Star.
London, England, 1809-03-01 00:00:00

*OPAL INTELLIGBNCE.

MARGATE, FEBRUARY Sa.
The Ordnance gun.hoy, which was on shore near
Westbrook, has been launched and safely brought
into our harbour, where she is now refitting and
taking in the remainder of the stores of the APELLSII
sloop of war. 'Tuesday afternoon we had another
very high raging tide, which providentially has done
very little damage, except general); taking away
more of the cliff, to the westward of the town. From
the effect of this disastrous winter, it is manifest that
the water is alarmingly gaining on this coast ; and it
will require uncommon exertions to preserve the
western-most part of our town from its ravages. A
clause is introduced in the bill about to be presented
to Parliament, to enable the Commissioners to carry
a stone jettle from the High-street, around the cliff,
to the embankments of the new road to Dandelion •
wh ch, it is trusted, will effectually guard that past of
t ie town.

,CHATHAM, FEBRUARY 26, -,.
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The VANGUARD has sailed for Long Reach, and
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two new brigs have arrived from the Merchants'.
yards, to be coppered and fitted for sea. The SCEPTRE •
and DICTATOR will be put out of Deck this week,
and the COURAGEUX will be taken in for a large re-
pair.
In this Check there are ten 74 gun-ships,
mostly new, to be completed within the years. exche- ,
sive of the IMPREGNABLE, of 90 guns, and some fri- • .
g ttes. Great premiums and encouragements are •
field out for shipwrights by private builders, and a ..
great number of that class of workmen have left their
employment in this Dock-yard. We have had a
great many military funerals from our different bar-
racks here, within this fortniehr
PLYMOUTH-DOCK, FEB. 07. .
Admiral DE COURCY will shift his flag on board
the DIANA, now lying in the Sound, and proceed in
her to take the command at the Brazils.-It is re-
Forted here, that the enemy have a considerable body
of troops on board their fleet which has escaped from .
Brest, and that their destination is the Spanish pos-
sessions in South Aznerica.-Arrived the INTELLI-
GENT and ENCOUNTER gun-brigs, and SPRIGHTLY
clatter, from a crteze in the Channel ; and the QUEBEC
frigate, 32 guns, Hon. Captain Pouenr, from the
North Sea, last frem Portsmouth ; also the sloop
New Success, Buck, from Youghall, bound to Ports-
A few days ago there was rather a serious tumult at
mouth, laden with provisions; the brig Wilberforce,
Folkstene. The officers of the Impress service, in
Ditixor.e, from Droslin, with provisions for this port;
the exercise, of their duty, were carrying to their ren-
the William, HINDMARNII ; Barbara, WALTON ; Pa-
desvouz a young man who had the appearance of
cific, WALLIS ; Frederick, TAYLOR ; and Ranger,
being a sailor, and who they supposed was a deserter.
CoATs, from Sunderland ; Gambier, MACKEY, from
They were met by some young men who attempted
Newcastle; and a fleet of colliers from the Eastward.
to rescue the man ; but who havine failed in the at-
e -Passed by this day front the Eastward, a fleet of
tempt, collected a large mob, attacked the rendes-
'ransports, consisting of about 40 sail, supposed to -
vouz, liberated the sailor, and ill used.the officers.-
Some peaceable inhabitants interfered and rescued be destined for Cork.
SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY es.
them, or it is probable their lives must have fallen vic- Arrived yesterday the CENTINFL gun-brig, Lieut.
tims to the violence of the mob.
We are glad to find that the accident which h•ee H. KING, from Gottenb -gli, with part of the crew
of the MAGNM' sloop of war, lost near Malmoe. The
pened to Sir JAMES EARLE is not so bad as reported
severity of the frost in the Baltic and Sound is said to
yesterday : his left arm is broken, and he has suffered
have been uncommon, and the breaking-up was '
a severe contusion in the head, but i, in a promising
equally sudden and dangerous : very few of the last
state, under such circumstances.
The high wall which was left standing at the west-
fleet which attempted to gel theough the Sound are
yet accounted tor.-The CRUIzER and ROSE sloops
ern angle of Drury-lane Theatre, after the fire, was
yesterday g.at down without doing any- mischief, it of war sailed this day for Gottenburgh, to join Ad-
having fell by degrees into the ruins, by the assistance miral KEATs. -The convoy fur Gottenburgh and
of ropes. the Baltic will sail from the Nore on Thursday, the
Several valuable musical Instruments were rescued 2.1 ef March.-The Sari GJAItD gun-brig will take
from the fire at Drury-lane Theatte by the exe: tions the trade to Helgoland in a fen days.
of Mr. FLACK, Mr. ZWINGMAN, and Mr. TA i'LOR. tl.e 1 DEAL, FEB. 28.
flute player. l Arrived this morning his Majeste's ship PE.seemer,
FIRE-AT KENSINGTON- PALACE. -A few evenings from Waterford, with a convoy, which are sailed for
since Kensington Palace was discovered to be on fire, the River.-Sailed the Dispatch pilontloop, on a
which was occasioned by the flue, proceeding from a cruize.-Came down from the River, the Edward
copper fi,e, which communicated to some timber, that and Ciiarles, CASsIN, for Philadelphia ; Elizabeth So-
led to the Princess of Wales's apartments, but it being phia, BoititowneSing ; and the Progress, ALIEN, for
timely discovered, a Illllaber of carpenters who were Surinam ; Henry, JAcescs, for Mogadcre ; Expedi-
at work in the Palace, to get the Duke .of Kent's tion, Rk:VLEY ; and the Lord Nelson, HAsaisos, for
apartments ready for his reception, immediately came . Tortola ; and remain in the Downs with his Mi-
n) assist, and by cutting away seine wood work, it was jesty's ships, etc. as per last.-Wind S.
happily prevented from :Treading to any other apart- I ABERDEEN, F1..8. 25. .
ments in the Palace. i In the height of the gale on Saturday, the stoop Arerhusa„.TONN
DUEL.-Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, a Baowa, of and- from Dysart, with cosh aid suit, whcn tacking
meeting toak place at Chalk Farm, between Lord in the Bay waiqng the flowing of the tide, was overtaken 1.-y the
_ gale before her. sails could be reefed or taken in, aad aftsr ...icing •
'‘gvlitltingitaigathin, finally sunk,.
FALKLAND, a Captain in the Royal Navy, and
o
Pow ELL, Esq. of Devonshire•place, a Gentleman well irmemeer,stisc.elaolftlaonnu her
m ,lL.rof broadside
ctaa.n(
drsr
known in the polite world, and an intimate friend of etypwLitnessed the distressingPcsecce. •''l'he crew, whe gorkee'pet'tbayntzhie- •
his Royal Highness the Duke of CLAIIIINCE. They vessel almost to the motnein she disappeared, were at last taken
were attended to the ground, the former by Sir from the mast-head and end of the gaff by a pilot-hart, which had
tone to her some time befer.., :v•-d which, with the most laudable
CliAnees Corrox, of the Navy, and the latter by rseverance, continued near her until the seamen, four in num-
- Ross, Esq. lately an Officer in :he 17th Light 1). rer, besides
a buy, were rescued front their impending fate.-
Dragoons. The distance of ten paces being stepped, After various attempts to draw the vessel towards case 1... a,•ur, •
and the pistols loaded by the seconds, the paites took by means of large ropes led from her to the capstern on the paw
their ground, when, by etiquette, Mr. POwELL being eterr,:ceurrarini gapharet.! y;sowri4el o f straint
the s'seh eown ~sthocnsevvreodpes,dand more
entitled to the first shot,his ball entered the•right groin Pon the beaYch greatlyv damaged, and sea,with the loss of her mayastthrboowltn.
of Lord FA LKLAND.-After the duel, Lord FALKLAND sprit, mail-boom, Scr. *
was conveyed to the house of Mr. Poweee, in Devon- The ship Eliza SProtts, Captain I OSIPII MARCH SALTER, Of
shire-place, in the latter Gentleman's carriage.- Pooritsmotoi:heeiinoAhrr-iosrticaw%ssettich
aiknsv,aily,
he
tfirtomplace, e
this for Liver-
Lad y FALKLAND was kept ignorant of this calamitotis Pi3sth near Longliope in Orkney ; and, after
tremendoushavinglosgtat,ls 0er%173.
event through nearly the whole of yesterday; at her was driven from her anchors ashore on one of the islands, said to
apilTtMeiltS at Domtawr's Hotel, Albemarle-street, be Swcdda, where great part of her bottom has been btu•t out ;
f
rum no friend having sufficient fortitude to impart to b u
.trthhuer sc
dr e
y witmire
lase, 'n la sc.
dtier without m boat but apparently he-
her the melancholy event. About seven o'clock in longingtoaone of his Majesty's ships,belilnagme'arked with a Broad
the evening, however, site received some informa- Arrow, was cast ashore upon this coast, at the Fire-mile Burn.
Pit i c:CESsEs. tion respecting it, and proceeded, with her children, She has been brought in here, by the Admiral Depute of the
District.
Yesterday the Prince of WALES rode on horseback to Devonshire-place, to visit his Lordship.
'1 he Swift of this port, which was put ashore_ in the Tay, dur-
in the Parkr. In answer to the various enquiries made this morn- •
mg the tremendous gale of Thursday sennight, as mentioned in
Her MA,I*.ISTY will hold the first Drawing-room, ing, respecting his Lordship, it was stated _that he our last, has, we are happy to learn, bees got into the harbour of
to-morrow, since the fire at St. James's Palace. was still alive, and that souse hopes were entertained Dundee, where she is repairing. She has not sustained myth
The Duke of YORK dined at Oatlands on Sunday, of his recovery. He is at-ended by Mr. HeAvisrue , dam, age.
Is he galUot George, Keith, arrived at Stornoway on the Ist in-
iOn Monday his Royal Highness transacted business ithe Surgeon.-The cause of the dispute between the stain, after a passage td fourteen weeks from. America, during
at his Office, in the Horse Guards ; and yesterday parties is variously stated, for which reason we de- which she experienced the most tempestuous weather, :end sut-
-1 held a public day, and gave audience to a number of cline noticing the reports on the subject for the pre- fered greatly in her sails and rigging ; while the crew, besides
Officers. sent. the fatigue and hardship attending such a tr) ing voyage, was for
, five weeks reduced to very short allowance. The George, we
CITY BUS/NESS.-Yesterday a Court of Aldermen CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, MARCH 1. -- Tne Lam, brings no account of any other vessel.
was held at Guildhall, at which were present the Market to-day has considerable supplies ( f Wheat, On Friday the 17th, the Isabella, •Ilaorn, sras got off the rocks
• LORD MAYOR, fourteen Aldermen, and the City Offi- and sales are made heavily at rather lower prices, at Montrose, and cat ried into
turday morning last, we thathad haarbour, giolent reatly
gale from damaged.
the
71: the course of the proceedings in the House of cers.-'flie Court inspected the Reports of the Meal- Barley in large supply, chiefly second and inferior, Sa most v
N. W. which, in the course of the forenoon, increased to a per-
:...4.1n13 .
lis last &•••ht Mr. Poen "Br asked Ministers weighers, and ordered the price of bread to be raised which is cheaper. White Peas rather lower. Beans feet hurricane; and, we arc sorry
1 . -0N to say, has been productive of
one Assize, or two-pencein the peck-loaf, to take place .of the two descriptions likewise lower. There are a good den' of mischief in the neighbourhood. The leodlrbm
1 417 arrange:rt.:CMS had been made fo: admitthig a '
.3rit• •' - morrow ; the quartern-loaf of wheaten is then to . agaie large supplies of Oais, but, from a continuance tie platform of a gentleman's house building in Union-street, was -
..tn i.” cr' into Cadie ? From Mr. Ceeneteo's an- t°- cornAetely stripped off; the violence. of the wind rand it up lat.:
be sold for Is. Vic'. and the 'household Is. 1-0.-The of the demand, causes last prices to be maintained.
s'ver, We Car' t
.nu infer that any such airnegement has Court requested the Lord Bishop of Noßwien, and Rape Seed is scarce and higher. Flour supports our a sheet of pai•e.r, and carried nto the otter side of the road,
where it felt with a tremendous crash. The roofs of a number of
i the Rev. MATTHEW RHINE, D.D. Master of the Char- last currency. other houses have been injured, chimney cans thrown down, Ste.
I ter-house, to preach before the LORD MAYOR, Alder- I OENIERA,L CURS ENCY AS UNDEZ : but fortunately without the loss of any lives. Five fishing-bants
The Clyde, from the Leeward Islands, has broneht men, and Governors of the Royal Hospitals, on Easter Whert, 645. ;Bs. 90s. Beans (new) sFs. 63s 01. which were iii the bay, with great difficulty gained the alters, afte;
1, Fine •ditto, 925. 955. Tick ditto (new) 50s. 565. C. leaving their lines behind: two of them were run on the beach,
tiers 4 C.v. I ...i
s eaJanuary from Barbadoes, at which
Monday and Tuesday, at Christ Church, Nevegate- Ryt, 645. 665. Oats, 353. 38s. 425. * nevi regained. the harbourd one was drieen near the
Girdh
''r le tll^ ::- •street.-Messrs. BIRT, P . EARSON, and CHAPMAN were Parity, 425. 48s. od. Poland ditto, 455. 461. 01 ere the crew landed in safety. In different parts of the coar,-1-
• ..n.arnent intended for an attack upon Marti-'
I admitted and sworn into the office of Coal Meters ; Malt ees.sts. Potatoe ditto to 47A Ott. • I try considerable damage was done, the violence of the gale hav-
• 'ill mained inactive, The Naval and Mai... m F d D C Mst •tr t t ‘nCilitePeas
; and i essrs. ()SUCK an aucs orn s. ers, in es (boilers), 135 s 145 s Rape Seed, 551. to 601: ' ing unroofed houses, and thrown overstocks of hay and corn,
wry ditto, 50s. 555. !
part of Which has been in constquence lost, while a number of
';; Csro
m :utters ate reported to differ in opinion for the City, for four years. rine Flour 85s. to set.--Secorid•Bos. to 85s. trees have In..n torn up by the roots or broken. ,
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the expected arrival of the Brest Fleet in the West
Indies, at a period when it is known that it has actu-
ally put to sea. This circumstance affords no posi-
tive proof of its real destination. We have before had
instances of aysystem as widely combined, merely
I calculated to deceive this country.
llf there be any tt uth in the report of approaching
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hostilities between Austria and France, nothing can
I be more reasonable than the supposition, that NAPO-
' LEON would cause an effort to be made to bring off
tbe fleet from Ferrol, before he withdrew his troops
from Spain ; but in this attempt we hope he will find
himself completely frustrated. Admiral GAMBIER
had doubtless early intelligence of the movement of
the French squadron, and though the latter might get
into Ferrol before-he came up w ith them, they cannot
leave that port unobserved by our fleet, the more
especially as additional squadrons 're immediately
to proceed to sea, professedly in aid of the object
of Lord GAMBIEB.—The greatest activity prevails in
every deparancnt of the Admiralty ; every ship ci-
pable of instant service has been ordered to sea, and
Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ left town yesterday
for Portsmouth, to take the command of another
squadron.—ln the mean time, as measures of precau-
tion, the convoys have been stopped at the several
1 ports, and a cutter has been dispatched to-order the
return to port of the outward bound East India fleet,
which sailed from Portsmouth a few days since:
Most of the ships in the Downs have been ordered
to proceed with expedition to Plymouth ; and our
North Sea Fleet will also be immediately reinforced,
in consequence of advice having been received of not
1.-ss than seventeen sail of the line being nearly ready
for sea in Flushing and other ports of Holland.
Seventeen Gottenburgh Mails are now due.

have been thoroughly drilled in the light movements,
and this is as smart a regiment, both in point of dis-
cipline and dress as any in the service, much to tle
credit of Colonel FARLEY, the commanding officer.—
Sir THOMAS TRIGGE is Colonel of this regiment, and
is most attentive to its welfare.
GemLR AL ORDfc—At a General Cart-Mart' al held at Hali-
fax in Nova Szotia, on the 11th of October, 18C5 Jo In Griffin,
private In the 25d r...gitnent (or Royal Welsh Fusileers) was tried
for the crime of Desertion, and adjudged to " suffer Death by
being Shot."
The General Officer commanding in Nova Scotia approved the
Sentence, but, in consequence of Desertion having been but little
prevalent amongst the troops on that station, suspended exe-
coils') of the sentence, in the hope that the King would be gra-
ciously pleased to commute the capital punishment to transporta-
tion as a felon for life, or for a certain number of years.
'His Majesty was pleased to consider the prisoner a proper object
of Royal mercy, and to direct that the sentence should be com-
mutel to transportation to New South Wales, as a Felon, for
Life.
,His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief is pleased to di-
rect that the foregoing Sentence s all be read at the head of every
regiment, and inserted in the Regimental Orderly Books.
Horse Guards, 2 (Signed) HARRY CA !NUT,
16th Feb. 11109. S Adjutant-General.

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