Star.
London, England, 1820-05-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGE‘CE.

Extract of a Letter from Lloyd's Agent at Lisbon, dated the
lath The sclu?oner Principe da Beira, from St. Michael's
to Figueira, fell in with an Insurgent privateer, which plundered
her of sails, water, provisions, &c. &c. cut away her masts and
bowsprit, and left the crew in the greatest distress. The British
schooner Peter and John subsequently fell in with the wreck,
and took the crew out, or they mast have perished."
The Elizabeth, Iluca, from Liverpool to Bremen, put into a
river eight miles north of Bergen, previous to the 22d ult. and
the Sophia, Toassimouo, of and for Carlshaven, from Bergen,
put back to the latter port, with loss of masts, boats, &c.
The Providencia, from Lisbon to Pernambuco, is taken by an
Insurgent privateer. Part of the crew arrived at Lisbon.
The Call Johan, !amnion, from London to Calmar, foun-
dered off that port oa the loth ult. Crew saved.
FALMOUTH, MAY Wald S.—Sailed the Duke of Kent
packet, with a Mail, for Lisbon.
PORTSMOL3 If, NIA r 3.—Wind S.P.—Sailed the Agamemnon,
SCRTIES, for New liouth Wales; Mary, Iticioixos, ler Poole;
and Princess Royal, Ai/CLAY, for London.
DEAL, MAI- E.S.F.:—Came down from the River
and sailed, the Royalist, Coot, for the Sotith Seas; and Ilope,
PATTEItiON, for Genoa and Leghorn.
lIA RWICU, MAY 3.—Wind S.—Sailed the Lord Castlereagh
packet, for Holland; and Earl Leicester packet, for Cuxhaven,
each with a Mail.

Cowes, Mar 3.—Arrived the Regulus transport, from Lon-
don, to take in troops for Gibraltar.
LUILIVICK, Arm 22.—Arrived on the 18th the William
M'Leay, CORMACK, bound to Norway, having, in lat. 62. 39.
long. 4. 19. E. been struck by a heavy sea, which obliged them
to cut away the mainmast.—A quantity of timber and part of
a ship have been thrown on shore on the North West part of
the Island of linst ; the timber is supposed, to be American.
LivEnrom., MAY 2.—Arrived the Natches, IVAnoccx, and
Ceres, FISHER, from Charleston ; Copernicus, BLAKE, from
Memel ; Ann Maria, WAITE, from New York, sldled 6th April;
Saliy, M`KowN, from Baltimore ; Waterloo, MoNtioz, from
Lisbon; Alchymist, NirvrasoN, from St. Vincent's; and Bel-
videre.BlLN, from Wilmington. The Albion, WILLIAMS, for
New York-, which was on shore, has been got of, and pro-
ceeded to sea.

CC6TOII- I lousr, May 3.—Ships Entered Inwards: The Maria,
from New York ; Caledonia, from kid; Waterloo, from Har-
lingen • Christiana, from Rotterdam; William, and George,
from helfast ; and the Lively, from Harlingen.—Entered Out-
wards: The Mary, for Castle; Atalanta, for Ilamburgh Le-
veret,for Riga ; Beverly, and Staines, for Bremen ; Andate,
for Antwerp ; and the Phcenix, for India.—Cleared Outwards :
The Ann, for Dantzic ; the Friends, for Petershurgh ; Friends,
and Frederick, for Newfoundland; Lindsays, for Gibraltar;
General Grentield, for Memel; Ann, for St. Petersburgh ; and
the Ernest, for Santander.

Amtivto--.lt Jersey, the C:lta, Le Grand, from Antwerp.
At Bristol, Ann, George, from Tobago. At Holyhead, Sally,
M'Kown, from Baltimore. At Oporto, Anlahy, Overton, frem
Hull; Brilliant, Finlay, from Bristol; Dolphin, Cousins, from
-Dartmouth; and John and James, Owen, from Lion.

SPORTIA G.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1820.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3.
A Sweepstakes of logs. each, for 3-yr-uld colts, Bst. Sib. fillies,
Bst. 21b.—T. V.C.
Lord Suffield's brown colt, by Vandyke Junior - - 1
Mr. Neale's colt, by Pericles ,
Mr. Udny's colt, by Haphazard - - - . - s
Even on Lord Suffield's colt.

Handicap Plate of £5O, by Subscription, being the third of the
three £5O Plates, for 3,4, .5, 6-yr-old, and aged horses. A.F.
Mr. Charlton's bay colt Phanix, 4-yrs-old, 7st. 101 b. -
Major Wilson's chesnut filly Schedam, 4-yrs-old, 7st. 101 b. 2
Mr. Wilson's chesnut colt Haruspex, 4-yrs-old, 7st. 10Ib. 3
Mr. Payno's bay filly, by Crispin, 3-yrs-old, bat. 71b. - 4
Mr. Rogers's bay mare Corinne, 5-yrs-old, 9st. - 5
Mr. Milnes's chesnut colt Mortimer, 4-yrs-old, Bst. 71b. 6
6 to 4 agst Phoenix.

A Handicap for a Gold Cep, value 70gs. the rest in specie ; a
Subscription of 15gs. each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Mr. Bouverie's Zadig, 4-yrs-old, est. - - - - 1
Mr. J. Rogers 's Lounger, 8-yrs-old, 6st. 61b. - 2
Mr. Thorohill's Shoveller, 4-yrs-old, Bst. 91b. - - 3
Mr. Wyndham's Snowden, 4-yrs-old, 3st. 31b. - - 4
Even on Zadig-5 to 1 agst Lounger-5 to 2 agst Shoveller.

FARNBOROUGH HUNT RACES, HANTS.
11/I=AT, MAY 2.
A Subscription Plate of £5O, for Hunters.—Four-mile heats.
Mr. G. Martin's chesnut gelding Luck's-All - 4 1 1
Major Lowndes's bay mare Ann - - - - 3 2. 3
Mr. Croft's bay horse Conie-by-chance - - 1 4 9
Mr. Toilet's Skyscraper 2 3 dr
Captain Swan's bay horse Scaramoach - - 5 dr
Mr. Todd's Blue Ruin - - - - 6 dis
Famous racing.—Blue Ruin fell in running first for the heat.
The first heat was won by a neck, the last heat by half a length.
Luck's-All the favourite at starting.—After the first heat, 6to 4
on Chance; after the second beat, 6 to 4 on Luck's-All.
The Ladies' Plate, by Subscription, of £5O, with £lO from

. . • -
the Hunting Fund.
Mr. Fin,bury's bay colt, by Waxy - -
Captain Brear's bay mare Solitude - - -
Mr. Toilet's Skyscraper - - - - -
Even betting on the winner.—Won easy.

1 1

- 2 2
- 3 dr

The Printer of the Manchester Gazette has been obliged to give
security to answer a charge of libel upon the Military at that place.
The Printer of the Manchester Observer is in a similar predicament.
Cons: Maaruit.—A Court Martial was held in Chester on
Monday last, on a private soldier of the 71st Glasgow regi-
ment), named Newman, charged with threatening to shoot two
of the Captains of that regiment (Lcorn and Auoitesou) on the
128th March last. The Court opened at it o'clock in the morn-
ing, and closed about three, when the evidencewas read over by
W. \l. HINDIII6O7/, Esq. the Deputy Judge Advocate. The
decision of the Court was forwarded to London, to be laid
before his Manure ; and, till it has received the Royal sanction,
it will not be published.
DLORT•L&ri Tnzaras—A very successfld Drama, in two
Acts, was produced here last night, called The Lady gni the
Devil. It is a smart little Piece, possessing at once origLiality,
ispirit, and genuine comic incident, situation, and effect, so much
Iso as to bring the rich talents of bliss Kestr, Eturrott, and
1/lancer into action, and to afford full scope for their displ ty.—
The Piece was received throughout with reiterated and general
applause, and cannot fail to prove a lasting favourite.
Covitte-Ganurs.—A new Drama, in three Acts, was last
night p,rformed for the first time, under the title of Afonteni;
or, ThrPhantont. The Piece is evidently a hasty and unfinished
production, but some of the situations are well imagined, and
worked up with much skill. When the curtain fell, it met with
considerable applause, and some opposition: but, after a short
delay, Mr. Assorr succeeded in annuuucing It We repetition on
Friday. The House was well attended.
BRAZIL.—The Travels. of Prince Maximilian, in
the Years 1815,1816, and 1817, will be published on
Monday nest.—This Work is reported to be one of the most 'm,
portanc that has yet appeared respecting this interest.: . bat
hitherto imperfectly known Country. The Prince has t it; ned
the totally unknown regions along the East Coast of Brazil, b..
tween the lath and 21d degrees of South Latitude, which bad
not yet been penetrated into by any traveller, with a licit utile
view, and with his numerous and important zoological observe.
liens he has connected the most interesting particulars respect-
Ing the natured the country, and the 131111110111e1 tki inhabitants.

THE NEWS I

FROM JOHN TO HIS COUSIN IN THE COUNTRY.
[From the Morning Chronicle, May 5.]

4' Master, Master I news, .Id news, awl nick news as you never
Award of."—Tai. TEM UMW, Act lii. St.

Dna Coz—Mhat a fuss against all unrovarion,
We've heard from the party that govern the nation;
Yet still 'tis approv'd when their taste they would pander,
So sauce for the Goose is not sauce for the Gander.
Why, novelty, nothing but novelty's seen,
A new throne (such a Ming !)—a new King, a new Queen—
" A new Queen !" you exclaim, with your wits on the wing—
I know what you mean, but I mean no such thing :
No, these not the rites, like the rights we live under,
And " whom lizav'x has join'd, let no man put asunder
You ask for the news, and the picture I'll draw,
Mon cher, to k VCILT, et itfast le vouloir.
New Members, new Parliaments, now are the go—
We hope they'll be better—the last were so, so. •
(On Parkantents /mused, no words will I waste—
I've tried—and short Commons are not to my taste.)
New laws, and new practice, and new prosecutions,
New charges, new verdicti, and new executions;
New Churches, new Bank-notes—a subject that frets,
For this is " a new way of paying old debts:"—
Jruietim defying, these notes, as I learn,
Will greatly resemble the parent concern.
New libels—new lies—they are so : in my youth
The same was defended because it was truth.
New taxes, new pensions, new friends, and new times,
Now faces, new dresses, new courts, and new crimes—
IsTete faces, said I? No, I err, I must own,
ANI-ro love to old faces • is now quite the ton !
INNOVATIONS enough !—of the good all bereft,
We soon shall have nothing worth keeping that's left t.
Such Cox' are the News, and I wish (to be brief)
I could add, there's a hope they'll turn o'er a near leaf !
May 2. JOHN BULL

• It should be new faces, perhaps, after all; for what sari
llarnlet? " I have heard of your painting, too, weU enough.—
Coo has given you one face, and you mak* yourselva another;"
se that when " the head" of any full-blown rose of quality " is
modern, though the trunk's antique," it may very properly be
called a new face.
t The Anti-Innovators have, in fact, left nothing that is truly
old and venerable-, except the N.w River and Netvgate the for-
!r ct Wittr in o,ene taltsbilis ovum—flows, says the
Poet, and will flow to—eternity :—the latter has a channel in
the same direction.

Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Baronet, had a very narrow
escape, on Saturday last, while fox-hunting, near his
seat, Buckland Abbey, Plymouth ; his horse, a beau-
tiful and valuable animal, having, when at full
speed, dropped down dead under him. What makes
the escape more providential is, that the feet of the
next Gentleman's horse actually grazed the Baronet's
head as he lay on the ground. Sir JOHN retived
some severe bruises, but, we are happy to safe is
fast recovering from their effects.
The strong N.W. gale of Thursday last, occasioned
an extremely high sea, along the northern coast
of Kent, and had the tides been at the height of the
springs, it is thought it would have been as high as
that of the .2d of March. Further portions of the
Cliff at various situations, from being previously un-
dermined, have, in consequence, yielded to the force
of the waves; and relics of mortality, consisting of
human bones, probably from the old burial-ground
at Reculver, have been strewed on the shore at seve-
ral places. Part of a coffin-lid, upwards of two inches
thick, with the ornamental nails, and covering of black
cloth yet_ad'aering to it, has also been taken up at
Herne Bay, drifted, without doubt, by the tide, after
having been engulfed by the sea, during the late
falls of the Cliff, at the above place.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The following curi-
ous affair is the subject of general conversation, at
the przsent moment, in the neighbourhood of the
Duke of BEDFORD'S estate, at Woburn:—There are
tw ponds in tile neighbourhood of the Abbey, called
Upper and Low rr Draycra, and some boys who went
there to bathe lately, observed some shining sub-
stances, resembling pieces of gold coin, scattered at
tlle bottom of the water, fur a considerable distance
al"ng the• shore, extending two or three yards from
the bank. S. me of the pieces they picked up, and
they proved to be guineas
_and half-guineas. the
circumstance was soon made :sublic, and numbers of
people flocked to the place with all the eagerness
such an occurrence was calculated to excite. Con-
siderable sums, in guineas, half-guineas, and seven-
shill:rig pieces, were picked up by many persons,
and it was said that the borders of both the por.ds
above-mentioned were thickly strewed with these
precious coins. The crowd increased, by people
coming from a distance; the shrubberies were t 2 amp-
led down, and all the ordinary occupations of the
neighbourhood seemed to be suspended. This con-
tinued for two days ; but on the third, Mr. Salmon,
his Grace's Steward, prohibited all further search,
and succeeded in repelling the intruders, and placing
a guard over the ponds, till the pleasure of the Duke
shall be known; but he did not effect this without
great difficulty. Since then, four men have kept
continual watch, day and night, over the place; and
it is supposed that money to :le amount of some
hundred pounds has been takensaway; but nothing
has transpired to shew how, or by whom it had been
so singularly deposited, except the following circum-
stance :—About three weeks ago there died-at Craw-
ley (a village in the immediate neighbourhood of
.Woburn) an elderly Lady, named Sims. This per-
son had long lived a very retired life, but was sup-
posed to have considerable sums of ready money in
her house. In her last illness, she refused to have any
of her relatives about her, and would suffer no per-
son to attend upon her but an.old woman, who re-
sided in a cottage near her house. At her death her
relations took possession of her premises and effects,
but not an iota of the expected hoard could be found.
The old woman above-mentioned was suspected of
having conveyed it away, and she was in consequence
carried before a Magistrate; but she stoutly denied
all knowledge of it, and, after a serious admonition
• -from the Magistrate, she was discharged. Since the
ffisiovery of the money in the ponds, however, seve-
ral persons recollect having seen her by the side of
these ponds, who, from her motions, supposed her to
be in the act clf feeding the swans; and it was recol-
lected also, that, upon one or two of these occasions'
when she perceived she was observed, she endea-
voured to secrge herself among the bushes on the
banks. There has also been found in the grounds of
the Abbey an old pocket-book, believed to belong to
the deceased Mrs. Sims, and containing a number of
Bank-notes. The old woman, however, still persists
in protesting her ignorance of the matter, and thus
this mysterious affair rests at present.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 3.

THE KING D. HUNT, JOHNSON, BAMFORD, AND HEALY.
Mr. Justice BATLEY this morning, as soon as the
Court was full, and the defendants had been called,
proceeded with his exposition of the evidence in this
case. On coming to the point at which Mr. Hunt
had proposed to adduce evidence respecting the con-
duct of the Manchester Yeomanry, his Lordship said.
the grounds on which he had refused to admit it
were, that the Yeomanry were not parties before the'
Court ; and that such evidence was not necessary to
the purposes of the defence ; and that it was, there-
fore, improper, as it might create a prejudice on
some future occasion, when they might be parties to
a judicial inquiry.--After his Lordship bad continued
leading about two hours,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that, in order
to prevent exhaustion on the part of Mr. Justice
Bayley, it might be convenient to suspend the further
reading at present, and after the Bar should have
been gone through, it might be resumed.
The Court then proceeded to hear *lotions.
After the lapse of an hour, Mr. Justice BATLEY
resumed his task ; and at three o'clock, the farther
hearing of the case was postponed until Friday.

MR. THOMAS WEBB.
Mr. Thomas Webb, who has several times applied
for hearing to their Lordships, appeared upon the
floor of the Court, and entered into a very incoherent
statement of real or supposed grievances. The ef-
fect of this Gentleman's address was to impute the
crime of perjury to certain individuals of respectable
situations in society; and be was informed by the
LORD.CHIEF JUSTICE that the Court could not listen
to such defamatory matter.
After he had been repeatedly desired to state the'
nature of his motion, Mr. Webb put in an affidavit
of fearful extent, declaring that he was a ruined man
if any accident befel it. Ile subsequently entreated,
that the Court would be pleased to assign him pro-
per Counsel, in order that his case, which was of the
highest importance both to himself and to the Bench,
might be fully investigated.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE thought that Counsel
had already been requested to look into the matter.
He would read the affidavit ; and if there was any
thing which the Court could do, and ought to do,
that should be done ; but the Court could not listen
to defamation. Mr. Webb might apply again in
a day or two. .

TUE KING V. CHARLES COLLINS, ROBERT WALTERS,
MART WALTERS, ELIZABETH BADMAN, MARY GOOSE,

AND JOSEPH ROSSETER.

Mr. Serjeant PEI.L prayed the judgment of the
Court against the defendants, who had been con-
victed at the last Assizes for the County of Somerset
of a riot, and an assault upon the person of Grace
Turner. The circumstances of the case were these:
The defendant, Robert Walters, had been concerned
in a smuggling transaction, and had been convicted
in a penalty of £2O; principally upon the evidence
of Grace Turner. The parties all reside at Bridge-
water ; and, on the evening of the sth of April last,
immediately after the conviction of Walters, the de-
fendants assembled in a tumultuous manner, and re-
venged themselves upon Grace Turner, by beating
and ill-treating her.
There was another indictment against four of the
defendants, arising out of the same original transac-
' tion. After Walters had been convicted, the officers
proceeded to levy the fine of £2O upon his property;
and Collins, Rosseter, Walters, and Mary Walters,
obstructed them in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Serjeant Pau, would not press for judgment'
against Elizabeth 13adman and Mary Goose; and
they were, in consequence, discharged, on finding
securities for their good behaviour. Mary Walters
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in
Ilchester jail. Robert Walters to pay a fine to the
King of £lO. Joseph Rosseter was fined £5, and
Charles Collins was sentenced to two months' impri-
sonment in lichester jail.

THE KING v. JOIIN SHEAF.

Mr. MAItItVATT prayed judgment against this de-
fendant, who had been convicted upon an indictment
for obstructing the Revenue-officers in the perform-
ance of their ttuty. The defendant was sentenced to
four months' imprisonment in Maidstone ja;l.