Star.
London, England, 1808-03-29 00:00:00

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KINGSTON,
.MARCH 25.
The LORD CIIIRF BARON and Mr. Justice HIRAM
arrived in this tome last .night, and open ed .their
Commission for holding
.the Assizes. There was a
report. of much business in this county, but this :we
tind a mistake, as there is less than usual. The LORD
Claw BARON sits on the criminal, and Mr. Justico
lin.tut On the civil side.

CROWN NMI";
treVa j 04061, an itinerant Jew pedlar, was indicted;'
f ,r stealing asilver salver, teapot, and coffee pot, ins,
the dwelling house of. Samuel Stevens, at Guildford.,
By the evi Bence of the prosecutor and his daughter,l
it seemed iat the prisoner was extremely we/I-known
in the country, and ,hawked watches, trinkets, etc.--
Having learned.that they had some old-fashioned
plate, whigh-shey, wished to have modernized, he un-
dereaok ihCt job of recasting it for them. He required
about. a month fOr-.this purpose, and, the articles in.
question were aceordingly delivered to him. At the
expiration of the month, they -were surprised that the
prisoner did not return with the plate ; and • the pros.
secutor-, Mr. Stevens, was astonished to hear, that in-
stead of the plate being recast, the tea pot had' been
sold tQa publican of the town of Guildford, in its
antiquated firm. The publican produced the tea- '
pot, which he swore he bought of the prisoner.
The Loop CUIFS B4.41111:024, in summing up, said,
that if the Jury believed; that the prisoner, under the
pretence. of-Modernizing the plate, got possession of
the articles: charged to have been stolen, with an in-
tention of making away with them,, they would con-
vict him The Jury accordingly found him guilty.
He was then tried and convicted upon a second in-
dictment, for obtaining a watch under pretence of re-
viilating it, and which he never returned to the-owner.
°lle Judge sentenced ban to seven yearstransportation.
Charlet Martin, coachman to Sir William Rush,
was convicted of defrauding his master of the sum of
Is. 84 br charging him ss. for baiting his horses,
when, in fact, he only paid N. 4d. He was sentenced
to one year': itntritonntent.

26.— DALY V. ROLLS.
This was an action brought by a young Midship-
man, 'belonging to his Majesty's ship the Lion,
against the Captain of that ship, for imprisoning the
Plaintiff, and sending him on shore in. a desolate
island, called Lyn Tyn, on the coast of China, where-
by he was deprived of his employment in his Majesty's
service, and was put to considerable inconvenience
ancrexpence in procuring a passage home, and came
on to be tried before a Special Jury.
Mr. Serjeant BEST opened this case on the part of
the Plaintiff.. Though he appeared as the advocate
of the young man, who sought compensation for a
most severe injury, yet he felt so high a concern for
the character of the British navy in.general, and of
its commanders in particular, that he was almost led
to wish, that the instructions he had received in this
case, would not prove to be correct ; but should the
facts warrant what had been stated to him, he had
only then to hope, that no other Captain in the navy
could be found who would have acted in a similar
way. The plaintiff, Mr. Daly, ‘..as a young man,
who had served with great credit and reputation on
board several ships in the service of his Majesty, and
was a midshipman on boardef the Lion, in the month
of May last, when it was stationed off the coast of
China. The defendant was .at that time commander
of the ship: The plaintiff had given the defendant
no offence whatever ; when, in consequence of a tri-
fling dispute with another officer of the ship, he was
treated by the Captain in the inhuman manner which
would, by a d bye, be detailed at full length by the
witnesys. Had the plaintiff been guilty of any irre-
gularity on board-the ship, the defendant might have
pleaded it in justification. No. such plea had been
entered upon the record, and he was therefore borne
out in asserting, that no such charge could be made
out against the plaintiff. Had he indeed committed
any breach of duty, the Captain had the means of
bringing him to an exemplary punishment. This, how-.
ever, Was not pretended on tit:: part of the defendant.
The plea on the record•was a simpre denial of the
facts. The Jury were to try these facts, which were
briefly as follows : On the sth of May last, the
plaintiff received a summons from his Captain to at-
tend him on the quarter-deck, when he was abruptly
informed, that he 'must immediately quit the ship,
the defendant .asking him at the same time, into
which of the Indiamen then in sight he would choose
to be put. The plaintiff surprised, earnestly entreated
to be informed of the reason the Captain had for such
a resolution, and besought him that he might not be
sent away in a distant country, where he had no
money to provide for the expenses of his situation,
and knew none of the Commandersef the Indiamen,
to whom he might apply to be received on board.—
The Captain, notwithstanding this, persisted in his I
resolution to dismiss him, and ordered out a boat,
desiring him to be set ashore on the island of Lyn
Tyn. In compliance with there commands, he was
accordingly put on shore on tfae island, and deserted.
One night, in the midst of a violent storm, was the
plaintiff compelled to pass in this place, sheltered
only by the projection of a rock. He -was abandoned
by all the world to starve on this unknown and desart '
island, or, perhaps, to end his miseries more speedily
by the cruelties of the barbarians who resorted to it.
The island of Lyn Tyn was one of those which was
frequented by a species of pirates called Ladrones,
who rob and murder all whom they can overcome.
In such a situation did the defendant, a Captain in
the British Navy, expose a -Sung British officer, who
was under his command, and wbo had, therefore, a
right to look up to him for protection against every
outrage, and who might justly dread the legal power
which thedcfendant possessed of punishing his delin-
quencies, had he done any act which deserved chas-
tisement. After remaining oil the Wand one night,
he was providentially relieved hy the boat of one of
the Insliannen which came on aore,.the • Captain ef
which humanely received him on board ltipship, and'
thereby prevented the .fate-avhieh +ave.
overtaken him. He ndfr.We opportunity to con- ,
front his oppressor AA, a .Arkish emit Jus4ke,
where, thank GOD, they were both upon an equal'
footing, and from the hands of a Jury of his country'
the young men sought thaociappOnsation which -thp.,
aggravated nature of the injury demanded. .In such
a case more observations would not lte necesaarp—
The feelings of every mairoiould be alive upon such