Star. — London, England, 1808-12-26 00:00:00

re spert for the British government, and contempt for Jarmo% and his Gaulic brother." 'Of the extreme unpopularity of the late measures wthe - Anterican Government, the following resolu tietii, entered into by a public meeting at New York en the 12th nit. afford an additional proof: • Resolved. That in the opinion of this meeting, no crisis in dm political affairs of our nation has appeared more gloomy and s onentous than the present; and that an explicit avowal of the opinion of the people is absolutely necessary. u Resolved, That the Embargo is an oppressive and ruinous m easure, operating only with destructive energy on ourselves, ode it has rendered us objects of the contempt and ridicule of that nation against which it was insidiously levelled, but whose interest alone it now particularly subserves. a Resolved, that Its continuance, in the present state of the mo d e l, will teed to the complete prostration of the agricultural end commercial interests of our country. e Resolved, That dreading the consequences of seeking a re limes of our grievances in any other than a Constitutional way, we pledge ourselves to each other, and to our suffering fellow citizens, t,tse all our zeal, iqfluence, and activity, to promote a c h a nge of men, by which alone we can expect admire of measares. STIPHLN Pant, Chairman. " JOHN Q. WILSON, Sealthry." . - Lord CATHCART, Commander in Chief i n Scotland, aid Admiral Sir Samuel. HOOD, lately took a onl y of Ardrossan harbour. Its importance in a m ili ta ry point of view, as connected with Ireland, had b o dy been under his Lordship's consideration. Wednesday being St. Thomas's Day, two bulls *ere, according to annual custom, baited at Woking bere, Berks, and being afterwards killed, the hides * r e sold to purchase stockings, v.-ich, together with e meat, and ten pounds worth of bread, was dis tributed to the poor. Formerly 2000 ships used annually to strive at, and leave Dantzic peat : lint during last year . there were bet two arrivals: - A mine of tine ore has been discovered on Lor RueLeseare's estate, in Craaen, Yorkshire, where *eat were formerly copper mines. 'Tim Nets —Fashion bas curtailed the power of ' existinas, but the old visitant, crowned with holly,has vet many votaries. ''The Parks are the rendezvous eery Sunday of the finest women in London, but yes- Irby the pemenoir displayed few Beau, in conse quence of the seasonable festival. The extreme severity of the weather for the last tight days, accompanied with very heavy falls of snow t o almost every part of the country, has generally m inded, and in many places put a total stop to an in. Jere= se. Many fatal accidents have been the cog. sequence The post-boy who rode the Mail from Market Rain to Caistor, perished on the road, on Saturday week. Letters and Papers notice several other me 4iseholy effects of the inclemency of the weather. ' --CmoNee's lectuesz.—An Inquisition was taken faSaturday at the Marsh Gate House, on the Wat road, on the body of Benjamin Toby Harrant, Ickesndga man 22 years of age, who met his death on y night, The deceased, who was the son of 7 4 Gentleman at Brompton, had been with a party, . . . g of three young men, snipe-shooting ; and ~wing dark a coach was procured to convey .istan *may to London, they having regaled themselves iitspiblic-house for about two hours. Mr. Harrant, Attains somewhat inebriated, refused to get into the -Its* as he could return to town sooner than his to ilecions by another road. He left the party, and an Friday morning he was found in the Marsh Fields on the other side Hampstead, a corpse. He had got out of his track, it was supposed, during a fall of 'snow, and was numbed by the intense cold weather .sou to render him unable to help himself.—Verdict, Died by the visitation of GOD. Some persons at Captain Wood's Colliery, in the prish of Wellington, a few months ago, seeing a "paper kite flying in the air nearly stationary, without. :charring any one holding the string, traced the lat len to the edge of an old coalpit, where, to their iew surprise, they heard faint groans proceeding u the bottom ; a windlass was immediately pro ca#, and a man descended thereby, where he found %little boy of the name of Richards, with his leg warm broken. The pit is nearly forty yards deep, canathe boy was running back to give the kite a i puee elevation, without recollecting the pit, when te kit i in. He was found with the end of the string lf I(5 hand, and probably the buoyancy of the kite IlliWd his life by easing his fall. The boy is since re 'dent occurred to the. Reading that town, on Saturday night. ,arquis of Granby publiC-house, was encountered by a•vraggon, , in endeavouring to keep clear was driven with extreme violence r the public-house, which stands nice from the houses. Sogreat that the splinter-bar broke, Inv 'id the body of the coachlri the set off, at full speed, with the :, which they drew to the Three where they were accustomed to passengers were hurt, but: the owner of the coach, having been force from his lest, is. so much that he now lies at the Three _of recoverrfae , —o...ers: _ of Messrs. ROORROON4R4I Loan, Leeds, was on Wednesday consu. considerable part of the wool fortu- ~,. . Mr. BISCHAM, Of RellPharElp 'Jut the night being calm, , time the stock, &c. Ward, in Prince's-street, Lam weeks since with . : lethargy, days, baffled even , attempt to , which she received no suste eyes were open, but were not af and she died in slight convul recent ordinance, has imposed a roman of the town in Paps, ri istry of their several places of l of the police ; and with a view to • impost, he has appointed a for any woman pursuing the , sisterhood without a licence. THE ARMY. • The convoy of transports, which left Portsmouth on the 15th instant, were dispersed with the North west storm of the I7th, and some of them reached Falmouth on the 19th, and others on the 2lst, 22d and 23d. There is little doubt that the convoy which left Falmouth on the 15th, were, on the 20th, in Spain. Thursday afternoon, the Ist division of the 88th Regiment, commanded by Colonel DUFF, marched into Ramsgate barracks ; the 2d Surrey Militia hav ing left them the day before, for Margate, Broad stairs, and other places in the Isle of Thanet. Friday afternoon, the 2d division of the 88th Re giment arrived at Ramsgate, and also went to the barracks. The Sd and last division were expected on Saturday. They are a very fine body of healthy looking young men. Their destination is supposed either Spain or Portugal. Report is again afloat, that every one of the Ca valry Regiments, which were under orders, will be very suddenly embarked. General PAYNE has been laid up with the gout. If he should not be sufficiently recovered, General DOR• MEN will get his brigade of Heavy Horse. It is said that the 4th battalion of Scots Royals go It hebrigade with the Connaught Rangers, or 88th Regiment, and with the 87th, or Sir John Doyle's Irish Heroes. Colonel DIW I an active young Of ficer, who has seen much service, will, it- is said, command this brigade. The 2d battalions of the 83c1 and 88th Regiments, are embarking at Cork with the Ist (or Royal) Dra goons, commanded by the Hon. Colonel Ds Gast. The Royals is one of the best equipped cavalry regi ments in the service. Before the 10th Light Dragoons embarked, their Royal Colonel, the Prince of WALra, an inspec ting this fine corps, issued an order for the officers to divest themselves of their splendid parade jackets, as totally unfit for the actual service of the field. We have seen several letters from our army in Spain, which spoke of the reception of our troops by the inhabitants as having been cold and forbidding. h their different routes they may have experienced -.different kinds of treatment. Justice demands that we should lay before opr Readers the following Ex tract of a Letter received in Glasgow, from an Offi cer of the 92d Regiment, dated at the Escurial, No vember 25 : " We entered Spain at ladajos on the 2d inst. and were re ceived by the Spaniards with shouth of " nue G►ral► Britaatts l" Bcc.—l never saw people so completely enthusiastic as they are, even the women and young children join in the general cry. We met with a great deal of hospitality from all descriptions of peo ple—the poor were willing to give the little they bad, and the rich were profuse, and heaped abundance of every thing upon us. We have had long and very fogging marches ; yet, strange to tell, our regiment has not left a man behind, from sickness or any other cause, since we left Elvaa." SPIRITED CONDUCT OF THE 50TH REGIMENT AT THE BATTLE OF VIMIERA.—The pliant conduct of this Regiment, which, in common with the rest of our troops engaged in the memorable battle of Vimiera, eminently distinguished themselves, is highly deserv ing record, as a proof of the mighty advantages which British steadiness always obtains over French impetuosity and vapouring:—During the hottest part of the action, the 50th was stationed in a valley, on the brow of which Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY had placed himself, looking on with anxious expectation to the result of a charge made upon them by a strong and superior body of the enemy. The 50th stood with arms ordered while the French were coming down upon them with great fury, until they had ar rived within twenty yards. They then immediately shouldered their arms, and fired with the utmost steadiness ; then rushed on with fixed bayonets upon the enemy. After having made a very difficult con version movement, they completely routed and drove them back. The gallant Sir ARTHUR exclaimed with exultation of joy at their heroic conduct, and in stantly galloped off to the left wing, declaring him self then assured of victory. BOARD OF INQUlRY.—Saturday the President and Members of the Board of Inquiry, convened for the purpose of investigating the conduct of the Cintra Generals, waited upon the Duke of YORK, at the Horse-Guards, and delivered in their report, which his Royal Highness, as Commander-in-Chief, under took to lay before his MAJESTY.' We understand the report is extremely voluminous, and rumour affirms, that there •is to be no Court Martial. We do net; hairevei, pledge ourselves to this fact. A Medical Board for the Navy is about to be esta blished, the same as for the Army. That eminent physician Dr. TROTTER, of Newcastle, is Aout to be reatiled to the servile of his country, and to have a sat - at this Board along with Mr. WEIR and Dr.' itARNESS. • Mr. HOME, who has just been appointed Serjeant Surgeon to the King, it is said, is included in the new Intel of Baronets, and is to have a seat at the Army Medical Board. We have seen late letters from Prince of Wales's Island, which had regained a healthy state. There, as well as in every quarter in India, the complaints of the native as well as the British inhabitants are loud and general, on account of the constant success of the French in capturing every ship sent out from Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. As our Cor respondent in the West Indies informed us, they are not more satisfied with the activity of t he navy in that quarter. . . • -; MMTICAL lIVTELLzorArcr. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 23. Sailed the ReetrrAucit frigate, on a •cruize ; Duke of Marlborough packet, for Lisbon.—Wind N. E. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 24. Came in the ESPEIGLE, of 20 guns, from Cork, last from Falmouth ; Dinas transport, in ballast, from Cadiz.—Sailed the Bntud&Nr, of 28 guns, for Portsmouth ; also the WEAZLE schooner, and GAM BIER cutter, to the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER BS. Arrivad the BRILLIANT, from Plymouth ; Lord Nelson transport, after having been deserted by her crew, plundered by the French, and picked up by the CHERRY CR= gun-brig.--Wind N. W. DEAL, DECEMBER 25. Arrived the GLOMEN sloop of war, from a cruize. —Sailed the SKYLARK sloop of war, on a cruize.— Put back the Success, CRosBIE, for Jamaica., Ar rived from the River the Cato, HOSSACK, for Hayti. Wind N. W. a s .: A very serious accide b e tip,,in its progress to t 'ea/Ty . opposite the Mai er 9 iiitentford, tht coach al Ldndon, i •olcabieh, the stage was • ' fraißst the sign-post oft . at a considerable distant was the concussion, tha ' ing the hind. wheels and • •, %He the horses s ' • Of the vehicle, %gems_ public-house, v• 1 : None of - the pa- *to iraiso own with - gtest for t 1 • in-consequencg 'teas, without hopes. • ' r titedrying-house of • Brantley ' near Leed by five. A consich 110 17 was saved. • to The malt.house of M: last week consumed, bu ag• I llwaforded to save the A woman named IV: sh • was seined three v rrfil hick, during sixteen d: ' her from, during N 6 "se whatever ; her eyt .„ -' by any object, a ace APATRI; by a rece ." " y tax on every wo Il nfOrCillg the regis rri ' with the prefect of tt ' 't evasion of this i of 100 franks stt ' "a of the sisterh4 FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAIINSRND, Due. XL—Arrived the Hector, James, from Cork; Vanderntening, Vanderman, from .—Sailed the Betsey and Sophia, Cole; Maranaho Engragt, Wilkins, for Heli goland; Supply, Mickford, for Waterford; and Experiment, Phillips, for Cork. Aaarrazi—At Leith, the Albion, —.—, from Gottenburgh,— At Cowes, Mary and Jane, Atkinson, from Cork. At Penzance, the Just, Cameron, from Waterford. At Carl, the Minerva, Bstrews, from the Brazils, bound to Pool. At Limerick, the Mary, Shrubsale, from Malaga. At Gibraltar, the Griffin, Bell, from Newfoundland. At Scilly, the Edntond, Page, from Malta. Of Hdfard, the Dispatch, Norton, from Cadiz. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Port Mahon, for le Revanche, and Concession, captured February 19, 1808, will be paid on her arrival, and recalled at Hews. Adana's, Austin Friars, on Thursdays and Saturdays. The Ann, for the Venzego, captured Nov. 20, 1807, will be paid on Friday nest, at No. 13, Clement's Inn, and there recalled for three months. The Quail, for tie Drie Gebroden, captured July 6, 1807, will be paid ea board on Saturday next, and mailed at No. 14, Cle raent's Inn, on Wednesdays and Saturdays The Aretkusa and Anson, for the Dolphin, captured July 29, 1804, will be paid to-morrow, at Ne. 3, Philpot-lane, and there recalled on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Countess of Elgin, for the Oat, recaptured 0ct.22, 1804, and la Racrocheuse Dec. 12, 1804, will be paid at 22, Arundel street, and there recalled for three years. The Cygnet, for the Evander, captured August 16, 1807 ; the Pert for the Catalina, captured August 16,1807; the Eagle, June 21, 1807 ; Dorothea, May 10, 1807 ; Betsey, June 20, 1807 ; and Juliana, May 22, 1807; and l'Epervier, for the Mildred, May 12, 1807, will be paid on Friday, at No. 1, Nish-street, Doctors Commons, and there recalled on Mondays and Fridays. Monday, Arrived at Leith, the Resolution, ROBERT sow, from Quebec, with timber and staves ; and on Tuesday, the Elbing, GERARD, from Riga, with flax and tallow. A letter has been received in town, via America, from a passenger on board the Lord Eldon outward. bound Indianian, dated at sea, Sept. 11, S. lat. 36, E. long. 20, at which date they were all well. Four of the empty transports, which lately sailed for Vigo, have been driven back by contrary winds to Plymouth—they separated from the fleet during a gale in the Channel : the Master of one of them saw a cutter of a suspicious appearance, and is apprehen sive that some of the convoy may have been captured by her. A vessel called the Ann, Capt. Howland, arrived at New York on the 30th of October, in 27 days, from Martinique, with part of the crew of another vessel, called the Juliana, Lee, from St. Vincent's to New York, which was taken and scuttled at the end of September, by four French brigs and a sloop of war, which had taken and burnt an 'American ship from London ; and one from Liverpool, both bound to America. The Atlas transport, No. V, was off Hastings on Friday, in tow of a gun brig, bound to Portsmouth, with all her masts cut away, toff rigging destroyed % and the ship plundered of every thing ; from which, it is supposed, she had been cstintivgd by a French privateer, and her crew carried tato Trance. The Providence, Mitchell, from tTeath; to Rye, foundered off the Start, the Ist inp4n;, The Mary, , Cairn, from Martinson for DMidee, is lost near Beaumaris. The Surprize, Jenkinson, from Workington, is lost in Conway Bay. The Albion, —, of Shields ; Commerce, Saun ders, of Ipswich ; and the Wothnell, Gardner, from London for Boston, are on shore near Yarmouth. The Neptune, Burt, from London for Whitby ; and the Sarah, Close, from London for Newcastle, are on shore near Southwold. The Lady Bulkeley, frgrn Hayti for Halifax ; the Anna Philippa, from ditto for Liverpool, and a schooner, from Baltimore for Jamaica, are captured by a French privateer, and carried into Samana. Saturday an order came down to Plymouth from the Admiralty for the execution of James Smith, late Master's Mate of the PARTHIAN, found guilty of the murder of Capt. BALDERSTON. He was to be exe cuted this morning on board the PARTHIAN, which ship was ordered into Plymouth Harbour, for the purpose of rendering the spectacle more awful and .unpressive. Letters from our squadron off Helsenburgh, dated the 10th instant, mention that the navigation of the Baltic was rendered dangerous by the ice, and that the cold in the Sound was intense. The following is a copy . of the Report made by the Governor of Bornholm, giving an account of a recent bombardment of the fortress of Christiansoe, in that island by the English : " On the 24th ult. two Brithh skips of the Hoe, one of them a three decker, a frigate, a brig, and three bombs, each carrying two mortars, were descried from the heights. The wind couch-west. About seven o'clock the bombs took a station about four thou sand yards from the east side of the &mess, and by half past eleven had thrown three hundred shells. At nine' o'clock the large ships advanced in a line, and after repeated dischitges oh the fortress, passed oat of rea ch of our ire to the easittrud, the wind continuing from the south. When the vessels bitt ceased Bring, they moved to the northeast'of the fOrtress, and departed. None tithe garrison were killed, bet six Swegjes add a -erbMan were killed by a shell which fell la the prison. The Conumaileat Kohi was wounded in the kit six soldiers and three stcaggen were likewise wounded." It is admitted that the fortress was muctilimttelli SVINIM WNW in the harbour., • : -•.-• •• • ..) : - ••• If LAW INTELLIGBNCII. COURT OF KING'S 11FliCH, DI6EMBER 1111. BOYDILL O. DRUMMOND. '- By this action the Plaintiff, who is an eminent pub , Esher of engravings, and formerly proprierer of the Shakespeare Gallery, sought to recover from the Defendant, who is a banker, at Charing-cross, the subscription price of the large prints belonging to the splendid edition of Shakespeare, published by hint and his late uncle. The Plaintiffs, regularly as the numbers were ready for delivery, intimated the same to their subscribers by advertisements in the public prints. The Defendant accordingly sent for the first and second numbers; but fielding a greater propor• tion of the prints were in the dotted style than in the stroke manner; he conceived that the Plaintiffs had not fulfilled the a ent specified in the prospectus, did not send C e l: l ti l y of the subsequent numbers. This objection, as well as another, th a t t h e wor k was incomplete without the supplemental number which contained the title-pages, &c. and for which an errs five guineas were charged, was over-ruled, as it was shown that had the greater proportion of the prints been in the stroke manner, the work would not have been completed in less than fifty years. - Lord EtternsonouGn agreed with the Plaintiff's Counsel that he was entitled to recover; but was of opinion that the Plaintiff had not connected the fact with the Defendant, unless he could shew that the Defendant took in some papers in whichlthese adver tisements appeared. Mr. C. Drummond, the Defendant's brother, who had been subptenaed as a w i tness , was then called for the purpose of proving this fact, but failing to appear, his recognizance was estreated. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that as the Plain tiff had failed to intimate to the Defendant within six years that he expected him to continue his sub scription, the latter was entitled to suppose that he acquiesced in his abandoning his contract. The plaintiff consented to be nonsuited. There were two cases of a similar nature, in which similar verdicts were entered. It is stated that the claims against the different subscribers, who have failed to complete their engagements, do not amount to less than 80,0001. Saturday, the Sittings in the Common Pleas, before Lord Chief Justice MANSPI&LD, finished. There were three causes heard, of no intereset whatever to our readers. Saturday an action for damages, for defamation was tried in the Palace Court. The words spoken were of the grossest nature, and evidence was adduced to justify them. The Court and Jury were, however, of opinion, that if the charges were true, th 7 .should have been the subject of a criminal process, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff, with Is. dam ages. Bow-sTatitT. Thursday J.h,, /faker, alias Tu , was charged with Yang one of the robbers concerned in breaking open the house of the Countess of Morten. A copy of the in dictment found against the prisoner, as being one concerned in the above robbery, was produced, and his person being identified, he was cotrunitted for trial. Jsks Rosier, late clerk in the employ of Messrs. Lyne and Do. naldson, tailors, in Cecil -street, in the Strand, underwent an et. antination, when, after a long examination, he was committed, for embezzling 611. 84-35 i. 6s. 6d. and 401:by altering bills, and for stealing 100/. by adding is the book of Messrs. Biddulph and Co. the bankers to the prosecutors, a figure of 1, before 431. thereby makirm it 1431. MANSION Housa.—Fridsy, the mess who have been separately confined for some days past,. and who love undergone a private emunination before the Loao Marna, were again brought up for examination , when two drummers em the Tower Hamlets Militia love evidence against one of .she prisoners, of the name of Miler. He Is a fifer in that regiment, sod appeared upon the parade the intirning after the robbety, without his fife. Upon that odeisibn;ke told- some of his comrades that he had bees taken Into custody the night before, and had made his escape from the watch-house by 'dropping frail the window, that he had hurt himself very much, and had betide fife. It a ppeared that in the warehouse which had been broken open, the t hash left a fife, and an iron crow, . and had escaped from a twelve feet high. The priselers were remanded for farther emir SIMI/WILL Orriem—daturclay a shopkeeper, at Limehouse, was convicted in the penajty o f M. being the fourth within a month, for having- in his possession a guanthy of iron bolts, atc. purloined from different ships in the Docks. Thursday inclining last, a bullock was furiously driven through the Strand, and ran against and ma terially hurt a milk-man, of the name of Jones, near the New Chnrch. Through the humanity of a Gen ` deman residing ecu the spot, a surgeon was immedi ately sent for, and the man, we are Concerned to say, ris so severely injured, as not to be out of danger. The animal also tossed a boy, near the same place, who was likewise much hurt. Bulletin.—The public seem much divided in their opinion of the propriety of a late Bulletin but as this seems the age for Bulletins, we should not be. surprised if the following melancholy bulletin was to-morrow to be hting' up at the door of all the Lottery Offices —" Not a Ticket or Share to be had—all sold." WEALTH OR.PLEASURE.-.." that is the question?" —Many a sum is devoted to the latter at the present happy festival, and many a Christmas box ready to be emptied for the same enjoyment. But quirs—cani any devotion to pleasure . produce so durable a feli city as the sudden acquisition of wealth ? Or was there ever a moment, equal to the present, for mak ing this laudable effort, when a Lottery, having but kw° days to draw, is about to give, and most proba bly to-morrow, three Capitals of it 20,000 each, be. sides many other great Prizes. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, DEC. 26.---There were but very few arrivals of Grain in general this day ;. and, in consequence of the Thames Navigation being stops, scarce any buyers attended, nor were sales made, to warrant anyvariation from our currency on Friday, which this day is considered nominal. , COUNTRY MARKETS. PAWS{ lIT GRAIN AT TILE FOLLOWING Itottal7l. Boszoorroaa.--91iteat 78. Od to 941 Od per Qoartet, Barley 404 04 to so. Od 1 Beane 654 Od to ?Or 94 Oats 37. 04 to 44s Od I Peso 604 04 to dal Olt , Bread 95 Od per Won. , Huey — When 72 . 04 to nits Od per Qr. ' Barley 114: od to 47. Od Beans 69s Od to 79. 14 Oats 22s Od to 44s Od I Pease 601 ad to deo 641 . Bread 2s. 344. per gallon . Motoasnron.--Wheat 504 Od to 1031 od per Qr. • Barley ' 494 Od t. 474 04 I Beans 634 Od to 645 04 Oats 374 Od to 4680 d Pease —6 04 to is. di , • Bread • fly. id. per gallon. Nswootor.--Witeat 686 oJ t. foOs Od per Qr. • Barley. Saa'll4 to 491 6d IPeaso 604 Od to am 0)1 Om . 1104 old to 434 Od Brans 6 1 3 od to Sys .4 ..: .. - Stromlo.... ...... es aid per gallon. AzoOtno.—Wheat 1064 04 to 10es Od per Quitter. ~ • A • Nee Wheat 71s. to 10114. per quarter. Barley •'MsOd to 498.41 I Beans 60s Od-56 its o= itlo sta •,,,,;, :so od to 424.44 Pease 00. 04 to dirt 114 Pleat 1:4. ila. pet pike. z .1 *:. t.s. • ~.: p...11 . ...'t ru: • . 3&:::: yl.r., ..::.• ..•._, ,