Star.
London, England, 1826-01-25 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jw N. 24.

Samuel Donaldson, a young man of genteel appear-
ance, was brought up to receive the judgment of the
Court. At his original hearing, about a fortnight :T..,
the insolvent was opposed on bebalfol certain creditors;
and it appeared in evidence, that while in a state of in-
solvency, he executed a warrant of attorney to his bro-
ther, and thereby defrauded the rest of his creditors.
The Cane ComusstorrEft said, that the insolvent's
case came clearly within the 17th section of the Act.-1
The judgment of the Court was, that he be confined
within the walls of the prison for 12 calendar months,
for making away with his property.
Wm. Rodney Cliantbers, Esq. an Officer in the Army,
whose case occupied the Court a great length of time at
his pretious examination, was brought up to hear the
adjudication of the Court. When last before the Court
the insolvent was opposed by Mr. Prosser and several
other creditors connected with martial equipments, but
the Court held that they had failed to establish a case of
fraud against the insolvent. The Chief Commissioner,
therefore, ordered the discharge to issue forthwith.
Rebecca Hinckeman, a young female said to be respect-
ably connected, was heard on her petition, •hen no
creditor opposed her application. It appeared that her
misfortune was mainly attributable to her having lent
a Gentleman in her confidence a sum of money, which
he never repaid.—The Court ordered her discharge.
In the course of the day the Orme Costattsuorraa
promulgated a rule of Court, stating that from and
after the lst.day of February next, the Attornies of the
Court (and not their clerks as heretofore) shall receive
the '44 retainer" from the hands of the insolvents who
intend to petition the Court, in order to prevent those
malpractices which have prevailed to the prejudice of
the insolvents, and to the strict injunction of the Court.

The breaking-up of the frost has sent the fox•hunters
back into the cguntry, where th sports of the chace
have been renewed with an ardour increased by dirk
temporary suspension.

A Female As;ociation his been established at Wor-
cester, for the purpose of disseminating information
upon the subject of Negro Slavery. At Evesham, on
Thutsday, an Anti-Slavery Association was e.tablished.
Monday evening, as Sir WILLIAM and Lady Twits-
um were coming to town from their seat in Kent, near
the New-cross Turnpike, the po tmanteau, containing
clothes, notes, and ea h, to the amount of nearly fifty
pounds, was taken from the boot, also two bundles, &c.
A male child;belonging to Mu. Wylde, dress-miter,
of Carey-street, was decoyed from the door of its pa-
rent on Monday, by two women, and literally stripped
naked. The boy, who is between th ee and ;our years
old, was found in !took-street, Holborn, at ten o'clock
at night, and was just able to tell where he lived.
It is mentioned in the American Papers, under the
date of Washington, Dec. 21, that the Senate on tke
preceding day had confirmed, unanimously, the ap-
pointment of Mr. RUFUS KING, as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Great litita'n. Mr. J.
A. Km accompanies 11;m as Secretary of Legation.

STIRLING AND HODBOLL'S BANK.---The last Of
the banking-houses in the metropolis which were
compelled to suspend payments during the late severe
financial convulsion, has been the first, of those who have
not absolutely resumed their business, to make a divi-
dend of one third of the whole of their account, which
was punctually paid on Monday, to the infinite satis-
faction of every claimant.
A few days since, as Farmer Brook, near Torrington;
was out shooting, and was passing through a brake,
the gun accidentally went off. And the contents taking
an oblique direction, entered his brea t, and carried
away a part of his lungs. Surgical Assistance was im-
m diately procured, but his life is despaired of.

Monday night a party of fellows attacked a farm-
bowie at Cato 's, near Newcastle, It eland, where two
brothers of the name of Cotter reside, for the purpose
of taking off their sister ; but, from the manly and spi-
rited resistance of the brothers, the party were beat off.
but not until one of them was severely wounded in the
throat, by the dart of a pitch-fork, of which he is dead.
The vaie of Tempe, in Greece, resembles the pass of
Killycrankie, in Scotland, and that of Davedale, inn
Derbyshire, hut is on a much larger scale—Olympus on
the left, and Ossa upon the right, forming the two sides
of the pass.
PENNETHMAN, of facetious memory, opened a new
Theatre at Richmond, June 6, 1719, and spoke a hu-
morous Prologue on the occasion, alluding to the place
having been.formerly a hovel for asses 1 This Theatre
was probably the same that stood on the declivity of
the hill, and was opened in the year 1756 by Tam.
PHILUS CUMIN, who, to avoid the penalties of the Act
of Parliament against unlicensed Comedians, advertised
it as a cephalic snliwarehouse! The General Advertiser,
July 8, 1756, thus announces it Cibber and Co.
snuff merchants, sell at their warehouse, at Richmond-
hill, most excellent cephalic snuff, which, taken in
moderate quantities (in an evening particularly) will
not fail to raise the spirits, clear the brain, throw off
ill humours, dissipate the spleen, enliven the imagina-
tion, exhilarate the mind, give joy to the }hart, and
greatly invigorate and improve the understanding ! Mr.
CINDER has also npened,at the aforesaid warehouse (late
called the Theatre) on the Hill, an histrionic academy
for the instruction of young persons of genius in the art
Of ACTING; and purposes, for the better improvement
of such pupils, and frequently with his assistance, to
give public rehearsals—without hire, gain, or reward r
The Magistrates of Kilkenny have refused to grant
Lnew Licenses for the retail of:spirits fee the present year.