Star.
London, England, 1807-10-28 00:00:00

CLERKEA WELL SESSIONS.

Yelierday the cafes were chiefly thofe of petty all
faults. One, however, was in fome degree intereß•
ing7
Mr. Benjamin Sheared was tried on a charge of
having committed an affault upon Mr. John Tim•
mings. .

The Profecutor Rated, that he is a (hip broker, or
rather an exchange broker. Being entitled to re..
ceive land•tax for a houfe belonging to the Defeo•
dant, and there being three quarters in arrear, he
went to the houfe and demanded payment. The
Lady of the bottle requeßed him to wait until her
hufband came in, which he accordingly did. When
the Defendant came home, he ran at the Profecutor,
laid hold of him, and knocked him neck and heels
out of the houfe. Upon his crofs.examination, the
Profecutor admitted that he might have laid,
44 Here's my receipt, pay me the money firli, and I
will (hew you my authority afterwards."
Mr. PARKER, a S elicitor, depofed that the Profe-
cutor was afked to Phew his authority, upon his de-
manding payment of the tax; upon his refufal to
comply with this requefl, the Defendant told bim
to go abut his bufinefs, took him by the fhoulder,
and put him out of doors. There was not any at.
tempt made by the Defendant to alike him—nothing
of the kind.
Two Ladies, who were prefent. alto bore tefli-
tunny to the peaceable demeanour of 'he Dfendaut,
except that he turned the Profecuter rt. of the houfe.
They were not of opinion that any fo; .e was ufed
more than was barely neceffary fir that purport.
When the Chairman was proceeding to deliver his
charge to the Jury, the Profecutor endeavoured to
make Pane comments on the fubjeft, and laid he had
a witnefs to bring forward.
The Chairman, however, obferved, that his part
of the cafe had been already heard. The reflimony
of three wiineffes had been given on the cther fide;
shefe witneffes lor•ked npan the tranfaBion with a
very different eye Irmo that with which the feelings
of the Profecutor might Inggea to him as fit and pro-
per in the cafe. The queltion which the Jury had
to try, appealed to him to be rather a nice point,
namely, as to the amount of the force which had
been ufed on the occafion. It was not denied on the
part of the Defendant, that the Profecutor was au.
thorifed to receive the tax ; it was only defired that
he fhould (hew his authority. That every perfon
who was properly qualified to demand and receive
taxes, had a right of entry for that purpofe, could
not be denied ;it was not a trefpafs in point of law.
But :11:n no man was obliged, as (con as payment
was demanded, to give away his money immediately
without he chafe to do fo, he might require the per-
fon who demanded payment to produce the autho-
rity under which he derived his right to receive the
tar. Then, if he refufed to doh), he was riot to fay,
" No, but I will fliy here until you do pay MS ;" he
was not to take poffeffi in of the bottle. The owner
or houfeholder would, in that cafe, have a rieat to
make him go about his bufinefs, and to de as much
violence as was neceffary for that purpofe, if he re-
fufed either to go out of the houfe, or to (hew the
authority under which he ailed.

The Jury immediately pronctinced the Defendant
—Not Guilty.

The °hie& or Mr. G. H. Ross's mialon to Ame-
rica, is, it is laid, to continue the negoci .ti in which
has been fufpended for the prefent, on accoim, of
the limited nature of the powers veiled in M Er .
MONROE and PINCKNEY. Mr. Rose goes out with
ample inttrußinns, and will have the advantage of
negotiating dite&ly with the Government of the
Unites States.

On Saturday the 24th, the States cf the Ifland of
Jerfey met, when a moll handfome and elegant con-
piatulary Addrefs to the Right Hon. the Eat' of
CHATMAM, drawn up and propofed by the Rev. Dr.
DUPRE, Dean of Jtrfey, was unanimoully voted on
the appointment of that Nobleman to the Govern-
ment of that lfland.

CORN MARKET, MARK LAME, OCT. 29.--This day
there are very few arrivals of Grain in general, yet
Wheat continues extreme dull fate, and laft prices
fcarcely maintained—Fine Barley rather dcarer—
and Fine New Malt about 78s. per quarter—White
Peas are lower—but few Grey, or Beans of each kind,
which are higher—Oats of belt quality at rather bet.
ter price—Flour inclines lower, but Fine American
full as dear, 345. to, 37., per barrel.

GENERAL CURRRNCT AS UNDER.
Wheat 38$ 48s 6..4 per qr., Grey Peas, 641 68s od
Elm: Ditto. 64. 63. od Beans, (old) 58s 64s od
Rye. (new) 404 451 Od Tisk Ditto sos 561 coo
Harley, 394 4446.1 Oars,o4s 284 331
Malt, (old) 649 725 cd Poland ditto 34s us 6d
White Peas, (sioilers)l4:3 I 50s Potatoe ditto to 37b 01
Rape Seed. tat all.
Fine Flour SCs to 551—Seconds 43s to ses.

A girl, aged r 4, has had, fur the IA fever pre-
ceding years of her life, Icrophulous ulcers on her
arms, neck, fide, and breads, attended with, great
difcharge, particularly at the periods of Spring:—
The difeafe baffled eviTy means employed, when the
tried SPILSBURY'S Patent Antifcotbutic Drops, and
at this time the has taken five bottles; the fmaller
ulcers are all healed, and the larger ones making fair
advances to the fame favourable termination, which
we are juflified in concluding from her mended flare
of health, probably arifing from the good health of
the fecreting glands. Mrs. Dancer, York, will give
further information on application ; and the original
letters may be teen at the Difpenfary, No. 15, Soho
Square, London.—Mr. SPILSEURY 11 not accounta-
ble for any mixture fold, unlefs the word, " By the
King's Patent" are inferted on the b.ll of directions,
bottle, and wrapper ; the Ramp alto (the King's
duty) is printed in black inflead of red ink. Bottles
ss. 6d. ; bonble bottles los. ; and 1 trger tl. as. duty
included.

AMER/re.

TRAVELS IN W I LDS. OF AMERICA.

Tyro Gentlemen, engaged on a journey throng!'
North America, froln the Golph of Florida to (k!e-
hec, have performed the firft part of their puled
among the intereUing fccnes of the Ohio and the

it New York, July 19. de"
is We left this place (New York) on the 23thJuly,
tBo6, taking with us only a change of linen, and we
arrived there again on the 18th of July, 1807. We
travelled molly on foot, excepting where a water
rafrage offered. My brother, William, employed
himfelf in taking (ketches of molt of the fine views
and natural curiofitim that have come in our way.
Our mute was fira to Albany, the falls of the
Mohawk and Niagara rivers, thence acrofs Lake
Erie, down the Alighanny river, to Pittßung. Here
we Rayed for three or four weeks, fitted up a boat
peculiar to there rivers, and called an ark, with a
fire place and fleeping birth. We laid in our limes
of provifions, crafting utenfils, &c. and commenced
our voyage down the mighty river• Ohio and Mat.-
fippi on the 111 of Dec. and arrived at Orleans in
April, in our boat, in which we had lived fourteen
weeks. Thefe arks are literally floating wooden-
brufes ; the one we had was 2+ feet long and 12
feet broad, and fqu .red at both ends. Rowing or
failing was out of the question--we mined to the
Current for head way ; we had a pair of large oars
for guiding the boat clear of rocks, old trees, &c.—
The Ohio is gentle and placid, unlefs agitated by
Ao!m►, which are very common ; in fuch clfes we
made our boat faft to a tree on chore. In
hill
ferene weather, we (offered our vdiel to Boat night
and day, fleeping foundly till the morning. The ave•
rage run of the current, was about three miles an
hour. On its banks were many handfome towns,
and the country abounds in game. At Marietta were
three (hips of 300 tons, neat ly finithed. It is a curious
fait, that (hips built above 2000 miles inland &mild
have a natural navigation to the Ocean. The cha•
raSerof the Miffiflipi is entirely different from that
of the Ohio—its waters very muddy and boifterous

ifs banks flat and uninhabited for a hundred miles to
gether, and no chance of getting provifions but °tea.
fionally fiom the wild men of the woods. Thefe harm•
lefs creatures often boarded us from their canoes; and ,
their v i lit s were welcomed, as they brought us venifon,
turkies, wild honey, bear meat, &c. for which we
gave them apples, bileuits, &c. There things were
very grateful to us, after living four or five weeks
upon bac..n. On the MiQiJipl i, boats feldom attempt
.t.• float in the night ; this powerful river running in
-many places at the tate of eight miles an hour,
and befog very full of large timber, whole limbs often
appear above the water, and agai.ift which the cur-
rent roars with the noire of a catered. From New
Orleans, we returned by land to New York, a journey
very tic flim tof 3oco miles, the route we took, as
we went conliderahly out of our way to fee Tome
natural euri-fities. We travelled about 14 days in
-Lower Louifiana. Fo• m the city of Natches, on the
iatle,n flirt of the MilfilEppi, to Nahville, is a wit.
dernefs of about goo miles, uninhabited, excepting by
two powerful nations of Indians, the Chi. aws, and the
Chihawa es. At Natches we purchafeci:a mule, and
packed our provifions for ao days, for the perform•
ance of this j-urney. We now entered quite a new
kind • f life. We flept regularly in the woods: our'
bedding confifted of a blanket and a bear fltia, with
a thin tent. which aniwered the double purpofe of a
ntokitito bar and a flicker from the night dews. We
bad a tomahawk, a flint, Keel, and tinder ; and thus
equipped, we commenced our journey, making a fire
two or three times a day, for the purpofe of boiling
ear chocolate, roaliii g our bacon, &c. At night,
we made a good fire, as near as we could bear it, and
with a good length of rope we tied our mule to a lice
to graze. We had fine weather, and all went on very
pleafantly for fume time, when I was feized with a
fecund day ague. This Ibnok and tormented me very
much, and at left I was obliged to lay up in an In-
dian wigwam for about a week. Thefe good, crea-
tures did all they could for my comfort, which how-
ever was not much ; the bell bed they could give me
was a bear fkin on the ground. This happened about
200 miles from the abode of white men. I get tome.
thing better, but the ague left me very weak for fume
time. In our route to this place, we came through
the flare of Teneffee, by the way of Nalhville, Knox.
Vi:ginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennfylva.
nia. We likewite pafTed through the Federal City,
IL and Philadelphia ; at the former place we
were gratified with a fight of Mr. Jefferfon. He was
returning horn his meriting ride, unattended even by
a Ity gle lei rant : this, we were told, was his ufual
eaf-
tor,. We have planned a journey to Bofton, and on
to Lower Canada, Montreal, and qtiebec. This will
tinilh our travels in this land, when we tall return
to 'Wit and confult with our friends, as to our future
proceedings."

The falutar" advice contained in the old adage—
" I old ilyl," feents to be peifeelly underliood by the
pott,g4rs of Supplementary Tickets in the Lottery
Scheme now at iffue. Though offers are made from
several quarters to purchafe them, at the rate of aol
per Ticket, very few cuilunaers are found. Nor can
.his be wondered it, whrn it is con(idered, that the
Supplementary Scheme contains but 6000 Numbers.
The Ticket, 4,030, Drawn the Third Day of
Dray, ing, a Prize of soot. was Shared and Sold by
J. Waask ft, No. 16, Ccrnhill, in One Half, One
gliarter, Ore Eighth, and Two Sixtetuths. The
fortunate i;olders may receive. their Money imme-
diately. All Peri Ons purchaling Tickets and Stares
hetore FRIDAY, Ottober 30, have a Chance of the
Icllowing Grand Li ot Capiials:
• Prize of 40,000
20,000
10,000
O I,CCO

SOO

PRESENT PRICE.
Ticket - - is' e o
Pisa' - £lO T 4 0 I Eighth Za ti o
I.Zt!Arter 5 8 o Sixteenth x 5 o
Saturday fe'nnight, J. Purfield, drill faljeant of the
Tenderden Volunteers, fell out of an oak tree as he
was gathering acorns, and pitching on his head, was
:0 ioveiely bruited, that he became fpeechlefs, and
. cpired on Monday in the greatell agony. It is fin•
.ular that the deceafed had a violent tall from thefame
tee lati yew. %quit} in the sit of gathering acorns.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
W•R-OFrICE, OCTOBER 27.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Berj mitt Peach, trent
the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purehafe, vice
Locker; pro united
13th Ditto—Thomas Dunkin, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchafe,
vice itaitt, promoted.
18th Ditto—Cornet Thomas Evans to be lieutenant by purelsafe,
vice Hawk, promoted.
asth Ditto—Cornet John Ralflon to be Lieutenant, without por-
ch:ire ; Cornet Thomas Steele to be ditto ; Matthew Smith,
Gent. to be Cornet, vice Raton.
tft Regiment of Foot—Enfign Charles Kean, from the Clare Ml
litia, to be Enfign.
6th Ditto—Lieutenant James Thornton to be Captain of a Com-
pany, by purchafe, vice Friteard Sinyth, who retires; Enfign
William Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Thompfon.
7th Ditto—Captain Samuel lici:jamin Aucbmuty, from the 70th
Foot, to be Captain of a Company, vice Bernard. who ex
changes; Enfign Jofcph Lamphier, from the tft Weit York
Miiitia, to be Lieutenant.
Bth Ditto—Enfign Morton Noel to be Lieutenant, without pure
chafe ; William nubbins. Gent to be Enfign, vire Noel.
13th Ditter-Lieutenant Thomas Fenton, from the North Mayo
Militia, to be Enfign.
istb Ditto—Enlign John Moe re, from Half Pay of the 27th Foot
to be Enfign, without purchafe. vice Barnetton, promoted.
tBth Ditto—Captain Henry F.dw. Lynch, from the South Mayo
Militia, to be Fnfign, vice Cooper, promoted; Edw. Campbell,
Gent. to be Enfign, without p u ramie, vice Dillon, promoted.
19th Ditto—Lieutenant John Duncan, from the North York.Mi-
litia,•te be Enfign.
23d Ditto—Second lieutenant and Adjutadt Milne to have
the rank of Firft Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant --- Maclel-
lan to be ?Mt lieutenant, vice Jennings, deceafed ; Surgeon
James Mink, from the Perth Militia, to be Afliflant Surgeon.
25th Ditto—Et fign Thomas Griffin Beale, from the Edinburgh
Militia, to be Enfign, vice Baron promoted in the 34th Foot.
17th Ditto—Lieutenant John Atkinfon, from Half Pay of the
• zesth Foot, to be Lieutenant. vice Carmichael deceit. d.
34th Ditto—.Licuteuant George Jeffreyfon, from Halt Pay of the
sosth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dillon, who exchange,,
38th Ditto—Enfign William Handheld Wrench to hi. Lieutenant
by purchafe, vice Hurt, promoted; Lieutenant -- Macpher-
fon, from the Warwick Militia, to be Enfign.
40th Ditto—Edward H. Adams, Gent. tube &lip, without pun.
chafe, vice Defbrifay, whufe appointment has not taken place.
48tIs Ditto—Lieutenant John Anfaido, from the 7th Garrifun
Battalii.n, to be Lieutenant, vice Kirwan, who exchanges.
sad Dittn—Enfign Benjamiu S. Wright, from the Cavan Militia,
tote E lin.
59th Ditto-I'o he Frifigns, without purchafe—
Captain William it obertton, from the Roisibire Militia, vice
Fuller, promoted;
William F. Mayne, Gent. vice Wright. promoted;
Arthur Carey. Gent, vice Byrne, promoted;
John Dillon, Gent vice Mantil•ville, promoted;
William Robinfon, Gent. vice Waring, promoted.
Il3d Ditto—Aflift ant surgeon Colin Young, front the 75th Foot,
to he Surgeon, vice Grent. appointed to a Recruiting Diftricß
66th Ditto-1 homes Sowerhy, (km to be Enrol, without pur-
chafe, vice Rickets, promoted in Chanspaoit's Regiment.
69th Ditto-e-Walter Daniell, Gent. tee be Etilign without purchafe.
vice 11,1•Mabon, promoted.
70th Ditto—Captain William Bernard, from the 7th Foot, to be
Captain of a Company, vice Auchmuty, who excharges.
74th Ditto—Lieutenant Alexander Scott, from the Furter Militia,
to be Ei.flgn.
75th Ditto—Hotpitat Mate David Jamcfon to be Afhiftant Sur-
geon, vice Young, promoted in the 63d Foot.
Stet Ditto--Ralph Crofton, Gent. to be Enfign, by purcliafe, vice
Peyton, promoted.
88,11 Regiment of Foot.
To be Infigne—Lieutenant William Whitelaw, from the Leitrim
Militia, vice Came, who refigns ; bidign J4fon Halfard, from
the Waterford Militia; Lieutenant Peter 1 egos, from the Ty-
rone MUM&
otath Ditto—Lietttanant James Maxwell Wallace, front the zt th
Light Dragoons. to be Captain of a Company, by purchafe, vice
Wright promot, •
To be Enligns—Licutenant William Walker, from the Fife Mi-
litia s Lieutenant Duncan M`Dougall, from the Renfrew Mi-
litia.
To hr Surgeon—Surgeon William Wybrow, from Meuronse Re-
giment, vice Monies, promoted.
To be Militant Surgeon —Affiftant Surgeon John O'Dwyer, from
the 58th Foot.
p7th Ditto-e-Lientenant Robert M'llrec, from the Cavan Militia,
to be Enlign. -
New South Wales Co-pe—Lieuterant the Hon. Frederick James
Lamb, from the Royal Regiment of thee Gt;ards, to he Cap
tain of a CoMpapy, by purchafe, vice Wilton, who retires See
jeant Major —es Lilly, from the ad Royal Veteran Battalion,
to be Eilfign, vice Henderfon, promoted.
ift Weft India Regintent—Lieutenant David Walker, from the
sills Foot, to be Lieutenant, wahout purchafe.
Major General Champagnes Regiment—Second I.ieutenant Chas.
C. Torriano to be huft Lieutenant, vice Prager, promoted in
the Nova Scotia Fee cibics ; Enfign Thomas Rickets. from the
tieth Foot, to be Firft Lieutenant, without purchafe, vice Camac,
appointed to the 25th Light Dr .go..ns.
Meuron's Regiment—Surgeon Frederick Weber, Surgeon of Fro•
berg's late Regiment, to be Surgeon, vice Wybrow, appointed to
the 90-h Foot.
eft Garrifon Battalion—Henry Loftus Alcoa, Gent. to he Enflgo,
vice the Adjutant; William Thompfon, Gent. to be Enfign,
vice Wcatherftone, promoted in the ad Garrifon Battalion.
ad Ditto—Enfign Henry Weatherftone, from the lit Garrifon Bat-
talion, to be Lieutenant, vise Armftrong, appointed to the 88th
Foot.
6th Ditto—Enfign Ji.hn Power, from the 2d Weft India Regi-
ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Ni•Eleatt, appointed to the 33d
Foot.
7th Ditto—Lieutenant Peter Kirwan, from the 48th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Anfaldo, who exchanges ; Edward Morgan,
Gent. to be Enfign, vice Baldwin, appointed to the 7ift Foot.
Bth Royal Veteran Battalion—Surgeon Wiliam Graham, from the
Invernefs Dittrict. to be Surgeon, vies Waugh, appointed to a
Recruiting Diftridt.