Star.
London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOIN I'NIENTS.

Captain G. C. M'Kenzie to the Impregnable, fitting for the flag
of Admiral Young.

Capt slid Tetley has been posted into the Conqueror, and brought
her front the Mediternuteart.

Captain Alien of the Rodney, to the Pearlen.
Captain Edward King, to the Rodney.
Captain Guion, to the Rainbow.
Lieutenant Spear of the San Josef, to command the Philomel.
Lieutermet Andrews of the Ajax, to command the Weazle.
Captain Blarney, acting, to the Loire.
Hon. Captain Walpole, to the Sabrina.
Lieutenants Pa.s.rnore and Rudal, to the Oberon.
Lieutenants J. J. Moore, Barclay, Moberley, to the Ipkigenist.
Lieutenanti T. Morgan and R. S. Carnage, to the Powpee.
Lieutenants Roach and Uoulton' to the Abercrombie.
Lieutenants Edward Purcell and C. Tulloch, to the Mtnws.
Lieutenants W. Stopford and Charles Butts, to the Fawn.
Lieutenant John Nosworthy, to the Rover.
Lieutenant R. Woolcombe, to the Courageux.
Lieutenant R. B. Read, to the Fylla.
Lieutenant Martin Bennett, to the Elizabeth.
Lieutenant R. B. Roc, to the Wanderer.
Lieutenant Loftus Lencay, to the Vauteur.
Lieutenant Edward Ogilvie, to the Ferret.
lieutenant Tli maas Morgan, to th' Vi;o.
Mr. Hedge, to he Purser of the Sait Josef.
Mr. Crispe, to be rurser of the Skiold.
Mr. Bryden, to be Master of the Queen.
Mr. Meredith to be Surgene of the Vengeur.
IN TUe ICIEDITERR•NEAN.
Captain Clephane, acting, to the Ajax.
Captain N. Thompson, to the Bombay.
Captain T. Garth, to he Cerbt. rus.
Captain J. S. Peyton, is pasted to the Minstrel. •
Captain G. Price, is posted in the Cossack.
Captain W. Hamilton, is postal in the Termagant.
Lieutenant A. Stow, is made Commander of the Guadeloupe.
Lieutenant E. Wrottesley, is made Commander of the Sabine.
Lieutenart R. C. Barton, from the Repuls.; to be First Lieu-
tenant of the York.

Lieutenant I. Lyons, from the Repulse, to be First Lieutenant
of the Bombay.
. .

Lieutenant hon. F. W. Napier, from the Kent, to be First
Lieutenant of the Sparrowhawk.
Dr. Ro•s, to be acting Surgeon of the NavalHolph al at Mahon.
Mr. it. p. ar, Surgeon, from the Apallo, to the Ville t:e
Paris, vice Bun)sitle.
_ _ _ _

Mr. W. Gitthr,e, Surgeon, from the imperieuse, to Hibernia.
Mr. Arnold, from the Alcmene, to the lavincible, vi.e Fair-
pool, dismhsvci by a court martial.
Mr. W. Turner (2), late of the Alacrity, ant since acting in
the Ville de l'aris, to the Apollo.
The Ocean, 98, was commissioned on Monday, at Plymouth,
by Captain Plampin, late of the Gibraltar.

The APOLLO, some time ago chaced a French fe-
lucca so near to the batteries at Toulon, that it was
an anxious doubt whether she would catch her or not,
when the Frenchman secured her escape by pushing
a boy overboard, 'wns he humanity of Capt. TAYLOR
prompted him to lower a boat.and pick up.

The Magistrates and Town Council of Glasgow,
after receiving from the Committee lately appointed
by them, a report, that a renewal, or continuation, of;
the exclusive commercial privileges of the East India
Company, would be highly inexpedient, have appoint-
ed a Committee to attend to this important, and at
present peculiarly interesting subject, when brought
under the consideration of Parliament.

.....
At a General Meeting of the Ship-owners in the
port of Kirkaldy, it was unanimously resolved to pre-
bent a memorial to the Privy Council, praying their
Lordships to refuse granting licences to foreigners to
trade with Forts from which British ships are exclu-
ded ; but more especially to prohibit the importation
of timber from Norway and the Baltic. The grounds
upon which the Meeting founded these Resolutions,
were—

let. That our own Colonies can famish ample supplies of wood
for the whole demand of Great Britain and Ireland, and the total
freight is realised, in ship-buildii g and shipping interest at home,
end the cost paid for in British goods sent out.
2. Grand* licences to foreigners aff ads them all the ii4van-
tages of peace, while it enablts them to privateer Britlah ships on
their passage home.
3. It places a great dial of Dr;tish property In the power of the
enemy.
4- It furnishes occipation for 50,000 seamen, ready to be em-
ployed against curatives, whenever it pleases the French Empe-
ror to require their services.
5. It costs annually an immense sum of money for frei:ht to
Lreign shipping, and Is the principal enure of the drain if our
specie, and the depredation of our foreln :dans< o.

.

A late attempt at int
sacred law proved ahorti
in the preservation of Jibs
their lives, and many others
The spirit of persecutic
—for the principles of the
acted upon as though it '
Magistra'es in various
refused to grant licences
separate congregations.' p ible that the .
of Toleration can have been misunderstoodbreeee.
description of people during she space of the Liu i i
years ? Can any thing he more evident that the spi2t
ri
—more clear than the letter of this Act? Is title let
man—isist inconsistency in the prese:it procedure? Wile
can be the Minister of a congregation .Li er
among 'e is•
seaters until he has preached ? Magiurates will no,
grant him a licence until he is the Minister oil e„l3,
gregation—and if he preach without such licence E.
is amenable to the lax—hence it is evident that ix,
man can legally obtain a licence at all. Here then
is an end to all itinerant preaching, and prexat
0 e•reorvations may in vain expect a successica of
stets, when they who now preside them •
thered to their fathers.

When will our po;
tion on the score c•f
stand that it is every
Gon a cording to thi
When %rill they be
tempting to orptess
saaids—ii• not millions,
?

'CT OF TOLERSTION.
mpt at innovation with respect t
oved abortive. The Dissenters r(ioiced
ation of liberties dearer to then than
d mauy others 'participated in their joy
;)fippciers of
persecution, however,
teßiliare is
onwoltet
though it had passed into a
n varsous parts of the kingdom Navint -1
rnogtlaicteionn. l
cess„to at7ith; usidsiel)ie tim tk
sumiliete_rs.

iis an end to reachin and
all itinerant pg, prexa
..ciet !hen
0 ~reesrvations may in vain expect a succession of ap •
stets, when they who now preside over them •
are
thered to their fathers.
When will our politicians see the folly of peg
tion on the score el religion ? When will they enc,
stand that it is every man's birthright to intsl.: •
Gon according to the dictates of his conscieks: '
When sell' they be coavinced of the absurdity of at
tempting. to oeptess thonsands, hundreds ef• thou' ..1
saeds—ti not millions, of his Majesty's most ler
sui,jects ?
Ought not the dreadful dissensions, the deidl
feuds, the bloody wars of past times, together wit
the final triumphs ef religious lherty to imp:assn,
them all this lesson, ,t Refrain from these men, ar
let them alone—far if their counsel for tlfs r..ak
of men, it will come to nought ; but if it tie et Ger
ye cannot ()rennin it."
A. h.
IRELAND
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, JAN, el,
Ttic KING V. THOMAS KIRWAN.
The prosecution against the Roman Catholic t .
gates was resumed this day. After the usual f,
lities were gene through, the July were called.
After the Clerk of the Crown had read th:
Mr. GooLu ruse to beg of the Comt a few ~•
nutes indulgence for Mr. Burrowe., who as a. . •
and whom he expected'in Court in a few min -
11e (Mr. Coold) wished Mr. Burrowes, as leadia
Counselefor the defendants, should address their ,
ships upon the panel which had been just read;
he considered a Jury in the present case of tile ..
importance. Mr. bYRNE, another of the defenclaa
counsel, joined in the request.
After a considerable delay Mr.Burrowes caefe„.
Court ; he apologised for the delay which&
unintentienally caused, and assured their Lord
that he d:d not know the precise hour that the Coe.
intended es sit. He then proceeded tit say, that'
was under the painful necessity of delaying the •
ceedings somewhat longer. He felt it his duty to'
terfere on the part of his client, for the purpose Di'
stituting an inquiry as to the forniatiun et the
which was intended to be returned from the .. •.,.
Pannel, and to demand the administration of ,e
in its purity, which could not here be affordcd ;as
would be proved that a collusion had taken
which must interfere with and prevent the defew
from receiving that impartiality and justice to a."
he was entitled._ Hi then read a form of chalk
by Thomas Kirwan, against the present ~•
which he fully challenged, because made by ii
Kingston James, one of the High Sheriffs, aodat
instance of Thomas Kemmis, the Attorney for
prosecution, which challenge his cheat was ready
verify upon oath.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL immediately rose
said, that he had no objection whatever to have
business investigated, and had no douht that the hi
would prove that no influence or ci•liusion whet •
had been exercised on the part of Government;
that in his mind it appeared to be a new mode •
providing food for the newspapers, to bring the A
ministration, of the country into disrepute and di "
..
dit, and to feed that discontent and chip •
against the law which appeared so str..rigiy retool
all over the land. The facts stated in Mr. Birwaa
chalLne he utterly denied.
Two Jtirors, Mr. ROBERT HAMILTON and Mr.
LEY HEYLAND, were then sworn to try the ch .. -
Wm. Kemmis, jun. Esq. was 'accordingly roars
he was examined by Mr. Byrne.—Knows J. K•Jarlm.
met him frequently; saw hi'n yesterday, and at
own house about a week ago; called at Sheriff! -
. house last Quarter Assembly day; was not at .. • •
went from thence to William-street; sive him et
Exhibition -room ; had a conversation aeith him* •
Exhibition-room; not more thaf three weal;
'veted the reairer into his hand; said something
tive to the krettira ; delivered them (the Pow) -
Friday setnnight ; had a conversation pith him relit
live to the pannel, the purport cf which was his
him for a copy, which he positively denied him; to
him he was an officer betwen the People and
Crown, and he would keep the pannel in his peak's
until he came into the Court.
A-variety of other questions were put to the t•
when the ATTORNEY-GENERAL complained thst _k_•
time of the Court was much taken up, and that isaal
must be between the Sheriff and the Crown Salim
Mr. Kemmis, jun.
He next underwent a long examination: he the gi.
he had a right to '
the panne!, and therefore asni"
when lie gave tie Penirer ; he got a list elsewhere al
names that he :opposed were to be on the Jan; g"
it from Sit Charles Saxton ; had it not about ben; e_a_c
it at the Castle on Friday evening last; there
about fifty names in the list; did not know wheal°.
Mr. James's refusal was known to Sir C Salsol".
Mr. Kemmis, sett. underwent a long examinin!
he produced the list spoken of; his evidence ar!
merely to thew, that he held it for the purr
d
challenging any particular Juror. • '
• ,•
Mr. Sheriff James next underwent a loog en '
lion, as also a Mr. Croker, one of the Jurors,
period of receiving his summons, which he
have received but last Saturday.
The Counsel proceeded to speak to evideac*.
at six o'clock in the evening the Court has
against the challenge 11We-by the defetidan4

THE ARMY.

CANAL OF THE SIEGE OF TARIFA.

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.th.—This morning the French opened their
pposite the north-west tower, at four 'lnn-
is distance. We kept up an incessant fire
them from every gun and mortar that could
In them ; and we saw upwards of fifty
men carried off in the course of the day.
z.—During last night the French pushed their
approaches into the valley opposite Retiro-gate, and
Aso began a new work opposite the east tower.—
We kept up an incessant fire all day,. and from the
Robbers carried out of.the trenches, the enemy's loss
oust bare been very sever) .-A French officer, who
odraneed a few yards to reconnoitre, was instantly
killed by one of our riflemen.
Neb.—The French strengthened their works at all
points during the night, and early in the morning
began firing from wall-pieces and musgetetry at the
walls.—We had only one bombardier of artillery
wounded, whilsrwe saw numbers carried out of the
uenches every hour from the effects of out' fire.
.27tb.—the enemy working hard, and we firing
lacessantly all day.
286.—Thismorning the enemy stewed a, parAliel
in front of the first parallel, opposite the north-west
tower, at about two hundred yards distance; and
dhring the day a second parallel was formed ip front
of the cast tower, at the same distance.—Firing all
day as usual at the enemy's works.
Istli.—At ten o'clock this morning the enemy
*opened a battery office heavy guns, in the valley op-
posite the Retiro tower, at three hundred yards dis-
tance—every shot went through the walls of the town,
aid by night they jind made a large breach in dim
port of the wall.—The enemy had three howitzers
in another hatiery, with whida they fired at the
island.--About seven soldiers, :Ind as many inhabi-
tants, were killed and wounded to-day in the town
sad island. —We made a sortie in the course of the
thy with a hundred men, and drove in the enemy's
Piquets; but were forced to retire on the enemy being
reinforced.—Lieutenant Grant and Lieutenant Stum-
m,. and sis privates, were wounded on this occa=
sita.

.30th.—The French fired this day from both their
Ilitteries, and by dark the whole of the wall, about
' slaty feet in hng:h, between thi two towers, wks
bucked down, level with the ground on the outside,
bit leaving a height of 14 feet in the inside.—A lag
'Litt= was sent in from General Laval, summohing
tbegarrison to surrender, which was of course re.

• }rated.—Lieutenant Du Bergg, of the 47th regiment,
badly woonded to-day. .
•*•=Stst.—At darlight thh morning we saw theene-
ihy's trenches crowded with men, and at eight o'clock
two thousand of them advanced to storm the town.—
The principal part advanced towards the breach,
which was defended by th' 87th regiment, com-
manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Gough,—When the
ittemy had got within a fix!, yards of the breach, our
.gallant fellows gave them three hearty cheers, which
teemed to electrify them, as the whole halted, and
ire could see the tnen shrink back from their officers;
a marderous voliey was poured in upon them, and
the greater part of the enemy immediately took to
their heels. A party of them attempted to force the
ifontateway where the river enters the town, but
every man of them was killed or wounded. About
70 of the enemy were left dead or mortally wounded
near the walls, and seven officers and 40 men were
Wen prisoners ; and, as their column was exposed for
Dearly half an hour to a 6-pounder, which took them
in flaak both in advancing and retreating, we cannot
*urinate their loss at less than 300 men. Our losi
bas been very incofisiderable : Lieutenant Langley,
of the Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant Hail, of the
47th, were killed; and another officer, and about ten
men, were wounded. The prisoners say; that they
have 1200 sick in the Convent of La Luz, near this;
lad that the array has had no bread for three days.
ak flag of truce came in by an officer to reqUeit leave
to tarry off their wounded, which was granted.
January 2.—lt has rained incessantly these three
days, which must annoy the enemy extremely, as their
_ have no shelter from the weather. We are ail in
high spirits, and ready for another assault. • •

" GIBRALTAR, intairmtv 5.
" Upwards of 100 deserters have come in from
the French at Tarifa u ithin three days% who give a
most deplorable account of the condition of their army
before that place. The incessant rains have destroyed
all their ammunition, and one-third of their army
Ras sick.

" JANUARY 9.—We have received letters from
Alicant this day, dated the 31st December, at which
t:tie Valencia still held mit. General Bnarcies 'army
was attacked in the lines before Valencia on the 26th
December, and defeated with great loss, and it was
generally supposed that he had been taken prisoner.
General MAllthad.made good his retreat with SCOO
men to Alcira, *here he was assembling the fugitives.
" The communication with Spain was opened yes-
tercLis, in consequence of the yellow fever having
entirely ceased en the eastern coast."
The following Central Order!: were issued on thel
Aston of the affair otTariffa, by his Excellency
the Lieutenant Governor :

" Head-Quartet* Gibraltar, Jan. 6, 161«
NL 1. Colot►d SKZILRIT having reported to Lieutenant-
al CAIMIELL the vassaetioma of the Slit last. wbere Ike

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bray ery and discipline of the 87th Re3lmint, under Lieutenant•
Colonel Cionon, was consplcuougy displayed in the deferce of
the breach effected by the enemy, In the east wall of the town of
Tariffa. The Lieutenant-General requests that Colonel Govan,
and the Officers and men of that distinguished corps, will accept
of his thank• for their eminent service, on that day ; a faithful
account of which be has transmitted to be laid at the feet of his
Royal Highness the PRINCZ UZOINT.

" The Royal Artillery on this occasion, displayed their usual
courage and science. The fire front the guns under Captain
Murcutit, is particularly to be noticed, as connected with the
87th Regiment in defending the assault.

" The valuable services of Captain SMITH, of the Royal En..
gineers, are duly appreciated, and merit the warmest acknow-
ledgments of the Lieutenant-General, Which Captain SMITH is
requested caseate; nor can the Lieutenant-General paw over
in silence the address and ability with which Captain WRENN,
of the Light Company of the 11th Regiment, executed the two
sallies, committed to his charge by Major lit no, commanding in
the Island ; his conduct on these occasions has been highly cre-
ditable, and worthy of emulation.

" The Lieutenant-General desires it may be signified to the
British troops in general, that their perseverance and uniform
good conduct, since they have been on this service, Is highly
meritorious.

" The I.ieuteitant-General has also great satisfaction in hearing
that the services of our Allie., on this memorable occasion, were
praise-worthy, and which will fall to the share of Lieutenant-
General BALLASTLItOII to notice as they deserve."

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