Star. — London, England, 1820-12-14 00:00:00

■ R o c.iisltkm to the MAYOII call another Meeting, ! - ,, r the purpose of voting a Loyal Address to his NIAJEsTY, in conformity with the sentiments so de cidedly expressed by a large majority, at the Meet ing held this day at the Old Town Hall, for the pur ose of testifying their attachment to the glorious Constitution of these Kingdoms, as by law esta blished, and to express their opinion of the late mea -1 sures pursued by his MAJESTY'S Ministers. !TEETING OF THE CITY BER 13. OF GLOUCESTER, DECEM A Requisition to the MAYOR of this City having been signed by the Bishop, Dean, Prebendary, and m any c.f the most respectable Inhabitants, requesting him to convene a Public Meeting of the Citizens and Inhabitants, for the purpose of signing a Dutiful and l Loyal Address to his MAJESTY, the MAYOR, in com pliance with that request, fixed such Meeting to be holden this day, at the Shire-Hall ; and never was a lkleeting in this City so numerously and respectably attended, the number present being estimated at up wards of 1,700, including most of the first characters in the City. The MAYOR having been called to the Chair, shortly addressed the Meeting, in explanation of the object for which they were convened, and requested that every Gentleman who offered himself to the Meeting, might be patiently and attentively heard. Mr. MONTAGUE then rose, and after expressing his firm conviction, that every man of the numerous as sembly felt cordially attached to their King and to their Country, and his assurance that they would all be ready to rally round the Throne, in these times, when the growth of infidelity, irreligion, and sedi tion, appeared to threaten everything that is valuable to us all, concluded by proposing an Address, to which he anticipated there could be no opposition. The Rev. Dr. MICHELL, the resident Prebendary, seconded the proposition ; observing, that the lan guage of the Address had his cordial concurrence. The MAYOR having then put the question on this Address, Mr. Prtrurarrs addressed the Meeting, observing, that if the Address had been confined to the expres sions of dutiful and loyal attachment to the King, and a determination to support him, and maintain our invaluable Constitution, no man would have been more ready than himself to subscribe his name ; for, in loyalty and attachment to his Sovereign, and in veneration for the principles of the Constitution, he yielded to no man ; but as the Address embraced other topics, and, as he deemed it a libel on the character of the City, whose loyalty no one could suspect ; and as there was a direct attack on the freedom of the Press, which he deemed the palladium of British liberty, he could not consistently give his sanction to that Address, unless the parts to which he adverted were withdrawn. Mr. HYETT then rose, and after pourtraying, at some length, the miseries into which the country was plunged, by the injudicious and unconstitutional acts of his Majesty's Ministers, expressed his conviction, that, although the approbation of those acts was not openly avowed, yet that the object of the promoters of the Address was to give a sanction to those mea sures. He then strongly urged, that the mass of the population of the country were loyal and well-af fected, and that Ministers chose to represent as acts of tumult and sedition the expressions of dissatisfac tloa which were extracted from a suffering People, by the impolicy and the oppression of his Majesty's Councils ; and concluded by proposing to the Meet ing, by way of amendment, aa Address, embody ing these sentiments ; and, while it expressed the strongest assurances of loyalty and attachment to the King and Constitution, stated the grievances which the People endured, by the impolitic and unwise ad ministration by which the resources of the Empire were frittered away. Mr. CARTER followed Mr. HYETT at considerable length, and after having enlarged on the topics to which he had adverted, concluded by seconding the Amendment. Mr. Davis then followeJ, and, in a speech of con siderable length (in which he was frequently inter rupted by hisses), supported the original Address, and endeavoured to combat the arguments which had been urged against it. The MAYOR at length put the question, when the original Address was negatived, and the Address as amended was carried by a majority of about fifty to one ; and it was ordered to be transmitted to the Representatives for the City to be presented to his :Majesty. ilox ACE WALPOLE'S LETTERS.—The Editor of the Octavo Edition of this Correspondence justly observes, that whatever difference may exist as to the literary ,-ank of HoRACE WALPOLE, his distinguished talent as a letter writer has not been questioned; and indeed all the excellencies that letters can pretend to, his birth, rank, situation, and peculiar talent, well ena bled him to impress on them. He delighted in anec dote, and his Correspondence approaches as nearly to his favourite, GRAMMONT, as Letters and Memoirs can be expected to assimilate; and the son of old Sir lisnrEuT had this advantage, that he came prepared, not with the bare historical knowledge of the pre ceding age, Which must usually satisfy others, but, with a minute and private history both of men and : - things, that made it almost equally familiar to him with his own times. This was the knowledge WAL•' POLE himself delighted in, and this is the great and unlivalled excellence of his Correspondence. BREAD-STREET WARD. A Meeting of a select few of the Inhabitants of the Ward of - Bread-street was held yesterday, at the Saracen's Head. Friday-street. Mr. Btattat, of Wat-, ling-street, was called to the Chair (about twenty-five were then assembled). Mr. BURRA rose, and stated that tie Meeting was assembled to sign a loyal De claration, which had been carefully prepared ; and, as they were not met for discussion, he trusted it would meet with their approbation : he should, there fore, propose that Mr. Dodgson (ofCheapside) should read it to the Meeting.—Mr. DODGSON observed, he, was but an indifferent reader: however, he was pre vailed upon to undertake the task. On concluding, he said that nothing more was requisite but for those present to sign the Address, handing it for that pur pose to the Chairman. Upon this, Mr. LAWRENCE (of Bread-street) requested to-be informed, whether this Declaration was to be published as expressive of the sentiments of the inhahitan s of the Ward of Bread-street? Adding, that there were several parts which he considered objection Able, and requested the Declaration to be handed to him to point them out. The Chairman repeated they were not met for discussion. Some conversation here took place, which ended in a request that Mr. DODGSON would read it again; which being done, Mr. LAWRENCE repeated his ob jections, and strongly censured the mode by which it was attempted to put this document forth to the world, as the sentiments of the Ward—observing, that, instead of a small Meeting got up in a corner, it would have been more decorous to have assembled the Ward under the sanction of the Alderman; but the present mode verified the saying, " that men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil;" and concluded by nioving, that the Meet ing do now adjourn, in which he was supported by several individuals. Upon this, an indescribable scene of confusion took place, during which the Chairman left the Chair, while some of the select / e mu exclaimed it was a private Meeting, an i no person had occasion to sign who disapproved of the Declaration—others vociterating that several present had come lll:invited, and were consequently intruders. The precious do cument being now on a side-table, the invited few commenced signing, and Mr. BATE, of Cheapside, concluded the farce, by moving, " that Gentlemen do now put on their hats; upon which the Meeting mmediately separateJ. At a Meeting of some of the Inhabitants of St. Duristan's in the East, held yesterday, Mr. SMITH, the senior Churchwarden, in the Chair, a loyal Ad dress to his MAJESTY was agreed to. The appellation Sir is introduced in some of the recent Addresses to the Throne; it is conjectured that the word Sire would have been more dignified, becoming, and appropriate. At Mid-Calder an extraordinary scene took place. The Clergyman, hearing of the intention to illumi nate, sent through the cryer to intimate, that if any person illuminated it would be at his peril. Some of the most independent inhabitants, provoked by this menace, sent through the cryer again, to make known, that an illumination would take place in de fiance of the Reverend Doctor. The illumination which followed was universal, except the said Cler gyman and his Ruling Elder, and these worthies are said to have vented their spleen next day in turning off the unfortunate cryer from the office of beadle. Wednesday evening the Seventh Anniversary of the St. Clement Danes, St. Mary-le-Strand, and Savoy Bible Associations, was held in• the great room of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, and was at-1 tended by a numerous and respectable assemblage. At half-past six o'clock the Rev. WILLIAM GURNEY, M.A. took the Chair , supported by the Rev. d. CLAYTON, the Rev. Dr. WINTER, the Rev. JOHN STEINKOPPIP, WILLIAM GURNEY, Esq. and many I eminent Divines.—Several Gentlemen addressed the' Meeting, in moving and seconding various motions for the appointment of the Committee and Officers for the ensuing year, after which the Meeting ad- 1 journed.—A liberal collection was made. DARING ATTACK —Another of those villainous attacks to which the Public are subject every day, was made upon Mr. Harman, on Tuesday evening, in Oxford-street, before five o'clock. He was going home to his residence, at or near Amersham, Bucks, by one of the night coaches, and in passing the new street near the end of Edward-street, with his port manteau in his hand, his way was impeded by seve- I ral boys, from twelve to sixteen years of age, and, the same time, he was knocked down by a blow on the side of the head; he was for some time senseless. It is scarcely necessary to add, that his portmanteau, containing L'2o in notes, apparel, Bcc. was taken away, together with his watch and appendages. Case on HYDaornoata.—On Saturday se'nnight died, after $2 hours' extreme suffering with this dreadful malady, a young man in the service of R. SHERIFFE, Esq. of Diss, in Norfolk. This melan choly catastrophe is supposed to have arisen from his assisting in washing and cleaning the wound of a spaniel of his master's, which had been bitten by a terrier, and which terrier had been bitten by a mad dog in August last, and died about a month since with symptoms of that disorder. This unfortunate case merits public attention, inasmuch as it shews what great care is required by persons who may, by an accidental circumstance, have had this poison al. plied to any part of the surface of the body, and how easily this deadly poison may be communicated to the system. It is not necessary that a person should be bitten by a rabid animal to receive the infection, l nor that there should be any abrasion of the skin of the part upon which matter may have been depo sited ; its simple application upon any sound part is alone sufficient to produce the disease, as every part of the surface of the body is endued with the power of taking up and conveying the poison into the con stitution. Persons bitten by a rabid animal should immediately submit to the removal of such part ; and should the part be only besmeared with the saliva of the animal, the utmost caution in washing and cleansing the part is required ; for whenever the symptorasof hydrophobia have commenced, no re medies are yet known that can arrest its fatal ter mination, or even alleviate the dreadful sufferings of the patient. The distressing picture which the last stages of the above case exhibited no language can' describe; the spectators stood appalled with horror,' and the scone will be long impressed on the minds of those who witnessed it. NAVAL fiNTELL,IGEPNE. SOUTH AMERICA. By letters from Barranquilla, dated the 13th of September last, we have the following account of the pr of the Patriot cause in New Grenada: e CObjeot of the expedition to Rio de la Hackie Viz. the forming a junction with Urdaneta by the al d'Upari) having been found impracticable, Colo nel Montilla drew back his army with the intentibn of re-embarking, when he was attacked by the Spa- Gish General' Sanchez Lima, with '2,500 men : the Irish Legion, 800 strong, which constituted the chief part of Motifißes force, notwithstanding much pre cious insubordination, assembled in arms, and drove the Spaniards from the field. After this, the Irish, becoming violently mutinous, were shipped off for Jamaica. Colonel Montilla and Admiral Brion then proceeded to attack Savanilla, a port on the western most mouth of the river Magdalena. Having suc ceeded in their enterprise, the whole country de clared for the Patriots. Massa, a partisan Officer, then descended the Magdalena from Santa Fe, with a body of volunteers, in eight canoes (one of them carrying a four-pounder), attacked the Spanish gun boats at Teneriffe, (fourteen in number, some of them mounting 14-pounders, and manned with 250 sol diers) ; and, in a few minutes, captured or destroyed the whole, the Commandant blowing himself up. By this means the whole course of the Magdalena, from Santa Fe to Savanilla, was opened to the Patriots, and Carthagena alone remained to the Spaniards. —This town was speedily invested by Montilla and Garcia, whose head-quarters were fixed at Turbaco, about a league off. In the meantime, Bolivar, at Cucuta, had concluded an armistice of a month with La Torre, who proposed it on the part of Morino in order to prepare for a lasting accommodation. liver, however, distinctly stated that no terms would be listened to, unless the Republic of Columbia were acknowledged as a free, sovereign, and independent State. He then set off for Mompox, where he at i rived on the 15th of August, and was received with an enthusiasm which surpasses all conception. Thence he proceeded to Barranquilla to inspect the gun boats, previously to an expedition destined against Santa Martha. The army of Paez, with divisions of Irish under Colonels Power and Lyster, remained at Calabozo, ready to join Bolivar when occasion might require. The army of the South, 3,000 strong, with a corps of British under Valdez, was proceed ing for Quito, having routed the garrison of Po payan, in an action in which the British, commanded by Captain Mackintosh, greatly distinguished them selves. Bolivar received General D'Evereux cor dially at Barranquilla, and acquitted him of any blame on account of the defection of the Irish. The Expedition to Santa Martha was delayed, in consequence of a sally made by the garrison of Car thagena; upon which occasion the whole corps of Colonels Ayala and Garcia, part of the blockading force, took to flight, the Colonels foremost. A body of twenty-five Irish attempted in vain to sustain the fight; and Lieutenant Barnes, of the Artillery, was killed, gallantly defending his gun. The sallying party succeeded in reaching Turbaco, where they massacred about a hundred inhabitants (chiefly wo men and children) collected in the church, and took the chest, with about 3000 dollars: about fifty of the blockading party fell in the sat prize. On the ap proach of a small party of the Patriot Cavalry, the Spaniards retired to Carthagena, which is now se in vested with troops and gun-boats, that it must shortly surrender. The Expedition to Santa Martha was ex pected to priiceed as soon as l / 4 the naval force of the Spaniards at Carthagena was destroyed. Bolivat4had set off on his return to Cucuta, a few hours.only,be fore the sally on Turbaco,.which is supposed to have bees particularly aimed at his person : nor are sur mises of treachery wanting. The demand for manufactured goods, such as linens, cloths, bats, all descriptions of wearing. appa rel, officers' appointments, &c. is extremely great through the whole of the interior, as far as Santa Fe, and thence to Quito. The small stock now iu hand brings a profit of 500 per cent. Glass, china, and all kinds of furniture, will also soon be in, great re quest. Everything of the kind is enormously dear, and scarcely procurable. The English merchants are extremely popular with the inhabitants. LIST OF OFFICERS IN THE FORTRESS CHEMAN. Lieutenant Charles Ross (formerly of the 60th Regiment), Charles Morely Smith, Edward Brett, Junes Farnham (bro ther of the Surgeon 90th Regiment), Charles Nl' Dean, James Dadley (liberated, and living with a merchant at Panama). Ix sus Foayszsa Dmusx.—Major Baldwin, and another, whose name is not recollected, Commissary-General Thomas Walker (since dead). AT Panama.—Dr. Weatherhead. Dr. Weatherhead and Charles M'Bean are sup posed, by this time, to have been released, and on their way home. It was confidently expected, that as soon as the new Governor, Porras, reached his command at Panama, from Santa Martha—to which he was appointed in consequence of the death of General Hore—the whole of the prisoners would be released. The following is Ron thetnard at the New BROM Coffee hone, end is dated LiVerpool, Dee. 12 :—' 4 Balled the Magnet, QM" and the Edward, Hume, both fee New York, with the wind at ES.E. The Amity, Mamma, foe New York, was 'token on the 7th instant, of Gape Clear, all well, by the Scotia, from Jamaica; also the Esther, Witmer, for Phliadet: Oda, on the 27th ult. in lat. 46. 19. long. 50. whittles of main topmast.—There is no account or the arrival at New York, of the Martha, Captain &mate' (10 which vessel Mr. Kam( took his passage for Ameriest)...-The Importer, Captain Lee, ar rived at New York, from Liverpool, in twenty-eight days." Rumours, Dec. 1 I.—Wind S. W.— Melted.. the Dolphin, Touzeau, from Guernsey for Rio Janeiro. .'.' Firmorrn, Dec. 12. Wind S. W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship TASTES, from Portsmouth for Africa. Cowes, Dec. 13.—A collier brig is on shore at the mouth of the harb our, but expected to be got off. PORTEM•11111. Dec. 13.—Wind N. N.E.—Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Gnassnorrea. Arrived his Majesty's ship box, from Guernsey. Sailed his Majesty's ship PLITIIEIII, for the Westward; Albury and Kinnersley Castle transports, for Cork; Thomas and Mary ditto, for Corfu; Tigris, Sac; Wa-, terloo, Wrumrsox ; James Laing, Kum; James H arris, bunts ; Aguilar, Roseanne ; and Eclipse, Beacar, for Jamaica; Charles, SMITH,* Malaga; Tom Bowline, uourox, for St. Vincent's; Madeita Packet, Attie, for Madeira; Tobago, Bawler, for Grenada; Duke of York, Hexpeasox ; and John Esdaile, Kmo, for Bermuda. DEAN DEC. 13.—Wind W.—The whaler mentioned yester day is the Frances, SucLars, from the South Seas.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ibis, SMITH, from Oporto; and Lusita nia, BRASH, from the Cape of Good Hope.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Louisa, Watees, for Grenada; and Joseph Green, Gtermr, for Jamaica.—The wind this afternoon shifted to the north-east, and most of the outward-bound are pro ceeding down Channel. Hangmen, Dec. 13.—Arrived the Henry Freeing packet, with a 11Iail from Holland ; Success, %Lows, from Maldon ; Garland, Dermas; and Dove, LEIGHTON, front London ; the three last have log anchors and cables. It blows a heavy gale ilc fro the E. N.E. and a large fleet of coasters, &c. have put in for s iter. Li:omelet, Dec. 3.—There is a West-India ship on shore at Ross-Bay, about one mile north of Loopshead, chiefly laden with cotton, name or destination not yet known. From the state of the wind and the weather, it is supposed she must have already gone to pieces. CusTox-House, Dec. 13.—Ships Entered Inwards :—The Borneo, from the Cape of Good Hope; Europe, from Quebec; La Marie, from Honfieur ; Henry Porcher, from Calcutta ; Ata lanta, front Madeira ; James, front St. John's; William Parker, from Quebec; Hannah, from St. Brieux • Briton, from Jamaica; Melanie, from Havre; Patriot, from M alta;i and Desire, from Malaga.—Cleared Outwards: The Northumbrian, for Batavia; Eliza, for Naples • Britannia, for New Orleans; Emilie, for Rouen ; Prince Regent, for Ross ; and Semaphor, for Havre. Veuras meet WITH.—The Emma, Baumgardt, from Lon don to Madras and Bengal, on the 6th ult. in lat. S. 30. long. 20. 30. Laurel, Spinks, from Dundee to Jamaica, on the 22d, in lat. e 6. 14. long. 28 . 15. Aurora, front Aberdeen to New York, on the 15th, in ht. 42. long. 56. out eleven weeks ; John and Thomas, from Liverpool to St. John's (N. 8.), on the 18th of October, in lat. 43. 10. and the Marquis of Anglesey., from London to Jamaica, on the 23d ult. in lat. 45. 20. long. 11. 10. ' THE ARMY. Major-General Sir JOHN ELLEY has been appointed to succeed Major-General Sir THOMAS BRISBANE in the command of the Garrison and District of Cork. Saturday se'nnight, half of the 35th Regiment sailed in the John transport, from Cork, for Barbadoes. The 81st Regiment will remain at Cork until Spring. Two companies of the 63d Regiment, from Ath lone, arrived at Castlebar, on Thursday last. The Halifax Garrison Library was established late in 1817, by the Officers of the 15th, 62d, (2d Batta lion 60th) Regiments, and of the Royal Artillery and Engineers, combined with those of the Civil and Mi litary Staff of the Garrison. The Library has now attained so respectable a form as not to be exceeded by many other establishments of a similar nature.. The selection of the books has received particular attention, and includes every work of merit (latest editions) on the Arts and Sciences, forming, on the whole, a most valuable point of reference Tor useful information and liberal acquirement. The present for. ward state of the Library is in a great degree owing to the unwearied attention and munificent patronage of that able Officer and amiable Nobleman the Earl of DALHOUSIE, at whose suggestion the establishment was firstentered upon, and has rapidly advanced under his fostering care. The new Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia,Sirltra ES KEM PT, has evinced every dis position possible in its further support and protection. There is a spacious garden attached to the establish ment, which adds considerably to its convenience.— With some slight modifications, its laws are much the same as those of the Gibraltar Garrison Library. The books are half-bound in the neatest manner.— Perhaps there is no part pf the world where a source of rational amusement of this nature was more re quired than at Halifax, where the winters so soon set in, and extend for so many months their cheerless and dreary dominion, usually not terminating till some weeks in May. Nothing can exceed the regu larity and cheerful precision with which every cir cumstance connected with its management is con ducted. Its Noble founder, notwithstanding his Ex cellency's removal to the Government of the Cana das, still continues the patron of the establishment. We should be glad to have some account of the Gar rison Library at Quebec, and, indeed, all others. Last week, John London, alias James London, alias John Ber t jafield, was committed to Woodbridge Bride well for six months ( by Admiral CARTHEW), for hav ing enrolled himsel f as a substitute in the East Suf- I folk Militia, for three different Parishes , and having i taken bounties for the same. ip- The George Bickerton, of Cork, which arrived at that port on Wednesday se'nnight, in fiftpfour days from Jamaica, has brought further confirmation of the important intelligence recently received from St. Domingo. On the '2lst of October off Cape Tibe roon, St. Domingo, she fell in with and spoke the schooner Eliza, of Salem (America); hound to Port au-Prince, having touched at Aux-Cayes but three days before. The Master informed the George Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Bickerton, that BOYER (the Mulatto Chief who had East India House, when the under-mentioned Cap- succeeded PETION) had commenced hostilities against tains were sworn into the command of their respec- CHRISTOPHE, whom he engaged and totally defeated, the ships,-viz.—Captain H. SCOTT, Charles Grant, the troops of the latter being in a state of insubordi for Bombay and China; and Captain A. LINDSAY, nation, having received neither pay nor clo:hing— Kellie Castle, for Madras and China. that all, to a man, joined Boleti, who, together AA Friday se'nnight, an Inquisition was taken by one all the forces stationed at Aux-Cayes, and the other of the Coroners for the County of Hertford, on the principal towns under his Government, forming, en -bodies of Maria Topham and Sarah Scott, two gros, a well-appointed army of 40,000 men, wee in servant-maids, at the Node, near Coddicot, neither full march towards Cape Henry, which, although a of them twenty years old, who w ere found dead place of considerable strength, was not expected to in their bed the preceding morning. It appeared, make any defence, the garrison, in common with the that when they went to bed, they had taken a rest of the troops, being disaffected towards CHRlS large brazier into their room, and put above half Tomtit, who, it was reported, deAroyed Wunsch in a a peck of lighted charcoal into it; and as there was fit of despondency. Three days after the above in no fire-place in the room, the deleterious air pro- telligence was communicated to the George Bickel (Weed by the burning charcoal soon deprived them ton (24th October), she also fell in with and spoke a of life ; for when they were found, there was every brig off Cape St. Nicholas-Mole, St. Domingo, out appearance of their having been dead some hours; four days from Port - au - Prince , wh i ch confirmed the one of them seemed to have died without a struggle; above intelligenc e, and added, that the cit y of Ca p e the other to have made an effort to rise , and to have Henry, garrison, forts, &c. in fact, all the Hayuan fallen back against the head-board of the bed. possebsions , w ere in the hands of BOYER. - t ~,~1 ~'