Star.
London, England, 1825-12-19 00:00:00

POItTSNIOUTII, DECEMBER 17.

Yesterday arrived the Espiegle, 18,Captain Luke H.
Wray, from the Cape of Good Hope station, having
been reiieved, after three years' service, by the Martin,
18, Captail Thomas Wilson. She le.t the Cape on the
17th of ().tuber (brought a mail from thence), St.
ll.,lera 81st of October, and Ascension Bth of Novetn-
her. The Tees, 28, Captain Frederick Marryatt, arrived
at the Cape on the 12th of October, from Trincomalee
and the Mauritius, and was to sail on the. 20th of Oc-
tober firs England. No news by her of the Burmese
war. The Liffey, 46, Captain Coe, was daily exoected,
on her passage from India. The Leven, Captain W.
F. Owen; Barracouta, Captain Vidal ; and Albatross
tender, had returned from surveying at Madagascar
and Delagoa Bay, refitted, and were to sail in a few
days, to commence a survey of the west coast of Mika.
Acting Lieutenant Nash, Mr. Farley, purser of tke
Leven, and several seamen, had died of the fever pes
culiar to Delagoa Bay. The Ariadne, '2O, Captain F.
Chapman, wal to sail for England about the 27th of
October. It was reported that Lord Charles Somerset
and family, intended to return home by this ship. The
been Glendower, Commodore Christian, was lying at
. the Cape. The Samarang and Martin were at the
Mauritius. :The brig Eleanor had been brought from
Delagoa Bay by the LeveA, having been taken from
the Portuguese, who, because all the crew, except two
• seamen, had died, deemed her a good price. iVhen the
Espiegle sailed, tie Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension,
were healthy. Colonel Nichols and the marine garrison
have been unceasingly employed in cultivating the
island of Ascension, and with complete success. The
garrison supplied the Espiegle with 40 tons of water
and a quantity of vegetables. C.blonel Bird, late Colo-
nial Ss•cretar y at the Cape of Good Hope, and Lieut.
!Lithe' ford, Royal Engineers, came passengers in the
Espiegle. It is understood he is charged with a strong
repreAnuation to Government of the great loss which
v. ust be experienced by the colonists, if the Cape rix-'
dollar be *Bossed to. remain, as now fixed, at Is. 6d.
per d, liar, the old standard being 4'. each. The Es-
piegle spoke the Duke of Lancaster, from India for
Liverpool, and the American whaler Baiina, outward-
hound. W. -M'Coy, the purser, is the only Officer
arrived who left England in the Espiegle. Acting
L•eutenants J. R. Marsh and George Trollope, Acting
Master R. N. Newman, and Mr. IL Wylie, surgeon,
DOW belong to her. She is ordered into harbour, to be
paid eth

We have letters from Sierra Leone to the 31st Oc-
tober. They mention that Captain CLAPPLRTON and

Dr. DICKSON. with their party,'had visited Siert... Leone
in passing. They started thence in excellent health and
spirits, for the Benin Ray, r, at the nearest point on the
coast to Sucattoo. It was considered very questionablo,
nether the route which the expedition has now put--
sired fiotn Sierra Leone by the Benin River, or that
tt rough the Foulah country, was the hest. By the
latter, from the rr cent rapid increase of British influence,

a sale conduct could now be obtained to within a short
distance of Timtiactoo. But, by the Benin River,
though there is no 11: hishinfluence on that part of the
coast, or near it, the length of the journey is gteatly
diminished. The officers and men who composed the
expedition, anticipated nothing but a prosperous ternsi-
nati ii of their !about s.—Literavy Gazette.
Saturday se'nnight, Master F. DOWNING, 13 years of
age, the shiest son of FRANCIS POwNiNc, Esq. of Dad.
ley, and one of the pupils of the Rev. Mr. FREEMArz,. at
Pattingham, being unwell, Mrs. FREEMAN Or des ed their
servant boy to go into the village for two half ounces
.of salts, but the cook said there were some in the house,
and she immediately fetched oat of the pantry an in-
gredient which was mixed with some water in a tea-
cap, and Master DOW SING drank the content, ;
shatelf sire he became sick and faint, ennui hilted of '
a pain iy.thc. stomach, and in less than half an hourl
etpireds itappears that the oxalic acid was kept by
the maid for the purpose of cleaning brass and other
a. tides of furniture, and was contained in a pager on
which Ira time and the. word " poison" were printed,
lbot unfortunately the cook win) fetched it from the
pantry was unable to read.—An inquisition was held,
da verdict retui Red to the effect that the deceased di •d
by accidentally taking oxalic aciii oiistake for salts.
• SLIGO, De.:Estarit 10.—Mr. Atkilisna's driser, of
Rattileigh, has fallen a 3aciitice to the savage violence
t the misgui2ed wretches who have of late exhibited
such a inimidable appearance in that' di,uict. flis
r.angled body was fund on IffedoesdayisiOrningoleat
his master's house, almost in a state' of nudity. 'Flue
side was Mitch bruised, and a large wound, seemingly
from a spade, appeared prominently on the head.
laterteen persons have been arrested under susptcion ist
beiq participators in tht dreadful deal.

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LAW REPORT.
COURT QF CHANCERY, Doevicata 17.
IMPORTANT RESPECTING THE PdSLIC PANIC.
It was not known till the usual time of the Court's
sitting, that the LORD CHANCELLOR would Tint attend.
At that time a notice was posted en the doer, that the
Court wou:d not sit to-day. His Lnrd3hip's attendant
came to the Hall, to intimwe to Counsel the cause of
ihe-Chancelloi's absence, and %s e understood it to he
this—that an express- was received by his Lordship
im-
nediately to attend the King upon the Trevino, whe-
t' er the Public should be restricted froth calling upon
the Bank of England to thy more than a given number
of sovereigns ; and whether the Governor and Company
of the Bank should be at liberty, pro tempore, again t.,
issue in London their one and two pound no es ?

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Drc. 17.

THORNTON V. HUNTER AND ANOTHER.

This was an action for the use of a ship from this
country to Rotterdam, and afterwards to Sincapore, in
India. The defence was, that the charter W4S under a
contract, which was abandoned by the Caoa'n, by his
deviation from the prescribed course of voyage; and
that, therefore, the plaintiff was not the proper person
•o bring the acti:nt.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the Jury to say
whether the charter-party had been abanioned or no-,
and when a sew voyage began? and find accordingly.
,The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—the
amount of damages to be referred. But on the question
when the contract had been abandone,f, they retired to
consult, as there was some difference of opinion. The
Jury returned in about half an hour, fincing that the
charter•party, had been abandoned et the nth of
September, 1823, and finding for the plaintiff a:tet
th.t time.
LUKE AND ANOTHER V. BARROW AND ANoThEn.

This was an action► to recover the hrlarce of a ship-
wright's acccunt. The defendant had been advised by
hii broker to pay it rather than go into Coto t, as all
shipwrights' bills were ur.reasonabie—(l aughter).
The Loan Cuter Jusitca applauded this advice, and the Jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff Or the balance.