Star. — London, England, 1814-12-03 00:00:00

'1 of Ole Union. T. Mar line , 141 take from this State, • st. At teal a third of its present extent, i. r. about 12,000 square miles, and a population of 50,00; persons. 46 2do It will deprive the union of the totality of the Michi pan territory, which is 130,000 square miles. and contains a population 0f.55,000 persons. 44 3d. The Indiana territory, of 35,000 square nixes, and 25,000 inhabitants. 4411. The Nods territory, of 200,000 square toiles, and 12,000 inhabitants. a sth. A 'oast Country to the North-west, bound ed on the North and Narth.wtst by the Lake of the Woods, and the territorial limits of the United States. established by the Treaty of 1783. " This vast extent of country, which is double the extent of the present Kingdom of France, is situated between the 57th and 50th degrees of North latitude. It has for its boundaries in the East and North-east, the great Lakes Erie, Huron; and Superior, the river Ohio to the South, and the Mississippi to the West. It completely incloses the great Lake Michigan. The , whole country is entirely covered by an inexhaustible stratum of vegetable earth, accumulated for many centuries, and which produces coessaussibsu anon: sixty bushels of wheat per acre. It is watered by a great number of considerable rivers, among which are. the Illinois and the Wabash, situated under a favour able climate, and with a soil equally inviting : tbis part of the territory of the transatlantic Republic pro mises to become, at no very distant epoch, an impor. tam portion of the union, and the granary destined to feed a numerous population." We have been favoured with the perusal of a letter from a distinguished and gallant British Officer, high in tile Spanish service. At the present moment we think it important, as depicting the real state of that unhappy country, for which so much British' blood appears to have been sited in vain. The letter is dated last month, from Madrid : 44 You will not believe how cheaply Britons are valued in this country, but the inhabitants are mise rable in the.extreme, and deserve the pity of all Chris tians, and the aid of every citizen of the world—they are immersed in the most profound ignorance. I have had a letter from a brave Spanish Officer who deserve` a better anititry, and he says to me, that the state of his unhappy country agonizes him. The country is in the same state as when the Prince of Peace govemed them—friars, inquisitors, the absurd and barbarous privileges of the ancient nobility— every one indeed of the ancient monstrous etablish roans has been revived. There is neither commerce nor agriculture in Spain, nor science nor industry. " You may conceive how a Spaniard may be dis tressed at this, but I am on the contrary glad of it, for I see that the only remedy for so many evils must sow be new at band, the political death . of the present state of "ripsin, and anew order of things. " D.-content is now become general, you find it in every class of society, but more particularly in the army. Every Officer who dares to speak has been threatened with a dungeon —you kr,ow that the ncble Aiava, who gained the friendship of your Wellington, to be in this State t likewise ♦ ♦ • We would prefer Bonaparte, or any ether clever ras cal, to our present unsettled state." The Malta and Gibraltar packet has brought let. ters horn the latter place to the 17th of last month. At the former, hopes were entertained that the repre sentations of the new Government would be success., fel, and that the capital of the island would be con verted into a free port. At Gibraltar there had been only one death for eight days, but there had been a few .new cases of a mild character. Applications had been made for the early opening of the intercourse, to which the Governor seemed to be disinclined, until by white-washing and other expedients all the build ings had been purified. It was not expected that business wouli be resumed before Christmas. We have received letters from Cadiz to the 12th, and from Madrid .to the 20th ultimo; and other ac. co :uts, by au arrival from Co r unna, i n four days. The British merchants at Cadiz, it appears, have ab. solutely refused to contribute to the forced loans, and' in resisting this act of Government, have placed them stir. u• .:er the protection of their Ambassador. The' reps t t the arrest of Don PSDRO DR CiVALLOS is no iy unfounded, but we learn that be has been appointed Prime Minister, and that the Duke of SAW, CA IILOS has been dismissed. The Spanish Consul re.. siding in,London has refused tograot any more ca."' tiftcates for the admission of cottons into his country, either of British or Indian manufacture. Trade was is a state of almost total inactivity throughout the Northern Provinces, from Corunna to St. Sebastian. From the Havannah a merchant vessel has ar rived, which left that station on the 14th October: The report was that the Revolutionists had prevailed in Mexico, hitt that the ports of the Isthmus still con tinued under the Spanish authority. In the island of Cuba the inhabitants were ripe for revolt, in conse q knee of the abrogation of the New Constitution in the mother country. The Govemor,Apodaca, was indebt• ed iliS influence alone to the ebtimation in which he was personally held. The troops at the Havannah were but 400 strong, and they were occasionally assembled to alarm the fears of the disaffected. We are assured that if any means were taken to - shut the port or to in terfere with the liberty of commerce and navigation, there would be a general insurrection, and the lives at the public functionaries would be seriously endan- 1 gere-l- It will scarcely be credited that the magoi ficent port of the Havannah is blockaded by two sloops of war belonging to Carthagena, although it had for its protection one frigate, two brigs, and two +loop► of war. This state of things must be attribu ted to the imbecility of the Government and the insu bordination of the maritime force. tNa AR Mr. The 2d of November being the Anniversary of the Duke of Kvvr's 'birth, was. celebrated oy the Offi cers of his Royal Highness's 3d Battalion stationed it Cork, who pave a splendid dinner to the General, Staff, and Field-Officers of the Garrison. All.the letters from Canada are full of complaints. Major-General KEJIPT is returned home, and Major- General BRISBANE was also desitouc of returning, and did not obtain leave. Saturday the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion marched into Canterbury Barracks, from Chatham. Wednesday the Duke of Batts:swim Oats' regi ment marched from the King's Barracks, Ipswich, on their route for Norwich. Same day four troops of the sth Dragoon Guards, came into Ipswich from die 'it se Barracks, Norwich. F Autrey. transports, having on board part of the Ist reginvicitt of Dragoon Guards, arrived at Bristol rnr TUes4.l., Y ' from Conc. The transports were all inoorLd in die Cuml.crland Basin, where the troops were landed. The Scotch Greys arrived at Bristol on Friday, from Exeter, to embark in the above transports for Ireland. Both men and horses of this crack regiment are of most formidable appearance, and are considered the finest cavalry regiment in Eutope. NAVAL !NIA MAI ALL. DUE Dublin - - 1 0 Waterford - 2 0 Guernsey & Jersey 1 0 Holland 0 2 Heligoland - 0 0 RLLIGENCR. Alll4 DUI . 1 0 I.hlas Cadiz Malta Frnice O 0 - - 0 0 O 1 0 1 liamborgh FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 30. Arrived the Lady Arabella packet with a Mail from Lisbon, in 12 days; his Majesty's ship GOLD. FINCH from Plymouth, with orders to take the ships now here for Portugal and the Mediterranean, to the convoy at Plymouth, assembling under protection of his Majesty's ship MEANDER. Sailed the Blucher packet with a Mail for Gibraltar and M•+lta. Put back his Majesty's ship CONQUEST with her convoy, bound to Wales.—Wind N.N.W. flesh gales. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBPR Q. Arrived from the Downs his Majesty's ships DAPHNE, HOPE, FAVOURITE, WRANGLER, CLORINDE, and GROWLER. Also arrived the Moreland for Ja. ma ca, and joined convoy; the Orpheus, and the General Ralfels, for the Cape and Isle of France ; the Bulmer transport, and several o•hers. Went out of harbour his Majesty's ship CEPHALM Sailed at last, under convoy of his Majesty's ships SwiFTsung. ARAXES, DRAKE, and REDWING, with the Thaffilo and Tortoise store-ships, the whole of the West India Fleet, consisting of upwards of 220 sail. Also sailed several ships for Plymouth, to join the MEANDER'S convoy, for Spain, &c.—Wind N.E. • DEAL, DECEMBER 2. Arrived the SWA cutter from a cruize, and 'he Fortitude transpoit will invalid soldiers from Portsmouth. Came down from the River the Lady's Adventure, BLACKEY, for America. Sailed the Mt R CURIUs gun-brig on a crnize, and the Panther French frigate for Rochelle. Wind N. MILFORD, NOVEMBER so. Arrived yesterday his Majesty's ship MYRTLE from Cork, SEALARK schooner, and the NIMBLE cutter, with a fleet of transports and eoastek a under convoy. The Hope, COLLINS, on the 28th instant, south-west of this harbour, picked up a piece of boom and a Ipiece of main -sail, of a vessel of 70 or 80 tons burthen, at the same time saw some casks and pieces of wreck. The same day, off Milford Islands, was picked up by some fishermen, a writing desk, supposed to belong to Captain GRAHAM, of the 23d Regiment of Welch Fusileers—there was a cheque in the desk drawers on Messrs. ROBERT PHILLIPS and STA RRACK, Ixtokers, Milford, dated in February, 1813 ; also a letter 'rom a Gentleman in London, addressed to Captain G—, Gosport, September, 1814 ; there were also leases, ur copies of leases, and a copy of a Will, in the desk. GRAVESEND DECEMBER 2. Arrived the Ebenezer, Edmonds, from liamburgh ; Bellona, Anderson, from Worway ; Betsey and Peggys,Williantson, from Malaga; Mary, Buckley, from Messina; Juno, Leeches. from Bremen ; Vine, Lir.der, from Hamburgh ; Minerva, Pattersos, ftom Goaenhurgh ; Alexander, Petreal, from Abs. &Bed the Dagetaarti, Rondep, for Bahia; Elizabeth, Ellis, for Cork; Levey Frenude, Meyer, from Bremen; Graff liernstorff, Canteusen, for Copenhagen; and t'rederick,fOrchinsuut. A large boat, employed in the herring fishery on the Cardiganshire coast, and having seven men on hoard, was, during very boisterous weather, on Tuesday se'nnight overset, when, shocking to relate, every one perished ! Extract of a letter from Bourdeaux, dated Novem ber 24 :—" An English. vessel, stated to be of 170 tons burthen, and htdcn with wine and brandy, was taken on the 17th instant, by an American ship of war, supposed to he a privateer, near the Isle of Rho. It is reported that four American privateers, named the Lion, City of Paris, Scourge, and Wasp, are cruizing between this harbour and Ushant. There are about 14 English vessels at pres?nt at this port." It is asserted in the French Papers that Martinique and Guadaloupe were surrendered to that Power.—. Our letters are, dated a fortnight later than the ac. counts received at Paris, and in them it is positively affirmed that these islands were yet in the possession of the British farces. With our letters from France we have communica tion from' Ghent to. Tuesd:zy last. The American Commissioners had received their dispatches by the "Fingal, and it. is certain they contain no order finally to break up and abandon the Negotiation. Little more was known ; notes were interchanged between the British and American Plenipotentiaries, and there appeared to be some activity in the proceedings in the form they had assumed. • The Duke of DIVONSHIRR lately visited his estates near Penrith, in Cumberland, where rapid improve ments are making m taking in the waste land. His Grace seemed highly pleased with the skill which had been exhibited in this respect, and endeared himself much to all ranks, by the urbanity and affability of his devrtment. Last vicek a young Lady and Gentleman arrived, in great haste, at Gretna Green, where they were united in marriage by the accommodating Character. stationed there for that purpose. The waght of the prize may be in some degree conjectured, when it it added that the Gentleman paid the supposed Parson. £5O in a Bank of England Note, for the trouble• he was occasioned in tying the nuptial knot, GREAT IMPROVEMENT Thl pitiNTirid. &nee 'Tuesday last lie noel Newspaper has been printed by machin e ry : th at i s to say, the forms for pages] being Composed and made up in the usual mumer, have been worked off by means of machi nery, moved by a Steam Engine, instead of being printed at the common press as hitherto usud. It is but jurtice to say that the paper, since this change in the mode of working, has not only been as well prin ted, but much better than can, in the hurry of a daily paper, be effected in the common method : and if we add to this the fact stated by the proprietor, Mr. WALTER, that, by means of this machinery, a much greater number can be worked off in a given time [the number that can be worked in one hour is stated at 1100], the invention may be hailed as an improve ment in the art of printing of the highest consequence to mankind. The inventor is a Mr. KOENIG, and the artizan by whom it has been constructed and brought into ac tion, is a Mr. BAUER. If the complexity and accu• racy necessary in such a piece of machinery, be con sidered, it will not be denied that no small share of praise is due to both of these ingenious individuals. But when we consider the machinations and preju dices which Mr. Wevrca must have encountered (and with which he must yet lay his account to con- tend) in bringing this machinery into actual use, we know not to which to ascribe the • greatest share of merit.— May his firmness and perseverance meet its due reward ! It b somewhat remarkable, that while this inven tion, which has taken a long time to perfect it, has been, in progress, another, for the same (Neer, was also carrying on by Mr. Bitcoti, of Norw;ch, and Mr. DONKIN (engineer), of Bermondsey, which was set to work within a day after the fortn•.r commenced. The Norwich Mercury, received this morning—a Paper published by Mr. BACON, contains a Prospec tus of the latter machine, to which is added the fol lowing notice: " Since this Prospectus was printel, the machine has been set to work on a French Testament in this city, for the British and Foreign Bible Society. It is worked by one man and two boys ; and we may ven ture to affirm, that, in the ordinary manner in which the London newspapers are printed, many more copies than the number stated by the Tinter could be taken off with the greatest ease. Dr. MILNER, the Master of Queen's College, Mr..Woon, President of St. John's, and Mr. KAYE, since Master of Christ's, as a depu mien from the Syndics of the Press at Cambridge, have also inspected the machine, and have manifested, by their readiness to contract with the Patentees for its introduction at the University, all the zeal which might be expected in that body for the cause of lite rature and of the art.—These are the earliest patrons of the machine. 66 The Reader will learn little of the comparative excellence of the two processes from these descrip tions. It will be for time to decide upon their respec tive merits, but there can be no doubt that a change in the art of printing, very imeortant to society, will be effected by the joint or separate influence tit these •machincs. (Signed) " R. M. BACON. " Norwich Mercury Office, N0v.50,1814." We cannot, in few words, cmv:l to our Readers a full description of either of these machines, :Ind must, th.frefore, content ourselves with hriehy stating the protium pointtin which these machines differ from each other. In Mr. WALTEIeS, the forms are laid upon a travelling carriage, as in the common press, but having a range of such len : 4th that the form, by passing under a system of rollers, receives a charge of I ink, and, still going on, receives from another roller the sheet pressed down uptrat it, by passing under the roller : when through, the sheet is taken off the form, receives another charge of ink from rollers, and, on its return, presents another sheet, which has in the interim helm placed on the paper roller—and so thernately, in going and also in returning, a sheet ispriiiied. In Messrs. BACOI4 and DONICIN'S machine, there is no reciprocating motion. The types are placed on a prism of as many sides as the nattne of the form re- quires. This prism occupies the centre of an upright frame, like the roller in a copperplate-press: below this is a kind of compound-faced roller, suited to the form of the prism : through between these, the sheers to be printed (attached to the face of a piece of clash ) are passed in succession ; and in the mean time, the revolution of the type-prism brings its different por tions in succession under a system of inking-rollers placed over it, by which it receives successive charges of ink, to be delivered to the sheets as they pass in succession between the lower rollers. The comparative merits of the two machines will be decideo by experience. They seem both highly ingenious, and either of them might have been hailed as promising all that was wanted to perfect the art of printing. The very circumstance of two machines starting at once, and both calculated to effect the object intended, will etentually tend to the to greater perfection of both, and their more speedy general adoption. A correspondent, who has lately travelled through Westmoreland and Cumberland, remarked almost the whale of the hills covered with snow last Saturday. There has been also a considerablefall towards Moffat and beyond it, in Scotland. _ _ A numerous Meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates was held at the Sessions•house on Thursday, at which the peculiar situation of the county, arising from the bankruptcy of their Treasurer, was discussed at great length. Counsels' opinion was produced by Mr. B. MAINWARING'S Solicitor, from which there appears reason to hope that the county money, amounting to upwards of ‘9OOO, may be saved; that Ince:myna hav ing, as it is said, been trusted by the Treasurer in his own banking-house, but lodged with other bankers. Mr. BYNG, the Member for the County, after arguing upon the general question, stated that Bankers, not be• ing, dealers, nor exposed to those risks which are necessarily consequent upon ail mercantile concerns, were bound to pay twenty shillings in the pound ; he felt himself peculiarly called upon to endeavour to impress this fact upon his brothel Magistratesos many of his conatituent► were suffering from the failure of this bankirwhouse, which had enjoyed a superior de gree of credit, owing to its apparent connection with ' the Magistracy. Mr. Bits° then gave notice, that he should, at the next Sessions, however painful the duty might be in his particular situatio , ) , oppose the conti nuance of the present Treasurer in that office; units* it appeared that, not only the county, but all the cte• ditch s were paid alike twenty shillings in the pound. aPoßtiNch NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. THOCSDAT, DECtylefillt 1. • SECOND CHEITI.EY Newmarket Cup. Sir A. bertie's bik and w d a Tickler, beat Mr. Wright': blt d Whiskey. Mt. Wilkinson's r and w h a (ley, heat Mr. Syer's bl b p Qniek. The Cup td be finally run for, to.O.orrow by Tickler and Cley ; the odds were in favour of tt. former. Mr. Icemp's r d a retell s beat Sir A. Witle's bits b a Timm i.d kiveres bik b a Rhoda, heat Mr. R..dheall r b a Load: Mr. Wilidoson's br d p Cacrnichtff, b-at .Sri A. Bevies 616 spotted p Thief. LA Maynard's bl d p Zeus, beat Mr James's sit b Bu. Ld Maynard lost, tlieCoure having an :her ow •aasa, Id Maynard's bik d Zadoe, brat Capt Wyatt's Si J upiter. Capt Wyatt's br b a Janette, ago Mr. B Stane ' s wha t .ccoba. Undecided. Cape Wyatt's bl and wd a Jasper, beat Mr. B. Stan-'s bl d Hudibraa. Sir P. Blike's r b p Elk, beat Adm Wilson's bik h p Useful. Lord Rivers's bi b a Ransom, beat Mr. R .bea:l's d a Lounger. Capt Clayton's bl b p Zara, beat Mr. Wright's bits h p Viularite. Sir P. Biakc's rd a Eurus, bt CaprWyaa's bi b a Jeminta. Sir P. Blake's bit d a Erec, i rat C.ipt Clartm s bik b a Zenith. IA Maynard's bik d a Zed, agst Mr. Wainson's rd a Czar— Undecided, Sd dog .loose. Capt Clayton's bik d a Zebra, apt Sir P. Wake's bik and w d Epietetus. Undecided. Ld Maynard's bik d a Zebalon, agst Mr. Wilkhason's bi lilt b Casino. Undecided. Capt Clayton's bit b a Zelia, beat Sir P. Wake's w h a Esi•upa. Mr. Northey's y b p Needle, bra- Mr. 1. Wright's bi b p Mr. A. Wright's d b p Wbtsp, agst 'sir. R. ilamotid's b k d p Bunbury 7 -Undeci•led. Mr. Mellish's rb a Rana, agst Mr. Fyer's yd a Quin. OIL Adria Wilson's fb a Urci i.t , AVE Lir. NV' MN and w b Vledet —Undec ded. Ld Rivers's bik d a Rebel, agst Sir P. Male's hr d a Exploit-. Undecided. I.d Rivers's bit d 1 Raynicr:d, apt Captain Cl , yton's tits b p Zone—Un lecided. Sir A. Bertle's hilt b a '1 kalia, beat Mr. Si:int% hl b a Hsu. Mr. Wright's t>tk b p Vixen, beat t. apt Claron's bl and w b p Zulma. Sir P. Blake's blk and w d p Elvlra, beat Capt Clayton's bl and w b p Zeta. Id Rivers 's r b p Rosa, beat Mr. Vitighes bl d p Venture. L.l Maynard's wd p Zero, agst Sir A. Bertie's blk b two Sh pea —Uti tleclded. . Mr Northey's y and w b a Nimble, beat Mr. Wright's bl b a Venus. Sir P. Blake's (Mr. Scott's) bl d p Essex, heat Mr. R. Hamond's blk d p By-and-bv. Sir P. Blake's (Mr. Scoter) hlk b p Enemy, agst CaptainWyatea talk b p Jewel— Undecided. I.d Maynard's Zeus, agst Mr. James's Nor run. The weather Droves remarkably ewe, and the hares running 'tont, the week's sport proved the finest that has been known for many seasons past. Amongst the coursers assembled this occasion were—Earl Rivers, Lord Maynard, Mr. Northey, Nit Patrick Blake, Mr. Mickktbwaite, sir Albenlarl? 13. .ie, Ad mlral Wilson, Sir H. B Dudley, Captain Clinton, Mr. P.Wrlght, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. 1. With?, Mr. Redhead, Mr. A. Wright, Mr. Palm, r, Mr. Mellish, Captain Wyatt, Mr. Kemp, Mr. G. Wilson, &c. &c. &c. HUNTING —Thurslay morning the Royal Hounds hunted. A fine deer was tut ned out for the day's diversion, Rear the Black Cave, Virginia l'.'aters ;—. tl , :ere was a numerous auld of gentlemen sportsmen assembled, among whom were a number of distin• guished characters; the deer !hewed great sport in and through the inclosures by. Engleilld Green sad Egham, where he crossed the Thames near Staines. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DECEMBER 2. The celebrated John George Semple Lisle, more gene. rally called Ale* Seqeftle, was charged w tit having obtained two pieces of bacon and some bluer oy traudulent means, from Theodo‘ia Granut,ir, Devon. shire-street, Queeg.square, in May last. No Counsel for the ptosecutton appeared, • Mrs. Grammar stated, that the prisoner came to her shop, and . desired her to send the !Muer and bacon, which he had looked out, to 42, Gloucester. street, as 'oe had takt n a iirst door thete, and he would return the rni,oey by the boy. Sle c:tuld not•itien tify the prisoner till she saw him on his beCOjti era. mioation at the Hatton garden Office. Mrs. G.'s son deposed, also, to the order girn by the prisoner. As witness was carrying the articles, the prisoner met him, and said, " yin , must go back and fetch some eggs." The prisoner knocked at the door, and rang the hell, and inirnedtattly th it re door was opened took the bacon and hotter, saying " that's right, my boy, now go and fetch the eggs," and instantly shut the door. On returning to the house with the eggs, he was told &it the prisoner was not there, that he was no lodger in the house, and that he was not even known there. The prisoner was the person who took the articles from him. Mrs. Stickler, Gloucester-street, 1,-I,.ted, that she had never seen the prisoner till he a i )peared at her door with the bacon in his hand; and u.at he had no lodgings in her hmse. On the door being opened, by way of excuse, he enquired whether :•Ir. fsbotgo. rnery lived there ? She would not swear to the priso ner's person. John Hutt; a police-officer, stated, that after having been in search of the prisoner for several months, he discovered his retreat, and went to his lo.igi gs in Mary-la-bonne, on a Sunday morning, disguised as a countryman. On meeting the prisoner, 41:11C3* said to him o So Major, you are fond of bacon and bat ter?" He seemed much alarmed, and then witness said, " But why did you not wait for the eggs?" on Which the prisoner observed, " Oh, is that all you are conic about ?" Mr. BARRY, for defendant, called on the Court and Jory to observe the difference in die evidence ; where the identity of the prisoner's iii:rscn was so im perfectly established, to let him have what was his just claim,—the advantage of any doubt. Unfortu nate as he now was, he had done the State some service, and they knt wit," and he had been benefi cial to mankind ; and these were circumstances w hich it was hoped would not be forgotten. Mr. WATSON summed up the evidence, and ex pressed his conviction that the Jury would not find a verdict against the prisoner, unless they were satisfied that his person was identified, adding, that they could not have failed to observe the demeanour of all the witnesses, which was UllObjeCliOoAhle. The Jury almost instantly rtturned a verdict of Guilty. • 'rue CHAIRMAN (Mr. Watson), in rronnuncing sentence, which was to him a most pait.ful task, ex pressed how much the Court lamented that a pet son, circumstanced as the pris-•ner• had been, should prefer to get a miserable living by the vilest means, to gain. ing the requisites of life by honourable exertion in hi s profession. He was theta sentenced to transkortistioa for seven years.