Star.
London, England, 1818-03-19 00:00:00

HIGH dOtritt JeattetAit st6fLAA3:

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when the following Commanders
took leave of the Court, previous to departing for
their respective destinations, viz,—Capt. T. Witan,
of the Fairlie ; and Capt. J. P. ANSTICE, of the Henry
Porcher—for Bengal and Bombay.
The brig Leander, Fins, 256 tons per register, of and for
fildelds, from London, in ballast, being driven northward by the
late furious gales, found himself embayed in the dreadful storm
from S. E. in the night, between the 4th and sth instant, and
soon after struck, about one a.m. an outer rock on that dreadful
pert of the coast at Longside, near Slain. Castle. The vessel
being thereby.throvni on her beam ends, fell with her gunwale un-
der a shelving rock on the main land, on which, at this awful mo-
ment, two of the crew jumped, and had with difficulty only
just secured themselves, when looking round they found their
unfortunate vessel, with all left on board, (eight men, and a
young woman passenger), had totally disappeared. Left in
this nearly hopeless situation, the survivors, Andrew George
and James Durward, (young men, and the only two on board
unmarried), clung to the rock, exposed to all the horrors of
that most tempestuous and dreadful night, in vain expecting
the dawning day to bring the prospect of their deliverance; for
at the return of day-light, they found themselves under an im-
pending precipice of prodigious height, from which there was
hardly a possibility of their being seen from the land, or of
their escaping from their perilous situation but by the ocean, into
which, after passing the day in a state of despair not to be ex-1
pressed, the poor seamen, although much exhausted, threw
themselves ; and swimming round a point, got to an accesdhle
point of the steep cliff, and with the greatest exertion pined the
summit in the evening, relating the melancholy particulars all
the disaster to some fishermen, who could hardly believe the
tale, until confirmed by part of the wreck discovered afterwards.
A letter of the 12th, from Amsterdam, states, that
on the 6th ult. Hendrick Manche, broker in that city,
had been outlawed by the Court of Assize, for hav-
ing committed a fraudulent bankruptcy, and having
fled from his creditors. His property was ordered to
be sequestrated. The same letter states, that a per-
son, who, in the beginning of last year, under the name
of Lambert Sablon, set up a mercantile establishment
in Rotterdam, without any capital, and swindled
Messrs. Pierart and Magnin, and several other firms,
out of considerable property, has been sentenced,
by the Special Court of the Province of Limburg,
to be branded as a rogue, to stand one hour in thel
pillory in the market-place of Maestricht, and to
be imprisoned during the remainder of his life.—
Sablon is described as a swindler of the first order:
be was tried at Amsterdam in 1799, upon a similar
charge, but was acquitted for want of legal proof.
He was they declared a bankrupt for 24,000 Dutch
guilders. A few years after, he contrived to set up
tn the North of France, but fled on account of for-
ng some bills of exchange, for which he was out-1
[awed,
and sentenced to four years' imprisonment
in irons. This sentence was pronounced par contu-
mace, on the 18th day of January, 1803, by the
Special Court of the Department of the North.—
In the mean time he set up in the vicinity of Paris, I
where, for a new forgery, he was sentenced on the
13th of May of the same year to be branded and im-
prisoned six years in irons. This sentence was carried',
into complete effect. On being liberated he again,
opened a shop at St. Poll, in Artois, under the name
of Laurent Sablon, whence he soon fled on a charge
of several petty frauds ; he was, in his absence, sen-
tenced in March, 1813, to six months imprisonment.
He again set up, however, at a short distance from i
the French Capital, under the name of Delille, but
upon being pressed for the payment of some forged
he ccatrived to effect his escape, and finally
quitted France. In the beginning of 1814 he com-
menced business at Brussels as Delille, where, having
circulated bills to a considerable amount, he thought
proper to decamp in December, 1816, and shortly
after made his appearance at Rotterdam, as above
stated, uncle: the name of Latte)trt 3ablon.

On Wednesday, the 4th instint, the .Couri suet itts
advise a bill of suspension and liberation, whit an=
swers thereto, presented fhe William Taylor, Esq: bf
Nethermains, then a prisoner in the jail of Greenlaw,
in Berwickshire. The circumstances of the case Wei*
briefly as follow t—A petition had been presented th
the Court, in name of, and signed by the Solicitor
General, stating that some proceedings, in which Mr.
Taylor was a pa.ty, having depended in the Court
of Session, and which were afterwardt referred to
John A. Murray, Esquire, Advocate, Mt: Murray
did, in the month of November last, receive a very
abusive ar.d threatening letter from Mr: Taylor,
dated Dublin, and challenging. him to fight a duel,
in the event of his not performing a certain fact, and
that Mr. Murray did receive another letter from Mr.
Taylor, dated sth February, Hip, from Nrwcestlet
upon-Tyne, again challenging him to fight, and id
the event of his refusing to do so, threatening that
he would come to Edinburgh by a certain day, pest
Mr. Murray in all the coffee-houses, and bestow per-
sonal chastisement upon him, wherever he shoul4
meet him. The petition prayed for a warrant LS
apprehend Mr. Taylor, and the Lord Justice Clerk
granted a warrant to apprehend him wherever he.
could be found Within Scotland, and carry him before
the nearest Sheriff or Justice of Peace, to be dealt with
conform to law. In virtue of this warrant, Mr. Gene
Williamson, Messenger at Arms, proceeded tt New-
castle in quest of Mr. Taylor, and having get the
Lord Justice Clerk's warrant backed by one of the
Justices there, he apprehended Mr. Taylor, brought
him to Scotland, and carried him before the Sheri
substitute at Dunse for examination. When before
the Sheriff, Mr. Taylor refused to recognise the
letters as his hand-writing, and indeed to answer
any questions at all, alledgmg that the arrest was
totally illegal; that although born a Scotclunan,
he was domiciled in England, was a Member of
one of the Inns of Court for fifteen years, and bad
been a Member of the House of Commons for an
English Burgh, and that in these circumstances be
could not be apprehended in England upon a Scotch
warrant, for an alleged crime, which, if it did exist,
had been committed in England. The Sheritf-Sitbsti-
tute therefore ordained Mr. Taylor to find caution to
keep the peace towards Mr. Murray, under a penalty
of WO/. and in default of finding such caution, to be
committed to the jail of Greenlaw, and it was of these
proceedings that Mr. Taylor now complained by bill
of suspension and liberation.
The SOLICITOR-GEStRAL and Mr. Joun CLERK,
appeared as Counsel in support of the arrest, and
Mr. BRODIE, as Counsel for Mr. Taylor, against it.
Their Lordships severally delivered their opinions
against the arrest and subsequent binding over to
keep the peace, and the bill of suspension was conte-
quently passed. They were of opinion that the cri!r,
was of a heinous nature, and that Mr. Taylor, if found
within Scotland, was liable to be laid hold of, and
bound over to find caution to underly the law in an.
indictment that might be preferred against him ; an.
as to the question where the crime was committed,
although that was not before the Court, it was ob-
served that whenever a letter was put into the Post-
Office it became the property of the person to whcm
it was addressed.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL immediately applied for
a new warrant, which having been granted. Mr. Tay-
lor was a second time apprehended at Falkirk, and
committed to Linlithgow jail, and has found bail f.
his appearance.
The Court seemed chiefly to form their opinions
on the illegality of the arrest, on the ground that the
Act of Parliament only authorised the backing
Scots warrants in England, in cases where the COM-,
mitters of crimes had fled into England to evade
1 justice.
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Four Hamburgh Mails arrived to-day, but neithet
the Letters nor Papers brought by them had been
issued from the Post-Office when our Paper went

press.
An English Nobleman (Lord S.) is said in
Paris Papers to have been arrested and sent to ,
prison of Saint Pelagie for a debt of 40,000 francs
The following Order has been issued at the Ilea,
quarters of the British Army at Cambray
" Cambrai, 2d March, 121
" Gamusox Mzumtaingust—The Mayor of the place, wi
view to prevent the destruction of Game, having issued an At
desiring-the Officers of Police to seize all which may be offt
for sale—if Officers observing Game in the market or in the shop
would give information of the same at the Commandant's Office,
it would be the means of the offenders being punished.
(Signed) 11. G. Sstmt, Lieut. Col. M. de Place:
Lord Derby's hounds will bunt on Saturday at Catterhr.nt

Common, Croydon.
GRAND FOOT RACE BETWEEN OLD TOM A
RAYNER, FOR 200 GUINEAS A SIDE
Yesterday a great number of the amateurs assembled at I
denhead Thicket, a distance of 28 miles from London, to
ness the race of 15 miles between the above celebrated pei
trians ; among whom were Captain BARCLAY, Colonel BARI
Mr. HARRISON, &c. RATNER was confident, but OLD
complained of a cold in his head-2 to lon RANNeIt. The
was contested on the turnpike road, one mile out, and one
in. The men started four minutes to one, and the MRCS
Lull by RAYNZIL in the following time 1
Miles. Minutes. Seconds. Minutes. Seco:
1-5-59 8 - 6 -
_ 5 - 56 9 - 7
3 - 5 - 45 10 - 5 -
4 - 6 - 45 11 - 6 -
5 - 6 - 10 12 - 6 -
6 - 6 - 29 13 - 6 -
7 - 6 - 30
At the end of 10 miles RATERS, vras ahead 300 yards; an.
tween the 12th and 13th miles, OLD Toss gave in. RA'
then walked and run the remainder in a great coat. The sec
mile was a dead beat, both the men having put their feet
ther on the scratch. The pedestrians wore calico shirts, dray
and pumps. Great surr.s were lost respecting the time, the
being backed to perform the distance in ono hear and 32,
and 34 minutes.
The race of four miles, between the Behr end the /1,
turned out rather indifferently, the Brazier having given
the end of the second trite.
CORONER'S It'uttseT.—All Inquisiticn was taken last
before Hums Lewis, Esq. Coroner, at the Ore Tun, Coventry.
court, Hay-market, on the body of Mr. Mu. Deity, a Gentle.
man well known in the sporting world, who was killed on Tees-
day afternoon in the Haymarket, by a horse in a break taking
frizht, as stated in cur paper of yestarday.—Verdiet—Accidesstal
Death—Deodand 101. on the horse a..,c1 10s. on the break.
In the beginning of last week, a farmer, near
ling, having an aitercation with his servant girl _
account of her refusing to do what she was desired,
he in a rage threw a pair ofloogs at her, which missed
the servant, but struck hiic own child, s girl about
fourteen years of age, oil Coe head, of which she
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