Star. — London, England, 1810-10-19 00:00:00

IFtve, cluthig the time they perform the tOneticatrinf deputies, and within two years after, to tolieit:be stC Sept, either for himself or -any other person, any, env! ploy, 'pension, distinction or favoUr from the executive Government, provisionally appointed, or to be here: kilter constituted, of whtteiwr name or. description:" He lastly"derbanded 0) **4l decree should be-cotn biunicated to the Regency; in order that it might be made known to the'provimies of the Spanish Em pire for their satisfaction, and :iso the world at large es a matter of admiration. Huerta immediately rose, and said that he had en• tertained the same idea, and actually prepared the form of a decree, which on the preceding day he eottl. Municated to Capmany. The latter produced, there bpon, the project of a. decree alluded to by Huerta ; which being read; was found. to be more rigorous anr.l severe . than. that of Capmany. The latter was, til..a.-,:fore, put to the vote, and passed by a consider& bk majority, with the addition of this clause. • " Ex cepting such employs as are obtained by seniority, or granted for notorious extraordinary .services rendered to the country, and whieb, .iii the estimation of the Cortes; shall deserve an extraordigary revrard.”' This Decree had hardly been sanctioned, *ben Hermido rose, and said in. an audible voice, yet wigi. out addressing himself to any particular person, that all this was null aticlvOld,.it being the result of a to. • multuary meeting. 'Hewas -called to order by Pedro de Castro, and splained. ' The Pteaident then • tottchedithe bell, and put the question 16 the vote—`whether the prohAsition to ob tain employs ought to be extended ta,one year after the perfOiMance of the. futstrions of :deputies shall have.ceased ?--On this . odet.tion, it was determined that , the deputises ought to give their . order,, by say ing, in 26 audible yoke, Yet; or No. . The iitiestion put by the Ptesident was decided in the affirmative by a superiority of 51• to 44. The sitting Wits dosed at three in the afternoon. SpTV.V.iEtt diri sitting was resolved into a Secret Conatnittee•h(the whole. Congress. About twelve o'clock the Duke Ci Orleans arrived on horseback, in the uniferth of •a Captain•Genernl. HC entered the portico adjetning the Session Hail, *ere he continued about an hour, till some of ,the Deputies arrived, and had a conference with his High ness, which lasted about five minutes, when the Duke remounted his horse, and returned to Cadiz. The Congress rose at half past three o'clock in the afternoon. . 6.-A—The ,fittings of the 2d instant began' at 1 kali* past.ten A. M. and continued in a public man. ner till a qparter before two, when it was ordered to be cleared. The following persons were admitted to take their oaths :--The Deacon of the Council of , Castile, and that of the Indies ; the Deacon of Or. l tiers, and that belonging to the State, the Captain evis nerals of the Fleet, and cf various Departments ; the intendants of the Army and Marine. Some of the forego;ng Gentlemen addressed his Majesty, in whose name the President of the Cortes replied. During the whole of the Sitting only what concerned the CAmericas formed the subject of discussion. A Representation from the European. Americans was read ; in which they requested to have a repre sentative, or, at any rate, an exposition in the Cortes: and, as a reason, they alledge that America contains 7J,000 Europeans, mho ;,re deprived of a representa eve in thi; august Assembly ; and further, they urge their merits, and the sacrifices and gifts they have made, as a reason why such request ought not to be disregarded.. Several Members, both Americans as well as be longing to the Peninsula, spoke against the petition, and proved the absurdity of making a distinction be tween the Creaks and Europeans, when they only formed ()he . family, or one nation ; 4nd that the lot which happened to fall upon the one, was equally liable to have fallen on the others, &c. There is no doubt that the said request is totally void of propriety, and therefore it met with no sup port.—This was followed by several American D eputies, insi s ti ng tnor e strenuously that the Cortes should declare what we have already mentioned in former papers. N— ascended the gallery, and in his usual peint., rd and pleasing mariner, declared his surprise, as well :• th,t of the Public, at seeing a deputy on his knees ; i'he gillery, entreating his Majesty in favour of the A...nericans, as a representative of the Supreme Being. " We do not assemble here (said the worthy Deputy in substitute) to move the heart, but to declare the truth I n , :r shouli even one single voice be directed towards the people, but towards the augdst assembly of the Cortes." The public Sitting concluded at two o'clock ; but they sat privately till three o'clock..—.9d dap The Sittings began at the same hour as yesterday. The r t nestion respecting the Americans wasagain discussed. N--- said ) that he exceedingly regretted to see the time spent in discussing a subject which, as yet, had no existence ; that they were bringing about the confirmation of two Decrees of the Central Junta, 'which had not yet been read in the Assembly ; that, owing to their want of precedents, the Cortes were de prived of that instruction so requisite to sanction the said decrees ; that to him the most obvious way ts , erned, without entering. into father discussion, to ask information from the Council of India, Which would give their opinion conformably to the laws of tvhere he Deputies tress, whi remounts The C • alternoor OCT. E half past ner till a be dear( take the Castile, ders, an( tierals of inteudar foregoin! name the the who Itmerica A Re was rent sentativ( and, as 7j,000 eve in II their me made, a disregar Sever longing and pro. twcesi 11 formed which liable tc Then void of port.—: puties, • ' should former N— yr d and tint Aalerie 44 We d in subst truth ; toward! of the t: The they sat Sittings f l ilestiot N the tim had no confirm *lrish owing t prided .1 said de twerned ask inf would • India, their refititatient; • iszitati4ftia that lifter-NI the dbl.:et with accniahn•sciicielicste pent. reply it *as stated, that it was not to hasten the decision of the issembly—,that ,sufficient that a day for voting 'on the should be flied on, provided it *ere not distant; 'and. aabesh it Vas urged, 'that to this effect they o u ght to havel packets from I,isbnn. •in mind th a t th e p ro p ose d d ecre e s wou ld i mpart f res h PLYMOUTH. OCTOBER 17. stimulus to the libe ra lity o f A mer i ca , t h at without A fine French schooner privateer came in this mot . resources it was not possibl e to cont i nue t h e war, lung, prize to la RHIN frigate, Captain MaLcotm, and that the money c ame f rom A mer i ca . Arrived the HAWK sloop ef war from a crnize ; the (11 be continued.) I CHEERLY gun brig froth Scilly ; the CRICSTES, of IS guns, from a cruize to the Westward ; and x French merchant ship, priz4 to Cie LYRA brig of war. The CADMUS brig of war is come up harbOur to.repitir. FIVE P. M.—A S?anish 64 gun ship is just anchor ed in the Sound from Cadiz ; she lids 350 French ptisoners on board; but it will not be possible to as certain whether she brings any news in time for this night's post—sbe has given no. signal for dispatches.. ANOTHER 1-ErTER, DATF. We have received some Moniteurs to the 9th, but they present little novelty. By one of them it ap pears that NaPot.Eon is rendering his pOssession of Dalmatia subservient to his grand object of for Ming a navy. That country is said to have supplied a grett . lumber of good seamen fo r t h e F renc h a n d It a li an Meets, besides furnishing timber for ship building. We have also received some Sicilian journals, from which we have given some extracts, which deserve a perusal. Letters of the 23th instant, from Holland state, that the Merchants of Amsterdam have individually received notice, under the authority of the Emperor NAroLeow, to deliver up a precise and accurate st.ite. Ment of the quantity and distinctions of the Colo nial produceM their possession, as it was his inten tion to • take such commodities into his own hands., It appears by the following extract, that the articles to which we have just referred, in cases where they had been sold, and the account closed, prior to the often ' sive regulations of this Government, will be liable to retrospective duties. We are afraid," says a Corres pondent, " that we shall be tbliged to pay the i mpost of 40 per bent. on all Colonial produce, whether or not any part of it, or the whole,were sold previous to the Orders in Council." Yesterday morning his MAyriar, the Dukes of Youg, CAMBRIDGE, and CUMBERLAND, Princesses AUGUSTA and SQPIIIA, took their ulna' morning's airing in Windsor Great Park, till half past twelve o'clock. The Royal Party was accompanied by Lord ARDEN, Lady TIIYNNE, and Colonel TAYLOR. Yesterday Sir TimmAs TURTON delivered a Peti tion to Mr. Secretary RYDER, for the purpose of being presented to his MAJESTY, from the Electors of the Borough of Southwark, praying for the dismissal of his MAJEsTy's Ministers, on the groend of incapacity. Yesterday Mr. YORKE entertained Lord VALENTIA and a select party with an elegant dinner, at his hotie at the Admiralty. • Yesterday Sir SIDNEY &urn left Bath for the seat of Sir WILLIAM itumnow, in Nottinghamshire. Sir DAVID DUNDAS is recovered from his indispo sition, and has attended daily at his office during the Week. Lord LISMORE is building a magnificent seat on his demesne in the county of Tipperary, all the timber. work of which had been previously prepared and framed in England. We lament to state the death of Lieutenant-Gene ral CRAUFURD, who died at Abrantes towards the end' of September. The letters announcing his death have not come to the hands of his family, but subse quent letters from his Aids-de-Camp, stating the cere mony of his funeral at Abrantes, with military ho nours, and referring to their former letters for an ac count of his last illness, through the fatigues he had experienced, were received with the dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON. He was a most gallant Officer, and his loss will be severely lamented. The Cheltenham Volunteer Infantry were called &at on Sunday last to perform the allotted ten Jays exercise. !' , "X!V Saturday, the 2d Royal East Gloucester Local Militia, commanded by Sidiorair C. LIPPENCOTT, Bart. was inspected by Lieutenant;Colonel HousTom; and on Sunday, having completed their time of as sembly for exercise, they were dismissed at Cirences ter. • Th'ir performance in the field was entirely to the ratistaction of the Inspecting Officer ; and their extreme attention, orderly conduct, and regularity in quarters, gained them the most perfect approbation •f their officers, as well as of every inhabitant of the town of Cirencester. t `. . _ . Cattle in the St. C)ree Anemego, detained by the Fero privateer.. 'Arrivid the Morning Star cartel from Morlaix.r..Cuzutur gun brig from a cruize also arrived a t!renc4 selopuer privateer, taken by a man of war brig, particulars AOZ knOwn ; and the }kno gun brig from a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER is. Arrived the FYLLA sloop of war, with a fleet from Lisbon ; Arrerrive gar.-brig, from the Leew.trd Islands ; DOMINICA 1. )m Halifax, and la SOPHIA from a cruize.. Sailed the OSPREY sloop of war with ' a fleet for the Downs, and the PHIPPS schooner on a cruize.—Wind At the Sessions for Nottingham, on Thursday last, Isaac Eaten, apprentice to Richard Severn, of East wood, was tried for enliiting in the 36th Regiment, and falsely staling, in the presence of the Rev. Dr. Wylde, that he was not an apprentice, was sentenced to six months hard labour in the House of Correction. It nray be necessary here to observe, as a eantion, that the law directs that all apprentices who enlist for sot .diers, declaring that they ate not so, shall be liable, after imprisonment, to serve the full time of their ap prenticeship, and be considered as soldiers at the ex piration thereof. A Mr. Colthard undertook yesterday, for a wager of twenty guineas, to go two miles in ten minutes, a three starts ; to be allowed two minutes betwixt each start. The pedestrian chose a spot of ground between Hounslow and Ashford. He won his match by eight seconds c he did the first half mile in two minutes and nine seconds,.and the last in two minutes and twenty. eight seconds. • Wednesday evening, as Mr. SAMUEL, of White. chapel, w:ts passing the top of the Minories, he was hustled by four or five fellows, and robbed of a very valuable watch, gold chain, and seals. Wednesday morning, a man driving a loaded cart along Fenchurch-street, was run down by a horse, which had broke loose from another cart at Aldgate, when the wheel went over his loins. He was taken to an hospital without hopes of recovery. MARK-LANM—This day there are considerable re. maining supplies of Wheat, chiefly foreign, and this trade fully maintains last quotation—Barley likewise; and in short supply—Very few White Peas, and ra ther dearer—Grey, and Beans of both sorts vary hut little—There are short supplies of Oats, and fine samples are quoted somewhat dearer—Flour at late prices. 6CNERAL CURIUM! AS UNDER. Wheat, 58s. 70s. 90s. Beans; 50s. 50s. Fine ditto, 925. 965. Tick ditto, 4Gs. Sls. Od. Rye, (new) 40s. 455. Oats, 245. 265. 303. Barley, 345. 48s. Poland ditto, 335.364. 641. Malt, 725. 80s. Potatoe ditto, 41s. 04, White Peas (Boilers) 565. 624. Rape Seed £46 £52. Ore) , ditto, 488. 538. Fine Flour, 85s. t• 90.40.46e50nd1i SOs. to MN • other ' infor- . 1 , ~ might dectibi . ~ .____ _... .. 411141111 06044VAWK1 Cni.. r , mittiuliSW-M...1 / 0 , . ; not requisite . Irt4ottin DAidaitter to taie ;ffl e:Otellsfiar Ca. : dit video the Tynan id eight days from Corunti4.— a —that it " vat the - wind is strong ' from the S. S. W. consequently Ig e t said subject ,•;ie may hourly expect the Prince of Wes and Eli- . 1 _ t distant. ancf , • _ _ . . ! IS ..Fen • i DEAL, OCTOBER is. At day-break this morning, the RAcEn gun-brig fell in with, off the Goodwin Sands, three French pri vateers, which she chased off the Coast. Sir EDWARD Pettew, with about ten sail of the line, is brought up off the North Foreland from the Scheldt 7„ they will come into the Downs next ebb.—Wind W. SHEERNESS, OCTOBER 18. Sailed his Majesty's ships PARTRIDGE and CIIARGER to the Westward. Ariived the PIGMY cutter from the Down s. The Heligoland convoy will sail on Sa turday next. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Outlast's!), Oc - roara 17.—Arrived the Maria, Gest ; and Hannah, ♦Walker, from Vuebee ; and the Atalanta, Clarkson, from New Brunswick. Sailed the Rising States, Baugo, for Philadels phis; Nancy, Higgins, lilt Roston ; Martin, Caff.ey, fur Yuca tan ; and the Rosebill, Baiter, for Gibraltar. The,Drystie, Gintson, of Whitelswiren, was lost at St. Mary's- Bay, Newfoundland,.the middle of August last. JEFFERY THE SEAMAN. Mr. WHITBREAD, we are informed, is so fully saes-' fed (since the appearance of Mrs. COAD'S letter in the STAR) that the affidavit which appeared, stating the existence of JEFFERY, * and signed with a >i is a for. gery ; that he is determined to sift the matter to the bottom, without delay. He has seat, we understand, to Mrs. Coal), for a fair copy of the leuer alluded to above, without any abbreviation of words or sentences. In the mean time, we subjoin two letters relating to JIMMY, which have appeared this day in two respec table Morning. Papers TO THE EDITOR OF TIE TIMES. Islington, October 17, 1810. SM.—As every htimane individual must be inter ested in the fate of poor JEFFERY, the Seaman, I trans mit you an extract from a letter shewn me by a friend this morning, which is dated Marblehead, United States, March 8, 1808. It was written by a Mr. STRAWBRIDGE, who had emiggted thither, and is a person of the strictest veracity : it is addressed to a , relative here in England ; and speaking of the great kindness of the Americans to strangers, he specific the following instance, which must relate to Jamey, the Sfamaz,'thougli no name be mentioned : 4 , A boy about sixteen was picked off an nninha bited island by a Marblehead vessel the week before last—had been put on shore there lay a Captain of a man of war from Plymouth, for taaping a cash of liquor —had been nine days without food, was nearly dead„' and no clothes ! The Marblehead people collected ! money for a new snit of clothes. He is now quite h well—has got work at nine shillings sterling per week, board, washing, lodging, and mending. In short, I never thought there were such kind-hearted people in this world." This extract, though short; may be deemed satis- ' factory as far as it Roes, though there is probably a mistake respecting bis age. The affiJavit stated to be that of JEFFERY, which lately'appeared in your va luable paper, seemed to hive set the public mind at rest ; but a subsequent letter, said to be his mother's, has thrown it back again into a state of doubt. Your insertion, therefore, of this present communication, will no doubt be gratifying to every humane mind, and at the same time much oblige your constant reader, (Signed) roux :VANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CiIRONICLE. The following letter is received from a respectable Farmer in the County of Cornwall : " Loot, October 14, 1510. " Having seen the STAR of Monday last, in which was a letter of the mother of Jeffery, the seaman, to be sure of the fact, I yesterday went to her (she lives about two miles from my farm ;) she told me that the letter was from her, and shewe4 me several letters to her, one from Sir J—S----, a curious one, two from Mr. W. and one from Mr. NV— C—, but the woman will not believe he is alive. The trick of personating her son is proved by his being able to write, and to keep on a slate a daily account of jobs done in the Smith's shop. I also called on the School master, Edward Rundle, of Poinerro, and he will, he said, make oath any time of Jeffery being able to write 1 end hand. He was always a dutiful lad, and when the boat put off at the fatal spot (Som brero) he begged the men, who belonged to Polperro, not to tell mother what had happenad to him,' and she reasons justly, by saying, if he was alive ho would have written to her." • ' . - os. - sPokiyAr . d ........4. 0rr - i dialtici. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTO/CER MEETING, 184 • 111URSDAY0ICTO1111111 IS . . Mr. Shatespear's IZoove or Clubs, Mot lib. beat lettiot WE., sous Frebta, bo. Ti.o.yr oil ! C. 10016.-6 to 4 As Kart* a clubs. .Nvirepslakra of 10^p. rad, h. ft. Amos the Flat. LA G. H. Cavendish'i Ecarsten,7st. - • 1 Id Ociaggnnei BenvoEn, Sst. - • - IA KinnaWsPg Ottntly,‘Sit. 41b. - • • II V to 2 agst Feeler/gun-4 to 4 ajat i3etivolln-.-1 to 4 apt Gan t. The Second•Clags bf the Garlands `crakes n gesa.uagh. A.M. IX of Rti•latas tialvator, 4 yrs old. Sat. 10lb. • 1 l.ord F. C. Oilsclene. Poppy 4 yrs nil, its"llh. . 9 Lard Foley's Illoaiinatlort, 4 yrs old, Sat. kb. • V Lo xi O. H. Cavendish names CO F. Standigh's c. by Yount Eagle, out of a sister to G..0.y. 3 yrs nki, Ist 151 b. . 4 Sir C. Bunbury's Jessanre, a yrs old, 7,t 71b. • 1 I .S to I agst Stint or-2 to i apt Poppy-2 to I 2;st Illondaast tlon-•S to 4 apt /regality. GENERAL QUARzEit .4tSIONS. At Spalding Sessions , la s t week. an Irishman w . 4 found guilty of stealing, from a shop at Crow and a • pair ni smell-eloihr: ; for. which offence he was en teneed•to a term-of impriseameat. Thit imp? pee mess was a thing which Pat didn't like at all an] w,.h 4 very long ?ace he told the Justices on tiie Bench, that if they persisted in- detaining him in prison, " Cue - devil-of a potatne would his poor old mother v* for ;the winter, for she depended upon him to dig her crap, and would be starved if he didn't go!" 'Pt! poor fellow begged, therefore, that the i r NVot•shie. would " do some civil this/ to him," and let hint he off. The Magistrates could not but be amused wise i the whimsical style of the. petitioner, and, after a abort . deliberation, they changed his sentence to a public whipping; whereupon Pat, h'a a era teful extacy, thank . ed them kindly ; , and he underwent. the floggiii s , through the market last Tuesday with high goof. will. When he had stolen the breeches, he put tlserre . on, and his old ones over, to hide them ; but forget ... ting the ~ looped and windowed raggedness" of hit • old galligaskins, he ran tail fi?st boo detection ; for, as the breeches were of different colours, every body ' was Laughing at his grotesque appearance. . . At the General Quarter Sessions of the peace for the County of Devon, held last week at the Castle of .Exeter, Mary Fleslinian, of Turnchapel, in the parish of Plynstock, in the county of Devon, wits tried for having cruelly beaten her infant child, of four years , t old ; she was found guilty, and sentenced to three months imprisonment. i The General Quartz:- Sessions for . the West Riding ! of Yorkshire commenced at Knaresteroeugh on Toss- i . d.ty se'nnight, when John Hmorii WAS found guilty.- of stealing an iron furnace do-i•frame,and serum-id to be flogged and diSchargett; J. Smith and Elisatelik Ides, for vagrancy, .the former to be flogged and I passed, the latter to• be imprisoned three months ; Edward Wilkinson, for refusing to be svrord in as a substitute fi r the Militia; and William Douglas, for ' disobeying an order of bastardy, were discharged. At Otly Sessions, Andrew Brown was found spilt? and sentenced to be transported for seven years; and Richard Brittain, for vagrancy, to be imprisoned three months. . i . .. At the General Quarter Sessionsfot the Itortiegh of Leeds,Josetsii Rai/cid/I:leaded guilty to in indictment, charging bun with stealing two Pieces of brass, the property of Messrs. Jubb, enachinesmakerc, of Leeds, and was sentenced to be confined three months in the House of Correction at Wakefield: Thymai Campbell and Thomas Rider, charged with picking the poceet of John Shippen, of Seacroft; of a canvass purse,. cod taining a quantity of silver, were founit platy, and . itentenced to be transported for seven years. Nana Whiteley, alias Hannah Wilkinson, of Hunsiet, a wcia man of thetown, en the wrong side of fifty, etwkipa ' dieted for stealing seven guinea notes out of the ptieltell of Mr. John Smith, a farmer, from the Ea* Riding, ' who had come to Leeds for the purpose of buying soot, and who in his sooty pursuit met with the priso. ner. Faschtited with the charms of this delicatlll nymph, Mr. Smith attended her to a place of privacy, where he lost his purse, containing the seven notes e and suspecting his fair companion to be the thief. he pursued her, attended by two constables, to her lodg ings at Hunslet, when, after a minute search, which shocked' even Hannah's modesty, six of the notes were found under what the prosecutor called her oxiersoano which he afterwards • esplained to be her arnstipits, d and another of them on the fl oor.. The the twohet fistula guilty,ra and sentenced her to. hi confi n e House of Correction, there to sin litkteorhard labour.—Sarrait NeA fount was fount guilty k p yep r e iso ar t n guilty of stealing a worsted stocking, and sentenced to one month's confinement, the last sem days solitary. At a General Quarter Sessions, held at Wakefield, en Thursday the 4th hutant, Mr. Mntrom mentioned to the Court the following . if:ovule, of gross miscon duct on-the part of a,.distant Orerseert s -An orphan child, a boy about eig!:t years of an t whose father died at Halifax, was removed by an order of Sessions to Oakham, in Rutlattishire. 'The Overseer at Oak ham, thoogh he did not receive the try very graci ously, having given the boy a severe beating in the presence of the person who had conveyed him there, yet made no objections to tirdorder of removal, an I paid the •expenees incurred. But to render, this order . nugatory, this Guardian of the Pooi, as soon as the Overseer of Halifax had returned, give the boy some bread and cheese and a shilling, and .orde+d him to make the best of his way to Halifax, a distance of . more eian 150 miles. It may easily he concbived !lbw much the boy suffered from having so long a . journey to perform, with so few resources; the las: SU miles, were, however, rendered more comfortahls to him by having the good fortune to fall into the i company of three soldiers, ptiva,es, Who.tven, guilt to the same place, who with an humanity worthy o • British valour, helped this wanderer °obis siay, and shared with him their mess aid lodgings, and safely brought him tohis journey's end. Tire cavort was not unmoved at this simple relation *of the boy's (which was confirmed in serval particulars by the Overseer who had conveyed him to Oakham, and have treated him with the why tenderness made ter the action, who appeals to have treated him with the tam At tenderness), and directed that nffidavits shouli be' made of the facts, and transmitted along with a let- . ter from'the Clerk of the Peace to the Ogiairnsan of the Sessions of that district, explaining chit {cans- action, and requesting that a minute inreitiqation L might ustaade into the coilduct of the OtiMpialetri r