Star. — London, England, 1802-11-05 00:00:00

.e the confequences to themfelves of fo unequal a ft , i!c ,le, if noire of the great powers Phew a difpoll tion to render them effenual aid. The Paris of the 31 ft ult. contains a num ber o f fpeculations upon the advantages that may re fult from Malta being guaranteed by Auftria and Fril l', in place of Rullia as originally intended ; )-et the M a dan-continues filcnt on the fubjeet, and in j ee d we confider the flatement given in a for zee k ph which we laid before our Readers yef terday, as not entitled to any credit. A morning paper, The True Briton, after giving t t, e statement alluded to, of the differences between : . iance and England ref Petting Switzerland being tlys—" The abfurdity of the circum- I. fiances frifficiently expofes the falfehood of the rhole liatement ; but left any credulous perfons thould for a moment Puffer therafelves to be mil li led by it, we beg leave, from the firft authority, 41 to alTure them, that ii is wholly untrue. The ob ., j e st of tile Article is too obvious to need much expollue. It is wholly a Stock-jobbing trick, ri i n which, probably, tome defperate Englifh ad ,, venturers are deeply concerned." The refult of our own inquiries corroborate the Ilatement of 7he True Briton. There is no truth rrhatever in the article given in the Argus! This day being the anniverfary Of tile Gun powder Plot, it was obferved as a holiday at all the Public Offices ; the Park and Tower guns were fired at one o'clock, and flags were difplayed on the fteeples of St. Martin's and other churches. On Wednefday his MAjErr v iffued a Proclama tion for calling in the old Mediterranean panes, as I s dual at the termination of every war. Th: Duke of CLARENCE, with that patriotic f r i r it which has ever diflinguithed his Highnefs, has offered his profefilonal Cervices to the Noble Lord at the head of our Naval Adminifiration, in tide of its being neceffitry to fend a fleet to lea. Colonel Pa tvosT has taken the oaths as Gover int of Dominica. The Earl of GuILDTOR D is now at Paris, in good hula). His Lordthip is expeaed to return to England in the courfe of a few days. Lord and Lady HA M ?DIN arrived IA Sunday at their feat at Himpden, Bucitinghamthire, from their tour through Wales. Dowager Lady Ds CLIFFORD gave a grand din. se: yeiterday to a Meet party of friends. _ - Sir Wm. JoHnsrow, Bart. M. P. arrived on Wtdnefday at St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-flieet, from Scotland. Lord SUNDERLIN has lately adorned his feat at bronfion, in Ireland, with a beautiful church of Gothic firuiture. The Earl and Counters of BIRRILEY, Counters of Sums, three Ladies DouaLas, Baronets of /ON Earl of Essax, Lord ADAIR, Lord DUlt• ntr, Lady STDMIY, Lady Cutssttmcs, Lady Trims, Lady Sr. Lawastica„ Hon. Mr. and Hrs. PORTMAN Sir EDWARD and Lady HALES, k EDWARD and Lady Hosat, Sir JAMES PvL- Tißrr, and Sir Joss Pooas, are among the laft snrals at Bath. Tht Duellers of 'Stoma, we are happy to hear, enkiTs a good flare of health at Bath. Yefterday nine of the French Ambaffador's fer rants anired in town by the Dover Rage-coach. Lord WHITWORVH and the Duchefs of DORSET Were at Covent-garden Theatre, on Wednefday 'Telling, to fee the Cabinet, for the laft time, in all likelihood, before their depanure for France. A National Academy_ of Arts is to be enablifhed Lit.bon, of w hi c h Mr. liteVeleoZ2l is to have tee faperintendance. He is ta-be attended by two ?apil, from this country. Ali harralome fuite of :lumen's are to be affigned blm , acrd every thing provided fo r hfrn at. Litho% indipendent of h $ falary, which is little more than cool. fterling I year. M. Et:snug, Auditor to the. •POPt, has been lfortned, by or d er o f hi s Holinefi, that he will promoted in the firfi Contiftory that is held, to t't dignity of a Cardinal. Mr. SXITH, of Came Bear Hill, near Ealing, D'e a grand Ball and Supper on Monday night. The new Comedy again aura/led a bumper Taft tght atCovent-garden,and was received through tz With great applaufe. A Gentleman much in the habit of abuling the nlith Military Commanders, was one day told, rr.a:lf we had not one aiyi GallkllAL, we had one uinaat. Wife. ~1 4 Monday, after waiting for the fog to be • 'a bly difperfed, Mr. RUSSELL'S fox hounds t t ,Lew off at Sir H ARRY M ILDMAY ' S , very loon ' ll4 hirn, and after a (harp burkmaking a circle re•croffed the canal at Dogmerf 14d Park, through Cockfmoor, away over Hof , 4 :1 Common Slade Heath, down to Lockfgrove, th e road to Wincliefter, and afterwards rr, , tr at Willey, into the Holt Foreft—Abbot's , flyer the brook at Huntingford Bridge, to . 41 - I .lger Com mon an d Heath almo ft to Bram -4 4 1 thnn turning away, had a view at him, and it him in Gentle's Coppice, a fmall diftance . fl Liphook.—F our G ent l emen , befteles the ',. 4 T r man and 1':1p hi kited through the %tot this o :t;lent run. "..—Some time ago an Englilh• g.irdener • o the Emperor of Ruffia, was in neighbourhood of Neweaftle, and received 1 -4 civiliti es f rom a nirferyman, in return f or .7 6 , Whe n h e went to Ruff i a, he font Mrs. N . a . .J.ent of a very fine muff. The duty charged on :IPrefent amonnted to three guineac, which in him to requell that his friend in future ... I kl fend hi m t h e raw material when he was dif f,,cl to fend him a prefent. The confequence was 1 4 on Monday week, a young white bear was tent Cultom-houte to till nutftryman• • MAR 161Aktrs. COIN IN mcrois RETURN FROM UEBRINOt. Wheat povErasra 4: , per Load, from 141. to 161. ss. Barley, per Quarter, from 11.65. to 11. los. Oats, per Quartet, from IL 25. to 11. Bs. Beans, per Quarter, from 11. 14.5. to 21. Peafe, per Qcarter, from 21. Bs. to 21. 18. MARK-LANE, i/OVEMEER 5. • Since Monday 'Wheat has declined full 2s. per quarter on the belt qualities, and more ori the lower forts-Flour confequently is a very dull ar ticle at the quoted prices, viz. 48$. to 525.-Barley from the few arrivals we have had, has obtained full is. 6d. per quarter more than at our lali Market-A few cargoes of Bolton Oats have rendered the fides heavy, And a trifle cheaper ; molt other articles continue unvaried. Euglifh Wheat, per qr. sos. 54 5 . 565. Prime Effez, 58s. 6os. Fine Dantzic Wheat, 58s. 61s. Rye, 325. 365. Barley, 24.5. 265. (New) 295. 3os. Malt, 44.5. 485. Oats, 15s. 225. 245. Old 255. 265. }fork Beans, New, 315. 34.5. Old, 355. 38s. Tick Beans,New, 295. 31$. Old, 31 s. 335. Hog Peafe, 385. 431. Boilers, New szs. 565. 58s. Carraway Seed, 365. to 41s. per cwt. Coriander, 285. to 3os. per cwt. Canary, 9os. t) 935. per qr. Rape Seed, 341. to 351. per laa. Flour, 48s. 525. 535. per fack. KESIFIGK, OCT. 30. The pretended Colonel Hope, in his rapid flight, left behind him a coftly drefEng box, which was opened laft week by a warrant from a Magiftrate. —lt was completely furnifhed with elegant filver toilet trinkets ; and there were two letters found in it • one from Ballynahinch, in Ireland, and direet ed to Colonel Hope, from which it appeared that he was concerned in ifome gang or other in that unhappy country. There was likewife a cell book, in which a memorandum was made of 12001. and odd, having been inverted by him in the Bank of Dimfdale and Co.• in the month of March laft.— Nothing appeared leading to a difcovery of his real name. But to-day poor Mary of Buttermere, ex amining the box more narrowly, found that it had a double bottom ; and in the interfpace were a number of letters addreffed to him from his wife and children, under the name of Head fi eld. This atrocious villain is therefore a bigamift, as well as guilty of felony for attaching the name of a Mem ber of Parliament to a letter for the pnrpofe of a fraud. He had endeavoured to perfuade the girl and her mother, and nominal father, to fell their elate, and to go altogether with him into Scot land ; which they refuted to do, chiefly from the prudent fears of the old man. Ppor Mary is the objeft of univerfal concern. Yefterday being like a fpring day, Bond-Itreet was crowded between two and three o'clock with pedeltrians,and a number of elegant carriages were (ported. The City Annourers are bufy in accomplithing their Knight for the City Procelifion. A Correfportdent hopes the good Citizens of London will be favoured with a fight of the State Berlin proceflion, on the gth init. with the PRICES placed upon it. THE Nvw LORD MAYOR'S CARRIAGE.—The new carriage built for the LORD MAYOR, and juft ready to be launched, is efteemed by thole who are belt capable ofudging, one of the completeft fpecimeni of Briti lh manufaaure ever exhibited. The body of the carriage is of a rich glazed ma roon colour, highly varnifhed and polifhed ; the door-rails are emblazoned with the City Arms and Supporters, environvd by the emblems of Peace, Strength, and Unanimity, with other appropriate devices. His Lordfhip's own arms are embla zoned within a garter on very large crimfon man tles, lined with filk and fur, and fupported by branches of oak and laurel. The civic crown, hel met, and creft, with fuitable ornaments, are dif played upon the footboard. The joints are of folid flyer, and are exquifitely rich and beautiful. The Footmen's holders are extremely handfome, and correfpond with the lining of the body. The lamps are upon an entirely new principle, and produce a very fine effea. The carriage itfelf is of a bright fcarlet, with the principal ornaments of gold. The colour of the lining correfponds with the body of the carriage, and the decorations are of gold, and prefent the happieft combination of tafte and magnificence. The hammer cloth is peculiarly elegant. It is full plaited and embroidered with the City Arms in the centre, and his Lordfhip's on the fides.— There is a row offringe, richly ornamented with bullion, a fpecies of decoration which imparts an uncommon appearance of grandeur to the whole. Above the fringe is an elegant lace, adapted to the colour of his Lordfhip's livery ; the fame lace, furcharged with a very rich gimp, ornaments the top, and at the corners there are taftels, which are beyond conception fuperb. The harnefs is filver mounted, and ornamented with his Lordfhip's arms and creft. The houfings are decorated in the fame manner. The .bit is flyer, Itudded with emboffments, containing his Lordship's creft. Yefterday afternoon the inhabitants of Old-ftreet Road were fuddenly put into fome alarm by the appearance of a fuppofed Lieutenant and a Prefs gang, who had proceeded from KingflaneLroad, and flopped and queftioned a number of perfons ; but a Police Officer happily paging at the time, inftantly recognized one of the foremoft men as a noted bullock-hunter, finafher, &c. and immedi ately taking him into cuftody, the reit of the counterfeit gang fled in every direaion, amidft the hides and the laughter of &samba of ' ~LTT Calf iktELLtaket amionr• MAILS THIS Dity.sintel eae. Atttvab. I Dublin, o Waterford • French o Hamburg o Dutch This morning arrited a mail from Litton, brought to Fal mouth by the PRINCE OF WALES packet, in tz days. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 3. Sailed to the eaftward the AMAZON, of 38 guns, Captain SUTTON ; GALATEA, of 32 guns, Captain WOLFE; and the MAciciENNe,pf 32 guns, Captain VANSITTART. Arrived the INSOLENT gun brig, of 12 guns ) Lieut. KORIWRIGHT, from Milford. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 4. Sailed the Lord Seaford, —, for Valencia, with wheat. DOVER, NOV. 4.—Half paft Three, P. M. Yefterday evening, about twenty minutes paft five o'clock, the French Ambaftador, General AN DREOSSI, arrived at gilillacq's Hotel, Calais.— The Municipality went out in proceflion to meet him, and he was fainted with repeated difcharges of cannon on his arrival at Calais, the military being turned out, and every honour paid him. This morning, at fix o'clock, he proceeded to go on board the Parfait Union, Captain Moscou, for this place. He was again fainted with dif charges of artillery, and he was efcorted by the military to the water fide, At half paft fix, the fhip failed amidil a grand difcharga [of cannon.— There was but little wind, and he has not had a quick pottage. T. MANTUA, Efq. Agent for Packets here, went to meet him, and is now on board accompanying him. P. S. 4 o'Clock.—l have this moment quitted the Pierhead, after feeing General ANDREOSSI Mon fieur PORTALLI s, his Secretary, and Suite landed : they will fet off for Town to morrow morning. FROM LLOYD's LIST. DFAL, Nov. 4.—Arrived the l'Oifeau frigate, and Ekon gun-veffel, and failed for Leith, with the 26th regiment of foot on board, from Plymouth.—Wind S.W. GRAVESIND, Nov. 4.—Paffcd by the Union, Belli farius, Scott. Ann, Barker, Achilles, Nicholfon, Enterprize, --, and Hearn, Robertfon, from Memel; Ocean, Gram, from DantaierHarpooner, Lamb, Ifabella, —, and Gal hlec, troth Pcteriburgh; Paragon, Kirton, from Rigs; Ebenezer, —, and Paul and Elizabeth, Rown, from Nor way.—Sailed the Ceres, Webb, for Martinique ; Speculation, Meldrum, for Bonaviita ; St. Pedro, lbefter, for Madeira; Simon Cack, Watfon, for Hamburgh ; Aurora, Zillman, for Stettin; Charlotte Wilhelmina, —, for Stralfund; Betfiy, Marfon, and Patience, Murphy, for Liibon. Arrived—in the Downs, the Hinde, Clark, from Riga, bound to Litton. At Cadiz, Fla, Baker, from Exeter; and the George, Puree', from Dublin. At St. Lucars, Fanny, Brooks, from Loudon. The Charles, TATE, and John and Richard, GRINDLAY, from Memel, with timber and deals, is arrived at Grang emouth. _ The St. Peter, MURCHER, from Peterfburgh for Corenhagen, is loft in the Gulph of Finland . - The Diana, WILLIAMS, from Jamaica to Li verpool, was loft die s ii9th of July on the Ifles of Pines. About three o'clock on Tuefday afternoon, the (hip Afphalon, of London, Capt. IRvixo, from Memel bound to London, with timber and deals, went a(hore upon the Cork Sand, near Harwich. A quantity of the timber has been thrown over board to lighten the (hip, in order to get her off, but it is feared fhe is fo docked that it cannot be effeeted. LAW INT EL LIGENCE. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY; DOCTORS . COMMONS. THURSDAY, NOV. 4. This day the Right Hon. Sir W. SCOTT pro ceeded to the adjudication of the following caufes: Johannah Elizabeth, Corden matter.— This was a farther proof cafe with refpeet to a cargo of provifions, which was captured going from one enemy's port to another, and was claim ed as American property. The Court being fa tisfied with the proof produced, reaored the fame as claimed. The Barer, Kruger mailer.—This was a further proof cafe with refpeet to a quantity of cheefes, claimed on behalf of a merchant at Emb den. In this cafe the Quirt was of opinion that the proof was infufficient, and accordingly con demned the fame. The Norden, Kleyn mater.—The Court in this cafe alto condemned the goods that were claimed as neutral property, on the ground of in fafficiency of proof. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOV. 2. SPILLER V. COOPER. This *as an action brought for the non-perform. ante of an agreement entered into by the defen dant to deliver a quantity of thong gin and bitters at a certain price, and within a certain time, to the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD opened the cafe on the part of the plaintiff. He Rated that in the month of January t Soo, his client, who is in a very extenfive way of bufinefs in the fpirit line in Blackfrtars-road, entered into an agreement to purchafe too,' 1 , , 'lions of (trot gin at the price of 7s. 2d. per gallon for money,and r sogallons of bitters of the like flrength and price, the whole to be delivered in a fortnight. This agreement was made in a manner the wifdom of our laws had provided, to prevent miflakes And uncertainties, to wit, was reduced to writing, and that in the bell way for the intereft of his client, Cm it was drawn up by the defendant himfelf. After he fhould put it in and have it read, the Jury would hear from his learned Friend what fort of defence could be tet up again(l hib client's demand of hav ing the goods fo purchafed bylim delivered. The ~,~, . . notes; but refuted to be taien, to re c over a com penfation for which the prefent a6lion 'vas brought. James Gr`iffiths, the fird witnefs, fiitl, ,that he . was a vietualler and tl3 , irit dealer in Fle . p,t-triarket ; that on the 2i ft of January, tfioo, aboilt fevers o'clock in the evening, J. Spiller called on him, and Aced hiM to go mit ; he did fp, and they went over trill . CoOper's diilillery, and after tailing hiS gin, andd oing all over the warehoufe , finding nei theri Mr. ooper br his partner were at home, f) as to be able to make any bargain, went away ; they after*ards went to the Leaping-bar, where Mr. Cooper at that time flept,his apartments in the new houfe not being ready, and where they underflood Mr. Cooper was expeded to be about I t o'clock ; they ("upped, and remained until Mr. C. came in ; after fome converfation the witnefs agreed with him for one thoufand gallons of thong gin, at 75. 3d. per gallon, to be the arength of onr in five, and del livered in a fortnight. In the courfe of further con verfation Mr. Cooper fpoke of Tome bitters ; the witnefs ordered a pipe, or Iso gallons, at the fame price and flrength of the gin, and fame time of de livery, half an hour or fo. Mr. Cooper Aced Mr. Spiller if he fhould book any to him ? he faid he might fend him one thoufand gallons, but his mutt be for money, 7s. 2d. a gallon was to be the price; he added, that his little ail' held 300 gallons, and as the wittnefs was to have Igo gallons of bitters Mr. Spiller would take the like quantity, it would make a making. Mr. Spiller faid he would take it at the fame price and on the fame terms as the gin. The agreement was then committed to writing by Mr. Cooper himfelf, was flgned by him, and Wit neffed by the prefent witnefs; it was now put in, and read : Memorandum—l James Cooper, of Blackfriar's Road, reetifier, fold this 224 day of January, 1799, to Mr. Spiller, of the fame place, loco gallons of ftrong gin, at 7s. 2cl. per gallon, for money, the arength tins, and alfo iso gallons of bitters white, at 7s. 2d. per gallon, to be delivered in a fortnight. JAM LS COOPER. Witnefs, JAMES GRIFFITHS. On the crofs-examination by Mr. Serjeant BEST and Mr. CARR, he faid he did not know at the time of making his night bargain thatthe diftillerieswere flopt, or the price of malt fpirits raifed; he might have heard filch a report, but it did not come of ficially, he had long expeaed it, and had that day been among the trade to collet what intelligence he could on the fubjeet. He did not learn at the houfes where he called that the ftoppage had taken place, or that the price was railed; he could have bought of any of them gin at the lame price. In anfwer to fome quellions put to him by the Jury, he could not give a fatistat - tory account how he could go to bottles with which it appeared he occa fionally dealt, and flay till a late hour in the night for another perfon with whom he had never dealt ? Stephen grown, Cooper's di Riflery man, depofed as to his mailer's coming home at near two o'clock in the morning of the 22d of January. On his in forming him that Spillcr and Griffiths, and a Mr. Gough, had been there tailing gin, his mailer laid he had feen them, and done fume bufinefs with two of them, Spiller and Griffiths, they having ordered moo gallons of gin, and 150 of bitters each ; that he should not wonder if a rife had taken place, and that he had burnt his fingers. He did not at all perceive him to be in liquor : he converfed Kith him afterwards about how it was to be fent home, and gave direaions to fend two pipes at a time on Thurfday in the big cart : his matter in the morn ing left town for Leatherhead, and loon after he was gone, the notice from the malt-diaillers of a rife in malt-fpirits of 3s. a gallon arrived. John Prowett proved the,tender in payment, and the refufal to deliver the goods, all which was ad mitted. Serjeant It EST for the defence, proceeded to call his witneffes. Mr. Tunftall, the ReCtifier, was called on by Spitler about fix in the evening of the 2111 of Ja nuary, to requeft him to fend two pipes of gin in before ordered conditionally, viz. to be paid for whenever delivered, at the market price. The w it nefs told him he had received intimation that the malt diftillers were (topped by an order of Council, and that they had raifed their fpirits 3s. a gallon, and that he could not let him have the two pipes at the old price, he muft pay the advance price on the 22d. The next day he received the notice in form from the diftillers ; the firft intimation, the day before, was a parole one from a friend.. Mrs. Palmer, of the Leaping Bar, where Mr. Cooper lodged, was prefent when the agreement was made, and in tome points contradided Grif fith's evidence. Mr. Palmer, the landlord, was called to prove a converfation he had with Spiller fome time after wards, on the latter calling on him for an order for fome brandy and rum. The witnefs faid to him, " So, Mr. Spiller, you did the trick nicely, you hatelet Cooper in very decently,for you mull have known of the rife in the price." Spiller replied, what has a man in bufinefs to work with but his head ? William Redfearn proved, that Spiller and Grif fith Came to his houfe in learch of Cooper, that they feemed very delirous indeed to find him, and left word to detain him if he called there. Lord ALVAN IA y fummed up the evidence illort• lye to the Jury, who retired, and in about half an hour returned with a verdict for the defendant. OLD BAILEY. Yeflerday twenty prifoners were tried, three of whom wee capitally convicted : Charles Hawkins, Charles Thompfon, Kenneth Itf' Kenzie and Kitchener, were capitally indid ed for afFaulting and robbing James Aitkins, on the i ith of Oetober 'aft. The profecutor faid he had been a failor on board one of his Majefly's (hips, from which he was difcharged, and afterwards came to London to receive money due to him, and get employment as a blackfmith, the trade he had been brought up to. On the t ith of Odlober he met two of the prifoners in Drury Late, one of them having been his fhipmate, he treated him and the other with !lime liquor They then went together to St. Giles", where they went into a public houre, and .Wati(4l l 44-kr.thilltikr PrlAMersi whom he alto