Star.
London, England, 1810-05-30 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GRAVESEND, MAY 49.—Arrived the Anderson, Anderson,
from Smyrna ; and the Two Brothers,. Catto, from Tenerife.—
Sailed the Mermaid, Syms, for Lisbon ; Matilda, --, for Rio
Janeiro; and the Mary Ann, Clifton, for Africa.
Mantel—At Falmouth, William and Catherine -- from
Madeira ; and the Hope, Beesom, from Guadaloupe. Off Beichey,
Hope, Lyall, from Cadiz. Off Kingsbridge, Gratitude, Rowe,
from the Canaries. At Belfast, Lydia, Rockliff, froth Malta ;
Maria, Robins, and Neptune, Brand, from Meant. At Galway,
Preston, Simpson, from Madeira. At Newry, Virgo, Allen,
from Portsmouth, snd Martha, Runner, from Madeira. At
Portsmouth.Christophie, Jackson, from Martinique. At Bristol,
Vann, Phillips, from*St. Kitt's. At Liverpool, Islam, Keyser,
from Barbadoes; Ellen, Edwards, from Madeira; Charles and
Maria, Oldham, from Cadiz ; Emerald, Nelson; Spring, Ha-
rp, and Ann and Hannah, front Fayal; Mericano, Hasdy, from
Amelia island.; Ann, Cummins, from the Rivet Plate ; Success,
• Draglass, from Pernarebucco ; and the Havannah, —, from
Teneriffe. At Plymowla, Mary, —,.from Demerara. In the
River, San Salvadore; from Cadiz ; and Carnarvon Castle, —,
from Dublin. In the Downs, Sally, Hudson. In the Clyde,
Mantle, Tucker, and Iris, Ballman, from Messina. At Dublin,
Frher and Sqp, Weyrne, from Malta; and Princess Royal,
Wert', from Alicant At Cork; Lady Emily, Barclay, from
Jamaica"; and Alicia, Harris, from Teneriffe. •
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY::

The Theseus; for the Peggy, captured September 9; 1408, will
be paid on board on, arrival, end recalled at No. 4, Austin Friars,
en Tuesdays and Thursdays, for three months.
The Skylark, for the Ann, recapturedrebruary 27, 1810, will
be paid on board, on arrival at Deal, and r•Calied at No. 18, Cie-
rnent's Inn, on Tuerdayi and Fridays, for three months.
The Archer, for the Rammonia, captured Septembef 9, 1807,
will be paid on Wednesday the 6th of June, between the hours
of eleven and three, at No. 9, New Broad-street, and there re.
ailed, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, for than months from
the first day of payment. .
The Mom, for the Conference Rath Von Aspern, Dolphin,
sad Reruns, captured August 97,1807, will toe paid and recalled
it above.
1 he Archer, for the Victoria, captured August 29, 1307, will
be paid and recalled as above.
The Sceptre, for the Dutch East Indiamen captured June.l9
and 13, 1795, will be paid on Tuesday the Stb of June, at No.
11, Great George-street, Westminster, and there recalled for four
lErtlis.
The Paris Papers state, that on the 16th instant a
brig of 250 tons, laden with hides and fruit, from
Lisbon to London, was carried into Cherburgh. She
vas taken by two French men of war cutters, by the
Turbulent privateer of St. Malo, and the Observa-
teur and l'Oracle privateers, of Cherburgh.
The Susan, —, is lost at Fayal.
The Young Edward, Court, of Dover, is lost near
the Humber.
The Commerce, Juliin, from Valencia and Guern-
sey to London, is captured and carried into Cher-
burgh.

The Ocean, /4.l‘Taggart • and Devaynes,
from Madras, have arrived at Ca pe,of Good Hope.

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A very pressing order has been received atChathinin
t) provide stores and refit between twenty and thirty
gun-boats with the utmost possible dispatch.-+The
workmen of all descriptions were ordered into, the
Dockyard on Sunday in order to forward this equigi-
meat,

• • •
The Ropemakers of Chatham DOCIi-ta' rd, to (he
amount of nearly 150 men, were discharged on Sun-
day, by order of the Honourable Navy Board, for
some irregularity in their duty on Friday last. •
Monday se'nnight was launched from the building-
yard of Mr. CHARLES HICKSON, at Weston Point, a
beautiful packet, called the Lady Stanley.
On Tuesday.last was launched from Mr. THDMAS
CII:R.LAUHE'S, jun. ship-building yard at Northam,.
Southampton, a very beautiful frigate, ,of h 6 guns,
naMed ASTREA,; she glided into the water precisely
4t one o'clock, in excellent stile, and to the ;ratifica-
"en of some thousands of spectators. • There is also
blinding in the same 'raid a 74 gun-ship, named the,
(NQucsTanon, which will be ready for launching in
*few weeks,
During the last year 4,31 vessels, of 87,825 ton-
"age, and navigated by 4174 men, sleared out at
Quebec, chiefly loaded with corn, timber, cotton,
ashes,as soap, candles, and fish. Amongst the articles
mport within the same period were 13,176 packs
of playing-cards. The value of the several articles is
thus stated :---Grain, £215,000; timber, £645.000 ;
ashes, £500,000; furs, £150,000; sundries, £85,000),
kking a total of .k 1,595,000, and being an excess
and the value of the exports of the. Erpeding.
Year of £690,050 125." 9d.

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TIM ARMY,
tivnuittooft- OF THE sTML
SIX--I attily seen in a Paper, an article
which states, thitivis Majesty's Ministers interpret
the Ist Article of the 12th Section of Articles of
War,. as applying solely. toyireergary wrongs.
I must, Sir, first deny, for the honour of the Bri-
tish Atnty, such an illibOtitonstruction ' • and fur-
ther assert that there it/he:authority in law or in
usage to warrant such alitniteil sense of the term
wrostg..-2d. There is a proOf of such not bging the
intended application ottbe article in the Act, that no
Colonel 'or Commanding Officer can, in, any way,
wrsag, ig pecuniary concerns, an inferior officer, for
he has so tostroal over Ms tay,directly, or indirectly.
But, Sir, this article is the key-stone:in the edifice
of military discipline, at guaranteeing the adminis-
tration of justice under the Martial Code; for it is a
principle of the Conititution, that wen the King
knows of a grievance, of which he has the power of
rtidresi, redress is inseparable from such knowledge,
It is, 'Sir, the confidence in this enactment oflvli-
litary Lao, that readers resignation under. any op•
pressitin an indispensible duty; and if it were to be,
come a. dead letter, the 2d article in the same section,
prescribing. the mode of redress for grievances of the
Non.conuntssioned Officers and Soldiers of the army,
would also become invalid, and thus gradationary
barriers would close the aveaues to the.tribunals of
justice„.and introduce a system, which, in its conse-
quencgs, would be fatal to the fabric of the Empire.
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AN OLD SOLDIER.

Lewes Horse Barracks, lately vacated by the 18th
Light Dragoons, are now occupied by a division of
the 10th, or Prince of Wales's Hussars ; but their
head-quartersare at Brighton.
The 7th Light Dragoons, now on their route from
Weymouth for Liverpool, where they are to embark
for Ireland, are expected to pass through Gloucester,
in five divisions, in the course of the present week.—
The first division arrived there yesterday morning.
The corps is nearly 1000 strong.
Monday the Ist East Kent Local Militia assembled
at Canterbury, and are gone into quarters. They ap-
pear a very fine body of men, being mostly composed
of those who have before se: ved in volunteer corps.

The Sevenoaks and Bromley regiments of Local
Militia, under the command of Colonel Lord WHIT-
WORTH, having assembled at Sevenoaks on the 30th
day of April last, for the purpose of being trained and
exercised for the space of twenty days, were reviewed
at Knole Park, on Saturday the 19th instant, by Bri-
gadier Gengral HAY. On which occasion the -Gene-
ral signified to Colonel Lord WHITWORTH " that he
was not only satisfied, but surprised at the improve-
ment which had been made by the regiment in so
short a space of time." On Monday the 21st, they
delivered up their arms and clothing into the stores
of the regiment, and quietly dispersed to their several
homes and occupations.

The town of St. Alban's has been the scene of se-
rious tumult during the last five days. Several pri-
vates of the Local Militia, now assembled there, it
appears made an extraordinary demand of about 14s.
per man, which was refused by the officers. In con-
sequence, a serjeant.was deputed by the regiment to
represent their grievances to their Commander, which
he did in such a way as to give great offence ; in conse-
quence, he was arrested and thrown into the town
jail. On Sunday afternoon, between two and 300 of
the militia assembled in front of the prison, and after
committing many outrages, they broke open the door
with pikes, &c. and rescued the prisoner. The officers
assembled-as soon as possible, called all the men that
would stand by them, with other forces, and repair.
ing to the scene of disorder before the jail, they suc-
ceeded in taking into custody 19 of the rioters, with-
out much mischief occurring. On Monday the most
refractory of them were taken from the other jail in
the town, where they had been confined all night,
and tried before a Court-martial. The result was, that
five of the ringleaders were sentenced to receive a
hundred lashes each, and one was ordered 150: these
sentences were put in execution. The tumult is not
L entirely subsided. The officers were threatened with
violence, and tumultuous meetings still take place.
The Magistrates with a strong force, are however on
the alert, and tranquillity will speedily be restored.

The bill now in the House of Commons, relative
to the raising and billetting men for the service of
the East-India Company, enacts, that the recruits
raised for the service of the Company, shall be fil-
letted, quartered, and provided for—and that the
same allowances be extended to them, and carriages
provided for their conveyance, when necessary, as if
they formed a part of his Majesty's service; they are ,
also to be enlisted by his Majesty's officers, to the
number limited by the 39th of the King; new forms,
lof oaths-are to be administered, and they are to be
attested, before magistates, in the way the King's
recruits are attested, and similar certificates of attesta-
tion are to be granted. The time of service is extend?
ed from five. to twelve years, and in some instances to'
a longer period. The members and witnesses are to
be sworn on regimental and garrison courts-martial,
as prescribed by the. Mutiny Act, for the government
Of his Majesty's forces. A clause, understood,
is to be introduced, for settling the Eo•relative rank
of King's arid Company's officers serving together in
I India.

Laid GnEvvtux continues in the fairest progress
to re-establishMent. He has taken the air abroad
every day Since Saturday last ; and we have no doubt
bat that he will be in town to attend his duty in Parlia-
ment in a few days. The paragraph in all the papers
of yesterday, proceeded from total misinformation.
The following was the bulletin of Mr. WINDIIAII'S
medical attendants yesterday :
" Mr. Windhant has had some sleep in the night.and is in less
immediate dagger than last night."
Last night there was a ray of hope in the case of
Mr. WmatiAm.

On account of the indisposition of Mr. WlNnuAss,
whose house is in Pall-Mall, the guns in the Park were
not fired yesterday, in honour of the Restdration, but
those of the Tower were.

The Pantheon, Oxford street, will exhibit, on the
lstof June, a novel and interesting sight. The in-
ventor of the Royal Lancastrian System of Educa-
tion will lecture there) and school of SOO children,
ggyerred by a boy ofls, will Illustrate the subject
of the Ledtust by pierthreNrh a variety of school
evolutions.

4R74: AIVI3 .tcIENCPS.

SOCIETY FOR IME ENCOURAGEMENT 01, ARTS. MANI:-
" FACTURESO AND COM:VERGE.
The annual distribution of the Society's rewards,
yesterday took place hi their. .Great Room, in the
Adelphi. His Grace the_ Duke of Norfolk, the
President, entered about half past twelve, and im-
mediately after his Grace was seated, Dr. Taylor,
the Secretary, addressed perhaps as elegant, and cer-
tainly as numerous a company as ever appeared on a
similar occasion, within the walls of the building.—
The worthy Doctor began a very elaborate and ex-
planatory address, comprehending, and animadvert-
ing on, the views of the institution from its origin.--,
He remarked, that it had existed in the bountiful
distribution of its sanction without the aid of parlia-
mentary support, for more than half a century, and
that at this time it was in the most flourishing con-
dition. The Doctor stated, that formerly it was the
prictice to distribute the rewards soon after they were
adjudged to the respective candidates, but that greater
dignity should be given to the proceedings of the So-
ciety, and that the public should be able to form a
more decided opinion of the utility of the establish-
ment, it had been deemed expedient to alter the plan
and distribute their honours on the last Tuesday in
May.
The Candidates were arranged in, their proper
classes, as heretofore, and if that branch of the So-
ciety's business; viz. Agricultural Improvements,
was ever considered entitled to precedence, it is par-
ticularly so at this time, when daily experience proves
the greav progress which is making in a pursuit on
which so much depends, and which indeed may justly
' be considered of the highest national importance.
T. Johnes, Esq. of Hafod, Cardiganshire, was the
first candidate on the list, who received the gold me-
dal for having planted 30,000 large trees, 30,000
beech, and 10,000 spruce fir. We regret to add,
that Mr. Johnes was prevented attending from an
accident which has lately befallen him, having burst
a blood-vessel.

J. C. Curwen, Esq. of Workington Hall, Cumber-
land, who seldom suffers a Session to pass over with-
out offering himself to the notice of the Society, was
presented with a gold medal, for experiments on stall-
feeding cattle. A letter was read from this Gentle-
man, expressing the regret he felt at not being able
to have the honour of receiving the medal in person,
and assuring the Society that the number of obliga-
tions they had conferred on him did not lessen the
value of their favours.

The gold medal was next given to J. Stockdale,
Esq. of Cark, Lincolnshire., and R. Towers, Esq. of
Dudden Grove, Cumberland, for having gained .564
acres of land from the sea at Windermere, in Lan-
cashire—an honour to which the Candidates were
justly entitled.
Silver medals were given to J. B. Petre, of West-
wick-house, No;folk, for extensive plantations of
Pirtaster fir-trees ; to E. Smith, Esq. of Brentwood,
Essex, for preparing, from the fibres of the common
nettle, thread and articles resembling flux, hemp, tow,
and cotton ; to Mr. T. Balls, Saxlingham, near Holt,
Norfolk, for a screw adjusting plough ; to Mr. W.
Jeffery, Cottonend, Northampton, for a pair of ex-
pending harrows ; to Mr. Hutton, jun. Ridway, near
Sheffield, for an improved reaping-hook, and to Mr.
J. Baker, West Coker, near Yeovil, Somersetshire,
for an implement for destroying docks and thistles.
The gold medal was next given to J. Jopling, Esq.
Gateshead, Durham, the first candidate on the list in
Chemistry, for having worked quarritle of British
marble. His Grace, the President, paid many hand-
some compliments to the Gentleman for his persever-
ing exertions in working his quarries. Such merito-
rious endeavours, his Grace observed, would prevent
the necessity of an extensive importation of marble
from Italy, and he was happy to know that so good
a substitute could be had from the bowels of the earth
we inhabit, without resorting to foreign markets.—
The silver medal was given to H. B. Way, Esq. of
Bridport Harbour, Dmetshire, for his method of ex-
tracting turpentine from fir of English growth, a pro-
cess well worthy the consideration of the Society, as
it may in future check the rise in price of this article,
which has been most enormous. The same reward
was also bestowed on Mr. B. Cooke, of Birminghain,
for his method of producing heat, light, and various
tug' it articles from pit coal.
The Society, in the distribution of their honours to
the Candidates in Polite Arts, have, this session, been
uncommonly fortunate in their selection. Among the
various performances of youth of both sexes, there are
a few which particularly claim cur notice. The land-
scape of the houses, called the Five Chimnies, in
Tothill-Fields, reflects the highest credit on Miss Jane
Steele ; the colouring is particillarly chaste, and this
young Lady is certainly entitled to the congratula-
tions of the Society, for having produced a most in-
teresting and well-finished drawing..--. The portrait of
an elderly Gentleman, in crayon, by Miss Drum-
mond, a young Lady, only 13 years of age, evinces
great promise.--.-Miss Watts's paintings on china, are
peculiarly delicate and chaste, and well entitle her to
the silver pallet.—The oil painting, a view of New
Shoreham, is finished with judgment, and evinces
great power of execution.---The oil painting of
Dutch smack going off in a gale, by H. Park, Esq.
carries with it some masterly strokes ; the picture is
altogether grand, and does infinite credit to the ar-
tist ; the silver medal is here well bestowed. The oil
painting, by Mr. Thielcke, of the Holy Family, is
justly entitled to the pallet. The original historical
drawing, by Mr. Dennis Dighton, the defeat of King
Porus, by Alexander the Great, on the banks of the
Hydaspes, is highly creditable to the' talents of the
artist, Master Farey promises to excel in that
branch of the art he has adopted ; his perspective
drawing of London-bridge Water-works is highly
creditable to him • were it only a copy, he woul I
deserve commendation, but being an origin-1,
much is to be expected from him hereafter. Master
Landseer's etchings entitle him to oar praise. The
improvements made by Mr. J. Hossell, in the aqua-
tints process, promises to be of great utility to artists
in general. By this method, pen,, pencil, and chalk.
drawings can be easily imitated.—The gold medal
was presented to Mr. Andrew Wilson, for his exer-
tions in Stereotype Printing, a branch of the art which
though not likely to be followed generally by the trade,
must be most valuable in printing'a variety of books, ,
particularly those of long numbers, and containing
logarithms, on account of the certainty, the pages
being once cast, of kuoping them correct... Mr. T.

Wyoti also received the goldfnedal for a i.te.l
Engraving of the 11:e1.1 s f I,•• tin p ,r.ness !:e
arts, which the Society so Much approved, that t!.ey
have purchased the Diec, intending, in futere, to cr.:-
sent the medal in ques.ion, eschisively to the ealiJi-
dates in polite arts.—Master D. .1. Ross, a yolit;i
14 years of age, who has already hen ree ardt d
by the Society, was again lion 'ured by their fav ,urs.
This young gentleman's perfotmance, wh.el, is an
Historical drawing of Caractacus, the British King.
before Claudius Cesar at Rome, we have no heota-
tion in ptonouncing, surpasses every effort of the art
which we have witnessed from so.. juvenile a candi-
date ; and here, while we do justice to the ab;lities of
the little artist, we cannot refrain expressing our ad-
miration at the liberality of the institution. Tae silver
medal, the greatest honorary bounty which could be
given in the class to which the drawing appertained,
was awarded the candidate in question, who, thoogli
he justly appreciated the favour done him, from feel-
ings which do honour to his heart, mentioned to a
member (not for the purpose of it being cemrnuni.
cated to the Society) that at that time, the most tri-
fling pecuniary reward would have been equally, if
'not More acceptable, his parent having recently 1
'toured under pectiniary embarrassmenTs,whicti being
made known, the Society, with a liberality whtch ever
characterise their proceedings, voted 20 guineas in.
addition, and which he received, accompanied with
the approbation and applause of all present.
The candidates in Mechanics were as many is
hetetofore,and the inventious which have been brought
before the Society, during the present session, pro-
mise, in every respect, to be of equal utility to those
which they have noticed on former occasions. N. P.
Lee, Esq. claimed the gold medal for an improved
Thrashing Machine.—Gold medals were also given
to Mr. Allam and Mr. Bryan Donkin for a mathe-
matical dividing engine, and a machine to ascertain
the velocities of machinery.—The silver medal and
twenty guineas were given to a poor, but worthy
Clergyman, the Rev. J. Brumner, for a method of
making every ship's boat a life-boat. We have intro.
duced this candidate, perhaps in terms which may
appear humiliating and distressing to the feelings of
the worthy divine, but we are anxious that it should
be impressed on the public the two-fold benefit this
Society has in this instance occasioned—that of bring-
ing into use a method of saving our brave shipwrecked
tars, and rewarding a clergyman with their honours
and pecuniary assistance, who has a large family,
and an income of only £7O per annum to supportdretn.
—The silver medal was given to Mr. S. Henman for
an improved mowing block. Fifty guineas were given
to Mr. Davis for a fire escape. This invention is
well worthy the attention of the parish officers through.
out the metropolis. If one was to be kept with the
parish ladder, manyilives, we are persuaded, might be
saved in cases of fire.—Fifteen guineas were given to
Mr. G. Marshall, for constructing sash windows so as
to be cleaned and repaired within the house, which,
if brought into general use, would save many a ser-
vant from a broken limb.--Fifteen guineas were also
given to Mr. Smith, for a method of relieving a horse,
when fallen in the shaft of a cart.—The silver medal
'was given to Mr. Taylor, of Holwell, Tavistock, for
a method of ventilating mines and hospitals; and the
same reward to Mr. Moult,for a new method of using a
filtering-stone.—Mr. Reid received fifteenguineas for
a compensation pendulum.—The silver medal was
given to Mr. Baker, for improvements in fire arms.
'Twenty guineas were given to Mr. C. Williams, for
a method of boring the conical part of brass cocks.
—Thirty guineas were given to Mr. Lewis Aubrey,
for instruments for equalizing the width and thick-
ness of leather, straps.—The silver medal was given
to Mr. G. Risley, for spring crutches, which, from
their principle, must be found of great assistancd
the invalid as he gains strength—and, though La*,
not least, the silver medal and forty guineas were
presented to Mr. J. Morison, of No. 14,5, Holborn, for
inventing implements, by which persons who have had
the misfortune to lose their hands may usefully assist
themselves. The inventor has evinced an extraordinary
instance of the efforts of huMan genius. He hadthe
misfortune of losing his arms when firing a cannpn,
on his Majesty's birth-day, on board a vessel.then
lying at anchor, about five years ago, and such hes
been his acuteness of mind and firmness of chancier.
that instead, of repining at his fete and living (as the
Noble Duke emphatically observed), on the support
of others, he has by attention and study not only
the means of earning his own livelihood, but added
much to the comfort of other unfortunates who labour
under a similar calamity.. Mr. Morison proved to
the satisfaction of every, one present, that his instru-
ments were superior to any before invented for simi..
lar purposes, and it gives us great pleasure to record
a very noble act of ene of the Members, who begged
of the Society to be allowed to present him with a
check for twenty guineas, in addition to the Society's
Bounty.
Every person who has attended the distribution of
the Society's Rewards, cannot but feel a peculiar sa-
tisfaction in witnessing the bounties which are bestow.
ed. but at the same time, gratifying as the sight is,k
cannot be denied, that it would be much heightened,
if the company had not to encounter the excessive
crowd in gaining admittance, which is ever the case,
but which, we think, might be avoided, if the distri-
bution was in future removed to the Fremason's Tap
vera or Crown and Anchor. This may be considered'
the more necessary, as from the flourishing state of
the Society it now consists of at least 1500 Members,
wh o have an indiscriminate right ofsending theirfriends
on this occasion, whilst the great room will contain
only 800 people.
We cannot close this account without noticing the'
polite attention of the Noble President, not only too
I the Candidates who received their Rewards from him,
but to the company in general, to whom the oomph:,
ment was not lost, and it gave us much pleasure to
see his Grace look so well.

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CORICEICRANOR, Maac-cease, MaT 'Tiae..../11.111111, dot •
ere km supplies of Wheat, mostlyiast Week'.; forehlo ante& o`
about 311000 queerer% end won tide •week ; e;lee see dulls '&4
rather sheep r—Bosky said WiskePeeedmie week Mimewiee-4411•2
rather dearer—bians of both sorts at aonnottat losa.4)aggior
plenty, =deliver—Raps hasher sad saneo.—kicor a wow
carsaaa outwear AllaillDLit. .3,.
Whist, leSs. 116 s. lest; •(old) soma% .
Ilse &a., 1 tea. leg.. ; ,vt,T r • Tick dine (old) 32‘ SW' 0
Rye, 411 a. 54h. 2le. 25e. 22e. .., • 4 W.
Barley, us. 471. Pelandelitto, 308.111111.111.
Mak -.2.. Ns. Potatoe ditto, rt. Od.
White eese (boilers) its. 701. Rape Seed, 531. 601.
frog Wee etee. 32•.—Moe filer fis. 100..—.Seeends 108.5*.