Star.
London, England, 1809-11-11 00:00:00

NAVAL VICTORY.

A Gentleman who left Rotterdam on Tuesday last,
states, that two of the most respectable houses in
that city had received letters from their Correspon-
dents at Paris, which mention that Lord COLLING-
wooI:, had intercepted a large convoy of military
stores and provisions, that was proceeding from Tou-
lon to Barcelona, the whole of which he had captured.
Of the ships of war, under whose protection it was, an
80 and 74 gun ehip were driven on shore, where they
were burned by their crews, to prevent them from
falling into our hands. A frigate was also driven on
shore, which, to all appearance, must be lost."
Former accounts held out a hope that we should
soon hear of such an event as the above, and we have
therefore some hope that the news will soon be con-
firmed. The Gentleman had not heard the date of
this reported victory.
The Seville article, of September 14, given in a
preceding column, probably alludes to this very
action.

By the Chichester packet we have received letters
and papers from Jamaica to the 10th of September.--
From the extracts we have given, it appears that Ge-
neral Caautenagt. has made an advantageous com-
mercial arrangement with the Spanish Government
at Santo Domingo; and British merchants trading
with that island will now enjoy the same privileges
with Spanish subjects.
Our readers will recollect that upwards of a year
ago the General Assembly of Jamaica, in defiance of
the British Toleration Act, passed a law prohibiting 1
all preaching in that island except by the regular
Clergy. This absurd and illiberal enactment was !
subsequently set aside by his MAJESTY'S order in
Council, intimated to the Assembly of Jamaica
(.through the Governor, but we are not a little sur-
prised to find that applications for Licenses to preach
lr still continue to be rejected by the Quarter Sessi,,ns
of that Island. The following article on the subject
is copied from the Kingston Gazette •of the 2d of
September :
On Wednesday came on to be heard by Counsel
before GEORGE KINGHORN, JAMES INGLIS, JOHN CAMP-
BELL, JOSEPH BARNES, and EDWARD EVANS, Esqrs.
at the Quarter Sessions, the Petition of certain Metho-
dist Preachers, praying to be licensed to preach in
this city, agreeably to the Toleration Act ; when,
after a long and patient hearing of Counsel on both
sides, the Court unanimously refused the prayer of
their Petition. It is worthy of remark, that in their
Petition they admitted the indecorous conduct of for-
mer Preachers. Application was also made by Coun.
sel on behalf of GEORGE Lutz, the Elder, to sanction
the re-opening of his Meeting-house on the Rock-Fort
road, which met with a similar fate."

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BALDC CoNVdt.
The PLANtAtENET man .of war which arrived at
Yarmouth tie Bth inst. sailed from Carlscrona 6th
ult. with the trade assembled at that port. The
Meacuatus joined of the harbour with the trade from
Stockholm, and was joined at the south enttance of
the Great Belt on the 14th, by a convoy of 81 sail,
under convoy of the TARTAR, inaleng together 356
• sail. They got all safe 10 leagues round the Scaw,
when a gate at W. N. W. and a very thick fog dis-
persed them into different Swedish ports between
Gottenburgh and Oroust f on the 31st, 170 sail got
into Gottenhnrgh with the PLAIVTAGENET, and sailed
on the 2d instant ; 41 sail were collected between
that port and the Naze, also about 60 or 70 sail,
bound to Hull and Leith, and parted on the 3d ; 50
sail of the fleet were seen under convoy of the MER•
CURIUS arrived at the Note. About 80 sail parted
from the PLANTAGENET, off Yarmouth, some arrived
with the CHANTICLEER. The VANGUARD arrived at
Yarmouth the Bth, and parted with several of the fleet
off that port. The CERBERUS arrived at Yarmouth the
6th, with part of the fleet. The TARTAR and the
LTXx were left by the Commodore off the Dogger
Bank to look out for stragglers.
FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 9.
Arrived the Nocton packet, with a.mail from Ca-
' dig, in ten days passage.
PLYMOUTH and PLYMOUTH-DOCK, NOV. 8.
In his Majesty's ship QUEBEC, of 36 guns, which
arrived yesterday from Lisbon, came home Sir Ro-
,fialtT WILSON. (in a bad state of health), General
frrxwattr, and Colonel WATERS : she left Lisbon on
the 29th ult.
Arrived the brig Traveller, THOMAS COULSON late
master, from Gibraltar and Malaga, laden with
shumack, raisins, and grapes, bound to London, was
captured 24th October by the French schooner priva-
teer Conflance, pierced for 16 guns, but had only six
mounted, and manned with 40 men, who took out
her crew except one seaman, JACOB BASTFIELD, who
was permitted to remain on board in order to assist in
navigating the vessel ; she was recaptured on the 4th
inst. in lat. 49. 30. N. long. 7. 0. W. by his Majesty's
ship PHEASANT, 18 guns, Capt. PALMER.—AISO ar-
rived the Mary and Betty, SANDERSON, from Cork,
last from Scilly ; and his Majesty's ketch GLEANER,
from a cruize.—Sailed the Dolphin store ship to the
Westward ; the Princess Mary, WEDDECOMBE, for
Oporto; and the Margaret Jane, GORE, for Water-
ford. Also arrived the American brig Acteon,
THOMAS MASON, from New York, last from Penzance,
laden with sugar, coffee, cotton, logwood, and ivory,
bound to Tonningen ; sailed the 2d of September, and
was captured on the 11th ult. near Limerick by the
French privateer brig le Charles, from Rochelle, and
recaptured by his Majesty's ship CHRISTIAN VII.
Sir JOSEPH SYDNEY Yonx, on the 30th ult. about five
miles from Ushant. The Acteon had great difficulty
in reaching port, being very leak'), making two feet
water in the hold an hour.
Sailed the Lion, DREW, for Malta; the SCIPION,
0f74 guns. Rear Admiral STOPFORD, for Basque-
Roads ; and the GLEANER ketch, with a King's
Messenger on board, charged with important dis-
patches for Constantinople.
Put in here by contrary winds, the HUMBER hired
armed ship, with a convoy from Falmouth, bound to
the Eastward ; Sophia, MAYi and several other trans-
ports, from Lisbon, with sick soldiers, and the wi-
dows of these Britons who gloriously fell at Talavera,
on board, from the British army in Portugal ; his
Majesty's sloop BRISK, from Lisbon ; the Citocus brig
of war, from Flushing ; the Swedish ship Enigheiten,
CHEMILTZ Master, from St. Übe's, last from Fal-
-1 mouth, lad-in with salt ; Eliza, —, from Lisbon ;
the Swedislt ship —, PALNIGUEST Master, from
iMalaga.—The CONFLICT gun-brig is come up
moaze to be repaired.
PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 10.
Arrived the DAPPER gun-brig, from a cruize.—
Passed by for the westward a sloop of war, with a
few vessels under convoy. A few transports and
other vessels are arrived that came under her convoy,
among them are the Ann, —; and the Lord
Eldon, for Malta.—Wind N. E.
DEAL, NOVEMBER 10.
Arrived the IRIS frigate, and ROYAL SOVEREIGN
yacht, from Weymouth; VANGUARD, of 74 guns,
and NYMPH hired cutter, from Flushing ; FLY sloop,
from off the Coast of France. Sailed die ROYAL
So-
VEREIGN yacht for the River.
YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER 10.
Sailed to the Downs the VANGUARD, of 71 guns,
and the CENSOR, Lieutenant RowE, to the Northward,
on a cruize. Arrived the MONKEY and MANLY gun-
brigs, and remain with the ROEBUCK, PLANTAGENET,
under orders for the Downs ; PANDORA, wind-bound,
with convoy to Heligoland; DRAKE in the harbour,
refitting ; Ems armed schuyt, and Finden transport.
Wind E. S. E. cloudy.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
GRAVESEND, Nov. 10.—Arrived the Starling, Leigh, from St.
Domingo ; and the Christopher, —, from Quebec. Sailed
the Dorothy Foster, Sowdtn, for Jamaica ; Luna, Craig, for ditto;
Princess, Cornish, for Sierra Leone; and the Prince of Orange,
Evans, for Gibraltar.
The Weymouth, Capt. Llewelly, from Gibraltar to London,
was captured 4th inst. in lat. M. 30. long 7. 15. by a French
lugger privateer, of six guns, and 63 men.
The Wohlforth, Capt. Smith, from Senegal and Cadiz, to Lon-
don, is detained by the Prince William privateer, of Liverpool.
The Globe, from Smyrna to Philadelphia, is taken and carried
into Cerigo.
The Elizabeth, Maas, from —, is wrecked near Orfordness.
The Coffee Planter, —, from Surinam to London, has been
taken, re-taken, and arrived at Fowey.
ARRIVAL S.
At Buenos Ayres, the Thomas Wilson, Gardner, from Rio.
At Cork, the Harwich, Higgins, from Cadiz. At Dublin, the
Deborah, Williams, from London. At Smyrna, the &limy,
Liston, Item London; and Clipper, —, from Malta. At
Malta, the Brilliant, Lauchlin ' • Phenix, Hill ; Britannia, Baxter;
Mentor, Blyth ; and Mary, Pratt, from London; Westmore-
land, —, from Liverpool ; Bramin, —, from Philadelphia ;
and Four Sisters, bishop, from Brazils. At Bantry Bay, the
Harriet, Phillips, the Havannah. At Stromness, the King
George, James, from Hudson's Eay. At Bristol, the Surprise,
Gibson, from Cadiz. At Dingle Bay, the True Blue, Nichols,
from ()Porto. At Cork, the Brothers, from Gibraltar;
and Charlotte, Griffiths, from London. At Gibraltar, the Ma-
tilda, Smith, from Trinidad ; and thud, Clarke, from London.

THE ARMY.

Lieutenant WILKINSON arrived yesterday at the
Admiralty from the West Indies.

Seijetal transport's, with sick soldiers on board, and
the widows of the brave Britons that fell at Talavera,
have arrived at Plymouth.
The 9th Regiment of the line were on Wednesday
inspected by their Colonel, Lieut.-General BROWN..
RIG, at Canterbury, previously, it is supposed, to their
embarkation for Portugal.
The Local Militia to be raised in the Wingham,
Elham, Faversham, mid Home Divisions, in the
Eastern part of Kent, is to assemble at Ospringe, and
will be formed into a regiment, of which it is under-
stood Lieut.-General HARRIS will be the Colonel.

Saturday, Monday, and the two following days,
the North York Militia, moved from Brabourn Lees,
to Maidstone, to make room for the sick of the 68th
and 71st regiments from Walcheren.

The Waldershare Regiment of Volunteers is order-
ed to be disbanded on the 24th of December next.

It 'would have been highly gratifying to the very
old officers of the Army, who h.►d been laid by for
'some years, if they had received the same promotion
with the Naval Officers on the glorious 25th of last
month.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF. CHANCERY, NOV. io.
WILMOT THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOwNE.
The Lotto CHANCELLoIt expressed his wish that ad-
ditional affidavits should be tiled by the defendant,
explanatory of some parts of his answer, before this
case shonid be finally decided upon. A tenant for
without impeachment of waste, must leave suf.
ficient wood on the estate to answer the repairs. His
Lordship particularly desired to know if it could be
ascertained what number of trees equal to those of
the smallest size cut by the defendant, had been left
on the estate? He ordered the affidavits to be filed
with all possible disp itch.
BERTIE AND arifElzs V. EARL PORTMoIIE,
Mr. COOKS appeared in this cause fOr Mr. Collins,
a person who had contracted with the defendant for
certain trees, said to be ornamental trees, which the
defendant had cut, or was preparing to cut, upon a
family estate, of which he was tenant for life, with-
out impeachment. The reinailtder-men had applied
for an injunction to restrain the defendant from cut-
ting these trees, and the application extended also to
Yr. Collins.
Mr. COOKE was about to read the answer or Mr.
Collins, when Mr. Hsu., Counsel for Lord Port-
mere, objected, upon the ground that it was an irre-
gularity to read the answer of one defendant against
another. Mr. COKE allowed that this was an irre-
gularity, and if the objection was insisted upon he
Ellist acquiesce. But this would be a much speedier
way of coming at the merits of the case, than by the
reetslar method of filing a bill of interpleader. Mr.
Hem still insisted upon his objection, stating, that
according to the proposed proceeding his client might
be affected by statements, which his Counsel might
have no means of examining. Mr. COOKE, of course,
persevered no longer.
OIJARDIANS OF MISS NICTIOVON v. GIBBS.
Ir this case a Petition from Mr. Giles was given
in pursuant to the recommendation of the Chancel-
-1 rt.; and Mr. SMith, who appeared in Court, was
ordered to be dismissed, upon his undertaking to ap-
pear again, if called for. Nothing farther-was done
in the case this clay.
N. B. His Lordship intimated that he would give
his opinion on the case of Grey se the Duke of Nor-
thumberland, en Monday.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER to.
CARRINGTON V. TAYLOR.
Mr. GARROW appl'e...d for a Rule to spew cause why
anew trial should not be granted in this case. The
cause had been tried before the LOrd Chief Baron,
and the ground of the action was, that the Defen-
dant had disturbed the Plaintiff's decoy, by discharg-
ing guns in its neighbourhood.
The fact was, that both the Plaintiff and Defen-
dant made their living by killing of sea wild fowl,
and the act of aggression on the Plaintiff's decoy was,
not that he had made an actual inroad or trespass on
the decoy, by destroying any of the tame birds used
on such occasions, but that, by firing in the neigh-
bourhood of the decoy, he had frightened those birds
f nature ; .which might have accidentally gone
into the Plaintiff's decoy, but which Ithe Defen-
dant and all his Majesty's subjects were entitled to
kill, and approprirte to their own use, wherever they
could be found beyond the bounds of any such legal
decoy—from entering the Plaintiff's decoy, and par-
taking of the good cheer there to be found.
Mr. inctice Lt BnaNc asked, within what distance
of the decoy the firing had taken place, and if any
birds at the decoy had ;tetually been frightened away?
Mr. G.siutow said, the evidence bore that the firing
had advanced to within three or four hundred yards
of the decoy, and that, in consequence of it. a num-
ber of birds had been frightened from the Plaintiff's
pond. H• contended th•it this was not a sufficient
disturbance of the Plaintiff's right of decoy to sup-
port an action like the present.
Lord Ennexamioccit said, the present, it appeace:i,
Was an ancient decoy. Having a right to an ancient
decoy, the Plaintiff was entitled to an undisturbed
possession and enjoyment of it.
The rest of the Court concurred, and the Rule was,
of course, refused.

STOKES V. iIAMNIPS.L.
Mr. ABBOTT applied for a Rule to shew cause
why the Defend int should not be let in to plead in
this case. It appeared from. the affidavit of the De-
fendant, that he had never been served with a copy
of the process in this case, which was an action of
Crim. Con. brought by the Plaintiff against the De-
fendant, his late partner, with whom he formerly
carried on business as an Attorney, at Chepstow.—
This affidavit had been answerc:i by a counter affi-
davit of a person who had been clerk to the Plaintiff
and Defendant, who deposed to his having served the
process on a female servant of the Defendant. To
meet this affidavit, hoWever, the female servant allu.
ded to, and her mother, who was in the house at the
time, deposed that the person said to have served the
notice of process came into the house of the Defen-
dant by the back way, through the garden, into the
kitchen ; that he then gave to the servant a bundle
of parrs, telling her that they were private papers
concerning her master, which he had found among
ether papers, and which he wished her to deliver to
him. The servant told the person he might then see
her master, but this he declined, retiring, as he had
come in, by the back way. The girl immediately
took the bundle of papers to her master, which he
swore be had examined both that night and next
morning ; that they were private papers concerning
the Defendant, but none of them a notice of process
in that action, or connected with it.
Rule to shew cause granted.
On the motion of Mr. AnoLetrus, on a former day,
Buncle and T. F. Hempting, who had been com-
mitted to prison for six months each, by Mr. Con-
rant, for non-payment of fines imposed by him as a
Justice a the Peace of the County, on informations
sled by private individuals, for insurances under the
Illeral Lottery, or Little Go Acts, were brought up
by Habeas Corpus ; and, it appoarin.g that by the
Act of the 46th of the King, the iglus of the Justices to
commute fines on that account into imprisonment for
a limited per',od; bad bcca done away ; and also,
that- by the said Act, such penalties could now be
sued for only in the name of the Attorney General,
...he two pritoners were- ordered to be discharged out
Alf guaDdp

DOE OW DEW. tAET DACRE V. ?E
This case, upon the will of the late Loi
was argued at great length by Mr. Huu
behalf of Lady Dacre.
Mr. WIGLEY, on the other side, was stop
Court, who decided without hesitation, tha
ought to be entered up for the Defendant.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. NOV.IO.
SUTTON V. DUCK.
This was an action of trover, brought forward at
the last Assises for Norfolk ; and a verdict having
been given for the defendant, the plaintiff's Counsel
moved for a new trial. He stated, that Mr. Sutton
purchased the entire hulk of a ship, which had been
driven on shore on the coast of Norfolk, and stranded
on the Blakeney Sands. He attempted to save the
hull, and get it off, for which purpose he employe,:
18 labourers, and two carpenters, but she went to
pieces a few nights after he had purchased her. Mr.
Sutton being called to attend a Court Martial, in his
capacity of Judge Advocate Depute, he left a person
name Fisie, as hi; agent, to sell the timber of the
vessel by auction. Atter the ship was broke up, part
of her timbers floated, and came ashore on the farm
of the defendant ; which Fisie hearing of, he went to
claim them, but was refused. Fisie was the first
witness called on the trial, and he proved that the
vessel's hull was bought by Mr. Sutton, from Gard-
ner, the owner of her, for X6OO. Gardner was the
next; he proved thersale of the vessel, after he had
taken out all her masts, and leaving nothing but the
hull. The Learned Serjeant moved for a new trial ;
Ist, on the ground that she was not that description
of vessel that comes under the terms of the Register
Act (that being the cause of his client's being for-
merly nonsuited, he having no bill of sale and regis-
tration) ; 2dly, because, if there had been a bill of
sale, and register, it would not be necessary to prove
it ; and, 3dly, because nothing could justify the de-
fenchnt for keeping property, which did not belong
to him.
The Court being of opinion, that in the condition
she was when sold, no registration was necessary, the
rule was granted.

SITTINGS AT NISI PRIGS.
HEYDON v. BELL.—This was an action to recover
the value of goods delivered. The defendant had
been supplied by the plaintiff with a quantity of
clothes, to carry out on his own account, to Monte
Video, on board a ship of which he was Supercargo.
The amount of the cl.thes was about 471.
Two witnesses proved the delivery of the clothes,
and the bill was produced.
The defence attempted to be set up was, that the'
goods were delivered to the defendant, that he might
endeavour to dispose of them to the plaintiff's advan-
tage.
The Jury, however, under the direction of the
Learned Judge, found a verdict for the plaintiff.—
Damages CO.

A very richly chased gold Sword made by RUN.-
.
DELL, BRIDGE, and "RUNDELL, ornamented with the
devices of the 20th Regiment, and the names of the
Battles in which it had been distinguished, as Minden,
Maida, &c. and with a suitable Inscription, was pre-
sented on the 25th of October to Lieutenant-Colonel
Ross, by the Officers of the Regiment.
The Regiment w.ts formed into a square. The
sword being presented, Captain MURRAY, the senior
Officer present, addressed him as follows :
In the name of my Brother Officers, I have the honour of pre-
senting you with a Sword, as a small token of their sincere regard
and esteem fur you, and as a mark of the satisfaction felt by them
since thel. have had the honour of being under your command. In
off: ring yen this sword, it is their wish to commemorate the 4th,
July, t ant;.—a day glorious to the arms, and honourable'
in the annals of :he :10th Regiment,when in the Plains of Maida,
you led it, and, by a masterly manoeuvre, secured the vistory ob-
tained that day over the enemy, nearly double in number to the
British forces. You will be pleased in accepting of the Sword to
take with it my earnest wishes, united to those of my Brother
Officers, for your long continuance at the head of a Re.ritnent
which has experienced so much happiness under your command.
COLONEL ROSS'S REPLY.

The Sword which my Brother Officers, through you, have done
me the honour to present, I receive with the warmest and most
heartfelt satisfaction. The sentiments thereby conveyed of the
good-will and esteem of men whom I honour and regal d, cannot
fail of exciting in my mind the most gratifying and flattering sen-
sations, and have made an impreesion stronger than I can by
words express. If from fullness of heart at so unexpected, and I
must say, so unmerited an honour, I feel a deficiency of words,
my Brother Officers will, I trust, not be the less etnivinced of the
high value I set upon their int stiniable gift.
I shall wear it with pride, and in the cause of our beloved King
and Country, shall draw it with pleasure; and be assured it
among the most ardent wishes of my heart, to continue in a Re-
giment as noted for orderly conduct in quarters, as for bravery
and steadiness in the field.

We have communications from Petersburgh of the
11th, from Riga of the 14th, and from Carlscrona of
the 20th ultimo. Sir JAMES SAU\IAREZ, with the,
British squadron, was off the latter port. About 270
trading ships had passed that fortress for Riga and
other ports, under the expectation of being able to
unload, and return with cargoes before the winter
season closed the navigation of the Baltic. We fear
that 'many of the adventurers wills be disappointed, as
the Gulf of Riga is usually frozen the first week in
December, and the Gulf of Finland one month earlier.

The mercantile letters from Malta and Gibraltar
complain of the dulness of trade. At the latter place
this stagnation is stated to have arisen partly from a
cause which we hope will prove but temporary.—
The natives of Algiers and Tunis were in the habit of
visiting Gibraltar to purchasequantitiesof our produce
and manufactures, to transport them from those depots,
as opportunities permitted, to the northern harbours of
the Mediterranean. The letters by yesterday's mail
inform us, that four corsairs, with cargoes of this
description, were captured by British cruizers, and
that since the commodities had been condemned and
sold at Gibraltar. Redress has been sought, but it
has not been yet obtained ; and until this matter is
adjusted to the satisfaction of the African merchants,
it is probable that Algiers and Tunis will remain
crowded with liritish goods, and these markets will
be lost to the commerce of Gibraltar.
Monday Mr. Peter Johnson, farmer, at Deanes,
in the parish of Foulden, was killed by a fall from
his horse. 'He had left Mordington toll at 10 o'clock,
aid was found a lifeless corpse in about an hour after.
He had been at Berwick in the afternoon, where he had
received a considerable sum of money, which was not
upon him. when he was found. No-doubt is entertained
but he was killed by the fall, as the knees and breast
of the horse were cut, b7it the person who first found
him lying in the road is suspected of abstracting the,
money from his pockets.

POLICE•

QuEmscurattn.—Yesterday a singular instance of
cunning and credulity occurred at this Office : a mo-
dern enchantress named Mary Connor, was charged
with defrauding Margaret Anderson of various ar-
ticles of wearing apparel, by pretended magical illu-
sions. The prosecutor stated, that she lived in Wind-
mill-street, when about four months ago the prisoner
applied to her for lodging, and was admitted. She
had not been more than hve weeks before she gained
her confidence, and having communicated many par-
ticulars to her respecting a young man who then paid
his addresses to her, the prisoner began to form her
designs, not only of depriving the prosecutrix of her
lover, but her property also.
In the first she obtained complete success, and ac-
tually married the young man, while Anderson
' imagined he was courting her as usual. The pri-
soner's next attempt was made at the poor girl's
clothes, she commenced her frauds, by pretended
knowledge of necromancy, avid what she termed the
Black Art. Having persuaded her that her lover
was inconstant, she undertook to tell her who would
be her husband, and for that purpose placed a poker
and tongs across under the bed,this being repeated se-
veral nights, but finding this charm would not an-
swer, amongst many other things a cake was made
of pretended materials; but notwithstanding the farce
of these pretended charms, she told the prosecutrix
that they would not produce the desired effect, because
the apparition of the young man was in the room,
and that this spirit wanted something out of her box.
The box was therefore to be opened, and its contents
smead on the table, to which the prosecutrix con-
s!..nted ; and gowns and various other articles, worth
between .1.20 and £3O, were left on the tabl. .
The following morning they were all gone, and the
prisoner told her that the apparition had conveyed
them to a castle in Devonshire, and if she attempted
to reveal it, she would be turned into a fish. Being
fearTul of the consequences if she unfolded the secret,
the prosecutrix did not speak of it for near I I weeks ;
during which time the prisoner, by various arts, ob-
tained several sums of money from her. These im-
poiitions might have continued longer, had not the
prosecutrix discovered that the prisoner was married
to the man before-mentioned, on which she soon re-
covered from her delusion. Having then applied to
the Magistrates, the prisoner was apprehended, who,
in her defence, acknowledged that the above state-
ment was true, and that she had resorted to these im-
positions for the purpose of obtaining clothes, &c.—
The prisoner in consequence was committed for trial,
and her husband, as an accomplice, was held to bail.
MaRLBOROUGII-STREET.—.SeVeraI charges of fraud
were exhibited against Parker, on Wednesday
evening, by Messrs. Jackson, Riviere, and Fisher, gun-
makers. The defendant is the son of a man of for-
tune, was formerly a Magistrate for Surrey, and his
appearance and demeanour excited a considerable de-
gree of sympathy. It appeared from the testimony
of Mr Jackson, of Wigmore-street, that about the
12th of September, he gave an order for a double-
barrelled gun, to be completed as soon as possible.
After introducing the name of the Grosvenor family,
with whom he affected to be acquainted, he talked of
his wife being at Hampstead for her health, by the
advice of Dr. Reynolds, and having imposed on the
gun-maker by these remarks he succeeded in borrowing
a gun, and a pair of pistols, which were sold at a pawn-
broker's, and the prosecutor consequently duped. He
had also succeeded in obtaining of Mr. Riviere a va-
luable gun and a pair rf pistols worth twelve guineas,
by similar artifices. He represented himself to Mr.
R— as the acquaintance of Lord Sursvell, and bor-
rowed the pistols (after having ordered a double-bar-
relled gun), as he observed, to keep persons off his
estate at Hampton Lodge, near Guildford. Mr. R.
soon found that his gun and pistols had been sold for
half their value. He also obtained a gun of consi-
derable value front Mr. Fisher, of the same street, and
a chinaman had also manufactured some valuable
china, which the defendant gut hold of. He was
committed on the Pawning Act, which subjects him
to restore the property in value, with 20 shillings fine
on each, or to suffer three months imprisonment for
each offence, and the correction of the prison.
Yesterday, a Mr. Leeton, from the Edgeware-road,
charged Smith with obtaining a service in his
family, by means of a false character, and afterwards
pilfering several articles, which, however, could not
be proved sufficient for conviction. The complainant
had written to Capt. Mahoney, at Stokes-buildings,
Hackney-road, and received a very satisfactory an-
swer, but in consequence of the defendant's conduct
Mr. Leeton went to Capt. Mahoney, who, instead of
being a gentleman, as represented, turned out to be a
Captain of the hod and mortar. The complainant also
ascertained, that discarded servants had a house fitted.
up in the neighbourhood of Portland-road, for the
purpose of giving each ether characters. He was
committed.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMO HONS.
The Rev. John Kipling, M.A. of Chilton, Bucks, is appointed
to he one of the Chaplains In Ordinary to his Loyal Highness the
Prince of %Vales.

Wednesday se'nnight, the Presbytery of Edinburgh, at their
usual monthly meeting appointed Thursday the 9.3 d November
for the translation of the Rev. Mr. Brenton, New Grayfriars, to
the second charge of the 'lron Church, in room of Dr. Hunter,
decea4..d.

On the 9.7 th ult. a dispensation passed the great seal, enabling
the Rev. Wm. Stalsback, M. A. domestic chaplain to the Right
Hon. Earl Harrowby, to hold the perpetual cure of Mariansleigh,
Devon, to which he was presented by the Mayor and Chamber of
Exeter, with the rectory of St. Cleather, Cor iwall.
The Rev. Thomas Cobb, of Igt.ham, is presented to the vacant
Prebendal Stall, in the Cathedral of Chichester.
_ _ _

The Archdeacon of Canterbury bas presented the Rev. Alexan-
der Radel4Re to the Vicarage of St. Clement Sandwich, vacant by
the decease of tbe Rev. Wheeler Dunce. _

CA =RID E, Nov. 6.—On---atu;LY came on the election of
Vice-Chancellor Mr the ensuing year. The Rev. Dr. Browne,
Master of Christ College, and the very Rev. Dr. Milner, Presi-
dent of Queen's College, and Dean of Carlisle, were the Gentle-
men nominated by the Heads of Colleges. An opposition very
unexpectedly took place; when the numbers were, fur Dr. Prueme
56; and for Dr.Milner 44; the latter was of course declated
by the Senior Proctor to be duly elected, and he soon after at-
tended the Senate, and was sworn into office.

OzroKo, Nov. 11.—Thursday last the following Gentlemen
were admitted to degrees :
MASTERS or Aats—Rev. Robert Simpson, of Magdalen-hall;
Rev. Ellis Jones, of Jesus ; Rev. Robert Henry Wright, Trinity;
and the Rev, Frederick Henry Papendick, Trinity.
B.ticut:Loa or Musrc—Mr Jay, of Magdalen Hall.
Yesterday the Rey. 11r. Hall was installed into the Deanery of
Christ Church, in this Univertity,,with th,, usual solemnities.
Ou Saturday, October 28, the Rev. John Lempriert , 11. D.
formerly of Pembroke College, in this University, was licensed
by the Lord Bishop of the diocese of Exeter, to the Free Grammar
School of that city, on the nonduatuatt of the Preside= and Go•
•erne of St. John's Hospital.