Star. — London, England, 1810-10-11 00:00:00

Mr" .- ITMII.It Mr. 'l' hours vorktr nently towat Yes! House Direct deceas Yes' East Ships thin for Bor Dew coN ; Captain Unio treat, C The lena ant Tilt comm Car; ttncool tengal. TUC 111011t1: to the navy, and HAac M'T La! by Lc ALBA aad a Co Ihme, , aces w4s b ::den parts, thc 'was e Th hate Autu peat) High its sci ring trtcs a cis ~7 Ice • - tvc r tue carri, and an en ti n we Gene of irc rourn .CS:f r.i dorni duce inau th,., 4 e:m, bordering upon France, desiriig all necessaty, ;neasal es should be taken to prevent the emigration of French subjects, .vlio set out with their families and :tat particularly no emigrants may be suffered to pass in and through the territories of this town, not withstanding any foreign passports they may have, unless they can prove their emigration is expressly au thorised by the Minister of Police at Paris, his Serene Highness has jest approved the under-rnentioned Treasure : The Pace have received general instructions to watch attentively (for the neglect of which they will he per3anably responsible) that the passage be absolutely Oita to all French subjects, as well as to their wives and children, who may present themselves here with ott being furnished with the authority . already stated t e ar on the contrary, and without paying attention to any foreign passports whatever which they may be able tc) produce, they may be immediately arrested and sent to the Superior Commandant of the place, who Neill give the necessary orders for their being con veyed back to the place to which they belong. (Signed) " COUNT DE BEUST. " Frankfort, June 17, 160." 1:1 conseque nce of the dangerous indisposition of the Princess A nELIA , his MAJESTY did not come to town yesterday to hold a private Lev e e as usual. • .tln :iccount of the state of the Princess AtitruA mt every morning from Windsor by a Dragoon, to :.ho Duchess of BKUNSWIC X, at Blackheath No material alteration had taken place in the state of her Ito) .al Highness when the latest col-amunica tion left Win&or yesterday evening. The Countess of HArtnixo•rox was about to pro- cced to ' 7indso- yesterday morning, to tak e l eave o f her MAJEsTv previous to her setting off for Ireland ; but she received an intimation that the QUEEN would not be able to sve ht r, nor does her MAJESTY see any body, owing to state of the Princess Amr.l.ta. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the Dukes of YORK, KENT, CUM.:,EitLAND, CAMBRIDGE, Princesses ,A.l: , ,a . s . rn and Sc:uzx,s, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Park, accompanied by Lord WALSINGIIAM, Lady ELY, Generals G WYNNE and FiTzttoY. The Prince of WALES and all the Royal Dukes re- main at Windsor. On Saturday, on his road to Bath, SirSIDNEY Salmi ;.lighted at the Royal Hotel, in Birmingham ; he icn medi.itely went to visit the extensive Manufactories of Mr. Tit:)MASON, where he continued upwards of four hours viewing the variety of curious mechanism and workmanship for which that Manufactory is so emi nen tI y conspicuous.; and then proceeded on his journey towai Lis Bath. Yesterday, a Ballot was taken at the East India . House, when SAMUEL DAVIS, Esq. was elected a Director, in the room of Sir FRANCIS BAILING, Bare. deceased. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the undermentioned extra ships were taken up, and thus stationed; viz. trtion, Captain SIM raon, and Northampton, Captain Savona s, for Bombay and Bengal. Devaynes, Captain BROOKI ; General Stuart, Captain JAmi- GON; Ocean, Captain 11ITAccaRT; and Sir William Pulteney t Captain CHRISTOPHER, for Coast and Bay. Union, Captain GAIiLARD ; 'Tottenham, Captain /tints ; Re treat, Captain HARRIS, fur Bengal direct. . The voyage of the Warren. Hastings was altered from. St. He. lena and Bengal !o Bengal direct. The tinder mentioned Oflir!ers were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. Captain Lour. Dons, of the Walmer Castle, fur St. Helena, acoolyn, and China; and Captain BLADLE, of the Surrey, for tengal. Tuesday, the Captains of the Royal Navy at Ports ntotttl, gave a sumptuous and splendid entertainment to the Ccmmodore and the °dicers of the Spanish navy, who are at that port, to which Lords SPENCER. and 1 - louallo, Admirals Sir Room Cun•ris and H.Aacoon, Generals EtroT, WurrizAss, PORTER, M‘Lgon, CcppAch, &c. were invited. Last week a surnptnons entertainment was given 1w Lord Amutus BEAcomtr, on board the ROYAL fiax, Spithead, to the Duke and Duchess of ST. - 4 .t.tri,N, Lord SPENCER. Lord and Lady HOLLAND, aad a iIiIMEfOUS party of fashionables. C r Itt)::.—The Opera of ',broad and at lame, and below Stair:, were the perform z.aces la't evening. The former piece upon the whole w4s but indilierently got through. The performers .:decd ppened to be atroad, and not at home in their parts, and were obht;ed to have recourse frequently the aid r.f the prompter. _High Life belay., S:airs , was etcelletrly played. The . . extraordinary instances of vegetation hate raken place daring the pre,ent unusually mild Autumn :—A Gentleman at lientish-town has a peach-tree in his,. garden fall of bloom ; another at Iths an e::tly saramer apple -tree, which has its second crop of fruit fr.- the year knit, and advan cing to growth t . and several Übe and laburnam trtts tire same neigl:bourhood have put forth new Psecoants were yestc;rday received from Holla':d of a cut tnoregloomy than any that have come from it once its aralciatir a to France. The vigilance and •t.-.7cc ties of t h e F renc h have completely destroyed . intle pm Lion of clar.lestine commerce. that was carri,:d on. Fresh contributions were talked of ; And it was even reported that all the circulating Specie was to be called in, and its place supplied by an emission of Assign,-.:;, or some other denomina ti n of paper currency. One of the letters says, "we :mirnhle, but dare not complain. The French Ccneral at the head of itif-airs governs us with a rod of iron. While we contemplate the miseries of sur rounding nations, misfortunes keep crowding on us. Yesterday two fresh houses suspended their payments; Ind when our commercial distresses will terminate, no maa can say." The King of WESTPHAL:A had introduced into hiS "minions the imooct of 40 per. cent. on colonial pro duce qxacteci in Holland, and in consequence of this inaacial arrangement, a great quantity of property nt that kind had been put nnier sequestration, until :Imatint of stich duties should be pai4 into. the Treasury.., . - I- 4 14!;:hi 1112.1:: i;.14.:;414,11111..r10- IV Wl. !INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 8. • I ' Arrived his Majesty's ship PRESIDENT oath P;y' mouth, to take the trade to the Eastward ; and his Majesty's schooner MULLET to take the mails to Su rinam, &c. Sailed the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain KERR, with the Lisbon mails, &c. ; and the i ALBICORE sloop of war on a cruize. IPLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 9. The lan frigate has detained and sent in here the Prussian vessel Wilhelmina, from Bourdeauz, with a cargo of wine and brandy. The 0. P. privateer, Captain CLIFFORD, has retaken a large English mer chantman from Valencia, and carried her into Fowey. The PLOVER sloop of war continues to have her usual run of goodluck ; she has taken and sent in here the American ship Pegu, from Philadelphia, bound to Gottenburgh, with a cargo ; and a French vessel, not yet arrived, from the Isle of France, with a cargo ; • A French ketch and a brig arrived here on Sunday evening, prize to the HAWK sloop. The GOLDFINCH 1 has detained and sent in a Spanish lugger from Bilboa. Arrived the INTELLWENT gun brig from Scilly ; the MARS, of 74 guns ; and SCYLLA, of 18, from Ports mouth. Cane in the French chasse maree Deuz Scettrs, in ballast, prize to his Majesty's ship CADNIVC. His Majesty's ship LA RUIN chased a French lugger Trivatecr on Saturday last, off Scilly; whiCh got off by means c.f her sweeps, there being little wind...-. Wind E. blows a hard gale. - PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 10. Sailed his Majesty's ship ROYAL OAK on a cruize off Cherbourg ; and the SARPEDON on a crnize. Put back to Spithead the convoy that sailed for the Downs, • on•account of the strong easterly wind. DEAL, OCTOBER 10. Arrived his Majesty's ships KANGAROO and Po DARGUS from a cruize. Came down from the River the Harriot, PEARsoN, for Jamaica.—Wind E. blows -hard. SHEERNESS, OCTOBER 10. Came in from the northward his Majesty's schooner GLEANER, and from the Great to the Little Nore the Mancunws, and the ALERT sloop of war, with their convoy, which are bound to Gottenburgh and the Baltic: the merchants' ships, upwards of 60 sail, have taken shelter in the harbour, two or three with the loss of cables and anchors. Arrived the schooner John, PENNAN, of Aberdeen, also with the loss of cable and anchor.—Wind East, blows strong. YARMOUTH, OCTOBER 10. The ship mentioned in my lasi, with coals, on the : .ScrobySand, was the Two Brothers, off and from Sun derland, bound to Wensterbell Beach, JAMES BAKER Master ; the people are saved, but ship and cargo are totally lost.—Ten o'clock this forenoon, the gale con tinuing, the Magdalena, of Riga, KIELBERU Master, with linen, staves, and wheat, from Stettin, detained by theFato, and sent in here, parted, and drove on this beach, sear the Jetty—crew saved, but, should the gale continue much longer, the ship will be a wreck, and great part of her cargo lost, altho' every means are used for securing it.—This morning arri ved from a cruize the LYNX °loop of war.—Ships of War as per last ; they are riding safe, vt ith yards and topmasts struck.—One P.M. gale continues. FALMOUTH PACKET LIST.-ORDER OF SAILING. For America, on the Sunday after the first Wednesday in every month. For Barbadoes and Jamaica, the same. For Surinam, on the Sunday week after the preceding. For the Leeward Islands, on the Sunday fortnight after the preceding. For Madeira and Brazil, on the Friday after the first Tues. day in every month. For the Mediterranean, the next sailing day will be the 12th of October, and every third week after. For I.ishon, every Saturday. MORE CUTTING OUT.—Letters received this morning from the CALEDONIA, dated in Basque Roads, the sth instant, state, that the boats of that ship having landed 50 marines, under the command of Captain GRAHAM and Lieutenant LITTLE, and 100 seamen, under the command of the junior officers of the CA LEDONIA, they proceeded to destroy a battery, which they completely accomplished, and spiked the guns, under a heavy fire from a large body of the enemy, who were posted on an eminence. After this, they cut out three vessels, in ballast, in doing which they Were again exposed to a galling fire from the enemy, by which several men were unfortunately killed and wounded. Lieutenant LITTLE had an arm shot off. —These dangerous exploits are by no means neces sary to impress our enemies, or even the world at large, with a more exalted idea of our naval prowess, and therefore they ought to be wholly discounte 7 . nancedthe risque and loss attending them is at all times greater than the value of the object to be at tained. The Treasurership of Covent-garden Theatre, •a cant by the death of Mr. HUGHES, has been given to • Mr. JOHN BRANDON. The following is an extract of a letter brought by a passenger in the Marlborough packet. It is the 'only one, we believe, sent from Lisbon bythat vessel which has reached town : " The precipitate retreat of our army to within about 25 leagues of Lisbon has caused considerable alarm here. Marshal Batik:swim) is at Coimbra, and Lord WELLINGTON at Marcella, 'about twelve leagues in his front. The enemy pushed on with three formidable columns, and were at Vizen by the last acc9tints. l3efore I shall have an opportunity . to write to you again, it is likely something seric..s and decisive will have taken place ; I have, however, great confidence in - our gallant army, and think the French will pay dear for their temerity." A Warrant has been issued under the authority of the Admiralty-Court, and backed by the Lurd Mayor, for the apprehension of the Captain of an American ship, lately arrived in the port of. London, standia4' ehargerl on the oath of a Lady of high ret;pectability, tvasiding ha the vicinity of Rustel-square, with'assatilt ing, her during her passage from America ore. board 4!4 4 "U*, t,,,.,, l'itt Altivit, list West Norfolk Regiment of Militia is expected itO r arriouth this day and to-morrow, to do garrison duty. ' •Tvo Companies of artillery, tinder the command of Captains HAWKER and Me/snows, sailed last week from Plymouth for Lisbon, on board the Eliza and Thetis transports. Those fine regiments, the Nottingham and North Devon, have been inspected by Generals ENGLAND and THOMAS, during the past week, on the Hoe, at Plymouth ; the precision and soldier.like appearance which they displayed excited general applause. Tye Nottingham Militia marched on Monday and Tuesday from Frankfort Barracks, Plymouth, to take the duty at Dartmoor Prison, in the place of the Shropshire regiment, returned to Plymouth. Capt. ILBEItT, of the North Devon Regiment of Militia, fractured his thigh by a fall, in endeavoitring to catch his horse, which h 4cl broken liv)se ; he is as well as can be expected after such a serious accident. The circumstance relative to a private of the N.A. tingharn militia having been wounded by a centry of the same regime: who was stared to have been asleep on his post, at Plymouth; is a mis statement of the ac cident. The wound was inflicted unintentionally by the centry, who could not distinguish his co:nrade during the darkness of the night. Seeing some one approach hii post, at the Naval Hospital, where he had the care of several impressed men, and having challenged twice and receiv e d n o re ply, h e presented his _l:tayonet, to prevent him proceeding : the wound-1 . ed man advanced upon it. The relief had passed, and he was lagging behind, which occasioned the I mistake of the centry, and the whc:ly unintentional accident_ that occurred. • I Tuesday, the 2d instant, tie Officers of the Ply, mouth division of Royal Marines gave a grand dinner to their very respected General, BARCLAY, at the mess room, at which were present Admiral CAL nEn,, Captain NASIT, Scc. Major-General BRIGHT, Colonel Commandant, and about 55 Officers of the Royal Marine corps. The dinner was served up in a grad style, and consisted of every delicacy of the season. _ The sett/ice of the Recruiting Department of the Army, is, by the recent General Orders at the Horse Guards, to be more strictly conducted, and to be regarded distinctively from other branches of our military system. This, though some time in agitation, has been accelerated by circumstances that were divulged at some late Courts Martial, where it appeared, that notwithstanding the sums allowed by the Public, to be paid for recruits, and which sums were charged to Government, up to the full extent, by Officers raising men, yet that the recruits were but too frequently paid infinitely short of what they were entitled to receive, and thereby defrauded of their just right. ABERDEEN, OCTOBER 6. Wednesday last. the October Meeting commenced, which was very respectably attended, although not so numerously as on some former occasions. There have been Balls and Ordinaries at Cleugh's and Smith's Hotels, alternately. Yesterday, a match was run between Mr. Drummond's bay mare and Mr. Duthie's horse Corunna, which was well contest ed, and won by the latter, ()Wing to the former bolt ing from the course, when leading within a short dis tance of the winning post. There were also some back races, which afforded tolerable sport. Among the Company present, we observed the following distinguished families and personage:— The Earl of Morton, Lord Lindsay, Lord Inverury, Sir Ro bert Burnett of Leys and Miss Burnett, Sir Win. Forbes of Craigievar and Misses Forbes, skene of Aerie, Major. General Burnett, Provost Hadden, James Ferguson, Esq. M.P. James Farquhar, Esq. M. P. Mrs. Garden, Troup, Mr. Gordon, Hall head, Colonel G. G. Robinson and Miss Anne Robinson, Misses Hay, ; Honourable Colonel Duff; Mr. Duff, Drum ; G. H. Drummond, Esq. and Mrs. Drummond of Drum toehty, W. Farquharson of Monaltrie, Esq. J. Mansfield of Mid mar, Esq. John Morison of Anchintoul, Esq. James Morison, Esq. J. Menzies of Pit foddels, Esq. J. limes of Cowie, Esq. Co lonel Finlason, H. N. Lumeden of Auchindoir, Mrs. and Miss Russel, Blackball; Captain Henderson, R. N. John Gordon, Esq. Cairnbuigh ; J. Robertson, Esq. Civil Engineer; Archibald Farquharson of Finzean, Esq. Captains Turner, Mennie, &c. &c. For several weeks past, with the exception of a few days, we have had a tract of the finest weather ever known at this advanced season ; so mild that in the course of last week the Thermometer has stood at 70, being as high as at any time during the summer. And we .are happy to learn, that the Harvest is in conse quence in a great degree of forwardness, with the most promising appearance of a plentiful crop. DUBLIN, OCTOBER 5. Monday evening our slew Chief Magistrate Alder man Nathaniel Hone, gave a splendid entertainment at the Mansion-house, to his Grace the Lord Lieute nant, and the nobility and fashionables in and about the metropolis. The company consisted of upwards of $00; amongst the personages present we noticed— The Earl of Harrington and suite, the Ear'. of Meath, Lord I~prbnry, Sir Charles Abgill, Sir John Craddock, General Dunn, General Fisher, Sir E. B. Littlehales, eLe Solicitor• General, Setant Moore, Mr. Shaw, &c. &c. &c. _ _ Sunday, Lo-d Arthur Hill and suite landed at Donaghadee from Portpatrick, and immed;ately pro ceeded to the Marquis of Downshire's seat at Hills borough. - Lord Viscount Southwcll arrives on Saturday at Mount Brown, in the vicinity of his extensive estates in the county of Limerick. The Right Honourable Man, ice Fitzgerald arrived or. Sunday, at Swinburn's hotel, Limerick, and set out to join his regiment, the Kerry Militia, atWexford. An Inquest was held on Monday last at Clover- Hill, County of Clare, by ANDREW PERRY, Esq. a Cetroner of that County, on thebody of John M , Malion, a boy-aged about ten years :—After the examination . of witnesses. tl-.e Jury, without hesitation, brought in a verdict—that he came by his death in consequence of a gun-shot wound from a soldier of the Leitrim re giment, who belonged to a party on command, or. Sunday last, when returning from Limerick to Ennis. Saturday afternoon, James M'Catti►y, was brcu►ght intcs Limerick gaol from Ennis, and next day t-atis mined to Cork, to be transported to Botany ray.— M'Cafthy was convicted at the last Spring Assizes of the County of Clare, for burglary and robbery, i► the Muse of Michael Marsh, of Kielmore, and ser fenced to be'hangee. but ty the clemency of Govern btati his mite:let u conottte4 to tritnsportation. r- . , • • V ESUPP ROBERT ROBE TS. The following deposition has been m a de by Jahr: Taylor,' a prisoner in the. House of Correction in Cold Bath-fields, r e l a ti ng t o t h e escafe of Roberts from Cm prison : . -• ,The deponent ssates, that he was a sweeper ifs that pan of the prism where Roberts was conenc2, and that it was his duty to clean Roberts's cell. When Roberts was last examined at Marlboroogh. street Police-Office, he said it would be a intilight before he was examined again, and after inrerroga. ting Taylor, and enjoining him by a bribe to secrecy, he asked if there was no way by which he could (3. cape ? Taylor informed him, that it depended in a great measure upon what friends he had wi:bout the walls of the prison. Roberts said he had plenty of friends, but they were of no use unless he had one in the prison that he could depend upon. Roberts sug gested, that if he could get the key of the gates, ee could make an impression, anti get one made; aad Taylor, sometimes having the keys to let nut priso ners occasionally, agreed to furnish him with the key of the gates. The gates through which Roberts passed are locked also with a padlock, as well •as the other lock. On the Sunday week previous to the escape of Ro. berts, Taylor got the key of the gates, which he con• veyed to Roberts, who made an impression with it on a piece of soap about two inches thick, in Tay. lor's presence, by striking it with a boot-jack. Taylor procured a padlock from an empty cell (all being made to open with one key), and this padlock he gave to Roberts, who put it into a parcel, and gave it to him to be conveyed by a friend of Taylor's (a servant in the prison) to a friend of Roberts's. This was done, and on 'the foliowirg Friday, Roberts in. • formed Taylor that he had got the things in a parcel, and he unbuttoned his waistcoat and produced them, wrapped in several sheets of paper, and the contents were two keys, a hook seven or e i g h t i nc h es l ong , and a small file. Taylor asked Roberts how he got the things in, as it was a rule never to leave the pri. soncr alone, and he informed him that a friend had brought it him. This friend was a man now in custody. Roberts, accompanied by Taylor, found a cony,. nient opportunity to try the keys, and they were • found to answer every purpose. Roberts immediately wrote a letter to a friend, whose name it would not be proper at preser.t to mention, and whilst Taylor was gone to find his trusty friend, the servant of the prison. he saw the letter in the hand of another per. son who was with Roberts, whose name also it is better at present to omit, and who answered for the' regular delivery of it, as Roberts *fterwards told Taylor. Taylor saw the letter, and it informed the person who received it, that the keys fitted, and that he, Roberts, should try to escape on Monday night. This letter went safe, as was proved by the receipt of ' another on Monday night, which was brought to Ro berts by a person whom it is before stated holds a situation of trust in the prison, whilst he was drinking wine with Taylor. Roberts was particular in consulting Taylor, whe. then there was a probability of the seal having been broken ; for if so, he was a dead man. The seal v....s closely examined, and Roberts was satisfied. Wit. ness saw the letter, which began Dear Bob, and con tinued that fifty men would lose their lives rather than Roberts should be hurt. The letter also stated that a rope was ready, and advised him not to leave the keys behind. It concluded, that people would lie in waiting to receive Roberts from twelve o'clock till four. After this, Taylor enquired of Smith, who escaped with Roberts, if he was trilling to be true, and gain his liberty ? and, after having received every assu rance to that effect, he informed him that the next cell to him was empty, and the two keys were tied behind a piece of wood in a certain part of the cell. Taylor instructed Smith how to get to Roberts atter he had broken into the empty cell, and assured him that Roberts would reward him atter he had quitted the prison, but he must take off his shoes in going down the passage. Roberts gave Taylor a .el note on Monday night, when he told him that Smith was to go with him, and he was to receive 0.10 more of Roberts's friend (a man now in 'custody), as he, Tay lor, had refused to take it, for good reasons, until Roberts gat clear off. Roberts was provided by Taylor with a pair of list shoes for the escape, which to-iltplace at twelve o'clock. This deposition contains so many inconsistencies and iniprobabilities, that we feel very mach isclinesl to believe that it is brought forward for some parti• • c u lar purpose. An alarm of fire was given on Sunday 'swing, about eight o'clock, at the house of Mr. Bennet, gee.; cer, Old'fovmstreet, Plymouth ; a piquet of the Not. tinghatn Militia immediately repaired to the spot, as well as several engines, but happily it was soon en. tinguished, without doing any material damage. . Wateriii - iikees in consequence of the fine weather continue crowded; but in the midst of recreation con siderate people think of the Rutin chime, and the Batik. ers in thoseresions of fashion hare their time folly occupied in filling up drafts with thename of Cntrak, No. 8, gating Cron, for the purchase of Lottery Tickets for their Customers. Tuesday afternoon as Mr. Darlington, of Leather. line, was returning on horseback from Hatfield, Herts, the animal tool. fright between Highgate and Holloway, when Mr. D. was thrown oil; by which one of his shoulders was dislocated, and he was otherwise much hurt. A letter was received last week, by the Mayor of Chester through the Post Office ' , threatening t mop. der him and nine others, if the sentence of Smith and . Clark (two convicted felons) is carried into execution. PAwNsutorteas.--Between ihres and four hrastreir pawnbrokers at Manchester were convicted last week in mitigated penalties amounting to 4744, for taking more interedt on goods pledged than is allowed by Act of Parliament. On Monday morning, about half-past eleven Alia, one of the mizeh-top men of the Vengeur, lying 4 2hatham Dock-yard, unfortunately fell oveslsuard .4 his descent he struck against the top•mil yald, which was stowed in the chahli for sea -gavial, .was. never seen to agaitt. Upwards of ,60 persons were convicted on a .l sli s lay, at Truro, and fined; far yin efecdt. And measures. n't f • - • „v. . , • 44.4 ; red, aJ r o t '