Star.
London, England, 1803-01-20 00:00:00

SURREY SESSION&

Tuefday job, Purfert was tried for a violent
andgrnf. Ali-Ault on the perfon of James Bailey.

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Th.: rrolecuter keeps a polibc.honfe, called the
ii...,,n of the London-Bridge, in Maze Pond, South
‘i trk ; on the 4th of December lafi, he was al
In:ltcci ir. his own paittge by the ptifoner, in com-.
pang with another not in cufivtly, when, on ac-

mutt of his making fi•!'ne ance, the pi if
(-iimpanion laid, " f)—n what hare you
done with your knife?" Pt fently the ptofectitor
was frock in feveral places hr the prifoner, par
iicularly in the cheek, where. on the s.ght fide, he
was opened from his mouth fn Le:ir to his ear, that
a very fmall didance more would have coiled in•
;tart death : he was alit cut acrors the and
his coat cut in feveral tmrzs, v.h:re, if the knif:
hil entered his body, it Inuit have proved fatal.
Mrs. Bailey, on hearing an outcry, canieforwatd.
and alarmed the people of the nisH;hbintrhood.—
Piii.dc.:t was taken into cultody ; but his accom-
plice &aped.
The whil: of this cafe was proved, with fome
very ai4grarating circum!lances AS to lan;uage
and lickiviour ; arid the addition of the forgeon'i,
eriihince, which was, that it was a moll delperate
and Inch a one as he could fcarcely fop
pole lie could furvive after. The Jnry being
charged, immediately found him Guilty.
The Chairman expatiated nn the enormity of his
offence : he faid it was one of filch a nature, that
it required more than common abilities to difcern
whether, if he had been indifted for a capital
offence, his life would not have paid the due for-
feit to the laws? As the cafe now flood, it became
the Court to pals on him fuch an exemplary fen-
tence as might deter others from the commitfion
of fuch crimes in future. The fentence of the
Court, therefore, was, that he be impril,ned in
the Kook of Corrediun tor the county of surrey
for the li,ace of two years; and, at the expiration
of that term, to tied fureties for his further good
behaviour for fever; years."
The Calendar of prifoners being gone through,
was then called over, and the sentences palled,
when the Seffiuns was adjourned.

jobnfix, the fmugglcr, b4ore he quitted this
kingdom, after his efcape from the Fleet prifon,
Riled in his own cutter, the Atm, tiom Hove to
Bexhill, in the counts' of Sntfex, where he lande,l;
and remained fome how s heroic he retuned to
his veirel. This he had not Img done belo:e tl
circumilance was communicata—l ro a Captain of a
revenue cutter, lying off in the road, who, in con-
fequence, purfued and boarded the Ann, but with-
out finding Johnfon, who, it is now foppoied, on
Peeing his cutter chafed, went aloft, throude I him-
felf in the rigging, and thereby made anther hair-
breadth cfcape. •
The Court Martial, at Sheernefs,on Capt. Fgt.
ItUlt, doled on Thurfday. He was tried on
charges of falfe muller on board the FORT V N tr,and
for ufing unofficer-like language to Mr. LsoNARD
TAYLOR, Boatfwain of that Ihip, on the 26th of
September laft. The fentence of the Court was,
that the charge of &We mufler was not proved,
but that it was malicious and ill founded i and
that although the expreftions ufed by Capt. Fla-
KIER to the Boatfwain may be deemed improper,
yet, in confideration of the fituation of the FOR-
TUNE!,-and other circumflances, they acquitted
him of further blame upon the occafion.
The Naval Hofpital belonging to his Majefty at
Simon's Town, together with numerous other
public works, fimilarly circumflanced there and at
Cape Town (Cape of Good Hope), have been fold
by auftion, and were, for the greater part, fur-
rendered to the purchafers on the tfl of Odober.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS IN IRELAND.

WAR•OFFICE DUBLIN CASTLE JAW. 10.

His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has been
pleafed to fign Commit:lions for the following Gen-
tlemen to be Officers in the under mentioned Yeo-
manry corps:

Glanerne Yeomanry Pioneers—Mexander 'raylor. Efq. Car-
een ; Duncan Macintolla, Efq. Secoud Captain; Richard
Bourne, Efq. Era Lieutenant; Foliot Whiteway, Efq. Se-
cond Lieutenant.

Cagle Armftrong Infantry—John Warneford Arniltroug, Efq.
Captain, vice Thomas Arm[lron?, Ef 3. defeated.
ad Company &trait Infantry—Eir:t Lieutenant Robt. Gor-
don, Captain, vice Brown, d reared.
Cavalrp—Second Lieureaant William Pollock, nirft
Lieutenant, vice Warring, who ; Charles Courtney,
Efq. Second Lieutenant, vice Pollock, promoted.
Newry Infantry—Second Lieutenant JaniraScoright Firft
Lim-
tenant, vice Beath, who rctlgns ; William Anktell, EN. Se-
cond Lieutenant, vice Searigla, promoteaL
Ardslafs Infantry—John Martin, I. fq, Second Lieutenant, rice
Henry, promoted.
Loyal Keileen Infantry—Second Lieutenant Edmund 0111.
betty, Eirtt Lieutenant, vice O'Malley. dec.: Niartin 0' ftlal-
ley, Efq. Second I.ieutcnant, via, Oiiilahrrty, promoicd.
Louth Cavalry•—Pirft Liautenart CLichatter Fortcfcu.: Cap-
tain, vice Mathew Fortefcoe, Efq.doceafed.
Templemore Cavalry—Arthur Carden, Eq. Captain, vice Sir
I. C. Carden, Bart. who rcligns.
Pommy Infantry—Jamcs Lowry, Efq. Captain, vice Robert
Lowry, Efq. deceated.
Duncannon Infantry—Samuel Th.:chin:lan, Efq. Second Lieu-
tenant, vice Loa-ay, who r.sf.zpc.