Star.
London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

NdTAL INTELLIGIVC.E,

ELYMOtITti AND FLVMOUTH-DOCK; SEPT. 21f. 1
A fleet of snerchant ships passed up Channel last
evening, from the Westward, but at too great a dis-
unce to discern what they were.---Came in the
NAIAD, of 38 VIA from Basque Roads, in ten days ;
she left the PREAIRIOUGUT, of 98 guns, GIBRALTAR,
of 0 guns,
_and MILFORD, of 74 guns, cruizing off
the coast of France ; American ship Benjamin and
Nancy, Capt. JAMES FoLzr, frOm Senegal, bound to
London, laden with. gam ; she his also on board,
two lions, two Leopards, and ene Lynx, toggiber
With a number of curious birds..'-Sailed the SWAL-
Lotr, of 1 gguns, and the ANN hired armed brig, with
fleet to the Eastward ; Ram, of 38 guns, with vic:
ogiers the squadron off Rochefort ; and Bertja-
inin a/id Mary, Capt. Fotiv, for London.
SEPTEMBER IF7. •

Anived his Majesty's ships ItAmmons and Amis.-
/Fs, front a crutze ; also, a Fleet of Transports, from
Lisbon, which place they left on the 17th instant :
among the fleet are, the Gegrge, Samuel and Jane,
Esperiment, Britannia, Richard, Sbaften, troolgar,
Hydra, Fidelity, Harvey, Btc. in all about 27 sal
ANOTHER LET T% ROlitilATE!
Last night arrived st *tit 0f..11 0 traasporti, wkicli
let Lisbon on the 17th instant, thirty in number,
under convoy of his Majesty's ship. EatEttALD, Capt.
M.MIAND, accompanied by the,firoz*. There are
several wounded officers from Lord WELIIMiGTON'S
army arrived in the transports.--The EUIRALD, after
having seen the convoy out of da.nger, gave it up to
the agent, and proceeded on a criliae, where she will
continue for two months, and then toe= from Whence
she came, to the Irish station.

DEAL, SEPTEMBER 27.

Arrived the Ltvuor frigate, with the loss of an an-
chor and cable ; Rosattro, Bees:or:oA,- and Dittrsr-
,.us skops, from Dungeness Roads ; the American
sl,ip Village of New Holland, and Catherine brig, of
tobton, from the Westward ; four Vessels, from the
Mediterranean; and the Azensa schooner, with a con-
71y from the Westward.—Sailed the RoLLA sloop,
fur the Nore.—Put baek, the whole of the outward.-
tound.—Came down from the River the Hamilton
More, Louisa, and Login, and remain with the rest
tithe cutward-bound.--Wind S.W. and blows hard.
YARMOUTH, SEPTERIPER ST.
Yesterday, 3 P. M. sailed for Gottenhurgh, the
sloop of war, and CONSTANT gun brig;--the
whole of which, about flirty sail, were out of sight at
re o'clock, it blowing a stiff breeze at W. N. W.
Arrived this morning the WRANGLER gun brig, with
.C) sail of ships from Archangel. Also arrived the
Auckland packet, Captain Ds.anz, with mails, Mes-
sengers, and passengers from Gottenburgh. The King'
George packet; Captain SAuxpeas, from the above
place, passed thir port and made Lowestaf, where
lie landed the ma;ls and( passengers. The Captain
!ZWINDettS) died stoMeldr-ott hteisallage
The Aron Nkholus, JAN, MICKELEN, from Norway,
vith deals and iron, and bound to London, is put into
this put, having lost her anchors and cables. The
arrill FAIR cutter with transports for Flushing, re-
mains in the Roads with the Roebuck and Chanti-
clot. Wind S. W. blows strong.
GREENOCK, SEPTEMBER ee.
A convoy will be appointed to sail from Leith Roads
for the Nore, with the Archangel shivs, and any
others bound that way, as soon as a ship of war ca-
pable of taking care of them arrives.
Captain Sot, of the Goodwill, arrived at. Glasgow,
fu New Brunswick ; spoke the Lilly, of Irvine,
bound to Picton, about 300 miles to the eastwittarof
the Banks of Newfoundland, all well, after a heavy
g 4e; the Master does not remember the date.
The William, M'L zit, is arrived at Belfast from
; en her passage home; she was driven ,on
C, kick: us Bar, off Cuba, was obliged. to throw all
„;11:15 and part of her cargo overboard ; stove her
on:ater, and forced to refit at the Havannah.
Ca?tain COCHRANE, of the Johns, of Sahcoats, from

....w ilranswick, North America, spoke the brig Re.
,1 Glasgow, Captain SVMERSON, bound to
••, ,undland, nn the 11th September, in lat. .513.
long. 27 W. all well, out 14 days.

/SR, SEPTEMBER 21.
c,•3.t7 n;ght, a strong flood in this river set adrift
ad carne,', cloWn the Jessies, of Lame, coal loaded ;
Itet the struck on the north wall and carried
xxaylkr bowsprt, she then tent down to the end of
the where she now lies under water. The Flora,
'4 I:vim!, was also carried down, but owing to her
king on board, they managed to get her into
by satinrr, sail on her. A. galliot belonging
N't, from her moorings, but we have
no! hr...mt ci any material damage being done her.
'•:ily and Peggy, of Ayr, on her passage to
1 iCti'l) in long. 40. in a gale, pitched away
:%•!. !!o:••=prit, wilich caused the immediate loss of her
Alter curing away the wreck and getting up
• r:' she pet lmzk and arrived here on Sunday

!WU., SLTTEMBER 23.

E43T-INDLI HOUSE.

Yeste4ay, a Qtt.rterly General Court was held at
the •lndia House, which was respectably attended.—
After the usual forms,
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Grant) submitted a Resoln•
Lion of the COUrt. of Directors, reappointing Mr.
Thomas Locke, one of the Cadets on the Madras Es-
tablishment, who had been dismissed in consequence
of hiving corruptly obtained his appointment.—He
then moved, That the said Resolution be•confirMed,
under the condition that he -baeonsidered as having
entered the .service de new. Which motion passed
unanimously.

n;,tltt a strong gsk from the N.W. cane. ON and eon-
, !.J..1 to Lhw t-cmez:che.sty until the following 'morning. The
r..,n poured down it torrents. 'the freshes in the
err en.; ty themselves in the liumber, were greater than
jnlrt Ac 7 r bee n known. A sloop going up the Homber, to
il:iven front both auditors near Whitton Sandi am!
cc.: dzoo„-e in her cargo, from her tarpaulins being
"ii. the I•;•.:6hts. The Ann and Jane, of Dover, for Sno-
t lon her minmast off Robin Hood's Bay, and was COM.*
I t ptl: in here on 'Thursday to refit. The following vessels
pt• into Scarborough : Hopewell, front this port, having
ia r ,ails ; Huf:uurg, front Newcastle, with loss of anchor
Lergitte, front Caristiansand, in Norway, bound to
with loss of foretopmast and sails.
.\ll,,ut three o'clock on Monday morning, the gale carne on at
NVltit'oy like a ekp of thur.der, and drove several vessels on shore
'i.e Yorkshire cox; some of which, there is reason to fear,
1....11 be torilly !oat. The brig (lend intent, of Whitby, coal
was driven on shore upon the beach, behltxl the West Pier
a' \\ it:thy—the people were taken nut by the life-boat. The yes-
. was got af, and carried into Whitby the day following, her
havino been nearly out. The Active, of Whitby, is on
slicre rt.tr Sand-end-, and the Farmer's Increase, which had been
delivenng coals at Staiths, was forced on shore near the mouth of
the Tees. The following vessels having received damage in the
zale, have put into Bridlington, via. Success, leaky; Air &Upon,
ois of sail; Raven, loss of fore-topmatt anisails; Albinos lass of
• hats and bowprit ; Mary Aun, loss of mainmast.

VROM LLOYD'S LW. Ltswar.b
ClainMa, Star. 27.--Arrived the Facie, Pilch, from I Mr. lieftatoee, adeerting to the complaints whieli
George Town; and the Britannia, Elegising, from Lisbon.— , had been made in Aiormer General Court, asked it'
Sailed the Admiral Colpoys, Venables, for Demerara; Ariadne, any
Christian 'for Gotteuburgh ; and the Letitia, Gammon, for Mon- mutton had been received by the Court of
tevideo. Directors relative to the protection of the commerce
*n the Indian
Ma:yap—ln the River, the Admiral Rowley, —, fro. m-: 1 ;•
Hayti; and the Mercury, Johns, from Dublin. At Portemingth,l The Cletitizame expressed his obligations to the;
the Seven Sisters, Brian, from America; Richmond, Honourable Proprietor for calling attention to the
frail Cadiz ; and the Porcupine frigate, —, from the Medi-
terranean. At Liverpool ,subject. After what had parsed at a preceding Court,
Watt, Snowden, from Quebec; Florida, Shepberd, from New, the Tiger, Paten, from Barbadoes ; . it became, perhaps, the duty of the Chair to take furej
Orleans ; and Aurora, Lewes, from Rio Janeiro. At Dartmouth, titer notice of the subject. At that time the Court.l
the Libras; Drew, from Pictou. At Cork, the Bourbon, were totally uninfornaed, they possessed no documents.
from St. Übe's ; Orestes, Allen, from Virginia; and:rho:flan and ' and only, one side of the ouestion was heard—a mat-
Mary, Clarke, from Martinique, with damage. At Dublin, the ter to be re retted, where the characters of public and
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Argo, Bell, from Quebec. At Oporto, the Thames, Clarke, front
London. At Kinsale, the America, Salmon, from Charleston. professions f men were concerned. • The subject had
At Jamaica, the Creole, Wells, from London ; Fairy, M'lvet', I not been brought under the cognizance' of the Dime
from Portsmouth ; and Eliza, Bradshaw, from Cork. At Diitei, tors by eitheeparty ; but the complaints having ori-
the Friends, Dunlop, from Quebec. At Grimsby, the lutto, ginated in the General Court, it was but fair it should
Smith, from Cadiz, with damage. At Buenos Ayres, the Griffin,
also. Documents had been received
Doled; Mary Ann, Nelson ;And Santa Antonia Belizarra, Pereira, ear the defence
from Rio Janeiro. At Monte Video, the Ethelred, Denninae, since the question was agitated, the substance of which
front London. At New York, the Oak, Thompson, from the Witt as follOws •
Clyde; Enterprize,—*--, from Cork ; and Venus, Jenkins, froth " 'Ow Sir Edward Pellew, previous to his knowledge of the
Limerick. At Boston, Enterprise, Verret, from Belfast. At St. Memorial against him from the Bengal Merchants to the l.ords .
Thoma,'s, the PerStus, Leigh, from the I iavannah. At White- of the Admiralty,' bad stated to the Bengal Government, that he
haven, the Carleston, hl'intosis, from St. Luck, bound for Livery had always been of opinion, that the only effectual protection of
pool. At Rio Janeiro, the Venus, Starling, from the Coast of the trade was the establishment of regular convoys : That he had
Peru. At St. Croix, the Mary, Pettett, from Madeira. At Ha• early stated this to the Bengal Merchants, And offered to make
Brat, tile Lord Sheffield, —, from Liverpool. At Cadiz, the an arrangement for regular convoys; but they preferred, for the
Mary, Ferguson, from the Clyde. At Leith, the Queen of Na. sake of an early market, to run as single ships, and for the same
pies, Spencer, from New Brunswick. In the Clyde, the Ardent, reason, when undtr convoy broke from their convoy - That, In
Ritchie;Jean, Wylie ; and Pilgrim, Chasnplea, front Jamaica; the months of August, September, October, and November lain,
Eagle, Baxter, from St. Lucie ; Chance, M'Dougal, from Grenada; when the Bengal Merchants stated that their trade was left wholly
Harmony, Patterson and Eleanor, Burnett, from Tortola t Mar- i without defence, and many of his Majesty's ships lylog idle in 1
rpm, from Victialt; and Parmosty, Troop, from the West Madvs Roads, there we-e 15 sail of ships stationed at diffzrent
ihdiet. At Brstol, the Hope, Gilbert, from Qiiebec ; and Friends, parts of the-bay for the protection of the trade, besides other ships
—, from Newfoundland. In the Humber, the Camilla, Munn, continually intersecting the bay; more, on account of repairs and
from Malta. At Hull, the Brunswick, Brady ; Sheddens, Triton ; necessary services, could not be afforded: That the Bengal Go-
and Hope, Hunter, from Quebec ; and Diana, Batten, from New vernmew, in their letter to the Court of Directors, express their
Brunswick. Ac Curacoa, the Princess Mary, Hutchinson, front entire conviction that every attention has been paid by Sir Ed-
London. At Whitehaven, the Wesunortland, Roach; sand Jr ward Pellew to the protection of the Bay of Bengal against the
znaica, Richardson, from Jamaica. , enemy's eruizers, consistent with a due attention to the exigencies
of the public service : 'Elia the Memorial against the conduct of
Edward Pellew by the Bengal Merchants was forwarded to
IBombay for signatures, and there unanimously rejected: That
the Bontbay Merchants solitited, and invariably received regular
convoy for their trade; and the only instance of capture which
occurred, was when ships had deserted convoy had the
Bengal Merchants accey.ted a similar scheme of protection, their
property would be equally secured—a scheme which, however,
they had finally adopted."
The CHAIRMAN then represented, that the Bombay
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consultations of 'that period bad not been received,
but lie had seen Resolutions of the Merchants of Bom-
bay, with an address to Sir Edward Pellew, dated
the 19th May, 180 S, with about SO signatures, illus•
trating, in the strongest manner, the anxious atten-
tion of Sir E. Pellew to the security of the trade, and
alio the complete success of the measures adopted by
" That Sir Edward Pellew first suggested the system of regu-
Lir convoys, the inuntallate effect of which was a decrease of 50
par a•nr. on premiums of insurance."
The: CliAl It 51 concluded, with producing a letter
addressed to him from Mr. Edward Parry, the late
Chairman, stating, that he, as well as other Proprie-
tors, when the subject was introduced in the Genera!
Court, was forcibly impressed with an opinion that
blame must he imputable somewhere, and had ex-
presed himself to that effect, but his information of
various official documents having been received since
he left the Chair, had changed his opinion, and
made him regret that only one side of the question
had been heard in the General Court ; he therefore
requested that the Chairman would take a conve-
nient a•pportunity of reporting his sentiments to the
Proprietors, and at the same time correct a re-
port in the Newspapers, .of his speech at the Gene.
ral Court before-mentioned, wherein he is stated
to have asserted, in addition -to some observations on
the general subject, that the Naval Commander in
Chief had been recalled. If he used any words that
could warrantor countenance such a statement in the
Report, it was matter of additional regret to him,
feeling as he did, how 'nude it was due 9public men,
that their characters should be subject to no unfounded
imputation, but assuredly he could mean no more
than that Sir Edward Pellew was in the usual rotation
'of command on the tray home, for no information
had been received that he had been recalled, and.
he (Mr. Parry) had since learnt that the fact was
directly otherviise—that Sir Edward Pellew himself
some time before applied for leave to return on ac-
count of iii health, and that after some delay this
permission was given him, on the ground of his own
request.
Mr. Hertiorr returned his acknowledgments for
an explanation which afforded him very great satis-
faction. The Court then adjourned tine di:.

At Union Hall, yesterday, Elizakth Holland, the
young woman who had been twice before examined,
,vas brought up a third time. It appears that she
has been committing depiedations on the public, for
upwards of tour months past, to an extent unequalled.
by any of her predecessors in this species of imposi-
tion. Upwards of twenty fresh charges were brought
forward against her by persons who have lost watches,
spoons, a.nd vai ions oilier articles of plate, almost all
.of which were found at different pawnbrokers. The
modes by which she obt i 1 admission
a.ir2(.. into hou,;es,
as already •stated, was, when she well knew the family
were from home, representing herself to the servants
as relation to either the master or mistress. Many of
the persons who applied have recovered their pro-
perty, and several articles, not yet clainied, are in pos.
session of Goff, the officer. On account of the num-
ber of charges brought against her,. she was reman-
ded for another examination.
' Yesterday Relecca Peach Wil.s fully committed at the
Police Office, Queen-square, charged with having
tendered in payment to Mary Wains, a counterfeit
seven shilling piece.
It was stated, a short time ..ince, that persons were
taken into custody who were the real fabricators of
hundreds 9t forged notes ; two of them John Sly, and
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a woman named Hanson, have been twice examined
at Marlborough-street Office, ar d on Friday they
f• were fully committed for trial. They were taken into
custody in Shoreditch, and plates for the fabrication
iof notes were found in their apartments. As some
others who are supposed to be concerned, are not yet
i taken, it wouldbe improper to state further particulars.
i 7. Hum/ihrits and G. Banket, alias Bishop, were yes-
terday fully committed, at the above Office, for
breaking into the house of Mr. Stockdale, a bookseller,
in Piccadilly. The prisoners were observed to open
the door, by a gentleman passing, who informed Mr.
Stockdale. Oa the alarm being given, the villains
attempted to make their escape out of the first floor
windows, but were ip mediate) y secured, and conveyed
to St. James's watca house. They had taken .up the'
c aveig.

CLIISD DROPPIIfa

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GUlLlMALL—Yesterday, Mrs. nzairth Rowell
Pugh, and Thomar Pugh, were brought up on a charge,
that they did wantonly and maliciously, on the night
of the 24th. August last, expose, leave, and abandon
Y female child, in a court which leads from Dyer's-
buildings to Castle-street, Holborn.
The Overseers and Churchwardens of the parish
of St. Andrew, llolborn, were the prosecutors.
Ann Taylor, NIA) natsed the child, stated, that
about 18 months ago, Mrs. Pugh brought her a fe-
male infent to nurse, which appeared to have been
only a few hours born. She told her the parents were
persons of consequence, and agreed to pay her 205.
a month ; in about eight months afterwards Mri.
Pugh complained of the sem being too much,
..and
the witness agreed to take 245. a month ; and four
months ago reduced it to one guinea, reader than
part with the .child, to which she had got attached,
I to use the witness's own language, " it was the sweet-
est babe she had ever laid her eyes on, and she- loved
it aseif it had been her own." The witness burst into
tears, indeed she appeared ail'acted througaout, and
her feelings would have done honour to the real pas
rent ; every person in Court sympathized seia Sunday
th Ittnerd.—aay
In continuation of her evidence, she said, oa
evening, the 2,ali of August, Mrs. Pugh, accomp t-
itled by a Lady and Gentleman, came to her house ;
the child was undressed, but her clean clothe, were on
a chair airing. Mrs. Pugh said to the witness " Have
I caught you at last 1" who replied, "she had not
caught much, as the child's clothes were ready, and
it would not take a minute to dress her." Mrs. Pugh
desired her to Make haste and. do it, as she was come
to take the child away. On the witness remonstrating,
and expressing her regret, she looked at the strange
lady, to implore her interference. Mrs. Pugh imme-
diately said, that was not the mother; but putting
her hand on the gentleman, said, this is one who has
more interest in the welfare of the child than I have,
and he will have her away ; this made the witness
suppose he was the father, and she begged of him to
be kind to the child. He told her there was no dim-
ger of that, and kissed it several times. They took
it away with them, and left the witness in tears.
The Beadle of the parish proved the child's being
found at ten o'clock, on Thursday, the 2.1-th of August.
Mary Taylor, the sister of the first witness, stated,
that she was servant to a lady in Holborn, and hav-
ing heard there was a child found, and that it 'wet;
taken to the work=house, and the description given
answerirg that of her sister's child, for they always
called her so, she went to the work-house, and found -
her surmise to be right ; she informed her sister, with
made known to the officers of the parish the circum-
stance she had that day stated.
The prisoners wereexantined separately ; Mrs. Pugh
.was the first ; she stated the mother of the child
rasa young lady of respectability ; the father she
knew nothing of, never having seen him ; hut the lady
and gentleman who were with her on the night the
child was taken away, were not the parents ; the
lady's name was Daily, and the gentleman's Rut-.
ledge : he was clerk to a cornfactor, and they both
lived in Lawrence-lane. She then admitted what .
bad been stated by Ann Taylor ; and adds& that ,
she had received letters from the child's Mother, de- •
slying. that it Might be taken from the nurse asst pat
into the work-house; she prodaced several letters,
which she stated to be from the mealier, to that effect.
The worthy Alderinan (Seawall-) objected to tial
letters being read; he said, he was applied to for a
private examination in this case ; but that was what he
would never submit to ; still there was some delicacy
due to the family and connections of this young lady,
who, he was informed, from a source he could not,
doubt, were truly respectable ; and another consideraa
tion was, that her father and the child's grandfather
was on his death-bed, and could not survive many
hours, and it was but hunianity to save him this heart-
rending pang in his last moments ; particularly so, es _
the disclosure of the Lome, at present, could not be-
nefit the case.
Mrs. Pugh then continued, and stated, that the
other prisoner was her father-in-law ; her husband
was dead f' on the Sunday night she took the child
from Ann Taylor, she left it with another nurse until.
the Thursday evening following, when she again re-
moved it, for the purpose of having it put in a
work-house, the other prisoner having Undertaken to
get it into one, for which she paid him £10; they
took a coach to Holborn, where s< e delivered the
child to her father-in-law, and went home ; he after-
wards told her he had left the child in St. Andrew's
watch-house. . •
T. Pugh, of. 84, Great Guildford-street, ftppa-
rcntly upwards of 80 years of age, was next brought
up (Mrs. P. having, been ordered to withdraw). Ile
at first denied knowing Mrs. Etii.abeth Howl Pugh,
but on being brought before him, he said she waslis
daughter in law, but that he did not know her by her
..-
Chnstian name.; After a considerable deal of shuf-
fling, he confessed, that he had received nine or ten
pounds from Mrs. Pugh to'get the child into the Lon..
don Work-house ; that they took it in a coach to
Holborn, on the night before mentioned, between
nine and ten, with an intent to expose ii; that beheld
the child while. Mrs. P. got out of the coach ; and
that she carried it to this court, where they waited
some time for an opportunity to drop it; and 'that,
when the found the coast clear, site dropped the child,
and ran off, and he followed. He said he never would
have thought of exposing the child, if Mrs. Pugh
had not asked him, if he did not think there was such
a thing as dropping the child ? Being brought face
to face, Mrs, P. denied almost all the evidence of her
father. She said she never went into the coach with
him, but, waited for him in Holborn, while he went
with the child. The old man persisted in his former
statement ; and Alderman SCHOLEY ordered them
both to be committed for trial.
Mrs. Pugh stated, that the child was born in White.
street, Little Mooraelds ; and, that about six hours
after it was born, she took it to Ann Taylor. That
poor woman was so affected with that part of the evi-
dence where the exposing of the child *as mentioned,
that she fainted away, and was Carried out of Court. .
Hat one .aitel /alt 'ors all ii completely verified in the
presenf State Lottery ; for if the purchaser of four
Tickets of the same number should be lucky enongh
to hit one 020,000, he will take four. The public,
however, seem determined that thy shall buy them
quickly or, not, ail ; for,' by the present demand,
'there will not.than bps more one Ticket of any num- .
her left in a sliest time.
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