Star.
London, England, 1820-01-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE..

Faz.mocrn, JAN. F..N.E.—Arrived the GoiTor%
TAYLOR, from Viana ; and Avonmor.., Mune, from South:Jn
for Youghal. Sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, with a
Mail, for Lisbon.

Poarsmouvir, JAN. 10.—Wind N.B.—Arrived his Najest-'s
ships Hum and Pumbr.a., from a cruize: Sailed the Spet
Asoasivs, for Hie Janeiro, with powder ant shot.
DEAL, JA.. 10.—Wind N.E.—Put back by advent tvi
the Mary, Pula.noossaz, from Liverpool for London.
Mosso**, JAN. 10.—A large boat has brought on shore :ns
anchor, weighing-about 11 cwt. with about fathoms ut
or 11 inch cable, which was left by the Lady Popham, off -2.:
North Foreland, which vessel proceeded up Chan. el.
Coaroat-Hoosr., JANUARY B.—Entered Inwards: The Prince
of Saxe-Coboarg, Ladd, from Rotterdam: Zephyr, Brown, frorn
St. John's ;. New Harmony, Humphrey, from Sligo; Lord
verpool, Notice, from Rotterdam ; Speedwell, Holderne;s, 41.4
Acorn, Beadler' from Stangate Creek; Catherine, Sharp, frcm.
Cork ; Aurora, Nichols, from 'Waterford ; Parfait (-Moo, from
Calais; Belluno, Hull, from Stangate Creek; Jane, Drysdale,
from St. Michael's; Trial, Leathy, from Seville ; the Garlar.4,
Penrick, from Glasgow ; Integrity, Pagan, from Demerara ;
the Quebec Packet, from Memel; Perseverance, Higgins, from
Waterford ; the Albion, Richmond, from Pictou ; St. Charles,
Benoret, from Caen ; Mayflower, Miles, from Cork ; Burden,
Richardson, from St. Andrew's ; and Pyrennees, Martin, &cm
Jarnaica.—Cleared Outwards : 'Hie Catalina, Campbell, fer
Sierra Leone; Brothers, Hendry, fur Oporto; Asia, R:lelerston,
for India; Wallace, Edkin, for Hayti; Emma, Gulliver, and
Harleston, Brightman, for the South Seas.
JANUARY 10.—Ships Entered Inwards: The Dart, Daniels,
from Calais ; Concord, Murray, from Belfast; Hannah, Webber,
from Quebec ; Venerable, Davies, from Antwerp; Marie
Louisa, Picquot, from Caen ; I.innet, Waddler, from Dove r;
Helena, Redding, from Zureckzee; and Three Friends, Howard,
from Antwerp.—Entered Outwards : The London acket,—,
for Boston; Duncan, Wilson, for Tenerife; Iris, Capier, for
Jamaica; and Duke of Kent, Pound, for Rotterdam.--Cleared
Outwards The Mercury, Carbett, fur the South whale fishery.

EAST INDIES.

EXTRACTS FROM CALCIITTA JOURNALS OF JULY LAST.

ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.

Miezarortn..—Letters from Chunar and Mirza-
pore mention, that about eight o'clock in the even-
ing or the 16th instant, the shock of au earthquake.
was experienced at these places. We ought to have
noticed in our last, that the same eirect, in a slight
degree, was remarked about the same time at Cal-
cutta. At Chunar, the motion was accompanied by
a noise in the atmosphere, which resembled that oc-
casioned by the rapid flight of birds.
JIONPOOR.—The shock of the earthquake that was
felt in CalcUtta, on the evening of Wedneiday, the
16th instant, about half-past eight o'clock, was ex-
perienced also at Jionpoor, pretty nearly about the
same time, as will appear by the following extract
of letter transmitted to us from that station, which
reached us by yesterday's dawk
" A strong shock of an earthquake was felt here
on the night of the 16th of June instant, at a quar-
ter past eight o'clock ; there were three distinct vi-
brations from west to east, with the usual accompa-
niments of rattling wall shades, swinging punkahs,
and flapping doors. There are different opinions as
to its duration, which appeared to me about tweedy-
five seconds; the intervals were very distinct. It
was not accompanied by the rumbling noise I have
usually heard pn such occasions, and which I have
hitherto imagined to be the earth's vibration. both
the noise and motion must be separate effects of
some unknown cause. The rains have not yet com-
menced, and the weather has been unusually hot."
SULTANPORE.—Extract from a letter dated Sal-
tanpore, Oude, 17th June, 1819 :—" A severe and
awful shock of an earthquake was felt at this sta-
tion last night, at seventeen minutes past eight,
which lasted some time, and occasioned very consi-
derable alarm. The Bungalows actually rocked,
particularly .the mess one of the Ist Battalion 19th
Regiment, in which the Officers were at dinner at
the time, and the huts of the soldiers were a good
deal damaged. The heat for the last two or three
days has been excessive, and not a drop of rain has
yet fallen."
BERADIPO4L—On Thursday, the 24th instant, at
about seven o'clock in the evening, a violent storm
of thunder, lightning, and rain, occurred at Seram-
pore : the lightning struck the flag-staff, and shivered
the mast from top to bottom, wrenched the iron
clamp at the foot of the mast ; and discharged itself
into the ground around the punkah building, that was
erected to fit the flag-staff into. This was a most
fortunate event, as there .were three or four Gentle-
men standing at and near the winch,w of Colonel
Meiselback's house, all of whom might hays been
struck had the lightning touched the corner of the
house. It was accompanied, at the same moment,
with the loudest explosion that can possibly be con-
ceived—as if a hundred cannon had been fired at the
same moment.

CALCUTTA, JUNE f9.—The Theatre, at Chow-
ringhee, was honoured, on Friday evening, with the
puesence of the Marquis and Marchioness of PAS*
TINGS, and the House was filled at an early hour.
MA DEA s.—By The. Madras Courier of the I.sth •
ult. we observe, that the Head-quarters of his Ma-
jesty's 13th Dragoons, and part of that Refiraent,
disembarked on the morning of the 14th. The surf
was very high, but no accident occurred.
PENA NG, MAY 29.—0 n the 21st of May, as three
Malay women were fishing in the Sanghy Draka,
on the opposite shore, within the Company's limits,
one of them was suddenly seized by an uncommon
large tiger; the cries of her companions, it appears,
intimidated the ferocious animal, when he quitted
his victim, and made of for the woods. The unfor-
tunate woman expired shortly after.

The following paragraph has appeared in several
public Journals:—" We deeply regret to hear that
some of the best-informed friends of the Officers em-
ployed in the Lxpedition sent out to search for a
North-west Passage, have given up.all hopes of ever
seeing them agatn."—We also deeply regret, that
any intelligent Jour.nal should insert such a para-
graph. lc was known, from the setting out of the
Expedition, that it was not only probable, but almost
certain, they wouldhave to winter in Davis's Straits;
every article likely to contribute to their comfort and
preservation in that case was liberally supplied; and
' many instances are upon record, wherein the crews
of vessels yea specially fitted out for wintering, hate
returned home in safety. • No well-informed person,
therefore, is warranted in saying, that there is .no
ground of hope for the return of those persons.
Yesterday, being Plow Monday, the Officers for
the several Wards in the City of London were sworn
into office, at Guildhall, before the LORD MAYOR.

FESTIVTIES, END CII.4RITAIILE DONA
TIONS.

The PRINCE REGENT, on his late visit to Warwick
Cainle, left £lOO in the hands of General Sir C. GRE
TILT.E, to be expended for the use of the pour of
Wai wick, which was done last week by distributicqz
warm coats to the men, and as many vinte•
cloaks to the females.
The Countess of LINDSEY. with her usual benevo-
lence, gave a fit beast, weighing upwards of seventy
s:cile, to the poor of L'tling:oa and Tallington, in
C!•.: istrnas week.

Lady SOPHIA WittcHcorE gave a good old Eng-
dinner of roast beef, plumb-pudding, and ale, to
•',ftv poor people of Glar_ton, at the Horse-Shoe Inn ;
.Ind aided to this bounty a supply of clothing for
of them.
_ _ _

Three fat Oxen, the annual present of Lord GWY-
;IR, were distributed to the poor of Grimstliorpe
ELlenham on the day bei4e Christmas-Day, with
pr.,porti.na.e quantity of bread. In all seasons,
the residence of this Nobleman at his magnificent seat,
Linceloshire, is productive of comfort to the neigh-
Louring poor.
Christmas-Eve, at Brocklesby, the seat of are
:licit Hon. Lord Yitarsonoumt, 100 stone of fine
beef were distributed amongst the poor of that parish ;
sixty-tour families are clieved there weekly with
new bread and broken victuals, viz. thirty-two on
Tuesdays, an I thirty-two on Pi idays. These last
:,ct, nF berevoleuce are not confined to the poor of
proale;ilv, extend for several miles round Lord •
Y.+ aeoßou(in's hospitable mansion. •
At Ct, i.z mas, Dr. \Vitus's annual gift of warm
clotl7inz was distributed to the whule of the poor of
(ire trc•rd ; tti ho derive also much comfortable nou-
rishment fr.:m good soups, &c. from his house,
ever, ?a v.

Generai DowoEswer,t.'s annual donation of beef
ctoen.), wai disc, ihuted -Amongst the poor of Lit-
t;e l'cnton, on St. Thc.mas's Day.
Amory the numerous charities of the season, are
these of Sir WI L LIAM' and Lady WEtity. Two large
cxen have been liberally distri:)uted to the poor in ti:e
of I)ertcn and Harstcn, and cloJling to the,
rot necessitous; also soup given tw:ce a week to
the poor in Denton.—On the i-t of Nov ealber last,
ci..,..;lity-cight children, educated in Dentoa and liar-
tt,)ii by WILLIAM and Lady WELar, tot which
iimar:ls of sixty girls are re;;ularly clothed by her
I.Ady.,in? .w.. 1 her daughters), were regaled at the
‘titli roast beef and plumb-pluldin,
a gcn.iitie specimen of old English hospit7.lity, as
we doubt :lot, to the worthy ..i.: :ors, as it
tv,is acceptable us th,,,e who partook of it.
Lady Otivln SPARROW, a few .-,:tys at.o.zave .4
einner l!er Brampton Park, to the children
of BraifT:cn School, one huildred and tweaty-:hree
in nuraher, w*.:o are clothed and educated solely at'
her Lalysaip's expense.
At .11nwick Castle, the magnificent residence of
ftc Dake of NORTHUMBERLAND, old English hos;:i-
tality i., kept up, uniting the social enjoyment ut the
,ur:.-m.lihng Gentry with generosity to the poors.T
Cl•ahing is gi‘en to great numbe: s of
both sexe-. Six tine bullock:: have beet' di-tribute.i. •

The Marquis of NfoRTHANIPTON, in addition to his,
2nnual donation of jackets, gowns, flannels, and
firing , to the poor ut the villages of Castle Ashby,
Chadston, Yardley, and Easton Mandit, as %yell as,
the villages on his Lordship's estates in Wai wick-
shire, has this season adopted the same plan which
lie acted upon last, that of giving employment to a
re a number of poor labourers, which, at the same
time that it adds to the beauty of his Lordship's seat,,
;tits it in their power to maintain their families by
own industry.
Li consequence of the very depressed state of the
I.,,iicultural Interest, the Hight Hon. Sir JOSEPH
It ANK S has recently been pleased to give directions!
1/4) ;:is Lincolnshire agent to make such reductions of
e-:.z as may enable his numerous tenantry to meet

LI: emergencies of the times; renvii king, that olm•
le:ce would Utlcird him no enjoyment•, conld he be-
line that the comforts of his tenants and dependents
underwent any diminution. _

A tradesman at the west end of the town makes a

InGst nut-itious soup from salt beef liquor, ad(ling
vas, barley, roots, Stc: which is delivered twice a
week (i-,va!nitously) to twenty poor families. wi:h
0....e-51%....a par: of a goartern loaf to each ; he is as-
si'..e2 ,r Lady of fashion only Nith a nhscril;-
ticf of 1 J. The soup is to be continued on f(4- two
150 nv_sals per week are to
se poor and c,-..rnfo:tleis for about three-nalfPente
er,.-h ir. c7.7pene—a laudable example, worthy of b..
Ll:owed.

Eca llysal-t, t!le se::t 3f tile Afarquis of ANG I. E,EA,
Las nec a ,ccr.e o; great festivity, duriag the ChriA-
Inas holidays.

TR I:DEC:A11 FEST IVITIES.-111C Ancient a 4ish hos-
i!iiitv never more tastefally di•.playcu :nan it is'
Christruac, by Sir CirattLEs Morcii.lx, Bart. It
commenced on tLe2i st nit. will an agricultural exhi-
bi:ion, whe:e acc,)arn:odation was afforded
those who favoured -.vith their stock.—The
;irl.ianity and alfal)ility of the Baronet to e-:ery in.
d:vidual, together with 11;s
most marked gratiticalion a: tile ordinary. Up-
s.ards of a hundred and f-Zty perscr.% -,were daily
tatert:zined under his roof, where 11,L.thing could
tArc:d the attent:on of his ann.— :s.ho
the honours of his table in a ni.inne: to create
bot only general admiration, but endeared her to
.:I.—The severity of the weather prevented the
r,.ual races on Twelfth Day ; but at cr,:i:ier hi
neighbours joined his party, and celebrated tne an-
festival with lotteries, quadrilles, counti
(es., &c. till a late hour in the morning. In the
,-arse of the week the company visited the
• ,'der the patronage of the worthy Baronet, atid,
'1! their liberality, strongly marked their aFpro-
Lr.ion of it.

FE,TIVITIEC AT ASITRIDOE CASTLE—DUriET last
:k the hospitable seat of the Earl and Countess of
i.flugir.waTEtt was a scene of gaiuty ; all the fami-
n the vicinity were visitants. The Earl and
Cou:.:ess of VERULAM, General CAPEL, the STAN-
‘'')Pr.., the Ladies BnowxLow, Captain and Mrs.
(:u,T, Earl and Countess of 21fAcctesFtzt.n, and his
Itryal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER. Great
I;.orz in the field in the morning ; music and cards in
*vening. The Royal Duke was very successful
• ';'. game—Speculation .1 A series of more happy
•s have been .Worn seen.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 10.

MADRAZO V. WI t.LIS.

This was an action brought by a native of Spain
against the defendant, Captain of his Majesty's ship
C:ierub, for seizing a vessel belonging to the plain-
tiff, ca!led the Escrubadore, toge:her with her cargo,
,:onsisting of 290 Negro slaves, anal certain goods,
rnerchividize, and stores, valued in the whole at
£34,500.

The case, according to the evidence, was in sub-
stance this :—The.plaintiff, a native of St. Andero,
er Spain, had, in the year 1817, equipped the
crubadore at the Havannah, fora trading, voyage
i r slaves, to the number of 520, on the coast of.
Africa. In the month of October, she arrived off
the coast of Africa, and took on board, in the course
of that and the folhrwing month, at Ningo, Porto
Novo, and other ports, a very considerable number
of' slaves, men, women, and children. In the month
of January following, being still on the coast of
Africa, she fell in with a Portuguese vessel, called
the De Forso, with the Captain of which she bar-
tered tobacco, muslins, cotton, and other goods, for
an additicnal number of slaves, making in the whole
290. In this exchange, it appeared that the Portu-
guese Captain had received more value than the Ne-
groes were worth, and the Captain of the Escruba-
dore, in order to redeem himself; sent ;in armed
force on board the Portuguese ship, and compelled
the Captain (as was alleged on the part of the de-
fendant) by violence t re.rad the surplus value.—
In a few days afterwards, the Portuguese vessel fell
in with the defendant, who commanded his. Majesty's
ship Cherub, stationed on the coast of Africa. under
Sir James l'eo, to prevent the traffic in slaves, and
to protect merchant ships from piracy, when the de-
fendant was informed of the alleged piracy, com-
mitted by the Escrubadore on the l'ortuguese vessel.
Ile immediately went in pursuit of the Spaniard,
and ea the 17th January, 1318, he came in sight of
the Escrubadore, then lying at anchor off the coast.
The moment the latter saw the Cherub bearing down
upon :ler, the cut her cable and pushed off to sea,
but she etas presently overtaken, and boarded by
;he defendant, by whom the Officer in command
Captain being then dead) was charged with pi--
ra,:y !ii.),)11 _he Portuguese vessel. The supposed act
of piracy was explained as a voluntary restitution of
the vaiae which had been overpaid to the Portu-
re sc, is the baiter of slaves ; but the defendant,
hos\ el made capture of the Escrubadore, and
;.ta,k possession of her cargo and stores, released the
u2hapi-y slaves, who were then in a most deplorable
state of health, from their manacles, and, in the re-
A:I:, carried the vessel to Sierra Leone, where she
art ived in the month of April, when the Negroes were
set ac lit:rty. The defendant afterwards carried the
Escrt2lnuore to Jamaica, where she was delivered,
o,r the 30th of July, to a British subject, named
MLacheil, the agent of the plaintiff. It was alleged,
shat the defendant had himself purchased part cliche
g00..s and nierchandize, which were sold to the highest
bidder, on board the Cherub, by the Captain's clerk.
Tie of the stores and inerchandize, indepen-
dently of the slaves, was estimated at 4.:6,100, and the
saves themselves at £9l) per head whereas, on the
part of the deiendant, the proceeds of the stoles and
merchandise were stated to amount only to 1.425.
It appealed that the bounty allowe.i by the Govern-
ment at Sierra Leone, for slaves taken in this manner,
was -1.:20 per head. The condition of the uallapiei
Negroes taken on board the plaintiff's ship, was de-
scribed as most deplorable. The small-pox and the
dysentery had b,roken out amongst them ; and when
they were released from their confinement, very few
were able to stand, and still fewer able to
1;e1;lre they reached Sierra Leone, a great many had
died, and a number of others shared the same fate
Ater they were landed, notwithstanding the greatest
medical skill and kind treatment were exerted for
their recovery. One half of the cargo consisted of
men, and the remainuer of women and children. It
appeared, before this capture was made by the de-
iendant, he had seized another Spanish vessel, called
the Consejo, laden with Negroes, and that the Cap-
tain of that vessel was afterwards hanged at Jamaica
to: piracy. Under the circumstances above stated,
the present action was brought. The case on the
part at the plaintiff, was supported by the single tes-
ti.:!ony of a Spaniard named Pellisere, an Officer on
hoard the Escrubadore. The case of the defendant
was supported by the testimony or Lieutenant Stokes,
Lieutenant Benson, Lieutenant Austen, Officers on
board the Cherub, and Mr. Kennett M'Catiley, one
of the Members of Council at Sierra Leone, the ob-
ject. of whose to timony was to go in mitigation of
damages, the Learned Counsel for the defendant
having adnutted that he had no defence to the.action.
Before the defence was concluded,
The CHIEF JUSTICE interposed and said, that he
had very great doubt, whether a foreign subject
cauld recover, in an English Court of Law, for the
value of slaves captured from him in the act of en-
deavouring to transport them from Africa, because
the effect of the late Act of Parliament, fur the Abo-
litioa of the Slave Trade in his Majesty's dominions,
was to declare that odious traffic absolutely unlawful?
That being the pi-neat impression of his mind, he
should direct the attention of the Jury simply to the
question of such damages, as the plaintiff was enti-
tled to recover fur the loss of the ship's stores and
the rrterchandize seized by the defendant. The Jury,
however, might take into zonsideration the question
of loss sustained by the capture of the slaves, and
they would find such damages upon that part of the
L:oe, as appeared to them to be reasonable, leaving
it to the defendant to move the Court upon the ques-
tion, as to the plaintiff's legal right to recover upon
that part of the claim.
The Learned Counsel on both sides acquiesced in
this !node of proceeding suggested by his Lordship.
The Jury having received the Learned Judge's
directions as above-mentioned, they retired for about
an hour, and on their return found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages £21,180, which sum was com-
posed of an allowance of L3OOO for the seizure of the
ship's stores and goods, and £lB,lBO in respect of the
supposed profit on the return cargo of slaves.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JANUARY to.
LIBEL.—THE KING V. ITUBBORD.

GeoTe Hubbard, a Half-pay Officer in his Ma-
jesty's service, was indicted for the publication of a
false and defamatory libel, of and concerning (;harks

Lewis. It appeared that an unfortunate young wo-
man was some time ago killed near the Military
Asylum, Chelsea, by a cart running over her. The
parents of the deceased being unable to provide for her
a decent burial, • the defendant humanely solicited a
subscription, and applied the money so raised in the
most correct and 'immutable way. The prosecutor,
who is a baker at Chelsea, residing within a few '
doors of the defendant, had made some observations
respecting the misapplication of the subscription
money ; and the defendant, tenacious of character,
thought proper to resent the insinuation by posting
on the walls of Chelsea, a certificate from the mother
of the girl who lost her life,' in which she declared
that Mr. Hubbard had honourably and humanely
applied all the money to her relief. The defendant
also posted another bill, in which he stated that the
prosecutor, instigated by the Devil, had uttered a
false and infamous calumny. These placards being
circulated to injure the baker in his trade, he was
compelled to commence this prosecution.
Mr. ADOLPI/U§, in behalf of the prosecutor, pro-
posed to proceed no further, if the defendant would
submit to a verdict of guilty, and consent to admit
the calumny did not originate with his client.
Mr. Hubbard refused to accede to the proposition.
Mr. Lewis, the prosecutor, then stated on oath,
that he never said the defendant had misapplied
the money.
The defendant said, he would bring evidence to
prove that the prosecutor had traduced him, and
that what he had written *as perfectly true.
The CHAIRMAN impressed upon the defendant,
that, in the present case, the truth of the libel was no
defence whatever.

The defendant then content!ed that the paper in
question was no libel at all. The publication was
provoked by the conduct of the plaintiff: it was
called for in vindication of his (the defendant's) ho-
nour : for, had he acted the base part impureJ to
him, he would be justly degraded from his rank as a
13riti,h Officer, and his wif• and children would have
cause to hide their heads in shame.

The CHAIRMAN had no doubt that the paper was
a libel ; and regretted that the defendant should, by
the heat of his feelings, have beer, betrayed into so
rash an act.—The Jury found him Guilty.
The COURT, feeling for the situation in which he
was placed, allowed him to be discharged, taking
his recognizance in £lOO, to appear, if called on, for
judgment ; intimating, at the same time, no judgment
would pass provided he kept the peace, and did aot
re-publish the libel.
The defendant, on these terms, was discharged.—
Several petty assaults were tried.