Star. — 1811-08-03 (London, England)

LEVI. and the witnesses who depose to the non-consent seem This was an action on a policy of insurance upon to mean that it was not directly given with a know. ledi sf the marriage being about to take place.—  413S1ZES.  me to read the whole Act to understand the meaning and spirit of these particular clauses. Is it not a question, whether this agreement be not an agreement in the words of the Act," for selling chances ?" Sir S. Ros(mt.,/ still contended, that the construction put upon the act was erroneous; but independent of its construction the demurrer must fall to the ground because it covered too much. They themselves had overruled their demurrer by their answer. Their answer contained. averments, the discovery of which could not be possibly illegal. The bespeaking of the tickets wai not illegal—the payment of the five shillings was not illegal—the admission of the contract to procure the tickets in a conversation with other persons, was not illegal. Mr. LOVATT argued on the same side, and particularly insisted on the informality of the demurrer, on account of its covering too much. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of the same opinion ; but said that the over-ruling of it in that view did the defendant no harm. Mr. HART made some observations on the asperity of Sir Samuel Romilly's language in speaking of the conduct of the defendant. _ _ _  The 1. Loan CHANCELLOR was convinced, that it was not the penalties of £lOO or £5,1 that the defendant feared, but the imputation of rogues and vagabond:, which the law deemed persons to be who carried on these illegal transactions.—Demurrer over-ruled.  Saturday last, a lad, about fifteen years of age, was put on shore at Plymouth, from one of his Ma. jesty's frigates, and sent on to Exeter, and is now in the county Bridewell. His coming on shore, it it said, is in consequence of a most extraordinary and affec. ting narrative, which he relates, viz 66 That he was forcibly sent on beard a tender, about six years ago, to prevent his discovering of a murder, committed in his presence by his master, a Gentleman who then lived in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, and who had two daughters, one called Mary, and the other Betsey ; the latter, a young Lady, of about nineteen years of age, having absconded a few days, the father, as he was riding in his carriage one morning, about half a mile from home, saw her at the window of a house of ill fame, and immediately descended from his carriage, conveyed her home, took her into the stable, bound her hands and feet, and after having masked her face, put a halter round her neck and hung her ; when dead, he covered her with straw under the manger, where. she remained .till twelve o'clock at night, when he took her to a well in an ad. joining meadow, threw her in, and covered her with earth." The boy relates this account very distinctly, with every particular of names and places, and says he is very ready to prove the same to the face of his master ; he further declares, he has repeatedly mentioned the circumstance on board the ship, and has many times written home to his friends, but never had an answer.. .1. Montgomery, Esq. of Eyrecourt, has surren dered himself at the county gaol of Galway, to abide his trial at the next assizes, for the alledged murder of his wife. A few days since, Johanah Flanigan, alit:: Leacy, charged With being a principal person in promoting the disturbances of the county of Waterford, and strongly suspected of being concerned in the murder of Timothy Collins, and family, at Ballygarron, was committed to gaol. A few evenings since, a soldier of the Sligo Militia was attacked near Killanaule, by a ruffian, named Maher, who was accompanied :oil assisted by a woman, both of whom knocked him down an,i plundered him of his watch and money. With that na. tural excess of ferocity that generally finishes the degredatirm of the female character, when once the bonds of modesty are thoroughly broken, the woman was urgent with Mahe( to finish their exploits by murdering the soldier. The " compunctious visitings of nature," however, were fortunately too strong in Maher, and the poor soldier lives to tell his story.