Star. — London, England, 1809-01-30 00:00:00

E INUNDATION. 1, 1 , • ire Duke of YORK waited on the KING, ci l•asiness with his MAJESTY. His Royal c gild hardly get to Windsor for the flood, ,„ ! 'rent at Eton, that the College is nearly wcd ; the water came into his Royal High , s c.,rriage. He was obliged to get out, and get a ort, to be brought through Eton. On his re he rode his horse as far as he could, when he : .•,, , veyed to his carriage in a boat. The inhabi ci Eton are obliged to live up stairs, and provi c: a r.,• conveyed to them in carts and boats, as is in all the villages round. Saturday night, • ee:•h arch of the bridge, which crosses the road 1, 1 ,, n to Slough, was blown up. The stages c• me into Windsor, and are obliged to put their rc'asseners and luggage into boats and carts, to be Conr:Yed• A private of the Stafford Regiment Fa , b een drowned. —A farmer, going from Windsor -aka to his home, at Stoke, was washed away into relds, cart, horse, and himself ; and, had it not , 1 :,)r the boats which went to his assistance, he and Liili.orse must have been drowned. Y,!sterday his LI MAJESTY, d MARY, an witb the P the Duke of CAM rincesses SOPHIA, ik , :c , c , rA , AMEA, And f3h/DGE , accompanied by Lady THYNNE, and Gene. rods CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, went to St. George's where a sermon was preached by the Rev. Gape', R A TER, from St. Matthew, chap. xxii. verse 14, .:Mauy are called, but few are chosen." Yesterday, the floods having subsided in the Great Park,his MAJESTY, with the Dukes of YORK and CAM- Bina , an d the Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and A mci , i ,s, took an air ing on horseback. A very distressing nccident happened early on Fri day morning, in the vicinity of Stoney Stratford, in cons equence of the unusual height of a brook on the Bain I )ad to town. The driver of Mr. Pickford's waggon , which comes to the Castle inn, in Wood greet. supposing he could pass through the water pith his team, made the attempt, when the waggon was overturned, and the driver and nine horses were drowned. The depth of the water was so increased by t he flood, that not a vestige of the waggon was to be seen above the surface, and it was upwards of six hours before the accident was discovered. The wag gon contained,besides various hosiery and other goods, a ton of cutlery from Sheffield. The general thaw which commenced on Sunday se l nnight, and has continued since, accompanied at intervals with rain, has occasioned so copious a tor teat from the hills, that the vallies and low lands in Kent in the course of the rivers are completely inun dated. At Maidstone, on Tuesday, the Med Way rose so high in the High-street, as never before was known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant ; and the water of the Otham branch of that river, which intersects the lower part of the town by the end of Mill-lane and the bouom of Gabriel's Hill, rose to a height which cut off all communication with the op pdsite sides. In consequence of the accumulation of snow, and the rapid thaw which has taken place during the last few days, the waters have increased to such a degree, as to render many of the roads in Oxfordshire utterly impassable ; that from Oxford to Abingdon, is in se veral places from three to four feet deep • in the pa tis;:, bt. Thomas, the village of South Hinksey, and many other places, the inhabitants have fled to the urper stcrics, and the only means of conveying them sustenance is by boats. The appearance of the immediate suburbs and the lower streets of Bath, at noon on Thursday, was equally novel and distressing. The sudden thaw of alleary accumulation of snow, accompanied by a vio lent raa, produced a flood of greater depth and extent than has occurred there for the last forty years.— Many accidents may naturally he expected to have happened in consequence of the sudden rise of the water; a•td we sincerely lament that it is our task to enumerate the following.—Three houses in Bedford street were washed down, and seven lives lost; all the cellars and store-houses on the low ground adjoining the river inundated, and considerable quantities of 11 , :,uors, &c. injured or destroyed ; timber to an im r..ense amount in value, and horses, cattle, hay-ricks, waggons, carts, &c. carried away. The London Mail was detained at Chippenham ; and the Exeter Mail Coach was left at Batheaston, and the bags conveyed, to Bath by a circuitous route, by the guard, on foot. The Volunteer Coach, in an attempt to force its pas :age through the waters, unfortunately lost two horses. elate as yesterday morning a number of wine and beer cellars were flooded with water in Lambeth street, Whitechapel, and other streets in that neigh bourhood. HIGH Wixn.—The wind blew a hurricane yester day afternoon between three and six o'clock from the south and South-west, and much damage was done In several parts of the metropolis. A woman passing ?log Hayes's-court, Scho, was killed by a tile strik ing her head. In Oxford-street also, a woman was !o much hurt, from a similar cause, that her recovery' is doubtful. A large stack of chimnies were blown &yin hi Folic-square, carrying with them part of the reef of the house, but fortunately no one was passing at the time. Thursday last, a debtor in the King's Bench, • .ned Williams, who had been confined six years for :, was told by a fellow-prisoner that the plaintiff A teen to the Lobby, to give him a free discharge, finding it untrue, the opposite passions of joy . and . ~ ; :f had suc h an e ff ec t on hi m , that in the course of 1 1 .: hours he went to bed, and was found a corpse in the morning. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, JAN. SO.—There is Et:' an inconsiderable supply of Wheat arrived to- i G : ri, the samples chiefly of second and inferior qua- I:ty, which is extreme dull sale, and rather cheaper ; but F . melkeeps its p r i ce —Barley in tolerable supply, but is quoted lower—Malt likewise—in Peas and Lans but little variation—of Oats there are many I:esh arrivals, and sales thereof are quoted cheaper— Flour as last week. GENLRAL CIARENCT ASUNDER: Them, 655. SOs. 90s. Beans (old) 665. 75.1.0 d. Fins ditto, 925. 96, . Tick ditto (old) 635. 695. Od. r•ic, sbs. 635. Oats, 345. 38s. 41s. .., 'V, 425. 495. Od. Poland ditto, 425. 435. 6d. t . ' 7 44.825. Potatoe ditto to 445. Od. -- Pas ( boilers), 140 s 155 s Rape Seed, 501. to 541. ' j ‘ltto, 525. 575. line Flour 801. to 85s.—Seconds 755. to 803. S •-n, c . , t ca tr.! frill • c o 1;1t p asses cell vs') F .a ; be -Irke Lii 1 • 0 ‘ Y.!s vac: r als C Oar' } 4 , Ma Ye Park BIND AUE A day cease j rain svagg st reet with was drow th be se' Lour! , on a ton T 1 se l nr inter rent date rose km, the inte Mil heiE pdsi I the as im ye! Tis In 111 sn eq al le ?+! 1•: St C,l' 11 r. tr • DPEADPUL FIRE. L.411' INTELLIGENCE. At half. past four, yesterday afternoon, a most COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 28. alarming fire broke out at Warne's hotel, in Con(kiit street, Bond-street. The hotel consisted o f two houses , The CztaxcEr,ton, wishing to check the prevalence BANKRUPT PETITIONS. being Nos. 19 and 20. Th e a pp earance , on i ts first of petitio ns i n cases o f b an k ruptcy , man y o f w hi c h breaking out, was mo s t f r i g h t f u l. A great b o d y of are presented without the bankrupts' knowledge, dis smoke issued from the premises, which entirely pre- rected, for the future, that all bankrupts' petitions vented the passengers from seeing their way in the shall be signed by all the parties presenting them. street. The inmates of the house, including several M essrs . gentlemen and familie s , fl ew i n every di rect i on . I n RICIIARDS and AGAR, however, suggested, that an order so general in its terms might be atten an instant afterwards, the flames burst out from every ded with, inconvenience, as in partnership firms, or in window of the house, and the whole side of the street, cases of temporary absence from the country. from the corner of George -street, Hanover-square, to i His Lordship expressed himself obliged by the Mill-street, was enveloped in flames, threatening des- ' suggestion, and directed further, that in cases of part trnction to the whole neighbourhood. The drums nership, the signature of one of the firm would be suf beat to arms, and the St. James's, Bloomsbury, and ficient, and in cases of absence, the petition might be St. George's, Hanover-square, Volunteers, repaired signed by a person authorised to undertake. Au or to the spot with the greatest alacrity. Engines ar- der was then directed to be drawn up, embracing the rived in all directions, but wate r c o u ld no t b e imme- desired object. diately procured. The fire burned with the greatest I rapidity; the first house was nearly consumed before the engines could be brought to play with any effect, though the firemen used every exertion in their power : the wind being very high, the flames spread to such an extent, that it was almost impossible for them to work. Many of them rushed into the Hotel to save some of the property, and, we are sorry to say, that, according to the latest account we could collect, four firemen and a boy were missing. The fire was got under about nine o'clock at night. The Hotel is en tirely destroyed, and part of an adjoining house, in cluding the back premises, which extend nearly to the gates of St. George's Chapel, in George -street, Ha nover-square. The evening service was not over at the time the fire broke out ; the flames seen through the windows of the chapel alarmed the congregation. The service was immediately stopped, and the con gregation made their escape. Great confusion en sued ; the charity children, who always attend there, ran in every direction—some without their hats, the girls without bonnets or cloaks. We are afraid that many persons were hurt, as the confusion was very great, and the congregation numerous. We understand the church plate was secured, as the Cha pel, at one time, was thought in prat danger.— Great praise is due to the Earl Of CHESTERFIELD: on hearing of the accident, he sent for a party of horse, who instantly repaired to the spot, and cleared the carriages in Bond -street, which were four abreast, and entirely impeded the ,progre . ss of the engines. Earl PERCY also ordered the engine from Northum berland House to attend ; and the Duke of PORT.. LAND sent out a supply of ale to those who were em ployed at the fire. Sir WALTER FARQUHAR ordered his servants to render eery assistance, and great part of the furniture saved from the flames was brought into his house. We are sorry to say, that in addition to the firemen said to be missing, another was very much injured ; the hair of his head was entirely burnt off,' and part of his clothes. He was rescued from his perilous situation by a milkman who served the house, and ran to give every assistance; he was also very much burnt in the hand. The head waiter is also I said to be missing ; and it was reported that two gentlemen rushed' in to save their property, and that they wereburied in the passage by the falling in of some of the ruins : we only give the latter as a re port. Most of the families that were in the hotel, as soon as the alarm was given, went to Bates's and other hotels in Jermyn.street, St. James's.—The fire is said to have been occasioned by the fall of a poker which had been carelessly left in the fire. At halfpast eleven o'clock on Friday Right, a dread ful fire broke out at Mr. Hardy's, card-maker, St. Paul's Church-yard, which burnt with great rapi dity until two on Saturday morning, when, by the exertions of the firemen, it was sabdued. The cause is unknown, but is presumed to have arisen from the carelessness of the workmen, as it broke out in the lower tier of workshops, which being full of paste- board and paper, considerably increased the fury of the flames. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 28. THE ICING In DOHERTY. The Defendant was brought up to plead to an in dictment for a libel on Thos. Hunter, Esq. published by him in a book entitled A Itfysterions Separation ac counted for ; tending tD traduce the character of the said Thomas Hunter. The Defendant pleaded not guilty, and was in formed that his trial would take place at the Sittings after the present Term. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS. THE KING v. EDWARD RICH, THE YOUNGER. The Defendant was brought up, and pleaded not guilty to an indictment for publishing and disposing of obscene books and pictures, tending to debase the I minds of his Majesty's subjects.—Not having bail, h was remanded to prison. Mr. WIGLEY moved for a Rule to shew cause to determine whether a person attending before a Ma gistrate as an informer, in a qui tam information, was not privileged from arrest on his way to and from Court. It appeared from an affidavit of a Mr. Hague, that lie attended, on the 16th of December, at the Justices' Room, Guildhall, by appointment of Alder man Shaw, to prosecute two qui tam informations against Mr. Woodfall, printer, and on his way home he was arrested for debt.—Rule granted. The large house in Spring-Garden.., w'):ch was late' the Barrack•oftice, is now fitting up fur the West India Commissioners. Two capital convictions have taken place before the Special Commission at Limerick, and the plain manifestation of their guilt drew upon the unfortunate culprits the dreadful sentence of tie law. The Courts have been crowded since the opening of the Commis sion, and the Magistrates and Gentry, by their at tendance, have assisted the imprecsion which the awful administration of justice by the Court was calculated to make upon the minds of the people at large. Bowk r entmer.--Sattyday, Samuel Mart, alias King, was chalrd on suspicion of being_concerned in break ing into the house of A.dmiral Montague, at Ports mouth, about two years ago, and stealing a large quantity of plate. The witnesses being at Portsmouth, be was ordered to be taken there. 1 InSaniThornby, in custody on a charge of burglary, in the shop of Mr. Reid, a silversmith in Portsmouth, and who was sent there to take his examination with Smith, in custody for the same offence, confessed to Limbrick, who went -to Portsmouth to give evidence against him, that the whole of the property stolen was buried in a field near that place ; which being commu nicated to the Magistrate, Thornby was ordered to be taken to the field he described, when he pointed out the spot, and on digging about three feet in the earth, the whole of the property, consisting of thirty-seven watc,hei, rings, broaches, and other articles of jewel lery, were found tied . . in two handkerchiefs.— Thornby was therefore a. ..itted an evidence against Smith, who, he said, was his.at.complice. o Multiunit r OXFOED.—We are sorry to state On Wednesdabagentlemanapplied to Mr. GILMIA al , in consequence of having received a letter, containing that Hertford College, the place of education of Mr. a challenge to fight a duel at Chalk Farm, on Thurs. Fox, and which boasts in the number of its Principals day morning ; the letter also desired him to bring a NEWTON and a Dorm., is at this time in danger of i with him a second, and a surgeon. The writer falling into decay for want of the necessary repairs. : not b e i ng k nown to t h e gentleman, he could not prove No Principal has been appointed during the last four ' the hand-writing, consequently the Magistrate could years. In the present state of religious parties in this not grant a warrant. The writer stated, that he sent I country, we need not point out the consequences of the challenge to the gentleman in consequence of an this neglect, if it is intended that this establishment I insult he had given a lady .hurl he respected. It shall be.continued. I was at length agreed, that the g , .ntleman, accom- WALSH AND Niserrr.—On Saturday the adjourned I Denied by Adkins, should go to Chalk Farm, cn meeting under the above Commission was held, at 1 ; Thursday morning, which they .. .. 0 y did, but c-ordin4 Guildhall, when Mr. TiLsoN, the Solicitor to the As- no challenger made his appearance. signees, stated, that in consequence of a satisfactory A few evenings since between eight andnine o'clock, arrangement having taken place between all the par ties concerned, he was desired to propose that a fur- a gentleman was stopped by a tall young man near the toll bar in the Hackney Road, who robbed him of tier adjournment should take place, in order to give time to carry the same into effect; which not be bank notes to the amount of upwards of 601 . and ce several Bills of Exchange. objected to, the meeting was accordingly adjonmea The Brewery Office and Bank, at Whitehaven, has to Saturday, Fe 8; 1 in the mean time it was , I lately been broke open and robbed of bank notes and understood ahat b t r i t : r Zommission will be superseded. 1 other notes, to the amount of several thousand pounds. Saturday I)udman and Wood, the two men con- ; SIIADWELL.—Saturday two Jews were committed victed of a detestable offence, at the last Middlesex ! Sessions, stood in the pillory, pursuant to their men- 1 to Newgate, for stealing some saddles , &c. frcrn the Sessions, stables of Mr. Coker, in Wiliiam-street, Commercial tame, in the broad part of Holborn ; the nature of 1 road. A woman, nearly 70 years of age, was at the their offence bad created the utmost indignation in the minds of the spectators, and being contiguous to 1 same time committed for trial, for stealing a watch from a fellow-lodger. the neighbourhood of St. Giles's, a, vast number of the lower orders had assembled, and provided them-1 TAAMISPOLICE.—Saturday a Portuguese sailor was selves with filth and dirt from the adjacent markets 1 full com mitted, charged with s t abbin g a p ublican, and streets, so that long before the expiration of their :in Smithfield.—The Captain of a merchant ship sentence, they were so much disfigured that their fea- ' was convicted in the peaty of 10/. for having on tures were scarcely discernable,and they exhibited such ' board his ship a quantity of Wing's stores. a.spectacle that it is impossible to describe. After i UNION-HALL.—Saturday a number of prisoners remaining an hour, they were taken down, amidst the were examined, among whom were three boys under hisses of the surrounding multitude, and arried back ' 16 years of age, for divers felonies and burglaries, to Cold Bath-fields, to abide the remainder of their ' particularly in and about Newington and Walworth. sentence. . i —.One of them was admitted an evidence for t e On the night of Friday se'nnight, a lone farm house : Crown, and disclosed a scene of villainy seldom in the pan of Lidlington, near Ampthill, in Bed- paralleled ; in the course of which some characters fordshire, was entered by some desperate robbers, , not in custody were seriously involved. Two men, who inhumanly murdered the farmer and his house- named Davis and Dupere, were charged on suspt. keeper, and robbed the house of every thing that was cion of being the persons who robbed Mr. Hill s valuable, except 501. wrapped up in an old stocking, a painter, on the Bth of December last, of his watch, which it is supposed the poor farmer had saved to. pay and since then, a Mr. Woolcot, of EOl. in notes; and his rent. The murderers have, we are sorry to say, beat him very severely under the wall of the Asylum, hitherto escaped detection. ' at Lambeth. Althou g h there was some resemblance On Friday 1 of the men, in the opinion of Mr. Woolcot and Mr. watchmaker, of Ring-street, Covent Garden, was Hill, to those that robbed them, yet they would not broken open, and a number of watches and other va- identify them, and they were therefore discharged for luable articLs taken. I want of evidence. FROM siertrii3A.Y NIGHT'S angrir; onirromu., JAN.IB. 1809. The KING has been pleased to grant the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdotts of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right lion. JAMES Earl of HOPE.. TOUN and the hein male of his body lawfully begot ten, by the name, style, and title of Baron HOPETOUN t of Hopetoun, in the County of Linlithgow, with re mainder to 'the heirs male lawfully begotten of his late father, JOHN, Earl of Hortrou-s, deceased. CROWN OFFICE, LIMITARY 28, 1809. ImEmbEILI RETURNED TO SERVE IN THk PRESENT PARLIAMENT. 1101OUGH or sr. ALLAN: Daniel Giles, of Youngsbury, in the County of Hertford, Esq in the room of the Hon. James Walter Grirnston, noW Baron For: rester, a Peer of the United Kingdom. BOROUGH OP BLECUINGLET. Charles Cockerell, of Sesincote, In the County of Gloucester, Esq. in the room of Thomas Heathcote, Esq. who, since hie election for the said Borough, hath accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of his Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds, of Stoke t Desborough, and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JANUARY se Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Rowley, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica, to the • Hon. M . W. Pole, dated at Pcrt Royal, November 22, ISCP, Sir—l have the honour to transmit, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter which I have received from Captain Cumby, of kis Majesty's ship Po lyphemus, reporting the capture by Lieutenant Joseph _Daly, in that ship's barge, of the French national schooner Colibry, of three guns, commanded by a Lieutenant de Vaisseau, and haviaz a complement of 63 men. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. S. ROWLEY. Polyphemus, off the City of St. Domingo, Nov. 14. sir—Having detached the boats of his ajesty's ship under my command at half past eight o'clock this morning, in chace of a schooner that was attemp ting to enter the harbour, I had the satisfaction, at twenty minutes past nine, to see her boarded and carried in a most handsome manner by Lieutenant Joseph Daly, in the barge, under as brisk a fire of grape and musketry as the impetuosity with which our boats advanced would allow the enemy to keep up. She proves to be the French national schocler Colibry, of three carriage guns, commanded by Monsieur Deyrisse, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, with a complement of 63 men ; reputed the fastest sailing vessel attached to this colony, and, I trust, may be found well calculated for his Majesty's service. In the execution of this service I have to regret the loss of one marine (Samuel Crompton) killed in the barge ; and on the part of the enemy one killed and five severely wounded. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) W. PRYCE CUMBY, Captain. Copy of another Letter from Vice-Admiral Rowley, to the Hon. W. W. Pole, dated at Port-Royal, Deeen th er 3, 1808. - Sir—The inelased copy of a letter witieh I have received from Captain Dashwood, of his Majesty's ship Franchise, will ac quaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with the capture of the French privateers Guerriere and Exchange, and some other vessels, in the harbour of Santana, by the Franchise, Aurora, Dzdalus, Rein Deer, and Pert ; and I have no doubt that their Lordships will be pleased with the promptitude and decision by which the enemy have been dispossessed of almost the last port of refuge for their privateers its these seas. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) B. S. ROVILLY. His Majesty's Ship Franchise, Port-R.yal, Dec. 1,1808. Sir—His Majesty's ships Franchise, Aurora, Dm. dalus, Rein Deer, and Pert, having accidentally met on the ICth ult. and conceiving the taking of the town and port of Samana would facilitate the operations of the Spanish patriots blockading the city of St Do mingo, I the next morniag entered and took posses sion of the harbour without any opposition, together with the vessels, agreeably to the list which I have the honour of inclosing. I have very sincere pleasure in reporting, that, in addition to the assistance rendered our allies, I have every reason to suppose the commerce of his Maje:- ty's subjects will now pass unmolested, as Samana was the last refuge for the host of privateers which have so long infested the various passages to wind ward of St. Domingo ; particularly so, as the enemy were in the act of erecting batteries for their perma nent establishment, which, had they been completed, would, from their position, have soon rendered the place tenable against almost any force which might attack it. I have allowed the French inhabitants to remain on their plantations, and assured them that their per sons and property will be respected by the Spaniards, for which purpose I have entered into an agreement with Den Diego de Lira, a Spanish officer, and au thorised him to hoist Spanish colours, and to keep the place, in trust, until your further pleasure is known. I have supplied them with such arms and ammu nition as were taken in the privateers ; and Don Diego deems himself competent to repel any force which the common enemy might he enabled to bring against him. I have, &c. (Signed) C. DASIIWOOD, Captain. List of Vessels Captured, by a Squadron of his Malesty's Ships and Vessels, at Samana, between 10th and 17th November, ' 1808. French schooner privateer Exchange, Louis Telin master, of 100 tons, 5 guns, and 100 men. French schooner privateer Guerrier, Dominique master, of 20 tons, 5 guns, and 104 men. French schooner Diane, of 160 tons, laden with fish, &e. Frtnch brig, name unknown, of 160 tons, laden with fish, &c. French sloop Brutus, of 50 tons and 5 men, laden with coffee,&e. The following vessels were recaptured at the m6uth of the Bay by the Rein Deer and Pert, on the morning of the 16th Novem ber, when running for the harbotu` English ship Jeannet, R. Bradshaw master, of 10 guns and 18S tons, bound from London to the Havannah, with bale goods, &c. Spanish ship St. Erasmo, A. Gerona nutter, $5O tons, from Ma laga to the HaVannah, with wine, bale goods, &C. (Signed) C. Desnwoon, Capt. and Senior Officer. Copy of a Letter from Vice Admiral Calapbell, Commander id Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Vowel, in the Downs, to the Wm. W. W. Pole, dated on beard the Prineemof Orange, Ja nuary 27,1809. Sir—inclosed I transmit, for their Lordships' informatioh, letter I have received through Commodore Owen from Captain Newcombe, of the Beagle, statittg his halting captured le Vengeut French privateer, of 16 guns and 48 men,being the second this a tive officer has captured withiri a very short period. On examining her log it appears this privateer has made no captures, and that she has been repeatedly chaced ; Which will thew that our cruisers are contantly on the alert When at sea. I have the honour to be, &c. (Sighed) G. CAMPIiELLs His Majesty's Ship Beagle, at Sea, Jan. 24, 1800. Sir—l beg leave to state that last night s his Ma , jesty's ship under my command chaced two of the enemy's privateers, South Foreland bearing about N. N. E. five leagues, the one, named le Vengeur. of 16 guns 'and 48 men, was captured ; but such vas the temerity of her Commander (Captain Bourgnie) who Was wounded with another of his crew, that be did not yield until the Beagle ran him on board; the other vessel, the Grand Napoleon, I am sorry to ob [Turn over I tI