one. reics, to assist whom in their plans of conquest was more destructive to the ci nstitution than even the levying of war in the realni ; for a rebellion might be evesistent with a due administration of justice and the pi otecti..n of property, as this country had expe rienced in the century before last ; but subjugation by such an enemy as ours would be followed by the destruction probably of all property, and certainly of all liberty. Such was the preliminary inquiry, and if there should be any reasonable groun.l fin. the 'ln the Court of Common Pleas yesterday , a sailor cheese, the prisoners would be put to explain their of the name of Jackson brought an action against conduct. The statute required, first, that the rani color acts of treason should be distinctly set forth in man, for ill-treatment, but completely failed. On Captain Gladstanes of the Royal George E ast India the indictment; that the overt or open acts should this occasion, the learned Judge, Sir JAMES Mares- be proved by two witnesses, and all collateral acts, not tending to the proof ef the overt acts, might be mato observed,—" It is a newt miserable thing to think that nice times in ten these acti ons are the ac- proved by one witness only. Assistance might be tious of attornies, who catch hold of them to get afforded to the enemy by tut nishing then with arms, costs and the sailors money. It i s a shockin g thing ammunition, and necessaries—by giving then) Mug pir to assist them in invas:on— ing ;hat Courts of Justice are to be made the tostruments, cone taking the chance ofigetting a little money in the and in some cases even by dicstiedinte them f orn Way of damn; es, which too often goes into the pockets making an hostile attack. He mentioned these things of the attorney." not so much for the instruction of the Grand Jury, On the night of yesterday se'nnight, the house of as for the purpose of warning to some of the pet sons William Ward, Esq. at Gould.sborough, No:Os:imp- who might be called together en this public occasion. tenshire, was broke open and robbed of a quantity of It would be incumbent on the prisoners to show that plate and wearing apparel. what they had done was done under feel- of death or under duress, .and that the compulsory force coati.! On Wednesday night, between ten and eleven , as need during the whole time, as well as existed at Mr. De Sowle, of Doughty - street , was returning first ; not that they would be called upon to account home, he was attacked , within a short distance o f h i s for every day, but they must spew either that they Own house, by single {stowed, and robbed of his had attempted to escape, and had been prevented, or • watch and pocket-book, containing Bank-notes to the 1 . 1 that they had been pursued and brought back, or amount of £3O. that they bad been narrowly watched, or that the ate The premises. of Mr. Cekebread, shop-keeper, in tempt would have been attended with great diflicul- Lattenestreet, near Harlow, Essex, were broken into, ! , ty and daneer, so that upon the whole it would have aged robbed of upwards of .€3OO, on Sunday se ; nnight, . its e. et en imp acticeble, although it might not appear so while Mr. Caktbread and his wife were at Potter ,at the actual moment. These, and such reasons as str e e t meeting house. these, if satisfactorily proved, would be considered a On Thursday evening last two masons, employed I sufficient defence : but the apprehension of great de in getting pebble-stones from the beach under the mage to property, or of grievous inconvenience or • Hoe, near Plymouth, unfortunately loaded the boat 'hardships which might be inflicted upon them es pri se) deeply that when they pushed off from the shore, , sorters, would not excuse them. He mentioned this and had got into deep water, it sunk, leaving the men l the rather because greater hardships and oppressions floating on the surface ; one of whom with lunch dif- t were now used against prisoners than had ever before ficulty repined the shore, but the other sunk to rise been known in modern warfare, for the purpose of no more. He has left a wife and several small chil-' inducing then) to enter into the enemy's service. It dren to lament his untimely end. was fit, therefore, that the law should be exactly ex- Bets ereiteit is said to hare ordered an expedition plained, that persons in a situation similar to that in to be title 1 out at Brest against the Britsh Settle- which the prisoners had been placed might know nients in New South Wales. The naval part of the I what was expected from them by their country. expedition will comprise several frigates, on board of The Prisoners were then addressed by the CHIEF which the troops, suoo in number, will be conveyed. Renoe, who informed them that bills of indictment captain Sr. Cruoce, who escaped in the Clorinde for high treason had been found against them by the from Madagascar, where his consorts were captured, tGrand Jury of the county of Surrey, and he wished is expected to be nominated to the command of the to acquaint them, that before the day appointed for squadron destined for this cr.terprize. Sr. CRIQUE ; their trial, it would be desirable for them to have ! is well acquainted with the coast of New Holland, ! th.it Solicitors ready, and their Counsels, if they de- He sailed as a Lieutenant in the Geogr :The, Corn- sired to make any defence. In the interval, however, modore BOUDIN, on the voyage of discovery made by printed copies of the names of the Grand Jury, and • order Cf BONAPARTT, a few years since, in those seas. of the witnesses produced against them, would be he military comprise the Tad regiment and a Com- transmitted f r their perusal, which they might find ?a ny of Veterans. These men ate gum teeed in the necessary to lay before their Counsel. If any of the settlements and dependencies ;IWO are at I''ort Jack. prisoners wished to nomin Ate their Counsel in the pie sun, 300 at Van Diemen's Land, and the remainder mince of the Court, at the present time, they might. a t different parts. It is supposed that the French At this &Aeration James Fibbs made choice of Mr. would attempt to land at Van lYemen's Land, and if M'Nally for his Counsel, who, he heard, W. 15 in 1.41)11- successful there, they might refresh their men previ- dun; and Armstrong and Tester chose Mr. Alley. ous to attacking Port Jackson. Government have, —Tweedale declared that his friends had prepared jt is said, ordered reinforcements for the menaced Counsel for him ; and all the others desired time to settlements. They will, we suppose, be conveyed on consider on the persons they should employ. board the ships equipping at iiheerness. The Court atourued to the Sd day of February. - viction I will state oms fact that has come to my knowledge: Captain GUION of the St. George, wrote to a particular friend in Me Admiralty, inclostng a let ter to his brother, which contained his Will, and some family arrangements—this letter was sent by another Conveyance, and says, " If you hear of the arrival of 'the. St. George- in England, of which I have very g eat doubts, you will burn the inclosed; but if, on the contrary, you hear we are gone, do not fail to forward it." Shonid these facts produce any further information or satisfaction from those who are able to give it, it will answer every thing that I wish— *very purpose that I intended. 1 am, Sir, your very humble Servant, ,One who mot.rns for a lost Friend in the Si. GEOHGL. F..!;ect nts3, January 19, 1812. Butler, for breaking and entering the house of R. Lloyd, and stealing a quilt, three blankets, and other articles ; P. Barnard, for stealing a pair of shoes, the property of J. Fraser, privately in his shop; E. James, for being at large before the - expiration of the term for which he had been ordered to be transported ;—T. Hunt, for robbing Marg. Raney, on the highway, of 3s. two silk handkerchiefs, and a shawl ; and Mary Cartol, fcr stealing three pieces of print, the goods of .1. Lamming, in his houce. 'J .Beard was indicted for stealing in the house of Mr. Wilkinson, in the neighbourhood of Cavendish square, a note of it'.lo, and another of £5, his pro perty. The p-osecutor stated, that he had left his pocket-book on a table in his parlour, cont fining bank notes to the amount of two hundred pounds, and put it up without missing the notes in question. The prisoner was his servant, and suddenly appeared flush of money, without giving a satisfactory account of it. The prisoner conftssed his guilt, and expressed the greatest contrition. According to his defence, he could neither read or mite, anti was not aware that the notes were of the value of more than ref each. He was found guilty of larceny, but strongly recommen ded to mercy. Mary Smith was indicted for privately stealing in the shop of Messrs. Flint and Co. in Grafton-street, 16 silk handkerchiefs. A shopman, stated, that the prisoner came in soon after another woman ; that the latter purchased two handkerchiefs, and, on a sudden the prisoner, who had not been attended on, left the shop, and was followed by her accomplice ; that he immediately missed. the handkerchiefs, and pursued them into Newpart-market, where they were talking together, and the prisoner having received a bundle from the other, they went off different ways, and the former was taken, with the stolen property' in her possession. In defence it was stated, that she re ceived the parcel flout the other woman, without knowing what it se's. Guilty of larceny. J. Rattly was indicted fur A burglary in the house of Mr. Cowper, a carpet manufacturer, and stealing therein a quantity of Bruss,is carpeting. The pto secutor, who was in a parloar near the shop, heard the doot open, and suppo,ed it to be one of his ap prentice;; but, on going into the shop, he s tiv the prisoner making off with his property. It was not proved the doc.r was fast, and the prisoner was found guilty of simple felony. The following were convicted of felony, viz.— Cath. Day, for stealing five pieces of g 'Dom ; Skrum, for stealing seven dollars ; Mary Smith, for s:ealing six nieces of ribbon ; G. Loveday, for steal ing a shirt, and other articles; At Fearon, far steal ing four ards of velveteen ; Eleanor King, for steal ing a gown ; D. Davies, for stealing four ounces of rhubarb ; 1). Henley, for s:ealing a plough plane ; F. Seamour, for stealing a loaf of sugar ; and W. Berry, for stealing 1 fibs. of icon; and six were ac quitted, viz.—J. Yarn n, atoll J. Fitzgerald, Ann Raymond, Eliz. Warner, and T. Jeffries. illE NEW COMET; TO THE EDI TOR. SlR—The following elements of the Comet's orbit, which was lately disccvtred by the French astrono mers, I have deduced from two obseivations made by Dr. Utte, at the Glasgow Observeory, with the excellent astronomical circle of Troughton, and cne observation made at the Imperial Observatory, Paris, which was some time ago inserted in the newspapers ; Time of perihelion passage, Nov. 25, 21 h. 13 m. Perihelion distance, 1.61612, or, in round nurrl - 153 millions of miles. Longitude of ascending node, 93 deg. '27 m. 10 sec. Inilination, 36 deg. 49 thin. 36 sec. Place of perihelion on the Comet's orbit, 146 dcg. 17 min. 51 sec. Motion direct. These elements do not cotrespond with those of any oti er Comet formerly observed. • From the; great perihelion distance of this Cornet, from its having already passed the perihelion, and from its increasing distance from the Earth, far from becoming an object cf popular curiosity, this Comet will not long remain even a telescopic object. Its distance from the Earth, on the .sth December, was 68, and, on the .sth January, 80 millions of miles.— I am, Sir, your, &c. J. Cltoss. Andct ton's Institution, Jan. 14, 1812. Pow-sTnErr.—At a late hoar on S itnrday nide, 13 more of the men who have uttered the forged cer, tiiicatcs of tlieir services in the Royal Navy, to de fraud the Govern , rs ot Greenwich Hospital, in connection with Gawler,- the clerk, were brought before • Mr. Graham, and admitted to h tit Some of their certiiicates stated them to have sf red I .ng er in the Navy than they were years cll. Others stated them to have served 18, 19, and 20 years; whereas they really s: rued only five or six. The men appeared extremely peniteat, and hoped mercy would be shewn them. Toev principally reside in the neigh bourhood of Spitalfields, where Hupeton, the public house agent, also resider, N‘lio was connected with Gawler in procuring the men, and Gawler manufac tured and got passed the forged certificates in the Offices. Mr. Martyr, the Solicitor to Greenwich • Hospital, attended the proceedings. LINIERICK, JAN. 14.—1 n consequence of private information received by Mr. Bernard, our postmaster, a man named* Patrick Donoghue, who called for let ters this m:'rning, and answered the description Mr Bernard had c f him, was apprehended and commit ted to prison, on tuspicion of being conerned in the murder of Mat r and Williamson's families. It ap- pears he mid d at Ratcliffe Highway for the last five years, and is a native of Ardnacrusha, near this city. The Coroner's Inquest on the body of the female lately feund murdered near Waterford have, after an investigation of several days, returned a \wet - At tof wilftii murder against Thomas Kanna, a private in the Coldstream Guards, with whom it appears the de.: ceased cohabited. He has not yet been apprehended. PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUAR T 14. Average Price of Corn in England and Wales from the returns ending the 11th of January, 1812. Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. , I. Is. d, s. d. Is. d. it. s. d. 10. 11 ISS 8' .31 3 3: 10 y 5( 6 64 10 The avenge Price of Sugar, computed from the rstunts made in the week ending the 14th day of Jan. is 445. 19W. per cw:. COAL-MAR KE E, Jan. 20. Sold 12 4 Ships at Market 39; Newca , tle 9 Sunderland • Prices. 455. 31 to 555. id 4Cs Gd to ttOs od We are happy in being able to state, that there has been a gradual redaction in the price of all sorts of grain in the principal corn counties. ON THE USE OF DIGITALIS. TO SIR HENRY HALI ORD, BAR T, Nt.P. Sl«—Your elevated station in Medicine • me% your opinions With con esponding importance. In one of your letters, relative to the Medical trent, ment of Mr. Fox, your words are—" I do not b e i m the Digitalis was ever prescribed at 211. I rememb er stating in consultation, when the propriety 4 4 4 4. flustering that remedy was discussed, that I had ne er seen it do good in the dropsy of the belly, t h ough have often found it give temporary relief in case s water in the chest, and I am pretty sute, that D m MOSELFS and Pircains both stated this to be the m suit of their experience also, and that in consequ ence , it was never prescribed." If this is correct, it is a valuable discovery ; b o g incorrect, and digitalis is really useful in every s • of dropsy, the error ought to be perceived, b e i m * obtain the sanction of time and prejudice, pas the • supporters of error ; it ought to be perceived, b e f oet those affected with dropsy be deterred from using t substance, which might be the only thing that omit save them ; and before many of our profession,* must often rely on authority, lose their confide*, • • this remedy. Meiical prescriptions deeply interest the coins*: nity ; and to remove any serious.mistakes concetain t them, is an imperious duty, in the discharge i tyli e ; one must despise that net rowness of mind which ow not bear contradiction ; magnanimity prefers de truth to every private consideration To return to the direct question, what teases there to suppose, that a substance received ;lan t h e stomach, will remove water from the chest, and ni t from any other cavity or part of the body ? V,i o answer, pethaps, that reasoning here is preporaso es , the facts mast precede the conclusaito ; nu die point we would agree, but what can be alledged, the facts not only do not support, but are must d e , cisively repugnant to your opinion? To all the practical writers, who have attendedm the medicinal propersies of this plant, I appeal fib proof, that the preparations of the Di:critalit, or hi, glave, remove water from every part of the body;_. there are thousands who laboured, one under ta t species of dropsy, another under another, who o rs their lives, in a great degree, to this medicine ; this i s not assertion opposed to assertion, I could roden t ample evidence, even from my own practice, chit has cured dropsical effusions from the crown of tla head to the sole of the foot. Let us now consider in what dropsical case • may expect it, to give, n t temporaty relief, but pet. manent recovery ; and in what, it will be preecobel without ultimate success. If there is any watery effusion, from simple debi lity, or exhaustion, while the structure of parts* mains uninjured, then the Digitalis will have the bee eff:cts ; if on the contrary, the collection of wawa the result of certain mot bid changes in the ore -nip. tion of any part essential to life, then the D.,,aisis, like every other article of the Mated* Mediae, vl fail, whether the water be in the chest. in the Ada men, or in the cellular membrane under the skin, even in these desperate instances, it will relieve, al for a length of time proportioned to the local injury, and the strenzth of the ratient, it will retard thew* cumulation of fluid, and the consequent mortality. Every one has remarked speedy alleviation free its uso, in water of the chest ; this is to be autibrd to the n.tture and function of the lungs; the rc • of a small degree of oppression from them, invigara the whole system : Lthought, indeed, that • did not exist a Physician, who had not also n • its great efficacy in asci.es or water in the belly. Cases might be readily produced(in attic!' 6igi his had assisted in curing dropsy of the belly from • sease of one of the organs there contained, but* the lungs in a similar condition, it would give ttl • nothing more. If, f r example, water be collected in ecasetr of obstruction m the liver, the alternate t se doer curt' and D.;,;italir will temove both the obstru • and the water, nhich could not be well accompli,! • by either unotpported by the other ; but where liy• chnthorax, or water in the chest, is the con of obstructed lungs, in vain should we cape= turn o' health horn the assistance of digitalis. Respecong the genzr il administration of this as dicine, I may here say that danger is certainly tell! apprehen.fed front its being used either long, et, gte:it dozes, but that, within prudent limits, asill the proper cases, it. powers are most salutary; 611 universal experience has confirmed its indispetusil u i!ity in all dropsies, as well as its superinnlrl those not connected with other disorders; with* to' the digitalis in seat cases. there are only things pt rnicit,us, viz : either to give too much. eti give none of it - . In short I maintain, that in severe dropsy, not to give the digitalis, is with ing one of the most probable means of peen' . srl Before we part, be assured, that I did not that!, addre.:sing yeti. till I observed that your dogma made an extensive impression, and you will e• proptiety of confuting it, in a manner equally 14 spietions with th et, in which; it was announced;.!! are medically 9oncerned, that an evil must be . come by folk .ving i,s progress, and obvtatet i b inciul effects. 1 have the honour to be yowl dint:ly, JAMES SANDERS, M. D. idi burgh, 2O JarneuAquare, tern. a, 1019 J 111:t111S. Thnrsday. at Whitellal,th; Wifc of Joseph PlOlLinae• of a tlauxh.t r. ut Waft the licn hlcs. hforria, Lady of Edwaol )14. Ft. 4. M. 1 3 '. of a snr, who survivrtlbis birth only a trw "Now Toi• morring, the Lai y of F. 1). Ruts, E.g. of NI str..-et, It Jsb.li•mitiare, of a li:welt:cr. _ MARRIED. On the I 7:h Inst. Captain W. Major, of hi. N4 - `'‘ wed has Iteginunt, to Mr'. Mary Ainnar, „ • l/lr.l l . On .hv I lath Jam sr!, between :rine anti ten in 10 " 1111 11:.r.nr.., the relict of the I..te v. 'I h. opht.n. L n-sel• Gs! , /rr I l'h in.'. at his seat, Alt ford 11111, Suffolk, :if IP" ker, Dart. Uat.t to loth tostrit, at Wolverhampton, - IA S i l 13P/14 , wire of P.tr. o.nas sirup, 01, Boo's., I el. attar I tNe a l... - Ml 4, which she bOrc With true cliriatlan patience eta 'Pik' r:i Lin I h;...1,f, lily, on ;he Lilt in•t whil s t sit 1 - g In a e t w'r ^ Imusr, at Upt•c- C..1.m, Luna rtes-sh it, N.r. latsus fuel aged M ar 11)0 Tears. -•""!te HIM! :t 'Mt AP LONDuN BAIDoE fo 14J 0 114 , 1rning I mingtet Afternoon... M mimeo LONDON g Primed by Liver. Kern, Plsbaq pbbchagrtbirt, and Mthe Jkag4/1118% Tol4ll .11 I ~,