Star.
London, England, 1814-02-12 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY 11.

As the weather has now been open for several dayi
the ElRstsa sloop of war will sail to-morrow, for
Helvoetsluys, and take with her the trade bound to
Rotterdam, and other vessels going to ports in or
near dip Maas. On Sunday or Manday. the STER-
LING gun-brig is ordered to convoy the trade for Am-
sterdam, and to enter by the Blie Passage. About
the same time the Hassry gun-brig will sail with con-
voy to the Elbe, Ems, Weser, and Heligoland.

RAMSGATE, FEtRUARY 11.
Arrived to•day the Harriet, Symetry, Venus, Al-
bury, and Choice transports, for horses and troops.
Also came in, the brig Lively, of Exeter, Jonge Fre.
derick, sloop Union, and the Caledonia, tor shelter.

TovssAirrr, the son of the late black Emperor of
St. Domingo, was last week placed under a respect.
able Divine in Cornwall, to be qualified for the office
of a Christian Missionary. He is about 19.

It gives us pleasure to have it in our power to Con-
tradict the report which appeared in a Morning Pa.
per, respecting a principal Actress of the Theatre
Royal, Covent Garden. On inquiry, the report al-
luded to has proved to be a malicious falsehood.

The private marine, who was sentenced at Ply.
mouth to be hung for striking his serjeant, was re-
prieved at eleven, A.M. after the signal for execdtlea
had"beet made.

THAAI RES.

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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night the Comic
'Opera of Fontainbkau, or Oar Way ia France, was re,
eiVed at this Theatre, supported by nearly all the
vocal, sad much of the comic strength of the Houses
The Play, however, had but just commenced, when
Mr. ELLISTON, who. sustained the part of Lacklandi
stepped forward to inform the audience that Mr;
Nauru, whose zeal and inclination to entertain the
imblic went always hand in hand with his duty 4
had, themes indisposed., kept himself up all 'day*,
.With the hcipe of being able to go...through the part
allotted to him—he, however, still fielt himself so
. much indisposed, that he, feared it .vould npi. be in
his power to execute a, single note. Under these cir-
cumstances, he appealed to that sympathy which was
the distinguishing trait of a British audience, and
hoped their kindness would pardon any deficiency in
his pert..rmarace. This speech was well received.
Mr. PHILLIPS, who looked very unwell, went through
the dialogue part of his character (Henry:), but omitted
the songs--Mr. BRAVAMI in Lord Winlove, put forth,
with great effect, the powers of harmony which have
,se long charmed the admirers of vocal excellence.
He introduced the ballad I always turn to thee ;"
46 The Woodpecker ;" a new ballad called ',The De-
claration," and 4, Just like Love." They were se-
verally Much applinded,• and he was obliged ,to re-
peat them all. Mrs.DtcEous; in Rota,' was emi-
nently successful; as were Mrs. MOUNTAIN in Celia,
and Miss &ILLY in Dolly Bull; atisrett, in several
scenes, gave Lockland great importance ; Ds Carat,
as the Feast Goland, ambitious of imitating the Eng-
lish manner, deserves the same praise; and Lovzonovs, I
as Scare Tallyho, was irresistibly laughable, and took '
the lead in the comic business all through the night.
The House was well attended.
Covssr.-Gaitnstv.—Mr. KxMxt.E last night repeated
the .characier of Hamlet. His performance was ex-
qiiisitely fn., and was
.received with an enthusiasm
of applause by a must crowded house. It was ad-
vertised as his last appearance in that character during
his present engagement—A circumstance which every
. amateur of the dramatic art will seriously lament, as
it is in ti uth a school for study in it. We must also
bear our testimony to the very perfect and affecting
manner in.which Mrs. STERI-ING performed the cha-
react of•Oisisdia. •In the wild but pathetic tender-
ness al the airs she was uncommonly happy, and par-
tiCittiirly as she abstained from all extravagant orna-
ment, and sung them with their native simplicity.

Aventures d' Eugene de Senneville et de Guillaume De-
los-rte.—Such is the title of the New Work just pub-
lished at Paris, by M. Prom% the celebrated Drama-
tic Writer—it is said to be far superior. to any Work
of the kind since the time Of Le SAGE. A translation
of it is preparing, and copies of the original are to be
bad at COLBURNIS, in Conduit-street.
Sval DLlNG.—During the late severe weather, whilst
the poor were suffering so much from want and cold,
for men, of respectable appearance, accompanied by ,
a fifth is the garb of a beadle,, applied to several et
the inhabitants of Mary-ia-bonne, and the adjoining
parialies, for contributions, in aid• of a fund which
they said was forming for.the relief of the poor. In
many cases they succeeded, and obtained various
sums. • They were provided. with a book, in • which ,
they entered the names of the subscribers and the;
sums given ; and before the fraud was discovered, it
is supposed they had collected upwards of £loo.
Similar frauds have been practised io various parts
of IslingtOn and the City Road, and, is supposed, by
the same gang.
MattenoaotkOr-srarret..—An extraordinary case of
Biaanry was heard at this Office yesterday, at the
suit of; Mary Loy, the second wife, against J. Jewett,
otherwise Cox, of which the following are the parti-
culars:—The 'prisoner married the widow of a Naval
Officer some years ago, and in November last he
married the complainant. The father and mother
of the second wife knew the prisoner had another wife
living; but as he.was a minor at the first marriage,
arfd had' been married in his father's name, he was
christened again the day preceding the second mar-
riage, and the father and Mother of the bride' staod
sponsors. This second baptism was to give the pri-
Sean: his mother's name, Cox.• It was urged also
that the first wife was riot married in her own name,
in.ordtr that she might not lose her widow's half-
pay. The prisoner was remanded.
HATTON•GARDEN.—Yesterday C. Poulter, a shoe-
maker, stated, that nn his coming from Highgate to
town the preceding evening, he called in at the sign
01 the Mother Red-Cap, in Camden Town. He sat
in the tap-room, drinking a.pinr of porter, where three
or four other men, strangers to him, were sitting, but
twa of them, he learr.cd from the landlord, were colt-
stables ; that he had no conversation with either ;
that he rose from his seat to light his pipe at the fire,
and while he was so doing, one of the men pulled
the red-hot poker out of the tire, and placed it on the
bench ; that he anwittingly sat on it, the pain of,
which rr ade him jump up, and cry out most piteously,
*loch raised their laughter, he hiving on only a dun
pair of unlined breeches; about a foot in lengih
aiross both thighs of which was burnt out, arid about
the same length deeply burnt into his flesh. On his
demanding the cause of such wanton cruelty, lie was
laughed ut, and answered, that it was only a lark,
and 'that, although there were two constables in the
room, they refused to take the charge, unless he leave
them the man's name and the charge in writing : he
tea knowing the man's name, asked him fur it, when
he made use of an infamous expression. He, however.
cont ived to saticfy the constables, by writing down
the charge, which the delivered to them, yet t!,ev per-
mitted the man to depart. He has a and two
children to maintain, :.:ut is thus rendered unable to
work for Weir support. The Magistrate ordered him
a v arrant for the constables; wile, we sincerely hope,
will be punished, as well as the barbarian who could
thus wantonly torture a fellow.creature.
• Those who wish to know that Gout, attended with
Debility, Contractions, and Liver Complaints, can
by Cured by tbeGnestonian Medicines, which do not
contain Mercurs, or Opium, may receive this infor-
mation by , perusing Cases 87, and 88=-the first of
which was. from xn Hospital,l'atient, and the last k a
LAter fronaan East India Captain, the truth of which
can be pros:id by the Doeke ut. the Honourable East
India Company. Case 87 is inserted in this taper
for the last time : Case.BB will succeed it in our Pa.
pe.r of Saturday next--and both .may be walla
Messenger on the succeeding Sundays.

£4ll

COURT. of JUNG'S BEI4CI4,•IIIIfIRUMY 11. *
siitEAcir 07 PROPIIst OF MARRIAGR.
CHAMBERLAIN' (ADMINIsTRATOR) O. WILLIAM&
'Lord ELLENSOBOUGE delivered the judgment of
the Court in this case, which was an action brought,
by tie a'dministratrie of a Lady, deceased, to rt coven.
from the defendant itcempensation in damages for
brerch of promise of marriage. The Jury had found,
a verdict for the plaititiff;daniages ,e2oo ; a rule had.
be• 'applied fot and obtained to arrest the judgment.
His Lordship, in deliVering the judgment of the
Curt,• now said, the question to be decided. as,
'whether thepersonal representative of a person' de-
ceased could maintain an action under such circum;'
stances as these ? The case was certainly' a novel
one e tto instatice Ilad been cited by the Counsel on'
either side; nor hell the Court, after the most indus-
trious research, been able to discover any case in
which the personal representative of an intestate had
maintained an action for a personal injury to the in-
testate. Indeed executors and admiaistrators were,
properly speaking, the representatives of the temporal,
' but not of the persottalinteresttOr the deceased te—
they were the 'guardians of his temporal estate, but
had no power over his riersonal wrongs,; though they
might vcertainly 'maintiin an action ftir personal: .
wrong if connected with the interest of the deceased's-
temporal estates but then the deniers ILOIK be spy-.
cificallY Set fOrth on the record. If the present actin
timid be maintained, any action on an'iniplial con-
tract with a deceased .person would 'De. Fdr
—if the deceased had sustainectinjury hi his health
from the enskiltill conduct of his physician. or had
suffered imprisonment through the negligence of his
attorney, 'both which instances are breaches of im-
plied Contract, hut are not connected with his perso-
nal estate after death. In the present case, the in-
jury complained of was a bleach of promise of mar-
riage. Now though man iage might be coesidered,.
in the eye of the law, as a valuable coneideation, yet
io almost all cases it only affected the personal corn-.
fort and quiet of the party towards whom. a breach
of contract like the present took place ; and even
though the loss of marriage might, in -some eases, be
attended with pecuniary loss, yet it never had been
held that it teak such an injury as cou.d be pursued
by the personal rejesentative ot an intestate. it was
an injury affecting the personal interest ot the 'Arty
whiie alive, but was not at 41 inkirioos to his or her
tempesal estate atter.deatb, oa4er which alone perso-
nal representatives could batrecorittoul. The Court,
therefore, were of opinion, that theepersonal represen,
tatives could not maintain, this action. The judg-
ment for the plaistti mist be reversed ; the rule for
a new trial which been obtained might therefore
be discharged, and. judgment entered for the defen-
dant.--Jude :rent for the defendant.
CLF.RKS.—THE KING V. WALDON.
Mr. PA “Ke, on a former day, obtained a rule cal-
ling on the defendant, a Clergyman, Rector of lir-
mel•Loval, to shew cause why a Mandamus should
not be directed to him, calling on him to reinstate
Charles Wilmot, jun. in the office of Parish Clerk of
Hemel-Loval, from which he had dismissed him,
without cause.
Mr. TOPPING Dm* shewed cause against the rule ;
and read the affidavit of the defendant, which stated,
that at the time' he first went to Hemel Loyal, he
found Charles Wilinot, the father of the present ap-
plicant, filling the office of Parish Clerk. Soon after,.
however, he expressed a wish to retire, and that his
son should supply his place : to this arrangement the
deponent did not. object, and Charles Wilmot, the
son (the present applicant) continued to officiate till
the beginning of last October. The deponent, how,
ever, havlng been informed that he did •not intend to
officiate as Clerk any longer, he being at that time one
of the Church-wardens, the deponent directed that he
should be asked, whether he intended to act as Clei k
any longer ? tehen he stated that he should not. Upon
this, the deponent appointed a person named Taylor
to officiate as clerk ; who.did so accordingly till Sun-
' daytthe 19th Dec.; on which day, Charles Wilmot the
younger again insisted on acting as Clerk ; and did,
in fact, foice his way into the clerk's desk, taking his
seat there with the other Clerk, and continuing to re-
peat the responses in a loud voice, to the great annoy-
ance of the congregation, and. distress of the deponent.
This enetinued during the greater part of the service:
at length a person named Forrester, one of the con-
gregation, called out, e Come out, Wilmot—it is
enough ;" and Wilmot did, accordingly, quit the
clerk's desk.
The affidavit of George Farmer was also read,
stating, that on the 19th I.)ecember, Wilmot obtained
the key of the clittuhfromhitn. saying, he was going
to be Clerk again, and should that day ring the bell.
He said, he did not wish to be Clerk; but the parish
would have him; he, however, ertalald get rid of it.as
sonn as possible,
• Mr. Toientan now expressed his hope, that their
Lordships would, upon these affidavits, be of opinion,
that Wilmot had never been appointed Clerk at 4114
and that, supposing he even had been appointed, he
had given np the office ; and that, under all the cir-
earnstances, the rule ought to be discharged.
/ • lvie'..PSAlt submitted, that this was not the period
•,aewhich his Learned Friend should ask to have the
rule. discharged.
Lend ELLMNDOROOOII asked, why ? The Court saw
00. 'reason why the rhandamus. should go. It the
party thought fit, he might try the question by an
stetionlor the profits of the office.
Mr.-Janice Dattriakt—,, You had, your appoint-
merit, if you bad any .appointnient at all, by parole,
and by parole also you made your resignation."
LQFti ELLEspOSUKJGA--44 You either never were in,
or being in, got oat by as geed a title as put you
there. You may try.the question of law if you please,
if you consider such a proceeding will he for your ad-
, v4IIEIIIO. The rule must be discharged."
Mr. Toeneer—" I hope your Lordship will say
'vita costs." •
Lord ELtamsnitouct••••46 It is, indeed, necessary
to do minething/to restore quiet to this place, and that
obi COnsi should shew that such- experiments as
tbese•were not to be hazarded where there was no
.fooneletiore for them. Let the rule be discharged
with costs."-- Rule discharged.
*COURT OE COMMON PLEAS, FEBRUARY-11.
BENTLEY AND ANOTHER AL GRIFFIN.
This was an 'argument on a rule -tor a' new trieL
This-was a cause that had been tried as prigi
before Mr. Justice Hharki. The action had beeh

11 .46 " ',Wei.: I': 4. • ) •
brttnOt 117,1.4e1)141.161:___
1_4.11/119 kektalkltt. in tOnd i
street, against the ilifentomity who is an atroforY
living in Crawford,strettiP.splap-ssuare, for article
furnuhed to his itifeld ihe arnotiht of 4182. 16s. de-i

livered in the course of about 16,ononths• Tile tw,
main points in which the detence upon the trial reste_
were, Ist, that the credit was given entirely to Ole'
will, and not to the hushond; and, 2.11 y, that .the,
articles furnished (incleding a muff which cost nine
guineas, and expeesive ride* habit), were
qtsite4maultalale- to the husband's rank
ing only an attorney with a -professional income of
about £4OO. per annum, and being obliged to let
part of his house in lodgings. The c.ise being left
to the Jury,' they found a verdict for the plaintiffs to
the whole amount of their demand, deducting only
£2O, as having been paid on account. •,
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN argued in support of the
verdict. On the second point he contended, they
whether those articles were suitable teller station in
life or not, yet that the law-was clearl: settled, that.
it a husband permits his wife to assume an appear-
ance in life unsuitable to her station, he is liable.for.
the credit obtained from tradesmen, under those ap-
pearances. He thought that it was evident that the
husband did permit his wife to assume those appear-
ances, by his seeing those fine dresses upon her, while
lie lived and cohabited with her. She was a very
handsome woman, and her husband might have re-
ceived pleasure in seeing her beauty adorned by those
rich and expensive dresses. If, upon this principle,
he acquiesced in her wearing this expensive apparel,
however unsuitable it might be to his station in life,
he was bound to pay for it. Oil the other point, he
contended, that the law presumed that articles fur-
nished to a wife, under such circumstances, was on
the credit of her husband. He considered this pre-
sumption to be fortified in the present case, by its
having appeared in evidence, that three bills of ex•
change of £5O each, 011 account of this demand, had
been sent by the plaintiffs for acceptance, n It to Mrs.
Griffin, but to Mr. Griffin. It was true, that those
hills came back accepted by M. H. Griffin, the wife,
instead of J. It. Griffin, the husband ; but there tea,
no reasoo to suppose that the plai.iti:T; knew the
Christian mines of the husband, or that this was n
ois acceptance. It had been stated at the trial, that
Mrs. Griffin was formerly widow lady, (the mean-
ing of which term was well understood), and had
an 'annuity resembling a jointure, but hot a jointure.
While this was regularly paid to her, . she paid her
own bills, hut wheo that fund failed, her husband
became haule to the debts that he permitted her to
contract. Some part of
.these'expences were neces •
nary, even to her station as wire of art attorney, but
Gee trade:people could not tell What (Other private for-
tune either he or she were possessed of, and could only
judge from the appearances he adlowed her to assume.
They lived in a handsome laouse in the neighbour-
hood of Portman-squarer and Mrs: Griffin had called
at the plaintiff's shop
_to order some of those things
in a handsome coracle. The plaintiffs could not
avoid supposing that the defendant consented to her
making this appearance, and therefore it tsas to aim
that the co.:cliL was riven.
Mr. Serjeant Best, on the other side, contended,
that the verdict could not
.possibly stand, being con-
' trary to the evidence. Although the law presumed,
that the credit was given to the husband when he
knew of the &livery of the articles and did not return
them, yet, in this case, the evidence WAS, that the de-
livery was studiously concealed from the husband ;
that those fine dresses were sent to some other room
in the house, that he might not see them ;,.and that,
in fact, he did not see them, except when his wife
wore them. His seeing them, then, was no proof
that he knew that she was contracting debts that it
would be ruinous to him to discharge. He might
see a handsome dress or handkerchief upon his wife
without the least suspicion of the numaer of them
that she had got within the year. Milliners should
not be permitted to enter into a collusion with a
young woman, to gratify her van'ty at the expenee
of her husband's ruin- It had also been proved in
this case, that Mrs. Griffin had said to a servant of
the plaintiff's, 66 There are some husbands civil
enough to pay their wife's debts, but I always pay
my own." This clearly shewed that the credit WAS
given entirely to the wife, and not-to the husband. It',
was true, that the bills of exchange were directed tn'
Mr. Griffin, but the plaintiffs must have known, and
did know, that they were accepted by the. wite, and
not by the husband. The acceptance was on the very
fate of it, the hand-writing, not of an attorney, but of
a woman ; and when one of those bills was not paid,
it was to the wife and not to the husband that the
plaintiffs wrote a letter. As to the handsome curricle
in which Mrs. Griffin had called at the plaintiffs'
shop, as it did not belong to her husband, but to ano-
ther Gentleman who accompanied tier, there was no
reason to presume that the husband knew cf or con.
seated to this part of the transaction. The Jure,
however, notwithstanding all this evidence, appeared
more desirous of shewing their power than their seioe
of the justice of the case, and had given a verdict up
to the whole amount of those milliners' demand.
The Court were unanimously of opinion, that the
verdict must be set aside, and a new trial granted.
The presun;poi n in 1.,w of a host> nod's acquiescence
in toe debts contracted by a wife, 'sail whom he lived.
and cohabited, might be rebutted by direct evidence
to the contrary. If the credit ill t!,is case ‘s. as really
given to the wife and not the husband, he was not
liable to pay a shilling of the demand. At all events~
there were many circumstances in this case which re-
quired that it should be reconsidered, and sem to lino,
Eller Jury for that purpose
The verdict was, therefore, set aside, and the rule
for a new vial made abs-'lute.

MARRIED.
At Biddlesdon-park, Buck, die Rev. William Cob!,old, B.D.
Fellow of Magdalen CoUrge, Oxford, and Vte.ir et :orls3o/14.,
Hants, to Maria, second daughter of the late Wiiliam Mabbott,
Esq. of Southcoto-lodge, Berks.