Star. — London, England, 1808-10-04 00:00:00

NATITICA INTELLIOViCE: , PORTW6TH, OCTOBER s: Ma, *'s ship Ed*, froni *JO dispatches; Alai; from Loticjon for 1 / 21 .6 *apart; 8AC:91.4 ( th in Cork ; and Rc6r4 • and Mari, from Port-au 'Ail a, which she left on the Ist of August, and vas obliged to taw all her Ons nhci inn Of her cargo e se rbanrci, iri a gale in the Bay of Biscay, on the 30th Igt Sailed his Majesty ' s ship ' s tOWatous, and ftLniE.A on a truize.—Wlnd N; W. DEAL, OCTOBER 3. , • Airivied the PANDORA, CHALLENGER, and GLOM= 5 1 0 o ps; BLAZER, DESPERATE, BOLti; and F LAMER 131m.b r ig3, froiri a cruize off the coast of France ; BEAGLE sloop, from a emize off Dungeness, and has . brought in a Very fine French luggei,pritiattier, l'ila tard, of 16 guns, and 19 men; which she captured close in with Beichy Head. The lugger had pre viously captured two light colliers: Sailed the Goi- LAN sloop for Sheerneii ; PINCHER sloop MARINER and FLAMER gun-brigs, on a cruize off Calais; and Goodwell lighter, from Deptford. SHEERNESS, OCTOBER S. Arrived the Theodora Antoinetid, LuotiniNG ; the Concordia, M&NNEN ; VITT' Anna, WOLTERS ; Dried Gezusters, HARMS; Frau Margaretha, RENNES ; from London, bound, with cargoes of sundry merchandize, to Heligoland : also the Economy, DAVENPORT; from Quebec, with masts and timber, for orders, and sailed immediately to London.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Qum', of 98 guns, to Chatham, to be paid off; the Mai Elms, to the Baltic, with a convoy ; the Ao. tuutssoa gun-brig with a convoy for Heligoland ; the CrTrriat gun-brig, with lights, &c. from the Trinity Board, for the different stations in the Baltic ; and the EmtaA, to Deal.—The PIERCER gun-brig is ordered to tail on Wednesday next with such ships as are then ready to proceed to Gottenburgh and the Baltic ; and the EXERTION gun-brig on the 6th instant, with such ships as are then assembled, to proceed to Heligoland. ..Wind VT: N.W. iitILL; SEPT. so. The CHARLES aimed brig will sail from the Humber to-morrow, with a fleet under convoy for the Baltic. The Betsey, YouNo, from Gainsborough to Leith, sprung a leak at sea, and put back into the Humber, and is now ashore within the Spurn ; whither small craft has gone to take part of her cargo out. The Marquis of Huntley, Fisn'Ea, of and from London, for the Baltic, put in here yesterday, leaky, in con sequence of having shipped a ftry heavy sea off the Dogger Bank. She left the convoy on Sunday last. LEITH, SEPTEMBER 20. His Majesty's ship ARIADNE is arrived here from a cruize to the southward, and hoisted Vice Admiral Vesnozes flag at the fore. His Majesty's gun-brig, BASILISK, with convoy to the Orkney and Shetland Isles; also the ROVER sloop of war, with convoy to , the southward ; and SNAKE sloop to Long Hope Sound, Orkney, to take convoy from thence to Got tenbttrgh, have sailed from hence. EAST.INhLA. SHIPPTWL The following ships outward-bound arrived at iron's Bay (Cape of Good Hope), the 31st May, un. der convoy of his Majesty's ship LION, and sailed from thence the 16th Jtme, Vii.— Calcutta - Hugh Inglis - Suter Ceres Preston Dorseuhire Ocean - Lord Nelson Stanton Capt. MAXWELL, FAIR EA X. • MERITON. -•-••••• DUNISTO!tD. - ••••• STEYR ROCK. •••-•••• BROWN. • •••••• WILLIAMSON. •-••••• HUTTON,. •-•••-• LOCHNER. The Phoenix, Itiattnix, arid Walmer C.asile, DODD.% froth St. Helens, arrived at Sim 's Bay the 31st of May, the former sailed with the fleet under convoy of the Liox, and the latter proceeded on her voyage to Bencoolen the 9th June. . . , The David Scott, LOCKE, and Alnwick Castle, Pamorr, parted frorri the fleet under the LION on the 27th March, in lat. 25. 59. N. long. 20. 41. W. The Mary Ann British lugger, spoke the ships Alexander, PRICE, and Northumberland, J. R. FRANCKLIN, outward-bound, in lat. 23. 6: long: 32. 55. W. His Majesty's ship TARTAR, has put into Ldith koads, dismasted in a gale of wind in the North Seas. The General Miranda, Oota, fiord Jamaica, is arrived off Dover : she parted ffom the fleet on the IPth of August, in hat. 32. 46. long. 74. The Phipps sloop of snit is arrive/ tt Pottssnoutit ffoen thO West Jodie,. The Philip, and anothe r American ship, hate zrrived at Cot trabergh from Revel, not being permitted to load. The brig Ann, --, front Madeira for London, was spoken with on the 25th ult. by the Princess Elizabeth packet, arrived at FalmoUtii, in lit. 48. 1. long. 19. 25. The Elizabeth, of and from Liverpool, for Philadelphia, was spoken with on the 15th ult. in lat. 43. 40. long. 24. 14. by the Cormorant, arrived at Portsmouth. The MONNIOUTII, of 64 guns, Captain E.D. RING, h paid off at Portsmouth. Lieutenant P. BAYNES, of the Sea Fencibles, at Brixham, is appointed Secretary to the Royal Naval Asylum, at Greenwich. The salary of the Officers of the Royal Naval Hospitals has been lately increased, agreeably to the recommendation of the Board of Naval Revision. Eight thousand five hundred and fifty pounds weight of Peruvian bark, were on Friday entered ar the Custom-house, by licence, for Holland; together with various drugs to a considerable amount. Sunday sc'nnight, at Southampton, an old shoe maker of the name of Barnett, in running after some boys who were hooting him, fell down in Apple-lane, aad fracturedhis skull to such a degree that it proved fatal to him the day following. - nth troeiiricit Oliost The Woolwich Gboit, the nightly ippearanCe bf which in the Church-yard, just as the dock struck ten, hai caused so much general consternation of late ainong the inhabitants, and even the military, hat at length disappeared, in consequence of the vigilance of the Magistrates. They caused the door of the church yard to be locked, and the bellttian td proclaim, that any person who came to view the fanciful phcenbine non would be dealt with according to law.. It has been supposed that the light which was considered as supernatural, was occasioned by the reflection of the Planet Jupiter oh the window from the river; but the following letter presents a complete solution of this phenomenon : TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. " Cditurtiationies 01111 Ce, Wdolwlch Dock-Yard, SepteMber ao, 1808. 41 In order to do away the impression which the paragraph in Oar Paper of List evening, respectingthe appearance of a Gh os t i n t h e Riggini4-Honse In this Yard, is calculated to make on the minds of the credulous, I am directed by the Cotnmilsionet to : . ay; that it has been clearly ascertained to arise rroin the reflection of a light upon the windows from an apple stall, on the rising ground opposite, called Parson's hill, a little to the Eastward of the Church-yard : and the, cause, (as stated in your Paper) of sofhe times appearing at one window and sometimes at the other,' was owing to the customers stopping to pur chase fruit, who, during that time, took up different positions, so as sometimes to impede the light, and at others to adinit of it freely reflecting upon tlio windows. " The statement ; of the centinel leaving his post, and of their having been doubled is altogether false ; the disposal of the ceritinels in the Dock-yard rests exclusively with the Commissioner, who has neither heard of the fears of any one, nor had an application to alter the strength of the gnard, ih order to arrest the Ghost !!" (Signed) 4 ' J. REED." We understand his Majesty has given his gt7cious consent that Sir SAMUEL HOOD should accept and bear the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword ; and alsd that Captain MARTIN and Captain TROMP.. SON should accept and bear the knighthood of that order • conferred on them by his Swedi s h M a j est y, i n consideration of the skill and gallantry displayed by them in the late engagement between two British ships of the line and the Russian fleet of nine. His Swedish Majesty has also presented a handsome gold box to Captain Titompsos, on the occasion of his being the bearer of the colours of the captured Russian ship Sewelod, sent to his Swedish Majesty by Sir SAMUEL HOOD, and transmitted by his Swedish Majesty to our gracious Sovereign, as the person to whom this tro phy most properly belongs. _ _ Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of WALES and Duke of SUSSEX arrived at Ombersley-court, the seat of the Marshioness of DOWNSHIRP, on Friday last, about one o'clock, whei e they were met by the Mar chioness of HERTFORD, Lord and Lady SEPTON, Lord and Lady CARLETON, and other distinguished persons. The Dukes of YORK and Camaatnoe, and the Earl of CHATHAM, have returned to town from a visit to his Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, at Cheveley-park, Cambridgeshire. Captain DE CursvA, Who brought dispatches from Oporto to the Portuguese Ambassador in London, about a fortnight ago, left town at a late hour on Sun day night, with the answer to his former dispatches. OPERA-HOUSE.—The Tragedy of Macbeth attracted a crowded and brilliant audience last night. KEMBLE and Mrs. Sinnout were equal to their former greatness as the representatives of the hero and heroine ; and all the other parts were respectably supported. It was in contemplation to expend 4,0001: in im proving and beautifying the late Theatre Royal Co vent-Garden. This sum may therefore be said to have been saved out of thejrc. Saturday the anniversary of the birth of THOMSON was celebrated at Ednam, as usual, by the, Gentle men who meet annually for that purpose. The day was passed with much harmony and good humour, and the grand national song of R u l e Britannia, the production of our admired Bard, was sung from the Chair, the company joining in the chorus. The sub scription for a monument to THOMSON, in so far as returns have been received, amounts to upwards of two hundred guineas. MR. PROIESSOE PORSON.—Yesterday the remainsl of this most distinguished scholar were removed, at eleven o'clock, from the house of the London Insti tution, in the 0:d Jewry, in °oder to be deposited in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, near those of the illustrious Dr. BENTLEY, since whose death, ancient literature has not sustained so severe a loss. This consideration has induced the Board of Seniority of Mr. PoasoN's College, by an unanimous vote, to desife to pay this most bonourable tribute of respect to his memory: The following is the manner in Which the death of the Professor is announced in the place where he was best known. It is extracted from the Canibridge Chro nick of Saturday the Ist of October : _ . Died on Sunday night, at his apartments in the Old Jewry, Richard Porson, M.A. of Trinity College, the Greek Professor. —To the departed names of Bentidy, Dawes, Markiand, whose classical acquirements so eminently maintained the reputation of this University, we must now add, with heartfelt regret, the name of this admirable fehelar. In variety of Information, in depth of learning, he fully equalled his great master Bentley ; while in critical acumen be far outstripped him. In the heppiness and sagscit y of his conjectural emendations / the Professor had no equal. His letters to Archdeacon Travis display the keenness and accuracy of his researches and were cons'dered by aft able judge as the first critical productions since the metnerable contro versy concerning the Epistle of Phalaris. Considering his great acquirements, it may perhaps be said that he has not left much by which posterity may judge him; but what Was raid of Cole! is equally true of the Professor: " Pauca quidem—sed egregia, sed admirands !" Every lover of Grecian literature, every real scholar, will appreciate the labours of Parses / not by their num ber but by their magnitude. In the few plays of Euripides, which he edited, they will feel and acknowledge the uneilaken excel lences of the canons be has introduced; they will perceive what is necessary to the formation of a true and genuine critic; and they will unite in deploring, that a better portion of vigorous health was not allotted to one, from whom alone they could ex pect a solution of every difficulty in the progress of their classical researches. Yesterday morning three women following the 68th regiment of foot, were thrown from a baggage cart, by the falling of the shaft horse, in Blackfriars-road. The child of one of them had its arm broke, and the women were much bruized. eiaitimc ira-LitOsPrei. rfltsT catzEß ixErinro. . Il k „, MONDAY, bCTS I t It s. . , Mr. ShakeiPeirel Discount ; Bst 31b:.)3eat C, Turner's Jock, 81t: 71b. Tti‘O-yr old C; It: . 4,t0 4 against Discount . • Mr:. Batson's Char-bier, Bst: Beat Mr. ,Cloy tt f. Zephyr, by Coriander, ont of Peppermint, 7st. Two-yr old C. 160g5,;-:-.. sto 2 Ott Charmer. Sir J. Shelley's Farilly, Bst. 31k. beat Sir C: rut.; ncr's Bramble, Bst. Across thi flat, 200 gs. h. ft..... 6 to 4. on Fanny; Major Wilson's Junirer, Bst. beat Lord Grosvenoi'l Sunbeam, Bst. 51b. D. I. 9.430g5.-6 en 4 agairlst Juniper. • •)- Lord Sackville's Deceiver; Bst. 101 b. bea*reneral Gower's c. by . Worthy, out of Hare, Bst. Ab. M. tb 4 on DeceiV,er. Lord Lowther's Tot, fists 131 b. beat Lot•cl G. H. Cavendish's Dreadnought, Bst. 11b, Two4r old C. 100gs.-5 to 4 against Tot; The First Year of a Renewal of the SubseriOtlon of sgs each, fOr Cyr Olds earrying7st. 71b. 5-yr olds Bst. 61b: 6-yr olds Bst. 131 b. and aged 9st. 21b. B. C. Lord Cro4venor's b. m. Meieora; 6-yrs old - - Duke of Grafton's b. c. Musfcian, 4-yrS old Lott! Satkville's ch. h. Prospero, aged Lord, Jersey's b. h. Langton, &-)n old Mr. trYildham e s ch. h. Saseitigh, 6-yrs old Mr. Lake's Nymphina; 4-yrs Old Mr. C. Browne 's b. f. Mikona, 4-yrs old 6 to 4 against Meteors. Duke of Grafton's Musician Bst. 41b. rec. 35gs. from Mr. Vansittart ' s Mornentilla, Bst: D. I. 100 gs. h. ft, General Grosvenor's. Rifleman, 7st. 101 b. rec. ft. froni Lord loley's Cecilia, Bst. 41b. R. M. 100 gs, h. ft. Mr. Payne's Bulrush, i3st. 71b. agst. Lord G. H. Cavendish's Podagra, 7st. 21b. Ab. M. 100 gs. Off by consent: . . Duke of Grafton's Morel, Bst. rec. 25gs from Sir C. Turner's Gundy, 9st. Two-yr old Court!, 100gi, h. ft. General Grosvenor's John-o'-Gaunt, 7st. rec. I.sgs from Lord G. H. Cavendish's Pagoda, est. 91b: Ab. M. 100 gs h. ft. - dr - MARGATE, OCT. 2. . RURAL SPORTS ON THE CLIFF., We had yesterday the enjoyMent of a day at Mat gate, and a merry and a busy day it was. It con sisted of a series of entertainments, on the Cliff, East of the Battery. The bill expressed ass.racing, for a new hat; jumping in a sank, fora pair of shoes ; grin : ning through a horse's collar, for a smock-frock ; and running by young Ladies (under 60), for a new Hol land chemise. Two hours previous to the commence ment, the prizes were exhibited on a long triangular pole, through all the public streets, preceded by the martial drum and fife ; and the Town-crier gave no tice that the sports would commence precisely at noon. About that hour the company on the Course exceeded one thousand two hundred persons, composed of all ranks and descriptions. The racers and the carriages took their station in the fore-ground. The white cliffs and the sea in the horizon, intersected by the town in the valley, formed - a combination of objects truly pic turesque. The stand, although it could boast of nei ther beauty or fashion, attracted no little attention from the number of grinners, who were the supposed can didates for the smock frock. Whilst the asses were in training, the " list of the terribly terrible high-bred running asses" was offered in every part of the course. The race (three heats) afforded an infinity of amuse ment. Five were ehtered, and had it not been for bolting, crossing, and whipping, the ropng Rescius (who was better-bred. better-trained, and in more excellent condition.than his opponent), would have won the prize. Miss Ladd was the fortunate winner of one guinea. As most money was betted upon the contest for the chemise, it excited the most interest. . Much to the mortification of every one, only one Lady entered,/ although the . Stewards repeatedly announced that the prize (then elevated on the stand) was equal, in sub stance, to a fashionable gown and petticoat ; and that if no competiton appeared after three distinct notices, the Lady would walk over the course with the thernise over her dolga. No one disputing the prize, the heroic , female walked from Mr. Cone's Summer-house to the Prospect Crescent, with the utmost placidity, and ran back again with evident marks of exultation; she was one of the fishermen's daughters, and said to be an old hand at a smock race: The Directors of these amusements were of a su perior class ; but the harmony of the scene, i. e. the fun and good humour, nearly ended fatally by a quar rel ensuing, in which two Ladies deeply interested, went into strong fits, and were carried in that state off the ground. An infant child, which was indiscreetly brought into the middle of the crowd by a servant maid, fell out of its nurse's arms, and would have been trampled to death, had not the spirited benevo lence of Mr. BERNARD interfered, and rescued it from impending danger. MuxDEN performed Captain Bertram in the Birth bay ; Cratk, in the Turnpike Gate; and Lazarillo, in Two Strings to your Bow, last night, at the Theatre. He played these several characters in a manner so whimsically his own, as to defy all comparison. The house was crowded with beauty and fashion. Latest arrivals at Edinburgh : The Marquis and Marchiones of Stafford, Earl Cower and Lady Charlotte tower, the Honourable Mrs. Campbell, Lady and WO Miss Abdys, and Charles A. Caldwell, Esq. Mrs. Gene ral Sydehhatni Colonel Grant, Miss De Ponthieu, John De Pon thieu, Esq. Samuel Fletcher, Esq. and Henry Ssfrann, Esq. M. P. Major Dalrymple, and William Grant, Esq. his Grace the Duke of Montrose, who set off for London • the Right . Honourable Lord John Campbell, Sir Hugh Mouro, Bart. of Fouls, and Miss Monto. Doncaster Races, which ended on Thursday, have been mote numerously attended this year than for many years past. We find the names of the follow ing persons of distinction amongst the subscribers to the Assembly : Sir George and Lady Armytage, Sir C. and Lady Anderson, Lord and Lady W. Beauclerk, and Lady M. Beauclerk, Lotd Bar nard, Honourable Mrs. Bennett, the Earl of Darlington, E,arl and Couttess Fitzwilliam, Sir H. Fitzkerbert, Viscount and Lady Galivray,Baron Hemberg, Honourable M. Hawke, Lady S. Lum ley, Lady E. Lowther, Lord and Lady Monson, Countess Mez borough, Lady Milton, Lord Midleton, Sir H. Mainwaring , Ho nourable Miss Monckton, Honourable Miss F. IVlonckton, Ho nourable Mr. H. Monckton, Lord Pollington, Lady Ramsden, Sir M. M. Sykes, Sir H. T. Vane, Lady C. Wortley, Six F. and Lady Wood.—Tvtal number of Subicrileers 334. POLICE. glinstitts.r.L.—Yesteiciay Mary Wa/itrwascham.. with stealing a piece of jean, value 41. from a Ittfan chaster warehouse, No. 1. in CateatOn-street. A phiter proved his having seen the woman tome down stairs in the house when there are several ware houses belonging to different Manchester merchants; tend suspecting site had stOlensOmething, he followed het through the Baptist's Heid.tottrt, and on coming close td her, she asked liiinj with some alarm, if he wanted her .He answered he wanted something she liad;uptni which she took th e pii c e o f j ean f rom un d er her elOthK gad it to and asked for mercy. He hrotight het back td the Warehouse. George Baker; clerk in the same warehouse with the last witness, laid He had no doubt that the jean *as the property of h 4 employer ; but it had no ' mark by which he could sweat to it positively. The Alderman then Ordered the witneisei to retire with the prisoner, otdet, as it should s eem, th a t s he might restore the goo& spontaneously to the right owner ; as he could not Order her to give them up to a person whil would not swear io the property, nor yet suffer her to depart with propertY which she ad mitted to be Stolen: She restored the property, and was dismisf.ted; Mary Wear: was charged by JameS Gude, a porter, with robbing him of a leathern purse, containing 14s. by picking his pocket, at the corner of Aldersgate street, On Sunday night; on his way to Horton. The prisoner, one of the lowest order of unfortunate wo• men, took him, it appeared, by the arm, as he came along. She suddenly ran givay, and he missing his purse, pursued and took her, and charged her on the watch: A ybung man ttlio was passing at the mo ment, saw the prisoner drop the purse, and picked it up, and it was immediately identified by the first wit ness ; but it had been emptied of its contents ; and the prisoner, being searthed in the watch house, no more than three Shillings were found in her possession. The prosecutor was ready to swear to the robbery ; but the Magistrate; fibt coaCeiiing the proofs such as to ivirrattt.a conviedoit; Cent the prikoner to Bridewell. Piiabith. Poiuoey, inhaler of the same order, but rather of a higher rank, was broitht forward, charged by one of the sisterhood with having knocked her down, twice, and torn all her finery, in Fleet -street, on the preceding night. Mrs. Ponsonby was an Irish Lady, and had thought fit to make her debut on the Fleet.strect jeavi in the way of her Location, without hating paid - the usual feet of induction, or offered the customary libation to the Nun: of the walk. They consequently denied her privilege, and became urgent for the penalties: Mrs. Ponsonby gave battle, and soon Vanquished every thing female that came within her reach. One of the patroles and some of the watchmen came up as a cosp dc reserve ; but Mrs. Ponsonby instantly hoisted Irish colours, set up the war-whoop, avowed her country, tackled to, and ac tually beat fotir watchmen. She was, however, over pciwered by numbers, and brought to the watch house, but refused to walk to the Compter, and it actually required the strength of five watchmen to force her into a coach to convey her thither. No part of the battle, however, was charged against her, but the first assault, and this appearing to the Magistrate a mere street-quarrel between persons al ways a nuisance, he dismissed the charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—It was stated yesterday, that one Smith, who resides in Beuch amp-street,Leather lane, had been taken into custody on, suspicion of wil fully setting fire to the dwelling house in which he re sided, and that he had undergone a short examination at this office on Saturday. The minute particulars were not entered into in consequence of the wife of the prisoner not havinf been taken ; but that event was accoMplished on Saturday evening, and yester day the parties, were fully examined. It appeared by the testimony of one witness, a lodger in the house, that the prisoner, who is a shoemaker, occupied the first floor, and on Thursday evening he house was discovered by the lodgers to be in a smother. Oa one of the lodgers going down stairs, he observed t man prisoner standing with a lighted candle, with hls back against the wall, where the smother seemed to issue from, and it was afterwards discovered that a hole had been made through the partition, which was of lath and plaister, behind where the prisoner was standing, and that a quantity of burning rags and other things had been introduced through it, which communicated with the stairs. From expressions having been made use of by the female prisoner, she was suspected as an accessary. Fortunately the wicked deed was discovered in time, or the other lodgers above, amounting to about eight persons, must have perished. The prisoners were remanded. Another person is about to be taken into custody. A patrole of St. James's parish, of the name of Green, was held to bail for an assault on another con stable, Mr. Rotton, of Sackville-street ; the latter hating interfered to know what was the matter, two patroles and two watchmen being conversing together. General LAFALCETTE has been appointed Governor of Hanover. It was lately stated that a Court-Martial had been held in Edinburgh Castle on two Officers of the 94th Regiment. The sentences have been since laid before his MAJESTY, and approved of. By the first sentence, Lieutenant EsCOURT CRESSWELL has been dismissed his Majesty's service. By the second, Ensign ROBERT ARMSTRONG has been acquitted. Croydon Fair, with all its winter attractions, was held yesterday : all was fun and jollity : many par boiled and half-roasted geese were eagerly devoured, and thousands of walnuts cracked. The few lean cattle, sheep, and pigs sold brought good prices. At Jedburgh fair, on Tuesday last, the shew of cattle was not so great as has been for some years past; those in good condition sold readily at an advance in price ; there being a number of buyers, few were left unsold. Another Comet has been seen at Edinburgh :—its great distance prevents its nucleus from being di stinc tl y ascertained as to magnitude. It may be seen with the naked eye every night after seven o'clock. Its northern declination is about 53. SI. right ascension 352. 30. ; it passes that meridian SO minutes after twelve, Y. M. its nucleus appears circular, throwing out rays of light like hair on all sides, but the greatest quantity of light is emitted from its eastern parts.—.. our Correspondent first saw it on the 21st of August, and has seen it frequently since.