Star.
London, England, 1803-01-25 00:00:00

DL BLI,v, JANU.IRr 20.

A Privy Council was held at the CAP.!, 01
Tuefday, by his Excellency the Earl of HAaD
WlCKE—among other buiinefs ttanfaEted, a pro-
clamation was dire6ted to be iifited, real iaing the
exportation of feveral kinds of provifions according
to certain regulations.
His Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT has been
plcafed to appoint the Right Honourable CEARLEb
HENRY ST. JOHN, Earl O'Netr., a Governor ol
the county Antrim ; and the Right Hon. RO9 ERS
Lord ERRI:, a Governor of the county Roleom-
mon.
Judges DOWNIS and Baron GEORGE waited
upon his Excellency, on Tuelday, at the Caine,
and made their report of the trials of the Special
Commiflion they held at Waterford :sad Clonmel.
Mr. Secretary WIcEHAM leaves Limerick this
day, and proceeds for Cork.
On Friday late, Gcn. PAYNE fet off from Clon
such for Limerick, to replace Gen. Motiet son.

KILMAINHAM SESSIONS, JAN iB.
Yefterday, Mr. GREENE, as Counfel for Mr.
Drury, one of the Magittrates for the county of
Dublin, moved the Court to poflpone trial on an
indiftment for atrault and battery againft Mr. Car—
ter, an Attorney, as the latter, who is the traverfer
in the prefent criminal profecution, has brought
an anion of damages, to be tried by the civil law
againfl his client, for an alledged drank on him at
the fame time. The civil aftion is pending, which,
Counfel urged, might poffibly when brought to
trial, be influenced to the prejudice of his client,
by the evidence to be adduced on the criminal
profecution.
The Court required an affidavit touching the
impoffibility of bringing forward whoa-es as al.
kdged by Counfel, on another ground of necetrary
delay, when Mr. Drury having prepared it, the I
Chairman poftponed trial until the firtt day of next
adjournment, to be peremptorily gone through on
that day, without any reference to the civil anion I
of which that Court had no cognizance.
Chriflopher Kelley was then put to the bar on a, 1
capital indiftment, for afraulting Jot. M'Dermot,on
the 25th Ott. Taft, putting him in dread and fear of
his life, and felonioufly taking from his perfon five
guinea notes of the Bank of Ireland, and a great
coat, with 57 fhillings in filver, &c.
The profecutordepofed that he lived in the neigh-
bourhood of Tallagh hill, and has been intimately
acquainted with the prifoner thefe (even years back,
fo as to be able to recognife his voice and perfiin
under many obvious difadvantages. That on the
aightlaid in theindiament,on his way from Dublin
to his own haute, he was flopped by two men,
armed with pilleds. That immediately on his en.
deavouring to efcape over a hedge he fell, and
while on the ground, was attacked by the prifoner,
who preffed him down, and kept him in the pofition
in which he fell, with all his lirength, while h: de-I
manded his money. The profecutor replied, that
he fhould have all he poffetred if he (pared his life,
on which the prifoner forcibly rifled his pocket of
live guineas in Bank of Ireland notes. one Chilling,
and Come halfpence. He recognifed the prifoner
only by his voice and appearance, as the latter in.
duftrinufly kept his face muffled up in a frize great
coat. After conftderable hcfitation between po.
fitive knowledge and belief as to the prifoner':
identity, the profeeutor at length (wore pofitively to
his voice and appearance, with both of which he
was for years fo familiar as not to be miftaken.—
The prifoner, on taking the money, handed it over
to his companion, the latter having, in the mean
time, robbed witnefs of a new coat, containing the
17 (billings laid in the indiftment. Being permit-
ted to rife, he followed the robbers at tome dif-
tance, while they travelled to the high road.—
W itnefs never recovered either money or coat.
The witoefs underwent a long.and ingenious
crofs examination by Mr. MsNalry, who, on the
point of his recollefting a voice In familiar to him,
which was conveyed to his ear through a frize
conduitor, prifoner's face being all the while muf-
fled in a great coat of that fabric, requefted of the
profecutor to give the Court a fpecicnen of his mu.
iic through a fimilar medium of found, which he
bad fo conveniently about him. The witnefs
declined this operation, and attempted to parry the
queftion by alledging, that though the prifoner
kept his face muffled, be left his *mouth free.
The Chairman, in fumming op the evidence,
nude a number of very novel but ftriking ohferva-
dons as to the conduit of Juries in cafes of life and
death, afrerting that it was their duty to take into
rnfideration the manner,countenance,andgeflitres
of a witnefs while giving his teflimony, if either
could, in their opinions, timik any particular mo-
tive or meaning—no clue to the human mind, how.
ever my Ilerious, thould, iipoffible, be left unaavel.
led, to come at ti nth, for the attainment of public
jilftice ; butrif, after every exertion in their power
to make, doubt fliould hill adhere to their minds,
the law wifely and humanely provides for the life
of the fubjeft and the confcience of the Juror, by
enflrcing on the foundeß and bell of principles, a
verdift of acquittal, which the Jury in this inftance
paired without quitting the box.
A profecutica, laid at the life of an innocent
woman, was canvalred, and the woman t,ied.—
An opulent cotton maintfafturer, at Baba iggati,
Was the profecutor, who emplo,e3 the woman to
warp cotton wool. lie gave her the materials—
fhe brought home her svui k ; but in the courfe of
• wrangle and allault which occurred between the
wife of the pvtfecutor and the priioner, the latter
returned pntlefil in of the thread, liefote her em-
ployer either ts ai:;hed Cri entered it in his hook.
The Cu Al NI as C x prcireJ the lirungett mittksof
indignation agAir,lt the profeciour.
After the acquittal of the pi if nier, he appealed
to the lintaiiitiay prel:.); to lay an
aMion of ci..m.iges in I.tvour i tie charac-
ter r,t rn h,tun:it: woman tai ho-
nour:Oily Arq.ll•t :ti, tii make her re pat ation through
the ho.,ge,: pin le (,1 the prof:env r, as the Court
cpulit I.y law that pimifhtlitmt, 011 his perhni
Vihu..l, he to em;ev-prly iiuctvcd.
Mr. I.conitid Atzonivy, toot: up the
woman,'. caule.—:l:i~uctned until t 4.th nary.