Star. — London, England, 1818-10-22 00:00:00

THR QUEEN. a Kew Palace, Fight o'aock, Wednesday Night. We regret to say, that her MAJYSTY rem ained j u the same unfavourable state up to seven o'clock t his evening. Not the slightest amendment had taken p l A ce, and the Royal Patient was labouring under ey most distressing debility. The PRINCE REGENT arrived in the evening, having given audience to the Physicians, his 1 0 ,1 Highness remained to dinner with the Prin, ote . His Royal Highness's horses are ordered to b e feat ly for his return, to town at nine o'clock. , Th e Dukes of YORK and Susszx also visited the N ut, in the course of the day; and their Royal Hi g hnesses both remained a considerable time with dick illustrious Sisters. si r F. MILLMAN and Sir H. HALTORD both re , mined in attendance for the night." following. Bulletin was issued this day : " Kew Palace, October 2S. no alteration in her MAJESTY'S symptoms ,y, The 'QUEEN has had an indifferent igned) " F. MI L LIMA N. " ff. itALIFORD." LANCASHIRE. FR I VATE LETTERS. u MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 19. lerstood that a considerable meeting of of this district was held last night, in ceive the report of certain delegates, what was best to be done to procure they call their grievances. They sepa . coming to any final determination;, ,derstood they intend to present a firm, yat memorial to the PRINCE. RECENT, praying steps may be taken to alleviate their dis ion to both Houses of Parliament is , should they meet before any amelio lace in their condition. :petted that our cotton market would :perienced.a considerable depression this day; reverse Was happily the case: the extensive imerican orders, with the expectation of others quarter, added to the confidence ge rally entertained that the stagnation in America el other places will prove merely temporary, had defect of causing prices to remain steady. There %lot, however, any considerable business done, ®pared with former days—the holders not choos ti to sink their prices (for the reasons above as- Fat, and the manufacturers not feeling inclined 'phase more than sufficient for present consump tion. All speculation in this staple commodity is :Feast at a stand." FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. " MANCHESTER, OCTOBER 19. .In this quarter every thing remains quiet, and Wed as to the Spinners, it may be asserted that dry an perfectly satisfied. They work now with as moth cheerfulness as they ever did, and since the contest has been terminated, they, in the true English epirit, bear no malice, but have shewn perfect good 1 their masters and every one else. They most of treachery of some of their coliec- _ conin.ittee-men. It is true, as stated by one your Correspondents, that they received money . of other classes during the turn-out, certainly nothing like £3,000! it is very well the s hole sum received did not reach during the whole three months. Indeed, how it be that other workmen should contribute • to them. when they themselves were obliged .iient with less cages than the Spinners ? "These Lave been various statements published the wages earned by this class, some of them leir weekly earnings to be from 11s. to I6s. dc; but, by an average taken of 30 mills in 1, it has been ascertained that the average ly wages paid to men spinner, from the Ist 01 auary last to the middle of June, when they turned c, was upwaids of 31s. and for boys and girls, inners, upwards of 17s. clear of all charges and notions whatever—and the wages now art the • !teas they were then. The Cotton Mills here now work precisely se itty-two hours per week.—lt has been remarked, tiatti,se promised reward of £2OO, for the discovery the *enters or leaders in the attack made on llt • GRAY S Manufactory, has led to no discovery. 7 -ertsson, however, is not doubted—the men have n' 3o Ted themselves from this neighbourhood, and PrAshly from the kingdom. `As for the Weavers, they have had more just ts*for complaint than the Spinners. Their wages '':ertsinly lower than workisig men should earn: E4 ' , should be recollected that they are in general p ercent. and for many articles 100 per cent. higher ; 11 they were twelve months ago. 1 believe that t iosiacturers profits have never been lower, for a 7 ' 4 'nuance, than they have been for the last two The simple fact is, that, in consequence of a ;'eat uctease of population in this neighbourhood, ate goods are made than arc wanted, and until te:e IS an increa•ed consumption of goods, it is ut• IF impossible that either tle work-people or their ioyers can be so well paid as they ought to he." T uesday sennight the Lord Bishop of WArEnrorro Lundy arrived at the Palace, in that city. Since arrival, the Earl and Countess of MAYO, Miss lIT Firzctauzxce, the Bishop of Ossoax, and linn. the Dean of OSSORY, have been visitants. E irl and Countess FirzWILLIAM arrived yesterday t l 4:ir house in Grosvenor-square, from Paris. NAVAL INTELLIGE.VCE. • We regret to understand that some apprehensions are entertained as to the safety of the HASTINGS teak ship, of 71 guns, lately built at Calcutta, and which was on its way to England, as a present from the East India Company to the British Covernmeitt. She has been more than three months over due. The Cabalva, from London, for China, was lost on the 7th July, on the Brandon rocks: the Captain and twelve of the crew drowned. LITIRPOOL. OCTOBER ID. Arrived the • Psutridge,'CLAtticaom, from Bombay, sailed 2d July; the Canon, for Liverpool, was !,:s sail 3d* July ; the Colombo, for London, sailed 25th June; the Partridge sailed from Isle of France 2d August, and from Cape of Good Hope Ist Sciaera her. Arrived the Jane, RICKARDS, from Maranham, sailed 6th September; on 18th September, in lat. 15. I I. long. 45.15. experienced a severe thunder storm, which laid the vessel on her beam ends for a consi derable time; on 6th October, in lat. 41. 22. long. 50. spoke the Hope, STEELE, from Liverpool to New Brunswick, who supplied us with a tierce of beef; the Hope had spoke on sth inst. a Danish brig from 'tit. Thomas's for Copenhagen, who had experienced , a severe hurricane, which laid the vessel on her beam ends, and kept the pumps going for eight hours with four feet water in her hold ; on 15th inst. experienced a severe hurricane from S.S.W. a sea struck the vex sel, which washed away all the quarter rails, sea men's chests, the steering wheel, and the 'man at' the helm, leaving the deck a complete wreck. The Regent, Jameson, of London, was wrecked on the 4th September, on the Island of St. Anna, on her voyage from Pernambuco for Maranham—the specie and two men lost. PORTSAOUTII, OCTOBER 21. Wind E.—The Regalia transport, Dixon, arrived from Ceylon, sailed 26th April--from the Cape the €22 d July, and from St. Helena the 13th September, experienced a dreadful shock of thunder and light ning, which struck the ship, and knocked down every man that was on deck. One of the crew, John Mar tin, was killed on the spot, the main royal-mast-head was split, the royal and top-gallant masts rendered useless, and about two. thirds of the main-mast car ried entirely away, and the starboard pump split. ,For some time the Regalia was thought to be on fire, bOing enveloped in smoke, and smelling strongly of sulphur.—Arrived the Mary, FORD, from Sierra Leone, oat forty-eight days: sailed in company with the Dart schooner, from whom she parted in a gale, off the Western Islands. Also his Majesty's ship SCAMANDER, from the West Indies.—Sailed his Ma jesty's ship PHAETON, for Bengal. DOVER, OCTOBER ;,1. Sailed this day the Princess Charlotte, Captain HALLANDS, for Ostend, with a mail and ptssengers; also the Chichester packet, Captain RUTTER, Princess Augusta, Captain 13LAttr., and the Lord Sidmonth, Captain PEAKE, for Calais, with passengers.—Arrived the King George packet, Captain King, and the De siree French packet, from Calais, with passengers. the most d'art The Pan end having gi loyal Ilighne ora tes. His R be teady for h , The Dukc A due, in the Highnesses bot their illustriou, a si r F. Mis mined in attel The followir " There is no liner ) esterday t ,cht. u It is nndei the IVCOCTS Of tivisions, to rem and to consult *dress of what rated withoat but it is tinders', temperate, men that some step mess. A petiti tho spoken of, pion takes pla " It was ear hoe experience iat the reverse bath-America; Ice the same wally entertai: al other place beat of can ru not, howe ®pared with '9 to sink tin 041. and th , aptachase mo. it All spec :peseta at a s FROM A "In this qua Well as to th they are perfect nth cheerful's contest has been spirit, bear no r will toward the complain most tots and commi of your Cnrresi firm workmen tut certainly r. -film that the during th old it be th.t Iy to cher be content w " There hay, the wages 'king tl.eir w week ; but, t's town, it kly wages auary last to e.„ was nova; -11$ers, upwar kietions wha nme as they WI The Cotten I "e7-two bow %la tl , se promis t 4 the femente Nr. Grit's M Le reason, he Moved thems Ikbably fr om fur the tnt for compl I tertainly lo ht:t should la Pes' cent, an ; II they were naufacturers cztnuance, th I. '• The tin i t lat increase ace goods ar eme is an inert kly impossible Ploycrs can ' Tuha sly „ sem arm eir arrival, th { say F ITZLA t 11. A. the 1) Earl and Cot 4 aleir hove DEAL, OCTOBER 21. Wind N.E.—Sailed this day, at one P.M. the Lady Boringdon, LIVINGR, for Bombay, &c. Came down from the River and sailed, 'the New Pluznix, for Tri nidad ; Robert, KNIGHTSON, for Seville ; James, Pos . . TL EWA ITE, for Jamaica ; Pilgrim, rnossen, for St. Vincent's; Equity, STARR, for Leghorn; Mercy, for Barbadoes; Alexander, CusimiNs, for Mar seilles Richard and John, —, for Trieste ; Lord Cochrane, ARDLIE, for Bombay ; Arundel, —, for Grenada; and Catharine, WALLER, for Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 19. Wind S....—Arrived the Lord Hobart packet, with a Mail from the Brazils, last from Pernambuco, in five weeks. The brig William, POLLOCK, which is on shore near the Manacle Rock,. has not been got off to-day, notwithstanding every exertion had Been used, with empty casks, &c. and it is feared, should it blow fresh from the Southward or S.E. she must go to pieces; stores, &c. saved. PENZANCE, OCTOBER 19. Wind S.—The French chassernaree l'Olivier, which put in here the 15th instant, is discharging her cargo, being leaky. BRISTOL, OCTOBER 21. The Venus, PHILLIPS, from hence to Barbadoes, got on shore in going down the river this morning shortly after leaving the Bason, and is upon her beam-ends. MONTROSE, OCTOBER is. Arrived the Acorn, ilsnxis ; and the Levana, BURN, from Riga, with part of the crews of the Ex periment, and Itothnmurchus, lately wrecked in the Baltic : the crews saved, as also the cargo and mate rials of the Experiment. NORTH SHIELDS, OCTOBER 19. This afternoon, in a thick fog, the Union, WRrctiv, of Whitby, got upon the rocks under Tynemouth Castle, and bilged ; a part of her sails is landed, and it is expected the principal part of her materials and stores w ill be saved, but as the wind blows fresh from g. E. and a heavy sea is coming on, it is doubtful that the vessel will become a wreck. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAHON, OCTOBER 21. Spurs ENTISIn ovrwaans.—The Beverly, Hutchinson, for Hamburgh; Dublin Packet, NPNiecc, for Dublin; Europa, Talbert; Mary, Ferguson; and Ruth, Hamby, for Jamaica; Henry, Whitmore, fur Antigua; Prince of Waterloo, Page, for Ostend; Rover, Brown, for Buenos Ayres ; Resolution, M'Gregor, for Trieste and Venice; Vine, Price, for Newry. Extract of a letter dated Cape Henry, Sept. 6s—' , de A most serious accident has happened to Citadel Henry, that magnificent structure having been struck by lightning, and set on fire, to the utter destruction of many of - its buildings, together with loss of stores and ammunition. This place is the King's strong hold, and dernier resort in case of invasion, and where all his treasure is hoarded : he has never lost sight of its improvement• for the last twelve years : it is better known by the,former name of Fort Terrier. Many lives were lost, and among others the Queen's brother perished in the flames: every person wears black crape, and all the women are ordered to attend mass for fourteen days, barefooted, and in white dress. It is supposed that the new crops will suffer much by the affair, as every man capable of tarrying stone or lime is put into requisition, in order to rebuild the fortress. The King has taken up his quarters there, and will not quit it till finished." FiirOUR.MLE INTELLIGENCE OF THE NORTH-WEST EXPEDITION. Although the object of the Discovery Ships under Captain BUCHA N has been defeated for the present by the unfortunate accident which betel the Dorothea, and in consequence thereof the question of a practi cable passage over the North Pole remains precisely where it did, there is every reason to believe that the North-West Expedition, under Captain Ross, will prove successful. The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. WILLI/of Hunsr, Master of the ship Ariel, to his ciitnets, Messrs. HAMMOND and Small, dated Strom , ness, Oct. 8: " A heavy gale came on on the 9th of August from the south ward, and we got close beset amongst heavy flaws of ice, where we were detained till the 3d of September, without any possi bility of getting out. The ship was in great danger while we were beset, but happily we escaped clear off; and I observed in lat. 76.8. N. and there found an open sea. We stood off to the westward fur 12 hours, and met wills no ice. The Discovery ships got out of sight of us about the middle of August; and, from the apps rance it had when we left the ice, I doubt riot but they may find their wished-for passage," The following is also an extract of another letter, dated Stromness, 9th October : " The Everthorpe of Hull, Captain Hawkins, is arrived Isere, all well, with fifteen fish, one of them a small one, said to be the last ship from Davis's Straits this season—says, he is certain the Discovery Ships have got round - the land, as he was in lac- 76. 28. on the 4th September, and could not see a bit of ice to the N. W. or N. E. of him at that time." MONUMENT TO COMMODORE DOWNIE A tomb-stone for the late Commodore DOWNIE ar rived at Plattsburgh, in America, in Jul}• last, di rected to the Commandant at that post. Colonel ATKINSON has caused this stone, which is a plain white marble, to be put up in a suitable manner.— The following is the inscription: Sacred To the Memory of GEORGE DOWNIE, Esq. • A Post Captain in the Royal British Navy, Who gloriously fell on board his Britannic Majesty's Ship CONFIANEE, While leading the Vessel',under his Command to the Attack of the American Flotilla, At Anchor in Cumberland Bay, off Plattsburg, On the 11th September, 1814. To mark the Spot where the Remain, of a gallant Officer and sincere Friend were honourably interred, This Stone Has been erected by his affectionate Sister-in-law, Maas• DOWNIE. AMERICAN NAVY. As some inaccurate statements have been made of the amount of the United States' Navy, we have ex tracted the following from the last Official List: Independence, 74, built at Boston, 1814-In good order. Franklin, 74, built at Philadelphia, 1815-In service. Washington, 74, built at Portsmouth, 1816. aChippewa, 74, on the stocks at Sackett's Harbour. aNew Orleans, 74.--allattsburg, 74. Constitution, 44, built at Boston, 1797-Hull in good order. Guerriere, 44, built at Philadelphia, 1814-1 n service. Java, 44, built at Baltimore-Requiring repairs. United States, 44, built at Philadelphia, 1797-In service. latlaperior. 44, buik at Saeltett's Harbour. Oinsatellation, 56, built at Baltimore, 1797-tn service. Congress, 36, built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Macedonian, 36, built in Euglaial, 1812-Hull in good order. a Mohawk, 32, built at Sackett's Harbour, 1814-111 good order. aConfiance, 32, captured 1814-hull good. aGeneral Pike, 24, built in 1813. Saratoga, 24, built at Vergennes-In good order. . Cyanne, 24, captured 1815-Repairable. •Lawrence, 20, built at Erie, 1813-Sunk. °Detroit, 18. Erie, 18, built at Baltimore-in service. Hornet, 18, built in 1815-Wants repairing. l aJefferson, 18, built at Sackett's I larbour-In good order. ' aJones 18. aDneiia, 18-Much decayed. l a Niagara, 18, built at Erie, 1815--Receiving vessel. Ontario, 18, built at Baltimore, 181.10-In service. Peacock, 18, built at New York, 1817., Fulton Ist, Steam frigate, built in 1815-In ordinary. Boxer, 16, built at Hartford, captured servke. Linnet, 16, built in 1814-In good order. Saranac, 16, built in 1816-In service. aSylph, 16, built at Sackett's Harbour, 1813. aQueen Charlotte, 14, captured 1813-Sunk. aTiconderoga 14, built in 1814. Men, storeship, captured 1814-In service. The Asp, Despatch, 2 guns ; liaterprize bomb ; Firebrand schooner, 6; hornet schooner, 6; Lynx, 5; Nonsuch, 6; and Porcupine 1, are in service. The Lady of the Lake 1, in good order; the Spitfire and Vesuvius bombs are condemned. 'lle Vengeance, unfit for service. 'There are four 74's on the stocks, besides frigates and smaller vessels. Those ships thus distinguished (a), are on the Lakes, and are not considered as making a part of the Navy. His Grace the Duke of IliciimoNn and suite ar rived at Kingston, lately, from Lower Canada, in the steam boat Charlotte. On his landing at the King's Wharf a salute of 19 guns was fired. The Earl and Countess of SPLK IRK arrived at Niagara, towards the latter end of August, and, after a short stay, proceeded in the swam boat fot Sandwich. JERSEY, OCTOBER 12.—Provisions of every sort, particularly meat, continue extravagantly dear ; po tatoes, carrcts, parsnips, apples, grapes and onions, are exporting daily ; no less than fourteen brigs and cutters are loading at St.Helier's, some at St. Aubin's and the new port at Cowry. Butter is at Is Gd. per pound, considered so high a price here, that the firming people, and many families in town, use in its stead roasted or baked apples spread on their bread, at their breakfasts and their tea in the even ing ;it is certainly an excellent substitute. The French crock butter sells for eleven pence the pound, eggs 7d. a dozen, oysters lid. per hundred, and re tailed at 2d. the dozen. It is remarked, that for the last twelve years there never appeared such numbers of wasps as now swarm in the gardens and houses of this island. The first rains that fell, after the conti- . nued and violent heats of the summer, penetrated into the grape-house, and the sudden damp had the effect of destroying most of the rapes; this has been felt in all the graperies in the island. GUERNSEY, OcronEn l:).—The following melan choly accident happened near this place :—Tuesday morning last, two men employed by the Trinity House embarked from Guernsey for Alderney, in a boat belonging to Captain Caplin, a native of this place, and another of the name of Rogers, to examine the lights at the Gasket), and make the necessary repairs. When near the Island, the sea running very high, they were overwhelmed in the waves by a sad den squall, and all the four were drowned. THE ARMY. The tranvorti Crown and Fox, arrived yesterday at Dover from Calais, with women, children, and baggage.—On Monday next the Eli:is!) troops are to commence embarking at Calais. Orders have been issued from the Quarter-master- Geaeral's Office for the barracks at Chelmsford to be immediately prepared to receive 1000 men of the army about to.leave France. General Bnowsatou . is, we understand, to be re called from the government of Ceylon. §ir GEORGE COLVILLE and Sr MANLY Pow are both men tioned as likely to succeed him. 1: is now confidently reported that the Army Re ductions will come as far down as the 80th regiment. Monday se'nnight the 55:11 Regiment was inspected on the Sands of St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey, by his Ex cellency Major-General GonnoN. The regiment went through their evolutions with great precision, and were highly complimented by the General. Same day the Non-commissioned Officers of the 55th regi ment, who have beets receiving instructions in the sword exercise, underwent an inspection. Thursday sennight, the 40th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel TnoaNrox, now lying in Glasgow, was reviewed by Major-General Itore, when the regiment went through their various evo.. lations and firings with great precision, much to the satisfaction of the General, and a great concourse of spectators. Monday se'nnight Brigadier-General BULLETS and Son arrived at Tuam, and next day inspected the detachment of the 12th Foot, commanded by Captain WicsoN, doing duty in that town, and two troops of the Ist Royal Dragoon Guards quartered in Dun more, who came there that morning for the purpose. They set off soon after for Westport, from whence they return to Galway, to review the 12th Regiment quartered there. Orders were given at Carlton House, yesterday, preparatory to the PRINCE REGENT'S going to Brigh ton to-day. Several of his Royal Highness's Pages left town, on Tuesday, to prepare for his reception at the Pavilion. His Royal Highness, however, in consequence of the increased indisposition of her MA JESTY, has postponed his journey. Yesterday morning Colonel REYNETT, Military Secretary to the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, left town for Hanover, with dispatches for the Dukes of CIM• BRIDGE and CLARENCE from the PRINCE REbrNT and the PRINCESSES. The Archduke MAXIMILIAN of Austria, and suite, arrived on Tuesday at Beaudesert, Staffordshire, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of ANGLESEY. The Duke and Duchess of Artovi.t. are arrived at their seat, Halnakin, Sussex, from Pads. The Marquis and Marchioness of WORCESTER have left town on a tour. We learn by private letters from Halifax, that Ad miral MILNE is coming home. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when• the undermentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz: Capt e. mowmocK, .Lowther Castle, and Capt. R. NISBET, Essex, for Bombay arid China. On the 11th ult. the shock of an earthquake was felt at Quebec, along the base of the mountains to the northward of that city. It is represented as hav ing been sufficiently powerful to cause a tremulous motion of the windows of the houses and of the furniture. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night the Opera of Lionel and Clarissa was repeated. Mr. C. Fisiteit appeared far the second time as Lionel, and he went through the part with good effect. MissWfrunm is a vet) , fair and graceful Clarissa, but it is not a cha racter which can insure her permanent reputation. COVENT GA RDEN.—The new Melo-Draine of !'r oof Presumptive was performed again last nigh:, but met with a very indifferent reception. INCLEDON, DOWTON, and Miss BYRNE, are now performing at the Liverpool Theatre, where they ap. peared on Monday as Don Carlos, Isaac, and Chia, in the Dwane. From the extraordinary mildness of the season, gooseberry and currant trees are bursting into leaf, and the " pied daisey" presents itself in full flower, in various parts of the country. A pear was gathered last week- in the garden of Mr. SPENCE, near Bads, which weighed a pound anti eight ounces, and measured 18 inches in diameter. A half sieve of Delaware pippins, a very large handsome American apple, of which it is said there are only two trees in England, were exposed to sale yesterday in Covent-Garden market, and sold at the rate of I s. an apple. A gentleman last week shot a partridge, near Crow hill, in Kent, which fell exactly on the back of a hare, in her seat. The poor animal was so much alarmed that she quietly sufTered the sportsman to take up the bird, but the moment that was done, she sprung from his intended grasp and escaped. A few days since as a person was amusing himself with his gun, near Borcombe, his dug put up a moor hen, which he shot at and killed. The bird falling in the centre of the river, his dog was proceeding to fetch it out, but before lie had swam half way towards it, a voracious pike ascended to the surface, and to the astonishment of the gunner, seized the moor-hen, and plunged into the deep water to gorge his prize. IMITATION TEA Pozsos.—Friday came on at the Custom-house, Dublin, before ROBERT WYNN p, Es the lion. ABRAHAM HELY HUTCHINSON ' and I lENRY HAMILTON Esq. Commissioners of his MAJESTY'S Customs, the trial of Nicholas Ekhia,ghass, licensed grocer, of No. 33, Kevin's-greet, in that City, for the sale of deleterious leaves, or imitation tsa. The charge was fully substantiated, Mr. GRADY observ ing, that by iniquities of this kind " tea-parties would soon go out of fashion."—The Court then pronoun ced judgment against the defendant in the penalty cf f:470, under the authority of the 46th Geo. 111. c. 17. Bugasc.—A smart fight took place yesterday on Clapham Conntion, between a enatersnoriger, known by the appellation of Atm& Jack, and litigkk, a Guildford boatman. It was a hard fight of fifty-seven minutes, for a stake of Aye skilintp.— Jack gave sixteen pounds in weight, but he mane up that dr& cienc yby going bang up to his adversary's head, and brntlght him down to his own powers, but not without receiving in re. turn. Brighte fought manfully until the thirty-sisth ruund, when he received a chattering left-hauled slap oi. she jaw, and he felt as if to Icy if his head was on. All the riAnt a.., tJak aut of him, and Jack won in furty-two mhutes. r . .• • e ' • • r` 1 Ic ci , • •• ' e., rf . . 1 { I , If 1 .t 4 r l 1 . e • t • . 1, r, If i • a 4 • r- a • ti o • ' e ; (If Is 1 •