Star.
London, England, 1809-04-27 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESEND, APRIL VS.--Sailed the Hope, Lowe, for Hon-
dens; Juno, Smith, for Cadiz ; Triton, Tozer, for Hayti; Geor.
Gina, Smith, for Cu racoa ; Golden Fleece, Babell, for Waterford;
Vigilant, Livingston, for Dublin ; Medway, Watson ; Pelican,
Nara ; and the Fortune, Cowly, for Malta.
Saturday se'nnight arrived at Leith the Danish sloop Anna,
Maedowgal, of Drontheim' prize to the Childers sloop of war;
• and on Friday morning the Johanna Christiana, Adams, of
Bergen, prize to the Leveret sloop of war.
The Cornelia, Rigg, from Liverpool, for Madeira and Berbice,
is put into Holyhead, with the loss of topmasts, au anchor, and
eight guns.
'flee Hero, of Sunderland, coal-laden, having sprung a leak at
sea, put Into Whitby, where she has beat off her keel, and re-
ceived considerable damage.
Aaantscp—Off Dover, the Draper, Gowen, from Belfast. At
Portsmouth, the John, —, from Rio Janeiro. Off Plymouth,
the Harmony, Duncan, from Honduras. Off Falmouth, the
Ettingden, Kennedy, from Jamaica. At Liverpool, the Braganza,
Evans, from Jamaica. At Limerick, the Richard, Johnson, front
Baltimore. At Gottenburgh, the Sally, Scott, from Charleston ;
' and the Resolution, Bunker, from New York. At St. Helena,
the Young William, —, Som the South Seas. At Honduras,
the Dahlia, Thong:mai ; Carr, Barret; William, Lee; and the
Dispatch, M‘Millan, from London. At Trincomalee, the Europe,
Oilstone; Lord Castlereagh,--; and the Lord Keith, —,
from London.
The arrival of the fleet from Carlscrona, consisting
of seventy or eighty sail, may be daily looked for.—
The following is a letter from Captain BOYS!" ,of the
ship Harmony, dated
_

" Carlscrone, 16th April.
" I have the pleasure to Inform you, that a prospect of our
getting out of this harbour has at length presented itself. Two
frigates hare just appeared in the offing with the signal flying for
the ships•to come out and join convoy. Ido not think the whole
will be able to get out this day. if the breeze does not freshen, it
being at present Dearly calm, with a great quantity of ice In the
harbour.

e• We are now sailing and warping through it. Them's a great
deal of Ice ha the Baltic yet. I ant informed the two frigatn have
been ten days between this place and Bornholm, and that they
were prevantcd lay the ice from gettiug hare iooner,•

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Line IN7'ELLIGZAICE.

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ALEXANDER DAVIDSON.

This day AtAtitAtmen DAvmsos, the celebrated
Contractor, was brought up to receive judgment la.
the Court of King's Bench ; when Judge Gupta
sentenced him to imprisonment in Newgate fbr.
TWENTY-ONE CALENDAR MONTHS His
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stated, that the punishment would have been much
severer if the Defendant had not paid into. Codit
wards of Eighteen Thousand Pounds !

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was for criminal t9nvervltlon vO. th the pht'.n"
wife ; and all that the defendant knew of the pro.
ccedings against him was. the receipt of, a !mete tf
declaration ; that was in 1804 ; since which he had.
raded three yeara Ind a half at Tooting, In SurreYl
And the plaintiff haegot jildginent against him by
default, and a kieritf's Jury had awarded him 10Qul.
damages. If the Court, therefore, did not assist him.
it was probable he would t penal the remainder of his
days in a gaol, at .he could not be discharged under
the Insolvent Debtor's Act.
The Court granted a Rule to shew causes •
CONTEMPT OF PROCESS.

A Rule to shew cause why an attachment should
not issue against a person-of the jiame.of Hatton,
.was obtained for a contempt of legal process, he !cat-.
ing attempted to escape from the Sheriff's officerwho•
arrested him. The personal injury complained' of
was, that Hat:on;in'his resistance, had cut the bailiff's
eye and his head, and' nearly strangled him, by
squeezing his throat.
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• DOE OSI 'THE DEMISE OF DONO 06 ITARRIS•
This was an action arising out. of the calamity of
the fire at Covent Garden. .The lessee of the plain.
tiff kept a public house adjoining the theatre, called
the .Struggler's, which was-constienicrWith the theatre.
He was, however, entitled to the scite where the house
stood durietg the remainder of his term. The ground
being wanted in the erection of the new theatre, Mr.
Harris had taken possession lit without his consent,
and he brought.the present action to recover back the
possessirm.

- The case was admitted, when Mr. GARROW, for
the defendant, on behalf of the proprietors of - the
theatre, rose to explain their situation. He admitted
the plaintiff had a short interest in the ground in
'question, and if he had been contented to have received
five hundred times its value, it would have been given
him, but he thought to make great benefit from a
public calamity, and wanted to extort most shame•
fully from the wants of the proprietors. Upon which,
'under his advice, they had adopted the present mode,
and having agreed with the owner of the ground, they
would not pay his enormous -demand for his few
months interest.

He must have a verdict, and long before he could
reap the fruits of it, his interest would be at an end.
Mr. PARKE said he claimed to have thirteen
yeari interest.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed that would properly.
come in question in the action for the rrofits ; at pre-
sent the plaintiff must hive a verdict;—Verdict
plaintiff.

• BALER V. SHACKLE.
This was an action of trespass., The parties we"
Ladies' dress-makers, in Bond-street ; and the for-
mer having sold the good-yili.of his shop to the latter,
he reserved for himself a morn in the house, free of
expence for one year, the more Conveniently 'to wiad
up his own concerns. The plaintiff, however, being
absent from town, the defendant took the opportunity
of repla.cing and beautifying his house ; and removed
the closets where the plaintiff's books of accounts and
private papers were locked up. The damage alledgcd
was, that 'the room was broke and entered by the de-
fendant, without leave or licence, and his private .par
pers exposed to the eye of curiosity or impertinence.
Lot d ELLENBOROUGH Said, that considering the
terms on which the .pirties had lived, lit thought the
action might have been spared.
The Jury found for the plaintiff.—Damages Fine
Pounds.