Star. — London, England, 1808-04-29 00:00:00

r L INTEL.g„IGENCI . reflifOUTH, APRIL fir. • iv . etelso on the law, of 50 gnus , passed up . f r om Madeira , w i t h four vessels under eon r".„l's Spanish prize called the El Rosario , taken 11 , .0 since by th e LION, of 61 guns : the Isis line three weeks since from Madeira, and P-foilos,mg Gentlemen came passengers :—Mr. ~, the British Consul ; Messrs. R. SCOTT, C. . i, com a, and DE V EAUX.—It a pp ears that ! Lim , chaced the El Rosario several hours, and' '• a way her mainmast, by which she was obliged 0 i nto Madeira to refit. tame in the DIANA, of ons , f ro m America : she was one of the aqua -1 u nder the command of Sir J. T. DUCKWORTH, Oft to get intelligence of the Rochefort squadron. g r . PgINGLE is an charge with EY dispatches from Ge. 6 1130ESYORD, d Sir d SYDN. Gtld PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 213. dyed his Majesty's slip FLYING Fist', from a lie; an d sy L viA, with a convoy from the Downs. s m i le Ann, MAYNr, for the Brazils. Wind N.E. DEAL, APRIL 28. siea the CLYDE frigate, Commodore OWEN, and fo ss genbrig, on a cruize off the coast of France. 00r y 5 .... T ru sty, yice-Admiral CAssrar.LL, Mars, whfrini stATS, 'Tigre SO guns, Audacious; Edgar, Tri so, minotsu and Polyphemus 74 bombskark and Speedy found, Proselyte, and Zebra , Tigress, Piercer, insular gunbr i g ,,pigeon schooner. HARWICH, APRIL e.O. Aff i ve d last night the PRINCE OF W ALES packet, otain MAsoN, with mails and passengers from Got tbargh. Remain the DIANA, Captain hi'Do r:Gii; and the AIXICLetND, Captain DEANE, both yaundto Coattenhurgb. Mr. HUNTER, the Mossen set, over in one of them. WATERFORD, APRIL 21. oday sight, the bark Matty, of Whitehaven, IkteurcsoN, master, burt,lien 160 tons, laden c ogs, drifted in a calm on the north-east tide cf / is kar, where, by beating against the rock, she re ed so much damage, as to cause bpth pumps to I t at going. She was, however, brought into Wex. ;rainbow. on Friday morning, by the pilots of R css lzeorho, fearful of her sinking, ran her aground co the Flats. —Friday the Ann, of PwllheVin, Gnu. nut WittiAsis, Master, which was driven on shore t he 2cth ult. at Ballyneskar, by lightening her, and catiog away her masts, &c. was got off, and brought into Niesiotd harbour. • FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Ginning, Aram o&—Passed by the Betsey and Sophia, SWINE.= Surinam; Aurora, Brown, from Demerara; Wood fad, fp; and the Listigenan, from Gottenburgh.—Sailed tie *was and Mary, 'fivior, for Malta; Jemina and Fatuiy, slepmt,br Gottenburgh ; and the Luna, Cummings, for New won The PINZLOPZ and BANTER, with twenty-eight ': of transports under convoy from Portsmouth, ..-7,red at Betmuda on . the 21st of March. The Rambler, WILLIAMS, for London • and the Expedition, RORERTN for Liverpool , both from Ja mita which put into Antigua in distress, are con honed. The Intrepid, Tt oxMl.t, front Demerara for Li. spool, is put into Antigua leaky. The Isabella, WALLS/ AN, from Charleston ; and it lane, MAY, from St. Thomas's, were lost on the kastant, near lielvoet. Ta SOICb:4y, with dispatches for Rio Janeiro, was I spokes with on the 9th of. February, in lat. 2. SO. Ica 7 7.30. W. all well. The Mercury, —; and the Alexander, —, fro® Surinam for London, have put into Grenada, whet the latter vessel is condemned. • The Simon Cock, BOON, from London, is arrived 'at Concur, after an engagement with a Spanish schoo- I net privateer, with 80 men, who chased him till within a league of Curacoa, when she was beat off, without any lcta on board the Simon Cock, of killed or wounded. Saturday his Majesty's sloop ESPIRGI.E, Captain Mtn% arrived at the Cove of Cork from Ports. mouth. The St. James's Volunteers had a grani field-day, Teiterckiy, in Hyde Park. The Prince of Wale,'s Volunteers had also a grand f+elddav, Yesterday, in Hyde Park : they mustered 301. Colonel MARTIN and Lieutenant Colonel DRUMMOND informed them, dn . , it wasthc intention of Government to reduce that Corps, from Eight Companies to Six. The corps afterwards marched to Kilburn Wells, to fee at a target for a silver cup, value 50 guineas, given by l e ieutenant.Colonel D tl. mmoNn. They for med into a square in a field upon a rising ground ; Brat skill was shewn by many of them, but the cup ss7swen by Mr. W ATKINS, of the sth company.— 'us ball penetrated the bull's eye.. He was chaired ...mm the ground to the rooms, with the drum•major's staff in his hand, with his head uncovered. The corps afterwards partook of a sumptuous din ner. At sir o'clock they returned to the King's Mews, aad were dismissed. Morpeth Market was well supplied on Wednesday with cattle and sheep, which sold readily'at an ad vance. Beef from fis. 6d. to 7s. 3d, per stone, sink ing offals. Mutton Bs. to Ss. 6cl.—Wheat from 60s. l" 70s. per qr. Rye 565. Oats 295. 4d. to 575. 4d. FMS 64 5 . _ _ Stoke Fair, Devonshire, commenced on Monday + 6 sts and, in addition to the degiot amusements whi ch generally characterise this and sim ilar p laces `I . holiday resort, a foot-race for 100 guineas took Place on . Wednesday, in a field near Sto ke, between Captain D. and Captain J. which was for some time `well contested ; but unfortunately Captain J. stept into 3 COw tansey, which threw him down, and caused his -..:itagomst to gain so much grounil, as to leave no (44 act cats coming up with hint FATAL DUEL. On the arrival of the part of the 95th Regiment to embark, at Harwich, two of the Officers, Captain GIANT and Lieut. LAYTON, having had a dispute, proceeded to a small distance frOm the town to settle it. After firing twice Captain GRANT was wound •d in the spine, and instantly expired- Lieut. LAYTON and the seconds have absconded. Captain GRANT now lies at Dovercourt, two miles distant from Har wich.—Thus has the country lost the services of tour of her defenders ; yet men ascribe the madness which leads to such deplorable consequences to principles of honour !—Side ! Shame ! that men should yield obedience to' a barbarous custom which reason and honour equally execrate, and on the eve too of em barkation in defence of their country ! A duel was fought on Saturday morning, on the ' ground between Dramcondra-bridge, and Glassnevin, near Dublin, by Mr. G. PIERCE and Mr. J.C. tiEks.\ N, both of that City, when the former received a slight wound in the hip. BONAPARTE has presented to Prince KURAKtN a snuff box with his portrait set in diamonds, valued at £40,000, for the share the Prince took in the treaty of Tilsit. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, APR.•L 29.—This day there are not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, and the sales effected are nearly at last prices. Barley in short supply, and, with Malt, command somewbatbet ter prices—But few Peas and Beans of each kind, which are nearly at our last quotation—The supplies of Oats are likewise short, and sales in this trade are . named at a small increase in price, and Flour conti nues at our last quotation. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER: Wheat, 488. 628. 728. Beans (old) 545. 60s. od. Fine ditto, 745. 775. Tick ditto (old) 51s. 575. ('d. ye, 455. 50s. Oats, 335. 865.40 3. Barley, 465. 50$. Poland ditto, 41$. 425. cd. Malt 665. 765. Potatoe ditto 00$. 44s Od. White Pews (boilers) 1465. 3581. Rape Seed, 951. :AIL Os. Grey ditto 50s. 56s Fine Flour 535. 589. 609.-Seconds 50s. 555. The Bill for imposing New Duties of Assessed Taxes has just been printed. The New Duties are sp - Niaed in schedules which occupy thirty pages.- Tile following are the principal : wiNnows-rtr xxcuAlas. .co 6 6 15 to Pay if 5 6 6 10 0 14 .... ..... 63 6 113 0 15 •••••.... 7 0 0 2 2 0 16 7 17 0 2 16 0 HS 9 10 6 312 0 19 , ..:. ..... 10 7 6 12 ... ... ... 49 6 21 11 4 6 The Scale ascends to 180 Windows, which are to pay ..*.93 25.6 d. y"" 1 he Duties on Windows in SCOILAND are less. INHABITED DWE ear, LLING-NOV.3M X. 5 and under £.20, by the y ls. 6d. in Pound. the £.20 and under 440, ...... 25. 3d. £.40 and upwards ...... 2s. 10d. MALE SEAVANTS....(I rear for each Served.) I Ser v ant £2 4 0 7 Servants se.4 16 0 916 0 8 ......... • 53 0 2 ...... 5 12 0 3 4 5 18 0 1 0 6 S 0 5 • 6 . For every Servant retained or employed by any male person, never having been married, over and above the before-mentioned Duties, the further sum of For every Gardener, or person employed to work in any gardenomder any person chargeable to the du ties mentioned in the schedule relative to Male Ser vants; and for every Gardener employed in any garden wherein the constant labour of one person shall not be necessary, the sum of - - - - - For every Traveller or Rider, when only one shall be employed Where more than one, for each For every Clerk employed More than one, fur each Skopmen, Warehousemen, Porters or Cellarmen, ex cept Apprentices For every Waiter Male Servant kept by Stable-keeper Male Servant retained for Husbandry, Manufactureor Trade, by which the Master or Mistress shall gain a livelihood or profit, and at any time employed in any domestic employment, in any of the capaci ties in schedule relative to Footmen, Groom, But ler, &e. ........ - For every Male Servant retained for Hushandry, Ma nufacture, or Trade, and at any time employed as 4 Groom, fitable-boy, or Helper, where the Master shall be chargeable for one horse and no more For C.:each:l22n, Groom P os tillion, or Helper, kept fur the parpcse of hir e 6 to Pay I 14 Q. CARRIAGES. 1 Four-Wheel Car. - 11. 5 0 4 2 for each 14 7 0 7 3 ......... 13 10 0 8 .......•• 4 ......... 14 0 0 9 .•..•...• S .. ...... . 14 13 0 And for every additional Body used on the same Car riage, or timber of Wheels Evtry Cat riAge less than four Wheels, except Taxed Carts, drawn by one horse - - Drawn Ly two horses And fur every additional Body C arr i ag es let to Hire having fou r Wheels - - - - titagu Coaches 'Taxed Carts, with less than four Wheels - - • Coach-maker - - - - ....... For every Carriage of four Whee ls made - - - 4 Ditto of two Wheels Sellers of Carriages For every Carriage Sold of four Wheels - - - • Ditto of two Wheels Where two or more Dogs are kept Where only one HAIR POWDER. , Every person HORSE DEALERS. In London and Westminster, an annual duty of In any other part of Great Britain - . - , ARMORIAL BEARINGS. By persons keeping a coach Not keeping a coach, but chargeable to the duties on inhabited houses Not chargeable to snob duties Gantekeepers Not Gamekeepers P - 'Deft arc exemptions to each Schedule. HORSE& One Horse ...... 215 6 8 510 0 • ...... for each 4 9 9 512 0 3 ........ . 4186 l y 517 6 4 ....... 52 0 For 20 and up wards 61 0 S ...... 53 0 Horsestohire — f oreach2 13 6 5 7 6 Race Horses 7 ......... 510 0 Hushasdry Horses, kept by any person occupying a farm at rack rem, the rent of which shall be less than 201. a year MG& 0 2 10 011 6 0 7 0 1 9 6 22 10 0 11 0 0 2 8 4 1 4 0 0 13 0 1 1 0 3 S. 0 447 V lATLLLICE!'CE• THZ EDITOR OF THE STA. COURT OF i'ING'S BENCH, APRIL 127. Stn—The numerous accidenu that have happen from the clothes of . woMen and children taking fire will, I hope, induce you to insert the following, rather indelicate, but infallible method of extinguishing the flams, when such circumstances occur. It is taken from the last Number of Me Phdosophical Pla,ozire, page 175. " The hands of any assistant must be passed under all the cloathes to the sufferer's shift, and then the whole closed above her head. The flames will thus most certainly be extinguished. This ran be done in five seconds. in the time that a person can stoop to the ground and rise win, and no other method can be so ready, lx,Jedittous, and effectual. The sufferer will Leib At.: the business by folding her arms close before her."—April t 7, 1808. PELLET V COCKERELL, AND °lnns. The Plaintiff in this case is Captain of the East I*: din Company's ship United Kingdom, and when Id Calcutta in the year 1804, the Defendants, who sx merchants there, agreed with the Plaintiff for dab whole of his privilege, at the rate of 351. pet ton, anti to give him for 34,000 ru p ees, which he had in their hands, 3s. 2d. per sicca rupee. Accordingly the de4 fendants sent 118 chests of ind i g o on board the United Kingdom, which arrived safe, but the residue; 112 elitists, Was lost between Cal c u tta and the ship, which wasting* considers le distance down the rive r. In the bean time the 'Defendants had ordered other goodson board, to make up the quantity of tonage ; but before they arrived, the ship sailed ; therefore, ActRDANELLES EXPEDITION. the Plaintiff sought to recover 24.131. I Is. being the deficiency; in freight. On the part of the Defendants It is reported that in a few days the production ofl certain papers respecting the ill fated expeditions to ! b e in g Stned it was contended, that as the Plaintiff had been in. out and home, to the am ount . of 70001. and it to the Dardanelles and Alexandria will be moved hr.— 1 th e custom in India to insure from shore shore, they were not liable for the deficiency. The We sincerely hope the report m a y be true, as there are many circumstances that seem to render it pile original contractleing admitted,Lo. rdELLEtatoitoucit cularly desirable, and even necessary. Half this Ses- 1 sion has been taken up in motiens for papers, and /i said, it was clear that the raintiff had not practised any delusion, and that the 112 chests of go had endless discussions upon them, respecting the Danish never been in hil so on, consequently he Could expedition, to the able conducting and successful issue ; fat not be L a b ablf for what was not under his care. Verdict of which it is probably owing that Parliament has hi- ' .. • . therto coetinned to enjoy the privilege of meeting i t- This DOWDING AND ENOTHESIOD. REID AND OTHERS. Platnfiff 2413 L Ils. peace, and of employing the midnight hour in debate This action was broughZandte Plaintiffs, who ard in s about the honour and expediency of that measure i c nn l iers ' e a g ai a n - G .,, A st thes..4rDef ts, who had been the intead of being called into the field to 'tight for the ' °wntrs of ' le ""'"" '-r— -protection of their families and firesides, al& to strug- East Indiaman, for sup plying that ship with stores in the year 1803, to the gle even for the existence of Britain, for whose de-I amount of 2181. 17s. Id. struction, a combination, embracing so wide At circle i It appeared that a Mr. Moses Agar had been the and possessing such powerful means, had been pre! ship's husband, and part owner, who had the entire pared, and almost ready to burst upon us. lf, in such k management of the ontfittittg of tlie ship, and had also a critical emergency, thr.e has been deemed well spent been in the habits fne years of dealing with the Plain in giving every act of Government its severest cone. ' tiffs in accommodatienbllls, till he became a bankrupt in 1807, when the Plaintiffs sought to rec over the ment, it is surely not less important to allot a portion : of it tc the review of fruit less ex p editions which have; amount of their bill for store s. On the part of the Defendants it was proved, by I cost the lives of so many of our brave defenders ; tare i several respectable coopers, that the usual credit wad Wished to a certain degree the lustre of his Majesty's I only 12 months,,and that the ship had been sold, and I l arms, and wasted so much tim e and treasute that : ! the w hole account had been settled between the ship's might have been more advantageously and honour husband and the other owners. ably employed. That the late expeditions to the Ar- Lord Eeeriz onot:o u observed, that it was clear , chipelago and Egypt were m ost disastrous is but too I apparent, and the reasons of their having been so I from the extreme indulgence the Plaintiffs showed Mr. Agar, that they did not conceive the other owner* should be enquired into, and- probed to the bottom. actions responsible, especially as they had several money trans. The public has a right to be satisfied as to the how actions together after the usual credit had expired, whence they could have failed so* completely ; whether from the want of information and judgment and withholding their demand so long, naturally ;n -and in those who planned, or of . skill, of prudence - , or of i duced the Defendants to suppose that the whole ae• valour in those to whom the execution of the plans mand upon the ship had been entirely liquidated. ; Verdict for Defendants. was entrusted. The experience, ability, and esta blished character of many of the o ffi cers employed on JONES AND ANOTHER, C. HODSON' AND ANOTHER. that service, warrants the belief that no blame can at- This was an action brought for goods sold and de tach to any of them ; yet as something very like it is livered to the Defendants, amounting to 13161. 9s. unfortunately (though perhaps not intentionally) in- i B ot h parties are warehousemen, in . cteen-street, situated in some of the extracts of the dispatches pub-ICheapside. In the month of December, r. Hodson lished upon that occasion; it is certainly no more than t called on the Plaintiffs, and purchased from them a common justice to the concerned to let the foundation quantity of cambric muslin s, which were delivered, for such inuendos be ascertained, or proved to be al- and the invoice niade out in the name of J. Hodson together geoundless. The soldier, whatever be his aid Ce. but Mr. Hodson called a few days after and rank or station, who falls fighting for his King an d prevailed on the Plaintiffs to make it out in the name Country, leaves the protection of his fame and ,Of Shaw and Co. calicoTrinters, in Manchester. cation to the care of those in whose cause he 117, 1 Mr. Shaw was called, and upon cross-examination and a generous Public will not suffer a slur to rest on tted that they 'never received the goods, though either, even by implieldem 'which by a candid and hen tood they had been purchased for his house, dispassionate' investigation, can be wiped away— as Mr. Hodson was a partner, and since that period More especially_ if there shall appear the most distant became insoivent.—Verdict for the Plaintiffs. round to suspect the insinuat ion mi g ht have crept on from pqlitical bias, or a wish to compliment the liv ing, at the expence of merit no longer alive to refute the calumny, or possibly to retort the charge. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 28. MR. LUDLAM. At the sitting of the Court, this Gentleman, against whom a Commission of Lunacy had issued some time . since (as particularly stated in the report of proceed ings in this cause in a former paper) respectfully ad. dressed the LORD CHANCELLOR from the back bar-- he handsomely apologised to his Lordship for thus troubling him with a personal application, and trusted he would excuse so great a liberty, assuring his Lord ship at the same time that nothing but the particular circumstances under which he stood should have in duced him to do so. He requested his Lordship would appoint a day for taking his case into considerations as every day's delay was of the utmost importance and extremely injurious to him. He further stated that he had already lost two of his material witnesses, and a third was under orders for the West Indies. He therefore trusted these circumstances would be a suf. ficient apology for trespassing upon his Lordship, and requesting an early day for the consideration of his The following short extract, from the Tragedy of MAHOMIIT, will be found applicable to character of the French Ruler : At CANOR- 1 know thy master's arts : his generous tears,, Like the refreshing breeze that previous fall To the wild outrage of th' o'erwheiming earthquakes, Only forerun destruction. Yu AltoN—Leagues he will nuke too-- ALC lNOß—Like other grasping tyrants, 'till he eyes A lucky juncture to enlarge his bounds ; Then he'll divide them, leap o'er every tie, Of sacred guarantee, or sworn protection ; And when the oppress'd ally implores assistance, Beneath that mask inv.wie the trisit'd-for miens, And, from purefrie.d:h.",b, tale th ette to himself. Lust and ambition are the springs Of all his actions ; whilst, without one dente, Dissimulation, like a Pattering painter, • Bedecks him with the c•;lottting of these an. Government have it in c ontemplation to purchase certain lands which run parallel to the Duke's Walk, near the Abbey of Holyrood-bouse, Edinburgh; and join with the King's Park or St. Ann's Yards, on the west. The whole area, when the malls are removed, will form a park of upwards of 50 acres. The intention of Government, in the first in stance, is to form a park for militaty exercises, artil lery-grounds, magazines for military stores, Saturday se'nnight came on at Down Assizes the important trial arising from the detention, by the Wickham and Ross revenue cruisers, on the 6th of July, 1803, of the American ship Charles Carter, for having a greater number of passengers on board than were warranted by Act of Parliament. The vessel was permitted to proceed on her voyage, on security to abide the consequences. By -the ver4ict of the Jury, the owners were fined in 4'2100. Some uncommonly daring robberies were last week committed on the watch-makers and silversmiths in the city of Cork. A robber, under pretence of pur chasing,having secured an article,fled instantaneously. Mr. CONNOR, Nassau-street, Mr. Down, Fishamble street, and Mr. SMITH, JerViutrget, have each lost a watch in this way ; and on comparing notes it ap peared to be the same man only disguised in various dresses. He went to . Mr. Smirii as a working shoe maker, and having bargained very hard for a 9 guinea watch, he asked the hour and fled while Mr. SMITH turned aiout to look at , the regalator. He also ran away with a number of spoons from a shop near Ca. pel-street, but being pursued, he called out honour Gentlemen ! I'm in dett---the people believing the as s-ertion did not stop him ; and thus he escaped tri amplant in open day ! case. The LORD CuAxcetwa assured him, that it was his *wish to give the matter his earliest attention, but he understood there was some difficulty in the case. Sir :Salton. ROMILLY, on behalf of Mr. Ludlam, observed that nothing more was necessary than for leis Lordship to make an order to try the traverse. LORD. C H ANCELLOR.—.." I should be glad to give Mr. Ludlam every assistance in my power, but wish to speak with the Master before I make any order...-. I. will direct the Master to attend me in my private room before the sitting of the Court to-morrow morn. ing, and if m r . Ludlam will be so good as to attend at the same time, I will see what are the necessary steps to be taken." CLAIMS ON THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. Immediately after, a poor man, who has long been in the habit of attending the Court, who is better known by the title of the Duke of Norfolk, and whom we have had occasion to notice in former papers, j..con trived to station h . self in the front of t h e bar, before Sir SAMUEL Ro n IL LY, and addressing his Lordship, begged to know' his Lordship would make any order in his case ? He had (he said) been thrown into pri son for debt, was now living in a very poor and humble dwelling, from which he was afraid he should be obliged to seek a . ssistance frora the work-house, where he had already been once compelled to go-- His title to ar, independent property, he added, could be fully made out to his Lordship's satisfaction. The LORD CHANCELLOR assured him he had given his case every consideration in his power, knit found it was quite impossible for ?dm to give him any assis. tance, w hich, however, his Lordship regretted ex ceedingly. 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