Star.
London, England, 1806-12-27 00:00:00

ELECTION MISERIES.

Getting a perron to prop le von a Candidat:,
who is not kn.twn to any 'y pl.ue.
Going to the littfli!,:.s wi:!: a -..cry fine Speech in
yntir head, nut a ward of which can be heard for
huffing and hating.
Being loudly app:4,lded be a mob of 500 pertnnf,
who have not i voe imnng them.

Entering a public hnnfe !r) csnvare, and finding
the Cnrnpany di inkinz e-nfttrAn to ynu.
Lot king into the NewfraperA fi,r the excellent chs
raeter you tent of ynnTrell, And difeoveling it penc‘d
b:twcen twn,l,,itery pntis.

Employirg a pre ywe %rite a fang frr one of vier
dinner,, and findinethat none of the company tan
flog.

Counting exatily hoar many will form a mlinri,a
in your Civ(iiir. and, 'lron inquiry, told they are all
engaged to a Candida-e you never expeBed.

Muting your friends you have too much relief}
for their independent attachment to he at any ex-
pence, and finding that they will do nothing wilh'
out it.

Profetii an (Id and intimate acquaintance with
many of otir confl:tuents, and not able to recollect
their names or perfons.

-Alking a voter to giv. yon a 'plumper, and, being
threatened with a blade eye in return.

Being required to (helve wirat you mean by you*
Ai:llion., 'and hAving nobody at band to belp yda
out with a reply.
Going up to a wall to admire one or 'nor
while the mob come np and cover it with mai. •
A ceding year antAgnitill of railing the price of
,nou fi ins, and he intifling that you (hall eat your
words.

Employing a pas fon to prompt you M yourrpeeches,
who is called away the moment you begin.

Haring your advertifements drawn op by a frkrd.
who, when you lofe your elation, (wears you mu&
hate altered them.

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MonTine.—Ye flerday all the inhabitants ref eling
in the low fireets in the vicinity of the river Thames,
were thrown into the gresteft conticreation by the •
remarkable High Tide: about half pan two o'clock
in the afternoon, when the water was in its *nate*
nese of elevation, the leveret fewers being filled with
he (tram current which rufhed into them, born in
leveret places, filling the different cellars, sad here-
rooms and other places, which were under the level
of the fireets, with water. The prefure of the torrent,
in fume places, was fo intlantaneons, that the kitchens.
he. were filled in embolic, fearcely affording thole
below time to make a precipitate retreat. Several •
coal cellar., potaroe warehoufes, and others along
the River, by the Green Bar k, Tooley•ftreet, he. he.
were filled to the t•.p. In Tooley-Ilreet, a boat could '
fail, although it was confiderably higher than the,
filial' lanes which led to the watellide. The inhabi-
t tilts were forced to quit their. (hops on the grottnclp
and leek (better in the firlt floor,, leaving their pro-
perry to the chance mercy of the water. Scotland.
Yard appeared like a Lake the fenetnels Rood at
their boxes above their wane in water.. From Charing
Croft to the end of Downing-freer. every cellar aid
area were filled, the fires eztinguilhed, and the chairs
(bating about. The return ct the tide cleared the
fireets, he. of water : but it left fufficient employment
to the fervants for the remainder of the day. Lord
Mstantrews's, Lord WHyrwoarm's, and the Dust
of Fire's hoofer., alto the Soling Honk at the Hotfe
Gitardr, were among thole which coffered mot.
On Sattirday mornir.g tall, about ten o'clock, a
moßviolent nom of wind; accompanied by 'thunder,
liglrtcing, and hail, came on at• and in the neigh.
bourbood of Alnwick. The hailliones, which, were
driven by the grid with uoconserrn force, confilled
of pieces of complete ice, three marten. of an inch
lqtrare. Vet y great damage war &me to the windows
and glafs work in the town of Alnwielt and at
Swan.field, Mr. Selby had not fewer than a Cio fquares
of glair broken to hiverein the well from of his hoofs,
and in the ail cry and peach.hoofe. Other Gentle.
men in the neighbourhood retained fibrilar
In Liverpool b. tweet) twelve and one o'clock. the
wind was to tremendous as if. blow down a oew•builj
houfe in Nile street, unroof leveret hoafes, and upfet
a boat in the River, in which were three men re-
turning from a vcffel lying at the Rock, who were all
drowned.

The fame day, the river Stinchari at the town of
Ballantrae, Scotland, role to a prndigiuosiseight,
and overflowing the highway, for near twollundred
yards at the tooth end of the bridge, prefented a teens
of the mull dittrefiing nature ever feen there. About
eleven o'clock, At M. while the pih Troop of the sit
Royal 'Dragoons, oil their route from Hamilton to
Ireland, attempted to pale the waters, five of the
bodes, with their riders, were bone down by the
siolent rapidity of the current. Accoutred as the
men and hides were, and encumbered with large
heavy military cloaks, already (stunted with the
rainy, it was a cnnfitlerable time before the men get
themlelves difengaged from their horfes, and during
rhat interval, were feen frequently rolling over and
user one another, Ilruggling for etilience in the rag.
ing and mercilefs element. The inhabitants of sal.
lantrae, ever ready and allive in the saute Of huma-
nity, exerted thernfelves in a manner that calls for
t:.e thanks of the country, for wi hoot their affiflance,
five' brave men, with their hortes, had inevitably pe-
tilled. At the :ilk of their lives, they plunged into
the waters, and happily flicceeded in btingi3g four
of the unlottlinste men late to the Wore ; the filth
poor fellow mon providentially got on his feet, on a
high .7r bottom, 'so yard. below the toad, and Anod
In re than twenty tni,iutei in the water up to the
Ilent.!ch, until twat was brought from the town,
when he.was picl td opt,/ f.or BAllantrae lad', and
1:115 relcued our of a d, retilous lizoation.
horn which he could hot n- hors of crape, as the
waters were !till continuing to rilo every minute. In
the general confulion at.,l i trefs, the fpeftators; by
the power r.t lyn,pa.l,y, were du lualified for making
accurate olrier vationsr,t ever y pat ticular, and a doubt
prevails, that there is r.ne man and a honk gone
down to tile no more. The re.,r °I the tronp, (who
as set had not time to croft over) on perceiving the
I fate of their CrTlll,Aniol est back into the town,
v. here they rental' e,i until nine o'clock at night ;
when they got all fate :y over.

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LAM' 11“211.1GENCL

COURT OF CaI'WIRY, DEC. 23.

. THUSTFI.I LAID HAILIPAH O. SONO SANDWICH.
Mr. ALI %apnea mewed that direSion be given to
the &hter• to inquire into the reetiand ploatsen an
ell:ate called Horton, its Nortitamptonfhire, formerly
In the occupation of the late Lail of Sandwich, un.
der the following cireumdtances :—Mr. Archdale,
for whom the Le hued Cottnfel appeared. was
snainder man in tailon certain effete: in Sorel which
belonged* to the late Lord Halifax. That Nobleman
had been much involved in his affairs, and had di-
refted, that for his debts and lepacirs, in the 60
place, his chines in DUiIiAM lbould be refponfible ;
and next, in equal moieties, thole in Bucks, IV( rth-
amptonfbire, and Suffix. After the application of the
fiat, there was a large defakation.aud a part of the
fatter was ordued to be fold, wit" the exception of
thole in Bucks, which were unali naSle. as being
.in
falement. In, this fituation M.. Archdale was in-
'etched in makingthe Nord:annum elates as pro.
dufliye as pollible, end no account had been yet ob.
tamed of thelV rents 'and profits, notwithdanding a
fpecial order for that pupate had been iffaed to the
Mailer as yearly at the year 17.111.
The &metro' Gassier. Wet flltrirCd, that after
a bpfe of twenty eight yews itilnut pow tle requir-
ed to inveßinte alubjeet which none of the parties
then before the Court tianught fit to examine. The
wignal &cave us. dated in 1772, a report was of
terwards made gm the date dated, and another gene-
ntl report in 1783. In the whole biflory of the pro-
ceedings in chA?ceyy, no inflame casuist be produced
lucli an applqation t it was irregular in Corns, it
was deSeient in fubflance, and he vatted his Lord-
fhip would immediately difinifs it.
• The LOAD CH•SICILItOI (aid, that time in Inch
matters had a mighty operation ; it was noteenve.
nient to draw from the dull, accounts of the ascot**
quarter of a century for prefent exaeninatinn, when
tht parties who framed them were DO more. If this
were a fit‘ matter of enquiry et all, it could not be
entertaived in the form now reforted to. The rights
of this party might he Hated in a new bill, and then
the Cello would decide in due courfe upon the merits.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 23.
AhD oTHaas •

This wamin attion on a policy of infnrance on a
Alp owned by the Plaintiff, and underwritten by the
Defendant for sod.
Mr. Gaaaow faid, that Mr. Parker had ottoman.
ded one of his Mak...flea (hips under the orders of the
late Lord Nelfim at the battle of Copenhagen; and
doting the late peace heel porchafed the !hip in goer.
don, named the Norfolk, built in Holland: After
the had tutlained a complete repair, the was freight-
ed under the care of Mr. Parker, on a voyage to the
Weft Indies. She delivered her cargo in fafety in
the ifland of Jamaica, and received her ;Fading on
Iry homeward voyage. in Si. Anne's 114. I; was
requilite. however, according to the terms of the po-
licy, in confequence of the breaking oat of the war,
that the veffel fiould join convoy ; and Captain Par-
ker found it expedient for that noir rife, to bear up to
Port Antonio, where the H.et was Rationed. In doing
this, he had to contend with the winds and the cur-
rents, and a heavy tea which they encounteredocca-
finned the Norfolk to leak Co much. that all the
pumps were kept in conftant employment. Still the
Captain had hopes of overtaking the Seer, which was
now in fight, but contrary winds compelled him, in
a moll (Littered fate, to put back. and before they
could reach Post Antonin, they were obliged to fire
guns'of diflrefs for affidance. At this fignal, boats
strived from the thole, the Norfolk was towed into
harbou4a forvey was afteiwards taken, and the (hip
was condemned.
Sir VW AIT GIBBS, on the part of the Defendants,
argued, that the tamed were, by law, bound to pro-1
cute a veffel to convey merchandise, which was
found and lfaunch ; and nulefs this was done, no
claim could be made upon the underwriters for the
Infs. He Paid that he would produce the teltimony of 'I
feveral pufon_ pretest( at the furvey, who would de-
• pole that the Norfolk was in fuel) a lime of decay in
the Well Indies, that it was inspoffible (he could bare
been tea worthy when the failed from England. •
After the witneffes had been called, and Lord Es-
LEN atianucw had Gemmed up the cafe, the Jury
found a verdict fur the Plaintiff, 1791. dedudling sta.
paid into C,,u, t.
JAMES GRIiIN AND OTIORS V. NUTLEY DANNADY.
This was an iffue dire led from the Court of Chan-

eery, Lsi try the qucilino, if David Tanner, to whom
the pnintirs are aaignees, between 'be periods of
• the 111 of January, 1796, and aid of June, 1798,
committed an att of bankruptcy, and if he had, whe.
the the debt of one Williams, the petitioning ere&
tor, were Isr were not valid.
Sir V. Grass Paid that *bankrupt. Mr. Tanner,
had formerly keen engaged in anon earenfive e‘st-
cans in the iron trade: lie had not r nly fix differ.
eat forges in varinos parts of Wales, but conduced
a Perm at the annual tent of Wel. header, which
he was concerned in Cenral ens mines. In ;he year
3797, his 'fairs became emberrafTed. and in three
yeats afterwards, on the I;th December, a coma.
tine. was allied againa bim. The Learned Couufel
would bosh dillindly prove the att of bankruptcy,
and alGi die validity of the petitioning creditors debt,
and by that means entitle hirrielf to the verdia.—
After the wirneires were called,
I‘lr. Llustenve, fur the defendant, animadverted
upcm various cireatallances of doubt and fnfpieion
which appeared in evidence, and the Jury found a
verdia ter the defendant.
worrsaati Q. PASTIL.

The plaintiff, a planter abroad, configned 127
hogs of cotton to the defendant at Liverpool, who
wad his faelor, and ordered him to fell them for him,
and ieceive Pane inforancet, and place the fame to
his account, and pay tk.e futplus to his order. The
defendants were et editors to the plaintiff. and be was
'hailing them in,c,e4 an his debt. He wrote to
them fiveral lialsCS in December "800. the 57th Fe-
18ot, 24th Match 18.c..t, and alto in Jnly and
fiepternber iSoz, regaefling them to fell. The de.
author,. frequently .advife him that it would be a bad
Ome to bd, and in two a the above letters it teem-
rd that be gave a diferedirtnary power to Cell accord-
:rig to the fe.tors heft jodgment. However, in a
loiter of the ad at September, rBoz, the plaintiff in-
.3cd on en 1171111CCligke ide. TJte.ChlClAegtr, 041 noti

fell till Apnl tBo3, when therm was a confiderthle
fall in the price, and this adion was brought to re
cover the difference between the bell price, which
was as. tod..per lb and the netual price.
Mr. Gallo* opened the plaintiff's cafe, and
agreed that it was probable that the defendants might
have rifted according to their bell judgment for the
plaiatiff's intend; for although they charged him
intered on bis recount, yet they were, by delaying
the tale, kept out of their money for a long time.—
He offered to refer the quantnm of damages to Mr.
I Ward, and to let him confider all the harelfhips of
the defendant's cafe, but refuted to let the arbitrator
have the law of the cafe left at his decition.
Mr. TOPPING, fur the defendant, contented upon
the Plaintiff's letters being read, and referred to
Lord Ellenborough for his opinion.
The above letters were accordingly read,,and
Lord ELLkNISOILOUOII, referring to the Jury the
mere meaning of the mercantile ezpreflions, declared
his opinion, that the Plaintiff having. ordered the
Fedor to fell, he had no difctetian, and mull make
Isle as earl,' as Ponies however difadvanugeous he
might think it to his principal's intcred. This might
be fuppoted to be a hard cafe, but the plaintiff had
a right to have his goods fold, sand admitting that in
the two letters previous to the zd of September, the
plaintiff let the defendant Late from his lir a and Rile
igiundions, yet the letter of the zd of September,
Idoas was imperative upon the defendants.
Veedia for Plaintiff—Damages 12331. as. to be
reduced by reference to Mr. ‘Vard.

Penple's hearts and podia are generally experien-
ced to be tnorc open at Chriamas than at any other
feafon of the year ; and if they would now employ
a (mall portion of the contents of their purfer, and
have the heart to devote it to an adventurc in the
prefect rich Lottery Scheme, they might loon not-
only potters much' greater means of doing good to
thoufands of their fellow creatures, but do them.
(elves the good shit of putting thoufands of pounds
into their own pocket.

One hundred and Forty Thnufand Pounds is the
amount that will be divided into Capital Prizes in the
prefect Lottery (that begins the i3th of neat month).
which confids of only 25,000 Tiwkets, inflead of
50,000, as formerly, when about Somool. was appro-
priated for Capital Ptives : the prefent is, therefore,
a mod fingular opportunity to obtain a fortune, the
bighed Prizes being of the magnitude of 30,0001.
each, a (mall (hare of which (at a trifling e^penfe,)
will produce a faux fuflicient to provide every cons
fort for a whole family. HODGES and Co. Cornhill,
Oxford Street, and St. James's Street, are felling the
Tickets and Shares nn the bed terms, and will pay
.the Prizes on demand.

J. Ilaxrat and Co. Confalimuses, in Edinbnrgh
and Clafgow, refpeelfully inform the Nobility and
Gentry, that at this feafon they have for years been
in the cullom of fending to London, Bath, and all
over England, SCOT'S Buns, SNORT BREAD, and
other CAKES, which for rich and delicious flavour,
have long had a preference at the tables of Pillion in
every part of the united Empire. This year they
can warrant them of the very ben kind, having been
particularly fortunate in meeting with a quantity of
nice Dutch Butter, which gives loch a delicate and
peculiar richnefs to the talk of the Bans, as to make
them in the hightn degree delicious and exquifite --
Boxes from one Guinea to five, containing a variety
of Cakes, conveyed to any dillarice ssith perfetl
levy. Great variety of Scots Comfits, from ts. 6d.
to 4s. per pound.
The celebrated ROUSSIIAV, with a glowing elo-
quence, has inculcated the abfolute neceffity of fe•
males fuckling their own offspring. The idea of
hired nurfes wounds the feelings of a mind of tenfi-
bility or delicacy. Infallibly the difeafe of the nurfe
is communicated to her innocent charge, and hence
(curvy. worm', and other difeafes, are introduced
to families.—To prevent any pain in fuckling, Mrs.
Gagne ER'S Mellen of links, and Nipple,Cafes, are
carnally recommended, being approved by the mofl
eminent Accoucheurs and Msdwive'. To be had at
the Wo►m Hokum's, 74, Long-Acre, and 3, High.
flreet. ShoredUch, price 7s. the packer.

Thurlilay morning, al Ms IsoniclnWinmole-itrees, the Lady of
T. Halliday, Zia. at a fon and heir.