Star.
London, England, 1809-01-14 00:00:00

GREENOCK, JANUARY 11.

Arrived the Elizabeth, BAIRD, from Trinidad, a
running ship, in 10 weeks ; left the following ships for
Clyde : Mary Ann, Dime; Fame, M'TacGaitT ;
and Jean, FINNIE; the latter ship was completely
loaded and clear for sea ; and the Vanguard, Rzsisu,
for London. The Ariadne, STEVENSON, from De-
merara, spoke on the '2sth Dec. the brig Jane, SPEN-
CER, of and to Poole, out three weeks from Newfound-
land, under juryniasts, lat. 50. 4.3. long. 23. 44.
December 28, at 3 P. M. passed the wreck of a
brig, with her bowsprit and part of her mainmast
standing, her quarter-deck off, and stern stove in,
without any person on board, apparently British built
—Jan. 1, spoke the brig Spanish Patriot, HILL, 31
days from Lisbon, bound to Liverpool, short of pro-
visions, and supplied her.
Ai rived the Ocean, WiLsoN, from Quebec, whence
she sailed Nov. 23 ; had originitlly sailed the 11th, in
company with the Mint, DRYSDALE ; Neptune, BB-
sarcr, and a large spar ship belonging to London,
ail bound to Jam.tica, but was obliged t,o put ba'k, in
consequence of damage she received in a gale on the
16th, in which the following vessels suffered :—Mar-
garet, WILSON, for this port, and Neva, for London,
driven on shore in Kamautaska Bay,but without much
damage. We have seen a letter regarding the Farmer,
which states, that it was apprehended she would not be
able to get off till next spring (2d ult.) but should she
be obliged to winter there, will be perfectly safe. Wil-
liam and Charles, of Hull, and the Henriet, put back
to Quebec; the former having received much damage,
the latter with loss of anchors and cables. Lady
Barrington, lost on Hare Hand Reef. The Bantry
sloop of war was lost on Port Neufe, in St. Lawrence,
latter end of October, crew saved, and a transport
sailed in company with the Ocean, to take the crew
to Halifax. On the 25th November' off Green Island,
spoke the Mint, Drysdale, all well on the 23d ult.
in lat. 55. 7. long. 12. 28.: was boarded by the Prin-
cess Charlotte frigate, cruizing for the protection of
the North Channel. The following vessels would he
ready 'to sail in a few days after the Ocean :—Glas-
gow, of Grangemouth, —, for Port Glasgow ;
Jane, BROWN, Grangemouth; Francis, HUTTON, Li-
verpool ; Reliance, IVYLLIE, London.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESEND, JAN. 13.--Passed by the Union, —, from
the East Indies.—Sailed the Laurel, Harrison, for the Cape of
Good Hope; Macclesfield, Croft, for Surinam; Anne, Malcolm,
for Berbite ; Rose, Marshall, for Tobago; and the Orion, Evans,
for Londonderry.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDOE lANUAiPf 9.—The Rev. W. Thorpe has been
instituted.by, the Lotd Bishop a Ely to the Vicarage of Stetch.
worth, id this county, on the presentation of Richard Eaton,
jun. Esq.
Mt. Robert Gee, B.A. of Queen's College, is eliscied
of Catharine-hall.

Ott roan, IA NUAIt 14.—COngregatiens will be holden foiiiie
purpose Of granting graces and conferring degrees, on the follow-
ing days in the ensuing term, vii.
Saturday, January 14 Wedresdi '; March
Thursday; 26
Wednesday; *February 1
Saturdayi 11 - 22
Tlebalay, --- 21 MOnday, ----- 27
And in consequence of the alterations lately made in the statutes,
Bachelors of Arts, who shall not hgve proceeded to that degree
on or before Saturday, Pebruary 11, cannot be admitted to deter-
mine during the following Lent.
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The Rev. J. G. Hanoin:gton, A.M. Chaplain to the Lord Bi-
shop of Herefied, is collated to the Rectory of Hampton Bishop,
near dia. city, on the presentation of his Lordship, Wad vacant by
the death of the Rev. Dr. Allen.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY 13.
MIMS OF MANCHESTER.

Jowl. v. TAYLOR AND OTIJERS.—This was a motion
issuing out of proceedings instituted in this Court;
and moved by Sir SASiDEL ROMILLY) on the part of
the Defendants, the landholders under the township
of Manchester, for time to collect further evidence.
They had already examined ninety witnesses, touch-
ing the matters in, dispute, and they wished to exa-
mine seventy more. It appeared that the plaintiff
was the, lessee of the tithes of Manchester, and, to
use the allusion of the Learned Counsel, he was ad-
venturing the expences of a suit in Chancery, in a
legal Lottery, in hopes of gaining a prize of twenty
thousand pounds ; or, in other words, he was endea-
vouring to increase the modusses in lieu of tithes, in
a proportion that would benefit him. Should he suc-
ceed, his interests and emoluments would be raised
from two to twenty thousand per annum. The land--
holders, who are the defendants, are raising subscrip-
tions, appointing delegates, circulating hand-bills,
and obtaining all the evidence in their power, to meet
the question, which is considered of such importance,
that the whole county of Lancaster is canvassed for
authori ties.

The Loan Clikkcsuon observed, that in Courts
of Law, 'before a Judge and jury, it was easy to dis-
criminate what evidence was necessary, or what wit-
nesses, as they could be asked to what their testimony
would relate ; but in Courts of Equity it was differ-
ent ; and it would be unfair to prevent the defen-
dants froth having an opportunity to examine all the
witnesses they could produce ; if the gentlemen
forming the commission could not attend, others
must be appointed ; and when they were appointed
and ready to acts he would state to what time the com-
mission should be enlarged. The motion was of
course granted.

MANIAC.—On Saturday morning, an unfortul 114
woman was brought to Covent-Garden watch-house,
apparently delirious, and as if she had eseaped from
a mad-house, nearly naked. In her lucid intervals,
she gives the following account of herself :—That she
is a native of Spain, and married a Mr. Paine, a linen
merchant, then residing at Gibraltar, to whom she
brought a large fortune, he became extravagant, and
kept a mistress ; whenever she attempted to speak to
him about his conduct, he made no answer, but
knocked her down ; she had several children by him
of whom there is only one living, a daughter, 18
years of age. About six years back he brought her
to this country ; on the passege she was delivered
of a child, who only lived, a few hours; she get a
brain and milk fever, which continued on her for a
length of time ; her husband pi etended to bring
her up to London for medical assistance, instead
of which he put her into a private mad-house, at
Hoxton, where she received the most harsh and
cruel treatment; they chained her on her back in a
cell, and nearly famished her, and at last her brain
became completely turned ; she had been in the mad-
house upwards of five years, during which time she
had neither seen nor heard from her husband or child,
who reside at Ashford, in the county of Kent : about
a fortnight previous to her escape, she was permitted
to walk daily in a walled yard ; on Wednesday, find-
ing that she was not watched, she got on a waler-cask
and gained the top of the wall, from which she jump-
ed into the road, and ran as fast as possible .nto Lon-
don • she had been four nights in the streets.
I-ier body is much bruised, and black in several
p arts, which she says has been caused by an iron
chain they used to fasten her to the floor with.
Her conduct has been perfectly peaceable in the
watch-house, where she now is-, waiting until the
Magistrates decide how she is to be disposed of.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—An Inquest was held, yesterday, at
Covent-Garden watch-house, by ANTHONY Gett, Esq. on the
body of Matthew Webb, who was dug out of the ruins of Co-
vent-Garden Theatre, on Thursday last.
Charles Bell, the beadle, said, that on Thursday morning last,
as the workmen were employed in clearing the cistern, next to
the Piazza-door, they perceived part of a human body. A young
man who was present, knowing that Mr. Webb, of Francis-strait.
Tottenham-court-road, had missed his son since the fire ate*
Theatre, immediately ran and gave Mr. Webb notice. During
the time he was gone, the whole of the rubbish had been cleared.
The body was found lying on the back, with thiliat on the head,
but quite in a putrid state, and not in the least burned. The fa-
ther recognised his son principally by his shoes, which he had
always made in a particular manner, by a man who worked for
his family in Northamptonshire, which were called high •lostAr—
independent of this, a silver watch, with a purple ribbon, which
was worked by the deceased's sister, and given to him the night
before, and a seal, a hich was in his pocket, fully convinced Mr.
Webb he was his son. Witness stated, that the place in which
the deceased had fallen, could not be above twenty inches square
at the opening, and was near to the place where the Phoenix ire-
engine was at work;. it had been built only two months before
the fire happened, and communicated with the large reservoir;
it was near seven feet deep. He gave it as his opinion, that when
the arch gave way, a quantity of rubbish fell into that opening,
anti burst the partition which communicated with the reservoir.
Mr. Webb, the father cf the deceased, cenie in just as the lest
witness had concluded his evidence. The Coroner, with his usual
humanity, to prevent the father from giving a painful evidence,
read to him what the last witness had stated, which he acknow.
ledge& to be perfectly correct ; but, for thq satisfaction of the
Jury, he produced his aoa's watch and seal, and gave it as his.
opinion, that his son could not have been long in before the arch
gave way, as the watch had stopped at 1.8 minutes past seven,
which was nearly the time the great crash came, and the watch
was not down. He said his son had attained his seventeenth
year last May; that he had been seen working the P'hetnix fire.
engine : and that he must have been killed instantaneously, frond
the weight of the rubbish.
The Jury gave a verdict of—Accidental death by the felling m
of the ruins at the fire at Covent-Gardens Theatre, oa the sat a
of September las%
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Yesterday Vbseent 'aid, an Italian, was put to the
bar upon, an indictment for feloniously tittering a
certain false and counterfeit-51s note,.purporting to be
it *note of the Bank of:tngland, with intent to de-
fraud the, Governor andC,ompany of the said Bank •
but the Directors having consented to relinquish the
prosecution, on condition, of the prisoner giving his
, evidence en a subsequent trial, ant: no evidence, ap-
pearing against him, he was consequently acquitted.
Joha I%Twhols *as. next 'put to the bar on a similar
indictment, including a charge of forging as well as
uttering a number of such notes.
Mr. GARROW stated the case for the prosecution ;
it was one of peculiar interest to the Bank and to the
public, and dsewed to what a regular 'system the ma-
tufacture and utterance of counterfeit bank notes had
arrived, to the sitiotitieinky of the paper credit.ofthii
country
The evidence was' of considerable length, and was
in substance as follows : •
On the 25th of November last, Vincent Alessi cage
to the house of Mr. Taylor, publican, at the sign of
the Three Compasses in Holborn, and desired topur-
chase two Bottles of red port wine, in. payment for
-which he tendered a 51. note. , Mrs. Taylor not hav-
ing change, and rather dubious whether the note was ;
genuine, desired Alessi to write his name on the
back, which he did, and sent one of her servants with
it to an opposite neighbour, a'Mr., Neviman, .to get
change. • Mr. Newman immediately gave the .change;
but on the servant's return, Mr. Taylor, who %spec.
tcd Alessi froM the moment lie came in, went over
to Mr. Neennan's to get back the note, and found him
in the act of writing " Taylor" on the back of it, to
distinguish it from other notes. On examining it
minutely, he strongly suspected it to be a counterfeit,
and hid Aleisi taken into custody. He was taken be.:
fore the Magistrates at Marlbordag&street ; and in
the course of his examination said that he obtained
the note from a person named' Nichols, at No. 3, in
rtigby-street, Birmingham. A Mr. Weston, princi-
pal, clerk to the t ank Solicitors, attended. The pri-
soner's lodgings at the Lemon Tree, in the Haymar.
• iret, 'Were searched ; and some more notes were found
by Mr. Weston in a crevice of the wainscot of the
room where the prisoner lodged similar to the oar he
• had uttered, and Alessi was committed. 'lt was af-
lerwards deemed necessary to institute a farther in-'
-quiryinto the origin of the forgery ; and Alessi, upon
th.e condition of his not being prosecuted, as to
.give his aid in convicting Nichols.
The account be gave of hia • first connexion with
'Nichols was, that he had gone to Birmingham forthe
purpose of purchasing hardwareto dispose of in Spain,
he intended to go, and he called upon a Man
named Johnson, at Birmingham' to purchase some
Candlesticks ; in consequence. of which, a man called
at the public-house where he lodged, and during
ther interview shewed him also a counterfeit Bank
note, and asked him if he wished' to take any thing of
that sort ? adding, that. they would go off well in
Spain. Alessi declining to have any thing to do in•that
way :at the time, the man proposed to sell hini some
cheap dollars, which he observed might pass there
still better ; and he said the price of the Bank notes
would be six shillings for every pound. He told the
witness that he could sell him candlesticks and har&
ware of 'all sorts cheaper -than any man in Birming-
ham, And promised to call on him in the eliening,
wish twine pattern candlesticks, In the evening not
thhi Mini-but the prisoner Nichols, called in his stead,
and-told the witness he had not brought any pattern

irandleiticks, but produced two Bank notes, counter-
. fait,' and said if be wanted any thing in that way, he
goola let hiM hare enough fqr half a guinea the
pogicr The. witness said, the man who called on
him that Morning had offered the notes for 6s. the
*nod • Upon which the prisoner answered, if that
Was the case, he would sell them equally cheap. The
witness bought of him nineteen .51. notes At SOs. each
..-come of them he passed, and that which be utter►
ed to Mr. Taylor was one of them. It was agreed
that Whenever he v anted snore, he should write for
them under ambiguous terms mutually understood :
the words dozens of candlesticks was to imply notes,
and the No. *of the pattern, usual with the manufac-
ewers, was to signify the sums for which each note
• was to be made payable : for instance, the words 10
dozen of candlesticks, No. 5, was to imply 10 notes
at Al. each.
In order, therefore, to- dare more effectually at the
prisoner,and ascertain the accompliceshipwith greater
clearness, Alessi, under the direction of the Bank So-
licitor and the Magistrates,
.wrote a letter to Nichols
on the 10th December, saying he-Was going to Ame-
rita, and desiring him to bring 20 dozen of candle-
sticks, N0..5, 24 dozen of-ditto, No.l, and four dozen of
ditto,No.2 ; meaning, 20 five pounds, 24 one-pounds,
and four two-pound notes; saying ne would only stilovE
him two guineas for his jourhey. This letter, dated
London only, was put into the post-office ' • and on the
litth, an answer was received from Nichols, addressed
for Alessi, at his lodgings, the Lemon Tree, in the
Haymarket, -acicnewledging the receipt of his order,
specifying the particulars, and saying he could not
be ln.awn far .about a week ; but hohoped that would
not be too late for his purpose. The letter was signed
I. N. This Alessi answered by another letter, say-
fog, that a week would do very well, as he did not.
• useAn to go away till after Christmas ; but if he could
be in town by the Sunday following, he would oblige
him the more. He arrived on Sunday night, and on
the Monday morning, at seven o'clock] the tWo rays,
Craggs, and another Police Officer from Marlborough
- street, accompanied by Alessi, in custody, went to
the Lemnir*Tree, in the Haymarket, an) were placed
• in a a room separated by a thin partition from" the
club' or general room. A short time afterwards, the
prisoner came down to inquire for Alessi, and was
told he would be in shortly, and the prisoner was
sewn into the cletb-room to wait'for him. The Of-
ficers, in little time, allowed Allessi to ge in alone,'
and convene with him, and a signal was agreed be.
r,Areen them ; that. when Alessi should put on his hat,
the Officers, who had previously bored a hole through
the partition, should come in and take him into cus-
way. Alessi accordingly began a conversation, and
tat prisoner.told him he had brought the notes which
specified, and named the sum they would'. come
to. • Alessi said this tiouldlake aivay all hii money ;
so which the pi-hosier said, you Ines; get it back arm
• Ist,tbozmay of hi:signs'. Alessi complained that. the
morning was very cold ; and the prissaser-askodjon,

to walk up folks sronin;and bid Itisn'. Ipditto his hat j
which he did ; upon which -signal the Olken cant"
io,:took him into tustodYrisitiehed
pocket a pocket-book was fouod, containing %hove-
cise number ot forged bank-notes described under the
ambiguous order for candlesticks, written by Alesfi
on the 13th. All these notes, except one, appeared to
have been regnlarly numbered, and signed, with all
the usual check marks of real Bank totes. But one
of the notes foi 51. was t mere blank a-s sstruck from
the copper-plate, not signed, numbered, or checked.
From the cross-examination of Alessi, who, though
a foreigner, gave his testimony in very good.Enoiih,
it appeared that he had been for about 15 years resort-
ing at different times to this country ; but since his
last arrival it was not quite eight months. He had
been within that time, thrice to Birmingham—the
first time he staid 17 days, when he did no business ;
the second time three days and a half, and the last
half a day ; and it was on these latter occasions he
obtained the first note. Upon being asked, if when
he first agreed,to give testimony, he did not fear his
own neck was in a halter, he answered that hg was
aware men might be hanged for forging Bank notes,
but he did not know they run such risk in putting
them off. He did not fear being hanged, because hope
was the /a:tic-cling that left a man.
The foregoing circumstances were severally sus-
; tained by Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Weston, and the lrolice
Officers, and some others, so far as they were seve-
rally concerned.
The Note-Examiner of the Bank proved that the
,particular-note charged in this indictment was forged,
; and also the several other Notts found upon pri-
s

Mr. Perry, the Bank engraver, -proved from his
technical knowledge, that they were all struck from
one and the same plate.
The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say in
his defence, answered, nothing at all. He adduced
two witnesses to his character • the one named John
Rock, who stated himself to be a button-maker and
publican, at Birmingham ; who gave the prisoner a
good character, having known him for 14 year 4 as a
die-sinker.
Mr.-G.SitROW cross-examined this witness, and, by
his evidence, proved the Prisoner's hand-writing in
the letter by which he answered Aless; on the 12th
December.
The other witness said, he knew the prisoner three
intimately, bat nova knew what business he
fr
The Jury, without a minute's deliberation, found
the prisoner Guilty of both counts.
The-prisoner is a man of very respectable appear-
ance, 45 years of age, and preserved throughout his
trial, and after the verdict, all the firmness of a man
' who had long made up his mind to his inevitable fate.
Benjamin Bishop was charged with a capital felony,
in being at Urge, without lawful cause, before the
expiration of the term for which be was transported.
By the evidence adduced for the prosecution, it
appeared that the prisoner was convicted in this Court
of the capital offence of burglary, in December 1804,
and had accordingly received sentence ordeath : that
his Majesty had been graciously pleased to 'respite
the execution of this sentence, and afterwards it com-
mute the same for the_punishment of transportation
for seven years; and that, in March 1805, the priso-
ner was forwarded to the hulks at Portsmouth. It
appeared principally by the evidence, Of Hanson, one
of the turnkeys, that he was lately et large in the
Metropolis, in consequence of which he was appre-
hended in the usual way. The identity of his per-
son was positively sworn to by more than one of the
witnesses. When he was appreben.lea, he said his
name was John Brown, and he gave a direction to
the place of his residence, but on referring to the
house it was found to be fictitious.

In his defence, the prisoner perhisted in his asser-
tions that he was net . the person thought by the oiliJ
tiers, and entered into a detail of alleged circumstances
respecting his life, since the period stated in the in-
dictment : he, however, produced no evidence in
support of what he alledged.
After the RICORDER had addressed the Jury upon
the case, and they were about to consider of their
verdict; one of the gentlemen desired to know by
what authority, or upon what ground the prisoner had
been apprehended?
The REORDER.•••• 44 Gentlemen, in this country every
man has a right to apprehend a man without an ex-
press authority--but this he does at his peril. If the
supposed felon be innocent, he is liable to an action ;
if he prove to be a felon, the apprehender is justified
in his conduct. To disclose the grounds upon which
proceedings take place, or the sources of information
whence intelligence of such things is derived, would
be prejudicial to the Police of the country ; and,
however they may be mentioned in private, are cer-
tainly unfit to be explained in public."
The Jury afterwards retired to consider of their ver-
dict ; and, after some consultation, thought proper to
acquit the Prisoner.
The Rccoftnaa, on learning the verdict, said—
a Let the Prisoner be referred back in execution of
46 his former sentence, and sent 'to the Hulks, from
" which he caine !"

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T. Rose was found guilty of stealing a box, contain-
ing eighty pounds weight of soap, value fqur pounds,
the property of S. Thompson, in his dwelling-house.

15eallt:

Four were convicted of felony, viz.
J. Royd, for stealing five dozen of tanned sheep skins, value 4L
the property of Arthur Aston.
Tilly Milton., for stealing remnants of carpeting, and a green
cloth table cover, the property of J. Harris, J. Broom, and IL
Broom.
Hannah Skidday and Mary Brown, for stealing a quantity of
printed cotton and a shawl, the property of W. and W. Brown.
One was convicted of a misdemeanour, viz.
G. Freeman, fur unlawfully attempting to break into
the n'arehouse of Messrs. Gossett and Pearson*, with
intent to steal.