Star. — London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

THE CONTINENT. It appears by German, Swedish, and Danish pa rrs to the 15th, that reports of an approaching rup. tare between Austria and France continue to be cir ctil.ited in the North ; with e importt addition t he army of the Duke AV th ERSTADT Was in motion Hanover, and the neighbouring districts ; and the Prince of PONTE CORVO had received dis ritches from France which had occasioned particular sensations at Hamburgh. Among other hostile de- Inonstrations, Austria continues to form large stores o f c ; rain from the neighbouring states, particularly f r nni Bavaria. private aclvices state, that NAPOLEON'S precipitate return from Spain was occasioned by dispatches which he had received from Petersburgh, informing him that the Emperor of AUSTRIA had made known to the Emperor ALEXANDEIt his hostile determina on against France, in consequence of NAPO LEO'S conduct towards Spain, and solicited his co operation in the common cause of all legitimate Mo narchy'. It is added, that some fr t her information on this subject had been obtained by means of an i,,, terc epteci letter from the QUEEN of PRUSSIA, to her father, the Duke of NIECKLENBURGII STRELITZ, in /c hid ; she expresses a hope that her husband would el:Tar be restored to his former rank in Europe. Th e use, it is said, which ALEXANDER made of the overture was, to send it off immediately to the French Emperor, and the communication induced his imme eiate departure from Spain ; nor is it unlikely that fie greater part of his army is by this time on its re tian to France. The news from Sweden states, that his Swedish ',lajcsty remains as firmly determined as ever to listen to no terms of accommodation with NAPOLEON. All the accounts are silent respecting the reported 2.:ernpt to assassinate the Archduke CNosTANTINE, at Petersburgh. Kr. ADAIR, according to the Hamburgh Corres- 1 c ondenten, has been allowed to land at Sestos, on the 11:dandles, where a house has been provided for him by the Turkish Government. The new Grand Vizier, MAnNiEr A(:A CslAucll, is far advanced in years, ..1;1d is deficient in the activity and energy necessary tinder the circumstances he is placed. Although BONAPARTE consented to evacuate the Prussian States, with the exception of the fortresses of Stettin, Custrin, and Glogau, he has, by subse quent orders, extended round each a line of demarka tion, within which no Prussian, troops are to be al lowed. This line was made to comprehend the city of Frankfort on the Oder, and it was with great diffi culty, and by the interference of Russia, that Frank fort was allowed to become a point of communica tion between the different parts of the Prussian do minions. Friday being the Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S birth-day it was kept by their MAJESTIES andshe Royal Family at Windsor. His Royal Highn s completed his, thily-tifth year. Saturday the Duke of YORK waited on h's MA .cry, o particular busine s ; in the afternoon he re tunl:cl to London. 1: is reported that all our Admir ils on foreign sta-' t; .n., ;mrnediately changed. Sir CHARLLS COT; St:CCcedS Lord COLLINGWOOD, who has not set iot on shore these four years ; and Admiral DE Co:licy replaces Sir SIDNEY SMITH at the Brazils.. 'a:: EDWARD PELLEW has been recalled from the East ; but his successor has not yet been named. Thursday the Lords of the Council met at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, which was attended by the Lot; i) PitESaDENT, the MASTER of the ROLLS, the JurQE of the AnmitiALTY, Sir W,LLErAm WYNNE, and Fir Jolts Nicnot" when a question respecting the alnisb Loans in the West Indies was argued at con siderable length by the ATTORNEY GENERAL and the JUDGE ADVOCATE on one side, and Messrs. DALLAS STEPHENS on the other. The Court adjourned CI next Tuesday. Sir JosErtt BANKS has been elected Recorder of Boston, in Lincolnshire, in the room of the late Duke (iANCASTER, who filled that office seventeen years. Dr. ANDREW GRANT'S Account of Brazil will ap pc,ir in a few days. It contains, we understand, much impor.ant information, collected during a long resi daice in that country. Spanish property, to a very considerable amount, Fas been removed to Gibraltar since the surrender of Madrid to the enemy. FASHIONABLE PROM ENADE.—Yesterday the weather' Proved inviting, and the promenade displayed a pha. 11 55 of gay visitants.—Fashion has hoisted her stand ard in Hyde Park, and the amateurs of dress, from the milliner to the Marchioness, fall in the ranks; and the predominant rage for fine clothes produces a mas.' querade every bright Sunday. On the promenade, which emanates as many colours as the prism, the 52: 1 ; inz is often dressed like the mistress, and it fre- Slm . iy I ccurs this dashing Belle proves to be no other a il.undry maid. The motley characters which ( 7 .:pf the pedestrian groups generally assume a e, and, like Cloten, the Queen's son, expect to be nby their clothes. In this description we can ot al :::de to persons, who, by rank and manners, d Beau Montle. Several. Ladies of distinction a1P":1 , ..d in orange, purple, crimson, and green pelis ;s, tr.anned with lace and beautiful ornaments. As (~,:tree constantly attracts notice, it is superfluous '• l d , -;, that they were generally admired. The four drivers exhibited their usual dexterity. Lord i • f., Mr. BARING, and others of the Whip, drove .rieti , em in grand style. The horsemen diver .,. ;J:e scone, and cantered en militezire before the 'fbe carriages formed two lines, and pre : nmst pleasing appearance, by the splendour t ~' i...e ( i l 4.lges. Among the company we noticed I. ,ichess of ST.ALRAN's, the Marchioness of STAR the Countess of WATERFORD, Lady ELLENzo '`:l:2'll, the Duke of ARGYLE, Lord ABERDEEN, Lord Ki.AND, the Earl of BUCKINGJIAMSIIIILE ) and many 4 rs of rauk.. ARMY. • The 74th Regiment from Fort George, marched through Glasgow on Tuesday morning for Kilmar nock, on their route for Ireland. . Monday and Tuesday last, the 72d Regiment, up wards of 600 strong, arrived at Belfast from Scotland. Monday, the 73d Regiment of Highlanders dis embarked at Cowes, from Scotland, and marched 'to Newport, to remain till transports arrive to take them to relieve the 102 d Regiment at New South Wales. Monday the 2d battalion of the 78th, or Rosshire Regiment of Highlanders, embarked at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, for Scotland. Thursday the Sussex Militia marched from Bexhill to Hailsham Barracks, and on the same day the Car narvon Regiment to Pevensey Barracks. Last week passd through Maidstone, ht three di visions, the Northumberl a nd r e g i men t f militia from Winchelsca, on their route to Chelmsford. Monday last, the 45th regiment of foot, lately re turned from Spain, marched through Canterbury, on their route to Nottingham. Same day, the East Suffolk militia marched from Maidstone to Sheerness, to relieve the Ist Surrey, who are ordered to Chelmsford : they march in two divi sions, the first passed through Chatham on Monday. Friday night Major General HILL, attended by his Staff, Major FORDYCE of the 81st, and Lieutenant HILL of the Royal Horse Guards, set out for Cork to take the Command of the Expedition that is abutted) sail from that harbour on a particular service. t.: , set Tel hi! to I:Z 11 01 11 is I tc 2. b I I a 1 t st re r- te RF - )n it. of •d, in [at 81 ir- gh he i i s of DR URT.LANE THEATRE. We have very few facts to add to the account we gave on Saturday of the destruction of this superb structure. It is a total loss. Up to two, on Saturda) morning, no fatal accident had happened ; hut about three o'clock, one of the fragments of the wall Russell -street, in falling into the street, killed a p or ' man, who was indiscreetly standing at a door . ppo• site to the place. Another person was wounded, but not severely. Thc walls fell to the ground, at inter vals, as the fire consumed the timbers in their centre; but the danger was visible from the cracks— and they generally fell inwards. Through the whole night, however, the tottering fragments hung in the most tremendous form—and raised the most lively attention of the spectators who watched their fall. On Saturday evening, at six o'clock, the wall at the east end fell with a tremendous crash, on the side next Drury-lane. The warehouse of Mr. Allen, the tallow-chandler, together with that of Mr. Hughes, the oilman, and some back premises belonging to the Harlequin (public-Souse), were completely buried in the ruins. There was also some slighter damage done to the dwelling-houses of these and other persons ; but the crash was for some time expected, and there was nopersonhurt._ A high pailing fence has been properly erected round all the avenues to protect the passengers from further accident. . The first cause of the fire yet remains undiscovered. We now learn that when Mr. KENT, accompanied by Mr. NISBETT and Mr.. PHILLIPS (who both live in, Vinegar-yard), first got into the Theatre, followed soon after by Mr. HODSON, they observed a woman in tke house as well as the two watchmen. She seemed frantic, and ran about shrieking and putting out the candles which these persons lighted, to endeavour to discover the engine and pipes. This was in the first moment, and when it was doubtful where the fire actually was. Even upon this point the statements differ. The labourers who were in charge of the house say, they first observed the flames in the room above the saloon, where the plumbers had been at. woi k ; but Mr. KENT and Mr. NISBETT say they cer tainly saw it first, or at least as soon, in the lobby below the s.►loon, as in the saloon itself. But they all agree that the burst was nearly instantaneous.-- What is most singular, and which is to be made the subject of particular investigation, is, that no one of the people of the house knew the woman that was observed when the flames first burst out, nor has she been heard of since. She is described as a large bulky woman, of ruddy complexion, and they say that she was half undrest. Mr. MATHEWS, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. DE CAMP, and Mr. PENLEY, the performers, were at the house of RICHARD WILSON, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields, when the alarm was given of the Theatre being in flames. They all started together. The three first were just in time to save their properties. Mr. PENLEY arrived only to see his dressing-room enveloped in fire. It has been said that the reservoir was empty of water. This is not true. A fireman belonging to the British, of the name of White, had the care ot it,l and but two days before he had inspected the pre mises, the engine, pipes, plugs, and buckets, and they were all in order. If there had been persons in the house, who knew where to lay their hands on the pipes and buckets, when the fire was first discovered,' the theatre might have been saved. The rapidity of the flames was unexampled. As -soon as it reached the front boxes, it ran along like a train of powder. This was owing to the very dry oil painting of the fronts. From the boxes it communi cated to the fly-wings of the stage, and thus spread one universal torrent of fire over the whole hollow extent of the. Theatre. If the walls had been a solidi mass of masonry, like the Albion Mills, the fire would; in all probability, have been limited to the area ; but the building, as we have stated, was a timber carcase, nogged and faced with brick, so that when the fire reached the beam-ends, the casing gave way, and piece after piece was precipitated to the ground. The baker's shop closely adjoining the building of the Theatre in Drury-lane, does not appear to have been in the least damaged, nor even disturbed. It was open on Saturday, and at business, as if nothing had happened. The next house down the lane, in which was the stage door, and the next house to that, which was the Treasury, do not seem to have been injured by the fire, though they are disordered, some of the windows out, &c. One man standing at the end of Crown-court, had his leg broke by the fal ling of a brick. The following is a correct statement of the amount of the Insurances effected on the property : British Fire Office . • . Imperial Hoye 10,000 Eagle . 6,500 af $l,OOO f: ' - - NAT, IL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, FEB. 24. • Arrived the Daniel, PAINTER, and the Fly, RAMP sox, from Cork I the Vine, MARTIN, and Deodana, R.OSKUI3I4 for Lisbon, to join convoy; Henry, DUN KIN, from Madeira, two months' passage, for Lon don • American brig Adamant, ALLEN, from Ply mouth.—Sailed the Susannah, BuTruEn, for Barba does ; his Majesty's ship HUMBER, GREAVES, for Portsmouth, with a fleet of transports under convoy; Sir Sidney Smith, COPPERY, for Hayti ; Hopewell, Qulcx, for Bristol ; his Majesty's ship SYBILLE, for Spain ; Duke of Kent packet, LAWRENCE, for Ja maica.—The Duke of Kent packet, COATSWORTH, with the mails for the Mediterranean, put back yes terday.—The Lisbon fleet passed this port yesterday morning.—Wind S. W. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2S. Came in the DOLPHIN, of 44 guns, from Ports mouth, with troops she is said to be bound to the West Indies ; Camel, Capt. GUARL, from Malaga, and Gibraltar, with fruit, for this port : she left at the latter place, the BULWARK, of 74 guns, and the WOOLWICH, of 44 guns, repairing, which had arrived there from the Mediterranean. The ACTIVE frigate sailed the Sd instant, from Gibraltar, with about 80 sail of vessels under convoy, for England, but it is said that the greater part of them could not get through the Gut. Before the Camel left Gibraltar, all the cannon that had been mounted on the lines at St. Rocque, were removed to the garrison at Gibral tar, in which the Spaniards assisted. The Camel spoke the Channel fleet all well, off Ushant. Sailed 1 the FOXHOUND, of 18 guns, with a fleet under convoy t,, the Westward. Came in the Emlyn, Capt. EVANS, twin Limerick; Joker, Capt. THOMAS, from Cork ; CRAWFORD, from Waterford, all laden with :,,visions, for this port; BLACK JOKE lugger, from 4:(.rbay, with victuallers. Came in also the LYRA, I of 18 guns, from a cruize, and sailed again immedi ately. It is reported that accounts have been just received here of the sailing of the Brest Fleet of 10 sail of the line, having troops on board, destination unknown. The FOXHOUND, of 18 guns, is put back by contrary wind. Came down the harbour this day, and anchored in the Sound, the JAMAICA of 24 guns, Capt. LYSAGIIT ; and the DIANA, 38, Capt. GRANT. YEBRUUAY 23. Arrived the Betsey tender, from Liverpool, with impressed men. The DOLPHIN, of 44 guns, Captain WATSON, has just (5. p. m.) made her number in the offing, but am not certain whether she is coming in or going down Channel.—Sailed the ADRIAN cutter, and ANN hired armed ship, to the Westward ; and the RALEIGH brig, of 18 guns, Captain MASEFIELD, on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 9.6. Sailed his Majesty's ship ST. ALBANS, to the West ward. The whole of the ships of war at Spithead and in the Harbour, are ordered to sea immediately. DEAL, FEBRUARY 25. • Arrived the PERUVIAN and CORDELIA sloops and DESPERATE gun brig from a cruize off the coast of France. FEB. 26.—Arrived the INDIGNANT gun-brig from a cruize ; ROYALIST sloop from Portsmouth ; BREVDA GERM gun brig from a cruize off Ostend. Sailed the ZENOBIA sloop for Sheerness ; CHEROKEE sloop on a cruize off Calais. REMAIN IN the DOWNS—The Princess of Orange, Venerable, Trusty, Blake, Saturn, Illustrious, Defence, Agincourt, Clyde, Enryalus, Peruvian, Cordelia, Fly, Podargus, Royalist, Blazer, Mariner, Exertion, Gallant, Desperate, Indigt ant, B revdageren, and Paz. HARWICH, FEBRUARY 26. .. • Sailed yesterday afternoon the Lord Nelson packet, Captain STEWART, with mails and passengers for Gottenburgh.—No arrivals since my inst. YARMOUTH, FEB, t 6. Sailed the BRUNSWICK, 74 guns EGERIA, BRITO.• MART, and BREVDAGEREN, SlelOpS of war; CENSOR, MARINER, and VIXEN, gun-brigs ; cn a cruize.— Arrived the EPHIRA, PRINCEWILLIAM, and CHARLES armed ships, and remain with the ROEBUCK, Vice- Admiral DocouAs; PRINCESS CAROLINE, Commodore PATER ; ABOUKIR, BELLEROPHON, STATELY, RICH MOND, and HAVOC, gun brigs.—Wind W. FROM LLOYD'S LISI4. GRAVISIND, Fits. 24.—Passed by the Cato, Linklaton, from Coruna; Mary Ellis, Harly ; Ranger, Gray; Nancy, Bisett ; London, Olderson ; Albion, Jellett ; and Two Brothers, Camlin, from Plymouth.--Sailed the Bountiful, Harrison, fOr Quebec ; Olive Branch, Scott; and Vicissitude, Goodsir, for Jamaica • Mary, Forster, for Madeira; Betsey, Walker, for Grenada; Ed ward and Charles, Cushing, for Philadelphia; Hopewell, Gary, for Barbadoes ; Ranger, Brand; Fortune, Wilson; and Golden Grove, Peace, for Demerara. The Betsey, Russell, from Belfast, for Glasgow, Is on shore near the Cumbraes, but the cargo will be saved. The Lady Boughtflower, is on shore on the coast of Ire land. The Vrow Gesina, —, has been taken, retaken, and arrived at Dover. The David, Belke, from the Baltic ; and the Catharine, Price, for Leith, are lost in Malmoe Bay. The Symmetry, from Rio Janeiro, for London; the Bed ford, —; and the Betsey, —, from Spain, fir London; the Endeavour, —, from Gibraltar, for London ; the Eliza, —, from London for Bristol; the Lent, Warden, laden with b r andy; and the brig Lizard, laden with lead, are captured and carried in to Calais. The Autumn, --.., from Riga, is captured and carried into Havre. The Flora, —, from Dartmouth ; and the Perseverance, from Limerick, for London, are captured and carried into Cherbourg. The Herald,—.—, from Madeira, for London, is captured and' carried into Dieppe. The Macclesfield, from London, for Surinam, was desert ed at cea, on the 13th instant, having lost her rudder, and being very leaky. The Helen, Giles, from Alicant, for Liverpool, struck on as anchor, in Holyhead harbour, and is full of water. The Thames, —, from Dundee, fur London, is lost on the Nore Sand. The Enterprise, Wylie, from Liverpool for Cadiz, is captured by the Hube French corvette. The Lady Peliew packet, is returned to Falmouth, with the mails of the 17th instant, from off Oorunsia. Two vessels are totally lost near St. Ives; one is said to be from Cork, and the other a West Indianian. The Harriet, Huntley, from London, for Oporto, has put into Plymouth harbour, leaky, and must unload. - - - ARRIVALS.—At Portsmouth, the Ocean, Purchell, from St. Übe's. At Liverpool, the Wentworth, Sharp, from the Florida:; Little Venus, —,' from Barbadoes ; Belinda, Wilson, from Newfoundland; his Majesty's ship Charlotte, -- and Hope, Teasdale, from Quebec. At Bristol, the Star, Spin k, from re neriffe. At St. Michael's, the Harmony, —, f rom L on d on. At Penzance, the Betsey, Teague, from Cork. At Poole, the Harmony, Sutton, from Cerk. At Cork, the Custine, Booth nig ; and the Erie, Patterson, from St. Übe., Off the Isle of Wight, the Alezatder, Nevin, from lahia. At Prince Edward's Island s the Two Brothers, ,from Plymouth. LAP mrkiLl2'",eivat."l.- ` i e 0 tY ILT OF kIN G BENCH, BM ad. THE KING V. PHAIRi This was an Indictment against the Defendant for perjury, in sviearing that Mr. Samuel Hawkins wig in Westminster. Hall on the 17th November last, or the day before, when he was in fact at that timd at Swansea. It appeared that on an application to the LORD CHANCELLOR on the 17th of Novemt er last, to postpone the heating of an application by Mr. H. it r, ' to supersede a Commission cf Bankruptcy, on _ground that Mr. Hawkins, who was to make an af!; davit in answer to that on which the application .1;)r the tupertedeas was made, was at a great dis!ance from town, the Defendant rose in the Court of Chan eery, and said, that he had seen Mr. Hawkins *hat morning in Westminster Hall. Mr. Haire as'a.td 11;in, if he would make an affidvvit of that fact, which be did on the following day, stating that he was will acquainted with Mr. Hawkins's person, and that he had seen him on the 17th November, or the day be fore, walking in W'estntinster Hall, with a Mr. Thompson. Mr. HART, the Counsel, and the Clerk of the Pub lic Office, in Southampton-buildings, proved these facts ; and it was otherwise clearly proved that Mf. Hawkins was at that time at Swansea.—The Defen dant was found Guilty. THE KING V. DUNBAR. ,This was an indictment preferred by Thomas Fox, an officer of the Customs, against the Defendant for 'assault and false imprisonment. The Defendant was an Officer of the watch-house, Ratcliffe-highway ; and it came out, that upon the Prosecutor's being stopped at twelve o'clock at night, as a suspicious person, under authority of an Act of Parliament, in stead of shewing the Officer his deputation from the Commissioners of Customs, he abused and assaulted them ; for which assault he had been imprisoned till he could be brought b e fore the Magistrate ti ct d y. Mr. GARROW, on behalf of the Prosecution, which it appeared was undertaken at the expence of the Commissioners of the Customs, declared, that as it ap peared their servant had not conducted himself pro perly, the matter would not be pressed further. The Defendant was accordingly found—Not Guilty. THE KING V. BEAUMONT. This was an information filed ex e fficio by his Ma jesty's Attorney-General, against the Defendant for a libel. The libel was published in The British Go Jr dian, in the form of a letter addressed to his Majesty, and signed ,6 An Englishman." The substance of it went to charge his Majesty with unconstitutional Government, by taking his measures not from his Privy Counsellors, his legal responsible and consti tutional advisers, but from a secret junta of hidden gAvisers, who were not responsible for their advice. Itcontained other strictures in very coarse language, in other parts of alledged improper conduct in the Royal Family. The libel being read, and the pub lication proved, Mr. CLIFFORD, for the Defendant, addressed the Jury, and contended, that the same doctrines had been published by Mr. Burke, the great Lord Chatham, and other eminent men in this coun try; andthat no prosecution had ever been instituted against them, for exactly the same doctrine as was contended in the present Paper. The ATTORNEY-GE NERAL replied.—Defendant Guilty. FEB LIAB iC 21. —THE KING v. troasevrasr. This was an information for a, libel upon the Duke of Sussex, published in a large hand-bill, lately placarded about the town, in which twenty guineas reward, and the Duke of Sussex being printed in large letters, struck the view of the passengers.— When the hand-bill was read through, it purported to state, that whereas an anonymous hand-bill, signed " A Yorkshireman," had been stuck up about town, 20 guineas reward would be given to any person who would prove the Duke of Sussex not to be the author of it. Mr. Horseman then went oa to add, that he would shortly publish the Englishman's letter to the King, in which he would examine a little into the mo rals of the Royal Dukes. Mr. ADOLPHCS, for the Defendant, argued this was no libel against the Duke of Sussex, as it did not charge him with any offence of a criminal nature. Lord ELLENBOROUGH told the Jury, that whatever held a man up to ridicule and contempt was a libel. Now strike out the name of the Duke of Sussex, and put in any one of their own, and then ask themselves whether such a bill, placarded about the streets, was not making a man contemptible ? The Jury found the Defendant—Guilty. COVE V. Assume. The plaintiff and defendant in this action were co assignees of a bankrupts' estate, the former a Quaker, and the latter a wharfinger on the Paddington canal. The parties were not well satisfied with each other, and the Quaker was for ever troubling the wharfin ger to inspect the books of the bankrupt's estate. In doing this, he frequently wrote insulting remarks on the margin of the book, and excited considerable warmth from the wharfinger. One day he presented himself at the defendant's counting house, accompa nied with a large dos, and a porter. He was told that it was inconvenient for him to inspect the books at that time, and that his frequent vists were as trou blesome, as they were unseasonable. The Quaker would take no denial, and words arising, the defen dant forcibly ejected the Quaker, his dog, and the porter, from his hous e. It was for the a sank thus committed, that the plaintiff brought his action. Mr. Gmtaow, in defending the suit, said, the con , duct of the plaintiff reminded him of the Quaker, who seeing a vessel a-head of the one in which he was " sailing, that impeded his way, addressed the helms man, and said to him, 44 Friend, I don't say if I was in the place thou art, that I would run down that vessel, but if thou puttest thy helm aport a little, thou may'st run bump against her, and peradventure [ sink her." So the Quaker, in the present action, though he would not assault the defendant himself, did all he could to provoke him to the commission of an assault. He therefore hoped the Jury would think the smallest damages sufficient. Verdict for plain tiff—Damages 4.05. CORN MARKET, MARK..LAN e, Fax. 27.—The vale of Wheat to-day are very numerous, but sales thereof ,maintain last prices. Barley in large supply, and keeps its price. Malt in plenty, and a trifle cheaper. Beans of the two kinds rather dearer. Al though there are very large arrivals of Oats, owing to a great demand this article, is not cheaper. Flour hardly at last prices, and few sales made at the ligh::st quotatior. j__L 1 .~li