Star.
London, England, 1803-01-27 00:00:00

WHITENAVEN. JANUARY is.

The Ellwood, WI csor, of this port, which failed
from hence, on Saturday the t sth init. was wreck-
ed the following day, near Ramfey, in the Ifle of
Mann.—lt appeared to numbers of people on Ihore,
(who were viewing her, with the laudable def ire 1
of rendering fuch affiflance, as might be in their
power) that, by the violence of the gale, the vefltl
had got embayed, contrary to the intention of the
Captain ; or, that having purpofed to run for
(hater, into the Bay, it was now found dangerous
to attempt it, on account of the thong probability
of being forced upon the fhore ;—and at a moment
when the (urge was fo great, and the lea in fuch
agitation, that it mull have been impoflible for the
ablell coafter to determine how the rocky (bore
might be avoided.
The fpeCtators were confirmed in this opinion,
when they law the veffel make repeated efforts to
clear the northern point of Ramfey Bay; and were
anxioufly looking for her effeEting it, when, on a
fudden, the altered her pofition, and was feen ap-
proaching the fhore ; drifting before the gale, with
her fails lode !—and evidently under no manage-
ment !

Their allonifhment at this was fcarcely lefs than
their apprehenfions had been on her &It appear-
ance.—This was about one o'clock on Sunday af-
ternoon, the 16th ; and the fudden and extraordi.
nary circumflance alluded to, was loon after ex-
plained by the following melancholy event :
In the endeavour to make another tack, in ex.
pc cation of weathering the Point, the rigging of
the mainmall gave way ; and Capt. WiLsoir was
initantly killed by the falling of the jib boom !
The mate and two apprentices were in the of
taking up the body from the deck in order to lay
it in the cabin, when a heavy fea (truck the (hip,
and fwept into the foaming, ocean, the living and
the dead!—The (mall remainder of the crew (four
in nomher),nearly exhaulled with fatigue,benumb
ed, and almoll perifhing with cold, were unable
even to attempt their own prefervation—and in this
fituation the vette! was feen tofred at random, by
the impetuofity of the wave,, and the raging tem-
pefl, till fhe reached the fhore. The furvivors of
the awful cataftrophe, already mentioned, were
with difficulty got out of her, and every attention
bellowed on them their deplorable condition re-
quired.

FROM LLOYD); LIST.
Deal., jaw. 16.--Sailed the Jamaica frigate to the Weft-
ward, and the Union, Pram. for Legkorn.--Wind E. blows
hard. pith fnow.

JAIL ad.—Pared by the Enterprize,
from Rotterdanma-Sailed the Perfeeeranee, WlDiann, roe Bar-

edam; William, M'Crea, for &Haft, and the Jaw. Fran-
'
aco, Spaiidannan, for Ollend

. .
ARRIVED.
At Dartmouth, the Speedy, Difea, from BilbsiamtAt Brif-
tol, Nancy, Brown, from Virginia; Santa Rata —.-, from
Billion ; and Mary, front Virgil:h.—At Liverpool, Hil-
ton, Ballot, from Liao ; Clyde, from Charlatan ;
Hope, Dodoes, from Virginia; Hobfoe, Booth, and Fanny,
Williams, (rain Lilbon..-At Southampton, James, Jones, fawn
Oporta—At Milford. Grand Sackau, from New Bed.
ford; and Diligence, Griffith, from Lilbon.-7-At Cork Swift,
Adtms, from St. Michael's ; and Brothers, 'diary, from New-
foundkocL..At Boardoes, Antfterdam Packet, --, from
Philadelphia—At Oporto, Telemachus, Hill; Harmony,
Wank; and &data., —, front London ; Mercury, Richards,
Difpstch, Church ; General Prdeott, Braid ; Dove, and
Ilizatteth, Denten, from Newfoundland...At St. Kitt's
WWla.t Macon, Dixon, from London ; Hero, Smith, kw;
London; and Ifabelk, King, from Clyde.-At Dominica,
London, Ring, from Lcodon.—At Antigua, Hawke, Carter,
from Looker ; Junes. Hairy, from Liverpool; Favoarite
Riehardfon, from Dahlia ; Non, Grant, from Modeira ; Bal-
tic Merchant, Smith, and Cumberland, from Leaden.
—At Barbados, Adis, Ilrhards, kern Lnissione--As ismai*
ea. Nelbkt, Woad, Uarkated, Makin ; Mentor, Simplon ;
Mottos Claw, Jowl; josh, Fryer : Naiad, Roberts ; and
Boddington, Wright, horn Lads.; Ocean, Joey, from &if-
tol ; Lottery, Neste ; Los* Lawfos; and Little Jane, Boyle,
from Africa...-At Doran, Thou*, Black, from Africa.

' By a Swediat Indiaman arrived at Batavia, we
learn that the Curr n and Nerrual were both
well, aid failed from Anjer Point for China, the
4th of September.
Thelhxdande sad Elzabetb, Henderfon, from on
far London, is put into Cassititen.
The Providence, Lucy, nun Mad for Exeter, Is loft off
Exmouth.

Ile London Packet, Soahte. from Load= for Lyon, is on
ban near Poole; Me anethervelrel, hipper/4 to be the Union.
Mead. from Lose,.

The Ceres, and the Flying FlGMiller, that
were an Mare near WY Is p, an got off, with *do dames
The Durables, 011tfon, from Dumfries for Lir srpool,whieh
war raid cobs loft, is kit at Douglas.
A brig with timber, from London for Liverpool, Is on more
in Dundalk-bay.
His hasicity's Odp Cayenne, Capt. Wachs, with troops from
Trinidad to Dartsdoes, fell to leeward, andarrival at Tortola
the aath oft. in want of provilion and water.
The Britannia, Drown, of Liverpool, from Denowars, with
too of the t itch Weft India Regiment on board. was wreebed.
on the sjd ult. on Hog John Point, Antigua. AB the people I
were hard, but the hip and part of the floras will be mealy '
loft.

Yeflerday a Court of Direltors was held at the
Ealt India Houle, when the following Commun.
dens took leave previous to departing for their re.
fpedive deßinations, viz.

Capt. Grahamot the Windham. and Capt &naiads of
the Walpole, km Madras; and
Capt. Cndi. ei the Elplimitone, fee Bombay.
Mr. jacasop took his feat in the Court. as did
Mr. Alderman La ?Ampulla in the Committee
of Correlpondence, in confequence of the vacancy
occaGoned by the deceafe of Mr. Huarta.—Tlic
Court adjourned. at fix o'clock, till Wednefday
next.

On Saturday the body of Mr. CLaus, the Ca-
det, who perifUd in the Heanosras' was drawn
out of the hold. by Come boatn-en of Whitttable.
who were endeavouring to preferve what was poi*.
fible froen the wreck ; the body and clothes of the
unfortunate youtla were may cowered with ear.

LAW INT4LLIGENCI.

COURT OF KING% BLNCH, JAN. 26.

CRIMINAL INTORMATIO•4. •
Mr. Serjeant COCKELL moved for leave to in a
iminal Information agaiink a Gentleman of the
name of Liner, who relided at Searboroitgli, for
his condna towards a Gentleman in the fame ti
of the name of Woodal, a perfon of chara:hr, and
a Solicitor. Both patties were (hued to be very
ref-pebble perfons, and the difference :mire be-
lweeti them upon the mode is which Mr. Li::er
was to pay for an clime which he had purchafed,
and which Mr. Woodal had fold to him as a ti uf-
tee, &c. Mr. Lifter having offered to pay in notes,
payable at diffzrent country Bankers, and Mr.
Woodal requiring Bank of England notes, or Mr.
Lifter's own notes, payable immediately, to fare ,1
the trouble of prefenting them at the different bank-
ing bottles in the parts of the country where the
notes offered by Mr. Liner were made payable;
on which Mr. Liner conceived his honour doubt•
ed, and warm language took place, and lomething
like a challenge. The title deeds were not deliver-
ed up as expeacd by the purchafer. The matter
was then dropt between the parties. until Mr.
Woodal wrote to Mr. Liner, Hating, dun he es.
petted an apology horn Mr. Lifter 14 his mifecta-
dui% and laying, if it was tan made, he lhould
introduce Mr. Liner to the Court of King's Bench.
To which Mr. Liner returned for ant • :r, that he
was anonifficd at the prop:tin% and that he thought
Mr. Woodal would, on ieflebion, be anonilheofat
it himfelf ; and infilling that the apology ought to
have come from the perfon who demanded it, &e. :
that if be, Mr. Liner had done any Ping mils, be
would be ready to make an apology f'r it, but in-
filled on it that be ought not to be the firn, lees
Mr. Jun ice LawitENCC, who was the only Judge
m Court when the &ft part of the cafe was Rated,
having communicated it to his Lordni:p and the
other Judges, obferved to the Learned Serjeant,
that he had elated the care to my Lord and the
other Judges, and they agreed with him in think
ing that Mr. Serjeant CocalLL's client renewei
the difpute himfelf, by his WI letter, *and that,
but for loch renewal, the whole matter wool I
have been at reff, and therefore this motion timid
not be granted.
Lard Tins is enteting eon
tinuances on an old expired affront."—Mmon re.

SPO')NER AND OTHERSV. HARPER AND OTHERS.

Mr GARR .IW moved for a Rule to (hew Cattle
why there Iliould not be a new trial in this cafe.
It was tried brfore his Lordlhip at the lan fittings
at Guildhall, and there was a verdin for the Pl..ia-
tiffs. It would be anuceefrary to trouble his Lord-
(hip for the report nt the trial, for Mr. GARROW
laid, he could not find any fault with it ; certain-
ly it was agreeable to the evidence as giverstsrfore
the Jury ; but the motion was made on the atllia-
vit of a perfou of the name of Collier, on account
of whole abfence the verdiet went for the Plaintiffs;
but if he had been prefent, it mull inevitably have
been for the Defendants. The fhort fiatement of
the cafe was this: The Plaintiffs were Bankers at
Birmingham ; Collier was a bellows-maker there.
He became indebted to the hotife of the Plaintiffs,
they being holders of feveral Bills of his, which,
from his ernbarraffed circumflances, he was not
able to honour, and being afraid of being arrefled,
he took every meal's in his power to conceal him-
felf from his creditors, and therefore the Win-
dams could not fubpcena him, In that they could
Pot have the benefit of his tellimony at the trial
not only did he conceal himfclf, but he canted it
to be given out, that he was gone to France, and
that the time of his return was uncertain." The
party who wanted to fubpcena him, went through
every cnurfe of artifice that they could think of, to
get at him ; difguifed themfelves in various cha-
railer:, and made feveral pretences, with a view
of feeing him, but all to nn purpofe ; and for want
of the evidence of this perfon, they 101 l their ver-
did. He was aware the Court would alk, " why
did not you apply to put the trial off on the ab•
fence of this wituefs r"rhe reafon was, that they
aaually defpaired of being able to find him, after
having made fo many applications, for that pur-
pole, in vain.—llia wife had told them, " that be
had nut been at home for fix weeks, and that the
did not know what was become ofhim."
Mr. ERSItIlla laid, he was confident that the
Court, if they found it poflible, according to any
rule, would be glad to interfere in a cafe lake this;
for it was one in s..ticla the Defendant was made
liable to all the debts of a partnerlhip which had
been long diffolved before this demand eailled, stnd
the only queflion was, whether the Plaintiffs knew
that fat or not ? This witnefi would have proved
that fad completely, fo that then, the verdid
would have been for the Defendant, and this was
the hardthip of the cafe; for the vcralitt would
have been the other way, if this witnefs had glue a
his evidence.

Mr. Gisas.—" So that they have beard all our
cafe at Nifi Prins, and found out. lance, what
would have been an anfwer m it—they come for-
ward now with an aafwerto what they have heard."
Mr. Gaattow faid, that one of the partners in
11
the houfe of the Defendants, had. after a diffolu-
I tion of the partnerthip, fecretly kept an account
with the houfe of the Plaintiffs. and if this witnefs
had been examined, there would nut lime !wen
any doubt of it—ln that. really, the verdict WAS
contrary to the real juflice of the cafc, as would
appear, if a new trial was granted.
Lord &lawsuit:soots anted, if the want of this
witnef, wrie felt, before the trial of this cattle, or
was it a difeovery made fubfequeat to the mai ?
Or. did any thing appear in roam, that if the De
Pendants had been poffefesi of this evidence, they
would have had another fate ?

Mr. GARIOM laid no ; but the dillinSion- of
this cafe from all other cafes a as, that the as it-
nefs, Collier, isirsonfequence of his embarraffment
Midi the houfe of the Plaintiff), who had bills of
'his which he could not pay, had concealed himfelf
for weeks together, and then he put the defen-
dants of their guard ; fo that they did net apply
to put off the trial on a:count of his ablenee, be.
cattle they dii not know wbere he was, and

teary,- b„iieeed that he was loft. They had ;fter.
wards 'fiitiiid him. This, he Cabtnitted to the
Court, as a cafe of extrenn hardffiip.
.;
The CHIEF Jusrics u!)ferved, that there was
no inipiize to the party at the time of the trial,r
tnr want cf the evidence of ih:s witnefs, f,r the, e
was no application to pollpone the tri:l nil ..c-
-c mint of his ablence. which might lyre breit
mowed. and on producing an affidavit of we faa,
a-ti of An endeavour to find him, the Court would•
have put or the trial; and there was not, even
now, :In y 1'1T:4:Ilion of that kind ; the Court c.udd
not grant a hew trial in this cale.—Rule refuled.