Star.
London, England, 1824-12-20 00:00:00

l'ilE ARMY.

The Frinsbury transport, Lieutenant Keenniew, is ordered to
take the ti slops to Cape Coast, who were wrecked in the Admiral
Uerkeley.
A detachment, consisting of 134 Officers, non-commissioned
officers, and privates of the Royal African Corps, under the com-
mand of (knee's( Tomes, have embarked at Portsmouth, in the
Frinshury and Loyal Briton:transports, for the coast of Africa, and
will sail the first favourable wind.
Wednesday morning. Captain BROMIIIMAD'S company of the 19th,
marched from Limerick to Abbeyfeale, and the detachments which
marched under Lieutenant Duarnan, and Ensign Scow, proceeded.
for Adare and Shanagolden. to replace the 61st, whose out-de.
taehments are called in to join headquarters at limerick.
, Ocr. 211.—The Sovereign tranepoii, with the de-
tachment of else left wing of the 60th Regiment, lately stailened at
Bermuda, arrived here yesterday evening. The Sovereign touched
at klarbadoes, whence she sailed six days ago. The detachmeet
consists of about two hundred men, and is commanded by Lieus.-
Colonel Ght.arlra, C.B. Captains FRANCHINI and STRONOITNARII
Lieut. Smetrrow; Ensigns SMITN, VON Kaoline's, and Roautses.
(Fur Military Promotions, ace first cut. this par,e.i

COURT Or CILANCERYs.tHIS DAY

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The COURT was this day again crowded SO RECVES
by Gentlemen connected with the Medical Profession,
ander the idea that this cause would have been decided..
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Bench
shortly after ten o'clock, when the case was called on.
The Solicitor for Mr. Abernethy rose, and was about'
to hand into Court a mass of papers purporting to be
the original manuscripts from which the Lectures well
given.
Mr. Hortrat—Are those papers certified by affidavit ?
The Solicitor—They are not.
Mr. HORNI.—Then, my Lord, I most object to
their being received. Unless you verify them by affi-
davit, they cannot be read.
The LORD CHANCELLOR —Most certainly I cannot
receive them, unless affidavits can be made as to what
they consist of. When do you think you will be able
to file your affidavits?
The Solicitor.—Any day your Lordship may be
pleased to appoint.
The LORD CUANCELLOR.....One day is the ISM as,
another to me. The case is one of great public impost.
ante, and no delay ought to be suffered to take place.l
Justice requires, however, that the strict line of practice
should be followed in this as in every other cases'
and as you have failed in having the papers you now
have before me certified by affidavit, I cannot receive'
them. Perhaps you will be able to have the affidavits
prepared in the course of the week?
The Solicitor.—Certainly, my Lord.
The Counsel for Mr. Abernethy submitted that no
time ought to be lost, as, while the issue was pending,
the opposite party would be gaining an advantage.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that he was fully
aware of the pressing nature of the case, and would
willingly hear it as soon as possible; but as the material
part of the information required to be furnished was
wanting, the Court had better wait till its order was,
complied with.
Mr. Honsc submitted that the case might be men-
tioned on Wednesday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR.--•DO you think you will be
prepared with your affidavits by Wednesday?
The Solicitor.—Yes, my Lord.
The LOan CaaNcELLoa.--Then let your affidavits
be filed by that day, and the case may come on the,
first thing.

COURT OF KING'S DENCII—THIS DAY.
LIBEL—THE INDIAN OBSERVF.R.
SMITH V. WHITE. •
Mr. GURNEY, in stating the case, said this was an
action brought by the plaintiff, a Captain in the East
India Company's service, and Commander of the Wil-
liam Fairlie, East Indiaman, to recover a compensation
in daMages against the defendant, William White, pro-
prietor of the Indian Observer, for a libel published in
that Journal, on Sunday the 224 of February last,
which imputed to him, Captain Smith, symptotns.ot
insanity, and that those symptoms bad also thewu
themselves on former occasions, the consequence of
which was, that many persons refused to go the voyage
to India in, the plaintiff's vessel, and the ship subse-
quently sailed without its complement of passengers.
The Registrar of the Stamp Office proved the Pro-
prietorship of the Paper.
Mr. TILL/nen, on the behalf of the defendant, ad-
dressed the Jury at some length, and said that his client
had no maFgnant motive against the plaintiff, and from
the obscurity of the Journal itself, which was in its in-
fancy, it being only the eleventh number published
when the article appeared, he (the plaintiff) could not
have sustained any injury by the alleged Libel.
The Loan CHIE/ JUSTICE, in summing up the evi•
deuce, said that the plaintiff was entitled to recover,
and left it to them to say, what amount would be sa-
tisfactory.—The Jury, in a very few minutes, returned
a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £250.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 15.
The Court was occupied the whole day in the trial of
an action by Mr. Gillon, a part ownerof Downe's wharf,
Wapping, against the London Dock Company, for da-
mage resulting from operations by which the wall of
the wharf was undermined. The Jury, after retiring
for half ark hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages e5OO. There was not the slightest interest in
the details of the cause.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DECEMBER 18.
SHERMAN V. ELSTON.
This was an action of trespass for disturbing the
plaintiffs possession of some property, situated between
the Old Bailey and Warwick-lane. Part of the evidence
of the plaintiff's possession was, that he had sown seeds
upon the property in question. One of the witnesses
for the defence was called to prove, that the plaintiff had
refused to pay tithes for this property, alleging that it
was useless to him.
The Cuter JUSTICE.—Oh ! I suppose the tithes of
these seeds.
Mr. Serjeant TADDT.—NO, my Lord ; there are bet-
ter tithes in London than tithes of seeds.
A Juryman.—l wish we had no tithes at all.
The Jury ultimately gave a vet diet for the plaintiff,
with nominal damages ; the defendant undertaking to
restore the premises to their former condition.
HAWORTH AND ANOTHER V. JONES.
This was an action of trover, to recover possession of
two bonds or policies on the Richmond bridge. The
plaintiffs were the executrixes of a Gentleman named
Haworth, deceased, who had made a large fortune as
an apothecary in Chancery-lane; and they claimed those
bonds as having been bequeathed to them by Haworth,
the testator. The defendant was the intimate friend of
the testator' and succeeded him in his business in Chan-
cery-lane. He resisted the plaintiffs' claim on the ground
that the bonds had been given to him as a gift by the
testator, a short time before his death.
The Jury, after hearing the case summed up, returned
a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages Is. by which their
right to the bonds and the interest received on them is
established.

Richard Holders, of Bishop Wiltoa, was commit-
bed to York Castle on Saturday se'nnight, charged with
discharging a pistol at Robert Manners, the Hull and
Pocklington carrier, while riding with him in his wag.
;on. Manners had stopped at a public-house at Bishop
Burton, and taken out a handful of silver to pay for
tome ale ; and it is supposed that Holderness, who was
sitting there, had observed him, as he followed him out
and asked to ride. A diligent search having been in-
stituted, a pistol was found, hid in a whin bush, near
the place to which Holdemess ran after Manners had
received the wound ; and there was also found; not
far distant from its a bag, containing six Leann bullets.