Star. — London, England, 1812-03-28 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. ill tr. of as, he to ni, • Oa _ a an lCe • !TS ed nd ro de. is, le/ , Councils as fte r ; an d t h e merit of Mi. Mutative has completed the crisis of their dilemma. An at. te mpt has been made to recover the Charter of the B a nk of the United States, but the Patty in power se s o apprehensive that it would operate as a grand political engine for the Federalists to rise in power, that every exertion or attempt has, and will prove &wive. Such was the distrust and want of confi dence in the Government, that the Six per cents. was dole se m at /pave /ter cent. being eight per cent. un der par, and still falling. Conger appear to be doing nothing, but are waiting up o b ta in accounts from Great Britain, on the acces sion of the PRINCE REGENT into full power. It is a ran i i nr orssioo that the war preparations in raising the army of 25,000, the Volunteers of 50,000, and c l ass ifying the Militia, are mere MADISONIAN bubbles, blown up to alarm Great Britain, and to make the people adhete to their Government, while the true intent is the securing Mr. MADISON'S future election. , Nothing is said in the above communications of Mr. FOSTER) nor of his having made any proposals to renew the treaty of Messrs. MUNROE and PINCKNEY, as reported a few weeks since. STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK. bispatthes from thi Earl Of WELLINGTON were Oil limning received at - the Office of the Earl of I.:minor.. In the thermion the following Bulletin was issued : “ WAR DEPARTMENT. • g , A dispatch has been received from the Earl of WituiNnros, dated' Frenada, 4th March. His Lord- 1 ship had received advice of- the defeat of a French corps near Malaga, by General BALLASTEROS: the General commanding the enemy's troops being killed in the action. Upon the sth of January, EsPoz Y MINA took Vesca, making the garri son prisoners, having afterwards joined General MAVDAZABAL and Don FRANCESO LONGA near San goesa, their united forces engaged a large body of French troops, which had been sent from Pampeluna to attack MANDIZABAL, and completely defeated them, killing 600 of the enemy, and taking two pieces of cannon. " The latter end of February, a detachment of Don JULIAN SANCIIFZ'S guerillas intercepted an Of ficer and 80 French, between Alba de Tnrmes and Salamanca ; the enemy's party was entirely ~r.stroyed, sod important dispatches with which the Officer was diarged, fell into the hands of the Spaniards, and Were brought to Lord WELLINGTON." It Is now finally determined that Lord Viscount immouTil is to be President of the Co:incil, the Earl of BucmouArtinne President of the Board of Coll- OW, and Mr. VANSITTART a Lord of the Treasury. THE ARMY. The whole of the battering train (with the creep. tion of the mortars) destined for Bidajot, had reached Alcores de Sal on the 23d ult. from whence there is O ow, fortunately, sufficient means of land copreyance to Elva:. The 26th regiment is on the way from Figttiera to L►sbon. The following is an extratt of a private letter from Abrantes, dated February 27th : ,-- " I wrote to you last from t spicoe, giving you an account of the NOWA upon Cludad-Rodkigo, and the congequent capture of that place, On tilt 9th instant our brigade marched thence, and 'lonising a night at each of the following places : Alden de Pontes Sabugal, Castenheira, Carla, Apeldrinha, and Alcaens, we ar• Lived, on the 15th, at Caster') Brancb, where we remained till the 17th, when we set out for Sarnadas. Next day we crossed the Tagus, at Vila Velba, ovet a bridge of boats erected in last Lily, and reached Nix; thence to Gavio, and arrived at Abrantes on the 20th, Where our brigade met their new clothing. Head quarters,had Aot left Frenada on the 28d, hut it was expected • that they would proceed thence the next day, on their way to Castello Branco. 'I he entire of our army, the-light division only excepted, were on the move towards the Alcatel°. The howit zers sad some carriages for healry guns were also on their way from Ciedad .Rodrigo and Almeida, all, it was premimed, pre paratory to our investing Badajos, which, it is understood, Lord Wtt.LINGTON intends to attack immediately, and whither our brigade will proceed on the sth or 6th of the ensuing month. Ge- EGRAHAM is to be here to-morrow—be is extremely active, seems to have, ti 2 a great degree, the direction of affairs; 1 , that he sees lord WILK-It/Grote'. commands carried fully into execution. It is pretty g.nerally supposed that, before we mo tale Badajos, we will have to come to a general engagement, as hi vicinity to Seville and Cadiz will enable the French to col lect I huge body of troops from that quarter, to eta-operate in an a" " a tt tO raise the siege with the forces that MAIMONT may hilt down from the Northward ; and thus come to us in a more e lNditious, as Well as a more serious way, thaw at Ciudad Rod /1/4% Bat Lord lirtztitioyon is prepared, and * does not fear the tone, should the French force even amount to 100,0c0 men; as he emmu on being able to muster 60,000 British br ycnets.— The same or WELLINGToN Is certainly in itself a host of it r ength. I do not think there eter was a Commander more the abject of /be love and confidence of his owe army, or . ruore the terror of the tawny. If We shall be 0 fortunate as to take Badajos, the sanest will have a great and gOod effect upon the Spanish nation aL l enera l — it will rouse them from their lethargy, and stimulate to !Voting exertions. It will, beside", afford an oppnt% in tlait Y tb wale examples of Otne of the Spanish traitors resident . lhe laiti, who ate a vowe dl y F renc h part i zans , and profess zrelkh principles. The Spaniards in that part of the country not knfra t e lPerienced thecruelties inflicted by the FrenCh Upon their **Moan the Portuguese, feel nix the same general resentment l a w them, nor are they inclined tb receive the E.llish with the same affection and confidence. For example, our Comtnise Sadist etswg not procure from the Spahlarch any article witateter l'hu the, can pay for immediately in dolly's; but the Por iligieseuPFlY 0 8 at once with every thing the country aiforde, l efts tete midestly to our honour and good faith for parzteit." . NAVAL INTELLIGEW. FALMOUTH, MARCH sc. Arrived, the Rose, JOLLY, from Gibraltar, in 16 days. Sailed his Majesty's ships IPIIIGEWIE and FLR vENT, on a cruize, and the following packets, with mails: Lady Arabella, ani Duke of Clarence, for Lisbon ; Fox, for the West Indies ; Eliza, for Cadiz ; and the Princess Charlotte, for Gibraltar and Malta.—• Wind N.E. fine breezes. • The sloop Peter and Hanna DAWSON, which sailed from hence on the 19th inst. with passengers for Plymouth, was totally lost the same day, near Fowey ; fortunately no lives were lost. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 26. C.►me in the NORTHUMBERLAND man of War, from a cruise ; and the American ship Hotspur, Nowell. Master, from Baltimore for Bourdeaux, detained by his Majesty's ship ANDROMACHE. Arrived the Serapis store-ship, from Portsmouth, bound to Gibraltar. Sailed his. Majesty's ship SCEPTRE, on a cruise. 6 _ The MARINER gun-brig is appointed convoy to the Downs. The ALERT sloop of war, with the New foundland convoy, still remain, and it is supposed will do until the L'Orient squadron arc heard further of. Several line-of-battle-ships passed down Channel this morning. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27. Arrived the ROLLA with a convoy from the Downs, and the NYADEN frigate from Plymouth. Sailed the BOYNE man of war for Plymouth.—Wind S.E. at erg 'ge a a we ac. ick Pre • DEAL, MARCH 27. Sailed again this morning the BELLEROPHON, BEL. LONA, BEDFORD, DIiFIANCE t. and EGMONT, for off the Texel.—Mind S.S.E. ORFORD, MARCH 27. Ten, A. M.--This morning three ships, supposed to be Greenlandmen, struck upon the Ship-wash; two 9f them are sunk between the Ship-wash and the Whiting Sand, the•other is still riding, but appears to be full of water, and has only her foremast and bowsprit standing ; her boats are now leaving her, end it is expected all hands will be safe, as several smacks are about the wrecks. _ _ Another letter of the same sate, confirms, that the ships are the Greenlandmen that left Leigh Roads yesterday morning . ; and further mentions, that the crews of the two that.are sunk were taken out by a light collier, and it is supposed they will be landed at Yarmouth. Such part of the wrecks as may be saved, it is supposed will be carried into Harwich. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 26: The Levant, SMITII, hence at Rio Janeiro ; the Liberty, SUDDEN, from hence at ditto ; the Hazard, ANDERSON, from Clyde at ditto ; The Hero, -, from St. Mary's, at Plymouth, bound for Chatham. The Bonito, SCALLION, from and for Dublin, is on shore on Dallas Sands, Anglesea, part of the cargo 'is expected to be saved, but it is doubtful whether the vessel will be got off. The Comet, of Whitehaven, from hence for Whitehaven, is on shore near Red. wharf, and likely to be got off, crew saved. The Trinidad, M'GowEN, from Clyde at Trinidad; the Benson, SPENSER, from ditto to ditto ; the James, POSTLRTHWAIT ; and Aid, REDMAYNE I -from Ports mouth at Barbadoes, on the 6th February, with con voy in 29 days, all well. The Betsey, SLADE, from hence for Plymouth, sailed front Penzance on Thurs day, and is reported to have foundered near Port leven. The Madina, SLADER, from Lisbon, to London, was taken the 28th tilt. and carried into Morlair. The Blackbird, LUND ; the Endeavour, —; the Thames;— ; the Cumberland,' LAING ; the John and Mary, &Orr ; and the Salus, —, were driven on shore near Shields, between the 21st and 23d inst. and it is reported that sixteen other vessels are on shore between the Tees and Tyne. . • I The Nancy, GRAY, from the Tay to London, is . on shore in Dunbar Bay ; cargo landed ; and it is expected that the vessel will be got off without much damage. • The Fair Play, Lowe, from Ramsgate to London, run on a rock at the entrance of Ramsgate harbour, yesterday, but was expected to be got off the follow ing tide. The Harmony, CLMIANE, from London to Leith was driven on shore the 21st inst. off Burnt island, but was got of on Monday. - An unfortunate accident took place at Sheerness, on Thursday afternoon. About halt pa.t four, as the launch belonging to his Majesty's ship Raison able was proceeding from that vessel with a draft of vnen, to the Namur (flag ship) at the Great Nore, she ran foul of the Martial gull brig, and almost im mediately sunk. It is supposed that there were near eighty persons in the launch, of whom it is reported only thirty-five were saved. The confusion that en sued on the vessels coming in contact, is represented as having been principally the cause of so many lives being lost. One of the shiptvrights' boats belonging to the bode-yard rendered alt possible assistance, and every exertion was also afforded by the boats of the different ships. Two women Were in the launch, and were both saved. It is reported a Sub-Lieute: nant is among the number of the unfortunate sufferers. The remains of the late Mr. Holt/re Too are not yet interred ; for, we are informed, that ceremony is to take place on Monday nest, in the family vault at Ealing, and not, as once intended, in the vault pre pared some time ago in his garden. A General Meeting of the Roman Catholics of the County and City of Waterford, took place on Tuesdays the 17th instant. •An Address to the Panics kroart, and Petitions to both Muse of Parliament, ewe ma nitnously voted. The Meeting also unanimously re solved, not to •support any Candidate who should l oot support the Catholic Emaucipation ?kW, oP Tilt mlrtmrclum RIOTERS. NOTTINGHAM, MARCH is. Trillion Banter. one of the most respectable men in Basford, was arraigned on suspicion of conniving at the breaking of three frames in his workshop, on the 26th of January, IRI2, belonging to Messrs. Haddens, hositrs, in this town. Mr. Bodill, constable, stated, that he took an order from Mr. Hadden to the prisoner, on the day named in the indictment, directing him to deliver up to such Constable the three frames belonging to Messrs. Haddens the next day; but it was thought necessary to plant two of the Berkshire Militia in the house, to protect them during the night from the violence of the Luddites. Accordingly, the witness took two soldiers with him to the house, and when he gave the prisoner the order, he said, " GOD ALMIGHTY d—n the Hosiers, they are a pack of damned scoundrels altogether ;" wished the soldiers to be taken away, and would not suffer any of his family to fetch them any refreshment. Henry Huggins, a soldier, deposed that he was placed in the prisoner's house, for the purpose above specified ; that the prisoner went out in fifteen minutes, after the admittance of himself and comrade, to fetch his daughter, for fear she should be frightened when the came at the sight of soldiers in the house. on whose account he seemed very uneasy. He described the prisoner as going out and in several times; and at length he entered in silence with eighteen or twenty persons at his back, in disguise, who immediately se cured the soldiers and their arms—threatened them with irstant death if they made any resistance, and sent the prisoner up stairs while they demolished the frames belonging to Messrs. Haddens. The soldier described onp person as a gentleman, who seemed to have the command of the rest, and who said to the men," Ned, do your duty, or you shall not be paid." Witness further stated, that the frame-breakers re mained in the house eighteen or twenty minutes ; and that when they went away, the prisoner came down stairs, and exclaimed, " Oh, dear me ! this will be laid upon me ! these frames would not have been broken, if the Constable had not come here." Witness went on to state, that the prisoner stated himself, dur ing their conversaticai, to have been forced into his own house by two men, each with a pistol at his head, threatening, in a low tone of voice, instant death if he created the least alarm ; that a table was brokea in the house, and three frames in the shop, while three remained unbroken ; and asserted most distinctly, that he did not fall asleep before the frame-breakers entered the house. Thomas Osbcrne, the other soldier, who had been present during the last witness's examination, con firmed, in a hesitating manner, what his cetnrade had stated ; admitted how much he was. alarmed while the frame-breakers held their pistnls to his breast; that he had not slept before they enterectthe house ; and that they gave him and his comrade their arms back when they had completed their ws.rk ' spoilation. After Mr. Alexander Hadden had proved the de. ' molished frames to belt ng to the firm of Alexandtr, John, and George Hadden, and that he had sent an order to the prisoner to deliver up the said frames, as stated by the witness Bodill, Barnes was called upon for his defence, when he declared his - innocence in the most solemn manner ; that, so far from his having acted in the outrageous manner as stated by the wit ness Bodill, that he had not sworn an oath during the last seven years; that he thought it hard work ' for Mr. Hadden to send for his frames at so short a notice, as it was not only contrary to established' custom, but that he had worked for him ten years, without ever an angry word having passed between them. He further stated, that if the soldiers had not slept before the entrance of the frame•breakers, that they had done something very much like it, for that he saw them hanging down their heads, and heard them snore; and that when he awoke them, they ex-' claimed bitterly against the Hosiers, for being the cause of having such hard duty imposed upon them, and that it would be better to use violence to their persons than their frames. - Mr. Hadden voluntarily rose up and confirmed the' testimony of Barnes respecting the length of time he had worked for him, and the purity of his character; after which, Robert Elliott, a neighbour of the prisoner's, de posed, that he was in conversation with him at half past six in the evening, the frames were broken, and that he had not parted with him athis (the prisoner's) own door many minutes before he saw the frame breakers enter his house, and heard the hammers go in the shop. • Several highly respectable persons were ready to speak to the character of the prisoner, but the Judge thought their testimonies unnecessary ; and after an impartial address to the Jury, they re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. Thursday morning, notwithstanding the Court was opened a 6 o'clock, yet it was crowded to excess, by persons of every rank in the town, desirous of hearing the trial of John Ingham, who, at the suit of the Crown, had been removed from the town gaol by a writ of Habeas Corpus. Mr. Selby bring sworn, he stated himself to hc foreman t 4 the house of William Nunn and Co. in Nottingham, who he said were proprietors of a silk lace manufacture, and a cotton lace manufacture ; that the prisoner had served under him in the capacity of a general warehouseman ; that he had frequently seen him write invoices, or ders, and general bodk accounts ; but did not remem. ber to have seen him write more than one Iftter, and that was fifteen or sixteen months ago. On being shewn two letters, subscribed Ned Ludd and Co." from New Radford, and directed to Wm. Nunn and Co. Park -street, Nottingham, the one being dated the 20th and the other the 801 of November, 1811, and brought from Nottingham post-office, by Oilling, the general servant of the house ; he stated it as his belief, that they were written by the prisoner at the bar, to whom he gave an excellent character but would not take upon himself to wear positively that they were his hand-writing, because they appeared to be written in a disguised band. On being asked why he believed ;hem to be written by the prisootr, he answered, from the general conformation of the characters % and from the general expression of the letter. He stated that he was about three months in the same warehouse with Ingham. The letters were then read by the Clerk of the Court, but ftom his extreme bad expression, it wail 4impossible to collect any thingfronrhi m , except t h e i r senuna impost s which was, that Mr. Nom bad long : • r beta in the habit of 'imposing upon his workmen, Itr eh m '*r ding Ms lace pieces to be made longer than the rest of the lace manufacturers ; that though he had been put to the rack, which regulated the length of the pieces, yet that was was nor a sufficient atonement for past offences. Nor would Ned Ludi and Co. be con- Aented, except he published a clear statement of his intentions to the world; that without this was done, fifty c.fhis frames should be destroyed, his premises 'should be burnt, himself, and Clark, (his talrei-in) who was accused of being the principal instigator and. instrument of his oppressions, should be made persenal examples of. One of these letters further declared, 0s that atonement shall be had, aton e me nt w hi c h will l enake hrunan nature shudder!" The Juntrethen asked do you think thete is any doubt of any other person having wrote them ? To which he answered, " I will not swear they are Ingham's hand-writing." Mr. Selby was then asked, if the length of Mr. Nunn's pieces had been generally complained of, to which he replied, they had and that he himself had, through his recommendation, caused the rack to be applied, I to prevent such complaints in future. Rupert Renshaw, another warehouseman of Mr. Nunn's, was then shewn the letters; and he stated upon oath, that they were in the prisoner's hand writing ; that his knowledge of such hand-writing arose from having seen the prisoner write invoices, orders, and general book accounts. Q. Have you not a person in your %rehouse of the naive of Flannagan ?—A. Y. s. Where is he ?—From home,Sir ; he is gone to see his friends. Was he not served with a suhpatia l—Nut that I know of. Was he not served with a form of one ?—Yes; bin it was Set properly 61kd up. Do you know who sent him that subiana, the prosecutor Se the prisoner?-1 do nut. Were not applications frequently made to see him ?—Yes.. Who answered the person who applied?-1 cIIJ. sorueumell. Did you know the person ?—No. When did Flannagan leave town !—Yerterday morning. How old is this Flannagan?—He is upwards of twenty. He is under your orden 4 I suppose I—Yes. 'fell me, who sent him out of the way ?—=l cl;th AVhat d id you send him out of the way tor, Sir?—On business which 1 could not transact rural • Here the Judge shook his head, and, emphitically, said, 0 I do no, like it." Mr. CLARKE then disclaimed any knowledge on the part of the Crown of this unfair proceeding ; and, at the suggestion of the Judge, offered so put off the trial till the next Assizes, and hberate the prisoner on bail. The prisoner, however, refused the proffered favour, andthe trial went on, when he was acquitted. . DIARY, MARCH la. At this place, as well as at Nottingham, the Assizes were never attended by greater crowds of persons of every rank, nor were ever listened to with greater in wrest. And we here congratulate the county of Derby on the breatiog up of one of the most fornii dable and dangerous gangs ti nightly depredators that has infected England for many years ; a gang farmed and directed in their operations by a charac ter worthy to be rar,Led with Jonathan V. of the name of is hn EngLini, who resided at a Buie stone house, the first on the right hand on entrance into Derby from the Nottingham road. It is *otthy of remark, that this gang was wholly mule up of de serters, with the exception at England, who, as tl brewer, labourer, and petty buksum. used every pos• sible art to keep up the shadow ut reputation, for the purpose of finding a cover for the rest. He never went out himself with his comrades to plunder, bat always pointed out the object for theit depredations; and his concubine (the wife of a person of the name of Matthew Bush, of Wessington, in Derbyshire; whd • was principal witness against one of the depredators in these important trials, and who was attempted td be seized as a deserter as he entered the hall,) prove• ded them with caps, masks, and otter things neces sary to form a proper disguise. For these aids he used to have a share of the plunder I bat at length he outwitted himself. Friday morning three of these depredators Jaw Tomlinson, Aram! Cook, and Jobs Eyland were put to the bar, charged with entering a dwelling-house, at midnight, on the 23d of December, and robbing Mr. Samuel Hunt, at Ocbrock Mill, in she county of Derby, of thirty-five one pound notes,,and *Arend other articles. The evidence being dear against therh, the prim. ners were found Guilty. Cook and Tomlinson were then convicted on another indictment, of the robbery `of the house of Mr. Brenoseal, at Lock-grange. Samuel Sdlert and William :Ehart, charged with frame-breaking, within the precincts of Swanwick, is Derbyshire, were brought to the bar ; and Samuel Hill, fiame-work knitter, who resides at Swanwick Delve, deposed, that he knew the prisoners ;--and that an the 9th of December, some persons posed by ibis house, when one of them said to him—a We shall come again soon ;" that he met a man disguised soon after ; that he sat up till half past two to the morning, when he went to bed, thinking all was safe for that night ; that his wife - said, (he being hard. of hearing) they ate breaking two fraMes ; got up and opened the door half-char, to peep ; went out and saw two men with guns in their hands ; said, " you are all neighbours, and break the frames and be d—d !" He then stated that he found three frames upon the common. On his cross-examinadoo, he said that be could not tell how the men were dressed nor did he know whether their faces were black. Ann Jackson, sister to the witness, deposed, that she resides in a small house adjoining to her brother's work-shop, the window in the sleeping room of which is nailed up with barrel lags, through one of which is a bung-hole, which, to keep out the cold, is stuffed up with rags. She was alarmed about three in the mor ning alluded to, and said to the man who lodged with her, a are they breaking c i n d ers i n t h e road - to soon ? She then pulled the rags out of the bung hole, and peept, when she exclaimed, « Oh Lord I I wish I had not looked I" to which tier lodger re• plied, a ptithee what's the matter ?" why, I know them all !" held thy tongue, (replied the lodger) or we shall all-be hanged She then went co to state, she saw three men, two of whom, with black faces, were breaking it frame with hammers is the roid, and one standing on the causeway with candle and 'authors to light them. Knew that the prisoner Elliott and George Bacon were them men who broke the frame, and that Sellers, the Other pti soner, was the man who held the ligie r rwag quite sure It were the • . Several Witittnel deposed, thar Awn . ssckson was be believed upon her oath and both the pri. bad nod* escellent • eharastets given . tbanu—• Zits lu4 foisaid itai u—Nat