Star.
London, England, 1806-02-24 00:00:00

MiiRK.L.ANE.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEE. 44.
The frail arrivals of Wheat today are rather ealti.
fiderable, the trade is dull of fele, and lag prices are
fcarccly fupported—There is another large Market
of Barley, which is cheaper, escepting prime hippie'
—White Peas are lower—But few old Beanr—New
Ticks at 271. to 341, per quarter—There are a few
Oat arrivals, and they are but a trifle dearer,
many being expeEled—Flout is dull, and few fake ne !
the higheti quotation.
c RRRRR CY •S
wheat. 446 60. 706 Per qr. GM Petit 306 35s
Pine Ditto. 7Ss 74s at Scan% (okl) 531 J&I
are, Alt 4a6 od Tick Ditto 43,. soo od
Rutty, 18, 33s 64 Offro, 14, sio 3t)s.
Malt, 63s 6gs ad Maud ditto 3ts 3ss
White Pak, 341 4s, od Rape lead. 381 431 pat it&
Plitt Or FLOOR.
Floe Flour 6es to 65,. Snoods sp to dot Maw

Hype Peac.—The mildnefs of the weather drew
crowds of fafhion to Hyde Park, yefferday : many
Ladies of the firft rank graced the promenade. In
the ride were—

His Royal Higher& tb Deb at Cimbasetall. the Maroollres
of Lorne, WORt REV, Dsapas. awl Plisalart ; the Rarla at Scar-
brough, Barrymore, Camden, and Spam.
Amongft the carriages WCIVi
Her Royal Ililslosia dor Prineers Clboahote of Wales; Ib De•
chefs of Gordaa, o sal apo Surdas. aceirogooled by the boodful
Lady Montgomery; the Dadosio of !taboo. Doommlllaa. R.
Alban's, and Leeds; dir 14esaMoogas of Wallow. liamallika,
Lanfdown, and saantsp ; ibe Ceuesellbs af Abardarias
too, Effez, and BuMlagbanafhire.
On Friday a number of the Members or the thii.
verfity of Cambridge met at the Free Malin. Ta-
vern, to celebrate the return of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer as their reprefentative in Parliament.
On Saturday Ilk Welimintler School held tbeir
anniverfary, when about two hundred Gentlemen
educated at that Seminary were atembled at Willis's
Rooms, among whom were, Lord HENRY PSTTII
(Chancellor of the Exchequer), the CHisr BARON,
BifilOpS Of OXFORD and BA ISTOL. Lords MANIFIILD•
Rt SSSSS DALE, CR•MLIY, &c. and the day was (pent
in a very conrivial manner. The Earl of &curia-
lialitSHlßß was in the Chair.

By a llatement 1 tid before the Houle of AfTembly.
JaMaica, in the middle of December, it appears that
the expences of Martial Law, in the months of April,
May, and the June preceding, as far as they could be
afcertained to the t ith of December, amounted to
228,9251. 51. Bd. befides route demands which bad
not then been invelligatcd, and out of this enormous
fum the Receiver General only gave credit for deduc-
tions on account of fades of public ftores to the amount
of tc,tt7l. Bd.
The Vingt Cinq French privateer, having twenty-
five French officers rn boat d, whom the intended to
land on political million., lately Attacked the VICTOR
(loop of war in the Periian Golf, mihking her
force : the Vicroa gave her fo rough a teeeption,
that the ftruck after a few broadfides ; by which,
however, the was fo much damaged, that the cap-
tors, after taking out the ptifoners, fet her nn fire.
A moil unfortunate accident happened on Satur-
day morning to a child of Mr. Somerville, clerk at
the MinerviOffice, Oeeping with his father ; a pan
WAS incautioutly placed clofe the fide of the bed,
into w:lich the infant, only ten months cld, crawled,
and notwithllanding only a pint of water was on the
bottom, it precipitated itfelf into it, and was inflantly
fuffocated, thoush medical aid WAS procured in lcfs
than ten minutes.

The following melanclicly accident happened on
Wcdnefday evening Lail, in North(lett Creck. What
is termed A Ihnrt terry boat plyed a Gravefend pAr-
iage boat (the Putwell Packet), that was becalmed,
to cake its paffeogerb Antes when a quantity of dells
and other acres were put
.into her bottom, and 23
rafretrzst, molllrfeamen, and MSS woman, eagerly
leaeed into the boat, to the eschifion of many others,
who we•ts ea.;c: iikewire to leave the packet r they
dire Red the watetnian to row them to the Neptune
Eat! Indianian !rag near half a frIIIC lower down.—
They had gnt but a Imall &lance when A leak was
difcnvered ; fprtn!,,it.g horn their feats ftsdclenly. Ibe
boat firamped. and ail was upfct. The cries of the
dills-Aid leached the India Alms. at N.rthfi-er, but
the night being unuftsally Jatk no aflittance could be
given ftosts thence; but eleven were picked up by
row•boats who were near them, and two by expert
fwimming and dng thrs the mu..l roved thein.
'Awes, fn that eleven men and one woman pvilhAfl
from the witerm isopsudenee in taig,.os in, Ft•
many patlingers.

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COURT or CrosiMON OI.FAs, FEB. so.
COURTS MARTIAL.
1400R11 V. BASTARD.
Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD Rated, that the Plaintiff
In this aftion; Francis rot-sore, Efq. was lately Colo-
nel of the Bedfordfitire Militia,and he nought, through
the Gentlemen who weie now impamislled for the
purpote of plaice, lets 111 recover pecuniary recont-
pence for the injury he had Mitained, then to vindi-
cate his honour and reCtitude, artd to prevent the at-
tachment to his charaeter, of that opprobrious infe-
rence, to which the concha& tnwat ds him, of the par.
ties againft whom be appealed, was likely to give
rife.
The Defend:tit, John Polk:fen Ballard; EN. was
Colonel of the Devonfttire Militia. and was feleAed
ktt bring this aCtion againft, as being the Prefident,
and therefore, 'unit prominent conllituent, of a Court
Martial, all the members of which w-re really no lets
impiteated then he WAS, in the offentive 'matures
which the Plaintiff comphined of.
The regiment, of which the Plaintiff was Colonel,
a a t in a date of tome confurion and chlTention, in
Aprt; laft, at the period that he, after having been
f 'me time abfent, rejoined it a: Exeter ; and, in con-
. it Tuence of a ditregard of an *order, which he fnund
it expedient to if fin the purpofe of reaming re-
gularity, tht Plaintiff preferred a charge againft
fome (tithe Officers in that channel, which led to the
appointment of a Court Martial, for the invelligation
of their conduct.
The Members of the Court entered upon their
fondliens at Exeter, in Anita, and the Profecutor
adduced the evidence he thought ncceffary to tub-
Itantiate the charges he had preferred. In the comic
of the evidence, one of the wirnefres (Serjeant War-
den, Who was called by the notecutor), in reply to
an interrogatory of the Court, as to the particular
officers prefent at the reading of a certain Regimen-
tal Order, mentioned, amonga others' the name of
Captain Gatlin. When he had given his teftimony,
Ile recolleaed, that Captain Gratin redly was not
prefent ; and mentioned to the Counfel retained by
the Profeentor, that he feared he had been guilty of
inadvertence in mentioning that gentleman's name
with the others, and wifhed he might have an oppor-
tunity of explaining ; but the Counfel confidered it
too trifling a circumftanee to trouble the Court with.
However, as the evidence was proceeded in, Captain
Trelawny. an Officer of the Regiment, Rated, that
Captain Gatlin was on leave of abfence, at the time
the Serjeant had reprefented him to have been pre-
fent at the reading of the Regimental Order, and did
not rejoin the Regiment until feveral days after ; and
this was Froved by the Return Books, The contra
diaion of evidence immediately ftruck the Court as
retuning from perjury on the part of Serjeant War-
den, and fubornatton on that of the Profecntor, Co-
lonel Moore; and, notwithftanding the explanation
of the Profecutot's Conflict, the Prefident pronouns
ced, that the Serjeant thould be immediately commit-
ted to the Guard-honfe, and the Colonel put under
*reek for having proceeded with the examination cf
a witnets, whom he knew to have znaAle a talk de.
pofitinn. Colonel Moore was, therefore, condufted
to his lodgings, and kept under clofe erten from Se- I
turdey until Monday, when a letter from the Court
informed him, that for the remainder of the time that
he would continne under arrefl, he might confider'
himfelf a prifoner at large.
This was the cafe on the part of the Plaintiff, on
which he grounded the plea of Mk imprifonment,
in that he had not ftrhjeAell himfelf to the punillt-
ment, nor had the Court Martial the power to in-
Ilia it. .
In the courfe of the evidence, which was thencall-
ed to prove the cafe,
Lord Chief Juftice MANSFIELD USAir OCCaIIOII to
obferve, upon the affumption of the feet by Mr. Ser-
jeant Beer (for the Defendant), that Courts Martial
had the power of committing perfons into confine-
ment ; that it was a miftaken notion, and that no
Inch difcretion was delegated to them. By the 19th
Article of War, authority, it is true, is given to
Comet Martial to commit pertims, who, by any im-
propriety of conduit, may diltbrb or interrupt their
proceedings, bolt no power WISI given to them arbi-
trarily to commik witnetrea t nor did even this Cour*
peas fo great A authority.
Mr. Serjeant BRET, itddreffing the Jury, ohferved,
that the referee of experienced and refpeetable wit-
neffes which he had. expelling to have availed him.
fell of their evidence, would not now benefi: theDe
fendant's cafe, as the high law authority, the Chief
Junice of this Court, had jai decided that Courts
!statist had no authority to put perfons under erten.
His ground of defence was, therefore, narrowed ; i
bnt the jory would take into their confideration, that'
the Defendant and his compeers, in exerciling a
power which it was now determined they were not
Levelled with, had fallen into an error which had
prevailed, and that stnivetfallv, during the memory
of the oldeli witneffes whom it would be pnffible to
produce. Should they find a verditt for the Plaintiff,
this confideration would have weight with them in
ellimating damage:. The poffthility of any improper
motive having trifled to induce the iteps taken by
the gentlemen of the Culla Martial, was not admit.-
fible, nor was it Urged. The Defendant WAS unknown
to the.::, and in then conduCt towards hint, they wete
only led array by A /CA:. %ilia. it now feems, was
ercerEve. for' the guud of the fervice in which they
were engaged.
Lord Chief Junice tvlsweris to reviewed the cafe;
and raid, that the verdia of the Jut y Inuit be for the
plaintiff, as the erred, in this este, was totally illegal.
It was rather Ilrange. he nbferved, that Courts Mar-
tial flsonld think themfelves authorifed to commit
perfons for perjury, or other nffencer, than thole upon
which they had thenifelves the power of deciding and
punifbing. He would ant, for how long, and %bac,
they would commit perfons, and how their authority
was at all to be debited ? If the ftatutes by which
COIITtS Martial are rcgalated, had been ptopetly at-
tended to, no foch idea cool.' e'er have been etre«
rained, with regard to the extent of their powei s.—
His Lordthip thought the Omit had proceeded
hatfhly with the plaintiff and Setj:ant Warden ;
and in looking at the damages, the Jury fhoold cr n•
filer how unpleafant and hurtful a iittia,ion it mutt
Me to an officer of rank. to he arrelled on charger fo
feliquis as thofe which sere alledged againft him.
The Jury retired about a goaliet of an hour, and

bt ought in a Taal& for the plaint if—Dautages three'
hurdred pounds.
During the trial, the Court was crowded with tri.l
litary gentlemen, anxious to hear the decifien on 10
novel and important a poi.a.

COURT OF RING'/ BENCH, FEB st.

tHR KING V. J. RROWN•
This was an indictment Apia the defendant fur
having obtained from one W. J. Bradbury the ftim
of hoof- by falfely pretending that he could obtain for
him a cocket writer's place in the Cuftoms. The fads,
as Rated by &starry, were as follows .—That he be-
came acquainted with Brown in the year 1793, thro'
art old fervent who had lived with him for many years;
and wining to raire fome money, Brown, who was
an attorney, looked into his affairs to fee what leen
cities he could give. He told him he had a reverfirmat!
interelt in the Smith Sea Stock; of cool. and upwards,
but he did not apprehend he could fell that. Brown
anted him he could, and that filch things were done
everyday, but he advifed him nor to lay the produce
out in trade, which w is precarious, but faille: buy I me
place in a plablie office, and told him, he thought he
could procure him one for about tool. which would
bring him in zool. per annum. He Approved of
this plan, and Brown agreed to ufe his inteiell to I
get him a place. At different tittles before he fold I
the Stock, he advanced to Mown Sol. for tees tot
Clerks in the Offices, &c. as he was told. At'
length he found a porthole'. for the Stock, and I
introduced him to a Mr. Emden, who was to give ;
3001. for it, hot Mr. Emden faid he would not give ,
more than otio!. Brown Willed that lie did not be-
have well, and that he ought to give eyed. which
Emden at laft gave. Out of this money he gave
Brown col. which be pretended to have paid for ex-
pence: in mocur;ng his place, and Gol. for his bill of
I law charges. He was then informed, that the place
of a Cocker Writer was vacant, and he would cer-
tainly be appointed. Shortly ufterwords Brown wrote
to him' and told him he was adually appointed, and
fi deredhim to come to hip lodgolg, and bring sol, to
complete the purchafe, which would Orlin.' the bull
nefs. He attended the appoiutment, but being a
little late, Brown at firti (wore at him, but fhortly
after cooling, he took him by the hand and faid, "1
have done your Wind's. Yon are appointed, and
your falary will go on finm this day." Under this
idea he gave him the other Sol Finding, however,
he was not put in poffeffion of his place, he wrote to
Brown, who anfwered his letter from the country.—
He (fated in it, vet, angrily, that he would not be
bothered ; that he had no reafon to complain, efpe-
cially as his calory was going on, and added, " that
his letter was enough to vex a faint, and fet angels
together by the ea, s" He, however, exprefred his
regard for his welfare, and begged him to be con-
tented but for a Ilion time, and he would be happy
in his new place. Finding fo many delays intervene,
he was induced to get a ft lend to accompany him to
fee if he really was appointed, and upon an infpec-
tion of the Cullom Houfe books, he found that he
had been duped. He could never fee Brown after-
wards, until he was apprehended laft June, near
Dorking, in Surrey.
Mars. Aczior and Cuttwooo, for the defendant,
would have relied the defence on the ground that no
money had been received, but ductile advances were
all in bank notes, which was not 1, money, goods,
wares, or merchandize," as fet forth in the Ad.
Lord Eto.sasoanuon afked if any cafe could
produced which had fo detelmided it; for otherWlfdl
he fhould hold fuels bank notes to be money, within
the meaning of that Ad of Parliament. • ,
Mr. ALLEY repliosl, there was no determinati*tel
that effect, and admitted be had no other defenctOss
he could not deny the fads. The Jury therefore
found the prifoner—Guilty.
T“Il KING V. WHILD'N.
The partner, Thomas Million, was indicted for
confpiring with Andre Hogues and Jean Bazil,
French prifoners of war, to effect the efeape of the
two latter from Chellerfield, when they were pri-
fonerson their parole.
Lord ELLINIOROUGH (aid, he had jai received a
letter from the Ist-ironer, in which he prayed that he
might have Cnunfel afdgned to him. His Lordfhip
laid, be believed he could not Align Any Gentleman
within the Bar ; after a Ilion confideration, Mr.
Cuawooo was aligned for the defendants. The fads
on the part of The profecurion were then proved by
Hulloes, one of the French prifnners.
The cafe being doled, Mr. CURWOOD for the pri-
foners fubmitted a legal objedion to the indictment
for the confideration of his Lordfliip. He ohferved
that the three perfons were indicted for a confpiracy,
of whom one only was a fubjed of the King. In him it
was a crime to aid the efcape of French prifoners. The
other two being prifonersof war, it was no legal offence
In them to escape from prilim, nor Any confpiracv to
combine to do it. There being therefore only one who
t °old commit the ct ime, it was a- though he had
indicted of conlpir cy alone, without the aid of any
other perfon. Tl.is, he apprehended, would be a cun-
tradiaion tti term., and could not be fupported in law.
He hoped he had flitted the objection intelligbly,
which was all he withed—he woulil not argue it.
His Lordthip faid it was very diflindly Rated, and
he thouglir it a powerful objection, and Aced the
Couloir! for the et own what anfwer iey had to urge?
Mr. JARVIS obferved, that there were other counts
at the end of the indictment for aiding and affillinz
only the efrape. The Learned Coonfel then fhortlY
addrelfed the jury upon the lad,—when Lord Ets. re-
ItOROUGH forum* up, told tlic Jmy, that the De-
fendsnt had had no realon to complain of Want of
legalatlittance, for every oblation it pint of law, and
every alivitnetit roiling out of the reek had been
urged in his bdialf. llis lairdthip, liiiwevci, thought
, that tl.cr e was 'ciliciert in the conduit oldie pi ironer
for til.: Jury to fay, whether he did nut at with
guilty nand.
The jury acquitted the prifoner of the eonfpiracy,
and found bim guilty upon the other counts.

Tett KING V. COHEN •MD na youso.

The deietularits are Dutch Jews, the one living in
Fenchorch-flreet, the other in Primrole-ltreet, Bi-
thopigate. They were indiOed for aiding in the a-
lcape of the two pr Wooers in the former eaufe, Andre
Hogues and Jeau Batil.
Mr. Javvrs, for the profeeution, limed, that they
I were to receive fitty guineas as the confideration for
their trouble, in procuring a pairage to fome foreign
country.
Could(' was aligned them, as for the Defendants

in the preeeding. Mat Moor*after a full !Kaolin:47A of
witneffes, the prifoner Cohen defired his written de-
fence alight be read, at the litase time handing a
paper to his Connie',
Lord ELLiNeotuirtitra--" Yon il/VC had the Irene-
fit of the affittance from the bar, but if von have any
thing to date in addition, you final be heard."
Cohen then began it kw words of recrimination
on the witneffes—on wit:eh his Lordthip raked. if he
had any evidence to invalidate their tellidiony t
this a reply being given in the negative, Lord Et.•
xerrsoanvon inquired, if the Leatned 0-unfel for
the prifoner had had any opportunity of examining
1 the written paper ?
• Mr. Dos•Lasota--.. My Lord, a Learned Friend
near me has infpetted it, daring the progrefir of the
caure, and he fart, lie difcovers nothing in it mate •
rial to the defence of the prifoners "
Lord ELLENNOROUGH then lhortly remarked on
the teftimuny, after which the prifoners were found
guilty.
I'AARINELLI V. THE lIIECOTORS OF Ili J., GALLINI
This was an action apron the Defendant for hu
liners as a finVeyor done to Sir jolt.; Gallini's villa.
The Plaintiff was notifiaitcd ; and the Duly
tour
important was, what 4,01 C on the examination of
the witneli ; from which it appeared that the Plain-
tiff had recommended hirt as bricklayer, and he was
to allow ten per cent. out ..f the bill to the Plaintiff,
whore duty it WAS to check it : to which Ise added, it
was ufually fn to pay the fortreyor who overlooked
them, and fornetimes he had allowed twelve pet
cent. ; bust he could always allow ten per cent. and
get a pretty living profit.
SCOTT V. SCHOLET A/Ilb onmvit.t.e.
This was an ration againfl the late Sher iffs for having
made a return of nalla lona to a writ of Jeri facia:,
againft G. Colman, Efq. of the Haymarket Theatre.
Sir V.Gr ass (hewed, that Oro quartets of that pro-
perty had been lately firld rot 35001. each, and that the
other moiety remained in Mr. Colman, fubjea to An ,
annuity of 3001. a year to his wife, which being fet-
tled on her !ince her marriage, could not be pleaded
againit creditors, and to a mortgage of wool. Sup-
poftng, therefore, that the moiety remaining with Mr.
C. was equal in value to that of which he had dif
pored, which'could hardly be difpnted, it was impof
fiblc to maintain that there not funds.

I Lord Et.i.siiIMIOUGH being td opinion that if there
11 was a tingle value beyond fatisfying the
mortgages, the Sheriff was bound to have fold,
Mr. GIRROW offtied to leive it to Mi. Loorten to
fay what that remaining value was. This would pre-
vent the creditors in general frnm epplying on the
oppolite fide of the Hall (the Court of Chancery).
Sir V. Cis's, however, declined any reference
I And the Jury, under the direction of his Lordlip,
R A v.
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BIK
Oa the Bth Intl. the Lady of Richard Cungreve, F.N. of Lillie),
Hall. Salop, "fa lon.

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Friday fennight, the Lady of Richard Tom). kfai. of Whitton,
Salop, of a datt34ter.

o.l;the istli4of Iheember, at Malta, the Lady nt Colonel Wil-
der, of the Bah Regiment, now (crying in Italy with the farces
n ler the cu 11111 l and ot (teneral Sir James Craig, ore daughter.