Star. — London, England, 1807-09-22 00:00:00

SEPT.Ig Mufical FefliVal was held this week; the . a pany was not fo numerous as on Come former L c ,Tions—the performers acquitted themfelves iu I v! , able manner. Dsti7fday, rafted through this city, go men from zSth regiment, to the general Dere', in the Ifle Wight; thefe were the men who intiieted on them es rt.e dreadful diforder in their eyes fo as to oc con blindnefs, to prevent themfelves fr.)m retying t i King and Country. They are now to be con• yid abroad, to a condemned regiment for life. Traerday the price of beer was lowered at Cha im nn halfpenny per pot, whit!: given mulch ofaelion to the neighbourhood. i 7 very redtglion (price, however trifling, in that " hole fo m e and grit ions beverage, is certainly an objeft to all chiles the community, particularly to the labouring Irdlerda, ales t (I regiment marciied from Chatham ,DArtiord, on their route to Chic!iefter Barracks, the♦ are to be completeut by volunteers from ; rlvli ilia. _ _ _ .0n ; I ; h;ifdav the Volunteer corps of Chatham and :ohbouth , od were infteetesi by Colonel Twysnen, l o was highly pleated by their general good ap itan.-e and ontnerou> attendance. stseillay and Wednefday five troops of the zd r acoon Goards, or Queen's Bays, marched into iche 'er B treacks, from Wakefield in Yotkffiire. t oday the Royal Monmouth and Brecon Militi . ed frnm the above barracks to Bognor and ldsick barracks , to make room for detachments of plus. c l 41 week the z4rh and 4. 5 3 th Regiments marched ,td the old harrackc, Chelmsford ; and yellerdsy he id Battalion of the 9'h Regiment, having corn ,eted their quota of Volunteers from the Militia, arched from the new barracks, on their route to .horn Cliff barracks. The Hartifmere Rangers, commanded by Major "sere, are on permanent duty at Difs ; where they .tiller upwards of 350 thong. This corps of Vo Mier Sharp Shooters is equipped and difciplined ii6ly according to the 95th (Rifle) Regiment, with .-thorn they were brigaded in Woodbridge Garrifon i Ifo4, and then reported fit to aft with them on One. On Friday the corps was infpeeted by Lieut. nleiSel - M‘Lenorn, and went through a variety of ifle manoeuvres, executed chiefly by fignal from the .ogle. The Infpetiing Officer, who was formerly i lentenant Colonel cl the 95th, was highly [Unified ith the performance of the corps. Lag week 130 of the volunteers from the Buck nOemfhire Militia, palled through Oxford, on their !.trch to Buckingham, to join the 14th Foci. Mrnday le'nnight, the corps of Hull and Soil. coals Volunteers, marched from thence for Scar. orogli, wLere they arrived on Tuefday and Wed. nefday, and immediately entered upon duty at that place: 122 fine fellows volunteered from the ad Weft York Militia the firfi day, and fubfequently 53 more have come forwards. Tuefday lan the Buckinghatnthire Volunteers itched from Reading (the innkeepers being unable to sacommodate them) for Beacon, to complete their uni of permanent duty. Monday fc'nnight the firs battalion of the fecund' itlimeitt of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, corn ibaseled by Lieutenant Colonel Caleavens, was hipdled in Burntsfield Links, by Colonel GILLOY• This fine regiment Went through their manoeuvres Stith great precifir.n,, and greatly to the fatisfa&ion of the infpeeting Officer. Thurfday, the ill Regiment of Royal Edinburgh volunteers, comman ded by the Right Hon. CHARLES HIPE ) was infpaled on Br untsfirld Links by Colonel Oittore, who was highly pleated with their fine ap pearance and the Rate of their arms.—Friday, the Royal Edinburgh Highland Volunteer Regiment, commanded by Colonel MURRAY. was infpelled by the fame Officee, on the fame place, and highly ap- proved of. The company of Edinburgh Volunteer Sharp. {hooters, attached to the la battalion of the 2d regiment, under the command of Captain Res, have marched to Peebles, to remain 14 days on permanent duty. On the 15th of this month, at Holy Mild. Nor thumberland, difembarked Irons on board the London Packet, under the command of Lieut. LYSTER, 74th regiment, t ferjeant and t 6 men, for the 4th battalion of Royals, quartered in Edinburgh Cattle, and i ferjeant, t corporal, and t private, and 7o fine vo• butters, front the Somerfet and Fifefhire regiments cf militia, for that old and diaingnifited corps, the 74th Highlanders, to wbich the above officer belongs. Tht whole a the Officers of the Maidtione Volun teers have thrown up their Cothmillions. Friday the Non-commiffioned Officers prefented a petition to their late Colonel and Major HOLLINGSWORtI4, to take the command again, in the nail= of themfelves ibd'373 privates who figned it: The corps has not ambled 'ince last December* owing, it appears, W tome differences excited among the Officers at the General Eleelion. 'The late difpute in the Judicial' Court at Madras originated, we underhand, in an oblation made by Sir W. Gwillim to the authority of Captain Giant, as head of the Town Police. The Judge is repre fented to have expreffed himfelf from the Bench in huff terms, not only againa Capt. G. but like wife implicating the Governor. A detailed report of the ttanfaflion has been fent home for inveftigatiom; the Noers are very voluminous, and comprehend a re /its/ of the cultoms and ufages of the country fince the tints ea iblifhment of the Englifh there. The remains of the venerable Sir WM. StAINF S were interred on Saturday in Cripplegate Church, la Which ward he had long retitled. The funeral was• attended by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and feveral Aldermen, led by the City Marlhals, with the Waal attendance of City Officers. Fifteen mourning coaches followed the body, and the rear was brought up by a numerous train of private carriages. A letter was received in to*w yeflerday from a Certleman who fume time ago took his paffage in a neutral velf e l t o H o ll an d, d ate d f rom H e li go l an d, in which he Pays, that on arriving at the Maeze, they were not filfferest to land, and the veffet was ordered immediately out to fea. Upon this the pafrengers agreed with the Captain to take them to ileligoland, where they were received by the Danes the day prior to tlx place fallin g into hands of the Engli[h. io. , This morning the Margate Sta Fentihles and pro reeled Fifhermen and Sailort of this place held a grand livery of the Pier Head, refpeaing the offer of Government to proteeted feamen, for bringing home the Datilh fleet from the Baltic. After a general mutter, they were fo hearty in the caufe, that up wards of too joined hand in hand, and gave three cheers. About twelve o'clock, upwards of 6o entered their names, and to-morrow, it is expeaed, 120 names will appear in the lift held by Lieutenant RAMSEY, at Wefibrook Cottage. They are all fine flout young men. The whole of the 200 will vqlun teer, but it is thought advifable to leave a fulEcit nt number of good hands behind, in cafe of any accident that may happen at fea in the approaching feafon. On Saturday last, two lithermen, obferving tome. thing lying above the furface of the water, between Earn Bay and Whitstable, immediately put off in a fmall tr.at, to afcertain what it was. On approach ing, they found it to be a furprifing large fifh, when they returned on fh-re and took out with them two muskets, with which they fired at it (even different times. without producing any effea, fo as to afcertain 1 whether it was alive or not ; they then proceeded, and aelually run the beat on the back of the 6th and wounded it with an axe upwards of a foot deep.- 1 The fifh immediately proceeded out to lea, and the next morning was welled on fhore, nearly on the fame fpnt, dead of the wounds it received the pre ceding day. Mr. Mier, a farmer in the neigh bourhood, went down with his men, and by the afliaance of nine hckfes, drew part of the fifh above high water mark. It proved to be a grampus, 31 feet in length, and weighed between to and t a tons. The fat, or blubber ) when boiled, produced sot) gallons of oil. Lieutenant CATHCART, who was the bearer of the difpatches of his father, annouicing the furrender of Copenhagen, has been promoted to the command of a troop in the 25th Dragoons. DRURY•LAN E THEATRI.—CUMDERLAND'S excel lent Comedy of The Will Inekan was lath Saturday the attraftion of the evening. Et.t.tsvnia's Belcour is huffing and agreeable. DowroN's Varland, like all his performances, was judicious and meritorious.— Jonasros s's Major O'Flaheriy cannot be ton highly praifed. He was a great and deferved favourite throughout. Mr. Eras, who appeared for the firti time in the character of Stochavell, met with confider able approbation. Mrs. SPARKES appeared to great advantage in Lady Rafport, and Mifs DUNCAN, in Charlotte, was, as afual, excellent. Mils BOYCS'S Lotifa Dudley was nnexceptionable. No Song Ao Supper doled the entertainments of the evening. COVENT GARDEN TNIATRE.—LaIt night the Play of Cymbeline introduced, for the firft time on this gage, a young Lady of the name of NORTON, lag from the Mancheiter and Liverpool Theatres. On her entrance the was greeted with the ufual encou ragement of reiterated plaudits, which teemed to affed her fenfibly. Imngen is a part which is fo re plete with intereft, that it is particularly adapted to difplay the abilities of a promifing aarefs. Mifs NORTON'S conception of the charader was chafe, and her performance judicious and feeling; the rffelfes the requifites of graceful aition, and a perfeft'know. ledge of the bufinefs of the Gage—ber voice is clear and diftind, and, thingh its powers are not equal to thofe of Mils Saturn, yet in many of her tones we traced Come refemblance to the latter. She received the meed of continued approbation through the whole of the piece. The figure of Mils NORTON is of the middle Ramie, and the ap pears very young : ale will prove an acquilition td the Theatre in fentimental characters, and, we have no doubt, that, as the advances, the will excel in the firft line of tragedy.—Mr. KareaLe was dignified in Pyihumac. The mufical piece The Farmer excited much mirth in the audience Mifs Mcanows played Molly .111a . ibufh, and promifes to become a lively aftrefs. Mrs. Lis • vow, for the lint time, fultained the part of Betty Blackberry. The houie was crowded, brilliant, and falhionable: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY.— Sarah Smith, the Cuckfield nymph, of foporific memory, has left her fervice, and is on her to London, to confult the Soothfayers of Warwick-lane, refpeeling the propen• Pity to which the is fubjeeted. Ptas AND PYEMEN.—The Pyemen are deflined to make a figute in this age. In the late dreadful crowd, at an executiPn at the Old Bailey, old THO MAs, the Pytman, foil firfl, and occalioned the prefrare that canted fa many other deathi. Gen. LINIIIS, who defended Buenos. Ayres, is the fon of a Pyeman at Madrid. A PY 2M AN was the Commander and Governor of Copenhagen, during its late fiege ; and the Pytman, of Cornhill, is famed as a Poet,a War rior, and a Dramatic Writer. We have 9 Ns, a Poet Laureat and a worthy Magiflrate ; and lately had a gallant Admiral of the famo name, as trailly a fellow as ever broke bread. Pyehald ho rfes are alto coming into falhin ; *rid the Court of Pve Poudre was never more remarkable for the ct,iftiom of its judicial decifions, than in its late fitting during Bar tholoulew Fair. As to fruit pyes, they never were better or more numerous than at the prefent feafoa. Frid..y was run on Parkhut ft Race Ground, in the file of Wight, a match between Mr. Booty's bay mare Dublin Sal, alias G•Adfinder, and Mr. Sander's chefnut horfe Never Win, for one hundred guint,.. , s, which was won by the former, and by whic'i the knowing ones were eafed of a few hundreds. An alarming fire broke out ye(lerday at 12 o'clock at noon, at No. la, Noel-ftreet. The flames were tirft difcovercd raring out at the windows of the second floor back room, by Come per lons who retried at the back of the prernifcs, and a general alarm was loon fpread. The engines fpeedily arrived, but they could not play for fome time for want of water. On water being procured, the flames were Coon Cub elued, but not until the interior of the honk had been demoliflted. The workthops of Mr. Lee, coach maker, in Poland.fireet, joined the houfe which was on fire, but providentially the flames did not reach them, the attention of the firemen having been di. reCted to chat point, after it was found impoffible to Cave the houfe in which the flames kindled. The root!' where the fire broke out Was occupied by a man and his wife of the name of Fortwaen, who were abfent, and it was not known how the (40.06* &luta Dublin Wa*rford k4UTIS4L PNTEiL,G.N~E. MAILS—Wind N.W. ann. nut. Ain otis I zI G.ttenburgb o I Malta * PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. sr. Arrived his klajeay's (hip Memo's, from Valmoislis. -Wind W. DEAL, SEPT. et. Arrived his MajeQy's brigs 1 11 6lobos and MONKEY, from a cruize, and remain in the Downi with the (hips as per laft ; alto feveral ontwardbound yards, from the River.—Pnt back the Mita, Pam, bound to New Providence.—The Seacuirroti lugger has a fignal for a convoy to the Weftward. DOVFR, SEPTEMBER u. Sailed the fhip Tres Res Magner, Captain DES SErros, of and for Oporto, laden with naval floret, from St. Peterfburgh ; alto *the (hip Harriet, of Port land, Capt. Gear, from Liverpool, bound to Ton . - ningen.—A bout so Sea Fencibles, belonging to this place, have volunteered their fervices to go toCopen• hagen, ro Ala in navigating the Danills navy to this country ; and they were embarked this morning in one of their boats, for the Downs, to go on board a a frigate, bound to the Baltic.—Wind LEITH, SEPTEMBER Ty. Arrived in Leith Roads the Kirs (loop of war, with the trade from the Baltic; alfo, two rAnifh veffels detained by the above veflel. The Amaranthe has likewife fent up the Leuifa Wilhelmina, (Dana) and another laden with rye, from France. The Rover, KING, from Onega, (in the White Sea) arrived at Leith on Monday, loaded with plank and battens, having performed her voyage from Clyde and baek to Leith in to weeks. There has been no arrival from Onega at Leith for many years. GRENOCK, SEPTEMBER z 7. Arrived yeaerday, the (hip Traveller, WILSON, from Q2ebec ; left nearly loaded, and would tail in a few days for this port, the John, SMITH ; George, SMITH ; and a brig, matter's name CURRIE. Spoke on the 2d intl. in lat. 54. 20. long. 23. the John, ANDREWS, from this port, for Pielou, all well.— Arrived this day, the Lord Melville, CAM e Rom, from Qt2ebec, (poke en the 25th ult. in lat. 30. long. 37. the Fletcher, from Liverpool, bound to Halifax, out 16 days, all wen. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVID DID, Se rr.24.—PalTed by the Ifabella, from Archangel ; Vrow Catharina, Dreg; and the Vrow Oink, pant), from Rip. —Sailed the Kitty, Limes; and the Venus, Saggs,for Stockholm. ARRIVED.-At Chatham, the Joachim, Rlchells, from Riga— At Penzance. the Union, Tregerthon, from Pctertburgli—At Shields, the Genran Packet, —, from Peteriburgh ; and the Mary, WclR, from Archangel—At Liverpool, the Diana, Doug las ; and the Providence, Gadget-, from Archangel. Sailed yeflerday from Chatham, the NA M us, of 74 guns, Captain Jos Et, to Loeg Reach. Two of the Danifh frigates captured at Copen• hagen, arrived at Sheernefs yeflerday. Saturday, the SULTAN, of 74 guns, was latmehed from Dudman's Yard, Deptford ; only one acci dent occurred, that of a boat with two ladies upfet ting, but they were picked up without farther incon venience than a ducking. The following fhips, of 74 guns each. are to be built as Coon as poffible in the merchants' dock-yards, in the tiversThames and Medway; viz. INDUS, Eons. BURGH, MULGRAVS, STIRLING CASTLR, AJAX, EG• MONT, RODNEY, and. Asia. / The Grand Sachem, for New York, is on chore near Liverpool, but expetled to be got off. The Britiih frigate Diana. Capt. Mailing, arrived , at JAMAICA at the end of July, and proceeded for ;Vera Cruz, having on board the fon of Sir FaaNcts BARING. The Mediator, with a million of dollars on board, alto arrived about the fame time from Vera Cruz. An American (hip, the Independence, CHURCHILL. having zoo (laves on bard, wide all the crew except the Captain and one mate, was blown up by accident, at Loango, in July, when all on board perifhed. Letters from the Aigle, 44. guns, Capt. WOLF!. dated the 6th of September, hate her being all well at that period. She had taken a fat/ failing cutter, and fitted her ant as an armed tender; and had alfo captured feveral chalk marees, two laden with Sat dioias, one laden with fait, and one with wine, which was diftributed among the (hip's company, and proved of great fervice after a cruize of 22 weeks. The Aigle took a cuftom houfe guard boat, with fume cuflom. bottle officers, blown off the coafl, which Capt. Wolfe humanely fent affinre near the coaft of France, after giving them prnvifions and water. , One of the Holyhead packets,-in the late heavy gale of wind, had two four-wheel carriages wafhed off her decks, in one of which a lady had unfortu nately depolited not only a casket of diamonds of con fiderable value, but alfo the deeds of an eflate which fhe had gone over to Ireland for the exprefs purpofe of feeirg duly executed. A Gentleman had been fitting in one of the carriages not Many minutes before it was fwept ovetbaard. On the 27th November, in lat. is. South, and long. 88 Ealt, about the lunation of what is called True Briton Ifland, reverel pieces of wreck of malls were feen by Capt. Bayllife, of the Eat/ India Com pany's extra fhip Huddart, Come large double and threefold blocks, and at lag an ornamental figure of a (hip's quarter piece, meafuring 9 feet in length. About the latter there were evident marks of Thor. There was no doubt in the fleet of this being part of a two decker, and from the nature of the carved work and nails, concluded it was a foreign flip. The form which lately prevailed throughout Scotland, has done vast damage on the river Efk, by deftroying the dam heads of the different mills: A great pact of the brioge between niter-row and tdurelborgh, was. carried away ; and a number of large trees Were forced down the titer, SESSIONS: . . HICKS'S HALL, SATURDAY, SF.PT..I9. ilicbard Andrea/ft againti whom a great number of charges for fwindling were preferred force time agO at qtyen.fquare, was brought up by Habeas Cor pus, to be tried at Hicks's Hall, in conlequenCe of his having had detainers lodged againft him for debt. He looked as confident around him as it he *ere apt, only innocent; but unaccufed. • • Mr. ALtsv, his Counfel, moved that the • • might be allowed to travetfe until the neit Qarter,• Seifions, upon the ground that he had forty differeitC, witnetres to produce, whofe teftimany was neceiraiir to his defence; andthat with all the diligence he exert, he had not been able to procure the fervice - iubpcena upon more than one half of theits. .* Mr. GLIADE, on • the part of the proftcution, Tented ; and the Court was pleated to appoint the fiat Tuefday in the neat Q2arter Salons for hit trial, the prifoner entering into fureties for his appear ance then. The Earl of Beiborougb. Mr. Savage, the coach maker, Mr. Harris, Major Davifon, and a nun.ber of other witneffes attended, and renewed their rec. gni zances to appear at t! ..e next feilions. John Ilawjess was tried for uttering bare and coun terfeit (billings. .The Nth were poritively fwoin to ; and the prifoner delivered a very long narration of his adventures through life, in order to imprefs the Court with an idea of his refpeetability, and the con= fequent improbability of his committing fuch a crime as that which had been laid to his charge. A Mrs. Edea appeared to give him a charaeleri . and flatted that he bad been a fervant to her Itufband —that fhe had (ince that been at Riga, froM whence the went np the Black Sea to Conliantinople, and returned through Poland to this country. The Court defired the lady to Rate when and how long the pri loner had been in the fervice r;f her hufband ; when it appeared that he had been but a (port time em. ployed by him, and that he had left him about two years ago. The Court obferved, that neither the long (tory of the prifoner, nor the charaaer given by the !ady, could do away the &as which had heed (worn to : he was accordingly conviaed and order ed to be imprifoned fix months, and to find furetie* fur fix months more. SEPTEMEHR 21. THE islaceoreawric STBIL.—An ancient looking woman, of the name of .Efizabeth Rutherford, was tried for prefuming to explore into and expound the mg teries of futurity, contrary to the form of the flatute made for the punifhment of rogues and vagabonds. Mifs Anna Maria Letitia Smith, a very handfome young lady, of {lender make, and habited in a velvet peliffe, g ave her evidence againft this profe ff or of altrology. She Rated, that having a dente to enter into the holy Hate of Matrimony, and being anxious to know what fort of a hatband the fates had decreed her, fhe repaired to the apartment of the Defendant s whom fhe bond feated at a table, furrounded by the ufual paraphernalia of the aflrolc.gic tribe. On her right fide fat the reprefentative of wifdom, in the (hape of an owl ; on her left were placed two globes; and before her a variety of books and cards, be,arirg talifmanic charafters. With palpitating heart the inquired her fortune, but the old Sybil demanded from the inquirer, before the proceeded to unlock the hidden fecrets of nature, a key which the obferved was made in the form of a fixpence. The key being delivered, and unintelligible words mumbled, which were not underflood by the inquirer, her fate began to unfold iifelf, and the was informed that the would, very foon be united to a fair man with a power of money ; that fhe would be bletfed with young chil dren, and htr huihand happy, for if his quiver would be full of them." Elated with this appearance of good fortune, the retired, and had waited Come months for the fulfilment of the prophecy, but no hufband had yet made his appearance, the therefore concluded that the Sybil was a falfe prophetefs, and accordingly took meafures for bringing her to an fwer before a tribunal compofed of gentlemen who would not hefitate in determining her fate. Mifs Sarah Burgers, another young lady of fimi lar appearance in point of drefs, but more robutt in perfon, and who accompanied the former witnefs, on the fame fort of errand, experienced fimilar promifes of a fair hufband, with riches, &c. but was now con vinced the was deceived and almoft driven to the forlorn hope. An old woman next appeared, of a miferable ap pearance, arid was afked whether the had been to learn her deltiny with refpeet to a hufband ? but it turned out that this old Dowager was merely Lady in Waiting to her Magical Highnefs, and had intro.. duced Mitres Smith and Burgefs, for which fhe re ceived a gratuity of a glafs of gin, or, as the expreffed it, " a little drink." The CHAIRMLII Paid to this old woman—" Your condo& has been very improper, and highly repre hlnflhle, in introducing to Inch a perfon and on fuch an errand thefe young ladies. At your time of life you ought to know better ; you deferve puniihment, and I am lorry the Court cannot inflift it on year." The Magical Cards, Books of Hidden Secrets, tte. were exhibited in the Court. Mrs. Rutherford denied, in her defence, that fhe was acquainted with the magic art, and averred that the had told theft young ladies fortunes merely tor a j Ate. She declared that the earned her livelihood by working at her needle. Her brother, a tailor, and apparently a refpeftable looking man, addreffed the Court on behalf of his fifter, and Hated, that he had fume witneffes to call to her charafter. The Court, however, while they gave credit to the feelings of the brother, which prompted him to Rep forward to refcue her from the fpell Which had been let upon her, obferved that the cafe was fo clear and fo litany, that they muff be under the aeceflity of fending the Lady (to complete her Birdies) for fix months to the Houle of Correction. She was accordingly committed for that period. The blips of the line, iiii.ttcs, norms, and gun; boats, which, as a witty lawyer obfcnes, we now hold in abeyance for the Danes, amount to nearly th e number of principal Prizes, in regular gtadation. ft In 40,000 to tool of the prcfeot Improved Lot. tery Plan. In refpea to the latter, however, that is the very material difference, that they who are to fortunate as to capture them, will keep poireffloa du