Star.
London, England, 1827-12-15 00:00:00

STANLEY AGAINST BIINES,

The tritons. is ibis•sait was Mn Stonier, a British
merchant, who Went to Lisbon to settle, where, in 1770.
be Alirtred the Prnte.tast religion. as a necessary pre
paratory step to natnializing himself in Portugal, which
took place m 1801, wises+ ha pledged himself to auk-
' glance to shot State. He etft, property in this country,,
Ito the aniouht 'df do,ooot and upwards. -Berme his
death he executed a will, date) se 'lB9kposking Otp-
vision for some natural children by whielstgarrie. woman
named Berries, leaving the test of his: propesit to hi*
'only legitimate ton, who was born in Portugal. in thit
*ill be declared hewas educated *Member of the *sta.
'lslished Church of England,.and bwant to die-iti diet
faith ; and he desired *bat his funeral might. be con•
I !Deniable to the ritual of tke Church of England. The
question for the Court eventually railettde; iworderto
release the • property by its' procats, was, whether a'
British subject could to far diaesrftiosselfig his original
allegiance, as to make a valid will as a foreigner. The
present question related to the admission of the al-
legation.

. Sir JOHN Necnnt.t. WAS unwilling to decide the chief
question on the men admission of the allegation.. In
a fora er ca•e of this kind. that of " Curling against
Thoentrut," the testator sli,!as'ciles, out in Ear
laced, other abrOi4k. tiaAlaialii admit ;he arliega.
tion, reserving thi qmesfficisr-tot4riher. eonti4etatioa,

HOSY 'AGAINST ROW! :A ND -11110111 Vt
Th;s was a suit to deice mint the validity elan untie.
cuted will of James lloby, bearing date the. 17th. of
August, 1825 The testator, who bad formerly been a
keeker ri A brothel, had mired wi h considerable pro.
petty (about 4,0000 to Walham.green, a here he died,
in March, lir26,aged 48. leaving two brother., Thomai
and Omit.' Huby, his nest o' kin. In the sill before the'
Conn he bet:ie-10ed the bulk of his property to his
couaiir-germain (James HobyLto the pr ejudiceof his own
brothers, of shorn, it was alleged. he spoke in terms of
dislike. stating that- they *ere prollikates, Stc. lt.was ad-
initsed by the pi opouuder of the will, that after the date
of is, the decea4d was insane. and continued so, with
ace .sional lucid intervals, rill his. death. Oa the other
side, it was contended, th t insanity had developed itself
befare.the date of the-will, in sundry acts of extrava-
gance, such as insistiu,g.upon having the pears in his
pushup:mitered dating rain, and ordering his gardener
to mount the trees in a barecoot, with an umbrella in
his hand.

The Collar VeferreJ vntence, in order that the inter-
roptotin to thew ilnebas might be fully considered.

LONDON SESSIONS.

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Yesterday the adjourned London Sessions were held
bekre the LIND MAYOR, the litictsanen, and a bench of
Aldermen. The only case of Any interest tbat motored
during the day was the folloiring desperate case of
assault. •

Urn. Williams, a young man dressed in a smockfrock,
was indicted for having Assaulted Mr. Woodward, the
landlhrd of the Crown public house.. INVest-street,
Smithfield . .
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Mr. koodward wnis hi his holies on tbe.sth of Oct. last
at night, when the prisoner and keen others came to the
door. Ooeot them said that Bull Soames was in the house,
and that assertion seemed to be a :ignal for the most out-
rageous violence. .1 hey seized a long
.stick wilt an iron
at the end of it, which lay in the shop, and struck Mt. W.
about the head and body in the most dreadful manner.

• lie immediately tell to the ground, as witness described,
almost strotheted with his own blood. A severe wound
was inn cted upon Lis body with .the attovementioned
hon, and he 'was cut and bruised in different parts of
114 body. For some time the surgeons believed that
bewould net seeover; and it was will their belief that
he Would never be perfectly re established in his health,
on account of the severe wound in ibe head, which sub.
jected trim to great pain and annoyance. The unfor-
tunate prosecutor's appearance bole strong testimony
to those factsesworn to by respectable witnesses. •
Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS cross-examined the witneses,
but they swore positively to alf the circumstances. The
Learned Counsel stated to the Jury, that his reasons for
questioning the witnesses was, that Williams was mis-
taken for another pet son. He, however, could not think
of persevering after having heard such downright state-
ntents as to his client's identity.
The prisoner said it was all a mistake about him.—
The Jury immediately found him Guilty.
RECORDER then told the prisoner, that if the pro.
secutor had died, he (the prisoner) would have atoned

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for his clin.e upon the icaffuld,The prisoner (11,,
teemed quite careless gam the matter)—Let at
Nis tone question.
• The R rconnan--The sentence of the Court upon ?„
is, that you be imprisoned in the Giltspumtreet Cote
twelve calendar months. pto
Prisoner—Vell ; but let me ask him a vord or tin,
acomoie-1 shall not bear you; the case is dispos,4
of ; "toil must go back from whence you came.•
Prisoner—l must ask him.. I say, master!
It acoaDre—l advise-you not to treat dig Court
contempt or insolence. .
koner —I an't insolent; I only want tccsaya 'out
to him. I say, master
RECORDER—Remember is in the power of
the Court to double the punishment, if you treat their
with contempt. Yr u bad better alter your coulee;

Prisoner—Why I tells you I an't insolenr. I don't
mean nothing wrong ; upon my honour I doe%
Ri commit —Gaoler, take him away; and before he'd
Discharged from prison, be must find good bad for his
, ftrure good behaviour.
•The Poisoner then turned round, scratched his bete,
and walked out of Court.

TH 141 EVEN ING STAB.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1827.

STOCK IkeIIANCit, TWIZLVIt crcLoca. • •
The chief topic of esevenatlon this morning in He Cam, tdost
to a reported change of Ministry ; sod it is generally credited tkit
Lard Commicst is going out of Witte. Various are the reports o:w
who is to succeed isim: t►e !thriftily*, Wsu.iss.av and Latuwai
are mentioned. It Is also said that great interest %Indies tag
Mr. ruea into office, but wit this is-as yet only City gossip.
• Consuls which left off yesterday at 831 j lot the Aemest,
,opened this morning at 83‘ t, a ith the market fluctuating ono
dismally. Heavy sales we►e nude in Reduced, which lowered Cu..
sols to Ail. but's! present they. Islay be quoted at 851 j.
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In the Foreign trinket aeareely a bargain has beentkee
•. • "CITY. HALF-PAST ONR MU/CIL

l'bere are op arrivals, nwr any E. apnea from Paris op to the
passant boor; and everything appears very dull in the Otyhcaand
by the great dearth of intelligent,. Consols, which we^ tie
eartrgart of the morning at BSI I; cse at present 84 lib'llt•
neat. and at one period were dont as 113 i: the &actuante qt
been 'per cent.

' ' . Pit ICE OP STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock *it lndie Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 83 821 I Ditto &with 70 74
3 per Ct. Cona. Shut. South Sea Stock
31 per Cent. Old Annuities
31 per Cent. Red. 90 991 XlOOO Recheq. BAIL 43 44
4 per Ct. New Shut. two Ditto 42 46
4 per Cent. Scrip , 1100 and X2OO Ditto 43.44
.4 fter.Ccat 1626, 100 l i Commercial
Lone Ann. 181 13.18 13.18 Consols for Acet 33{ 1I 6

• FORItIIIN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Apulian Bonds, 5 p. Ct 89 Mez Elds. 1825,6 p CM 1711
mlombivn linp.h,4l, Ct; Do Acct 48 471 1 1
Ditto 8414,1824. Russ.Bds.lB22,sp C 891
Do. Ace. fat -. z„,„„ „ Do. Acct.
Mexican Boadaalp.ABll4 Spanish Bds S p Cll
Do Acct. I Do Acct. 11 1
-.BRITISH AMR FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCC.
• NIA RI. PAID.
Anglo Mexicali . . - , 100 85 93
Solana. .. . . 500 225 175
peasikan . :, :.
... 55 20 99 98 9$
Bolivar 50 71 51 5
Colombian 100 £0 18
General -*Moe Ain,. •-' go 5 15 14*
Mettican 100 23 71
United Meticlo '-• 40 55 12
Anglo Mexican Mint ' 25 5 5
FILIDCW Foliar- PAD". Dip. 12. Five per Cent& 191 f. S.
Time per Cents. tit .Ic. &whew on Landon, eat month
2M. 10c. Time months, lir. 93C,

AUSTRIAN FUNDS, Viline,a, Damns S.
3detalliques eat—Bank Mares WM

The Paris Papers of Wednesday, which arrived last
night, do not contain matte? of much importance. An
article from the Augsburg Ciazette asserts that the Allied'
Ambassadors were still at Constantin ,ple on the Mb
Nov. The COntautionnWhas some infer rts A tion from Coo•
stat.tinople down to the 13th. ult. according to which the
Reis EFFENDI, and the most distinguished personage
in the empire, met every day to discuss points with the
Dragomans of the Austrian loternuncio and those of
the English, French, and RossianNiniaters„ . " Neva,"
says the article, " had so much activity been displayed
in the Foieign arid War Dipartriients, 'and never had
there beep sach frequent communication between the
his EFFENDI and the Foreign Ambassadors."

The Mcrniteui contains an account of the slue and
strength of the French squadien before Algiers tox aids
the end of November. It consisted of four frigates and
three brigs, which were to be reinforced by two or three
more frigates. The blockade was so effective, that no
vessel had been able to enter or escape since the 4th
of October.

Letters from Corfu announc e the arrival there of the
Russian Councillor of State CATALANS. He stated,
that the Allied Admirals bad, previous to leaving Nl.
varin, sent an invitation to the twenty-six corvettes.and
'transports remaining of the Egyptian squadron, repro•
seating it would be better tor them to return to Con.
stantinople or Alexandria. These letters give some
further account of the proceedings at Scio, from which
it would seem that but little progress bad been
made, the bombs' having been generally of little de•
triment to the. beSieged. However, the Greeks bad
been successful, according to subsequent accounts,
having occupied the heights round Scio, and taken a
detachment of the Turkiih troops prisoners. It appears
that by an order from the French Ambassador, the
Spectateur Orivital, published at Smyrna, had been

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suspended, and bad been replaced pro. tens.
with the title of Commerce et Industrie,

eatirely devoted to commercial affairs. It

no notice was taken of the commonie.4
Allied Admirals after the battle of Nay.4l

log the hoisting of the white flag. Teti
the Commander of the Turkish squadron,

the Asia, and had promised that, as
was concerned, no hostilities should take
had, however, states, that he would not

any authority over the troops or forts, and

ought not tole held responsible for their con,

F.euch Admiral is said to have used his eni

erevent Lord CocunA• is proceeding in tl

Stitt, but that Iris Ltldsirip hatd remonstr

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We ferelv d this morn n•.2:Frdnkfort nd the
*gelatin leitang, each to t I e Bth inst. Aa ankle from
&din report., that preliminaries of peace had be:is
signed between the Russiars and Nrsians—the forme,
obtaining the disputed districts. On account of the
'gaily sitting in of win"er, and the road, being ren.lered
'imps fable, 'the departure of the Infant D •re MlGuat.
fromViel.ll4, on his route to Parrs and London had been
po stye ne J:tro at the Ist to the sth inst.—The following
are CltraCJS

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