Star.
London, England, 1807-06-03 00:00:00

I,4NE;

CORN FiictiAßtift, JUNB g.
it being relived that the Marker{ during ilia
months of June, July, and Auguli, is to be opened
tot bufinefs on Mondays and Thurfdayi only, but
few Fallon attended with their tansplesfeatct aft#
fates were tifetivd4 and thofe nearly at Monday's
ptices.

Mrs. &norm has doled her engageinent
Aaron at C.)veht Garden, and it gone in perfilm tt
hree weeks at Liverphol.
COVENT GARD' Tit writ it.—LThe itoble tragedy
Kiag ear, which was revived for Mr. Cook Os liendt-
was again reprelinted on Monday night. Air: Leal;
has always been conlidered at one of SHAmasrsalq
moll pedal plays. With heartfelt fympathy fir the
aged Monarch, who
u tumbled headlong from the height of life,
" Has (omitted matter for the tragic mac"
there is yet excited by this tragedy, that placid re.
Action upon the confequ.-nces, which eontemrlates
Lear, after all, as the contriver of his own de:irue
lion. The folly of his condud, in refigning the ma
nagement of his empire to the two Wer of his
daughters, and the criminality of it in Moo diog the
youngeft, he himfelf bewails more bitterly than any
of his hearers could do : but the latter ra..n :t held
calling to mind too, the want of " meekoel," with
which he Teemed to " bear his faculties, in his gr‘at
officeb" and are not very much captivated with
horror of his codes. Neither Dr. Joria,ots, lit.
Wataron, nor indeed any of the critics of thi, play,
with whore opinions we ate acquainted, have ha-
zarded there lel extenultions of our fympathy for
the deferted King i but as loch they have always
(truck us.

Mr. Cooas's Lear was An unequal performance
the mare unamiable traits of the charter were well
depiaed all the way through it i add nothing could
hare heightened the horror with which the impreca-
tion on Goneril was fumcbed up, when Conat's trem-
bling lips were beard to defcend to a whifper,
" - that the may feel
"' How lharper than a texpent's tooth it U
" To have a thanklefs child !"

But in the ftorm fcene sae thought Mr. Coots fell
off: his occafional wildnefs varied little its exprelfion
from his foundnefs of mind ; and when his difordered
fa cy tells the elements
" He tiled not them with unkindnefs,
" He never gave them kingdoms, call'd them chihlren,s
Mr. Coosa laid no emphalis whatever upon the words
" them," and confLq marked no implication
that be had ever treated his children thus. The fcene,
however, which would be the touchttone of any igot's
Lear, is, by Tars's alteration of the plot of this play,
fet atide ; and thus that acme of all pathos, the death
of I ear, if it be not now in danger of being lowered
by the failure, can never be heightened by the fuccefs
of genius.
Acatcuavu R a or East: —The Agricultural thew
of (lock on Friday lafl, on the Fait field, Chelmsfordi
though not In large as was expelled, was in general
good. A variety of premiums for Rock, &c. were
awarded ; and, after the bufinefs of the day was
concluded, nearly eighty Gentlemen dined at the
Shire Hall.

AUDACInUS ROBBERy.—Lan week ab Mr. Hughes,
of the houfe of Rathbone, Hughes, and Duncan, in
Liverpool, Was returning home about twelve O'clock,
he was 'tipped near the Park Coffee houfe, in that
t 'wn, by feven or eight foot pads, who took what cant
he had about him, and alfo his coat; notwithllanding
t'le publicity of the fituation, they got off wi,hout dif-
Cover y.
Several of the bodies of the unfortunate perfous
of the 79th Regiment, lately bolt near Landguard
Fort, have been wanted on thole ; among who was
that of Captain Dawson. It was carried to e re-
giment at Weely, and there inlet red with ilitary
honours.

On Monday fe'nnight, after a very fultry day, at
Aberdeen, there wasone of the mot tremendous forms
of thunder and lightning, that has been remembered
in that country for many years. It began about nine
o'clock, continuing with little intermdli 'n until mid-
night, when it encreafed to an alarming degree, and
did not ceafe until two o'clock next morning. At the
height of the form, the flalhes of lightning were
uncommonly vivid, attended with extraordinarily
long and loud peals of thunder, which teemed very
near, while the rain, at intervals, poured down in
torrents. Several houfes in the lower part of the
town were inundated to fuch a degree, that the inha.
bitants were obliged to leave their beds, and go to
the upper part of their dwellings, and in one of them,
a baker's houfe, there was a confiderable quantity of
flour fpoiled. During the form feveral fingular
phenomena occurred; the lightning Matted fome
flowers growing in pots in a room, and killed fome
canary bids, in different houfes, without doing any
farther injury. The form appears to have extended
to a contiderable diflance, and about twelve miles
northward was attended with a vi lent gale, which
ihifted almoil to every point of the compels, while
very little rain fell. Happily we have heard of no
ferious accident.

On Friday laft a fifhing coble being (truck by the
breach of a fea in entering Whitby harbour, filled,
and almott immediately upfet : the people beinnging
to her, three in number, were providentially faved
by two other cobles which bappened to be near at
the time. On the fame day a c,,ble employed in
fifhing at fome dißance from the (bore near Whitby,
WAS upfet ; a fudden gale from the N. E. having pro-
duced a heavy fwell upon that part of the coalt : the
people in another coble at a fhort dißance, who had
not witneffed the accident, perceiving fometbing
floating upon the water, battened to the fpot, and
arrived kill in time to refcue their comrades from a
watery grave.

While lefpoie Numbers are fo much the rage in the
prefent Lottery, in confequ:nce of three of the Capi-
tals, in the left Scheme, falling to fancied numbers,
it mey not be unimportant to notice the fubfequent
events that to, k place from she porch:de of feleded
Lottery Tickets on the King's birth-day. On the
4th of June, 1803, No. 7,686, and N. 13.747; the
fir ft gained mood. the latteha to,ocol. Prize.—And
on the 4th of June, 1806, was drawn Na. 12,719,
*Web turned up a Prize of ro,000l.; all of which
Capitals were fold in Shares. From there firiking
and undeniable occurrences, will the VOilf iCS .f For-
tune not pay fpeciiil devotion to the indent 4t14 of
June ?

6

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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HIGH COURT OF APPEAL.

ALOERADE.—CASE OF THE PETRIOTEN.
(Conclueed from efterday's Paper.)

Yeflc•day morning the Court met again, to pro.
reed further in this important caufe. These were
prefent—the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Mont-
role, Earls Camden, Bather(}, and Clancarty, Lords
Ilawkelbury and Mulg,ave, and the Matter of the
Rolls.

..... .
Sir j-hn Nicholls, the Icing's Advocate, was heard
at confilerable lei gth for the refpondeuts, in reply
to Dr. Lawrence, for the appellants.
The Learned •Gentleman contended, that every
thing that had b:en done by the refpondents was
agrceoble to the law of nati, us. He agreed wilt his
Learned Friend in Game points, viz. that it WAS ne
celfar y to ascertain that there was a blockade—and
alfo to atcer tain what constituted a blockade—bot he
denied that it was recd.:Hy to have Inch a number
of (hips to blockade a poll, as in the cafe of a Ise-
fieged town. He °bier ved, that it had been decided
in that Court, in the cafe of tl.e Columbia, that a
114 grrittiog her port, and bound for a blockaded
port, made her liable to confiscation. He contended
that it was not necellary that any number of (hips
fhould be fixed ni,rin to confli.ute a blockade, but that
the number mint in all cafes depend upon the times
and circurnll-nees. In the blockade, in this cafe,
there was a large fleet, bur it was not neeeffary that
they fluaild all be together ; they were diflributed in
vari..tts parts. In tie cafe of Admiral Jervis and
General Grey's Proclamation for blockading the Well
India Mods, that was not held good, becaufe it
was not acco-cpanied by any aft. The Government
did nut allow of inch a blockade, without ufmg pro-
per mean, to enforce it. The Judge of the Admi
ralty had very leniently fettled it, that a cargo was
not liable to confiscation—when the mailer of the
valet was a mere cattier. But that was nut the pre-
fent cafe—the cargo was cm.figned In the mailer,
and he contended that the notification had been anted
time enough for him to have known it before he had
failed from his own pot t. He therefore prayed their
Lordlhips' affirmation.
The Court was then cleared, and their Lordfltips
deliberated for upwards of an hour. On the re•ad-
rnillion of (bangers, the LOAD CHANCkLLOIL took a
general view of all the circumilances of the cafe, and
laid great filth Upon the mailer having unlimited
power to hell the cargo. His Lordfhip read a trail.'
flatirm from the French of the copy of the notice of,
the bl ,ekaele, lent by Lord Grenville, then Secretary
sat State f r Foreign Affairs, to the Danifh and all
the Foreign Minilters. He then took notice of the
veffel beirg boar&d off the Fly Hand by the Prrifer.
rine, and of the Lotice of the blockade being i idor-
fed on her papers, &c. This his Lot dfhip conlidered
the bed petliblo evidence. His Lnrdti:ip laid, the
11 raid had tak.li Into Confider ation the queflions and
points hated by the Connfel on both fides, and were
of opinion, that a bh•ckade did exits at the time in
outtrion ; that the ntrificatinn was duly given and
properly abed upon—that the notification was pro-
perly given to the velfel in quaint), and that the was
',roper ty sc al nee! of it—that the detention of the Chip
vas fully jr,tiitied ; and that the cargo nut being en.
tinned to 11:c matter, meld), as a cattier, was pro-
perly c:mfifcated.
The Reg ilia- of the Admiralty then generally pro-
nounced their Lordlhips' affiturati.m. this caufe
excited fu much intei cII in Doftot s' Commons,.that
the Corn t was crowded with Junior Proilots, mull
of whom ti ok notes. _ _ _

A drat number cf tattles of a fintilar nature,
whit i have hen increariag for fervid years pan, are
iu lOure &glee fettled by this &cilium

COIJIIT OE KING'S BENC.TI, JUNE t.
THli KING V. ROBERT WILLIAMS.
On the fuggeflion of Sir VICARY GISIIS, the affida-
vits on both !ides were read, but thole on the part of ,
the profecution haying already been detailed before
the public, we null only date fo much of them as
may be rendered necelfary in order to give a complete
view r t the cafe.
The affidavit of William Kernys, Efq. dated that
he was fr 'email of the Grand Jury for the County of
Monmouth, :slid that on Monday, the ifith of March
late, tfte Defendant, an Attorney of the Court, pre-
ferred an indicclment against Bottray, a Sheriff's Of-
ficer, for catorting money from a perlon whom he
had :melted ; but before the witneffes were examin
ed, the Grand Jury adjourned until (even o'clock in
the evening, giving the defendant notice ; but when
that hour arrived, upon inquiring for Mr. Williams,
they found that he had dirmiffed his wionelles, and
no more Wind's being under confideration, the jury
returned that indictment as no bill, and were difmif
fed by Mr. Baron THOMPSON.
The affidavit of Mr. Charles Tomes, clerk of the
indiClment, let forth a converfation between the De.
porent and the Defendant, in which the latter laid,
that he had, been Blamefully tiled with refpeCt to the
indienreat which had been preferred by him ; that
he and the witneffis had attended upon the Jury from
the time of giving in the bid, until five o'clock in the
evening, and further, that then he had been informed,
that they would not he ready to proceed with bolt-
*net; until ten the next morning ; yet that they fent
for him at feven o'clock at night, and defired his
inmledinte attendance, but that his witnelles were
lent home, and that the Grand Jury then went to
the judge's lodgings, and were difcharged. He
added, that he had no doubt but that the Jury aCted
thus todefeat the obj:Ct of the indielment ; that it
was a mo,l difgracelul and blackguard uplift/lion ;
that he would punifh the authors of it, if parible.
He concluded by feying, that he,did not care who
hard him, and that an attorney of the name of
P.rilpot was at the bottom of it.
The affidavit of James Bower, Ertl •ftated,that the
Defendant, alluding to the Grand Jury, Paid, that
there never was loch a let of blackguards. Mr.
Howells heard the Defendant make rile of this ex-
prefilon :—"
I do not know if it is in my power to
pnni(h the Grand Jury, but if it is, I will certainly
do it. I thought they came here as gentlemen, but
they behaved like a let of blackguards." Mr. Black-
more was prefent when the Defendant obferved, that
he would make the Jury know what they .had been
about, for there never was a more blackguard pro.
• ceeding. •

The following teflimony was thee read agaitiff the
Rule for Criminal Information :
The affidavit of Mr. Williams denied that he had
ever received information that the Grand Jury would
proceed with bufinels at feven o'clock, but, on the
contrary,that he was told that nothing would he done
until the next morning, and he thetefore difmiired
his witnefres, and defiled them to attend the Cowed-
ing day. In coniequence of being informed that
he had forrae enemies on the pity, the Defendant de•
tet mince, to be prepared, but at (even o'clock he was
fent for, when all his Wiltieffes were gone ; and the
Defendant was told afterwards by Mr. Houghton,
one of the Jury, that previous to his being fent for,
one of the Grand Jury oblerved, Now is the time
to fend for Williams; I believe there are enough of us
here to get rid of hi. bill." On the day following the
difcharge of the Grand Jury, Mr. Williams propofed
to lone late members of it, while they were at break-
fall,
to proceed with the indiement ; but they re-
fufed, telling him that he lhould have been prepared
before. This affidavit alto let for;h a letter, NVliLten,
by a Mr. Philpot to a Gentleman named Stokes, in
which the Defendant was termed a viper ; and it re-
commended the perfon to whom it was addrtiled to
apply to thr It. Salufbury, and other Gentlemen, to
ifeteat the objeft of the indietment. It concluded, by
requelliag Mr. Stokes to burn this letter. The affi•
davit admitted that the Defendant had fail, that the
condo& of the Jury was moil dirgraccful and black-
guard.
The affidavits cf Mr. Sttntighton, Mr. J. Howell,
John Jones, J. Rudd, S. Tyler, W. Gwyllin, and
Sarah Watkins, corroborated the Latta- contaitied in
the afficlavi: of the Del:end:mt.
Lord ELLENBORoUGH laid he wifhed, for obvious
reafons, not to enter into all the particulars. which
had been brought forward in mitigation of the cafe
ay;ainfl MoWilliams ; to hear the affidavits of the
Grand Jurymen themfelves as to what paired between
then: when they were deliberating on a bill of india-
mcnt, was Bill more improper. The oath ofa Grand
Juryman had in it this fentence—‘l the Counfels of.,
your Fellows, and your own, you will keep fecret."
This affidavit might divulge thole Counfels—which,
betides the general itttpiops4ety of the mcafure, might
he attended by many inconveniences. Suppoie, for
inliance, a perfon of charafter and confider anion in
the neighbourhood was the fubjefl of the deliberation
of a Grand jury, and the bill had been thrown out
after inch a delibetati..,n, and that forne of the Jury-
men had been of opinion at fall, that the bill ought
to be hound a title bill, but had been convinced by
the reafons which were urged by others, that the bile
ought to be rejetted, what might the coafequences be
of publifhing the billory of the deliberation ? The, e
was no knowing to what inch a praCticc might
lead, or who might he prejodiced in his inter ell—
perfons might be undone for what they had Paid in
the honefl and conicientions difcharge of their duty
as Grand Jurymen ; and therefore the Cr tin ought
not to lav down a precedent for hearing on affidavit
what paired i.etacett Grand Jurymen in their Cauncil
Room—it would be uaini ety dangerouo I do not
ior into the particulars of the cafe for vlavious reafons.
rffe Defendant admits, as every body mutt admit,
that the language he ufed was improper, and his
conduit culpable ; but, at the fame time, I do no;
like to go into the examination of the conduit of
others. That, at prefent, is the opinion of the Court;
but if Counfel think they can alter that opinion, they
may proceed with their arguments."
The ATTORNEY GENERAL and Mr. GARROW de
dined laying any thing. Upon which, after a con •
lideration of the cafe, and a confultation upon the
Bench, the Count ordered, that this Rule should be
dricharged, but that Mr. Williams lhould pay the
coos.—Rule di!charged.

THE KING V. J,HN stir actooatcx.
This cafe was called on for argument, and the
quellion wa., whether an information in the nature
of a writ of gte, warranio, lhould he filed againli the
defendant, requiring him to thew caufe by what au.
thotity he claimed to be a member of the common
ally of the borough of Thetford ?
The affidavits on which the motion was originally
made by Mr. Wilfon, fel forth the conaitution of the
borough, and Rated, that a meeting of the Corpora-
tion was fummoned on the 14. th of Januaty 18oz,
when the rcfignation of the father of the defendant
was received, and the Mayor, the Recorder, arid the
C..roner, without any further nitice, adjourned to
another apartment, aod immediately dated the de-
fendant to the vacant feat in the commonalty. _ _

Mr. GAettow, in eppoil ion to the rule, contended
that this pr, ceeding was per feelly regular. It was in
evidence, that a meeting of the whole Cnrporate
Body was fummone3, and that, after the refignation
of one member had been acccpved, the fele& Body,
whole duty it was, viz. the Mayor, the Recorder (the
Duke of Grafton), and the Coroner retired, and in-
troduced the name i.f the defendant among the lift of
the commonalty, with the concurrence of every party.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL and Mr.Wicsou, on the
contrary, infifted that fuch an elation was not only
illegal by the common law, as laid'clown in the cafe
of the King v. Carlifle (Lord Raym. 1355), but
likewife in oppofition to the eflablifhed cullorn of the
borough of Thetford; for it was fworn on the face of
the affidavits, that it had been the invariable ufage to
give a fepaxate notice of the meeting of the fele& b'dy
kr the appointment of one of the Commonalty.
The Court deferred giving any decifion, that they
might have an opportunity of I ,okiog more minutely
into the cafe of the King v. Carlifle.