Star. — London, England, 1810-01-17 00:00:00

. . SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 16. Jane; Parsons was indicted for stealing a, guinea, a half-guinea, and a seven shillings piece, from the person of James Wiseman, on the sth of Novem ber last. The Prosecutor being called, said he was too much intoxicated at the time the robbery took place, to be able to state any of the citctunstances attending it, except the loss of his money. A witness named Appleton, said he was at the Dun Horse public-house, in the Borough, on the sth of November last ; the Prisoner and the Prosecutor were there ; the latter very much intoxicated—the witness observed the prisoner, who was sitting near the prosecutor, feeling about his pockets, and soon after he left the house. The witness then went up to the prosecutor and saw that his breeches pockets were turned out, and two one-pound notes were lying on the seat by his side. He immediately went after the prisoner, and overtook him a short distance from the house. When he charged him with the robbery, the prisoner took some money from his pocket, and said, " Here is all the money." The Prisoner, in his defence, acknowledged that he was at the Dun Horse on the morning mentioned. The prosecutor was there, very much intoxicated, and WAS tossing up for one pound notes. The prisoner drank the liquor he called for and left the house—he had not proceeded far before he was stopped by the wit ness, Appleton, who charged him with the robbery, when he pulled out his money and said, " here is all the money I have got," and not, as the witness had stated, g here is the money.' The Jury, after a short deliberation, Acquitted the Prisoner. ElizaLeth Smith, charged with stealing a box of wearing apparel, and some love-letters, the property of Ann Cox, her fellow servant, was found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for 7 years. James Cork!, charged with stealing a quantity of iron, the property of Mr. Collinger in Bridge road, in whose employ he was ; and James Goodall, charged with stealing a sheet from a public-house, where he had lodged, were found Guilty, and seve rally sentenced to three months imprisonment in the House of Correction. Mrs. Mary Jackson, a respectable matron of sixty, was indicted for an assault on the person of a man named Wood. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor and defendant ate neighbours residing in St. John's lane, Walworth. For a considerable time past, a species of civil war had raged between the families of both parties, in which each evinced their cordial ill will towards each other by frequent acts of violence. About six months since, the defendant convicted the prosecutor in the Spiritual Court of Doctors' Com mons, of a Jibe}, he having called her by the oppro brious epithet of wh—e, for which he did penance in a white sheet twice, in his parish church. Since that period, shame and vexation had not a little contri buted to fan the flame of Mr. Wood's jealousy, who burned for an opportunity of wreaking his vengeance on the head of Mrs. Jackson. His hopes with this view were fr.mtrated by want of opportunity, until the beginning of December last, when meeting her in the vesiitut. of the building they respectively inhabited, he accosted her in terms the most indelicate, and call ed her by every epithet the fecundity of his imagina tion could suguest, save that of a gentlewoman ; the ;rritability of Mrs. Jacicion's disposition could not fail of being considerably stimulated by this address, and she replied to him in a strain, though not quite so in decent, yet equally forcible, and followed it up by pulling him heartily by the nose, and reproaching him for his ruffianly and unmanly conduct. Her unfortunate intemperance furnished the irritable dis position of Wood with an appropriate handle to gra tify his hungry spleen, and he accordingly lodged his complaint of assault against the defendant next PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 16. Arrived the Vesuvius bomb, from a cruize-- Sailed the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, for Plymouth. DEAL, JANUARY 16. * I Came down from the River the CREATON sloop of We have reason to fear that the idea of attempting I war.—Arrived the BEAVER sloop of war , from a . to ma intain possession of Portugal is again enter- . • cruise. —Sailed the TRINCULO sloop of war, for Ports tair,d We judge thus from the tone given to the mouth.— R ema i n in the Downs, the John Adams der.:•oilicial intelligence which is suffered to transpire v ita any accounts arrive from the peninsula. The American frigate, Harmony victualler, Speculator L is: dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON, it is said, . lugger ; and his Majesty's ships as per last. a speak confidently of the sufficiency of the means he i YARMOUTH, JANUARY 16. rs sesses for the defence of Portugal. While the Sailed this morning the PROMETuEus and BLossom British army, consisting of 25,000 men fit for duty, : sloops of war to the Westward. Ships remain, ex is stat ioned in the best positions for co v er i ng Lisbon, tilarsli.il IlEaFsFoito has an army of 30,000 Portu- cept the above, as per last.—The Jonge Ann, of 01- ~,e s e on the north eastern frontier." I denburg, M. H. OLDENBURGII master, from Amster mevate letter from Lisbon, of the 6th instant, dam, with wheat and oats, put in here with loss of stat es,that advice had been r eceived there of the Spa- anchors and cables in the late bale. r lj i Government having declared the Prince of TORBAY, JANUARY 14 . Bitaza Regent of Spain during the captivity of FER- ; The gale continues wit I:WO VII. We p lace no reliance on this state- with unabated fury, and lam o ere. Intelligence is stated to have been also received .very apprehensive that if the wind does not veer fur :elm Rio Jeneiro, that shortly after the arrival of the ther to the northward, that one-half the fleet now in Spanish Ambassador there, M. ANTONIA DE ARAIJO the Bay will drive on shore. The brig Captain and M. D. J. Da ALMAIDA were appointed, the for. wier Minister for Foreign Affairs, the latter Minister Statenton, that I wrote to you of yesterday , was of War.. : boarded in the storm by our Brixham Pilots , who put After a lotig cessation of Intelligence from Wal. a man on board, and fortunately, for about ten at them, accounts have been received, through the night she parted, and the pilot ran her on shore at cerium of a vessel which arrived yesterday from that Elberry in Torbay, and thereby saved the crew, and toast. 'The French, in retaking Ossession of the perhaps the ship. She is laden with chalk, hoops, OEI3, had hitherto not molested t he inhabitants or .eir property, and no fears were entsktiined of the &c. bound to Cork. The brig Friend s, of and from general seizure and confiscation of mercleindies shith Teignmouth, for Fiol , JOHN WHITEWAY, master, vas at first apprehended. `parted hek small bower, and to save the vessel and Prince STARREMBERO has receivtd from his Court lives, cut away the best bower, and ran her on shore frah and more urgent instructions to return to at Fishcombe, in Torbay, saved the crew, but I am Vienna. • We may therefcire conclude, that his Ex- . apprehensive for the ship. Two other brigs and a telex)! must leave this country very s oon, though ; w h e never he does, there is reason to supp ose it shi are drivin near the spot—it is a melancholy p g will be with reluctance and regret. His departure ; sight. Five of our Brixham Pilots are on board so sill of course completely refute the assertions so often i many different vessels in distress. It was the ALERT vat abroad, that his Excellency was to be the me-I i f and not the Fuer) sloop of war , C a p t. RORY, that d'turn of a pacific aegociation between this country . • frame. `arrived and remains here , 19 da y s from St. John's, , • having had bad weather, and only brought four of her convoy safe home ; it was a large sloop between 80 and 90 tons, that she fell in with dismasted, off Scilly, name unknown, her upper streak painted red ; her bowsprit also gone, her hatches open, and part of her cargo of fruit gone, as was most of her materials. The officer of the ALERT could find no papers on board that could lead to a discovery where she be longed ; she fired several shot at her to sink her.—lt blows heavy and much sea. ABERDEEN, I .kNUARY 19. After very blowing weather from the southward for some days, we had yesterday a- violent gale from the same quarter, with a very heavy sea on the coast ; but happily, we have heard of no loss of shipping.— During the gale of yesterday, as a seaman with a boy were endeavouring to warp out a boat, by a rope from a vessel at the quay, the boat was by the rapidity of the current carried down, leaving the seamen clinging to the rope ; ia which situation, after remaining a short time, he was unfortunately carried off and drowned, before any assistance could be afforded him, by the numerous spectators whowitnessed the accident. / Yesterday, came on the Election of a Director of Monday last, the brig General Pelafox, hloxic, off the East-India Company, in the room of Sir Wsr. Liverpool ; and sloop Sampson, OLIVER, of Hull, Bessi.r.e, deceased.—At the close of the ballot the both in ballast, arrived here in 13 days from Heligo- numbers appeared as follows : land, where the former had been ashore an d received For Colonel TAYLOR 961 For R. Twiensc, Esq 756 considerable damage. By the* we learn that there The numbers were n ot intelligence declared in Court. had been agood many losses of shipping on that island in the late gales , p articularl y the storm of the The apprehension o from India begins to operate powerfully on the minds lith ult. when several vessels were driven ashore, and of speculators. The sale and transfer of India stock, other. to sea, without anchors or cables. which had been for some time remarkably slack, Thursday last, in a gale from South, the Monkey has lately become have very bri effecsk. Bargains in the course to a consi eun-brie- Lieutenant FITZGERALD, arrived here from derable amount been ted, and b b 9 of yesterday, that stock was found to have been re - Gottenburgh, after a passage of ttree da y s, having dieted nearly £lO per cent. in value. Towards left that port on the afternoon of Monday. The the close of the market it rose again to £2 per cent. 'Tile;; per Cent. Consols also experienced a fall of Monkey brings dispatches from Admiral DixoN, who was left with five sail of the line, four frigates, and nearly half t sc per arc cent. of money. the cause of which was ascribed s ome smaller ships of war , besides a fleet of about to the gity A letter, dated Auxerre, on the 21st December, 100 sail of merchantmen, waiting a favourable wind state s, that a general remove has t aken p lace amon g to proceed on their home ward vo y a g e to Britain.— I the British prisoners throughout France ; and that in The ships of war lie below the Castle, and there was !future they were to be divided into classes, and each i n o intercourse with the shore , none of the officers class to be stationed in a different p lace. Auxerre being allowed to land. was fixed on for the masters and mates in the mer chants' service, receiving pay from the French Go- FROM LLOYD'. LIT. vernment . , about 1400 of whom were stationed there, GlAtrEsztito, JAN. 16.—N0 Wilds arrigsvd this day.--Ssiled and t h e liberty of the town, but were not allowed to the Betsey, Swinton ; and Leooldas, Cos, tor Rio Janeiro ; and pass the gates. William, Herat, for Trinidad. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. On the 3d inst. an awful accident happened in a The Hearty, fur the Marra Elizabeth, recaptured Nevemter coal pit, in the parish of Ivfadely, Shropshire. On the e, i 808, and for the Bent Bergitte, captured April 24, 1809, was preceding night the sulphur took fire, and kindled Paid on board on Friday last, and will be recalled on Tuesday, the timbers which supported the roof, at which time and Friday's, at No. 29, IsSez-serees, Strand. there were 13 men and eight horses down, but, pro m saisetie, tot the Johanna, sued at June S, I non, win be paid on her arrival in port, and recalled at No. 1, Junes - street, videnually, they were all got up without injury.— Adelphi. Next day, however, about noon, four men went down, The Lief, for the Nostra Senora del Rourio, captured March for the purpose of endeavouring to extinguish the fire; t 5, 180% will b e p aid on board on Saturday next, and recalled at but after remaining there half an hour, the sui- No. Z 3, Surrey-street, Strand. .) phur became so powerful that they were all suffo cated, without a possibility of rendering them any The Bon Aventure, Kida,. from Seville to Lem don, was found off Scilly the 10th instant, di: m , sted I itSSistance. and domed. Le!terc of the 11th inst. were yesterday received from Holland. They ,state , that the city of Frankfort had been anneted,wahe kingdom of Westphalia.— King Louti . had not.returned,n4was it knowtt when he would. Admiral DICES Me arrived at the Admiralty yes terday from the Baltic. Ocn DRURY.—A final meeting was yesterday held _between the Committee of New Renters and the Pm prietors of the late Theatre, at which all difficul ties and misunderstandings were effectually removed, and the arrangement proposed on the part of the Pro prietors unanimously adopted by the Committee.— Tac terms are considered as so fair and liberal, that there is no doubt of the recommendation of the Committee being adopted at the nest General Meet ing of the Renters. This main impediment being re-, moved, the revival of Old Drury will be the speedy li , equence. TuraTttE, CovENT GARDEN.—Last night, at this Theatre, Mrs. WE.sTON, who made her first appear on Saturday last, as Portia, in The Merchant of rn;er, took that of Isabella, in Sir RICHARD STEEL'S sentimental Comedy of The Conscious Lovers. It is a part well siited to her powers, and she sustained it with considerable dignity ; but, as we have observed, she is too artificial in her action, and she sometimes AiSt l 11!;sti Lutes formal grimace for expression ; but taese are detects which time and familiarity with a Lo'lloa Theatre will probably correct. CHARLES gave a gentlemanly deportment to Tour, and Mrs. H. Jotts:s - rosr, was interesting, tlyaigh now and the:l rather mincing in Indiana.— Joy:v.s, and Mrs. C. KEMBIS, were very sue •t.•l.;l in Cimberfon, Tom, and Phillis. The House 10. crowded. M.)1. 1 .ay evening Hobart House, the residence of C' enters of ButatiNcotamsione, was opened for ti:e Erst -time this season to upwards of 200 persons 51 distinction and fashion. The entertainment con. •.sted of a concert of vocal and instrumental music. iween the first and second act the company promena ded through the rooms of state which are singularly towel and splendid ; the hangings are composed of :India and chintz ; azure blue was the favourite CO. tr, and the style a-la-rec. At half past eleven ar tl-:c Princess of WALES ; her Highness was re- Aed at the great entrance by the hostess , and es "reed to the concert room. Here the Pittscess was Lrrnally introduced to the representative of the PER. It.\N Mo.:Aern, who returned the curtesey made by her I I: Oness, with an admirable grace. The charms tf melody were highly gratifying to his Excellency, tolio repeatedly expressed his approb.ttion agreeably to the cu , tont of his country. The party did not h . rcak up until two o'clock in the morning. A mon g the company present were Thu Portuguese ambassador, Duchess of Leeds, Marcbionoss Salthur, the Ladies Cecil, Earl Gower, Mr. Drummond, T 47 tie Wirt, Miss Manners, Lord Wentwnrth, Earl mid Coun non. Mr. and Mrs. Walpole, Earl and rwinv Dartmouth, and Mr. Smith. " ikon save the King" was played by the band when 1:le Princess of Wa LES entered the house, and retired. Vle Countess Dowager of BUCKINGIIAMIIIIRE gave et first grand rout this season, on Monday evening, Ler :ousc, Grosvituor.:place. It was numerously morning. The Jury found the defendant guilty, and the Chairman was pleased to sentence ht.!. to pay a fine of £lO, and to be imprisoned until the same was paid. The defendant, being unable to pay the fine at the moment, remained in durance vile. THE ARMY. The ed battalion of the 4th or King's Own, an d . e Ist Battalion of the 28th, have unexpectedly re. eiTed orders to march immediately from Cokhester or Portsmouth, there to embark for Gibraltar. The countermand of the march of Captain Lava• oa's troop of Horse Artillery from Canterbury, and !be t wo other troops of the same corps for Ports. mout h, noticed in a forme' Paper, was only, it is said, on account of the transports destined to receive d ie m, not being arrived at the point of embarkation. :t is certainly at present intended that they shall pro. :eo i to Portugal, with other reinforcements, for Lord WBUINGTON'S army. • Tile Peggy transport, which arrived at Falmouth :n Thursday, brought over 225 men of they 14th Dra zoons, whose hones had been drafted into the 16th o r agoons, now in Portugal. I. • - ARE 1,02413-ICRB.—We have-beenlavoured with the following particulars of the melancholy fire which occurred on Sunday night, or rather, on Monday morning about two o'clock, when, it was fi rst 'disco vered bursting Ont in a column of re issuing throng)t the root of the workshops of Messrs. Hhicoltzaffie and Co Machine-makers, in Long Atre, which commu nicated and soon consumed their house, and the ad: Joining house, . Messrs. Fairburn and Co.'s,,leather sellers. The Crowe public house (on the west side lof Messrs. Hattaffie's premises) nearly shared the 'same fate as the two other houses, the greater part of which is destroyed. The most miraculous escape 'that perhaps ever occurred, was the saving of Messrs. Hatchett and Co.'s premises, and the circumstances attending it deserve to be recorded. Mr. Farley, of Covent Garden Theatre, was passing at the time the fire broke out, and with great presence of mind went immediately to the Theatre for one of their en gines, and, with the two firemen, assisted by thi* of the watchmen that are kept constantly in waiting, goon arrived, and having placed it near a pump in Messrs. Hatchett and Co 's premises, where it was supplied with water by the great activity of Mr. A. Crace, of Long Acre, who took an axe and went to • his own premises hard by, and knocked down a water 'trunk, and fixed one end to the mouth of the pump, l and the other into the engine, by which means water was, cons tantly supplied, though the fire was com pletely. around. Indeed it would not be justice to Mr. Crace, if his exertions were not mentioned, for by his example in attacking the most dangerous parts 'during the fire, he kept the men constantly about him • his intrepidity and exertions not only saved the whole of Messrs. Hatchett's premises, which, if they had been destroyed, must inevitably have burnt Gyf- 1 ford's brewhouse, and one side of Mercers'-street. — The Directors of of the Sun and Exchange Fire , 'Offices ought to make some very handsome compen sation to Mr. Farley and Mr. Crace, also to the fire men of Covent Garden Theatre, and those iadieitclu -1 als who assisted in supplying the water, that it may stimulate Gentlemen, &c to similar example. For if Messrs. Hatchett's premises alone had been de stroyed, a damage of at least .150,000 would have accrued to the above Fire Offices. FIRE AT DOVER.—In our Paper of Saturday list, we stated, that a dreadful fire had broken out in the City of London Inn, in Dover. The following par ticulars on the subject have now reached us : the house in which the fire broke out was the only one totally destroyed ; but we regret to add, that one nit. fortunate inmate lost his life. —lt appears that the fire broke out at about a quarter before three on Friday morning, occasioned by a foreign gentleman, who it is said went to bed intoxicated, setting fire to the in which he slept, having left a candle in a chair by 'the bed-side. The flames communicated to another abed in the same room, and soon spread to every part 'of the house. Most of the rooms being wainscotted, in the short space of two hours and a half the whole was consumed, leaving only the bare walls standing. So rapid was the progress of the flames, that not a single article of furniture could be preserved, and it was with difficulty that the landlord, who was awoke by the person who was the cause of this dreadful dis aster, with the various inmates, (one alone excepted) could escape, with their night clothes only upon them. At the back of the Inn was the range of stables full of hay, straw, &c. and adjoining a large tallow house, and nothing but the most unwearied exertions pre vented the communication of the flames to these buildings ; had they taken fire, the consequences, from the confined situation of the neighbourhood, would have been truly dreadful. Most fortunately at the moment, the water was up in the harbour and the wind moderate, and a number of engines being procured were worked by the inhabitants, assisted by the military, who proved themselves of the greatest service in extinguishing the flames and in preserving order. The houses in front of the Inn (the street being very narrow) were much scorched, and the adjoining house of Mr. Philpott partially dialoged. Several other persons in the vicinity also suffered in their windows and furniture, which they were in haste to., remove. The premises were insured in the Phenix Fire Office for £l5OO, not more however than a quarter of the , loss which the proprertor, Mr. W. Crow. will sustain ; the furniture, the property the Landlord, Mr. G. Gimber, who hid lately taken the Inn, was uninsured and is valued at E5OO. --The stock of wine and spirits it is said was nearly all preserved—but the principal sufferer on this dreadful occasion was Mr. James Robinson, a cork cutter of Canterbury. Having gone to Dover on bu siness, which he was in the habit of doing at stated periods, he had for the first and last time fixed his lodgings at the above Inn, and on this fatal night, after supping with the landlord with whom he had a previous acquaintance, he retired to rest in a lower room. In the confusion incident to the event, it would seem he was forgotten and all recollec don of him buried, till on Sunday his wife be cowling alarmed at his not returning from his jour ney as was expected on Friday morning, sent a messenger to Dover to make enquiry respecting him, when after digging in the ruins for several hours, about four on that day, his body was found yet smoaking and dreadfully mangled. Of the merits of this individual in the humble walk of life in which he trod, more cannot be said, thin that he was a kind husband, a tender father, and in every sense of the word, a good man. How much the more then will his loss be deplored by a widow, four chil dren, and their relatives, to whose comforts he ad ministered, and whose wants he supplied 1 CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, .1 AN. 17.—Themar. ket in addition to the late large arrivals of Foreign Wheat, upwards of 30,000 quarters more are arrived this week ; the late demand causes fine samples to sup port their price ; other sorts dull of sale ; fine Dant zic about 112 s. per quarter—Barley and Malt conti nue-at little variation—Peas and Beans of the two descriptions likewise—There are but inconsiderable supplies of Oats, and this trade rather dearer—Flour without alteration. ottlißAL GVIIIILNCY AS CNDIIt . Wheat, 755. 90s. 100 s. Beans, (old) 543. 60a. Fine ditto, 105 s. 10115. Tick ditto (old) 423. 525. Rye, 425. 48s. Oats 245. 284. 112 s. Barley, 40s. 47a. ed. Poland ditto, &A. 973.04. Malt 78s. 20$ Potatoe ditto, 28.. Od. White Peu (boilers), 70s. 801. Rape Seed, 481. 511. Fite Flour, 90s. 998. Seconds 051. 90s. , fl ~s ay u. as re ne h 1 v 7 4e g . in. nd lATTELLIGEIk FALMOUTH, JANUARY 14. A mimber of vessels have been observes to pals this harbour to-day from the Eastward, froth which.it is supposed that the outward-bound convoys are pas sing by, without calling for the ships here.—Arrived the Pr.Acocs gun-brig, from the Eastward ; also the CROCUS sloop of war.—Wind E. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 15. Arrived his Majesty's ships RALEIGH and ROLLA, and the DARING gun-brig, from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ships CROCUS, for Falmouth ; and the ARGUS sloop of war, Capt. J. STUART, for Cork, with two dock-yard lighters, to assist in weighing up a navy transport sunk there. _