Star.
London, England, 1818-02-05 00:00:00

LEADER.

In this cause, which was to have been tried by a
Special Jury to-day, and which was an action of
ejectment to expel the defendant from certain pre.,
mises in St. James's. market, which were to be taken,
down under the New Street Act, Mr. SCARLETT, Mr.
MARRYATT, and Mr. RICHARDSON, moved to set
aside the proceedings upon which the Special Jury
were appointed yesterday. The Learned Gentlemen
grounded their motion upon the plea, that, as the ap-
pointment of a Special Jury was intended to give the
parties to a suit an opportunity of sifting the charac-
ten of those who were to be their judges, a Jury,
which was only nominated last night, to try an ac-
tion on the following day, could not possibly answer-
the end in view.

Mr. HARRISON and Mr. GURNEY, for the plaintiff,'
observed, that delay was the only object of the defen-
dant; and be could not therefore.ask for the counte-
nance of the Court upon the plea which had been

qrged. it was evident-drat a postvement to Easter
Term, which was the design of the present motion,
would be attended with most serious delay to the
further prosecution of the plan of improvement sanc-
tioned by the Legislature.
The Court holding the same opinion, ordered that
the trial of the action should be proceeded upon
forthwith.

Mr. HARRISON, however, expressed himself by no
means desirous of hurrying the defendant to tziel
and would therefore consent to its being postponed
to the Sittings after Term, on condition that the
judgment should be taken as if it had been tried iu
Term.—This was agreed to.

Dow-svarst.--Bastracres Erescvs.—Yestenlay along loves-
tigation took place before Mr. Thou, respecting the banklupt
effects of Thomas Hughes, linettairaper. Bed-Lism-etreet. From
the very serious charges which were brought forward, the Ma-
gistrate ordered the parties to attend on a future day.
Massms-llousr..--WiNians Mika, a youth of seventeen, was
charged upon his own confession with plundering his employer,
Mr. W. Barrett, a jeweller, of an immense quantity of gold and
diver plate, and other articles of jewellery, of great value.
dw-
drew &nee (a younger boy) and Join Moles, alias Rice, were
charged as being particcps crisninis in the robbery. They were
remanded, and ordered to be kept separate.
binatnoncoccm-sTsenT.—EduesrdSoniih was charged with bur-
glary in the house devoted to the St. Giles's Free Irish School,
in George-street, and stealing therein two coppers, a quantity of
Leaden pipe, and a brass cock, as long since as November last.—
He was cu.nmitted for trial.

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8104.01r11-1 AT CALOYSOY.—Saturday last. William .kggs was
committed by the Ilagistraws of Croydon, for uttering counter-
feit shillings. A fishmonger who attended At the examination,
stated, that on litaturday last he bad fourteen bad shillings ten-
dered to hint in half an bur.

About eleven o'clock yesterday morning, as Mr.
DlcKry, of Haberdasher-place, }lmam, was going
down Holborn-bridge, he was attacked at the end of I
Pleet-market by a bullock which was hunted from a
flock, and before he could leave the way, the enraged
animal took him on his horns, tossed him several
yards, and gored him most desperately ; he was taken
up apparently lifeless, and carried into the shop of
Mr. WILLET, druggist, near where the accident hap- I
pened, and there he received surgical aid, and every
other necessary attention requisite to his situation ; he
.was afterwards conveyed home in a hackney coach,
but without hopes of recovery.

Monday, al JOHN BIIAITHWAST; Esq. of West-
bourne-green, Paddington, was riding about his
grounds in that part, his horse threw him, by which
he broke his collar-bone. He was immediately car-
ried home to bed, and every means which surgical or
medical aid could devise were resorted to, beit with-
out effect, as he expired soon afterwards. Mr. BRACITH-
WAIT& was an elderly man, and a most able engi-
neer. He formed a diving bell, by which he de-
scended into the Royal George, and brought up part
of the property which had been sunk with that slip.

LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 2.--The very heavy arri-
vals of all descriptions of Cotton this month, have
kept the dealers and spinners as much out of this mar-,
ket as their immediate necessities would admit ;-a
depression in price, however, has induced them to
come forward within the last few days. The salei
amount to 20,570 bags, viz. 2086 Sea Islands 2s. sd.
middling 2s. 63d. to 2s. 9d. fair to good, 2s. 10d. to
Ss. fine ; 5880 Boweds Isid. to 19d. ordinary to mid-
dling, 20d. to 22d. fair to good; 760 Orleans 21d. to
211 d. middling 221 d. to 2s. fair to good ; 3710 Per-
nams 2s. ad. middling, 24.1 d. good ' • 1960 Bahias
23d. to 231 d. fair to ; $l7O Maranhams 23d.
to 231 d. fair to ; 450 Minas 201. middling,
2lid. to 22d, fair to good ; 500 Demeraras and'
Berbice, 21 to 221 d. ordinary to...middling, 231 d.
to 2s. 01d. air t® good ; 20 Barbisdnes, 221 d. good;
20 Surinams, 231 d. fair ; 20 Carriacous, 214101- good:
20 Common West Indies, 201 d. middling ; 300 Car-
thagenas; 19d. to 191 d. fair to good ' • 730 Surats,
151 d. to 16;}d. middling to fair, 90d. prime ; 950
Ben;als, 124 d. middling, 12+1. to 14d. fair to good.
The imports amount to 33,461 bags, of which 15,386
are from America, 11,907 from Brazil, and Lisbon,
2152 from the West Indies, and 4016 from the East
Indies.-A late arrival of 469 casks of tallow, which
had been detained by contrary winds, came in a week
ago, but as the whole had been previously disposed
of, and consequently anticipated by the trade, it pro-
duced no alteration in the prices. There has also
been several arrivals from Ireland : the soap trade
are nevertheless very bare of tallow, and the dea-
f lers, who are the principal holders, do not consist
of more than a few houses ; and wir whole stock,
inclusive of some minor lots held by persons not re-
gularly in the trade, does not exceed one thousand
casks, so that if there was any degree of briskness
among the manufacturers, this stock would almost
immediately be absorbed. Yellow Candle Tallow
has been bringing freely 82s. to 82s. 6d. and sales have
occurred as high as 83s. Good Irish Tallow from
83s. to 84s. and one small lot of skins, at B.ss. 6d. per
cwt. In Hemp, we have not as yet had much busi-
ness done, neither do we look for any particular de-
mand from the trade until they have had time to work
off their present stocks. Flax of every description is
looking down, and the demand very partial ; there is
little or no Foreign Flax remaining here, but as the
quantity of Irish is increasing, the holders app ear
willing to reduce their prices, and it may now be
quoted from 561. to 661. per ton. Petersblugh ashes
do not reach more than 60s. and from their being
but few inquiries, they are heavy at that price. Fin-
land ashes have been selling from 565. to 575. and
still offer at the same prices. We have very little
sale for Mats. The demand for Foreign Iron for the
East Indies has cleared this market of all that was on
hand.--Common Oils have found a regular and in-
deed increasing demand throntromuLthe whole of last
month, and those parcels of and Whale that
have reached here from Hull have gone off pretty
freely at about 521. per tun. Towards the close of
the month the arrivali of Turpentine which beiame
considerable, instead of occasioning any temporary
depression, appear to have elated the attention of
the trade in a waj that has advanced the prices at
least is. 6d. per cwt. and the sales have gone off with
a degree of spirit not usually manifested.--Among
the articles to which speculation his been directed,
few swear to have been so successfully accomplished
as Pbt Ath!s;'Which seem at length to have reached
their highest value, a slight reduction wil! nor there
surprise us, as the- advanee has certainly of late ten-
ded to diminish-the sales. Montreals are very heavy
at 58s. and United States in proportion. The further
advance on, Pearls has also been checl.ed, the demmul
being ton limited to render them an 010j..t t of Atten-
tion to ,the dealer. - •