Star.
London, England, 1805-05-07 00:00:00

DITTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY.

The Dance; for the capture of the fullowl•ig veffels:-.-Twende
Brodre, May 17, 1799; Catherine Maria, June 13, t,99; North
Star, January 6, 1800; Franklyn, January to, iloo; and Plenty,
March to, 1800, will he paid at Plymouth, no Friday the loth
Intl. and recalled ax the fame place every Tuctilsy and Friday for
three years. •
The gun brig Blazer, for the recapture of =be Elizabeth. Janu-
ary 13, t/tc,c, will be paid on hoard in the Down• the Bth ihttant,
and recalled for three years at N. 4, Clement'slnn. . .

The gun brig Bold, for the recapture of the Elizabeth. in com-
pany with the Blazer, will be paid on the Bold's arrival in port,
and recalled at No. iB, Clement's Inn, every Tuefday and Friday
for three years.
The Lynx, for the capture of the Columbia, September t 7,
1799, wdl be paid for la Solide privateer, at the Crown and Sugar
Loaf, Garlick bill, on Monday the 13th haft. and rcealkd the firlt
Monday in evtry month for three years.
The Phcafant, for the capture of the Sally, November t, t 2.14,
a dlftribution will be made at the Crown and Sugar Loaf, Garlick-
hill, on Monday the 13th infl. and recalled the firit Mondiy in
every month for three years.

TIA following is an Extra& from an Officer on
board'the Channel fleet, dated the 28th ult.
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a This day the Polyphemuq, of 64 guns Captain Lawford,
Joined us—the came from Sir J. Onle's Squadron that was ernizing
off Cadiz, but retired on the appearance of t z French line of bat-
tle (hips, which bad gaffed the Gat of Gibraltar on the gth ult.
from Toulon, and entered Cadiz Roads on the following day
Before Sir John got out of fight of Cadiz he faw ill more line of
battle (hips go in, having, it is conjedured, got out of Carthagena.
There were lying in• Cadiz Harbour during the blockade, twelve
Spoilh and one French line of battle fhips, fo that their force now
in that Port coneßs of 3• fail of the line, betides Several frigates,
and they Sewed every appearance of loon putting to fa. The
enemy's Beet in Breit amounts to 2t fail of the line, and have
twice endeavoured to come out. ..We hourly expert to be joined
by Sir John Oode, with fine fail of the line." •

Letters from Guadaloupe, of the t ith of March,
received in town yederday by 'the Venerable, flare,
that all the velTels captured by the Rochefort fqua-
dron at Dominica-had arrived there There has
been an embargo upon all veffels in that port, which
laßed fcr three weeks. The brig Somerfet, of Brif-
tol, the Befey, of London, and another tcodon fhip,
fell in with two French privateers on the aoth of Fe-
bruary, off Surinam River (which they intended. to
enter the fame day) and were captured after a very
gallant refifiance. One of the privateers was the
Aigle, Captain Picaaaom, of 14 guns, iz nine and 2
eighteen pounders, and too men ; the other, Flibuf-
tier, Capt. PELLET, of 14 guns, t a fix and a twelve
pounders, and 76 men. As loon as the enemy (hilted
their prifoners they made fail for Guadaloupe with
plains. Great hopes were entertained of their being
►ntercepted by loose of his Majetty's CHUMS.

SURREr SESSION.

REIGATI, APRIL 23.—Two cafes of confideratle
intereft, and which occupied much time, came on to
be heard at this legion. They were motions on the
part of Captain Villebois and Lieutenant Knightley,
of the lath Dragoons, to enter appeals on conviftinns
pronounced againil them on the Bth of January
by the Magiftrates of the Guildford Bench, for re-
futing to give their names and places of abode, when
demanded by a certificated man, who met them (port-
ing in that neighbourhood shortly after their being
Itationed in the barracks near Guildford. The cit..
cunthances of the cafes are nearly as follows :
Thefe convictions have been pronounced on the Bth
January (which was previous to the commencement
of the felfion holden in that month), but had not been
lodged with the Clerk of the Peace till after the jaf
nuary feffion had elapfed.
It appeared by the teftimony of the appelhfnt,
Lieutenant• Colonel Hawker, and other witnelfe,, ,t 1 a;
the perfons employed to terve the fummimes
merely read the contents, without leaving copies; that
lie had been asked by Lieutenant Knilitley to leave '
a copy, and refuted it, and had fummoned Capt•fir:
Villebois only whilft at:ending the Bench, as a wittiefs
for the Lieutenant, after which the Captain's telli-
enony was related, as a party implicated in the fame
tranfaCtion. Both the Captain and the Lieutenant
were convided ; one of them in a mitigated penairy
of pl. the other in the full penalty of Sol. and paid
down the money under an imprcffion that they had
ao power of appeal, or means of redrefs. At this
time the officers had not any legal affiftance Lieu-
tenant Knightley having applied in vain to all the So-
licitors at Guildford, and even fent over to Godal-
ming for the parpole of procuring the attendance of
tome profeflional Gentleman at the bearing. This
eircumftance, however, was not communicated to the
Bench ; nor was any application made for an ad-
journment upon that account.
A few days afterwards the Officers applied to the
Clerk of the Bench, and to one of the Juflices who
had been prefent, and who ultimately figned the con-
viCtions, for copies of the proceedings. Each declined
giving the required copies, without the concurrence
of the Magifttates compofing the Bench, who, beitig
confulted at their next meeting, refufed them; and itl
the mean time the January feffion had expired. The
application being afterwards repeated by the Selicitot
for the Officers, with an avowed intention of appear-
ing, the 41:vie:tin* Magiftrate furnifhed the names of
tire paities whom it might be neceffary to terve with
notices, drew up the convietions in form; and return:
cd them before the prelim legion. '
It izas infifted, in fupport of the motions, that ups
der thefe circumftances, the prefent feffion we, th 4
next pogible one to which the Officers could appear,
efpecially as from the want of a' regular tunitnotil,
they had no cpportunity of knowing till after the laft
legion who the informer Was,' or-which, of abdttt
eight idagiftrates piefent at the hearing, had joctivil
dually received the complaints, and put bit name to
the conVidions, fo is to hive fared them with th 4
requifite notices of ippeat. •
In the courfe of the inqairy at the Seffion it appear.
ed that the informations had been laid in the mate of
an opulent fanner, on which account the conviltiona
Were infupportible in point of law, as by a claufe la
an Aft of the left Seffion df Parliament; the profecti
tion at offences againft any Stamp AR was confined
to the Officers of the Crown, or of the Stainp'Dot
ties ; it alto came out towards theelofe of the hvt:
dente; that each of the Officers had regularly taken;
out his game certificate before the latt frirting lea.
fon commenced (fo that there could hive been no in.
tension of evading the tix), and that the alledged
refnial to produce the certificates was in effect an al.
tercation between them and' fome qualified harmers,
who interrupted the officers' fport, and threatened to
take up the game they might kill. '
On' the afcertainment of theft latter circomftances,
the Counfel for the convifting'Magiflrate and the pro-
fecutor laid they were authoriud by-their clients
(Who were prefent,) to state that it was not the with
of either Of them to retain convilliAns or penalties
which had been awarded under a repealed jurifdietioni
and under a' mirconteived idea that' tit( officers had
no certificates to produce ; 'they would therefore nti
further refill the entry of 'the appeals, and if thy
Court thought itfelf comr etent to receive them, would
content to their being entered ; and they admitted
that if the appeals were received, the cos vidion Inuft
unavisidablz be (loathed upon the gfound of
Ad'of Parnament, and that the penalties would con-
fequently be returned.
The Connie] for'the Appellants expreffed his fatil
fadion at a termination nfthe hufinefs fti much to tier
honour of the-officers he reprefented, who confidered
the revcrfal of the-convietions•as an objets of lefs im-
portance to them than the public vindication of their
conduft, and the cbrveßion of an erroneous impreffion
le their difadvantage, which had thus openly takets
place. • - •.•

The Court then admitted the appeals to be entered,
110 dirated thecomilftiost to be quathed. • •

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