Star.
London, England, 1814-09-08 00:00:00

THE AR _vr.

Orders have been sent by Government for braking
up the establishment of the Ipswich New Barracks,
and all the °Ricers attached to them are most actively
employed in giving effect to these orders.

The depots of the German Legion, at Ipswich, have
received orders to march for Harwich for embarka-
tion for Brabant, the instant the Arrival of the trans-
ports for their conveyance is announced.
The Infantry Barracks at Playdon, Winchelsea,
fillverhill, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Cuckmere, Lewes,
Shorehm, Steyning, and Little Hampton, are to be
taken down and the materials sold, by order of Go-
vt. rnmen t.

The Barracks at Woodbridge, Weeley, and Yar-
mouth, part of those at Colchester, and the new Bar-
racks at C.helmsford, are also to be abandoned. All
these erecti3ns and their furniture will be forthwith
publicly sold to the highest bidder.

CIRCULAR,
IttLATIVt TO REGIMENTS OF MILITIA DE lAINED IN IRELAND.
War Office.

Sta—lt having been deemed expedient to disembody the de-
tachment of the Militia under your command, without
waiting for the return of that corps from Ireland, I have the ho-
nour to inclose herewith a copy of my Circular, No. '23.i, e!att.!
lath ultimo, upon the subject of disembodying the British IWi-
litia, and to signify t' you his Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent's pleasure, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty,
that you do forthwith, disembody the Non-commissioned Officers
and Diummers of the said detachment who are not At for active
service, and all the Privates, in exact conformity to the rules laid
down in the said Circular. _

The Non-conituissioned Officers and Drummers who are fit
fin duty, are to remain in the county, upon their present pay,
until the arrival of the regiment from Ireland, when of course a
selection will be made of such as may be retained ou the disem-
bodied evabltshment of the corps. They are to be uuder the
charge of the Adjutant, Paymaster, Surgeon, or Quarter-nia,ter,
if either of the said officers be with the detachment; if not, the)
are to rennin under the charge of one of the Regimental Officers
who may be present.
Any tither Officers serving with the detachment, should, of
course, be disembodied under the rules above referred•tu.

The'neeessary stints required for this service are to be drawn
for upon the Regimental Agent in the usual manner, by the Of-
ficer who is to remain in charge of the men, proper estimates
being previously sent to the Superintendents fur Military Ac•
counts, and to the Agent.
You will ackttowledge the receipt of this letter, and also com-
municate to the Cummatuling Officer, and to the Agent of the
Regantent, the steps which you shall have taken iu pursuance
hereof. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
Officer commanding the• Detachment

of Ws

L 41Y INTE 1...1, IGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 7.

BISHOP 0. SELLS.
Mr. PRINCE SMITH, for the Plaintiff, opposed the
discharge of the Defendant under the following cir.
cumstances :
The Defendant kept a public-house at Richmond,
and was indebted amongst others to Messrs. Collins,
the Brewers. In December, 1813, their Attorney;
Mr. Smith, of Richmond, learning that the Defen-
dant had lost three actions at law, and was insol-
vent, applied to him for payment of their debt, and
obtained from him a warrant of Attorney, without a
defeasance, under which he immediately entered up
judgment, and took the goods in execution, and pos-
session was continued under it till April, 1814, when
the goods were appraised, and sold to them for £135
in part of their debt, the judgment being for selsl.
The Defendant paid rent up to Lady-day, and hies
wile still continues in possession of the house, carry.
ing on the business, paying a girl to carry out beer,
and receiving an allowance of 80s. on each b meld
beer drawn, and it appeared by an account now pro-
duced, that she had also purchased gin and other spi-
rits for the usual purposes of sale. The Defendant
was taken in execution at the suit of the Plaintiff lor'
023 and cogs, in Hilary Term, 1814.
It was now contended that the Defendant could not
be discharged, unless the property taken in execution
by the Brewers was given up by them for the general
use of the creditors ; it being enacted in the 41st sec-
tion of Lord Redesdale's Act, that a prisoner who,
within five years, shall have made any conveyance or
assignment of any of his effects, in trust or otherwise,
for the benefit of.any particular creditors, with intent
to give an undue preference, and then take the be-
nefit of the Act, he shall not be discharged unless the
property is given up, or all the creditors consent to
the release.
Mr. &tern now argued, that this warrant of At-
torney amounted to a conveyance or assignment, and
said that such an instrument was as much a convey.
ance as a fine or recovery, both of which, though now
merely common law conveyances, were originally
adverse judgments, the one founded on the writ of
covenant, and the other on the pracips in a, writ of
entry—and he citedawo cases of Michenson v. Carter,
8 Term Reports, 87 and SUU, to chew that a warrant
of attorney, thus fraudulently given, might amount
to an assiginent, so as to create a forfeiture under a
covenant not to assign a lease ; and he said it was
immaterial what was the form of a conveyance, if its
effect was to operate as as assignment, for in all
pleading, deeds were to be stated according, not to
their names, but their legal effect. S;. that a war-
rant of attorney may, according to circumstances,
either be hostile judgment, or a mere deed of as-
signment.
Mr. PoeLoce for the defendant, argued, that the
Court was bound by the letter of the clause of exception
in the Act, which would express by conveyance or
assignment. He distinguished the cases cited from
the present, because the words in the covenant then
were let, set, assign, transfer, barter, exchange, or
otheru:se part with, which would comprehend any
mode of transfer. He then instanced the bankrupt
laws, in which a fraudulent conveyance must be by
deed, and referred to the Statutes of Islortmaiu, to
shew how careful the Judges were at all times of going
beyond the letter of Acts of Parliament.
Mr. SAIITH in reply, deprecated the idea of con-
struing such a clause by the mere letter, and said,
there wets a great difference between the construc-
tion of the Statutes of Bankruptcy, which were acts
operating against the bankrupt most adversely, and
in a manuer as a criminal, and this Act in which
the defendant came to claim ais indulgence, and must
clearly shew himself innocent of all fraud. This dif-
ference of construction was always to be attended to
in every Court of Law, according to the object of
a Statute, and if this were not so, the exception
would be useless—for all conveyances to particular
creditors would be node by warrant of Attorney, and

as frauds notild he porpetuAly committeJ, this Act.
of Lord-Re.lesiale, incte.td of a blessing to the di.-
tressed prisoner, wou:d becoare a vet y curse upon the
land, and must be repealed.
Mr. Serjeant PALMER said, he must trier himself
to the cases cited, wiiich he tigitiglit bore strongly
upon the question, because it V 4 ai clear that the words
in the first case were very extensive, and might have
included a warrant of attorney, if that without fraud
were an assignment. And by the second caw it ap-
peared that, notwiriivanding the Court were of that
opinion, yet when it was once Made out that the judg-
ment was in fraud of the coven int, it was brought
within the words, though it was not Io at first. • It
must be the same here, for otherwise there would be
no check upon fraud, and in all cases of bankruptcy
the assignments were held void because ef the fraud,
but there was a great difference between an act of
bankruptcy to be construed strictly, and this clat.se
in the present statute.—Adjourned for the Court to
give judgment.

C111:51Ta ASSIZES.
I'he criminal business concluded at ore o'clock or.
Thursday. Sir WILLIANI (Caret Justice)
in passing the awful sentence of the law on Sara/
Rodhy, FL- die Price, J. Poh'itt, J. Smith, G. GerrJrd,
J. Lo.:ve, P. frutik, (a Black) :tnti G. Port, the two
former for shop-lifting, the ctherb for cutting and
maiming a horse, for house breaking, fur burglary, for
felony in a dwelling house, for highway robbery,
•gave hopes of It clemency to ail except G. Post,
whom he imitrevively addressed t the follo+A ing
effect :—To you, George Post, I feel it indivemibly
necessary, in pressing upon you the judgment of the'
law, to caution you against cherishing due slightest
hope that your sentence will be. remitted. Your guilt
is of a magnitude, next to muider• precluding even
the shadow of mercy ; and the evidence on which
you were convicted such as to Irma not a shadow of
doubt of the fact. Waylaying an innocent, artless,
unsuspecting young female, returninr, to her employ_
ment after a Sabbath day's visit to aged grand-
mother—robbing her of her bundle, which contained
the little property which she required —brutally as-
saulting her person, and indecently exposing that per-
son for a considerable time— you wind up the horrible

catalogue of your turpitude, by throwing •our inno-
cent victim into the canal, and when with teat s and

cries she prays you to rescue her born the impending
danger, with brutal ferocity, exclaimed_ci Drown,
then, and be d—d!" This case, with all its shocking
circumstances, was proved aiainst you by evidecce
which admitted not of a doubt. Employ, I conjure
you, the residue of your time seriously and pionsly.—
Attend to the religious directions of those who will
visit you in your confinement, and sooth you will
holy consolation. Invoke, with sincerity, the at,si-
tance of that GOD, who, while he is all pots et ful, is .11
merciful ; and prepare to present yonrself brfure that
heavenly tribunal, at which, in a short time, you mil
have to appear.

BOW-STIREET.—A foreiln Officer, lodeing at an
hotel in the neighbourhoOd of Leicesite.-square, was
charged with making an assault of en indecent na-
ture, is St. Martin's-lane, upon a respectable young
man, and ordered to find bail.
MmtLecntouuti-erace i..—Surannah I owe.'!, 12 yearsl
old, was charg,dw with obtaining, ot divers persons,
linen and el:parel unlawfully. 'fire prisoner v.-as an
inmate of St. Geerge's w khouse, and li tying ascer-
tained where Leen was at mangle, she };ot it away,
und:r pretence of bxincr sent by the onners.—She
was fully comrnittc:l.
—Thula, who keeps a public-house in the Vale
of Berkshire, sought advice atter a faithless wife, wao
had eloped from her family at the cap ivating age of
fifty, with a soldier, who had received his discharge
at the husband's house. He bad traced them into
London by the Bristol waggon, which they sheltered
hi at Reading, and after that to a lodging near the
bottom of Sloane-street. The lady, however, had re-
fus 'd to mite from the company of her gallant, al-
though the husband had promised forgiveness on her
return. Thus the matter stood, and the husband could
obtain redress only by a civil action.
HATTON•GARDEN,.—.B. HOOkkarn and J. Ifalfey were
re-examined, charged with stealing a quantity ot wear-
ing apparel out of the house of Isaac Clark, a tailor,
in Leather-lane. Mr. C. stated, that on. the evening
of the Slst ult. he was at work, but being alarmed at
the noiseot a bason falling in the back garret, he
went to see what occasioned it, and on his opening
the door he saw Hookham going out of the window,
and Walley getting over the roof of the house ; on
looking round the garret he saw a box belonging to a
lodger, nearly emptied. He ran down stairs and
gave the alarm, and the prisoners were secured at 39,
Charles.street, a house which they were employed in
painting, from the roof of which they gained admit-
tance into witness's house. Witness hearing they.
were secured, went there and saw the two prisoners,
and was sure they.were the two he had seen at the
top of the house. In this house there WAS a bag found,
which contained the property stolen. E. Ainsenter,
the ledger, identified the contents of the bag as his
property, viz. 4 shirts, 6 handkerchiefs, I`d p.iirs of
stockings, pantaloons, waistcoat, breeches, &c. They
were fully committed.
J. Lewis, IV. Ann and /17. Co/witi, were committed
for re-examination, charged with .t burglary in the
house of the Abbe De Roufigny, 17, Castle-street,
Holborn, and stealing a quantity of linen and wearing
apparel, &c.
T. Walsh, and Mary .4an his wife, were remanded,
charged on suspicion of attempting to pass some forg-
ed notes at the Barley-mow, in Gray's.inn-lane.
QUEEN-WARS, —..... *id, and another youth,
neither exceeding the age of fourteen, were charged
with robbing the gardens of Lord Calthorpe, in Pa-
radise-row, Chelsea, of immense quantities of fruit,
on the night ot the 4th instant. Lord Calthorpec
gardener stated, that the gardens had recently been
trcquently beset by :t gang of robbers, who took away
the fruit by bushels, such as peaches, nectarines, &c.
—that they had nearly stripped many trees ; a luxu-
riant peach-tree in particular, had now only two
peaches left on it ; and the fruit was gathered with
so much wantonness, as to have nearly destroyed
many of the most valuable trees. On the night above
stated, he succeeded in tracing the two prisoners, who
had been put over the wall to collect and hand over
the fruit to others of the gang. The youths conies-
secithat they bad been employed by eight persons,
who resided in the neighbourhood of the gardens. to
get ow the walls and procure the fruit fur them, for

which they reteired a few shillbsps. They thenyme.
In the na tries nt he persons furanng tire g•ing.rte.L.st
whoni warrants were issued ; end the boys svi:yegives
into the cubtody of thtir parents.
An information was exiibited against 'J. Sadder,
proprietor of the. Eghon stage, for c ,trying, on the
12:1s of Angust, 15 outside passengers. being three
more dims is allowed by law.
Mr. Kaare'contended„ that k ought to have been
laid against the driver, •whom the lvg;slanare had
doer:red rk: primary object of punishment, and not
against -the proprietor, except the dsiv..r could not be
found. Mr. ALLKI* said, the informer might proceed
against which he pleased. 'Mr. Friaansio over-ruled
Mr. Knapp's objection, and convicted the defaulter in
a moiety of the penalties, 415 and costs.
The next information, which was also ageing' 324..
ler, for carrying fifteen outsides, on the 14th of Au.
gust, was chiefly remarkable for the establishment of
a new point of practice. Mr. ALLEY, on proving the
offence, and chewing that Sadler had painted on the
foo.board of his coach, "licensed to carry twelve out-
sides," declined proving the license, as had been here.
tifore dune, by calling a person from the Stamp Of.
Tice. M. Knapp submitted, that as the Act required
th?se coaches to be ii:ensed, it was incumbent on the
informer to chew that Sadler was licensed; but Mr.
EIELDING WAS of a contrary opini,m, holding that the
defendant Ininished sufficient proof against himself
by the painting on the footboard ; and if he had no
license, let him prove the fact. He was then convict-
ed in a similar penalty, the fees to Counsel not being
allowed ; and also on a third information, for carry.
ing fifteen passengers on the 15th, in £1.5, making to-
gether £45 and costs.

Ustox-itiw..—ln consequence of information May
and CoUingbourn had received, they went to a baker's
shop..in the Bovine, and desired to weigh his bread.
when there were. several guartern and half quarter%
loaves found deficient itf-weight 52 ounces. The
bread was taken by the officers to the office, and there
weighed again in the presence of the Magistrate, and
Cie deficiency found to be that stated by the .fficers.
Ti:is being the secoad time the defendant had been
convicted, the Magistrate imposed the full penalty of
Ss. an ounce, and costs, amounting in all to. £l3 10s.
'kite bread was sent to a charitable institution.

A drayman in the employ of Messrs. Calvert and
Co. was fined 40s. and 6s. 6d. costs, for starting a
butt of porter later than seven o'clock in the evening,
contrary to the provisions of the Act of Parliament.
Marlin was brought up by CAlingbourn, who
stopped him in Little L .nt-streer with a bladder, con-
taining upwards of a gallon of spirits, under his arm.
The cancer engulfed where he got it, the prisoner, in
reply, said he found it, but could not tell where. Un-
der these circumstances Col:ifighourn, sitsp-ct•og he
had stolen it from MI board some ship, took him to
the &lice l-lefe he p-4ave the same unsatisfactory
count he had before g.ven to the tacer, :tnd was tinel
4th. and ants, under the Act, an f in
-uh of payment he v.•:!,.; comiLittcd to the Huuse of
Con.ection for one month.

. Yesterday nn Inquest was held at the White LiAt.
in 1.!:::her-1:ine, on the body of Mn. C.,ll;ns, a widow
I. icly, whose death was ouacioned c'ot:A3
cate.:ing, fire. Mrs. Bam-t, of No. 21, Le izilerlyrz,
knew the dee-aced ; wis the widow of a chrgy.
man, nod live ..1 oil a small annuity ; she was :Omni
S)ye..rs rsl.l, r 1 i nit 11.141)25t eight 0118anday even.
hoary the heardll:e cry of Oh Dear, Mrs. Barnet,
nitness ran to her, and on oren:ir± the door she saw
her all in tl tmes. Witness tack a atllke: and coon.
terpane and threw them ev..r her h?,t and then
rolled her in (he carpet, and thus succe...d,:al in exti;.-
g,;ishiog tin! 9 ,mes. Witnttis sent for a surgt... ho
dressed the cl,..ceas...d, when she was put LI bed, and
coot;nued in her senses till her :leach, which trek xlace
on the lollowing evening. She supposed the accldent
must have liappencd by the snuff of the milk falling
on her gown. Verdict—Arc dental Death.
An Inquest was held, nn Wednesday st...•imight, by
E. Bartrz and B. SIIELIfY, M,gistrates the
county of Limerick, on the body of .1. Switzer, f
Clartmatem, a farmer, who was tired at by a woman
nimed Bowen. It appeared that the deceased was
supposed to have propagated reports ini 'rictus to the
character of the woman, and she, in a ht of rage, dis•
charged a loaded musket at him, the contents of
which lodged in his right eye. The Jury returned a
verdict of Wilful Murder.

The sentence of transportation pronounced against
ilrchihald Chish.lnt, from Strathglass, at the last In-
verness Circuit Court, for theft, has been commuted
for twelve months' imprisonment.
EXIIICUTION OF THE SHAM PA nsox.—On Saturday
Robert Peacock. alias Thomas Mile, alias Richard Wit-
liarason, alias Richard Thomas, ali is If Whii.fild,
alias William Whitmore, on whom sentence of death was
passed at the late Assizes at GI iucester, for forgery,
(he was fount guilty at the last Lint Assizes, but
judgment respited), and George Syne'', convicted on
Live sepatate indictments—four for harse-stealing, and
one for stealing an heifer—were executed on the tem-
porary ap,p.natus over the lodge ot tle cunnty ga/.1
Peacock exhibited an uniform repentance and re,ig.
nati-m, from the time of his conviction to the awful
moment of his suffaing. Powerful interest had been
exerted to procure a remission of his sentence ; and
there is reason to believe, that he had cherished hopes
of mercy till within the last four hours. He had, dur-
ing an imprisonment of ten months, daily amuse
himself with writing a journal of his proceedings and
devotional engagements ; and this task he continued
with unabated composure till within 1;1E1.2 more than
half an hour of his execution 1 At intercils, he gad
likewise employed himself in instructing his
prisoners in their religious duties, and tn?..le comidt r-
able progress in entiglitening the mines of some of
• them. To his fellow-sufietcr, be was en,i;:ently
useful ; and, ft om great obduracy of heart, he bronglt
hint to a sense of tile awful chan;;e I e WAS about to
undergo. After coating from Chard, they were ea-
gaged for some time in priv ite prayer ; about
one o'clock they ascended the piitlorat, woere they
remained but x few minutes, widicut the smillest
in-
elm:aloe to address the pt.pulice. l'eac•ck, whose
presence of mind and thinness never Inside': ltun
throughnin the whole of this dreadful scene, shook
hands with Symes, and with the exectr;vitier, to within
he bequeathed a few shillings, which he said would be
, found in his pocket ; and they were laent.hed in o
eternity in the presence of an mne:lse :tundra of
spectators.