Star.
London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

COURSING.

Tuesday, a large Coursing Meeting was held at Cansdale,
near Hunmanby. The day being extremely fine, attracted the
greatest number of sportsmen ever remembered on such an oc-
casion; the dogs were selected from-the best breeds that could
be produced on the Yorkshire Vt'olds, upwards of :80 horee-
men were on the ground, amongst whom were observed Major-
General the Hon. GODFANY BOSTILLE, Sir F. and Lady Boyz-
von, W. Iluosott, Esq. M.P. Captains Soutsmr and HICKAZY,
Rev. F. F. Bowxs, C. ltterAvy, T. RICKAIIY, C. T. SOCLIRY,
VANSITTANY, H. BOYNTON, G. WALMCLEY, Esqrs.
HEADEN, WOODIIALL, &C. with a great many other sportsmen.
Witicursrea, JAN. 26.—Yesterday, as a party were coursing
at the Grange, a hare was started, which, after running over
two fields, went to ground in a fox earth. The party procured
a spade, &c. and after three hours hard labour, took out the
hare, and turned her off before the dogs again, when she shewed
goodsport, and was killed by two noted dogs, Eclipse and Mag-
pie, after a hard run of at least a mile.
Monday, at Southampton, a man undertook for a trifling
wager, to run seventeen miles and a half in two hours. He ran
thirteen miles and a half with apparent ease, in one hour and
thirty-five minutes, when he sprained his ancle, which put an end
to the bets, as he lust his wager.
Cnictiesrze, JAN. 26.—Sambo Cueljoe, a black stripling, un-
dertook on Wednesday afternoon, to run on the road between
North-gate and the Broyle Barracks, near this town, eight miles
in fifty-three minutes. He had sixteen turns to make, and the
concourse of people (it being market day) was immense, and
caused his failure, he being seven seconds over the time. A
handsome collection was made for him.—He is certainly equal
to the performance.
The amateurs of Cock-fighting in the Eastern part of the
County, have had two grand days play this week, and attracted
a very numerous company; among whom were many of the
first-rate sporting characters. The great abilities of the favourite
feeders of the day from the Cock-Pit Royal, Flemng and
Nash, were opposed to each other, and the whole went off with
much ec'at. The termination was in favour of Fleming, viz.
Ist day—Fleming, 5 mains 4 byes; Nash, .1 mains 4 byes.-
2d day—Fleming, 2 mains 4 byes ; Nash, 2 mains I bye.—The
rarity of a drawn battle occurred, both cocks being killed the first
meeting, neither being enabled to claim the last blow.

Price of meat per pound yesterday at Leadenhall Market,
by the carcase:
Beef worst Sid Best
Mutton - -31 d - -
Veal - - - 5$ -
Pork - - -41 d -

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SEWN° rex Ras.-At a sale at North Crawley, very lately,
under a distress fur rent, the stock produced the following prices:
One cow, XB. 145.-One ditto, Xt. 155.-One ditto, £l. 10s.-
Six sheep, together, I:1. Is.-Six ditto, ditto, Al. 95.-thee
horse, 17s. 6d.-One ditto, 14s. 6d.-One set of harness, Is. 6d.
One ditto, Is. 3d.-One ditto, is.-Total, £lO. 4s. 9d. !!!
Saturday se'unight eleven sheep were sold in Worcester mar.
ket for X 2. 10$. and 2s. 6d. again for luck ! Four horses and
gearing, the property of a farmer in that county, were last week
sold by auction for eleven guineas !
GLASGOW COTTON Dilamtrr-We have bad a fair demand foe
Cotton last week, at the prices of the preceding week. The
sales amount to 814 packages as under:-Sea Islands 19, at
131 d. middling-Do. Stained 17, at I led. to l Yd. gnol Bowed*
237, at 80. middling, iod. good to 100. fine-New
67, at 10d. good fair to lid. good-Pernambuco LO,
fine- klaranhant 118, at 11 id. to 12d. hne.-Demerari
bite 194, at 911 inferior bog good fair to 12d. 1
hams 19, at 10d. good fair-Tortola 11, at 91d. good-,
92, at 61d. to 61d. fair. Imported from New York,
Ditto from Ilemeruy,ssl.-Total, 847 balm

ru.
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fine—Ba-
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296 bales.

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BRIGHTON, JAiVUARY 26.

His Maierrv, last night, gave a second Ball to
the jimior.t.ranclies of the families of the Nobility at
present le-i ling here. Among the company were
Prince Lardaria, Lord and Lady Ravensworth, and the
Misses Liddell, Lord and Lady W. Bentinck, Lady Ongley,
Lord Rardley, Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, and Miss Twis-
seiton' the Karl of Belfast, Lady C. Barham, General and the
lion. Mts. Mundy, &c. ttc. -
Tile Connt and Counte,s LIE/71N, and the Earl
and Counteks COWPER, arrived at the Palace on
Thurs Jay evening. Hi. Grace the Duke of DEVON-
SHIRE came in yesterday evening. The Duke of
WELL' xoroN is hourly expected.
The Suspension Chain Pier continues to excite universal at-
traction.—Captain Baowx has returned from London, and we
understand that models of all his plans will shortly be exhibited
to public view. The Steam-packet Establishment also goes on
in the most satisfactory manner ; all the shares in that beautiful
yacht, the Tourist, are dispose.l of. W.• learn, that between one
and two thousand pounds have been subscribed by his Majesty's
Household, in order to mark their sense of so laudable an un-
dertaking. -We congratulate Mr. ALLaw o I the most pleasing
prospect before him; and the more so, because it is considered
that he is richly deserving the success he has experienced. No
vessel ever started with so high a patronage, and such a prospect
of success, as the Tourist.

His MAJESTY has directed the sumof £5OO tobe paid
from his privy purse, in aid of completing the struc-
ture of the new church at Egham.
Friday, the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, conse-
crated a new Chapel at Bognor.
WITHER BRAMPSTON, Esq. of Oakly-hall, Hants,
has, at his sole expen,e, rebuilt Dean Church, at the
estimated cost of £7OOO or £BOOO. The edifice is
splendid and beautiful. Added to this, Mr. BRAMP-
STON 111.. presented the parish with a set of new bells.
The Lady of Admiral Sir GRAHAM Mooaa has
left Corfu, and proceeded to Malta.
Southampton water presents a lively picture of a
fishery. Neatly one hundred craft, including many
from the coast of France, are constantly in motion,
in quest of herrings, which are in such shoals that an
immense number have been brought in an] cured.
The fishermen obtain, upon an average, from Ss. 6d.
to 4s. per bushel ; and so great was the draught last
week. that one man is saiu to have cleared upwards
of fifty pounds
Two sennien, belongine •.0 the brig Helen, in the
employ of Niessts. FEssoN and HIVE, of Dartmouth,
have arrived at Southampton fr. m F a-ce. They
were taken off the wreck of the b. ig , a I-. ench ship
from Pernambuco, and were,wii h •s o others, five days
in lat. 35, on the side of the brig without anything
to suh,,ist on. The Master was tbown.-d.

Thursday a nest of young larks, supposed to be
about a week cld, was taken in a field called Dyer's,
at Wehow, in the Isle of Wight. S line day a black-
bird's nest, with twu eggs in i►, was discovered in a
garden belonging to Mr. T. HEATH, at Andover.
There is at present at %►'hitecroti House, near Dam-
fries, a thrush's nest with tour egg, in it, and a thorn
that has been sshite with b10,,5. since Christmas.

Yesterday se'nnight, a Gentle,liAll in the neighbour-
hood of Newmarket, was out wit!) a gamekeeper net-
ting for larkc, w hen they met wi. h sport of a some-
what singular nature; for on feeling an unusual
weight attached to their nets, they dropped it, and
discovered that they had entangled three poachers,
who had been at work with a net also, and whom
they secured.
The following Rule has been ordered to take place
in the Insolvent Debtors Court : —a It is 'ordered, that
on and after the 12th day of February next, the sche-
dule of every prisoner shall he signed by him, on
every side of every sheet thereof, and attested by his
attorney, according to the Rule of Court made on
the 28th of June last. And that such signature and
attestation shall be verified by affidavit of the attorney,
to be filed with the schedule. And it is further or-
dered, that no schedule shall be received or filed

without such affidavit, which shall be prepared and

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sworn without anything being demanded for the
same, and withmit any fee whatever to the othcer of,

the Court before whom the same shall be sworn."
Tuesday mc.rning, as James Miller, common car-
rier between Warkworth and Newcastle, was ap-
proaching the latter town, riding. upon his cart, he
was accidentally shot dead by a young man, who,
with some others, was shooting with ball at a mark,
near the Bull's Park, upon Newcastle Moor. On the
same day, an Inquest was held on the body at the
Old Robin Hood public-house, in Pilgrim-street,
Newcastle, and a verdict of Manslaughter has been
found against a young man, named Thomas Burnet,
who keeps a circulating library in Pilgrim-street,and
the Coroner issued a warrant for his apprehension.
About five o'clock on Thursday morning, two men
attempted to break into the turnpike-house, atClerken-
green, between Basingstoke and Overton, one of
them endeavouring to enter through the roof of the',
pantry. Mrs. Whitehouse, the keeper of the gate,
and her son (the only inhabitants), suspecting an at- ,
tack, from one being made the Monday morning pre- "
vious, did not go to bed, and on hearing the noise,
she stole softly to the pantry door, and saw a person
with his head nearly through the roof. Having three
small pocket pistols, she fired them without effect; and
the person continuing to make his way through, her
son, a boy about 13, reloaded one of the pistols with
shot, which she instantly fired at the man, who ut-
tered a deep groan, and fell from• the roof. From
the quantity of blood spilt, the man must be either
killed or severely wounded in the face. He was
carried off by his companion, and no traces have
since transpired to lead to a discovery.
Saturday se'nnight, at six tided; in the evening, a
most atrocious robbery was committed on the Arun-
del road, two miles from Chichester. As a man
named Griffiths, discharged the previous day from
his Majesty's ship Newcastle, at Portsmouth, was pro-
ceeding towards Lewes, to see his relations, be was
met by three men, who solicited charity, and to whom
he liberally gave six shillings. One of the villains
then got behind and put his hands before Griffiths
mouth, saying, " now's your time." They seized
him, and can ying him into a meadow, stript him of,
his clothes and notes, amounting to £42, and after'
binding his hands behind him ran off. In this mi-
serable
plight he arrived at the Coach and Horses, at
Maudling, where lie was assisted.
The Grand Jury have found a true bill against
William Davies and Benjamin Walker, for exposing
unwholesome meat for sale in Liverpool, which meat
had been seized by the Court Leet Jury, and was
publicly burnt some weeks ago.

LAW INrELLIGENCE.

MR-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JANUARY 26. '
SEROISSON V. SERGISSOIge
The circumstances of this case have been already
I fully reported. They are shortly these. Helen Maria
Sergisson left by her will property to a considerable
amount in the hands of trustees for the use of her
eldest son and his issue, and, in case he had no issue,
ito her next son, Francis, and his issue ; and in de-
fault of issue, to Colonel Sergisson and his issue. It
I appeared, that some years ago, after regular process
s in Chancery, an infant named Harriet Maria Sergis-
son, the supposed daughter of Colonel Sergisson, by
Ann, his wife, was declared entitled to the estate, she
being next in remainder, to whom the benefit of the
testator's will accrued. A regular allowance was ac-
cordingly made to the infant, and this continued for
i some trme. At length a Bill was filed in Chancery,
alleging that this was a supposititious child, and im-
posed by Mrs. Sergisson, the wife, on Colonel Ser.
gisson as his child ; whereas, in fact, she was the
child of other parents. The matter was heard before
the Lord Chancellor, and he directed an issue to be
tried in the Court ofKing's Bench. The trial came
on, and a great many witnesses being examined, the
Jury found a verdict, that the said child was not the;
child of Colonel Sergisson. An application was made
to the Lord Chancellor to stop the allowance to the
child, and his Lotdship then ordered it to be stopped.
Mr. HART now moved the Court, that a reference
be made to the Master, to inquire who the next of kin
was, in order that he or she might be declared enti-
tled to the benefit of the estate under the testator's
will.. His client% Mr. and Mrs. Serg,isson, he had
no doubt, would be the persons declared, as theyl
were admitted on all hands to be; but still it was ne- .
cessary that the Master should make inquiry, and re-'
iort on the matter.
TheVICE•CHANCELLOR made an order to this effaet.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JANUARY 28.
THE ATTORNEY.GENERAL V. JAMES CLIFFORD, YEW
LETTS.
This was an information filed by the ATTORNEY..
GENERAL against the defendant, as the owner of a
vessel called the Charlotte Gambier, to recover pe-
nalties amounting to £6OOO, incurred under the pro-
visions of the 13d of the late King, cap. 56, sect. 11
and 2. for having receive(' on board 120 passengers
more than, according to the tonnage of the said ship,
she was entitled to carry. The Act in question pro-
vides, " That no ship or vessel shall be permitted to
carry out of the country, upon any long or distant
voyage, any number of persons, whether adults or
children, including the crew, more than in the pro.
portion of one person to every two tons burthen ;"
and for every person proved to have been received
beyond that scale, imposes a penalty on the Master,
or persons taking the charge of the said vessel, or the
owner, of £5O.
The information was tried before the LORD CHIEF
' BARON, at the Sittings after last Trinity Term, and a
verdict was found for the Crown to the full amount
of the penalties sought to be recovered. It now came
before the Court upon a motion for an arrest of
judgment ; which was refused.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY es.
LEWIS V. WALTER.
This was an action tried before the CHIEF JUSTICE
at the last Sittings at Guildhall, when the plaintiff
was nonsuited. The action was for a libel ; the plain-
, tiff is an attorney, and the defendant the proprietor
of the Times newspaper. The libel complained of
' was contained in the report of proceedings which took
place on a trial at the Kingston Assizes, in which Mr.
Lewis and others were defendants, in a charge of con-
spiracy, and in which the defendants were acquitted.
The report, after stating the particulars of the trial,
concluded by adding, that the Jury found themselves
obliged to acquit the defendants, to the great regret
of a crowded Court, upon whom the evidence, as far
as it went, had made a great impression. This was
the libel complained of, and for which the present ac-
tion was brought. The plaintiff in his declaration set
forth, that he was an attorney in the Court of King's
Bench ; and that the libel in question was published
by the defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff as
an attorney, and with intent to injure him in his pro-
fession as an attorney. The evidence at the trial
proved, that, in 1813, the plaintiff was admitted an
attorney, and continued regularly to take out his cer-
tificate until November, 1816; but there was no
proof that he took out any certificate subsequent to
that period. The publication of the alleged libel not
taking place until 1819, Mr. SCARLET?, upon the
evidence, contended that the plaintiff must be non-
suited, as the declaration was not made out. The
plaintiff declaring that the object of the defendant
was to injure him in his profession as an attorney ;
whereas, it appeared, that he had no certificate, and
therefore could not legally practise; and further,
that there was an absence of all proof that he had
practised since 1816. Upon this objection the CHIEF
JUSTICE nonsuited the plaintiff.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now applied for a Rule
to set aside the nonsuit, on the ground, that to sus-
tain the declaration, it was sufficient for the plaintiff
to prove at the trial, as he had done, that he was an
Attorney of the Court. This was established by the
proof which he gave of his admission in 1813. The
defendant not having shewn that he ceased to continue
an Attorney, it must be presumed he was so still, and
the proof of practice was uanecessary. The Learned
Counsel stated a case from the 3d Maule and Sel-
wyn, and that of Bell v. Byrne, in support of the
present application; and the Court granted a Rule
to shew cause.