Star. — London, England, 1818-11-27 00:00:00

HER LATE MAJESTY. COURT COMMON CO 1-ester,iay morning the Duke of YORK had a long i c w with the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton io.oe ; hi s Royal Highness afterwards proceeded, ten one and two o'clock, to Kew, on a visit of, ~lolence to his Royal Sisters, and returned to „ I s ol a rive o'clock. p ro m the gl cat weight of the coffins, and the num- Tien who are necessarily employed in the m ot of the Rth al remains, the stair-case in Kew has been tecured by additional supporters, to 1 ;;; eveiy possible safety. The Royal carriages, rich are to go in the procession from Kew, are ,nranded to be there at a quarter before nine : k on Wednesday morning. The procession is It for about an hour at Longford, and the time ival at St. George's Chapel is not to exceed a past eight o'clock. The churches of Kew, :'lmo-d, and Windsor, have been hung with black, late Masca-ry having been considered as a pa of all these parishes; and preparations are dog for hanging with black St. George's Chapel, radsor, previous to the day of the funeral. One hig,hly prominent trait in her late MAJESTY'S ccellent character, was the amiable and perpetual icrice of the most serious and important maternal' 2 t es , which she ever made her delight, in the hours domestic retirement during the adolescence of her :male children. It is well known that her MAJESTY :as hi;hly accempli , hed ; and though some more id and fa,cinating refinements have been intro d.tai into polished society than prevailed when she ived her princely education, yet all recreations eerE then considered fashionable, elegant, 'and mire, the QUEEN was known to be eminently iiliar with. Hence. in the instruction of the PRI N ;sell, she trusted not to the talents of governesses r, however well qualified they were known to but daily superintended their progress and mar :led their pursuits. But it was not in advancing , t ,„ihn: of her lovely daughters in those lighter hplithments which throw off the mechanical ,tics of the person, and require but little opera of the mind, that her MAJESTY was conspic"ous. ;tended to that part of their education which becomes the duty of the most learned male tors—that of eliciting the reasoning powers of sA, which forms the great distinguishing line perception and instinct—between Man, the :the CREAron, and the animals subservient use. Such were a few of her late MAJESTY'S to wisdom and the meed due to the exe. cise noblest of the domestic virtues ; and oil who honoured with her private friendship, saw her nloyed, and know how justly such claims allowed. Thus when the superior accom- Intents of the British Princesses became the ' , ration of every observer, and the theme of t - ingue, few knew how greatly they were ;Seated by their Illustrious Parent, the ornament cep age. Vor can we withhold the just tribute raise d , :e to those illustrious Ladies, for the 'itude aad affection they ever sheaved to their and virtuoris Mother. The regulations of render it imperatively necessary that the aters should continue under maternal guardian and protection till they become settled in the ; and we challenge the production of any •in the kingdom wherein more sincere filial vernal affection, more real and heart. rooted have ever prevailed than between the and PRINCESSES. How, therefore, such a loss .affect the feeling hearts of . the kindred survivors be better imagined than expressed ; for of all rows which we are here doomed to endure, is so bitter as that occasioned by the fatal stroke col separates us, in appearance for ever, from those rhom nature, affection, and friendship, had inti el our hearts. Memory, from time t 3 renews the anguish, opens the wound which once to be closed, and, by recalling joys that past and gone, touches every spring of painful Lility. In these agonizing moments, how reliev the thought, that the separation is only tempo not eternal ; that there is a time to come of re wit% those with whom our happiest days were whose joys and sorrows were once our own, hem whom, after we shall have landed on the .e.r.al shore where they dwell, no revolutions of, ere will ever be able to part us I Such is the ety of the blessed—such the hopes held out by Divine Religion we profess, and which madmen •.d wicked enthusiasts labour in vain to undermine stroy ! Mr. DAVIES rose to move a Resolution of Condo lence w;th the Prince Reent and the other branches of the! Royal Family on the death of her Majesty.— He be:ieved it would he generally ackuracledged that the present opportunity should not be allowed to pass without expressing their sentiments of condolence and sympathy with the Royal Family for the loss they had lately sustained in the death of the late Queen. Upon the propriety of such a measure there "could'be no difference of opinion; it would not there fore he necessary for him to enter into any argument upon it : he would merely submit to the Court the form in which he thought these sentiments ought to he conveyed. that they may judge of its propriety.— The Common Council of the City of London were always in the habit of expressing their participation in the sorrows as well as in the joys of the Royal Fa mily. By so doing, they manifested to the whole world, that whatever difference of opinion migl.t pre vail upon some points, there was none at all in the esteem, the loyalty, and the affection with which they, looked up to the - Family at present upon the Throne. From the time of their accession the country enjoyed some of the highest blessings. Whatever may be thought of her late Majesty with respect to some cir cumstances, so far as regarded her conduct in do mestic lifein the relatic.ns both of a parent and e a wife—all must allow that she had the highest claims, to respect. It was the study of her life front the time of their union to minister to the comforts and the happiness of the Sovereign, and to set an example of conjugal virtue to the country. Mr. D. concluded by reading the Motion expressive of their condolence and sympathy with the Prince Regent and the Royal Family on the death of her Majesty. Mr. JACKS seconded the motion. On coming into Court that day, he was not aware that any such pro position was to be made; and he felt great pleasure in seconding it. All must agree in the sentiments the motion conveyed, and approve particularly of that part which alluded to the example of purity and coil jugal affection set by hex Majesty. Upon this subject there was only one opinion in England, as well as in other countries. He had conversed with foreigners both here and on the Continent, and they all agreed upon the purity and the importance of the example set by her Majesty, and its beneficial effects upon the morals of the Court. Madame de Stael, in a late Work, acknoiatledged that the British Nobiiity and the British Court were the most 'pure of any in Eu rope. Lord Orford, in a Work in which he gives some account of the different Courts of Europe, says that in the time of George I. and George 11. the Bri tish Court was not remarkable for its purity. Its superiority in this respect, during the present reign, was to be attributed to the example of purity and conjugal affection set by her Majesty, and the manner in which she discharged all domestic duties. The Motion was then carried unanimously. The LORD MAYOR excused himself to the Court for not coming there, as usual, in state ; and said it was, owing to the decease of her Majesty. Some business of minor importance was then gone through, and the Court broke up. Notwithstanding the ad.vanced age cf her late! AJESTY, she could see to read distinctly, without of spectacles, until within the last two years. General TA was, a.; u51...11, of theitoyal I)in- Party at Cambridge-Lic:se, the residence of the fT.:vcessEs, at Kew, on Wednesday. On the night 'that day, in passing aleng one of the avenues, :Jr the menagerie, awing to the darkness of the the tienjral fell over some gardening imple ments, and fractured the small bone of the right arm, Id also i n j ure d his knee. A surgeon was imme !a:c!y sei.t for from Richmond, and the fracture, ;!,:ta some time, was reduced. A messenger was also It to Mr. BROOK TAYLOR, the General's brother, ,:rectly after the accident, and he visited him in :naly. Yesterday morning, the Oeneral was able walk out, and pay his respect to the PRNCESSL:S. A poor wi,man, named Susan Decarion, died on e 12th inst. at Haarlem, aged 105. DUEL IN HIGH LlFE.—Wednesday morning a meeting took place at Chalk Farm between two young Noblemen— the Earl of H. and Lord W. They were attended by two Noble Friends—the Earl of B. and Lord F. The parties fired one shot each— ' no blood was spilt—and the business ended. Messrs. Tnoraas and Rtcrratin Aeao•rr, of Skin ner-street, Wine Merchants, trading snider the Firm of the Commercial Hall Wine Company, having read with astonishment a paragraph in the Morning Pa pers, stating, " that a rule to shew cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against them for having persuaded needy individuals to buy Wines on credit, •and then sell such Wines to them at little more than half the price," had been moved for on the affidavit of one WRENCH, a bankrupt, beg most so lemnly to assure the Public in general, and their nu merotrs Friends in particular, that all the material assertions contained in WRENCH'S affidavit will be fully answered. Messrs. T. and R. ABBOTT beg most respectfully to remind the Public, that the statement against them is es parte, and hope that they will, with their usual liberality, withhold their judgment on the case, until they are afforded the opportunity of vindicating their character and reputation before the competent tribunal. ........zA. 1 . MANCHESDER, NOVEMBER 25. ..:., Yesterday . • Court a of Common Council was held . A fire, which threatened the most alarming con at Guildhall, for the purpose of expressing to his . sequences, broke out at ten o'clock last right ' in Royal Highness the PRINCE It EDENT and the other Pee rs's size - h o u se, situated between King-street and branches of the Royal Family the sentiments of con. Cable street, Salford ; but, by the prompt arrival of! dolence and sympathy with which the Common the engines, anda plentiful supply of water, •it was Council of London were impressed on the death of got under in the course of three hours, after totally 1 her 3t.rrstx. i destroying the premises in which it commenced, with The LORD MA?on opened the business of the day, some adjoining low building. o by informing the Court that he should be always f I am sorrn fever learn, that many aggravated cases ready, at the desire of any Member, to summon a have appeared in this town and Sal o typhus fever Council for the consideration of any subject which ford—particularly in those parts occupied by the might be deemed important. Before any proposition poorer inhabitants. That excellent institution, the was brought forward, it would be well, however, to Fever Hospital, is stated to be nearly full. consider whether it was of such a nature as was likely Among the purchasers at the public sales of Cot to he carried into effect, otherwise the time of the ton, at Liverpool, on Friday last, one Company of Court would he occupied in vain. There was a con. Spinners , of this neighbourhood, purchased the enor siderable :near of business, and he hoped it would mous quantity of two thousand bags of Maranhams , of 20Id. he got over with as much dispatch as possible. A re - at the low• price re taken per lb. Upwards of six quisition had been signed by several Gentlemen, for thousand bags the purpose of calling a Court of Common Council, consider that the we off by speculators, who' price has now arrived at its lowest 'ebb. Considerable purchases of manufactured goods to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament have also been made within these few days, on the for a revisal of the Penal Code. As it would be in- same principle. convenient to enter upon that subject at present, he The weaving trade still continues extremely de shoul'. 4 recommend the postponement of it until that pressed, but the silk trade is said to he reviving, and day fortnight. hopes of better prices are held out to the men en- Mr. Deputy HAMMAN rose to propose the thanks in _ gaged in this extensive branch of manufacture, as of the Court to the late Lord Mayor, for his zeal, soon as circumstances will permit. tegrity, and disinterestedness, in discharginr , the im- I regret to learn, that the breach between the portant duties of his office. quilting weavers and their employers is by no . means Mr. Dixon seconded the motion. He thought the healed ; indeed it has been considerably widened, by late Lord Mayor was highly deserving of their ap the conduct of the former, who, unable to bring the probation and thanks. He never knew any person in masters to the proposed terms, and unwilling to sub the situation who discharged the duties of it with mit to any farther reduction, have caused a printed mme attention, or was more constant in attendance Address to be posted and Circulated, with an invita at the Mansion Ilousc. He conducted himself in such tion, calling upon any master, manufacturers, or a or :liner as to give satisfaction to all parties, how ethers, tq come forward to support them, offering ever they might differ otherwise in opinion. He to work for them (whether in the trade or not) on (Mr. Dixon) was proud to have this opportunity of fair moderate terms ; and making a tender of their publicly acknowledging the merits of the late worthy looms, patterns, and every other requisite (capital Lord Mayor. excepted) for carrying on the business. The poor The question was put and carria unanimously. men are extremely moderate in their demands; but DEATH OF THE QUEEN. the course they have now taken, by irritating those who have hitherto been their employers, is noicalcu lated to do them any service, and must ultimately prove injurious both to themselves and others. BEI • A-ester:lay n wid ; D uce ; hip R br.vcen one a callolence to : shoat ti( F r om Cie gt ker ( linen WI al ,„val of the . p a ! I .se has bee eve y ntich are to ~,:nnianded :o'clock on IA h a lt for abl . of a rrival at S.: goner past `• Richmond, an her late YfAsi r illtioner of al making for h: Windsor, pre, One highly excellent chat yractice of th duties, which of domeAic r f or ,* childr v:as hi;hly bid and fa c ased into pc received her C : at skele the :Itractive, tl familiar with ctsFet7, she t alone, howes be; but dais) sha:ied their t ie stadiet o wompli 4un abilities of th ;,,n of the nt F.^.e attended ' wl , l ;ly beet)] s:al, wit' ;excen per( ;are of the use. A tO wi :the nobles rehonour , us employs . ue alio: Plants adm'Tai;oa . every tongr. ; fuilitated tr age. cf raise d. ratitude fond and society rem Daughters ;hip and pi world; and family in to and paterna attachment QIIEN and must affect any be bet , the sorrows v.c..le is so b shish sepal to wilem to; Lately jcin rend • I rated one are past an the the %.77, not c wit from pezer.al wi iec;ety of tie Di...in( wicks and destrc • Notwit . , IISJESTV id of (;;nerd ter Party ct:s (1 that c • Lar the 1 th . • '-:7.lEntS, at • t:ar,d also • , St. vale soon ;;sett to N directly ; ) t: . , walk c ; A pory 12th poi, • , 19EIG WATER COMPANIES. A most numerous and respectable Meeting of the inhabitants of Chelsea, Knightsbridge, and their environs, was held yesterday at the Flask Tea-gar dens, Five-fields, Chelsea, to take into consideration the enormous rates of the Chelsea Water-works-com pany, and the best means cf obtaining redress for the present grievance, and security against future op pression there ; and also for the purpose of uniting the Committee of Chelsea with that of Knightsbridge, for the furtherance of the objects of the inhabitants• Sir HENny Wir.sos was in the chair. Several ap- , propriate Reiolutions were entcrcJ into, expressive of their determination to check the evil complained of. It appeared that the rate had been nearly doubled, without any satisfactory reason being assigned ; and that all remonstrances ha:: been met by threats to Cut off the supply of water—threats which had, in several instances, been put into execution. The remains of fhe late Mrs. WILLIAM MORTON PITT were landed at Dover on Wednesday night, from Calais, anti taken yesterday morning for inter ment to Dorsetshire, accompanied by Mr. PITT. Mr. KENNEDY succeeds the late Mr. TAYI.OR, as principal door-keeper of the House of Commons; and Mr. JONES, the senior Messenger, takes the place of Mr. KENNEDY, as assistant door-keeper. The fees and emoluments are not less than from l'2oo to 1.5001. per annum. Mr. TAYLOR, who held the place for many years, was much respected, for his obliging manners, and was particularly courteous to strangers. It is said he has died rich. The journeymen-tailgrs of Glasgow are determined that the inhabitants shall pay for their loyalty on the present oecasion of a general mourning. They have refused to work unless at an advance of 50 per cent. on the former wages; so that if a gentleman paid 20s. for making a cast formerly, he mu s t now pay `..;os. one half the price of the cloth. Notwithstanding the advance much business is done by the drapers, Wednesday se'nnight two Gentlemen were tined in the Police Office, Glasgow, for cruelly treating a horse, by driving a gig inriously through the streets. Friday, Gray Edmonston, a collier, residing at Tollcross, was killed at Hamilton Farm Colliery. The hutch in which he was ascending, striking against the side of the pit, he tumbled down headlong. A woman was killed on Sunday, by falling from a window in the third flat of a house in Bridge-gate, Glasgow. Saturday evening, a most shameful attack was made on the life of one of the Officers of the 10th Regiment, now quartered in Glasgow. He was stand ing in - the Barrack-square when he received a must violent blow with a brick. An Englishman of distinction has purchased at Aix-la-Chapelle one of the pictures of RUBEN.: for the enormous sum of Four Thousand Guineas.— French Paper. A CHEAP BA RCA Iti.—Friday last, a fellow sold to another, in Grimsby market, a fat pig, a feather-bed, an eight •day clock, and two or three other article of household furniture, together with his wife, for the sum of one pound and twopence! PRICES OF Hors.—Bags, £5. ss. to £7.—Pockets, Eb. 6s. to £B. CORN ExcIiANGE,MAnK-tANE,Nov.27—Al.hougli the art ivals since Monday have been very Small, yet the Wheat trade contirxes exceedingly heavy, so much so that the major part of the Essex supply on Monday still remains, although offered full 2s. per quarter under that day's prices.—Fine English Barley being scarce, what wpeared this morning sold ls. per qr. higher, and the best discriptions of foreign found buyers on full as good terms as on Monday.—Oats support Monday's prices, but the sales were heavy.— In Beans and Peas there is no alteration. SMITHFIELD MARKET, NOV. 27. Beef .......4s Od to 5s Od Veal 5$ 6d to 6.4 fid Mutton .. ..4s Od to 61 4d I Pork rid (feasts 750—Calves 160—Sheep and lambs 3,250 —Pig' 2(.10 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. ' Hay Os to 113 e$ I Straw 10, to At 181 C10ver...... 6 Os to 9 Os Rowen Os 00‘ to Os • LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY-COURT, NOVEMBER IN THE CASE OF THE SfilP GE&EI:OUS. This was an appeal from a sentence passed by the Vice .Admiralty Court of Barbadoes, cim!emning the • ship Generous and her cargo, by reason of an alleged violation of certain Parliamentary Statutes, called the Navigation Acts, passed in the reigns of Charles 11. William 111. and George 111 The vessel sailed ori ginally from Guadalonpe, in Decembe:', It 10, and was chartered by Mr. Forman, a resident in that island, for a voyage to Wilmington, in North Caro lina, and back to the West Indies. She reached her outward destination on the :;Ist of January, 1816, and after taking in a return cargo, quitted that port, having been delayed by the desertion of sa me of her men, and the difficulty of procuring flesh hands, oti the SOth of May, and on her arrival in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, was detained by his Majesty's ship Sca mander, Captain Elliot, the 12th of July following and, subsequently, was confiscated under the Act.st above mentioned, " not being navigated by a crew of which three-fourths wete British seamen, nor having a Master, nor being registered accord ing to law." In the proceedings of the lower Court, it was alleged that the name of' the Master, on chang ing him in the course of the voyage, was not endor sed on the register, and that more than half the crew were foreigners. On behalf of the appellants, seve. cal circumstances were pleaded in justification ; and it was nosy prayed that the sentence of condemnation might he reversed. A long aiscussion took place between the King's . Advocate, Dr. LI::.;111NOTON, Dr. JENNER, and Dr. Do:.:sox, when scntence was deferred. • NOVENIEER ME CASE. This day Sir WILLIAM SCOTT pronounced judg ment as follows :—This, he observed, was a Revenue case, appealed from the rice-Admiralty Court of Barbadoes, an.' transmitted from thence in the very incommodious manner in which proceedings usually e. arc from the lower Courts. This ship was condem . - • ned, it is alleged, under the Navigation Acts, some or all of them : the property on board appears to have been also altogether condemned, in the idea that the whole was liable to condemnation, without any specific grounds being stated on which such sen tence of confiscation was decreed. It therefore had ; become necessary to travel through all the Statutes alluded to, in order to ascertain the grounds upon which it had been passed. Of course the onus of proving that the claimants were not amenable to the operation of those Acts, remained with their Coun sel. It was, however, not unreasonable in that Court to expect that it should have been instructed in all these necessary particulars. It had frequently had occasion to notice such omissions on the part of the lower Courts, hitherto without effect ; but on future occasions, he trusted the intimation he now gave would be attended to. This, then, was a case under. the Revenue Laws ; laws, as lied been well remarked, of a very unbending kind, and planned by a policy which acted on very jealous principles. It was not in tha breast of the Jude to alter, but to follovv them. Yet even the law itself must yield, like every ; thing else, to necessity. In all its aphorisms, the law never intended to compel men to impossibilities. The Court, therefore, had three matters for its considera• tion, and they should appear to its satisfaction, be fore it could pronounce for the appeal. In the first place, that the nature of the necessity be that to which the law must submit : for there might be a necessity originated by a man's own act, and such as the party could overcome. Secondly, That the party himself have made use of all his best endeavours to accomplish the enactments of the statutes : he did not mean that the party should be required to have used : all those means for so doing which the wit of man could suggest ; but such as the best experience, com mercial habits, and knowledge of business cou:d de vise. Thirdly, that all these facts should appear to • the Court, on the clearest and most undeniable evi dence ; for where there was an infraction of the law,' nothing but necessity could supersede its operation. The Learned Judge then entered into a history of the 1 . ship (formerly le Uenereux) from the time of its cap ture down to the voyage in question. The vessel l • saled from Wilmingtue ea hr return voy ag e, not beiror navigated nor et man e ded according to the provisions of the navigation e. pith three- . fourths of her crew British mariners, and having a) British master : she therefore had sii:iiec:ed hermit to confiscation under • those acts, unless sufli. ient causes could be established for her deviating liom the law. The fact of her deviation was not contra vetted, and it remained with the Court to see whe ther the causes were borne out. The defence set up was, that a qualified crew could not be procured at Guadeloupe; now this very plea proved, that the vessel left that islaeil \sith an insufficient number qoalified men; for i: would be perfectly ridiculous to plead, as however it :as pleaded, that the disqua lification occurred afterwards, unless the claimant had the faculty of reconci:iag impossihilities ; for three were contrary Lets. Ie the second place it was pleaded that no British master could be found at Guadeloupe, on any conditions—yet Nixon, an Englishman, appeared on all the ship's papers, as master, giving receipts, and making sliursements. This was a difficulty that could only be removed by supposing that he acted merely for some other per son, who was really and truly the master, as after wards appeared. After this, it was in vain to say, that what occurred at Guadahoupe was out of the question : for the claimants had :lade that the foun dation of their defence—three out of four of their own witnesses who had been examined spoke to this point ; admitting, what could not be denied, that they sailed from Guadeloupe n its an incompetent crew. Of what consequence then was the desertion of a part of the crew at Wilmington ? That could only increase, not create, the deficiency. Claimants, therefore, were bound to prove that they could not obtain a sufficient crew at Guadaloupe. As to the question of necessity, did the fact of there not being a sufficient number of British born seamen at Gua daloupe constitute it? Undoubtedly, it it had been shewn.that the Act accepted none but our native seamen as British mariners the plea would have been good ; hut vivre not the Negro seamen, and all the inhabitants of Gundaloupe sufficiently domiciled. Was the law so niggardly as to refuse its protection to those who have submitted to our arms, or so uejust as to neglect those who have passed from another power wader our dominion? The &fen; • 1 , , 1 i 0 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 i 1 4r 1 , 1 i I , '.I ' 1 1 ... 1 Ad