Star.
London, England, 1808-11-29 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Ganvestign, Nov. 28.—Passed by the Jane, Graham, and
Hope, Featherstone, from Madeira; All!atross, Arnold, and
Anna, 141argaretta, Moitn, from Teneriffe ; Sheddens, Jore.an,
firm Prince Edward's Island ; Carac:acus, Milton, and Concord,
Armsford, from Malta ; Wright, Ford, from Qt.obez ; Nep-
tune, Coulaten, from Davis !'treights ; Prosperity, Huntly, at:d
Providentia, Classon, from Gottenburgh.—Sailed the Sir Sidney
Smith, brandford, for the Cape of Good Hope; Eliza Ann,
Smith, for Riga; Alfred, Peale, for Madeira; Union, Cuok,
for Antigua; Ranger, Knnaugh, for Neve Providence; Minerva,
Gray, fur Maly • .7.5: ptuno, Salisbury, for Lis'.u.m; Limerick
Packet, I.nnc, for I.lnit.ri:k ; St. Mary, Lomly, and the Et-
tingdon, Kennedy, for Jamaica.

The American ship Martha, Captain Beare, on her passage
to India had two•thir~_'s e: her crew poisoned by eating fish, c.tught
on her voyage.

The Catharine, renr. f.•om London, is arrived at Malta, after
beating off a French privateer.
The Phoebe, Gunston, from is arr'veJ in the Downs,
after heating off a trench privateer c,r, the ' h ins ant, off Bt achy
Head.

The Elizabeth, Gill, from Waterford f..t
near Padstow on the llth instant.

rr ham, was lost

The Lovely Dorcas, J attics, fro:.) St. Übe', is on shore in the
Shannon : and, it Is feared, wia be last
The Providence, Dunn, tram Exeter fr.r Liverpool, Las put
into the Isle of Thorn, with tl:rec and .t half feet water iu her
hold, end must unload to repair.
The C7therine and Anu, —, from London, for Malta;
and the Hope, Descham, from ditto, for St. Thomas's, have
put into hamsgate, with the loss of an anchor and cable each ;
the former has also lost her bowsprit, and has her bow stove in;
the latter's topsides are stove it, &c.
The Mercuty, Peters, from Lbudoh, Is on shore near Dover,
and it is feared will be lost.

The Providence transport, Demon, from Corunna, is totally
lost near Sahcombe.

The Enterprize tram-Tort, Davidson, from Corunna, is on
shore near I'ad,tow, and it is hsrtd hill be lust.

The Maria, —, from Liverpool, fur Exeter, is on shore
rear Hoylake.
The Sitse.l, —, from Greenock, Was totally lost at St.
John's, NewfoundlAntl, on the :15th of September.
'1 he Courier, 111`Donald, from Sunderland, for London, Is
on ►hore in the Humber; also a brig, coal-loaded, fur London.
ARRIVED,

In Standgate Creek, the Two Erothers, Vaux ; Vine, Mat-
thews, and William, Graham, from Malaga—Swan, Green ;
Eliza, Lock ; Frederick, Brown ; and Hercules, Lewis, from
Malta. Off Dover, the Good Friends, Atkinson, from Malta;
Traxeller, Milton, front Prince Edward's Island—Quebec, Bally,
froth Hayti. In Stautigate, Creek, the Anson, Goodwin, from
Malaga.—and Harrlot, Gilts, from Malta. Off Flambornugh
Head, the Sheddons, Jordan, from Prince Edward's Island.
At Portsmouth, the Traveller, • Nlo,rison, from Lisbon. At
Southampton, the Ranger, —, from Lisbon. At Teiltn-
mouth, the Ann, Crockwell, and the Nelson, Dover, from New-
foundland. At Plymouth, the Dove, Lenin, from Newfound-
land. At Poole, the Sisters, Sabben, from Newfoundland. At
COrk, the Benjarnin, M'Carthy, from Newfoundland. At Fel-
mauth, the Ewretta, Patterson, from Quebec. At Hull, tie
Minerva, Sibbon, from Quebec. At Workington, the Eliza,
Thompson,from Quebec. At Liverpool, the issues, from
Quelwe; Friendstip, Hoskins, from New Brunswick ; Jane, Sin-
clair, from Antigua; Trafalgar, 84.11, from Halifax; Hercules,
Brown, from Africa • Good Intent, Alers, from Madeira ; and
William and Jane, Faker, front Newfoundland. At Newcastle,
She Catharine, Armstrong. from Halifax. At Loch Cryition
the Dunlop, NPliwing, front Halifax. At Dublin, the Wilber-
force, ea— and Brilliant, eah---, from Malaga. At New •
foutuland, the Countess of Bute, ► and Callingwood, Gil-
-1 cheat, from the Clyde. At Gibraltar, the Halifax, M'Cauly,
from lialifax—Princess Royal, Wayth ; Lively, Ceres; William,
Wells ; Hero, Allen • Union, Hoard ; Margaret, Gardner ; Ca-
' ledonia, —, and the Alligator, --, from Newfoundland—
Union, Bedwell,l from London—John, Mason ; and Hibernia,
Flaharthy, front Cork. At Hoylake, the Beresford, Stevens;
iFriends, Hammond, and Providence, Neale, from Messina. In
Banff Bay, the Isabella, Thorn, front Newfoundland'. At Ross,
the Jenny, Condon, front Newfou idland. .A.t Newcastle, the
Bell, Reid, from Quebec. In the Clyde, the Neptune, Moss,
from Quebec. At I.isbon, the APJiort, Jarman, from Dart-
• mouth—Busy, Bell, from Plymouth—Lord Duplin, Pell, from
' Madeira—Eliza, Hamilton, from Guernsey—Roth, Warden,
front Newfoundland—John and Thomas, —, and the Mars,
I Pinky, from Falmouth.

Admiral ROWLEY has made the following Promo-
tions on the Jamaica station :
Captain LEN NOCK, from la Musette to the Moselle, vice Ni-
cholas, returned to England.
Lieutenant I.Lor D, Of the rolyphemus, Master and Comman-
der, into la Musette.
Mr. RICK LTTs, Midshipman of the Musette, and Mr. 1. Per-
kins, Midshipman of the Pulniltemus, made Lieutenants into
the Moselle.

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COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. 28.
The Coact was occupied the whole day in the
usual motions for paying money•out of Court; pray-
ing. to answer, demur, bcc. but not any thing of no-
toriety occurred.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, NOV. es.
Tilt KING O. BROWN, PARRY, AND CO.
In this long.dependhlg and impcttant rause,
wherein the interests, not only of many individuals I
were concerned, but that of the public at large, the
LORI) CHIEF BARON this day pronounced at great
length the judgment of the Court.
Our Readers will recollect, that, at a former day
in this Term, the case was drgued with great zeal
and ability by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan, Mr. Nolan,
and other counsel, on the behalf of the defendants,
the Proprietors of the Golden-lane Brewery ; and by
the Solicitor General, Mr. Leycester, and others, on
the part of the Crown ; and that the question to be
determined was, whether the defendants were to be
considered common brewers, and entitled to the al-
lowance of duty which common brewers have under
the Act of Parliament, or merely retailers, (because
some of the firm did sell, in their individual capacity,
by retail) and therefore were not entitled to such al-
lowance in consequence of such individual retailing?
When the Loan CHIEF BARON stated the opinion of
the Court to be in favour of the defendants. They
are therefore to be considered from henceforth as com-
mon brewers, and, of course, entitled to the allowance
which they claimed ; their Lordships not thinking that
the retailing of individu.ds of the firm involved the
general body in their aggregate capacity.

COURT OF KING'S BF.NCII, N0V.28.
Tnr. KING V. FkAXCIS BROW& WRIGHT.O

The Defendant having been prosecnted for a libel
upon Government, published in The Liverpool Chroni-
cle, and having suffered judgment to go by default,
was this day brought up for the final judgment of the
Court. Upon a former occasion, various affidavits
had been read in behalf of the Defendant, giving
him an excellent character for loyalty and attachment
to the Constitution.

The. Learned Judge, in pronouncing the senti.
ments of the Court, took occasion to enlarge upon
the heinousness of the offence, which he said had a
tendency to alienate the ni;nds of persfms serving in
the army and navy from :heir attachment to the Go-
vernment of the Country. Nothing, he thought,
could have been more seditious, nor more contemp-
tuous of the present Administration, and nothing
more deserving of punishment. He would, howe-
ver, dco the Defendant the justice to observe, that he
had, since the publication in question, seemed conscious
of his fault ; and, therefore, in consideration of that,
and his gener::l good character, the Court only, ad-
judged him to be imprisoned in the con-..mon gaol of,
the county of Lancaster for six calend•ir months, and
in the mean time to be committed to the custody of
the Marshal of the Marshalsea.

111 E CITY OP LONDON V. B. LONG, ESQ.
This important cause is postponed till the first Mon-
day in Easter Term, as it is impossible to take it next
Term.

MANDATIUS.

Mr. GAnnow moved fora Mandamus to be directed
to the Mayor and Bailiff of the Borough of Liver-
pool, to bring before them a second time Thomas
Miller', and administer the oath to him under the
Lords' Act. The prisoner was refused his discharge
on the grounds that he could not account for a2O,
which he had received during his confinement, and
which he put into his schedule as expended. On these
grounds, Mr. Garrow conceived he was entitled to
his discharge.

THE KING 57. WAHINE.
The Defendant was ordered to be brought up on
the third day of next Term to receive judgment.
SHERIFFS' OFFICERS.

In the case of Green and Clarke, two Sheriffs Of-
ficers, against whom Mr. Smith had obtained a rule
to answer the matters of the affidavits on a statement,
that they had detained a Mr. Sconin in custody after
he had tendered the debt and costs for which he was
arrested, until seven o'clock of the day after he was
arrested.

Mr. ESPINASSE and Mr. CURWOOD sheered cause
for the Defendants.

Green stated, that the complainant was btought to
his hoase at eleven o'clock at night, too late to search
the office that evening ; and the next morning it was
found that there were three other detainers against
him, he was therefore detained until he found bail,
and no longer.—The Court discharged the Rule.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 28.
WILSON V. TURNER.

This vas the case of a malicious arrest, in whichl
occurrence Johnson, the noted smugglfr, was a party'
Defendant, and has already been reported in former
Numbers of our Paper. The original motion was
fora new trial upon the grounds of improper and in-
admissible evidence.

The Court, in pronouncing judgment this day, ob-
served, that in admitting the evidence of a conversa-
tion between Hill the Attorney, and the Sheriff's fol-1
lower, when neither of the parties were present, the'
Learaed Judge, who tried the cause before, had per,
mitted evidence which should have been rejected in
the first instance. The Court could not place them-
selves in the situation of the Jury, and ask themselves
whether this evidence might not influence their minds
in the verdict they were to give ? Taking the whole
of the circumstances into their consideration, their
Lordships were decidedly of opinion, that the evi-
dence in question ought not to have been admitted,
and therefore they ordered the Rule for a New Trial
to be made absolute.

This being the last day of Term, a number of mo-
tions of course were disposed of, but nothing of any
public interest occurred.

BELFAST, NOVEMBER 27.

The cause in the Court of Prerogative, in this king-
dom, which has been litigated for some years past, re-
lative to the will of the late Earl of Massarene, came
on to be heard on the I st day of this month, and after
a patient hearing for several days, the Learned Judge,
on Friday last, was pleased to decree judgment of con-
demnation of the will, with costs against Lady Mas-
sarene, the promovent in the cause.

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HIGH COURT OF JUStICIABY, EDINBURGH, NOV. 24.
Monday came on, before the High Court of Justi.
ciary, the trial of Jana lirrich, carter in Bathgate,
for various acts of house breaking and theft in the
town of Bathgate. The ficts libelled were clealy
proved by several witnesses ; none were called for the
prisoner; who was found guilty. The LORD Aiwa.
CATE, although the crime was capital by law, re-
stricted the libel to an arbizary punus'amen!; and the
prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fourteen
years.
Yesterdsiy the Cdort met again to take into consider-
ation. the case cf I?achel Wright, a native of Ireland,
convicted at last Glasgow Circu:t,of child ce :ling.
When put upon her trial she pled guilty, and Counsel
were heard as to the extent to which the pains of law
should go in inflicting punishment on her.—The
Judges, Lords CULLEN and IlEnraiwn, consideril
that the cause in question had rarely occurred in this •
country, remitted consideration thereof to the High
Court of Justiciary.—The Counsel were heat d yester.
day at considerable length, viz—the LORD ADVOCATE.
and HENRY COCKBURN, Esqrs. for the Crown, who
contended that the punishment of death should be in-
iiicted—and for the prisoner, FRANCIS JEFFREY, JOHN
REID, and JOHN CUNN ROMAN, Esqrs. who n i t lined
that the law of Scotland did nct go to that extent.
The Court, on account of the importance of the case,
ordered memorials.—All the Judges were present.

PRIZE COURT, BOMBAY.
The King against the ship Perseveranta and cargo,
Nicholas da Costa Compos, Master, detained by his
Majesty's ship Dedaigteuse, Captain B. Proctor.--
Sir JAMIS MAC KINI ObH has pronounced sentence of
condemnation on the above ship and cargo.

LONDON SESSIONS.
These Sessions were held yesterday at Guildhall,
before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Scholey, Domville,
and the Recorder, when

John Smith, a very respectable looking man, was
indicted for assaulting T. Hilton, on the night of the
13th October, about eleven o'clock.

It appeared from the evidP:ice of the Prosecutor,
that, as he was proceeding al, ng the Poultry towards
the Mansion-house, he saw rec Gentlemen coming
towards him ; the one in ti..: middle seemed to be in-
toxicated, and they wen pushing the passengers off
the pavement. The Prosecutor stoed•as+le to let
them go by, when the Defendant (the middle man)
recognized the Prosecutor, got from his friends, seiz-
ed bim by the collar, and held him so tight that he
could not speak ; called Lim a scoundrel, and said
that he (Hilton) had concealed a person's bankruptcy
from him (Smith). The Prosecutor WAS assisted by
a young man passing, who advised him to give the
Defendant in charge to the watch. The Defendint,
however, contrived to escape for that night ; next
day, however, ha was secured, and taken before the
late Lord Maya r. HiS Lordship, on hearing the
matter, thought it was too trifling for his decision,
and recommended the parties to settle it privatey.
Mr. Nalder, the Marshal, advised the Defendant to
give the Prosecutor half-a-guinea ; but this the Pro-
secutor refused, insisting upon five guineas. An at..
tempt was made to impress the Jury with an opinion
that the Prosecutor was drunk at the moment ; but
this failed.

The RECORDER, in his address to the Jury, said he
was exceedingly sorry this case had come before the
Court. He could have wished that Mr. Smith, a
respectable citizen, had complied with the Prosecu-
tor's demand; on the contrary, it was too evident,
by his treatment of Hilton, that he had broken the
peace. Mr. Nalder's proposal was the best that could
have been made, as he was an impartial person.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict of guilty ; and the Court sentenced him to
pay a fine el £lO.
Sarah Baia was indicted for an assault on Mary
Sutherland, a woman in the 70th year of her age.—
The assault was committed on the 20th of Auga,r.
last, Mrs. Bates on the 19th of that month havinglent
Mrs. Sutherland a frying-pan. Mrs. Bates wis a
washer-woman ; and it appeared, that the old .ady
being rather dilatory in giving back the pan, Mrs.
Bates lost her temper ; and when she was invested
with the pan, struck Mrs. Sutherland a dreadful
blow with the edge of it on her head, which caused
a great hemorrhage.
The Prosecutor, on her cross-examination, denied
that she had wrung Mrs. Bates's tose. The bleeding
of the Prosecutrix's head was proved by Mr. Watts,
surgeon, who said that he had great difficulty in stop.
ping it.
The Defendant acknowledged the assault, which
she attributed, to a fit of passion, to which she was
liable, and for which she was very sorry.
She called no witnesses, and was found Guilty.—
She was sentenced to be imprisoned in Giltspur-street
Compter for one calendar month, at the end of which
period to give good security for keeping the peace for
calendar months from that date.

Mary Barhcr was indicted for keeping a disorderly
house in Cradle.court, St. Mary-Axe. A number of
witnesses were called to establish the fact; but the
substance of their evidence only shewed that men and
women had been seen going in and out, apparently
as if for meretricious purposes.
The Jury retired for near an hour to deliberate ;
and at length one of them came into Court, and said,
he had been nominated by his fellows to ask the Com t
whether men and women, going in and out of a house,
was sufficient to prove it a disorderly one
The RECORDER answered in the negative ; but nt
the same time informed them that they must decide
on the facts before them.
The Jury pronounced the Defendant Not guilty.
The KECOItDER advised her to seek a reputable
livelihood, and not place herself again in such a si-
tuation ; for the Jury, it was evident, had doubts
upon the guilt or innocence, as they had deliberated
some time.

Sunday night, a watchman in going his rounds, in
South Andley-street, discovered the body of a man
in the middle of the street, quite dead, and supposed
to have fallen from a coach-box, as ele back or upptr
part of his head appeaied as if crushed by a wheel ;
he was taken to St. George's Workhouse, where he
was owned yesterday as coachman in the employ of
Mr. Dean, hackneyman in Grosvenor's-Mews, and
drove a carriage for Mr. Stewart, Sloane-street, '
Chelsea. The horses and carriage, without a driver,
were stopped at Hyde Yak Corner.

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