Star.
London, England, 1810-02-08 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 7.

Arrived his Majesty's ship PREVOYANTE, from the
Mediterranean ; RESOLUTE and PARTRIDGE stoops of
war, from Cork ; CERES frigate, from the Nore. His
Majesty's ship CURACOA gives convoy instructions for
the South whale fishery vessels. The RIFLEMAN
sloop of war takes convoy to Fayal.—Wind S.S.W.

DEAL, FEBRUARY 7.

Arrived the Queen, WILLIAM, for Lisbon; Lord
Boringdon, CLEMENTS, for ditto; Tottenham, YOUNG,
for St; Domingo; and the Recovery, BACON, from
the South Seas.—Came down several ships from the
Riven—The Elphinstone East Indiaman has not put
back, as stated yesterday.— Remain bis Majesty's ships
and the

rand-bound.—Wind S.W.
RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY 7.

Arrived The following ships for shelter : Donnegal,
St. Patrick, Orion, Jane, Kitty, Lord Nelson, lark,
Hope, and the Earl William.

CORK, UNWARY Si.
During the late cruise of the VIRGINIE frigate, in
lat. 49. she fell in with two French frigates, one of
which was ascertained to be of the largest class of
single decked ships, and kept company with them an
entire day, occasionally lying to, and offering them
battle, which, notwithstanding their great superiori-
ty, they sheaved no inclination of attempting. They
adopted the defensive mode of the VIRGINIE. and also
at times lay to, but in such a position, almost in con-
tact•with each other, that it was impracticable to se-
parate them so as to attack one with any prospect of
advaittage. The VIRGINIE lost sight of the French
ships in the night ; and was not fortunate enough to
discover them a second time.

GREENOCK, FEBRUARY S.
The Nereid, JOHNSON, from Demerara, get up to '
the Quays yesterday morning—made her passage in
41 days ; sailed thence in company with the ship Ad-
miral Col s, ----, for London I parted from
her on the 30tit. The Mary, Gyms, of and for this
port, was expected down from Berbice, to sail in
company, but did not arrive in time ; supposes .she
would be in the next springs to sail with the Belletsle,
GEstmELL ; and Commerce, WATTS, for this port ;
and Fortitude and Fame, for Liverpool ; the latter
attempted to come out with the Nereid, but grounded
on the Bar, and would remain to the next springs.—
On the 27th ult. spoke the sloop Pericles, joint
SCOTT master, from Liverpool to St Michael's, out
three weeks, all well, lat 49. 43. long. 18. On the
29th, fell in with a French schooner privateer, lat. 50.
26. long. 15. which after reconnoitring and receiving
three or four shots from the Nereid, saw proper to
sheer off.
The Diana, ROXBURGH, arrived last night, from
Kingston, Jamaica, in 52 days, left the Uwted King-
dom, UDNEY, to sail the 23d December for this port,
his Majesty's packet Lady Arabella, was to sail the
18th with the mail for Britain. On londay last was
chaced by a schooner privateer, but escaped.
The Pomona, MlNAucwr, arrived here ; sailed
from Port Antonio, Jamaica, the 6th December.—
On the 13th, when off the island of Fortudas, fell in
with the ship Queen, of and for London, out 10 days,
from Jaquanel, St. Domingo, and kept company
with her until the 19th, when, being clear of the
Passages, they parted. On the 27th January, Cape
Clear bearing E. by N. distant 20 leagues, spoke the
brig Eliza, Captain LORD, from the Downs for Sligo,
out ten days.
The Amphitrite, SIMPSON, from Pictoo, sailed 26th
December, being cut out of the ice. Left loading
the Union, ROBERTSON, of and for Saltcoats ; and the
Union, CROW.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
CRAVILIZND, Fri. 7.—Arrived the Jamaica, Gibbs, from Se-
ville; and the Magdelina, Fullerty, from Martinique. Sailed the
Gloria, Morla, for Mahon ; Africa, Esendore, and the Frasquita,
Marrent, for Malaga.
The CURACOA, 44 guns, Captain JOHN TOWER, is
appointed to convoy the next fleet for the East Indies.
The ships composing this fleet are daily expected at
Portsmouth.

Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in Prize Money
will be distributed on the Fourteenth of the present
Month, wheu the State Lottery will begin and end
Drawing in Twelve Hours. Four Tickets of One
Number will gain 880,000 ; Three, 1/60,000 ; Two,
£40,000 ; Single Tickets and Shares in proportion ;
all of which are on Sale at the old fortunate Offices
of RICHARDSON, GOODIXCIIC. and Co.

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Ex pi* DAIIIII.I.
a tOinitii day, a pdtidoti had been ileeediWifild.
tke Lbrd Chancellor, purporting, to be the petitidit of
Sarah And Daniels, ptaytng to be removedficiin the
care of her. husband, Mr. Joseph Mdnyard, and to be
placed either under the care of her father, Mt. Janie*
Daniels, or sdtne other person *bobs his Lordship,
ought be pleased to appoint.
is Lordship having heard Sir Samuel Roth illy
for the petitioner, and Mt. Hart for Mr. Munyard,
was pleased to defer making au order in the case for
that times
The question was, whether the lady was a iiniafie,
pending these proceedings before his Lordship ?.—f.
(Which our Readers will recollect were detailed id
our Paper of the 26tlf December last.) A letter was
inserted in a Morning Paper, which was signed" Sa-
rah Ann Munyard," addressed to the Editor• of that ,
paper. In that letter Mrs. M. denied that she had
applied to this Court to be removed from the pro-
tection of her husband ; admitted that she had la-
boured under an indisposition the most unfortunate;
and, after stating some ambiguous expressions with.
respect to her escape from her father's protection, and
that she was in Court the greatest part of the time her
. pretended petition, as she called it, wait on, concludes
with expressing no wish to be removed from the cus-
tody of her husband.

Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY presented a petition from
Mr. Daniels, the father, which now prayed, first, that
Mr. Munyard should stand committed for contempt 1
of Court, in publishing, or causing to be published,
the letter, bearing the signature of Mrs. M Secondly,
that Mrs. M. should be delivered over to the custody
and care of such person as his Lordship should judge
proper.
Sir SAMUEL was heard in support of the petition,
and Mr. HART and Mr. WILSON against it. The
Gentlemen who argued in favour of Mr. Munyard,
contended, that he was not to be implicated in the
transaction, for that the letter was the spontaneous
effect of Mrs. M.'s regard for her husband ; they de-
nied that Mr. Munyard had any concern with the
publication of the proceedings in the newspapers
and trusted that his Lordship would not deem It er
pedient to comply with the prayer of the press*
petition.
Sir SAMUEL ROXILLY replied, and contended, that
the letter which he read was couched in such terms
as could not be mistaken ; that it was most probable
Mr. M. had dictated it, or at any rate had influenced
her to write k. That with respect to the publication
in the pers, he, for his part, had no wish to
restrain the of the press; on the contrary, he
wished to GOD that he should never live to see the
day, when the doors of British Courts of Justice should
be closed upon the public ; the liberty of the
was one of the best privileges of Englishmen, soli:ens;
as that liberty was made subservient to the ends of

justice.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the petition
which came under his consideration this day embraced
two objects : first, that he should order the commit-
tal of Mr. Munyard, for contempt of Court ; and,
secondly, that Sarah Ann Daniels should be deli-
vered over to the care of such persons as he might
appoint, there to abide, until the issue should be tried
respecting the question of lunacy. The petition did
not go the length of praying a rehearing of the mob
The affidavits annexed to the petition were founds
on a circumstance which was material, viz. that, as
it was alledged, Mr. Munyard had made use .of the
name of the person to whom lunacy is imputed, if
not for any other purpose, at least for the purpose of
giving to the world, pending the trial of the issue, a
proof or reason to imagine, that such person was
sane. His Lordship was concerned to state„ that the
case was by far the most distressing that had come
within his knowledge, from the circumstances which
arose out of it. The present proceedings were had in
consequence of a cause, instituted in this Court to de-
cide the question, Whether an infant, the ward of
this Court, was a lunatic or not ? As an infant, she
was under the protection of the Court. The princi-
pal question to be tried, could not be decided on the
hearing of the present petition. His Lordship then
took notice of the charge in the petition, with respect
to the publication of the letter, in which, on one side,
it had been contended, that the publication was a con.
tempt of Court, and, on the other side, that it would
not bear that construction. With respect to its being
a contempt or not, without at present entering into
that question, all must be agreed, that at least, it
would have been better that it had not appeared.—
As to what had been said about the publicity of pro-
ceedings in Courts of Justice, why, the best security,
if not the very best security which the people could
have, was to be found in the publicity of conduct
which Judges on all occasions observed when presi-
ding for the benefit of the public. Sir Sand Ro.
in iffy had said, that the affidavits on the former oc-
casion had been read publicly, and that, therefore,
they might have beeri stated. His Lordship was
aware that it might be difficult to catch the effect;
but, at least, it was the duty of those listening, to tube
care that they did not give to the world an incorrect
report of their contents. With respect to the case, his
Lordship was in extreme difficulty as to the decision
he should give. It was clear, that Mrs. Munyard,
previous to her marriage, had laboured under a men-
tal infirmity ; but, on the Bth April, the day on which
the union took place with Mr. Munyard, she was
sane. Her father had given his consent to the union;
and, therefore, it could not be made null by any.
other person. The lunacy of the wife would not au-
thorize him to withdraw the protection of the hus-
band from her. His Lordship having observed 4
some length upon the proceedings in the case, and the
arguments of Counsel, said, that with respect to the
publication of the letter, which was the object of the
present application, he found it to be hit indispensable
duty to make farther inquiry, and would see the lady
himself, and then give his judgment.
Directions were given by his Lordship for the at-
tendance of the Lady a few days since. She accord-
ingly attended, accompanied by two female friends,
and was examined by his Lordship in his private
room adjoining the Court. After the examination
was over, she returned with her friends.
Judgment stands over.


tOtißt b &With; MAW,
bootie
This was• an action brbught by Mr: toutbeo
lienwer, and his. partners; to reeoter passessidn of the
Mile add Groom•public.hdtisei h :Bedfordbury, d
Noised by them to John Edwards► • When the literals :4
Were let, there was a proiso in the agreenient, to
deliver tip the possession at fqprteen days notice: It
ipppeand chit Edwards died some months since, and
thalouse was kept by his widow. The rent pAid f r
the house *is €B9 per mufti, and he had agreed to
purchase his beer of the plaintiff according to the
custom of persons put in brewers' houses.
William Ward, Clerk to Messrs. Corribe and Co.
proted the hand-writing of Edwards to the agreement.
It also appeared from' his testimony, that Edwards
had been a tenant for eight or nine years. The plain-
tiffs a short tittle befbre they gate notice to quit, had
distrained on the 'Widow for rent, but she had never
been turned out of possessiono bn the contrary, she
has since remained on the prethises.

After the delivery of the ndtice to quit in fourteen
days had been proved,
Serjeant Burr contelnded, that the plaintiffs
could not recoiet in the action. It did not appear
that they had removed the person whom they had
placed in possession under the distress for rent, and it
had been decided, in several cases, that as long as ti
landlord continued a person in possession,'he acknow=
.
ledged a tenantry.
Sir JAMES MANSFIELD reserved the objection for the
future consideration of the Court.
As there was no defence to. the action, the Jury'
found a verdict for the Plaintiffs, With nominal da.i
mages.

GENERAL STEWART V. BROUGHTON:
Mr Serjeant ObCKLE moved for a new trial. It was
an action to recover £4,149. The plaintiff, who is
Colonel of the Loyal British Fencibles, near Edin-
burgh, employed the defendant as agent to the regi-
ment, and by a Power of Attorney he received large
sums on account of the officers and men from the
paymaster of the forces. The Jury at the trial found
a verdict for the plaintiff. The application for a new
trial was made en the affidavit, which set forth
that the plaintiff's attorney had not admitted the re-
ceipt of £1,500 of the money paid on account of the
plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant BEST opposed the Motion. He stated,
on the affidavit of the plaintiff's attorney, that the
£1,500 expended by the defendant had not been ado
mined, because the defendant had not consented to
admit at the trial several orders made by the-War
Office. The 'earnest, Serjeant, however, offered to
I give the Defendant -mOit for the £1,500, if he would
pay the money he had -received into Court. The Court
considered this a fair proposition, and the defendant
was consulted on the propriety of submitting a settle-
ment to the Prothonotary, but he stated his inability
to pay the whole of the money into Court by Saturday;
the Court therefore refused to disturb the verdict,
which remains for a balance of 0225).
MERCIER AND CO. V. GRIFFITHS. 4
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, wlib
are printers, to recover the sum of £6.25. for printing
done for the defendant, another printer. It appeared
in evidence that Mr. Griffiths being pushed to bring
out in time a periodical publication, called the Agri-
cultural Magazine, applied to plaintiff for help, which
was readily granted. After,proving the work dont,
&c. the Counsel for plaintiffs said, that he could not
conceive what plea was to be set up for not paying so
just a debt.
The Counsel for Defendant did not attempt to deny
the debt, but endeavoured to prove, by several wit-
nesses, all booksellers, that there existed an establish-
ed rule of printers giving a two months' credit to
their employers, which was not done by the plaintiffs
in the present case. It was, however, clearly aster,
tamed, on the other hand, by other witnesses, firsts
no such established rule existed ; and, secondly, that
though some credit was allowed from printers to book-
sellers, yet it could not follow that a printer was to
grant another printer such a credit, when, as was the
case in the present action, he not only generously
came forward to help him in his exigency, but charg-
ed him for such work very little more than what he
actually paid to his men for the same.
The Jury, after an able charge from the Judge,
immediately found a verdict for the plaintiffs.

THEATRE, EDINEURGII.••••Miss BAILLIEPi new plays
Tie Falsify Legend, was performed here for the first
time (on any stage) last Monday se'nnight. The house
was completely filled at an early hour, and the appro:
bation bestowed on it was enthusiastic. From this
favouragle reception it was announced for representa-
tion every evening last week.
A question of considerable importance to all ma-
nufactories, that require furnaces, forges, or large
fires, came on to be heard before Mr. HOLSTERN, the
Sitting Magistrate, at the Police Office, Union Hall,'
is the Borough, on Monday, under the following cir-
cumstances :—A short time since fire was seen com-
ing out of the chimney of the hat manufactory of
Mi. Pricker, who resides in the parish of St. Thomas,
in the Borough ; and it being supposed to be a
chimney on fire, an alarm was given, and, in conse-
quence, engines attended, and those, who took the
first engines, applied for, and obtained from the Ma-
gistrate, an order upon the parish, for thirty shillings,
the reward allowed by Act of Parliament. The pa-
rish officers applied to Mr. Pricket, for a remunera-
tion, which he objected to, on the ground that his
chimney, as well as all others in his business, was
built upon that construction, that it was impossible to
sweep them without pulling them to pieces, they all
cleared themselves ; and if he was liable to pay for
the fire, on the particular day, coming out of his
chimney, he should be liable every day ; as he could
not carry on his business without. He instanced the
glass-houses and iron-foundries in London, Binning.
ham, and in different parts of the country, where fire
was seen coming out of their chimnies
The worthy Magistrate allowed all that Mr. Pricket
said, but on examining the Act of Parliament, theta
were no exemptions, it having described chimnies ge-
nerally. He, however, declined determining up*
such an Important question, without consulting other
Magistratps4 The decision was therefore adjourned.


toiiit Mt. 1.
Ito Ceirt aviimaingladOlig4oslay, isethid t
nit argessont in the ease g(dio Aura against Genet'
heron. The further; irgititeitt *as adjourned t
next Tenth
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