Star.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

LiflY INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY M.
SHARPE V. NICHOLLS.
The plaintiff had sold an estate to the defendant,
who refined to complete the bargain, owing to a de- ;
fect in the title. The plaintiff, it appeared, claimed
under the late General Prevost, and the objection was
that the General was not naturalized, and conse-
quently was incapacitated from holding landed pro.
perty in this country. Evidence was, however, pro-
duced before the Master, that General Prevost had
taken the oaths, &c. required by the 13th of George
the Second; but to complete his naturalization under
that Act, which relates to the naturalization of Ame-
-1...an Protestants, it was necessary to shew that he
had resided seven years in America without having'
been absent for more than two months at a time.
Mr. LEACH and Mr. HART engaged to prove this
by the evidence of persons who had been with Gene-
ral Prevost, in America.
The Loan CHANCELLOR thought that upon this
being proved, the title would be good.
Sir S. ROMILLY stated that all his client wanted
was, to be assured of his title. But the proof ought
to be completed at the plaintiff's cost. This was as-
sented to by the Chancellor.
• MORRIS V. COLEMAN.
This cause stood over, by order of the Court, till
this morning for the purpose of giving the parties an
opportunity of agreeing, if possible, for referring the
matter in dispute.
The LORD CHANCELLOR now inquired, if any such
agreement had been entered into by them ?
Mr. HART, for the defendant, said, " there had not.
He conceived The Court had to decide upon.what had
been put in issue between the parties, before any re.
ference could be made to the Master." ,
COURT—" 'Can I decree a partnership, yin et:union
for ever, in such a subject matter as theatricals ?"
Mr. HART....-" My Lord, I thought that before
any reference to the Master, the Court had tesde-
cide, whether Mr. Morris, a proprietor of one-,
fourth
part, could become a tenant, in common; in the- half,
contrary to the inclination of my client, arid Contrary
to the terms of the articles between them."
" COURT+" Mr. Hart, will you give in a decla-
ration of what your client understands to be the effect
of those articles ? I could wish the parties would
agree, and thereby get out of hot water.'
Mr. HART—" I should be story to commit my
client Without due consideration. I should be very
happy to get him ont of hot water, hot I might only
get him out of that, upon the gridiron."
Coolly-14 If you cannot agree, I must only give
my odgment ; but I would have you consider,
whether your client may not, in that case, get, if not
fro& hot water upon the gridiron, at least, between
the frying-pan and the fire. Let this stand over till
1 Wednesday next, to be then mentioned among the
motions."

bawstoN-HousE.—Saturday, IV. Bland, a vender
of gingerbread-nuts, &c. was fully committed for
stealing a bundle of books, the property of Luke
Lane, from a public-house in Aldersgate•street.

II A T TOI GA It DEN.--S turdAy, T.M•Namara was
committed on a charge of stealing a watch from the
White Bear, Islington; and also receiving from a
woman a watch, of which she had despoiled an ine-
briated sailor.

UNION HALL.—Saturday, a man who had long
disgusted the inhabitants of the Borough with an ap- ,
pearance of general wretchedness, was examined as
a vagabond, when it appeared that the bandages,
with which he wrapped his leg, to give it the appear-
ance
of sores, were merely the effect of art ; and that
his right arm, of which he appeared to have lost the
use, was perfectly sound. He therefore had his op-
tion of going on board the tender or being committed
as a vagrant ; the former of which he thankfully ac-
cepted.

NAP4L 11VTALLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, JULY es.
Captain MALcam, of the NARCISSUS frigate, is ap-
pointed to la RuiN, recently fitted out here, and now
lying in the Sound ; and the Hon. Captain AYLUER
is appointed to the NARCISSUS.

Sailed the NIMROD hired cutter, with dispatches for
Sir JOSEPH SIDNEY YORK, off Cherbourg ; the ORES-
TES, 18, Captain HAYNES acting, with a messenger
and dispatches for Lisbon, and about £50,000 in
cash,.. for the use of our army in Portugal ; the FOR-
TUNER, of 36 guns, for Cork ; LYRA, of 18 guns, with
a fleet of victuallers for the cruizing squadrons off the
coast of France.

Came in the Ocean, Captain FAIRY, from Quebec,
with Naval stores; Nelly, of Lond-on, Capt.Scuu-
RUE, from Jamaica, for London, with sugar and
coffee: she sailed the 16th May last, under convoy of
the DIAMOND frigate and THALIA loop of war, in
company with 116 sail, and parted from the fleet the
25th ult. in thick weather.

Sailed the BRITANNIA cutter for Corunna and Lis-
bon, with dispatches.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY M.
Arrived the Mentor, GOODWIN, from Jamaica,
parted from the fleet in thick weather on 24th June,
in lat. 41.45. long. 50. —. The EIDEREX takes con-
voy to the Mediterranean. The expedition will sail
the first fair wind.—Wind E.
HARWICH, JULY 23.
Arrived this day the Lark packet, Captain DELL,
from Heligoland, with mails and passengers. The
fleet of transports still remains.