Star.
London, England, 1814-02-08 00:00:00

FAl.MOrtli, FEBRUARY 5.

Arrived -the Duke of Kent packet with a MA
from Passages, in 10 Jays.--The FYLLA 6loop of war,
which arrived yesterday, had previously c pturcd,
alter halt an hour's action, and seat 1(4 21yirouth,
the Inconnu French lugger privateer, of txenty
guns and 120 men.

Eleven o'Clock, P.M.—Since writing the above
the Francis Freeling, Captain TiLtry (acting), wiLh
Mails from Halifax in 25 days, has arrived. Between
Scilly and the Lizard, the Freaitig 1:11 in with an
American schooner privateer, of IS -guns and up-
wards of 100 men, and succeeded, after an hours
action, in beating her off. The privateer was at one
time bearing down on the Francis Fret:nap:, in order
to board her, when the welt.directe 1 fire of tie pace
carried away the American main.ru„st. Put Back
this evening the Swiftsure packet, boun.; 'l.lifax, •
Another letter of the same date as the .dy ^ n (:he
sth) says, die Friging Packet is now off this Firt,
from Halifax in 23 days—lost her foremast and
sprit in a gale about ten days since. This inorning
she was brought to by an American schooner priva.
teer, of 16 guns, and after firing a few shot at hers
the Packet escaped.

TORBAY, FEBRUARY S.
Arrived his Majesty's ship
.HAZARD, with about 8
sail of transports, from Portsmouth, bound to Cork.
PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 5.
Arrived theQuEEN CHARLOTTE man of war, from
off Brest ; and the CYDNus frigate, from a crtlize.—
Sailed the MurlNa sloop of war, on a cruize.

PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 6.
Arrived yesterday. his Majesty's ship ZEPHYR from
the Downs. The whole of the outward-bound that
sailed on Friday brought up in St. Helen's Roads,
and wait a fair wind. Arrived to-day his Majesty's
ship NYMPH from the Downs with the following ships:
Briton, 216 ; Olive Brand), 502 ; Peace, IF ; Corn.
wall ; Prince, of Wales, SOS ; Mortim ; and Do
minica transports. Also arrived his Majesty' ships
HANNIBAL, SEAHORSE, and WOLVERINE from off
Cherbourg.—WiLd yesterday S.W.—to-day N. W.
FILBRUARY 7--Arrived the QUEEN CHARLOTTE
cutter, from the Downs; his Majesty's ship RACER,
from St. Andero, with the Lord Wellington and
Prince Ernest transports; also arrived the Thomas
and Sally, from Lisbon ; Providence from Guernsey ;
and the William, from Bristol. *Went oat -of har-
bour the FERVENT gun-brig, and the Mary, Bsoww,
to join the &et bound to the West Indies. The
SPRIGHTLY cutter takes convoy to the Downs.

DEAL, FEBRUARY 6. •
Sailed once more (yesterday) his Majesty's ship

RINALDO, and a convoy of transports, with the 2d
Battalions of. the 30th and 81st Regiments, for Hol-
land. Arrived his Majesty's ships Awtr, PtoNsgrt,
and OLYMPIA, front off the French coast. Put back
(to-day) the NysiPH cutter, with part of the fleet that
sailed from hence on the 4th for Portsmouth. Sailed
the
.Russian man of war Tret Serarkoff, Vice-Ad-
miral CROWN, to join Admiral YOUNG in. the Room..
pout. Arrived his Majesty's ship Colossus, from the
Scheldt,and the REDPOLE sloop of war, with a French
vessel which she had captured, particulars not known.
FL:BROADY 7.—Arrived and sailed for the River
the Arrow, MILNE, from St. Michael's. Came down
from the River the Cape packet, bound to the Isle of
France, and several others, particulars not known.
Put back again the Sceptre and Saragossa transports
that sailed from hence 3d instant for Holland, haiing
lost their convoys in the North Sea.—Wind W.N.W.
HARWICH, FEBRUARY 6.
Sailed yesterday the Fortunio with sugar, Lk:. for
Amsterdam.—Wind W.
GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY 6.

Arrived yesterday the SwAttow East Ind;aman,
from Bengal; and the ELIZABETH) from the Isle of
France.

COVE OF CORE, FEBRUARY•e.
. His Majesty's ship PRESIDENT, Captain MASON) is
to sail to-morrow with the convoy for St. Andero.—
The TIGRIS frigate, Captain HENDERSON, is added to
dire ships already on this station. There are three
others expected here shortly for the same purpose.—
The large convoy of transports, with cutie, &c. for
St. Andero, and the PRESIDENT, have not yet sailed.
His Majesty's ship; CASTILIAN, Captain BREMEN
and PELICAN, Captain \Vitus, on their return from
St. Andero, have captured a valuable AnseriCan ship '
and took her to Lisbon. We u )derstand Admiral
SAWYER has received an account. of the aboie capture.
LEITH, FEBRUARY 5.
TLeCireitoEse taoop of war sailed tram Leith Roads
on Thursday forenoon, with some Dutch plikotiem.
for Harwich.—The Ceres Indiainan arrived at Ben-
coo:en on the 27th of May, aitd was expected to
sail, about the 25th of June, for Penang and Chir.a.
The FURIOUS gun brig sailed on Thursday to call in .
all the cruizers on this stati.-n. The Corm.' Piztr.ff,
thirst:a, from Leith to Passage, with potaturs a.
corn, ,s on shore near Tins horpe, on the •
shire coast, and lost her matn-mast.

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LW JWD ELL IGENCE.
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• . • COURT •OP. KING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY 7.
RUN V. MARY ANN CLARKE. . •
MIS day having been appointed for praying. the
judgment of the Court on the defendant in this case,
the public cut io.;ity was excited in an uncommon de-
gre. Long before the hour for the usual arrival of
the *Judges, Westminster Hall was crowded with per-
sons who were anxious to be witnesses tb the conduct
of a lady who had so. frequently excited feelings of
interest in all classes of society'; or, if they could not
gain this point, to get a glimpse of lier as she passed
to and from the seat of Justice. The Court itself
was thrrngcd to excess.
At eleven o'clock the whole of the Judges 'assem-
bled, and immediately afterwards the noise of the
crowd without announced the arrival of the defen-
dam, who, with very considerable difficulty, forced
her way through the obstruction which the efforts of
coriosity threw in her way. She entered the Court,
attended by her attorney (Mr. Harrison) and Lord
Eflenborough's tipsoff, and setr.ed much amused
with the scene which had been presented to her. She;
was dressed in a scarlet velvet spencer, a white mus-
lin gown, a white straw chip hat and laced veil, and
appeared as lovely and blooming as if she had just
commenced her career of captivation. The con fusion
which her entrance had occasioned having subsided, •
The ATTORN EY-G FS.NRRA L prayed the judgment of
the Court upon this defendan:, who had suffered it to
pass awainst her by default, upon an indictment for.
publi,hing a libel upon the Right Hon. William. Fit-
zgerald, Chancellor -6f the Irish Exchequer, in a pam-1
phlet, entitled a Letter to that Gentleman.
The libel .was read by Mr. Dealtry, Deputy Clerk
of the Crown-office. It accused the prosecutor of
seducing his friend's wife, procuring the husband to
be sent to an" unhealthy climate, .and during his ab.;
sence of debauching his wife; that when the unhappy
female was pregnant, he induced her to take drugs
for the purpose of procuring an abortion, &c. &c.
The defendant then put in the following Affidavit,
which was read :
Mary Ann Clarke maketh oath, that she feels
great concern at having been betrayed into a violation
of the law; that she hath been intimately acquainted
with the prosecutor and• his father for many years;
that his father introduced the prosecutor to her,- pre
-
violas to his going to College, as from the situation in
which this deponent then lived, she might do him
much service in his progress through life.
" That deponent did render him many and essen-
tial services, and a great degree of intimacy subsisted
between her And the prosecutor's said father; to whom
she also rendered many services, and with whom she
was in the habit of corresponding for a great length
of time, and that she by this means became possessed
of a great number of his letters, and which letters wet
afterwards, on occasion of a certain Investigation,
submitted to a Select Committee of the House of
Commons ; that the contents of some of these letters
transpired ; and, as defendant was informed by the
prosecutor, it was suggested to him by a Member of
his Majesty's Government, that if those letters were
exposed to the public, they would be highly detri-
mental to the prospects of the prosecutor and his fa-
ther, and the former would be no longer able to re
present the Borough of Ennis, which had cost him a
large sum of money ; that the prosecutor became
alarmed as to these letters, and immediately after
they were ordered to be restored to this deponent, the
prosecutor came to her in the greatest distress and
agony of mind, to request the destruCtion of those
letters, and the greater part of which he obtained
possession of; and under promises.of reward and fa-
vour, this deponent permitted them to-be destroyed
in his presence, after he had made himself acquainted
with the contents. That' deponent having great con-
fidence in the prosecutor's said father, entrusted him
with the keeping of many letters and papers of great!
public importance; and, amongst others, she entrusted I
him with a letter from a perion in high authority,
conveying his assurance of providing for deponent's
only son. That, soon after the prosecutor had gained
his point, by procuring the destruction of the said
letters, he totally withdrew himself from her as a'
friend and visitor, where he had been previously
. constant and almost a daily one, and estranged him-
self. from all friendship towards her ; 'and instead of
the reward she had been promised, he, and his father,
refused to return herpapers which had been deposited
in trust, and the prosecutor's father assured her he
bad destroyed them, and had burnt the said letter
containing the promise of provision.
" And this deponent further saith, that the letters
which'she now hash in her possession, in the hand;
writing of the said prosecutor and his father, clearly.
prove the truth of the above matters, respecting their
correspondence with, and obligations to this deponen4
both before and since the proceedings inilBo9, during.
a period of about 14- years. That deponent repeat-.
ediy remonstrated with him on these matters, but
finding those remonstrances unattended toi and being
vexed and disappointed in her expectations, and treat-
- .ed with contempt, ingratitude, and indiferekce, she,
uncit r that influence, wrote and published the -letter
which is the subject of this prosecution, and which
has been very little circulated.
" That this deponent at first pleaded not guilty to
the indictment, but being advised she could not de-
fend herself under that, plea, withdrew it, and suf-
fered judgment to go by default, and thereby wholly
submit herself to the consideration of this honourable
Court. That this deponent hath two daughters, one
of them approacling the age of womanhood. That
she bath hitherto, under many adverse cirumstances
and misfortunes, given them an education, and
brought theni up in 'honour and virtue. And that
should thii lion. Court, in its wisdom, deprive her
said daughters c.t her protection, they will be left to-
tally destitute ; and she humbly hopes, that these
circumstances, and the state of her health, and that
in the present case, she has been actuated by no views
of a political nature, but softly by the treatment re-
ceived from the prosecutor in his private capacity, will
be taken into the consideration or this lion. Court."
Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Mr. PARKS, and Mr.
SCA RLETT.then addressed the Colin, in support of the
prniecution. The ATTORNEY GENt:RAI, characterised
the libel as the most flagrant that had ever appeared
in a Court of Justice, as it- accused the prosecutor of
nothing less than felony. Thole was no doubt that
it v. as as directly mea;,t for an eagine for the purpose
of extt:rting money, as if she bad commanded a sum
to be put wider a stone, under threat of the like re-