Star. — London, England, 1808-09-21 00:00:00

SIR. RICHARD PHILLIPS'S LEI TER. This day 1, a. puhli-hed, in small (Mayo, price 3s. 6d. in boards, A LETTER to the LIVERY of LONDON, re -1. 3- to the Views of the Wrier in executing TEE OF - VICE OF SHERIFF, with an APPENDIX, containing Letters and Official Documents. By SIR RICHARD PHTLLIP§, Knt. One of the Shertn of London and Mid:Hese:. " Truth and Itt,tice are i urnumble ; and they will generally prevail, among ratio , al Crea , gyres, over the Prejudices of Igno rance, and the Machinations of Self-?m crest." ASP. TILLOTSON. To be had of al! the Booksellers in Town and Country. •" The subjects successively discussed in this Work, are the Freeholders' Book—The House of Correction—The Discharge of p, r.or.‘ ielative to whom no Bill of Indict Inert has been found — The Prisont—Newgate and the Compters----Transportations tc Botany Bay for limited terms—Goal Fees—The Penal Laws— The 'Sheriff's Fund—Petty, Grand; and Special Juries—Sheriff's Officers, and Lock-up-houses, &c. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. ST. Mai Tuew.—No business done at the Stock Excbarge. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock shut l India Bonds, par Is. prem. S per Cent. Red. shut Imp. Ann. 7 11-16 $ per C. Cons. 66i 66 Fx. Bills 2s.pr. is. dis.4s. 2s. pr. 4 per Cent, shut Omnium, 2 24 dis. 5 per Cent. Navy 98i 9711 I Cons. for acc. 66 fl Long Ann shut We are happy to have it in our.power•to announce the safe arrival of the transports frdni.the.Baltie;hav ing the Spanish trolls on board. They arrived at Yarmouth yesterday, under convoy of hist Majesty's ship NASSAU. The transports with troops, which have for some time been wind bound at Harwich, sailed . yesterday for Falmouth ; whence they will sail for their desti nation, Spain, or more probably, Italy, when joined by the troops that were lately embarked at Cork un der Sir DAVID BAIRD. • We yesterday laid b,:f ore our Readers the defence offered by the friends of Sir A. WELLESLEY (for from them we must suppose it to have come) for the part he took in the negociation with General KELLERMAN. To some people it may, perhaps, appear satisfactory; but we are persuaded the public in general will not be satisfied with any thing short of proofs, adduced in defence, in a Court qualified' to form a cor rect opinion of the obligation which lies on any Officer, under a Commander-in-Chief, to sign whatever his superior may enjoin him ! People of common understanding apprehend that the ad mission of such a principle would be a thousand times more dangerous to the public safety than any consequences that can possibly result from an inferior Officer refusing, on any ground whatever, to become a tool in the hands of a Commander in Chief :—for the Commander has power to maintain discipline by putting any delinquent under arrest ; but an inferior Officer has no other way left to shew his detestation of a Treaty fraught with disgrace and danger to his country, but by saying—" Sign it yourself." It was yesterday reported that Government, on being first infoi mod of the Convention granted to the French General Juror at Lisbon, which they were through the Portuguese Ambassador, several days before the dispatches from Sir HEW DALRYMPLE ar rived, sent orders for the immediate sailing of one of our squadrons to intercept such transports as might be met at sea, conveying the French soldiers home ; or, if possible, to prevent the execution of the Conven tion altogether. We are fearful this is mere rumour, or, if true, that the orders have been issued too late. There was yesterday no official intelligence received from either Spain or Portugal ; the reports of the preceding day, therefore, remain unconfirmed and uncuntradicted. We yesterday received some more French Papers to the 12th instant. They continue to speak of the universal movements of the French armies all over the Continent, and private advices of a still later date state, that BONAPARTE left Paris about the middle of last week, for Strasburgh. If Strasburgh be really his destination, the object of his journey can no longer be doubtful, and our conjecture becomes realized, of his intention to direct his principal force , not aga i nst. Spain, but against Austria. Every circumstance in deed tends to skew thz determination of BONAPARTE to appeal to the sword and to his fortune, to decide his differences with the Emperor of AUSTRIA. The following letter appears in the Haerlem Qa. zette of the 13th instant : 44 Ehrenbreitstein Dale, September Bth. " It is now certain that our troops are to join those of the Grand Duke of 1 - lEssE, an march to Bou logne. This corps will amount to +OOO men. The French troops which are-marching from Saxony and Prussia to France, have arrived in great numbers in the vicinity of Frankfort, where they are to foim a column of 12,000 men, and march into the interior of France. " Other accounts however state that they are to halt at Mayence, because of th-t celerity with which the troop, proct ed on their march it is impossible to sup ply them with provisions and forage at the time re quired. 66 From the neighbouring arsenals, intelligence has been received that the artificers are working day and night to prepare the necessary ammunition, and the conscripts and recruits of the Westphalian Army arc daily exercised and trained for the field." The Gaiette of last night contains some further very interesting official details cf the late movements of the British, Swedish, and Russian squadrons in the Baltic. We hope the latter will be entirely either captured or destroyed. We have received several letters from Cadiz of the 29th ult. Some of these speak in very confident ternis of the probability of the retreat of the French army being cut off. It is asserted, that the brave PALaFOX having frustrated the utmost efforts of the enemy against Saragossa, had set out with the greater part of his army,. by forced marches, towards Vittoria, in which direction, he hoped to be Ole to intercept the enemy in their retreat. The Seville Gazette of the 16th ult. contains an ac count of various articles of cloathing presented to the Junta, for the use of the Patriotic army, by the Nuns and other Ladies, and some of the corporations of the place. The grand total is 4735 shirts, 3168 pair of pantaloons, and 1507 coats, adapted for private sol diers ; 1001 shirts, 312 pair of pantaloons, and 700 coats for serjeants, besides. 1774 pair of gaiters, and 1684 cockades. The value of the whole is estimated at 34,486 reals. The flag taken on board the Russian man of war is on its passage to England. . The 85th ' Regiment lesterday marched thr , u_ h Canterbury, on their way to Shorncliffe. The 68th Regimen: has received a route to pr3ceed from Hull for Ashford Barracks. BREAM—A sufficient number of Aldermen not at tending yesterday at Guildhall to constitute a Court, the LORD MAYOR ordered the price to be raised two assizes. The quartern loaf will therefore to-morrow sell for 141 d. THE THEATRE —Yesterday the Tragedy of Hamlet was represented at Drury-lane Theatre, in which a Lady wade her first appearance as °Melia. Her per formance, considering it as a first essay, was not des titute cf merit. She possesses a good figure and a pleasing voice, though the latter was not well ma naged. It was too monotonous in the dialogue, but she sung the plaintive airs with great taste and sweet ness. Upon the whole, though her acting was in many respects feeble and defective, she exhibited ta lents which may be cultivated with advantage. This fair delutante is said to be Mrs. CORRI, the wife of the Composer of that name. She received great applause throughout, and particularly fa:. her songs. The Farce of the Irishman in London followed. Mr. JOHN STONE was received on his entre with three distinct and prolonged rounds of applause. The Marquis and Marchioness of TAVISTOCK were present. The au dience was genteel, but not over-crowded. The gloom produced by the melancholy event which had occur red in the neighbourhood doubtless withheld many I from the entertainment which the Theatre would otherwise have afforded them. NifITTIGAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, SEPT. IP. Arrived, his Majesty's ship REDWING, with a fleet for the Mediterranean ; PEACOCK, with a fleet for Portugal ; and RATLER, with a fleet for Newfound land. Sailed, the Dispatch packet, Capt. HARRIS, with mails for Corunna.—Wind N. W. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 19. Last evening sailed for Oporto, the ALCMENE, of 86 guns, with the Portuguese ships Europa, and Ven tura Felix, having on board about 190 Portuguese emigrants. PORTSMOUTH. SEPT. 20. Sailed his Majesty's ship SATELLITE for the Downs. Wind S. W. DEAL, SEPTEMBER SO. Sailed the BLOODHOUND gun-brig, on a cruize off Boulogne, but put back again and remains. Arrived the ROLLA sloop from the Nore ; QUEEN, of 98 guns, and CuntsrlAN the Vllth. of 96 guns, from Ports mouth ; NIMROD sloop, from the Leeward Islands, and sailed for Sheerness ; the Fottous gun brig from Plymouth. Sailed the DzspERATe. gun-brig on a cruize off Calais ; WARSPITR, of 74 guns, for Yar mouth ; Pflosruonvs fire-brig, on a cruize off Bou logne. Vice-Admiral CAtavezt.i, struck his flag last evening, at sun set, on board the PRINcEss of ORANGE ....Sailed the COUNTESS of acts; hired armed cutter, with convoy for Yarmouth ; DkSPERATE Naval trans port for Deptford. IN THI DOWNS—Princess of Orange, Queen, Christian the Vllth, Ramillies Clyde, Glomen, Cherokee, Royalist, Zentibia, Rolla, Furious, Bloodhound, Indignant, Dispatch naval :ranspurt, Findon hired sloop. YARMOUTH. SEPT. EO. Arrived the STALBANs, of 64 guns ; HAvoc gun. brig, and CLAVDIA cutter. Yesterday afternoon passed this port, the transports with Spanish troops on board, under convoy of the NASSAU, of 64 guns, Captain CAMPBELL.—Remain the TM:NEMER, the ROEBUCK, SKYLARK, BituiZElt, CALYPSO, arid CENSOR. Wind N.W. CHATHAM, SEPT. is. The EURYALU.S will be taken into dock next Thurs day, in the stead oF the CORNELIA. Yesterday a shipwright was knocked down from the stage into the dock, by a double-headed maul flying off from the handle, while a fellow workman was driving a bolt with it into the ship's side. The poor man was taken to the surgery shockingly bruised and senseless. BELFAST, SEPT. 29. The brig Georgetown, M`KIBBON, has been cap : tured on her passage from this port for Jamaica, by the Fiench brig Serpent, of 24 guns• and 120 men, which fell in with her 60 miles to the eastward of Barbadoes, and was twenty days towing her up to Cayenne. The cargo of the Georgetown, consisting of nearly 1200 barrels of provisions, and some dry goods, actually relieved the colony from a state of starvation, there not being, at the time of her arrival there, a single barrel at market. The Serpent was from Bourdeaux. Captain M‘KinsoN has arrived at Belfast. AUCTION MATlT.—Yesterday the first Stone of the Edifice which is intended to be an Auction Mart, was laid with appropriate ceremony. At three o'clock the following procession moved from the London Tavern through Cornhill and Bank-street to Bartho lomew-lane, the site of the proposed Building : Four Beadles, Band of Music, Banner, Artificers, Eigbt Brick layers, Foreman, Eight Masons, Foe NDATION STONE, Eight Masons, Foreman, Eight Carpenters, Foreman, Foreman of Works, the Master Builder, Architect, Model, City Marshall, ' FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Propi ie•ors, Secretary, Directors, LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, GRAVESEND, SEPT. 20.--!7 , ailed the Friendship, smith, for Sheriffs, Beadles, &c. the Cape of Good Hope; Humphreys, Ycut:g. for Yucatan; As soon as the cavalcade had reached the ground, Transit, Vaux, for Malta ; Union, Butler, for Stockholm; Eliza, which was inclosed for the purpose, and around which Evans. for Oporto ; Jamaica, Gibbon ; and the Valiant, Owen, a brilliant assembly of Ladies had placed themselves for Dublin. to witness and do honour to the ceremony, the silver I The VESUVIUS bumb, with a convoy from the trowel was presented to the Right Honourable the Nore for the Baltic, put into the Humber on Sun- LORD MAYOR, and the Stone (of enormous size) was day last. •-• suspended above the spot where it was to be laid The The Charming Kitty, South-seaman, from Lon- LORD MAYOR after the usual formalities of applying don, Captain King, sailed from the Cape of Good the plummet and the square to the stone, deposited a Hope on the 19th of January last, and has not since number of coins of his present Majesty in the bed, and been heard of: the stone was lowered to its place. On a brass plate The Willdebatch, —, for the Baltic, is cap fixed on the stone, there was the following inscription : tared and carried into Copenhagen. THE FIRST STONE OP THIS BUILDING, DENOMINATED THE AUCTION MART, was placed by THE RIGHT HONOURABI.E JOHN ANSLEY, LORD MAYOR OF THIS CITY, ON TUESDAY, TILE TWENTIETH PAT Or SEPTEMBER, IN THE Saturday se'nnight a most shocking murder was perpetrated on the lands of Ballinakill, near Shana golden, county of Limerick. Some proctors and farmers met on that day, to ascertain the value of tythes they had taken on several farms in that neigh bourhood, when at the hour of 12 o'clock they were attacked by a number of men in arms, dre,sed in shirts and head bands, to conceal their faces : they were commanded by a man in coloured clothes, who daringly, without any concealment, seemed to direct all their proceedings.—They first ordered a Mr. GRAD and his valuators, to quit the lands imme diately. Notwithstanding their quickly doing so, this fellow ordered . his party to fire and pursue, but pro videntially, knowing the country well, they eluded those sanguinary pursuers, who frequently took short cuts and fired, to prevent their escape. The second party was not so fortunate : they were attacked in the same manner ; one unfortunate man was first wounded by a musket-ball in the arm, which scarcely took effect, when a second shot perforated his neck, and got out at his mouth, of which he insawly ex pired, and with him another ill-fated valuator, whom they also shot through the body. Mr. Lisp say, of Tarbert, happened to ride by at the time this atrocious scene was performing, and has de clared before the Coroner, tha: these villains were about eighteen in number, and filed off into one of the adjacent fields after the murder, where they per formed the manual exercise with military precision. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, SEPT. 21.—The supply of Wheat this clay is short, but waiting arri vals, sales are heavy, the samples of new are inferior and cheaper, but fine old keeps its price!,—Very little Barley, and with Malt at little variation r ,,-White Peas are dearer r —Beans of the two kinds at a better price— The supplies of Oats are very considerable, and this trade inclines lower-41our continues at little va ration. FORTY-FIGUTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD, AND IN TUE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE TUOUSAND EIGHT HON.. DRED AND EIGHT. DIRECTORS. Richard Winstanley Richard Jaques Henry Robins George Adams Harry Phillips Daniel Rolfe Munn George Edmund Shuttleworth John Prickett John Page John Anthony Hermon Charles Launcelot Hoggart William Snell. SECRETARY TREASURER SURVEYOR JOllll Greenwood. John Page. John Walters. SOLICITOR. BUILDER Jam& a Meddowcraft. Alexander Copland. After the stone was laid, three cheers were given to the King, three to the City of Londop, three to the Lord Mayor, three to the Ladies who were present, and three to the success of the proposed Institution. The cavalcade then returned to the London Ta- vern, where the company dined, the Lord Mayor in the Chair, supported by Sir Charles Price, Mr. Al derman Newnham, Mr. Chamberlain Clark, the Sheriffs, Mr. Mellish, one of the Members for the County, and other distinguished characters. The dinner was splendid, and the day was spent in great conviviality. The principal toasts were the following The KING, with three times three.—" The Qtreers," with three.—" The Prince and Princess of WALES, and the rest of the ROYAL FAMIL"," with three.—" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor."—" The Representatives. of the City of London."— " The Sheriffs of London and Middlesez."—" The Directors of the Auction Mart."-0 The Members for Middlesex,"—" Mr. StIOTTLIWORTH, the projector of the Anction Mart."—ft The Landed Interest."—" The Commercial Interest "—" The Mi nistry who have so zealously supported the Spanish Patriots." When the LORD MAYOR retired, Mr. HOGGART was called to the chair, in which he conducted him', self with that propriety, good sense, and spirit, which are kniawn to distinguish is character. A variety of additional toasts were given, among which the most remarkable was p • " May an Auction Mart be established in France, awl BONA-. 'arra be knocked down for thy first lot." The entertain meut terrnivated at au early hour, GLNZRAL CURIIIICY AS TINDER: Wheat, 78s. 846.945. Beans (old) 62*. 68.. Fine ditto 965.1005. Tick ditto (old) 581. 645. Rye, (pew) 506. 551. Oats, 345. 86s. 38s. Barley, 405.46.. - Pol.ud ditto, 391. 405. Malt, 1 725. 80s. Potatoe ditto, 425. White Peas (boilers) 11:84.1354 Rape Seed, 4pl. to 431. Prey ditto, 6 - M.645. Vine Flour 801. 85s.—Seconds 7sl. 806. 'FURTHER PARTICULARS OFTHE DREAD FUL FIRE IN. COVENT-GARDEN. At half past twelve the Theatre was entirely cleared of its visitants, and Mr. Brandon, the house-keeper, having inspected the saloon and the lobbies with hi s accustomed accuracy, ordered the watchman upon his duty, and retired. The watchman then, accompa nied by a dog which always attends Kitt`!, went the usual rounds behind the scenes, under the stage, and over the pit, boxes, and two galleries, and in the course of his search discovered nothing to alarm him. It i s then said that he fell asleep, and about half past three o'clock was awoke by a sense of suffocation and smoke enveloping him on all sides. He immeciately ran to the apartments of Mr. Brandon, whose sensa tions on this appalling occasion may be easier ima gined than described. At the imminent risk of his own life he made the most strenuous exertions, an& at length succeeded in obtaining the personal assis. tance of those who were roused by the dreadful con figration. The doors in Hart-street and Bow -street were forced in by the mob, and all was activity and perseverance. About four o'clock yesterday morning, a female servant awoke Mr. Hughes, the Treasurer, who re. sides in the house, and told him it was on fire. It was soon discovered that the fire proceeded from the upper part of the Theatre, and thus the persons who inhabit it had an opportunity to effect their escape. The crackling of the flames was heard at the extremi. ties of the Strand. As the heavy timbers fell, the light burning matter was thrown• up to an immense height and extent, and the whole atmosphere was filled with floating flakes of fire, which fell in all directions, spreading consternation, and threatening ruin to the whole neighbourhood, on which it fell in a burning shower. fhe attendance at Covent-Garden Market was pretty full at that hour, and a crowd of people were of course on the spot; but as the fire broke out some where contiguous to the upper gallery, and the wind blew the flames to the eastward, the fire had raged within for some time before the alarm became general. About half past four o'clock the volunteers began to assemble, and the engines to arrive from every quatrer of the town ; but nearly an hour had elapsed before any efficient supply of water could be obtained. At this time the whole Theatre was one cornrlete body of fire._ In Bow -street, the house No. 9, belonging to Mr. Paget ; Nos. 10 and 11, which were attached to the Theatre; No. 12, belonging to Mr. Hill; No, 13, (The Strugglers coffee-house) ; No. 14, belonging to Mr. Johnson, the fruiterer ; and No. 15, were coin. pletely destroyed. Nos. 16 and 17 were seriously da. mnged, though not entirely consumed. At the rear of Mr. Paul's Mineral Water Warehouse, there was a horse in serious danger of being burnt; but, as has 'been freqtaently observed on similar occasions; so great was the terror of the anima, that it was impos possible to move him from the spot until a cloth was tistened over his head, so as to make him completely blindfolded. A house in Stewart's-rents was set par tially on fire by the falling of a flake of lighted wood down the chimney. In Hart-street, the flames corn. municated to the houses on the side opposite the Thea tre, and four of them caught fire at the same moment; but by the great activity of the people and firemen, they suffered little more than a severe scorching. Great apprehensions were entertained for the safety of Drury Lane Theatre, as the flakes of fire were car ried by the wind with force and in great quantities in that direction. A great number of people mounted the roof, ready, in case of actual fire, to open the immense reservoir of water provided there ; a precaution very desirable in all great public buildings, and which with due care, must for ever preserve that splendid Theatre from the fate of its neighbouring rival and sister. They also stopped the Windows with wet cloths, to prevent the entrance of ale flames, and thus secured the Theatre._ All the people in the neighbourhood took a similar'precaution, and were employed with their servants in picking up the flakes of fire as they fell upon the roofs or in the court yards, and upon the out houses. It was not merely the light matter that was thus dispersed in a flaniing state. Solid lumps of burning cinders, coals, and wood, might he seen in the streets as far as Temple-bar. Of the light matter, pieces of books and paper were carried by the wind, which, during the most violent period of the conflagration was at South West, as far as Moorfields, where they were picked up. Such was the appearancal in the vicinity of Bow-street, the in habitants of which were exposed to a shower of fire, veil a blazing light around them, reflecting the brightness of meridian day, and those in the imme diate vicinity of the burning pile, emptying their houses, and flying in all directions, to a place of safety for themselves, their children, and their pro- perty. To the people in the suburbs, or approaching town in the mail-coaches, it made a more magnificent appearance. The scite of the Theatre being upon a great elevation, and the building lofty, it was seen at a considerable distance; and it seemed as if the whole quarter of the city, from St. Martin's-Line to Temple , bar was wrapt in flames. The above, however, is the whole extent of injury sustained in the neighbourhood, but as to the Theatre itself, it is totally consumedondi on the Hart-street side, not even the walls are stand , ing. The Ship Tavern, and part of Mr. Brandon's, the box-keeper's office, are all standing at that angle. The most painful part of this dreadful event still remains to' be described. At an early stage of the fire, a party of firemen broke open the great door under the Piazza, on the western side, and having• introduced an engine into the passages in the interior, they directed it towards the galleries, where the fire appeared to burn most fiercely, when, melanchJly to relate ! the part of the building over the passage, which they thought was a stone arch, but proved to he merely an imitation of stone, fell in, and buried thew, with several others who had rushed in along with there in the ruins, It was a considerably time before the rubbish, which now blocked up the door, could he cleared .away. When it was effected, a miserable spectacle preseoted itself—the mangled bodies of the dead and :dying appearing through the robbiSflso discovereirin each advance to remove it f—, 0 .0 1 " o'clock eleven dead. bodies..had been removed into the church-yard of St. Pad:. on the opposite side of Covent Garden. When the , bodies were tirought the church-yard, they'Were in a heated star t and covered with dirt ; on some of therm 'the flesh was burnt to the bones. • For the purpose 'of identifying she sufferers, several pails full of water were thrtire upon them. Sin were sent Co the hospital " : s r