Star.
London, England, 1805-09-24 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

ORAVESEND, Star. 23.—Paffed by the Roebuck, Meek, from
Rottock ; Vrow Antina, froniDantzle ; Arid, Undervraten,
from Harlingen ; Vrow Regina, ; and the Gultavus, Fre-
derick, from Embden. Sailed the Symmetry, Mitchell, for Pc-
terfburgh ; Neptune, Smith; and the Cecilia,Ohlers, for Tonningen.
Attar/in—Off Dover, the Barrios, Sutherland, from Dema-
ram—At Liverpool, Lucy, Wilton, from Barbadoes; and the Vic-
toire, Ilickndl. from St. Ander° ; Venerable, Lewtcr; Maxwell,
Edwards ; and the Neptune, M'Fire, front Barbados; they fail-
ed on the 3t ft of July—ln the Clyde, Alexander, Scott, from
Quebec; and the Miffiffippi Dawfon, from Maifachufetts—At
Bellied, Emanuel, Martin, from Bilbut ; and the Vriendfebap,
—., from St. Autlern—At Befall, Mary, Scaberg, from Te-
neriffe—At Dublin, Jemima, Barber, from London—At Cork,
Barbara, lleacock, front London—At Cowes, Chance, With.trt,
front Stoekholm-..At Lifbon, Ramalpete, from Cork, and
the Induffry, Ternloffe. from Neweaftle-.-At Africa, Retrieve,
Robinfan ; Clarendon, Grie ; and the Mars, Mitchell, ilom Li.
verpool—At Boßon, John Adam, Wood, from Liverpool—At
Tridte, Weymouth, Welden ; Maria, Batter; and Ann and
Mary, Taylor, from London.
The Rofe Mansfield, from Surinam for London, has been on
fhore at Dernarara, and condemned.

The Locyatki Nancy, Cribtree, from Liverpool for Virgisia,
Wag wrecked on Wicklow Banks on the t6th instant.

The Nil Him, Hall, from Rotterdam for Liverpool, is arrived
in the Dow ns, after being on the Goodwin Sands, and got off by
a Deal boat.

The Peter &hit, Sall, from Peteribargh for I.ilbon, is captured
by a 141arnquin cruiser.
The Gravina, Proude, from London for Malta, was captured
and burnt on the 55th of Auguft by the combined Rect.
The Ann and Belfry, hti.auvhbn, from Liverpool for New
Branfwick, is raptured by the San Pedro Spanhlh privateer.

Sir &burr SKIT II went privately on Saturday to
the prifon of Newgate, to fee an old brother officer,
a Purfer in the Navy; when the gallant Commodore,
we underhand, gave him a fufficiency to difcharge
his debt, and two guineas to drink his health.

REGIMENTAL ORDBRS.

S. J. W. LOYAL VOLUNTEERS.

• Ord, rly Room, Septeinher ”,
Parade at Burlington Houfe on Thurklay morning ;he 26th inn.
at ct 2 o'clock. Roil-call prec:f.-ly e a quarter after Canteen :Ind
Havrefac, containing one day's prnvinott to he carried under ri e
left am• The giment to parade in fliOes an I gaiter., bet wi,h-
ont knarfick or great coat. Conimiffsoned Officers to wear Wart
crape on the left arm, tied ab.ve the . lhow.

General the Earl orate it:unwire will fee the Brigatti probably
for the laR time this feafon; and as the Regiment ha, throughout
the year muttered the itronyett of any in th,: field, it is anxloutly
hoped Gentlemen will not fierce it to Ike our- iiumherzd on this ve-
eafion. t lER9T, Colonet.

The ad battaliorr of the Sad Regimnt marched
from Hythe Barracks yellerday fir Shorncliffe, (*1
occupy the burr: eks its which the 78th was quarters'.
The t zdr regiment of Light Dragoons are on tlic ir
march from RuMford Batracks to Guildford.
Itt-vratv —Ycllerday the following Volunteer Re.
giments of Infantry were reviewed oil Blackheath by
General the Earl of HARLINGTON:

Ceav% Inn Sharp-OmM% —it
.lokt:ilk Soothwa•k.
Loyal Wvltnanacr, Fir& Sarrey Regiment,
St. Gcnrges, ana The Clerkenwell,
Sr. Andrew's, Holborn. Rotherhttke, and
St. Saviour's, .fit • Dtike lar Gloucetter's.
On the arrival of the troops on the Heath, the?
were drawn up in hoot of •the Paragon, with Gene-
rals Geosvanua arid Phipps on the wings; the Earl
of HAILRINGTON gave the word of command, The
Corps in general made 'try refpetable mutters, and
the firing was performed in the molt corral and
Ready manner. After the review was finned, each
individual of every Corps, except the Duke of Ginu.
cetter's, helped himfetf to whatever refrethment he
had provided in his kaverfatk and canteen, and then
marched back to town. The Duke of Gloucefter's,
however, went down and returned house in caravans.
They had alfo a breakfaft and an excellent dinner
prepared for them at the Green Mart, at the edge of
the Heath. This was done out of the fund belonging
to the Corps, and the cars were found to be particn-
lady ufefol coming home, as the rain had made ill*
roads fo deep that it was extremely uncomfortable
to a large body of men who were obliged to Winch
in the middle of the read.

NEW MAYOR S.-W. GoLDION. Efq. has beep thofen
Mayor of Poramnnth ; W. Santa, Efq. Coffedor of
the Cuftoms, Mayor of Southampton; and Joan N
CHOLAS SILVIA, Elq. Mayor of Wincheler.
An Order from Government was received by the
High Sheriff of the County of Cork, for the liberation
of WI LL IA 14 TODD JON El, Efq. who was accordingly
difcharged.
It is not precifely known when the Rosso pro.
mired by the Bank Direetors will be given to the Rock -
holders, but it is certain that as early as Monday next,
dr& who have courted the fmiles of Fortune by the
purchafe of Tickets or Shares in the prefent Lottery,
will receive a difiribution of her favours, and that
fome mutt fpeedily hive the enormous intereft of one
hundred ibotiand per cent. an the money they have
expended, there being there Prizes of mooed. three
of io,oool. and a valt number of other capitals.
A few days ago, at a village near Derby, a fire
broke oat in a cottage, in which were three chil-
dren, who, we are forty to Rate, were burnt to
death. They were incautioufly left alone, and, it is
imagined, when the fire began, had ran up Rains
for fafety, and locked theasfelves in a mom.
Sunday night, between nine and ten o'clock, $
man genteely dreffed, forced his way into a hordein King-beet, St. James's, as the maid was entering
the door on her return from the neighbourhood. lie
diretntd his courfe to the kitchen; but the alarm
being given by the maid-fervant, who feized him by
the coat, and attempted to fecure him, he efcaped
from the honk, after violently extricating himfelf
from her hold. He was followed acrofs the fquare,
as far as Jermyn-greet ;but, from the darkoefs of the
night, eluded his purfuers. On fearching the bottle
afterwards, it was found that none of the plate was
miffing.
On Saturday morning, kilt as the Portfmonth
waggon was going to fet oft from the Talbot inn, in
the Borough, the waggoner went to hang a bucket
at the tail of the vehicle with a lighted candle in his
hand. The blaze of the candle communicated to
fome firaw in the waggon, and in a lhort time the
flames extended to the tilt and other parts of the
waggon. ft was then deemed moR prudent to haw;
the waggon removed from the yard, to fare the ad-
joining buildings. The hocks being yoked in, the
waggon was drawn out to Sr. Margaret's-hill; but.
before affillance could be procured, the whole of the
property intended to be conveyed to Portftnouth
was on fire. It was entirely deftroyed in fpite of
every effort to lave ir, and it is Paid to have been
worth upwards of Soot.
On Saturday night, about tee o'clock, a fire
broke out at No. 4, Weft-greet, Seven Dials. The
engines loon ambled ; but, while fome were play-
ing in front, the wall fell outwards, and the men
narrowly efcaped being buried in the ruins. The
fire continued to burn in fpite of every exertion un-
til near three in the morning The adjoining honks
were very materially damaged, but none were com-
pletely deftroyed. The houfe was kept by a Mrs.
Robnett, who had a childbed warehoufe in it. She
was in the houfe about nine o'clock, but was not
ken afterwards.

On Wednefday night a fire was difcovered in the
apartments of Col. Cbeller, of the Herts Militia, et
'phyla, in which were four of his infant children.
On one of the neighbours haftening up hits, he taw
the maid running about the room in a (late of dif-
traElion, with two of the children under her arms.
He lucceeded in refcuing them from their perilous
lituatinn, and extinguithed the fire, but not bane
the window ea/tains were dearoyed, and other parts
of the mum confithrably damaged.
Saturday fe'nnight the children of a labourer re-
tiding at Southleigh, near Witney, who had been
negligently left at home with a fire in the honfe, the
elicit only (even yeai% old, fet fire to a large quan-
tity of Itraw near the cutage-houfe, which, together
with a fine new wheat rick, and a barn filled with
wheat, was entirely confumed. The damage is
ettimated at upwards of 3001.
On the 23d ult. between ten and eleven at night,
the roof of the dwelling-houfe at the Etta end of
Birgham, in the parity of Eccles, and county of
Bet wick, polreffed by Alexander Watt. was difeo.
vered to be bn fire, and a match was next day
found in a hay-flack adjoining, for totting it on fire
alto ; and which mutt hate been done wilfully.,

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OLD B4ILET.

Saturday eighteen prilnners were tried, five of
whom were capitally cons itted, viz.
Ridiard ilardiv, for forcing and counterfeiting
certain (tamps, or Stamp Office marks, of the ace of
fpades, on playing cards, and vending and uttering
the fame, knowing them to be fo for,,atcl and counter-
hired, contrary to the tlatute of the 44. th of the
King.
This was a trial of confiderable intereft, carried on
at the profecution of the Commiffinners of Stamp
Dirties. The prifoner w,,s a card maker, in a moll
eminent and refpeSable line of trade, and carried on
Iris bulinefs at two different 'tourer, licenfed for the
purpnfe, viz. in Hereford-areet, Oxford-road, and
Green-ltreet, Grofvenor-feptare. The fufpicions
againfl the prifoner were excited in the Commit'.
fioners by th 2 very (mall number of (lamps he took
out, in proportion to the extenfive line of bulinefs he
carried on ; in confeqnence of which they employed
perlons to put chafe different quantities of cards at
his houfe, from the examination of which the for-
geries were detetled.
The profecution was opened by Mr. DAMPIER,
and the cafe Plated by the ATTORNEY GENERAL ;
Mr. Gasteow and Mr. KNAPP were alto for the pro-
fteution ; and Mr. ALLEY and Mr. GURNEY for the
prifoner.
John Hockey, an officer in the Stamp Office,
whofe peculiar bufinefs is to print the ace of fpades
for the card duty department, depofed, that he was
fent, on the r 4th of May lag, by order of the Com
mitlionet s of Stamps, to purchafe fome cards of the
prifoner, at his bode, in Hereford greet. Prifoner
was not at home, but he purchafed fix packs of a
lad, his fervant, named Lepine. On the 16th, he
went again, and bought fix packs of the ;tanner him-
fell, and paid him 215. ; he went again, on the 24th,
and purchafed twelve packs, paying 4ts. ; he went
again, on a firtifequent day, and ordered five dozen
to be fent to his houre, No. 74, Edgeware-road, which
were accordingly fent, with a receipt for the purchafe
money ; witnefs was not at home when they were
brought. The feveral parcels were produced, and
the witncfs identified them as purchafed and marked
by him at the time. Said, he had been thirteen
years in his prefent department at the Stamp Office,
was well acquainted with the marks that were al-
ways impreffed on the ace of fpades ; and lays, he
immediately knew thole aces on the cards he put-
chafed at the prifoner's to be forged, as one in par-
ticular had an error in the &ft word of the motto
of the royal aims, being fpeilcd Dier inhead of Dieu.
Stephen Lepine depofed, that he was apprentice
with the prifoner two years, ending the Bth init.—
He has fern the prifoner engaged in making cards
and patting wrappers, and when the cards were made
up, witnefs has frequently feen the prifoner take
fomenting out of a bottle, and put it on the Ramp of
the wrapper, for the purpofe, as he thought, of giv-
ing it a glofs. He has feen copper plates in the poi.-
region of the prifoner, and he remembers having
delivered cards, in his mailer's (hop, to Mr. Hockey.
He knew nothing more of the plates that having
ken them in his poffeffion. He knew a perfon nam-
ed Leadbeater, whom he has teen with the prifoner,
and who ufed to bring him plates for cards and bills
of parcels. The prifoner carried on his bufinefs on-
ly in North-row and Hereford-ltreet, and no where
tile as the witnefs knew.
A witnefs. named Leadbeater, depofed, that he
lodges at No. 65, Wells-greet, Oxf4d-road, and is.
a Hone real engraver. Has known the prifoner three
years ; remembers having dined with the prifoner at
his hank on a Sunday about two years fence ; after
dinner the pi ironer called him afide in another room,
Om the senior, and afked him if he could engrave on
copper? witnefs raid no; but he knew a young man
who did, named White. The prifoner paufed fome
time, and then Aced if he could be depended upon?
Winters anfwered, he would endeavour to get done
for him any thing he wanted. Pi ironer raid he would
call on him in a few days, which he did at the wit-
aefs's lodgings, in Greek•ftreet, and brought with
him four copies of the duty ace of fpades, with the name
of the feller cut off, and he told him to take them to
White and get them copied as dole as he could, and
if White fhould ark any queftions, to fay they were
for a foreigner at Hamburgh. Wiloertearried them
to White, and afitedi bim if be would copy them ?
White raid he would call •and let him know next
day: when he did fee him, and White laid, for
Gnu's fake Leadbeater take care what you are about;
adding, that he could engrave them, but he inna
give them into the hands of a Magiftrate. Witnefs
then laid it was a card-maker of his acquaintance
that gave them him, and afterwards went and
told the prifoner what paired, and that White laid it
was a forgery. The prifoner anfwered it was no fuch
thing, and defined witnefs to call on White again and
tell him to do them, and any money he might ark he
fhould have but White laid he would have nothing
to do wi:h them, but thought the witncfs knew who
they were for. Saw White no more , nothing farther
tired for fix or (even months ; witnefs afterwards
:d at No. 42, Great Tichfield-greet, whither the
mer came to bim, and afked him if he thought
mid do the cards himfelf witnefs raid No, but
he thought he might foon learn with inftruc-
t ; prifoner defined him to look oat for and agree
fume proper perfon to intim& him, and he
,d pay the expence ; and witnefs accordingly
ied to Mr. Woodthnrpe, an engraver in Fetter-1
• who agreed, for twenty guineas, to inaruft,
. The prifoner frequently allied him, while under
Woodthorpe's inftrudian, how he came on;
at one time Inked him if he could not copy the
of fpades, as he was much diareffed, fince the
T old Barrows, who ufed to do them for him the
fixteen years, was dead ? Heafterwards brought
violet's a copper-plate with 24 aces of fpades,
allied him if he cuuld touch it up ? (a term ufed
the engravers for repairing a plate). Witnefs raid
would try, and on the Sunday following went to
with the prifoner, who after dinner brought him
a room with the plate, and locked the door.—
,ners tried to touch it up, but could not. The
timer came to him in a quarter of an hour. Wit-
remembers the nunibtrs on this plate were 1,2,
7. Prilsincr came again to his lodgings, and 11:-
him if he could engrave on brats? which he an-
-ered in tire negative : he brottglit a plate with him
-ler his coat, with twenty aces of fpades upon it,
told the witnefs to copy a 4, 15, 19, 20, which

winters raid lie would, and employed a young matt,
named Bunning, an apprentice to Mr. Woodthorpe,
to do it ; gave the plate afterwards to the prifoner,
who Paid it was very neatly done, and came fhortly
afterwards to have another done, but inftead of the
name of Harding. to put in that of Blanchard, and
gave him an exportation ace to copy from; this done
he came again, and ordered two more with the name
Harding, and the duty on, t.bferving, that if he
worked too much on one plate, he fhould be found
ont. Witnefs remembers at the time when Harding
and Lee were taken. The officers had been to his
houfe, and the prifoner gave him initiations, if lie
was allied any queitions, to fay he knew nothing
about the bufinefs. \Vitnefs was apprehended in
June, and at that time there were two of the pri-
toner's plates in his houfe, which the prifoner had
brought to have fume more printed.
Crofs examined by Mr. GURN EY—Witnefs faid,he
had told Bunning who engraved thole plates, that
they were for Mr. Shepherd, Engraver to the Stamp
Office : that he himfelf was taken up three times af-
ter his firft examination, that he was a little afraid
for his neck ; acknowledged that the firft and fecund
accounts he gave to the Magistrate of the tranfac-
tion were very different, and neither true, but
(aid that he would abide by the laft account he had
given, as that was the truth. The others he acknow-
ledged to be falfe, though all taken before the fame
Magistrate.
Chriftopher Bunning fupported the teftimony of
the IA witnefs, fo far as concerned him.
Mr. Skelton, a grocer, in Green-ftreet, Grofvenor-
fquare, depofed, that the prifoner was originally his
fhopman ; about two years fince he took from him a ,
warehnufe in his back yard, of which the pi ironer
generally kept the key, but fometimes left it at his 'I
houfe. He had a copper-plate prefs in this room,
and occupied it in printing aces of fpades, at which
the witnefs never faw him particularly employed but
once, fo as to fee that he was printing. The ptitoner
himfelf frequently came there, fometimes twice a
day, and often not for days t.gether : he had fre-
quently Peen him at work there with an apron before
him, and a flannel jacket on. He dealt with the wit-
nets for fpirits and groceries, and ufed to give him
other commodities in exchange, called wane paper;
the commodity fo called was playing cards, in per-
fed packs, made up in white paper, not fealed,
charged to the witnefs t 7s. id. per dozen packs, and
fold again by him at a profit. He fometimes had
four, five, or fix dozen at a time. This traffic con.
tinued for tome time before the prifoner had taken
the witnefs's back premifes. It was not the witnefs
who kept the account current, but his wife, who died
tome time fince—(here the witnefs built into tears—
his late wife was the unfortunate perfon who fnme
weeks fince put an end to her existence at a village
Come &fiance from town, under the tortures of mind
(he experienced on the fubjea of this bufinefs.) His
houfe was fearched
,at the time the prifoner was
taken, and an account current between them, in the
hand writing of the prifoner, found there, which the
prifoner the day before had brought and given him,
and defired him to take care of it, but did not then
explain his reafons. The officers fearehed alto the
back houfe, and found the flannel jacket and other
articles, all the prifoner's property. The prifoner
alto brought him a large roll of papers, in a blue
wrapper, and defired him to put it fate out of the
way, and the witnefs took it to the lodging of his
daughtet, and placed it in her cullody ; the did not
know what it contained. The officers came there a
fecond time, and found tome copper plates, by dig-
ging in the garden, near the privy ; they were placed
there, as he fuppcfes, by the prifoner, as he had told
him they were. He acknowledged e officers dug
for them by his direllion.
Edward Stone, a [errant of the prifoner, Paid it
was a part of his bufinefs to cut aces of fpades to
perfea packs once a month ; they were twenty on a
filed : he never faw any there with lets. He work.
ed fewer within the IA fix months before the prifo-
.ner was apprehended, than in the fix months prece-
ding.
John Rivett, a Buvr•fireet officer, deputed, that he
went with Carpmcal and Miller on the 25th June, to
Hereford-greet, and apprehended the prifoner, his
apprentice, and another fervant of his. Nothing
particular was found there • went, to Leadbeater's.
and there found two copper• Plates of the ace of fpades,
and Tome paper, on the top of a rolling prefs. Went
alto to Skelton s, and there found, in the room behind
the yard, an iron fly pref., two rollers of a rolling
prefs, a flannel jacket, a red ink ball. and a marble
flab ; on fearching the dull bole below they found
the remainder of the rolling prefs, and the plates
hid under ground in the garden ; in the back room
there were three groces of packs of cards made up,
but without the aces of fpades. On the 9th of July
they went again to Leadbeater's, and found the plates
with aces of fpades, in the privy. In the houfe of
Mr. Shingler they found,.in a box with foul linen, a
roll of papers, containing impreffions of the ace of
fpades.
An Officer of the Stamp Office proved that this
parcel contained 3000 imp:arms of the ace of
fpades.
The Difiributnr of Stamps proved that the ace of
fpades he delivers out t o the card makers are always
twenty on a !beet, and eonfequently no aces not fo
printed have been printed at the Stamp Office.
Here clofed the evidence for the profecution ; the
prifoner adduced no evidence to difprove any one of
the charges, but a number of muff retpeitable tradef-
men from his own neighbourhood, who knew him
for a (cries of years, gave him a molt excellent cha-
ratier.
The Jury, after a fhort confultation, found a vex-
diEt Guilty—Death.
Thomas Jones was capitally indiEled for felonionf-
ly (leafing thirty bottles of wine. value 41. los. in
the dwelling•houfe of Mr. Lewis, attorney, in Bed-
ford•row.
The prifoner was butler to Mr. Lewis, and was
fuppofed to have Bolen the wine, which was found
concealed in his room, and in the pantry, while it
was bottling off in Mr. Lewis's cellar.
• The Jury found him Guilty, but recommended
him to mercy, on the conjeaure that he might have
taken the wine as conadering it a perquifite ; but the
Recorder, who tried the cafe, Paid no fuch eircum.
fiance appeared in evidence, nor could the prifoner
himfelf make any (itch pretence.
Thomas IVafiins, and George Span, for returning
from tranfportation before the expiration of their

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