Star.
London, England, 1807-11-27 00:00:00

iv iliio in ii, ll/4'oli. 4.

Our Winter Theatre continues to receive the fup•
port due to the MAnager's exertions, in getting up
iris pieces in moll excellent Ilyle. The Comedy of
the Wontbr; and Sr. David's Day, were performed here
last Saturday, by the defire of Mrs. GREENLEY. The
bottle was well attended, and the petformers gained
additional credit : independent of the patronage
Mr. Lee has experienced here, the company plays
alto three times a week at Dorcheller, under the
fanelion of the Earl of Doetusstsa, Lady Auni-
yea, Colonel Faamyrou, and the Mayor and Corpo-
ration. Crowded hooks hate amply !tamped the re•
fpeetability of Mr. LEE and his performers.
Violent gales have prevailed during tl:e sail week
on this coaft. Several honks It iVe been damaged,
and the chimney of Mr. Mamma's dwelling hcufe
was blown down, and the roof much demolilhed
Happily no lives were 1011.
The Ball at the Royal Hotel on \Vednefday even
ing was as usual fafhiouably attended ; and the win.
ter fuhfctiption to it rapidly increafes.
The 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons was yef. •
terday reviewed by General Col-row. The General
expreffed to Colonel HEAD the highelt encomiums on
the difcipline and foldierlike appearance of this moll
excellent regiment, net inferior to any in his Majetty's
ferrite.
Lord CAVAN has left us. Lady MARY BLAIR is
arrived at Scriven's Hotel, and General Sir Jamts
PULTENSY is bout ly expeeled.

Bow-rraxsr.—Yellerday jot/ /laser, a Jew of
Portfnsouth, was brought before Mr. READ, for re
examination, charged, on the oath of Richard Smith,
and others, with telonioufly uttering and publifhing
as true, at Greenwich, in tt county of Kent, a cer
rain falfe, forged and counterfeited certificate, pur
porting to be the certificate of the Honourable
Courteney Boyle, Captain of his Majefly's (hip the
Royal William, and Robert Young, Lieutenant ofl
the fame fhip, in order to receive certain prize money
due to Thomas Scandling, who had ferved nn hoard
hit Majefly's fhip the Triumph, with an intetit to
defraud the Commiffi oters and Governors of the
Royal Holpital at Greenwich, he well knowing the
fame to be falfe, forged and counterfeited.
Richard Smith, Efq. the Clerk of the Cheviot. at
Greenwich, laid, that the prifoner had been for Come''
time I-of-paled of forging feamen's cer.ificates ; in
confequence of which, every poffible attention and
examination was given to every certificate that came
from him. On the 29. h day of September lad, he
received from the prifoner, by the poll, an order,
purporting tr. he the order of Thomas Scandling, of
his Majelry's fnip Royal William, at Spithead, and
to have the mark of Thomas Scandling, fur the pay-
ment to the prifoner,or order, hi, Orate of the prize
money, when on board the Ttiumph, fur the Ranger,
St. Raphael, and El Firma, tinder Admiral Sir
Robert Calder, in the Welt Indies, at his office in
Greenwich. It came in an enclofure, purporting to
be figned by W. H. Prellon, clerk to Mr. Peacock,
of Clement's Inn, agent to Cr: prifoner. He ltrongly
furpeEted the order to be falfe, forged, and counter-
feit, and that the prifoner forged it. He further
timed, that on the 17th day of September, a yourg
man, who laid his name was Thomas Scandling,iand
that he had fel vest on board the Triumph, came to
him at his office at Greenwich, and claimed the pay
ment of fume prize money, which, he faids was due
to him, for captures made by the Triumph, and on
being (hewn the laid order in favour of the prifoner,
which had been fent far payment by Mr. Peacock,
the prifoner's agent, Scandling declared he had not
figned it, or- given any order for the payment of his
prize money ; and on the day the certificate purpor-
ted to be figned by Thomas Scandling, he was at
Liverpool.
Mr. Peacock proved that the order; purporting to
be figned by Thomas Scandling, which lie prefented
to Mr. Smith at Greenwich, was the fame that he
received from the prifoner at Portfea. He believed
the filing up of the orders to be in the band-writing
of the pi &incr.
. The Honourable Crwe:ley Boyle, Captain of bis
Majelly's (hip Royal Willi rm, now lying at Spithead,
faid that the fignatme G. Bryle" to the certifi-
cate annexed to the order of Thomas :handling, au-
thorifing Joel Ifaacs to receive Thomas Scandling's
prize.mor.ey, due to him for fervices as a boy on
board his Majelly's fhip the Triumph, for the cap-
ture of prizes, is not hand writing.
Lieutenant Young, of the Royal William, Rated,
that the lignature of Robert Young to ThomasScand-
ling's order, purporting to be his fignature, was a
forgery.
Jeremiah Craymore, of Liverpool, proved that
Thomas Scandling lodged at his houfe on the 19th of
September to the 24th of oElober ; In that it was
impoflible he could have figned the order, as it pur-
ported to be figned on tie 24th day of September,
at which time he was at Liverpool.
William Adkins, the officer, laid he took the pri-
Goner into cut ncly at his houfe, at Port mouth, an
the tfi day of Oelober, at which time he confeffed
to him, that, after the order had been returned for
Captain Boyle's fignature, Scandling, on the fame
day, called on him, and respelled to be paid his
prize-money (at which time Scandling was at Liver
pool), and that he told him he could not have it, as
the order had been returned for want of Capt. Boyle's
fignature ; that Scandling took the order, aid, in a
(bort time, returned with tie order purporting to be
figned by the Captain. This of coutfe was impoffi-
ble.

The prifoner was fully committed for trial at the
enfuing Afrzts for ►he county of Kent.
liars-on Gattnktn—Yellterday the final examina-
tion of Elizabeth Brown, Mary Marfb, a ward nude of
St. Bartholomew's Hcfpital, and Henry Ray, (hoe-
maker, doled, when they were fully committed for
trial. charged with robbing Charles Shiner, Efq.
Curfitor-fiteet, Chancery Lane, of a great number
of ancient coins.

Mary Mitchel was committed fur trial, being charged
wilh uttering counte►feit filver on two different days
in the lhop of Mr. Mailettnan, in Holborn. Trott,
the officer, fonnd a quantity of trifling articles upon
her, which the had porchafed at different 11v)ps with
bate filver, by which, in getting change, (ha accuu►u•
lated a large quantity of halfpence and good fix•
pences. She had a confederate who made her efcape,
who always remained outfide of the limp on loch oc-
cafions.

LA::'

Cotnt-r op RING'S BtNC`.l, NO4I. 24.

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LORD ELGIN V. ROBERT FIRC:VVID, ESQ
. •
Mr. TuPPING applied fu a title to thew cause rtfor
the trial rf this aEtion, fir criminal c •nverrticn;
fhould not be p•r(ipuned trail the fittings after the
next term. Ile moved it upon the atlifavit of the
Defendant, alt. fw tre that a Gentleman, rcfidentin
Paris, of the name of Crauturd, was si material
witneis on his behalf.

The ATTuitNiY GENFRAL Said, that the noble
Plaintiff in this !nit wouid not relit} thisapplicati.:n.
were he nit fully convinced that it was made only for
the purpufe of delay. Neither was it a cafe where it
could be expeaed, that a party would voluntarily*,l
content to interrogaTries, eipecially where the wa-
nds was a gentleman domitiled at Paris in an enemy's
country.
Mr. Janice °toss raid, that on thefe occafions the
Court ufually expected fume Itaternent in the affidavit,
that the witnefs who wis abfcnt might return at a
partictilar time; but nothing of that kind appeated
here.
Mr. Tot.pl,;(; replied, that the defendant had had
nn oppwttinity of writing to Mr. Cratifurd, to obtain
any inf. rmation upon the lubjeet ; but he hoped that
their Lordthips would grant a tole to Thew court.
Mr. Gmtaow obferved, that if the Court Should
grant the Application, from any czpeaation that the
Cuunfel for the plaintiff would advile Lord Elgin to
confent to it, he, as one of thefe Conde:, mull fay
that he Should offer no Such recommendation.

Lord ELLF)IIS:.*ROUGH reMAlked, that this point
had been decide,' in Lord Wyenntbe'b cafe. He
would he breaking in upon the eflalalithed tu!e of the
Court, to grata the °Nod of the motion; merely
upon the expeetwion that the ',titer party would con-
tent to a commiffi .n to examine witnclfes upon inter-
rogatories.

Mr.
_Mike LawafracF fail, that he avrehended
that this was a caule in which fonnthing brionti the
prefent a6tion wzs looked to by the Plaintiff.
Mi. GARIVIW anfwered, that there was at prefent a
fuit depending, inilituted by the Noble Plaintiff, in
the C.'urts of Scctiand, to obtain a divorce.—Rule
refuted.