Star.
London, England, 1814-08-23 00:00:00

L4Of INTELLIC4tVCX.

• COURT, OF.OfIANCE4Y, AUL:U4'I' se.
PRIVATE Al AD-lIQUSE. 10C-PA LInDREY.
Mr. HART stated, that he was desired by Doctor
Sutherland, and others, who his Lordship directed a
Itukas Corpus to he served on, to ptilduce Mr. Lim-
brey, who had been stated to be of sound mind, and
confined against his will at a private receptacle for
lunatics, called Fisher's Hottie, Islington, kept by
Mr. Barstaple, under the inspection of Dr. Suther-
land. His Lordship would recollect the order only
issued on Saturday, and was not served until a late
hour the same night ; that his clients had not had
time to get copies of the affidavits which the Halms
Corpus had been grounded on ; there might be seve-
ral allegations in them, which it might be necessary
for hid clients to answer. Mr. Limbrey was at Fi-
sher's House, which was not far off, and might be
brought up at any time. He trusted that his Lord-I
ship would grant time to answer the affidavits.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, it was the

paramount duty of the Court, when they found a
person of sound mind confined against his will, to
enlarge him.
Mr. HART.—" But your Lordship will find he is
of that sound mind before you discharge him. We
.cannot get a copy of the affidavits before to-morrow

morning." - -
The LoRD,CtrANCeLLOR.—" I am to take him of
sound mind and confined against his will, tor it is
sworn to : let him be brought up on Wednesday.—
I do not go so far as to say that I would discharge
him without inquiiing into his state of mind."
Ma. I-Ltnr.-4, We do not know what the affi.
'davits contain, and will not be able to answer them'
by Wednesday."
The LORD CHANCELLOR." Let the party mak-
ing the application shew them to you. This is a
case that every unnecessary expense ought to be
spared. If I was to suggest any thing, I would say
the Lord Chief Justice and several of the other

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Judges are in town, and at present have more leisure
than I have."

To be brought up on Wednesday.
UUMTH IN THE MATTER OF SIR JEREMIAH HUM-
PHREY, A BANKRUPT.
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Sir SAMURL RObIILLY stated, this was the Petition
of Dr. Griffith, praying that the Commission of
Bankruptcy might be superseded, or otherwise that
the Assignees of Sir Jeremiah Humphrey might be
ordeted to fulfil the agreement betweeo him and the
Petitioner, and to pay up all arrears of rent due with
interest. The Petition' set forth that the Petitioner
granted a lease to the Bankrupt of a colliery in Gla•
morganshire, for 99 years, on condition that all coals
from the colliery sl:ou:s1 pass through the Plaintiff's
canal, for which they wore to pay a certain toll, since
which trine the Petitioner had completed the horse-
way of the canal, which cost him ail 5,r)00. Sir Je-
remiah getting tired of his a:ffeement, wanted to get
rid of it by a commission <u bankruptcy being issoed
against him, that the Assignees might be able to sea
linquish it. For !!t purpose he got a person of the
name of Rees to strike a docket againt.t him, who
was not a Creditor, further than being in possession
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of a bill of the Bankrupt's for 4200. payable at sight,
which was given to him for the purpose ; that. Rees
was appointed assignee under the commiasinn ; that
when the colliery was put up to sale there was no
bivider; that the Bankrupt had . never committed
any act of bankruptcy ; that he had a life interest in
se;1500 per annum ; that his other property amount-
ed to £13,000, besides an expectancy of £9OOO, and
all the debts he owed • in the world did not amount
to more than £5OOO. The petitioner proveo a debt
of £3OO under the commission ; but was informed
by the. Commissioners, if he did do so, it would be
no bar to the superseding of the commission. The
Learned Counsel contended, there were sufficient in
the affidavits, in answer to this petition, to prove that
there was no nec'ssity for the issuing ofthe, commission.
Mr. Rees, in his affidavit, denied that it was a con-
certed commission— but admits that he had once said,
jocularly, to SirJeretniah, that the best thing for him
would be to be made a bankrupt of, to get rid of his
incumbrances, and also to be 'shire-washed of the
lease of the colliery. Rees also alledged, that he
sold the bankrupt a piece of ground fur £9OO, which
he himself had purchased froth a person of the name
of Meaks, who was pressing him for the• purchase
money, and had only given him to a day in Novem-
ber t,, pay it. The bankrupt gave him £7OO in cash,
and his note on the Sth of September, payable at
sight, for £2OO, ansi immediately takes out the com-
mission of bankruptcy—and this, he says, without
having made any communication to the bankrupt.
—He (the Learned Counsel) would ask, hovi Rees
could demand the £2OO on the note, before the deed
was made over to the bankrupt ? He could not,
transfer it, for it was in Meak's possession. Could
any person shut their eyes against this transaction,
and say it was not a concerted bankruptcy ? It was
not. found even necessary to ;ell all the wine that was
in the bankrupt's house, to pay the debts under the
commist'ain, as there was 100 dozen left unsold. It
was not even pretended there was any act of bank,.
ruptcr committed by the bankrupt. Under these
considerations, he trusted that his Lordship would
grant the prayer of the Petition.
Mr. Cooke followed on the same side.
Mr. Lanett, Counsel for the Assignees, contended
that the prayer of the petition onelit not to he grant-
ed, on the ground that Rees had sworn most posi-
tively that the commission had not been taken nut
by collusion ; he was pressed for money by Meaks ;
in June he was arrested by him, who 0-.tve him until
November to pay it. He then sold the land to Sir
Jeremiah for ,E UO, who was to give. him all cash ;
but being disappointed in the payment of the £`ZOO,
he struck the docket against him, and issued out the
Commission. His Lordship would recollect, that
the Bankrupt had obtained his certificate. His client
had no objection that his Lordship would direct an
iasue to try the question at law.
The LORD CUANCILLOR—" Is it sworn when the
note for 0200 was signed ?"
Mr. LEACH-116 It is not, my Lord."
Mr. CULLKN and Mr. MoNrisoue followed on the
same side, and contended, that it was a question his
Lordship could not decide without first having the
opinion of a Jury. •
Sir SAMURL RoMau.Y replied, and observed, that
since the year 1809, the canal on purpose for the col-
lery had cost the Petitioner £15,000. The 13,ink-
rupt's in the colliery had been put up to atm-

tinny and purchased by the Bankrupt's son for eon,
and since that it had been, assigned over to A pauper.
If there ever %%as a case that called for his interfe-
rence this' was one.

The Lonn CU/own-um —fi I desire to have an aft.-
davit *hell the contract was executed, and when the.
.note to Recs WAS signed "
Mr. LCACII" the original contract is lost."
The Lotto Cum.:m.l,mi •-"• The witor = is not ; let
him make an affidavit to those facts, and also lit him
inform me on what priced st tnip the agreemelt was
executed on ; until this is done, let the Petition stand'
at the bottom of the list."
Further consideration postponed.

Bow-STREET.— RonnERY OF TIIEHERTFORD CO/Leff.
—Yesterday IV. Cooke was brought before Sir NA•
THANIEL CONANT, for re-examination, charged on
suspicion of having robbed the Hertford coach, os .
the 16th of last May, of the Burn of RSSIB Os. 41—
The evidence affecting the prlsoner WAS as follows :
The clerk of Messrs. Christie and Catheeal, B '
at Hertford, proved that, on the I.:h of M iy, he de.
posited a parcel cant 'ining the above sum in the
coach, at the Bull bin, at Hertford. He put the
parcel in the box kept for that purpose, and secured
it in the usual manner. The wailer of the Bull bin.
the coachm in, and a Lady who came t, London in
the coach, proved the prisoner to have been a passen-
ger. A man with whom he had been seen speaking
'in the market-place, got into the coach with him.—
Owen Williams, civic to Messrs. Ramsbottom and
Co. deposed, that an the IG h cf May he had the du-
plicate key belonging to the , chest which Messrs.
Christie aryl Cu. used to send their twinies lece-
rities in. iVi:ness went to the coach office, in Bisi.ops-
gate-street, and on unlocking the chest, was very
much astonished that it did not contain any parer!;
as a remittance was that day expect,-d.—.Johri
Vickery state.!, that he and Lov!pder aprohended
the prisoner on Sunday the 14th instant, corn-
ing up by Romford in the Yarmouth coach. On
searching his person, they f 'lll,d a 840 note, a £lO
note and four small ones. It had been traced, th it
the MO note had been taken from a gentleman, who
went to partake of the grand civ'c feast given at
Guildhall. The parties were bound over to pr:bsecute
on the robbery of the coach, and the prisoner wag
ordered fur re-examinatifm on Salm day, to answer
the charge of having in his possess* the stolen £to
note.

Richard Harris, was charged with having robbed a
man of a watch, add 47 in money, in St. Giles'4
Saturday night, and Jong Mirky and Jjng that %eye
charged with being accessaries in the fact. They were
fully committed, for trial.
Harron•Gannast.—Yesterday, John Pears:, Mich.
Waldo James Tuder,Thowar and George two bro•
thers, and Ward, sixhoys, and• Sarah Broadfield, other-
wise Giketai, were. brought up and finally examined,
being charged, the boys with stealing, and the wo-
man with receiving. The prisoners' Walsh, Tucker,
an 1 W•tedf.and Sarah Btoatifield alias Gillman, were
fully cotrartitted to Nets-gate. for trial. John Nara
was admitted ?1 evidence; and Thonzas Willis and
George Willis were discharged.
House.--Yestorday J. Rdertron, alias
Bovertos, a reTectable looking man, was charged
with stealing two table spoons. No less than fifteen
Tavern and Coffee-house-keepers appeared against
him, all of whom recognized his person, and recol.
lected hating lost spoons after he had been in ;heir
houses. The charge
_upon which he was particularly
examined was, that of stealing from the Ship Tavern.
Leadenhall-street, in which house he called for half.
a-pint of wine ; the waiters suspecting that he was
contemplating a theft, put two silver sauons in hitt •
way, which he soon after.consigrei-il to his mxklit.—
An officei was then sent for, and he was taken into
custody, when he produced the spurns. He was re.
;nanded for further examination. When the ezami.
nation was finished, one, of the City Officers • stated,
that he knew the prisoner—and that he.had formerly
been sentenced to two years impris.,n-neiu for stealing
the clock from the House of Commons.' -
Thursday night last some villains FrOke into thet
dwelling house if Admiral Rooens, at Lemington :
they entered the bed-room where the Admiral was
sleeping, and style his watch from the head of the
bed. After tweaking open a desk and etcrutoire,
from which they took cash and other vatuables, they
left the house withlut disturbing the f imily.
Muni:ea—There h.iste been committedto Hamiltnn
Gaol, Jana Cum, sheriff's officer, and lA, Hawkins,
weaver, charg dwi .h murdering a shoem • 'ter at than.
tyre Mills, called Galbraith,nn Sunday, the 14iih inst.
The deceased was walking in the maim-road, AtCOM.
panied by a woman, when he was beset by the pri-
snners. After asking him repeatedly for drink or
money, Hawkins knocked him down, and then Cure.
trampled upon him. He was left wounded on the
road, and died on the following Thurstity.—Hehas
left destitute a wife and three children.
DREADFCL FIRE AT I.Errn.--Fridsy night, about
twelve .o'clock, a fire broke out in an extensive tene-
ment, Ina the shore of Leith, occupied by Mr. A.
iFenOussox, as a tavern and lodging-house. he fire
was occasioned by the indiscretion .of a gentleman
leaving a lighted candle in his r lorn when he went to
bed. Mr. COPLAND. one of the tenants on the storey
next the attic, where the fire originated, being alarmed
with cries and the smell of hunting, got up immedi-
ately, and proceeded to the apartment whcoce the
smoke and flames issued, and, with consider hie ram-,
tion, succeeded in saving th- person in the room. is
the mean time, Mrs. COPLAND and her servant got
up, and such WAS the rapidity with which the smoke
and flames spread, that they with great difficulty
escaped, with hardly any clothes. The B,l*, Naving
completelz enveloped the root, it fill in,abqut three
o'clock with a tremendous crash, caril:trit ,along
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with them the whole flaors to.the bawd), tn. cum ge-
neral ruin. Notwithstanding evt•ry exertion 'that
could be made by seven engines constantly playatig,
the flames could not be got under till past seven
o'clock. About nine, a stack of chimnies, and earl
of the gable wall, much rent by the fire, tell in. • A
house carpenter, who was employed in cutting away
part of the shattered flooring, by its giviig way with
him, had three of his ribs broken, And onier wise much
bruised. On the first alarm, toe Leith and Edin-
burgh fire-engines attended, and also the ergine tr••rn
Leith fort, which was exceedingly well served, and
plated with great effect. Fortunately the tide was
making when the fire broke out, which afforded
abundant supply of water.

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' • . The grand camp formed at Camberwell Green
• -*ke R on Saturday, and yc aerday they esta!,;;,lted
their head-quarters at Peckham. • The Pair resents
n.this occasion an interesting covft ireil, there being
perhaps more shows than the inhabitants have seen
at any of the faits during some years.. Unfortunately
for the sons and daughters of mirth, the following
magisterial mandate was posted at an cady hour about
the town :

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PLLKHAM FAIR.

CAUTION TO PUBLICANS Ale7P OTHER&
• . By the 'lsth of George 11. cap. 36, it is enietetis
follows And-whereas the multitude of places4or
the entertainment of the lower sort of peOple.is
ther great cause of thefts and fohberies, a; they are,
• ther, by-tempted to ID pena their 'Singl subsistence in
T:otous places, and consequently aro put on unlau ha
. . in thuds for* suppl ying tl.tir wins and renewing their
• picabutes ;be it enacted, that iny.hoose, room, gar-
den, or other place, kept for public dancing, music,
or other mitertainment of the like kind hi the streets.
. of London and Westminster, or within twenty miles,
thereof, without licence,.to be had (or the purpose.
. from the last preceding Michaelmas varier Sessions,,
stall be deemed a disorderly hintie or place, .and it
. shall be lawful to and fur every constable .or.nther
• Person, being theriunto lawfullinuthnii-sed by War-
.. rant, under the hand and seal Of any one or More of
lis ,Majesty's Justices, *C. to enter such house or
. •Alace, and to seize every person to be found therein,
io order that they may be dealt with according to law,
and every person, keeping such house, room, ground,'
or other place, without such licence.as 4foresai4, shall
f_rftit die sum of *lOO to such person as sfiall sue
for the same, and be otherivise punishable, is the law
ditects in cases of disorderly houses."
A great number of lame musicians, blind sons of
Apollo, and other wandering Minstrels,. Who hid
started from London at The first blush of 'inorn,. in
the fond hope of realizing an agreeable pecuniary re-
thuneration, With plenty of itciOsl cheer, feTt terror and
dismay when it was understood their eSsieriii **id
. tot be.Perforined. The risk of during)
as it applied to their own persediaf feeling, knight have
been disregarded, but the housekeepers resolving to
Obey the magistracy,. refused to hear the sound of
- target. The appearance of a solit*iy cremona.prea
.duced' an irriniediate dread, which might-be-caned the
hydrp:fidelle, and the unhappy trubadoursomder cir-
cumstances so unfavourable to their Minstrelsy, had
no remedy. They retreatelleach with his pipe,
oaten read, tabor, oboe, Jews-harp, pedal-hare, etc.
&c. caret ully wrapped up in agidn beg,,and the only
concolation was, a small drop of the beverate,mu-
sically armed roam.-
Notwithstanding music was.pros. ;abed Withoui,The,
fair, a few dulcet sOatids,--produeed by Igengs, train.;
pets, drums, and the. roaring of Polito's menagerie,',
c'irme,l the listening eirsof the coMpany assembled
around the shows.

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CLA SCOW, AUGUST 18, u rsday n'tOtting, bot 4
two o'clock, cf smug,gliri;from.Carttpb'elton,
attempted us land a cargo of whisky, at the Diddtnie-
law, where the .cuttomlwase of:leer's, iviih'militOry,
were waiting their approach ; and 'the straligglers
xnediately put off the boat towards the south side of
the liver. The officers, after repeatedly calling Out,
si Come ashore, in the King's name, or we will fire,".
ortitired the soldiers to fire, when a young man, Caned
M'Lean, was dangerously wounded in the
The seizure waft then effected.. There were fifteen
fasks,containinglEtOgalluns of whisky. The wounded
man was taken to the Royal Infirmary.—Thnrsdiy,
. 'Friday, and Saturday, tieing the Paisley
pay Fair, a number of .people had their poekefs
_picked ;tad seatll samsof moneT irbstraeted. On the
aiiht betwixt Stinefay.*and Motu*tnoirtirng last, lte,
shop of John,lllair,. grocer, in Wellmeadow•streete
*.was entered, and bank notes carried off fo iheaMount
nOl4O ry £. .
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• Thursday a man, habited as a Petty officer ici.t
„Navy*. and.arined with a ;pistol, stopped. a pest-bo
.on.llatsey-4iU, about tbeeemiles from' Petersfield, ant
,the road to Portsmouth, and robbed him of his watslt
• spud:money, and afterwards took the horse he Uai
Aiding, one 00 which he. seas going with an express
• Havant, threatening his life if he stirred from .thei
• spot. He :rodeo the horse back through Penerifield
tae4,l4/thook, stopped at the Herm Inn to drinkOoine
4.096, tide he was questioned by the waiters,es.
.ang the horse being' a post-horse. A few minutes aft
forwards, Mr.-Duwby, the oteacr cf tfielierieN4alpt
• . post7boy catine. .the slabber. was piireeka, Anti
. 'overtaken.. whin be. di4ineitintech, and attempted ti
:escape ;• but was followed, taken, and brought bat%
•to be sent to Winchester. • . .• , , • . .
• Monday se'nnight. as Mrs. Paine, of rotighita,'
near Farnham, was siding, in a 'chaser, on a.tisit to a
. friend in •the neighbourhood, her .horse becaMe
Live, and to avoid being kicked try.-the fail'. Of the dal=
tnal, she attempted to release hereelf by getting nut'
behind, whou.she accidentally slipped.apolfell on her
..,bead, which occasioned her imniediat death.
Wednesday se'rinieht a- Pan. 4,11 p. was mowing'
clover, belonging to Mr. Smith, in Cowley Common-
Sad, near Winchester, cut out a brood of young
•-• hared, tea in number—two-of thim wereliilieff by a
stroke of the scytle..and the remaining eight, after
Iteiog•be,ll 4hivin to several sporting gentlemen in
Hate .neighbourhood, were turned up an the fields.—
..T61.161. an instance of extraordinary fecundity we
• -.never remembered to have heard of, as the hare sel-
dom •brings forth mere-than three or four at a time.
This brood aFpeared to have been stunted in their
• geqtrith;supposed from the inability of the mother to
provide for se numerous an offspring.
Tuesday, upwards of one hundred foreigners, dis-
chargid from various regiments, matched from Ly-
nraigtrn fur Harwich, ix order to embark for Hol-
land, scc.
. Of all the great body of prisoners of war, which
were lttely at Norman-cross barracks, at this time
only one single• prisoner remains, and be Welt':
quence 4:01111e0 preventing hisrentoval. 'the • e
produced by withdrawing the demand for the Deco-
caries to supply ten thousand 'mouths, is tentiklY tee'
iti all the country round the depot...a—The erareltditure*
his 3;a) s been- st,(XXs annually; and ibie'orntege
the trade Lf Stilton, Peterbutough,iftc. isnot,/ Trite
cut •
NA2I. 111114, has at different ChM. eiCapid. out ar
Itiikcudirright; Dumfries Carlisk jails, has been
-seemed at Criatilows on a charge or rabery.

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