Star. — London, England, 1820-11-07 00:00:00

Her MAJESTY arrived at the House of Lords this, day exactly at one o'clock, accompanied by Lady ANNE HAMILTON, and was received by the Military within the barriers with a Royal Salute. Yesterday, Lord CASTLEREAGH arrived in town from North Cray, and alighted at the Foreign Office, where his Lordship transacted business with the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and others of the Ministers, nearly the whole of the day. This day, Lord and Lady GRENVILLE enter tain a large party of distinguished Personages, at their house in Har.4lton-place. Yesterday afternoon, the Earl of HAREWOOD left his house, in Hanover-square, for Harewood House, his Lordship's seat, in Yorkshire. Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of HARROWBY, gave a dinner, at their house in Grosvenor-square, to the Duke and Duchess of BEAUFORT, Earl and Coun tess FORTESCUE, the Archbishop of Yoax, Lady ANNE VERNON, and a select party of their distin guished friends. The Duke of SUSSEX last week paid a visit to Sir GODFREY and Lady WEBSTER, at Battle Abbey, fronyTunbridge Wells. On his Royal Hrghness en tering the town of Battle, the populace took the horses from the carriage, and drew him, and some Ladies who accompanied him, to the seat of the worthy Baronet, amidst loud cheers and the ringing of bells, and the firing of a royal salute from the Abbey guns. On this occasion the ancient grand ball of this splendid mansion was most brilliantly illuminated. The Duke of GLOUCESTER leaves town this week, en a visit to the Earl of COVENTRY, at his Lordship's scat at Croome, in Gloucestershire, where a large sporting party are to meet his Royal Highness. Yesterday the Marquis of CAMDEN entertained the Duke of MONTROSE, the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke of RUTLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord CASTLEREAGH, Lord MANNERS, Lord REDITSDALE, Earl of DONOUGHMORE, Marquis of BATH, and a large party of distinguished Personages, with a din ner, at his house in Arlington. street. Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of PLYMOUTH gave a dinner at their house in Grosvenor-square, to the Earl of WHITWORTH, the Duchess of DORSET, Earl and Countess of VERULAM, Earl of SHAFTES BURY, Lord DE DUNSTANYILLE, and a select party of distinguished Personages. Viscount SIDMOUTH is said to be seriously indis posed, at his house in Clifford-street. Yesterday, the Earl and Countess of DERRY en. tertained the following distinguished Personages" v:ith a sumptuous dinner, - at their house in Gros venor-square: The Duke and Duchess of Leinster, Duke of 'Tedford, Earl Grey, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Essex, Earl and Countess Darnley, : Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, :Halms and Marchioness of Lansdown, Lord Auckland, Mr. Brougham, and Mr. Denman. The safe delivery of Lady BELGRAVE has been celebrated with much rejoicing by the tenantry of the GROSVENOR and STAFFORD families, in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and in every village success was drank to the Noble Houses of Eaton and Trentham. Sir WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN and the Rev. T. Homes have been elected and sworn in Bailiffs of the town of Ludlow, for the ensuing year. The summits of the mountains in Borrowdale, and other elevated places in Cumberland, have for more than a week past been covered with snow. The Dublin Freeman's Journal says—" We under stand our countryman, Lord HUTCHINSON / hai been appointed Governor-General of India, in the room of the Marquis of HASTINGS, who is shortly expected to return to England ; and report also states, that the Earl of DONCUGIIMORE is to obtain the vacant Blue Riband of the Order of St. Patrick, worn by the late Earl of RoDEN." _ _ _ Wednesday evening, at half-past seven o'clock, as Mr. RA NDA Lt., of Castle-street. Holborn, was return ing to his house at Pentonville, he was sfirrounded by a gang of six pick-pockets at the coiner of Henry street, Gray's Inn-lane, who took from him his watch, with gold seal and key, and effected their escape. Extract of a letter from St. Mary's, Scilly, dated October 24 :—" On Sunday last we experienced one of the severest gales from the south-west that has been known here for several years. It was imps bible to stand in any open part Of the island. About five o'clock in the evening, which was the time of high water, (spring tide) the scene was tremen dously interestlng. The sea, rushing, with a vio leuce that seeAd to threaten devastation to all be fore it, into St. Mary's Road and Pool, burst over the quay with incredible force, and the spray flew over the tops of the highest houses, into the street. Quantities of sea-weed were even thrown on .the roofs of some of those houses by the strength of the surge. Most of the cellars, courtlages, &c. on the south and west sides of Hugh-town were overflowed. Providentially no great damage was sustained, as there were but few vessels here. A large ship from America, which had gone on shore before, and was with difficultybrou;4ht into the Pool, and moored, on Saturday last, again dragged her anchors a consi derable way, and got foul of some small craft, but without doing them much injury. His Majesty's brig SHAMROCK, lying at Old Grimsby Harbour (Tresco), was in such imminent danger, that the crew were obliged to cut away both her masts. The Fanny, a fine boat of about 20 tons, employed in the Preventive Service, was driven from her moor ings, and literally dashed in small pieces on the rocks on the east side of the harbour of St. Mary's. Some of the poor fellows belonging to her had a very narrow escape of drowning in their endeavours' tc. carry out a cable and anchor in a small punt. which was swamped. Many of the houses shook violently; and, had the storm raged from the south east, the whole town, which is situated on a low sandy isthmus, would have been again inundated. As it was, the sea was not more than a foot below the level of the greater part of the buildings. The general view—a town menaced with destruction by a furious sea on either side—the waves flying up over the loftiest cliffs, and sending showers of spray over the adjacent lands—the neighbouring islands gloomy in mists and' clouds—the struggles of the anchored vessels—and the expressive countenances of those islanders whose curiosity had drawn them towards the principal scene of elemental violence— was such as I never saw before, and (notwithstand ing any supposed partiality for ti.c sublime) would certainly never wish to see again." FOREIGN IN7'ELI•IGENCL The Paris Papers, of Saturday arrived this morn ing, but present nothing that can possefs the least interest to an English reader. The Moniteur of Friday contains a Royal Ordi nance tending to relieve the soldiery from a part of their labour. It declares that, considering the coati-' nual care required to preserve the white uniform of the Regiments of the Infantry of the Line, the colour of the ground of their uniform shall in future be Royal blue. It is now said, upon authority, that the Journals were erroneous in stating that the King's Proclama tion, addressed to the Electors, and printed infac simile, has been distributed all over the kingdom.— They were only lithographic copies which were sent into the departments, as is customary when they wish to spread anything promptly, and in great numbers. The French per Cents. left off on Friday at 76 fr. 12 c. A private letter from Calais, dated November 3, says—" Rastelli, the courier, charged with dispatches l from the British Government, landed at this port on the 15th of September, he was the bearer of a pats-' port from Lord Castlereagh, dated the 14th ; lodged at the Silver Lion, and exhibited his passpoits to the Mayor of the town. On his landing from the packet boat, he appeared to be in goad health and spirits. I have just been informed by a respectable friend of mine now residing in London, that, in a conversation which he had with M. Degacher, the Keeper of the Hotel de l'Ancienne Poste at St. Omer's, (the iden tical inn where her Majesty lodged some months back on her way to England) two Englishmen, who had put up at this house, made a proposition to Mrs. Dega cher for her to make a declaration against the Queen. The woman told the strangers that she had none to make, as she knew nothing amiss of her Majesty. Foiled in this quarter, the gentlemen next applied to her husband, to whom they made a similar proposi tion, and received a similar answer. They still urged him, and, as an inducemeut, assured him, if he would accompany them to London, to swear against the Queen, he should be handsomely rewarded. g On lui accorderoit autant voudrat. M. Degacher re peated that he had nothing to allege against the Queen ; on which the strangers rejoined—' It is not necessary for him to know what to say, since on his arrival in London he would be instructed as to what he should say.'—' Ces Messieurs lui dirent, qu'il n'etait pas necessaire, ont quoi dire, puisque A Londres on l'instruiroit de ce qu'il auroit A dire. Only a fort night ago, two travellers passed through St. Omer's, for the purpose of beating up for witnesses. Finding no recruits, they proceeded to Paris." We have received Frankfort Papers to the 20th of October. The following are extracts : VIZ/41NA, OCTOBER 25. According to the latest accounts of Ali Pacha, this rebel, with about 600 of his adherents, were still in possession of the Citadel, built on an island in the Lake of Joannina. His fate cannot, however, be doubtful,, his adherents will soon become weary of their situation, and be ready to purchase an amnesty from the Porte, on condition of delivering up the rebel. All the calculations which Ali had built on the support of the Greeks have proved fallacious, and the singular circumstance has occurred here, that the Ottoman Generals led at once the Turkish inhabitants of the Pachalick in the name of Mahomet, and the Christians, preceded by the Cross, against the rebel. We can guarantee the authenticity of the following anecdote :—When Ali Pacha perceived the determi nation of the Porte to employ arms against him, he hoped to save himself by the help of liberal ideas. He resolved, therefore, to give the Pachalick a. Con stitution. But as he found it difficult from want of knowledge of a thing of which he had lately heard so much, to compose such a document from his own resources, he sent one of his confidants to the lonian Republic, with a commission "to look about there for some Constitution-maker, who should bring him one according to the latest fashion r It should seem that either a Constitution-maker was not found, which would prove the incapacity of the agent, or else that he must \ have arrived too late.—Austrian Observer. BRESLAU, OCTOBER 17. Yesterday, being the anniversary of the victory at Morckern, the mortal remains of the late Field Mar shal Prince Blucher were solemnly interred at his estate of Kriblowitz. The corpse having been well embalmed, the coffin was left open, to shew the fea tures of the *parted hero : twelve subalterns bore the body, twelve Officers accompanied the hearse, which was preceded by four squadrons of Cavalry, three battalions of Infantry, and twelve pieces of artillery. Count Nortiz followed .in the name of the King. The Prince's widow awaited at the Sepul chre the mournful procession. The stone, which by the desire of the deceased is to be the only distinction of his burying place, is a solid cubic block of granite, weighing B,ooolbs. which is now hewing hom the Rock of St. Zobtenberg. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, DECEMBER 15. It is hoped that the differences between Genoa and the Sardinian Government will not lead to any un pleasant result ; at least, the latest accounts from Turin authorise this hope. These accounts also add, that the most perfect tranquillity prevails through all Piedmont, that no steps have been taken to place the Army on the war establishment; but they affirm that the Court of Turin has been invited to take the same measures against the Carbonari as have been ordered in Lombardy and Venice. Tuscany and Modena have already adopted them, and the Court of Rome appears inclined to imitate them. The news of the augmentation of the English Na val force in the Mediterranean, which is considered as certain, has produced a great sensation, especially in the Neapolitan States. This force will collect at the island of Malta, when the Commander will wait for fresh orders from his Government. Various statements are in circulation respecting the differences between the English and Turkish Commanders, at the entrance of the Mediterranean. The cause of them is said to be the protection alleged to have been afforded by the English to Ali Pacha. Sir Thomas Maitland, Governor of the lonian Islands, has had a conference with the Turkish Commander, to terminate these differences. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAN. Hearing in the House of Lords, the other day, that part of Mr. DENMAN'S speech, wherein he says, that, in Italy, assassinations, false-witnessing, and other crimes, can be procured for money, this brought very forcibly to my recollection a fact that occurred just the other month, When I was at Messina, in Sicily. The landlord of the inn, on my arrival, came to me, and offered to give every information; and, in the course of conversing on the customs of the place, acquainted me, as a most important piece of infor mation, that " he could have me assassinated to morrow, if he chose, by paying three dollars to oae of the Scoperti," a set of vagabonds always ready to exercise the most villainous acts; and he added, " the law could not punish him for the act!" These acts, which must be notorious to every English tra veller, require no comment, and shew that there is " no fear of GOD before their eyes." VIATOR. The Marquis of BUTE has given £5O to the poor of Wanlockhead, to be expended on clothing and fuel, and ten guineas to the Library of the same place. Tuesday, Air. JOSEPH BRISCOE was unfortunately drowned when endeavouring to land near Hasler wall, during a gale. Tuesday, Lieutenant THOMAS, in the Preventive Service, while parading between Broadstairs and Kingsgate, on his duty, it being extremely dark, stepped over the cliff, and was precipitated to the bottom, from a height of sixty feet; he descended on his legs, was severely scratched by the projecting parts of the rock, but happily was not so stunned by the fall, but that, on reaching the ground, he was able to crawl out of the tide-way, which was making rapid approaches, and in a little time would have overwhelmed him. Tuesday, a youth of 13, the son of THOMAS SAMP SON, one of the bargemen who is employed on the Chelmer Navigation, was drowned in attempting to open the sluice of the lock nearest the Basin, at Springfield, to let his father's barge through. Monday sennight, was drowned in the river Der went, below Cockermouth, a person commonly known by the name of Manx Johnny. Being engaged with others in illegally drawing the water, they were sur prised by some men employed by Mr. PEAT to watch the fishery, and, attempting to cross the water to evade them, Johnny, not being a swimmer, had got beyond his depth. A melancholy evcnt took place near Overton, last week. Owing to the late excessive rains, the mea dows in that neighbourhood were laid completely under water, forming in some parts a rapid torrent to the River : a fine boy, about twelve years old, went to the edge of the stream to wash his stocking ; it slipped from his hand, and in the anxiety to regain it, he ventured too far into the eddy; he was imme diately thrown off his legs by the impetuosity of the torrent, and in the presence of his agonized parents, who could render no assistance, was carried down the stream, and drowned. Tuesday,. an infant boy, the son of Mr. T. Dodd, jun. butcher, of Fordsham-street, Chester, approach ing too near the tire, his clothes caught, and be fore assistance could be given, he was burnt in such a manner, that he died early the following day. ' Wednesday se'nnight, William Burton, of Great ham, went out for the purpose of shooting wild fowl, and not returning so early as usual, his father went in search of him, when be found him lying dead, with his inside literally torn from his body. It is supposed he was in the act of loading his gun (which was a very long one) lying in a horizontal position, when it had gone off by accident, and killed him on the spot. Last week, as David Lindsay, a butcher in Annan, was passing through Bowness, he called at an Inn for refreshment, When a quarrel ensued between him' , and one Thompson, a blacksmith, resident in the place. The deceased aimed a blow at Thompson with his stick, which the other parried, and seizing a stool, hurled it at his antagonist; the missile struck Lindsay on the breast, and felled him to the ground. In the act of falling, the back part of his head came is violent contact with the edge of a stone table ; he was taken up senseless, lingered a few days, and died. EPITAPUS.—A Gentleman, who loved punning even on such grave subjects, declared, that the only assertions which epitaphs in general could boast as true, were the initial words, " Here lieth Thursday, the top stone of the beautiful spire of St, Michael's Church, at Liverpool, was placed in its proud pre-eminence," amidst the huzzas of the workmen, and the display of handsome colours. It is an ornamental crown stone, measuring on the top three feet three inches, traversely, from corner to cor ner, and two feet eight inches in the smallest part of the diameter. Extract of a letter from Palermo, dated Oct. 6.-- 6 , The point of attack on the City :was unfortunately the quarter where the British resided,- so that we were under considerable apprehensions had the troops been able to enter the city. The scene was most.dread ful. The number of killed was very considerable. Oil the morning of the 27th, thirty carts, filled with dead bodies, passed close to the street where 1 live. The firing from the Palermo batteries and gun-boats has done great injury to the palaces of Prince Cuto and Prince Catolica. The public gardens and the botanical gardens, both very beautiful, are nearly de stroyed. In the suburbs, the troops and the guerillas have burnt and plundered a great number of houses; is fact, the scene of devastation over about three square miles of the adjoining country, and my part of the city, is deplorable in the extreme. One streetl of new hour - s, within 120 yards of my house, is en- 1 1 tirely destroyed. The people fought with the greates desperation. Had they unfortunately got the better of the troops, which they had every chance of doing' on the 27th, the consequences to Palermo would have been dreadful, as the populace were much exaspe rated against the Nobility and all the respectable people, for being favourable to the Neapolitan troops entering the city as friends. Nearly the whole of the merchants here have been either 'afloat or in the country." A Frankfort Journal, dated October 27, says, " We are desired to contradict the report, that M. Mishlenfels has lost his senses in his confinement, and been sent to an hospital. He is unhappily still in prison, but his•health is unimpaired; and he hopes for a speedy release, as it has been proposed by the Prussian Commission of Justice." .LAW iNTALIGENOi COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBRII O._ . This being the fi rst day of Michaelmas Term, t he Court commenced its sitting in Westminster . ; a room in the octagon building, where the Insolvent Debtors usually sit, having been fitted up for its temporary accommodation. The earlier part of the day was occupied in justification of bail. A little before one o'clock, two of the Judges, Mr. Justice BAYLEY and Mr. Justice BEST, came into Court, and several mo tions for new trials were disposed of; but they con tained nothing of interest, except to the parties. There was a very full attendance of Counsel, both within and without the Bar ; among the former were Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. DENMAN, who re mined but a short time in Court. Last Saturday, a case came before the Magistrates acting for the Division of Marlborough, as to the liability of the Clergyman to pay poor rafts on his tithes, when they decided that, by the law of the 43d of Elizabeth, and that by a decision in the case of the King v. Turner, the Clergyman was liable to pay ; and a Parson, who lets to each Parishioner his own tithes, is properly the occupier, and ought to be rated. A pretty innocent looking young woman, very neatly dressed, and apparently about eighteen years of age, witlran infant at her breast, appeared before the Bench of Magistrates, at Brighton, on Thursday, and informed them, that the child she held in her arms was not her husband's, and that she wished to swatr it to its proper father! She had, she said, been married but three months, the infant was a month old, and her husband, she observed, with the utmost simplicity, thought it hard that he should be obliged to keep it.—Mr. Serjeant Itcresistorow severely ad monished the fair deceiver, and directed her to go home and tell her husband that the law could afford him no redress, and that he must support the child. At the last Peterborough Sessions, a trial, rather curious in its nature, came on :—A fellow, named John Gambell, was indicted for besetting a female of Stamford, named Sarah Huddlestone, who was at the late fair at Peterborough, and defrauding her. It seemed by the evidence, that the offender followed .her, and behaved troublesomely and indecently for some time, seeming to be in liquor : at last he pre tended to be sorry fdr his rudeness, and said he would give her 6s. to make amends for it. This the woman agreed to accept, and the fellow desired she would give him 14s. and he would give her a£l note. The change was made accordingly, and the fellow left the woman. Soon afterwards she discovered that the pre. tended Al note was only a flash imitation, extremely well engraved to look like a Bank note, but running in this way No. 50,000. Great Britain. I promise to pay to Mr. Bounaparte a pill of Five Pounds weight, as a just reward for his insolence to us Shop keepers. (Signed) I. Volunteer;' and at the left hand corner the representation of a cannon.—from me difficulty in proving the identity of the note•on the trial (it having been in several hands from cu riosity), the prisoner was Acquitted. Bow-sraEar.—Catherine and Mary Baker, who have been several times examined, charged with throwing F. W. Pickering out of a two-pair of stairs window, at a house in Vine-street, were yesterday re-examined, when the prosecutor confirmed the cir cumstances before stated, and the prisoners were fully committed. It will be remembered that a paragraph lately ap. peared in our Paper, with an account of a person, who, from the description, was supposed to be Frank lin, having escaped on board the same ship in which . Mr. KEAN, the actor, embarked for America. The . Magistrates of the Public Office, Bow -street, using every possible exertion to cause Franklin alias Fletcher to be apprehended, made application to the Superintendent of Police at Liverpool, from which port the ship sailed, without delay, and a communi cation has been since-made by the Superintendent of Police at Liverpool to Bow-street, stating that it has been clearly ascertained by the statement of per sons who remained on board the vessel that no suck person was on board the ship Martha. , MARLBOROUGH.-STRZETe-- W.Higins was charged with robbing the house of Mrs. Har di ng, jeweller, is Holles-street, Cavendish-square. On Sunday even ing Mrs. H. left home ' and on her return with hes shopman, who was desired to call for her at a friend's house at ten o'clock, it was discovered that the shop had been robbed of jewellery to the amount of about £4OO. The shop-lad was suspected, and lodged in the watch house ; and from his information, the pri: soner, who is a relation of his, was secured. It ap peared by the statement of the lad, that Higgins had questioned him about the fastenings, the family, &c: Higgins was remanded, and the lad was liberated. W9nsisne-STREET.—Yesterday, A. Hemmisruay was charged with breaking and entering the Church of Enfield, and stealing sixty yards of black cloth and a surplice. On the night of the 30th of June last, the Church was broken open, and the whole of the black cloth, which was hung up inconsequence of the death of the late Earl of Lisburne, was car ried off. The robbery was discovered about two o'clock on the Sunday morning by the Parish Clerk and the Patrole, who went in pursuit of the villains. They traced them to the Kingsland-road, where they overtook a waggon followed by three men. On the slinfts of the waggon were placed two bundles, con taining the stolen poriperty. On the patrole at tempting to seize the bundles, he was prevented by the three men, and in the scuffle two escaped with the property ; be; the other, named James Webb, was secured. He was tried at the September Old Bailey Sessions, and capitally convicted. The pri soner was known to have been concerned, but he evaded purtuit till Sunday night last, when he was apprehended in Finsbury-square. About two years ago the prisoner was Street-keeper of St. Luke's, Mid dlesex.—Remanded. FORTUNATE Discovaity.--Saturday, Elizabeth Charles, a poor widow, with three young children,. residing in (hreen•court, St. John's-street, whose hub. band, a carpenter, -died suddenly, about a month ago, was distrained on for rent ; and as the broker was removing the goods, he discovered in the pri." rate drawer -of an old bureau 1:22 in notes, and a book her husband bad from a Savings Bank, into. which he had paid upwards of ES. This fortunate discovery was Made known to her by the honest broker, and the 'money enabled hes to pay her rug and keep her little furniture. ti $