Star.
London, England, 1812-02-27 00:00:00

DEAL, FEBRUARY 16.

Several of our cruisers were driven into the Downs
last evening by the violence of the gale ; and remain.
with his Majesty's ships, the Lady Canington,.Ben-
gal, and Wexford Indiamen, and a large
list of outward bound. Several of the slips lost an
anchor and cable each.—Wind N.W.

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AISM*ACEY%COURT, FEB. 25.
St ip, name Unknown.—This ship was found at
sea. bavirg lost her roddEr, and lying in a very dan-
gerous situation. There were three sets of claimants,
namely, the Cowes pilots, some American seamen,
and ano. her set of persons, whom the Court considered
as the real salvor;, and therefore it pronounced '2O
guineas to be due to the Cowes pilots, £lOO to be di-
vided among the American seamen, and one-third of
the value of the property to the third set, with all
expences.

Fly, Damerson master ; Arno, Merchant maser;
Pritdentia, Tuck master ; and Zone, Losing master.
These were Amt rtcan ships, with cargoes of various
descriptions, hound from America to Bourdeaur.
--Condemned, and the .masters' private adventures
re Cored.

Joh, Jardin master.—This vessel was sailing under
Russian col,,urs, laden with pitch and tar, from Rus-
si.l to this country.—Condeinned, on the ground of
not co:nplyillg with the conditions of them licence;,
but the master's private adventure restdred. •

COURT OF RING'S BENCH-, FEB. 25.
EATKR v. KELSEY.

This was an action for running down a coasting
vessel. The wilful negligence was proved, and the
crew of the defendant's vessel were heard to say,—
'" never mind ; she's nnthing but an old Dtitchman."
The Jury found a verdict for the amount of the re-
pairs, £'2l. 2s.

LAWSON V. CHRISTIE.
This was an action of slander. 'I he parties air
biscuit-bakers, and were talking about the price a
flour, at the Cooper's A,mc. The defendant was I
giving his opinion, when the plaintiff observed,—
What should such a bray as yotf knoW about the
pitce of flour. It was well for you that you hid a
father befbre ybn. You were born with a silver
sisoon in lour mouth." The defendant replied; la If
you ever had a silver spoon, you must have stoles! it.
You steal all your saver spoons. You have been a
bankrupt once, and you will be a bankrupt again be-
fore three months."
Lord ELLEN/SOROUGH reprobated the bringing such
trumpery actions, and the Jury found a Verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages is.
26.— TAYLOR V. BOLTON.
This was an action against the defendant, Mr.
Bolton, of de Golden Cross, Charing Cross, for not
delivering a balk& of game which had been sent
from Twine ortle in Staffoidshire, by the Holyhead
Coach, directed fo the plaintiff, near Barnet. who
was the High Sheriff of the Copnty. It appeared
that the game had been sent, and arrived at Charing
. Cross, and from thence was forwarded to Mr. Bol-
ton's house, at Barnet ; but he alledged he could scot
find the person to whom it was directed, as he resi-
ded seven miles tom Barnet. The plane was called
by the plaintiff " Tornlins,'i but by the rest of the
County, " Newgate-row, Northaw Common." But,
inasmuch as the basket had been opened, Lind Et-
LENBeROOOki held, that although the defendant was
not bound to search after an unreasonable. direction;
yet by opening the basket he had determined his cha-
racter of carrier, and was subject to this action.—
Under his Lordsh;p's direction the Jury found for the
plaintiff—Damages 40s.
ABRAHAMS V. CLOWRS.
This was an action by a Sheriff's Officer against
the defendant, an eminent Brewer, for the alledged
misconduct of one of his draymen, in running against
his gig. After hearing many witnesses on both sides,
the Jury were of opioion that the plaintiff himself
K as in fault, and found a verdict for the defendant.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 25.
BROWNS v. ENINti:TT.
This was an action on the warranty of a horse.—
The plaintiff gave the defendant £66 for a horse,
which, when he had ridden about 60 miles, became
quite lame, and he returned it to the defendant, who
_maintained that it was sound at the time of purchase.
It appeared, however, that before it was sold it had
received a kick from another horse, while in the
stable, and got partly well before the bargain was
closed ; and, under these circumstances, the Jury
teund a verdict fur the plaintiff.
rATtklat V. WOOD.
This was an acti in to recover damages for an as-
sault and false imprisonment. The parties reside at
Halesworth, in Suffolk, and the circumstances of this
transaction occurred at the Angel Inn, in that town,
in September. The assault consisted in the defen-
. dant's flourishing. a whip over the plaintiff's head,
without hitting him ; and the false imprisonment was
for the time he was detained during the flourishing
of the whip in the public house.
Sir J. noise's:an treated this action as a frivolous
proceeding • and the Jury found a verdict for the
plaintiff—.6amages one farthing.
51m 26.— MELTON V. MILLS.
In September last the plaintiff was driving his gig,
with his niece, along the road towards Old Windsor,
when the defendant, a carpenter, drove his cart, vio-
lently against the vehicle, and the shafts entered the
back panne], and knocked the child out, who, in her
descent was caught in the reins of her uncle's horse,
and dragged a considerable distance along the road,
by which she sustained considerable injury in her head
and neck. The.damage done to the gig, and the es-
pence of medical attendance were estimated at R5O,
for which, together with such damages as the Jury
should think proper to give, the plaintiff sought to

recover. •
Serjeant Bur said, he was prepared to show that
the horse of the defendant was a perfectly quiet ani-
mal; that at the time the accident occurred, a flock
of sheep came across the road, and the defendant
drew up to let them pass. At. that instant a forest
fly bit his horse with so much violence, that the poor
• Animal ran forward w i h such unmanageable fury,
• that the defendant could not prevent the accident,
• for which he at all times expressed his willingness to
• make every reasonable compensaticn.
The Learned Counsel on both sides here took the
•whole of the circumttances into consideraticin, when
• it uas agreed to withdraw a Juror. •

Saturday last a-pitched battle was fought at Elm.
sted, be:wten two labourers, .TPlin Dixon, of Walt-
ham, and Thomas Green, of Brabourn : after 26
rounds of hard fighting the•battle was determined in
!roar sof Vizum

POLTCE.

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• MANSION Hots.—Ably Beck was charged with
stealing a quantity of Veen from Mrs. Marchmont, a
laundress, and setting fire to the house to prevent dis-
covery. She was fully committed for trial.
Sever and Path:ally, a Cellerm:tn and an Excise-
man, who have undergone two examinations, before
the Lotto Mavon, charged with stealing rum from
the vaults of Mr. Chapman, of Crutchedfriars, were
againput to the bar, and fully committed to take their
tt ial. The Exciseman was taken into custody, coming
from the vaults with two tie canisters, containing a
gallon of rum, concealed under his clothes, which he
said he had from the prisoner Stoper.
Bow-s t user.—Sunday morning, when the female
selv:wts t f Mrs. --, in the neighbourhood of Gower.
sweet, pot tip, they found a light burning on the
stairs, which caused enquiry, when it was found that
the door leading to the area was open : on examina-
tion, several articles of plate were missing. The foot-
man confessed, that, about an hour after he and the
family were gone to bed, which was about one, he
got up, dressed himself, and went out, and met with
a female in Plumbtree-street, St. Giles's, whom he
brought home with him. She having left the house
before he was awakened by the female servants, he
had no doubt she bad stolen the plate. Application
was made at the above Office, and Adkins went to
the house, and thought it right to take the footman
into custody. He was examined, but nothing. trans-
pired to contradict his statement. On Tuesday even-
ing Lavender and Vickery apprehended the woman,
who went home with the footman, in St. Giles's, with
part of the stolen plate upon her. She was examined,
and committed for farther examination.
MAIILIOROUGH-STIIIIET.—A man who stated his
hum to be Gesrge Smith, but who has gone by many
other names, has undergone two examinations at this
Office, on the charge of disposing of and uttering
forged notes of vat icus denominations. The prisoner
has been long searched after, and the charges against
him already entered are eight in number, at the suit
or different persons, on whom be had passed • notes of
£lO, £5, and skl. There are also charges against
him ef disposing of divers forged notes.
HATTON GARDEN% Yesterday Jill= Geo.
Charles liqueler, and Sarah, his wife, were charged
with forging bank notes and coining base money, at
their house, in the City-road, where they were appre-
hended by the police officers Hull and Limerick.—
Mts. Wheeler was seized in the attempt to throw into
the fire a bundle of the notes, just fresh and moist, after
being recently impressed, by Limerick, while Hull
was engaged with one of the men in a scuffle. A
quantity of genuine and forged notes were found
I mixed together, as well as genuine dollars, 3s. tokens,
and eighteen-penny silver pieces, intermixed with
false coin ; all of which, about sixty pounds worth
being genuine, was offered for hush-money to the
I officers, which they refused. Seven to o-pound bank-
notes were selected by the Solicitor for the Bank, to
ground the prosecution, and SatOrday se'nnight is
fixed for a final hearing.
UNION HALL.—Joupk Heafkias was brought be-
fote the Sitting Magistrates, by Collingbourn, char-
ged by the Turnkey of the King's Bench Prison with
conveying ropes and scaling ladders, over the walls
of the prison, to John Henry Dickner, who is con-
fined for a debt of £BOO, in order to facilitate his
escape. It appeared, that, in consequence of infor-
mation having been received by the Turnkey of
Dickner's projected escape, he, with the officer, pro-
ceeded to seat ch It's room in the prison, where, con-
cealed in a box, the ropes and ladder were found ;
and circumstances arising Which threw suspicion on
Heafkins, he was taken into custody, when he con-
fessed that he was employed by Dickner to get the
ladder And ropes, and that he purchased them at a
shop in the city. The prisoner was also charged, on
the oath of Francis Head, clerk to Mr. Joseph Green,
of St. Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, on suspicion of
having been concerned with some other persons in
stealing a Bill of Exchange for £lOOO. Heafkins
was committed for re-examination.

In an action for defamation, before the High Court
of Delegates, on Saturday, in which Mrs. ANN Rus-
s:AA, was plaintiff, against Mr.W. BENTHAM, the fol-
lowing colloquy occurred :
Mr. Justice LI. ?hate.—Js justification admitted in your
Gout

Dr. SWAIMT.—The contrary, my Lord:. if it were even a
cAnit.on woman against whom the defamatory words were
spolen, the law holds them to be against good manners and the
bond of charity.

Dr. ArAms.—The plea of the justificat;on would only go to
the consideraiLui of the greater or fees punishment.

At the Old Bailey, on Tuesday, Elaneor and Asa
Weston were tried. for conspiring together with a per-
son unknown, to charge a manufacturer at Birming-
ham, named Thompson, with felony. The indict-'
runt farther stated, that the defendants had procur-
ed a third person unknown, to marry Eleanor Wes-
ton, purporting to have been the prosecutor. It ap-
peared that tii.: prosecutor, who is a married man,,
residing at Birmingham, Lad cohabited with Eleanor
Weston ; and that a marriage took place at St.
Bride's Church, on the 9th of April. 1810, betwixt
the said Eleanor, and a person named Thompson.
The fruits of their union was a child, which the de-
fendant had in her arms in Court. The prosecutor
positively swore that he never married E. Weston,
and that the hand-writing in the register-book of St.
Bride's Church was a forgery altogether. A banker's
clerk also negatived the writing in the said book, and
the prosecutor's servant swore that he arrived at Bir-
mingham on the eighth day before the marriage, and
remained there ten days. The defendant told the pro-
secutor on her arrival in London, that she had pro.
cured a person, for £2, to marry her, in order to pro-
duce a marriage certificate when friends. She had
never seen the man to whom she had been married ,
before the seAmnization, nor since. For the defen-
dant:, two gentlemm swore positively that the signa-
ture cf Thompson, in the register-hook, was the hand'
writing of the prosecutor; and three others proved,.]
contrary to his assertion, that he was in their com-
pany in London on the day of marriage ; and one of
these was a woman who cooked the wedding dinner.,
Several of the defendants' relations, who were respec-)
table persons, proved that be had been introduced to
them by E. Weston, as her husband., and that she
sheaved her mother a marriage certificate, in confir-
mation of such report. The trial lasted eight hours,
and the defendants were aquilltd.