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

ISTRIBUTION or nun MoVey.

The Phxtess, tar the Principe d'Asturias, eaptured.August 91,
I 89111, will be phit gee 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
telfitimiltil 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.3llTekive 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 Officer 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
usual, 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 followingt 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 Saturday 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.

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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.

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