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PP" - : CIE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT on O'CLOCK. Consols, Homey, 65f —for account, 86f Reduced 601-4 per Cent. uSfil. 5 per Cent. Navy 91113—Es. bills, 2s. to ss. Bonds, 255. prem.—Omnium S& ••/ , •.P•11.m./II.•• THE KING. • " WINDSOR CASTLE, JANUARY 25, 1811. " His MAJESTY continues in the same state in which he was yesterday. (Signed) " W. HERERDEN, R. WILLIS." 04 M. RAILLIE, " WINDSOE CASTLE, JANUARY 26. " His MAJESTY goes on in a satisfactory manner. (Signed) " H. R. REYNOLDS, W. UEBERDEN', 04 El. 'MILLIE, R. WILLIS." " HENRY HALTORD, A vessel, arrived off Plymouth, with fruit, from Lisbon, has brought letters from thence to the 10th instant, and from the head-qvarters of our army to the eth. No movement of consequence had taken place, up to that date ; bat a general expectation pre vailed in the army, that a battle would be hazarded in a few-days. This expectation was founded on the movements observable in MASSENA'S Army, and the works he had erected. It was known that he had been joined' by upwards of 20,000 fresh troops, and that he was well supplied with provisions and every other requisite. Another strong corps was also on /he road to join him.—On the other hand, several reinforcements ror, the British Army had arrived at Lisbon, and others were daily expected. All the British officers and men, as well as the Portuguese, on leave of absence at Lisbon, or in a state of conva, lescence, had been hurried off to join their respective corps ; and every thing seemed to indicate that the enemy would speedily put the strength of our lines to the test. Last night we received Paris Papers to the 18th, from which we have given some Extracts. In one of the *mite:ere there is given a letter copied from The Time: of the 27th ult. with a comment which shews, in spite of its affected coolness, how sore the enemy feel on the affairs of the peninsula. The following is an extract : Lettes,--0” The ravages which took place in Portugal, and which the Aloa;tese had the tlfrontery to describe as greater than those of the Frenclw-,---" Noniteur.—. 4 This is very well for the English ; but won't suit the inhabitants of the Continent, who have every where had experience of th” French army." Letter.--" These ravages were carried into effect by the lab*, biiants alone " lironifeur.—" If the inhabitants themselves had de: atroyed, they wobld have destroyed effectually; es: pecially, they would not have left magazines of grain, wine, rice, which have placed the French army in a ptate of the greatest abundance. On the contrary, the inhabitants have concealed all they' could, as is natural • and the magazines which have been with. drawn from the English, have fallen into the hands of the French." Zokif.—.. If Lord Watts N °tom bad had so,noo British with him at Talavera, and the Spaniards had been willing to have ex ecuted his orders, he would have driven the French to the left lank of the Ebro." THE ARMY. I The whole of the reinforcements for Portugal have now sailed from Plymouth. The convoy got under weigh on Thursday afternoon, and stood to the West ward with a gentle breeze from the -North-east ; they are accompanied by the STANDARD, 64, (Captain HoLl.F.s, Commodore) a frigate, and the Pzacocx brig. The ships bound for Cadiz are laden with stones; and'those for the Tagus take out troops for Lord WELLINGTON'S army, all of which are remounts for the cavalry, namely, 3d Dragoon Guards, Ist, 4th, 13th, 14th, and 16th Dragoons, and the Ist Ger man Hussars. Major M AYER, of the German Hussars, commands the reinforcements. We regret to state, that Captain HAWKER, of the 14th Dragoons, who was severely wounded at the battle of Talavera, has been' prevented accompany ing his Regiment once more to the field, in conse quence of his wounds having broken out afresh when on the eve of embarking, at Plymouth. Captain HAWKER'S relapse was brought on by the extraordi nary exertions he made to be in readiness for service ; he was preparing to embark, when countermanded by the Earl of BRnaGewArEa, his Colonel, in consequence of the report of the medical attendants. ',art week detachments belonging to the Bth, 22d, • LAMP INTILLIGENC2. ••••••••••••ftm. PREILOGATIVI COURT. DOCTORS' COMMONS. 'WILD V. HOBSON. On the 3d instant, the long-depending cause respec• ting the validity of the will of Daniel Hobson ' of So ' merley-House, near Ringwood, in the county of Hants. and of Copthall.eourt, London, Esq. deceased, was. heard before the Right Hon. the Judge of the Prero. gatire Court, at Doctors' Commons, when the rd.' dente being so extremely clear and satisfactory as to the capacity of the deceased and the due execution of the will, and no - being - which could argument offered afect the validity by the Counsel for William Wild, ly the t...ollnseg ltig the party 146 Opposed the same, and who appeared . - to have taken great pains with his client's case, and to be completely master of the evidence, the Learned Judge pronounced for the force and validity of the will, and decreed Letters of Administration, with the will annexed, to Edward Holason, Esq. the devisee and residuary legatee. The Judge, in summing up' the evidence, observed it was a fortunate circumstance for William Wild, the plaintiff, that he had been per- I mitted to sue in formapaufterir, as the case was of that nature he would have subjected himself to costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN.2I. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. THE ICING V. TM! MASTER OF THE REIS PUPA. In this case as application was made to :he Curt during last term, by Mr. Dampier, for a rule to shew cause why a writ of Habeas Corpus should not be to bring up the body of Wm. Chalender, an they being liAble to be called Snto country in another way. Lord EtuNnonounti- 1 ° No pute the power of the Crnwn to , is for your discretion whether you necessary power to the extreme. when the Rule was enlarged, the Cour; that the man would hare quo, or they never would have targement. Mr. JSRVIS said there were C3so not yet before the Court ; • a slight apology he would fla nto the service of permn is 'bent to dis • :so impress seamen. It rou will press that we ? e. In the present case, , it was understood by bate remained is :tar re consented to its en- circumstance! in the ; and if he had mad, frays been dischartpd. am inclined to wish tin: her agitated, when the 'm it are considered.— of making a slight apo. t; when; if he had cot- : would have been libe • lid be better the further ird, it is necessary wt. soon as possible ; lie has • ;session, acid she cannct ,et the writ go; and or t proper, we may hat'. imprttaut subject 1-- ;Er. r. . a motion as to which he int of form. The papers ad, and - he doubted the t once, the whole length convinced in the circum. ye to relate, the Court to do an. His motion ntered on the bail piece. i s that a Commission of sued out against the de- t he was now in the cur- re of insane persons was 3w in Court ready to be us bail ; but though this ;;let not be inclined to re. ornmodation for persons :e situation. had any proceedings veered in the affirmative, id, Then why not move 'nst the bail stayed ? emoered a similar appli. ad asked, jf there was an 4 by the Learned Counsel?. was an affidavit stating 1 1 • _ • _ only Lord ELLIMIOIWUCIR-- . 0" I am NATAL ThTELLIGENCE. Menistier— , . If Lord WELLINcroN had had 40,000 is, men at Talavera, in the ignorance of which he was of I SHEERNESS, JANUARY 2S. the real state of affairs, he would have lost his 40,009 Sailed his Majesty's Colossus and HEARTY existed ; but long since. Lord atutasonouott here observed, that although Act was temporary, and expired _ ships men; for he would have marched upon Madrid, and for Chatham ; and the WRANGLER, BLAZER, and the the 2d, 6th, and sth corps of the French army would THRASIikR, fur the Thames. The GLUCKSTADT is have cut him off from the Tagus. This boast of the docked. _ English is inconceivable. Whilst they have the ad-1 , vantage of being masters of the sea—of having armies' so numerous, and insurgents under their orders—they are reduced to remain entrenched and perched u . . the applicable part of the 7th of 111. hid been temporary, yet he conceived the irnpli* part, viz. the exemption of the master, must be considered as perpetual. The doctrine that masters of vessels were not to be considered as exempt, would be grievous—the Masters mil Commanders of East-In. diamen might be pressed ; even men like Commodore ,ho GREENOCK, JANUARY 22. On Sunday we had a heavy gale from the south ward, and in the evening it became quite a hurricane, and continued till yesterday morning. The bark _ . upon heights, and before their vessels. This is very differ ent from managing a war of marches and manoeuvres: for this the English arc in want of an army capable of manctuvring, and an able General. They have neither one nor the other." . - There was a misprint in the account of the Duke of QUEErssERRY'S Will. His Grace's Solicitor was Mr. Matt RI FIELD, of Albemarle-street. By his Grace's Will, which is legally executed and attested by three witnesses - so as to convey freehold property, he devises all his.fre , e-. hoW and copyhold estates to Lord and Lady YAnsiourti and their thildren ; this devise is, however, revoked by the codicils and pecuniary le7acies to the amonnt of' .41.50,000 given them instead; but as the codicils are only so many sheets of note-paper, most of them . in his Grace's hand-writing, and not attested le gally. they are insufficient to revoke the devise legally made by the will ; so that by this informality. which . his Grace does not seem to have been aware of, Lord and Lady Irausivuru and their family will receive to on enormous amount more than Ms Grace seems to have intended. About noon on Waterhouse, and brig Oak, MASON, broke from their moorings, and drove across the river ; the fernier is on shore on the point of the hill of Ardmore, the lat ter at the entrance of Gair Loch. A number of other ships in this harbour broke their fasts, tore the posts Inut of the quays, and were with difficulty saved from being drove away. The United KingdoM i UDNEY, and Jubilee, CA EtNIGII4 grounded near Helensburgh. The Stranger, LOUDEN, which sailed from this port on the 7th instant, for Kingston, Jamaica, put back yester day, owing to stress of weather; we have not learned what damage she has sustained. The Mac, FFILNAND s from Virginia to Liverpool, was deserted, 9th Novem ber, in lat. 39. 46. long. ss. being fell of water. The crew were taken off by the Julia and Mary, from Port Glasgow, and arrived at Virginia, Midi November ? Yesterday a Court of Directors was leld at the East India House, when Captain T. JONLS was sworn into the command of the ship Wst,rizasterow, con signed to Ceylon and Bengal. The Master of the Trinculo has been tried on board the Raisonable at Sheerness, for drunkenness and disobedience of orders. The charges being fully esta• James, wt. had so gallantly distinguished himseh against a desperate pirate, would not be exempt from the power of a press-gang. • Mr. Jams said, no man could presume to contend for doctrines so monstrous. He assured his Lord. ship it was not the custom to impress any masters of vessels ; but the Attorney-General had, in this case,l founded his application on the right of the master to be exempt, and not as a matter of grace. Mr. Dastriztt here observed, that without the ques tion hiving been discussed, the man had actually been sent on foreign service. Mr. Jwits said that such an event had certainly taken place; owing to some mistake, the man had been drafted on board the Standard, which ship had sailed for Cadiz on a very important service. He asstired the Court, he had personally done every thing in bis power to prevent it. His Lordship had desired a telegraphic dispatch should be sent to stop the sail in et the ship. Lord ELLENISOROUGII...." Not so, Mr. „Terris.— GOD forbid that I should stop the King's service, to give effect to his writ. I wished not to stop theship going, as every body knows, on an important service, but to -• Tuesday last, 2$ the Maidstone coach was coming down . rotham Hill on its way blished, he was found Guilty, and sentenced" to be ;rum London, the coachman on passing a gig drew dismissed the service. On Friday the Lieutenant of out on the snow, thinking it would yield to the wheels, the Mercurius was tried for neglect cf duty ; when unfortunately, however, it was too hard frozen to the charge not being proved, he was honourably yield, and the coach was in consequence thrown over acquitted. on its side, when James Leaver, the coachman, was Mr. FISHER has just published a third edition of his killed on the spot ; and a woman, an outside passen- Treatise on the Causes and Treatment of Asthma, ger, had her th;glt broken. The coachman has left a Wheezing, Winter Cough, and Consumption ; by ?fife and two cluldiC.7. which it appears that the Stramonium Herb, besides Yoitezday a number of country bakers appeared to its well-known specific powers in asthma and wbeez summonses, at the M tnsion-house, some for neglect. ing, the ozymel of it has succeeded in a wonderful ing to make their weekly returns at the Cocker Of. degree in the cure even of advanced cases of cousump ,' fice, and some for making false returns. Many of tioit of the lungs, and obstinate coughs, after the most ' them returned .ss. per sack more than they had paid ; popular remedies and able advice _had beon resorted the penalty on which is 420. Some of them, who to, without effect. For the • ple 'elect poverty and ignorance of the Act of Parlia- of this Herb, in these and meat, were fined in.miugated penalties; and others lap, the Author has given o •• ere excused, by giving the name of the mealman . The; work maybe had of whi) had deceived them, by not letting them know Paternoster-row, ofd. all twarktf-nrice till they had sent their returta• couritry, price 2s. Od. matter should not now be further mischiefs which may result from We are told that a man, for not logy, is sent on foreign service; descended to havtmacie it, he v rated entirely. Surely it would arguing it should stand over." Mr. DA MPIER-..-." My Lord, should have the man back as soon the ship's certificate in his possession, sail wi ?holm it." Lord Ewontortotort—" Let its return, if it should be thoilgil an adjudication on this very Writ granted. CAKE ♦. ZELL. Mr. GARROW ?Ind to make a , entertained mime doubt in point hactjust been put into his hand, granted, ' _ . 24th, and 25th regiments of light cavalry, marched Impresse d seaman , on the grounds of his not being ha- Coer l t's being entitled to go at . f r om the depot in Maidstone, for the Isle of Weight, ble to be impressed, he being the master of a vessel in of his motion, though he was con preparatory to their embarkation, to join their re. the coal trade, and therefore exempt, under the Act stances which lie should have spective corps stationed in India ;and on Monday, of the 7th of William 111. The. rule e:as granted ; ' wo u ld f e el ever y in c lin a ti on '._ marched also from the depot, a detachment of the hut on an application being made to that Court, the wa s , th a t an E xoneratur b e entered time fur making the return to the writ was enlarged in this case, on these grounds, 7th Regiment or Royal Fusilcers for Portsmouth, to the present Term ; aral, during the interval, it ap- Lunacy had been regularly sued there to embark for Portugal, where that regiment geared Chalender had been drafted on board his Ma- fendant, in October last, that he is stationed. jeaty's ship Standard, and sent on foreign service, tody of one to whom the care , eotwithstanding the writ of Habeas Corpus had been entrusted, and that ha was now Yesterday the two regiments of City Militia changed applied for, on the grounds of the plaintiff not being surrendered iu discharge of his I their quarters from London to Greenwich, and from liable to be pressed. i was the case, the Marshal might Greenwich to London. Each regiment was drawn I Mr. Jetty's this day opposed the rule. He ob- ceive him, having no fit accomt up before the Mansiim.house, and paid their respects served it had been obtained by his Learned Friend, in the defendant's unfortunate to the Lord Mayor, who appeared under the portico, Mr. Dampier, last Term, en an affidavit of Chalen- • Mr. Justice Le &elm asked, and, testified his approbation of their military ap. .' d er, which stated that the deponent was the master of been taken against the bail • a coal brig, and being at Swansea in November last, ; Mr. Genaow having answered pearance. 1 during which time Lieutenant Notter, Commander ' Mr. J u stice La BLANC sa id, lof the Eliza, WAS there on the impress service, he, the to have the proceedings against deponent, being on shore on the 3d of November, was , Lord ELLENROMOUGH remembered taken by the gang under Lieutenant Notter's corn.' cation having been made; and PLYMOUTH, JANU 'RY 24. . mand, and conveyed to the rendezvous, where he was affidavit of all the facts stated by At length, the wind having shifted to the E.N.E. detained till the next day, and then discharged.— Mr. Gennoar said, there was 3 with a fine moderate breeze, the transports with the Upon his discharge he went on board his roe, and that the defendant had been regularly made a lunatic reinforcements of cavalry, &c. for Portugal got under remained there till the Bth of. November, on which in October last, that he had since b een un d er t h e care way, and are now (5 is. at.) clear of the harbour, and day an officer, named James Murray, came on board, of a person entrusted with the custody of insane per. standing into the Channel, under convoy of the STAN. and told the deponent that he, acting under the direc- sons, and that he was now in Court ready to be sur. DAM), 64, WEIMOVIII store ship, and PEACOCK sloop. lion of Capt. Spicer, the Port Captain, was desired to rendered in discharge of hi , bail. With the pernsi s . —Sailed the Otirsres sloop of war, on a cruize to the inform the deponent that his presence was required at sion of the Court, he should take his Rule in the alter westward ; the PEINVESS CHAELOrTr frigate, for the the rendezvous, to hear a letter read to him ; that he native, either why en Exonerator should not be en. Irish station ; WEAZLE schooner, for Torbay ; INTEL. accordingly accompanied Murray to the rendezvous tered on the bail-piece, or why all proceedings should LIGENT gon•brig, on a cruize ; Lad, Arabella packet, at Swansea, when he was immediately claimed as an ' not be stayed. with mails for Je.naica ; and the Princess Elizabeth impressed man, and sent on board the receiving ship, ' Lord Eetexenetooote said, it would be better to (1) packet, w:th mails, for Lisbon. The two latter although he stated that he was master of a coal vessel,: shape the rule agreeably to what it was most probable vessels were erroneously reported in the Plymouth and produced his certificate. In opposing the rule' would ultimately be the opinion of the Court, It Paper to have sailed on Monday last, whereas they this day. the Learned Counsel contended that to en- I would be better to move to enlarge the period for ten. did not get under weigh till eleven this forenoon.—'title them to the writ, they must prove that he was I derire the defendant, as that was likely to be the Arrived the EARL SPENCER cutter, from Cork. exempt, either by some statute or in virtue of the kind of relief which the Court would finally he incIk poRTSMOUTH, JANUARY .15. office he held. His Learned Friend had rested ma- ned to give. terially on the statutes of the 6th and 7th of Wil. The rule was accordingly drawn up lts tiers way. Arrived his Majesty's ship ARDENT from _Leith ; ham 111 . chap. 18. which says, the master of a coal- MARTINDALE 1/. LOYEL;,. APELLES and DECOY, w D ith convoy for the ownstl . vessel should have the power of protectiog a certain Mr. Toremo applied for a Rule to shew cause why. also the SOPHIE sloop of war.—Sailed the Dwitste 1 . o f numoer l loos crew ; and .. it had been contended, that the defendant should not be allowed his costs in this cutter for the Downs. The West-India fleet will sail ; . ' h having been held bail although tle master was not mentioned in the Act as seise, eto for a larger sum that in the morning, if the wind canton cilia N. E. being exempt, yet he, possessing the power ot exernnt.l that recovered from him. DEAL, JANUARY 25. ing others, it must be implied that the statute intended i The action was brought for the price of ammittity Arrived the REDPOLR sloop of war from a cruize he should be eacmpt him s elf. The refe r en ce t o t h a t !of paper, part of which had been found unfit for use, —Sailed the TURBAN frigate on a cruize off Dung-e- Act might have been good ground on which to fou n d I and as such had been selected by a servant of the ness. The Folkston lugger has sailed for Portsmouth, the present opplication to the Court, had the Act still plaintiff's own to be returned. Oa the trial the quan i . w ith two vessels, the Alfred and the Eliza. Wind E. t h at of ttty so selected was proved to be of the value , up• wardsof £BO, reducing the plaintiff's demand t 0.4636. and let be had held the defendant to bail for e7OO And upwards. Lord ELLENBOROUGII said, the amount of the quan tity of paper selected and set aside as unfit for use, was the very question litigated on the trial, It would be to much to say that the plaintiff had not mason able ground for swearing to the amount of his claim, founded as it was on the representation of others -7a representation, too, which they vouched by their oaths. Mr. Justice Gaon could not conceive this to be in the nature of a vexatious arrest. Such a ease as tbe present could never have been in the contrmplation of the legislature when they passed the Acton whit'.: the present motion was founded.—Rule refused.; MARKETS. `, t Kent Susses stop the man." Mr.lenvZ-- 66 I beg your Lordship's pardon—the dispatch was to stop the man. The Standard, how ever, had unfortunately sailed before the dispatch reached the port, but a fast-sailing vessel was imme diately sent alter her, to bring the man back; and Ott care will be taken, that such a circumstance does not occur again." The Learned Counsel then proceeded to contend, that, as a matter of right, the exemption could not be supported. By the Act of the Legislature, all sea-faring men, and men who wetted in boats or craft upon the river, who were not included in the De Grafi: exemptions, were liable ; int' in support of that opinion, he instanced a late. which ' _ capable of - "'" l '''''''' 7-1 " 5:11 ' n m . " in defence seamen and which pie , should he the militia; • SMITHFIF.I.I/ MARKET, January IS. To sink tie Offal per stone of 31b. Bed 4s. 4d. to Ss. ad. Veal ss. 4.1. to 7s. 41 Mutton S.. Od. to 6s. Od. Pork 5. 4 , 1. to 61 $l. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET' Per stone of silb.by the carcase. Beef As. Sd. to ss. 04. Veal 4a• 31. to Es. 81 Mutton 4a. Od. to 5.. Od. Mork ss. 44. to 6s. 41 Sheep Skin, 6d. to 44. 6d. PRICE AF HAY ANIISTRANIN omminF.Lo. Meadow 51 Os. t• iol. 9... Rowan Ot. U. to 01. U. Clover 41. lOs to 101.10.. Straw 31. 3s. to PRICE CM ROI% .14 *I4E BOROUGH MARKL Bags Pocket. 51. 5.. to 11. 151. Kent 6L pc. to 91. 9s 51. Os. to It. Os. Stw.; SI. 10v. to 71. PRICE OF TALLOW. St. Janies's Market a. ed Town I allow 741 01 :hare Markus 4s 44 Yellow Russia 71. 04 Whitechap A Market 4s aid White dint. bus 1)4 per stone of 31b. Soap ditto 67s ad 114.1 Mtittrz stuff 57.00 04 Average 4s 44 Ditto rough 56. 00. 04 Graves 16a Od Good Dregs I!. Od Yellow Soap, 40s--Totted, %Os Od.-Curil, 945. 04. Price of Candle., per dozen 12s 6d-ll.ioidils, t3s COAL MARKET, January 21 Ships at Market Sold :191 Newcastle 29.1 57i. el. to 6.15. ct. 4 bunderlaiiil 4 57.. N. to bus. bd. MARRIED. At Be►erley, on the glet must lasinenans Harden, of the NO- Regiment, to Miss Lundie, eldest daughter of 'fhottas J111C: Lundie, F.,(1 • DIE 1). At *aleot Phu*, I.antbeth, on WednesilLy evening, Sophia, the 44y daughter of . Robert Campbell, Esti. Late of Nev JuYt il Wiles, aged three years and six months. LONDCiDts Palsied and published by LIVIL KENT, at the $1 A It 0 ensl4 : th• 1 eupracreet, andel alka Qfica, pretk-Bar. the use of the preparations Act, srliicK declared,thatall;•lco ;;;;; and other affections of the isiaiinOrms wire liable to be culled otit i yen very explicit directions. .i;if they country, with the•exception of su F Messrs. SHIOCIMOD and Co. .'!ea - farms men ; and also the Militia Acts, s Booksellers throughout the *dod, chit co seal*, or sea-faring man, . 46164 liq or *dived as, a sacitme is d , . ... . . - . . _ r, . I" I I I I