Star.
London, England, 1826-11-30 00:00:00

'NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE.

Fat.morne, N0v.211. Wind &W. Arrived the -Countess of
Chichester packet. from Jamaica, and placed under quarantine, in
Coasequesace of the death of several of the crew, and many others
being ill.
Puresoorn, Nov. 92.—Wind SSW.—Of the port, the Gleaner
BASIN/ILL, from Marseilles.
Poayssearra, Nov. 29.—Wind W. by S. Arrived the Ws=
terino, Waxesess, from London to Jamaica • andAklarioer Nose-
worrier, from London for Cork and New South Wales. On the
li2d, the Amelia, Snows, from Memel, when at the Rambo,
• plcked up a coble. full of water, with no gear, named Brothers and
Sisters, M.T. WATSON, Sunderland, marked on the bows, No.
65 S. and it S. and landed at this place.
DUCAL Nov. 49.—Wind W.—Remain, General Palmer, Taus.
corn, and Catherine, --, from India ; Africa, Harris. treat
Jamaica; Magnet, WALICEN front London to the Cape; sod
Thomas, Law, from Jamaica. Arrived from London, the Rick-
ard Reynolds, Somassat.e., and the Martin, W 1111133, [Or Jamaica.'
Passed by, the Marquis of Hastings, from Chins.
Guayana, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Canada, Smuts, from
Virginia; Enchantress, Ktu.occ. from Satyr s; Amy, Jonas,
from Leghorn ; Martin, Daummono, from Cadis ; Hope, huhu,
from Honduras; Europe, Jones, from philad ' Mary elphia• and
Ann, Waxer from Qiielfet. Sailed, the Teases, for
Jamaica.

Extract of a letter from Captain M‘Dosat.ne 'of the
British ship Emma, to Messrs. J. Plata and Co. dated
Monte Video, Sept. 11, 1826:—" This. place is still be-
sieged. The Brazilians are using the English seamen
very ill ; the vessels they make prizes of and send to
Rio Janeiro. They keep theii crews on beard their
vessels of war, and treat them cruelly if they will not
enter into their service. They have turned some en
shore here, and afterwards impressed them. I may say,
we are no longer Englishmen. This I have seen myself,
for I went on board the Brazilian frigate Paulo, and
saw the poor men which belonged to the Monarch and
Allacatro confined in irons, and they were actually re.
fused even beds lb sleep upon. If you .had seen them
you would have pitied their condition. Our criminals
at home are mach better used."
The following intelligence has excited great interest
in the City s—The Pacha of Egypt ships somewherii
about 200,000 bags of cotton annually, principally en
his own account. The value is about two millions
sterling ; and if the following account, which comes to
a house of the first respectability, is true, the valuable
carriage of this property must be lost to the English
shipping
.4 It appears by letters of the 13th of October, from Alexasdria,
that Mr. Salt, the Camel, had received most positive orders from
his Majesty's Government, that an produce shipped front thence en
board English ships, most be under a declaration open oath from
the shipper, that it is eetsally and bewail& English property. This
order will, in a peat nsinento, pat ap end to shipments of cotton to
England ; and she conseleence will be, the entire employment of
French ships in the carriage of this valuable article." .
The Reading borough election petitidn was prese/nted
on Tuesday evening.
Westminster Adjourned Sessions were held yesterdays
In a case of nuisance, where the defendants were in-
dicted for keeping a.common brothel, no witnesses ap-
peared, and the defendants were acquitted of course...
There were two trifling cities of assault tried, of no im.
portance whatever, after which the Court adjourned.
Monday a poor wretch, who looked the very picture
of famine and despair, entered the shop of Mr. Drew,
baker, in Newcastle-street, Strand, and instantly seized
a loaf of bread off the counter, with which he instantly
disappeared. This is the third time Mr. Drew has been
robbed in the same manner within the list fortnight.
In the Court of Admiralty, yesterday, the cases of
the Atlas, Jubilee, and Le Petite Victoire, again tune
before the Court, but no positive decision ensued.
The Earl of Pembroke has intimated his intention of
allowing, at his ensuing audit, a drawback of 25 per
Cent. to his numerous tenantry, swing to the depressed
state of agiiculture.
The following is a copy of a letter received frOm Mr.
Husstsaoir, accompanied with Plans, which are open
for inspection in the Exchange News Rooms, Liverpool:
" Somerset-house, November 24, 1226.
" Data fka,—Mr. Freeing having just sent to me a few'copile
of the Reports of his Majesty's Postmaster-General to the. Lords of
the Treasury, accompanied by a Report and Plan made by Mr.
Telford, in relation to a proposed improvement of the road between
London and Liverpool, I have much pleasure in transmitting a
copy of the documents for the consideration of the Members of the
Associations over whisk you preside. You will perceive' on a re.
&ram to them, that the distance would be much shortened, and
the road so much improved as to save according to Mr. Telford's
calculations, two hours and a half in the time required for the tra.
yelling of the mail front London to Liverpool. The formition of this
new line of road will very much depend upon the exertions which
may be made for raising the sum requishe for the purpose, according
to the estimates furnished by Mr. Telford.
" Yours, &a a WM. HUSHISSON."
" The President of the Exchange Rooms, LiverpooL"
Mr. J. A. CARNRIRO Lao, formerly a merchant in
Leaden. and now ene of the Lords of tin Emperor's Bed Chamber.
has been appointed Master from the Urfa of Sumas to
Colenibia.

LAW IMPORT,.
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COURT OF NINO* BENCH, NoVIRSUITS 29.
The LOao Cow ibseke fietai stM Urn., tom► so ate happy
to bear, meth better, 414 not preside at Niel Mti t. t0.4a19 as
wai expected.

saeatoact K CLARK
This was an action to recover a tailor's bills of 51
with notice of a set-off by the defendant as a house agent.'
The whole question in the case was as to the reasonable-
ness of the defendant's set-off, amounting to M. as a
commission on his unsuccessful agency in disposing of
a lease of the plaintiff's house.. The Jury under the cir-
cumstances of the case. found their •erdict for the plain
tiff for the whole of his demand. mints: one guinea,
which they thought a proper quantum mend: for the
defendant's agency.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nov. 29.
CNA Imes wawa: v. /1111.10 All ANOTIIIIS.
This was an action to recover compensation in da-
mages from the defendants, who art proprietors of Me
Literary Gaulle, for the injury which the plaintiff, Mr.
Charles Wright of the Olyera Colonnade, had suffered in
his business, by certain observations which had appeared
in the above publication. The damages were, we un•
derstand, I /id at 2 0001. -

Me. Sergeant VAUGHAN stated the case to the Jury.
The plaintiff, Mr. Cutslles on; a wine-met
chant, resi ling unier the Cresers Culoon.de, and had
been for some years past remat ked: for th • excellence
and cheapness of -a liquor very generally in demand,
Wyight's irkling.• If he was sati.fied wi h a small
profit and a quick return, he we- entitled to the thank
and not to the ill nature of the public; but the present
defendant., in their publication called The Literary Ga-
vette, had thought proper to brand his client with all
the opprobrium, whereas, it MIA be clear, thailre.de-
Served. well of all persons who -were indisposed to pa-
tronise imposition. 011 the 29:k of last July, the follow.
ing libel appeared in The Literary .Gazette :
0/90CISTIr ; PAUL Par ON HIS TSAII949.—LITSER 14.
" Many persons very wrongly imagine that the art of pang Is
English; we are tolerably good bands at it, as all readers of news.
papers and posting-bills know, from Ross's Wig. down to Row.
land's Macassar Oil and Charles Wright's Champagne (justly so
called, because he makes It all himself, without the aid of the grower
in France)."
This was extremely officious in Mr. Paid Pry; but
he hoped he 44 should not intrude," if he observed, that
this statement cast a very gross and unfounded imputa-
tion on his .client. It intimated that Mr. Charles

Wright had, in fact, manufactured a spurious article,
and thee, pretending that it was genuine, had sold it at
a cheap rate.—That this charge was unfounded would
appear from the witnesses, who could state the excel-
'gate of the wine, and the large amount of duties, an-
nually paid by Mr. Wright, on wine imported from
France. Was any effort made by the defendants to re.
Move the evil effects which must arise frota this re-
mark ? .On the contrary, when Mr. Wright complained
to the proprietors, no notice was taken of him, or his
eotaplaint, except by a renewal of the attack. An ar-
ticle was inserted in that work, on the 26th of August,
relating to the Journal of the ,celebrated navigator
Captain Parry,.which, on alluding to their amusements,
eb le frozen up in the dreary climes whither their ad-
venturous dispositions led them, said, 44 they had mas-
querades without licentiousness, and carnivals without
excess." It then proceeded—
" Poor knows ! They had Dom at Charles Wright's
whkh we are induced to mention again, because we a?oll:=Ire la
going to prosecute The. Liseray Casette for a libel upon it;
Cosine, we believe, said, that it was so good that it must be (as ad
advertised) his own, and not nasty French stub"
Now here were twe gross libels, published without
the slightest provocation, tending, in the worst manner,
to cast contempt and distrust on Mr. Wright ; and this
for what? Because be was content to sell his" sparkling"
at a cheaper rate than his neighbours, who followed his
business. The Jury were, under these circumstances,
to say what damages they considered a suitable com-
pensation for the injury which Mr. Wright had on this
occasion suffered.
The necessary proofs of publication were then put in,
and several witnesses were called to prove the amount
of the French Champagne, which was; sold by Charles
Wright in his business of a wine-merchant, and also the
amount of duties paid by him on their importation.
Mr. Sergeant TADDI then addressed the Jury on tha
part of the defendants. They must very well see that this
action was brought solely for the purpose of ,puffing.
Mr. Charlei Wright had, he presumed, almost exhausted
'his stock of puffing, and therefore be had recourse to
his Learned Friend, who was one of the most eminent
puffers, of the day.. He needed only, in order to prove
that this was mere puffing, to read one of the many'
species of puffs of which Mr. Charles Wright bad
availed himself. He then proceeded to read a number
of productions of this same nature, and with the 'an*
theme. Indeed lie could not avoid remarking on th,
similarity existing between.this case and Bentley's ass
swer to Pope, when the latter sent the former a copy et
his Iliad. Bentley's answer was, that the expression was
quite correct (his Iliad) for it certainly was not the /lied,
of Homer—(Lasigater). So with Mr. Charles Wright's
sparkling Champagne, he called it his, and truly it was
his. He, in conclusion, submitted that the defendants.
so far from having done Mr. Charles Wright any hares'
had done him much good.
The Lord Chief Justice BUT observed to the Jury,
that so doubt could exist that the publications is ques-
tion were libellous. Had not the second publication, re-
iterating the.first libel been made, he might have ad-
vised theai to give small damages. That disposition
having been so manifested by the defendants in the re-
currence of their insinuations, the Jury would say what
I was the amount of damages which they thought would
safEciently compensate the plaintiff for the injury he
bad received.
The Jury having consulted some time, returned a verdict for the
pisintit—Damages, Fifty Pounds—Costs, 495.

His MAaasre has issued a warrant, authorising the
Right Has. Lord nines, Roma: atiansvto Roan Itarniserosut,
of Legle Eipitiostoor. and Coast.= hiNisesix Funs, of Cade
Prater, to execute the °lice of Lkutenant of the County of Aber-
deen, during the absence of the Marquis of HIPITIN from the
kinfriont: His Lordship is now is Paris.
In consequence of the arrival of many thousand ship
letters, the letter-carriers could not be dispatched from
the General Post-office yesterday morning, until much
later than the usual time.

Mr. LISTON, who was recruiting at Brighton, after
his nightly and successful exertions at the Haymarket,
received, rather unexpectedly, orders to appear at
Drurylane Theatre: in his old character in Love. Law,
and tAhysie, tomorrow evening. His MAJWITY was
pleased to “ command" the per formance of Mr. Ltrrou
on such occasion. Mr. L. in consequence came to
town yesterday.
A Clerrman in a mining county observed, that he
never saw half his parishioners till they case up to be
• buried.