Star. — London, England, 1818-11-18 00:00:00

THE ARM Th e Earl of DALHOUSIE, it is reported, will shortly be appointed to the important situation of Governor ,d Commander -in. Chief at the Cape of Good Hope. &et Pa t erWinches Barracks are again filled with troops' l i ve remaining nearly unoccupied fora length regiments have arhed dar ing the last week, amounting altogethe m r to c up 'ads of WOO men. They will remain but a short to t h er e, as they are about to embark for the West , es , and are only waiting till the transports are y, as the Medical Department recommend that should proceed immediately to their destination. 71st (Highland light infantry), the 79th, and gee& iments, after landing from France, were under ediate orders for Scotland. They have since been otermanded. The 71st goes to Nottingham, the 9th to Chichester, and the 91st to Ireland It is er oded that the 88th regiment will remain during the r ater in Edinburgh Castle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. NAILS 11 gat. DUL. 'HIS DA'. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lisbon hurter(' 1 0 Malta 'iu((rseY anaJerl e Y 1 0 France ":iJod 1) 0 Ilamburgh . 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sweden' 1 0 i FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 14. Wind West.—Arrived the Mevagissey, Moms; ifom Port -an in 41 days, for Bremen ; Rods : e, WEBSTER, from Rio Janeiro, in 64 days, for Himburgh ; spoke the following vessels--Sept. 11, i;lat , 2'l . 8. long. 29.9. the brig Hebei nine weeks i u m London to the Cape of Good Hope ; 14th, in 4.18.53. S. long. 26. 19. W. the Shipley, fifty days ' London for New Suuth Wales. PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 16. Wi n d West.—Came in the Ellie, PATERSON, from innbergb for Batavia. Sailed the Juno, STA RKs. r London, having been supplied with a new rudder, PoItTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER FY. Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the ship Valiant, &tunas, ; and four Russian transports for Cronstadt, ith Russian seamen from Cadiz. DEAL, NOVEMBER 17. Wi n d N.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the' tcnr, PARKER, from the South Seas ; John Baker. —, from Genoa ; Orient, BARCLAY, from gengal ; nr Braganza, —, from Smyrna ; John, CARL. ac, from Malta Came down from the River the kbulson, for Leghorn ; Waterloo, for Jamaica; r !s er, for ditto ; Knapton, for ditto; Helena, for crrat; Elizabeth, for New York ; L oy alty, for . . . , ebily; Ruth, for Jamaica; Rurleigh, for Tobago; ra, for 1-I: , nduras ; Salus, fur Si. Übes ; Glory, Sevis ; and the Fame, Alert. and Defence trans- Four o'clock—Wind N.N.W.--Several of the wad bouiui are getting under weigh. RAMSGATE, NOVEMBER i 7. • - tind N.W.—Arrived the Swedish brig SCIIESTROM, from Srlibes, bound to Carl- ►ai, with salt; having been on shore on the South livid, lon anchor and cable and other da. aige,kaity. Came in a few vessels for shelter. si;NDIZRLAND, NOVEMBER 16. The Yrotv Annegina, POhTIMA, of and for Gronin-j yen, with csoals, was run down by the Nestor, Aritnr a, at night, about six o'clock, off this port, in 16 attain triter—crew saved. SAINT IVES, NOVEMBER 14. Attired the sloop Industry, Too, 34 days from !tuff, for Portsmouth for orders ; carried away gaff, and received considerable damage in her Lis azd is leaky. LIVERtOOI., NOVEMBER te. Aired the Nymph, HllBiliiBRSOS, from the Cape Good Hope, sailed 9th September; on the 10th of sober, in lat. 11. 37. S. lbng. 23. 39. W. was herded by his Majesty's brig LKVSBgT, from Eng bid to St. Helena ; Commerce, HAROAIIAVES, from Pin, sailed 7th September ; on the 38th October, in 1a48.40.10ng. 27. 48. spoke the brig Phoebe, from trpool to St. John's, Isew Brunswick, with loss .of • rain-yard, and fore and main-masts sprung, and plates carried away. CUSTOtt-HOUSE, LONDON, NOVEMBER 17. amt imam Iswaans.—Wilhelmina Mpgdalena, Rashes, St. Anders, and Neptuuus; Ahrens, from Wismar. Onions—The winiam and Mary, Trewhelia, for Cadiz ; Patrick, for Hamburg\ ; Adelaide, Contact, for Granville ; Unser, for ebriatiansand ; Swanwield, lhys, for New Montreal, Pingelly, for Jamaica; Mahatma, Morris, Selma; Liefdc, Pik, for Mamburgh. culla (tyrosine—The Duos, Faillant, for Calais ; Crown • Frederick, Rus, for Christiania ; Flora, Pays, and Ann, for Ilamhurgh ; Numay, Napier, and Baltic Merchant, , for Grenada ; Planet,Weynton, for Jamaica ; George. , for Gibraltar ; Harrington, Flislop, for Hayti. • DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. latbe hairnets, Narcissus, Marlborough, Dram Vittori- Jam, Fantome, Mohawk and .Italatita, for Dragon, and head-money, paid to the 'Treasurer of Greenwich sit Calypso, for the Spectilation, paid to ditto. %the Amin, for the Gertruyella la Pruden, on Saturday at ~&ortutk•street. The Kern, HUDSON, ostensibly destined for the isannah, reached the Downs from the River, on day, and remains for the present wind-bound. ship is one of those to which we last week alin e being fitted out for Sir GREGOR NPGREGOR'S dition ; cn board of it are Sir GREGOR'S Staff, 'ill several other Officers of different grades attached zt his service. The Chief himself remains for the sent at the Three Kings Hotel, at Deal, but will tbek in the above vessel, and sail as soon as the Ind becomes favourable. The Hero is an armed carrying 24 thirty-two pounders, and is well ;wad in every other respect. There are no troops hoard, and only such Officers as above stated. B 7 the Polar Expedition we find, that although natives of the arctic circle arc unacquainted with frui ts of the earth, yet their inventive talents to 4 caire power are much the same as in the tempe a't and torrid zones ; for they decide s during their kear- night of winter, by a Lottery, (in which the far ta li are titles to nobility and command) who 1 rule the ensuing summer ; and thus the poorest • man one year may become a Prince the next, , I . l :th the same ease t h at any person w h o now buys a licket or Share, may become_ possessed of a part of ttt Four Prizes of LSO,OOO Nerr TUESDAY, when 63 t-drawn Prize will receive 1:50,000, in addi t" to Vr . aaterer NU it may be drawn. 'UTH, NOVEMBER 14. Mn. tprroa—A paragraph in a letter from toireS . in your Paper of the 12th ultimo, has excited some surprize at this Port. It is very natural to expatiate on the advantages of the port where we reside, and I should be one of the last to make an objection to it, but these statements should be consistent with truth ; I will not suppose your Correspondent to have erred intentionally, but he is at least censurable for his deficiency of enquiry on a subject which he pretends to be well informed of. Instead of " there being no other (a dry dock and necessary appendages) so eli gibly situated for repairs in the British Channel, as a Dry Dock lately constructed at Cowes ;" there are in the British Channel several Dry hocks : which is the most eligibly situated, we must leave the Shipping Interest to determine on; but, at least, we may ven ture to assert that the Dry Dock in Cat-Water in this port, one hundred and sixty feet in length, and forty eight feet in width at the Dock gate, and also spa cious slips, in which the undermentioned ships have been built or docked for repair, are not deserving of such an oversight as your Cowes Correspondent is guilty of. —I must also state, that the inestim national work, the Breakwater at the entrance of Plymouth Sound, now affords such security to the shipping interest, that masters of vessels who are strangers to the port of Plymouth may in the heavi est gales find immediate safety for the valuable pro perty-they have in charge by anchoring within it.— need.uot appeal to your impartiality to induce you to insert this statement in your Paper.—l am your obedient servant, hiERCATOR. Snits Bluse—The Dement, sloop of war; Armada, 74; Clarence, 74; three West Indiatnen, from 300 to 350 tons. FASGATO Rarataan—The Ncrtide; the-Melampus. MERCHANT Sues Rasaman—The Hydra, 750 tons; Lord Wellington, 450 tons; Matilda, 580 tons; 469 tons; and many others, too numerous to insert. MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 16. PRIVATE LETTER, Among the many branches of manufacture here, that of making umbrellas and parasols, is by no means inconsiderable ; and I am happy to say that this business has revived so much within these few days, as to fully employ every efficient hand ; and there is every prospect of their being permanently employed for many months to come, not from the home demand, but the extensive foreign orders for these indispensible articles of utility and luxury. The demand in this respect has given increased energy tol the manufacture of silks and ginghams ; but the Cotton trade was never known to be more depressed; indeed the low price at which superior manufactured goods can now be purchased, is a sufficient verifica tion of this. There is, however, a moral certainty that this staple and important branch of trade will revive as soon as Christmas is turned. The Mer- . chants and Manufacturers are all acting under this impression. Two extensive orders have arrived to day from New York, which has created some bustle in the houses that have received them, mail a hope that other orders will soon follow. The number of blocks of tin coined at Penzance, Tor the quarter ending on Saturday last, was 2552.: total for the county 5088. Some few years ago, a mine was discovered On the estate of Sir THOMAS. Tystwirtrr JoNE.S, in Wales, shares of which sold, at that time, for 101. each. The working of it has since proved so prcfitable a specu lation, that these ten pound shares now find ready purchasers at one hundred guineas! Etoeemear.— Late on Friday night last, a young. Lady, daughter of a respectable inhabitant, eloped from Tewkesbury, in a post-chaise, with a young widower, one of her father's servants, on a matrimo nial excursion; but the news having reached the fa- 1 ther's ears long after he had retired to rest, he arose and pursued them with such alacrity in a chaise-and four, that he overtook them at Worcester, and brought the fair fugitive back to her family the next morning. A young child, &fey, weeks old, swaddled in mean clothing, was lately found exposed in Perth. With some difficulty, a nurse was procured for it by the Kirk Session; but such is the wayward fate of this little innocent, that its new protectress had scarcely entered upon her charge when she was taken suddenly ill, and died, unseen. Next morning, the child was found lying on the arm of its lifeless nurse, and was soon after provided with another.—The unnatural mother has not been discovered. In a cow slaughtered on Wednesday at Renfrew, there was discovered a small bull-calf with two heads.. The body, feet, and tail, were single. in the usual way ; bet although the neck was single, it contained two throats, which were very distinct. The two heads began to separate a little below the ears, which were sufficiently prominent, and, as well as the mouth, eyes &c. were very finely formed on both heads. Yesterday morning as some men, in the employ of Mr..RHODES, cow-keeper , in the Hampstead-road, were gathering up some hay which lay under the ricks, one of them stuck a pitch-fork against a hard substance, which, on examination, proved to be human body. On examining further, they found a second body, and being very much terrified they ran with the intelligence to Mr. RHODES, who sent notice of the affair to the Parish Officers. It is supposed that the bodies were left by some Church-yard robbers. Sunday evening, as Mr. and Mrs. REDFORD, of Walworth, were passing . the Magdalen, in Black friars-road, just at the time the congregation were quitting the Chapel, they were hustled by three or four men of genteel appearance, as if by accident. Mr. REDFORD, however, soon after discovered that his pocket had been picked of his pocket-book, con-1 taining three £1 notes and some memorandums. Mrs. Remain then recollected having felt a Violent pull at a valuable shawl which she had round her shoulders e -and which no doubt the villains attempted also to carry off, but did not succeed. Wednesday night, wbilst the family were with their usual avocations, some villain proceeded unperceived up stairs in the Horse Shoe and Mag. pie, Great Saffron-bill, and by means of a false key entered the landlord's hed-room, and robbed it of WL in Bank notes, and three watches. A French Journal announces. that a worna^, who fell into a profound lethargy, remained in that state, for thirteen days, and that all her member 4 except her tongue, continued totally Inactive. SPOli • MORAYSIiI2t6 COURSING CLUB Tug(Lay the frith ult. being le day fixed for running for the cup, the Club met at Cotton, 'when the dogs named fur the cup came in as under:— Mr. M`llowal Grant's b.d. Else Cap btu Mr.Tuncesb.d.Wire. ' Mr. A. Craig's Allyn* ran a bye artinit Mr.P. Bran n's Korot. Lord Iluntley's b.b. Votary beat Mr . A. Grant's p. 4. Marquis. Mr.. Hannah's w. b. Venture beat Mr. Brawler's p. d. Swill. NAICIIIIIL • Lord Huntley's b. b. beat Mr. Brander's b. b. gIICOND LAY-41AWFILLD Mr Hannah's Venture beat Mr. M'Du%rrl Grant's Blue Cap. Lord Huntley's Votary bear' Mr. Cralg's tth you. • Lord Huntley's Votary beat Mr. Hannah's Venttire, add won the cup. MATCHI.II. Mr. M'Dowal Grant's r. d. beat Mr. A. Ciiiii r. b. Lord Handy's Volontaire beat Mr. P. Brown's Regent. Lord Huntlra Violence beat Colonel Hay's p. d. The company were highly gratified by seeing Lord Handy's famous Yorkshire dog run a single-handed coarse in a style if uncommon excellence, killing the hare in a few hundred yards, although she had more than half the distanoe law. The fineness of the weather attracted a great concourse of spectators . who were not only highly pleased with the sport, but gratified with die-presence and condescending manners of the Marchioness if Handy, who, as well as several other ladles. was on the grimed the whole of the first day. The entertanunents at M'Lacklan's west off, both days, as every entertainment must where the Marquis of Huntly presides. ' . SPARRING. Spring had his benefit at St. Martin's-street Fives -court, Tester diy, and although his efforts in the prize-ring have been unsuc cessful, yet his marked civility la proverbial, and he met with ilaineroun patrons. The seta-to were few, but good.—The first amity Was between Carter and Gregson, and their late arrival Rem Att-la-Chapelle gave much eclat to their performances.' The map was manful and scientific. After this Carter addressed the amateurs from the stage, and stated that it had publicly appeared that Richmond had *aid him—but he stated that ha was too Math inebriated to act eves on the defensive. After several per- 1 Mg bad dragged him out of Belcher's room, and when endea isioring to get en, Richmond took else advantage of him, and struck him. He Inquired if Richsnond wanted him alone ; and if not, said an amateur, he shall have Belcher with him, and Carter shall fight them both for a hundred, is one ring. This was of mere interest than the sparring, and Richmond and Bel abor mounted the stage together, after Carter had left—Belcher Mid that Carter bad been turned out or his 'room for insulting his customers, and that he was a blackguard.—Richmond said that he took part with the company, and struck Carter because M dunned it. —An amateur observed, that it was one way of reattlbg a man for half a dozen to drag him out of a room, when hi a state of stupidity, and another to hit him and then claim the liierit of winning. " Will Richmond meet him in half an hour?" 1 tentinued the speaker, " or will he see hint here, as Carter is ready to fight any man in the world, from a glass of gin to 300 illeassr—The Court was in one rum between the partisans of flash, and after a few.minutes sparring re-commenced—Martin chewed oft' upon an athletic Lifeguardsman, and it was apparent what science could do with strength.—Harmer and Spring gave fine specimens of science, as did also Belcher and Painter,—No new matches were ma de.—Betting 11 to a, Randall against Turner. Saturday se'nnight, during the market, at Bodmin, a hare, closely pursued by a set of harriers followed by a number of sportsmen, ran through the passage of the Queen's Head Inn, into the street, and taking her way through the market, to the no small sur prise,, amusement, and inconvenience of the multi tude, finally eluded her pursuers.—Shortly after the chase above mentioned, a spectacle equally novel at Bodmin, was got up, which attracted the notice of the market folk, at least in an equal degree. A man named Waker, of the parish of Lanivet, led forward his wife by a halter, which was fastened round her waist, and publicly offered for sale. A person named &boys wiso.has lately been discharged from the 28th Regiment, bid sisptace for her, and was immediately declared the purchaser. He led off his bargain in triumph, amidst the shouts of the crowd, and to the great apparent satisfaction of her late owner. Two grocers at Manchester, hitherto deemed re spectable, have been detected in dealing largely in poisonous tea, &c. Friday last, JOHN Becitensibt,w, Esq. of Gorton, near Manchester, while viewing a fox-chase in one of his own fields, suddenly fell down and expired. He was in his 67 th year; and it may be truly said, that he was a most worthy honest man Thursday, the sth inst. a distressing event took place in the village of Crosby Ravensworth, in the county of Westmorelana. JOHN HEWITSON, farmer at Crosby Hall, in attempting to turn a drunken man out of the public house, received from him a blow under the ear, which in a short time caused his death. The man who struck the blow was committed to Ap pleby jail. An Inquest was held on Monday, at the Brazen Head, Lissongreen, on the body of Sarah Jones, who, while digging sand with two other children, in Harper's-fields, the surface gave way, and buried the deceased and another; the third escaped. The de- 1 ceased was found quite dead ; the other was dug out alive. Verdict—Accidental Death. An Inquisition was taken yesterday, at the White Hart, Giltipur-street, on the body of Wm. Rlowfield, a bricklayer, who was killed on Friday last by .a fall when repairing Bow Church, Cheapside. The de ceased was at work on Friday morning, about ten' o'clock, at the Church, and had placed a ladder upon an arch, and reared it against the Church ; the arch unfortunately sunk in at the top, and the ladder gave way several feet into it ; the deceased, who was stand ing upon one of the uppermost rounds, was dashed to the ground. He was carried to St.. Bartholomew's Hospital. Verdict—Accidental Death. Exacurzoti.--About half past eleven o'clock, on Friday last, Samuel Ilolmyard, for a forgery on the City Bank, Exeter, was removed from Southgate pri son, accompanied by the Chaplain and Sheriff, to the place of execution, where at twelve o'clock, he un derwent the awful sentence of the law, passed upon • him at the last Sessions for that city. The execution drop belonging to the county of Devon, wa: erected on the Magdalen-road, the place where the gallows formerly stood, though upwards of thirty years has elapsed since a capital punishment has been carried ' into effect for the jurisdiction of Exeter. On his way to the fatal spot, he looked round on the populace with apparent composure. , He appeared extremely penitent ; and evinced the greatest firmness to the last. A vast concourse of people were assembled on the melancholy occasion.— William Davis who was also Sentenced to die with him for uttering forged notes on the same Bank, has received a respite. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, Nov. 18.—We have had no arrivals of any description since Mort-, day; yet the Wheat trade was heavy, but not cheaper. Fine English Barley being scarcely in demand, what few samples were left over from Monday's arrival, were readily disposed of at an advance of from Is. to 2s. per quarter. Oats were also brisk in sale, and fine samples obtained I. more than on Monday. In Peas and Beans there is no alteration. MEETING AT THE. CRdiVil AND ANCHa TAVERN: An extremely ctOlvded Meetlnk, convened by public advertisement, and at which it was understood that Sir FRANCIit BURDETT would take the Chair, was held yesterday, for the purpose of so who is a fit person to be put in nomination to supply, the vacancy which has occurred in the repretentation of Westminster. At about dne O'clock Sir FRANCIS Boabert enter-' ed the large roam of this Tavern, in which a vast assemblage of persons were attending his an ival.— Mr. 110BROUSE and qtr. Britica accompanied him, and were received as well as the Honourable Baronet himself with general acclamations. Mr. Novz had taken his place. at the table a short time preciously, amidst partial and ambiguous indications of the sen timents which prevailed respecting him. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT having taken the chair, im mediately opened the business which constituted the object of the meeting. The public advertisement which had brought them together on this occasion had, he observed, dearly explained that it was in consequence of the recent loss which they bad 'sus tained, and the necessity of supplying it. He ham been requested to take the chair, and now felt no small degree of satisfaction in contemplating the nu• merotis and respectable audience which had met is assist in the consideration of this subject. The occa sion was undi;ubtedly most important, at the same time that the circumstances which led to it, and which could not be excluded from their minds, were awful and distressing. Before; however, he proceed ed to commence the business of the day, be thought it right to disclose the- cOnteuts of a letter which hi. had received from a Gentleman who had .conside. sable claims to their favotir ; and who would proba bly have been, in the event of his coming persouall; forward, the object of their choice. The Gentleman to whom he alluded was Mr. D. Kinnaird, who hat.: withdrawn himself entirely from their consideration as a candidate, by a statement which he . (the,Chair-, man) was requested to communicate to them : and in which Mr. Kinnaird regretted that engagemsnts, which he felt to be binding on him, would prevent- his attendance at this meeting, and deprive him of the opportunity of paying his tribute of respect to. the memory of their late representative, and of mix ing his own with the general grief. The letter went on to say, that the writer was impressed with the additional solemnity which so great a misfortune must bestow on the duty that remained to be dis charged ; and that, as his name might probably be mentioned, it was his earnest wish to have it made known as early as possible, that his duties towards the Citizens of Westminster tnust be limited, as here tofore, to the.character of an Elector. A - s, therefore, resumed Sir Francis Burdett, this Gentleman had placed himself out of the question, it was incumbent' on them to consider what other person it might be most advisable for them to nominate, in order to fill up the vacancy left by the death of their late lament ed Representative. It would be improper for-him; in the situation which he now held, to offer itny opinions of his own, with regard to the personal qualifications or merit of individuals. It was his duty to attend to 'all that might be offered by others; and to collect' impartially the sense of the room upon every propo sition that should be submitted with reference to the object of their meeting. It was not to be concealed that they were in a state of some danger ; and of danger arising from a circumstance somewhat sins gular. The hrst difficulty which they had to sur mount was not a want, but a variety of choice. Five ,or six names had already been mentioned to him, each of which he had reason to believe belonged to a man of independent and unexceptionable character. All appeared to him equally eligible ; all had \fre quently been before the public eye, and were, he had not the shadow of a doubt, animated wi'li the same spirit, prepared to answer the wishes of their consti tuents by faithfully discharging their ov..a duty.— They must be cautious, therefore, lest the embarrass ment of-their wealth itself should turn tut to he the source of their weakness—(loud applause,'. It might be proper to remind them, that they incurred the risk, amidst all this variety, of disunion amongst themselves ; and that the probable consequlece of this disunion would be, that some Government tool would be forced upon them, to the lasting disgrace of West minster, and to the damping of that spirit, andsretard ing that progress of reform, for which they had so long, and he hoped not ineffectually, contended—(applause). With regard to their late Representative, he should be sorry to break in upon the business of the day by any attempt to excite or communicate those feelings of sorrow which were already universal; and could neither be heightened nor alleviated by his remarks ; yet he still found it imposLible to pass over this op portunity of testifying atssonce his grief and his re spect. To them, the Electors of Westminster, as h welas to the country at large, the lo ss whi c h they had sustained was the more unfortunate, inasmuch as it was the loss of a man possessing the highest abi lities and the purest character, at the moment which was best calculated to afford scope fur the free play of his talents and integrity. Ile had been placed by their suffrages in a situation which would have ena bled him to follow up his own enlightened schemes for the public good, .without yielding to the autho rity of inferior minds, or finding his great exertions checked by the influence of party. Of this able and deeply Lamented ccatiivtor he had been deprived, under circurnstan , 7e., and at a time when, although for his own honour and credit with posterity, and with reference to that measure of good which he had Previously rendered to his country and to mankind, he had lived long enough, vet, nevertheless, at a time when, although his own glory was sufficiently esta blished, he had it in his power to be of more service to the public than perhaps any other man.—(Ap plaure.) had died full of honours for him se lf, leaving his 'countrymen filled with admiration and regret, and a name behind him which never conld be mentioned without a sigh.—(Akpiatue.) In disbur dening themselves, hewer, er, of uteir sense of this ca. , lamity, so far as to undertake the discharge of the duty which had devolved on thorn, it should stiil in. duce them to regard, with a more scrutizing eye, the claims of every one who might he proposed to fill up so great a chasm. The public duty which bud de volved upon them all was of a serious nature, axs ! their honest endeavours to discharge it would afford them the best consolation in the struggle which they 'A