Star. — London, England, 1810-09-10 00:00:00

tow ing aheontents of the troops tor want of the at :essary provisions ; and assert, that some advantages tare lately been obtained by the Patriots, the nature extent of which are, however, not mentioned A mail from Gottenburgh has also arrived since oar last, by which we learn, that the accession of the Prince of Ponte Corvo is received with that perfect indifference which seems to be the characteristic of a ll people under the destinywhith prevails. Notice of his nomination has been transmitted to Path, and a very few weeks will elapse, before the neW Crown Prince will, by some new event, assume the reins of Government. There appears by a paragrah from Copenhagen, OW an alarm has been spread there of Government s eiz;n gon the funds of the Bank. The terms of the contradiction prove at least the existence of the alarm. Little doubt can be entertained of the approaching fate of that Monarchy also for every where we find the Councils of BONAPARTE as successful as his arms. And how indeed can it be otherwise, considering the character of the Councils every where opposed to him? Letters from the French coast, dated on Wednes day, state, that an Imperial Decree was signed on the 2gth of August, which prohibits passengers from landing at or s ailingfrom any of the ports of France, under the penalty of the confiscation of any vessel the master of which shall contravene this resolution. The American Secretary of Legation sailed from Dover yesterday morning in a flag of truce for Calais. The Turkish frigate, which was captured by the otottsE some time ago in the Mediterranean, passed novo- yesterday, for the River : she is a very large s hip, and under jury top-masts, having lost her proper c ues in a gale in the Bay. The Comm:, Captain M. SMYTH, was to sail trom Lisbon on an embassy to Algiers. The Report of the quantity of colonial produce in Holland, at the period of its incorporation with the French empire, states the following as the quantities at the under-mentioned depots : C zterdam Rotterdam Dort, &c. • • • - 9,841,156 1,046,980 461,171 4,319,807 COTTON.—fin all Holland - - • 731,854 St OA 1(.—All at Amsterdam - - 757,197 IN DlGo.—Bengal 99,547, other sorts, making together - 112,133 The account is taken in the French weights of Nillngrarrmes. A duty of Arty per cent. upon these quantities. it v..a; supposed, would produce little more than one -fifth of the revenue. wh'ch the French Government calcu- lated on deriving from this atrocious measure. If the accodnt be a fair one, it is a strong proof of the effi cacy of the measures adopted for preventing the in. troduction of colonial produce. About three or four o'clock on Friday afternoon, as two brer•ers' servants were passing by the wall rf the London Docks, their attention was arrested by the groans of a sea-faring man, who was lying on the ground in a dreadfully wounded state, and welter- ing in his blood. They inquired the cause, and were informed, that he had been beaten by some Portu gue,e sailors, who afterwar•ls robbed him of about Jet, that he had endeavoured to escape from them, but they had overtaken him in his flight, and wounded him with a knife in the back. The robbers had not taken his watch, which was found in his hat. This was all that could be collected, as the nnfortpnate man died whilst speaking. Diligent search is mak ing after the murderers. Saturday se'nnight, Mr. William Seaton, tutor to Major Goanota's children of Halleaths, near Dum fries, accompanied by Mr. Thomson, tutor to Major HART'S children of Castlemilk, went to bathe on the beach at Skinburness,and when in the wa ter, attempted to reach a small boat which was moored about 280 yards from the shore. Mr. Thomson 'succeeded, though with difficulty, and got into the brat ; but Mr. Seaton was swept past her by the rapidity'of the current, and endeavoured to turn and regain the shore: the effort, however, was unavailing.—Twice he dis appeared, and twice he rose above the water. At last his strength failing him, he sunk to rise no more! Mr. Seaton was a young man of great worth. The Proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre have, we understand, according to the promise which they made at the close of the last season, provided the most convenient accommodation for the Public in the twelve boxes which occupied the centre of the circle of annual boxes. The spacious corridores and the saloon, with its beautiful furniture, are also thrown open for the public use. Two ample staircases of stone have been con structed in order to give free and direct communica tion between the lower circles and the new boxes. All the corridores have been arched with brickwork, and paved, giving additional security to the audience from fire, and materially assisting towards the general tranquillity of the house ; and in all the floors of the knxes and galleries, the most effectual means have been adopted for the same desirable purpose. Ail the seats have been renewed. The interior of t!.c house has been, in great part, newly painted, and an extensive steam apparatus has been prepared at Soho for the purpose of regulating its temperature during the winter season. The two :billing gallery is altered much fora se ' better. The space above the head has been increased, by cutting away the cieltng as close as possible to the Thor of the upper gallery. There are ten benches in this gallery, the lowest of which has not been moved, but the other nine have been raised about two inches each ; the top of the upper seat being eighteen inches higher than it was. In the upper gallery, and the side pigeon -holes, there is no alteration. The baize with which the benches of the pit were covered is removed, and they are all neatly painted ; the practice of standing on the benches being found to produce so much dust, that they could not be conveniently kept in order. In the execution of these objects. which have daily occupied upwards of 200 men for nearly two months, the Proprietors have been induced by no consideration of expence to omit any thing which could afford ad ditional convenience, and secure to them the appro bation of the Public. VitZTA.Ditt . . . 70 VAPAL lititELLIGENct ______.. Detachniersts of the undernsegdolled re inten t s w il l ,_ , 1 7 _trr L.PLYmoUTH, sEPrimant a. arrive at Portertienth, for embarkation for Portugal The ilfinctsa frigate has detained and sent in ilek.a in a few days: viz. 7th, 9th, 39th, 48th, 53d, 66th 83d, and 88th . regiments. l a ne ar Gael 1 from Bilboa. Yesterday arrived the A detachMfent of the 73d regiment has embarke d . Pamlico?, &gate, last from Portstnouth ;she is come on board the providence, for new South Wales. She into Hazioaze to be laid .up. Sailed the CHERRLY will touch et Cork, to take more convics en board. gun-brig ; and HELICON brig of war, to cruize off ' The following sentence has been promulgated to Scilly.-=-Arn'ved this day, the MARINER gun-brig, Captain C. B. BROWN and Li eutenant NEVILLE Zoncit, of the East Loudo n R eg i ment o f Mili t i a , from a cruize to the west wa rd ; aid the PHEASANT who were lately tried by a General Court Martial, at sloop of war, from a cruize off Scilly. Sailed the Chelsea College, upon charges preferred against them EPHERA brig of war, with a transport victualler under 'by their Colonel, Sir JOHN EASIER, the particulars of convoy, for Cadiz. which we have already stated. That Captain C. B. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. O. BROWN and Lieutenant NEVILLE ZOUCH be cashiered, Arrived the HORATIO frigate from the Downs.-s -and that Lieutenant Nevata ZOUCH be rendered in capable of holding a situation in any military caps. Sailed His Majesty's ships DILIGENCE, MELPOMENE city whatsoever. - . . ...., , ..... .. , , . and HANNIBAL, to the Eastward ; AUDACIOUS for Ply mouth, and the SARPEDON on a cruize.—Wind W. PitTAL DUELS. Monday, August 27, betweeolve and six o'clock in the morning, Capt. V---.., and Lieut. —, be longing to the 95th regiment, fought a duel at Violet Hill, near Newry. The forther received his antago nist's ball in the groin, which caused his immediate death. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Riga packet from the Brazils, and the BEAVER sloop of war from the Westward, and remains.—Wind S.S.E. Arrived the CALYPSO man of war, from the Baltic. Sailed his Majesty's ship LEOPARD from Blackstakes, for Chatham. The following is a fuller account than that given ors Saturday of the Inquest held, at 4 o'clock, on Friday afternoon, by JEMMBTT, Esq. at the Red Lion, at Putney, on the body of George Payne, Esq. a gentle man who resided in Northamptonshire, and who died on Thursday afternoon, at four o'clock, in consequence of a wound he had received in a duel on Wimbledon Common. Sam 9.—Sailed his Majesty's ships PAPTLLION and RICHMOND to the Downs, and PELICAN for the Thames.—Wind S.W. light air. YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 9. The first witness was James Lewis, one of the wai ters at the Red Lion Inn, Putney. He said, on Thursday morning, about half past six o'clock, he heard a carriage stop at his master's door ; he ran down stairs and saw a chariot, whether a private car riage or a hackney chaise he could not say ; there were two gentlemen inside, one of them requested a bed for the other gentleman, the deceased, who, he said, was very ill, and appeared so to the witness, who undertook to take him in without his master's leave, as he was not up. The witness, with the assistance of another fellow-servant, got the deceased out of the chaise.; on being taken out, he said, 44 Pray, _support my legs :" he was carried up stairs, and put to bed. He ordered the witness to go for Mr. Shilleto, surgeon at Put ney, who attended in aboutive minutes, and was go ing to bleed him, as he ordered witness to get some tape and linen to bind IT the arm. The gentleman who was in the chaise with the deceased Went away, after he had seen him safe in bed, and gave the wit ness two shillings for his trouble. The witness re collected the same gentleman ordering the chaise to go off, which was done while he assisted in getting the deceased up stairs. The witness went up several times to the deceased's room, but did not positively know where he was wounded. I am happy to inform you that the SOLEIM fri gate which was on the sand, got off on Friday, three o'clock, P.M. and has not received any damage.— She yesterday took in her guns and stores, and will be ready for sea in a few days. Passed this port se veral sail of Greenland ships, part of a fleet from the Baltic, under convoy. Sailed the Kite gun-brig, on a cruize.—Remain, Roebuck, Aboukir, Belvidera , Nemesis, Solebay, Hearty, and Acute. Wind S.W. LEITH, SEPTEMBER 6. Captain MATTHEW BUCKLE, it is said, is to be Flag- Captain to Admiral OTWAY. His Majesty's ship E 6 ER IA I Capt. HOLL, and CHILDERS, Capt.PACKWOOD, sailed on Friday. On Saturday, the NYMPHE frigate, Captain CLAY, on a cruize I and on Sunday, the gun brig FANCY, Lieut. SINCLAIR, with six vessels under convoy for Sheerness. His Majesty's ship SALDANHA, Capt. STEWART, and brig CHEROKEE, Capt RAMAGE, arrived on Saturday from Sheerness. The Aldborough, from Jamaica, with sugar and rum, arrived on Satur day. Tuesday morning, a merchant vessel from Gottenburgh, and another from Riga, arrived in the Roads. It is supposed they are part of the fleet daily looked for from the Baltic. The Three Sisters, BoNN, from Leith, arrived at Trinidad on the 27th June. James Chevel, one of the ostlers, corroborated the first part of the last witness's evidence, and said, that the gentleman whom he assisted out, sat in the body of the chaise. He did not see any blood, except one spot on the frill of his shirt. The witness was confi dent it was a hack-chaise in which the Gentleman came, and that the person who came out with the de ceased, had been about the house in the course of the row& OF THE LICENSES GRANTED BY BONAPARTE TO day. One of the Jury here stated, that the evidence • THE AMERICAN VESSELS. was not sufficiently satisfactory, as it did not *hew lathe! NANTES. AVAILABLE. how the deceased came by his death ; and he, as an No. 7, lathe order of the series. For one vessel and one voyage Englishman, had an undoubted right to inquire into N 9.7,10 the general order of the only. the cause. He was informed by the Coroner, that delivery of the permits. Fee to be paid, 80 Napoleons. Messrs. Shilleto and Swift were opening the body of "" NAPOLEON, &C. the the deceased, for the satisfaction of Jury. " Under the security of the commercial house established at Nantes, under the firm of ........ ..... .., and upon petitions setting One of the Gentlemen wished to have the deceased's their forth submissiont h a that h e principals ti of sai f d house have uniformly manifested brother called in the mean time, as he might throwo of the all criminal S tate , th eir attachment o rintoteowur some light on the subject. Accordingly, Mr. William person, and t he ir abhorrence otheaws interc ourse Payne was called down ; he appeared very much agi- genre with the enemy, and further that they possess an extensive tated. Mr. Jemmett, the Coroner, by the desire of credit and a well-establishesi reputation for probity. the Jury, asked him whether he knew who the par- "We have authorised, and do authorise, by these presents signed 7 with hA our own hand, and delivered under the numbers 7 ties were ? To which he answered, upon his word,ac o :. l llll2l . i i k to be he did not know ; nor did he inquire of his brother a ndfilled the e by the French Consul at Charleston' ew how he came by his wound. The witness being asked N.B. The quantity and qualities of each commodity composing how he came to Putney ? answered, that he resided the carg o of the vessel must be particularly specified] to carry at Batt's Hotel when in town. He heard on Thurs- into any of our ports of France, cottons, fish oil, dye-stuffs, salt ,and Wands day morning of the intended duel, and brought Mr. an e d , Asia, e coCoa e s e rices m o d f s al u r es of o F f e t en he cil Dutch isla i n n ds A indi merica Fe ' Heaviside down with him ; saw his brother in bed ; , mahogany and ebony, and, in short, all the merchandises and two medical gentlemen were present ; but from his i balooial productions of the two Indies, ' with the exception of To and all ankles whereof the importation into Francs is agitation of mind he could not, nor did not, inquire 1 rrob cc ! L i t 4L . into the circumstances ; nor did be know how or in " - l Un e der the obligation that thereshall be exported by the said what way his brother received the wound. I vessel from any of our ports of France, an eq ual value to that of Mr. Charles Shilleto then entered the room, and in- the said produce and merchandise at the moment of their arrival formed the Jury, that he had opened the body, and lin France the price current at the port where the vesse l , and according to arrive ; the value to be exported shall principally that it was ready for their inspection. They accord ingly went to view it ;but, from the state of the in- i consist of half, at least, in French wines and brandies, and the t other half In woollens, silks, hemp and linen cloths, and other testines, it was so offensive, they could not remain in ; productions of our manufactures or of the French soll, the expor the room. tattoo whereof is authorised by the laws. The compensation be- Mr. Shilleto was then called : he informed the tween the value of the exports and imports shall be regulated by i o f the price current at the port of departure. From the permission Jury, that, by the request of the Coroner, he had , exportation chrtatleeonse and So ur of all kinds, in excluded ins.d wheat and all other kinds opened the body of the deceased, and found a wound of grain , in the left groin, which had passed through the in- I "Be it understood, 1. That the said vessel s hall be exempted testines, and having Lacerated several arteries, caused i from the formality of the certi fi cate of origin. 2. That the Cap an hemorrhage in the abdomen, which the witness min be the bearer of a letter from our Consul to our Minister of was confident was the cause of the deceased's . foreign relations. a. That he shall bring with him the American journals Tr of the day of his departure from the United States.— death ; but whether by a pistol-ball, or some other c hat previous to the landing of the produce and merchandize hard substance, he could not tell ; he had looked 'in France, the present permit shall be sent from the port of ar for, but could find no ball ; he had searched as ! rival for verification, to our Board of the General Direction of far as the direction of the body that made the i the Cus t oms' wound could be perceived ; but if the Jury request- 1 "Be it also understood, that such merchandises as the vessel ed, he would, after an hour and a halPs rest, un- I shall have on board, other than those hereby authorised, shall be placed in a state of real entrepor. dertaka a farther search ; for, in his opinion, the • conditio ns being con ball, if such it was, might take its course down I formed i e t d i,: B o: I h r o p tn le: l sure t t i r n t o , r tt n a d t ra oms hr a r id he co gi o r di en tio t the thigh or some other part of the body. One , inp of :he Captain, either in the coarse of his voyage, oePr o oc n the of the Jury said to the witness, that all they required : part of oar vessels of war, or French privateers, and those of our was a clue to how and by what means the d ec eased i 'lli"' or on his arrival in our ports, on the part of our officers of the customs; but that upon violation them'', and in case of had come by his death ; as yet they had had no sa- the commission of any fraud whatsoever, the present permit tisfactory evidence, and they wished to know what shall be declared null and void, the vessel be confiscated, and the conversation had passed between the deceased and commercial house under whe se security she may have entered him. Mr. Shilleto raid, he would only France, be subject to such fine as we shall appoint. gular questions : which were put to him an b s And for the stability and assurance thereof we have signed the present permit with our own hand, and caused it to be coup roner, as follow : ' y wer the to c re o : : tersigned by oar Ministers, the Secretary of State. Q. Did you ask Mr. Payne if he fought a duel ? i " Given at the Palace of St. Cloud, August the 11th, 1810. A. I did not. (Signed) " NAPOLEON." Q. Did he tell you he had ?—A. He did not ; but I .. 1 ' Granted August 12,1810. By the Emperor. " The Minister, Seen tary of State, heard him say to a gentleman who was in his room, (Signed) N. I. DUES OP SASIIINO. " Well, I hope I have not disgraced myself :" to " The Counsellor of State, Director-General of the Custo ms. which the gentleman answered, " Quite the contrary." (Signed) COLLIN Ds wares. " The Minister of the huffier, —The witness said he did not know any more on the KONTALIVIT. subject. . . .., 0 Th• . and Colonies, The Jury, after four hours' investigation, returned COLLIN DC MM. a verdict of Wilful Murder, against some person or _." Ermined ' ' .. " ' at "''' — r llllll W ." havil l . boll' persons unknown, surposedw to be by a pistol shot. as 'i lke " ..4 1 4. 6 t oltzegzll44lo - FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVIIIIND, SEPT. 9.—Arrived the Pilrow Mallow, Cuts, from Rio Janeiro, and the Son and Mary, Palmer, from Oporto. Sailed the Bonetta, Cock, for Guadaloupe. FRENCH LICENSES. •• • .• ••••••••••• The recent accounts front 'lndia are by no weaks of a pleasing nature. The dissaiiirattWit- which per. vades ottr army, has given enema= to Metif the native powers who were alone to our do., minims by forte, and in various quarters the standard; of revolt has been raised. The war in Oude and is Bundelcund was continued to the date of the last die/ ' patches, and Bopal, Kotrah, and many other proving ces, were in a state of insurrection. Colonel Martindell's army. which had marched against Ameer Khan, comprised the 53d regiment, the first battalions of the 17th and 9.2 d, under Colo; nel Maubey ; the first battalions of the 19th and 26th, under Colonel D'Attvergne ; the battalion of light companies, under Major Kelly; and the brigade of cavalry, consisting of the Ist, sth, and 6th regiments, under Colonel F.twcett, 42 European artillerymen, ten 6-pounders, four howitzers, ant a company of pioneers. They had, on the 29th January, arrived it Kimlassa, within three short marches of Seronge, the capital of Meer .Khan, and waited the arrival of his heavy artillery (of four 18-pounders and four 12 ditto, four mortars, and two howitzers) from Bun dlecund, when it was supposed they would pr )ceed. to Seronge, and forming a junction under it; walls with Colonel Close, who had advanced from Hydra bad with 10,000 men, lay siege to that fortress. Serious disturbances took place in the provinte of Onde at the beginning of this year, in consequence of the revolt of the Rajah of Nanparalt, a principal Zemindar in the Vizier's dominions. Six companies of tho 16th native infantry were sent against him, un der the orders of Major Bird, bet the eaemy was so strongly posted, that it was found necessary to send Lieutenant Colonel M'Grath with two battalions and two troops of Cavalry to Major Bird's assistance. On the approach of Colonel M'Grath, the...enemy aban doned Sicrora, and Puragpnre was carried by assault, with the loss of Lieutenants S. Wooley and W. Ft. Dixon, of tho Ist battalion of the 9th native infantry, and 82 sepoys. On the 20th of Eebruary our troops were advancing from the latter place against the other fortresses occupied by the rebels ; and it was hoped, thtt within a month, the campaign would be termi nated. The late dispatches from India announce, that all differences between the Committee of Supercargoes and the Chinese Government had been finally adjus. ted, and that the trtele of the Company has, in every respect, been restored to its former footing. Brigadier General Malcolm and suite sailed from Bombay, on his mission to Persia, on the 11th of Ja• nuary, and on the day following, Major General Champagne sailed for Calcutta. General Malcolm's suite, was composed of Captains Grant and Wench.. ope, Drs. Colquhoun and Cornier, Lieutenants John son, Little, Frederick, and Macdonald, Ensigns To. thecia4am, and Monteath, and Messrs. Millions design n of sending a number of British o&ers to Persia, under the orders of General Malcolm, for the purpose of instructing the Persian soldiers in the European tactics, has been for the present abandoned. General Malcolm reached Bushire in March. and seas to proceed on his mission about the 6th or 7th of April. Mr. Canning, the Ambassador from the Bengal Government to the King of Ave, at Rangoon, after waiting for some time the equi;ant of a state barge, proceeded up the river on the December. The Cadets on the' Bengal Establishment, attached to the Institution of Barassut, were, in February last, guilty of some acts of insubordination, in consequence of which, two of them (W. D. Monsell and J. J. A. Tyler) have been ordered home, and several others placed under close arrest. The letters from India contain some further account of the operations in the Persian Gulph against the , pirates. It appears that after a stay of about three weeks at Muscat to refit, the squadron sailed again 45 the 24th December, accompanied by nearly if the Imaum's troops, and on the evening of the 31st arrived before Shinaa ss—the fort was summoned, and an refusal was bombarded by the ships and gun.boatss an the 2d January the troops were landed, and early it doe morning of the Sd a breach was made in the min, when one of the towers of the tort fell in, but it was found impossible to drive the enemy from the other towers. At two o'clock the place was stormed, and by five it was in our possession. We had one man killed, and Lieutenants W. C. Harvey and H. Taylor, of the 65th regiment, and nine men wounded. The small fort of Sunnas was all that remained IP the pirates, and a competent force had proceeded against it. Our loss in the attack on Luft, comprised Lieutenant Wild, of the 47th regiment, and 10 men killed; Lieutenant Warren, of the 65th regiment, Messrs. Hay and Gray, midshipmen, and 56 soldiers and seamen wounded. CANE TOWN, CAPS OF GOOD HOPE, Die. 6.—The night before last the inhabitants of this town, and die country around, for the distance of ten or twelve milli. were alarmed by a violent earthquake : nearly every house in Cape Town has been damaged; but net one has fallen on Robin Island ; however, on a small spot at the mouth of Table Bay, every house has been thrown down. The ships in the Bay were so much agitated, that some Officers were thrown out of their cots. The noise and tremulous motion have recurred several times sisce, and during the two last nights all the inhabitants have slept in tents pitched in those parts within the town most distant from houses. HOP INTELLIGENCE. CA 24M110111r, SLPT. 6.—ln coneeptencs of the would baying made its appearance in this vicinity, some few of our &stays have already commenced picking; and although little progress has 'been made, yet, front the several prevalence of the asesid, sa opinion seems to be entertained that *be produce will be dind. wished one third of what it has been calculated at. Hew far Ms may be correct will be ascertained in the awns of tim.emning week, u the picking will become several on Monday not. MARK-LANK —This dy there are tolerable sop• plies of WheAt coastwise, chiefly new, with part of last week's foreign arrivals, about 11,000 qoartero fine maintains its price, other qualities heavy sale. Barley and Malt fluctuate but little—Peas and Beans of the two descriptions fully keep their prim...ll s i supplies of Oats are considerable, and this article i s quoted rather lower—Flour as our last. 0111111 AL emu visor AS wren. Wheat, 745. Ns. Nos. Beans, 50a. las. Fine ditto, 1045. 1111 e. Tick dips, 4 / 1 1. seb- ' . Rye, Ns. 4119. Oar" 11 1 9wIllarelbs - Beeley, 10s. 411 s. Palma ditto s SOL ilk Mak, 71111. We. Pawn dim% Pm Rae, $Bl. a ISso.4kkaais, Mk ft% t o • 1 • • It I, • e, 3f 2 a- od. is a. Of ce lat es so id nd )a it, Ft. ri, cps ter !d o aT- all us• T 1 stn JA• ral a's ch. !O. ms ers for the ed. nd