Star.
London, England, 1811-01-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Monday, se'nnight, 200 fine fellows were drafted
for foreign service from the 78th Regiment, now at
Fort George.
The reinforcements for Lisbon had not sailed whet)
our letters left Plymouth on Monday, but the wind
having come round to the Northward, and moderatab
it was thought they would sail as yesterday morning
under convoy of the STANDARD, 64. guns.
The Right Hon. General Sir JAM*, PULTIINne,
has lately paid a visit to the 2d Battalion of Mei
Regiment, (the 18th or Royal Irish) at Ottery, in
Devonshire. This battalion, though a mere skeleton
on its return from the West Indies in September last,
is now again completed to its establishment, and ex-
pected to accompany the 'next reinforcements for
Lord WELLINGTON'S army. In consequence of the
great mortality among the officers of the Ist battalion ,
of this regiment, in Jamaica, all such as have become
,effective in it, and are now at home, have been or.
dered to join immediately.
Has RY ALEXANDER Moss', Esq. of the Royal Irish,
a Gentleman of perambulating celebrity, having en-
tirely recovered from the lameness occasioned by the
fracture of his thigh last summer, is preparing to add
another exploit to the catalogue of his pedestrian
feats, which hive already acquired him so much con-
sideration among the amateurs of the turf.
We have received the following Copy of a Letter
ionst Jolla Henur.r., Esq. Inspector of Hospitals at
Senegal, &c. to Lieutenant-Colonel LLOYD, 84th Re.
giroent, late Commandant of Goree, with his answer.
Senegal, Dee/sober 1, 1009.
—The °Seers of the Garrison ut Goree, Ls flep!ernber

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David. _. .-... ~, -:-
IsoB, tame to a resolution 'Orem* you with a Swank-0:0
" P.S. Dec. 1. Four o'clock, P.M: of 'Funchal.— mark of their respect, MOW the pose they entertain IC=
The Ganymede is now in sight, with several sail in attention towards them during the period you commanded
company.'• , Garrison. The probability of my visiting Enrope, and basin
tau opportunity of delivering it personally, has hitherto delayed
Ativices have been received from CatliZt to thee.% I its bring presented ; but, all immediate prospect of my return
ult. and Diaries Mercantile: four days earlier. By 1 being now at an end, the Sword will °company this letter. In
the former we learn that an arrangement bad been ibieng chosen to communicate these sentiments of the Officers of
made for the supply of corn from Barbary, which tit. Garrisontleanaddto requesti your aecete stance of this
It
at
may facilitate the means of subsistence, not clay of of
festhealctiing
ymourtitoy; It fortunate,
the ftiilipi ytotatlartt
li their
rnratsppoiturtuninty
the population of Cadiz, bet also of the garrison and, always shewn me.
inhabitants of Lisbon, and its vicinity. , With every wish for your prosperity and happiness. I have the
We memioned yesterday a conspiracy which had• banour to he, Sir, your very obedient and very humble servant,
aaautettant-Colenel Lloyd, JOUN IitDDLL.
been discovered in Galicia, From information re- Otth Regiment.
ceived since by a Gentleman who, from his ofkial Kilkenny, Decesiber ft, lel*.
situation, we must suppose to be best acqoainted witii Sot--1 have been favoured with your letter conveying to me
the affairs of that province, we are led m presnote the resolution of the Officers of Caro. ThehSedword whi icfis they
that that the n
partizans of the French had no esincern in I thile"L_hteensiPl
eased t
degree gerattifioftedobynlth ;lone rotating testi! . ny of their
the transaction. It appears that a most respectable ; appr7at anon of my conduct. If my. situation duriug my conimsad
public officer had submitted a plan to the considavaT, is, Gores had any difficulties, they Wore greedy diminished, if
tam of the Junta at Cornrina, mittrich be room: not entirely removed, by the reedy assistant= and co-operation of
mended that every individual possessing propesty to inaivibiethilitOricen;at anti
tbtr rtti,ehc:ir Woofs:brings:ln
mtillyitary duty,
the amount of 15,000 dollan, should contribute one eared by that egression of approbation which I owe more tee o
the
third .of his effects to the enigencies of the bingdoen. risibility of my irkeda them to any merit of my own. I feel the
This project was opposed by the Governor, end teeny .‘ value of this (sem; greatly enhasseed by the circumstance of its
of the principal balminess!, and i; woo to r...te•..A.110 proms) being communkated to etaby bye person for whose private and
•yery oraessionisi distracter I bave long felt the highest respect.
from office, thus resisting from nws.cenery Mtn". the. r-i--4„.tbe imam,. %o be. sir- , your very obedietat sad very
substantial welfare ofalt &at% Out 44 *pales( liken,* servant. • Rivas* LLOYD, LitaLrODL
was fetortud ‘o. . - " • Jobe Haden, LI. Ike lee em, --
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SOWN AMERICA.

By a Gentleman who left the River Plata on the
24 November, we are informed that immediately oa
the return of the Misletoe schooner of war from Rio
Janeiro to Buenos Ayres, Captain Ramsay required
of the Commander of the squadron from Monte Video
to raise the blockade. Mu& altercation ensued, and
a duel was expected between the disputants ; but in
the sequel the Spanish officer with his squadron with.
drew to Monte Video, threatening, however, to trans-
fer the blockade to Ensanada. In the interval of
these differenees, all the ships which had been ordered
into Maldonado and Ensenada, quitted the roads of
those places and entered Buenos Ayres in triumph.
Muldonado had been taken possession of by a garri.
son from Monte Video. it which latter place Admiral
De Courcy was left endeavouring to settle the dif.
ferences with the new Governor who had come from
Europe, full of the prejudices so similar in the parent
State respecting colonial possessions,
" Buenos Aim, October Is.

" The arrival of the British Admiral in the River of
Plata has re-established the commercial intercourse of
the British in Buenos Ayres. The provinces of the
interior of this Viceroyalty, the kingdoms of Chili
and Peru, have united to support the cause of inde-
pendence ; it is impossible to describe the enthusiasm
which the people have displayed on the occasion.—
I The British commerce, it appears, will gain all the
advantages which it has lost by the Decrees of Be.
naparte in Eu:ope, in the free communication which
has been opened to them by the inhahitants of those
vast and rich countries; they having liberally per-
mitted the exportation of sp•cie on the same footing
as any other produce of the country. The Cabildo of
Buenos Ayies,• which had been underhand working
against the interests of their country,were impeached
by the very persons whom they endeavoured to se-
duce, and being convicted of their treachery, they
were all banished, except the Alguasil Mancilla and
his Secretary ; among these were Lecica, the Doctor
Anchorena, Doctor 1-eyha, and the Priest Collini.

—The Army of Pacification is, as we suppose, by this
time in Potosi. Seven hundred men who were in Tits
pisa, under the command of Socasa and Coedoba, in
order to resist the authority of Sans, and the old Nieto,
have been joined by the latter ; and their commanders,
it is supposed will suffer the same punishment as the re-
bels of Cordoba. Chercas has acknowledged the legi-
timacy of the authority of the Junta, and has offered
5000 men of the province for the support of the cause.
The vast and interesting province of Cochabamba and
Santa Crue de la Sierra, are exerting themselves to
promulgate the spirit of independence in Western Peru;
and no part of the immense Peniusula now remains dis-
united with the general interest, but the little corner,
Monte Video, where the seafaring Spaniarthhave made
a miserable resistance, secretly prompted by the Court
of Brazil ; its agents will succeed perhaps no better in
this enterprizethan they did in the signature pf Mouth"
We announced on Monday the Revolution in COI,
under the sanction of the Archbishop of the Settle-
ment. We have since learned that the Junta sane.
timed under his authority has been formed, and the
first public instrument of that body, asplaining the
nature and character of this political change, is in
the follewigg terms
" Panto del Prlndpe, (Caba,) Nov. 11%
'4 The Supreme hots of this Island, installed to the name of
and in allegiance to, our beloved King Ferdinand VII. and in
obedience to his august Representatives the Regency of
Spain, to the loyal and independent Inhabitants of Cuba.
" Whereas, during the insurrections and enmmot
tions by which we have been surrounded, the people
of this island have remained unshaken in their fide-
lity to their country ; and since from the state of war-
fare which for nearly four years has been carried on in
Old Spain, our dear Mother has been unable to give
that parental attention to her distant colonies which
before they ever experienced, the Government of this
island has been conducted by persons who, from their
crimes, cruelty, and tyranny, were unfit not only to
govern, but to live.
" Under these distressing circumstances, well ;mim-
ing the impossibility of the interference of Spain to
relieve our calamities, the people of this island have,
in full meeting held, determined no longer to submit
to an authority which all classes equally abhor.
" They have, therefore, by and with the consent of
the whole Assembly, appointed a Council or Junta to
administer justice to the inhabitants of the island d
Cuba, to be installed by, and in the name of Ferdi-
nand VII: This Junta, so appointed, it has been or.
dered, shall perform all the functions of the Gover-
nor, the Royal Audience, and the Cabildo, in the ca.
pital of this island, Port del Principe.
" The Junta, therefore, hereby give notice to all
those who have any claims, accnsations, or complaints
of grievances, to appear in the koyal Hall, for the pur-
pose of having the same heard and' determined accord-
ing to law and justice; which it is promised shall be
asfasinistered to all ranks and nations, equally, imp's
tially.ltd fully. (Signed)
" FR A NCI WO A. MORTARS A."
sr order of tio Supreme Junta."

The Ex-King of Sweden is at present on a visit to
Louis XVIII. at Hartsell-house, Buckinghamshire.
SIORTING.—BETTING-RO" JAN. -There was
a good deal of betting on the CLARIM SracEa, at the
close of which the odds were nearly as follows :

5 to t against Treasurer 6 to i agaiast Onana
7 cal 2 sem" Pirouette 9 to 1 against Crinsil
6to 1 against The Dandy 10 to 1 agalnlt kirphestion.
Yesterday, there rot being a sufficier.t number 01
Aldermen to constitute a Court, the Lord Mayor in-
spected the Nlealweighers' reports, and ordered the
price of bread. to be reduced 2d. in the peck loaf, to
commente to-morrow ; tie quartern loaf of wheaten
is.thea to be sold for Is. ifd. and household Is. ltd.
CORN-MARKS?, MARX-LANG, JANUAR', 23.—The
Mullet to-day has tolerable remaining quantities of
Wheat, and the trade heavy sale, scarcely on our
terms last quoted—Barley and Malt likewise—White
and Grey Peas are each lower—Beans of the two sorts
fluctuate but little since our last—There are several
fresh arrivals of Oats, and waiting further supplies,
this article inclines lower.—Flour without variauon.
osiass.a. ciraaranir •5 V !Malt.
Wheat 61*. 504 924. • Beau, 454. 344.
Vice ditto, 6ii. 935. Tick ditto. 444. Sas.
Rye. (new) 345. Us. Oats, 4:45. Via. 554.
, Marley. tts. 41e. Poland ditto, 504.1144.
Malt, his. 731. rotator ditto, 355.
RIM Pam (Boilers) 4116. Sta. ' Rape Seed .C 44 AS&
Pilo floors Ns, to li6arriolonts 750 to 601.

wamißiarr SESSIONS.

The Adjourned Sessions were held yesterday in the
Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM
SCOTT, Baron MACDONALD, and Sir SIMON La BLANC.
John Brodie was indicted for an atrocious misde-
meanour, committed on the person of a boy, fifteen
years of age, named William Boosey, on board the
Susannah merchantman, of which the said Jelin Bro-
die was master, on her voyage to Fayal from Lon-
don. The circumstances of this case are too disgust-
ing to detail ; we shall, therefore, content ourselves
with stating, that the prosecutor, on being cross-exa-
mined,
confessed, that he had often been very harshly 1
treated by the prisoner, and did on one occasion say
he would be even with him. He also admitted that
he had been flogged for theft, but denied the justice
of the punishment. He was unsupported by any con-
current testimony.
William Burgess, the chief mate of the vessel, was
called to invalidate the testimony of Boosey. He sta-
ted that he was a vat liar, and would not believe
him on his oath.
Baron MACDONALD having summed up the evi-
dence, the prisoner was acquitted.
It may be in the recollection of our'Readers, that
this man was tried capitally on a charge of a similar
nature at a former Sessions, but was acquitted from
a deficiency in the evidence.
• CHARGE OF MURDER.
Quisetti Marini stood capitally indicted for having.
murdered Luigi Ferrari on the high seas, within the
jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, on the 16th
of July last, by stabbing him in the breast with a car.
tun knife, and inflicting a wound one inch in width
and three in depth. •
From the opening of the case by the Counsel, it
appeared that the prisoner and deceased were Italian
soldiers, who had been in the service of the French,
and, together with their companions, were on their
voyage, as prisoners of war, on board the Kingston
packet, from Gibraltar to England.
The first witness examined in surlport of the prose-
cution was Giovanni Stebbano, who deposed through
the medium of an interpreter, that on the 16th of
July last he was on board the Kingston packet, on
his passage from Gibraltar to England. They were
about ten leagues out at sea on that evening, when
the prisoner brought some soup to cook at the fire in
the fore part of the vessel. The cook, who was there,
told him that no cooking was allowed at that time of
the day, and immediately threw some water on the
fire to put it out. A dispute immediately arose, in
which high words passed on both sides. While the
quarrel was going forward, the deceased, Ferrari,
came on deck, and asked the prisoner what he was
making that noise about ? observing, at the same
time, that he was always quarrelling ; this gave rise
to a new altercation, which terminated by the priso-
ner throwing his cap on the deck, as a token of defi-
ance to Ferrari—a sort of scuffle ensued, and the pri-
soner hit the deceased on the breast, when they clos-
ed and fell against a cannon ; while they lay on the
deck, the deceased seized the cheek of the prisoner in
his teeth, and bit it so severely that the blood flowed
from the wound. During the time that the deceased
had the cheek of the prisoner in his mouth, the priso-
ner cried out, if he would let him go they should be
friends, that he would beat him no more, and that,
in fact, they should be as brothers. They were shortly
afterwards disengaged by one of their comrades, and
retired to a short distance from each other, apps.
rently at peace. The prisoner, however, took a clasp
knife from his bed, which lay on deck, and secreted
it behind his back, and, in about four minutes after
the termination of the affray, he advanced to the de-
ceased, who was talking to his companions, and
stabbed him in the right breast, of which wound
the deceased died almost immediately. The priso-
ner was immediately secured, and on being placed
in confinement, he asked whether Ferrari was dead ?
and on being answered in the affirmative, he said he
was satisfied. I
Three other prisoners who were present during this
tragical scene corroborated the testimony of the first
witness, with some trifling variation. They all agreed
in the principal facts, and spoke with great exactness
to the time which elapsed from the termination of the
fight, in the first instance, to the infliction of the mor-
tal wound.
The Surgeon who was on board at the time, and
to whom the deceased was carried the moment he
was wounded, deposed, that when the deceased was
brought to him, he was in a dying state—he had a '
wound under his right nipple, of about an inch in
width, from which the blood flowed profusely.—
Witness had no doubt that the death of the deceased
was occasioned by this wound. He did not examine
the depth of the wound, but inserted his finger three
inches.
Here the case for the prosecution closed, when the
prisoner, through the medium of the interpreter, was
called upon for his defence.
He said that all the witnesses had sworn falsely,
and gave in a written defence in the English lan-
guage, which he said had been explained to him, and
which he perfectly understood.
The paper 'stated, that the prisoner could not speak
the English language, but had explained the real
state of the facts in French, from which they were
translated to the form in which they were tendered to',
the Court. It then went on to detail the particulars
It is a curious fact, worthy the investigation of onr of the commencement of the altercation with the
Natural Philosophers, that for some years pastohe cook, and the subsequent interference of the deceas-
ed. It asserted, that at the time Ferrari came upon
winters have been much more severe in London than
in Edinburgh, and much more snow and frost in deck the prisoner was sitting down eating his dinner
England than in Scotland. with his knife in his hand, and that after some dis-
At the late Quarter Sessions for Shropshire, J and puce which arose with Ferrari, a scuffle ensued, in
S. Ashcan, J. Pemberton, and M. Birch, were indicted
which by some accident the knife of the prisoner pc-
netrated his breast. He denied all in tent's
on of woun-
for uttering counterfeit shillings and sixpences, of i
and accused the witnesses who had sworn
which a very large quantity were found in their pos- h ding him,
session. They had wrapped them up in tissue paper; a aingst him of malice and enmity.
An Italian soldier, named Bernardi, appeared to
each paper containing 25 in a row. The Jury found I
the character of the prisoner, and represented him to
them all Guilty ; and they were each sentenced to six
be a humane man, and by no means quarrelsome.—
months imprisonment, and to find sureties for six
He also knew Ferrari ; he belonged to the same regi-
months more. ment, and was by no means a man of a quiet dispo-
At the General Sessions of the Peace for the town
and port of Sandwich, holden on Friday se'nnight,
sit
Sir SIMON La &am summed p u the evidence with
two soldiers, quartered at Ramsgate, were found I
the greatest pas applicable
and humanity, and, after cit-
guilty of purchasing base coin, and sentenced to
lag the law applicable to murder, and contrasting
twelve months' imprisonment. it with that of manslaughter, he left the Jury to de-
Last week was committed to York Castle, J. Har-
ter, late of Bolton le Moors, in the county of Lan- tide whether the time which had elapsed between the
caster, butcher, charged with uttering three notes of q,carrel which had been described, and the actual in-
-45 each, purporting to IA of she Dudley Old Bank.
fiction of the mortal wound, was sufficient for the

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passion of the prisoner to cool, and for his understan- ' withtheßritintr during his voyage. After.this examine.
ding to come to his aid. They would recollect that tion, he wis again put on board the smack, to pro..
the time which had been described was but of a very tent her from the depredati.ns of the yawns people.
short duration, and that the deceased had bit the pri- On the ensuing day, an officer of the Commissariat
eoner most severely on the cheek. If they were of department, accompanied by an interpreter, came on
opinion that at the moment the fatal stab was given,' board; and be underwent a second examination ;
'the prisoner was smat ting under the pain of the bite t the same questions which were proposed to him on
which the deceased had given him, then would they' the preceding day were repeated, to all of-which he
find him guilty of manslaughter. If, on the con- I returned similar answers. An offer was then made
Vary, they thought he had acted malignantly And ; to give him one-third of the value of the carg e pro.
'deliberately, with the full possession of his senses and vided he would tell from whence in reality she came,
command of his temper, they would, of course, find hilt he could not be induced to swerve from his first
ihint guilty of murder. 1 story. The interpreter immediately seized him by
The Jury then retired, and after an absence of an the collar, called him by an opprobriors epithet, and
hour returned with a verdict of Manslaughter. i said he had been telling d—d lies, for which he should
Sir Wm. SCOTT immediately passed sentence on the I be sent to the Tower of St. Maloes, and fined 550
prisoner, and condemned him to be imprisoned for livres ; and accordingly he was forthwith conveyed
one year in Newgate, and to pay a fine of one shilling. to prison, where he remained until the Captain of the
PIRACY. privateer came and aslcd him if he would serve on
John Cullen, alias Collins, was capitally indicted for I board his vessel ? Having been living, nine months
having been found in arms against the subjects of on bread and water, he agreed to go on board the
I
his Majesty, contrary to his allegiance, on board a privateer, in the hope that he should by that means
French privateer, off Ushant, in the month of No- be able to make his escape to his own country, or
vember last, with intent to carry away a certain Eng. stand the chance of being released from his miseries
lish packet. by being taken by a British vessel. He had actually
Lieutenant John Parr deposed, that he was first formed a plan with a comrade to steal an open boat
Lieutenant on board the Northumberland man of and go off to Guernsey, the very day on which he
war. On the 31st of November last he was on a was sent to prison by Captain Harte. He concluded
cruise off Ushant, when a French privateer was ob- by solemnly denying any intention to fight against
Served in chase of a packet, which it was believed his King or country, and declared his firm intention
belonged to a British Port. The Northumberland to escape from France whets the means should offer.
immediately commenced a chase after the privateer, Baron MACDONALD summed up the evidence for
but night coming on she was obliged to lay to for the Jury, with an observation, that if they were sa.
the night. On the ensuing morning, however, she tis6ed the prisoner had been found on board an erre.
again obtained sight of her and recommenced the my's vessel aiding and assisting in the management
pursuit, and about noon came up with her, and of that vessel, he was guilty of the crime imputed to
after firing six or seven shots she struck. Witness, him, unless it was proved that he was forced by coer -
with part of the crew, then went to board the pri. cive measures into such a situation. As it appeared
vateer, and as he got up the side he was somewhat in evidence, however, and by his own confession, that
surprised to hear a person sweating most vehemently he had gone voluntarily on board in the first instance
in the English language. On looking round, he in the character of an American, no such excuse could
accosted the prisoner, and asked him whether he was be formed for him, consequently the Jury had but the
not an Englishman ? to which he replied, that he one painful course to pursue.
was not an English, but an Irishman. The crew of The Jury, after a few minutes consideration, re-
the privateer, together with the prisoner, were then turned a verdict of Guilty ;—but recommended the
sent on board the Northumberland, where he again unfortunate man most strongly to mercy.
confessed that he was an Irishman ; and stated, that Sir WILLIAM SCOTT then addressed the prisoner
be had been invalided from the Zealous man of war. with his wonted feeling. He lamented the melan.
iOn his arrival at Plymouth he was sent on board the choly task which fell to his lot to perform; yet in re.
Salvador del Mundo, from whence he was forwarded garding the offence with which the culprit was charg.
to town for trial. ed, he conceived it to be one of the most heinous na-
.
The prisoner having no Counsel, by permission of ture, inasmuch as the character, the honour, and the
the Court, asked witness whether he did not hear him safety of the nation were at stake—for the preser-
(the prisoner) express his happiness that he had been vation of due order and subordination in his Ma.
taken by a British ship, and observe that he had been jesty's service, it was highly necessary that men who
almost starved in a French prison ?—An answer in were found in arms against the subjects of their coun-
the affimative was given. try should be punished in the most exemplary man-
Henry Hill, a seaman belonging to the Northum- ner. What crime could be more injurious in its
berland, corroborated the testimony of Lieut. Parr. tendency, than that of our own countrymen turn-
Henry Boyle, another seaman, deposed that he ing their ability and their antis to the benefit of our
knew the prisoner to have belonged to the Zealous enemies ? There was no excuse to be found for such .
man of war, in the battle of Trafalgar—he was in conduct, nor could any The
be urged de.
the waste, and always represented himself to be an serving of attention. The Jury, however, having,
Irishman. ~ strongly recommended the wretched criminal to
When the prisoner was asked whether he had any mercy, he should take care and state that circum-
questions to put to this witness, he said, that he had stance, as well as such other facts as occurred in the
not ; but he recollected him to be an old shipmate. course of the trial, in the proper quarter. He would
Andre Harte, the Captain of the French privateer, advise the prisoner not to be too confident of pardon,
was next examined. He stated himself to be a Dane; but to prepare himself for that fate which the law
he obtained the command of the Glaneuse privateer, prescribed for his offence, and which it then became
on board of which the prisoner was taken about two him to pronounce. The Right Hon. Gentleman then
months before his capture. During his cruise he had sentenced him, in the usual words, to be taken from ,
taken nothing, but was in Chace of a British vessel the bar, to the place from whence he came, and from
the day preceding that on which he struck to the thence to the place of execution, where he should be ,
Northumberland. He left St. Maloes two days be- hanged by the neck until he was dead.
fore he was himself chased. The prisoner entered TL.e poor fellow having made his bow, retired.
on board his ship as an American, and stated himself CHARGE OF FELONY.
to be a native of Philadelphia. He met him amongst Joseph Jokon and Charles Jobson, two most respee.
other foreigners at a prison in St. Maloes, and asked table fishermen, residing at Ipswich, were indicted
him if he should like to serve on board his vessel-.-to for stealing a ton of sheet copper, value &SO, the pre-
which he replied in the affirmative; and in tense- petty of John Scott, the Master of the transport cal-
quence of an agreement entered into between them, led the Anne of Aberdeen, which was stranded on a
he (the witness) paid five hundred and fifty livres to sand bank, twelve miles from the coast of Essex, and
obtain his liberty. from which vessel the copper in question was taken.
The prisoner cross-examined this witness, and as- The prisoners came voluntarily to trial, but upon
ked him, whether he did not send him to prison for an investigation of the case, it did not appear that
six weeks, on suspicion of his intending to steal a guilt was fairly imputable to them, and the Jury,
boat to make his escape to Guernsey ? without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of
Witness answered that he knew of no such inten- Acquittal.
tion on the part of the prisoner ; he acknowledged
that he sent him to prison for about a month, in con-
sequence of his being drunk and riotous about the
streets of St. Maloes, and attracting the attention of
the police, who fund it necessary to take notice of
'his irregularities.
The next question put by the prisoner was—Whe-
ther witness did not send two gens d'armes for him
to the Tower, St. Maloes, to convey him on board
the Glaneuse by force two days before capture by the
Northumberland ?
An answer in the affirmative was returned, with an
observation, that as soon as the privateer was ready
for her cruize, he thought it necessary to bring the ,
in At Courtaho-Martial aortih
thalebeghon board
and hhisNMovaje:tigst Hibernia,
prisoner on board, as he should want his services to Rear-Admiral Sir S. WOOD, Bart. and K. B.
work the vessel. And second Officer in command of his Majesty's ships and vessels
The prisoner having declined proposing any other In Port Mahon President.
question, he was called on for his defence. He im- • French Maniere, Esq. Rear-Admiral otthe Red.
Thomas Francis Freemantk, Esq. Rear-Admiral-of the Blue.
mediately related, in a blunt manner, the :allowing 4
. Captain B. Hollowell Captain J. West
story :—He formerly served in the Zealous man of . Sir R. King, But. C. Adam
war, and was at the battle of Trafalgar, but being • Hon.H. Blackwood J. C. White
invalided, from a wound in his right hand, he was E. Fellowes - W. H. Webby
rendered incapable of further service. Being out of J.Tallsot R. J. Neve.
employment, he agreed to go with a smack, in coin- ,
officers The and Court c
rew proceeded
his btloa'est ' try Cs
*Platte shiain ereiri'lvel; for the lett
pony with the owner and another man, under Prus- ! i the same ship, on running' in shore on thpe morning of the 10th
wan colours, and by authority of an English licence, August last, op the Point of Salina, the SOU It-eastern entrance
with a cargo of oysters. On their arrival off the town
'' of the Bay of St. Paul's, in the Island of Malta ; and having in-
of Concale, on the coast of France, being unacquain.
quired into the cause of the loss of the said ship, ssaturely weighed
fed with the harbour, they waited fora pilot, and, on acnodurtcoisasoldfero edinioahll tthheatctihreenmsta 100 cflfeethse atilendilyngwthaseos:cme, the
the next morning, when they were about to raise their by that ship prunning on shore en Point Cowes, in the Island of
anchor, a gun was fired from the fort, and they were Malta, and not on Point Salina • that no blillit Is attached to
obliged to lower their sails. A boat full of soldiersers and crew of the said ship.
rcehearrdtaieutenan
Captain George M•Kinky, the ;lie
immediately put off, and took on shore the owner ofF. Berkeley,
toaster;t thtet everylion. exertion madean
bdy the Mr. Michael
Cap-
the smack, and the other man, who were conveyed to tale, officers, and. crew, in endeavburing to get the ship off, and
prison, the prisoner being left behind ; he was sent to save the stores and provisions, and dotb therefore, with the
for, however, in a few hours afterwards, and taken
, before a Magistrate, who asked him what countryman hmeasacter:dfaiderge
aforesaid exception of Lieutenant Berkeley and Mr. M.Richards
thee Captain,
our Court
is
alaslol
et the e
opinion,other
te r s
someats dcilw, to
'he was ? he replied that be was an American, born in
Philadelphia, but having left the country at four blame attributed to Lieutenant Berkeley ;he ought to have
made his Captain acquainted when the ship was dist. vered to be
years old, he had no recollection of the place. sit danger ; but at his conduct in all other respects appears to i
He was then asked, how he had been employed ba.nve.ambeen correct, no other
f punishment
ndc isddeezehatnheacet necessary i
from the time of his leaving Philadelphia ? to which judged to on admonition
acqfourittheil Thtureex'ourtu is hasher lof opinion, that
i
he answered, that he had been a sailor in different great blame is imputable to Mr. M. Richards, master, for having
American ports, but had not been much on shore.— brought the ship to with her head in shore, and &tit therwere i
The next question put to him was, as to the port from
whence he last came ? he said, that he came straight adjudge him to be dismissed from his office asdmaster in his Ma-1
jesty'socr, on ivy, :tuddstuocieh
,rvh
ieptawsot re act so
trum
is:tdcoer
in mcahs toaster, ory petty
think
Tom
_Norway, and had rant had any communication p-open, Isebre he can again be eligible to he promoted.

A true Bile was yesterday found by the Grand.
Jury, appoiuted by this Court, against Captain Ste.
venson, for an assault on a Lady on her passage to
the West Indies, with intent to commit a ripe.
His trial was, however, postponed to next Sessions,
upon condition that he should himself eurr into re-
cognizance of £lOOO, and two sureties in £5OO each,
for his appearance in Court to rake his trial on thatday.

NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL.