Star. — London, England, 1809-10-10 00:00:00

Ar.i PAL LVTELLiGIAtZ. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 7. Arrived the American brig fletsey, Captain REN EV, from ChArante, with a cargo of brandy. The !sey had only four days passage.—Wind E. PLYMOUTH DOCK. OCTOBER s. 'he Two Brothers, reported in my last to have taken, arrived here in safety last night ; she had •ry narrow escape from the enemy, and was with ;ight, when they volt a large merchant Mg.— ived the HARLEQUIN hired armed ship from Deal; :he SNAPPER schooner from Rothefort : she had j pr;res, a French lugger and a brig, captured off ne hefort ; but on Friday night she lost sight of , rn . and cannot ascertain what port they have made. !ed the NAarissus frigate on a cruize to the west_ ; and the GLEANER hired ketch, in quest of a ch privateer. Another of the enemy's cruizers i ppeared off the Start this morning, and captured a me brig, with which she made off to the French ;t, unmolested. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 9. othing arrived or sailed to-day, except the Abe- M‘Kie, for Cadiz.—Wind Easterly: DEAL, OCTOBER 9. Came down from the River yesterday evening, af post, two American ships, Julius Cts.tr, an. ladne, and sailed on their respective voyages.— ! main in the Downs the ships as per last. Wind E. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. '' t A rcs r o.—No arrivals to-day.—Sailed the Sports 1, Moor, for Gibraltais ARRIVALS. Hoylake, the Flora, Gasken, from Netv Brunswick. At I, the Gust;ivus, Stanhury, from Carlsham ; Ann, Creswell, 3 Stockholm ; Knaigelwrg, and Berwick, Irwin, froth Andrews; and Fredet lei ' Carey, from Quebec. Off Berwick, raster, from Quebec. At Antigua, the Recompcnce, ~from Glacgow. AtTharbadoes, the General Wellesley, Itneriffe. At Lisbon, the Nero, Bowden ; and Cetes, hompion, from Liverpool ; Hercules, —, Voluntario, strellottomar, and Diligente, —, from Cork ; Bell, , ble, from Newfoundland ; Britannia, Morrison, from Lon- Aurora, Gomez, from Cork : and the Rebecca, Sullivan, , St !fast. he inviter, Darmeter, bound to the Baltic, is taken, and can. into Olbcrg, 'he Luusia Johlnua, Hillander, from Stockholm to Calmar, Ntrcry, Callen. from Waterford to London, Was taken t 14 Lys ago, off Beachy Head. and carried imo Dieppe.— . tn Indianian was taken .at the same time. .w IVP.Alpine, from Montreal to London, Hope, trrie, from Oporto to ditto; Greenock, —, from Plymouth fiel;ro7.::d; John and Grove, —, from Cork to London; —; and the Maddiscm, Frost, from Baltimore, are an 2 -arried into Dieppe, ',Ve arc happy to add, the ARDENT, 64, reported .ice been lost on Anhblt Reef, is arrived at Got itirg with little damage. There is a large convoy the Baltic bound to Engl4nd, on :heir passage, ;fisting of 240 sail. The Owen Glendore frigate ith the convoy, having the two sons of the Duke nusswicx on board, the one seven and the other years of are. .sterdAy his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES an clegant dinner party at. Carltnn House, Fall :sterday his Royal Highness the fluke of St7esEx I'd at his house in Pall Mall, from Windosqr. Th'i health of her Royal Highness the Princess LIA con,tinues to amend. 'our « aid PeAvy," the bathing woman at Tenby, mile! While engaged in her avocation on Fi 114, she suddenly dropt down in the water, and let,;!1 immediate assistance %%as given, she was :n out bfeless. An apoplectic seizure is the sup !(.l cause of h r death. ,nived, last Nueek, at Edinburgh, Lord J.. 1 MES .R y. SZ't off, from the same place, his Grace Duke of MoNTriosE, Rossmur S•ruwA 14 T, Esq. and STEWA ItT, of Alderston, and Mr. and Mrs. .KINS. vived at Swansea Great.ll, M. P. Colonel Peacock, Mr. troplen, M. P. wood, Msjor, Mrs. and the Misses Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs Mr. Greenwood. Mr. Blakemore, Mr. Loftu4, &c. &c. "he meeting of the Norfolk Whig Club at the ;el Inn, Norwich, on Thursday last. was numcr iy Attended. Mr. MINGAY was in the Chair, sup ed by M. WINDHAM, Sir .1. ASrI.EY, Mr. COKX, litotesitT, &c ' Among the toasts drank were be.dths of Lot S GIUN and GXENVII.I.E. with to them for their recent dignified and consis eillduct in refusing to juin the existing Admini- . 1 1Sintadit.;;La, a I).ithin b , *-n l ,-Lce in NToravia, died • , y, tl.O 1-lov..ard of Austria, Count VON 13Encn ‘). a of his liornane Ciotts. He travelled ,'-‘ll - (Te for IS years, and four years in Asia and rica, in order to become acquainted with the hap :ess and wretchedness of mankind, Ind everywhere Irc)mme the former and mitigate the latter. He conveited his fine castle of Bucklowiti, in Mora into an hospital for sick and wounded Austrians, ‘i:ont lie caught an epidemic fever, :h I:is life. Alia ;no I \''th, his Consnrt, and the PRINCE of PI:lcE, are still at Marseilles. The establishment :he Ex-King and Queen has been considerably re and the payments for maintaining it were so ,rul,ir and prN.:lrions, that they were reduced to necessity of selling part of their jewels to provide subsistence. er.terday se'nnight, when the Royal Spanish Mail, 7rt London for Falmouth, stopped at the Coach :n Sal:Amy, on removing the luggage for the i ',lnge of coaches, a boy about five years old was Id asleep at the bottom of the boot! On his being keßedt and questioned how he came there, he said tad been pl tying at hide-and-seek, in the Inn-yard .. I ( l . l .ine, and getting into the boot to hide, he fell ti), and was not awakened either by the putting the Ingme (which was light ), by the noise and nessing of the horses, or the removal of the coach 'ugh tlle streets of London; and he further asserted he had continued asleep during the whole of the limey though it seems more probable that he had tked at times, but was too much frightend by his .at:on to give the necessary alarm fir his release. told his name and reidence, and was immediately ;,za back toLondon in the same coach. Art \Eve bctsey The t very si;;1 !, r rive 311 j :h twtir Rrche then ; ward ; french i ppear large t coast, Notl tna, Canr ter pev Aria& tgai t r.n, N At H • 51.11, tf from Su St. And' the from It 'chomps Estrella Stable, don; A front Bt The I tied int( The I is ht.:. 11.1. alx,..t I A V.. (1 , Currie, to Hel; Melo, taLtn, We t, hdvi from tl. Lwisti Is with of Diu tine ye Vies to 11:d an M.ll. Yestc an wed Ths Ave i Poor i , no m dike alt . hou takcn posed c Ari.i Y.1,1,Ra the Dti Mrs. Arri Mr C Mr. Wo N The An gel ouslv cnrted Mr. II the be. thank, ten: ctt S:1 atie: At; t. • .tatetr, in Ent riles to pm. !rad et , via, in' n Attt Cite, the Pt: :he the net for ti.e Ver,t 'it N I • W!ce f :ttnci tt.,A•ake had ca I.at] asieti), in thrc, t i z h ' , rake -situat: tai Irtica Mt, corvvr The scene of riot which has so long disrgced the frequenters of this Theatre, was renewed last night, and the performance, as usual, was lost in sound and fury. At the opening of the doors a pugilistic corps took possession of the Pit, in support of the Managers. It was print pally composed of the children of Israel, with Dutch Sam at their head, and a body of consta• bles, armed with staves of authority. The Gallery folks appeared rather pacific at first, and some expec tation was entertained that the Play would proceed without interruption ; but this was a delusive hope, for, on the whole, we think the disturbance was as great as on any former evening. When the Band entered the orchestra, " God save the King" was performed amidst a general shout of approbation.— The curtain then drew up, and the actors were saint , ed by hisses, uproar, and the most discordant sounds. Those who were favourable to the Proprietors formed a large body in the. lower part of the Pit ; and when the boisterous pupils of /Eolus began to blow their horns, many of the fighting men rushed forward, and lore away the instruments of clamour in triumph, but not without giving and receiving many hard blows. It was evident that every precaution had been adopted by the police officers to restore order in the Theatre ; the aid of their auxiliaries seemed rather to increase than diminish the confusion. Townsend, whose appearance excites terror on the guilty, parad ed the boxes like a skilful commander, pointing out to his men the misconduct of the enemy. If a rattle vibrated in any part of the house, one of the police was dispatched immediately to the spot, and with great difficulty the officers succeeded in taking two from the galleries. • While the first act of the play was confined to dumb show, or pantomime, a paper was posted in the front boxes, with I'ersevere, and you arc sure to conquer. This instantly became the object of attack. It was seized by a gentleman in the same box, and torn to atoms.—A second was then exhibited, with John Bnil's Opposition • To John Kenthte's Imposition. A person stood ready to defend this from further violence,; but it was also torn down and destroyed.— SoMe blows were received and returned by the person who had stood forward as the defender of tni s placard. He was, however, soon taken out, and conveyed to Bow-street. By this row, and the endeavour to get into the boxes, three doors were torn off the hinges. The activity of the orricers had gained greatly on the uproar, and a sort of ;'*use ensued; but the admission of the half pra•.e peolle renewed the yell with all its (tssonance. The pit was soon filled, a in less than five minutes alter a s teneral fight ensad between the men visitants and the Constables. The scene was shocking to all orderly people; more than 100 clen:hed fists Were seen in constant action. Some fell down and were trampled under foot ; others fought despe rately ; but those who supported the Managers were ultimately overpowered, and I;)rced out of the pit.— The instruments of annoyance then increased, and not less than nine hullo, six rattles, and a large bird-clap per were going at one time, exclusive of bells, bugles, whistles, and sticks. A tremendous uproar conti nued during the remainder of the performance, and the curtain dropped without one sentence of the Play or Ft rce having becn heard. Many were severely bruised ; but we did not hear that any fatal acc:dent occurred. Dutch Sam was given in charge for as saulting a Lentleman, and taken to Bow-s r.Tt. Se veral others h4d disturbed the peace were also conveyed before the Magistrate. The audience, or rather assembly, remained some time in the house after the stage lights sunk, calling for Mr. KENIBLE, who did not come forward. Having sung " God save the King," and " Hearts of Oak," they dis persed, and by half-past ten o'clock the Theatre was cleared.. Among the placards were the following In an Eizlish Theatre all sllould see • and be seen, no Private Boxes. Notice.—To be Let nightly, Private Boxes, for the benefit of Mr. Krinbir and Mr. Harris, jun. The alo . vc was added to a drawing of a large key, with an allusion too gross to describe. The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, And those who live to please should please to live. Let not monopoly flourish. The voice of the Public should be obeyed ; The Public w ill never be satisfied with pat tial reports. Let us know how you dispose ofd 3 )7,000. If your Claim bt.• just, the People are ton just to resist it. Concealment 'just& s suspicion. All the placards, and all the exzlamations of the people, serve to confirm Our opinion, that the Mana gers ought to publish the items of their alleged ex penditure. The Bow-street Magistrates were vigilant and vigo rous in the petformance of their duty, during the evening, as will be seen under the article Police. Mr. O'CALLArsimx, who was matched last June to go ten miles within an hour, started to perform it on Saturday morning last._ The ground fixed upon was the mile neat the village4A Kilburn, on the Edgware road ; hczting 5 to 4 against him. Mr. O'C. however ran the distance in 58 minutes and 47 seconds. SiNOLE STICIt.---..PartiCillarS of the match of Single Stick played at Alresferd, on Monday, the 2d inst.— The players were nearly matched, four of Hants play ed against five of Wilts. The first prize was gained by Ellis, of Wilts, and the second by Michael Watts, a Hampshire man ; whose encounter with Carter, an other Wiltshire man, was as severe play as has been witnessed on any former occasion.—Michael Watts, having broken both their heads, became at last the only tyer with Ellis, whose superior play gained him the first prize. At the commencement of the play, Colemore, of Wilts, broke Newland's head, of Hants, after a severe set-to ; Harris then became the second opponent to Colemore, when a most severe contest ensued, and, after a considerable time, Harris beat Colemore so severely as to oblige him to quit the stage. Here Harris gained a head, and was again opposed to Flower, of Wilts, when, after a severe bout of one hour and a half, Flower broke Harris's head ,;* and, after a short time, broke the head of Hawksbry, a Hampshire man. Here began the ties ; but, from some circum ' stance Flower and Michael Watts did not conten d, but Ellis and Michael had to decide the laurel. A ' very numerous company assembled, and departed highly satisfied with the day's sport. SWIPE?' MSSl6l►fs, Yesterday the Adjourned Sessions for the County of Surrey Commenced at the Sessions-house, Horse monger-lane, before Mr: Serjeant Chscow, and a full Bench of Magistrates. Assancr.—John Vining Simfuon, a surgeon and apothecary, was indicted for assaulting Joseph Bery man. It appeared from the statement of the Prose cutor, who was formerly a baker in Tonley-street, but since retired from business, that the Defendant formerly rented a house of him which he quitted up wards of twelve months since, leaving rent tb the amount of £lO unpaid ; the Prosecutor had not seen him from the time of his quitting the house, till May he last,when he met him one eve n i ng i n T oo t e y- street ; stopped him and asked him when he intended to 'settle the rent he had left unpaid ? the Defendant made him no answer, but knocked him down several times. The Defendant, who undertook to conduct Ms own cause, addressed the Court in a speech of considera ble length ; is which he denied the assault, and also the charge of having left his house without paying the rent that was due, he having left fixtures in the house worth more than twice the sum. He observed that whilst the Prosecutor was in business as a baker in Tooley-street, he hid several times been summon ed before the Magistrates for selling bread short of weight, and that m the course of the morning he had told one of the Officers of Union Hall, that he had been obliged to swear roundly to get the Bill found by the Grand Jury. The Jury found him Guilty. The CHAIRMAN reprobate'd in strong terms the conduct of the defendant, in endeavouring to discre- dit the testimony of the prosecutor, by the attack he had made on his credit and reputation as a tradesitan; and the broad insinuation which he bad thrown our of Ms having sworn roundly, or, in other words, per jured himself, when before the Grand Jury. A very violent assault had been proved against him, and were it not for the inconvenience which might result to his patients, the Court would certainly feel inclined to inflict the punishment of imprisonment upon him. His profession, however, not admitting of that, the sentence of the Court was, that he shonl.l pay a fine of 1.51. and be imprisone } l till it was paid. The prisoner then addressed die Court, and ob served, that tile' sentence just passed would operate on him as a sentence of perpetual imprisonment, it being utterly cut of his power to pay such a sum he therefore entrea:ed the Court to alter the sentence to imprisonment for a limited time. Upon this statement the Court re-ccnsidcied their i judgment, and changed the sent , nee to six weeks im 'prisonment in the House of Correcti in in Home monger-lane. LEEDS, OC7VBER 6. TRIAL. FOR SEOPiTIOUS WORDS. James Asquith, blacksmith, of Mirfield, was charged with littering seditious words. The indictment con sisted of two counts. The first charged the pristner with uttering these words, with the intent to stir up his Majesty's subjects to cedition and hatred of his person and government. The second stated the words to have been used in contempt of his Majesty's person and government. William Brooke, Esq. stated, that he was a Deputy Lieutenant, and that, on the 31 st May last, the pri soner appeared before him at the Court-house, at Wakefield, for the purpose of being enrolled in the Local Militia ; that in administering the natkto him he recited it sentence by sentence, the prishner re peating the words after him ; but when he had got to the words " bear true ;allegiance to his .Majesty," the Prisoner said, " damn King George." The witness being shocked at the expression, laid down the book, and, after cnnsulting with the Gentlemen Who were with him, the prisoner was committed. The prisoner did not appear to be in liquor, but said the words de liberately, and appeared rather serious. On being cross-examined by the Prisoner's Coansel, he said, the word di:ma was introduced into the oath, after Majesty, as thus, " you shall hear true.allegiance to . his Majesty, damn King George."' Mr. Brooke in- ! advertently added, that he recited the above words, : and the prisoner repeated them after him. This mis- - take excited a general laugh, which the CHAIIM AN severely censured. The witne;s said, a great number of persons manifested some reluctance against taking the oath. Colonel Bowton, who was also a Deputy Lieute nant, deposed to the same effect. Mr. 1-lEywooo, Counsel for the Defendant, said, a great deal of pains had been taken to crush a worm. Two Justices of the Peace, and two Deputy Lieute nants, attended to give this trumpery prosecution the greater solemnity ; one of whom, to make his testimony more impressive, had written the words down, and read them to the Court. That the words were spoken was proved—but that was not the point, the issue the Jury had to try, was, the intention with which they were spoken—it could not be with an in tent to stir up his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenants, to hatred of his person and go vernment : the first count rhust of course be laid out of consideration—and as to the second, he thought it could not be supported; the man was out of humour at having the oath to take, having got it into his head as great numbers of persons had done, that taking it would subject him to go for a soldier. The words, he admitted, were very indecent, and if they had con tented themselves with the week's imprisonment, he had received, at Wakefield, it would have been well enough ; but to make it the subject of a grave prose cution was ridiculous. This prosecution would cost the country 2001. which they would have to pay ; but when he considered the rate at which those who were last week at the head of affairs, spent the money of the nation, this was not to he wondered at. Mr. eywood adverted . to the inflammatory paragraphs which had appealed list neighbouring newspaper, all tending to prevent this unfortunate man from having a fair nul ; but the folly and nonsense of these para graphs, was, he thought, a sufficient antidote to their malignity ; among other observations equally absurd, it was -stated that the prisoner's grandfather was a se ditious character I believe," said he, ‘‘ that some other person's grandfathers were guilty, not only of sedition, but attainted of high treason, during"the re bellion in favour of the Pretender, and thitt they were indebted for the recovery of their estates to the mag uanipity of a Whig Administration. On the grounds nf ; titis attempt to !tette preltidice, f alight five moved to remove the trial ; but I was convinced het a Yorkshire Jury had the good s2nse to treat these i i ilammatory writings with the contempt they justly merited, and, uninfluenced by malignant thisrepre. sent,itioa, would give an honest verdict between the country and the prisoner at the bar." M. A. Tamort, Esq. the Chairman, said, the words laid in the indictment had been clearly proved to have been used by the Prisoner ; the question, and the only question for the consideration of the Jury, related to the intention with which they were spoken; and, he thought, that, considering the circumstances of the case, they might lay nut of their consideration the first count of the indictment, which charged them to have been used with an intent to stir up sedition' and excite hatred of his Majesty's person and govern. ment. It was to the second count that he would call their attention, which states the words to be words of contempt. To judge of the intention with which they were spoken, the,Jury would consider upon what occasion, where, and in what connexion they were used. It was during the solemnity of an oath, before an assembly of Magistrates, and was introduced'even into the oath of allegiance ! These were certainly ag gravating circumstances, and the jury had the testimo ny of Mt. Brooke, and the other Deputy Lieutenant, that the prisoner did not appear to-be in a passion, er in liquor, hut spoke them with apparent deliberation and seriousness. If, from these circumstances, it shall Appear to you (said the Chairman) that the prisoner deliberately used the words in contempt of his Ma jesty, it will be your duty to find him guilty on the second count of the indictment. But if it is your be lief, fli:it the words were the result of a sudden im pulse of anger, or spoken thoughtlessly, without any evil intention, you will then find him not guilty ; but that the words were highly indecent and reprehensible, th:l-e could he no doubt. The Jury, after a few mo ments' deliberation, found the prisoner Not Guilty, and he was immediately discharged. On Thursd.ty and Friday the General Quarter Seisions of Potts:mu:lt were held before Samuel Spic'.r, Esq. Mayor ; lures Burrough, Esq. Re corder; the Rev. George Cuthbert, John Godwin, Esq. Wifliam Goldson, Esq. and Joseph Smith, E q. Justices. SINGULAR FRALTD.--John Booth was tried for de. frauding Messrs. Smith and Robinson, of Portsmouth. of 850, to which he pleaded guilty, and was send tencecrto be imprisoned three months. The circum— stances of this fraud are somewhat singular. The prisoner wrote the following letter to Messrs. S. and R. under the fictitious name of Robert Anson: " Gentlemen, London, August PA: I so9. " You are strangers to me ; but, by my relation Mr. Michael Medcatf's desire, i have made bold to trouble you to settle some business for me, at Portsmouth ; the purport of which is, to find a man of the name of J. Booth. He is in the capacity of Look in some transport. The last letter he sent his friends, he wrote to direct for him at Mr. James Sandercomb's, Waterman Chapel street, Gosport, where, I think, you will hear some intelligence of him. Mr. Henry Booth, of Oak Farm, near Beverley, In the Fast Riding of Yorkshire, his uncle, is deceased, and has left him his executor. I want to purchase Oak Farm for my son, and I wish you to lose no time in seeing John, to agree with him for it; for know two or three that want to buy it, but lam in hopes you will see him first. I mean to go as•far as three thou sand pounds for the purchase; but I have mentioned in John's letter, that I have commissioned you to go as far as £1,500. Get your attorney to draw out a proper article; whenever sum you agree for, pay John 10 per cent. deposit. If you purchase it for .e.. 2,500 I will give you £2OO fur your trouble; for every £lOO above that sum, I shall deduct 101. from the /2200 I hcpe yeti will spare no pains, nor delay any time aPer the receipt of this letter ; I will pay all expences, besides the be'ore-mootiorred com pliment. If yuu should have the success to succeed in the busi ness, write rue word, and I will either rouse over immediately myself, or semi a draft for the sum agreed for, and remain your ever obl:::vd servant, " ROBPAT ANSON." ", N. B. Pirect tor Ar.sor. and :ihaw, ropernakers, Stepney- Green, .ondon." In censeeponce of the above letter, Messrs. Smith and Robinson applied to Booth, and treated with him = for the purchase cf an estate therein mentioned ; of course, without the slightest suspicion that he was the writer of the letter. They agreed to give hint £2,800, and advanced him £.50, on account of the pure has ; but previously recommending him not to sell t .e estate, unless he was satisfied the worth of it ws, fcred. In a few days al'A.st•wards, Booth apple f - more money, but Messrs. S. and R. being fro In m Mr. Hart, solicitor, of this town, who had br ea gaged to prepare the writings for the estate, advance I him £lO. Messrs. S. and R .now wrote to their supp ed employer, to inform him of the terms being agr,:ed upon, when it proved that the whole transaction was the invention of Booth, who, it appears, had only been discharged from the convict ship a fortnight (where he had been confined seven years) when he wrote th letter. The eldest son of M. Saunders, Esq. was mortally wounded, last week, by a fowling piece having gone off, wh:ch he had presented towards him . , with the in tention of drawing the ramrod. He lived just Itsug enough to take leave of his truly-disconsolate parents. Early on Saturday se'nnight Alexander Baron, a de serter from the 94-th regiment of fc;ot, and William belonging to the Edinburgh Glass Works, effected their escape from the tolbooth, Leith. It appears that they had wrenched one of the bars from the grate of the fire-place, with which they contrived to make a hole in the wall, and, by tying their blankets together, let themselves down into the market-place. The height from which they descended is upwards of four stories. The present will be the first State Lottery that ever was Drawn in One Day. Thirty-two Capital Prizes, besides the numerous other Prizes, amounting to two Hundred Thousand Pounds, must be gained on the '2oth of the present Month. At SWIFT and and Co.'s Offices, No. 11, Poultry, No. 12, Charing Cross, and No. 31, Ahlgate High -street, the Tickets and Shares are on Sale in great variety cf Numbers. There is no amusing grime introduced but what may induce the player to extend his purse beyond all bounds of prudence, except the Lottery ; by ad venturing a few pounds in the Lottery, you lose no time, nor are you honied to extravagance beyond what you are inclined to sport : an adventure of this kind is voluntary, and 11 it did not meet with the good humour of the public to promote it, some other mode must be devised to make up the deficiency of the • revenue, and the adventurer deprived of the chance of realizing a fortune ; therefore, it may be csider e d that ri sBo R n N oh : s is sustained, Co.and have ashouldvriet he enter prize fail. kets and Shares on sale at the low est No. 26, a t y of Tic- Margaret's eek. Hill, Borough. The C drawing °rnhii' begins V d next St week. ~ g.gl% i, ,~, ~ ~~,~