Star. — London, England, 1814-08-05 00:00:00

THE ARMY. 'l 4 l 23 battalion is regiment are expected to arrive in Edinburgh dr; %%uric, fr , rn Grt•enock, to reo' .ce the Stirlingshire Militia, who are und-r orders to march for their own county. to be disembodied. The 93 I Highlanders arrived at -St. John's, New fotindlano, the 4th ult.—all well. Saturday morning. the lit division of the Antrim 'Militia arrived in Glasgow from Perth, on their way to ire. Lind. Friday, the Ist division of the Royal Lanarkshire Militia marched from Perth for Glasgow. Last week the troops of the 4th Dragoons, which have for some time been quartered in Newcale, ma• ched for Scotland, s to join the headquarters; and, or Frid iv, several troops of the 2d Magoon Guards arriiied there from York to replace them. The Kerry, Kilkenny, and K►ldare Militias, have received inures for Portsmouth, where they are to embark for Ireland. The Cove of Cork is the Pu►t at which they will be landed. The Fermanagh regiment of Militia, which did the London duty during a part of the time the Al 'Bed Sovereigns were in this country, are to proceed from Portsmouth to Waterford. Wesinesday; six companies of the 4th Royal Vote yip Battalion, lately returned from Gibraltar and the Mediterranean (where they have been on wilee for the last seven years), marched from Islington', and Hackney to Woolwich, Deptford, and Green- 1 Teich, to relieve the Aberdeen and Fifeshire regiments of Militia, ordered home to be disembodied. The Hered•tary PRIMAL of ORANGE, in his new ca pacity of Commander of the British Forces in the Ne therlands, is to have a Staff, composed of some of our Military Noblemen of the first distinction. The Earl Of M*itcu and Lord G. SOMERSET are to be his High-' itess',s Aides-et-Camp. The Staff Officers, belonging to the Districts which have been reduced, are to receive their full pay to the 114th of September. The Portuguese Government is said to have ordered ■ complete service of plate (gold) to be made, in' order to be presented to the Duke of WELLTNOTON, for his t loriotis efforts in the deliverance of their coun try. the expense is estimated at one hared dor lead pounds • VOLUNTEER CORPS. The Board of Ordnance have, within these few I 'days, issued peremptory orders to Colonels coalman c:ing Volunteer Corps, for them to cause to be deli vered intii public stores the a►m: and alma:rearms 'the Regiments to which they belong. The f,l - extract is also issued by tht.:Colonels, in order to prevent recourse o measures extrerruly repugnant to their ieelittgs ; who, at the same time, have ex pressed, that it such orders are not forthwith attended to, they unlit "hare recourse to the undermention ed, viz. 4S That every person who shall have received into his custody any arm:, aceoutretustti drirms, fifes, or other musical instruments, furnished from pUblic stores, or at the public expense, and shall refuse or ne by the Commanding Officer, eliver up such arms, aecon shall, on being convicted be of the county where such &c. kc. shall he employed, sum of ten pounds, fur every the value of the arms, ac so detained by him, to he of the defender's goods and . of such sufficient distress, to commit such offender to the county where the offence :red, for any time not exceed. the monies arising froth such applied to the use of his Ma :cessors." °mem 21ST REGIMENT (SCOTS ANTIffEISP, JULY 21. this city, we have had good 1 a number of Freweli troops the stores in the dock-yards t. The fleet remains in the the ships are so old that they avail to those who may get pos- French troops have had several these altercations are by no first, yet they are still now It is known, almost beyond ,YNDOCK, with his Staff, return the young Pr ince of ORANGE is We are hitherto ignorant how t the Netherlands ; but report at least, or, at all events, till egress at Vienna, where the be determined. From the of sappers and miners, it ap.l • this extensive fortress, and , &c. are to be demolished. intents are soon ezpvcted, and .ison the frontier towns. describe the s k ricultur4l state of k with precision of the valve different are the melt:tires trom the standards or England rent of land is generally from ling, per bonder, of 160,000 Now, as 19 Antwerp inches, lisal to 19i inches London mea. this prertuse, that 221 Antwerp radon feet, and that an Ant ,asurts 16,792 square yards, Si acres English measure.— 'rids from 40 to SO vurtels Of correspond with 11,116 Wit is nearly 28 bushels per Eng grain at present, in sterling Bd.—Rye.7l.—Barley 55...- or Brabant rr..rasure. Acinity of Antwerp are gene. being front 15 to SO benders •nssels and Louvain they are from Ind some of them of greater of land kept in grass depends ces. On the higher grcunds, - tomary, but in the neighbour and other rivers, perhaps not _ under grass-husbandry ; and thereof, or the mode of eonsump - what is practised itt Eng Land Ricci, on being required by or by his direction, so deli' cements, sha fore any Justice of Peace arms, accoutrements, arc. I 46411 forfeit and pay the stt soh offence, and double et:ornaments, &c. &c. &c. levied bytlistress and sale chattela ; and for want such Justice is requited to the common goal of the shall-have been committee • ingrtwo months ; and the -rallies shall go and be a i rsty's heirs and successor; Minn FROM wit cull= ;• RUSILIMILL), DATPD *Since out arrival in t garters. There are still bete, who have charge of t sod Other establishments. tive4but the majority of • tan tali be of small avail of thems British and Fres squablies. and although I marina so frequent as at end *ti taking place. the Lard LTDDP 10 En nd, and that the to the command. W long via shall remain in tl says test twelve months at after the meeting of Conl fate . of This couutry will arrival of a detachment o • pears that the works of those of the dock-yard, Some Hanoverian regime these are meant to gdrris , 44 It la Sit i c.i l t to deSel this couistry, or to speali of land br produce, so commonly used here fro; A P. and Scotland. The rent Poor to five pounds sterli , Brabant square feet. 11 to the foot, are equal sure, it feilows, from thin feet tally with 208 . LrinC werp buder nearly me; *yr somctning less than S bander generally reel tilreat, and 41 vurtels c thcster quarters, which i fish *ere. The price of marry, ;s—Wheat 12s. oats 41. all per vurtel, The farms in the vi rally of small size, belt wtieress betwizt Brussels 200 to Sellbunders, as (runt. 'Vie quantity a on 'local ercatosta ces e n e baf ingress is cusu hood of thisicheldt, at more than ea sixth is flay managcalwat thefts l i o n, is very 'similar to end Scotland: ' THE PARKS. The Pair continues to be held in Hyde Park, and is multitudinously attended. Every day new booths. shows, &c. ale erected, and :t seoms more than pro bable that 'his Kene of hilarity and joy will be con tinued several days longer. On the booth called Blucher's lenti the following judicious adraonition is inscribed: Call soberly, Pay cheerfully, sod Go home quietly ! tents are still continued on the lawn in St. James's Park, and, though the numbers that resort there are comparatively tew, yet considerable mirth and festivity daily prevail. In the Green Park a number of genteel persons are almost constantly as scmbl•-,1, ho gaze with delight upon the Temple of i'vace Corcord, than which a more splendid edi nevtr pa:iaps presented itself to public view. LraEum THEATRE. Last night the first representation of an historical Opera, called Frederick the Great ; or, the Heart of a Soldier, took place at this Theatre. The scene of this piece, as the title indicates, is laid in Prussia, and the story, which is interesting, though rather confused and intricate , is nearly as follows : Charles, Baron of the Felscheim (Kt Cocurit) aide- - de-camp to Frederick, (Mr. RAYMOND) and the adop ted son of Brant, (Mr. Fa.wcerr) an old soldier, has incurred the displeasure of the King, eel account of a fatal attachment t 3 gaming. Matilda Dortnianns (Miss It eLez) a young Lady of noble family, who is in love . with Charles, under the assumed name of her brother Theodore, and in the disguise of an officer, en deavours to rescue him from the ruin by which he is threatened. For this purpose she accompanies him t') a gaming house in Berlin, where an affray takes place, and under the impression that Theodore Dort mann ( Mr. Pre e) was engaged in it, the King sett. tences.both him and Charles to imprisonment in the fortress of Liegnitz. This circumstance is peculiarly distressing to the feelings of both the officers, as the enemy having shown himself at a short distance from the head-quarters ref the King, they are deprived of an opportunity of dib;inguithsng themselves in the service of their country. This mortificatior suggests to them the ide.t of escaping from their confinement in order to be present it the battle, and of returning to prison when the contest shouid be decided.. After a number of unsucrA sslul stratagems they effect their escape, and arrived jug in time to save the life of ale King, who was surrounded by a party of the tne-ty's tro -ips, and on the point of surrendering. Frederick, to whom his liberAtors were unknown,spre se,.ted them with a scarf, and promised that, on pro. during it, h would grant whatever they rritht claim as 4 reward for their valour. It is needless to say, that on tr•nse summoned before the King they de mand the pardon of Charles and Theodore, whose sen tence, on ;Account of their escape, had been converted from imprisonment to death. Frederick at first refuses, but on their discovering themselves, he . not only ' grants th-ir pardon, bat promotes them, and. the piece concludes with tie union of Charles and Maids's. The musk of this piece. which is the production of Mr. T. COOKE. is superior to that of most new pro ductions of this kind. It is indeed full of sweetness, and frequently discloses originality. A very beautiful rondo is introduced in the overture, and the songs allotted to the character of Charles are of course re markably well suited to the display of Mr. Ci oxe's tine voice and musical talents. The pieces whirl► most particularly deserve attention, were a song in the second act by Pyse, and a doet between Comte and PYNE in the last act, accompanied by the h Irmo nica. Mr. Cootie sung the airs in his character with correctness, judgment, and taste, and the exertions of Mrs. Ouoan, and the other vocal performers, contri buted grea ly to the strccess of the piece. Mr. RAY MOND maintained the dignified deportment of the Great Frederick witb uniform propriety, and gave great force to the maxims which he had to utter. Fawcerr played the character of Braid with great feeling. It is one of that description, in which he always excels, and Miss RELLY was graceful and vivacious in Ma tilda, and loi.ked charmingly in the gay dress of an , 411ficer of hussars. 'The announcement of this Opera for a second representation, by Mr. RAYMOND, was re ceived with universal applause. GoLnumn's excellent Comedy of She Statile 18 Cotimer, on Wednesday night, drew a very numerous audience to the Haymarket Theatre. Mr. TERRY, who is quite recovered from the bruises be recently received, sustained the character of Harelearde with much chaste humour. The Boston Theatre was well attended on Wed nesday se'nnight. Mr. btu-Enos was greeted with the accustomed welcome, and his singing afforded the wonted satisfaction. The performances of Mr. SOL. CLAIR, and of the other persons who assisted in the en tertainments of the evening, were also highly grati fying, and were honoured with the applause, of the numerous audience. Justacrone's inimitable powers have been exerted most successfully during the last fortnight, for the Li. verpool Theatre. He is an extraordinary favourite there, and his benefit on Saturday last, was the most brilliant one of the season ; he was playing with Dowrox, EMERY, BLANCHARD, Miss MATHEWS, and a lung list of London favourites. On the 11th tilt. a hunting seat, in the parish of Rothbury, belonging to Sir John TREVELYN, Barr. named Blackcock Hall, was maliciously set en fire, and the greater part consumed. _ _ _ Saturday morning, a weaver's shop in Drygate, Glasqnw, was entered by some villains, by forcing the keeper of the lock, who cut the webs out of five looms, which they carried off, along with 12 shuttles. T. Bagster was yesterday charged at Marlborough. street Office, with stopping W. Hardy, on the King's highway, putting him in tear, end taking from his person a watch, ribband, and gold seals. The prose. tutor stated, that he • was looking on at a boxing. match in the Park, when he wai attacked by the psi. sorer. whe snatched his watch from his fob, and made off. The prosecutor, however, secured him with the property in his possession. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. Several other pickpockets were charged with depredatigns in Hyde Park. and like. *se committed for trial. CORONER'S INQUEST: A Coroner's Inquest *ns held last ev:ming at fh, King's Head publiehouse, York-street, iVestminsti r. upon the bodies of Martin Foulkn and J )hn TAylor. who hest their lives t the destruction of the Pagoda, on the bridge over the Canal in St. Itmes's Park, on Monday night last. The Jury having been sworn, they proceeiled t" take a view of the bodies, which yore ilepos;teti to shells, at the Westminstet Infirmary. — ' The heed of Foulkes seemed to have been dreadf-illy slfattered— he was a tall, stout, well-looking man. Taylor also exhibited a shocking appearance, 'his body, head, and legs, being severely burnt. this melancholy task over, the Jury returned to the Kines Head, when the Coroner commenced his inquiry re- _ . specting the fate of the unfortunate men. An enquity was first made respecting Foulkes, who was unknown, and who had not been in any way connected with the works. The beadle said he had been unable to gain any information respecting him, bit referred to one of the Jury as being able to give some particulars. Mr. John Murphy, of Parliament-street, was then sworn.—He deposed, that about twelve o'clock on Mond4 night, as he was Upon the lawn in St.James's Park, near to the circle which surrounded the bridge over the Canal, on the west-side next Buckingham- House, admiring the fire-works, he was surprised at the extraordinary brilliancy with which they burnt. The discharge seemed greater than it had appeared at any former part of the evening, and burst from every interstice of the pagoda above the second or third circle. After the blaz# had subsided, he plainly discovered that some of the wood-work had been set on fire. At first it was a matter of doubt, wlieth,r the tire had criginated from accident or design • but from the shouts of the workmen on each side Of the bridge it was soon ascertained that it was the effect of accident. The assistance of the engines was imme diately called for, the building being completely en veloped in flames. Witness then discovered two men at the top, in two different stories, apparently in great distress; one of them ascended to the summit, as if to avoid the flames, while the other appeared to make his way towards the bottom. At that moment a great noise arose from the falling of some of the tim bers, and the shouts of the workmen, and it was an nounced that the man who had astende.l to the top had thrown himself over. He was afterwards taken up from a floating stage placed close to the bridge, on which he fell, and which had been prepared fur the purpose of lighting the lamps over the arch. Mr. John Watson, house-surgeon of the Westmin ster Infirmary, deposed, that soon after twelve o'clock on _ _ the night in question, the deceased was brought to him by some persons, who said he had been hurt by falling from the paglida, in St. Jtmes's Park; lie was at that time quite in a state of insensibility ; he bled Irom the nose, mouth, and ears, and exhibited symptoms whith indicated injury on the brain. Wit ness saw it was impossinle for him to recover, butt he used every means by opening the temple artery, and otherwise, to save his life, without effect, as he died in two hours afterwards. Examined t!ke blcly next day, and found that the skull of the deceased had bees fractured, whiel no doubt occasioned his death. The Coroner having seunmed up thi 4 evidence,. the' Jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death. The next siihject of inquiry was as to the circum stances attendaig the death of lain Taylor. Alexander Ross, a carpenter fromWoolwich, stated, that on Monday he was in the Pagoda at the time the fire tuck place. He was on the third story from the top, and had just refitted some fire-works on the 2d story, the sparks from which tell on some fire-works, whit;t were on the stairs, ready to be fixed on the third story, and these immediately took fire, and set building in a blaze. He ran don. stairs, and on reaching the green saw John Taylor, ho vis also a c 17.'1:tenter, coming down the steps, all on fire. As sistance eras immediately given to him, and oil rwred on li;s burns, after which lie was conveyed to ti.e yon a boa! d. lie was quite sensible, and d - sired witness to let his wife know of the accident.— Witness knew nothing of Foulkes, nor did he see him is hen he was up in the Pagoda. Supposed curiosity, or some other cause, had ied bin- to the top of the building. The gas lights had not been turned on. The deceased had a wile and four children at Woolwich. Mr. John Watson, the surgeon examined before, deposed, that the deceased was brought to the West minster Infirmary, soon after twelve o'clock. He was much burnt, as he understood, at the Pagoda in St. J trues's Park. He examined him, and found his body in a shocking state, being burnt in different parts. Ile applied the usual remedies, and gave him a composing medicine, but without 'effect. He ex pired am ‘Vcdnesday afternoon. Had no doubt his death was attributable to the burns on his body. In this case, as in the former, the Jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death. A. Foulkes was unknown to the diff..rent workmen about the. bridge in the Park; a considerable time el.spsed before any information could be obtained re specting him. At length, howeser, upon examining his shirt, his name was ascertained, and in the course of Wednesday a gentleman tame forward and recog. nised him to have been a respectable hosier, who had carried on business in- Wood street, Cheapside, but who had recently become a bankrupt. It is supposed that on the fire being first discovered, he rushed on to the bridge among others who came to assist, and ascending the steps of the Pagoda, in the hope of being able so render assistance to any person who might be there, passed through the flames, and finding he could not return threw himself off. Taylor, before he died, stated that he saw Foulkes pass him, and say, 44 follow me, and you're safe." He preferred rushing thrones the flames, however, and thus met his fate. We learn that Foulkes was present at the late tire in the Customhouse, and rendered great assist ance by his activity and daring . bravery in rushing through the flames on that occasion. Only two other pet sons were injured, and these but slightly.—The Jury, before they separated, expressed a hope that provision would be made for the family of Taylor, who had thus unhappily been left des titute. At the Jubilee Fair in Hyde Park, on Wednesday eveniag,a young Woman of genteel appearance was thrown from a swing, and had her thigh broken ; and at the same place a tradesman from the Strand, had his pocket picked of his watch aed 050. DCGGE7TS COAT AND IfADGE. The contest for this pt;Te was IYlStrnrdo 'in *9 l Cmint , if the Jubilee, from Monday, the Ict lily of August, till yesterday evening. when..is )o lug waterm.n, just out of th it apprenticeships. eon• tende I for it, in watermea's whetries. The foloor. ing are the names of the s.!veral candid Ates, .tut of the places to which they belong :s 1. Richard Harris 2. Janie. Co* ... 3. Charles Jones Vausha 1. 4. Michael Butcher Wan t worti 5. John head A de:atates.nairs. 6. Samuel Humphries ... I i ormitase s Mrs. Th.! contest was to be decided in one heat, to row from the Swan, London.hri.lge, to the Swan, at Chelsea. Soon alter six n'clia k, the sever.ll dates h iving taken their station, a signal was given by the firing of a pistol, when the competitors start ed, and an ardent contest took place between three of them, Harris, Cook, and Humphries--.they not being a boat'. length a•he.ad fif each other, till they came throng', the arch of Westminster-bridge. when Harris twik the lead, and maintained it the whole distance. w:•ich entitled him to ti.a coat and badge. James Conk, being seri) id, had a minor prize of five pi•st4ifi. ‘.‘std S tmuel Ilitmphries, the third and last, ali'wed three pounds. John Read and Charles Janes, finding neither •could rain a prize, coatlinde.l for manly skill, and rowed the whole distance. chic? liut.cher..be'ng fouled near Vl;:stminster-bridge, declined the contest. The evening Ming very fine, a great number of boats were upon the river, and s vast concourse of persons lined the shores. • Dua op WEeeiscroe.—The admirers of our in vincible hero will be gt a:i:ied to learn, that they have now an opportunity of procuring a Most comet and animated Li kenessut him,e sec u ted uoder die patronage of his brother, Marquis WELLINLEY, by Mr. Mmast, and honoured with the truly fiatteriog approbation of his Royal Highness the POINCIC i aatx r, Iris Nlajesty the Emperor . i f Russia, Field-Marshal Prince iii.tf• mien, and other Illustrious Characters. By a pro. cess peculiar to himself, the artist gives to his proofs taken off on silk, and on oil grounds, (which, as tois is the first instance of their application, he has deno minated the Wellington Grounds), all the effect of the most highly •filirshed drawings. These proofs are considerably advanced in price, but those on India paper, ma, be had at T•no Guineas each, of Mr. MI- Kash 23, Foley-place, Portland-chapel. Since the late rains salmon has been selling is Ayr, at sd. to a pound. The herring fishery has also been very successful. Boston, Stamford, Nottingham. Hull, Newcastle, and several other towns to the northward, were visit ed on Thursday ee'nnight, by a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, which lasted several hours. Fi;day forenoon, there -was s ime heavy rain at Glasgow. At Chapleton a cow was killed by the lightning. At Paisley the storm seemed to be central at ten o'clock. The thunder was very tool, the lightning frequent, and tie rain heavy. At the :01l between Paisley and Renfrew, the lightning struck - an out-house, which was entirely destv Monday se'nnight, some diabolical savage con trived to throw a qmintity of poison into the kennel D. Scully, of Tirliamaine Castle, Esq.layawhich e before any thing could be done to check its effects, • seven couple of excellent hounds were destroyed. By taking very strong remedies, the rest oi the pack are likely to recover. The oily cause that can tie assigned for this savage treachery was Mr. Scully's threatening to stun the trespasses of some poacher', who were in vr ‘ctice of killing Lams on his even grouuds, and tf , e- lands of which he has the royalty. . The following sensible remarks on the present state of French Newspapers are extracted from the Journal del Debts We still meet with many people, who, from habit, real eur Journals as they were wont, arid as they ought to he read prior to the 31st of March this is an error, against which it is the mote important to guard the politic, as it would prevent us from doing the good which we wish to do, and often even give us a pernicious influence which we do net wish to possess. Uneer the late Government all that appeared in the public papers came from 'the police : there was not an article of news, n'or a political roll •ction which was not revised, altered, augmented, or perverted_ at the police-office. The action of authority on the jour nals was a thing notorious, and manifest to all ate world. They were, therefore, with reason, cons«. dcred as so many official, or demi-official, publici tions, which expressed merely the ideas and views , of the Government. In this way articles of news ac quired great • importance ; because people el , Jca. soured to learn from them the intentions of the op pressor of Europe ; and articles of eulogy were insig nificant, because their insertion WAS ordered : at that time there were no organs of public opinion, but only organs of power. 6 Now the case is altered. All that we publisS in our journals is our own selection. We poi a out the sources of our intelligence, and give it such as we tilt' it in the foreign G .zettes, or receive is from our c .r. respondents fa course it must be at times erroneous, for our correspondents not being initiated into the secrets of Courts, cannot communicate to us wit .t passes there except from external appearances. w!.ich • are sometimes deceitful ; but at the same time it iii im pot tent to remark, that as our articles of intelligence do not come from government, they cannot be ascrib ed to it, nor become for it a subject of diplomatic bickerings. This is sufficiently proved by the example of England, where the government is at no tone re sponsible for what appears in Ur journals. Our le flections are those of literary men, who speak accord. itio to their conscience and their m erns of ohserea!ino. We speak freely what we think either on the Id .n of a law presented by the Ministers, or on propositions made in the Chamber of Deputies. " It is in the fr:edom of the journals that the li berty of the press chiefly consists—that wise and use ful liberty which the King has proclaimed as the basis of a liberal constitution. From it there is no in convenience to be found ; nothing but advantage to be hoped. A journal must not he confounded with an ephemeral pamphlet, which has only the printer's name as a guarantee, and of which the true author -. The - ffot el• may always remain unknown. 'L'he guarantee affoid- ed by journals re►ults from their fixed and permanent establishment, though their sheets are fugitive. The proprietors and editors are all men well known, both to the Government And tae Pnblic. They are always, ready to answer for the articles which they insert.•l :