Star.
London, England, 1802-07-27 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PKIZE MONEY..

The Nortbumberhnd. Lion, Penelope, Santa Terefa.
norca, Vineejo, Stronabolo, Soccer.. Bonne Citoyenne, and Port
Mahon, for the capture of the Redoubtable and Eatreprenant
French privateers, will be paid at No. 23. Clement's Inn, on
the 29th init.
The proportions are, to the tit daft, al, tit ad. each; sd
dais, 323. 81. each ; 3d claft, 6s. ad. each ; 4th daft, scl. ad.
each ; stk clafs 6d.each.
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lie officers :ad companies of the Ncrthumberland,Vincelo
Secede, and Pencloye, Invit g been overpaid for the hulls and
ftorcs of the faid vefrela, abatements are to be made from them
as follows, viz. From the ift dais, al. 131.84. each • ad dais,
Sa. sd. each; 3d slab, 4i. each; 4th dale, IL 6a. 'talk. .511 a
Cart, 3(1. each.
The Mermaid, for the Ligurian, le Cerf, and le Cruel
French privatren, will be paid on board the Mermaid on her
arrival at Dep ford,
The Nile (3) lugger, for the capture of the Marie, Loppens„
will Ise henceforward paid at Deal.
The arnud lugger Jane, for the capture of the Calypfo, on
Thurfday July 29, at Yarmuutb.

Yellerday the Purfer of the DAVID SCOTT, Capt.
Cos. in Gls from the Prefidency of Bombay, ar-
rived at the India Houfe, with the Government
difpatches. The DAVID Scorr left the Prefidency
on the ► ath of March. Arrived at the [(land of
Saint Helena, on the t4th of May, and failed the
:7th, leaving at the above ifland the Honourable
Company's homeward•bound (hips, the HeNair
DUNDAE, Captain WALTER Cutlet/Tarts; and
the EARL HOWE, Captain ROBERT BURROWS, both
from Bengal. The DUtce OF MONTROSE, Captain
BURT, alto from Bengal, was hourly expeeted to
arrive at Saint Helena. Part of the cargo of the
Da v ► o SCOTT con fi fts of eardemoms,laden at Mahe.
On Tuefday arrived at Port Glafgow the brig
Chance, Itf Douoam., from Grenada, after a p 4
rage of 53 days ; loft the Jane, Mt B.,Laa, and Her-
bcrts, GEORGE. loading for the Clyde.
Arrived alto at Port Glafgow, the ihip
Suet, from Tortola, after a pafrage of 34 dayi,

LAZY INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KlNt;*;: JTILY
SLANDk. P. AND DEV.:MA TWA.
EA MI it V. MI kL:.

The Plaintiff is Sir John Earmr, Knight, Lor.!
Ttaror of I .ondog ; and die D:reit.:ant a mercltar,
or gre;:t reijsc.ctabilitv, a partner is the Iniule of
tslr. Sheriff Ctrs. The deciara.ion Razed, that the
Piaititiff was engavd in trade and commerce ;
that he and the houfe to which he belonged were
ever punctual in their dealings, and in high credit
amount merchants; and that the Deftirdant, well
knovang the premiles, bad falfely, wickedly, and
malicienfly timed that a bill accepted by them lay
a: a notary's to be protetled for non-payment,
rt: cai.ing thereby that the Plaintiff and his partners
svcre in ir&dvent cireirmilances, and not worthy
of trill, by which means mans perlOns had ceafed
to deal with them, tc their great damage, via. to
the damage of io,cc•Dl. The Defendant did not
jadify, but pleaded the general ifibe, not guilty.
Mr. GA a Row, after a few pref.,' tory obfervat ions,
remarked that it was quite unneccflary to talk of
the valus of reptation to a Spi.cial Jury of Met-.
chants at Guiluhall. They well knew that upon
credit the commerce of the country fubfitled, and
that from the efFills of flanderous reports no man
in trade, however refpeetable, could he fare. Ile,
uncles flood the defence to this anion was, that the
Defendant had only reported what he heard ; but
if it appeared that the report was without founda-
tion. he mull he confidered as the author of it.—
Mr. Garrow then raid that the Plaintiff's hotife
was on: of great refpeaability in the city of Lon-
don, and fid- the lalt nine years had carried on
band's to the amount of 500,c001.‘a year.— I
Credit was the hafts of the exigence of Inch a
home as this, and if that was taken away, it mull
be dedroyed. This the Defendant, as a commer.l
eial man, mull have known. It had been report.
ed abroad that a bill tithe Plaintiff's for zcocl. lay
at a Notary's to be noted, and the propagation of
this report had been traced to the Defendant. He
wool I not give up his author, but laid he h.!arcl it
on change from a little rn.,n, whom he did not know. I
But, it he had heand filch a thing from an un-
known perion, why did he immediately after repent
it ; why did he not go to Sir John Barna., and,
like a man of candour and honetly, tell him what
he had heard, in order to give an opportunity to
the worthy Lord Mayor to enquire among his
del ks and managers if filch a thing could by mil.
take have happened ? Intlead of that, he tol.d the
fa& as if he had known it of his own knowledge.
He would (late to the Jury the injury the Plaintiff
had hill:tined, while the worthy Magithate was
ecleb• atiag one of the greatelt events in the pre-
fent times—the Peace. His (Mr. Garrow's) joy
at that event was confident* damped when he
heard the Plaintiff was in the jaws of banki uptcy.
The flanderotts reports were circulating in all di
reCtions, and he had a right to alfume they origi-
nated fiom the Defendant. It was reported
that the Plaintiff had been protracting his bank.
roptcy till the time of his Mayoralty, that he
might have a petition from the City. This report
even got into the French papers. The circa was,
that perfons, whole brokers 11;s1 contrafted with
the honk, made entries for the non-performance
of their contra Els, in eonfequence of the prevalence
of thele reports. Perfons went and called for their
money, who but for filch reports would not have
dreamt ofVoing Co. Perfinis in the country kept
back their remittances, becaufe they expeCted to fee
the Plaintiff's name in the next Gazette. So far
were tittle accounts horn being true, that the
Bankers would prove no people kept more regu-
lar a;counts than the houfe of Lamer and Co. and
he had many witneffes to prove the Colid refpefla•
bility of the firm, whole credit in the commercial
world, it was the objeCl of this affirm to reltore.
He challenged the itriCtett enquiry and invetliga.
thin of the llanderous report, which he fhould
prove to have been totally void of foundation.
Not only no bill had been dithonoured, but no bill
to the amount of zoool. had been in circulation
from this houfe.
Mr. CARROW then called a Mr. Fella: et, who
(wore that on the zoth of April hilt he had heard
the Defcntiant fay, " that a gentleman had fern a kill
tke t ord .11ajor's, which lea eitker noted ,or going
to be noted."

Mr. ERSIIIIIR loon after took an °Nation in point
of law, maintaining that the evidence did not fop.
port' the declaration. The witaciu theted the words
to have been fpoken of 1, the Lord Mayor," and
there was no averment that the Lord Mayor meant
the Maisie', Sir gobs A:finger.
Lord hst.aisonovcit at once pronounced this
to be a fatal objeSion.
Mr. Easel* r, however, waived his right to have
the Plaintiff called,. and addreired the Jury in fa•
your of the Defendant. He (aid that, though his
clieut certainly had fpoken thefe words, yet he had
by no means fpoken them wit!' the motives alledg.
ed, and that his great ul•ject was to remove the
impotation of malice. The report, though ground-
lefb, then was common, and he was no more guilty
than hundreds of others. Had he reeolleßed the
GAitlentan from whom he had the intelligence, lilt
the others, he would immediately have given him
up. Happily the charaaer of the Plaintiff's houfe
was now completely re-eli ablifhed in the opinion of
the world. The &lie reports., as generally happen-
ed, had died away, and he would not he confidered
to have full:tined any injury. Mr. F..concludcil by
obferving, that though be had the law clearly on
bit fide, Ite would confeut to withdraw a Juror.
Mr. C ARROW immediately accepted of this pro-
rfal, remarking that the of jea of the 'anion bad
`-en completely accomplifhtd.
Lord ELLEN sorotsco obrerved, that by the
S+rm of the pleadings, it any one bill of the Plain-
tiff-% had ever been difbononred, the Plaintiff might
have judified, and by proving .this fall, would
rly have been entitled to a yeas& ; but no
attempt had been made, and the chanter of
Node mutt therefore be contidered as fully re-
.ahlifhed.
One of the Jurymen was then witildrawNlL,
ich oteantthe cadre goes no fdnbsr, and ea
ttr ,save his OWII CSACROi•

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