Star.
London, England, 1809-01-13 00:00:00

ABERDEEN, JANUARY 7.
This morning the hull 'of a Swedish vessel was
drifted ashore at the• Cove, with only three hands on
board—the Captain and son having been *414.
overboard. . T.
On Tuesday last, part of the quarter or poop dbiiky
of a galliot was cast ashore, about a mile to the north-
ward of Don ; and that afternoon, a rudder, answer-
ing a vessel of the same description, was thrown upon
the jetty at the New Pier. The piece of the deck,
the lower part of which was covered with ceiling.
neatly painted of a greenish colour, measured about
twenty feet in length ; the after-beam about thirteen
feet long, and carved in. the inside. Several barrels.
of tar, and a mast measuring about fifty feet, seem-
ing to hare been carried away by the deck, have also
been cast ashore on the sands, between this and the
Newburgh.
About Findon and Portlethem, a mast, with some
other wreck, has been seen, and several barrels of tar
have been recovered ; while farther to the southward,.
particularly from Stnnehaven to Caterline, a cOiksi,
derable quantity of similar wreck is said .to have ay.
peared ; from which there is no doubt,-that tome un-
fortunate vessel must have suffered. Early.irrthe
' week, the wreck of a yessens reported to have ',kin
' cast ashore to the westward of Arbrpattl, whereNr_ais,
said, upwards of 100 barrels of tar have been found. •
Yesterday, the stern of -a long boat, marked 'a=
vourite of Peterhead," John Shand, was found aithi4
Girdleness, with part of a rut
thee, and
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light pieces of wreck, such as might readilybe'vrashed
off by the sea, while the vessel was safe, which we
sincerely hope may prove the case in this instance.:
CRAIL, JANUARY 5.
I- wrote you yesterday. Since have got a. Sepost
of a ship's boat being cone on shore near to St.• An.
drew's, with the name on the stern, a Beering Ja-
cobs." She must have belonged to some'vessel of a
neutral flag. • Tar casks are come on .shOre all along
the coast from Taymotith to Fife Ness or Crail.

OLD BAILEY. •
_Yesterday% Daniel Geardr was capitally indicted for
'ilfealing a gelding,. he property of W. Cockbill. The
*king had been turned out to feed on Wormwood
Scrubs,- where;the prosecutor lived, on the Tuevlay
re Christmas-day, and was stolen on the Thurs-
day, It was brought home to its owner by ---
Pin!iinan. The prosecutor Was sure the horse was
theittthe... Howit had been stolen he could not tell ; •
he did not know the prisoner. It was proved by a
Mtn juktned Warden, who lived on the Hamptead-
Itead,! that, as he was going home on the Thursday,
ar+ the prisoner leading a horse: He askei if he
was
ipcl.r*d. to sell him, ta 4ing him to be a coun-
trythhti kbitig to Smithfield. The prisoner said he
would sellit for a guinea and a half, but the witness
lefuscd to givomore than 16s. for it. He paid a sum
mreetttrst tp :the prisoner,..who said he lived in Kul-
IstSsoiroAd, two doors from the Black Lion, and pro.
nista to biing the horse to the witness at Camden-
town, when he was to receive the rest of the money.
'The prisoner then went away; and the witness saw
Use again-on the Saturday, on the Paddington-road,
llesirling another horse. The prisoner bid the witness
`gokad'montipg, saying he was going to Paddington,
raid wished to dispose of the horie he was leading.—
The prisoner said witness had given him a bad shil-
Engin paying for the horse ; witness took him to a
public-house in Tottenham-court-road, to give him a
good shillipg; he there charged him with having
stolen the horse. He denied he had done so, but
witness sentfor an officer, who took him into custody.
The prisoner made no defence, neither did he call
Vly witnesses to his character.—Guilty—Death.
• WilliainsLoNling for burglary in a dwelling-house
which was undergoing repair at Wapping, and steal-
ing: a number of.the workmen's tools, which he had
packed up, apparently with a view of taking them

Copy of a letter from Captain R. T. Duarit, of
.the merchant ship Spanish Patriot, bound from Cadiz
to London, addressed to his Owner, dated Dowris,
11th instant
I have to Inform you, that last evening, at six P. M:Beaelty
Head bearing R. half S. by compass distant four leagues, we saw.
the Saab of several guns, and heard their reports. I supposed
that prteateers were near at hand, and hauled in from E.S.E. to E.
to avoid than, and at tbe.sarne time prepared' for...teflon, Should
it become necessary. About seven F. M. we discovered a large
lugger bearing up, under our lee ; I hailed her several times, but
got no answer. Finding her intention was to board, I prepared
accordingly. As sport as she• came alongside, we gave her our
whole broadside with round and gr:pe, the enemy', main-Vard
fell down, and they sung out lustily. They immediately Wore;
which I did likewise, and befOre'he could get any distance,, we
fired 16 guns at him; and which no doubt must haie killed a-
number of his men. There we. another privateer its sigh.. atthe time
but she made off. The above privateer was the Reeder, Joseph'
Duray Captain, of 18 three and four-pounders, and 67 raeh on
board; 1.5 hours from Dieppe, and had a few hours before taken
the brig Rs-Union, of Guernsey,-bound to Shields,. in billast,
which vessel was ha company. at the time, And. Whiib!i'flllB4B
- prize of.. Luckily, part of the brig's etaiteniained.'oll boira,
which facilitated her capture. I have taken Part of the.Freneh-
men out, and put a prize-master en board of her; she is-now in'
company, Evi ,Ding into the creek .with me. The Wig-William,
of Poole, and several others, were in sight, and,:no daubreweuld
have been captured, lad we not given the Frenchmen such a dose,
The Re-Uniots is a fine brig, about 200 tons; and mounts 6 six.
pounders. I ant sorry to add, we cut away a few of her reefs by
firing into her, as the Frenchmen did not strike without several
shots."
The Spanish' Patriot mounts tea- guilt, • Sixes and
fours, with 20 men.
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away; •
•The defence was, that the prisoner was intoxicated,
and had gone there to sleep, without intention to steal
any thing •The Jury, upon a full.view of the whole
case, found the prisoner guilty of a single larcenyi in
stealing the goods, but not of breaking and entering
the dwelling, which saved the prisoner's life.
Maciay, a soldier, was indicted for a high-
' *ay robbery of Joseph Isaacs and his wife ; but there
Maras-no foundation for the charge of highway robbery,
for it appeared that the prisoner only attempted to
44 the parties, which was effectually resisted by a
%low, followed up by delivering the prisoner to the
ieeie of an officer.—The prisoner wks acquitted.
Mitcham, a boy only 16 years of age, was in.l
.saiCted for a highway robbery, it being alledged in the
indictment that he stopped Mrs. Ann, the wife of
John Field'aouse, on the King's highway, put her in
bodily fear, and took from her person a straw bonnet
and; a lace veil, on Sunday evening, the 4th of De-
ceinber last.
-The prosocutrix could only state, that as she teas
goipg from Cow-cross towards St. Pancras, in corn-
piny with her nephew Richard Robinson, between
five• and six in the evening, when she came to the end
'hi' Pear Tree.court, Clerkenwell, she received a blow
oh the head from some one behind her, and almost
at the same instant, a straw turban hat with a lace
veit fastened to it, were snatched from off her head ;
litid she saw some one dressed like the Prisoner run
•isp aide court with her property in his hand. She
'child not swear to his person.
. Richard Robinson, a sharp boy, only 13 years of
age, deposed to the robbery, and swore to the prisoner.
A. number of decent, credible persons, gave' the'
Prisoner a good character.
-:'The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty—Death ; but
recommended him to mercy, on account of his youth
r arid general good character.
Charles James, a very young man, was capitally
ii&clicted, for feloniously stealing (togethec with an-
' °Mir 'person not in custody), on the 27th of October
lzst,- .16 pieces. 'of cambric muslin, containing 600
yardr, value 501. on the navigable river Thames, the
Propetflr of Mtssrs.-Thompton, &c.
T
ht., erase was stated by Mr..GoaxEr, on the part
tgitmeiiition.
• The Jm'isafier a short-conference pronounced the
,~lq lifted yerdict dl'-. Guilty—Death.
Mc...Thoppson strongly recommenced the prisoner
to mercy, as he really thought it was his 'first offence.
Onn` Greenville was charged with feloniously steal-
ing, on the 30th of December, a child's beaver hat,
value 6s. 3d. the goods of Thomas Frederick Salter.
ITtie property being fully identified, and the Jury cre-
diting implicitly the witnesses for the prosecution, the
prisoner was immediately pronounced guilty, •- ,
Alt:
-Green-and Mary Cox were charged with steal-
ing two pieces of ribbon, the property of R. Yorke.
...The prosecutor is a butcher belonging to Fleet-
market, and holds a haberdasher's and .milliner's shop
in that vicinity, which is kept by his wife.—The pri-
soners came to the shop last Saturday evening, and
looked- at several ribbons.-L—But with respect to the ,
charge in question, the complexion of the evidence
was such as to induce A verdict of acquittal ; for
which the gratitude-of the accusees was testified in a
most lively manner.
The following were convicted of felony, viz.
.• William Lovett, and Mary Fletcher, for stealing a quan•ll7
of corn, the property of J. Roberts, Esq.—Sarah George and
Maria Nodes, for stealing several articles of household furniture,
-the property of Eleanor Brooks —S. Goodman, for stealing a piece
.of Irish linen, the property of C. P. Joslyn. Dyer, for steal-
ing eight ducks and five drakes, the property of T. A. Loxley. - •
T. Hettipags4 for stealing 81. in Bank notes, from the person of
Margaret Howell, the property of Henry Moggerldge.
And three were acquitted, viz. T. Wogan,J. Mac ley,
au4XLimon.

suRREr sissioirs, J 4 ii.

rosTING.--TRE KING V. CALLIGAN.

This was an indictment against a turnpikeman for
extortion. _

A few months ago, some gentlemen were travel.
ling from Kingston to London in a post-chaise, whictt
they hired at the former place by the mile.. They set-
off from Kingston about eleven at night, and left the
regular stamp-office ticket at the first turnpike-gate,
which is at the bottom of Kingston Hill. When they.
reached the gate at Vauxhall, it was a few minutes
past twerre. . The defendant, who acted as collectOr
of the tolls there, not only required them to par toll
for the day which had just commenced, which hohad
a right to do (the day on which theybad passed the
former gate having expired) but insisted on their pay-
ing a penalty of three shillings, for not producing a
stamp-office posting ticket. This last charge they.
resisted, as they said they had left at the first turn=
pike-gate they passed a proper mile-ticket, which'
was sufficient for the whole of the stage. He,
maintained, that this ticket-exPirett on,. the -day ,pm.
which it was dated, and peremptotilyinsisted upon
receiving the three. shillings, before he *um sq.-
fer them to pass... The post-boy, probably from liar;
lag seen the same imposition frequently practiseir)se-
fore, said at the time, that he belie Ted the gernicAW
were liable to the penalty; if the turnpikeman cliose
to demand it. That they might be alloWed.to,,po-*
ceed to town, they paid the defendant the.three' din;
lings, and at the next Seisions preferred an ftutct:
went against him, to which he at first pleaded "iiot
guilty.
Mr. MARRYATT, however, as his 'Counsel, after
stating the circumstances of the case, now moved tot,
leave to withdraw the plea of not guilty, and to plead
guilty.
Mr. Lawps, on behalf of the prosecutors, stated,
that as the defendant had made the humblest apolo=
gies, and expressed the deepest contrition for his of-
fence, which he imputed to an ignorance of the law,
he was instructed to consent to his withdrawing the
plea of not guilty, and pleading guilty, but did pot
press the Court for any severesunishment.
Mr. Serjeant ONsLow, the Chairman, in giving
judgment against the defendant, said, that if it had
not been owing to the very great lenity of the prose-
cutors, the defendant's miscondUCt would have led to
very serious consequences ; but he hoped that the
laudable object of the prosecution might be attained,.
consistently with the humane wish which they had ex
pressed. He then imposed a small fine upon the defen•
dant, and dismissed him witit'a serious admonition to
be cautious how/e conducted hinpelf fpr .the future.
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Ler DIVILLIGENCE. • POLICE.
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CQUAT OP t PIANCERY, JANUARY it Bow-erfterr.—On Wednesday evening a charge
OPERA MOUSE: was exhibited before Mr. GRAHAM, the circumstances
An application wad made on the part of Mr Const, tof which excited considerable interest. Josrith Pratt:,
me Barrister, for time.to answer. a bill filed against ; a young man of very genteel appearance, was charg-
Jilin: by Mr. Taylor, of the Opera House. The ed with robbing Mr. William Hughes, haberdasher,
ntovel the Court said, that Mr. Coast 9F Golden-square, of chip-hats, and other property,
hadlhe misfortune to be appointed a Trustee to the • to a very considerable amount.
Opera House, and had experienced great trouble and It appeared that the Prisoner was taken into the
anxiety in tlee,disclaige of his unwelcome office. Mr. employ of the Prosecutor, in the month of March
'Titylor now filed a bill against him, calling upon last, to be an assistant in he fur department. Soon
-STrt to set out ari account of all receipts and disburse- afterwards the Prosecutor purchased a large quantity
=rats, whether large or small, that he had made in of chip hats, and they were placed in a warehouse,
tbe-course of his Trusteeship. That, it was urged, over which Mr. Bristow, an assistant, had the supeee
:me a task of great difficulty and labour, and there- 0 intendance. Mr. B. frequently suspected that the
hre
Mr. Coast wished for a month's time to prepare chips decreased faster than they were sold, and at
answer.--:-The CHANCELLOR accededtto the motion., length mentioned it to the Prosecutor, and they, in
•add.diteetedin order to the effect prayed. consequence,. compared the chips on hand with the
book containing an account of those sold, when there
appeared a deficiency to the amount of between.6o
and 701. but no person in particular was suspected,
and the matter dropped. In the month of August
the Prisoner left the Prosecutor's employ, to go to a '
fur warehouse, in Gough-square, and the Prosecutor
gave the Prisoner a good character.
John Hagard, • a I.d who lived as a servant to the '
Prosecutor two years, and was there at the time the' "
Prisoner was, had been obliged lately to leave the
place from indisposition, and is now in the last stage' •• -
of a decline. This youth, being much respected in
the family of the Prosecutor, Mr. Bristow mad others
in the house frequently called upon him ; within
these few days, he told them he could not die in peaee'
till he had communicated something respecting his
master, the prosecutor, and on being pressed 'to till
what it was, he•replied, that be had seen the prisoner' ' •
rob his master; that it now lay heavy upon hit'mind •
he had not told him ; and the circumstances 'Which'
he afterwards stated, led to the prisoner bang takere'-te
into custody. The poor lad was obliged to be bretighi
to the office in a sedan chair to give his evidence.— -1
He stated, that early on the second or third Sunday • -*4
morning, after the prisoner came into the employ of •
the prosecutor, he got up rather early and went into ' 1
one of the warehouses to open' a window, and on his ' •
looking into the other warehouse, he saw the prisoner .
taking chips out of the barrel, and putting them into •
a large side coat-pocket; the sight astonished him so
much, that he called the cook to witness it with him;
they knew the prisoner had no business in thst ware-
house, it being under the management of. Mr. Bris-
tow. After the prisoner had filled his pockets, he
went out, and passed him and the cook. When he
saw them, he appeared very much confused, and
when he got out, he ran off at full speed.
Mary Mayhew, the cook, confirmed the lad's evi-
dence, and said she recollected a conversation that
passed between them at the time 'they were watching
the prisoner ; that he was a pretty fellow to be en-
trusted as a principal in the house.
Mr. ALLEY attended to conduct the prosecption.
Mr. HUMPHREYS, the Solicitor, attended for the
prisoner, and applied for him to be admitted to bail,
which Mr. GRAHAM refused ; and he was committed
for trial.
Yesterday William Lunt, the man apprehended on
Tuesday evening last, in Surrey, on suspicion of va-
rious highway robberies, was re-examined before
JAMES READ, Esq. when Mr. Daniel Bird, of Epsom;
gave an account of his being robbed on Tuesday
evening last, about two miles this side Epsom, by two
highwaymen, one of whom he believed to be the pri-
soner at the bar, and positively identified a receipt the
prisoner was seen to drop, soon after he was taken
into custody ; the circumstances of his apprehension
corroborating the suspicion, the parties were bound
over to prosecute him for this offence at the next As.
sizes for the county of Surrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Mestaer. attended, and related the,
particulars of their being robbed on Monday evening
last, between Laytonstone and Winstead, but could
not positively identify the prisoner, though Mrs. M.
believed him to 1w one of the men, and spoke posi-
tiiely to one of the horses produced at the office door,
as being the same the robber was on at the time.
Two stable keepers, in the neighbourhood of Moor-
fields, claimed ne horses, and proved letting them
out on Monday and Tuesday, to the prisoner and
another man, but the horse let to the prisoner, was
not the same he rode at the 'time of Mr. Mestaer's
robbery.
Some other persons appeared, who had been rob-
bed on Monday and Tuesday evening, but they did.
not know the prisoner ; he was ordered to be brought
up again en Thursday next.
GUILDHALL.—A young man of the name of
ligan, a clerk to Messrs. Lee, Martineau, and Co. ,e
Bread-street, was charged with defrauding: his em-,
ployers of two-several sums of 721. and 491. 19s. which
been hadpaid to him by checks of Messrs. Stocks.*
Cooper, and Watson, on Messrs. Roberts and C. but..,.
for which he had failed to account to his employers. •
Thn facts were clearly proved by the clerk of Ro7
bans and Co., by Mr. Watson, partner, of Messrs.
Stocks'aad co. and by Mt. dartineau, who said the'
prisoner had been three years clerk to the CoMpany
in which he is apartner. . • • .
In the prisonerls pocket book, when he was appre- •
hended, there were found 35 one pound bank notes. !"
Mr: GLEAD, who attended as the prisoner's Com-
sel, wished that the money should be delivered up-to''`"
the prisoner, as he must,' otherwise, be without sltit'!;,
means of support, or of providing-for his defebee.
Mr. Alderman &HOLEY was unwilling that the- `•
prisoner should be deprived .of any advantage to '
which he was entitled ; but at the same time he could
! not find himself warranted in depriving the prosecu- •
tors of any of the means of ascertaining what was ac-
tually their property. He was anxious that the poc-
ket
book should 'remain till' the "trial in its present
state, but at the same time he wished, that the priso-
•ner should not be deprived Of any necessary comfort
1 or accommodation. Mr. Martineau met this wish, by '
I undertaking that every thleig necessary should be fur-
nished to the prisoner ; on which the pocket book wag
ordered to remain in the hands of the officer in its
;present state. The prisoner.wai committed for trial.
MANSION-HOUSE.--Yesterday, Mary Wood was
charged by a Clerk, et the Post.offite; with -present- -
lug a money order for half a guinea, iii the name of
ilviary Benson, ivhish money she received,-but it since
appeared she had stolen 'the order from a- letter de
rected 'to the said Mary Benson, who • lived in the
same house with her. Shewas committed for re-es-
: amistation. , .

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