Star. — London, England, 1808-03-26 00:00:00

kiVTICisL Mr24ll6Jsroei. r is iss.siv sail of thi fleet which tailed from Ports daish, for the west-Indies, on the 18th of Decern !ll were a ll w ell on the lith of January , in lat. 15 . op 54 , his Majesty's ship Wanderer, and three ither ships o f w ar, in company. His Majesty's ship h the fleet for the East-Indies, arrived at 1 0 ,• wit 4f a deiri en the flth of February, and sailed again the o t h. The Lord Duplin, BALL, for London, se i e d final Madeira on the ISth of February. HITLL, MARCH 24. A r rived the Apollo. from Gottenburgh she part. e g rom 0 sail of the Humber. The Hawk, and slog s, for this port, are coming up. The Bremen picket is lost—crew saved. Three more vessels are 1 ,, i n the H u mber, and all their crews. YARMOUTH, MARCH 25. Sai l e d the Amiable and Vestal frigates ; Sappho, . glarin i t o, Zenobia, Safeguard, and Forrester sloops war ; I r uiser and Archer gun-brigs, in quest of low o afs cruizers, which are said to be in the *A s a The ships in the Roads are the Majestic, lo wa, and Sealark schooner. Wind E. Al. E. HARWICH, MARCH '25. w e d is day, after being detained here for some yeas by con trary winds,•a large fleet of colliers co asters ; also the Auckland, Capt. BRIDGE, and Di a na, Captain M.Dosouctr, with mails and passen gas f or Gottenburgh, and the Lady Frances, Capt. A r o, and Auckland, Captain DEANE, with the oi ls for Heligoland ; also sailed the Lapwing and Claudia c utters.4—Remain the Spitfire sloop of war. Wind S.E. SHEERNESS, MARCH 2.5. This morning the wind came round from N. E. l o sW. when about 100 sail of merchant vessels, were lying in this harbour, got under weigh k ofr oreed to sea ; when they had got about as far as t y t kom the wind suddenly chopped round to the 0.64 X St again, and they have all been obliged to **l. The Spencer, Captain Bnowtc, has come tram Chatham, and gone to the Nore. The convoy for Gottenburgh, which was to have sailed on the nth instant, is postponed until the 28th, as several Ttsels are expected to join from the River, by that ;triad. DE!d MARCH 2.5. Arrived the Lightning fire vessel, from Sheerness; kpply naval transport; from Deptford ; Northum island, Sovereign, and Euphrates, East India ships, fan the River, and passed through to the westw•.rrd, irPottsmouth.—Sailed Maine sloop for Portsmouth, Purr gunbrig, and Pigeon schooner, on a cruize off *coast of France ; Charger gunbrig for the Baltic. PORTSMOUTH, ,MARCH 25. Arrived his Majesty's brig Pilot, from the West eel Sailed his Majesty's ships Escort, and Mag. se,for the Downs ; and the Coquette, with the 2e. r!yr, Ann, Sceptre, and the Caledonia transports, rth water for the fleet off - * Lisbon. All coppered anspots, under 300 tons, at this•port, were ordered izo harlour this morning, to take in water and pro. sins for the different fleets. Passed by for the Dcwns his Majesty's ships Centaur and Euryalns, from Plymouth. 7 —Wind E.N.E. PLY MoUTH, MARCH es. The undermentioned are the names of the other :Jps of the fleet that arrived here yesterday, lindet. 7.roy of the Sirius, of 36 guns,' viz. the Mary tranOrt, Captain ATKINSON, from Malta ; Gilliam transport, Faancrs, from Gibraltar; Alatia -4 Betsey, GAMELI24 from Messina ; Adventure, lumt ; Susanna transport, Svmmos ; and Thetis MIISpOrt, DAMSON, from Malta Mentor, Cou.nca, Carlotta Ann, BARRAT ; and . Here, BARNARD, from Gibraltar. his with pleasure we learn, that fears are not en tertained for the capture of more than one ship of the fleet,and even this one is doubtful. • . Arrived the Leopard, of 50 guns, Admiral IltlirELY, from Halifax ; Sparke and Rebecca, Capt. Ott, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, MARCH 21. . Arrived the American brig Fame, Mum/ow, Nat Lisbon, with salt, wine, and fruit, bound to New Providence, detained on the 26th ult. by his Majesty's ship Comus, 20 guns, Hcn. Capt. PIERCY. Ca PL HARRISON and one seaman were washed over hard and drowned, on the Bth inst. in a gale ; also arrived the sloop Fox, HALROY, from St. Michael's, with fruit, for Hull, out 35 days, sprung her bow- Vvit ; barque Patent, Capt. ANIMISM:, from Liver- Pool, bound to London ; the Success, WAILER, from Guernsey, lost one man overboard ; Lord Nelson. Huta, from Plymowl: ; Ceres, BAWDEN, from Pad ; Liveip , WHITE, from Cardigan ; and schooner l'ane, 4 guns, from Plymouth. Sailed his Majesty's end cutter Ariadne, Lieut. CARTER, to the West- vard.—Wind West. The FXan Taggart, from Sr. omingo to the liatennah ; Whl r te, from l'nba to Baltimore ; the HOrnt t, Grady, rlr " Aillba to Curacoa ; the St. Thomas, ---, from Cuba to revue ; the Ambition, Small, front Jamaica so Honduras and I :cotland; the Telegraph, --- from Baltimore to Cuba • the 'Fourth of July, Bro w n, from Africa to Charleston • the Ihom, 1 . 1 , 46 1 from Guadauye to New - Yort; the Achilles, Rea, from aqt York to Cuba; the Two Lydian, —, from New York to _the Huth t sod Martha, TwycrOSS, from True- OUto New Orleans, are detained and sent int. Jamaica. rite Barrett, Lothian, from Liverpool, struck on au anchor, Wrath at Falmouth, Jamaica, the Ist of January. The Euphrates, Bradley. from Honduras ; the (:ommtreiante, ""T•y bound to Malta; and the Mary, ---' from Ncw York, *Wisner:4 other vessels, were nun sho re at Gibraltar In a dem the 6.h tdt. A brig front Lisbon, rsurpeeed to ter tilt Ida) and the Thetis r kakiburv. from Germ, wenoil *huge maw CV* May, our 111; tai 6f iet.roary. .44rnarr INVENTIONS. - In the Erouse Of !leers last night, notice of a motion vraagiven for altering the Standing Order, of the House relative to the renewal of Patents, which, if adopted, , may certainly prove an injury to the - Palle. By the proposed new arrangement s no Patentee can apply for a renewal of his patent till the first term or his-I:rant is within two yearsof being expiied. But itfrequenay hap pens that important inventions are not perfected, so as to be productive, whenfive, six, or seven years of the term are expired, and are then in such a state, that no fu ture profits of the first term could repay the inventor ; and it then becomes a question of prudence with him, whether he will persevere in expending money to per fect an invention,of which he may not reap the benefit, even if he should accomplish his object. By a re newal of his patent he is encouraged to persevere, and if he succeeds in his pursuit, the public are ultimately benefited ; but if, deterred by the uncertainty of ob taining a renewal, at so distant a period, he abandon the enterprize, the public, in many instances, will be deprived of the benefit of all the money fruitlessly expended by the Patentee ; nor will it often happen that any one will, prosecute afterwards a discovery abandoned by the inventor, however valuable it may be, owing to the prejudices which attach to all the attempts of speculative men. These are considerations, which we think ought to have some weight. Much evil may result from the proposed innovation, but no advantage. We do not, however, apply this to every part of the proposed al teration. That which requires that six weeks notice shill be previously given of the intention of a paten tee to apply for an extension of his term is highly proper, and if adopted, would answer every salutary purpose intended to be gained by the innovation pro posed. The Earl of CAVAN is expected to succeed to the 89th Regiment of Foot, from which General WHITE LOCKE has been cashiered. His Lordship's successor to the Secdnd West India Regiment is not yet known. Major General MILNER and Brigade Major MA IIONY are tJ resume their stations in the Norfolk District. The 7th and 59th regiments have marched from Colchester to Weeley barracks. and the 79th and 92d have marched from Weeley to Colchester. A detachment of 200 of the first Guards, to make rod the deficiencies in the battalion of that regiment, stattoned at Dcal barracks, commences its march from the metropolis on Monday next. The Hertfordshire Militia have marched from Ips wich garrison to Woodbridge barracks. The Durham Militia are ordered from Woodbridge to Portsmouth. , General Lord CAVAN and his Staff, together with Major Davie, of the Barrack Department, arrived at Weymouth, from Southampton, last Wednesday, on a tour of inspection : the Barracks and Hospitals were very minutely examined, and the General adopted many judicious regulations in the latter, for the greater comfort of the invalid, and also guarding against that malignancy of disease which at present is so unfortunately prevalent in many other garrisons. Previous to the General's departure, he reviewed the troops, consisting of the Ist and 2d Regiments of Hanoverian Light Horse, under the command of Ge neral LINSINGEN ; and the 53d Regiment of Foot, under the command of Colonel BINGHAM. The wea ther was very favourable, and the evolutions of the brigade received the marked approbation of the Ge neral, who complimented the men and officers for their soldier-like appearance and steadiness under arms. After the review, the General and his suite, Gene ral LINSINGF.N, Colonel ALTEN, Majors Davis and Gossip, Mr. RODBER the Barrack -master, and a large party of Military and Naval Officers, dined with Co lonel BINGHAM, and the Officers of this 53d Regiment, by whom they were most sumptuously entertained. The next day the General left Weymouth, and sailed in his yacht for Southampton. ;Extract of a letter from Mclazzo (Sicily), Jan. 28. --tag Our force at present on the Island amounts to about 8,000 men, including three foreign regime:lts. They are thus divided:—At Messina, the head-quar ters, are stationed the 21st, 27th, 58th, 62d, and "81st chasseurs, Britanniques and Maltese regiments. The 81st forms a cordon from the light house at the Faro to Messina • at Augusta, under the command of Colonel Oswald, the 10th regiment, and part of De Rolle's; are stationed at Syracuse, under Briga dier-General Stewart, the 31st, and remainder of De Rolle's; and at Melazzo, under Brigadier-Ge neral Cole, the 35th and flank companies of all the numbered regiments on the Island, except of the 62d ; a detachment of 300 of the 20th dragoons, and some companies of the artillery, compose the re. mainder of the force in Sicily. We "'are at present actively employed in taking a statistical survey of that part of Sicily immediately in the vicinity of our posts. and I doubt not but that the result will prove the resources of the country to be very abundant, under proper cultivation and encouragement. We are of course all activity at present ; and, with the characteristic eagerness of British soldiers, notwith standing our inferior force, look forward with confi dence and joy to the momentof the threatened attack." Captain GEORGE HOPE, brother to the Commis sioner, is going out in the Victory, 110 guns, and is appointed Captain of the Fleet under Sir JAMES SAVaAREZ. Captain Batnensvoa: is appointed to the command of the Parthian, a new sloop of war, at Deptford. Several English subjects have effected their escape from Flushing, and are arrived at Deal and Dover. They were only detained, not actually imprisoned at that place. Their craft, laid up by the enemy, amount to about sixty vessels. Saturday evening last a private of the South Lin coln Militia, in going from Lydd to Dungeness, missed his path and fell into a ditch, and was drowned. Sunday morning, one of the boatmen of Ramsgate harbour was drowned. Cotter OF Ewa-nem—ln answer to the numerous enquiries which have been made at CROSBY and Co's. within this last week, for the Work just announced, entitled, " Private History of the Court of Eagland," they take occasion to inform the Subscribers and the Public, that this highly interesting and animated production will be ready for Publication in a few days, when the various demands for Copies shall be supplied with all promptness and impartiality. ;Cllr MI SINES • CommoN, Corrscrrl—Yestierday a Sreeial Cotitt of Common Council was he at their Chamber, in Guildhall, for the pill-pose of vnting an Address td his Majesty On the important state of public affairsip, and to assure his Majesty of the unshaken attachment of that Court to his Majesty's most sacred person and Government. Mr SAMUEL DixoN rose to Move the Address to his Majesty. This hethought it was at the present mo ment peculiarly incumbent on the Court to do, they having at all times been zealous in support of his Majesty, and no period having ever existed where expressions of attachment were more requisite than now, There was a formidable opposition in Parlia ment, and Petitions for Peace had been spirited on in a manner not the most, commendable. He concluded . by moving an Address in the general terms of the notice, which he hoped would ensure unanimity. The motion being seconded by Mr. Deputy Box, Mr. Deputy GOODWIERE, after a short speech, moved an amendment—declaratory of the opinion of the Court as to the necessity of unanimity through out the country, at the present critical period ; and that the adoption of measures of economy in the dis tribution of the revenue of the country, and the abo lishins of useless places and pensions were the most c,:rtain means of attaining this desirable object. Mr. Qum objected to the Address on account of its generality. It might so be filled up by the Com mittee as to amount to an Address for the dismissal of Ministers. Mr. S. Dixon supplied this deficiency, by stating, what were the heads he would propose in the Com mittee appointed to prepare the Address, were he one of the number. He should point out the advantages of a free and pure Constitution, and the other good things above other nations which we enjoyed. Mr. WAITHMAN objected to the Address, which he considered as a scheme to bring the Court into an unqualified approbation of the conduct of Ministers. The Court, he hoped, would never allow themselves , to oecome the puppets of such puppets, but would stand up for their own credit and independence. If not, he should suggest, as an Amendment, that the Court should assure his Majesty of their readiness on this, as on every former, and every subsequent occa sion, to support the present, and every subsequent Ministry, on the measures already adopted, or any other measures which might be adopted by them. Mr. JAMES DIXON supported the Address, and agreed with a worthy Akierman (Shaw), that 99 out of 100 of the inhabitants of the country were of a similar opinion. Mr. QUIN, in a long and eloquent harangue, de l fended tho conduct of Ministers in the attack on Co-. penhagen, in the rejection of the Russian and Aus trian Mediation, and in the enactment of die Orders in Council. He did not wish the Address, however, to be one, of those namby-pamby pieces, which we frequently saw exhibited, but a pointed declaration of the sentiments of the Court. With this view, he moved that a clause be added to the Address, ex pressive of the regret of the Court at the rejection, in so unaccountable a manner, of the Bill for pre venting the granting of Offices in Reversion, which had been regarded as the first seep towards an eco nomical reform. Sir C. PRICE and Mr. Alderman SHAW supported the Address. Sir W. CURTI, thought it unnecessary, but would rather vote for it than for the Amendment proposed by Mr. Deputy Goodbehere. The Amendment of Mr. Deputy Goodbehere was then put and negatived, and the Address was carried by a very large majority, with about thirty dissentients. It was proposed, that it be an instruction to.the Comm; to introduce the clause proposed by Mr. Quin, as part of the Address. The numbers were, for the clause, N.—Against it, 48. A Committee afterwards withdrew, to prepare an Address ; and having returned, the same was read and agreed to, and ordered to be presented to the KING by the whole Court. The Sheriffs, attended by the Remembrancer, were ordered to wait on his MAJESTY ) to know when he will receive the Court. ALARMING FIRE AT BRIGHTON.-.--About a quarter of an hour before twelve o'clock on Thursday, night, a fire broke out in the lower part of an unfinished lodg ing house, belonging to D. Sands, Esq. on Marlbo rough Steyne, Brighton, about three hundred yards to the north of the Prince's Pavilion, and Grove- House the property of the Duke of Marlborough.— The house in question was the end house of a new row, situated to the right of the road leading into the town from London, and nearly adjoining the King and Queen Inn. The flames made such rapid progress in the building, that the whole of the lower part of it was completely in a blaze almost as soon as discovered.— By half past twelve o'clock, the joists of the parlour and floor above were consumed, the ceilings of the rooms falling in, and the vivid flames from the win dows ascending to the roof top. All the houses in the row, the extremity of which was on fire, (that ex tremity excepted) were occupied ; in all of which the families had retired to bed, and some of them were too fast asleep to be easily roused. It was not a mo ment, however, for ceremony. The doors were forced open, and several persons were taken from their beds, and borne to a place of safety. Major Reynolds and family occupied the house immediately adjoining the one on fire, the furniture of which was removed with almost unequalled rapidity by the mi litary. Mr. Sands, who was in bed in the house ad joining that occupied by Major Reynolds, was taken from his bed by a party of the military, and being lame, was carriei, enveloped in some of the bed fur niture, to the house of Mrs. Batty, in Church -street, while others, Ladies and Gentlemen, from the re maining houses in the row, were seeking shelter, some of them similarly conducted, in other places in the neighbourhood. Soon after one o'clock the fire as sumed a more awful appearance, about which time the roof, with a tremendous crash, fell in. By four o'clock the danger was considered at an end, though the fire was not entirely extinguished until yesterday afternoon. The extent of the damage does not exceed eight or 9001. The premises destroyed were insured for 5001. only. A fire broke out, at two o'clock on Thursday mor ningi at the house of Mr. CHAPMAN, hatter, in Bond street, which did considerable damage. .• • •• .• LA, 2,loorkEL •. ADMlRALTYWotilit,ttientte COMMONS, March 111. This day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT pro ceeded to the adjudication of the fellowing cases.— . Montreal, Gardier rnaster.—This ship, under Danish colours, laden with talloav, copper, &c. taken on board at Monte Video, for Copenhagen, was cap tured by his Majesty's ship Brilliant, Captain Smith, and brought to Portsmouth. A claim had been given for a moiety of this ship and cargo, by the master, as his property, and who stated himself to be a Britislt born subject, though he had become a burgher of Copenhagen, and carried on commercial speculations in that country during its neutral state, but had, on the former breaking out of hostilities, returned to England, as it was his intention to have done in this instance, on the moment of arriving in Eurppe, on receiving information of the present state of Denmark and this country. The Court was of opinion that the master (the ship being navigated under the Danish flag and pass, must be considered as clothed with the nAtional character of the ship) and consequently the ship and cargo were condemned. Henrietta, Boyeson master.—This vessel sailed under Kniphausen colours, with a cargo of salt, fr , m Tremblade, ostensibly to Cales. There be :t„ no claim, the ship and cargo were condemned. /HARM; '22. This day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT,prO4 ceeded to the adjudication ef -the following cases— Aurora, Roeloffs master.—This Danish vessel, laden with a cargo of flax, was in the prosecution of a voyage from Riga to the port of Ferrol, in Spain, at the time of capture. It appeared in this case, that the ship and cargo had already been condemned as Danish property to the Crown, and the application now to the Court was, to pray to rescind the sentence of condemnation, in order to admit a claim for the cargo, as being Hamburgh property. The Court was clearly of opinion, that no sufficient reason had been assigned for disguising this property as Danish, and therefore rejected the claim. - Garnbrivium, Darneborger master.—This Ham burgh vessel, with a cargo of linseed, on a voyage from Archangel to Amsterdam, was captured on the 14th of November, 1807, by his Majesty's ship of war Stately, George Parker, Esq. Commander, and brought to Yarmouth. The question before the Court was, respecting the ship, which appeared to have sailed on the 13th of July last, on her outward voyage from Hamburgh to Archangel ; and it was contend ed, on the part of the captors, that the Order of Council, of the 17th of June, must have reached Hamburgh before this vessel sailed ; and therefore the claimants were bound to use all diligence, in ot kr to prevent the ship sailing therefrom. The Cow t, is this case, restored the ship with freight and expences. Bergitha, Neuenkerchen master.—This Danish vessel, with a cargo of various merchandize, was in the prosecution of her voyage to Copenhagen at the time of capture. The Court condemned the property in this case to the Crown. MARCH 23. This day the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, pro. ceeded to the adjudication of the following cases— Industria, Christianson master.—This Danish ves sel, with a cargo of various merchandize, was on voyage from Stockholm at the time she was met with and seized by a private ship of war, and carried to Plymouth. In this case the cargo in question was originally claimed as belonging to a merchant at Co peiThagen, and Was admitted to further proof, upon which proof it now came on for a hearing. The Court was of opinion, that the further proof was insufficient, and directed still further proof to be produced. Logan, Mayrick master. —This vessel, under Ame rican colours, laden with a cargo of cotton, sugar, and various other articles, on a voyage from New York to Amsterdam, was seized whilst lying in the harbour of Cowes, by one of his Majesty ' s gun-brigs, as a droit of Admiralty. It appeared that this vessel, on her arrival neat Amsterdam, was warned by a British cruizer not to proceed there, that port being under blockade, which warning the immediately obeyed and steered for the port of Cowes, where she put in. The court restored ship and cargo. Active, King master.—This American ship, laden with a cargo of salt, taken on board at St. Übe's, was in the prosecution of her voyage to Philadelphia at the time of capture. The Court was of opinion, that tha ship was forfeited under the Order of Council, she having sailed after the knowledge of it must have arrived at the port of St. Übe's ; but with respect to the cargo, the master not being proved to be the agent of the owners thereof, the Court held that not to be affected by the act of the master, and therefore re stored the cargo. Vrow Algunda, Gerder master.—This Kniphausen vessel was laden with a cargo of salt. There being no claim given in this case, the ship and cargo were condemned. MARCH 25.—This day the Right Honourable Sir WILLIAM SCOTT proceeded to the adjudication of the following cases Amsterdam packet, Sisson master.—This Ameri can vessel, with a cargo of colonial produce, bound from New York to Amsterdam, was captured by a - gun-brig, and carried in: Yarmouth. The property was restored as claimed, and the question of damage subsequent to the capture reserved, and also the ques. tion of captor's expences. Catherine, Wood master.--This vessel, with a cote gq of wine from Guernsey to London, was captured' by a French privateer, anti her crew taken out, ex cept two or three ; but night coming on, theie per sons forced the Frenchmen back, and brought the vessel into Dover. For this cenduct a claim of 'sal vage was set up. The Court pronounced the salvors to be entitled to one-sixth of the property. Juffiow Antje master.—ThWwas a Knip hausen vessel, with a cargo of s:lt, from Amsterdam to Copenhagen. Property condemned to the captors. Johanna Friesenburgh, Martens master.—The same decree was made in this case. Mercurius, Hermans master.—This was also a Kniphausen vessel. Ship condemned to the captors, and further proof directed with respect to the cargo. Charlotte,. Candler matter.--This American vessel, laden with crockery ware, &c. bound ostensibly to Madras, put into the Cape pf Good Hope, where she disposed of a part of her cargo, and was afterwards seized by one of his Majesty's ships of war on her re turn voyage. Ship and cargo condemned, on the ground of importing contraband into the enemy's colony.