Star.
London, England, 1809-12-18 00:00:00

_ DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.

The Talbot, for the Twee Gebroeders, captured April 26, 1809 ;
Bagatellen, April 29; Neskilden, April S 0; Emanuel, May 2;
Providentia, May 10; Gesina, and Nautilus, May 18; and Sara
Catharina, May 19, 1809, will be paid on board to-morrow, and
recalled at No. IS, Great George-street.
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Ringdove, for I. Trente et i':itarante and rEglee, French pri-
vateers, captured January 7 and 8, 1808; and recalled at No. 22,
Arundel-street, Strand.
Gibraltar, for the Marie Josef, captured Nov. 4, )806, will be
paid on board op the 26th inst. and recalled at Messrs.Hingeston's,
at Falmouth.

Bustler, for les Deuz Guillaume, Felix, and Bien Vent'', cap-
tured Sept. 18, luOtt, recalled at No. 22, Arundel-street, Strand.
Melampus, for the Valliant, captured June 25, 1805, will be
paid on Thursday next, and recalled at the Office of Mr. John
Hawker, Plymouth, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, DEC. 18.—From the
late contrary winds, coastwise, there are short arrivals
of Wheat this day; early in the forenoon sales of
fine were at a small advance in price, but other qua-
lities at little variation—Barley likewise in short
supply, and full as dear—ln Malt and White Peas
little alteration—Beans of the two descriptions fluc-
tuate but little—Oats are also in short supply, and
this trade fully at our last prices quoted—Flour is
without alteration.

GENIMAL CUARINCT Al UNDtIII s
Wheat, 78s. BSs. 1094. Beans, (old) 601. 664.
Pine ditto, 106 s 1101. Tick ditto, (old) 50s. 955.
Rye, 50s. 545. Oats, 26i. 30s. :oh:
Barley, 506.565. Od. Poland ditto, 365. 995. Od.
Malt, Tes. 365. Potato. ditto, 411. Os. Od.
White Peas (Boilers) 765. 861. Rape Seed, 481..`2. •
Fine Flour, 90s. 9.15. Seconds Us. Ws.

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The AtvoiitEr GENRICAL stated this to be an ac.
Coif by a foreign seaman, to recover from the defeu•
dant, who. was the Captain of an American ve,sel,
named the 'Logan, the amount of his wages, in it
voyage from and to the port of I..ondon, which omit.
pied the space, of one year except nine days. The
plaintiff was one of ten hands by whom this vessel
had been navigated, twelve having been originally
engaged, two •of whom deserted, and whose wage!
the defendant had agreed to divide among the other
ten, on their undertaking to navigate the vessel them=
selves, without any further assistance. The plaintiff
and his companions had brought the vessel safe up
the River, and did not quit her till she was moored
at the station assigned her. They then quitted the
ship, with the consent of the Mate, and returned the
next. day for their clothes. On a subsequent occa,
sion they • applied to the defendant for their wages,
which he promised to pay them the moment the ship
was unloaded. This he had since refused to do.

The agreement between the defendant and the
seamen, in which•the lowest rate of wages was £5 per
month, was given in evidence. Also the agreement
by the defendant to divide the wages of the tJro men.
who deserted among the other ten.
Lord EbLENBOROUGH held, that this latter agree-
ment was illegal. The defendant might have entered
into it, from any thing which appeared, through cam.
pulsion : and, besides, he had already purchased all
the services which the plaintiff and his companions
had to bestow.

The seamen on board the Loran were then exa-
mined, who proved that they navigated the vessel ;
that they did not quit her till she was safely moored
in the station assigned her in the River ; that they
then went on shore, with the consent of the Mate, the
Captain not being then on board ; and that they re•
turned to the vessel on the following day, and got
away their clothes. Two of them also swore to a
promise made by the Defendant on the Royal Ex•
change, when applied to by one of the partners, to
know when their wages should be paid, that they should
be paid the moment the last bale of goods in the cargo
was over the ship's side.
Mr. GARIIOW, for the defendant, represented the
present as being a case of the very last importance
to the mercantile interests of the country. With the
very great naval force Which Great Britain was
obliged, in the present circumstances of the world, to
maintain, it was hardly possible that our commerce
could be carried on without the assistance of foreign
seamen. To what a deplorable state, however, must
the commerce of the country be reduced, if it should
be held that not one or two of a crew, but that every
man on board should be entitled, the moment they
come into any river leading to the port where they
were to unload, to desert the vessel, and to leave it ex-
posed to the thousand accidents which even then it
might by possibility encounter ? It was part of the
maritininplaw of this country, and it was also a stipu-
lation in the agreement in question, that any of the
mariners quitting the vessel before the navigation
was concluded, and deserting for the space of forty-
eight hours, should not only forfeit the wages due to
them, but • also the clothes and other articles they
might have on board. This, he should prove, was
the case in the present instance. The mariners, one
and all, who, it was to be observed, had come forward
as witnesses in their own cause to-day, not only quit-
ted the vessel without leave of the Mate, who was the
commanding officer on board, but returned the next
day, and, under the idea that the obtaining of their
clothes would operate as a remission and Oblivion of
their former offence, so as to enable them to insist for
their wages, carried off their clothes, also compelling
the Mate to give them the key of the locker in which
their chests wen, deposited.
To prove this defence, the principal witness was
the Mate, but his evidence being unsatrsfactory, the
Jury found for the plaintiff ; thereby deciding the
other nine actions.

'ILLIAMS V JOHNSTON AND YEATES.
This was an action brought against the defendants,
respectable wharfingers, of Dice and Smart's Wharfs,
by the plaintiff, formerly their walker, to recover the
sum of £3l. 10s. being the amount of sixty weeks
wages, at half-a•guinea per week, for collecting
wharfage, and distributing wharf-bills. The plain-
tiff's case being proved, it appeared on the part of
the defendants, that a considerable number of Yar-
mouth and Hull vessels resorted to their wharfs, and
that the plaintiff's duty was to collect freight, &c. for
the Captains of the Yarmouth vessels exclusively, for
which be had been paid in the usual manner ; that
they never considered him their servant ; and that at
the Christmas of the preceding years, 1807 and 1808,
they had gratuitously given him a present of 10 gui-
neas, for any little business he had transacted for
them, to which sum he had, not only, not objected,
but expressed his thanks for the boon, and his surprise
at so liberal a reward for so trivial a service.. This
case was also made out in evidence, but it appearing
that the defendants had continned to employ the
plaintiff in the same way, during the whole of the
period for which he now claimed payment, and had
not paid him— • •
Lord ELLENBODOVVI:thDIIght it would meet the
justice of the case, to take the•two former years' re-
muneration as a criterion to go by, and the Jury ac-
cordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages
£12,175. and 'costs.

• COHEN V. LEVI.
This was an action between two Jews for an assault,
by which the plaintiff was severely bruised, and laid
up for several days under medical attendence. A
dispute had arisen between the parties respecting a
bed, which the plaintiff, whd way a furniture-broker,
was to have altered tor the defendant. The parties
had met in Cheapside, where an altercation ensued,
and when the plaintiff mas going home, the defendant
followed him, knocked him down twice, and beat
him most severely. The plea was son assault demesne,
the defendant alledging that the plaintiff first spit in
his face, and kicked the defendant so furiously, when
the parties were both down together, that the defen-
dant had been unwell ever since. The evidence,
however, went only to the plaintiff' lshing the de.
fendant from him durins,
I the plaintiff—Damages A.'!

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1M SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

AD'AITRALTE.OFFICE, DEC. 16.
a Letter from Captain Sir George R. Collier, of his
•ity's Ship the Sarvegiante, addressed to the Honourable
S•opford, and transmitted 'oy Lord Gambier to
;oho Wilso:i Croker,
His Majesty's Ship Sarre!ante, at Sea, Dec. 3.
Sirs—l have the honour to acquaint you, that his
Majesty's.ship under my command has been driven
in the late gale, rather to the southward of the sta-
tion allotted to her by your order ; and in recovering
my ground this day, captured the French cutter pn-
vateer la Comtesst Laure, Jean Jacques &Was,
Commander.
The privateer is of a class and possesses qualities,
admirably calculated for the annoyance of the British
trade ; she is copper-bottomed and sails fast; pierced
for sixteen guns, and has fourteen mounted twelve
and eight pounders ; fifty-five men on board, being
part of her complement ; five days out of Rochelle
without making any, capture. I have the honour to
be, Ste (S•rmed)
'b G. R. COLLIER.

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 15, 1819.
The KT,tc, has been pleased to appoint the Hon. HINItYWEL
LESLLY to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to hi: Catholic Majesty FZII/J*MoIND the Vllth ;
and has been pleased to direct hi:r to reside in that Character at
the Seat of the ('eutral or Supreme Junta in Spain.

MILI'I'ARY PROMOTIONS.
WATt-oFFICE, DEC. IG.
lit Regiment of Dragoon Guard;—William A. Maxwell, Gent.
to he Cornet, by purrlio,.e, vice Bait, promoted.
eth Ditto—Cornet Budkott Smith to b..: Lieutenant, by purchase,

vier Smart, who ret
Ist Regiment of Dragoonsirßohert Curtis, Gent. to be Cornet,
without purchase.
2d Ditto—Cornet Franch Stupart to be Lieutenant, by purchase,

vice Lltristie, who retires.
ith Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lientenant G. W. Walker to
be Captain of a Troop, vice Young, deceased.
10th Ditto—Cornet Joseph Smyth to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, and John Cottin, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Smyth.
11th IX:to—Major J. W. Sleigh to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Thomas, who retires t Captain Archibald Money
to be Major, by purchase, vice Sleigh; Lieutenant Charles
Fallon to be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Money ;
and Cornet Thomas Binney, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Fallon.
17th Ditto—Lieutenant Charles Sale, front the 12th Foot, to be
Lieutenant. vice Read, who exchanges.
18th Ditto—Hospital Mate Joseph Point to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Jebb, promoted.
20th Ditto--Cornet Robert Saunders to be Adjutant, vice Har-
risen, wins resigns the Adjutantcy only; and Ensign Thomas'
Irwin, from the stlth Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase.
91st Ditto—Samuel White Fuge, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Best, who retires,
25th Ditto--Staff Serjeaut Houghton, from the Cavalry
Depot, to be Regimental Quarter-Master.
is: Regiment of toot—Ensign Henry Greene, from the 44th
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Keane, who exchanges,
9th Ditto--Lieutenant John Woodham: to be Adjutant, vice Per-
cival, who resigns the Adjutantey only.
10th Ditto--Brevet Lieutenant-Coiond John Peter Hamilton,
from the 4th Garrison Battalion, to be Major, vice Bates, who
exchanges; and Robert Bluntish, Esq. to be Paymaster of the
2d Battalion, vice Rkland, who resigns.
12th Ditto--Lieutenant lames Read from the 17th Light
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Saie, who exchanges.
Eith Ditto--Liemenant lt. Gale to be Adjutant, vicefKelly, who
resigns the Adjutantey only ; and Serjeant-Major Kitsell
to be Quartet-Master, vice Ferguson, promoted in the sth Gar.
risen liattellon.
ltd Regiment of Foot.
To be Ensigns,
Robert Keirnander, Cent. without purchase, vice Poole, whose
appointment has not taken place ; Richard Montagu Oakes,
Gent. by purchase, vice Norton, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet
John Hewett, from the Royal Military College, vice Finlay-
sou, deceased.
•Fo be Adjutant. with the Rank of Ensign,
1-,ln Kendall, Gent. vice Poole, who resign; the Adja;antcy only;
Ett,iin and Adjutant John Kendall to have the Rank of Lieu-
tenant.
26th Ditto--Ilospitallliate David Hay to be Assistant-Surgeon.
99th Ditto--Er.sign John. Evans to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase.
Sid Dian--Ensign Adam Twigg to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Hook, appointed to the 82d Foot.
84th Ditto—Ensign David Richardson, trim the sth Car: icon
Battalion. to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
Ensign William Collis, from the 411 Garrison Battalion, to be ditto.
33th Ditto--The Hots. William Fitzmaurice Deane to be Ensign,
vice Hall, deceased.
40th Ditto—Ensign James Butler to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Ramos, promoted in the Silt Foot.
42d Ditto—Lieutenant John Swanson to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice James Macpherson, deceased ; Ensign John Mal-
colm to be Lieutenant, vice Swanson ; James Brander, Cent. to
be Ensign, vice Malcolm.
43d Regiment of Foot.
To be lieutenants, without purchase,
Lieutenant Thomas Gordon, from the 2d Dragoons; Ensigns
Richard Brunton, Charles Mayne, and O'Counell.
To be Ensigns, _ . .

Duncan Campbell, Gent. vice Brunton; Henry Banbrick, Gent.
vice Mayne; Alexander Steele, Gent. vice O'Connell.
44th Ditto--Ensign Charles Keane, from the Royals, to lie En-
sign, vice Greene, who exchanges.
49th Ditto--Ensign George Ratcliffe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Kittermaster, who retires.
30th Ditto—George Anthony Goddard, Gent. to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Irwin, appointed to the 20th Light Dragoons.
Hospital-Mate Josep's Brown to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ri-
chardson, promoted iti the 95th root.
56th Regiment of Foot.
To be Lieutenants without Purchase—Ensign Redmond Brough,
vice Phelps, resigned ; F.nsign Amos Thorne, from the 65th
Foot, vice Hodder, deceased; Ensign Hugh Moore, vice Jen-
kinsoft, resigned.
To he Ensigns--John Kendall, Gent. vice Moore; Robert 110-1
hertson, Gent. vice Brough.
Stith Ditto—Ensign lticLa-d Hargrave, from the 96th Foot, to be
Lientetumt, without purchase.
410t5 Ditto-- de Irgersleben, Gent. to be Ensign, without
pitrlurse, vice Johnson, appointed to the 67th Foot.
64t1. Dato--Ensign Robert M'Leroth to be Lieutenant,without
par :hose, vice Bennet, protaoted ; Robert Letham, Gcnt. to
be Ensign, vice IvPLeroth.
63th Ditto—John Byrne, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Thorne, promoted in the 51.11 )-out.
67th Ditto—Ensign H. C. Johnson, frt.l.l the COth Foot, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Reynolds, promoted i 3 the 95th
root.
bath Ditto--Lieutenant James Bisset to be Captain of a Com-
pany, vice Cunningham, deceased; Ensign Harmatt du Tenon
to he Lieutenant, vice Bisset ; Jubeph Decker, Gent. to be En-
sign, vice du I.enon.
nth Ditto.—Assistant-Snrgco:l W. G. Burrel, from the 63d Foot,
to be Assistant Surgeon.
113t1 Ditto--Lieutenant Edward Renwick, from the 72d Foot,
to be Captain of a Company without purchase, vice Hokbrooke
who res'esns.
19th Ditto--Easign John Dareey, from the Clare Militia, to be
Ensign.
firth vitro—Captain Richard Butler to be Major, without put-
chase, vice Hilliard, deceased; Lieutenant Richard Cruker
Reent to be Captain, without purchase, vice Butler.
S' Ditto--Aleaande; Sutherland, (hot. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Mashall, promoted ; A. Campbell, Gent, to be
ditto, without purchase, vice Ottley, whose appointment has
not taken place.
Ditto—Ensign John Reynolds, from the 67th Foot, to be
ups I.ieutenant, without puretase.
Ditto—Wm. Barney. Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase,
tee Hargrays, promoted in the 58th Foot.
Pitto—Jatats Buchanan Macaulay, Gent. to be Ensign,
Adroit purchase, vice James Bake, who resigns.

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