Star. — London, England, 1809-07-26 00:00:00

THE BRAND EXPEDITION. That part of the Expedition lying in the Downs it ; i1 perfect readiness for sailing, and merely waits for t he arrival of the •grand divis•on from Portsmouth, which took its departure yesterday from Spithead, Admiral 0 mar, who commands the Naval branch o f the armament at Portsmouth, has continued for s everal days on board his flag ship, and will not again come ashore while the fleet are under orders. In consequence of an order from Brigadier-General m.L EO o, two howitzers were dispatched on Sunday /light from the Artillery depot, at Cantcrbnry, to be embarked at Ramsgate, to accompany the Expedi. von. Great as the force which has just sailed is, and we believe there are full 50,000 soldiers, and with sailors 90,000 men, several more carps, particularly of ca valry, with a great supply of stores of every descrip tion, are immediately to be sent after them, so as to render them as complete as possible, and ready to vet any contingency. At the same time that we have forwarded this tre r.lenduous force to a quarter not very distant ; very considerable reinforcements are now proceeding to Sir ARTUUR WELLELLEY'S army in Spain, -and - to Sir jOIIN STUART'S .array in the gediterianean s.2111:10.1t every corps in these two - quarters .ate receiving reizG forcrments. . At the same time we are. likewise lending' out stores of every kind requisite for an army of 30,000 Spaniards. 44 PORTSMOUTH, JULY LC Tbs . Expedition did. sail this morning, and by t we! re o'cluck was nearly out of sight.; but Ahe breeze rds very light when they started, and it ha s :,ince been 'a 'cairn; so that they can have* made but very ktle. way'. a yesterday his E:ceilency ts Marquis of WEL. % / may, attended, by his snite, „aid:accompanied to she lister side by Adiniral. Sir ROGER CURTIS and a keg list of naval and military Officers; embarked on board the Pommes4., for Spain, 'The DONNEGAL rt t in der weigh iti the evening, and aided 'down the Channel." . ANOTHER I.ETTER,SAM! DATE. ' , kidled the Expedition, consisting of 18 sal of the line, five frigates, seven •sloops of war, and a large ket of transports, to the' Eastward ; also his Majesty's ship HARDY, with about 18 transports, to the East r►ard.—Wind E." Allived this day the Duke Of RUTLAND OR a risit•te the Leicester regiment of Militia, of which he is Cuiciftel. AF, the fleet is now gone, Lord GAMBIEIeS Court- Martial will commence to-morrow. It is supposed it List three cliys, fer their famaies thee to jole kkitediiion4 tirOi young men (*Akers) of the name of Darby, of His', chington, are the only volunteers heard of round this coast ; their services have been cordially accepted ) and they have joined the fleet as pilots, being well at quainted with the toast the Expedition is supposed to ' be destined for." " CANTERBURY, JULY U.. . " Since my last the remaining squadrons of the 2d Dragoon Guards have marched from Canterbury far Ramsgate, where they have been embaiied ; 600 horses for the battering Train have also arrived there, but wait the arrival of transports sufficient for up wards of 400 more before they are to embark. Their delay in embarking will not, however, impede the sailing of the Expedition. " In the interim a constant communication by small vessels with signals, is kept up with the fleet anchored off the mouth of the Scheldt, in order that every movement of the enemy may be immediately made known to the Admiral in the Downs. " In this great design, nothing is omitted that may in the least degree tend to its success ; and among the late arrangements, the following may be considered as important : " The extraordinary facility and celerity with which the embarkation of the troops was lately effected from Deal Beach had not escaped the notice of Govern ment ; and in thanking the Deal Boatmen for this service, it was intimated to them, that their farther services in accompanying :he Expedition would be acceptable, and for which an adequate remuneratiop would be given. In consequence of this intimation, nearly 600 boatmen have handsomely tendered them selves with their vessels, and have been engaged.— It is understood that they are to be employed in de. barking the troops at the intended point of landing. ThLir vessels are luggers and lugsail boats, of various sizes, from their construction equally well adapted to the Dutch as to the English coast—in number about 100, and it is calculated will take, on an average, about 50 men in each, so that a body of 5000 men may be disembarked in the short space of an hour. " The Downs exhibits a forest of masts. The vessels .collected there are scarcely to be numbered. The as semblage of spectators at Deal on Sunday, from all Tarts of the county, to behold this stupendous mo nument of a nation's pride, exceeded by far any within the remembrance of the oldest inhabitant. The Beach street was a continued threng from one end to the , other--:--many were content to take refreshment in the open air, others to forego all refreshment till their l, return home.'! DIRECTIONS FOR DISEMBARKING TROOPS. is to superintend the disembsthation of the army; are to be attached to him for that service; and they ere to take to their assistance such Officers of the ships which they respectively command, as may be necessary to execute the object, and to pre serve order and regularity am o n g th e men , an d the boats of their several divisions. The boats of the men of war and transports are to be classed ht divisions and sub-divisions, each division to be commanded by one of the Captains, and each sub-division, which is not to con sist of more than six boats, to be commanded by a Lieutenant. There is to be in each of the boats a careful petty officer, and in each of the transports' boats a careful mate. The Agents of the transports are to furnish a bit cf all the boats on board the different ships under their charge, specifying parti cularly the description of boats, and the number of troops they are capable of carrying with perfect convenience : a list also el the boats that are unfit to tow, or to what other general use they may be applicable. The Agents are to put their boats in divisicem and sub divisions, with a proportion of masters, and a mate in every boat, submittine their general disposition to the senior offi cer of his Majesty's ships attached to that division for his appro• bation. The boats of the men of war which are to compose the divisions are to be arranged according to the following order, viz. First Division I Second Division I Third Division I Fourth Division The launches of the men of war which have to disembark the field-pieces of the Brigade, are to be fitted with skeeds for that purpose, in order that each gun may be landed at the moment the boat touches the beach. If horses are embarked, it is recom mended that they are not landed in the first instance, but that a strong company of seamen, with their harnes s t o eac h gun, shal l be erneloyed for that purpose,as they can move much quicker theta 'horses for a short distance. The men of war's boats of divisions to be distinguished by a small divisional pendant; and if the transports can finnish their 'boats with a small pendant of the same colour, it will be a great convenience. When the signal is snide for the boats to assemble for receiv ing troops, each division is to collect alongside of the ship which is pointed out by signal, and she is immediately is heist the divi sional flag at the point of rendezvous.' • will give the necessary direction' for the boats to repair In divisions and subdivisions to the sh:ps of war sus& transports, when they are to receive the troops in regular order, according to the regiments that are to be landed ; and when the s gnat is mane to put off, the several boats eentatning each regi -tucnt respectively are carefully to keep together in aline, an not to nslx with those carrying other regiments in their way to the landing. The more effectually to'ensure this desirable end, one Lieutenant is to lead the boats of each regiment, and sue to keep in the rear when they are pulling in a line a-head ; but if in a line abreast to be on each beam. If it is expedient for the regiments to land so that they may be immediately formed, the commanding officers will point out the central companies and the relative position of the other cslnpanies, in order that the boats to receive them may be arranged accor dingly. The bents carrying the central companies are to be dis tinguished by a colour of the regiment, as a mark for the boars of that regiment to form en each side of them—and the lithos carrying the hank companies to be distirigui-hed, the grena diers or right, by a pendant, light infantry or left, by a pendant. The long-boats and launches are to be attended by sur s h boats of their respective ships as the Captain may think necessary to tow them—and the boats not employed in this service are to assist its towing such transports' boats as may be directed by the Captains of the divisions. Particular caution must be taken net to crowd the boats, especially if any opposition is expected. mode rf disembarking the troops must be decided by cir cumstances, and the number of boats belonging to the Expedition • K MARGAtE, JULY 22. -,the rendezvous will be signified by signal—right, l e f t . • In forming the order of battle, whether in brigades or divisions, " Friday last about 40 sail of gun-boats, with se- attention must be paid to keep the boats, in which the brigades tem' line-of-battle ships, having. on board the brigade are embat ked, in the order of landing, that there may not be any confusloa on the beach. of Guards, passed by here- down Channel for -the The di v hi ona m a y be made out in starboard, larboard, and , Dorms ; one of the gun-boats onnortugatax got on centre ior first, second, third, fourth, Ste. &c. all to be distin • gushed by pendants, and the officer who commands the division of the colour of the distinguish kw., on the hook of Margate sands, but, by the as. iistance of our boats got ,off • go . o again, an pro- j , to carry In his boat a small flag, ing flag of his division ;_ and to have twit officers to attend bins in boats without troops, for the pitrpose of carrying messages across seeded to j o i n t l te fleet. • . the line. • Officers to be provided with - spething trumpets in the " The Sea Fgo i cadel../wee w'th those of Broad-. lscra”, and messagei to be repeated. • A proportion of spare boats to 'be in the rear of lines, as a ',• • , rr and Ranngate, own more inclined to .proidit- reteree for any assistance which may be required. " /MAL, JULY 24. "The Expedition has not yet sailed from the DArns. Last night the fleet had signals for sating ; they were taken down this morning, ani ' 2g.tia hui.ited upon some. The Reserve will cer tainly sail,first, in the men of war. The two Rifle German regiments are not yet embarked. " They say, the line of battle ships that were at Antwerp have come down to Flushing to defend it ; and that Sir RICHARD STRACLIANhas sailed to-day to a:ucic the fleet there." 4, RAMSGATE, JULY 23. " Lord MetAnAve and Mr. CANNING arrived here Lot night in the Commissioners' yacht. To--day some Artillery Horses are expected here : it is said that SOO of this corps are under orders for this place, and will be here ,this day and to-morrow, to embark im mediately. The Commander-in-Chief. Earl of CI-IA- TnAv, with Marquis of HUNTLEY, Earl of ROSSLYN, Generals Dearr, Mortitesou, and several other Ge neralOW Officers of high rank, besides many of the Staff corps, Commissariat, &c. still remain here. - " There-are left in:the harbour about twenty trans. ports unoccupied, •and twenty other large -vessels are ordered hire.from the River, several of which arc rived this.m . corning: They are to receive the Artillery Horses beforektentioned. JULY 25. " This mottling a large party of Hotse Antillert arrived from Canterbury, coottruided by General,. M , Ls.OO, and. went on latiazetha following vessels 216,..4Lh0rks 4.4. 1 PQ men ; 45 ; s 4 hPrao_ 15 men ; 325, 30 h ors e s and 15 Men . 423,.*; 49 ms. snd 15 men ; RL, .20 horsecand 10 Dien ; XII. 2* tors's anti 12 men; EV, 20 horses and 10 inen ; GE; f!O horses and 10 men, and proceeded to the bowns mediately. NO transports 'arrived to-day." " BROADSTAIRS, JULY sq. " On account of the present embarkition, the Broadstairs • independent Volunteer Artillery (much, to their credit) have . relieved the 6th Regiment, and' are now doing duty on the batteries, by mounting a regular guard there night and day. " The Sea Fencibles at this place, under Captain CARTia, were mustered on Tuesday, and invited to accompany the Expedition in their boats,•but which they very pofitely refused." . • • • • • .';,•• 41. -1401111 W • . Nittti'd4Artit; 4 • . • IfigniTCiN, MONDAY, JULY 24. 1 4211112411215 t Tim '4f -a renewal of tie Evrooklitaltki - *I , ft s t Aide leers old Colts, Bst. 71b. and Fllllo4, Ld • 'est.' ile. Egremonesth. c. 1 H. R. H. the Dike of York's Brown Bess .. 2 - 7 -Perhaps this was the best contested race of a mile ever seen in England. Th e h orses were nec k an d neek, nay, althost nose and nose, iron) the onset to the close. IR the betting-stand it was at first supposed that the race had terminated in a.dead heat ; but the Judge's decision, which was correct, gave the palm of Victory to Lord : tentamoNr. 'Both riders were very liberal in the use at:their whip, when they had arrived within about thirty.yatds.of the winning post. Lord Etats-mon-es, *at Starting, was the favourite. The next heat was fur the • • Ed Match, Inks. last I,Mile. Ld. Egremont's b. f. agst. Sir 1. Shelly's ch. f. Fanny, Est. 41b. tack. Fanny won. Eleven to eight on Fanny at starting. A good race, but not so closely and warmly disputed as the former. Then followed the match between - • Mr. Craven's g. g. Dragsntan, 12st. against Mr. Webster's b. g. 3wiag Bar. Last half mile, Sop. was rode by the owners.-- Mr. Craven won. Three to two on the Hon. B. CRAVEN at starting, who rode in a most excellent style. Mr. WEBSTER had the advantage for the first quarter of a mile ; but in the end he was beat easily.—The fourth and hue met wes for • ' Tbs Plate af , lool.—for 3.yr. olds, 7st. 4-yr. olds. list. alb. 5-yr. 4ds, est. 161 b. 6-yr. olds, Est. tilb. and aged, Est. 31b. Ne w Course. Mr. Ladbrokes br. h. Chester, 4-yes. old - 1 Ld. Egremont's b. f 3-yrs. old . Sir G. Webster's b. b. Hippomenes, aged S Mr. Hughes's ch. g. Squirrel, .5-yrs. old 4 Even betting Lazy against the field; three to two against INsisontenet; two to one and ten to four against Chester; fifty, sixty, eighty, and even one hundred to one against Squirrel. When the horses turned at the half way, the odds, however, varied ; the sportsmen were in a fever, and not even three to one could• be obtained against Squirrel. For the relief of .those, however, who had so largely risked their money, Squirrel was pulled up at the distance post. Lazy tried hard for success, but was beat by Chester, Hipomenes beipg close in the rear of both. The knowing ones by betting the odds on the favourite, were considerable losers by this race.—Thus ended the diversions of this day, and probably cf this year, for no matches, &c. are yet fixed for to.morrow, and the general opi. nion is, that there will be none. ASSIZES. HERTFORD, JULY 94. • ..ZING..--GEOROE EARL OP ESSEX V. THE IiON.. AND REVEREND WILLIAM CAPEL. Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD addressed the Jury on the part of the plaintiff, in a most able and eloquent speech. He lamented that the Jury should be called upon to decide a question of this nature, between two persons who stood in so near a degree of relationship to each other ; but inasmuch as the Earl of Essex was under the necessity of b a li s trg this action, fo r the purpose of protecting hi in the enjoyment of his. property, and as Mr. Capel had stood forward as the manager and principal person of the Berkeley hunt, he had rendered it absolutely necessary, that he should be the first person attacked by the Earl of Essex. The complaint was, that the defendant had committed a trespass in breaking and entering his grounds, called Cashiobury Park, and with horses and hounds destroying the grass and herbage, and breaking down his fences. Ile defendant ,Justified himself- this way—he said, that he had started a fox on other- ground, which was not the property of the Earl of Essex, and that the fox being a noxious animal and liable to do mischief, he for the purpose of killing and destroying him, and as the most effectual means of doing so, broke and entered the Park with hounds and horses, and bunt 4 the fox. The answer of the Earl of Essex to this was, that the defendant's object was not to destroy the fox, and that if it was so, hunting was not the most effectual means of killing the,animal ; but that cn the contrary, his motive was the amusement and diversion afforded by the chace. The Learned Serjeant observed, that the object pro fessed by the defendant in his' plea was perfectly ri dictflous and absurd ; he would have it supposed, that himself and the Gentlemen, composing the Berkeley hunt, had associated themselves, not for their amusement or diversion, but for the pure patri otic. desire of destroyisr , these noxious anim a l s ; t h e defendant would have ° the Jury believe, that Cler gymen were descending from their pulpits, Bankers neglecting their counting-houses, Brewers running away from their breweries, and all flocking from London, for no other purpose than to confer the obli gation on the people of H.erts of freeing the country from noxious vermin. Sost;ar from it being their ob ject to destroy foxes, he rather thought if they were to start a fox, and some man happening to have a gun in his hand was to fall in with their patriotic me tiv, and was to shoot the fox, he would meet with but! lent.rs entertainment. In fact, every one knew that their object was the diversion of the chace, and that they did not care three farthings whether the fox was( killed or not, except for the triumph of his bruSit. The object of rooting them out of the coun try was absurd, tor every one knew they wished to increase them, in order to have the pleasure of run ning.them to death ' • but to put it beyond all d o ubt in this case, he should prove that Lord Essex, as one of the Proprietors of land, had employed a man to take the most effectual mode of killing foxes, which was by catching them in a trap, or -shooting them with a gun ; these two modes Mr. Capel did nut like, and he spoke to the man upon the subject, but the man w as steady, and he went on shooting wherever his bullets would reach, and catching wherever his traps would take. Mr. Capel then said, "I do not ask you not to destroy the foxes ; but I-will tell you what, I will send you a barrel of ale to drink success to the Berkeley hunt." Now, when a man said •to another, " I do not ask you to do a particular thing," it was generally the most expressive way of indicat• ing a wish to have it done. It put him in mind of a _story of a Quaker, who being on board of a ship —a merchant ship : the Master observed to him, that there was a French row-boat coming towards them, no doubt with a design to bciard them ; but, added the Master, with an appropriate oath or two, 44 I'll run the fellows down."—the Quaker said, 66 Oh ! surely, you won't do such a wicked thing as to de- FOX-111 , qty inelit pool. tre6plek ri-0.4 • Yeti tuft etclained the bfaeser - ;.“ I itauhi nut." re= plied the Quaker, for the world; but I will tell the 6 what, friend, if I was inclined *Co Jo stich a thing, I would iiarbeardety Iseks.":—the Master did starboar4 the helm, and the boat was run do*n. The Learned gesjoani repeated, that the ohjeteiet- the defendant and the Berkeley club,. *as, to pl , * foxes in or der to hunt them-i-Very like raising the Devil finr the purpose of laying him : After some other general observations, he concluded by, expressing his perfect confidence, that the verdict of the. Airy would pre• vent a repetitiouof the injury. Two witnesses, one of thciatne df Richard Pugh; his Lordship's Bailiff, and. Jelit,,Hollinshead, his. Lordship's Game Keeper, clearly proved the fats of the case, and the last witness distinctly stated, that. he had been - asked by the defendant, MK Capel, not to destroy foxes. Lord ELLRNBoROUGW interrupted the further pro gress of the cause, observing, that it was a co n t ent i on against all nature and conviction. Could it be sup posed that Gentlemen hunted for the purpose of kil ling vermin, and not for their diversion ? Could the Jury be desired to say upon their oaths that the de fendant was actuated by any other motive than a de sire to enjoy the pleasures of the chace ? He had wished to suffer the cause togo to a certain extent before he expressed his opinion upon the subject.L- Even if the doga-sniicht be allowed to run, was there • itiy pretence for saying, th a t wh ere the do gs; did not gO any person could ride and break down the fences? The defendant said, that he had not committed the trespass for the sake of the diversion of the chace, but 'as the only effectual way of killing and destroying the or. New, could any man of common sense he sitate in saying, that the principal motive was not the killing vermin, btu the sport It was a sport the law of the land would not justify, and there should not be a new law of the land accommodated to the pleasures and amusements of these Gentlemen. The pleasures of the chace might be taken when there was the consent of others v‘ho were injured by them, but they must be subservient to such consent. There might be such a nuisance by a noxious animal as would justify the attempt to destroy him, by running . him to his earth, but that would not justify the digging fc•r him afterwards—that had been settled to be law— but even if an animal might be pursued with dogs, it did net follow that fifty or sixty persons had there fore a right to trespass on other people's lands. He could not see what there was in the case of Fenthrinf v. Grundy, Ist Term Reports, to warrant the opi nion that any person might follow the hounds over the lands of another: He had looked into that case, and had referred to the others quoted in it. Even in the case chiefly relied on, it was stated that a man might not hunt for his pleasure or profit, but only to destroy such noxious animals as were injurious to the com mon weal ; therefore, the good to the public must be the governing motive. He would. ask the Jury, whether that could have been the motive of the de fendant ? the last witness had expressly stated, th . .t he wished rather to nourish these noxious aniMall than destroy them. Mr. Serjeant Bmr-....After what your.Lopiship h as said, I will not occupy the time of your Lordship or the Jury with one word more. Lord ELLENBOROUGII.--There should be nominal damages ; it is only meant to quiet a right—the 'plaintiff's Counsel tell me they will be satisfied with nominal damages, therefore nominal damages will do. If this trespass is repeated it will be a different thing. The Jury consulted a short time and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, wi t h 40 s . Damages. The FORMAN stated, that it was the wish of the Jttry to give exemplary damages, but understanding that his Lordship and the plaintiff acquiesced, they had only given 40s. • Lord ELLENBOROUGH.-:-YOU do very right to find forty shillings—though in this case; as there is a spe cial justification on the record, one shilling damages would answer the purpose of carrying the costs, &a. I should, however, still advise the damages to be 40s. but that there are seven - other actions depending, and the effect of your verdict would be not to give one forty shillings, but forty shillings seven times over. One Shilling damages will answer every purpose, and • I shall, if necessary, Certify that the trespass was wil ful and malicious.—The Jury then altered their ver dict to One Shilling Damages. THY RAM. or ESSEX V. GOSLING, ESQ. This was a cause of the same description, and the ' Counsel for the defendants consented that a similar verdict should he recorded. This trial finished the Assizes. ManutottouniksTßKET.—Yesterday, J. Heath was charged with obtaining, of Madame Purneil, 61. by fiklse pretences. Madame Fumed, a milliner, in Ber wick -street, stated' that the prisoner called at her house, on the 10th ult. and represented himself to be Mr. Reeves, from the Alien Office ; and that, in con sequence •of an information having been given by a female, that she was an unfit alien to remain in this country, he had called secretly to apprize her of the fact, as well as to 'advise her to give 101. which was what the. informer wanted, to keep her quiet ;—at which she became much alarmed, lest any evil dis posed person might have given any misrepresenta tion of her. Influenced by this fear, she gave him 41. being all she had in the -house, and h e appo i nted to call for the remainder on the subsequent Saturday, having given her a strict caution not to let a second person know of the affair, as he would lose his situa tion if the fact got to the Alien Office. Instead 6f Saturday, he called on the Friday, and told the pro. secutrix, how vigilant the persons at the Alien Office were. This embarrassed her still more, and she gave him 21. more. At length it was suspected that he was an imposrot, and a young lady was placed be hind the door to hear the conversation. Onisturday last he called again, and talked about the ismnediate necessity of stopping the mouth of the informer. He was then d esired to g i ve hi s a dd ress, when he said his country h ouse was at Somer's. Town. Madame P. kept him in conversation, while an assistant went for an officer.; and, on her telint hint she must suffer the law if he persisted in askmg for the other 41. he said that she should not stop is the country five ,hours longer, but the officer soon stripped the prisoner of his assumed authority. The prisoner behaved with the greatest audacity at the office, and wished the prose cutrix had the jewel" (the:ming the iron of his I • t ;), through her nose. He was fully committed. , - . . . . • " 7 " - . . ..