Star. — London, England, 1810-03-22 00:00:00

1 THE ARMY. • • FOR THt STAR. Ma. EDITOR--Amongste many pathf,tic ad dresses that I.l3ave met with under the title of Lines to my Mother," My ,Father," &c. &c. it is a matter of surprize that. this meritorious class of relatives, ,the UNCLES, a dais most particularly valued in every - family, while uwrarried, appears to have been entirely overlooked. Let me, therefore, offer the following tribute to the worth of on,e who was the chief source of all my boyish sports, and who now often indulges f in a hearty laugh at the recital of those tricks of which laelimself was the chief promoter. I am, Sir, with great good will, your's, MY UNCLE. 'l. Itlis taught me, when I was a boy, ,:••• fro cut aside each childish toy, And bade me manlier sports enjoy ? • My.thels. Who taught me, when I went to school, To scorn old Wigsby's birchen tool, • Though aourisb'd o'er the floggir.g-stool ? • My Uncle. Who taught me how to form the bath Of mad, alonirtrur Usher's path, Arch'd neatly o'er with grass lath My Uncle. Or who the hissing squib to mould, ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGL—The animal estimate of expense for the Royal Military College, has af forded matter for observation in the House of Com mons. Mr. FITZGERALD remarked, that the Arith metic and Fencing Masters are nearly as well paid as the Professor of Fortification. To us the salaries a ppear very inadequate for the scientific professors. The highest salary enjoyed by any professor, is only £3OO a-year ; a sum, which, when considered as a remuneration for the exercise of talents and genius, of no ordinary kind, the fruit of a whole life's sedu lus study, is certainly small, and places the literaryl professor, in point of emolument, little higher than the labouring mechanic. The knowledge of fencing, though useful, and perhaps necessary to the military Tyro ; yet, being only a secondary branch of educa tion, analogous to dancing, it can only be viewed as one of the ornamental arts—its professors, there fore, who must be supposed to have acquired their knowledge of the sword, without study and without expense, seem to merit a less reward than those whose lives, unlike the others, have been entirely devoted to the study and promotion of science. But the sala ries very seldom exceed sli'2oo a-year for the oldest professors ; and some of the mathematical and other professors have little more than £lOO or £120; while the stipends of not less than one of the fencing mas ters, who are, we believe, all foreigners, amount to 3elBo, or £2OO a-year, independent of the annuities ' they receive as emigrants. , . It. The bouncing cracker firmly fold, To terrify the village Scold ? My Uncle. _ Or search for Of sycamore, or shelering fig, And stick them hi our Master's wig • -- 7 My Uncle. Who taught me, when Malian to air Was hung upon our school-room chair, To scatter tickling cowhage there I _ _ e ttvig Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir SAMUEL AUCHMUTY tt . )ok the usual oaths on his being appointed Commander in Chief and Second in Council at Fort St. George. Sir SAMUEL and Suite after:girds &ad' with the 'Directors, at thb City. of London tavern:.-- The undermentioned Commanders took leave, previ ous to departing for their respective destination s, . viz.. Captain A. HAMILTON, Bombay ; Captain A. ULM. STAKES, Royal George. China direct.• The Court ad journed at 6 o'clock sill toast:U:ow. The expedition from Bombay against the.pitates in the Persian Gulph, it uppears : by the ,laskaccosints from Bombay, sailed about the 13th of .14th of.Bols, tember. It consisted of the 65th regiment, and about 200 native infantry, Which, it is feared, was not ade quate to the object ender contemplation. This ap-, prehension is increased by the circumstance of the loss of the Strombolo bomb-vessel, Which 'carried part of the troops destined on this service. The troops and crew, we are happy to state, were all saved. The 1 pirates had been for some time represented to be in great force; having at least one hundred stout dows, large open boats, capable of carrying 200 men each ; and, for the most part, supplied with guns of heavy metal. - • My thiCk. ; . • Who taught me how to wiel the bat, To snare the crow, or bun' t tie cat, Or cock with pins my hot My Uncle. And when amidst the war's iblrnis, My heart first beat to glory's charms, Who taught me how to" shoulder arms?" My Uncle. Who my young heart with courage stedd, And taught me ne'er from threats to yield, But bravely challenge to the field ? My Uncle. Who to phlebotomize a nose, And Ornament with livid rows, An eye by well-directed blows ? My Uncle. And when upon our field of fame, 1 earn'd a brave lad's honour'd name, Whose praise was then my proudest claim My Uncle's. — By the intelligence from the Malabar Coast, it ap pears, that MEER SHAN had collected a force amount ing, according to some of the letters to 25,000 caval ry, and 45,000 infantry, with which be appeared be fore Bopul, at the end of the month of July. Saw- Trax's main army is said to have taken up a central position in Hindostan. In consequence of an appli cation from his Persian Majesty, an order had been communicated to the Boinbay Government, for a sup ply of 16,000 stand of arms, and a suitable proportion of artillery, and for selecting a proper staff to accom pany them, for the purpose of officering and disci plining the corps, in whose hands the ants were to be placed. Preparations were in great forwardness for effecting the objects of this communication. The General Catholic Committee of Ireland, have adjourned to the 24th of April, and special notices are issued for their meeting in Dublin on that day, in or der to take into consideration' the propriety of dis avowing, on the part of the Catholic Body, any act authorising an offer in Parliament to concede the Vag, or any similar measure. Tuesday se'nnight an Inspector of Taxes attended at a Meeting of Magistrates held at Rildwick, near Sk:pn,i, for the purpose of lodging an information against Mr. Jour; BALDWIN, of Barnoldswick, for shooting, not being legally qualified ; the charge, however, was not - substantiated. Mr. .Baldwin ob serving the S urv ey or ' s h at lyi ng on a table in the same room where the Magistrates were sitting, and perceiving that it did not contain a stamp, presented at to those gentlemen, and a summons was imme diately issued against the Surveyor to answer the charge at a future meeting. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered a light house to be erected on the Tuscar Rock, on the N.E. coast of Wexford, in Ireland, which will no doubt save the lives of many brave seamen, and preserve the valuable property of many a merchant, so much endangered by the navigation of that rocky coast. It is intended to construct a harbour at St. Nicholas Btp, on the North East coast of Ke'nt, capable of re ceiving vessels of 600 tons but hey. Plums Sims.—All the Prison-Ships at Portsmouth, (except the Assistance, which.r -m&r with her for met officers, &c. under the Admiral, and has Cap tain Dowsmas's pendant)- are, as sopa as they are eared of their -stores, &c. .to be paid - off from the 41 71 and delivered over to the Transport Board, •sl.lo are authorised by t h e Admi r alty to appoint a T : , .eutenant of the Navy. as their Agent, to command rim. The same Lieutenants that have them now, may remain, if they please, in the command under , the Transport Board, on the same pay and allow ance as they before enjoyed under the Admiralty this has ben officially communicated to them. The sh ips that were lately fitted as temporary Prison ,* are now put on the same pay, &c. and this is : I,, exact system that has taken pl ace a t th e o th er p orts 7 ,, ere there are P r i son - s hi ps ; an d b y suc h an ar kigement (except the Admiralty ship in which ma- Tines are embarked) they are not subject to Martial „ tare —it is hop e d t h at this willremove all difficulties i i7gard o f t h e m i l i tia who serve on board of them ; arc lt cannot but be gratifying to•see in those neces :rY arrangements of the Admiralty, that their Lord- Jailn allow the smite officers to retain their corn •inds. 3 n . • .. . • But since thy early joys are sped, And rosy youth thy cheek has lied, This arm shall guard thy honour'd head, My Uncle. For thou bast always been to me The guardian of my infancy ; And who shall therefore injure thee ? My Uncle. ORATORIO.—The . Oratorio, last night, was again respectably and numerously attended, and the un common care taken by the Managers induces us to hope and to believe that it will continue so to the end of the season. The selection► was entirely new, and afforded great variety. Madame CATALANI sung two Italian airs in her accustomed style of astonish- 1 kg execution and excellence. BRA HAM also acquit-1 ted himself with his accustomed excellence, and the whole afforded a most selectable treat. By the decease of Sir H. WILLIAMSON, the She riffalty of the County Palatine of Durham becomes vacant. It is remarkable that it has been held 87 `years successively by the Grandfather, Son, and Grandson, of the Williamson family, Sir W. WIL LIAMSON, Bart. having been appointed 7th September, 1723. It is a patent office in the appointment of the Bishop. A servant, late in the employ of Lord Yarbrough, of Brokelsby, Lincolnshire, of the name of Gaseoigne, who was a very distant relation of the late Sir Thomas Gascoigne, has succeeded to the estates.Ofthe latter s said to be worth 820,000 a-year. The inclosures of Milton and Mere Commons base excited much discontent. On Saturday se'nitight nearly 300 men from Gillingham and parts adjacent met on Maperton-hill and Piercewood, and destroyed long lines of the fences. A troop of horse from Dor chester barracks is now quartered in the neighbours hood, and seven ringlekders of the rioters have been taken into custody. Four of them were on Friday lodged in Fisherton goal for trial. Last week an extraordinary occurrence took. place in the river Eden, near Drumbrugh. Christopher, Robinson, an experienced fisherman, placed a floun der-net in that part of the river which is subject to, the flux and reflux of the tide, and on his returning to drag his net from the river, instead of finding fish, he found it loaded with wild duCks.—During his absence a flight of wild ducks had alighted below the net, and on the flowing of the tide they were carried, from the contraction of the channel, with great impetuosity by the water into the net, got entangled, and were drowned. In six tides he caught 170 golden eyed wild ducks, supposed to be from the Orkneys, as none of that -- is ever seen in that part of the country. ticb OAMBRIDGZ, MARCH 19. There has this day been much discussion at the University, on the question whether a change was speedily to take place in the dress of the Feflpw, Commoner. There is no Gentleman, whether ge;ad: of College or Fellow Commoner, who does ndt 'per ceive the necessity of the change, both as it regards the purse of the students' parents, and the numbers who are dqterred from entering themselves at the University, from the excessive and unnecessary ex pence incurred by being among the number of Fellow Commoners. The only dissentient voices are those who have lately been entered, and have gowns almost entirely new. Theseevoices, it is believed, will be the means of postponing the alteration for some months, though it is most probable a statute will now pass, specifying the exact time at which the change is to take place. The gown, it is generally understood, is to be a silk one, entirely plain, except being bound with a narrow border of gold lace. i• We are "TY to bear that a fever or the most ma- C.num 'Pantpt, nature rages at present in Sinherland and „ n) *hero ambers clie daily, generally the A °r fifth day after the attack of the distemper. rmtesPondent says that at Wick he saw trventeen groat opea at one time. knocked down by two men, io . , who rifled his pockets of his watch ana 7s. with which they made their escape. A traveller from Merthyr Tydvil, was stopped•on Wednesday morning, about eight o'clotir, on the toed' between Catsash and Newport, Monmouthshitert+ two men, who robbed him of 866, and dtenticsl,him to a tree, where he remained above four hours. •• He was at last liberated by two men, who, haviug their faces covered with mud, he supposes to be those whir robbed him. • A shocking murder was committea"Ot the vicinity of Wrexham, on Friday se'nnight. The foreman of a lime work having received £5, to pay the work men, a blacksmith (now in custody) way-laid him, and so severely wounded him, as to cause his death,' The delinquent was discovered when purchasing a new hat, shoes, &c. the day following. • On Monday se'nnight, as Mr. OkeY, attorney of Gloucester, was returning home from Mr. King's,, his father-in-1-w, at Bollotree, near Ross, with his wife and child, about three years old, in a one-horse chaise, the spring broke and threw them all out. Mrs.' 0. was much bruised ; Mr. 0. had his collar-bone broken, and the child was taken up' immediately by Dr. IL . . , ~~ • , ASSIZES . no. trita MAIDSTONE, MARCH 10. Yesterday the Loan Cuter &non and Mt. insect" Hearn arrived in this tows}, for the purpose of ing the Assizes. This morning, after hearing divine service, they proceeded to their respective Courts.—. Mr. Justice'llearn sat on the Crown side, and the LORD CHIEF BARON On the Civil side. CIVIL SIDE. DITMARESQLE 0. SHIPDERN. ' Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD stated, that the plaintift in this case was a young Officer of the Royal Staff Corps, and the defendant was the Mayor of Hythe. The action was brought to recover a compensation in damages for an assault committed by the defen. dant on the person of the plaintiff. He had, it was true, not to complain of any great personal injury, but he expected a compensation for the wounded feel. ings of this young gentleman. He trusted the Jury would by their verdict eecourage this appeal to the Civil Law, rather than having recourse to that fatal alternative, which often ended in the most distressing Yesterday T. Hamp was charged, at Bow -street, on consequences to the friends and connections of those• suspicion of murdering G. Harris.—Elizabeth Red- concerned. They would recollect how delicate was worth, of Brentford, said, that on Saturday week she the honour of a soldier, and that a blow was the most was walking with the deceased in Brentford, when grievous insult whicli'could be inflicted on a man of the prisoner pushed her off the pavement ; on which beat profession, at giving a stain to his character far the deceased asked why he acted so when the pri- more grievous than any wound. He would now soner said, Do you know you are talking to a gen- state the circumstances of the case.—The tlema.n, and not a blackguard like yourself; he then he bad already informed them, was a young man, knocked the deceased down, who fell on the pave- not quite 17 years of age, who had but lately before ment, on' his back, and his head struck against a joined the Staff Corps, then quartered at Hythe, and stOne; he got up directly, without making any Om- on the `?oth day of July last, walking down the street plaint, and they went away together to fight.—R. in company with another o ffi ce, he passed the hous e Smith, said, he saw the prisoner strike the deceased , of the defendant, Me. Shipdern. It seemed, that at th e and went to his assistance, when his mouth was full parlour window of the defendant there was a bix of of blood: they went to fight in a more convenient mignionette, and as the plaintiff passed he plucked a place, and fought about half an hour, during which single stem of , it, fqr the purpose of smelling. No time they both fell, and at length the prisoner gave sooner had he done it but the defendant rushed out in.—N. Stensen, a surgeon, said, he {wind the de- of his house, and for this sole offence violently seized teased in a total state of insensibility, with a wound him by the collar, and finally drove him against the on his lip and right eye, arid, notwithstanding imme- wall. It fortunately happened that Colonel Nicolai, ; the Officer commanding the corps, was within vi e w !Bate remedies, he died on the Monday following ; the Tuesday he opened the body, and discovered a at the time, and although the young gentleman was rupture in one or more vessels i n th e b r ain, and some I not in his regimentals, he knew him. His attention extravasated blood, which produced pressure, and ! was called to the spot by the exclamation of his lady, consequent death ; and which, he apprehended, arose who was accompanying him. He immediately has. from a fall.—The prisoner was ordered to find bail, . tened to the spot, and observed to Mr. Shipdern, that which he did, on a charge of manslaughter. Ihe con d uc t e d hi ms elf ve r y h ast ily ; upon which Mr. Saturday se'nnight Sir Godfrey Webster's plate-IShipdem replied, that the plaintiff hack conducted trunk was stolen from his house, in Clifford -street, i himself as a boy, and must be chastised as a boy.— •and discovered in the following manner: Collier, ; The young gentleman felt as might be supposed a a gentleman's servant out of place, went to lodge at I young soldier would feel at such an insult ; bin, at the house of W. Hartley, in Hungerford-market. A 1 the same time, he had the good conduct to, submit to few days since he offered Hartley six silver tea-spoons, ! the judgment of his Colonel, who promised him he for 12s. and several other articles equally cheap.— • would take care that he had honourable redress.— Hartley was convinced he had not come honestly by Under the advice and guidance of that Honourable them, and he contrived to get sight of a trunk which ' Officer he had brought the present action ; and I* . Collins had a few days before brought into the house. trusted the Jury would give him such Damages as It had the maker's name, and by that means Hartley would mark their disapprobation of theeirdece traced that it had been purchased by Sir Godfrey, to the defendant. . w". 4-1 whose house he went, and enquired if they had been Colonel Nicolai was called, who stated the tran robbed, when the steward told him a trunk, full of saction in the same manner as the Learned Counsel plate, had been stolen. Collins was, in consequence, had done ;to which he added, that he informed Mr. taken to Bow-street Office, and committed for further Shipdern, if any Officer of the corps were to miscion examination. He had been occasionally employed duct himself, he was always ready to give every re. by Sir Godfrey's steward, to assist in cleaning the dress, which his situation as Commanding Officer plate. enabled him to give. To this Mr. Shipdern replied, Yesterday Rigby was again charged, at the he was not going to condescend to Colonoi4liooloi Mansion.house, with indecently exposing himself to he thought himself as good a man as the Colonel, several children, whose mothers attended on the oc- &c.—On cross-examination, ht said Mr. Shipdern said it was the second time during that day that the casion • but in pity to his family, they requested the plaintiff had plucked some of the mignioneett, but " Lord Mayor would dismiss the wretch, on his pro he did not see that he had plucked a large ciatentity. wising not to offend again; with which request his Mr. Serjeant BEST for the defendant, admitted that Lordship complied, after giving him a suitable ad monition. a verdict must be given against his client ; but he At Hatton-garden, yesterday, Margaret Smith un- contended, that the thoughtless and vexatious con. derwent a second examination, charged with the duct of the' plaintiff brought upon himself the chai murder of Jean Bean, a nurse in the insane ward of tisement he had received._ The . LORD Liam B ARON, in summing up, told the Clerkenwell poor-house, by beating her about the jury tnat Mr.acted with less gravity than be head with a chamber-pot, because she would not give ca , me a man in his o ffi ce ; but at the same that there her 'a holiday. A necessary witness being absent, she was committed for another hearing. vrai no evidence to showthat he knew die, plaintiff bore his Majesty's commission. Yesterday, Mary Freneh was full); committed from The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages Is. Shadwell Office, charged wigs robbing Mr. Foster, GREGORY ro. ORMEROD AND °TIMM of Ratcliffe, of various articles of valuable goods. This was an action of trespass for seizing theplain. Tuesday evening, as a Mr, radithson was crossing tiff's goods ' to whichthe defendants, bang Aeries the fields, from Camberwell Soalfoenuington, he was officers, pleaded in justifiCatitsif, thatabey semodthent Soldiers -deaths, • by cif c hoWear - * Tam SSaturday,a virtue of a *tit . tiectition. It visin Ilrit the wth eiphedon the Sat _ . they li t posseision until - thaMonday, the pliiatiff had a et; mid h dafintlies:. r1i0... 41 '.i - triili itA4IIIIIIIIROD AND dTHERS.' ' ' 6 l/Ifiliiige l ittOthe action on the same transaction,. % I 'ai+ The 'plaintiff glledged the goods of Gregory, the last plaintiff, had been sold to him before the writ of execution was levied. It appeared in evidence that Oregory liedhsg g 'verdict against him at the suit of • brie Hestiet art he stated, sold the goods in question 'to the plaintiff, to avoid the ; but it appear:, ed on the treas.:lamination that Shepherd, who in troduced him to the purchaser, was his fellow priso ner in the King's Bench, and that the broker was also a resident within the Rules, and that they re. mained on the premises with Gregory's servant in the house ; that ' Gregory was continually himself there, and the plaintiff Baby was never there at all. Under these circumstances, Mr. Garrow, for the de i fendant contended, that the whole was a fraudulent sale, with a view to defeat Heanel of the fruits of his verdict. • The Jury concurred in the same opinion and found a verdict for the defendants. , ' material on the Crow- -' • .‘ Specs • -- -_ —!T C_. .. ...._ _ -:-..--- - _ ~ There was nothing material on the Crown Qt. The Coroner's Inquest ash sat on the. bode of ron, who was near at hand, acrd tristintiyaxiilred he French prisoner stabbed by his companion in the in his arms. ' . prison at Dartmoor, as mentioned in the Sean On Thursday a farmer's horse Croke out of the Monday, brought in a verdict of wilful murder ; and of • Saturday a woman who attends the ships in Ply- Golden Lion stables, at Wrexham, and, gallopping the culprit, Pierre Ayer, has been committed for trial mouth harbour with slops, provisions, &c. being on th r ough the streets; ran over a respectable . farmer's board the San Nicholas, and having drank teo freely w if e , at Exeter. who was killed on the spot. Tuesday, the sale of the collection of preserved ani got teazing one of the marines on duty; when, in or- Y ester d a y ano the r i n q ues t w a s held at the Grange Mals, late the property of Mr. Pidcock, deceased, der to frighten her, he presented his piece, which un- i nn . Carey -street, upon the shammed remains of IMO fortenatele went off* and shot her dead ; the ball , ther poor human creature, that were dug out of the was attendel by a number of gentlemen, who devote entering the abdonien ead coming out at the back.— ruins of Mr. Coe's house in Hojiistainet, . Clue much of their time to the study of natty al rarities.— The man was taken into custody. The skeleton of the elephant was finally knocked market.—This almost skeleton, warrasdes7,4worti dovin for 55 guineas, to a gentleman of the faculty. Wednesday the 7th inst. Mr. ALEXANDER Kermit- to be that of Brodie the thummosotwlthissesslin The skeleton of the spermaceti w!:ale, 66 feet long, DY, spit it-dealer in Siockwelt..street, Glasgow, was ther had been previonslrandegiveroethinl-hOl4. sold for . nine guineas. Many scarce and beautiful found :n a state Of insensibil4y. in the ,stair leading There is another still not fovea' a ' egea., ..,,,..,.. birds sold at low prices; and the whole collection, to his stun house, and died a 'few daesafterwards.— FlRE.—Monday evening a are broke east, fit the From an inspection of his body, taken -by order of the house of Mr. Green, engraver, Patrick-stfeet, CoOrk, consisting of 205 lots, 9roditcecl about £l4O. Saturday, Lady Heseee. met with a very unplea-q Magistrates, it was discovered be had received-a nom- a nd in alew minutes the hawse and furniture we r e sant accident in Westtetreat, Brighton. Her Lady.: *her Qf wounds, whichhad occasioned his death. The destroyed; and a child three.years old, fill a Cairn ship was struck down by a restive horse in the shafts pe r petrators of this atnxints crime, it is supposed, to the flames. A servant maid, who juMpedout of of a cart, owing to the unskillulass 9f the driver;! 21S° robbed him ; and the Megistrates have offered a a window, died at eleven o'erbialaatate night s from the but received little injury. I rew a r d of fifty guineas for their app rehension. • o inry she suffered. '. e -!, ~ • . . • ‘ .- 7 , ano- I .