Star.
London, England, 1813-04-28 00:00:00

Mr. HART—" Thcre was no necessity for it."

Sir SAMUEL RON:ILLY—'' Mr. Hart has not been so
long prasising in this Court as I have, or he would
know better ; for I can assert that I have heard your
Lordship, more than 100 times, reprobate sirrniar
conduct in a bankrupt."—Further hearini,,,, postponed.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 26.
sNami T. RITCHIE.

This was an action to recover damages for an in-
jury sustained in consequence of a merchant ship,
named the .Morgaret, having run furl of another mer-
chant vessel, named the Helena, at the latter end of
last year.
The ships in question, it appeared, were, on the
day stated in the declarati o, sailing out of the 13.iy
of Honduras, the patsoge from wrrich is considered
very difficult. Previous to the ai• '1 of ftl•lr
Hess, it was observed by the fleet that the HLlcna
was in tow with the Commodore, mimed the SF.,
from which, of course, all signals were received for
the management of the fleet. Shoat), after ten
o'clock at night, a signal was made for tt;e fleet to
tack. The Margaret, winch was close in wit:A the
Commodore, immediately prepared to obcy the signal,
but being too near the Commodore to tack at the mo-
ment, she put her helm a-port, aad by that operation
ran foul of the Helena, which, from the darkness of
the night, the Cd;rain had not perceived, and which,
as is at all times cust'.ntary, it was supposed had been
cast off previous to the signal for tacking. Fur the
damage done on this occasion it was that the present
action was brought.
It appeared, however, from the testimony adduced
on both sides, Mat the crew of the Margaret had
done all that was in their power to prevent the injury
in question; but from the relative situations of the
vessels, and dot sudden order for tacking which had
been given, it was impossible to avoid the accident.
It appeared ats,t, that neglect was imputable to the
Commodore for not casting off the Helena. Unchr
these circumstances the Plaintiff, at his own solicita
tion, was Non-suited.

The Vine CHAIX6ELLOR sat in Chancery yesterday,
*n the right hand side of the LORD CIIANCILLLOR.
The spirited Essay " on the Genius and Literature of
Me French Nation," during the lEfth century, the ac-
count o' which lately appeared in the Quarterly Re-
view, and excited so much the public curtosit-y, is at
length published, to the great gratification of the lite-
rary world.
Dr. TnoRNTOZ has paid a happy compliment to
the feelings of the British Nation, and at the same
time handsomely testified his gratitude to his august
Patron, the Emperor ALEKAShER, by presenting
(gratis) a strung likeness of that illustrious Personage,
supported by two Russian soldiers, a Cossack and
Grenadier, to every purchaser of a Botankul Ticket :
tile only apprehension is, that he will not be able to
get a sufficient quantity ready, as the demand for the
Tickets is very great, and the Drawing is fixed by
Govornment for the 6th of May.
THE BRAVE Cossack—Yesterday, at 12 o'clock,
paid a visit to BRANSCOMB'S Lucky Lottery Office,
IiONVII Bars, where he made a purchase of several
Ticket,, he having requested to be informed, through
the itio.lium of :.is interpreter, which was the Luckiest
Office in the World ? and observing at the same time,
that without the essistance of Dame Fortune a Sol-
der or Sailor could not be triumphant. We sin-
cei ely hope this Adventure of his (not the most ha-
zardous he ever had to encounter with) will he
crowned with the most complete success, viz. some
of the R 20,000 or £lO,OOO Pt izes at least, which the
above Office has ever been in the habit of selling for
hat a century pair.
The great amount of bullion, by the late happy
arrival of the Bonne Citoycnne, is said to be on our
merchants' account ; and the good ship Bonne For-
tune, with £200,000 sterling on board, is within a
few days of its arrival, on account of the Public in
general. A very considerable part of this precious
car, o will be dispensed on Thursday next, 6th May,
at Looper's Hall, through the medium of an unpre-
Scheme, of more Prizes than Banks,
"very amber drawn will be a prize.

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