Star. — London, England, 1820-10-30 00:00:00

the Character of her Royd/ Fffghams, bat to what did their ' formation portend ? They had, to be sure, opportunities of see ing her Royal Nighties* utile public diner which were 'liven, but they had admitted that they were not in attendance when her Royal Highness dined iA her private apartment. The evi dence of Lord Llandaff and LordGlenbervie was still more feeble. They had merely visited her two or thsautimes.. Dr. Reiland had been also without ,the opportunities,. of peeing her Royal Highness, except at dinner Raw,. and (ild form no estimate Of her general conduct. Now, what appeared upon the other aide? It was not so much to what had been produced by her Royal Highness as to what had beep withheld. that he baked as a proof of the strength of the case against her. Why had'net Lady Elizabeth Forbes been called? She had been with her Royal Highness 'during her whole stay at Naples; but Lady Charlotte Lindsay, who was comparatively bet a day or two is the service of her Royal Highness, wail preferred !-- Lady Charlotte Campbell bad attended her Royal Highneis at Genoa, and followed her to Milan. Why had she not, been called His Learned Friends on the other-side made it matter of reproach that hethad not called those persons; but .hewould ask their Lordships, how it became his duty to call those persons? Before be and his Learned Friend (the Attorney- General) had anything to do with the case the evidence had been prepared, and if they had called the persona alluded to, he well knew the clamour that would have been raised. It was known to the House that a noise had been made in consequence of an application to Mr. Hewn= and lieutenant Flynn, relative to the absence of a sailor; and, if further opportunity had been g iven, would not the Learned Counsel against the Bill have taken hold of it? Was it not clear that any application to her Royal liighness's servants, to volun teer to her prejudice, would have been useless ? that their lips would have been sealed upon the subject ? But the Counsel against the Bill declared that, at all hazards, such evidence should have been • called by those who were in support of it. Why, to prove the absurdity of such a course, it was only ne cessary to refer 'their Lordships to the contrast between the examination and cross-examination of Lady Charlotte Lindsay ; in the latter of which th e truth was elicited. Mr. Brougham had said, that this case had been conducted as Counsel were In the habit of conducting caws at Nisi Prins. He denied. it; and he contended that the principle laid dawn by all the Learped, Counsel. on the opposite side was a false one. The Learned COunsel then referred to the authority of the Chief Justice, in the trial of Thistlewood, who observed, that it vitas IncuMbent upon the prisoner to call evidence to prove that certain conversations had not taken plice, and that his not tailing them was an argument ip prejudice of his defence. Not withstanding the multitude of authorities upon this subject, the Counsel on the opposite side had been two months dwelling upon this novel doctrine. What had been done by all her Majesty's wit nesses? Nothing but giving tome little intelligence of a short, in significent portion of time. Mr. Hownani—what had be done for her? lie declared that there had been nothing degrading In her conduct ; but how were'their Lordships to estimate the evidence of a man who said it was no degradation to a Princess to sit with her servant, who was in the dress of a courier—a sidendid dress, be said, to give • a colour food propriety to this delicate intercow-set It would be for their Lordships to say what reliance *as to be placed upon the sentiment and feeling of that Gentleman as to what was decorous in society after bay ing so committed himself. But two other witnesses had been called to prove the correctness of her Royal Highness's conduct —Vassali and Olivier:- two soldiers in the army of Bonaparte. What a delicate selection. Would it not have *been more dig.. nified in her Counsel not to have called a single witness—to de clare that they had so perfect a dependence upon the Character of !hair Royal mistress, as to scorn to call evidence in support of . it. Would it not have been better to do this than to descend so low as to o ff er her reputation upon the authority of Vassali? He felt entitled to infer, from the non-production of these witnesses, an admission on the part Of kis Learned Friends, that this_ branch of their case had not been proved by the evidence produced. The Learned Gentleman next begged to offer a few observa tions on the testimony of Majocchi.--With respect to those in stances in whith he had been met by distinct contradictions they were of the most frivolous description. He had stated that Bergami commenced dining with herßoyal Highness at Gloom while other witnesses averred that this did not take place till a subsequent period. That they did dine together was a fact established beyond the possibility of doubt ; and Whether this state of intimacy began at Genoa, or afterwards, was a matter of no mtiment. It must be evident that Majocdti could have no motive fur making any mistatensent as to the time. 1 4 1 'Peaking. Early on Saturday morning the KING left Brigh ton for Hampton Court, where his MAJESTY dined. In the evening the KING; proceeded to Windsor. Yesterday morning, the Duke of CLARENCE left his residence in the Kum's Palace, St. James's, for Bushy Park. . Lieutenant WILLIAM FOWLER arrived last night from France, with dispatches for Lord CASTLE' I REAGH. Two additional witnesses (now too late), from Italy, for the defence of the Qum', came with him. We are assured that her MAJESTY, though very much fatigued from the number of Addresses and Introductions that she received on Wednesday, is not seriously indisposed. Her MAJESTY received Prince Ltorotn, in the presence of Lady Alma HAMILTON, the Marquis of ANTALDE, and her Chamberlains. She afterwards withdrew with his Royal Highness to another room ; and we are happy to learn that her MAJESTY preserves her health unimpaired by the troubles she has experienced. At an interview with which Mr. Sheriff WAIT*. Nan was honoured by the QUEEN, at Brandenburgh House, on Saturday, he expressed to her MAJESTY,. that it was the 'anxious wish of the Loan MAYOR elect, and the Sheriffs, that her MAJESTY world con descend to honour the City of London with.her pre sence at the approaching festival in the Guildhall, on Lord Mayor's Day; and that the LORD MAYOR elect and the Sheriffs would wait upon her MAJESTY In state, with an invitation in due form, at any time her MAJESTY might please to appoint ; or would - feel themselves highly honoured to receive her MAJESTY'S commands upon the subject. Her Maas-stir was. graciously pleased to express herself most grateful )or This murk of their attention ; but, as she was not poeided with a proper establishment, she could not attend on the occasion in the state suitable to her rank, and was, therefore, prevented from acceding to their wishes at present. Sir DAVID and Lady BAIRD and suite arrived OR S iturday se'nnight at Borris, the seat of THOsrAs hAVANAGM, Esq. Saturday se'nnight, Joseph Parsons fell over this West• Cliff, near Dover, and was found dead on the beach beneath. He had for the last forty years em-' ployed himself in the dreadful trade of gathering samphire, and so long had he enjoyed this privilege undisturbed, that he considered the Cliff his freehold. His wife used formerly to assist in letting him down the Cliff by a rope, and on one occasion threatened to cut the rope, and precipitate him to the bottom, unless he would promise to abstain from beating her in future, with which terms he was glad to comply. On the present occasion, having driven a stake into the ground, and attached a rope to it, he let himself down, when, the stake breaking, he fell from a height of more than 200 feet, and was killed on the spot,, his neck being broken, and his head and body ethe r . wise dreadfully bruised. Saturday, at the Old Bailey Sessions, a true BR was found by the London Grand Jury against Wm ta.a FLercliEß, alias FORBES, Nr publishing a sedi ti:tous and inflammatory placard with intent to er sedition and disaffection in the minds of the 'e subjects of our Lord the King, &e. .he price of Porter was this day reduced one half, penny' per pot. ;:Cos 11 puln rftaVery pAPRRL T. T "'ter- «~~+S.Y' ~~~ ... 5 ~ .....I . ....:4-,-...... . At a late ho%r last night- We, Ageism& tih Papers of Tuesdary,3VednesdayAud Thursday k King heard Mass in his apartments, - and t. Duchess de Berri received the congratulations of the Ministers, Peers, Marshals, and other Officers of France, on the birth of the Duke de Bourdeaux. A telegraphic dispatch had been received at Naples from Sicily, stating, that all things were nearly settled on the sth instant, that the troops occupied the forts, and that they would take on the next day, according to a convention, posts around the city and the mole. This news was not, however, considered tranquil lising at Naples, because they had received no ulterior - accounts. The reports, however, since the 23th of ffeptember, were, that after Pepe had set out from Termini, in the fullest confidence of the arrangements be had made with the Prince Villafranca; he met on a plain near Palermo a strong body of troops of that tity, together with some cannon, which were un masked upon him as well as the guns of some shal l*, which took him in flank. Notwithstanding this be made his men advance, and on the 26th they got possession of all the heights and mills about the city, and a person was sent to ask the use of the mills for 1111 hours. This demand was acceded to, although it was not known at Naples from what authority it pro. seeded. General Pepe had allowed; according to this dispatch, time for the old women and children to quit the city of Palermo, and take refuge in his camp. A private letter from Trapani, however, ex plains these events (how truly we cannot say) by stating, that the people of Palermo had been raised by the Monk (Vagliea), who, being nominated in the arrangement made with the Prince Villafranca, bad contrived to get the Junta of the new Government destroyed. This met with the approbation of the people, and the Monk procured the establishment of a new Government, with the Prince Paterno at its head. The people of Palermo had determined to defend themselves to the last extremity, and towards night of the 26th, General Pepe found that the fury of the people was so great that he was obliged to rip-, treat, although he bad got possession of the suburbs of the city. On the 27th nit. offers were made to him of capitulation, and he sent the Major Avellino l into the city, who h ad a shot fired at him, by which Ihe lost a finger. The arrival of fresh troops, and the aegociations which iook place in consequence, led to 'the ultimate surrender of the city. At the Sitting of the Neapolitan Parliament On the 4th, the Minister read a detailed report as to the fo 'reign relations of the country. It stated, that the Ambassadors of the new Government' had been re pulsed by all the Northern Powers ; and that the only explanation that could be given of this conduct was, that the late Revolution was considered as vio lating the engagements entered into among the dif ferent Powers, for re-establishing the whole of Eu rope, as far as possible, on its ancient basis ; and that, in this view of the subject, the King was re gelded as having yielded to the force of - a conspi racy, and, consequently, as being no longer free, or as having voluntarily violated the condition on which be had been admitted an Ally to the European Con federation.. In either case, the report recommended, that those measures should be taken which were suited to the condition of a State ammaced by superior force. It is, however, suggested, that the imposing attitude about to be amounted by the National Parliament might have the effect of overawing those politicians who conceived that Conventions framed in their ca-, binets could fetter the conduct of independent com munities, and that their theories were powerful. enough to stop the political p of the age. In the course of the discussion wa r :sued, the Minis. lw stated, that his Majesty bad written letters, in his Own hand, to all the Sovereigns, but without effect. He offered to lay before them copies of those letters ; but this was deemed' unnecessary. A Report was then presented by the Minister at War, urging the necessity of augmenting the Army, by all possible means, and taking all the further measures requisite in a state of common danger. The subsequent Sit tings, up to that of the 9th inclusive, were occupied in discussions respecting provincial matters, mid the Constitution of the Council of State. The Congress at Treppaa was expected to asset oat the 22d inst. , Prince Charles, of Schwartzenberg, died at 1.041110 On the 15th inst. The elazette de France saj , s,,a We hasten to as• nce. that a young French traveller, the nqear of Count Mollie's, has succeeded in penetrating 'O 4 Tombuctoo froh Senegal. His family have just re ceived a letter from him, announcing his equal. in ftou that celebrated city, hitherto unknown to kuropens, 'and which. the unfortunate Muhgo Parke had twice, in vain, endeavoured to approach." According to official accounts from Constantinople of the 9th ult. all the defiles •of Ali Pacha's territory. were in the possession of the Ottoman troops.. The report as to the tragical end of Ali was not confirmed; but such was the desperate situation to which he was reduced, that accounts were daily expected of his capture or destruction. His sons were permitted to remain at Jepedlin, the birth-place of Ali, under a strong guard. . . The intelligence in these Papers from Madrid is to the 13th inst. The attention of fhe Cortes was.chiefly occupied with financial discussions. After all the pro posed reductions, there is a deficit of 69,626,428 reels ; 'which must be supplied by new Ways and Means.-.- The Cortes have decreed that the present system Af managing the tobacco duty shall cease on the 21st of March, 1821. It is stated in the Report of the Committee on this subject, that the result of the eic isting system has been the ruin of between 6000 and 8000 families, and the loss to the State of between 30,000 and 40,000 individuals annual/y. It has been resolved, that upon all salaries of persons employed under the Government, there shall be laid an income tax, rising according to a progressive scale, of from one per cent. upon salaries from 6000 to 8000 teals, to 30 per cent. in all amounting to 100,000 teals, and upwards. French Funds left off on Wednesday at 75 f. 40 c' • The ESE, 20, Captain EDWARD LLOYD, will sail this week from Portsmouth, for the Leeward Islands station.—The Boa via, 18, Captain Maanyarr, for, the S$ Helena station, will sail the first fair wind. She takes three Masters and five Assistant-Surgeons , passengers, who have been appointed to ships on the otswiers. ' . sr.:~. SIMATRICALA - • - • Eiatiat-tAsra Tstatiss- T This elegint thtatre was lighted up on flatiodar night, preparatory to its opening for thi Season this day, , and.a tery large and respectable company a ssembl ed within its walls to witness the improveMents which it has lately, un rdergone. If an isutance were-required to shew' the enterprising spirit with which Mr. ELLISTON con-, ducts this great Establishment, those improvements afford a decisive one ;" but the instance is only a part or the general system by which his Management has been characterised. We do not profess to notice every alteration that has been made, but those which struck us most were the changes in the colouring of the front-of the boxes, from a gloomy grey to a bril liant crimson ; and in the back, from a salmon to a violet colour. The distribution of the lamps has been also railed with success; and the whole being newly painted and gilded a great improvement has been given to the general effect. Nor has the scenic department been neglected ; the old scenery has been re-touched, and several new scenes were exhibited to the admiration of the spectators. A more conve nient staircase has been constructed to the private boxes, and the grand portico in front is to be-further ornamented by two small figures representing the Tragic and Comic Muses, at each corner, in addition to the statue of SWAIM/ARE, which now occupies the centre. When the company had satisfied them selves with looking-over the improvements, they were entertained with some fine music from the orchestra, Which gave place to vocal performances, that were relieved in their turn by dancing. Tea, coffee, and a supper, were also provided for the guests ; and the spirit of hospitality combined with that of taste to invoke the warmest wishes for the success of an Esta blishment so liberally conducted. Mr. ELLlrrox has most handsomely granted the second night of opening to be appropriated to the Be nefit of the Widow and Family of the late Mr. RAE; aad we understand he has liberally furthered the ex ertions now making by every means in his power. It is with real gratification we notice the liberality the Profession at large. In addition to all the Comic talent of Drury-Lane, the Performers of Covent-Gar den have proffered their services ; and the Proprietors have arranged their performance for that evening so as to enable the Committee to avail themselves of the kind assistance of Mrs. DAVISON, Mrs. DAVENPORT, and Mr. C. REIFELL Monsieur BocnsA, the celis. brated harp player, and Seignor Asia aeozrri,though unconnected with the theatrical department of the sis ter Houses, have most kindly tendered their powerful assistance. We notice also the names of Mr. Btu -111164 Miss CAREW, Miss POPE!, Madame VESTRIB, Mr. T. Come, kc. who unite in testifying their re gard for their departed friend; and, f low the bills I which are announced, the Public will be gratified an assemblage of rank and a combination of talent unprecedented in the theatric annals. • Boyar. Muutetcmica...—His MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to transmit to the Committee for conducting the Benefit for the Widpw and Family of the late Mr. RAN, a donation of £5O, and has con descended to express a hope that the exertions now making for their relief may equal the most sanguine expectations of the friends of this afflicted family. Admiral Mr R. KING had a long interview, en Saturday, with the Beard of Admiralty, on his realm tram the command in the East Indies. The Mum's, of 74 suns, Captain PaTransow ° and the SRRINGAPA?AIS frigate, Captain WALPOLE, both , from the East Indies, are to be paid off at Plymouth. The CAMBRIAN frigate, with Viscount STRANG/- 10RD, Ambassador to. Constantinople, will sail from Portsmouth on Thursday next. The CAMBRIAN af terwards proceeds to Malta, to relieve the GLASGOW frigate, the Honourable Captain MAITLAND, whose period on that station is expired. Lownsrorr, ()crones V.-N.-Sunday, a heavy gale from S.S.W. was experienced at this place, which, 'towards noon, had increased almost to a hurricane. The whole sea was one continued foam, and a most tremendous surf broke upon the shore. About twelie o'clock, the inhabitants of the town had the pain of eritnessing the distresi of a vessel, which, in attempt ing to gain the inner reads, struck upon a sand called the Beacon Ridge, and in about the space of seven minutes went to pieces, and all bands on board pe rished. A second vessel soon after followed, and in making the sane attempt; met with the same melan choly fate, mid all -the crew were lost. The, loss of these two vessels (names unknown) was so awfully sudden, as to afford no time for assistance from shore: A third - vessel, the sloop' Sarah. - and Caroline, of Woodbridge, laden with coals, 'struck. upon a sand, called thei+lewcorne,,and remained thereon with her mast standing, but soon filling with water , ' the crew, consisting of - five persons, were obliged to take re fuge 'in the shrouds. Here their situation was most perilous, for it being only half-ebb tide s with the wind tremendously strong, no assistance from shore could be afforded thou till the following flood, supposing. the vessel should hold together so Tong. In the mean time, every necessary preparation was made to ren der assistance as soon as such an attempt should be in any manner practicable. The Lowestoft Life Boat, belonging to the Suffolk Huinkne Society, was goo out and manned under the - direction of Lieutenant T. S. CARTER, of the Royal Navy, and after the most persevering and strenuous exertions, she . succeeded in gaining the wreck, and providen tially took the poor fellows from the shrouds, just as one of them was about to drop from his hold, through fatigue and cold. In approaching to the sloop, the Life Boat passed and was hailed by a brig; coal laden, which, - on her returnoheboaried, and found her in a sinking - state. She proved to be the "George of London," Jouw DIXON, Master, with seven, hands on board; thesewere.also taken into the Life Boat, and about six- -o'clock in the evening, - the whole 12 pstrsons were safely landed on the teach. at . Lowes toft, without the smallest accident whatever, amidst the congratulatory cheers and greetings of tie anxious multitude, who had been witnesses to their distresi. The sloop's mast fell about an hour 'after the men left it, and the brig sunk soon after. Tuesday sennight, W. BRAWCI4 of Croarnarsh,! aged 63, was folind dead on the side of the turnpike road, near Benson. The deceased waken his return home from Clifton, where be had been to see his, 'daughter, and is supposed to have diedin *fit, having prevleudy experienced attacks of a similar nature. ~~'--~_= • ~ . %up kigtit Situraa*, J. llfast;n-was capitally Indicted i'of highway robbery. Mr. Green, a surgeon , stated, th at as he was passing along Southampton-litreet, Strand, OD Thursday afternoon last, the prisoner ran ageing him, and snatched his watch from his pocket with Oo much force as to break a steel " safe-guard," which .was attached to the watch-chain. He hatided the watch to another, and ran away; but the witness pursued and overtook him.—The prisoner was found Guilty. Susan Dillow, Anne Dean s and ElisabetA Slater; who had "pleaded Not Guilty, and were to hive beert tried for the capital offence of uttering forged Bank notes, begged to retract that plea, and be allowed to plead Guilty to the minor offence of knowingly having the notes in their possession. To this the Counsel for the Bank made no objection, and the plea of Guilty was recorded. Elizabeth Burnham was next put to the Bar, upon the capital charge, when she called out in a loud voice, , g My Lbrd, my Lord, I wish to withdraw the plea, and plead Guilty. * Mr. Serjeant Bosstrourr said, he had net the slightest objection to the prisoner's request ; and begged to add, that all the prisoners-charged at this Session with the same offence had been allowed by the Bank the privilege (if they chose to avail them selves of the indulgence) of pleading Guilty to the minor offence; but they had chosen at first to adopt a different course, under the idea, perhaps, that as they were females, the severity of the law would not be exercised upon them. This, however, was a fal lacious notion, because the public security required that the law in these cases should be carried into full execution. He rejoiced that they had pursued another course. Sarah Jones (aged 26) was indicted for feloniously stealing the infant male child of Hugh and Mary Scott. Mrs. Scott, the mother of the infant, deposed, that on the 20th of September she sent her son, Hugh Scott, on an errand with the infant, it was about eleven o'clock in the day—shortly after the boy re- . turned, stating, that a woman had taken the child from him ; she went in search of the child immedi ately, and found it quite naked in the arms of a man who was carrying it to Spitalfields Workhouse. Hugh Scott, an intelligent boy, stated, that his mother sent him into Bishopsrate.street,,that he was standing at a pawnbroker's window, when a woman came up to him and said she would kiss the baby ; he said she should not, and would tell his mother ; the woman then struck him on the head and knocked him down, and took his little brother from him, she gave a halfpenny to a boy bigger than him, to bold him down while she ran away ; he afterwards saw her in an alley, and told somebody to hold her, he then went for his mother; he was sure the woman at the bar was the same. He was cross-examined by the prisoner, but did not vary in his evidence. John Chester is a broker,living in Widegate-street heard a noise ; he went out and found the prisoner with a bundle of child's clothes in her possession.— With the assistance of another person he took her to the watch-house. The little boy pointed out the pri soner as the woman that stole the child, without the least hesitation. She resisted very much as she was conveyed to the watch-house. This witness was corroborated by Mr. Gregory, a constable, and another person named Levy I the case was clearly made out against the prisoner. The prisoner, in her defence, said she found the clothes, and accused the Witnesses of swearing falsely. The RZcoRDIR summed up the evidence, observ ing that the case was clearly made out, and that it was a most atrocious transaction. The Jury immediately found her Guilty. Friday, twenty-three more of Our unfortunate fel low-creatures were arraigned at the bar of the Old Bailey, on charges of uttering and having in their possession, forged Bank-notes ; sixteen-tSU whom the k, in the ;diode of their mercy, have permitted. to plead gut ty to the minor offence, which merely subjects to the mild punishment of transgmtation for fourteen years. The remainder will take their trial for the capital offence, and, if convicted, will surely die! Thus, Session after Session, are lives sacrificed, and numberless persons expatriated, while month aftet month is suffered to roll away without any effort being made to render the perpetration of the crime more difficult.' Surely, surely, if a radical cure uff_ this national stigma cannot be effected,' epalliativa at least, might be discovered? Of the long-talked of project we begin to despair, there being whispers abroad of its failure, which receive current) , front the immeasurable le ngth of time which has elapsed since it was first spoken of ; and the number of persons who have. suffered sinse - which would be far from an. uninteresting calculation. • It is an old adage, that great bodierinove slowly . ; perhaps if the Loss sus tained through these forgeries, by unsuspecting trades men, were to fall on' the Bank, it might accelerate their motions in seeking a remedy. A . beautiful steam vessel, of 90 tons, *as lately .fitted out at Liverpool, by some patriotic Gentlemen connected with the Portugal trade, for the purpose of plying on the Tagus. She left Liverpool on the sth inst. and on the 9th was seen going into theitiiret by the last vessel that arrived from Lisbon, bating thus performed her voyage in less than four days. -When the 19th Portuguese Regiment of Infantry, whilst stationed at Tomar, received the notification that the British Officers had been suspended, the Officers and men sent a Deputation to their Com mander, Colonel HADDOCK, expressive of their high sense of his distinguished merits as an Officer and a Gentleman, and requesting him at the same time to accept, as a testimony of their regard and attachment, the fax months' pay which had just been transmitted to the Regiment, which the gallant Colonel in the most heroic manner declined. Thursday, whilst the farmers of Beer-Ferris - were commemorating the return of Sir M. M. Loris, by bonfires, ice. on Whit Rock, opposite Maristow House. • JOHN AYRES, a servant of Ricusan Toss, Esq. Hay= rowell, a man of remarkable humour and mirth, fell off the Rock, and was precipitated at least thirty . - feet ; when, supposing himself to be at the hOttonq he hallooe d his companions in order to infosin the that he had not received any injury; attempting, • !.‘ however, to regain his former situation, be felt' a Eur.. • they depth of twenty feet perpendicular s and, g ran ... to say, came up laughing Pad pelfacdy 4 , 1'~~`"' • , d . - • 31 3„., , . , MI