Star.
London, England, 1807-02-13 00:00:00

FROM TIIF. PARIS PAPERS.

BUCHARP sr, DEC. have experienced here
a moment of anxious difquietude. A report had been
circulated that a treaty of alliance had been conclu-
ded between the Ottoman Porte and Ruffia ; and the
agents of the latter power circulated copies of the
pretended treaty, of which the !aft article but one
announced, on the part of the Porte, difpofitions not
very amicable towards France. It was very eafy to
forefee what would be the confequences of this alli.
ance,which would deliver up the Ottoman empire to
its moll mortal enemies.

Happily, we loon learned that this treaty had
never cailled, but was entirely the invention of the
agents of Rufli,t, who endeavoured to miflead the
public opinion, at the moment when their country
wa, attacked at once by France, Perfia, and Turkey.
—The difpofitions of France are not doubtful. That
country neither difavows her friends nor her enemies,
and the Ruffians have need of all their forces to refill
the French.

Perfia has old and new injuries to revenge. Her
intelline troubles have rendered her feeble againft
the Ruffians, who have taken an improper advantage
of her fituation. It is right that the should in her turn
profit by the embarraffment of Rullia, to (hake off
all fear for the prefent, and fecure herfelf againft the
future. Turkey has long appeared to be examining,
who are her friends and who her enemies ; but
her condat is inexplicable only td thofe who are ig-
norant that a rafh tlep might have haftened the fall
of that empire. Now that The has become &Ong by
the generous policy of France, the Divan will no.
longer.hefitate. The reafons affigned by the Cabinet
of St. Peteriburgh for fending her troops into Wal-
lachia, are only good for the times of fear. The
Turks have this time anfwered by ordering troops to
advance into Wallachia, and every moment an alive
war may be expeCted to break out. Thus Ruflia, who
has been ambirious above her llrength, will find her-
felf obliged to fight at once againtt the French, the
Perfians, and the Turks.—Monitair.

HAMBURGH, JAN. 13.—The troops of Baden tin-
der the orders of General Cloffman, fill occupy
Stettin, and the envircns : they frequently fend out
patroles to the vicinity of Colberg. They have al
moll continually fkirmifies with the Prullians, but
thefe affairs have no fericrus confequences.

Hitherto almoli the whole of Vsreitern Pruffia has
remained tranquil. The left wing of the French
army has not extended in the direCtion of the. (bores
of the Baltic, farther than Thorn, Culai, and Brom-
berg. Great fears, however, are entertained at
Koningfberg, that the (battered remnants of the
Proffian army bill not be fufficient for the defence
of &Item Pruffia. All the depots, magazines, ar-
chives, treafurc, the Bank, and other ettabliffiments,
have been removed from Koningfberg toMemel, and
will, perhaps, be carried to Riga.—.llonitear, Jan. 23.

L 4W INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF FXCHEQUER, FEBRUARY tz.

The only caufe of any interell argued this day,
waq that of Lord Sherborne v. Lord Carhampton,
which was brought before the Court in the form of
an objcftion to the particular of a certain ethic oc-
cupied by the latter, as tenant, and fituateil in the
parifh of Ether, in the county of Surry. Mr. Daum.
cEY argued for the fufficiency of it, and Mr. LITTLE.
DALE for its incnnvenience. It appeared, that Lord
Carhampton had held in his own hands this eflate for
twenty four years, and that no rent had been paid
for it. The Conti deemed, that the particular deli-
vered was fufficiently drfctiptive, and ordered, that
rent be paid for twenty-four years, at the rate of 1401.
per annum, from the 3111 of January, 1783, confli-
luting the fum of 35601.

COURT. OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. is.

Nlcfrrs. HART, TWMIPSON, MARTIN, and LEACH,
took their feats within the bar as King's Counfel.

KENSINGTON V. STERLING, IN ERROR.

Of this cafe, we have before reported the faCts, and
the argument in laR Michaelmas term. Lord EL-
LENBOROUCH now delivered judgment. It was a
writ of error from the Common Pleas, upon a bill of
exceptions, before Sir J. Mansfield. It was a policy
on goods and fpecie, the &It 4.0,000 dollars that
fhould be (hipped cn board any (hip or (hips from
Cuba to the Bahama Elands between the la of Oc-
tober, 1799, and the ill of June, 1800, with a fubfe-
quent memorandum on the r t th of June, ISco, that
the time (hould be extended to the 11l of Antall,
floc, for the time of failing. And alto upon the fhip
Hator. The goods and fpecie belonging to one
Lee ; the (hip to Man Villars, a Spaniard by birth,
and a fubjeCt of Spain, between which country and
Great Britain, at the time of making the infurance
and of the trial of the caufe, there was an open war ;
but the aCtion was commenced by the Defendant in
Error, as his trudee in time of peace. Lofs by perils
of the fea.—At the time of making the policy, Go-
vernor DowdeN ell, Governor of the Bahama iflands,
was empowered to grant licences to import into the
Bahama lflands from Cuba, fpecie and other goods,
in Spann (hips, and to order all his Majefty's (hips
of war, and all privateers, to let them pafs without
melettation. The Plaintiff below proved the intereft,
the policy, and the lois, arid gave evidence of a li-
cence duly obtained for the (hip Hthor by R. Lee,
hut which having been returned upon its expiration
to the Governor's Secretary, as is ufual, was fuppoled
by him to have been IoR, and was not produced.—
Sir J. Mansfield admitted this to be good evidence
of the licence ; and the Plaintiff below had a verdiCi.
Three bbjeaions were made. IR, That the Memo-
randum made on the t nth of June ought to have been
Ramped with a new Ramp, whereas it was written
on the original policy. idly, That the evidence
of the fuppored lnfs of the licence was not fofficient to
account for, and jollity the non-produelion of it—
and lafiy, that the petfon interetted in the fhip, for
whom the Plaintiff below mentioned was an alien,
and according to the authority of DI Mow v. Towers,

and Brandon v. Ne(bitt, in 6 Term *Cp. could not
I recover.
On the firft queflion, his Lordfhip now thought
that whatever• might be the law, where, by a memo-
I random written upon a policy, a new fobjeet of info-
' ranee was infured, yet here the extenfion of the time
did not alter the infurance as to introduce a new cub.
jeel of infurance. The time only was extended ; the
dollars mutt fill be the firft 40,000 dollars flfpped,
and only filch part of them as were (hipped after the
tith of June, and before the in of Auguft, were co-
vered by this memorandum. As to the fecond quef-
tion, the proof of the probable lois of the licence was
fufficient to let in the parole tellimony. As to the
Tait point, this cafe differed from the cafes cited.
There the ground was, that the intereft of the court.
try and the obvious policy of a fate of holing was
contravened by the infurance of an enemy's property.
.Here the licence for the flip He for removed that
ohjeaion ; for the Crown itfelf had authorized the
trade during war : and the :tenon being commenced
by a Britifh fubjeet, as truflee for an alien, which
true was purged of all defects arifing from the Rate
of alienage, by the licence, and being commenced in
time of peace, he was entitled to recover.
Judgment for the Defendant in Error.
THE IllmG 0. WILLIAM BILLET, HQ:.
This gentleman had been found guilty of an a fault,
I by thrulting Mr. Thomas Pike, banker, of Bridge-
water, from his place, in open Court, at the Somer.
fetfhir e Affixes. On the motion of Mr. jEICY lA, he
was this day brought up to receive the judgment of
the Court.
After Mr. MOOlll3 had been heard in mitigation
of punithment, and Mr. JEKYLL for the profecution,
Mr: jußice Gaon pronounced the fentence of the
.Court, which was‘that the Defendant should pay a
fine of val.' : ..... •
DAME! V. PACKHURST AND &ABUT.
Mr. GARROW (hewed caufe againa a rule obtained
by Mr. MARKTAT, calling, on the Plaintiff to fay,
why judgment obtained by him &mild not be fzt
afide, and a warrant of attorney and three promif.
Cory notes for 851. each, should not be delivered up
to be cancelled on the ground of ufury ? The affida•
vits on which the motion had been made, Rated, that
the Defendant, Packhurft; being in want of money,
drew the three notes of hand in queftion, and O'Reily
went to the houft of the Plaintiff, a linen draper, and
requefled him to difcount them. To this Drake ob-
jeeted, but offered to give him goods in the way of
his trade to the amount of 2001. profeffing himfelt
ready to lay a Wager; that the goods thould be worth
that fum. The Defendant, being in gieat pecuniary
embarrafTment, agreed to this plan, and a quantity
of remnants, fome charged at two shillings per yard,
and fume at three shillings, were looked out, and de-
livered to Packhurft, the parties at the time execut-
ing a warrant of attorney to the amount, of the
goods. A part of-the linen drapery, valued by the
Plaintiff at t5l. was pawned for 71. and fubfequently
the remainder was fold fpr the Sum of 1041. and thus
what had been putchafed for 2551. was difpofed of at
. its full value for only about half that funs. In oppofi-
tion to this teftimorty, Mr. GARROW produced affida-
vits from the Plaintiff and others, from which it
.ap-
neared, that Pickhurft was reprefented by O'Reily
as the hufband of Lady Boynton, and who was
fhortly to receive a large Cum of money from the
hands of Colonel Thornton. Upon this fotindation,
Mr. Drake was reduced not only to give the goods
as difcount for the notes, but as a final Cale, and as
fecurity for the payment of which the warrant of
attorney was given. The affidavits likewife denied,
that the goods delivered were chiefly remnants, but
fwore, that not one of them was of lefs length than
feven yards.
Their Lord(hips were of opinion, that the affair
would be better determined by an action upon one of
the promiffory notes, in which the queflion of ufury
might be agitated.