Star. — London, England, 1818-12-02 00:00:00

ROY AL DEATH. ActiIENTIC COI .% OF A LET. ES FROAI ONE OF TIIIS ATTENDANTS or TOE IA rE QUEEN CAAOLISE, TO A LADY IN LANCASIIIIIL ~ j will not make any apology, dear Madam, fur not.having ' %r ote sooner, and I do assure you this is the first Sizzle I have aken a pen in my hand since the Qtrzere's illneis s which lasted trei ,., g a y s ; :line are now past since we lost the best guess, Fond, and 'Mistress, that ever servants had; yet still all my fo gies were benumb'd as if seized with a palsey ; you who k , vg what it 14 to feel, can judge what one suffers with le Cave a os s, et to Tote Levi entbrowillee, and how little one is capable of oe i e g even their own sorrow. Front the first seizure I fore or our loss, and hardly ever felt a gleam of hope, and yet when *stroka came it G told me unprepared but not her that under wkas it, Sr!e never from her first illness had arty hope! of re efs!, nor chewed the least fear of the pains she endured, or d k i t , l a st closing scene : her only concern was for the Kum's L w n , which is certainly as sincere and intense as ever hu was natal e sustain'd ; the Archbishop who constantly attended kr. told me that he never saw a behaviour equally glorious and Cortstian to leers, and that all she had said to him dese:v'd to be , ro ..d. The hrst time he went when he expressed his sorrow 0 see her ss ill, and her pain. so great, she told him that though hes hotly suffered shot bad a good conscience, which spoke Inez asetaitde comfort to her, and supported her in all her tormer.ts. o About two hsurs before she died, she called for the Dake the me Dale of CIAISIM:1N11), who was in the rootn with the ii isa a id the Princesses, tho' he had at that time a severe fever vs ki e s be contracted bykaving sat ap several nightemegether. WO be came to her bed-side she told him she had called him wa ive him her last blessing, and upon that to charge him always 1 to s'a datifsl to his father and never to listen to any one who * k id be wicked enough to insinuate to him, that they could k w separate interests; for even if that were possible be would kid mute comfort in the refection of having adhered to his duty, amia the possession of all the Enyire. , : of the World,and added Jot %r:saber he lived long or not he would find no thought worth bit care r a Dying Bed, but how he had lived, and if he could ties feel hew he acted the part of a man of honor, Justice, and ri a Christian, it would give him Joy that she could feel but not j oa me. She then ordered - him to go to bed, which be sulorra gl to with great reluctance. later she had been quiet some ifrac they asked her to take some Viper Bred), but she desired gi.ave sormething to give her a little spirits. ,bay brotrzht her some Pahey Drops in Madeira wine, the twi liussing of which gave her a At of Coughing and DiEculty hrr Breath fur some time. She then took leave of rfiIICOV:3 one by one and gave su:ne particular directions lamb Jf them. Last of all she took leave of the limos and A — ked him for all his pathless to hzr in the most moving rms imaginable, and among other things said my poor servants lir! are under Eseetsive Affliction; give me leave Sire to re- on:Pseud them to your prutt.ction ; when she had done apeak ,Oe bid one of the Beds:ban:bar women take *way the Giles which stood by the Red, the l.:trio asked her if they hurt • Eies, she said no site, but I would spare you the affliction Iie,;;LIZ me die ; she then laid quiet again about a quarter of h••::, at the end of whi:h she called to those in the Rtioat i.:faa Arch Bishop w 3.3 bone) V.• read the Recommendatory er, and Desired greatly pray fur her and read aloud that -sight hear them ; before it was fialithed she Expired. islxta stayed in the Room with her about half an hour and I believe has not kn'owu a thou:;lit since, but what t•-bi in the Strongest manner to shew his tenderness and sc.. p l a w her' memory. Ilia first act was to confirm to all her. iceentb from the Mathew to the lowest their respective Sal.ries M: Lives, the wit was to look iuto herMarltable panslooi With mtutantti to 134/00£ per annum which be likewise con anwit:...l not eatisfy'd with that, has ordered that we shutild knoiv the names of those who received Castel relief :he 1. our hands, that he may from time to time..usln them. itiVit the behavlotir of the Man, v: ho has been callral has: to le, fickle in his friendship and avaricious. /le luta cads:red her tr!y to be Embalmed as near as they could get any..light in the cf the Egyptians. at the Expence of botweesa 5 3t e t ip, Her funeral is to be in the manner of Queen Auss, i x°.1•.:1 whole family attend their Days about her, as if she was rS alive, i.e. the Ladies of her Bed Chamber lA. Chamber- Med Master of the hone by Day—two Zdaids of honour, tllO Bed Chamber Woolen, and an Equerry every Night. " Novbr. 29th, 1737." Duke of BEDPOBO has subscribed £lOOO to va:!<, the expense of cutting a new line of road from the Plymouth road to Tavistock. • Drury-lane Theatre will, we understand, re-open mill a ndw Tragedy, entitled Brutus.. Report speaks goldenly of its • merits and attractions. Mr. KEAN tithe hero. The title necessarily associates itself with the history of the stern Roman patriot, to whose lirocg and ardent passions the powers of Mr. Keen re well calculated to give expression. Boone is no longer a member of Covent Garden Crps Drees:Wipe, he having accepted a return of Mr. WALLACK performed at the New York Theatre a the 4th ultimo for his own benefit. The National .4docate says—" It is all the remuneration he is to teive for his services during this engagement." Enact of a letter from a distinguished officer in it Upper Provinces of Hinclosta::, dated Goruck re, May 22, 1818: "Your augury, as you will have perceived, repect l i - sP the downfall of the Mahrattas has proved ac ante. They.had regained such a degree of strength tr. they were preparing to come forward once more, pretenders to extended empire, so that they and to British power could no longer move in the same iiteament. It has been fortunate that the Peishwa Fecipitated the crisis—he relied on the assurances Itch Scindiah and Ameer Khan had given to iits, of their determination to support the Pindar aes—an intention which we, in good time, took care ut to leave them the leisure and the means of fulfill cg; and, fascinated with the notion of attacking us sch advantage while lire were otherwiseengaged, he solid not wait for the results of a far rnore ex- Leisisa combination, at which he had been long a"ming. All those mines are exploded, without' eischief ;a us. The Peishwa is driven from his power led dominions flolkar is deprived of two-thirds of 24 terrikry, with almost all of his artillery and va b!e means. Ameer Khan's powerful army is dis -7 Jed, and his artillery also (nearly two hundred ,a,etes) is surren d ere d. Th e per fidi ous Rajah of NPorc is deposed, and the most productive por ''3 or that state transferred to us. Sciudialu . pro d to continue longer a predatory Power, is now 3 elnn%cd round with neighbours, strengthened by' 1 1, fLr the purpose of keeping him in gyves, tor the urity of ;he common tranquillity ; while the Raj. , "" States, quite up to the Indus, have forated Clees'eff amity with us. This, I hope, you will al " 41, is a tolerable couTte reads for one cal;Ormige THE ARMY. The Earl of DALubuste, as we annonnedd some time ago, is appointed Governor. General and Com• mander in Chief at the Cape of Good Hope, in the room of Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, whose period of service is . about to expire. Lord DALHOUSIE iS now , Governor and Cotnmander in Chief at Halifax. Yesterday morning a detachment of 550 men, be longing to the 52d Regiment, Arrived at Lambeth, on their route front France to Uxbridge. Another detachment, equally numerous, will arrive tomorrow. The Depots ordered to Canterbury, are those of the 4th, 17th, 22d, 242 h, 30th, 34th, 46th, 47th, and 48th Regiments, under the command of Major STEWART, of the 24th, part of which are arrived. Oa Sunday morning the body of Serjeant STYLES, of the 84th Regiment, was found weltering in its blood, in one of the alleys in the GarrisOn Of Sheer ness. A deep wound orr the back of his head, appa rently made by a blunt instrument, was the only evi dent injury. He was immediately conveyed to the Hospital, and expired the same evening, without be ing able to utter a word relative to tne origin of his death. Suspicion having fallen on a rigger in the Dock-yard, he is now in Custody. CONNAUGHT RANGERS —We stated on Monday, that a number of. men had been discharged from' the 88th Regiment, or Connaught Rangers. 'the soldiers of thus gallant regiment. like others who bad shared in many of the brilliant actions in the Perrin- , sula and elsewhere during the war, but' had not the ,fortune to be present at Waterloo,' of course were not served with the medals which were distributed j in comniernoration of that ever-memorable battle.' This, iddiougle, certainly not meant as an invidious diitinction, seemed to hurt a little the pride of many of the heroes of the late war. Most of the men dis charged from the 88th have been decorated with silvermcials presented to them by their Officers. Of these medals there are thrca classes. Every man wholias fought in twelve general battles in the Pe ninsula, has a grand cross, with the name of each action engraved upon it—his name on the reverse.— Such as have fought in any number of actions, from seven to eleven, have a medal enumerating the ac tions, the soldier's name round the edge, and on the reverse Hibernia leaning, on a harp, her right arm extended, holding in her' hand a wreath of laurel to crown the hero.—Those who have fought in any number of actions, from one to six, have a smaller medal with the same device. In addition to which, those who served with the corps iu Egypt have a sphinx and " Egypt" engraved on their badges.— There is to be no further reduction of this gallant corps at present. HEROES OF WATERLOO. rnon TUE PERTH COURIER." It is impossible to imagine a more interesting pe riod, or an occurrence which more particularly calls forth the generous and kindlier feelings of the patrio tic mind than the return of a victorious army to the bosom of its country, after having achieved the battles of its country: sucks, iddeed, have been the sentiments of mankind in all ages, and such we are persuaded at this moment universally occupy every truly British mind. We recollect with pleasure those benevolent exertions which were made for the. support.of the in, dusttious labourer, rendered necessary by the lust great reduction of the army and navy and we cannot but look forward with anxiety to the effects of the proposed reduction of those invincible troops now re turning to their native land, after restoring the peace and assertirg the independence of Europe! Can it I he supposed that this great nation will stoop to tell an army of 20,000 men, oho have deserved so well ortheir country, that the battle beiry , now over, we are done with their services ; and, that they must all at once be turned upon the effective and ordinary la bours of the country? It is proper and becoming, .on every principle of gratitude, that we should rear the sacred temple and the monumental column to the memory of the departed hero; and that the triumphal arch .. should encircle the procesion of the conqueror. But never let the parsimonious hand of the econo mist deprive the poor soldier of the moans of mak ing a gradual return from the field of Mars to the common walks of life and habits of industry. Our idea therefore humbly is, that the Army of Waterloo should not be immediately reduced to so small a number as some have anticipated; but, that public' works should be devised in various parts of the coun try, the execution of which would render that ever.' memorable army no less honourable in peace, thin it has been glorious in war. " If we look into the history of Rome, for prate dents, we shall find many instances where .the Roman soldiers were employed in great public works; but even in the employment of the British Army, during the period of peace, we find instances of the greatest national benefits being derived from the well-directed exertions of the troops on the Pence Establishment. In particular, we may instance the army of General Wade, in the formation of the Military Roads, to which indeed we may trace the whole operations Of the Parliamentary Commissioners; whose labonelhave conferred such uomingled blessings upon the High lands of Scotland." The writer then proceeds to waggest several works of importance to the country at large, in which out. returning troops might be employed, instead of being thrown - adrift on the laiJour of the regular inhabitants. Sidon TRADE IN ANIMICA.—(Ir;pn ca American Paper.) " PHILADE.LPIII.I, OCTOBER se. "A FOUL sTAIN UPON ova NATIONAL ESCUTCHEON. —One hundred and thirty-nine human beings having been sold at public auction, for the benefit of the United States, the proceeds of the same amounting to more than 50,000 dollars, have been placed in the national treasury. This abominable transaction is the more disgraceful to our national character, inasmuch as the human beings thus sold were not the subjects of the United States, but had been kidnapped iu Afri ca. If this act is not made to ring through the civilized world as a mproach to our nation, much greater forbearance will be exercised towards us than we have hitherto experienced. What! that liberty boasting nation who call themselves the only free people on earth, this same people seize by violence the helpless sons of Africa, transport them to the United States, when the Government immediately seizes them : and what does Government do to recompense those unfor tunate wretches? Does it rescue them from the shac kles of kidnappers? The only remunrationthose un fortunate beings get for the ipjnries done them by the American citizens, is that of being sold slaves for life r LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DECEMBER 1. His Honour the MASTIR of the ROLLS again pre sided in this Court. No cases of public interest oc curred. The Court, at its rising, adjourned till Thursday, his Honour having to attend the funeral procession of her late Majesty. No business will be dote to-morrow (this day) in any of the subordinate offices to 'the higher branches of this Court. COURT OF KISTG'S BENCH, DEC. 1. HUNTLEY N. VANHEITHUSEN. This was an action to recover the sum of ten gui neas for the use and occupation of a furnished lodg ing for one month, at the rate of two guineas and a half per week. The defendat:t paid two guineas and a half into Court. From the evidence on the part of the plaintiff, it appeared that the defendant, a Barrister of L;n cola s lon, had hired, in November, 1817, the plain tif's first floor, in Hunter.street, Brunswick-square, for a month certain, at two guineas per week. This bargain was made with the niece of the plaintiff, who hearing subsequently that the defendant's wife was also to reside in the lodgings, she went to the defendant's chambers, accompanied by her niece, when a fresh bargain was entered into of two guineas and a half per week, in consideration of the addi tional trouble the defendant's Lady might be sup posed to give. The defendant complained of these exorbitant terms, but at length agreed to pay the ad ditional rent, for one month certain. _ For the defendant, evidence was offered that, upon 'taking possession of the lodgings, he immediately complained that they were not so well furnished as they were when he at first saw them ; there was no furniture to the bed, no carpet to the stairs, and a table and a sofa were removed from the sitting-room ; there were no plates, dishes, wine-glasses, or other re quisite conveniencies. After complaining of these defects without remedy, he quitted the lodgings at the end of the week, and the amount of that week he now paid into Court. The case went to the Jury under the directions of the Learned Judge, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff.—Damages, 4.:7. 17s. 6d. Titomesou v. OLOVER. Assumpsit upon a bill of exchange for £2OO, and for work and labour, and money laid out and ex pended to and for the use of the defendant. The sta tute of limitations was pleaded to the bill of exchange. The case was this :—The defendant is an , elderly woman, upwards of seventy, the widow of a Mr. Glover, formerly a manufacturer at Birmingham, at whose decease she became his administratrix ; and the plaintiff is her son-in-law. The defendant's hus band, at the time of his death, had extensive dealings in France, and was owed several thousand pounds b'y traders in that country. In order to collect in these debts, the °defendant employed the plaintiff and licr own son to go to France for that purpose, to act by power of attorney, and take such steps as might be requisite for the recovery theteof, in consideration of which trouble they were respectiVely to receive 5 per cent. upon the amount of the debts recovereJ, and an allowance of 255. per diem for their necessary ex penses, during their continuance in France upon the defendant's affairs. In Hilary Terns 'last the defen dant brought an action against her son-in-law, to re cover a balance of £920 claimed to be due to her in respect of these transactions ; but she did not succeed. Since then, the present action was brought against her by her son-in-law, and another against her at the suit of her own son, who was the principal witness to support this case, the defendant being now confined, at their suit respectively, in the King tm s Bench prison. From the evidence of the defendant's son, it ap peared that the plaintiff was debtor to the defendant, upon the statement of accounts, in a much lam ger amount than the sum now claimed, and therefore the Learned Judge directed a nopsuit.--Nonsuited. anoomeatboi O. SELL. The plaintiff was Captain in the 6.1 d Regiment. He had been in India for some time, during which the defendant negotiated his money transactions to a considerable amount. The sum sought to be re covered was £`9.5, but he was willing to take a ba lance of-e7l. Ss. 6d. which had been struck by the defendant himself. A letter of the defeniant's, , dated the 13th of Ja nuary, 18113, wherein he begged time for payment, was read in evidence. The defendant set up a plea of set-off, alleging tharthe plaintiff was indebted to him for board and lodging in the years 1804, 1805, and 1811. The Court was of opinion, that the settlement which was made bet Ween the parties, in 1813, went to cancel :411 prior claims, and the Jury found for the plaintiff in die sum of &271. Ss. Sd. ALEXANDER V. DAVIS.' Action for calling the plaintiff a "liar, a false- Swearing had man," in consequence of some evi dence he had given on a trial. Sarah IlarthoUett proved the wcrds, and swore that she had not undertaken to pay the plaintiff's attorney (on its being suggested that the plaintiff was insol vent.) The planuithad been a butcher, and was a good surveyor : he had been a witness also for Mrs. Barthollett, in an action for slander. Davis had also been brought to town as a witness for her, but was not called. This came out on cross-examination ; she had paid Davis his expenses ; but the attornies fur the plaintiff were also her attornies; and they had not, to her knowledge, put off the trial of the present came, because the plaintiff was insolvent, nor did sl:e know who indemnified them. She had never said that she would ruia Davis, and not leave a shirt to his back—nor did she now give evidence, because Alexander and Davis had quarrelled in consequence of the former calling the latter a white-livered rascal. Mr. Scam Arr, for the defendant, commented on the circumstance of the plaintiff's being an insolvent, on his having given evidence fur Mrs. Harthollett in an action against Davis, and on his living with Mrs. Barthollett as a friend. _ A witness was called, who proved that Alexander ' had said he would ruin Davis ; and another witness proved that Mrs. Barthollett had said the same. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. Lord ANSON'S fine seat of Shugborough, in Staf fordshire, is undergoing some tasteful improvements, which will render it one of the handsomest residences in that county. The Corn-Exchange is closed this day, owing to Ile funeral Of her lute MAJEsTy.. MIDDLESEX SESStONS, DEC. lc TRIAL OF LORD RANELAGH AND HIS SERS/A - IiTS. I The knowledge that this trial was fixed fcr thi first or second this morning brought a considerable crowd to the Court at an e.irly hour: At ten &Clock the CHAIRMAN and other M agistrates took their seats on the Bench, and aft..r one or two short cases of no iin. portance were dispo.ed of, • James Greggarcl John Byrne, two. of Lord Bane- Ligh's servants, were r ut to bar. His Lordship wasallowed a seat at the table:mar his Counsel. The indictment, which contained six counts, charged Right Honourahle Thomas Lord Viscount ltaite la'gh, and his two servants just named, with as,aulting James Richard Hall with a gun, a pilchfu, k. and certain blirdgeom called 'lndian clubs, and v..ith an ' illegal detention of his person. Other count 4 con tained charges for similar assaults, and illegal de:en• tion of John Degaul, Henry Waldo, and -- Wal lace. Another count charged his Lordship and his servants with egortiag, by threats and menaces, on the sante day and place, the sum of 7s. fi cm the same parties, or one of them c and the last count was for. a common assault. The case having been opened by Mr. hints, • Mr. Aornanius stated it to ti e Jury. He corn-- menced by observing, that this case, though rather a singular one, was not one of entire novelty, for hthere tuns nothing new wider the son. It was a charge against a Nobleman of high rankin the sister: kingdom, and of a similar rank in this, save the prix viler of sitting and voting as a Peer of Parliament; and the crimes Imputed to him were assault, falie imprisonment, and extortion of a sum of money from' four young gentlemen, under circumstances to which he should have to allude, of 'rte ordinary aggrava tion. The gentleman (Mr. Hall) who brought the• prosecution, and the other young gentlemen who , were concerned in it, had no vindictive motive in it. Their principal object was, that impartial just:cef should take its course, and that their names should be rescued from the imputation of having tamely, submitted to unmerited insult, and . he might add outrage; and here he felt it due to the character of those young Gentlemen to state, that had the mode rate but manly course which they had proposed been pursued—had that manly and dignified feeling which should characterise the conduct-of. a Nobleman been. adopted, on the other side, the case might long since have been settled, and never have met the public eye. But that would not satisfy Lord RaneTagh ; hi had made his selection, he had chosen to ,come into Court, and as that was his wish he should take its consequences upon himself. He must submit to hear the whole truth of the matter come out—truth which, if he (Mr. Adolphus) were rightly instructeit would not be found very pleasant to his frelirigs-4 truth; - which, without forgetting the rank which hi. Lordship held in society, would not be unmindful of the highly respectable rank of the Gentlemen wk.. had been injured, and' of the character, equal at leao. in honour, to that of his Lordship. • lie should be taught by those laws and by that Jury to which he appealed, that neither of them made any distinction between the Peer and the Peasant, when the right , : of eitherAverl infringed upon by the caprice or via.. lence of the other. The Issue of that appeal which he now made would teach him, that in this ire country, the Peer of highest rank dare not with in.- punity violate the rights of any, not even of the, equals in point of tide, but even of the very lowest ta their inferiors in that respect. He would here leave his Lordshin for a inomnnt, and state- to the Juin, who the Gentleman was by whom on his own behaft, and that of his friends, the present prosecution was bron alit. He was a Gentleman. as 'respectable a. Lorcrltanelagh, or any other man.. He was the son of a most respectable Gentleman, the Rev. Mr. Hall, of Herea.rdshire ; arid he was of the liberal profes sion—" cf our profession," continued Mr. Adolphus, and Gen forbid that 1 should ever crouch so low asto admit that it was inferior to in.y in society."— The other Gentlemen concerned in the prosecution wereall of them higEly respectable. What the de ,fence which would be set up was ; lie could not anti cipate. It was probable that, as no witnesses were likely to he called for his Lordship, it would entire's) test in the able and eloquent address which they, the Jury, would hear from his lemma! friend Mr. Alle), No "donin there would be in that every thing whici. elo , anee or ingenuity could suggest—but still he trusted that the verdict of the Jury would show, that they were not in any way to be influenced by. thr high rank and sounding titles of the Noble Lord, to by the forcible declamations ef his advocate. Truth strict and impartial justice, would, he was convinced alone have an edict upon their minds. It woulu pear to them in evidence, that Mr. Hall and his thin young friends had, in the month of July last, takei a boat, -and prOceeded up the 'Thames on a party of pleasure. When they had reached near that pan where Lord Ranelagh's residence was situated, which was not far from Putney Bridge, they were overtaken 4y- a violent storm of thunder and rain, which oh. liged them to•rint Their boat into the first convenient spot they could find for - that purpose. This hap ' re3ed to be part of the Noble Lord's land. Here they. took shelter under a large tree fora while • and after the inclemency of the weather had subsided, they sat 'down on the grass-plat, to partake of some slight re freshment which they had brought with thew-- During this very sh - ort repast. some of the tarty amu sed themselves by singing. -They had finished, and were about to return to their boat, when they saw a man with a double-barrell'd gun coming towards theme whom they took to be a gamekeeper, but who turtle.: out to be Lord Ranelagh 'him - self. He Was followed by two of his servants armed with immense bludgeous, such as were used by the natives of the Sandwich Islands. Three others of his servants were seen coming in another direction, one armed with a pitch fork, and d.a others with some other weapons of ofence. When his Lordship approached, he de manded, in no very mild tone, what they did there? and being answered. that they had taken shelter from a th u nder-st.). in, and had no intent ion ot.com mining any trespass, he asked who and what they were? To this Mr. Hall replied, that they were gentlemen ; my re peated his declaration of no intended harm on their part. His Lordship rental ked, that he had of late been much annoyed by the rabble coming on his grounds, but that he was more annoyed by the well dressed rabble than by any other. He followed tha remark up by stating, that they were not gentlemen i , I' 1 i 1 1 lit i • . i 1 ' 1 Ii 1 . I 1 I , : ii I i : • i . I", : t , ) i i i 1 t i d ' .1 1 ,4 • I ..1 , I i t 1 I ii- -11 ' I ' t I 1 1 ' f i It T O 0 • , . ) • ' 4 • 1 , • I I 1, , • I I : t •