Star.
London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

HARWICH, FEBRUARY 26.

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Sailed yesterday afternoon the Lord Nelson packet,
Captain STEWART, with mails and passengers for
Gottenburgh.—No arrivals since my inst.

YARMOUTH, FEB, t 6.
Sailed the BRUNSWICK, 74 guns EGERIA, BRITO.•
MART, and BREVDAGEREN, SlelOpS of war; CENSOR,
MARINER, and VIXEN, gun-brigs ; cn a cruize.—
Arrived the EPHIRA, PRINCEWILLIAM, and CHARLES
armed ships, and remain with the ROEBUCK, Vice-
Admiral DocouAs; PRINCESS CAROLINE, Commodore
PATER ; ABOUKIR, BELLEROPHON, STATELY, RICH-
MOND, and HAVOC, gun brigs.—Wind W.
FROM LLOYD'S LISI4.

GRAVISIND, Fits. 24.—Passed by the Cato, Linklaton, from
Coruna; Mary Ellis, Harly ; Ranger, Gray; Nancy, Bisett ;
London, Olderson ; Albion, Jellett ; and Two Brothers, Camlin,
from Plymouth.--Sailed the Bountiful, Harrison, fOr Quebec ;
Olive Branch, Scott; and Vicissitude, Goodsir, for Jamaica •
Mary, Forster, for Madeira; Betsey, Walker, for Grenada; Ed-
ward and Charles, Cushing, for Philadelphia; Hopewell, Gary,
for Barbadoes ; Ranger, Brand; Fortune, Wilson; and Golden
Grove, Peace, for Demerara.
The Betsey, Russell, from Belfast, for Glasgow, Is on shore near
the Cumbraes, but the cargo will be saved.

The Lady Boughtflower, is on shore on the coast of Ire-
land.

The Vrow Gesina, —, has been taken, retaken, and arrived
at Dover.

The David, Belke, from the Baltic ; and the Catharine, Price,
for Leith, are lost in Malmoe Bay.
The Symmetry, from Rio Janeiro, for London; the Bed-
ford, —; and the Betsey, —, from Spain, fir London; the
Endeavour, —, from Gibraltar, for London ; the Eliza, —,
from London for Bristol; the Lent, Warden, laden with brandy;
and the brig Lizard, laden with lead, are captured and carried in-
to Calais.
The Autumn, --.., from Riga, is captured and carried into
Havre.

The Flora, —, from Dartmouth ; and the Perseverance,
from Limerick, for London, are captured and carried into
Cherbourg.
The Herald,—.—, from Madeira, for London, is captured and'
carried into Dieppe.
The Macclesfield, from London, for Surinam, was desert-
ed at cea, on the 13th instant, having lost her rudder, and being
very leaky.
The Helen, Giles, from Alicant, for Liverpool, struck on as
anchor, in Holyhead harbour, and is full of water.
The Thames, —, from Dundee, fur London, is lost on the
Nore Sand.
The Enterprise, Wylie, from Liverpool for Cadiz, is captured
by the Hube French corvette.
The Lady Peliew packet, is returned to Falmouth, with the
mails of the 17th instant, from off Oorunsia.
Two vessels are totally lost near St. Ives; one is said to be from
Cork, and the other a West Indianian.
The Harriet, Huntley, from London, for Oporto, has put into
Plymouth harbour, leaky, and must unload.
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ARRIVALS.—At Portsmouth, the Ocean, Purchell, from St.
Übe's. At Liverpool, the Wentworth, Sharp, from the Florida:;
Little Venus, —,'from Barbadoes ; Belinda, Wilson, from
Newfoundland; his Majesty's ship Charlotte, -- and Hope,
Teasdale, from Quebec. At Bristol, the Star, Spink, from re-
neriffe. At St. Michael's, the Harmony, —, from London.
At Penzance, the Betsey, Teague, from Cork. At Poole, the
Harmony, Sutton, from Cerk. At Cork, the Custine, Booth-
nig ; and the Erie, Patterson, from St. Übe., Off the Isle of
Wight, the Alezatder, Nevin, from lahia. At Prince Edward's
Islands the Two Brothers, ,from Plymouth.

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THE KING V. PHAIRi
This was an Indictment against the Defendant for
perjury, in sviearing that Mr. Samuel Hawkins wig
in Westminster. Hall on the 17th November last, or
the day before, when he was in fact at that timd at
Swansea. It appeared that on an application to the
LORD CHANCELLOR on the 17th of Novemt er last, to
postpone the heating of an application by Mr. H. it r, '
to supersede a Commission cf Bankruptcy, on
_ground that Mr. Hawkins, who was to make an af!;
davit in answer to that on which the application .1;)r
the tupertedeas was made, was at a great dis!ance
from town, the Defendant rose in the Court of Chan-
eery, and said, that he had seen Mr. Hawkins *hat
morning in Westminster Hall. Mr. Haire as'a.td 11;in,
if he would make an affidvvit of that fact, which be
did on the following day, stating that he was will
acquainted with Mr. Hawkins's person, and that he
had seen him on the 17th November, or the day be-
fore, walking in W'estntinster Hall, with a Mr.
Thompson.
Mr. HART, the Counsel, and the Clerk of the Pub-
lic Office, in Southampton-buildings, proved these
facts ; and it was otherwise clearly proved that Mf.
Hawkins was at that time at Swansea.—The Defen-
dant was found Guilty.
THE KING V. DUNBAR.
,This was an indictment preferred by Thomas Fox,
an officer of the Customs, against the Defendant for
'assault and false imprisonment. The Defendant was
an Officer of the watch-house, Ratcliffe-highway ;
and it came out, that upon the Prosecutor's being
stopped at twelve o'clock at night, as a suspicious
person, under authority of an Act of Parliament, in-
stead of shewing the Officer his deputation from the
Commissioners of Customs, he abused and assaulted
them ; for which assault he had been imprisoned till
he could be brought b e fore the Magistrate ti ct d y.
Mr. GARROW, on behalf of the Prosecution, which
it appeared was undertaken at the expence of the
Commissioners of the Customs, declared, that as it ap-
peared their servant had not conducted himself pro-
perly, the matter would not be pressed further.
The Defendant was accordingly found—Not Guilty.
THE KING V. BEAUMONT.
This was an information filed ex efficio by his Ma-
jesty's Attorney-General, against the Defendant for
a libel. The libel was published in The British Go Jr-
dian, in the form of a letter addressed to his Majesty,
and signed ,6 An Englishman." The substance of
it went to charge his Majesty with unconstitutional
Government, by taking his measures not from his
Privy Counsellors, his legal responsible and consti-
tutional advisers, but from a secret junta of hidden
gAvisers, who were not responsible for their advice.
Itcontained other strictures in very coarse language,
in other parts of alledged improper conduct in the
Royal Family. The libel being read, and the pub-
lication proved, Mr. CLIFFORD, for the Defendant,
addressed the Jury, and contended, that the same
doctrines had been published by Mr. Burke, the great
Lord Chatham, and other eminent men in this coun-
try; andthat no prosecution had ever been instituted
against them, for exactly the same doctrine as was
contended in the present Paper. The ATTORNEY-GE-
NERAL replied.—Defendant Guilty.
FEB LIAB iC 21. —THE KING v. troasevrasr.
This was an information for a, libel upon the Duke
of Sussex, published in a large hand-bill, lately
placarded about the town, in which twenty guineas
reward, and the Duke of Sussex being printed in
large letters, struck the view of the passengers.—
When the hand-bill was read through, it purported
to state, that whereas an anonymous hand-bill, signed
" A Yorkshireman," had been stuck up about town,
20 guineas reward would be given to any person who
would prove the Duke of Sussex not to be the author
of it. Mr. Horseman then went oa to add, that he
would shortly publish the Englishman's letter to the
King, in which he would examine a little into the mo-
rals of the Royal Dukes.
Mr. ADOLPHCS, for the Defendant, argued this
was no libel against the Duke of Sussex, as it did not
charge him with any offence of a criminal nature.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH told the Jury, that whatever
held a man up to ridicule and contempt was a libel.
Now strike out the name of the Duke of Sussex, and
put in any one of their own, and then ask themselves
whether such a bill, placarded about the streets, was
not making a man contemptible ? The Jury found
the Defendant—Guilty.
COVE V. Assume.
The plaintiff and defendant in this action were co-
assignees of a bankrupts' estate, the former a Quaker,
and the latter a wharfinger on the Paddington canal.
The parties were not well satisfied with each other,
and the Quaker was for ever troubling the wharfin-
ger to inspect the books of the bankrupt's estate. In
doing this, he frequently wrote insulting remarks on
the margin of the book, and excited considerable
warmth from the wharfinger. One day he presented
himself at the defendant's counting house, accompa-
nied with a large dos, and a porter. He was told
that it was inconvenient for him to inspect the books
at that time, and that his frequent vists were as trou-
blesome, as they were unseasonable. The Quaker
would take no denial, and words arising, the defen-
dant forcibly ejected the Quaker, his dog, and the
porter, from his hous e. It was for the a sank thus
committed, that the plaintiff brought his action.
Mr. Gmtaow, in defending the suit, said, the con-
, duct of the plaintiff reminded him of the Quaker, who
seeing a vessel a-head of the one in which he was
" sailing, that impeded his way, addressed the helms-
man, and said to him, 44 Friend, I don't say if I was
in the place thou art, that I would run down that
vessel, but if thou puttest thy helm aport a little,
thou may'st run bump against her, and peradventure
[ sink her." So the Quaker, in the present action,
though he would not assault the defendant himself,
did all he could to provoke him to the commission of
an assault. He therefore hoped the Jury would think
the smallest damages sufficient. Verdict for plain-
tiff—Damages 4.05.

CORN MARKET, MARK..LAN e, Fax. 27.—The
vale of Wheat to-day are very numerous, but sales
thereof ,maintain last prices. Barley in large supply,
and keeps its price. Malt in plenty, and a trifle
cheaper. Beans of the two kinds rather dearer. Al-
though there are very large arrivals of Oats, owing
to a great demand this article, is not cheaper. Flour
hardly at last prices, and few sales made at the ligh::st
quotatior.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 25.
Members returned to serve in the present Parliament.
Zorough of Pembroke—Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton, Pembroke-
shire, Bart. in the room of Hugh Barlov‘, Esq. deceased.
Borough of Midshall, otherwise Mitchell—John Bruce of Knights-
bridge, in the County of Middlesex, Esq. in the room of Chas.
Trelawney Brereton, Esq. accepted the Chiltern Htinsireds.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICrI 'FM 25.
Royal Regiment of Horse Curds—Corporal Peter Watmough,
to be Quarter Master, vice Morton, who retires ; Corporal
William Latchford to be Quarter Mister, vice Heap, who

retires.
7 Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Charles ttenshire to
be Major, vice Cavendish, deceased; lieutenant Wm. Shore
to be Captain of a 'Froop, vice Duckenfield, deceased ; Lieute-
nant Paget Bayly to be Captain of a Troop, *ice Denshirc ;
Cornet Charles Oliaggetty, from the 10th light Dragoons,
to be Lieutenant, vice Waldegrave, deceased; Cornet Robert
Champion to be Lieutenant, vice Bayly.
lbtls.Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Fane,
from the 2Sth Foot, to he Lieutenant, without purchafie.
fOth Ditto—Cornet John D'Escars from the 7th Light Dragoons

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to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
!Ist Ditto—Thomas Shaw, Gem, to be Cornet, by purchase,

vice Evan, promoted.
113 d Ditto—Lieutenant Morton Slaney, from-.the 24th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton, who exchanges.
10th Regiment of Foot---John Dawes, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Robinson, whose appointment has not taken
place.
19th Ditto— Gooday, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Townley, whose Appointment has not taken
place.
20th Ditte—Charles Connor, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
thasr, vice Bloomfield, promoted.
tsd Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Ledwith, from the Longford Mi-
litia, to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase.
24th Ditto--Lieutenant George Hamilton, from the 23d Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Slaney, who exchanges.
tigh Ditto—Ensign and Adjutant A. Nowles to have the rank
of Lieutenant ; Ensign Robert Hamilton, from the 7th Garri-
son Battalion, to be Lieutenant, without purci ase, vice Faneo
appointed to the lath Light Dragoons.
30th Regiment of Foot.
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To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign Emanuel Hutcbin.
son, vice Beaumont 4 promoted ; Ensign Robert Todd, vice
Champion, appointed to the flOth Light Dragoons ; Ensign—
Wade, vise Hall, deceased.
33d Ditto—Edward Wood, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Harty, promoted.
36th Ditto—Lieutenant Nathaniel Farwell to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchase, vice Crosse, promoted.
50th Ditto—Captain John B. Harrison to be Major, vice Stan-
hope, deceased ; Lieutenant Edward Atkin to be Captain of a
Company, vice Harrison ; Volunteer David A. Lesslie to be
Ensign, vice Moore, deceased.
53d Ditto—Lieutenant Lawrence D. Arnott to be Captain of a
Company, without purchase, vice Hill, promoted ; Ensign Ro.
hen Thomas Greene to be Lieutenant, vice Arnett.
17th Ditto—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Brown, from the 18th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Carnegie, appointed to the
4th Garrison Battalion.
86th Ditto—Captain Edmund Lascelles to be Major, vice Lloyd,
deceased ; Lieutenant Henry Nicholls to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Lawelles ; Ensign Hamilton Edmonds to be Liente-
nant, vice Nicholls ; William Milne, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Edmonds.
72d Ditto—Charles Kerr, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice M‘Donald, promoted.
74th Ditto—William Graham, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Tew, promoted.
76th Ditto— J. K. Lamb, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Maddock, who retires.
lid Ditto—Ensign William Mason, from the Queen's County
County Militia, to be Ensign.
85th Ditto--Samuel Dickon Grinsell, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hogg, promoted.
86th Ditto—Lieutenant Robert Nicholson to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchase, vice M`Donald, who retires.
65th Ditto—Lieutenant William Devereux Jackson, from the
Clare Militia, to be Ensign.
89th Ditto—Lieutenant George Hopper, from the Dublin County
Militia, to be Ensign ; Patrick Agnew, Gent. to be Adjutant
(with the rank of Ensign), vice Selway, appointed Quarter-
Master.
98th Ditto—John Walker, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Lewin, promoted.
115th Ditto—Second Lieutenant Norman M'Lean to be First
lieutenant, vice Noble, deceased; Donald M`Pherson, Gent.
to be Second Lieutenant, vice MsLean.
4th Garrison Battalion—Ensign Wm. Tyler to be Lieutenant,
vice Lynch, appointed to the 37th loot; Alexander MiDuff,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Tyler; Assistant Surgeon John Car-
negie, from the 57th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Travis,
appointed Surgeon of a District.
7th Ditto—John Christian, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Hamilton,,
promoted.
Bth Royal Veteran Battalion—Serjeant Andrew Graham, nn the
Staff at Portsmouth Garrison, to be Ensign, vice O'Leary,
placed on the Retired List.

BRECON CIRCUIT.
The Hell. GEORGZHA RDINGE.-.-AREL MOT SIT, Esq.

Cardiff—Tuesday, March 28.
Brecon.=Tuesday, April 4.
Presteigne—Monday, April 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

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Robert Ramsden, John Ramsden, and lArrn. Heap, of Halifax,
Yorkshire, card-makers, Feb. 20, 1809.
John Phillips, W. Welch, and David Welch, of Stonehouse, De-
vonshire, pate nteet of the wat.er-p=tx)f coating composition,
Feb. 18, 1809. •
Mary Mathews and Sarah Hallwood, of Skinner-street, I.A.idon,
milliners, Feb. 21,1809.
John Frederick Hentsch and Simon Knabb, of Wenlock-street,
St. Luke's, fur-dyers, Feb. 21, 1809.
John Collyer and John Coxeter, of Newbury, Berks, clothiers,

Feb. 23,1809.
John Daglish and George Nuttall, of Wigan, Lancashire, millers,

Feb. 13, 1809.
Thomas Barbfr and Henry Barber, of Grosvenor-place, Somer-

setshire, schenlmasters.
George Hartley, Thomas Clark„ and Thomas Trotter, of Kendal,
Westmoreland, worsted manufacturers, October 1, 1808.
Thomas Harrison Pinks, Joseph Ashbyshaw, and Thomas Pole,
of Birmingham, Warwickshire, brass-founders, Dec. 31,1808.
Robert Skeet and Thomas Simpson, wine and brandy-merchants,

Feb. 22., 1809.
John Rudhall and Benj. Tidmarsh, of Birminghatns Warwick-
shire, linen-drapers, Feb. 17, 7 SO,.
John Macdonald and G. H. Findlay, of Chancery-lane, insurance

broken, Feb. 1, 1809.
'Thomas Hale and Wm. Hughes, of the city of Worcester, glove-

manufacturers, Jan. 16, 181194
Richard Tucker and Wm. Bonsey, of Long-Acre, Middlesex,

butchers, Feb. 18, 1809.
Wm. Clark, sen. Wm. Clark, jun. and Thomas Hutchinson, of
North Shields, Northumberland, Jan. 1, 1809.
Wm. Hodgson and Thothas Cross; of Clement's Inn, solicitors,
Feb.'l3, 1809.
David Welch and Wm. Croggon, of Falmouth, Cornwall, Feb. 8,
1809.

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