Star.
London, England, 1809-12-21 00:00:00

OXFORD, DECEMBER 19.

The University is tecovering from its late bustle
of contending interests, only by the retreat of the
greatest pith of its members to the Christmas scenes
of social Ind domestic conviviality. The murmurs
of the departing tempest are still heard. Our walls
still exhibit the vulgar and ill-spelt inscriptions of No
Pitury. The three P's, applied to the three candi=
dates, the initials of veil, different words, now cease
to produce any sensation but that of merriment.
Rumps-and-dozens are preparing to settle the bets,
and to drown temporary opposition in cups of per-
manent union.

The supporters O. the LORD CHANCELLOR and of the
Duke, now begin to acknowledge that Lord GRIM-
VILLA will make an excellent Chancellor ; and that
dignity and munificence will be added to his solidity
ofjudgment, depth of learning, and liberality of sen-
timent. It has been remarked, that while he. has
been abused by paragraphs and letters in the London
papers, republished and distributed at Oxford, his
friends have not indulged a spirit of recrimination.
A character, which is not proof against low abuse
and illiberal invective, would not have been proposed
by them for one of the most honourable offices in the
kingdom. The principal argument used against him
that, ;f he were elected, the University would be

ttrotrn open to the Catholics. Some of his friends
ave laughed at the idea, others have considered the
ront as too horrible for probability. But if we may be
permitted to take a nearer view of this object of terror,
we may doubt whether the admission of Catholics in
Oxford would not tend to unite them in principles, in
sentitnents, and in practice, with the Church of England.
We may ask whether it would be bad policy to send
theta to Oxford, instead of permitting them to go to
foreign seminaries, or even be secluded from the society
of Protestants in the new walls of Ma ynooth ? We may
ask those perturbed spirits, whether they think that
Catholic bigots would consent to send their children
to an English University
_ _

It has been said that Lord GRENVILLE had not a
majority of the Members of Convocation, because his
numbers were not equal to those of the Duke and of
Lord ELDON united. I can assure those objectors,
that several of the Duke's friends did really vote for
Lord Ez.now, when they found it probable that the
Duke would not succeed. But a very considerable
majority of the Duke's votes would have been given
`to Lord GRENVILLE./ had the'former not been a can-
diilate. The Duke's friends are considered by all
parties as perfectly independent. To them no selfish
motives can be attached. lam far from insinuating
that- there were not many disinterested votes given to
fiord ELDON j. but is it probable that those, who may
supposed to be actuated by interested views, would
have voted for a nobleman, distinguished by no
_tical power or ecclesiastical influence, rather than by
htlat Lord High Chancellor of gq,land ?

A few evenings since, as Mr. iier.Ty Hill, butcher,
'ofewmcatavan,near Monmouth, was returning home
from that town, in company with a neighbour and
his daughter, in order to avoid the road at Trothey-
bsielge. they attempted to get into the fields, by
walking over the weir head at that. place. His frie;sel,
with•bia child, bad passed it,end was IA the act c►t
stretching out his hand to assist Mr. Hull, when the
foot of the latter slipped, and, from the weight of
water which then flowed, he was carried down the
stream and drowned. The darkness the evening.,
prevented any attempt to recover tl body, which
was not found till yesterday se'nnigh:, and was then
discovered at the bridge leading to troy House.

The following circumstance occurred on Thursday
last, between Penrith and Alston Moore, one of the
most mountainous parts in England, where within
these few days, an inimense quantity of mow had
fallen, which renders travelling in that part of Cum-
berland extremely difficult, and almost impracticable.
As a Mr. Campbell was proceeding in that direction,
in company with a soldier, of the name of Burne, on
his return from Walcheren, dreadfully debilitated by
the malady, the cold was so intense, that they were
frequently obliged to clamber on their hands and
knees for several yards, when Burne, at length be-
came perfectly exhausted, and was unable to pro-
ceed any further. Mr. C. then, notwithstanding the
snow was beginning to fall very thick, with much
difficulty and exertion, reached the residence of Mr.
Kidd, at Alston, to whom he could not relate the
circumstance for nearly a quarter of an hour, being
quite speechless, when after recovering himself, and
making known the case of having left his fellow tra-
veller behind him, upwards of 60 'miners were in-
stantly collected, who proceeded in every direction
in search of Borne, whom they, at last, found al-
most covered with snow, and apparently lifeless, on
which they adopted such means as their experience
had taught them, to bring him to animation, which,
after some time, proved effectual ; but it is feared
that be will lose the use of his limbs.

A few nights no, the mills in the town of New-
port, county of Tipperary, with a quantity of flour
and corn therein, were consumed by fire. The cause
of this conflagration and destruction of property is at-
tributed to the malignity of some person, as yet un-
known, who, at the dead of night (an unusual flood
then prevailing in the river) opened the sluice, by
which the machinery was set into such rapid motion
as to cause ignition.
MURDER.-.--A shocking murder was committed on
the servant of Mr. Forde, of York-farm, near DOI -
chester, on Sunday night. Mr. Forde's house was
attacked by thieves, and, on a dog barking, Mary
Thomas went to the door, which had been bro.:.!
open—when two men disguised, hurried her off 1:,:.
premises, and she was found dead the next morning
in an adjoining field, with her head beat to a mum-
my. One of the supposed murderers has been taken
into cus:ody. .
At a time like the present, when the ranks of our
bravest Soldiers are thin'd by disease, it will be im-
portant to every one, and particularly interesting to
the unfortunate sufferers, to know that d safe and ef-
ficacious Remedy ior the Diseases contracted in Wnl-
cheten, does exist in CHING'S PATENT WORM LOZENGES,I
a medicine not newly sprung up, but one whose cele-
brity has been established for years, and its efficacy
attested by the late Earl of Exeter, the Lord Bishop
of Carlisle, the Lord Chief Baron, and thousands,
and which has already been tried in several cases from
IViraltheren with the most unbounded success.

BAST INDIES.

CALCUTTA, MAY S.

On Wednesday last accounts were received
town of the arrival in the R:ver, the preceding &iv;
of the country ship Sir Edhward Pellew, C:iptai
Stephens. The Pellew sailed from Penang on the
10th ult. in company with the Ganges ; both under
convoy of his Majesty's frigates Bianche and Doris,.
and parted off Acheen Head. The Blanche and
Ganges pursued their voyage to Madras ; and t: e
Doris shaped her course on a ciruize to the southward
and westward.

Tr:a•nre to the amount of 25 or 30 lacks of dcl-
lars has been transhipped from on board the Lion to •
the Blanche, for Madras.

The iChUsroo, Grab, erroneously stated to hive
left China With the fleet, arrived at Penang on ti e
Rth nit. whence she Sailed on the l lth for Pegue.—
The Khusroo was attacked near Macoa, the
fling of Marchby several large armed junks, croved
with men, with whom she maintained a spirited
fence for a considerable tithe, until the pirates, find•ng
they were likely to gain little by persevering in the
contest, betook themselves to flight, leaving behind
them one of their largest boats.

The commercial advices received from the east-
ward by the Pellew, we are concerned to And, are by
no means flattering. Cotton (of Bengal) in particu-
lar, was scarcely saleable, and from the recent impor-
tations of this article to China, we much fear the price

can hardly he expected to improve for some time.
We subjoin the following extract of a letter re-
ceived from Canton, dated the sth of March :
" The quantity of opium unsold at Virampoah is reduced to
about 30 chests, which may give a temporary spur to the price,

until the next arrival from your qltarter. The price may 1 e
quoted as follows—opiuni (of Patna) 1030 to 1000 dollars; dam

(of Benares) 1000 to 1040. The ccircity or specie here has long
been severely felt, and adds not a lit, le to our present distress."

MADRAS, APRIL 1 5.
On Tuesday last arrived his Majesty's ships Mo-
deste, Captain the Hon. G. Elliot, and Prccris, Cap•.
Mansell, from a cruize. Captain Elliot landed slior.'7
after the Modeste came to an anchor. unclet the salu; e
due to his rank.

MAY 27.—Monday last arrived his Majesty's ship
Fox, Captain Hart, from a cruize, accompanied by
her prize, the French ship Caravan, formerly the Car-
tier, belonging to the port of Calcutta. The Cara-
van, laden with arrack and sundry other articles, was
bound from Surahayah to Batania, when captured
by his Majesty's ship.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 20.
Sir ARTHUR PIGOTT, on the part of Francis Plow-
den, Esq. moved the Court to dissolve an injunction,
issued in the seal preceding the last term, to prohibit
the sale of a literary work, entitled a The History of
Ireland," written by Mr. Ploivden.
The injunction had been obtained upon the affidavit
of Mr. Egerton, a bookseller, at Charing-cross, and
others, setting forth that this work was an abridg-
ment of Mr. klowden's Historical Review of Ireland,
in three volumes quarto, of which Mr. Egerton was
tie poblislier. and the copy-right of which he had pur-
chased from the author. _ _

Sir ARTHUR PIGOTT argued in support of his mo-
tion to dissolve the injunction, that "The History cf
Ireland" was an original work, and did not in any
way trench on the value, estimation, or interest, of the
book published by Mr. Egerton.
It was urged on the other hand, by evidence in
support of the injunction, that severe hundred pages
ut one latter publication were copied verbatim et ultra•
tin', from the book publishe.l by Mr. kerton,
The LORD CilascEr.i.ou having to attend his Ma-
jesty's Levee, d.lerred the further hearing of this case
until to-morrow.

COUWI OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. sa.
}LLIOT V. SMITH.

The Arroaxmr-Grxeum. said this was an action
against the defendant, who acted in the capacity of
an insurance broker, by which the plaintiff sought to
recover from him the sum of .i.:1000, being the amount
of a policy which the defendant had been employed
to procure underwritten for the plaintiff, but which
hi had not procured to be underwritten agreeably to
orders. The instructions given to the defendant were,
to procure a policy to be underwritten on the ship
Mary, for six months from Ist May last, for £10(X),
and this policy was to be against all risks. The defen-
dont, however, had the policy underwritten only against
sea risks. The ship was detainod at Ferrol, at which
port she touched, and was there condemned—and
the Underwriters of course, were not liable under the
policy, limited it had been through the fault of the
defendant. The premium charged and paid by the
plaintiff was four guineas and a half per cent. and,
that this was such a premium as ought to have
_pro-
tected the vessel against all risks, was obvious from
this circumstance, that the brother of the defendant'
had procured the same vessel to be underwritten, to
the extent of £l6OO for the same premium.
This was not all, for when the plaintiff insisted on
having the policy delivered up, he received one, to
the amount of £5OO, and two others for £3OO, and
elto ; the two last-mentioned bearing stamps
posterior in date to the execution of the policy—the
Underwriters being the defendant for himself and a
person of the name of Morison ; and all of them being
spread over the ship and goods, instead of being as
the orders bore, confined to the ship :doge. In no
respect, therefore, was the policy executed agreeably
to orders.

The defendant's brother proved the greater part of
the cue. „He. on his cross-examination, however,
stated, that the defendant had transm►tted to him a
copy of the policy in question, at the time of under-
writing it, which he immediately communicated to
Mr. Conteen, jun. the gentleman by whom he had
been ordered to v:ecute it, and in his letter observed,
this RlOOO was not warranted free from all risk.

Mr. Conteen positively denied the receipt of any
such letter as the one last alluded to.
Mr. PARKE, in defence, stated, that the house of
the cleendant had been robbed and the policy carried
Of. On this account he had procured it to be execut-
ed at an after period, and, in this manner was the
Stamp-Office date to be accounted for. As to the
extent of the risk, he submitted, it was, or ought to
have been known to the plaintiff, long prior to the
time at which it had been incurred, and no oNection
having been made the plaintiff must be presumed to
have been satisfied with it.

Lord ELLENBONOUGH was of opinion that direct
evidence might have been given of the house of the
defendant having been robbed ; and of the existence
of the policy for £lOOO, if it ever had any existence,
in which case it would have been sufficient to make
oath to that effect, at the Stamp Office, without exe-
cuting the policy of new. It would be for. the Jury
to say, these proofs being wanting, how far they could
credit the story of the plaintiff's being apprised of the
extent of the policy underwritten for him?
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 41000.