Star.
London, England, 1814-08-04 00:00:00

viz* BALLOON.

CEURTIIIiR PARSICULARS•3
At twenty minutes past six, when the cords Which
held the balloon were ready to be cut, it was found
that the fastening which secures the network to the
valve at the top of the balloon had by some means
been disengaged, and was held only by a single twine.
Under these circumstance., the new aspir int to ce
lesaal excursions, Mrs. H. JOIIMSTONE, WAS informed
that she could not possibly accompany Mr. SADLER
in his voyage without imminent danger to both. Mrs.
Jon:soon C, Still anxious to.ascend, expressed her hopes
that means might yet be devised to admit of her
:doing so with safety. The Duke of Wutallorosr.
who conversed with Mrs. JnEINsTOXE on the subject,
undertook to ascertain the fact ; and his Grace was so
fully convinced of the danger, that he strongly re-
commended Mr. SADLER to decline his voyoge alto-
gether. The enterprising young aeronaut, however,
was determined to go up, and he ascended about Cf
minutes past six. Whilt.t the balloon was still hover-
ing over the Park, he threw from it a number of small
paper parachutes, with jubilee favours attached to
them, bearing various inscriptions. When above the
London Docks the balloon appeared for a short time
nearly stationary, and it was not until a quantitt of
ballast was thrown out, that a quicker motion could
be given to it.
On passing over Deptford, at a considerable height,
Mr. Sam.ett went through a clnd which left behind
it on the railing of the car, and on various parts of
the Balloon, a thick moisture which soon became
frozen ; and Mr. SADLER for a short time felt the
cold as intense as in winter. Immediately overWool-
wich, the string which fastened the net, as was ap-
prehended, suddenly broke, and the main body of the
Balloon was forced quickly through the aperture,
nearly 18 feet. Mr, SADLRR, to prevent the danger
which threatened him, caught the pipe at the bottom
of the balloon, and by hanging on it and the valve
he prevented the balloon from further escaping.
The valve, which had for some time resisted every
attempt to open it, in consequence of being frozen,
at this time gave way, and suffered the gas to escape.
A sudden shift of wind while the balloon was appa-
rently falling into the middle of the Thames at Sea.
reach, carried it about 100 yards over the marshes
on the Essex side, when the Aeronaut seized the op-
portunity of making a gash in the balloon with his
knife, which the wind considerably widened, and
occasioned the escape of thews in great quantities
Mr. SADLLR'S descent on this account was rather
more precipitate and violent than he could have wish-
ed. He landed, however, in Mucking Marshes, 16
miles below Gravesend, on the Essex coast, without
sustaining any -other injury than a slight sprain, in
&Mut 40 minutes after his departure from the Park.

The following distinguished personages left town
yesterday for Paris—the Duchess of DEVONSHIRE and
family ; the Earl and Couotess of 131.snOttouGH and
family ; Lord and Lady MORPETH atrd family ; and
1...,rd and Lady G. L. GOWER and family.
The Duke of PonTLAND•left Edinburgh on Friday
for London; and the Duke of GORDON set out on
Saturday for Gordon Castle.
• The Right Hon. L )rd DE CLIFFORD and family
,4rtrotliciut to leave King's Weston, on a Visit to their
friends in the neighbout hood of Kinsale.

The splendid mans;on of •ttie late Mr. Mtt.Es
PErElt ANDnEWS, in the Green Park, accornm-id..te‘f
a rnienb...r of fashionable friends, under the obliging
permission of the Pfoou family, his rela:ions.

T:.e Duke of ittoiNioNn's establishment at Good-
wood is about to uni. ro some material alteration.
His Grace has disposed of most of his horses, and
it is understood 6b it only two domestics will rem tin
at this ducal seat. Her Grace. it is said, will go to
the Continent, and reside, at least for some time, at
Brussels.

The body of Prince PONIATOWSKI, which had been
committed to a temporary grave at Leipzic, has beep
taken up and dispatched with military honours, at.
tended by a number of Polish Officers, and an escort
of soldiers of that nation, for final deposit with the re-
mains of his ancestors. This Polish Prince, it may be
remembered, was drowned, by plunging on horseback
into the river, when his unfeeling Commander, BONA.
ra fire, ordered the bridge at Leipzic to be blown up.
Yesterday a Common Hall was held for the elec-
tion of a Sheriff, in the room of Wu. CLARKE, Esq.
who bad not appeared to give b )nd to take- upon
hiinself the said office, when R. SANDERSON, Esq. was
elected, and immediately paid his fine to be excused
serving, and the Lotto MAYOR a; pointed to-morrow,
at ten o'clock, for the election of another person in
his room.

LYCEUM.:—Last night was performed 77u. Waltz,
altered from WycatenLy's Comedy of The Gentleman
Dancing Master. This latter title sufficiently explains
the subject of the play. A Gentlem in, in order to
obtain admission to his mistress, assumes the charac-
ter of the above-named teacher of graces. In this he
imposes on a stupid uncle (LovEanove), sad more
stepid nephew (LisToN), the latter of whom his fa-
vonirte is intended for. It received tolerable applause
at'ihe conclusion.
IiAYUARKP.T.—GOLDSNIITH'S excellent Comedy of
Slit Sumps to Conquer, last night drew a very numerous
audience to this Theatre. Mr. 'niter, who is quite
recovered from the bruises he recectly L:ceived, sus-
tained the character of Hardraitle with much chaste
humour—He was received, on his entre, with plaudits
from every part of the house ; and, during the even-
ing, the loudest approbation manifested the high
sense the audience entertained of his value, as a Co.
median. sir. JONES'S Toung Marlow is a very lively
and natural piece of acting. His first interview with
Mies liardcastle was extremely amusing • it was a
fine representation of that extreme bashfulness, which
is.not unfrequently acquired at College; and which, ,
when once attached to the manners, it is very diffi-
cult to remove. Mrs. Glans,• as M:, Hardcartle,'
performed with her wonted archness and vivacity.—
Mr. Toxemes style of acting, as Tony Lumfilin, is
much improved. He last night. evinced a large por-
tion of comic humour, and very rarely had recourse
to grimace or buffoonry.—ln tht musical entertain-
ment of The Rival Soldier:, which followed, Mr.
ToKELY was very successful in the character of Nip-
perain. His chatnit, " That is a Man is a Thettrassi,"
was deservedly encored.
Mr. MArnews is still prevented from resuming
his profetsional pursuits.

SPORTING INT,RLI.IGENCE.

OXFORD RACES, i UE-IDAY, AUGUST 2.

T,:e Race for the Cop at Oxford, ,Iw4ys a spot.
Live one, has excited more thot ordinary interest Ibis
year, from the gnndness it the tielst 6 and the Course'
was attend:l v ith muc!l be.tuty and fashion. •

Ile Gold Cdr, value Ire guides* the *lupins In specie, by sub-
scrip, inn of to guineasrasa.i '
.ur miles. 4 yrs old to carry
lit sb. fire yrs of 14st. 71b da yrs old 'lt and aged 9st.4lb.
Tbere were 21 SatSCribiars, bit dila only started
Mr. Adturst's King of Diamonds, 4 yrs oil •
14;rd Jersey's Cat,rp l!ar, 4 yrs old -
Mr. Roberts name 1 Venzitre, 5 years 5.14
Three only were ptaced. the folio ming also vane, : Gene-
ral Groorvenoes Daum*, 5 yrs 01l ; Mr. Lind a named Fops!
fumy; Mr. Amin* tamed Mulberry; Lord Ab.ngdon
natuud Macy ; Cap am Keens V ittor,a.
riewn to 1 againg ; 3 to t krafort the rag of
Diantunde ; 7 to s ardor Via:fury ; 7 to t agnnst D fiance;
100 to 6 again*? Mulberry. Caterrillar strong running the *Teel@
race, and wa* °rooted at intervals by the whole ArW. '1 he
race was aliog,t'.:r desperate, and won b^ half a length Mr.
Junes gave COO guineas for the Kw; of Diamonds before starting:

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The oat harvest has commenc-d in the Isle of rut.

net, where wheat will be tit to cut in a fortnight,
should the weather continue fine.
Barley harvest commenced at Fnrres on the 26th
ultimo. The crop in Ayrsh; re is ese i y where lusutiant.

French boats continually arrive at Deal with
fish, vegetables, butter, &c. French butter is now sel-
ling at Is. per lump, of 20 ounces.

In Bury St. Edmunds market. yesterday se'nnight,
the novelty of several lots of fowls being disposed of
by auction was witnessed, the greater pat of which
were knocked down at about 2s. 3J. :t couple, alth o.;It
bought the same morning at about St. by L indon
higlers, who dared not hazard carrying they; to towns
in consequence of the extreme heat of the day, by
which they were fast approaching to purtidity
Moa lay night the driver of a Foreign Mtil cart, in .
coming from Dover to Canterbury. abi,utnine
between Lyd len Hill and the lialfway.h use, sr.*.
stopp••d by two men, who robbed him of 13s. 6d. at d
beat him very styerely. They did not attempt to .
take the Mail.
Yesterd -

iity, between :wen
o'clock, an alarminz fire occurred at the house of
Messrs. Green and Morris, china, glass, and earthen-
.vare merchants. in Lower Thames-street. It appe4ra
that a boy, employed t" pack up goods in the cellar, ,
had suffered a lighted candle to set fire to the straw.
which immediately produced a flame he could not

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and twlve

suppress. The smoke issuing from the cellar into the
shop, and from thence to the street, occasioned an
alarm, and several persons ran in to afford assistance,
but before they could render the least service the shop
was enveloped in fl Imes. The boy had not the means
of getting out by the shnpdoor, therefore made his
escape backwards. As the streets and avenues near
the end of Thames-street, adjoining Fish-street Hill,
are remarkably narrow, and the houses principally
tilled with stores, provisions, and inflammable articler,
it was feared the fire would be very extensive, but for-
tunately th' activity of the firemen soon reduced the
dread of further danger. Six branches were played .
agai:.st the Muse with rapidity truly astooishinr,
while other engines went up eudding-lane, and threw
water the back way. All the fliors, except the first, .
in Messrs. Green and Co.'s house, were %lived, but the
want of a party ;cal occasioned the lire to break .
through a partithn into the house of. Mr. Gedge,
provis.un merchant, whose pr mises are much da-
maged. The mischief done backwards is very con-
siderable. Fortunately no liv,s were Inst.
As two Gentlemen, in a one-horse chaise, were

driving, yesterday evening, furiously to town, at the
Mari!) Gate, Lambeth, A coach happened to be thaw

paying the toll; the Gentleman driving, endeavGuring
to get by, drove against the side of the gate, and was
thrown violently against one of the posts, by which
one of his eyes was forced oat, and part 1 1 his fore.
head beat in. The horse, ending the reins tiose, ran
away with the ot,,er Gentleman, and threw him out;
he was, however, but slightly hurt.
The following Proclamation was issued at Cadiz,
on the Bth Ultimo :
DON JUAN MARIA DE VILLAVICENCIO, CAPTAIN ORNERAL AND
MILITARY AND P MITICAL GOVERNOR. OP TMIR CITY •MOl,ll
MARITIME PROVINCE, du. &C.
6, For some days past rumours have been propa-
gated in this city, the object of which is to disturb
the public tranquillity; such as war with England,
and supicions of war with France ; the arrival of the
Father King, and proclamations, which, it is said.
he has drawn up in agreement with his Holiness the
Pope, by which it is agreed, as the rumours assert, .
that tie shall sign the Constitution ; demands at the
Same time on the part,of the Allied Powers, that our
beloved Sovereign should sign it. &c. acc. z and
though the!: and other similar reports he d such a
nature as easily to disclose the spirit of their authors,
now pretending warm attachment to Charles IV.,
the Coiel Pontiff, and England, whom they had so
itrfamously calumniated belore; and though there is
not a person of ordinary information who is net
aware of their falsehood and malice,
.yet as they
afflict Ole minds of the faithful and honourable citia
zens of Cadiz, and may prodnee some effect on the
simple and unwary, who are not on their guard
against the malignity and cunning with uhiei they
are propagated, nor aware of the Asolute impossibia
Pity of their being authentic, according to the exist-
inn. order of political affairs; therefore, allaarch ru.
moors, and others of a similar sort, are henceforward
declared seditious, and their propagation in coffer,
houses and other public places prohibited : and aho.
ever shall hereafter be found spreading them, or with
paper announcing them, shall be punished with aU
the rigour of the laws, which proscribe every spee'es
of sediftin, and especially that which has a tenden y
to injure the persim and rights of our present legi%.
mate Sovereign Ferdinand VII.; and it being a duty
obligatory on all the good and loyal subjects of the
King, to contribute on their part to cut up this evil
by the roots, they will give information of all and
every kind of person, who, by writing or word of
mouth, shall contravene the cnments ot this procla-
mation, by which they will give proof, not rnly of
their love for the Sovereign, but Alia for the inhabit-
ants of this city, whom a tew bad Spaniards held in
conger
ntinuablyagitation,
their
ne
c anduiv havee.s for their object to en.
d
o And that this Proclamation may come to the
knowledge of all, and none may allege ignorance, it
is ordered to be published and axed up an the usual
places. (Signed) 6, Just,' vii.Laviaacatio."

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COURT OF CtiAtecsitit AUGUST
ABF.LViLT•t B. WIEITICHBAD AND
Mr. HART moved for an injunction to prevent the
iefendants from proceeding at law-to recover a bill
of exchange. for 81 500, under the following circum-
stances 2. The defendants, George Whitehead, the
elder, had been in business with his on, George, the
younger—he retired from business, the latter entered
into partnership with a person of the name of Clarke,
since a banktupt ; the plaintiff bad dealings with
them, and in December. 1810, he owed them £7OOO,
and, being embarrassed, he called his creditors to-
gether, When they agreed to take Its. 6d. is the
pound ; but if the property was not able to pay that
sum—that he should assign his property over to the
trustees. It turned out. that the plaintiff's property
would not ply 12s 6d. in the pound ; but in the yea,
1811, he assinned it over to trustees for the general
use of the creditors, and they gave him a release.—
The defendants, Clarke and George Whitehead, jun.
were present at the several meetings, and claimed
their debt of €7OOO, which included the bill in ques-
tion. In the month of February, 1812, the defen-
dants being in want of money, and the bill for £l5OO
being due, it was dishonoured. The defendants then
applied for a fresh •bill in two months, which was
granted by the plaintiff, on an understanding, that
the defendants would take it up when it became due.
They gave the plaintiff the old bill, and on the back
of it was indorsed the dividends the defendants,
Clarke and George Whitehead, jun. had received
from the trustees. When the bill became due it was
in the bands of George Whitehead, sen. who was now
proceeding to recover it at law ; it was true, that the
elder Whitehead had set forth in his answer, that he
discounted bills for his son to the amount of £5500,
and the present bill was amongst them ; the son,
when the bill became due, assured him that it was the
wish of the plaintiff that the bill should be held over,
which -was the cause why the action was not brought
before, although it was not denied that the instal-
merits were on the original bill. Under these consi.
der;tions be submitted that the defendants ought to be
restrained from proceeding at law.
Mt. Wilsotv followed on the same side.
Sir Sasturt. ROMILLY, Counsel for the defendant
George Whitehead, the elder, contended, that his
client had discounted the bill, and gave full confider-
ation for it : he never attended a meeting of the cre-
ditors of the plaintiff ; he hid never entered into any
composition with him ; so far from it, that be did not
know that the plaintiff had a meeting of his creditors
until the month of April in the present year. Under
these circumstances, he trusted his Lordship would
dismiss the motion.
The LORD CHANCRLLOR—Je These facts are suf-
ficient grounds for me to reject the motion."
Motion refused.
IN TIIE MATTER OF MRS JESSE GOLDSMID,• AND.JOHN
LIONEL GOLDSMID, THE WIFE AND SON OS Tilt LATE
BENJAMIN GOLDIMID.
Mr. HART stated that this was a petition, praying
that Mrs. Gol-dsmid should be paid out of the pro-
ceeds of the testator's estate and furniture, at Roe-
hampton, the sum of £2OOO, and that the other pe-
titioner should be paid the sum of se4000; he having
arrived at the age of 25, the period allotted by his
father's will, that he should receive it. The testator
bequeathed to Lis wile a life interest in the mansion
' and furniture, with the option that if it was ad► isable
for the benefit of the family, they might be sold, in
which case she was to be paid £3OO a year, as the
seat of another residence. The estate had been sold,
with the furniture, and purchased by Lord Ellenbo-
roxigh, for £23,000. l'he Learned Counsel stated
that the petition also prayed that the remainder of
the purchase money should be funded for the benefit
of th' testator's family.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—"" Have you settled with
the Crown ?"
Mr. HART—" The deceased, my Lord, was not
indebted to the Crown; this wasßenjamin Goldamid."
.The LORD CHANCELLOR--" Take the Order."
Moti in granted.
• velum/ AND PENRICE W. PITT AND DEER.
• Sir SAMVEL ROMILLY, in this case, made an appli-
cation to the Court for an order that a sum of money
due by the defendants, es part of the purchase money
of an estate, should be paid into Court. In 1811,
Mr. Pitt purchased the estate in question of Messrs.
Wilson and Penrice, the executors of the late Lord
Cnedworth, for £l2OO, since ►►hich time, only £B4O
of the money had been paid, and the present motion
was, that the rest of the money in arrear should be
pad into Court. .
Mr. WETHZEALL said that the money would have
been paid, if Ur Pitt could have procured it from the
person for whom he bought the estate.
'fhe LORD CHANCELLOR said, that was the usual
argument, adasiaritordsam, and directed the money to
be paid into eosin within ten days.
CONTEMPTIORAND V. SUCHETT.
This luni•ccintested moticra came this day to a
At..a decisions, after elaborate arguments from Mr.
HART, •Mr. Liao!, and Mr. WINGFIELD ; and from
Sir Smuull, Rositur, supported by Mr.. HEALD* on
the part of the defendant.
- Sir S. ROMILLS having this morning made his re-
ply on behalf of the defendant, who applied to be ells-
charged out of custody, from an tit:just detainer, by
execution against him of a writ of attachment for con-
tempt, la isot answering the plaintiff's bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in giving judgment, de-
tailed the merits of the case so circumstantially as to
preclude the necessity of giving the arguments of
either side. His Lordship stated, that the defendant,
had been a co-partner with the plaintiff, a London
. merchant, in exeensive trade, and conducted the busi-
pess of the firm at Frankfurt,on the Continent, where
they had a house for years. That a bill had been filed
by.the plaintiff against the defendant, and an order
obtained for substituting service of subecena to an-
swer the same on thedefendant's solicitor in this coun-
try. On the defendant's arrival in London, the pro,
cess to an attachment was entered against him to
within four days only of execution, whereupon the
plaintiff propoSed to him to offer some proposal of
accommodation of the matters in dispute, without put-
ting the attachment into execution ; bat it appeared,
from the affidavits, that this proposal was fallac-ons,
and calculao.d to put the defendant off bus guard from
sling within the four days, such an answer as would
bar the attachment, until this Court could be moved

for clue time to answer fully. Instead of replying to
the defendant's pn posal, it was charged that the
throttgh a third person, who now Made no
aiifidavit, had deluded the defendant till the time w►as
may isatihe writ of attachment actually executed.
This practice could not be sustained in a Court of
Justice. The attachment was ordered to be discharged
With Costs.