Star. — London, England, 1817-05-09 00:00:00

~~, I that oathe present occasion the steam was wilfully urged to a degree beyond all prudence. In fact, the explosion seems to have taken place from precisely the same kind of blameable and obstinate conduct which has so frequently occasioned serious mischief' to passengers in stagecoaches. A rival steam-boat was started at the same time, and the engine-maN of the one that exploded had been heard to declare, that lie would beat the other in the voyage, and was then actually urging his steam to outrun the other boat. " But, because stupid pretenders venture some times to -meddle with an agent with whose powers they are not sufficiently acquainted ;• and risque their own lives, and endanger others,,lapemploying boilers se! ich they have not subjected tdacold-water proof 's, would any one be so foolish as to propose parliamen tary interference to put an end to the use of steam of high temperature in any of the machinery or nume rous processes carried en in this country I Yet there are men, who either from stupidity, or from some thing more blameable, have been talking in this foolish way. As well might it be suggested, that xnen should be prohibited from riding on horse-back, or travelling in carriages, because numerous acci ektits are thus occasioned which could not possibly happen if people were compelled to walk upon their fZ:er. ; or that at any rate, if carriages must be used, they ought only to be waggons, nut coaches, which by their quicker driving are every now and then breaking people's limbs, if not their necks. " Away with such quackery ! No improvement of any magnitude was ever yet introduced into the machinery employed in our various manufactures, that was nut attended with more or less tick in its iti fancy. Steam engines and steam of high pressure, may be, and ate, used by men of science' and intel ligence with as perfect safety as any of the utter powers of nature that have been Made subservient to the wafts or to the convenience and comfort of man. " Diggius, who was before a common labourer, was first employed to attend a steam engine in the brewhouse ot Alderman Paueson, of Norwich. In Mr. Patteson's service lie was so obstinate and fool hardythat his employer often reproved him, and was obliged to interfere and to make him rake out the fire. His master was absolutely afraid at last to go into the premises. “ When he left this employ, whether dismissed for obstinacy, or tired of the reproofs of his prudent master, we know not, he w4s engaged as engine man to the Hope steam packit'Sbif.t. We have becii: in!ormed by Mr. Watts, a - i;'ilse . Ctable engineer of Norwich, that while in thatboat be has frequently' detected him urging the steatb'to I2U pounds the inch=-how touch higher he may have urged it at times no person can tell. " From the Hope lie Vent to the Telegraph, and while he attended that vessel be went on precisely in the same mad manner; and when the niischiet oc. curred was actually trying a race against a rival packet, which had got the start of the Telegraph, determined either to pass her or force the Telegraph into her wake. In fact, in place of steam of 60 pounds, as has been supposed, be must from his Aucwn mode of 'filing have had steam of 120Ibs. or probably much higher. approaching explosion was ii,timated by a leak at the joiLitig of the cast-iron end. The man, Marmed by the effects of his own folly, lost his re collection, and was attempting none can tell what, and had got on the top of the boiler when it exploder'. " The boiler was so defective in construction, that the only wonder is that it did not explode long before; for it was more common with him to have steam at from 100 to 120 than even at nibs. per inch. " This 'mischief occurred precisely in the same way as many of the numerous accidents (as they are called) which befall stage to:tches, when foolish drivers urge their horses to an undue speed. " What ;meson in his senses—who that is competent even to give an opinion —who that aims only at what is direct, proper, and laudable, would contend 'hat ' such a case as this should be mad: a ground-work I fur alarm ?—a pretext for putting down the use of steam of high pressure In engines, or in the different manufactures of a country whose prosperity depends so much on her superiority in all the resources of in genuity, of enterprise, andisf intellect? “ Who that seeks the Welliirit nf,the community would lend his aid to atop the priikress of British in genuity and industry, and compel the nation to re, trogtade is our various arts, by exciting and spread ing among the ignorant groundless alarms, instead of fairly informing them of the imprudence and critui ual mismanagement that have produced the mischief? le Are all the contrivances and processes which re-' quire compressed air to be pdt down. because tie air vessel may posibly be burst ?—They must, if the' use of high pressure steam is to be exploded. Notwithstanding any accidents that have yet hap paned to persons travelling by steam vessels, it' dues nut appear that the danger to individuals is greater than in travelling by stage coaches, the mischiefs from which have -become so frequent as, long ago, to have ceased to excite that alarm which is produced by such accidents as occur in the use of any powerful agent to which the public *teeniest lanailvd by its novelty mod importance. In the nature of things, the accidents that have occurred will produce their own remedy ; and any thing like Parliamentary in terference would be su highly injudicious, that it is impossible to calculate or even to foresee the extent of mischief that might thus be produced to the ma nufactures and mining interests of the country, as well as to every landholder on whose estate valuable Minerals may hereafter be discovered. • Every boiler intended to be used tsader steam of high pres ort, should be previously proved by injecting, by means of a heft pump, cold water into it, while the safety valve is loaded with sir or algkt times the weight that is to be employed when working with steam. Efficient boilers may be made of copper, of wrought Or of cast Iron, due regard befog had to the nature and Mauve strength of the material. The boiler should always have two velvet (one of which shpuld be out of the reach of the Irdd an% and &MALI be alto fur n i s h e d with what may be a mercurial valve—an Iron tube in the form of an inverted m o m; of a prep, length, 111111 with mercury to a height an awerabie to thoipsollere to la" employed. Wednesday was the Second Dsy of Drawing. The Ticket No. 7895, a Priie of 5e20,000, was Sold. in Shares, at SWIFT and Co.'s Offices. Nos. I I. Poultry, 12, dulling Cross, and 31, •Aldgate High -street, 'Acre theiortunate Holders may receive the value on demand. Toesday, May the 20th, is the Last Day—the Wheel contains 2 Prizes of £20,000, 4 of £2OOO, 4 of 41000, 6 of £5OO, :cc. Ecc. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 9,181 t. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE MCLOCK: Cons. 7411—U0. for Aec. 71179—Reduced 7111 5 per Cent. Navy, 10x1 193-4 per Cent. tin ludas Bonds 75 77 pre.—Eachequerßs 104. 17e. pr. The question respecting Catholic Emancipation produced some little discussion last night in the House of Peers, where two Petitions on the subject were pre sented by the Earl of DONOUOHMORE. These Peti tions will be taken into consideration this day week. Mr. GuarraN's Motion en the same question comes on this night in the Commons. Mr. Hanvev having last night made hit promised motion for a Committee to examine into the causes of the explosion of the Norwich Steam Packet, we have in another column inserted some particulars re specting that event, which deserve great attention. On a question of this nature danger is always to be apprehended from any thing like injudicious inter ference. We were happy to hear a few very sensible remarks made by Mr. Cueweo, who seems to have made himself acquainted with this as with most of the improvements of the country. A Committee, however, has been appointed. Let us tape that they will take a tight view of this question, and report that it does not appear to he or.e calling for Parliamen tary interference. We can easily imagine that the Members will he assailed with alarming statements 'and mach apparent sympathy for Cos danger to which the public may be exposed ; but we are not of the number who can be induced to believe that a British House of Commons can be surprised into measures ruinous to the Mining, Landed and Mann factoring interests, merely to serve makers of particu lar steam engines, or particular boilirs. Mr. HARVEY has been misinformed, or he would not have stated that a cast iron is more dangerous than a wrought iron boiler s both are equally safe if previously sub jected to proof—neither are sale without it.. But— :should Parliament interpose its authority even to compel this proof ?—No, by no means. The Pro prietors of Steam Engines, whether employed in Mining, in Manufactories, or in Navigation, will at tend to this for their own sakes—in fact the accident at Norwich will do more to insure the due attention of Proprietors and their engine-min in future, than any Act of Parliament can effect. A Dutch Mail arrived this mnrning. The papers which it brings are quite barren of intelligence. The following Are the only notices worth extracting: " All the equipag e s of his Grace the Duke of Wellington have left Paris, and have arrived succes• sively at his head-quarters at Monte St. Marie, as well as the persons belonging to his household. The Generals also, • and supaior Officers, who have been fur some time absent on leave from the head-quarters, either in England or elsewhere, are beginning to re turn ; but it seems that the Duke's absence will be longer than was expected. es In the latter part of April la-ge quantities of cons .leave been delivered Foto the magazines of the Allied troops at Cambray, Valenciennes, and Man beuge : happily this has had no bad influence on the market prices, and we Batter ourselves, with reason, that they will continue to decline." , The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this morning. The Emperor of AUSTRIA hat announced his in tention of making a tour through the Eastern pro eipces of his monarchy early in the month ofJune.—' At Vienna it is rumoured, that this tour has some connection with the relations- between Austria and Russia, and that a meeting will take place between the two Emperors somewhere in dallies. The Emperor FRANCIS is to be attended by Prince Mar i The dispute between the King of WIRTEPOSERO and his States has terminated. A majority of the Diet have acceded to the declaration required by his Majesty, recognizing the consolidation of the old and new States, and abjuring all distinction between New and Old Wirtemberghers. The dissentient members, to the number of thirty-two, have been told by his rMajesty, that since they do not choose to acknow ledge a principle so essential to the irtegritj and prosperity of the kingdom, they may. return to their homes, and be !ill order new elections to supply their places. The accounts from Switzerland continue to be of the most distressing nature. The measures taken in the Canton of Schaffhausen to alleviate the public distress, by fixing a maximum price of corn, have, as we anticipated, only produced an increase of mis chief. The few foreigners who used to come to the markets have remained, it is said, entirely away, and carried their provisions to other places. The citizens themselves refused for a long time to sell at the maxi mum, and it was nut till the evening of the first mar ket day after the Ordonnance, and in consequence of particular arrangements, that the indispensable pur. chases could he made. The spirit of restriction, however, still maintains its delnsive sway ; and the example of Schaffhausen has not prevented other Cantons from adopting mea sures nearly as pernicious. In Zug they have prohi bited the espostation of hotter; and in Schwitz the exportation of hay—while a free export of both would have been the surest means of enabling the inhabitants to purchase the bread whith they. want. Emigration, in the mean while. is assuming a most alarming activity-1.200 fans& to passed lutphaas on th e 23d ultimo, to embark for America. Six bun dled so.:ceeded them ale next day, and ewes were on the war.—freuch Funds, May 5, 66 1. 65 a. THE ARMY. LIST OP REGIMENTS scw EN Will moils, AMERICA, OISIALTAII4 TIE . MADITZARANZAN AND AFRICA. wEsr nkmEs. Id Rest: Leeward Isles. 1 Sth Leeward lales.• Utts Ordertd borne. dilth /88113ICA. 60th 4th Battalion, . Leeward Isles. 6 I n Jamaica. 63d Leeward Isles. INDIA Ist Rest, Leeward Isles. 44 biome:J. Leeward Isles. •sth Bahamas. •6th -•—••• Leeward hies. Writ India Rangers. Leeward hies. York Rangers. Leeward Isles. York Chasseurs. Jamaica. • Theta two have been os dared to be disbanded. AMERICA. AT nALITAZ, NNW navraswscc, AND CANADA. 37th Rept. Canada. 60th Id Battalson, Canada. 624 Nova Scotia. 70th Cain la. 76th Canada. 96th Nuva Scotia. 99th Canada. 10IPth Nova Scotia. tend Canada. 104th --- Canada. The 1034 and 104th have been ordered to be disbanded. GIBRALTAR, MALTA, AND lONIAN ISLES. 10th ker. lonian Islas. 14th ud Battalion, Malta. .... . 1181 b Gibraltar. Slit 35th --A— Malta. 60th Bs taboo, Gibraltar. 75th Corfu. 4th West India Regiment, Gibraltar. it Garrison Battalion; Ordered home. AFRICA. The African Regiment. To-marrow we shAll lay before our Readers a list of the Infantry Regiments now in Britain, Ireland, Jersey, and (Jueinsey. Sir LEONARD THOMAS WI:J(ISM HOLMES, Bart. M. P. of Westover, in the Isle of Wight, has just completed two Troops of Yeomanry Cavalry from among the Gentlemen and Yeomln of the Island. On the arrival of the Princess of WALES at Venice. on her way to Milan, where she arrived an the 21 , .t ult. the Governor of Venice, Court de Gozs, gave a magnificent fete in honour of the Princess, at which she attended, with all her suite. The Duke of Devon/me passed through Dres• den, nn or about the 26th ult. on his way to Russia. This morning, at four o'clock, the Saw-Mill ad. joining Ewof's Wharf, Bankside, was discovered to be on fire, and for some time threatened the safety of the whole neighbourhood, being close to a large tim ber-yard and to the Southwark Gas-light premises. It deserves particular notice that the fire, though it speedily destroyed the premises where it brake out, and which were entirely of wood, was confined to the spot by some lime water having been employed in the fire engines for want of any other at the moment. The Gas-light Company had a large cistern of lime water for the purpose of purifying their gas--where ever it fell on the burning materials it not only in stantly extizeislied the flame, but it was remarked that the materials once wetted with the lime-water, would not again inflame. In two hours all the dan ger was entirely over. We understand that the tranquillity of the East India College at Haileybury, has again been inter rupted.—There have been college councils held, and juvenile councils held; and whatever might be the comparative wisdom displayed in debate, the actions at feast,semanating from the latter councils, were most decisive and powerful, terminating in an attack upon the council-chamber itself of the learned Proles. sons. Mr. PRINCIPAL is said to have been chased, with very opprobrious language, by a dog with a tin kettle tied to his tail ; one of the Tutors was beaten; the Steward had his head broken. On the - .ontrary, the acts emanating from the council chamber of the masters, though they might possess much wisdom, were deficient in vignur. Some of those punishments which are with great propriety called est:tit-aliens—as lending the youths from the populous neighborhood of Hertford-Heath, to the retirement of London— were pronounced. Will they be inflicted 1 It is not unworthy of remark, that the first Bill which was brought into the Irish Parliament for the relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, was moved and seconded by Mr. GARDLNIM, afterwards Lord MOUNTJOY, and by Mr. O'NEILL, afterwards Lord O'NEILL. On the sth of June, 1798. Lord MOUNTJOY was killed by the rebels at the battle of Ross; and on the Bth of the same month, Lord O'NsuLL was piked in the middle of his own tenantry, in the town of Antrim. These were the only per. sons of distinction who fell in the Popish rebellion of that year. Some days since as inflant, three years old, fell into the river at Vizernes, in the district of St. Omer. A soldier, of she name of CAMPBELL, belonging to the 79th Scotch Regiment, saw the child precipitated in the water, and dashed in after him. With some dif ficulty he reached the struggling innocent, brought him out, and conveyed him to his lodgings, where he stripped him, laid him on his bed, and rubbed himl all over. The child soon breathed again, vomited a little water, and was restored to life and to his grateful parents. Various and contradictory rumours are in circula tion respecting the dispute bete een Spain and Portu gal, and the calls that have been made fur the interfe rence of this country.—One account is, that we have so tar acceded to the demand of Spain for our active mediation with our old Ally, as to have sent a mes- Isage to the Brazils, to state to his most faith! ul Ma- I jesty, that it he persists in his attack on the Spanish possessions in South America, we shall be forced to withdraw our guarantee of his European dominions ; and that it is only until the result of this message shall be received. that we are to continue our mili • tary force in Portugal. Another report is in direct contradiction to this, and states, that we have de clared oor resolution to observe a strict neutrality as ' to all proceedings in the new world—but that if Por tugal should be attacked by Spain, we are bound by Tieaty to defend that Kingdom. • Between these con tradictory reports, we are not able to discover the • ' truth. Whichever of them may be the fact.it is plain that the situation in which Ministers find themsdees, , is Gus o! ccasiderablc difficulty. ?MYAL INTELLTOZYCE. The Countess of Loudon (country sh;p), HAMMOND, was lost off the Coast of Lacow in November last—all the crew saved. The Ocean, KELSEY, from Havre and the ►,. . May to Boston, was abandoi ed at sea on the 2J• Feint' try—crew arrived at Nsas.itt. The Emperor of itnssia, from ArnsterJ im tc tiatore, WAS lust near Carr izock on the 18t:►o: gq ( a —crew And part of the cargo saved. MAY P. Arrived last nigh; the Lard Dolman ptcket,C,. r . tain Paacoc, from Ostend, with a Mail and poen. gets. Sailed this day the timg George pack; t, taro KING, fur Calais, with a Mau and p,. also a transport, with a detachment of t„• It •ral Artillery to join that corps in Frame. Ari ?ye.. a ll afternoon, Cie (21teit Charlotte, Captain Tu.) !rein C .1 - ais. with p.ISS. itgerc. DEM., MAY R. SAM this morning, tlit: tititmer, 2.EID, ter 8 4 . via._Wind S E. FALMOIr I'll, MAY F. Arrived the Lord SiJrnootS pAcke:. wit's a 1 11-1 from the Leeward lslin,ls, 1.1%, tiont zit. 'Th u m in 42 P.MISNIOU Eli. MAY B. Arrived the Atl..t, FLEKT, fur,. Cork. tti the Matilda, HAIIILToN. lot Deng .I.—Wind S.L. HARWICH. MAY Is Arrived the lit ince 01 Orms g e , . cit‘t, with a Mail frost Holland. S flied the A uckLina packet. with Mall for Cualtavra.—Wind E. GRAVESEND. MAY I. Arrived :he Hyrinal dttatav, fright'', from Pun; lle. tron.bire, Day. 1. oni ; Peary Ciale, La rd, trent L. oig.herg ; olive branch, aLu, from St. 141.eitet's; Ann, Tied, from Memel; fiotioulig, Liruitert.m, grow thontark; Pertett. ranee, Pilp.it, from Cal..i.. Siikd toe CarillAflitril, Rost, for lamina, Dan:n•, for rwatlizy ; Rover.Sharriun, for Na.. pits; Per&i:verance, Alaqzli.to s for ilainburgh; and Paiht, fur Ditzki. CVSTONI-lIOUSE, MAY N. Su:rs yNT CR I trlW ARL' —! he Lord Atbincnn.l-71 FErlinet.n ; Marluk of An t o.,ael, Brown, front ()vend; Pm: Reptnt, Harm, trout Eett.l.•al; of Huatlev, Cabava, Hine, hoot Chula; Lady t i•c--i, ; NIL r.)111 .ott,tica; Ate', DAvi•on, fn-r, Lul , !tuore; Beriaey, WrillanJ, (runt bt. Donr.s...;:t; au l Lytn, ii rr, from V.'lliiam. ()u rw.tr.D.'— . l . lte t . )•, Willianut, for Dublin; Mary An, 6: . .lrnur, for f:,7ats; Linn. Cu:b.)um, tut New Valk and Lorca, Lurd Nari t'or &not ; Wrathy, U 1111114,, Drutiter., Ar,!.-r:.on, fur isetzen oe-avom. A eerson is non in euttody on cusp boon of committing a m-tt extensive robtery a few s' Litt& in fkm!atad. The mail ce , :h which travel* between Lab:hut-Eh and Sibling was ruArd Stirlinp, Baultsnotes to the amount 4.f several thousand year!s, as it was supposed, by one er other of the thres s.rangrr, who took their seas far Stirlirc, but got oat lout be , nre the coach reached that place. A person who came to Lime don by one of the Scotch smacks, c Uhin these few ka, had succeeded in exchanging several hundred youndi ant:! of Stirling Bank Notes fur those a the Barr, at Ene.Vt!, paying the usual discount. One of the parties re set•um tie::;.• plied for this purpose, having seen the account of the rubh.rit to the Newspapers, had him taken into custody, v. hen several Hrs. died pounds worth of the same kind ot ent, wire rotiod or .141 rerson. He is detained midi officers are s.r.t ue to to ecce..etsi to bring him down and to Identify him. Sunday morning, at an early hoe-, Mr. Dykes,t:t King's Messenger, an 4 Vickery, the B•iw- treet eE cer, apprehended Mr. Carr, a fancy painte , at Kist silence in Tottenham-ceurt•toad, on a charge if High Treason. After undergoing a short esamina. tion, he was committed. His premises tv, re s!ircied at the time of the apprehension cf Watson and his associates. Cart was a few years since employcd by the KING, at Windsor, in his profession. Saturday evening, a man of the name of Hql, an engraver, was apprehended by Mr. Hill a King's Messenger, on a charge of High Treason. Aker un dergoing a short examination, he was committed. Mr. LEACH has declined the office of Solicitor Ce, neral upon the terms proposed, which were Ills beirg returned as a Member to the House of C)rnroons.7 To this he could not agree. In consequence of 'ha, Mr. GIIPARD is appointed Solicitor General. ABRAHAM HEWLINGS, Esq. who %INA nut to prat tice as a Barrister ie Demerara, was lately mrrtally wounded in a duel there, by an Officer of the Army. MUNDIIN'S engagement at Drury-lane ThLatrets pires at the end of the next seams, at et.idi that veteran favourite of Thalia means to close a d:a• matic life of above forty years on the stage. COVENT GanDEN.—Mr. KEMISLE performed Pl• ruddoci last night with as much spirit as we hare evil seen him infuse into any character. The antltente repeatedly testified the delight with which they • held his correct delineation of this interesting p!) ~f , . . sopher imany passages which awoke the rtrnos brance of Mr. KICAIBLIei own situation and ;:rosp-ctl: were seized with the utmost avidity, and apela.iel " even to the echo." One sentence riCculin! touched the feelings of When 1 ant gliellyy• thing from the stage of this world, call me not 1 ) 40 : to lose the little grace that I have gained." A ;;:i. of approbation swelled at once from every pear the House at the delivery of these lines, and ferr veral minutes interripted the progress tif the Pew* • mance. The House was crowded, and the Cun:e4 went off with unusual eclat. CGAN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, MAT P. We had a pretty rood sups) , of Wheat from Seri* lk& rimming, and the weather • being odd, produced rader ff." itemand fur Wheat, wig& readily obtained hfeniay's Barley also sold mote freely, but not en beret term, that . t % Wednesday. in Peas, Beans, and Oats, there O 1.0 swam-- am ri . l-11.11.1.11 MARKET, MAY Beef Sts Slto ts 8 Veal 44 ei to So in Mutton 4s 0.1 to :I% 03 P4rk 4s CI to Ss . 64 I.lt.tb Ss. 4. to is. sd. Beasts LSO—Sweep 1.:1 , 1:!ss 1,630--Calves Es ; HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. • Hay sit. 0 to Os.—Clover £3. os to 71 10t. Straw At. ist. to .64. es. • , April 23, at the Lfanse of Jed:mull, Jos =h Priagle, Es;• Ferneygreen, late Vorsul-thoneral at Mad Ara. Sunday, at Church-street, Spitalfiehls, Mrs. Tear N/:111,'. aged 73, wh:ow of (1e late Isaac Maddock', Es+ lomat'', •k' puty.Sceraary to the Fast litaa Compeer. Jan 30, in the Island of Z.inte, on the 12th day, from :I* O. fects of poison foe the destructulat of vermin ina.!vert• nay ratio as medicine, Mart?ret Emma, aged IS , eldest daughtts of 'lhotras, Esq. Surgeon to the F.tr , :es. Lately, et Berlin, M. de Dietz, distinguiskyl in the literal world fur his Oriental learning. He was employed !'l t:'' 11° S..c•cty to transYtte the 13111 e into Turkish. to has lea to el King of Pt wrples lihre ,- y, a corect;on cenistias of IWO 'tithes of printed books, and about 1,0)0 MS.S. - LCAVDON Prta•eu 0:1 plAinettd I , y LAVA). KIN; n, 'l4tlyle-13ar.