Star. — London, England, 1808-03-25 00:00:00

;E,NERAL WILITELOCKE'S SENTENCE. ---- • GENERAL ORDERS. Horse Guards, March 24, 1808. ht a General Court Martial, of which General the ti h t Hon. Sir WILLIAM MEDON% s, K. B. was Presi or— held by virtue of Isis MaJtsry's Special War he d a te the 25th of January, 1808), at the lral Hospital at Chelsea, on the 28th of the same a nd continu ed by adjournments until the 18th ;g ar Ch folloWing, Li euten ant General JOHN WHITE cas tr ied upon the following Charges, viz,— ,m,, ch a rges have already appeared in the Sr.a.] SENTENCE. c o urt Marti al having duly considered the evidence g iven Tie hi t of the Charges against the Prisoner, Lieutenant-Gene- IWCTCLOCit, his Defence, and the Evidence he has adduced, of opt i on , that he is Guilty of the whole of the said Charges, gl obe acc ossi of that part of the Second Char g e which re '`te or der that " the Columns should be unloadd , and that n o htj~k released o n an y ecraynt... 1 6 be cov e anxious that it may be distinctly understood, tirri pot no censure whatever to the precautions taken to oge rsary firing during the advance cf the troops to the f t ...o irr o f attack, and do therefore ac q uit Lieutenant rc;;;:at Worttocks of that part of the said charge. Die coo a dyudge, that the said Lieutenant-General Whitelocie vaii:roi,ald Petard totsily unfit, and unworthy to serve his Ma.. "Amy glitary Clacit? hakver. The ICING has been pleased to confirm the above sentence, and his Royal Highness the Commander :II Chief has received his MAJESTY'S Commands to Wit , that it shall be read at the head of every Re giment in his service, and inserted in all Regimental Orderly Books, with a view of its becoming a lasting m emorial of the fatal consequences to which Officers expose themselves, who, in the discharge of the im portant duties confided to them, are deficient in that g oa v j udgment, and personal exertion, which their s o y :re ign, and their Country, have a right to expect from Officers entrusted with high commands. To his NIAJEcTV, who has ever taken a most lively interest in the welfare, the honour, and reputation, of tis troops, the recent failure in South America, has proved a subject of the most heartfelt regret ; but it has been a gre:.: consolation to him, and his MA !WY has commanded it to be intimated to the Army, ;at after the most minute investigation, his MAJESTY WS ample cause for gratification, in the intrepidity rd good conduct displayed by his troops, lately em ?toyed on that service, and particularly by those di tins of the Army, which were personally engaged with the enemy in the town of Buenos Ayres, on the st:s of July, 1807, and his MAJESTY entertains no drubt, that had the exertimis of his troops in South America been directed by the same skill and energy, which have so eminently distinguished his Comman ders in other quarti...rs of the world, the result of the Campaign would have proved equally glorious to themselves and beneficial to their Country. By command of his Royal Highness the Com rnander in Chief. HARRY CAI.VERT, M.sj. Cen. and Adj. Gen. of the Foroes. The Captain and crew of the Portuguese vessel, Rho lately made their escape from Flushing, as men ...oned in yesterday's STAR, state, that, before they .ame away, a report was very generally circulated, `,at an Engagement had taken place in the Medi terranean, between the English and French Squa drons, in which the former were victorious ; but that SIDNEY SMITH was killed• The former part of this report we trust will prove :o be well founded ; with respect to the latter part of we entertain no apprehension of its being true, as Sir SIDNEY was at Gibraltar when the last accounts came away, and his destination was not, we believe, Li) the Mediterranean. At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of YORK left London, to attend his I\tuEsTY upon busi- ness at Windsor. Dispatches have been received from onr fleet off Lichon, which was left all well on the 10th inst. The Russians seemed to be ready for sea, and disposed to come out of the Tagus. - - Letters from Admiral T HORNBOROU GII were re ceived at the Admiralty yesterday. Friday the first regiment of Royal Edinburgh Vo lunteers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES nomF, and the Royal Edinburgh Artillery, com manded by Colonel SPENS, were inspected by Lieu tenant-Colonel GILLON in Burntstield Links. Lord limy Pyrry receives the fair hand of Lady MARY STRARGI,WAYS in a few days ; in consequence "f which his Lordship, on the motion of Mr. TIERNEY, irt the Howe of Commons, has obtained leave of 2 tence for one month, on account of urgent private o . ;:tirs !" An Irish Member, in a letter to a friend, says,— "My dear fellow, I will he with you after Easter. Take lodgings for me within jiiarotshot of the House of Commons." There was a time when our Kings, Legislators, rid Judges delivered their oracles in rhimes, and very frequently in truly sorry ones. In the west? cat parrs of Cornwall, where the manners of our fa-, 'hers still linger, as " loth to quit the land," this prac tice is not yet extinct, as is evident by the following copy of The last will and testament of Uncle Nick) , ferryman of Towednack ;.—•••• N rAV I am well, I'll make my will " For to bestow my riches : " give nnto my eldest Sunny " My jacket, coat, and breeches : " As for my watch, that is in paun, " shall have that: " Nelly shall have the whit-faced Cow, And Jan the little plat : " Old Joan shall have the prie of roll, " Por that will just maint:•in her; " And Jenny shall have the fork of geese, " Iredit and tlicotraimr." NAUTICAL INTL LLICLIICB. FALMOUTH. MARCH 22. Arrived the Croydon hired ship, M , lsrosit, with mails, from Jamaica, 50 days passage ; the Swedish ship Maria Christiana, from Charleston, with timber, for the Plymouth Dock Yard, captured on the 4th instant, by two French privateers of 18 guns each, and recaptured by his Majesty's ship Mediator, on the sth instant, in lat. 50. 21. ; tlic Danish ship African, from Africa, bound to Altona, with gum, ivory, and gold dust, taken on the 3d instant off the Western Islands, by the Fame privateer of Mevagissy ; also arrived the following vessels from Gibraltar, viz. Aligator, ROBINS; Boston, HAwciso; Whyte, FORD; Nancy, DOUGLAS ; being part of about forty sail un der convoy of his Majesty ship Sirius, of 36 guns, and Diligence store ship, on the 17th inst. in lat. 48. long. 12. ; at day-light, in the morning saw two large ships close with them, on which the Sirius made signals, they not answering them, the frigate made signal for the fleet to disperse ; the last time they were seen by those vessels, the two line of battle ships were in chace of his Majesty's ship Sirius. The schooner Fame, WHITE, was spoke with, all well, off Scilly, from St. Michael's for London, on the 20th inst.—Wind E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23. Came in the French chasse maree from L'Orient, with brandy, captured by the Minerva frigate ; Ata lanta, Captaid WiDDECOMB, from Liverpool ; Hound, Captain BAY LEY, from ditto : Pappenburg galliot Anna, Captain GUNTLER, from Bristol ; Success, Captain M'Coy, from St. Michael's with fruit for London ;—Oldenburgh galliot Hermyna Helena, Captain SCHARPMES, from St. Michael's, with fruit for London ; Spanish brig, name unknown, from France, with rozin, captured by the Minerva frigate; American ship New Guide, Captain CREE, from New Orleans, with sugar and cotton, put in for orders ; Portuguese brig Nova Amezado, Captain R ABELL°, from Lisbon, with cotton, for London, last from Foway ; Brunswick, of 74 guns, from Torbay. The Channel fleet passed down Channel yesterday with a fair wind. The Triumph, of 74. guns, is arrived in Cawsand Bay from Halifax, and with her a 50 gun ship, whose name we have not heard. Among the ships of the Sirius' convoy that arc arrived are the Diligent store ship ; George, LEWELYN ; Weymouth, LEWELYN ; and the Cambrian, PHIPPS, all from Malta and Gibraltar. • Came in the Osprey, Captain CAzN ear, from Ma- deira, with wine for London : she sailed the 4th in stant. Mr. Jour ROCHE, merchant, and Miss ANN ROBERTSON, and Miss ANN BISSUN, came passengers in her. Also the Sirius, of 36 guns, Capt. Pftot - sz, from Malta and Gibraltar: she sailed from the latter place the 29th of February, having 38 sail of vessels under convoy ; and on the 17th instant, west of Scilly, the fleet were chased by two French frigates, when a signal was made to disperse ; 14 sail are ar rived here with the Sirius—the fate of the others is not known, but it is supposed some of them may have reached Cork, and that several are taken ; one of the brigs was seen to be boarded by them. The capture of the Delight, of 18 guns, as stated yesterday, appears to have taken place at Reggio, not far from Sicily : she was cruizing with a small squadron, of which the Glatton, of 50 guns, Captain SECCOMBE, was the Commodore ; and an attempt was made to attack, and cut out some gun-boats. The Glatton being too large to approach the shore, the • Delight was appointed to this dangerous service, and Captain SECCONIDE volunteered on board that ship ; but, in standing into the bay, she unfortunately missed stays, and got so near the shore, that she was exposed to the fire of 1000 soldiers that came down from the forts, and her deck was soon cleared of every officer and man : among those that fell, were Captain SECCOMBE, and Captain HANDFIELn, who were afterwards buried at Sicily with military ho nours—the expedition of course completely failed. PQRTSMOUTH, MARCH 24. Arrived his Majesty s ships Minotaur, from off Lis bon ; Goshawk and Sprightly, from a cruize ; Lord Castlereagh, Captain KkANIER, from London, for the East Indies. Sailed his Majesty's ships Linnett, Hardy, and the Alpha, on a cruize.—Wind N. W. Monday the Diamond packet, from London to Leith, was lost, on Tyningham Sands, near Dunbar, and seven soldiers and a woman drowned. A very gallant exploit Lis been performed by the boats of the CoMiance frigate, Captain YEo, in cutting out a privateer from St. Andero, mounting one 24- pounder, and six 6 pounders, having 50 men on board, and 100 stand of arms. The loss of men on our part has been trifling, while that of the enemy is stated to be considerable. The Duke of Marlborough packet is arrived at Falmouth, from Jamaica, from whence she sailed on the 9th ult. The following is the mist material in, telligunce received by this conveyance : JAN. 29.—Arrived the Rein peer, Captain Douglas, and Bac chante, Inglefield. (The Rein Deer brought in a French schooner privateer, mounting 41 guns, pierced fur 12, and carrying 85 men, taken off Cape Francois). The Bacchante 090 brought in with her the Spanish brig Carmen, from Cadiz, bound to La Vera Cruz, laden witb cochineal, indigo, sugar, and bullion, to a considerable amount. She carried 14 guns, but threw them overboard when chaced by the Bacchante. Sailed the ship Croydon, under con voy of the schooner Sandwich. Faa. 7.—Arrived his Majesty's brig 137-dalus, with a detained brig, under Swedish colours. Fzn. 9.—Sailc4 under convoy of his Majesty's loop Tweed, Capt. Symons, in company with the Simon Taylor merchant ship.. The St. Michael (a Russian vessel) from London to St. Petersburgh, is seized by the Swedes at Got tenburgh. The Enterprize t Wooi,EY, from America to Leg horn ; and the Lewis, LACRF,NCE I bound to Napley are detained and seta into Malta, INSCRIPTION. • The Honourable A. H. Hutchinson state',' that he had often gdne in search of Lonergan, a his brother Patrick Lonergan, the witness, agains duhunt informations were positively sworn by a fish man and his wife for assault and robbery ; and h sail he never could find either of them, either in .heir own or their father's house, or in the neigh:3llu hood. He knows the general character of James Butler, wh'ell is highly infamous, and he liAiev s him capable of perjury. He kaows Mr. Power as an ac tive Magistrate some years, and believes him a hu mane man. He knows the character of Patrick Lo nergan, the witness, which he states to be worse even than Butler's. Jane Hayden, wife to the roler, swore, that when Joseph Loncrgan was bro:ight to the gaol, Mr. Power desired her to send for a doctor, and gave a crown to procure nourishment fi r Lion ; and Lonergan said that he did not blame any one b'tt himself, for that he threw a stone at Mr. Power, which made him fire at him. Mr. Power was acquit.ed. IN MEMORY OF ROBERT scan., ESQ. CAPTAIN OF HIS SIMITSTY . II SNIP TUX BOREAL ifthote short lie of meritorious eves-tan ov.o terminate) k el, on the Hannoir the tout of Guernsey, Nruentbes 28, 1607. To SCOTT, r.ow fluting on his watery bier, His Country pays her tributary tear; . . With fond regret, recounts his virtues o'er— Virtues, now ardent in her cause no more! Yet still they live, in ntem'ry taking root, Still shew the blossoms of m•rturer fruit ! The proud disphsy, that, passing in review, Awakes domestic ROT, yet ►oothes it too; lOrings to the kindred heart a short relief, And calms the anguish of fraternal grief! ASSIZES. CLONMEL, MARCH IS. Edmond Power, a Magistrate of the county of Tip- perary, was arraigned for the murder of Joseph 1 HORSHAM, MARCH '23. Lonergan,at Mullough, in the county of Tipperary, on 1 John Baker, James Baku-, Benjamin Baker, and three the 21st day of April last, by malicious shooting him. others, were indicted for assaultin g the Reverend Mr. Somerroa GENV(AL, for the prosecution, said , ! H. n Williams, and keeping him in imprisonment the that it would appear, as he was instructed, that the whole of the night of Tnesd a y the 22d of December, deceased lay under the suspicion or charge of having i and making him sign a promise to pay 51. as :t con committed some offence in the county, and that a re- releasing ward of one hundred pounds was offered for his ap- I • sideration for him. It was a trifling case , and the prisoners were acquitted. prehension : that the prisoner, a Magistrate of the 1 Ge county, under the colour of discharging his duty, I orge Lo9seley was indicted for a burglary in t h e , house of Richard Dewdney, and stealing therefrom left the town of Clonmel in pursuit of the deceased; ; that he found the object of his search at work in a; a table cloth, and several ot her articles. It appear in evidence, that, on the night of the 2d of Februar field, unarmed and unprotected by any other person ; ! . last, the prosecutor had fa stened all his windows. that without making any endeavour to arrest him , ' l ' The prosecutor's wife said, that having occasion to requiring him to surrender, he fired at him ; that n . rise before day-light, she discovered th at a window not being certain of the effect of that shot , he did ! had been broken open in the night, and the articles coolly and deliberately re-lead his piece, and fired ain question were stolen away. second shot; the consequence was, the man was mor- ; The prisoner being called upon for his defenc e, did tally wounded ; that having thus secured the body of not deny his prisoner, he brought him into the town of Clon- i the charge, or give any account h ow he lbecame possessed of the articles in question.—Guilty. mel, and lodged him in the county gaol, where the I Edward Ball, who was convicted of fcrgery at the wretched man died in the course of the following day. In commenting upon the general law as applicable • last Summer Assizes at Lewes, but whose sentence j was respited, on the ground of improper evidence to the facts, the Solicitor-General stated : if a Ma gistrate shall receive information of a felony having ' having been received against h i m , was p ut to the . bar ; when the Loan CHIEF BARON told him, the been committed, (and whether in this particular case Judges were of opinion that his conviction was r i g ht. there was such information, was a circumstance with 1 Hc a •' ' which he was not acquainted) it is the bounden duty 1 1 Talton, Gillislne ' and Looseley also received sentence of euch Magistrate to pursue, overtake, and apprehend o f d eat h.—Th e Assizes then concluded ; at which the person so charged ; and if in the pursuit or at tempt to apprehend, a life is lost, the Magistrate or nothing of importance occurred on the C ivil side be . an ordinary person so pursuing, overtaking and a p - : ', yond what we have reported. prehending, shall be excused such homicide, provid- 1 cd, on enquiry before a Jury, it he sufficiently esta- ! At the late Assizes for Gloucester, a true Bill for blished that the necessity for taking the life was ine- ! wilful murder Was found against Lieutenants Heazle Nimble, and that it was impossible, without having and Sa rgeaunt, the principal and second in the unfor- Lieutenant Delmont recourse to such desperate measures, to apprehend 'tunat the felon, But if it was possible 1 , for the prisoner to wa s kille • but neither of them have yet been appre. e duel at Stroud, in whic h overtake and bring the deceased to justice—if there ended. was no resistance made, no apprehension of a tumult,l Yesterday the Plantation Appeal Clause of George or danger of 4 rescue ; there the wantonly taking and William Diekson, against various proceedings, away the life of a fellow-creature, under circum- ' instituted against them by Archibald Gloster, Esq. stances like these, would be clearly murder. He ! Attorney-General of the Island of Trinidad , was again added, the prisoner at the time of this trans action ' called on before a Committee of his Majesty's Privy was accompanied with his son and a man-servant ; - Council, when Mr. Harrison was shortly heard as and the man who lost his life was labouring, and un- ' Counsel on the part of the Appellants. Their Lord armed, in a field. A Surgeon proved the death of ships were pleased to reverse all the decrees, as well Lonergan to have been occasioned by a gun-shot of the Alcaldis's as of the Governor in Council, there, wound with a ball ; and James Butler and Patrick by relieving the Appellants from penalties to the Lonergan swore to the fact of the killing. ' l amount of 59001. and upwards. Mr. Adam also at. Butler said he saw the deceased fall, and Mr. Power tended as Counsel for the Appellants. followed the deceased with a gun in his hand after the A very fine larch plantation waelast week destroyed shot was fired. as Camis Eskan, in Dumbartonshire, the property of Patrick Lonergan, the deceased's brother, swore Mr. Desetseoe of Colgrain , by t he too common that I.e saw: Mr.*Power fire at Lonergan and shoot at imprudent practice of burning heath at. this season of him, load his gun again, and go into the garden the year, in the near neighbourhood of wood. where the deceased was, and stand over him : that he BOW-STREET.—A few days since, Mr. Barnard, one did not see the deceased do any thing to Mr. Power before the shot : that he heard another shot , but did of the Proprietors of the Bedford B ank, sent a p ar cel by the Bedford Coach , to Messrs. Harrisons', the net sec who fired it, as he went away. bankers of London, their agents, containing Bank of John Everard swore, that he, on hearing that England notes, and country Beak notes, to the Lonergan was shot, came up and saw Mr. Power amount of .£.1,100, by which conveyance he had armed with a gun, in a field near Mulloagh, and that , the deceased was running from him. He asked i been in the habit of sending notes for upwards of se ven years past, and they always arrived safe. Mr. Power why he had fired on the man, and Power took i 1 Barnard advised Messrs. Harrison' of the remittance, out of his pocket a stone of about 21bs. weight, and i which not coming to hand , they appl ied a t the Cross said that the deceased had hit him with it , an d then . Keys Inn, in St. John's - street , but it wa s not to be turned round and said, "the villain is running a wa y . ' i found. Seyeral persons were yesterday examined, On which he immediately pursued the deceased, and but no trace has as yet been found of the missing notes. tired at him, when at the distance of about 150 yards. About three weeks since, a female of genteel ap, He afterwards saw Power and the deceased at a house . pearance, who lodged with Mrs. Derville, in Leices at Mulloitgh together, when Power asked if it was the last shot that bit him ?to which Lonergan replied, ! t e r-square, very unexpectedly left the hou se. S o on after she was gone, Mrs. D. discovered that she had " No, it was the first shot," en which Power said he , been robbed of Bank-notes and bills to the amount of was glad of it ; for if it was the last it would have ; stias, a pearl necklace, a diamond ring, a diamond killed him. He sail there wee no assemblage of peo broach, several trinkets, and other property to a con ple taking Lonergan's part, who WAN alone, and ap i siderable amount. Mrs. Dsrville suspected Mrs. peered to him to be unarmed : there was no person with Power when the second sket was fired, except • Morgan, and gave a full descripti o n of her p erson. About a week since Anthony received a letter from winless and J. Rogers, and Power spoke to them as a Police Officer, at Portsmouth, stating, that a woman friends, was in custody there, on charges of several robberies, On his cross-examination, he said , he heard there , and slie being from London, requested to know if had been informations lodged , and a pur s u i t after Lo- I ; Anthony knew her, and having sent a full description ners b an' the deceased, and that fin- a few nights after i of her person, Anthony recognized it to answer the Captain Jephsen bad been searching for the deceased, description of a woman who had Tabbed Mrs. Der he did not sleep in his own house ; card there was a ville. He communicated his infotmation to Mr ! Gra large assemblage of people when Power was taking 1 1 ham, who having received several 'info' metions of de- Lonergan away ; that he was obliged to swim the ri- 1 re ' detions which she had committed, sent Anthony , vet s which was high at that time ; heard that Mr. ; P on Monday, to Poramouth, to bring her to town, and Power was an active Magistrate, and that that parel the Officer arrived on Wednesday morning ; and in of the country was disturbed :it that time. He never the evening she underwent an examination before Mr. heard Power call on the man to stop ; and when he Graham and w a s committed for further examination, 14 saw them at Mullough, after Lonergan was appre- • raARLHOROLICH-STREET.—A man was yesterday exa. hended, there was nothing said about the stone being I mined on a charge of swindling the Nobility and C a en_ thrown. He said, he sae: no fire arms with Lonee. I try, out of sums of money , under the pretence of su b. I gan, and that he believed Mr. rower went to appre scribing for a History of Botany Bay, which he has fiend Lonergan for felony. been years about. The defendant was remanded to On the defence several witnesses ware called. Lorenso H. Jephson M , Esq. a Magistrate of the hear other charges n ainst him. CORN-MARKET, ARK-LANE, MARCH 25.—This county of Waterford, stated, that Lonergan and day's supply of Wheat is short, but waiting the ett others formed a most dangerous banditti ; that he re pected arrivals it is not quoted at any ince-ear in ceived a letterfromMr. Elliott , the Lord Lieutenant's Price—Barley and Malt are more ready sale—Peas Secretary, directing him to offer a reward of 1001. each, for the apprehension of Lonergan's gang ; tiles and Beans of each kind are rath er dill in sa l e —the he resorted to Power, telling him to get them appre- supply of Oats is likewise short , and t h is article fully supports onr lest quoted prices.—la Flour no 4, headed, and he should get the hundred pounds for • each of them. He said that power had not received 1 teretion, • this money, but that he held himself accountable for any expence Power might incur in procuring their apprehension. He went himself to apprehend Lo nergan, but does not recollect Power's going out with him. He said he knows Patrick Lonergan's general character, and does not think him entitled to credit on his oath in a Court of Justice, GRNCRAL CURRENCY As Wheat ) 455. 60s. 703. Beans (old) s‘;'s. S7i. Odr Fine ditto, 725. 76 5. Tick ditto (pld) 50s, 534. ('4 Rye, 455. 50s. Oats , 335. 36 s Barley, 40s. 465. Od, poland ditto, 395. 40.0. Pcl, Malt 655. 7Ss. P otatoe ditto Oce. 48s White Peas (boilers) 158 s. 168 s. Rare Seed, 34.1. 591, Cl. Grey ditto SO , . 565. I fine Flour Se.. 601,—Secands Vile • 1 I I 1 I I