Star. — London, England, 1810-09-29 00:00:00

THE ARMY. The ballot goes on with various success in the cfif ;l..rent counties for the Militia ; but we learn with mu ch pleasure, that so successful have several of the po pular regiments bee n in recruiting, that they have no o ccasion to have recourse to the ballot. A volunteering for the line is expected to take place in a few months; and it is said, that that most useful corps, the 95th or Rifle corps, will receive two more battalions; that the Scots Royals, Royal Irish, 42d, and the Inniskillings, will each receive an additional battalion. The fleet with reinforcements for Lord WELLING .roN, sailed from Spithead yesterday, under convoy of the ()wee GLENDOW ; the regiments who get most recruits by this fleet are the 48th, Scots Royals, and 88th. A great many Officers have gone out to join, Deputy Commissary-General GAUNTLET with ma ny Officers for that department, and Dr. Hoc°, with several Physicians, and many Surgeons and Apothecaries. The Marquis of DROGHEDA'S fine regiment, the 18th Irish Hussars, are under orders to embark to join Lord WELLINGTON'S army ; and the other regi ments of the Hussar Brigade are expected speedily to follow —a Swell as the Marquis of LovitiAN's regiment, the 11th Light Dragoons,' tehlth is in the highest or der for service. So high is the character of the 18th Royal Irish re giment, that though the 2d battalion returned from the Wrest Indies to Britain only a few weeks since, the battalion is now nearly complete again, and will, it is supposed, soon be sent to Lord WELLINGTON'S army. The battalion is at present quartered at Kingsbridge, in Devonshire. _ _ _ We are glad to hear that Lord ROSSLYN 9 B regi ment, the 9th Light Dragoons, begin at length to re. cover from the effects of the Walcheren fever. They still contir,,ie quartered at Exeter, where they are great favourites. The Ist battalion of the gallant 42d, or Royal Highlanders, have now nearly recovered from the effects of the Walcheren fever, which proved so fatal to this distinguished corps. The battalion is quar tered at Mussleburgh. Lord CATIMICART has repor ted t hem again fit for service and it is supposed they will soon he sent out to Portugal, where the 2d bat talion has been for some time. Another fleet will in about ten days be dispatched with reinforcements for our armies in Portugal, Sicily and Cadiz. The following is a Return of the strength of the Native Army in Portugal, made under the authority of Marshal BERESFORD • 37,000 7,123 5,768 2,267 4,800 4,562 24 Regiments of Infantry, at 1550 men 12 Ditto Cavalry, 594 men - 6 Battalions of Chasseurs, at 628 men .. Loyal Lusicanian Legion - - 4 Regiments of Artillery, at 1800 men - Ditto, dito, at 1148 men - - Total Regulars - O 8 Regiments of Militia, at 1101 men • - Total Native Army British Army, at . • Total Allied Army - 59,5b5 - 52,848 • 112,403 • SO,COO • 142,403 Yesterday arrived in London Lieutenant-Colonel LEITH, charged with dispatches of great importance from the Governor-General of India. He came pas senger in the William Pitt extra ship, which left Ma dr.ls on the Bth of May, when every thing was in a state of the greatest tranquillity. Lord MINTo was' preparing to return to Bengal. An Expedition had been fitted out for the Isle of Bourbon, of the success of which no doubt was en= tertained. The detachments under Colonel CLOSE hal retur red to cantonments, and the general state of Hindo stan was perfectly satisfactory. By letters received by the William Pitt, we learn the following particulars :—Colonel Close, who had pursue. 4 Meer Khan beyond the Nerbuddah, was re turning with his army to his former station, being un able to come up with the fugitive Chieftain, who, though now deserted by almost the whole of his fol lowers, would easily find means to collect them again upon a favourable opportunity. Before Colonel Close's army had crossed the Nerbuddah, two regi ments of Native Cavalry, which composed part of the Expedition, intended to demand an increase of pay; but Colonel Close having received intimation of their design the morning before the river was to be forded, ordered some arrangements to be made which placed the Native Cavalry between the Europeans, and in front of the artillery, and then gave his orders for the cavalry to cross the river. The cavalry being thus placed in a situation. so entirely commanded, went forward in obedience to the orders of their Com mander, without preferring their intended demand. It is, however, believed that Colonel Close had found it Expedient ultimately to grant an increase of one r: ;see per month, and a seer of rice per day. in the course of the expedition against Meer Khan, a Lieutenant Davidson had placed a Subandar, (a native officer whose rank eorresponds with that of Captain) under arrest. The Subandar, while a pri soner, appealed to Colonel Close, and preferred being still a prisoner, a complaint against Mr. Davidson, alledging that he had made use of the Company's grain to feed his ( Davidson's) horse. The Subandar was released from his arrest ; Mr. Davidson was brought to a Court Martial, and suspended for three months. Captain SYDEN/lANI, late Resident at Hyderabad, has resigned, it is said, in consequence of an allusion made to him in the General Orders published by Ge neral GOWDIE and Lord MINT°, on the acquittal of Colonel DovETON. General MALCOLM, late Ambassador at the Court of Persia, it is said, is about to leave India. The Agency of the Army Clothing has been taken away from the brother of Major Bouts, who held it for the purpose of arranging the Major's conc erns , and transferred to Colonel him. NdrAL FALMOUTH, SEPTE.PAIUM 26. The Eliza packet, with the Mediterranean &c. will sail this morning. —Wind E. PLYMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 27. The PENELOPE frigate was last night put out of commission. Arrived the ELIZABETH, 74 guns, from Portsmouth. Sailed the WEAZLE schooner, for Fal. mouth ; and the INTELLIGENT gun-brig, with a small convoy, for Cork. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 28. Arrived his Majesty's ships HERO and MARS, from the Baltic, and are sailed again for off Cherburgh.— Sailed his Majesty's ship SCEPTRE, for Plymouth ; HUMBER, EYDEREN, WEYMOUTH, and GANNYMEDE, with the West India and Mediterranean fleet under convoy.—The Mediterranean and Portugal convoys remain in Cowes Roads.—Wind S. The b t e ren CC much plo popu lar DO occas A vol in a few cor ps, tli battaliot and the battaliot The f ToN, sai o f the ( rang rep a nd 88t join, 1) ma ny C with se Apothe The 18th 1 join Lt Intents follow t h e 11 DEAL, SEPTEMBER 28. Arrived his Majesty's ship AURORA, with four sail of the Jamaica Fleet under convoy ; also arrived, this afternoon, and sailed for the River, the ship Sarah, Captain BUTTRESS, from Gibraltar, after an action with a French privateer, about two o'clock this morn ing, which she beat off, after an hour's fighting.— Wind S. W. SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER 28. Sailed the Convoy for Gottenburgh, under protec tion of his Majesty's ships CALYPSO and MANLY : the next will sail about the 11th of October. Sailed the PARTIJIAN sloop of war to the Westward ; and the AGGRESSOR gun-brig, to Heligoland, with a small con voy.—The BRISEIR sloop was undocked, and is to be fitted immediately for sea.—Near 200 sail of ships have gone by the Nore, since Wednesday, from the Baltic.—Wind S.W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESZND, SiPTEMBEIL 28.—Arrived the Venus, Paxson, from Guadaloupe.—Sailed the Somerset, TAYLOR, for Berblee; Hawke, Raz, for Malta; and Symmetry, Limsta, for Newyork. The Sir Godfrey Webster, —, for London, got on shore on the 31st of July, in coming out of Port Mount, and will be obliged to unload. £tract of a letter from Captain Henry, of the Neptune from Palermo, dated the 21st instant, at the Motherbank :—" The Hope, Butler; Albion, Todd; and the Akins, M‘Dea, I have never seen since the 90th of August—there were 25 sail missing at Gibraltar." Captain Foster, of the William Pitt, arrived from Jamaica, spoke the following ships on the 12th of August, in lat. 34. long. 67. the ship Sir John Moore, from the Clyde to Charlestown, out nine weeks ; on the 14th September, in lat 47. long. 18. the sloop Flambe, Hardy, of Loudon, for S ewfoundland. The Sara', Worsman, from London, is lox in the river Senegal. WATERING PLACES. WORTHING, SEPTEMBER 26. This most delightful spot stands unrivalled in the number, rank, and beauty of its inhabitants ; and the good example which universally prevails among the great in point of morality, renders this fashionable place a quiet and desirable abode, and certainly su perior in that respect to any other watering-place.— Among our noble visitors, for the season, wa are proud of naming the following : Lord and Lady Mansfield, and family; the Marquis and Mar chioness of Blandford, and their charming family; Lord and Lady Bathurst, with their lovely family; the Marchioness Wellesley, with her sons and beautiful daughter; Lord and I.ady Clonbrock, Lady Hawarden, Lady Catharine Harris, Lady A. Leith, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cornwallis. Mr. and rs. Tierney, and their amiable family : Mr. and Miss Grattan; Lord Henry Moore, Lord Berwick, Viscount Monntjoy, Lord W. Somerset, Earl of Sunderland, &c. MARGATE, SEPTEMBER 27. .?~"~:~~ MR. MOM° PARK! Septenthet 21, taut Mn. ENTon—Since writtng to my Lord MoinA respecting Mr. Panne the following intelligence, it has been suggested to me as information interesting to the Public in general ; should you, be of that opi nion, and think it worth a place in your Paper, you may insert the whole, or any part, for the information of the Public.—l am, Sir, your humble servant, JAMES G. JACKSON. " Fenchnrch Buildings, Sept. 27, 1810. " Mr Loa n—Tt affords me particular witiafaction to be enabled to acquaint your Lordship, that I have received authentic iutor mation from a very particular friend of mine, lately arrived here from Mogadore, that Mr. Mango Parke, the Afrizan Traveller, was seen about the month of March last, eight days journey, or about 120 miles east of Timbuctoo. " Some daves from Wangara, who were lately conducted to Mogadure for sale, passed Mr. Parke on their journey, and it was reported by the natives in that part of Soredan, where those Wangarum slaves saw Mr. Puke, namely, eight days east of Timbuctoo, that he was a spy come to inspect their country, and be had two christians with him. " I have the honour to be, &c. &c. " JASSZS O. JACKSON." " The Right Hon. the Earl of Moira, &c. ike." EARTHQUAKE. PARTICULARS OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE AT TILE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape Town, January 4, I SM. On the 4th December last, at about twenty mi nutes past 10 P.M. a severe shock of an Earthquake was felt here, accompanied by a most terrible noise, as if thousands of chains were thrown backwards and forwards with great velocity on the tops of the houses —the earth trembled greatly at this time for a few moments. In about five minutes a less violent shock was felt, and this was occasionally repeated, some times at night, at others in the day time, until the 23d December. The inhabitants were exceedingly alarmed, and many left their houses and pitched tents in the squares land some persons yet resort to the Bents to sleep. Al most every house has cracks in the walls. The shocks were Most severe at a place called Rappen Eiland, (Robin Island), at the entrance of Table Bay. Here the ground is much torn up, and the walls of Mr. John Murray's buildings there fell to the ground.— ' About seven miles from town, on the estate of Mr. Kerr. at Blaumberg, and about the spot where Ge neral Baird defeated General Jansen, hundreds of small volcanos have opened, which never were seen before. From these now issue streams of water, and this estate, which at this time of year was always dry has now a small lake, supplied constantly from these new openings in the ground. The report of the Committee sent to examine into the facts, states, that they found one spring of en tirely fresh water, one of salt, and several which were brackish. The farmer of the Salt-pan, Bisges Kraal, was driven from his dwelling, a great spring of water having opened in the middle of his house, and which is there still. The shocks were felt beyond the Hot tentot mountains, as far as the river Zonder End, about 80 English miles from Cape Town. The Dutch inhabitants are very much alarmed, and have become very religious, going to prayers daily to be seech the ALMIGHTY not to destroy them by so horrid ; a 'death. The public breakfast, yesterday, at Dandelion, was attended by 200 persons only. What it wanted in numbers, it made up in fashion. Many of the ladies at the M. C. Fete had not only ostrich heads, but ostrich stomachs ; but on this occasion but few par took of the refreshments. The promenade at the Assembly Rooms, last even ing, was rendered additionally attractive by the pre sence of many beautiful women, attired in the zenith of the prevailing costume . Sir GILBERT HEATHCOTE left Kidman's yesterday, for London ; the Hon. Captain KENNEDY was among the arrivals. Anonymous letters are flying about with the cele rity of scandal. One was sent to a Gentleman, which had nearly been attended by serious consequences : he accused his friend with being the author of it ; the parties fought, in the house of a friend in Cecil-square, where they dined, but neither used sword or pistol.— A reconciliation has prevented the latter evil. CHELTENHAM, SEPTEMBER 27. On Friday last Baron PFEILITZER gave a tkeune a Pambigu, at Ashgrove Gardens. The company as- sembled soon after one ; and at three, were seated to an elegant cold collation, consisting of every rarity of I the season, with the choicest wines. The table was laid in the grounds for 120 ; amongst whom were, The Marquis of Thomond, and Lord Edward O'Brien. The Dowager Countess of Jersey, and Albinia, Countess or Buckinghamshire. . . Viscountess Strangford, and her daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Ela. Ladies—Grant, Lushington, Hippesley, Stronge, Chatterton, and Rush. Sirs—Wm. Ball, Wm:Chatterton, and Ewan Baillie. General Ganunell, Colonel and Mrs. Macmahon, Colonel and Mrs. Macleod and family, Mrs. C. F. Sheridan and family, Mrs. Walsh Porter and family. A Pandean Band played during the whole enter tainment, and Fantoccini performances were exhibited, with which the company were much amused. Dancing coacluded this novel and diversified fete ' which lasted till the evening closed, when most of the party ad journed to Mrs. DORMAN'S Assembly. Every one was highly gratified with Baron PFEILIfZER'S polite atten tion, and the taste he displayed on the occasion. Mr. and the Right Hon. Lady CHARLOTTE GOOLD and family are returned from the summer tour, and have resumed their residence here. In the Chinese laws, lately translated by Sir G. STAUNTON, one of the grounds on which a husband may divorce his wife is, her being too much given to. talking The great success thaPhas attended Bon's offices for a considerable number of years, and the known punctuality in paying all prizes on demand, will, he hopes, insure a continuance of the public favour in the present Lottery, which has the novelty of having only 4000 Numbers, 5000 Prizes, and Five Prizes of Je20,000. Tickets and Shares are to be had consi derably cheaper than last Lottery, at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross. ~. /lOW LAW nmsweaNce. IPREEDOM OF ELICTiON. !MIRY MAMllltr e. THOMAS war. 'Phis was an action brought by the Plaintiff against . the Defendant, returning officer of the borough of Downpatrick, for corruptly refusing his tote at the election in May, 1807. The evidence on the pact of the Plaintiff proved. that the Defendant WAS appointed seneschal a few days before the election ; that he was at that time a common working slater, and an active partizan of Mr. Croker, one of the candidates; that notwith. standing his situation in life, he had refused the as sistance of Counsel, which was offered him at the en: tire expence of Mr. Ruthven, the other candidate I that he appointed a carman, of the name of Neeper, his deputy, and rejected a great number of votes ten. I dared for Mr. s ßuthven, which hid been received by the former seneschal, Mr. Wallace ; and that Mr. Henry, an active partisan of Mr. Croker, sat beside the Defendant during the poll, and marked on the tally-papers such as were to be rejected. The Plain tiff, whose house was admitted to be worth twelve guineas yearly, was rejected on the alledged gronnds that his certificate of qualification as a Catholic was ' insufficient, being signed " R. Keown, C. Peace," instead of Clerk of the Peace at length. The only evidence produced by the Defendant. was Mr. John Craig, attorney, who proved that he was agent to Mr. Croker at the late election ; th .t he took the opinion of counsel on nine distinct points to i be made at the election, and that he particularly took the opinion of Mr. Harding Giffard on the Catholic certificates, who was of opinion that the signature of " F. Keown, C.-Peace," was insufficient, and he de. j dared in his opinion the Defendant decided conscien. tiously. On his cross-exam nation, he admitted that he took the opinion of another counsel, who differed front Mr. Giffard, and that the production of his opinion Was a 6 , jockey trick." Judge Fox charged the Jury in substance as fol. lows : Gentlemen of the Jury—This is an action on the case brought by the Plaintiff against the Defendant, for maliciously rejecting his vote at the late election for this town. In a case like this, it is not requisite that any particular malice should he proved. If the general conduct of the Defendant in the execution of his office appears to you to have been actuated by any improper motive or feeling, it is sufficient • the sim ple fact for you to ascertain is, whether the Defen dant has acted corruptly or partially in discharge of his duty on this occasion or not. It appears from the evidence you have Ma i tit, that seneschals of the borough have been hitherto persons of high respecta• bility, yet they always considered it necessary to have the assistance of Counsel ; and I cannot avoid men tioning particularly the situation of the Defendant, a common working slater, a mechanic, known as such to every one in town, emerging at once from obscu rity, and placing himself in a situation for which he was unfit and unqualified, either front habit or edu cation. Stepping into the place, and assuming in an instant the consequence of a Judge, he presides at the election, when he was sworn to act honestly and impartially, takes upon him such unheard-of autho rity, and tramples under his feet the very appearance of justice ; yet this man, so unqualified, untutored, and debased, still continued in the judicial office, and has even been rewarded with a revenue employment. Far be it from me even to hint at any imputation to a man rising , from obscurity by honest means and honest ambition to the highest offices of the state, if by education and previous habits he is qualified ; but here this man, ignorant and illiterate, stepping at once into the seat of judgment, decides on the most sacred rights of man. He must have been conscious of his own unfitness ; yet, being a most active partisan, with an ignorant mind influenced with party preju dice, he takes the situation, and decides at once upon the law. If he was actuated by honest motives, would he not have sought for the assistance of Coun sel ?—Gentlemen, the Plaintiffs case is in a narrow compass ; he is a Catholic, and the Legislature re quires him to take certain oaths, and to produce a certificate to qualify him to vote. He produces one signed by the proper officer, the Clerk of the Peace, but it is objected that it was insufficient ; Craig pro duces the opinion of Colonel Giffard to sustain the objection, and to influence this wretched creature's 1 decision, he himself having actually advised him against having Counsel. Defendant says he would be governed by his own conscience, and rejects the vote. Are these the acts of an honest man No— they are the acts of a low, tricky, wretched instru ment, placed in a situation to disgrace the justice of the country, and to execute the plans of his confede rates. Gentlemen, the elective franchise is of the highest nature ;it should be secured—it should be cherished. If ever suffered to be trifled with. there ill an end to our liberties. Should these our dearest ' i rights be infringed, it strikes at the prop, the foun 'idation of our glorious constitution, which, thus sap. ped and mined, must tumble to the ground. TI e Jury retired a short time, and returned a vet .ll dict for the Plaintir, £250 damages, and 6d. costs. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A PASSENGER IN ONE OP THE HOMEWARD-BOUND COTTON SHIPS. Cape Town, December 8, 1809. In our voyage hither, after keeping along the coast for a few days, we met a westerly wind, between Ganjam and Vizagapatam, which enabled us to run directly south, until we got completely clear of the Bay. When abreast of Madras, we were chased by a ship under English colours, which, although she had every appearance of a than of war, gave up the chace on the evening of the Sd of October. I thought she was like the Dover, but there were divers opinions respecting her. We were not so fortunate in our weather, between 5 N. lat. and 12 S. ; but we had nothing like a tempest. We then got into the trades, and keeping tolerably clear of the Mauritius, we nearly made the southern part of the east coast of Africa, when we experienced a dteadful gale from the westward, which Listed from the 18th till the 20th, on the morning after which it moderated. But the wind being front the same point and the sea extremely high, we found it impossible to proceed, and therefore lay-to for several days. We then worked on to this place, which we made, and got to our anchorage the 27th of November. The night before last, the inhabitants of Cape Town, and all the country within 10 or 12 miles round, were greatly alarmed, about a quarter past 10 o'clock, on hearing a rumbling noise under ground, immediately follovied by a tremulous motion, which, though general, was more violent in some places than others. Many, I believe almost the greatest part, of the houses in Cape Town, have received some damage, but not one has fallen. On Robin Island, which is a very small spot at the mouth of the Table Bay, not one house remains standing.• The ships were so much agitated, that, as I have heard from several officers who were on board, many were thrown out of their cots. It is reported, but not much credited, The body of an infant, apparently six weeks old, that partial eruptions of lava and water were obser ved on the opposite side of the bay from where we Coroner's Jury sat on was found dead in the King's Mews , on Wednesday night, wrapped in a rug. A are. The rumbling noise, accompanied by slight the body and delivered a verdict — Found dead.. Motion, has recurred several times since; and for the On T ues d ay an I nquest wa s held at Northampton, last two nights all the inhabitants have slept in tents, on the body of Ann Robins, a child of four years pitched in those places with the town that are most who was killed in that town by the negligence distant from the houses. Alarm and inexperience, in such cases, has caused more distress than might other. of a post-chaise driver. The Jury brought in a ter . diet Accidental Death ; but fined the chaise-owner wise be expected to arise from such a commotion.— in the sum o f £l5. West Indians say it is nothing ; but there is no defin- Thursday evening a boy, eight years of age , was ing the probable extent of an earthquake, Rom ap- Thursday evening a boy, eight years of age , was run over by a servant on horseback, in Water-lane, pearances, in a country where such occurrences are uncommon. Blacktriars, by which the child's arm was broken, and he was otherwise so much bruised as to be taken For the greater part of the past night, and all this to the hospital. morning, even those most susceptible of fear have not A short time since, as some children were at play tu venred to declare that they have felt the repetition 4 'crn the road, leading from Milton-street to Ahriston, of it ;we therefore consider it as over. The weather they discoverei a boy weltering in his blood ; they has a tempestuous appearance, and we are watching ca ll e d to some men at w o rk in an adjoining field, who the expected change of wind from west to south-east, (which is the usual point from which it blows here), conveyed him to a house ; and surgical assistance being procured, it was found that one of his arms to be off. was badly fractured, and that his scalp had suffered We found the troops here all ready for embarka- an extensive wound. It appeared, that he had been tion for India ;but their departure is put off, in con- with a load of hay with a man, who called at a pub. sequence of the late news. No hopes are entertained lic-house, where he got drunk , and laid d ow n i n the waggon,leaving the boy for the safety of the missing ships; and it seems time' to drive, who itiif irtuitai to give up our friends as lost. fell under the wheels, one of which passed over -- 1