Star.
London, England, 1809-03-28 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

!Ln. josvilt Davenrort and John Finney, of Alderman.
y, not raart and p:u-int rs, at ter, at

Jost ph Charles Robinson, late of Wood-
-;,I r):.4'on, larwrs ;And copartners. at ont, at Guildhall.
and ;;aniucl Sumner, of Foster-Lae,
L' ‘‘1•( ft-sale linen-di...pt.:3, at twelve, at GuildhalL
Decli, i•i t.chyrnist and druggist,
r, Canibridge.
; . IZodwtl!, of Piccadilly,-bcot-makcr, at one,

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• J. :v l owrence, of I luddersfield York Lire, druggist,
▪ , t',e l'ack Horse, fituldetsfirld.
, P :cbardSwalluw, of Atte: cliffe ror'e, parish of Shel-
f liakshre, iron-master, at elev( ?I, at (Le At.gel, Sheffield.
:,:tolvel Hart, kite of Sw..lflizin Prior, Cambridge-
Ala chapman, at eleven.
Surrnan and Ephraim Fc.rd,bte of Cheltenham,
cow ctst( :s:.ire, linen-drapers and ceparthess, at ten, at the

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11 ine, Gloucester.
A,: 11. John Eury, late of the rarish of Clifton-upon Teame,
-v:O7 crstcrshirr, but c4er, at eleven, at the Moi -pole,Worccster.,
Ai • i'kunias Young, of Ripon, Yorkshire, grocer, at eleven,
! c 1%. ,;()1k Arms, Ripon.
! Erort Smith, of Crtat Trinity-lane, Louden,
tea, at Guildhall.

SURREY ASSIZES%

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KINGSTON, MARCH 2S.
William John speed, a Lieutemint-Colonel iR to
Army, was indicted for Bigamy, in marrying Ann
Thorn, his former wife being still living..
Mr. BOI.LAND, as. Counsel for the prosecutionp. 44-
ted, that the prisPner at the bar, in the year'l7B4,
was an Ens4kn in the Marines, and then became at,-
quainted with Miss Nelson, whose father was then an
Alderman, and had been a Mayor of London, After
some interval of courtship lie married that Lady on
the 9th of September, 1789, at the parish of Furneux
Pelham, in the county of Hertford. • He continued
with his wife for some years, and had children by
her, but in consequence of impropriety of conduct on
his part, she was compelled to seek refuge with her
father, and in the year 1792 articles of separation were
signed between them. The prisoner was abroad for
some time, and in the year 1799 he was recommen-
ded to lodge in the house of a Mr. Thom, a respecta-
ble market gardener, near Putney. •He soon found
means to insinuate himself into the favour of his se-
cond daughter, and she was persuaded to marry him.
He represented himself as a Lieutenant Colonel in
the army, and as one having the best expectations.
They had not, however, been married but a very
short time when he went to Germany, and from
thence Miss Thorn received a letter from him, saying,
that she must not lnok to him for protection, as he
was already married, and his wife was still living.—
In short, having lived with her but a very little time,
he wholly abandoned her.
The register of his first marriage was put in, and
his identity proved. By this it appeared that he was
married to his first wife, Miss Nelson, on the 14th of
September, 1785, at Furneux Pelham, in Hertford-
shire, and a witness proved his wife was still living.

Miss Thorn deposed, that the prisoner .came—to
lodge at her father's on the 6th of October, 1799, and
she married him in the November following. After
he had lived with her about five months, he went to
Halifax, and left her pregnant. He never contribu-
ted to the support of the child.
The prisoner being called upon for his defence,
said he should merit the severest punishment of the
laws if he had wilfully offended, but he hoped the
Court would believe, after they had heard his case,
that he has erred through ignorance. It was true he
had married Miss Nelson, as was stated, and he had
lived with her until they had six children; His means
were then unequal to the support of so large a family.
Three of the children died ; his mother took the el-
dest, and his wife at that time had an employment
which prodUced her two guineas a week. She agreed.
to provide for two children, and after some time a
deed was brought him to sign, which he understood
was to secure to her own separate use those two gui-
neas a week. No sooner had he signed it than his
wife refused any longer to take care of the children,'
and he understood he had been deceived into signing
a deed of absolute separation from his wife. After this
he instituted a shit in the Ecclesiastical Court, either
to compel his wife to return to him,. or to get an ab-
solute separation, and in a motion which was made
in the King's Bench for a prohibition, Lord Kenyon
had said from the bench, that after that deed he was
as free as air. Thinking himself—thus fire from re-
straint, he did marry Miss Thorn, and continued with
her till his military duties called him abroad. When
she discovered his former marriage she refused any
longer to live with him, and when he solicited her to
it, her reply was angrily, that she could hang him if
she liked. lie stated that he had suffered great hard-
ships in prison ; he had been shut up in a damp and
solitary dungeon, which had brought on him a rheu-
matic fever ; and as, by an order of the Commander
in Chief, that no officer in custody of the law should
receive his pay, he had lost all his pay during his con-
finement. tie protested that he never meant to of-
fend the laws, which he had fought to protect, in all
ranks; front an Ensign to that of Lieutenant Colonel,
and in whit he had done, he had been misled by error
of judgment.
The LORD CIIIEF BARON told the Jury the fact
was proved unquestionably, and he expressed some
indignation at the language represented to have come
from Lord Kenyon, the absurdity of which every at-
torney's clerk could have told him. He said he
should consider hereafter what degree of punishment
the prisoner merited. The Jury found him Guilty ;
and he was sentenced tote transported for seven years.

111ARCII 21.••••-TIIE KARL OF KERRY V. TIIORLRY.

• This was an action by the Noble Earl against the
defendant, who was Churchwarden of the parish of
Petersham, for a libeL His Lordshp had taken a
house at Petersham, with a view of becoming a pa-
rishioner and attending the vestry, and had given no-
tice to the defendant of his intention, and the libel
complained of was a letter in reply to that notice.—
The Jury found for the plaintiff; damages OM
A Field Preacher brought his action against a Bar-
ber
for fslse imprisonment. It appeared that the
plaintiff, who was by trade a wheelwright at Morden,
had placed himselt at• the Barber's door on a Sunday,
to exhort. the Barber's customers not to break the Sab•
bai by having their beards taken off. The trade of
the tonsor was much injured by this pious admonition,
and he called a constable, and save the preacher over
to the law—Verdict for the plaintiff, Damages XS.
MARCII 25.—This day the following capital con-
victs received sentence of death, viz.
J. A. Davison, J. Mason, J. Wood, and S. Hilton, forburglary.
W. Leech for highway robbery.
J. Bartlet, for an unnatural offence.

T. Hall, for extorting money under a threat of chanirg J.
Clarke with an unnatural offence.

H. Edwards, for shooting at W. Smith.
J. Stenning, for forging a note.
C. March, for cattle stealing.
S. Turner, for privately stealing ; and
Mary Ann Ellis, J. Hopkins, and J. Cobb, for stealing ip dwel-
ling houses.

The Judges reprieved all except Bartlett, Edward:,
Mason, and Wood.

Mary Galli:o was acquitted of the murder of her
bastard child ; but ordered, under authority of Lord
ELLEXIOROUGHIS Act, to be kept to hard labour, in
the House of Correction for one year.

The dawn of Old England, good fortune by sea, in
the American war, begat the 12th of April, 17,82, a
day to be had in grateful remembrance by every lover
of this happy country ' • but with what gratitude will
the fortunate possessor of the first-drawn Prize above
£l5 be impressed with the next 12th of April, when
One Thousand .VCrhqle Tickets are presented to him,
which may gain upwards of £150,000.

LONDON MAR KEY'S.
A RETURN OF FLOUR,
Prom the 1 nth of March to the 17th of March.
Total 9,762 sack a—Average 81s. 71(.1.
03. 74d. lower than last return.
RETURN of WHEAT-in Mark-lane, including only from the
13th of March to the lsth of March. Total 9,805 quarters.
Avepge 91$. 90.-ss. 6141 lower than last return.
•FiCOM THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 25.
Average Price of Corn in Englund an 4 Wales, from the returns
entting the 18th of March, 1809.
Wheat.'
'Rye. Barley. Oats. deans.. Pease.
s. d. d. I s. d, s. d. I a. d. I s. d.
194 9 65 SA 464 1348162 3 1 65 5
The average Price of Sugar, computed from the returns made
the week ending the 22d day of March, is 49*. per cwt.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, tiLtacu 27. ,
To s:nk the Offal per stone of 81b.
Beef ss. Od. to ss. 4d. Veal ss. Od. to 7s. Od.
Mutton ss. Od. to 6s. 6d. Pork ss. Od. to 6s. ad.

HEAD 0► CATTLE THIS DAT.
Beasts. about 2158—Sheep, 12,550.
Cp.lves, 125—Pigs, 250.
NEWOATE AND LEADENHA LL MARKET.
Per stone of 81b.by the carcase.

Beet 4s. -od. to ss. 4d. Veal 4s. 4d. to es. 4d
Mutton 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Pork 5s- Bd. to 6s. 8d
PRICE OF.HOPS IN THR BOROUGH MARKET.
SAGS. I'OCZZTS,
Kent 31. 15s. to 51. Os. Kent 41. Os. to 51. 16s
East Kent 31. ss. to 41. 1.55. East Kent 51. 14s
Sussex 31. Os. to 41. Os. Sussex 21. Os. to 41. 4s

Farnham (Pockets) 61. Os. to 71. Os. per cwt.
PRICE OF HAV AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Meadow iay 61. Os. to 61. 101. Clover 71. Os to 71. 10s
New ditto 01. Os. to 01. Os. New do. 01. Os to OL
. Straw 11. 16s. to 21. 4s.
COAL MARKET, Mar& 27.

Ships at Market Ships sold
27 Newcastle Coals 17 441. Od. to Os 6d.
6 Sunderland 3 455. 6d. to 476 041.
1. Culm • 1 525. 6d.
COUNTRY MARKETS.
PRICES OF GRAIN AT TILE FOLLOWING MARTLTI.

BASINGSTOKE.—Wheat SOS Od to 96a Od per Quarter.
Barley 42s Od to 50s Od Beans 64s Od to 74s Od
I Oats 34s Od to 431 Cd Pease ooi od to oOs Od
Bread ' is 17 ~c 1 per gallon.
Haut/ye—Nl/teat 72s Od to leas cd per 9r.
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Barley 88s Od to 49s 6d I Beans f2g Od to 76s Od
Oats 28s Od to 496 Od pease 60s Od to 68s Od
Bread 2s. 34d. per gallon •
MAIDENULAD.--Wheat 92s Cd to 100 s Od per. Qr.
Barley 44s ad to 485 Od I Eeans 63s Od to 74s Od
Oats 136 s Od to 525 Cd Pease —s Od to 6Ss Od
Bread 2s. 4d. per gallon.
Nzwius.r.—Wheat G4s Od to 99s Od per. Qr.
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Barley 80s Od to 49s Od Pease Sts Od to CO. Od
Oats 30s Od to 48s Od Beans 6( sOd to 68. Od
Bread 2s Od per gallon.
• Reantoc.—Whcat 80s Od to 106 s Od per Quarter.
Barley 32s 6d to 44s 6d Beans 63s Od to 66s 6d
Oats 236 Od to 50s Od Pease 00s 04 to 66. Od
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Bread 4d. per gallon.
Camclford Fair, on Friday last, was pretty well supplied with
black cattle, and very few remained unsold.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.

The Senatus Academic's of Marischal College and University
Aberdeen, have conferred the degree of A. M. on lieutenant I
U. M. Leith, 68th Light Infantry Regiment.

The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Leslie, W:l3 on Saturday se'nright in-
stalled Prebend of the Cathedral Church of Exeter.

CAMIRIDGR, MARCH 24.—Messrs. James Tobias Cook, Ro-
bert Baynes Armstrong, Wm. Ainger, and Joseph Cotterill, B.A.
of St. John's College, were on Monday elected Foundation Fel
lows of that society. Mr John Brewster Wilkinson, and Mr.
Gordon Wm. Kelly B.A. were also elected Fellows of that society
on fhe foundation of Mr. Platt. . .

Wm. Heath, Esq. of King's College, was yesterday admitted a
Fellow of that society.
The following gentlemen are admitted Masters of Arts :
Messr.-. Henry Atlay, James Sherard Coleman,Thonsas Jephson,
Francis Merewalter, Thomas Tatham, and Henry Walter, of
St. John's ; Wm. Bolland, John Lawton, F. H. Moberly, and
Thomas Elton Miller, of Trinity College ; William Wilson, and
Chaloner Arcedeckne, of Jesus ; Robert PedUer Buddlcom, of
Queen's; Charles Edward Finch, of Bene't ; Jonathan l'yers
Barrett, of Petcrhouse, and Walter Gee, of Sydney college.
Kit.g Francis Eagle, of Trinity college, is admitted Bache-
lor In Civil Law ; and Mr. Joseph 'Tweed, of Caius, Bachelor of
Arts.

The subjects for the Members prizes for this year, are, for the
Senior Bachelors, " Qtrenam praclpue valeant ad Impurium sta.
bilicndum ?" For the Middle LaLlielors, " doge histor:a vera (ex.
gr. Sidnxi, a Zoned scripta atqae nuper edita) plus valeat quam
fabulosa (ex. gr. Grandisoni, a Richardtono conticta) ad homintun
snores b,tne forniandos ?"

At an ordintaion held at Petcrberough Cathedral on Sunday
last, by the Lord Bishop of that uiocese, the following (;uutkiueu
vette ordained :

DEACONS.
John Wing, B. A. Pembroke-hall, Cambridge.
Nathaniel Morgan, M.A. Fellow of King's coll. Curb.
Henry Knightley, B. A. Christ college, Oxford.
William Reeve, B. A. Fellow of Clare ball, Cambriege.
Willi.un Drake, B. A. Pembroke hall, Cambridge.
Thomas Watts, St. Mary Magdalen hall, Oxford.
William Nicholson, B. A Queen's college, ditto.

William Brotherhood, B.A. Magdalen coll. Canib.
Paul Anthony Irby, M. A. St. John's coll. ditto.
• John Sell, B. A. Marlakit college, ditto.
Francis Knight, B. A. Magdalen hall, Oxford.
John Merry, B. A. Christ college, Cambridge.
Or FORD, Mmtcu 25.—Wednesday last the following Oeutl..:-
men were admitted to degrees : MASTERS or Au j s.
Rev. '1 hennas Coker Adams, of Merton Celk.ge.
Rev. Blakey Cooper, of \Vadham College.
Rte. Charles Edward Collins, of Worcester College.
On Wednesday, Mr. Matthew Rolltzton was elected Fellow of
Universi:r•Coilege, on :ill. Simon Bennet's foundation.
Yesterday; Mr. Stanley was elected scholar of Queen's College,
on the old foundation.