Star.
London, England, 1801-02-16 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.

The crew of the floop Pv t.ADE s will be paid, on
the floop's arrival at North Yarmouth, their shares
of the fifhing veffels Stadt Aitona and De Hoop.
The crews of the GANGIII, ARDYMT, Drßscroß,
VIITERMI, AMERICA, and LANCASTER, (bein part
of the fleet under the command of Admiral Dow-
caw) for the capture of the American mall-fhips
Agatha, Fortuna, Jonge Jacob, and Catherina Jo-
anna, will be paid their proportions of the proceeds
on beard fuch of the (hips as are in port, on Friday
the loth inft. _ _ _ • _

The crew of the Nexus's, for the capture of the
French privateers le Renard, and le Moden, and
the re-capture of the Atlas, are now paying their
proportions from the Paid captures and re-cap•.
tures on board the Nexus's, at Deal.
The crews of the CENTAUR, HAVICIC, Svrer.
SANTE, and hired armed brig FANNY, for the re-
capture of the American fFiip Strafford, will be
paid their proportions as loon as they !hall return
to port.
To the crew of the At CLE, for the capture of the
Chip Noftra Seniors Das Doras Santa Braz, a dißri-
buuon of the net proceeds of the !hip and cargo will
be made to parties only, on Thurfday next, the
igth inllant, and to perfonsclaiming under powers
of attorney, on the following day, at Beaufort
Buildings.
To the crews of the DtAMOND and SERPENT, for
the capture of the Swedifh brig Continencin, a dif.
tribution of the net proceeds of the cargo will be
made on board the Paid !hips, on their arrival in port.

On Saturday kit the purfers of the following
fhips attended at the hall India Houle, and re-
ceived their final difpatches, with which they im-
mediately proceeded to Portfmouth, to wait the
arrival of their refeaive Slips, viz.
The ADMIRAL tiARDNER, Captain EDWARD C.
BRADFORD; CHARLTON, Captain THONIAS WELL-
ADVICE; DUES OF MONTROSE Captain PATRICK
BURT ; and DOVER CASTLE, eaptain PETER SAM P..
SON, for Madras and Bengal. The AIRLY CAS-
TLE, Captain ALEXANDIR NASH! for Bombay;
and the BADDAII, Captain JOHN, PARS; and the
HOPR Captain JAM'S HORNCASTLE, for Madras
and China. The difPatch of the following fhips
was deferred to this day : The HINDOSTAN, Cap-
tabs GIORGI MILLETT ; and the TRUE BRITON,
Captain WILLIAM STANLEY CLARKE, for Madras'
an China ; and the CALCUTTA, Captain WILLIAM
MAXWELL, for Madras and Bengal.
General ommander in Chief of the
forces on the coati STUART,Of Coromandel, and fuite, are
paffengers in the CHARLTON.
JOHN WALKER, Efq. writer for Bengal: and
Kars. Hamar Moscaor,Joas SwINEY and Davos
TODD, affillant furgeons, are paffengers on board
the DUKE OF MONTROSE.
A letter from Captain Buistsitits, of the Papi-
sts Fah Indiaman, dated Vizagapatam, June 1,
fays:--a I am jull arrived from the well coati of
Sumatra ; you have no doubt heard of the cap-
ture of the Motors:mit tar, Captain SINCLAIR' be-
longing to the port of Calcutta. She had on board
gold dull to the amount of 3000 dollars, and her
officers and crew were landed at Tappanooly :
there are three privateers about PooloNeras,whieh
plunder veffels of every defcription they fall in
with." .
The Anima of 4 guns, on her pail:age from
England, in December fall, ran on a (boa' off the
N. E. end of Jamaica, and was with great diffi-
(inky got into Port Royal ; the damage which The
received was to fuch an ezteu as to render her
unfit for aitive fervice.
Eztra& of a letter from on board the GREY-
noun; cutter, dated Dartmouth, February it,
trot—" Being yeftcrday off Punk Knoll, at
eleven o'clock in the morning, received informa-
tion from the Lieutenant at that fignal poll, that
a privateer had captured a brig in the S. W. We
immediately gave chase in that diredlion, and at
twelve o'clock law three fail a-head, (landing to
the fouthvrard, a cutter, (loop and brig : at four
o'clock had theleafure of re-capturing the brig,
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being the Mary eruima, of Easter, laden with a
!cry valuable cargo a groceries, bound to that
port. We (hiked prifoners. and made fail after
the (loop, and at half pall five came up with and
re-captured her, which proved to be the Vine. of
Neath, laden with barley, fall from Weymouth,
They were both taken by la Dorade, French cut.
ter privateer, of 16 guns, and her confort at a dif-
tame (being thole which captured his Maje(ly's
cutter CcmirlTUTloll), Which had got a long way
Ito windward of us. By the time we retook the
velTels, night coming on, we loft fight of the ene-
my. This morning. being off the Berry Head,
and it blowing very hard, we were obliged to bear
up for Dartmouth, where both the pi i Les Are alto
Cagily arrived."

L,IW INTELLIMICT.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, I,IIIRUARY x 4.

SITTINGS AIPTEIt MIN ■EFOEE LOLD SLDON.

LEMON V. ra lIGUSON.
This was an anion to recover fomewhat above
161. Rated to be the amount of the turn due for
the work and labour of two horfes for one month,
and for other expences necelfarily incident oaring
that period.
It was alledged on behalf of the plaintiff, that
thefe horfes were hired by the defendant at a parti-
cular turn for a year, that at the end of a month
they were returned to him without any fufficient
reafon, and that he was therefore entitled to reco-
ver for the time they had been employed. To
fubftantiate his cafe, a number of witneffes were
called, who depofed that the horfes ufed by the
defendant were capable of undergoing any mode-
rate degree of work, and that the charges made
by the plaintiff were not more than were fair and
kilt, at the time the trantaftion took place.
In addition to this, one witnefs was produced,
whole tellimony went to prove that the defendant,
on a particular occafion, had given him authority
to fay to the plaintiff that he would pay his ac-
count, as the plaintiff might be ufeful to him in
buying or felling horfes.
On the other hand the defendant avowed that
the contra& exprefsly admitted that he thould
have the power of returning the horfes, and get-
ring them exchanged for others if they were not
found 'on experience to be adequate to his fervice.
On this principle he had taken the horfes with him
to Cheltenham, and from his experience on this
journey of their being unable to perform his
work, he had returned them to the Defendant.
.At the time that this complaint againft the fuf-
ficiency of the bodes was made, it was further
contended, that the Plaintiff had agreed to ex-
change them, though, at a fubfequent period, he
refuted to do this, unlefs a confiderable addition
was made to the fum fpecified in the contra&
To prove thefe allegations, four witneffes were
called; the evidence oitwo of thefe witneffes par-
. ticularly refpened the infufficiency of the horfes to
perform the journey to Cheltenham, and the tefli•
mony of the others referred to the pronaife made
by the. Plaintiff, to fupply the Defendant with
fuck horfes as would be fufficient for performing
any work in which he thould have °coition to
employ them.
After Lord ELDON had fummed up the evi-
dence, and explained the law of the cafe with
very great ability, the Jury retired for an hour
and a half, and brought in a verdin for the Plain-
tiff for 40 shillings.
IDKONSTON V. WEAR.
This was a Fierepeiar, according to Mr. Gt sos's
opening, to revive a judgment which the Plain.
tiff had' obtained againft the Defendant in t 795.
Since that time the Defendant had become a
bankrupt and obtained a certificate, which he let
up as a bar to this action.
The Counfel laid, he undertook to thew to his
Lordthip and the Gentlemen of the Jury, that the
whole of the Defendant's Bankruptcy was founded
in fraud, which was fabricated by Webb and his
Attorney, Mr. Platted, who was the petitioning
creditor under the Commiflion ; and that all the
creditors who had proved any debts were fiCtitious.
He direned the attention of the Court and Jury,
particularly, to the fituation of two creditors, the
one a Cobler, of the name of Marks, who had
proved a debt of 701. who alto fold fprats. The
other creditor's name was Mary Brewer, who had
fworn to a debt of 1751. los. whole hulband had
been a pauper fur five years in Horton work.
houfe, where he died. This woman had no
means of making any money. She was called as
a witnefs. She was very infirm, and talked about
a turn of money the had got in confeqnence of
having purchafed a Lottery Ticket. She Paid
her fitter had been the reputed wife of Wcbb ;
that the herfelf had been his fervent, and was now
his mother-in-law, he having married her daugh-
ter. She could give no fatisfanory account how
Ilse had acquired property to the amount of
5751. cos. or indeed to any amount. She is now
in an alms-houfe in Rofemar-lane.
The Noble and Learned Judge, in the courte
of her examination, humanely and folemnly ad-
' monithed her to recollsn that the was (worn to
(peak the truth, and to remember that from her
age and infirmities the mutt loon appear before
that Tribunal where the muff give an account of
all her aniAns.
The honourable feelings of Mr. Easels', lead-
ing Counfel for the Defendant, and of the other
Gentlemen on the fame fide, teeing the infamy
of the defence, gave it up, in confequence of
which the jury, under the direnions of his Lord-
thip, found a verdiet for the Plaintiff np to the
anent of his demand. His Lordthip defired Mrs.
brewer to go away and fin no more.
ROCIIS V. MARRIOTT.
The Plaintiff, Mr. Rogers, is an Attorney, and
brought this anion againit Mr. Marriott. an May
Mailer at Golcifiniths-hall, for a bill of Coils for
bufinefs done for himfelf, and alto for a Lady of
the name of Grover alias Blackburn, a Watch-
chain-maker, in Alderfgateßreet, and who is un-
der the Defendant's protenion, who is a married
man, having a number of children.
Mr. %MOAT, who was leading Counfel for the
Plaintiff, called leveret witnegfes,who fubltantiatad
in the moil fatisfanory manner his demand, which
was for pl.
A Mr. Winter and Mrs. Grover herfelf woo '
among the witneffes called for the Defendant,
and they Avore that Mr. Rogers had given credit
M her, and not to the Defendant. But the Court
and Jury paid no regard to their evidence. This
tidy would not (wear that the bad not been intro.
tilneed to a Mrs. Steevens as Mrs. Marriott.
1- Mr. M 111,0•11 (aid, he could prove it bi three
witneffes then in Court, but it was unnece
Lord Kim vox °Mimed, in his Addrefs to the
jury, that this anion was brought by Mr. Ro-
gers, who he doubted not was a man of (kill in
his profeffion. The defence was that he had given
credit to this lady, and not to the Defendant.
His Lordtltip thought that was highly improba-

ble, bectufe it was not very likely that he would
fruit her, who was a married woman, and her
hutband abroad. [lt appeared In the courfe of
the caufe, that Mrs. Grover was married in the
year 1784 to a Baker of that name, and that after
they had lived to ether for
,a n..unber of years, lig
had defined her. All the circurnttances of the
cafe, as well as aletter from the Defendant to the:
Plaintiff, looked to the Defendant for payment;
The Jury, under his Lordthip's direttions, (mind
a vet-diet for Plaintiff for 311.

LI.F. V. GIBSON, ESQz
This was an adion brought againft the De-
fendant, formerly a Card-maker in the city, to re-
cover the fum of 41. 14s. 6d. for board and lodg-
ing of an illegitimate child. By the evidence of
a gentleman formerly Solicitor to the Defendant,
it appeared that he had agreed to pay half-a-gui-
nea per week for its maintenance. It was Rated
on the part of the Defendant that he had paid a
fum of 301. to the mother in conlideration of her
not making any further claim ; this was acknow-
ledged to have been received ; but that he alio
had agreed to pay half-a-guinea per week for the
maintenance of the child. The Jury accordingly
found a verdid for the Plaintiff for 4 t4s.

JU5$ V. TIBIS.

This was an action to recover the amount of a
bill of exchange for 91. The Plaintiff had credert
a machine for pumping up beer in the hoary of
the Defendant, who is a publican, and had re-
ceived fix guineas down, and the note in queilion
when he called for payment he refufed to pay
him, raying the machine was not worth any thing
the Plaintiff then withed to remove it, but thq
Defendant would not permit him. The Jury
found for the Plaintiff for 91.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN.

SATURDAY-.-FED. 7.
THE RING V. SIR H. DROWSE HAYES.

Sir Henry was this day brought up to the bat
of the Court, by writ of Habeas Corpus.
Mr. CURRAN, Carafe' for the profecutien,
moved the Court, that the prifoner fhould be tried
at its bar on fuch day in the next Eager term, as
the Court fhould dircd. He Rated, that Mifs Pike
and her uncle had made affidavits to induce the
Court to comply with the motion; from which
affidavits it appeared that the prifoner bad flood
out the proccfi of the law to an outlawry, and
abfconded from jullice • that lately he had re.
turned to the city of Cork, and notwithftanding a
proclamation from Government offering awl. and
an advertifement from the profecutnx offering
sod. for his apprehenfion, he appeared at a ball
in the city of Cork; that the prifoner had by letter
boafted of the favour of the inhabitants of Cork,
high and lew ; and that profecutrix was afraid of
her perfonal fafety, if the trial Mould take place
there; and that the prifoner's brother-in-14w was
RCM Mayor of Cork.
On the fide of Sir Henry, Mr. Qtr and Mr.
BLACKBURN E moved the Court, toyemand the per.
fon of the prifoner and his indhtment to the city
of cork, there to be tried at next affixes, purfuant
to the ftatnte of the 2ift and sad of Geo. 3. They
Dated that the prifoner had made an affidavit ac-
counting for his abfence ; that one of his witnefea
was 7o years of age, infirm, and unable to travel
to Dublin ; that Sir H. bad no connedion with th,
prefent Mayor of Cork for (even years back ; and
upon the whole, that it would be highly expenfive
and injurious to the prifoner if he Mould be tried isi

The Court declared they faw no reafon for re.
moving the trial of this caufe from the proper ju.
rifdiaion. No ground was laid to induce a doubt
that a fair trial could not be had before one of the
King's Judges at the Cork affixes ; and as to the
apprehenfion of danger to profecutrix's perfon, it
appeared to have no weight even in the mind of
the profecutrix herfelf, for the now refides in fafety
in the neighbourhood of Cork'—therefore the Court
refufed the profecutrix's motion, and ordered that
the prifoner and his indiament fhould be fent for
trial to Cork.
FIIIRUARY KING V. J. N. TANDY.
Mr. TAKOY was this day brought up to the bar,
and Mr. ATTOCN Ey Gs); aim. informed the Court,
that it was his intention that the prifoner flioultl
be tried in the county Donegal!, at the next affixes,
where the overt-acts of treafon are *fledged to have
been committed, and that though he might have
obtained a rule of the Court to fend the prifoner
and his indiament to Donegal!, without bringing
him into Court—yet as the prifoner had chorea
Counfcl under an idea that his trial would take
place in Dublin, he might now with to have other
Cotuifel aligned for his defence—..therefore it was.
that he (ATTGKNIT GENBIALLhad thought it
right to have the prifoner broug up this day,
Mr. TAUDY being aiked by the Court, if he had
any objeEtion to make to the motion, or if he de.
fired to change the Counfel already ailigned for
his defence he (aid he had not received notice of'

this motion until Saturday evening ; that he had
not had an opportunity of confulting his Counfel ;
and now willied for their affillance—upon which,
Mr. CIMII.III was called, and aftet confulting with
Mr. l'amnr,faid he faw no objeition to the motion,
and as to the neceffity of changing his Counfel, ha
faw no occafion for it, as he was certain from the
manner in which the profccution was conduaed by
the ATTORNeIf GsNtaaL, be was fure no objeftioa
would be made to Counfel appearing at the trial,
although not fpecially aligned.
Mr. ATTORNITGENCRAL replied, that be would
confent to the prifoner'• having fuch perfons for
his Connie! as be dared.
The Court accordingly granted the ATTOILII
Gsstaex's motion, and the prifoner will of court
be vied at Lifford affixes.

Part of the plate lately flolen from the Cam-
bridge Colleges, appears to have been niched down
for tle purpofe of coining.
A windmill at Gamlingay, in Cambridge(hire,
was lately blown down while at work, and broken
to pieces: there were fevers men in it at the time.onsi
of whom had his thigh broken, and another was a
good deal brstifed, but the reit cfcaped unhurt.

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