Star. — London, England, 1813-09-03 00:00:00

101%!z M r ••••••••••••1i .. .M• FALMOUTH, AUOVST Si. r Arrived the Rover, PARIS, from Lisbon , in thirty days, bound to Guernsey, leaky t, spoke, on the 12th instant, his Majesty's ship NYMPIIIM, with a fleet for' England, which sailed on the 28th ultimo from Lis bon : on the 13th instant, spoke his Majesty's 'ships ANDROMEDA and UNICORN, from Oporto, with forty sive sail under convoy : on the 93d; spoke the Chan nel Fleet off Ushant: on the 27th, in lat. 49. 10. N. long. 9. 20. W. spoke the Princess Elisabeth packet, v:hich sailed from Lisbon 4th•instant ; no doubt but she will be in to . -morrow, and the above fleet may be ourly expected in the Channel. Arrived the RAPID s..chour.ei• from the Downs.;--Wind E. PLYMOUTH, SF Arrived the Horatio, Toasts, from Guernsey, with cargot of paving.stones for his Majesty's Dockyard at this port.—Sailed the PINAMUS frigate, Captain DuNnas, and his Majesty's cutter, FANbY, Lieute nant HOLLANDS) to join the Channel fleet ; also sailed the COSSACK sloop of war to the westward. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 2. Arrived the DANMARK, of 74 guns, Capt. BAkER EGMONT, 74, Captain BlNGusst ; MEDUSA, 38, Capt. BELL ; and DLIMENT, 18, Capt. SUTTON, from off Clerbdurg ; and URGENT, 14, Capt. NIENTitAtd, from the Westward.—Sailed Rxaeosit, 10, Captain Funalt, with the DONEGAL and SPARTIATE, of 71 guns each, under jury -masts; and convoy for the river ; and ESCORT, 14, Lieu tenant Cnontr, with con voy for Guernsey. The NtEmtn, 38, Captain PYM, is appointed convoy to .Barbadoes ; and CYDNUS, 38, Capt. LANGFORD, for the North Coast of Spain. DEAL, SEPTEMBER 2. Sailed the DEFENDER lugger with the Coriolanus, IiASELWOOD, for Hull. Arrived the ACTIVE cutter from a cruize off flushing. Came down from the River the Charlotte, Witytx, bound to Gibraltar.— His Majesty's ship NORGE, of 74. guns, Capt. RAINIER, is arrived in the Downs, after having sailed as far as 70 degrees of North latitude, in search of Commodore Ronzas, without success. At North Bergen, Captain RAINIER was informed that the AMerican frigate had put in there for refreshments, &c. but• had left that port eight days before the arrival of the NORGE, and no intelligence whatever could be gained of his desti. ation. It is much to be feared, therefore, that al though the Commodore will be obliged 04 run the gauntlet through the host of British cruizers, yet that he will finally arrive in safety at some American or friendly port . —Remain in the Downs, the Monmouth and Norge, line of battle ships ; Viper, Alert, Folk st'dbe, Archer, and Nymph, brigs, sloops, cutters, &c. Wind &NV' HAIR.Witg, SEPTEMBEA 2. No ar'ri'vals.—Sailed the King George pacltet for iieliguland, and the Auckland and Lady Nepean packets for Gottpnimrah.Lall with Mails and pas:. =riga!: Sailed the outward-bound Baltic convoy, and a small convoy under the PINCHER gun-brig, for Heligoland.—Wind N. W: Thursday se'nnight the sloop Welcome peace, T. Rowley, Master, laden with kelp, struck in the river Aire, near Hunslet, and sunk almost immediately.— it was with great difficulty that the Captain's wife and child escaped a watery grave: ARRIVALS. At Yarmouth, the Providence, Watson, from Memel; Lively, itlmson, from Hel;zoland; and Yerang Sambeit ' --, from the .Baltic. At Hull, Gen er al D'Y or k, and Ainsley, Winn, f}om Pillau ; Harmony, Walmesley, from Calmar ; Barbara, --, from Memel, and Mantle, Wilson, from Stockholm. At Whitby, Eaglet, Hall, from Riga, and Carl Wilhelm, —' from Carla trona. At Searboro' s Th em i s , D on ki n , from Riga. At Gibraltar, (Ju'y 20), Unicorn frigate, from Portsmouth, with a Beet ; Ho ratio, Walker; Leeds Brady; Duke of B e df or d, —; L ou i sa Hannah, Benson; Minerva, • Generous Friends Austin; and Recovery, Evans, from Lond o n . ' At Cadiz, the Neptune, Passmore • Old Friends, and Duke of Bronte, frotn I nndon ; ' Somerset, Metherell, and Susan, Brisrow, from New foundland; Active, Hayburn, fr om Wilmington • M ount klok, from Charlston ; and Adventu re , Dawes, from London. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Captain Argles, to the Impress Service at Limerick. Lieut. Robins, to the command of the Suffolk prison-ship. ileut. Edwards, to the command of the Negro prison-ship. . Lieut. Flintoff, to the Impress Service at Dover. Lieutetrants--Fitzniaurice, to the Dictator; Herrick, to be a Commander; Stone, to the Mercurius ; Atkinson, to the Plover; Brooke, to the Hydra ; Lugg, to the Queen ; Treeve, to the Kotler; 8011, to the Dasher; Lemoyne, to the Revolotionnaire ; Maxwell, to the Avon; London, to the Vengtur ; and Barrell, to be Flag-Lieutenant to Admiral note. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 3. PIO STONt OT 81b. TO Shia ma 07TAL. led 5s .8d to es 8d Veal es od to 7* ed Mutton. 5s Sd to 7. od , Perk Os ed to 7s 64 Lamb 6s Od to 7s ed. Batts, about' 750-Sheep and Lambs, 7,540. Calves, 220-Pigs, 300. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD. Meadow Hay 31 Os to 31 Os Clover 61 Os to 61 6s Rowen 01 us to 01 Os Straw 11 14s to 21 Os CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 3. The Wheat Trade continues exceedingly heavy, having no de rand; and the arrivals of a large quantity froth the Baltic has Canted a further depression in our prices: but although less mo ney is asked than oh Wednesday, no sales can be effected. Oats, • being in short supply, support their prices. Barley is rather lower. In Peas, Beam, and other articles, there is no alteration. English. Foreign. Wheat, Kent and Essex, 345. l Wheat, American OS. 00. 1130 s. per quarter, per quarter. Ditto, Euffolk, 80S. 9S L Ditto, Dantzlc 86S. 105 s. Ditto. Norfolk, 80s. 365. Ditto, Baltic Red 70s. 90s. Rye 44i. 465. 1 Ditto, Hamkro' or Barley 38s. 40s. Fine 425. 445. Bremen, 70s. JDs. Mak, 84s. 9(. Ditto, Brabant Red 70 4 . 901. White Fess, 655. 70s. New, Rye, 40s. 465. 741. 76s Barley, 40s. 425. Croy, ditto, 52e. 565. Oats, Brew, Small Beaus, 625. 645. Oats, Feed, Tick do. 565. Us. Fine 00s. 00s. White Peas, 70s. 746. Oats, Potatoe, 401. 425. 44%. Grey Ditto, 80s. 526 nitro, Poland, 30s. 40s. Small Beans, Onto, Feed, 245. 364. Tick Beans, • 1 Fre e Flour, per Sack; 85c. 90s. American Float, 001..te 09,, ts %.. iplyotoie, .01.1•Elith.kle Her MA,Mrer and the Panicasisas remained in Windsor Castle this day,uwing to: tiie unfavo6rable state of the weather. The Band of the Horse Guards were on duty at the Lower Lodge until eleven last night. The PAINCKSS is expected to remain with us ano ther week'. The Marquis of HUNTLEY has left Edinburgh to enjoy the sports of the field in the ►icinity of Huntley Lodges North Britain.. The Duke of ATHOL has quitted the Isle of Man for Blair, in North Britain. His Grace's improve- ments at his Castle in the former island are said to be very extensive. Mr. and Mrs. BUSHBY and family left Great Cum.. berland•place yesterday, for their seat sear Dumfries, Scotland. Sir WitAram SCOTT and the Marchioness of Suoo are now at Stawell Park, near North Leach, in Glou cestershire, wherein many improvements are goingoo. Lord MOUNTJOY gave a grand dinner at his house in Grafton-street on Wednesday last. Lord GRIMSTONZ gave a grand dinner on Wednes day last at his house in Grosvenor-square. • Lady HAGOERSTOWE gave an elegant dinner yester day at her house in Berkeley-square. - - The generous and humane people of Sheffield pro vided no less than 40,000 excellent dinners for the distressed labourers of that town and neighhnurhol dating the scarcity, which a plenteous h arves t i s n fast removing. TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE, all those Capital Prizes, including Two of 820,000 and Two of 810,000, with which the Wheels of the present Lot , tery are crammed, and which must be disposed of by Act of Parliament on the 17th of this month.— May be viewed with Tickets and Shares of Tickets, to be had at all the Offices in Town and Country. FIRE.—An alarming fire broke out at the house of P. Sykes, Esq. at Harbledon, near Dorchester, Oxon, on Tuesday last, occasioned by some bed-furniture taking fire in the servants' bed-room. The house was in flames before an alarm prevailed, and, from the lateness of the hour, it was with the greatest diffi culty the family escaped. J. Whele, a man servant who slept in the attic, was so much burnt; that he is not expected to live. The interior of the house was destroyed, and the flames communicated to the sta bling, barn, and out-houses, the whole of which fell a prey to the devouring element. The barn contained a valuable rick of wheat, just housed ; besides, which, two horses, and several pigs, fell sacrifices to the flames. Yesterday se'nnight, as the workmen of Messrs. Hawks and Co. were trying some new ordnance near their foundery at New Woolwich, two balls missed the bank against which they were intended to be fired, and passed into Gatshead. One of them struck the house of Mr. Spence, linen-draper, shivering' one or the windows to pieces, and rebounded into the street with such violence, as to break the flags ; the other ball fell at the west end of Pipewell-gate, with out doing any damage. A labourer lately digging near Locharbridge, in the parish of Tinwald, found, a considerable way be low the surface of the earth, the lid of an iron chest, the lock of which is of a very peculiar construction. It has five strong bolts running in different directions, which, by means of a peculiar and ingenious machi nery, one key had been made to open. It is impos sible so guess at the age of this curious piece of an. tiquity. A woman, named Smith was detected in decoyinbr away a boy, four years old, from the door of his mother, in the Hampstead read, on Wednesday evening, under pretence of buying pears. The of fender had got the child into the fielfils, towards Mary la-bonne Park, and was in th e a :." •• i ping him, when Hart , a constable , wh o s e att . . arrested by the cries of the b o y s too k t h e wo Ustody. The child was restored to its parents, and the woman was himanded for another examination. Tuesday night, the apartments of Mr. Jamison, in Tottenham Cottrt-road, were forcibly entered by some persons, with pick-lock keys, who robbed the pre. rnises of bank-notes and other property, to an im mense amount, with which they left the house veith out being detected. Wednesday afternoon, a young man, employed at a new building f or t h e as-light Company, the corner of the Curtain-road and Worship -street, in ascending a ladder with a hod of bricks, missed his step, and fell from the height of 64 feet to the ground, by which he dislocated hie shoulder, broke one of his arms, and was otherwise so much bruised as to be taken to the Hospital without any signs of life. Wednesday se'nnight, as Mrs.Goodburn, publican, at the Windy Nook, on Gateshead Fell, and her daugh ter, were riding towards home, th upon one horse, they met the mail coach from lwcastle at the north end of Chester-le -street, when, he horse in a flight turned suddenly round, and bolt mother and daughter fell to the ground. The place being very narrow, and the coach going at a quick rate down the hill, could not be stopped, the wheels unfortunately went over the mother's bead, and over the daughter's legs. The Former died in a few minutes; the daughter is in a fair way of recovery. SUDDEN LEATIIS IN YoßK.—Monday morning was found dead in her bed, to which she went the pre ceding evening in good health, Mrs. Elizabeth Pe nalton. The same afternoon, without any previous illness, Francis Duffield, a labouring man ; and on Wednesday mottling was found dead in his bed, the Rev. John Walker, Minister of St. Dennis, Walm. gate. Mr. Walker was advanced in years, but retired to bed in his usual health. What is remarkable, the above persons were near neighbours to each other, in Micklegate. Mr. Walker had, oriTuesday evening, in conversing with his family on the awful events of the preceding day, feelingly enforced the necessity of preparation for what must inevitably, and may very suddenly, as in the recent instances, take place. Wednesday last, in Ray-street, Clerkenwell, Mr. Pennock, landlord of the Sun and Punch Bowl pub lic house, after leaving the parlour, where he had been entertaining the company in the most ocular way, dropped down, and instantly expired. Yester day an Inquest was held on the body, at the Red Lion, in Coppice-row. Verdict—Di:4 by the Visita tation of Goa. ''HEATE. Lvaihm.—i...ast night the Beggar's Opera was per-? formed, for the purpose of introducing Mr. and Mrs. CooKE in the characters of Captain Illackheath and Pol 4; and if, in the representation of these ardnous parts, they have not gained fresh laurels, at least their performatives in no way detracted from the fame they have already gained by their exertions. Miss KELLY sustained the character of Lucy *kb great spirit and effect. GATTIE and SMITH ' in Peachuin and Loekitt, were very respectable : the former gen tleman infused considerably more spirit into the cha racter than we have been accustomed to witness.— The House was crowded. COVENT.GARMEN.—This Theatre was lighted up list night, for the purpose of witnessing the effect of the alterations and embellishments which have taken place during the recess. Of these we gaire a minute description in our Paper of Tuesday ; but no descrip tion is capable of giving an adequate idea of the striking effect upcn the eye of so splendid a display of varied beauties, disposed with so much correct judgment, and marked by such superior clas s i c taste . It is, indeed, impossible to do justice 6y expression to the elegance displayed throughout the whole of tbe' -interior ; and we are at a loss which most to admire, the splendour of the decorations, the exquisite taste by which they are directed, or the chaste beauty which so eminently pervades the whole. So admir able are the proportions which every where present 'themselves, that the eye reposes upon the general scene, not only without pain, but with uniform de light ; and nothing seems wanting, that the most chaste, elegant, and classical taste could devise, to render this splendid edifice at once an ornament and a credit to the Metropolis of the Empire, and a mo nument-of the perfection to which we have arrived in this species of the Arts. The prawn/um affords a grand and most striking improvement to the stage; the wreaths of oak, the red and white rose, the thistle and the shamrock in gold, the oak foliage, &c. are disposed throughout with the most refined and happy taste; and the whole of the multifarious, chaste, ele gant, and classical ornaments, are finally carved in the relief, richly gilt, and displayed on a ground of light stone colour, the tout ensemble producing a most enchanting effect.—The interior of the Boxes have also undergone some very material improvements : the backs are painted a fine dark crimson, and will diffuse a beaming hue on the countenances of,the fe male part of the audience. There is a new drop cur tain, admirably designed and finely executed : this was also much admired ; and never, perhaps, ..was more unalloyed delight displayed , than that witnessed last night, by the whole of th e spectators, on this splendid and gratifying occasion. Mr. COKE has left Holkham on a tour into Derby shire. Shooting, even partridge shooting, never com mences with him, in Norfolk, until the last week in October. Sic GEORGE LEEDS, Ban. has given up his Hunting. donshire pack of fox-hounds, and is getting up a pack of harriers in their stead. The Duke of GItAFTON'S horse Antonio is matched against Lord SAcxvtuat's Eagle, as the second New. market October Meeting. The Duke 4„,Glt FTON'S Woeful is matched, at the same meeting, against Mr. LAKE'S rfladdin, for 300 guineas. The disputed race for his Majesty's Plate at Ascot, referred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club, has been decided in favour of Aspen:. WALKING MATcn.—Mr. HARROW, a celebrated walker, undertook yesterday to go on foot, what is termed heel and toe, meaning fair walking, 11 miles in two. hours, on the Watford-road. He started at six o'clock, and did six miles in one hour and three minutes, having .57 minutes left to perform the other five miles. The pedestrian accomplished the match in two minutes withi the given time. The match was for 30 guineas. In consequence the patronage given to the milling-cut by the ux, whisker: have fallen near one-half in price ; a$ by the new fashion, the whiskers are close shaven, and the hair of the head cropped short on the top. When PENN, the celebrated Quaker, was examined before the Lord Mayor and Recorder of London, on a charge Of preaching in the streets, he put some per plexing questions to the learned Magistrates. "Take him to prison," said the Recorder ; if we were to allow him to ask questions all night, he would be no wiser to=morrow: That would depend upon thy answers,' 4l returned the placid Quaker. 'The state 9f things on the Continent, and the pre• sent abundant harvest, leads us to hope that the year 1813 will be distinguished by two falls almost of equal moment—the fall of BONAPARTE, and ;he fall tof Bread. ANOTHER GIIOST.—Mr. PITT'S, it seems, is not the only ghost called into action at the preseht i eventful period. The following most singular and extraordi nary narrative has arrested the attention of the higher circles ; its verification is not within our cognizance : " A distinguished foreigner, resident in this coun try, and intimately connected with Vienna, has been privately informed, that during the Armistice, letters, purporting to be letters from the late QUEEN of FRANCE, had been secretly transmitted to the EMPE. noR of AUSTRIA, in which the deceased invokes his Imperial Majesty most seriously to remember the sa cred obligations of affection and consanguinity which bad existed between them ; and never to forget the inhuman and unexampled cruelties inflicted on her self, and on her family —to be no longer a participa tor in murder, pollution, tyranny, and rapine ; the awful crisis had arrived. His own happiness here and hereafter depended on his decision. These letters were short, impressive, and devout, written in a hand writing which, when compared with the Qurex's, was a perfect fee simile. The impression on the wax, the same she used in correspondence with her family. To increase the appearance of supernatural agency, they were deposited during the night in a mysterious manner, which evaded all inquiry and research. The Emperor paid a marked but silent attention to their contents, and gradually became serious, meditative, and restless ; when he was addressed finally in the same secret manner, and informed, in the most minute manner of his own wretchedness and feelings ; that his remedy was in . his own hands ; that by joining tine Allids he would rescue Germany and save him • self, and in two years regain his original title, and all his ceded dominions." ii;dirilor.oiiiii iaA. •• • . This day the orgies of St. Bartholomew. the tutelar Saint of all the sons and daughter s of mirth and ineA-T -ment in London, c om m enced with due solemnity: The L'orso MAYOR, as Sovereign 'of the City, offi: dated as High Priest on the occasion : he was ft.:- cempaoied from the Mansion House to Smithfield.l , y a numerous concourse of loyal subjects, who testified by grateful acclamation, their high sense of his pa: ternal care in lowering the price of bread at this sea son of general hilarity. At Neugate the procession halted according to immemorial custom, and his Lordship, from a cool' tankard of 66 Whitbread's entire," poured a libation to the manes of the heroes who died at Vittoria and the Pyrenees, while the welkin rung with shouts of " Wellington for ever." Arrived at the entr ince to Cloth Fair, his Lordship was met by Garter, King at Arms, who immediately proclaimed the style and title of St. Bartholomew the Great. The attendant Heralds, Bonze Dragon and 'Blanche Baton, then broke their staves of office, and the City Trumpeters poured forth the joyful signal for the commencement of the carnival. The war which for a time did fall, Now trebly tbunder'd on 'he gate— Charge CHISTC v., charge, on SraNLar, on Were" the but words of Marmien!" No description can convey an idea, of the uproa : rious concert which now rent the salubrious utmos t phere of Smith fi eld The t r ump ets o f " t h e l ord of Lorn"—the neighing of horses—the I raying of the learned Jack-ass—the roar of the Nerncin Linn—lse shrieks of starved Hyenas, and perturbed Ty gees-. the chattering of monicies, magpes, and old women ...-the shouts of joy sent forth by a hundred merry andrews at once more meeting the honest citizens of London—the squeaking of penny trumpets and creaking of halfpenny rattles—with the hissing emit ted from , a thou'and frying-p:in,•, at once in full acti. vity—Such were the dei,ciulis founds which alter. nately and simultaneously took ihe a imprisoriod ear," and wrapp'd it in any thing but Elysium ! Nor was the sense of sound alone thus braced and invigorated —the olefactory nerves were called into action by the most luscious, it not fragrant exhalations—penny pies, farthing sausages, all hot! all 11.4.! live oysters, and dead cabbages—with the stertorous efitivia from an hundred menageries of birds, beasts, and bipeds, con tributed to furnish a nondescript olio to the dumb. founded nostrils of the amateur; while the nobler fa. culty of vision was regaled with frointedexhibitions of every curiosity, human and inhuman, under the sun. Nor was the sense of touch left ungratifi el—rr brawny London coalbeaver, with an elbow, like the tore-ham mer of a Cyclops, occasionally convinced the striplings inthe crowd, that whatever might be the proptirtion of bras: on their foreheads, their ribs were neither cased in adamant nor clothed in steel. Of the novelties of the Fair, the following is what book-worms would call a catalogue raironnei , : Iniftrimis.—Anne Moore, the fasting worn in of Tutbury.—N. B. Worthy of imitation in all ;.•rge families. Item. 'lle Ghost of Mr. Pitt, ail alive and on horse back, as it appea: eu to•Mr.Chapman in the London road. A correct representation of the Sword which King Jot left bebnui him a; Vittoria.—N.B. His sceptre. is also bespoke for King Fmdinand. , - The Saab, de Algirerhn! of Jourdva—viz. a pancake ladle covered with a dish-clout. The Sledge in which Bonaparte and the Executioner, Caulaincouit, ran away horn the Cossacks. Under repair—to be used again in their return to Paris from Silesia. a s l• An exact representation, in the person of a British Sailor, of one of the Torpedia.-s, by means of which the Lords of the Admiralty (Goy bless them) are to destroy the American NAvy.-11 glorious prospect. Our .old friends, Richardrcn, Sceiviets, and Gyegell, have each pitched their teets, and the Dunstalle boards have been ransacked for the best performers. Old Sean fir: also, like an ever.green, with Mr. Mer r y m a n by Ifs side, invites the passmg stranger to an eques. trian exhibition—while Polito has laid under contri bution the wilds of Africa, and the Arabian deserts, to amuse the young folks with a sight of whatever is curious in the animal creation. Among the dii nano. rum gentian, we have to notice the " King and Master of all Conjurors"—" the Emperor of the Posture , makers"—" Prince of the Fire-caters"—Wellington Dumplings"—" Austrian Mediation Nuts," in the form of musket balls—" Vittoria Fritterlings"—and 46 Pancakes from the Pyrenees," eke out the enter tainment. The due administration of Justice has been, a s usual, amply provided for this season. .Chef•Justioes Natrign, the City Marshal, has taken his seat at the Ram Inn, for the chastisement of rogues of an inccrt: rigible and felonious description ; while the more venial cases of trim. con. rape, seduction, bigamy, and so forth, will be tried in the ancient Court of Pied Poudre, which has been " beautified" and en larged, fur the better accommodation of its nume rous visitants. We shall faithfully report these cases as they occur—nothing, in our opinion, tending so • much to the pure administration-of j as the• publication of the proceedings of tribunals di high respectability. • • . A few days ago the wife of Edward Eawards, of Cavendish -street, Liverpool, was brought to bed of her 17th son. What makes it the more remarkable is, that she had 17 boys cut of 18 children, and is now about 50 years of age. Saturday se'nnight, one of the coach horses, be. longing to Mr. Henshate, of the Red Lion Inn, Loughborough, was maimed in a very extraordinai y manner, viz, by an incision of several inches deep having been made in the lower part of th, off shoul der, as if a knife had been forced therein. And what is still more extraordinary, a few weeks back two other coach horses, tt.e property of Mr. Hardy, of Nottingham, that were standing in one of Mr. Hea. shaw•'s stables, were maimed in their off shoulders, exactly at the same spot, except only as to the depth of the wounds. Notwithstanding considerable pains have been taken to discover by what means those in. juries have been inflicted, the matter is still enveloped in mystery. One of the horses, which WAS worth about £4O, it is feared will never be fit to work any more; 1 the other two, though unserviceable at musty us likely IQ be restored.