Star.
London, England, 1826-08-16 00:00:00

CONST V. HARRIS AND OTHERS.

Mr. SuAnwst.t. appeared in support of a petition pre-
Eented by Messrs. Kemble, Willett, and Forbes, praying
that they might be permitted to deposit in the office of
the Master certain title•deeds, and other securities, for
the purpose of covering the value of the sum directed
to be brought into Court by the Receiver. The petition
further stated, that from the period at which the peti-
tioners assumed the management of the Theatre to the
close of the last season, the total amount of the profits
was 124,0001. and the amount of the expenses of carry-
ing on the Theatre 119,0001. They had applied 101,0001.
in part payment of the expenses, and a debt of 18,0001.
now remained due; but that sum had also been ex-
pended, although not with the orders of the Court, in
payment of bond debts and bills of exchange. TNe
salary of the Receiver was only 4001. a year, and the
petitioners thinking that his conduct had been perfectly
justifiable, were now ready, with the leave of the Court,
to protect him as far as they could. They Were far
from wishing to prevent the sale of the Theatre, because
it would inevitably be the ruin of every person con-
cerned in it, if it should be carried on as at present, and
exposed to the expense and inconvenience which at-
tended the present proceedings.
Mr. liaa: and Mr. Stionsx, on behalf of Mr. Conn and Mr.
Harris, opposed tit! petition.
The Loan CUANCELLOR desired that the affidavits
might be handed up to him. He would look at them,
and at the other papers in the cause, for the purpose of
ascertaining, if he could, the grounds for so singular an
application as this seemed to be. He must, however,
say, that at present it appeared to him very much like
a struggle to set at nought the authority of the Court.

The KING'S new Palace in St. James's Park is to be
built lire-proof, upon the plan of the late Earl STANNOPIL
WARSAW, Auo. S.—On the 28th of last month died
here, at the age of 74 years, his Highness Prince ZAJIAItS, Viceroy
of the kingdom of Poland.
HANOTeIt, Auo. B.—His Royal Highness the Go-
vernor-General set one to-day for Dernberg, and is expected back
in a few days. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAmaatocia is
gone to New &relitz, to spend some weeks with her sister, the
Grand-Duchess of blecxxxamtiao &Lanz.

The affair of the Janissaries is by no means con-
cluded: vast numbers of that formidable body show
every disposition to avenge their comrades. The SUL-
TAN still remains in camp, at a short distance from the
capital, and has shown much personal energy. Still
not gore 10,000 Janissaries have been disposed of.—
The rest are scattered ever the empire, to the number
of 150,000 men.

By letters from Smyrna, dated sth ult. it appears
that Captain HAMILTON had left that place, in the
CAMNLION, on the preceding day, in order to search
the Greek Islands for British goods, and. that he was
accompanied by a mercantile Gentleman, who should
be empowered to declare what were contraband. In
consequence of the British C,•nsuls and Vice Consuls
at Stnyrna having stopped the importation of several
parcels of British goods, the Greeks of that place had
directed their agents not to continue their exports.
By the American ship Florida, letters have been re-
ceived from Batavia to the 12,11 of April. At that
period, every thing was apparently quiet in the late in-
surgent districts.
A policy was introduced into Lloyd's Coffee-house
yesterday, which occasioned great noise ; it is to insure
one of the new Marine Insurance Companies, for u hich
premiums from a half to one per cent. are given.
During the past week, the county of Devon was vi-
sited by a succession of storms, more destructive in
their ravages than any which occurred there for many
years: The thunder was tremendously. loud and the
lightning was most vivid, whilst torrents of rain, inter-
mixed with pieces of ice rather than hail-stones, swelled
the mountain streams to torrente.

Lord DMHURST'S yacht, the Mary, ofCowes, owing
to the preveence of a heavy wind from the S.W. ran'
into the port of Newhaven, on Friday afternoon, and
on making her way to a proper mooring-birth, by some
accident, she ran foul of the stairs attached to his Ma-
jesty's ship HYPIAION, partly carried them away, and
stove three of the frigate's boats, the yacht receiving
partial damage from the shock.
Lovan's LEAP.—Sunday se'nnight, a young man, in
a state of inebriation, having had some words with his
sweetheart, took the rash resolution of precipitating
himself out of a window, looking into Che;sers.court,
Canongate, Edinburgh, three stories high. The young
woman hastened down to the place where he lay, and
lound him insensible. He was next morning conveyed
to the Royal Infirm try, where he died on Tuesday
morning—a sad victim to the effects of passion, excited
by intemperance.
We mentioned that the Churchwardens of St. Cle-
ment Danes have had the stocks, which stood in I'or-
tu-,4l.street, removed, for the purpose of improving the
pavement. We cannot but coneratulate the parish on
the improvement of their morale, which renters these
instruments of justice no longer necessary. The follow.
ing version of an old Epigram may not be inapplicable
on the occasion :

AU praise to St. Clements! so moral they're grown,
The, much to their credit, the Stocks are down ;
Though some folks may think it a queer paradox,
Public credit should raw by the nu. et xxx not's."

pol...tcg INTELLIGENCE.
NI ANSION HOUSE..
A Lancashire man, named Ds/phus, was charged ty the landlord
of a public house at Sparrow Corner, with having stolen a large
table, whit! la capable of accommodating tetspersons.
The landlady said, that whilst she was busy attending to her "9'.
tomers, she was surprised by the information that one of her best
and largest tables had disappeared. On looking out she saw the
prisoner making off under the cumbrous load. He was pursued,
and brought back with ir. All in the house marvelled how he got
it out. It was nearly 109 weight, and extremely cumbersome.
The priioner, who in appearance was a sort of Bartiolpb charac-
ter, put on a droll countenanee,,and said, a' A a'm fro Lancashire,
my Lord ; an when a get a drop o' drink or so, a'm fond o' frolic-
some tricks. There was a chap wi me that loikes a bit o• mischief,
anal as we seed 'em busy wi' customers, be put it into my yead to
nip off the table, yet to see what they'd say when they saw it was
gone. It was only a bit' of a drunken joke, my Lord."
The Lotto .M•von said they did nut comprehend such jokes in
London, and examined bins as to his means of getting a livelihood,
which appeared by no means satisfactory. He said he dealt in
stationery, but could give no account of his stock in trade, neither
would lie be explicit as to his last residence. He was fully com-
mitted to take his trial for the capital offence, and he was led away
exclaiming against the cruelty of putting bins in such jeopardy, for
what he still persisted in saying was no more than a joke.
Mr. Birk, the Lottery Office keeper, and M.l'. appeared before
the Loan Mayon to answer a charge of assault preferred against
him by a person named C. J. Willa, who lives at Meeting
House walk, in the Borough. The prosecutor stated, he was drag-
ging a truck across London Bridge, when he suddenly received a
cut across the shoulders from Mr. Ash, who was passing along the
bridge ; this was followed by a second cut, for which he could as-
cribe no motive, and he immediately endeavoured to attain the de-
fendant's name; the latter, however, drove on, and might have
got away but for a stoppage. He then came up with the defendant's
gig, and laid hold of the rails, but the defendant cut hint severely,
and beat him on the knuckles with the butt end of his whip. The
prosecutor then said, that he did then certainly make use of some
epithets towards the defendant, which at ought not to have made
use of •towards such a Gentleman, but be declared he was greatly
irritated, and could not help it.
A witness, who was at the time a by-slander, declared that this
statement was perfectly correct.
Mr. Ilia', who had smiled during the prosecutor's statement,
said—" Why, my Lord, the fact is, that I was going over the
bridge with a spirited horse"; there were two lines of carts and
carriages, with room enough for me to pass; but this man here,
who was following behind a waggon, got out of the rank before me
and prevented me passing. I called out to him repeatedly, but he
paid no attention to me, and I certainly did give him a cut or two
as he states, foe my hone was very spirited, and might have been
restive ; he afterwards came up, and would have created a deal of
disturbance."

The Loan MAYOR said be must believe the complainant's oath
in preference to Mr. Bish's statement. Even on Mr. Bish's own
admission his Lordship could not help saying that he (Mr. Bish)
was in the wrong. He should know that even those who dragged
trucks were human beings, who were not disposed to bear quietly
the application of the whip, especially when they were not conscious
of having merited it.

Mr. Brsh—Well, my Lord, if you think so, I have no objection
topay the man any money that will satisfy him. I would rather do
that to get rid of the thing, and not be troubled any more about it.
His Lordship assented, and Mr. Blab nodded to Mr. Carter, his
solicitor, who retired with the prosecutor. Mr. Dish left the Justice-
room, and as the parties were not seen again there, it is to be pre-
sumed that the case was settled.

GUILDHALL.
A well-dressed young man, who gave his name as /Jut Heasley
was brought before Mr. Alderman Austirr yesterday, charged with
endeavouring to obtain charitable contributions under a false repro.
sentation, from the Reverend Mr. Barham, the rector of St. Mary
Magdalen.
The Reverend complainant stated, that the prisoner called at his
house, in St. Paul's church yard, about six o'clock the previous
evening, and sent in to bins the following letter:
Sia—l have taken the liberty of Intruding upon you to solicit a
trifling assistance to the unfortunate son of a Clergyman in Kent. I
have disobediently left my father, but finding that the way of trans-
gressors is hats!, fam now returning. I have walked the whole.
night, and eaten nothing since yesterday morning. Should you, Sir,
from the reason of not knowing the facts, be disinclined to relieve
by a trifling donation, I can only add that a dry crust would be
esteemed a luxury by Tour most obedient,
Waiting for reply. J. 0. HADLOW.

The complainant, upon reading this note, being acquainted with
many of the Clergymen of the county named, ordered the young
man to be introduced, and proceeded to question him as to sphere
hit fatter officiated. The prisoner told him be was the Minister of
Ashford. Singularly enough the witness had himself officiated as
Curate in that very place doming the first year after his ordination,
and he therefore asked the prisoner the names of the principal inha-
bitants, to find out if he knew anything of Ashford at all, fer Ilb
was already aware that the prisoner's father was not, nor ever had
been, the officiating Clergyman there. The prisoner saw Mr. Bar-
ham was well acquainted with the place, and stated that his father
was the Pastor of the Dissenters, not the Curate of the parish. The
complainant knew of but one dissenting congregation at Ashford,
with the Minister of which (a Mr. Kemp) he was ihtimate, and
therefore supposing the prisoner to be an impostor, be sent foe
Cadhant, the beadle, and gave him into custody.
The prisoner, in reply, declared his father was filling the stadia*
he had stated ; and proceeded in a strain of oratory, the composition
and delivery of which rivetted the attention of the persons present.
He had not had the benefit of a College education, but he had early
bent his mind upon becoming a Clergyman of the Church of Eng-
land, and on skewing the Rev. Prebendary Norris, of Llandaff, a
manuscript pamphlet, entitled, " The Church in Danger," be had
promised hint his interest to enter him at an University, or at the
Clerical institution at St. Bees. Dlr. Hadlow of the Stock Ex-
change.was his uncle, but all his relations turned their backs on
hint, on account of his Church of Englandison. He had travelled
over England, subsisting mostly by writing sermons for lazy fox.
bunting Pastors ; traversed Scotland, visited Ireland, and on his
return to England, had been sent to the House of Correc-
tion, .as a suspicious character, at Ashbourn, in Derbyshire, from
whebee he came to London. He visited Cambridge, where upon
•a representation that be was to be entered as a private pupil, the
people trusted him with ,00 worth of goods in five days, but they
suddenly took alarm, obliged him to give up their property, and
fly from the place.—He was remanded, that his friends may be
brought forward.

A young man, named .Toseph Ross, was brought befbre Sir Joint
PiMUM, charged with stealing a mare, valued at al. the property
of William V.lliot, a butcher, at Lewisham.—The Magistrate, con-
ceiving that the case was perfectly made out, committed him to
Newgate to take his trial. '
BOW-STREET.

Helen Singleton, an extremrly decent weU looking young woman,
was brought up for bnal examination, charged with having robbed
her master, Mr. Barnaby Dunn, a glass-manufacturer in the Hay-
market, of six cut decanters, value AZ 17s. and William Higgins,
late a street-keeper in the Haymarket, was also charged as a par.
gimps criithns. . •
It appeared that the girl had brat robbed her master, and given
the articles to a fruit-woman to pledge, and wishing to redeem
them ou their being missed, the fruit-woman and the street-keeper
consented to redeem them for a certain remuneration. The girl
'was subsequently given into the custody of Higgins; but he let her
go. She was again taken, but the oldsvontan-is at large. Higgins
appeared to exculpate himself, and was detained as being implidted.
The Magistrate fully committed the girl Singletea to prison for
robbery. stating, that Higgins was clearly proved to have connived
at the felony, he should also bt committed, unless be could procure
satisfactory bail.