Star.
London, England, 1829-12-23 00:00:00

RENTS.

Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg has, by a circular,
addressed to his tenants, intimated, that in consequence of the
13. A two harvests being unusually expensive, he will return at the
neat audit 15 per cent. on the whole of the last year's rent.—
County Chronicle.
, The Earl of Cork has made an abatement of 24 per cent. on
his last half-year's rents to his tenants as Marston Bigott, &c. and
Isis lady has cattimil her, annual gifts of wearing apparel sod bed-
liner to be distributed Ao all the poor females of the parish. Her
Ladyship, for Many years past, has established a Sunday School
at Marlton Bison, where the poor fealties are clothed and edu-
cated at ber Ladyship's expense.
The tenants of the Earl of Westmoreland, residing on his Lord-
- sfiip's 'estaies at Sharlston, near Wakefield, have recently for-
warded a :mind robin to his Lordship, representing to him the
• • depressed situation to which they were reduced by the circum-
stances of the times, and praying him to afford them some relief;
and that, in consequence, his Lordship had remitted all the tithes
which were usually paid In kind on his • estate.. This redaction
'is estimated as equal to at least 26 per cent. upon the rental of the
farms. It is further stated that his Lordship has ordered the price
of coals gathered on his Yorkshire estates to be reduced from as.
to ss. per dosen.--Laeftla Patriot.

Ourcontemporary of Settsrday week 'having published a most
preponerous and false statement of the allowances made by the
Marquis of Stafford on the rents of his English estates. we have
been requested to caution the public against the deception. That
paper says that the deductiont were, In 1821, 32 per cent. ; 1822,
46 per cent. ; 1823, 35 per cent.. and in proportion during suc-
ceeding years down to the present time. Now tire real fact is,
that the deductions were in 1821, 10 per cent. 1822,16 per cent.
and in the same proportion since. Thus it will appear that the
highest reduction has but been 16 per cent. and nut 46, as stated.
This, however, is not the whole of the mischievous paragraph
Alluded to. The writer hopes that this 46 'per tent (alias 16) will
have the effect of keeping together the capital of his tenantry, and
cause the land to be preserved in good condition This is as absurd
as the other is false. We learn from a most respectable Cor-
respondent that no such effect has been or is likely to he produced,
And that those alluded to are as much distressed as other agricul-

turista, and u much inclined Is any can be to quit their farms,
and to seek a happier prospect, far from the scenes of their earlier
and more prosperous days.—York Herald.
We have from time to time, during the last six weeks. given
many instances where landlords have made a certain per tentage
reduction of their Michaelmas rents. and of clergymen who have
followed their example in regard to tithes. Now these examples,
generaUy speaking, are very praiseworthy ; but it cannot be de-
nied that many of these instances of generosity have arisen from a
necessity of submitting to the state of the times. Landlords can
do no ultimate good by making these deductions—they must give
new leases at reduced rents to meet the state of the market, other-

wise no farmer will take. an interest to improve his farm. It is
useless to expect that the former high prices will return. and it
. would certainly be more meritorious at once to submit, than be
compelled to do it hereafter.—Cheitenhain Journal.

SCHEMES OF RELIEF.

• • •
It is the general understanding among those likely to
know that the relief which will, in the ensuing Session of Parlia-•
• went.. be afforded to the brewing trade, will consist in the total
abolition of the ale and porter duty (91. a barrel of 56 gallons,) and
the duty on table beer (Is. Iod. a barrel). The drawback of is. cd.
on every gallon of malt spirits manufactured will, It is expected,
be abolished. No alteration is to be nude on the duty on malt
(iSs. a: boll.) Government not being able to dispense with it ; but
it is considered that this reduction of duty will put the brewers
more on a par with the distillers.—Glasgow Ckron.•
A 'Public Meeting was held at the Three Cups Inn, Colchester,
on Saturday, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the re-
peal of the Duties of Malt and Beer.—E. Clay, Esq. (the Mayor,)
in the Chair, who ins neat speech, introduced the business of the
Meeting.—Mr. Wearier°, M.P. after spewing the universal slis-;
tress which prevailed read a number of resolutions, pointing out
-the evils, which proceeded from a depressed agriculture, and a di-
minished capital.—Sir G. H. Smyth was adverse to the object of
the meeting, because if the Malt and Beer tax was taken off, some
• other must be substituted, and if that were a property tax be had
no hesitation in saying it would be ruinous to the country.—Mr.
D. W. Harley, after expressing his anxiety to view the question
distinct from all party feelings or prejudices, concluded by recom-
mending a graduated property tax as the best substitute for that
they were anxious to get repealed, beginning at one and two per
cent. on small properties, and advancing in proportion to the pro-
perty ; so that those who were possessed of 1850,000 per annum
should contribute in proportion to their means. After several other
Gentlemen had addressed the assembly, it was unanimously re-
solved, on the question being put by the Mayor, that a Committee
of seven Gentlemen, including Mr. Western and Mr. Harvey,
should be appointed to draw up a petition to Parliament, embody-
ing the contents of Mr. Western's resolutions, and in particular
praying for a repeal of the duties on Malt and Beer.
A meeting of the Magistrates, manufacturers, and weavers of
Norwich, took place in that city on Tuesday last, for the purpose of
discussing the policy of a reduction in wages. Several Gentlemen
• entered into statements, with a view to show that the bombasin
manufacture was in a very depressed state, and that the labourers
could not subsist if their wages were lowered. The Mayor, in
answer to a statement made by Colonel Harvey, said that not only
was the market for bombasins in a shocking state, but the demand
had decreased SO, if not 75 per cent. • Mr. Watts corroborated
, this statement, and said that the manufacturers of the city were do-
ing absolutely nothing ; but it would be impossible to effect a fur-
ther reduction of wages. Another speaker said that about Cid. and
a fraction were about the ge amount of the earning of a hard-
working man and a family ; and gave his opinion that it would be
better for a man to be transported than to continue in the born-
basin trade, if it did not improve.
Ate-noose Lsorearea.—We understand that his Majesty's Mi-
nisters have determined to attend to the now so loudly expressed
voice of all classes of people upon this subject, and have it in con.
temFlation to allow beer to be sold by retail (by any person that
chooses,) without a licence, so that it is not sold to the public at a
higher price than threepence per quart, without the restriction, as
at present, that a certain quantity of beer must be produced from a
given quantity of malt, but will leave the quality of the beer to the
brewer that makes it, so that he may brew it as good as he pleases.
The brewer or vender, who is ambitious for a good demand for his
article on an increasing trade, will then be enabled to obtain it by
means of making his beer of tied quality, the only restriction being
that it is not to be allowed to be drank or consented upon the
brewer's or the vender's premises. The granting licences to the
• Inns and ale-houses will be removed, and in future be placed under
the management of that respectable and vigilant beard of revenue
—the Commissioners of Excise—who, upon proper securities being
tendered and entered into before them, or their respective collec-
tors and supervisors, will be authorized to grant ale-house and vic-
tuallers'• beet licenses, (In the same manner that they now do the
wine and spirit licences,) to any persons that apply for them, under
prOper legislatiei restrictions and penalties ; and it being necessary
that good regulation and•order should be kept in licensed inns and
ale-houses, and the same rules and regulations not being•applicable
to 04:the Magistrates, at their respective local meetings or petty
sessions, (who, of course, are acquainted with the respective thus-
' dons of the licensed houses,) and the need and necessities of the
place or nilghbburbood where such licences are granted fib, are to
"mime fat-thelack of the licence at what hour such houses shall
begenerally closed or shut up, with an exception, as stated, for
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coubcosd and waggon houses, and also for fairs or other public
occasions • the non-compliance with which will subject the ion or
• ab-hosee-lieeper to Excise information and penalty.• under the de-
. sits of the enthusing local magistracy, or justices meeting in petty
. .
. •• We Uterine time since eodeavoured to open the eyes of our friends
seldrist the hopeful systens•ef tradesmen allowing pounder to oar-
- vantk. It vailltnow be seen that we were correct in our informs-
'stabtion, es the hatchets urge this excuse as one of the reasons for their
• . • lite exorlidtant.charges.
,It.b really. a shameful proceeding,,
we bruit that all our tradesmen will set their faces against such an;
• bibpdtattelfilein and that only those may meet with encourage.
meet who adhere to the above reconunetsdatiqu.caelienkees •
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••—••••' • OS' Sunday afternoon,. a fire broke out in the.boule. of
• '4101,0 IMrihillopeeder, Cock 41111, -Pire-essines were•
.
• • ceititirtw'Me spat, and there being u plentiful supply of water,
" • thitire erieestinguithed,after considerably damaging the two six
joining houses. •• • • •• • -.• •
A fire broke out on Thursday in the extensive work:-
• shops and p7mmles of Pentheueit.lit•Vhittslus watkh
was productive a cOodditeble mischief. The Eames broke idrt,
. about a quuter Vetere dollen.; and, as is conjectuted. in the loWet
part of one of thi.:worlsehops. • The engines• of this city, foolrbt
' number, ueroildnkly.upon the spot. Luckily the night was ate
totititt,so,k,Altert.bedbeen.loo, alletrey fall of snow,
pear e*eil .
tUradiscent timber-40'0-6e 111491 r
ea ; Mad ' the stelibbilorini buildinge Also less l+u
iiftlfdahtlieditallilaissasollsobisast*O-the
sad sureepes czertiout o(theee *. en. the. spot, ussos ...isppasneem thai
Volt rkit kg OM* theib *tan arirttitd *IA* borte!„ wawa
Atelidie ow • amen adjoining b ; Was tourer the sal
aaeh• oft tDoltliied stock and mob
..is 'able bend or • dui More Wain:
unless; MA SA the ansenittl, dashaga'sestaieed it is not possible was also found among
as yet to form any estimate. No person received any injury. how the Are originated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING.

Batcnron, Dec. 21.—The Bast Hounds, with Mr. Cra-
ven and a field, numbering perhaps from two to tine hundred
Gentlemen of tried worth, met at Plimpton on Tlarsday. The
weather on the bills was not very promising for scent; there was,*
cold north-easterly wind. The main force moved ham Plimpton
in battle array, and unkennelled in that wood about neon. It agree-
ably turned oat that the seeat lay much better in the low country
thm bad been expected; and as the fox, disdaining a straight course
paled ihrough Mr. Crtppa's ground at Stanton, and reachedWal-
rUngcori-wood without check, the chase was est:ellen:. Reynard,
in the wood, essayed to play off some of his shifting tricks, but
failed in his attempts ; he broke cover toward. Off beat, taking up
the hiU through Sir George Shiffner's plantations, threaded them,
and crossed for Lord Chichester's Park, at a racing pace. Men,
horses, and dogs, rendered more keen in the pursuit by the
temporary halt which bad occurred in the wood, layed to him
in prime style, to the Imminent danger of his brush. That
trophy of victory, it was commonly expected, would he gained
in the Park ; but Reynard, of the true game breed disap-
pointed these hopes, and, finding his ground not tenable within
the enclosure, let out his remaining strength, sad scaled the
bills. He was then • chased in view for nearly two miles, till,
exhausted and worn out, be changed his route, and endeavou
to ,regain the Park, but thwarted in the design, he• dipped the
hill afar Ditching, and ran on the edge of it to jolt above Mr.
Lane% near Plumpton, evidently making for his old cover,
but was obliged to lay up, dead beat, in the hedge-row, where the
dogs ran into him in fine style. " The sportman's pleasure was no
more—his joy was in the chase." Lord Chichester, Capt. Wake-
field, Mr.. Leighton, tice. were in at' the death. Lord Lake, Lord
Gage, Sir C. Pratt, Mr. Russell, atc. were in the field. This
brilliant run occupied full two hours and twenty minutes.
The above Fox Dogs on Thursday, at Tilseomb Tye; Saturday,.
at Westmeston ; Monday, at Fide; and on Wednesday, the 3uth
inst. at the Rocks,
LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 28.
(Middlesex Sittings, before Mr. Justice Gauzes. end a
Special Jury.)
11113,411 V. SILOONS MID 07114,111.
Mr. Serjeant Wan; Mr. Seamus, and Mr. /3oezut, conducted
the plaintiff's case; and Mr. Serjeant TADDY and Mr. Serjeant
JONI, that of the defendants.
The action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendants as
directors tof "The Famatina Mining Company," one of the epbe-
merals of 1825, to recover a balance of salary due to the plaintiff
as superintendent of the company's mining concerns in South
America, and also for monies laid out and expenses incurred on
account of the defendants. The plaintiff was employed by the de-
fendants in the summer of 1825, and a contract was entered
into, whereby they engaged to pay him a salary at the
rate of £6OO a year fur the first year, commencing from
his embarkation, and £5O additional each succeeding year
until he completed the period of three years from the
date of his arrival at the mines. If at that period no fresh contract
were entered into, the plaintiff's expences home to England, and
those of his family, were to be defrayed by the company. And
if before the expiration of the three years the defendants should
think proper to dismiss the plaintiff from their service, they
were only to do so on giving a twelvemonth's notice, or a
twelvemonth's salary, and were also to defray his expenses
home. The plaintiff embarked at Falmouth, together with his
family, on board the Margnis of Anglesey, on the 29th of
August, 1825, and sailed on the 12th of September following.
On arriving at Monte Video, after encountering great danger of
shipwreck, the vessel was detained in consequence of the blockade
of Buenos Ayres by the Brazilian squadron, whereby the miners
and others employed by the company were unable to reach the
mines, which were 1,100 miles distant from Monte Video; and it
was not until the month of March following, that the plaintiff was
enabled to proceed to the end of his journey, having previously
employed a company of German miners to accompany him. On
his arrival in the mineral district, he proceeded to adopt the best
measures he could for carrying the company's speculations into
effect. Owing, however, to the insufficiency of funds, he was
unable to make any considerable progress in the undertaking,
and for much of what he did accomplish he was indebted to
the means afforded him by private loans, and other expedients
resorted to on the spot. At length, his resources being exhausted,
and the Company not having funds to remit him, they resolved to
reduce their Mining Establishment, and the plaintiff, in conse-
quence, received a communication from three Honorary Di-
rectors of the Company, who resided in South America, after
he bad been two years in their employment, that his services
were no longer required. With much difficulty and personal
suffering, he effected his return to England. and now brought
the present action to recover the balance which he alleged was
due to him. The defendants contended, that they were not
liable, because they had contracted merely on behalf of the com-
pany, and not on their own responsibility ; and because the agree-
ment was not under seal. Both these grounds of objection were
overruled by the Learned Judge, and the items of account were
therefore gone into, the defendant's Counsel having declined to
refer this part of the case.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £1,025 ;
together with she further sum of £320, as the expenses of his
family's journey home to England, and also seven months' addl..,
tional salary, at the rate of £7OO a year, in case the Court 'above
shall be of opinion, upon the legal construction of the contract,
that the plaintiff is entitled to remuneration upon these two points.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 26.
Wan. /Mersa, a coachmaker, late cif Bartholomew-square, was
opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of Messrs. Curl and Upstone.
The insolvent, who appears to be verging on 70 yeah of age,
stated that he was married to his present wife in 1826. Shortly
before which he executed a marriage settlement in favour of his
wife, for #5O a year, chargeable on a house of his in Theobald's-
road, the rent of which was 1164 a year. He also had two houses
in Bartholomew-square, worth 430 a year each. All his furni-
ture be sold in May, a few days before he went to prison, to a
broker for about .1110.
William Hackwood, a carman, stated, that in May he was em-
ployed by the insolvent's wife to remove a van load of furniture
from his house to the house of his son, in &. George's Market,
Southwark, and at the same time another van was loaded also with
furniture., and taken to the same place, making two loads of good
furniture. There were also 14 stoves, which the witness had now
in his possession, because the insolvent's wifi had not paid him his
charge for removing the goods.
Mr. COOll said,.thas if the creditors could have got this furni-
ture, the insolvent would not have been kept in prison a single day.
Mr. Woonaoors said, it was all'the insolvents wife's doings.
Mr. Edward Savage Bayly, solicitor for the opposing creditor,
deposed, that if the insolvent had given up this furniture, they
would have relieved him from prison.
Cross-examined—Witness could not think the insolvent was In-

sane, but be was a very obstinate man. Had not beard that the
insolvent's wife gold the furniture unknown to her husband. but
bad heard that it was all removed to the son's house, for the benefit
of the insolvent, when he had taken the relief of the Act. The in-
solvent had offered to pay the creditors 15s. in the pound, if time
were allowed him; but he offered no security for the payment
of it.

Mr. Coots bare intimated to the insolvent, that the creditors
were still disposed to release him, if he would give up the furniture.
' Mr. WoOnsoore said that was a very fair offer, and be Would
advise the insolvent to agree to it.

The lnsAvent *aid he Ind nothing to give up.
Mr. Woonseora begged that the case might be adjourned for
the present, id order to endeavour to bring the imi4vent to his
The Court observed that that was much the better plan, and
desired the insolvent's attorney to esplain the consequences of such
aussduet as It appeared the insolvent had been guilty- of before be
alsie up again' to the Court.

The Qui was then adjourned.
Richard Courts was opposed by Mr. Wooasoors on behalf of
several ercititors. The insolvent was discharged under the filet of
Pattiailent In February, 1817, and his present appacadho fir re.
lief ~within live yeah of his former discharge. .it vas *cow '
,bent upon him to shOw that his present difficultly arose trap =-
vial misfortune. and fruni no indiscretion or want of due' Citation
sui hie part. On his examination, It appeared thervflien be. Was
formerly discharged be pored hii trother, AllO, which debt.hw hat
lance removed..and it was now inserted in hie echedide. 14 bad.
also accepted two bills, which he gave to a petson named Opith,
without receiviag any consideration for them.
*The Codas held that. the insolvent had not shoWn that his 'pre=
lent debts wets, occasioned solely by midortone; and the/ Otero•.
fore remanded .him, in order that be might obtain tho eowsitit of
three-fourths of his.creditors in number and value before holagain'l
ppOleil to I)!ted. •
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