Star.
London, England, 1825-11-07 00:00:00

LORD NUGENT.

The following Letter has been published in a Sun-
day Paper : Wardour Castle, Nov. 4.
" Silt —I beg your immediate insertion of a declara-
tion from me, which I feel that I owe it to myself to
make As publicly as the statement has been made which
calls for it. Nor should twenty-four hours have elapsed
between oat statement and a direct and public contra-
dicron, had I not been at the distance of a day and a
night's post fr London.
In consequence of a report which I read, of appli-
cations made at the Mansion-house by shareholders in
the Gwennap Mining C,:mpany, in .which I saw that
my name had been connected with it, I authorized the
insertion in the newspapers of a par.,graplit, denyii,g
that I had ever held any connexion with that Company,
or altowed my name to be wed as a President or Di-
recter. I see this mornin.r, a statement made by a Mr.
Cooke, who is desct died as a managing Director of that
Company, which I feel renders a mote explicit and a
more circumstantial declaration necessary on my part.
I desire diets:foie to state, that I never authorized the
publication of my name as a Director or President of
that Company, but that, on the contrary, I desired
that my name should not be so used. I desire further
to state, that I never requested, accepted, held, or sold,
any share or spate; in that Company, and that thc re•
poi ted description of a convey sation between Mr. Cooke
and myself is throughout untrue and unfounded. In
the coor..e of last summer (I should think about the
beginning or middle rif August), a Mr. S:ewart, who I
believe 1. an agent to severs! Milting Societies, called
upon me to request that I would become a Director of
a Conipthy, to be formed under the name of the
Gweisnap Company. I.desired time to make some
inquiries before I should give an answer, and, after I
believe two or three applications from him on the sub-
ject, I declined connecting myself with it. Hellad also,
offered me a certain number of shares, I. believe 50,

the proportion to be allotted to each Di! ector. About
two evenings alter this, I was told that a Gentleman had
cal'ed to speak w ith roe on business, who may have
been Mr. Cooke, but 1 do not remember the name.—

This pers .n told me, that he under tool from Mr.
Stewart, that some share in the Gwennap Mining Com-
pany belonged to me, and thati:e was come to take my
directions -.bout them. I did not wish to enter irtu
any particulars with a person whom 1 did nut know,
end whom 1 had never before se-n ; 1 therefore merely
told him in substance, that Mr. Stewart had my answer
wiih respect to the Company, and that I begged to
refer him to Mr. Stewart. He went on to say, that

though the share, were the At adi ctunt, they -would
soon be brought up to a premium, and that, if I toould
give him an order, he would manage them for me. I again
Loki him that Mr. Stewart had received my answer,

and thus I broke up the conversation. Since that time
I have never seen or heard from him nor Mr. Stewart.
1 co not, at this distance of time, profess, as Mr. Cooke
iii his st.:tement appears to do, to recollect the exact
words used in the conversation, except those under-
scored (or in italics), which I recollect perfectly. To
tie substance el the whole conversation, I wish to be
nude rstood to.sreak positively. I wish to be understood
positively to declare, that I did not say that I wished
Irvm to sell any shares for me; or any:kin; to that cpct.
That I did not say 4 that was not the way in which bu-
sii,esS,pt diet k ndwas cone;' or that, 4 as the shares
were at aipretnitiM, those allotted to me might be sold,
arc' the premium handed ever to me; or anything to
that did. Wind misunderstanding may have arisen
ietween Mr. Cooke and Mr. Stewart, 1 cannot be ex-
pr. ted to inqUire. I deiire, however, to give a broad
and unqualified denial to the assertion of my having
yiven authority to either of them to attach my name as
President to the Gwennap Mining Company, or to hold
or cell any shares in it on my account.
" I regnest of you to give instant publicity to this letter; the
rtilect of which, however uninteresting it may be to the public, I
trel to be of great importance. to myself.
.4 I am, Sir, your obedient humble 'errant,
. " NUGENT."

If the proposed Canal from the,,Red Sea to the Me=
diterranean were to take disci, mid Mete it h)Uhd
unicticable to employ steam poweev it itl Cikulated that
tl e voyage from England to Bombay. which at 'intent
takes four u•ontlis, might be accomplished bytKfreitial
in sixweek“, the distance being about 7,200 • '
The Aolizie del Giorno, Roman Journal, contains a
detailed account of the inciease of Populativn in that'
capital, front 1816 th 1625. It appeals, that in 181 C
it amounted to 128,997•individuttis, of whom 4,034,
belt:Surd to the becular and resolar clergy, itclodiiig
4nclthat it now alQutitis
5,126 belong to the clergys,
• The issps-estitioris vegeta which sailors entertan foe
the ihiall'hird calledltie•Stormy,•Petre, ki.to arise•
trim their belief that the Se. hit 1:61low 'ship% for the
purpose of picking up tile souls of seamen Xhat ale lktst
ii. tempests, and can yii.g theta to the bosom of ills ir
CREATOR. • -1. i.. I, i 'id
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LAW INTELLL;E:;.:E.
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COURT OP OHANCEItY, Nov. S.

NCL LONG WELiZSLEY v. DUKE OP EgAupoET.

The Court was thronged, in the expectation of hearing
the SOLICITOR-GRNERAL make a moti.,n respecting Mr.
Long Wellesley's children ; but just a. the Learned Gen.
tlem an was commencing—
Mr. HA itt (on the part of Mr. L: W.) interrupted
him to state that he had mistaken his vase; it was n..t
a gnes;i•m of goardi anship, but whether the Court would
do that which it had no power to do. namely, take
father's children from their lather, and put them into
the hands of other persons?
The Loan COANCILLOR .aid there could be no doubt it had such
power if a strong case were made out.
►\lr. HART thee expressed a wish to have the motion
atguei in the private ruom; if the other sue persisted
in having the in•erior of the family exposed all over tl,e
kingdoni,he would apply t.) have the petitions and a Clap
•its referred to the Master, for scandal and imp?, tineme.
Ilk LORDSHIP would nut object to the reference, if %Tr. flan
would suspend his proceetlingi in the Court of hinz's Bench, on
Monday, respecting a habeas corpus.
HART assented. •
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Ti e S-LICITOR-GESERAL said, ai to preferring tq
have the case heard in public,he would say.ihat in the fa r
eii:ebatpe of his duty, he did Fri ler it, because he knew
that public discussion often aided the ends of jus:ice,
more than anything else. 4 Such had been the result in
Lo:d Portsmou Ws case, which was atgut-ti fob' CI)
upon ',is iesponsib lity.
His Loansinr—What do you say to slr. Hart's proposal, that
the motion should stand over'
The Summit GENERAL would assent, if the chilJten were not,
in the intrtini, is.terlared with in any way whatever.
Mr. HAkT agreed, and the n.o,ton .+a, ordered to
stind over. lie also propo•ed g .ing before the Mas.
ter, to settle a plan for the education cit thi:
Tar SoLiciron-GimitaAt. replied errip!..4:icAlly, "
object to any sort ni partial hearing. Toe case shall be
fully heard, and that in pubic Omit, too."
Mr. HART then pressed his reference of the affidavits for scandal,
and insisted that bis Learned Friend could not proceed tilt the
Master repotted thereon.
The Loan CHANCELLOR disagreed with this doctrine, and said he
would read the affidavits and petition over himself by Monday
morning. Here the matter re,ted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 5.
The Court was engaged the whole of the day in hearing the legal
arguments of Counsel, in cases of nu interest except to the parties
immediately concerned.
111011 coma OF ADMIRALTY, Novelist's 4.
IN TIIE MATTER OF 'TIE MATCHLESS.

Dr. Jesse AnAats moved the Court to grant con-
demnati••n on this vessel, for having two slaves on board
when captured, on a voyage from St. J.:lln's to Antigua,
contrary to the provisions 47 Ge... 111. Mut•on granted.
Sir CloosToertza Rolm:sow, the King's Advocate,
applied for head-money to be granted on the follow-
ing vessels :
On a vessel unknown, captured at Bona
•during the hostilities
between this country and Aloiets.
On four vessels and one gun.boat,captnred by Captain Hancock
in the sloop Cruizer, whilst under the command of Lord Keith, off
Flushing, in 1801.
On two gun-boats and two merchant vessels, captured by Captain
Surr, in the Grasshopper, under the command of Admiral Purvis,
whilst off the Islands of Faro, on the coast of Spain.
On the French ship La Monche, capttired by the Reindeer, but
was subsequently lost in a gale.— Motion granted.