Star. — London, England, 1805-08-28 00:00:00

fi 1 NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—.Wind W. S.W. All. DU[. AU. AU I. Dam r o Hamhurgh o Waterford I I I Gottetiburgb o Lea e 1 I CORE. Auc. t.—Yellerday fignals were made frOlTlthe BF LLIE.VEUIC, LtDA, and NARCI:Ist. s, to the convoy, to prepare for filing. They fired a gun each. and looted their foretop-fails, and all the bottle pep .ratory to their departure . was obfervable among the Bret. Intelligence is Paid to have been received t ithe Combined (qoadrans having got into Ferrol; in ennfequence of which, the fa'iling of ate tranfports and Eel Indiamen has been ordered. The latter t rill proceed to Madeira, there to wait for further They will be joined by three other (hips, under convoy of the DIOMEDE, not the TCIUMP/I, as bad been firli intended. l'he fleet had not failed when our Meffenger left Cove this day. P l anottrit, AUGUST 26.—Came in the AndOrin ha, of and frim Lifbon, F. jozr or Cave mailer, bound to Caen, laden will cotton and hides, detain ed hv the Hein privateer, of this poi t the Danifh flop bl,pt.inu , , Captain Deems, from Holmflrand, with timber; and the Fanny, Captain Fiasco-rt., from Memel, for Neath. Sailed the Vas uvt us bomb, with a fleet under convoy for the Downs. Paired by to the wellward, a fleet of near t6o fail, from Pont ?tooth, for the WA Indies, ice. Sailed to join the Channel fleet, the Tatutern, of 74 guns. The Watt wit, of 74 guns, and the AUDACIOUS, of 74 guns, Rill fail to-morrow, and the Si. Joust., of izo guns, will accompany them, if (he can get down firm; Hi moaze. By letters received this day from the Chan nel fleet, it appears, that the French fleet left Bre% and anchored in Camarett Bay, on which on Wed- neiday left the in.lhore fquadron made the fignal to Admiral CnRNWALLIS, who ithmediately led in the Channel fleet in the VILLA as Pazii, to attack thew as loon as his intention was difcovered. the French fleet got under weigh and fcampered back to Bien, bet they did not get in until three of the fhips were cornpleatly mauled by a raking fire from Nine of the Brit& 'hips : they Were fuperior in number to Ad miral Coanwettas, but the latter, under the prefent critical liedation of the country, determined to try wherher they were in ea •nelf: Sailed with difpatches, the Wow/ensue, of 18 guns, the PlrOillt, of 16guns, and the NILS lugger, of r 4 guns. Dovss, Aucture Majellyrs tan brig i ost"us, 'LLutenant Waleson.. arrived off here this sa .rning from a crate. with an American 114 fie has detained; and Which is gone for the Downs..:- Sailed the cotter on a cruize. Sailed this day the !hip IV/latch, Captain Baxxsal, of Pniladel phia, horn Ainlieidam bound to Canton : immea ately on her Renting outfide of the ha, bout, me was boarded by the buts of the Fusious gun brig and FLY cutter, which took polreffinn of her, and fent her for the Downs.--Wind W. with hazy weather. Drat, Aun. 27.—Sailed the Syr hoop of via's. for Dungenefs. Arrived the Vasirviui bomb from Plymouth with a convoy, *hilt are failed for the River. The Vasuvios remains in the Dawns with the tett of the ft;ps a , per laa.-4'find W. S. W. EAST INbIA SHIPPING, His Majefly's fhip Tet.I4IwDOUS, of 74 Rims, Cah• tin OSBORNE ; LANCASTER, of 64. gum.', Captain FOTNERGILL ; and the Paxton frigate, Captain Coccs URN. anchored in the harbour of Bombay, pre- N :nt , to the zd of February, from their cruize off the Ilk et France. The following Engliat (hips, captured by the French, we4e at the Mauritius in January:—Hope, from Bengal, iiryitud to England ; the Princef% Char: kite, captUred at Vizagapatam, and the Pearl, bound 'to Bombay.; The Stilling CalUs, captured by Sur- The Charlotte and Upton Calle were at Bourbon The Nancy (la M:me's pike) from Butfora, had trrived life with 22 horfcs—trade was -brifk. and fpecie pJerniful at both iGands. His Majefty's ihipT I R rsicots,Capt,Bar.Huase, ar rived at Coluntbo, with a very valuable prize, a Dutch Ball Indiaman, called the Elizabeth. which failed from thence, aid had arrived fare at Bombay. Hii Majetly% (hips Russest., Captain Wit.ttairs, and th Liatea, Captain Barr, anchored in Iladras lioad,—thel4.llner on the s zih of January, and the la,:et nn the irth of February. Captain SYDEVHAA, appointel. Plefident at the emit 4,f the Peithwa, had arrived fate at Poona. We caul& from the t es Gaadts, the following article, dated Colombo, January g :—On the 7th of 3auu err.. ateleten P. M. a heavy and tremendous gale of wind came on from the N. W. quarter, and blew in rquall% with great violente until the gth in the morning ; during which time, she Penman, Ame :ican (hip, was driven from her anchors and flood to tea, but narrowly efcaped being wrecked in palling between tbt Drunken Sailor and the &ore - and from the lea, both without and within the bank, breaking Co high. feveral fmall Roam rigged wife's. donie4. !tad small boats, drove on bore, and fnine of them vine totally destroyed. The names of the fquare tigged Vedas were, brig te Deikine. bench prize; fchooner Cann ; (lop Trial; brig Henry; fnow Paggaman ; and ketch Henrick.—We likewife hear from Battery, that a tad from Tellicherry was thrown on !bore, and totally loft ill that neighbour. hood." APPOINTMENTS AT CEYLON. GENERAL ORDERS. COLOMBO, rac.2s. 1804. Tbc Commander of the Forces haabeen pleated to appoint Lieu tenant Bridges, of the Royal Engineers, lobe Commandant of fort Oacnburgb ; and Lieutenant Colonsi Vincent, of his Majelty's myth Foot, to be Commandant of Point de Gale, vice Polleelt. T'ac above appointments to commence from the tft of Jan. xBO5. Captain L. A. Denoe, of bis Majcity's Ceylon Regiment, te ap point d Captain of Guides, from the t sth inftant. Lieutenant J.T. Wemyfs, of Majefty's 19th Foot, to be Aid . de-Camp to the Commander date Fate% from the a3th Is tart, "ac,: M'Loane, duetted. Fars, hence for Africa, *as captured and burnt, on s3d June. off the A4ores, by the Combined Fl e ets, who recaptured her prize the Minerva, a Spani ( h fhip.— Captain Stais:astr, of the Otway, that arrived here on Saturday (one of the Jamaica fleet), left that Ifl on the 4th ult. t 5 t fail in company, 25 for this port—informs. that two or three (hips names not known. got on Ihore at Negro Bay, the place of ren dezvous, one of them *could not be got off. Splice an American in the Gutph, who told him he had teen a [hip taken off the Grind Camaynes, which he fup pofed to be one of the flea. In lat. 35. long. 6t. was fent along with the Dr LIGINTIA floep of war, to being in five fail of flraggling *eels belonging to the fleet, the DILIGINTIA took one of them, i (hip, in tow, at did the Otway a brig, but the hawfer burning and a fog cominz on, he taw no more of the fleet, which he parted with three weeks fince. LivtavooL, Ay Oi? 2C—The ......, from BROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND. AVGDST ay...Paffed by the Conßantia. David fon, from Teneriffe ; United Brothers,. Woliftut, froat.Norwav ; Sophia. Carolina. Fulkere, and the !marten, Riker, (mm Norden. Sailed the Sneed's, Wailer, .fe:r Cork L laird Duncan,•Lone, for Limerick; White Swan. Block, for Stettin; Snelkeid, !Hoop; ypn g e Paton, Hamm. and the Charlotte Maria, juogen, for Tonningen. . . DISTLIBUTIOiI Pltlit Moms,.—The Mix In diaman, fir fereral Mitch Sips capluied off the Mind of St..ll:leni, will be paid at No. 3., White I )n-court, Birchiwlane, on Friday, the 3oth There is in the Leeward, 'kills a fquadron of feven fail o( the line. 'Fife NURTHUPISIRLAtp) was there when Lord NiLsoa left the iflands. Two f. palched by Admiral Cowmcwoory arrived the , be- Rinsing of July, and four failed froth Jamaica about the 24th June, and would reach the Hands about the isth of lall month, making in all feven fail pf the line, betides four or dive frigates, and a nuthber of rmall veifels. • , IPsIFIGH, AUGUST SS. This morning, about ci o'elnet, the two bri l Fades of infantry, cominanded by Major General B."11INSON and Lord CH muss Fe rtaov, conlißing of t' e ILrkthire, 'Shropthire. EaR Middlefet; Well Sat folk, and Hertfordfftire regirnents t commanded by Lieutenant Colonel RATIN SHAW, Lord BRADFORD, Lieutenant Col.mel Geesont. Lord Euseon, and the Marquis of SAVISIBURT, affembled on R Amore- He .tu, and went throligh a iariety of evolutions, preparatory to a general review of .the troops to. morrow, by Lieutenant General Sir Jaws. Pvt.. TEN ay. who is to come over from Colcheller for that purpofe. Sir jams infPeded Lord PAGET'S brigade of cavalry, lalt Tnefday, and exprefed hintfelf ly pleated with the appearance and difcipline of thole excellent regiments; the Scots Greys, the 7th and slit Light Dragoons, whit); compote it. lam con fident a review of the infantry will afford him eqnal pleafure ; for indeed it fecms almnft impoffible for troops to strive at a higher Rate of difcipline. A Court of inquiry has been held on the Rate of the camp equipage of the feveral regiments Rationed here ; and an order received from the QLearter•Maf-' ter General tb have an the deficiencies fupplied im mediate' y, from which it appears probable that there will be an encampment in this neighbouthood at this late period of the feafun. The formidable train of artillery Rationed here; is in the higher! Rate of per feilion, and exertifed almoft daily. The different regiments generally forth feparate little camps in the cootie of the week, at the pleafure of their refpeftive commanding officers, pitching their tents in the morning and returning to barracks at night. . Atrousr 15.---The teed brigades of Infantry Ra tioned here, affembled yesterday morning at a quar ter pan ten o'clock, on Rulhmore Heath, in columns of companies, right in front, from which pofition they matched and formed a line on the Woodbridge fide, with the right towards the road, and the left extending a confiderable way on the common ' • the brigade of gulls commanded by Capt. FRY RR, of the royal Refinery, was Rationed at about fixty yards dif tance in front, and the whole was under the immediate command of Lieutenant-General Lord FerzieoT, af filled by Major• General Roarresom. The line, con filing of nearly sOOO men, when thus formed on an eminence, had a very grand and intereiling appearance. About half paR ten, the reviewing General Sir Janes Puvrsetir. arrived on the ground. attended by Major-General SHIREROOKR, and a numerous fuite of Ralf officers, together with at large portion of the officers belonging to the garrifon of Colcheßer. The Genet al's appearance was announced by a difcharge from the brigade of artillery, and on his approach ' ing the centre the whole line prefented arms, mufic playing and Officers fainting. On taking clofe or der, two rounds were fired by half companies from centre to flanks, after which the line was thrown back into open columns of companies, left in front, and on the march formed two feparate lines, the one advan cing in front, and the other in referee; a line of co lumns was next formed, from which the feveral bat tPlions deployed into line on the grenadiers of the Shropfhire regiment, and immediately afterwards the Shropfhire, commanded by Lord BRADFORD, the Hertford, Lord BALIIIIURY, and the Well Suffolk by Lord EUSTON, paffed files to the front in quick time from the right of companies, and lined the oppofite hedge in extended files, and kept up an independent fire in a moll capital (Lyle, without a moment's inter. million for upwards of a quarter of an hour,when they retired, and were fucceeded by the EMI Middlefex, Colonel WooD, and the Berkfhire, Colonel RATEN• {RAW, keeping up a (harp fire by half companies from centre to flanks. After a variety of evolutions, the line was again formed, when it advanced in open order, and concluded by a general falute ; after which the feveral vestments marched pall the Gene ral in ordinary time to the barracks. The weather was remarkably fine, and the ground crowded with carriages and fpetlators of every de fcription. Sir Janes Ptrursasy expreffed himfelf highly pleated with the appearance and Readinefs of the men, as well as the celerity and precilion with which all the movements were carried into execution. It is the opinion of Tome high military charaElers in this diftria, that an expediuon to the Continent will frailly take place. ••T• , ' • izona .- , 1 , Viriroteurn, A l oes. 26.—Neither their Marasriss nqr the Nutcase's left the Lodge loft evening or this morning, in confequence (.f his . Met eery being aillteted w ith the fciatica. We are happy to fay he is reported to he. better this morning. Mr. Patna is here attending:his Nikita - I . y, We had the grandett military fpetiacle this mork ing of any fume the Duke of You left us. The whole of the troops, to the number of gsoo, were reviewed and brigaded on the Downs, near Dnrchetter, un der the command of the Dukes of KINT and CAN aaisaa. SPORT AG INTELLIGENCE. At the. Hereford Races on Friday lan, the City Plate of fol. was contelled by Mr. Iturningtrin's b. g Cockfpinner - 0 a I Mr. Price's b. h Midas - - s a a Mr. Day's b. ni. Dachas - - 0 3 dr. John Whittaker, Efq. was nominated Steward for the neit Races. DUBLIN, AUGUST 24. Yellerday his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held a . Privy Council. Two Proclamations were ilfued, one for regulating the conduit of his MajrUy's (hips of war and privateers towards neutral vac's during the war ; the other for regulating the receipt of the new copper coinage. Several regiments of the line and militia have at. rived in town to replace the four regiments which marched to the Curragh on Wednefday morning. Monday Major Gen. MANN arrived at Scraps' Hotel, Cork, and next day infpetted the Ordnance at Cove, and the forts in the harbour. . . . , . Wednefday morning the 36th regiment =Mick from hence to the Cuiragh, having exaaly compTet4 thair fecond year in this garrifon. Monday, Tuefday, and Wednefday, the SA, bat talion of the 26th, or Cameroniati regiment of foct, Marched into Limerick, on their route from Athlone, &c. for Cork; it is thought they are to embark for foreign ferirife. . Wedriefday the 45th regimens patted through Mel lingar nn their route to the camp at the Curragh, where molt of the regular army of the kingdom is at, prefent Rationed. They ate there we hear to re ceive their appointments, which are to be principally round the Ihores of .the kingdom, the militia to be in different quarters contiguous to them. and the dif ferent yeomanry corp's are to do duty in and about. their own refpettive . • His ttfaltirrit's groom, who arrived yeßerday. Morning from Weymouth, brought his MAJESTY'S commands rerpeeting the Funeral of the Duke of GLOsicaseatt. The ceremony will be exaftly the fame as that obter.ved on the funeral of the Duke of CUM imat.Anto. To-day the workmen began to make the nreeffary preparations for the remains of his Royal Highnefs laying in State, in the Houfe of Lords. The Duellers of Gio'sicarrat and hinters Sor left Orofvenor Ilreet yeflerday, for their Vila at Brompton. Pt itiCe WILLIAM will remain in Grofve nor-ltreet till the /yrdy t , f his father is removed. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Kass. is to have the command of the tQ Regiment of Foot Guards, vacant by the death (.1 the Duke of GLotcsseea. Sir Rosser Bait Low is appointed to the Loraine, of 98 guns, at Plymoix h ; Captain Coe a, to the Vi c ; and Captain C. W. Rirs, of the RaouLus to the ORPHILIS frigate, vice HILL, indifixded. The freedom of the city of Yo: k has been prefented to Lord ST. Vizcser-, in an oak bor. Sir SIDNEY SMITH was with Mr. PITT, at hisheufe on Monday, from two till near three o'clock. Mr. CURRAN, the celebrated Leader of the It& Bar, arrived on Sunday laft at Cheltenham from Dublin. Sunday laG being the Anniverfary of the Order of Sr. Louis, his Royal Highnefs Mom stvua enter tained above forty French Noblemen of that Order, at his houfe in South Audley-Rreet. The company appeared with the ribbands, &c. of that Order. The Duke de Baez: and all thole molt nearly connected with the Unfortunate late Royal Family of France, dined yefterday evening with Lord DLL- Low, at his houfe in Fitzroy-fquare. The purchafe of the elate of Fullarton, by the Marquis of TITCHTIELD, for which he gave 79,5001. has given rife to a rumour - , that the long talked of Canal, from the Troon to Kilmarnock will go on. A letter has been received gy a refpeEtable houfe in the City, dated Cork, Auguß ao, announcing the arrival in that port of the Lovely Betfey, Captain WCARTHIN from Barbados. It does not pofitively fay that the is one of the homeward bound fleet, but that one of the Barbados (hips is jolt come in there, and in a poflfcript it is added, 4 , that as the fleet mull be at hand, its arrival will be the means of greatly reducing the fugar markets." The following circumllance occnrred oft the death of the great Duke of CUMBERLAND, I'll 1765. A huffar who had been long in the fervice of his Royal Highnefs, and was greatly attached to his perfon, begged a 1114 of his Royal Mallet's black clothes, to put himfelf in mourning. His requeft was granted. But when he was delivering the clothes to a tailor, to get them altered, he dilcovered a private pocket, in which he found a (mall morocco leather cafe, con taining Bank notes to the amount of 17511. which he honelly returned. The Public are perhaps not fufficiently acquainted that that benevolent Intlitution, the Society for the Relief of the Ruptured Poor, whole exertions have been attended with fuch benefit to the lower orders of the community labouring under this deplorable malady, have, on the reprefentation of their Sur geon, Mr. Turnbull, dire red that a particular at- tention should be paid to that fpecies of Rupture termed the Prolapfus of the Anus, which is found to diflretling to old pevle, and thofe of a relaxed habit, who are fubjed to Pmts. In his Manual on the treatment of Ruptures, this intelligent Surgeon has given a particular let of dirations for this fpecies of the difeafe, which all perfoni labouring under it are earnealy requefled to perufe. The above publi. cation, recommended by the Governors of the So. ciety, is to be had at Johnfnn's, St. Paul's Church yard, and at T. Dooley's, N 0.4, Old Broad-itreet. MARK-~AN~ CORN RICRARGROWCICYST 2SI • The frefh imports of Grain in generat to-Jay are but few. The hock of Wheat on hand being fo vet.j large, continues to caufe few buyers thereuf at pre. !fent. Sales of Pim at lets, and Ordinary has &area any fale. About the elute of the market on Monday, fele& famples of Fine Old fetched rather more Run we quoted, and are fo to-day. Battey in di ►rt fop• ply, but is not dearer. Malt, White Pea,. and Beaus, are dull of fale. Grey Peas are fcarce. Gond Oats fetch our currency ; other qualities heavy. Finer hardly fetches latt price, and a farther redueioa it looked for. aestaAL CURRENCY ♦t 17WEIRR L Wheat. 48t 64.. 764. per qr. Orel Peak 41q. to 4i Fine Ditto, lbs. 844. od. Beal; ee. 314. Rye. 474. 314. od.. Tick Ditto ea. 43*. 04 Barley, 38 4 . 44a. od. Oats, 244 aye 3um Malt, 761. 82.. od. Poland ditto 34. 342 od. Mite Peafe, 48.. 33e. od. Rape Seed, 331 381. per lift. reset or 11.001. Fine Flour yos. to 74.. Second. ISys. to 701. per tack. Within thefe few days a further fupply has been received of about 40,000 quarters of foreign wheat, independent of the large quantity we announce I lift week, which has efitited a conficlerable reduCtion of the price of this article, as well as of bread. A fur ther reduition may be expested next week. In molt parts of Sti fl es, Kent, Oxford, Berks, &c. the wheat is down, and vet y generally boiled. The grain uncommonly full, and a week's good weather, will blefs the country with as fine and as abundant crops as it ever witneffed. The importation of corn from the Baltic has lately been abundant; upwards of 20,300 coat tens of wheat Were received during . lan. week • 2.9 00 of which tame from Dantzic, and 6000 from Pete, naborgh. There were liktwife about t i,OOO quarters of oats. The prices of corn are every where falling.. In the London markets the ptkeso: whcat have declined nearly twenty Millings per trial ter within a fortnight —Sour has fallen ten Millings per lack ; and barley And oats are proportionably lower. Excellent new meal was t o ld in Lana(ter Market on Saturday fe'onight, and at Ulverftone on Tim& day. , New what was tripofed in Limerick market a fortnight luxe. . • The principal Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Land- holders of the_ettnnty of Kent, have, to the number of 63 . , very commendably, aped and publ.fht:d r re folunpn not to Moot patsidges, on account of the backwardnea of the haraelt, till the tch of Septem ber. SaturdAy fe'nnight a poor woman, named C. : le, de. tested In (leafing a Ihoulder of mutton 1. om a 11411 in the flefh-market, Newcaflle, was lodged in ;he Hottfe of Correltion. She pel fitted in her innocence, and laid, that it droppedhsto her balks by accim'ent. Saturday morning a young man of refpeltable ap. pearance was taken up at Hull, on a charge of utter ing forged 51. notes, purporting to be thole of RA. PER, SWANK, and Co. of Yolk. It appears th tt he only arrived at Hull the•preceding night, and had fince paid feven of them to different tradefmen, for trifling articles, and received the ehange. Four hundred and ninety-one were found upon him, which with two detlroyed, and the feven paid, made the whole number he had got firuck off. They are very badly executed and calif) , difcoverable. He is fully • committed for trial. Satntdaian information stgainfl a pawnbroker for etaaing in,trefl, was heard at the QLteen.. fgurre Pulice-office. Mr. KNAPP appeared ligainh it, but he failed, and the pawnbroker was convidkird in the full penalty. On Monday evening Wm. 13ifhop was fully coma mitted for trial, being charged with taking his pair fage in a Weil Country waggon fever4l weeks (ince, and robbing it of a large quantity of wearing apparel belnnging to a lady and her children, which were fent from London to be delivered in the country. Several of the articles were found in the poffeflinn of the pd. Toner, which were [worn to. Tasman SWINDL I N o.—Tuefilay fe'nnight a genteel looking young man dined at the Temple Coffee. Houfe ; after which be ordered a bed for the night, and went out. He returned at ten o'clock, Capped, and retired to refl. He remained at the Coffee-houle the greatei part of the next day, apparently deeply engaged in eorrefpondence, as the whole m orn i ngs till nearly five o'clock, was occupied by him in writ. ing letters, which he Pealed the inQant they were li. nilbed. In the evening he again u ent out, having previoufly dined and drank his wine. He flipped once more, and about twelve went to bed. Some thing angular was' ohferved by the people of the houle in his demeanour and conduit, as when he went up to bed, he took with him a pint brandy for his owes private drinking during the night. Next morning the head wetter prefented a biil to thie gentleman, begging his pardon at the tame rinse, but tang him it was the rule of the lionfe that liran gers, and all who were wholly unkiiown to Mrs. Vaughan, lbould pay their bill, every morning., This intimation he affeCted to receive with a degree of indifference bordering on contempt : awning, at length, a great deal of importance, he Cud he Ihnuld pay the bill on his return from the city ; and in order to give countenance to the idea that he would return, he ordered a veal pye for dinner at five o'clock. The pye was accordingly made, but the gentleman has not yet (hewn his face. On the following day, a perfon anfwering the de. (caption of this gentleman, dined at the Cattle at Rich. mond, and indulged in a couple of bottles of Ma deira. Not being exaCtly in eafi, he could not , dire , charge his bill in Iterling coin, fo he rcfolved to make the belt of his way ; which he did, by dropping from the window of the room where he dined. Mr. Fo• ty, the landlord, was not to be done in this.way, and he purfued him to Twickenham, where he was taken.—.. At his own requett, Mr. Forty fent his waiter with him to town, and the Lined called fornewhere in cel near Bond-ttreet on a friend, who lent him the money to pay the Richmond fore. A combination among the journeymen clothiers of Leeds has taken place, no lets ilian 400 have re. fufed to work, in confequence of a I CIVAI Item their matters to advance digit wages.