Star. — London, England, 1804-07-30 00:00:00

BGTANT BAT. The following is an extra& of a letter received from Sidney, New South Wales : " Some time after my arrival here, I was prefent 'at the trial of Ikey Bull and William Bladders (both of whom came from Newgate, in London), on an indiement charging them with murder. The general opinion was, that Bladders would be convifted, it appearing in evidence, that after the commiffion of the fag, blood was teen upon his legs ; but after a trial of feven hours, both the prifonms were acquitted. " At the fame Criminal Court, Jofeph Samuels and John Ruffel were put upon trial for a burglary; an accomplice, named Richard Jackfon, being ad mitted evidence for the Crown. Samuels pleaded guilty, and fully exonerated Ruffel from having any concern in the offence ; and immediately after Judg ment of death had been pronounced upon him, on his own confeltion, he was ordered for execution, he being firongly furpetled of the murder above men tioned, which was perpetrated in confequence of the robbery, the decealed being a conilable, who loft his life while endeavouring to apprehend the parties guilty of the latter offence. On the Saturday pre-' ceding the Monday appointed for his execution, Sa muels declared that Ikey Bull was the man who killed the cornitable. Hereupon, Bull was fent for from the Battery, a place of hard work to which he had been fent, and, together with the woman with whom he cohabited, was led to the gallows, each walking between two conflables, in order that they might hear the dying declaration of &minds, who, to the lilt, perfevered in Alerting, that lkry Bull told him that he himfelf was the man who killed the cOntlati:e, laving, at the fame time, that . he gave him a topper for hick." A concurrence of events now took place, unparalleled in that colony, or perhaps in any part of the world.—Upon Samuels being turned off, the halter broke, and he fell apparently lifelefs on the ground. He was then fupported on men's boulders, tied up, and again turned off, when the rope flipping, he again came to the ground. The halter was now taken from about the neck of another ionvi&, who had received a refpite tinder the gallows, for the put pee of banging Samuels a third time : he was a ccordingly eafed out of men's aunt, and, with. out receiving any jerk whatever, he was lett fufpended from the gibbet ; but notwithilanding this precau tion, to the amazement of all the fpeßators, the rope (napped fhort in two, and the unfortunate man fell to the ground a third time !—Preparations were be-' Erin for a fourth attempt to carry the lenience of the law into final effeEt ; but the Provo!' Martial ordered them to be fufpended, and battened to communicate to the Governor the particulars of the extraordinary fcene he had witnetred ; the confequence of which was, that a refpite was granted to the man who luld fo repeatedly trembled on the very verge of eternity, and lor'the prefervation of whore life, fo many lignal event; may be almoft laid to have miraculoufly oc curred. s. Ikey Bnll was fent to the Battery Gang, there being no evidence to juftify his being put on trial a fecond time. He has fince been teverely flogged, and will be fent to a new fettlement, called Van Diemen's Land, about 800 miles foutbward of this place." AMERICA of May; the former Pared River Sifters on the 'Oh of May, and the latter on the sub following. The Mary arrived at Liverpool from Demerara, reports that on the tzth ult. the fleet was over the Bar, and was to fail the ne xt da y . The Mary left Barbadoes on the I sth. Alarge gallint, under Swedilh colours, was lately captured by le Clair, Lieutenant Cat a, having-French mails and difpatches on board, for Guadeloupe and Martinique. Thefe difpatches announce to the Cap tain Generals of there ifiends, that soo French troops had been font from Rochefort for the Colonies, and that about 600 more would loon- follow, which Bo saraava Rrongly enjoins may be dißributed to the bell advantage in the feveral garrifons, as be (hall not be able to fatal' them with any further reinforce ments for a confideralile time, as the more weighty concerns of the Republic at home engroffed all his attention. Twenty-eight French Officers were on board this galliot, and are now at St. Lucia. The enemy mißook le Clair for a French cruizer until our people boarded her. The condo& of Lieutenant Casa on the occafion is fpoken of in terms of high commendation. All the American veffels detained and fent to Do minica for having attempted to' violate the blockade of Martinique, have been liberated, with the excep tion of one brig. Some of the crew of the American frigate Phila delphia, p r ifoners at Tripoli, have, to obtain their liberty, become Miiffulrnen—the reit are clofely con fined, and die rapidly—t:n died in two days, (viz. the 4th and sth of March). The BtifilaW'S child, by 'a favourite wife, was lately on the point of death, when the furgeon of the Philadelphia was ordered to attend it, with promifes of liberty if the infant re covered ; the child is well, but the doctor remains in durance. The brig Hoppet, Lawns, of Hingham, from To bago for Turks' Mind, was laR month captured by the French, and fent into the Welt-end of Porto. Rico; the mate and crew were, however. fent adrift in a leaky boat, feveral leagues from land. Brigadier General Mouroou LILY has affurned the • command at Tobago. , Vicroa Hoot+ es is Rated to have arrived at Gus : daloupe, from Cayenne, with a large body dumps, and that he meditates an attack on Antigua.—The I report is obvioufly exaggerated. if not wholly untrue. The yellow fever prevails with much virulence at Guadeloupe. Five privateers failed from Guadeloupe on the 3d of June, to cruise in the courfe of the homeward bound Jamaica fleet : they mounted from 16 to guns, and carried from iso to ma men each. We learn from Turks' Bland, that the Negroes were deferting from thence by every opportunity to Cape Francois. Yeflerday we received lets of the Charleflon, Bal timore, and New York papers, to the a6th ult. by the John, arrived at Liverpool, and the Anglin*, ar rived in the Downs. JR.Rom s Bow APART'. and his wife continued at New York on the a6th of June, and had taken lodgings is Wafhington flreet. He almoft daily went on board the Dido, as was fuppofed with a view to difgnife his plan'of efeape. The fsritifh frigates, CAMBRIAN and BOSTON, lay below Staten Bland, and the Datvtit had failed to blockade the northern palrage on the Sound, called Hell-gate, through which it was fuf pefted the French frigates hoped to cfcape. This patrage, which is extremely dangerous from its rapi dity and narrownefs, is however navigable for large !hips, The EartaimlNT, of so guns, we remember, failed through it dining the American war; the DR iv se is Rationed at its mouth. BONArsstTL's baggage was on board, and the fri• gates were preparing to get under way iu the morn ing of the 16th ult. when the CAMBRIAN and Dstess appeared in the offing ; the Frenchmen affefted to believe that the whole of our American fipradron was waiting fur them, and on this account pottponed their voyage. A Neapolitan fquadrnn, done flip cf 74 glins and four frigates, is dated to have joined the American fquadron employed againti The Bey of Tunis is equipping his whole naval force with the utrooll expecliti-n, as is fuppofed, to againtl the Americans. Three of his frigates, from 24. to 32 guns, are now lilting nut at Malta ; and a frigate of 32 guns, and a number of fawner veffels, are getting ready at Tunis. Com• =adore P was, at the date of the IA account, about to proceed to Tunis, with his whole force, to demand the occafion of thofe preparations. The French frigates, Dido and Sybille, previous to their arrival at Goat:l2loam landed feveral exiles at Cayenne. They were accompanied by a corvette, of which we have not had any recent accounts. Some time fince, one of our frigates fired on feve ral velels which had taken %cher under the French baneries at Baffeterre, Guadalouoe, ; General Es. sour immediately fent off a flag of truce, declaring teat the witcls were neutrals, and at the fame time refforing to the EnglifhCommander223pa.c:rs who had beer. taken by different privateers. Coman.dore HOOO, on being apprifed of the circumflance, 'wrote to the French General a letter of thanks, and promil. ing that if any aft contrary to the m..n h.m,urable nines of wai flould be committed on the French by any Englilh Tetra wliatevei, it fhould, on being made known .0 him, be punilked and redielicd. A Trench Silting boat was flon after taken and fent to Anti gua; General Es Roy r communicated the circum fiance to the Commodore, who, faithful to his en gagement, immediately fent orders to Ati:igua fi r her releafe. The outward bound Well India fleet, under ccn- Toy of the BEAULIIIV, was well on ihe 27th utt. in lat. 46. O. lung. to. 30. The INCONSTANT, 0136 one, an the Peanut*. of sB, %vete w.;,4 oft 1122 coan of aesfr.ia oa the 2:d canopy of the Imperial throne, to the Murk of a mi litary march, and amid[ the loudeft acclamations. His Majeßy was placed on the throne, having behind him the Colonels• General oi.the Guard, the Cover. nor of the Invalids, and the great Officers of the Crown. On the two fides and on the (wend Rep of the throne, were placed the Grand Dignitaries ; on the lower and to the right, the Minilters ; to the left the Marti:els of the Empire ; at the foot of the Reps at the throne, the Grand Mailer, and the Mailer of the Ceremonies; in the front of the Grand Matter, the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Treafurer of the Legion of Honour. The Aides-de.Camp of the Emperor were (landing in a line on the Reps of the throne. On the right of the altar the Cardinal Le gate was placed under a canopy and in an arm chair, which had been prepared for him. To the left of the altar was the Cardinal Archbifitem of Paris, with his Clergy. Behind the altar, in an immenfe amphi theatre, were arranged yoo invalids, and zoo young pupils of the polytechnic reboot. All the nave was occupied by the Great Officers, Commander!, Offi cers and Members of the Legion of Honour. The Grand Mailer of the Ceremonies, having re ceived the command of his Majeily, invited the Cardinal Legate to officiate, and his Eminence be gan the celebration of the mars. After the piped, the Grand Mailer of the Cere monies, having reeeiled the orders of his Majefty, concluded to the Reps of the throne the Grand Chan cellor of the Legion of Honour, whu pronounced an eloquent difcourfe on the events of this day, on the Tuileries of political troubles, and on the gratitude due to the hero, who, while he prefented the principles upon which the revolution had commenced, had been able to terminate the calamities w,hich followed it. The orator pointed out, in a ltriking manner, the duties which the inflitution of the Legion of Honour impofed on all its Members, and forcibly difplayed the numerous advantages which mull refult from this union of the moll illaßtious fupporters of the Government and of the Country. After this difcourfe the Great Officers of the Le gion, being called fucceflively by the Grand Chan cellor, approached the throne, and individually took the prefcribed oath. The Great Officers having taken the oath, the Emperor covered himfelf, and addreffing the Commanders, Officers, and Legiona ries, pronounced, in a lirong and animated voice, thole words: Commanders, Olken, Legionaries, Citizens, and Soldlers,yon (wear by your honour to devote yourfelves to the ferviee of the L4np.re, to the prefervation of its territory in its integrity, to the defence of tt e emperor, the I;ws of the Republic, and the property which they have eoufecrated; to combat by all the means which juftice, reafon, and the laws authorife, every en terprise which than tend to reitere the-feudal regime. In enc. yes [wear to concur with all your power to the maintenance of liberty and equality. the ftrft bales of our csnititutions. All the Members of the Legion of Honour (land ing, and, with their hands railed, repeated at once, " 'wear it." The tots of " the P impereur" were then renewed on all fides. Thefe lafi words, PARIS, JULY se. pronounced with the accent of a profound energy, The Emperor went yeßerday to the Opera. He impreffed the minds of all prefent with a lively emo arrived at the beginning of the third ail, of which he thin, with which they long continued to be penetrat appeared to like the mufic very much. After the ed. It is difficult to defci the the lenfarion which this aEI he fent for M. le Suave, to whom be expreded moment produced. The monuments of French glory the greateft fatisfaftion. fufpended in the vaults of the nave in which were af- The Emprefs was prefent this evening at the Tepee- fembled the braveft warriors, the numerous ranks of .fentaticin of Ithigenie en AuGde, given gratis by the aged and wounded foldiers, and the youth, repre- French Comedians for the entertainnientofthepeople. lensing the glory and hope of their country ; lallly, 26 Mistime (Jute ts.)—His Imperial Majelly, the religious folemnity of the altars, concurred molt anxious that the Italian troops row in France fhould powerfully to exalt the imagination, and give prefage partake of that indulgence by which he wifhes to di- of the moll glorious duration to an inftitution form orderifhhis advancement to the Empire, has given ed under filch aulpices. that the difpn fi tions of title V. of the Imperial Mali being ended, the decorations of the Legion decree of the t3th Prairial lan, relative to the am- were depofited at the foot of the throne, in golden I nefty granted to fuch fubalterns and foldiers of the barons. Land tetmes as may have defaced to the interior, he M. de Stout, the Grand Mailer of the Ceremo- I extended alfo to the Italian troops that ate now in nies, then took the two decorations of the Order, and t'rance.-3fonitesse. gave them to M. de Taxxs VIAND, the Grand Chant- They write from Touloufe of the Sth of July that herlain. The latter prefented them to his Imperial the crop of forage this year has been produftive to a Highnefs Monfeigneur Po ince Louts, who attached aegree unheard of, in confequence of which all pro them to the habit of his riskily. New fhouts of vilions of that fort have cape: ienced a very rapid and Vive PEmpereur" were then heard feveral times re extraordinary fall ; from is francs, oats are laid to petted. The Grand Chancellor of the Legion incited have nliantly fallen as low as eight. the Great Officers to approach the throne, to receive They write from the Hague, of the 7th July, that fucceffively from the hands of his Majefly the deco. the Legiflative Body having terminated their ordinary rations, which the Grand Mailer of the Ceremonies Sefton the preceding day, had nominated Van Hasa- prefented to him on • golden plate. The Grand , Prefident for next Sefilon. Chancellor then called the Commanders, afterwards Joey t6.—Yellerday (being Sunday, the 26th of the Officers, and laftly the Legionaries, who all came 3fsfdse) the annivesfary of the lath July, all the to the foot of the throne to receive individually the Members of the Legion of Honour who were in Paris decorations from the hands of the Emperor. t.lemr.ly took the oath prelciibed in the pretence of 'His Majeßy particularly fixed his attention on thole the Emperor. bravO veterans whole glorious Cervices were attefted At lie in the morning the ceremony was announc- by their mutilations. He interrogated many of them ed by a Lame of artillery. The troops compofing relative to the places and rations in which they had the Garrifon of Paris having repaired at ten o'clock received thole noble wounds. to the P:ace dr Caeron,re?, filed off before hi, M.i jelly, This .! ffemblAge of the moll diftinguifhed Citizens and formed a line from his palace to the Invalids. of all clalles and ail ages, prefented a fpeaacle equal. Beloie noon her Majeßy the Emprels let out from ly noble and affeCting : the Soldier, the General, the palace, and cradled the garden of the Thiiilkries the Pontiff, the Magillrate, the Adminiftrator, the between the lints of troops. Her retinue confided of Man of Letters, the celebrated Artills, receiving four carriages, one with eight horfes and three with each the rewards of his talents, and his labour, fix. The Emprefs was accompanied in her coach by feemed only to compote one family, which preffed the Ptinceffes, the fillers and fillers-in law of his Ma- around the throne of a hero, to adorn and fupport jelly, the Emperor. The other carriages were filled it. A lively; and profound emotion was viable in by the ladies of the palace, the hell chamberlain, and every countenance ; and this augult and brilliant ce the firß eager. The troops prefented arms. The remony impreffed the minds if all prefent with a re- Governor of the Invalids, and the Grind Matter of verence at once religious and martial. the Ceremonies, met her Majelly at the grand por- The fife was terminated by aTe Drum. which, as tico, and conduaed her to the decorated tribune that well as the mars, was the compofition of M. le thieve, had been prepared fur her in front of the imperial thedJireaor of the Imperial Chapel. throne. At three o'clock his imperial Majefty, under the At noon, his Majeßy the Emperor, tinder the dill- difcharge of a falute of artillery, left the church with charge of a falute of artillery, let out on horfeback the fanse retinue, and in the fame order in which he from the palace, preceded by Marita l ' of the Em p ire had arrived. T he return of her Imperial Majeßy the and followed by the Coined Generals of his guard, Emprefs, was likewife made in the fame order which and the Great Ofekers of the Crown, his Aid-de- had been obfertred in her way thither. Their Majef- Camps, and the Staff of the Palace. The proceffion ries, in all the places through which they paired, were was opened by Chatietirs, and dolid by the Horfe faluted with the unanimous acclamations of an im- Grenadiers of the Imr.rial Gnard. Numerous dill- menfe crncourfe of fpeftators. A falute ef artillery charges of the cannon of the Invalids announced the announced the re-entrance of the Emperor into the arrival of his ?staidly. The Governor of the Inva- palace of the Thuilleries. lids came without the gate to receive his Majefly, and In the evening the palace and g ardens were Mu prtfent to him the krt s of the Hotel. The Giant' minted, as were alto the principal edifices of Paris. l)„ll , taries, the Mioirters, and Great Officers of the At nine o'clock there was a concert nn the terrace of Foil it e, did nt t conic on horfeback, as silo the the Imperial Palace, and at ten a fire-work was dif- Nicotine' of the Great Council, the Grand Chancel- played on the Pont Neuf.—Adorrileer. lon, and the Grand l'icsniner 1.1 the Legion of Ho- Yellerday at the moment the Esersaoa was pre• nom., met at the lame t lace, and took their Rations paring to leave the Imperial Palace, a young man of in the proccllion. I between t 7 or IS years of age threw himfelf on his 'l he C•rciii. al Ardthriliep of Paris, with h 4 r . erST. knees at the feet of the throne, exclaiming, Pardon I tenets cd I.is IsLajelly at lire door of the chur 1., and Portion ! The Emmeline interrogated him, but it was prc icntc.l to him the incenfe and holy water. The with difficulty he could explain himfelf and fay, that clergy in . rrocciLon, (Aniseed his Majcfly i under a he folicitcd the pardon of his fatberosbofe.nune (Ds. svesits) has been well brown in the revollition. Ti air of candour in this young man, and the cur. re e motion which he matiifefted. affeaed his furls SA . • Killers, and he granted him the pardon which kit requefled- While the Ea PRIOR dill ributed to the Members of th e Legion of Honour their decorations. an officer, much mutilated by revere wounds, prefented himfelf with confidence to receive a crofs, though he had not any letter of advice as a Member of the Legion. Of this the Emmett was allured on enqoiry, but he never. thelefs prefented to him a crofs, on the certificate of glory which his wounds prefented. The Estrum was dreffed, according to his cut torn, in the molt fiat* manner—that is to fay, the uniform of his guard. The head-dreffes of the Prin. cdres were rich diadems; that of the Es was entirely computed of diamonds. The amufemenu of the evening concluded the feftival of yellerday in a very agreeable manner. The palace, and the garden of the Thuilleries, and the public edifices, were fplendidly illuminated. At nine in the evening a concert was performed by a numerous orcheltra, l and the artias of the Confervatory placed on one of the terraces of the Imperial Palace. The Euratom re mained, during the whole concert, feated near the great window of the principal building. In the in tervals the people manifefied their joy by applanfes and (bouts of—" Five PErtfrerewr." After the con. cert, the crowds which filled the garden turned to wards the quays on the banks of the river, and the bridges of the Thuilleries and la Concorde, to fee the fire-works, which were prepared on the Pont Neuf s and were played of at ten o'clock. The houfe of her Majelly the Emprefi it is raid, it alinoft completed. Madame de la, Roca seen:eau t.-r is appointed her Lady of Honour, Madame La. her dreffing Lady, and Mefdames ks Mare. chafes Lass's and NIT, and McNamee de VAUDI, d'Aaseer, Sayre v. and Duca nag, were appointed her Ladies of the Palace. The Emperor has appointed Vice Admiral La. TOUCH Colonel-General Infpeaor of the coalla of the Mediterranean. M. LEssoen Paean commander of the corvette la Bayonnaife. who on the 6tb and 7th of Frimaire left fought an Englifh thip more than is hours, has been appointed a Member of the Legion of Honour. General Gel sscrr commandant of the department of Var. and M. G Chief of the Legion of Gendarmerie, have been 'appointed, the former Commander, and the latter an Officer in the Legion of Honour. (.701trii/( & Commerce, ,idly 57.) About nine o'clock the concert commenced ; but the attention of the Public was naturally diverted by the prefence of their Imperial Majellies, who ap peared and remained a long time at the entrance of the veftibule of the Sae du Carder, in fuch a manner as to be ken by all the fpeaators. Her blajefly the Emprefs was in full drefs, and the Emperor wan dreffed in the fame uniform which he wore in the morning. When the concert was ended, their Ma jellies, holding each other by the hand. approached to the edge of the terrace, when they bowed to the public, as if to teflify how much they were kulible of the acclamations and teltimonies of affection of which they had been the objet in the courfe of the day.—(Gazerte de France.) & t ux:gems , JULY 15.—Two gun-boats which had one out of the Road were attacked by three Englills brigs, which, however, they coon obliged to (beer off. Heirs, JULY i4.—Captain Delimit writes word that a divifion of the flotilla has had an engagement with an Englith (hip and two frigates. After a heavy cannonade the enemy bore away, and left us in pof. feffinn of the field of battle. 8ett12D22112, 22 Missions, (Jusv to.)—On the 16th of this month (sth infant), a gun-boat having been three leagues at fea off the coaft of Vendays, was attacked by a cutter belonging to Guernfey. which, notwithltanding its fuperiority in every re. fpea, was compelled to (beer off, after an engage. ment of more than three quarters of an hour, and in which the cutter mull have fuffered very con fiderahly. The viaorious gun boat has flute some up the river.—Moniteur, yid, i 6. FROM THE DUTCH PAPERS &HUDAK, JULY 10.-4 t if now firittly forbid in this town, under very heavy penalties, to carry on any bafinefs or work at any male on Sunday ; it is even ordered, that ditring divine fervice, the gates of the town than be kept (hut. DRAFT, JULY 10.—SaltrIa VAN Di SCHM ID commanding one of the merchant (hips, which came into port yeflerday, has brought the difagreeable news that 3o herring fifhing fmacks have been captured and carried into England. There fmac ks were all failing under the Prutlhn Reg.—DJ/a& (..crud. }liens 'JULY 6.—The Emperor Narotion has again !citified his benevolence and efleem to Vice Admiral VERNEUIL ' by appointing him Com mander in Chief of the left wing of the flotilla defined for the expedition agasna England.—afrpre gay :6. VIZ/ANA, JULT 2.—His bertarat MAIISTY wilb ingg to encourage, as much as pollible,commerce and indullry in his Rates, has refolved to raife a fund for the fupport of filch eras and manufatflurers as may Rand in need of afflflance. In confequence of this refolution, the provincial regency has juR publifbed an order, by which every eholefale merchant is obliged to contribute annually 550 fl..rins for the for mation and fupport of this fund. Farman:tom, Juns 25. —The plague has jai broken out anew in Georgia, where it commits the greatell ravages. The College of Phyficians is bufi ly employed in contriving means to arrefl the pro refs of this fcourge, and in fending to this part of the empire inftrultions an/ prefervatives to prevent the fpread of this terrible malady. For thofe (even months pall we have heard no news of our icemen who have gone to make the tour of the world. We have juR learned, however, that an American vac! met them on the 22d No- vember, near the coati of Brafil, and the crows of both veffels were in good health. BANKS or TNI Masse, J uLy 3.—Not only the Elbe, but all the rivers whic h take their fource in the mountains of Bohemia and Silefia and flow towards the North, overflowed their banks from the 15th to the zoth of lag month. The lofles occalioned by thofe inundations are immenfe. Ar the fame period alto, a (hock of an eartlterake is fuppofed to have been felt towards DrefJen. At Clagenforth, in Sty ria, on the t3th, a very violent °suck of an earth. quake Wu felt. PA • I* Th ita tie Do le millootn Ira Try Coileaks Defense Voluster "dams On thi pbtion slots. Mi. A Eni, the their La The B Hose theme — Oa ib made bi kite ems irlie 1 C ate ( 4 per , per C Stt ann AD L FRANCE.