Star. — London, England, 1809-07-07 00:00:00

THE Althii. Admiral LOrd GARDNER hai struck his fiat on die Britoinart, at Yarmouth, preparatory to his taking a command in the secret expedit!On. As we learn by the litters of out correspOndents at th. l iharn, Portsmouth, Deal, Ranisgate, Canterbury, , and Han% ith, chi! mas t active exertions are making to fit out the Grand Expedition. Report again busily th:it more than one expedition will st4t, and rsi time, and the ci4cusriStances mentioned to us Tll probable. Lord CHATHAM is certainly to • torn:n:l7,J one, and Sir JOHN Hope another ; and it nnprobable but that there may be a third, with th,l Martinis of IIusTLY will go, and Lord (2, will have the naval command of it. cf Sir SAmuEL Hoon is added to the heroes who will go with the expeditions starting. Liie slips cannot be ready for the reception t)i - troops befl,re the 12th inst. no embarkation can co:rim:nice till liter that day. 'We imagine that the G.and Expeeliti:m will not start so soon as first in tanded. Sir Eves: COOTE and Lient:Xeneral M'Kes- ZE FRA:E; have both arrived in town from Ports tcoeth ; and we hear that Lord CWATUAN, the Com rnauder-ht-Chiel, does not leave town for a weiek yet, anti that no attempt will be made for the expedition g oing off before the 15th of this month. The Marquis of Ht:1 1 / 4 1mv goes with his regiment (the 42d) and the Highland brigade from the Downs. W ei Ilad to hear that the Commissariat De Partnent in the present service %In be select, and well filled up, and distinguished foi laical mercantile knowledge, being masters of the language of the coun try ; li v i d ' go to . HARWICH, JULY 6. • e 4 Six sail of the largest transports, which I men tioned ve.sterday as having arrived here, sailed again this morning for WOolwich, to take in cavalry. No troops 11 4 'ie yet arrived: W hear that six regiments ale to embark here'." POR TS:MOUTH, JULY S. e Major-General GRAHAM, and Brigadier-General not:ST(33i have arrived here to join the grand expe ckion. " Arrived this day, the Swallow, from the Tagus, ha',lng 45 sail of transports under convoy I the trans. ports are principally empty." PORTSMOUTH, Jinx 6. Almost all the men of war who are to take in the t r oops have now arrived, and most of there have got out their lower-deck guns, and are nearly ready to receive troops : in the cont - se of a few days more all tile troops will have arrived here and in camp. It is said tLat the bmbark ttion will commence in a week. The regiment:. ar-ived are— The tic.). s Reyes 'ld Battalion. 51.1 ' Ist Ba:z4ilion. • ittls • °d Battalion. 14th 'd Batttalion. tsd ............. . ...... .......... 2tl BattaliArt. nth. ist Battalion. Sid 15. h • • att:lon. Seth ls: Pattalion. Slot Ist Battalion. fßth Alt Battalion. S';.? Ist Battalion. 8 "•''l lst Battalion; • Th, Royal Artillery. The Staff ordered are— Littre:•vat epcntrais EYRE CooTr, and IvltiCtNzlE FRAStR. :11..ir-GtnerAs PIC 70 !:, GRA II (90!11 Reg.), DYoTT, itZR, CROLI RI E, POR ER, 311 d FVE LEIC It. Prtid.O'S HOUSTO iittowN (.1)1h), TERIOTT, DE ROTTENBURGIII, and DALuousa. C , -tnnel Adintart-General. .:1011,1 OIV YNET, DeAtr Quarter-Mastei-Geneie. 4- There is an immense 'Medical SuST, of Physi ans, Sc.rgeons, Apntliecaries, Purret•nrs, Hcs. Clerks, &c. &c. &c.—a long list of Corn. &C. &C. transperts iirri..-ed from Lisbon have been o:artd round to the Downs by Captain PATror, to in troop!. " The Lc:az frigate, Captain Scuomsees, n•ith a •e India fleet, and mar., trzeops on board, ! 0 -.11( rrow. " This afternoon, the Honourable Geneial A2Eit• !T , 0:4 r 7z, Commander-in-chief for Bombay, with Cap- GREGORY, his Secretary, embarked on board the ri:AMPTON Indiaman, Captain SAUNDEAS.--Ge r::III•I3ERCROMPIIt is the son of the ever-to-be lament hero—was Deputy Adjutant -General to his father -vt.ca he nobly fell in Egypt. A brother of his goes sat in command of the 28th regiment in the present Expedition." Amidst so much other interesting intelligence of late, we have omitted to notice the last communica tkn of our Correspondent in the West Indies: We arc sorry to heat that the troops at Barbadoes, as well a, in other quarters, had suffered a good deal by sick. General MoNRO commands at Barbadoes. .Sir GEOqGE BEcif:wlTH, and Generals MAITLAND, f;LAD4TANEs, and CoI.viLLE, still remained at Mar► til.ique, and had with them the I3th, 15th, 60th, 53d, '.4!:,th, the Royal York Rangers, the York Ligbt In- Lotry, and the Ist, 3d, and 4 thWest India regiments. S.r GEOft(:E. BECKVs'ITII, the Commander in Chief, the most handsome and liberal planner, given tip his share of the prize-money for the capture of `.l;ll:nicpie and the Saints ; and it is said, that Sir A; COWIRANZ has done the same, so that ... • • i rod the 4144.444114 1 4 0 0 011 1, 16 tires 4 °V.bal.vArf 1 49 1 4idfiribl, , . Greatly occo , pied-ats, LickvArnmelivieciri grand expedition, otbet qui§teri iramot hegleicte4-L • ' small convoys are sailing once or kr/ice k-wOkroe: Lisbon, with reinforcements of mein and ofracer4 . we are keeping t ip ev e ry corps in Sit Aftristnt Wax: LESLEY's army to its fullest establishinent. Besidei, some, corps have recently sailed froth Ireland fof that quarter ; and last week a whole brigade, consisting of three regiments from Guernsey and Jersey: Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S army is now not less than 30,000 rrieh, and the Portuguege alrmy under Marshal BERESIORD is equally strong. Dr. NEALE's elegant book, aescriptlve of the late Campaigns in Portugal and . Spain, has been read throughout the Metropolis with that lively interest which the subject cannot fail to ticite iu every British bosom. We are glad to hear, that contrary to all expecta tions, the militia regiments succeed well in recruihng. The 4th Regiment of Foot marched into Deal bar racks yeiterday. The lst Royal Lancashire Regiment are on theii march from Plymouth for Bristol, two divisions pass ed through Exeter on Monday and Tuesday. Monday last, the South Hams Militia marched from Exeter for Berry Head. The following regiments are in garrison in Ply: mouth : 3d Regiment or Buffs, 3d battalion ; the West York, West Essex, North Devon, Dorset, 2d Lancashire, and East Devon Militias ; a Brigade of Artillery, detachments of Engineers, &c. The Argyllshire Regiment of North British Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel CAMPBELL, marched into Ayr Barracks on Wednesday se'nnight. The Ayrshire Regiment of Militia, we understand, marched on the 19th June, from Silverhill Barracks in Sussex, to Eastbourne. _ The 2d Battalion of the 91st Regiment, or Argyll. shire Highlanders ' under the command of Colonel GLEGQ, marched from Ayr for Port-Seaton on Wed nesday se'nnight. Though this battalion was in fact a depot for the Ist Battalion, and composed of suc cessive bodies of recruits, the deportment of the corps, while stationed there, could hardly be excelled by any body of men more permanently constituted—a proof of the excellent discipline maintained by the Cotnmandant and Officers. ...... Monday, the sth regiment of Lanarkshire. Local Militia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel CoNNELL, terminated the 28 days of training and exer cise in Glasgow. The very sober, orderly, and meri torious conduct of this highly disciplined regiment, has justly entitled it to retain the distingaished cha racter, which - it acquired as the Ist reaiment of Glas gow Volunteer Iniantrv. !spa LE LOCAL Saturday se'nnight the Mithscialc. battalion of Local Militia, commanded by • Lieutenant-Colonel W. N. MAXWELL, was inspected by Brigadier-General DIRONL The battalion entered i•s drill ground at one o'clock, and at two the Briga dier-General and his suite, with Mr. MURRAY, of , Murraythwaite, Vice-Lielatenant of the county of ' Dumfries, appeared 0!) the field, and were received with the military ,honours their milk demanded.— Lieutenant-Colonel MaxwELL marched the battalion past the G.'neral, accompanied by its excellent band. of music, and salated hint in the usual manner. The General then inspected the cloathing, arms, and ne cessaries of each individual, in a most minute man ner, and was pleased to express, in the strongest terms, his entire approbation of the qua s iity arid neat ness of the cloathinia and very superior state of the arms ; and heti - a e leaving the field he expressed, in the most hand%ome manner, his admiration of the c:21.1 and soldierlike appearance of the men, and their excellent state of discipline, considering the short pe riod they have been On permanent duty. After the inspection the b ittadou marched past, and salured the worthy Vice-Lieutenant, who was also pleased to sig :lily his warmest approbation of their miiitary appear ince. At five o'clock tie Officers of the battalion, in canjanctiea with the Officers of the Dumfries-shire a,atal.en, commanded b, Colonel De PESTER, had the han our to entertain theßrigadier General and suite, the N'k.e•tieutenant, and a select nunther of Gen tlemen, at the K.ng'sArms Dumfries, and passed the evening together in the most friendly and social con vivial, ty.—Mon day a silver medal fur each company was shot fur by the battalion, and won by the follow ing individuall— Sir Robert Grierson's company, by James M‘Vitie; Captain Maitland's company, by Andrew Hunter ; Captain Fergusson's company, by David Tod ; Cap tain Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick 's company, by William Thompson ; Captain Henderson's company, by John Colthard ; Captain Lorimer's company, by Peter Haiaing ; Captain Gray's company, by Joseph Rob son ; Captain Hamilton's company, by Robert Cum ming ; Captain Morin's company, by Robert Crosbie ; and Captain Hoggaa's company, by James Hepburn. After which, a grand Medal was shot for by those who won the prize of their respective companies, and I was won by James Hephurn.—lt is impossible to de ! tail the precision with which the different companies . fired, many of the shots being within an inch of the bull's eye.—This fine body of men completed their 28 days of annual training on Thursday last, when they marched out of quarters for their respective homes, and we may truly add, regretted and admired by the inhabitants of Dumfries, for their uniform sobriety, and acts of kindness and respect. CORN EXCEIAN&E, MARK-LANE, JULY 7.—To-day the remaining supplies of Wheat are considerable— The samples chiefly foreign, of second and ordinary q'ialities, saki thereof very dull, and rather give way in price—Rye rather dearer—Barley in short supply, at little variation —Beans, of both sorts, likewise — But few White Peas--The supplies of Oats are con siderable, mostly from Holland ; very few of good quality, and the best here nearly as per currency an nexed.—Flour at List prices—Fine American 465. to 15ls. per barrel. - OilitiAL CORIENCT AS UNAIRS • Wheat, 565. 70s. 82s. Beans, 565. G2s. Fine ditto, BGs. 90s. Tick ditto, 461..515. Rte, 46a. 50s. Oats, 245. 21i. 325; Barley, 543. 41s. 06. . Poland ditto, 35A. Sec . Malt ,68s. 765._ • Potatoe ditto,--5..--s. O. White Pods (bailers) 944.104 e. Rape Seed, 50i. to 531. Graf dit t0,445s Vt.' Floe riour;!:ts. is 751.—atroils, :64. TA& 1 " ' 4 , ,k • •••,•-• ,•• • • « g . ..11iPIWY/MTZ/00.177C1e: . . • • A41_141.. -COURT, T ,„ , - Thit day'th D4 Citight - Holi..Sii W. Sport procetiatit to the adjudic4tiOn or ifie following . . • Nip n., master.-211e f'esty, SunderliliAlak4 , stids ao,, to a voyage to Hanviel,vias, on the 18th of October,: atnt4 Serlarlsoard•lsow by the Neptune with sYch violence, that.cansyd her almost inspedisue loss, and Jtis suit *as bnnig*- fot Fecul t nry of the vahie thereof. Oh the part .of the Owners it was Contended, thin this misfortune happened through the rnis managensent of theiNeptune's ere*. !'he Court; which had the aisiszance of a Trinity Master, wits of opinion, that there was not a proper look out en the part of the Neptune, Ind coodensned the ' owntrs to the amount of the value of the ship awl cargo, with costs. • y•••••• Den Glyten Friende, Frederick , master.—This vessel, unit‘r Pappenburgh colours, laden with kratn,.y, was sailing, under a li tehce; from Newport to Linidon..--Ship rest 4-0, with the goods enumerated in the licenC , .!; and the remainder condemned. Betsey, BishOp.—Thil das a question of salvage- . 0n tke ground of recapture and distress-The Court directed le value of the Ship and cargo 'tube ascertained. • ceexpt-r, WHITEHALL, JULY EL • &rote the Most Noble and Right Honotirable Lords . Commissioners of Appeals in Piin Causes. Nancy, Hurd master.—This American vessel having entered St. Pierre's, Martitique, in April, 1804, and took in a cargo, eatledthence on the I oth fur New York, but was captured by his Majesty's ship teston, ar.d.carried to Halifax, where she was Condemned fur a breach of the blockade of Martinique. 'Their LOrdihipS determined, that she was not liable to condemnation on the alie'dgesiground, there not being a sufficient force at the port to constitute a blockade, the greater part ha.viug been with diawn IN go against Surinam ; and therefore restored the ship and cargo. They also determined the following blockading cases : Mentor, Whitney master.—Robert, l'housas mu:cr.—Sentence condemning the ship and cargo affirmed, Nancy, Woodberry master.—Freedom, Herrick master.—The Vice-Admiralty Court at Antigua had restored these ships and cargoes ; but their Lordship:l eversed the sentence, and condemn ed them. Eagle, Merran mister.—Adriana, De!eke master.—Sentenct condemning the pruperry affirmed. COURT OF 'COMMON PLFAS, JULY S. inuTit BUIIGESS. The defendant in this action is the Captain of, the Airly Castle East Indiaman, and the plaintiff a Cap tain in the Company's land service, and the action vats brought for 243 guineas, being the price of a box, containing necklaces, bracelets, earnings, &c. which the plaintiff lost on board the defendant's ship, where in he came home a passenger. Colonel Lys, Captains Leycester, and Clarke, gave evidence that the plaintiff had the box when he came on board, and that .he continued chewing the con tents occasionally to the other passengers till they ar rived in the Channel, when they were sealed, and put into the bread-room, until they -should be exa mined by the Custom-house Officers. They were entered in the defendant's manifest at Saint Helena, but never put under his care. It was necessary to enter them, because no article could be landed without it, except the Captain paid a line of £lOO. Colonel Lys stated, that the articles were not of much value, as he had brought home some of a so-. perior quality, which he purchased cheaper at Bom bay than the plaintiff did. ,From several letters which the defendant had written to the plaintiff, it appeared that the Mate, without the Captain's know ledge, permitted some of the men to conceal them selves in the Bread-room to avoid being impressed, and that they broke the box and stole the articles. Some jewellers were called to prove their value in England ; hut the Judge would not allow them, as the plaintiff could only recover their prime cost, and because they never saw them, nor heard them accu rately described. On the part cf the defendant it was contended, that as they were not put under his care, nor that of the Purser, which was the usual practice, he could not be answerable for their safety or value. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD stated, that as the value of the articloh had not been proved, nor that they were under the delendqnt's care, and that as there was no evidence to shew that the pLintiff himself had not carried the whole or any part away, the Jury must, according to law, find for the defendant. If he was wrong in his opinion, the plaintiff might again have the cause tried, and come preparedwith better proof. The Jury retired, and deliberated about an hour, when they returned into Court, and found a Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £5O. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 5. BARBF:D T. SANDERSON. The Court was occupied the whole of this day in hearing a cause wherein two stocking makers of Not - - tingham were plaintiff and defendant. The plaintiff had some years ago obtained a patent for a stocking-frame, with two stops totna ke a double loop ; and a grant was made by some of his part; ners to the defendant enabling him to make use of six such frames. The plaintiff brought his action for daMages, be cause the defendant had used them without his leave, and exceeded the number. The defence set up was, that the plaintifF's inven tion W:-IS not new ; but after a great body of evidence had been brought forward on both sides, the Jury found a verdict forthe plaintiff—Damages Is. JULY 6.—waTEtts Z. FULLER. The plaintiff had agreed to exchange a horse, va. lue 50 guineas, with the defendant fbr a horse of his, and to give him 25 guineas to boot. Upon the ex change being made, ''the horse thus sold by the defen dant turned out to he lame and unsound, and the plaintiff was desirous of returning him, and therefore sent him back to the defendant, requiring his horse and the 25 guineas to be returned ; but the de-- fend:it - et said the horse was not unsound. He would, however, take him back, but he must only pay 151. as the plaintiff had spoiled the sale of the horse. The question was, whether the horse was sound, and Mr. Coleman, of. the Veterinary College, who had examined him just after the ex change, said, that he was unsound. He had a thrush in the off fore foot, and a corn, but the unsoundness arose from a contraction in the heel, arising from had shoeing. Lord ELLENBOROC(in asked him, whether he consi dered a thrush as an unsoundness, and whether it was ever cured ? He said, he did not think a simple thrush an unsoundness, although it was some incon eenience fur the_ time. It was in general curable.— saw twenty horses in one regiment cured entirely hieing properly shod. Two other .witnesses - coMirintd *Mr.; Coleman's. statement. of the unsaundne,sl oflbeihorsey • • Mr. Gaut v.fa k re t i n witnesses to prove tlys i horspya,l4lo4 lime. The rlbe. ;via; titdught . to thiCneigthOur hood of .- Cot:Ai:Mt CoiasiairaiiininitAker, anci also one of the witneaPsibe . the .clefeildii4 4 ;eilt. ti I itiatune hitn .whenihey Produi:eitai piece of a e'..irn Just cut put o f the horse' s hoof. I*. Caitlin= con -ftrined his formertestiMPaYl and the Witnels Thr the defendaPte lito was a fa,rt ier, admitted thathe went llfeeliagly„ , -oVerd;ct for the plaintiff, 15 piaims. seutcrioN.--4teasost animus. . The ATTORNEY-GENNA.II4 stated this to be an ac- ticni,brought for the seduction, by the defendant, or 43 the plaintiff's daughtsir. It was a case Which would call for the Crave attention of the Jury. The t. tiff's daughter had received a religious education, and had been brought up in the paths of virtue; and she had no evil example set to her. The short statement_ of the case was this—The plaintiff was a respectable '`tradesman, who lived by the river-side, at the bottorn of the street that leads froth Salisbury -court, Fleet- street, to the Thames. On the memorable occasion of the procession up the river,' of the remains of the late Lott! Nelson, the plaintiff admitted a number of persons on his _preMises, which commanded a view of the river. Among the persOns so admitted was the defendant, who then was, arid ndw is,, the first mate of an East Indiaman; He was introduceJ by g - entlemait Of the hame of Knight. In the evening of that day many of those who were present at this sight had a dame; and the defendant chanced to dance with this young lady, who was the subject of this actions thtt about 17. .Ad intimacy thus arose between the defendant aid the plaintiff's family, which he visited very frequently, but-nothing occur red to excite the suspicion of the plairttlfG or any part of After.thiS . the defenaarit went on a voyage to In dia, and r . :!Urned in , the year 1808, *Mit hb renewed _ _ his acquaintance with this family at the . Plairitiff's hotise, which tvai then it Christ Church-Street, on the other side of Blackfriars-brldge ; soon after which, this young woman eloped from het parents, aid it was not until the 24th oMarch-that her parents dis covered where she Was; and that was at a Icidgin4 in which she WI kept by the defendant, a place in fa bernaele-row, Islington.. .Upon this discovery of Liliere she was, the plaintiff %%rote to the defendant a proper letter, reproaching him with his misconduct, and telling him that he could make no aionetnent for 1 it but that of marrying the young woman, to whiCh he paid no regard whatever ; upon which the plaintiff, her father, and his wife, bronglirthe young woman home, with the holm of reclaiming her, bu t s h e e l ope d , again with the def endant the following day, and had lived with him hi a state of fornication ever since, and does so at present. This was a. serious case, and he put it to the Jury to consider what either of them. pi obably most of them were parents, would expect in case this had happeaed to one of their own daughters He had further to observe, that if this young woman, attending to the dictates of her con science, arid to the principles of that religion in which she was educated, should ever knock at her parents' door, ask forgiveness, and seek protection, the door should te opened unto her, and she should meet with what she ,should so seek ; meanwhile the Jury yould do the injured father's feelings justice. The witnesses being called, nonenppeared His Lordship indulged the plaintiff's attorney with time to go to look atter them at the ceffee,house, and then geiltly rebuked him For not taking care that they %vete - ready before - the cause was opened. .. The plaintiff's eldest son was the first witness.— He gave an account of the defendant, who is the first mate of an East Lidiarnin, being introduced to his lathee's family ; of his dancing_ with 11;s sister, then of the age ief 17 ; of his visiting the family •ftequently afterwards ; and of the fitat elopetnent.of the sister of. the With !ss Thomas Cl r;stopher Meefom, the nett brother, was also examined—He corroborated the evidence of the last witness ; and stated farther, that after his sister had eloped, and they began to suspect she had gone to live with Mr. Chivers, he accompanied his mother to the Jerusalem Coffee-house, where he found Mr. Chivers, and called him out to speak to his (the wit 'less's) mother ; that she thinking to take Mr. C. un. awares, put the question to him, without hesitation, , 6 where is my child r' On which he coloured, and seemed alarmed. Witness's mother then said, than was no proper place to talk of it, and Mr. Chiversr. appointed to meet her at the Cross Keys, Gracechurch., street, at four in the afternoon. He came thcre, and gave witness's mother the address at Islington where her daughter lived, but begged her not. to be harsh with her, as she was very ill. It was sometime before she could be brought home; and when she was, it not being judged safe to let her sleep alone, he and a younger sister slept in the &Joe room with her ; but in the morning she was gone again, and she has never returned, or been taken back. Mrs. Atin Chester proved, that Mr. Chivers, about the latter parttif -1868, came and hired apartments at her house in Tabernacle-walk, Islington, for a young person who she believes to be Miss Meescam, that Mr. C. used to visit her sometimes, but never staid all night. She never had any one-visiting her but Mr. C. while she lived at witness's house. Mr. Gana**, for the defendant, •contended, that this was not a case for e x cessive (Itiwta ig es, and that the action was very properly prought for the loss of services of the daughter ; as it was not for ,a compenl sation to the daughter, but to the. father. He marked, with sonic severity, upon the ne,g).ect of the plaintiff, in suffering his daughter to escape a second time, and particularly in not using due diligence fo; her trillzzyierv. Undei all the circumstances, he held that the damages, if any, must be very moderate. Lord ELLExtetovonOtr-stdOressing the Jury, said, there could be no doubt of an htf;= = intercourse having taken place ; and that it a case Ineitia there was much to be felt, and somethire to bt blamed ; although perhaps not to the extent insisted upon by the Counsel for the defendant. There were no aggravated attendant circumstances, no regular plan of seduction, in which case the.law would allow compensation in a more extended view, than for the mere loss of services ; there appeared a mutual a£ fection. The plaintiff was, however, entitled to theii verdict, unless they thought that his daughtr herself into the arms of the der ship concluded by reconimendin ; all the circumstances into their 'don, and give such vectlict as tht with justice. The Jury, a f ter a few thiniu turned a verdict for the plailia Pounds. at his daughter three !feedant. His Lo r d ng to the Jury to taco • temperate consideri ley thought consisten •, • [ lt o.canasiieration, r......ainurs, Seven; r -