Star.
London, England, 1809-12-13 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, DEC. 12.

•The brig Sally, Captain PATERSOK, drove past the
harbour, in the tremendous gale of this morning, and
went on shore upon White Dyke, about nine o'clock.
We learn from a passenger, who has been saved out
of her, that the master and people are all lost, ex-
cept two boys.

ACCIDENTS IN THE GALE ON MONDAY NIGHT LAST.

The Hero transport, SToxt., and a large ship, sup-
posed to be a West Indiaman, were driven on shore
on the Main, near Sandwich : the Hero got off and
put into Ramsgate. One vessel sunk off Broadstairs.
Seven vessels were driven on shore in Lymington-
Creek, but got off without. damage. The Coffee-
Planter was driven on shore on the Spit of the East-
Tory, in the Queen's Channel, but got off and into
Margate Roads. The Pelham, HUNTELI, lost her
anchors and cables. The Leonidas of London, from
the Baltic ;. the Union of Weymouth, CARTER ; the
Norwich, CARNER ; and the Russian ship Charles, a
prize, were driven on shore near Yarmouth.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESTND, Dec. to.—Arrived the Duke hf Montrose,
White, front St. Lucia ; the John, Phipps, from Malta ; I.ord
Castlereagh, Cooke, from Bombay ; Vigilant, Clifford, from Pa-
lermo ; Hector, Jamesi front Tener:ffe ; Livoniat Nicbolles ; Al.
fred, Hurdle ; and Leabone, Nichols, from Cadiz ; Om*ell,
Proetor, from Martinique; and Drummond, Bulman, front
Malty—Sailed the Cumberland, Parker, for Madeira ; San Sal-
vadore, Aldecoa, for Cadiz; Hero, Keith, for Mogadore ; Jack
Tar, Galloway, for the Cape of Good Hope; and the George
Canning, Botisfieldi for Rio Jaheiro.
DYCLMIER 11.--Arrived the Upton Castle and Bombay East
Indiamen from Bombay; Fairly, Simpson; and Lord Sheffield,
Hyom, from Halifax; Clasment, Pasman, from Gibraltar ; Wil-
liam, Ainsworth, frwrn Cadiz. —Sailed the Industry, Lewis ; and
Traveller, Uthin,-, tor Dublin.

Dec 'ma 14—No arri,
for) In.:-/ica,
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ti the Joriah, Cumming,

441 W INTELLIGENCE.
ARCHES COURT ,OF CANTERBURY, DOCTORS
COMMONS.-DEC. 11.

BODBARD D. PRICE, FALSELY CALLING HERSELF ROD-
BARD.
This was a causeof nullity of marriage, promoted
by Jo : I -.Libard, Esq. against Sarah Rddbard, his
wife, by reason of a former marriage.
It was clearly established in this case by exhibits
and witnesses produced, that the husband of the first
marriage was living at the time the second marriage
was solemnlzed, and therefore the Court pronounced
the same marriage null and void.

KEMPE V. THE REV. MR. wicks;
This was a suit promoted by a Mr. Kempe, of eal-
iiinistical Independence, against the Rev. Mr. Wicks,
Rector of a parish in Somersetshire, for refusing to
bury a child belonging to two parishioners, on the/
ground of the child having been baptized by a Dis-
senting Minister.
was contended on the part of the Rev. Mr.
Wick;, that the administering of this Sacrament must
be performed by a lawful Minister of the established
Church of England, otherwise such baptism was to
be considered as null and void, both by the ancient
and modern Rubrics, Canon .Law, and various other
authorities, quoted by the Learned Civilians on the
subject.
The Coma (Sir John Nicholl) after hearing the
Counsel on behalf of the promoter of the suit, who
veryiageniously contended to the contrary effect; was
of opinion (after entering at considerable length into
the various authorities upon the point in question),
that the Rev. Mr. *ids had mistaken the law, that
it was his duty to have performed the ceremony, and
therefore admitted the articles, at the same time re-
commending, as this suit was not brought by Mr.
Kempe throuv,h any vindictive spirit, but only for the
purpose of determining the right, and setting the
question at rest, that he would be satisfied with ear-
-1 recting the error, and establishing the right, without
proceeding any further in the cause.

COURT OF KING'S tENCHi DEC. IS.
lICSTWICH V. JACKSON.

This was an action brought by the Third Mate,
acting as Second of a transport, against the Captain
of the ship, for an assault committed while the vessel
was taking in her cargo at the Rio de Janeiro. The
Mate was on his watch, between two and three o'clock
in the morning ; he was connected with the owners
of The vessel, and had written a letter to them about
the ship, which he offered to shew to the Captain.
The Captain abused him, calling him the cousin of
the ship—a spy a-board—and kicked him out of his
cabin, where he had called the plaintiff from his watch,
loading him with abuse ; and, among other oppro-
brious appellations, calling him coward. The plain-
tiff did not resist the assault ; but stood and bore it,
with Ills hands in his breeches-pockets. The defen-
dant then fetched his pistols, one of which only he
loaded, and challenged the plaintiff to fight, offering
him the unloaded pistol,and telling him that ifhe would
not immediately fight, at 20 paces, he would shoot
him dead, and esteem him as a coward. The plain-
tiff refu?ed the pistol ; and the defendant actually
cocked the loaded pistol, and presented it within a
'quarter of a yard of hit bream The defendant re-
newed his challiage9 and save the pistols to a Witneili

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Whit offered the pislintit his tholes of them, which he
alto refused.
Mt. GAnaotv addresi.id the Jury for the defendant,
Who, he said, had no witnesses to call, all the crew
who were in England being, as one of the .witnesses,
had said the defendant had called them, confederates
The fact was, that the defendant's. -ship had been
greatly pillaged, and strietilesi bedinilb his duty. The
defendant had turned A 60,000 foi:hisieMployers, but
was now left by.them a ruined MO. •
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed; that this pillage
was most likely made by persons bri shore in Sidney
Cove ; and, at any rate, the • defendant might there
have appealed to summary justice, for any complaint
he haa. His Lordship commended the, plaintiff's
cool forbearance under the assault, outrageous As- it
was, and left it to the Jury to consider What fail- da-
mages would remunerate him for the injury h&had
received.

The Jury found their verdict fbr the plaintiff with
8100 damages.

JONES V. HUDSON:
1111
This was an action against the Defendant, a
butth6. The declaration stated, that the Defendant
was possesied of a vicious ox, which he neglected to
tie up and secure, whereby it gored the Plaintiff.—
A second count stated, that by his servants he so
negligently conducted himself is driving the ox, that
the Plaintiff wAs thereby much gored and bruised.
Mr. JEKYLL as Counsel for the prbsecution, slated
the circumstances of the case, and which the evidence
detailed as follows :
The Defendant hering two oxen at Plaistow, near
Stratford, in Essex, sent his lad to fetch them up for
the purpose of being slaughtered at his house, near
St. James's Market. The lad accordingly went, and
brought the beasts quietly as far as Stratford. There
one of them took (right, and ran off full speed to-
wards London. The boy could not overtake him
until he got to Whitechapel. There, by the assist-
ance of some other butchers, he stopped him, but
previous to that, the ox in Whitechapel met a truck
drawn by two dogs, which the beast made furiously
at. The man ran away, but the poor dogs being
harnessed to the truck, could not escape, and the ox
tossed them and the little cart into the air. From
thence the beast ran towards the Strand, goring a boy
near the Temple, and a lad at the corner of Norfolk-
saver. The Plaintiff, who was a milkman, was com-
ing along with his pails. The bullock made imme.
diately at him, and tossed him as high as the upper
Part of the door, he fell upon the pavement, and was
considerably hurt. The witness who drove the ox
said, he was quiet in the stall at Plaistow, and shewed
no symptoms of being iicious, until he got to the
Turnpike.road. . .
Lord Eumanottouctt observed, there was no evi-
• dente that the Defendant knew the animal was vici-
out, and on that ground the Plaintiff was nonshited.

PRRJURY.—TIIS KING v. MORRIS.
ThC ATTOPIRY-dENERAL stated this to be a pro-
secution for wilful and corrupt perjury against the
defendant Elizabeth Morris. She was a person \vim
derived a fortune of about so,ooo► Under the will
of an old lady of the name cf,Parzott,.aud these was
a family of the name of Alderson, to whom the same
lady had left about £l3OO, and it was supposed that
the defendant had grudged that family that sum out
of the bulk of the fortune which the derived under this
will. The false oath which she had taken was this—
" That Mary Alderson said she would not deliver the
diamonds to the servant of the said Elizabeth Morris,
but if she would come and dine with the said Mary
Alderson, they would look them over together, and
she might take them : and sheaved her two diamond
rings the property of the testatrix, which she wished
her to take away only with other things."
This was the oath on which the perjury was assign-
ed, and Mrs. Alderson, her two daughters and her
son, and also Mr. Orrell, their attorney, were present
at the conversation in which this was said to have
taken place ; they swore ;7-rsitively that it never did
take place at all, nor could it, for they had no dia.
monds belonging to the testatrix ; but all they said
was, that if she left any diamonds, they must be at
her banker's with her plate ; and Mr. Fournier, the
defendant's father, and her attorney, were present,
neither of them was called to support her oath.
Mr. GARROW, who was Counsel for the defendant,
was compelled to deliver her up to the justice in mercy.
The Jury found her Guilty.

corwr OF COMMON PI.EAS, DECEMBER 6.
Enissori V. PARKER.

This was an actio►i brought by the Plaintiff, who
was a servant, to recover damages for false implison-
ment against her master, who is a reputable house-
keeper in Cheapside.
The facts stated in evidence were shortly these.—
The Plaintiff lived two years in the Defendant's ser-
vice, during which period she had conducted herself
with propriety. A few months ago, her master went
to live at Croydon for a short time, and left the Plain-
tiff in charge of his house in town. On his return to
town, some articles of house linen in the Plaintiff's
care were missing, of which she could give no ac-
count satisfactory to her master. Sns-picion arose,
and the Defendant searched the house for the articles;
and on examining the locks of his chests, drawers,
iron chest, and other places of security, he perceived
such marks of violence upon many of them, as con-
vinced him that attempts had been used to force
them ; which,• with his previous suspicions, induced
in him a belief that the Plaintiff was concerned
in, or privy to, the attempts. He accordingly sent
fora peace officer, and took the Plaintiff before the
Lord Mayor, in order for examination ; and in con-
sequence of the evidence he gave, and, at his desire,
she was committed to the Poultry Compter on the
Friday afternoon, and brought up again for further
' examination next day, when, after some rut ther en-
quiry, she was remanded again until the following.
Monday. Her boxes, in the mean time, were search-
ed ; but nothing was discovered therein, which could
justify any conclusion of guilt. On her final exami-
nation, therefore, she was discharged by the Chief '
Magistrate ; and, in a few days afterwards, the miss-
ing property was found, and the Plaintiff stood vindi-
cated from any charge of guilt, and was advised to
bring her action.
The Defendant simply put in a plea of Not Guilty,
and the Jury, after a very short consultation, found
for the Plaintiff—Damages £2O.

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' THZATRA:

The excellent Comedy of John Ball was performed
last night at this Theatre, to an applauding and well-
' pleased audience. The Farce of the Farmer followed,
but not a Word of it was heard, notwithstanding the
union of the first talents in the house. There are
some excellent songs in this piece, and we Muth re-
gretted the deprivation of that pleasure they have
always afforded to the lovers of taste or drollery.—
The highest decorum prevailed till half-price, if we
except a joke from the upper part of the house : in
the scene where Shuiletoa pre3ents the Baronet with
a pinch of snuff, a voice called out Take care
you don't sneeze,"_ which excited rather a smile than
a laugh. After half price the row commenced, by
coughing ; but there was very little storm till the
I play was over. When honest Thornberry asserts,
that be would stAy there till the roof fell but some
one of them should come to him, a zealous 0. P.
exclaimed from the Pit, we'll stay here till the roof
! falls for 0. P. which met with a partial cheer.—
Howling, shrieking, groaning, catcalls, cock-crow-
ins., and a little barking, were resorted to during
the Farce•with the usual success. No instruments
of discord, however, were used, but the voice, which
was perfectly sufficient to drown the performance.
There were several mock attempts to turn out indi-
viduals, but of course without success, which were
accordingly followed with shouts and cheers. A
sham boxing match appeared to afford much mirth to
the knowing ones. The various attitudes, and threat.
ening aspect of the combatants, appeared porten-
tous of-much mischief, and displayed the utmost rage
and violence of temper, which all terminated, how-
ever, in a horse laugh. We did not &mice a Police
Officer in the Pit the whole evening, n•r do .we
understand that any person was taken up. The pit
was by no means full, and was aided considerably by
the gallery. The usual loyalty was displayed. We
observed only the following placard, which was not
. heisted more than once, and scion after destroyed s

" May the freedom of the peopleiever be under the Protection
of a Jury."
We only discovered two 0. P.'s in the pit displayed
in the hat, and one person had thewords d Old Prices'
cut out io paper, instead of the more usual insignia.
An honest barber presented himself to the attention
of the house as a candidate for oratorical fame. He
stated, that he had long turned and twisted the subject
of the 0. P. grievances in his mind ; and from the
best consideration he could give it, he was clearly of
opinion that the Managers ought to have a good '.
dressing. (ilisidaure). Had, he but the cue in the bu-
siness, he would be the first to recommend them it
good lathering. It was a grievous hardship upon the
! public, who were already shaved so close by the taxes
1 and other impositions of the country, that they should
yield to the grinding avarice of players.—(Loud sit-
I plasm:, and acclamations of " The Shaver for ever P')--.
A considerable uproar prevailed in the House as
soon as he finished his harangue, and shortly after
he was carried out in triumph. .
One of the sham martyrs whom the 0. P.'s pre-
tended to put out, had previously half stripped him-
self, and, though he got several tumbles among ills
benches, seemed to.be very much satisfied. with the'
conduct of his friends.—There were no banns's;
nightiaps, noses, or 0. P. ladies to give a zest to the
yew, and the pit was once or twice so despondent, as
to let the farce be heard. The 0. P. dance was called
for, but could not be compassed ; the galleries piped to
I it, but the pit did not dance. A decent shout, howeyer,
was given, when the curtain closed for the evening,and
then a roaring-boy in the pit shouted out something,
which ended with ~ three cheers for a British Justy. '
—The eters were given ; and then the pit took
to hooting the company in the private boxes.—
Something like the 0. P. dance was then painfullyl
attempted; but the pit soon left the Theatre, roaring
for an uproar, which they were not numerous enough
to effect. A rabble of criers of O.l'. half boys, who
never were in the Theatre in their lives, then paraded
down Holywell-street, preceded by two or three horns,
I 1 knocking at every door they came past, and groaning
or shouting at the newspaper offices.

The Bishop of LONDON was elected, on Thursday,
a Governor of the Charter House, in the room of the
late Duke of PORTLAND.

KING'S THEATRII.—TIIiS grand and fascinating.
place of amusement opened yesterday evening with a
new Opera, called La Sconimessa, a Ballet, and a new
Divertissement. The vocal department-of the Opera
has received the addition of Madame BIANCHI'S
strength, and is about to receive that of a female singer
who has lately been singing before BONAPARTE.—
The ballot department has lost the DESIIAYESES, and
has gained Maine. Noes; but the great accession it
has received is to be looked for in the change of M.
D'EGviLLE for Signor Rossi, as ballet-composer.—
The house was well attended, considering the earE-
ness of the season.

A Comedy, written by Mr. Cosa, is in rehearsal
at the Lyceum.
HANNAH MORE'S ‘,..Ccelebs" has given rise to two
new works, which from the nature of their contents
are expected to excite considerable interest in female
society : the one is entitled Celia Suited, the other
The Real Lucilla—the former is the production of a
Lady well known in the Literary World, but whose
name we are not at liberty to mention.
During the heavy gale yesterday morning, above
40 transports started from their moorings at Dept-
ford, and drove to Blackwall. Several small crafts
tilled with water. We hre'beard of no lives being
lost.

CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE.—This day there are
several fresh arrivals of Wheat, and considerable re-
maining supplies, part thereof Foreign; sales of second
and inferior are very dull, at rather lower prices;
some fine Dantzic exceeds the currency—. Barley and
Malt in short supply, and full as dear—White Peas
likewise—Tick Beans rather cheaper—Oats are in
short supply, but from the expected arrivals this trade
is scarcely quoted dearer—L-Flour at late prices; tine
American, wholesale, 58s. to 635. per barrel.

GSMIAAL CURRENCY AS LYNOtAt

Wheat, 765. 88s. 100 s. Beans, (old) 601. 665.
Fine ditto, 105 s 108 s. Tick ditto, (old) 50s. 555.
Rye, 50$. 545. Oats, 265. 30s. 345.
Barley, 50s. 565. Od. Poland ditto, 365. 395. Od.
Malt, 78s. s6s. Potatoe ditto, 41$. Os. ()a.
White Pew (Boilers) 80s. 88s. Rape Seed, 481. 531.
Grey ditto, 114 s. 605..
Fine Flour, 90s. 955. Seconds 115 s. 90s.

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INDIA.

BOMBAY, JUNE 4.

The following is a correct List of the Homeward-
bound China Ships and Passengers which sailed from
Canton the 7th March, 1809, under convoy of his
Majesty's ship LION, of 64 guns, Commodore HEATH-
COTE :

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Elphinstone, Capt. Craig; Alnwick Castle, Capt. Preston ;
Pieter, Capt. Merriton ; Winchilsea, Capt. Moffat ; Royal
fleorge, Capt. Cribble. ; Dorsetshire, Capt Brown ; Watley,
Capt. Montague ; Canton, Capt. Lackner ; Ocean, Capt.William-
von Ease:, Capt. Nisbett ; Gretiville, Capt. Paterson; Walmer
Castle, Capt. Dodds; Ceres, Capt. Dunsford ; David Scott, Capt.
Cock.