Star.
London, England, 1824-01-28 00:00:00

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This was a common salvage cause, in which the sum
of 15 guineas had been offered to some half dozen men
of Bridlington, who are accustomed to pilot vessels on
that part of the coast into Bridlington harbour.
The COURT took an opportunity of animadverting on
the great grievance of numerous affidavits in these
small cases. They increased the bills of costs to patties
far beyond the amount of the interest at issue. The
case itself was one of little more than pilotage, and
there would be no necessity for such a multiplicity of
averments in cases of this sort. After hearing Counsel,
Lord STOWELL said, that Courts were bound, in look-
ing at these cases, to consider, not merely what had
actually been done in the way of salvage or pilots„?,'
whichever the present service might be called, but the
ultimate benefit which they rendered to the commerce
and navigation of the country. Certainly the case now
before him was not one of a high class of salvage • but
it had about it that degree of merit, that he should give
the six men 51. each, and their costs.

A comet is now visible from four to six o'clock in the
morning: at five o'clock it bears a little to the north of
east, at an angle of about 30 degrees from the horizon,
and appears to move with great rapidity. It appears to
')e situated near the two principal stars in the head of
the Serpent. It is presumed to be the same which was
visible in England two months ago.—Philadelphia Gaz.
The London Papers state, that theformidabfe opera-
tion of removing a thigh at the hip joint was performed,
for thefirst time, at Guy's Hospital, on the 16th instant,
by Sir ASTLEY COOPER, and that the limb was removed
in the space of tweet minutes. It appears from the
Edinburgh Medical Journal for 1823, that the same
operation was performed on the 2d September last, by
Mr. JAMES SYME, of this city, and that the limb was re-
moved within, at Me most, one minute.—Caledonian Mer.
If He may judge by the general tone of the United
States' Papers, a closer alliance with this country would
be very popular there. One of the Boston Papers last
received, contains the following extract of a letter from
a Member of the United States' Senate, dated Washing-
ton, December 17 :—" I understand that it is firmly
believed, on the very best authority, that Great Britain
will take the same stand that the President has in his
Message, as to the interference of any foreign Power
between Spain and her Colonies. If England is honest,
then, with our assistance, neither France nor any other
Power can find troops to accomplish their obj ect of
subjugation. It is so much the interest of England, that
I should expect she would act with vigour on the occa-
sion.'—.American Paper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

A Jarvey, the driver of N 0.176, was yesterday summoned to
this office, at the instance of Sir Richard Bimie, for charging more
than his fare.

Mr. Rosussox was the presiding Magistrate, and Sir Richard
Birnie became the complainant in his own Court. He stated that
on Friday he had a coach called from Charles-street to the office-
door, and with Mr. 31inshull, his brother Magistrate, proceeded to
Shores gardens, from thence to Serle-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields,
back to 'Favistock-street, and again to the office. He was after-
wards driven to Whitehall, and from thence once more to Bow-
street; on his return he asked the coachman his fare, he replied
that be hoped he would give him 7s. Sir Richard handed him
three half crowns, and told him to take what he liked. The man
took the half-crowns, and gave him sixpence in change; the real
fare not being more than 4s. 6d.

The defendant pleaded the length of ground, but declined having
it measured.—Mr. RoaussoN ordered the coachman to pay a fine of
20s. but at the instance of Sir Richard subsequently reduced the
penalty to half that sum.
A MAN or WAR.—Monsieur Achilles de Leske, a most tremen-
dous-looking military beau, with a pairsof patent mustachios and
costume of the latest Parisian fashion, was brought up from the
watch-house, having been taken into custody the preceding evening,
in Drui y-Lane Theatre, upon a charge of being disorderly. It
appeared from the statement of the officers that the defendant had
entered the Theatre at half-price, and obtruded himself into one
of the dress-boxes, in a very unruly manner, and thereby created
some interruption to the audience. Quietness was, however, at
length restored ; and alter the play he went into the lobby, where
he commenced a running fight with the fair votaries of dissipation
in that centre of attraction, many of wham he treated with great
roughness. The officers at length interfered, which drew from him
many invectives on the English police. Finally he flung an orange,
which he held in one of his hands, in the officer's face, and was in
consequence, after some resistance, taken into custody.
On heing questioned he said, lie was an Officer in the French ser-
vice, and lived upon his property.
Sir It. BIKNIE said, whatever might be his rank, he was not to he
permitted to disturb a peaceable asid respectable audience in a
Theatre by his violence. Ili. Worship then observed, that he had
heard there was a nest of foreigners living in the Metropolis without
any visible means of support ; under these circumstances he should
make sonic inquiries at the Alien Office respecting Ac/tiller, and, in
the interim, he ordered him to find bail for the assault.