Star. — London, England, 1821-04-13 00:00:00

happily, however, not the slightest vestige of irrita tion between the people and the soldiery. The greater number of those killed by the fire f,om the battery were soldiers. A Mail from Hamburgh arrived this forenoon, with Papers to the 3d of April. They contain the account of the Consecration of a Monument erected on the Templow (or Tempelhof) mountain, in ho nour of the noble efforts made by the Prussian people in the last struggle with BoNaPawrit. The KING has yet another monument to erect before the Prussian people can be able to say that they have gained any thing by their efforts—a monument to record the grant of that Constitution which his MAJESTY so solemnly promised them as their reward. The military monument now erected is of cast iron, 60 feet high, without the bisis of stone, and in the style of the middle ages, with appropriate orna ments and intscriptions. The following is the prin cipal iustrip.i •n: " The King to the People, who, at his call, nobly offered their Property and their Lives: 0 To the Fallen, a memorial ! " To the Living, an acknowledgment! " To Posterity, an encouragement!" The following important extract of a letter,, from France, has been handed to us this moaning: " AIORLAIX, BRITTANY, APRIL 4. "I would have answered your letter sooner, had I not been on ,a tour through Brittany. On my return, yesterday, I lost no time to communicate to you the situation of that part of France, which, I can assure you, is exceedingly agitated, and the disposition of the people, through the whole of the country, is ripe for a Revolution." PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stork 223 222 1 / 2 ex. div. 3 per Ct. Redu. 71 1 / 8 IA 1 4 ex. div. 3 per Cent. Cons. 72 72% 72 3 1 / 2 per Cent. 80% N ex. div. 4 per Cent. 89 88% 8 89 ex. div. 5 per Ct. Navy 107% 107 14 Long Anns. 18 5-16 3 / 8 ex. div. Imp. 3 per Cent. 71 3 4—India Bonds 475. pr. Exch. Bills 45.55. pr.—Cons. for Ac.72 3 / 8 3/8. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Sen.zv, Aran Io.—Part of the stern of a boat has been picked up here, marked " William, of Poole, ADAMS Master." Fazmourir, Arm 10.—Wind S. W.—Arrived, the Mary, Weaker:, from Teigumouth fur Newfoundland. PLYMOVTH, Arm 11.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Sisters, DOCTHWAITZ • Latona, ROBINDOX ; and Laura, WILLINS, from London for Si. John's, New Brunswick ; the Baltic Merchant, Smarr ; Amity, Cvsesazz ; and Triton, MassnaLz, from Lon don for Quebec ; and the Barbadoes, Hartsztr., from London for Pictou.—Sailed the Fnaza frigate, for the West Indies, with a new schooner, intended to water the shipping on that station ; and the Marquis of Hastings, for Bengal. Posasuouvn, Arm 12. —Win d vr. s. W.—Put back the Mary, Ram Arrived the Peace, Bacca, from Havre, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. MEAL, Aram 12.—Wind W. S.W.—Came down from the River last night, the Newcastle, Biarsom, far Trieste; the Lady Juliana, Sawn, for St. John's; the Grenada, DoraLli, for New South Wales • the Ann, Wier:stoat, for St. Lucia ; Harmony, Cows, for Ilarbadoes ; Hannah, Waltz, and Henry, Fire, for Quebec ; Ceres, Devisor', for Jamaica; New Frederick, Roams, for Cadiz; and Alonzo, PERKINS, for Bourdeaux. Put back, the Asia, of Scarborough. Arrived and sailed fot the River, the Fortitude Increased, MANNLNG. from St. Kitt's ; the Caledonia, Mozzzis, from St. Domingo ; and Coldstream, Doman, from Bengal—sailed 11th December, in company with the Cerberus, and parted company next day; left St. Helena 224 February ; on the sth February, spoke the Lord Hungerford, for London, all well Rastscars, Aran 12.—The galliot Jenny, Pons., that was on shore on the Goodwin Sands, has been got of, and is now coming into this harbour. PADSTOW, APRIL 9.—Three pipes and one hogshead of wine have been picked up on this coast; the three pipes marked SSAR, and the hogshead marked Ira VACBG. Cusrost-tiouss, Aran 12.—Ships Entered Inwards : Joseph and Ann, from Antwerp; Flying Fish, from Ostend; Marga ret, from Antwerp; Voast, from St. Michael's; Active, from Dunkirk; Edgar, from Jamaica ; Symmetry, from Le ghorn; Maria, from Guernsey ; Sportsman, from Cork ; Favourite, from 'fruro.---Entered Outwards : hlarmion, for Elsinenr ; Latona, fur Demerara; Flying Fish, for Ostend; William, for Elsineur; Captain Giodwad, for Madras; Royal George, for Bombay. ALM AMC'S GRAND BALL.—Wednesday night, the Rooms were crowded with Rank, Fashion, and Beauty. Among the most distinguished waltzer: were— Prince Einem lionzatons LA 11 WM RG is, cousin of the Miss PITICLARRYCL Duchess of CLAIMER Prince Lvaonntsu - - Miss VTIGIL Mr. AGAR Rua! . Miss Ds CRXSPGINT. Count Cottoarno - - Lady Motranix. Count SCIAOLC VELD Lady C. PA GLIM ;lon. Captain Curs - Miss PALL —The company did not separate till day-light. SPARRING. • Belcher's Benefit, yesterday, at the Fives Court, was more numerously attended than has been witnessed for many years, and chiefly by persons strangers in the Prize Ring. It bad been gives out that Hickman and Cooper would spar, and that no doubt was a great attraction, if only to see the two men. Even the avenues to the Court were crowded. The exhibitions were cleverly arranged. Amongst the best of them were the following : Bekker mid Eoies.—This was a master-piece - of science, which drew forth tumults of applause, and the advantages were equal. The hitting and parrying were as quick as thought. Ben Burn and a Cambridge Man of great strengtk.—This was a match of science against strength and resolution. Bunt's left hand was often in his adversary's face, but the countryman. would not be denied, and be gained some advantages, by keep ing at work with his adversary. Spring and Harry Harmer made a very good and scientific set-to, and Spring chewed that he was not easily to be got at with Harmer's length and science. Bilim and Harry Holt sparred well, and met with applause. Turner and Sam imm. —This was the most spirited set-to of the day ; Sampson went to work in his usual manner, regardless of ftzr, and he was met with equal courage. Some severe bits were exchanged, but Turner, who is also difficult to be got at, had the best of it. _ . _ Harris and Hominoid made a good rufEaning match, and there was a call for Hickman and Cooper ; but as the former bad hurt his knee iu the short fight on the preceding dayehe was excused. Coaprr (who set-to with Spring) bad no visible mark of having been lighting. The blow on the jugular vein, it seenis, stopped the circulation of the blood. After a scientific match, Cooper said he had lost the battle on Wednesday last by accident, and be was willing to fight Gas again, if his friends would back him, in June. Hickman mounted the stage, and said ke was ready to fight Cooper on the .sth of June, and his money was ready to be staked' at I.l.indairs. Here the matter rests. OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY. LATE FATAL DUEL AT CHALK FARM. The Sessions-House at the Old Bailey was this morning crowded to mess, at eight o'dock, for the purpose of witnessing the. Trial of Mr.../. H. Christie, one of the principals in the kite unfortunate duel, in which Mr. John Scott was killed, at Chalk Farm; and of Mr. Trail, his second. Mr. Patmore, the second of Mr. Scott, did not appear. The two unfortunate Gentlemen we have men tioned entered the Court at an early hour, for the purpose of surrendering to abide their Trial. They were dressed in full mourning, and behaved with suitable composure. _ Many persons of distinction were on the Bench. At half-past ten o'clock, the Chief Justice, Assort', and Mr. Justice PARR, entered the Court, and Messrs. Christie and Trail were put to the Bar, and the indictment •for the wilful murder of John Scott, at Chalk Farm, on the 16th of February last, was read over to them; to which they severally pleaded Not Guilty, and were immediately put upon their trial. Mr. WALFORD stated the case to the Jury. He commenced by requesting the Jury to banish from their minds whatever particulars they may have al ready heard respecting the unfortunate circumstances which led to the melancholy death of Mr. Scott. He then entered very minutely into the evidence with which he meant to sustain the present prosecution; he related the unfortunate meeting at Chalk Farm, on the night in question, the fatal wound received by Mr. Scott, and all the circumstances connected with his lingering in excruciating torture under that wound at Chalk Farm, until the Wednesday week following, when he died. He then stated the law of the case. The first witness was Mr. Thomas Joseph Petti grew. He had not, he said, been acquainted with the deceased, but he knew, for many years, Mr. Pat mere, who called upon him on Friday evening, the 16th February, and stated that, in consequence of something which had arisen out of an affair between Mr. Scott and Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Patmore requested him (Mr. Pettigrew) to attend in the neighbourhood of Chalk Farm on the same evening. He went there accordingly, in a post-chaise, accompanied by his pupil, W. B. Morris. He got to the lane leading to Chalk Farm about eight o'clock on the same even ing. It was moonlight. They proceeded through the lane towards the fields, and at last reached the top of the hilL He then saw some Gentlemen in a field, two of them walking backwards and forwards, and two others by the side of the hedge. He then heard the knocking of pistols, the priming of them, and flashing of pans. Soon afterwards both pistols were fired. He heard the sound, and saw the flash. .He next heard an exclamation from one of the Gen tlemen, as if wounded. Witness got over the hedge, and found Mr. Scott on his knees on the ground. He' pointed out to witness his being wounded on the right side : the other Gentlemen were supporting him. At that time there was no conversation. Witness partly undressed Mr. Scott, and examined the wound. Mr.' Scott was fainting. One of the Gentlemen (which of them he does not know) came up and took him by the hand, and expressed a wish that he had-himself, rather than Mr. Scott, been in his situation.— This was when Mr. Scott was fainting; upon his recovery, he said—" Whatever may be the issue of this case, I beg you all to bear in remembrance, that everything has been fair and honourable."— During the time witness was examining the wound, an altercation took place between Mr. Patmore and another Gentleman. He did not distinctly hear the , whole of the conversation, except that Mr. Patmoke l i said—" Why was it not communicated to me—l knew nothing of it r A Gentleman, during this alter cation, came up to witness, and asked him if the wound was mortal ? he answered, he feared it was, if it entered the cavity of the abdomen. The Gen tleman was in great agony, wringing his hands, and exclaimed—" Good GOD, why was I permitted to fire a second time? I fired down the field—l could do no more," Nothing more passed on the spot. — The wound was the cause of Mr. Scott's death. Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY.—The Gentleman alluded to did say, that when he fired down the field the first time, he was obliged to fire the second time in his own defencehe appeared, certainly, in great agony, and manifested the most humane solicitude 1 for Mr. Scott. Witness left them in the act of car rying him to the house. William Bovil Morris stated, that he accompanied the last witness to Chalk Farm on the night in ques tion. He reached the hedge of the field where the parties were rather sooner than Mr. Pettigrew. — On his arrival, he, like the last witness, heard a noise like ramming pistols, and saw two Gentlemen stand ing Apart on the ground—they were the two that he afterwards observed pointing pistols at each other. At that moment they fired, and the Gentleman nearest to. him fell, and he (witness), assisted by Mr. Pettigrew, raised Mr. Scott from the ground. A Gentleman, whom he could not now recognize, came up to Mr. Scott, and wished himself in his situation. Witness ran to have the chaise brought up, and on his return, be saw some persons bringing the de !ceased on a shutter towards Chalk Farm. In the house, when Mr. Scott was brought in, he. recognized I the prisoner, Mr. Christie, by Mr. Scott's side. There were four or five other Gentlemen in the room, but 1 w ho they Hugh Watson he was the land- lord of the Chalk Farm Tavern, where two Gentle men came and had a bottle of wine, at a quarter be fore nine o'clock, on the night of this unfortunate catastrophe ; and before it occurred, they drank two thirds of the bottle, and went cut. Soon after, they 'went down the Lane towards the Hampstead Road; an alarm was some time after given of a Gentleman having met with an accident in the field. Ruther ford, Ryan, and Smith, were in Chalk Farm at the time, and all gave their assistance to the wounded Gentleman who was brought in. James Ryas, the hostler at Chalk Farm, was next examined. He merely spoke to'the circumstance of two Gentlemen, who were stranger t to him, taking a bottle of wine at the house and going away; there being, about a quarter of an -hour afterwards, an alarm of an accident in the field, and the finding the wounded Gentleman, and his removal into Chalk Farm, with the assistance of the Gentlemen on the spot. He did not know any of the Gentlemen whom he saw on that occasion. Thomas Smith examined.—Was a carpenter re siding at Hampstead, and worked at Chalk Farm on the 16th of February. He accompanied the last wit ness to the field upon the alarm of the accident, and assisted in removing the wounded Gentleman. The only one of the parties he could recognize was Mr. Trail. Dr. George Darling examined.—He stated, that on the night of the 16th February, between twelve and one o'clock, he was called on 'to attend the de ceased, whom he found in great danger, and com municated to him.the dangerous nature of his wound. He told him in answer to his (deceased's) questions, that his wound was not necessarily mortal uni.ess the intestines were perforated. A similar communica tion was made by Mr. Guthrie, the surgeon, to the deceased. Mr. Scott said he was satisfied : but on the following morning he (Mr. Scott) related The JUDGES here, after a short consultation, de cided, that as there was no proof that Mr. Scott, when he made a particular communication to Dr. Darling, thought he was in a dying state, the Court could not receive as legal evidence the declaration of the deceased. The case was here closed for the prosecution ; and Mr. GURNEY went to the front of the Bar, and held a long consultation with the prisoners ; after which they were severally called upon for their defence. Mr.Cltrislie, in a faint voice, and evidently labour ing under great agitation, said, that he should call witnesses to prove that he was not such a man as deserved the imputation of a murderer. • Mr. Trail, upon being also called upon for his de fence, said, he should leave the Court to estimate his character from the evidence of those who knew him. A number of witnesses of the first respectability then gave the prisoners an excellent character for mildness and humanity. At half-past one o'clock, The CHIEF JUSTICE rose to charge the Jury. He recapitulated the whole of the evidence against the prisoners, and laid down the law of the case, as in volved in all the different gradations of charges for murder, manslaughter, and homicide, leaving it, upon the whole, for the Jury to see whether under any, and which charge, they were prepared to say the evi dence was calculated to sustain a conviction against the prisoners at the Bar. The Jury, after half an hour's consideration, turned to the Court, and inquired if it was in evidence that Mr. Christie, who lamented the consequence of the second shot, was the person who fired it ? Chief Justice ABBOTT replied, that it was in evi dence, a person, in very great agitation, lamented the consequer.ce of the second fire, and that person was thought by the witness to be Mr. Christie; but it was for the Jury to say whether they had it suffi ciently in evidence that the prisoners at the bar were two of the parties in the duel which led to so fatal a result. The Jury, after a little further consultation, re turned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoners bowed respectfully to the Court and Jury,and were immediately discharged from custody. The instant the verdict was recorded, a number of I Gentlemen rushed to the bar, and heartily shook hands ' with the Gentlemen who had been acquitted. They appeared deeply sensible of the sympathy which was manifested for their situation, by (we may venture to say) every person in the crowded Court. They im mediately withdrew, accompanied by their friends. BANK PROSECUTIOXL—Yesterday the following , prisoners pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of hav-, in g forged Bank-notes in their possession: • llriant Coleman, M. Mullin, Barnard Larau, J. Black, Ed ward Wakeling, Alexander Mayer, Ilugh Green, Henry Master man, James kV-Nab, George Cooke, Thomas Mitchell, William Jones,Wm. Scott, Thomas Bell, Edward Brown, Thos. Hodges, H.Winchester, John Everit, J. Gillbertg, H. Harris, J Coates, Mary Ann Smith, Lydia Hines, Ann White, Mary Singleton, Matilda Wilkinson, and J. Rowland Mathews. The Duke of YORK is gone to Brighton, and re turns to town on Sunday. This morning the right wing of the 7th Royal Veteran Battalion passed through town, on their route from Deptford to Kensington. The vacancy in the Representation of Stirlingshire is occasioning a very active canvass between the son of the late Member, and Mr. HOME DRUMMOND. Last night Mr. FINERSEY, an extra-courier em ployed by Lord STEWART, left town for Vienna. The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers had yes terday a full Court Dinner at their Hall, in Thames street ; previous to which, the Freedom of the Com pany was unanimously voted to Mr. Beoucream, for his able defence of the Qum,. TO MESSRS. BRUAVTON. MIDDLETO.V, AND BRUNTON. GENTLRUIN—I will candidly confess, that it nei. ther suits my numerous avocations to answer yo ur Letters, nor my circumstances to pay for the in sert . ing any article to do away the impression that might be made against me by the publication and republi. cation of the attack which you have thought prope r to bring forward ; and I should not take up the pe a again, but in deference to the Public, with a view to advocate the cause of justice, and, in some way, ser e the Nava! and Commercial Interests of the Country ; hut it must be perfectly understood that this is the last letter I shall address to you on the subje ct of Chain Cables. To answer most of the questions in your letter of the 31st ult. inserted in 2 - Ac STAR of the 4:h inst, would be only to repeat my former communic at i on, to which I must refer the Public, as not a fact give n therein is shaken by your reply, but attempted to be smothered by a mass of words, and clouded hi " three piled" parentheses. I shall, therefore, gi ve additional particular s, with which I have been fa voured from sever al quarters, and as I have the ori. ginal documents, containing the proofs, before me, their accuracy may be depended upon. Captain Brown, in a letter to the Right Honourable Charles Yorke, dated February 11, 1812, on the sub. ject of Chain Cables, says, " With respect to form, the plain oval-sided link is undoubtedly the stronge st 'that can be made applicaLle to a Cable." Thn; is months prior to tire date of your patent, the Cap ta i n then pointed out to the First Lord of the Admir a l ty. " that a link having its substance in the same pl an e was the strongest ftrm, and such was the Cable sup. plied to the Crescent; what merit, then, have you i 1 this pretended , lsscovery, or what efficient syste m have you introduced? The experiments which I witnessed at Capuk Brown's Manufactory, were with links of all ik e forms that have been made, attached to each mk t and among them an angular link (which you may know from description) having a clumsy cau-iroa stay, broad•ended enough, and too broad certainly for any other purpose than to increase the weight, and to add to the profit of the Manufacturer ; for when a strain was upon it, the projecting ends of the stays chipped off; and finally, in consequence of the transverse strain brought about by its angular form, the aim was broken. The Engineer to the Navy ha, subsequently gone into the like experiments, and he has given, as his opinion, that the oval link with a small bar as a stay-pin, having parallel sides, is not only the lightest, and therefore the cheapest, but the strongest, and consequently the best form for Chia Cables, and such are those now manufactured by Captain Brown for his Majesty's service. But yea know that he, as well as myself, has fallen under the lash of your censure, for advocating truth, when it militated against your opinions, That the Cables made by you in the year 1816, when you first supplied them for the Navy, weighed heavier than Captain Brawn's, is proved by the fol- lowing statements :—.4 Cable of your manufacture was supplied to the Prevoyante, and 80 fathom weighed 176 cwt. while 80 fathoms of chain of the same diameter, supplied to the same ship by Capri& Brown, weighed only 133 cwt. I qr. but by the change which you have subsequently made in the form of the links, they now weigh, on an average, only one thirty-second part more than Captain Brown's. Several reductions in price have been voluntarily made by Captain Brown, as the rate at which the raw material (iron) could be obtained decreased, or the workmanship became lower, or was facilitated by local circumstances, or the introduction of mac& nery ; but you never proposed to reduce the price; and when an insinuation was thrown out in 1817, that Captain Brown was enabled to do so, for he made use of inferior iron, you know that the rigid err amination and trial w hich took place on all his Cables, ended only to his honour; and after this, you were obliged to bring your prices to his scale. You have admitted that the Messrs. Bruntatie gained great advantages from witnessing Carat Brown's experiments, that the younger Mr. Bmntut was his Clerk, and T. Fuller his Foreman, until Mardi, 1813, the month in which your Patent is dated, and the former is now a partner in your Firm, and the latter has been your foreman ever since you have manufactured Chain Cables, and you have brought Fuller forward to state, that he left Captain Brown in March, 1813, unsolicited by Mr. Brunton. Yos also say in answer to the question—" Whether the form of the link described in your Patent was the result of your mathematical or mechanical induction, or whether it arose from the trial of experiment, and if from the latter, who supplied you with the iron? who performed the workmanship ? and what prov ing machine did you make use of?' that " our prin. cipal knowledge, and evefything respecting the best form of links for Chain Cables, was derived from ex periments made by ourselves, on our own premires• with our own proving machine. The iron, we need hardly add, was put clia.ed from the Iron-master s, and the workmen were in our own employment. " And this was done by you at a time (prior to the 26th of March, 1813, the date of your Patent) when you had, I believe, no Manufactory for Chain Cables, and when certainly there was no proving machine but Captain Brown's in . this country ; and you have repeatedly stated, that your proving machine, which is upon the principle of 113am:di's hydraulic piet . t , was constructed by Fuller, who was then Cartal Brown's, but is now your foreman. All these mai be considered by you as very honourable condtit towards Captain Brown, but depend upon this, that. they will be properly appreciated, and have their* influence with the Public. Thus I have justified the assertion "that Englnr 4 owes the invention of Chain Cables to the ingenuity of Captain S. Brown, of the Royal Nay y."—l April 9, 1821. JO:: N KNOWLE, CORN Excxaxcs, 3IA XK - I.A NR, APRIL I.',.—A considerabk quantity of Wheat remak:ed over from Wednesday's nuts and imaddition to which we bad a few fresh =rivals this mow leg from Suffolk, but the demand far Wheat being very tzd* the sales were extremely heavy, even of the finest quatitiess Monday's prices ; whilst the inferior sgnsplvs could not he rot at an abatement of 2s. per quarter in fact the prices are q ua nominal. The Barley trade was very heavy, at a decline 01 1 ‘ Sxi:nriu.o AIARNZT; Aram 1Z Beer, :v.. 6d. to it. a fe et stone of Bets... ; 11uttoo, ss. ad. to 4s. ad. 'Veal. ss. Oi. to 65.u.1. l'ork, 35.6 d. to 55.4(1.—Cattle at Market, Pans, 420 ; Cakes , P O ; ' - LQN DON : Printed and publicised by I.avnialir.vr, Picks. Temple-Bar. - N the dito LYN veil In 1 and suet circ said wht cony tad Ord CI. plic fro: ct a::. 11112 gual: Fun and than mob. who suet F Loa 10s. In tl to I .--- Kul 3 Pry li Fur' rf