Star. — London, England, 1809-10-30 00:00:00

MiT.LLIGENCE. oCl'ol3F't s a iled ship GANyml:9l:, \vial a fleet o f tn elsoort.. .for G;brlltar ; the 1 ,.., t h a ;1,,, : t of victit.lll,•r:, for the ship ut w iT the French coast; his Artuus, for 1_ :Lind ; 1.11 ,, Prince of \Vales packet fur Lisbon ; and the Mary u;:to iur Gibraltar and N - lalta.-IVind S.E. 112U'0, OC I 011111 t 08. A French privateer of sumeforLe, had the audacity to emer the mouth of Falmouth harbour, at dusk on :-.4 1 ,:a.ty night last. His Maj , nty's ship PLOVER hap it:ling to be in Carrick-roads, immetU ttely weighed Ind pursued her. An engagement commenced close Fader the land, which continued somc time, and when the firing ceased, d.:) , both s:rod for the eastward. We undcrstmld the PLOVER c.tptured her. A Sloop at the entrance of the harbour, about the same -opposed to have rec , •ived a shot between wind ffid water. From a pocket-book picked up in Fal nl.,uth harbour, supposed to belong to the master of t h, s loop, it appears that she was the Charlotte, MAS• v. The pocket-book contained a bill for lime-stone, 1.-.,.1ed at Lang'sluarry, Piym,uth. pLYNIOU rH AND PLT MOO DOCK, OCTOBER 28. This day Admiral SurroN hoisted his flag on board l'oNer fitI:DERICK. of 61. guns, in Hamoaze, as Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; lie was a Rear-Admiral Red. A „umber of vessels are in the offing to the West ;;•.ll.l, but cannot discern what they arc. Ai rived the PmEYIN frigate, of 36 guns, Captain '.,!cpoli, from a cruize off Cherbourg and the French --ast ; the SrmutowliawKE sloop of ear, Captain l'ar.cif,C, from the Guernsey station; the Albion, FICANCISI from London ; the Hanioaze lighter and commanded by Mr. Dcn.TocAs, Master vtend.,nt of this Dock-yard, from Flushing ; and the Lord Coco. liired-armed brig, from Torbay. Sailed the gWA LI.OW sloop, for Falmouth, from wlerae she will take convoy for the Mediterranean ; t:IC SI•::VEILLANTE frigate, Sir G. COLLIER, to cruize Leman Rochefort and L'Orient ; ENDEAVOUR armed ti;ig, with convoy f,ir Wales ; and Lord Cochrane l.rig, to cruize between Torbay and Guernsey. It is feared that the Harriet trading sloop, belonging to Plvrnouth, DENNIS master, foundered near Fal n:qadi on Sunday night last, when all the crew pe sli::Ll—her cargo was of little value, being only laden vith lime stone. PORT:-INIOUTH, OCTOPER 29. ArCred shins Estn - vici,:, from Ma ,;ra ; the irem Flushing ; ian.l the PERSIAN, the Dow-ns.—Nothing to•dtty.—Thirty ,..;KT.danti, are S.S.E r•': 11., ()C I ()..' fioin the River t!te Rosina, for the • 1,2 of CLo.I 11 ; and the William, for Lisbon. his .1 •iysty's sllips as per 1. c 1.1.0 VD'S I .ISY. ./.•r Nu, (lc I (»I t. :::D.—.lrrivra the Susan, Kittan, from No letter vi these two 'days. Providt ;.c.a Success, Smith, from Quebec to London, is And carin:d into rtance. ITY - ri7r.LlGENcr..—The rollr,wing are elec ; :1 Camhtid! , ,c for the ensuing year : • : Tar'tacn of St. John's Cidlege, and Nfr. c.:;l7ict's Colter- ;•,krators—Mr. Walter of St. John's College, and Mr. C...athation i:.•• "..ts or—Ndr. C A. Browne of Trinity College, and Mr. ,•f I;:ne't Collce •• • Eiumaeld and Clarke arc elected Fellows of Trinity airnksion , : at the different Colle , :es of Cam have never beea remembered ..co great : the 7rribt:r admitted at Trinity College alone is between fl;'), amongst whom Pc.Avcrscour:. Lord George Taylour, Hon. Mr. • -Izie, Mr. Mclvife, M. Kinnaird, Sir C. H. C. Coute, I. V.' Hurt, Ste. Q( T. `2: - ).—Monday last the Rev. JotIN ''; of St Jcins.'s cP,e,:;e, M. A. and student ••• al:d also nrelp-nd iry of Hereford, was • , :i is divinity— Graad Compounder. IV:'..;ITMAN, B. A. of Queen's college, .• • M. A. ~ tr.!! the following gmtlemen were admitted k :t . . . A: Tr --Rev. Wm. Perry, of 3.lazdalen hall; .M.ll It, of lirase•lcse college; Rev. John ..ev, ii:er.zowe, and Rev. Arthur Meyrick, of '.oecr e 7 At vs--.'fr. John Turkey, of Magdalen ball, "7. . - .% . 111. Farty Richards, of Queen's college ; Mr. Charles An of C Mr.. Andrew Quiche, and Mr. John 1 "i, of ;slew . , Mr. Tito:eras Tanner, of Bailin' col- Mr. John Moore, at.d Mr. John Banister, of Worcester H tn. Limon Se . Cocks, et' Braseause college; Mr. .a. Kinsey, of Trinity c , liev. rcrt£st-►set U• p:to7.loTinss. e Rev. John Partons, D. D. Vice-Chancellor of this Uni t inter of Balhol College, is nominated Than of :be rosio of the Rev. Bowyer Ldward Sparkes , D. D. tl , :rorve , l the StT 61 . 4 . Clot' r. The Rev. Richardson, M. A. of Queen's College, in 97 Is !to l e. 7 ...ey, fu t • C' rate o f Pownrh, Sussex, to the Master flip of the t :-ollinic.7.,.chool at Sheffield, Yorkshire. File It v. i woe. Paley, M.A. of Queen's College, in this Uni /r•-:ity, to the of Car horne, near Barnsley, Yorkshire. The Rev. smith, B. D. Fellow of St. Mary Magda len Ce!le;,-, iu this I uiver.ity, to the Vicarage of Evenley, in tlie cyan! ri! :s7ortliainpton. Patrons, the President and Fellows llf M••:.ala:ea t.'cilege. The Re - r. Anthony Methuen to the Rectory of All eanniags, 'I he Kiag las been pleased to present the Revered James tiyden to the Church au'l Parish of Ft ttercairn, in the Presby et ry Toiiirdiiun, and Come yof Kincardine, vacant by the death .1‘1: - . Robert Foote, late Minister there. I Ch.:al:wt. Jones, Stue7cttt of Christ Church, txt F... 1., and Lhaplato to !its Grace the Duke of Portland, is pre eet:ed it, the liviug of West Ham, in Essex, void by the cession II( the its v. Gerald Valerian I:.e.v. Thomas Anthony iMathuen, Clerk, has been insti tute.l by tb.• Lord Lis top of Salisbury to the Rectory of All catinin.o,, void by the death of the Rev. Mr. Heath, on the pre ;..ntatrin Cell, ayttri, Derbyshire. The i'r_s"iytcry of Vali...burgh have agreed to translate Mr Erato, frain the Ne..v Grey''riars to the Troll Church, on the CLid ; Dr. Grips of Canuoilge.te to preach and preside. NEIY corENT CARD.E4V 711.E.1TR8. The " phalanx firm," by which the new prices have been hitherto resisted, appear at last to be com pletcly. worn out. Wh e th er t h e y are sat i ate d w i t h their wctories or intimidated by the legal proceedings is unkown ; but there was evidently a relaxation in theil efforts on Saturday. They seemed to have lost on a sudden their former courage and perseverance. The Jubilee pi eceded the play of The School of Re . form, and was received with applause. Mrs. DICKONS was prevented, by an increase of her cold and hoarse . nes, from sustaining the part of Susan; the other characters were as usual. The School of Reform intro duced to the London boards Mr. EGERTON, from Bath, as the representative of Lord dfvondale. He was received, on his entre, with all the encouraging applause so liberally bestowed by a metropolitan au- dieuce on new candidates for fame. Mr. EGERTON , possesses a good countenance and figure ; and, in • his appearance and tone of voice, strongly resembles Mr. POPE. He seems perfectly at home upon the stage, and his action and demeanour are well suited to genteel Comedy; a cast of character for which there is ample room in the London Theatres. The part, however, in which he chose to make his debut, is neither calculated to give him an opportunity of displaying his powers, nor of interesting the feelings of his auditors. Lord Avondale is a cold deliberating scoundrel ; and even his starts of compunction are such as to awaken no sentiments but those of greater disgust and abhor rence. Even his reform, at the conclusion, is devoid of interest; an4an actor must either depart from the author, or be content to drawl through this ill-chosen character, without credit t o himself.- Mr. EGERTON? is the same Gentleman who made an appearance at the Haymarket Theatre a summer or two ago, in the character of the Dui( Aranza. We recollect that he totally failed in that arduous undertaking. To EMERY, in Robert Tyke, what language can do justice ? but it has already often been the theme of unqualified panegyric. His hardened villain, and his stock of acute, though rude remorse, when the mas ter-chord of his soul is struck, with regard to his fa ther ; his transitions from broad humour to heart touching pathos; his contrition in the end; and his admonition to Lord Avondale, all displayed the art of a master, blinded with and concealed under the sim plicity of nature.—ln fine, it is not possible to witness a more effective and finished performance. The cha racter a distortion of nature, yet so studded as it were w ith examples of pathos, and touches of truth, that it requires rare ability, and a sound understand ing, to manage it with effect. His archness, his vil lainy, his presumption, his agony, and his repentance, were ail well enforced, and it would be a sin against the Muses to pass it over with an air of indifference. -- Like Mr. Kl a Hamlet, Mr. CooKE's Shylock, or Mr. Mummy's Captain B. rtram, it will remain on record, as a noble instance of histrionic Art. Mrs. KENT BLE performed Mrs. Ferment with considerable naivete, and was received by the audience wi h loud applause. The garden scene went off unciminit.nlrwill. In the passage where Ferment, addressing !i;inself to Mrs. Ferment, says, (painting to the atr.:::uce in the pit) " How do you like the improvemeats here, for instance, the hot-house ? ( /handers of nAnionse)—The choicest gems of nature, ion ore.l by the refined hand of art; lovely to behold, but dfilicult to collect them." Lotid anilause followed this passage, and was on- I ly equall:.l by that which followed the answer, when Ales. E:rir..nr, in the same spirit, looking into the pit, s:tys, slvadd he extremely sorry to part with one iof them." allitralTarragon found an excellent repre sentative in Mr. 131. am iIARD ; and all the other cha- I meter, cf tuftior consequence in the piece, were sus tained in a matater, so as to give entire satisfaction to the House. On the falling of the curtain, a faint attempt was in vain made •o raise the standard of opposition. The performances were over at half past eleven, and in a I few minutes afterwards, tte house was cleared. LITEUNI.—TiIe little piece entitled The Jutilee,, ; got up for the ‘2.sth instant, WAS repeated on Saturday 1 night, with great success. In its whole progress it ; never wanders from the subject ; the scenes ate all , naturally produced—the dialogue is appropriate, and the interest kept up with spirit to the dropping of the curtain. We have seldom seen a piece of so much merit produced for a particular purpose, and, of i cours., upon the spur of the occasion. The House overflowed with an eier , ant audience. The STARLING gun-brig has arrived at Yarmouth from the Baltic, with dispatches from Sir JamEs SAUMA REZ, and letters from the fleet. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—CaptaIIi S. BALLARD, to the SCEPTRE ; Captain ATKINS, to the INTREPID ; Captain TOWER, to the CURACOA ; Captain PROBY, to the his ; and Captain Firr., to the CADNIUS. Mr. THOMAS SHERIDAN left town, yesterday, for Portsmou'Lh, on his way to Sicily, for the recovery of his health ; which, we are concerned to state, is not yet perfectly re-established. The harriers belonging to Mr. THOMPSON, of Bergh Aston, had last week one of the severest and longest chaces they ever experienced. Mr. Dyke', famous horse died in the field long before the death of the hare, and three other capital horses were knocked up, and much injured at the same time. There are no less than four General Officers in Ply mouth Garrison, viz. two Lieutenant-Generals, one Major-General, and a Brigadier-General. I N lnA.—Holkar, it appears, is become so neces sitous, as to offer to transfer a part of his hereditary possessions to Scindia fcr a stipulated sum. He has, however, declared that he will never part with his fa mily jewels, and the presents made him by the native Princes during his prosperity.—The Resident in Guz zerat has brought all matters in question between Mulhar Row and that Court into a train of accom modation. The Arab corps which were reported to be in motion to the northward, to support that Chieftain, have in consequence been dismissed, and returned to their homes. The idea of Holkar's having kept up a communication with some of the refractory Chieftains is still believed; but his inability to subsidize their forces occasioned the recall of their Vakeels, and the peaceable disposition of their troops.—The second ,on of the late Tippoo Sultaun died a short t;me since : his funeral was attended by the principal Mahonune dan inha'aitatas of Bengal.. 44 6":- _ _ WESI'MIIVSTER SESSIOArS4 COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The following is an alphabetical List of the names of Persons against whom Bills of Indictment have been preferred before the Grand Jury, by the Minx- b. , . . n , ers of Covent Garden Theatre , and the manner in which those Bills were disposed of: Baker, George, found Hillhouse, William, found Black, John, not found J o nes, W. H found Bryan, Miclia,l, found Johnson, J. found Blackburne. Wit am, not found Kenyon, rer found Browne, John, found Lloyd, William, found Birnie, not found Pocock, nut found Bursiem, not found Rose, John, not round Coats, William, nor found Ransom, James, not found Clack, Thomas, found Ray, John, not found Corry, Thomas, not found Ross, Alexander, found Crisp, not found Rees, not found Colville, Charles, found Savage not found. —. . Chceke, - Alexander, not fount Scott, T. found (2 indictments) Chines, Alexander, found Some, not found •Dudfield, Samuel, not found Smith, Selion, not found Dwyer . William, found Smith, William, not found Destnalyre, John, not found Stallard, S a muel F. found - . Eyre-, not found "%loan, not found Gurney, Charles, found Wells, James, not found Goodey, John, not found Waugh, Thomas, found Hooper, not found • Samuel Dudlield, against whom the Bill of Indictment pre ferred by the Managers of Covent Garden Theatre was thrown . . out, is ttie person win) on two evenings addressed the audience in the uniform of an officer of the navy. We unclqi tand that the grounds upon which the Bill was rejected were tl at he did not in ttTrupt the performances, not having made Ida speeches until the curtain bad fallen for the right. The name of William Redgrove was returned by the Grand Jury as not appearing when called. Several other persons who had been ordered to find bail by the Bow-st:eet Magistrates, were not indicted by the Managers ; among whom was Mary Austin, the young woman, who was committed to prison for springing a penny rattle in the shilling gallery. TIIE KING t'er:us THOMAS SMITH, JAMES CANNON, JOHN M`NIcIIOLLS, MICIIAEL FLEMING, and THOS. FREELY. Saturday an indictment was preferred against the Defendants, for riot and assault. Mr. ALLEY, as Counsel for the prosecution, stated, that the case to which he had now the honour of cal ling the attention of the Court and Jury, was, in his opinion, the most aggravated be had ever met with. If the plea of the Prisoners themselves was taken, they must be concluded to be one and all innocent ; but as some other proof, beside their own declaration, would be looked for, he entertained little doubt of establishing their guilt, to the satisfaction of all pre sent. The offence imputed to the Prisoners was riot ; 1 the unfortunate men themselves were children of the sister kingdom, and lived in the neighbourhood of Peter-street, St. Giles's, to the inhaAants of which they were a perfect nuisance ; insomuch so, that fre quent complaints had been made against them by the parishoners. There were some places of worship ad jaeent, which experienced great interruption from their disorderly conduct ; as during the hour of divine service, they assembled together for no other purpose ..11 that of riot. On Sunday, the Bth of October, they were assembled in Peter-street for this purpose, when a man passing by was addressed by one of them in a language which he did not understand ; he asked , for an explanati..l, and was instantly knocked down ; they all exclaimed instantly, 46 Down with him, mur- ' der the Englishmen !" After being dreadfully bea ten and jumped upon, he was flung into a milk cellar. A man of the name of Eyre, interposed to save him, and shared the same fate ; another was also abused for a similar interference, to such a degree, that his health was materially affected • he was there that day to give his evidence against th em. Mr. Ailey con chided with expressing his regret that they were Irish men ; he imputed tieir misconduct to that want of education which uni)rtunately characterises the lower orders of that country. Robert Wedderburne examined.—He is a tailor, resides in Green's-court, Pete .street, and is a native of the West-Indies. On Sunday, the Bth of October, about four o'clock, he entered Petcr-street ; be saw about twenty men standing there in three lots ; some stood upon the pavement, and some in - the middle of the street ; he bad a child in his arms, and his daugh ter was walking by his side ; he saw one lot engaged in conversation with a man of the name of Pierce, an Englishman, and knowing the temper of the Irish, with whom he had often worked, he attempted to bring him away from them. A scuffle began between them and Pierce, upon which he gave the child to his daughter, and endeavctred to drag him away; the Englishman was knocked down into a milk-cellar, and would, he believed, have been murdered, but that a housekeeper opened his door and took him in. They then cried out, ‘, Turn out the bloody English. man !" He was knocked down himself soon after, and beaten with seeks ; he endeavoured to it up and beg for mercy, but in vain ; he then thought it neces sary to bawl as loud as possible, which lie did, louder than any man ever bawled before. At length a sol- ' dier made his appearance, and, on seeing the red coat they all ran away. On his cross examination by Mr. Barmy, be Al lowed that he had taken off his coat, and said he would fight one or two of them at a time 4 but then it was after he had been abused and beaten. He had taken his share of three pots of ale, and one glass of gin, among four. The witness having betrayed much violence of temper, during his cross-examination, was reprimanded by the Court. Charles Eyre, shoe-maker, Peter-street, deposed, that as he was walking with a friend in Peter -street, he was knocked down. Neither he not the former witness could identify the prisoners. Robert Alders, Samuel Snrey, and Uriah West wood, identified them severally. Here the case was closed for the prosecution. Mr. BARRY addressed the Court in behalf of the Prisoners ; he insisted strongly on the violent temper of the first and principal witness, whom he charged with commencing the riot. Mary Conolly, Patrick Rowan, and Mary Morgan, were examined in behalf of the prisoners ; but, it ap- pearing fmm their evidence, that they were not pre- j sent at the fracas, and could only speak to the conduct t,f the prisoners, subsequently ; the Jury, after a few words from Mr. ALLEY, and a charge from Mr. Jus tice MAIKWARINC, brought in a verdict of—Guilty. Mr. MANWAIUNG, in passing sentence, said, " This is a riot of that atrocious and barbarous nature which calls on the Court to inflict punishment with the great est severity, as an example to prevent the repetition of the monstrous outrages that have lately taken place in all parts of this town. At the same time the Court are of opinion that they may do their duty withc,ut , E'Ver(tY• They therefore Mkt t Will and hope that the tiefonlants, coultrruh'':, (NJ others, will. in return for the gmetosity of Jr: Con. rt regillat:y the a- :thore canduct antl s ihjects."—The Chairman then sentencod the lef.n air.i to be imprisoned s:x mont:is. S. .I.2nei WAS couvica-d of st.•:d canters from a piblic.houce. 'l'h, it trere ind,caueats of a similar nature agantst him, but tEci were not called. The Rev. Sir Ge9rge Macl iie, Kn:ght of the and of the OrZer cif train, committAJLl from the Mat 'Lb :•- rJugh-strcet. P. lice Office, under the Va.;Tant Act,wht remanded until ncxt Sessions.—Ses,ions adjowned. SIR MAT IIIIV B lOXAM AND CO.'s BAWKRUPIVT. On Saturday Sir M. BI.OXAM, Mr. WlLKlNsrrt o and Mr. WM. BLOXANI, the Partners, surrendered um, der the joint Commission ; and Sir MATHEW also sur. rendered under the Commission taken out against hirr; individually. The Nit%ting, which was held in the Court of King's Bench, was very numerously attended, and a great . . - many debt; were proved. A gentleman of the nani,• of Allen chimed to be allowed the roof of a debt of £7OO, on a bill which he had procured to he dis counr:d at the Bank of England, for a Bill Broker Kith whom he had been accustomed to do business. and from whom he admitted, that 'he had received half-a-guinea for his trouble, over and above the legal interest charged at the Bank. Mr. Cui.r.uN for the Estate, objected to the prof of this debt, on the ground, that the holder of the bill, not being a Bill Broker, was not entitled to charge or accept of a single shilling beyond the legal and authorised rate of merest, for the discounting of the bill in question. Mr. ROBEItTSON, who attended as Solicitor for the holder of the bill, contended that the allitional half. guinea had not been received by Mr. Allen 14 dis counting the bill, but for procuring it to be discoant , ed. The discount had been paid not to him, but to . the Bank ; and he had received the half-guinea 14 the trouble of sending to the Bank, and for the risk he incurred in putting his name on the bill. That this risk was not nominal or imaginary, he had al- ready severely felt, having been obliged, in consider. ation of this half-guinea, to pay to the tank the full amount of the bill, being 4700. Mr. Robertson c'in. tended that there was nothing illegal in Mr. All; n's doing so, if he chose to undertake the risk, and in his becominin this transaction, at least, a Money Scri vener. What objection, he begged to know, could there be to his (Mr. R.'s), if he ha i sufficient weiAt at the Bank, undertaking such responsibility, and for his trouble charging a Solicitor's tee of 13s. 4d ? The Commissioners were of opinion, that Mr. Allen, not a bill-broker, was not entitled to charge for the discount of the bill, any thing beyond the legal interest. The claim was, of course, rejected. States of the debts, and of the funds of the bank, rupts were produced, to which they severally made oath, to the best of their then kni..wledge and belief. The Assignees on the joint and separate estates being also called on, declared themselves perfectly satisfied with the bankrupts' accounts, wilh the statements now exhibited, and with the information afforded them. Mr. Champney, the Accountant to the Commis sion, assured the Commissioners and the creditors that he bad never examined into the affairs of a great con cern where the accol.nts were so perspicuous and in telligible as in the present. Mr. REYNOLDS, one of the Commissioners, also de dared that he had never seen so great a concern where an equal anxiety to afford every information at.d satisfaction to those interested, had been exhi bited by the bankrupts. Mr. Robinson, one of the Assignees, feltit Ifs in cumbent duty to call the attention of the creditors, in a peculiar manner, to the situation of Mr. \Vilkinsrn. The immense losses this gentleman had sustained in this concern, and the honourable conduct he had ob served throughout down to this moment, made his present situation peculiarly deserving the attention of the creditors. He should not trespass on their time or patience at so advanced a period of the day (nearly four o'clock) but should at present merely state it to be his intention on an early day, to call a special meeting of the creditors to consider the situation of Mr. Wilkinson, and of him only. The Accountant felt it his duty, on this point, to stat?, that the sum, principal and interest, sunk by Mr. Wilkinson in the concern, previous to the bank ruptcy, amounted to £105,000, and upwards. He had now surrendered under the Commission private property of his own to the amount of £10,060 be sides a house in Bedford-square, and certain leasehold premises in the City, and had actually left himself : without a shilling.—The Meeting adjourned. A fire broke out last week in a rar . ,Pe of about 20 cottages, near Ardleigh Crown, and entirely con sumed the same. No lives were lost. A fire broke out early on Wednesday morning in a two story brick house, in the Gothals, Glasgow, which is employed as a mill for grinding dy2woods, and en tirely consumed the interior of the building, ieAvitig only the walls standing. Considerable apprehclisiods were entertained of the fire communicating to an ad joining cotton-mill, but it was happily prevented. At Winchester annual town fair on Tuesday, the weather pmving remarkable fine, much company at ; tended.—Cheese sold from GO to 70, SO, and 90s. per cwt. Horses sold dear. Lambs from 19 to 255.-- prime 30s. Fat sheep to 475. The present exorbitant price of hay is owing to the farmers being occupied in getting in their seed or threshing out their grain, and will be of but short duration. The quantity of fine hay in the country is greater this year than has been known for many. years. CORN MA RIOET, MARK -LANE, OCTOtEIt CO.—The arrivali of Wheat this day make but an inc(4l - supply, and the sales thereof are son? e what dearer than on Friday. Ba, ley rather le;wer. hkewise—White Peas are cheaper— Leans of the two kinds also—There are tolerable supplies of Oats, and this article is named at little var.a.tion—Flo ur remains at late prices. ~~ i ,