Star. — London, England, 1807-10-23 00:00:00

• litt'ENCE %ILE COUNTRY. Our political horizon daily crakes darker clouds. Netts dangers and difficulties daily arife. External ditcl intErnal caufes combine in threatening the moR difaltrous effees. Our enemy is exerting his unprecedented powers in rchemes of hoftility, for which language has not name, or conception capacity. All Europe is at ills feet. RofLa has unaccountably yielded her inde liendence. Auftria will in a few months be reduced to the rank of the other kingdoms of Germany.— To round his circle of impotent Rates, he will place one of his Generals at the head of Auflda, and drive the Emperor rtANCIS to his kingdom of Hungary. Turkey will form another of his fatellites. Denmark is already reduced to the fame vaffalage. All the Continent is forced to join the league againft this country, and to became the hands of this mighty earth born BRIAREUS. His marfeinte projeds are equal in mifchief, and will be matured in a fhorter time than the couriery of this country is willing to imagine. His navy is in ereafing fait. The fleets of Portugal are probably now in his poffeffion. The report of the flight to Brafil is meant only to lull this country into fecurity. The tailors of Denmark will be fent to Breit and to Antwerp. Ruffia will join her naval power to that of the reft of the Continent. The poffeffiln of the Ve netian and the Grecian Wands, will yield a numerous tact of hardy mariners. The Turkifb failors will be taught a better fyltem of maneuvering, and add their fleet to the general fcene. In two years, two hundred fail of the line will be ready to fail from the ports of Enrope, and carry the thunders of the Continent againft our colonies and dependencies. Our internal policy does not prefent motives of confolation. While we have no other hold of Ire land but force of arms, we deprive ourfelves of a vaft dirpofable force, which might have been added to the Ruffian and Pruffian army in Poland. and crullied the mighty conqueror. And a blow has lately been given to our navy in the conceffinns to America, by which our feamen will be irreclaimable torn her (hips of war. From the fpirit difplayed in the expedition to Zealand we expected a different conduCt. We have often Paid that America would not go to war, fhould we adopt the meafures, now become abfolutely ne• ceffary, of blocking up the Continent of Europe, and preventing the importation of the produce of our enemies' colonies in neutral bottoms. And fhould America declare war, her captive feamen would enter into our fervice, and enable us to man a ftrong addi• tional fizet to affiti in the meafure of retaliation. We (hall, perhaps, be aceufed of drawing ton gloomy a pie/ore. We confers that our colours a►e dark; whether they are overcharged, we leave to the dmiliun of the impartial Reader. We defcribe the &We ; but at the lame time we with to point out a 'reedy. With this view, we return to the title of this Mick—THE DEEktiCE OF THE COUNTIT. if we once prove to our edemy, that we are im pregnable in this ifland, we rife high in the compa rative (tale cf power. Ova PLAN !hall be propofed. It is !bort and fimple, but it is effeEtual, and mutt be fueetftful. We now lay it before our Readers; and we truft we (ball thew that we do IP3I deflair Of the telemon weal. We therefore propofe, that all ranks and degrees of men, from the age of t 7 to that of 27, lhall be trained to arms, and form an internal force, called TM I :y . 2r ro - - DEFENCE. They (hall be privately trained dui ing a fortnight, then Mall join the corps of the ;Hari& and be exer did once in a fortnight. They than chufe their Subaltern Officers ; but Government Ball fupply a Commanding Officer, an Adjutant, and a Setjeant Major to each Regiment. Evety year all the young men, who (hall _ attain the age of 17, (hall be enrolled and exereifed ; and theft who are entered into their 23th year (hall be fiftharged. Iris fuppofed that THE DEFENCE Will conlifi of hif a tnillion of Men, who (hall be • trained to the krokt of Light Infantry and, Riflemen, or in other *odes tq.;hat fervice, which will be retptited of them ie the cafe of an invalion. All thole, who are difoh at ged from TH a DE taxes, any form tbemfelves into corps, bit the plan of the ekat Voiuntitits. %Member of TN E Dr FENCE flail be exempted the ballot for the Militia, or from any other tiest which the exigencies of the times may make Ittfrary for the naval or military fervice of the ' ' 4 uutr y. at ri Lk oofe in ! , in the ,rge not Suth is the outlint of our plan. We have privately holitted it to feversl men of experience, and we ite beard no ohjedion, which might not be tartly 4lionnuld in a Committee of Parliament, if a bill hailer principles ftnuld be introduced. e have teen different plans fuggefled by diger. t Patties every new Adminifiration has endea. ortd to produce an improvement on the prailice thei r ir pi euCCeliCtS. Mr. AVININOToII and Mr. " 4 "Ak• did indeed, propofe a levy en maffe, but flhom of Volunteers was the objelt of their mea H. We s; ifh to pay the tribute of public grati to the zeal, the fpirit and parrintifm of that e body of men ; but we think them infofficient lai nborl, in aaivity, in youth, for the public con liee• We go fo far as to befieve? a:at they havi prevented the invalion of the country , but as we know that the means of invafion will loon be doubled, we with in Make a proportionate advance in the means of national refinance. We shall probably return to the fubjed. And we invite our Military Correfpondents to favour ns with their affiance, in our endeavonis to fecond their . exertions, and to fix the publiE confidence on a foun- dation which cannot be shaken. We have received feveral letters from Officers, re. stuening us to recommend the crating monuments, by fubfcription in the army, to the gallant officers, Colonel itrassat. and Major TROTTER, who fell fo nobly in South America; and Colonel *Lion, in Egypt. The 63d, and come other corps, as loon as com pleted, in Ireland, come over to this country. Lieut. Colonel M %/Alt is, who has jtin arrived with fuch pleafant accounts from the Ean, is the fame officer, who Come years ago, was Deputy Adjutant General of the Home Diarift. Sir JOHN MACNAMARA Harts, the Infpeinr neral of the Artillery Hofpitals, hat jun finiffied an examination (Amon of the Hofpitals in the Kingdom, and tffteted the greaten improvements in them. This very ufeful appointment the country owes to Lord Mont*. Report fays, that &me General Officers, with a reinforcement of troops, are to be Cent off to Egypt. The ad battalion 7111 Regiment, commanded by that zealous Officer. Major ARCHIBALD CAMPBSLL, has been rarticularly fuccefsful in recruiting from the Scots Militia. The 7111 is a Highland Regiment. Thole Iwo diftinguithed Corps, the Old Buffs and the t tth Foot, are in garrifon at Plymouth. The (mall, but precious remains of the 78th, or Rofsthire Highlanders, are coming home from Egypt. The tft battalion of the 78th, which has been about fourteen years in India, is likewife expefted home. On Thurfday and Friday fe'nnight, the North Hants Regiment of Militia, arrived in Exeter, and proceeded forward to Plymouth. On Friday the 96 inflant, the Lynn Rifle Corps, under the command of Lieutenant C 01011•1 TAYLOR, marched from Lynn, to perform to days permanent duty at Wifbeach. About a mile from Wifbeach, they were received with prefented arms by the volun teers of that place, commanded by Major WATSON; both Corps fainted, and marched into town together. During their day, they brigaded on the race ground with the Wifbeach Volunteers, and went through their file movements and Ilcirmillsing with much quicknefs and precifion : great applaufe was alfo due to the volunteers, in forming open and clofe column', firing by companies, &c. and advancing and retiring alter nately, in which they were covered by the Rifles.— The day being fine, a numerous affemblage of ladies and gentlemen of the firft refpe&ability were prefent, who teemed highly gratified with the day's exercife. On Sunday lall the Corps returned from Wifbeach. On leaving the town, Colonel TAYLOR, in a diftin& and appropriate fpeech, addreffed them, returning thanks for their fober and orderly conduct, the B ond charther they ;eft the town with, sad their fteadentfs under arms. He at the fame time expreffed himfelf highly honoured by the attention, generofity, and unreferved behaviour, of the inhabitants of Wifbeach; and begged they would receive the unfeigned thanks of himfelf, officers, and men, for loch unprecedented civility. At the conclution of the Colonel's (peech, the Corps gave three cheers, and left the town amidtt the plaudits of a frank and hofpitable people. Within a mile or two of Lynn, they were met by the cavalry belonging to the legion under Major LLOYD, who darned them, amidli the congratulation of thoufands of their townfmen, to the Tuefday Market Place; and, previous to their difmiffal, the Colonel again repeated his and the officers' thanks, for their foldierlike beha viour. GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE PARK.-His Royal Highnefs the Duke of CAMBRIDGS reviewed, yefter. day morning, in Hyde Park, three Regiments of the Earl India Company's Volunteers. At nine o'clock, the men marched into the Park, preceded by fix pieces of artillery, drawn by four honks each, and took their ground near Kcnfingtnn Gardens ; they then formed into line, with their rear towards the garden walls ; the artillery were Rationed to the right of the lett wing ; two men, with bugle horns, were alfu Rationed in the Park : one at Hyde Park Corner, and the other near the Powder Magazines in order to give the fignal when his Royal Highnefs the Duke of CAMBRIDGE entered the Park. At eleven o'clock, his Royal Highnefs made his appear ance, mounted upon a beautiful Arabian black char ger, attended by his Aid-de Camp. On the arrival of his Royal Hightters, the bugle horns gave the fignal, *hen a Royal Salute was fired from the ar tillery. The Earl of BA Nsuar, and feveral General Officers, were on the ground to receive his Royal Highnefs, who immediately infpeEled the ranks, the men prefenting arms; after which, they went through their different evolutions with great comenefs. They next fired a General Salute ; after which his Royal Higtiners expreffed his fatisfadiou at their military appearance, and good dsfcipline. At one o'clock hio Royal Highntis left the ground, and returned to St. James's Palace, after having been an hour add a half in the rain, without putting his great Coat on. There was a great concourfe of fpeEtators in the Park, who, being unprovided againit the heavy - rain, returned home in a fad pickle. A HOAX.—For thee three days paft a wag has *roofed Muriel/ by writing letters by the two penny port, to all the principal milliners and wig makers at the Eali and Weft ends of the town, direfting them to bring an affortment of millinery and fancy wigs, to No. 51, St. James's (beet, for approval, and " not by any means to leave the hnufc without the money." In confequence of there notes, upwards of too dif. ferent perfons have called with the articles ordered, at the houfe appointed, when, to their great mortifi cation, they were informed it was a hoax. Some of the above wig-makers have been employed fbr two days and nights in completing the fuppofed order. The follnwing Is a copy of a letter fent to a refptda ble tradefman in Jermyn•llreet, Sir—Will thank you to fend, on Wedoefday mornlng,at nine o'clock, an affortment of Ladies Wigs. (signed) . 1 c. nAvz es," " Odobcr so, No. 51, St. James's-amt." BURG EONS' HALLI EDINISURGN, OCT. 6. 11 The Royal College of Surgeons, fully (enable of the great utility of the machine for tranfporting liek and tvounded, invented by Colonel Cuomo, the plan of which has been communicated CO the College, think it their duty again to exprefs their en tire and unanimous approbation of it, as perfes in its kind, Pimple in its coneruition, and admirably cal. culated to mitigate the (dieting of thole requiring its application. 4, Many of the Members have already etperieneed its utility in the removal of patients, in cafes of ex treme &bets and danger, from confiderable dif tances, and over very rough roads : and the College recommend its general adoption. " In order to give their opinion the greater pub licity, they dire& this Minute of the Royal College to be infected in the London and Edinburgh Newf. pa per s." Extracted by WILLIAM BALDIRSTOW, Clerk. 4' Authenticated by P. HURD." We underfland that Colonel Ca tcfurnn, whom the above Learned and Re fpeetable Body have thus ho nourably diliinguithed, is the fame Gentleman whole improvements on artillery carriages, and invention of a machine for the rapid conveyance of troops, have MCC with deferved and general approbation. CODICIL TO THE WILE OF THY LATE CEORGB HUT TOM, ESQ .:. OP DEPTFOP.D. The late Mr. Hutton, who kept an academy in Deptford, was educated at King's College in the' Univerfity of Aberdeen. To his lafi will, in which he left an annuity to his wife, a sum to his only daughter, Mrs. Mackie (the widow of a naval officer) and tOndry legacies, he added a Codicil, bequeath ing all the remainder of his date to his executors, Sir W. Curti., Bart. Mr. Chalmer, Mr. Woods-rife, and Mr. Eades, in unit for the following beneficent purpofe, viz. To eltablifh a number of Bad?, or Scholar/bits in the King's College, Old Aberdeen, which than be affigned to Students, by the Principal and Regents, or Profeffors of the College. The Buries are to be gained, at the commencement of each Salon, in claffes of four, viz.—one of tBl. per annum; one of 161.1 one of 141 ; and one of 121. and which are to be affigned according to the merit of the Candidate!, by a public and open competition. The Burfer are to be held by the Students for four years, which is the uftial term of Rudy in the College; and at the end of the time there is to be a fecond competition among the Buries for a prize of twenty guineas. The Bottler are to be forty col in number, if the funds will admit of fo many; fo that there will be three delfts of four each, by which twelve Rodents will be annually provided fot ; and three prizes of twenty guineas each affigned to thole in the highest, or magiltran dafs on going off from College. The competition is to be open to fcholars from any part of the united kingdom of G►eat Britain or Ire land. And the only condition is, that they (hall have made fame progrefs in the Latin and Greek languages, and in Mathematics. Mr. Hutton has alfo made provifian for the changes; that may take place in the value of money, either as to depreciation or augmentation. He direds that I the value of it than every twenty years be fettled by 'the average price for (even years, of wheat at Bear Key. He alfo dire9s, that if there &mild be a furplus arising frdm the annual produce of his funds, after there uses, fuck furplus !hall go to augment the value of the prizes, and to such other objeds for the pro motion of literature and morals as the Regents or Profeffors of the laid College shall dire& And he gives a set of very valuable rules and re gulations for the government of the fcholars on this foundation, fo as to engage their attention, animate their purfuit of knowledge, and promote the obfer• vance of their religious and moral duties—and he concludes with declaring, that he has made this dif. pofition of his dime from the conscientious idea, that in encouraging the cultivation of letters, and rearing up a number of ynuig men who may be able thereby to enlighten the minds of others, he has endeavoured to difcharge the ditty which he owes to his country, and to taffy his gratitude to the PROVIDENCE that has crowned his labours with fuccefs. The will and two codicils have been regularly pro ved at Doitors Commons. But we learn that there is a doubt whether this teliamentary difpofition of his red efiate is legal, and whether the will can be carried into mew ion. If not, the whole will go to his widow, and Mn. Mackie of Camberwell, his only daughter. All Inch as duly calculate bow much the fubtrac tion of iOOO numbers, drawn nn Tuefday laft, from a I....ttery Scheme confining of only 20,000 numbers, enhance the value of undrawn Tickets, elpecially when the amount of all the principal Prizes is fo in confiderahly lefrened from the evert of the fire day's drawing, will obvioufly perceive the weight of in. ducement for an immediate purthnfe of what Tickets and Shares remain in the Lottery market. j. Warne, No. 16, Cornhilljitifotms the Hot ders of Supplementary Tickets and Shares, not re- ceiving Money, that their identical Numbers will be drawn over again In the Supplementary Lottery, of only 6000 Tickets, giving them the chance of the great Crites of 20,0001. to.OOOL One Thoufands, Pive Hundreds, &c. &c. &c. without any additionii terries, or trouble of changing their numbers. DON'T DELAY A MOMENT, or you will for ever lofe the only opportunity of gaining the drawl Prize of Forty Thoufand Pounds. All Purchafers of Tickets or Shares before Next Tossoay Oeloher 27th, have a Chance fbr the following irondetful Lift of Capitals:- 1 Prized COI:go 3 •••1101.• *VICO 10,000 itixo to Tickets and Shares in great variety, are felling by Sir j Bitiossemes and Co. it, Holborn, 37, Cour hill, and jE, Haymarket. The time is now, or the opportunity for ever loft, of gaining For ksr o ••• IC 40,000 10 14 5 so,oeo 115 3, 000 1 11,5C0 WEST2IPMSTER SESSIONS. There Seflions commenced yeflerday, before W. MAINWAIMG, nil. and a Bench of Magifliates.— The cafes that came bef e the Coat t, were rather of an infignificant defciipti tn. Tut/mks firil cattle that attratfted the particular of the Court was an in).dinent preferred by a perfon of the name t Thomas M..jor aping} James Cooper, for an affault. Mr. Pilton hated, that on the night f the 17th of May lel, between the hours of eleven and tvrelve o'clock, he was proceeding hAne to hid houfe at Lit tle Chelfea,: that palling through Pimlico turnpike, he Wet ved a perfon attempting to extort from two men•drivug carts a (urn of money for toll : that he interfered, and, upon raying that he ha,3 no hufloefs to demand toll it that hour (as the Brentford Elec tion hed commenced), he WAS ftruck by the prifoner, and extremely ill ufed : that he gave him no provo cation whatfoever, but merely interfered in bz..half of the carers, whom he thou4ht the defendant was im• poling on : that in his continuance to tare' t thole poor perfon.' rights, the defendant increafed in his outrage againd him to fuen a degree, that a mcb was colleded, and he was in danger of hi.: life ; but fortunately fome friends palling, he accnfled them. and the defendant, after he had committed feveral other ads of violence, was at length fecured, and with his wife conveyed to the watch houfe. On his crofs examination by Mr. BARRY, Cnunfel for the Defendant, he admitted that he did not know he was the turnpike man, and that the hour had not arrived when the Brentford Eledion conßi tuted freedom of egrefs and regrets for the palling of carriages. James Pcnle Rated, that he was a lifeguard man, and he carrob.lrated the llatement of Mr. Pitton, as far as the affauh wen;, but knew nothing of the cit.- comftances that gave rile t.n it. On the part of ,the prifoner, hit Counfel addreffed the Court and the Jury, contending that the at. greffion having commenced with the profeautor himfelf, his client was entitled to an acquittal, inaf much as the intermeddling of that profecutor with the dunes of the defendant in his official capacity, pro. yoked the attack and allault of which he complained. A Mrs. Wright was called to thew that the pro fecutor bad encouraged and excited a mob again!} the defendant, the refult of which was, their break= ing into his rooms and dragging him to the watch hnufe. On her crofs examination by the Court, the admitted that the mob did not beclme outrageous againG the defendant until he had forced a gentle woman ir.to the tollhoufe, where he had ufed her ill. The CHAIRMAN fin - timed up the whole of the tettimony, and the Jury found the prifoner—Guilty. He was again charged in another indiCtment w ith affaulting a Mr. Howett. The evidence in this cafe was nearly fimilar to that i . the I , rmer profecution, with the addition of a Mr. and Mrs. Gurney ; the latter of whom (wore, that in patting at the moment with her hufband, Ate was feiztd by the wife of the defendant, and dragged into the toll honk, where he violently affAulted her, and cut her over the eye ; that her cries culleeted the mob about the gate, and in refcning her from further violence Mr. Hewett was an-milted. The prifoner attempted to paily himfelf under the fame defence, and his Conniel again addreffed the Jury on his behalf, but he was found gnilty. The Court, after fume deliberation, fenteneed him to one month's imprifonment for the firlt affeult ; and for the fecund, as being c , nticie , ably aggravated, to three months further imp, ifonment. The defendant had found a bill again( Pilton for an alfsult, but his Conniel obferving the turn which the evidence took, advifed him not to profecute it, upon which Mr. Pilton was acquitted, and Cooper, by that means, laved an extention of punithment, which otherwife would certainly have been inflieted upon him. Jte LOUI.Y.-A perfon of the name of John Broder was indicted for affaulting a man of the name of Hay, fee vane to Count Welderen. The profecoter did not make out a cafe of affault, and it being hinted that there was a little jealoufy in the bufinefs, he was afked whether he haJ not been rather too civil to the defendant's wife ? andanfwering that he ne v er went near her but he brought her fomething, and that he fometimes took her out in his mailer's carriage, being the coachman, the Jury acquitted the defendant. E &deb Potter was convicted of an affault upon a young woman, in a fit of jealoufy. She was fined three (billings and fourpence. Ffcombe was convicted of an altrulr, on Jain Gounfon, an officer, in the execution of his duty.--4 The officer did nut (hew his authority. The Dcfen• dant was fined 35. 4.d. Ifaac Solotnons, and Mary his wife, were indided for keeping a diforderly houfe, in Marigold Court, in the Strand. This was a profecution at the fait of the parilh. The Defendants were convicted, and fentenced to be imptifoned for fir months. Lydia and Edward T own were indicted for a:tutting Daniel Smith, fon of a faddler, in Bond-(beet. In the courfe of the invelligation it was proved, that Smith called her and her brother , g perjured Jewi t &c." The Jury acquitted the Defendants. The Nelly, Adamfon, from Trinidad ) is loft at Barbadods. . A fire broke ont on Tuefday evening in the fable of Mr. JAMES D3RMER, at Wafperton, occafioned by a candle falling among the litter under one of the horfes. Three very valuable horfes were with difficulty got out alive, but were much burnt. The premifes, with a loft, were entirely c. , nftimed. The damage is eftimated at three hundred pounds. COLM EXCHAROE, MARK LANS, OCTOBER There are eonfiderable quantifies of Wheat for to. day, and the tales are estiemely dull at the late teduaionc in price, and laft Prices are hardly main t eintelOf Barley but (bort fupply, and rather dearer —Malt varies but little—But few White or Grey Peas, which are higher—Beans of each kind fetch a better price —There are fume further arrivals of Oats, which trade fuppotts laR prices —Flour as our lad. OZWEAAL CURRENCY AS ourtaa. What, 401 sos 610 per Ir. Grey Peale 6ss 67sod Fine Ditto. 64166 s od Scans, 58s 631 od Rye. (new) 4 01 4410 d Tick Ditto ells sas a Eaticy,3Bl 44God Oats, 130 28s 3sa Malt, 64s 74s od Poland slit•a 330 344 White Peaft, (Boilers)rs4s 160 Potstoe ditto 3ss 6d Rape seed. sal 20 Flit Flour 4w to jp....SMildS 4.18 to Set.