Star.
London, England, 1813-08-06 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, AUGUST 4.

DEAL, AUGUST 5.
Arrived last night, after Post, his Majesty's ships
Mono and CYGNET, with ten sail of merchantmen
.under convoy, from Quebec, which are sailed for the
River.—Came down from the River the Hannah and
'Maria, —, for Lisbon; the Catherine, —, for
Four of the Duke of Riciimonn's children arrived., Surinam ; and the Windham, —, for Botany Bay.
at Richmond House on Monday from tlablia. The outward-bound are still detained ; and the Fa-
The Duchess of It isirsioNo gives her farewell ball 1
vourite, EVANS, lies on Sandwich Flats, burnt down
on the PRINCE RECENT'S Birth-day, at the Castle, pm.
vious to her leaving Ireland. to the water's edge.—Wind S.W. with rain.
Lord Wic rwonTri is expected to leave London on RAMSGATE, AUGUST rt.
Yesterday the outward-bound West-Indiaman,
the 15th inst. to proceed to Ireland.
The Duke of BauNswick's stud has arrived in which just •
had arrived in the Downs from the River,
Town, having been brought from Gottenburgh w
unfortunately caught fire, and the whole of her cargo
Gravesend, where it was landed on Wednesday.
Lord and Ludy MELBOURNE entertained the Duke was consumed. She was immediately run on shore
of CAMBRIDGE and a numerous party to dinner yes- about a couple of miles aboie this place, and is still
terday, at Whitehall. blazing (2 o'clock, P.M.) The loss must be great.
Yesterday the remains of the late Dr. RANDOLPH'
The cause of the accident is not yet ascertained.
Lord Bishop of London, were interred in a private
YARMOUTH, AUGUST 5.
manner, at Fulham.
The Ex-King and Queen of SPAIN, with the Sailed the LevEaar, with a vessel under convoy
PRINCE of PEACE, and two of the junior children, for Heligoland. •
reside at Rome. FERDINAND reposes himself at Va- HARWICH, AUGUST 5.
lency, near Blois, in France, a chateau belonging to The Lark packet, Captain SHERLOCK, arrived early
the Prince of BENEVENTO ;lie hunts in the forest, and ; this morning from Gottenburg, whence she sailed
is constantly attended by a seard'artne ; but is sup-
eleven days ago, and landed her Mails last night at
posed to have no inclination to escape, or take on :
himself the cares of Government, owing to the Aldborough. The Danish army in Norway is not
foillesse de son es/ rit. quite so loyal as we haye been lately led to suppose,
Political parties in France consist chiefly of the I in the Copenhagen Gazettes ; 6000 of them deserted
adherents of Government, of a small party of repub- in .
less than a month to the Swedish Commander on
licans, and a still smaller party of ancient royalists.
. the Frontiers. Commodore RomEas, in the Presi-
The marriage of NAPeLaoN with the Austrian Prin
cess attached the whole Bourbon party to the present dent, accompanied by a schooner of 20 guns, is said
dynasty. to be cinizing off Bergen ; the packet had orders to
Our Readers will see, by an advertisement in our communicate this intelligence to any British
front page, that the Committee of the British and! cruizer
ht meet, and
she might meet, and having spoke a ship of war in
Foreign Bible Society have paid a proper tribute of
respect to the late GRANVILLE Sii*ur, Esq. who was , the Slieve, she was herself ordered not to approach
the first Chairman of that Institution, and a liberal the Norway shore on that account. The CROWN
benefactor to all its purposes. I PRINCE of SWEDEN is said to have again joined his
Yesterday the dividend at the rate of seven per cent.'
army in the neighbourhood of Stralsund, which is
on the capital invested in Lrury-lane Theate began I
now asserted to be from 91 to 100,000 strong, being
to be paid at the Office of the Theatre. The Divi- I
ined by TETTENBORN and CZERNICHEFF, as well as
dend is calculated on the seasen from the 10th Octo- ' io
a large body of Prussians. Our expedition is said to
ber to the Ist August, being 299 days. And there is
have arrived safe at Stralsund. The Diana, for Got-
a very considerable surplus, which is reserved as a
tenburgh, and Earl of Leicester for Heligoland, with
sinking fund for the future security of the concern.
the Mails of the 3d, are about to sail this afternoon.
An experiment of a life-preserving mattress was
made at Ramsgate, on Wednesday last, in presence
of a vast concourse of people assembled on the Pier :
Six men, each with a mattress wrapped round his
body, jumped off the Pier into the harbour at high
water ; the mattresses buoyed them firmly, with half
their bodies above the water. The experiment fully
answered every expectation.

The Martinis WELLESLEY came to East Cliff Lodge
last night, which he has taken for one year. There
are many late arrivals here, amf.ng whom are—

The Dean of Canterbury, I .ady, and family ; Rae Wihon, Esq.
Mrs. Forsyth, Dean of lily, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Coglan, two Miss
Hargoods, Mr. Bicknell arid Lady Catherine Bicknell, Mr. aud
Mrs. Byficid, Mr. 'fbontas Ware, Mrs. Wane, &c.

A letter from Surinam, dated May 29th, says—
" His Majesty's ship SURINAM arrived on the 24th,
after a severe engagement with an American priva-
teer, which escaped by superior sailing. A Lieutenant
and one man were killed, and three tr.en were wound-
ed, belonging to the SURINAM."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST S.
EVPARTE WOODCOCK, IN THE MATTER OF GRACE, &C.

Sir SAMUEL RoAtrits stated this to be an applica-
tion on the part of two young ladies, daughters of J.
Saunders Woodcock, a bankrupt, to have an order
made for the sale of the estates comprehended in a deed
taken to the use of the bankrupt and his wife, in life-
rest, with remainder to the children of the marriage,
and this; for the purpose of the Assignees under the
Commission against the father retaining the proportion
of the price corresponding to his life interest, and pay-
ing overt° the Petitioners the proportion corresponding
to the fee standing in the person of the daughters, being
the only issue of the marriage. The Bankrupt havirg
married the daughter of a person n•irned Barham, he,
by way adower with his daughter, made over to her
his business of a draper, which she principally carried
on, both during the life of her father, and after his de-
cease. The flither, at his death, made over to his

daughter, for her sole use and benefit, the whole of his
property and effects, and with the proceeds of those
effects, joined to the profits of the trade carried on by
the wife, there were purchased two small estates, in
the year 1791, which were secured on the husband
and ‘rif., and longest liver of them, for their use,
during their life-time, and to the children of the mar-
riage in fee. Some time after this, Mr. Woodcock
retued from business, having paid off all the debts
contracted by him in the course of it. In the year
1798, however, he was induced to become partner in
a banking concern at Aylesford, which having since
failed, a Comtnission of Bankrupt had been taken
out against him and the other partners. The As.
signees objected to the deed of settlement of the
estates in question, as being struck at by the Act of
James, the bankrupt having been in trade at the
time the deed was executed. This case, however,
Sir Samuel Romilly contended was independent of
the Statute of King James, the trade having been
given to the wife, and the estates having been pur-
chased with the profits of her business, and with pro.
perty made over to her by her father, fcr her own se-
parate use and benefit. Probably it might be necessary
to have an inquiry on this head, for the purpose of as-
certaining what part of the price arose from the sepa.
rate property of the wife, unless the Assignees were
willing to concede, what he believed was the fact,
that the purchase was wholly made out of her motley.
There was another thing, however, which clearly put
this case out of the Statute of King James. The
bankrupt had retired from business, and had paid all
the debts connected with it—indeed, every demand
against him. and was living a retired life, entirely un-
connected with any kind of trade or business, when,
in an evil hour, in the year 1793, he was induced to
become a country banker.
Tile LORD CHANCELLOR said, this was a strange
application. Two young ladies, with no interest, as
it would appear, in the bankrupt's effects, come for-
ward, and ask of his Lordship, in bankruptcy, to or-
der the sale of a fee simple estate. The singularity of
the case consisted in this, that the Petitioners being
strangers to the bankruptcy, not asking, or setting up a
right to be creditors, should still come forward in bank.
ruptcy, and ask of his Lordship to authorize the sale of
an estate. What had his Lordship to do with such an
application, or with the Petitioners? If they were in-
terested in the remainder, they were so; but what juris-
diction did dila give his Lordship over them? Were
the Petitioners well aware what they were doing ? Sup-
posing that be should be against the claim of those la-
dies to the remainder, what power had he over them?
or were they wiliing4o 'come to that bar, and consent
to be bound by his decision ? Supposing, as matters
sow siood, he should determine upon the prayer of this
petition, and while he ordered the estates to be sold,
should decide that the whole purchase-money ought
to go to the creditors, who would take the estates
without conveyance from those Ladies ? Or, on the
other band, would they consent, if his Lordship or-
dered them to make an assignment to a purchaser,
without receiving any part of the purchase.money ?
Before his Lordship made any Order of the nature
now prayed, the petitioners Must have subjected them-
selves to his jurisdiction, and consented to be bound
by his decision, whatever it might be.
Sir SANICLL itOMILLY understood that the Petition-
ers were willing to consent that his Lordship should
decide the question, and to be bound by his decision.
The Petitioners were both, he understood, adults.—
He should wish, however, on such a subject, to see
his clients, before he consented for them.
The LORD CDANCELLOR thought the Learned
Counsel had better do so, and ordered that the matter
should stand over for a day or two, for that purpose.

FlRM—This morning, between twelve and one
o'clock, a m( st dreadful and destructive fire broke
out at Mr. Glum, a cheesemonger, opposite White.
chapel Church, which at first threatened destruction
to that whole range of extensive buildings : so rapid
was the progress of its flames, that before the least
assistance could be given (notwithstanding several
Engines were instantly upon the spot) four adjoining
houses, with the premises where it first commenced,
were destroyed.

A destructive fire happened on Tuesday night
last, in the drying warehouses belonging to Messrs.
GAttaan and Co. in Anvil-lane, which raged with
the greatest fury, and threatened destruction to the
whole range of buildings. The flames spread with
alarming rapidity, and in a short time burst forth
into the two adjoining houses, which, together with
the extensive premises where the fire began, were
entirely consumed in about two hours. It is melan-
choly to add, that a servant-girl, in attempting to
rescue a child from the devouring element, was SO
shcckingly burnt about the face and body, that her
life is despaired of ; she %v.'s conveyed to the hospital.
Neither of the buildings or stock in trade were in.
sured. Property to the amount of upwards of £3OOO
perished in the flames.
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CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST 6.
In consequt n :e of Government having taken very large con-
tracts for Meal, a brisk demand has been thereby o‘caaioned for
middling and lower qualities of Wheat, both Enalls'i and Foreign,
and last Monday's prices have been readily obtained/Fine White
Wheat has also met free sake, but we have no amendment in
price, having a considerable quantity of all descriptions at market.
Oats are still on the decline, and go off slowly. Beans are from
Is. to Ss. per quarter cheaper. lu Peas, Barley, and *Mee ant.
des, there is little or no variation.
English. Foreign.
Wheat, Kent and Essex, 1151. I Wheat, American is. OR
1110 s. per quarter. per quarter.
Fiats Flour, toss. 1101. per Siete—Amnion Am, 70e. t57.54k.

SONG.
(TO TIE TONE 0/ " IRIN 00 MUM"

Oh! mourn for the days of confusion and sorrow,
Of kingdoms o'ertbrown, and of greatness4martsy'dt
Uncertain the Fortune that hangs on the morrow,
And Europe divided, debsed, and dlunay'd. ,
In vain the great names that through aghs descended,
Ranks, titles, and thrones, in one chaos are blended, •
And the Corsican smiles on the fall o 7 the World !
Ohl England, my Country, sole Country remaining,
Art thou too his triumphs at last to &dam ?
Art thnnolike the rest, to be draged uncomplaining,
Ar the wheels of his chariot, all bleeding and torn ?
'I Lou !Arad of islands, thou land of sweet beauty,
I Is/11 I.arkl where brave NaLsors bade all do their duty,
Art thou tuu to fall with the fall of the world ?
Thou Land where the crest of the fifth Miter brighten'd,
Whose heroes have perish'd for Freedom and Law—
Where Ein A has triumpb'd, and CPATHAYI has lighten*J,
And MAitiaoßovoa.blaz'd in the track of Nassau!—
But why should I mention the deeds of old story?
You, Britons, are still, like the Britons before you!
Vittoria renews your bright vision of glory, -
And your country shall stand, 'mid the fail of the world!