Star. — London, England, 1816-01-25 00:00:00

, a k*a .~...~ itAgiOATB; JANUARY t 4. • 4 ; she Juno horse transport and several freight f or Calais. The .59th sad 62d Regiments par ebed in from Deal, and been embarked on gibe William Pitt, Seahorse, Lord Melville, and „, a ma ims, for Ireland, whither they will sail D de, The 14th Regiment had marthed half rhos Deal, also to be embarked for Ireland , i cenn eer orders met them, and they returned to cr i g iaal quarters in Deal Barracks.—Arrived n DWI t he Marshal Blucher, Lively, Rachel, I gli s abeth freight vessels, with 40 horses and men bt sj D r agoons, and about 60 hones and men of gold Artillery, so that -what with embarking diese b ge bieg, we have had a busy scene here 10 . g beugh not attended with the confusion one i i ib ave expected, owing to the experience and Ai l of that excellent Officer, Captain RAINS, a rt for transports. The wind having come I d somewhat favciurably, several coasters and r ot& bound to the Westward, have got to sea. DOVER, JANUARY U. i t'll: l i mas of the Royal Horse Artillery and o t Brigade continue to arrive here every day & a i r , in vessel: belonging to this port, and ho o t Woolsvich as soon as they land. 'A' I . oc ithe 2d Dragoon Guards embarked here ' g ar ter Calais. the 2d battalion 62d Regis ows hodfrora the Castle yesterday for Rams * k for Ireland, there being no empty ' s kim harbour ; and the 4th - battalion itoyar isu clad into the Castle froth Deal. The Ling e tthi s port, which was reported to be this. , its f ee Harwich during . , the gale of the 17th sad arrived there safe Abithnut any damage Ike white?", although she had on board upwards 'f•s MO besides horses. ' D or tran sports, with troops, sailed from Plymouth T ub d a y lot St. Helena. satialkon of the Duke of KENT'S regiment is un orders for immediate reduction. Court Martial has been held at Cork on Liett , t .Cotooel STAMER, of the Clare Militia, for ha,- slanted himself kohl his regiment without leave, the 28th of July to 'the 17th of September, 15. and fin some tins/ between those periods; for v i a) ; quilted the United Kingdom, without leave ly obtained, between the 28th of July acid the of his returnto the regiment in the garrison c , for having . permitted Captain Mas,ey, of are Militia, when under his command, to quit , quarters of the regiment tin leave, on or about cite day of July, 1815, although ho regular notifica tifleave of absence had been obtained from the '..adder of the Force s ; when he was found guilty first and recond•charges, and acquitted of the . and sentenced to be dismissed the regiment ; '-i,sentence the PRINCE REGENT has approved and ed ; but tinder all the circumstances has been • to remit it, and restore him to the functions Es commission. • NanfL INDELLIGENCE. au. aui. All 6 DV& ph • •. o * Ugh., .- . o o oadht .. 0 t Cadiz - - . 0 0 { woe ad liner 1 0 Malta .- - 0 0 • - 0 1 Hamburg!' • - 2 0 • - A 1 Otittenburgh - . 0 II ,The Kia g George packet, reported to haws been to la happy to say, has got into Harwich, FALMOUTH, JANUARY as. 14 inivals.--Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, • *Mail for Lisbon ; and the George packet, with Si for Sedum ; the Barbara, LINDSAY, for the simidi ; trod the Lord Dupplin, Rows, for Lou- Wild variable from North to South. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY as. Case in the Narcisse, PARTENSY, for France; lime, FALL, from Guernsey ; Agenoria, La Roy, Geerosey. Sailed the Him:toy-AN store ship, lin the West Indies ; and Harrington, Ctausttxu, for Isterforclo—Wind S. E. PORTSMOU fH, JANVARY 24. Aftired the General Hewitt East Indianian, CAMP. r .,, from the Downs, bound to China. Sailed the Eltt, . Croat, for the Brazil s ; Salisbury , , OMAN , for ; Merlin, for Jamaica; Lord Hungerford, and for the East Indies ; the James, for Rio te . e :D a r and several transports, with troops, for St. and Cork. HARWICH, JANUARY 24. Arrived the Lady Nepean, and the Beaufoy hcketb-both with mails, from Cuxhaven. DEAL, JANUARY 44. d this morning, the Bengal Merchant, Gott- I; far India ; Lick l'ar, BELL, for Jamaica ; Prince 641 4 SCOTT, for the South Seas, and several more hoard bound. particulars unknown.—Lastevening, 'lit o'clock, a breeze sprung up from the S E. enabled the remainder of the outward-bound weed ea • their voyage. Arrived and rev...ien Oder, Sir Alexander Ball, BRocoicz, twenty.five Page from Hayti.—Wind E.S:E. GRAVESEND, JANUARY 24. the Samurais, John Gower, for Bombay; Her 6, D. for Genoa; Palemon, John Vayl:r, for Barcelona; Mary, br klamburgb ; Guede Hoop, S. H. de Groot, for Am- Arrived the Julfrow Sutzke, Agra, and Brown from Hailing; "Ocean, Williams, from Cadiz; Lucy, from Gibraltar; Neptunus Vi en, from Antwerp ; ha. Overhand, Ondernamli;fl r tapper, an d Chrigilsa ' tram Rotterdam. CIAMBURGH, JANUARY 15. We have within a few days had the agreeable sight at this season of the year. of the arrival, 66 7 ships from England, France, Portugal, Ame aad other 'countries, with rich cargo:s. atterday a Court of Directors was held at the , to4ia House, when th e f o ll o wing Commanders g ,their fival le ave o f t h e C ourt previous to depart lot their respective destinations, viz. : ile Cl Plia C. BARNARD Wexford; Captain T. HAvnint, El • .CaPrain P. RIiLLT, Regent; Captain J. Issas, Fun Th e ; ' Madras and China. u nderrnentioned Captains were sworn into the wand %:. of their respective ships, viz. till 0... L .1% 11 0rigs Surat Castle ; for China aut. -- I'l r• warms', Lea IGO i for Madnr aid bola '" . -' ' W ‘ • . ~~' WEST INDIA . SLAVERY: • . - Ai this subject kvill flukey the early attentkin of Parliament, we only dischirge it deli to butuanity in calling the attention of Ministers, and of Members of Parliament, to the facts stated in the following' letter. is Oran*, hirers:me I, 2551. Yon left us about a year ago, we were then starving —no corn or flour was to be purchased. The' crop of last March proved worse than the fanner, and yet plenty prevails at this moment. When the badness of the last 00 was ascertained, our Lieu 'tenant-Governer said he would renew the Proclaim. tions, which no doubt were the means of saving this Island from famine id the latter end of last year t but he has not, owing, it is said, to orders he received from home—he, however, has adopted other mea sures, which have answered equally well : so early as last April, he gave licenses, geatir, to every vessel that would bring corn into the Island ; and he sent some, I am told, to every part of the West Indies, where it was probable corn could be had. Small vessels pay no fees whatever, if they bring corn alone. If an inhabitant petitions for permission to export any thing, it isgeanted, provided be engages to bring back a loath of corn. if a foreign vessel comeaoff the port with flour alone, she is not per- Mitted to enter; but, she has any corn, she is wel. come.. By these MOM we have pigsty of this nuts sary article, and it now sells at 11 dollar per bushel s when you left us it was selling at five dollars. It oUr Lieutenant-Governor had not taken these mea surel, we must have.been at this present time in a state of th,e greatest distress, as we have had-no rain for the last nine months and our Planters say they will lose all their cattle, if the rains do not soon set in. The last crop was so very bad, that only seven. Planters have now corn sufficient to maintain their Slaves :—Among those fortunate few ate your friends Rom and SCoTBOOKOD, of Santa Martha— all the rest must purchase foreign corn ; and you know many have from 100 to 150 Slaves to teed for the next seven months, until the next harvests as things are, it will go very hard with Many of the Planters, but it corn was as dear as last year, they would be ruined. 4. Our Lieutenant-Governor not only takes care of, our bodies, but lie attends also to the morals of the people, and in order to prevent as much as possible out licentious customs, he grants licenses for mar t tage, gratis. to every 'person who declares he . is too pour to pay tor it—no questions are asked to ascer tain the fact, but the license is at once signed. There has been, iii con sequence, more marriages since Ge neral La Coo runes arrival, than for ten years before. aa I should be very happy to see the good inten tions of your Parliament carried into effect through out the West Indies; and it they do really wish to encourage matrimony in these countries, and the manumission of Slaves, they ought to' pass laws to favour such views. The leading members of your Government cannot but know, that all the local laws and ideas of the white inhabitants are opposed to such beneficial ends, and that it is their policy to keep the other class in a state little above the brute crea tion. The fees in the different offices for a license to marry, amounts to about LSO or £4O, and how can a black man pay that, who has not a farthing to spare ? In Jamaica, lam told, the least sum paid by the poorest free Negro for a christening, is two dollars. la Every impediment is also put in the way of the manumission of Slaves. When I quit this place, I should like to give freedom to my slave Joust, who has been very faithful to me—but see the expense at tending it : I paid £l5O tor him four years since— 'to make him free, the Colonial duties amount to about ltX) dollars and the fees to the Governor and different offices will amount to 50 or 100 more.— This is not all, I am bound to give security of 0200 ilia be will not become a charge to the Island.— Such expenses are a bar to the good intentions of the best disposed people, and are calculated to rivet the chains of slavery and misery in these countries. al It is to the benevolence and enlightened views of your Parliament alone that a degraded race have to intik up for further support: much good has been done, but the evil is not eradicated. If we cannot strike at once at the root of a poisonous weed, we must adopt other means to check its progress. 4 , These • people ought to be christened and mar ried free of expense ; schools ought to be established among them, and Proprietors bound by law to send their Children-Slaves, at stated times, to receive mural instruction. Every individual Slave, who has by his honest industry earned a sum sufficient to pur chase his freedom, ought to obtain it without paying the enormous fees exacted by the Governors, Clergy and Colonial establishments. Masters should also be empowered to grant liberty to faithful and deserving Slaves, free of expense—ahe worthless and incorri gible alone ought to meet with difficulties • in obtain ing freedom: 4 , I know it would be difficult to persuade Planters to adopt these measures yet I know, by my own ez .perience, that a free Negro, who has Iris character at stake, will perform the work of four Slaves. lam raware that a Slave is not• to be suddenly transformed into an industrious and active free man ; his 'lazy indolent habits, and indifference to reputation and character, are the natural consequences of the smithy of slavery, and the totalateglect of moral and reli gious instruction. Bat let the Negro, of both sexes, receive instruction in their duty to GOD and to their neighbour, very early in life, and In freedom be held out to them as the reward of industry and constant good behavioist, whenever they can purchase it, ind I will venture! to promise every Planter, that, in the course of twenty years, his plantation will be culti vated and worked by one-third of the hands which be requires at present. ' We live in an age when ignorance can no longer be a guarantee' for passive submission, therefore - let the Planter consider how muoh he is interested in giving that instruction to his Negroes. which is de rived from the pure fountain of truth. al We are UN:ripe: of seeing our Dutch Governor very shortly—it is said inDecember ; but there are many among us who would prefer to remain under the &lush Governmeat.": • iRIGIITOM J‘INUART . e doper party at the Pavilion. last night con listed of about twenty persons of • rank, principally belonging - to th e Roy al Nine. The PRINCI R.ROCNT was so moth better that he was in the salon, and in the apartinent adjoining the music room for upwards of three hours. His Royal _Highness was entire:; Ire.: from pain, and remarkably cheerful. The following is a collect copy of the Bulletin exhibited at the Pavilion this morning: " Tuesday, Half-put Ten, A. M. The runes RIGUIT has pissed a quiet night, and his Royal Highness is, in every respect, as well as be W 3, yesterlay• • 44 M. J. TIERNEY." JANUARY 24.—The report of Dr. TIIKUEY this morning, respecting the Paint Rinsames-coMplaint of the gout, is extremely satisfactory, inasmuch as it is impossible for his Royal Highness to do better, and no doubt is entertained of his speedily getting rid of his troublesome companion. It is, however, re ported that his Royal Highness will not open the approaching Sessions of Parliament in person. HOAL—Monday last was Cited upon for a grand race day on Brighton course. A young :prig an pounced to some of the knowing ones in London, and a• tew persons in Brighton, that the PRINCE REGENT would give £lO5 for a plate, aadpumerous twitches were to be run, and that he was to be Steward. 011 thin :epresentation be obtained a hors" to be entered, an.. !ie purchase was to be conditional if the animal the plate. But elm ! the Steward went to Lfm don the day before, and the wholn turned out to be Boaz. ROYAL HUNT.--Monday Were was Most excel lent tient with the Royal Stag hounds. They were started from near iiracknel. The deer at starting afforded some excellent sport,and went off with great swiftness through the inclosures, making towards Waltham Common, passing by the new lodge on the edge of the Forest, where he took to the left, and made an excellent leap over the palling into Windsor Great Park, and made across the Park, and went out of the Park by Bishop's Gate, and crossed Inglefield Green, making down the bill, and towards the Race Course, near which spot he crossed the rivet Thames; the sportsmen and bounds, in consequence, made for Staines, and crossed the Thimes by the bridge, and took the country to the left, towards Raisbury, where the deer and the chace were renewed, with the • deer quite fresh again, having had upwards of an hour's rest, and he set off again with great swiftness, and in very fine style, taking to the right by &awe'', mak ing a double to the left by Clubrook, where he .crossed the Bath road, and made for Riching Park, the seat of Squire Selwyn, where he attempted to leap over the piling, but not being able to accom plish it, he fell back, and after that he took to the tight, and in his caurse he crossed several pieces of water, and then took to the light of Colnbrook, to wards Drayton-mills, where this tine deer was takes, after upwards of three hours excellent hunting. At the commencement of the hunt, the sportsmen were very numerous, but the run being so very hard, they were all knocked up anA g ive tip the chace, except five or six, besides the Kaye' Huntsman and his assis tants, who were up when the deer was taken. The Royal Hunt will be renewed on Friday, when the deer will be turned out on Salt-hi:lt - or the day's diver. fiietu,,asdlicit.is expected to ket eery great. as it is a re markably tine deer that is I.) be. started. Fox Cilace.—One of the severest fox hunts we ever remember to have lizard cr read of, took place last week with Mr. Sweetnian's hotinde, near Dublin The tn9rning's sport commenced with a bagged fez. which did not give much amusement before he was killed. After that a brace of bares, both of which gave excellent sport, met the same fate. The field was exceedingly crowded, and about three o'clock another fox, which had been taken the evening be. fore by Mr. Segrave, of Newbarn; was shook at the ward beyond Finglass ; he took Cie soil in fine style towards Newbarn ; thence he torched at Mount. stewart, and headed towards Mr. Baker's, of Mae hoe, where he traversed, for some time, all the grounds thereabouts in search of an earth, but in vain—the Boyne hounds being out the same day, all I the earths had been previously stopp e d for them.:--- Finding himself foiled in his abject here, he ran to ' ' Maul—beaded again towards Stedalt; and raade a east towards Mr. Caddell's, of Harbourstown, where lot earthed after nightfall. At Naul, Mr. Gilbert', hone *Wed dead wader him. While rising to a Map, Mr. Langan's horse. of Batriantown, fell ex., bausted into the dike, where be broke his neck, and was killed on the spot. Mr. Seaver, of Ballybohill., lost his horse in a similar way, and two other Gentle.' n, whose names we have not been able to learn, were obliged to leave their horses in the field, where dwi shortly after expired. , The length of this chace iicomputed, at the least, to be sixteen miles, without taking , into consideration the various traverses the fox made in the course of the chase. It was quite dark when the fox took the earth. We do not remember ever to have heard of so many fine horses falling vic tims to the ardour of the chace, on any one day Wore. • GALWAY, JAW. 17—Committed to gaol, by Pavia O'MALaY. Esq. Pat. Carrel and J. Cunnican, charged with having, on the night of tae - sth instant, with their faces blackened, and aimed with scythes, pitch forks, and a pistol, feloniously and forcibly entered the house of Edward Horseman, of Moycuse, barony of Longford, and after swearing the said Horseman and his wife to quit their house, &c. they carded him from his neck to his heels, turned. his shirt over his head, and swore his wife not to liberate him till the following day, after which they deliberately walked off. CoRK, JANUARY 18.— Petri 4 Deavean, another of those charged with a conspiracy to murder that ac tive Magistrate, FRANCIS WOODLer t Esq. was taken at Tallow, last Sunday morning, by HENRY Gym- Burros, Esq. a Magistrate of the county of Water ford, and transmitted 'to Waterford Jail, under an escort of the City of Cork M litia, and strong hopes are entertained that he will give important informa tion relative to the disturbances in that part of the country. The Rev. Wen MASSRY, a Magistrate of the county of Tipperary, lodged in • Clonmel gaol, on Tuesday sennight, John Halloran and William Hickey, charged with conspiracy in.the murder of William Baker, Esq. There are now five men committed for trial, charged with this murder. ?ARCM" of a CAMBRIDGE ELIMINATION PAPER. [The following jeer d'Er /frit 's written with perfect 4110d-humour, arid we haste no doubt will excite no t:lersonhing-sn again st bt cnrre whomsponigi it is good-humour even in the principally levelled.— Every Cambridge man, who has undergone the ordeal of an examination for an University Scholarship, will, we think, find amusement in reading this Pa. rody of the usual style of the Papers of Questions.] UTOPIA UNIVERSITY. ttetireestaert 9657. dive a comparative sket c h o f t h e pr i nc i pa l En h Theatres, with the dates of their erection, the names of the most eminent Candle ..nuffers Arad) ? What were the Stage. boxes ? Wh It were the Offices of Prompter—B dlerosiaster— and Scene. shifter ? In what pan of the Theatre was the One shilling Gallery t Distinguish accurately between Operas and Puppet.shews. 2. Where was Downing -street ? Who was Prinie Minister when Crib defeated Moliiteux—and where did the haule take place ? Explain Vie terms milling —fibbing—cross buttock—neck Ind crop—bang up —and 7 priai.e. 3. Give d rtes of all the Parliaments from their first institution to die period of the hard frost on the Thames. In wiiat. moat' f whet year was Mr. Abbot elected S;; .31tvr Why urns he called " the rude man in the wig ?" When the Spc iker WAS nut of . the chair, u•' ere was the mace put ? ANt Xlo.i6.t..orate the prilitnit ;Leases of ca l d about London, marking those of the Tayl-rs, layers, and Shoemakers. and stating from what Brewery each house was supplied with Brown Stout. Who was the tutelary Saint of the Shoemakers ? At what time washis feast celebrated ? Who was Saint Swithin ? Do you remember any remarkable Eng lish proverb respecting him t 5. Give a ground plan of Gilead House. Men. tion the leading topics of the Guide to Health, with some account of the Anti-Impetigines—D ffy's Elizir—Blaine's Distemper Po wcli Wenn Lozenges...4nd Hooper's Female Pills. 6. Give characters of %Vat Tyler, Jack Cad?, and Sir Francis Burdett. Did the latter return from the Tower by water or !anal? On what occasion did Mr. Lethbridge's 44 hair stand on ind"? Correct the solo cisme and give the reason of your alteration. 7. Enumerate the roids'on which double toll was taken on Sundays. Did this custom extend to Christ. mas Day and Good Friday ? Who was toll-taker at Tyburn, when Mrs. Brownrigg was executed ? 8. Distinguish accurately between Sculls and Oars —Boat, and Punt—Jackass, and Donkey—Gauger, Exciseman, and Supervisor—Pantaloons, Trowsers, Gaiters, and Over-ails—At what place of education were any of these forbidden ? WhiCh ? and Why ? 9. Express the following words in the Lancashire, Derbyshire, London, and Exmoor dialects—Bacon.— . Poker— You—l—Doctor—and Turnpike-1;4.e. W. Mention the principal Coach Inns in London, with a correct list of the Coaches thick set out from the Bolt-in-Tun. Where were the chief stands of t Hackney coaches ?—and what was the N. of that in, which the Princess Charlotte drove to Connaught House ? To what stand do you suppose this removed alter it set her down ? • 11. Give a succinct account, with dates, or the cuLuwirig pers,-ais—Bulclter—Mr. 'Waitinroan—Major Cartwright—Martin Van Butcher—;end Edmund' Henry Barker. 12. Draw a Map of !he Thames with the surround ing country, inAl king pwicularly Wapping, Black 4all, Richmond, and the lsl of D.,gs. D,itinguish between Newcastl..- en Tyne, and, Newcastle under Line—Gloucester and Double GI , ucestcr—and the ttso Richmonds. What celebrated Teac:ler flouri;!ted at one of them ?—and who were his most eminent Disciples ? IS. What were the various sorts of paper in use amongst the English ? To what purp.se was whi:etl brown chiefly applied ? What was size ? Distinguish between this and College sizings, and state the ordi nary expense of papering a room. 14.. 4 !' For every one knows little Matt's an M.P." Frag. Corn. Inc. ap. Morn. Chron. vol. 59, p. 1624. What reasons can you assign for the general know ledge of this fact ? Detail at length the ceremony of chairing a Member. What were the hustings? Who paid for them ? Explain the abbreviations—Matt..— M.P. Tom. Dick. F.R.S. 'LL.D. and A.S.S. . 15. What was the distinguishing title of the Mayors of London ? Did any other city share the honour ? Give a list of the Mayors of London from Sir Richard Whittington to Sir William Curtis, with an account of the• Cat of the first, and the Weight of the last. What is meant by Lord Mayor's Day ? Describe the Apothecaries' Barge, and give some account of Marrow-bones and Cleavers. 16. When was Spyring and Marsden's Lemon Acid invented ? Distinguish between this and Es. sential Salt of Lemons. Enumerate the principal Patentees, especially th6se of Liquid Blacking. 17. Scan the following Lines-- But for shaving and tooth-drawing, Bleeding, cabbaging and sawing, Dicky Gossip, Dicky Gossip is the man ! What is known .of the character and history of Dicky Gossip ? • Tuesday se'nnight, in Brechin, eleven doaen of eggs brought twopence more in price than a boll of the best barley. The following case of mortality has occurred within these ten days, in the family of James Cruick:haiiks, at LnchfaulAs, in the parish of Fetteresso, Scotland : Si: of his children, out of seven, have all died of the croup within that short period, and the unhappy faultr and the remaining child, are now dangerun,iy ill. It is reported in some of the first circles, that the Agriculturists intend petitioning Parliamtnt, to re duce the legal interest of the Realm. Some of the best lawyers have doubted the policy of restricting the interest of Money at all, but particularly in a commercial country. The speediest agricultural re. lief would be found in stacking each farm with MINT sern r from the Wheel of Fortune, by securing a share of the Two Prizes of 25.000 Guineas, or of the 'lwo Prizes of 820,000, or of either of the other 6667 Prizes of 45000, £lOOO, 4500, &c. &c. in the pre sent New Year's Lottery, which contains €200,000, All in Sterling Money, and begins Drawing 14th . February, being Valentine's Day.