Star.
London, England, 1802-04-03 00:00:00

COCEPIT, WHITEHALL, APRIL z.

Before the Molt Neble and Right Hort. the
Lords Comrniffioners of Appeals in Prise Caufes.
bletta Catherina, Maafs mafter.—This was a
farther proof cafe, with refpea to feveral parcels of
goods claimed by various perfons as neutral pro-
PertY•
It was fubmitted,on the part of the eaptors,there
were ftrong indications of fraud in this cafe, and
therefore the claimants were not intitled to reftitu-
tion of their property.
On the part of the claimants it was fubmitted,
that the proofs were fufficiently full andfatisfaaory.
The Court accordingly reftered the property, as
claimed.

Aurora, Hagedale mater.—ln this cafe there
were alto various claimaints for diferent parcels
of goods, as neutral property.
The Court pronounced reflitation of the pro-
perty, as claimed, except to one claimant, which
goods it condemned, the proof being infufficient.

Wednefday two young men. in the employ of a
printer, in Dean-ftreet, Fetter-lane, were both
committed for trial, charged with haling two
reams of paper, value 61. out of the wareboufe.
At the Kingfton Affizes. on Thurfday, George
Smith was capitally conviaed for robbing, one
King's highway, Mr. Shaw, one of his blajelly's
Mellinger:. It being dark when th robbery was
committed, Mr. Shaw could not identify his w-
rens, but two real:, that were part of the property
then taken from Mr. Shaw, were found at the pri-
loner's lodgings, who could give no account of
them. The prifoner was arreiled at night on the
Kent Road by a Bow-ftreet patrole, and had about
him at the time, a cafe of piftols loaded, and a
dagger. The Jury recommended him to mercy.
wo men, whore names are Archer and Brook,
both of Offen, near Wakefield, were committed
to Wakefield Houfe of Correaion on Wednefday
laft. charged with a defign to take plans of the
different machinery ufed by the woollen and other
manufaaurers, for the porpofe of conveying them
abroad. Brook, a native of this country, has re-
Aded feveral years in France, and is now returned,
h appears, for the purport of accomplifhing this
objet, and bad engaged Archer's affiftance In this
nefarious attempt : a great variety of models were
found in their poffeffion.
Monday Lift Jane Benham and Mary Benham,
her daughter, were committed to Reading gaol,
charged on a- coroner's inqueft held by JOHN
Hsoots Gent. at Sulhampftead, with the wilful
murder of a female baftard child, born of the body
of the laid Mary Benham.
An inqnifition has been taken on view of the
body of Samuel Porter, lqing dead at Perflsore ;
and after a minute inveftigation,the Jury returned
a verdia of—Wilful Murder againft Thomas Ran-
kin, Patrick Sullivan, and Jarrett Byrnes, now in
Worcefter county gaol.
A dangerous gang of offenders, of more than a
dozen men, women, boys. and girls, were appre-
hended by the Peace Officers and the Watch, on
Thurfday fe'nnight at Dublin. A principal in
thig gang is a noted ruffian, who has returned from
tranfportation,named Peurofe,alias Jack the Sailor;
a remarkable female delinquent, nicknamed the
Cow, is alto one of the banditti. They have for a
Ihort time pall committed feveral robberies and
thefts, fome of the plunder of which, viz. notes and
wzaring apparel, were found upon them. There
is a boy among, the gang who had been reduced,
in fining to !Chad, to join them.
Saturday morning fix men were 'enticed at the
ufual place, 11,:ar Winchefter, agreeable to their
relPeaive fentence7:— John Brighton, for uttering
a forged 51. Bank of England note ; Tho. Ealing
and Geo. Lee, for riffling into, and with dreadful
irecationsrobbing (about the middle oldie day)
houfe of Mr. Ridley, of Hcckfield ; John Mac-
lonald, John Jolinfon, and Jofeph Plaits, for
taking open the dwelling houfc of Mr. William
igg, of Headley, and dealing from thence va-
us articles. They all behaved themfelves as
:ame men in their unilappy fituation, and ac-
Avledged that they had juftly forfeited their
,es to di.; much injured ia..vs of their country.

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LONDON MARKETS.

MN-EXCHANGE, FRIDAY, APRIL 2.

Return of the PRICES of FLOUR, from the aoils et March

to the adtb of March inchilere.
Total 5476 faeks.--Average 631.84
31. sid. lowa. than lift return.
PRICE OF HOPS IN THE BOROUGH

Bar 41 Gs to 51 5s I Pockets 41 zos to 71 Os
SMITHFIELD, April a.
To fink the oCal....per !tone of Mb.
Beef 51 44 to 61 44 Vcal - fis 44 to Is 4d

... . -. . . .
Mutton -os 41 to 7s 4d Pork - ss 8d to 7g od
Stock at Market this morning, Beath 6sc, Sheep I zoo.
NEWGATE and LEADENHALI., April 2.
Per !tone of 81b. by the earcafe.
Beef 45 44 to St 4d Veal 4s zod to 6s 841
Mutton is 44 to 6s 4d Pork ss 84 to 7$ od
PRICE OF LEATHER, per lb. AT LLADENHA LI..
Butts, so to 561 b each, - • t7d to istti
Ditto, 60 to 661 b - - - 214 to 234
Merchants Backs . 184 to 194
Drelling Hides - - 14.1 to Isd
Fine Coach Hides - - isd to t7d
Crop Hides for Cutting • 274 to 19d
Flat Ordinary - - zed to ad
Calf Skins, 35 to 401 b per dozen, -21 d to 27d
Ditto so to 7olb - - ltd to 3cd
Ditto, 70 to flolb - - 2sd to 27d
Small Seals (Greenland) per lb. 25 6d to 3s od
Large ditto - . zoos to 140$ per duz.
Tanned Horfe Hides - as to 3cs each
Goat Skins - -20 s to 64$ per dozen
PRICE OF TAI.I.OW IN LONDON.

!I. James's market 4$ 3id Town Tallow 711 6d to os
Clare market 4$ 2iti R ulna ditto (ca.) 66s od to 67s
Whitechapel market as id Ruffia ditto (limp) 64s to 65s
(per Roue of Bib.) White Candle RuMa 65s to 666
---. Melting Stuff 57s od toils

11l pi Ditto Rough 4os od toot
Average Price 4s aid Greaves tps od to es
Good Dregs tts to os
Yellow Soap, has. to os.--Mottled Sos.--Curd, 84s.
Candi:3, its. 6d.—Moulds, 1211. 6d.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, April 1.
St. James's. Whitechapel.
01-lay 310 to 5 5 127 otos to 0 4 oow 5 5 0
Straw il6to a 3 I• to 8 o t 18 to 2 8 o
Clover 6 oto6 to 5 to oto 6 13 •
adcrops o to 5 to

COALS, April s.
Beft Coals In the Pool, al. zi. Od. per Chaldron.
Delivered al. tee. od.
Sunderland, 11. ass. 6d.
Delivered al. as. od.

As Mr. Jolliffe, brother to the late Member,
was returning on Tuefday from the eleaion at
Petersfield, his chaife was fuddenly overthrown,
and his head mangled in a molt alarming manner.
He was conveyed the fame evening to Merftham
Houk, the feat of Colonel Jolliffe, where furgical
alEftance WAS procured with the utmoft expe-
dition.

On the night of Baari's late benefit, at the
Opera-honfe, a lady in the pit had the back of
her !ilk drefs cut open with. Inc (harp-pointed in-
firument, which had probably been provided
for a more lucrative purpofe. A fellow who had
afilimed the gentleman for that night, was inf.
pelted, but not having been feen in the all, he was
permitted to pals unnoticed.
Yefterday a gentleman, a collator of a water-
rate?, going into a chandler's (hop, in Elbow-Line,
fell through an aperture in the floor, and broke
his arm in two places.
Mr. Walter Brown, a farmer in the neighbour-
hood of Carmarthen, was laft week found by his
fan drowned in a well adjoining his honk. It. is
not known by what means this melancholy acci-
dent happened.
On Monday evening a labourer, employed in
the new buildings on Snow-hill, being intoxicated,
by fome accident fell into a privy, where he was
on Tuefday morning found fuffocated. -
Tuefday morning, at the fame place, a mart fell
from a ladder with a hod of mortar, by which ac-
cident a leg and an arm were broken. He was
taken to the hofpital without hopes of recovery.
The fame morning a man leading a vicious
horfe in a cart in Snrry Road, the animal difen.
gaged itfelf, ran furioufly along the road, and over-
fet three carriages; one carriage was entirely de-
=tithed ; one gentleman was flightly hurt. The
horfe and cart was, with much difficulty, flopped
near the foot of the bridge.
A ferious accident had nearly happened at
Brighton on Saturday : a gentleman who had juft
returned from a Ihort journey in a whifkey, on
alighting at his own door, gave the vehicle to his
fon, a boy about twelve years old, to drive to the
yard. The youth, pleated with the talk allotted to
him, readily took the reins, when the father, to
gratify two of his younger children, who flrongly
petitioned for the ride, imprudently placed them
by the fide of their brother. They had not pro-
ceeded far, when the untkilful driver, in turning
tharply round the corner of Raggett's Subfcrip-
tioa-houfe, firuck one of the wheels againft
,the
palifades in front of it • the chalk was, in conk-
quence, overturned; the whole of them were
thrown with confiderable violence over the rails
of the Steyne, but, fortunately, without receiving
any material injury.
On Friday fennight a melancholy accident took
place on board the Holftein Dana prize, lying
to Sheernefs harbour. The sating Officers on board
having no tinder. the carpenter, in order to get
a light, put come powder into the pan of an old
blunderbufs, with a little oakham, and Bathed it
off two or three times. Not obfcrving fome fparks
remaining among the oakham, he poured in more
powder into the pan from the horn, which he held
in his hand, when it inflantly went off with a dread-
ful explofion, (battered the poor man's hand in
a molt (hocking manner, and fratured his fkull.
The (hips in harbour hearing the report, immedi-
ately fent off boats to know the cattle, when they
found the man in the manner defcribed, and not
a foul on board but hirnfell: he was immediately
taken to the Spanker hofpital fbip, and we are
happy to learn that he is in a fair way of re-
covery.
• Many accidents happened by firing old nifty
guns, &c. at Birmingham, on Tuefday evening
Befides others, the following have been taken
to the hofpital. viz. David Hinds, the fingers of
the left hand (battered by the burfting of a blun-
derbufs ; Michael Allen, coach wheels went over
his legs, badly lacerated; Thomas Rice, coach
wheels went over his loins, dangeroufly ill; James
Griffith, violent contufions on different parts of his
body ; Thomas Henfhaw, lacerated arm.

BIRTHS.
At Clarlimannan, the 25th uk. Mrs. Moodie, of a rlauglittr.
Oa Friday bit, at Efcot, in Dorunfhirc,the Lady of Sir John
Kennaway. Bart. of a fon.
On Sunday Lift, in Sloace-ftreet, the Lady of Vincent Stuc-
key, Efq. of a daughter.
Yeftrdly morning, at Canonbury, the Wife of John S. An-
cram, Erg. of a fon.