Star.
London, England, 1817-05-16 00:00:00

Sweepstakes of Twenty each, for three.year-old fillies

The last mile and a hatif.
Lord Milton's Dolma Rodrigo, - • -
Mr. 'admit's bay filly, by thinbietonian - -
Sir W. Milner's Calcaria . -
Mr. Powlett's Herlmistlus . - . .
Lord Scarborougfi's bay fiily, by Golumptis - -
Mr. lielthorpe. chestnut colt, by Sorcerer - -
The Cold-Cup, •alue tOngs. Two miles.
Mr. Lanibton's chestnut colt Leopold - - •
Lord !Vinton'. Paulowing - - - •
Mr. ‘Vatts's hay colt Caytain Candid - -
Sir M. M. Sykoes. colt, by Camillus - . -
Colonel King'. kilionl - . .
Tke Shorts; a Swerpsialies of 50gs. each, b. ft. for cults.
I ast mile.
Lord Fitzwillam's hay colt S:ainboro' - •
Mr. hlichaelsou's Abbot John - - -
Mr. Latubtou'll Lord of the Isles - - •
Mr. Lambunt's Boroughtran - - -
Mr. Watts 's ch. colt, by Cerberas - -
A Hunters' Stakes of legs. each. Two miles.
Mr. I'.Sllses's chesnut gelding, by St. George -
Mr. Henley's Btown Charlotte - - -
Mr. brutes bay gelding, by Pugilist • -

Lord O. H. Ca7tnnts::'s horse Nectar, eat. 41b. is matelied
Against Mr. STON Ent w Ex% Manfred, 7st. at the Newmarket
first October Meeting, fortiers. h. ft.—Nectar Is also matched
at the same Meeting against Mr. GOD2A Bubadil, for IRO
guineas, h. ft.
The Duke of GRAFTON'S Milton, 9st. 71b. Is matched at the
same Meeting against the Duke ofßirraxsu's Senn', est. 91b.
for YOU guineas.
At the second October Meeting the Duke of Georrotes Sir
Thomas is matched against Mr. STOP. tIIZWILIeII Callfcliii SSG
lb. each, for stoop. h. ft.
Epsom Races commence on Wednesday next; the Derby
Stakes will be run for on Thursday; the Oak stakes on Friday.
PEDESTRIAN MATCH ON WORMWOOD SCRUBS.

BAKER acid EATON completed each 46 tulles on Wednesday
night, but the former left lam eight o'clock, the latter not till a
quarter past rine. Yeas:Aar morning (the ninth day) both
commenced at a quarter after four o'clock, and at four In the
afternoon, BA Kra had completed 42 miles, and EATON 40.
The tl.y being remarkably Rae, the ground wai crowded.

Sr/tufa:so AT TUC Fives Courer.--Yesterday the
joint benefit of the veteran and renowned Caleb Bald-
win, of severe milling notoriety, and old Joe Ward, 72
years of age, the thronolo,71:1 of the ring, was very nu-
merously patronised by the *meteors, among whom
were several of the Carrpotite Order. The set WI
(twelve in number) afforded a high treat to the ad-
mires of self-defence, front the new traits of style
which were exhibited. Tile principal attraction of
the day, was the unexpected "appearance of Oliver on
the stage with the Champion of England, owing to
his recent interruption. The fine condition of the
former, from his late trairing, was the topic of every
one present. It was A good set.t,) between these big
ones. Richmond and Harry Hamer also pour-
Hayed the art to much advantage, aid the sci:oce
displayed on both sides brought down great applause.
Painter, who, it appears, is on the look out for a
customer, again made his a7peararce with Oliver.—
The former is a Ene stunt yt.ung man, about thirteen
stone, but in contact with aiser, was evidently seen
to ;treat disadvantage. Tram no: cr;,ly put in his ta.,
vourite notb;rtg hits, but it ctle round he completely
fiortel l'altner. Ballow, j,:n. and Mason, and 'the
I eldest son of Caleb and Martia, all contributed to the
entertainment. Paddington Jones and Caleb Dald-
win, two old ones in the fancy, came forward to finish
the sports of the.day. Tile Liver returned thanks not
exactly in an erudite 'Twiner, but perfectly darticaitoj
the surrour.dirg modern Grecian:, who departed well
pleasW with 'le variety catered fur them.

The Lords of the Council met yesterday at the
Council Oifice to hear and determine P.. ittation Ap-
ptalS. The MASTER of the ltous, the JUDUIt of the
VN: RALTY. &c. presided.

The sinking of nee► gold sovereigns, half sore:',
reigns, and double sovereigns, commenced yesterday',
at the Mint. Ten millions sterling is the sum which
it is said will be struck.

In the account of monies paid into the Treasury,
on the public account, in the past year, is the follow-
ing item :—" Paid by the Earl of Livannoor4 re.l
coved from the. Executors of Join I.Acutworott, de-,
ceased, being a legacy left to the Prime Minster, fot
the use of Government, £3.5. Ws."
A pair of wood.pigenns have this season hatched
their young on a tree in Collector BLACK'S garden,
Perth, within a yard of the window of a house ad-
joining the High•streer. Such is the familiarity of
&hose birds, that they frequently alight on the outsicle
of the window,.and repay, with grateful cooing!, the
protection they receive.

COVENT GARDEN TaIEATRE-The Tragedy of
Cato was performed last night, and Mr. gaunt[:, as
usual, was every thing that cuuld be whl;rd as the
representative sf the Roman Patriot. Fle was t:,-.i.
venally applauded throughout. Mr. C. K5m3i...7.
being indisposed, the part of Jmba was undertaker! by
Mr. Comsoit, who ustnitied it with considerable effect.

THE Attu► the rums recinired
by the Secretary at War to provide for the Army Ex-
penses are und, rgoing coraideratiOn in the klut:se
Commons, inclikiduAls will do well to consider wi:e-
ther they may not obtain the sums they may require
for their own expenses, by a purchase At either of the
Offices of G. CARHDU., 26, Oxford street, or 7, Corr.
bill, before Tuesday Neat, on which day the Lottery
will finish Drawing, when the whole of the nuineroe,
Capitals which this Wheel contains must come forth,
comprising Two of £20,044 Four of £2,000, IS of
aux* ac. sec..

• Nen ;rummy, the 20th instant, the Lottery finishesi
that being the List day of Drawing, The Wheel con-
tains the major pert of the Capitals, both as to num.'
bet and value, including Two of £20,000, Four of
5i2,000, &c. dc:. all of which must be then derided.'
A few Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn. are
yet on sale. at the favourite Offices of T. Blau, 4,
Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross, London, and by ar.
Agent of his in every htincipal town the

LAW INTELLIANCE.

PREROOATIVE COURT, DOCTORS' COMMON'S,
MAY 15.
FISHER AND OTHERS v. MEETING AND (MFRS.

This was a suit as to the sCalidityfii. aciAlicii to
the will of J.)lin Sweeting, Eaq. late of Kelve•Lourt,
in Snmersetsbire.

lie 'Led on the 20th of May, 1815. kaving a Wi"
dow, two sons, and one daughter. By his will, da
tett 29. h of November, ISI4, he left an estate to his
eldest son, and re'l(.X) per annum to his second son,
until the death of bis wife, when an evate wttletl on
her was to descend to him, .R. 2000 charged on the
real estate, and the residue cat bis p-rsonal property
to his daughter, and selooo to his wife. The will
also made a provision for the case of alter.bortt e.hil-
dr.an, and directed, that if daughters, they spec to
share equally wit!' the s•ms. The deceased's pro-
perty appeared to i7ti.s per annum in real er:Ates,
anJ merry to the am• unt if sE ....IMO The
codicil in question was tnat'e on the llth of bl.+y,
1815, and bequeathed £20(10 thtee per cent. comots
amongst his six nieces, the children of his Lrother.
It was written on a piece of paper, apparontly the
cover of a book having a red back, merely in these
words:

" I hereby (Me word :iv- struck thrivigh) valid*. and It fe
mp wsli so to do (the word re sasick sm ulcers
.x'24.041 in the s per Cent. Cusisuis. As %shut Liy hae.d.

" sit.fmcir. ' " JOiiN sVcrTINC.
" IOEI tbi.stu. May 'tote !ee
Tile (we/ tees proper -d on' the part ot u.e legs- I
tees, and four witneeee %erre examined in ',peon of
it; their father, whe was piewnt at the making of '
Mrs. Sweeting, the deceased's widow, who wrote it
from his dictation, a fervent, and a surgeon: From
their evidence it appeared that the deceesed had t
a considerable time been in a state of ties yetis use a.
bility ; and it was admitted beyend all drag that on
the 9th of Mat', Iwo days beture the date of the in.
strumont, he had beceme deranged; and that in the
litter part of the llth he *cut ilito &Vans, Irern
which he never afterwards recoveree. Tee teieeitin
therefore was, whether he enjoyed a lucid interval at
, the time he executed the codicil ? Upon this pui;a
Lthe witnesses deposed to several incoherencies in he.
conduct and expressions on the morning ot that day.
He had observed, that " to be buried in the hthway
is a shocking thought. I am burning in the elements,
lam on fire—l shell soon be in fell, and you (mean-
ing his wife) v'ill soon be there atter me. 1
had been educated in a reiigieue virtuous family, and
that I had never known you, then I should have bees;
happy”.....with similar wild and incoherent langeege,
at which his wife was so alarmed, that she scut luril
Mr. Henry Sweeting, the father of the legatees, who
lived about a mile and a half hum the deceased's
house. The deceased continued raving until the ar-
rival of his brother, which was about one o'clock ;
but he then became exhausted, and was more calm.
Not long after his brother's artived, he, without any
previous conversetida respecting his affairs, addressed
himself to his brother, and said, " Henry, I give you
£lOOO in the 3 per cent. Consols ;" or, according to
Mr. Henry Sweeting's account—" Henry, I have lens.
wished to leeve some remembrance to your detree-
ters, and beg it may be done as sown as possible."--
He then turned to his wife, who was in the habit of
writing ler him, and told her to get a piece of paper,'
and write what lie should dictate. The rough piece
of paper on which the codicil was written being accl-
denteily lying on the sideboard, it was handed to
Mrs. Sweeting, and the deceased asked his brother
how many daughters he had ? On his replyitik six,
the deceased said. " Then I will give them 211000,
there is enough cf Mrs. Sweeting .then wrote'
the codictl, word for word, from the deceased's die-
union, and, giving him the pen, lie signed it in a bet-
ter manner titan usual. . The servant was then sent
ter• to witness it, and something being said about
another witness, the deceased said, " Let them come
in—she mere the better ;" and directly afterwartli 11e.
said, fi I am afraid, from the state of my mind, this
won't be valid, but I am as much in my senses as
ever I was." The codicil was then witnessed, and
taken possession of by Mr. Henry Sweeting; and in
the course of the afternoon the deceased was seized
with a fit, from which he never recovered.
Sir JOHN NICHOLL stated the 'mum of the case.•
All that the Court had to enquire was, whether,
there was any trait in the evidence of a previousein-i
tentinn to benefit his nieces' and not finding any,
the Court was bound to conclude that no such inten-
tion existed prior to the codicil question. The
learned Judge remarked that the witnesses appeared
to have given a fair and candid evidence; and from
their account it appeared that the deceased had been
for same time previously in a state of high nervous
irriothility. Such a state, however, was not insanity,
though often the forerunner of it. It was admitted,
that on May 9th, two days only before the factum of
the instrument in question, the tiecea..ed had become',
deranged. The deceased's was not a mere beefily'
attack—it was not a delirium, but derangement—le-
tween which there was this diseecrion : that in deli-
rium a person w. s unconscious of what was pasting
round about him, whilst in dcran:,,,cnwrit he might
understand wi:at was said to him, and yet be of un-
sound mind. It was the characteristic of eerseni so
situated commonly to take rational measures for en
irraticied object ; they would give rational answers to
questions put to then,, but the grounds and motives
of their actions would be inconsistent. Titis, then,
was the state of the deceased: he was very much tle!
resscd ;and t:icuo Le did on the 10th of May eke
certctiers to his servants, yet e single ratioted direc.
i tee; was no piece of a lucid inters el. Oe. the iitit
jot tldy be waS quite detarged. Mrs. Saietiog's
evidence spewed mate:est insanity just before the
! rartree ; his exeresene.s were contrary to fact. It was
a CQ111:1.0r. coecomitazt of sech a state 4 mind te
Ireineest a disiike to those persons eh:, previc usly
"were the most he:uved ; and it was equally common
I to observe a degree of self restraint and repression i::
the presence of persons not so familiar, but this wit
not composure • Tee Court had, enwever, to l'ok
to whether the act was done in a lucid inteival In the case of a person of admitted general incaea.
city, the rule of proof was inverted, and it was incurn
bent upon the party setting up the act, to prove the
absence of incapacity, which otherivise would be pre-.
fumed; and this presumption was the more strong:
as the insanity was brought down nearer to the act in'
question : one or two rational expressions were no
proel of the absence of the disorder; but the mind
• most' smear to have returned to its natural tem..
.Go
far Eva. a I:•.iti in:trval, the learr.cd Judge