Star.
London, England, 1829-08-14 00:00:00

morning.

IN RE JODRELL, A LUNATIC.

The LORD CHANCELLOR directed this matter to be
sent back to the Master for re-consideration.

PX-PARTE BROCKBAWK, IN RE DILWORTII, BANK-
RI7PTS.
The Court was occupied during the rest of the day in
hearing the arguments of Council on this petition. The
question in dispute was, whether a transfer of 300 shares
in the Lancashire canal, which had been made by the
bankrupt to the Company some time before their bank-
ruptcy, was effectual or not ? It appeared that the act by
which the Canal Company was established, required that
all transfers of shares should be registered in the books
of the Company. In the present instance the sale had
been effected, but the registry had not been entered till
after Messrs. Dilworth had been declared bankrupts. On
the one hand it was contended that the sale was there-
fore invalid, and that the property was that of the cre-
ditors ; on the other hand the opposing Counsel argued
that the transfer being made bond fide, the registry was
immaterial; and again, that being of the nature of real
Property, it had not passed by the assignment to the
bankrupts' assignees, and that therefore the creditors
could have no right to it.
The case was not concluded at the rising of the Court.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, Avower it.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
TWISS V. HANCOCK.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Miss Mary
Ann Twigs, to recover compensation from the defendant,
Mr. Henry Hancock, for having failed to fulfil a promise
of marriage which he had made to her.
No evidence was called, and Mr. Sergeant Ax DREWS
then addressed the Jury, and said he was happy for
their sakes; for his own, and for the young lady, his
client, that this case would be withdrawn from their fur-
ther consideration. His Learned Friend, Mr. Gurney,
had made an offer to him, on the part of the defendant,
which he felt it necessary to accept, in duty to the young
lady and her friends. Mr. Gurney would offer a few
words by way of explanation.
Mr. Go RtiEl* then rose and said, he was instructed by
his client to make an offer to the lady and her friends,
which they had accepted. He was desired by his client
to add, that the reason of his withdrawing from the en-
gagement he had made arose from a circumstance which
did not in any way cast any imputation on the character
or conduct of the lady; and he thought the Jury would
be easily convinced of the defendant's sincerity, when he
stated that he had consented to a verdict against him of.
5001.
Mr. Justice PARK then directed the Jury to give a
verdict for the plaintiff► Damages, 5001.

OXEN DEN V. PALM ER.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Sir Henry
Oxenden, Bart. to restrain the defendant, Mr. Pal •
mer, a surveyor of roads, from taking and carrying
away beach and shingle from the coast at Herne Bay, of
which Sir H. Oxenden was lord of the manor. The
manorial right's of this part of the coast belonged to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, by virtue of his see, and
he subsequently granted a lease of them to Sir Henry
Oxenden. The Archbishop's agents had not been so
careful of the property as they ought to have been, and
every person who pleased went to the beach and carried
away shingle. It was used for various purposes, and
consequently the demand for it was considerable. The
farmer, mariner, and surveyor, all wanted it, the one for
his land, to lighten it, the other for ballast, and the latter
to mend his ways. The consequence of this universal
abstraction of the beach was very serious. The barrier
which it formed against the violence and incursions of the
sea was removed, and very considerable injury done to
the land. A great quantity of soil had been washed
away, and the public highway had actually been removed
considerably more inland than it was formerly. Notice
was therefore given to discontinue the practice. It was
partially diminished. Sir Henry Oxenden, on his
taking the manorial rights, found that the defendant still
continued to take beach, and he therefore gave him no-
tice not to do so. The defendant, however, contended
that he was legally entitled fo take beach, as surveyor of
the roads, to mend the roads with. The plaintiff, how-
ever, felt that he certainly had no such right, any more
than any other individual : and if one were permitted, all
would come, and the injury at length become very exten-
sive, and indeed irreparable. The learned counsel (Mr.
GURNEY) said, he should call witnesses to prove the
facts he had stated, and also that the effect of taking
away the beach had been to lower the whole line of beach
for a great extent to the depth of two feet. The land
was consequently overflowed by the sea, and the houses
near the coast were placed in imminent danger. He
trusted the result would be that the defendant would be
taught that this practice was illegal, and must be discon-
tinued.
The witnesses 'having been examined,
Mr. Sergeant SPAN K I E addressed the Jury for the de-
fendant, and contended that' lie was entitled to a verdict
on the ground of immemorial custom ; that it had been
the habit of all mankind, as long and longer than the
memory of man, to take beach for any purpose ; and
specially that, as surveyor of the roads, he (the defen-
dant) had a right to take beach for the purpose of re-
pairs, under the same enactment which allowed refuse
stones in quarries and other places to be taken for the
same purpose.
A number of witnesses were called to prove the long
existence of the practice of taking beach.
Mr. Justice PARK told the Jury, that if they were of
opinion that the defendant and any other persons might
take beach without the consent of the Lord of the Manor,
they would return a verdict for the !defendant ; but if
on the contrary, the plaintiff must have a verdtet, with
Is. damages. Verdict for laintiff—Damages Is.
Wednesday se'nnight a woman 107 years of age
walked from bielksham to Bids, a distance of twelve miles. to see
her child, who is upwards of eighty. Net haying been in Bat►
for many years before, she walked about the city to see the various
improvements.

SIMPLICITY OF HEALTH.
EFFINGHAM WILSON. 1829.

SECOND EDITION.

To the Author of this meritorious little work, Mr.
ABERNETHY addresses himself in these words : " Your
suggestions and advice are, in general, judicious ; and
would, if acted upon, greatly contribute to the preserva-
tion of health." This is literally true. If all persons
were to conform to the rules laid down in the " Simpli-
city of Health," small would be the fees of Mr. ABER-
NETHY, or of any other physician. Towards the con-
clusion of the volume, the author recapitulates the sug-
gestions contained in the body of his work ; and as this
recapitulation is short and comprehensive, we must confer
the obligation on the public of transferring it to our co-
lumns—premising that all those who wish to enjoy a
good state of health, and that includes all mankind....
should make themselves acquainted with the book which
we have thus introduced to their notice
:
Those who may be determined to take Longevity captive, and
chain Health to their chariot of life, have the road open to certain
victory. Camaro has furnished-the plan of operations, and as it is
beyond imprOvement, they have only to follow, implicitly, the in-
structions of that great master.
Bet, as self-conquest is the first preparatory step, we cannot
estimate mere than one in a million who would bring aU the necer
guy quaHlicadass into the field. Since, therefore, so few can
be expected to conduct the campaign like Camaro, we may ven-
ture to trace a modified scale of march for those who, not being
to the severity of his discipline, look only to a compara-
taidvel;aPeartiel success.
It is vain to think of sound health, without making ourselves
reasonably hardy, so as to Forrest a liability to catching cold upon
ordinary occasions.
Repletion, or eating too meek, is the cause of most maladies,
and this is particularly Injurious as we advance in life.
Occasional fasting will generally correct indisposition, widest
medicine, which should he couddered, by all who value Mehl as
only a desperate resource. , •
The things that we like, only sometimes agree with we, end we
should And out what is suited for our constitudons—in other werdr;
what the stomach, sot the palate approves. The obeervationi ea
bile will elucidate this, and Cortaro further explains it.
Early rising, general temperance, exercise, and cleanlinese, hehif
the four great sources of health in civilised Ufe, its state w• Mit
the proportion as we observe them.
We require about a fourth of the twenty.fosr hews tee skip'
Bet it. should be good, and that can only be acquired by rept*
digestion, nod inhaling pure air while in bed.
Where we hive not an opportunity of due exercise, standlellie
indispensable, and sitting much is very pernicious.
One daily evacuation of food is necessary—if we have more, k
most generally denotes that we have eaten or drank ton much at
some antecedent meal, and we should take less the next day, to
restore the equilibrium.
If we do not rise early, sleeping with open windows will be a
tolerable substitute for that important aid to health.
If we mean .to begin in earnest about repairing an infirm or in-
jured colatitudes,, we should not defer it longer than forty.
The use of physicians is, to correct our sensuality, imprudence,
negligence, or ignorance, and medicine must be their acting agent,
because we will not wait for a slower, but more effectual cure, by
simple means.
Mediciie being a kind of force above nature, the less we take
the better i • and it is, generally, in our own power to render ale-
wives independent of it. 'Corner° took none, of any kind, during
sixty years.
When we indulge very freely erne day, we ought to live low and
scanty the next. If sick by over-drinking, we should eat nothing
the day after—indeed, if businesa pet mit, it were best to lie in bed
until the eseendassening following the debauch.
The sendinne should eat less meet or solid food than others, and
host WWI ee "kits sparingly. They could not take a better luncheon
tflsa e Ibsen( bread, and two or three small glasses of port, and
they *odd stand while at study or writing—sitting or walking
, edy. eseasionelly, for about five minutes.
We should eat less meat in summer than in winter.

Complaints for want of appetite are mostly absurd. We ge-
nitally eat too much, and when we do not, it is almost always found
that we exceed in drint. It is a good rule never to eat quite as
much at dinner as we might. This will not prove so uncomfort-
able as may be supposed, for, in a few minutes, our desire will
cease, and set shall feel perfectly satisfied.
Deprived of so many requisite. for the preservation of health,
the poor, especially in large cities, could never attain old age, but
for their bumble and scanty fare. This shows the value of tem-
perance, and demonstrates the wisdom of Cornaro's great fends.
mental Principle for health and longevity.
We amid sleep on the right aide, with our heads high ; use
N* pillows and hard beds ; avoid restlessness and dreaming, and
always have part of our chamber window open all night.
-

Camaro. assertion, that" no man can be a perfect physician to
any one but himself," deserves the most profound consideration.
Though few can undertake the duty, we should all bear in mind
that It Is a truth. It may make us pay the doctor u cheerfully
when he gives simple advice, as when be orders medicine ; and
that is something. Mr. Abernethy has frequently dismissed patients,
without prescriptions, when be knew that the cure was in their
own hands.

Changes in the constitution take place at different periods, and
they should be observed with a due attention, divested of anxiety
or apprehension. What agrees with us at one time may not at
another, but we must be cautious of experiments, leg we may be
seduced into quackery.
A Spanish writer says, " the inconveniences of sickness are more
painful than the sweetness of health is pleasant." This is a shrewd
observation. We do not estimate the health properly, except in
the vicinity of pain. If the raging of a tooth suddenly cease, we
feel so delighted, that it seems worth while to be born, only to
enjoy such an agreeable sensation-4t appears to be the happiest
moment of our life. But this fullness of pleasure is confined to a
few minutes. Theproximity of pain, and our transition to a state
of ease, are alike soon forgotten. We only appreciate the one, in
proportion to our recollectionof the other • and It is by not giving
this due consideration, that so malty neglect their health until too
late for reparation. '

Mrs. MANWF.LL and her family arrived last week at
Terregles House, where they intend to remain for some time.
We are happy to learn, by the report of the Corn Ei-
detic, that the accounts from all parts of the country represent
the crops of wheat. to be excellent, and cutting everywhere.
There has been much heavy play this season at
Brighton, sod many pigeons have been so closely plucked, that
they. have not a single feather left to waft them from the scene of
vice and ruin to their homes, to ruminate on their folly and the
destruedon brought upon them by professed friends and villanous
associates.—Brightess Guardian.
At Longford Assizes, last week, a man of the name
of &Musa was convicted of the murder of his wife, and ordered
to be hanged.
HARD LODGING.-- Not tong since a Captain of a
steamboat of Columbus started his boat down the Chattahoochee
river, and having some business in Randolph county, Georgia, gave
up rho helm to his mate, and resolved to take a land-passage by
way if a tramp, and join in with the boat at some particular place,
where he had heel' in the habit of taking in wood. However, by
some means, he loot his way, and came to a woltpen, or wolf-fall.
He, supposing it to be a bog pea, thought that be would crawl in
at the hole underneath the pen, to rest himself the remaining part
of the night, and save himself from the attack of panthers and other
devouring beasts of the wood. Bet, unfortunate Captain B--- !
what was his surprise, when, in the very act of getting in, the kg
or dead.fall fell upon his back, and held him as fast as if be had
been pinned to the ground! And in that sad predicament be was
compelled, not from choice, but actual necessity, to remain until
twelve o'clock the next day ; when the builder or owner of the
trap came to see what luck be bad bad in the trapping of a wolf.
. Lo! to his utter astonishment, be had caught the Captain of a
steam-boat !! The captain was insinediately relieved, and his situ-
ation deplored by the humane and beneveknt rescuer.—Auserican
Paper.
IMPOLICY OF CAPITAL PUN ISIIMENTS.--A remark-
able fact, like which a second Is, perhaps, not to be found in our
judicial annal4took place at the Assizes in the Department of the
Seine, on Thursday week. A forger of false money was brought
before the Court, and the proofs against him were strong. The
verdict of the Jury acquitted him of having made the false coin,
and convicted him of keying altered it ; but just as the President
was going to read it (racially, be perceived that the Foreman had
Dot signed. it. The Jury were, therefore, directed to withdraw,
and when they returned with heir second verdict it was one of
general acquittal. It ikeirtala• that this change in the opinion of
the Jury was made by their learning. that the law would, in either • •
case, send the party convicted to the scaffold. A provincial Jour-
nal, which is now under prosecution for having advised Jurymen•
to m eke a like lee of their otnnipo•ence, may send in this oc-
currence as a new argument for its jus:ification.—Currier Fuoscais.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,.
TATTERSALL'S.
The attendance here gets very thin. the betting dall,.aai to
man mesons. Nearly an the subscribers are absent at the Good-
wood Races.

GOODWOOD RACES, Aga 12.
The Goodwood Stakes of 25 eon. each, fifteen ft. and only awe If
declared. ate.
D. of Richmond's b. c. The Alderman, aged..
Gem Gresnnor's Icarus, 4 yrs. 2
Woo very easy.
The St. Leger &ales of 25 sows. each, 15 ft. (12 Subscribers).
Mr. &admirer's b. c. Chiron -
Lord Egremont's bro. to Lap-dog
This was a fine race—Betting 5 to 4 on Lap-dog. • .
The Drawing-teem Stakes of 25 son. each, with a boas of 10
son. each, by independent subscriptions. was won easy by Lord
Exeter's ton t. Varna, besting Mr. Greville's Lady Emily and two
others-6 and 7 to 4 on Varna.
The Two-year Old Stakes was woo by 14. Egremont's b. f. by
Whalebooe, beating the D. of Richmond's cb. c. Convert-3 to I
on the winner.
WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. Ammar 11.
The Cbillington Stakes, for two yrs. old.
Mr. BiUlogton's Birmingham, brother to Hedgford 1
Mr. Girard's b. e. by Banker.. 9
Three others started.—This was an easy rare.
The Boycott Hint Stake. was won by Mr. H. Bradley's Pan-
dora, beating two others.--This was also easy.
The Darllngtoa Cup, value 100 son. with 501. added.—This
race excited great interest; Euston had won it In 1827 and 1828,
beating both times Euphrateq. who bad won the same in 1825. The
odds at starting were on Ruston against the field. Atter as fine a
race as ever was seen, it terminated as follows :
Mr. Mytton's cb. g. Euphrates, 13 yrs.
Mr. White's tor. h. Euston, 6 yrs 2
Mr. France`s.h. c. Mufti, 4 yre• 3
After which there were three good beats for the Ladies' Purse,
won by Mr. Giffard's b. c. Banishes, beating The Crofts and two
others.
ROWING MATCH.
The annual contest for a new wherry and Mbar prizes came off
yesterday. The terms were six pole siteallik three beats. The
giro had been bestowed by the Ladies and °tenderness of Queen.
bkhe Ward. To start from buoys mewed rather above the stain,
row round a boat moored of Messes. Calven's brewhouse, up the
north shore, throw* INeekkien-bridge, down through the centre
arch round the olerwoomod beat, and up to the Prise Wherry
snowed off the stain. At mgMimer post three the following ma
were placed for the Ant Mitt •
Benjamin Bird 0............ Pink.
James The. . .
George Mardi • . •
And came in tbes--Yefiew Ines Sae* sand. and Pink third.
At half an hour afterwards, tbe hilkowitai men were placed for the
second heat : • •
Charles litithaway e ..... Blue.
Joseph jers.a. ..............
John Davis. ..........
Blue was first, Light Green second, Dark green last. Tbe two
first of each heat was then placed for the grand beet. Blue took
the lead, and maintained it the whole way. winning by two hun-
dred yards. Yellow was second; Scarlet was third ; and the other
was any where.
QUOITING MATCH.
Tuesday Wool& a quilting match took place between the
parishes of Cleseburn and Morton. There were eleven rinks of
players, and the dose of the pine the Closeburnians proved vie-
toriou. in eight out of the eleven, and were fifty-four shuts a-bead
of their opponents.