Star.
London, England, 1815-01-14 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SIR-I conceive it becomes the duty of every
Officer in the Service, to endeavour to prevent the few
hard-earned honours his companions have it at last ti
in their_power to look up to, from being scattered in-
discriminately in other channels, among individuals
who have no claim to them. The Officers in the
East India Company's Service have King's Consmis-
'ions granted to them, but that originated from their
own claims to equality of rank with King's Officers ;
and although they entered their own Service fully
aware of the conditions and rules by which their own
Army was guided, they insisted on a boon in their
favour, to the manifest injury of others who received
no equivalent, no compensation for their loss of rank,
by the transaction, and on this favour they now
ground their claims to others. It is tolerably well
inown how some of their requests have been deman-
ded, not in the language of men desirous to prove
their meriting a reward, but in the determined style
of men who iu;ist upon rights, and these have all
been granted ; indeed the history of the Company's
'Army furnishes us, of late years, with one continued
system of concession, on the pan of Government, to
every thing they could sequin ior wish for. In thus
'sharing -the rank and privileges of King's Troops,
have they given up any part of theirs to our Service
Noce, and every Staff situation, or other military ad
vantage. arising from the service in India, is enjoyed
mime* by them ; they even fill shnations eonnec-
4od withe or arising solely from oar Regiments being
in that country. besides the numberless valuable
(ewes attaehed to every Colonial Government, par-
'ecularly Indian 'ones: While, therefore, so many
meritorious Officers in our Army and Navy are to be
found to adorn the list, it is to be hoped it will be
confined to them, as even, in its present enlarged
state, it-is far from sufficiently general, it is restricted
to men, mentioned in the Q.ieette and in the Dis-
patches, as having distinguished themselves ;—aU
Military men know how those distinctions sre fre-
quently procured, and Officers named for doing little,
while others, who have borne the blunt of the action,
remain unnoticed. It was, at one time, expected that
dal Officers, who had been in a certain number of ge-
neral actions, where their Regiments had behaved
well, were to have enjoyed some distinction, or re•
ceised some medal, and it is to be hoped that some-
thing of that kind may yet take place, as there are
innumerable individuals on whom the hardest and
severest part of the service has fallen, fully more &-
serving than many others who are to receive the dis-
tinction.---Your most obedient servant,

AN OLD SOLDINa.

ORDER OF THE BATD.—Circular letters have been
written to the Knights Commanders of the Bath by
the Secretary and the York Herald. The Secretary's
letter states, that the fees on their Kr.ighthood are not
to be charged to them; and that the only fees they ere
to pay, are to the Officer of Arms, for the escocheons,
plates of ensigns, and banners, &e. in Westminster
Abbey, and for recording their pedigrees, amount-
ing to 021. 19s. $ but in cases where pedigrees have
been already entered, ia. 18s. Bd. additional are to
'be paid. The Herald's letter requests a statement
of the military services performed by the Knights,
with a sketch of their armorial ensigns.
Lord Macvu.ce, it is said, is to have the Order of
tt;e Thistle, vacant by the death of the Marquis of
LQTRIAN. A Nobleman more amiable in private
life, and more esteemed as a Public Minister, could
not be selected for this honour.
04 Wednesday, the 30th of November Wt., the
infant daughter of kis Excellency Sir Goat OMELET,
Bart. his Majesty's Represeatative to the King of
`manna, was christened at. Sc. Petersburgh by the
Dame of ALAXANDRINE. The ceremony took place
at the Winter Palace, in the cabinet of her Majesty
the Eurasia Moluita, who was one of the sponsors,
and held the iofant in her arms, whilst the English
Clergyman, the Rev. Mr. SPENCER, read the service.
Their Excellencies the Count and Countess LITTER,
Count GOLOLIKIN, Monsieur D'OuvAnciar, .Count
de MUM/9 and Sir Geolios Oudectr, asuisted, as
proxies or otherwise, and had the honour of dining
with her Imperial Majesty.
_ _

The funeral, of the late Mrs. Comma, the Lady of
Mr. Comm, Banker, takes place to-morrow. The
coffin in which her remains are deposited is one of
the most splendid that was ever made it contains
above .5000 silver nails : the handles, plates, &c. eh
idso of solid silver.

Monty must be had, and soak too; and that h the
leas= all prudent people rush to the Lottery Offices.
Two of 4620,000 and Two of £lO,OOO are allures;
Mentz a man miist have firm • serves to resist saki Is
fit oases ioth of Mess lint Wsoassnax...44 there's the
sub. 6— First-diatom above 425. sothleditiglo.Doo

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CROWNS& AND AXOTHaIt V. aMITAINS.
4.40,
rt Was an action on a bill of exchange, drawn
b, person natnenobb, and accepted by the defen-
dant for £5OO. The action was tried before Mr. Jus-
tice liAn.mr, and a verdict taken for the plaintiff with
leave to move for a new trial, or to enter a nonsuit
under the following circumstances t
Cobb, it appeared, who since the transaction had
become a bankrupt, bad had ,ransactions with the
plaintiffs, who are bankers. .1t the time the bill in
question was drawn, be had acceptances coming due
to the amount of 4'700. He was at that time ab-
sent from home, bat his son applied to the plaintiffs
for their aid, stating, that his father etas then absent on
a journey collecting money, and on his return, what-
ever some they should advance for him would be
'replaced. The plaintiffs, however, declined doing
any some security could he got $ when
bb procured tbe defendant's acceptance for
C. It being understood at the time that it VMS an
ace' on his. put, and that it was to be
paid $ and to relieve the defendant from all
wobble At s*ea, the bill was accepted, payable
at laohback's sloe CO, with whith house both the
plaintiffs and Cobb had deaSugs, but the defendant
had no connection whatever. The bill became due
in An% Mitt as afterwards appeared, was not paid,
and antianed in the hands of the plaintiffs till Fe-
bruary following, when Cobb became a bankrupt
between the June and February, however, there had
been tan:actions to the amount of ‘3200, passed be-
tween the plaintiffs' house and Cobb ; on • Cobb's
stopping payment the bill in question was presented
to Smithies, who then for the first time understoOd it
Was ISM taken up. The defendant now refused to
pay, on the grounds that he ought, at the time of the
bill becoming due, to have had notice of its non-
payment; and upon that ground it was that the ap-
plication for a new trial on the entry of a noa•suit
was obtained. -

Mr. HoLnoYD now argued against the rule, and
contended, that no notice of the non-payment of a
bill by the defendant could be necessary to the ac-
ceptor, who was the person liable on the face of the
bill to pay.
Lord EiXDIJBOROLIOSI Mid, certainly not, in gene-
ral caw; but the question was, whether in this par-
ticular case, there should not have been a notice, both
parties knowing, at the time the bill was made, that
it was al} accommodation bill, which was to be paid,
when dew, by the drawer. Another strong circum-
stance was, that it was made payable at a house
where it was stated the acceptor kept no cash, tl:ough
both the drawer and the plaintiffs had dealings with
the house. •
Mr. Hikanen then submitted, that if notice were
necaeary to render the defendant liable, there was no
limited time for that notice being given under the
circumstances of the present ease; and notice of
non-payment having been given previous to the pre•
seat onion being brought, was auffieleal to render
him Wit*
Sir. ?Am la support otitis role, argued against'
the liability of the defendant to pay upon this under-
taking ; more especially as it appeared, from the evi-
dence, that-had the plaintiff arrested* the defendant
immediately, on the bill becoming due, Cobb would,
at that time have been able to pay it. Mr. Park also
contended, that this bill was given, for a specific
purpose, namely—guaranteeing the payment- of the
£7OO billi, then coming due ; and that those bills
having been paid, and a sum sufficient having come
Iron the'hands of Cobb to the plaintiffs, it ought to
have been immediately appropriated by them to li-
quidate that bill; instead of which they had still kept
it in their hands, and made it a basis for giving Cobb
further credit, without communicating to the defen-
dant that they were doing sot
Lord ELLENBOROUGIi said, if such were the fact, it
would alter the face of the case materially. His
Lordship suggested to the parties, that a consent
should be taken, on the defendant's paying the money
into Court, to enlarge the rule to Easter Term, to
afford an opportunity for investigating the accounts,
to ascertain the fait of new credit being to Cobb on
the bill in question. Thit was agreed to, and the rule
was enlarged accordinglf.