Star. — London, England, 1816-06-29 00:00:00

, e • EVENING STAR. gis • LONDON. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1816. ST.-Pi ma AND ST. Pau a.—Holiday at the Baal: Some Politician or other once remarked that the • re s of a British 74. could speak all languages, and o re trust that the mouths of these glorious oracles have not yet been struck dumb. It is thoetore with clu b satisfaction we learn that an expedition is in con t e mplation, which has for its object the aanihilaeion ofthemetc a l ms pirates, who have been now for coun ties the terror of the peaceful navigators of the Medi , oi nite m The Turkish Government must be com petit to give up all claims of feodality or sovereignty over t he shores of Africa, and the tie being then 'I boome d 'SAW' connects the Barbarians with any ding like a regular Government, they become fair sad lawful game to the first power which has spirit and energy to attack them. It is really painful to ma k e comparisons, but we cannot help recollecting t he it is only a few short months since the Ameri coin made a far better bargain than Lord EXIUOUTII. sr are not mistaken, the American Commodore s welled them to refund the value of several Ame on vessels and cargoes which had been piratically opted in the usual way. Let us hope, however, that &gallant British Admiral, than whom there never vas a braver man afloat, will return to secure, by Mace of arms, what he, and aot even the craftiest States. man living never cad effect by negotiation, namely, sack a Peace as will be binding on these miscreants. It must, in short, be that Peace, which certain ancient Heroes bestowed on the conquered, and so emphati. ally described by Taurus, when he says, they drove away all the inhabitants;and then called it Peace. " Desertuna faciunt—Paeem appellant." In short, all that can, be said of Lord EXMOUTH is, that, like a great many other British Commanders, who have sheathed their swords and'become negoci. stop, he has been deceived in his estimate of the character of the Goverment with which .he was testing. 111 It it understood that the PRINCE REGENT will pro rope the Parliament, in person, on Tuesday next. The answer to Cie itrevirks, yesterday, as to the gate of the Duke of CLanExcz's health was, his loyal Highness is better, but he has a slight attack tithe put. For several days gist, a report has been current in the pulitical circles, that the Earl of LIVENPOOL is about to resign his situation as First Lord of the Treastny, and he will be accompanied in his retire ment by Mr. VANSUTART, Chancehot of the Exche quer. The retreat of the Earl of Lmaroot. is oc-. casionec!, we understand, by his declining health; his Physicians having advised him to try the benefit ol the Spa itraters. Mr. SHERIDAN, we lament to state, experienced a return of the convulsive tits yesterday morning, aboot tight o'clock. After it had subsideJ, be lay insen.si. Ye nearly 20 minutes. He has since become weaker, ■d at eleven o'clock last night the physic►ans confi ne of opinion that he cannot finger out more than a kw days. _ _ _ We ieeret to state, that the celebrated and favourite representative of the Comic Muse, Mrs. Joanits. died at Si. Cloud on Monday morning last. She had been seized will an inflammation of the lungs, which in all probability would have proved ultimately fatal, but the more immediati cause of her death was the rupture of a blood vessel in a violent fit of coughing. —We need scarcely remind our Readers that Mn. JimtnAN was the best comic actress of her. day on the British stage. Its private life also, she was much beloved: her purse-suings were Always in her hand to relieve the distresses at other:, and 'try r <lid. a public character come forward with more alacrity, by means of her professional exertions, to cheer the despondency of drooping genius, or to minister to the wants of suffering virtue. On Thursday was baptized, at the town resi dence of the Earl of LIND,,EY, in Counaught-plade e , the eldest son of his Lordship, anc! the heir apparent of his ancient title. Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE REGENT and Drake of YORK and the Marchio ness of CIIOI.:4INDELEY were Sponsors. The cere mony was performeA by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of ExEntrt, at which were present a party ot. Nobility :sad Gentry, who soon afterwards ,• sat doxn to dinner. ... Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of YORK dined with the Russian Ambassador and his Lady, the Countess LiEvEN. Yesterday the Duke of GLoucusTEn paid his re spects to her MAJESTY and the Pt incenses ELIZABETH and MARY, 2t the Queen's Palace. A society of Gentlemen have associated together to form a 'Ant Club, for the revival of the Races at Brighton. A few days ago, Sir ALEXANDER M. LOCKHART, and his coach man, were precipitated from the baron che box of the carriage, when going between Inver:try and Daltnaly. The servant escaptd without any in. jury, bdt, from being thrown on the wheels, and :ht; iute one passing over Sir ALEXANDER'S chest, he lies d angerously iil at Inverary. The accident was oc , carioncd by the wheels coming in contact with a very lar • stone, which had rolled upon the road in a very k p an . it „Alt persons engaged in the late forgery on the 'anis* 7 311 1- , of Glasgow, have been apprehended Otithir, ti:.se few days. They are residentets in the al lillbhUtr!lood of Glasgow, with the exception of ° ''-'ertEravt'. whom they had brought from Ireland ;oe the eienition of their purposes. Not only the • P, : ite front which the Thistle Banknotes had been torown, ton. also a nearly 'finished plate of the ere.:nisek hank has been found. The lA , : of Ely and districts adjacent, we have the Ibtishietion to state, are restored to perfect tranquillity. The extensive Prison Barracks at Norman Cross, lig an object of curiosity during' the late war, are %out to be demolished, and the materials sold. ithrA iiiIGENCE. • . . ~ ',' PLYMOUTH, JUNE £7. • Passed up Channel the Swedish ship Aurora , WILLMAN, bound to Stockholm.--Wind N. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28. Arrived kis Majesty's ships 'Romano and Gnaws, from a cruize ; Caldecott C a st l e transport , f rom Corfu; the Market Maid, IttitaisoN,from Gibraltar; and the David, Cottwitbr, from Memel. Sailed his Majesty's ships Baawleic and CALYPSO to the East ward, to be paid off; and his Majety's ship WYE, for the West Indies.--Wind S.E. DEAL, JUNE 28. Arrived and remain in the Downs, the Constantia, HILL, from St. Domingo, last from Falmouth ; the CLORINDE frigate, WEYMOUTH store ship, and CA LYPso sloop of war, from the Eastward, and proceeded for the River. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ship GANYMEDE, RATTLFZEMCE and SCOUlttie R.:- venue luggers.—Wind N.E. GRAVESEND, JUNE N. Arrived the Ann,. Baowx, from Lisbon ; Team . , Roozas, from Rotterdam ; HOppet, DACEY, fn m Gottenburgh ; Speculation, HENK, from Memel . ; Thetis, BARCLAY, from Dantzic ; Zephyr, SCOTT, from Petersburgh ; Perseverance, CLARK, from Me. mel ; Editha, ALLEN, from Dantzic ; Duke of York, FRIER, tient Rotterdam. Sailed the Castor, Fit- THEItINGIIAM, fur Halifax; Mayflower, CULLCCK, for Mtwfoundland ; Diana, THOMP3MI, for Bergen. SHEERNESS, JUNE B. The brig Cepheui, Captain JOHN SMITH, from Lawrenne, with a cargo of coals, bound to Londe►., has been on shore on the Last Sound and oo the Middle Ground. MILFORD HAVEN, JUNE q 5. Yesterday arrived here the Bat, Admiralty cutter, with a be.tuticul little French built lugger.riggei boat, called le St. Joseph, of Rosen, Lavin;; on board a cargo, consisting of 151 ankers of brandy and Ge neva, which the Bat captured, after 3 short chace, ou Sunday last, off the Seven Stones ; there were u.tie Frenchmen and three: Englishmen on board :--t l ►e latter are detained for his .Majesty's Navy, and the former put on shore. A fine new brig called the Symmetry, of Swansea, JONES master, 11,4 just been towed in by a pilot boat ;—she has carried away mainmast and mizen•top-mast, off the Crow Point, in a gale, yesterday mornin i i. ILmain his Majesty's ship GRAMPLS. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 27, 211. SHIPS ENT Ida II) W./TWA ID StoaL:sfield, Quelch, for Jamaica • Princess of Woks, For, for Ostend; Petrel, Mann, for Rom:rd.to ; Trader, DLr.nis, fur Newfoundland; Devnycri, Brooks, for Bombay, St. George and William, and Prince Wales Island ; Commer ce, Garrett, and Hoop, Gerven, for Rotterdam ; Meili.sa, Fletcher, for Elsinore and Peter.baryls; Nottingham. Elliott, for Ostend; Duchess of York, Mr isingham, for Buer.o: Ayres ; Jenny, Seo:land e and Ebtii..zei, Edmonds, for Ham burgh • Libette, Tetre, for Ladakh k ; Anna, •Rentoul, for Dal neur ;ad Strulo ; Antelope, Cole, for Barbadoes and Se. lawie ; ,Endeavour, Parr,-, for Bremen; F.mosa, Courtney, (or Ebi ncur Perers.i.rghg Quints, Cooney, tor Rotterdam; Catlw• Furcan, and Donut*, Stephenson, for Homburgth; Good Intrnr, Friend, for Cork; Yrow Gysberia, Paasnait: tor Antwerp; Duke of Clarence, Buttes worth, 1.. r Calais, its ballast, for passengers only; Zephyr, &afield, for Sr. Lovas' and Smile; Zenohia, Peary, fur Eon William; 11.rcuks, Russell; and Neltsis, Hurchinson, for Homburgh; Marnicr, Cruckky, for Philadelphia ; Per,everance, Beicarst, tor ctn.:qv ; and Z.tiptill. /Dyer, tor Asnwsrp. TIIE ARMY. ~,. GENERAL ORDER. In consequence of the alteration in the Cap Estab. lishment fur the Infantry, his Royai Highaess the ittk;ENT ilaS been pleased to approve of the following Regulations, viz. • On' the Ca;b: of the Officers of the Line, the !stages or devices are to be placed, or inserted ou the 1.1 -tie above the Number of the Rigiment, which must nor, however be in. creased in size, in consequence of this addition. Theinscrip• lion. which regiments are allowed to u*, as commemorative of the actions in which they itAs;e been etigs;.-.1, Are to he eapressed no a narrow plate, sshich is to be placed ea a sealed loop under tht cuckAde. *..1 be Caps of the Non•contini. •:ourd Offi:ers and Privates of the Live are to be without an ) . Moire ; device, or ht.criptiun. • •• fife Officers, Non contutisNioi.ed Officets, an,l i mutes of Light Infantry Corps, and Companies of the gift! Ergatic, are to wear a suia,l liogie Hunt only, in the front of their Cars, with the number of the Regiment tut the cockade, in the case of Light infantry Corps and Companies , and with the. Nuntber oP the Battalion in the rase of Rifle ' Tuesday, at two o'clock, being a still sultry d ly, a most furious whirlwind passed oter the nursery rgtound of Mr—liestixason; in the Edgetvar:-road, which jilted seven lights from the green-houses, and carried them to the height of the highest elm -trees; each in the lights weigh ifty or sixty pounds at least. At the same time, two garden-mats were carried to At! immense height, so that the eye cud not distin guisu luu. Two of the 'lights came in contact while at the gteatest height, with a tremendous crash. Isc4Notaittes.—Last Sunday afternoon the village lof Bere in Dorsetshire, and the neighbouring country, were thrown into a state of great alarm by several fires breakirg cut in the village at the same time, and m du::bk v.as entertained but they were intovidnally caused by some incendiary. A large wheat-stack, a malt-house, two barns, and three houses, were all in flames; and the suspicion was, that it was intended to burn down the whole village. The gentlemen of the district took the alarm, and were on the alert, not only to extinguish the fires, but to discover the incen- Idiary ; and bishop, the Bow-street officer, being at Wareham, which is seven miles distant, with a view 1 to discover the robber or robbers who bloke open the house of Mr. THOMAS, and stole a considerable sum, was sent for to Bere. He arrived immediately, and i set about endeavouring to extinguish the fires, in which he was materially assisted by a man of the !name of Purdue, who, horn his language and con duct, Bishop suspected was concerned in the crime : his suspicions proved correct, tor, upon an intestiga don as to the commencement of the fires, Porches was takeu into custody, and being examined before. a Magistrate, the evidence was sufficient to commit him to Dorchester prison on a charge of wilfully set ting fire to the wheat-stack. A man of the name of Hewitt was admitted an evidence against Porches. The principal pan of the property set fire to belonged' to a Gentleman of the name of Buzau. Swan Brady has been committed to Bury gaol o charged on suspicion of having wilfully and mali ciouslr set fire to a building belonging to John Shel• ton, of Clare, on the 14th iustant. -..- , _ . • OW THE DEATH Or MRS . VALPY: each heart, and Clouded every eye, AM Meeting friends turn half away to sigh . ; For, She is gone, before whose soft 'control • Sadness an4soiroW fled tie tro u bled soul; •• For, She is,gone, whose cheering smiles had poirer To spied on Pleasure's wing the social hour i Long shall her thotight with friendly greeting blend; For, She is gone; who was of all the Friend ! Such were her charms as RAPHAEL lured to trace; Repeat, improve in each Mai:lama's face; The broad fair forchead;the full modest eye, _ Cool cheeks, but of fSe damask rose's Aye, . And coral Bpi that breathed of Pie try ! • Such, but more lovely; for, sertmely bright,. Her sunny spirit shone wit's living light; Far, far, beyond the narrow bounds of art, Her's was the very beauty of the heart. • Beauty that mur be !Died. The weeping child, Hoine.sick and sad, has gaged on her and smiled; Has beard her voice, and in its gentle sound, Another home, another mother found ! And as she seem'il the was. From day to day, Wisdom and Virtue mark'd her peaceful way. Large was her circle; bat the cheerful breast Spread wide ar.ow•4 l.er happiri2s. an•l rest. She bad sweet %I/finis and plea:ant Ioo:c• fur all; And pre:iovs kie;itie-s at th.• •ne-riter'.: Tilt ; . Char:ry,—quick to give an' slow to hiame ; ' And, linering s•ili in that frame, The fairest, the most fle.:fne charm• of you'd, Bloom of the mind, Sim:alicity and Truth ! So knit she Friendship% lovely Itr:o•. How well She fill'd tacit (cadent.- name no Vol'? 93 , 1 rot. That latt, brat praise lit., in Lig. And floating don Childien'a r);ter•iny, eye, Embalming with fond tears her memory! • &man Heust, June 19, 1816. liAkY mrsszi.t. peurrotto. LAW LVTE LI,IGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE !8. In i case respecting a questi , in of Bankruptcy, the Court decided that .B...signees, under certain circuos. stances, might, with the consent of the Creditors, lend the property of the Bsnkrupt previous. to making a dividend of tle estate ; this power being given to them under the Act of the sth George 11. • neNN v. O'KEEFE. This was a NV: it of Error from the Court of Com mon Pleas; in order to set aside the judgment of t'iat Court. The simple question was, whether the hol dn of a bill of exclringe, who has presented it for acceptance, and ontitttd to give notice of the refusal' to accept to the drawer, can, by indorsement after scads to another person, make the drawer liable to that other person ? or in other words, whether the ne ' glect to give notice to the drawer by the holder of a bill, of refusal to accept by the drawee, does not clis .eharge the drawer from his liability ? The Cornmon Pleas held that the drawer was liable. Mr. GIFFORD was heard at considerable lingt't in support of the ‘irrit of Error. Mr. TINDAL. on the other side, was stopped by The Court, who, alter on elaborate judgment, af firmed the decision of the Coto t of Common Picas. COURT OF COMMON PIZAS, JUNE 28. _ _ HARDY V. GLASSINGTON. . Mr Serjeant BEST 1114 day spewed cause agAinst, It tu!.; obtained by Mr. Serjcant COPLEY, why judg ment.should not be Arrested in this caie, which V; AS 'an Action against the defendant, as proprietor and printer of the ALrning Herald Newspaper, to recover damages for injury sustained by the publication of a malicious libel concerniag the Lady of the plaintiff, Sir Thonlas Hardy, and the Marquis of Abercorn. The motion for an arrest of jud_mlent was founded on various dciects in the pleadings, which, it had been contended, must be JAW to the record. Mr. Scrjemit liEsr answered these objections, and submitted that the libellous matter suilictently •ap, peared on the face • of the record without any inucn do; only rule with respect to *Hal was, that it could not be employed to exttnd tl:e meaning of the words charged to he lib:lions. T..e case of the King against Home contained all which any person could wish to know upon the subject. That was the case of a criminal information filed by the Attomey-Ge rural against Mr. aim*, for libellotis expressions used at a special meeting of the Constitutional So ciety. Mr.. Horne was convicted of haviiig said, that the Americans killed at Lexington, in the colo. ny of Massachusetts, had been murdered by the Kigg'i troops, merely because they were faithful to the cha racter of Englishmen, and•prJferred death to slave, y. It was afterwards aunved i in arrest of judgment, that the information was imperfect, inasmuch as it did not state that any rebellion .had existed in the colony, or that the King's troops had been employed in quelling it and Lord Mansfield, in pronouncing the judg inent of the Court against the motion, declared, that the offence was charged with sufficient certainty, and that the words 46 King's troops" could mean only troops in the service of his Majesty. It was sufficient it the sense of the libellous words contained in the same count, although published at different times, 'was too clear to be mistaken, or if their connexion and common tendency were matter of necessary in ference. The same doctrine was laid • down by Lord Chief Justice de Grey, in giving the opinion of the Twelve Judges to the Houses of Lords. With respect to Barham's case, which was to he found in Lord Coke, it had no application to this question : there the Plaintiff was charged in the re cord with burning down a barn ; but what alone ren• dered the act of burning down a barn criminal in the eye of the law, was its contiguity to a dwelling-house, or its being full of corn. Such an act as this was felony ; but, unless accompanied by the circum stances which constituted the felony, there could be no libel in imputing it. The libel in question was contained in a succession of paragraphs, some of which conveyed the poison, and others gave it a di rection; but all of which, taken together,. distinctly pointed,to Lady Hardy and the Marquis. of Aber corn. The libel itself was in these words—" An elopement is said to have recently taken place, the enormity of which is likely to throw every other into temporary oblivion ;" and then appeared paragraph alter paragraph explaining in different modes, but so as to leave no doubt with respect to the persons de scribed as parties to this elopement. is the case of _~~ ... , ~: • Thorley and X.ord Kerry it was wa down, that the words thargeel as libellous need not he 51. 1 4:11 AT would • necessary ; to suppottno tudiulment it was enough that they had it tendency totwit* the enfertanate ob ject of the libelle'r% malignity into hatred, infamy, r contempt. Could any mac doubt, then. that the pre sent libel was so calculated, as h affected the character of Lady Hardy, when it described the offence which it intputed, not as one of those ordinary crimes of which the world nc.v heard too often and ton mitch, bat as a degree of guilt, the enormity of whiCh was likely to 'attract universal attention, and catire the town to forget every other instance of similar criminality.?— No language could have been employed, the evident import of which was mere directly to bring the cha- - racter of this Lady into infamy and couttnkat, or bring the Übe: within the rule t.) which he had just adverted. • It had been observed, on the other side, • that an elopement did not necessarily imply an adul terous intereOnrse ; burl() prove that this was involved by construction of law in the elopement of a married woman, he shr•uld refer. to the authority of the Spiri tual courts, in which it was always so understood; avid in Jacob's Law Dictionary, in the article under the head Elopement, the elopement of a married woman was deGned to be the voluntary leaving of her husband to live with another in adul t e r y, Which by the statute of 2 West. subjected li-v to the loss of dower. To decide that all the parti of a libellous publication must be ~ecually libellous, in order to make out a ground of action, or that all the parts might not Le set forth in the record as referring to and explaining each other, would be to grant a sweep ing.license to the conductors of periodical pnblica• tions, because then they would only hair* to divide the libel, to state its substance one day, and the par ties against whom. it was ilreeted on the nett; in order to enjoy perfect impunity. " The CHIEF JUSTICE expressed Lis concurrence this, because, other wise, it might he published on one occasion, that a pa,ticular crime was committed by a person who had lost a joint of his tittle finger, and on a following day observed that there was but one person in the country who had lost a joint of his little h alter. Mr. Serjeant BKsr then cited several other eases to prove the sufficiency of th:• pleadings in this case, and submitted that on these grounds he was entitled to the judgment of the Court. . Mr. Serjeant COPLEY, on the other side, in support of the mutton in arrest of judgnient, contended that it was a clear principle of law, that where words are spoken or written at different times, some of which are actionable and others not, and a verdict is taken es for entire damages, the judgment cannot be sus. tained. In addititm to these objections, he urged there was also no averment to t!it.ru that Sir Thomas and Lady Hardy were married at the time of the publication, ..nd this alone, he apprehended, was fatal to the record. Mr. Serjeant 13as+ replied, and the Court took time to consider their judgment. INSOLVENT DEETORS' COURT. LECTION 110. SA V 111.LX. • Time defendant was brought up, after having heft previously remanded to insert some duplicate* which she had omitted in het schedule. The piamtiff at that tune opposed her, and being queui':ned as to her Ito:l4nm, she said that the had never had any.— B:ing asked whether site had not had some sheets and .. some table linen she sail they were her sister's, who . it appeared was, like herself, a person hf no pmpesty, hut living entirely on her means. 13 , n- Lc:: was all • her fortune. Being asked whether `.i.e had not the linen marked with her ov.n i!anse ? si,e saidshe could not tell whose name it WAS marked with. There being no evidence to contradict her, Mr. gerjeant ItushlNcrrom would have discharged her; but it appeared that she was possessed of some dupli. rates which she had not insetted in her schedule, and time was given to aumeud the schedule. Upon her being brought up for that purpose, Mt. PRINCC Sairrit , aatect to the Court that he was now prepared to skew, Oat on her former ezamioa. tints, die had sworn that ti,e ar:ers were her sister's ; that 'he had since procnted evilence by which he wouh,kprove where she bought die lincu in August L ist ; -l ie would also produce the person who marked ►t with her name, 46 Ann Saville."' and also the launw dress who washed- it in October; he therefore sub witted, that the Court, tot its own divity, and for the sake of justice, would not permit her. to be dir. charged and to take the oath. Mr. Serjeant RUNIUNGTON said % that the. case lutv. ing been heard before, and the defendant reasanded foe a special purpose, 1:e could not now inquire far ther into it. If the plaintiff chose hereafter, an ap. placation might be made to the Court to vacate the discharge, it it was obtained by fraud; but he was s.tislied that the duplicates were nut omitted frau dulently. 'Hie prisorkr must now be &charged.— Ihe plaintiff might indict her also fur perjury. Sirrif said, he ptopased it only to preserve the consistency and dignity of the Court, which, he thought, was insulted by a person committing what, it his evidence proved correct, was a palpable per. jury. He suggested, that it this would avced the discharge, it would be batter to take the evidence now, and prevent the discharge. He should now re. commend his Clients to prosecute the defendant; and if they did not, they would be wanting in respect for justice and for the Court. The defendant being a very pretty woman, and surrounded by others of the most fascinating of the fair sex, there was a general plaudit upon the decision of the Learned Serjeant. A Mr. Pigeon got up 'and addressed the Court s claiming protection for himself and Mrs. Lection t who, he said, had been insulted in the Court. • Mr. Serjeant RUSNINCTON said he would commit anyone who disturbed the Cbtirtan insulted the parties. Ttiesday morning last, the Becconbill Telegraph, near Osprioge, accidentally caught tile, and was burnt down, notwithstanding every exertiun was dude to save it. Yesterday morning l between ten and eleven eclo.-,k, a middle-aged man, rather corpulent, was discovered under the bridge of the Regent's Canal, at Hamp. stead. Read, the Officer, passing at the time, as. listed in taking the•deceased out ; he was very de cently dressed in black, had no money in liEs pockets, nor any papers by whiCh he could be traced, or to whom he belonged ; his (shirt was marked E. M.—. He was taken to the sign of the Mother Redcap . , Cam. den-town, to be OVinClij and for Coroner's ..i s, ) 11 tY? 1a use ;ad all !be ig :e. er 1 9 .~ 4 1