Star. — 1803-05-11 (London, England)

MANIAS CORPUS. In confequence of the Habeas Corpus which was obtained a few days ago by Mr. Jeer's, to be dire&cd to the keeper of the jail of Dorchefler, John Fortenue Morgan and Francis Hallings, two Lieutenants in his Majefty's Navy, who were tent, by order of Captain Wolfe, to impre(s fen. men. appeared in the Court of King's Bench to be bailed. It appeared, thefe gentlemen had a legal warrant from the Mayor of Weymouth, to anprefs lessen t and in the difcbarge of that moll hazardous and difficult duty, they were refined by great bodies of men, not only tailors, bat great numbers of what they called the Portland men, who were armed with mufkets, (words, and plants. Captain Wolfe informed them, he only meant to imprefs (earner', but they told him • none fliould be impreffed. In confequence of this refinance, feveral men were killed, and a number of Captain Wolfe; Alen were wounded with muntet balls. After a number of the affidavits were read on be. half of the defendants, and feveral made by perfons totally difinterelled in the bufinefs, Mr. ERSKINE, on the part of the defendants, obferved, that he had Rill whole volumes of affidavits. which had been moll dillinelly Rated by his learned friend, Mr. Item. when he moved for the writ. He humbly apprehended the Court would not be at all dilpofed to confider this as a doubtful quellion He &mild think it impoffible, that any Grand Jury for the county of Vorfet ( when they came to be affißed with the charge they would receive from the Learned Judge who (bmild attend the Affixes there), could find an inditnment for murder againn thefe gentlemen. owe iitipipeofflide. when they found thefe gentle. j a a very important and a very pe. * 1, called on by their duty to man his I • t • war. They were unqueftioa ably under the Latin of the law. No Into could fay the imprcfs fervice was not a legal fervice; after the various proteitions, and the Various Ails of Parliament that had paffed on the fubjeCt, it mull be confidered as a legal fervice. If thole who had oppofed and attacked them in the dilcharge of their duty were (landing before the Court, and the queftion were, whether they fhould be bailed ? that would be a very different quellion. Lord ELIAMPOROUGH anted, if there was any perfnn who oppofed them? Mr. J•RVIs laid there was not. The two defendants entered into a recognizance of vol. each, and each of them had four fureties, who entered into a recognizance of tool. each, that the two defendants would appear and take their trial, at the next Aflizes for the county of Dorfet—They were immediately difcharged. Mr. ERSZINI obtained a writ of Habeas Corpus to be diretted to Captain Cumberland, to bring up John Bagley, who had been impreffed. He is an apprentice on board a merchantman, and heroics a citizen of the United States of America. Mr. HULLOCK moved for a Habeas Corpus to be direCted to the commander of his Majefly's fhip Perfeus, to Wing up an impreffed man, of the name of Brown. He is an apprentice, and this application was made on the affidavit of the Matter, who (wore that he was now on board that Axil), and that according to the belt of his belief, he was detained contrary to his own will and inclination. Lord Ectsasoaottou Paid, it might be true that it was now contrary to his own will and in-1 elination that he was on board, after he had re ceived the bounty money. His Lordfirip thought it would be proper that the manor mould amend his affidavit, by Rating, that, to the belt of his belief, his apprentice had not entered. It was not more difficult for him to (wear that according to the belt of hit belief he had not entered, than it way that he was detained onboard stgainft his own will and inclination.  _ _ MIRaIOTT, ri MR, In