Star. — London, England, 1814-10-20 00:00:00

TM ARMY. THE CORK EXPEDITION. A considerable sensation was created in Cork during a part of Thurstlay last, in consequence of a report, that a vessel on which a large division of the 4Uth Regiment, including the St4tf of that corps, which sailed from that port on Monday last, had been embarked, was lost off the Coast of Bantry, and none of the crew or passengers saved.—The following letter proves the report to have been very much exag gerated : a Bantry, October 12. 4 ' I beg leave to inform you, that his Majesty's ship Sultan, of 74 guns, with some transports under couvuy, having troops on board fur America, were put into this Bay on Monday night, in consequence of the severity of weather, when one of the trans ports got on some rocks, having 300 men of the 40th Regiment en board, who all got on shore, except three men, who were gowned in making the attempt." Colonel Bitoox, who succeeded the gallant General Ross, in the command of the troops in the Chesa. peake, is of the respectable family of that name in the county of Fermanagh. The 102 d Regiment have left Bermuda, and are stationed at a small Island in the Bay of Fundy. The detachment 4th Garrison Battalion does the gar rison duty of the former place, they are near 600 strong, they have formed grenadier and light infan try companies, and expect shortly to be made a se parate corps. Notwithstanding the General Order of the 25th ult. which appointed •the head-quarters of the Kent district at Dover, we understand they are to remain at Canterbury, Major-General PACK, the Comma; der in Chief of the District, having fixed his residence at St. So p!ien's, near that city. The So R. N. B. Dragoons or Scots' Greys are, under orders to march from Canterbury to Exeter. The 16 , 11 Light Dragoons are also under orders to remove -fiom die Kent District, it is conjectured for Hounshr.v.—The 11 di Light-Dragoons are to supply their places on t!,e coast duty and in that city. The 10th regiment of Light nussars,whichlatterly consisted. of 12 troops, 80 men to a troop, is now re duped tp..eight ,troops..6o• men to each, including Officers, and 54 horses. ~. A reduction of' the Royal Artillery Drivers, con sisting of tour captains, fifteen first lieutenants, and two second lieutenants, is to take place on the Ist of November, preparatory, it is supposed, to the re-or ganization of that corps. ?bur companies of the 24th infantry have been landed at Ramsgate, where they at present remain in Barracks. . The Yeomanry Cavalry of Kent, it is presumed, ire 'to remain permanent, as an Adjutant from the eighteenth' Light Dragoons was last week appoint ed to the East Kent Regiment ; which, indepen dently of one troop for the Cinque Ports, consists of six troops under the command of Colonel Sir EDWARD KNATCIISULL. The West Kent Regiment forms eight troops, under the commlnd of Colonel the Marquis CAMDEN. The Commander in Chief, by a General Order, has announced that Brighton shall be the head-quarters of the Sussex Military District. Wednesday se'nnight, the 2d battalion of the 79th Foot, or Cameronian Highlanders, Marched into Edinburgh Castle from the west country. They re lieve the depots of the Royals and 94th Foot, ordered for Ireland. Two Companies of the Berkshire Militia arrived on Wednesday se'nnight at Liverpool, they were nine days on their passage, the remainder of the regiment were expected in a day or two after. The march train Liverpool to Reading will take three weeks. Monday se'nnight, a party of the troops at the Ljmington Depot, with their stores, &c. were em barked on board the Britannia transport, for Harwich, for which place they sailed on Wednesday. The re mainder will leave Lymington as soon as transports come down. The Royal Foreign Artillery, stationed there, have also received orders to hold themselves in readiness for a removal, it is said, to Woolwich. Last week embarked at Cowes, onboard the tran sport ships Nautilus, Caln.lio HERBERT, and Duke of Bedford, Captain Mootte, for the River Weser, the Duke of Brunswick Gels' regiment, consisting of about 500 men. It is supposed they will be disbanded on their arriving in their native country, they having experienced a great deal of hard service in Spain, and always have been victorious. Major JIMVOISI6 Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-Ge neral DRUMMOND, passed through Durham, on Wed nesday se'nnight, on his way to Brancepeth Castle, the seat of WILLIAM RuesELL, Esq. The depot of the 66th Regiment, about 300 men, under the command of Major Ross, landed at Gos port yesterday se'nnight, from Jersey, and marched immediately to Southampton, on their route to Bris tol, to join the 2d battalion. Arrived at Spithead yesterday se'nnight, a fleet of transports from Cork, last from Scilly islands, having on board the 12th, 24th, and 31st Regiments of in fantry, and theOxfordshire and Derbyshire regiments of militia. The vessels having on board the Dorset shire and Somersetshire regiments of ruilitia parted company at Plymcnith. The Oxfordshire regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel WALL, disembarked at the same time', at Gosport, and marched to Fareham, &. on its route to Oxford. This regiment having been quartered at' Gosport above five years ago, conducted itself so nauchl to the satisfaction of all the inhabitants, that on land ing they were greeted by a most hearty welcome. Invalided soldiers arrived at Pcrtsmouth froM Gi l...altar last week, from which place they sailed on the ith ult. in the Melantho and Brailfurd transports. These ships sailed under convoy of thesSparrowhawk and Scout, and were joined off Cadiz by the Jasper. The convoy consisted of 28 sail of transports and mer chantmen, which with the exception of the above, have passed on to the Downs with the ships of war. The soldiers are landed at the depot in the Isle of Wight, as soon as released from quarantine. PortchesterCastle has last week undergone a minute inspection, preparatory to its being made a depot for deserters. Its insular situation renders it a most eli gible depot for such a purpose; attached to the castle are stores, offices, and hospitals of every description, with a fine military barracks. Two detachments of Marines, under Lieutenants Csowe, and Saran, are stationed at Horndean, and Fareham, to intercept de • serters from the garrison. They will be placed as scouts from the Sussex eastern road to the western road, thus encompassing the Island on the land side. RRIGADE GENERAL ORDER. " Camp IDdeltowo, North America, August 30,1314. " Major -General Brisbane having received instructions to ad vance with the troops under his command into the territory of the United States, mails himself of the opportniky of request ing that Commanding Officers will use every exertion to main tain the strivest discipline in the troops under his command; and lie holds them responsible, that in every instance where a com plaint is made to him of any injury sustained by the inhabitants, that he will see them redressed, and whatever damage is done is instantly to be paid for, and charged against those concerned; and where this caneor be ascertained, ,o the corps in general, so ' that unofending people may not be the sufferers. " In taking the necessary precaution apinst individuals who may so far jtarget what Is due to themselves and to their country, as t.• comnlit acts of plunder or violence, the Major-General is at the same time fully convinced, that almost the whole of the troops are determined that their conduct shall not bring disgrace on the British name ; he therefore calls upon them to discover those who may be guilty of an act of plunder or oppression, who may be brought to the punishment they merit; and the soldiers must soon find that such a tine of conduct will add much to their comforts ; for the inhabitants of the country, finding they are properly treated and protected, will bring every article requisite into the camp; for those who remain quiet in their houses are not iu the smallest degree to be molested, nor their property taken from them, without their full consent, and its being paid for ; as it is not against such persons that Groat Britain makes war, bu. against the Government, whose folly and ambition have brought the miseries of war into their country, and the army and individuals, in support of such a Government. " The Major-General commanding has requested the Magis trates of the country to explain to the people his object and de termination on entering the American territory; and he trusts that the conduct of the soldieri will be such as to reflect no shade of dishonour on their country. _ _ _ " By command of Majar.General Brisbane, (Signed) " JAI. CAlthic Li., Major of Brigade." GLIE.RNSET. Thursday, the '6th instant, the 4th Garrison Bat talion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel LAW. RBNCE, was inspected in the New Ground by his Ex. cellency Lieutenant General Sir JOHN DOYLE, accom. panied by his numerous suite. The battalion ar rayed, in all the gorgeous pomp of war, received his Excellency with those military honours due to the distinguished rank which he holds. When it is considered that the soldiers of this corps have been, and are employed, in different parts of the Island, adding to its beauty, by forming roads, we cannot but be struck with astonishment at the accuracy and precision with which they per formed their evolutions. The file firing and the ra pidity with which the formation of the square was executed, were two prominent features worthy of the highest panegyric in the MAOCtuvres of the day. ' His Excellency, who so well knows how to appre ciate the merits of those who have the good fortune to be placed under his command, in a speech, in which the irresistible fire of the veteran soldier, and the elocprent language of the senator, were eminently displayed, complimented the corps on its fine military appearance. And truly it may be said, that no Chief of a Battalion more justly Merited the meed of praise conveyed to him in the applauding terms, with which his Excellency addressed the Commanding Officer of the corps, than on the present occasion. But while the bosom throbbed with delight at the splendid spec tacle, while every heart beat in unison, with the mel low notes of a most charming band, while the . specta. tors received new life from this view of military pageantry,the tear of generous sympirthygushed spon taneously to the eye, on beholding, neatly attired at the expense of the corps, four hundred and eighty four children. It was an appeal from the heart, the eye could not withstand. A scene so grateful to litt. manity, could not fail to excite the warmest approba tion of all who witnessed it. How blest a circum stance is it for diose soldiers who serve under a Com manding Officer, anxious to render the cares of a mi litary life more light, in assiduously attending to the wants of their forlorn offspring. But when these living, though perishable emblems of benevolence, shall fade away, the force of memory will supply a monument, more lasting than adamant, to eternize the name of LAWRENCE. Wednesday se'nnight the Magistrates and princi pal inhabitants of Perth gave an elegant entertain. ment to Lord LYNDOCK, on his return to his native county, after his late arduous services on the Conti. nent. Ail the principal inhabitants of Perthshire were present. The amiable Countess of GROSVENOR, we regret to learn, continues alarmingly indisposed at Eaton-house, near Chester. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE is arrived at Edinburgh, from his seat in Ireland. His Grace is expected to visit Earl and Countess GREY, at their seat, Howick Castle, Northumberland, in his way to his seat, Chats worth, Derbyshire. DUEL.--A meeting took place on the 12th instant, at Ballinamore, between WILLIAM T. D'Ancy, Esq. and JOSEPH BINOHAM I Esq. After exchanging two shots each, at the short space of eight yards, both the combatants escaped unhurt. PARLIAMENT HOUSES.—Preparations are making in both Houses of Parliament for the opening of the Session next month. In the Lord:, the seats and woolsack% have been newly repaired and covered, be 13w the Bar, &c. new matted, the anti•rooms white washed ; and arrangements are in contemplation for the Inner ventilation of the House. In the Common: similar , Terationshave taken place, all the seats in the hod y of the House, as well as in the Galleries, having been new matted, the Committee Rooms white washed, &c. The celebrated 64 Smoking Room," one of the anti•toons for the use of the Members, has un dergone considerable alterations ; windows having been made at the end of it, so as to throw additional light into the passages leading directly into the House, and the passages themselves, before meagrely illumi ned with one or two candles, have been otherwise much improved. The accommodation for strangers remains as heretofore. _ _ A profound coffeehouse politician assures us, Mr. MADISON may get from England a pease, but not the whole of his demands. _ Mrs. DENIM the there and, of PLATOFF, has written home, in great spirits, to a friend at the Opera-house, that she has the ball entirely at her own toot, no such person having ever existed as the celebrated Miss Pccrorr, so long a favourite toast at all our con vivial parties. Mrs. Joanna Sous/welt was to have been delivered yesterday, but the old lady had nothing for her paint! The sun, it seems, according to some of our modern Philosophers, is no “fire-work"—at least, does not come within the meaning of the nainguichins Act of William and Mary 1 DREADFUL ACCIDENT ;I H. MEUX and Vs BREWHOUSE. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, an Inquest was held at St. Giles's• Workhouse, on view of the bodies of the following unfortunate parsons, who pe rished by the bunting of the vat : - l. Eleanor Cooper, 14 years.of age, servant to Mr. Hawes, the Tavistock Arms, Great Russell-street. • 2. Mary Mulvey, a married woman, aged 30 years. 3. Thomas Murry, aged S years, son of Mary Mulvey, by z former husband. 4. throats Banfield, aged 4 years and 4 months. 5. Bit:ah Batea, aged S years and 5 months. 6. Ann Saville, aged 60 years. 7. Elizabeth Smith, a married woman, aged 27 years. S. Catherine Butler, a widow, aged 65 years. After the Jury were impannelled and sworn they proceeded to the Dead-house,• to take a view cf five of the bodies than were deposited there ; they then went to take a view ni the place where the accident happened, and of the other three bodies that were taken home by their friends. On retinning to their Jury-room, the first witness examined was Mr. George Crick, who, after being sworn, deposed as follows ;44 ['reside at No. '215, Tottenham Court R, .toad, and am store-house clerk to Messrs. Henry Meux and Co. I have been 17 years in the cap tcity of store-house clerk; eleven years at the premises in Liquorpond-street, and six years, on the 10th March next, on those where the accident occurred. I have been connected with the brew-house in this neigh bourhood ever since the present firm came into it.— The accident happened on Monday evening, at half past five o'clock. I was on a plat-form about thirty feet from-the vat when it burst. I heard the crush, as it went off, and immediately ran to the store-house, where the vat was situated. I found myself up to the knees in beer. The vat which had given way had been full of beer within four inches. It contained 3,555 barrels. We do not like to fill the vats too full for fear of accidents. The four inches would have contained from SO to 40 barrels more. The first object I saw in the store-house was my brother ; one of the men had just pulled him out from among the butts. There were many butts in the store-house—it was a racking place, where much beer was racked out for the trade. Another man, who had been working by my brother's side, was brought out in the same situation—they are both in a dangerous way. Ido not suppose my brother will get over it. Both of therh were taken to the hospital. We then examined the place as well as we could. The whole vat. we found, had given way, as completely as if a quart pot had been turned up on the table. On the i side next Russell-street, it blew down a brick wall,' belonging to the brewhouse, which was 22 inches broad in the strongest part. The wall, I believe, was 25 feet high—that is, about three feet higher than the vat. It caused,dreadful devastation on the premises ; it knocked four butts over, and staved several the pres sure was so excessive. The houses next Russell-street and New-street were much damaged, but I do not know the persons who were buried in the ruins. The body of Anne Saville was found on our premises.- 1 We discovered her about an hour and a half after the I accident—she was then quite dead. We then endea voured to take care of the beer—to save as much of it as we could. None of us could go to see the acci dent which had happened outwardly, because we had too much to do on our own premises. We were em ployed in saving what beer we could. There were 7,000 barrels in two vats on the premises. Of these, 3,555 barrels were lost at once : and the shock was so dreadful as to break off the cock of the adjoining vat ; of the contents of the latter we saved about 800 barrels. This vat was of the satire size, within nine barrels, as that which gave way. I cannot account for the accident. The vat which gave way had been built about ten years, and it has been full of beer for two-thirds of the time, during which 1 have been on the premises. It was built on uprights cr pillar's of oak. The foundation did not give way. When the wreck is cleared, the bottom of the vat will be found perfectly level ; neither did the vat touch the wall. It stood full tight inches from it. 'We can account for the accident in no other manner, but by the hoops giving way—by the rivets bursting. An hour before the accident, a hoop was started ; hoops frequently burst—two or three times a year—but such a circum stance does, not produce any idea of danger. If I conceived there was danger on Monday evening, nei ther I nor my brother would have remained near the vat. I spoke to Mr. Young, one of the partners in the brewhouse, about a hoop flying off. He is him self a vat-builder, and he said that no harm what ever would ensue. The vat had formerly been more full—and the beer which was in it, when it gave way, had been brewed between -nine and ten months. It was an old beer vat. If it had been a new beer vat, I should not have wondered so much, because the fermentation of the liquor might produce such an effect. The new beer vats are covered—but in such a manner that the cover will give way. and thus pre% vent the bursting of the vat. I was on the top oldie vat when the hoop flew off. I stated the circumstance to Mr. Young—who told me to write to his father, that it might be mended. Soon a'ter I had w retell the note, the accident took place. There was an opening at the top of the vat—a flap—which wads, have given way had the action of the liquor been up; wards. We sometimes stop down a vat, *hen the beer has gone through the process of fermentation; The hoop we discovered off, an hour befOre the irs4 l burst, was about three feet from the bottom. In 0, lower part of the premises, in a place the work Men call "the regions below," there is a cell capable.of holding '2,100 barrels ; the pipe communicating with this place was broken, and the beer was destroyed. Between eight and nine thousand barrels of porter have been lost." The CORONER wished to know how much one of the hoops on the vat would weigh ?—Mr. Crick. About 7 cwt. The Coemma—Mr. Mainwaring informed me. en the Bench, this morning, that there is a hoop in the brewery in Liquorpond-street, that weighs a ton ! Mr. Crick. In that brewery there are :even hoops on a vat, each of which weighs three ton:! The vat to which they are attached will contain 18,000 barrels ; it is twenty-one yards in diameter, at top. Richard Hawes deposed, that he live;! at No. '22, Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury, the Tavistock- Arms Public-house; about half-past five o'clock on Monday evening, witness was in his tap-noel, µ leers he heard the crash ; the back part of his houst Wls beaten in, and every thins in his cellar destrr.7e. l the cellar and tap-room filled with beer, so tt..it , was pouring across the street into the areas on . the opposite side; the deceased Eleanor Cooper, his ser. vant, was in thie yard washing pots 4t the time the accident happened ; she was buried under the ruins, from whence she was dug out about twenty minutes past eight o'clock ; she WAS found standing by the water butt. Mr. Ogle, a §urgeon, attended to render mulicai assistance, but she was quite dead. John Commis,: deposed, that he was a brickl and lived in Pratt's.place. Carnien-town ; be.ng the owner of some houses in Mlw.street, where de-prin cipal part of the persons who were l )4, reshled, he attended on the spot all day 4,1 'Tuesday, to render all the assistance in his power to the sufferers ; Eli zabeth Smith, a bricklayer's wife, was the first body found, *bola twin o°;lock, in the ruins of a first. floor ; Sarah Bates, a . child, was discovered in alriut an hour after, in the ruins of No. 3, New-street ; Ca therine Butler, a widow, Mary Mulvey , and her son. ' Thomas Murry, a boy t hree years of age. werq found about leer o'tincl: on Tuesday evening ; Hannah Banfield, a girl about four years and a half old, with her mother, and al:oller child, v....re at tea on Cm first fluor, tl:e two foi niter %%ere was!led by the flood into the ruins, the dead body ot Haanalt lianlield was found in the I:tins tenet half past six ; the mother was carried to the Middlesex Hospital, e. 4 ‘ ne she lie; is a dangerous state, and the ltq mentioned child was found nearly suffocated on a bed is the room. The evidence having been gone through, the Co, RONER observed, there could be no doubt that the ac. cident described had occa:.ioned the de.t:ll3 ot thou unfit vitiate persons. In some cases,in that of murder, for instance, a more minute detail might be Pecesssry. but here it was evident that the loss of all these lives had been•produced by the same cause, of which they were sufficiently cognizant. A Juryman enquired of the father of Sarah B ties, whether he observed any person employed ablut the brewery active in removh.g the ruins ?—lie ans xered, he had not to his knowledge. The Juryman expressed his surprise, that, where so many workmen were employed, none of them had been desired to exert themselves iu the manner to which lie alluded. The CORONER thought such reflntions as tlt:se might be spared. If people would look at the situ :. tion of the neighbourhood, where all was terror and apprehension, it would cease to be a matter of var• prise, that exertions were not made at the momeat. The worthy Gentleman ought not to cast reflections, without foundation. All that can be said of the ha. s;ness is, that it is a most unfurtuaate and lamentablo event. 'Ole Juryman declared he meant not to cast any reflection ; still he could nut help entertaining his mi. ginal opinion. Mr. Crick observed, that, when the accident hap pened, it was not possible for the prrsons in the brew. house, in consequence of the confusion of the moment, to leave the place. They knew not whether a number of their own people were not overwhelmed by the butts : and it was with the greatest ditilzulcy they could prevent. the populace twin bunting into the premises. The Jury then re'urned their verdict, that t:!e ceaed had met with their deathi, " easually, atclJr4. tag, and by mitfortutu." Sittings appointed in Middlesex and Landon. be. the ltiAlit Hon. EDWARD L ird Lo:d Chiei Justice, &c. in and ain:r Michaele:4s Tenn, 1514.: MIDDLESEX. Saturday . ........ Nov. 12. 'lluroday ...... Noy. 17. Friday Nov 2i. AF ITR IN TERM. Lo):Dom. Monday . Nov. 14. Monday . Nov. 21. Saturday . .Xov. Ye. 'I ERM. Tuesday Nue. us. I %Veda' %lay ........ ..... Nov. 30. On the 29th ult CAPEL LOFFT, Esq. of Troston. hall, Barrister-at-law, was eltc ed Recorder of Ald borough, in Suffolk, in the room of the late J. MIN. GAY, Eq. King's Counsel. A celebrated barrister being asked by a lady why the sale of detonating balls was prohibited, said it was because they made relsoris contrary to law! Among the London caricatures is one representing a French lady and her husband as aPe and a miff/ A letter from Paris. dated October 12, says—" The Earl of limutovier has arrived here within these few days, and had yesterday a private audience o" his Majesty Louis XVIII." • A numerical census of the British residents at Paris took place lately, by order of the Police : they were found to amount to upwards of 10,000 persons. COI/GNI...GARDEN TiirATar..—The Tragedy of P. nice Preserved was pm form.:d at this Theatre last night. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the house boasted an overflow. Miss O'NEILL appeared, for the third time, in the arduous charicter of Belvidera, and was greeted throughout with entlitt siastics.applause. When the Piece was announced for repetition on this night, shouts of. Bravo! resoundei from every part of the house. The Burletta of Ala.: succeeded the Play, and went off with its usual success. Mr. and Mrs. HENRY Kitting are performing at the Chester I'neatre. Mr. Roca, the Manager of the D , blip Theatre, is nbw in Landon, beating up fur recruits. PARISIAN MODES.—PARIS, Our. 15.—The nmdigs flow use a great deal of plain black velvet in bonnets. Such of the bonnets as are in the form. of a toque, and of which the front is turned up, have above toe turn-up a large and long plume, lai,l Hat from left to right. Other black velvet bonnets Are trismned wito rows, without leaves, or•under black leaves. Rolls of satin and velvet forming the sides, save to trios black bonnets. The fmu of these bonnets is Bat at the ton, and all the sides draw up to the coot::, which is eenerally a Utmost. Bands, of the b:eldth of a tinvr, are sometimes used ioste.!d of a roll ; but then ..he bonnets are half satin, halt tall , or satin and reps rose and %rhite, or orange and white. Wc forgot to state, that on the black bonnets they plait a [Sack tuii, Some of the mod sus have prepared rose and apple-green amaranths to ornarheot bonnets of l arge ribbands, of these two colours.'A band of rose satin, tour fingers broad, and a little RI:OVe it a roll of Mgt is.tha cid:lining at the bottom of the Dowilktres, of a dasiaqf colour, Within these few days riding toms have appeared, of' merino, amaranth and *victim g they are all doubled with white. and a aa tirrow . w hi I.enibrolderiia the only . •