Star.
London, England, 1812-11-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGEYCE.

• OALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 21.
Arrived the PliCENli cutter horn Ccrunna, left on
Sunday last, the Duke of Montrose packet was to
sail on thi evening of the same day. Sailed his Ma-
jesty's schooner ALPHEA) Lieutenant M'DONALD,
with the Regent and Success transports, with cavalry,
sn'd Rambler (merchantman), GODFREY, for Lisbon;
the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon ; and Chiches-
ter packet, for Bermuda with mails. The Windsor
Castle packet sails tc-morrow for Cadiz, Gibraltar,
Malta and Sicily.

DEAL, NOVEMBER 23.
Arrived the SNAP and Boxen sloops of war, from
Leith, boUnd to rortimouth. Came down from
Sheerness, the CRANE and BERMUDA sloops of War ;
also the James PosmEwarrE, lot Jamaica, from the
River. Arrived his Majesty's sloop CALLIOPE, frum
cluize.—Wind S. W.

The Favourite, Bps, from Liverpool to Picton, was taken on
tie Ist alt. off Cape Breton, by an American privateer.
The Argo, Walker, from the bouth Sea:, to Londor., is taken
iy an American frigate.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.MONEY.

Fisgard, for the Wasserhemmel, &c. ; Fisgard, Lynl, and
Flamer, for the Juliana, Ziska, Omen, and Furet ; Fusgard and
Lynx, for the Christina Margaretha and Aurora ; and Brilhant,
for le Point du Jour, the 27th inst. at 41, Norfolk-street, and
there recalled.

. Sandwich, for the North Star, on board; recalled at 41, Nor-
f. ipitreet.
_

Lana, for the Brutus, the 26th inst. at 13„ Clement's Inn, and
there recalled.

Alert, for the Patriot and Blazer, at 1, At'child Terrace, and
tare recalled.

The officers and company who were itt Anholt at the time of
ks Invasion by thebanes, tor head money, erdnance stores, and
two gun-vessels, on the 27th inst. at 13, Great George-street, and
elnre recalled.

• Goldfinch, for the Nostra Senora del Carmen and Retrieve;
•attd Cretan, for the Neptune, the .28th inst. at RS, Surrey-street,
and there recalled:

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

Rear-Admiral SUrridge is appointed to command his Majesty's
Ape and vessels at Chatham.
Mr. W. G. Dowden, midshipman, of the Cephalus, to the
rink ohLieutenant.
Rear-Admiral Surridge, to be Commander in Chief at Chatham.
Captain Bouchier is to be Admiral Foote's Captain.
Captain Donald Me. Lend, to the Princess.
Captain Porlie,,, to.the Sattelite.
Lieutenant W. Webb, to the Centaur.
Lieutenant J. Pitt, to the Banterer.
lieutenant T. Evans, to the tterfleur.
Lieutenant S. Millet, to the .Abercrombie.
Lieutenants I. M'Gee and W.Weiss, to the Pelican.
Lieutenant W. Kirby, to the Sattelite.
Lieutenant I. Sadler, to the Princess.
Lieutenant T. Scott, to the Con/act.
Lieutenant Parry, to be second of the Wirer.
Lieutenant %Vm. Todman, to the Rol al Williatn.
Lieutenant S Donovan, to command the Veteran.
Lieutenant Cyrus Elliot, to be second of the Prothee.
Lieutenant Wadham, of the Royal William, to the signal sta-
tion at Fort Cumberland.
Lieutenant W. Wilson, to be Agent for prisoners ou parole at
tridgenorth.
Lieutenant Plowman, to the impress service at Cork.
Mr. P. L. O'Riley, Purser, from the Ardent, to the Canada.
Mr. Mille, Purser, from the Indefatigable to the Ardent.
Mr. Mc. Arthur, Purser, to the Indefatigable.
fAr. John Finucatie, Surgeon, to the Assistance.
r. Thontas Gallaway, (2) Surgeon, to the Vengeance.
Mr. R. W. Bampfield, to be Surgeon of the Veteran.

FIRE IN SHEERNESS DOCK•YARD.—Saturday morn-
ing, about two o'clock, the alarm-bells were rung ittil
consequence of a fire being discovered in the Yard,
17 one of the centinels belonging to the battalion of
detachments, on duty at that fortress ; but owing to
the alertness of the men of this !mullion in bringing
the engines to the spot, and their exertions in supply-
ing them with water and working them, we are happy
tn state, that the tire was got under without doing
atiy material injury.
Friday night, about five o'clock, as one of the pas-
°age-boats which p:lss from Mutton Cove Quay, Ply-
Mouth Dock, to Cremill Passage, was endeavow mg
t°,lltati a Portsmouth sloop that was going out of
ljamoazo, the bowsprit of the latter passed through
the sail of the former, and in a moment the boat
(which was a very strong one, and worth £e6o) was
shivered into an hundred pieces. There were on
ficarcreleven women, the two boatmen, and a boy,
the sun of Mr. Gethin, who keeps the Inn at Cremill.
The most dreadful shrieks instantly announced the
!Ilia petted catastrophe, and a number of boats pull-
lag to the Spot, with 'a promptitude that deserves
much praise, the whole were preserved from a watery
grave, though the tide arm then running down with
such velocity through Hamoaze, as nearly to sink
the buoys.
From a Pr: eilmation which has appeared in the
Ghttgov.r Papers, it appeari that some riots in that
place have been occasioned by the weavers interrupt-
mg such of their associates as are working at a lower
tst.: of wages than that lately fixed by law.

LAW INTELLIGENCE..

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. O.
MORRIS Ir. COLMAN.
The LORD CIIANCRLLOR, this morning, said, the
'Master was clearly wrong in his Report; he ought
to have stated, as the fact was, that Mr. Colman did
consent, though with a protest. His Lordship said
he should take the fact to be so, leaving the law upon
this tact to be argued ;—he would certainly take the
words of his declaration from Mr. Colman's own
state of facts, and would give it in the morning. •
.Sir SAJstum. ROP.IILLY" Then, my Lord, the ex-
ception to be allowed, and the deposit money to be
returned ?"

LOUD CIIANCFLLOR -•••4 6 With a declaration of Mr.
Colman's proest."

COUR OF KING'S BENCH, ROY. 23.
Mr. Justice BAILEY, previously to the arrival of
the other Judges of the Court, was occupied for some
time in hearing the justification of bail. Some At-
tornies were also sworn, and several Insolvent Deb-
tors came up to take the benefit of the Act.

THE DUKE OF ST. ALBANS V. ELLIS.

In this case Lord ELLENBOROUGH delivered the
judgment of Court, by which the demurrer herein
was affirmed.

THE KING W. DAVIS.

William Davis having been found guilty of a this:
in having endeavoured to seduce a watch-
man to colleague with him in drawing off runt from
puncheons in the London Docks, in such a way that
‘g the most ski!ful guager would not be able to discover the
loss," was binught up for judgment. He was in the
employ of Drinkald, a lighterman, and it appeared,
that the prisoner had endeavoured to gain this and
other proselytes to this practice of 66 priding pimples,"
by observing how easily it might be done, adding,
that 66 Christmas was coming on, and a bottle or
two of rum would enable them to make themselves
comfortable in the cold weather." This reasoning, ad
ho►ninem, however, had not the desired effect on the
persons appealed to.
The Court sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned
in his Majesty's gaol of Newgatc, for the space of
Eighteen Calendar lvlonths.

THE KING v. rickEnixa.

The defendant herein, was brought up for sen-
tence, he having been found guilty of an assault upon
Mr. Aldridge, tried at Salisbury the last Assizes.
The notes of the trial were read, from which k
appeared, that the patties were Sportsmen, but in the
estimation of defendant Aldridge, had no right to
shoot where Pickering met him. Mr. P. politely
called the parties scamps, and said to Aldridge, d•-•-n
him, he would shoot him, as he was an unqualified
man." The assault hereup, n took place, in conse-
quence of Aldridge repelling the language of Pic-
kering.
An affidavit was about to be put in from Pickering,
but Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought it would be unne-
cessary, as it was rather an equitable than an actual
assault.

The affidavit, however, was read, in which was
set 'forth the pains he had been at to preserve the
game of the manor, of sihich the deponent was the
lord. He complained to the parties in c,‘mpany with
Aldridge, of having greyhounds and pointers with
them, which tended to "spoil the spurt." The pro-
secutor then behaved in an insulting manner, flou-
rishing about his gun, &c. upon which the deponent
w/s induced to observe, it that conduct were meant
as bravado to him, 4, he would ram the gun down
prosecutor's throat!" Nothing turther than words
[followed.

Sir W. GA RROW, on the part of the defendant,
merely re-marked, that, as no grievous assault had
taken place, he would leave the minter completely
with the Court.

Mr. loerisc, on the part of the prosecution, con-
tended, that the public peace, as well as gentlemanly
notions, called for an exemplary sentence, particu.
lady Ls the defendant was a man of wealth and con-
sequence in the county of Wilts. Could such lan-
guage be justified as calling a man a scamp, a rascal,
and a sccundit.:, when merely questioning the prose-
cutor as to his qualification ; and that too not even
on the manor of Pickering ? That the assault did
not proceed further might be the result of the prose-
cutor's prudence.
Mr. Serjeant PELL followed on the same side, af-
ter which

Mr. Justice LE Bwic delivered the sentence of
the Court, which was, to pay a fine of A. 5 to the
King, and to be continned in the custody ot the M. 0.-
shal of the Marshals until such tine be paid.

THE KINO V. ROUSE AND OTHERS.

Mr. MAituvAr prayed judgment in this action; it
was an information, and ha.: been tried at the Lent
Canterbury Assizes, a verdict being found agaiust
the defendants. It was for libels in the Minim, pe•
riodical papers, published at Canterbury, (NO. 6, of
March 11, and No. 7, of March 25), in the shape of
" Canterbury : a Poem." It consisted of many dog- 1
gerel stanzas, and attempted a witty description of
the office of Mayor, descending then to a description
of the person who at the time filled that office, for
the purpose of holding him up to ridicule. This de-
scription was gross, vulgar, and scurrilous. in the
highest degree; and many witnesses at the trial
swore that this description was evidently intended
,for Chas. Fount, Esq. an upholsterer and auctioneer
of great and unimpeached and unimpeachable inte-
grity, of Canterbury, and the then Mayor. This
wretched doggerel compotfition having alluded to
that regulation by which Canterbury at•nually
" - dubs some animal a Mayor,"
went on to reflect on the person who had been elec-
ted, in such couplets as the following one :
" This haughty slaw.; this overbearing cur,
'' I once remember an upholsterer."
In No. 7, in a postscript, the WHIM observed--
•' I hat they had felt it their duty to reprobate a certain mem-
ber of their Coryoratiqn (alluding to the doggerel composition in
No. (i)., for thought be (the member alluded to) was below their
contempt, he was not beneath their reprobation ; but they had
stripped the jackdaw of its peacock's feathers, and kt the Cor-
poration think what they ought of the animal!"
Sir W. Gmtitow, for the defendants, expressed his
hope that the judgment of the Court would be le-
nient, as they had done all in their poser, in subse-
quent publications, to counteract. the effects of the
two libels.
Mr. Pena; the part of the prosecution, hambiy
thought, t etchedness of the compositions
111 could not • • in extenuation of the csime of

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publishing ; otherwise, how many libellers would
escape from merited punishment I As to the subse-
quent conduct of the defendants, they had done no-
thing till after the trial ; and from the hour of pub-
lication to the present moment, they had obstinately
refused to give up the author. With respect to the
principal libel, it called for severe puni.shmeut, inas-
much as it tended to hold up a respectable anakjanb-
lic officer to ridicule and contempt—an officer %lune
only offence was, that he had risen in life by honou-
rable and praise-worthy exertions in an honourable
trade.
Mr. Justice LE BLANc, in delivering the sentence
of the Court, enlarged on the mischievous tendency
of thoSe wretched despicable compositions, and of
the increased offence of the individual before t!:e
Court, in continuing obstinately to refuse to give up
the authors.

The .entente of the Court was, that they severally
(they being three in number) pay a fine of A:100 to
the King, and to be imprisoned in the gaol of Maid-
stone for six weeks.

LIBEL, BY WAY OF CIIALLENOE.
Mr. GURNEY prayed the judgment of the Court
against Francis Aikin, for a libel on Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Delap, of the Ist or King's own dragoons, in
having posted the latter a scoundrel and a coward,
he having refused a challenge.
From the minutes of the trial read by Lord EL-
LENBOROUGH, before whom the cause had been tried,
it appeared, that on the 6th of April last, the priso-
ner posted the prosecutor in the public coffee-room
of Ibbetson's, Vere-street, for a coward and a scoun-
drel, he (Aikin) stating therein, that Delap had, in
three several instances, evaded giving'him that ho-
nourable satisfaction which outrageous conduct re-
quired as a propitiation. Having posted Delap,
Aikin wrote to him, inclosing a copy of the posted
placard, stating, that the posting had taken place at
lbbetson's, Stevenson's, the York, and other coffee-
houses which are much frequented by gentlemen of
the army. _ _

A long affidavit was put in from the defendant, who
stated, among other things, that the conduct of De-
lap had compelled him to dispose of his commission
in the Ist Guards, thereby tutting off all his future
prospects in life, except the benevolence of the Duke
of York should be exerted in his favour, on a state-
ment of the whole transaction being laid before his
Royal Highness. It also stated, that some arrange-
ment had been suggested to fight without seconds,
and went on to allude to other circumstances that
had not before appeared in the ease, in consequence
of which, Mr. Delap had not had the opportunity of
answering, or even noticing those facts.
Sir Witt. GARROW, in order that the prosecutor
might have an opportunity of answering those newly
introduced facts, prayed that the judgment of the
Court might be deferred till a future day ; and it
was arranged by the Court, that the defendant
should be again brought up on Friday text, to hear
his sentence.