Star.
London, England, 1824-11-13 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN.

The lridow of C.:ornhill presented herself for the third
.ime la,t night, and gAin well received.

HAYMARKET.

Thi, favourite Theatre overflows every night as the
seasim of its performances draws to a close. The Hy-
pocrite was played last t:ig►ht ; and, suppotted_by the
tinned talents of LISTON and DowroN, did not fail to
obtain the warmest applause of the audience. The
beautiful little Opera of the Marriage of Figaro closed
the performances with ipfinite eclat.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER came to town
from St. Alban's, to attend the Court of Exchequer. The Right
Honourable Gentleman, accompanied by Lady SARAH and their
daughter, left Wimpole, the seat of the Earl of Ilaenwtext, on
Thursday morning, to proceed to Gorhambury, Hertfordshire, the
seat of the Earl of VERELAM, on a visit to the Earl and Countess;
but Miss lionnisom being taken ill on the road, they stopped at the
Hatfield Arms Jon, St. Alban's, and sent an apology to the Earl and
Countess. However, the young Lady recovered, and yesterday
they proceeded to Gorham bury.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left London in
a post-chaise, at the breaking up of the Court of 'Exchequer, after
the nomination of the Sheriffs, and-proceeded to Gorharnhury.
Yesterday being the morrow of St. Martin, the Lords
of his Mantsey'a Most Honourable Privy Council assembled, ac-
cording to annual custom, in the Court of Exchequer, to receive and
arrange the nomination of the Sheriffs for the different Counties, at
which the Casaeclu.na of the Exci i onauxe as the head of that Court,
resided in his full robes, accompanied by the LORD CHANCELLOR,
Mr. Secretary PeaL, Mr. WYNN, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE Of the
Court of King's Bench, the LORD Cater JESTICE of the Court of
Common Pleas, the Loan CHIEF BARON, Lord COLCHESTER, Sir
Jose NICHOLL, and Sir Ileatay RULSELL. The nine Puisne Judges
attended their Lordships, and the nomination of three Gentlemen
for each county proceeded, which occupied about an hour. Mr.
Justice Lermoaut left the Court soon afttr the nomination corn.
menced, his Lordship being the junior Judge on the late Circuit,
and the nomination of Sheriffs being the duty of the senior Judge.
The Learned Judge proceeded to his Chambers, where he had
some important business to attend to.
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 11.—His Royal Highness the
Duke of Sussex, accompanied by the Honourable E. Goes, bro-
ther to the Earl of ARRAN, arrived at the Sun Hotel, on Monday,
from Newatead Abbey, the seat of Colonel WILDMAN. ',HIS loyal
Highness honoured the Rev. G. A. Battiest with his presence at
dinner nn Monday evening, in Trinity College; and on Tuesday
morning inspected the rare and valuable library at Magdalene
College, known by the name of the Pepysian Collection. Ills Royal
Highness afterwards attended a Geological Lecture at Professor
SEDGWICK'S public room, and then inspected the valuable collection
of early editions in the Public Library. His Royal Highness having
expressed a wish to dine in the Hall of Trinity College, and witness
Its numerous assemblage on a common day in full Term, repaired at
three o'clock to the Master's Lodge, and soon after that hour en-
tered the Hall, accompanied by the Master and Mr. Bitowsrs. His
Royal Highness was pleased to express himself highly delighted
with the full attendance in that magnificent Hall, where, as we are
given to understand, commons for not fewer than 436 persons art
daily served up. His Royal Ilighness passed the evening at Mr.
Bstowee's rooms, with the Master, Lords Foitowieu and W.
•Russatt,e, and several of the Members of the College. After break-
fasting at Mr. Beowee's rooms on Wednesday morning, his Royal
Highness proceeded from Trinity College-gate, in his travelling
carriage, to London.
Some iniprovetnents are making at the Mansion-
Hoes..., which will occupy a fortnight, when completed, the Lanr
Warms, and family will take up their residence there.
The following Gentlemen were lately elected hono-
rary Burgesses of Dumfries, as well as made free of the
Seven Incorporations there, viz.—Sir JOHN RAE Rein,
son of the late Sir THOMAS. REID, B itt. WILLIAM
KEY and JAMES BIRNIE, Esqrs. Merchants, London.
The late Sir TriomAs REID, was not only a native of
Dumfries, but unwearied in his patronage of Dumfries
youth, and gratitude to the father, seems to call for
some testimony of respect to the son. Nor have the
other Gentlemen ever been backward in the same good
cause, and altogether we question whether the gift of a
Burgess ticket was ever tendered to more deserving
objects.—Durnfries and Galloway Cola kr.
James Kent, a bricklayer, has been committed to
Berks county gaol, for stealing 6015.5. of lead pipe, from
Union Chapel, Newbury, where he was employed. It
is singular, that the night the theft was committed.
one of the preachers, who had attended the opening of
the Chapel the day before, &earned that some person
was stealing the pump; he got up, and finding it gone,
immediate search was made, and such a clue obtained,
that the prisoner was detected the next morning in the
act cf selling it !
. _ It appears that the Mexican Government has acknow-
ledged the independecce of the new Republic entitled
" The Central States of America," fat mealy known by
' the name of Guationala, and compti.sing, under the Go.
verntnent of Spain, a part of the Viceroyalty of Mexico.
A dectee for this purpose passed the Supreme Congress
' of Mexico on the 20th of August, and on the 2'3d of
the same month, Senor MAYORGA, accredited as Mi-
nister from the re N Repubiic, presented his credentials,
• and Was duly recognized in that character.

BANKRUPTCY OF MARS!! AVD Co.

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A partial meeting of the creditors of the above fi!ra
was convened last night, at the Freeruasons' -rave: n, fi,
the purpose of considering the expedienc7 of eiestily,l"
Assigoees under the new Corrimiss7on issued agai,l,t
that house, who might be remov.d from any susinciaa
of an improper influence on the part of the bankrupts,
in the event of the first Commission being declared'
invalid, of the probability of which there-appears to be
a very general understanding.
The meeting was summoned for six o'clock
at about half past six, there being then between fo:y
and fifty of the creditors assembled, a Gentleman
posed that Mr. Parkins he called to the chair. r,;;
motion having been duly seconded, the woo:,v rx.
Sheriff, after exhibiting a coyness for which he
genes ally remarkable, acceded to the wishes cf the
company, and was regularly installed.
Mr. KNIGHT, of the firm 47Knight and F7o-in, o;e1
rose, for the purpose of explaining to the meetiins
exact situation in which the creditors we placed.,
1k
desired that it might be recollected that the Bocce: :;,.j
been struck against the firm by Mr. Scott, a Grzniem,sa
highly respectable, it was tree, but intimately coast cej,
nay, related, to one of the partners; this, thetclo:e,
a circumstance well calculated to excite suspicio4.
Scott had taken care that he would not be oee ca" t!,e
assignees, but then it had been so contrived, tiiu
partner, Mr. Hare, who, in reality, was no creditor
the estate, should be one, which was virtually the sarre
as if Mr. Sett had taken on himself the office : but t!:-1
M* flare, not being himself a creditor, could noi u,
supposed to feel such ail interest in the concerns of tlss
creditors as ought to be looked for hoar every person
filling such an orAce as assignee : he thought th,:s
Mr. Scott must have had some motive for acting is
the manner that be had done. Another assignee was
Mr. 13011 and, who was. bona, de. no creditor, but merely
represented a society, n hose claims, if common atten-
tion had been bestowed on them before the Commis-
sioners, he wa• eon vieced %%mild never have been ad.
mined. Thee clai In, amounted to no less a sum than
41.7,0th1. The creditors should consider how much the
admission of such a sum would deteriorate from their
dividend ; and all this arose from the claims net being
properly opposed. The next a-signee aas Mr. Knight,
a Gentleman in every respect perfectly unexceptionable,
and one who, he had no doubt, would do etc. ything
in his power to protect the interest of the creditors: but
still it was not right that their interests should be con-
fided to one person, for he looked upon Mr. Knight ss
the only pet son of the three who c•add be considered as
representing them ;as Mr. Bollard only represented the
interests of the European Society, and Mr. Hate not
being a creditor, only represented the interests of his
partner, Mr. Scott. These assignees were unduly
thrust upon the creditors, and they ought fur their
own sakes to take the matter up. He had observed that
Mr. Seymour-was the Attorney to the new commission
Mr. Seymour was a very respectable man, but in this
instance he had placed himself in such a situation, that
he was prevented from discharging his duty to the credi-
tors ; and he had no hesitation in saying, that he was
sure that his w ish was (in the event of any untoward
circumstance invalidating the first commission) to se-
cure the re-election of the same assn., pees on the second.
Mr. Knight conciuded by on every Gentleman
present to use his interest to d,:feat such an object, ansi
to procure for the creditors such assignees as should in-
sure everything being done for ths•ir beriefit.
Mr. FROST suggested, that it stag.: be as well if the
creditors present were to be informed at whose instance
the meeting had been convened, and from whom the
requisition had emanated, and why it had not been done
by public advertisement, instead of by a circular letter
to a select few ?

Mr. HUTCHINS said, that although he could not see
the relevancy of such a question, yet he would answer it
by admitting that he was one of the foremost in doing
it; he had been outweighed and br•rne down by the in-
fluence of the barkers at Guildhall, in the choice of
the assignees; he was unfortunately a creditor to a large
amount, and he did not consider that the interests of the
creditors could be fairly attended to by the selection
that had been made: he, therefore, sincerely hoped that
an opportunity would be afforded of ail end it.
Mr. RILEY was of opinion that it was much better to
convene a meeting for the present poi pose by circular
letters to the ci editors, than by advertisement; a•, if the
latter method had been pursued, the room would have
been filled by people who were not creditors.
A Gentleman said he had heard that the present as-
signees were indefatigable in their exertions in unravel-
ling the complicated affairs at the Bank.
Mr. HONEYMA N was perfectly satisfied with the ex-
ertions and integrity of the present assignees; he could
corroborate the assertion of the last Gentleman as to the
pains they were taking, as he spoke from his own know-
ledge, when he said that they were engaged every day
from nine till twelve in the affairs of the Bank.

Mr. llawsoN also expressed his conviction that the
present assignees worked well, and that the creditors
s ould feel the benefit of their exertions, in the dividends
they would procure them.'
After some further desultory conversation, it was re-
solved that a Committee should be appointed to consi-
der of what was expedient to be done, and that a Gene-
ral Meeting of the Creditors should be convened by
public advertisement, at a future day.

DUEL PREVENTED.-A duct was happily preventi-J
by the timely interference of the police, which, it suf-
fered to take place, would, all probability, have hero
attended with the most fatal con-eguences. Toe prin-
cipals were JAMES CROSBIF., E.g. ol:e of the Nletnee:s
for Kerry, and l'F.ruit BODKIN HUSSLY, Esq. a gentle-
man who some years since retired from the bar. Ts.e
parties met at a place called 13allybeggin, near Tralee,
on the morning of Friday se'nnight. Mr. Camara
was attended by COLONEL STAUGIITON, and Mt. lius-
SEY by a Mr. Cituncri. The necessary air angemeras
for the combat were about to be made, when use ap-
peatance of the police obliged the parties preciroatety
to leave the ground. Colonel Cuosula sub,.2qtrently
seat word to Mr. HUSSEY that he would be ready to
meet him in the county of Limerick: but Mr. IlvssEt
dec:ined a meeting at that particular place. So the
matter rests for the present. This most unpleasant
transaction grew out of the following circumstance
Some observations, supposed so be disrespectful, per-
haps injurious, to the character of Colonel CRO-LIZ,
were made ust of by Mr. Husst.tr ; the story came to t!e
ears of the for mer Gentleman, who instantly repaired
from his seat at Ballyheigh Castle to the town of Tralee,
to demand an explanation from Mr. 1-Istsseit, The
parties met at' a public: reading-room, an explanation
was demanded, and the demand WAS follc‘ cd up by an
act of personal violence.

WEST INDIA SLAVERY.

F e following account of the trade of Haiti is ex.
d from the last Number of the Quarterly Review:—
1,, a table drawn up by M. Itrgitrac, entitled " Gene-
ral balance of the Commerce of the different Foreign
Nations with Haiti, for the year 1822," it was stated,
that the United States employed 884 vessels, of the ton-
nAgt. t 88,178'tons to import cat goes into St. Domin-
go. which cargoes were valued at 6,641,570 dollars.
We have no means of comparing the statement as to
rl.e 'timber of vessels, as the official returns of the
united States for the same year only give the tonnage,
2nd vehich is stated to have been only 44,113 tons,
%%hid) is not one-half of the quantity mentioned by the
Secretary-General of Haiti. The value of the exports
nt tram the United States to Haiti, is given as beiug
old) 2,119,811 dollar, which is less than one-third of
the Haitian document.
The export trade from Haiti to the United States is
said by the Secretary-General to employ 508 vessels of
5f),919. tons. The United States' official retut ns only admit
of 1.1,:;03 tons, in-eluding their own and foreign vessels,
a:.3 of the last, 736 tons are stated to have been Haitian.
The total value of all the articles exported from Haiti
to the United States, is represented in the Haitian docu-
ment to have been 3,293,892 dollars, nearly one-third of
the gal neut. all the exports irons the island. The official re-
turns tit the United States, however, give only '2,341,817,
as the value of the exports from Haiti to America.
The value of the coffee exported from Haiti to the
United States is represented in the Haitian document
to have been 10,141,578 dollars, which must be an er-
ror, as coffee forms only part of the exports, and yet is
here made to exceed the whole amount in value. The
Unted States' official document gives 1,801,150
dollars as the value of the coffee from Haiti ; and the
ireight thereof is stated as being 8,394,393 pounds.
As we have drawn attention more particularly to the
cultivation of sugar by free labour in the West Indies,
we shall notice the discrepancy in this article also be-
tween the official documents of Haiti, and the United
States. The former represent sugar to the value of
6/,991 dollars, as having been sent to the United States,
the official returns of which, on the other hand, only
acknowledge to have received sugar to the value of
1,631 dollars, and give the weight thereof as being
`24,241.1b5. or about sixteen hogsheads.
From the proclamation of President Boyer, it becomes
doubtful how much even of that small quantity was
produced in Haiti, as the whole, or part thereof, may
Lave been imported or smuggled from the neighbour-
ing islands, %%here cultivation by slaves prevails. The
doubt, however; is merely expressed to shew the unsa-
tisfactory state of our knowledge as to the value of free
labour in the cultivation of this staple production of our
We.bt India Colonies. In the letter from M. Inginac to
his anon me us correspondent, he says that the com-
merce of Haiti is increasing, and that the quantity of
offer i.• thinced inlB23will be a third more than in 1822.

As Great Britain and the United States are repre-
senteJ by the Haitian dbcunitnts to be the greatest im-
pellers of ci.ffee, the returns of these countries ought to
41.rw this inciea es

In 1822, Great Britain imported from Haiti 41.632
ci.t. or 4.662,781 lbs. in weight, which the Haitian do-
cument gives as being 13,548,591 dollars in value—an
thviolis mistake, for both statements cannot be correct.
Taking the smaller quantity as being most lavotarabie
to 11. inginaes accuracy, by adding one-third to it we
late 6,217,045 lbs. weight which Great Britain ought
to haveimfOrtei from Haiti in 1823,; instead of which
tie officinl.documents laid befote Parliament shew that
ce!v 44,422 cwt. or 4,952,864 lbs. of coffee was te-

ired from Haiti.
As the coffee sent from Haiti to the United States

four-fifth's of the value of the total exports, if
►nch an addition had taken place, as .11.Inginac states,
we ought to have found the total value of the exports
horn Haiti to the United States in 1823 to have been
3;293,892 dollars; instead of which, by official returns,
k was only 2,341,817 dollars.
As to the assertion respecting the great increase of
commerce in 1823, the official returns of the United
Sates, who carry on one-third of the trade of Haiti,
;hat in 1822 they employed in that trade 42,975
American and 1,325 tons of foreign shipping;
tat in 1823, so far from increasing, the American
ige employed was only 32,292 tons, and the foreign
1,011 tons, forming the diminution of about one-
, in the tonnage employed, if the American official
meats be correct. We have no hesitation in saying
after a careful examination of the subject, we enter-
doubt whatever of the accuracy of the America n
tent. as compared with that of the Haitian Secre-
end under this conviction we cannot too strongly re-
le this attempt to impose upon oak Credulity, and
satisfied that it will meet the reprobation of all rea-
le men, whatever their sentiments may be upon the
'al question ;. and we hope it may serve as a cau-
co those Mho wish to form an accurate opinion
this contested subject, to examine well the data on
side befoie they surrender their conviction.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCEiIY, NOV. 12.
RR SIR GREGORY PAGE IUaNER, A LUNATIC.

Pand.retone applied, on behalf of the Commit-
ior permission to defend an action at law on behalf
the lunatic, who is sued by °lie Abbot un a bill of
•snge, drawn by one Tomkinson. The ground of
defence was " no consideration."
le LORD CHA NCELLOR was sorry that lie could not
the Committee indemnity for the costs, which
4 make his permission of vet y little value. Ile
'o doubt of the propriety of the defence proposed ;
here had been leave given to traverse the inquisition
mac;. The verdict of another Jury might take

hole case out of his jurisdiction, although no steps
et been taken towards *traverse. If there should
'ocee.!ings, and if the Jury should find the pea-
. to be of sound mind, it would not be in his Lord-
power to indemnify the Committee for expenses
nature of this action. lie was reminded by this

ie necessity whiCh there appeared to him to be of
ttly application to the Legislature for some prowl-
-1 enactment for the safe administration of the estate
lunatic, and for giving sufficient security and in-
city to tlie acts of the Committee when FlAced in
imbiguous and uncertain situation.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 12.
DAVIES V. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

is case has been already several times reported in
''per. It was an action against the BALA lot having,
Yr a false wan ant of aitorney, transferred stock,
ling in tbnplaintiff's name, into the 'lame of another
Ai, and-kw having paid the dividends thereon to
*tong peck" The plaintiff had known of the cir-

.cumstance of the forgery~ irhith was by his brother,
and of the unauthorized transfer on the sth of March,
but in order to sci eel his brother, he suffered the Bank
to pay the dividends on the sth of April without dis-
closing the circuan,tance ; and again on the sth of July,
without making any communication ; and then on the
80th of September, after he knew the Bank had paid
the dividends to the other person, he came and de-
manded payment. The question came on for argu-
ment again to-day.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN was for the plaintiff, and
contended that neither assent to nor concurrence in the
transfer was to be implied from the circumstances o;
the concealment, and that the Bank, being guilty of a
breach of duty in the wrongful mismanagement of the
stock, were liable to the loss which had been sustained.

Mr. Se! jeant TADDY appeared for the Bank of Eng-
land. He contended the facts did not shew the stock
had been lost in consequence of the unauthorized transfer,
and therefore that allegation must fall to the ?round.
The COURT told the Learned Serjeant he need only
confine his arguments to the question of the dividends.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN said they should be perfectly
satisfied it they could get the dividends.
Mr: Serjeant TADDY then considered whether they
would be entitled to the dividends. It would be most
fatal to public justice if the plaintiff could maintain his
action for dividends, cowidering the manner in which
he had conducted himself, the manner in which
he had defeated public justice, and the course he had
taken to shield from justice a capital offender. All
considerations of neatness of blood mu:4 be laid out of
the question. lithe plaintiff had been indicted for mis-
prision offelony in cnncealing the forgery, and a Court
had had to pass sentence of tine or imprisonment, the
Court would attend to the painful situation in which the
plaintiff had been placed by the neatness of releion-
ship ; but if, when a person had ‘s ithdrawn an offender
from public justice he chose to assert his claim to the
money lost by his own act, his motives could not be
taken into consideration. The plaintiff here claimed
dividends which he knew the Batik had paid to another
individual, and which he had himself the means of pre-
venting. The Learned Serjeant next contended that no.
action could be maintained where a felony had been
committed, which action arises directly or collaterally
out of the felony until conviction or prosecution. A
person is first bound to give notice and prosecute for a
felony, before he can recover any damages in a civil
action. I❑ " Bracton de Corona," book iii. cap. 3. it was
laid down that a person ought to lose no time in dis-
closing a clime if he knew of it, or, as Bracton ex
pressed it, it was hardly permitted him to look behind
him, and he must not delay, though he should be en-
gaged in the most urgent business. If the contrary were
permitted, persons would then argue thus ; we will lay
by till the individual, our friend, has escaped or eluded
the at m of the law, and, when he is beyond its reach,
all our civil remedies are entire. To what extent this
might go it was impossible to say. In the present in-
stance, the delay had been for only six months—it
might be for six years, and even go the length of the
whole life of the claimant. Prompt information ought
to be given to public justice; public justice should be
the first care and the first duty of every individual, and
ought first to be satisfied in every transaction before
other interests are attended to.

Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN, in reply, observed that a
great deal of the argument of his Learned Friend had
proceeded on an assumption of facts. He was sure that
the Court considering that the plaintiff had been ac-
tuated by regard towards his brother, would deal more
leniently towards him than under other circumstances,
and would not visit this ccncealment upon him to the
whole extent of his fortune.
The Cuter JUSTICE said the Court had received in
the argument all the assistance which learning, talents,
and industry could give. Considering the importaace
of the interests in discussion, the Court would be want-
ing in its duty to the Public if it was not to take time
before it pronounced judgment, of which it would give
due notice.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, NOV. I.

William Hill came up to be heard on his petition to
be discharged, and was opposed by Mr. PoLrocK on
behalf of a creditor named Thomas Sanders. The in
solvent had been a corn-factor in Nottingham, and had
received from Mr. Sanders a bill of '271. to get discrlrilted
for him, the proceeds of which he did not pay over,
which was the ground of opposition.
The insolvent stated, that he offered the bill to his
bankers for discount, but they refused it; he then gave
it to his butcher, to whom he owed 151. expecting to
get the balance for Mr. Sanders; but another creditor
of-his, having heard of his leaving the bill in the
butcher's hands, went to him, without the insolvent's
knowledge, paid him his debt, and took up the bill,
which he kept in liquidation of the debt due to himself.
The insolvent also stated that Mr. Sanders had, a short
time before, accepted a bill for his accommodation,
and that all his creditors resided in the neighbour hood
lof Nottingham, which place he left immediately after
Mr. Sanders's bill had been disposed of in the manner he
stated, and came to London, where he was arrested by
a friend for 151. which he had borrowed from him a
short time betore.

The COURT said they would not remand the insolvent
on the opposition of his creditor ; but they could not
overlook his having come away from all his creditors,
to be arrested by a friend in London ; for which the
judgment of the Court was, that he should be ternand.:..l
for Nix months.

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