Star. — London, England, 1810-04-21 00:00:00

PORT OF PLYMOUTH. By Order of the Hon. Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs• Ou Tuesday the 24th of April, 1810, by Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, WILL BE EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SALE, At the Custom-House, in this Port, THE FOLLOWING GOODS under mentioned, viz. • 216 Glass Bottles 1 Piece of Mahogany 33 Masts 25 Spars 6 Oar Rafters 2 Boats and Materials 64 Cwt. of Curdsge 28 Gallons of Wine 1 Gallon of Oil 12 cwt. lqr. Pounds of Salt 34 Pounds of Cottle 52 Yards of Muslin 12 Handspikes 1 Barrel of Tar • Also The Sloop WILLIAM and NANCY, burthen about A 1 Tons, with her Materials; Five broken-up Boats and Materiais ; and Two old Boats and some old Stores returned. N.B. The goods above-mentioned will be set up in several lots, and sold to the highest bidder. Attendance will be given at the Custom-house aforesaid, in office hours, for viewing and tasting the same, three days before the (Lay of sale only. SPAIN. CORUNNA, MARCH 19. Nothing particular has occurred here ; we are in daily expectatiOn of a frigate which has sailed from London w:th 30,000 muskets, with which we will arm as many thousands of men. This part of Spain will not submit to tLe French, but rise in a mass to oppose their entrance. A sufacient number of car tridges, and '2OO pieces of cannon, have been dis tributed through these provinces. Three days ago the frigate Cornelia, arrived at Ferrol from Cadiz, with two millions of &liars. The Frenc:i ri main in the Asturias, and are in number about 4000 ; hut, the troops of General Roncalez, and those which have entered this pro vince, hold them bctween two fires. On the side of Astorgo the enemy is at Port Ordip;o and its vicinity. The fortifications of this place are repairing and en larging. M.; licrt 29..—Tt is reported as a certain fact, that Ma!s:1.11 Nev has ietreated to .Tamoin with the re mainder of his corps, amounting to no more than 3000 men, and that tile English have entered Salamanca, jointly with the c,Jri.s of Don Carrera. PORTUGAL. LtSBON, APRIL 2. We have witnessed for several days the disembark ation of numerous English troops, foot, horse, and ar tillery, who have lately arrived to reinforce the army with which his Britannic Majesty supports the defence of this kingdom and Spain. We are not yet acquain ted with the exact number of these troops, but in or der that our readers may be able to form an idea of the generous efforts of the British nation, we insert a fn..t:'..r statement of the number of English ships which brought these excellent troopS, and entered the port of this city, from the 25th to the 31st of last month : Sal of the lint. - Frit.ates Scin.oner. and Ilrr,s Large transiurts - 7 1.53 Total 170 The warlike appcnrance, arms, accoutrements, and discipiine of these brilliant troops ue truly admirable, and perfectly equal to :.01 the other corps which are already found in tl,;s kingdom. This gr:;nd at my, after it shall have formed a junc tion %%id' the Portuguese army, will make the number of tr•,ops destined for the defence of this kingdom amount to upwardi of 100,000 men, besides 4 regi ments of Militia in :he best possible condition. These tespectable and niur,eroi:s !orccs also enjoy the ad vant.ige v:hich is of extieme importance in the pre sent state of afrail s, that the operations et the whole army are directs..' by one sole General in Chief, an ad vantage which considerably increases its st,•:neth, by preventing the banaul ressits of party influence and disunion. APhiL s.—We are in denht in this city as to the preci.e ;.tuatica of the Eritish army ; hut this we know, that ihcy are within a very short distance of the French tow:!rd:. Cind..d Rodrigo. We of cow se tvitmely anxious as to the re sult of a battle, v..l);ch is almost hourly expected. It is reported that the French have thought tit to retreat upon the road to S..lamanca. We have rumours bete of a victory gained by the Marquis de la Romana, who is said to have driven the enemr con:; , letely cut of Seville, acid to have opened the ro;:d towards Cadiz. We fear that this account is at least. exaggerated. BADAJOS, MARCH e 9. Our operations for some time past have been of little military importance ; however, I can assure von, we are not sleeping or idh.. The cause looks well at present. Depend urn it that Spain never. no, never, will be subjugated to France. The event is physically impracticable. The Marquis of Romani, who i s in himself a host, is unremitting in his exertions. He is repa iring fast the work of his predecessor. EAR77IQUAKE. Accounts have been received, in private letters from Malta, which describe that Island to have undergone a severer shock of an eartbquaLt than it had ever before experienced. It took place on the night of the IGth of februarr, hiving been preceded by extraordinary and terrific symptoms. The shock continued for two minutes, with the re•ipite of a few - seconds, an unu sual length. The consternation of the town cf Vil lette was b,:yond conception ; all the bells ringing, monks praying, women screaming, the rabble run ning desperately through the streets; and the horses and cattle, as usGal, joining in the tenor and noise. The solid rock was shook like a cradle, and the ships in the harbour tossed up and down as if in a sWing. Two more shocks ensued the next day, though not so severe. The only actual damage done to the buildings is the fall of one hospital, and one of the gates of the town. The packet put back in the hur ricane, and did not sail again till the 19th, when it was currently reported and believed, that three Islands on the coast of Sicily, with Syracuse itself, had been cestroyed. • LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 21. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per C. Cons money, 6311--acc. 70H. Reined 69-4 per Cent. 84 84-5 per Cent. Navy 331 i. The private accounts brought from Lisbon by the Walsingham packet, which come down to the 6th instant, are, upon the whole, rather satisfactory. In telligence was hourly expected of a battle on the fron tiers for which the allied army was so well prepared, that no fears were entertained respecting the issue. The combined British and Portuguese force is stated at nearly 100,000 men, and the positions occupied by the allied army were considered as affording, so long I , as they are maintained, perfect security to the north and south of Portugal. A large fleet of merchant men arrived off Oporto Bar, on the 29th of March, from England. It is very confidently reported this day, but we have not been able to trace the rumour to any certain source, that a general engagement los actually taken place on the Banks of the Douro, in which a great number were killed and wounded on each side. The Portuguese papers re-affirm the accounts of the success of the Spaniards in Estremadura, and the advance of ROMANA% army on Seville. If this move ment is continued, and conducted with the necessary enterprize and vigilance, it may probably, produce a decisive effect on the military operations in Andalusia. If the French, as it is stated, have been obliged to withdraw from the provinces of Granada and Murcia on one side, and EstremaJura on the other, their sitna titan to the southward of the Sierra, to say the least of it, is one of considerable peril. Instead of conti. nuing their preparations for an attack upon ti;e Isle of Leon, it is not unlikely they may abandon such inten tion, for the purpose of re-establishing their comniuni_ catious with La Mancha and the Eastern provinces. Letters dated the 6th instant, from St. Andero, com municate unpleasant intelligence of the failure of a plan to expel the French from that town and neigh bourhood. The inhabitants had taken measures for rising on the troops by which it was occupied. Accor dingly on the 3d, a partial execution of the plot took place. About 100 of the French were surprised and killed in their quarters. An alarm, however, was spread, the garrison flew to arms, and in a short time overpowered the Spaniards, and put a great number of them to death. Near 200 of the principal inhabi tants, it is said, have been sent o$ under escort to 'France. Letters of the 30th ultimo, from Gibraltar, brought by the Jasos frigate, arrived at Portsmouth on Thurs day, contain not the slightest allusion to the rumours &lived from the same place, of the defeat of the Spa niards in Catalonia. They mention many encouraging instances of the activity arid enterprise of the inhabi tants in the vicinity, of Gibraltar. At their request, we understand, several British Officers, from the gar rison, have been sent to command them ; under whose direction and example they had been very successful in harassing and annoying that part of the French army that was sent to protect the operations against Isle of Leon on that side. Letters from Bourdeaux of the 10th were received yesterday. They mention that troops were daily pass;l,g to reinforce the army in Spain, but cons tin no nows whatever relative to the military operations in that country. The following letter was brought by the Mail from the Brazils which arrived yesterday 4, RIO JANEIRO, FEB. 5. “We have received advices from Buenos Ayres, dated Jan►iary 9, by which we are informed that a decree had been passed by the Governor, or.l dering all British, American, and Portuguese 1.e.! sidents, to depart the country ; but at the time this letter was sent off by the Vigilant, the above decree had not been put in force ; in consequence! all was consternation, and, indeed, it is difficult to judge what the intentions of those in authority are from one day to another. Nevertheless, it is whis pered that they intend to form a Government inde pendent of the mother country ; and it is moreover stated, that the French vessel which arrived here in October last with a flag of truce was provided with some dispatches, IA hich were afterwards forwarded to La Plata. The trade at that place has now assumed the same dismal appearance which prevailed at Rio Janeiro on our first arrival. Goods sell at 25 or 30 per cent. under prime cost. A number of Spanish ships of war have. sailed for Old Spain, with specie, to repay, it is said, the expences of the British Go vernment. We have had no arrival from England since the 20th of December." Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- GLLSTA and SopillA, accompanied by Lord CHESTER ! ZELD, Generals (WYNNE, FrI7HOIC, Colonel DES 'mow, and Major Puler., rode to St. Oreorge's Chapel, and heard a sermon preached 14 the Rev. Mr. LONG, from Sr. John, cli. xix. v. 30. The Royal Party of tcrui , :rds returned to the Palace._ Thursday, being Maunday Thursday, the Bishop of LonAon lurid a confirmation at •the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, and confirmed abut forty of the junici• branches of the Nobility. The Princess CHAR -1.01•:E of WALES, attended by the Bishop of SAus- BUItY, was present to see the ceremcuy. Yesterday, being Good Friday, the Dukes of Yon and CAMBRIDGE attended divine service at the Chapel Royal, and heard a sermon preached by the Sub. Dean ; afrer which Mr. KNVvE'r sung as an anthem, from the Messiah —6 , He was despised and rejected of men." ,- PARISIAN FASHIONS. Every thing than can be imagined of combinations to vary the bead-dresses in hair, and the trimmings of robes, were realised on Monday, the 2d instant, in the dress of the Ladies who occupied the long gal lery of the Louvre. Let us begin with the head dresses in hair. Flowers prevailed ; but they were dis posed in different ways ; and, besides those in front, commonly with a wreath, thick in the middle, and sometimes in a string, there were others upon the rest of the head-dress, where they generally appeared in three directions ; first, strings of flowers ; parallel with the diadem, that is, extending from one ear to the other. Secondly, flowers in a small garland, ac companying the comb, or in place of the comb ; and flowers in net work, upon the bunch of the locks. Thirdly, flowers in parallel strings, from the fiont to the back of the head. Diamonds, tinsel, and pearls, had also their combinations ; and plumes adorned the caps in various modes. The long ai,gr , tuts icalled esprit:, were bent like a bird of paradise. There Were a number of bird of paradise feathers. Then came diadems of feathers, feathers grouped, and feathers thrown as it were by chance. Three-fourths of the fea thers were white, and for this reason, white robes pre vailed. Upon the robes, embroidery in silver lame was oftener met with than that in gold lame. lieside, the trimmings of embroidered flowers, was seen a certain num b er of trimmings of detached flowers, silver or gold. Three rows of lace were substituted for flowers or embroidery, at the bottom of some robes. A great many men wore (kart fumie) smoke-coloured coats, with white edging,. white stockin&s, white vest, and steel hilted swordi. A few white vests were stiched down in silver. Two sorts of mixed cloth were displayed in frocks of Longchamp ; one, car melite and green; the other, carmelite and blue, The name of Lord CASTLEREAGH was introduced by mistake into our report yesterday of the speech of General MATHEW, at the Dinner of the Livery of London, on Thursday, the General not having men. tioned his Lordship's name. Yesterday the flotilla of gun-boats, moored off the SrrAxEn's house, raised the blockade of that. station, and went down the Rive at high water. The appre hension of a coup de mares at tl;at point has therefore ceased. . The Princess of WALES dined, yesterday, with the Duchess of DRUNswicK, at her house, Spring Gardens. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLAIIICNCE is ex pected at Plymouth in a few days with one of his sons, who is going to join the Ntsu. frigate, which was launched the 3d instant. Early yesterday, the second daughter of a wealthy merchant eloped, accompanied by a female confidant, with a military officer, from the residence of her fa 7 ther, in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury-square. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens were yesterday visited by all the votaries of fashion, who have not yet repaired to their country seats, to pass the Easter ho lidays ; the line of carriages extended round the Park, and the fineness of the day caused the - landaus, lan. daulets, barouches, arid curricles, to be thrown ripen by their fair occupants. Mrs. Momm, a lady who has been long and de servedly ;dmired as a first-rate actress, at the Liver pool, Birmingham, and Cheltenham Theatres, makes her debut before a London audience at the Hay ! market Theatre, on Wednesday next, under the im mediate patronage of several persons of distinction. The character she has chosen is that of Elmira, in Pizarro, when the admirers of tragic excellence may expect a finished reoresentation. There are some sin. gular circumstances connected with the theatrical life of Mrs. Mount:—she was the first actress with whom the Young Roscius, Master BETTY, performed a leading character, and as it baprentd she was also the last. In the first instance she played Zara, in the tragedy of that name, to Master BETTY'S Osmyn, at Beititst ; and when be took his final leave of the stage, at Stratford-upon-Avon, Mrs. MpoRE was the Lady I?and.l i iik to his Delights. Miss PitASKOWJA LI:POLOWA t celebrated for her filial tenderness, died lately at Novogorod. Six years since she walked on foot from Tobolsk to St. Peters burgh (a distance of 4000 wersts) to solicit from the Emperor the recal of her father, who had been ex iled to Siberia in 1798. It is on this circumstance the play of the Exile, which, by a poetical licence, places' the event in the reign if Euzwril, is founded. Three Petitions have, it seems, been presented to the Loan CHANITIERLAIN—one by Mr. SIIAW, who claims a right under an agreement for a share of the late Drury lane Theatre ; the second from the Band who were employed in the Orchestra, and the third from the Actors. Copies of these petitions have been transmitted to those to whom the Special Licence for the present season was " granted to tle joint 'application of all parties principally interested," requiring their an swers to the circumstances stated, before his Lord ship can determine upon granting a Licence for the next season. Thursday, a duel was fought in HaCkney Fields, between two Gentlemen residing in that neighbour hood, the one an eminent stock-broker, and the other a junior partner in a mercantile house, in consequence of a dispute which originated on the preceding day at the house of a friend. The parties, after exchang ing shots, in which one of them was slightly woun ded in the shoulder, were interrupted by the seconds, and a reconciliation took place. CATIIOLICS.—Some Resolutions were adopted by the Catholics of the County of Tipperary, at a meet ing held on the 31st of March, which express a strong desire to obviate thu difficulties that have arisen in the discussion of the Catholic claims. After advert ing to the apprehensions entertained, (which they consider as the only remaining obstacle to Catholic freed;im), lest the future appointments of Catholic Prelates may be liable to a foreign influence, the second Resolution states— 64 That, although we consider such apprehensions as wholly groundless, and contrary to lohg experience of the acknowledged virtues and unimpeachable good conduct of our Prelates, yet, being earnestly desirous to conciliate all our Protestant country men, we feel every wish and hope, that those apprehensions may be altogether obviated; and, for that purpose, that some tem perate measures may, in the event if Catholic Emancipation, be upon mature deliberation devised, which shall render such future elections substantially domeitic • eithei by the votes of the sur viving Prelates, or by the choic eof the Clergy of the Dioce se , i n Chapter assembled, or by such other proceeding as shall be fou:.:1 compatible wkh Catholic Doctrine." • UNIVERSITT INTELLIGEWCE. Otroan APRIL 20.—Saturday, the last day of Lent Tenn, the following Gentlemen were admitted to degrees Rev. William Hawkins, of Pembroke college, Bathelor Divinity. Rev. George Murray, of Christ Church, and Rev. John Elliott, of Balliol college, Masters of Arts. The whole number of degrees in Lent Term was—five /D D. four D.C.L. five B.D. four B.C.L. twenty-two M.A. thirty -he B.A.—Matriculations in Michaelmas Term ninety-siz ; and is Lent Term ninety. CAMERIDGE, Aram IS.—The following Gentlemen were a Friday admitted to the under-mentioned degrees : Masters of Arts—T. G. Ferrard, W. F Raymond, E. si nner . J . Goodrich. and J. Carr, of Trinity College ; C. Bird, W. m u . ger, and R. H. Williamson, of St. John's College ; W. Verelst, and R. Gee, of Catherine Hall ; W. K. Re e v e , an d J. D . W astell of Clare H all ;J. Fellovres, of Jesus College ; and J. Shaw, Christ College. Bachelors in Medicine--R. J. Astley, of Pembroke Hall ; an' R. Williams, of Trinity College. The Chancellor's Medals are this year adjudged to Mr. Bran/. leth, of Trinity College, w and Mr. George Hodson, Fellow of Magdalen. Th.. subjects for the Members' prizes this year are— For Senior Bachelors—Utrum majori prudentia, eloguntia, fortitudine, pawl:ague amore, M. T. Cicero an;Comes Clarendo. Pianos, teruporibus gravissimis, Rempubllcan administrarit Middle Bachelors—Utrurn in optima Reipublicx forma insti tuenda plus valeat ingenium an caperientia ? Preparations were begun yesterday at Carlton-house for the entertainment which the Prince of WALF.s tends to give to the Knights of the Garter. The State apartments, including tin. Roman baths and nm. seum, will die thrown oper, and, on the occasion, will be exhibited the man ificent Gothic glaze chandeliers; and the superb service of frosted silver plate, which has excited so much w.cniration in the circles of fashion. The Knights will I.:t :t the round table, at half past seven o'clock. All the drawinf.-roerns will be of course superbly lighted up, ilia' :di the attendants dressed in new State-liveries. Some changes bayz taken place at the East-India House in the Freight Office. Mr. Hot'. , yo, the Freight Accountant, has retired, after a laboriou 3 service of upwards of 46 rears. His retiremmt has produced the following urranrment : he is suc. ceeded by WILLIAM 11.4EscocK, Esq. who•is now Freight Accountant and Clerk to the Committee of Private Trade ; Mr. SASIUZI. SILLITOZ 1* First Assii• taut to the Freight Accountant ; Mr. S. S. Cox- LLta Second Assistant; and Mr. Jona LIM, As sistant Clerk to the Committee of Private Trade. Lord Gwvnill t we are sorry to state, continues very ill at Bath. 1-lis Lordship's son, Mr. W. BURRELL, left Town on Thursday night for Bath, in conse. quence of an express. Late accounts from Cadiz, which have been further confirmed from Gibraltar and Malta, say, that Ge neral GRAHAM had taken the most active and vigo rous measures ; the garrison was in high spirits, and nothing feared from any efforts of the enemy. Between Gibraltar, Ceuta, and Cadiz, there is work cut out for bONAPARTE for a year or two. A letter from Trinidad of February 16, received at Glasgow last Tuesday, says, " An American frigate, of 20 guns, searched . two vessels the other day outside of the Grand Bocas. Two affidavits, by the Cap tains, are in the Custom-house. The reason the American Captain gave for his conduct, was, Sat the American ships had as good a right to search as the British." important Decree In the last Dutch Papers, 4 very t o taopopf f mp e meats: D tae riknnt h a iedst n fsoaf i :ut il e, le i hhrga G e p ir s lll: oich, anrtrin order ggfl n ee evis sanastr Copenhagentcthniaiovapt e douetitesi the n e ooe d t hna,awu free resolvedt authority i c otr t h t i y t . an eDanishg. CapturesaC ha n cery I. a a n s contains the following : - Whereas fire ships Nair free goods, no vessel belonging to a neutral or friendly Power cm be detained, to whomsoever the Fargo may belong, provided the ship's papers are found to be good, and the vessel is not laden with contraband of war for England, or is not in other respects of sus picious character. On the contrary, if the ship be not free, it follows as a consequence that the cargo is not free." Friday se'nnight, an affray, that threatened the most serious consequences, took place in Francis-street, Dublin. Some soldiers had, either purposely or in advertently, shoved a young man off the foot-way, rather rudely, which he instantly resented and knock ed down several of them in succession, with the handle of an umbrella. By this time a mob had collected and attacked the solders with great fury: A military guard fortunately arrived from the Coombe, before any lives were lost ; but not, however, until two of the soldiers were severely injured. Mr. hems Amos, a merchant and underwriter of considerable eminence, fell down in the Subscription Room at Lloyd's, at half past two o'clock yesterday, and expired instantly. Thursday se'nnight, as Gunner John Green, of Captain LAcy's Company of 'Royal Artillery, was in the act of cleaning his firelock, he suddenly drOit drown, and immediately expired. An inquest was taken on the body by JOHN &UNIONS, Esq. and the verdict was—Died by the visitation of GOD. The black man, who was . in custody on the charge of having committed a rape, the circumstances attend ing'which were of an aggravated nature, has been dis charged from Newgate, as the prosecutrix refused to attend to prefer a bill against him at Hicks's-Hall. The following is taken from the Waterford Miff.' of last Monday:—" In consequence of the disturbed state of Oy. neighbourhood, Sir F. J. Hassaitri wert out on SatArday night last, with a party of the Loyal Waterford Infantry, to that part of the Barony of Gualtier which borders immediately on this city. A party of Caravats had attacked and robbed four i or five houses on the Passage-road (three of them in tat avenue of Grantstown.) Captain HASSARp hearing of this, followed the track of the maranders,andcame u at p G w ra ith nt t s h te em wn iti h le et l e )olse ey ofJ. Urntr Y i , n w,hhiacdhb isea alsote has broken his son, and were in the act of taking awa y what caso he had :—their vidette at the door g ave the alarm.; T. three of the party who were in the house made the r escape t a h n r d o u d g i e h d a a Lack rl; s s o i window, d theow , a i ght under ; ca co p v ta er in eh the &inns party secured' the other two (who attemp t to fly by the front door) and followed the three wh o went out of the window. The Captain dischar f t e w ll o , b s t o t t ge s vteerify.neTarhethtweofittagikteinvews,etaenydeaneterdaofy thertceni. mitted to our county gaol."