Star.
London, England, 1809-02-03 00:00:00

Lifir INTELLIGENCE.

COURT 01 KING'S BENCH, FEB. 1.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
THE %isO O. )!ORGAN AND HUGHFA
This was a motion to file a criminal information
ligainst the defendants, magistrates forrthe county.of
'Carmarthen, for an undue administration of their
office. The subject of complaint was the committal
of a youngman of respectability,; on a charge of fe-
lony, for steal ng his neighbour's knocker. The Court
granted a rule Nisi.

SETTI;EMIVT9.
•
An appeal from an order of Session occupied a
considerable portion of their Lordships' time. The
question was, whether a pauper, ,by renting the milk
of two cows!. of a farmer, bad gamed a settlement
CLu7onn. conyended that' he lad not, inasmuch
as the pauper . had.. no.interest in the rand ; and it
might as well be arthe man who had made
cheese of the milk ..ht from a farm gained a set-
tlement in the parish 'where thecows were tiepastured;
or that the man who contracted fur the- feathers of
the geese turned into the Cheshire stbuble for the Li-
verpool market, as was the custom of the country,
obtained a settlement in the parish where the geese
were fed. The court' however, were .of 'opinion
that the pauper in question had_ pine 4', a. set-
tlement, and
.their judgment eeded upon thelair
laid down in the King v. For- these
reasons the Court thought the order atthe
Sessions should be reversed. , • . ,
, .
. .

_
COURT OF commol

t9l.fts..

. .
- WAN 1,417. hIOFYAi'T.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who
is a dancing-master, to recover pf the defendant, who
is a minor actor, a large ;Urn of (honey expended for
the defendant's use, under an impression that when
the defendant's father die& and he inherited.* pro-
perty he possessed, the defendant would discharge the
obligation. That event had happened, and Axe. de:
adai
fendant refused to repay the plaintiff's kindnetse -;
alledging,- that he had never, as the jaintiff had st - '
ted, undertaken fo pay, and that the monies
ced by the plaintiff' were' spontaneous gifts; and no
loans. The plaintiff, however, proved, that he had
frequently paid the defendant's reckonings at the
0. P. and P. S. a house of call for provincial actors ;
that he had given him articles of apparel ; and, in
short, had expended several SUM of money in pro-
moting the defendant's credit and convenience. He
vas, however, only enabled to make but £l2, and.
a fraction advanced, to the satisfaction of the Jury,
and for which the plaintiff obtained a verdict.

DREADFUL FlRE.—About five o'clock yesterday
Morning a fire happened at the house of Bruce and
Co. Army Agents. Pall Mall-court, Pall Mall. It
is reported that the fire was occasioned by the negli-
gence of a servant who attended Mrs. Bruce during
her accouchement. A candle had been left which com-
municated with the curtains, and the apartment was
in flames before assistance could be procured. When
the alarm was made; the. greatest anxiety prevailed
for the safety of Mrs. Bruce, whose situation render-
ed her incapable of avoiding the threatening cala-
mity. The screams and confusion of the family ex-
cited the greatest dread and apprehension among the
neighbours, many of whom rushed into the house ;
and we are happy to say, that Mrs. Bruce was res-
cued, and conveyed to the house of a friend in Pall
Mall, without having sustained any other injury than
agitation of mind, occasioned by the accident. The
drums beat to arms, and the volunteers attended to
assist the firemen. The whole of Messrs. Bruce
and Co's premises had been consumed, and great
part of the house adjoining, in the occupation of Dr.
Bradley, and the devouring element communicated
to the house occupied as an office by Mr. Macdonald,
which was also destroyed ; but we are happy to hive
it in eur pwoer to make known to his friends, that,
through the great exertions of the firemen and gentle
men of the neighbourhood, the whole of Mr. Mac-
donald's books and papers have been preserved, and
are removed to No. 5, King-street, St. James's, where
the of the office will be for the present con-
ducted. From the confined situation okhe court it
was expected that Mr. Angerstein's house, at the cor-
ner, would have been destroyed, and the whole of
that gentleman's valuable collection of pictures was
consequently removed to a place of security. The
premises fortunately escaped injury, kit the precau-
tion used was of great importance to Oe arts. When
the fire first began, the smoke extended to Carikan-
house, and the domestics of his Royal Highness were
greatly" alarmed ; but the danger which threatened
the neighbourhoud soon decreased by the activity of
the firemen.

It is wth pleasure we have to mention another case
of the vi?tue cif•the AMERICAN Soormwa &ram% A
child of Mr. Palmer's, No. 5, Short's-gardens, Drury.
lane, w..s at deith's.cloor, without the least hope of its
icing saved, being several days in strong convulsions
with-its teeth, he having both the measles and chin-
. cough, at the sable time. The child was not
expected
$o live. The first time his.sums were rubbed
gos to mend, and after foe times wing the,Syntp,
Lad several teeth thiough. To be had of-the-Promo.
ter,:.V...losmsoN, 94, Newman-street, Oxfongarbsid, at,
ck44ing's' 42, Cornhill, and at all the principal Me-
dicise Vendee in town aINIVCO22t27S at 2s. 9d. a bottle,.