Star.
London, England, 1825-05-07 00:00:00

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This morning, at seven o'clock, the Second Battalion of the Fiht
Regiment of Guards marched from the Tower, to the Tenter
ground, Goodman's-fields, and had a field-day, under thecominand
of Colonel JONCL

It is reported in the Military Circles, that the rank of Captain•
Lieutenant is to be revived, for the purpose of rewarding the oldest
Lieutenants of the Army, witom it is found impossible, during a
peace, to give regimental promotion to for many years.
It will be very gratifying to those Officers who have Often shed
their blood for, and served their country, in almost every pant of
Ithe woild, for the last 20 or 50 years, to be distinguished from the
juniors of the same rank, many of whom have never yet faced an
enemy, or even been mat of the United Kingdoms.
This measure, which has for some years past been resorted to in
the service of the Hon. East India Company, if adopted, will fur-
nish another proof of the justice of his Royal Highness the Cost-
staxaaa-ss-Cusse, whose kind feelings for those under his immediate
care, have always appeared united with those wise regulations
'which have made our Army superior to any other in the world.
The estimate of the charge of the disembodied Militia of Great
Britain. from the 25th of December, 1824, to the 24th December,
1825, is £303,459 Is. 6d. and the estimate for the Militia of Ire-
land for the same period, is £94,207 13s. 6d.

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LAW REPOT.
COURT ,OF CHANCERY, BLtY 6. -
WI)ICtieSTER D• CIIAAIBLRS.
The LOnD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case,
one of the oi,era-house causes.. It tv.4s an application
for a receiver to be appointed. His Lordship taw
no
grounds for appointing x receiver, either for the tents or
the Oj'era•house, or the houses in Cumberland street.


COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 6.
IN RR BeNNIITT, MAYO 3 OF FoWEIC.
The particulars of this case have been already re-
ported at length. It was.a Petiti•in to supersede the
commisinn of bankrupt sited out against Mr. Bennett;
a-d it alleged that individual to be not only solvent,
b.it a prison of property ; that the-debf due to the peti-
tioning creditor (Mr. Trefusis Smith, solicitor and town
cleik of Fowey) was the amouct of a bill of costs for
business of the Corporation ; and that the procieding
arose from a party feeling, growing out of electioneer-
ITIAtIer,.
The SOLICITOR-GLNERAL contended, at some length,
that this w4s the teal motive of the proceeding; and
that the only act of bau.kluptcy assigned, was Mr. Ben-
nett's twine denied to a person who came about the bill
of cogs referred to. _

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ie support of the allegation that the-debt was a joint
and not a separa'e debt, Mr. MoNTASE! read the ac-
count Of Mr. Smith, which was headed—" John Ben-
s/V*4ohp Mess•-r. Robert Halle, and John Flammand,
Esqrs. Dr. to I. T. Smith." He eynatiated at some
length, and very facetiously, upon the several items of
the account, all of which shewed that the business done
was on account of the Corporation; and he commented
with some severity upon the behaviour of Mr. Smith,
whom be considered to be assisting the views of Mr.
Austin, the.expectant of the representation of Fowey,
and who was a party at .the interviews between Mr.
Smith and Mr. Wells Boson, his adviser. He contended
that the debt was in fact no debt ; that nc act of bank-
ruptcy had been committed ; that it was entirely a
manoeuvre to injure the character 9f Mr. Bennett and
the party he espoused. The person to whom Mr. Ben-
nett was denied 'was an attorney, who represented him-
self as a traveller. The affidavits stated that Mr:Bennett
was a most respectable person, worth 40,0001. and this
was not denied by the ether party.
The LORD CHANCELLOR interposed in the course of
Mr. Montagu's speech,. observing, that it had been re-
cently fully deterniired, in a case before the House of
Lords, that where a joint creditor represents himself as
a separate creditor in the docket) the commission cannot
be sapported.
• Mr. MONTAGU said that he was fully aware of this,
and should not have occupied the Court so long, but
that he wished that die people of Fowey should not think
that this case was got rid of merely on a point of form.
• Mr. HEALD, for the petitioning creJiror, disclaimed
any electioneering projects in this transaction. He ob-
served that many acts of bankruptcy had been cons-
muted by Mr. Bennett. He complained of the impu-
tations thrown out against Mr. Smith, who, if he de.
served what had been said of him, ought to be struck
°lithe rolls. His bill of costs remained two years un-
paid. He offered to refer his claim to arbitration ; the
Mayor and his colleagues refused. His only remedy
then was an action; but when he tried to serve Bennett
with a copy of the writ, the latter secreted himself; he
was denied ; and though he was seen in his garden.,
looking at some feats of horsemanship, when the per-
son on the watch went to his house the servant said
he was not at home. Was a nun thus baffled to be
ridiculed in a Court of Justice, and to have his bill read
with all the solemn mockery of pretendel pathos,
which accorded very ill wish a-lawyer's bill? As to'
Mr. geonett's respectability, although the Solicitor-
General might think proper on-this Occasion to uphold
his purity, yet if the Attorney-General's avocations
threw part of his duty upon him, lie would perhaps
have to prosecute this very Mr. Bennett in a Court of
Justice for smuggling. Contraband goods were found
secreted on his premises. 'and were seized by Custom.
house officers, as the affidavits chewed ; and the prose-
cutions are still pending, though Mr. Bennett has made
ineffectual attempts to compromise. With the know-
ledge of this, an attack ..bad been made on Mr. Smith,
and his Lordship's valuable time had been consumed
for•an hour in order to appease the irritated feelings of
these worthy smugglers.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, upon rising, intimated that
he would hear the ease farther if necessary, but that is
the docket distinctly stateJ that the debt was a separate
debt, and the other documents as clearlyshewed that it
was a joint debt, the commission was decidedly bad.

INDSOVENT DEBTORS-COURT, MAY S.
This Court Was to-day very much crowded, in con-
sequerce of his Royal Highness the Duke of York being
subt cenaed to give evidence in the case of Wm. Pope,
an insolvent, who c ime up on his petition, to be dis-
charged. Mr. Harrison, of the Treasury, was also
subp,cenaed by the insolvent. The insolvent was de-
scribed in his schedule, as formerly of York street,
Westminster, agent ; after then of Untielif, Sussex;
aft: rwards of Streatham, in Surrey ; then of Stock w ell;
afterwards of Glanville-house, Middlesex ; and late of
Garden-row, London.roati, Sauey, taivern-keeper, and
keeper of a lunatic asylum. 'The insolvent was ex.
mined, and stated, that, inianuary, 1824, when he
was before 'lie Court, he had in the possession of' a
fiiend a trunk of papers, which had been given him by
a Mr. Ogilvie, as a special security for a debt of 2,6301.
The Court ordered those papers to be ermined, but he
did not give !hem up, a''he did n t wish to expose the
parties they related to. In March following, he gave
them up to Mr. Knight, a solicitor, who gave hiM an
undertaking to pay the 2,6301. but in April the papers
were yeturued to him by Mr. Knight, and from whom
Ire learned that the parties would do nothing. Ile
(insolvent) had understood that the Doke of York had
sent somebody to settle the debt doe from 'Ogilvie.
Mr. Knight said, he thought it would hive bee < !,ettled,
had it trot been Mr. Greenwood and Sir llzi hen
Taylor. Insolvent was much surprised at the papers
being returned, and said he had nothing el.se to do
but to, lay the case belo-e the public. Ile aiter-
se Inds waited on Mr. Morrison arid Mr. Ogilvie,
and, upon some representatien, returned the pK.ers
again.. to Mr. Knight, to give to the Duke of York,
but whether they were given to his Royal Highness
or not, he could not. say. An o1f:r of money had
be n recently made to him to give up tlieraperr.—
There were no securities for money among tire papers. but
there were letters of privacy, and a Mannstiiit 'bock in-
tended to be pnblished, would h :ve Paid all Fiis
4 sigh, 534- Krfight sakkt the palerk visit now the
pa-4E6001%0f a Gentlirewi:.'st iusolverft
hard sretgiver to•V abarn back. • -11tCy diskaot rekise
'Millie? %idiom, tinetis he insolvent

' bad no hap:est whatever in.than. lisnostey pctnl&heve
saw attained by the letters, it. must
~bweer %rya bf eX.
tortion. He (witness) received the rpm uncondi-
tionillf to destroy them, if he thought proper; but he
thought it right to deposit them with a Gentleman at
the Bar. The manuscript relalecr 10. some private co:-
respondena of a person of high cons.deratiou, but he
did not think it was intended for publicati .n. The let-
-ters in question are a correspondence between the Duke
of York and Mrs. Clarke ; they are .53'in number, and
die Court directs(' Mr. Pollock, in whose 'mods they
were piateCl,to g:ve a report of.the'r contents, and for
that purpose the case was adjotitned.
The Court was crowded by many fashionable persons.

COMBINATION AMONG THE SHOEMAKERS.

bit-. Millard, the S'licitor, applied at Guildhall, on
behalf of a master shoemaker in Watling-street, tor
the Magistrate's advice with respect to the proceedings
of the journeymen, who. have combined to obtain an
aJvance of wages. The number of persons associated
is estimated at from 4000 to 5000, and the amount of
the inctease sought is 3d. on a pair of shoes, according
to the ordinary price; but o sly ld. or lid. on those
paid by respectable, masters. The addition thus sought
would make a difference of about 2s. in the weekly
amount of wages earned by an industrious man, and
the masters do not seem to think this increase unrea-
sonable, the incteased price of provisions being c.insi-
dered ; Uut ih. y a:e unwilling to bend to the system of
combination. Round all the principal shops, Mr. MA-
lard stated, the I,urneymen Shoemakers Committee
stationed sentinels, who prevent, by persuasion, or in-
timidation, any person from working for a master who
refuses to agree to the advance. The party for whom
he attended employed about 12 men, every one of
whom had -left his service, and the sentinels occupied
the narrow pavement of Watling-street, and obliged
every passenger to turn ont into the road. No pat ticular
acts of intimidation could be proved, because the men
to whom they Fere used, had now all joined the Society.
Mr. Aldetman Cot said, the City Sewers' Act stated,
if any person shall occasion any kind of obstruction or
annoyance in or upon any street, &c. or prevent the free
passage of any footway, he shall be liable to a fine of
51. Let it be proved any person had been incommoded,
and he would punish the offender.
Mr. Millard thanked the Magistrate and retired.
Thomas Allen, who had been standing sentinel at ano-
ther shoemaker's, in Watling-street, was brought in,
charged with stopping and questioning a man who had
just left the shop with a bag of work, but as the party
ho had thus been interrupted was absent, the prisoner
was remanded without entering into the case. In a
third case, where actual threats had been used by the
sentinel, the Magistrate granted a warrant.

Doyen. MAY s.—Lait night was launched from the
yard of Mr. Jesus DUKC, ship-builder, a beautiful new
steam vessel, called the Calpe, of 4 tons and up-
wards, intended for the Mediterranean trade. Sailed
yesterday his Majesty's packet, the Fury, with the
mail and passengers, amongst whom were Madame
CATALAN' and daughter.
The Cazique of Poyais, it appears, still governs his
dominions on the Mosquito Shore, though he does not
possess a single foot of land in any quarter of Ame-
rica. His Highness now resides at Paris, and there
maintains the government which the King of the Mos-
quitoes has prevented him from exercising in his own
proper States. One of his subjects, or rather one of
the adventurers, who intended to settle in his domi-
nions, lately applied to him for the payment of lows
which he had incurred in the ill-fated expedition to
Poyais. The application was received, and an answer.
returned in due form. The answer states, that the
Government of his Highness will take the claim into
consideration, on the transmission of the proper docti-
ments necessary to establish its justice." This precious
paper is dated April 20, 1825, .and signed by order of
his Highness, by Count Blackman, Director-General
of the Home Department. •
The Dublin Freeman's Journal says—" Yesterday, a
most painful sensation was created through town, in
consequence of a forgery upon the Bank of Ireland, to
a very large amount, having been discovered, and traced
to a Merchant of this city, who had always borne a very
fair character, and was held in high estimation. The
distress and concern which this occurrence has created
to the friends of the unfortunate Gentleman is consi-
derably increased by the misery that it will entail upon
an amiable wife and twelve children. The accused
has as yet succeeded in escaping the vigilance of
the police. His escape was a most extraordinary
circumstance. He was standing in the office of the
Gentleman whose name had been forged, when the bill
was brought by a Bank Clerk to ask if the signature
was genuine? upon which the accused absconded."
There bas been lately a very extensive circulation of
base coin, both of silver and gold. At the last Old
Bailey Sessions, six individuals were convicted of selling
counterfeit coin at a less price than its denomination
imports, for the purpose of its being uttered, which is al
felony—uttering is only a misdemeanour. The Learned
person who gave judgment upon the abovernentionedi
convicts, and who is supposed to have taken for his
I motto 44 Joylex claietatur cum nouns absolvilur,” passed
a sentence which is likell•to prevent the increase of the
ciime alluded to. Several of the prisoners were ordered
to be twice publicly whipped, and confined two years
in the House of Correction ; and one, a Jew, who was an
old offender, had an additional whipping awarded him.
Tuesday, as the four-horse coach from lab to Ox-
ford was proceeding at a quick pace down the hill lead.
tog from Swindon, it upset. One Gentleman (Captain
Mairis, of Wootton Bassett), had his thigh crushed, and
was otherwise so severely hurt, that he expired in the
greatest agony. Anotl'er Gentleman (Mr. Phipp, of
Highworth) was so much injured, that his recovery was
despaired of. Oue of the horses. was so shockingly
lacerated, that it was killed on the spot. Mr. and Miss
Little, of Wootton Bassett, were also outside passengers
—the former of whom jumped off, on seeing the danger
to which he was exposed, and very fortunately was not
in the least hurt. Miss Little was thrown against some
palings, and received a slight injury on her back. The'
inside passengers escaped with but a few brui.es.
At the Boston Mayor Elect's dinner, on Monday last,
the follow ing toast was received with great enthusiasm :
4, The Member. of the House of Commons who so n'ibly*
and constitutionally voted against the claims Of the
Roinan Catholics."
The names of Foote and Berkeley were coupled -to.
Bethes as long ago arlBll ; in that year Ann Foote, the''
wife A
of the Aev. r.Fontet was 'examined in the Berke.
ley' cause, and de'posed that Mary GOT afterwards
Ladpgerkeley,theanother of Colonel 13erkeleY; formerly
livott•Vith her. at Broughton Melberg in Kent. •

POLICMANSIONE INTAELLMENCC. 1
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BagiiioVliti *be iras charged with haviti stolen eleven sets: of
the works of Hoiattk,-was bmnght sap for spat examlaistrou. 'flee
property was lit.'llierrison's.—Mr. Williams, the stationer, proved?
a enaesion by the risaner that be had stolen the sets in question 4
from' Mr. Harrison's stock, while in Mr. Williams's warehouse.—
Mr. Lee, who appeared as Counsel for the ptioseention, made a
long speech, in which he stated, amongst other things, that Messrs.
Hurst and Robitarn were chargeable with 'having purchased some
of the its, under such circumstances as proved they were aware
the property was stolen. Mr. Robinson, however, appeared, and
brought his books to prove that tbetransacdon was strictly correct 1
and honourable. •• . 1
Tice LORD Maeon said there was nothing incorrect in the con-,
duct of the highly respectable house which Mr. Lee had attacked,
and conimitted the prisoner for trial.
BOW-STREET.
Two fashionably dressed young men, named Morehead and
Esterby, were brought before Mr. Ilaws charged with assaulting.
a Bow-street patrol, at Shooter's.hill. Randall, the patrol, stated
that, an Tuesday evening last, be was on duty at Shooter's-hill, and
observed a chaise on the road coming' towards him in a zig-zag
motion, and the driver appeared unable to drive his horse steadily. i
It appeared that Mr. Esterby had the whip, and Mr. Morehead
had the reins; and whilst Mr. F.sterby, flogged, Mr. Morehead
tried to guide the horse; but
The horse—which never in that sort
had handled been before ; • I
What things behind his tail had got,
Did wonder more and more.
'When they came up they drove him Randall, on the butt, and then
cut him across the head and face with a whip. He had previously
calked out "Patrol,;' and when they flogged him with the whip, they
repeated his-words, with some sneering observations. He followed
them up the bill, and called to Mather, his companion, to stop
them, but the defendants kept on at a rapid rate, lorehead with
the reins, and Esterby with the whip iu his hand. In reply t this
charge, Esterby said he was a Cadet under Col. Peters, o the
Riding School, Pimlico, and Morehead said be 'vas a s edical
Student. They bad engaged a horse and gig to enjoy a day's
pleasure, andleing rather fresh, and the horse having had two
feeds of corn, he had gone on at a very brisk rate. They declared
. most positively they did not strike the Patrol, and they accounted
for one having the reins and the other the whip, by assuring the
Magistrate that was a matter of necessity. The reins had broke,
when they were ascending the hill, and while one joined them, the
other held the whip. They further stated, that they got intoxicated
after dinner, and they believed that the Patrol observed it, and was
desirous of making some money by a compromise.
Mr. Haas said he would prevent anything of the kind, and
called upon the defendants to find bail for their appearance at
the Sessions.

QUEEN-SQUARE.Cha►Ies Sheinsonels, a footman in the service of Mr. and Mrs
Stikeman, proprietors of one of the boarding-houses in little Dean's
Yard, was charged with robbing several of the Westminster
scholars, who reside in Mr. Stikensan's house. The Rev. Hugh
Hodgson, one of the tutors in the establishment, who resided at
Mr. Stikeman's house, stated, that during• the last six months, the
wardrobes of the scholars had suffered very considerably by pecu
lesion, and articles of wearing apparel were coutinually disap-
pearing in a very mysterious manner he himself had also been a
sufferer. Numerous were the complaints of the scholars of their
losses, and various plans had been adopted to detect the thief, but
all to no effect. Yesterday morning, one of the scholars missed
many articles of dress from his wardrobe, and an alarm basing been
raised, aU the servants' boxes were ordered to be searched; aU were
willing for the examination to take place, except the prisoner, and
he said he bad lost the key; his box was Sneed open, and a vast
number of articles of dress, watch-chains, seals, and keys, were
found concealed under the prisoner's clothes. They were all pro-
duced, and a considerable portion was claimed by Mr. Hodgson,
and several of the scholars. The prisoner, l his defence, said he
knew nothing about the property found in his box, nor how it came
there, unless it. bad been put there for the purpose of entrapping
him.-.He was committed for trial.

SPORTING ANTEI,LIGENCE.

•
CHESTER RACES—SIav 4.
Dee Stakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. for 3 yrs old. Derby Weights.
Ld Derby's gr. c. Autocrat , . . 1
Sir T. Stanley's brother to Haji Baba . 4
31r. Clifton's ch. f. Infant Lyra . 5
Three others started, but were not placed. Won cleverly.
- The Stand Cop. Twice round and a distance.
/A Derby's Urpnda, 4 yrs old . . 1
IA Grosvenor's Hymettus, 5 yrs . . 2
Sir T. Stanley's General Blina,• 6 yrs . 3
The City Plate of 60gs. for all ages.
M , .
r. Geary's b. h. Libertine, 5 yrs . 1 1
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