Star.
London, England, 1813-08-02 00:00:00

- . • 1,41,41. INDALLXEIJCS.

The BEDFORD man of war, which sailed from Cork
the 3d April with a fleet, arrived at Jamaica on the
$d June, all well; and the ASIA man of war, which
failed fTom Cork the 2d of Aptil, also with a fleet,
arrived at Jamaica the 13th June, all well.

•• • FALMOUTH, JULY 2D.
Arrived the CLEARER schooner, from St.-Andero,
in four days. tile Ecuo sloop of war gives in.truc-
tions to the ships bound to Portugal and the Mediter-
ranean. Sailed.the Diana Packet, lor:Cadiz; Prince
Ernest and Duke of Kent Packets, fur Lisbon; Eliza
Packet, for St. Audero Duke of Montrose-Pacler,
for the Brazils; Speedy• Packet, for Multa and
tar; and the Lich for Newfoundland nod Quebec. •
PLYMOUTH, JULY 3I
,r 4
Came in yesterday,- the' SABRINA. frOtt coast
of Spain, with dispatches; and the ArnericanpAvi-
teer Matilda, taken by the tion letter of marque, f
London—recaptured by the Argus American brig rf
,war, and now sent- in by his Majesty's ship Revocu-
TIONNAIRE. Sailed.his Majesty's ship MAGNIPICtIVrt
for the Channel fleets Arrived today Niltdajest).'i
ship COSSACK, from BerMliday with tl* Mail of ;lie
Lady Emily Packet, from Jamaica: Billed his Ma.
jesty's ship SAII,;11NA• with a fleet to .the. Eastward ;
std the CoNounstLivolt, for the coatrof France.
PoßtettoUTH, AUGUST 1.
Sailed on Vsklay night his Majesty's dons 61At-
trxont 'and G*A111111OPPISR) with .the crew of the.
kovaLAVatraN4 to Plymottth, for the purpose of
bringing.`to this tart 412'15mbcc of Qs guilt. where '
she will receive the flag of Admiral Sir I(lo4.titi
BleglITO" and be the stationary Port Adm*.ral'i
ship. Yesterday. arrived the DWARV Glitter, Li..itte-
nant GortiyiN, and Swat store ship, with convfy for
the Down's ; mid the Gamtrett cutter, Lientorrant
PIKE, from Plynacuth..'—This day, arrived the
ranous, 14 guns, Lieutenant 'Poso.istscN, from the
Eastward. SailPd the. Dv...tar cutter, Lieutenant
GORDON, for the Downs.,
MAL, AtU 1.
Arrived, and sailed for the River, the John Frith,
Svrotens, from the Brazils. •. Saiie:l his M;.-Fsty'. ship
CORISTIAN VII. for Chathamoo be paid rd,: and
his Majesty's ship Cotossos, for .of Flushing. Cane
down from the River the Porvra, —, for Bengal,
and about a dozen sail of outward-botind merchant.
men, and remain. Also arrived, several ships from
the Baltic ; particulars not known.—Wind S. W.

HARWICH, AUGUST 1. •

Arrived the Herring, Cost°, cirtained by the
Aorteswie gun-brig.- &sited the Beaui,..y paeli,..t, for
lieligmland, and the King George packet, frr Got.
tenburgh, both with mails'ancrpissengers.—Wii.d W.
_ TARNI43ISTH, JULY 30.
ATrived the BRITON! front :off the Texe;, to re-
plenish water and stores.

LAW INT.ELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, rmy EI.
WILUA lISISAON. I
Mr. RICHARDS moved in this cause for an injuttc-
on to restrain the defendant, Mr. Andrew Wilson,
Stereotype Printer; from printing fir publishing the
Eton Greek Grammar, as newly edited by the Col-
lege, with additions' amendments, and marginal
notes, together with the College Arms- thereto pre-
fixed, such publishing being an infringement of the
Royal Patent, granted to Doctor Goodall, the Master
of the Seminary, from whom the plaintiff obtained as
assignment of the copy-right.
'The Loan CHANCELLOR observed, that the Learned
°camel might sate himself the trouble of depicting
the design cr component features of the College
• Arms as- he was proceeding to do, as his Lordship
could not-understand him, but granted the injunction
as far as the additions, notes, and emendations.
ILIA 9. Loan sItbWiNZ AsD ANOTHER.
This was emotion for an order upon the receiver
in this case commanding him to pay m to the Ac-
countant General,. to the credit of this cause, the ar-
rears of an annuity of £2OO a-year, sailed by thilate
Welke* Esq. upon an illegitimate son, who'
now labours under the itiliction of mental derange.'
rim, in whieb stateleitni Erskinfs trustees Pineti#
bias under tbe:caso• of Peqifivaroet '"; • •
The looms Casestrat-tko, smiling, obierred; that he
bad no power to commit Lad ritskine:for *
plying with the order; Ink *it turnedg out that Lord'
Erskioe had eastutedthe necessary pousee ofAtttin-
lief to pay in the money, but that Mi. Gardner tbs.
receiver, did notfeel himself lawfully authorised, tin-
der the peculiar circumstances of this case,;:to pay jn
the money without the order and siuutien of .tha
Court, lest be might, in a possible eveiataie forced to,
pay the money twice.

The Loan CUANCiLLOS observed, that ie was per
to be informed of the real circumstances of the unfor.
enlace annuitant, which had cleared up this matt4,,
and fully justified Mr. Gardner's prudenee and peo.l
per conduct in hiss-esistance, since the proper prude*
here is to ordes?..the Aciountant General to recei4
the money in presence of a Clerk, in Court and the
Solicitor, for evidence of the fact,:.without which the
money could not be received with strict propriety....
The motion WAS granted.
H.4.YMARKET THEATRE.
Muituts O. astmati.
Mr. Are in this case, =raid for an order to be
directed to the Master uf %shorn this cause stands re-
ferred. requiring and empowering him to proceed ede
die is diem 442 the reference now before him, pursu'in to
"his Lordship's former order of 1811, directing him to
inquire into all the matters in clisetee, and to prepare
a deed, with proper covenin:s, to subject the respee.
tive partit.s to actions of damages fir Ureach of cove.
sant in the Courts uhf Con.mou Law, in the event of.
either or my of the contracting partners violating his
engage/ Lents or duties. The Learned Counsel• stated,
that he moved this by consent of all peed: s to expe-
dite the business.:—The /Lotion was granted.
LArtx obsu,No v. tiestrincsox.
This was a motion for an order on the defendant,
.she. former Land fP:ward of the Noble Plaintiff, to
pay into Curt a sum of film thousand one hundred
rands and a fraction, reported by the Mow to be
due from him on his account.
The-motion was opposed merely on the • difficulty.
of raising immediately sun i a sum, which must be in
cash or Back notes t and farther, on the ground that
• .the.chfendantl ad ample security, and was at present.
in treaty with the Bank of England for the sum in
question, to he borrowed on his real estate.
His Honour thought that a little time ought to be
granted, and desired the motion to stand over, with,
out prejudice, till next Seal.,
The motion was suspended.
COURT OF CORIMON PLEAS. • .•
WALKIMID.CLISPIIiit ANSI oTHERS, AtsslGNisis OF WASPS
This was an actioa, brought to recover a€6OPD for it
quantity of flai, and the question was whether the flax:
wasthe absolumpre pet ty of Sharpe the bankrupt or not.
Wm. Shure, of the firm of Sharpe and Sons, silt•
posed that the lax was lodged at their wharf by John
McKenzie. That Mr. McKenzie frequently called'
about the flax, and at Ng witness met him some s*.
about the 10th of September last, on the Russia Walls
in the Royal Exchange, :when he (Sharpe) agreed tea
tar the flax «n his own account, at 478.45. per ton,
but that it was refused by. McKenzie. It was, hew
ever, finally agreed that Sharpe should 'have the flax
at PO per ton. He then pledged the flax to the.
plaintiff Walker, in order that Walker, a broker,
should get it sold in the country. Shortly after the
urns lecame bankrupt for a considerable amount.
On his cruise:emit/alien, be said that he stated
the purchase of the flax to his brother, and to every
one if the assignees at different times. He had noomen-
tioned it at ameeting which he had with Mt.hlo•Kenzie,
at Mr. Kayo's ofEce -the solicitor lor the plaintiff. 'Mese
were ao notes of sale. or other contracts patted be.
tween Mr. MsKenzie and him respecting this alleged.
sale. Mr. Kaye asked hit* a number of questions,
which he answered to the best of his ability. He did
not temernber his being asked at that interview if he
had any more to communicate, as it was of no use
their going in the dark ? and his answering that he had
told him all that helmew : but he might have said so.
For the defendant, Mr. J. McKenzie deposed, that
he ',ever sold this flax to the last %sinless. Witness
had the flux as being broker fora person named Nicol,
. and the ti ix was lodged at Sharpe's wharf. About
the 14th of Septeniberhe went down to the wharf to ,
ve the flax, as he had been told by Shelve a few days
L--fore that it was worth no more than A'7s per to ..,I
No sale Pots nor contracts passed between them for.!
t is flax, ahhough it was customary between them en
all re;2til tr sakes. Witro-ss atteneed at Mr. Kaye's ,
office, to receive informat,on from Sharpe AS to this
flax ; but meet heard et •iis being sold by him to
Sharpe, until he heard it fo.m sh.sf pe that day in t! e
witness's box ; for their he had only said *he had
pledged it.
Mr. Kaye in part corroborated th7s statement.
he Learned Judge le.t it to the Jury to fly which
of 'hese testimonies they would believe; and tree jury
(alter a, king Sharpe if are had made any entry of the
purchase at lilt' to which he answered that hE
1...1 not) rettis lied a verdict for the defeudaot.

POLICA

fillbsraFire
Bow4rhunere....DaunsoßnisanY.—Saturday mor-
ning, about, two o'clock, some thieves entered the
dwelling house of Sir Vicary Gibbs, in Russsi-square:
It appeared that they had climbed over the ircisi
railing: at the front of the house,
_ and proceeded to
I Oval; the npns in front of the kitchen window 1--
i having effected this by making an aperture sufficient
, to admit a. theT went cautiously to the area
door, and unPelred it, in iedtv to give facility to their
retreat, should they be discovered ; they then pro-
ceedid to the finusekepees room, picked the lock of a
drawer, which belonged to the steward, and finding
that it contained a small tax, with a patent lock on
it, they were usable to pick it, and immediately re.
seated to force ; although it was made excessively
strong they effected their purpose, arid took the con-
tents. nom the security of the 1::o7,-and the manner
in which it was placed, with the Steward's accounts,
we shUuld-suppose that the contents were valuable..
' This cannot be immediately -ascertained, as the stew-
' and is travelling on the Western Circuit with Sir
Vicary, and the housekeeper is with Lady Gibbs, on
a visit near Portsmouth. Having Purloined all they
could from the drawer, they went and broke open the'
plate chest,butlortunately. the plate had.been sent to
::the Banker's before the family left town ; they sent
into an antkoom,-avhere there were two silver tea:
. spoon*, with a 'hand and hatchet, engraved 4.11 them, ,
' the crest of Sir Vicary, which they took away.—
Having spade a general search of the different
.apart-
ments,they went and opened the door of a room in
Which was en of the servants ; the servant was
awakened by the appearattee of the light, and tx•
claimed vociferously. 111141 cm ! who the d lis
here P'—upon which the thieves threw down the
Clindle,aad decamped hastily down the pass Age, and
through. the area gate, which they had before un-
linked. An.alarm was immediately given, and the
witchnten aid servant pursued them across the fields;
they. .we?e, however, too nimble, and made a cern-
:Plat LPG
•Atf.old shabby beggar man, with. a wooden leg,
neharged another man; who was in custody, with steal-.
from him 'in old stocking,. which c-ntained op.
nwards of 'fifty three shilling pieces, besides several,
eighteen :penny pieces, bhillings, and sixpences, and
that he
.could prove the Tan passed an t ighteen.
penny piece-in a public h-tise in St. Giles's, that had
two marks which he could swear to. The per.on
who received the eighteen-penny piece not being pre-
sent the prisoner was remanded, and the old beggar
ordered to attend with iis u ituesses. The constable
leave the prisoner a good character, being a hare.
wot king, honest man, and that the wooden le; ged
man was the reverse, acid produced another oldl
stocking, he Sound snuffed in his hat, and in which was
25 three shilling pieces. •
P. Crofton; the owner of the wherry or boat No.
7981, was charged wilt eracting more than his fare,
, and convicted in the full penalty and costs.
litooN HALL—Gregory, the person in custody en
t: spicion of ricking the pocket of Mr. Banters of
Bermondsey-square. at Vauxhall Gardens, was again
[examined. Mr. Boater stated, that he was standing
to seethe fire-works go off, when he heard the cry of
sa Pickpocket!" -iicput his hand to his pocket, and
found it was cut, and his packet-book, s%hieli he. be-,
lieved contained a 4€5 note, was gone. He soon after,
wards saw the prisoner in ctwody, but could not s 4
he was the person who cut his pocket ; his book was,
afterwards picked up, and instead of a £.5 a tel note
was in it. Mr. Geere, of High street, in the borough,
was at the Gardens on Wednesday night ; he obser-:
ved the prisoner following Mr. Bunter for some time,
And saw him try his pocket once or twice ; he also
'SAW him following Mr. Wybourn, of Craig's-cowry-
who was walking with his niece. Whilst the fire.
works were going off, he heard the ccy of " pick-
pocket 1" and ran instantly to the spot. Mr. Wy
bourn had then hold of the prisoner, and the witness
also instantly collared him ;he had at that time
some bright instrument in his hand, which the wit-
rteu tried to get ;—the prisoner; however,. suc-
ceeded in getting it into Iris waistcoat pocket, and at
the same time the witness saw him throw away some.

thing which he had in his hand, that appeared to him
'to be a pocket-book ; at this time Mr. Geere was
struck on the arm several blows by some person be.
•itind• him, but he persevered in holding the prisoner
till a constable Came up.—Cook, the constable, stated,
that he took charge of the prisoner, and, on searching
him, discovered a.small knife in his waistcoat pocket,
but nothing else of • a suspicious description.—MisS
Wybotun, niece of Mr. Wybourn, attorney, of Craig's-
court, was at the Gardens With her uncle ; she ob:
served the prisoner following her several tines, and
'tedeavoured to avoid him, but he persisted in keeping
dose to her. Whilst the fire-works were going off;
she changed her place one or twice to get from him,
but he still kept close to her, and she telt his hand on
her clothes several times ; at length she felt her frock
cut, and on putting her band down found her clothes
were cut through in several places to her lower gar-
roam This alarmed her so much, that she told her
uncle, and pointed out the prisoner as the man she
supected had cleie it. , Her uncle instantly turned
round and collared the prisoner ; assistance came
up, and he was delivered over to a constable.—Seve.
nal persons of great respectability appeared, and gave
the prisoner a very high character ; and, on' the Ma-
gistrate stating that there was, in his opinion, evi-
dence on which to commit for trial at the Assizes,
they offered bail to any amouitt.—Mr. 8110/14 how-
ever, refused to take any bail, and the prisoner was
committed.

Monday last the Assizes for Berk: commenced at
Abingdon, when John Brown, aged 27, charged with
having entered the dwe Ming house of Alexander New,
of Woodley and Sandford, no person being therein,
and stealing a half silk-handkerchief, two pair of cot:
ton stockings, a watch, and a knife, his property, was
found Guilty—Death.—Reprieved.
The Assizes L.r the county of OxfOrd commenced
on Wednesday. Un Friday, A. bum, a banktupt,
was tried for fraudulently concealing' his effects from
I his creditors. The trial occupied the Court from
eight in the morning till sevenin the evening. 111 e
prisoner!: Counsel urged in defence, that. het had
merely given a contrail! preference to His
Bleay, in respect to a debt ifronalak due to him.
Judge summed up the 4videlCce wikthe utmost per.
spicuity ; and the Jury tetuseed a verdict of Nut

FIXES. ti
, This morning at eight o'clock, an alarming fin
Woke Out at Mt: Wrirre's, in 06er-street, Bermond-
sey, which raged with such fury, that at first it
threatened total destiuction to the whole street, bat
fortunately, by the timely arrival of several engines.
and a copious supply of water being at head, it eras
prevented it extending farther than where it broke
our, which premises it entirely destroyed.
Saturday. at two o'clock in the morning, the house
of Mr. DADDEUICIE. button-matter, No. 26, Gutter.
lane, was discovered on fire. The family were out
of town, and only a young man, who conducted the
business, remained in the house. Alarmed by the
suffocation which cams from the lower part of the
premises, be went down stairs to escape by the street.
door, but ibund hit *ay totnpletely barred by fire.
The young man then endeavoured to save his mas-
ter's. books and papers in the shop, where the fire- is
supposed to have occurred, but as that attempthe
found himself enveloped inflame. By great exertion
of body and mind, he got through the blaze to the
stair-case, dreadfully scorched. In great agony he
then reached a trap-door at the top et the house, and
was taken off the roof by the people of the adjoining
house.. They conveyed him immediately to St. Bar-
tholomew!: Hospital, where he lingered seven hours,
land expired. The house is entirely consumed.
, The cellarman of Messrs. HMI:WAR and MORRISp
I Whar-merchants, of Cannon-street, who was dreadfully
burnt m endeavouring to extinguish the fiames in
their vaults, occasioned by some spirits catching fire,
on Thriusday night, as stated in our Paper of Friday,
expired that stay t he was only 22 years old.
I(li:tactility morning between three and fouro'clock,
an alarming tie broke out at Mr. BARTON'S Patent
Eng', e kilanuiactor y. in Tulton-street, Westminster.
It.buint with great fury to the coach-yard in Mar-
sham street, and threatened devastation to the ntigh.
• bourliCod. Ihe house of Mt. EVANS and workshop
of Mr. Saws were saved by the celerity of the men
who worked the parish engine beliaiging to St. M Ir.
garet. The valuable steam engine, which, it is sup.
posed, occasioned the catastrophe, was destroyed.—
elle damage sustained is estimated at ,t2txXi. •
fire broke out at the farm-house of Mr. W.
Roberts, of Salter's Lodge, on Thursday, and in
short time the whole premises became a prey to the ,
flames. It is supposed the chimney, which was very '
,1,1 and unsound, caught fire the day preceding, by
heating the oven ; part of the family narrowly es- ,
taped. A female was under the necessity of jumping '
out of the chamber-window.

MELANCHOLY EvENT,--Friday night, between
eleven and twelve, as Mr. ROBERT NELSON, builder,
of Deptford, and his son, were retu.ning from Somer-
set-place, by water, to their residence at Deptford,
the boat twarnped under LOndon-bridge, by which
accident Mr. NRLSON, his son, and one waterman,
were unfortunately drowned the other waterman
escaped uith much difficulty, and is not expected to
survive.—?4r. NELsore was a zealous servant of the
public, an affectionate father, and a worthy man :
his loss will be long regretted•both in his public and
private capacity. He was brother to Mr. NlitSON,
Secretary to the Navy Board.—The surviving wAter-
ttian is, in Be. Thoma►'s Hnspital, in a dreadful state,
from the bruises he received.

I. A few days since the body of an infant was found
in the New River, wrappi .1 up in swaddling ckaths.
i When taken out,* piece of oilskin was krand:astened
to the breast, containing the following notices—
!,4 Those who find the body-of this infant may save
the trouble of sending for the Coroner, as the child
I died a natural death. Its poor mother to, ing unable
to pay the undertaker's charges, thought fit to give.
I it a watery grave, which its unfortunate lather found
in the service of his country."
At the General matter Sessions for the Eastern
Division of Sussex, Mr. JOHN BULL, land steward to
Sir Tnomas CLAIM% preened two bills of indict-
ment against Captain GRANT, of the 18th Hussars,'
for an assault and inisiemeary ur, which the Grand 1
Jury returned into Court true bills. The proceedings
are to be removed to the Court of King's Bench.
Thursday night, about ten o'clock, as Mr. SAMUEL
Comma of Drake-street, Red-lion-square, '
was r 4;
1 urning'home through Red-lion-square, he was hustled ,
by a gang, and robbed of his watch. Mr. C. found
himself beset by them without suspeCting the cause,
and did not discover that he had been robbed, till I
they had all got clear off. .
Wednesday night, a little before eleven o'clock,
Mr. Batty, who has lately arrived in London from i
Yorkshire, was in a public.house, and, during the ab-
wee of the landlord from the room where he was
sitting, he was surrounded by a gang of villains, who
pretended to push against him by accident : they,
however, contrived to rob him of his watch and all
his money, which he did not ascertain till they had
left the house. _ _ _ _ . . .

PEDEsTittaa Feel?---Mr. AncEN, the pedestrian,
started from the Surrey-side o( Westminster-bridge at ,
lawelve o'clock on Saturday morning, to go to a spot
' near Ashford, Kent, and return, the distance being
108 miles, in twenty-four hours, for 200 guineas.—
The 1,
pedestrian did 13 miles in the first two hour;
and arrived at Wrotham Heath (25 miles) in four,'
where he took refreshment. He went on at a slower
rate, and did half his journey in less than ten hours.
The pedestrian halted three quarters of an hour, and
then went. back to Larkfield (24 miles), at the rate of !
less than five miles an hour. On his arrival near
Farningham, 18 miles from his journey's end, he had
more than four hours to spare, but he ass much fa-
tigued, and did only three miles the next hour : he
recovered, however, and won the match by nine mi.
nutes.—lt is as great a task 2$ any on pedestrian re-
co-d, considering the ground was not chosen, but
billy.
The thunder storm of Monday evening appears to
have been severely felt in various parts of Suffolk....
At Burgh, near Woodbridge, Mr. J. Woods had a
barn set on fire by the lightning, in which were up-
wards of 50 coombs of wheat ; the devouring ele.
ment extended to a can lodge, and also to some stacks
of stover of the present year, all of which were de-
stroytd, but the dwelling-house was not injured. The
same evening the electric fluid struck a chimney at
the sou-h.eas: corner of Mr. Marston's house at Drain.
furd, uhi..ll instantly fell. Fortunately every oae of
the family .were in the garden at the time, and the
windows Wile all open.