Star.
London, England, 1820-11-09 00:00:00

(To be consittned iif • Second Rake.)

Yesterday the Duke of YORK and the Princess
kUGUSTA visited the Kum, at his Palace in Pall-mall.

Last night, his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA-
RENCE entertained a large party, at his residence, St.
James's Palace, in commemoration of her Royal
ilighness the Princess AUGUSTA'S Birth-day. Among
the party wne his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK,
the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and her Royal
Illbhness the Princess AUGUSTA. A Concert was
Even in the evening, which was a most delightful
treat to the lovers of music.

Yesterday, her MAJESTY took an airing, accom-
panied by Lady ANNE HAMILTON.
The following is the list of the visitors at Branden-
burgh House yesterday :
Dachas of Somerset, Countess of Jersey, Earl of Jersey,
Vhaount Duncannon, Mts. Brougham, Mr. and Mrs. Hume,
Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. and Mr. Western, M.P. for Essex.
Yesterday the Duke and Duchess de CAZES ar-
rived, at their house in Portland-place, from their seat
At Harrow-on-the-Hill. . .

Yesterday the Duke de FRIAS, the Spanish Am-
bassador, entertained Prince Esreanazy, the Duke
de Caves, Count LUMEN, Count de &USA, Baron
usr, Count de Botramt, and a select party of distin-
guished foreigners, at his house in Portland-place.
Yesterday, her Serene Highness Princess ESTER-
!' A ZY, entertained Prince LicnTENsrEIN, the Duchess
de CASES, Baron de CAZES, Madame de CAZES,
Countess LIEVEN, and a party of her distinguished
friends, at Chandos House.
Yesterday the Earl of HARROWRY entertained the
Earl of LIVERPOOL, Earl BATHURST, the Archbishop
of TIMM, the Bishop of Balsroc, the Bishop of
Gr.oucitsrua, and a select party of the Peers, with a
canner, at his house in Grosvenor-square.
Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of gave
a dinner to the Duke of BEDFORD, the Marquis of
LAtSDOWN, Viscount and Viscountess GRANVILLE,
and a large party of distinguished Personages, at
their house in Berkeley-square.
This day the Earl and Countess of DERBY will
give a grand dinner to a large party of distinguished
Personages, at their house in Grosvenor-square.
Yesterday forenoon, Lord and Lady NORMANET
left Sir T. LIDDELL'S house, in Portland-place, for
Hampton, in order to be present at the nuptial cere-
mony of Mr. LIDDELL and IJiss SEYMOUR, which
takes place this day.
Many years ago, Judge Bur.r.ra presided at the
Winchester Assizes, when a prisoner being on trial
fcr a capital offence, the Judge desired the Jury to
Onsidcr their verdict. They turned round to do
so, excepting one raw-boned countryman, who
amused himself with looking about the Court. Judge
Bute $a said, 14 Why do not you consult with your
Lother Jurymen?"—He 'answered, " I shall do as
t.ley do, my Lord." On this the upright Judge or-
cered the Officers to Sake Mat fellow out of the box,
wLich they did somewhat unceremoniously, and put
Ain, out of the Court. The Judge then, turning to
the prisoner, congratulated him on having escaped
ith his life—for that time—the law requir►ng that
he should he tried by a panne' of twelve, and there
v•eit only eleven honest Jurors

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Paris Papers of. Sunday arrived last &et,
and this morning those of Monday.

M. Hyde de Neuville, lately Ambassador to the
United States of America, but now appointed to the.
same situation at the Court of the Brazils, had left
Paris for Rochefort, where he was to embark on

board a King's ship for the United States. His Ex
cellency then goes to Washington direct ; and after
the Sitting ofthe'American Congress, he will go to
the Brazils.

Prince Talleyrand had arrived at Paris, from his
seat at Valensay.

The Duke of Tarentum (Marshal Macdonald) being
indisposed, and not being able to preside over the
Electoral College of the Rhone, it is said that he will
be :placed in that situation by M. de Magneval,
Deputy for that Department.
The Mail for Bourdeaux from Paris was engulfed
in the passage of the Dordogne ; but they succeeded
in saving the passengers, the driver, and the guard.
The Duchess of Angouleme has almost entirely
recovered from her indisposition.
Prince de Ruffo, the Ex-Neapolitan Ambassador
at Vienna, has left that' city to attend the Congress
at Troppau.
A modeller in bronze, named Phillipet, has been
found guilty in the Court of Assize, on a charge of
selling little bronze figures of Napoleon. He has
been condemned to expiate the crime of selecting
such a subject for the exertion of his art, by two
lyears imprisonment ! M. Marchargy, the Advocate-
General, performed the functions of Public Accuser ;
Mr. Canning was in Court during the proceedings.
By a private letter from Madrid, dated the 24th
October, it appears that the Session of the Cortes
will terminate in a fortnight, after having performed
many acts of bold and judicious policy, which the con-
solidation of the new system demanded.
The French Five per Cents. left off on Saturday
at 75 francs 95 cents.

The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in consequence of the
present low prices of agricultural produce, has post-
poned the Christmas audits of his Dorsetshire te-
nantry till the spring.
The Rev. JOHN ARMSTRONG is arrived at the Cla-,
Tendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Paris.
Viscount and Viscountess STRANGPORD and suite
left Reddish's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for
Portsmouth, to embark for Constantinople.
Lady NicHotaoN is arrived at Blake's Hotel, Jer-
myn-street, from, the Continent.
ROBERT WELLESLZY, Esq. is arrived at his house in
St. James's-place, from Brighton.
Friday evening, the County of Fife was enlivened
by a grand ball and supper, given by Mr. BALFOUR,'
at Balbirnie, where most of the beauty and fashion
in the County, and many distinguished persons from
neighbouring Counties, were assembled. Amongst
the company present were—
Lady Catherine and Mr. White Melville, Countess of Lau-
derdale, Lady Julian Maitland, Lori Maitland, Lady Eleanor
and Mr. Balfour, Sir Patrick and Lady Mary Murray, and two
Misses Murray, the Earl of Leven and Melville, Sir David and
Lady Moncrictfe, Sir John and Lady Oswald, Mrs. and Mr.
Murray, of Polmaise, Mr. and Mrs. Rigg, Miss Eaglehearts,
Miss Campbell, Miss C. Blair, the Hon. Mr. Stewart, the
Hon. Mr. Gray, &c. &c. _ _ _

Yesterday, according to annual custom, the Right
Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the LORD MAYOR Elect,
SHERIFF& RECORDER, and several Aldermen, at-
tended by the City Marshals, Marshalmen, &c. went
in procession from the Mansion-house to Guildhall,
where the new LORD MAYOR was sworn into office
for the City of London, with the accustomed for-
malities; after which the two LORD MAYO RE returned
in the state-coach to the Mansion-house, where a
luxurious banquet, technically termed the ig farewell
dinner," was provided, at their joint expense, for the
Court of Aldermen, the City Officers, &c. The new
carriage of the Loon MAYOR Elect is extremely ele-
gant ; the City arms are most exquisitely and con-
spicuously painted on the pannels ; the mounting of
the coach and harness is of silver, highly ornamented
in the same manner. The liveries are of the most
splendid description, and equal to the royal liveries
of any-Court in Europe. The cloth, which is of the
best English manufacture, is a beautiful puce colour,
with vests and small-clothes of superfine white ker-
seymere, richly trimmed with gold lace ; the coats
splendidly decorated with elegant gold figures, the
body adorned with a wreath of gold kowers, and the
sleeves decorated with a scale-work of the most costly
description. The jacket of the postillion resembles
the description given of the costly garments spoken
of in the romances of Eastern splendour.
REQUISITION cam MlDDLESEX.—TwoGentlemen,
of the names of LLOYD and MILLS, waited on the
Sheriffs on Monday last, with certain papers, pur-
porting to be Requisitions, signed by Freeholders of
Middlesex, for a Meeting of the County, to Petition
the House of Commons for a Reform in the Repre-
sentation in Parliament. The Sheriffs requested till

yesterday to return their answer. They were accord-
ingly waited on again at the Guildhall yesterday,
by Messrs. LLOYD, MILLS, and DRAPER, when the
following was delivered to them as the answer of the
Sheriffs to the application:

" Gasrmssum--Having considered the several papers pre-
sented to us on Monday the 6th instant, and also others trans-
mitted some days previously by Major Cartwright, requesting
us to convene a County Meeting for taking into consideration
the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons for a Con-,
stitutional Reform of the Representation of the Teople in Par-
liament, we beg in reply to say, that, fully appreciating the sa-
cred right of petitioning, we shall feel it to be a duty to convene
a Meeting of the County whenever we are called upon by a
Requisition regularly and respectably signed for that purpose;
but the papers delivered to us appear to have been circulated and
signed in a manner so unusual and irregular, that we do not feel
ourselves justified in convening the great body of the Free-
holders of this ettensive County thereoc.
(Signed) " Row. t Sheriff of the County
" hstis S of Middlesex.
" Nov. $, 1820."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER a.
DJDCTMDNT^DOD ON TER moan OF WFAITLAKII,
V. WUTLAEI.
This was a motion for a new trial in a cause that
had been tried before Mr. Baron GRAHAM, at the
Assizes for the County of Devon. when a verdict
had been returned in favour of the plaintiff. The
plaintiff and the defendant were first cousins, and
nephews of the testator, lessee of certain tenements
at Eabourn, in the County of Devon. By the will
of the testator he had devised the property in ques-
tion in these words, " To my brother Matthew, and
to Simon, my brother's son." It appeared on the
trial that the sestator had three brothers, each of
whom had a son of the name of Simon,-arid the de-
fendant was the son of Richard, deceased, the eldest
brother of the testator, and his heir at law. The
action of ejectment had been brought by Simon, the
son of Matthew, to which Matthew the testator had
devised the tenements at Ezbourn, and the Jury
under the direction of the Learned Judge, had found
in favour of the plaintiff.

Mr. MOORr moved the Court for a new trial,' on
the ground that Simon, the son of the deceased bre-
' Cher Richard, and heir at law of the testator, was
the person intended in the devise. To establish that
point, he had been allowed at the trial to call parole
evidence; and both the person who had drawn up
the will, and the wife of the testator, had given evi-
dence of their firm belief that Simon, the son of
Richard, was the person intended by the testator to
succeed to the property in question on the death of
the said Matthew.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that
there was no ambiguity in the will ; there was cer-
tainly no doubt in his mind as to the intention of the
testator, that Simon, the son of Matthew, named just
before, and connected with him, in the mind of the
testator, must be the person to whom, on the death
of his brother, he intended the property to devolve.
If a mistake had got into the will, yet the Court
could not interfere, when the language of the deed
was clear and consistent with itself.
Rule refused: