THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 17 I NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The arrival of a French squadron at Toulon is mentioned its letters from Genoa of the 15th. It is to have sailed again tween the 6th and 10th of February, with the other ships ready for sea in Toulon. It is also rumoured that before the arrival of this squadron, a squadron sailed from thence on the 18th of January. This we disbelieve—and though, according to the accounts received by Government, there is no doubt of the Rochefort squadron haying entered the Mediterranean. there i+ not the least reason to believe that any other Frent h ship of the line has put out from any other port. Crit:ntiocu, Ancit 9.—The Herald, WKissock, arrived here last evening, from Kingston. Jamaica, 4 1 .2 days passage ; sailed in cor+pany with the Croydon, who had a packet for Fal mouth, under convoy of the Sandwich ship of war; parted com pany with the Croydon two days after sailing. The Herald brings accounts of the arrival at Jamaica of the fleet of the November, from Cork, among which were the Fame, Kenyon; Ann, Thompson; Mars, Campbell; Columbus, Reid; and Niare. Alexander, of this port : also, of the arrival of the fleet froax Portsmouth of 15th November, under convoy of the Meleager. The packet may be hourly looked for. LAW REPORTS. MANCINIT . , LINCOLN'S INN HALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11. OPERA HOUSE DISPUTES. 'ling upon Messrs. Coast, Lorton and Palmer, Opera-House to tal►• upon themselves the ie Theatrical Fund, agreeably to the deed of ling upon the Chancellor to appoint Mr. Jew•- such funds in the first instance, so that the future pass through the hands of Mr. Taylor, in order to give the Trustees time to consider their liability, and the best ssay of reconciling us disputes between the parties.—The case onday. COURT. CHANCERY-LANE, VON DAY, MARCH 7. It ir. GRA VT, MASTER OP THE ROLLS. HON, V. HIS FATHER, EARL STANHOPE. tiled by Viscount Mahon against his father, to prevent dilapidations and waste en those tis Lordship was tenant in tail. It appeared, ement made on the marriage of the Noble Earl v Hester Pitt, and renewed on the Earl's se l' SI, the estates in Kent, Bucks, Devon, to be enjoyed by his Lordship during life, w th of waste, and that he was not empowered to " the same, without consent of trustees then inted, their heirs, executors, Re. •ds, Romilly, and others, were heard for the (.stirs. Martin and Scott for the noble defendant. tded that no evidence could be produced to chew .ords had acted improperly in the management the contrary, he had expended large sums of improvement. Lord Stanhope was heard for allf in his own defence. His Lordship entered 'orate review of the suit moved against him by began by saying that his life had been four times nee by poison. His Son, however, was too :y in such conspiracy , but if he had not attacked , character. His Lordship said, that three years came of age, he required from him an allowance Ind choosing to refuse that supply, his son left him and did not return till he came of age, when M question ; which he would insist was juju and false. and he expected at the hands of the and redre,:s for the calumnies promulgated by In short, he trusted his Honour would put his on upon the suit, if not for himself, to save im the oppression of their suns. Ills Lordship .guenems of Counsel in support of the 11111, and iits;sted upon their being wholly irrelevant and inapplicable, and that so far from hosing deteriorated the estate', he had im proved them, by spending 30,000/. of his own money. His Lordship daelt for some boors upon the allegations in the Bill, and said if his son had acted right, he could have left b:in ‘24,000/. a-year by the estates, more than he will now bast...— Rut by filing the present Bill he had not only lust his esteem, but the personal property he should leave, not a shilling of which he would now have. His Lordship concluded by say ing, that it would remain for his Houour's judgment to prove,. whe ther the Court of Chancery was what it constitutionally was intended to be, namely, a Court to distribute justice according to equitable rights ; or whether it was to he perverted into an office for filing libels, and placing calumny against honourable charaCters upon record, and for giving facility to the circulation of those calumnies throughout the land. His Honour stated, that h e (lid not think Lord Stanhope had committed waste in cutting down the ornamental trees; but if the parties chose, the matter might he refered to the Master. The Court could not allow his Lordship to sell the Derbyshire estate, until it was convinced that it was in furtherance of the trust. The 21,301.1. out on Mortgage might he called in, and invested in real estates ; but this also must be referred to the Master. As Mr. Multwood is not in u situation to act a. Trustee, Lord .Stanhope had nominated Lords Thanet nod Cowper; but the Court not being in the practice of appoita in ; Tauten in 1k in instance s this Joust likewise be referred to the UMW. MARCH 11... COURT OF Cl 0 The motion, call the Trustees of the management of the 179 Y, and alio calli ell the receiver of money may not in was again put off, I the full extent of tl the present militia 'tau& over till Mo • ROLL'S BEFORE SII ♦ ISCOUNT MA This was a Bill Lord Stanhope, t estates to which hi by a deed of settle in 1774, with Lad: fond marriage in 1 sole! Derby were tc out impeachment c sell or dispose of named and appoia Messrs. Richard i-courit, awl Mef The latter contend that the Noble Lo of hig estates : on money on their iw to o hours and a In upon a very elabo big Son. He hega attempted, and or young to be a part itic life he had his before his Son car f 5001. a-y ear, ant and went abroad, ►e filed ti►e Bill ii routs, vexatious, a Court a remedy a the allegat►ons. seal of re•probatiu ether fathers from combated the tire:t iso; , ted upon thei Pot.i tr.:. MARLHOROVOTI-STREV.T—A curious examination took place on Thursday, at this Office, which affiwded high amu'e►nent to the hearers. A stage-struck hero, of the tribe of Israel, charged goung Saunders, of the Amphitheatre, in Tottenham-street.Tot tenham-court-road, with an assault on his person. It appeared by the evidence, that the complainant, a professional Geuttentrta at one of the Private Theatres, had, for a length of time, im bibed high notions of his dramatic talents, and obtained a recom mendation from the 11:Inver of a Private Corps, as being equal to either Kemble or Cooke in recitation and acting, and seer little inferior to Laurent or Grimaldi, as a clown. With this yeeNa -1 ility of talent, the hero solicited an engagement with :Mr. Saun ders, and after having given him a trial,h is sere ices were rejeeteo. Intent oncoming oat, he renewed hissolicitations to do any thing that might he required ; and on Sunday Morning last, at x re hearsal, he was mounted on a fiery dragon, and drawn up t.► tile eielling of the house, where he was kept suspended s4:me time as St. George. to the amusement of the company. On being let down again, the defendant beckoned the hero to follow, and whilst passing over a trap door, he was plunged into the internal regions, amongst ghosts and hobgoblins. The assault Coll , iste,l in throwing some• water over the complainant whilst on the dra gon, and the defendant found hail. ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, Btc. A melancholy accident happened on Sunday afternoon, na the Thames, below Wandsworth. Three young men who had gone up the river inn sailing-boat, were returning in the even inst, when by unskilful management the boat was upset. Two of the persons, of the names of White and Rogers, the fOrmer linen-draper's shopman, and the latter en apprentice to a druggist. were unfortunately drowned. The third person saved himself by swimming, and lie was takeu up by stow bargemen, w ben in an exhattqed state. The bodies of the persons drowned w ere nut found. On Friday lac', as ,Jr. Simonson, traveller to a linen-house in the city, was riding from Nettlebed, Oxon, to Abingdon, he was Mopped in the hp—road, near Leeson Bridge. by a single foot pad, who presented a pi:tol, and demanded his money. Mr. N. ut:willingl•, -urrendei . hi•• watch and 51. lie WAS then ordered to gallop off, but in turning his horse, he drew a pistol from his holster, ty hi ch he tired, Hounded the robber In the Shoulder. and t oo k him i n t o e nctiid. It turned out that the robber's pWol, whose name is beam, iris not loaded. ind even without a flint. 1111.0. On Sunday tact, at Dorchester House, in Park-lane, In the year of iik age, the Hon. firorge, Eaal of Dorches,ter, Vie count and Harlot ill it ton, of Milton Abbey in the rouuty of Dor.. et, Baron Milton, of Shrone Hill, in Ireland, and Lord Lieu tenant of the Cottony of DoNet. Hip Lordship having died without isc.no, the title iv become extinct, and he k succeeded in his estate , : b‘ hip sister, the Right Han. Lady Caroline Darner, On Month , . last, c•ittld..nl sr, at lymitigton, Sir ales Rooke, Kin. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Friday, at !lath, William Si► Wons, focq. the very worthy and affectionate liuslr,►nd of the justly celebrated Mr. , . Siddons, Though long an invalid, his dissolution may be said to trtve been sudden, a 5 he had passed the preceding evening with a circle of friends iii hi, tbaial social and pie/twit ma..nucr.