Star.
London, England, 1803-02-19 00:00:00

EAST I:'INA SHIPPI::G.

Yr:lei-day t Court, f Diredlors of the Eta India
VeAs 'held at the InJia Houle, which ad-
•tartJed to Wednelday next.
tcllouqn,t Chips are ordered to be :Brat on the IT R inft.
rots the tat of the Seaton, via. the Bretton, for Bengal; the
a, for Bon,bay; and the Hope, Watley, Woodford, and
I arlof Ai.?rgayenny, for China.

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The Court of Daredtora of the Fait India Company have
'Ant:pied the new (hip Ceylon, built by Mr. St. Barbs for the
outpace', lervice this talon, to Bombay and Madras, and
I-ave appointed ht r to be in the Downs on the ayd inft.Captain
Mona. Hudfon i. appointed to the command of the Ceylon.
I he Company's Stip the Lord Eklon, which failed from the
Cape of Ckroil Hope, on the 4th of November Lift, for Bengal,
to>, on hoard detachments of the Litt. Light Dragoons, and the
a:.! F ot, makini in all 3r t perfons.
C ijoaim Prendergaft is to command the Company's fhlp the
L+. irrthirc, in the room of Captain john Ramfden. Captain
Hr.mkattic relincluiflus the command of the Hope this fcafon
the -:,n.c Chips are conflgned to China.
The lire Peter And Catharine, from Madras,
1-;r tit. Helena the loth December. Her palren,
?Ars are—

Major J. A Caflkman, of hie Nlalefty% sat Regintem ;
I S.unuel. Fig. or Supreme Court ; John 7 urirg, Fig. Civil
,rle. ; S. Nl' Morris. Efq. Surgeon; Capt. R.N. Wynne, of In-
Capt. W. Wynne; I.ieut (neat, F. Chadnick, F.. &wills,
a e U. Nlvielty's 2 ( Dra;onni: Mr. and Mr&
•••• .ie. anal chalet ; Lieutenant Lads, H. C. Infonty Qatar-
:. r• Miter Lyentt, sys..! Dragooss; sod Matta J. Pcaufc
• I-A..

YARMOUTH. FEBRUARY IS.

The Sidney Smith, of Hull, Capt. Bitics, which
w•as drove on Corron Beach in the late gale, is got
off, and has been brought into this port to undergo
a repair. . _ _

Sailed this morning betwen 3 and 300 light (hips
to the an-thward.

The following (hips of war, remain in thefe
Roads—the Lt DA, la nulls, and PENELOPE fri-
gates, one gun-brig, and two cutters.
Palled through feveral laden colliers. Wind S.W.

The lite of Colonel DESPARN and of his fix
condemned officiates, who were not recommended
by the Jury to the Royal mercy,is At length fired.
They will fuffer on Monday morning, about nine
o'clock, purfnant to their fentence. Land.v., New-
man, and Tyneld, who were recommended to
mercy, are relpited; and, it is thought, their fen-
tence will be finally mitigated into tranfportation.
The warrant has not yet be:n fan to the High
Sheriff; but we underfland•the fentence will be
fulfilled within twenty-four hours after he re-
ceives it.

The execution will certainly be at the top of the
Lodge of the Prifon, in Horlemonger.lane.
ExEcurtoxs.—Moft of the public prints have
fallen into the error, that in the cafe of execution
of a criminal, particularly in London or Middle-
fez, the KING ligns what is called a Death !Oar-
rant; whereas, in no cafe, (excepting on the exe-
cution of a Peer, who has been tried in the Court
of Peers in Parliament) does the KING riga a war-
rant for execution.

On the Circuits the triage is, for the Judge to
fign the Calendar, or lift of all the prifoners n..mes,
with their feparate judgments in the margin, which
is left with the Sheriff ; as, for a capital felony, it
is written oppofite to the prifoner's name—Let him
he &novel ly the neck. And this is the only warrant
the Sh-riff has for fo material an ad as taking
away the life of another.
The Sheriff, on the receipt of this Calendar, is
to do execution within a convenient time, which,
in the country, is alto left at large. In London,
indeed, a more folemn and becoming exatlnefs is
ufecl, for, after the RICORDIR has reported to the
Krao, in perfon, the cafes of the feveral prifoners,
and received the Royal pleafure that the law mull
take its cootie, he (the Recorder) &les his war.
rant to the Sheriff, direding him to do execution
on the day, and at the place affigned.
BLACRSTONI rays, " That it may afford matter
f)r (peculation, that in civil cafes there fhould be
Itch a variety of writs of execution to recover a
stifling debt, iffued in the King's name, and under
the feat of the Court, without which the Sheriff
c.innot legally (Ur one Rep; and yet the execution
of a man, the melt important and terrible talk of
any, fhould depend upon a marginal note."
As it may be matter of curiofity to fome of our
Readers, we give the form of a Warrant on Judg-
ment of Death at the General Gaol Delivery in
London and Middlefex

• London I "To the Sheriffs of the City of London, and
and to the Sheriff of the County of Middicfea, and
Middlefes to the Keeper of his Majelty's Gaol of Newgate.
" Whereas at the Sefflon of Gaol Delivery of Newgata, for
the City of London and County of Middklex,holden at Jake
Hall, in the Old Balky, on the 19th day of October laft, Purick
Mahoney, Roger Jones, Charles King, and Mary Smith, re-
ceived lenience of death for the ft-fp:dive offences in their (rec-
tal indielments mentioned;
° Now it is hereby ordered, that execution of the laid len-
ience be made and done upon them the raid Patrick Mah 'ney
and Roger Jon. a, no Wednefday the 9th day of this inftant
month November, at the ufual place of execution : —And it is
his Majefty's command that execution of the raid limtence epon
Clem the laid Charles King and Mary Smith be refpited tiß his
Majefty's pis afore touching them be farther known.
" Given Loder my hand and leaf this 4th day of November,
1768. " lamas Eras, Recorder (1...5.)"

On Thnrfday afternoon; as the Duke of BRIMS.
WATER was palling through Berkeley-fquare, in'his
carriage, one of the wheels faddenly came off, and
the coach was overturned. His Grace was got out
much bruited, and led home by his terrains.
SPOITIIIO.—On Tuefday lall, the celebrated
Colonel THORIITON paired through York, from
Thornvillc Royal, on his way to the High Wolds
of Yorkfhire. He had with him a very large hunt-
ing train. In the carriages were, two Tudor:, two
very Rrong and beautiful Rags, with a number of
wolf and Rag hounds ; alto greyhounds, &c. &c.
—There is little doubt but this fpirited fportfman
will attra& much company to the Wold., which
are certainly the bell grounds in the kingdom for
either hunting or courting.
On Monday neat, at ten o'clock, !Yo land Stag
hunting commences—on Tuefday courting—on
Wednefday Wetland Stag—and In alternately for
the week. The Vold Farmers and Breeders, how
ever, Teem much diffatisfied at the Colonel's intro-
ducing his French wolves amongft theirfirep.

Extra& of a Letter from Demerara, dated De-
cember zo.—"The Dutch have at lall arrived, and
have taken polTelEon of the colony in form, and
hoifled up the Republican colours the gth of this
montti ; the Dutch part of the town was grandly
iiluminaieJ, an I cannon fired from the forts and
(hips in the liver. The whole of the Batavian
troops amount to ;goo men of almolk every nation
in Eurcpe ; they are very fine young fellows, but
teem to be very indifferently difciplined ; the cli.
mare has alrea ly made great havock among them;
indeed their drefs and accoutrements are altoge-
ther improper for fo hot a place as this : if they
were in the coldell country in Europe no addition
of eloathing would be neceffary. Their pay is
very (mall, for I am informed it is no more than
three guilders per month, which here will not be
fufficient to procure them good water to drink.—
Some of the ft:Wier% have already begun their fyl
tem of liberty and equality, by plundering the
Bores of the merchants near the iiver. All the
Britith troops have departed, together with the
Governor and the Commandant of that fort, fo
that we are now crrirely at the me, cy of the Re.
publicans ; but, as yet, no mattiial change has
taken place.—P. S. A circular letter has jutt been
fent round by. the Dutch Goret nor, for all the
inhabitants to take 'the Oath of Allegiance to the
Batavian Republic, and defend the colonies of
Demerara, Effequibo, and Berbice, againft all
enemas."