Star. — London, England, 1808-09-29 00:00:00

N.IIII7C.LL TELLIGENC E. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 26. ...Sailed this day the Duke of Kent packet, Coml . uoitru, with mails of the 20th inst. for Cadiz, Gibral tar, Malta, and Sicily ; and the Freeling packet, BELL, *for . Barbaducs, &c. with a mail of the ‘23cl instant.-- packets for Lisbon are to be immediately established. N mail is expected down in the course of the week. teveral passengers are now waiting here.—Arrived the rowdci;haMCastle, COOPER, from St. Michael's, a nHopewell, f rom Bristol.—Sailed the Anna, •• for"Foibay ; and the Bee, JONES, for Cardiff. ...:-Airired - and sailed for Portsmouth, the Pomona, estIGILL, and Newcastle, STROLD, transports, from h tt ii%l.—Wind NV. Ar • ••• • PI.YNIOVTH, srPT. 27. .tame in the Mary, Captain E. - minELL, from Tene fttir, with wine for this port ; Geruktighut, Captain Sat,;;:tr.ratu, from Stockhdm, with tar for this port. Sailed the C f uEnoNIA, of 110 guns, Admiral Lord • C.1)1131):R;t6 jOin'tlae Chinmel .fleet ; SURIN.%M, of 24 on:ascruize to the westward ; and l'Ana.e, of 51,kuns - , with a fiee.i.of victuallers for the squadron off :'Orient. • PORTS) fOrili, SEPT. 28. Artiveellis Majesty's ship I'onaaut•S, from Lisbon, stxiilvdistratcries;ind his Majesty's ship SCRINANI from /be. Westw;ardi.ind Sailed the fiainiltthl, GCNitorsi:, for Jamaica.— Arrived the l'iNcititt and I•L:tstt:a gun-brigs, from a cruize, and remain in the Don•ns with the ships as per I.tst.—Catne down from the River, the Boston, DLS• e.tx, for Cadiz. CHATHAM. SEPT. 26. The Qr:r.r. , !: is ordered to this port to he paid off; the RAmtua.s is come up to Long Reach, her hands are all to be put on hoard the DLtuscr:. The rig. gers are crdcrel to Newcastle to bring round the ,33t . csalAtts a new frigate, built there, of 38 guns. The Nayarlen, a very tine Danish frigate lying in this harbour, is ordered to bo sent round to Woolwich to be fitted for set. The Et:ttvAtt's has had her copper repaired, !well rcodled, and will be put out of dock the first day of the spring tides coming on. S}II , TE . NIBER 'The rilit.ovis sloop of war sailed on Monday for the Baltic, with Captain Horn, Captain of the fleet, on board.—The Aunts T, of 64 guns, and t:.e ;gun-brig, with the trade for Gottenburgh and Heli goland, sailed on Tuesday morning with a fine breeze. GREENOCK, SEPTEMBER 21:. Captain CitAwroun, of the Hercules, arrived at Ayre, on Tuesday last : off Carlingford, spoke the Jenny and Anfe, of Saltccgts, 35 days from Quebec, !Mind to Newry. DiM'AIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.. The Venerable and Superb, for the Itoßatton-, captured June 1601, will he paid at the Crown snd Cushion, Whichesttr-street London Wall, on the 19t,h and 30th of October, and recalled at No. 9, Austin friars, the second Wednesday in every month. Csaar, Superb, Venerable, Russell, Audacious, Warrior, *litt.:ftdrtee ' Spencer, Ileßona, Yompce, Thames, and Putters.ll, will paid and rehilled for the Charlotte, captured Autoln 21, 1801, at ' the same time and place as the above. The troops and vessels employed in the capture of Poridicherry in 1793, who have not been paid in the East ludic., may receive their proportions at No. 3, Salter's-hall-court, Cannon.strect, on Wednesday nut, gr any svcca eding Monday or Thursd.y. The Crescent, for the Liebe, captured June 'l6, 15 07, will be paid on board on Tuesday neat, and recalled at Nu. 1:1, Northum bcrl.uad-street, Strand. There was an arrival yesterday from Holland, by which papers were brought, containing nothing ma terially new. 4 report prevailed at Rotterdam a few days since, that a very serious insurrection has taken Place in Italy. Through some Gentlemen who have just arrived from France, we have received the most afflicting ac counts, as to the state of our countrymen who are pri soners in that country. At Bitche, Valenciennes, Arras, Civet, Verdun, and Sane Louis, which are the principal depots, there are no less than 8000 FA:g -li.ll prisoners, who are treated in a manner not only unworthy of the character of a civilized nation, but inconsistent with the feeling which humanity gene rally preserves even in a savage state. The pay of the seamen, who compose nearly the - whole of these pri soners, has been recently reduced from three-halfpence to three farthings per day, which is a sum obviously inadequate to furnish them with any subsistence In for the food of man. But the Agents of the Government seem indifrerent to the fate of those unhappy beings; or rather perhaps anxious to consign them to h e giave. They are confined in subterraneous cells and oternauseous places, where., particularly at Bitche, Arras and Sane Louis, they arc daily dying. The treatment of the Officers is somewhat less inhuman. They are divided into classes of ten eack,and the whole uf• each class is rendered responsible for the conduct at each of its members.—Thus if one misbehaves or ex- wits his parole, the other nine arc imprisoned, and can •ly expect release or mitigation of rigour through the nwdiunt of bribery. This is very well understood, and the term s un i versa ll y known. An Officer who is im prisoned with sevekal others in a house incapable of af fording tolerable accommodation,_ is told with Out dis- Ose, that f or a l ou i s an d a h a lf he may obtain his removal to another house where the prisoners are less numerous and the accommodation better, and that for another louis he may recover his liberty to walk at large. within the boundaries. These bribes go into the • pockets of military officers, who have the command. or these deliats, and who can discriminate with as mttcli 4cetiracy as a aimkm watchman what description of persons arc good subjects to be murcted. Such of the detinues as are known to possess good property or connections in England are furnished with ev•eiy thing for which they can afford to pa , or can told out the prospect of security. But those who are pier are involved in the'utinost wretchedness. Mr. Roakatr Arisotr, from Dundee, a prisoner at Verdun, made his escape from that place, on the Ist of,,A.4imt last. , BRIGHTON, SEPT. 27. 11111.11••• • The lodging-houses of any extent and appearance, I in this place, are much sought after, and engaged with avidity, so much so, that if the usual signals appear at the windows, the time of their being va cant is announced to prevent unnecessary inquiries. 'The Castle balls never were better attended, nor the spirit of dancing kept up till such late hours ; and though this may prove somewhat annoying to the elders of families, and to Mr. Fonm, the Master of the Ceremonies, yet the general harmony of the as sembly, and the winning requests of the groups of lovely females who go into the amusements con amore. come in too questionable a shape to meet refusal of one Whose anxious study is to minister to the innocent pleasures of a refined and polite public. Yot xo, after a successful visit, took his leave of our TI ease, as Penruddock. MUNDEN appears this evening, in Sir Anthony Absolute and NiNserkin, for the benefit of Mr. Pittman, Box Book-keeper.— . . . . Last night, independent of the usual promenade on the Steyne, and grooping in the Libraries, mere per- Isons were drawn down to the Cliff and Beach, to see a display of fire-works, many of which were of an aquatic description, and afforded much diversion to the gazing concourse, who beheld their spoutings ,from the bathing machines, the tops of which were 'put in a complete state of requisition. MAX GATE, SEPT. 27. A great degree of alarm was excited here during the continuance of a violent gale last night, at West, for the safety of the new Jetty, in the High street,. which is now in a state of great forwardness. The apprehensions arose from the sea having, on the pre ceding Saturday evening, carried away a part of the new erection, together with the stone embankmeat. The subterraneous apartments of several of the housei in King-street were inundated by the high tide. The Pier, yesterday, exhibited a more gay appear :Lace than isusual. It had the honour of a v►sit irons the Primate of all England, and the Marquis of WELLESLEY. Among the promenaders of the first rank were, Lord and Lady Say and Sele—Lord and Lady Trimlesion— Sir Gilbert Heatbcdte—Sir E. and Lady Hales. The fineness of the day, the glassy surface of the ocean, an,i the widely extended horizon, were objects of peculiar attraction. Elegance and grace never appeared on more advan tarre than at the cotillion ball last evening. The :vIiSSCS BRISTOW, I - WAIN TOLSON, and PIIILLIP.s, danced to admiration. Two full sets were afterwards made up for country .dances. SOUTHEND, SEPT. 26. Notwithstanding the late unfavourable weather, :his delightful and retired watering-place continues to enjoy a distinguished share of public favour.;=Our Theatre is well attended, and the performers are highly respectable Amongst the company here we have noticed, The families of Lady Charlotte Denys, Lord Viscount Leslie, Lady Gage, Sir Thomas and Lady Wilson, Hon. Mr. Baron Thompson, l lon. General Henniker, M?. Langham, M.P. Miss Burdett (sister of Sir Francis Burdett) Mr. Chinuery, Mr. San- NOIII, Mr. Heygate, Mr. Innis, Mr.Abhott, Mr. Raker, aptain 'runsliuron, R.N. Mr. Newtorr, Mr. Wright, &c. Dr. ADAMS, Physician to the Small-Pox Hospital', has undertaken the Department of the Medical Jour nal, formerly superintended by Dr. BATTY. • , Yesterday one of the greatest failures that has oc.: curred for some time took place at the Stock Ex change. Messrs. WALsit and Nesscrr, two young men who have made themselves very conspicuous by the extent of their transactions, and variety of their. pursuits, declared themselves unable - to answer the demands on them. They were the Contractors the two last Lotteriei, and for the City Lottery. They were bidders also for the Lottery that was con tracted for the other day. The property involved in their failure is immense. It is said that they have re ceived 150,0001. from their subscribers, in advance for Lottery tickets, to pay the first instalments there:' on to Government, and which they would have had to pay, together with the profit on the sale of tickets when they closed the account and made their decla ration. There is 80,0001. said to be advanced to theni in the same way on the City Lottery ; and that they have 50,0001. in their hands, the property of a great Law Officer of the Crown. They sent a mes sage yesterday to the Stock Exchange, desiring that two Members of the house might be deputed to look into their affairs, which accordingly was done, and a report will no doubt be speedily made thereon. _ . Captain STEWART of the StAHORSE is sen to the late Mt. STEWA AT, formerly of Castle Stewart, afterwards., of Portpatrick, Wigtonshire ; and who, at one time, I represented the stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Parlia ment. Mrs. STEWaRT, the mother of the gallant Cap- tain, .now resides with her family at Carlisle. Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, a meteor of liant appearance, with a spreading tail of considerable 4, length, was seen on the north-side of London, for the space of about 15 seconds ; during which time it glided with no very great velocity, in nearly a straight direction from east to west, when it suddenly disap f peared—it was apparently at no great distance from the earth. A wit in one of the papers observes, that the . ' Bishop of Clonfert will he young a's long as he live." Thispos is rather out of date, the worthy and learned - Dr. Yot:No, Bishop of Clonfert, on whom it was made, being some y eat s dyad. Reimham Hail, the seat of the Marquis of Towns, urNn, was last week the scene of rustic festivity; in , consequence of the Head of that Noble House having arrived to take possession of his estates. On Mondly se'nnight the great hall was thrown open to all visi. tors, and the numerous tenantry A bullock was . roasted, and four sheep boiled, together with a large quantity of that favourite beverage made from malt and hops, and which 'contributed to make all heads and hearts glow with gratitude to the Noble Donor. I An excellent band was provided, and after the com-. pany had regaled themselves with the above and other refreshments, dancing commenced, which continued till a late hour. The Marquis and his daughters re mained with their visitors the greatest part of the tithe. The whole concluded with an excellent dis play if fire works in front of the lull. I • . • •-t SPORTIN6IIVTXLIGENCE. DONCASTER: RACES, SEPT. 26. The Fitzwilham Stakes.-JA - S7ibseription of It each, with 906 s added by the Co . rporation'of Doncaster, for All ages ; Ceps year olds Est. ; throe year olds Rst.; four year olds fist. 91b. five ym.tr olds 9st. lib.; six year olds 9st. ab.; And aged 9st. 71b., Ate last mile and half. a • Mr. Shaftoe's b. c. by Agonistes, 3 yr. old • - - I.ord Fitisvilliam's ch. c. Pumpkin, :: trs old Mr. Wentworth's b. f. by Stamford, 4 yrs old • - - Mr. Dinsdale's ch. f. Fair Candidate, ti yrs old - - 4 Mr. Cave Brown's b. c. Scud, 4 yrs old -pd Won easy. His Majesty's Nate of lON'. for all horse., &c. four year olds to carry 10.4. 41b.; five year olds list. 61b.; six ycar old, 12st. ; and aged 12st. 21b.—Four miles. Lord Monson's b f. by Itunbletonlan, 4 yrs old - Mr. Nalton's b. c. Ranger, 4 yrs old - 2 Sir T. Ga.coigne's cb. 1. by Hatnbletonian, 4 yr old - 3 Won easy. St. Leger Stakes, of 25gs each, p. p. colts Est. .lb. fillies Sst.— St. Leger Course. Duke of Hamilton's b. c. Prtronius, by Sir Peter - 1 B.lr. Sitwell's b. c. Clinker, by Sir Peter 2 Lord Nillton's b. c. Easton, by Stamford - 3 Very good race, 100 to 5 against the winner. Fifteen paid for f e i t. _ _ _ _ Colonel Horton 's b. c. by Bustard, dam by Sir Peter, Rst. 61b. against Mr. E. L. Hodgson's gr. f. by Shuttle, out of his gr. Sir Peter mew, Bst. 21b. two miles, I 00gs. Mr. Hodgson paid 40gs compromise. Lord Monson's Scud, Rst. 11b. brat Lord Fitzwilliam's Paulina, Bst. 200 gs. h. ft.—i'vur miles. Won easy. Two year Oid Stakes, of 20gs. each—colts, Bst. 21b.--fillies, 80. Two year Old Course, Lord I:kr:elitism's b. c. Cervantes, by Don Quixote I Sir T. Gascoigne's b. 1. Isy s Str Solomon 2 'son easy.-4•'oer paid forfeit. Mr. Hewett', Sendai rec. ft. from Mr. Mellish's Harry Long legs, 8;t. 41b. four miles, 200 gs. h. ft. • Since the cold weather began, a gentleman came to the door of a friend, •nd inquired of the servant if his master was at home ? The answer was, " No, Sir ; he is nut."—" Is your Mistress at home ?" " No, Sir; she is out."—" Why then—l'll walk in and sit down by the fire." " Sir, that's out too! The object of Sir WILLIANI ScoTT's mission to Lis bon, some think, is to bring the delinquen's to the Commons. There certainly aprar some very strong symptoms of criminal cc.nversati6n ! There way a time, wheu Fo; ; la:t•!' name Stood hi. 711 upon the lists of Fame; When her proud flag, i.l war unfuri'd, Spread terror o'er a hostile world; When Generals with their armies vied, Atirbravely lighting side by side, With glory conquer'd, or with glory died. Weep, England, weep! that time is o'er, Europe stall dread thy name no more ; On Lisbon's short thy soldiers mown The laurel from their temples torn . And :s they warder near the grave Which holds the newly-buried brave, Was it fur this, thq sad eSCINILII, l'e peri.led on the field of Fame ; That thirty thousand Britons brave, A. ever cross'd tit Atlantic wave, Should ope their ranks and idly stand, While through them march a phind'ring band, . Commanded by a Gallic Slave! Ascend our ships, and safe return, And give the Briti.h arts to scorn! Gallant Sir RAtrit ! hadst thou been there, " Another sight had seen the morn, • " Front Fate's dark book a leaf heeu torn," And we been rescued from despair! The spirit of the spot continues to hover over the smoking ruins of Covent Garden Theatre. It is still a place of exhibiticn, but the prices of admission are much reduced, as halfpence are collected at the Bow. street door by the workmen, for a sight of the present pelyia-mances, which simply consist in their exertions to remove the rubbish. Captain BARCLAY of trry, the well known pedes trian of the present day, has now undertaken what the best judges think beyond the powers of human nature, however well supported by even the Herculean strength and well known bottom of the Captain, to perform. Captain B. is to go on foot 1000 miles in 1000 successive hours, and to perform one mile only iu each hour, for 1000 guineas. To start at New. NI ark e t Ist ofJune next. _ _ Yesterday the horses in a carriage belonging to the celebrated Penn ELYIEE, surgeon and guardian of tie health . of the Duke of QUEINSBERRY, took fright in Oxford-street, opposite Argyle -street, ran towards the Pantheon with great violence, and came in contact with a hackney coach, in which were a Lady and two children : the axle-trees of both carriages were broke, and the Lady much hurt. Upon the night between Monday the 19th and Tuesday the 20th inst. the Woollen Mill at the Craig bridge, near Strathaven, with the machinery and stock of goods, was consumed to ashes by fire.— There is every reason to believe that the premises have been set on fire by some incendiary. Since the Inquests which we have noticed, resulting from the late fire at Covent garden Theatre, were held, a Fireman belonging to the London, and ano ther belonging to the Plicenix_ Insurance Company, luivc died in St. Thomas's Hospital. Fish, the fore-• man,of the Phoenix, and Stuart, an engineer belong .ing to the same Company, have also died in St Bar tholomew's Hospital ; and a soldier belonging to the i GUards died in Tothill-fields. The number of lives lost on that melancholy occasion is 23, as far as at present accounted for. CORONER'S INQUEST. —Yesterday an Inquisition was held before the Coroner, at the Tower, on view of the body of William Cutt. The evidence was in substance as follows : the deceased was a private sol dier belonging to the Veteran Battalion, on duty at the Tower. Saturday se'nuight about eight o'clock, he was standing at the door of the Red Cross public house, in East Smithfield, when two black men came up and pushed Cutt ; one of them struck him, when the deceased knocked him down with a pewter pot ; the black man then got up, and drew out some sharp instrument, and wounded Cutt mortally on_ the left. side of the abdomen, of which he died on the Satur day following. One Seal, a private in the saxne re giment, pursued the black man down East Smith . field, but seeing a large party of black people coming up, he returned to the house. He says the black man appeared to him a West Indian, and a sailor, and he should know him again. The Jury returaed a ver diCt of Manslaughter. The Coroner directed Seal to apply to the Police Office, and obtain the assistance sif their officers in endeavouring to disover the offender. , Am op's, . • _ PARALLEL SETWLEN TILE }R Cll REVOLVTION AZD • THE ACTUAL REGENEXATION OF SPA.IIs:. When — Louis XVI.' Convoked the States-Gener 7 .i', to remedy the multitaide of disorders under whish France was labouring, it was universally thouget that the:hole:of the regeneration of that monarchy had arrived.. 17te enlumined nation, which had for two centuries eultivated Obey and legislation, cop. suited about reforiniiig its government. l's'ho would not have expected i to sere liberty raised on the ruins of prejudice and tyranny ? But how diaCrent has die result been front the expectation? have seen at once emerging froin the dregs a crowd of intriguer-, eager to enewb themselves amidst the confusion and anarchy . ; the political ideas were unhinged, and error oVerruled the dictates of wisdom. To prepare the people fur liberty; they were taught and accustomed to licentiousnvi,e; to render them submissive to the law, they were brought to insult their government; to hush remorse, they were led on to pillage and murder; to form their manners, they were persuaded to shake off the salutary yoke of religion and mora lity : the sanctity of the altar, the sacredness of the throne, nothing was -respected ; defamatory libels, in cendiary writings, licentious clubs, all were put 41 practice to mislead the multitude; and whilst they were amusing them with sports and farces, the blood wag streaming in town and country. In the .conti nual shock of opinions, and the collisioa of private interests, some sparks of light, it is true, sliere seen to 'gleam ; but in contrast, what extravaginces, what follies have not disgraced the French Revolution.? We have seen the same men who.stiled themselves re publicans divided into numberless factions, arraigning each other as traitors, and contending for the prize with the must r.mcorous fury ; each opinion, each change in the political system, involved thousands of victims instantaneously immolated. Thus, after hav ing endlessly changed its form of government, France, similar to a mortal agonizing with death until is i.trength is exhausted, fell and expired under the iron grasp of the tyrant. • What a striking disparity Spain offers to us in the latest epocha! This nation, debased and degraded by the vices of a long reign, is at once set down with. not a Monarch or Royal Family, without a Supren:e Government; many of its provinces are occupied by !iostile troops, its provincial fortresses, the very capi tal of the kingdom; and thus situated she dererlniees to die or humble the most powerful oppressor uron ear.h. Who did not tremble then under the dread of political convulsion, of the reaction of an oppressed sod indignant nation, of the disorders of anarchy, and of the horrors of a civil war ? These presages, however, have been confounded by experience. ,it. slight impulse sufficed to reanimate this decrepit' na tion. The sword of the law was scarcely tinged with the blood of the guilty, than order and tranquillity were restored : the urgency of the danger, the default of a centre to converge upon, the interruption of cerft munication between the provinces, demanded an Ls sumption of Sovereign Power respectively ; and see :here, in one instant, Supreme Juntas formed, a fixed plan of confederation deter Mined, numerous armies raised, fight, triumph, and the nation breathes and casts off the galling yoke. No sooner did this mo ment arrive, than they lay down their powers, and hasten to create a central Government, composed of Representatives, embracing the very means best adapted to circumstances; and which, by obviating every scheme of ambition, is sovereignly calculated to uphold the integrity of the empire, and to secure by wise laws the permanence of our liberty and in dependence. Spaniards, our neighbours will applaud your w iitaom no less than your valor ! France when triumphing over Europe was tearing her own vi tals : with Herculean strength she evinced thirst of blood; and frivolous puerility all along. Your colks try knows at once to repel an insolent, overbearing enemy, and to create order, manifesting to the world the robustness of youth and the wisdom of age com bined. The united ages of the Mayor and two Bailiffs of Monmouth amount to Jl2 years! Two felons, named Naylor and Ross, who _lately contrived to escape out of Carlisle gaol, were last week apprehended ; the former at a public house in Bolton, near Wigton, and the latter at Whitchaven, from whence he was about to depart fur Ireland. A shocking accident happened yesterday to Mr. Biston, a mealman, at Stowe, near Colnbrook, whilst he was returning home froM London. Mr. B. had purchased a horse at a sale, which turned out to be restive, and whilst going along Piccadilly the animal took fright at the sounding of a horn, and whilst Mr. B. was chastising him, the animal reared and fell ovcr, by which Mr. B. was killed on the spot.. The horse was also so stuLned, that he was at first sup posed to be dead. A most melancholy accident happened at a coal-. pit, near Kimbleworth, Cumberland, belonging to. Messrs. WALKER, by the explosion of sulphureous matter common in pits, called the fire-damp, which unfortunately killed four persens, viz: George Hague, Thomas Hague, John Jarvis, and William Firth ' • the two former were father and son, an d w h at added to the distress of the scene was, they were fount:Hocked in each other's arms—a striking instance of parental and filial affection in the agonies of death. Sunday se'nnight a female child, who had strayed from its parents eight days before, front the lodge leading into Ditcharn Woods, in the parish of Chari ton, Hampshire, in search Of some companions who had gone•to look for nuts, was found dead, with one of its eyes picked oat, about seven fields from its -home. The pnr little creature was about tiro years and a half old ; and having lost its way, worn out with anxiety and the want of food, ii laid itself down cm a fern-cock and died. Yesterday se'nnight, in the evening, Willia Nash, a dealer in black puddings, returning hlitite'from Chelsea to Westminster, through the darkness of the night, fell into a ditch in the Willow-walk, and would inevitably have been suffocated in the mud had,Le not borne himself tip by his basket; a faithful doy, after watching him for some time; ran home, and by, his howling and moaning, attracted the attention - of two persons residing in the house, who followed the sagacious animal to the spot, and by their exertions rescued the unfortunate pudding merchant, who aids not sustain any other itk;ury than the damige dope to. his puddings and his-e.li.thels„.