Star. — London, England, 1810-11-26 00:00:00

• :1 Iw ~~ sPAL' FALMOVTH, NovEmEtti rg in here the Dispatch packet, with the Mails !or Surinam; Princess Elitab,eth with ditto, for Lis bon ; Nocton with ditto, fat Cadiz ; and the Expreas with ditto, for Jamaica, all• from Plymouth: TORBAY, NOV. 14. Yesterday arrived his Majesty's ships FA*); sited ALHICORE, also his Majesty's brigs ACHATII3 and Lan COCHRANE from a cruize, Thitidzy ,arrived his Majesty's ship AN-TE1.01 . .4 4filn!ital .fiir . L T. DcatcwoaTit, from NewfoUndland ; w4n, after land ing some passengers, she proceeded up ltinsiel for Portsmouth ; left Newfoundland the 23th ults ~ PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 26. Came in the Glaneuse French privateer, from St. Malocs, of 14 guns and 87 men, out 6 works, and had made no captures ; was taken 22d instant, by the NORTHUMBERLAND man of war. Arrived. the Fox- HOUND aid HELICON sloops of wat, from a . cruize.--- Put back the GOLDFINCM sloop of war, bound to CO ruana.—Sailed the AMELIA and ARGO.' lot Ports mouth. —Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER tS. Arrived the NONPAREIL schooner from Newfound , land. Sailed the SARPEDON on a mite. Came into Harbour the SATZLIATI guts-brig.—Wind S. E. DEAL, NOVEMBER 21. Several v essels are turning through the Gull stream, we cannot learn their names to save post. ----- Malocs, of 14 gur ma de no capture NotITHUMBERLAN ar'd HELIC Put back the Om ru anz—Sailed tl mo uth. —Wind S. POtrISI Arrived the Nc land. Sailed the Harbour the SAT, DE, Several vessels we cannot learn tl Y. Yesterday arriv having received sailed again this t on acruize the K BLAZER has arrive genburg, CHRISTI wheat, taken by a the above going I soap; WEGANER timber and staves, tels, full of wate the Roads the RI Starling, Pandoti 'transports from tl It will be seen morning at Lloyi ions of the Coznr don of out trade when we consider aily en the costs • vessels was mu . ye it emanate send the Master nglaad to pt 0,14 • 44 All Master. of ' if an enemy's cruiser If firing guns, burn Mich it is hoped 4 fro! the Channel for the it retaken, if not p: Undo! to all Masts hinals at the reveal nierheatb • For an beasts 4 ' For the Enemy's ' t " For an Enemy's I P Isil, alwor die Flop “ N.B. No Signal • nntioned) are to be Pas (Signed) • The ATLAs,lat ▪ enught letters fr • M. which wete the fleet under 6- Mahon on the 7 • anise, to complei It. sire joined on the • Id the whole wet b iockade of the I its eerily have, in * he, and four in t i••• Pious to Sir CHAR 4 Ilahon, the Corm 'kit three sail of aanouvre, as the HoOD, it mterprize and sot • .:istinguished, see f tared out a little .• attempt to ct t, without actuall tench ships ikul manoeuvres fo •ir SAMUEL escit e fleet. Sir Ci Honourable Cat • Lossost, to watci t Mahon. Real 's flag to the 1 • who is come ho • as superceded, d Captain Srz lkosso,y. Carts the V ILLE DE PA •0. home —it is wish Con. Admiral I : winter. ▪ CoRN MA':1C111 dal make a eor week's foreign, t • general dull, ur wmewhat dearer White Peas are kinds, a trifle de: • sales Jolly at the prices. atm !nen, nib 80s. ta r iot ditto, 965. 1001 (newt) sea, ssk ; 541 e7, 13a • ,_Maltou at* ' o ' weak Pols Naas' YARMOUTH, NOV. 25. Yesterday arrived the QUEBEC from the Tenel,but having received a fresh supply of protrisious. Bcc. sailed again this morning for her oid station,:,4iled on acruize the KITE and Lxvcarr gun Mir k ,The BLAZER has arrived with the Frocken Jew/on of Nor genburg, CHRISTIANS& master. from Flisnburg with taken by a French privateer. and retaiten by above going into an enemy's port. The Friend• zap, WEGANER master, from Swindermuuda ) with 'her and staves, is towed in here by two fishing !es. , fell of water and loss of steerage, Remain in the Roads the Roebuck, Daphne, Tartarus, Heatty i ing, Pandora, and Primrose, and a left Of light from the Battle. Wind S. II- •:; ' It will be seen by the following notice posted this ning at Lloyd's how truly laudable are the exc. - . of the Committee of that House for the prorecu of out trade from the enemy's privateers, and we consider the great number of them that are en the coast, such information to the Masters vessels was much wanted, and we are glad to bb. it emanate from whence it does. We recom. the Master of every vessel before he sails from Ae himself with a copy of the notice: Lloyd's, November VS, 1810. 44 £ll Muter. of Vessels passing up and down Channel, are " by the Comtuittee of this House, en the appearance enemy's cruiser, in the day or night, to Make sirals, either if firing guns, burning false li g hts, or letting off rockets, by Stick it is hoped, from the number of his Majesty's ships cruising h the Channel for the protection of the Trade, many vessels will it retaken, if not preserved from capture. It is also recom. waded to all Masters of Vends to attend particularly to the lipals at the respective Signal Stations on the Coast, as explained vierheath : " For an Enemy's /frigate, sr Frigates, One la!! alave the Flag. 4 ' For the Enemy's small Cruisers, Two Balls dew the Flag. " For as Enemy's Ship or Vessel close under the Laud, Three mime the Flop " N.B. No Signal made at the Signal Pests (but those above rationed) are to be attended to by Merchant Vessels. (Signed) " JOHN BENNET, jun, Secretary.* The ATLAS, lately arrived from the Mediterranean, sought letters from the fleet in that sea, to the 12th it. which wete brought to Cadiz by the CoLossua. Ike fleet under tiir CHARLES COTTON anchored at Mahon on the 7th of October, after a six months' hire, to complete their water and provisions. They %re joined on the 13th by the TEMERAIRE and Eant.g, W the whole were to sail on the 14th, to resume the cockade of the French fleet in Toulon ; where the tem have, in the Outer Road, eleven sail of the he, and four in the inner harbour. A few. days pre. qous to Sir CHARLES COTTON'S leaving his stating for Ila hon, th e C omman d er i n Chi e f o f t h e F renc h fl ee t, l ari l three sail of the line, stood out of the harbour to liancluvre, as the French ships frequently do. Sir lARLDEL Hoon, in the CENTAUR, with that spirit of n .. ter prize and sound judgment fur which he stand; .asunguish e d, see i ng that the French Chief had yen . out a little farther than usnal, instantly made attempt to cut him off, and he as nearly effected Without actually succeeding, as was possible. The ships skulked into the roads, and discontinued .anceuvres for that time. This brave attempt of SORTEL excited the admiration of all the ships in fleet. Sir CitAnt.zs COTTON left the WAItBPITI Captain BLACKWOOD), EVRTALUE, and , to watch the enemy, whilst the fleet refitted Mahon. Rear Admiral FIIEIMANTLE had shifted Bag to the VILLE oz PARTS. Captain THOMAS is come home after nearly seven years' absence) superceded, pro severe, by Captain BEAUFORT ; Captain SrewAwr has taken the command of the Captain HONEY is gime out to command VILLA DX PARUL Sir SAMUEL HOOD is not coming .it is wished that he should remain on the eta• Admiral MARTIN continues at Palermo for the CoRN MA:Mlir.—The fresh arrivals of Wheat to • make a considerable supply with part of last ''s foreign, upwards of 12,000 quarters ; sales in tl dull , and at rather lower prices. Barley gat dearer. Malt nearly at our last quotation. me Peas are cheaper. Grey, and Beans of both a trifle dearer. Oats are in short supply, and idly at the late advance.. Flour nearly at last .. , cies:soot eullailla AS isellittl. . Cis. 80s. Obs. -, ' Routs' bb. SOL Re data, sas. loos. .% Tick ciluo s 40, 51s. 01. , 't (neat) Ma. 411. 'Oats, 11.50. !b. 15s. • 72a M s . r, Ist 43 g . ; roLa ditto, /17s. 4114,1* - Potato* ditto, 411 s. IC PLos (&fiaas) .16s. et.. Rape Reed £46 451. ruitilaeri IS.. weft...4mnd% 74a. to 1301. ' gar! ^eon.* . 0 0 *other ion* 240?. THE HOTTENTOT VENUS . I .:;:' ; The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move theft-I,OK ships in behalf of an unfortunate female, who was in a state of confinement, and being inthat situation, was in the use of being exhibited to public view, in a man ner which must be equally disagreeable to herself, as it was disgraceful to the country where the suffered such a species of debasement. That the fetnale alluded to was kept in a state of confinement, he presumed to think the Court could not doubt, after what qe should have to submit to them. He knew, however, that their Lord ships would not comply with the motion he was about to make. unless they should feel that she was so confined against her will. Their Lordships•must Understand that he did not want to get this unfor tunate being out of one custody, to put her adrift, or without having another asylum provided for her. He appeared here for a Society, which was ready to shew that an ,unfortunate being iu the situation of this fe male could not be destitute of friends, while they re mained, who were the general friends of humanity. They sere ready to receive her, and to restore her to that country from .whence she had been taken ; and in the mean time, to undertake that she should be pro- perly provided for, without being subjected to that degraded state in which she was at present placed.— The course which it would be proper for him to take in such circumstances, in an ordinary case, he pre sumed would be, to move at once for a writ of /*akar corpus. He was aware, however,"that there were cir cumstances in the present case, which rendered such an application in the first instance not only objection able, but improper. His object, therefore, was to move for a Rule to shew cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued ; and also for a Rule on the person who at present had the custody.of the fe male in question, to admit some person or perscins, who spoke the language which she alone understood, to converse with her, out of the presence of her keeper. The first affidavit on which this application was made, to which he should call their Lordships' attention, was that of Mr. Bullock, keeper of the Liverpool Mu seum, Piccadilly, who stated, that a gentleman named Dunlop, called upon him some time ago, informing him that he had lately arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, and wishing him to purchase a large and beau tiful skin of a camelopardalis. The sum demanded being too great, Mr. Bullock did not make the pur chase. Mr. Dunlop, however, again called, and told him that be had also brought with him from the Cape, a Hottentot woman, whom he had come under an obligation to restore in two years. He wished to have disposed of the whole concern, 1 meaning the woman and the camelopardalis skin, at once, but having met with a person who had pm chased from him the property of the woman (he thus treating and disposing of her as his property) he then sold the skin of the camelopardalis to Mr. Bullock. Mr. Dunlop said, the woman was a great curiosity, and that if exhibited for the two years, she would make the fortune of the person exhibiting her. The affidavit went on to state, that Mr. B. bad re Ilion to believe that Alexander Cour was the person to whom Dunlop so disposed of the female in question, Cesar, Dunlop, and she going to reside in the same house to. gether ; and that Dunlop had since regretted that he had parted almost with his entire interest in her ; so it appeared that he used her as his property. If any thing more were wanting, the Attorney General had the affidavit of a person who had gone to see the exhibition, and who swore that nothing could be mere disgraceful than the way in which the unfortu nate woman was exhibited. As it could only disgust were he to attempt a description of it, and, at the same time, as that was not necessary, he should not dwell on this point. Mr. Justice La BLANC.—g , This would be evidence to be adduced rather under a criminal proceeding in-- tituted for a breach of public decorum." The ATTORNEY-GINERAL said, it certainly would. He had, 'besides, the affidavit of Mr. M'Auley, Secretary to the African Institution, on behalf of which Society he made the present application. This Gentleman went to the place of exhibition, where he found an elevated stage, with a recess, out of which the female in question came, dressed in a thin tight dress, almost the colour of her person, so as to make it appear as much as possible that she was naked.— The person who had the custody of her said, that he had got her from the Cape of Good Hope, having procured her from some of the Dutch Boors who come from the interior, and that he had made an agreement with the Governor of the Cape for bringing her away. When he said this, Mr. M'Auley, know, ing Lord Caledon, asked, if he had his consent ? to which he answered in the affirmative. Mr. M'Aule? asked, if the consent was in writing ? to which the' keeper also answered in the affirmative. Mr. M'Au ley, then erpressed a wish to see the consent, he ' being in the habit of corresponding with Lord Caledon. 1 This, however, the keeper refused to 'comply with;, and, observing that Mr. M'Auley had shewn a ' -cu riosity on the subject, declined answering any other questions.. Of the manner of the exhibition, as al ready said, it was unnecessary to enter into any de scription : it was sufficient to say, that this unfortu nate female 'was shewn as any beast, and as a bear led by a chain. Her keeper ordered her to place her. self in any position he desired, and she was obliged to obey. That she was in a state of absolute contro4 was apparent, but that she was happy or comfortable under her confinement, or was willingly so confined, it was equally plain, was not the case. Though she could not converse wit h any one, it was impossible to observe her gestures, to hear her deep sighs, to mark the sul len reluctance with which, when exhausted, she com plied with the mandate of her keeper to play on a musical instrument, and not to be satisfied that she was unhappy, uncomfortable, and under a system of restraint, which could not be tolerated in this country. To endeavour to realise the truth or falsity of this 'idea, two gentlemen, one of them a native of Hol land, went to the place of exhibition, and being told by the keeper that she could speak, but not well, in the Low Dutch, the gentleman put questions to ber, as. her friends—her country—her present sititation—whe cher she was happy or not if she wished to 4 o home to her native country, &cc. Tho' these inquiries must be supposed all of them to be the most interesting to a Men in her situation, l et, being addressee to -her in the presence of her keeper, she returned no mower r4...f.7!: k•• . Vl* of their. Their Lerdshipi iitsitiniii impet . of him sach evidence in a "case efthil kind, as Would r be required where the person alledged to be in a state -of confinerikent had some means, however limited, of making her feelings and her complaints known. Lord Ettet.ilattavatt asked, had she been head to' speak in the Dutchlanguage ?. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said she had been heard to answer her keeper, and on one occasion, when she, unwilling to comply With what he desired her, retired into the recess, he had been observed, after • pulling down the curtain to raise his hand towards her in a menacing manner, on which the curtain again drew up, and s ee came forward, and obeyed him in what he had ordered her to do. Their Lordships could not expect that he should be able to bring forward such evidence as might be expected if the application related to a person who was a native of this country. Their Lordships must see the defenceless state in which this unfortunate female stood. If they did not a. tend to his present application, how could she ever be relieved ? He did not, their Lordships would please to observe, desire in the first instance, to take her away from the person in whose custody she now was, but only that she should be placed in a situation to enable her to say, if she was in her present custody with her own free consent. He should be content to shape his motion in whatever way the Court might think best. What he had to propose, was, that in the first instance he should have a rule to shew cause why a Writ of Habear Corpur should not issue. He. was not aware it the Court could grant the writ at once, but, surely, their could be no doubt of their right to do so after the rule to shew cause why it should not be done ; and the Court should also know how to act, if the person against whom the application now made should refuse to obey it. There could also be no doubt, that some person must be appointed to visit and enquire into the situation of the female in ques tion, and that this person should be named by those for whom he (the Attorney-General) appeared, sub. ject to the approbation of the Master of the Crown Office. Mr. Justice LE BLANC said, the Attorney General had better add to his rule, that a person should also be present on the part of him against whom the ap plication was made, that on shewing cause he might be aware of what the Court had in view, and the Court might also be in possession of all the facts of the case on both sides. 1 , Lord ELLENBOROUGN asked, was there any thing in the affidavits to shew that the female in question was exposed in so indecent a manner as to give her pain?" • The ATTORNEY GENERAL said she had the appear. adce of being naked. i Lord ELIENDOROUGH."..." She is so tightly ha. bited ?" ATTORNEY Ca' ERA.L.—" Yes. So as absolutely to ' appear as if she were naked ; and the spectators are desired to touch particular parts of her person." Lord ELLiNnononox.-44 And does it state th a t she chews a feeling of pain from that circumstance I do not call for what might be an indelicate exposure; but only desire to know if the mode of exhibition be such as to give pain to a sensitive mind." Mr. Justice Lx BLANC.—" The person against whom the application is made, must not be called on to answer that part of the affidavits which might sub ject him to a criminal charge." Lord ELLENSOROUGH.--46 Have you noboly who speaks what may be termed her own vernacular tongue, if I may be allowed the expression ? You may not easily find such a person ; but it may happen i that the language in which the keeper has been heard i so address her, may be merely words of command." i The ArroaNsr.Gusisnar. said, it was stated that j the woman understood ber own proper language, and also Low Dutch, and that her keeper spoke to her in that language. i Lord ELLIENBOROVOILig Still these may be no I other but mere words of command ; a language which lit is well known is easily taught. We must see that she has this feeling of pain at the exposure to which she is subjected." I The ATTORNEY-GENtRAL said the keeper himself ' had stated that she understood Low Dutch. Mr. Justice Ls BLANC-;-'' When brought up under the Habeas Corpus, this woman must go where she pleases ;• and where is she to go ?" bir. ATTORNEY GENERAL—" There are p6SOIIII ready to take her, and she is to he told so." Mi. Justice Ls BLANC—" She is to be left to judge for herself." Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL--‘1 Yes ; but she may I , e told that there are persons ready to take care of her in the mean time, and also to restore her to her native country and friends." . • . • Lord ELLENBOROVGII-44 Before we can remove her ' L from her present situation, we must be satisfied that. she is an object capablotf making an election ; othst , Ishe feels pain from the constraintin which she is at pre. I Isent held ; and that she is desirous of being put s under i the care o persons who will restore her to her own country." Mr. Justice La BLANC said, the form of the rule should be, calling on the present keeper of the woman to shew cause why a writ of Habeas Corpus should riot issue ; and also enjoining him to give free access to the presence and conversation of the female in question, to a person to be named by the present ap plicants, capable of conversing with her in the lan guage she is said to understand—and that in the ab sence of the keeper- himself, and of every person in his employ, accustomed to exercise any sort of con. trout over her—there be;ng also present, on the part of the keeper, a person who also spoke the language said to be under stood by the woman, such person being a stranger to her. Lord ELLENBOROUOR said there mnst not here be a power to visit at all times. There must not opportu nities be given of dealing with the mind of this fe male.. The Court wished for information only as to her true situation. • The ATTORNIY•GRNERAL said, the persons for whom he appeared, would spurn at the idea of any thing which could be conceived to be improper. Lord ELLENDDRAVON said, the Court must mete out justice without regard to who were the parties. The Atrouszy-Gatzaam. assured the Court, if the situation of the female in question was found to be camketable, the present application ghiuld go an further. The rule to thew cane-in the terms men tiollett by Mr. Justice Le Blaac was then granted. ,~ _ J FROM SATURDAY MORT'S CAttert ADMIRALTY OFFICE, Novrmsn t 4. °Vera Letter front Admiral air C. Cotten, Bart.Commooder of Ms Majesty's Ships and Vessels.i.s the Medeerrawas. ttitsha Wilson Croker. Lsq. dated on beard the San Joseph. of Teuton, neptember StitZ•l Waco desist from forwarding to the Lords Cettimlnfoesere of the Admiralty, the enclosed detailed account of a gallant en terprise performed by the boats of the Amphion. Aesive, and Cerberus, which resulted in the surrender of the gangs= el Oran, and the capture and destroetion of a convoy of the seamy from Trieste. I have the honour to be. (Signed) e. *.tiro:. Amplikm,Oalptt of Irieste. lane to. Sta—A convoy of several vessels from Trieste were chaced into the harbour of Grao by the boats of the Amphion yesterday morning. and the officer. (Lieutenant Slaugher) on his return, reported they were laden with naval stores for the arsenal at Venice, As the Italian Government are making great exer tions at the present moment to fit out their marine at that port, the capture of this convoy became an object of importance, and I was the more induced to attempt it, as its protection (it was said) consisted only in she soldiers stationed at Grao, an open town in the Frittle. the sequel will chew that we were both deceived as to the number of the garrison and the strength of the place ; and if I should enter too much into detail in relating to you the circumstances attending its cap, ture, I trust, Sir, you will consider it on my part as only an anxious desire to do justice to the gallant ex ertioes of those who were employed on the occasion. The shoals of Grao prevent the near appmach of shipping of burden ; the capture ut the convoy there fore was necessarily confined to boat service, and I telegraphed to his Majesty's ships Cerberus and Ac tive on the evening of the 28th, that their boats and marines should assemble alongside the Amphion by twelve o'clock that night, It fell calm in the tear part of the evening, and conceiving, from our distance from Gran, that the boats of the Active (who was considerably in the offing) would not arrive in time. I wrote to Captain Gordon to request they-ntilftt be sent immediately • I mention this as it will ac c ount why that ship's bo ats and marines were not in the sta tion assigned them in the attack, and that no possible blame can be imputed to the officers and men em ployed in them for their not being present, as distance • alone prevented them. Captain Whitby, of the C berus, very handsomely volunteered his services on this occasion • but I conside re d it as a f a i r opportu nity for my Second Lieutenant (Slaughter) (the First Lieutenant t eing absent, hayi ng b een detached on other - service in the barge the day before) to distin gnish himself, and he has fully, in every wayjnsdfied the confidence I had in him. The convoy were moored in a river above the town of Grace and it was absolutely necessary to be first in possession of it ; the defences of the town were two old castles, almost in ruins, with loop-holes fir mus ketry, and a deep ditch in their front, extending from one castle to the other. The boats from the Amphion and Cerberus put off from the ships about forty mi nutes past eleven, and the marines of both ships un der Lieutenants Moore and Brattle (of Marines) and Lieutenant Dickenson of the Cerberus, the whole ol der the command of Lieutenant Slaughter, Linde.' without musket-shot to the right of the town before daylight, and instantly advan ce d t o t h e attac k. t h e launches with carronades under Lieutenant O'Brien (Third of the Amphion) accompanying them along shore. It had been intended that the Amphion's and Active's should have landed to the right of the town, and the Cerberus to the left, but the former beats not arriving, Lieutenant Slaughter very properly took the Cerberus's with him, and left the gig to direct the Active's to the left ; of course they had much further to row, and, much to the regret of all, did not get on shore till after the place was taken. A eery heavy firing commencell about dawn of day. the enemy conseierably stronger than wits imagined, and, assisted by a numerous peasantry, kept up a very de structive fire on our men whilst advancing, who pun posely retired a little to the left, taking ahrlter under some hillocks, and what the unevenness of thegrouna afforded ; they were followed by the French troops, who, conceiving this to be a retreat on the quitted their advantageous position and charged the bayonet.* It no longer became a contest to be decided with musketry ; they were received with the steadiness and bravery inherent in Englishmen ; both officers and men were personally engaged band to hand, and out of the number killed of the enemy in this encounter, eight were bayonet wounds, which will convince you, Sir, of the nature of the attack. .A struggle of this kind could not last long. and the French troops endeavoured, in great confusion, to regain their former position ; they were closely .pursued, and charged in their turn, which decided the business, and the whole detachment of the enemy consisting of a Lieutenant, Serjeant, and SS privates of the 81st regiment (all Frenchmen) were made pri. •soneri, leaving our brave men in possession of the town,: and 25 vessels , laden with stores and merchan dise. The Active's boats landed at this moment, ;o the leftv end her marines, under Lieutenant Foley. were of great the in completely securing the advert. tages gained. Every exertion was now made to get the convoy out of the River t but it being almost low water, it was late in the evening before they could be got afloat, end much labour and fatigue was occa. sioned, being obliged to shift the.cargoes into smaller vessels to get them over the bar. About eleven.. o'clock in tlie forenoon en attack was made on the . town by a party of French troops coming frinn nit, a village in the interior ; the force nearest them, under Lieutenant, Slaughter, Moore, and Mears of the Active, instantly attacked, assisted by the launches in the River, and the enemy finding all resistance iii. effeCtual, after losing two killed, threw down their and surrendered. In this latter business a Lieu. , tenant and 22 men of the sth regiment of Light Pantry (all French troops) were made prisoners. The same intrepidity which had insured success before, was equally conspicuous on this second occasion.-..- About seven in the evening . I had the satisfaction of seeing the whole detachment coming of to the sqtos dron, which I had anchored about four miles from the town directly the wind allowed, and every thing was secured by eight o'clock. A service of this na. titre has not beeu performed without loss; but every thing considered, it falls short of what olight have been exaected from the obstinate reejelepse met with. Lieutenant Brattle of the Royal bfarisem of the Cern berus, is severely wounded in the thigh; and will, I trust, recover. He bas (with every over and man in the party) distingu Med hiitself greatly. No ova [Turn over. I, ~ it i , I 1 1 l• 1 i