Star.
London, England, 1815-08-24 00:00:00

l'!I, AIIGU:iT 23.

Arrived his Majesty's ship I-Ltvoc iron's a cruise,
and Ranger, Winn, from St. Petersburgli.

DEAL, AUGUEI 29.
Came down from the River and remains, the Dn.
chess of York, MASSINGIIAMI for Burly-. Ares
Arrived the DEXTROUS sloop of vrar front Portsmouth.

HARWICH. AUGUS 23.
Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with a rn'il
from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Beattfoy packet for Hol-
land, and Henry Freeling packet for Cuxhaven; both
with mails.—Wind West.
MILFORD HAVEN. AUGUST 22.
Arrived the Speedwell, Diligence, and For, Re-
venue cutters,. from their respective cruise,; Sand.
wich packet, with a mail and pass.ng,rs from Wa-
terford. Sailed his Majesty's ship Niyart.e, f2O
guns, Capt. BINGHAII, OD a crnixe; Hope, Howatio.
from Quebec for Liverpool ; Union, Evav-;, Bet bey,
RactrAttos, and Nancy, RICHARDS, from Newport tor
Cork; Diligence, Naval transport, from hence for
Liverpool; Susan and Mary, EVANS, from Liverpool
for St. John's, N. wfoundland ; Mary Ann, C itivvyrn,
from Bristol for Liverpool; Charles, Hvone., from
Neath for Waterford.—Remain the Pito.reczon gun-
brig. • .

T7IEA7 RICAL.

A new Musical Farce, called A Chill of the Old
Bloch, was brought out at the llaymatket Theatre
on Tuesday night, and was, upon the whole, fay 'ur.
b!y received. The following is a sketch of th- Plot :
Captain Lin& (Barnard) a,rivei at :he house of It's uncle. Sir
ArtNitr shift ( retry) Wier an absence of three year.; he finds
there Emma (Miss klanht ws) his destined tlnfrir.u.•
na:,ly this young I.ady is tiot!er the ctoltsoul of zn aunt, who is
of opiniMt that the proper age or marrnge is 5S for the lady and
60 for the gentleman. 1 I.e young it,!y. .► on ever, discovers that
this peculiarity arises (rum the circumstance quit her aunt, who
happens to be meetly cite prudent :ye for ladies, has formed a
arrow upon the heart of air Arthur, who is es.ictly the r rud.nt
agt err gentlemen. By a elark.v elk nei., JO which the two
pair of !over. accidentally (%s e believe) mere, the c o ngs of the
ado' dove• ate overheard, and this, of tour lead% to atom-
prond,r. re•itles t!eseqoAlity lovers there are c.-tipl son S unible '
lacryniwo fat met '4 on ( fokeley) and a jia!ous chamber-
irta'd, meet! er with Cap: sot Sf gle's man and the ettnighter 4
Old Chop (Mathews), a ju;ly cooper, who talks atursino facts•
sanely in favour of drunkenness and good temper.
The songs were excellent. Dl avi*Lws was I,lloly
encored in tne in wh ch he d serbed a villa,;e' club,
Ind imitaed thesingini! 6.31 if' toetnNera. •
''he Comedy of The Poor Otetharoa vets last night
performed et the above Tbesit:e is a Nile of norm.
11:ion excellence. A young Lady of the name of
TAYLoIt made a Very Promising dove in t-e eltarac
ter of Emily WortlikgtOW. Mr. TEM% Sir .Robert
aroma is certainly one of the best pieces of acting'
on the stage.—.. The new Farce of A Chip of the (1W
Block was repeated, and having uncle, gone some jit.
dicions curtailments, was teceived with the mess un•
qualified approbition by a crowded audience:
•

THE Nnuatt-Tnutu.—A scene of w singular and
disgraceful nature took place a- few days ago at
Grim'sby. A widow, under the impression of indem•
raying her second from the debts of herfrrst husband,
proceeded not of the window in a state of nudity,
where she was received into the arms of her intended,
in the presence of two substantial witnesses!
FRUITS OF OppostroiN.—Tlse 'chewing notice was
cried by the beilman in Bradford and Trowinidge, on
. .
Fridaf morns/ •
"-Mr. Whim's Coach leaves the Hare awl Hounds corner, at
wren o'elotk, to Bath and Bristol. 1:7 re, amide, 2s. nut4de no-
thing; end coffee. Ica, and trgs, free of ettpenee at the Gnlden
Lktn, Bath, at half-I,ast God tame the King and H 'Sins,
and protect lite pumic."
SPolt.fiNG.—At the York Meeting, on Monday
Ptritsit's b. 1. Rosanne, won the Produce Sr:ke..
of 100 guineas ; Lord ScasteNtouctes b. h. Callon.
won the Subscription Purse of 25 guineas; and Mr.
G. enomeron's b. c. Jacirity-Lad, won the King'.
Purse of 100gnineas.
C'helmshird Races, which commenced on Tuest:ay'
se'ustight, were very respectably but not numerously
attended. The rate for the Quern's Guineas was
won by Lord G. CAVENDICIN bl. tr. Car, beating:
twoe,thers, in two well contested heats. In the se-
cond heat General Gowat's br. f. by Ruben:, ran over'
a boy and beat down several people, who had imprn.
eently ventured ton far upon the course ; this caused
the filly to lose the beat, which she otherwise must
have won. The Gold Cup, value 1(X) guineas, was
wflu by Lord Roves dl. g. "karts, beating three
others, in three good beats. The races on Wednes.'
clay and Thairsday proved very uninteresting. The
breakfastsi and Theatre, avert very
fashionably attetakted. A
tp.aNs. —The Lively, of Betwich, Capt. KINGS-
TnN, killed at sra. ten utii( o'ns en the coast of spitz-
be r gen, in the Greenland seas. E.;et had horns, and.
three wete females. Captain KINGSTON, and Mr.
oss, the.surgeon, agree in snppos:ng, from concur
ring circumstances, that this animal .:asts its horn'
like the deer: many of both sexes were seen without
it, and no other distinguishing pccolliarity was obser-
vable so as to account Orem a diffetent genus;...-nor
di,i anatortkal examination afford any characteristic
C,:ently appreciaW.
A. Mao Dor:l.—The residents in St. James's Palau'
• were much alarmed on Sunday last by the appear-
ance of a mad dog. The animal bit away of its'
species within the precincts of the Court, which cre-
ated so serious an arrthension that an order was,
given toshoot all the dogs in the visitiity 1
Saturday sennight, as Mr. RPSERT CVNNINGIIAI4;
of Gilloot, and Mr. JOHN Tuoursow, clock-maker,
of Crossford, near Lismahago, were piing to the
moils to s'hoe,t game, Mr. CUNNINCHASI's musket ac-
cidentally went off, and Mr. T noun°, , who was"
walk tg behind him, received the contents in his left
.bd.a.t, which put a period to his existence before me-
dical could be procured. He has left a wife and
small taiuily to lament Lis loss. , WC-143=4:4mm.*
-was married to Mr. 11101lb014 ogee about tea.
.roorAlis ago.

LAW INIELLICENCL

COURT OF CHANCERY, ALMOST as.
MAYNARD V. HUMPHRIE%
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, this was 3 quese '
than which arose upon the construction of a will. It
appeared that the testator (a Mr. Mills) did, by his
will, in the year 180 g, after directing that his debts
should he paid and a few legacies, devise all his ef•
fects, both teal and personal, to trustees, for the pur-
poses of promoting the Gospel in foreign puts, for
bringing up Ministers in sininaties, and for other
charitable purposes, that should be thereafter men-
tioned. The next of kin applied for the residue of
the testator's effects, on the ground that the testator
must have altered his mind after making his will, as
he never did, by codicil or in any other way, mention
what those other charities were to be, The Attorney
aceeral was made a party on account of the chari-
ties: it came on to be heard before his Honour the
Master of the Rolls, and the only argument made
use of was that of the uncertainty of the meaning of
the testator. His Honour gave his judgment in fa-
vour of the next of kin, and it came before his Lord-
ship in the shape of an optical from that judgment.
1-1;s Lot dship said that those cases which had determi-
ned other questions of charities would not bear on this.
The question was, (as the testator had not directed
what other charities the property should he appro-
priated to,) whether the other pasts of the will could
he cartiedinto effect ?—lt could not be denied that
the testator meant it should go to charitable pur-
poses; then the question would arise, whether the
Court had not a right to stand in his shoes and point
out the charities? Or, suppose he put it in this way:
a testator bequeathed to A and 11, with another that
was to be thereafter named—would A and 11 have a
right to take it if that other was never nom, ?
There is a case of one hunc!red years standing in the
Freem in. 261, which expressly lays down, if a
testator devises money by codicil, or note in writing,
but no such corbel or note iL tonna, the Court of
Chancery would direct it to what charities it would
think Et. The case was this—a gentleman having
left to charitable purposes, by a paper which could
not be fo,:rd. Now he (the Lord Chancellor) would
have thotiglit it might be destroyed by the testator,
or at It-ast that an issue ought to have been directed
to try that question ; instead of which, the Court said
that ;he general intention of the testator Was
and they found one for it, Christ's Hospizal. He kit
carat difrvulty in this case, and thought it ought to
I,e re-mfaued. He would therefore appoint the se-
cond day in next Term for it to be spoke to by one
Counsel on each side.

In the Insolvent Deb:ors Court yesterday, the pe•
tion of J. Whaley, praying to.be discharged, was .
missed, it appearing that he was not in legal custody
three months prior to its claw. S.veral other insolvents
were discharged.
Bow•wrazarot—l'esterday )Martin, the di ieer
of the hackneyscoaels N0..633, was brought to this
Office, charged on suspicion of felostiowly stealing
out of his coach a bundle. containing a velvet pelisse,
some sheets, table napkins, anti other property,
,belongilg to Mrs. Assn Gloves:Of Pittry-strect, St.
James s.—He wos committed hoc further examination.

Frederiel Tomer, charged with attempting
to commit several rohbe►ies in Peckham Fair, vu
Tuesday, was ccmmitted for further examinat;to.
Marlin Comer and Thon►s: Cowry, charge h wit!) si-
milar offences on Monday night, in Peckham Fair,
welt committed for trial

QUERN-SQUARL—Yesterday G. Wilcox, J. Flaw,
I. Cdszciettiort, and Ghee:more, j un. were ch•trg d
by 'l'. 111 mks, Esq. of Parson's Green-lane, with

cre.iting a tumult on Saturday night, in consequence
of. Mr. Marks's efforts to check the sports as Parson's
Green Fa.r, the moment the clock struck twelve t at
winch hour Mr. Mark: proceeded to the booths, and
.rnost uncerenuniintisly turned out ail the people in
; hut (HI aficetttiuing that Mr. M. held uo office,
they were exasperated at the pneeedirs, and threa-
tened to drag him through the ponds and rivers in
the neip,hbourhood. After being knocked down se-
reral tuner.. he made good his retreat to his own
house; stAd having got within tlw gates. lir fired ,a
pistol, with which he had armed himself, amongst the
crowd, which wounded• a man hi the hand. An as-
sault was then made upon his premises, and after de.'
at lisping the windows, railings, &c. the assailants,
retired. The prisoners were far from being the most
active, but they were the only persons that Me. Marks'
could distinctly charge. AIL the parties presented
veil bruised appearances; and the prisoners stated
.that Mr. Marks was clone to blame. Mr. Cheese.
mote said he had nearly lost his life in endeavouring
to extricate Mr. Marks; and yet he was now put to
'the bar, charged with a Tint. Mr. Fielding lamented
that so disgraceinl an affair should .ever have hap-
pened. But, be Mr. Mai ks' sins what fog might.
he must observe, that this riot was not of the com-
mon character, but was carried on by the most re-
p.pectahle penple in Fulham. Hoping therefor. that
All parties would see the wisdom of burying past :mi.
moshies in oblivion, he should postpone the matter
.for a week.

4 tv hr)N Hovse.—Yesterday Edward Garcia, Sa.
mud Jacobi, Afordrzai Levy, liwaphrly Morris, Awl
Levi, and "graham- Isaacs, were charged with cheki-
folly assaulting and robbing Mr. kicard, a respec-
table merchant in the City. on Monday evening last.
The prosecut..r, from the severe injuries he received
on the occasion, was unable to attend the examina-
tion ; but it appeared frotu his written stetement,and
'the evidence of three tither persons residing in the
aseighbourhood of St. Mary Axe, that on the evening
meininned, about ten o'clock, the prosecutor was
passing through aury-street, when a gang of about
six persons were observed at the same side of the way.
Soon • alter three of thee: advanced close is and
buctled him a short time, when they seised his watch,
chain, and seals. Two of them-almost immediately
"truck him, and after it; licting several violent blows,
felled bias senseless to the ground. While in this si.
tuaticrit, they rifled his pockets, and the whole ofthem
Tao oil in different threcwws, when, notwithstanding
the alarm creatrzl, they escaped. The prosecutor was,
immediately conveyed to a house, where he received'
medical add, and when statiently recovered, save:l
such information of the fact, and of the it-at-ties. a.
'enabled the .onieers to snake a discovery of aseptic/1.1
ners, who, by the activity of Hairiton and Blown,'
ware all secured. The personal attendance of thej

prom:Cohn.. tram% heist expeeteci shoot a week
the prisoners were remanded for another ermined°. •
HATTON GARDVN. —An ezarnivatirin took plat,
yesterday respeCting the hods+ of a child, found in
cess-pool, in HattOn•court, SAffron hill, respectiu}
which the Coroner's Jury had returned a verdict (It.
Murder'against Koine person or pet sons un
known.--Bridget Flame roan. who had recently corm,
from Ireland, was charged with the murder, sh,
having been seen poki•-.. something down into the
cesspool. which was sup, Geed to he the b.uly of the
child.--A surgeon, of Hatton Garden, co-1.1 not tel.:
whether the child was horn alive, hut wa-. of opine°.
that the prisoner could not 1w the mother of it. Ti.i
prisoner was remanded for luttfr:r essaiination.

, 1-lottnnme MunnEns—A miseriede wre.ch, named.
Wr;gif, was tried last week at ti,chtieli, lir the nitir-
dtir of his infant female child. It appeared th it (lit
prisoner held the child's head in Ins hands, and hi•
thumbs in its throat, sqneez;ng it down on the
very ranch, and pressing hard on its throat and head.
lie then got the little innocent's head b..tweeti hi.
knees, and wrung its neck round ! Ile knelt on its
body on the floor, and dached it and beat it wall Ins
tiits. Toe ne.-Ic was completely .dido..atcd. The
occasional insanity of Weight was proved by vl/flit!
witnesses, and the Jut y acquitted him on account of
leis insanity. He is to be confuted for life.
Ann lisilme, a nianied woman, of Stockport, has
been committed to Chester gaol, for the wilful war-
d& of her new-bota child

, CAptAill GEORGE. SHAND, of the brig Shannon, of
Aberdeen, was nnfittunately drowned, while that
vessel was lying off Elsineur, on the 29th ult. He
had gone ashore in his boat, to clear the vessel ; and
upon intending to return, he found the boat's crew
had left him, and gone away a chinking. a custom
but too prevalent among seamen, when allowed to go
on shore. Being anxious to reach his vessel that
night, he put off in his boat alone ; and i. supposed
to have fallen 'overboard, as the boat was picked up
soon atter, drifting before the wind. Captain SHAND
was a man much respect.d.
.A serious accident had nearly occurred in Charles.
street, Hatton Garden, yesterday morning, in co,)se.
(-pence of the imprudent practice of placing garden-
pots outside the windows. without any seetnity, in
windy weather. A pot was yesterday morning
thrown from At: situation by the wind, and fell upon
an elderly Gentleman who was passing at the time ;
tin ttniatay, however, it only gave him A slight blow
on the should. r ; had it struck him on the head, the
e(Fs-ct must have ban fatal, as the pot was above the
commie) size. L

I)ertnix tom OF TII TOWN OF PETEItBBI.InO,
AMECICA.—The following is a &tailed Accutint of
this art:Athol c.ilainity

Petersburg, July 11.
L st St.nday night, atrium hall-p n.ste
the cry ot tire was heard in nor s volume of
bane having burst-through the roof .'l an chi wooden
rtilding, in a clutter of lumber-houses, kiidi,ns,
stables, Scc. of the same materials, between
brook and Back-streets—communicating instantly the
rite rose to an awful height, anti spread with the ra-
pidity of lightning, simultaneously bending its de-
structive fury not the east, and wes,„ Tree whole ot
Bollorgbrook and the north side 01 -.,,tck sties% were
entutly consunied. llavisg readied tie head of
IldilingbioJ!k, it was la:ped 'hat the Wowing tap ot
the eraincr 'looses would impede its progress.
This was most tifectualty done ; but su tar twin
surothtrimg, it seetri:rst t r ag;;zava c Ilse fury of the
potent elwrient ; ristirg with len !v.:a vigour, i.i 6;Ale
of ere') chart, rh. c.auer vi the to a of buildiii.;s
the west side of Sfearoores staid frorit:og trre tread of
Bohitishris.k-street, one of which was occupied as
the 1414 of ills Pew:An letelligencer, was soon in a
blaze. The iiew end elegant building of 11r. Francis
Lynch treat cailht, ant an 1 hew tuntu:es the Altule
ot the commercial part of Sycamme-street, twin the
'!leak to Old•street, presented one solid mass of lire
Every effort was now made to prevent its taking
hold on Old-sheet. The two corner houses, on ()p-
-i polite sides, at the foot of Sycamyre, were blown
up, and their fragments levelled witit the earth. But
all would not do ; seizing upon the tooth and south
at the same time, and the flame ran vanilla as far as
the new brick building of Mr. John B. Reed, on the
south side ot the culoden tenement exactly opposite,
in the occupancy of Mr. Simpson—here, with unpa-
ralleled exeition, it was at length got under ; !Living
raged-with destructive fury ,rear ninety s ami
half. About five hundred houses, pa iticipally stoves
and shops, are calculated to have been destroyed ;
among them the Market-house and Theatre. The
loss of property is estimated at three millions of dol.
lars. Many lives were lost—the bones are to be
seen among the ruins, but it is not known who thr.l
sufferers were. Three persons are said to haw! been
blown up in the explosion at the foot of Sycamore;
two or three children were burnt to death in the
louver part of Bollingbrook, and the bleach-burnt
bones of one unfOrtunate victim were to be seen at
the back dcor of the tenement lately occupied as an
sauce. Many more have doubtlees
,perished—for it
was with the utmost difficulty that a greet number
of the vitiator, 'animated by a noble zeal to save the
property of their hiPads and neighbours, could be re-
strained floral meting the hot.,es, even after Ill.alches
• had been fixed to blow their, to atoms.
_..

The citigeni guirrally manifested a disposition to
save the town, but all was contusion and f rum
the commencement. No one seemed w ;fling to as-
sume responsibility, or to take a part.
It was the opinion of many, teat it one or two
housed on either side of tl.e building which first took
fire on liollingbrook had been blown up,' its ravages
would have spread ao ✓farther. liut.lruni the folios-
sibility of proi.uting a sufficient quantity of powder
from any place Reiter than the to xhich
messengers were immediately dispatched, but re-
tinned too late, this plan was found to be imprac-
L•eible.

Tuesday ae'aitght, at St. Cawahrt., Cheater, Mr. I.awtion, aged
30 yews, to Altar Watker, a j,ktly tlattiael of 11.1 s lataicc ul
pulu is wale to Jr.ive Leta mutat' tali the precetiii.‘ Min3a..;• , Litt
the clelice.y w umlaut,' w.o, Sa touch witrpuw: ret', by Om Jude
gaze of some SCOI,II w ttlidotive veciatuot who ilia?: atictUb
whiwas the procea•soil .it 4ltdr of Jj yawn. t ..at she C.llllll
1111 t nWilerres4,l4llt.4l to itliVr her bUt!tt• Oh invr dm chick ct the
CAtheilial had 1111411:11Ct4 the tour tat ausitt,!.-the ceretiwuy wat..
14 course rUs•lgOtied 1111 Olt: 1141 tqg di4y, mtlieu se.rewiii;;, up
'iresoltition or Or .ti:4:llr, I.l,ace, t to: tot iLl:11 couple milted out to'.
'I be church, anttl the clateriugl 41t: f t•Nrd•—A4Al tbg
711lblc lute, was Lied.

• nutrikininiew nti PP TIE-trt•
Creatent, for the Eldridge Gerry Jud 01- 1 :en tAredtieidty
Irv, at S, Lawrence Pouctney-6111; recalled Wrineedala
tt 1,, pithy..
legthive aild diviner, for the 'Naomi, ow Saturday, at C 4
• !artier-place, Tcir;sie-lhir ; recalled fue days and Sa,urdays.
NOS to lie wade at Gtlll.ntlial.l..

Sept. 2, Wm. Whose, Tisohrldge, eotosnonkrewet, at twice
4apt.lo, Wns. Cottrell, L'lrcts*.ts:er, 17dJkly, at ten Sept. tg
f acne% Askew Leach, teed lion-stre. t, ;iv staller.at eleven. Svpt.
•', Joh:. Cock, Lower In:tuft-baker. at twOte. A. 4
:6, I.mie,: Rielgails and i..tus Matthew,, o.sawc/I .41-..tt,ca p.ll
fete, at t We. • ug. 12, lame.% Krnt, Wm. Smitb. .41„1
Clorke, Duke-array Sou•hsvark, hat tnanufacturers,ai trtive.