Star. — London, England, 1811-05-30 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 30. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,. Cons. money 64if—for accornt 65 3 per Cent. Reduced 65/1-4 per Cent. 790 5 per Cent. Navy 96} 97—Excheq. Is. dis, to 21. prem. Bonds 16s. 17s. pre.—Ommum pre. Official details have not yet been received of the desperate battle fought near Baclajos on the 15th.— We are concerned to state, however, that intelligence has been received in town, which affords but small grounds of congratulation as to the final results of that battle. The loss of the allies is said to have amounted to 8000 men. The French are said to have completely succeeded in raising the siege ; Sottr having renewed the engagement with an increase of numbers which overcame all opposition. The follow. ing letters from Lisbon give us too much reason to believe this statement to be correct : " Lisbon, May 18. " Our troops in the Alentejo having raised the siege of Badajos, and confined themselves to merely watching the place, the great body of the army in concert with Castanos, Ballasteros and Blake, has marched to encounter Soult, who is at Zafca, advancing to succour Badajos; and at this very moment we have learned that a great battle has been fought, in which the French have been defeated. Albuera, where the battle was fought, is tout' leagues from Badajos. Major King, and two or three Subalterns, are all that escaped of the Buffs ! " On the 13th, Lord WELLINGTON sent of the Sth and 7th Regiments (Piston's and Housioun's) to reinforce BtaItSFORO. The are espeeted to join at Campo Mayor, on the 93d. His Lord: up is also on his way to the South." A letter of the 19th states that MASSENA has been recalled to Paris, and that MARNONT is to command in his stead. This letter concludes with a report, the confirmation of which would be of great impor tance, namely, that the French had evacuated Ciu dad Rodrigo. Letters received by the Heligoland Mail of yester day state, that it was expected that there would be another Congress at Erfurth, at which NAPOLEON, ALEXANDER, and FRANCIS would meet. The follow ing is an extract from one of the letters by the above Mail:— HELIGOLAND, MAY '2l. " The communication with the opposite coast is, if posbible, more t! ricult than ever. A Captain arrived here yesterday, at the risk of his life, bringing an account of the arrest of four per .ons in Hamburg's, two of whom have been sent to Paris for trial. Hamburgh is garrisoned by Hanoveriatis. Lord GLORGIC STUART a week ago made another attempt upon the enemy's flotilla in the Elbe, but without success, the boats lying so close in under the batteries. OS We have reason to believe, that matters are b a very onset. tied state on the Continent, particularly in Holland, but war is Ito lartsprApoked for between Russia and EraLdk." One principal cause assigned for the late disagree ment between these two powers, is a peremptory de mand by NAvoLzox, of an old debt due from the Russian to the Dutch Government. The Captain above alluded to brought a Hainburgh paper of the 21st inst. the only news contained in which is, that the fortress of Trento has surrendered to the Russian fleet ; and that the stores at that place fell into the hands of the Imperialists. Yesterday morning turning out very boisterous at Windsor, with winds and rain, his MAJESTY and Prin cesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA did not take their morn ing's airing on horseback, neither would the weather permit his MAJESTY to walk on the Terrace. Her MAJESTY held a Council yesterday, at Windy sor, which was attended by the Duke of MONTROSE, the Archbishops of CANTERBURY and YORK ; Lords AYLESPORD, WINCHELSEA, ELDON, and MORTON ; Sir W. GRANT, &c. The Members arrived about twelve o'clock at the Queen's Lodge, where they examined the Doctors. After the Council was over, they went to the Queen's Lodge tco dinner. Dr. ItavNoLos, one of his MAJESTY'S Physicians in Ordinary, is so severely indisposed at Brighthelmstotte, that his life was despaired of yesterday mprning. On Tuesday the Marquis of HA armaroN's coming of age was again celebrated, by a sumptuous enter tainment being given by the Noble Duke, his father, on the lawn at the back of Devonshire House, to the lower servants of all the branches of the ancient and highly respectable Houses of DEVONSHIRE aectslier. Epsom Races commenced yesterday, but the tin favourable state of the weather, together with a lack c,t sport, gave the course a very dull appearance.— 'l'he fit st day is interesting to these only concerned :•t the business of the turf. This day and rriday are the grand days, on the first of which 16 horses will start for the Derby race, and on tbe se c ond nearly an equal number for the Oakes. In favourable weather the course of the Derby race is noted for producing the first display of gaiety and fashion of any race in England. At a late Meeting of the Members of the Jockey Club, held at Nevrmarket, it was resolved, that all acts on the Derby and Oaks Stakes at Epsom, and also on the St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, shall be -onsidered as play or pay bets as heretofore ; but !lac no bets shall be made after the lst day . of June or any other race (except double bets) shall t sn,:idered as p. p. unless expressly agreed to be y the parties. _ • _ _ A gcr.tleman who arrived at Plymouth, on pion-' (sky, from Lisbon, which place he left the II th inst. s:ates, that he has travelled over a great part of Por tigal since the enemy began their retreat ; and that :71 every place, the business of agriculture was almost. wliclly neglected. He, however, assigns two strong reasons for this neglect; first, the absence of most bt the aztiva male population with the militia and regu- I a- army, and the uncertainty of the inhabitants as to !!:^ enemy's return. The late events will no doubt induce them to consider themsel7cs tolerably secure n that bead. THE ARMY. The Grand Review before the NIKE REGENT, in tended to have taken place on the sth of June, is put off till the 7th, so as not to interfere with the grand entertainment to be given by his Royal Highness in honour of the King's Birth day. • The 2d battalion of the 71st Highland Regiment, 650 strong, from Leith, which landed at Ramsgate on Thnrsday last, marched into Deal barracks or. the following day, to join the depot of the Ist battalion which is stationed there. Eight troops of the 34 (nr King's Own Dragoons) are to embark for Portugal immediately after the Review: they will receive a supply of horses from the Bays. The ISth Light Dragoons replace the 13th Light Dragoons on King's duty after the Review. The 9th Light Dragoons are to embark for Portugal, forthwith. Lord PAGET" it is said, is going out again to com mand the cavalry in the Peninsula and that he may be able to serve under Lord WELLINGTON, the latter • is to have a step, mid to have the local rank of Gene,' ril in . Spain and Portugal. This arrangement will meet with the. general approbation of the service, for Lord Pitorr is an excellent cavalry Officer. Colonel Drotwonrn, who was killed at Albuhera, is the son of the gallant Admiral Sir J. D'Altivortru. The llth regiment of Dragoons, and six troops of the 12th, have probably arrived in Portugal some time since; so tha Lord WEtaaso - rox's inferiority in that arm has not long continued. Upwards of 10,000 in fantry,it is said, are to be immediately sent to Porttig.d. Large quantities of ordnance and ammunition are collecting at the depots at Plymouth, to be sent out to Spain and Portugal. A part of the 9th Light Dragoons, and several detachments of corps, have also arrived at Plymouth, to embark for the same country ; and a sloop or brig of war is ordered to be got ready, to take out a number of military officers,,, c..) join the regiments now in Portugal, suppoced t o fill up the vacancies occasioned by the late sanguinary conflicts. Tuesday two companies of the 51th, being volun teers from the Militia, marched for Norwich from. Yarmouth. IVAY.eIL INTELLIGENCE. TORtAY, MAY 2.6. Arrived his Majesty's ship -THEBAN, with eleven large ships, viz. the Charles Mills, Walsingiarn, Siirry, Dover Castle, Lady Clszlereagh, Lor, Castlereagh, Moffatt, Marquis Wellesley, Upton Castle, David Scott, and Warren Hastings, East Indiamen, last from Portsmouth, put in by contrary winds. PLYMOUTH, MAY ss. Cann in the FtaHOUND from Scilly. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29. ~ Arrived his t fajesty's ship VuLTuttz,frciM Guern sey ; and the PY LADES sloop, with Admiral Warm on board, from the Mediterranean, and is put under quarant;ne. Also arrived the HAWKS from a cruise. —Put back the ROYAL GEORGE to Spitheati,-Wind DEAL, MAY 29. Wind S.W. blows hard.—Remain all as per last. SHAERNESS, MAY 29. This day the violence of the wind prevents any communication with the shipping, and the depar ture of the Baltic convoy—so soon as the weather moderates' it will sail: there are about 30 sail waiting to go wail it.—Wind S.W. blows a heavy gale. YARMOUTH, MAY 29. Yesterday evening arrived the TRINCULO sloop of war, with a fleet for Archangel, and this morning they get under weigh with a fresh breeze at S. W. Arrived from Heligoland the OSPREY sloop of war, and VIXEN gun-brig=-under sailing orders for the Baltic Blunts and CALYPSO.—Remain in the Roads with Roebuck and Desiree. LEITH. MAY 25. Arrived in the roads, this day, the Alton* gun. brig, from Gottenburgh.—Sailed the Cir a RLES atmed brig, to, the northward, to protect the fishery. LIST OF AMERICAN VESSELS RELEASED BY BON.%PARTL'S DECREE OF THE 4TII INSTANT: • Globe, Murphy j Atlas, Forbes ; Female, Creagh ; and Milo, Johnson, from' Baltimore ; Ann, Harris ed#,Udy ; Traveller, Prendergast ; and Grace Ann Green. Green, from New York ; Susan Emmeline, Hutchinson; Meteor, Hanley ; and Liberty, Sheer, from Philadelphia ; Hare, Bestody ; and Lydia, Ka. 1 hom, from Boston ; Sally, --; arid Adventure, Collyer, from Marblehead ; Alert, Nicholls, from Newbury Port ; and Bird, Evans, from Salem. FROM LLOYD'S I.IST. The Fountain, --, of I.ynn, coal-loaded, was lost in the Herd Sand, the ILuh inst.--Crew s:lye& 'I he 1-I,ldebrand, —, from Gibraltar to the limannah, was all well off Jamaica, the 10th ult. The Unim, Rennie, front Honduras, arrictd at Roam,' Bay, 22d inst. and sailed for Bristol Drat 'ay. By the American ship Union, B vita master, which arrived in Dover-roads, from Dunkirk, and landed se- veral passengers, we learn that the troops on the coast have all been lately marched off, and the duty ie .car ried. on by the inhabitants. Eztract of a letter from Liverpool :—"" As a r acer proof of the confidence that many people have of the trade being speedily opened between thiccotta try and 'the United States, a merchant here has 1-e -oeived orders froM his correspondent in America, who is well acquainted with the intentions of the Govern ment, to dispatch his ship, not in ballast, but with a cargo of salt and crates, in consequence of which she will sail immediately with a full cargo." By letters which were received yesterday from Tri niatsd, we are sorry to learn that serion.; misunder standings have arisen between General litstte, the Governor, and Mr. Smart, who was appointed by his MAJESTY as Chief Judge of the Island. The disputes teem to have been occasioned by the wishes publicly expressed of a great majority of the inhabitants, with Governor litst.or at their head, for the introduction of Ltitish taus. Mr. SMITH, on the other hand, insists upon the cntinuance of the Spanish laws. We un derstand that Governor HisLor is on his way home. in order to lay the whole circumstances lerfere his i'laiestfs Ministers. • L4# isaLLmsNct. 4,1 .".. L.. coluAT olt tortv 11ENtH,1411,. OnAth.•4nn Lord Ermumottiavon gave the judgment of the Court in this case. lt was an action brouglit.by the executor of the late Lord Gardner, to recover the - Admiral's share of certain prize-inoriey, arising trots the capture of three vessels, prises to bit Kijesty'a . ship la Loire, in the following circumstances A Admiral Drury was Commander of the Bee arn the Cork station ; he gave instructions to Capt. Maitland. Of Li Loire, to cruize in a certain latitude, end - if be should see or hear of any French . force being at.sea, that he should return to him (Admiral Drury), or give information to the Admiral commapding the Channel station, as should be most convenient. Cap tain Maitland received such advice as to the move ments of the enemy, as induced him to giveinforma tiois thereof to Admiral Gardner, who Commanded the Channel Fleet ; and from him he received in structions to go to Ferrol, for the purpose of meeting Admiral Calder, and of putting some men on board the Ajax, and he was also entrusted with the private signals of the homeward-hound Jamaica fleet, that if j he fell in with them he might yield them every assis tance. La Loire proceeded, fell in with Admiral Calder, and put the men on board the Ajax, after which she captured the prizes in question, and for the Admiral's share of which the present action was brought, two q , iestions arose for the consideration of the Court. First, if Lord Gardner intended that this ship should continue under his command after she had executed her otdcrs at Ferrol ? And Idly, "If Admiral Gardner could withdraw the vessel from un-. der the command of that Admiral to whose fleet she. was attached? On both points the Court were against the plaintiff.—Verdict entered for the defendant. MAY 28...-.-V7ANDSWORTII V. LAURIE. This was a Qui 'ram action - founded on the sth of . Elizabeth, chap, 4: sect. Sl. Against the defendant, a sadler, in Westminster, for employing ih the way of his business a person who had not serval% ipa re golar apprenticeship of seven years. The penalty is 40s. per month. = Two witnesses who had known Samuel Mansell (the person employed) in the country and in Lou don, and also Samuel Mansell himself, were adduced to prove that he had served an apprenticeship to the Sadlery business in Oswestri for five years, commen cing in February 1865, and that since November 18:0 he, hitd been in the employment of the defen dant, Mr. Laurie. Lord Et.LENeottoyon informed the Jury, that here there could be no doubt that the person employed had not been an apprentice, or served as an appren tice, for seven years previous to his employment bythe defendant ; it being in evidence that S. Mansell had never followed the sadlery business till February 1805 ; he must therefore have continued at it till 181 g, before , hecould have satisfied the Act. The only other questiog which remained was the periOd diming which the penalty had been incurred.—There were Acta, which a Court must give effect to; but still when repugnant to the natural feelings of man kind, they must do so with reluctance. Mr. PARK, for the plaintiff, said he wished only to take one penalty. Verdict for plaintiff—Damages 40s. HUMP V. HOLIDAY. This was an action of replevin, brought by the plaintiff, a shoe-maker, in Oxford-street, against the defendant, his landlord, under the following circum stances. The plaintiff held his house of the defen dant, at the yearly rent of £136. 10s. the rent paya. ble quarterly. On the 27th of June list, the defen dant called at the plaintiff's house, and said he was come to distrain for a quarter's rent due the Lady Day preceding. To this plaintiff answered, he had paid his rent up to that time ; there was none due but to Midsunimtr; and if that was what he wanted, he was ready to pay it; and immediately made a ten— der of 404. 2s. 6d. being the amount of a quarter's rent due to him. The defendant, however, refused to take it, and delivered him - a notice and went away, leaving a man in possession. About four hours af terwards he returned, and said he had made a this- I take in the notice; he now fogad. out that there wa s ! no rent dui till idsummeraclai, and that he intendedl to seize for ; giving the plaintiff. another notice so amended. The plaintiff said there was nn necessity for his distraining for that. and again tendered hi m the money; but the defendant - refused to receive i unless the plaintiff would pay the expences of the: 1 levy. This the plaintiff refused to do; and no* brought his wit* for an improper distreis. The Jury found for the:plaintiff, who consented to take a kverdict for £5. 13s. 6d. being the expences of -the Replevy Dosed. . , MAY 29.—magc• THE KtNO v. WHITE, ritorsurrpit OP THE ODE* PENDANT WHIO4 This was an indictment against the defendant as the proprietor and publisher of-a weekly newspaper called the Inde pend ent Whig. Mr. WARREN, on behalf - of the defendant, applied to put off the trial of this cause until the Sittings-after the nett Term, upon the grounds of indisposition on the part of the defendant. Mr. Warren stated, that 1 he had a very full and satisfactory affidavit in support of his application. The defendant had been cone:led I now near three years in the jail of Dorchester, under the sentence of that Court, for a libel -published in the paper before alluded to, and the *expiration of ,' that sentence will take place on tha I gd of .fuly next. The affidavit stated, that in consequence of his long imprisonment and other causes, the defendant was considerably indisposed from a tumor in his neck and a bilious affection of the liver, so as to render him in. capable olgiving the necessary attention and instruc tions preparatory to 11' s defence. That as it wa slii sinten tion to make his defence in person, it was, from these circumstances, impossible for him to be now prepared 1 to take his trial, and as the Sittings after the next 1 Term did not commence until the ith Ally, he should I be their prepared with his defence. 1 The ATTORNEY GEN ER A 1., for tie prosecution, said, lie did- not wish to deal harshly by this defendant, and should not object to the trial being postponed until the Sittings alter the next Term. The Learned Judge acquiesced, and the trial ar- OLD RAaßr. Yesterday the Sessions commenced, before 0:e LORD MArOn, Mr. Justice GiIAS, Mr. Baron GRA* Nam, the Racoanitit, &c. w;ien twenty-fite prisoners were tried, one of whom was capitally convicted, vie. 'Wm Cooley, for stealing 7011 n. of raw silk, limb / A:14 % tie goods of Wm. Maddick, in his dwelling-house. William 7 hazier and William Thenotoot were next tried on an indictment cliargiug them with stealing , 14114. of coffee, value twenty saillings, the property of the King, or :if some other parson or persons un. known.. The prisoners it appeated were Excise Oth. cers, and in the execution of their ditties weer or. . board the Mater Rosa, a merchant vessel, from liot. bite, laden with coffee, which was in the We%t India Docks. ' On their coming from on board, they were observed by a Police officer, named Peirce, a ho from suspicions that arose in Lis mind from their appear ante, followed and searched then, and in their ha - s and pockets fonnif the coffee specified in the indict ment, which Thompson confessed he had taken from the vessel in question, and on examination it was dn. covered that a plank had been wrenched open in tie bulkhead, and through that aperture it was mans-. fest that coffee had been taker. On a subsectiel t search, the bag which lay within that part of the • bulk-head where the plank •had been removed was cnt,.and from 14 to 201bs, of coffee was missed.... These facts were clearly and satisfactorily proved br several witnesses, and the prisoners were found Guilty. William Smith and Fraileitco PO; were convicted of stealing two brass sheaves, and a brass-pin, the pm petty of the Company of Merchants trading to Hod son's Bay, from on board the Prince of Wales, lying •in the London Docks. Samuel Ember was also convicted of stealing sere• ral articles of wearing apparel in the dwelling•house of Wm. Lowndes, Esq. on the 21st instant. It ap• =3, that he went down the area of Mr. Lowndes's , and was detected in the act of stealing the ar tact, in question from a window which stood open. WsEarn "farms, Charles Siatmessdt, • and William Newton, were capitally indicted for burglarious)? breaking had entering the house of Elizabeth White, and stealing therein two shirts, four muslin handker chiefs, and dicers articles, her -property, on the night of the 17th of April last. From the testimony ad duced in support of this charge, it appeared , that tl. d Imasectiteix, who is a widow-woman, residing at Hes ton, within a mile of Hounslow, and takes in wash ing, went to bed on the night in question bstween twelve and two o'clock, having first properly secured her doors and winiows. About four o'clock she yeas called up by a man named Knowles, who told her that her house had been robbed. Sbe immeditttly dressed herself, and on going down stairs. discovered that apiece had been cut nut of the window shutter, by which means the sash had been lifted up, and the articles particularly specified in the indictment were taken away. She gave information of the circum. I stance to Mr. Cook, the Chief Constable of Nouns. low, who, attar he had examined the premises, wrote to London for Smith, a Bow-street OfEcei who came down in the course of the day, and assiste d in appre hending the prisoners to whom suspicion attached, and in whose possession part of the property was found. On searching the persons of Andrews aid Simmonds, a pistol, loaded with slugs, some powder and shot, two large knives, crepes, and a pair of.plu cers, were found ; and in the house of Newton; who kept an oyster-stall in Hounslow, the remainder of the articles stolen was discovered. The Jury being of opinion that it was probable the • offence was committed after the break of day; ac- quitted the prisoners of the burglary, and fOund them 'guilty of the simple larceny. Bazella Bea=le_y and William ifrckto (two boys) were indicted for - burglarionsly erittßng the house of G. Rogers, keeper of the Kingstind toll-bar, and stealing therein 49 penny-pieces. It appeared, that on the evening of the 12th of April, the prosecutor had left his house for about an 1 - .-our, when the two prisoners, accompanied by a • Kirley, who was admitted an evidence, opened a win.. dow, and took out th.: penny pieces, which stood nn the cill of it. J. Armstrong, an officer, Apprehended them, and on Archer be found 29 penny p.cces. The house being occupied by differewmen intern. was held by the Learned Jud e not to be legally th e . dwelling-house of am one oheni. The Jury, there fore, found,theth gutity of simple felony. . '• • The foNowsng were also convicted of felony wimens-winwst, for stealing qtrer . pounds awls ballot solder, iht: property of T. u , ooth.. • .. . • I W. Debbatt, for s;ealing a parasol, the propirty of • 1. Busk, fur a ** a nini...gany chat of sk.awstii, as ehboy bax, and other article, the property of J. Walker. 4.. %callus, Barris, for stealing a moo 6: elover Itit, the propeny of Meows. Hope and rape. • W. Joht‘oo, for stealiog two tea s.no : t i 0 t • property 'of 1. i Robinson. * • • !:13+;x., ror stealhni psunde of cheer.' tbe.proverty of 1 4 4s:sprs. ltenold, and Coventry. J. Haincworth, for stoollog.l9 nutmegs, thelformty, of 1. C. liewson and Judith Bradford, for stealing a brooch, the roperty o:Geortc Coggin,. 1 • 3. G . corge, for stealing a box, containing Sows wide of wecr irg vparel, the proFvrty of I). Millard; amid • . _ . Mary Smith, for stealing a child% crock, the property of J. 'Parkin. And four were acquitted, viz. T. Davis, J. Bottum, IL %Imola, and W. Harper, who was ordered to remain. In the Recorder's Court, Dublin, on.the 21st inst. Mary Connor was indicted for stealing a cravat, a shirt, a waistCcnt, a jacket, and els in bank notes, the property of Hill, a sailor, recently discharged from a man of war. Tye piosecutor was taken to the house of the prisoner. in Dame -court, by one Catha. rine Brown, *here a quarrel ensued, when Brown struck him, and on Iris resisting, Connor broke up a chair,' with a part of which the struck and rendered hirtl senseless; while in 'that state, they stripped and iebbed him. •He was so desperately cut that it was some time before- he could quit the house; and on his departing, he met two watchmen, who took 4 back to the house, and the next day secured Co , lint Brown bad eloped. She was found guilty, and the Recorder in passing sentence, lamented the in dictment had ant been laid•capibilly, as a snore atro. cious offence had.scarcely ever come within his cog nizance. He, however, sentenced her to 14 yeart