Star.
London, England, 1810-07-04 00:00:00

• pule, Sir Henry riashvitiOd, . Bart: the Right MIL'
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Thomas Grenville, Sir William Scott, and Mi. Ab-
bott, Speaker of the House of Comm Ons, (the tiro
Members tor, the University), Sir John Coxe HiFesis-
leT, Bart. M. M. A. Taylor, and several young . No-
blemen of the University. • The. Chancellor seated
himself in the great chair, in the centre of the semi-
circle; the Vice-Chancellor standing:oh his left hand.
The chair to the left was occupied by Dr. William
Howley, Canon of Christ Church and Regius Profess
sor of Divinity; that on the right hand was empty,
Lord Eldon, the High Steward, not being presente—
Befote the Chancellor, on each side, sat the Proctors.
At the ends of the semi-circle' the two Curators of
the Theatre, Dr. Marlow, President of St. John's, and
Dr. Landon, Provost of Worcester,- took their chairs.
When the Chancellor and all the Members had taken FALMOUTH, JULY 1.
their places, the spectacle wan the giandest and most Sailed the Diana Packet, for iIaRIX and New
impressive that can be imagined. A vast and noble York ; Prince of Wales Packet, for • Lisbon ; • and
s •mi-circular theatre, containing two deep galleries, ' Prince Adolphus, for the Leeward Islands.
the upper one entirely filled with the under-graduates
in their black gowns and caps, the lower one crowded PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.
with near 800 ladies, all of them elegantly dressed, 4 Several of the London Papers have given a list of
many of them of the first distinction, and arrayed in all the ships of war now lying at this port, and state
the most splendid taste, in all the varieties of colour that they are immediately going on a secret Expedition,
and plumage—beneath, in the centre, the Chancellor, under Sir Euvattau PELLEVI. But it so ha ppens that
and on either side, the Nobility, and Members of the
Uhiversity, in their costumes—the area filled with several of the ships mentioned, are totally dismantled,
Academicians and other Gentlemen, and the opposite and others up the harbour, undergoing repairs. Be-
end to the Chancellor's chair, occupied by the Or- sides, the idea that Government would send the whole
chestra,.and the vocal performers—presented, altoge- of the great naval force here on any one particular ser-
ther, a picture of the most brilliant and august kind,
vice is absurd—in fact, the destinations of several of
which it is impossible to describe, but which gave the
the ships named for this expedition, are known to be
highest opinion of the greatness of the nation of any
exhibition we have witnessed. for various other services.
The CHANCELLOR opened the Convocation in the Aftived the Woolwich store-,ll'p, from tie Medi.
usual form, and then proceeded to lead from the terranean ; the MARINER gun-brig, with new-rail. d
Chair the proposition for conferring the honorary de-
gree of Doctor of Civil Law upon the following No-
men, from Liverpool ; the MINERVA frigate, from a
blemen and Gentlemen : cruize off the Coast of France ; and Duciu fi e• te
iee
His Grace tin, Duke of Sostaasyr. _ from Portsmouth, where she went to discharge the
The Most Noble the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, K. C.
- of DowNssuez. money she brought from the West-Indies.
a— of Zee. • Two o'Cr.oca, p. m.—The JASPER sloop, and a i
The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex.
of ABINGDON. convoy of trate:ports, apparently full of twors, ate
of 'WM • now coming into the Seund. There is also a large ' eosnoe DOCK COMPANY.
FoßTLscuz. i
Of CdIRYSBORT. fleet of transports in the offing. . ! This was a special argument, on this simpleptent,
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The Right Hnn. Lord Viscount ea/ex:ley.
and am just returned. The transports ar.e. full cf wails were entitled, under the Warehoasin Act, to
proprietors of the vatrehouses erected within the r
,
. CABLLT-ON.
The Right Hon. Lord BILAYBROOK. French prisoners, and sick and wounded rrisish sea- refuse to :admit wives into their warehouses for a rea-
-.-- CAwDOR.
CARII, OTON. men, and troops, from Cadiz, last from Lisbon. ' sonah!e consideration, or if they them elves were ere
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The Right Hon. WILLIA34 WICKUAN. PORTSMOUTH, JIII. Y 'J. titled to charge an :arbitrary or uareaseaable rate cf
-. GEOROL Tt VINES'.
WILLIAM ELLIOT. The fleet from Spain, Portugal, and the MediEer- compensation !
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Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Bart. ranean, have put hack to Yarmenth roads. Arrived Mr. Rimy% ansoN argued the cis? with great ale!-
Sir .1011 N ANSTIIVTIII,s, Bart.lay on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. Des:Amours
Mr. FA GLL, late Greats of the United Province.. tn • , INCONSTANT ELL
e frigate, CITARW sloop of 0.-ar, and on the part of tl.e Company.
These were all proposed separately from the Chair, CALEDoN sloop of war from the Cape of Good Hope, The Court were decidedly of opinion, agreeably to
and unanimously admitted ; upon which they were with the DIADEM transport under convoy. Passed a principle laid down by Lord Hale, that if the peSa.
individually introduced in their scarlet gowns, ad- by his Majesty's ship RAISCNABLE, of (it guns, from
lie had no other place but these Warehonses whcra
dressed by Dr. Joseph Phillimore, of Christ Church, 1 --e
the Last Indies, with the Tomei-reel Srer ke they coned deposit their wines or other merchantEr.t.,
P "*. if"' this was clearly in the nature of a mon 'poly, an t
es
Regius Professor of Civil Law, and their admission
OCEAN, and DEVAYNES, Ind amen, and CYRUS and such, that the Company we
declared to them, in the usual words, by the Chan- were only entitled to an err •
cellor. The admission of the Marquis of Bucking. CUAIBERIAND South Seamen, under convoy for the table and reasonable compensation. If a MANI 7
ham was rendered interesting by the Chancellor, who Downs : his Majesty's ship CALEDONIA, from Cedisi, : doctrine were to prevail, there could be no bonnsie
. to their exactions, and the same rule might even } 0
manifested a strong sensibility on the occasion of ad- 1/'
.IR ACO, from Cork ; Senienrev, from a cruize.
dressing his elder brother, whom he called " carissime
The —rite APOLLO, CAREY, merchantman, from ot.
, 'to countenance a system of partial ty to one, and ;
exclusion as to another. Judgment for the Plailitif.
frater,' which produced a very general feeling.
Regius Professor of Divinity addressed Mr. Pagel, an Domingo, put in with damage, and very leaky.— I CRIMINAL INFORMATION—SURREY 'MEATH&
illustrious foreigner, at some length. The audience Wind \V. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved fcr a Rule to
spewed great approbation of several of the newly ad- YARMOUTH, JULY S. I !drew cause why a criminal information 4intild re t
mitted Honorary Doctors. Sailed yesterday P.M. the Hessen, 88 guns, Cat. ' be filed against Michael Sl.tter; NVilliam gee., 11..,,,il
The Public Orator, Mr. CROWE, of 'New College, •
tam SE ENE, with stores fur the ships cruizing in the Thomas Barrett, for a riot at the Surrey Theatre, en
then ascended the ea:tern rostrum, and delivered his the 12th May last, and the: ce continued for a ma::-
Baltic; and the ELIZA cutter, on a cruize. The Lc- ber of nights - indeed on all n,casio,is u hen pnoo-
Commemoration Speech; which waged very elegant
Latin oration, losing nothing of its earnestness by the VERET is under sailing orders for the Baltic.—Remain mimes were performed. The affidavit of Mr Ellistoo,
old Wykehamist pronunciation. Alter an appropri. Aboukir, Roebuck, Leverett, Calliope, Britomart, the Manager of the Theatte, chinned these p trii..s
ate exordium, and expatiating upon the rises and bone. Chanticleer, and Bravdageren; gun-brigs; Paz sch with having too different obj e. ts in contemplet- ea.
netits of this University, ire proceeded to cal to the ; There were two y ning lad es engap
Wi d at Mr. Ellis-
ner, and Fox cutter.—nd S.E. •
recollection of his attentive audience, several of those • ton's Theatre, named Giroux and 1 nylon. Miss Gi-
great persons who had justly distinguished their names DEAL, JULY 3. roux had been in the use of performing Columbine,
by their munificence towards this great institution. Arrived his Majesty's ship NYYPIIE, from Ports-
and Miss Taylor had been engaged as a dancer, in
In this view, he did ample justice to the meracry of l mouth.—Wind S. W. i which line she was Excellent. Being desirous, how-
the famous Archbishop Laud, who was so great a be- I ever, of doing something beyond that, Mr. Mist)
GRA.VPSEND, July 3.—Arrived the lat.c, COC/IRA NF, from
:selector. He pictured, in glowing colours, the great I yielded to her wish of appearing in Columbine. The..
St. Kit.% ; ZeeluKt, LA•rcti, from Lisbon ; and Lovely Ann, gave Mr. Skater and Mr. Bernell; who were friends o•-
benetits the University had received from Hyde, Eall
You Ne, from Antigua. Miss Giroux, ►great offence. A party was emirate gly
o! Clarendon, to the preduceof one work of whom they
owed a magnificent establishment ( the Printing-house). BRIGHTON, JULY C. formed, and Slater was heard to declare, tome tee
The memory of Archbishop Sheldon particularly Wednesday morning last, during a gale which blew piece began, that he was determined Miss Tayler
claimed their gratitude and veneration; since to his furiously from S.W. a Portsmouth wherry that was should be hissed off, and should not pert .rm. Ma
princely liberality they owed that magnificent edifice riding in the roads off Brighton, where she had arri-
Barrett was the champion on the other side, and by
in which they were then assembled. The institutions l vets the mutual exertions a riot had ever since preva;led the preceding night, for the put pose of purchas- .
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and other services of the Earl of Litchfield, when their ing fish, broke her cable, and soon afterward went to in this Theatre, similar to that which their Lerds lips
Chancellor, were also highly worthy of recounting pieces on the Coombe Rock, to the east, near the had beard of at Covent-Garden—so that it had b.....
This led him to the subject of the Chancellor's prizes,! Crescent come impossible for any decent Person to stay out Ile-
. A little boy who had been left on boerd -
on which lie embraced the opportunity to pay the due i was, by the humanity of some fishermen who went .performance. That these parties were the cause of the
tribute of approbation to the transcendent merits ,' off in a small boat, through a heavy se.', to rescue .riot would appear from this circumstance, that, on are;
of many of the scholars who had earned them.— i him, providentially taken from the cabin of the occasion it bad been settled between them, that Ir
After various other topics, he came to his pea oration, wherry, where they found him asleep, only a few mi- : that night, there should be no distill bance. Valis a
in which he addressed himself to Lord Grenville, in : flutes before she drifted. ! the performance began, some of the usual shouts,
the most elegant, delicate and masterly manner.— I TORBAY, JULY I. ;however, were beard—when Ale agreement inning
! made. known, peace was immediately restored; No
Complimenting him on the return of his health, lie Arrived and sailed again on a cruize, his Majesty's that it would appear that the two parties were reel
would forbear to say much of his character; and . hired
al med cutter GAMBIER, Lieutenant Meony ; badly organized. They constantly formed thee.;.
hoped that the day was far distant, when it could fail also sailed for Jersey, the schooner Agnes, Nieto . selves ono site sides of the house, Miss Giroefe
to his lot to speak of him as lie thought, without in- . smillit, master ; and for 'Fairnos uth, - the brig Sir friends taking fee side opposite to the nominee, end
curring the imputation of flattery. This oration was p h
Home op am, GEORGE CLEMENTS master. We : r
followed by loud and reiterated plaudits. Miss Taylors friends taking the Prompter's side.--
have had a violent thunder storm tn.d.ty, accompa- i They had also adjusted a sound which was to be the
Mr. Coteau:ice., of Corpus Christi, (nephew, we , nied with vivid flashes of lightning and heavy rain ; commencement of a general dance.
understand, to Mr. Coerninoe the Poet) from the
it is now cleared up again and fine weather. Lord ELLENDOROUGH said there could be no d edit
western rostrum, recited his Latin verses, (subject 1
PP Pyramidar Egyptiaca") for which he had gained one i CARLISLE BAY, BARBA DOES, MAY ..16. of the serious nature of the offence ; but he questioned
of the present Chancellor's prizes. I His Majesty's ship St. Pierre, from Martinique, ar- , how far this could be said to be a conspiracy to effec.
Mr. Wiriereeer, of Oriel, "followed, and delivered rived here on Tuesday erenina• last ; and since then ; any cue object. It was indeed a conspiracy against
his English Essay, which won another of these prizes; have also arrived his Majesty's Isrie Morne Fortunee, ; the public peace.
the subject, " What are the arts, ix the cultivation if ; from Guadalaupe ; Arachne and Opposum, from An. I The ATTORNEY GENERAL said there was at least a
which Me Moderns have been less successful than the ./111.1 tigua ; and schooner Elizabeth, from Trinidad and
cients?" This essay shewed a considerable degree of Grenada. The Morne Fortunee, after lying off the
research, and good habits ofanalyzetion and comps- Bay about 21 hours without coming to, again pro-
rison. I ceeded to sea. The others remain. Since our last
Mr. MILLER, of Worcester College, then read his • 1
hive also arrived, schooners Swift and Rambler, and
Essay in Latin prose, which won the present Chan- sloop Industry, front Martinique; M'Kay mail-boat,
cellar's third prize: the subject, " In Pliiloso/ihia qax and schooner Good Intent, from Denerary.
ds vita et maribti est, illattranda, guenam rracipue sermo.l From Grenade we learn the following account of
nun: Seeraikoeum fejt excellent/a ?" This was highly and the leis of the schooner Eclipse, of this port :
deservedly 7as prlauded.-" St. George's (Grenada), May 17.
Last cable Mc. ClitxNressa of Christ Church, who "We are sorry to relate, that on Saturday last,
recited his Englishpoem of 50 verses, which gained . about noon, the schooner Eclipse, -from B.trbadoes tc
him Sir Roger Newdie.cate's Annual Prize : the sub- ; this port, with 250 barrels of-flour, met with a most
ject, "The Dying Glad:1110r." This, production has a : dreadful squall off the Union Island, and was upset.
very considerable share of youthful poetical genius . Fortunately, however, by the exertions of u vessel sent
and fire, and was also most deservedly applauded. iby the proprietor of the Union to their assistance, the
This was the last recitation of this day. Music had I whole of the crew, together -with Richaid Mitilv,
varied the exhibition at each interval ; and at the close,' David Mum n, and Robert Garraway, F.sqrs. ( who
the baud performed, and Mr. Bartleman, Mr. Braham, i came passengers in the Eclipse) were happily saved :
and Madame Bianchi, displayed their vocal talents. 1 every thing else on board, with the exception of two
The CHANCELLOR then pronounced the dismissal barrels of flcr.ir arsi tine trunk, went to the. bottom."

of t~E td •
Convocation, ert )rocesston returned h tie
sifile order as it entered,. TheToutlis of the University
here exercised their 04 privllegeOci hewing- some
Slight to disappiithation tos/lA.4s they did not
wish-.to honour ; and very decided marks of approba-
tion to their favonritea: Sir Sink 6, Smartt came in a
S'econd time for•theit tribute, and tlieir shouts almost
rent the theatre in his praise.
Lord GILEI4VILLE. at tht Vice-Chancellor's, it
Ballot. 7 "
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Li• r ••••* • et /
Lef fr ArrELl.4cmcii: • .
COURT OF EXCHE4I7ER; 7tILY S.
tin v. thlti; G.
This is an itiformati.in filed by the AttcireetCitio.•
ral for the dary on £31.9C-A., Izate VI be •;• t.
of the pi-optrty of the I •te L,
dish, in the poss.:shied of Lord G. Caser.d4n, Cie
dithlary legatee.
. . .
It, appe.irs that the Noble deEntelant ohtiiieC., 11.1
fesidue iii 1802, and it w;ts nr.t until the )ear
that an account al the sum w:ts dAi.eled :i.e.
Commissioners. The property 11.41 ineo.acel
by the accomulaticm of itt:crest ; and i: hi•onrit
question, whether the Crown sear en:410.41.J ;CI Act
passed in the .I(i.h ut the I.:istf.. to enact duty •ti
principal and interest ; or tor ale icsidt.4 only, as it
stood at the de.uh of the testatrr ?

This evening the.firit concert 4vlii be peitormed se
the Theatre, and a Balt giiin a the Town-hall.
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N 4 "if L lIVTELLIGiA'CE.

The Soueurott GLsettm., hi sun,. rt of the ir.l:-r
'nation, d4claimed any intention to 1, quire n.r r.•
the defendant's N'ble and respectable family
the law specifically p iintetd out. The t4ith
of the Act whenv..: any person was eati.i
tesidue of the personal estate a testator,
be liable to duty. The public :rid the individua.
were eiititicd to the same thing at the same time, and
the legatee was hound to give in an account t t th!
residue: NThenevei the account was de'ristied, tier
public had a right to say it was the dear te,iJue c,Bl
which the duty ought to he taken.
Mr. Setjeant VAticuaN, on the other side, cant in:
ded, that by the term residue, the Legislature ,lid
mean to include the profit which attached to the pro-
perty in the hands of the residuary legatee. The act
did not exact a duty on the profits.
The So:Jo:TonNEam. in reply, maintained tha:
the facts of the case, as they appeared on the data
given by the (fermi:int, entitled the Crown to tlo.
duty :or the gmss sum.
• The Co::,t did not give judgment.—This case had
excited great interest.

COURT OF KING'S BENCIJ, JULY S.

IWt.

Lord ELLENBOROUGU agreed that there surely Was
a community of dispositii.n to riot. His Li.rdslilp
asked, Did the distorbitnces still continue?

The ATTORN El GENERAL said, the Manager had
been obliged to give in. He had been tinder the ne-
cessity of giving up the perfOrmAnce of pantomate.,
which.liad occasioned hint a very serious loss.
Mr. GA RittiW, on the same side, observed that time
Ghtliators exhibited themselves on the field 01,1
when their L:tdies were to make their appearance.
Rule to slim cause granted.

The ohservat;ocs made daring a late trial in t'..c
King's Bench, bliti ROBLNSON BLAKEY, V. As.run,
Es+ by the learned Am....racy General, will, k is
h.ped, act as d C AUtioll to all young purists of
tine Arts how they conatic t r the siiicadid
of valuable origi.ial Paitaings made by cruin,Jiit l• -
cure dealers, eminent in pi,pottion to (114 p • sc.
obtained by false tepresentatams.