Star.
London, England, 1810-10-15 00:00:00

LEITH, OCTOBER 11.

Three Danish vessas arrived in Leith Roads on
Saturday, one prize to the FiSGUARD frigate, one to
the NYMPIIE frigate, and one to the STRENUOUS gun-
brig. The Sisters, of Peterhead, also arrived from
St. John's, New Brunswick.—Sunday, arrived in
Leith Roads, his Majesty's ship DAUNTLESS, Capt.
BARRER) from a cruise off the North C.tpe.—Tues-
day morning, the Juno, GORDON, arrived from Ame-
rica, laden with grain.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS..-Lieutenant Serrei, to the Hibernia ;
Litnenant T. Carter, to the Dom-gal ; Lieutenant J. Moore, to
the 'Ulysses • Lieutenant Pad Jon, to the Tisiphone ; Lieutenant
Fisher, to the Dragon ; Lieutenaa; Lutman, to the Mars; Lieu-
tenant Drummond, to the Bedford ; Lieutenant J. Gorron, to the
Tonnant ; Mr. Towns, to be Surgeon of the Revenge ; Mr. A.
Corry, to be Purser of the Martin.
The Light-houses at Ipswich arc shortly to be pul-
led down and rebuilt ; and the one lighted by sea-coal
is to lighted by lamps' with reflectors.

At the late Circuit Court at Perth, Margaret Ro.I
bertion, indicted for the murder of her mother, (as
stated in a former paper) was found guilty of having
administered the poison, but at the time she was in
such a state emind as to be incapable of judging of
her conduct, and of course not responsible for it.—
She was therefore liberated from the charge, but was
I ordered to be confined by her friends, to secure her-
self and others from the effects-of a relapse.

MArgarot, who is said to be returning from Botany
Bay, was not sent there for republican principles, but
seditious practices.

Friday se'nnight a fire broke out in a two-storey
thatched house, in Orr-street, Paisley, and, notwith-
standing every exertion being made for extinguishing
the flames, it was soon completely burnt to the ground.
The ground-floor was occupied as a book-shop, and
the upper as a library. The fire, it is supposed, was
occasioned Ly an old woman who has for some time
been insane, kindling a quantity of .shavings.

Saturday the house of Mrs. Maltby, in the Mint,
Southwark, was destroyed by accidental fire.
The new erected tar and turpentine distillery of
Messrs. Dopkin an..l Co. near Sculcoatts, was last
'week destroyed, in consequence of the turpentine still
boiling over.
The apprentice of a chemist at Leeds was last week
' burnt to death, in consequence of a quantity of var-
nish, which he was making, taking tire ; the chemist
and a woman scivAn!, Islio were assisting, were se-
verely burnt.

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trtnON-HA Sattn.&y.mes arirt;i• MIS charm
ed before G. Hicks, Esq. the sitting MA:istrate, with
' assaulting and beating John Latta, a I')y abont 15
years of age. The boy, it appears, kan apprentice
to Mr. Alderman Atkins, bound to him for the our.

pose of learning the profession of -2 mariner, and the
defendant, the person who has the management of all
Mr. Atkins's shipping concerts at the wharf. The
parties, it appeared, had been before a Magistr tte at
another office, where the complaint was heard :1'
dismissed, but the boy's mother had been advised to
apply afterwards for another warrant at this office.--.
The boy stated, that the ship-to which-he belonged
being in the River, and the Captain on sh,,re, he, on
Monday, the Ist instant, asked permission of the Matte,
the commanding officer then on board, to visit hi.
mother, who lives intown. The mate gave hi m perm...
sion but on his way to his mother's house he was met
by the defendant in the London-road, who stopped -
him and ordered him to return immediately to the

wharf where the ship was lying ; the pla:ntiff hesitat-
ing, the defendant seized him by the collar, and drag-
ged him along the street some way, till the plainhtE
entreated him to let go his hold, and promised to re-
turn together. They accordingly returned to the
wharf, when the defendant had the boy tied up with
his arms extended; and standing over another boy
with a stick held over him, obliged him to give the
plaintiff, his fellow apprentice, two dozen lashes on
the bare back. Not content with this, the boy strug-
gling to get his hands loose, the defendant struck hilt
several blows on the face with his double fist.

The mother of the boy said, that on her son's malt-
ing a complaint to her of the treatment he had re-
ceived, she went to Alderman Atkins, as being the
boy's master, to state the circumstance to him, :tnd to
endeavour to get redress. Having stated the natnre
of the business to one of the Clerks, however, she
was refused admission to the Alderman, and vat' she
could not sec him on such business. Upon this she
applied to Mr. Kinnaird for an assault warrant %anise
Christie, and obtained one, but when she and her son
attendedtom ke theircomplaint, they found Mr. Alder-
man Atkins there, sitting as Magistrate, who quick-
ly decided the cause by dismissing the complaint, and
ordering the boy to beg Christie's pardon or be flo
again, saying Christie should correct the boys Vs
and where he pleased. On these grounds she had
applied for another warrant to have Christie held to
bail to answer the complaint at the Sessions.
Mr. Alderman ATKINS here cbsirved that thus
alluded to, he felt himself called on to say a few
words in justification of himself. Alderman Atkins
observed that in the business he transacted he was
obliged bT Act of. Parliament to have a number of
apprentices ; he had formerly, when the vessels to
which they belonged were in the River, boarded them
at different houses in the neighbourhood, but finding
that system attended with great inconvenience to him-
self, and danger to the boys, by giving them an im-
proper degree of liberty, he had erected a building at
his own wharf, where all his apprentices when on
shore, were boarded and lodged. Christie, the de-
fendant, had the superintenclance of the wharf, and
one of the regulations established there was, that no
boy should leave the wharf without Christie's per-
mission on any account whatever, under pain of being
flogged ; and he (Alderman Atkins) had further di-
rected that the correction in such case should be in-
flicted by one of the other apprentices. When the
parties were before Mr. Kinnaird, the complaint was
dismissed, as it did not appear that in the present
case the punishment was improper ; and he then said
what he would repeat, that if the boy again deserved
it, he would again corrects him ; as, observed Al-
derman Atkins, addressing himself to the Magis-
trate, is I would flog a son of yours, or of my own,
under similar circumstances."
'Mr. Christie said that Latta had frequently absen-
ted himself without leave, and at the time he met
him in London-road, he had been absent from the
wharf from Saturday to Monday evening. He
acknowledged that he had confined his hands and or-
dered him to be corrected by the other boy, as stated,
with a rod made of part of a birch broom, and that
irritated by his impertinence and his getting his hands
loose, he had given him a blow in the face.
The worthy Magistrate here observed, he was not
trying the defendant, but was of opinion that, by
striking the boy on the face, he had so far over-step-
ped the delegated authority of Mr. Alderman Atkins
as fully to authorize him (the Magistrate) to hold him
to bail to answer for the assault.
The defendant accordingly put in bail to answer
the assault at the Sessions.
Nathaniel Ewer, a decent looking young man, was
charged x ith uttering and forging a number of notes,
purporting to be Richmond bank-notes for £5 ss. and
had an endorsement on each back, either ii. Smith.
Payne, and Smith," or " Down, Thornton, and Free.'"
He had obtained cash for several of these bills in the
neighbourhood of Kennington before the fraud was
discovered. As more are expected to be proved, a
further hearing was ordered tor Tuesday next.

A few days age, five men belonging to the King's
German Legion, stationed at Bexhill, took a boat
from the beach, in which they proceeded to sea, and
have not since been heard of : it is supposed their in-
tention was to gain the enemy's coast.

CORN MARKRT, MARK-LAN; OCT. 1.5.—T0-day
the supplies of Wheat coastwise are considerable, with
great part of last week's arrivals of Foreignt upwards
of 12,000 quarters ; and sales 3s. and 4s. lower than
Friday—Barley and Malt somewhat dearer—White
Peas likewise—Grey, and Beans of the two kinds keep
their prices—Oats are in middling supply, and sales
at little variation.—Flour in short supply, and keeps
its prices.

GENERAL CURRINCT AS UNDER.
Wheat, 565. 755. 88t. Beans, 50s. s7s.
Fine ditto, 955. 955. Tick ditto, 455. 511. Od.
Rye, (new) 465. 465. Oats, Sits 2405. 3Os.

Sirlei, $6;. 50s.

Po'it'd ditto, SSA. Vs.

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Malt, 741. 82s. POMOe ditto, 4l s. Oda
White Peas (Boilers) S6i. 614. Rope Seed .945 C5O.
Orey ditto, 465. s::s.
Floe Meer, eSs. to coos...Sean* SOL to no.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, October IS.

Average Price of Core in lagimod mid Wales from the retell.,
coding the 6th of October, 11110.
Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beasts. Saes.
I a.
41.
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104 S 37 1 47 19 1111 • 14 U
The average Price of Sugar, computed (min the mom ads
tbe weak ending the 10th day of Weber al tie. 74. per cot

if. 7ftf. per SIPS

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EAR I'ING WITH IkIY,I3EAREST.
'A SONG.

0! 1 mull !rave, for

My kindred and relations;
And, ble=! *ith Mtn whom I adore,
Could roam thro' foreign nations;
For, what are friends to lovers true ?
Or dangers the severest ?
My heart will break to hid adieu

In pArting with my dearest!
I.sisre not follow where hegots,

Vet eannot live behind him :
May litaveN protect him from his foes,

And guide my steps to find hint !
For I can live in toil And care,
And clangers the severest;

But, like the wailiegS of despair,
Is parting with my dearest!

J. MATNI.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

ADM;R4LTY-OFFCE, OCTOBER Is.

Copy of a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Gambier. Ad-
miral of the White, dm. to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated in
I. mdon, the 10th instant.

Sid-I request yon will communicre to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Mtniralty the aceompanying letter, dated tlig 28th
September, which I hive this day received from Rear-Admiral
Mr Harry Neale, Bart. giving an account of a very well conducted,
gallant, and successful attack made by a party of seamen under
the orders of Lieutenant Hamilton, first of the Caledonia, and of
marines, under the orders of Captain Sherman of that ship, in the
boats of the squadron in Basque Roads, named in the margin.,
upon three laden brigs of the enemy, tinder the batteries of point
du ChJ, near Rochelle, two of which they captured, and burnt
the third; and I beg leave to call their Lordships' notice to the
observations which Sir Harry Neale has made respecting the loss
sustained by Lieutenant Little of the Royal Marines.
I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) Gaunt*.
• Caledonia, Valiant, and Armide.

Caledonia, lo Basque Roads, Sept. 21.
MY LORD—Since my letter of the 12th instant, de-
tailing the capture and destruction of three of the
- enemy's brigs on the +last coast of this Road, the
small vessels with the boats of the Caledonia and Va-
liant have been successfully employed in stopping the
coasting trade between Rochelle and the Isle of Aix,
but more particnlarly in blockading three of the ene-
tny's brigs that had sought protection under the battery
upon Point du Che, and forming part of a convoy to
which the former vessels belonged, the whole of them
laden with timber and provisions on account of Go.
vernment. I have now the honour to inform your
Lordship, that the tide being sufficiently high, and
the nights; dark, I judged it practicable to effect either
the capture or destruction of these vessels, but as the
enemy had strengthened his position with four field.
pieces, and their artillerymen posted upon the beach,
And on a low point situated under the battery, with a
strong deitachment of foot and horse in the adjoining
-village of A ngolin, it wasobvicius we could only succeed
with the means we posiessed in effecting this object,
but by a coup de main, and with a force adequate to
the resistance that was likely to be immediately op-
posed to us, In consequence of this'persuasion I di-
rected one hundred and thirty inatines from the Ca-
ledonia apd Valiant to be embarked in the boats of
their respective ships, under the direction of Captain
Sherman, of the Royal Marines of this ship, for the
purpose of landing under Point chi Che, to carry the
battery and fiAd-pieces.by assault? and.tO spike the
guns, allotting to the other hoats of the squadron the
capture or destruction of the brigs. I have the satis•
faction to acquaint your Lordships, that this. force
•proceeded last night, agreeably to the arrangement I
had previously made, under the command of Lieute-
nant Hamilton of this ship, with the other Lieutenants
of the squadron, who also volunteered their services
in the command of the different boats upon this oe-
caNion, the whole acting with that degree of zeal, re-
gularity, and attention I had every reason to expect.
and which so much contributes to the success of an
undertaking:
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. The marines were landed at the place appointed
about half past two o'clock in the morning, but not-
withstanding the near approach of the boats befo:e
they were discovered, the alarm was given front the
brigs, and an ineffoctual fire was immediately npenc,l
upon them from the enemy's guns. Lie-tit. Little, of
the Royal Marine Artillery, immediately on landing,
pushed forward with the bayonet to the assault, sup.
ported by Captain M'Lanchlin's division, with Lieu.
tenant Colter, both of the Royal Marines of the va-
liant, and Lieutenant Gouche of this ship, with a se-
parate detachment, and succeeded in carrying the bat-
tery and spiking all the guns. Lieutenant Little, in a
personal amtention with one of the enemy, when in
the act of wresting his musket from him, received the
contents in his hand, which was so much shattered in
consequence as to render amputation necessary.—
Captain Sherman at the same time took post with his
division upon the main road by the sea side, with his
front to the village, and ari eighteen pound carronade
on his right in one of the launches. In a few minutes
a considerable body of men advanced from the vil-
lage, and were instantly checked in their approach by
a warm Are from the marines and the boat ; at this
period the enemy had succeeded, order cover of the
night, in bringinga-field piece to flank the line, which
the picquet immediately charged with the- bayonet
and took from him, putting the men to flight. The
object of this service being now txecutedliy the cap-
ture of two of the brigs, and the destruction of the
*other by fire, the IVDrincs were immediately re7imhar-
bed in the most perfect order without the loss of a
single man, and only one other person, a private be-
longing to the Valiant, wounded.
The enemy had fourteen men killed in, defeuce of
the battery utron Point do Cile:-what loSs he sustain-
ed by the Fite from Captain'§berman's division, 'and
from the launch, it is. impossible to say, but he.must
have suffered considerably, As his line was much ex-
p ,sed and completely kept in check.
I have felt it to be my duty to be thus particular in
the detail of circumstances upon this occasion, for al-
though the service performed is in itself of little im-
portance, yet it required the prnanptitUde and exertion
of the officers and men employed -upon it that fre-
quenqy is not so necessary in undertakings of greater
maglltude ; and I am solicitous to do justice to the
merits of all the I Accrs and men employed upon this
service. • I ntiist beg in particular to call your atten-
4ion to the conduct of Lieutenant Little, who was most
Miiirially engaged tipcin this occasion, 'and iihOse

loss of Ms right hand will be severely felt, in the
hope that the Lorels.Commissioners of the Admiralty,
will take into consideration the injury he hat sustain-
ed. .1 have the honour to be. itc.(Signed.)a. NEALE.

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