Star.
London, England, 1801-03-12 00:00:00

lIIGII COURT Or ADMIRALTY, MARCII so.

An appeal came on to be heard before Sir Wit.-
LIAM SCOTT, ngaintt the condemnation of a vela
bound from SafFee, on the Coaft of Africa, to
I lamburgh,which had been captured off the 'ext2l4
during the blockade of that ifland, and condemned
as a good prize.
His Majefly's Advocate was heard on behalf of
the captors. He fithinirted, that the veffel's real
deflination was to Amfierdam. This had bcea
proved by the papers found on board, and that
her deflination being !Wed to be for Hamburgh.
was only a colourable pretext, as the was taken in
a contrary dire ion from that place. On thefe
grounds he contended, that judgment ought to go
for the captors.
On the other fide, Dr. LAWRENCE was beard
for the owners of the fhip and cargo. IL flated
they were Mauritians, and of cowrie could not be
ftippofed to know of any blockade having taken
place at Hamburgh, living at fo great a &dance,
and being ignorant of the language of this coun-
try. Betides, the Emperor of Moro co l ing a:
peace with England, they were not bound to obey
any reltrilion a Power with whom they ware at
peace chofe to fet up. The letters were an writ-
ten in Arabic ; and it appeared that a number of
articles on board the flip were fent as prefents to
his brother by the (hipper, who requelted him to
fend fume religious books in return. He contended
there was not the leaft intention of evading the
laws prcfcribed by this nation, as they were not ap-
prifcd of any blockade being intended; and it seas
a fad, that fever 44 of our own (hips knew nothing
of the circumflance until fome time after it had
taken place. He contended, that under thcfc
cireumltances, the fhip and cargo ought to be
reflored.

The Learned Judge deferred giving Judgment
till a future day.

couRT OF COMMON PLEAS, MARCH 6.

SAUNDERS V. SCOTT, HQ:.

This cafe perhaps deferves a little attention
from Government. The outlines of it were Ilion-
ly thefe :
The Plaintiff; Mr. Saunders, is au Army-Tay-
lor, and brought this A6tion againtt Captain Scott,
who commands a Company of the South Hamp-
fhire Militia, to recover the firm cf the amount
of one hundred pair of pantaloons, which the
Defendant had ordered for his men, and which
the Plaintiff contended were wade according to
his order. The fubltance of the Captain's order
to Mr. Saunders was, that thefe pantaloons fhould
be blue, and the fame as the white pantaloons
(alluding to (me he had fitrnifhed before for the
regiment). The price he charged was to,. Nr
pair ; and no fewer than nine Army-Tavlorswere
called by Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD, cn the p.trt of
the Plaintiff, who lworr they were well wc:th
p:r pair, and one of than faid he would act make
Inch pantaloons under los. 6d.
Mr. SCOTT made a very able fpeech for the
D.:fend:tut, in which be chiefly contended three
things :—tll, Thtt thefe pantaloons were not
fent to Captain Scott in proper time ; airily, That
they were not of a quality ft to be fent ; and 3dly,
That the pike was unreafonal)le.
Colonel Mitford and fume ollicr very T.:fp:eta-
ble Gentlemen were called to fubilantiate the De-
fendant's cafe. An Army-Taylor from Winchef-
ter As ore, that thee pantaloons were not worth
more tkan 7s. 6d. per p:tir, and raid he Could be
extremely happy, at this prefent time, to make
ten thoufand pair, in every rape& as good, at that.
price. When he was afked whether the price of
lalsottr was not lower in Winchefter than is Lon-
don ? be faid, if there was any difference, it was
rather higher at Winchefter.
Another witlpfs from Yorkilire coincided, in
almolt every particular, with the evidence uf the
laff witnefs.

1.01',1 ELDON, after hearing all the evidence on
both tides, and the freechesot Counfel, fummoned
up the whole cafe to the Jury, and made a great
number of important and pleaftnt obfervatio'ts
upon it. The quetlion for their decition was,
Whether the price v.hich the Plaintiff had putupon
there pantaloons, was rcafonable, and whether
they were eipirl in quality to the white panta-
loons ? 11 the Jury were of opinion that the price
was reafionahle, and that they were equal in
quality to the white, they would find for the
Plaintiff up to the full extent of his demand ; but
if they were of another opinion, their Verdit
would be for the Defeudant.—lireb.lforD.flany.
His Lorelfhip, after the cattle was over, requefl.
ed the Gentlemen who offered to make ten thou.
land pair of thefe pantaloons, of equal quality,
at 7s. CA a pair, to call at the Office of the Sc.
cretary at War ; his Lordlhip thought if he could
do v‘ hat he Lad offert.d, Government would attend
to him.

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POLICE, &c.

NIA '; sto '44inv s E.—Tuefday IYm. IVaddyin,
l'arnsul, and John Craufon, were examined a fecond
time before the Loan MAYOR, charged on oath
with breaking into Blackwall-hall warehoufe, in
Bafinghall-itreet, and flealing, a whole piece of
(cadet cloth of confiderable value. The prifoners
were committed for trial.

Yefterday a man of the name of Ph pp,, a revenue
locker, bdlonging to a warchoufe m the Steel-
yard, Upper Thames-fireet, was taken before the
I.oao Mayo', charged with having flolen a quan-
tity of raw coffee from the fitid warchoufe, which
was found concealed, and which being Avorn to,
he was fully committed for trial.
UNION-HALL.—Yetterday Several lottery va-_
grants were brought to the office, when fome of
them were committed to the Houfe of Corration.

Evan, the publican, charged with receiving
Etwhich had been itolen by a fervant of Meas.
and Co. grocers, in New Bridge-Itreet, has
been admitted to bail, the charge not being fa-
Rectal), ftrong to commit him.
TuAmEs-Orrics.—Yefterday the Captain of a
collier was charged by hir. Cohen, one of the Pur-
veyors, with having on board his (hip 16o1b. of
gun-powder, the AEt of Parliament allowing only
aslbs. on board any veffel in the River ; he was
convicted in the penalty of col. and the powder
forfeited. _ _

S H DWE L.•••rllCrday RecZard Edwin, a foldier
in the Guards, was charged by. Mr. Wm. Cain-
mack, of the Thiftle and Crown in Wapping-ftreet,
on whom he was quartered, with being found
concealed in his cellar ; on fearching the prifoner's
bed-chamber, were found a calk and two jars fill-
ed with Geneva and Coniac brandy, which he had
Bolen.—On further fearching his room, a key was
found which opened the liquor cellar. The pri-
foner was fully committed for trial.
Yaw WilGartu, a black boy, was charged by a
Captain Young, in the American trade, with break-
ing open a chelt, containing wearing apparel and
a quantity of dollars, which he !tole, the property
of a Captain Boyd, who had been a prifoner of war
in France, and who has fince returned to England.
As Captain Young is under immediate failing or-
ders, he could not flopoto profecute, therefore the
prifoner was difeharged.
Yellerday a boy, about 14 years old, complain:
ed to the Magißrates, that he was an apprentice
to the Mailer of a collier from Shields, now lying
in the River, and that the Mate of the raid (hip
had tied him hand and foot with a cord, and fatt-
ened him to the (hip's mail, keeping him in that
fituation four hours, during which time he beat
him in an inhuman manner with a thick rope, for
no other crime imputed to him, {ban that he did
not fcrapc the matt-head fufficatly. The poor
lad further Rated, that when the Captain, who is
brother in-law to the Mate, came on board, after
this fcvere punifhment, he complained of his hard
ufage ,• but inftead of finding any redrefs, his mat-
ter told him that he lied, for he was fure no fuch
thins had happened, ordering him to pull off his
bell jacket and trowfers, and put on his old clothes,
not Worth eighteen pence ; he then turned him on
More at night. The Magiltrates direEted a war-
rant againit the Mate for the affault.
Tuefday fe'nnight, about three o'clock in the
morning, Mr Freckingharn, of Greenwich, on his
way home from the City,where he had been on bufi-
nefs, was flopped near Cherry Garden Stairs by
two men in long clothes, who held him fall, undid
his breeches, and robbed him of so]. in Bank notes.
He had a (hare of a Lottery Ticket. which they
left with him. 'When he came to relate his lofs
at Union Hall Office, he could not give airy clue
by which the robbers might be traced, not having
the number of the notes, nor recolleaion of the
men, to as to identify them.
A few nights ago the Houle of Mr. W. Waa-
l. la, of Vauxhall-walk, was, in the abfente of the
family, broke open, and robbed of various arti-
cles of Houfehold urniture.

On Friday morning, about four O'clock, the
houfe of Mr. Nswissw, in Hatton-garden, was at-
tempted to be rubbed by five villains, who broke
into the liable at the back of Mr. Newman's houfe
in Robinhood-yard, when they were difcovered by
a watchman, who finding a man loitering in the
yard, went to examine the liable, where four
others mated out, whom he purfued as far as Hol-
born, when one of them threw an iron crow at
him, and they all efcaped. • In the liable was
found a cutlafs, a Rick with a fword in it, and a
dark lanthorn. _ _ __ _

Early on Saturday morning the haute of Mr.
8114COCIL, of Stroud, near Rochelter, was broke
open and robbed of lace and other property to a
eonfidera ble amount.

On Sunday evening the hoof, of Meas. Halt-
om, Kum, and Co. Barbican, was broke open
and robbed of a quantity of carpeting and other
goods.
The fame evening the houfe of Mr. GAIMAIII,
(no perfon being therein) was broke open and rob-
bed of a gold watch, and various articles of plate
;Ind wearing apparel.
On Monday fait at noon, as Mr. Neale of the
EMI India Honfe was on his return home, he was
met by a man near the Gun, in the road leading
to Lambeth, who took from him a gold watch,
chain, leafs, &c. of the value of thirty guineas,
with which he ran off and cleared, though Mr.
Neale putitied him near two miles.
On Tueflay evening, about nine o'clock. a fire
broke out in Aldermanhuq, which excited much
alarm; however, there being plenty of water, And
by the exertions of the fire men, it was cxtinguifh.
ed, not without doing coutiderable damage t.) the
figure where it broke out..
Friday laft as a ticket porter was 'going by Mr.
langham's worehnufe in Lower Thames-fill:et, a
bag of coffee fell from one of the loopholes upon
his head, which nearly killed him on the ftwit ; he
was taken to St. Tboums's hofpital without any
hopes of recovery.
On Friday afternoon a Gentleman took boat at
Billingfcate to crofs the River, when he was kilted
with a lit before the waternsan reached the oppo- f
fits thoce, and inLintly