Star.
London, England, 1813-11-30 00:00:00

'GOVERNMENT LIFE ANNUITY OFFICE.

Bank-street, November 29, 1813.
The following is a short Scale of some of the Rates
upon which Government are now granting Life An.
wades :

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They are payable Half-Yearly at the BANK of ENGLAND,-
the sane as the Dividends. They may also be received by Power
of Attorney, and can be purchased on Single or Joint Lives when
the AS per Cent. Cons. or Reduced Annuities are at, or above
2E50. Upon the death of any Single Nominee, or the Sorviwir
of any Two Joint Nominees, one-fourth part of the expired
Annuity (over and above all Arrears) is payable to the Person
entitled to such Annuity, or to his or her Executors, Admi-
nistrators, or Assigns, provided it be claimed within Two
Years after such decease, but not otherwise.
£3 per Cents. being 60 and under St;

'For ono, of

Average Rate

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ZS per Cent. Stuck- for BCIOO Money.
A Single Life of 85receives X 4 f 2 - £7 12 1
40 4 17 - S 0 :4
45 S 9 - ' 8 10 3
50 512 - 9 5 1
SS 6 2 - 10 1 8
60 615 - 11 3 2
65 7 14 - 12 14 7
70 9 4 - IS 4 1
75 &upwards 11 11 - 19 110
All the Intermediate Ages will receive In proportion.
Particulars may be had (gratis) on application afthis Office. or
by writing to the " Suprriutendant; if the Postage be paid.
S. HIGHAM, Superintendent.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER 29.

It being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the bu-
siness of the Count was chiefly motions of course pre-
paratory to the ensuing Sittings.
INSOLVENT ACT.

Mr. Costume SERGEANT moved for a return to four
writs of Hake: Corpus, to bring up certain Insolvents
to take the benefit of the late Insolvent Act.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII said, that since the motion
was made on Saturday they had looked into the Act,
and found that no Habeas Corpus was necessary. He
did not blame the caution of the several persons to
whose custody the Insolvents were committed, but
the Court. were of opinion, that the Judge of the Court
bad power to bring the Insolvents before hinfby act
of his own Court ; and looling at the order issued by
Mtn, they were of opinion it was regular, and that
therefore the Habeas Corpus was unnecessary.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, NOVEMBER 29.
maim MR. COMMISSIONER PALMER.
This day a number of Insolvent Debtors were
brought up from the Fleet for their discharge under
the late Act. • In consequence of some reluctance to
bring up the prisoners of the King's Bench, a Judge's
order was obtajned in Court, and a limited number
appeared to take the benefit of the Act. In all the
cases which this day came under the jurisdiction of
Mt. Se 'cant PALMER, there was a defect in the sche-
dules. The parties had neglected to iniert, agreeably
to the provisions of the Act, the names and residences
of their creditors. They had also omitted a minute
statement of all their property. It was held requisite
that the articles ,of wearing apparel belonging to
themselves, their wives, and children, should be enu-
merated ; and, in default of those insertions they were
Temanded. In one instance, a Surgeon of the Navy,
who described himself as .a single man, with no other
effects than the clothes on his back, received the in-
dulgence of the Court. The Learned CoMmissioner
liberally undertook, as the case was not a complicated
one, to amend the prisoner's schedule, which he Ac-
cordingly did. The prisoner having made a list in
Court of the, articles on his back, was ordered to
annex the same to his schedule, and he will of course
appear again with his assignees, and if the latter are
approved by the Court, will obtain his discharge. 4
wretched man was brought in wrapped up in flannel,
apparently in the last stage of earthly existence.
He was opposed by the Attorney for his creditors,
nn the ground that the notice served on him last Sa-
turday was not sufficient, and that he had not had
time to make inquiries respecting some property which
it was supposed he meant to conceal.
Ihe Court would not hear that question then, but
remanded the man on the ground o: objection to
almost all the petitions, namely, a defect in the sche-
dule with respect to debts, creditors, residences, and
property.
Many were remanded because they were not pre-
pared so produce persons who had received their
notices. • .
A person was refused the benefit of the Act because
be had not been able to bring a perain from Guernsey
Whir h'ad served the notice on his creditor's attorney.
Attiong all the persons brought up, not one was
discharged.

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A iflrdiL APPOINTMENTS., .
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'captain Pittersiok4pitotnietto the nyinildon: ,t. -4 li
Captaiu James Nash. to the- morn.
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Lieutenant R. Pritobarit to•bnArtgt of-Transportstaind.
Lieutenant RichardHoaxe, to the. Dragon.
Lieutenam Simpson; to the Priniiii &phis Frederien. • 1
Mr. J. Inches, Burgs% nkatiend theßossiaa Fleet sit lilbsdne.
Mr. Hillyer, Surgeon, to the Ganges.
• Mr. J. Erskine Risk, to be &triton of the:5MM • I
Mr. Robert Smith, Surgeon, to the San Domingo.
Mr. J. N. Salt has been appointed Secretary to Vice-Admiral
I Thornborough. 0
The following Gentlemen potent their ditansklotiell Ot PlT-
mouth for Pursers last week:--Messrs. Edward War•
1 rpite ; Wm. Moody, Scylla ; Wm. Mattocks, An e ; Ttios
Shears, Vile de Paris; J. Wells, late flatus Purser of On Gone.
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RETRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN LORD Wife-
LINGTON'S ARMY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, DATED
" Camp at barer, Nov. 14.
16 The position of the enemy . was taken up with
great judgair, on a line of hills extending from St.
Jean de LUIPSn their right, to St. Jean Pied de Port
on their left. Of course jt was so extended as to
snake it impossible to connect it throushout, so as to
prevent there being weak parts in it ; but every
thing . was done to secure it by chains of redoubts co-
covering and supporting &lilt other : and these again
connected by intermediate breastworks, making al.
together a most formidable appearance, and render.
ing the'attempt to drive the enemy from it exceed-
ingly difficult.. To British soldiers, however, nothing
that-is within the reach of possibility, is impracticable.
The attack commenced at clfty-break : Sir RowLANb
HILL, with the 2d and sittledivisions, add some Spa.
niards, under Munn.t.o, was on. the right. Marshal
BERESFORD commanded tit centre, which was for-
med of the. 3d, 4th, 7th, and'the light divisions, to-
gether with a body of Spanish troops, under Gluon :
the left, under Sir Joins Hare, was composed of the
first and fifth divisons, and a division of Spaniards,
under FREER. '
66 The principal object was to force the enemy's
centre ; and at this point Lord WELLINGTON com-
manded in person. Nothing could. be more beautiful
than the day, at the dawn of which the first shot was
fired. It is impossible to describe the different efforts
of each division ; they all had in front mines and
breast-works ; it must be soificient to say, that they
carried all the positions in four hours, in the most
gallant manner po%sible. • '
66 The affair can hardly be called a general action,
for almost every thing was carried by the light troops
before the supporting columns could be brought up.
The severest part of the conflict fell on the 3d and
7th divisions.
eg The enemy appeared determined not to risk too
much ; nothing could be finer than the manner in
which they retired from one height to another. As
they never stood long enough to be severely pressed,
they found no difficulty in re-forming upon each bill
to which they successively retreated.
64 On the 12th, the Allied army had advanced.
about three leagues ; on the 13th and 14th, heavy
rains prevented any movement.
66 The head-quarters of the British Cavalry were
at Sam, on the 14th." . .
HORRID MURDER.—In the forenoon of Friday
se'nnight John Gibson, anailor in Hawick, was brought
to Jedburgh, in custody of a Sheriff-officer, accused
of murdering his wife. Early in the morning of the
above day, a person who lodges in the same house
where Gibson and his family lived, was awakened by
an unusual noise ; upon which 1:.: jumped out of bed,
and went into Gibson's room, the door of which was
open, to learn the cause of the noise he had heard,
when he found Gibson standing on the floor, in his
shirt, and, observed, by the light of a lamp which was
burning on the table, the shocking spectacle of his
wife lying, apparently lifeless, in front of the bed,
with ht.r throat cat, and the floor covered with her
blood. It was found, on examination, that the ar-
teries and veins on one side of her neck were com-
pletely cut through, by which she had quickly bled
to death. The unhappy woman has had several chil-
dren by her husband, and it is not known that they
ever lived together on ill terms. He did not deny
his guilt to those who secured him on the spot, nor
. did he attempt to resin ; and it seems he was led to
commit the atrocious act by the effects of jealousy,
which he had of late harboured against the deceased.
On his arrival at Jedburgh he was lodged in jail ;
and a precognition was immediately set on foot be.
fore the Sheriffs of the county.
SLAVE TRADE.—TheThais, SCORELLplately arrived
at Portsmouth, sailed from Sierra Leone on -the 4th of
August, and lastly from Acra, on the Leeward coast,
on the 3d of September. Prior to her quitting the
coast, the Favourite, Captain MAXWELL, and Albi-
core, Captain Davies, had arrived. They reached
Goree in the middle of July, and, after visiting Cape
Coast, separated on a -cruize in the beginning of Sep-
tember. The Thais was eighteen months on the
coast. Though, unfortunately for the cause ofhu-
inanity, and the mental improvement of Africa, the
Slave Trade is still carried omeiteneively under the
Portuguese and Spanish flags (the countenance of
which will materially depend upon cases of appeal
which are forthcoming for decision in the High Court
of Admiralty) yet we have the satisfaction to learn,
that in June last the Thais destroyed thelast remain.
ing factory (at Masuredo) supported by British sub-
jects, the proprietor of which extensive establishment,
John Bostock and Thomas M‘ Quin, are brought home
in the Thais, under the late Felony Act for the Abo-
lition of Slavery, at Sierra Leone, and sentenced to
be transported for fourteen years. The Thais lan-
ded forty of her crew, commanded by Lieutenant
WILKINS, to accomplish this act of humanity. The
factors resisted, killed one man, and another was
drowned going to the assault. There were about
230 slaves in the factory, who were released. The
Thais captured several vessels on the coast with slaves
on board ; they were under Portuguese and Spanish
flags: One of the vessels presented another instance
of his hbrrible trade i she was a smack 'of 'lB3 tons
burden, bound to the Brazils, with 375 slaves on
board - and, it appeared, when the Thais took posses.
#ion, drat three of them died from actual suffocation,
since the bold was last examined ! The Thais does
not bring any intelligence of the several frigates of
the enemy which have escaped out of port ; but fiom
the facility with which vessels of all nations obtain
wood; water; and Many articles of provisions on the
coast of Africa, - we cannot but think it probable, that
some Of them May have taken that.directlon. The
Thais, fromiier long services on the coast, is Coming
into harbour to be paid off..