Star.
London, England, 1807-12-01 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 28.

In the cite of The 'dove Critic°, Mr. Serjeant
Barr and /4r. Setjeant Baiaary, argued the cafe on
this point, whether a Coati! General of a foreign
power, properly !riveted with that charatter, auere
cognised as fuch by the Government of this coun-
try, waifubjett to arrefl for debt? The argument
arofe out of the cafe of the Conful General to the
late Grand Seignior, who is at prefent in cuftt,dy, on
amine. ptoceib, in the King's Bench piton. Mr.
Serjeant BAILLIY, in fuppoit of the Mao referred
to the authority of two writers of this country, who
laid it down, that Confide were not proteaed. Mr.
Serjeant Barr, on the other fide, quoted the who.
tit y of.Vatell, a celebrated wrktr on the law of na•
ti )ns, and alto the practice of foreign countries, no
C3lt; in point having ever occurred in this country.
The Court espreffed their forprize, that in a flier.
cant ile country like Great Britain, this queßion fhould
ret•er yet have been determined. Being unprepared,
however, to decide it on the moment againtt fuch
contending authorities, the rule was ordered to be
enlarged till next term. The queftion will, however,
it i. underitood, cAne in the mean time before the
Loan CM&MCILLOR•

Who againft hinifelf combines
Abets hi: enemy's dagns.
Nothing pethaps contributes more to increafe any
malady to which tfie human body is fubjelt, !ham
making the :rind partake of our fuffetings. Let
thufe, thettf ie, who have bewildered themfelves in
an el:diets vatiey of opinions, and been driven to a
Hate little fliott of defpair, by a pernfal of Medical
ene and only one more—" The Guide
Health," by 1)1. SoLomoN,
ti ;.ic!l they viil find a clew to the mazes of their
irlearOies, and a certain panacea for all
b and rnental anstufa. —Reviewer.

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR srlinks
AND OTHERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR•

•Nm•mmlll

Ste, it happened on Sunday, that I came to thebank
of the Serpentine River, in Hyde Park, loon after a
melanehol} accident ; and as the making it publicly
known, with a plan which has occurred to me, of
preventing a Similar cataltrophe, may be of public
utility, I am Pure I need make no apology for trou-
bling you with this, nor be doubtful of your infetting
it in your paper.
Four of our fellow creatures were near being loft,
three ohly we,e Caved, and it is !hocking to reflect
that, with exertion and proper management, the
other, a poor lad of about fifteen years of age, might
alma have been laved, as 1 am informed he fupported
htmfelf ab•ive water for half an hour, and hundreds
, of people were on the bank, at a diftance of about
fifty yards, and could not render him alliflake. The
bust was on the opporite fide the Serpentine : they
had then to fend a rope all round, to tow hi to thee
fide where the accident happened ; when the boat
came there, it was confiderably too high up the ri-
ver : then it was towed down upon the bank ; then
the rope was to be carried round again ; it was en-
tangled, and took at lesß a quarter of an hour to
i make Straight ; the poor lad had then long difap-
pesred.

I cannot help thinking, that if the boat had been
got out with moderate expedition, a rope attached
to the flernianother to the head, and one carried im-
mediately round, it might have been in time. How-
ever. it is now too late to do any good in mention-
ing that. and fhould be unwilling to trouble you on
this fabled, if I were not certain, that, if the plan I will
fuggeft be adopted at the Serpentine, and at the Ca-
nil in St. James's Park, no accident can fcarcely
happen. I would have two firong ropes, of at leaft
three times the breadth of the water, alway: lying
' &retched equally acrofs, one at each end of the piece
of water, and if there were not thought fufficient,
others might be laid acrofs in different parts, to have
them near in cafe of accident, but thole sould be
railed by poles, in order to leave a paffage under,
limilar to the manner in which I have teen clothes
fupported on a line. By this fcheme, you fee the
whole furface of the ice might be (wept in a few mi
nines, and any poor creature upon the point of fink-
ing, would have a certainty to grafp at, the very hope
of which would keep him above water a longer time
by encouraging his efforts.
Now, Sir, there are only two impediments to this
Plan : the firil, that there is not a foot path entirely
round the Serpentine ; and the fecond, that the poles
now ereEted in the water. mutt, of courfe, be moved
a few yards from the edge of it, where they will be
equally ufeful. I cannot confider it an impediment,
that multitudes on the ice will be in danger of being
[wept down ; that might be avoided by a lignal to
be given for clearing the ice, and a board erdled at
the head of the river notifying the plan. If this be
not adopted. let thofe who have the management of
the Parks idle& whether they will not be in fume
degree anfwerable for the confequences. To fuch,
therefore, and Humane Societies in particular, I beg
leave to offer this as a humble, but well intended
hint. Yours, &c. C. Rowirmsom, of Liverpool.

Church-yard Court,Temple, Nov. 30, 1837.
P. S. It firikes me that a fimilar plan might be of
ferviee at waters where there is much bathing in
fummer.