Star. — London, England, 1820-01-27 00:00:00

THE LATE 1Y E OF KENT. No doubt whatever exists, that the premature 'le ' cease of his Royal Highness originated in a severe cold, occasioned by sitting in wet boots, after a walk in the environs of Sidmouth, during the late thaw. ' His Royal Highness would not take any thing during his illness, but from the hands of his Royal Consort, for whom he was heard to pray in his last moments. His Royal Highness repeated continually, " I am quite prepared." The attentionb of his Royal Con- ', sort to her illustrious husband, are above all praise. In her arms he breathed his last ! As a token of re er t for the death of his Royal Highness, all the shops at Kensington, without exception, have been shut up, imparting to the town a truly melancholy appearance. "il:e arrangements for the funeral of the lamented Dake were not completed last evening. Messrs.RAL- Lt y and SANDERS, the PRINCE REGENT'S Cabinet makers and Upholsterers, are to conduct it. It is sup that, on account of the great distance of Sid !mouth from London, the horses and carriages to form :he Procession will be about a fortnight on the road, in ! ? iili; from the Metropolis and returning to Windsor. flow uricei Lain is human life ! Is it not like a of lightning ? Hardly has a fortnight elapsed since we saw the illustrious deceased in all the vigour of health ; and little did we imagine then, that the inevitable and common destiny of man would over take him so suddenly. But no rank—no fortune—no skill, can afford protection against disease or death. This unexpected stroke is an awful instance of the instability of human things, and excites in our mind feelings of the most painful and afflicting nature. Gut, though suddenly snatched from his country, she •all revere and cherish his memory. Long will the itopti Duke be embalmed in the hearts of Britons.— Theugh dead, he will speak by the influence of eAamplc; and the remembrance of his virtues—his , errices—his philanthropy—his zeal for the educa tion of the poor—and his love of freedom, will be transmitted to posterity, and will excite a noble emulation to distant ages ! Yesterday, the Dukes of YORK and CLARENCE visited the PRINoz REGENT, at Carlton. House, where the inquiries were as numerous as on the preceding day. Among the inquirers have been the PERSIAN AMBASSADOR, and M. MORIER, his Secretary, with the other Ambassadors, Ministers, the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, Mr. Justice PARK, Mr. Justice BEST, With great numbers of Ladies. Most of them drove their carriages into the court-yard of Carlton-House. Numbers of them also left their names at York: House, Clarence-House, and Marlborough-House. His Royal Highness the .Duke of YORK leaves town to-morrow morning, for Windsor-Castle. It is said, arid we shall be glad to see it confirmed, that Lieutenant-General WETHERALL, Comptroller the Household of his late Royal Highness the' Duke of KENT, will be considered in the arrange• meuts.consequent to the decease of his much lamented master. This meritorious Officer was many years Colonel of the late Nova Scotia Fencibles, and has ieen without a Regiment since that Corps was dis ..3anded. DEATH OF THE EARL OF SUFFOLK. Sunday, died at his seat at Charleton-house, in the County of Wilts, JOHN HOWARD, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshiie, Viscount Andover, and Baron Howard of Charleton, a General in the .Army, Colonel of the .4th Regiment of Foot, Governor of Londonderry Culmore Forts, in Ireland. His Lordship *as n the 81st year of his age, having been born the 7th )t March, 1739. He succeeded the late Earl in 1783, and married, in 1774, JULIA, daughter of JOHN GAsLauru, in the County of Cumberland, Esq. by whom he has left issue THOMAS Viscount Andover, born in 1776, now Earl of Suffolk, and one daughter, Lady CATHERINE HOWARD. THE LATE LORD SOMERTILLE's WILL. The Will and Codicil of the late Lord SOMER VILLE was proved in the Prerogative Court, Doc tors' Commons, on the 19th instant, by WILLIAM WINGFIELD, Esq. one of the Executors. The Rev. (;EOHDE THEVELYAN, Clerk, and JOHN RIDDELL, Esq. are the other Executors, but have not joined in the probate. The personal estate is sworn under the sum of ten thousand pounds. The Testator has devised the whole of his real es tates to his own male issue; and in default thereof, to his half-brother, MARK SOMERVILLE, and his issue male, with like remainder to his other half-brothers, KENIILM SOMERVILLE and WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, and their male issue. In default thereof, to the heirs male of the body of the person who first had the title, honour, and Peerage of Lord SOMERVILLE, to lihich he, the Testator, succeeded by lineal descent ; and failing such issue to the heirs general of his said half-brothers, &c. Power is given to the Trustees to make sale of any part of the real estate in aid of the personal for fulfilling the previsions of the Will, if necessary, except with respect to the estate at Aston Somerville, in the county of Gloucester. The co• I.pyhold and customary estates are left to the heirs Inale of the Testator's 'late father, the Hon. Hoeft SomEtivrt.Le, deceased : in default thereof, to his heirs general, with remainder to his own right heirs tin. ever. The principal pecuniary legacies are to the Testator's half-brothers and sisters, and to some natural children; liberal provision is also made for domestics. The before-mentioned half-brothers are !he residuary legatees. The Will is dated the 22d of September, 1813—the Codicil on the 16th of kcember, 1815. Monday, as Capt. Wx. Canso's, of the brig Two 19 others, lying at Vtlitehaven, was stepping from a ~,i p to the North Wall. his foot slipped, he fell into i ..c we, and was drowned. AV A V A LVT I % , LLIa g, The following correspondence has been received at LLOYD'S, this morning, from Cork : " Cork, January 20, 1120. " Sta—As the prevailing winds, for the last four or five weeks, must have tended to keep out all vessels coming from the west ward, bound up the English and Irish Channels, we, as the Agents to I,torp's, take the liberty of suggesting to you the ex pediency of sending out any small craft at present in harbour, with supplies of water and provisions, for the relief of any ves sels that may be met, standing in need of such supplies. " We have the honour to be, &e. - (Signed) " DANIEL CALLAGHAN and SON& " Vice-Admiral Sir Jodas Rowley, But. &c. &c. Cove." •` Spencer, in Cork Harbour, Jan. 21, 1820. " GENTLMEN—In return to your letter of yesterday's date, Ibe leave to acquaint you, that it was my intention to adopt such measures as are Within my power, to relieve the distreili likely to be experienced by the homeward-bound trade, from being kept at sea by the prevalence of Easterly winds; and that I have, in the mean time, ordered his Majesty's ships Do lman. and TRIPUNK, to proceed and cruise fur the purpose of aff.m ding assistance to such of the above trade as they may fall in with, in need of provisions and water. " I have the honour to be, gtc. (Signed) " JOS. ROWLEY, Rear-Admiral. " Messrs. D. Callaghan and Sons, Cork." The ship Indus, of Salem, from Canton for Cowes, out 190 days, was spoken with on the 21st instant. All hands were ill of the scurvy : abe bore up for Cork. The Mary, ICarEanz, from Bengal, is arrived off Penzance. FAuroung, JAL 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Minerva, Tarcoa, from Belfast, bound to Lisbon, with loss of bulwarks and staunchions. Porrarassuan, JA.r. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Redlap, STEER from Alicant. Sailed the Caledonia, Roseau ; Forti tude, irfORTS; and Speedwell, CROIMIL, for L ondon. DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind S.W.—Passed through the Downs yesterday, the American brig Ventros, Annrs, from Charleston for Antwerp, out 54 days. Arrived and sailed for the River, the New Braganza, CORNER!, from Smyrna.—Five o'clock.— Several hips are turning down, particulars unknown. 1 Lumina, JAN. 26.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the Prince of Orange packet, for I lolland ; and Castlereagh packet, fur Cux haven, both with Mails. BRISTOL, JAN. 26.—The John, CAstraaLt., from Prince Ed ward's Island, was driven on shore the 20th instant, in a heavy gale, on the west side of St. Martin's, Scilly, and it was feared would be lost—crew saved. GREENOCK, JANUARY 24.—The sloop George and Jenny, of this port, from Limerick, is on shore at Southport: the crew are saved, and the vessel is expected to be got off. hlauvrosx,Jsx. 24.—The Union, newsy; sailed from this port on the 18th instant, and on the 19th was lust on the Isle of friag..t. The crew are saved, but two passengers are drowned. LONDONDERRY, JAN. :::?..—The Spartan, from St. John's, New Brunswick, is on shore near the entrance of this harbour. BALLANTRAE, Jas. 19.—A fine vessel, of 87 tons register, schooner rigged, named the Merton-Hall, of Workington, (in ballast) ‘VILLIAM PATRICKSON master, was this morning, about two o'clock, driven on a low fiat rock in the back port of Bal lantrae, about 200 yards north of the small harbour, but happily no lives were lost. She sailed from Ballast for Ayr on Mon day last, but the wind on Tuesday being quite a-head, she at last made for Lochryan, and the morning being very dark, and the snow drifting furiously, she got upon the rock, and in a short time had five feet water in the hold : at day-light she was found to have her back broken and her rudder torn off, and, consider ing the season of the year, and her present situation, there is lit tle hope to be entertained of getting her off. In consequence of the opening of the navigation, several colliers have arrived in the Pool this mornings. We understand that the Lords of the Treasury have given directions to allow Mechanics, Artificers, &c. to emigrate from Great Britain to any country, and in any ship. The law formerly prevented trades men from leaving the Kingdom. An actual improvement in trade generally, with an advance in price on some articles of foreign im port, has taken place in Belfast ; and there is ev.ry confidence ofa continuance, with an increased demand, By a vessel from Buenos Ayres direct, advices have beea received to the 12th of October. At that period-. the alarm on the subject of the Expedition from Cadiz had attained its greatest height. Their ac-1 counts from Gibraltar reached only to the 2d of August, a few days before the appearance of the fever, when the preparations were in their most com plete state. No accommodation had been entered into with ARTIGAS ; and as he made it an absolute II condition, that Buenos Ayres should join him in a war against the Portuguese, there was little chance of a good understanding. Plunder having latterly been scarce in the territory of ARTIOAS, some of his freebooters had crossed the river, and were infesting the high roads leading to Cordova and Mendoza. They had lately interrupted eleven travellers, some 'I of them persons of note, and would probably exact from them a large sum by way of ransom. • By intelligence from Santiago it was ascertained that Lord Coctinaues squadron sailed from Val paraiso on the llth September : it consisted of the following ships :—O'Higgins (Lord COCHRANE), 50 guns, San Martin, 64, Lautaro, 42, Independeacia, 32, Chacabuco, 20, Galvarino, 18, Araucano, 14, Pueyrredon, 10, and the Montezuma, with two fire- I ships. The object of the sqiiadron is to burn the I Spanish vessels in Callao. They had on board 420 Congreve-rockets, and, besides many foreign Officers, about 4.50 troops drawn from several corps of the army. They had orders also to bear up for Coquimbo, to take on beard 800 additional troops. An embargo was laid at Valparaiso on the 14th August, and still continued. No tidings had been received concerning the ships of war that sailed from Cadiz for Lima. An extensive plan for committing forgeries upon the Bengal Bank, bias been discovered, and the of fenders were all in custody. It appears the associ ation consisted of six natives, three of whom had di rected their talents to the engraving part of the business ; two ethers managed the copper-plate press ; and the sixth, a podia, disposed of the forged notes at such rates as would ensure a speedy sale. They were detected before many of their forged notes had got into circulation. MONTROSE, JANUARY 21.—0 n the morning of Friday, the 31st ult. ADAM kiREIG, an imbecile in offensive pauper belonging to this town, left it and wandered to the north. When night came on, he made several unsuccessful applications to obtain shel ter; and, on reaching Harvieston, he attempted to ' gain admittance into a stable, where - he accidentally broke a pane of glass. On this being discovered, he was rudely driven away by six men, who beat the poor mendicant with sticks and other weapons, in such an inhuman manner, that, after languishing fourteen days, he expired, in consequence of the barbarous treatment he received. Three of the per petratorsof this citme have absconded. LAW Ni•ELLIGEhiciE. COURT 00 CHANCERY; JANUARY 26. The Court was occupied the whole of the day in hearing further arguments in the case of the Mar quis of Townshend v. the Bishop of Norwich, r - - lasing to church livings in the gift of the testator. --Mr. WETHERELL was heard for upwards of three hours, and was/followed by junior Counsel. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Messrs. HART, SIIADWELL, &c. have yet to be heard. The CHANCELLOR rose at half-past three. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 25. BLASPHEMY AND SEDITION. This morning, pursuant to the notice of Mr. LIT TLEDALE, given yesterday, several defendants were brought up to plead to informations filed against them, for publishing and vending different libels pub lished in the works of Mr. Carlile. On their Lord ships entering the Court, and taking their seats on the Bench, the LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE addressed Mr. DEALTRY, the Clerk of the Crown-office, in the man ner following : The LORD CutEr-JUSTICE.—" I understand, Mr. Dealtry, that, there are several persons here to plead to criminal informations filed against them. We will take their cases first." THE KING V. WILLIAM FRANCIS. The defendant, who is a news-vender in the Bo rough, was now called; and, as he had been furnished previously with a copy of the information filed against him, he was asked- whether he wished the original record to be now read? The Defendant.—Certainly. Mr.D EA L TRY now read the information. It charged the defendant with publishing ascertain seditious and inflammatory libel, being, in fact, the Letter of Car lile on his return from Manchester, after the 16th of August last, to Lord Sidmouth. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty; and received notice that his trial would take place at the next Assizes for Surrey. JAN. 26.—THE KING V. J. A. HORROR, ESQ. It will be recollected, that in last Term a Rule to shew cause why a criminal information should not, be filed, was obtained at the instance of Charles Pearson, Gent. an attorney of this Court, against the defendant, a Magistrate of the County of Lancaster, acting for the Warrington division, for corruptly refusing, as was alleged, to take the depositions of certain witnesses, against a member of the Manches ter Yeomanry, charged with feloniously cutting and maiming the accusers, after the transactions which occurred at Manchester on the 16th day of August.' , The circumstances of the case were then fully dis cussed, and reported in this Paper; and the Court having taken time to consider of their judgment, The CHIEF JUSTICE, at the sitting of the Court this morning, read the written opinion of the Court. —Much encomium was passed upon the Magis tracy of the whole kingdom, for their integrity and learning, and the defendant was described as a Gentleman entitled to his share of the eulogium. On the other hand, the'conduct of Mr. Pearson, the solicitor, was condemned, in his having used the language of peremptory demand and menace, in requiring the defendant to discharge his Magisterial duties. His Lordship declared it to be the opinion of the Court, that an attorney had no right to act in the manner suggested to have been that cf Mr. Pear son, in having remonstrated with the defendant— that an attorney had no right to be present in the Justice-room of a Magistrate—that his being al lowed to be present was mere matter of courtesy— and that, at all events, he was not to be permitted to comment upon the conduct of a Justice. The threats held out to the defendant were such, to which he, as an honourable man, ought not to submit; and the Court could not forbear expressing 'Their disap probation of the language imputed to Mr. Pearson. On the whole, the Court, being of opinion that nothing like a corrupt motive being imputable to the defendant, and that under the critical and delicate circumstances in which he was placed, he had acted with correctness, the result was, that there was no pretence for a criminal information, and consequently that the Rule must be discharged with costs. THE KING V. PARKINS AND OTHERS. This case, which, it will be recollected, is a Rule xisi for a criminal information against the defend ants, for an alleged interruption of the proceedings at the last Election for a Lord Mayor, at Guildhall, stood in the peremptory paper for argument this clay, and The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for the Crown having applied to the Court to fix a day for the argumont, in consequence of the voluminous affidavits on both sides, and Counsel being separately employed for each defendant, The COURT was of opinion, that in the present state of the business of the Court, the case must come on in its turn. Mr. H. Hunt was present, and warmly objected to any postponement, disclaiming, on his part, any connection with the other defendants. Mr. Alderman Waithman, M.P. one of the de fendants, was also in Court, but eventually the case was not called on, as the other business occupied the Court until its rising at four o'clock. TILE ICING V. HUNT, JOHNSON, AND OTHERS. Mr. CHITTY was asked whether he was prepared to resume his motion made yesterday in this case? but answering that he was not yet furnished with the necessary aflidavits, the case stood over. THE KING 'V. WEDDERBURNE. On the motion of Mr. LITTLEDALE, this defend ant was brought up to plead to an indictment, charging him with uttering cell ain blasphemous ex pressions at a chapel in Berwick -street, Soho, wherein he was a preacher, tending to impugn the Christian Religion. The indictment contained seven counts. The defendant being called upon for his plea said, he was a foreigner, and admitting that some of the words imputed to him, had been uttered by him, de sired to know, whether, if he could prove on his trial that the Bible contained lies, he should be ex empted from criminal liability? The COURT said they could answer no such ques tion. He was only now called upon to plead. The defendant said, that in pursuance of the ad. •ice he had received, he should plead Not Guilty, which he did accordingly, and received notice that I. he would be tried at the Sittings atm his pre sent Term. - CONSISTORY COURT, JANUARY CORFIELD V. CORNELD. This was a suit for restitution of conjugal rights, by the wife of a respectabl e S o li c i tor , carry i ng ol I business at the East end, and residing at the West end of the town. The wife, it appeared, shortly after their voluntary separation, was delivered of g rna'e child, of which the husband disputed the legitirnacN, having previously put in a negative plea ger-2ral'y, as to the fact of the marriage. It was now alleged on 'the part of the husband, that this plea had been put in merely for delay, in order to give time for negotiating compromise; but that now he admi:ted the marriage. Dr. LUSOINGTON observed, the mode of defence resorted to in this case was quite unjustifiable, as it went to deprive the wife of alimony, she having re ceived only £lOO since the suit commenced ; and the Bishop of Carlisle, who performed the ceremony, being about to be examined, the object was to pre vent and shut out this evidence. The Court gave leave to examine the Bishop. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JANUARY 26. Captain Birmingham was opposed by Mrs. Tilsoo, on the ground that he had promised to assign over to her his half-pay, when she Faye him credit for a quantity of millinery for his wife, and other articles for his own out-fit to Jamaica. It appeared that this Gentleman, who had origi nally been in the British service, had gone out to Jamaica to join M'Gregor's expedition, with which he proceeded to Porto Bello, where, in the general disaster that ensued, he lost all his effects. The proof of his having obtained credit by undue means, was held insufficient by the Court, and he was discharged. The Earl of ROCKSAVAGE left Cholmondeley house yesterday, for Bath. The Earl and Countess of WALDIORAVE are re turned to the Pulteney-hotel, Piccadilly, from thti seat at Twickenham. Lady ST. JOHN is arrived at her house in Glou cester-place, from Melchbourn Park, Bedfordshire. Sir Wm. ASHY, Bart. is arrived at his house in Hill -street, Berkeley-square, from a tour. BONAPARTE.—October 28, off St. Helena, the Tar. tar was brought to by a frigate and a brig in com pany, and informed that NAPOLEON was in good health.—Boston Reporter, December 20. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.--The new Musical Drama of the Antiquary was repeated last night, with, if possible, increased success ; and promises to become a lasting favourite. The scenery and ma chinery are unquestionably superior to any thing of the kind that has for a long time been witnessed. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last - night Mr. KEAN again made his appearance as Coriolnnus, and sus tained the arduous character with increased energy and effect. FIRE.--This morning, soon after five, a fire broke out in the dwelling-house of Mr. Fowfaca, well known by the name of China Hall, on the Lower Deptforc Road, which in a short time communicated to his extensive Silk Mills, the whole of which, with a large quantity of silk, were totally consumed. Ha2pily, no lives were lost. It appears by the returns of the Coroner of Man chester, that thirty-nine children have lost their live within the last three months, in that town and neigh bourhood, by being burnt, chiefly during the neces sary absence of their parents, at work. Five women have also shared the same melancholy fate. On Saturday last, Robert Braddle, of Bury, wa convicted before TIIONIAS CLAY, Esq. Aldernun, the penalty of £205, for buying 26 pheasants, 13 partridges, and two hare-. A new and commodious Gaol and House of Cor rection has just been finished at Saffron Walden, and the old Markettross and Gaol have been removed. Four thousand eight hundred and eighty-five quartern loaves, and twelve-hundred and thirty-nine bushels of coals, were distributed, on Saturday last, to the Poor of Canterbury, as the second distribution of the fund raised in that city for their relief. Two caverns were discovered, last week, at Graves end, by the sinking of the earth. ,These excavations are most probably ancient chalk-pits, of Roman ori gin. On the south side of one ef them are the re mains of a flint arch, about two feet wide, leading into the other. The mail-coach from London to Manchester was impeded s• much on Thursday last, between Ash burne and Macclesfield, by the snow, that the guard, with the bags on horseback, was obliged to cross hedges, and make his way as he c•uld. Since Tuesday last, the towns of Bradford and Trowbridge have been so completely flooded by the thaw, that in some parts the inhabitants are obliged to be removed to and from their houses in carts. EXTRAORDINARY Grrosx.!—On the evening of t h e 2d instant, as the person who has the care of the clock in St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, was proceed ing to wind it up, he was informed by the sexton's wife, that there was a most frightful ghost in the church, and she cautioned him to take care of himself. Thinking there was some trick laid for: him, he took the precaution to lock the door on going i.r , to pre vent any person from following him. Having wound up the clock, he was returning through the aisle, when the noise of footsteps suddenly struck his ear; on turning round to learn the cause, what must have been his astonishment, on seeing a female figure, with haggard countenance, staring eyes, and long black dishevelled hair, following close behind him, and muttering something incoherently as she advanced. Struck with terror at the sight of this extraordinary appearance, he stood motionless for some time, and then recoiled some paces towards the door; the spectre followed, and struck him on the face with a string of beads, which she held in her hands, and, in a shrill tone, exclaimed, Will 'no person release me from those fiery dragons that are continually tot menting me!'' He now, assuming courage, rushed forward en the ghost, and seizing her by the arm, soon di:covered that she difflered very much from those apratiCons commonly seen, by being neither able to elncie the grasp of ker an tagonist, nor vanish from his sight. The screams which now ensued brought the sexton to the spot, when it was discovered that this frightful spectre was nothing more than a poor maniac who had been shut up in the church after Divine Service, unknown to the sexton. ~. . 11 i h r ~! ,~F . i