Star.
London, England, 1803-09-13 00:00:00

CLERKNIVELI, SESSIONS.

Yeflerdity the Se(Eons for the County of Middlefex
began at Hicks's Hall, Clerkenwell. The princi
pal part of the day was occupied in trials of pttty
afaults

Among thefe there was one, in which the Defen-
dant was acquitted, in oppofition to the feelings of
the whole Court. It was an indiament again a
Irian, named Francis Dias, for afraulting Mrs. Rain-
er, who, with her hufband, lodged in Isis houfe in
Featherftone-ftreet. This Defendant, it appeared,
for a confiderable time behaved very ill to his lodgers.
On the sad of left June, the Profecotriz happened to
with Tome bed curtains., and hung them up to dry
in the front of the houfe. She Paid, that knowing
bow 11)iteful the Defendant was the watched him,
left he fhould do any injury to thefe things. She law
him take a bottle and throw the contents of it upon
them. She ran down, and hafted on knowing what
be had in the bottle, for that purpofe fhe feized him
by the hand as he was about to go away. The con•
fequence was, that he drunk and beat her in a vio-
lent manner. _ _ _

The Counfel for the Defendant here maintained
that the eaufe could not proceed any farther as the
Profecutrix had acknowledged (he kized his hand
before he druck her ; and that was an affault on her
part.
The Chairman told the Jury, that what the De-
fendant bad done was as malignant an aft as perhaps
ever *as committed ; but he could not be convifted
of an affault.—The Jury coafulted for fome time, and
declared the Defendant Guilty.
The Chairman Paid, they certainly mull have mif-
onderflood him, for he had direetd a verdi& of ac
spiral to be given. The Jury muff lay nut of their
minds the aft of the Defendant's dellroying the pro.
perty of the Profecutrix ; they were to try, whether
he had committed an affault, and they mull go ac-
e,,reling to law, whatever their private feelings might
be. The Profecutrix, by laying hold of, and detain-
ing him, had certainly cornmited the firft affault.
The Jury' then purfuant to the direftions of the
Court, acquitted the Defendant ; and the Chairman
told him, that had he been found guilty, he would
have met with a fevere puniflament, on account of
so alrgnant conduft.
John Spencer and Ann, his wife, received judg-
soctit for keeping a diforderly honk. Their feu.
tence was, to be imprifoned fix months in the Houfe
of Correeion, then to give fecurity for their future
behasiour. thernfelres in aocl. stud two furcties in
Awl. each.

POLICE,Cer.

it a r Ton GAIN v.—Yeflerd.ay Yam; SeLsinair Ka
the Dane, aecufed of drowning -Mrs. Smith, in ti.e
:Kira TbAnscs, was again brought forward in order
to widows another cLunination before the fitting
4Magiltia,e.
Mrs. De.7~alf. the perfon who was ordered into
tuflody during the inveitigatioo of this bufinefs, on
luipisios of being ao meaty, was alto brought for.
ward. - - -

Mr. Hankieen% the *taller of the Swan Tavern.
esesr Chelfea, was pot on oath. becaufe the blagif-
trate reckoned Lis evidence the mull material that
had been adduced on this occalion. The Magiftrate
Aid, that he underllood this witnefs bad Sated on
Itis ara canalisation that be (Mr. Hanitinfon) had
tecognifid the prifener lock, at being the perfon
whom be taw quarrelling with a Lady in a boat,
when at the winters's hook setting fame refrellsent,
but that, on his lalt ezannoation, he bad thought
proper to contradift that flatement. The witnefs
irad, be thought his firmer depofition strait have
been railkederllood. He now on oath &pored. that
be could neither (peak as to the colour of the Gen.
Ilentaii% coat, nor to the perfons of either the Gen-
tleman or Lady whom be had Carved with tome
?wanly %%Lila fitting in the boat, and who appeared
to him to be quatrains. It was then the dulk of
the evening, mid he 11,6ught it would have been im-
rollible h.r him to have reeomnifed caber of them,
Lou' bad Lc tia4 his dadeaViiita W Ott Ia 1

decla•e3 he knew nntlaing i'lrthet in regard to
kis bitli then what he had formerly fail.
It %%ill he sec tillened that this withers's wife, when
.s onine•l tlii, affairs laid, that the forted alio
"oilier I. idy and Gmilernan, who cane to their
in a boat on that fame Sunday, ahathat they
isehare.l to each other with the gr eated good humour
and politenels, and came out of the boat to get Lane
ref' elhnient.

The Mazi (Irate enquirt d of Mrs. Dellawall what
length time had tranfpired fince her hntband's;de•
cease? She anfwcred, that it was about tv.•elve months
on the zg.h of Apia Lilt, aid the had lived with him
ten }cats and a quarter; that they were married in
France, but that the tirff became acquainted with
hint in Lancaltire. On being interrogated whether
or not the had iince been mart ied to Mr. Smith, the
butband of the deceafed, the declared that the was
sot married to Lint; and laid, the knew him only by
his being an acquaintance of her late lifband. On
being queitioned as to tie affignment of the deceafcd's
annuity, which was lately made in her favour by
Mr. Smith, the laid, the was extremely unwilling to
accept of that deed at the time Mr. Smith prtbdofcd
it, but that he was indebted to her on various ac-
counts; and as the herfelf was in neceffitous dream-
fiances, the had agreed to accept of that method of
payment, as no other was propofed. She expreffed
herfelf in ftrong terms as now having occation to re.
gret having done fo, as the bad been thereby robbed
of her good name, by her being brought under the
foul fulpicion of being an accelTary to a crime of
which the protelled herfelf innocent, and of which the
had not the fmallell knowledge.
There being no further evidence to adduce, the
Magiflrate thought ir prudent to difeharge both the
planters ; but, previous to his doing fo, he Paid, that
if at any future period any circumßances thould hap-
pen to occur, which might tend to throw any further
light upon the tranfaaion, they would be liable to be
taken up, and again Rand to the confequences, if
their guilt be rendered more confpicuous.
In thole ages when fimpliciry of manners and re
gularity of living were the refult of mankind's incli-
nation, difeafe had made little progrefs on the race of
men ; perhaps it was from this cattle Scurvy had not
made its rapid progrefs till about the time of Hippo
crates, whore aphorifms prove he knew the difeafe.
When Dawns, Austria, and Coen' extended their
route in unexplored feat, their pillories prove ftiffici-
ently its fad exiftence. The United Kingdoms of
Great Britain would teflify this fcourge on land
out fearching the hiflory of campaigns. When ana-
tomy taught that the human body was capable of ab-
forption, they partially buried the Alined. The fuc-
cell of this ti eatment gave the idea of a complete an.
tidote, and a vegetable and mineral preparation was
to be the remedy appropriated by medical experience.
Onthisprinciple,St. I Lsa u ay's AN riscoetsuric Danes
obtained the fanftion of Europe, has gained his Ma.
jetty's Letters Patent, and held fuch an eflimation in
every county of the United Kiagdom.—For the truth
of the affertion of its aftion on Scurvy, vide Spit-
Ibury'sTreatife and Cafes of Scurvy, Scrophula„Goist,
&c. price 3s. 6d. fold, together with the Drops, No.
51, Soho-lquate, in bottles of ss. 6d. tos. and IL us.
with a black Ramp affixed to each.

LONDON MARKETS.

PRICE OF FLOUR.
• Fine Floor 506 to 556. Seconds 455. to 5411/. pa tack.
... PRICE OF HOPS.
SAO& POCKITII.
Kent - 41 06 to 41 to Kent - 41 os to 51 5s
Soften . 31166 to 41 41 Sulks - 41 os to 51 os
Ms - 31 ins to 41 cs Farnham 61 os to 01 os
SMITHFIELD, September 13.
To Gnk the offal—per (tone of Sib.
d Beef 41 4d to cs 44 Veal 5. 4d to 6. 4d
Mutton 411 id to 51 44i Pork 51 od to p 44
Lamb ss. 4 to 6s. 44.

RIAD of CATILII ?111 DAT.
Beath about loon—Sheep and Lambs z7stoo.
NEWOATE and LEADEN FIALL, Scptembu

Per Rove of Illb. by the micafel
Beef 3s 8d to es 6484.1 Veal es 141 to 5s 81
Matto° es od to es 8d Pork ss od to S. :4
I.atab os• .to se. Bd.
PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
Smithfield. St. James's. Whitechspel.
O. Hay 5 15 to 625 4 to oto 6 o 0 4 oto 7 0 0
Straw ssoto 1 14 It3o to 2 5 0 1 6t02 IS •
Closer 6 6to 7 7 6 6to 7 0 0
PRICE OF ALLOW IN LONDON.
St. James's market es 74 Town Tallow 79s od to cs
Clare Market es 7g4 Ruffle ditto (can.) 74* od to 77s
Whiteekapet Market Rua ditto (lap) 70. od to of
(pet (lune of Sib.) es 71 Melted Stuff 62s od to 01
---. Ditto rough ees od to as
13$ 94 Creswell 14$ ed,
Average Price es 74 Good Dregs 12s to C 4
Yellow Soap. 82s. t. ego—hlottled, 9os.— Curd. 945.
!'rice ut Candles per dozen, saao—Moulds, s3s.
RAW HIDES, Sept. It.
Hides (perfLoae) 34 6d to 36 Sd Hoefe Shine 13s to 15s ed
Middling 36 ad to 31 ed Heavy Calf 9s egl each
Otilinaty os od to Is od Sheep Skins 21 9d to 3s od
Lamb Skins, as od to 34 6d.
PRICE OF LEATHER, pa lb. AT LEADFNHAEL
Butts, c to ttM emit stet to 211
Ditto, 60 to Otto 24(1 to 25,1
Merchants Becks Cod to aid
Drcilltsig Hides t 2 Id to 244
l'ioe Coach Hides led to 252
Crop (fides for Cutting s 1 #d to 2244
Flat Ordinary so to 214
Calf Sklns, 30 to eolb pm dozen s to 33d
Ditto so to 7olb slid to 32d
Ditto 7o to Sob slid to it'd
bmall Sego (Grocoland) per lb. 3s 6d to 3. spd
Large ditto loos to 140, per dos.
Tanned Hew* Hides slis to 306 each

BIRTII6.
In IMOD. the Lady of D'Arcy Mahon. of a fon.
Saturday fe'cutight, the Lady of Sir Robert Williams, Dart. M.P.
of a daughter.