Star. — London, England, 1813-07-28 00:00:00

• 6 , 0 11 sworn in Carter King- at Arms for this special occasion, to go to Russia to invest the EMPEROR with the Insignia of the Order. The oath was administered in Latin by the Registrar. The Chapter then closed b the Knights and the obi. cers boss ing to the PRINCE, and the procession retur ned in the same order. THE EVENTING STAR LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JULY RS, 1813. ?atm OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK: Red. 54 57 57i—Cons. 56111—for ace. 57}j—Bands Is. 4 per Ct. 72U-5 per Ct. sei t i—Omnium off pr. Long M.1.14* 5-16tha--Exch. ills Ss. pr. par. The Gaza: of last night brings down Lord Vi r Eir LINSION ' S proceedings to the 10th instant, when his Lordship was at Zubieta. The extract given in the Gazette contains no fact of which our Readers had not been put already in possession by the Bulletin which we published on Monday, viz. the successive dislodgemetits, from all their positions in the valley of Bastan, of General CrATAN 9 S three divisions of the Army of the Smith by Sir ROWLAND HILL, who, his Lordship is made to say, has been relieved from the blockade of Pampeluna. Lord WELLING-cox is al ways perspicuous, and must certainly have acquainted Ministers with the circumstances which left General HILL disposeable for field service. Is the blockade of Pampeluna converted into a siege ? Has this for tress fallen—or has its reduction been entrused to another General ? The consternation is' general in France at the entrance into it of the Allied Army. It is many years since an English army entered France as con querors. In their retreat the French have pillaged the whole country and laid it waste for twenty miles. It is said that the Spanish refugees, who have accom panied JOSEPH, as well as his Spanish troops, are every where in France contemned and maltreated. Up wards of tight thousand Oanish Ladies have accompa nied the French into France. We have letters from Lisbon down to the IStb. They state positively that a junction had been formed b'tween CLAUSaL and Smarr. Our letters from the army exhibit some symptoms of relaxation, and ,de tail some acts of insubordination produced by the late licence to plunder, to which our - army in the Penin sula has bees so little used. We trust, however, that the Court-martial under orders has no immediate re ference to these proceedings. General Pm has es caped into France with the convoy which General GRAHAM was detached to intercept. The following is one of our most recent private letters from the army: LETTER FROM AN OFFICER WITH THE ARMY UNDER YIELD MARSHAL WELLINGTON, DATED " Hernani, July 13. 44 Extremely harassed as the army has been by an incessant march for the last two months, the true British spirit pervades them, and their only thought is in findi;ig out a French army. With the mountains of France now fairly in our view, we think of nnthing but crossing them, and the days of EDWARD 111. and HENRY IV. and V. seem revived under the immortal WELLINGTON. " Nothing in nature can be more beautiful than the kingdom of Navarre, through which we have been journeying : of late there is abundance of the beautiful and sublime to admire in almost every part of it. What would your pleasure-hunters in Eng. land—they who visit the scenery of Cumberland, of Wales, the Isle of Wight, and Monmouth—give, to traverse this delightful country ? Even those who have travelled into Switzerland declare, that in beau ty and magnificence of scenery Navarre far exceeds it. At the same time that the country is extremely picturesque, and the wild beauties of nature are every where met with, the soil is rich in the vallies, and the hills covered with umbrageous foliage to the tops. The most delicious wine is abundant, the fruits are plentiful and delicious, and the vegetables and herbs excellent. • The streams and rivers abound with trout and other fish. Corn, particularly Indian, is very plen tiful, as well as beef and mutton. Abundance of fish is brought from the sea coast in quiet times. Our greatest complaint is of English articles, which are really hardly come-at-able by a junior Officer : English cheese, ss. per lb.; Irish butter, 4s. per lb.; barn, 4s. per lb. ; pickles, 6s. a jar ; sauces, 6s. a bot tle ; dried tongues, Ss. each; tea, 12s, per lb. I sugar, 51. per lb. ; coffee, 9s. pa lb. " The Navarrese, though they are more than half French, and though their country has been almost ever an appendage to France, rejoiced to see us, as delivering them from the French, who, as usual, left their marks behind them, in the destruction of every thing that came in their way. They have carried with them almost all the young women into France." FIFE House.—His Royal Highness the Pamir, with the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE, and all the Cabinet Ministers, partook, yesterday, of a splendid banquet, provided by Lord LIVERPOOL, at Fife House. THE DUKE OP DEVONSHIRE'S FETZ.—Yester4ay the Duke of Devorrauraz gave a public breakfast, at his delightful seat at Chiswick, to the less sworsok in town and its vicinity. The treat was conducted in style, and the company participated in every pleasure the arrangements provided. The following personages passed through Dumfries last week—the Duke and Duchess of Boca.zuon, for their seat at Drumlanrig ; the D 'chess of MON. 1 ROSE and family, for the same pace; the Duke of PORTLAND, for his estate in Ayrshire; and the puke , f ATHOL, from a visit to the Noble Family of St. Mary's Isle. N4YAJ INTELLIGENCE. PENZANCE, JULY g 5. Arrived the brig Susannah, Geonoe Woonnouss PARROT, master, from Madeira for London : she was taken yesterday, in sight of Scilly, by the Anierican privateer Argus, who had taken the Salamanca, itow, from Fool to Newfoundland, and burnt her. The Argus is cruizing within four hours sail of the land, and has lately taken dispatches to France from the American Government. PLYMOUTH, JULY 211. _ Arrived the Pitorecron gun-brig, with a convoy from Villa Nova and Gibraltar, together with ten sail of transports and merchant-vessels under her convoy. They have been 22 days from the Rock. Nothing sailed to-day. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27. Arrived his Majesty's ship VULTURE, from Guern sey ; and the MINSTREL sloop.of war, with a convoy from Gibraltar, and is put under quarantine. Sailed his Majesty's ship DErriutous, with a convoy for the Downs.—Wind West. DEAL, JULY 27. Arrived and sailed for the River the schooner Nassau, from New Providence and Bermuda. Came down from the River the Margaret, W ATM, for the Isle of France. Sailed the Flying'Fish schooner for off Flushing. The outward-bound are still de tained.—Wind S.W. HARWICH, JULY 27. Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with passengers only, from Gottenburgh : she sailed on Sunday, the 18th instant, and on Monday passed a convoy of about 100 sail, bound for England.—Wind W.N.W. Yesterday an unusual bustle prevailed on the River, in consequence, as it was said, of an unex pected order from Government to take up as trans ports almost every empty vessel in the Thames. The rate of freight accordingly rose considerably, and so high as £25 per ton per month was given for un sheathed vessels. Various rumours arose out of these circumstances—by some it was said that the vessels engaged were for an expedition to the Coast of France in the vicinity of Bayonne Sand Bourdeaux ; by others it was stated, that a landing of British troops was to be attempted in Holland. We have reason to believe, however, that the sensation excited in the public mind by the bustle of yesterday, was occasioned by a false importance being given to a cir cumstance of very common occurrence : Government yesterday merely received tenders for freight for the usual supply of provisions for our fleet in the. Med iterranean. It has been generally stated that Sir Jowl B. WARREN had issued orders for the blockade of all the American Ports from Rhode Island to the River Mississippi ; this statement is not corre , t, Sir Joao's Proclamation for.the blockade of the American ports is dated Bermuda, 26th May, and appeared in the Bermuda Gazette of the 29th, which Gazette has been received in this country. The blockade is con fined to New York, Charlstria. Port Royal, Savannah, and the River Mississippi. The Proclamation was issued by Sir JOHN WARREN by direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. American privateers continue to infest the coasts of the Western Isles. A very fine vessel, belonging to Mr. Macdonald, of Lochinver, with salt and other stores for the herring fishery, was captured a few days ago, within half a mile of his dwelling-house. A valuable American brig arrived in Leith Roads on Thursday evening, loaded with silks, &c. from Amsterdam, bound to America. She was taken by the CHARLES armed brig on Tuesday list, a little to the northward of the Buchanness, after a chase of 16 hours. The Pallas, NNE% of Aberdeen, arrived at Gaffee in Sweden, her port of destination, on the .21st ult. One of the convoy, a foreign vessel, was captured by the Danes, who, on being discovered, set the vessel on fire, which could not be extinguished until the vessel was burnt to the water's edge. • The Ruby, ROWE, and Catherine, EssoN, both of Aberdeen, arrived at Riga about the 26th May. Monday se'nnight, nineteen Dutch and Danish sea men were brought into Aberdeen from Peterhead, as prisoners of war, and immediately put on board the tender to be sent to Leith. They were taken by the Charles armed brig, out of two fishing/essels, off the Dogger Bank. A new frigate, called the JAVA, 15 ordered to be built at Plymouth Dock-yard, of the following ex traordinary dimensions: Gun-deck 172 feet, keel 145 feet, breadth 43 feet, and tons 1450. She will be rated 50, but carry 64 guns ; SO on her main-deck, and 92 on her flush-deck. We learn from Chatham, that Government are going to send all the Prussian subjects, among our prisoners of war, to a Prussian port in the Baltic. ldr. Glum the Prussian Vice-Consul, has bean down on board the prison ships, and made the selection. The ship Industry, of North Shields, Capt. POTTS, from Gottenburgh to Yarmouth was struck by light ning of the Naze of Norway, in an awful thunder storm, on the evening of the 3d instant. The cook of the vessel was killed, the foremast shivered to pieces, the compasses and every thing on deck da maged, and three planks in each bow blown out. She arrived at Shields on the 9th instant to refit. Among the first proceedings of the American Le gislature, was the election of Mr. CLAY as Speaker of the Lower House. He was last session a violent supporter of the war. On the first meeting of the Senate, the Vice• President GERRY delivered a furious philippic against this country. Sir Romer WILSON lately passed through Berlin ; and according to report, was going to survey the line of the Oder and of the Vistula, before he returned nto Friday, a man named Lacey, who has assumed the character of a master in the navy, was apprehen ded and committed to Winchester jail, on the charge of forgery on the Navy Pay Office. When taken, he was on the point of leaving Portsmouth for Ply mouth by the box. BARBAROUS MURDER AND ROBBERY. Yesterday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was held at the Prince Regent public house,in Sidmouth-street, before GEORGE Howson, Esq. Coroner, on the body of the unfortunate man (mentioned in our last) who was found muedered on Monday morning in a brick. field at the tip o f Sid mout h. street , Gray s Inn-lane. 11114 am Broughton, a brick-maker, residing in Pa radise -street, Battle-bridge, stated, that he worked in a brick-field at the top of this street. About a quarter past five o'clock on Monday morning, when he was at work, a little boy came to him, and told him there was somebody drowned in the pool, for there was a shoe and a hat on the brink of it. He went with the boy to the pit, and seeing something in the water, he went in and pulled up the deceased, who had all his cloathes on except the shoe and hat ; his waistcoat was open, be had dreadful marks on his skull, and was quite dead. Mr. Umen, a Surgeon, deposed, that on his exa mination of the deceased, he found a fracture over the left eye—the back part of the head was also frac turedin several places, and &edam: . water was ruptured. A hat was produced, evidently cut through with some sharp instrument. Heyman Barnet, a hatter, residing in Field-lane, stated, that the deceased came on Sunday to his shop, and requested to have a cheap hat. He sold the de ceased the hat now produced for 4s. and gave him change for a al note. The deceased's wife came in at the time, looked over the money, and then gave it her husband, who put it in his pocket, and they both went away. Catherine Champion, sister-in-law to the deceased, stated, that she went to deceased's lodgings, No. 4, Church-lane, St. Giles's, about seven o'clock on Sun; I day evening. James Leary and Catherine, his wife, both now in custody, were then there ; they had been drinking together. Leary, his wife, and the deceased walked out together,and shehad not seen the deceased I since, until she saw him dead. They arrived in London only last Wednesday three weeks from Ireland ; they lodged, the first four nights they came, in the room of James Leary, in New -court, Saffr on-hill ;—from whence they removed to . No. 4, Church-lane, St. Giles's. The deceased got no work since he arrived in town, and was determined to return to Ireland be fore he spent what money he had, as he sold a little property before he left Ireland, in order to settle with his family in this country. Charles Cooke, an officer belonging to the Police Office, Hatton-garden, stated, that in consequence of the report of this murder, he, accompanied by other officers, went to the spot on Monday morning, where they met two little children of the deceased ; the wife came shortly afterwards. On hearing from her that James Leary, who resides hi George -court, or New -court, Field-lane, was the last person seen with him, they went to his house, where they found the wife ; she told them, on being asked, that she did not know where her husband worked, and then took hold of another woman by the band, and put it to her breast, saying, u 0 ! feel how my heart beats." This circumstance induced them to take her into cus, tody. They carefully examined the room, and found 'no money, nor any thing that could lead to a disco very, except a shoemaker's hammer, that lay on one 1 side of the fire place. Thinking it was like an instru ment to commit the deed, they took it with them, and found that the sharp flat edge matched the cut cm. the hat, and the other blows on the head ; the hammer had some whitening on it, and there was also some white on the part of the hat where the blow was given. After securing the wife they returned, thinking to find the husband at home, and learned that he worked at Mr. Heistone's, in Cock-lane ; he was coming down a ladder from a building when they went there, and lest he should be alarmed, they inquired if Mr. Helstone was in the way ? He an swered, u you do not want Mr. Helstone, you want me." They told him he was right, and he went with thetn very quietly. On the way he said " this is on i account of the murder of Ed ward Clifford." On being asked how he could tell that? he said, he heard that morning what had happened. After he was taken to the House of Correction, they examined him closely, and found en ti.e I.:gilt thigh of his breeches several spots of blood, one of then, petty large, and which it appeared had been attempted to be rubbed out-with lime. Those breeches he denied wearing on Sunday, but it was proved he did ; hiistockings also appeared full of mud. I Samuel Stephan, surgeon, of Warren -street, Fitzroy squ are, saw the deceased ; and the dreadful wounds inflicted on him, he was confident, were the cause of his death. Mary Word, wife to the deceased, who was brought in a coach, and was expected to lie in every hour, stated that her husband, the deceased Edward Clifford, disposed of a small piece of ground he had 1 near Cahir, in the county of Tipperary, and the money 1 he got for that and a horse, he exchanged in Cork for Bank of England Notes. Her husband, herself, and five children, arrived in London three weeks last Wed. nesday ; he came in order to get work as a labourer; they lodged the four first nights at James Leary's; New -court, Field-lane, where be has a room; they then removed to No. 4, Church-lane, St. Giles's. Her husband get no work since he came to London, which made him very unhappy,and he was determined to re turn to Ireland before the entire of his little money was gone. Last Sunday morning her husband got up un known to her, and went out; when she awoke she missed him, andgot up and went in quest of him to J. Leary's, between seven and eight o'clock. She did not find him there, but she asked Leary and his wife if they had seen him ? they bid her stop, and that he would shortly be in; he did come in shortly after, and after buying a hat they returned home together; he stayed in all day till between five and six o'clock in the even- 1 ing. James Leary and Catherine his wife then came in, and stopped drinking till near seven o'clock, when ' Leary and his wife took the deceased with them. She remained behind with her sister, who just came in. ' Between nine and ten o'clock, finding her husband did not return, she grew uneasy, knowing he had his money about him, and that he was not very sober; she then went to Leary's to look for him, and found Leary and his wife at the top of the stairs, whisper ing to each other. She inquired for her husband, and they told her he was in the room. She desired them to call him out to her; he came out himself, and she asked him if it was not time for him to come home ? he answered, 44 Come along!" and they went off together; her husband was very tipsey ; they were followed by James'Leary, who stopped them at the !.end of Field-lane, and insisted they should have a parting glass; she begged him not to press her hus band to drink any more, as he was very far gone in liquor ; they went in and had a glass of gin each, and she had some peppermint;—Leary said to her, ' you seem very uneasy, but you need not, my hand and word to you, your husband shall be at work in the morning ; —Leary paid for th e li quor , and her husband and her came up Holborn. James Leary followed them, overtook them, and went with them to the top of Holborn. He desired her to make her self easy, that he would take her husband to his mas ter, and see Ifpn before he went to bed, and he should be at work in the morning. They (Leary and her husband) then walked on, but too fast for her; she begged her husband not to walk so fast, as she could not keep up with him. Leary desired her to take her own time, and that they would go on before her.— When they went a shortway her husband sttyped until she came up. She laid hold of his coat ; Leary pulled him away, and said they would be in before her and have a gallon of beer, and she might go on leisurely. They then left her, and she went on leisurely until she reached home. She looked up to the window expecting to see a light, thinking they might be in before her, but neither were there. She went and got a light and placed it on the table, and sat on the win dow until twelve o'clock, but her husband never came home. She then went to bed, but could not sleep : she got up when she heard tbp clock strike two, and sat on the window again until she heard the clock strike three : she then went back to Leary's room ; she found the door locked and the key outside; she said nothing, but unlocked the door and walked in ; Leary's wife was in bed, but Leary was not there; it might be then better than half past three o'clock. She asked her where her husband was ? she said he was gone to work : she asked her where, that she might go to him, to know where he left her husband, who was with him last night; Mrs. Leary said no, she would not. She then returned, and was inquiring for him about St. Giles's, in the public-houses, think. ing as he was a little in liquor, Le might then be drunk 1 and she knew nothing of her husband's mur der until about 7 o'clock, when she was informed by the officer who came to her. She did not see Leary, until she saw him and his wife in custody in Hatton garden. She counted the notes in ter husband's hands, when he was buying the hat; lie had six one pound notes, a fi ve pound note, two guineas in gold, and sixteen shillings in silver ; he had it again at night, as he pulled it out in the public house—she put the notes, the guid and silver into his curse, and made him put them into his pocket. When she had finished her evidence she was near tainting. The Coroner then delivered a very impressive charge to the Jury, who unanimously returned a Verdict of Wilful Murder against James Leary. Monday se'nnighr, or early on Tuesday mornlng, some altercation having arisen between Serjeant An drew Cullen, or Cullins, of the 21st Regiment, now stationed at Fort George, and his wife, he seized a chisel, with which he stabbed her in different parts of the body, and thereby occasioned her death. He afterwards inflicted sevet al wounds rn himself, from which he is not expected to recover. Collins, it is said,, had been more or less intoxicated 'for several days, and in this phrenzied stare committed these dreadful acts, from which the mind r‘.iyolts with li:rror. The murderer is in custody. Mr. Oakley, the gentleman who was shot at and dangerously wounded near Weymouth -street, Wal: worth, about a month since, is, we are liap,iy to state, so far recovered as to be considered out of immediate danger. The dreadful pestilence now afflicting the inhabi tants of Malta, is said to have been introduced into that island by a shoe-maker, who went off to a vessel laden with leather, in the night, to obtain some of that article under the regular nvirket price, which he purchased and took to his house, Himself and fa. mily were the earliest victims of his thoughtless eri- . minal conduct. The vessel was at that time under quarantine, she having recently left a port in the Ar chipelago where the plague prevailed some time. Monday, about two P. M. there Wilt a most De. mentions storm of thunder and lightning experienced at Harlow, in Essex. The fluid entered Mr. Cowett.'s house at the one pair of stairs window, vi , :iich hap pened to be open; it rushed against . the side of the 1 wall which separates the rooms, tore away and tin stripped the wall near the passage door, and left it bare for a considerable space ; split the (.ak beam that supports the tieing, and in the same direction broke two panes of glass at the back part of the house. The fluid ran along- the bell wire against the side of the room, forcing its way to the hell wire in the parlour below, and to the bell-pull there, and at this place, where it ended : it made the wood vite black, from being burnt ; and the whole of the wire in each room (the wire communicating to each other) was.drore from its position, and hanging down by the sides.--... Mrs. Cowecc and her daughter, and one of the ser vants, were near the spot at the tiro, but being out of the immediate direction of the wire, providentially escaped unhurt. Miss CoweLt. felt something of its effects, and saw a ball of fire rush across :he room. On the 16th instant, an attempt was made by some French prisoners to escape from the depot at Penicuik. They contrived to get a false bottom affixed to one of the carts which carries away the dust from the 'pri son, in which three secreted themselves, and got without the walls for some way, when the driver being accidentally stopped by an acquaintance, they came from their lurking hole, and were proceeding to a wood, which they had nearly reached, when they were met by a soldier, who immediately seized one, he drew a dagger which he had concealed about him, and wounded the soldier in the neck, and afterwards stabbed him in the left side. The soldier having been allowed to go to work in the neighbourhcod, when off duty, was unfortunately unarmed at the time ; fainting through loss of blood, he was obliged to let 1 the prisoner go, but the whole three were afterwards -, apprehended, owing to the alarm raised by the scuffle. CORN-Ext.:FLANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 28. Since Monday we have had no fresh arrivals of any Grain, and but few buyers of Wheat appearing, scarce any sales wets I effected, and our prices remain as en last market day. Oats are very dull sale, and on die decline, In coosequeoce of our last supplies from Ireland, as well as our owls coast. Beans arc better sale, and fine handserne samples obtain rather more money. bt Barley, Malt, and other articles, there is no variation. Fine Flour, loss. 110 s. per Sack.—AroariCan Flour, TOL to 735.