Star.
London, England, 1826-06-21 00:00:00

GENERAL ORDERS.

HORSE GUARDS. Joni,

Earl Bathurst, the Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart-
ment, having communicated to the Commander in Chief the rules
which his Majesty's Government have laid down for regulating the
grants of land in the Colonies of New South Wales and Van
INeman's Land, to persons prkeeding thither as settlers, and his
Lordship having suggested that it would be desirable to encourage
Officers 611 the Army, and more especially those on half pay, to be-
come settlers in that colony, by holding out to them superior ad.
vantages, In consideration of their services; his Royal Highness
hereby makes known to the Officers of the Army the regulations
appruved by his Majesty for carrying these, his Majesty's gracious
intentions, into effect.
The rules under which lands may be obtained without purchase,
are as follow :
That no free grant shall he made to any officer under the rank of
Captain, nor to any officer who shall not produce satisfactory testi-
monials from the Commander in Chief's Office, of good conduct
and unexceptionable character.
That in these cases, a remission of quit rent shall take place for
a certain number of years, beyond the average period which is pre-
scribed in the case of ordinary settlers, according to the following'
scale :
Officers who have served twenty yeats and upwards, to be ex-
empted from all quit rent.
Officers who have served fifteen years and upwards, but short of
twenty years, to be exempted from quit rent for the first twenty years.
Officers who have served ten years and upwards, but short of
fifteen years, to be exempted from quit rent for the first fifteen years.
In other respects the conditions on which the grants are made to
be similar to those which are now in operation In New South Wales,
with certain modifications, respecting which, the officers, who may
be disposed to avail themselves of this arrangement, will receive in-
formation at the Colonial nt.
The Officer, to wham la
The shall give some security
that -he, or his family, shall reside for at least seven years in the
Settlement, and the grant shall not be allowed to be sold by him,
until be shall be reported to have expended upon it a capital equal
to half its value, as that value was estimated at the time when his

grant was made.
In the application of this arrangement to the Officers of the Army,
the following regulations are to be observed
Officer' on fall pay, who have purchased their commissions, or
who have served twenty years, are to be permitted to diaries of
their comniissions in the usual manner, at the price fixed by his
Majesty's regulations, vin.—Lieutenant Colonel 4,6001. Major
3,20111. Captain 1,9001.
Officers on half-pay, whether they have or have not purchased,
and whatever may have been the period of their service, provided
it be not less ehan ten years, to be permitted to sell their commis-
sions for tero.thirds of the value fixed by the last regulation—(vis.
Lieut.-Colonel, 3,0001. Major, 3,1334 6s. 6d. Captain, 1,2001.)
and without being subject to any of the restrictions Imposed by the
regulations of the 25th April, 1945, excepting those which apply to
agd,und health, and character. The surplos—(vis.
133001. Major, 1,066. 13s. 4d. Captain, 600L)—one-third of the
value to be paid in such manner es his Majesty's Government shall
direct; the price given purchaser being in each ease the
full value of the Com
The Officer who may avail himself of this offer, wM be requisged
to provide for his own passage, and that of his family, to the
04ray ; and out of the proceeds of his commission, to place in
the bands of the Government a sum equal to one-third value of the
com Mission, to be reserved for the cultivation of the land, and
which sum will be repaid to him upon his arrival in the Colony,
and upon his taking possession of the grant.
By eommand of his Royal Highness the Comrnandet.in-Chief,
HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-GeneraL

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF OF CHANCERY, JimA to.

SCOTS CHURCH, SWALLOW-STREET.—LESLIE D. MEM
In this case, Mr. SUDDEN moved that his Lordship
would rehear the motion as to the injunction, in conse.
quence of.the plaintiff having discovered some new
evidence material to the question, and that the order
pronounced by his Lordship might be discharged.
Mr. HORNE, in opposing the motion, said, he thought
that 'this was one-of the most extraordinary applications
he had ever heard of. He hoped his Lordship would
dismiss this motion wi,h costs, as he considered the only
reason for the plaintiff coming into Court was, his not
liking t 3 pay the costs of the motion as to the injunction.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the evidence he had
heard stated by Mr. Sugden, as to the new evidence,
appeared to him to leave the question where it was. He
could not make the order asked for by dr! plaintiff; and
there was nothing left for him to decide, but who should
pay the costs of the day ? He was of opinion the present
motion. must be dismissed with costs.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WzsT3anisras, Joni 20.
NUISANCE.--WATSON V. CLEMENT•

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a
linen-draper in the Strand, to recover front the defendant,
who is the proprietor of the Morning Chronicle news-
paper, compensation in damages, for injury.sustained
by him in consequence of the defendant's baying erected
on his premises, adjoining to the plaintiff's house,- a
steam engine.
Mr. GURNRY, in stating the case for the plaintiff, oh.
s:rved, that his client had, in an action of nuisance,
tried at the Sittings after Easter Term, 1825, obtained
a vet dict of 601. against the defendant, for the nuisance,
which was the subject of the present action, but notwith-
standing that verdict, the defendant did not think fit to
abate the nuisance.
The witnesses who were examined upon the former trial were
this day called, and they swore that they thought the noise of the
steam engine, instead of having been lessened since the last trial,
was greater than it ever had been.
The LORD Cuter JUSTICE, during the examination
of the witnesses for the plaintiff, frequently suggested
to the Counsel for the defendant, the propriety et sub-
nthting tie question to an arbitrator; with power to say
if the defendant could not, by alterations, abate the
nuisance, that the steam-engine must be removed.

The Arroaxer-Gutaaat. haviiig consulted with the Attorney for
the defendant, said. that the defendant was willing to refer it to an
arbitrator, to say what alterations aught to be made.
The Luau CHIEF JUSTICE said, that unless the arbi-
trator should be invested with authority to say, that in
case the alterations should not abate the nuisance, the,
engine should be removed, the plaintiff might as
well proceed.
The ATTORNEY•GENERAL then addressed the Jury
for the defendant. He admitted that a verdict must
pass for the plaintiff; but he begged leave to remind
the Jury, who had viewed the preinises of the defend-
ant, that the defendant had, at a considerable expense,
made alterations, which, notwithstanding the evidence
of the witnesses for the plaintiff, had almost done away
with the nuisance ; and the defendant was still anxious
to make such alterations as engineers should say were
nectssary ; but he (defendant) could not, without first
trying the effect of those alterations, make such a sacri-
fice of his property, as to take down the engine. The
Jury had viewed the premises, and had seen the engine
at work, and they were the best judges of the compen-
sation to which the plaintiff was entitled for the annoy-
ance to which he had been exposed since the tnal of the
former action.
His Lord‘hip summed up, and the Jury having consulted to.
!ether for a few militates,
foutad a verdict for the plaintiff—Dania"
One Hundred Pounds.