Star.
London, England, 1808-08-02 00:00:00

WErMOUIH, JULY so.

On Thursday afternoon, came into our Roads,
Lord CRAVEN'S beautiful yacht, having on board his
Lordship and Lady CRAVEN, accompanied by a fa-
shionable water party. Possessing the advantage of
a pleasant breeze, she brought up in fine stile. The
DAR/NG gun brig was at anchor in the Bay, and
hoisted the private signal, which not being answered,
all hands were immed►ately called to quarters, and as
the yacht bore a very warlike appearance, it causel
not a little bustle on board the DARING, till the yacht
came alongside, and was hailed by the Commanding
Office:. _ .

In the evening, the 'whole party came ashore in his
Lordship's barge, and repaired to Russell's Hotel,
where they intend remaining during his Lordship's
stay here, which at present will be but short, as his
Lordship intends taking several trips hither this sum-
mer, on account of the safe anchorage to be found in
Weymouth Bay, above all other watering places in
the kingdom.
Our Theatre, under the management of Mr.
HUGHES, has undergone several adGittonal embellish-
ments, and was opened on Monday last, for the sea-
eon. Mr..H. has engaged a very respectable com-
pany of performers from the Theatres Royal, Bath,
Birmingham, Liverpool, etc. His exertions to gra-
tify our•visitants, it is to be hoped, will be amply se-
paid, by a continuance of their liberal patronage.
New arrivals are daily and rapidly pouring in, and
many farmlies are prudently engaging lodgings pre-
vious to the commencement of Blandford Races in
August, much difficulty frequently occurring in pro-
curing accommodations fronting the sea, from the
great influx of company that arrive after these sports
of the upi have taken place.

LAW I.%7ELLiGINCA:

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 1-- '
This•day the Lord Chancellor finished' Big turd
Seal after term.

• PRINCE V. DOWNS AND CO.

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ic
atter toe Trani of 711Ner RSA* SCA it .up to
e French, He was British Consul acknowledged as
s h atCora The Qovernmeneof Codas not
Government of Russia, but of the lonian Repub.
Ile. The Russian !Leg wa., not flying there, but tai
flag was that et the lonian Repnblic.
Lord ELLENROROUQII „said, he should not, ender
' these circumstances, receive this sentencrin evidence;
and the Defendants, if they had any case, must iely
on the blockade ; but they could not prove that the
Captain of the vessel, an American, had Any notice
of the blockade. •
Mr. PARK observed, that the distinction had been
taken by Sir W. Scott, where the country in which
the sentence was pronounced, did not belong to the
Power whose Court pronounced it, but was a co-bel,
ligerent, then the sentence was oonclusive, but not
otherwise. .
Lqrd ELLEXBOROIIOII said, he should always hold
the authorities of Foreign -Courts to condemn ships
as prize, to the utmost strictness of proof, when of-
fered in evidence to affect the rights of third parties
in a Court of Justice in this country. Indeed there
were some of the most enlightened minds in" this
country, who thought they ought never to be receiv-
ed in evidence at all, on such occasions. Lord Thur-
low never met him without saying so ' • his mind was
full upon it; he said it was an anomaly in the Law,
and ought never to have been ajlowed to have crept
into it. His Lordship said he agreed with ,Lord
Thurlow upon that subject, and he should die in that
faith ; but the usage of nations, perhaps, required,
certainly authority -had decided, that these sentences
sllould be received in evidence, and be conclusive on
all things on which they operated—a Doctrine, to
give way to which was sufficiently painful in many
ins ances, but he should never consent to extend it an
• iota beyond its letter. Here the Russians were mere
visitors at Corfu, and had no more right to pronounce
this sentence of condemnation than he, had ; and
. therefore the Plaintiff was entitled to a Verdict.

In this case an injunction was applied for to restrain
she Defendants from bringing an ejectment against
the Plaintiff, and depriving him of the possession of
certain mills in the neighbourhood of the town of He-
reford, occupied by him.
• Sir S. ROMILLY, Mr. HART, and Mr. Rungx.e,
stated, that the Plaintiff had some time since been
rendered Bankrupt, but had compounded with his
personal creditors, by paying them fifteen shillings
in the pound. To get quit of a mortgage credit*
over certain mills belonging to him in the neighbour-
hood of Hereford, that he might be enabled to re-
sume the possession of them and work them, so as in
time to pay his creditors in full, the Plaintiff applied
for the assistance of the Defendant, who, it was ma-
terial to a due consideration of the present question
to observe, stood in a variety of different relations to
the Plaintiff, then bankrupt—he was the petitioning
creditor—he was one of the Commissioners under
the commission—his nephew and partner was the
Solicitor to the commission—and Mr. Holloway, also
his partner, was the Assignee. Standing in tbese
different relations to the bankrupt, the Defendant,
Mr. W. Downs, agreed to advance money to redeem
a mortgage to the extent of 41001. which the Plain-
tiff had granted to a Mr. Boddenham, to which he
accordingly acquired ri6t. The Defendant, in his
answer, indeed stated, that this was not all, but that,
in addition to the mortgage-debt, he had agreed to
advance a farther sum, to make up 48001. in conside-
ration of which he was to become absolute purchaser
of the mills, &c. in question, the Plaintiff being in
the mean time to enter into possession, and to con-
tinue tenant, at a rent of 2451. a-year, besides hav-
ing a right to redeem the mills, if in his power to
repay the sum advanced for them, at any time within
the space of four years. This, the Learned Counsel
submitted, was utterly inconsistent with the original
object of the Plaintiff, as admitted by the Defendant
himself, namely, to get possession of his subjects for
the purpose of extricating himself, and paying his
creditors in full. The Defendant himself, in his an-
swer, admitted that the Plaintiff had agreed to ex-
pend considerable sums in improvements, aed that
the mills, &c. were worth.double the rent charged ;
yet with the same breath he would have his Lord-
ship to believe, that the Plaintiff had consented to sell
to him subjects capable of yielding a rent of 5001. per
annum for 48001. Supposing this atatement, however,
to be true, the 7001. had never been advanced, nor
had the conveyance ever been executed. It was only
on a draft of a conveyance being tendered, in which
there was no right of redemption similar to that spe-
cified by the Defendant himself, that the Plaintiff, and
that too within the four years,.filed the present bill, in
which the mills in question were sought to be redeem-
ed. The defendant could therefore be considered only
in the light of a mortgagee, and being already in pos-
session, in as far as he admitted that he had regu-
larly received the rents, could have no right to bring
an ejectment against the Plaintiff.
Mr. RICHARDS and Mr. Coors, for the defendant,
contended, that, in the present stage of the question,
there was no necessity for inquiring whether the De-
fendant was the equitable purchaser of the subjects
or not. The only question was, whether the mort-
gager, being himself tht tenant, w •as entitled to say
to the mortgagee, that he (the mortgagee) was in
possession :1 consequence of his receiving the rent,
however inconsiderable, which the mortgager might
chance or might choose to pay ; and that the mortga-
gee was not entitled to enter into possession, at least
LO the effect of procuring an adequate rent. They
submitted, at all events, that the Plaintiff, in order to
prevail in his present application, must pay into
Court the whole sum advanced by the Defendant on
account of these subjects.
Sir S. ROMILLY, in reply, contended that the de-
mand last urged could never be maintained while the
Defendant attempted to plead in his character ofpur-
chaser. Whenever he chose to wave that character,
and to assume his proper one of mortgagee, the
Plaintiff should meet him by instantly redeeming.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, generally speaking,
the mortgager could not be entitled; as tenant, to
maintain himself in possession against the mortgagee,
who was at liberty to make the most of the subjects
he could. The defendant in this case, however, froM
declining to make his election as mortgagee, depri-
ved the mortgager of the privilege of redeeming. In
this situation, the most equitable thing he could do
for all parties would be to grant the injunction, the
Pjaintiff finding security in the event of the Defen-
dant h&ng ultimately declared the purchaser, to pay
what might he reckoned a fair rent for the subjects,
and also to yield possession of them without suit, writ
of error, or otherwise.

Verdict for the Plaiatiff—Damages to the amount
of the Pvlicy:

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, ULY 30.
COj.DSMID v. FARQUHAR AND CO.

This was an action on a bill of exchange, for 7381.
drawn by a merchant in Aberdeen, on a mercantile
house in Oporto, endorsed to the Defendants, Messrs.
Farquhar and Morris, and by them to the Plaintiff.
The bill was dated the 28th of August, 1807, pay'ible
at 30 days sight, and it was protested for non pay-
ment of the 30th December, having been transmitted
to Oporto, through Gottenburgh, Amsterdam, and
Hamburgh.

Mr. Serjeint VAUGH AN, for the Defendant, resisted
payment, on the ground that all diligence had not
been used in procuring payment of the bill in ques-
tion ' • hut that, on the contrary, instead of transmit-
ting the same direct to Oporto, where the port was
open to us at the time, the Plaintiff, for the sake of
a more profitable exchange to himself, had caused it
to make a circuit through places under the dominion
of our enemies. In this way, instead of reaching.
Oporto within three weeks after the Bth September,
as it might have done, it did not arrive there till the
end of December, when the place vas in the posses-
sion of the French ; while, it could be proved, that
bills drawn in a similar form, and a month later, on
the same home, transmitted in a regular manner, had
been paid.

Sir J. MANSFIELD regarded this as entirely a ques-
tion of law. It was one, at the same time, with which
he was unacquainted, and as to which, therefore, he
could not instruct the Jury. He recommended it,
however, to them, to find generally for the Plaintiff;
he reserving to the Defendant the grand objection as
to want of due diligence, and also a subordinate ques-
tion as to a jotting on the bill, desiring' the holders,
in case of need, to apply to M. Wessemar, by which
the Defendant would be liberated from exchange and
re-exchange, as to which, however, no proof had been
brought.
The .fury seeming to be of opinion, that, agreeably
to the practice of merchants, all due diligence had not
been used; Sir J. MANSFIELD left it with them to
find in one way or the other ; declaring, however,
that he would save either party, so as to enable them,
however the verdict should be, to move that a verdict
on the other side be entered.

The Jury retired at a quarter before four o'clock.
About five o'clock, the Chief Justice rose, the Sittings
before him being then finished. Soon after the Jury
begged a conversation with Mr. Cox, the Clerk at
Nisi Prius ' • but parted with him, still disagreeing as
to their verdict. They once or twice in the interval
wished a Juror to be withdrawn ; and finally, at a
quarter past eight o'clock, returned a verdict, that if
the bill had been presented at Oporto in due time, its
would have bein paid.

MARLBOROVOR-STRRET.---Friday MOMS: .111iichell
was brought before N. CONANT, Esq. at this office,
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 30. " on a charge of having enteredinto the service of
ZONALDSON v. THOMPSON. . Francis Wightwick, Esq. by means of a false charac-
The ..\ T'CORNEY GENERAL stated this, to he an Ac- ter. The charge being proved against him, he was
don upon a Policy of Insurance, on a ship on, her committed to. the House of Correction for three
v:Tvage from Malta, for Surinam ; captured by two months, not being able to pay the fine of 201.
privateers lselonging to Russia, and carried into WORSH(P-ST,REST.--Yesterday IV. Langley was fully
Corfu, there condemned as prize on account of Malta , committed, charged with stealing out of a waggon,
being then a blockaded pert. He did not pretend-to !on Saturday last, near Ponder's • Ends, a bundle of
sty that Malt.: was not, blockaded, but the Captain I female attire, belonging_to Mary Southall; a fellow
..,f this vessel had net notice of it. But the great ob- passenger.
jection was to the Court wherein this vessel was con- Moor: Hatt.—Mr. Witastanley, a broker in St!•
sienined ; it was not a Court of competent jurisdic-
George's Fields, was summoned to appear ter 'answer
tion, for Corfu was not 4 a part of the empire, nor 1 the complaint of Mary . Williams, a young
giri.,
subject to the Emperor of Russia; and therefore this :
charginghitn with detaining abox containing venous
vessel was illegally condemned, so that the sentence 1
articles
of
wearing
apparet, her
property. On .
was not conclusive in this case, of the ship being
/ hearing before Mr. FOURNIER, it appeared, that this
t. issfal4 condemned; which it would have been, it_
I Dux was taken among other property under a Warrant
-.-sver unjustly condemned, had the Court been of I.of distress by Mr. Wnstanley, against the Mistress of
(. snpetent jurisdiction. - - • I Williams ; and that, on opening the box, the articles
The s,-hesle of the ease almost was upon admission ; were generally the propertyof Mrs. Stevens, on whom
of fuels, and. the only-question was, Whether Corfu` the levy was made, and to which- her initials and,
wls or was not subject to the Doritinion_ of Russia- i marks were affixed. This, it should seem, on. evi-
'slow, it was so far otherwise, that at the tithe of the ! dencc, induced 'the -Magistrate to -discharge the corn.:
posing of this sentence of condemnation, Corfu was 1 plaint. -
p.trt of the lonian. Republic. . Phillips, an officer of Bermondsey, brought up two
Mr. T.sitt: contended, Corfu was under-the domi" I womea and a man, for, on the Sabbath day, being
;lion of Russia when this sentence was pronounced, : drunk and doing great mischief. One *as
and called Mr. Eifke to prove it ; that Gentleman ;riotouslycommitted, for want of miscues, to the Sessions • the
was English 'Consul at that place at.that time ; Rus- ; others. made, amends for the injuries they had, done,
,ia vas then possessed of it as a military situation; asked parthin,.and were discharged.

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DR. I MEo'S ANALErTiC PILLS.
jdE celebrity of their pin, as a :amend
tine of health, by assisting nwureiu the due dheitatv of tee
is become universe% and they are'now r•ctun.
ioigetisOrby Meditul Gentkrness of the kin eminence; who tot
them in their own families. They are admirably, calculated fa*
disorders °fills stomach and bowels; for persons of a hitions,
gouty, of a ?hournatie disposition; Hera attar thos • whose cps,
stitutions have been affected by a sedentary life, or by a resit:el:cc
ip hot climates; also for head-achs occasioned by in•ligcstion to
idler bad effects of free living and for preventing paliit,
• , so often the consequence of isontsperence. Thein
which gently open the
,pores by night and the body by day,
ireixreDeut in told, and slight fevers ; and they have a tendeury
totprOmOte slisept They should never be omitted at bed-tit,l%,
al* any excess of eating or drinking.
Said only by Fr Newbery and Sons, No. 4G, 9t. Chit&
yawl, Loadoni and at Dr. James's Imo house, in Brutop•etrett)
in Boxes, price 4s. 6d. each, or six in one large 13ot, for 11.4
dottiniuded. _
rj Observe that the words, " P. liesibery, No. 45, St. Pairs.-
-
are engraved form Stamps.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning - - 27 minutes after 11
Afternoon O minutes after 12

DIXeN'B CELEBRATED ANTIBILtOUS PILLS. I
Vintrbs'EPills have long obtained a just celebrity
the private practice of the Proprietor, M. Discus, Apothe-
cary.and from their great success in many absticatebilious Disor-
ders on ritunerous patients oftlistinction and others,patticu lady the
Duke of Bedford, Sir George Warren Sir Gregory Page Turner,
the Dowager Lady Say and Sele, the montess. BulkeleY, &c. I
Ste. he was persuaded to offer them to the iistblie, under the-appro-
bation and sanction of their name.
The following is a proof of their ei9c9cy:
"Deal Castle, Haverford West, South Wales, Prb.E4, 11303.
6". Captain Lloyd presents his: compliments to 1,1-r. Dixon : al- i
• though not personally acquainted, with him ; wmtid take it as a fa- j
your., Jibe would sendhimfoir or five boxes. of his Pilla.as sooss
is be possibly can. Mrs. Lloyd, who has" allays used the Medi-
eine, is no* pregnant, and vsry Spiral ; far the great service they
have been to Mrs. Llgyds as welfits tool. irrshop- and all his fa-
• only, Capt. Lie* feels it-his. defy to recommend the pills where- I
ever he goes ; he really thinks if Mr. Dixon would appplnt tome
persons ai venders in this county, it would be a benefit to the •
community."
. I
The More Minato be MI ascompaiable retnedy for restoring
the Mlle of the sterna* for outing losligestion,lie prev!nting
crudities, and their consequent diaagreebbla eructation, and fiatu-
lencles. They prevent habitual and temporary costiveness, sick
head-aches &it'd:heart:bum which ix .occasioned by pregoancY,
and a dabilitsfed stomach, whether arisinglions. theacrimony of
theledusdimbilt, intempenatalies,;ordritsidnito excess. " •
Uhl Vaticale .and retail at Mr. Butler's, CheaPaide,
corner of Paternoster-row, London • tamer, Edinburgh and
Glasgow.; and retail by Most country •iirftcliclise Venters, to Voser
atfts. 941. and tis.