Star.
London, England, 1809-02-07 00:00:00

oREENOCK, FEIIitITARY s.

Arrived on Wednesday the Pomona, MNAuctfr,
from Grenada ; she sailed on the 23d of' December ;.
the packet for England sailed three days before. The
outward-bour.d Jamaica fleet from Cork passed Gre.
nada on the 19th of December. On the 16th ult. the
Pomona spoke the Column, a sloop of war, on her
return to Bermuda, having accompanied the expedi.
don under Sir GEORGE Pervosr, consisting of 3,500
men, from Halifax, and parted with them on the 29th
of December., to windward of Barbadoes. Previous
to the sailing of the Pomona, General MAITLAND,
with the 15th regiment, from Grenada, sailed to join
in the attack.
Fitenkit LLOYD'S LIST.
• GRAVZ32I4I3, Fes. 6.—Sailed the Aguilar, Robertson, for Ma.
deira, and the Two Patriots, Romell, fur Cork.
On the 2gth ult. only ten sail of the fleet for the
West.lndies, which left Cork on the 22d, were in
company with the FYLLA (the Commodore) then in
lat. 49. 19. long. 10. The following vessels of the
fleet have put back to Cork, viz.—
The Chard, Phillips, for St. Croix ; Ann, Woodberry, for To-
bago; Duncan, Marshal, for Demerara; Halcyon, Bragg, for
'Trinidad; Sussex, Wihop, and the Lucretia, M'Gregor, tor St.
Vincent's • the Graces, Sibson, from Dublin for Barbadoes; Bol•
ton, Fairish, from Whitehaven fur Grenada ; Fame, Slater, from
Whitehaven; Nelson, Thomas, from Bristol; Fortune, Wilson,
from Greenock ; Friendly Emma, for St. Mary's ; Planter,
Jones; Eliza, —, and the Jane, Sleigh, for Jamaica.
The Two Sisters, laden with salt, 'was captured off the South
Foreland, on Saturday last' retaken and sent into Ramsgate.
The Betsey, Hatterick, from Jamaica, for thc Clyde, was de•
serted by the crew on the 29th ult. being in great distress.
The Eagle's Biel, Courtney, from Padstow, for London, is
captured by a French privateer.
The Union, Rider; Ann and Francis, and the Neptune, For-
rester, from New-York, with cotton, are arrived at Liverpool,
having broke tbe Embarzo.

Directions have been given for the blockade of the
ports of Corunna and Ferrol, by the NORGE, ELIZA-
BETH, ZEALAND, and IMPLACABLE, each of 74 guns.
The ALFRED man of war is arrived at Plymouth
with part of the troops from Vigo ; and two more of
the dispersed transports, belonging to the expedition We have received Bahama Papers to the Sd of Dee
undertheorders of General SitEßanooKE, have reached cember inclusive ; but they contain nO news. Govere
Cork. nor CAMERON embarked for England on the 9th of
•It has been stated in some Newspapers that Govern- November, in consequence of which the Government
roent had issued orders to the Transport Board, who devolved upon Mr. MUNNINGS.
bad given notice accordingly, to discharge the greater TowroLA, Dec. 27.—1 t is with great concern we
part of the transports returned from Spain.—That have to state the death of Captain Wm. CoomEE, .of
the number of transports recently contracted for his Majesty's ship HeunEux, who fell gloriously on
may make a further supply unnecessary, is readily the 29th ult. while conducting a well-concerted at-
granted ; and that those of inferior classes, calcu- I tack on the forts and vessels at Bay Mahaut, Guada.
tated only for a very short service, may be dis- loupe. The HEUREUE succeeded in her attack upon
charged as soon as the contract-term expires, is else, i two of the forts, the guns of which they spiked, under
very probable ; but admitting all this, Government the musketry of eight to ten armed vessels, two of
has at this moment a sufficient number of transports which they boarded and were bringing out, when they
under contract for the accommodation of 70,000 I unfortunately struck upon a shoal. This accident
trcops. Where then is the necessity of hiring others? gave the enemy time to bring some field-pieces to
We can, however, assure the public, that no such bear upon them from an outer point of land, and
notice as that stated had been given by the Transport compelled the HEUREVX to abandon them. Whilst
Board. giving orders for that purpose, Captain Coomna re-
ev.•ral passengers from Lisbon, by the brig Fer ceived a round-shot in the body, and almost imme.
diately expired, exclaiming" I die contented—l
dinand the Vllth, arrived in town yesterday. Ano-
ther emigration to the Brazils is in contemplation in I die for my country 1"
The following promotions have taken place in the
the event of the French occupying Portugal—preps.
rations were accordingly making for the departure of • West Indies :
the Members of the Government. cape NSLLY, of his Majesty's ship Captain, to be Commis.
stoner of the Navy at Jamaica.
DRURY-LANE.—Mr. WRIGHT, who made his first Capt. Di Liens, of the Hazard sloop, to the command of the
appearnce on Wednesday last, repeated his perform- Neptune, Admiral CochratT's ship.
ance of Cato last night. There VMS more ease in his ccaapptt: ETA acLete, of
itßAthNee, Ethaol the Jon
asiogantefri to
gate, th etogeth"eeiEsite.halksof 74,
action than on the first night, and he appeared to have Capt. MAlnt, of the Ulysses, to the Jason. n.
more completely the management of his voice. His i Capt. E. WOOLCOMSZ, of the Belleisle, to the Ulysses.
representation of the character was upon the whole Capt.
c pWOOD, off
tthhe Le
aatonatfritshate, to the Captain, of 7+.
very impressive, and he received great applause from
caerT. Coirt.aa, of the Starree doopo e,
to a:a-Circe frigate.
tanhedsthee Demerara.
a crowded audience. Blue Bean: followed, and de- CapP
t. D
ATERSON, of the Hawke, to the Star.
tamed the younger part of the audience to the last. Capt. Bovacniaa, of the Demerara, to the Hawke.
MRS. Cteaxe.—The public have been lately Neptune,..ieutt.sD.rouviarrs,aofththoepod.
pto
he, to
LiCa:ut. KaNNLDY, of the Pompeeag, to command the Port d'Es.
amused with a vari.ty of falsehoods on the subject of
this Lady's History. The following, however, are ' pagne.
the only particulars which can be relied upon. She Capt. Purr°, of the Dart, to the Achates.
is the daughter of a person of the name of FARQUH Capt. CA tataoN, of the Achates, to the Hazatd.Aß, ,
Mr. MtMictun, Midshipman of the Neptune, to be a Lieu&
a native Qf Aberdeen, and who wrought as a printer, nant of the Pompee.
for some time, in the Office of this paper. He after- , MeSlll. ODGER and Srscu, Midshipmen of the Neptiane, to
wards entered into the printing office of Mr. Hectic, be Lieutenants of the Belleisle.
where he was employed as a Corrector of the Press, ' CITY BusteEss.—Yesterday a Court of Common
and had a daughter (Mrs. CLARKE) then a sprightly Council was held at Guildhall, which was numerously
girl, about 12 years of age, who used to read the attended. The Committee for General Purposes re-
proofs to him. Her beauty and lively di'positions ported relative to the expiration of the Act for laying
weracted the notice of the son of a Mr. DAY, who a Toll upon Horses and Carriages, passing on a Sun-
conducted Mr. HUMS'S business. This young Gen- day along Bl:4ckfriars-bridge, which was read, and the
tleman took such an interest in her welfare, that he Court agreed to a Petition to the House of Commons,
defrayed the expellees of her education for two years, for a continuance of the said Act ; which was ordered
with an intention of marrying her ; about the age to be fairly transcribed, and signed by the ,Town
of fourteen, however, she became acquainted with Clerk, and presented forthwith by the Sheriffs, et-
her present husband, the son of a builder, to whom traded by the Remembrancer • and also a Petition
she was subsequently martied. It is but justice for leave to bring in a Bill for the removal of Smith.
to her to say, that there is no ground whatever for field Market. The Irish Society was appointed for
suspecting the truth of her statement with respect to the ensuing year, of which H. C. Combe, Esq. Al-
her husband, or the early part of her life. It is true derman, was elected the Governor, and R. Knight,
that he is of no profession ; for, though bred a stone- Esq. Deputy-Governor.—Mr. E. Clarke was appoint'
mason, he utterly neglected his business, and sunk ed a Governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in the
into indigence and misery. She was thus, at an room of Mr. G. Eades, not in Com Mon Council.—
early period, flung upon the world, with an infant fa- The Committee reported relative to Christ's Hospital;
mily. Her husband, we believe, is at this moment a which was unanimously agreed to.
burden upon his owe relations, at Kettering, in BREAD.— There was no Court of Aldermen held
Northamptonshire. It is also true, that the elderly this day : the LORD MAYOR, after inspecting the re-
female who lives with her is really her mother. turns, ordered it to coatiame at its present
pee.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 4.

THE ICING v. THE MAYOR AND EAILITFS OF LIVERPOOL.

This was sri application for a Mandamus tp dis-
charge au insolvent Debtor, of the name of Miller,
whom the Borough Coint had refused to dischlt
under the Act-for ;the relief of Insolvents.
hearing the 'depositions and Counsel on both sides,
the Court said,- that they wonld exercise a sound.dis-
cretion before they granted a Mandamus ; and that
iaattpdared to them, that the' Court belOw had also
on-their part exercised a souturdiscretion, and had
acted with perfect propriety in not discharging the
insolvent ; of course the Writ was refused.
There :was-also a similar application on behalf of
annaset et.itit.s-67irf the name of Watson, but :the
Coeftvete'ofpinian that upon the affidavit of the
Prisoner himself, there was,caute enough disclosed to
.shew that the Court below hadoacted rightly ii refu-,
si'ig b his discharge they had defile their duty in both
.
instances.
Lprd' Ennesasottorott observed, that applieatietts
had been. made to him upon the subject, in a very
iriegular channel, and he trusted there would be an
end of diem.
FES. 6..-THE IMO v. ALUANDIER DAVISON, smia.
The Defendant appeared in COWL to receive hit!,
sentence.
He was convicted at tie Sittings after last Term ofl
a fraud upon Government, in having, by means of
false aed fraudulent youchers.raceived a eornmiss;on
of n per cent. upop goods Sapplied .to the Barrack
Department, as if they had been supplied by variou'
merchants, he being employed as an agent *for the
purchase of thesi goods with a view to a controul
over the selldes ; when, in fact, the goods for which
he charged a commission were supplied fsy himself,
and the name of a junior. clerk was used, and receipts
and vouchers were exhibited as lot money paid to
him, for the mere purpose of coveting. the fraud.
On the trial ire gave so fall an, account of the evi-
dence, and Of the speeches of the CounseL on both
sides, that it would be perfectly useless to go over the
statement which was made necessary in Court this dal;
The principal evidence relied upon in the conviction
- was tlutot General Delancey, a witness called for
Defendant,, whO p.roved, that under the agree-
ment %Nth he made, it never could be intended that
the Defendant should supply the goods himself, and
have a per centage upon them. It was also clea'rly
proved, that from the nature of the accounts this cir-
cumstance was unknown to the Barracb Office where
they were audited, and it was for tbepurpose of this
concealment that-the false vouchers were fabricated
is the name of Watson a clerk of Davison's, who
was not of age. In the. year 1794, Davison received
Isis first appointnsent, and froth' thai time till 1798,
Belsurchased in strict pirsudnce of the contract, but
411141,11.u.t theirs he chiefly-supplied the goods from his
Atsass.warehouses, and neiertheless charged the com-
mission. In 1806 he applied to Mr. Starbank, at the
'Bard* Office, to get back someaccounts in order to
fiat alterations and correct errors. Mr. Starbank
told him that lie could not hXve .the accounts„ back,
but Le might correct any error by sending in a sup-'
pleraental account, in which, he alight give credit
Go-vernment for 15,0001. but Davison.never mention-
ed this charge of the commission.
Mr. DALLAS addressed the Court in mitigation of
punishment. The arguments were principally of the
same nature with those which Were urged upon the
trial to . prove his innocence. He stated, as circum-
stances of great extenuation, and to 'hew. that he'
could have no object of gain to himself, that he gave
up many profits to which he was.fairly entitled. That
at the time, he was charging commission at two and
• a half,'per cent. he was saving to Government 31. per
cent..har the supply of articles to an.equal or greater
amount at that rate below the actual market priee.-
That; he gave up
-his half pay of 6001. per annum.
when he was appointed to the office in the ordnance,
under liord Moira, and performed all the duties of
it upon a salary which increased his previous' emolu-
ments not more than 701. per annum: • That, at a
' particular period of danger, he supplied arms to 'the
Vountry at cost price. That he raised and clothed a.
Volunteer Corps at his own expence. He relied
also upon the extraordinary character which he had
- received from- Lord Moira and others, who had
known his fidelity_ in the public service ; and stated,
that evert General Delancey, whose evidence in one
point was fatal to him as to the right of charging
the . two and a half per cent. on these goods, yet
spol:e in the highest terms of the great propriety of
his conduct, and the grear aditantage he hid ren-
dered to the service. Mr. Dallas, from various sour-
ces,' estimated the value of the different sums he had
saved to the public, and had given up in salaries
and profits, at 75001 /n ' the conclusion of his
speech, he hoped, that all the circumstances of the case
would induce the Court to mitigate the severity of
his punishment. He laniented that it Must happen
that the innocent relatives suffered in the punishment
of their-guilty kindred. In this case Mr. Daviacat had
two sons, who were both serving their country with
honour and glory ; the one was in the army, the other
in the navy. Mercy to them would, he hoped, at.
temper the justice or the Court, and at least ward off I
from the head of the father any punishment which in
its disgrace might be reflected upon his children. The
'good conduit of the Defendant, through the greater
part of his employment, and in various situations, he
trusted would further atone somewhat for his offence,,
and operate in mitigation of punishment. This the
Defendant might at least be permitted to hope in the
hour of his adversity.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied,%and chewed that
the savings alluded to must be fallacious; for, by be-
uig himself a dialer, the. Defendant necessarily gave
op all that controul which he ought to have had over
Ilse other dealers, and, instead of lowering, keptlup the
*wire price. • -He :hewed also, from the evidence of
Starbank, that Davison never intended to correct the
accounts as to this item, although his clerk Bowring
had given that false colour. to the transaction; It
was only when the Commission of Public Accounts
was formed,r.nd he expected detection, that he thought
of correcting any errors ; and even then, when era-
mined before the House of Ccornnone, he stated that I 1
ne had no.other profit than his commission as an
and had acted. only upon, the original agree-
ment with General Delancey. He left it to ,the ob-
vious sense and reason of the Court to say,'Whether

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Garernment did notr.ecessarily lose all check• and con
trout over the dealers when their agent became also
a dealer ?
The Court ordered him to stand committed till
Friday; and then to be brought up to receive his final
sentence.

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Rieconmat's REpoa'r.—Yesterday the Recorded
made a kepirtlo his MAJesry of the prison=s under
sentence of death in Ntnvgitte, capitallyzetividted

Novenber Sessions last,
J. Starkey,—alias Atkins, S.l....iper. alias Collins, and T. Ca
fir a burglary in the dwelling-house of the Countess Dow-
age* of Mortar.
l A. lylnNsson, for stealing irs.a dwaling-house ; and

l'lVrtiibt, for a rape.
When 3. Starkey, S. Lasper, and T. Cavill, were
ordered for execution on Wednesday, the I.sth inst.
Wright and Stimpson were repited dUring his Ma-
jesty's igeaiure.
Yesterday ',16 femade convicts were removed.from
Newgate, and embarked on board a lighter at Black-
friar's-bridge, to be conveyed to the Indispensible,
Tying at Deptford, for fotany-bay.
On Wednesday was committed to Devizes-prison,
Jane Clark, charged, on the Coroner's Inquest, ,with
killing and murdering her female infant bastard, at
Market Laviagton.
In Inquisition was taken yesterday at the house of Mr. Knoit,
In Oxford-street, en the 'body of Captain Arming, who fell from
kis horse in an apopletic fit the preceding day, and continued in
a state of insensibility till his death. Verdict—Died by the Vi-
sitation of Gon.
Yesterday morning at ten o'clock a Court was opened before
CUARLES JIMA! err, Esq. Coroner for. Surrey, and continued.
sitting, until after two o'clock, examining witnesses, in order to '
ascertain as far as possible by what means Mr. George Johnson
came by his death.
The following are a few additional particulars as they appeared
In evidence :
The deceased was about forty years of age, and hail most re-
spectable connections in town ; he had been First Lieutenant of
tbe:',Allenaar, 50, and was afterwards First Lieutenant of the
Standard, 54. Whilst he belonged to the latter vessel, he was
afflicted with a severe fit of illness, by which he lost his ship.—
Upon-his.recovery, however, ha Val, appointed to the-iinie tank
on beard the Eydereu Aloop, Captain Pengelly. On Friday he
dined with Mr. Willits, of Brewer-street, Golden-iquarb, and,
after taldpg leave of some other friends; set out to in his ship
at tke_Great Nore ; but finding the night far advanced, he applied
for lodgings at different places. in.lCent-street and the-Kent-road,
but to no •effect: There Was-..nothifig further heard abOut him
until'llaturday morning;When hii bbcly•was foiled, as we stated ;
yesterday,' nturcired on the Kent-road.
Thomas Hamilton, of Kent-stteet, labourer, was going from I
his house to Dartfeerl to work, on Saturday morning ; at half
after three, as he walkedalong the road, near Five Bells-row, the
moon shone very bright, and he saw something lying on the
ground slime toCaptain Hardcastie's gate ; be went up towards
it, _and discovered the body ; a man directly jumped over the
railing, atie said to the witness, " What do you want there ? If
you don't go about your business, I'll serve•you the same." The
witness being very much alarmed, bid the man good morning,
and walked on..
Mr. Robert Blanchard, of Peckham, Surgeon and Apothecary,
described the various wounds that had been inflicted on the de-
ceased • be had received about ten wounds on the face, six on
the left baud, by one of which the thumb was nearly severed
from the rest of the hand, as if the deceased had, in the course of
a vigorous resistance, grasped at some sharp instrument, which•
was dragged through his hand ; there were several punctures or
incisions, by a pointed instrument in the neat and neektloth ;
one in particular of a triangular shape ; there were two desperate
wounds on the back of the head, by which the pericranium was i
broken, lnd one wound in a diagonal direction on the neck,. by
which the great. carotid artery was separated, as if by a blunt-
edged instrument ; either of the three last mentioned wounds
would have been stifficient to hate occasioned death..
Mr. Dyke, the landlord of the house where the inquest was
held, John Clybourn, an ostler, and others, proved the finding of
the body. Verdict—Wilful Murder by some person or persons
unknown.

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PARTNERSITIPS DISSOLVED.
Sarah Russell, JosbueßusseU, James Pilgrim, C. T. Russell, and
George Edrneads, of Maidstone, Kent, grocers, Dec. 25, 1808.
Sarah Russell, Limes Pigram, C. T. Russell, and Edward Munk,
of Maidstone, Kent, grocers and stationers, Jan. 1, 1809.
Follett, Sherer, Barton, and Co. of London, (as to John Sherer,
ien.) Dec. 31, 1808.
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George Moxon, Christ. Palmer, deceased, Rob ert Norman, and
- George Moue, jun. of Martin's-lane, Cannon-strcet,London,
batters, Nov. 27, 1808.
Robert Winans and John Stevens, of Love-lane, Eastchcap, wine
and spirit mertehants,"Dec. 31, 18C11.
Samuel Davenport and Beijarnin Haody, of Limehouse, Middle-
sex, brick:, tile and chimneyrpot makers, Sept. 29,1807.
John. Fletcher • and Charlespodtl, of _Northampton, linen and
woollen drapers, Dec:: 17,1808.
Joseph Head and Jonathan Head, of Fdxteth-Park, near Liver-
pool, cabinet-makers; Jan. 1, 1609.
Jacob Thompson and Henry Hunt, of Liverpool, linen drapers,
_lfreember sS, 1808:
RichaVd Walton, John Mitchell, and John "Reynoldsof Salver-
•••street,.London, blue manufacturer) and dry-salters,' Detect-.
gibes 25, 1808. •
Samuel Burton and %Vfiliam Scott; of-11811-laao,- ?ley-street,
Southwark, sail makers and ship chandlers, Jan. 97 1s 09.

' DIVIDENDS.
Febraarf..7. Charlet Wright, of Ald,gate, London, tobacconist,
•ut one, at Guildhall. . • . •
Feb. 7—Alexander Arbuthnot and Richard Bracken, late of Phil-
pot-lane, London, and of Birmingham, merchants, at one, at
Guildhall.
Feb. 4. Roclgford Grange, of York-Place, Portman-square,
miller, dealer and chapn.an, at (waive, at Guildhall.
Feb. 7. Mark Clemencn, of Craven-mt t, Strand, Middlesex,
tayior, at one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 7. Robert Farbridge, of Paragon-place, near the Kent...road,
Surrey, timber-merchant, et ow, ar. Guildhall.
Feb. 4. Isaac Israel Nunes, and Abraham Israel Nunes, of Hack-
ney, Middestx, merchants, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Feb. 7. Robert Sharp, of Upton-place, Stratford, Ess:x, builder,
and carpenter, at one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 4. Peter Stntzenich, of Spring-place, Kenti.h.town, and of
New Bond-street, Middlesex, printseller, at ten, at Guildhall.
Peb.4. James Weston, of Pall-Mall, Middlesex, vintner, at one,

at Guildhall.
Feb. It. John Curteis and John Stephen's, of Penryn, Cornwall,
shopkeepers, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
'Feb. 3. Williaml Hope, of Brampton, Cumberland, manufacturer,
at eleven; at the bush, Carlisle.
Feb. 7. Jeremiah Parkinson and John Stork, of St. Saviour's-
Church-yard, Southwark, hop-factors, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Feb. is. William Cowperthsiaite' of Old Fish-street, London,
grocer and tea-dealer, at ten, at Guildhall.
Feb. 7. Thomas Adams, of Lancaster, merchant, at twelve, at the
King's Arms, Lancaster:
Feb. 6. Moduli Dawson, tate of Lancaster, grocer and spirit-
merchant, at ten. at the Commercial Inn, Lancaster.
Feb. s. John Popplevell, late of Kingston-upon-Hull, Mc don eer,
at eleven, at the Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Feb. 4. Joseph Reppen and John Reppen, of Clapham, Sullen,
' dealers in coals, at ten, at Guildhall. • •
Feb. 7. Richard Banks, of Elthani, Kent, victualler, at one, at
• Guildhall, London.
Fels. 7. ',l'homas Dearing and Michael Forster, of Lichfield-street,
Soho, Middlesex, hotel and tavern-keepers, at ten, at Guildhall.
Feb. 9. Wm. Sisson, late of Whitehaven, Cumberland, wine and
spirit-merchant, at eleven, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven.
Feb.-11. James Wood, of Lindfiedd, Sussex, victualler, at twelve;
at the Star Inn, Lewes.
Feb.ll. George Augustus Child, of Bristol, scrivener, at eleven,
at the Bush Tavern, Bristol.
Feb. 7. Henry Hart, of Great Corarn-street, Brunnvlck-square ,
Middlesex, broker, at one, at Guildhall.
Feb. 11. Henry Grundy Bectson, late of Gray's Inn-square, Mid-
dlesex, money-scrivener, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Feb. 11. Samuel Davis, of Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, Loadolt,
Fnerchant, at eleven, at Guillhali.