Star.
London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS; FPL IS.

Saturday morning a Court Martial was held on
board the Gladiator, at Portsmouth, on IV. Govier,
seaman of his Majesty's ship Medusa, for desertion.
The charge was proved, and he was sentenced to
receive 200 lashes. The Court afterwards proceeded
to try Mr. Shaw, carpenter of his Majesty's ship Pro-
serpine, for drunkenness. He was sentenced to be
dismissed his office of carpenter, and to serve in 'such
other situation as the Commander in Chief at Ports-
mouth shall direct.
There are now in the United States' service-13
Captains, 9 Masters-Commandant, 72 Lieutenants,
17 Surgeons, 15 Surgeons' Mates, 3 Chaplains, 22
Sailing Masters, 150 Midshipmen, 19 Pursers, 13
Boatswains, 6 Gunners, 6 Carpenters, 5 Sail-makers,
170 Petty Officers, and 1580 Seamen. Marines-
-3 Captains, 14 First Lieutenants, 3 Second Lieu-
tenants, 30 Serjeants, 39 Musicians, 653 rank and
file.
Last week thoskin of a man or woman's face was
found on the sea-shore at the back of the Isle of Shep-
py, near Churchenhole, or Insbrook, by some coppe-
ras-ore pickers, who conveyed it to the house of a pow
man near the.coast, and buried it in his garden. It
appeared to have been recently taken off, was quite
fresh, the eye-brows, eye-lashes, and hair perfect, and
having much down growing on the upper-lip, seemed,{
never to have been shaved ; but had only one Aar at-
tached. This very uncommon mutilation, givas-hut
too much cause to suspect that some person has been
unfairly deprived of life, but by whom no lmmaiwar.
ces may ever be able to discover. , _,1..
RIOT AT SHADWALL.—Yesterday, betwees three
and four o'clock in the afternoon, a serious Affray and
riotctook place at ShadwelL A Sailor, in a state of
intoxication, passing by the residence f the Lascar
seamen, gave one of the latter some offence. A quar-
rel consequently ensued, and the sailor heat his anta-
gonist, who ran into his quarters. The whole of the
Lascars, nearly 400 in number, then sallied out to at-
tack the sailor, armed with bludgeons, pokers, &c.
—The sailor, finding himself likely to be over-
powered, made an obstinate resistance, and fought
desperately with a knife in one hand, and a bludgeon
in the other. ln the scuffle the sailor stabbed one of
the Lascars in three parts of his body, and finally
' effected his escape to a public-house. The Lascars
toh:r hey n stroun,hd.oed
dthheavtaucseon,raenyeddhi brought
ro the
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quar-
ters, where he would doubtless have fallen a -sacrifice
to their fury, had not the funeral train of a:Volunteer,
which happened to be near, obstrncted their progres,.
The Volunteers, who belonged to one of the White-
chapel corps, hearing the shouts of the Lascars, and
being informed of the cause, immediately cut the
retreat of them, by pushing forward with fired i
bayonets on each side the greet. The Lascarsim-
mediately surrendered, -They were then made .pri,
soners in their quarts?, T4inels boin,itJaced before
. their doors. • .toni.ii m•-‘,llll
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Serjeant Johis Kohl, of the Marines, a German,' Wks
indicted' for assaulting a German Jew, named 'Miran
Leif, on the 17th. November. Levy went Into the
Horns and lierse.thoe, in Cable-street, Welltloge-
square; to vend his ware, consisting of trinkets; acc.
such as Jew pedlars generally vend. Kohl instated
that he should treit him, and two f his men with
some !sin ; Levy demurred, On • account of being
penn s. Kidd insisted upon his accepting the loan
of half a crown'to treat them, which poor Levy very
unwillingly did. After treating them, Kohl began a
series of injuries which he inflicted upon Levy, by
knocking him repeatedly down, breaking his box of
trinkets, trampling upon them, and at length hand-
cuffed him as a deserter, and carried him off in a
coach • but by the interference of some' gentlemen
poor Ileiy was liberated.
Kohl, in. his defence, insisted, that he had enlisted
Levy at Gravesend twelve months before, and that he
deserted, with part of the bounty money. Upon
Levy being questioned as to this fact, he denied it.
The Jury found Kohl Guilty, and the Court or-
dered him to pay a fine of 40s.
William Booth, a gamekeeper to Lord Berkeley, was
/indicted fur assaultmg T. Moore, and forcibly taking
from him a ferret. The prosecutor, Moore, stated, that
On the 14th of January he was going on the mad lead-
ing from Hesson to Uxbridge; he had a bag and a ferret,
having had permission from some neighbouring far-
mers to kill the rabbits on their grounds.-He met Booth,
''Whom he knew to be gamekeeper to Lord Berkeley.
Beath asked him what he had got there ? he replied,
'1 ferret. 'Booth immediately ordered him to give it
'v tohin ; he replied, he would not. Mr. Booth
immediately knocked him down, and took away the
ferret. At the same time he ordered his assistant to
search the prosecutor's brother-in:law, who was in
company with him. The proseCutor told him he would
'go to a Justice, and make complaint against him.— •
Bt oth replied, if he did not immediately get off as
fast as he could, he would give him a worse drubbing.
—lt was argued by the Defendant's Counsel, that a
amekeeper, by law, was authorized to take away
a ferret from any person found with it on the manor.
But the Court said there was no legal proof that the
Defendant was a gamekeeper. He was found -guilty,
and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. .
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Sunday night, a soldier of the Guards Wife was
posted as a centinel in the Dock Yard, Chatham, ac-
cidentally dropped his firelock on the ground : the .
violence of the shock caused the lock to spring, though
only on Ole half cot, When the piece Went off, and
shot away nearly the half of one of his feet.
ireilerdair sennight; Barbara Makolia, for the mur-
der a her natural child, was executed at Edinburgh,
and her body given to the Professors of Anatomy for
dissection, pursuant to her sentence. She was assisted
in her devotions by the Rev. DAVID Dicxsort, sen. one
of the ministers of that city, and the Rev. James Pc !L-
T EQUE4 chaplain to the tolbooth, and appeared v.!l y
pe iitimt and resigned. So feeble was she, that tv o
men were obliged to support her at the place of eat -
e ition.
The case of several Scrophulous 'Veers at York,
inserted in the public papers, and stated as advan-
cing towards recovery, and as having existed for
seven preceding yew's, in the habit of a young girl
aged fourteen, with much injury to her health, is now
declared, on the mother's authority, healed, and the
girl restored to health, by the sole operation of SPlLS-
witiY'47artint Antiscorbutic Drops, as administeied
Gout, Rheumatism, and eruptive ca
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Tnts. Those persons, ataious as to this case, are
inforrited,'the original letters may be seen at the Dis-
szif, in Soho-square, London ; ' and at York,
Ms.-Dancer Will give all necessary information.—
It is re Bested you will ask for the Patent Antiscor.
,Drops; with a black ink in-bottle*
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