Star. — London, England, 1809-01-14 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14. TRICE OF S',OCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. j per Cent. Consols for money 6.51-1 —for acc. 65/11 Omnium dis.—Escheq. Bllls Bs. to 10s. pre. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Balk Stock 2.381 India Bonds, 8. 9s. prem. Imperial 3 per Cent. 641 ptr Cent. Red. 65M Ex. Bills, 7s. a 10s. pre. 5 Pig Cot. Cons. 651 f Omnium lI dis. s r Colt. Si „ • Cat. Navy 97i1 Cons. for acc. 661 pc. On Thursday night one of the Dover fishing-boats; picked up, a few miles frdm the shore, a small cask, containing French Newspapers; which were taken to the Custom-house as soon as the boat reached the snore, and instantly forwarded to Government. On the same evening the ACTIVE armed cutter captured a small French lugger, mounting one gun, 2n d manned with 18 men, having on board several packets of French papers, to be distributed about the coast. The prize has since arrived in the Downs. The capture of this vessel explains a circumstance which certainly appeared singular—By what means cas k s , with Newspapers, were made to float so di. *ectly from Boulogne to the Kentish coast. It now wean that the system adopted to communicate po i Ti ro to the English, is by sending over vessels in the e vening, to throw the casks containing the papers, within reach of the current that sets in to the coast at certain periods of the tide. The contents of these Journals explain sufficiently C- e motive for their transmission. They contain, pith other matters of less interest, a copy of the TWENTIETH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY IN SPAIN. " Madrid, December 19. " His Majesty this day reviewed the army which is at Madrid, w :eh its equipments, and civil Officers : 60,000 men, 150 pieces of cannon, and more than 1500 waggons loaded with biscuit and brandy, formed an imposing appearance. The right wing of the army vas supported at Chatuartin, and the left stretched beyond Madrid. " The Duke of Bellune is at Toledo, with his corps of the " The Duke of Dantzic, with his corps, is at Talavera de la Reyna. " The eighth Corps has reached Burgos. " General St. Cyr, has made a junction, at Barcelona, with Central Duhesme. " Our cavalry scours the country, to the confines of Andalusia. " The Emperor has given the army sonic lays rest. " Extcllent fortifications are completing on the heights of Ma ; six thousand men are employed upon the works. " The small battering train, composed of 24-pounders and ! mil mortars, is arrived. " Sonw fifty men have been found in the hospitals of Talavera de a Reyna; two or three hundred saddles, and some remains of the magazings wli.ch belonged to the English troops. " Some detachments of their cavalry have appeared on the side of Valladolid. This is the first sign of their existence in this country which the English have given. They have many sick, and deserters. On the 13th of this month, their army was still alSal.mzeca. So splendid an armament—so strange an inactivity for th► last six weeks, appear most unaccountable. " His Majesty enjoys the best state of health." Ministers disappointed in the hopes they were led to form, that the Patriots would have seized the oppor tunity afforded them by the presence of a British army, to concentrate a respectable force, and co operate with the ally that had so generously come to their aid, have, it is said, resolved to adopt ano ther plan which may yet be of most issential use to the Spaniards, if they are really resolved to emanci pate their country—a floating army on the coast, not Spa'n only, but extending to that of France, so as to keep his numerous armies incessantly on the march. The Coasts of the Mediterranean, we un derstmd, are the first rendezvous—but the benefit cf this scheme of annoyance is, that in a few days it can be clhinzed from one end of his Empire to otl:!?r---and that the more he speeds himself, the more Iminerabie he must become. CO I ' , IMERCIAL REGULATION. CADIZ, DECEMBER In: Sur , crintendant-General of Finances has corn imunic.acti to this Supreme Junta the following Royal dated the 17th inst. " NomithstaltliN: the resolutions of the Supreme Central ;-•ata o! . Goverarne st, liy Royal Order of the 4th of October !act, e.^.ccr.ir; the permission granted by your Excellency for the greds at the port of Cadiz, it has been !!:ased to three: that the introduction thereof be continued gene "llY, and that for the present the payment of duties be conform e•a• ta what was charged before the war of i 804. " i rake this communication to your 1.-xcellency, that you Lii.ce: compliance therewith by the proper efficers. (Signed) " 'fbe Marquis de GRANINA. ' t "gned) "SO ti ET." I : l7 inp:, by the favour of a friend, received a tor- Cory of Sir ARTIE:it WELLEt , LEY I SNarrative, and OSservations on the Narrative of the other Gene_ ezd before the late Board cf Enquiry, we have laid the first of these interesting documents 0:e The others we shall publish in c , ?:zan as we can find room in our columns, and ;:s lit le interruption as possible. G . Jr Plymouth letters received this morning men -an a report, which we hope may yet prove unfound- Id, that the PARTIJIAN, ci 18 guns, aid the SEINE, of - 5 guns, have both been lost on the coast of France, S;r T iToMAS DYER arrived in town on Tuesday, fr om ,_ Ovied o . Thi s Gentleman, who has a l ways oren sanpine in the hope that the Spaniards would vally triumph over their invaders, is, it is said, still s4rrn: opinion. THE ARMY. 1 • • . 2 f iesterday morning orders were sent down to tams: gate from the War-Office, for the immediate sang of the Expedition Fleet for the coast of Spain. The 16th regiment of Light Dragoons, which were to have marched from Exeter to Falmouth, on Tues day, to embark for Spain, received on the preceding day counter-orders from General ENGLAND ; in con• sequence of which, they still remain in Exeter. The 11th Regiment of Infantry has moved from Brabourne Lees to Chatham barracks. On the 25th inst. the East London militia, Colonel Sir JOAN EAMER, will march from Greenwich, into their City quarters, at Bunhill-row, for the ensuing . half-year. On the same day the West London, Co lonel NEWNHAM, will leave town for Greenwich, for the same space of time. A letter received by the last arrival from Cadiz s! ates, that Count FLORIDA BLANCA is dangerously ill Yesterday morning the ROYAL Duxes visited their MAJESTIES and the PRINCESSES. About two o'clock, the Princesses SOPHIA and AMELIA honoured Lady CHARLOTTE FlNCHwith a visit, at her apartments in St. James's Palace. Yesterday the Dukes of CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE, and SussEx, dined with her MAJESTY and the PRIN CESSES. In the evening their MAJESTIES had a select party, to tea and cards. A zealous American Politician has christened one of his daughters by the name of Embargo; but as she is the daughter of a man of wealth, we have no doubt that in all due time this Embargowill be taken e. LADY MAYORESS'S BALL.—The Mansion-House, last night, had to boast of a magnificent assembly. The preparations were on a scale highly creditable to the liberality of the LORD MAYOR ; and the company included all the rank and fashion yet assembled in town, among whom were three of the Royal Dukes. —The Egyptian Hall was opened at one o'clock for Supper, which was extremely splendid. Colonel and Mrs. M'LEOD of Colbecks, gave, last week, at Cheltenham, b. grand entertainment, in honour of her Royal Highness the Princess CHAR LOTTE of 'WALES'S Birth-day. The company began to assemble at nine, and the ball was opened at ten, by Colonel M'LEoD and Lady MARY LINDSAY CR_AWFORD. The company embraced all the Fashion ables of that place. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Last night the Tragedy of the Gamester attracted a numerous audience.— The boxes wen! filled before half price, and the lobbies were thronged by persons who expressed the greatest anxiety to get a single peep at the performance. The arduous character of Brverley was sustained by Mr. YOUNG, in a style which can not fail to fix the good opinion already entertained . by the public of his merit. He was loudly and de servedly applauded. Mrs. SIDDONS has seldom ap peared to more advantage.—Her excellent perfor mance of Mrs. Beverley excited real admiration. In the last act she received three rounds of applause. COOKE, as Stuie/ey, displayed his usual ability, and obtained a large share of approbation. The other characters were all well supported. In the audience were many distinguished fashionables. A duel was fought on Thursday at Eversley-Hatch, near Wendover, between a Mr. M. of Eversley, and a Lieutenant D. in consequence of an altercation be tween the parties at a ball in the neighbourhood, on the preceding evening. The parties fired and missed, and on fir:ng a second time each was wounded ; the Lieutenant dangerously in the hip, and his adversary in the pistol-shoulder. The duellists, who were pre vious to this meeting good friends, were taken off the ground in the same carriage. The True Briton, Cuffnells, Scaleby Castle, Cum berland, and Lord Melville, outward-bound East- Indiamen, sailed on Thursday from the Downs for Portsmouth. The following ships are thus stationed : The Henry Addington, Neptnne, Cumberland, Scaloby Castle, and True Briton—Bombay and China. The CuffnAls—St. Helena, Bengal, and China. The Warren Hastings—Bengal anti China. The Lord Melville—Madras and Bengal. _ _ _ The fleet will be dispatched fcr certain this day. The BMW .NT, 2S guns, Captain SMYTIT, is ap pointed ccrwcy to the fizets for the Cape of Good Hope and the Brazils. Eztract of a letter from an Officer on board the ALCMENE, dated off L'Orient, January 1, 1839. " On the 23d ult. at ten A. M. we fell in with two frigates, Belleisle N.N.E. seven or eight leagues ; we chaced them nearly roo miles into Rocehfort Reads, and got within two miles of them al , out nine in the evening, when getting into shoal water, and then under the batterias, we hauled off: they appear to have come from Nantz, and were bound to the West Jndies. They had come out that morning, and it was unfortunates they met with none of our ships to intercept them. • " Our squadron, which will cruize between this and Quiberon Bay, consists of the TirEsEus, VALI ANT, TRIUMPH, AMELIA, STATIRA, NAIAD, NAR. I'LFSeS, ALCMENE, SEINE, ATTACK, and a gun brig.- 1 The ARROW has taken two large brigs, laden with wine." Sunday last, a seaman, belonging to his Majesty's sloop SWA ',Low, at Plymouth-dock, fell from the fore top of the vessel on the deck, and wal bruised in so shocking a manner, as to occasion his death shortly afterwards. A serious accident happened to the Carpenter of the Inflexible, v..hi!e attending to his duty on board that ship, at Chatham, on Monday. He was going up the ladder at one of the hatchways, and was for lowed by a marine who had a loatlel blunderbus; in his hand, the burr-end of which 'striking against a beam caused it to go off, when the contents of the blunderbuss, chiefly slugs, blew his hand to pieces, and s 'me of tke slugs lodging in his body, inflicted other severe wounds. Abeut tl ree o'clock on Monday morning the cen. tinel stationed at the back of the Officer's House, in the DoCklard, at Chatham, placed his musket on the ground, and put his hand over the muzzle to rest on it, when by some accident the piece went off at hall cock, and shattered his hand to pieces. . . - • .17 1 4b4A COuldoWll9 . 0111316 Y and chit *Lydia! Liierpooi for St.;kitt's ; atid•the AMt rican brig, Sulaimat;. - iiii.L, l fFiein Marti for Balti more, have seen captitrelti the former on the 29th of November, in lat. 26, 30. long. 31. 21. the Lydia ort/ the 3d ult. in lat. 35: 25. long:. 37. 30. and the latter on the. 2d . December; by the Amphitrite French fri gate, of 44 guni; and 450 Men: The Susannah was given up to the crew, and arrived at Liverpool on Thursday last. r :3 Fel Spa pc: C pick cont the shot C cap' and pac coa '1 trh cas rec ap in cos It wieb ef bran arm: 4L Urn' Rey It Ger Erii am de the of CCU an 2 ::5 for t. f ir tut a:r opt to the :ht pa Pr, as to dc cf it th lay C: CI 15 fr ( be fir of PLYMOUTH DbCK, JANUARY 12. The GIBRALTAR, of 74, has come up Hamoaze to be turveyed ; her bottom is perfectly sqund ; and, it reported serviceable, she will be new coppered, and fitted for sea, otherwise she will be laid up. At all events she will not be retained in the service longer than the ensuing summer. The SPENCER, of 74, Rear-Admiral STOPFOnD, was paid off yesterday, and will not go to sea again. Admiral STOPFORD will hoist his flag next week on board the AMETHYST, Captain MICHAEL SEYMOUR, and will immediately proceed to Lisbon, to.assume the command of the British squadron off there, in the room of Sir CHARLES COTTON, who is going to the Mediterraaean to take the command of the fleet at present under Lord COLLINGWOOD, who is coming home. A report is in general circulation to-day, said to be founded on advices received at our Admiral's Office, that the PARTHIAN brig of war (on board which the unfortunate James Smith was lately exe cuted for the murder of Captain BALDERSTON) foun dered at sea on Friday last, off the Black Rocks, coast of France, and that three of the crew only are saved. A report likewise prevails that the SEINE is also lost. Arrived the Swedish brig Thetis laden with tar and deals, for this port, from Stockholm ; Active, Graat, from Cork, provisions ; America, COLBOURN, from New Brqnswick, with timber, for the Dock yard at this port ; and several small coasters. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY is. Arrived his Majesty's ships Thames, Fisgard, Iphigenia, and Bustard, from the Downs. Several of .the transports here are ordered to hold themselves in readiness for sailing.—Wind N.N.W. DOVER, JANUARY Is. Passed by the Hope, from Tobago.—Wind S. W. and moderate, with rain. DEAL, JAN. 13. Arrived the SPRIGHTLY cutter, with a convoy from Plymouth ; Humber armed ship, with convoy, from Falmouth ; SATURN, of 74 guns, with convoy, from Portsmouth ; PAZ schooner, from a cruize off Flush. ing.—Sailed the ROLLA sloop, and FLAMER and GAL LANT gunbrigs, on a cruize off Boulogne ; EXERTION gunbrig, on a cruize off Ostend ; Medway lighter for Sheerness. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Mounts Bay, , from St. Kitts ; and the Mary, HUNT, from Cork.—Wind S.W. P. S. A fleet of vessels are now coming round the South Foreland for the Downs, supposed to be part of the outward bound, &c. which sailed yesterday for Portsmouth. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 13. This morning sailed for the Note Rear-Admiral BERTIE, ill the D7..TATOR, of 64 tuns.—To-morrow, should wind and weather permit, the Texel squadron will sail under Commodore PATER, of the PRINCESS CAROLINE. GREENOCK, JANUARY 11. Arrived the Elizabeth, BAIRD, from Trinidad, a running ship, in 10 weeks ; left the following ships for Clyde : Mary Ann, Dime; Fame, M'TacGaitT ; and Jean, FINNIE; the latter ship was completely loaded and clear for sea ; and the Vanguard, Rzsisu, for London. The Ariadne, STEVENSON, from De merara, spoke on the '2sth Dec. the brig Jane, SPEN CER, of and to Poole, out three weeks from Newfound land, under juryniasts, lat. 50. 4.3. long. 23. 44. December 28, at 3 P. M. passed the wreck of a brig, with her bowsprit and part of her mainmast standing, her quarter-deck off, and stern stove in, without any person on board, apparently British built —Jan. 1, spoke the brig Spanish Patriot, HILL, 31 days from Lisbon, bound to Liverpool, short of pro visions, and supplied her. Ai rived the Ocean, WiLsoN, from Quebec, whence she sailed Nov. 23 ; had originitlly sailed the 11th, in company with the Mint, DRYSDALE ; Neptune, BB sarcr, and a large spar ship belonging to London, ail bound to Jam.tica, but was obliged t,o put ba'k, in consequence of damage she received in a gale on the 16th, in which the following vessels suffered :—Mar garet, WILSON, for this port, and Neva, for London, driven on shore in Kamautaska Bay,but without much damage. We have seen a letter regarding the Farmer, which states, that it was apprehended she would not be able to get off till next spring (2d ult.) but should she be obliged to winter there, will be perfectly safe. Wil liam and Charles, of Hull, and the Henriet, put back to Quebec; the former having received much damage, the latter with loss of anchors and cables. Lady Barrington, lost on Hare Hand Reef. The Bantry sloop of war was lost on Port Neufe, in St. Lawrence, latter end of October, crew saved, and a transport sailed in company with the Ocean, to take the crew to Halifax. On the 25th November ' off Green Island, spoke the Mint, Drysdale, all well on the 23d ult. in lat. 55. 7. long. 12. 28.: was boarded by the Prin cess Charlotte frigate, cruizing for the protection of the North Channel. The following vessels would he ready 'to sail in a few days after the Ocean :—Glas gow, of Grangemouth, —, for Port Glasgow ; Jane, BROWN, Grangemouth; Francis, HUTTON, Li verpool ; Reliance, IVYLLIE, London. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, JAN. 13.--Passed by the Union, —, from the East Indies.—Sailed the Laurel, Harrison, for the Cape of Good Hope; Macclesfield, Croft, for Surinam; Anne, Malcolm, for Berbite ; Rose, Marshall, for Tobago; and the Orion, Evans, for Londonderry. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDOE lANUAiPf 9.—The Rev. W. Thorpe has been instituted.by, the Lotd Bishop a Ely to the Vicarage of Stetch. worth, id this county, on the presentation of Richard Eaton, jun. Esq. Mt. Robert Gee, B.A. of Queen's College, is eliscied of Catharine-hall. Ott roan, IA NUAIt 1 4. — COngregatiens will be holden foiiiie purpose Of granting graces and conferring degrees, on the follow ing days in the ensuing term, vii. Saturday, January 14 Wedresdi '; March Thursday; 26 Wednesday; * February 1 Saturdayi 11 - 22 Tlebalay, --- 21 MOnday, ----- 27 And in consequence of the alterations lately made in the statutes, Bachelors of Arts, who shall not hgve proceeded to that degree on or before Saturday, Pebruary 11, cannot be admitted to deter mine during the following Lent. .... The Rev. J. G. Hanoin:gton, A.M. Chaplain to the Lord Bi shop of Herefied, is collated to the Rectory of Hampton Bishop, near dia. city, on the presentation of his Lordship, Wad vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Allen. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY 13. MIMS OF MANCHESTER. Jowl. v. TAYLOR AND OTIJERS.—This was a motion issuing out of proceedings instituted in this Court; and moved by Sir SASiDEL ROMILLY ) on the part of the Defendants, the landholders under the township of Manchester, for time to collect further evidence. They had already examined ninety witnesses, touch ing the matters in, dispute, and they wished to exa mine seventy more. It appeared that the plaintiff was the, lessee of the tithes of Manchester, and, to use the allusion of the Learned Counsel, he was ad venturing the expences of a suit in Chancery, in a legal Lottery, in hopes of gaining a prize of twenty thousand pounds ; or, in other words, he was endea vouring to increase the modusses in lieu of tithes, in a proportion that would benefit him. Should he suc ceed, his interests and emoluments would be raised from two to twenty thousand per annum. The land- - holders, who are the defendants, are raising subscrip tions, appointing delegates, circulating hand-bills, and obtaining all the evidence in their power, to meet the question, which is considered of such importance, that the whole county of Lancaster is canvassed for authori ties. The Loan Clikkcsuon observed, that in Courts of Law, 'before a Judge and jury, it was easy to dis criminate what evidence was necessary, or what wit nesses, as they could be asked to what their testimony would relate ; but in Courts of Equity it was differ ent ; and it would be unfair to prevent the defen dants froth having an opportunity to examine all the witnesses they could produce ; if the gentlemen forming the commission could not attend, others must be appointed ; and when they were appointed and ready to act s he would state to what time the com mission should be enlarged. The motion was of course granted. MANIAC.—On Saturday morning, an unfortul 114 woman was brought to Covent-Garden watch-house, apparently delirious, and as if she had eseaped from a mad-house, nearly naked. In her lucid intervals, she gives the following account of herself :—That she is a native of Spain, and married a Mr. Paine, a linen merchant, then residing at Gibraltar, to whom she brought a large fortune, he became extravagant, and kept a mistress ; whenever she attempted to speak to him about his conduct, he made no answer, but knocked her down ; she had several children by him of whom there is only one living, a daughter, 18 years of age. About six years back he brought her to this country ; on the passege she was delivered of a child, who only lived, a few hours; she get a brain and milk fever, which continued on her for a length of time ; her husband pi etended to bring her up to London for medical assistance, instead of which he put her into a private mad-house, at Hoxton, where she received the most harsh and cruel treatment; they chained her on her back in a cell, and nearly famished her, and at last her brain became completely turned ; she had been in the mad house upwards of five years, during which time she had neither seen nor heard from her husband or child, who reside at Ashford, in the county of Kent : about a fortnight previous to her escape, she was permitted to walk daily in a walled yard ; on Wednesday, find ing that she was not watched, she got on a waler-cask and gained the top of the wall, from which she jump ed into the road, and ran as fast as possible .nto Lon don • she had been four nights in the streets. I-ier body is much bruised, and black in several p arts, which she says has been caused by an iron chain they used to fasten her to the floor with. Her conduct has been perfectly peaceable in the watch-house, where she now is-, waiting until the Magistrates decide how she is to be disposed of. CORONER'S INQUEST.—An Inquest was held, yesterday, at Covent-Garden watch-house, by ANTHONY Gett, Esq. on the body of Matthew Webb, who was dug out of the ruins of Co vent-Garden Theatre, on Thursday last. Charles Bell, the beadle, said, that on Thursday morning last, as the workmen were employed in clearing the cistern, next to the Piazza-door, they perceived part of a human body. A young man who was present, knowing that Mr. Webb, of Francis-strait. Tottenham-court-road, had missed his son since the fire ate* Theatre, immediately ran and gave Mr. Webb notice. During the time he was gone, the whole of the rubbish had been cleared. The body was found lying on the back, with thiliat on the head, but quite in a putrid state, and not in the least burned. The fa ther recognised his son principally by his shoes, which he had always made in a particular manner, by a man who worked for his family in Northamptonshire, which were called high •lostAr— independent of this, a silver watch, with a purple ribbon, which was worked by the deceased's sister, and given to him the night before, and a seal, a hich was in his pocket, fully convinced Mr. Webb he was his son. Witness stated, that the place in which the deceased had fallen, could not be above twenty inches square at the opening, and was near to the place where the Phoenix ire engine was at work;. it had been built only two months before the fire happened, and communicated with the large reservoir; it was near seven feet deep. He gave it as his opinion, that when the arch gave way, a quantity of rubbish fell into that opening, anti burst the partition which communicated with the reservoir. Mr. Webb, the father cf the deceased, cenie in just as the lest witness had concluded his evidence. The Coroner, with his usual humanity, to prevent the father from giving a painful evidence, read to him what the last witness had stated, which he acknow. ledge& to be perfectly correct ; but, for thq satisfaction of the Jury, he produced his aoa's watch and seal, and gave it as his . opinion, that his son could not have been long in before the arch gave way, as the watch had stopped at 1.8 minutes past seven, which was nearly the time the great crash came, and the watch was not down. He said his son had attained his seventeenth year last May; that he had been seen working the P'hetnix fire. engine : and that he must have been killed instantaneously, frond the weight of the rubbish. The Jury gave a verdict of—Accidental death by the felling m of the ruins at the fire at Covent-Gardens Theatre, oa the sat a of September las% • i I I n II I W # I 1 1!