Star.
London, England, 1815-12-21 00:00:00

2t1.8 AK Mr.

Saturday ana Monday two str4ng detachment: of
200 each, raised by beat of drum, arrived :it Ro-
chester and Chatham, for the West Essex
now stationed at Sheerness, kr which placc they are
destined.

The ;readiness of the Brier Tronpg may be atcer.
tained by the fact that at the battle of Watt:lino, same
of our I.,fantry Regiments wlre drawn up in fre.”,:of
standing corn, and in this ti!n ttion recr.ive4 ceverAl
charges from the Preach Cavalry. ,rso firm were out
troops flit the corn, excret on ihe put which the
occupied, di.l na in die L.4st !.t,fr...r, but was found
to he F;11,1 var.di.ig 'if nothiog 1:a. uccturtd.

The filllowing eulogy oa the ch.;racter of the trig.
s‘;ldier will be read with equal pride and Ova-
sure. coming as it doe; iv= the pen e; x Fr,meluan.
The extract is from the Journal Jcs Prials :

marl fass, Dec-intpr
" The English and Italian treops who landed
here on the Eith of July last, quitted us on the 4th
instant. Both officers and eohiiers regretied their
departure, and many of them shed tear; when they
were obliged to tipliark. Thirty-two. line transports
had been prepared for their reception. In traversing
the streets, the B.inifs of these aegiments played the
air 6, Yee Henry IV." and were followed 14 crowds
of the inhabitants.
" Miring their stay at Marseilles, many English
soldiers had married servant girls, and the latter cm,
barked very cheerfully with their busbandr,. It may
be justly said in praise of these troops, and of the
officers who commanded them, that they constantly
observed the strictest discipline. The slightest infrac-
tion of military regulations, even iptoxication, was
punished with some 11nm:heels of lashes.
" It was observed that a hospital ticket ey.ta giveq
to the culprit before undergoing his punishment, and
that a Surgeon attended in order to prenounce whe-
ther he was in a fit gate for receiving all the lashes
to which he was condemned. Some cif these unfortu-
nate men have been seen brought out of the hospital
to receive the lashes which they were unable to bear
the first time, and this has been repeated cv.n a thir4
time, that they might receive the full complement I
fez these higher punishments sometimes amounts
to 90.1 lashes.
is The it7lians were anbje,cted pi the same disci-
pline ; but among them slighter faults were punished
by a military promenade. The delinquents, loads 4
with their arms and baggage, were cemptlled to
walk backwards aini forwards in a very confined
space, for from ion: to si; hour; at a time, under trice
orders of a cot poril. Besides the ennui, it 1.41 be
readily conceived how paintul their march mutt bar.
been in the time of great heats, and in pai-rovi roads
confined within lligb Walls like those in [lace vicinitr
of Marseilles.

4! In all the howes where the Erigrish tolliers were
lodir,ed, they sought to enaice thilthe;.ves uzet,d, and
were alwa;..s distinguished h 7 very great
They hAd a particular pre,liitxtion fur little inf Ants,
whop they often carried in their arms, to the great
satiytactiou of the norses. I:Jlions, on the con:
trary, ibeie al.w.ls very F.lo.iy, and ie6S 1A1;4144/,"

At a Mce:ing of the Society ior the Ent:curitellt
of A,tt, Ilinnufailura, and Cf.minerce, held ,esti:tclAy
evening, ;he death of the late Po esident, I ace the
Duke at. Noni.z.lLE, was hirtnaliy annotince.tl
S.eretary —when an order was g;ven by the Vice-
Pivsiolent in the Cuair (Dr. Powete), in comishaii:e
wi:h the wishes of the Mem;Jers, ,6 that op ac,;..oott of
the recent death of the President, arid to chew 'he re.
gird of the Society entertain for the memory of his
Grace, yho had, with the most sincere attachment to
;he ii,,terests ol the Institption, presided over it ups 4rds
of 20 years, all business, except reading the ntii.aites of
thelast Meeting, the flopsekeepers' Report, the names
cf persons proposed as Members, and the Correapon•
dente, be Postponed till the next meeting."
The remains of the late Duke of NoRrOLK are to be
removed on Saturday next, from his residence in St.
James's-square, for interment in the limi)y vault,
at Dorking, Surrey.
PEDIESPip sisu.--MaidsiOne, Dec. 20.i17a1 Day),
Tui,ree completed 00 miles last night, and suited at
two o'clock this morning, the weather being extremely
boisterous and wet. At 20 minutes before nine is
the evening he was entering on hisi..iith mile, having.
with the assistance of his boy, completed 1006 miles
of their task-1200 miles in twenty days.
COUBSINII—The West Lothian Coursing Club
met at Westcraigs, on Tuesday, the 7th Novemlrr;
when :evert dogs were entered iikr the Cup, and were
patched as follows s •
Has; CLASS.
Mr. Johnstone Hope's W. and wh. bitch peppy Minx Lest Mr.
F.nkinea N. dog Spring—Hare killed.
Major Sharp's litiodled dog Orange Boren be Sir J.
brie. bitch Fly-i-Hare
Mr. G. I lapoittan Dounialio bl. bitch Yes; beat Sir I. Datitire
'LI. bitch DiaLluits.;—Hue killed.
Mr. loglis's M. bitch Flying Muscovy ran a by chart against
Major Sharp's hi. bitch Speed. Won by :.,peed—bare Wirt.
mops) CLASS. • • "
Mr. Monotone Hope's bath ast Maier Sharp's dog, Unckeide4.
Huy killed.
Mr. Ingl:o's bit* beat Mr. Hamilton pundas'a. p.'s
bitch fell—Hare killed. •
The Meeting wijoirsied tpl Tneeday, 6th Mangier, when
(her met at KitHistan. Major Sharp's *a baling lie/ with a
severe accident, did not appear.
Mr. Johnstone Hope's Melt blot Mr. [nth's, and won the Ceps
Hare Wiled. •

MAlTCatsi
Major S.hup's *Usk Spode boss Mr. J. Hope's bl and white
dog, Osaka.
Mr. J. Heves bdn 4og. Sydfc, best Mr.
•
dog. Pdar—Haro L
Mr. J. Hdte's 1114 d v dog, Osdan, boot
Sooty.
ratilosrp's H. eier.
7-11118
Mier pores trot puitMs4Taitries!

1!414.. tkl aad whiff
beg ?dr. Taylees dog.
r. IRA's bi MP% Plyfaf
agety.llBl

L:.;411, INTLLLIGENCL

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. CO.
JONES V. SMITH.
This was an acti•ai upon the 'case to recover da-
mages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff, incon-
seqttence.of his' having been thrown fr..ni a stage
cimch, of which the defendant was part owner,
through the negligence of his servant.
It appeared that on the 31st of August the plain-
tiff, wt n is a Captain of a West India ship, took
his place on the outside of the Royal Alexander
stage coach. which went by way of Leicester to Li-
verpool. On the arrival of the coach at ten o'clock
at night, the inside passengers stopped at that place,
and those on the outside were transferred to a lighter
coach, called the New Northampton. The guard
then roc( cded to remove the luggage from the first
to the second coach, but in doing so, he said to a
person will then made his appearance,named Gunsby,
who was supposed to be one of the proprietors, that
it was imp.'ssible to place all the luggage on the lighter
coach, withinit imminent danger of the vehicle over-
setung. The proprietor, however, insisted upon the
luggage being placed upon the coach, and accord-
ingly it was so placed. The coach was then about
to proceed without lamps, the night being vet y dark ;
upon which the outside passengers remonstrated upon
the impropriety of pursuing the journey under such
circumstances ; the coachman said he had no lamps
to put up, there being none belonging to that coach.
One of the passengers, Mr. Hulme, then descended
from the coach, and asked for the proprietors, when
I%lr. Gunsby can forward, with whom lie remon-
strated upon the impropriety of buffeting the coach
to proceed without lights, telling him that he had a
wife and children depending on him for support, and
he thought it his duty towards his faintly, not to run
the risk of being killed for the want of lamps. Mr.
Gunsby said, " What do I care for your wife and
children ?" After some altercation, however, be.
tween Mr. Gunsby and the coachman, the lamps
were taken from the first coach and fixed to the se-
cond and lighted. The coachman, apparently in an
ill humour, then mounted the box, and drove off
with the greatest rapidity. Mr. Hulme turned round,
and said to the guard, " If he (meaning the coach-
man) drives at this rate, he will overturn us." The
vehicle tad not proceeded many yards before this
prophecy was fulfilled—the coach was overturned—
the plaintiff was thrown off with his head against
the step of a door, and in the concussion one of his
arms was fractured. The contusions and other inju-
ries he had sustained confined him fur a long time to
his house, and after cat•iderable delay he was obliged
to put to sea. The present action was brought to
recover damages for the coachman's negligence, and
the expeuce to which the plaintifi had been put for
so, decal assistance.
Mr. Edward Hulme proved the plaintiff's case.
akTrouN EY CEN ERA L., after consulting some
time with his clients the defendants, said that they
were willing to make every recompence in their
power, and therefore, they consented to let a verdict
go against them fur 0200 and undertaking to pay all
the costs.
A verdict was accordingly found fur the plaintiff,
damages €2OO.

BENTIO V. sTaxreonrir,
This was an action upon a policy of insurance, da
ted November 10, 1807, on the ship Grove Hill,
from Riga to Hull. The lateness of the action was
accounted for by reason of the absence of the wit-
nesses necessary to prove the plaintiff's case in French
prisons. There were two questions agitated in the
cause : first, whether a licence obtained three days
after the ship sailed from Riga, would legalize that
voyage, the inception of it having been confessedly
illegal? and, second, whether, assuming the voyages
to be illegal, the assured had a right afterwards to
his premium from the undcra ricer
Lord ELLENBORoUGH was of opinion, upon the
first point, that the voyage was illeg4l, and conse-
quently that the assured could not recover the loss :
but as to the second, the as!urcel having contempla-
ted no fraud, but tenafido intending to proci.re a li-
cense as soen as it could bee !gained, his Lordship
thought the plaintiff was in all events entitled to re-
cover his premium.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £47 ss.
The cases adverted to wae a recent one of Cowie
b. Baiber, which was a question upon a South Sea
license ; Lubbock v. Potts, 7 East. 419; and Hobbs
v. liannam, v Camb. 93.
BRYANT V. COBB.
This was an action against the defendant for vio-
lently
'assaulting and beating the plaintiff upon his
back. arms, and other parts of his body, on the Ist
of May, 1814. on board the Marquis of Huntley East
Indiaman. The defendant pleaded, Ist, not guilty;
and, second, that be was seem!and, mate on boats! this '
ship, and the officer then in command of the watch ;
that the plaintiff was a mariner on board :hat ship,
and that ti.e defendant, in the character of second
mate, Lad the care and charge of the ship, and it
was his duty to maintain geoid order and discipline
on board, and that the plaintiff was behaving himself
in an improper manner, and that he (defendant) had
a tight to punish him in the manner complained of.
Upon this plea issue was joined.
It a;:. reared from the evidence of four witnesses
examined on the part of the plaintiff, that he (plain-
till) actid as a tnusician on board the Marquis of
Hin!tley Indiaman, and that the defendant was se-
cor.el mate. On the Ist of May, 1814., the ship being
then in the neighhouthood of the Cape of Good
Hope, the plaintiff was employed, with others of the
sLip's crew, in scoweting the gun•deck, but before he
Lad begun the duty he was required to do, he was
d.etected in making water on the deck. The third
'mate being then in command on the gun-deck, re-
. ported him to the defendant, who was on the upper
deck ; and the plaintiff was immediately brought up
stairs, when the defendant ordered the boatswain's
mute to give him 4g a d—d good starting." Upon
which the boatswain took a three-inch tope, a fathom
lung. and belaboured the plaintiff with it until he fell
apNrently fainting upon the poop. He had then re-
ceived forty blows, when the defendant ordered the
boatswain to renew his task, crying out, 4, Keep on;
d—n herb, cut his heart out 1" He received eight or
nine more blows, when the plaintiff appearing to sink
under the punishment, the defendant ordered the
boatswain to desist. The mu was then taken below
by two of his messmates. who stripped him, and
'Wei:sed his bruises, which appeared to be seirere, with

sarm vinegar. ?for three or four days after, he was
uniible to do any duty, to cut his victuals, or lift his
hands to his head.
Two of the witnesses admitted, on cross.examinae
tion, that they were at this moment receiving a
weekly allowance from Government to maintain
them pending informations, at the instance of
.the
Customs, against the defendant, and other officers of
the Marquis of Huntly,for smuggling.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL addressed the Jury with
his usual ingenuity, on the part of the defendant, and
proceeded to call the following witnesses: Mr. Jo:in
Thacker, the third mate; Wm. M4llonnell, the de-
fendant's servant ; Mr. Alex. M'Farlane, the surgeon;
Frederick Maze, the boatswain's mate; and
Carter, the first mate's servant; from the sum of
whose testimony it appeared that the plaintiff's pu-
nishment Was not so severe as was represented ; that
he had lwen guilty of a very filthy act; that the rope
with %,hich he had been beaten was not more than an
inch and a half in circumference ; that he was not dis-
abled for three or four days. but on the contrary, had
resumed his work of scowering the gun-deck imme-
diately after the punishment; that he resumed his
place in the Captain's band at dinner-time ; that he
sold and heekd a pair of shoes (being by trade a
shoe-maker) within the two following day's; and tha!
he never made any complaint to the witnesses of the
imputed violence on the part of the defendant.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in summing up the evidence,
charged the Jury to say whether there was any excess
in the mode of punishing the plaintiff for the fault lie
had committed ? and if they should be of opinion
that the punishment was excessive, they would give
proportionate damages.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages £15,• costs 40s.
ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.
Yesterday Thomas Armstrong and Thomas Engstrom
were indicted, for feloniously and piratically Doming
away with a certain ship called the Neptunus, upon.
the high seas, and afterwards selling the cargo of the
said ship, consisting of salt, of the value of .€2OOO.
Mr. ALLEY stated the case on the part of the pro-
secution.
Philip Samble deposed, that he was a merchant
and ship-owner, residing at Plymouth. In M irch,
1813, be was sole proprietor of the ship Neptunus,
and employed the prisoner Armstrong to-command
her, in the transmission of cattle to Spain, and on
voyages of another nature. The prisoner Engstrom
was a seaman before the mast. About the time *be-
fore stated, he sent Armstrong with a cargo of cattle
from Cork, to Passages, in Spain. From thence he
returned, and again left Cork upon a similar voyage,
where, after having discharged his cargo, lie went to
Lisbon, thence to St. Übe's, where lie took in a cargo
of salt. The prisoner at this time had the written I
orders of the witness. While he was at St. Übes he
received a letter from him, dated Ist May, an.
nouncing that the Neptunus was ready for sea, with!
a cargo of about 370 tons of salt. Received a bill of I
lading also, signed by the prisoner, to the same effect. I
Witnees never heard from him after ; and in copse-
(pence of information which he had tecetved, he set
off hiniself for Corunna, where lie art i ved on the Istl
of September : found his vessel moored in Cie 6.1 y,
and the two prisoners playing, at tie lodg.ii:!,; s or
Armstrong, at a game called chi:gnu.. 11e imme-
diately addressed the prisoner Armstrong, and called
upon him to account for his extraordniaiy
The prisoner replied, that he had Leen very ent(.ltu.i
nate after he had left Sr. Übe's for Plymouth ; that
the ship had sprung a leak, arid he was compelled to
put into Corunna. Witness then asked him if he had
made a protest to that effeet ? He replied, yes, but it
was in Spanish. He had also sold the salt at a great
price, and had 6000 dollars in his trunk, but had no
Opportunity of getting a bill to remit the amount,
and thought it would wake little difference to keep it
in his trunk. Witness afterwards went on board
ille ship with Armstrong, and found Engstrom in the
cabin. He tsi:nt round to examine her, and found
all her sails gune, and cue cable only left. Arm-
strong said, hr wished to condemn her, and that he
was ilreted 40(af dollars for her. Witness examined
her, but found her in very good condition, not as re-
presented by the prisoner. He was a shipwright by
trade. Went on shore with Armstrong, to Mr. Stolz,
an agent, who read a protest, to prove the ship 114
sprung a leak. Witness thought it untrue, and that
under it tie could not recover from the unuerwriters.
'Ube parties then said they would make up the ave-
rage, and the witness should not suffer loss. He went
next day to Armstrong, to demand the proceeds of
the salt, which he said lie had sold sn the former day.
The prisoner...looked surprised, and said that the
money was all his own !—he had got it through the
medium of his wife's friends. Witness then asked
for his accounts, but -vas told they were not ready,
nor did he ever get them. His suspicions at length
becoming awakened, he went on board the Neptunus,
previous to sending her home, when, upon a strict
investigation, he discovered that several holes had
been made, apparently with an augur and goug-e.
Cross-exanmied.—Did nut see the prisoner before,
Irons the time he left Cork. He had generally been
correct in his accounts. Witness had occasion to go
to Bourdeaux, and there first heard of the prisoner
having gone to Corunna with the ship. Had heard,
however, that Armstrong wrote to Plymouth, stating
his arrival at Corunna. He had Armstrong impri-
soned in Corunna, for the amount of the cargo for
overdrawing him while at Lisbon ; and for the stores
of the ship ; did not, however, seize upon his trunks,
money, or any other property, either in er out of the
ship; Ire was imprisoned only about a fortnight ;
Engstrom was not put into prison. nor did lie dis-
charge him; witness, however, asked that prisoner
what he thought of him, as he could not get him to
settle his accounts ? Engstrom replied, that Arm-
strong was a villain, as he also refused to pay him
his wages. The former, however, went OR shore the
next day, and never joined the ship again ; SAW hint
constantly, however, in company with Armstrong.
When witness came home to England he went before
the Magistrates at Plymouth, and lugged infuriate-
tioos against the prisoners. Armstrong was then in
the Fleet Prison, at the suit of the witness. Witness
admitted that he himself was arrested at the suit of
Engstrom for wages, amounting to C 77, and subse-
queeitly by,Armstrong for £4OO ; bad an action with
the latter at Guildhall before Lord Etlenborough ; at
Mrs. Burkett was one of his witnesses ; he became ac-
quainted with her at Plymouth; through her means
made a discovery which led to the present charge
against die ptieuuers ; would have preened coin-

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