Star.
London, England, 1807-08-06 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAYMND. Avon's- s—Paired by the Adelphia, Butcher;
Brides Tar, Coats; John and Thomas, Nicholfon ; and Friends,
Weatherhead, from Riga—Union, Nicholls, from A rehangel..—
Howe, (Bore fhlp) front Monte Video—Venturous, Martin, and
the Autumn, Bonah. from Memel—Symmetry, Davifon' from
Peteriburgh—NArethufa, Robinfon; Britannia, Murphy; Mary,
Leek ; Mentor, Chriftie ; Commerce, Stapleton ; Thames, Todd ;
Adtive, Watts ; Ceres, Cook ; Towry, Bennett ; Oporto, Coway ;
and the Hope, Nicholls, from Oporto..--Sailed the Mien, Read,
for Jamaica—and the Three Brothers, Patrick, for Oporto.
The Sbepherdefs (an American), Captain Dean, from London
for New York, is captured and carried into Bilboa by a Spibills
privateer.
The Caftor (a Portuguefe), Da Silva, from Portugal and Spain
for Vera Cruz (with a Britifh licence on board), is captured and
carried into Jamaica —Cargo condemned.
The Speake, (a prize) ; the Prompt, Laceorick ; and the Te-
em, Chater, (tranfports) from Monte Video, are arrived at Cork.
The Mennaid, Sinclair, from Monte Video for Jamaica, has
been captured near Bardadoes ; retaken by his Majeity's fhip Bel-
kale ; and fent into Antigua.

AMR/CA.

NEW YORK, JULY 3.

The patriotifm and unanimity which has been dif-
played at the different town meetings, called in con-
fequence of the cowardly and inhuman attack of the
Britifh fhip of war Leopard, on the United States ft i-
gate Chefapeak, mull be truly grateful to the feelings
of every American. It will prove to our enemies
aad to the world, that however we may be divided
on local confederations, we will, when the moment
of danger arrives, or when the honour of the country
is infulted, and its laws fet at defiance, cordially
Unite for the common defence. We hope the fpirit
of the people will be communicated to their Admi.
niilration, and that they will adopt meafures at once
vigorous,•honourable and effeeive.
The unanimous elettion of two Gentlemen of dif-
ferent politics to fill the offices of Chairman and Se-
cretary to the Meeting held in the Park yeflerday, is
a proof of the fincere defire of all to factifiee on the
altar of patriotifm every political animofity, and
cheerfully to co.-operate with the nation at large, in
their determination to refill aggreffion, from what-
ever quarter it may come.

is At a General Meeting of the Citizens of New York, held in
the Park, on Thurfday, July 2, iBo7, the Hon. De WITT CLIN.
TON was unanimoully called to the Chair, and General JAcoa
MORTON was unanimoufly appointed Secretary to the Meeting.

64 Having received, with the molt lively indigna-
tion, authentic information that, on the :ad ult. an
attack, smwalranted by the known ufages of nations,
and in violation of our national rights, was made off
the Capes of Virginia, on the United States frigate
Chefapeak, Commodore Barron, by his Britannic Ma-
jelly's armed (hip the Leopard, Captain Humphrey,
the citizens of New York, allembled in general meet-
ing, deem it to be their dui, to ezprefs their opinions
on this frelh outrage offered to their National Sove•
reignty by the Navy of Great Britain.
a Refoived, That it Is, and bas been, the policy of our Govern-
ment. and the with. beeaufe it is the interelt of oar citizens, to be
at peace with all the world.
Refolved, That although we chain peace with the greaten
ilacerlty, yet that we hold ourfelves ready, at the eall of our Os •
eminent, to ref* all infringements 01 oar nuked 140% sad
violation Of oar national honour..

.

gs lb:fared, That we confider the diftardfy asd eaprov shed
attack made on the United States' armed Rip Chefapeak by his
Britannic hiajefty's Ik p Leopird, to be a violation of our oat omit
rights, as atrocious as it is unprecedented
Refolved, that we a-e &terminal to nuirtain :he rights and
dignity of our ct untry with our lives and for Tone., and that we
wi:l fupport our Government in whatever meafures it may detm
neetffary to adopt, m the pia font crifis of affairs.
Refolved. lbat whatever differences of opinion may edit
among us on nor merely loc.! concerns, yet that we I ite out
country, and TIM cordially unite in t, Ganz the rn..ty et. any
nation to invade our sights, or t,rnifh our national home':
Refolved, 1 hat the offending (hips at Hampton Rinds have
wantonly violated the laws of and forfeited their ti• it to, ncional
hofpitality.
" Raolved, That we highly approve the fpirited sod pat, antic
eondud of our fellow citizens it Norfolk, Portfmouth, and
Hampton.
4." Refolvsd, That we deeply lament the death of thnfe of oar
Tallow citizens who fell, and fincerrly fympathise with thole who
were wounded on board the Cbefapeak. (Signed)
DR oil i• CLINTON, Chairman.
4 JACOB MORTON, Secretary."
A letter from Hampton, dated June 26, lays—
" We have late news from the Britifh men of war
by the pilots that were difcharged yeflerday. They
declare, that if water and provision do not come to
them as ufital, they will lay three flip: of war alone&
Hampton, and fend their barge: (Aare and lake than kit
force ! The Hamptonians arc calling bail, and mak-
ing cartridges, to bid them welcome."
A letter from Baltimore, dated June 29, rays—.
at We have jolt heard that the Englifh have landed
(fince the outrage upon the frigate Chefapeak) near
Hampton Reads, and taken fitty head of Rock. A
Town Meeting is called fur this evening in code.
quence."
Letters received from Baltimore Bate, that a num-
`ber of outward bound veffels have been captured by
the Britifh veffels off the Chefapeak.
A pilct fay., that the day before yeflerday he raw
the Melampus frigate in poffeffion of four brigs and
two (hips, all outward bound ; four of them the had
in tow, and two of them the law taken poffetlion
of. The whole fix were leen going out of the Capes
that morning:
CHARLESTON, JULY s.
In the month of March, the Ha Lt rex Poop of war,
commanded by Lord Towasa END, was lying in
Hampton Roads, and one of her boats, with four
men and a petty officer, was lent on tome duty.—
Being out of the reach of the guns of the Halifax, or
being unobferved, the men role upon the officer, and
once threatened to throw him overboard; this, how-
ever, they did not do, but pulled for the Ihore,
which they reached, and proceeded for this place,
where they entered with an officer then engaged in
the enlißment of men for the Chefapeak. A formal
demand was made to have them delivered up. The
civil authority refuted to interfere, and the officer
who had enlified them did not think himfelf au ho.
tired to deliver them without orders from his fupe-
riors. . The cafe was reprefented, we believe, at
Wallington, but what palled there on the fubjea we
know not. The men were not delivered tip, and
were believed to be on board the Chefapeak. We
are confident that a reprefentation of the cafe was
made to the Britifh Government, whole orders, we
apprehend, were to take the men wherever they were
to be found. Our readers will be informed that the
LIOPAID arrived here only a few days fince, and
brought the orders of the Admiral at Halifax to take
the men at all events and under any circumflances.
It may be objeaed that there has nut been time to
hear from England fince the circumftance repeaing
the Halifax occurred, which we think was about the
gth or roll of March, but we know that anfwe.s to
letters written to London ablate as the 2oth of March
have been received here—Char/eel:ln Loftier.
VIOLATION or NNUTR•LITY.—The foil ,wingfaas
are fur ntthed us by Captain Clark, who arrived this
afternoon from Norfolk—they were communicated
to him by Captain Crolby :
" The French Ibip Patriot, rumor the fin t ir 012
lately commanded by Jerome Bonaparte, now lying
below Norfolk, and where the has been lying for
fome months, being blockaded by feveral Britifh fa.
gates, lately fitted out a pilot boat as a. privateer,
manned her with about thirty men well aimed, and
fent her upon a cruize. She followed the Britifh b:ig
Ceres, Captain Niven, out of the Capes, and at lergth
boarded and captured her, about three leagues from
Cape Henry light houfe. On Saturday, five o'clock
A. M. in lat 87. 20. long. 75. to. the privateer
brought to Captain Crolby (our informant) and
dered him to bear away for the brig, then being
about two leagues to the leeward. Oncoming along-
fide they took out of the brig Captain Niven and a
lady and her daughter paffengers, and four of his
hands, and put them on board Captain Crolby. The
next day, Captain Crolby was boarded by the Britifh
thip Bellona, of 74 guns, Commodore Douglas, the
Melampus frigate, and the tender to the Commo-
dore. Captain Niven was then invited on board the
Bellona, and (be went in purfuit of the privateer and
her prize. The Americans have Maly prohibited
fucb conduCt."

NAVY OP THE UNITED STATES.
snips or 44 GUNS.
United States
PhiladelphiaC h e fak
Conititution
Prei4ent
suns or 36 Gums.
Conltelladon New York

Commis Infurgent
SISIPS DR 32 GUNS.
Baton General Greene
Eire: Adams
George WaiLinton Jobn Adams
!MIPS OR 20 AND SINDIR j 1 eons.
Ganges Merrimack
Connedieut Petapfcco
Maryland Delaware
Portfmouth Baltimore
sutra or a AND 20 GDNS.
Herald Richmond
Trumbull Augulta
Warren

MIPS or IS AND 14 DOM.
Eagle Experiment
Plekerins Enterprise
Seaman' 7 Gallia:s.
ESTIMATE

OT THIS NUM MI or PRISONS CANTOFING Tat CALMS I TIM
NAVY or TOR ONITRD STAIRS.
5 Frigates, of 44 guns. and 400 mea, woo
4 ditto 36 36* itsofra
s ditto 3$ • 065 Iso
4 dittormare 3s 214 lillo
8 ibips oi so to 16 :So t 443
S floop War z 8 14ra OA
s brigs z 6 to z 8 zoo SOO
5 do. g febrs. as to 14 70 spa
7 Gantt* s$ *95
Totals including Mariam MN

SUSSEX ASSIZES.

LEWES. MO:4DAY, AUGUST 3

CITIL fins —SPILSBURT 4. MICNLPWAITR.
This was an aCtion of atfault and falfe imprifon-
ment, br• nght by the Plaintiff, a fhopkeeper. of
Lewes. avainfl the prefent High Sheriff of the county.
LawFs Hated the pleadings, by which the De-
fendant jtill ified the imprifonment, averring, that he,
as High Sheriff of the county, p•effded at the County
Court, held for the EleCtion of Members to ferve in
Parliament for this County, and that the Plaintiff
affantred and obfiruiled him in the execution of . his
duty, f r which he ceded him to he apprehended,
. with intent to carry him befpre a Magiltrate.
Mr. Serjeant BEST for the Plaintiff, reprefented
this as a cafe of the greater, importance, inaimuch,
_as it invrlved the rights of every Freeholder, in the
exercife of his connitutional p►erogative of chnofing
his own Reprefentative in the great Senate of the
nation. The Defendant, as !iding the very eminent
Ration of High Sheriff of the County wiz, from that
• fotration, more bound to reverence the laws, than a
Yuan in an ordinary Ration afire, and not to be himfelf
• the breaker of them, particularly in a place where he
was by every principle of juflice and honour, bound
to preferve the firieell impartiality. The Plaintiff, he
raid, was a refpeeable inhabitant of the borough of
Lewes, and a Freeholder of the county of Slam—
At the lift elation he did that which every Freehol-
der had a right to do. which was not only to vote for
whom he thought fit, bet to efpnufe the cattle of his
favourite candidate with all the warmth which ufually

iaterelled men on there oecafions. It happened that
the politics of a particular voter was Mirtaken by
tome perfons at the laft eleaion ; he Was brought up
by the hien& of one party to vote on the IA day of
the elation, but when he got to the huflingt, withing
to vote the other way, Iris vote was objected to by the
perfons who conducted him to the huitings in the ex
peitation of his voting in their favour. It might indeed
be furpetled that this was done with a view to defeat
the vote, for after difcuffinft the point before the aftet.
for, when the voter returned. it was faid it was too late
to be received. This produced a great fenfation
among the crowd, and manyerfons tried out that
the Sheriff was acing partiallyp. He believed I.is
client, the plaintiff might do fa, and this was " the
head and front of his offending." For this °fierce
the Sheriff ordered him to be taken into immediate
euflodv, in which he was detained for the (pace of
an hour, but intlead of attempting to prove any fnch
ebarge as he had now put upon the record, namely,
that the plaintiff had aft: allied him in the execution
of his duty, he was content to let him go without any
attempt to take him bet,re any Jettice. or the Peace.
The Learned Seleant contended, that this condua
in clte High Sheriff was fo extremely reprehenfiblfi,
that he was fore the Jury would mark their fent:
of it by moll exemplar, damages.
Mr Miles, the Headberongh of Lewes, proved,
that the plaintiff was at the huffings on the left day
o the chain. There was a
that
deal of noire and
cpaufion. He remeMbered that tome vote was ten.
dared and related. There wit a *Teat cry of 44 No'
partiality," andhe believed tbi plaintiff might join in
k After lime whifpering between the Sheriff and
Another Gentlemen. the Sheriff' ordered the *hods
to take the plaintiff into cußody. He did fn. and
took him to the Court-halite, where Mr. Partington
was fitting as affeffnr to the Sheriff Fie con\inued
in cuitody about forty minute", and Was then, dif,
miffed. This witnefs laid be did not hear him threat*
the Sheriff, nor (hake his heirfewhip at bins. Alta
be was in cutlody, the plaintiff did bind his own
hand and leg with a filk handltere.bief, but did not
hear him exclaim to the mob," See, here is a free-
holder bound in fetters by your Sheriff."
Several other wirneffes proved his having been
taken int 9 cutiody, and detainecifor near an hour.
Mr. Serjeant SH SIMARD* for the defendant, made a
moll eloquent fpeech. He reprobated the ailion
as ore of the ulna unfounded that ever was brought
into a Court of Plaice. He faidlid would miff ss il-
lingly look with the utinoll indulgence on all the nn-
nfual vehemence with which Men conflated them.
Pelves at a general eleiticin. It attire, he would admit,
from the ipirit of Englifh Freedom—but the conchta
Of the Plaintiff, he mull fay, had been mod vickedir
he had done all in his p aver to create the molt feri
qs commotion; and if the fury of the mob had been
touted:by his falfe infinnalions, they might hater gone
to meeffes. which probably.might hive ended in molt
final and fatal calamity. He Aced for what pur-
ple did the Plaintiff fetter his own lim'as, but to ex-
cite the indignation of the bye Randers, and to have
kftippofed that' the High MO, had wantonly and
arbitrarily treated in that manner a freeholder of the
county ? It Was to ;alienate a falfehood, though not
Inlay it. in words ; and his evident motive Was to
excite the indignnti'n of the fairounding fpedators ,
againft the Sheriff. He contended, that to accufe
the !tempting Officer of..partiality was to obitrua
him in the execution of his duty, and that the Sheriff
was well warranted in taking the Plaintiff into cut;
tndy. Severatwitneffes were then called, who proved
that the Plaintiff had been very vi lent it his conduit
nn that day, and that he had thaken his whip at the
She, iff, and threatened to trounce him, before the
Sheriff ordered him to be taken into cultody.
The Learned lidge reprobated the action, and
thought the Jury would do well to treat it with con-
tempt.--Verdia for the Plaintiff—damages lc.
TUR-DAY, AUGUST 4.••••1•01,GSky.
reheard Ra 7 was indiaed for forging and uttering
a 51. Bank of England note at Ealtbourne, on the
loth of Junelail.
Mr. Giiianw .prided the cafe for the profecurton.
Mr. Thism .s Blits depofed, that he was an Infpec-
toe of Bank Notes. In confecpience of a let of forged
notes coming irti the Bank, be was fent down into
Stiffrx, in order to trace a 51. note to v h:ch he had
got a clue. From infoimation, he traced it to the
hands of a perfun of the name of Reed, who kept
a public hotite at Eaft Boorne ; by his direftions he
went to Lewes, to the office of Mr. Cooper, an
.at
tomer, with whom the ptifoner Ball lived as clerk.
He there law Th..mas Cooper, the nephew of gr.
Cooper, and the prisoner at the bar. He allied Mr.
Thotnat Cooper where he bad received the Sl. note
which he paid to Mr. Reed, on the Sunday before, at
Lag Bourne? Cooper painted to the prifoner, and faid
he had it of him. The priloner admitted she fail,
and laid be had received it from his That The
bad been in tom from the 3d to the 6th of June, and

had burned it from Louden. The note was {hewn,'
and the prifoner raid, he knew it to be the note, be-
cattle there were the initials of J. G. in red ink on the
face of the note. The witnels defired the prifoner to
go home to his wife. and learn from her where the
had taken it in town, arid at what fhops the bad been,
and to write down her information, and bring it
back to him in an hour. The prifoner went away,
but the witneb did not wait the hour for his return,
for in about half an hour after he f.,ll.oved him to
his lodgings. He _found the prifoner and his v ire
there, and had tome cenverfation with them. The
!'wife laid the had received two tot. notes from her
hutband when the went to town. He replied, No,
you received but one. While they were talking,
Mr. Blifs raw a (mall writing de& in the room, up,.n
which was lying a (mall bit of flyer paper, jull half
the the of a Bark note ; he took it up, and law the i
i faint impreffion of the word, " our," fuch as is on
• the top of the one pound Bank notes, and on it was
writien the words, "G. Bacchus, Erg." This much
lalronithed him. and he alked the prifoner if it was
his hand wilting 3 who faid it was. (It afterwards
appeared that another forged note for tol. had come i
into the Bank; with the words G. Bacchus on it in
the fame hand-writing.) The whites found 'n the
fame defle•lndia ink, camel's hair pencils, and other
'materials which would produce the water mark.
Thomas Cooper Rated, that the planner lived
,clerk with his uncle, an attorney at Lewes. On
Sunday the 7th of June, they agreed to fpend the
1 day .at Eat/ Bourne; they went in a gig, and it was
agreed the pilloner (Mould pay the day's expences,
and they were to adjutt the account when they came
home at night. After dinner the bill was bronght
to him, as he fat neatell the door. The prifoner
gave a 51. note to him, with which he paid the hid.
Mary Chapman, the fervant, proved that the
handed the note to her mailer ; and Reed, the mat
ter, laid he gave the note the fame evening to his
ata.ughter.in•law, who was g .ing to London.
Rebecca Moggridge, the daughterin-law, proved
that the paid it to Mr. Jr.bn Fenwick, a linen-draper,
in Oxfori thee, by whom it was paid to the Bartle,
when it vas dilcovered to be a forgery.
Garnel Terry, the Engraver to the Bank, proved
that the note was a forgery, that it was nit engras ed,
but that the whole was written and drawn by t...e pen
or camel hair pencil. He all) (lilted that the water-
mark might be made wi.h other materials found at
the prifoner's lodgings, and produced a complete foe.
fimile of the water marks of a Bank note, made by
himtelf from the paper and liquid which Mr. Illits
had found at the prifonet's apartments.
Evidence was then given of two other notes nt
tered by the prifanei, one on the zoth of March be-
fore,
and which were proved by Mr. Terry to be
forged ones.
With refpeet to this evidence, Mr. Plaice FlcAen
ohferved, that it was carrying the principle further
than it bad ever yet been extended. Other utterings
had been received as evidence pm anima. The note in
the indiftmeni was uttered, but they Muff form part
of the fame aft. Thus if a man went from London
. to York, uttering forged notes all the way, it was
one continued ad. But here was the infulated bet
of an uttering no way cnnneeted with the feet charg-
ed in the indiament either by time or circumilances.
But, he laid, if the Connie!. for the Crown felt any
.I
confidence in the law, he would receive the evidence,
and make a cafe as to legality of filch evidence.
The evidence was accordingly received, fubjeet to
the opinion of the Judges.
Twenty other forged notes were produced in evi
dente, all of which were proved to hate palTrd
through his hands,• front the circumtlance of having
his hand-writing on all of them.
The Jury found the prifoner Guilty, hut his fen.
tense will be delayed, in contequence of the point of
law as to the propriety of receiving the evidence
above alluded to.
He received an excellent character for honefly,
is retpellably conneacd, and has a wife and four
children.

Severs) drawings which were found in his dell:,
were (hewn Actin the Cout.t, and exhibited much in-
genuity. He cnndated himfelf with great decorum
vhile in Court ; and in a pocket-book found in his
(kik, were written thefe

• Go, lay thy pen open the &elf;
'Fa ill pin thee neither faine nor pelf;
Alas, the aim of fuck a filly elf,
Difgraces no one but itfelf.
George Butler was indiaed for breaking into the
houfe of Thomas Marchant, in the day time, and
fiealint'inonsy and notes to the value of 1 t7l. 95. 6d.
no perfott being therein. "
The Profecutor was wider garderer to a gentle-
man at Hollingdon, and on the 3ottiof September, he
went out to worts at fix o'clock in the morning, and
his family went to pick hcps. He had 59 guineas in
girld, a 301. note, two soh notes, and one 51. betides
other money, to the above amount. Whet. he came
home, he found that the money had been all taken.
and the door broken open.
In March lali, the prifoner was ohferved to buy
very largely at an auaion, beyond his fuppoled means,
and a fearch warrant was taken out. When the
Confiable came, the prifonee Paid he bad no money
i in the houfe, but upon fearching, 17 guineas were
found hid tinder foam potatoes and force rnbbith.—
He then laid, that was all that was left; and if the
Profecutor w .uld take a bill of tale on his goods for
the reef, he would give it him. The pl. note was
gone the next day. He begged that they would
take all he had got, and leave him only the cloaths
that he flood in to cover his nakednefs.—Guilty--
Ekath.
TM* KING o. GLSGORY, PNSLC('Z, THUIIDiIt Atli)