Star. — London, England, 1812-01-15 00:00:00

litit ARMY. THE KING. %Tie Understand that Dr. ROBERT WILLIS in his exa. ligation before the Lords and Commons Corrlmittees, ow l that his MAJESTY had within these two or thtee su ff e red an exacerbation of his complaint, which or iginld hive considered as most dangerous, if his had not several times recovered from pa sof the like nature. All the Physicians hare t owed in stating that there are very faint, if any Therg, of his MAJEsTV's recovery. amccount f r om Windsor yesterday was, that his * j am was much better, and had recovered his • The Earl of WESTMORLAND had art auclie•lEe of the plies REGENT on Monday. B a rons Court , the seat of the Marquis and Mar. closed its gaieties on Wednes. • of AncnconN , L i g, A series of balls, concerts, and card par tit's were given in rcgtilar succession throngliout the His Gracethe Duke of Nonrota has presented the y e thodists of Works.p with twenty tons of timber, towards the building of.'a Chapel. A private letter &Om Dublin, oldie 9111 inst. states; that. Mr. Pote bad been riAnget•lusly ill of a liver vap ti l i e r ;. but he was recovered sufficiently to gb out and attend to . business. tb e iong.ex pec red. and, tmtch-talkgd,of marri.tgd, tom Mr. IV. -Pots- and miss TYLNCY LoNG, !Oak OKI Monday. Sir WILLIAM M. MILNF:R has purchased of Mt. ILKIIARD TANTON his colt foal, by Dick Andrew. Mr. PAINTER. his sold his bay colt, by Gottim/rui, Off. BENSON, Tot 500 gs.—He has since been named Dele 704. The ritofof Drory-larie theatre, it is tindrtstood; rill be on by the 30:11 of March, and no doubt is err reained by the Architect of the Theatre bring fully esnpleted in September. Mr. HART moved tae CUANCE7.LOa, OR Mond ty, ,th e C dirt cf Chancery, t•) digsitive the in j &teflon stained by Mr: Willi 's, I Asti ve to the right in the tI.S. of the iltyrnar;i t Theatre. Yesterday the bilD CHANCELLOR g.lve all opinion, that the injunc- Poo should not he d.s-o'red, consi Jr Tin the cl tu,e rc-‘ *ling the M.S. a very reasonable and proper one. A motitm was mid I.:sterday morning in the Court dthancery, on behalf of the proprietors of Covent , . Garden Theatre, to dissolve the injunction obtained p prevent their performance of a farce entitled X Y Z, ritten by GEOliGg Col-MA Ng Esq. The injunction did been ohtalncd by some of the proprietors of the Ileymarket Theatre, on the ground that Mr. COLMAN has bound by his ai tides of partnership with the riler prnprieuirs of the Haymarket Theatre, he being himstlf, not to write for any other Theatre , " The LORD CHANCELLOII said he would give judgment on as early day. The following letter I , as been received by the General commanding the Kent District : . (Copy) Horse. Guards, loth Jam I it. Stu—l have received the Commander-in-Chief's commands to desire that you will require all guard; within the district under your command, to be extremely alert and vigilaut In the per formance of their night duties, and to be ready on all occasions to furnish patroles both of cavalry and infantry, on the requisition of constables or other peace officers, or even of watchmen, on their representing that they have reason to believe that there are per-' sous engaged in the enminipion of burglaries, or other n'ghtly de predations in the Vicinity of their posts. I have, &c. &c. (Signed) HARRY CALVERT, A. G. Lieut.-Gen. Nieulls, dec. Re. &c. Canterbury. By a Circular recently issued from the War Office to the Officeis commanding regiments of Cavalry, the allowance to the dealer, for each horse delivered at the head-quarters of regiments, and approved by the Comtnanding Officer, is, in consequence .of the present high rate of forage, to be Ss. instead of 2s. 6d. for every complete eighteen miles which the horn shall have been marched, except the first eighteen miles, for which the dealer is not to have any alow ance. The allowance is to continue to the 24th of March next inclusive, unless any official order be given to the contrail'. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Military Le, vee az his Office in the Horse Guards, which was at tended by Licnt.-Oen. AITLAND, on his being np pointed to the Eastern District, Lieut.-Gen. St. Le: GER, Major-General 'imey, Major-Gen. PRINGLE, General Sir H. DALRYMPLE, Gen. Sir H. BUItIIARD, Major-Gen. IVl , Keezie l Licut -Gen. SirW. ERSKINE, LieUt:-Gen.WENlvss, Lielit.-Gen. CAMPBELL, Major- Gen. Sir JOIIK HOPE, MAjOr.Oell. Sreveesote, Gen. Lord Foenee, Marquis of HUNTLEY, Sir RODERT WILSON, and a number of others. The correspondence between the Dukes of Yon and CAMittioca:, the production of which Lot d Cocattinxit gave notice on Monday in the frottse of Conam , nS he should move for on Thutsday setinight, relates to the Duke of CAMBRI DUE'S resignation of his iiistrct command: A draft has been made from the 2d battalion ti9th Regiment, quartered at Norwich ; and the men morale.] on Mond iy for PortsmOuth, to embark to join the Ist battalion at Batavia. '!'he 4th Battalion 60th Foot, wWch recently return. C•! from Dominica :t skeleton, is again nearly fit fir ser vice, and expects tq embark in the spring for Jamaica. The followini; Irish Regiments of Militia are sta tioned in England :—Carlow, Clare, Cork (North), Dublin City, King's County, Leitrim, Limerick County, Loulli, Mayo (South), Roscommon, Tipperary, Waterford, and Westmeath: The following English and Scotch Regiments of Militia tore quartered in Ireland : —Argyles/lite, Ati glegea, Cardigan, Carnarvon, Cornwi!l, Cornwall and Devon Dumfries, Hants (Noah), Hot ford, Huntingdon, Kent (East), Lanark, Leicester, Merione.h, Nliddle.ircic (West), Ntantgornery, Not f ,lk ( East), Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingh.4m, Pembroke, Radnor, Rutland, ‘2,d Surrey, Warwick, Westminster, and Westmoreland. The case of Jothr LINDSAY Cameron!) and of Jams 11iiantev, which was to have coins on on Thursday, bet, re the High Court of Susticiai y, Edin burgh, is very interesting. The prisoners are accu sed offorging a Variety of deeds, books, leases, letters, la. for the purpose of serving CstAi - vPon.ry heir male to Jona WO/noun, first Viscount GARNOCK, therein designed his great grand-father, in the case of com petitios betwixt him and Lady MARY CRAWFORD LINDSAY. The prisoners were brought to the bar, and their Counsel stated, that as several of these for geries were alledged to have been committed in Ire land, it was ..ei.,.ssary to bring witnesses in their defer ce from that country. The Counsel for the pro s-anion having consented, the trial was postponed till the 3d of February. A Proclamation from the PRINCE RCOENT, in the gazette of last night, appoints Wednesday, the sth ttly of nl-a:fry next,. as a day of general fast in thus: parts of the United Empire called England and Ire . - lad," that the PRINCE and his Majesty's people nta y tumble themselves before ALMIGHTY Gon, lc, obtain pardonof our sins, and in the met devout and solemn manner send up prayers and supplications to the Di -104 MAJESTY for averting those heavy judgments which our manifold provocation; have most justly deserved, and for imploring his blessing and assist axe on his Majesty's arms for the restoration of peace aid prosperity to his MAJESTY and his dominions ;" ad the Archbishops and Bishops are ordered to cont ra a form sf prayer suitable to the occasion. Ana tia Prsclarnation appoints Thursday; the 6th day of February, as a day of general fast for Scotland. The Gazette of last night also contains a Proclama *,prehibiting the exportat'on out of this 'kingdom, *carrying coas.wise, gunpowder or saltpetre, or any "at of arms or ammunition, (except such Rs are sent command of the Master-General of the Ordnance, "r his Majesty's service). The prohibition now in it,7ft• to be contin ue d f or s i x mont h s longer, from and lobe_ the Bth d a y o f F e b ruar y next . Gazette also attains a Proclamation prohibiting the transporting 'of this kingdom of any pig-iron, bar-iron, hemp, lit . th , tar, ro sin , ane h ors , ca bl es, or ot h er nava l stores , re hject to the same conditions as the foregoing, and tube continued in force f or s i x mont h s horn acid after . the , Bth day of February next. Firm—This morning, between two rind three The occasi on Mr. LANCASTER'S visit to Thibl:n rt stated to hate thus arisen :•• 4 ‘ There is an 'written o'clock, a fire brake oat in a house in Stratton-strett, ts4blish Piccadilly, whiaLtntirely consumed the same, with men t Channel-row, in Dublin, where all 111tlie ftiniture. he family were ont brine, and Paupers are received ; an d t h ose w h o enter vo l untar i l y ' • rday remain as long'nr as short a time as they please: n but r servants were in the house. fr The house w:.ti No. 15; and was occupied by General DownswELL dyers arc sciied in the streets and compelle ; yet and family. It is the largest house in the street, his does not prevent mendicity throughout t-e city. and insure i!t the House o f I n d ustry at Ch anne l -row; t h r . ate dat one-third of its value. The adjoining premises are considerably damaged. The fire is at =ane hundred s of chldten fed -and clothed. Mr. tributed to the carelessness of the servants. !NA:, who frequently v i s i ts a ll t h e pr i sons an d a l. t he 'Vitali ected d o . •-p this place, and the condition of On Tuesday the l'ith ult• between the boil's of six to se childien. Having heard of Mr. LANCASTER'S and seven in the evening, as David Boyd, of Bally s:!''eln, he wrote to him, desiring lee would send tolYOip, barony of Ards, was on his journey to Lough- Dobiia one of his as , astants, well insertrcred in his brickland, for the purpose of paying some rents, he c f teaching, to teach these children. • M r . Was way-laid by two highwaymen, between Dromore L.licAsrcit appea re d hi mse lf, an d i n f ormA d M r . P ots and Bdnbridge, at the s.x-mile stone , and rpbbed of that he was come to set forward the business atChan- his watch and money. They first dragged Lim off nel-rew ; that he also intended to give public Lecteres his tot se i and, having neatly strangled him by means on Education ; and reou-sted the Lordof 11isown , neckclath, they cut his waistcpat open, and inside pocket, a . pocket-book, containing and Lieutenant's Secretary's support ti,) his s y s t em . A % POLE ; s took from an inside to f ia 4 . „ answered, that be had not written forto e. 12. fle was found on the side of the road shortly afterby some people returning notes amounting mr. LANCASTER, but for an assistant ; and that, as from a fors--race near Dmmote, who assisted him to to his s)st:m, he wa s to expect no encourage me n t fmm the 1. TYEUTEN Tor Mr. POLES" remount, and proceed on his journey. — 0 •IP ....AN • The Royal Meath Militia are under orders for Eng. land, and the Londonderry for Scotland. It is stated that the next Regimentstha: will follow are—the South Cork, Galway, Kerry, North Mayo, and Queca's County. The last volunteering in England from the North Cork, Roscommon, Sotith Mayo, and Watertoid Mi. litia, supplied a number uf fine young fellows tei the different regiments under Lord WELLINGTON. The Galway Militia, quartered in Limerick, have given a few privates to the 7th Fuzileers. The following is in The Litbon Gazette : " From Cilhari;t, Ifeakl-quarter, Dec. °o. 6 ' ORDER OF Till: DAY. " His Excrliency the Marshal Connt of tl:IINCOZO, deter mints th/t all deseriers who arrive at the respective corps shall be tried in a Cour.cil of War whimt dclly, for the purpose of making representations regarding them to his Excellency; his Excelletcy will afterwards ratify or annul the serti.nces, accord.; Ing to his judgment of the circumstances on the inspection of the proceedings whioti will be transmitted to him for his matare de-; liberation on the Merits of the parties. (Signed) AMO ZINIIO, Aejutant-General" EXTRACT OF A LETTEII FROM A BRITISH OFFICER AT LISEON, DATED DECENIBER 22. " We expect a hot campaign. Tire deserter; say, that MAR- 1 MONT threatens that we bhall summer behind our lines; but in this he will find himself mistaken.—Sucii ay, we ate told, is making rapid advances M Valencia: some detacbmentshave been sttit to him from Marmont's army. A week a3o I had accounts frinn head-quarters, which indicated d forward movement in the British army. It was thought that his Lordship intended to brat up the quarters of the French Commander In Chit f, in conse quence of the great reduction in his forces; but the orders on which this opinion was founded were almost immediately an nulled.—The best news I have to acquaint you with it the rapid recovery of the sick. It Is computed by the last Retains, that from the invalids the army has gained within theist few weeks an additional strength of even some thousands. Proristons are. in great abundance, e•petially flour. Our brave fenows have their full rations, and the horses have as ample tt surliy of corn ; but hay and straw are a treat to them." ~ •._ . • N4Pi4L IIbTILLIOENC.k, . . We are informed by a Ccruletian, Nvho Arrived hi the List cons'oy from the Baltic, that there trete eigtt French privateers in Copenhagen, and that two of tkent chased an American vessel for four hours, bet 'could not come tp with her, in consequence of which, she got to anchor under the Crown Battery the Captain landed, and had &livered her papers, when the two privateers come silongside and put on board a number of then, and took possession of her, claiming her as their prize. rALmoutu, JANUAR* 12. Sailed the Disimtch packet, fot Cadiz, with a mail.—Wind PLYMOUTH, JANUARY is. Sailed the NIMKOD cutter, charged with dispatches of great imperance, for Cofunna ; the Arnetican ship Golconda, Capt. enocKen, iii Uallast, for New York ; the American ship Cumberland, Capt. LEWIS; in balla , l, for Savannah. Captain YOUNG, of the Arperican ship Navigator, whith arrived yesterday from St. Peteisburgh, with a cargo of licmp and iron, for the Dock-yard at this pint, state, that on the 'SI ultimo, on his passage hither, he saw the Sr. Geonost in tow of a frigate ; but on the 25th another tremen dells gale was experienced, in which, he sa y s, th Sr. GEottort Mutt inevitably have been lost,—;.The QUEEN, 9S guns, for Portsmouth, went out of harbour ; and the FonnwEE, ef 38, to the Sound. Arrived the brig Dolphin, C ipt. Levitt, frum Ipswith, with a cargo f 800 quarters of barley ; %then off Dungeness, on Friday night last, abOut 10 o'clock, the Captain, then on dick, observed a large Ft eflch lugger privateer des? alongside; on which, having a boatswain's n lK tie on board, he be?,:in to pipe all hands, and to calf crel ,, to quarter s —the privates r, at this maLceuvre, took tie bri;. to be a man of war, ::rid immediately sh•fted her course, and stood away. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. H. Arrived the QuELN man of war, from Plymouth. Sailed the INCONSTANT and DWARF for the Demos; Yesterday arrived the 'l' . rian from Cork, Violet from Cowes, and Fylla and Misselto from GuernNey.— Sailed the MAitiNnt, with a convoy for the Downs. DEAL, JANUARY 14. Came clOwn from the Rivir, the Winchelsea East- Indiaman, and retn.iins Arrived hi; Majesty's chips AQUILON, from the Westward ; and NAIAD, horn a cru:te. Sailed the CALLIOPE for Sheerness.. YAI2MOU7'I I, JANUARY We haije not heard any noes respecting the Sr. GEORGE and DEFENCE since my last. ailed for the N , re the DESiItEE f.i.ate, Captain FanQuitatt ; the Cresson, Lieutenant Luca', fir the Dawns ; and the CitAvrter.rta kr the harbour, torefit..--Remain the Solehay, Vice-Admiral hkanAy ; the Diligence armed-ship, Urgent gun-brig, Tartar and British Fair cutters. Wind N.W. - LIVERPOOL, JANUARY is. The Jason, --, from Poole to Newfoundland, was all well on the lOth December, in lat. 45. long. 40. The Earl Bathurst, HERON, from hence, is completely wrecked at Pensacola. The Balance, 13nermEn, from Petersburg)); with flail, hemp, and iron, to this port, put into I.eith on Monday, through stress (if weather. She sailed frein Gottenburgh With the wiry, on ;he 16:11 of last month, and has had very bad weather ; the Captain was washed overboArd the second day after they saled —she afterwards lost all her boats in a gale. On the night of the 29th Ultimo, a prize, belong 7 ng to the PELORUS gun-lirig, while lying a t anc hor i n 1 Basque Roads, between. two frigates, h 4,1 In r cables cyt by a nenchrnmo on board, and one cf the sailors in charge of the ship. and ran ashore abotit 2 o'clock It. m. of the 30th. On the vessel's striking the shore, the latter, seizing an axe, made a b!ow at the prize. Master, a midshipm:.n, with its butt end, and struck him violently oft the head. The villain instantly es caped, by leaping overboard. As soon as the mid shipman (whose name we have not yet heard) reco vered from the storming effects of the blow, he called together the remainder of his crew (four men), a n d taking to their boat, alter rowing for twelve hours, w:thotit sustenance of any kind, they readied the squadron in safety, at two o'clock p. m. The British seamen taken in arms at the surrender of the hie of France were on Monday removed from Newgate to the Surrey Session-bouse,ip be arraigned. They pleaded Not Guilty. Their trials are to take place on the 20th instant. They were remanded back to Newgate. Six Frenchmen confined on board the Crown prison ship, at Portsmouth, connived to make their escape on Sunday evening last, taking with them the jolly: boat, with four oars and two sails. The largest emerald which has ever been seen has lately been imported from the East-Indies ; it was One of the most valuable stones of Tippoo Saib's crowns It is of an extraordinary size; and its weight is sup posed to exceed 506 grains. CORN MARKET, MARK -LANE, JAN. M.—This day we hale not many fresh' arrivals of Wheat, but toler able quantities on hand, and sales clan, nearly at Mon day's prices ; some select saMples of prime old Dant. zic much exceed the quotation—Barley in good sup ply, and again cheaper—Malt and White Peas con tinue to keep their prices, as also Beans of each de scription—There are middling supplies of Oats on hand, and th's trade is named at little variation Flour hardly supports the general prices quoted. CLMST MCI! Of 011/ :IN: Wheat, 625. 765. )05a. Beans 50s. 565. Fine ditto, I 1:;s. 118$. Tiek ditto (new) 425. 4R'. Rye 50s. 565. Ditto (fine Old) ESISs. 525. Barley, 38s. 50s. Od. Oils, 46. 211 s. i2A. Malt, 765. Oes. Poland ditto, Mk. 371. Od. White Peas (boilers) 781.1145. Potatoe ditto, 391.4.. 04. Grey ditto, 55.. Cis. Rape Seed, £6S, nue 1 Laur a 951. 1001,-419coods, 99i. 955. NOTTINGHAM', JANUARY 14. Tr i§ an incontrovertible axiom—that, as Crroe ad • stances in progress, so it does. in audacity.—Tit's was nevtr more vtritled than in the outra ; tes which have so Ione! kept this town and neielibotele od in a state of alarm; for, notwahstanding tne immense mon& r of tramei wh - 0 have been WeJtroyeJ, Curd they amounted to forty-four List week, besides the burn ing of a hay-stack and a hovel,) an , f, conseque , l:ly, the number of daring outrages, no circumstance dur ing the whole cntninotiorts has excited a greater sen -1 cation than one which took pl ice on Sunday evening, at even o'clock, in Carter-gate, in this town. From thirty to sixty men, armed with pistols, Reset every • house and avenue near the seat of action, to prevent an alarm, while a number uf their companions en. tered a house, where, in about ten minutes, they de molished eight laceiii!ranr s, the holier of which 1 (four of them were Lis cwt..) had ling been . in the practice of paying his w:orknien p !rtly in rods. 11 ere wete three siren and three won;en in the hi lice) I the while of w , tr with the exception of iine of the Ilatter, who wa speeted every minute fall in true ~ . Taut acre uompeile.l to retire into a pantry, and, wi:h the deepest interecnt:ons, a - t r tLieatenviil with in. • scant deathan. As soon as an alarm could be given, the Chit and frliiitary Anthozities were in action; but the LsJJdaf were no mere heard of until list ever:hit, at Ne..v Radford, where, with their usual andaely, they de molished three lace-rectors, which were making a kind of net contrary to tk.ir ord.-r:, and then dispersed. At our Quarter Ses4onc held yc , relay in our Coun ty Hall, eleven men were brow hr ttp I , r trial, char ged with collecting- ntmey to supplrt the frame breakets ; but, as no bilis were frond against them, they were disch irged, with .an appropriate admnni (ion from the 11;:neli. But the iardifirer now obtain • money in open defiance t f the let ; file they hawk song-books and other tride , :, and the peopl_ who are friendly to their • prceeedingc, knowing their obk-ct, give what they please for their ware. Thies this busi ness proceeds, and *here it will end Gondol) , knbws. Saturday evening an atternt , t to ra4i, iccompanicd with circumstances of ferocity, occur red on the Stony road, nt ar Cant.-rbu• y :—Soon seien, 's Mr. Sniitliett Spain, an dderly and respectable y&m:in of Hearne, iviv on his return towards !ILI home on horseback, he came up with two rr.en h.tbited as sr•l diets, neat the Grid of Meadow-pasture-lane, aG .ut linty ra-'s from Vaitatiall turepike ; they were di vided e:i e acli side the mad, and ire one on his right, without :my preriotts demand to st.m. or if sttzli was ' made it tva, unheaid by Mr: Sp %% lib ,f; somewhat deaf, immediately on his rassing at him vvitn is p'S. L .oli which wounded km on the right fide. The flash and r•-port stai tled tl:e horse, and it sprang tor- • ward and threw Mr. Spain on i:s neck, who in the impulsa dropped his hat and whip, but the horse cnn ti:rued his sited till It reached Starr}, %Oen: Mr. Spain having borrowed a hat lie proceeded to his home, and surgical ar:sis , :incc: btain6l, on ex attaining his wound It appeared that a ball had en terLd between the right rade and :11,r back, kW under the shoulder-butte, and traversing the ribs etAipwly under the zirm, had lodged in Vie right breast, where it was perceptible, and from whence it ::as sv•on after extracted ; and although he has since suffered mach from theconseq tient oper ntinn of probing the wound, in rrdtr to discover the parts of the wadding a n d clothes that had been dr'.ven into it, we are h . , ppv to learn he is not in any itnnit dime danger. Intorma• tion of the event sva, quick! ) , c.nn•uniiicated to the difreteht barracks in the vicinity, and parties were or. dered out to patrle, Ina as vet the off,:nders have escaped w:thout detection. Two ttlliets had been observed aL•out that part of the road forseve rd Lights preceding, and on Friday night about the sane hour, copped two persons, tk.e one . a poor wo. ; man, from whr m they took a shilling the other a, labouring roan, who fortuna:ely had nnthang to lose: • A few mornings since, the house cf Mr. Thomas • Theobald, of VViltstrop, was broken open at lalf-past . tau o'clock, by three men aimed with p;stols, who stole Banknotes to the amount of ,f r-5, pl ate, linen:, wearing apparel, a cheese, and other property. The house of a hosier, a feW doors from St. George's market, Oxford -street, was bteet with thieves on Mon day night, but they were routed by a watchman, after having got down one of the shop shutters. Sunday evening, about half-past six n'clodc, the Cumberland's Head public-house, in the City-road, was robbed of a large japanned tobacco box, hull of tobacco and half-pence, to the amenri:t an two shillings and six-pence, which hind been dropped in by an aper ture at the top ; the Sunday n: wspaper was stolen at the same time. A man was afterwards stopped with tl:e tobacco box upon him, and on whom were also found bank notes, bills, and stock receipts, to the amount of £5OO. The robbery at Mr. Cobb's pause, at Elstre.- Wag . attended by circumstance's of som e i nteres t : He had been with the greater part of his family on a visit to a friend at Barham Wood, leaving one of his (laugh- . terF, who was indisFised, at home, and a young lady on a visit at his house, temained to keep her company.' These two ladies retired to rest about twelve o'clock. Some time after they were gone to bed, the young lady %ilium distinctly heard people moving about the In use, one of whom said " we want more light," but under an impression at its being some of the se)... vants, slit paid no regard to It. The robbers lin,ited their depredations to the lower part of the house.— They found upon the side-board about sixty pounds wouth of plate, which they seized. They got into the house by taking out a pane of glass with a diamond, and cutting out a piece of the window.shutteriwthere by they undid the inner fastenings. 7 e premises of Mr. Wrxran, Cook's-ground, Cl:elsea, which are occupied by a wiiow-lady, were robbed on Sattirday night. The elk :ryes did not get into the house, but they robbed the larder and of&T places immediately contiguous, together with al fowl-roost.