Star. — London, England, 1817-09-27 00:00:00

JERSEY, SEPTEMBER 20. A notification was received late last night from Gtternaey, by the Lii utenant•Governor, Major-Gene- T4 l Gouomi, that his Royal Highness the Duke of OLM:C:EsTER would sail Isom thence early this day for l erse y. Ti e whole town is in motion. The square HO with Ladies and Gentlemen, tic military, and all on the alert, impatiently waiting for the signal of two t tins to be. fired Item the Fort, and the hoisting i!;e Royal standard at the signal post, to announce tirst arpearance of his Royal Highness in the r ,,v. •i•he day is excessively hot, and not a breath at wind, and, as it i► now three o'clock, it is thought t h A his Royal Highness will not be able to arrive live before late to-night. CHARLES 11. :v.4 here for some time, but since that period this Island has not bc:n !•onoured with the presence of any of the Royal .miily of England. They talk of an illumination v -vignt. i..tin o'CLoac.—This moment the signal guns t ie J, and the Royal Standard is displayed. The heming the Royal Standard on her top-mast, Das 3.i.t tinned Norman Point. The populace rushed la ctowsis to the pier, and all the beauty and fashion of the Island were assembled on the high ground ever the Pier, and even on the pinnacles of the rocks. The cutter, however, made but little way, and at a little aster five, the Royal flag was blii i ted to the ten oared barge, that now began to approach the Castle, notwithstanding she had to row against the tide. Not a breeze the water. the sun was just set ting, every thing was still and calm. The view from the Bay M Si. Aubin's; of the town of St. Helier, snd the rich and diversified scenery of the grAnd am phitheatre of nood.crowned hills that unite with the town of St. Aubin's on the other point of the Bay, El za bedi Castle proudly standing in the midst of the water, with tine multitude of spectators covering the shore, &c. must have presented a scene civilly rand, novel and interesting to his Royal Highness. the barge passed Elizabeth Castle, a Royal salute Uai tired. His Royal Highness was landed on the :.i.cky beach at the back of the pier, where he was received by his Excellency the Commander•in•Chief and Staff, under a salute from the horse artillery of t!.e town militia. His Royal Highness was dressed in a blue coat with a red collar, and no otherwise eistingui , bed than by his star, and the polite man na in which he bowed to the shouting populace.— Hi s Royal Highness, with the General, walked up rocky steep to where the General's open carriage iced to receive them. His Royal Highness got in 1 the General followed, and placed himself uppo to the' Royal Duke, who, however, requested to sit next to him, when two of the Duke's suite ' the carriage. The whole then proceeded to 2n, through two lines of infantry, of the 55th Town Regiment, their bands playing is God save King," and thus attended by an innumerable they proceeded to Government House. Roy al Duke is to remain there during his stay in islaud. An elegant dinner was provided, and a company invited, amongst whom were Me. Le in, the Lieutenant Bailli, Mr. DUMARISQ. the Is Procureur-General, the principal Staff, Scc. town was brilliantly illuminated. Suimae.—lt was expected that the Royal Duke vld have attended the English service at Church, lo'clock, but he went to the French service at At one, his Royal Highness went •to Fort , where he was received with a Royal salute the tort ; the five companies of the Sidi, sta- I there, passed his Royal Highness in slow and time, and then advanced in line with a general His Royal Highness, attended by General kc. rode afterwards to Grouville, where he a visit to General Sir Hacitioue Tullman, and some sefreshment. He then went to Mount Or examined those superb remains of Nur mtiquity, and returned at x late hour to dinner iment House. r.—At eleven this morning the States, in e, waited oa his Royal Highness with an to which a gracious answer was returned. ids gave audience to several Naval Of& others. At one he rode out, attended by 3 and others of his suite, and the whole 2 island, to visit St. Peter's Barracks, Bouilly /U. To-night his Royal Highness honours Hotel with his presence at a Subscription Ball. 3w his Royal Highness expects to take his Ire for Guernsey, where the frigate waits to him to Weymouth. new Plan of Peilornsance at the English vas acceded to by the audience last night, slightest opposition. appeared at the Bfighton Theatre, for lime, on 'Thursday night, in his favourite •of the Actor V' ell Wed. The House was in every pan—a thing rather unusual at Thursday afternoon. a most despe battle was fought in a field near bow , between fed= Maulosa, a young Jew, and Salsas, a young waterman, for ten guineas After a must desperate battle, Mendoza was the victor, on account of Salmon not being forward in time in the last round, both period being scarcely able to meet each other. Itleman was observing that he never knew so dull as at the present moment, " there isiness stirring of any kind." •' That is not correct," replied his friend ; " I was in the other day, and observed an unusual bustle at , Offices, occasioned no doubt by the of the present Scheme, which only con 'l%) Numbers, and yet possesses SIX Prizes 1! whilst at the same time there are nearly ran to One Blank." Governments of the Russian Empire with the greatest success, against the bite of a plant called Alisiaa Plantago. This plant ly persons who use it immediately after tin, but even those in whom the hydrophobia • taken place. A particular Account of into be found in the itemize of the Eco- Society of Petersburgh, part 3, book 8, pAgf year 1809. morning, at eight o'clock, two fellows, uren loitering about the house of Mrs. Smith, Clituchstreet i Paddington, found means to • &avant maid having left the street.door and they stole a silver teapot and two wine the rocky steep t cited to receive - ad the General -ite to the' Roy ,im to sit next tc meted the cirri. ie town, throng nd Town Regit he King," and altitude, they l'hz. loyal Duke islaud. An legit company it 4ETON, the Lit 'ng's Prccureu he town was br SUNDAY.—II V .old have atter two o'clock, b ven. At one, egent, where the tort ; tl there, pat ick time, and ute. His Ito: vnow, ltc. roc id a visit to k some :elms! ilCastle, exal ~ 1 antiquity, a Government I Mosionv.—At I costume, wa teas, to whit afterwards g and others. el HIGGINS • of the island • , arc. Tan • • l's Hotel witl °morrow lsu tote for G ey bin) to IA new Ph a was neck • , t the sligh ATIIEWS app • fast time, of cter of the drd in ev er • lon. • anin.—On ' pitched bat! s non, bet wet Salmon . After a ed the victi to come fort t period bet Gentl eman on so dull no busin ess a e eater Cotter •. the other da re Lottery 0 • Tales of thi • 7,1 00 Num Li oe hi WOO!whi r- Prizes to 0 several Go 'let with as dog, a plat 14 not only pe JO bitten, but . 1 1 Wally take nt is to bt • l Society • the year cilia! mot Lten kit C. Cliur cli • si cE the &AV& es 1 , Mu t TO TVS BDITOR OP TRE STAR. " Birmingham, Sertevaber 26. " gift—A report having appeared in several of the London Papers, stating that a Malignant Fever pre vailed in this town, inserted, as there is too mush reA ' sea to believe, with the intention of injuring the suc cess of the approaching Musical Festival, and origi nating with some disappointed individual, I deemed it my duty to request you will insert in your Paper the following Medical Certificate, in addition to which I have to state from my own knowledge, teat al though our Poorhouse contains this day more than 700 persons, it was never known to be• inure healthy thau thz present time. 66 JOHN Tots En, High Bailiff." " Birmhighim, September 26. " We; the undersigned Physicians and Surgeons in Birmingham, having seen in the public Papers a re port that a Contagious Fever is prevalent in the town and neighbourhood, hereby declare that the statement is entirely unfounded, that no malignant contagious Fever does exist, and it is our opinion that the Town is sTry healthy. " JOHN JOHNSTONE, " GEO. BUM. MALL, Physician sto the General " JOHN BOOTH, HovitaL " G. DE I.YS, " HENLEY LEE, Physician to the DiTenury. " EENYE PREEN, Samson. th« General " SAML DICKINSON, BOW YEK VAUX, " J. S. BLOUNT. " WM. BANGUAK " JVAEMIAH LEDSAM." THE . rIPIIUS Fxvan.—We are sorry to learn, that. the typhus fever is prevailing in some parts of the town, particularly in Turnmill-streer, at Cow-cross, also in the neighbourhood ot Clare-market, and at Pcntonville and Islington. The Fever Hospital, at St. Pancras, is nearly full. Livearsot.—We are happy to inform the public, that the typhus lever, which has been stated to pre vail to an alarming degree in Liverpool, is neither so extensive in its sphere of operation, nor so malignant in its nature, as previous statements wire calculated to ci untenance. It is a disorder which generally prevails, more or less, at this season of the year. but which has been rendered for midable tp the imagina tion, by having. bee.i noticed in the public papers. Whatever degree this malignant lever obtains at pre sent in the town is, as is usual, confined to the poorer orders. We have this information from an eminent physician. —Lieeriseel Mercury. Dowsearinex, Seer. 16.—Typhus Fever is very prevalent in this town s at present 100 persons labour under that malignant disease.— Freeman's Journal. BELFAST. Sari. 20.—We have just heard from Armagh, that the fever has become so alarming, that a Town Meeting is to be held for the purpose devising the best means of preventing the disease from extending its baleful ravages. BePt Newt Letter. Coax, Sate. 19.—A meeting of the Committees of the House of Recovery and Dispensary was held on Monday and Wednesday, at the Commercial buildings, to ascertain the health of the City, with respect to the contagious fever. The result of both which meetings was, that the number of cases was found to be not less than fear hundred (including 300 in the two houses), and that its progress latterly was directed towards the upper classes, and marked with. peculiar severity. Under these circumstances, it was determined to apply to Government for aid, and that a general collection should be again made on Sunday se'nnight in the ditiereot pleats ot worship in the City and neighbourhood. in aid ot the almost exhausted Fonds of these Institutrons.---Cori Chronicle. Piumxiinve or CONTAOIOI4..-• Recipe for pre paring the fumigating gas at Dr. Joon CAR MICHAEL SMITH, for the prevention of infection from levers, atc.--se Take six drachms powdered nitre, six drachms oil of vitriol (or, as it is now Prnted, sulphuric acid). mix them in a tea-cup, by adding to the nitre one drachm at a time of the oil.. The cup to be placed during preparation on a hot hearth, or piste of heated iron, and the mixture to be . stirred with a tobacco pipe or piece of glass. As soon as the times arise the cup should be moved about to the different places in the apartment of the sick, or any other part of the house which it may be thought expedient tofumigate." A fever is now raging at Charleston (S.C.) which is very injurious to persons not natives of Charleston. The Doctors have advised them all to move to Staten Island. Mr. AzAxetznan AGNaw, Student of St. John's College, Cambridge, was lately drowned, in bathing at Barmouth, Wales. • The fears entertained for the safety of -Messrs. HaLLICAR and WRITCHUILCII, of Oxford University, are now so fully confirmed as to leave no doubt ini the minds.of their athicted relatives that they were shipwrecked on the 12th of August, the body of Captain HOLUB/BON, who was a passenger in the same vessel, having been brought into Deal harbour. j A melancholy circumstance occurred at Marg a t e ' a few mornings since. A Gentleman who regularly went into the sea every day, was, on the return of the machine to the shore, found in a state of insensi bility. Medical aid was immediately sent for, but the vital spark was extinct. At the moment the un fouudate Gentleman was taken home a carriage was waiting at the door to take his family on an excur sion round the Island. The deceased was in his 40th year. His wife has been in a state of frenzy, border ing on mental distraction ever since. Wednesday se'nnight, two maid-servants having gone into the sea, near Penrhos Hall, Holyhead, for the purpose of bathing an infant daughter of Sir J.l'. STAXLICT, Bart. they unfortunately got out of their depth s a third servant, who was on the beach at the time, went in to their assistance with her clothes on,' and they were all drowned. The body of. the child was washed on shore just as a servant who was seat to look for them arrived at the place. The bodies of the servants were taken up shortly afterwards. They were all interred at Holyhead—the servants on Fri day, and the child on Saturday. Yesterday a man, decently dressed, having the ap pearance of a Gentleman's servant, threw himself from the rails of an Uninhabited house in Crawford. street into the area, by which hisbead was shockingly braised. and he also received a severe injury its the side. On being taken op. he appeared tireless. He was carried into a perfumer's shop, where a surgeon attended him, and administered various remedies. As soon as be could speak some food was given to him, which be rejected. He said he had been nine months out of employment, add mi. &iron to &mak, 1111ALs tot? DERLIV, Srrilmnrit 43. At An early hour this morning all the bells in the town began to tug, and continued, at intervals, throughout the thy. At half•past taco the MAYOR appeared at the Town Court to give instructions to the spt•cial constables whom he bad summoned. At four o'clock Mr. Justice ABBOTT and Mr. Jus tice flotitovn took their seats on the bench, and the Commission was read. The other Judges its the Com mission are, Mr. Chief Baron RicuAnus and Mr. Justice DALLAS. The Judges immediately retired to their lodgings. The airangements made in the hall seemed to give great satisfaction. A seat close by the south wall, on the left of the beach, and directly fronting the Jory-box, is appropriated for the prisoners. Six of the prisoners are ill of a fever that lately Made its appearance among them, and has occasioned much alarm to the people of Derby. The test are in high spirits. It might be improper to mention any Of the circumstances to be detailed in evidence against these unfortunate men, but k is a general rumour Isere, that the celebrated Mr. Oliver had been fre quently seen in their society. Many of the prisoners are connected as brothers, and as fathers and sons. FILIUDS Al' LIVERPOOL. FARTHER PARTICULARS. . Farther ftarticulars.—ln April last, a person, now in Iceland, purchased a common riser flat at Liver pool, and having altered her so as to obtain a B,itish register, and a licence for a sliding b ►wsprit, rigged her in some degree like a sloop, preserving, however, as much as possible, the external appearance of a flat. lie then entered her outwards for Havre de Grace, And shipped a quantity of Spanish maliagany in bond. She cleared out, and sailed round the Rock, where the bowsprit was thrown overboard, the sails altered, then returned by the same night's tide, passed the own of Liverpool, and proceeded to Runcorn, to the Duke's Canal, where the wood was landed as duty paid, and forwarded to London to the address of a foreign broker. The vessel was then dismantled, and laid up as a hulk, until the voyage to Havre might be supposed to be completed She was then rigged as before, entered outwards for Hamburg;►, and took in a cargo of pimento, balsam of copivi, guns copal, tapioca, and rose-wood. With these goods she sailed round the Rock again, and returned the same night to Runcorn, where the goods were landed as before, and forwarded to London, partly to the address of merchants there, and partly to a fictitious address, to enable those who received the goods to secrete them more easily. To show the ingenuity of the actors in this conspi racy, a foreign merchant went from London, taking most satisfactory references from houses in the City, whose characters are above suspicion, to Messrs. DIUNKWATIa and Seam, and other most respectable brokers. This person employed them to purchase the goods, and enter them at the Custom House, as is usual, in their own names, whereby innocent par ties have incurred .the penalties of the bonds for due exportation. Some suspicion arose in the mind of the Duke of Bridgewater's Agent, at Runcorn, from the vessel being found on the morning of the arrival. of the second cargo with a full freight, but neither master nor any bthet person on board. One of the Clerks, however, received letters .directing them to be forwarded to London, and another delay took place at Prestonbrook. (where goods are always re• weighed) from the want of invoices or other docu ments which were subsequently sent forward by the same party who had written to Runcorn. When. the searchers at Liverpool heard a rumour of the business, they proceeded to Runcorn and seized the vessel, which was in a state of prepara. lion for another voyage, as instructions had been given to make her capable of carrying 100 tons, still preserving her exterior appearance, which would have enabled the parties to smuggle a cargo of India goods; and Messrs. DIUNKWATtit and Seam had actually received instructions to enquire the price of black pepper and turmeric. One of the Liverpool searchers then proceeded to town, and with the assistance of one of his brethreu here, aided by the important information given by Mr. Sums, whd came to town for the purpose of identifying the goods, they have not only regained the whole of the second cargo (with the exception of a few bags of pimento, which had been retailed), but a large quantity of the mahogany that arrived iu April lest. The greatest .credit is due to the merchants and traders in London, who had fairly bought the goods at a market price, for the manner in which they have ezpresaed dicer detestation of such abominable prac tices. Some of the spice4nerchants have sent the goods to the Cuatom-bouse at their own expense, and others have actually lc:awarded their carts to collect what they bad since sold, and added them to the stock on hand. The greater pan of the goods which had not ►een sold, was discovered in a dancing-school, at the Paul's Head, in Cateaton-street, with most of the marks and numbers altered and defaced, and part of the pimento repacked in new bags, although the Officers lound the original bags on the premises. And, had they been an hour later, not only the goods, but all clue to them would have been lost, as carty and por ters arrived to take them away when the Officeis were in' ossession, which carts were actually employed to convey them to the Custom•bouse. Upon a reference to Lloyd's books at Liverpool, I it is tound _that the vessel, the Thomas and Ann, was regularly noted as having arrived at Havre-de-Grace, and re-sailed from thence, although she hail never Into out of the port of Liverpool. Letters received from Canada mention that Lord SELKIRK bad left the Settlement on the Red River, and proceeded to Hudson's Bay, on his way to Eng land, The Duke of Hawn :rot( has arrived in France, ti visit his estate of Aobigny. • Wednesday good wheaten bread was offered for sale in Chelanlord, at ten pence halfpenny per qeartern, and SOPS of a better-quality at a shifting. the bread, welanderstand, was baked at Bricking, a distance ot twelve miles. The Perth . Baking• Company, Edinburgh,. have reduced the trice ot their quattern loaves in Edin burgh to Is. the lint-, and 9d. tho second. . tASE Or PECULf.II2 ATROCITri 'guilt 1 NE Lnqu.pcn. arcpxv,!4 " We believe there was scarcely ever an ou'r:igd against common feeling and common decency, more atrocious than that Which we now r•cord ; or on! which has entailed more individaal meet ry and ruini " On the 28th June, 1817, a vessel was advertised at London as a vea•el having super or accommodations for passengers fre.nt Liverpool to New York and Philadelphia. It was stated the ves sel would positively sad on or about the 10th July, and ss an :1- ditknal lo:locement fur person; to ecgage with the lime, , it :vas also rated, that a Gentleman was going out in the ship, at, would Farticularly attend to the comforts of the passenger=; be would also settle In Philadelphia, connected with Nese of the first respectab•lity in London, and do all in his power t' i•ro cure employment for such as might be in want thereof, on their arrival in America " In eousequente of this adeerlsement, and the terns of ens sage being deent.•J cheap, about I !to persons entered , I.entwl..t.s as passengers on board, sevt rat of those persons having V. :v-s a7AI families. Fn.m these persons an ag.nr, then in 1.1.ttrp..01, r.. noted money on account of their !•assagc, and front tome cf them the whole amount of their passage money. It is estimn'ed that iu the wl.ole he received from the pa,scnge►s tl.e sum of £:,00. .1 he vessel did not sail on the loth July, ar..! tit: course, of the month, the Master was arrested for a debt contracted try him on account of the vessel, and now remains a primmer in, the Borough gaol of Liverpool *I be Agent was himself arrested, an I to prnure tilt fancily deposited the ship's register with the creditor, a. a plcde,..kr tin debt. At length a new Captain arrived, and assurnet the car.:• nand of the vessel; redeemed the register from •ledge, and stalely discharged the mate and crew, refusizg to par them one abating on account 01 wages. " The vessel is now repairing, and, to the ast lnishment of the passengers, they are now told, she will not proceed either to New York or Philadelphia, but will clear out for tit. John's, Net► Brunswick, to which place she is engaged by charter-pi.rty, to proceed to bring back a cargo of timber. " Thus, afer a lapse of nearly three months, the vessel yet remains in Liverpool, with the passengers on board, entirely de peud.ut, liar even their daily bread, on the mercy of the person who at present commands the vessel. No remuneration hashes:a made to any of the passengers, no compromise offered, ant not even their passage money returned. If they chum to go w the vessel to St. Johns, they may, and if not, they may go on shore, and returo to their homes as they can. " It is almost impossible to describe the miseries endured er the passengers remaining on board the vessel. It must be recol lected, she has for nearly three months beets the only place of shelter fur ISO human beings, and not the least atte n ion has ever been paid by any person on behalf cf the owners, either to the cleanlitte►s or comfort of the births in which the passengers were to sleep at night, or to abide by day. The consequences may be better conceived than &scaliest. To most of tLese fortunate passengers it lea matter of strict necessity to nett le t y the vessel, whatever may be the result. having no othe: place In which to shelter their heads." ATROCIOUS RErENGE. We have to relate one of those dreadful instance, of desperate depravity, which reflect disgrace not merely on the age, but on human nature itself...— Yesterday, about one o'clock at noon, a Welchman, named David Owen, a cow-keeper, came to town from Edmonton, and proceeded to the to use of one Junes, his brother-in-law, who is also a cow-keeper, resident in Gibraltar-row, Prospect place, St. Georges Fields. After knocking at the door, he was admitted to the room on the ground floor, where Jones with his wife and maid-servant were at dinner. After sitting for a few minutes, be started up, and with two knives (with which be had provided himself before his visit) he rushed to the execution of his execrable purpose. He first attacked the man Jones, whom he wounded 'dreadfully in the belly and die head, so as for some seconds to deprive him 'of sense or motion. He then flew at Mrs. Jones, his own sister, and inflicted upon her several shocking wounds. He stabbed her in the . r forthead, cut her s e v ere ly, th oug h not dangerously , between two of her ribs; and having thrust his knife in her mouth, drew it clean through the face to the ear, lacerating her tongue, and laying the cheek corn. pletely open. The ruffian last struck at the terv.int girl, whom he seelously cut in the face and cii.e of her hands, besides dividing the main artery of her arm. The poor wretches, though faint, and almost insensible with terror and loss of blood, contrived to make their way into the street, where they were im mediately observed by their neighbours, and were carried into the adjoining houses till medical assist-. AOCe could be procured. In the mean time, the assassin had fastened the door of Jones's house, and with loud imprecations threatened to destroy any periou who ihould dare to approach him. This threat, together with the im pression of the horrible scene before them, and the circumstance of Owen (who is a remarkably large and powerful man) being armed with two knives, completely deterred the multitude. though snon-con- Listing of many hundreds, from attempting to enter the house. Police Officers, however, were sent for; and on their arrival, End after the interval of nearly an hour, it was determined to break into the house and seize the desperate villain. For this purpose, a great number of persons, armed with p..ittrs and crow-bars, some with ladders at the windows, and some on the ground, made a simultaneous attack on the house, pld bursting it open above and below, rushed in with great force. They found Owen on the first landing-place, standing with an air of di.risnce, and whetting his knives one upon the othtl, as nine the purpose of rendering them more effectually min. derous. One of the Officers,. however, without a 'moment's delay. struck him a violent blow with a crow-bar on the head, which knocked off his liar and staggered him ; and another instantly took ad vant age of his tottering, seized one of his legs, and threw hi IS on the groused. Still the ruffian was able to mist. which he did so obstinately, that die Officers were compelled to beat and even woupd hip, severely about the ism athl bosiy, before he was subdued to a state of acquiescence. They then put him into a hackney coach r and conveyed him to the prison in Horsemonger-lane, thousands of the multitude atten ding the roach, and with arms of various kind:, in order to prevent the possibility of his escape. While this was going on, surgical aid had been procured for the wounded ; and the result of the eta. ruination made by Mr. limos, Surgeon, of Newing. ton, was, that be considered the husband likely to die, the wine dreadfully though not mortally wounde, and the girl, though very seriously hurt, nicely to rt.w cover. The man and the servant were, at the re. commendation of the Surgeon, taken to St. Tho. males Hospital. Mrs. Jones was c.ssried back tutus' own house. The parties are all Welch. Jones and his wife arq iboui forty years Of age—the servant-gill is Abcut twenty. Owen is between forty-five and fifty, and ii, we have Before stated, aDM cl rce.t.t:ll.:b!) intdible and sue:lst& •