Star.
London, England, 1802-11-30 00:00:00

vuric4L lATELLiakkcE.

PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 19.

went out of harbour, the LKDA frigate, la DE'
.7:RMINEE, of 24 guns, and At.otisio floop of war.
azumx AT IPITHIAD.
Guns.

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&cling, gun Tetra
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Hercule -
Loire .
Diamond -
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Ptorlope
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Morgiana
111i!brook •
Collor, gun veffel

Admiral Milbank.
" 2 Capt. 0. B. Drury.
80 Sir R. Strachan.
so Capt. Br Ce.
38 Capt. Sutton.
38 Hardy.
36 Capt.
32 Van iittart.
34 Becher.
i 6 Faulkuor.
14 pod.
Lieutenant Guyon.
Swiney.

IN NARIIOUR•
Guns.
84 Capt. Fcrris.
44 Capt. Maitland.
36 Flphinitone.
36 Hon. Capt. Paget.
36 Dixon.
36 -- Broughton.
so Hill.
z 6 Raynsford.
16 Lieutenant Storcke.
Atchifon.

HARWICH, NOVEMBER 26.

'Ns morning arrived two Wiling fmacks, with part of the
or,o and materials of the (hip Cotsford, of London, Robert
Wilton mafter, from London, bound to Hatnburgh, which
wg4i wig on there upon the funk fand on the evening of Tuef-
day bit .Pier cargo confined of wine, rum, rice, pepper &e
the wine and rum, it is fuppofed, will be principally raved, but
the other articles mutt perilh. Five other veffels are now corn-
ing in with part of the cvgo. The veffel is about soo tons hur-
dler : her decks arc blown up, and her hull is nearly buried in
Lie Lands—Sailed the Jackall gun-brig on a eruize.

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KINGSTON, (J AMA ICA), SEPT. IS.
It is with concern we relate, that the fchooner Nonfuch, Cap
Bogg, which failed from Savanna-la-Mar on Saturday Lift,
was in the afternoon n that day ;truck by lightning, which
loped the carpenter and feverely wounded three of the crew.
Thornborough, (a worthy young Gentleman, in the em-
ploy of Meffrs. Rotherham and Ahlbottn, of this town), who
was a paWenger, ha& alto the misfortune to be ftruek at th,
tune time, hut fo feverely, that be was deprived of his fen:es
to the following Wedndday, when he died.
On the sith inf. as a (mall barge, was coming from the eaft-
ad of the harbour, the was unfortunately run, down by one o.
the watering boats, on her way to the watering place, near
Roctfort, and, melancholy to relate, the following perfons were
drowne,l: Mr. John Crow, brother of Captain Crow, of the
thip Will; Matter Stephen Waddington, fon of Captain Wad-
divot); a young Gentleman, name unknown; end a negro
man.

FROM LthYD's LIST.

DIAL, Nov. 29.C.ame down and failed fevers' outward
Nand seilils.-Wind N. N. W.
. Clayman), Nov. 59.-Palled by, the He'elm, Harris, from
)(ambush ; Jeffel, Dennis, from Riga; Two Si 'sera, —,
Porn Peteriburgh ; and Hope, Johnfon, from Amtterdam.-
Sakd the Amelia, Young, for Grenada; Canada, Iterbert, for
St. Vincent's ; and Venus, Janfeo, for Amiterdam.
Atutivatt-Olf Portfmouth, Ewretta. Patterfon, from goy-
tte; and Sally. ---.. from Limerick Off Brighton, Q2ebee
Packet, Thompfon, from %the° -Off Portland Echo, Ken-
dall, from Jamaica-At Cowes, Berbice Packet, -, from
Perbice-Off Whitehaven, Baltic, Ayles. from Peteefburgh-.
At Falmouth, Defiance, DaVey, from Malaga ; and Supply,
Lange, from Pettvilutrgh.--in the Humber, Hanley, -..-,
Stet Peteriburgh-..At. Liverpool, Minerva, Ford, fro" Nants ;
Courier. Mallen, from Boom, ; pony and Sally, Wickett,
from Virginia; David and George, —, from Newfoundland ;
Sid North Star, Parry. front Dantsle-Off Crookhaven, Lion,
Naylor; and Crown; Carr, from Trinidad-At Waterford,
Amphion. Wright, from Jamaica-At Plymouth, Betfey, Lea ;
and Fricndfbip, Sibley, from Newfoundland-In the Texel,
Orlando, Muller, from New York; George, Sprig; and
Amer; a, --.., from Batavia-At Newfoundland, David,
Wilkinfon, from Oporto-At Baltimore, Venus, Dahill, from
Liverpool ; and Na cy, Hobbs, from Havre-At Africa, Eliza,
--. from London • Jack Park. Wallace ; Lottery, Neale ;
leas, Lawfon ; King George, Phillip.; and Ceres, Jayman,
tr. m Liverpool-Ac New Ulster, Beaver, Tayler ; .Plover,
-.-; Enterprise, Eggerfon ; and May, ---, from Liver-
poi-At Batavia, Fozwell, Barnard, Ikon Amiterdam.
The Providenie, SHORE, of Plymouth, is loft
a Yalm Point, and all the crew.
Ewa& of a Letter, written cn board the Marie
Reiger(berg, (a Dutch floip), Captain LcimsAao,
dated Tenerife, Oftober 6.-" We are now lying
at anchor hire with all four of the (hips. The
Bato arrived four days before us, the Kortenaar
two, and the Plato one day after us. All is well
on board. To-day or tO-litt/ITOW we (ball Again
fet fail.
" We have intelligence that the Batavtan fqua.
Aron for the Well Indies; under command of Capt.
W. 0. 13LOYS VAN TRESLONG, with the tranfport
(hips, came to anchor on the eft of Odtober at the
Grand Ciriaries, near the city of Palma, where
news had alfo been received that the Bato, with
the other (hips of the Eaft India lquadron, were
at St. Croix de Tenerife, to take on lido water."
We have the pleafure to announce the fare ar-
rival of the (hip SCALEBY CASTLE, from the Pre-
fidency of Boinbay, which place (he left on the ad
day of July. She failed from the ifland of St. He-
lena on the 13th day of September. Colonel Me t-
Doom.° is a pallinger on board the above fhip.-
Tile next (hips expelled to arrive from the Eaft
Indies, are the CALEDONIAN, Captain CRAIG ; the
NORTHAMPTON, Captain BARRER • the GENERAL
STUART, Captain MASH ; and the 9MANSHIP,Cap..
tlin LOGAN. They were taking in cargoes at
Eengal in April.
The fhip MADRAS, Captain bUNCAN, from Cal-
.atta, is arrived at Madras ' • paffengers, WILLIAM
1)/NT, Efq. Lieutenant GootILAD, of His Majef-
If's 73d regiment ; Cornet JAceson, of the 19th
regiment Dragoons ; Lieutenant Joz.t.t, of the Rth
regirntnt Native Infantry ; ( a?tain LTTON, Mr.
LAUTOUR, and Mr. Pott.ocs.
We underhand that Monfieur PENAVD had pof-
fifilon of the HIGHLAND CHIET, after a conflia of
only fifteen minutes ; her fecund Officer and three
fearnen were wounded. The French had 54 killed.
The privateer had been out 15 days, and taw not
A f,til before the met with the HIGHLAND CHIEF.
An extremely fine launch tookvplace on Satan
'l3Ylfrt,m Mr. BARNARD'S dock-yard, atDeptford.
The vetfel was an Eaft Indiaman, of t 200 tons,
called the WARR rn*HA smcs, belonging to Capt.
LAR cies. The Princefs of WALES was prefent ;
and tbcpugh Mr. -0., RNARD had but a fhort notice
of the honour defigned him, yet every thing was
done that could contribute to the accommodation
and comfort of the Royal Vifitor. Capt. MANNY,
of the Navy, had the honour to conduit the Prin.
I/aft(' to and from her fociable.

'JOHNSON
_7718 SMUGGLER': SECOND

ESCAPE FROM PR/SON.

It may be recollefted that, about four years ago,
this perfon, and another, were apprehended, for
obffruiting and ill tiling fome of the Revenue Of-
ficers, while in the execution of their duty, upon
the &ilk: Coaft, and were committed to the New
Jail, in the Borough, to take their trial; but both
prifoners eifeeted their efcape in the following de-
fperate manner: Having procured, by the means
of an accomplice, a brace .of piftols, they took a
favourable opportunity,.,hen the Turnkey was
alone, and demanded their liberty,, or they threat-
ened to (hoot him dead on the fpot. The man was
obliged to open the doors, but as they were tooth
heavily ironed, he conceived it would be an eafy
matter to follow them, and have them again fe-
cured. He was, however, foiled in this defign, for
when the prifoners had gained the outer door, two
' horfes were in readinefs, and a man was waiting,
who affilled them to mount. Thus they got clear
off, and were not heard off for fome time, not-

withilanding five hundred pounds reward was of-
fered for their apprehenfion. The firfl time John•
fon was heard of, after his efcape, was at the time
the Expedition to the Helder was meditated by
Government, when he made an offer of his fer-
vices to accompany the Expedition, as, from his
fmuggling conneiaions, he had gained a complete
knowledge of the Dutch Coatt ; Government
accepted of his fervices, and granted him a full
pardon, on his promife never to be again con-
cerned in the fmuggling trade. Johnfon acquitted
himfelf, in this undertaking, fo much to the fatis-
faftion of his employers, that he becanfe a great
favourite with feveral of the Ex-Mini hers, and-with

the late Sir RALPH ABERCROMBIE in particular.—
_ _

He afterwards contracted confiderable debts, was

arrefied and bailed in the beginning of lall fum-
mer ; but coming forward to exonerate his bail,
was taken and rendered to Newgate in the month
of July hit, from whence he moved himfelf to the
Fleet, with detainers to the amount of about 30001.

againft him. It appears, before he became an
inhabitant of the Fleet, that, in his pecuniary
difficulties, he again had recourfe to fmuggling,
and was fuppofed to have been at the head of a
gang of Smugglers, who, on the 6th of June, kept
in cuftody fome of the Revenue Officers at South
would, in Sullex, while others of their party took
away force fmuggled goods. It is not more than a
fortnight fence he was recogntfed by fix of thefe
Officers in the Fleet : they had come from Suf.
fez to fee him. The Lord Mayor attended at the
Fleet, for the purpofe of examining Johnfon ; but,
except one, none amongft the officers would ven-
ture to fwear to the identity of his perfon, he had
In completely changed his appearance. On the
depofition of one perfon, however, his Lordihip or-
dered him to be detained for a capital felony; and,
in the mean time, he was fecured in a jirong room,
which is fet apart for dangerous and refraCtory pri-
foners: In this ftrong room he had remained feveral
weeks. A Bill of Indiament was preferred againft
him, and it was txpeded that a true bill would have
been found this day. Johnfon, aware of thefe cir.
cumftances, turned his thoughts once more to
making his efcape, which he effedted yefterday
morning, notwithftanding he was confined in a
ftrong room, with two doors, or rather, a double.
door, filch as are generally fixed to the chambers
in Inns of Court. At the top of each door was a
pannel, inflead of glafs. It was by forcing out
there two pannels, and creeping through the -holes
of them, that Johnfon was enabled to. reach the
gallery, and from thence the high wall that fur-
rounds the prifon ; which it was impoffible for him
to have done, without accomplices, as the pan-
ne) of the outer-door, it appears, had been forced
from without. The manner by which he broke
out the pannel of the inner door appears very
clear, from the inftruments he left behind him
in the room, and which he had employed on
the occafion. He had bored, with a fmall gimblet,
an innumerable quantity of holes in the pannel, till
it became like a riddle; and then, with a knife,
or chiffel, he cut away that part of the wood
which feparatesl the holes, and by thefe means ef-
fitted his purpofe, without caufing any noife. The
holes had been prepared Come days before, and
filled up with pafte, to prevent a difcovery. On
his coming to that part of the wall next to Fleet-
market, he found a rope ladder, which his friends,
on the out-fide, had provided for him, and placed
there, agreeable to their plan. This was be.
tween three and four o'clock in the morning,
and it is fuppofed, from circumftances, that lie
was upwards of half an hour before he could clear
the wall. From its enormous height and the ar-
rangement of the (pikes, it is a matter of aftonith.
ment how he was ever able to accomplifh his pur-
pofe. Having gained the molt material point, he
found, as on the former occafion, that no part of
his plan had been negleited by his accomplices,
for in Fleet-market he met two men waiting for
him, on horfeback, leading a (pare boric ; heim-
mediately mounted, and they all galloped off to-
gether. A Watchman, on the outfide, obferved
the meetings but did not know what had hap-
pened, till lie obferved the ladder, towards day-
break, hangingfrom the wall,oppofite Fleet-market,
when he knocked up the Warden of the Fleet,
who, on being informed of it, foon gueffed who
was the run-away. This affair is the more to be
regretted, on his account, as it makes him liable
to the whole of the debts, which amount to eleven
thoufand pounds !—On Saturday raft, Johnfon
font out of the Fleet, a box containing linen, and
papers, which caufed fome obfervations, but he
was thought fo fccure, that it never induced a
fufpicion that he meant himfelf fo Coon to follow.
—Johnfon is a genteel looking athletic man, under
40 years of age, and polfelfes in an uncommon
degree the art of difguifing his face and manner,
as well as his perfon; fo that confidering his know-
ledge of the coati, and the number of confederates
that he naturally muff have, there is no probability
of his being caught before he gets out of the king-
dom.—Mr. Johnfon has a wife at Fluffing, where he
was eftablithed before this laft affair. -He is con&
dered as having confu property, and within
a very short time made great offers to the bail that
rosicad him to obtaiali Isjkair.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP KING's BEACH, NOV. 2&

WILLIAMS V. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
. Mr. Easzla a moved that the non-fuit in this,
cafe thould be fet afide, and a new trial granted.
Lord. ELLENNOROUGH (before whom this cafe
came on to be tried at Guildhall) read his report
of the cafe. It appeared that the plaintiff was the
owner If a (hip called the Princes Amelia, which
the India Company had chartered. On her voy-
age from Madrats to Tellicherry, feveral military
flares were put on board of her ; amongft the reft
a balket containing feveral flafks of a fort of oil or
varnifh marked Mogan*. This turned out to be
a fub(tance of the moll inflammable and combuf-
tible nature, and eventually caufed the dettruCtion
of the fhip ; the Firtt Mate, whore bufinefs it was
more peculiarly to attend to the flowing the goods
ou board, is now dead ; but the Captain, Second
Mate, Purfer, and feveral other witneffes, declared
that the name Rboxim gave them not the kan idea
of what nature the, fubilanee was, and that the
Mate was a fkilful man, and if he had been ap.
prized of the nature of this fubftance, he probably
I would not have flowed it in the part of the (hip

which he did, where it was forrounded by corn-
builible matter. This evidence was confidered by

Lord Ellenborough infi►fficient, and he nonfuited
the plaintiff, on the ground, that, although the
Mate was; dead, the Agent of the Eaft Indi.:
Company who delivered him this Rhos= ought
to have been produced by the plaintiff, to prove
(if it was the fact) that no not►ce of its quality
had been given to the Mate.
Meffrs. ADAM, WOOD, and BOSANQIIET, on the
part of the Eaa India Company, fupported the
nonfuit, on that ground, that the only living wit
neffes of the del►very of this Rho,,an was not pro
duced ; this Agent of the India Company might
be examined upon interrogatories in India; they all()
contended that there was no evidence that the

Agents of the EaR India Company knew better
than the Officers of the fhip the quality of this
Mogan, or that there was any fraudulent conceal
ment of this quality ; and That it was as reafonable
to prefume the Mate had flowed the article unikil-
fully, as that any concealment was made of its
quality by the Company's Agent.
Mr. ERSKINE, on the other fide, argued, that
he had made out at the trial a fufficient cafe to go
to a Jury ; it was a queftion merely for a Jury to
anfwer, whether the India Company, or their
Agents, could be ignorant of the quality of an
article produced and manufalured in their terri-
tories, and fent on board for the irfe of their army ?
He alto conceived it was a queflion for a Jury to
anfwer, whether they believed that the Mate, who
was fworn to be a fkilful man in his bufinefs, could,
having notice of the quality of this Rhogan, have
Rowed it fo carelefsly as he did, though he had
proved, that neither the Captain nor any Officer
of the Chip now alive, had been informed of its
quantity and therefore thought he had made out
a prima facie cafe for a Jury, and that it was the
bufinefs of the defendants to have difproved it (if
they could) by the evidence of their Agent.
The Judges, after conferring a long time, faid,
that they fhould confider farther.
Rhogan farms to be another name for yen copal.
NOVEMBEIL 27.
Mr. GARROW moved for a rule to fhew caufe
why a criminal information ffiould not be filed
againft Mr. Ridgeway, a bookfeller, near St.
James's fquare, for publifhing a pamphlet, refleet-
ing upon the condudt of Mr.*ainwaring, and the
other Juftices of the County, and charging them
with unconilitutional feverity in the adminiftration
of the Prifon in Coldbath-fields. The libel drew a
parallel between Mr. Aris, the Governor of that
prifon, and Mr. Cunningham, the Keeeper of
Gloucefter Gaol; the latter is defcribed as Torture
Mailer General. It Rated, that among the number
of ceremonies indifpenfible in the cuffed abode,
committed to his charge, that of cutting off the
hair was one of the firft; it was however exprefsly
fworn, that a prifoner never had his hair cut off,
except as a regulation of health ; and that it was
always fuffered to grow, at leaft for fix months be-
fore the prifoner was difcharged. The writer pro-
ceeded to (late, that neither the common or ftatute
law authorifcd mutilation, except in cafes of trea-
fon or murder, and confequently Gaolers had no
right to commit fuch an indignity on the perfon
of any man. The pamphlet inferred, that while
the people of England were rejoicing in the de-
ftruetion of the Bane in. France, they were over-
looking the Baftiles which were railing in their
own country. In fhort, Mr. Gurrow faid, the oh-
jeet of the pamphlet was, the overthrow of every
prifon in the kingdom. He had brought forward
this motion, not at the inftance of any individual,
but at the defire of the whole Body of the Magif-
tracy of the County.—Rule granted.
Mr. Serjeant BEST moved for a criminal infor-
mation againft James Frafer, and Wm. Spencer,
two Magiftrates of Heßon, in Middlefex, and
William Permer, Surveyor of the Highways
for that Parifh. The offence imputed to the
Magiftrates was, that for feveral fucceffive years
they had appointed Mr. Permer to the office of
Surveyor, merely becaufe he confidered that as
a public road which was a private one, and had
it repaired at the public expencc ; it was a road
which lay convenient to the Defendant's houfes.
in confequence of this condudt, the ftatute labour
was confiderably increafed, and a rate was made to
the amount of 1331. The inhabitants appealed,
but the fame Magittrates, who had made the rate,
confirmed it. The Learned Serjeant faid he had
an affidavit, Rating, that before the Defendants
were in the Magi ftracy, no one ever thought of the
road in queftion being a public road. Rule granted.
George Goodwin, convicted of perjury on the trjal
of Hart and Robinfon, two Smugglers, was again
brought into Court.
Sir N. Gloss addrefling him, obferved, that lie
was to receive fentence for the crime of perjury.
In a country, governed by laws, and in which the
lives, liberty, and property of the fubjedt depended
on the fanaity of oaths, the crime of perjury was
no lets alarming than of late it had become com-
ma* TiteCosgiFsiall