Star.
London, England, 1808-01-20 00:00:00

FROM U.OYD'S LIST.

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Amttllanp—Off Dover, the Liberty, Reilly; and the Prince
Town, Frazer, from Monte Video—At Portsmouth, the Shilla-
la/a, Brown, sad the Industry, —, from Waterfall; the Mai-
garet,Poynton ; and the Marquis of Ely, from Cork; Tra-
vers, from Bombay ; Colonel Vassal, —; Surry, Black ;
Collingwood, Butler ; and Harriot, Thomas, from Monte Video
and Cork—At Dartmouth, the Syrene, Taylor, from Newfound-
land—At Tobermory, the Leonidas, Favell, from Quebec—At
Loodonderrr, the Henrick, Reitz, from Dantsic; and Raleigh,
Nordy, from Philadelphia—At St. Kitt's, the St. Anna, Derby-
shire, from Lancaster—At Ramsgate, William, —, from Wa-
terfard—At Leith, Charlotte, Ray; Rose, Scott; and the Johns,
Rennie, from Quebec--At Sunderland, Harriot, Ord, from Que-
bec—At Ayr, Nelly and Peggy, from Quebec—At Water-
ford, Placentia, —, from Newfoundland—At Dover, Minerva,
Barrett, from Cork—At Grenada, Emerald, Hunter, from Africa.
The American ship Ulysses, Captain Patterson, from Witessett
to Cork, laden with about 950 tons timber, was wrecked on the
night of the 28th ult. near Achin Head, County of Mayo, Ireland
--crew and part of the cargo saved, but the vessel is gone to pieces.
Letters have been received from Surinam, oia Skiberoon, but
not marked by what ship. From this circumstance, it is conjec-
tured, that the Mary, Oswald, from Surinam, (supposed Tester-
slay to be lost near Margate), may have put in there; air well as
the indefatigable, Williams, from Berbice.

The William and Henry, Silk, from London for the Cape of
Good Hope, is on shore on the Swin Rock, to the westward of
Ramsgate harbour.

The Benevolent, Hay, bound to Boston, is lost on the toast of

The Union, Jacobs, from London for Philadelphia, is put into
Ramsgate harbour, airhaving been on shore.
The Sally, Balmer, bf !Welds, coal loaded, is sunk near Sri&
lington—crew saved.
The Cranford, of New York, bound to Amsterdam, is
seVnear Heligoland—Part of the cargo saved.
elagns, Conndly, front Witte Video, is on shore in Cork
harbOur.
The Sultana, Scroby, from Philadelphia fir Rotterdam, is lost
off Heivoet.
The Queen, Purvis, from Oporto and Southampton, for Lynn,
is put into Cowes with loss of anchors, cables, and other damage.
The Elizabeth, Ray, from Quebec. bound to Liverpool, was
lost on the Orkneys on the ult.—Crew saved.
The Indefatigable, Williams
, trom Berbice for London, is put
into Skibe,roon dismasted, and with other damage.
The Neutrality, Ellison, from Vera Cruz, has been detained by
the Caledonia, Captain Thompson, from the Clyde, and soon at•
terwards foundered.

The William and James, Souter, from Dundee, is on shore on
'annouth Beach.

The Deighton, —, from Quebec for Portsmouth, is lost on
the Isle of Sky.—Crew saved.
The Mary Ann, Cooch, from Surinam for London, is supposed
to be lost near Margate.
The Levant, Miller,from London to St. Michael's, was run
foul of in the Downs, on Thursday, and abandoned by the crew ;
it Is supposed she shortly after foundered.

THE ARMY.

Workmen are busily engaged at Chelsea, in pre-
paration for General WIIITELOCK'S Court Martial—
the scaffolding is nearly complete.

The troops in the neighbourhood of Sandgate, con-
sisting of a brigade of artillery, the 2d battalion of
the 9th, 43d and 95th Regiment, with the Staff Corps,
assembled on Monday morning, in review order, on
Shorn Cliff, and fired afar de je in honour of Her
MAJESTIC'S Birthday. The fineness of the day at-
tracted a number of the beauty and fashion of the
neighbourhood.—This brigade, drilled chiefly on Sir
Join; MooßE's system, is expected to compose a part
of that gallant Officer's Expedition, and if we may
hudge from their appearance, no Corps can be in a
igher state of discipline.

Monday being the anniversary of Her _•Lwrsrr's
Birth-day, the same was observed at Chatham with
the accustomed formalities. The brigade of Guards
fired a most excellent feu de jo.ye.

The 35th regiment, late from Egypt, passed through
Chatham last week.

About•l9o recruits for the Royal Cornwall Militia,
under the command of Captain Hosicem and Lieut.
HAMMY, lately marched through Birmingham.—
They are all fine young men, and conducted them-
selves with great propriety wherever they halted.
We have been informed by very respectable autho-
rity, that a Fsiu fo7 extending the services of the Mi-
litia of Great Britain and Ireland to both countr
respectively, will be one of the first measures subm
ted to Parliament the ensuing Session.

Colonel CdESAR BALBIANE and Count CAsAtia,
Spanish hostages from Buenos Ayres, are arriv ,4.1 at
Portsmouth. The former is a single man. He is the
officer who received the surrender of General CRAI:-.
FORD, to whom he behaved with the utmost liberality
and politeness. The latter is accompanied by hs
family, sixteen in number, almost all females, whom
he meant to have landed at Lisbon, had he not been
prevented by the blockade.
A General Court Martial sat on Tuesday and
Wednesday last, at Gosport Barracks, for the trial o,
a private of the Ayrshire Militia, for desertion. Lieu-
tenant Colonel PEMELL, East Kent, President. Major
ASHItURST, Deputy Judge Advocate.

GENERAL ORDER.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Edinburgh, Jan. 7, 1808.
At a General Court Martial, held in Edinburgh Castle, on the
28th of December, 1807, whereof Colonel the Earl of DA, •
Kuril, of the Dumfriesshire Regiment of Militia, was Presi-dent, for the Trial of Andrew Williamson, Private Soldier of
the Edinburgh Regiment of Militia, upon the following charge:
For having deserted from the Edinburgh Regiment of Militia, Gn
or about the 11th of November last.
OPINION AND SENTENCE.

The Court having maturely deliberated on the evi-
dence adduced in support of the prosecution, and whole
proceedings, is of opinion that the prisoner is guilty of
the charge, in breach of the articles of war ; and there-
fore sentence him to be transported as a felon, for
seven years, and at the expiration of that time to be
at the disposal of his Majesty, for service as a soldier,
in any of his Majesty's forces at home or abroad for
life or otherwise, as his Majesty shall think fit.
Lieutenant-General Viscount CATHCART, Com-
mander of the forces, approves of the proceeding
and sentence of the above General Court Martial ;
and in publishing the same to the army in North Bri-
tain, his Lordship is sorry to add, that he feels it ne-
cessary to declare his determination to carry into
effect; with the utmost rigour, every punishment
awarded for the crime of desertion, especially wh( n
aggravated by the swindling practices of taking
bounty as volunteers, for the express purpose of de-
Setting.
-This ordir to be read at the head of each corps of
the regular and militia forces in North Britain, and
entered in die* regimental orderly books.
By or . 4 .of Lieut.-General Viscount CATHCAR
ander of the Forces.
AUX. MACKAY, Dep. Adj. Gen.

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COURT OF Sg9SiON. i;` • '
The following is a shortyiewitctran important case
relative to the succession to the estate of Roxburgh,
-lately decided in the Court OfSession 'I. • .
Robert, the first Earl of Rtylitiro,by #.4fga :en
tail in 1648, settled his estate and honours upon hill
grandson, Sir Williambrtmunond, and the heirs male
of his body, on condition that he should marry Lady
Jean, the eldest daughter Of his son Henry, Lord Iter,
whO had predeceased him. Sir William, upan,ithe
'death of his goandfather, became second Earl of Roe-
burgh,. and left two. sons ; the eldest. carried on the
line of the Roxburgh family, -and it beetrite extinct on
the death of Duke -John in 1801; 'and the second :Son
'acquired 'the honours of the Bellenden family.'
Upon :the death of Duke John in 180+, he was
.Stfe-
:ceeeled in* the shonours. and estates
.of Roxburgh •by
..William, .Lord Bellenden, the only remaining male
descendant of the second Earl by Lady lane Ker. • •
' Vette William -succeeded:to-the:estate at a Very ad-
vanced period Of life;sanifil Was unknown.t6hian who
ther there was any person. NkosntAil claim the suc-
cessiontinder the entail. In this situation be execu-
ted ateweleedof etitail of drewholegbisestate n
the heirs of line of the 'marriage Tietwl#•Sirriv . .
I)rtnnthond, the second Earl, ind radY Jane.. r.
The Gattleman called byhirn to the succession in the
first instanoe, was Mr. Bellenden tKer, the great
grandson of that marriage, and son Of Vie Hon. Mrs.
Oawler, his .cousin-germ an.
After havir.g made this disposition of his estate,
two -claimants appeared as heirs •tuider:thq,emait
These were Sir James Innes, a descendagt: Of. Lady
Margaret, the third daughter of Henry Lord Itet.,
and General Ker, of Littledean, claiming, as heir-
male of Robert, the first Earl and maker of the'tailzie,
whose ancestor came of the ftmily in the 15th cen-
tury. The Duke did not know upon what authority
the pretensions of these gentlemen were founded ;
but, in order to secure a provision, as far as in his
rower, to his relations, he exercised the unlimited
power conferred on him by the old entail, of giant.
ing fens upon the estate in favour of Mr. Bellemien
Ker, and making provision for his other relations.
• Upon his death in 1805, a challenge was brought
of the new entail by the above Gentlemen, upon the
issue of which it was found, by a considerable majo-
rity of the Court, that Dttke William had not suf-
ficient nowers to alter the order of succession esta-
blished by the old tailzie ; but reserved all objections
to the imrsuers titles as heirs under that deed.
- The validity of the fens granted to Mr. • Bellenden
Ker came next to be discussed, and this important
point was determined also on the llth instant, when
seven Judges were for sustaining the feu right, under
particular exceptions as to pans of the estate, and
seven for reducing them, and which last opinion pre-
vailed by the castin-, vote of the Lord President, who
had declared it to be a very doubtful case, and that
be should be satisfied which ever way it was decided.
The whole questions that have occurred in this
most important case are now appealed to the House
of Lords.

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