Star. — London, England, 1810-10-06 00:00:00

SPORTING IN POR?UG4L. We have been requested to insert the fellowing• ac count of the Races that were ran during the summer at Portalegre, in Portugal. The Stewards were— Captains Steevens, Clifford, and Fancourt. A Sweepstakes of Ten Dollars each, for Horses of all denomina tions. One-mile Heats Gentlemen Riders. Si: Subscribers. Mr. Churchill's b. h. Debauches - ' 1 1 Mr. Price's ch. g. Rattletrap - - - 2 2 Major Roberts's r . m. Kitty - - - 3 S The first was a well-contested heat between the Gohanna colt and Rattletrap. Two to one on the Gohanna colt. A poney Stakes of Five Dollars each, catch-weights. One.mne Heats. Cart. Stewart's brown - 1 Major Dickens's brown bolted Mr Hill's roan - - 90 Major Dickens's the favourite at starting—. Even betting after the first heat. A Match. Mr. Churchill's ch. - No Chance, beat Mr. Price's h g. Astro. comer—One mile—Astronomer bolted—Even betting . A Handicap Sweepstakes of Ten Dollars each, p. p. for Hores not ib o rough-bred, kiwi* property of Officers of the Second Division. —•One-mile Heats.—• Gentlemen Riders---(17 Sub seriberp). Mr. Churchill's eh. g. No-chance - - 1 1 Major Parke's b. m. Mrs. Clarke - - i 1 Capt. Price's b. g. Astronomer - - 3 $ Cam Hill's ch. g. Viscount - . fell. Capt. Marley's b. g. .. - • dis. The second heat was well contested between the mare and No chance-2 to I apt. the winner. -- - - ------ A Sweepstakes of Five Dollars each, for Country Hones, to which were added Sixty Dollars from the Racing Fen& One. mile Heats. Capt. Taylor's g. h. Duncan - . $ 1. - 1 Major L'Estrange's b. h. Padilla - 1 *2 dls. Viscount De Lapai l e b. h. Mar ro . 8 8 Capt. Wood's b. h. Rodney - . - dis. Major Dickens's b. b. Sulkysides . - - _ bolted -- - A good race; 4 to I agst. Duncan after the first beat. A Sweepstakes of Three Dollars each, for Portuguese Horses not weeding 14 bands high, with Thirty-in Dollars added from the Racing Fund. One-mile Heats. Capt. Stewart's b. h. Bucksford . - 1 2 1 Major Dickens's b. h. Sulkysides . . . 2 I 2 Capt. Hill's roan, Palafox • • 3 3 3 Major Taylor's g. h. Duncan - - • • 4 4 4 Besides the above, many matches were run, some of which afforded good sport. The fineness of the weather, and the beautiful situation of the course, at tracted a crowd of Spectators. The sparkling eyes Of the Portuguese brunettes added much to the gaiety of the scene. There was much betting in the stand. The activity of the Stewards gave universal satisfac tion. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the Dukes of YORK, KENT, and CUMBERLAND, Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lord WALSINGHASt, Lady ELY, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, took an airing in Windsor Great Park till half-past twelve o'clock. The Princess AMELIA, we are sorry to learn, con tinues in the same alarming state. No hopes are entertained of her Royal Highness's recovery. Dr. BAILEY arrived yesterday morning at Windsor, from his seat at Cirencester ; and he, together with Sir . BIENRY HALFORD and Dr. POPE, were in attendance on her Royal Highness during the whole of the day. All the ROYAL Dimas remained at Windsor. The PRINCE left town yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, on a visit to the PRINCESS. At seven o'clock in the morning Miss GOROSWORYITY left town for Windsor, having received an express from thence, stating her Royal Highness to be in a most alarming state. Lucun4 BoNaPAarE.--It is byisome supposed that Lucien has fallen involuntarily into the hands of our Government. He is said to have been actually pro ceeding to the United States in the vessel which con veyed him from Civita Vecchia, when she was over hauled by the Pomona frigate. Being a French sub ject, both himself and his property on board, which is stated at £lOO,OOO sterling, become, in a strict sense of the laws of war, subject to capture ; and it will rest with the Cliovernment and captors whether he is to be exempted from their operation. The following short Memoir of him will be found not uninteresting : Lucien Bonaparte was born in the year 1774. He came to France in 1793, and became an assistant usher to a primary school at Marseilles, where he soon after his arrival niarried an innkeeper's daughter. Some few years after this, he had his wife destroyed. When his brother was appointed Commander in Chief of the army of Italy, Lucien obtained the situation of a cornminaire de guerre, in which post he soon amassed A considerable fortune. When he was at Genoa, he became owner of a privateer, or rather a pirate. The depredations com mitted by that vessel excited the animadversions of all the French Papers. One case, in particular, made a great noise in Paris. A vessel from Morocco was bound to some port in Italy ; she was met by Lucien's privateer, and carried into Ajaccio, in Corsica, where she was condemned ; the crew were imprisoned, and afterwards sent from the island in an open boat.— However they found their way to Marseilles, and the Captain found means to go to Paris, where he made the affair known. The cause came on before the Prize Court ; but it was so hare.faced a robbery that the President informed the Directory of it ; the con. sequence was, that the Turk was arrested, and con veyed under an escort to Marseilles, where he and his crew took their passage on board some neutral vessel for Sicily, with a pretty good specimen of French republican fraternity and civilization ! ! On the 18th Brumaire, it was Lucien who gained the day. In return for which, his brother appointed him Minister of the Interior. His conduct in that situation was infamous beyond example; he robbed and pilfered in every direction. His intrigues and de baucheries with the fair sex were numberless. At his office he violated a young lady of 18 ; her screams bronght all the cleats of the office to thc Minister's apartment. This affair made a great sensation; and his amour: with his sister Murat contributed in a great degree to his brother's removing him from Paris; and accordingly he was sent Ambassador to Madrid.— Very soon after he went to Badajoz, to treat for peace with Portugal. The :int rut non was to be a private ilouceur to himof six millions of livres,ubout 42900,000 sterling ; but as the Government of Portugal had not i_pecie to give, theT paid him in rough diamonds.— on after his return to Paris, a Mr. Solomon:, a rich diamond merchant, from London, went there to pur chase them. Lucien was appointed Member of the Tribunate en his return, and made some very good speeches.— Ile was afterwards made Senator, but did not get beyond that. • THE . Amy. e• er An Ollcer s ofbrarons has bur beet thanks. We shall be glad to bear from him again. His tikes will be attended to. Report says, that an Eva:Edon on a small scale will speedily be sent to the Baltic. The hearty co-operation of General GRAHAM and of Sir RICHARD KZATII, with the Spaniards at Cadiz, has done more good to the common cause than per haps any occurrences of the war. The Spaniards look with confidence to these very able Commanders. It is calculated, that by the Ist instant, Lord War.- LINGrox had received a reinforcement, consisting of part of the German Light Dragoons, Two Brigades of Artillery, The 7th Foot, or Royal Paulleers, itch Ditto, or King's Own Regiment, &kb Regiment, ' ?Ise Highlanders, (Colonel Piteu's Regiment) 79th, or Cameronian Highlanders, 92d, or Gordon Highlanders, 94th, or Scotch Brigade, 95th, or Rifle Corps, a strong detachment, The Duke of Brunkwiek ON's corps, Besides reinforcements and recruits for almost every Regiment composing his Army. Whether this large reinforcement arrives before the battle, or immediately after, they will be of the greatest service. Generals CoLvtr,LE and HAY, Sir WILLIAM Ettsme, and many of our best Officers, have by this time joined Lord WELLINGTON. An expedition is about to proceed to Corunna, under these celebrated officers, General WALKER and Sir HOME POPHAM ; the troops to assemble at Plymouth. . A brigade of heavy Dragoons, and the 6th, Stith, 37th, 52d, 42d, and some other corps, will soon be sent on service. It is said that Sir JOHN Hors will succeed General BROWNIUGG as Quarter-Master•General of the British Army ; but other reports, and those we think more probable, mention Sir JOHN Horn as the new Corn. mander-in•Ch:ef of the Army in the Mediterranean. Sir JOHN Hon ii undoubtedly one of the best officers we have, and we would be sorry to see him employed otherwise than in the active duties of his profession. GENERAL ORDERS. Horse Guards, October 1,1810. His Majesty has been pleased to make the follow. ing appointment on the Staff of the Army, viz. Coif:one! RALPS DAILitICI, of the Slat Regiment, to be a De puty Adjutant General of the Forces. The Commander-in-Chief is pleased to direct, that Colonel DARLING shall, Under the superintendance of the AdjutaniGe neral, take charge of the details of the Recruiting Service of the Army. All letters, returns, &e. relative to this branch of the service, am to be transmitted as heretofore, under cover , to the Adju tant Generli of the Forces, Horse Guards, Limdon ; the words, a Recruiting Department," being marked on - the outside of the cover. By command of the Right Hon. the Commander.in-Chief. HA ZIT CA LVIRT, Adjutant-Getietol COURT-MARTIAL AT BRIGHTON, OCTOBER 4. THIRD DAY. The Court Martial at the Castle, for the trial of Captain Ellman, was re•opened at twelve o'clock this day. The prisoner concluded his defence yesterday; the closing reply of Colonel Graham, therefore, was only wanting, ere the Court proceeded to deliberate on its decision. This reply Colonel Graham read. He dwelt with some warmth upon that part of the defence wherein the prisoner stated that he bad been induced to tender his resignation in consequence of the letter that had been written to him on the subject of his solicited exchange into the Pevensey battalion, the language in which it was couched having been so much disapproved ; whereas the Colonel as serted that he had finally decided upon what con duct to adopt, prior to his having received that let ter, which, he said, was proved by his previous appli cation for a removal to the Earl of Chichester. The defence generally, the Colonel observed, was unsup ported by evidence, and, therefore, required no refu tation from him, as the Court would decide from the .evidence before them ; though a few contradictions between some parts of the defence and the evidence he pointed out. At the time that Captain Ellman's tender of resignation was made, he said several offi. cers of the battalion had .imilarly addressed Compliance with their wishes, at a time so unseaso nable as when the regiment was about to be called out, would have tended to the injury cf the service, and this apinion he had not failed to communicate to the Lord Lieutenant. None of the resignations ten dered, therefore, had been accepted ; and no officer had a right to expect, under such circumstances. that as exception would have been made in his favour.— • The Colonel read a letter which be had received from the Duke of Norfolk after the closing of the Court yesterday, approving of his (the Colonel's) conduct throughout this affair ; and, if we heard rightly, ob serving, that the calling out of the commissioned ot ficers, when the battalion received orders to be embo died, rested, not with the Lord Lieutenant, but with the Commandant of the corps ; and thereby, of course, exonerating Captain Ellman completely from the effects of the first charge. The Court was ordered to be cleared, as soon as Colonel Graham had concluded, that they might proceed to their decision ; the result of which will nct be made known until after it bas received his Ma jesty's sanction. The Local Militia were marched from the level to the slope of the Downs to the north of this place, at about lour o'clock this afternoon, where they were reviewed and inspected by Gene ral Houston. Hay ing passed the General to orderly and quick time, in open and close column, the line was again formed, and various evolutions and manoeuvres, marching in companies and in line, took place, with a regularity and skill that astonished the General, who subse quently expressed his satisfaction in the warmest lan guage to their Colonel. In truth, the rapid improve ment of this battalion, in the short time it has been out, is almost incredible, and reflects the highest ho nour, not only upon the officers, but every consonant part of it. The Lord Lieutenant, his Grace of N or f o lk, is ar rived, and is now honouring the mess of the officers of the Local Militia, by having taken a seat at the table. • NAVAL INTILLTUNCE. FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 3. Arrived the WinnNo schooner from a cruize. PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 4. Sailed the Atom& frigate, for the West Indies ; the Havocz sloop, on a cruize ; and the Etazaaarat 74, for Cadiz, where she is to be followed by the NEP TUNE, $8; report says, to bring home our wounded; Oazsras, on a ernize; and LAToNA frigate to Ports mouth. Wind E.—The report of the loss of the LIVELY frig:ate, said to be brought by the Larowa, is not credited here in the best informed circles. Let ters were several days ago received from Sir C. Bones, and another gentleman who went from Gib raltar to Malta in the LIVELY, stating their having arrived in safety, after a very fine passage. Had they suffered shipwreck the circumstance would have been alluded to by these respectable personages, were it only to relieve the anxiety of their respective friends and connections. PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 5. Arrived the Ltmccr sloop of war from a cruize. DEAL, OCTOBER 5. Came down from the River and sailed, the Chitham Castle, NEALE, for Surinam; and the GANVMEDII, to the Westward. Came down from the River, and sailed under convoy of the REBUFF gun-brig to Pons mouth, the Sovereign, Mosratnt, and Eagle, PEAR SON, for Lisbon ; and the Expedition, Loanics, for Cadiz.—Wind E. YARMOUTH, OCTOBER S. This morning the REDBREAST', Sir GEORGE KEITH, and the PRINCESS AUGUSTA cutter, arrived here from Heligoland, with convoy ; and the BRISEIS gun-brig, from the Westward.—Sailed the Auckland packet, Captain T. Brun9E, with mails and passengers, for Heligoland. SHEERNOS, OCTOBER 5. The moment the wind becomes fair, ad extra con voy will sail with the ships bound to Gottenburgh and the Baltic. The ALERT man of war is to take them. Sailed his Majesty's ship BEAGLE for the Downs.-5 P. M. The wind blows strong from the eastward, and several ships are running in to take shelter, from the appearance of a continuance of the easterly wind. GREENOCK, OCTOBER 3, Arrived oil Monday, the Hermit, Srewitter, from St. Croix ; sailed thence on the 13th August, in com pany with the Sarah, for Bristol ; parted untie even• ing, and fell in and spoke with her three weeks after; on the 14th ult. in lat. 44. long. 42. spoke the Quebec, from Liverpool, bound to New Brunswick, all well. Also arrived the American ship Catharine Banks, iritvay, from Charleston, in 3.5 days ; and the Atlas, THOMPSON, from Grenada, a running ship, in 6 weeks. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CRAVIStIID, Ocronza S.—Arrived the King George, Cotter, from St. Vincent's ; Adamant, —, and Sally, Sank, from Quebec; Jack of London, —; Jean, Roach; Argo, Nelson, and Emma, Macble, from Malta ; Dads, Blackesly, from Sierra Leone ; Rackael, Carr, from Dominica ; Palmer, Gray, from Valentia ; Sr. Andrew, Sou:er, from Guadaloupe; end Lord Sheffield, Vane, from Trinidad. Sailed the Fortune, Crawley, for Cadiz ; Hawke, Whiteside., for Africa ; Harmony, Crutches, for Newfoundland ; and Speedwell, Parsons, for Cork. His Majesty's ship Ht3PBR, Captain Hamm, which sailed from Plymouth the 9th October, arrived at Madras the 25th :March last. The HtcArE brig of war, Captain BUCIIANAN, which sailed from England the Slst October, arrived at Madras the 17th March last. His Majesty's ship PYSCHE, Captain Enosco►tir, from the Persian Gulph, arrived at Bombay the 10th March last. A ship laden with dry goods, from Lancaster to St. Thomas's, was wrecked off Barbadoes the middle of August. Part of the cargo saved and landed at Antigua. Several of the fleet which sailed from Malta on the Ist August, under convoy of the GANYMEDE frigate had not arrived at Gibraltar on the 12th of August. The Fame, HARVEY, from Sunderland to Wey mouth, is on shore near the latter place, and full of water. The Eagle, Qum, from St. Croix, is arrived off Dover, being the only one of the last Leeward Island fleet unaccounted for, the whole having arrived safe, except one, viz. the Traffic, from Demerara, captured near Scilly. The Mary Ann, Curros, from Africa, is arrived off Plymouth. The Hanoverian ship, Friede, OLFUIT SLYBOOM, master, with a cargo of wheat, from Hamburgh to Bergen, passed Gravesend the Ist. instant, having been detained and sent in by one of our cruizers. A disturbance took place on Wednesday at Rams gate :—A party of persons in the town purchased a wreck, which lay a considerable time on the sands, near Sandown Castle; and by persevering industry woe enabled to raise her, and bring into the outer harbour, and attempted to take her into the basin, for the purpose of being docked and repaired. The Trus. tees, however, sent word they would not surer her to enter, on account of the probability of the dock being wanted at this season of the year for ships in distress. A great concourse of people attended, and the counsel, anomie:, and agents on both sides, when they endeavoured to make a forcible entry, but were prevented by the harbour-master cutting the - and a boom being put across the gates, with has compelled the panics to relinquish their for the present, until it undergoes a legal Yesterdaymorning, as a young man was a horse in the Hackney-road, he was thrown seat, when one of his feet hanging in the - was dragged near 100 yards, rben the stopped, but the unfortunate young man shockingly bruised, as to be• taken to the Hospital, without hopes of recovery. • ft•/;' ' ' ST. PIERRE. (MARTINIQUE) AUGUST It At present we have not one ship of the line in these was. Sir Alexander Cochrane has his flag flying on board the Statira frirtte ; he is anxietuslv looking for hi. commission as Governor of Guadalrutpe. Ones troops are very sickly indeed in that island ; and one regiment (the third battalion of the 606) hag I ,, itt numbers. The rest of the command is reported to be as healthy as ever it can be expected, at this season. • CARLISLE RAY, AUGUST 4. The Prince Adnlphiis packet arrived nn Wednes day, in 32 dAys, from FAlniouth, 'with the mail due for June. The Opossum :Pop of war has arrived here from Surinam, but has since sailed for Kailas ; as have the following men of war—Gloire, Peruvian, and Swaggerer, for Tobago ; Peirkn, for Guadalonpe ; Wanderer, for the Saints ; and Frolic, for Martinique. A very severe squall and tempestuous sea threa tened the vessels at this anchorage the greater part of Sunday, and throughout the mo s t of the night ; fortunately, however, the injury done has been con fined to a single ve sse l ( t h e American schooner L4B. ra), which parted soon after eight o'clock at night, and was driven on the south side of the Pier, near the old Fort, where the surge very soon made a cots plete wreck of her; happily the waster and crew es caped upon rafts of the cargo, consisting of deal lent ber, the greater part of which, about 70,000 feet of lumber, with staves, shingles, &c. was during the night, and even yesterday, i n d e fi ance o f a military guard sent to protect it, shamefully plundered by a large body of negroes. One of these daring depre dators was wounded yesterday by the Serjeant of the Guard, and is in danger of his life, the ball having lodged in his thigh. The trial at bar between the Sew= and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT is fixed for the 20th of November. A new carriage-road has been marked out from Pancras to Kentish Town. A magnificent dinner *as on Tuesday given at Draycot House, by Lady TILER? Lam, in bower of her daughter's coming of age. A fine ox was roasted Whole, and distributed among the populace. with profusion of strong beer. In the evening, the pleasure-grounds were lighted with tariegatedp.mps o a neat transparency ornamented the centre of the house, and a grand display of fire-works concluded the entertainments of the day. It is computed that upwads of 500 a persons were present. COVENT-GARDEL—The perfortnance at thliThea tre last night was the comic opera of Ferstaisileast, with the after-piece of Animal Merriam Mrs. DICKONN, who performed the part of Rosa in the play was encored in several of her songs. Miss Fesertat appeared, for the first time, on the London boards, in the character of frassette. This is not a part which affords much scope for the exhibition of theatrical powers, but in the little she had to do, Miss FiNITECIC was quite at home. Her articulation was clear and distinct. and her action was at once correct, free, and PARISIAN FASMONSe•—White !obeli and capots arc to be met with at every step ; the robes are orna• tnented either with furbelows of muslin or festoons. For some time past the embroidery ornaments of leaves or festoons have consisted of ditretent species of gauze. These have now given place, in act o number of robes and habits, to an embroidery Bordering is resorted to by some fashionable Dress. makers, whilst others use the mat ornam ent , b ut w i t h this di fference, that the bordering is more or less va. !legated, whilst the mat is one colour. The fashionable flowers are daisies, either yellow, green, white, dark blue or pale blue. The following is an extract of a letter from Port en-Prince, dated August 7 :—N Petion's party met with a great misfortune about ten days ago, that of General La Mar being killed at the Mole by an 18- pound-shot, after be bad held that place against Christophe under a continual bombardment efeieiteen months. He is replaced, however, br a General in whom they ?lace great confidence. His remains were brought here, and were to be buried with great cere. many to-day. Yesterday two brigs belonging to this side, sailed to Aux Cayes for powder. In the course of a month the army will march against Cape 'Fran. cois r eemmanded by General Rigaud ; and I have no doubt of their taking it, as they can muster 9000 men more than Christophe." Piedmont has suffered severely lately from inlaid*. tiara, which have destroyed the bridges, and dose a great *al of damage in other respects: All cosnasu. Manion between the different parts of the comer, was for some time interrupted. At the General Quarter Sessions for the OCT of Eli& ter, held at the Guildhall, on Monday sad •oaday last, John GUI," late . Secretary to the West of Eng. land Fire and Life Insurance Company, was indicted for defrauding the Company of divers largo roams of money. The Counsel lot the prosecution being unable to prove the due execution of the deed of settlement, and of each and every signature thereto, it was not allowed to be produced an evidence, in conisquenen of which the prisoner was acquitted. A man of the name of Gant, and his wife have been taken into custody, on a charge nada by the Bank of England, for making and elz kow forg e d notes. The offence was committed at in Shropshire, where several fabricated notes have been discovered in circulation. The implemati for making were found in the possession of the prisoners, who have been committed to Ludlow, mo w• tended and The Hon. and Rev. Edward Wee, M.A. Is ep up d e I s id es, w h en var b aga l of Great B: t ritat n s e l ae tt didi e c st ese ; of i ti ga ii ir e , va , ry, but were of Great Ressbitem, recant by the cession of the Re% Me. g the rope bote sith a chain , The Rev. Win. Heads Marsh, M.A. to the *mem oft lad" St, Ater-nezt -tbe-Sea, in maga& heir purpose s Tb , alev. lobo Procyon., Vicar of Chiswick, Se dmi !Velour d i scussion. dal Stall of Aylesbury, la Lincoln Cathedral, ea the as exercisi n g of we tuber, the Rev. Dr. Prat/than, Prussian et f th il e s t ili q from hi s dna, and Archdescon of Linen* who h m been tasted tn )wn The Mg. of e Rs% is Is.lll4ippors t _P o d a : animal was dal Stall of Cailbenteths- alsnlis'Lleosia pan was so Rev. Arthur Settee, Vicar et ituar m 2 ah mar, ant s to ?. as the Mimi et he Hospita l, ~, Dtarree. "H ali f ili caled Caller, to the Moms it Beeatheedeaer, Devoe.