Star. — London, England, 1812-01-14 00:00:00

P- ; :' ~: ,f`x ; C. IC • THE ARMY. . , i n a ddition to regimenti stationed in the East In • the under-mentioned battalions have been authorized by his Royal Highness the Com toy older i n Chief to enlist boys, viz. the 3d Regiment a F oo t, 2d Battalion ; Bth Regiment, 2cl Battalion as 18th R eg iment ; 23d Regiment, 2d Battalion ; 26th Reg i me nt, 2d Battalion ; 36th Regiment, 2d Batta lion; 45th Regiment, 2d Battalion ; 46, 54th, and A O Regiments ; 57th Regiment, 2d -Battalion ; 62d Regiment, 2d Battalion; 70th Regiment; 73d Re t, Ist Battalion; 79th Regiment, 2d Batta ; 81st Regiment, 2d Battalion ; 83d Regiment, ist Battalion ; 91st Regiment, 2d Battalion; and ffsd Regiment. Trois are daily marching to the outports, where they are embarking in transports for Lisbon. Yes way 500 of the Guards were selected for this ser vice. Th e 2d battalion of the Coldstream, quartered b t he Tower, which was inspected in the forenoon by Hi g hness the Duke of CANIBRIDGE, sup his Royal d a d 250 of this number; and the other 250 were hafted f r om the 3d Regiment, after inspection, at the Portman.street Barracks, by his Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER. These troops are expected to e mbark at Portsmouth on the 24th instant. General Sir SOHN HOPS is expected to leave town, In the course of the week, to take the command of she Torres in Ireland. The Royal South Gloucester Militia, now qua*. ef t i n Plymouth, are in daily expectation of orderFto embark for Ireland. Six Militia Regiments, in the same &strict, are also under orders for Ireland. • The late alteration in the dress of the Office% of the Line, affords general satisfaction throughour*e A rm y, particularly to those brave fellows on per c4of whom so many have fallen vict;ms to the j a ms appearance of their fotmer uniform ; and itis now universally hoped, that his Royal Highness the C o mmander-in-Chief will permit Officers of In fantry to wear sabres, which will not only better ena ble them to act on the offensive, but ensure them a s uperiority when acting on the defensive; for which the present regulation sword is by no means calcu lated. Offictrs arc not unfrequently cut down, who might, if provided with a proper weapon of defence, protect themselves. • The sentence of the Court Martial on Lieut. Leach, of the Wiltshire Militia, for sleeping out of the Kron Princessen, in which be was embarked, has received the Prince Regent's sanction ; he is sentenced to lose six months rank and pay. IiFFAIR IN BiISQUE ROADS. 'Be latest accounts state, that on the 27th ult. the boats of the Colossus and Conquestador, under the command of Lieutenant arnocpric z, of the latter teral, and Lieutenant SOADY, of the former, at tacked an enemy's convoy passing along shore to the northward, and would have accomplished its capture tielhatietiOlt, had not the wind suddenly shifted free N.W. to W.S.W. just as the boats were to the wading of Chatillon reef. The shifting of the Mad enabled the ships escorting the convoy, viz. three gan•brigs, an armed lugger, and several pin teen, to attack the boats, the crews of which made Several gallant attempts to board their opponents, (nand particularly the lugger, in two instances) but the superiority of numbers on the part of the enemy rendered every attempt ineffectual. Undaunted by this superiority, or the galling fire- from several bat lelieS, and the vessels around them, our noble tars, disdaining to surrender to the gun-brigs, pulled wily toward the shore, where they were taken pi teous, being 104 in number, except those in the boat with Lieutenant SOADY, which miraculously escaped. The ConqUestador and Piercer gun-brig were under 'sigh near the scene of action, and witnessed every ' part of it, without being able to give our noble fel ls's the least assistance. Soon afterwards the wea r m odera ted, the French Commodore , w hen a f l .j r a g co that a in to t he of truce to c re e q w uest as se <odd allow clothes, &c. to be sent to the prisoners, *nd give information as to the number of men killed and wounded. The Commander politely replied, thsthe had no objection to the clothes, &c. being sent, and was happy to say, that no more than four a five bad fallen —amongst whom was a mastct's state, cornthanding one of the boats. He at the same tine expressed his astonishment that so few should have fallen ; and intimated, that the luisoners were is the hands of Frenchmen, who would treat them *ell, in consequence of the determined bravery they had exhibited. Lieutenant SracaroLE was ascer tained to be weal on the 39th, three days after this unpleasant affair, the result of which must be ascrib ed,. solely to the wi n d f rustrat i ng th e d e sign in view. There is one consolation, however, in re fl ecting on thb }ass of so m an y b rave men , that if they did not ohtain success, they amply deserved it. n A subscription was i mme di ate ly set o n foot in the "'"sus, Conquestador, and Arrow schooner, by which accw.iderable sum was raised, and seat in with the clothes to Rochelle. A brilliant attack had been previously made, on the lit ultimo, by the boats cf the Colossus, Con- Ihestador, and Arrow, under the command cf Lieu te!ant LEAN, of the former vessel, on a convoy of dump sail of vessels, escorted by several armed pin 'el; and launche s , and standing to the northward,' defia nce o f a severe fire of musketry, they suc ;7ldin destroyin g th ree o f th e en emy's vessels, and 10 4 7ing several others on shore. One man was Jill -2 b y a grape-shot, and another was wounded %rough both arms on that occasion. 04 On die e ,s of the four prizes lately taken by the Anutow, h oe D asque Roads station (three only of which arrivedEatain at Ply mout h) b e i ng una bl e to weather zeef, was under.the necessity of bearing up ou g h the haled b passage Britton. She was Immediately CAL Y thseveral ba tter i es , and fi red at ; but Mr. aa * tin • the pri z e- mas t er , a spirited youth, or hismen below, persevered in his course in the ?Kt! rninedmanner,and succeeded in carrying the exel safely into Basque Roads. She was frequently tad b 7 the shot, and her sails and rigging were aloth cut, but • happily no lives were lost. . . _ . BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIoLE SOCIETY. kiiiw iNnaticiNci. - . DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER. We are gratified in being informed that Vie Bn ro4gh of Evesham; in Worcestershire, and its vicinity. have in the most spitited manner, f o rmed a Society auxiliary to the British and Foreign Bible Society. which miginated in the year 1804, for the purpose of diffusing the Holy Scriptures at home and •abrixtd,. of which that distinguished Nobleman, Gerd TEAGN. MOUTH, is President, and which has hld more exten sive operation than any ether Charitable Institution on record. A meeting fur the purpose of forming this auxiliary Society, nas convened by the Wnrship ful the Mayor, at the Guildhall, on the 28th of No vember. The Chair was filled by the Worthy Mayor. The Meeting was numerously and most respectably attended ; amongst those present, were all the Clergy and Dissenting Ministers officiating in the pla:e. Pro per resolutions for the formation ofee Society, were entered into, and a Committee formed for the pur pose of conducting the same. It was evident that all present partook in a high degree of thu:.e benevolent emotions Which have invariably characterised these interesting assemblies, and the utmost cordiality pre vailed. . . .. DARTMOUTH, JAN. in. [EI/ETHER PARTICULARS IN ADDITION TO THOSE WE On enquiry relative to the report of six American STATED YESTERDAY.] , . .. vessels having been lately taken and carried into Sunday evening the shop of Mr. Pryor, a reepec- Morlaix by the French, it appears that only one Ame- table boot-maker, residing at NO. 71, High -street, Heart vessel was litere, and she was not aca ptused ship. Borough, Southwark, was entered bj , two desperate villains, though • by hat means is not yet disco vered, FALMOUTH, JANUARY 11. but certainly with an intent to rob the premises. While . Sailed the Swallow packet, for Lisbon and the employed in packing up several pair of boots in a Brazils. Wind N.E. light airs, large skin of leather which they found in the shop, the servant rent down stairs to empty a vessel in the • PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 12. .. cellar; on her way thither, though she passed through Arrived the MYR TLE sloop of war , from Lisbon ; the shop, she did not observe any person, but on her the ENDEAVOUR, with a small convoy from Swansea; return she perceived two men, one of them packing op the QUEEN, 74., from Basque-roads. Put back the boots, and the other coming as from thtr hack part of NIMROD cutter, in consequence of having sprung her the premises, to whom she said, " \VIM( ! Are you 2 . ne to take boots away to•night ? it is Sunday !" boom last night, in a squall. Came up harbour the thinking they were some . of her master's journeymen. DREADNOUGHT, 92, in order to be put out of con- At this instant one of the villains made up to her, mission. Arrived the American ship Navigation. and threatened her, that it she uttered a word he DEAL, JANUARY ia would instantly murder her. On looking round, she discovered the other to haie a black crape over his Arrived the EREBUS from the Baltic. Came down face, which so alarmed her that she screamed out from the River the David Scott East Indiaman, and murder! murder ! several times; and ran towards the sailed to the West Ward. Arrived the MosQUTO shop-door, which was open, and which in her fright. from Sheerness, and the CHEERFUL from a cruize. she shift, and thereby inclosed herself with these mon- GRAVESEND JANUARY 13. sters. She continued to scream, though one of them , had levelled a blow at her head which knocked her Sailed the Cuffnells East Indiaman for the Downs. down. On her rising, and not ceasing to call out YARMOUTH, JAN. 13. murder ! Mime: ! &c. one of the wretches seized her by 4iled this morning his Majesty's ship DESIREE, for the hair, and with a sharp instrument cut her throat ifie Nore, to refit ; and the CENSOR with a convoy for i right across the wind-pipe. She then fell to the ground, and remembered no farther of what passed. the Downs. No intelligence of the ST. GEORGE and . The screams of the girl had by this time alarmed DEFENCE.—Wind N.W. fresh breezes and hazy. the family up stairs, which consisted of Mr. and Mrs. LEITH, JANUARY 9. Pryor, and three young men, lodgers. Mrs. Prycr The brig Ballance, under the Hamburgh flag, M. then went down stairs, and on her reaching the bot- BREEMER master, arrived in the Roads on Monday 1 tom, actually fell over her wounded servant, as :he CbURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY IS. from Petersburgli, with hemp, flax, and iron, bound • lay senseless on the floor. The terror of Mrs. Pryor CAZONFS v. BLACKBOURN. may be better conceived then described. Notwith- This was an action on a p o licy o f i nsurance , on t he • to Liverpool, put up through stress of weather. She : standing her fright, however, she got up stairs; but ship Vrow Alida, at and from Lond.in to any port or sailed from Gottenburgh, with the convoy on the 18th ult. and has had very bad weather ; the captain was it was not a matter easy to determine in the minds of ports in the Baltic, backwards a nd fo rwar d s , w i t h those above, who should venture down to attack, leave to return to any port in Sweden. The vesse l washed overboard the second day after they sailed —she afterwards lost all her bolts in a gale. Arrived what they supposed a banditti of murdereis. Mr. sailed from this country, and arri v ed o ff t h e p ort o f yesterday morning the brig Lindisfarne, BUTLER, of Pryor and his lodgers at last went down, and found Surnamund, on the Ist of November, 1810, w h ere this port, from St. Andrew's, America, with timber. the servant as we have before described, the shop- the agent of the consignee was re a dy t o rece i ve h er .— Some of the French officers, prisoners, landed here, door being wide open :and, we are sorry to say, that , The Captain went ou shore and receiv e d di rect i ons from the Zealous, yesterday morning, the perpetrators of this horrid crime escaped, leaving from the agent to continue off the port, he conceiving JANUARY I I. , behind theft] the skin of leather, tied up, full of new • it would be dangerous for her to enter the port, on The SNAKE sloop arrived in the Roads yester- boots and shoes. Medical aid was instantly sent tor, account of the state of public affairs. I n t hi s s i tuat i on day morning, from a cruize ; and a brig is in sight, and the wound on the neck wes pioneenced not mor- site continued tiil the 12th of Nov e mb er , on w hi c h working up, supposed to be the Cele goop of war, tal. What adds to the daring atrocity of this act is, day public affairs having assumed a still more unfa. from a cruise. ; that it was committed so early as between eight and vourable aspect, the agent directed the C t ptai n t o sa il 1—..-- nine o'clock ; and the premises of Mr. Pryor are as for Carlesheim, in Sweden ; the Vrow Alide neut.. public as any situation can be, being situated in the dingly sailed on that day, but was driven back by cone No accounts have yet reached the Admiralty of the High-street of Southwark, not many yards from the trary winds, and in the morning of the 160 of No- Sr. Geolioe or DEFENCE—they are now quite de- Town-hall, which is as g reat a thoroughfare as the vember, appeared off Surnamuod sta , and in the spaired of. 1 Strand or Fleet-street. . course of the day was taken possession of by a mit- The MARINER, BALLANTVNE, - put back to Ports. The Magistrates at Union-Hall are making every tart' force, her cargo removed to the King's ware mouth on Saturday last, with the greater part of the exertion to discover these desperadoes. house, and confiscated: ttff fleet that sailed on the 7th inst. having been driv en bast bast night, Mr. H The ATTORNEY GENERAL, for the defendant, eICKS, the Magistrate of Union- ' e over to the Frenc h coast, by contrary winds. 1 ' Hall, went to Mr. Pryor's house, to examine Sarah tended that the plaintiff was not emitted ea rec e ree r EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROat AN OFFICER ON ROARD W i lk i ns, the servant ma id . Th e su b s tance of her there was in the policy a warranty in favo ur o f THE ILLUSTRIOUS, IN BATAVIA ROADS, DATED AU- ev id ence was as follows:—e" About nine o'clock on underwriters, against seizure in the p a t of &utile lion ; there was a warranty against tetzure by a ml cosi. 30, 1811. 1 Sunday evening I had occasian to go down to the lit try force frim the shore ; and in totisequeoce of " We afterwards sent another prize with a valuable cargo, to cellar; and on coming up stairs, I saw a man coming such warranty the undeiwriters redticed their pri BUlinbing, on the western coast of Sumatra, and we have since • mum nearly one half. That Surnamund was the poet . she was taken by pirates, who put every Eunipean on from the back of the shop, who I thought was my 'L i te,- I had a duet with them once : the Barracouta lying at - master. I asked him if he was going out so late : of destination, he thought, could not be denied ; the anchor at Bautam, some of the natives came on board, and told , when lie turned round, and I observed he had a black ship went there, continued there twelve days, during us, if we would send a boat to a place they pointed out, they crape over his farce; I was alarmed, and called out. would give us refreshments. I was sent in the launch, with eight •which time the Captain went on shore, men armed, to guard against treachery. We left the ship at noon The turned man round to me, and said he would . and the agent at night arrived at the place, but the things were not ready, so murder me it I did not hold my tongue. I got near of the consignees was endeavouring, by every m e a n s in his power, to dispose of the cargo. If these cie were obliged to wait till morning. As we were cooking our the door, and attempted to shut it ; upon which he ; cumstonces did not constitute a port of destination breakfast,.a prow, we had been watching all the morning, stood came to me, and said he would cut my throat. • towards us, so I ordered every thing to he got ready. As she ; ~ . up . approached, I observed she was full of men, and therefore iDeetng his hand coming, I put my arm up, and re- l he was at a loss to know what did. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that at the port of thou g ht it prudent to get off; but could not, for the prow ceived a deep cut in it with some sharp instrument: • both out-sailed and out-rowed us. When she came near, they .he then put something into my mouth to gag me, I destination was a point not fixed by the poli c y, it began to fire. I was now convinced they were pitatts, and , and gave me several cuts across my thro a t: the door might vary according to circumstances. If th e J ur y determined to board them, knowing that to be the only chance; could credit the evidence of Mr. Bolger, t h e agent , ' for if they took us, they would have put the whole of us to death, lo opened at this time, and a short man came in, who —As soon as we came alongside, we cleared our way with our . said to the other 4. come out." I was immediately !although Surnamund was the first port of destination : and continued so from the Ist of November W the muskets, and jumped on board the prow. There w.re about , knocked down, became insensible, and knew not 1 50 men in her, and we only nine. In about half an hour we 12th, yet it ceased to be 60 from that time ; Mr. Bul clearedgar Navin g, on the 12th, ordered the ship to proceed what followed." her. ty this time we had drifted near the shore, and the he ha d d few thtn remaining jumped overboard. I observed four or five Richard Pryor, the master, sa i d , sat own .port ; she did not reach that port—she was drivea reach the shore, most of them wounded. —l had two men killed. to supper with the husband cif Wilkins, and Wilkins, to Carlesheim, which from that time was her destined the o th er ex had no wound, of consequence. Just then the Leda who is his housekeeper ; when she having occasion appeared in the offing, and we took our prize on board her.— back, and seized by the enemy at Surnamund. If the to go down stairs, they soon after heard a cry of Jury credited this evidence, the warranty in the pu- Captain SAY II made us stay on board the Leda till the next . thieves, murder, and immediately went down, when 'icy did not protect the underwriters from the loss. morning, to refresh ourselves. We g ot to the Barracoota about noon, and Captain Owitis approved of what I had done." they found the shop in darkness ; he sent Wilkins up for a light, and on his coming down with it, Sarah The Jury, without hesitation, found. 'a vetdi A for DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. Wilkins was found lying on the floor insensible, the the plaintiff—Damages 4300. Plicebe, for the Elizabeth, on Saturday, at No. 22, Norfolk- CONTEMPT OF COURIC : ' street, and there recalled. door was opee, and a quantity of boots and shoes Folkestone, for the Thalia, fm board, on Thursday; recalled at were strewed about the floor, but he had not dis- William Collins, the Officer at Mace; if roug h t a Mr. Gunnell's, Beach-street, Kent. - I covered that any thing was taken away. man named John Robert Curtis before hi s L ir d s h ip , Emanuel, for Sloop No. 99 and Prince Frederick, on board, M r . M a y, th e secon d Clerk of Union-Hall, was and stated, that the prisoner was talking l ou dly at the 25th inst.; recalled 00 Wednesdays and Thursdays, at No. 14, Cl-mtnt's-inn. on the spot within five minutes after the alarm was the door of the Court, in consequence or w hi c h, b e desired him to retire into the Hall L• for la M:lan, on board,the 25th ; recalled on Tares - given, and sent for Ga . , Clark, and Friend, imme. ,or be silent. Co r a *d o s and Fridays, at No.lB, Clement's•inn. diatelye who have used every exertion, but unfortu- tis , however , refused to do either ; upon which Col- Jasper, for the Mariner , on the 17th ; recalled on Wednesdays nate l y , at present, without success, to discover the lins took him by the arm and gently po t hi m b ac k. and I•r.day.l, at No. 27, Broad-street , Portsmouth. perpetrators of this outrage. refractory, Curtis, however, became still more refraory, swore NAVAL APPOINTMEN fS. at the officer, and threatened to knock him down ; -- Captsin Sheppard is appointed to command the Victory, of I: CI upon which he thought it 1 is duty to take him into g uns, zt Spi , head, to relieve Captain Durnareseue. custody, and bring him before his Lordship. Ceptain Dunn, to the Bacchante fri g ate, at Deptford, until His Lordship demanded of' Curtis if what the offi- Captain Hoste, Lite of the Amphion, joins. Captain Plampiii, of the Gibraltar, to be Captain of the Dun- cer said was true ? who acknowledged l ie swore at cni, t,f 74 g uns, at Deptford. him, and said he deserved to be knocked down for a Captain G. `cote, to the Gibraltar, at Plymouth, in the room damned rascal ; but lie was provoked t o Sa t so by of Captain Plampin, appointed to the Duncan, of 74 guns, at Collins having pushed hint. Deptford. Lord ELLENBOROUGH —"I Thii is ver y i mproper Captain William Cumberland, to be Regulating Officer at language to use at any tine, but more especi a lly in a Cowes. Captain Graham Moore, to the Cha.ham. Court of Justice. I shall not, however, punish you Captain Fyn,, to the Juno, late BeUone, taken at the Isle of very severely ; I shall fine you lee. which, in paying, France. you wilt be discharged." Captain Dixon, to the Vigo. Captain F. W. Fame, to the Iphigenia. Mr. Curtis—" But, my dear friend, I cannot pay Captain Aclom, of the Ranger, is promoted to a Post Captain. it. I came here to be sworn in Constable of Lang- Lieutenant Riehard Head is appointed to the Venerable, at bourn Ward." Portsmouth. Lord ELLENBOROUGH--" i s very easy Sir, the fine Lieutenant Robert Scallon, to the Namur, at the Nom. Li e utenant Richard Beriff, to the Raven. —you must pay it, or be c o m m i tte d to Newgete till li eu tenant John Brown, to the Hogue, at Woolwich. you do." Lieutenant Richard Stuart, to the Castilian, in the Downs. The Constable Elect for Langbotwn Ward then Lieutenant Borer, to the Venerable. paid the fine, and was discharged. Lieutenant Nathan Ball, to the Semiramis. Lieutenant William Hooper, to the Malta. lieutenant John Baikie, to the Royal George. Lieutenant -- Peackey, to the Diana. lieutenant John Smith, to the Boyne. Lieutenant --- Thompson, to the Argo. Lieutenant Thomas Birdwood, late of the Ffrincess Soda Frederica, is appointed to command the Kron Princesses prison ship. Lieutenant Roach, to the Abercrombie. Lieutenant Tulloch, to the Mures. Lieutenant Roe, to the Wanderer. Lieutenant Smith, to the Venerable. Lieutenant Lowcay, to the Vautour. Lieutenant G. Marshall is to be Flag Lleatesaat to Admiral Mr T. Williams, in the Namur, at the Note. Lieuteniu t A. B. Valpy, to be Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir g r inds LakasT, ii ihe Dragon, oa the Leeward Island station. MURDERS.—On the sth instant, early in the morn lug, as a boy was passing on the edge of the river at Waterford, in Ireland, he found a dead female body in the mud. He communicated the circumstance to j the inhabitants of a house near tine place. They returned with him,and found a female corpse,mangled in suz,h a manner as would be horrible to descithe. On enquiry, the strongest proofs appeared, that the ill- I fated being had been murdered at the termination of ' the wall leading to the city ; that the author' of her death had thrown the body over the wall ; that he then dragged it as far into the river as seemed to be con bistent with his own safety, and there left it, in the hope . of its being carried away by the stream. Fresh blood in considerable quantifies was visible on the wall, on the adjoining gate,and in some places between them and the river : whilst the marks of footsteps, and the im pression of the body, were discernable through the whole space from the road to the spot where it was abandoned. A stone of several pounds weight, and nearly covered with blooa, was found beside the body, with which it was evident some of the wounds on the bead had been inflicted. There were other wounds on the bead that Ix re the appearance of haying been rp instruuminent. humble ant dsrteasst station, but indicated it t v e e w n e b a y rer ah to s h a ave did not resemble that of the peasantry in that part of Ireland. There are now upwards of 80 Societies for a simi- Lir purpose connected with the p.►rent Institution in London. The subscription at Evesham exceeds the highest eafEctations. We also observe. with great satisfaction, the name of the Earl of COVESTRY, as President of this auxiliary Institution, and those of Lord NORTIt• WOLF / Sir eIfAIILEs WILLIAM Rouse Battourox, WILLIAM MANNING, Esq. M ; P. and FIUMPHXY Howoara, Esq. M. P. as ice-Presidents. Saturday se'nnight the body of a newly-born in fant was discovered at the vaults, commonly called the Bow-butts, Montrose. It had marks of violence on its head, and there is no doubt of its haring been murdered. . or LBW INTELLIGENCE. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be. Tore the Right Honourable EDWARD Lord ELLRNIIO. ROUGH, Lord Chief Justice, &c. in and after Hilary Term, 1812 : Ei MM. Middleser. Loudon. Wednesday - - Jan. 29 Saturdiy - - - . Feb. I Monday - - Feb. 1 Wednesday -- - II Monday - - 10 Tuesday - -- iii AfT6ll MK. Thursday - " 14 The celebrated convent of La Trappe was, on du 30th November, suppressed by a Decree oldie Swiss I Council% . ';2