Star. — London, England, 1811-06-29 00:00:00

- CAMBRIDE INSTALL.ITION. Cambridge, Friday, June IL Several persons of distinction arrived here at a late hour yesterday evening, and early this morning, but have not appeared in public, from motives of respect to his Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER, who has not yet entered the town. An immense concourse of persons assembled this morning at eleven o'clock, at Great Saint Mary's Church, where a Grand Selection of Sacred Music was performed by the most celebrated vocal and in strumental performers on the spot, whose names were stated yesterday. Amongst the sources of attraction, the, exhibition of Mr. SADLER'S Balloon, in the 'blown-hall, is con stantly attended by an immense crowd of individuals,. from the humble peasant to the elevated Peer, who all join in one sentiment of admiration, on witnessing the superb and majestic appearance of this immense machine, which is displayed in all its symmetry.— It is 34 feet in diameter, and contains 3632 square' feet of lustring silk, which is varnished with a solu-1 tion of Indian rubber. Its form is similar to that by which Mr. SADLER ascended from Oxford, but its dimensions are much greater. In the centre are three horizontal stripes, on one of which ii the fol lowing inscription : CaChb. Princeps Gullielmus Frederictu,Dux Glavin* Acid* Cantab. Cancellortu: Electus MDCCCXI." The whol", when inflated, contains 20,500 cubic feet, and when filled with Bass, the calculation it, that it will raise from the earth 12861b5. The car is truly splendid, and is ornamented in a style which tines infinite credit to Mr. SADLER, who has on this °cc:l:ion spared neither gains nor expence to do 11°,6 1 intim to the illustrious Prince, in celebration of whose distinguished virtues he is about once more to brave the dangers of an aerial voyage. The body of this magnificent little vehicle is formed of wicker work, which is covered with azure coloured figured silk, studded with silver stars, and rendered still more striking by the addition of a wreath of laurel leaves at the bottom, composed of crimson velvet. It it eleven feet long, tour feet wide, and three feet deep. It is attached by six gilt ropes to a hoop, from whence depends a beautiful drapery of crimson satin, trim med with golden acorns, and bordered round the top with a wreath of oak leaves, cut from gold foil ; to this is added loops of golden twist, which give a neat finish to the lop. The stems, or ends of the car, are adorned with Regency Plumes ; over those hang two small silk flag s , on which are elegantly emblazoned the arms of his Royal Highness the Luke of Geou oesrea, and those of the Universities. The interior is provided with stuffed cushions, and lined with rose coloured satie ; the tout ensemble, in fact, realizes to the mind the idea which one has been taught to form by legendary tales of the chariot of a sylph or a fairy. In this car, which is to be att.,ched to the balloon by thirty strong strings, connected with the net-work that covers the whole, Mr. SADLER, his daughter, an inte resting little girl, only fourteen years of age, and Dr. CLARKE, are to take their stations. This evening the Second Grand Concert was per formed at the Senate House to a crowded and fashion• able audience; and on last evening the performers Isere greeted with the most enthusiastic bursts of ap plause, which rung through the walls of the surround. ing Colleges in repeated echoes.—The following was the " bill of fare" for the evening's entertainment : Grand Symphony," The Surprise," Dr. Flavin. Recit. et Aria; Mrs. Agile, Pucitta. Concerto Flute, Mr. Ashe (MS.) Scena, Mr. Braham, Sant, accompanied on the Bassoon by )'Tr. Holmes. Glee (MS.), harmonised by Mr. Greatorex, Mrs. Ashe, Messrs. Davies, Goss, and Bellamy. Scena, Madame Catalan'. Song, Bi.hop, composed expressly for Mr. Bellamy. Recita tive ac.:otopanied. Sorg, Mr. ltraham, Dr. Clarke—" The last words of Mar ' Duet te, Madame Catalard and Mr. Brabant, from the revived Opera of Eyed,. Polacca, Madame Catalan', Mayer—Finale. It would be needless to say a barque/ so rich was enjoyed by the various amateurs for which our col leges are celebrated with peculiar gout. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S ARRIVAL. His Royal Highness and Suite reached Trinity Lodge at seven ; and on this happy event being an nounced by the Senior Beadle to the Vice-Chancellor, that Reverend Doctor immediately waited upon his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Heads and Proctors, who all expressed the happiness they felt on the occasion with that dignity which has ever been the peculiar characteristic of their manners, and his Royal Highness received them with his accustomed urbanity. The bells of St. Mary's rung a merry peal on the happy occasion, and the greatest satisfaction. prevailed throughout the Colleges, a feeling in erbich the inhabitants most 'cordially participated. The collection for the benefit of Addenbroke's 11 , spital, yesterday, was 8223. 17s. sd. The Duke of Gloucester's band arrived this day, and the number of visitors of rank who have been pouring in from all quarters, preparatory to the In stallation, to-morrow, exceeds all calculation. All the horses on the road are kept constantly in motion; and some, from the scarcity which prevails, have run the whole distance from London. Wednesday the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Jnhn Clarke, of Sidney College. Henry Bicltersietl , , of Cahn College. Bet jamin 1.0113 n, of Clare Hall. William Frederic Chambers, of Trinity College.. 34r. James Robinson, of St. Peter's College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. 1 lames WiWam Bellamy, of Queen's College. I. Gibbon Neiman, of Cain* College. 111ACUSLOR ON CIVIL LAW. John Cox, of Jews College. Mr. Charles Heath, of King's College, was yester day admitted Fellow of that /society. 'I he Rev. C. A. Wheelwright, B. A. of Trinity College, Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. Dowa ger Lady .Lilford, was on Monday last collated by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Little Bytham, with Castle Bytham annexed, in the Diocese of Lincoln. Messrs. John Fcrd, of Trinity-Hall, John Brown Ryder, of Emmanuel College, and Ricji ard Dalton, ef Trinity College, are adm,tted Bachers of Arcs. Sir William Browne's guild medals have this year been adjudged as follows;—For the Greek Ode and Epigrams, to Mr. James Bailey, of Trinity College; for the Latin Ode, to Mr. George Waddington, of dm same society. • - _. V diria INTELLIGENCE? PLYMOUTH, JUNE 27. Came in the UNICORN frigate from a cruise, and the UNrotr cartel from Morlaix. Also, arrived the Amethyst merchantman, Captain M.WtwAm, from Hayti. The Amethyst spoke the brig Mars, of Glas gow, Captain MOTHERWELL, bound for Miramichi, out 20 days, all well. Sailed the AQUILON frigate for Portsmouth, and the Sem ditto with a small convoy for the Downs. Went out of Uarbour the Fox. HOUND, 18 guns.—A report is prevalent here that Badajoz surrendered to the 411ies on the 9th or 10th instant. ~- ?ORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28. Nothing arrived or sailed to day, but a vessel from Cork, with provisions.—Wind N. by E. DEAL, JUNE 28. Sailed his M.ijesty's ships ABouxin, for off Flushing, and the SKYLARK, for off the French coast. The DE FENDER lugger takes convoy for Portsmouth. YARMOUTH JUNE 08 Arrived the QUEBEC frigate from the Tezel ; and the VIXEN, with letters, kc. from the fleet in the Bal. tic. Passed through, a large fleet of Merchantmen, under convoy from the Baltic. Sailed the HAVOC on a cruize.—Wind N.E. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Pockllngton, —, which sailed from Rio J metro in com pany with the Maine sloop and Archduke Charles, parted two or three days afterwards. The Providence —, from Chester to Dublin, was lost the 14th inst. near Ballywalter. THE ARMY. It will be seen that the regiments detailed in the STAR several weeks ago are now to embark immedi ately for Portugal. Would they had embarked at the time it was first proposed to send.them !—they might have materially tended to decide the final issue of the t-emendous conflict which we look for in that country. The Bays and 4th Dragoon Guards give up their horses to regiments going on service. The Bays go to Scotland, and tire 4th Dragoon Guards to Wey mouth. It is said that one of the regiments of Horse Guards will be sent out, as well as a complete brigade of the Foot Guards. Lord PAGET' next week goes out with the Hussar brigade. We hear that some of the spirited Militia Regi ments have offered to go as regiments with their offi cers to join Lord WELLINGTON 10,000 of these fel lows, at this moment, in Spain, might decide the con test there. The Royal Pembroke, the Monmouth, and Royal East Middlesex regiments of Militia have volunteered their services, and will immediately be sent to Ireland. Several more Generals are going out to Spain...-. Lieutenant-General WARDE is mentioned, among other able officers, as going there : he is succeeded in the command of the Severn District by Major-Gene ral Hors. The new arrangment for the Staff will immediately be carried into effect, as stated in the STAR two months ago. Colonel DRINKWATER will certainly be the new Commissary-General, and Colonel GORDON the new Quarter-Master-General. We are sorry to learn that Lord Ho WE ) the Gover nor of Plymouth, and General Fox, the Governor of Portsmouth, are both very dangerously ill. The remainder of the 9th Light Dragoons, two 4 squadrons of the 4th heavy dragoons, and several other detachments, have marched into Plymouth, to embark for foreign service. They are all destined-for the Peninsula, except the 9th dragoons, which go to Sicily. We understand that the 7th, 10th, 13th, and 18th regiments of Light Dragoons, are now complete in horses, as well as having the men in the highest order for service. We need not add that they are burning with ardour for a rencontre with French hussars. It is thought, that if proposed to them, the Militia regiments would not only go to Ireland, but to Jer- Isey, Guernsey, or Alderney; by which several of the regiments of the line would be relieved, and enabled Ito go to Spain. The 2d West York Militia is on the march to Chelmsford. The North Gloucester Militia goes to Kent; the South Gloucester Militia is doing the duty over the French prisoners at Dartmoor. The Denbigh Militia as well as the Radnor Militia.• have reeeittd orders to march to . Bristol. • The Kerry Regiment of Militia, quartered at Wex. ford ; the Monaghan Militia, quartered in Caher ; and the men under the command of Captain ROWLEY MILLEa, of the Derry Militia, stationed at Dom' npa.: trick, amounting to 100 men, have volunteered their services to Great Britain. The 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia, on the 25th ' of last month, relieved the Cumberland, at Norman Cross : they were reviewed by General WILLIAMSON on the Ist instant, and gave him great satisfaction 3 which has since been confirmed by their good con ! duct. The 2d Somerset gave their number of volun 1, teers to the line in one day ; and the men only wait Fpermission to extend their services to Ireland, for I which duty they hope to be the first regiment, and are ready to embark at an hour's notice. The gallant •Major-General BURNS, of the 36th Regiment, now serving in Portugal, is not a dative of Ireland as erroneously reported, but of Peterborough, in Lincolnshire. His father was a respectable Cler gyman. . ~ . 'peat. DUMFRIEL—The Annandale and Eskdale Regi- about eleven o'clock on Thursday night, he was Ma- I ter until this aff ,ir. He had been some time ill, aid ment of Local Militia, commanded by the Marquis of denly overturned at the top of Oxford -street, and him. having gone into the country for a fortnight, there Qw•tENSBERRY (late Sir C. DOUGLAS) were r e v iew e d self and servant thrown out with great violence ; the 1 were 'several apprcations for watches left to he re. by General DIMS! of MountAnnand, who was pleased horse ran off violently with the shattered vehi c le, an d • p a i re d, an d the si , laster being unable to find Any .i gle to say, on remarking the promptitude and steadi- before he could be-stopped came in contact wit!. some I watch enquired for, began to suspect the prisoner, 41,d• ness of their several evolutions, that they possessed iron s pike s , w hi c h entere d th e c h es t of the poor ani- ,tai J. Foy searching his lodgings, he found upwards .discipline and activity equal to corps possessing su.: mal, which in a few raj/mei/spired ; Captain &EM I o 20 duFteates of watches pledged at .liffereint paw.l perior .advantages. This fine regiment has been 14 dislocated his shoulder, and received a violent contit- b okers, to the alpount of between land .430 1 ), which, • d ays on pe r manent duty, anti their exemplary conduct sion on his head ; Mr. LIGHTFOOT, the Surgeon, set 0 1 ex imination, proved to be the lost property. A has endeared them to the inhabitants of thetown where his shoulder, and he was afterwards conveyed in a 1 pawn6rokcr in the Strand had lent £f 90 on ss. %sera they were quartered. The Nithsdale Regiment of Lo. Gentleman's carriage to the 11,:wHammums, Covent' watches. ' The prisoner was in a dying state .•p -cal Militia, commanded by the gallant Colonel MAx- Garden ; the servant was but little hurt. 1 parently, and as his complaint is such that le eves but WELL , Eo mm e naid, .on the ISth inst. their annual Three poor ti he men unfortunately perished last , slight opes of his existence for many days, the pawn. week near M.:yin, in C arnarvous hi re : t h ey were i n I b ro k ers gave lip the pftperty to the owners, and o b. drill, and we doubt not will evince discipline and re- I 1 r ual tyq t e o the excellent military kwins which the act of hauling in their lobster basket s , w h en a 1 tamed a bill o f sa l e on t h e prisoner ' s uivial acts, 1 / 4 gua . ; heavy sla up:et the boat: they have left large families. and e'lvas discharged bicoustrt. . _ they receive. 1 -. . , -.., lIATTLB OF ALBUERA. RXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICRR DI MARSHAL BEREWORD P S ARMY. Is Elvis, May tt. should have laughed at any person who would suppose that a more bloody battle could be fought than that of Talavera, but the destruction of British troops at Albuera requires no comparison, it speaks for itself. We broke up from Badajoz on the 14th, after having broken fresh ground within 40.) yards of that fortress that morning, and buried ourselves full four feet for an extent of 700 yards, before d iy light. We joined Colonel Colburn's brigade at Val verde, and marched on the following morning to Al bnera, where we found the e lemyl tnd our picqucts, occupying opposite banks of a small river, close to this town; on our arrival we piled arms, and began to amuse ourselves, supposing that the enemy, as usual, would content themselves with looking at us, and decamp in the night. About midnight, General Blake, with ten thousand Spaniards joined us, well armed and tolerably clothed ; they were inspected by Marshal Beresford, and took up their ground upon the right. The line then stood as follows : The Dons' on the right supported by British cavalry, the Portu guese on the left, and John Bull in the centre.—Du ring the night a deserter came in, from the Polish regiment of cavalry, armed with spears—he told us his regiment was promised by Soult in person, a re ward of a commission to each non-commissioned offi cer, and three months pay in advance to every private, if they succeeded in breaking the English lines—that the left of the enemy was composed of 12,000 infan try and 5000 cavalry, and that the centre was made up of corps which he did not know ; and that it was Soak's intention to attack next morning ; but little attention was paid to this man's account. However, at half-past six in the morning, the enemy were seen advancing all at the same moment, breaking from the wood in the most regular order. This wood pre viously concealed them, while our line was perfectly exposed since we left Valverde.—Their columns op posite the town halted, and were exposed to a dread. ful fire from the artillery, which soon forced them to move elsewhere, while the left, composed of their main body, pushed over the river, and gave the Spaniards on our right little time to form. The attack became very brisk before we were well under arms. At this moment the fusileer brigade, under Sir Wm. Myers, arrived with General Cole, from before Badajoz ; they immediately pushed on by our rear to succour the Spaniards on the right, where they dashed into the thickest of the action at once. It was now 9 o'clock, and it was evident that the real attack was made upon our right. The fact was, those columns of the enemy opposite the town were placed there, to prevent us from making any attack on their rear or right, by crossing the bridge. "Colonel Colburn's brigade was now ordered from defending the pass of this bridge, and moved off in double quick time, after the fusileers, to the right, where they soon got their share of the work, by the regiment of Poles getting round their right flank, and thereby surrounding them. lam sorry to say, that at this moment, the 2d battalion of the 480, and the 66th regiment lost their colours, and but few men es caped the carnage. A dreadful shower of rain that fell at this time prevented our seeing 20 yards before us, and this was the cause of so heavy a loss. All movements were now done in double quick time, and at that rate we broke into companies, right in front, and some came within range of their round shot and shells, though we had nearly a mile to run, over ground so heavy from the rain that we could hardly keep our legs. The 29th regiment, being in front of us, first formed a line, and immediately charged, but were obliged to halt, in consequence of the heavy co lumns on their front ; the 4Sth and 57th regiments then got into line, but found the Spaniards, and part of General,Lumley's brigade in their front, and in stead of allowing the Spaniards to continue the ac. tion, which they were doing in the most gallant man. ner, they rushed between them and thg French ; but not until by an unfortunate mistake, a volley had been fired directly into the rear of the Spaniards, which, of course, threw them into some confusion.— The steadiness of the 48th, and which distinguished this regiment so much at Talavera, was here most. conspicuous ; when they saw the fire, as if by instinct, they came to a recover, not a man pulled a trigger. At this moment the officers fell so fast, it was hard to say who commanded the brigade, and some precious moments, in consequence, were lost, in not charging immediately. The brigade was within thirty yards of the enemy, and never before was so dreadful a fire kept up. I here got my wound, and was obliged to withdraw. Fortunately the remains of the 29th re giment were ordered at the same time to the rear, and they took care of me. I know nothing further, except that I have heard the brigade charged imme diately after, and dtove a column of the enemy half . 4 mile before them. After the action, the brigade was commanded by a Captain of the 48th—the 29th regiment by a Captain of six months standing ;—the 4Stli by a L'eutenant ; and the 57th by the Adjutant. I am happy to say the Spaniards behaved mostt lantly. Lord Wellington arrived here on th e a and immediately proceeded to the field of battle—. never was an action fought on more equal ground. Nothing could exceed the desperation of the Poles.— Individuals of them charged round the flanks of the Spaniards, and would not surrender until cut down within fifteen yards of out line ; some of them were on fort, without any arms. Their pikes resemble standards, having a flag under the pike, I suppose, to conceal themselves, and to frighten cavalry. They all appeared to be drunks" As Captain Masts, of the 12th Regiment, was re. turningto town. accompanied by his servant in a gig, ~;. • ~ ~ 4~T 41° l ' i ! 1 Ldiff 1167LLICE,VCR. COURT OF KING'S BENCII, JUNE 2S. The Court heard special arguments on reserved points of law, which were of no interest but to' the profession. MR KING 4 10. LAWLOR.' The Rule for a criminal information against Capt. Lawless of the Navy, for assaulting a gagi,trate of Portsmouth, was agreed by the Counsel, should stand over until next term. BLICKE, KNIGHT, V. DUDLEY ) CLERK. This was a motion for a new trial, in an action where the plaintiff, as executor of one Mrs. Allan, deceased, had recovered a verdict against the defen dant for a pretended breach of covenant in a lease, in cutting timber without licence ; to which action the defendant had pleaded a licence given by Mrs. Allen to cut the timber for the purpose of repairs. The rule had been directed to stand over till the plaintiff at law had answered a Bill filed by the defendant ire the Court of Chancery . ; Sir C. Blicke being only the nominal plaintiff, and the action having been, in fact. brought in his name, by another person claiming the benefit of such covenant. 'lt being, however, cl my admitted by the answer of Sir Charles Blicke that Mrs. Allen had given the defendant licence to cut the timber in question, the Court not only granted the defendant's motion for . new trial, but rectunmen ded the parties to leave the matter to reference. At the close of the Poll fur Sheriffs yesterday, the slumbers were, for Mr. Aid. Birch - 1129 I Mr. Ald. M• gnay 2F3 Heygate • 549 . Bridges 37 Sanderson 287 A CARD TO A CRITICAL REVIEWER. —Mr. Thel wall's compliments to the writer of the article on Lis 44 Letter to Henry Cline, Leg." in the Critical Review for March, in which it is enquired—" Where is the discovery ?" &c. will be much obliged to the Critic for any information relative to any book, in any larn guage, in which even a hint is to be found upon the subject of the Physical cause of Rhythm:, or the irevi. table alternations of heavy and light, in the succes sion of organic sounds, and the application of the laws resulting from this primary principle of physical'ne cessity to the remedy of Impediments, and the im provement of the grace and harmony of human ut.l terance. When this enquiry is answered, Mr. 'P. will suggest two or three other particulars (hitherto re garded as novelties in his system) relative to which it would be equally interesting to be favoured with the anticipation: of the learned Revieweit—lnstitution, kc. Bedford Place, Rate 22. Mr. ADAM Baowsz, farmer, of Gatestacki, in the parish of Durisdeer, in the county of Dumfries, ie. turning from the market of Dumfries on Wednesday se'nnight, lost his way in the twilight, and strayedi down the banks of the romantic but daterous water of Linclouden. His body was found ate:e bottom of one of the pools en the following Monday ; and his pocket-book, containing 4700, the gift of a West India relation, was found a little w:;y rtmoved Irons the body, both of which were restored to his family. During a thunder-storm at Cottingham, on WeJ-• _.ing a nesday afternoon, the 12th inst. Mr. S son William, and a nephew, who were hoeinit turnips on one of their fields, were suide•nly invi , lted in - t frightful storm of fire and rain. The son, a yiatth of 22 years of age, was struck dead ; l.is clothes were torn to pieces, and one side of his face scorched. A dreadful peal of thunder, on the sth, struck on a miner's cabin, near Castleton, where a woman and man were sitting. The woman was thrown into ter rible disorder, from the suffixating fumes of sulphur, and on recovering herself found her companion bowed down to the floor a lifeless corpse, without the least appearance of injury on his person or clothes. Three thousand five hundred panes °Mass belong. in g to the green-houses and hot-hou es in the gardens of Earl Fitzwilliam, at Wentworth, in Yorkshire, were broken by a storm. In the West Riding of Yorkshire, the rain which accompanied the thunder wrought up the little rills into torrents, and the rivers into a deluge. Many mill-dams were swept away, bridges broken down, and houses filled wish inundation. The low lands which were banked were overflowed, and the fields frightfully plowed by the new created torrents. Much damage has been sustained by the crops and fences. A seizure took place on Thursday by. the Sheriffs and proper officers of the plates and notes, at the Fleet. Prison, that have been issued in imitation of the notes of the Bank of England. It is understood that an in dictment will be preferred againtt the parties COll. cerned•in issuing them. Friday se'nnight, E. Evans, one of the convicts under sentence of impris nmint in Shrevisbury jail, on his return from vvorku:ar tee Ei.glis'i bridge, made an attempt to escape from the person who had the charge of him and others while at labour, and was unfortunately drowned in the Severn, into wh;ci , he had plunged wits an intention of evading his pursuers, but the link on his leg proving too heavy, he sunk ere he could reach the opposite bank. Mr. BOLLAND, jeweller, of Piccadilly, in his endea vours to press through the crowd on Wednesday, to obtain admission into Carlton House, had his pocket picked of his pocket-book, containing upwards of £3O in Banknotes. EXTZNSIVE ROBBERY.--A young man, in the em ploy of a watch-maker, in St. James's Parish, was yesterday re-examined at Marlborough -street, on the charge of having stolen watches froth the shop of his employer to the amount of £7OO. The prisoner, it appeared, had been foreman in the shop several years, arid was considered a man of unimr tchable charac- 1. 1•=1