Star.
London, England, 1803-01-03 00:00:00

THE AR Mr.

We are informed that, in eonfequence of a pl.
t;tion from the Publicans of Southampt m to the
War Office, in order to eafe them from the bur-
den of foldiers being fo frequently billetted in go-
ing to and coming from the Depot in the Ifle of
Wight, that orders have been fent to fit up b tr-
racks at Chapel Mill to contain 150 men.
Thurfday fe'nnight a detachment of the Royal
Artillery, confiaing.of an officer and about 40
men, marched into Cork from Dublin.

The garrifons of Cove, and the forts on the
Cork rit er, are to be immediately occupied by
detachments of the 46th regiment from Cork—
and the Nottingham Fencibles, at prefent quartered
there, are to return home.

The following is a copy of a letter from the
Secretary at War to the Infpeeing Field Officers
of the Recruiting Service :

"War-Office, Dee a 7, 'sibs-

° It being thought proper the the pay and contingencies of
the St ff of the Recruiting Diitrietr in Great Brltain
(ruin the 25th i.dtut, inelufive, be Blued through the General
Agent for R crafting, radon In London 1 have t`e bantam
to acquatnt you therewith, and deflre you will inftroti she
Pay-ander of the Difttidt under your fi fpefii:.n, that Ise R ac-
e wdingly to draw upon Mr. Ridge. inacal of %Terri Cox and
Greenwood, for the Paid •ferrice, from the above date. lam
further to acquaint you, that agreeably to the tenor of the nal-
nitnitation made to the infpedtar G naval of the Recruiting fen.
v.ce, It my letter of the 13d alt. the Paensafter is nut t•t iffue
his dra'te .ur the pay and allowance of Commanding °Seem
belonging to the Staff of the Itiflen. t, u•;til the end
month, except in cafe of any individual Officer who may
cafe to beluog thereto in the eourfe thereof; and that be It to
prepare a fcparate eitimare of the pay and contb•gencirs of the
mad' for each month, with a duplicate for the sir of the Gc-
tweet Agent, and to tranfrnit the Paid efilmate and duplicate to
this °See, fo that the fame may be recrived id•re on or :•cfure
the 12th of each mouth, in order that the idles may be reno.
laud accordion-

'c. reacs2

The following is a Copy of the General Orders
which were iffued by the Earl of Carts. imme.
di.tely before his departure from Egypt :
..Head-cb!arters, Akundria, Od. sc.
" As Major-Gen. the Earl ofCAVAM will embark
this morning for Malta, Mai'li-General STEWART
I will be pleated henceforward to take upon hiruflif
the command of the troops of the Army in Egypt.
Major-General the Earl of CAVAN, in notifying his
departure to the troops in this country, carnealy
folicits them to condefcend to accept of his fince-
rat and moil grateful thanks, for their sonduft
fence hohas had the honour to command them.—
A caudal not only manifefling fuch dircipliae
obedience, and every principle of good foldiers,
as mutt encreafe the fame and charafter they have
heretofore acquired; but thatalfo rendered h;scom-
mand as eafy as it had been highly flattering and
honourable to him. He congratulates the Army
on their having Major-General STSWART as tbcir
Commander, an officer whole attachment and re-
gard to its interefts and comforts are as well
known to every individual in it, as his experience
and abilities. To Colonel BUSMAN Major.
General the Earl of Cavax's obligations are moll
juftly due, for his able execution of every deity ;
and particularly for his unremitting attention to
the extreme troublefoote one, attached to his
tituation, as Commandant of Alexandria I to him
felely are its inhabitants indebted liir its prefent
well ellablilbed police ; and for the tranquility they
now enjoy.
" Lieut.-Colonel LAIRD, Deputy Quern Waf-
ter, Lieut.-Colonel Moose, Deputy .01djutant Ge.
net al, Dr. Swarm, and every individual at the
head of the different departments of the Anny.
are well entitled to Major General the Earl of Ca.
VAN'S acknowledgment of approbation, for ,their
affiduity and zeal, and for the affifiance they have
on all occafiens afforded him, in forwarding the
public ferries.
" Major-General the Earl of Cavan is very
fenfible that with great cafe, many Officers any
be•found in the ferric., polfeffing far fuperior abb.
Utica, and is every re** better qualified to corn.
mend than hinifilf but he is perfuaded it vronlit
be attended voids diffinaty, to find one, that has
bees mare any zealous to promote the web.
fare sett kaPeitl44.of theirs be.has commanded—
(efpecially thofe in Eowy t) than he has been. If
this declaration is tb tof any valor, he aura
them of its continuatteq s and that his gratitude
to the Army of Egypt will never be obliterated
from his memory."

We yeSerday received New-York papers to the
sods November, bat they bring very little news,
and notbial of a late date from St. Domingo.—
The following letter, which is dated 25th of Sep-
tember, may thew what were the feelings and the
apprehenfions of the inhabitants °Ale Cape at that
period :---
ISTIACT 0/ • =TIMIS, carp raereez• serreaume
Oh TO, ORNTLIIIAN IN nutnalsriata.
I felicitate yea on jeer fordightamar:llLZ
sd fattens In re-
minis, where yen aft. Never at any titdon has Se. Dombms bon more or mamba than
at this INONINIL Tondlied ametianda the 14stileaM Gerd at
tirsitts, who will be paid by thuds who aft wen to who
rather than reinsin ander Ms osennapd., We women
lead so GO rota mini& this ragbag war. Osterman fends
es detachments of ago, son, soot, and soon taw at s OWt t
but after was then stilton maw laandhima stid inhSchmt,
inch partimindakemenests bar* limy_ OM tasks shituftel by
Ihe Heipitabonaladd ma* to the amide mitred (at ad.
lhary operation. Tus momments are Issas *thaws any
eyeful or dean maibelowae, bran may lift kidded', Wipe.
roes enterpeldes midis* darks mdse.. How maw, tbsalinds
or brave mot, sad how map amliess et anew this Mod is
yet to eon to Itrases, is enter te soaks he a Wart, is 4p de
unpsibie to theska. How many crest troths, which dere
not amide
Sams
sad to paper fumy, met we be cameo le morn in bran.
oramia

An American Jury has recently alerted its com.
petenee to judge of the law as well as the faa.—..
On the Bth ult. at Bennington, in Vermont. two
men were put to the bar of the Supreme Court,
charged with wilful murder. After a very long
trial, the Jury acquitted the prifaners of the capi-
tal part of the charge, but found them guilty of
manfiaughter ; the Judges objected to the verdift,
;ad after elaborate expofitions of the law, dcclA red,
that if the prifoners were not guilty of the murder,
they were not guilty of manflaughter, confequently
&add have been acquitted, and the jury were fent
back to reconfider the verdict : they perfieed,
however, in the judgment they bad given, and the
Coon was compelled to receive it.

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LAW INT I'LLIGEACE.

eOURT OF KiNC's BENCH, DEC:3,1802.
SMITH V. COATES• _ _

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This was an aEtion to recovor the fitm ofl9l. paid
for the life of the Defendant. It appeared that
Mif. Coates had, for a Ihort time, refided with Mr.
;itn;111 and his wi fr,at Uxbridge, and being defirous
of tenting up in that town as a Milliner, wilhed to
take a houfe near her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
She went away on a nut to her father at Leomin
11cr, and wrote a letter to the Plaintiff to fecure
the houfe for her, and the would pay for the fix
tures on her return. A Mr. Weggener had the
letting of the houfe, and he demanded 191. for the
fixtures. Mifs Coates not returning in time to fet-
tle tor them, he threatened, if the money was not
paid, to let the houte to fomebody elle, upon which
Mrs. Smith paid it for her, and Mifs Coates after-
.it.ds took paiffion of the houfe. She, however,
Icund that the fixtures had been appraifed much
above their value, and the refuted to repay the
Plaintiff.
The Court held that the Plaintiff had no autho-
rity, under Mifs Coates's letter, to do any thing
More than treat for the houfe, and that the tatter
was not bound by the payment of the money • ac-
cordingly the Jury gave a verdia for the Defendant.

HARRISON v. STRATTON.
This caufe arofc out of that lately tried in which
Mr. Angertlein was Defendant. 'Mr. Harrifon is
the furveyor that rtrfuaded him he had been over-
charged for his fleam kitchen, and Mr. Stratton is
the ironmonger by whom the faid Ream kitchen
was made. A Hander, fuppafed to be fpoken of
the former of there gentlemen by the latter, was
the fubjet of the prcfent adion. The declaration
Set forth that whereas the Plaintiff was a perfon of
fair fame, &c. the Defendant wifhing, &c. faid
" he," meaning the faid Harrifon, " is a
• fcoundrel ;if I would have ereded an oven for
him, gratis, or made him a dedudion of 2o per
cent. he would have let my bill pats."
Mr. GARILOW, Counfel for the Plaintiff, repre.
tented this as a very aggravated cafe of defama-
tion. The Defendant feemed refolved to deftroy
Mr. Harrifon's charader, root and branch.—The
Learned Gentleman explained how he had been
retained for Stratton on the former cafe, and again ft
him in this, and obviated any objedlions which the
unthinking might, on this account. make to him.
felf or the profefGon. He never had abtifed all
furveyors, any more than he had abufed all coal
merchants, although he had been compelled to
cape& the fraudulent praflices of a few.
Witneffes were then called ; but
Lord Etistisoaauon was of opinion that the
fiords,though proved,were not allionable,—Plain.
tiff Nonfuited.
Tag KING V. SULLWARD AND ANOTHER.
This was an indilment for an allault....The Pro-
theutor is a Mr. Richards, late a wafter baker, now
a methoclik preacher. The Defendants are two
brothers, relpetlable millers, with whom he had
bad dealings.—He (wore, that, while lodging at a
public-houfe, they came into his apartment, and
alked for th;. account book which ufed to go be-
tween' themW they had defrauded him of a large
Cam of money, and this book was his only voucher;
he refuted, therefore, to let it out of his hand ;
but theY threw him down, feized the book, tore
out a great raany of the leaves, and threw them
into the fire.—He underwent a very short crofs-
euntination by Mr. Gerrow, from which it ap-
peared certain that belted threatened to profeente
the Defendants for having granted in this book
nnftamped receipts, and highly probable that he
hoped thus to wipe off a large debt that he owed
them. The penalties would have amounted to
many thottfand pounds.
-Lord Etteettemottan fail, *it the *Ludt had
btelt eleatly proved, and that &Pt:Mimes of this
kind Mug be fired tb theCoutt,4aAdatit, is
ration of puniftsmest.
M. Richards put on the Apvirtitte tof enema.
Mon feriaity, and gait his levadWe'es if he had
been haranguing a congregatinnieftba faithfal..l-•
likrdiitti
bac. +—rook* v. blvti.
This Won was britrught for in !fault and bat-
The affray happened at a bode in King's
Heackoart, Bow-ilreet. This hernia bad been let
by the plaintiff to a Mrs. Simpfon, who converted
k into ant eating (hop. Tooke thinking that the
taloa of the premifes,would be diminiAted if they
weft ;pm to an tire, employed the defendant,
a broker, to prevail upon her to quit. Davis Cue.
• coaled iii making Mrs. Simplon leave the houfe,
bathe claimed the remainder of the term to him.
(elf, and put a padlock upon the door. The plain-
tiff coming to take pall ion, was much (urprifed
to find this oliftacle to his entrance. The defen-
dant maintained his right to keep . him out. He
made ufe of Come provoking language. The de.
Pendant firuck him a blow, and, in the language
same oldie witneffes„ he fell down like a bullock.
Bat the chief witnefs was a little Apothecary,
called Dc.Wintetbottom. Ile fiated that he was
fent for to fee the plaintiff, and that lie found him ;
in a very bad flaw. Had it nor been for his great ;
(kill and attention his patient mull have gone the
way of all living. He applied external and inter-
nal remedies. The patient had received a violent
I,low, and (the witnefs folemnly allured the Court
and Jury) had it sat law for hls not he "null have
tab kir ryes. •
Verdid for the Plaintiff—Damages tel.
24.—IIANTIS V. CH•SIRT.
This was an adion by the Atrviving partner of
blnilman and Co. on a Policy of lnfurance ou the
Dutch [hip Vried. The Policy was effeeted in
1794, before liofiilities commenced with either
Holland or Spain. The kip was to proceed ulti.
:stately to Ferrol and Carthegena s the went to El-
fnienr, and failed from thence, ender convoy of
Capt. New man, of the Veftal ; the parted 'convoy,
and went into the Texel, but at length arrived at
Pcnzance, in Cornwall; and in January. 1795,
was detained under his tlajelly's Proclamation.
and alter-reeds condemned.
t he filets being. proved. a Special verdia was
1. .1-d, for the opinion of the Court, whether the
convoy, and going int,. Vhe Teld. was a
_ .

deviation ; and alfo, whether an Underwriter was
bound to pay for a lofs, if it was occafioned by
boltilitics, commencing after the date of the Policy

POLICE, &e.

MAILLIOROUON-STRElT.—Saturday fixteen wo-
men of the town, who bad been taken up fur in-
felling the public areets, were examined ; the
moa notorious of them fent to the Houfe of Cor •
ration, and the rola difmiircd with fuitable ad-'
monition from the Magiarate.
A yotmg woman was committed to the Houfe
of Correaion for one month, forjgetting into the
fervice of Mrs. Green, in BundAreer, by means of
a 134:.....charaaer.

M.aNsIoN Houss.—Saturday a young man,
who had lived in the employment of Mrs. Nathan,
a dealer in clothes, and a Jewels of confiderable
beauty, was brought before the LORD Mayon, by
his mifirefs, who charged him with having appro.
pitted to his own ufe as much corduroy as would
make fix pair of breeches.
The young man admitted that he had received
the corduroy into his pollifEon ; and in anfwer to
the charge (fated, that he had been hired as a jour-
neyman by Mrs. Nathan, at the rate of a guinea
per week ; and that he had been feven weeks in
her fervice, during which period his labours had
been wholly unrewarded.

The Lord Mayor obferved, that the fubjee was
entirely a matter of account between the parties,
to whom he recommended an amicable adjult-
meat. Each party was attended by a folicitor.
An old offender, named Robert Toth, was fully
committed for trial, charged with Sealing a bundle
of wearing apparel from a waggon in which it
was to go to the country.
A young lad of the name of Charles Shannon
cited his mailer, to whom he had been apprenticed
by the pari(h of Clerkenwell, for cruel treatment.
It appears he had been treated with ❑njult feveri.
ty, and that there was an informality in the inden-
tures by which he had been bound. The Lord
sla)or availed himfelf of this latter circumflance,
and difcharged the boy from the fervice of his

HATTON GARDEN.—Saturday Ciarlak Jonar, in
the fervice of a jeweller in Kirby-ftreet, was exa-
mined the third time, charged by her mailer on
fufpic ion of (leafing a valuable ring, and other ar-
ticles. She was fully committed for trial.
Ustos HALL—Saturday j. Sprague, the gyp-
fey chimney (weeper, and bus family, in cuftody
under fufpicion of murdering Matthews, the Dul-
wich hermit, were remanded for a further hearing:
As this is a charge of a very ferious nature to
the parties, we prefume the ends ofjuflice will bell
be anfwered by fupprefling any account of the evi-
dence againft them for the prefent.
Timothy Sullivan, a young boy, who with three
others have long been (ufpeded, and in Come in-
(lances known, to have loitered about the fhops of
tradefmen in the Borough, between fun fet and
the lighting up the (hops,
_flaming tbe Val, as the
cant term Is, was brought up for examination.—
A quantity of beaver hats and caps for children
had been flolen in this way from a fhop in Tooley-
ftreet, which were traced to the polfellion of a man
and two women, who were alfo put to the bar,
charged as receivers : no direct proof coming
again ft the boy, and fome information having
bzen received as to the other boys, the whole were
remanded for a final healing.
An inflance of ferocity and brutality came be-
fore the Magiftrates ; an apprentice to a catgut
manufatfttirer was charged with nabbing his felFow
apprentice with a knife in his arm in confequence
of a trifling difpute, which wid probably Mlle
him to lofe the ufe of it, if not fuller Amputation.
The young defperado was remanded.

H I P-STRI gr.—Saturday a young woman
of the name of Sheareas was brought to this of
charged with having robbed her millrefs in Kingf-
land•road, with whom The lived fervant. of fundry
articles of linen and other propery, to the amount
of near ten pounds. she was committed for fur-
ther examination. . .

The fame day an elderly man was charged up-
on fufpicion of parlpining and embezzling a quan-
tity ef lak entrufted with him to weave. ''lie
MagArAter committed him to the Houfe of Cor-
realm' for three months.

Ain* was fully committed far trial, for &rein
a large quantity of pipe lead found on his paten,
farpeeted to have been Wen.
Si men of diffipated charallers were brought
up by the officers, who Paid they apprehended them
at a houfe the back of Sboreditch church. They
were committed to the Houle of Cos-ration as
rogues and vagabonds, being fufpcaed with hav-
ing committed leveral depredations.

A man has lawn committebl to York Canis for
bigamy—three or four wives, have already appear-
ed, and it is fufpeaed he as &versa more.

A lad, named Gregg, has been committed to
Lincoln gaol, for killing a fellow-carpenter by
forcing a fcrew-driver into his hestd.—The Coro-
Ws jury found him guilty of that (peeks of man-
ffaughter which, by the tft James, ch. S. it de-
prived of the benefit °felt-Miry. _ _

William Francis was committed to Briftol
Bridewell, a few days fine, for tittering a forged
note of the Bank of Englind, value tol.

A fellow, of the name of Ford, has been com-
mitted to Northwich Cagle, for Sealing the watch
and clothes of T. Aylmer. The parties were
threlhing in the fame barn, when a quarrel more,
and the former, after beating the latter in a
dreadful manner, *ripped him of his pmperty and
decamped, leering him weltering in his blood.
Aylmer is fo terribly bruited that his life is de.
(paired of.
The cellar of Mr. Saturn, in Btr-lireet, Nor-
wich, was robbed on Wednefday night of upwards
of three hundred weight of cheefe; and the fame
night the larder of T. Elenver, Efq. of Canon,
was plundered of the sthole of its contents.
On Thurfday worming the coach-office of the
Swan Inn, Nocwich, was broke open and robbed
of ad.

Abontalue o'clock on Tharftlay eight, a trzdef-

Iran returning to town from Tramp!lead. called'
at a public houfe, where he changed a id. Bank
tote to pay his reckoning. Alter quitting the
company he was overtaken by a genteel looking
man, who prefentc•d a piflol, and demanded his
money, on which he pet his hand into his breeches
pocket and delivered, as he thought, the whole of
the change, Which, however, turned out to be only
9s. and tome hallpe..ce, as, by millake, he had put
nine guineas in his coat pocket.
Admiral Lord BILIDPORT'S Lode in Harley-
firect, Cavendifit-Aluare, was broke open on Sa-
turday evell;n7, ween the hours of fix and ,ight, ;
while the perin who had the care of it was gone
to mar::. The villain; got clear await feveral
valuable articles.

On Saturday 'morning the apartments of Mr.
Du CIE, in NValbrook, were entered by fome thieves
unknown, and robbed of plate and other property
to the arioen: of tipwardl, of 701. with which the
villains made their efcape, leaving behind them a
bunch of picklock keys.
The fame morning a Gentleman palag the end
of Fleet-market, near the New Buildings at Snow-
hill, was hufiled by fome villains, who robbed him
of a very valuable gold watch.
A few mornings fince fume perfons broke into
the honfe of Mrs. HAIN swoetrit, of Sileby, near
Leiceller, and forcing open a bureau. Bole nearly
soot. in call' and notes. Some labourers in the
neighbourhood have been taken up, on fufpicion
of this outrage.
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A few days fince the apartments of Mr. PAL-
via, in Adam and Eve Conrt,Whitechapel, were
entered by thieves, who Role a box of clothes be-
longing to his daughter and himfelf ; the robbery
was effeded by falfe keys, which the villains left
withintidc the chamber doer.

On Saturday lift, two men, convieted tall Old
Bailey Sellions, for Ile:ding ft.gar and other arti.
cies from the Qnays, were publicly whipped in
Lower Thames-ltreet.

An extraordinary robbery was committed at the
Greyhound, in Chelmbfurd, in the night of Tuef
day lA. Mr. Smart had that day killed a hog,
which weighed about thirty !lone, and was hung
up in the back part of the premifes, when fome
daring villains took a pane ofglafs out of the cafe-
ment, which they then unfaileued, from whence
th:y (tole the whole carcaic, and got off uudicco-
vered.

A few days nue the wife of a black trumpeter
jpAse 4th dragoonhiell doer* a flight of !fairs at
'hetwetidence in Northpte, Canterbury, and dicd
within an hour.

A few days ago, as a fervent of Mr. Noes**,
,of Cattle Ditches, Norfolk, was driving a cart
loaded with porter he was crufked between his
can and a fhop, and expired foon after.
•Thurfda fe'anight, John Blair, gardener. re-
fiding in Inieekip. was found dead in the wood
'below Langhtstife. It is fuppored he had perilked
through cold.
Friday fennight, two fellows went into a pub-
lic houfe, in the Gallowgate, Glafgow, and after
regaling themfelves with victuals and drink, were
attempting to make their efcape. Upon the land-
lord and his wife interfering to prevent them;
they were knocked Awn, cut, and abufed in a
&ticking manner. APince being at hand, they
were loon properly feeared, and c om mi ttedto prifon.
A few mornings Since, before day-break, Mr.
HURFOILD, farmer, at Shellington' near Shefford, '
in Bedfol'illire, being alarmed hitthe fall of fome
tiles, fired a fowling-picce from his chamber win.
dow, at a perfun be law on the roof of one of his
out-houfes, who fell to the ground : he proved to
be the fanner's brother-in-law, who had been all
night at a dance at a neighbouring village,and was
endeavouring to get in at the window of the gra-
nary, which commitnicates with his bed-room.—
His furprise at the difcbarge of the gun occafioned
the yonng man to fall, bat he received noinjury:
On aniftmas Day laft, during Divine Service,
a peritin having the appearance at an 4ddlcer dropt
down and immediately expired at the Chapel in
Berkeley-ftreet. On being taken to i pdbfic houfe
in the neighbourhood, his pockets were Detract!,
when a letter was found, addreffed to Mr. Brown,
but the name of the writer was unfortunately torn
off He lay there two days, when be was at length
difeovered to be a Mr. Brown, a Yeoman of the
Ceased. •
•
About one o'clock on Monday morning, a fist
broke out in a low back houfe in GrahaMeteet.
Glafgow:which was foon got under wit," di".
ing any other damage. than confuming a had. and
feverely burning a female lodger who wasAying
upon it.
On Wednefday morning a Are broke out at a
houfe near Brinkley, Cambridge, occupied by the
Rev. Mr. Lass. Nearly the whole premifes were
deftroyed, together with feveral Racks of corn.
Hardly a week paffes without fome freib out-
rage connnitted on the perfons or property of thofe
wellidifpokd &amen who have continued in the
fervice of the clothiers at Warminfler, in Wilt-
(hire. On the evening of the 15th ult. a bullet
from a gun or 0101 was fired through the wind,,w
of Jofeph Tucker, into the room where his wife
end three children were fitting at the time. It
happily mired tbem,but paffed within a few inches
of the head of one of the children.

An inqutfition was taken on the 7th nit. at Pit.'
tea, Etre:, on the body of Ann Ruff, aged 70, who,'
although apparently in good health, dropped down
dead, as the was walking tome linen, in company
with another woman—Verdift, Natural and fud-
den death. On the 16th ult. another inquifition
was taken at Stiffo►d, on the body of Ann Boy-
de.i, who ass found dead in her own hook.—Ver.
die, Natural and tudden death. And on the 18th
alt. another inquifltion was taking at Matching,
on the body of John Willer, who as he was driv.
Mg a waggon, in attempting to turn his hates
out of the road to pats a cart, fell down, when the
fore and hind wheels paired over his head, by
which be was Co much bruited as to oceuftem his
dead-. the fame eccoipz.—Yesdia.—Accidentally