Star. — London, England, 1807-02-12 00:00:00

GENERAL CRANViURD'S We have the pleafure of announcing the fafe arri val at St. Jago, on the 14th of December lafi, of the expedition under General Czewvuxo. The following letter from a Gentleman attached to the expedition is the more gratifying, becanfe we can implicitly rely on the accuracy of nor Correfpondent a ISLAND OF ST. JACO, DEC. 28, 28^6. " It is a chance if this ever reach you ; but I (hall run the rifle of writing, as the ARGO man of war, which accidentally came in here a few days ago, will l'ailto•day on a cruize, and it is probable the may have t he good fortune of forwarding this letter to England. The expedition under the command of Brigadier General CRAWFORD left Falmouth on the tzth No vember, and arrived here on the 14th inft. The fol lowing is a lift of the (]tips of war which accompanied it, viz. Ships Guns Commanders Spencer 74 Ilion Captain STOPF O ID, Com modore Thefeus 74 Hon. Capt. Hort Captain 74 Capt. COCKBURN Ganges 74 Capt. HALK ZTT licreide (frigate) 36 CORSET Paulina ((loop) 18 LUMLCY Haughty (brig) 16 Lieut. MITCHLLL ; and The Ant and Jackdaw fchooners. The following is the force under Brigadier General CRAWFCRD, VIZ. 6th Dragoon Guards,4 troops, commanded by 1.t.C0l KINCTON tb Foot aft Batt. D 3 36th Foot 45th Ditto 88th Ditto PAVI Ditto BORNS Ditto GUARD Ditto Do 'Tr 95th Ditto, or cite corps Ditto, 5 companies 111..j0r M'LCOD. —Together with two companies of Artillery, a pro portion of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Artificers, and Drivers. The 9th Light Dragoons accompanied the expedition to this place, and are Rill here.— They are commanded by the Hon. Colonel MAHON, who is fenior to, and not under the orders of General CRAWL/RD. It is thought they will leave us as loon as Admiral MURRAY joins us. " We experienced much bad weather in the early part of the voyage, and feveral of the tranfports (Whined Tome image, in confequence of running foul of each other in the night, the waither being very foggy. The wind was fo unfavourable, that the fleet did not arrive off Madeira until the sth De 'ember. The Commodore fent off the PAULINA (loop, and the two fchooners, with two fibre tranf. ports, for the purpofe of obtaining wine for the fleet, but there veffels were unfortunately blown off the ifland, and did not overtake the fleet until a confide table time after their arrival here. After Coffering a revere gale off Madeira from the Northward, the fleet reached the Wand of Palma early on the yth.— Here we fell in with the NEREID! frigate, which had parted from the fleet very early in the voyage. Off Madeira, the had fallen in with and taken a Spanifh privateer and a merchantman, the former of which, being dilmantled by the Captors, was given up to the prifoners, who were allowed to depart— the other has fince been brought in here ; fhe is lad= with provifions. Previoufly to the landing of any part of the fleet the General made the mc,ft prudent arrangement with the Governor of this place, refpeeling the regu lar eflablifirment of a market, and the mull effeetual means of obtaining refreflunents for the navy and army. In confequence of which there has been the moft plentiful fupply of all forts of provifions, fruit, &c. which the ifland affords, though not at a very reafonable rate. The Governor has been exceflively attentive to the troops. To prevent aft rize of the fleet by an enemy's fquadron, the Gen al thought it prudent to ere& a battery of four 24 pounders, on the well point of the Bay of Porto Praya, which is capable of raking valets coming into the Bay. " We are perfeCtly ignorant where we are yet def. tined. We are wearied with conjeaure. The fleet is completely watered, and we are now only waiting for the arrival of Admiral Mortsar, who is daily expeeted." Advices were ais day received in town, Hating, that the above expedition failed from St. Jago on the itth January, fuppofed to be going round Cape Horn. The (hips bound to Buenos Ayres left them on the 2d of January. The Atlas, Lino Etc, arrive.] at Portfmouth nn Monday, from Oporto. Capt. LIDDEL I. reports that he failed with a fleet, under convoy of the Nemelis frigate and Richmond gun brig, on the 27th ult. con ning of 53 fail, one of wt,ich, a Newfoundland 114, name unknown, was totally loft on the Bar. The Atlas parted in a gale of wind the following day. The Providence, of Swanfea, JhN/CINS mailer, was loft in a violent ilotm on Thurfday, the 22d ult. near Fiffiguard, The crew of the unfortunate relic!, prevented by the fury of the tempell from landing in their boats, were hauled on fhore by means c f ropes, in which generoui work mr•ny highly refpeclable perfuns afiified, fome of whom plunged up to their necks in the fea. The Prince Edward, —, from New Brunfwick for Berwick, is put into Newfoundland in (Ethel's. The Flora, Captain SIMPSON, bound from Mon tr)fe, t.) London, is pot into Hull leaky. The Ifahella, GREEN, fr"m Greenock for Jamaica, is put into Millhrd with damage, having itiuck on the Tufker Rocks. An American vciftl, fr-m London for Leghorn, has ben captured by a Spanith privateer, under the Bleckaaing AEI, and carried into Ferrol. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, FEB. 9.--Arrived hii Majeßy's (Lips SWALLOW, PICKLE, SCORPION, PLOVER, and the Cuckoo, from a cruite, and remain With his Mijef ty's Chips Plantagenet and Champion. Wind W.S.W. PLYMOUTH, FEB. q.—Arrived the Portuguefe fchooner Rio Douro, M. F. Dos REIBS, Mailer, from Amflerdam, bound to Oporto, laden with iron, cheefe, &c. pu , in to be repaired. Alfo, the Daniflt bark, Three Brothers, Halts BLocr, Master, from Barcelona, laden with wine, &c. put in for orders. —Sailed the Lady Warren, armed (hip, on a cruize ; and the Harlequin, armed (hip, with a fleet of coati. ers, to the Eatiward. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10 —Sailed three tranfports for Cowes, to take in treop's for the Mediterranean. Wind W. N. W. FEB. I t.—Arrived his Alijelly's (hips INCONSTANT from a cruize ;— C APTAIN and GANGES from the Cape de Verdi. Wind S. W. fqually. DEAL, FEB. to.—Sailed the OTTE! (loop of war on a cruize. Wind W. moderate weather. FEBRUARY I I.—Came down the Honourable Eaff India Company's fhip City of London, Captain YATES, bound to the Eaft Indies, from the River; DEFENCE man of war, and the Avox fluop of war, from Sheernefi. Arrived his Majetty's !hip CH►t.. LENG a, from off Havre: in the late gales the fprung her bowfprit and carried away her topmaft ; alfo the NEMESIS frigate, from Portugal, with a fleet under convoy, which are failed for the River and the North. ward ; among them are the Whim, Forbes; Juno, Hay; Lively, Gibfon; Wallington, Brown; and the Jennys, Mickle ; Mentor, Chriflie ; Oporto, Carey; Acorn, Chriftell ; Mentor, Wyburn ; and the Bri tannia, Douglas. Wind S.W. fqually, with rain. • Dos's a, FEB. IL—Paired by here this morning the (hip Santa Maria, Capt. GoNSALVES, from Buenos Ayres, bound to London; a great many letters were landed from her, but we do not hear the has brought any particular intelligence. This day his Majefly's Ails NEMESIS, with a convoy from Oporto, paired by for the River. The fhip Louifa, Capt. CRITCHETT, of Pool, and the brig Cora, Capt. Chatty, of Yar mouth, both from Oporto, with wine, for this port, ate arrived in the harbour. Wind W. S. W. CORK, JAN. 3o—The Sally, MORTIM RR, which was captured by a French privateer, and retaken by the Alcmene, and arrived at Pad(low, fell in witl the outward bound convoy three days after their fail ing from this port ; they had then got zoo miles to the fouthward. CR ERNOCR, FEB. 9.—The Mary, FOSTER, here yellerday horn Newfoundland, after a paffage of eighteen days; the fprung a leak on Tuefday laft, when part of the cargo was obliged to be thrown overboard. Capt. F. !poke no vac's on the palrage. The William, Rs paffed yefierday for Port Glaf gow, from Halifas, after a pairage of twenty four days.—Among the veffels in our Sailings of Satur day, the following returned yeflerday to the Tail of the Bank, viz. Britannia, Boac ; Lucretia, M GR E. GOR ; William, M'LSA ; and the Canada, CAMP BELL. The Liverpool, BANNER ; 0:1PR Branch, An• DERSON ; Ifabella, CURRIR ; and the Augufla, MAC Nam, have put into Gourock Bay. The Herald, MiKsssoca, has put into Rothefay Bay. The night being thick, and the wind fpringing up fiom the Well, the Elizabeth, Ga tr. ; Hopewell, CAME- IDLE; and Marian, EWING, get a-ground near the Point at Towart. HALF PAST SIGHT O'CLIICIC, A. M.—The Eliza beth, GALr, and Marian, EWING, got off during the night. The former is tiding off Kelly Burn, with the lofs of her rudder, and the latter has come to at the Tail of the Bank, with but little damage. FROM LLOYD'S LI3T. GRAY! 3 IND, Fee, 10.--Paffeal by the Charles Carter. Temp kins, from Virginia ; and the Hetty, Hennas, from Laltimore.— Sailed the Stranger, Hunter, for Jamaica ; Iris. Phillips, for Gre nada ; Robert and Sarah, Teaftlale ; and the Lord Keith, Bruce, for Gibraltar. Fs a I I.—Sailed the Centurion, Douglas, for Jamaica Harvey . Ha rvie, for Tobago; and the St. Vincent ,Billings, for St. Vincent's, DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY_ The General Stuart for l'Aurore, will be paid at No. zs, New City Chambers, Bithopfgate-ftreet, on the 13th of May. The Druid, for the Prince Murat,captured Feb. a, 184 will be paid on board on the acth MR. Recalls at No. s, James-Rreet, Adelphi. The Surinam, (for the El Pacifico, El Tomora, and Alesandro, captured May t f, and San Dumingo,May r 7, 1 8.6. will he paid eon board on Friday nest. Recalls at Mr Lync's, Plyinuath,Tucf days a-d Fridays. The Cruizer, (or the Sufannah Margaretta, captured Aug 23, 38os, wi,l be paid on the Cruiacr's arrival in port. Recalls at the fame tune and place as the above: The Kirgssfher, for the De Freede, captured in Auguß, t 793, will be p. id t.n the loth inft. at No. 23, Nortolk•Rreet. Recalls, Thieldays and Fridays, at the fame place. AD7 , IIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS COMMON3.—TiIet day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT proceeded to the adjudication of the following cafes : Vrow Wilhe!mina, Bruns matter —This yard, laden with fait , was in t'e profecution of her voyage to Riga when captured.— Ship and cargo reftered as claimed. Vrow Heriartica Tjcits mailer—This being a cafe czadt:y of the fame dcfcription, ref:it ution was decreed of the (hip and cargo, Juffrow Harrnina, Rabe maftcr.--lii this cafe the fnip was pro nouneed to beloaz as claimed. Demurrage, freight, and expences were referved. Magdalena, Pedcrfen matter—This wird. under Daniel co lours laden with various mcrchandize, was captured on a voyage from Cottenhurg to Nantz. The quail was with refpeet to the cargo, of which further proof was dirceted.—Freight and ex pence: refervcd. Flora Hal-rifts matter.—Tllis fhip was aliened to he Portugnefe p-op:rty ; hut the Court rtjtetcsl the claim with relpeLtt to the and cargo.. Dfieiiefuft rs, (;erft 'I mailer .—This was a further proof cafe, as to the property of the cargo. conr.aing of clover feed, which the Coart held to be tufficient, and reitored t:2e and allowed the captors their experes• NORFOLK ELECIION COMMIi7EE. r‘w the tin fall days the Comtnittee have Been employed in hearing evidence on the charge of Treat ing alledged againft Mr. Coke and Mr. Windham. There were, it appea-ed, thirty-fix public !mules in the town of Norwich opened in the interelt of thefe two Candidates. I n eac h o f t h e r e , f or the whole eight days of the contell, the Eleaors for , the fuc cefsful Candidates were entertained, or, as one of the witnelles, who was a Check, appointed by Mcffrc. Coke and Windham exprefred it. enjoyed themfelves, ty partoling of every thing good in this life. There. fe males belonging to, or ;ntroduced by the Free holders, were alto occaftonally regaled, and partici pattd in the enjoyments to fuch an extent as ren dered it nece(fary for this Cheek to fet bounds to their demands, tell they ()mold be overcome by the goodnefs of their cheer, which he confelled was the cafe with more than one of them ; nay, as ho hu mortufly exprelred it, , 4 his head did not contain an almanack capable of craft!) , fpecifying the number who aftually were in this fituation." After the Mailers and the Checks, placed by Meffis Windham and Coke in two or three of the houfes alluded to, had been examined, Mr. Serjeant LENS, Counfel for the Sitting Mem hers, fuggelled to the Counfel for the Petitioners the propriety of cutting (hurt the proof on this head, as it mull neceftarily be the fame in every one inllance, a fall which he was perfeCtly ready to admit. Mr. PLUMFR, for the Petitioner, could by no mein. content to this. He felt every due regard for the time of the Cou mittee, for the expence it mull - he to his Client, and he felt no lefs for his own reputation, which taught him not to protraft the cafe unneceffarily. When he refl :Clad, however, on the magnitude of the caufe which his Client had at !lake; that an admiffion had by no means fo great an .effect as a fucceeding train of corroborative proof ; and, moreover, that the witneffes whom he had to examine, were every thing but willing witneffes, petfons from whom he could expeCt to get the truth only on their oaths ; of which he had had a fufficient example in the facetious Gentleman lately before the Committee, from whom he had collecleu a great deal more than he had been led to expeEt— he muff be allowed to judge for himfelf, and to de cline fhortening the proof farther than the intereil of his client, joined to that refpeet which he mutt be fuppofed to entertain for the Committee, might feem to demand. The proof was accordingly proceeded in. The following is a lift of the Members of the Com mittee to ENamir.e and Controul the feveral Branches of the Public Expenditure . Lord H. Petty Mr. Brogden Mr. W. Herhert Sir H. Mildmay Mr. Fayilea Mr. Biddulph Mr. Homer Mr. N. Calvert Mr. Giles Mr. Sharp Lord Martham Mr. W. Cavendith Mr Lamb Mr. Banks Mr. T. !az*. g Mr. H. Thornton Mr. S. Bourne Mr. Watern Lord A. Hamilton Mr. Whitbread Mr. Ald. Combe Lord Mahon The following is a copy of the order under which they aft: Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to ex amine and confider what Regulations and Checks have been eflablifted in order to contronl the feveral branches of the Public Expenditure in Great Britain and Ireland, arid how far the fame have been effec tual, and what further meafures can be adopted for reducing any parts of the laid Expenditure, or di minithing the amount of Salaries and Emoluments without detriment to the Public Service. They are anthorized to fend for Perfons, Papers and Records—to report Obfervations and Opinions. Five are to be a prum ; and they are to tit not withflanding an adjournment. A French Journal, printed at Rouen, in Norman dy, la(1 month, and which one of our correfpondents has feen, contains the following fingular paragraph : " Le fucci'. de la Revolution Francaife a tue l'Orateur Burke; la hattaille d'Aufterlitz a donne le cnupe•dc•grace a Pitt; et Fox eft mort de joie de fe voir en place."—.-The Need; of the French Revolution killed Burke, the orator; the battle of Auflerlitz honed Pitt; and Fox died tbreme is, on feeing himfclf in place. Two Stewarts fought at Halidon (in 1333) under the banners of their Chief ; the one Allan of Dreg hor n, the paternal anceflor of Charles I. and the other James of Roaryth, the maternal anceitor of Oliver Cromwell. In 1249, Hugh de Chatillon Count of St. Paul, had a lArge fhip of war built at Invernefs. In Scotland 1314, five fhillings was fuppofed to be the value of a cow, and fix fhillings and eight.pence the value of an ox. POLITENESS OF THE WELSH COURTS Eits.—The Welfh made a law that none of the Courtiers Amid give the (teen a blow, or !notch any thing violently cut cf her bands, on pain of fo:feiting her Majefly's rroreflion. In the parifh rf Newmarket lives a poor widow ; the houfe in which the reticles conlifts of two tene ments ; the perfon who occupies the other part has a vine, one branch of which fpreads to the tene ment of the widow, and fhe enjoys the frv't of that branch for keeping it in proper pruning, &c. &c.— It fo happened one day, that her neighbour di rated a gardener to prune his branch, and the widow obferving that, requelted the gardener to prune het's alfo. At the end of a few months, this poor widow was furnifhed with a furcharge fur employing a gardner. When the day of appeal arrived, fhe had to travel nine miles at confider. able trouble and expence. On her arrival, af. ter informing the Commiffioners of the fad, the withdrew with the gracinus confent of thole Conn miffioners to difmifs the furcharge ; the tax for keep. ing a gardener was however confirmed. Monday fe'nnight, Mr. EYTOW, of the Wire mills, near Wrexham, undertook,for a wager of 4o guinea!, to walk ten miles upon the Liverpool road, in two hours, which he performed with great cafe in one hour and three quarters, although it fnowed fo fe vete!), as to render the road uncommonly flippery for the &ft two miles. EIGHTH DAY OF DRAWING. —Nn. 8,'16} a Prize of Fittellhoufand Pounds, in One Half, One Quar ter, One Eighth. and Twn Sixteenths—Nn. 44. 5001. in Sixteen Sixteenths—Nn. 1350, 5001. in Two Quarters, One Eighth, an Six Sixteenths were fluted by posmsar and Cn. 26, Cnrnhill, 52, Char ing Crofs, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. CbRIOUS CAUSE. The Lords of the Privy Council held a Court of Appeal" nn Tnefday, at the Council Cfiice, Wh;te• hall, which was at-ended by the Lord l'iefiJent, Sir John Anftruther, Mr. Bathorit, and Mr. Trevor.— An appeal hum the Court of Ma:lras; of confidera ble importance, came on to be !maid, in si.hich Run gay Pillay, a native and inhabitant of that place; was the Appellant, and the Ealt Inas Company Refnondents. fubltance of the cafe, as Rated by the S• at- CITOR GENERAL and another Barriffer, was, that in thoi year 1800, Mr. .Jackfon, an agent of the Corn. pany, emp!nyed the Appellant to culled dues, tee. from fome Nabobs, due to the Company . ; and Mr. Jackfun having procured feveral favours to be g-an ted to a - NahA), the latter gave two fums, at diffe rent times, to the Appellant, a. prefents to Mr. Jack• fon, amounting to eighteen thouland modal, which the Appellant paid to Mr. Jackfon, who in a 'bort time after failed for England. '1 he circumftance coming to the knowledge of the Board of Revenue and Prefident of the floricil, they fummoned the Appellant to appear before them, and to pay the pagodas which he had received from the Nabob, in to their hands, for the life of the EaR India Company. The Appellant, at this time, was extremely ill, rod could not attend the fummons. He fent a wriocn anfwer, Rating, that he was not a regiftered Dubalh in the Company's fervice ; that he was merely em ployed by Mr. Jackfon, to whom alone he was ac countable, and to whom he had given all the prefents which he had received from the Nabob for him. The Pretident and Board of Revenue were not fatisfied with this, and tent fome of the Company's phyficians to afcertain the Rate of his health. They reported, that the journey from his refidence to the Board might endanger his life, yet this did not avail, and he was forced to appear ; when he perfirted in his ftatement, that he had received none of the prefents for himfelf. The Board and Council, in confequence, ordered him to fwear to the truth of this, which lie hefitated to do, being confcious of his innocence, and an oath in the Hindoo religion being adminiftered with a great number of religious ceremonies, and a man in that country who is not believed without an oath, having a Rig= attached to him through life ; at it is confidered that he has undergone a kind of purgation. The Appellant was, in confequence, caft into prifon ; when, after fome time, he paid the pa. godas ; and, becaufe he Rill perfilled that Mr. Jack. lon had the pagodas, he was obliged to undergo the degrading religious fuperßitious ceremonies of an oath, and fwear difgrace to himfelf. After this was complied with, he was Rill detained, in confequence of a letter from Mr. Lufhington, who fucceeded Mr. Jickfon,'llating, if the Appellant was liberated, per. fond would not be •fo willing to come forward to make complaints againft him, as if he was in confine menr. The Appellant made another appeal againft the Board of Revenue. He was env!, ed by a per fon to make out his genealogy, to give l'iro title to a large principality and dive, which he did accord ing to his employer's direelion, and which enabled him t get polreflion of the principality and elate.— His employer rewarded him with a prelent of one ihrufand pagodas. It turned out that the genealogy was not corre4l—but this was not proved by any le gal evidence, but merely on the report of a Mr. Ra venfhlw, who had his account from the man who wanted to difpoffefs the poffeffar. For this the Board of Revenue had thought proper to affume a power, and fine him 25 - 00 pagodas, charging him with hav ing been guilty of immoral condua. He then brought his cafe before the Couit of Madras ; but the poor oppreffed Appellant had no chance there, for every Counfel was retained againtl him. The Court, however, remitted the fine of 2503 pagodas, which had been inflicted by the Board of Revenue, confidering it illegal ; but refufed to interfere in the affair of the prefents, confiderit g them to fpring out of an illegal tranfatlion, and likewife refufed cogs. The SOLICITOR GENERAL, on behalf of the Ap pellant, contended, that admitting the tranfaaions to be illegal, the Board of Revenue could not polllbly have any thing to do with them, Sir JOHN ANSTROTHER afked, if a highwayman could be robbed ? The SOLICITOR GENERAL. replied, certainly. One robber could not take the property that another had been Healing, without beirg guilty of the fame of fence. The Learned Gentleman concluded, with praying their Lordfhips to order the immenfe fums that had been extorted from the Appellant by the Board of Revenue, with intereft, the cons in India, and the colts of this appeal, to be reaured to him. Sir JOHN Ansrx OTHER faid, that the Lrn-d Prefi• dent himfelf, and all the Lords prefent, confidered this an application of very great importance; for his part, he had but lately come from India, and he ne ver heard of fucb conclud as that reprefented to have been pradlifed by the Board of Revenue, as they could not potlibly poffefs any more power than any indifferent perfon pafUng in the fireet—it was there fore their with to be in potrefEon of all the original proceedings, and every document relating to the bu linefs, to perufe them before they came to a decilion; and adjourned hearing the Attorney General for the EMI India Company, to a future day. Saturday morning, the 31ft ult. about five o'clock, the dwelling houfe anal fhop, poffeffed by Mr. Tho. mas Gemmel!, and Baillie Dunlop, opp3file to the fleeple of Irvine, was difc•;vercd to be on fire, and hardly time left for the poffeffors to efcape with their lives. The alarm bein t , given, the inhabitants im mediatety affembled, and with the Alliance of the water•work', were enabled to prevent the flames from extending to the adjoining buildings, which were alfo in imminent danger. But notwithfianding every exerticn, the front and back buildings, in- which the fire was firft difcovered, together with Mr.Gemmell's whole flock of gouda (no part of whole property was infured) were entirely confumed. Boxixc.—A bruifing match, t - etween a thee maker, in Poland-theet, and a waggoner, named Jones, took place on Saturday near Twickenham, in confequence (1 a difpute at a public hook, which proved fatal to the former. The contelt failed up wards of three quarters of an hour. The !aft blow the thoemaker teceive , l was on the left fide of his head, by v. hich he fell, aiTarently dead. After being removed, he revived, attd was fuppofed to be st. a Lair way of recovery, but expired on Nlonday.