Star. — London, England, 1810-07-31 00:00:00

THE ARMY. The following was the positimr of the alliedtritish and Portuguese Army in the Peninsula, at the date of the last accounts from Portugal :—The cavalry was all in advance; the Royals at Sabugal, the 14th and Pith Regiments at and near Fuerte de la Conception, the 3d and 4th on the Coa ; the Infantry occupied a line from Celorico by the valley of Mondego and Gaarda on the one side, and to Fuerte de la Concep tion on the other. The Ross and Renfrew Regiments of Militia ar. l ived at Leith on Thuesday night on board seven smacks from London. They were landed next morn ing. The Ross-shire are to be quartered at Leith, and the Renfrew in Musselburgh barracks. Detachments of the 2d and 3d Foot Guards, and of the 13th and 30th regiments of Foot, have marched into Portsea last week. The Guards, which consist of 149 me n, will embark for Portugal, and the detach ments of the 13th and 30th for Cadiz. A detachment of the Durham Regiment of Militia has marched from Hilsea to Porchester. Deputy Commissioner-General MANNY k appointed to the Hampshire District, in the room of Deputy Commissary-General COPE, removed to the Kent Dis trict A General Court Martial' has lately been held at the Castle Tavern, Brighton, on Robert. Curtis, a: Corporal in the Oxford Regiment of • Militia, on charges preferred against him : Firer—For having, on different occasions, endeavoured to excite a spirit of discontent and dissatisfaction by attempting to per suade the men of the said regiment of Militia, that they had bun defrauded by their Colonel of certain articles, viz, shoes, stocks, du._ • _ _ Second—Por also having spoke disrespectfully of his Colonel *Mother officers, particularly on the 24th June. Third—Fur having made "a false accusation against Colonel Gore Langton, commanding the Oxford Regiment of Militia, in a letter addressed to Lord C. Somerset, commanding the district a Sussex, stating, that he , had laid the circumstances of his com alLint before the Colonel, who had refused hint satisfAction. Upon which charges the prisoner has been found Guilty of the whole, and is sentenced to receive 1000 lashes, and to be reduced to the ranks. Review OF THE LIFE Guanns.--Yesterday the re giments of Life Guards were reviewed •on Wimble don Common, by his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES. They arrived on the Heath about eleven o'clock in excellent order. The Queen's regiment of Light Dragoons kept the ground, and the Guards. farmed in line, with their right extended towards the town of Wimbledon. The military display,on this occa sion attracted a numerous corps of tashionables, who. drove to the Common in landaus, barouches, tandems, and other dashing vehicles. A close line of carriages drew up in front of the column, with a numerous troop of horsemen. The Ladies were elegantly attired, and the arrangements preparatory to the review fur : instal a most agreeable coup The Pnitice ar rived about twelve o'clock in his poSt. chariot. The 'queries and grdonts of his Royal Highness waked on the ground with several line chargers: The PRINCE mounted his beautiful grey horse, in a Field Marshal's uniform. The housing of the char ger was scailet, ridgy ornamented • with gold and superb stars em tY)ssed in silver. The bridle was - also ildorned with gold trophies, and other elegaiit devices. General. Lord HEATHFIELD took . the right of the PRINCE, and Sir.DAVID DLNDAS the left. Their Royal High nesses the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE were also present, with a numerous Staff. The evolutions then commented,the word offornmand being given by Ge neral Baum The discipline of these fine regiments has long excited admiration. On no occasion have they. appeared to more advantage than at this review. After wheeling intd line, tiring their pistols, and a va riety of manoeuvres, conducted with astonishing rapi dity, precision, and firmness, they made one grand . charge and hatted. Lord HEAT/IFIELD then rode in front of the line, and the whole gave a grand salute, which the PRINCE returned, by advancing towards the regiment unarvered, indicating at the same time . his approval of their behaviour. The review then ended. The Royal Dukes left the ground, and the PRINCE returned to town in his carriage. The wind blew rather strong, and the day was unpleasant at in tervals, consequently the spectators were not so nu merous as they might have been, had the weather Proved propitious. No accident of consequence hap pened. Mr. SHERIDAN was among the spectators. CORK, JULY 1.1. This morning the ROTA, having under convoy ten sail of transports with troops on board, arrived in this harbour from Portsmouth. • The following are the Regiments ; the 6th, 20th, 38th, 7Gth, and 84th. HALIFAX, (NOVA SCOTIA) Hjl.l( 2. , .; • Ten days ago the Ferret cutter arrived from Engt . land with orders for the two Fusileer regiments, the . 7,11 and 23d, quartered here near two years,•.to.ent!. bark immediately for Lisbon. Yesterday, the • Royal Fusileers, sailed .m berird the Squadron, "banded by Sir John B. Warren, who in some weeks' returns to England: Stich dispatch was ordered and used, and last Wednesday the troopi were on board the ships of war. The Admiral's ship; the Swiftsure, Captain Austen, with 400 men; the Milan frigate, Sir R.. Lawrie, 320 men, and every other ves 7 &el in proportion. _ . Transports are daily expected to carry to the same destination the 23d or Royal Welsh Fusileers, the de tachments of which at Annapolis Royal, arid St. John are called in, and will soon arrive. It is a very fine and well officered regiment, and has distinguished itself in Holland, in Egypt, at the taking of Copen hagen. and Martinique. Its dep a rt ure i s muc h re . grated by the inhabitants. The 93th regiment from Quebec has taken its place ; and the 2d battalion of ; the Sth regiment is on its way from Europe to fill the vacancy in this garrison left by the 7th. This colony is under the government of Sir G. Pocock, in a very flourishing situation. Its forests, and those of Canada, contain timber enough for the aiilitary and commercial navy of Great Britain during twenty years to come, without any importation from tile Baltic. Hands and capitals are only wanted --This coast abounds with all sorts of fish. A simon of 201bs. may be bought for half a dollar ; a siod.tish of the same weiry t for 10d. a dozen lobsters f6r GJ . had,locks, mackrel, herrings, hallibuts, stur- Porti ns, Rounders, and nth er fi sh are cheap in p ro po on. " I derive, therefore, the greatest satisfaction, from observing, that (with an exception or two, entirely unworthy of notice,) the whole body of the Bombay army, in disavowing all fiEowship with those who had forgot their duty, has confirmed the high re putation, witch has ev e r be e n at tac h e d t o it, an d I cannot con clude without requesting you to convey to the members of the Bombay military establishment the sincere and cordial expression of those sentiments of respect, regard and confidence, which I have ever professed, and shall ever retain for that distinguished portion of the Company's forces and that highly meritorious body of British Officers. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. (Signed) MINTO. " Fort St. George, December 1, 1809." Published by order of the Honourable the Governor in Council, F. WARDEN, Chief Secretary. Extract from the log-book of the ship United King dom, just arrived from Jamaica :••44 On Sunday, 17th June, while standing to the northward, acr o ss the Bight of Leogane, during the night, a heavy can nonading was heard in the N. E. quarter. On ap proaching Cape Nicola, before day, on the 18th, the fire•of cannon was distinctly seen to be from the bat teries on the hills that command the town of Cape Nicola, and were evidently filing on the town. 'When day appeared, there were seen tree large ships, (one of which carried a Vice-Admiral's flag), four brigs, and a schooner of war, off the entrance of Cape Ni cola Mole. The batteries continued to fire on the town without intermission for the whole day. About one P.M. same day, several new batteries were open ed, and the cannonading continued without intermis sion while the United Kingdom was within hearing. The fleet shewedno colours, but was supposed to he that belonging to Cullus TOrff F., and the batteries play ing on the town, manned from the army under the same Chief, attacking the Mole, as it was in posses. sion of PETION at that time." We have .received, by a South• Sea Whaler arrived at Portsmouth, a set of Sidney Gazelles to March last. Owing to the flooding of the Hawkesbury, St. George, and Nepean Rivers, at the latter end of August, ex tAisi ve devastation had been committed in that colony, tLe crops being • totally destroyed, and a vantity of cattle washed away. One cultivator, Major JOIINSTOKE, lost 490 sheep ; and another (Mr. MAC'. CULLVM) 300. The Governor, to guard against the apprehended scarcity, had issued a proclamation, for bidding for a limited time the slaughtering of live stock without a special licence. Last week, as some workmen employed by Mr. Waters, butcler, of Brecon, were pulling down an old house in that town, for the purpose of rebuilding it, they were agreeably surprised on finding a valuable _purse, which had been secreted in the wall of a chim ney, and had probably lain there more than two cen turies. The purse contained about thirty pieces of gold coin, and 200 of silver, chiefly of the reigns of Henry VIII. Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth. A few days ago as the workmen were digging a cellar adjoining the City of Antwerp Inn, Dover, they discovered several human bones, and at length a chalk -stone, which had been hollowed out to contain a human head, which appeared to have been decapi. stated, as the stone was adapted to receive the neck .part. The skeleton of the head was nearly perfect .:when first discovered, the teeth in the jaws quite per. fect-;. but, after it had been exposed to the air for a ,few hours, it mouldered away to dust. T.wojaung Ladies, of the names of Banks and Sharman, residing with their parents i n th e v i c i n i t y of S tamford, died - suddenly last week, i n consequenc e of drinking cold small beer when heated with dancing. In the course of last week, several small land tor toises have been found trawling about Hampstead Heath, supposed to have strayed thither from some gentleman's garden in the vicinage. Friday last, some boys at play, near the Hoop pub lic-house, on Hampstead Heath, discovered a num ber of large adders wreathed together in a knot, and basking in the sun-shine under a hedge. The boys attacked them with stones, and the eeptiles quickly disentwined themselves, and made battle for some time, by hissing at their assailants : one more bold than the rest advanced towards one of the boys, who fortunately killed it with a stone y it measured above four feet in length, and had several frogs in its belly. A flock of birds have made their appearance at Aberdeen, of a species rarely seen in this country. They are of the genus Loxia, order, Curvirortra, commonly called Crossbill, or German Parrot. They are inhabitants of Sweden, Get many, and the southern parts of Russia, and migrate periodically to this country. The last flock seen here was about 17 years ago. They generally fix their residence in the neigh bourhood of pine woods, the seed of which is their usual food. Numbers of them have been shot at this time. The male is of a red-lead colour, mixed with deep brown, and has black legs. The colour of the female inclines Is, green, streaked with brown. . BOMBAY, /AWAY 27, line • . APRICULTIMAL REPORT nA. JUL? . - 15107E11AL ORDERS, JANUARY 15. --___ . . • . By the Commander in Chief. The genial showers in the early part of the month, The Honourable the Governor in Council has been - have in some degree impeded the hay harvest in the ..pleased to direct, that the following letter, from the midland counties ; but they have thrown the corn into Right Holt. the Governor General under date the Ist a Lire and fruitful e a t, giving the harvest the most of Ikeember last, sh a ll b e p u bli s h e d i n o r d ers . promising an.l product ive appearance. The wheat The Honourab* JONATHAN DUNCAN, j crop, except in a few instances, will be more than an Governor in Council, &c. itc. ' ' ! average crop. The barleys are a full crop in must " HONOI7RABLY Silt.. Bombay, " t have had the hono u r o f receiving your letter of Stet octo• counties, and the late grow i ng weat h er h as f orce d her together with its iuclosu res contakting the proceedings held the ear out of the ho se , even upon l an d s i n t h e worst by the Commander in Chi e f Of the Forces serving under the state of cultivation. o.ds, in all situations, on both presidency fabricated of ptr Bom whic bay h purported for obtainin to g be ap a formromial disavowal of the high and low l an d s , h ave t h e most prom i s i ng appear the disa ff ected part of the Coast Army, i n t h e name of the OM. ante, and show well fora f u ll cro p. Th e w i nter tares ceri of your establishm en t, an d w hi c h h a d b een c i rculate d b y have yielded mu c h fo o d f or so ili ng, % hid * has been the Committees on the Coast, with a vie* to promote the suc- almost invaluable, on account of the scarcity of grass. teas of the criminal transactions in which they were engaged. The latter-maths and turnip crops promise to be very " The result of this investigation is entirely agreeable to my 'neat. The summer fallows, owing to the late di y firm and confident expectations, ands highly .iatisfattiiry to my .r. mind, as it must be to that o 1 every man who feels a warm con- wenher, are in a forw ar d s t ate o f cu l t i vat i on, an d tent either in the public interests, or in the honour of the Boni- will not require much attention through the month bay army. That honour has ever been, and lam assured will of harvest. ever continue unsullied, by any deviation from the purest princi ples of the military character. " Neither the inquiry instituted by Major-General Jones, re specting that contemptible fabrication, nor the subsequent trans mission of the same scandalises Paper, from the supreme Go vernment, were founded in distrust, or conveyed any indications of suspicion; but the unhappy c•rcumstanees of that extraordi nary and lamentable period, indispensably required the commu nication of such a document, to the respectable body of men, whose sentiments and conduct it misrepresented in a manner so slanderous lowa, di them. and so prejudicial to the public peace and security.—lf that obviously necessary measure had been omitted, Government would, on one hand, have deprived the army of Bombay, of an opportunity to repel so foul and so trea amass an imputation, and to give utterance to their own true and honourable 54 ntiments, in a moment of public anxiety and alarm ; and on the other, would have left the fomenters of public trouble, in possession of a formidable engine, actually employed with much diligence, and not without some success, for mis leading the public mind, and strengthening the hands of disaffec tion and revolt. LiIlY INTALLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY O. SOLLY V. RAMSAY. This was an action of damages for the breach of a mercantile contract. The facts, as stated by the Counsel for the plaintiff, were as follow : The defendant had ordered one hundred barrels of yellow tallow from the plaintiff, agreeing at the same time, that in case any nutter of dispute should arise in the performance of the contract, it should be left to the decision of the broker, a Mr. Sharp. The tallow arrived, and was delivered over to the defendant, ac cording to his order. On its being cursorily viewed, it appeared evidently injured by wet, and the casks damaged. The defendant upon this view, wrote to the plaintiff, stating that in consequence of the injury, he could not receive the tallow, without an allowance for the damage done by the wet, and for the state of the casks. Mr. Sharp was then brought forward to ascertain the damage, and he fixed it at 9s. per hun dred weight, amounting to three hundred pounds for the entire. The tallow remained for some months longer in the defendant's possession, but unused. On its being opened, it was found to differ totally from the order, and instead of the best yellow tallow, to consist of three different, and all of these inferior kinds. Oa this the defendant considered the contract as at an ead, and desired to return the tallow. But the price of the commodity having fallen, the plaintiff insisted on the performance of the contract, and for that bi ouffit the present action. Evidence was brought to prove the facts. Lord Elavatonovorr had no doubt that, as the material differed from that which was ordered, the original contract was prima fide done away, and not capable of being referred to Mr. Sharp. But the de. fendant might, of course, take the m ater i a l as i t stoo d, by a virtually new contract, and send Mr. Sharp to ascertain what deduction might be justly made. It rested with the Jury then to consider, whether the 1 case gave room for such circumstances, and whether that agreement, by which the defendant desired to be allowed for the damage by wet, and the state of the casks, was made with knowledge of the actual state of the tallow at the time. If it appeared that the de fendant was actually ignorant of the inferior - riature. of the material, when he gave the direction to Sharp to make his valuation of the injury (and all the evi dence seemed to point towards that), he could not be . considered as authorising any new contract, and the Jury must find a verdict for the defendant. The value of the hundred casks was upwards of £3OOO. The Jury retired from the box, and, after consult ing for a considerable time, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, deducting the £3OO, according to the estimate of the broker. TOE KINO V. /MODAL!, ANT) DEPNALL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated this to be an in dictment against the defendants for a conspiracy to de fraud Samuel Moorey, the prosecutor, of £6O, under pretence of procuring him a situation in his Majesty's Customs as a.tide.waiter. The offence which he had imputed to the defendants was one which, he hoped, would not frequently occur ; and when it did, he trusted it would meet with punishment. Redilalt, one of the defendants, was formerly an officer in the Customs • but having greatly misconducted himself, he had b een dismissed. Depnall, the other defen dant, was an officer at present, and one who, by his activity and attention, had gained the good opi nion of one of the Commissioners (Mr. Williams) ; and in return for obligations conferred on him by that Gentleman, be imposed upon him by represent ing Moorey as a relat'on ; and this representation in duced Mr. Williams to give him a tide-waiter's place. It would appear in evidence, that Mnorey, the pro-•! secutor, had expressed a wish to have a situation in.! the Excise or Customs, to a person named Wiltshire, who thereupon introduced him to the defendant Red- Ball ; and Reddall, on being informed of his wish, represented himself as being employed as an agent by the Commissioners to procure persons who would purchase situations, and that he h id bee* so employed • for upwards of 25 years. It would not be necessary for hint to state all the evidence; it was sufficient to say, a situation was procured for Moorey for the sum of RBO, but the situation not proving so profitable as had been represented by the defendints, Moorey thought he had reason to complain of having been ! deceived in the transaction, and he did in fact corn- , plain to one of the Commissioners ; and this corn- ' plaint brought the whole transaction to light. Samuel Moorey, the prosecutor, stated, that he was introduced to Reddall by Wiltshire, in September, 1808, who told him he was general agent to the Com missioners, and would procure him a preferable tide waiter's place for £BO. On the 15th of September he went to Reddall's house, by appointment : Reddall was not at home when he arrived, but he sat dowp in the parlour to wait his return ; Reddall came in soon after, and the witness heard him tell his sister as he passed through the hall, that he had procured the place for the witness ; that the other defendant, (Depnall) and him were to divide the 480 between them, except £5 which he must give to Wiltshiri. On his entering the room where the witness was, lie told the witness he had procured him the situation ; and the witness asked him if the Commissioners were acquainted with the terms on which he was to be ap pointed ? He answered yes, or how otherwise could he have obtained it ? he had paid to Mr. Williams, one of the Commissioners, £6O, and he (Reddall) was to have. the remaining £2O for his trouble. The "11 11 following evening they met again, at the Shin onislie house, on Tower-hill ; when the witripS paid the do fondant £e2o, through the hands of the landlord, Red dall saying he must not receive it from him direct. The landlord gave him a receipt, purporting to be an obligation to return him (the witness) the money, if he was not appointed. On the following morning, the witness, accompanied by his brother-in-law, T. Lee, again met Reddall, and gave him a pmnsissorip note for the remaining £6O, payable in ten days. Two papers were produced, one purporting that he had sold nut £fo stock to pay Mr. Williams, thii other purponing to be the receipt of that Gentleman fur that sum. On the 23d of September the witness and Lee went to the Custom-house with the defen dant, and brought back the following note a " Cubtorn-house, London, Sept. 23, 1 SOL. a Samuel Moorey, to he a preferable Tide-waiter, in the rw et Win. cliancAtui, redgned, J. W.— There does nut appear to • be any objection, F. C." The witness asked Reddall whether he should be asked any questions at the Custom-house as to having paid any money for his appointment? the defendant s lid no, they passed all these things over when he brought any one to ,be sworn. The witness was 1 sworn into the office that day ; and afterwards dined with Reddall, and saw the other defendant for tie • first time; the situation not turaing out so profitable as he was persuaded it wottld, he receiving only £6s_ for one year's service, he remonstrated with the de fendant Reddall, in consequence of which he got Al2O back, but Reddall told him, if he was not then satis- tied he would soon have him dismissed. On his cross examination, he was asked, whether, when before the Lord Mayor, he did not swear that he had given no fee for his appointment ? he answered to the best of his knowledge he had not done so, of at least he never heard such words read over to him. The oath was then produced, signed Samuel Moo rey ; the witness acknowledged the signature to be his hand-writing. Lord ELLENUOROUGIT.-4t is too much to ask for a verdict on the evidence of a witness who comes en der such suspicious circumstances. I must strike out the whole of his evidence. It is for you, Mr. Attor ney, to consider whether you can substantiate the charge without it ; these prosecutions are most pro per, but when a man denies so positively having taken an oath to which he afliaed his signature, every part of his evidence will require corroboration. The ATTORNEY GENEHAL.—In justice to Mr. Wil liams, I trust your Lordship will permit me to call him ? Mr. Williams, a Commissioner of Customs, was then called, who stated that he did not know the de fendant Reddall ; the other defendant had been his servant previous to his procuring him a situation in the Customs. Dapnell told him Moorey was his re lation he did not know Moorey, but recomme n d e d him because he was Dapnell's relation ; he never re ceived a farthing for the appointment, nor did he know a farthing ever was paid. Mr. COMMON &WEAN justice to YOU, Mr. Williams, I assure you I have never been instructed to say you had any knowledge of the transaction in any way whatever. The ATroRN ILY Garream..—My Lord, I can carry this no further. One of the Jury made some observations on the hurried and irregular manner in which oaths are ge nerally administered in the Custom-house, from which it was possible the witness might not have heard the part of the oath alluded to, read by the person who administered it. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, it was of the greatest importance to morality did oaths should be admi. nistered clearly and distinctly, the consequences of their not being so administered were most dangerous ; it led to causing a fellow-creature to commit one of the worst crimes in the eyes of the ALMIGHTY ; it was extremely to be wished the Gentlemen of the Customs would be more attentive to this most intpor tant part of their duty. The Jury then, under the direction of. his Lor.l - found the defendants—Not Guilty. BILL BROKEILII.--FOOTMAH V. COOMIL. This was an action to recover the sum of a 63 )0, being the amount of a bill of exchange of that amo int. The facts were simply these : the plaintiff and de fendant are both Bill Brokers, and were employed by a person of tile name of Corny% to procure cash for his bill of £5OO. This was undertaken by Coomb, and having obtained this bill, he exchanged it with Footman for two bills accepted by a Mr. Jackson, which two bills were discounted at the Bank of Eng land, and the cash for the same given to Coomb for Comyn's bill of £3OO. When Comyn's bill became due, it was dishonoured, and for this bill the action was brought. The defence set up was, that Coomb was merely the agent of Comyn, and as he had' not even put his name to the bill, he could not be considered as liable. Mr. Comyn, however, was examined, and he swore that Coomb never gave him the £3OO bill, or yet the amount of it. He said that he gave him bills to the extent of €2500 to get discounted ; that he got 0200 from Mr, Coomb at the time he gave him the £3OO bill, and he stated that he has since been embarrassed in his circnmstances. Lord ELLENBoanucit summed up the case and evi dence. His Lordship laid it down as law, that. it being proved that a perton in the capacity of Coomb issuing paper of no value, and obtaining value for it, which he converts to his own use, shall be liable not withstanding any dexterity he thinks he uses in keep. ing his name of from the paper which he so nego. ciates, and for which he so gets value, nor shall kis ostensible character of agent save him. The Jury, without retiring, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £5OO. A rule has been made by the Trish Judges, that they will not in future travel on Sundays, but attend Divine Service in their robes, &c. wherever they may halt the day previous. The question, whether the Rev. CHARMS Surrt.ct had a right to appeal against his expulsion fruits All Souls College, Oxford, in July 1809, Was heard, oh Friday, at Lambeth, before his Grace the Archbishop ai visitor, Sir WILLIAM GRANT and Sir WILLIA.O Scott being his assessors, on an exception Liken against such right as exercised ' W Officers of the College ; when, gument by the Counsel on both tided in favour of the right of Warden and Officers to produce he expulsion within a month. ed by the Ofardea and , after a very learned ar- Ith sides, the Visitor de- ' appeal, and ordered dts duce thaAploOs far • I