Star.
London, England, 1824-12-08 00:00:00

FARMER V. LONG.

This action was brought lay Mr. Thomas Farmer, an
ironmonger, against IVIr. John Long, proprietor of the
fashionable Hotel, to recover eleven guineas for repair-
ing and japanning some Register stoves, which had
been damaged by a fire in the defendant's house. The
defendant pleaded a tender of all that was due, and paid
51. into Court.
The plaintiff called workmen to prove the work
done, and two ironmongers to speak to the charge,
which they described to be reasonable.
The defence was, that the plaintiff had bargained to
do the work for much less than his present demand ; and

if more work had been done than the defendant had
ordered, it was without his authority.
The Jury found a verdict for the defendant.

Letters from Vienna, by the French Mail, state that
there has been a general movement of concentration in
the Austrian army in the provinces adjoining the
Turkish frontiers, and that several-regiments of Austrian
cavalry have taken up their position upon the extreme
frontier. This movement has caused some sensation ;
but it was stated at Vienna, that it had been rendered
necessary to form a sanitary cordon, in consequence of
the extent of the plague in the provinces of Turkey
which border upon the Austrian territory, particularly
upon Transylvania and the Buckowina.
New Brunswick Papers, to the 2d November have ar-
rived. They contain an account of some civil actions
tried at St. John's, which were of very considerable
importance to the inhabitants. Among these was the
trial of the master of the ship Marcus Hill, for intro-
ducing the small-pox into the colony last season, which
terminated in a verdict against him, and he was con-
' demned to pay a fine 0f.1.:220. It was hoped this would
operate as an example to the masters of vessels to be
careful that no infectious disorders existed among their
crews, before they entereilthe port. Another action
was one against some of the inhabitants for assaulting
the tide waiters, appointed by the Officers of the Customs
to make their seizures. Although the assault was
proved, yet, as it was a matter of great doubt with the
Judge, whether the Custom-house Officers had the power
to depute their authority to the tide-waiters, who with-
out it would have no right to make a seizure, the Jury
returned a verdict of acquittal.
The present state of the Old Bailey, Bridge-street,
and Blackfriars-bridge, though vary lately Macadam-
ized, is such as to give it a fair chance of very soon rival-
ling in mud old Fleet-ditch. We should conceive that the
winter season is not the best that could be chosen for
tearing up the streets of the metropolis. The bridge is
in a most disgraceful state.
Wednesday List, as William Dray, the gamekeeper
of Sir George Wombwell, of Stowlangtoft, in Suffolk,
was going his round, a hawk passed over him, which
he shot at and killed ; and, going to pick it up, he
came in contact with the wire of a spring-gun, when
part of its contents was lodged in his leg and ancle. A
surgeon was sent for, who extracted some of the
_shot,
and hopes are entertained that he will be able, in a few
weeks, to resume his situation, and his gun again.

Another unfinished house on the East Cliff, Brighton,
between the Crescent and Kemptown, became a heap
of ruins on Thursday. It again blew a hurricane, but
it moderated as the night wore away. The flow in the,
Channel, though at the dead of the neap, was more than
equal to what has sometimes been observed during the
spring tides.
The Catholics of the Midland District, comprising.
the counties of Warwick, Stafford, Worcester, and
Salop, finding that the de,ign.ttion which they had as-
varied, as forming a branch of the General lit itibh Ca-
tholic Association, was illegal, have formed themselves
into a distinct society, to be called the Midland Catho-
lic Association.