Star.
London, England, 1808-11-22 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

Advice% were yesterday received from the Brazils
to the Yd ult. They state that the authority and in-
fluence of the Government were daily increasing.
The commercial speculations from this country had
been carried to such an excess, that the markets were
completely glutted, and English manufactures were
selling at SO per cent. under prime cost.
About the end of August the Court had issued a
Protest in the name of the INFANT and INFANTA of
SPAIN, who emigrated with the Housz of BRAOANZAI
against the transactions at Bayonne. This protest
declares the right of the Infant DoN Louis and the
Infanta, his consort, the daughter of the PRINCE RE.
GENT, to be by no means surrendered or compromised,
by the pretended cession of CARLOS and FERDINAND.
It also asserts a right for this Prince, being the nearest
relation to FERDINAND not in the power of the enemy,
to the Regency of Spain. There is a very stung
party, at the head of which is M. IYARA.To, the per-
son who was sb much suspected by the Portuguese,
in Lisbon, and who escaped their vengeance with
difficulty. Ministers, we understand, have received
very particular accounts of the state of affairs in the
Brazils.

Lord Viscount DKERHORST is appointed Lord
Lientenant of the County of Worcester ; the Earl of
COVENTRY, his father, from age and infirmity, har-
ing resigned the same.

Tuesday a detachment of the 10th Light Dragoons
arrived at the Barracks of Southampton, where they
are to remain for the present.

The second regiment of Edinburgh Local Militia,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel CRICHTON, was,
last week, completed to its establishment.
The mortality in the 96th Regiment of Foot, since
their arrival at the island of St. Croix, in the West

Indies, has been very great. In the course of sir
weeks, they lost six officers and upwards of 100 pri-
vates. Among the former, we lament to state, are
Lieutenant-Colonel Laurin:a, Captain POHLMAN/
and Lieutenant UnounAßr.

An entire regiment of Swiss, that was in the ser-
vice of France, found means to desert after the Con-
vention in Portugal. They escaped from on board the
transports in small parties ; and at length made ap-
plication &the British Commander, offering to enlist
in the service of England : they had formed a part of
the garrison of Elvas, are all fine young men from
18 to 25 years of age, and are about 900 in number
remaining out of 1400, who passed the Pyrenees a
twelvemonth ago. They were at length received on
board British transports, and arrived at Portsmouth
on Saturday last.
A letter from Corunna, dated the 14th instant,
states, that one of the transports in which the 15th
Dragoons went out, had been captured in the Bay of
Biscay by a French privateer. The French Captain
proposed to kill the horses, and to take the men t o
France ; but the men declared, that they would suffer
any thing rather than consent to this cruel massacre
of the noble animals, whom they regarded as compa-
nions and friends. The Frenchman was affected by
the lively emotions of this generous attachment ; he
accordingly consented to spare the horses, and to
leave the men with them, obliging them by oath not
to serve till they shall be exchanged. Some more
transports coming in sight, the Frenchman made off
with a press of sail.
Extract of a letter from an Officer in General
BLAKE'S army, to the Mayor of St. Andero, and
from thence sent express on the 10th inst. to Gijon
Lanistosa, November 9, 1808.
u I have just received your letter of yesterday, and in answer
have to say, that General BLAZZ has answered to the dispatch
that the Auditor-General of the Army, and the Major-General of
Engineers, sent to him from the quarters of Urrantiagal, on Sun-
day, at two o'clock in the evening, saying that Saturday was a
happy day, and that the aspect of things had completely changed;
for the fourth division being cut off, and 4000 Asturians near
failing into the hands of the enemy, he commanded a movement
to attract the attention of the enemy towards Valmaseda, where
he sent the fourth division, and all the rest of the people to the
heights of Orrantia and its environs, He states, that the fourth
division was attacked, but defended itself with courage and re-
puked the enemy, dislodging them from Valmaseda, daughterit #
them, and following them up as far as the Tren-works of Orrutia.
That the same day the second division joined, also the Asturians
which caused him great joy; and on Sunday evening be transferred
his bead-quarters to Vaintaseda, promising himself happy results,
as the army was desirous to fight.
" The express arrived yesterday morning, and desirti the two
Regidores to remain here yesterday, although they could very
• well have gone to head-quarters.
" For the present we have no further intelligence, but we are
very contented, for the French, who had come to Medina, marched
away, and there is no advice of their returning. The Messenger
, adds, that he was informed that our troops would, enter Bilboa
yesterday, the nth."

A letter received from Paris states, that a great'
number of persons had recently been arrested in
France, charged with a conspiracy against the Go-
vernment. The number is estimated at 550. It
also mentions, that an Austrian Courier had arrived
with dispatches from the Cabinet of Vienna, on the
subject of the communications made by BONAPAATI
to Baron VINCENT, at Erfurth.
It affords us great pleasure to observe that the
author of the MiSmq Mentor, a work of extraordinary
merit, has announced three volumes of Essays on the
Modern Art of War. No work could be more season-
able or patriotic, at a time when the salvation of civil
society depends on superiority of tactics and military

DRURY•LANN THEATRE.-..Yesterclay, at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, a very numerous
meeting took place of the Old and New Renters of
this Theatre, in consequence of Mr. RANDLE JACK-
SON, who not long since was elected a Trustee to
the property, having expressed a desire of resigna-
tion : the cause of the assemblage was, therefore,
solely for the purpose of electing a successor to
the vacant situation. The meeting consisted of
upwards of one hundred and fifty. Mr. SHULMAN,
in a very luminous speech, gave a clear and com-
prehensive aecount of the internal affairs of the The.
atre, and every circumstance connected with its
interests; and from the perspicuous statements of
Mr. GRAHAM and Mr. T. SHERIDAN, it appeared to
the complete satisfaction of the company, that the
concerns of the Theatre were in that state of prospe-
rity which must ever result from a judicious and ac-
tive management. The sense of the meting was
afterwards taken, and WILLIAM HOLSTON, Esq. was
chosen a Trustee, in the place of Mr. RANDALL
JACiLIQN•

NAtirlcAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER 20.
Put in, in distress, the Hazlewood, Capt. Fowria,
from Malta for Portsmouth, with various goods.—
Sailed the ORESTES, PLOYLIt, ani SOORPION sloops of
war, with the crew of the WINDSOR CASTLE, of 98
guns, for Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER ,2 .
Arrired his Majesty's ships RESISTANCE, SCORPION,
PLOVER, ORESrES, MACKEREL, and BLACK JOKE, (TOM
die westward ; PYLLA, with a fleet of transports, from
Cork; la SYSILLE, with a fleet of transports, from
Corunna ; and the STANDARD, with a fleet, from the
Mediterranean ; also a fleet of transports, from Lis-
bon and Rochelle.—Sailed Lis Majesty's ship Atm.
coat, on a cruize.—Wind S.W.
DOVER, NOVEMBER 21.
Came in last night the brig Gustaf Wasa, Captain
Exmax, of and for Gottenbt•rgh, with a cargo of salt
from Lisbon ; having, on Friday night last, been cap-
tured off Portland, by a French lugger privateer, from
which seven Frenchmen came on board, and it then
blowing hard, prevented any of the brig's crew from
being put into the privateer, in consequence of which
Captain EKAIAN, with his men, seized the first oppor-
tunity that offered, and got all the Frenchmen below
and kept them there until yesterday, when she fell in
with the PLUTO sloop of war, on board of which vessel
the prisoners were sent.—l am happy to communicate
that a French lugger privateer was taken by one of
our cruizers last night off Folkstone, and she passed
by here for the Downs this morning. The Pappen.
burgh brig Mercur, mentioned in my letter of yester-
day to be on shore outside of our harbour, was hove
safe in last sight without receiving any material da-
mage.—Passed by this day two convoys from the
Westward, bound to the Downs ; also the Howard,
Captain MARSH, from Teneriffe, bound to London.—
Wind S. W. and moderate.
DEAL, NOVEMBER 21.
Arrived the PODARGUS, GLODEN, CROCUS, OSPREY,
and THRASHER, from a maize ; SPRIGHTLY cutter,
from the Channel; STRENUOUS gunbrig, from Jersey;
PELTER gunbrig, from Cork, with a convoy, which
are sailed for the River ; also, the Princess Mary,
Hu rctruisoN, from St. Domingo.—Sailed theS TATELY,
of 61 guns, for Yarmouth.—The KANGAROO sloop cf
war sailed on a cruize last night, and returned again
this morning with a French lugger privateer, out
from Calais at 2 r. M. and captured off Dungeness at
10 P. Al.—Wind W.
SHEERNESS, NOVEMBER 21.
Sailed his Majesty's ship VANGUARD, from the
Great Nore, to Chatham. His Majesty's ship BLOOD.
HOUR has the signal flying for the Baltic convoy, and
will sail in two or three days, or sooner, if the trade
accumulate for departure. The Heligoland convoy
will sail the same time ; but there is not yet any par-
ticular ship named to take them.—Arrived the Jonge
Henrick, Poo; Vrow Ida, HooK, and Uranius, Rvcx;
the latter is gone to Chatham Yard to deliver her
cargo of hemp, iron, and sail-cloth, and the two
former wait convoy. Sailed the Resolution, CAL.
LANDER, from Stockholm, with deals, tar, and iron,
to London ; also the Redligheten, GIRDIS, with pitch,
tar, deals, &c. from Stockholm for Gosport ; and a
large fleet of Swedish ships from the Baltic to the
Downs, on their way to Portsmouth, to take convoy
from thence for several ports in Portugal, where they
are to deliver their present cargoes, and return with
salt to Sweden. The materials df the ship George,
Captain BAKER, from Shields with coals, wrecked
on the Mouse sand, are in general saved, and brought
here, but the hull is a total wreck.—Wind S. W.
TRURO, NOVEMBER 19.
The violence of the wind during the present week
has been-seldom exceeded. Tuesday night and Wed-
nesday, it blew a hurricane at about S. and yesterday
it was equally severe at N. W. We fear it has done
much damage at sea. The violent storms of this week
have thrown on shore a large portion of the remains
of the ANSON frigate, wrecked last week near Helston ;
but a much larger portion remains in sight at low
water. By the Princess Mary Packet we learn, though
so many of the French ships have been captured on
their way to the West Indies with provisions and
stores, yet a greater number have escaped. Marti-
nique and Guadaloupe are now, in consequence, well
provided. The gallant Captain Anthony, of the
[Cornwallis packet, has distinguished himself again in
a smart brush with a French privateer off Barbadoes,
which he succeeded in beating off. Two brigs were
driven on shore last evening, between Newkey and
Padstow, in the violent storm at N. W. and wrecked.
LEITH, NOVEMBER 17.
All yesterday it blew a very violent gale from the
S. W. which we are afraid has done considerable da-
mage.—Sailed from the Roads, the CIIILDERS sloop of
war with a convoy to the northward, QUEEN CHAR.
LOTTE hired cutter with a convoy for Heligoland, and
the Cm* sloop, with a convoy for Gottenburgh.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Gagsvasaxn, Nov.2l.—Passed by the lamina, Gibbon, front
Dublin; Fame, Courtny, from Malaga; Britannia, Chater ; and
Success, Cattle; from Malta,--.Sailed the Knaptor, Child; Al.
fred, Parish; Burdon, Smith; Aid, Redmayne, Catharine Green,
Steele; and Sir Egiward Hamilton, Bell, for Jamaica—Lady Ann,
Barron, for Grenada; Nelson, Herbert; Delaford, Young; and
Adventure, Johnson, for St. Vincent's—Flora, Young, for Barba.
does; Caroline, Hays, for St. Kitt's; Helena, Pheland, fur
Montserrat; Antelope, Bryan, far St. Croix; Brown, Gray, for
Gibraltar; Recovery, Lamb, for Tobago; hannibal, Kern, fcr
Londonderry ; Santa Anna Isabel, Gonsalvos, for the Brazils ;
Tralk, Moin ; and Livonia, Males, fur Demerara.
Captain ORR, of the William Pitt, from Cotten.
burgh, arrived at Stromness, states that som' of the
fleet which sailed with him from Co tenbt.rgli, we:4
lost, and others captured ; a brig he saw go tiow:t,

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LAW INITLLIGENUE,

ARCHER'S COURT, DOCTORs' CONINRINS, NOV. 21.

BLOGR &VI.: V. BLfICR•\CI•:.

This was originally a case of Restitution of Con-
jugal Rights, brought by Lady Blograve against Sir
George Berney Blograve, Bart. her husband, but it
had since assumed a different appearance, and was
now become a cause of divorce or separation, from
bed, board, and mutual cohabitation, on the part Of
Sir George against Lady Blograve, by reason of
Adultery. From the proceedings and evidence in
the cause, thee material facts appeared to be these :
That Sir George Blograve was an Officer in the East
Norfolk Militia, and that whilst he was with his
regiment, in 1805 and 1806; accompanied by his
Lady, he became intimately acquainted with
Elwin, Esq. a Captain belonging to the same regi-
ment, by his being invited with other Officers to dine
with him. That during such invitations, it was ob-
served by the servants of the house, that great fami-
liarities passed between Lady Blogrove and Captain
Elwin, and that they used frequently to walk out to-
gCtlier„ That at other times they were observed to
be alone in a room for several hours at a time, and
that at one time in particular, Lady Blograve was
sten sitting on Captain Elwin's knee, with her arms
round his neck and he kissing her. But the most
material facts were deposed to by Ann Wiles (Lady
Blograve's own servant), who accompanied Lady
Blograve on her journey to Stamford, when she paid
a lying-in visit to her sister. The facts here deposed to
by this witness went to prove, that at the different inns
on the road to and from Stamford, Capt. Elwin always
met Lady B. and although separate bed rooms were
ordered for each party, it WaS clear and manifest to
this witness, from the impressions and marks observed
by her the next morning on Lady B.'s bed, that two
persons had slept therein. This witness's testimony
was confirmed by the evidence of the chamber-maids
and the other servants belonging to the different inns
where the parties slept.
In addition to this evidence, there were likewise
several letters of Captain Elwin's produced, address-
ed to Lady B. ; which letters contained the strongest
expressions of affection.
The Court (Sir W. WvNxr.), after hearing the
Learned Civilians on both sides, and recapitulating
the evidence with great minuteness, and making seve-
ral pertinent remarks thereon, was clearly of opinion,
that the fact of adultery was fully established against
the wife, and accordingly pronounced for the remedy
which the husband prayed.