Star.
London, England, 1808-11-24 00:00:00

SIXTH DAY.

The Court was occupied this morning until
past twelve, in heating the evidence of General 1•ct:
ctrsov. Captain MALCOLM, of the Navy, w .
called in —The Court was uncommonly crothicd.

At every step of the investigation into the-Ode-I
Convention, new and interesting facts present tht;ri-
selves. It does not appear that Sir Aarmit Wrt,-
L*LEY formally protested against the Convention, but
the Public had it from S:r Aar:toes own lips, at
conclusion of his narrative on Saturday, that " it was
his intention, after the battle of Me 210, to march far-
ward and turn the Frenek position at Torre 1-,drar, hav-
ing an excellent map of the country; but Sir Bre-
RJR," arrived in rift evening and tool tae command."—•
On Tuesday he repeated the ...a-6c
that " all the facilities, which, in the event of 11;.••
" intended operation being successful, would hare
" been in the hands of the British, remained in a..
" posression of the French ; so that they might, by
44 means of the boats which were in their parer, cro,:
to the other side of the Tagus, and occupy tl,s•
forts there, from whence it might not be in •
44 power of the British to expel them for some time."
The above is the principal point on which the
lic feel any• interest : indeedit is the point on u hith
every thing hinges. No one seems inclined to ques-
tion that circumstances might be. such, at the tin-
of signing the Convention, as to render the mein: 7-
highly proper : but how came the circumstances u
be such ? Was the operation recommended by Si-
Attritun WELLESLEY adviseable ? Ought it to hay.e
been attempted ? Would the French army have bee.i
then left in circumstances, entitling them to dictato
the terms of it Convention—or must they have been
reduced to the necessity of surrendering ?
. Letters from Halifax, brought by the last packet.
mention, that the expedition under General Paevos..
still remained there in an inactive state. It was sop-
. posed that the object for which it was assembled woul.l
not be attempted, as counter orders had been received
from England by the BRISK cutter, lately arrived.
Mr. SHERIOAN'S Commission of Inquiry into the
Prison ASuses in Ireland, is at length appointed, and
is to commence its sittings on the 25th instant, at tho
Session-house, Green-street, Dublin. It is composed
of the Hon. Justice DALY, of the King's Bench; Sur-
geon RENsy, of the Medical Staff ; Counsellor W.
DIsNZY, J. GALE, Esq. and the Rev. MrArttescuovre,
Members ; S. ROSSISOROUGH, Secretary.
We understand it is his rtfamarres intention to
corifcr, on the gallant Captain Sevuoutt the honour cf
Knighthood, with the Naval Gold Medal, in testi-
mony of his Konen's high sense of the bravery an I
skill displayed by him in defeating and capturing the
French frigate la Thetis, as described in the official
diipatches in the Gazette of Saturday last.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East-India House, when the following Capteins were
sworn into the command of their respettive ships, viz.
Capt. F.. C. Ba A DIMS to, Lord Duncan, Madras and Bengal.
Capt. W. P. d'E,traar, United Kingdom, St. Helena aal
rengsl. _ .

The under-mentioned times were fixed for the ships
lately taken up, viz. :
_

Coutts, for China; Surrey and Metcalfe, for Madras and ,Ben-
gal ; Devonshire, Ccylon and Beslgal; and Marqu'a Wale sle-,
for Bomb: y. To be afloat 15th 7anuary, sail to Gravesend 51. c
ditto, stay there so Jays, be In the Ddwasikh of March.
The times of the ships City of London, Dover
Castle, and Castle Eden, were thus altered, viz. :

To he afloat Ist lanbary, all to Gravesend 15th dints, stay
there 50 days, be in the Downs ittst February.
The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow.
The bodies of five people belonging to the sloop
Ruby, cf Rothesav, lately wrecked at Cairngarroch,
near Portpatrick, have been found and decently in-
terred in the church-yard of Stonykirk : it is thought
there were no more on board.
Arrivals at Clifton and the Wells :

The Duchess cf Northurr.beriand, the Ladles Percy, Viscount
and Viscounty. Stewart, lite,. Dr. and Mrs. Woodtward, Rtv
Mr. and Mrs. iiauoden, &e.

TIIEATRE DRURY-LANE.—Last night a new Dance
was exhibited at this Theatre, between the Play and
Farce, composed by Mr. D'Eovu.tx, intitled Lost in
a Tab. It is it pretty tat, well calculated to display
to advantage the grace and agility of his pupils, par-
ticularly Miss GAYTONI.
Kiva's THEATRE.—The performance of the Exile
is still continued every night. The acting cf Mr.
Youwo, the singing of Mrs. Dicicom, and the gene.
ral interest of the piece, render it very attractive.
The house was extremely crowded ; and the know.
ledge that the company are not to play after the pre.
sent week in this Theatre, encreases every night the
number of the audience.

At a late Public Meeting, the Chairman, after-
collecting the opinions of those present upon a quese
tion proposed, was stigmatised by a quarrelscm-
member as a fool ; when he replied, that the accusa
tion was very improbable, as he had just got the
tense of the Company.
Wednesday se'nnight, a girl about seven years of
age, was burnt in such a shocking manner at the fur-
nace of a dye work at the bottom of New Vennal,
Glasgow, that she died on Friday morning in the
greatest agony.
A very melancholy accident took place at Stoma-
way cn the evening of Saturday, the 29th ult.—As
a number of people in boats were fishing with hand-
lines near the mouth of the harbour, a whale was sud:
denly and distinctly seen amongst them, and which,
by a forcible spring, shivered to pieces one of the boats,
and consigned her crew, consisting of six persons,
men, women, and children, to a watery grave.

Saturday night, some villains fired a barn, and rob-
bed two others of a quantity of grain, belonging to
Mr, FARRAR HE:acts', Noifolk. Two men have
been taken up on suspicion and committed.
Yesterday the RECORDER made a report to his MA.
osirry, in Council, of the following capital convicts in
Newgate :—R. Ne4l:Zour, for an unnatural crime ; S.
Csetnosore, for uttering a counterfeit shilling G. Slates
and J.l'l:fry, alias Novell, for retutning from trans-
isort4tion ; Baked, for a burglaz; IP. Ketitelselkr,
fcr horse stealing; C. Glover, for ste 'n; in a dwelling
house; and J. IPilliawu, for house-breaking. When R.
Neiglokor was ordered for execution on-Wednesday
nest.