Star.
London, England, 1818-12-09 00:00:00

PETITION is) P RISE the PRICE of B,

Notwithstanding the opposition
raised agaii, . ;his measure in the
Districts, wt• have letters to-day, fr
which chew that the design is bi
doned by the Land•owners and Y

of the principal Agricultural Count
and in Kent, particularly in the
Maidstone, sse find that the Petitii
number of signatures. At Ctolcha
culatcd with some activity; and in
folk the object of it is promoted wit
persons of much influence. It is
form Committees of Man::gernet
who may depute Committee-rnen
minster on the 14th of January nex
blish a Committee of Managemem
Kingdom, and to arrange and condo
be submitted to Parliament in support
On the other hand, we have much
that the inhabitants of Birtringl
Sheffield, and other large towas, 1
plation to meet this cruel effort by ,
and Public Meetings are talked of
which are only delayed in order the
tained, whether, without such a

the Agricultural l'eLiLion wi:l nc,
iin qui shed ?—lf the tgriculturisti
will let :all aloft

HERRI.N-G rispirßY ON 71
HA.VP.VIII/1 E.
We are happy to announce tc
the distress of the Fishermen, whi
mentioned in the STA it ten days
almost immediate commiseration 1
the Treasury, their Lordships havi,
County Members of Hants, and the
dent on the coast, who sent in M-
of the poor felloWs and their fariii
" That under the peculiar circ,
case, the using of the vets :city :ti ;,1,
rided will be sanctionedfur 14 e rnt
understanding, that they are
prorisions Ilthe Ad of Parliament
Hoeing Fuhery, and the Nets to 14
indulgence has been received as it
gratitude; and upwards of 300 .
hshermen, have now commenced
praise-worthy -occupation. -
Some injury having been done,
or design, to some of the drift net.,
an officer from the Fishery !loam,
mouth, and who is legally authorised
Fishery on that coast, has given nc
on information sent him of any persoi
prosecute him to the utmost severii

An odd circumstance elicits from
tory caution to the fishermen, whose
prejudicial to the spawn. It is,
grants. a bounty of 4s. per barrel
full-roed herrings on exportation, when ,
nets, and generally so in the months
August; but that all bounty whatevc
curers of het rings usually detionu
taken in nets (!f [enmesh Man one inch
Query ? If procreation is one of
Fishery Laws, ought not a bounty
I those taking and curing herrings the
spawn, a state in which they are al,
:numbs of December, January, and
year, rather than accord it for cut
1 all their generative qualities withil
which the propagation of millions
! species in a few weeks is totall
I protect the native fish on the coat'
'wisest law that could be devised,
hibit all fishermen dredging for is)
!after the first of May in• each year,
posed all fish begin to spawn, and
without prejudice to the Oyster Establishnseit
acted, as inexhaustible banks of oysters are ki
exist near the Islands of Jersey, Sark, and Alchrt
and where no injury conic' arise from eter sib
dredging? -

We are happy to learn, that the LAID CIIANCLI

I.oa is considerably better than he was last
The gout, however, still continues to afflict both
Lordship's legs. No day is yet fixed for his -
his seat in the Court of Chancery.

• Lord ELLENBOROUOIII had an indifferent nig!.
His Lordship was considered much the same as Le
was on Monday.
It is stated, by authority, that the only Jewels
his NIAJIESTY which are now missing, are his Star
Garter. Th former was very splendid, being stud-
ded all over It ith diamonds ; and the buckle of t!.
Garter was also richiy studded in the same

Their value k estimated at between six and

thousand pounds. A close search has beeu made
these jewels, and though it has not yet been atte--.t..
with au desired result, yet no apprel.ension is en-
tertained of their having been irrecoverab!y lost. It
is generally believed among the officers el his MA.
Jitbrl's Household, that they have been deposited
some place of secret safety by the KING himseli.
His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK is on Cf
the most assiduous men in England in the digpateh
of the official business in which he is engaged. To
every letter or note he immediately repries; and ar
the back of every petition be instantly writes shat he
wishes to be done with regard to it. There is no: a
gentleman in England who gives away mere =erg
in private ellaiity. The Establishment of !:is
Highness is by no means remarkable for its si,:en,ieur,
nor is lie often in the habit of giving dinner-arties.
Whenever the Duchess of You honours iterrfrier.cls
with an invitation, his Royal Highness is genera:ly
present, and no one can be more polite in his attcre
tious to his wife than is his Royal Highness. Hi
principal delight and amusement is in a personal *IP
tendance on the various schools for ebildren ctfwhich
she is the protectress. The Duke vegnlai4Y visitsha
at Oatiands. • ...a

A fire broke out last night iitthalowerapattments
of Mr. BRUCE, chandler, Testertiett-gcrret,
chapel; but, by the cxertior.s of the K'zbhPars, it
citinzuisbcd bcfc;:e. the azricxl of •

'RICE of Bi
don Which ha
I.tettel
n the Manuf thas
at...
y, from various city fi
• by no mess -
the
s ate
Land-holders Is seat
Counties, 144,
since
he neifelboin'anej :.•
'etition has recti,..
every C ial
:theitcstiern also, it is,.
d in bliulk.and N,
*I with great zed ,
itsd
is even propone
111lP5
1
ten to attend at IT,
neat, in ordetto Wind •
tment for the ) "r
anduct the evidence Voy
upport of the N.:, Wind
fch pleasure inc. give
ingham, ;
is, have it in cos ..
by a counter.. ' the
'Os,
3. of for that
that it May be , /Clad
a displ.. y of hest&
nct yet !,e entiwy Amv
days
• "" r espt
ted
. e
THE COAST 0 e ord
RE.
to our Readem. • Last
which wasp ini...4 '
Frio
Ys ago, has met • •
on from the Lords . 'net
saving signiEel tc.• so lir
d the Gentlemen
Memorials in bet fir,
unifies :
ircumstances of th ,11,1,,,e
:hick they are nem sr:
ri--
-esesst sea ans,litd
turc to comfort! to t, . Les"--„
rut for Iteguletiv
o used in it." '11.; 1"`"
sit ought, with vv.; Sail
DO hardy, indusUi.:::
aced their useful at. '—
MONO,
ne, either by accidm barb()
et-, Mr. David comic
loard, noir at Port Thi
horised to protect Ise!
n notice, that he wi eaT
person so oemdiro
'erity of the law.
'rom the late interdi bram
'rose nets werederne .
is, that Govern
rel to fish curers 1. ekls
;when caub--ht in tei.
months of July a • '
tever is withheld fro... 16,1
lona/sated Joitem,"'
inch from hot to but scr.
e of the objects oft
nty to be promised God
s that hare cast dr. Gun
e always found in t.
and February' in Less &o
cuting herrings wit •
ithin them, and b d°
ms of millions of Z
tally destroyed ;--t•
a:ts of Engla..d,
ed, weuLl be to Nat
aoe
oysters on the con
year, when it is sap
and such cc 1.4):
Gt
✓ Establishmelt
oysters are known
Sark, and Aldtree-1 fa
: from cies- so late
• • f.l
in
he Loan CHANCEL, lan
a he was last wet*. 4
es to afflict both 1.,s
zed for his resurnir.v
c
in indifferent night.
such the same as he
at the only Jewels of 1,
sing, are his Star and '
plendid, being stud- r
stud-
snd the buckle cf the
in the same manner.
tween six and revs..
:h has beets made fcr
not yet been attezded
apprehension is ex-
:recoverably lost. It
officers of his MA.
ave been deposited is
KING himselt.
e of YORK is one cf
;land in the dispatch
he is engaged. To
.ately replies; and ar
:candy writes %%bat he
o it. There is no: a
es away mere r.cney
ishment of !:is P.o:•31
able for its se :endow,
giving dinner-parties.
t honours he. friends
lighness is generally

. 711.! ARMY.

It;:mt received this mdrning. ficm B:Istol, we
that the 2d Dragoon Guards, which arrived in
'ty from France on the 30th ultimo, is still de,
tilzre in consequence of the westerly winds.
!both men and horses are in quarters, as
!.tson of the year the passage to Waterford is
Lain. It may be remembered, that the last
(the 14th Dragoons) eni!mrked at that port,
• sis weeks before they got to Ireland.
IiATAIL IN TELL WEN CE.

FALMOUTH. DECEMBER 6.
&to W.S.W. strong gale, and thick weather.
, in the goads have struck their top-gallant
mid appear to ride the gale out well.

PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER I:
s.—Airived the Sir George Osborne (trans-
from Cork, to take troops to Ireland. Sailed
Nagel, JACKS, for London.
DEAL, DECEMBER 8.
S.W. quite moderate.—Came down from
,er, the William and Alfred, CLARK, for An-
Charles, MILNE, for Tobago ; and Starling,
fc* Malta, Ste. and remain in the Downs
Award-bound, all well. Arrived and re-
;he Brothers, from Antwerp to Oporto.

RAMSGATE, DECEMBER S.
rod S.W.—Carae in several vessels for shelter.
DOVER, DECEMBER e.
Arriltd off this Port, the Trent, Losanortost,
from Quebec, for London ; on ...14,th Novem-
,lerienced a severe gale, in long. 31 W. which,
sus ; lost during the gale, one man wash-
id, stern boat, bulwarks, and decks
all lumber.
WEYMOUTH, DECEMBER 7.
'lst was brought into these Roads the gal-
chair, PIiENARN, from Bourdeauz to Brew
in a very leaky state, the vessel is much
' and it is feared the cargo must come out ;
Ann and Susanna, DONN, from —, for
with loss of boom and gat: the wind befits
. sailed for that port.
SCARBOROUGH, DECEMBER 7.
The Woodall, SMITH, of Hull, took oat the drew
Dmulus, MATTUEWS, of and from Sunder-
with coals, to London on the :sd instant, which
WAS in a sinking :tate and with both masts and
Several Baltic ships are off this place,
at S. W. and, fine weather.
MILFORD, DECEMBER 5.
his Majestv's ship Lae on a cruize ; the
?nice, for London; the Margaret, C Rti!t•
was on shore in Sandy Haven Bay, in this
on the 3d inst. when she beat and strained'
'v • cargo damaged and Must be discharged.
,CARIAGAN, DECEMBER 7.
Master and crew of the John and Mary,
c Kinsale, landed in their boat on Thurs-
, near Newport, Pembroke ; they state
to have foundered that day, off Strum-
laden with copper ore, from Beerhavert to

U¢ ni;

eveninj

zataNDERRY, DECEMBER 4.
Newcastle packet, Rostosoti, from Leith,
.•
totally lost its our river.
CUSTO .HOUSE, LONDON, MOE 1 HER s.
vi amain ImeAuto--The London. Patterson and the
.Brown, front the Cape of Good Hope ; Vriendschap, Do
Jouge Jan, Priesma, from Antwerp; the Margaret,
Leghorn; DeliX AIDIA, Olivier, from Dunkirk ;
..r, from Havre ; Highland I,ad, Moore, from
-..:, Samuels, from Gilboa ; City of tdinburgY, ;
Miramichi ; Calypso, Hutchison, limn Haiti
,Cluewmtor--Hebe, CleMents, for Leghorn ; Thetis,
,or Bathadoes ; Posthumous, Hood, for Jamaica; the
rounpton, for New York; and Prince of Waterloo.
Halifax.
o Otroraans—The St. George, Brown, for Grenada;
.A Packet, Venables, for Demerara ; the Lady Ridly,
iod the Montreal, Pingelly, for Jamaica ; Sevanwick,
• Yew Orleans; William and Ann, F.die'
t for Antwerp ;
131guie, for Rouen ; Aen and Elizabeth, Laird, for
Maur, Gunson, for Tobago; ProspeCt, Geary, for
Jane, Greenwi.ll, for St. Michael's; and the Elizabeth
Wilmott, for Leghorn.

lbe Indiana, of Newcastle, is totally lost on the
Sand—crew and most of the stores saved.
the Baring transport arrived at Sheerness,
• of receiving 300 convicts on board,
. On the same day twenty-five con-,
the hulks at that place from Newgate ;
n' was Dr. Halloran, for forging the
of Sir WILLIAM GAsnow to a frank by the
Post.
Two persons have died 'within the last week in the
• Prison, who were prismers for .contempt of,
One of them, ROBERT NEWMAN, had been
nine years!
Monday, morning the curiosities, &c. brought
Baffin's-bay, by Captain Ross, were landed at
1-stairs, from the boats of the Isabella and
discovery ships. There are four dogs and
bitches, the former larger than the latter ; three
almost black, one black and white, and two
o, and appear nearly of the same species as
Kamschatka, with heads and tails resembling
a; their skins exceedingly thick, with long hair;
are very docile, and represented as of great
Among the curiosities was an amazingly
skin of a white bear, about 7 feet in length ; a
of bone, about 5 feet long and '2 high, with the
:. used by the newly-discovered inhabitants ;
of mineralogy and botany, and some very
_ star-fish. The whole of the productions
conveyed to the British Museum, for the inspec-
the public.
Several more numbers in the present Lottery have,
''course, been taken from the Bank, iss consequence
*fele postponement of the Drawing; this may prove
test fortunate for purchasers before the first day,
re 15th inst.) as these identical numbers may ob-
lin the great Capitals. Btsit, the Contractor's Of-
6s, 4, Cnrnhill, and 9, Charing Cross are the daily
Mort of Fortune's suitors; the First-drawn Prize gets
'hock Prize of £30,000 more on the first day, and
%lay actually obtain, in Consols, £60,000.
, QuEEN.—Some very interesting Memoirs of
UT late MAJESTY, we understand, will appear in a
few days, from the pen of Dr. WATKINS. I.Vc are
rated that this Work is not a compilation, gleaned
imm common sources of information, to gratify im-
mediate curiosity, but the result of personal observa-
' made during many years, by one whose oppor-
and connections have eminently qualified him
important task of doing justice to the illus-
Pc;sol,aBe now 110 more.

tßfl CON:

counT OF COMMON PLEAS, s.
curnaitow V. PYfERS.
An action to recover damages against defendant,
for tie injury he had done him in seducing his wife.
Mr. Serjeant Vationan stated the case for the
plaintiff. He premised to the Jury, that he had to
lay before them one of the most distressing cases that
ever was disclosed in a Court of Justice. It was a
case peculiarly afflicting to the unfortunate gentles
man whom he then represented, and one attended,
with many circumstances of aggravation, so, far as
regarded the conduct of the defendant. He should
phew,. that the one had been deprived of the greatest
!happiness which a man could enjoy in this world;
and that the other had effected his criminal purpose
ander the mask of friendship, by artifices of the most
insidious nature, and in violation of all the rights of
hospitality. The plaintiff, as it would be proved,
was a Captain in the ad regiment of Guards, and, as
such, held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army. During the whole of his life, he had been
actively employed in the service of his country ; and
had fought her battles in various parts of the world.
He Was, in fact, one of those warriors of whom so
many had appeared there on the former day, in ano-
,ther cause. In the year 1809, he married the lady
who was the subject of the present action, who was
then pnly twenty-three years old ; she was the daugh-
ter of General Burton, to whom he had been Aid-
de-Camp The General's house Iliad always been
open to him ; in the course of his visits, he paid his
addresses to the daughter ; a mutual attachment sub-
sisted between them ; his addresses were received
with approbation by the whole family ; and they ter-
minated in a marriage, which promised the most coin-
plete happiness to the parties. Soon after his mar-
riage, theplaintiff was called abroad, to attepd to the
duties of his profession ; he was sent upon the expe-
dition to Walcheren, from which, however, he'soon
returned. The subsequent year. he went to Spain,
where he fought in the army under the Duke of Wel.
lington, and was wounded at the battle of Fuentes
d'H,nore. Soon after this, he returned to England,
and passed some time in the endearments of his fa-
mily. He again went to Spain, and was wounded a
second time at the storming of Burgos. After this,
he once more returned to England, and was received
by his wife with the warmest feelings of attachment.
' The Colonel had not after this joined his regiment,
until' the year Vdls, when he went to France, after
the battle of Waterloo. The treaty of peace with
France being then signed, Colonel Clitherow remain-
led in that country, where he was soon joined by his
wife ; so that it was evident they always had .an
anxiety to be together. After this, the Colonel got
leave of abseace to go to the South of France. 1-Ie
was accompanied by his wife ; and it was here that's
his acquaintance first commenced with the defeidant
The defendant was the eldest son of Mr. Peters, a
respectable Banker in the Chi of London. Before'
this he had been married to an amiable lady, the
daughtet of the Accountant-general, and she died in
the course cf the year 1416. It was to dissipate the
grief occasioned by this melancholy event, that Mr.
'Peters, the defendant, in the course of that year went
to France: Here he was, in the month of February,
1816, introduced to Colonel and Mrs. Clitterow ;
with the Colonel he formed that intimacy and friend-
ship, under the mask of which he perpetrated his cri-
minal purposes, and from him experienced all those
hospitalities which he afterwards violated. 'Mei'
were the circumstances which so greatly aggravated
the guilt of the defendant, and left him without ex-
cuse or palliation. The affliction of the plaintiff was
still more increased by the circumstance of his hav-
ing an only child by his wife, a boy, who was then
seven years old ; and was the tenderest pledge of
their former affection. In consequence of the ac-
quaintance which took place, the plaintiff and defen-
dant travelled together through different parts of the
Continent, and made the tour of Switzerland. In
the latter end of that year they returned to England,
and the Colonel went to his ditty at Bexhill ; but in
the'winter he took up his residence in London, and
here the parties continued to visit each other. In the•
following spring, the Colonel again went to Bexhill,
and in the course of the summer they visited each
other at Worthing. Here the Learned Serjeant went
over all the other facts of the case, which were after-
wards
proved in evidence. This action, he said,
would have been brought sooner had it not been for
the absence of the defendant ; and in consequence of
his not appearing in this country, it became neces-
sary to proceed to outlawry against him. He should
prove to the Jury, that this case was attended with
circumstances of the greatest aggravation; that the
defendant had committed the most shameful breach
of hospitality ; and that every part of his conduct, in
this transaction, was so marked with criminality, that
the heaviest damages they could give would be but
a trifling. compensation for the injuries-the plaintiff
had sustained. As metal men, as husbands and fa-
thers, there was every possible claim upon their jus-
tice, and that justice he was sure they would exercise
on this occasion, in a way that would preserve the
character of the plaintiff, who was a man of high
honour and rank, and at the same time promote the
best interests of social order. The Learned Counsel
then called his witnesses
William Allen, the first witness, produced a copy
of the registry of the marriage of John Clitherow,
Esq. and Sarah Burton, in the Church of St. Georges,
Hanover-square, in the year 1809.
Miss Sophia Clitherow said she was the sister of
Colonel Clitherow ; she was present at the marriage of
her brother. After the marriage they went to Tun-
bridge Wells ; she had seen Mrs. Clitherow twice
before her marriage ; her brother had known her
some years before the marriage, he having been Aid-
de-Camp io General Burton, the father of his wife;
' some time after the marriage her brother went to
Walcheren, and afterwards to Spain, where he was
wounded twice ; he went to the Continent in 1816.
From the time of the marriage up to that year, wit-
ness had many opportunities of seeing them, both in
town and country, and they always lived happily
together ; they had one child, a boy, who is now
nearly nine years old. Witness had seen the defen-
da;,t, Mr. Peters, several times ; she first saw him in
Daember, 1816, when the Colonel and his wife re-
turned from the Continent. Mr. Peters frequently
dined at her %other's, in Wimpole-street : his intro-
duction there was through her brother. In the month
of May following they went Oa of town ; and the

DECX)niEIt

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ibis season of. the
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nearly sia wee
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voyager." JACK
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„rind avv. quit
River, the Will
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the Brother
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rod S.W.—Ca
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Arriod off this
p from Quell
, werienced a s
J 36 hour s ; lo
ever board, st
ad of all lamb
• IVEY MI
last night was I
Friendschafr, P
in a very 1
'ned, and it is
L the Ann and
with loss es
, she sailed for
SCARBO
The Woodall, Si
the Dedalus, M
,with coals, tc
.-I WAS in a sin{
sprit gone. Se,
• the wind at S
hiILF:
Sailed. his Maji
- lotion, PRICE,
a, was on sit
,r, on the 3
• erably : carp
CARD
The Master an
• 1305, of Kiusa
evening near
S vessel to hay
laden wi
a.
LONDON
Ile Newcastle
herrings, is to
CUSTO ..HOI
hin IMOD hrgr
. Brown, flora ti
U: r.d Joitte Jan,
kw, nom Leghat:
(cam, Hunter, ft
gals; radeavour,:
cvey,trosn Miramic
Laura °OW.% UV
Ir., for Barbadot
krali, Trampton,
,km, for Halifax.
Qua® OnlwAttw
:ea Packet, Vt
' and the Mow
for New Orleat
fabirt, Baguie, fa
'as; Balfour, Gt
.fight; Jane, Green,
Clary, WiLatott,
The Indiana, of
• Sand—c
friday the Bar
the purpose c
Port Jackson.
*..., reached the
.g whom' m
..e of Sir Wit
'Jura' Post.
Two persons la
?tat Prison, wh
0a.1.1.. One of 1
ciTed nine yea
11;Inday, mor
.!.7. li.tain's-bay
,;,. ,
14.ma11-stairs,
'zinder discov
t bitches, the i
*almost bine
kercish, and a
i:se cf Kam schi
i.i.cz; their skin
:,ty are very d
ttagth. Amo:
itge skin of a v
&lige of bone,
Slip, &c. used I
Trcimens of mi
noarkable star.
vete conveyed t
tro of the publ
Several more
itourse, been
of the postponer
teen fortunate
re 15th inst.)
lin the great 1
6,1, Cornhil
Mort of Fortun
2 Stock Prize o
may actually 01
TIIE QUEEN.
In late MAJES
kw days, from
;muted that th
fenm common
mediate curiosi
lion made duri
P.r.aues and col
!..r !ht. import.:
Lion.. Pc: os,a,