Star.
London, England, 1812-06-16 00:00:00

CORK, JUNE to.

The brig Theodore, Captain KNUBLEY, from Ma.
ranham to Liverpool, with cotton, and the brig Ge-
nerous Friends, Captain DUFF, from Surinam to
Cork, with sugar and coffee, put into Valencia the
sth inst.—the former was on shore, and was got off;
and the latter under jury masts, her cargo materially
damaged. The Isabella, POLL, and the Ann, Dow-
NELL, from this port, arrived at Cadiz on the 26th of
April. The James, Grimm, from hence, arrived at
Surinam on the 24th April.

The Little Mary, WILTON, from Baltimore to Lis-
boa, foundered, ten days after sailing—crew saved.
Captain KIRKNESS who was saved from the wreck
of ,the Dispatch packet, with all his people, arrived
in the Abundance store-ship, with mails from Gibral-
tar, &e. On the Ist inst. in lat. 46. 27. long. 7. 46.
passed two ships of the line aad a frigate, supposed
to be French, steering southward.

The Trinity yacht Is attending the Elder Brethren
of the Trinity house, at Portsmouth, who are about
to establish a floating light upon Bembridge Ledge,
and another light at Hurst Castle ; when there will
be an upper and a lower Light, for the purpose of
conducting ships in and out of the west end of the
Isle of Wight.
From the manifcst of the cargo of the Hussar,
M•PnErtsnv, now cleared out in the Clyde for Ja-
maica, it appears that she has on board upwards of
one millibn and a half yards of cotton and linen
goods, besides considerable quantities of linen thread,
hosiery, hoots, shoes, saddlery, hats, flint, glass, soap,
stationery, &c.

We have leernt the follow;eg perticulste of the
French squadron recently destroyed by the NOR-
THUMBERLAND, from an intelligent Master of one of
the merchant vessels captured by it, and who was on
board the ARIANNE. It is important in two points of
view : first, it skews the wretched state of the French
navy • and secondly, the contemptuous light in which
the French officers consider theirfriends the Ameri-
cans : ‘, The ARIANNE, of 44 guns and 380 men, was
commanded by Commodore FERTIER, a Member of
the Legion of Honour, an experienced officer ; the
other officers were young, and ignorant of their pro-
fession. 'the crews of both frigates were a complete
medley of French, Dutch, and men from every part
of Europe under the French yoke ; the greater part of
them new conscripts; the Commodore's ship had not
more than 30 or 40 good seamen on board. The
ARIANNE had seldom ler.s than thirty in her sick list;
about twelve died of a malignant fever ; the people
were short of clothing, very dirty, swarming with ver-
min, and infected with the itch. From the miserable
manner in which they were manned, their general
dislike to the service, and the continual dread they be-
trayed of falling in with a British force, it is thought a
very inferior squadron would have captured them
with little difficulty. The English Masters and their
passengers were treated in the kindest manner, lived
and messed in the ward-room with the Lieutenants,
and had every indulgence and respect shewn to them;
whereas all the American Masters were treated wit
marked contempt; were sent to mess with the boat-
swain and petty officers, and very few of them were al.
lowed to shew themselves on the quarter-deck. The
ships destroyed by this squadron were, 10 English,
13 Americans, 3 Portuguese, and a Spanish packet
—in the whole, 27 ; those of the English not valuable,
being all outwardhonnd."

The public are entirely mistaken in supposing that
the Counsellor alluded to by Lard WILLI:SLIT in his
reply to Lord Hill/LOWEY, WAS either Counsellor
Lae or Sir PHILIP FRANCIS, whose disputes and duel
with Mr. L-Larrnicis are well known. The Gentle-
man's name was BEATSON, of the Council Board, or
Cabinet of Calcutta, who actually flung an inkstand
at the bead of the Governor General.; in conse-
quence of which, a duel took place. On all subse-
quent occasions Mr. HASTINGS with that good nature
which always distinguished him, was accustomed to
express his doubts of Mr.Bsarsoa's sincerity, because
his dissent was not manffested in the turd manner.
A Deputation of Gentlemen, we regret to state, is
arrived in town from Lancashire, to communicate the
important fact to Government, that a discovery had
been made of the Luddite: having established several
forges in that county, for the manufacture of pikes
. and darts; a sample of which the Gentlemen have in
Lord Coonniwx had on Saturday along interview their possession. We are in hopes, that these will
with Lord Mrtvitax at the Admiralty. prove extreme cases, exaggerated by very natural ap-
Sir R. STRACHAN is said to have relinquished the prehensions into systems. Nocturnal meetings, how-
command he has so long held in the fleet, under the ever, continue to be held by the Liddita at stated
orders of Admiral YOUNG, off the Scheldt.
,I periods, in remote and elevated situations. What
c The extraordinary interest excited by Lord MOIRA'San these infatuated men propose to themselves ? •
Pamphlet is proved by the announcement of a Fifth ; The following are some further particulars relative
Edition within a week, after its appearance. to the terrible accident which happened at the Low
Some American Papers arrived yesterday. The
Felling
Colliery on Mondayohe ilk as *Wadi
only article of their contents worthy of notice is a mentioned in the STAR I
letter from Baltimore of the 30th of April, which 1 Ihe shafts of the mine are 550.yefite, s 111112121611101
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fwt otriltril shaft 102 fathoms,
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states, that the President and Essex frigates had sail.
ed on a cruize, for the purpose of protecting the since, and mathatboms deeP. t for the gaffe atlas reel;ll.andlidallielnago
American coast from any interruption that mien be calk:icy of Its arrangensenb-..drcessiPsliglit _ . ta•
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• Borthwick Castle has been sold by authority of the tildleayfirsiamt had. ithadiem* briZet weielentbso,=ll4l therilith4h4
usual tirne of Whin', a treinesidoes dotabk Watt(
Court of Session of Scotland. This remarkable
lullowed
edifice was built in 1430, by the first Lord BORTH- hydrogen gas exploded throes* the weskit, nlllll6lO wee Jan •
to wino
wire, and is acknowledged to be the most entire and stantlY by a similar explosion fraik
magnificent specimen in Scotland of the mansion of Ilse air, by these iniantmabla eruptions, woe
dlegaee with immense qua/utiles of dust and small coal Wiesen
a Feudal Baron. irons the workings. Out of the dslrty-frre persons wit* SSA IS
The mode of presenting some of the addresses of a pan of the Woe est exposed to the whole fery of the imam-
ore element
bu , and who were drawn to day-light save, several are
condolence on Mr. PERCIVAL'S assassination, we ob. t
threeetghti. hausf.tentsince died
ere .tur two day bodies have
serve, has been different from that adopted on ordi- beeveenemi,,y.d.rnant'd
nary occasions. From several boroughs the Mayors the least possibility of finding them till the lint be-
have come up in person to the Levee. At the last we and the wahine ventilated. The total less r 111111.74"
noticed the Harwich address was taken up by JOHN baafcletTierrt".l" sic Wes"tigNity =naiad', 41/f tbs
HOPKINS, Esq. Mayor ; and the Colchester address boys. mails in.ll tar persona, else are, by thiq awful Wean
by FRANCIS Satern,urs, Esq. Mayor. ma% threat& yea the benevolence af the puNig,"

THEATRE.

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HATUARErT.—The lively Comedy of a A Bold
Streiefor a Husband was yesterday evening represen-
ted at this Theatre, with considerable effect. The
parts of Don Julio, Don Cesar, Donna and Mi.
wile, were admirably filled by Mr. Jos Es, Mr. TERRY,
Mrs: GLOVER, and Mrs. GIBBS. Mr. BETTkRTON,
jun. made his second appe trance before a Lond.tn
audience in the character of Don Yineentio, which he
supprted very successfully.
After the play was performed a new farce, called
The Sleep Walker ; or, Which is the Lady ? written by
Mr. OULTON, the Author of The Sixty third Letter,
and several other pieces. The plot is as follows :
Sir Patrick Maguire, who has ran away with aft heiress
from Bath, is Its treaty with Mr. Wealthy about a country seat.
Squire Rattlepate, who is. desircus of the same mansion, is ad-
vised by his Atterney to personate the Irish Baronet, and thus
obtain possession of it. 'l'ke Squire is informed by his aunt,
Mrs Decorum, that her god daeghter, whom she intended irr
his wife, and ro whom the had lately sent a present of jewels
to facilitate the match, had eloped In man's attire, under
the as-umsd character or an Irishman. The Squire being told
by the landlord of an adjoining inn, that two Irish Gentlemen
had just arr•ved at his house, who had been robbed en their I
journey, makes the landlord introduce him to them, in hopes
of bring able to learn to imitate Irish manners. The Squire
imparts to Sir Patrick his misfortune in bring supplanted by one
of his et you ymen in the mansion, and he tells his comrade (the
heiress in di-guise) that he had lost his intended wife. While
they are =waking together, sir Patrick inadvertently lights
his pipe with a drat t for Eioo, which increases his distress. He
then gave the jewels, which lie bad received from his wife, to
the squire, as a security for the loan of some money, and, by this
means the Squire applying to his aunt, Mrs. Decorum, for the
cash, Sir Pauck is mistaken for the lady in disguise, and Sophia,l
(who had never been seen by her godmother) for the husband.
his produces a great deal of Equivoque. Somme, the Baronet's
servant, who originally belonged to a strolling company, and who
spouts in his sleep, receves strict orders to be up early i, the
morning to dress his young mater's hair. In the night, he, how-
ever,
rises, walks in his sleep, livers a speech composed of vari-
ous parts of plays, powders Alibi the attorney's hair, and com-
mits a number of other whimsical •extravagancies. Eventually
the parties are all reconciled, and the piece concludes.
This little Piece was ret.eived throughout with the
greatest approbation, and promises to become a hiph
favourite. JONES, in the Irish Baronet, KENT in Squire
Rattlepate, and MATTHEWS, in the Sleep-Walker, went
through their respective parts with considerable spi-
rit. In the scene in-particular in which the ludicrous
effects of somnambulism are displayed, the audience
were convulsed with laughter. The piece was given
out for a second representation with general applause.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-Sunday morning, the
7th instant, a melancholy scene took place, nearly op-
posite the Brick House, in Chelsea Reach. Mr. R.
Cmurrie, a gentleman of respectable connections,
and holding a situation in the Transport Office, want
on the Thames with his nephew, a fine lad, seven-
ter years old, in a pleasure-boat, to enjoy the amuse-
/pent of sailing. They had proceeded up the river
as far as Chelsea, where the weather became ,so calin,
that they fastened their main and gib sails, and re-
Inained immoveable on the smooth surface of the wa-
ter, which was then not ruffled by the slightest undu-
lation. In this situation they continued for a consi-
derable time, when a,sudden gust of wind, from the
west, tilled the sails, instantly upset the boat, and car-li
tied her unhappy crew to a watery grave. Mr. R.
CHRISTIE, who 'vas a remarkable good swimmer, was
seen to. gain the surface of the water, but whether
from the anxiety arising from the reflection that he
was the unfortunate instrument of his nephew's death,

or whether his legs got entangled with the rigging of
the boat, is not certain, bdt he again sunk, and was
scen no more ! Neither of the bodies have since
been found, which is ascribed chiefly to the'circum-
stance of there having been a remarkably high spring
tide at the time the accident haypened. Mr. Cm's-
TIE had a gold watch in his fob, and some bank notes
in his pocket.
A womanAtamed Manley, was killed in a pugi-
listic contest, on Salm& y night, in Bainbridge. stilt:,
St. Giles's, with another woman, named Btookey.—
.The deceased, who was in liquor, gave the first blow,
and a smart contest ensued, which ended b fatally.

E. Mahoney, servant to Captain NORTHEY, of Wel.
beck-street, was killed by a fall from his master's
hone, on Friday, at Kensington.
, 00 the Bth inst. a Coroner's Inquest was held on
the bodies of two fish-women, of Itchen-ferry, and on
th.tt of -- Mockerage, a shipwright, who were
drowned in crossing from Southampton, in a small
boat, on the Saturday night, when they had been
drinking very freely.—Verdict, Accidental Death.
Tuesday, as John Burnie, mason, was ascending a
ladder, which had been insecurely fixed against the
wall of a' hi use in the Friars-vennel, Dtimfries, it
gave way, and the poor man, pitching with his head
up n the. pavement, was so seriously iijuied as to
brewhe his last before he was received into thehospital.
On the 4th instant, a box, containing dollars to the
amount of Alt,O, was sent from Bosanquet and Co's,
the hankers, by the Lit.coln and Barton coach to the
bankers at Balton. On the 6th inst. a parcel, con-
taining bank-notes to the •amOunt of 4/15t30, was
sent by the safne house, by the same coach' to the
bankers at Barton. Both the box and ,pircel were
stolen.. A box and parcel resembling them were de-
livered, but without the contents, which hive not
been heard of.
Monday set:night, Lieutenants Chantetize, Vidal,
and Derwit, prisoners of war, mentioned lately as
having violated their parole of honour, were sent
from Dumfries jail to Peebles, 'under a military es.l
tort of the 2d battalion of the 26th regiment, to be
forwarded from thence to Valleyfield, near Penny-
cnick, where they will be kept in close custody.
Wednesday last, a Court Martial was held on
board the Salvador del Mundo, ate Bryan Kirwin, a
seaman belonging to the Maidstone frigate, for dc.‘
sertion and theft. He was found guilty, and sen..l
kneed to receive 500 lashes, two years solitary con-
finement, and mulcted of all his pay.
About one o'clock lon Friday mottling se'r.night, a
fire broke out in the village of Bonnyriggs, ne:r
Edinburgh, which entirely consumed two houses, ca..
cupied by four families. So rapid was the progrt a
or the Hanes, that the inmates had only time to es.,
cape when the roofs gave way and fell in. Some of
the boys of the village had been throwing squibs
the preceding evening, and it is supposed some sparks I
had lodged about the thatch of the roofs.
Tuesday last J. !.inward, plumber and glazier,
was -committed to the gaol, at Hull, charged with'
the horrid crime of having committed a rape on tl.e•
body of Ann Cooper, an infant under ten years of
age, QU the Tuesday preceding.

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-POLICE.

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On Saturday afternoon last, Wino Hunt, one of
the hrickvnakers belonging to Mr. Whitehead, of Ca-
dogan Place, in the parish of St. Luke's, Chelsea,
beat and kicked his wife, in Little Exeter-street,
that parish, in a most unmerciful manner, and after- I
wards, following her into the yard, stabbed her in the
loins, with a-clasp*knite, declaring that nothing should
prevent his murdering her. The poor womarr was
conveyed to St. George's Hospital, with little dopes
of recovery. The perpetrator of this barbarous deed
being taken into custody, was carried before the Rev.,
Dr. BATS DUDLEY, who committed him to Newgate,
, to take his trial for Oil atrocious offence.

ManusoaouGrr-svagEt.—l he Right Honourable
G. TIERNEV charged, Mt. Aferies, a bookseller, 'on
Saturday, with assaulting him the' preceding day.—
The prosecutor was in company with Lord spencer,
walking along Pall Mall, when Mr. Jefferics assailed
him in the most affronting language, and told him
he was a pretty fellow for a Privy Councillor, and
in the vulgar phrase omitted no epithet but that of
Gentleman. He also upbraided the Noble Lord in
company with Mr. Tierney, for walking with him.—
The prosecutor, to avoid the defendant, attempted
to enter a shop in Pall Mall, but the defendant got
betwixt him and the door, and. put himself in atti-
tude ala Becher, and prevented it. It appeared that
Mr. Jefferies had conceived the prosecutor had at-
tempted to injure him in trade ; but Mr. Tierney
disclaimed any such attempts, and added, cn the
contrary, that he had even recommended him. Hy
had not the slightest animosity against the defendant,
but he would insist on his finding sureties, to prevent
himself being thus again molested!* He was held in
bail, himself in £'2oo and two securities in £5O each.
Le Tyr:, the French teacher, who has been twice
remanded for producing a knife, with a threat, before
the Magistrates, was yesterday re-committed for
another week, no one having appeared to answer for
his being taken proper care of.