Star. — London, England, 1811-10-26 00:00:00

FLAGRANT •UTRAGR ON PROPERTY, dY BONAPAATE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sia—l entreat of your philanthropy and patriotism to cinn municate the following important fact to the British Public, and to all other nations the year eighty-three of the last cen tury, I purchased an annuity on my life in the French funds, which property has been treated with respect throughout all the dangerous convulsions and factions of revolutionary anarchy, and has now lately been seized ;,y the imperial ruffian and robber NAPOLEON, it. cosequence of my political writings, and my loyalty to my own country, which dark and silent theft was committed by a whisper to the Minister of Finance, (without any public decree) to take no notice of my certificate. This un paralleled outrage on property, the great hinge of civil society, will prove a more instructive comment on the code Brigand: or Nate:one, than all the pompous criticisms of Reviews re to com pare and prefer it to British jurisprudenee, and will hold out a useful admonition to those jacobin fouls who give credit to the French Government, in either commerce or policy, and teach them that if the laws of private property are treated with such contempt, how little confidence can be placed in treaties with such revolutionary ruffianism, to maintain the relations of civi lized policy among nations, or the peace of the world. If the sacrifice of my property should alarm and unite the friends of mankind, to effect the salvation of England and the protection of the world, I shall regard my loss as an inestimable gain, though it was all I had to live upon: J. STIWART, the Traveller. •,e The Writer hopes that the Editors of every Aar Paper in the metropolis, will copy this statement of facts, which ought to be made known to every man in Europe. HIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER ?A. 11Ctua't PROCLAmATIoN.—HoIiday at all the Public °Men. The Gleaner packet has arrived at Portsmouth from Philadelphia ; and Mr. PROUD \IAN, the Mes senger, arrived yesterday in Downing -street, with dispatches fur Government, from Mr. Foftsrit, our Minister in America. No Council was held upon these dispatches, as most of Cle CaLinet Ministers were in the country ; but Mr. PERCEVAL came to town in the course of die evening, and :,ad a conference with the Marquis WELLEsLEY on the subject. The :deices are said to contain the British Mini ster's decided opinion that an embargo will be resorted to at the meeting of Congress on the 4th of November: It is likewise stated that they comprehend some par ticulars relative the Court of Inquiry which conti nued sitting at New-York. The Messenger who brought the above dispatches left Piiil.-idelphia on the 21st ult. to which date we have received Americsn Newspapers. They are fii!ed as usual with declamatory matter against this coun try, and our Government k now charged with secretly stirring up the Indians to hostilities ?gaunt the linked States. Some ac,:ount of these charges will be found in another part of our Paper. . . The latest accounts from Sicily state, that Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK 114.1 demanded of the (_)peen of SICILY, that British troops should be admitted into Palermo. Letters from Malta, dated the 29th of august, state, that not only this concession was re quired by his Lordship, but that the proposal WAS actually put into execution, and that an English gar rison conntiued to occupy the city. Alter this pre caution was adapted, the British Minister proceeded to Messina, and set at liberty a number of persons who had been unjustly imprisoned under the mandate of the Court. The inhabit rats of Malta have presented a remon strance to the Governor, in which they asserted, that they have been deprived of the benefit of their ancient laws, and insisted that they ought to be restored. It seems that in consequence of the protection afforded by the sanctuary, numerous robberies had been com mitted with impunity, among which is that of a naval officer, who had been pillaged of 53,000 scudcs in paper, and 700 in specie. 'lke payment of the former being stepped they were returned by a priest, but the specie WAS Tet:llllCd. • A letter from Messina, dated Ai!gust 1, says, We are in daily expectation here of a revolution ; things seem instantly coining to a ci isis ; the hatred towards the English discovers itself more and more, and a peace with France 'is almost assured, but by no means doubted ; the people are gathejng in crowds, and exclaiming for want of bread ; almost all ow friends of consequence in the island are sent in exile to Parigano ; and this day the Gazetteer Britannica was suppressed, and Giovanni de Bobold, the printer, put in confinement. The French do not come down this summer, nor do we of course expect them. In the course of four days, this city experienced 13 shocks of earthquakes, and one more severe than has been known fora long time ; and alarmed the whole i:eighbt.urhood to so great a Degree, that many of the inhabitants quitted their beds, and escaped into the streets, without their clothes." Friday se'nnight sixteen gun-boats, or praams, came out of Boulogne ; and, keeping closely tobether and creeping along the shore, eluded the vigilance or our cruisers, and got safe into Dunkirk. A fellow being ordered to be publicly whipped, ad dressed the Judge—" My Lord, I'll submit to the pnnishroent if you insist upon it, but I don't life it; I might be a good scholar now, if I had been fond of ULU amusement at school." There was lately found, in a field on Mr. David son's farm, Mains of Caithbrogie, in the pari.li of Tarves, a gi eat number of the gold and silver coins of James VI. of Scotland ; several of them of the dates from 1.5E9, two years after this Prince was crowned at Sliding, to 1601, after he had assumed the English eroen. They are in a high state of preservation. _-- : -- s ZING. • The express f r om Wind s o r ye s te r d a y, in the early part of the day, stated, " that his MAJESTY was not considered better, although he had three hours sleep in the course of the night."—At a late hour in the evening, an express arrived at York-house, stating, that his MAJESTY was not so well as when the ex press was sent off in the morning ; and had not taken the exercise of walking." THE ARMY. • Tuesday, the 1.1 battalion of the 92d foot arrived in Glasgow, from Ireland, on their way to Banff. Tuesday, a draught of 230 men, from the 2d bat-, talion of the 25th foot, marched from the barracks, Glasgow, to join the Ist battalion, lying in St. Kitt's. We understand that it is the intention of Govern meat to erect Barracks on Rushmere Heath, near Ipswich, as being in every way more convenient and appropriate for the military than the present tempo rary Barracks at Ipswich/which areto be pulled down , and the materials sold. One of our Military Readers suggests that, as the Officers of Infantry are now to have jackets and caps the same as the Men, all yellow lace should be done away with, and all Ofticets should be ordered to wear white lace, as by making the new jackets to button down the breast and lacing them the same as the ser ljeants: a person at one or two hundred yards distance from a line, could not distinguish the one from the other, if dressed alike as to breeches and leggins, or trousers. The following - account of the appointment of the late General Pfcros to the Colonelcy of the 12th re giment, is taken from a manuscript in his own hand writing :—" When Colonel Pic roN went to Court to kiss hands on his appointment, having had the honour, after the Levee, of being admitted to an audience in the KING'S closet, he addressed his NIAJE.STY with pro found respect, expressing his most dutiful and grate acknowl dgments for the honour that had been i conferred upon him. His beneficent Sovereign, with ' j the utmost complacency, was pleased to say— , You are entirely obliged to Captain PicTo:4, who comman ded the grenadier company of the 12th regiment in Germany last war"—alluding in particular to the Ge neral's having had the honour of being thanked, as Captain of Grenadiers, in the public Orders of the Army, by Prince FERDINAND, in consequence of the report of the then Hereditary Prince of BauNswtcx, I i for his behaviour under his Serene Highness's costa lmand, at the affair of Zierenberg. RAMSGATE, OCTOBER 25. Mr. CARROW gave a petit soups to his Royal High ness the DUKE of CLARENCE and :t few fashionable.; at his beautiful Villa near Pegwell Bay, ou Saturday evt•ning. . . 'rue elegant hospitalities of Rear Admiral and Lady 1.20 CY FOLEY LOIIS Royal Highness and friends on their recent visit to Admiral Yoctcc, in the Downs, are spoken of in teims of the highest commendation. This day being the anniversary of his MAJESTY'S accession to the Throne, the guns on Dover Castle were tired, as were those of the ships of war in the • Downs. The ships in the Downs ere extremely nu- I merous at present, and, decorated with their various colours, tOrmed altogether one of the grandest sights i that is any where to be seen on the world of waters. MAR GATE, OCTOBER 21.. Last night his Royal H:glmess the Duke of CLA RENCE honoured our Rooms with his presence, and Mr. LE BAS had the honour of ushering his R.)yal Highness into the Bail Room, who appeared highly gratified at the politesse of our accomplished Master of the Ceremonies. The Ball WAS opened at half-past nine, by his Royal Highness, with Mrs. M , ManoN, to the tune of " Paddy O'Carol." The second and third dance was led off by his Royal Highness, with the beautiful and accomplished Miss THONIPSON, to the tunes of " La Blaize Berber" and " We'll gang nae more to yon Town." We noticed amongst thenobility the Earl and Coun tess of MAYO, Lord Astinttoox, Lord ALVCNY, Co lonel and Mrs. M , MAitoN, Sir DRUNIMOND and Lady SMITH, and the same list of Nobility as were at Broad stairs, as we cannot remember their names or titles. The company consisted of nearly 300, composing a great portion of the beauty and gentry of the Isle of Thanet. The room was brilliantly illuminated with variegated lamps, forming the initials of his Royal Highness's name, which reflected great credit on Mr. HowE, of the Royal Hotel ; and the chandeliers were beautifully ornamented with wreaths of laurels and roses ; the whole forming a'most pleasing effe: t. His Royal Highness left the lnilliatit circle in good spit its, and highly pleased with the evening's amusement, at his nsuai hour of one o'clock. His Royal Highness was greeted with welcome and hearty cheers by the populace on his arrival. The Duke of CLARENCE honoured Mr. MooßE's night with his presence at the Margate Theatre, last week, when tLe house was crowded to excess. After the play, on going through the box-lobby, which was completely blocked up with females, his Royal High ness jocularly remarked ; Mr. MooRE has collected lot: of Ladies at his benefit;"—alluding to the cha racter of il/ing/e, which Mr. M. had played in the po pular farce of The Beehive. Three hundred persons were employed yesterday at the ruins of the late Drury-lane Theatre. The car penters are erecting a workshop on the west-end of the premises ; the bricklayers are preparing the foun dation, and the labourers clearing away the rubbish. Several waggon-loads of bricks, lime, and sand, have been sent in, and also a quantity of timber. The neighbourhood is all in a bustle ; and several of the public-houses, which had been for a length of time closed, have re-opened. Not one Englishman was permitted to walk the streets, or to be at large when BONAPARTZ was last at Dunkirk ; and ever since that period the situation of these who were previously regarded as privileged Englishmen, has been extremely unpleasant. NAVAL LVTZLLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 93. Arrived the Darlington packet from the Leerard Islands, in 33 days—she left St. Tliomas's 23d ult. _PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 24. Last night it again came on to blow a heitvy gale at W.S.W but it fortunately moderated in a few lihrs. It still blows hard in the same direction, and the MENELAUS remains wind-bound in Cawsand Bay. The SAN JOSEF, which I stated to be going down to - Cawsand Bay, was obliged to bring to again, as the Wind suddenly shifted against her. • PORTSNIOUTI - 1, OCTOBER 25. Sailed the Turkish frigate Africa for the Red Sea. A Court Martial was this morning assemble.d on board the GLAuta . rott, for the trial °fediMain BARRIE, Officers, and crew, of his Majesty's late ship the POMONE, which was lost in attempting to come through the Needles. After minute investigation, the Court acquitted Captaiti BARRIE, Officers, and crew, except the Master, who was ordered to be reprimanded. DEAL, OCTOBER 25. Arrived the IDAs cutter, with dispatches from off Flushing, and sailed again for the same destination. Arrived the BEAGLit sloop of war from off Boulogne. Sailed his Majesty's ship EMI ONT.—The ship DAsnot that was on shore on Deal Beach, has been got of, and carried into Ramsgate, with apparently little or no damage.—Wind S.W. HARWICH, OCTOBER 15. Sailed the DEFENDER lugger, with a large fleet of transports, etc. for the Downs.— Remain in Hosely Bay, the Aboukir, Zealous, Tremendous, Hanni bal, and Audacious. A large smuggling lug-sail boat, with 300 casks of spirits, got on shore in the night, near Languard Fort, which was discovered soon after, and taken pos session of by the troops—the smugglers made their escape. CORK, OCTOBER 22. It was expected last night, owing to the wind hav ing shifted, that the VIRAGO, Lieutenant Pt rmAx, and the fleet of transports under her convoy, would have sailed early this morning ; but the wind has again re turned to the southward, and blown as hard as ever. The RESOLUTE gun-brig, Lieutenant KEENAN, sailed yesterday. The VIRAGO takes the Admiral Mar:in French privateer with her to Portsmouth. All the French crew, except the boatswain, were taken out of her, and equally divided between the SALDANIIA and FOItTUNEE. NIENIEN, Sir M. SErsnocrt,.is taken from this station. The HAUADIIYAD, Sir T. ' STAINES, may be hourly looked tor. Remain his Majesty' s ship Jalouse, Captain Moaner; Helena, Capt. MON TitE.sott, and Earl Spencer cutter, Lieut. BOTHWELL: The flowing Masters of Merchant vessels landed yesterday at Deal, having escaped from Prince:— Captain Wistuir , i4vbf Liverpool ; Captain SMITH, of Wells ; Captain WATTS, of London, of the brig Mary Ann, taken on her voyage from Conic:3a, bound to London. N:it less than twelve ships of the line have been launched in the course of the last summer at Antwerp. The late plan aioptei in building many of his Majesty's ships and vessels, of laying the timbers in triangles instead of right angles, has most fully am sweled all expectation. The Tremendous, Captain CAMPBELL, is the first ship, and has been employed in the Baltic, being considered a service tlmt would try the alteration. She has-worked remarkably well, and will run any vessel of her own burthen out ut sight in five hours. The saving in timber, workman sill!), and other expellees, particularly in the plan of her keel and sheathing, is immense ; independent of the great advantage of keeping all filth away, as well as of admitting a free circulation of air, and by that means avoiding the dry rot, &c. The Ramilies, and some other ship, have been ordered to be rebuilt on this plan. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM KILLALA, DATED BTH INST. " On Friday, the 27th ult. the galliot Anna Hulk Klas Boyr, MEINERTZ master, from Christian Sound, laden with deals, for Killala, was drove on shore at a place called Porturlin, between Killala and Broad- haven. The Captain and crew providentially saved their lives by jumping on shore on a small island or rock. At this time the stern and quarter were stove in. The crew remained two hours on this rock, when they were taken off by a boat, and brought to the main land. Shortly after, the Captain's trunk, with all the sailors' clothes in general, came on shore, when tile country people inaniediately began to plunder, leaving the unfortunate sufferers nothing but what they had on their backs. The plunderers repaired to the wreck, and cut away every thing they could come at of the sails, rigging, &c. whiie hundreds were taking away the deals to all parts of the country. — Though the Captain spoke good English, and most pitifully inquired to whom he might apply for assis tance, yet he could ndt hear of any for 14 hours, when he was told that Major D. BINGIIAM, was the nearest and only person he could apply to. With much dif ficulty he procured a guide, and proceeded to Mr. BINOnAM's, a distance of twenty miles, through the mountains. In the mean time, after thirty-six hours concealment of this very melancholy circumstance, Capt. MORRIS, of the,TowNsesn cruizer, who lay at Broadhaven, a distance of about ten miles from the wreck, slipped one of his cables, proceeded directly to. wards the wreck, and, approaching it, landed with twenty men, well-armed, kc. In coming near the wreck, he first fired in the air, in order to disperse the peasantry, which had no effect; he therefore ordered his men to tire close, which had the desired effect, when he immediately pursued them to the interior, from three to five miles distance, dividing his party in different directions, when, by great exertion and fatigue, they saved about 1800 deals, and a remnant of the wreck. Captain MORRIS had some of the rob bers taken, but his party being so scattered, they were rescued by a large mob of the country. The unfor tunate Captain and his crew are taken by Captain MORRIS on board his cutter, where they have got a change of clothing, and are taken every possible cue of. Captain Monxis and his crew used every exer tion •to recover the Captain's and sailors' clothes, without effect."--Costgasigi Josowl. • Sr. THOMAS'S, SAPTEMBER 2. - ,•••AIIII • By an arrival last night tiom the city of St. John'?; Porto Rico, we learn that a French privateer is zing in the Sombrero Passage. She brougly to last Tuesday a Spanish schooner and a Packl rom Cadiz, and after taking away some articles sulTered them to proceed. The P•oc t atrivedthe ntxt day at ;he City. It is sail that the privateer is fr,m France, and that nine t'f nearly the same size sailed together to cruize in the West Indies. The Packet from Cadiz sunk the Mail before she wag . brought-to by the pt ivateer. Sear. 9.—The Bariza, DA wsom, arrived yesterday from Norfolk, in 30 days. The Master rzports, that he was brought to on Saturday, by a Freitch priv4- teer, su2posed to be the Duke of Dantzic. FRENCH PRISONERS. Bow-svitarr.—By the activity and perseverance of Lavender and Vickery, several French officers have been detected in endeavouring to make then escape, and also those whir where assisting them in that rib ject. On the evening of Sunday fortnight, the tits , cers, in consequence of private information, met with a cov..ed cart, with two horses a-breast, near Thame, in Oxfordshire; aad having no doubt but there were Frenchmen in it, seized the horses, and instan:ly jumped into the cart, and handcuffed all in it, c n sitting of a man of the name of Stephens, who was driving the cart, whom they knew to be a smuggler, residing at Folkston?, in Kent ; a boy, who assisted hint ; and two Frenchmen. The Officers drove the cart to London. The boy, in conversation with La vender, acknowledged that their conveying French. men away was greatly impeded by the Jobeny R .ivr, meaning the countrymen, who are rewarded with a guinea for every Frenchman they detect beyond their boundaries. During the last fortnight, Lavender and Vickery have been traversing the county of Kent night and day, in expectation of meeting with a num ber of Frenchmen en the crossroads, particularly from Devonshire, from private information which they had received. The difficulty of meeting with them is occasioned by those. who make a practice of conveying French prisoners out of this country always travelling by cross-roads, and in the night ; during the day-time they conceal themselves in woods and bye-places. During the Officers' search and stay In Kent, their conduct was considered very mysterious by the Innkeepers and others, as they were out so much at nights, and frequently had a party of sol diers attending them. With all their industry they were not able to detect any till last Monday night, at die hause of a man of the name of Webb, at Hithe, who has long been suspected of such practices.— The Officers having received information that Webb had arrived'at home in the course of the night, with a co. vela cart, with four Frenchmen in it, two from ere. diton in Devonshire, and two from Morton stead% they proceeded to Webb's Lowe, and endet- ' voared to gain admittance by fair means, and hay hag no doubt but the Frenchmen were there, they were under the necessity of using force, and entered the house, assisted by some soldiers, and tiund four Frenchmen in bed, and Webb also in bed. They secured them, and conveyed them to the barracks.— It is supposed Webb travelled Eve hundred miles in 'the course of 14 days he was out with his cart, 1 which he was enabled to do by cross-roads, being a De vonshire man, and knowing the country and road, w e ll. —While they were detained in the barracks, Liven der and Vickery went in pursuit of another man, who travels to fairs to sell gingerbread, with a covered cart, and is this vehicle conveys French prisoners to the coast, without suspicion ; the officers, however, I did not succeed in detecting him. They then pro ceeded to London with Webb and the four French officers, who arrived at the above Office on Thursday, and were committed to Tothill-fields Bridewell. The annexed article appears in the Morning Papers of to-day : we must confess, however, that to us it savours of the marvel/ow ! BARBAROUS MURDER. " The following instance of atrocity occurred on Tuesday evening, in a field near St. Alban's :--A young woman, who lives servant with an inhabitant of that town, went on Tuesday to spend the evening with an acquaintance in similar circumstances, resid. ing in a gentleman's family, about two miles distant. On her return at night, she was accompanied about a mile by her friend, who then turned hack towards her home. The former, on het way to St. Alban's, called at a public house, with the landlady of which she was acquainted, and remained chatting there for about half an hour, when two labourers entered the tap. room, one of whom had a bundle, which the young woman instantly recognized to be the same which her female friend had when she left her. She acquainted the landlady of the circumstance, and expressing strong desire to know how they 'came by it. There being at that time, however, no other men in the house, she was induced by her friend to restrain her curiosity from prudential motives. Soon after, h iw. ever, two neighbours came in, and being inf. Titled of the circumstance, they immediately asked them where they got it ? The man who held it replied— ' 4 , We have just picked it up on the road, but you are I welcome to have it--we don't want it :"-4 , No, (s L id the querist) I must have a more satisfactory account of the transaction," and immediately seized him by the collar, while his neighbour stcured the other fel. low. Both instantly betrayed signs of fear, and their spirited assailants proceeded to search them. Horror instantly usurped the place of suspicion, when from I the pocket of one of them was brought forth .1 p tir of ears, with the ear-rings, suspended from them. Little doubt now remained that some unfortunate calamity had happened to the other young woman ; and while one of them remained in the house, to prevent tie lescape of their prisoners, the other, accompanied ray the young woman, went in search. They had pro. ceeded about half a mile, when, casting a look into a I ditch by the road-side, the young woman beheld the lifeless body of her friend, with her head conipLutly severed from the trunk.; the blood still sl ow l y ss ring, and her earless head lying by her side. Under th ese circumstances, the prisoners were removed to thecouuty gaol, to abide the issue of a Coronet's Inquost."