Star.
London, England, 1805-11-06 00:00:00

II •ARIZ BUTTON.

This was a Petition in the matter of Aldridge, a
bankrupt, praying that the bankrupt's certificate
might be flayed, &c.
Mr. Cocoas, for the Petitioner, Richard Button,
opened the petition' Rating, that the prayer of the
petition was, that the bankrupt's certificate might
be flayed, and that the debt due to the petitioning
creditor under the commillion, as well as others,
might be expunged.
I'hc Petitioner, in the prefent petition, was a man
upwards of eighty years of age, and, in the year
klor, was poffefred of a (mall farm in Northamp-
tatilhire ; from exceffive old age and infirmities he
was unable to manage this farm, and gave it up to
the bankrupt, upon condition that he was to main
Lain the Petitioner in ample meat, drink, wafhing,
and lodging, which was agreed to, and a deed exe-
cuted accordingly. Soon after, the bankrupt with.
held the ufual allowance, and the Petitioner was
obliged to apply to his parilh for relief. After Come
time had elapfed, the bankrupt took him back again
and maintained him as before ; bus, taking advan-
tage of his infirmity, he perfuaded him to execute
a releafe, and he was again thrown upon the parifb.
Mtioto were then brought agaitift the bankrupt for
breach of covenant ; damages and coils were award-
ed to the Petitioner ; and executions ailed againli
the bankrupt, in vain ; for at that moment, the pe-
titioning creditor under the commiflion, Robert
Chamberlain, laid his claim for a fum of 4.001. odd,
as he (wore, for mile fold to the bankrupt, and mo.
ney lent ; upon which the cons:nil:Goa Wised, and
Sumac' and John Aldridge, the father and brother
of the bankrupt, claimed for cnnfiderable fums of
money, and proved debts to a large amount, with-
out any evidence of the manner in which they were
cosstrafted ; and, what was mod fingular, thefe per-
forts never were known to porefs any fuch fums of
money, being poor farmers. Iliac Farley, mother
.near relation, al(o claimed a large fum to be due to
him, who was only a journeyman baker. There was
a further objellion to this conuniffion, that the bank,
rum was ;so (rider, and, thexeface, did not-came
• within -the Wits. -Ai la A; -cieugs. that .9f

figietffie iertifteate bf rhe t
done In ignorance of the real me.., .0. --
Therefore he conceived the certificate fhOula
ed; and the dills of the creditors already mentioned
fhoold be expunged.
Mr. Rorema,v, in reply, laid, there was no proof
of the releafe being Invalid, in the affirm which w-
brought, and the award was nude upon agenet:
account. The fad was, that the bankrupt had taken
the flock and farm, not under the condition of fol.
porting Button for his life, but as long as he fittould
enjoy the pofeffion. However he had not been
long in pofeffion, until the head Landlord, Sir John
Knightly, gave him notice to quit, and, in lefs than
a year, he was turned out. Button, like sr hone%
man, knowing this, executed the releafe I the pastas
however, witning to get rid of a pauper, inftituted
the *Won: at Law Ageing the bankrupt, when it was
agreed the vela& ihould be given in evidence. - As
to the certificate, it was (worn by two witnefredp
that when they went to him for the purpol of tip-
ing it, they fully explained the meaning.
The Creancst.Lort ordered that the petition fhonld
be difmifed—when Mr. Rout r.t.v exprefed a diffi-
culty as to the colts.
His Lordthip, in reply, Paid, that if they could
verify, upon affidavit, that the parilb was at the bot-
tom of this petition, the btdinefs might come on at
a future time.
The petition was therefore difmilred without tolls
and without prejudice to a future application.

A providential efcape occurred on Thbrfday niftt
on board his Majefty's fhip Itratoarertis, on 'the
French Coaft. Capt. Owvw, with his Wird bravery
and intrepidity, wat reconnoitring along the fhote
about ten o'clock at night, when a 3.inch then from
a battery (truck the breech of a 321 b. carronade on
the larboard bow of the Issi4ORTALITI. The (bock

very fortunately drove out the fuze of the (hell, and
prevented its explofion.
Ye:47day as Mrs. Skelton, an elderly lady, refill-
ing in George-areet, Blackfriars-road. was fitting
by the fire, ber clothes caught, whereby the was fo
much burnt, that, nntwithltanding immediate fur-
gical aid, it is much feared-the cannot recover.

Yefferday evening, as an attorney, named Bar•
nard, of Gteat l'rinity-lane? was In the (bop of
Mars. Ainfwarth, flationers, in Clifford's Inn, to
pay a bill of 71. kid as he laid it down, the young
man obferved he bad got a cold ; he faid be had—
and in an inftant afterwards fell to the ground in an
apople&ic gt. He MU raifed into a chair, and fent
to his own houfe, where foon after his arrival he ex-
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pired, not having regained the ufe of his faculties
after his fall.

Sunday two females who were left in care of Mr.
Beamon's holing in Park.ftreet, imprudently left dip
fame, and on their return in the evening found Come
perfons had entered it by means of falfe keys, and
had taken away plate, &c. to a large amount.

Sunday evening two young ladies were thrown
dowuin St. Paul's Church.yatd, by three fellows
walking arm in arm. Three others, fupptied to
belong to the fame gang, immediately cone to their
affiltance ; upon whole departure, the ladies found
themfelves dwelled of their watches and cant.

On Monday a very genteel man And his wife were
charged at Union Hail, with robbing their ready-
iumihed lodging near Vauxhall. They had relish&
in the houfe three weeks, and decamped on Sunday-
with variisos articles, among which Was a bed, which
the wik fold to a broker for 31. 75, The man was
committed and the woman difcharged.

Oa Friday laO. James Naylet, a Rose fawyer, at
work at Het lington Houfe, near Dorchefter, was ob.
ferved to flop, and recline again' the fide of a box
on which he fat, his fellow workmen thinking hint
afleep did not attempt to difturb him till after foam
confiderable time, when they found him a lifelefs
aorpfe. In his breeches pockets were found, feeurdy
tied up, aft guineas, 34 half guineas, a 75. piece, a
dollar, half crown, and a 'billing. He has left a
wife and family, to whom be tired to allow about• a
guinea a month.
At the New Bailey, Manchefter, on Wednefday
lag, the huntfman of the Oldham hounds was eon-
vided in the mitigated penalty of fol. and cob,
purfuant to the Mt of Pat liAment, for Living hunt•
ed in Droylfden with eight honnds, no porlon being
at the time with him duly qualified. It appeared be •
was entered regularly as the bondman, yet for want
of this latter precaution he fubjefted himfelf to the
penalty.

There are at recent, in a country garden, on
Leven fide, Scotland,an apple-tree in full bloffom,with
apples, a fecund crop, as large as potatoe plumbs ;
and double red rofes Cully blown.
Tug Foe,—Tbe greaten Fog that has been ob-
ferved in London thefe twenty years, prevailed yef-
terday. It commenced at an early hour, and increaf-
od with the progrefs of the day, until five o'clock,
when the Metropolis was involved in utter darknefs.
It is difficult to defcrihe the awful fcene which the
Strand, Bond fireet, Piccadilly, Oxford.flreet, and
tether bufy streets prefented. The thicknefs of the
Fog obi-cured entirely the light of the freer lamps;
and it was with difficulty that the glare of a Atop win-
dow, full of patent lamps, could be difcerned at the
diflance of a few yards. The coaches could only
move with a foot pace, and to avoid running againft
each other, there was a continual hallowing out ; this,
with the fcreams of paffengers, who Conceived them-
felves in danger of being run over, prefented a ter-
rific teene. Such cartiages as ventured out, pro-
Iseeded in flow and folemn prnceffior, the fervants
walling with flambeaux before them ; many of the
floc pafiengers had alto a torch. The hackney and
Rage coachmen alighted from their boxes, and led
their horfes, but no precaution could guard againft
accident and confufion. At the corners of beets,
and in narrow pail-ages particularly,carts, carriages,
and pedefirians, might be found huddled together,not
knowing bow to moveor extricate tbecnfelves, without
incurring the greatell poffible danger. Lord Mut..
GRAVE'S cariitge drove againft the cheveau-defrime
Mauling the great gun in' St. James's Park. A ;sr-
riage, with four ladies in it, was upfet in Oxford-
, greet, but they. did not ?receive any material injury;
and &femur of Mr. CuaiSTl Be of Pall Mall, was run
Aver b,jr a beet in Piccadilly, and very much hurt.
Many other accidents mutt have happened. About
(even co'cloa tha fox be to difpufr.
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Fress the LONDON GAZETTE, Noveribe; S.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
• •
COMMiirtans in the Royal South Lincoln Militia,
figned by the Lord Lieutenant.
Frederick Debnam, Gent. to he F.iftzw. Dated October t 6.180 g .
Crowther, • Gent. to be Ditto. listed Odober t', 180 s.
Edward Archer, Gent. to he Ditto. Dated Oftober ak.
: - PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
John Hope and S.immil Hop.% of 'Devizes, Wiltlhire, braziers,
Odlober tsy. 18os. • •
William Sykes and John Sykes, of Bilhopfgake-ltreet Without,
feed &Eters, Otioher at, .18.5.
Nieboltas Pheni. fen. and Nicholas Pheri, jun. of London
Wall, tipkoldets, November I, Tao t. ' •
fiamuMitmfray and Morgan Lewis, of Merthyr Tydirl, G.a. '
inorganthire, October a 9. tacks.
Jonas Hobfott and Eli Hoblon, of Holntroyd Nook, Yorkflaire,
clothiers, September 27, Otos.
• •• • BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
t 6. Matthew Pringle, now or late of Walwerth,Surrey,
fiour-faCtor, corn-dealer, dealer and ehapown, at test, at Guild-
hall, London.
BANKRUPTS.
William Warne, of Hackney-road, Shoreditch, Middlefex, watch-
maker,), wclier, dealer and ehapmati, to turrender Nov. a 1, tfl,
-and Doe. 17, at twelve, at Guildhall Attttruies, MtlLraDove
at.d Mayhew, Elm-court, Temple.
Jekph Dyne:, of Okehatnpton. Devonfhire, vroolitaoler, dealer
and chepman. Nov.lB, 19 and Dee. t 7, at eleven, at the Half-
Moon Inn, Exeter. Attorney, Mr. John Coiling of Okeliampton.
John Crowther and Jonathan Wstfott, now or late of Mtusehetter,
• cotton •fpinuers; dealers, chairmen, and copartners, Nov. as, 22,
.and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Deasifgate, Minchelerl'
Attornies, Meffrs, Milne and Parry, Old Jewry, London; or
hielTni..klilne, Sergeant, sud Milne, Manchefler. •
E( ward Mirryweathev, of ivlancheiler, totton-fpinner, dealer and
charnan, Nov. 19, 20, and Deceinber t 7, at three, at the I'. ck.kirk, hianghefter. Attornies, Mctlrs. Chefsbyre sud Walker,

Maneheiter.
Rilliam Chatterten, of Waltham, Lincolnfoire, grocer, draper,
dater and Chapman, Nov. 12, t 3, and Dec.l7, at eleven, at the
Leg and Duck Tavern, at Kingßon•upon-Hull. Attornies, Mr.
Curfitor.ftrect, London ; or Mr. Robert Galland, lCint•
ton-upon-Hull.
j;,tilet Stokes, late of Woreefter, hop-merchant, dealer and chap-'
man, Nov. tp, zo, and Dec. x 7, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, in
Vit reciter. Attondes, Mr. William Willis, Worcefter ; or Mr.
Janes I'l- tr, Bride:-court, Bridge•ltreet, London.
Dirk Jean Van,!cr tioevcit, of Bury-court, St. Mary Axe, I.ondon,
merchant, dealer and Chapman, Nov. rp, sp. and Dee. 17, at
eleven, at Guildhall. Anomie% Metres. illifon and Dawfon,
White Hart court, Lombard Arcct.
tree Ti a:dale, of Reading, Barks, linen-draper, dealtwand chap-
man, Nov. it, at one, Nov. 23, at tcn, and Dec. x 7, at one, at
Guildhall, London. Attornies, Metres. kladdoek and Stevenion,
Nea•-fquare, Lincoln's inn,
Jo. o Sri (NI, late of ,• apping Wall, but now of Willmott-fetuare,
Ml:Mb:ft a, dealer and chaprnan, Nov. it, 16, at one,_ and Dec.
17, at twelve, at GUWlllail. Attorney, Mr. Owen Holritel, of
Mark,lane, London.
John Morgan, late of the Crown and Cufbion, Princes-itreet, Ban-
hkean. victualler, and formerly of Aldermanbury, tendon, Ca-
llen glazier, Nev. t t, 18, and Dec. t 7, at twelve, at GuildhalL—
Attorney, Mr. H. Hughes. Clifford's Itin.
*les Clapfoo,. of Fgerton, Kent, butcher, November is, ro, and
• Dce. 17, at ten, at Guildhall, London., Attorney, Mr. Cooke,
Maidßone.dC,ltt
Matthew Fai dela, late of Bilhop Wearmon di, Durham, coaliltter,
Nov. 29, Ir, and Dec: t 7, at twelve, at the Gold. o Lion Inn; in
. Sunderland near the Sea. Attornies, Mr. John Dunn, Durham,
or Mars. Tarrant and Moule Cilancery•lanc, London. •

70 THE .EDITOR OF IHE STAI:.

OCTOSER .45, 1105
Sir—An anonymous wilier having, in yOur Paper
of tlit ?„2,1 initant, commented or. the fentiments of
11.FLI.ISARIVS, and obliquely infinuated, by his let
ter, and the very appilite proimi prefixed to it, that
BELL:a/Alva, inftigated by malice, has endeavoured
to ellablith an invidious diftinelion between the Ca-
valry and Infantry, injurious to the caulk he was
ambitious to fupport, I beg you will do me the fa-
your to pienlith the few following exculpatory, or
rather explanatory obfervations. •
131.ctsaat us has aliened, '.that the Cavalry are
slime amply provided for than the Infantry." This
'Anion, Mr. Editor, is not the humble fentiment of
-an initvittual, but the acknowledged opinion of his
•Royal Highnefs the Commander in Chief, who at
the time the Qzarter Mailers of the Cavalry (a
'deferiptinn of men not more liberally paid than the
'other ranks of the Cavalry) meminialed him for an
ivcreafe of pay, was pleated not only, not to affent,
but to obfcrve, that had the Subaltern Officers of the
4rfantry made a fimilar application, he thould no%
hove been furprifed, as he was fully convinced.they
wanted loch an increale, and expreffed his Anna-
racn:. how they contrived to fupport their fituation
on their prefent pay," fur no mention whatever was
yna, e of the Sidraltems of the Cavalry, which was at
leaf'. a tacit dedarati'm that hi. Royal la ighnefsdid not
taone.!ive the fituatien of the Subalterns if the Caval-
ir y do hampered and diflreifed as that of the Infantry.
r; I L lieve, on a reference to the letter of 11 5 Luis/t-
-ar c.i;i,, will he found, that he has not in the moft dif.
tent mimic; fitggelted that an increale of pay to the
'Officers of the Cavalry is unneceir .ary ; although
*we at'ply provided for than the Infantry, :he has
lone affirm' they ate fufficiently fo ; the imputation, 1
tigrefort, " of want of correftnefs and liberality," is
rarely unmerited.—Bot 'bow happens it; Mr. Edi.
• tor, in enumerating the "inpriottfly tteeesry lartees"
of a Cava:ry Officer, we di cover in the Cataingue
Pi ft of the value of eighteen Guineas and other
rich but unpardonably espenlive .ornaments: •If a
Commanding Officer thinks proper to eilabliih in•his
begiment a glitteting and expensive unifoim. to dar
ale and.attonith the minds of the mobility, I cannot
fee the japriesuatedity of having his tsfie 'indulged at
the expence of the public. Were Officerh of the In-
fantry leis employed in the service of their country
%broad, and had Infuse to attend to the gaieties that
invite them at home, fimilar cotlly habiliments might
prot,,,tlystieeorate their perfons, but I !Imola by no
!titans think them juilified, when calling upon their
coontry for•an increale of pay, to include in the elli-
se, ..e of their " haerioully nec,fary expences,.4ny appa-
rel that could fir denominated Inperfluous or ftiperh.
in the dais arid wardrobe of an officer of infantry,
eirificy it more confpicunus than fplendonr ; and to
be able toinnettre theft ufefol neceffiries, is what
tile), now {illicit of their country. Another Obferva-
tirn or two I. wilh.to make with retina to Oleic corn- 1
twits... "The writer oliferves, he 4' cannot lubfetibe
rolhe.diftinetion BELLISARIUS makes between the
tavilrOind Infantry, from the *Tenet of ettenhe,:." In
Aby !finable conception, no fuch dilliation i, attempt.
rtt tube made, nor does it appear; as in Ulna).
hinted; that any parallel has beer. drawn of the coin.
trativdlllerith of thefe two branches of the army.
But I am decidedly of opinion• with BILLISARIUS,
that the labourers who toil iri the vineyard during
the whale and heat of the day, are the Officers of the
,Replier Infantry alone,for an necafional .eacquipa
,l.tu.tot invalidate a general afeition. • • , •
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