Star.
London, England, 1805-01-10 00:00:00

DISTRIEUTIOINI OF PRIZE-MONEY.

The Malta, for the re-capture of the Eliza, on the 18th of Fe•
bruary, 1804, will be paid at Plymouth the 12th inft.and at No.
at, Surrey greet, Strand, every Tuefday and Thurfday for three
years.

The Ville de Pais, for the capture of the French privateer le
MeCager. Atio.ll. 17, IKo3, will be paid on board the laid lip on
her arriv..l ir, port; and every Tudday ant Friday for three years,
The hired armed curter Nim-od, for the capture of the fame
French prl vateer. will be p lat Plymouth, on Friday the t at inft.
and every TutitLay and• eri..!,.y for thr,:e years.

The hcad.morcy for the e.m: ore of the French privateer Ceres,
by Cie Rt-voLtioonAire, I)erei.t'vr 1, zBot, will commence pay-
iv,: at Na. 3, Great Wibeheitt r erect, on Thurfday, the 7th of Fe-
Lzuuy, anti recalled tor three years,

OLD 11:11Lk.r.

Ycnerday the Scflions commenced at the 01,1

Wry, befnte rise Right Hon. the Lott!) Meri.v,
)te LORD CHIEF B*im, Mr. "JIII,iCt RCOICE, Mr.
LAwetwca, the lltc:mtak, &c. when ts‘L•nty
pri6,ners were tried, two of wht.w w,re
se.nvitted, viz.

Mary
.7olvillont, who was indifteel for Dealing in a
dwelling /mule, a coat, two wailicoars, two pair of
breeches, tour thins, four neck handicete:.iefs, a
Bible. a hat, three yards of coat fe Se ,ts haen, and
a pair of flings, the property of Andrew Th,,rlititn.
The prolecutor Dated, that he w as a led in a
hnufe, No. 152, Swallow-fireet. On the ;?th of
November he went out about leven in the meriting. :
having locked his door, and deposited tl.e key in the
ulna) place, the (ilia a stair window, for the ter ea ot t
to go in to make his bed. In the room he 1:11
wink, containing the articles enumerated in the in-
diame,:t. The trunk he left unlocked, and on go-
ing up to bed, at eleven o'clock, be difc,tvered leis
" calleet tifie.l, and g. treaftit e He had ne-
ver feen the prifoner in the
Thomas Deni;zlit. contlable ot St. James's paiith,
&Covered the pi ironer at a h.' ii ilrewerdlreet.
lie kat died and hound twelve keys in her pal:llion,'
winch the fait the get at an old iron limp. He ob-
i:A i a warrart, and fearched her apartment in
KitTg-ltre::t, Seven Dials, where he found a neck
handkerchief, milked A. T. anti he al 1O fund the
profecutor's e. braces. Ile tried the lock
of the pi ofecutor', room y.ith fe,nre of the keys found
on the prifone!. and two of the vi opened the door.
The profecut.,r, who is a Caledonian, was then
e.dled up. Ft: (wore pofitivciy to the neck hand-
lerchief, thefiine,s, and to the piece, f linen. lie fwore
to the latter, both (tom the quantity and the. trali •
tv, as it xas part of a web fent him from Scotland
by his mother. Ile aeded, that he had been in :he
habit all his lire of %waling his mottyr's linen, mean-
linen of his ntothti's
The prifoner, by her dia'• tt, alio fne s :d that fhe
was a r lIIVC of N'rth Britain ; indeed both the and
the I.refecutor feemed to have keen darling objets
with refpeCtive mothers, as Johnflone declared
the piece of linen to be her own property, being part
of a piece of fheeting fent to her by her mother in
Scotland. The handkerchief found in her room the
declared to have been left there by apetTon whohad
Dept with her, but whom the did not know. She was
• the mother of two children, was again pregnant, and
threw herrelf on the-mercy of the Court, potitively
denying any knowledge of the robbery.
The Jury found the prifoner Guilty—Death.
Richard Hayward was indi&ed capitally, under
Lord Eilenborough's Al, for cutting and Dabbing,
with intent to kill or maim Benjamin Chantery, on
the 28th of 08oberlall.
Our readers will recollee, that this prifoner was
tried the Scißons before laD, upon a fimilar charge
of wounding a lady, named Wilfon, at the fame
time and place, and capitally convicted. The cir-
cumstances of the cafe &only were, that as Mr.
C•impley, a Purveyor, had taken a houfe in Thayer.
flrect, into which fome furniture bad been fent by
Mr. NVilton, an upholiterer, on the 27th ; but from
app.:arances obletved on the evening of the 28th,
..1 the furniture being moved from their places,
it was ItirpeCled that crime - thieves 'had got into
th: trout', ; »rid, in the evening Mt s. Wilfon, with a
La.!! , her ft iend, and a Mifs Jenkins, fat in a win-
dow in the oppoftte houfe of a Mr. Williamfon, to
watch if any perfon entered. About (even o'clock
at) Kin lights in ihe houfe. Mrs. Wilfon ran haf-
lily ~v, r, abet knocked loudly at the door, when it
was reel-ntly opened, and two men ruffled out, one
re •n was the prifuncr, and with a fhort iron
oir.w he had in his hand, he defperately Hided
Mrs. He turned to the right, and ran off;
and ti:ion the cry of .4 flop thief!' he was met by
Mr. Heary Milford, merchant of Crutched-Friars,
who attempted to frize him, but he Druck at Mr.
head ; fricume.tely, however, he milled it,
.0 the blow fell on his thigh, tore his breeches,
I,y-aeA his Wit. Mr. Holford (truck him
is, ',ire:, fell, but got up again, and ran down
yii,nota-Litic. Mr. Holford purfued him,
a:,d out to the. prefent profecutor, Chantery,
ho neami at the dont to Itop him. Chantery at-
ter] p ..ei to the Co. prifoner ran acrofs the Dreet
to him, but fell, and Chantary seized him :
but or. his getting lip, he tie uck Chantery with the
crow, and fra6turcd his fkoil, cutting a piece of the
bone cI4 n out. Chancery, nevertheletS, held him
fait, until he was affitted by Mr. Snu'vien, a n, igl.-
boutiog butcher, to convey him to the watch-houfe.
Chantery was himfeif conveyed to Middlefex Hap'.
tal, wh.ne he has lingered near fix weeks under the
furgical care of Mr. Parrott. Twelve or fourteen
fragments of the float were extraaed from the
wooc(i, and more ate Dill coming out.
Mifs ,;::skins, Mr. Williamfon, Mr. Holford, Mr.
Chantery, and Surgeon Parrott feverally proved
thcfe Lea,. ; and the Court, with the moll circum-
Dantial suinutenefs, interrogated Mr. Parrott, as to
whether the piece of the Dtull appeared to him to
have been broken off, as by the blow of an obtufe
intli unieht, or cut out by a fharp one, when Mr.
Parrott was politive of the latter.
The Jury found the prifoner Guilty—Death.
Jobe iidward Mahon, and 7vin Randold,
thee talltionablc v en-or cfred young men, were in-
dieted with the London prifoners tot robbing Mr.
Lodge of Isl. ; when Mr. Gurney moved the Court
to pat off their trial till next Scilinns, upon the affi-
davtiorf .a principal sei Ids in their f trout- being ab •
f-nt. • In this aindavit.they alfo complained of hav-
ing been detained in cl.,fe cuftody in the Houle of
Correftinn fwce November tall, !Ind not being
te,ed t r fee tor coofith Heels i'olicitors till they were
removed t i New:;ate fur.ttial on the 3d in,t. This
m„ti„, r);olfed by Mr. Knapp and
Mr. , a- Connie! t'or the prolectition, and alter
.•!.fervations front Rec:lrdcr, their trial was
pat off till the fir It day of next &Mom.
And ten were cot viiled of felonies, viz.
Cletrlts, irdS Chi iAopher Culp-for Dealing three
pound:, .!item tierces of jalap, value los. the pu-
rer:), ot V. Libr:rw; J. Blare, fur Dealing eight
kosls, valve: ss. the property of J. P:aty ; Ann
Spit' le, tor t:Laling a cloth coat, and other articles,
t;.e prove,ty or J. Luyar ; D. !ravage, for Dealing
~nd other ut act: 3, the property of T.

Powell ; Jane Tact, for leallng one habli.fhirt, and
other aaides, tiost property of W. H. Bouteville ;
T. Jones, for dealing four pair of lhoes, fix pair of
liocaings, and other articles, the property of J.
Willan and Co. ; J. Sparrow, for itcaling the car-
cafe of a thee!), the property of C. and M. Scales ;
J. In:e, to embezzling eleven Wiling:, the property
of his malt,r, W. Stapleton ; W. Collier, tot Ilea:infr a cructland, two cruets, &c. the property of
J. Burn.

1141;:ani Skip/don, a boy of 13 years of age, was ca-
pitaiiy it.uifted tor haufe breaking.
It appeared, that on the 6:11 of September lel,
about f:ven iu the evening, the prifoner was
deteftei in conveying a piece of farfnet through a
broken pane of glair, in the (hop window of the pro-
f:color, nerds Francis, a filk mercer. Upon his
a;,preheniirin he dropped the piece, and at:cmptrd
ti. hi, elcapt. The evidence not being full.ierit
1,, pr. :ye that 1!., was. the perfun who broke the pane
ci glal-, the Jury found him Guilty of llealiog, but
r.oz of houfe breaking.
And ei.!ht were acquitted, among whom
Kichard .S'n:ith was indieled for (leafing in a dwell-
i,ig-houle two rl. notes, the property of P. Aria-
aionct, cn the 29th of Dv:ember lag.

The prosecutor and a party of friends were drink-
ing punch and playing at earth at a public honk,
when the pt if 'her came in, and challenged the party
to play with him for two pounds. The landlord of-
fered to play him a rubber, it, at i:s termination, he
would leave the 'knife. The landlord gained the
firlt game, and the prifoner Bopped in the middle rd.
the Second, being afraid of toting it. He demanded
the (lake he haedepofited, which was in the cuflody
of a Mr. Cooper, confilling of a al. note. He demand-
ed his Money from feveral people, and, among the
reit, from the prolecutor, who fuo:ifoly pulled out
I his own notes, and declared ha had not the pin)
net's property. The prifoner matched tno 11. notes
out of the profecotor's hand, and reftskd reflituti,,it
for a lung time, when he laid he would restore the
money next morning, and ten pounds betides, pro-
vided he would not take the law of him. The pro-
fecutor added. he did it.st know whether Cooper had
rellored the pi ifilel'a money or not.
Mr. Justice Roos' direEted the Jury to acqnit the
prifoner. Such a tranfaetion could not be called ei-
ther a robbery or a lie ling.—Not Guilty.
frlarth Ryan was c pi ad y iudiFted, for affaulting
Sufannith Wand, on tne King's high way, putting
her in fear and danger e f her life, and taking trout
her one Mgl.t cap, one wluden box, containing feven
pawnbroker's duplicates, and one thilling, the pro-
Nrty of IVilliam Wand, bet bufband.
Sufannah Wand &pored, that on the 27th of No-
vember, between ten and eleven at night, the was
going on a metragc, through Brook Itreet, Ratciiff
highway : and that the prifoner met her, and took
from her pockets a night cap, a box, containing du-
plicates, and a !billing ; the never law the prifoner
before, and did not call out.

On her ads-examination, fhe Paid the fhilling
was in her hand, and that the was going to buy
tome gin for a friend, who was lick, but could not
have been drunk, as km had drank but one gist's ut
gin, and fume beer.
Brown, the otscer, who apprehended the prifoner,
laid he fent IT him, and he came to him, and tit tt
levelling him, he found a (mall wooden box, con•
taining fume duplicates, and that he had feized a
pair of blankets, which the prifiner had redeemed
from the pawnbroker, where the profccutor had
pledged them.
Albert Nicholls, the pawnbroker, Paid, that prifo-
ner had, on the morning of the 28th of November,
redeemed the blankets from him, and told him be
had bought the duplicates. Shortly after, the wo.
malt came and toid Mai to iiup the duplicates, as the
had irtiorpl!ti them our of her pocket.
Mr. Jultice Lawitrocs reprefented to the Jury the
different contradietions in the teitimpny of the pro.
fecutor, and that it war probable the prifoner had
found the box, and had not lsoutity enough to re-
turn it. He was acqui.:ed.