Star. — London, England, 1809-12-19 00:00:00

ftlent It at the Hotel de Ville, for which preparation s 3o long been making. He was attended by dl Vassal Sovereigns now assembled at Paris, and fete, we cannot doubt, was very magnificent, The Emperor FRANCIS has once more appeared in its capital, the inhabitants of whi c h r ece i ve d hi m w i t h . nt husiasm. The Archduke CHARLES was expected to r eturn to Vienna in a few days after. It is to be presumed, therefore, that there is no foundation for to rumour of a coolness between the Royal Brothers, vhich has been studiously insinuated in the French Papers. bad It was believed that the Tyrolese had submitted to : e French, but HOFER has published a formal recan :ion of his former act of submission, and once more upon his countrymen to repair to the Standard Liberty, Extracts from the Peterthrgh Gazette', given in the Ditch Papers, state, that the Russians have been s uccessful in every engagement with the Turks. The former seem to be rapidly advancing towards the Capital of the Turkish Empire. A Cabinet Council assembled yesterday, at the Fo reign Office, soon after two o'clock, and continued in deliberation until half-past sir in the evening. The o bject under consideration, it is reported, was the owe, to be given to the Address of the Common Council, which is to be presented to his MAJESTY to vorrow. The Ministers presen t were, the LOR D C J ANCELLOS, the Marquis tL.IISLEY, the Earls of LIVERPOOL, BATHURST * CHATHAM, WESTMORLAND, fIARROWEY, Lord MULGRAVE 4 the CHANCELLOR dthe EXCHEQUER, Mr. SeCittary RYDER, and Mr. I. S. DUNDAS. Yesterday being the Births-day of her Majesty the of PORTUGAL, high mass was celebrated at the yal Portuguese Chapel in South-street ; and in the rening a numerous party assembled at the Thatched Souse Tavern, and partook of an elegant entertain sent, at which his Excellency the Portuguese Mi sister presided. Amongst the company were most idle Foreign Ministers, and many of the Portuguese frentlemen resident in London. Letters yesterday arrived from France ; from Bour Wit, to the 28th ult. and from Caen, in Normandy, 2 the 14th inst. By the former it was understood, ;at some troops were on their progress from Gas on), to Spain, but their numbers were not ascer. lined, or the corps to which they belonged. The :counts from Caen comprise no political information. Some letters and papers from America were re. rived yesterday. Those from Virginia are to the sth ult. It appears that Mr. JACKSON had very &e -vent interviews with Mr. Secretary Smini, at Wash lgton, but the particulars of these conferences was rcpt a profound secret. An opinion prevailed, that :e powers with which the British Ambassador were =rusted, were more extensive than any that had been nnceded to former Ministers to the United States : nd it was presumed that an arrangement would bs made which would terminate all differences between .':e two countries. We shall be happy to find that v.ch conjectures are well founded. An alarming riot took place on Sunday morning Short's Gardens, Drury-lane, between some Irish :en belonging to the colonies of these people esta- 1 fished in St. Giles's and Whitechapel. It assumed n serious an aspect, that Mr. READ, the Magistrate, , ho was called out of Lincoln's Inn Chapel, was 6liged to repair to the spot, at the head of some of e Police. Several of the offenders were taken into rastody, and examined yesterday at Bow-street. They were committed for further examination, until the rate of the wounded of the respective combatants is ascertained. On Sunday night the premises of Mr. Richardson, Toollen-draper In Oxford -street, were broke open and ebbed of a considerable quantity of cloth. COVENToGARDEN MIEATEE. Last night, before t . .e commencement of the performances, Mr. SA- IkGE rose from the front row of the pit, and said, i..at in consequence of his misunderstanding with HARRIS, he had written a note to Mr. KEMBLE. which, with the audience's permission, he would read to them. ( Read, Read !) The note briefly asked Mr. KEMBLE, whether he meant to restore to the public all the private boxes, except those which were such in the season of 1801-2? Mr. SAVAGE was heard with great applause ; and soon afterwards, an ther Gentleman rise from the middle of the pit, but he spoke in so low a tone ) and was so noisily inter foisted, that we could not catch a word of what he said. He did not finish, we believe ; for the overture from the Orchestra broke in upon his speech. When the certain rose, the clamour was violent for Mr. KEtws ; but at last the audience thought they would wait for his regular entry in the play (Hamkt).— When be appeared, Mr. SAVAGE stood on the bench. and handed him the letter on a stick, but Hamlet would not see it. Mr. SAVAGE held it a long time, and at last threw it on the stage ; it tell close to the stage lights; but still Mr, KEMBLE would not see it, and there it lay all night untouched. Mr. SAVAGE and other O. P.'s freduently called out to Mr. KEmaLE to pick up the let ter t and, indeed, the whole of the first act of the play was almost unheard, amidst the cries of KENI BLE has broken his word !" « Stick to the first proposition in your treaty I" a , No Private Boxes !" &c.— i he malcontents thought it not worth while to follow ip their pursuit after the first act, and the rest of the play and the whole of the pantomime were acted without interruption. Towards the close of the evening, Mr. CLIFFORD occupied a place in the front seat of one of the dress boxes, and, between the pla y and the pantomime held close conference with three or four in the pit. Soon after this, a voice under Mr. CLIFFORD called out most Will Mr. voiLE appear to-night ?" and when the ghost in 1 ).3 Juan was on the stage, ig Let the ghost explain :!noilt the private boxes." Nothing came of all this,l hr••••:ever ; and at the final dropping of the curtain Mr. ( -Lottoiin quitted the house immediately, and so did iaery body else. The house was nearly full when the curtain drew UP, there being only standing room left in the pit, a:id a few vacant places in the upper-boxes. After kialf-price there was an overflow. The curtain dropped :bout halt-past elevr:a. THE Altt4Y. The Barracks in Bt. George's Place, eafiterhttry, lately occupied by the Horse Artillery, and which were in part taken down, are to be immediately re- built, being re-engaged for the reception of 800 of the sick soldiers expected from Walcheren. By recent accounts from the Island of Curagoa t we learn that' the Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of the 2d battalion of the 18th or Royal Re. giment of Ireland were on the eve of embarkation for Europe, after having drafted their men into the first battalion, at present in Jamaica their arrival may therefore be expected in a few weeks. The 2d batta lion will, on its return, be reformed by the detach ment now quartered at Gloucester, under the com mand of Captain Goaazouza, consisting of 450 of the choicest men. The Officers of the Ist Battalion, now at home, are ordered to proceed forthwith to join their regiment in Jamaica. It will be seen, from our Yarmouth letter, that the British troops at Walcheren had all embarked on Sa turday, with the exception of two or three hundred men left as centinels, and these were also ready to embark. We may hourly expect the arrival of the whole, therefore, in this country. About 700 horses to remount the 14th and 16th Light Dragoons, and the German Light Dragoons in Portugal, will march into Portsmouth to embark in the course of the week. Dr. FERGVSSON, Inspector of Hospitals, is appointed Chief Inspector of the Portuguese Army Hospitals. From his great skill and knowledge of the service, the greatest good is likely to accrue to the service of the Portuguese army. NilVilL INTELLIGENCE. THE HUSSAR FRIGATE. We have great pleasure in being able to state that the HUSSAR frigate is safe in Guernsey. The pilot who took her out arrived at Plymouth on Sunday.— She did not put into Torbay through stress of weather, but being off there, a Boatswain's Mate dropped down dead, and they put in there to inter the body. PLYMOUTH DOCK, DEC. 17. No arrivals or railings this day. The jolly boat belonging to the Argus sloop capsized in the Sound, when a seaman, named Jones, Captain of the Main-top, was unfortunately drowned.— Wind Wand variable ; blows hard with heavy rain. The Intrepid and Captain have both been surveyed, and being deemed unworthy of a thorough repair, have been paid off ; the former laid up in ordinary, and the latter in Dock, cutting down for a receiving ship. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 18. Arrived the APOLLO frigate, with Admiral THORNBOROUGR'S flag flying, from the Mediterranean, and the HERMIS sloop of war from Gibraltar.—Nothing sailed.—Came into Harbour, the ESCORT gun-brig, having lost her rudder at the back of the Ids of Wight. —Went out of Harbour, the CoQuityrz sloop of war. DEAL, DECEMBER IS. . It blew very hard last night and early this morning, from the South and South-West. The only ship that has suffered, that we hear of, is the Samuel, Captain SVGR Et, for Trinidad, who has lost an anchor and cable.—Arrived the Young Henry from Opor to, and sailed for the River. HARWICH, DECEMBER 18. This morning the Lady Frances packet sailed for Gottenburgh, with the mails of the 12th and I.sth inst. The Heligoland mail of the 12th still remains, on account of there beirg no packet in the harbour.—Arrived several sail of transports from Flushing, with troops. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 18. We have been favoured with the particulars respecting the eva cuation of Flushing, and the loss of transports. The reporter states, that when he left Flushing, which was on Saturday last in the afternoon, he saw one transport, the Cecilia, of Yarmouth, W. LAPPINGWrtt, lying a wreck under the wails of Flushing; crew saved—and he also states, that he believes the transports on shore did not exceed twelve sail, all the crews except one were saved, that the troops were all embarked, with the exception of2oo, and that as soon as the wind proved favourable, they would be em barked, which might be done in two hours. The French were lying in South Beveland, ready to take possession of the Island. Arrived the Mary of this port, from Flushing, SALTER master, with goods ; Cockatrice, E. CROSBY master, from St. Domingo, with coffee, bound to Holland, put in with the loss of her fore top•mast and bowsprit; Guardian, J. Rose master, from Hull to London, with goods, put in with all masts gone ; and the Eagle, rroN master, from Newcastle, with coals to London, with all her masts carried away; a large ship is now in the offing, with not a mast standing. Arrived the Vestal, W. BARBSR, from Portugal, with wine, last from Ipswich.—Wind S.W. with rain. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVEST.ND, Dcc.lB.—Arrived the Amelia, Bradley, from Malta ; Pellam, Hunter, from Malaga ; and the Isabella Ann, Jackson, from Lisbon.—Sailed the Ellison, Symes, for Cork; Tyne packet, Barber , and Jason, Hook, for Dublin ; Rio Nova, Martin, for the Havalinah, and the Fanny, Jackson, for Oporto. The Maria Augusta, Toole, from Dublin, is captured in the Mediterranean, and-tarried into Marseilles. The Lucinda, Spair, from Martinique to London, is taken and carried into Sables. The Brothers, I.e Gresley, from the Mediterranean to Jersey, is taken and carried into Mortal:. The Phcenix, Smith ; Exchange, Smith ; and Argo, Harding, from Oportb to London, are taken and carried, the two former into Dieppe, the latter into Fecamp. The Swene, Gerectyheit, from Guernsey to Gottenburgh, is taken and carried into Dieppe. The Susan transport is lost at Flushing. The Hoganadetston, from Norway to Ireland, is lost on the Island of Lewis. On the night of the 11th ult. the Hero, Strachan master, be longing to Dundee, while on her voyage from London to Seville, under convoy of the Frederickstein sloop of war, parted company when off Cape Finisterre. Two Portuguese seamen (who with the captain, mate, and two boys, formed the ship's company), rose during the night of the 12th, attacked the mate at the helm, and knocked his brains out with a band-spike. They then des cended to the cabin, where the Captain was asleep, and giving him repeated stabs left him for dead. Hoisting out the small boat, they filled her with clothes, compasses, quadrants, watches, &c. and previous to leaving the ship, bored a hole in her bottom, and proceeded to knock out the ports, at that moment, the Cap tai::, who had scrambled up the rigging to the main-top, pretended to hail a ship. The night was remarkably dark, and the ruffians alarmed, jumped into the boat, and made off with their booty. The Captain then tame down, and we are happy to learn, had been able to carry the Hero within a day's sail of her pott, and the wind was fair when he wrote. He was then getting better of his wounds, which were principally in the thigh; but his left hand is so much cut with a knife, that it is feared be will Dever recover the use of it. MUM° thf PR/BM& e aka 11411DLA .-. ~, Yesterday. in consequence of a public advertise ment, there was a pretty numerous attendance of the Friends of Colonel WARDLE, at the Crown and Anchor. Mr. MALLET (the Chairman) stated, that the cause for which they were assembled, was a sufficient apo logy for his addressing them. He had wished much that the chair should have been filled by some man of more considerable talents, an d b etter k nown to t h e public than himself; but as he was selected to fill it, it became his duty to explain to them the objects for which they were a s se m bl e d. H e would declare that for his part, he was utterly a stranger to Col.Wardle, and hardly kne w hi s person b y s i g h t ; and, therefore, it must be allowed, that the recommendation which he felt it his duty to make, could only be dictated by public motives, and from what, he conceived, was due in justice to that individual, who had done so much, and suffered so much in the public cause.—' When Colonel Wardle came forward in the House of Commons, alone and unsupported, to bring the most serious charges against a person so high in rank as the Duke of York, he had to encounter all manner of prejudices, both from those who were in power, and those who were out. The whole host and pha lanx of corruption were in arms against him, and all the talents of the House of Commons, and the golden eloquence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were also against him. The threat of infamy was thrown out against him the moment he undertook this great public cause, and every possible pains had been taken since that time to arraign his motives, and to blacken his character ; but, he trusted, that when the subject was fully and coolly considered, it would appear that nothing had since occurred to justify the withdrawing from Colonel Wardle the thanks which his public spi rit had deserved. (Loud applaase, No, No !) The part which Colonel Wardle had taken was one which required great boldness and firmness of mind; for he had undertaken, at a time when he was unknown to the public, singly to contend against all the united force of corruption and prejudice. In the House of Commons he did not expect any cheering or any sup port ; and to be heard patiently was all he could hope. He, nevertheless, had the boldness to set himself for- ward in the public cause, and to despise all the threats which had been thrown out against him ; and this manliness of conduct did justly obtain for him the al most unanimous approbation and esteem of his coun try. Those charges which he had so manfully brought forward, he maintained with such ability and perse verance, that the illustrious object of his accusation has been punished for his offences.- With respect to the Duke of York, his case was by no means singular; and his Royal Highness might be well surprised at finding himself attacked for an offence which was so i very common. Corruption had taken possession so generally of every department of the State, and was considered so much as a matter of course, that the times we live in appeared very much to resemble . those corrupt times, in the decline of the Roman em pire, when, as the Historian says, " Corrurapere argue . corratipi, secultitti est." Although the guilt of corrup tion is so common, that the Duke of York might well say that he .was not more guilty than others around him, yet Cclonel Wardle had great merit in selecting an illustrions delinquent, whomk punichnicat would j afford the greatest example to others. Men of the highest situations in the State should be punished with peculiar severity, when they violate the trust reposed in them by their country, and place improper persons in the most important situations. If a poor miserable wretch, ignorant of a written law. should violate it, his ignorance would not excuse him ; and the law would often require his life as an atonement. If the law visited wtth severity the crimes of the poor and ignorant, with how much greater severity ought the crimes of those to be visited, who, from high rank and liberal education, were supposed to understand and feel the unwritten law of honour, and had violated its dictates ! When such great power was invested in any individual, they were supposed to have honourable and delicate minds, so as nut to abuse that power. In every point of view, in which the accusation of the ' Duke of York by Colonel Wardle was viewed, that Gentleman was entitled to the highest praise. As to the action about the Upholsterer's bill, or those other proceedings which had grown out of it, he saw no thing at all to tarnish Colonel Wardle's reputation. He would allow, that he had been sometimes very indiscreet, but he could see no fault beyond indiscre tion. A verdict had been obtained against him for a large sum of money, but even if it were true that he had voluntarily made himself liable to the pay ment, that circumstance would be no impeachment on his character, nor would it in the least diminish his claim to public gratitude. He would maintain, that however the credit of a witness might be affected by receiving a donation of this kind, yet that it would be no crime in making her a present ; and it would only be analagous to a common course of proceeding in other cases, as witnesses brought forward by the Crown and by public bodies do frequently receive considerable rewards, not for giving false testimony, but for rendering great service to the public, by fur nishing useful information and giving evidence of the truth. The services which Colonel Wardle had ren dered to the public, did not consist merely in bringing the Duke of York to justice, but he was the man who, had developed the whole system of corruption which had pervaded every department of the State, and was feeding on the very vitals of the country. (rip/douse) No sooner was this system of corruption detected in its full extent, than the people of this country ex pressed the most lively gratitude to the man who had done so important a service. They felt that the same corruption which had destroyed so many surrounding States, was also bringing this country to the brink of destruction, and that there was no remedy but re form. This great truth appeared now to be generally understood, and the voice of the country was now decidedly pronounced in favour of reform, which I alone could preserve this country in safety or honour. 1 When it was considered that very important public benefits had been derived from the firmness and de votion of Colonel Wardle, to the cause of the public,! he trusted the public would not now desert him (loud': cries of No, No.) When such a man had encountered 1 so many formidable obstacles for their cause—when he had drawn upon himself such a host of enemies, and calumniators, merely by boldly resisting corrup tion, and dragging it to light; was it to be suffered that his private fortune should suffer materially, or that the public, for whom he had done and suffered Is° much, should not feel syMpathy tot such a man ? (loud ajtltlawe•) He did not mean to represent Mr. Ward as a distressed man, or unable to pay the sum whiCh had been awarded against him—but the ground that he took was, that whether he was rich or poor, no pecuniary loss should fall on any indivi, dual, by reason of his honest and patriotic exertions in the public cause. If Colonel Wardle had con , salted only what was discreet and for his own interest or eases it is likely that he would not have stirred in the business, aad that the Duke of York would have been now Commander-in-Chief, and corruption would have stilibeen undetected; but, byoverstepping a little the bounds of discretion, he had so far committed himself, as to be liable in law to payments 'thich would materially affect his private property. Under these circumstances he thought there could be no doubt but that the public ought to pay that which was expended in their cause; and he trusted they would feel, what he declared to be the firm persua sion of his mind, that nothing which had since occur red in any degree weakened the claims which Colonel Wardle had to the gratitude of his country. A num ber of Resolutions had been drawn up, which would be read to them on the part of the Committee. (Loud alsplaure.) Mr. WAITHMAN then rose amidst univeral bursts of applause. He said, that after the very able speech of the Chairman, very little remained for him to say. He entirely concurred in the observations which hai been already made, and thought that the worthy Chairman had put the question upon the right footiaz —that no individual ought to be allowed to suffer in his private fortune, on account of his exertions in the cause of the public. Mr. Wardle had boldly and fearlessly contended against the whole phalanx of cor ruption and undue influence ; and, in spite of their re sistance, he had gained a noble triumph for his coun try. As to the calumny and abuse that were now thrown against Mr. Wardle, he did not value it, as he found that they were the very same men who abused him now, who had abused him from the tno ment that he stood up in the public cause. The ac tivity of these calumniators was wonderful. What might not be expected that they would do against Colonel Wardle, when he could assure them, that even against such a humble individual as himself they had taken uncommon pains to collect calumnies ?---‘ His enemies had even taken the trouble of sending over to America, and offering a man, who had fled from his country, 50 guineas, to publish a story reflec ting on some part of his private character. When they would take such pains to injure him, what would they not do to injure Col. Wardle ? As to the trial which had lately taken place, he should make no observa tions. He took it for granted, that the Jury did their duty, and he was bound to suppose that the Judge did his also. if in his charge he had forgotten to state the improbabilities of one side of the case, he supposed it to proceed merely from depending on his memory, and not looking at his notes. He, how. ever, would say, that he hoped we might never again have a political Judge in this country. If any Judge in future were to be appointed a Cabinet Minister, it would be an honour that other Judges would be look ing to, and they would naturally contract those poli tical prejudices which would be very injurious to the subject, in any case where Government was a party. If the-public were now to suffer Mr. Wardle to be pressed down by debts, to which he only became lia ble m consequence of his zeal for their service, how was it to be expected that any other man would rise up in their cause again, and expose himself to such risks and to so wicked and cruel a persecution ? Feel ing, therefore, that Mr. Wardle had now more than ever, a claim on the sympathy and support of the public, he begged leave to submit to them the Reso lutions which were agreed to by the Committee. The ResOlations were put and carried unanimously. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chairman, &c. "Committee was appointed to receive subscriptions ; and upwards of £5OO were s ►bscribed at the different tables in the room, which were ar ranged for that purpose. SMITHFIELD CLUB Cifl7'LE SHOW. Yesterday Mr. SADLER'S yard, in Goswell-street, was much crowded by agriculturists and breeder.. Four Herefordshire oxen, belonging to Mr. WESICAR, seemed to attract a considerable share of the attention of the amateurs. Mr. JAMES BENNET shewed a turnip and clover drill, on a simple and ingenious construction. At half-past two o'clock the Members of the Smith field Club began to repair to the Freemason's Tavern, and at three the Duke of &omit:3 took the Chair. It was Resolved, That the long horned and the short horned breeds, of oxen be exempt next year from the conditions of the late chew respecting work, as being natives of districts where ox-labour is little practised. It was also resolved, that at the chew succeeding the next (Christmas, 1811), the Heref.rd, Sussex, and Devon oxen, shall be shewn in pairs, or yokes of two oxen each, to be of equal age, and of one man's breed • and that the premiums sh a ll be equally divi. ded b etween the breeder and the grazier of such oxen. About five o'clock near 200 of the Members of the Club and their friends sat down to an excellent dinner in Freemasons'-hall ; the Duk.. of BEDFOItD in the Chair. The following is the award of the premiums, viz.— Class I.—Twenty guineas to Mr. John Edmonds, for his six year old Herefordshire oz. ' Class ll.—Twenty guineas to Mr. John Terrett, for his six year old long-horned ox. Class V.—Twenty guineas to Mr. William Webber, fur his six-year old Devonshire oz. Owls Vl.—Twenty guineas to Mr. John Terret, for his four year old Herefordshire oz. Class Vll.—Ten guineas to Mt Michael Buckley, for his three year old Devon oz. Class IL—Ten guineas to Mr. John Edmonds, for his 22- months old new Leicester wethers. Class X.—Ten guineas to Mr. John Westcar, for his 99. months old new Leicester wethers. Class XL—Ten guineas to Mr. Henry King, jun. for his 20. =paths old South Down wethers. Class Xll.—Ten guineas to Mr. William Harrison, for his 32. months old South Down wethers. C ass XIII.—Ten guineas to Mr. John Roads, for his 60 weeks old spotted Berkshire pig. Claw! XlV.—Ten guineas to Mr. John Ronds,for his 40 weeks old • potted Berkshire pig. • - t L-.