Star.
London, England, 1824-02-10 00:00:00

THE ICING.

Brighton, Monday Afternoon, Feb. 9, Three o'Clock.
We are rejoiced to state that his MAJESTY is now re-
tarded as free from indisposition. The appearance of
his MAJESTY at the Chapel yesterday, is mentioned
conlirtratoi yof that happy event. The public anxiety,
coasequently, is now perfectly dissipated. The only
;0.%e: given to ingniries at the Palace to-day, is, in
&cr. That his 1114.rEsry is well."
MAJE‘;TY is expected to leave this place on Wed-
nesday or Thursday for Carl!on House; from whence,
report says, he will in a few days remove to Windsor.
For the first time since his late regretted attack of
eie gout, hi. MAJESTY took dinner with his attendant
Suite yesterday.

We hear that the Rev. Mr. COLERIDGE, better known
ail'oet than Divine, is to be the new Bishon of B.ahadoes.
Yesterday nsornin.;:, about ten o'clock, the Duke of
CLARENCIC left Bushey Park in his travelling carriage, and arrived
in Lukdon at a quarter before twelve. Ilia Royal I lighness after-
wards received visits front the Duchess of GLOUCESIEIt and the
. .

princess SorMA. At two o'clock the Princess Sornia went to •isit
he Duke of YORK, after his Royal Highness had traitsacttd

tary business with Sir HE I 1 TAYLOR.
At the la,t quarterly meeting of the Royal College of
g4geons of Edinburgh, held in their Hall ott Nlonday last, Sir
latter MiGamon, [kr cc lor G ener al of the Army Medical Depart-.
went, was unanimously elected an Honorary Fellow ot the etAlege.
The parataph in a Sunday Paper stating, that Miss
RUM:NS is shortly to be united to Mr. ROWLAND STEPHENSON, is
without any foundation.
ot the establishment of their Royal Highnesses
the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTEn are arrived 'at laulworth
to tiny into effect the necessary arrangenh'nts previous to
their Royal lkhneaises' arrival, and taking possession of that noble
mansion. _ .

The Countess of LISTOWEI.L has issued cards cf. in-
vitation Cot an early party on Friday evening, at Kings:on-house,
Kcightslo idge.
Lind alia Lady HOLLAND entertained Viscount and
Viscounte‘s C totavii.t.p, and a distinguished party at dinner yester-
day, at Ifollmd
Lord .tha.viLLE had a grand dinner party on Satur-
eay, at the Admiralty.

Lord MILTON il;iS given £5O to the Greeks, beiner Lis
second subscription.
Lord AUCHISALD lIANIILTON is arrived in town, to
attend his slinks in Pathan:rm. Ilk Lordship was accompanied
Sy his nephew the :Marquis of Dot:GLAs oral (21.1-DINDA LE, who
goes to the Isle of Wight to complete his education. The young
Marquis, before his departure from Hamilton, was presented by
Sir J. Maiwitz.t., of Pollock, with a pair of beautiful greyhounds,
‘Nith massy silver collars, :Ind crimson covers, embroidered with
the arms of the House of Ilamilton. _ _ .

H. W. VINCENT, Esq. is appointed King's Iternem•
tn.:neer in the Exchequer, vice Right lion. Mr. STEELE, deceased.
WiLLIAM MARK, Esq. his Majesty's Consul for Ma,
lags and the Kingdom of Granada, goes out in his Majesty's ship
Pnarros, now at Portsmouth.
'lwo Arabian horses, intended as a present to his MA-
am, have arrived, accompanied by an Arab and an interpreter.
Tl:e Rev. WILLIAM BucKLA ND, Professor of Mine-
rgliigy and Geology in the University of Oxford, was, at the Anni- '
vq.dry Meeting on Friday last, elected President of the Geologi-
cal Society of Landon.
REV. EDWARD IRVING.—It is reported in Fife that
this Rev. Gentleman has been offered the Church of Leslie, vacant
by the translation of the Rev. WitroAse Gam, to St. Ninian's. We
love also heard that it is probable Mr. !ovum will accept the living,
which is in the gift of GEORGE Lassie, Esq. of Leslie, and one Of
the beat in Fife.—Mrs. lavixo, we believe, was Governess in Mr.
LEsiat's family.
The SPEAKER'S Parliamentary Dinners commenced
on Saturday, as we have already stated, when the ltight Iknour-
able Gentleman had about thirty of the most distinguished Minis-
terial Members to dine with him, in the grand old fashioned
dining-room, which is as large as the present House of Commons,
and which is directly underneath it. On Sunday there were the
rime number of Opposition Members. The SetAKEn will thus,
pursuant to the general custom, have the whole of the House to
dine with him, inviting about thirty at a time, and having the
dinners on Saturdays and Sundays till all have been asked, and that
these dinners may be disposed of previously to the Easter recess.
On Saturday next Mr. DALY, the seconder of the Address, and his
friends, are invited; and on Sunday, Mr. PLuNerrT and Sir H.
PARNELL, &c. The invitations to the subsequent dinners will be
made without any particular reference to the side of the House to
which the Honourable Members are generally supposed to belong.
—The present Siscaran surpasses any of his predecessors in the
sumptuous character of his dinners. He has several French cooks,
20.bpletidicl plate.
It is said, that the opening of the French Chambers
it tired for the 7th of April—the day on which the Bi-
,asioa was passed.—L'E.loile.
Sir TuomAs AITLA ND,WhOSe sudden death we had
yesterday the regret to announce, was a G.C.B. and G.C.
lie Was Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot, Gover nor
(,t Commauder of the Forces in the Mediterra-
rean, and Los d High Commissioner of the lonian Is.
hcidi. Ile had always distinguished himself by his
zeal Er the public service, and by his filAnness in situa-
zwns where the exercise of that quality was called for.
Ills death is a loss to the con y, and will be sincerely
deplored by his family, and by those friends who had
th,.! pleasure of his private acquaintance. Shortly after
the arrival of the dispatches, Mr. WA I..str, the King's
Alessenger, was sent off with the melancholy tidings to
General's bioz'ser, the Earl Of LAUDERDALE, at
bulbar, in Scotland.

C.tptain Coen RA N, who had undertaken the arduous
ta:k of a pede•a:ian tour through Russia and Siberia,
ior the purno-e of inintittly exploring that inhospitable
region, and al,o far ascertaining the disputed fact of
1"e sePa.'Aion of the Cortinents of Asia and America,
alter a two years' survey, decided the question in
toe atlimative, lime being a continuous channel be-
twt2ert !llft Continents, though frequently blocked up
ice during great part of the winter.

SHERIFFS COURT-THIS DAY.

MALICIOUS ARREST.-SEWELL V. CLIFFORD.

In this case a Jury was impannelled before the Sheriff of Mid-
dlesex, to assess a compensation in damages for a wanton and ma-
licious arrest.
Mr. ANDRZWI, Counsel, opened the ease to the Jury, and stated it
was one which,if not visited with the severity of the law, might be the
means, in a great degree, of annihilating the liberty of the subject. In
1821, the plaintiff and defendant, being both men of the mercantile
profession, agreed for their mutual benefit to exchange commodities,
and soon atter the plaintiff gave the defendant a watch, value £l5,
and £3 in cash. for thirty-six hats of a certain quality : a sample
of two were sent for, and found to answer the description ; some
other property W3B to be given to make the amount £l4, so that
upon the hits being sent in £6 would have been due to the
defendant; but on the other thirty-four hat► arriving, they were
found very inferior to the sample hats, and not at all answer-
ing the agretnnent. Mr. Sewell offered to return them, but the
defendant would not take them back, and vowed he would have
the money. Three days after this, the plaintiff was arrested upon
an affidavit of debt, for £2O, at the instance of the defendant,when
if any debt had existed, it could not have been more than £6. The
defendant did not content himself with the arrest only, but before
a

company of thirty or more Gentlemen, called him (the plaintiff) a
swindler, refused to accept bail, hurried him off to a " lock•up
house," and there kept him in durance upwards of five hours.—
This was the case which the Jury had to decidt upon, and he (Nlr.
Andrews) hoped it would meet its just deserts; the result of that
vroceeding would be better described to them by the Attorney who
defen.led it.

Mr. John Escacks, Attorney, deposed he defended the action for
Mr. Sewell, and nonsui:ed Clifford, against whom he had an execu-
tion for the expenses attending that arrest. Expenses have neces-
sarily accrued since to the:amount of 116, exclusive of those in the
present action.
Mr. W. Metcalf deposed, he knew Mr. Sewell as a man of high
respectability, and saw the defendant, the day before the arrest
ac-
tual:y took place, go to his house in search of him ; he called him a
swiadier ; said it was a swindling transaction, and he would not he
" served out" by any man. The following right witness was in
company with Mr. Sewell at the Leopard Tavern, and twenty
other Gentlemen ; the defendant came in and pointed out Mr.
Sewell to thy officers by the epithet of " Swindler." Bail was im-
mediately offered to any amount, but the defendant would not take
it, and Mr. Sewell was sent to a luck-up house, and kept there
above five hours. Witness is aware that Mt. Sewell was arrested
four years ago, on some rnercanile affair, in Malta.
Mr. William Harris, proprietor of the Leopard, saw Clifford first
enter his Coffee-room and then return to the door and give a whistle,
when two other men entered and took Mr. Sewell. Clifford then
said, with an oath, he would have his revenge. Witness offered to
become bail, but Clifford would not take it.
A number of other witnesses were examined to the same effect.
—The Court was excessively crowded. -
After an address front the Sheriff, the Jury retired for half an
hour, and on their return assessed the damages at 301. upon the writ.

ARCHES COURT, FEBRUARY 7.

TIIE REV. ROSERT FITZIIERBERT FULLER (CLERIC) AND

OTHERS, AGAINST LANE.
In this case, which arises upon an application by
Lane, Esq. of Lingtield, for the giant of a faculty, ap-
propriating to him and his fatuity a certain pew in the
church of Longtieid, an allegation was this day offered
on behalf of Mr. Fuller.

Dr. J ENNUI stated the origin and proceedings of the
cause both in the Court below and upon the appeal ;
and he now supported the allegation, pleading the facts
upon which Mr. Fuller, and other of the inhabitants of
this parish, relied, as the grounds of their opposition to'
the grant.
D. LUSIJINGTON, on behalf of Mr. Lane, contended
that the facts now pleaded, though stringent ones, ought
to have been brought forward in an earlier stage of the
cause; and he imputed a want of sincerity to the other
pal ty, for now first assigning grounds of opposition,
which they cnlit to have possessed the Court of before.
Sir J. NICIioLL, in considering the admissibility of
this allegation, adverted to the facts of the case. Mr.
Lane had married a descendant of the Ferrender family,
to whom, upwards of a century ago, in consideration of
their having pre,ented the church with the communion
plate, a pew was appropriated and allotted for ever in
Liugiield church. Toe estate of the family was called
Battlers ; and the present proprietor of that estate, Mr.
Kersey, Asserted a pos:.essory right to the same pew
which Mr. Lane claimed in virtue of his marriage with
a descendant of the original holders of it. Now as to
Mr. Fuller's not bringing forward the facts now
pleaded before the present trine, he might very naturally
have been awaiting the result of a legal decision as be-
tween the civil right thus claimed. by Mr. Lane on the
one hand, and Mr. Kelsey on the other. But with reference to the
facts themselves, the Court would say, that generally speaking, it
would be unwilling—looking to the incre..sing population of the
country—to support the grant of such exclusive faculties ; but if the
circumstances or the parish were so peculiar that the population was
a decreasing one, the Court might Ue induced to adopt a very dif-
ferent view. Now the allegation stated the population of Ling-
field to consist of 1710 persons; that the parish contained 325 families;
that the church accommodation was very insufficient,there being only
85 pews to accommodate these 325 families. It was further alleged
that the Churchwardens were under the necessity of seating several
families in the same pew; whereas the family of Mr. Lane (con-
sisting only of himself, his wife, and three children) were claiming
the exclusive occupancy of a pew just double the dimensions of the
others; and moreover, it was stated, that when the cause corn-
menced, Mr. Lane was not even a parishioner, though he bad sub-
sequently built himself a house within the parish, to which four
acres of land were attached. The Court considered that these were
material facts, if they should be proved, to guide the diseretion of
the Court as to whether or no it would ultimately grant the faculty,
and therefore it admitted the allegation.