Star. — London, England, 1805-12-21 00:00:00

MitiricAL INIELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind W. ARC DUI. e All. bllt. DAlin i o Hamburgh o o Wa terford 1 1 Lifbon o Gutonburgb o Pewzastce, Dec. tB.—Since my Taft the Lucy; of Milford, Capt. EowAßbs, put in here wind bound, from Ycughall, with oats and butter, for London ; and the Itifey of and for London, Capt. ATKINSON, from Cnrk, with provifions, having fplit her fails; the Lord Nelfon privateer, awl the Ranger cutter, Capt. FRAZER, from a cruize. PLYMOUTH, DEC. rB.—Arrived the CAIIOI.IIIII armed brig from a cruize.=Sailed the Nablus. and CoURAGIUX men of war, for Portfmouth.—WindW. Poersmourm, Dec. :o.—Arrived the LOCUST gun brig, from a cruize, and fevers' fail of outward; bound veils from the Downs, among them are the following, vit. the Thedolent, Starr H, and the Duke ofJUnt, hound to the Weft Indies.—Sailed the Di tto's/4cl ftore Chip, for . the Channel fleet.—Wind W. blows bard, with rain. DEAL, Dec. 20.—Remain in the Downs the Edgar, Utrecht, Antelope, Leopard, Trufty, and the Ada mant men of war ; Refinance, and the Virginia fri gates ; Cruiser, Cygnet, and the Amaranthe sloops of war ; Fury, Lucifer, Devanation, Explofion, Hecla, and the Zebra bombs; Daundefs,Valorous,and Com batant ptaams ;many gun brigs, and a very large fleet of tranfports.--.Wind S. W. blows hard, with rain. Ga !KNOCK, DEC. B.—The cargo of the fhip John, from hence for Jamaica (formerly mentioned as be ing on Chore at Mountftewart), will be manly fared, though much damaged, the principal part having al ready been (hipped in lighters, two of which have ar rived here, but as the (flip is bilged, it is fuppofed that the will not be got of. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Ca ayrsitnn, Dec. ao. —Paffed by the Tra nfit, Litton, from Smyrna : - Fanny, Lce, from Dominica ; Hedor, Griffith, from Cork ; and the Lord St. Helen's, from Memel—Sailed the Sod dington, Clarke', for St. Vincent's, and the Pearl, Merriton, for Barbadoes. Autprzn..—ln the Humber, the Margaret, Metcalf; Erik wick, Brady ; Mercury. Martin ; and Ocean, Fortier, from Ton ningen ; Britannia, Todd; and the Triton, Hudfon, from Ham burgh. At Falmouth, Falcon, Webber. from Newfoundland At Waterford, Trite Friends, --, from Newfoundland. At Cork, Helena Maria, front Mabga. At Newfoundland, Hun ter, Bully, front London. At Teneriffe, Wilhelm, Gilley, from Tonningen. The Raphael, CHASIDIM, from Riga for Ponf mouth, is 101 l near Pillau. The Lord Nelfon, VAPLEY, from Guernfey for Honduras, was captured off Jamaica on the z6th of Augult, and carried into Cuba. The Fanny, Gaut, from Dantzic for London, is on innre on the coall of ,Effex. The Peggy, ADAMSON, from Riga for London, is 101 l off Harwich. The Perfevzranee, MARSHAL, from Pernau for Li verpool, has put into the Humber in diftrefs. The Court of King's Bench, Dublin, was much crowded a few days fence, in confequence of a very interefting trial for Crim. Con. occupying it. Mor siffiin, a taylor, was plaintiff, and Maher, a wealthy man, about 'ivy years of age, defendant, who was charged with a criminal interconrfe with the wife of the plaintiff. It appeared in the eourfe of the trial, that the charaEler of the female was not like that of Crfar's wife, and that fomething like a plot was formed againft the defendant. The damages were laid at scooL A great bar of lawyers were on each frde. The event was a verdhl for the defendant, with 6d. coils. CovtarGalosaTna•ras.—LaftnightMifs SMITH made her fecond appearance this feafon in Belvidera. She performed this difficult part with great ability, and was generally applauded. Mr. Coolie reprefented Pierre, and difplayed his ufual talents in that cha rafter. We have authority to Rate, in contradiction to the I Paragraph which appeared lately in a Morning Pa per, that Mr. Johnfon's enmity againft Mr. Mingay is entirely unfounded ; that we are convinced Mr. Mingay has always concluded himfelf with the pro- priety and decorum of a Gentleman ; and that he had no knowledge or acquaintance whatever with the Party who made a momentary difturbance at Covent Garden Theatre, farther than the belief that they were aggrieved by Mr. johnfton, the Comedian, which induced Mr. Mingay to adopt their quarrel as his own. On Wednefday laR, the Members of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of Landon held their firft Meeting at their apartments in Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn. The bufinefs was opened with an ap propriate addrefs by the Prefident, Dr. SAUNDERS, in which he pointed out, with much ability, the ad vantages likely to refult to the Profeffion and to the public from that inffitution, and took a jnft and corn. prehenfive view of the objets to which the attention of the Society ought more particularly to be direded. —The Society is intended for the purpofes of pro. feffional converfation, for the reception and pub. lication of communications, and for the eßabliffiment of a feted and extenave Library. In the promotion of 'bete very creditable objets, we have no doubt that it will receive the good withes and affillance of every branch of the profeffion. The Meetings will be held once a furtnight, on the Wednefday evenings, at the apartments (.t the Society, where donations of books and communications are requefted to be fent. The following is a lill 'of the Gentlemen who com pote the prefent Council, viz. PRESIDENT. Dr. Saunders, F. R. S. vICZ PRISIDENT3. Dr. Cooke, F. A. S. Dr. Babington, F. R. S. Sir Wm. Blizard, F. R. S. John Abtruethy,Efq. 1.. R. S. TRZASUPiII. Aillty Cooper, Eiq. F. R. S. C. R. Man, Efq. FOREIGN SECILTARY. Dr. Marra. Dr. YelLAy. Dr. italic, F. R. S. Dißatcman, F. L. S. D. Blanc, F. R. S. Dr. Currey, F. A. S. Sir W alter Farquhar, Bt. M. D. Thompfon Fotler, Efq. Dr. Frampton. John Havilide, Elq. F. R. S. Dr. Pitcairne, F. R. S. Dr. Reynolds, F. R. S. H. L. 'llor.ias, 1:14. F. R. S. Johu Wilion, Efs. F. R. S. WEERNESS, DECEMBER 20. The inhabitants of this garrifon were highly gra tified la 9 night by the prefence of feveral of the moR dillinguifhed Officers of the Artillery; now lying here under orders for embarkation on an expedition to the Continent, at a ball given them on the occalloa. The elegance and addrefs of the Officers of this veil fine regiment, the fplendid beauty of the numerous Ladies prefent, added to the appropriate naval and military decorations, made it one of the grandeft things of the kind we have ever witneffisd. CHATHAM. DECEMBER so. The further movement of the troops in the fouth ern dillrid is again fufpended ; bet whether from the froft having let in on the Continent, or from what other carafe, remains to be afcertained. Several detachments of the Light Dragoons of the German Legion, have pared through this town, on their way to the coat. They are mat remarkably fine men, and their military appearance is confi des* eightened by the attention which they pay to the growth of their mallachoes. Their drefs is light and very neat, neatly fimilar to that of the 13th Light Dragoons. The Pith Lieutenants of the Maas and Bat:Aran. ?NON, whole Captains were killed in the late anion off Trafalgar, have been made Pot Captains. Lieutenant DRUMMOND, with a party of the Royal Marines, embarked on the tt th int. on board the PALLAS, at Sheernefs._ - - Lieutenant James, came day % OD board the OCEAN, at Gra•eiend. This day, Lieutenant GRAF, is to embark on board the ZIALAND, at the Nore. The Dr Fence is nearly !tripped of her rigging, &c. and is to be taken into Dock, and repaired im mediately. On Tuefday a large mars of brick work, of nearly thirty feet in length, adjoining the arch way in the new Military Road, fuddenly gave way, and was pre cipitated in a heap of ruins over the road. Fortu-1 nately no perfons were hurt. Yefterday afternoon another detachment of French prifoners, confifting of about 300 foldiers, taken in the late ation, came into this town : they proceeded immediately on board the Sandwich pnfon chip, which was previoufly prepared for their reception. Several of the crew of the DSFINCI, on !bore. at the time they came in, went up to them in their blunt way, and, with that initiative liberality, fo infepara ble from the charater of a Britt& feaman, diftributed Money among the poor fellows, over whom they had obtained fo brilliant a viaory : affording them as con vincing a proof of the generous difpofitton of Engliiit failors, to *bore whom the chance of war had thrown into their hands, as they had before received of their invincible ardour in the hour of battle. A detachment of the 4th Dragoon Guards pro ceeded from Maiditone on Tuefday, on their way to Scotland. Laft night about fix o'clock, a fire of a mots over whelming and terrific alpeet broke out in the premi fes of Meffrs. Halle and Hardy, wholefale chemitts and druggifts, No. 36, Queen -greet, Cheapfide.— From the horrible appearance it affumed, almoft on the in Rant it was difcovered, and the immenfe volumes of fmoke which rolled from the fire, the alarm be came great in the neighbourhood, and univerfal coo -1 fternation reigned. The flock in trade of a druggift and chemill is generally of the moll combuftible na. ture, and the conflagration exhibited at one period the impendingutter deftration of the aZjacent houfes.— The fire raged with uncommon fury, fometimes burning extremely bright, as the drugs became ignit ed and when tney exploded,and at other times it funk fo as to be fearcely vifible at a little diftance. Great apprehenfions were entertained for the houfes adjoin ing on each fide, they being both occupied by fug iar bakers. Mr. B. Travers, alfo a fugar-baker, lies m mediately oppofite, and as the wind blew thong from the Weft, his houfe was deemed in imminent danger of falling a prey to the deftruftive element. -We are happy, however, to Rate, that though the fire continued with extreme violence, till nearly ten o'clock, it was confined within the walls where it ori ginated. Various are the caufes Rated from whence it began; but as we can place no reliance on any of them being accurate, we can only fay that they all concur in its having been purely accidental. Fears were cherifhed for the fafety of the back part of thefe very extenfive premifes, leading through to Garlick hill ; and Co Prong were thole ideas, that the people in the feveral adjoining tenements began to remove their furniture, which was depo fi ted in perted fafety, in the cuftody of the Volunteers of the feveral City re giments, who attended in great numbers, and were of infinite fervice in keeping the ways clear, fo as to afford every facility to the pelage of the firemen and the engines. Happily there was an abundant fupply of water, the tide being up and full, jug about the height of the fire ; while the plugs were run ning with water in all diredions leading to %leo beet. _ _ When no danger was found likely to take place from the fire fpreading, the Volunteers were difmilfed and the firemen continued to play on the ruins. At almoft eleven o'clock the fire broke out a,frefh, and it was expeeted, that furrounded as the premifes were wish fugar bakers, and a carpenter at a very little diflancc, the whole neighbourhood would be defiroy cc!, but molt providentially, it happened that though the Volunteers were again called to arms, there was little or no occation for them, as the wind abated, and the dexterity of the firemen was fuch, thatthey got the fire fo completely under by t z o'clock, that it was then certain no further damage could be done. Yefterday morning, a fire broke out at a hnufe in Ranelagh Rieet, Pimlico, which, by timely alEflance, was got under, with only damaging the upper florey. In the evening of Tuefday fe'nnight, a farm.houfe at Efkdale Side, near Whitby, inhabited by one Simplon, was totally detiroyed by fire. While the, family were fitting in imaginary fecurity in the room below, it was dilcovered that the upper part of the bottle was enveloped in flames. The further progrefs of which it was then too late to relit, the roof being covered with thatch. By great exertions, the flacks of corn and hay wet* preferved. The only way the accident can be accounted for is, that a cat, which had been fleeping upon the hearth dofe to a turf fire, was tuppofed to have run up into the chamber, with part of the embers adhering to its hair. PUNEEAL OF LORD NELSON. Yeßerday i Court of Contrndn Council was held at Guildhall—prefent, the Lord Mayor, two Aldermen, and a number of Commoners. The minutes of the len Court were read. The Lord Mayor laid before the Court two letters he had re ceived from Lord Hawkefbury, relative to the inter- Meat of Lord Nelfon. The fecond of which, dated the t Bth of December, contained a sketch of the in tended ceremonial, which, in a few days, will proha bly be made public. It is intended the proceffion (hall take piece by water on the firn day, from Greenwich Hofpital to Whitehall, and on the fecond day, from Whitehall to St. Paul's, by land. Having laid thefe letters before the Court, he informed them that tome difference had arifen, in point of etiquette, as to the place the Lord Mayor was to fall in to join the proceffion ; that he had innruded the Re membrancer to fubmit the fame to Sir Ifaac Heard, who had the management of it, and that thould any 1 difficulty ad& in the fettlement of the bufinefs, he fbould call a Court, and fubmit the fame to their confideration, as it was not his intention in the lean to derogate from the honour former Lord Mayors enjoyed upon fimilar proceffinns. 1 Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy Bitten, the Court refolved, that it was their duty to attend at St. Paul's upon all public occafions. The Court proceeded to nominate a Committee, 1 confining of all the Aldermen, and a Commoner our 1 of each Ward, to conduit the fame ; five of whom to' be a Quorum. . • I Thanks were voted to the Lord Mayor for his 1 communication to the Court ; when he acquainted them if any new matter Ihould arife, he fhould take an early opportunity of calling them together. The Court broke up about two o'clock. A Court ofAtdermen will be held at Guildhall on Tuefday nest on the fame bulinefs. The following Order of Proceffion is, we under- Rand, to be obferved in conveying the remains of Lord NELSON from Greenwich to Whitehall :- 1 1 Water Bailiff of thej Proceeding abreaft "[The principal Har- River Feneibles. Jin their proper boats j hour Matter. Row-boats of the 1 The Commander of the IRow•boats of the River Feneibles. J River Fencibles. J River Feneibles. Ten Gun boats of the River Pencibles, two a-breaft; firing minute guns ftom the dine of embarking the Body at Greenwich, un til the landing at Whitehall. 1: i. . Two Row-boats abrealt bringing t b'el• /3 : if. g up the rear of the Gun-boats. to g^ i I t e Let The Lord Mayor's Barge. g ; * 23 t o o. 7 'd 1 es , The Barg of the 12 Companies. ii i ., g g I a 3: Barges with Band Sc Drums muffled 85 . g r . 7. g ia Barges in mourning,w kb the Heralds •aif R. Harbour Harbo Matter's f BARGE WITH THE BODY . ? Matteis ur Boat. SCIIII. tb Z l : r I . as Barge with the ADMIRAL Of the I Harb 7.: FLEET. Chi e f Mourner. Boat. Boat. Barges and Boats with Naval Meer, Etc. Two Harbour Mantra bringing up the rear. FUNERAL OF COLONEL LE MEAURIER. 01P THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY. The Honourable Artillery Company muftered on Thurfday morning, at nine o'clock,at the Armoury Houk, at the top of which the flag was hoißed half Raft; out of refpea to their late worthy Colonel.— Their numbers exceeded five hundred. The corps proceeded to his boufe at Homerton for the corpfe, from whence the proceffion fet out about one o'clock, at wtich hour the field-pieces in the Artillery Ground commenced firing minute guns. The Proceflion was as follows : A Mourning Coach and Four Sir Valliant Curtis, Part. Preadent of the Honourable Artillery Company. William Dawfon, Efq. Vice Prefident Hooper, Ell. late Mayor. Rev. A. Hett, Chaplain A Mourning Coach and Four The Secretary and Surgeon of the Corps Then followed the Honourable Artillery Company by Companies the Colours and Officers 'with Crape. - Theo the Band Drums muffled, playing the Dead March in Saul Drums and Fifes, tooth Pfalm The late Colonel's Horfc, caparifoned with his bat, boots, fah, and (word. The BODY, in a Hear& and Six, followed by the Mourners, in three Coscbss and Four The late Colonel's Soo, Chief Mourner. The procetlion read ed Spitalfields Church (where the Volunteers of that parins, as a mark of retire& to the deceafed, were drawn out) about four o'clock. The body was deporned in the family vault at half pan four, when three vollies were fired in the Church. yard by the Corps. The ceremony was grand and imprelEve—worthy of filch a charater. _ _ _ The Corps, as well as every other perfia who had the pleafure of knowing him, much regret his lots and fudden death. FUNERAL OF MR. KING. Yenerday afternoon, at two o'clock, the remains of Mr. Kau°, late of Drury-lane Theatre, were re moved from his honfe, Store-flreet, Bedford-fquate, for interment in the vault of St. Paul's, Covent Gar. den ; they were conveyed in a hearfe, with four horfes, feathers, velvets, &c. five mourning coaches and four, with the ufual attendants. The mourners were, in the aft Coach, two Rehtives and two Friends ; Mars. Dune and Cobb. - - ad, Melva. Moody, Packer,'Wroughton, Pope. 3d, Barrymore, Dowton, Whitfield, Palmer. 4da, PowcU, Dignum, Waldron. Wearkzer. sth, Siddons, Wm. Powell, Prompter ; Holland, Maddock& The proceflion was likewife attended by Mr. SMITH, an old. friend of Mr. KING, the original Charles, in the School for Scandal, which p'rt that Gen. tleman played for the hat benefit KING took at Dru ry-lane Theatre Come years• ago. The cavalcade proceeded down Store•Rreet, along Gower•ftreet, and the cart fide of Bedford•fquare ; it then pallid throogh Great Charlotteßreet and Plumtree-fireet, St. Giles's, where it turned to the left, and went down Drury.lane to Little Ruffell. &tet t palling the north front of Drury Lane Theatre. It next went round the fnuth fide of Covent Garden Market, through Henrietta areet, and drew up in Bedfordßreet, at the gates of the Church yard.— The coffin was then conveyed, attended by the mourners, into St. Paul's Church, where the proper leffons were read in a molt impreffive manner by the Rev. Mr. EMMET. The body was from thence carried to the north welt end of the Church, where the burial fervice was performed. It was then put into a vault immediately beneath the vellry. THE MYSTERIOUS CASE. Ustow Hat.r..—The parties in the buGnefs where two mothers claim one child, came on to be heard before Ginrou FOURNIER:, Purse BROADLEY,_ and THOMAS FISH, Ef VS —Mrs. Nott pofitistely (wore that the child was her's; that the was born on the gth of Oftober, 1803, and that when the was pet to bed, Dr. Hough, of Percy-tteet, Rathbone-pl-ice, was fent for, but that nature bad performed its effort before the Doftor's arrival. She had been married, but had left her hulbaod for Tome time, and a man named George Englifh was the father of the child ; the alto (wore pofitirely to the identity of the child now produced, and that it was her's. Mr. Non, her hufband, mentioned her leaving him 0 without any reafonable caufe, little more than four years fence, and that no fubfequent cohabitation had : taken place ; that two years fince (be fent him a letter, ; laying the had been delivered of a child about fiz weeks before, and had it chriftened in his name, and as his child , he took no notice of the letter, as he had long ccafed to pay any attention to her, :ear had he ever feewor had any knowledge of the child. Mrs. Hopkins, in very decided terms, fwore, that the child was her's, and was born on the t3th of j Oftober, 1803, at her mother's in Cartwright-fireet, Weftminfier ; that Dr. Hopkins of the Guards laid her ; and that the had received fo much injury in her I lying-in as to endanger her life, and prevent her being able to nude the child ; that the therefore was in duced to put the child in the care of Mrs. Nott, who then went by the name of Pearfey, and in purfuance of her earneft requeft let the child be chriftened in iher name, and as her child. Mrs. Nott now refutes to deliver up the child, and therefore the real mother, as the terms herfelf, comes before the Magiftrates for ' their interpofition. Mr. Woolburn, a publican, cor roborated this teftimony, and alto fwore Or the iden• city of the child.—Some collateral evidence was pro ' duced, and the Magilirates wining for further time Ito deliberate, adjourned the cafe until the. Doaors Hopkins and Ht.ugh can attend, and fume written documents be produced. MAI Ls men u • ST* a s r.-11fr. Beazele y, a fur veyor, was charged fome time line by Mr. Cockerill, diftri& furveyor, in the parith of St. George's, Han over-fqr are, with erecting a Portico, in Berkeley ftreet, Piccadilly, contrary to the Building A& The charge failed in two intlances, for want of evidence to prove that Mr. B. was the builder. It was yeller day brought forward in another &ape, by bringing a charge againft Mr. Wm. Hitches, or the builder. Mr. Cockerill and his two clerks gave evidence with refpea to the portico, which projeCted three feet eight inches from the level with the houfe, having final openings on erch fide. It was according to their belief a clofe portico, within the meaning of the Aa of Parliament. Two other witneffes proved the Defendant to have been the builder ; one of whom, however, was of opinion that the portico was an open one. He alto Rated that it was finifhed in April left, excepting the ornamental part. Mr. At. Lair, for the Defendant, did not mean to fay that fuch'porches were neighbourly, but the one in queftion was not fubjeit to the contronl of the Le ginature. The information alfo appeared to be in correft, for a witnefs had proved that the building was finifhed more than three months before the comp plaint was preferred, contrary to the words of the aft. Several eminent Surveyors were called by the Defendant to give their opinion refpefting the pot- deo. They all agreed that it was an open one.— Their definition of an open one, however, varied, and the Magiftrate decided in favour of the complaint.— The Defendant was held in fureties to abate the nui• fance within a month.—Mr. ALIA: , gave notice that the parties intended to appeal to the Seflions. Bovr.sra s s T.—Repeated complaints having been made at the General Poft Office, that a great num ber of letters put into a receiving houfe in the neigh: bourhood of Charing Crofs, fince the month of March lag, had not reached the perfons as direeted, particularly one put in from the Banking houfe of Drummond, with bank notes to the amount of 1351. the poll office agents have been ufing all due diligence for fome time pall to trace the offender, but in vain. Mr. Parkins, the Solicitor, employed an officer to make enquiries, and direfted him so call lall Tnefday , evening upon the affiftant at the receiving houfe, which he did, and the young man very readily agreed to accompany the officer to Mr. Parkin's houfe, when he gave fuch a fatisfaltory account, that he was not detained. On Wednefday morning, Ann Herring, of Or mond yard, found a 51. and two al. bank notes, on the weft fide of Devonfhire.ftreet, tore in a number of pieces. They not being in a negotiable Rate, her friends whited her to take them to the Bank, which the accordingly did, where on examination by a Clerk, the 51. note proved to be what had been in. clofed in a letter, put into the above receiving houfe, on Monday, the t ith of November, which had not come to band. On the circumftance being commu nicated to the officer, he recollefted, that he and the affillant at the receiving houfe, walked on that fide of Devonfhire.ftreet, where the 'notes were found by the woman. The fufpicion then fell upon die af fiftant, he being fufpefted of having thrown them away, when he was paffing through DevonfhireAreet on Tuefday evening, and he was apprehended and underwent an examination before Mr. Bon D. The mailer of the receiving houfe attended, and gave the ptifoner an excellent charaiter. Mr. Parkin, however, requefted the prifoner to be committed for further examination on Tuefday fe'n. night, which the Magiftrate complied with. Complaint was made at the Office by bleffrs. Snows the bankers, and other refpeftable inhabi tants of the Strand, of the gangs of pick-pockets who daily infeft that neighbourhood, and hufile perfons coming out of their (bops. Smith, J. Litnberick, and Lavender, were difpatclied It pnrfait of them, when they found Willirrn Afkew, and Georp Ste vens, two of Soanes's gang, pang near Mr. Snow's, whom they took into candy, and brought them be fore Mr. Lite, when the officers not having feen them do any amt, and they having been fent leveret times on board the Tender, and urged, in confe. quence of being ruptured, the Magilrate reluctantly difcharged thr dmo Thus, the Police A& is become a, dead letter, t * illtittrates are armed with great er to con is very dangerous defcriptioa of robber:. p • • • • . I