Star.
London, England, 1814-02-15 00:00:00

HABEAS CORPUS.-EX PART* BLA KE.

We stated a tew days ago that a motion for a
habeas coypu: had ben obtained in the Court of. King's.
Bench, to discharge Lieutenant Blake of the 55th
regiment, who had been under niihtary arrest since
November last, unless good grounds were shown to
;he contrary
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL shewed cause on Satur-
day last, wl—ch was, that no efforts were spared tc
bring him t a Court Martial, but that witnesses,
'whose evidence is material, were not in the' country,
and that immediately on their arrival the Court Mar-
tial will take place. The Learned Gentleman then
produced an affidavit of the Judge Advocate General
to that effect, and the Defendant was remanded.

COUKT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY 14.
RICDARDVIN w. SMALLWOOD.

This was an action of considerable importance to
the tradi;lg world, and was brought by the plaintiff,
a respectable tavern-keeper in Covent-garden against
the defendant, an auctioneer and house-agent, re-
siding at the corner of Southampton-street and
Blfii,ni)bury-square, to recover the sum 0f.X815.165.
8d bei:,g the amount, of several promissory notes
v: n by the Defendant to the Plaintiff for money lent.
The Defendant 1-l-aded that he became a bank-
rupt in January, 181% and that the cause of action
accrued before that time.

The Pi.intiff replied, that he had been discharged
wider a fol mer Commission in, IW2, and had not
paid L'ls. in the pound to all his creditors under the
latter.

To this the Defendant rejoined, that he had paid
15• i. in the pound, and upon which issue was joined.
M.. Serjeant BEST stated the case on the part ef
the pl,intiff; and Mr. Sedeant VAUGHAN fur the
defer, .cant, not being able to prove that his estate Ind
made any dividend under the last Commission, or
that it was ever likely to pay any, the plaintiff had a
verdict t(ir his demand—a€Bls. 16s. Bd.
COURT' OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, FEB. 10.

THE KING, AT THE PIWSECUTION OF THE ATTORNEY•
GEN EKAI., AGAINST JOHN MAGEE.
On this day the Traverser was brought to receive
the Judgment of the C.,urt, for publishing the Reso-
lutions of the Catholics of Kilkenny.

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Mr Justice DAY, after making several preliminary
obsei vat,,,ns on the nature ,:nd tendency of the Libel,
for the publication ot wtoch Mr. Magee was convicted,
pronounced the fill•)wing sentence
" That you, John Magee, pay a fine to the King
of £lOOO, and be imprisoned for six months, to
commence from the expiration of your former sen-
tence; that you continue in imprisonment till that
fine be paid; and that you give security to keep the
peace, yourself in £lOOO, and two securities for
£5OO each !"

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
These Sessions commenced yesterday, before Mr.
Jnitice MAIN WAIIIING, and a Bench of Magistrates.
J. Ekanor stood indicted for assaulting J. Cooke, on
the 23d of November last.

Mr. KNAPP statpd, that the prosecutor was a con-.
stable, appointed by the Deputy Ranger of Hyde-,
Park, to attend at the commencement, to prevent im-
proper persons from obtruding themselves among the
Gentlemen of dash who ride in Rotten Row. Among
other persons who are particularly proscribed, are
horse-dealers, who although accompanied by Dukes
or Lords, are directed not to be admitted. On Sun-
day, the 'Ad of November, the prosecutorbeing on his
duty, perceiving the defendant, a horse-dealer, in
Duke-street, attempt to pass the bar, stopped him,
when he jumped over the rails with his horse, and on
again being spoken to by the prosecutor, he leaped
from his saddle, challenged him to tight, and held up
his list in a menacing attitude.. This Mr. Knapp
submitted, was.an assault in the eye of the law.
The prosecutor's statement was supported by. the
eviJence of a young man who was present. The pro-
secutor could not swear that the defendant was a
horse-dealer, but had frequently seen hints tide diffe-
rent horses.
Mr. ALLEY, for the defendant, contended, that there
was no proti of assault whatever, and further snbinit-
ted that alth. ugh his client was the brother of a
horse-dealer, he was not a horse-dealer himself, bat
an Othcer in the Army.
The CHAIRMAN t.b.SerVedi that the defendant was

certainly at the time of c-unmitting the offence impu-
ted to him, obiruding himselt into a place where he
had no right to be, except by permission, consequently
in the course•which he had pursued, (he was guilty of
a breach of ve peace. Verdict—Guilty. fined 20s.
W. Lilo and J. Fenn, were indicted for assaulting

and falsely imprisoning Mr. Marriott, Tilt bid
purchased upholstery goods to the amount of seBs.
19s. from the prosecutor, for which he gave his hill
at twelve months, The prosecutor hearing that Mr.
Tilt had got some money in his possession, called
upon him before the bill became due, and proposed
to forego the interest, provided he would pay him
then. He agreed to pay him £5O, but wanted pro-
secutor to give him a receipt for the whole : this the
prosecutor refused to do, and having given him a
proper receipt was quitting the house with the £5O,
when he was forcibly detained by Mr. Tilt and Mr.
Fenn, who was a lodger in the house, and was not
permitted to go till he complies.' with their demands.
These facts having been proved by Mr. Marriott,
both were found Guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine
of 20i. each.

Sweet stood indicted for -41erjury, alledged to
have been committed in an adbdavit which he had
made before a Master in Chancery, he positively de-
nying having received £4.0 from Messrs. Green and
Co. brewers, for extra services done by him for them,
and respecting which a question.had.come before the
Lord Chancellor.
Mr. POOI.EY, for the prosecution, said, 'Messrs.
Green and Co. in the prdent case were by nkineans
actuated by a wish to treat the defendant with seve-
rity, but simply to justify their own character from
the imputation cast upon it by his affidavit. They
had alledged, in an account which they had produced
to the Court of Chancery, that they had peid the de-
fendant set% but were not then able to accornpany
that allegation with the receipt. The payment of this
sum the defendant had on oath positively denied;
but they had subsequently discovered his receipt, and
were thereby fortunately enabled to falsify his asser-
tion. They were now disposed to think he had acted
under a misapprehension of the fact, and if he would
openly confess his error, and make a proper apology,
they were ready to forego all farther proceedings.
Mr. GURNEY, for the defendant, said, that the de-
fendant had not, till within an hour of that time, the
slightest recollection of ever having received the 81.0
alluded to, and, even now, was only convinced th it
he had received it from the production of the receipt,
and this, although his memory furnished him with
no traces of having ever had the £4O, of course ren-
dered it but proper that he should admit the payment
of the money-, and express his contrition for the of-
fence of which he had been unwittingly gailty. This
circumstance had taken place eleven years back.
The prosecutors being satisfied with this acknow-
ledgment, the defendant was acquitted.
. CRUELTY TO AN APPRENTICE.

J. Lewli, an Attoney's clerk, and Ann his wife, a
tambour•working woman, were both indicted by the
oarish of St. Giles, Cripplegate, for unmercifully and
inhumanly beating with a large stick a poor parish
apprentice. named Ann Byrne, successively, on the
6th of January last, after the girl had bee .1 three years
with them, having been bound at the age of ten years,
and instead of being taught her trade, flogged for not
blacking her master's shoes to his liking, and for
offending her mistress on some other occasion, to such
a degree, that an adjoining neighbour heard the
screams, whereupon the girl being told by her mistress
that she would not be kept, was directed by a woman

in the street to the workhouse, where, on inspection,
she was found so beaten and blackened with stripes,
that Mr. Laystaff, the surgeon, deposed to the colour
and appearance of her back to be like that of a Zebra.
The child was of an interesting countenance, and
very innocent.
Mr. ALLEY conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Gtn6lEr made a short address to the Jury in mitiga-
tion, without calling any witnesses.
The. defendants were found Guilty; and the wife,
being pregnant, was tined one shilling only, and the
husband £lO.

MISS LAVINIA ROBINSON.—The most interesting
parts of the evidence hn t}l Coroner's Inqugst on the
body of this unfortunate young Lady, were those of
two sisters and a brother of the deceased, who stated
their belief that the letter, purporting to be Lavinia's
hand-writing, was not written by her; and the testi-
mony of a Mr. Barlow, who was returning home, past
the western wall of the New Bayley, Manchester, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock nn the evening be.
fore stated.: saw a Gentleman and Lady, who seemed
to be quarrelling ; followed them some time ; saw the
Lady struck and knocked down by the Gentleman :
she got up again, and took hold of his arm, and he
wrenched it from her he, seeing the witness, suffered
her to take hold of his a. m, and walked on : witness
heard her say, believe me—but you won't-1 don't
care if you murder me, if you'll only believe me."—
He heard him say, is Who was it ? if you don't tell me,
I'll never forgive you." He saw them under a lamp,
near the late Mr. Beck's brewery, and being asked to
describe their dress, it corresponded with the dress
worn by Miss Robinson and Mr. H. that evening.
They afterwarals went to the new road leading to the
river ; and, when they were about 150 yards from the
banks of the river, he left them, and went home.—lt
appears, as before stated, that Mr. H. accused the
deceased of a lapse from chastity ; and in the truth of
which he persisted on the Inquest, 'and gave in a
written document, in .hich he thus expresses himself:
" I resolved upon the desperate alternative or being
convinced of her virtue before marriage.. Thursday
evening, Dec. 16, I discovered, with horror, that my
fears were realised ; I immediately taxed her with it ;
in answer to which, she asserted her innocence with
considerable vehemence." The well-known high
sense of honour and character of the. young Lady,
however, coupled with the most clear and satisfactory
testimony of the very respectable Surgeons, who exa-
mined the body at the instance of the Coroner, totally
-preclude the possibility of the least truth in the accu-
sation,.even to the last moment of her:existence.
Miss ROBINSON was possessed of tl:e cost engaging
qualities.: her compositions, both in prose.and verse,
breath throughout the purest sentiments of religion
and virtue. In a letter, addressed, Only a few days
preceding her death, to one of her companions, speak-
ing of their mutual loss of a beloved school-fellow (by
the sudden bursting of a cannon in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, when celebrating Lord Welliogtort's
victory) she says--" Poor Maria, I was shocked to
hear of her 'awful end ; but I hope, through the
merits of that Saviout who died for
.us, she is now
received a saint in Heaven! May we, my dear girl,
be prepared. to meet that• great King of Tenors
whenever he appears to summon us, which may be
as equally unexpected by to AS it was by Maria!"