Star. — London, England, 1811-09-07 00:00:00

~.. THE ICING. •••1==•..1..g. WININSoII CASTLE, wt. t. de Its MAJESTY continues in the same state as yes. ter& y. (Signed) 01 , It. HALFORD. "W. MUSERDEN. 4' Si. BMW& 44 R. WILLIS." Witansno, Seta. 6.—Yesterday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT arrived from Oxford, where he slept the night before, and remained with the QUEEN till past seven, when his ftnyal Highness took his leave for London, and is expected to return this day. The PRINCESSES have not taken their usual rides this morning, but accompanied her MAJESTY to Frog- Inore.—We continue very dap no visitors or arrivals, nor any thing stirring from the Castle t all quite quiet, and every thing kept a secret respecting the KING. THE PRINCE REGENT'S COURT. Yesterday was the day appointed by his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT to receive the Spanish Ambassador. About three o'clock the Duke de I'INPANTADO, accompanied by Admiral APODACA and Mr. CHESTER, the Assistant Master of the Cere monies, arrived at York House, St. James's Palace, where his Excellency was received by the Marquis WELLESLEY, who introduced him into the presence of the PRINCE REGENT. His Excellency was most gra ciously.received by his Royal Highness, anctaftet wards his Excellency had a private audience, and de livered his credentials. His Royal Highness afterwards held a Privy Conn- Board of Trade, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the three Secretaries of State, and the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland. Vi.count CHETWYND and Mr. &Um attended as Clerks of the Council. After the Council, his Royal Highness gave audi ences to the MarquisWELLEst.EY, Earl of LIVERPOOL, Earl BATHURST, Lord MANNERS, Messrs. PERCEVAL, RYDIR, and YORKE. The account of the Duke of Suss= yesterday at IC ensington Palace was, that his Royal Highness was very indifferent. Yesterday, Mr. YORKE entertained a select party of Naval Officers with a grand dinner, at his house in the Admiralty. Yesterday, Mr. Secretary RYDER entertained a se lect party of friends with an elegant dinner, at his house in Great George street. Mr. JONES Bintritrr (brother to the Baronet) has publicly avowed himself a candidate for the Borough of Southwark. The Earl of SEFTON is perfectly recovered from his late accident. Lord CALRDON is expected to return from his Go vernment of the Cape of Good Hope by the next ships that arrive from India. Mr. Lurrom, who is going out as Ambassador to Constantinople, embarked on Thursday last at Ports mouth, on board the Argo, which sailed imme diately for the Mediterranean. He was accompa nied in the carriage to the sally -port, by Admiral Sir •R. CURTIS, and Lieut.-General WIIKTHAP4. A Cap tain'sguard preceded thecarriage. On the barge's leav ing the beach, a salute was fired from the platform. Monday last, CHARLES SHORT, Esq. was elected Mayor of the Corporation of Bedford, and the Rev. Doctor HUNT and JOHN GREEN, Esq. Bailiffs, for the ensuing year. Lord G. CAVENDISH is the purchaser of the rever sion in fee of and in the manor of Casterton Parva, near Stamford, consisting of Tolethorpe•hall (the pre sent residence of S. R. PYDELL, Esq.) five farms, besides other houses, and 1,098 acres of land, toge• ther with 47 acres of land in Ryal, and the perpetual advowson to the living of Casterton, after the decease of Lord and Lady POMFRET. His Lordship bought the whole for £17,050. We have already stated, that in consequence of Mr. Forrza's negotiation in America having been suspended, some decided measures were about to be adopted by our Government with respect to that cot: fury. One of the measures will be a retaliation in the Non-Importation Act of the American Con. gross.--This sobject, we understand, chiefly .occu pied the attention of the Council which was yesterday hell by the PRINCE REGENT ; and an Order of Coun cil 1, said to have been signed, which will very shortly mike its appearance, prohibiting American vessels from entering British ports, except such as are laden with flour and wheat, and providing that they shall carry back freights, the produce of this country or of its colonies. The men who were said to. have been found in arms at the capture of the Isle of France, to the num ber of 45, are now on board the guardsliip at Ports mouth, waiting their trials. An Edinburgh Paper describes a cabbage, in the garden of James Cunningham, Esq. of Kelso, of so en 3rmous a size, as to cover with the external leaves a air:uit of 18 feet, and measuring in the solid body of the plant, 39 inches in circumference. It will not be unpleasant to our readers to hear that guineas have lately fallen in value in France 15 per cent. The reason alledged for this is, the great pro.l bability of war between France and Russia. As another proof of the hostility of BONAPARTE to newspapers, we have reason to believe that the Ham burgh newspaper, called the Boma Halle, has bee sesppressed. batons CotNctortcca.—Acomplaint was made to ilte Magistrates of Marlborough-street O ffi ce, by a person of the nan2a of Joh,: Bull, against a man of the r ame of Butcher, for over-driving and ill-treating an ox. Thursday a most dreadful battle took place at the bqp of St. Alban's-street an& St. James's-market, be-1 tween a shoemaker and a man who frequents it with a Jack-ass and panniers with fruit. After several rounds, the Jack-ass titan, who was in a state of in toxication, and had given very abusive language, re- I calved a very severe blow from his adversary, which was planted in the pit of the stomach ; he laid on the around for a considerable time without shewing any signs of lite. There being no medical assistance at hand, he Vi,ls tAken to St. George's Hospital in a 19 , 0 1 4 daageroos state. . . Ist Dragoons, / Cutello Branco. 12th Light General DtLGltr v. Sd Dragoon Guards, 1 Evora. 4th Dragoons. General A run N. 'it MUM We have now in this country a considerable force of that very fine body of men the Irish Militia. The. City of Dublin, the City of Limerick, and the North Cork Regiments have been sent to Portsmouth, to do duty over the dock-yards and French prisoners. So favourable has the wind been, since the fleet for Portugal sailed on Wednesday, that by this time they must be near Lisbon. Brigadier-General CAMPBELL, Colonel MACDONALD, Lord CLINTON, Dr. LAPIN, and many Staff Officers, went out by this fleet to Lord WELLINGTON. Another fleet i; now preparing to sail from Portsmouth and Plymouth for Portugal. A detachment of the Guards, and many Officers of that distinguished corps,have been marched to Portsmouth to embark. Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN SHERBROOKE and his suite have left town for Portsmouth, to embark for' Halifax, where Sir JOHN succeeds Sir GEORGE PRE VOST, who has gone up the country to take the chief command which that very able officer Sir JAsols CRAIG held. At the present moment, and under the existing• circumstances of this country with America, this command is the most important, as artillery and stores of every description have recently been sent out to our North American possessions, as well as to Bermuda. Among other Officers, Sir Brrxwr SPENCER is men tioned as the successor of Sir JOHN SHERBROOKE, in the Eastern District. Lieutenant-General MACKENZIE is appointed to the Staff in Ireland. A large reinforcement of men and Officers is about to ma from Portsmouth for the Royal African Corps, et nel GORDON'S regiment. ransports with convicts as well as troops are about to sail from Spithead for New South Wales. Colonel Comm, of the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion, with several invalided officers and men, have just arrived from Gibraltar. • Monday and Tuesday the Royal Lanarkshire Mi litia arrived in Gl.tsgow, on their route from Dunbar to Ardrossan, where they embark for Ireland. General and Mrs. HAMM and family are arrived at Plymouth, from Portugal. Tuesday, the 11th Royal Veteran Battalion sailed from Dover for the Isle of Man. We have received some additional particulars from Portugal, but not of a later date than those we have already mentioned. When active operations were rendered necessary by the movements of the French forces, the following were the cantonments arranged for the British Army : Sir BRENT Sramcca, with let division, at Portalegre. General Hi tt „, 2d di vision, Villa Vieosa and Barba. General Ptcrom. 3d division l Castello Bianco. General Cu.,e eat division, Estrentos. General Dow tor, Sib division, Ponalegre. General Cam mesa., 6th division, Aipedrinha. General HeuSTON, 7th division, Niza. General Ca/it/roan, light division, Castello de Vide and blautalvao. CAVALRY—COMMANDED BY SIR STAPLETON COTTON. General SLADE. _ 13th Light Dragoons, Assintur and Montefort. pith Light Dragoons, Santa Olaia and Barbacena. General LO NG. Ist Hussars, Villa Vicosa and Barba. 11th Light Dragoon s, General ALTIN. 2d Hussars, Rodondo and St. MigueL 14th Light Dragoons, The subsequent is an extract of a letter from an Officer on active duty at Abrantes. We trust that the reinforcements of the French are much overstated. I do not think the army will remain long in cantonments, as there is, I believe, little doubt that the French have lately marched 65,000 men into Spain in two divisions. They are, I understand, making towards the North of Portugal, in which case we shall, perhapt, again resume our old station among the mountains at GalUzes ; indeed it Is strongly reported, that the Sth division have already commenced their march towards Almeida. " The army is becoming extremely sickly ; the at present rages to a great degree." We are sorry to find on the infortnation of an Offi cer who arrived by the last packet, that this account of the unhealthy state of the forces is confirmed. The number of sick by the latter is said to exceed 12,000 men. From the same authority we hear, but with some disposition to incredulity, that one material cause of the dissatisfaction of the Portuguese which has been lately so much talked of, is the want of punctuality in regard to their pay. We understand, that the troops and stores now on their way to Portugal are to be disembarked at Fi gueira, which is situated at the mouth of the Mon , dego. This new arrangement is adopted in conse quence of the campaign being transferred to the north of Portugal, as the march of the troops, and the transport of the stores, will be shorter and more expe ditious by the road which leads from Figueira to Guarda. Oporto would have been still nearer the scene of operations, but the troublesome bar at that port presented considerable obstacles. typhus fever A reinforcement of nearly 2,000 men is at this mo ment under orders for Sicily. The regiment of Wane vile, however, is on its way from that island to Cadiz. A gentleman well acquainted with the shores of the Bay of Biscay is now is London, and has submitted a plan to the consideration of his Majesty's Govern ment to convert Santona into a military station. from whence the patriots in that neighbourhood might con venientlr obtain supplies and reinforcements. The project is, by a deep and wide fosse to Insulate the promontory, and by such means, at an inconsiderable expence, it might be rendered almost impregni.ble ; but should the assailants succeed in any enterctize against it, the retreat of the garrison might be secu- red by the shipping no the coast. • . ' TN• *nit Our reaßers will recollect that via gaVe an amount of a duel which took place a few mouths ago at Can terbury, between two Officers of the 23d Dragoons. The dispute originated from some liberties taken with the chatattfrs of certain indiviJuals in a satyrical publication entitled " The Whim," and supposed to be written by one of the Officers of the regiment.— Thebusiness has since been brought before the PRINCE REGENT, and the following letter on the subject has been addressed to Lieutenant-General NICOLLS, Com mande; of the troops in the Kent district. The 23d Light Dragoons,t and the Troops stationed in Can terbury, marched to Barham Downs, on Saturday the 24th August, when the comma n d s o f hi s R o y a l High nese the PRINCE REGENT were carried into eaect: (COPY.) " Horse-Guards, 15th AugUst, 1211. " Sta—Your letter of the 10th July, and the several docu ments which accompanied it, have been under the Commander in-Chief's most serious consideration, and I am now commanded to Inform you, that the circumstances In which Captain Pt-ter Hunter, .of the Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards, and Cap tain Francis Goulbourn, and Lieutenant Quillinan, of the 53d Light Dragoons, are implicated, are so novel, ond at the isms time so extremely prejudicial in their tendency to the discipline of the service, that his Royal Highness has felt it incumbent. on him to submit the whale of the case to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. " I am commanded to direct you, Sir, at the bead of the 29d regiment *of Light Dragoons, and in presence of the Garrison of Canterbury, publicly and solemnly to Inform Captain Hunter, Captain Goulbourn, sod Lieutenant Quillinan, that by conde scending to become the authors of an anonymous publication, in which the feelings of their Brother Officers, and some of the re spectable Inhabitants of Canterbury have been most unjustifiably and wantonly injured, they have lowered themselves much in the estimation of the Prince Regent, and have placed thensselveS in a situation very derogatory and inconsistent with their rant and station as Officers in the military service. The offence el which they have been guilty Is most particularly reprehensible; nor is the mode in which they have thought proper to offer repast ration to the par t ies injured, less the object of his Royal High ness's most decided disapprobation, such conduct being a great aggravation of the offence they have committed against military discipline, and against that regard that every man owes to the laws of his country. " Under these circumstances his Royal Highness the Prince Regent is alone restrained from exerting the rower with which j he is invested, of removing Captain Hunter, Laptain Goulbourn, and Lieutenant Quillinan, from his Majesty's service—by the hope and persuasion that they were not aware of the evil tendency of the measures they were pursuing, or of the fatal consequences with which they were likely to be attended to themselves. " His Royal Highness, however commands that they shall be informed that their conduc t hereafter shall be watched and it is only by a representation from, their superior officers, that they have learnt a due sense of their errors, by the marked propriety of their future behaviour, b.sth as Officers and Members of So ciety, that Ids Royal Highness will ever be induced to allow them to be promoted in the service. " Captain Peter Hunter has been ordered to Canterbury, with a view of receiving from you in the mode pointed out, his Royal Highness's commands. " It is the Prince Regent's pleasure, that this letter shall be inserted in the orderly books of ad the. regiments in the Kent dis trict under your command, and in that of the Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards. (Signed) " HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-r " Lieutenant-General Nicol's, &c. &c. &c." ;~ ~~ , - . . NAVAL IrlTßumeNcs. ............... -mint FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 4. '- Arrived the General Porlier, &UDEN, from Cortums. PLYMOUTH, SEP!! s. We formerly mentioned that the whole of the Frenc' prisoners were removing from Mill Prison on bahri I the hulks, prepar a t or y to b e i ng sent to L e i t h , as fast as vessels arrive to convey them. While removing. 1 nine of them contrived to effect their escapes ben .4 . reward of 25 guineas being offered, six of them wets' taken yesterday, and the other three were brought in last night by the FOXHOUND brig of war, which took them half way over the Channel, in a pleasure-boat, belonging to Capt. WORTH, of the Navy, which they stole from her anchorage in Mill Bay. A large Bremen ship put in here last night, with , theloss of her fore and main top masts, in a gale,- Arrived the LATONA frigate from Portsmouth•—ee veral ships, laden with timber and naval stores, have arrived here during the present week. PORTSMOUTH, SEP 11 MBER & .• Sailed the RO S INA s l oo p o f war w i t h a fl eet f or Ireland, and the SKYLARK sloop of war fort& Downs. - DEAL; SEPTEMBER R. '.., r 2. .',..‘i Sailed the DIOMEDE on a cra i ze . RAMSGATE, SEPTEMBER 5 I The three transports Ariadne, Tuomrsoe; Royalist, -• SMELT ; and Amphitrite, BROWN ; which arrived here on Sunday last for the East Norfolk Militia, who have extended their services to Ireland, still remain is the harbour, the troops not having yet embarked. GREENOCK, SEP ['EMBER 4. Arrived here on Sunday morning the Johns, COCR• RAMC, from Quebec, in '2B days. On the 10th ult. off St. Peters Island, spoke the Easdale, --, of and from Whitehaven, from Prince Edward's Island. On Tuesday last, lat. 55. long. 12. spoke the Trafalga.., AITKINSON, from Quebec to Liverpool, out 20 days, . all well. Left loading t or Clyd e , t h e C esar , M'Beroa; • James and Agnes, Staves:son ; and Trader, Dverr ; the two latter to sail in a week ; and the Jean, Ly. strew, for Ayr, to sail in two days after. Tun NAVY.—Another ship of the line, to be named la Hogue, of 74 guns, will be launched from the Royat Dock-yard at Deptford, on Wed n esday, th e 18 t h i nst . when the tide will serve at h a lf past two o'clock i n th e ' afternoon. It is expected that the beautiful first-rate line of battle ship, now beilding at Woolwich, will be completed in a few month's. This vess e l into be cal led the Lord Nelson; and as a grateful tribute to his se- vered memory, she is to be graced with the full length figure, and a representation of some of the achievement! of the immortal hero. The Argyle, Pontos, arrived at Newry, from Ca diz, in ballast, has been seized for not having either manifest or cocket, and three small casks of rum, aid thirty pieces of nankeen, having been found undir the ! ballast. s There is a sharp look- out at present among our • To THE EDI roil OF THE ST A R. cruizers on the French fleet in the Scheldt, as they are Caanuctogett, Seer. 6.—Th e C omet may b e seen , apparently ready for sea, and every arrangement i s from the bigtrop o li s . I t was yester d ay even i ng very I made to prevent their escape. The following vessels conspicuous from soon after dusk until half-past nine 'are m i o n nm th o e u Downs : tk, Bellona, Bedford, Diomede, Inconstant, Naiad, o'clock, in a N. N. W. direction, near the horizon. ! i v „, 14 ..„ , Brune, Drake, mistigab. volcano. Liimit, vipe. After having been about four hours below the ri - 1 Phipps, Cordelia, and Cheerful men of war ; Mary, Nyesea.sest zoo, it was again to be seen this morning in a N. N. E. ' Folkestone armed vessels. direction, from half-past two o'clock until nearly day- --_- light. Monday se'nnight a boat race, for 450 a side, be tween the boatmen of Bl a yd on an d t h ose o f S now, . GLASGOW, SEPT. 4.—Th e C omet was o b serve d on don's Hole, was decided on th e T yne , f rom H e bb arn Sunday and Mond a y even i...gs, the Ist and 2d in s t. at the Glasgow observato r y, an d as position determined Quay to Newcastle b r idg e . Th e Bl ay d on b oat won by accurate instrume n t s . I t i s a round ill defined spot by above 300 yards. A num b er o f b att l es arose out of or light, has no tail, an d i s s i tuate d near t h e r i g h t hi n d this transaction, and w ere f oug h t on N ewcastle foot of the Great Bear, a little to the right of a line, Quay. passing through two bright stars,in that Constellation, I A young man of the n a m e o f L uc i e , t h e son o f a tradesman in Conduit -street, was found drown e d i n th e called the Pointers. Th e u pp ermost o f t h ese i s a l most equidistant from the C omet an d t h e P o l e. I ts right i Paddington Canal yesterday morning, with several exterior marks of viole nce . 'H e h a d b een m i ssing ascension, on the Ist at 9h. 25m. was 155 d eg . 52 min. and declination 38 d eg . 4 m i n . N . Wh enever since Sunday last, and he w as trace d to h ave l eft a the weather permits, it s p rogress w ill b e care f u ll y public house at Uxbridge a t ten o ' c l oc k at ni 0.14 followed, so as to asce r t a i n i ts pat h i n t h e h eavens. much inebriated. Thins lay evening a boat, with four young •H". WOODMEN OP A RDEN.—Monday se'nnight, the going down the River, between Limehouse and Black- Woodmen of the Forest of Arden, held their Grand wall, ran foul of a vessel, by which the boat was up- Annnal Meeting. W. PALMER, Esq. was Captain of , sat, when three of them saved themselves by i4v ii.g ; Target, and the Rev. T. L. FRERE, Lieutenant ; the hold of the sides of the boat, and were rescued by a - Gold Medal was won by VERNEY, E'q. and the wherry ; and the other, whose name was Welsh, a Silver Medal by -- BRETON, Esq. On Wednesday the Silver Arrow was shot for, and won by the Rev. teilor of Woolwich, was drowned. Sunday last as several young men and wome i wee EGERTON BAGOT. Miss GREENWAY drew the prize. pleasuring in a large boat, in Penzance B iy, having Friday the Bugle w as s h ot f or , an d won b y W. PAL- with t h em i n tow a small b oat , i n w hi ch were two o HER, Esq. Miss BAG OT d re boys, about fourteen Tears o ld— w h en about half a w the prize. Tile m eet i ng was numerously a tt en d e d by the first rank and fa s hi on in the county ; a n d th ere were b a ll s at the Forest mile. from land the boys req ueste d to b e put on shoos Hall, on Wed n e s d a y an d F r id ay even i ngs. and a young man that wa s i n t h e l arge boat jumpee into the small one to quiet them ; when finding it up ! BEDFORD RACES.—On Thursday, the second day, setting he returned, but seeing they were in the act . the Hunters' Stakes were contended for in a manner unknown to the p r evi ous anna l s o f t h e R acing Ca- of drowning he plunged i n a f ter t h em, and it is stp posed the lads laid hold o f hi m , as t h ey sunk together lendar. Strong g a tes or h ur di es, f our f eet six inches, 'which is more than the average height of five-barred in gates, were firmly fix e d across t h e race-course in four to rise no more. Mr. Hill, foreman bo o kbi n d er to a b oo k seller, different places ; and these High -Street, Southampton, was drowned while. were to be cle are d by the bathing, under peculiar circumstances, on Tuesday, . competitors for the stakes, making eight clean ;lying last. It was his birthday, and lie bac:treated due, leaps during each heat ; no gentleman being permit- men in the shop with some b eer on t h at occasion, 31141..1 fed to ride his hu n t er at a b ro k en p l ace. Accidental obtained for them a holiday. The day being ex. lameness in some of the horses entered, and perhaps tremely fine, they all went to bathe ; they had swain in seine of the riders, reduced the list to two, Colonel some way, when Hill desired them to•return to the WRIGHT, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. C. F. PALMER, and shore, and he would go round a sloop which lay at, Mr. Pam, having withdrawn their names. The gang shore, a short distance off. In the attempt, however, test concourse ever assembled at Bedford Races were, he sunk to rise no more! and what rendered the scene however, gratified by seeing Mr. Sic on his bay still more distressing was, that his two children were mare Fugitive, and Mr. on on his chesnut mare Cecilia, standing on the beach, a n d were eye-w i tnesses of the boldly start f or t he race. M r. SPENCE cleared all the eight formidable leaps in a bold and graceful distressing scene. Oa the 29th ult. Mr. J. Herbert, attended by a manner, being foll owe d b y M r. T OWER, who also peace-officer, and a party of the German Dragoons, cleared six in a very sportsman-like style; but, owing quartered in Limerick, proceeded to the neighbour to the lameness of his mare, he was unable to coma- hood of Cordon, in order to value tithes, when a larg.. neighbour sue the contest, by being distanced in the first heat. snob assembled, who fired several shots at the party, The spectators were delighted with this novel exhibi- from the wood, one of which killed the horse rode by -I Rion, and expressed their approbation by repeated Mr. Herbert; another wounded slightly one of the cheers. On the ground were— dragoon horses; and a dragoon narrowly escaped, The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Mar 'ebioness of Tavlstuck, Lord John Russo, the Hon. Moss Rumen, having had his shoulder-strap shot away. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Whi t b rea d, Mr. But ner !, M rs . w et - An outrage of a most daring d escr i pt i on, too k place mot, Mr. Leeds (the new Whi g C an did ate far Hunti4donshire), on Wednesday night about t e n o ' c l oc k, b etween Net Mo. Fym, Lady Heneage Osborne, the Hon. Mr. °nom Lord tiebed and Henley-upon-Thames, by a gang o f m i., t. John, &c. Ste. &c. The whole of th e f ront o f C ovent-Garden Theatre creants that infest the wood s i n t h at v i c i n i ty. A ca, in Bow-st r e et , un d erwent an a bl ution , rage b e l ong i ng to J. P arry , Ertl. on its way us tw water being th rown up b y t h e en o yesterday, the empty, was thrice fired at by the ruffi ans , w h o, with the house t o every part o f that fine engines edifice ; belonging to horrid imprecations, demanded the co a ch man to s up. so that but by the speed of the horses they escaped with sit the figures in basso relievo, and the statues, now look veral shot holes in the different pannells of the cO4 t, ,as fresh as when they came from the' chissel of the but had any person been inside they must hate beet: I artist. killed. " /♦ ml " . • _Add P 1