Star.
London, England, 1803-11-17 00:00:00

ffIi,SIONAR!ES.

The Edinhorfli Mi(iinnary Society have received
accounts. within thefe few days, that the MifTionarici
whom they fret nut hail fpring, to Ruffian Tartary,
had arrived in lifs:ty at Karat's, the place af their
deltination. They left St. Peteriburgh on the 28th
May, 0. S. and proceeded by Islrtfenw and Tamboff,
to Sarepta rn the Volga, where they arrived on
the t 7th of lily. From thence, inflead of going by
A Itracan, as they originally intended, they fhortened
their journey confab:l3l.lv, by crofling the immente
&fart that lies well of that city, in a Itraiglo line to
Georghivetk and Km-aft, where they arrived fife the
beginning of Atiguil, alter performing a journey by
Lind of above soon veras. They found thc Rev Mr.
Bev svON, Anti his two companions, who went out tall
year, ill good healtlnand living on very friendly terms
with the natives, whofe language (the Tartar) they
already Ipe..k with the greatest cafe. They have be-
gun to mann:ire the Nev., Teflament into that lan-
guage, and have had many converfations with the
people around them, on the fubjeit of religion ; franc
of whom appear to be a good Mal impoefred with
what they have heard, particularly the Priett Of a
Mahommelin village.
HOTTENTOT s.—tieveral incorreCt flaternents con.
eerriing the key. Mr. KICHFSFR .Ind three Hottcn
tots, who lately arrived in this Country. haviug ap.
peared in the Papers, it may not be anacceptable!‘
the public to receive a true account thereof.
Mr. KlCifilltn, though a native of Holland, was
fast out by the Landon Miffionary Society about five
years ago, to the Cape of Good Hope, then under
the Government of General DUNDAS, to whofe pro-
teition and afliflaace all the Miflionaries in that colo-
ny are greatly indebted. Mr. Nictitate, with two
other hfifEonaties, proceeded in a North Eagerly
direction to the country of the Bofllemen, on the Zak
River, which is fuppofed to be near 500 miles dißant
from Cape Town ; he found thefe tribes of robbers
and murderers in a Rate of ablolote wretchednefs and
beftiality ; what clothing they had was of fheep fkins,
whilf tbeir faces and bodies were covered with gt cafe,
and !weaved with a fubflance of red colour, making
their appearance inconceivably hideous ; they lived,
or rather flept and (noted away their exigence in ca-
verns, except when roofed by the imperious demands
of appetite; they betook themfelves to hunting Gazelles,
wild dogs, ferpents, fcc. This itregularity in their
mode of living, kept them in a (late of contlant dif
cafe. As to the moral condition, the greatefl part of
them appeared to be altogether unconfcious of the
exiflence of Goo ; fome indeed believed that a fMall
infett which abounds in that country was a deity ; but
none among them Teemed to have any idea of a future
Rate, bat were all perfuaded that Death entirely ter-
minated their exigence, and their habits were filthy
and immoral in the extreme. The Miflionaries hav-
ing been joined, after fome time, by numbers of tame
Hottentots, remoied with them into the Covanna
country, near the Great Orange River, 600 miles
from the Cape, where, uniting with other Natives,
the number of the whole was about t,aoo ; but a fe.
=ion loon became neceffary, from the want of
ge, and Mr. KICIISREIL returned with his people
to Zak River, leaving the reit under the cart of an
Englilliman named ANDERSON, fent out alto by the
London Society. At this place Eminent found
means to ereit a large building, for the purpofe of
divine worriap, and other (mall buildings for the re-
fideace of the Natives; and, by an unremitting at-
tention. fucceeded greatly in reclaiming them from
their ignorance and vicious habits; about fix hundred
attend his inflrutliens, and he erpreffes the hope
that a confiderable number of them are under ferious
inspreilions, yet not fofficiently eflahlifhed as to ex-
tend to them the ordinance of Chriftian baptifm, a
privilege which he thinks it neceffary to withhold till
lie is fully fa!isfi id of theiracquaintance with the doc-
trines of the Gofp.:l, and obedience to its precept ;
upwards of thirty, however, have been baptized with
full fatisfaition to hirdfclf, and about fifty of :belt
children ; the former are able to give a very petrser
account of their propels in religious knowleill.,,• and
exhibit alto its beneficial influence on their a bole con-
duit, and they arc making alto confiderable advauees
towards civilized life.
There are tour fonilar fettlements in the interior of
South Africa under time patronage of this Society,
and under the ful.eritaendance of its mifilonaries, the
nearer of ss'oicli Is 403 miles from Cape Town. &-
fides dale, they have three Ilations near to that CA.
OW, in a laid; numbers of Hottentots and
other Fleat'nens are inslroacd, both in Use principles
of r-ligii.n and in common learning.
M-. Kir its lilt, on account of his declining health,
found it cope, tent to vibe Europe, and gratified the
&fire of 0.1 Hottentots by bringing them
with him : •hey ttte tie CI a saga. ever came to this
cour,:o.. mire or LaWlity ‘OrnplCX;orl, and rather be-
low the n:idditt .mture ; their lair is in part woolly;
their etaoert.....c,. , the females, lively,
yet chaettc:t.rt ; they exhibit good natural under
' Llandin ,s, ; .ived by instruction. and one of the
women itoffetT... lap nor talents, of which (he exhi-
bited roofs at tisc 1411 y prayerovieeting
ase tc:c!, the Dui.:ll language very well., as do many
ertltters,a rite hAVC a joyed the
al :4‘. ;:tc tog it'• in Insasons ; of.e of them S.; to
is as to tflit rte as a feLoolinafier to his

LAW INTELLIGEnCt

COURT OF CHANC FRY, NOV 15.

HANSON V.GARDENEII AND OTHERS.—TheCiTCDED-
IIOCCi of this cafe are in lubilance there :
.Sr Hanlon, the Plaintiff, is Lord of the Manor
in the patifh of Bexley in Ellex. A difpute able
between liimfelf and Gardener, with the other ten-
ants:the Defendant,, about the right of pallurageand
tiring, out of a certain piece of land of about 130
cnti upon his eitate, which he called a wood, but
v.l ich they called a common. The Plaintiff con-
ceiving that his tenants had no rights upon the lands
in Ticino's, proceeded in a furnmary way, and en•
doled the wood by digging a ditch and planting a
hedge upon the bank. The Defendants, in contempt
of thi,, (till entered the premiles, upon which the
i'hiintiri brought :in at!tion of tiefpafs againfi them
at the next S•ii ley ; and at the fame time ap-
plied to the Court tif Chancery for an injunftion, to
retrain the Defendaes from doing any damage to
the property while the aCtion was depending, which
he obtained. When the caufe came to be tried, it
appears, that the Plaintiff hadbeen nonfuited,though
difpute Ilill exiiied whether (line had been joined
upon the right of pafturage, or the right of both
p:iiiinage and firing. However, upon the applica-
tion of the Defendants, the injunction was diffolved.
The tenants had free ingrcfs and egrets to and from
the or common in queftion ; but according to
ff.! :+l.legation of the Plaintiff, exercifed their fnppof
ed tights in fuch a way, as laid him under the necef-
lity of appl)ing far a new injunflion. Affidavits
were accordingly filed by him to the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, during the long vacation in aoa, (Wing
that the tenants were lo drunk with joy at their fuc-
cefs, that they would flop at nothing, however ille-
gal. The Plaintiff therefore requefted that an in.
junelion thould be granted rellraintng the tenants
from breaking the fences, or committing any exceffes
till he could Ai:air; bring the differences between him-
felt and them bcfore a Jury. The Loan CHANCEL-
LOR, not conceiving the grounds of the application
to be very firing, hefitared about granting the in-
junClion, but with the perfuation that the Plaintiff
would bring the matter very loon to trial before a
Jury, he at laft confented. One Mize, however,
paired after another,and no trial took place ; in con-
fequence of which his Lordniip thought that the in.
junetion ought m be no longer continued. He ac-
cordingly ditfolved it, but at the fame time cautioned,
the Defendants againft prefiiming toexercife any rigbts
except what they were entitled to upon record by the
former verdia ; and alio obferved, that an action in
itfelf legal, might, by being performed in a riotous
and Lumithous manner, become illegal. Soon after
this, the Freeholders, Copyholders, and tenants, who
thought that the fair and legal exercife of their pre-
fcriptive rights was invaded by the fence placed round
the difputed fpot by the Plaintiff, affembled together
'at the wood ar common, bringing along with them
a vafk number of workmen. At this time the parifh
bell was rung, but whether or not for the purpofe of
calling them together, did not clearly appear. Mr.
FRANCIS, Solicitor in Chancery for the Defendants,
went to the meeting for the purpofe, as was alledged
in their affidavits, of taking care that no tumult or
diilurbance took place. A large table, formed of
boards placed upon a fort of hurdle, was fpread on
the plain where the party dined. The workmen in
the mean time were fent in feparate parties, confift-
ing of three individuals each, round the fence, a cir-
cumference of 400 roods, with inflruetions peaceably
to fill up the ditch mid break down the hedge plant-
ed on the bank, which was accordingly done.
Mr. MANSFIELD, Counfel for the Defendants,
Bated that all this was performed in a peaceable
manner, except that Come noife was made at dinner
by finging, or rather bawling out " God fave the
King," and " Rule Britannia," and that fort ofvo•+
cificatiou that generally arofe among a great body
of men when in good humour. He confidered their
right to break down the fence, if done without tu-
mult, as evident and clear.
Mr. Pest/steroid followed on the fame fide:

Sir THOMAS Tuaroa (Mr. TIERNEY'S antagonift
at the Borough Eleftion), Connie] for the Plaintiff,
on the other hand, contended, that the tenants had
no right to break down the fence without having ob-
tained authority from a Court of Law for that pur-
pofc. He alfo affirmed that the meeting was riotous,
ansi therefore illegal. He admitted that the party
at the dinner table might be tinging God lave the
King," kc. but certainly this was not the cafe with
thofe poor fellows who were driven from the kali,
and fent to work at filling up the ditch, Ike. They,
when the work was finifhed, huzza'd and roared in
a moll riotous manner. He did not, however,
blame them lit much as thole who let them on, who
knew very well that if they gate workmen three thil-
/'liogs a day and a pint of beer, they would bawl and
roar as much as they pleated. He lamented the dit.
fcrcnccs that exifted between Mr. Hanlon and his te-
nants, but affirmed that no part of the blame attach.
est to Rim, as he (Sir Thomas) had known him for
ti steen years, and was therefore acquainted with his
henernience and pod fence. The cattle of the dif
putts in this patifh arofc from the circumflance of
I.lt. Hanlon having in this manner fucceeded perfons
•f a different description. He humbly prayed the
Court to grant an injunflion which might restrain
ihe people from further excel's, and to this he was in
jaftice entitled, whatever might be the opinion with
telpeft to the damage already fußained.
The LORD Camscezzoit obferved, that he certain.
ly did not approve of the manner in which the people
affembled, by ringing of bells, &c. and cautioned
the Ssilicitors of the Court againfl being found prefent
while fuck fcenes were palling IVliether the aft of
filling up the ditch was in iifelf legal or otherwife,
was not for hint to decide. He law no ground thete•
fore fur the application, except a Raiment iv one of
the affidavits, that fome threats had been ufed by the
Defendant:, that thnfe who did not go to break
down the fence flu ult.! he allowed nn firing from the
wood. He would, however, confider the aßidavits
again, and then give his opinion. In the mean
time, he foggetted to the Solicitors the propriety of
coming t., lotte aßreen.cnt to preferve the peace in
the parilh of Bexley. He recommended to them to
ch,,,,fe fume Ci.tit!eman in !he n. iyhhoothwid to let.
tle the points at iifite, and bring the whole queftiuns
:dare a Jury at the next Suricy Miter.
Sit Twos, As Ttwrow laid, that his client was very
,ar to Lave the bailie:. finally fettled, and he be-
;c far as is l.im by, would ataad to his
Lvs iuz;;LIL-.4as.

COURT OF Mt-Ye RF.NCII, WW. t 6.
THE KING V. WILSON.

Mr, PARK laid, he was to trouble their Lord•
(hips on a butincis which WAS perfonally to him very
unpleafant, and be hoped to do it in a manner which
would not draw down on him any observations from
the Court. He alluded to the pei fon againft whom
his Learned Friend, Mr. Ei on the fira day of
Term, moved for an attachment, for a contempt for
nut making auy return to a writ of Habeas Corpus
for fume days. He had applied to him, through a
very relpetlable attorney, not his own attorney, but
thevntleman who wa:employed forthe family ofthis
miferable man. He wilh;:d him to Rate to the Court
ex.i&ly the circurnaances under which he flood.—
He amid not be one of thole who would make any
apology fur fuck condua. He did not know any
language that was Ilrong enough to m irk his con-
duCt. It was impoiLble for any perfon to liigge'l
any reafon not to grant this attachment, though
there might be fume perfons to whom it might ap•
pear there was a kind of mitigation of this conduct ;
and he had the concurrence of his friend, Mr. Har•
Tiffin, that this man could flare no circumflanccs to
induce the Court not to order him to anfwer interro•
gatories. He therefore could have nothing to Rate
to the Court. Ile conceived the great objea of the
Court, in all thefe proceedings, was not only to pro-
tat their own dignity from contempt, but to circa
the ends of juftirc, and thee ends had been obtained
as far as they ever could be obtained, as the Life& of
an application to the Court of Chancery had pro-
duced the defined etLa of rettoring the young wo.
man to her friends. In all probability, this min
would be rcport,:d to be in contempt. This mates.
family would be willing to make any compenfation
to the family of this young woman, who had been
put to great expence on account of her being carried
otr. He hoped lie had not offended the Court by
hating this. The Court, to fupport their own dig.
nity, would think he ought to be attached arid give
hail to anfwer interrogatories. It was impoffible he
could do any thing in it.
Lord ELLENVOROUGH—." This can never be a
matter merely of compenfation. It is one of the moa
important interelts of the lubjett, that a ready and
prompt obedience fhould be paid to every writ of
Habeas Corpus, and we cannot compromife the in-
tereßs of thefe parties, if the lady fhould be inclined
to receive a-private fatisfaelion. It mug be examined
to the bottom."

Mr. &minis. Paid, he was very glad to hear it, as
they had no dcflre to comprlmife it.
Mr. jultice Laws FSCE—"He does not return an
anfwer to a Habeas Corpus for tome days. He is
then brought before me to produce her. He lays,
he hid it not in his power. I took tome pains to
have her ratored to her friends, and to gr her out
of mifchief as foon as poilible. Notwithllanding that,
hekeeps pollitlion of this child tilt the Chancellor was
obliged to force her from his hands."
Rule for the attachment made abfolute.
THE RING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF ERVIN' S. coots.

Mr. ERSIC 1.4 F, on a former day, having obtained a
Rule to thew cattle why a criminal information fhould
not be filed againtt the Defendant,
Mr. Glass 'hewed caule againit that Rule. This
application WAS made, he laid, for a mifdemcanur,
which the Court always relented in the bigheft de.
gree—for a challenge. The Court would perceive
fuch a mifreprelentation of the cafe, fuch a repre•
fentation of to .s that had no cxillence, and fuch a
reprsfentation of thole that did exitt, as he had never
witneffed before. Mr. Bruin Rated that Mr. Cook,
on the Both of June Lift, came to his houle at Mer.
ton, and happening to mention the name of his part-
ner, Mr. Flew, Mr. Cook faid he was a great cow•
ard, for that he had frequently given him an oppur.
tunity of fighting a duel, but had always declined
it. Now every word of that had been denied by Mr.
Cook. The Defendant married a Cater of Mr. Flew,
who was the nephew of glrs. Bruin. Mr. Muhl
went on in his affidavit, and Rated, that Mr. Cook,
putting himfelf in a menacing pollure, faid, " Yes,
Sir, and I have Carnet:ling to du with you, for you have
treated me in gn ungentlemanlike and btackguardifh
manner." That was alto pofitively denied by Mr.
Cook. Mr. Bruin further Rated, that Mr. Conk laid
he did not mean to eat his words. Mr. Cook poll-
tively denied that likevlife. Mr. Benin Rated, that
he had fome pheafants and grapes fent him in a pre.
fent, and becaufc thefe were no! produced on an oc•
cation when Mr. Cook dined with him, he laid Mr.
Cook told him, he had behaved like a blackgnard.
When Mr. Cook was !hewing Mr. Brui.i bow im-
properly, on different occations, he had behaved to
him, he faid he would give him one initance of it.
Says Mr. Cook, I had fume pheafants and grapes
fent to me, which were much hazer than any you
could have purchafed ; and as my wife, who is your
wife's niece, was to dine with you and her brother,
Mr. Flew, I fent theft grapes to you, with a met.
fa•;e,that as thefamily were to dine together,l thought
we might all partake of them.

Lord Ect.straoaovan.—" This is a fpecific ap•
propriation."
Mr. Bruin further Paid, Mr. Cook took him into
the parlour, and treated him with fcurrilous tan-•
guage. This was pofitively denied by the Defendant.
Thenextthing that paffed way on the2illof Aiigu P., al:.
Mr. Bruin was in his own garden, Mr. Edward Cook
came to the public foot path, and offered to itrike
him with a bludgeon, and treated him with very
fcurrilous language. That was pofitively denied by
Mr. Cook. The next imputation was of a gcn^.ral
nature. Mr. Bruin Nal he could not help meeting
Mr. Cook on the road. as they lived in the neigh•
bsurhood of one another, and that Mr. Cook took
every opportunity of intuiting him, and endeavoured
to provoke him to chalksige him to fight a duel
with him. Mr. Cook (wore pofitively, when he on
horfebark met Mr. Bruin on liorfeback, or when they
paled one another iii their carriages, that he neither
by words, aaioni, nor geilui es, intimated that lie
had the leafl refentment nhate.vcr, but Always paired
him as he would have done any other traveller. Mr.
Cook pofitively denied upon his oath, in the molt
pofitive manner, ad the cha•ges brought againft him.
The Learned Countel next proceeded to Ita:e the
real grunnd of this application to the Court, which
wasowing to a large tuin of money which Mr. Cook
had lent to Mr. Fle•s, pri r m his marriage with I is
filter, which hum wa• put into trade; and Olen the
Detenitant, according t agreement, gave notice that
he /6•oulJ want th w in..ncv to be relloved t •him, that
was 44441 ev be ill.: ieuelissua dell the dilputes 4114 j

had fince taken place. A great number of other dr.
c:imitances were (fated oC thefe families, which vets
have no &lire to capore. -The Learned Counfel en.
:cr.:Ain-el no d.suht that the Court would difcharge
this Rii ! with coils.
Mr. P. !.11 and Mr. MIST fpoke on the fame fide.
Mr. EitsKlNe, atn,,n7 other things on the part of
the l'infecuti;:ii, vb;111-r,:d. tie Defendant had made
a very long affidavit, 'containing the birth, paren-
tat,,e, and ednzatimn of his Client and his family;
ml.l he trifled the Court would not compel the Pro-
fecutor :o pay for chat.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH obferved, that there ctr.
tainly was a redundancy in that affidavit, and that
it might be referred to the Nlaller to fay what part
of the affidavit was relevant, and how much the
party ought to pay?—Rule difcharged with coatis.

a.uKI.•IIO.GY .1 &MY. ROM
London Society. At this place K
means to erect a large building, fcr
divine wcrftip, mid other fmall bulb
fidence of the Natives; and, by an
tension, fucceeded greatly in red-lain
their ignoracce and vicious habits; at
attend his infltalic,ns, and he exr
that a conflderabie number of them a
impreiTirms, yet not ftifficiently cite
tend to them the ordinance of Chri
privilege which he thinks it r.ecelfary
to is telly fat of theiracotiaintar
trines of the Gofp,:l, and obedience
upwards of thirty, however, have bee
full foisfatilou to hiral.r.ll, and abo
children ; the former are able to giv
acconnt of their progi els in religious
exhibit alto its in neheiai influence on
clot% and they :tic making alto confid
towards civilized life.
There arc four limilar fettlements i
South Aif ;CA tinder the patronage
and in.der the fupelititendance of its
neaten is 4(3 miles from C.
fides dick, they have three itations
pital, in si gisat numbers of
other Fleathciis are intlruEted, both i
of and in common learning.
Mr. Kit II 0:, account of his
fend it expo, tent to visit Emilie, a
defile id 14.11.1, 1.•I:1 Hottentots by
with him : ti:c ea a %%h., cv
crinr ..y. are ot a tawlity complexior
in.v the ruid...c.r ..azure ; their t:a:r is
then , the
)et cha:a;:eritt7c. ; tipty exhibic goo(
fLandin ,s, ity
women tap nor talents, of
bited r -not; at tile lad t.tifrnnary ;
fse te:ds the Dui.:ll language very v
ott•trc,d ttle ....tiv.s wt., have tfita c.
f nic cs t a'. in lrottions ;
.1.:1711../•••• i,as to t ffiC ate as a (J.