Star. — London, England, 1818-02-05 00:00:00

REPARAXIE-1246104,T0, THE BRITISH NATION. . r._. I,ea itteintelligence we have to communicate needs be told to rouse the energies of a great and a 14caple to prepare for speedy and exemplary nce, on a set of robbers who have too long %criminally permitted to exercise the most daring wanton attacks on the rights of civilized widow. Ke learn by a letter from Genoa, dated the 15th wan, inserted in the Paris Papers of Monday, id ; we have just received, that the Sardinian at Algiers had arrived at Genoa, and tcated the following particulars of a recent and tragical occurrence at that Regency, tick the British Consul, and in his person the ty of out Nation has been most grossly insulted; the insult accompanied with, and followed by of atrocious fe rocit y and murder, alike shock to our feelings as countrymen ci she 'sufferers, as men. A Sardinian brig, it appears, had been captured! taken into Algiers, under the pretext tb her were irregular. The Sardinian Vice-Consul . te•ted against the seizure, and, accompanied by 1-.11 of the other Consuls, repaired to the Palace it DE‘ to demand reparation. The DElf received surrounded by his guards, and with a drawn in his hand. At the same instant the English presented himself to complain to the DIY of acts of violence which his son and two nieces jast experienced ; They had been seized in the the young man had been thrown into a dun and the two Ladies dragged to the seraglio of Du, where they had ken pat into dresses after the, riish fashion. The DEE, furious at the complaint, ordered the in of his Guards to bring the young English before him—when, horrid to tell—.-1113 READ STRUCK OFF IN HIS FATHERS PRESENCE!! Who would attempt to describe the feelings of a - so dreadfully excited ! Trembling with horror, from the place as fast as his trembling limbs carry him, to endeavour to form some decision the line of conduct he ought to pursue under lstances which he could hardly allow himseifi 'eve were real, but rather the illusions of a hor- dream. The scene, alas! was nest visionary. Intmedkeetyl the barbarous immolation, the bleeding head of ion of the British Consul was exposed on the of the Palace, as a mark for the insults of a Turkish soldiery. need hardly add, that all the Consuls felt a interest in the scene that had been transacted. learning that the head of our countryman had thus exposed, the Sardinian Vice-Consul has to express his sentiments of this dreadful trans- , but received for answer an order instantly to Algiers. But mark the brutality of these bar- His daughter was forcibly taken from him, probably, like our countrywomen, whose wrongs cry on us for vengeance, consigned to the Se of the Dm The Vice-Consul was obliged to the Regency without his child! The foregcing intelligence will, it is extremely , be in some way alluded to in Parliament very evening. If authentic, the Nation has but , course to pursue, on such an occasion as this we would not be surprised should it prove to be case, that while we are writing these remarks, are issuing to the proper departments to pre an armament against the spoilers, adequate to extent of the vengeance which justice and htuna demand for crimes so atrocious as to defy In to furnish adequate terms by which to de their enormity and turpitude. Need we add, that the punishment cannot be now 'iced as on the last visit paid by our Navy to Al ,s. The works have been repaired, and for some the Algerines have been boasting that they can :low be surprized into a defeat by a naval force. el-.ave no doubt that the fact is so. A large mill -7• force must accompany the expedition, and the 'ace must be assailed on the land side. It is not r province " to arrange the hosts of battle." Those planned and executed the measures which gave victory in the field of Waterloo, will be at no loss deride what measures may be necessary for the vrthrow of the piratical robbers who have so long .ulted the nations of Europe. The Blue Itibband vacant by the death of the Mar ci ABERCORN, is to be conferred on the Marquis AYoLestn. Such honours ought to be gained in field. Si . ; HENRI , MILDMAY, who has recently arrived in ai from Paris, brought an account that the lion. iORGF WILLIAM COVENTRY, only son of Viscount ~ I t llL7lltiT, was dangerously ill, at the hotel of his zdmother, Lady BEALTIIAILP, in that city. onsu i at m wicated ,srous and which the 13 ity of out d the insult ds of atroc ; to our fe as men. A Sardinian taken int , were i ested agai eral of the the Des to m SWl'Olll , ird in his ..sul prese . ain acts • jrat espe • •t; the y. ..n, and th DEY, whe a rkishfash4 The DEE, •ptain of h before AS STRucK Who won] , • so drei fled from • d carry 1 to the line eumstance believe we *c dream. The scene, er the bar e *son of .es of the tal Turk We need • interes • le rnini ••• thus e , •• •to eri on, but it Algier I • • ns ! • . probak . • cry of glio of • , •t the 1 r. The fo • • .bable, ..5 Very ' tours re W' ' case, dens ari ' an P." • extent dem • ' ge to grt ate tl `-). Need N 'iced :era. 1 h me the t r,cw "el:ave l h ." • • fun lace m . r_r prov ho plat sea' victor at rt . decid th virrthro or , cited .crit w er • The II cc • of 1 .#YOI. field••• Sir Ii f fro at • EORGF ds • , :z3m, THE ARMY. It is Odd that the following Staff appointittwts will 1* ersacontinued, and the duties of them be per forswed by the Brigade Majors of the stations: The Depoty Adjutint , GeneraL lux or Foams .........The Deputy Adjutant-Genet - al, Ind De puty Quarter-Master-General Cars or Goofs Hopi—The Deputy Adjutant-General. JAMAICA The Deputy Adiutant-General. Nora Scow- The Deputy Adjutant-General, and De puty Quarter-Master-General. Castaza , The Assistant Adjutant-General, and Assistant Quarter-Master-GeneraL . The following, taken from The Army List for Fe bruary, will spew the prodigious numbers of Com missariat, including Officers of the Account and Storekeepers' Department, that are employed in North America, where only eight Regiment; are stationed, viz.: 2 Duputy Commissary-Generals 2 Assistant Commissary-Generals ........... I Deputy Assistant Commissary-Genscals 157--47 Deputy Commivary of Accounts Assistant Commissary of Accounts ....... ........ 1 Deputy Assistant Commissary of Accounts- 4l--4 Deputy Storekeeper-Generals Deputy Assistant Storekeeper-Generals Total Commissaries and Storekeepers......... $4 That fine Rifle Battalion of the 60th, the 6th, is ordered to be reduced ; and it is thought that the 4th Battalion will soon share the same fate. • On the subject of a reduction of our Military esta blishment, a Correspondent suggests, that Ministers tbuld not do better than to adhere to the establish ment of Regiments as it was previous to the late war, making a calculation for such additional regi ments as the defence of cur extensive Possessions may require. The disbanding of a few more regi ments would be a trifling reduction in comparison with a diminution of the Army, by lessening the Establishment of Regiments, as the following calcu lation clearly shews :—Let it be assumed that it is the intention to disband ten more Battalions of In fantry, this reduction would give an aggregate num ber, calculating on the present establishment of com panies, of 8,000 men, with Officers in proportion ; but if the other plan be adopted, to reduce the esta blishment of Regiments to eight Companies, with Officers in proportion to that establishment, an ag gregate number would then be disbanded of 16,000 men, exclusive of Cavalry and the Household Troops, which might .be reduced in a similar proportion, making a total to be disbanded of upwards of 20,000 men, a number about equal to the force which will return from Prance, whenever the Army of Occupa tion shall be withdrawn. Saturday a detachment of the Ist Guards passed through Rochester, on their route from Cambray to London. Last week a number of men belonging to the 14th, 35th, an d other Regiments, arrived - at the In valid Depot, Chatham, having recently arrived from the Mediterranean and lonian Isles. BRITISH VOLUNTEERS TO SOUTH AMERICA. =MAC? OF • 1=771 TROIS 11S. CLASS, CO:J=7OS OF 11/.17•11e5. 103114CILAMPT0110, ISCSIT•ST TO thaasear, 07112/iD MISS " Poblo River, St. John's, Oct. 24, 1817. " About sunset a yawl boat arrived at the landing, when seven persons came from her, who requested shelter for the night, and some refreshment, stating, that they were half-pay British 0111- eers of the army and navy, ?fora the Island of St. Diethaaa, their way to England, vie the United States; that they had mine taken this bar for St. Mary's; that they left the schooner in ill. offing under that impression, and intended to mud her a Mint by the return of the boat. After staying all night, they embarked at day-light, having procured a negro pilot to conduct them in land to Fernandina. Colonel BP Donau>, in thanking me for the iespitaiky be had received, said, be felt bound as a gentle man to be candid, and accordingly informed me that they had lately arrived from London at St. Thomas's, in the ship Two Friends, with a great number of Officers, and munitions of war in abundance ; that he had with him thirty Officers on board the schooner ; that he would command in this quarter • ; that they would have men sufficient, and a profusion of every thing ne cessary for active operations. That they wanted a war with Spain, and that he had power to draw on England for 100,000 pounds sterling. That they would have a fine train of artillery ; and that all these supplies were actually on their way or ship ping ; that a number of gun-brigs and sloops would leave Eng land, reported for the East Indies—but were bound directly here, and to South America. That they were much disappointed at St. Monies, on hearing M'Oamoa had left Amelia Island; and that the capture of Amelia was known prior to their leaving England. These Officers have a soldier like and genteel ap pearance, and all have their commissions; they said their ob ject in leaving the schooner was to reconnoitre.' They have all since arrived at Fernandirm—l have the honour to remain, &c. (Sitatd) " •FiCMD. CLAS S.' COPY OF A LETTER FROM A BRITISU OFFICER, DATED VERA CRUZ, OCTOBER 20. " This City is even now in a most extraordinary situation, notwithstanding that they speak so much about its strong walls, its eight bastions, and above all its famous Castle of St. John trliilloa, the inhabitants of this City dare not venture beyond the range of their cannon shot, and the whole country is in the possession of the Independents, excepting some walled towns like this on the north and east side of the kingdom ' • and the communication between this place and Mexico is in danger of bdog again cut of. The journey to that City hence was for merly performed in 70 hours, in perfect security, over one of the finest roads in the universe. There is no travelling now without a powerful escort, and It requires about a fortnight.— The Royal garrison and army of all description, hone, foot, and artillery, of this city, and its boasted fortresses, does not amount to 900 men, some of whom are Indians, some negroes, and very few white men, who appear net to know the right end of a musket. in a word, the whole of Mexico is in an unequivocal state of revolution, and the questien of the complete indepen dence and expulsion of the Royal Authorities and troops is only prevented by want of arms, ammunition, and a few men con versant in the principles of military police and organization— such as would put their guerrillas at the same time in modon and in subordination." Lieutenant-Colonel 1 F. Lewis, Royal Maria*, Forces, is promoted to the rank of Maor of that Corps, vice Assasivfittn, placed on half -pay. Cap tain HUGH Rosa is appointed to the Chatham Divi sion, vice Captain Mtpnt..trott, appointed Pay Cap tain at Woolwich. Captain LARKINS is appointed one of the Captains of Greenwich Hospital, in the room of the late Cap taia RUTHERFORD. A pleasant anecdote is told in the Memoirs of Cap tall Join' CRICHTON, of DAVID WILLIAMSON, " a noted Covenanter," and King CuAnsots : " I (Quatro:4) had been assured that this Williamson did much frequent the house of my Lady Cherrytree, within tea miles of Edinburgh ; but when I arrived first with my party about the house, the lady, well knowing our errand, put Wil liamson to bed tor daughter, diacMstsi in a lawman% night dress. He escaped, )se but the young 1847 proved with child, and Williamson, to take off the scandal married her. Charles 11. hearing of Williamson's behaviour in Lady Charyttees house, , wished to see him, and, in a merry way , declared , th a t whets he I was in the Ruyal Ouk, he could not have kiued the bonniest lap in Christendom." 'this adventure gave rise to the old Srotch /sang 41 ; Dainty Davie. NAItAL IN A ......_ ...........6. itAilA l'ille batiti-„,,- - • aim. vut. riAs b!AilL'r Dublin 1 0 te .„.,„ ~A. Waterford 3 2 J..:,:r ' 9 a Coen:Ley and .fretsel 0 I France • •-• • -4!'l 0 Holland o o /WAWA 0 •- t Gottenburgh 0 .1 tliaders 1 S I , 1 PORTSMOUTH, FRBRUABY Si • Wind N.E.—Arrived Ms Majesty's ships kennel' THEW, ROSARIO, and GRECIAS, irOm cruises ; Las tuna, DEstitstsx, froth the Downs 11w the South Sea l with rin of anchor broke ; Sarah Christiana, Yountie and Ru ckers, --.' from the Downs, passed thrctitgh with about 40 sail of outward-bound ships. Sailed his Majesty's ship PA votrairs, for St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope ; the *hole Of the outward , ' *ound, together with the Russian squadron for Ctdit; l and the following East-India ships, viz.--Nbrfolk, toWARDS; Intrepid, Jonsson ; Wanstead, Youso s' die Lady Campbell, MARQUIS; Medway, Wionr ; George 111. Fistisn, for Madeira end Bengal ; A nn, !iitewotos, for Bombay ; and Eclipse, WINTRR, for the Isle of France and Ceylon. DEAL, FEBRUARY 4. Wind E..—Arrived from Newcastle, and sailed, the tangston, Posttest, for Jamaica; Newcastle, --, Ifor ditto; and John and Charlotte, —, for Lisbon. Came down from the River the Baltic Merchant, inerouron, for Grenada; Boddington, PARENT, for ,Sesmanda ; Thetis, DENHAM, for Jamaica; Maria, :• 6 -i--, for St. Lucie ; Jane, Bitantoos, for the Cape l Of Good Hope; Harmony, CaasawaLL, for Port-au- Prince; and the Thalia, Covssou, for Pernambuco. 'The whole have sailed, except the Thetis, DENHAM, which ship missed her stays in getting under weigh, has anchored close in-shore. A Deal boat is sow carrying out an anchor from the ship, in order to heave her off. live o'clock—She has not touched •the ground, and at present there is no doubt but she - Will be enabled to get away when the flood makes. CREEK, FEBRUARY 4. Arrived the Waterloo, GITTENS, from LeghOrn; Pallas, CLEMENT, from Naples;. George, WHITE from Altea ; and Duke of Brame, RIPLZT, from Leghorn. HARWICH, FEBRUARY 4. Wind S.S. E.—Arrived the Auckland, Henry Free ling, and Beaufoy, with Mails and passengers, from Cuxhaven, Sailed the MeTCUTIUS, MOttitKß, with a general cargo, for the Coast of Africa. ABERDEEN, JANUARY 31. _ _ The Laurel, MUNRO, from Rotterdam, last from Peterhead, arrived here yesterday—sailed from the Brille on the sth instant, and encountered the most violent gales on the passage, during which the main topsail was split, bulwarks, &c. carried away, and the cargo shifted. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, NOVEMBER 26. An account has reached town of a ship having run on shore in or near Oliphant's River on tle 16th inst. Eleven men applied to the Field Cornet of the dis trict (representing themselves as shipwrecked) and obtained a waggon for Cape Town, but it is ascer tained that, after leaving the house, they turned to the northward, and it is supposed are gene into Na magras Land. No doubt ap pears to est* that this Dthe Elizabeth, but two of the pirates- remain un accounted for, there being 19 on board, including the mate, when they left this. The Field Cornet assembled a party of the farmers, and is gone in pursuit. A furthet account is just arrived ; the ship proves to be the Elizabeth, and is gone to pieces; the mate drowned, one man taken, which makes uptbeizumber. GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY 4.. • Arrived the Queen, --, from Faysl ; '1!vo itatbers, Fan ningdon, from Rouen • Liberty, Adsrson, from Sevilla ; Specu lation, Corbin, from Ostend ; and several more, Sailed the Colvell, for the Cape of Good Hope; Amity, Andersen, for &. Vincent's; and Castle Huntly, —, for India. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 1. SUDS worm= lunaans--Tbe Mary, Mason from Dantric ; Duke of York, Puler, from Rotund= ; William, Disco, from St. Michael's; Barbadoes Planter, Wood, from Jamaica; Men tor, Bullock, from Oporto; Ant, Simpson, from Demerara; Jane, M‘Grath, from Waterford; Mary, Cathro, from Leg horn ; Harmony, Pratt, from Pernambuco ; and Fortuna, Den nison, from Ostend. Ourwassia.--The Vrow Ellzebeth, Steene, for Ostend and Ghent; Venerable, Benton, and Union, Dean, for Elineur and Petersburgh ; Canada, Cummins, for Quebec ; Happy Return, Morgan, for Cork ; Ann and S arah, Roane, for Hambargh ; Doke of Kent, Pound ; La Marie, Webb ; and Traveller, Howes, for Rotterdam ; Tearer, Rogers ; Minerva, &bat, for Antwerp. Yesterday, the dispatches were closed at the East- India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the fol lowing ships, viz. Datum Captain N. Mammon and tile Castle bluntly, Cap tain H. A. Decantoa-o, for Bengal and Min. Passengers per Meru, Inc lieopi—Mr. R. C. Glynn, Fac tor ; Mr. It. Barlow, Writer ; Mr. Pendell; Messrs. Pember ton, Reads, and Stewart, Cadets. Passengers per CaSTLZ Hoarrt.v. for Der gal—Capt. R. Pow- , Any, Mr. D. 8. Napier, Messrs. Heynes, Peactie, and Ramsay, gif et ta s. ot-Surg eons ; Messrs. Hamilton, Zeovria, and Simon, . :The remains of the late Mt. THOMAS SHERIDAN Nrlto died at the Cape of Good Hope, have been brought to his native country For the purpose of being interred with those of his beautiful and hccomplished . mother, at Wells, in Somersetshire, according to his own dying request. • Mustotisatts.—The Rev. Dr. HAWS'S, Of . Bath, has received the following letter from the Rev. G. BUBOES, dated Camberwell, Jan. 20, 1818, contain ing an abstract of advices, just arrived from Otaheite, respectinzths successful progress of the Missionaries k the South Sea Islands: Data Su--Mom good news to gladden your heart and ce des your thashfulness. Tee*lndel arrived latbere from the *l - at Takite (as the n ow spell it), d a ted the ISti of Au gust. 1816, a latter front Mr. Manta's, llst October, 1616, and others. All the former intelligence is cosinned Butyl; idola try is com2letely abolished at Biome and Talks, and in great measure in other islands, in which Chiefs and others are crying out for instruction. The Sabbath is observed ; places of wor ship are building; where du! people cannot obtain preaching, they meet for prayer every Sunday and Wednesday. The school flourishes ; many hundreds can rind well; about 400 copies of the Old, and many of the New Testament history, are in circu lation. hlany chapters of St. Lan are handed about in naanu saint. More than 114)09 MMUS - books are distributed 1 &. Lake h almost ready for the prop, end a press, I trust, is with tbetn, and a printer, before this Ow A letter to the brethren, fawn Parttime, wi t h lifslandy reds (anciently) which, he sets, s They may ekber - desert" oe seed to Britain, that the people of lingisrd may see what/oftrah gas they once worship ped. Mr. Marsden has seat dime gods nailed ap in a case for our Museum—bland trophies • nacre valuable than th The os lee of A Waterloo • tit.: latter pub li c ido ls are destroyi d . tter a lerbothili, and yob *al have it before Vie end et aiskti. j Its, with great jey, year faithful•fricad, . L. SOnie Months ago a very elagislis s}~pear3ttclf fee- dented itself in the sky to seeral paidtts Vats Bridge; twat Basingstoke. It has not yso.t, w! belies+ appeared in any of the Papers, and the partienlari may amuse our Readers. We have it from $ friend; to what it eras distinctly related by Mrs R4LL, respectable Auctioneer at Reading, one of the partiei Who saw it About noon . was distinctly seen ly ihanj Persons, without any difference among them as to the fortil of the figures, in the clouds, a man oil . haleback, riding at full speed, pursued by an Eagle, whitll soon darted dpott his head, when he lost hold Of thd reins fell backward, and eagle, horse and matt, tvete seen no More. The figures were apparently of the natural size, A beautiful meteor, with a long train, Was oiig 'served at Campbeltosm, near Fort George, et xiii o'clock on Wednesday %e'nnight. To the naked lira the diameter of the ball appeared to b; ;boa unit foot, and the length of the train about six feat lal course was irons West to Fast. A bunch of primroses, in fd!l iururiance, *at gas thered on the 21st ultimo, about a mile from Exeter: This production might then be regarded as a fair symptom of an early spring ; brit such is the unstea diness of our climate, that the metropolis has exhi.; bolted Ute • the appearances of the begirding of -On Sunday last fell the first shower of snow we hate had this season. The mercury in the ther mometer, at the Rofal Exchange, yesterday after noon at three o'clock, stood only at SB} degrees, A id the Confectioners were then again taking in their ice. Mrs. DAvisoy, in consequence of some Misunder standing with the Sub-Committee of Drury-lane, is no longer a member of that Theatre . The Magistrates of the Isle of .Ely have lately com mitted 15 labourers in husbandry to prison, for not performing a reasonable day's work for their masters; Who fotind them employment to alleviate the pressure ef the Poor rate. The Boston Palladium of the 7th of J that letters had been received at that otter St. Thomas's, dated the 4th of December, which give an account that an insurgent privateer had bet* off the harbour, and had plundered several Spanish and Danish vessels. The letter also adds, that thirteen dismasted wrecks had arrived there from windward, damaged by the gale of the Sllrt of October. A letter from New Orleans, dated Dectlnbee 10, states that the fever had enti rely subsided, and the harbour was full of vessels, and freight very dull. A letter from Hayti m eals, " I was much surprised to find, on my arrivaisat Cape Henry, a well orga nized police, by which both persons and property are as secure asi have any where known there. Btrangeri meet with particular protection and respect from the Liovernment, as well as individuals" - The parties who, would be materiallY affected by the new arrangement for the 400,0001. which, accerd4 lag to the Spanish Treaty, are to be " paid -on the 20th instant, to such person as his CATHOLIC MA scary may appoint to receive the same,' have taken the statist, and are bow pteparing a Petition to the House of Commons against a compliance with tLis clause. The above sum, in the Treaty, is said to be " a fullcompensation for all losses sustained by the subjects of hisCATHOLIC MAJESTY engaged in this traffic, the Slave Trade, on account of vessels captured previously to the exchange of the ratifi cations of the present Treaty ;' consequently the major part of the said amount belongs to individuals, residing in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spain. and elsewhere, having their respective agents in England, who have prosecuted their claims in the Admiralty'Courts, and had restoration ordered. In several important cases judgment had been already given, and tither claims we standing over till the issue of the first trials was ascertained. The individuals in question have given no powers to the Spanish Monarch to receive this money for their account ; and they are well aware that if it once enters his coffers, they will never see a sixpence of it. A private letter from Madrid, dated Dec.ls, says, " There has been some deliberation, and there is still a deliberation going forward in the Cowed of Castile, and in the Department of Grace and Justice, con cerning the execution of the Decree of the 90th of May, 1814, in virtue of which, all the persons who joined the French, with the exception of a few indi viduals of note, are to return to Spain. The Govern ment, notwithstanding its desire that these persons should return, hesitates about the adoption of the measure, which is strongly opposed to public opinion, It appears to the public very revolting that the be trayess of their country should be invited into its bo som, while the Liberates, who were its defenders, 'lead terrain in exile, and be debarred its privileges. 'Here every thing is Russian: Russia is quite in vogue. The Ambassador of that power still remains at Cadiz, expecting the arrival of the Russian fleet, which has been delayed a,,much longer time than was expected. ` . .—The Plan - of Finance proposed by the Minister Garay proceeds very slowly towards its execution. It is believed that the cause of this slow progress lies in the persons who direct the plan, and not in the plan itself; and from their reluctance to perform their ;duty, many of the intendants of the provinces have been displaced. Don Juan Wanhalen, who by a cle ver stratagem recovered from the French the fortresies of Monson, Lerida, and Mequinenza, has been ar rested and thrown into the prison of the In9uisition of this place. It is said that the charges against him are very complicated, and that the principal points are an attempt to subvert social order, freemasonry, &c. He has been pet to the torture to extract from hiin a confession of guilt, but he has hitherto resisted this powerful species of interogatory. A rumour is in circulation here, that Ferdinand VIL is to attend the new Congress, which, it is said, will be held at Spa or Carlsbad in the ensuing summer." Six HUNDRED MILES MATCH IN TIN DAYRes.. Aaother adventurer, also an Oxfordshire farmer, of the name of Howard, started • on a two ~ picked ground, at Knaresford, on the road ford to Aylesbury, to do this extraordinr which Wentworth failed after seven He commenced. on Monday and performed and he had doae 40 at three o'clock en High odds . .ue bet on him. ' _;* 0 1 41 I ' i 1 • I ! it • 1 1 ' 1 , I I i• i mile piece ef Dad from Or inary task, it iys !abeam.-- med 68 rents; m Tuesday,