Star.
London, England, 1824-11-22 00:00:00

COURT OF DAY.

sill kiss a. toot.
Tamtvon mails mentioned this case, he said the defendant
6d been repeatedly called upon .to receive the Judginent of the
court, for a Conspiracy in claiming for .his brother Stant,'" Cooke;
the Barony of Stafford and this of Lord Stafford ; the delendant had
repeatedly. put I, affidavits of his being confined with the gout.
Inquiry had in the meantime been made by the wlicitor.of Sir G.'
jerohigham, the prosecutor, who had not been able to find out the
defendant's residence. His application now was that the defendant
should be ordered, on pain of being pronounced in contempt.to give
information where he resided, in order that a medical gentleman
might be lent on their part to see him, and ascertain if his indispo-
sition Was such as to prevent him coming up to receive judgment.
Castrorm. said, be had a surgeon's certificate of the defen-
dant's severe indisposition,talso affidavits of his bail, and one from
the nude who attended.
LORD Cuter JOSTICE.—There can be no objection that he should
be waited upon by a medical man on the other side, to confirm the
fact of the defendant's indisposition ; and that the residence should
be given up.—lt wu ordered accordingly.

The Minister of the Intel for of the Kingdom of Wir-
tembeg has published an ordonnance prescribing the
measures to be adopted. relative to houses and other
buildings damaged by the inundation.
A notice has been publisheil by the Police at Carls-
rube, • stating that every exertion is making to re-es-
tablish the communications, and that temporary bridges
were erecting, which,. however, Would not be able to
bear loaded waggons weighing more than 50 or 60 cwt.
Accounts him Chambery of. the4th inst. give,a la-
mentable description of the damagedone by inundations
on the 29th October, at 'St. Michael, St. Stefano, and
other.communes. . 4 slight shock Of an earthquake
was felt at Chambery, on the 29th October, a few mil
Mites past eight in the evening.
Brussels Papers, to the 2l'st instant, have reached Ail.
The only interesting article which they have brought
is one (tom Augsburg, which says, that the Austrian
Funds were falling in consequence of the rererserof
the Turks, as it was feared that they would lead to ire*
political combinations, on the part of the Russian Cabi-
net, which was inclined to recognize the • independence
of Greece. Letters from "Italy also.say, that an Ame-
rican Agent had Arrived at .Leghorn, on his .way to
Napoli di
,Roniania, on a missionp to thetireek Govern'.
meet. The best understanding prevailed, hetvretin (be
English and the Greeks. • • . .
Letters from Gibraltar hive been received to the 28th
tilt. They inform tit that consequence of the account
of the port of Lisbon being opened fur, the iniportatioin
of Foreign'.Wheat having reached Gibraltar, alosost.the
whole of-the-large supply which had arrived there, and
remained unsaleable, had been reshipped for the Port,-
guese capital, where hopes were entertained that 13
would fluid sale. .

The following is an extract of.a letter from Lieut.
JAMBS O.COOT NO 0. HAlf-1).4y gib JaegiMent, dotted
Aln,cira, Spain, II th October 44 This ,town wait
attacked by sea and land, on the 14th and.l6th August
last, by a handful of CogitittniCia4l- Officers, ,who- were
::linost all taken and shot; among them w$ a young
Fishman from Dublin, called William Whitty, who. de-
elated that he was son of a Major in the British service.
The young man came from Gibraltar.- - I mention this j
circumstance, because, as he was an enter stranger here,
he died without the means of previoudy.commaniciting
his ill fate to his farriery, whoever they. may be.".
Monday, an accident happened at Gate Wood, near,
Cantley. In .the 'absence of the gamekeeper, an assist-
ant was lett to feed the pheasants, when unfortunately
treading on the wire attached to a spring gun, it went
ulf, and the poor man received the contents in his legs
aid thighs. Though severely wounded, we understandt
he is in a fair way of recovery.
A Gentleman of London has in his possession part of
the ex that'was roasted •at Northampton, at the Royal,
Jubilee, fifteen. years ago; and ate some of it for his'
luncheon on the. sth anniversary of the day on which
it was reasted,. and found it very goad, with the true.
flavour of roast beet; a little salted. The way it is pre-'
served is in a large square bottle, corked close, the meat,
being a little salted when it was roasted.
A system of fraud is at present very successfullyrearil
vied on by a gang of well dressed persons, who pinto,
different shops and, purchase trifling articles, and after
paying for them, they.expiess • a wish to be favoured
with silver for five or ten shillings-worth of • halfpence,
which they carry about them, made up in cartridge:sof,
five shillings each. Halfpence being rather scarce at
present, the shopkeeper gladly exchanges them, not
doubting but they. are all good copper, but on opening
then he finds to his loss that they are but small pieces
of sheet lead rolled -up to the same size as penny pieces.
An Inquest was held at the White Lion, Shadwell,
on the body of J. Durham, 'aged. 18, belonging 'to a
collier lying in the river, whobeing sent by the Captain
with another lad to clean out the cabin, was Shot. by
his companion. They were playing together, when the
other lad took up a musket, ignorant of its being loaded,
and placed the butt-end under his arm, when it went
off, and the contents lodged in the deceased. The'
Captain said he loaded the musket for the purpose of
shooting birds, and it was left in a place to which the
whole crew had access. The youths it appeared had
always been on good terms, and the Jury returned a
verdict of—Accidental Death—but expressed themselves
highly indignant at the Captain's conduct in leaving the
musket thus exposed.

Thursday last, an Inquest was held at Ho&beck; on
the body of Hannah Firth, a young woman, aged 16
years, the domestic servant of Mr. Taylor,' surgeon, in
Water-lane. The following are the circumstances of
this melancholy case:—On Monday. evening last, two
boys, Edward Perry and Wm. Barker, of the ages of
12 and 13 years, loaded a small cannon with gun-
powder and tow, in doing which they used a piece of iron
about six inches in length, and. as thick as a man's fin-
ger, which became fastened in the cannon, and baffled
all their efforts to disengage it. They therefore at length
determined to discharge it by firing off the cannon,
having, as they thought, ascertained that the street was
clear ; unfortunately, at this moment the deceased .was
entering the house of a neighbour, and the iron ramrod
was forced through the calf of her leg, which produced
an effusion of blood that proved fatal, and she expired
after languishing about forty hours. The Jury found a
verdict of " Accidental Death."
Admiral DUNCAN'S address to the Officers who came
on board his ship for instructions previous to the en-
gagement with Admiral de WINS ER, was both laconic
and humorous : " Gentlemen, yin see a severe Winter
approaching.; I have Oily to advise you to keep, tip a
good FIRE. —Literary Chronicle.
At a masquerade in tLe Haymarket, one appearing
in the habit of a Bi,hop, another, in the charatter of a
Clown, for the jest's sake, bowed his knee to. ask a
blessing; 'The former layint. his ha Fid on . his head,
very demurely said, 44 Pritbee use, thcie's notating in it
indeed, friend