Star. — London, England, 1808-07-16 00:00:00

Pii 4. Alt Los A Gentleman arrived in town yesterday, who loft Flushing on Tuesday last. He has brought letters of so late a date as the I2t instant from Holland, and from Bourdeaux also of a very recent date. We learn by this conveyance, that the people of Holland, and every other part of the Continent lie r the mination of BOYAPARTE, had been kept in a state of ignorance with regard to the proceedings in Spain, until some English Newspapers disclosed to them, the important fact. The information had a visible effect on the people of Holland, who, soon afterwards, w ere heard mos: plenteously to deal out exclamations a gainst their oppressor. The same Gentleman was also very lately in Paris, where similar attempts had been resorted to for the purpose of keeping the people in complete ignorance on the same subject—some p r ivate inteiEgenre nevertheless transpired, in conse quence of which strong marks of disapprobation of the general conduct of BONAPARTE, were publicly e xpressed. This circumstance was soon made known w the Executive Government, in consequence of W hich, between twenty and forty persons had been daily arrested and thrown into prison, for utter ing obnoxious sentiments. The discontent of the people vas every day increasing, and hand-bills and pasquinades against BONAPARTE and his family were circulated in great numbers, and read with avidity. The complaints of the people were bitter and loud. The severity of the Police at Paris had been in vain exerted to suppress the increasing spirit of dissatis faction. It is added, that a war not only with Aus tria, but with Russia, was deemed inevitable. A Gentleman who left Paris on the Bth inst. gives a sandal - account, and adds that the attack upon Spain is there considered as an act of the most fla grant injustice; that a fresh embargo has been laid on American vessels ; and that several have been condemned. Letters received yesterday from Italy, by the way of Sicily, state that the Pop"; had solemnly resigned the office of Spiritual Head of the Church, in consc. quence of being deprived of its valuable temporall. tics. The same letters add, that the Cardinals had been ordered by General Mtoz.us to quit Rome and retire to their dioceses within two days, hut that they had previously held a Conclave, at which they secretly elected Cardinal PIGXATELLI to be succes sor to Pats VII. in the Chair of St_ Peter. Cardill2l PJGNATELLI ;s at present at Palermo, whence it is extremely probable that he may wield the antiquw.fr.d thunder of Catholicism at this crisis, to TOUV! his Spiritual Subjects throughout Europe, by adding the fervour of Religious Zeal to the enthu siasm cf Patriotism, in their struggles against the dy lusty cf NAPOLEON. Letters from Cadiz state, that the km() of Mo to:co has declared war against France, in consequence , dlimAraßTZ having persisted .in requiring him to Eat kis ports against 'English ships. Yesterday, at.three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office. Mr. Faun is said to be appointed British Minister to the Supreme Junta at Sev, and is moon to eal• lark for Cadis‘ Captain tratrit, of the 731;TERN, is appointed Post. in in the Royal Navy, by the Lords Commis, ers of the AdMiralty. Yesterday 12 artillery waggons, with mont7, pre. from the Bank to Portsmouth, under an escort dragoons. The money is understood to be destined pay for the necessary supplies our troops may re pie during their operations on the coast. of Spain, a aid of the Patriots. tt is said, that the frigate which was sent oat with 193.0001. for the KrtiO of Svaurs, did not land the away at Gottenburgh, but- that it was removed on laud the VICTORY ' the flag-ship of Sir JAw.s SEv tauz. The Spanish Admiral, With the three other Officers Ito came in the REVENGE, Sir JOHN GORE, from Cadiz, arrived on Thursday night, at Mr. MurraY's Bahl, Leicester-square. The Bishop of ST. Devrn's (Dr. Busoras) has de. timed a translation from that See, on the ground that tech removals are inconsistent with thddue discharge aithe Episcopal duties. He has mtablished a kind if Provincial College for the eduction of Youth, to l ltlalifY them better for Ministering . in the Welch Church. His Lordship has apportioned. the .teeth sin of his revenues during life, and all his beneficed Clergy have added their contributions in supp • of his meritorious Institution. Potivroutm PROPERTY.—The Order in Council of the 4th May was so worded, that we imagined no' step would in future be taken respecting the arrange swot or disposal of Portuguese detained property, but as met with the concurrence of the Portuguese %inter :—the contrary has, however, occurred. We !g het to call our Re;ders' attention to the follow -178 Inadation of a letter, addreised by the Commis 'its to the Master of a Portuguese ship : "Ccsnanalssioaers' Office for Portuguese Property, " London, the 14th July, 111011. "Mr. 306211T11 FCRREIRA, Master of the Ship Ulysses. : 511— Br th is day's post we have received an allidavit, des. 'ml slut the Mate of your ship, at Plymouth, has refused to ,drer tbe remainder of the cargo (decreed by the Admiralty rrtt , into our custody), &Hedging that be has no orders from you drta. We therefore request you will ostler your Mate-to lc:mediate obedience to the Decree bf the Admiralty Court, faro will thus avoid the eonsequences of a misconceived resis r, as we shall be obliged to have recourse to the Admiralty to put in farce their resplutione This step,"'so. extremely bane to'lls, we shall take to-morrow, should you, in reply to moat letter, not evince your readiness to comply with the De bt del!vering into cur hands what is to be placed under our Wtyour devoted humble Servants (Signed) " WILLIAM BURN. " DIAS SANTOS." - n Excellency, without hesitation, at the head of letter, wrote the following words: potit!vel7 mman4 Caprain - loaquim Ferreira not to obey irder mnbe sent to him by the tatioct (Signed) " Dar. Dos. Di Souab Courrinuo. Hog. • His Majesty l s ship Hamm arrived off Scilly on the 11th instant, with the Navigation, MoNcua, and a fleet, under convoy from St. Thomas's ; which place they left on the Sl st of May. The •Fanny, HICXEXS, from Swanra, arrived at Penzance on the 12th instant. The master reports that two brigs were that day captured off the Land's- End, by a schooner privateer. YARMOUTH, JULY 15. This morning, at 4 o'clock, Admiral It ossEu with his squadron got under way, and sailed for the I'exel ancigushing.—Arrived the Rouliocic, Capt. Coney, and DELPHINEN sloop of war from Sheerness. Admiral DOWGLAS has re-hoisted his flag on board the ROE- Buoc.—The CEtisott has a convoy'signal flying fOr the ships bound to Heligoland.---Wind E. N. E. 2 P. M.---A transport marked CI is now come into the Roads from the Baltic. FALMOUTH, JULY 13. Sailed the Lord Hobart packet, with Mails for America.-9 P.M. the Queen Charlotte packet, with Mails from America, is row off this port. Wind S.E. PLYMOUTH, JULY 14. Came in hif Majesty's ships WOLFR frott Jamaica, and hoar., with the Ardent transport, from the coast of Spain ; Morgan Rattler, Finns, frrm St. Vin cent's; and the Brothers, IsAAcs, from Barcelonr— , off Cape Finisterre she spoke his Majesty's ship BELLE POULE, with the fleet for the Mediterranean all well. 'Sailed his Majesty's ship HERO, on a cruize. • PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15. Arrived his Majesty's ship LILLY, from the Lee. ward Islands.—Witd N.E. SHEERNESS, JULY 17. Sailed from the Nore this day his Majesty's ship ARMY, with a convoy for Gotttnburgh and the S.E. - • . DEAL, JULY 14. Sailed the PANzoORA sloop, on a cruize, off Bou logne. .Terr fs.—Arrived the Funibus gun-brig, from Sheerness; WooLwicit store ship, from Woolwich, and sailed through for the Mediterr.tnean.—Sailed the ALERT sloop with convoy and a flat-bottom boat on board, for Portsmouth ; Duke of Kent, SPENCE, for the South Seas ; and the Abraham, CODBEN, for Malta. ItT.MAIN tN TN! DOWN!. Princess of Orange, ,St. Albans, Trusty, Fis,ard, Clyde, Glo rnen, and furious.—Wind N. N. E. FROM LLOYD'S Llf,T. GRAVE9END, Juts 15.—Passed by the Bon Adventure, Neil son, from Monte Vidon. Sailed the Alert, Purges', for Malta; Young Dixon, Prowsc, for Dominica; and the Maria, Graff, for Gottenburgh. ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS' CONfiV. lONS, Fit %JAY. JULY. 14. This day the Right Honourable Sir WM. SCOTT, proceeded to the adjudication of the following cases : Melpomene, Daubigoy master.—This was a question of da mage set up by the claimants, against the captors. It appeared, that in bringing this ship into Portsnicuth, after seizure, sho run tpot; the Warden Ledge. and received sense damage. There was also a futther charge of damage in respect to the cargo. The Court, under all the circumstances, allowed the claimants the sum of £lOO for the &silage but dismissed the charge as to the cargo. Bershire, Garrandmaster.—This was a question of salvage.— The vessel in going into Woodbridge River, got on the beach ; in consequence of which she made a great deal of water, and re quired immediate assistance, which was rendered by the salvors. This being a case of slight falvage, the Court pronounced for the na:mey tendered by the owners in the first instance, with the ad dition of 61. as a remuneration to the salvors for their services. The following vessels sailed from Jamaica on the 20th of May, untie; convoy of the SPARROW, Viz...—. The Andersons, WILKINS: Cambridge, SULLIVAN; Ceres, DRISCOL ; Canada, JOHNS ; Duke of Kent, Ross ; Dorothy Forster, SAUNDERS ; Eclipse, FERRI SIAN ; Helen, ROBSON ; Lavinia, HOWLAND ; Mal v;na, BEAR ; and Trusty, CROSBY, for London Kitty, READ, for Glasgow ; Imperial, GOLT ; Lady Cremorne, —; Margaret, GREEN ;' and the King George, MILLER, for Liverpool. His Matsty's ship PRESIDENT, with the fleet from Portsm)ut , for the Brazils, is arrived at Madeira. The LEOPARD, with the fleet under convoy for the East Indies, which sailed from Portsmouth on the 6th of May, arrived at Madeira on the 30th, and sailed on the 10th of June. • There * a tornado, at an early hour on Thurs day morning at Enfield, which did considerable da mage in the neighbourhood.—About three o'clock, a whirlwind took two trees in St. James's Pork. nearly opposite the Palace, stripped them completely of their branches, and left them Ike Sava& It iras sin. gular, that, at the same moment, there was hardly a breath of air to be felt out of its range. A person who was on the spot, compared it, as to size and ve locity, to that of a water-spout. It made a noise like the crash of a falling house, and raised a cloud of dust so dense, as to obstruct Al vision..-Its influence was also felt in the Strand, near Temple-bar. Whirl winds, though of less force, took place; in the course of the day, in various parts of the town ; and again about six o'clock yesterday morning, which subsided in a refreshing breeze of several hours continuance. The heat of the last three days was +so great as to have one effect of the very worst weather in winter, that of keeping every body out of the streets, who was not passing upon business. The Strand, at two and three o'clock, was as little crowded as in a shower of rain or snow. No belles but sempstresses ; hardly any thing above tradesmen, except lawyers returning from the greater heats of Nisi Prius. At the time when the sun enfilades the street,,and leaves no shade, the reflection from the pavement and the houses was ,scarcely endurable. The street was an oven, only open at top. And when the shade came it was no more to the eye than to the feeling, for the walls had been so parched, that they required no sun for conti nuing to bake the passengers. *like-herir - or the weather has been found so oppre.s• sire for the last five days, that not less than fifty mail coach and post horses have been killed by it in their w ork upon the great North Road. The 2d battalion tithe 52d embarked this morning at Ramsgate; the 45d also embarks at the same place this day ; and the 97th to-mol-rtrr. The 2cl battalion of the 9th was ordered for embar kation this day, but is for the present countermanded, although it is presumed they will shortly follow. There is no time fixed for the embarkation of the Guards at Chatham, but it may be daily expected to take place. Part of the 95th, or Rifle Corps, also goes with this Expedition. THE ARMY. The Marquis CORNWALLIS arrived at the Ring's Head inn, Canterbury, on Wednesday evening, to take the command of his regimcwt, the East Suffolk Mai. tia, at present stationed in that city. Thursday se'nnight, General LEE arrived at Lime rick from England, to succeed General MITCHELL, in the command of his Majesty's forces in that district, who proceeded for Dublin, on his way to his residence at Fisherton, near Salisbury. General Mircitett. will return to Ireland in a few months, and take upon him the command of Bandon District. DUBLIN, JULY 11. The 23d Light Dragoons expect to return to England daily ; they were in hopes of joining the expedition going to Spain. The Greys, it is said, are to supply their place in this garrison, and to be put in brigade with the Royals, which, from the con trast, will have a most beautiful effect. Yesterday, at Monison's Hotel, Brgadier General SL DE gave a great dinner to the Officers of the Ist Dragoons, on their at rival in Dublin, (the regiment of which he is Lieu' t,Colonel) : to which were invited Lord HARP.INGTON I the Staff, and all the Gencral Officers in the town. A great number of loyal and constitutional toasts were drank, and particularly the Spanish Patriots, and success to their cause. SPOATiNG lAT.ELLIGENCE. PRESTON RACES, JULY 12. FIRST DAY. On Fulwcod Moor, X5O for Horses, &c that Deter won a Plate. 3yrs oki, 6st. 11,1.; 4yrs old, Bst.; syrs old, 6st. 71b.; 6yrs old and aged, Bst. I(....).—Two•mile Heats. Mr. Clif on's br. e. by Sir Solomon, 4yrs. Fad Lord Derby's br. c. Jacobus, Yyrs. old - - Mr. Morky's b. f. by Harnbletoniani 4yrs. ofa 4 4•I Mr. Gillibrand's b. g. by Teleicope, syrs. old - - - 6 4 Mr. Harris's b. f. 3yrs. old Mr. Jordan's br. g. Gyrs. old Produce Stakes of Fifty Guineas eacb..--3yr. oki colts, Est. 41.; • Pies, Bst.—Two Mil.s. -- 1 1 -- 2 2 Mr. Clifton'i b. C. Voitir)u, by :Sir Peter, out cf Fanny - Mr. Tarleten's tr. f. Puny Cat, by NIL Teazle - 2 Mr. E. 1.. I:o4igsnn's gr. Eby Shuttle, dam fiy Sir Peter - 3 Sir W. Cerrazd's cit. c. by Hatnbletonizo - - - pd. L /11V LVTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY IS. DUFFIELD V. WILSON. ' Mr. Scalumrr opened the plaintiff's case, which was art action to recover a compensation- upon an in surance which the plaintiff had effected with the de- i fendant, who keeps an office in Leicester -street, Lei cester-fields; to insure him from serving in the Militia under the Act passed last year. The insurance was effected by the plaintiff at the office of the defendant, through the,agency of his, the defendant's Clerk, a Mr. Begbie, who would be called, and if he spoke truth, would prove that the plaintiff had expressly asked whether it would indemnify him against all the consequences of the Act ? to which he replied that it would. He then paid four guineas premium, for, which the defendant gave a receipt for that sum, being for his subscription to the society for providing sub-. .stitutes, Stc. a for -persons drawn before the Ist of February, 1808, to indemnify, them_frorn serving un der the Act passed in .1807." Under this clause the defendant meant to rest Ms defence, because, in fact, the plaintiff was not drawn till after the Ist of February,--but, said Mr. Scarlett, there is an expres sion in the subsequent part of the receipt, which shews this to be a fallacy, because it gees on to say,that no person is to_ be entitled to the benefit of the in surance who is not drawn under the Act passed in 1807, the ballotting for which will expire before 1808; and in fact, all, ballottings were directed to cease be fore the 31st of January, 1808, but there being some insufficiency in the numbers of the men raised in the Parish of St. Giles, in which the Plaintiff, who resides -in Gower street, was liable to be ballotted for, he was in fact drawn for a militiaman under the act passed in 1807. He thee, applied to the Defendant for a substitute, and he refused to provide one, or even to return th e premium, which had been received. Pre vious, however, to the Plaintiff's being drawn, the Defendant ha d written him a letter, stating, that as they found that the WS:** was to continue three monthif longer, he thought it but right to offer to continneihis insurance further, upon payment of a less sum proposed in the letter. • This, is fact, eaH plained the whole transaction, for the Defendant/lad mistaken the'operation of the statute, and supposed that it must expire by the 81st of January, 1808, whereas, under some circtiinstances, it continued be yond that period. The Plaintiff, who was a Gentle man of fortune, now claimed the indemnity to the full eiaent, or at least a return of the premium. Lord Fo eNeottotana asked what objection there waa to the return of the premium ? Mr. GARROW and Mr. Murryart said, they should contend, that, by the act, all ballotting was to be within a limited time, which expired before the 81st of January, and therefore, ap the plaintiff was not liable to be drawn under the act, after he was not damnified, nor had the plaintiff misrepresented the act, and there was a certain risk run previous to the 31st of January, which would entitle the defendint . to keep the prey, ium. Lord Ei.t.et,:nonottois said, if he was forced to in quire into it, he certainly should examine into the act, and pronounce judicially, whether all the men drawn after the SL, oiJaritiary 1808 were legally drawn or not ; but that was a question of too great magnituee to be agitafed upon-aucli an occasion, if that did not turn critt to be 66 construction of the statiiiei .I,'`had r .1?n the defendant k. - made inisreprefintititati ala :.hough it will true bo h partiet were bound to know :he 1 4w) which would entitle the plaintiff to recover his prern:urn. After some Consultation, a verdict was ta!;cn. by consent, for 41. 4s. the amount of the premium paid • by the pla;niift. THE lON° v. MARY ANNE TAYLOR. • This was an indictment for perjury against the De. faidant, in sweating the peace before Mr. Reid, the magistrate at Bow-z teeet, against the Prosecutor, Mr, Simnel Naylor, who was a person of property, - and from his infirmities, very much in the pz)wcr of the Defendant and her husband. Stephen Taylor. The defendant had sworn that Mr. Naylor assaiii . ,ecl her, and threatened to do her bodily harm, and uprr the information being produced, it appeared that she had charged him with assaulting her in Mary-la- Bonne,' with an umbrella, and that, at-the same, " ; - te had threatened to cut her down and destroy her with a pistol." Upon reading the indictment, inNterel of • the word—" same," it was stated as if the informa. tion had been "at the same time." The ind:c;rnent Charged the perjured articles of the peace to be set out, according to their effect, but yet hii Lard ship thought that they should have set out -the truly, although the word "same" might have Won explained by an inuendo, as meaning " sane time:" The Defendant was therefore acquitted. Hi aKS' S HALL. ' Yesterday, a man of the name of Ke/so,was brotight• 'll l up to Hicks's Hall, un d er a bill o f i n di ctment against him, for assaulting and bating Tapenee, a n ative 4 Ctaheite, being fo u nd by t h e G ran d J ury. K elso had been in prison for scme d a y s , no person b e i ng willing to bail him. Ccunsellor PEAT opened the case f or t h e prosecu ticn. He stated in substan ce , t h at .T apeoee Was a native of the 'society I s le s , h a d come to t hi s country, , and was supported by C a pt a i n A',l sc . n, f rom whose ' • protection the Defendant at t h e B ar se d uce d him.— i His object in obtainin g porst.tikn of the man's p ers - t . was to obtain sub scr ip t i ons , an d to make the .sarne advant le of :hewing him a b out as Pid coc k di d of his birds and beasts, his r oy a l li ons , an d Bengal ttt'ers. - ' Mr. Gilham of Sur r ey R oa d, l ate S urgeon Major of the Coldstream G uar d s , a man, we ll k nown in th e service of his country, h a d k nown t hi s oppressed 17)- reigncr in Otalreite ; and, u n d er t h e ill treatment and restraint of Kelso; Tapeoee h a d app li e d to him for protection. Witlethe f ee li ng o f a generous h eart, that protection was given. Mr. Gilham wa i te d on Kelso, 9i m company with Tapeoee, to obtain his wearing ap- 's; parel. Kelso not only refused to let the man go, or to give up his clothes, but collared him, and took up ,a chair, and struck him with it. In the erd, Kelso i offered to part with Tapeoee, if Mr. Gahm would I give him 601. Mr. Gilliam then gave evidence that Tapeoee ap- ' plied to him for protection ; that th e man was very -desirous of obtaining knowledge (which Kelso pre- 1 fessed to teach him,,but he really taught him nothing) ; and Mr. G. intended to send him to Mr. Lancaster's . school. He substantiated the charge of assault. . Mr. Justice MAINW ARING a dd resse d t h e J ury , w h o instantly gave a verdict of guilty against Kelso. Mr. Justice MAIti*ARING then addressed Kelso 2 in a very pointed and sensible admoniti 1 , , on the dis grace the consequences of his passionate cor.duct had brought on himself, and particularly laid an injunc tion on him, by no means in future to attempt to re. tain the person of Tapeoee, as he had no sight in this land of liberty to do so . . . Kelso promised obedience to this injunction, was fined ar-i discharged, having been in prison above a week. Mr. Justice Marewaetwo, seeing Mr. Lancastei in Contt, asked him some interesting questions respect ing Tapeoee •, to which Mr. L. replied- 04 This,adorn Otahetien is likely to become an object of publi bet nevolence, and is how under the hospitable ro• f and protection of Mr. Gilham l Surgeon, Blac. foiket Road, and has the benefit of instruction:at Mr. La.►;. caster's school." . • On Wednesday, her MAJETY and the.Pnmcasszs, . attended by Lady W.:NESTER, fun:Aired the Earl a -d Countess of MACCLESFIELD with their company at din: ner at Sherborne Castle. Her MAJESTY and the Yaw:. CESSES left Windsor Castle at half-past nine o'clock, in two carriages and four. A change of horses *a.. prr .. vided at Great Marlow, where the Royal Persona es arrived at 11 o'clock ; from whence they proceoled immediately, and were met on the road by a party of the Earl of MACCLESFIELD'S regiment. On ewer ing the park, they were met by a number of Honer, who strewed flowers before them to the Castle. On their entering the Castle, a band struck up " G d save the King," and played on the lawn while her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES were at dinner. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES appeared highly gra& fled with the Castle, which is delightfully skit rounded with water. The Royal Party set off on their return at five o'clock, and were escrrted back, as far as Stoke Church, by Lord MALTLILSFIELD'S corps: They arrived at Windsor Castle at hall•-past eight o'clock. On Wednesday night, or early on Thursday nu ra . - ing, the parish church of St. Michael, Wood. treet, , Cheapside, was broken into, and robbed of the Com munion plate, surplices, books, &c. to a large amount, r• by thieves at present unknown. • We observe with pleasure that the Microcosm of London, by ACKERMAN, so far maintains its claim to public approbation, as to admit the price being raised after the Ist of August next, 50 per cent to non•sub scribers. We were always of opinion the price was inadequate to its merit. The exertions of the Pro prietor has, at least, kept pace with the public ap:. probation. In some instances they have gone be: yond it, not only in the Plates, but the inieresting Letter-press of the latter Numbers, we need only re fer to the account of the College of Physicians, ars4 the legal hi:aory of the Constitution, which precedes the account of the House of Comm ms aid Courts 0 Law, to support us in this assertion. • .., FOURTH DAY OF DRAWING —No. 2609, a Prizi of Twenty Thousand Pounds, was sold by Rio/Antal son, Goont.uca, and Co. in two Quarters and eight Sixteenth Shares ;' who also sAd the firsi dr tmia Prize of Twenty Thousand Pounds, in the present State Lottery, No. 10,197. in a kiarter, an Eig:lth, and ten Sixteenth Shares. Uaktrawn Tickets and • v r. Shares :ontinue on Sale at th tir Old Offices, --. Buildings, Cornhill, and Char ng Cross. ~ . - -Pk, .. 441 i - _1 I • Vol 1