Star.
London, England, 1822-06-10 00:00:00

CRICKET.

The Cricket Match between the Albion Club and the Chisel-
burst Club, was played on Thursday, on Chiselhurst Common,
and decided in favour of the Albion.
cannot:WA. ALMON.
44 I 1 et Innings
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The Albion woo by four wickets.

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CORM BICHAN6I'
MARK-LAWS, JUNE 10.—We bad a largo
supply of Wheat last week, the major part of which remained
ever for this morning's market, when we had an additional quan-
tity fresh in from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk,and but few buyers
even of the finest qualities, at a reduction of full 3s. per quarter ;
and not the least demand for the interim' samples, which were
offered at a greater abatement. Owing to the continued beat of
the weather, and the unfavourable appearance of all the crops
of spring corn, a considerable advance has taken place in the
price of Barley, which is 4s. pep quarter dearer. Peas and
Brans are si. per quarter higher, and Oats were ready sale at
an advance of 2s. per quarter, although the arrivals of the latter
article have been very large since this day se'nnight.—Currency
INGEASH. Small Beans • 218 s 52s
Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto .. . ... ...226 28t
Essex 30s 526 Oats, Potatoe ........:225
Suffolk Ws 506 .Poland 226 286
Norfolk ....... . 58 445 Feed " iss 22s
Rye.,
Barley ... .. . . 252 Rapeseed,per List „AM X 54
Malt a.. .... . —SO 46s • . roltlica."•
White Peas Wheat, .
't Redvauntre,
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1er.5...324 3/4 Baltic. - or.
grey Year 'Brabant rid • or -
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For the Wet% ending June 1, 1821, made up from the Ret-urfli
of the Inspectors in the dUferent.Citiee inerowns hi Pstg•
laud and Wales.
Wheat 45s )11 Oats 171 Od Beans . ffs 11)4
6%
Barley 1 041 Rye- - - 2Os bd Peas 244 431
• Surisrlet-i .31411Xer,.../nis Qtesupply thit-.7norning Is
:abundant, bat the major part being.of inferiotquality, prime
meat fully supported last Monday's prices; but ihe erMhary
Aorta ate compitiely.nominalz.—'ile consume heat: of the wea-
ther has made all articles in the hay market look upwards.—
' Current prices :
.pistf.72s. 04. to.' 3a. td. pry stone of Sibii 1I %tsn, 21.
to Si. Od. Veal. 3s. to 4s. 6J. Pork, es.. Od. to 3s. 6d.
Lam1435.641..tb 4LlM—Cottle it Market : Peaste,tloo; Caleesiego
Sheep and- Lamb5,5.1,9004.P1p,1150.--Hay and Straw per load ;
Hay, 31. Oslo 31. lbs. Clover, 41. 4s. to 4i. 15.4.
_Straw,
11.71,
to IL'lsf;
M a Petty Sessions tithe Bath Foram Magistrates, on rsiday,
the Dowager Lady Trindestown was fined 40. aid costs, for
suffering a fleets mascirdog to go unmerited in the Parish of
%Valeta, aftcr being served with.notice to keep the sante mutated.

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BANKRUPT PETITIONS.

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LAW INTSLLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE S.

Tuesday, his Lordship appointed this day, among
others, for the purpose of giving judgment in various
uses that had long been before the Court. When,
however, his Lordship took his seat, several Bank-
tupt Petitions were proposed for his consideration, as
being of the most urgent nature, and it was hoped
they would not be further delayed, as they pressed
si.verely upon the respective parties.
The Lorin CtsaNcELLoa said he was as well aware
of the necessty of taking these Petitions as any other
person ; indeed, he himself had received many corn-
_ inunicatiens from individuals, on whom this delay
bore particularly hard, stating the peculiar severity
of their different cases, with which he was not wholly
unacquairaed. I lis Lordship said he was convinced!
that unless the Court interposed, and some fresh re-
gulations were made with rc,pect to these Petitionk!
ailjouritnient after adjoutnment would take place—
they would be made to give way to matters of the,
" utmost importance," as Counsel termed it, till in
the end they would remain unheard. Saturdays were!
set aoart for disposing of this species of business, and
that must be adhered to. On SatUrday next, theca
fore, the whole day would be devoted to the hearing
of Petitions. •
The judgment in the case of Chappell and Cadell,
which had been appointed for this day, ,was then fur-
ther ordered for Tuesday next.

The remainder of the day was consumed in dispos-
i..,4 of Petitions, and the Court rose at two o'clock.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 8.
THE KING V. HECTOR.

This application was made to the Court by Mr.
IlattursoN, in the course of last Term, for a criminal
information against the defendant, who is steward to
Mr. Joliffe, a Gentleman who holds considerable pro-
petty, and necessarily of great influence, in the bo-
rCllgli of Petersfield. .
Mr. SCARLELT skewed cause against this Rule,
vCoich had, he said, been obtained on the affidavit of
a respectable Solicitor, named Atcheson, who charged
Mr. Hector with having committed several misde-
meanours. It would have been more desirable had
these charges assumed a more specific shape, and
condescended upon more defined particulars—then
they could have been better answered. The real tact
was, that Mr. Atcheson, who was a man of propt-rty
also, had taken up his country residence at Peters-
field, and done various acts to demonstrate the inte-
rest he was disposed to take in the affairs of the bo-
rough. Now the misdemeanours which the defen-
dant had committed were merely a feeling expressive
or his determination to prefer the interest of his own
patron and friend to that of Mr. Atcheson, in the
borough. The affidavit charged Mr. Hector with
summoning jurors, and appointing a returning of-
ficer for elections of Mayor of the borough, with the
view of forwarding the canvassing purposes of Mr.
Joriffe; now he (Mr. Scarlett) challenged his Learned
iends to point out a single tact to justify the crimi-
nal imputations levelled at Mr. Hector. On the face
of the proceeding there were certainly no grounds for
sustaining a criminal information.
Mr. HARRISON, in reply, contended that.the affi-
davits filed in Court detailed sufficient matter to sup-
port the corrupt inference ascribed to Mr. Hector,
and to skew that he selected the Jurors for party pur-

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poses, and to promote the election of Mr. Joliffe as
Mayor of the Borough. The ultimate object was
Carly electioneering, and the exclusion of particular
and very respectable persons, sufficiently established
the motives which governed the defendant.
In answer to questions from the Court, Mr. HAR-
RISON said that his affidavit did not deny that the
object of his clients was also to promote party in the
Borough. It was silent upou that head, and he be-
lieved their motives were pure.
The COURT said, that as other questions were in-
volved in the present, they would postpone delivering
their opinion upon the Rule until the first day of next
Term.----The Court rose at five o'clock.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 8.
2.IATTHEWS V. REYNOLDS.

Mr. Serjeant PELL stated, that this was an action
brought by the plaintiff', a widow Lady, to recover a
compensation in damages from the defendant for a
breach of promise of marriage. It appeared that the
plaintiff was about forty-five years of age, and the
defendant at least ten years older. In 1815 the for-
mer husband of the plaintiff died, and the defendant
was appointed one of the executors of the will. In
1820, the defendant made proposals of marriage,
and in the August of the following year entered into
a marriage settlement, by which all the property the
plaintiff possessed was settled on her, to be absolutely
at her disposal. In last November the defendant re-
fqsed.to perform his contract, and the present action
was then instituted.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN addressed the Jury for the
defendant. He observed, that in this case no wounded

affections nor hopes of settlement for life had been
blasted .by the conduct of the defendant ; and he
u usted, therefore, that if the Jury gave any damages,
they would strictly measure them by the injury sus-
tained, which, in his opinion, was little or nothing.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS charged the Jury, who,
after consulting for about ten minutes, found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages £5O.

Between subsidies in time of war, and loans in time
of peace, England does her part in supporting the
legitimate" Governments of Europe. Many persons
think that Mr. VANSITTART might lay a stamp duty
on these bonds negociated in England, which would
raise for him a larger sum of money than he can ever
hope to receive from his new plan for sellinf Annuities
to pay the Pensioa and Half-pay Lists. kor Austria,
Russia, and Prussia, fully ten millions will be required,
aad he might as well have helped himself to half a
million out of this sum as nor.
Extract of a letter from Cape Coast Castle, dated
the '24th of February List:—" Never did slave yes-
;warm so much to leeward as they have done the
,c six months. Not long since 63 Portuguese and
,paniards were counted at Lagos, Pupo, Why dah,
4 That neighbourhood ; and. I am sorry to say, in
it illicit traffic they have not met with any inter-
?don, for neither of those ports has been visited
July last by a man of war! British' Officers,
11.1 seem, arc afraid to act, and wait for fresh
.uctions."

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POLICF

Friday night they
witness was awoke by Elizabeth s etylng,satit, " Tom,
what ire you about—what are you doing,?" there was a lamp
in the room, and witness Saw the prisoner standhy the side
of the bed, which was lying on the fiobr, and holding Elizabeth
Martin's arm • she saw no knife In his halal, bat was certain he
meant no good, and instantly rat down stain, *petted the street
door, and cried out " murder !" and called the watch. A watch-
man soon came ; witness told him if he did not go up stairs im-
mediately murder would be committed : be refined till he got
another watchman to go with him: Witness then went up stairs
with them. On entering the room she saw the prisoner standing
over Martini's bed With a knife in his band ; the prisoner did not
speak; the watchman took the knife from him; bliiabeth MeotH
tin and the bed were covered with blood ; she said m the pri-
soner, "for Goo's sake, Tom; have mercy on me; I know I am
murdered, and will die soon!" Several persons soon came int*
the room; the prisoner was taken to the watchhouse, and Eliza?
teeth Martin to the hospitai—Thomas Quinlan, the watchman
whd answered the call of the first witness, cbrroborated her
statement of the facts. after he was called. On getng into the
room where the prisoner was, witness cried out to him, " You
villain. put down the knife ;" but the prisoner took no notice of,
it. Witness then struck him several times on the armibut he still
held the knife, which the witness at length caught hold of and
rescued from him. Elizabeth Martin was in a dreadful state,
covered, with blood. She called fur a doctor, and said she
should soon die. Witness took the prisoner to the watchhouse.
William Bachelor, the second watchman, stated, that when the
knife was taken from the prisoner, he (the witness) went for a
surgeon. He afterwards went to the watchhouse, where he
asked the prisoner what he had killed the woman fur? be said,
" the Devil told me."—Robt it Clayton, the landlord of the
house in which Martip and the prisoner lodged, stated, that
about six months ago he let the room they occupied to tile psi..
loner's mother, who was in service. She employed Martin to
take care of the prisoner. Witness had but little opportunity of
observing the prisoner's conduct, but considered hint foolish,
and understood he had lucid intervals, and sometimes worked.
The prisoner lately said, he had dreamed that he should certainly
die on the 21st of the present month, and was sure it would
come to pass. Witness lived in the house adjoining that in which
Martin and the prisoner lodged, and being awoke by the noise of
calling the watchmen, he followed them into the room, where he
saw Elizabeth Martin in such • state, that he was certain at the
time she must soon bleed to death. There was a cut on the back
of her neck, into which he could thrust his hand : there were also'
severe cuts on her arm, chest' and other parts of her person. When
she saw witness, she said to him, " My dear Mr. Clayton, why
did you not some sooner? I'll soon die. Mr. Amesbury, a sur-
geon, and several other persons, came into the room soon after.
Eliz. Martin was taken to the Hospital, and the prisoner to the
watchhouse. Witness asked prisoner at the watchhouse why he
killed Mrs. Martin? His reply was," she put a cap on my head."
The wretched prisoner stood at the Bar while tuffs evidence was
given, apparently wholly regardless of everything that was pass-
ing around him—his whole appearance expressive of a state of
melanchey idiotism. It was stated, that he was so very deaf
as not to hear the evidence, and the Magistrate caused him to
be asked, in a manner which it was evident he did hear, why
he had cut the woman in the dreadful manner he had dour? The
question was repeatedly asked, but his answers were quite in-
coherent. In reply to the several repetitions of the question, he
said, " She put a cap on my head--she left a mug and knife on
the table—l drank the beer—l heard a noise at the door, and
thought they were coming up to put me to death. I dreamed I
died and came to life again, and that a Minister told me I was
the son of GOD and would have a crown of glory—l have no
more to say." A certificate from Mr. Curtis, the house-surgeon
of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, was read, which stated, " that
Elizabeth Martin had several severe wounds on different parts
of her body, particularly one in the back part of her neck ; and
that she must be considered in a very dangerous state." No
person belonging to the unfortunate prisoner appeared at the
Office. He was remanded to be brought up again, when further
evidence could be produced respecting the state of his mind, and
the fate of the poor woman should be known. It was evidently
the opinion of all those who had seen her that she could not
possibly recover.

TITHES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SlR—The enormity of the Tithe System has be-
come so apparent, as tar as Ireland is concerned, that
it is generally admitted some change must take place;
but it has been studiously asserted in the House of
Commons, that in England the system is materially
different ; and in the House of Lords, the Marquis
of Downshire is reported, upon the second reading
of the Bill for the Employment of the Poor in Ire-
land, to have said, that " there was no similarity in
the mode of collecting tithes in Ireland and in Eng-
' land, and it did net in the least follow, that because
a change of system took place in Ireland, there must
necessarily be a change in England." Now, these
assertions, if uncontroverted, may lead those who
are unacquainted with the subject to believe, that
the burden is here comparatively light, whereas it is
in fact more oppressive than in Ireland, for there
no agistment tithe is paid;* in all other respects the
law is the same, and the same vexatious proceedings
take place for the enforcement of the right. For in-
stance, in the parish where I reside, tithe is taken
from the poorest labourer, occupying but a few feet
of garden-ground, for raising potatoes and cabbages
for the support of a starving family; and to the Far-
mer the system is fraught with vexation and op-
pression. I shall say. nothing of the injustice of
sweeping away a tenth of the produce of his land,
without regard to the cost of production, and shall
only remark upon the vexation he is subject to, upon
failure of complying with the demands of the Cie!,
gyman for composition. Every head of cattle or
sheep he brings upon his farm; if hut for a single
night ; every one that dies, or is stolen, he must keep
an exact account of (and this upon oath), in order that
the tithe for a day's keep may not be lost ; every time
milk is taken from the cow, a mess of vegetables
from the garden, or eggs from the nest, notice must
be sent to the tithing-man, perhaps at the distance
of two or three miles; in short, in every step that he
takes in his business, he is obliged to proceed with
the utmost circumspection, lest by inadvertence he
should incur some of those heavy penalties which the
law has so liberally prOvided for the protection of the
property of the Chuich ; this is the state of things in'
this parish (and I mention it not as a singular in-
stance), with those who will not comply with the
Parson's demands, and I will leave you to judge of
the nature of them when I tell you, that they are' as
high as when corn was at the utmost price during the
war. Now, I should be glad to know in what con-
sists. the difference of the system here and in Ireland,'
and why a change is not as imperiously called for,
here as there?

It has been repeatedly said that the composition
for tithes in this country has been generally very mo-
derate; this I deny, because, in addition to the sum
required, the Clergy have genei ally stipulated fur an
exemption from poor-rates, and all other parochial
• Agistment tithe Is tithe paid for the food of cattle eaten on
the ground where it grow*.

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Thomas Mackie MOO% a stoat stste4n
years of age, rim eherged Witb delponscip liesnded
Elisabeth Martin. Asill Si4lllb*itised that, Jar the Jut fort-
night, she slept with Rtisabeth Martin, In a !ern oessigied by
the latter in the hose No. 10, Coek.hne;*Sirtish.lkid. The pri-
soner slept In another bed In the saute loom ; at eleven. ticks*
on Friday night they all west to bed; bows!. arse lid two the