Star. — London, England, 1808-03-03 00:00:00

t is. xt. ed K• he tr. se be lit AO NT 'rag ess :ar- ut Pi :in ~-,;-•; 37 igt AUrf • biesitAi TRu4- IMISZTA DATA MARCH TIVENTY4, The further' examination of Captain Faisit, of il2 ; , A rt ill e ry, was resumed this morning ; in the w ise of which he gave a minute and distinct account of the A rt illery, Ordnance, Stores, &c. captttied from , th e ma ny ; of the resources which the army held for cannonading the town of Buenos Ayres, from the plaza del Toros and elsewhere ; and of the probable e ffect of such cannonade. c a ptain Saunas, of the Artillery, confirmed 'this part of Captain Femmes evidence. Colonel Memos was next called ; but he not being g l an d, Lieutenant Colonel TORRENSI Military Se. at oll to the expedition, was examined on the sub lett o f the orders Lieuten ant General WHITELOCKZ B are to him ott the sth of July, and also as to what cyders w ere issued, through him, to the Commanding Officer on the assault. The Court was more crowded Than ordinary this morn i n g. His Royal Highness the Duke of CU.s- ND still attends the Court. his rumoured that the prosecution finishes this day. -Thorst Royal Surrey Militia, which has been sta l og ed at Dover these four years, Marched this mg * for Ospringe Barracks they are succeeded at Doltr by the 2d West York, from Canterbury. About 500 of the East York regiment of Militia marc hed km Deal yesterday afternoon from Rams go on their route for Dover, and are quartered on tie town. FEMALE FASHIONS; tom I , LS 'MLLE ASSEMBLES ; OR, BELL ' S COURT 1 AND YASIUONABLL MAGAZINE," FOR THE PRESENT MONTH.) A round walking dress of white canst.ric, or brows] velvet ; f ade to sit close to the form ; laced behind, and reaching to the f ile of the throat, where it is finished with a broad plaiting of French net, or antique ruff of scolloped lace. Long full sleeves t rimmed at the edge of the wrist with correspondent cuff, aact broad hair, or coral bracelet. A Zealand coat of ruby, purple, or crimson velvet, made without a collar : flowing loose from the shedders, and tied or confined with a brooch in the centre of the bosom ; ends rounded in front, and reaching the bottom of the petticoat behind; trimmed entirely round with a full and rich ermine. Turban hat of the same material of the coat, turned up ap round, bordered with ermine, and tied round the crown with a figured satin ribband. Hair cropt behind, and flowing in irregular earls in front. Shoes of crimson velvet ; and gloves of York tan. The prevailing colours are purple;' shaded green, Devonshire brown, crimson, and yellow ; coquelicot and morone are on the bane. The Matchless privateer, of Guernsey, of 12 guns, las captured a Spanish packet of 16 guns, and carried ter into Fowey, in Cornwall. The packet was bound from St. Sebastian's to Buenos Ayres, with important dispatches, which the Captain attempted to sink, but without effect. They have been forwarded to• Go, venom. Letters received by the Camel store-ihip, from the Cape of Good Hope, stax.e, that advices bad been re vived at that place of the war between this country and Denmark. Several Danish vessels had been de timed and brought in by our ships on that station. — An instance of extraordinary luck is mentioned in these letters, that the Kitty, a privateer which had been fitted out at the Cape, in a cruize of ten days, had brought into that port a large Danish Indiaman, apposed to be worth about .690,000. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned Commanders tog leave, previous to departing to their respective• dntinations, viz. : FOR ST.HELYLNA AND BENGAL—Captain Kv 'writ, of the Lord Catiereagh; and Captain CARL enELL, of the Lord Keith. Fat MADRAS AND BENGALCaptain HERBERT, of the En• linlec Fat Mama*, MADRAS, AND BENGAL —Captain FRANKLIN, of* NOrtkumberland. The undermentioned extra-ships were taken up, and tins stationed, viz : tot MADRAS AND Elemoaa—The Indus, Captain G. Wevr sts ;Triter', Captain. J. COLLINS; and Earl Spencer, Captain GORGE FLEMING.. . FOR BONIAT-..Lord Eldon, Captain W. YOUNG : CM-Mar -1 eb; CEPtaiD 3. Ross. - • Captain WELTDRN was sworn into the command of the ship Indus, consigned to Madras and Bengal. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. • We have authority to state, that. the Pamphlet lately advertised as, a second part of the Inquiry into the State of the Nation, to be published by H. D. Snouts, has no cotjnection w hatever,wi&the . work formerly publisheeby I. 4 or4oNsAsi, Hunsr, Reiss, it'd airs, and is utterly unknown to the Author thereof.. t.. . *- • .. • ... . . .• • The Mr. GIFFARD TeCendyappoiAted to the place dAccotunant-GeistorSt bf the Customs in Ireland, is lot Mr. GIFFORD the Poet,.or Mr.„ Cetwonn.the Anti 'Jacobin, but Mn..currAalaribe•Eatoratetd Proprietor of The &din - Journiti; remarkable for his - violent speeches :tn,the Common Council of th`St city, _and kis writings us his paper against the RoMan Catholic ', l aiins• It.will be seen by our Parliamentary Repo rt, that Sir JOHN NssePOliT means to bring this apposnt seat under discussion. • . . • . The Will of Serjean 't Hit.r., lately deceased , : su P - Pod to be the ablest Lawyer in England, is likely ti create many difficulties, from the incomprelseruii laty of the most material items of bequest. • Next Tuesday the State Lotter ..begins Drawing, !loam and Co. respectfully acquaint the Public. ill the time is drawing very close for obtaining the CPital Prizes in the State Lottery ; and that the Chance__ of the First Day is valuable, on accoun t of ' 4l being no fixed Prize.—Honzessx and Co. re -1 ill* their friends not to lose so important a consi (kistion. . Nat Tuesday the State Lottery begins Dra win g ; asd ..,_ 4 there no Capital Prizes fixed for any dis '""laYl, thine who purchase before the drawing be km, have an evident advantage over those who buy T. se!:, as all tht Capitols may be drawn the first day. ___,Butt, therefi ,re, advises the public to purchase as ' 4l eTlll possible at his old established Offices, No. 4, and 9, Charing Cross, where 38 Capital P litt' Were Shared and Sold in the last year, including tw° ? t i les of 90,0001.—Prizes paid on demand. ' •~ai:ti~ ~ ~rr~tir~a: - PAitstovnt, *EB. Rt . • . . , -taw in his Majeatri ship Brisk,froin • • PLYMOUni, MAtta I. . 4 ..tione in the American shif! Beti;Vt; WAKTBURNi * from New York; .with *heat and detained by the Defence, of 74 guns : *sh *is bound to Oportoshe sailed the sth of Septetnber lastk and soon after carried away her mainmast, a . ...4puetttna St. Michael's to refit, and.after sailing froM . thence was detained by the Defence ; Portuguese'shiii li zara, from the Brazils for Lisbon, with cotton, de tained by the Surinam, of 18 guns ; Bremen galliot Margaretta Dorothea, H. A. KY.RICHOTIP, from Ton ningen, in ballast; last from Yarmouth, detained by the Eclair, of 14 guns ; British ship Juliana, • Geo. STOW, late master, about 450 tons, from Malta and Gibraltar, with oil, sulphUr, and fruit, for London : she was taken the 15th ult by a French privateer, retaken the same day by the Gloire, of 36 guns ; was taken again the,27th ult, by the Prince Jerome French privateer, and retaken the 29th following, off the Li- . zard, by the Unity privateer of this port-the Unity is also arrive& Came in tke Hindostan, ,of 54 guns ; Hound,• of 10 guns ; Plover, of 18 guns ; and 'Peacock, of 18 guns, from a cruize. • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH *. :, • Arrived the Argus, from Cork.—Saßect the Clyde and Camel, .with a convoy for the Dawns. Widd W. • DOVER, MARCH*: Passed by tast night the brig PO, Capt. GRoCOT, from St. Mishaers, 'with a cargo . orfruit, bound to London; she brings no news, having been SO days on her, passage. Arrived, wind bound, the brig Perse verance, of and for' Lynn, with a cargo of iron, from Cardiff. Came into the Roads this morning the Pan dora and Fly sloops, and Flamer gun brig, from a cruize, and sailed again this afternoon to resume their station off Calais.—Wind N.E. and moderate. DEAL, MARCH 2: Sailed through the Downs the Venus, DONN, for the South Seas.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Trompeuse, on a cruize ; Tigress gunbrig, and Vigilant cutter, from Plymouth, with a convoy of Danish prizes, which are sailed for the River :—also, the Hector, GRIFFITHS, from Dublin ; Anna, Six, from Water ford ; Towan, CUNDY, from Falmouth ; Flora, Ro- GERSON, and the Tyson, NIALL, from Lancaster ; Diana, WEAZLY, from Bristol; Britannia, Hulrrta, Apply, BATMEN, and the Perseverance, EvANS, froM Liverpool.—Sailed the Bold gunbrig, and Phosphorus fire-vessel, on a cruize off Boulogne.—Wind N. W. LEITH, FE& 29. Saturday, and yesterday, sailed from Leith har bour, - ftir the Roads, the following vessels bound to Straits:—the Raith, Royal Bounty, William and Aim; Thomas and Ann, and North Star. The Success and Rattler, bound for the same place, have. also arrived in Leith Roads, from Bo'ness. Friday night, a man belonging to the North Star, in coming on shore, fell betwixt the vessel and the pier, and was killed on the spot. _ _ HULL, FEBRUARY £9. The Prince William armed ship, Captain MOTT, arrived in the Humber on Monday, from Heligoland, having , been driven off by a gale. The Actzon, which is supposed to be either lost or taken, was on a voyage from Narva to Hull, and has not been heard of since December 1. Saturday morning, the Lynx, (letter ot marque) Captain WHELDON, sailed from this port for the Davis's.Straite fishery ;—and yesterday morning the following vessels, all belonging to this port, for the same destination, viz. Leviathan, Tather ; Gardner and. Joseph, Story ; Elizabeth, Dick : Symmetry, Cloughton • Mary and Elizabeth, Hewitt ; Royal George, G;eenshaw ' • and the Harmony, M'Bride Also from Dundee, for the above fishery, the Estridge, Christopher ; Jean, Christopher ; Horn, Valentine ; Mary Ann, Deuchars ;•and Advice, Webster. A letter has been received by the owners of the Peggy, Nesfield, of Whitby, a missing ship, from the master, dated Morlaix, 14th of December last, con taining an account of the Peggy being captured on the 30th of November, in lat. 49. 30. and long : 9. 10. on her voyage from Quebec , by a lugger privateer, after an action of an hour and a half, in which Mr. Nesfield was. wounded, and carried into Itoscoff, a ''port about forty miles to the Southward of Brest. The crew were about to be marched to Arras. The butclurnan, Brown, from London, bound to Newcastle, with a cargo of rye, put into Whitby on Tuesday last, from contrary winds, and having taken the ground its. an unfavourable position, • filled on the flowing of the following tide ; in consequence of which accident, the - cargo is obliged to be delivered. On. Wednesday, the Neptune, Wright ' of Scarborough, coal loaden, went on shore near Scarborough hat , hour ; thei•Ciivi were saved by the life-boat. She was got into.the harbour when the tide flowed, but not without &image. The Albiod of London, Leek, owner, was deserted by the crew off, the /lumber about a. fortnight since , being full of Water, and on her broadside; the crew arrived at Blakeney. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Glatvzsaso MAICK 2.—Passed by the Anna Catharina, Rollins (a pris;); Concord, Hanserd, from Waterford ; and the Advenntre, Parsons, from Ross. The Betsey, Wnsuicostn, from New York to Oporto, put into St. Michael's in distress. She had been re paired, and sailed from thence early in Jan aryu; a few j est days after, was taken possession of by his May's ship Defence, and sent for Plymouth, where she arri ved on Monday last in distress, and her cargo of flout and corn greatly damaged. The Peggy, —v—, from Scotland for London, has been taken, re-taken, and carried into the Downs. The Hedley, BENSON, of Sunderland, vAth coals, was captured off Flambro' Head on the 19th ult. Yesterday the Tartar frigate, of 36 guns, com manded by Capt. BETTE:WORT/I, dropped down, the River to Woolwich, to take in her guns and powder.. . ~` •• -; ilftELLlOthit • . . . - '4117 ADMIRALTY Could, DOCTORS' COMMONS, iThis day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM Sarit proceeded-to the adjudication of the following ease : " The Two Bretbees, master.—This bri g iuct)Kellsban- Need. ind was in a perilous situation Wbentilicovereby the sail- . von, who were prodeeding on a fishing, voyage, which they im mediately broke hp, and bore down to the yesiet in question, and brought bar safely into Harwich, in doing which they lost.thch boat. The tom* was of opinion that ails was a service of merit,- idthough not acemnpaided with any particular danger, and there fore directed, in the firstptife, payment to the salvors for .the loss of their boat; ind in the next, decreed the sum of 70oL to be dP , vided between them leigbt in number) with the addition of TOL to the limiter. MARCH 1: - . ---- 'This day the Right Hon. Sir W. Seprr proceeded to the adjudication of the following cate,s 1--- Robust, Verckil muter.—This French ship was .proceeding from New Orleans tdx port in France, when she was captured by the Phenix man of.stie and carried to lackey. The question before the Court isiaiil 41alitt. of joint capture, set upbytthe 6pott& cer and Henry privatteA, on the ground of- being In' siglkt - ind cheer at the time. - The-Court was of opinion that. the officel = of the Phi nix had in his answers admitted his adveriarke interest, and decreed Iccordlngly._ ,:: ;• ,, Principe Atalanta, Amp master.—Thls vessel,-nreS4:4 from the Brazils to Lisbon.—Property pronounced tarkk guese.—Damages and captors expellees roesmad, • ~,giiii.C. : The Commerce de Rio, Gonsalvo inastre. l -8.01.610 1 0i tat cargo pronounced to be Portuguese property:'. • * . - :Ventura Felix, Visa master.--Salvage was deciiitlietikellie, asid the consideration of ether property deferr4. 0 ,-.• • •,',- t • 0111/MaNI i _lO • COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, I , 44lltegi k • . SHADDICH V. HENRY HARCOURT, Egg•` '''''• ' • , This was an action brought to recover 1401: . the amount of a bond 'yen by Defendant to Plaititiff, is t New South Wales, .Botany Bay ). The hand - Writing Of the two subscr ibing witnesses to the bond were proved on the part of the Plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant BMT addressed the Jury on the part of the Defendant. He said, he should prove, that at the time his client had signed this instrument, he was not in a situation to know what he did. If he should shew that at the time Defendant signed the bond he was insane, or in a state of insanity, occasioned by drunkenness, the Learned Judge would tell them that they ought to give their verdict in favour of his client. The Defendant was son of an opulent and most re spectable gentleman, the heir to a fine estate , and connected with the f amily of a Noble Earl. Early in life he entered into'the army, where he was obliged to fight a duel with a brother officer ; they fought with broad swords, and Defendant received a wound in the head, and ever since, when he drinks any liquor, he becomes completely deranged in his intellects, and behaves in the most outrageous and violent manner. Some years ago, he, by some means or other, got a sum of 'money, with which he wandered from his friends, nobody knew whither. His relations have since learned, that he went to India on board the Glatton East Indiaman as Midshipman • that ship cast anchor at Sidney, in New South Wales, where this unfortunate young gentleman became acquainted with Mrs. Susannah Shaddick, who was. transported from this country, and who was also a dashing lady of pleasure, and with her he cohabited while he re mained on the island. Froni thence he proceeded to India, where a relative filled a high and important station in the Government. He some time4ter re turned to Sidney ; and one night, when in a•state of lunacy, he was prevailed on by this woman, who was a notorious prostitute, to sign the instrument in ques tion, with many others, at a tune when he was incapa ble of acting rationally. The payment of the bond had been refused by his friends, as they thought,.that from the situation he was in, he might have given se.. curities to so considerable amount, that the payment of them might impoverish the estate, and they thereZ. fore wisely resisted the payment o f ? the present one. The servant, who attended the Defendant at- Sidney, would prove in what situation he was at the time the bond was executed; and he would also prove that Mrs. Shaddick had sold the bond for 101. - . Harcourt, Esq. of Baker-street, Portman square, father to the Defendant, proved . the signa ture to the bond to be his son's, and also that five glasses of wine would make him outrageously violent. He added, that this was the consequence of a wound in his head, which he received in a duel. From the violence of his conduct, he said it was i found necessary to have him confined. Philip Clarke, Gentleman, corroborated the state ment of last witness, with respect to the conduct of Defendant. . Elias Nathan, whO attended the Defendant while he was in 'Zielney, deposed, that he knew the Plaintiff. She is a woman of pleasure; remembers attending the Defendant, who cohabited with 'her. •He was very much addicted to liquor; and, when drunk, was some times mischievously inclied, and at others Might be persuaded to do any thin; remembers perfectly his executing a bond at the tune he was not capable of knowing what he lid. There stood upon the table half a. gallon of grog, and under it was a leg of 'mutton. The subscribing witnesses supped there ; previous to Defendant signing the bond, Plaintiff and ' he Quarrelled, and he received a blow froni - a tei4lot, 'Which cut him, and the mark of which he bears. Plaintiff coaxed him to sign another bond, as the first one was of no use, being witnessed by :a cOirrit; , On hii cross-examination he admitted he .was.trans ported for receiving a 101. note, knowing it le; be stolen. Never heard of Mrs. S. having paid any of . his debts. Defendant was imprisoned fol. debt in' Sid ney, but released on thy, Governor's paititig his Ward, for the debt. -., - • • • Sir JAMES MANSFIE.iD' summed tip thetevidence, verdict the Jury found a verct for. the Defeti • alit; • TAYLOR V. OULLUM AND 80Ne .. ..,.,. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, are-' spectable butter-rberchant and dealer 'in • int, in Newgate-market,,against the Defendant's;' respectable cheesemongers and dealers in • eggs, in Clare-market, to recover 61. 10s. the price of a paicerof eggs sold to Defendants, but returned as' stale. It appeared that in January . last, Mr. Stephen Cullum, the son, applied at Plaint4'.s shop for eggs ; that he examined a basket, containing '450, which he purchased' at the rate of 11. Bs. per hundred, and ordered to be sent .home. They Were, however, sent back, and Mr. Stephen Cullum shortly after called . at plaintiffs shop, and assigned as a • cause, that they were not. fresh... -It was proved, however, that he had examined them one by one with a candle, and that not one of ~~ - - • • .them apPeired ha. Several persons in the business. :declared they were fresh eggs. On the part of the D ef endants, their shopmen de posed, that one hundred and a half of the eggs were bac4. but the Jury, notwithstanding, found a verdict for the Plaintiff.—Damages, 61. 10s. it . . ~~ COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH t. STOCK BARGAINS. . Nii.marms v. Simbis.—This was a , special action against *be defendant, for net transferring 5001. corn trkettiallitock, according to agreement. Mr t GARROW observed, that the case left him little to : say by way of explanation. The Plaintiff was a respectable citizen, and brought his action against the Defendant, who was the Proprietor of stock in a fund estalgished for keeping up • the. Commercial Road.— It was a transferable stock, and the Defendant being disposed to Pact with 5001. of it, employed a person named Watkins; as his agent, to sell it. Mr. Wat kins soldlt to the Plaintiff, and the present attic was to enforce:le transfer. Mr. Holsworth Fishwood deposed, That he was present when Mr. Simms gave instructions to Mr. i'liratkinotb 'sell 5001: of his stock, who said he should expect 'a premium of 201 per cent. upon it. Mr. Simms-mss one of the Trustees of the-Stock, and Mr. Watkins was -1 Clerk ii their employ. Some time after; he heard Mr. Simms say, that Watkins had sold the stock. - : On cr oss-examination, he said that Mr. Simms's expression was, that he had employed Watkins to find 'apurchaser for his Stock. Simms never said in his presence that he had authorized Watkins to receive the money for the Stock. In short, the Agency was, that Watkins was to find a purchaser, and Simms was to make the transfer. Mr. Serane decribed himself as a Proprietor of Commercial Stock, and said he also employed Wat !kins to sell 5001. Stock for him, at the same time that Mr. Simms did, both agreeing that they would have 20 per cent. premium. Watkins sold his Stock at the stipulated premium, gave him a check for the money, and he made the transfer upon Watkins's bargain. Mr. Charles Bladon, the nephew of - the Plaintiff, remembered Mr. Simms calling at his uncle's house, after the transaction with Watkins, and asked him if Mr. Wiltshire had paid the money to Watkins for the purchase of Simms's stock ? Witness replied, that he had. Mr. Simms then said, that he had not re ceived the money from Watkins, and should not transfer the Stock. Witness stated, that his uncle was in the country, and aske 1 if he should inform him of the fact ? Mr. Simms re plied that it was immaterial, and that he should have the laugh against him for doing business in such a way. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought there was something irregular in.the transaction, and said that the transfer should precodecthe payment. Mr. Watkins stated, that. he was the Accomptant employed by the Trusteei . of the Commercial Road, and received ord-ra from the Defendant to sell 5001. 'Stock, at 20 per cent. premium on his account. He accordingly soli it to- Mr. Wiltshire, who gave him a 'draft upon his banker at 14 days forward, for the money. That draft was duly honoured. He ac- Rtuainted the Defendant with the transaction, and he expressed his approbation of the bargain. Subsequent to that the witness met with embarrassments, and was prevented from paying . over the money. Mr. Wilt shire, he said, dealt with him as the Agent of the seller. Mr. Serane got the money for his Stock, and pajd the witness a commission. Lord ELLENsoliouc.u—What,.Sir, do you, as a btu-. ker, part with the stock of your principal, upon the 'Credit of a draft that has 14 days to run ? Or, if you 40, did you ever find an individual so inattentive to his concerns, as to part with his stock for a draft at 14 days ? Watkins—No, my Lord. Mr. PARK—He is the agent of Mr. Simms, my Lord, and the draft has been honoured. Lord ELLENsottouon—But he is an agent upon the usual terms. Watkins—Simms, my Lord, did not object to my agency till he discovered my insolvency. Lord ELLENsoaotton—lt comes to this, is an agent employed to find a purchaser for stock authorized to sell it at 14 days credit ? Watkins—l should not have sold at 14 days credit, had I not expected the stock to fall in the market, and therefore was de sirous of concluding the bargain. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—Did you communicate that fact to the Defendant your employer ? Watkins— No, my Lord. Llrd ELLE:quo/tom:au—Then the Defendant is not bound by it, and the Plaintiff must be called. The Plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. THE KING D. JOHN LLOYD. This was an indictment for a nuisance. The de fendant has a house on Snow-hill, the back premises of which extend to an alley called Cock Court, through which, for half a century and more, there had been a circuitous passage, reaching from one part of Snow hill to another. The defendant had obstructed this passage, and therefore a bill of indictment was pre , (erred by Cordy, a pawnbroker at one extremity, wEo . considered a private entry to his premises material to his business. The obstruction was by the erection of two walls inclosing a coach-house and stables, for the oitcommodation of the defendant. ''"Several witnesses proved that it was athoroughfare Watil this erection was made, and that free ingress and Agress had never been interrupted. . Mr. Stonehouse, inspector of pavement for the city, .said that it was lighted with two lamps at the expemas . of the city ; but ligh ted it was a poor miserable hole ii knwhich he at first was afraid to trust him Self. - • ' The Counsel for the defendant said, that the single question was, whether it was a public or a private - way -? 'aid one thing was quite certain, that it seas a inatterof particular convenience to have 3 pawnbro• 'ker at the corner, where a person might deposit hit watch in'safe custody, before he ventured into this daft; gerous recess. No one could pretend this was of any convenience ais a public way, because it had no exit but at Snbsi-hill, and was five times as far round as the'ordinary road in the High-street. Several of the witnesses, however, said, that on fair. days, ancrany great shews of cattle, it was convenient to go down this passage to Snow-hill, instead of going by VoCir-lane. Lord ELLF.NDOROUGH directed the Jury, thatralest thc,Defendant could shew a continual obstruction, this appeared to be a public highway, and there was a verdict against the Defendant.—Gvaxr. o• ! 1 1. i i -,! . I'