Star.
London, England, 1802-05-27 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 26.

Thomas Walters, an Emife officer, was brought
up to receive the !entente of the Court, having
been convided of inciting the foldiers of a fencible
corps of cavalry to Real the oats allowed for their
horfes, and afterwards buying the grain lo Men
by them, at a reduced price.
Mr. Juflice GROS E in paling the fentence of the
I Court, told the prifoner that he had been dealt
with moll mercifully by the profecutor ; for his
offence was of fuch a nature, that it might, in a
different mode of profecution, have fubjeeted him
to a fcntence of tranfportation. The Court had
confidered, that he mutt, after this conviction, be
driven from the place he formerly held, and this
confederation induced them to mitigate his puni(h.
ment, which otherwife would have been much fe-
verer. The judgment which the Court directed
him to pronounce, was, that he fhould he impri-
foned in Newgate for the (pace of fix months, and
then difcharged.
Ellis Blake, John Mahoney, James O'Brien, and
John O'Connor, convided of a confpiracy to keep
a witnefs out of the way from giving his ultimo.
ny againft a man indided for uttering bad money,
were now brought up for judgment.

p This cafe our Readers may recoiled, arofe out
of a trial at the Cid Bailey, where a foldier uas
indided for uttering bade money ; three of the de-
fendants, Blake, O'Brien, and O'Copnor, got the
witnefs at a public !wide, near Smithfield, kept by
the other defendant Mahoney, and there pc:Matted
him to keep out ofthe way, and not toappear againli
their friend then in Newgate,on the a'aove charge.
The Learned Judge, in pronouncing the jut.
ment of the Court, animadverted upon the enor-
mity of their offence, as tending to pervert the
centric of plaice, and concluded by fentencing
Blake to fix months imprifonment in Ncwgate—
and the others to timilar imprifouments in New.
gate and Cold-Bath-Fields.
Three Smugglers were fentenced to fix months
imprifonment.
Mr. ERSKINE obtained a Rule, .IV/g, to file a
Criminal Information againfl the Rev. Mr. Tur-
ner, upon the affidavit of one of his parilhionp:a s,
who fwore, that he had been many years guardian
of the poor; that at a vary held on the 25th of
April, he was unanimoufly re-elected to that of-
fice, that the Clergyman meeting him in the ch3n-
eel, where he was to have received the formal no-
tification of his appointment, without the flight elt
provocation firuck him a violent blow on the back-
fide of the head, which almoil brought him to the
ground; that when he exprefied his afionifinnent
at this outrage, Mr. Turner offered to fight hint
inflantly in the church, the church yard, or any
lother place he fhould think fit to appoint; and
that, when (hocked at there indecencies he remain-
ed filent, Mr. Turner went away, faying—" Sir,
you know where I live. Remember that I (hall
exped fatisfae.ion."

THE KING V. THE BISHOP OF EXETF.R.

This was an application fur a Mandamus com-
manding the Bilhop of Exeter to appoint a Lec-
turer, &c.

Mr. GARROW faid, that there had not yet been
time to prepare an anfwer to this application, and
therefore he moved that the Rale fliould be enlarg-
ed, to which Mr. Glass coi&nted, and the Rule
was accordingly enlarged.

THE KING V. SIR E. O'BRIEN PItYCE.

Sir Edward O'Brien Pryce was brought op to
receive judgment for having afraulted Mr. King,
a merchant, of Brifiol, and having prefented
loaded pillol to his breafl. When he was brought
up on Wednefday laft, he produced an affidavit
of a man calling himfelf Rd. John Smith, who
gave fuch an account of the airault, for which the
defendant flood indieted, that, if true, completely
exculpated him.
Mr. GIBBS then required time to anfwer this
affidavit, and he now (late(' to the Court that
every enquiry had been made after the above-
named Rd. John Smith, defcribi himfelf as
living at,No. 16, Kingfgate-flreet, Holborn; and
they could get no account of him. A black man,
named Robert Myers, who had alfo made an affi-
davit in the caul.; and defcribed himfelf as fervant
to Sir E Pryce, was, by the direCticn of the Judges,
brought into Court and examined, as to the refi-
dence of the above-named R. J. Smith, who de-
fcribed himfelf in his affidavit as being at the time
of the affault a gardener to the profecutor. The
Black ftid, he had feen Smith at his lodgings, as
defcribcd, being the houfe of one Bifhop. The
Court then diredled the tipflaff to go to the houie
with the Black, and if they found Smith, to bring
him before them, if not to require the attendance
of the landlord, Bifhop. Before the Court role,
they returned. Mr. Williams (the tip(laff) told
the Court that they had found the houfe, but the
landlord was not at home.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH laid, the Court had al-

ready fpent confiderable time in this bufinefs, and
they could afford no more this term ; the matter
mull therefore nand over until the next ; in the
mean time that all =citify enquiries should be
made to afcertain the truth or falfehood of the
affidavits. In the mean time, the defendant was
remanded until next term.

THE RING V. PeILEOD.

The defendant was brought up in cußody of the
Keeper of Newgate, to receive judgment for his
libel upon the late Lord Clare.
Mr. M'Leod faid, he wifhed to addrefs a very
few words to the Court, to explain the fpcech he
had delivered on a former day, which had been
very much mifreprefented by the Attorney-Ge-
neral. What he faid had been fuppofed to aggi a.
vate his offence.
Mr. Jullice Gitoss faid, he had been heard at
very great length on a former day, and that the
rules of the Court did not permit a perfon in his
fituation to reply to the Connie' for the Crown.
Mr.Gessow likewife objefled to any comments
being made upon what took place on the former
occasion, in the abfence of his learned the
Attorney-General.
Mr. M'Leod Rill preffed very carnealy for a
hearing. He laid it ivas of the utmost conic-
quencc, not only to himfelf, but to the interefis of
juftice, that he fhould be permitted to proceed.—
He fhould detain their Lordfhips but for a very
few minutes. He was interrupted by
Mr. Juftice LAWRENCE, who aid it was of no
confequence whether he had to fay much or little,
fince the rules of the Court, whidi it was of the
utmoft importance to preferve inviolate, did not
allow him to fay any thing at all. If any circum-
fiance had occurred lince he was IA brought up,
which could influence the judgment of the Court.
they were willing to hear it; but nothing could
be received now, which might have been urged
then. Since his Lordfhip had had the honour to
fit upon the Bench, the conftant pritaice had been
fur the defendant to be heard by hirnleif, or his
Counfel,in mitigation of punifhment—then for the
Counfel for the profecution to be heard in reply,
and then for judgment to be pronounced as foon
as the Court had had time maturely to confider all
the circumstances of the cafe. He certainly fhould
not confent to this practice being broke through in
the preknt initance.
Mr. M'Leod was Rill going on, appealing to the
generofity, to the good fenfe, to the juftice of their
Lordfhips, when—
, IMr. JIIRICE LAWRENCE ordered him to be re*
manded to Newgate till neat Term. •

THE STATUEA EPIC& A

Shall then
a
Statue
rife to PITT,
Who funk us in defpair ?
Long fusee, e'er on that rock we Alit,
Our courfc was fmuoth and fair:
Yet might we graht thy Statue, PITT.
Could we our grief forego—
Couldit thou at Lift, with all thy wit,
Place us in
STaIIICUOLD ASD I:WM[INC

However the Union with Ireland may have been
oppofed, its advantages begin already to h. felt,
as is evident from Mr. Fa t.t.n's letter, No. 196,
Abhey-fireet, Dublin, who was afiliiled ten years
with a confumptive Coughs but mach increafed in
the lad twelve mouths, even to make lire a burden
—a complication of diforders attended it, fuch as a
pain in the head. back, and fides, a conflant tick-
nefs, lois of appetite, lownefs of fpirits, palpitation
of the heart, &c. which confined hint whole weeks
to his room. Ile had given over all hopes of re-
lid in this world, when Mr. M•CASS, (hatter to
his Excellency Martinis CORN wm.t.ts,) recom•
mended Dr. CrARDNER'S Pills, which has reltored
him to perk& health.—Mr. F.. CASEY and Mr.
Et.ms, Merchants, Cork, know this to be a faft.—
A very long later from Mr. fixity, may be fern
in the Dr.'s polfeßion.—This Medicine may be had
of ntoß venders throughout the United Kingdom,
and the Weft Indies, at its. tos. and gs. a box.
—for the poor, 25. 3d.