Star. — London, England, 1809-11-23 00:00:00

lur4L INTS►LLICLMCL PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUMDOCK, NOY. ii Arrived his Majesty's ship Fawns, from a cruise; the brig Glasgow, of Dundee, ALEXANDER MRRLIN waster. from Malta and Gibraltar, laden with cot ton wool, fustic, kc. bound to London; sailed from Malta the Ist October, in company with a fleet under convoy of his Majesty's ship FORMIDABLE, of 98 guns, t h e whole of which arrived at Gibraltar the 20th of October, where the Glasgow left them, she having been obliged to cut her cables and run out to sea, in c onsequence of her anchor having been thrown across the hawser of one of his Majesty's ships, during a heavy gale in the night of the 25th October; the brig Traveller, Duex, from Cardiff, for London; the Neverthorpe Marinam, ALant. NIORD master, I , m the Brazils, laden with cotton, bound to Lon t ; Spanish brig Fasquita, of Mahon, JOSEPH tLiortsr master, from Altea, laden with raisins altd cork, bound to ditto, last from Scilly—all put in here by contrary winds ; schooner Triumph, bEICAst. sox master, from Lisbon, laden with fruit, bound to this port; Mary, STANDARD, from St. John's (New. foundland), laden with fish, bound to this port; and the HARLIQUIN hired armed ship, from a cruise. Also arrived the PICKLE brig of war from Cadis, and is put under quarantine ; the RESOLUTE gun brig, Lieutenant HARRIES, from Cork ; and the HARLE• QUIN armed ship from a cruise. Sailed the Mutate• IGN hired brig, with a small convoy for Swansea ; and the WEAZLZ schooner for Rochefort. The Cov. r:aer is gone out of harbour, and will sail this even. itz for Rochefort. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 22. The ALPIMA cutter takes convoy to the Downs, and sails tomorrow. Nothing sailed to-day. DIAL, NOVEMBER sel Arrived the JASON, QUEBEC, and CROCODILE frigates; tte :n•e former from the Westward, and the latter from the Northward. Came down from the River, and remains, a very large fleet of outward-bound Merchantmen.--Wind West. Ye it:RN TELL rey !led En l-1 Sai Rst 4 tabu PAND der. ( ict Fl of foi B Culp tnnar Lzbo cit .kf; it r.:t ta.t tr..l. NU 1. 1-c Er.l ( !:e A T. A; n, • : I • • • • • I YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER St Yesterday P. M. arrived from the Baltic the SA WAN, 74, Capt. CnisazaLabm ; and this morning the ItussornoN, 74, Capt. Waanutz ; the fleet which tey convoyed passed on for the Thames. Also ar med the SARPEN from the Baltic, and the Bane's gm-brig, from the Texel. Sailed this morning, the BAstusic and MANLY gm-brigs, with a large fleet of merchantmen for Got tuburgh ; and for the Downs the CROCODILE frigate, NNIVRA I hurt., and SARPOI gun-brigs, Lyra ten der. GT and RY transports, arrived to take in water is Flushing. Several live bullocks are now shipping of for Walcheren. Remain in the Roads the Saturn an Bellerophon; 74 guns each, Roebuck, Camilla, C.itpso, Censor, Chanticleer, Zenobia, Briseis, Bri- Inturt, Havoc—Drake, Emms, and Finden, in the , ILzbour, refitting.—Wind N. W. with rain. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CRAvtsC:ll, Nov. 22..—Atrived, Roebuck, Lowrey, from Afica; Greyhound, from the Metlitertanean ; Favou tit, Mitchell, from Malaga; and the Hope, Grey, from Oporto. tcl, Nesbit, Brougb ; Lady Johnson, Richardson; Isle of Aitkins; Dick, 114 4 Donald ; Centurion, Douglas; Spe- 1: or, Lambon ; and Pierson, Robson, for Jamaica : Palafox, L., for Oporto ; Intrinsic, Phillips, for Grenada ; General Harrie, for Tobago; Active, Pidgeon, for Itliddleburgh ; , nosth, Surften, for Cork; and the Httmphrles, Hastings, r ':ucatan. he Hunter, Prow,bound to the Brazils, Is on shore In Bootle but expected to be got of T Rocket', Soper, arrived at Palnsontb, sailed from Mart nn the 14th of September, in company with the Nelly, brig !, and a schooner, from which she parted a few days afttr. to Amwell was I Itllected to sail in a few days. Kitty, Nichol., from Jersey, to the Canary Islands, was ie 15th of September. Tl 2 Seaton, Scott, from Cork to Liverpool, wu wrecked on - It last. near Laumar!s. T Perseveranee, from Greaada to WUreinton, is taken and .1 into St. Martin's. A:•tern—At Newfoundland, the Benjamin, M'Carthy, from .'.tllllrtinique, the Isabella, Curry, from Glaow ; Mar -11,• 'ter, and Industry, Smith, from Liverpool ; Ha pe, May : N.: Cork ; Aurora, Warren, front Plymouth, George, -. 4 ri,m Falmouth, and the Queee, Britten, from Halifax.— tesdoes, the Mercury, from Cdrk and Madeira. At • , Oroonoko, Yeoward, from Messina. In the Gulph of J ; r. - re , the Cairon, Preudo, and Advice, Morgan, from 1 - •he Downs, the Susannah, Lester, from Malaga. At :I, the Wukesimheid, from East Plot-ids At the Hercules, Bl an k, from Virginia. At Cork, the ~'•iScnora, De Caster, from Oporto. At Leith, the Favou -I,ll,n:yrte, from Quebec. At St. Croix, the Nevis Planter, • !e. z .. .ral Sally, from Liverpool. At Nevis, t he John, : , ..‘e, from Liverpool. Of Minehead, the Maria. ill4oln - • • l i,huti. At Scilly, the Fortuna, from d brakar, Ross, from Cadiz. At Milford, the Stork, Brad . Malta. At Bristol, the True Blue, Nichols, from —, from Gibraltar, and Eolus, Efford, from ai - diand. At Bristol, the Teresa, Mutlech, from Rio la. South•on, the Isabella and Mary, from Prince Ed l'•:,!; I ' a k e of Kent, Hutchings; Jupiter, —; Mary ". A . • A dmi rat Gambier, • Braganza, —, from '; Tarter, —, from Barbadoes. At Martinique, the li: , htern, from London; and Helen, Kercial, from Li :: ‘'entt,, Ity,:arth, from Lancaster. At Falmouth, trout 1, irginia. CHATHAM, N0V.21. 2 P MIS, a new 74-gun ship, in the yard of \'., a: I Tpnor, is to be launched on the 9th of rnext. The Vic*, also of 74 guns, building c.th.,!er, will be launched in the course of next t:)ece :hip; are ordered to be laid up in or- 31.Anv is appointed extra clerk in the ! ; pwright's office, in the room of *Mr. Cum tined. Mr MARK, first foreman of the rope . this yard, is app o int e d master ropema k er • 'di Dock-yard; and Mr. PARSONS, overseer 'fling of new cordage in merchants'-yard, is foreman in the stead of Mr. Mmtx. TO A TULIP. Sweet flow'r, the smiling garden's pride, Whose charms attract the ravish'd eye Nor rose, nor lily, by thy side, With thy enamell'd hues can vie ! Ah ! may no hapless blast arise, To nip thy freshly-blooming head; But gentle Zephyr, as he flies, His fost'ring influence o'er thee shed! Like thee, in youth's fair summer's day, Lavinia's loveliness appears, Which, bright as Phoebus' welcome ray, The gaze of wond'ring mortals cheers! Deck'd with the graces of the mind, She shines above the virgin train, Who aim to reach her grace refin`d, But yet are doom'd to hope in vain ! Oh ! may no storm of envy low'r, To crop the honours of her name; Still, happier than the fading flow'r, Be her's an ever-blooming fame! R. 1. CANTERBURY', NOY . 22. John lifeluteati and Elizabeth Melt:tend were yester day committed to Westgate Gaol, by the Mayor of this city, charged on suspicion of having stolen one silver watch, the property of John Buckley ; and the said John Mepstead also with having stolen one other silver watch, the property of J. Blackley. It appeared on the examination of the above persons, who state themselves husband and wife, that they went into the shop of Mr. Buckley between the hours of five and six on Saturday evening last, and requested several watches to be shewn to them, one of which was how ever secreted, and the remainder rejected, with an in. timation that they would call again. From thence they proceeded to Mr. Blackley's shop, where after several watches were shewn to them, the husband requested to see a clock, respecting which he said he would go and inform his father, who was at the Queen's Head Inn, observing to his wife at same time, that she might go and get some refreshment ; to this Mr. Blackley, who had some suspicions, objected, and requested she would walk into his house, and she should be attended to: in the interim having examined his stock, he missed one watch, and the man returning he accord ingly took him into custody, when the prisoner, after some hesitation, confessed where he had deposited the watch, and went with the constable to Mr. Baldock's Paddock, in St. George's Place, where, under the turf, it was found. The watch belonging to Mr. Buckley was afterwards given up by the female pri soner, who stated that she had received it from her husband. A man, last week, came to several people at Sand wich, representing himself as just come from Flush ing, and a nativethere, with a cargo of superior smug gled brandy. He brought samples of the brandy, and offered it very cheap, indeed, so cheap that surprise ought to have been excited; but cheap brandy was not to be resisted. He received orders from several people, and engaged to deliver the brandy on a certain even ing. When he brought it, he was observed to be much agitated ; but the suspicion that this ought to have raised was completely done away by his broaching the casks, and desiring them to see if the brandy cor responded with the sample, which it did. He was then paid ; and on going away desired the purchasers to put the brandy in a secure place, and leave it to settle two or three days. The latter circumstance at last roused their suspicions, and as soon as he was gone thiiy bored the casks, and found them to contain water only. On examination, a small tin mug was found closely fastened to the inside of each cask, with cloth at the turned up edges, nailed with minute nails, and well puttied, which kept a small quantity of good brandy, quite clear and unadulterated by the surrounding water, and he had bored the cask exact ly opposite to the mug. A pursuit was immediately made after him, but without success, and he has not since been seen at Sandwich. In the morning of Saturday last, as one of the MArgate coaches was proceeding from Canterbury, a basket containing about 90 lbs. weight of veal, which had been sent for on some particular occasion, was cut from the top of it, and the loss not discovered till the coach had nearly reached Sturry. Friday a number of single and double roses were pulled in a nursery, near Little Govan. An otter was, on Wednesday se'nnight, killed at Rockliff, of the following extraordinary dimensions : in 1-ngth four feet, and in girth round the body 23 inches. It was shot in the water, whither it had been chased by the dogs. A letter from Konigsburg, dated the 26th ultimo, says—" A singular and curious circumstance took place in this city a few days ago. A poor bricklayer, at a very advanced age, who was on the point of death, sent for one of our Ministers, in order to dis close a secret, before his death, which would tend greatly towards the welfare of his country. Our Mi nister complied with his request, and upon waiting on the old man, he was informed by him, that during the seven years war, Frederick the Great had employ ed him and two others to bury in one of the churches of Konigsburg an immense treasure of gold, silver, and diamonds, at the same time compelling them to take a solemn oath not to divulge the affair until the List of them should be on the point of death ; other wise that a great scarceness would prevail in Konigs. burg. The Governor of the City immediately or dered the cave of the church to be searched, and ac tually found the treasure as described by the old man." About three weeks since, as a servant of Mr. R. Turner, farmer, of Stamford-le-Hope, Essex, was ri ding a horse belonging to his master, in a field at West Tburrock, in the same county, the animal shy ed at something in the way, and backing with his rider, fell into an old well in the field, which had not been sufficiently closed, and was only covered with bushes. In his fall, he, of course, went down back wards with the servant upon his back. To the asto nishment of every person who saw the circumstance, the young man, with great agility, cleared his feet from the stirrups, climbed upwards, by means of the horse's head, and got out of the well unhurt. The horse was so terribly bruised, and, at the same time, so completely wedged into the well, that it was im possible to get him out alive : he was left there, and the well will be filled up over him. +~f'»~- CO P.SIVD-C 7411.Edi771A Last night the Operatic Melo Drama ofirla Exile, Was performed at this Theatre. Of Mr. Youxo's Daran, it is scarcely potsible tti say more in his ',false, than he merited by his acting on this occasion he wholly avoided those loud bursts which we have previously considered as approximating too much towards ranting, and which were unworthy of his discernment and capacity to exercise : they may " Split the ears of the Groundlings," But they are hostile to the true dignity of the Muse. Coune Ulrich, the Exile, was respectably filled by Mr. EGERTON, yet we cannot avoid recollecting Mr. POPE in this character, and that recollection is not to the advantage of this performer. Mr. MUNDEN made as much of the Siberian Gower• nor as the charaCter would bear; it is but a scenic trifle, and it is no small compliment to the ability of a Comedian, when he can render such things tolerable. Yet why should MU NDltt4 claim exclusive lays ? Rise, honest Muse, and sing BOLOGNA'S praise! To those who have not condescended to pay atten tion to the heroes of the royal paant, we beg le a ve to recommend to their notice M r . BOLOGNA, in the MarF. darin. There is an illustrative course of action which he displays in the representation of this silent digni tary of China, which should not be suffered to pass away, without some notification of the skill of the Actor. Mr. BELLAMY and Mrs. DICKONS sang with skill, and the airs allotted to the Lady were executed with so much science as to gain her general applause. Miss LOGAN filled the part of the Czarina _Eliza beth, in lieu of Mrs. ST. Lezeit ; yet, notwithstanding Miss LOGAN is handsome, she did not convey those Imperial traits, and that mein of Majesty, which were so eminently conspicuous in Mrs. ST. LEGER. The splendid manner in which this colloquial spec tacle has 'been got up at this theatre, reflects much credit upon the taste and industry of the Manager. The Pit was above three parts full at the drawing up of the curtain, and the boxes nearly equally so ; but the performance went on without interruption till the entrance of half price, when many that had been before quiet in the Pit, stood up and joined the 0. P.'s in the usual round of noise and con fusion. We observed several clapping in the Pit, but they were not numerous. The plaudits from the Boxes were also very feeble, by far the greater pill observing a strict neutrality. Between the per formance and the Pantomime the 0. P.'s sat down, and were addressed by an orator, whom we under. stood to be the gentleman that was taken into custody on the preceding evening. His speech met with some applause, but we were not near enough to hear it.— Several police officers attempted to take him out, hut, after a violent struggle, were obliged to abandon their prey, though they succeeded in securing another per son, who was nearer thn door. The 0. P. dance was feebler than almost on any former night, but the song made sufficient amends, and was frequently repeated. Numerous were the hisses and groans directed against the private boxes, where there were only a very few Ladies, who appeared to take no notice of the allu sions to them. Soon after the half-price, most of the females in the pit retired, and many Ladies had left the boxes before the first act of the Pantomime had closed. There were one or two sham fights, but neither attended with bloodshed nor extraordinary noise. Not more than three or four 0. P.'s, were dis played during the evening, but several opposition me dals shone from the boxes. Several placards were exhibited, but none of them were distinguished either for wit or novelty. The following was the only one worth notice : A CAUTION. All persons having a cold or a cough, will beware of sneezing or coughing in the Pit, otherwise they will be taken up to Bow street office. After the dropping of the curtain, the 0. P.'s dis persed immediately, without the groans and cheers as usual, which they had anticipated during the acts of the Pantomine. On the whole, the opposition ap peared last night to have rallied their forces, and were' much more formidable than on the night preceding. There was a scuffle in one of the Upper Boxes, in which several blows were exchanged, but the Gem men went out to the Lobby to settle it. MAataortoticti-STREET.--Mr. Wienholt applied to the Magistrates at this Office yesterday, to obtain a warrant against a person, whom he stated to have stolen his hat on the evening of the 6th instant. Mr. W. stated, that he was attacked in the pit of Covent- Garden Theatre, when his life was in imminent dan ger, and a man had taken his hat off his head, and which hat had been pawned, but the man who pawn ed it was not the one who stole it, though he knew his name, and where to find him. The person who pledged it had been just convicted at Bow-street. On being asked why a warrant had not been applied for earlier, Mr. W. stated that the Magistrates at Bow street had repeatedly refused him a warrant. The Magistrates observed, that it was an etiquette with them not to grant a warrant when it had been refused before by other Magistrates, as in that case there would be no end to contention. If the Justices at Bow-street had done wrong in refusing a warrant, a writ of Mandarnui was the only method to be resorted to. Mr. W. was informed that he was not deprived of seeking a bill of indictment, and if a true bill was found, the alledged offender would then be taken by a Bench warrant. 1101V-STREET.—Yeiterday a man was brought to the Office before Mr. GRAHAM, the Sitting agis trate,. charged with having taken Mr. Wienholt's hat from him a few evenings since in the pit of Covent- Garden Theatre. It appeared that the prisoner had pawned the hat, and converted the money to his own use. The pawnbroker, w;th whom the prisoner had pawned the hat, appeared and identified his person : he was therefore convicted in the penalty of 40s. and £1 4s. 6d. the value of the hat, which the prisoner paid. Mr. Wienholt received the value of his hat and half the penalty. Mr. David Forster, of No. 66, Basinghall-street, was brought before the Magistrates at seven o'clock yesterday evening, charged by two persons, the one named John Goddard, and the other George Farmer, with riotous conduct in the pit of Covent-Garden Theatre, towards the termination of the first act of the performance. Mr. Forster behaving improperly before the Sitting Magistrate, he was reprimanded in the strongest manner for his conduct, and was ordered to find bail. Two gentlemen, his friends, Mr. Robson and Mr. • • Aryan, instantly came forward, and 13.6e:rine his,ilife: ties, and he was discharged. The next persons brought forward were Mr. :times Johnson, grocer, of Gracechurch-st:vet ; and Mr. John Tyler, fish-salesman, of Billingsl . ;at,2, They *ere charged by Mr:James ikandon with i - epea teal y crying, Silence! in the back boxes, with intent to create rict, and interrupt the performance; tie c l- 4trge was fur- . ther supported by Iw3 other persons, attendants of the Theatre. Mr. Johnson detlarej, that his cries of silence arose solely from a wish to stop the tumult that existed, so as to enable him to distinguish the voices of the per formers ; and Mr. Tyler swore by G —D, that the charge exhibited against him was erroneous. Both Gentlemen were ordered to find bail. Mr GRAII ANI then fined Mr. Tyler ttv/ shilling:, for profanely swearing one oath in his presence, which, with three shillings gists, he immediately paid. Owen Jones was ordered to find bail f,r assaulting Clarke and Jackson, Bow-street officers, while in the execution of their duty, in the pit ; he stated himself to be clerk to Mess's. Larkin and Co. hatters, No. 424, Strand. Mr. David Forster was brought in a second time in custody from the pit, and charged by Mr. Egerton Cutler, of Bloomsbury.squai e, with haranguing the people in the pit, and promoting riot and disturbance by his general conduct. G. Kent corroborated this statement, and Mr. Forster was again ordered to find bail. Goddard, the witness against Mr. Forster in the Erst charge, then applied for a warrant to apprehend a person named Bryan, one of the bail for Mr. For ster, for an assault. He stated, that on his return to the pit, Mr. Bryan pointed him out as an informer ; and they tore the skirts of his coat nearly off, which he exhibited in a very ragged state ; as a proof of his assertion. Mr. GRAHAM granted the warrant, and at the con clusion of the performance, Mr. Bryan was brought from the theatre by sme of the officers, attended by an immense crowd of the 0. P.'s, who made a tre mendous noise at the front of the Office; in proof of their displeasure. Mr. Bryan was ordered to find bail. Two Gen tlemen offered to swear that the charge was false ; but as the informant positively swore to the correct ness of his statement, their evkdence was not received. Several persons were then brought in from the door of the Office for disorderly conduct in the street, some of whom were discharged with a reprimand, and one was ordered to find bail for attempting to strike an officer. WooDcocics, &c.—There can be no doubt, but that a very great portion of the woodcocks, snipes, plovers ; starlings, and such other birds as migrate to the south ward in the winter season, are lost in the vast Atlan tic Ocean. They generally travel before the storm, and frequently amidst the obscurity of dawn, and snow showers. At these times, woodcocks abound on the Scilly islands, and near the Lizard and Land's End—the extreme Southern and Western Capes of Cornwall—where, such as approach before they are quite spent, like Noah's dove, find rest from the oceans of water and air ; and such as cannot reach the shore, frequently drop, exhausted with fatigue; upon such ships as they happen to discover. There are few vessels from the Atlantic, which, upon approach.. ing the coast at this season, are not visited by these forlorn voyagers—while great numbers of others are seen—(yet, how small a portion of the whole can ever be seen ! )—passing in foul weather to the southward and westward, where an ocean, too vast for the strongest wing to pass over, will inevitably swallow them up ! FINE ARTS.—While the French nation justly boasts of having the noblest collection of Paintings ever ac cumulated, the English as fairly exult in possessiig the best Sculptures. As well as the fine statues at Oxford, and Mr. TowNx.Ex's, now the Nation's, at the British Museum, the unrivalled remains of Grecian Art, from the chissel of the renowned PUMAS, are now in London, the property of Lord ELGIN. His • Lordship deservedly possesses the gratitude of the na tion for having, when in Turkey and Greece, expended an immense portion of time, trouble, and money, in obtaining them, and e-nveying them to our shot-es. Most of them occupied the Temple of Minerva at Athens, cousisting chiefly of Relievos, with a few co. lossal Statues. No single figure is entire, being cruelly amputated by barbarous hands, and gnawed by the tooth of time : but what have been spared are suffi cient to justify the unbounded praises bestowed on them by the historians of antiquity. The introduc tion of these grand productions of ancient genius into England is a glorious zra in the Fine Arts. They present a new world of beauty and taste to the eye of the young Artist, and awaken a fresh and glowing impulse in the mind of the Professor. Indeed their perfect proportion, their inimitable grace, beauty, and dignity, take full possession of the mind of the tasteful spectator, dissipate every inferior thought, and ele vate it to the most refined sentiments. William Jones, a native of Gower, in Glamorgan. shire, quitted that part of the country about 50 years ago, to avoid the grasp of the parish officers. He came to London, and afterwards embarked in the wine and spirit trade, which he carried on with so much success as to accurpulate a fortune of upwards of half a million. He died a few months since, leav ing his four executers .4000 each ; h e b equeathed all - his freehold property to several parishes in the vici nity of the metropolis ; gave legacies of £5OOO and £lO,OOO to a number of friends ; and directed that such of his relation: as might apply to his executors, within twelve months after his decease, should be paid one shilling each ! ! ! Tuesday afternoon a rowing -match took place be tween two of the first-rate v. - atermen on the River 'Thames-,..JANIES BROOKSON, of the Three Cranes Stairs, the other belonged to Westminster, for 20 gui neas a-side. They started from the Swan Stairs, Lon don-bridge, to the Swan, at Chelsea, when, after a good deal of manoeuvring and xkill, Brookscn lost by about two boats lengths. A new County Jail, costing £22,000, and a Bride well, costing k 15,900, have lately been b , iift in De vonshire, which kilice theircompietion havebeen disco veredthyeseotpListozi so that wail an AN of Partia -1 and countyto within 1 itself:ii nhe district of Exeter, which is a city t f l i je oln uib t j it e e ct co o u f n t are understood to be illegai lin alrc t o c m a m n c ommitmen ts it thither enr . 1 1 1 E. t ti i t i E , 1 .. ki. *1 1 1 1 .. • 1 i I 1 4 it-