Star.
London, England, 1803-11-16 00:00:00

DUBLIN, NOV. Is.

His MAJISTY by his Royal Letters, having ap-
pointed the Right Hon. Lieutenant General WK.
SHAW, Lord CATHCART, Commander of the Forces
in Ireland, to be of his Winery's Moft Hon. Privy
Council of Ireland, his Lordfhip this day in Council
took the ufual oaths, and his place at the Board ac-
cordingly.
His Majefty, by his royal letters, having appointed
his trufty and well beloved WM. Dowses, Chief Jut.
tice of his Majelly's Court of King's Bench, to be
of his Majeftrs Moft Honourable Privy Council of
Ireland, he this day took the ufual oaths and his
place at the Board accordingly.
Letters Patent have been palled under the Great
Seal of Ireland, conftituting and appointing the Right
Hon. Sr. Gaoaos DALT one of the Barons of his
Majefty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, to be one
of the Juftices of his Majefty's Court of King's Bench,
in the room of the Right Hon. WI Limo Downs.,
appointed Chief Juftiee of his Majeft's Paid Court.
Letters Patent have alfo been paired, for confti-
tunas and appointing Jonas Efq. his
Majelky's Solicitor General in Ireland, one of the
'Barons of his Majefty's Court of Exchequer in Ire-
land, in the room of the Right Hon. Sr. Gsoaas
DALT.

And Letters Patent have alto been paffed for con-
(tinning and appointing WILLIAM CONTIIGH•111
PLONK ITT Et. one of his Maptsry's Council at
Law, his ITT,
Solicitor General in Ireland, in
the room of Janis M.Ct. LLLLL n. Erg.
As the idea of invalion increafes, fo does the ardour
and loyahy of the City of Dublin: we, with pleafnre,
announce to our fellow-citizens, that our worthy'
'City Reprefentative, loam Laroocas, Efq. is about
to raife a corps, to be called the Loyal Dublin Le-
gion, to conSR of five companies; the uniform to be
(cadet, faced with either buff or green it will cer-
tainly be loon completed.
The important 'mature of communication by Te-
legraph has been adopted by Government—and one
of the lines between the capital and the tea coall is
now ellahlitbing by Mr. EDGEWORTH upon the fame
plan which he propo(ed to Adminitration in 1796.
Their Excat.t.sactss, Mrs.Wsca AN, and feveral
other perfons of dillinEtion were inefent at a fuccefs.
ful experiment between Caßleknock and the tower in'
the Duke of Le its gist's Park ; his Grace, with his
ufual liberality and public fpirit, having offered this,
Illation till another can be creasd.

The Lord LIIIIIT T. Lord CAT NC•RT, and
Admiral WM ITS II ID, were prefent at a fecond expe-
riment. and were highly fatisfied with the fimplicity.
fecreey. and expedattos of the Irdla Portable Tele.
graph.
On Thurfday laft. about goon of the City of Dub-
lin YCCITHITITy were infpeited by Lord CATHCART in
the Phenix Park. They made a very military ap-
pearance. and were highly applauded by the noble
Commander in Chief.

The 28th regiment, two battalions* each moo
thong, arrived on Wennefday in Cork harbour from
Plymouth, under the command of the Hon. Briga-
dier General Nast, and Lieutenant Colonel Jou •
irons, and marched into Cork on Thurfda), and to
remain there until further orders. It is one of the
finell and bell difciplined regiments in the fervice,
and immortalized itfelf in Egypt.
Mr. C 'Cassino, *fretted on Midday left,
was this day admitted to bail.
On Friday fe'nnight, Er. 'office BILL, affified by
by tome of the Conferrators of New-greet divifion,
apprehend Edward Iforostfr. Timber-rneiehant, at
his bode in New-Rreet, and alto his nephew yams
Kamm! y, whom he committed to Newgate, on charges
of high 'radon. Mr. Bast. likewife relied all his
books and papers, from which, we underßand, it
appears that both were deeply engaged in the baft-1
nets of treafon. In the books were accounts of feve-
ral large quantities of timber, fit for pike handles,
fold to /*lnto& and Redmond. who have been ex-
ecuted, as mailers of depots, and alto accounts for
fevers' others, all of which doted on or before the
blowing up the powder mill, in PatrkkAreet. The
fame marline', a few days before, committed Pa.
trick Murray, whom he and the above Coafervators
apprehended at his bottle in Spittall.fieldi r he is
charged with having carried a bltandabnfs, on the
night of the s;d of Julys in coolitauy of Eimer.
Dowdali and oiMn.

L4rtf INTELLIGENCE.

COURT' OF KING'. BENCH, NOV. Is.

Before Lord ELL xis Donovan fat, a great concourre
of perfons attended to jutlify bail before Mr. Juitice
GRose. One perfon only was rejefted ; his hair was
a-la.erop, but Mr. MAIItIOT recognifed him as having
been rejated nn a former occasion, after examination
by Coontel into his circumilances. On this for- er
occafion, which was in the midfl of lalt fommer, he
had worn a wig, which at this cool feafon he laid
Ade for obvious reafons.

Mr. Miccs moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus to
be direCled to the Commander of one of his Majeay's
(hips, to bring up the body of two ftilorc, who had
been imprelfed, contrary to the A& of Parliament,
they being harpooners*
Mr. MANLF.2 made a fimilar motion on behalf of
others in the fame fttuation, and writs were granted.
DOE ON THE DEMISE OF ANN GILMAN, WIDOW, V.

JOSEPH ELVY.
This cafe involved in it the dodrine of contingent
remainders and executory devifees, the moil difficult
and abllrufe part of the Britifh law, and too dry a
fulijed for any but profeffional men to be amufed
with, The girt of the quellion was, whether Henry
Gilman, devifee of John Gilman, took an ante in-
tail, or an ellate for life, under the will of John Gil-
man. The cafe was argued with much learning and
ingenuity by Mr. HeavSy, fnr the lclTnr of the
Plaintiff, and Mr. Pi-resists for the Defendant.—
Judgment for the Plaintiff.

CHAISTIAM 0. THE LAST INDIA COMPANY.

This was a cafe referred for the opinion of the
Court on a Charter Party on the (hip Martha, and
was Rated to be limiter to the cafe of White v. the
Eatt India Company.
Mr. Git.ss was entering upon the Plaintiff's cafe,
when Mr. Woos), Counfel for the Defendants, 013-
ferved, this was an alion of affumpfit, which could
not be maintained againft a Corporation.
The Court recommended it to Mr. Woos to wave
this oblation, as it would only drive the parties to
equity; but the learned Counfel prayed the judg-
ment of the Court for the Company.
The Court ordered the cafe to Rand over, to give
the Company time to confider whether they would
wave their oblation.

C• 14141. •ND INOTHISI V. LI MISVIIIR.

Mr. Watteau Rated, that this was a fpecial cafe
let down for argument, in order to obtain the judg-
ment of the Court on a point of great importance.
It was an action on a policy of infurance, on a (hip
and goods that were at St. Domingo before the late
war. The policy was underwritten four months be-
fore the commencement of hofiilities between this
country and France. The Plaintiff was a native of
France, and the fhip and goods were kft by capture
during the war. This 'titian was not brought till
after peace was concluded between the two Bellige-
rent Powers. The gueßion for the opinion of the
Court was, whether in fuck a cafe the Plaintiff was
entitled to recover on Rich a policy ?
Mr. Watts', contended the Plaintiff was entitled
to recover, notwithßanding the late decifien of Fur-
tado v. Rogers, in the Court of Common Pleas.—
As this quellion was of great and general commercial
importance, as well as highly intereaing to the par-
ties thcmfelves, it had been put upon the record to
obtain the opinion of the Coon r and he lhould ar-
gue this cafe in oppofition to that of Furtado v. R 4.
gets, in the fame manner as if he were arguing that
cafe on a writ of error. The Learned Counfel Rated
three heads of argument That the cunent
of authorities, as found in the books during the laft
fixty years, in the decifions of all the Oiling of
Weliminfler Hall, was uniformly in favour of this
on being maintainable. He admitted this point
was not made in any of there cafes, but it might
have occurred in them all : and not once had this
!mint been Rated. The point was this, that no tib-
ial of this country could engage in any contrite
whatever, the carrying of which into cited would be
detrimental to the intereas of this country in time
of war. For this was the foundation of the decifion
of the Coon of Common Pleas, in Furtado b. Rogers.
In (oppose of this fir( bead of argument, the learned
Connie' cited a
.great variety of authorities. adly,
That from a variety of enactments in different Ads
of Parliament, and particularly thofe to be found in
the 33d and 34th of the King, it appeared plainly,
that the infurance of enemy's property, entered into
during the war, iliould be conlidered as illegal, as
well as by others, plainly indicating that thofe poli-
cies that were entered into before the war, were to
be held legal. The third point related to the den.
gers to which we fliould be expored, if this fort of
commercial intercourfe were to be allowed between
two nations during a war. Upon this the Learned
Counfel expatiated, and infißed on the opinions de-
livered by the Hon. Mr. Murray, then Solicitor-Ge-
neral, and afterwards Earl of Mansfield, and of Sir
Dudley Ryder, then Attorney•Geseral, in a debate
in the Hook of Commons. who were decidedly in
favour of allowing infurances on enemy's property.
This doctrine was maintained by theft two great
legal luminaries, in their legiaative capacity, in 174 t
and 1747.
Lord Exxsesoaouc it here obferved, that had this
been a lots by the perils of the leas, although it had
happened during the war, yet, as the infurance was
made before the war, and the action not brought till
after the war, the plaintiff. perhaps, might have been
entitled to recover; but the cafe was very different,
when the lafs was by capture during the war.
Mr. WAIMIN having finithed his argument on the I
part of the plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant Barr, on the part of the Defendant,
anfwered the arguments of the Learned Counfel, and
°braved, that seuthorities that had been quot-
ed, could not conclude the prefent point, fine that
point was never made in any of them. There was not
a fingie cafe or authority. in apparition to that of
Furtado v. Rogers, and which although it was a foli-
tary determination, was entitled to great refpeft, on
account of the authority of thereby whom it was de-
cided. He contended rt threw the errar on thofe who
difputed its authority. That as to the Ads of Par-
liament that were cited. they did not apply to the
prefent cafe ; and that. as to the opinion of Lord
t,fanSTIBLO in his ksiflative thimiStt. it was not to
be let up spina his opinion in his judicial character.
And al hough he had succeeded in keeping the quef.
tion off, fo as not to be under the embarratimem of
giving his opinion a; • lawyer, contrary to that which
he had Wats aim as a politician, it a as is dl known

that he, as a Judge. was of opinion this anion %EA)
not maintainable. This was flitted by Mr. Juilic.l
&mita in delivering his judgment in Cilfon v. 80.
That Learned Judge obferved, that Lot d Mate rt st
had told him in confidence, as a lawyer, he was
convinced this affirm could not be maintained. As
to its detrimental effedt on commerce, the learned
Serjeant CO, he did not know any thing more lo
than to encourage filch an ;union as this, which tended
to increafe the firength of the enemy if carried inn)
dee ; by which the party fubfcribing the policy
could do no one aft to fupport his own pecuniary ir.
tereft, without being guilty of High Treafon. H:
admitted that a party. in time of peace, might enter
into a contraft to indemnify another againit the aft
of any foreign Rate ; but he denied that a native of
this, or of any other country, could, either on the
principles of common reafon or common (core, be
allowed to indemnify any one againft the belligerent
ads of his own Prince. Fair that would be coun-
teraaing, as faras it went,the etfeaofthe force of the
country, of whkh he was a fubjeft. He concluded
his argument wilt a confident hope the Court would
give Judgment for Defendant.
Mr. WARREN in his reply obferved, among other
things, that it was hardly fair to quote the opinion
fuppofed to have been privately communicated by
Lord MANSFIELD to Mr. JUitiCe BULLER.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE obferved, that with re-
gard to the private opinion of Lord MANSFIELD de-
livered in confidence to Mr. juilice Bu LLF It being
objeaed to, it was full as regular as that of giving
his opinion, which was fuppofed to have been deli-
vered in the Houle of Com.nons, and full as likely to
be his genuine opinion. His Lordthip (aid, he bad
as little doubt on this policy, as he had on the illega-
lity of this praflice, of allowing infurances on ene-
my's property to operate during the war. There
was another cafe depending on the determination of
this. His Lorclfhip obferved, he would not be under-
flood to have any kind of doubt on the principal
queßion. But as there were fome points Rated by
Mr. WARREN on the 33d and 34th of the King,
which it was proper to look into, he would not then
deliver the judgment of the Court. He defired it to
be underflood, however, that its refervation was
purely for the purpofe of attending to the particular
language of the Statutes cited; but on the (tuition
beore the Court. his Lordihip profeffed not to have
a particle of doubt.

Mr. Joao Baown is appointed AlEflant Surgeon of
Plymouth Yard.

Dr. L. GiLt.a sr: is appointed Surgeon of the.
Prifon at Norman Crofs.

The Hon. Lieutenant RODISIT is appointed to the
TIIOULAIII, of 98 guns.
COUISING.—Major TOPNAM's blood of the Saver
balls has failed him at the Malmo Meeting, which
commenced on Tuefday laft, when the Prise Co,
was run for, and determined as under :
Mr. Sllagbys Black sad a Black
Maker Tagiaree block dog • - • S
'Mr. Pleases black aad whke bitch . 3
The weather proved foggy, and otherwife very un-
favourable ; fo that there were but few Sportfinen
on the Wold.
On Thurfday laft was run over Leigh Down, a
mom excellent and well towelled race, between lir.
Rosser Joass's grey mare Faithfuls Maria, sal.
51b. rode by the owner, and Mr. Jous Jones's Mad
Cap, toll. 51b. rode by Mr. 81/11tIli•LL, for 300 gs.
each p. p. one mile, which was won by the latter by.
half a neck. The odds at &Mug were two and
three to one on Faithful Maria. The day proved re-
markably favourable, and the murk was crowded
with fafhionables frond Clifton, Brieul, and their en-,
'irons. From the crowds of horfernen croffmg the /
Ferry, to be fpedtators of the above race, a Mr. '
Srsacsa mull have periesed in the mud, his animal
having plunged out of the boat, but for the timely
exertions of the boatmen.
We are glad to have it in our power to contra-
didt the report of the fudden death of the Duke de ••
Beast, (which was copied from a morning paper) 3t;
while under the tuition of his fencing-mater.
following is a correct ftatement of the fait :—La&
Thurfday morning a Mr. Simon, a refpoltable hatter
in Vere-ftreet. Oxford-road, being in.-quieted with
one of the domeflics, went to the houfe of the Doke.
in Georgeareet, Manchefterlquare' and being ae-
counted an excellent fwordfman, the domain albeit
him if he would take a foil and indulge him with a
lefon in the (mall fword exercife. Mr.Simoareplied.
4, lam now very miff. and have had no extras is ,
the (mall (word for fevers' mouths ; bat to gratify
your cariofity, 111 take a trial with you." He aril,-
ped off his coat, took the file; and. after a very
grand introduaory &lite. for which Mr. S. was;
counted one of the fire in England, pointed bisguard.
but on the era parry, be dept his band to bib right
breeft, and exclaimed—'s My Goo! I am no morel"
Inftantly the foil fell from his hand, and before be
could fall backwards. he was caught in the arms of
the Gentleman with him, and placed in a chair.
where he expired in a few minutes. The Coroner's
Inqueft was fumasoned on Friday, by Gao. How-
soy, Efq.Coroner for the County ; and after a mi.
note invelligatioe, they returned a verdia of—" Died •
by the viritation of Goa."

TIII &ATI MITIOR.—BA letter from Southampton.
of the tath, fay'," Yefierday eveniag, between eight
and nine o'clock, the inhabitants of the town wees
much furprifed at a grand and unnfual appearance
of light in the element, about fizty degrees above the
horizon, in the W. S. W. quarter, which illuminated
the buildings, &c. in its pelage upon the °profits
point of the compafs. It was not vifible more than
eighteen or twenty feconds; the night was fine, the
hemilphere clear and harry, with a moderate breeze
from the weßward: the Rivets were in general pretty
moth crowded : the eveniug ferviee at the different
churches, &c. having concluded but a &net time be-
fore this pairing meteor was difeevered."
Between tight and nine o'clock on Sunday night,
the fame ball of fire appeared over Lewes, *high, for
feveral feconds, illuminated the bemifpberc is an ex-
traordinary manner. A perfon returning from Beigh-
ton. on the roof of .11 coach, afrerts, the light weal*
ftrong, that it enabledbim to fee, not only the cattle
and theep an the difiant meadows, but alto the Sip-
ping at lea. Its buriling was felt at several hatless
which it *Rushy hook, and fn alarmed their inhabi.
tants, that they flarted from their feats, as if in leer
of kin ovawhclated %rah tletttuaioix.

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