Star.
London, England, 1814-11-08 00:00:00

SIR MARIE WOOD, BART. 9. PTIFILL.

Mr. PRINCI SMITH stated that the -Plaintiff was a
most respectable gentleman, the Member for Calton,
in Surrey, and the Defendant was a horse-dealer.
The Plaintiff bought 'of him two hors?, for £lO5,
and selected two horses. The Defendant drove dowo
two horses to Sir Mark's house, and having put them
'in the stable, received the 200 guineas for the two.
When Sir Mark went to examine the horses he found
that one of them was a different horse from that
which he had selected. He therefore returned him
to the Defendant, who made an excuse that the horse
sold was lame, but he would bring him another. Sir
Mark never could get sight of the horse or the horse.
dealer. He afterwards got a horse of Pywell into his
possession, and would have kept it, but the Defen-
dant served him with a warrant for a felony, and
Sir M. immediately gave that horse up. This the
Counsel relied upon as being a fraud, and the frat.d
consisted in delivering a different horse from that pur-
chased.

Sir Mark Wood, on being examined, fully con-
firmed the above statement.

The Defendant said, that he had no: delivered the
same horse that he had sold, because it was lame, but
iir Mark Wood had agreed to take another in ex-
change, and he had strewn him another horse. He
said also, that instead of Sir Mark paying the hundred
;uineas in one sum he pal,' it in two checks.
Sir Mack said, that it being a long time since, it
I might be so, but whether it was paid at one an' th.!
same time, or at twice, it was paid upon the I.i•h f
having the same horse that he had purchased aeto,iir
delivered.
Mr. BALLANTYNI, for the prisoner, contended that
here was no fraud.
Mr. Serjeant PALMER said, if S:r Mark was to be
believed, ihe fraud was most palpably. He wool i re.
commend to him never to pay for a horse be nrrhatid,
f r it he did the jockey would be sore to shew h.,n
hOrse after horsed and not one th4t would suit him.—
For the satisfaction of the parties the case shoold be
adjourned, to enable Sir Mirk to refer to his cheas.

GARDNIIII V. 'AM!'.

Mr. ANDREWS, for the pl.rintitf, in an able tpeech,
detailed a very long c.ise of conspiracy. which it is
imposs.ble for us to slate. The inviry to kup tonne
hours, and at Ile end nt it the Court adjsrurned this
case also for a further hearing.

/slaw Scuum; WALPS—By the exertionsof C.ereessnr.
General MACQUAtiktIII, a passage has teen d
across the chain of mountains which inc)- se Ilse settle-
ments contiguous to Port Jackson, a,id wnich bad
been deemed impassable. Thi ace,mit, sof or coon.
try in the interior are highly ?raid yin?, and the dis-
covery of extensive and hirol-ialit ?asturi s, with a
river of magnitude, c .n hardly tail to he most tsetse..
ticial to the settlement. The gri.at difficulty under
' which it at present labours, is the establishment of nn
export, to make returns to the motht r cluntry. En.
terprising individuals have, fix some years, carried
on a trade. in oil, seal-skins, sandalwood, and lat-
terly in pearls, and the pearl oysitx.s'a.ll, which are
all found in the neighbouring seas and isiands. The
leading object, however, is the wool, Las brill
found to be equal in quality to the fl-eces of Spain and
Saxony. With a view to this, the discovery of the im-
mense tracks of pasture land in the interior must he
highly advantageous, as it will afford the colmirs he
means of increasing their flocks to an almost thilifEj'ed
extent. The number of settlers who arrive from &g.
land every year, is stated to be very great. These
perscns generally receive grants ut land, „rid turn
their attention to agricultural pursuits. From October,
1810, to October, 181 S, fifty-live 'nesst Is, from laki
to 700 tons, strived in the port of Sidattysalone ; anti, -
exclusive of these, there were, in 181 k thirty-five yes-
sets employed in the colonial Tice price of beef
was 7d. per lb.

THE TRAVELLERS' ROOM.

Here —boots and hags and boxes lie,
WWI hats and costs, but seldom dry ;
There—spurs and whips of lengthen'd thong, •
To tile the I igged steed Jong.
Around the breakfast's fragments spread,
Scraps of ham and toasted bread;
Knives and forks and spoons in plenty,
'Wi.ll sugar basins nearly empty;
'And tea-pot to the edges ftll'sl,
And eggs, by stn; -watch nicely bad,
And table-clo•h a little eoil'd.
,4;Whilst one for" waiter" loudly bawls,
. ;
Another " boots" and" ostler" calls;
A third, the " chambermaid" must see,
'ao with a smile receives her fee;
Yet Witen the toilsome day is Wet'.
• And round the board they meet once more,
There noise and strife and stern debate,
Tort oft t 1.5 evening scene complete ;
But stilt a traveller's life may give,
A lesson bow aright to live:
Far weilike him, our route perform,
• Regardleu of the threat'ring storm,
And urge cow way on life's dull road;
• Nor fault beneath its weary load!
Asikurne, nth October, 1914,
•••••••••••11,01al
kis now coonaentty repented ihai Jeattlea bOUTH-
cterf bi
as &tried hei' steroid/Owen! tatifxf year, when
sfie:piom;sc to briug,fOrpt 14ifrirr
Ile lamentable accidept which tetei,le Rev. Mr.
:111tAfTilW4[TEN late rellOW of 19411'4 as 411 outside
paSseneer of the stage.eoach,. in entering the gateway
of the lane Boar lan, in 4m-brihe, is the second
calainitrof same Mr. Boman- having been
the kind, •
crushed to deith at the entrance of that gateway, and
exactly in the same manner.—Otight not every such
siteway to be indicted
Thursday evenieglasr, about six o'clock, a fire
broke out upon ihe premises of Samuel Thompson,
svheetiviright, of Walton, in the pirish of Baswich, near
Stafford, which, in a few minutes, consumed the
workshop, with the whole of the tools, timber, &c. in
the same.
A alarming fire broke out lately in the middle of
the night, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Jason Withers;
' baker, &c. in Whitchttreh. It raged with such fury,
sts tOlaity'to consume, in a short time, Mr. Withers'
1 oise and one adjoining, both which were fortunateiy
detached from any ()the, s. Mr. Withers, his wife, four
children, and a servant boy, preserved their lives with
great difficulty ; they were suddenly awaked by a cry
of "fire!" and effected their escape, undressed, through
p eindow. Net an article of property of any descrip-
tion was saved in either of the houses. Mr. Withers's
loss is considerable, being uninsured ; ha had un-
luckily in 'his house near £2OO in cash, which was
destroyed
•An alarming fire broke out in the oil and colour
pores of Mr. Keays, in Thomas-street, Cork, on Fri-
day se'er•ight. It was happily got under. without
• 'exteildiez- beyend-ahe premises in which it originated.
'patty, a woman at -S-iddlosham, near Chichester,
having left her two children to themselves, whilst she
"• inSfoe-Fair, under an idea that they would
tottte•to no harm, as their father was at work in a
Sell not far distant; but on the man's return home,
Inord one 'of the children lying within 20 yards
or hii Aoose, ;almost burnt to death, having expired
eifonly after he had taken it home.
bawl day night, a melancholy accident occurred in
14c•ethinipton-street, Clerkenwell : some bOys had a
Fain bm.fire, and were throwing squibs and fire-
works, when eie horses in a waggon took fright, and
!an off; yonn' man, in endeavouring to stop them,
• • Wes run over, and trampled to death.
Yebterday ilse following accident happened at
Shoeoaril's•Bilsh, near Beaumont Lodge :—As Mrs.
tkswoe and her sister were returning into the Lodge
. gate, ihr wheel of her tilbury struck against the curb-
' atone with mach violence, that it broke the back spring
. • pn'd threw them with great force against the stone-
. ',VA which occasioned a severe contusion on the back
of the l'ead of one of the Ladies, and otherwise in-
bred 'her ; she was taken in a lifeless state into the
Lodge, and the ether Lady escaped with severe
bruises. A Burgeon,. of Haminersmith, was fortu-
" etarefj in the 'village, and rendered every assistance,
- and they are now considered in a fair way of recovery.
We have been favoured with siime
tans. communication from Indisirelative to the sprit
which prevails there for sbip-fi,fililing, both for -the
ritercliant service and for the ltixy. The ships which
have been built in India for the Royal Navy, have
hitherto been constructed at Bombay, one of • finest
• harbours in the world ; but the inhabiliints
chants of Calcutta, justly estimating the its
' i ea
of the subject, are making t neatest ex ir" td
'procure ter thes•part a share of vont,
In order to 4To this, they have aiterrnmed•oalauild
fpga shift ff the line, by subscription, formed into
ilims4.iimst.shose shares were purchased 'with much'
• ,ty.. When this shipis finithed, it is to be sent to
Alight:dills a specimen, and offered to our Govern.-
Murat the cost price. Public attention has lately
been much engrossed by the subject, and many hurl;
ligent pers a., in the public prints, have entered into
ix comparison of the advantages to be derived, if more
Teak ships were to be built, as their duration is found-
- to be much greater than oak. This position is illus.
• • traced by the following, among many other examples?
The Turkish flag-ship at Bussorah, was built by
VADik SHAH, more than 70 years ago ; this ship was
Oft loag since in Dock, when all her timbers we
„- 'ascertained to be perfectly sound. The kixactaxs,
, built in. 1763, And constantly employed till 1805,
when 10 was captured by the French, es sound as
when-. bamthed. The MILFORD, of 679 tons, after
coostaitemployment to China; and Europe, for 24
-,• Watthen, examined, but it was not found neces-
- - and the whole of her re-
- Weixest.zy, a new
'tad when she sails
the frames of
'id the CORN%
, and which is
service. This
' Navy, must
Englishman,
the inspor-
roved. we

ICODKalalitileinoyernikleintinxeofp.nina
but liatan:snxo77(
fogy to shift 4.tingle timber, arwl the whol
paissittid not cost 41000." The.Wzr.Lani
tirisstaarly,complete at Bombay, and wh
for F,sglanct, she will bring home the
intothet ship of the. same proportion, as did
• 11FALLIIk Apigb :anivol some time since, at
acsW .4ins, be employed en active serb
intredet " re source. for the British 1
*fold the 1 satisfaction, to every E
abd ilicreW•4o;g4.lgaillan onour minds
sauce o Intik s• lenge also, ii W4410= .1
'Ea raise eerfgoisti Lump