Star.
London, England, 1802-02-15 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, FEB. 14."

. .
Anived the AVTtMN, ALonzo, DILIGENCE,
and HOUND sloops, from the Downs ; and remain
at thz Note, the ZEALAND guard Blip; ARDENT,
of 64 guns; GLATTON, IBIS, BERCNERIdEIt, and
BATANIEP., of 54 guns each; with the WAazAM•
HIED, DAPHNE, BRIAR, Astritiox, Macictimuit,
PUN In, and Isis frigates; and the VLIETEIt and
R s nou sr floating batteries, with the BITTERN and
t'.Ldlou Hoops.—Wind N. E. Blows hard, with

T. Harpy brig, in coming down from Black
•'::il4es got foul of the Gaawma frigate, lying in
, • •
• and did her confiderable damage.

FROM LLOYD': MT.
FER. El.—Arrived the Imrtaxists man
Ctsottsui frigate, from Portfrnouth,
ars, and remain. Wind E. N. E. blows

F€,. t4.—PafTed by, the EGYT.
Igate, from Gibraltar; Thais, PEARSON,
thurgh ; Both and Dragon, —, from
.Sailed the Harriott, KING, for India;
—, for Jamaica ; Planter, DEW FLL ;
DRYDSDALE ; Earl St. Vincent, HUT.
kaikes, Ntrrrox, for Jamaica;
for Lilbon ; George, actintssott,

Brunfwick, CARL, for Maatinique; and Brit;fh
Tar, TODD, for Dublin.

ARRIVED.

At Liverpool.-.Barbadoes, Kerflake; and Satisfaalon,Wood-
houfr, from Barindoeg ; and Nancy. Fleming, from Virginia.
At Ilarbadoes—Elizabeth,Needliam, from Liverpool ; Mer-
fey, Bolfar, from Africa ; and Dalrymple, Marti, from Quebec.
At Surinam—Efther Lindo, Smith, from Liverpool.
At Cadiz—Rebecca, Barr, from Liverpool; and Mary,
Hurdell, from London.
At Bourdeaus—Eleanor, —, from Chariciton.
At Nantz—Eagle, —, from Charlefton.
At Naples—Commerce, Findlay ; and Friends, Grave, from
London.
In the Downs—Hibernia, Caughey, from Belfaft.
In the Creek Ebenezer, Twege, from Altona.

The Chance k condemned at Barhadoes.

The Delia, SPRAGG, from New York for the
Mediterranean, is loft off Naples, part of the cargo
faved.
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY.—The AME-
Lie, for the recapture and capture of the Jenny,
la Carolina, and la Santa Carolina, will be paid
on board'the Ara ELIA at Plymouth, on Wednef-
day, the it 7th inaant.

Difpatehes have been received from the Gover-
nor and Council of Sierra Leone, dated 16th De-
cember latl, which Rate a fudden and unprovoked
attack on the Settlement, to have been made by
Come neighbouring natives, on the 18th of No-
vember.

The following is the fubflance of the Governor
and Council's communication :

" On the morning of the 18th of November, a
body of Timmaneys (the fubjcas of King Firama
and King Tom) made a furious and unexpected
aftault on the fort. A fmall but f let party of
them, faid to be headed by two Rebel Settlers*,
forced their way into the f-,rt, fupported by a
number of markfmen, who kept up a very de-
ftrudive fire on thofe who advanced to repel them.
In about 15 minutes Lieutenant Laidlow and ,er-
jeant Blackwood, and one private of the African
Corps, Mr. Cox, Mr. Crankapone, and feveral
others were killed; and Governor Dawes, s.
Gray, Carr, and Tome others were wounded.—
At length a fmall body of foldiers and fettlers,
colleted from different quarters, and headed by
the Governor in perfon, gallantly pufhed for-
ward, and with the bayonet drove the enemy from
the fort. The retreat of the alfailants foon be-
came general. Their lofs appears to have been
confiderable, and at lealt equal to that fultailied
by the defenders of the fort. The enemy, though
baffled in their enterprize, Rill maintained a threat.
ening pofition to the weftward of the Colony, ap-
parently with the hope of recruiting their numbers.
It became therefore an objet of the firft import-
ance to diflodge them ; and feveral fucceflive expe-
ditions, undertaken with this view, in which the
Maroons aflifted, were attended with fuch fuccefs,
that by the 4th of December they had been corn.
plctely driven from the diftrit which lies between
the Settlement and Cape Sierra Leone, with fcarce-
ly any lots on the part of the Colony. This trea-
cherous and unprovoked aggrefflon is exclufively
attributed to the Timmaneys, and it appears to
have ftrongly excited the indignation of many of
the neighbouring African Chiefs, feveral of whom
had repaired, with a confiderable number of men,
to the affiftance of the Settlement, and had joined
in the excurfious which were undertaken againft
the enemy."
When the difpatches came away, Tome pacific
overtures had been made; the conditions of Peace
propofed by the Company, being thofe of having
the Rebel Settlers delivered up, and the diftri& to
the weftward of Fteetown, which had been pof-
fefred by King Tom, the principal in the war,
ceded to the Company.
A few days after the attack, his Malay's (loop
of war, the WASP, arrived in the river Sierra
Leone, and the prefence and co operation of Capt.
But.e6lf, had been of effential fervicc in the Colony.
He propofed to continue in the river until Peace
fhould be reftored ; a reinforcement of Britifh
troops from Goree was alfo expeCted.
The Governor and Council alto acknowledge
the Cervices rendered to the Colony on this occa-
fion, by Capt. HA Is, of the Hope, and Captain
STOTT, of the Fraternite, two Liverpool letters of
marque then lying in the river.

LIST OT KILLED •ND WOUNDED ON Tile MORNING OT

NoYrMaIR 18.

Killed—Liast.Laidlow,of the African Corps; Berjeant Black-
wood, of ditto; W. Hooper, a private of ditto; Mr. Cox, Bore-
keeper ; 9 Settlers, viz. 6 Men, and 3 Women.
Mortally wounded.—Wm. Baker, a private of the African
Corps. {ince dad; J. Steel, ditto ; 3 Settlers, of whom 4 are
lince dead.

Wounded, but already recovered, or likely to recover—Go-
vernor lie,w4m, in the fhouldtr and broil; Mr. Gray. Mr.
Carr, and Mr. Wilton, in the kg ; Mr. Gordon, in the head
and shoulder: 7 Privates of the African Corps; s. Settlers,
viz. ill Men and 6 Women.

Total KUled, or fuice dcad i$

Wounded - E-56
Subfequent to the 18th, the following lots was
fuftained in an attack on one of the enemy's towns,
by the explofion of tome powder kegs, Mr. Wil-
son, and five natives, allies of the Colony, were
burnt. Mr. WILSON has recovered, but three of
the natives died. In another attack one feaman of
the WASP was killed, and four wounded.

By the Hope, Hess, arrived at Liverpool, the
following letter was received :
" Sierra Leone, Dee. is, dor.

"Wounded and exhaufted by fatigue and pain,
have but an infant to fay, we have been attack-
ed by the natives, who poured in vati numbers On
us from the interior. The Governor, and every
white perfon in the fettlement, 20 in number, are
wounded. The black troops Rood firm, or we mull
have fallen viaims. The alfailants are repulfed,
but we dread a renewed attack, and I !budder at
the illue. The Peggies is this inllant arrived with
arms and ammunition from London; this rcin-
forcement is moft opportune, and may Pave us.—
The natives fought with great confidence and del
peration, and have had numbers killed ; there is a
confiderable lots too amongft our Canadians."

• At the period immediately anteeeda.t to the arrival of a
Charter of Government lately granted b. hi. Majcfty, and of
a (mall detachment of troops from Goree. .•tempt to feize
the Government was made by tome Nova Sci)ti.. c tors, Coin
of whom were puniihed. The two fettler%

LAW INTILLICENCS.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 13.

AERIES ANTI ANOTHER O. STUBBS AND INOTIIFE.

This araioti was brought by Sarah Sevres, and
Auguria Charlotte Serves, the daughters of th e late
Mr. Sevres, Marine Painter to his Majefty, againft
Mr. Stubbs, Venetian Blind-maker to his Majefly,
and a perfon of the name of Jellicho, a Broker, to
recover damages for having difirained for rent be-
fore the fame was due, and for having fold their
goods and property at a fum conliderably lefs that
their value, or what they would have produced
had they been fairly fold. The Mifs Sevres, upon
the death of their father, were &firms of letting
up in bufinefs for the fupport of thcmfelves and
their younger fillers ; with this view they took a
houfc of the defendant, Mr. Stubbs, in Oxford-
road, at the rent of U. per annum, which they
furniflied in a very elegant manner for the purpafe
of letting lodgings in re/311E1'0n of the rent. Thefe
Ladies' objet was to carry on the bufinefs of Sta-
tioners and Printfellers, with the addition of felling '
thofe articles of fancy, of no intrinfic worth in .1
themfelves, but the value of which depends upon
the tafle of the pnrchafer, and the merit of the
artifi. Their 'hop was provided with every necef-
fary article of ftationary ; a confiderable quantity
of fine prints, framed and glazed, portfolios of im-
preflions by Bartolozzi and other eminent Mar- '
ters, the whole of which was worth upwards of ,
fix hundred pounds. The Ladies took poffeilion
of the bottle in OClober 1799, and gave their note
for 501. in advance of the rent, and by agreement
they were not to be called upon to pay any for-
titer rent till September following. When the 501.
bill became due, they were not ready to dikharge
' the whole of it, but they paid it all but 131. for
which their brother gave a frefh note. The de-;
fendant, Stubbs, continued upon terms of friend-I
114 with the. Ladies till the month of July, and
frequently viiited them ; but on the sth of that
month, without affigning any real.i, ;he put
diftrcfs in their houie for :t wh:le rnr's rent, yre..;
tending that the money Ivhich had been paid of.
the 501. was for repairs. Und,:r this c'iarels, which
was three weeks kept in die holife, the defendant
Stubbs, and Jellicho, his Broker, took poirce.ion I
of every article of property belle Ladies had in
the world; and when at Lill they procored a ft lend,
who would have :tdvanced tile money, they pre-
vented the mterfereace of his good offices, by in-i
finuating, that the Mifs Serres' were on the cove of
bankruptcy, and they then called in the ordinary
Statute Appraifers, who valued the whole of ti.
furniture, Bock, prints, and drawings, at about
tool. leaving, after deducling the rent and ex•
peaces, a balance of a few pounds coming t,) the
tenant, which, however, was not paid them.—
Having committed this a.t of oppreflisui. the'
greatetl part of the goods were taken to Mr. Jel-
licho's Shop, and fold by him. 'the cafe having
been fufficiently made out, the defendants at-
tempted to Shelter themfelves under the pretence
that their proceedings had been conformable to the
direaions of the Ad of Parliament ; but it was fo
manifeft the diftrefs had been made before the rent
was due, that the Jury gave a verdi& for die
plaintiffs, with Inch damages as, upon a fair efti-
mation of the value of the property fo improperly
taken from them, it Should appear they had fa-
tained.

COURT Or KING'S BENCH, FEB. 53.
HUGUENIN V. THORNTON, !SQL
Mr. Mnicav laid that the Plaintiff w is a per-
fumer in the Haymarket. The Defendant, Co-
lonel Thornton, was not perfonally known to him,
but he underilood him to be a perfou of very am-
ple fortune, io,oool. per annum, as well as high
rank, and had in Yorkfhirc a very beautiful man-
lion, which he called Ville Royalle. He had oc-
cation for fome articles of Perfumery, and fent
to the houfe, of which the Plaintiff wasa partner,
a letter—" I with you would fend rile a doz.n
pounds of the belt hair powder—and two pots of
icented pomatum."
He did not himfelf, Mr. Mingay raid, know
the ufe of fending there fcents down to Yorkfhire,
the air they breathed there_wanting no filch per-
fumes, nor did he believe the people time would
be improved by acquiring a delire for fuel, things.
The letter alfo ordered "fome Lavender Water,
together with fome chcefe," of a fort, the name of
which Mr. Mingay laid, he could not very well
pronounce, but, he fuppofed, it was to accompany
the perfumes to relieve each other—" If he could
not get a whole one, to fend half a one."—He had
heard,thathalf a loaf was better than no bread, and
he did not fee why the proverb might not be ap-
plied
to cheefe as well as bread. The Plaintiff un-
dertook this dangerous fervicc of .applying, and
endavouring to fatisfy this Noble Colonel ; and,
what was (till more dangerous, to call for payment
for it. He went to Tatterfall's,,a place well known
by fome people of falhion, but the Colonel was not
there; he learnt that the Colonel was to he found
at
.No. 35, Leicclfer-fquare. The Plaintiff wen..
there for the purpofe of obtaining payment of his
bill, which was 81. and a fraaion. He went in a
decent and refpc 310 manner, for the paymentethis
bill; but, would the Jury believe it ? he was treat-
ed with blows, intlead of payment. His object
was to have his bill paid. and he had no other. He
few the Colonel. He begged the Colonel would be
fo good as to pay it. The Colonel faid, " I will
pay according to the letter, as I have ordered ; but
d—n me, if I will pay any more." There was no
accounting for ta!te, Mr. Mingay laid ; but that
Was not the way in which, he thought, he should
have fpoken, if a tradefman had called upon him
for the payment of a bill. He laid, he thought he
fhould not do fo, but GOD only knew whathe might
do, if he was a man of fathion, and poffeffed a pa-
lace for his dwelling. The Plaintiff laid, " indeed
I mutt be paid the whole of the bill, which is Bi.
145." Upon which the Defendant Faid him—that
is, he collared him. This I call cowardly, laid
the Learned Counfel, and what you will call
cowardly, if, what I am flaring be proved. The
Plaintiff confidered, that if his bill was not paid,
he oueht to take rr*re thnt •

the Defendant follo*cci Mm, and truck Mm over
the eye, and half blinded him. The Plaintiff,
whatever his indignation might bc, made no return
to this treatment, becattfe he knew the Colonel%
houfe was full of fcrvants, who would, of courfe,
-come to their mailer, if he had the worit of it.—
He was glad hi: Client did not endeavour to ref u:
the Colonel, but had brt:ught his cafe before a Jury
of his equals, wh-, would tell men of fortune what
they are to pay, if they beat a tradefinan, in.lea.i
of paying his bill, when he calls for it. The Jar:-
were not to charge the Colonel more On account of
his Loge fortune, in this Lail:, cert.,inly—he n:ked
only moderate damages, Melt as would fuit the
cafe, after a full confideration of it ; and, indeed,
the Colonel would thank the Jury for giving frnart
damages againll him, by way cf a check for the rc ft
of his life.

Mr. Major laid, " I keep a houfe in Leicefter-
fields : Colonel Thornton lod.ged there in the
month of Augull Lift : I remember the Plaintiff
coming there with his bill : he faw the Colonel :
I was not in the room with them at fit!t. I law
the Plaintiff when he came down (lairs : the blood
was all over. his eyes and face as he came out if
the room from the Colonel. He came into my
parlour to me and my wife, and fervant. I did
all I could to help him down (lairs : he could not
then fpeak at all. My wife and I, and my lino
did what we could to help him, and we alfo fent
for a fntgeon. The furgeon came and dreffed
him : when he got a little better, the Colonel fent
for him up ftairs, which was full half an hour
after he came down !tans. IVhen he came up
hairs to the Colonel, the Colonel laid he was very
lorry he (truck him. I went with the Plaintiirup hairs,
for he could not go up without me : he wits not able
to go by himfelf. The Colonel laid, he was very
furry he had !truck him, and litid it was a trifling
Itroke he gave him, for it was only a black eye.
The Surgeon went up (lairs We all went
up Hairs together. The Surgeon faid the blow
wac a very bid one, for it hurt his light. The
Colonel said he wool tl not pay the bill : the Colo-
nel was in a very great paffion. fail he hal
no right to pay this hill. He t;ave it to Mr. Sin-
cleir, who was with him in the room, and faid,
" it you think I have a i2:ltt to pay the bill, I
will pay it." Mr. Sinclair advired him to pay tile
bill : Mr. Sinclair was a relation of his. The
Surgeon was at this time waiting below to be fa-
tistied for his trouble. I went up :hies to the Co-
lonel, after the Plaintiff's bill was paid, to fay
the Surgeon was waiting to he faticfied ; hut the
Colonel laid, he had raid the hill of the Plain-
tiff, but that he woaid net pay the bill of the Sur-
geon.
On crcfs-examination, the Winters laid—The
Colonel laid the Plaintiff's bill was of old dand-
log ; that he had forgot it,er he would have paid it
fooner. After Mr. Sinclair had looked at the
blll, the Plaintiff fain, " If you are a Gtotleman,
and mean to ail as fiuh, and will pay. me tile bill,
and pay the Sur on, I will be fttisfied ; but the
Colonel !kid, " le e.'eoid pay he Lill and no
more." The Colonel went to the Plairail, and
t-ok him by the hard.
Mr. Hollings, an A potheeary in the neighbour-
hood, who came with Mr. Coriew the Surgeon to
the PlaintifPs at fiance, proved that the Plaintiff
could no: attend his ih,,p for a forthi6la, his face
being unfit to be feen,
Mr. PARK made an able fpeech to the Jury, by
which he fubmitted, th tt as thi: was a mifunder-
danding which the Plaintiff offered to make up
upon payment of the Surge'on's bill, as well as
his own, as there was no proof of the coarse ex-
prefrions imputed to the Defendant, and as the
parties had aanally fliaken hands, the damages,
in this cafe, flmuld be moderate.

Mr. Juaice Geost--" Gentlemen of the Jury,
you have heard the cafe proved before you, and it
is for you to fay what damages the Plaintiff ought
to have. It does teem to me, that what has hap-
riled was totally unprvoked. A tradefinan
goinr, to demand paymznt of his bill ought not to
be thus treated. He ought to receive neither
more nor lefs than payment of what is due to
him. If nothing was due, or the Defendant had,
by miftake, thought lb, his language to the Plain-
tiff ought to have been, " Sir, 1 ewe you nothing,
go about your bufinefs;" inflead orwlacli he 'truck
the Plaintiff. This was an affault, and a grofs
alfault. It is, however, a pity the Defendant was
not advifed to pay the Surgeon's bill as well as
that of the Plaintiff, for it appears that, at one
time, the Plaintiff wot.id have been fatisfied wiaa
that, which he does not chide now. You are,
therefore, to fay what the Defendant might to
pay to the Plaintiff en this occation. You are iu
the fame lint of life as the Plaintiff, and will efli-
mate the damages lot him. The mealLtre of them
is for you to fay. My opinion is, that they Ihould
be fuch reafonable damages as any ore of you
would expeCt in the fame tituation."

Verdid for the Plaintiff—Damages 301.
JONES V. JENKINF.

The Plaintiff is a tailor, and the Defendant is
clerk to a diftiller. This was an aOion brought
to recover about 701. for board and lodging, to a
wornln of the name of Price, the Plaintiff alledg-
ing that the paffed.for the Defendant's wife, and
that he trailed her with the lodging as fuch, at the
rate of three guineas per week; and alfo for the
fum ()I-nineteen guineas, which the Plaintiff lent
to this woman, as the wife, and by the defire of
the Defendant; and alto for clothes, made by
the Plaintiff for the Defendant, amounting to 61.
and upwards.
It appeared in evidence that the Defendant oc-
canonally vilited the Plaintiff, who did not keep
the lionfe he lived in, having only the firti floor of
it, for him and his wife, and that Mrs. Price lived
with them. o.le wand's only, fwore that in a
converfation between the Plaintiff and the Defen-
dant, he heard the Defendant acknowledge that
the Plaintiff had advanced to his, the Defendr.nt's
wife, nineteen guineas, by his &lire, and that he
would pa) him. It was then proved that clothes
to he amount of about 61. were delivered to the
Defendant from the Plaintiff ; and it was proved
• that Mrs. Price lived with the Plaintiff and his

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