Star.
London, England, 1810-05-15 00:00:00

ZANTE, TEBRUARY

Our force is thus divided : General Oswald, with
the head-quarters at Zante, and the 35th regiment.—
At Cephalonia, Colonel Lowe commands, with the
Corsican Rangers, and two companies of the 44th re.
giment. At Cerigo, Captain Macalistcr, witk 10 )
men of the 35th ; and at Ithaca, Captain Nicholson,
with two companies of the Corsicans. We anxiously
wait the arrival of reinforcements to enable us to pro.
coed against Corfu and St. Maura. At the former
the French have a considerable garrison. At the lat-
ter they have about 4000 men; but being principally
Greeks, and greatly disaffected to the French, we
may view it as an easy conquest, wherever we may
chute to undertake its reduction.

We have established a provisional form of Govern-
ment at each of the Islands under our protection ; at
the head of which are British Officers, assisted by a
Cour cil composed of the most respectable inhabitants.
This attte of things of .course only exists till some-
thing definitive is decided on.
The tenor of our Proclamations hitherto promises
the restoration of the Septinsular Republic. I rather
imagine we shall be released from that promise by a
Voluntary act on the part of the inhabitants of these
islands,, praying the immediate protc ction of our flag.
Thur are by sentiment well attached to.us, and all-
- interest renders them more so. Their trAde
was perfectly stagnant du, lug the dominion of the
French, and on our arr.val we round their magazines
,stored with► the invaluable produce of the last two
and three years ; a great part of these, principally
currants and oil, have already been exported. We
shall not make our fortunes by prize-money on this
occasion ; I tear that our shares will be very trifling.
At Cerigo we found a rich American that had been
taken by the French, and condemned for having
touched at a Sicilian port.
A Greek corps is forming here, and is already com-
pleted to 800 strong. It is expected that General
Oswald, a most meritorious officer, cc ill be appointed.
We have not heard from Sicily now upwards of three
months, though the distance is hardly three days sail.
We arc all in great ill humour at their neglect of us.
The death of Sir Alek. Ball, the Civil Commissioner
and Naval Commander at Malta, who I believe was
the principal adviser of this expedition, has caused us
a great Iles.
These islands have suffered Much this year for the
want of corn, which has failed in almost every part
of the Mediterranean. Had their export trade been
cut off, they must have perished. We maintain
tolerably good understanding with Aly
his son Vely Pasha, Governor of Greece
ML.rea.

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ITELLIGENCA

COURT OP KING'S BENCH, MAY 34.

TIM JUNG V. THE JUSTICES or STAFFORDSHIRE.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL rose to shew cause why
a Mandamus should not issue to the Justices of Staf-
fordshire, directing them to annul or confirm certain
of the Regulations of the Friendly or Benefit Society
of the Roman Catholic Secular Clergy, of Stafford-
shire and the adjoining counties.
The Attorney General stated, that certain of the
Roman Catholic Clergy, intending to form a Society
for the relief of their old and indigent members, had
drawn up rules for the purpose, and desired the sanc-
tion of the Justices at the Quarter Sessions to those
rules. Without the t sanction the Society could not
come within the provisions or protection of the Sta-
tute 33d of the King, chap. 54, for the better order-
ing of such institutions. On the application, the Jus-
tices, mistrusting their knowledge of the Statute, ap-
plied to the framer of the Act of Parliament, Mr.
Rose, whom the Learned Counsel (Mr. Clifford) on
moving for the rule had introduced to the Court, with
much affected surprise, as being (instead of some old
lawyer, under whose wisdom the ignorance or mo-
desty of the Justices might have taken refuge) nothing
more or less than Mr. George Rose ! Mr. Rose con-
ceived the Rules of the Society incompatible with
the clauses of the Act. The Justices accordingly de-
clined giving them the approbation which was neces-
sary. The paper of rules was sent back to its com-
pilers, and the Court was applied to by them to force
the Justices to take it one 6 more under their inspec-
tion, and after making objection to what might be ob-
jectionable, confirm the rest.
The Attorney General then proceeded to shew,
by a detail of the rules, contrasted with the provisions
of the Statute, that the spirit of the Society was in-
compatible with the spirit of the law. He finally
rested his argument on two points ; the first that the
administration of the Society, and its funds, was laid
at the almost unchecked will of the Ecclesiastical Su-
perior of the district, whereas by the Statute it was
to be in a Committee of eleven. The second point
was, that the Members voting on expulsion, and the
more serious matters of the Society, were to be re-
sponsible only to HEAVEN, whereas the law said that
they were to be responsible to the Justices also.
Mr. CLIFFORD contended, in reply, that the nature
of the Roman Ckholic religion made some of the
regulations at oqce harmless and necessary ; and that
the obnoxious rules might easily be separated from
the rest, and the Society thus brought within the pro-
tection of the Statute.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH was clearly of opinion, that
no separation could extinguish the obnoxious spirit of
those rules ; and that if the Society desired to come
within the benefits of the Act, they must frame a code
new both in its spirit and its letter.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 14.
DAVIS V. LADY GRANARD.

An application was made to put off the trial of this
ta use, on the affidavit of the Countess Dowager of ra-
nard, stating that she was prevented from proving
her marriage, and plea of coverture, in the action, by
the absence of a material witness, who was in Ire-
land. The Learned Judge advised Mr. Serjeant
Best, the Counsel for the plaintiff, to agree to the
motion, because, said his Lordship, you will get the
costs of the day, which is more than you may obtain
by going on with the cause.
The cause was ordered to stand over for trial, at
the Sittings after Term.

UNION HALL.—George and Charlotte Beeman, the
persons in custody on suspicion of the murder of
Lieutenant Johnson, were yesterday brought up for
re-examination.
A man named Clowder, also apprehended by Col.
lingbourn, on suspicion of being concerned in the
murder, underwent a long examination. All the per-
sons in custody were remanded, till some persons,
who are considered as material witnesses, can have
notice to attend.

Yesterday L. West, and N'. Vincent, two watermen, I
were fully committed from the Mansion House, char-
ged with breaking open the cabin of a barge, oppo-
site
to the Steel-yard, London Bridge, and stealing
from thence three great coats, with a pocket book,
containing a 'el note, and other papers • the priso-
ners denied the offence, but witnesses proved to have
seen them to. have come ont of the barge with a
bundle ; an officer from Union-street, produced two
picklock keys found en them, which opened the pad-
lock, and they were fully committed for trial.
Yesterday at Marlborough-street Office, C. E.
Sills, Esq. was held in sureties to keep the peace for
twelve months, towards an Honourable Baronet, for
sending him a letter in consequence of a whip dis-
pute, challenging him ttotfight a duel.
On Saturday night the Folkestone night coach was
overturned at Foot's Cray, immediately after having
left the Tyger's Head, where it had changed horses,
occasioned by the coachman driving on the path.—
The guard had his leg broken, and some of the pas-
sengers were much hurt.
On Sunday evening, off Hammersmith, a party
consisting of eight persons, were returning from
Twickenham, where they had spent the day by wa-
ter, when the boat was run foul of by a barge, and a
Lady named Stebbs, was thrown overboard by the
shock, and sunk to rise no more.
Yesterday a chariot, in which were Mrs."Maperley,
of Jermyn-street, and her three grand-children, was
overturned at Charing-cross, in endeavouring to pass
a dray, by which one of the children, three yearg old,
Was so much hurt that she died shortly after.

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On Saturday se'nnight, as several boys belonging
to the workhouse, in Hull, were running a roller
along the garden, for diversion, one of them was
caught between the garden-wall and the handle of I
the roller ; when, from the rapid motion of the rol-
ler, die stroke was so severe, that the boy, whose
name was W. Smith, died in consequence thereof, on
the following day.
On Saturday morning a young man, decently
observed stagger near the wall of
Imes's Park ; he then
'inutes expired. The
ttes to be owned, and
the workhouse.

to THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SlR—Having lately noticed a paragraph in a daily
paper, which had for its object a description of the
arrangement recently made by the Royal Bank of
Rio de Janeiro, for the Administration in London of
the Fazenda Real of the Patslcz of BRAZIL, which
consists in the exclusive right to and sale of diamonds,
ivory, orchella-weed, and Brazil-wood, I would avail
myself of the medium of your valuable Paper, .to
correct an error in the names of those Gentlemen who
are now appointed to that highly responsible situa-
tion ; they were described as three individuals, but
are in reality three Commercial Firms of great re-
sectability, established in the city, viz. Messrs. A.
PEDR A , Son, and Ca—Messrs. BARROZO, R•
TINS, DOURADOS, and CAftvauto—and Mr. JOHN
JORGE, j unior.
'I beg leave to intrude farther on your attention for
the purpose of congratulating not only my own, but
also the Portuguese nation, on the present mutually
flourishing state of their relations, on an intercourse
which from its freedom and extension promises to
render both countries at once more firmly united and
dependent on each other.
Yesterday four Portuguese ships, richly laden,
sailed from the River for different ports in Brazil, all
which belonged to one of the Houses abovementioned,
by whose exertions several articles of Brazil produce,
which were hitherto unknown in this country, have
been already introduced ; and others, the staple
commodities of nations at this time hostile to us, will
shortly be imported in such quantities as to diminish
our dependance on countries to whom our necessities
have extended a temporising policy, which, from its
sinister operation, may prove extremely injurious to
our best intaiests. _ _

Whilst we lamest the disappearance of specie in
the prosecution of this partial trade with our neigh-
bours, who will receive no other return for their com-
modities, we may at least derive some satisfaction
from the growing importance of our intercourse with
Brazil, whose valuable productions are almost uni-
versally paid for in manufactures, the consumption
of which has been increased in proportion as their
price has been reduced by the advantage of a direct
supply, and as the spirit and agriculture of that vast
country has been encouraged and improved by the
removal of those restrictions which so long enslaved
its incalculable powers.
In this state of things it is difficult to account for
the absurd report of an intention on the part of the
Pitmcs of BRAZIL to remove his Court to Madeira,
for the ostensible purpose of taking advantage of any
favourable circumstance in the war with Spain, to
re-establish himself in Portugal: whoever contem-
plates the relative situation of the latter country, must
hesitate to credit the preference of a nominal and pre-
carious existence• as a nation, to the consolidation of
an Empire, rich in all the bounties of nature, the
,proud security of which enables its virtuous Monarch
to exclaim—

Amo Paeem sad non time BeUum!
Upper Charlotte•strect, Fitzroy- PHILO•B
square, May 3, 1810.

ROrAL ACADEMY'.

LAW :IN
COURT of XI:

dressed, was observed to stagger
Marlborough-house, in St. James'
fell into a fit, and in a few minu
bxly was laid on one of the benche
it was conveyed some titne after to