Star.
London, England, 1824-08-03 00:00:00

.411111.11tEET THEATRE.

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This little Thektieiincreases in attractions every night.
A happy choice of pieces, and an excellent company to
give them effect, produce what would otherwise be a
wonder—full boxes in the dog-days. The performances
last night were amongst the most amusing of the sea•
son, and brought down unqualified applAnse from a
numerous and elegant audience.

THIS ARMY.

The 21st (Royal North British Fusileers) Regiment his moved
from Demerara to St. Vincent's.
The 27th (Euniskilleu) Regiment of Infantry :las moved from
Barbadoes to Demerara.
The 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot has been ordered from An-
tigus to Barbadoes.
The Id Battalion of the 60th (Royal American) Light Infantry
is ordered, on being replaced at Halifax by the 96th Regiment of
Infantry, to embark for the Windward and Leeward Islands.
The 96th Regiment having embarked for Halifax, the Depot of
the above Regiment has arrived at Paddington by water, from
Manchester, on their way to Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight,
under the command of Lieut. Dowcum.—We were much pleased
with the cleanly appearance of the men.
A letter from Barbadoes states that the Games, 84, Captain
EDWARD ileac& C.B. was to ensblrk the Ist West India Regiment,
for Cape Coast Castle, and proceed thence to England.
The Egglinton transport, Lieutenant J. S. GOMIS Agent, ar-
rived at Portsmouth on Saturday, from Quebec, whence she sailed
the 28th of June, bringing two companies of Royal Artillery, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Baseonr and Major CHISSORS. The Ist Batta-
lion, 60th Regiment was to embark on the 4th ult. in the Cato,
Fanny, Indian Trader, and Prince of Orange transports, for Eng-
land. The 71st Regiment bad arrived out safe.
- Friday the East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Sir
Jamas O. BAIRD, Bart. of Saugbtonhall, Colonel-Commandant,
Were reviewed and inspected on West Barns Sands, by the Field
Officer conSmanding the Royal Dragoons at Piersbill Barrack..
He was highly pleased with the appearance and discipline of the
Regiment in every respect, and their rapid and correct movements.
He inspected their arts& and accoutrements very minutely after-
wards. There was a great assemblage of beauty and fashion on the
ground. The Yeonianry gave a grand ball the evening before.
Thursday the Dumbartonshire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded
by Major Dinsurrotte of Colgrain, marched into Dumbarton, for
permanent duty. The Troops have all turned out uncommonly
well, and appose to be in a high state of equipment.
The following is a copy of a Circular Letter sent by order of the
Cosasannan-nr-Corer to the Commanding Officers of the Staff
stationed in Coventry :
" Horse Mardi, list July, 1824.
" Su—The. silt Regiments composing the new Levies, having
been completed with unexampled rapidity and economy, and hay-
ing, moreover, been reported to the Coantamsea-ne-Cuter to be
composed of men of superior quality, I have it in command to say,
that his Royal Highness fully appreciates the exertions of the
Inspecting Field Men upon this important occasion, and to thank
them for the same, in his Royal Highness's name. lam at the
same time to express his Royal Highness's sense of the seal and
activity evinced by the Sub-division &Seers, as well as by the Sub-1
ordinate District ftff, during the progress of the service in question.
" You will be pleased to make his Royal Highness's gracious
sentiments known lathe respective Officers and Non-commissioned
Oaken employed under your orders in the Coventry district.
(Signed) " H. TORRENS, Adj.-Owe

An English Protestant Chapel was opened on Sunday,
at the Hotel MartoOut, Clumps Hiram, Paris.
LAUNCH OP HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP •VENGRANCIL—•
Tuesday last (the 27th ult.) was launched from the
Pembroke Royal Dock-yard, his Majesty's ship Ven-
geance, of 84 guns, considered the best built and most
beautiful vessel of her class in the British Navy. The
Right Honourable Lady Cawnoa.performed the cere-
mony of christening, and about ten minutes after sir,
.is. she glided majestically into oneof the finest havens
in the world, amidst the roaring of cannon, and the
shootings and acclamations of at feast 15,000 spectators,
;who were assembled in thelloyal Yard,on the surround-
ing hills, and in an immense number of vessels and
boats, from a punt to steamers of 180 horse-power.
Fran as. Cons.—An alarming fire broke out on
Tuesday morning, in the stores of Mr. Martin, oil and
colour vender, in Hoore's lane, off the north main street,
Cork, which speedily communicated to the adjoining
store of Mr. Newsom, in the sante line of business.—
From the combustible nature of the materials on the
premises, great alarm was for some time felt for the
safety of the contiguous houses, including the bank of
Mr. Pike; but by great exertions the conflagration was
confined to the stores abovementioned, which, with all
their contents were entirely consumed. The total loss is
estimated at about 1,5001.
Thursday, as two beasts were proceeding over Black-
heath, on their way to London, one of them, which bad
soddenly become furious. attempted to leap over a rail
Opposite the Green Man, to attack a Lady who was
Walking with, her children inside the inclosure. The
Lady, nearlTsinking with terror at her perilous situa-
tion, had clasped one of the children in her arms, and
anticipated destruction, when momentarily /a 'bull dog,
wbkh belonged to the drover, sprung forward, and
seized the animal by the nose, dragged him from of
the railing, and across the road to the ditch by the
ft• n Man bowling-green before letting go his hold.
This fortunate interposition enabled the Lady to escape.
Avery distressing accidentoccurred at Stafford, onFri-
day last t the Chester Mail, on its journey upwards, bad
nearly reached the end of Green Gate-street, when two
children, of the name of Bill, brothers, of the age of
three and five years, who were returning home from
school, crossed the road directly under the heads of the
leaders ; and although every possible effort was used on
the part of the passengers and coachman, the former
by calling loudly, and the latter by drawing up his
horses, in attempting to do which the reins broke, the
poor lads were thrown down, the wheels passed over
beth of their bodies, and they survived the. accident but
very few minutes.
The plan of lending money on goods for charitable
purposes, as is the case with the Mont de Pry, in Pa-
ris, has been tried in this country. In London, under
the reign of Queen Anne, a Charitable Corporation was
erected for the relief -of the indastrious•poor, for ena-
Olin indigent Manufacturers *ad traders to take, up
'money at common and legal interest, there being a sum
of 080,000 raised for that purpose. The money was
lent to the industrious poor at five per cent. interest on
pawns and pledges, to prevent their falling into the bands
of pawnbrokers, and hence the Society derived its ap-
pellation; but they likewise took five per cent. Tor the
charge of officers, warehouses, &c. In the sth year of
Xing George 11. the chief Officers of this Corporatioo,
by connivance of the principal Directors, absconded,
and failed, and defrauded the public proprietors of great
sums; and for the relief of the sufferers, as to part of
their losses, several Statutes were enacted in the sth
and 7th of George IL
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eight, while one of the Elders was standing at the door of a.--mo,
parish church, soperintending the plate, a stranger tune forward,
whose demotion maned to be arrested half way betwahnthe pabee
and the plate, jot at the very moment when** am shrewd Me
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LAW ittpoßr.
VICE-CRANCELLOritCOURT, AUGUST
PECK V. neIICRIT AND ANOTHRR.
Mr. HART applied on the part of the defehdants in
suit, for an order to direct a commission to ism
for the examination of witnesses abroad, to ascertairwthe
next of kin to the late Mr. Nollekens, the sculptor, and
also for an order. to direct that the sum of 8001. should
be paid out qr the fund in Court, to defray the ex-
penses of the said Commission. The defendants, Sir
' William Beechey and another, were appointed executors
under the will of Mr. Nollekens, who died worth up-
wards of 200,0001. All of this property was appro-
priated by the will, except a fourth part, which was
lapsed, and would go to the next of kin. In order to
discover the next of kin, advertisements have been in-
serted in the papers of the Netherlands, and a claim,
which appeared to be well founded, had been put in by
a family of the name of Nollekens, residing near Ant.
werp. The circumstances of the case had been repre-
sented to the Master, who thereupon granted a certifi-
cate of the propriety of issuing a commission, upon
which the present application was founded.
Mr. Sus appeared on the part of the plaintiff in
the suit, who resided in England, and claimed to be the
next of kin, to oppose the motion. It was impossible,
according to the practice of the Court, that a single
shilling of the fund of the Court could be granted to
defray the expenses of the commission which was pr eyed
for. The Lord Chancellor had over and over again
decided, particularly in the case of "Farman and
Fairly,* that parties claiming to be next of kin, and
calling for a commission to examine evidence, should
pay the expenses of the commission out of their own
pockets. His Lordship, in those decisions, proceeded
upon the principle that it would be unjust to allow a
person to waste an estate in prosecuting a claim, which
ultimately might appear to be quite unfounded. It
was likewise, he apprehended, inconsistent with the
practice of the Court, to issue a commission to examine
witnesses abroad, under the circumstances stated, upon

the application of executors. Indeed, if that were not
the case, the most inconvenient effects might result; for
one executor might sue for a commission to establish the
claim of one set of next of kin in one quarter of the
globe, and another executor might apply for one to
establish the claim of another set in another quarter, until
in the end every shilling of the estate might be expended.
Mr. HART, in his reply, said, that this application was
made by the executors, not with the view of favouring
the claims of any particular persons, but in order that
justice might be done to all parties. Mr. Sngden, he
thought, was wrong in what he had stated regarding
the practice of the Court, for he (Mr. Hart) remembered,
that in the cases of General Paoli and General Bertine,
(the latter died in the East Indies, and left property to
a vast amount, to be distributed in the neighbourhood
of Lisle), commissions were issued for examining wit-
nesses abroad, and the Court granted money out of the
funds in Court to defray the expense of them.
His Hormuz said that he was of opinion that the
parties claiming to be next of kin must-in all cases sue
out a commission for taking evidence abroad at their
own expense. He thought that if a commission were
issued, some putht to be appointed to attend it,
and none could be pp proper as . the executors; in that
case, the Court would, perhaps, indemnify the executors.
Mr. Haar said he would abandon that part of the
motion which prayed for money, and confine himself to
that which prayed for the issuing of the commission.
His Hosoua said, that his impreition was, that a
commission could not be issued at the instance of an
executor. He would therefore dismiss the application,
but if he could find any precedent for issuing a com-
mission at the prayer of an executor, he would revoke
his present decision.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, AUGUST s.
Richard Chadwick was opposed by Mr. Pouoca, for
a creditor named Bennet. It appeared that the insol-
vent, who carried on the timber trade at Portsea, failed
some time back, whee he compounded with his creditors
for 2s. 6d. in the pound. He subsequently got intro-
duced to Mr. Bennet, a timber-merchant at Rother-
hithe, and commenced dealing with bias. For the first
three orders be paid ready money, but he then obtained
goods on credit until his debt to Mr. Bennet amounted
to 7001. Mr. Bennet stated that he knew nothing of
the insolvent's failure until after be had given him
credit, and that when he supplied him with the last
order, which was for 4601. worth of timber, he did so
tpon his express promise to remit, him 2001. the next
day, which he never did. On his cross-examination,
however, Mr. Bennet somewhat varied his statement
about the insolvent's failure, saying that he had merely
beard on 'Change be had been in difficulties.
The insolvent denied that he had obtained the goods
upon a promise to pay Mr. Bennet 9001. next day ; but
after the order was completed, he promised, at Mr.
Rennet's request, to send him 1001. or 2001. as he had
done before, if he could, although there was no bill due.
A witness was theis called by the inselvenes Counsel,
who stated that he was clerk to his father, for whom
he acted as timber-broker, and he informed Mr. Ben-
net of all the particulars of the insolvent's failure and
composition before he commenced dealing with him ;
and upon receiving this information his reply was,
4•Well, since he is clear of all the world, there cannot
be much danger now of him, so Ilill risk it."
The COURT said it would be very unsafe to remand
this ingolvent upon the testimony of Mr. Bennet: they
woulck therefore, order him to h discharged, as soon as
a defective service was completed.

Such has been the state of business at the Custom
[House, from the extraordinary increase of pur imports and exports
within the lut few weeks, that the Clerks and Officers have been
found unequal to the additional duties imposed on them.
Fazastasonay.—Friday se'nnight, the brethren of
the Airdrie Olive, and Greenhouse Lodges of Free
Gardeners held their annual procession, in a style ex-
eellkag anything of a similar kind that has appeared in
the West of Scotland. The figures displayed on the
occasion were twelve in number, accompanied by six
bands of music,.allexcellent in their way, and deputa-
tions from different Lodges attended to lend their aid
in making the display what it really was, most pleasing
and beautiful in the highest degree. The surrounding
country poured forth its youthrul population to witness
the interesting scene, and every one appeared to be
more gratified than another. Having finished the bu-
siness, the whole of the brethren repaired to their re-
spective Lodges, and concluded the evening with a ball.
In the course of the day, the Brethren of the Airdrie
Olivo.Lodge preiented their late Grand Master, Mr.
MINIM" Harrow, dray/Ist, Airdrie,- -with an elegant
silver enuff-bos, suitably interibed, as a- token of their
esteem for his attention to their interests itisgepresiding
over their infant body.