Star.
London, England, 1825-11-10 00:00:00

FA SIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

SrHArr 'RD CANNING, British Ambassador to
Montan Porte, arrived at Lansaw,' em the 23th of October;
.et u.r for Italy "at morning, and will embark at Naples for
destinition.
rtrl Talbot left town yesterday, foe Mr. Coke's seat, in Norfolk.
'1 h. E.irl and Countess of Jersey are expected in town this day,
ns Brighton.
T:te Cot:rites of Sandwkh has 4rtived at her house in Dover.
gr,a, fium her seat, libadanbroke I I untingdon.
,wetter Celestes of 111anisheld has arrived at her seat,
I::tniontl, from a tour.
and I.rdy Grantham are expected to leave town on Toes-
,:..e pest, for the Continent.
tot:t.c and Countess Lieven have arrived in town, from Brighton.
r:.t Cuunt entertained a select party at dinner yesterday, at Ash.
1-I:rrhant Douse, Dover-street.
IL A. Taylor, EN. M.P. has arrived at his seat, Cantlty Hall,
Yorkshire, front a tour.
D.vmn, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat, St. Leonard's
1:11. near Windsor.
Arthur Stanhope, Esq. entertained the Dowager Marchioness of
sii,bury and a select party at dinner, on Tuesday, at his house, in
1::::ey-street.
Berirtures from %liiler's Hotel, Jermyn.street :—Captain and
Mr.. Preston, for Bath; J. Tyndall, Esq. for (Wind.
Plutures from the I'ulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Major
and 11r.. Stephenson, for Brighton ; W. Ushurne, El for Paris.
Imeals at I: rug's Hotel, Bond-street :—W. F. Riley, Esq. from
1.. -eat, near Win.:sor ; the H.:n. Rev. William Thelluvton, from
~,talk ; George Fullerton, 13sq. from a tour; Captain Copland,
;G. Pariatt, Esq. front a :our. Departure+ :—The
!.. T. s. Ball and Charles Ball, Esq. fur East Grinstead ; J. R. Best,
I.q. and Charles tint, Esq. for ltamTate ; Mr. and Mrs. Hornhy,
their seat, in Nottinghamshire.

LAW REPORT.

couirr OF CHANCERY, Nov. 9.
WELLESLEY V. THE DUKE OF BEnUFORT.
Mt. kl A Itr stated that this was a l'etiti n praying for
reference to the Master, to approve of a prover plan'
tar the education of, and a pt' per and suitable esta-
blishment for the infant plaintiffs. 'Pm Petitioner, the
taller of the infant plaintiffs, stated that he was resi-
dent in France, out of the jurisdiction of the Court,
having no establishment fur the education of his
exec children, lie was desirous of having a proper
s.:ttled ~nd approved, and he was willing to
ann'orin to and promote such pian, for the benefit of
I.ree infant children, and in all respects obey such
AS his Lordship should be pleased to make.
Arta ome discussion whether the order of the Coutt sbould be
made upot :Ile present Petition alone or together with another, his
Lords!dp aim d rected the order prayed for to be made nn this
Petition, o•im liberty fur the parties to apply again to the Court if
it .houl•1 h: found necessary to have the order enlarged.

COIT I OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, Nov. 9.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
TIIL KING V. MERRYMAN AND OTHERS.

Mr. SCARLET? moved for a criminal information,
tailing upon the defendants to shew cause why a cri.
',anal information should not be exhibited against them.
r I support of his motion the Learned Counsel read the
affidavits of Jlr. Thompson, the Mayor of the Cinque
Nil rt)e, and of the Town Clerk of that Port,
stating that the uwal day of election for the Mayor,
Tuwn Clerk, Ste. of that borough, had been, for
some years, the last Sunday in August, but by a
late regulatiOn of the Corporation, the day of election
had been altered to the last Monday in August.—
On the day previous to the last Monday in August
last, about 69 or 70 freemen presented themselves to
tike the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and having
taken the oaths, elected the defendants to be Mayor,
Tvn Clerk, &c. of the borough. On the folowing
t:ei the Mayor and the other Members of the bot ()ugh
tinted Mr. Thompson and others Mayor, Town Clerk,
iLt. for that borough, according to the charter. On the
tat Court day Mr. Whine', one of the defendants,
:waded, and protested against the election of the
norm and Town Clerk, and insisted that the Town
should be given up to the defendants, who bad
ken previously elected; bur, upon Mr. Thompson's
(the Mayor elect) threatthat the person disturbing the
price:dings of the Hall should be committed, Mr.
Whitton retired. Oa the 18th of October last, the first
oy of the Quarter Sessions, the defendant, Mr. Merry
man, appeared in the Town Hall in his new robes, as
.llayor, attended by the other defendants, and opened
the Court. Mr. Thompson (the Mayor elect) came to
the Town Ilall, and requested Mr. Merryman to leave
the chair, but Mr. Merryman told him that if he would
disturb the proceedings of the Conic he should be sent
to prison. Mr. Thompson then adjlurned the Quarter
SeiOrms to his own house, and the de'endants having
broken open she locks of the room in which the borough
records wrie kept, and took them horn?.
The Loitn CHIEF Junius here interrupted Mr. Scarlett, ant
panted the rule.

PREROGATIVE COURT, NOVIMER 7.
IA RE OF THE WILL OF THE REV. JANIES EVANS, LL D.

'Pais was an amicable suit, instituted to obtain the
jadgme,,t of the Court, whether an unfinished paper,
}propotn►ded as a codicil to the will of the Rev. Mr.
Evans, was a valid instrument or nor ?

F:ont the alit gallons it appeared, that nn the 20th of
flay, in the present year, the testator made his will,
and soon after chew out a formal codicil, altering and
lc/citing certain parts of this will, but which codicil
neith-r date nor signature. After the tes-
-I,ol's de.th, which took pl..ce on the 20th of August
lact, the w i l and codicil were found in his writing-desk,
trod On examining them it was discove►ed that they had
at some time been attached together with sealing-was.
JOHN NICHOLL, in pronouncing judgment, ob.
xsived, that the codicil propounded being an unfinishedl
kaper, the presumption of law was against it, and that
presumption must be repelled by circumstances, spewing
;hat the testator was prevented by sudden death from
completing it ; or by other circumstances, proving than
he haJ, up to the time of his death, recognised it as a
vand iristrument. Nothing of that kind had been
brewn ;n the present instance, and the Court therefore
ua, of opinion that the codicil must be teitown cut,
and the will alor e admitted to proof.
'The contents of the will and codicil did not transpire, but it was
stated that those of the latter were very unimportant.

Accounts from the city of Mexico have been received,
down to early in September. ALAMAN was about re-
/INT horn the Ministry : our account states his resig-
: I;inn had actually been sent to the PRESIDENT. We-
're sorry to state, an additi nil duty on Englisl; gnods
in agitation, in place cf the anticipated :eduction
of the present high rates.
A new and reciprocal treaty of Commerce has been,
concluded between Great B itain and the Hanseatic
I ov,l;s, bearing date the 29th of September.
Iniirsday week, some of the Churchwardens of Rip-
ton in Yu' Ls ire, began to remove some of the soil in
the church-ya.d to le.el it, but %%ere prevented by the
Fat ishioners—a public meeting was then called, and it
was re:.olved, that n•rt a particle of the s.)il should Ix
ztr-iovcd bow the church yard.

G\VE•NNAPPE MINING COMPANY.

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TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Pall-mall, Nov. 9.
answer, as I feel I am called upon to do, at
the instant, to a renewed attempt to impeach my word,
and again to implicate my name in the transactions of
the Gwennappe Company. I feel I should wrong my
honour if I was►.ed words in re-asserting in eves y part
my deliberate contradiction of Mr. Cooke's statement. I
shall advert only to a note, purporting to be vititten by
me to Mr. Stewart, and produced by Mr. Cooke, and I
shall do kin a very few words. 'rite shares
were not shares in the Gwennappe Mining Company ;
and the mention of Mr. Cooke's name in that note must
have reference to some offer of Mr. Stewart's to send a
cheque in payment for those shires through Mr. Cooke,
whom, if he were the person who called upon me (and
I have no reason to disbelievethat he was), I never saw
before or since. I repeat, that after several (I think
three) conversations with Mr. Stewart, on the subject of
the GwennappeMiningCompany, I declined connecting
myself with it, and that at no time di 1 I authorize the
affixing vt my name to any prospectus of that Com-
pany. I cannot descend to further discussions on stt:h
subject, but leave myself with perfect cnnfii ace in the
handi of those who have ever known me in ptihlic or
in private life. lam Sir, your obedient servant, NUGENT.