Star.
London, England, 1801-05-26 00:00:00

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: • " YAVININDI4 SIIIPPINCL •
. Yefterday advice sras.receivedat the India-hoof°
of thelafe arrival of •the 41thclervnentioned !hips
from Bengal direa, under convoy of his Majefly'S
(hip 41.1,114.1.4), vis. the FRIONDSII4IP, —; Mi..
XvtVA, Capt. essLasto; VARUPttilti Capt. r.W.
FARFEa• and Hiasmants Cu,ir, Capt. SCOTT,
extra (hips its -she Honourable Eaft India Corn-
.pany', employ; •together with the. Hope, a pri-
vate (hip, on which is paffenger Colonel. Rosstr
Bitooz s, late Governor of .the Itiand'of • Saint
.Helena. The cargoes of the abov; (hips confitt
of gruff goods. .
A Portuguefe (hip called the Macaba has at.
rived at Bengal with fix.lacs of dollars on board.
She failed from Litbon on the tit November.
A large privateer belongio44a the French has
been" captured in the roads of Maffilipatara by his
M,ljelty's fhip ARROGANT, which retook the (hips
FataxrasmrandSHaswsatray;prizes to the enemy.
Joise Baouncata, Efq. has been appointed by
Vice-Admiral Rxiazut, his Majcay's Naval Of-
firer at Madras, in the room of Utility SAWIL.I.I4
Efq. deceafed. .

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lisifterday five prifoners ere tried at the Old
bailey, one of whom was capitally cony iSed, via+,
Robert Miller, for (lealing four pieces of Irak
linen, value 191. the property.of William 011ey, in
his dwelling houfe.
Two.were convi&ed of felony, viz. •
B. Waterman, for. Cleating nine (latuary tools, the
property of C. Reignart. ' .
S. 80, for ftealing a filver pint mug, and ether
articles, the property of M. James.
And two were acquitted, viz. •
T. Brown, and Anthony Noffman Theirer, a relic •
h
man, of moll refpeaable appearance' charged on
an indietment with having coloured certain bale
pieces of metal. with`intent to give them the fi-
militude of (billings and fixpences, againft ,the •
astute, &c.
It appeared theprifoner was direovered through •
the Vigilance of Sayers, a Bow-greet officer, who;
isi COmequence of previous information, went,. at.
landed by two other officers, to his houfo, in
('Starch-ftreet, Weftminiler. After koocking twice
or thrice at the door, they were admitted by the
prifoner, whom they keyed, as well as another
perfon, who, not appearing to have been at work,
was afterwards difcharged by the Magiftrates.—
'The prifoner had on a working apron, and his
Bands were rather dirty. Upon entering the houfe,
the officers experienced a molt noxious, fuffocating
fmell, fomething likethat of fulphur ; they .pro-
ceeded to examine the various apartments of the
houfe, and at length went into the kitchen, where
the y difeovered a variety of the apparatus neceffar?
for coining bate money ; but there were feveral ar-
ticles, without which it could not be made, that
were net found. There were found a number of•
blank (billings and ft xpence s and punches for cutting
them ;' but there was no fiy, and cenfequently it
was evident the"punches could not have been made
ufe of. There was no fitted Myer, or aqua fortis,
or cream of tartar, all which were:lndif4penfibizAn- .
gredients in the colouring' of money; but tax
ply this proof there waS the fuppofitiott that the
(tench had been produced by throwing the' aqua
fortis into the fire; there was silo a Rick, which
(melted very (bong of aqua fortis, and'appeared to •
have been vied in (tiering it; and there were an.
Bibles, fand -paper, blacking,. and molt of the other •
Means ufed to etet the procefs. Among the bale
coin produced were a number of guineas, and half.
guineas. In the courfe of the trial the molt minute
evidence was given of the method of counterfeit- •
ing money, the particulars of which it would be
extremely dangerous to detail. The refult, was,
that, without many other ingredients betides thole
found in the prifoner's honk, it was impoffihle, to
confuenmate the offence of coining ; the cafe con-
fequently depended upon the inference to be drawn
from the circumftantial evidence, wrongly corro-
borated by inch figs as were proved beyond all
doubt.
The prifoner in his defence laid, he appeared
before his Lordfhip, and a refpeftable
ry, accufed of a crime of the molt heinous nature.
His Counfel, GUILNIT and Mr. ALLY, 'had
already urged in his behalf that he was not guilty ;
but he begged to be allowed to fay a few words in
addition to what they had advanced in his favour.
He was a foreigner, unacquainted with the means
of eitricating hinifelf from the dilemma in which
he was invotvcd, and therefore claiMed the indul-
gence and candour of the Court. He had come
to England with the late Earl of Bute. as his.
Steward, and the hand writing of that Nobleman,
which he hoped the Court would read, would
prove the eflimation in which he held him ; fie
had fince been in the fervice of feveral foreign •
Ambaffirdors ; he was 66 years of age, and had .
been 3, years in England, during which period
his charader had been fpotlets, and he had nei-
ther darkened the doors' of ? prifon, cr fern thc
face of a Judge. His age not permitting him to
'purfue his former mode of obtaining his livelihood,
he had ezercifed his talent for cherniftry in refin-
ing filver and other metals, and never imagined
he was doing what was unlawful. Had the offi •
cen waited at his houfe with. patience, and not
bare created an alarm, the periOn to whom the
blanks belonged would undoubtedly have caned
for them. He had rejeCted the offer of neinsr
tried by a mixed Jury, fully perfuaded that his
fate could not be in better hands, or that he could
be before any tribunal on earth more difpnfcd to
Alyea itfelf of prejudice, and decide with =par:
*laity and jeftice, then a Jury of Engliffimen.
I' The learned Judge, wit the utmoit attention,
aVirbleiality, and patience, lammed up the evi.
AIM% and oblerved upon entry cirenieltaag.e for
againft the prifoner. •
• The Jury were abfent half an hour, =drawl-led
With a verdie of acquittal.
The prifoner refpedfully bowed and. withdgor-
Re appeared perfectly compofed, and esokntbn.
WINK during his trial ; but was ex. 'wag,' pgi.r.
Amid while the jury were out, meg Wombs Sow
fit Was delivered.