Star. — 1828-01-23 (London, England)

ATTORNEY GENERAL—The Officers Of the Company a ere required to ;,:e shareholders. Mr. Ryde was an officer and a shareholder. Witness was frequently in the room when the Directors met; By Mr. PLAY?— Was not a shareholder; neither was he a clerk of the company. Thomas Herbert examined—Knew the Company, and saw Lord Tumour there on one occasion. Supposed that he attended as a Ditector ; but had not gone into the room while they met. It was on a day when there' was a Meeting of the Directors ; but he had not been in the room.  Cross-examined--Witness neither "knew what was Jone in the room, nor who was there.  1)1e ATTORNEY GENERAL replied. Lord TENTEIIDEN ex;blaineJ to the Jury, that if an the parties named in the defendant Stonehouse's plea, were not proved to the Directors, they should give a verdict for the plaintiff. The Jury found for the pliintiff—Damage. 501.  The black natives continue to be very offensive towards th; settlers at Van Dreman's Lind. Their aggressions recently have been mote than ordinarily numerous; and the last of the atrocities of the people has been accompanied with the murder of three men at Guarnby's Bluff.—Australian. The house of Mr. Oilier, M iida.hill West, Padding. ton, was forcibly entered- on Monday night, and robbed of plate, linen, and other articles. Athletic spot ts rave this decideJ advantage over sedentary ones—that while the one i,tarigorates the other enervates both mind and body. A; a proof of this, there is no better preservative against gaming than hunting. The fatigue and excitement attending a good day's sport with a pack of fox hounds oblige a man to retire to rest betimes, and render him indifferent to cards or dice. It has been observed, too, that most Batliates are gamblers. An accident took place at Logietait, in Petthshirr, on Saturday morning last, by the explosion of gunpowder. Charles Rt.bertson, grocer there, had beet' attempting to kindle a fire by means of gunpowder, and in throwing a portion of it among the embers, the flames comraunic4ed with the vessel in which a considerable quantity of that inflammable substance was contained. The shock which followed was dreadful, and speedily called all the inhabitants of the village to the spot. Although there were six individuals in the room when the accident took place, fortunately no lives were lost.  About the year'l794., a reciprocal attachment was formed between a young lad and lass—as we good people of Scotland express ourselves—in the immediate neighbourhood of Elgin. This attachment grew with their growth and strengthened with their strength, until it was mutually agreed on it should be matured in the matrimonial state. The banns were accordingly duly proclaimed, and every requisite preparation was made for the customary celebration of the nuptials, when all of a sudden the relations of one of the parties interfered, and prevented the solemnization of the marriage. it would no doubt have been quite practicable for the lovers to have been•legally united together in opposition to the wishes of the relations in question ; but under existing circumstances it was deemed most advisable to postpone the celebration of the marriage ceremony entil a more auspicious period should arrive. Month after month and year after year pissed away in anxious waiting for the period in question. After the lapse of about ten years it at length arrived; but just at that very moment another formidable obstacle occurred to prevent the unjon of the lovers. Twenty years more (will the reader believe it ?) expired before the various barriers to the consummation of their felicity could be surmounted. A short while since they were duly married in the " gude town of Elgin." Thus a period of upwards:of thirty years expired from the proclamation of their banns till the celebration of their nuptials,during which time they maintained an intimate and uninterrupted correspondence. Perhaps, under all the circum-1 stances of the case, such an instance of constant and I devoted attachment is not to be found in the annals 01 the country—shall we say the world P—Elgirs Courier