Star.
London, England, 1817-09-03 00:00:00

ARATMOAADMIR.IL DUCKWORTH.

On S•tnday died, at Plymouth Dock, one of one
most distinguished Naval Conimanders. Sir Jones
THOMAS DUCKWORTH, Baronet, Ko;ght Grand Cross
of the Bath, Admiral of the White, Comm .neti•r-In-
Chief on the Plymouth Station, and Member of Par-
liament for New Romney: Up to the very haul of
his dissolution, he persisted in transacting the affairs
Of his public duty in person, although his higliture
to his last dispatches was scarcely legible. His teal
was unabated, however, and the gallant veteran may
very justly be stid to have fallen at his post. He
was in the 70th year of his age.
S:r JOHN Dt mivoterit was one of the five sons of
the Rev. HENRY DUCKW-Mlu, 'Rector of • Fulmer, in
the county of Bucks. He WAS b at Leatherhead,
in Surrey, 28th February, 1747-8, and entered the
Navy in February. 17.59, in which he rose to the rank
of Lieutenant in June, 1770, and to that of Comman-
der on 16th July, 1779. He WAS created a Po,►.
Captain 16th June, 1780—a Commodare, serving at
:R. Domingo, in July, 1796 (and as such commanded
in chief• at the taking of Minorca, in N ivember.
1798) ; and a Rear-Ad,iiiral of the White, the 14th
February, 1799. He was Commander-in• Chief at
the Leeward Islands from May, 1800, to January,
1802, from which station he was removed to the chief
command at Jamaica, where be served till May, 1 50..7.
having been in the mean time nominated a Ku:ght.
of the Bath, in July, 1801.

Soon after his return from Jamaica he was appoint.
ed second in command, under the lit Lord CULLING-
WOOD, in the Mediterranean, by whom he WAS d,
tached to the West Ildies in pur.oit of the French
fleet, which he defeated in the memorable civil.--
went off St. Domingo, on the 6.11. February, 1806,
capturing PAleaandre, of 84 guns, le Jupiter and le
Brave, of 74 guns each, and driving on shore Pim-
, periale, of 120 guns, bearing the 11'g of Kear.Admi-
ral Ls Snack and le Diomede, of 84 Runs, which
he afterwards burned. Early in the following year
he was again detached to Constantinople, and passed
the Dardanelles, with the result and circumstances
of which the Public are well acquainted. Peons
thence forward, till the middle of 18ta, the Admiral
'tore a command in the Channel Fleet. In January,
1810, he was appointed Governor and Commander-
in-Chief of Newtouolland, where be served till 1818,
in which year he was created a Baronet of Great
Britain. Finally, on 15th January, 1815, he was
appointed to the chief command of Plymouth, where
he has closed his long and honourable career of ser-
vice. Some years since a pension of £lOOO per an-
num was settled on him for his services. In July,
1770, he married ANNE, only child and heir of Josue
WAcus, of Camelford, in Cornwall. His only son,
Colonel Ducstwourtr, was killed in one of the engagt-
naents under the Duke of WEJAINGTON, in Spain.

Yesterday morning, as Mr. THORPE. jun, of Ber-
mondsey. was walking along Bermondserstreet, he
fell down, and instantly exposed.
G. CABR"LIi Contractor for the present Small
Lottery. begs leave to remind the Public of the near
approach of the Drawing, which will commence and.
finish on WEDNESDAY Next, the 10th of This MONTH.
crnstairis Friends wilt nett forget -the iimtlable
success which attends his Offices, 7. Cornhilt, and
20, Osfued-street, where the last Prize of asomou
was sold in Shares. He Ratters himself that the Two'
Prizes of £20,000 which enrich the Scheme, will fall
to the lot of those who honour him with their Coln•
mands, and increase the List of Capital Prizes that
have been sold by him during the last forty years.

Tom Werateron, of facetious Memory, walking one
day with a friend, happened to pass by a school-room
just at she hour of breaking up, when a rush of the
boys called for the remark of his companion, that he
never saw a more disorderly crew. Nay, says the.
Poet, not so; for it easy to see, that they belong
to the goi.eith ORDER. •
LADY MORGAN'S "FRANC[."—The Second Edition
of this curious and spirited Work is just published in
octavo. This productioa excites as much attention
at Paris as in London. The fair Author's picture of
Society and Manners is considered more free from
national prejudices than ally heretofore exhibited., It
is accordingly the only work of the kind that has
been received by the Parisians with a degree of fa-
vour. The Aimed de Paris makes the following
remarks:
" LADY MOIGAN has been run after, entertained, and .
most worshipped, in alt our fashionable circles. She bas studied
us from head to too,, from the Court to the village, from the
boudoir to the kitchen. Peasants, Noblemen, Duchesses, Citi.
sans' Wives, Priests, Soldiers, Royalists, Ultras, CUlN!ittltionalists,
both of the year 59 and 1810, Children of the Revolution, Eulo-
fitters of former times, Authors, Players, Painters, klpskuuis,
Phut% Datmers,Goionandizers, Mendicants, Promenaders, Pa-
rashes. Valets do Chambre, Footmen, Nurses, Frequenters of
the Theatres, Auditors of the Institute; no inday,du.tlhas escaped
the mace of LADT MCADAM. She has seen,olkerved, analyzed',
and described every thing, men and rhino, speee!as aml cnarac.
sera. This kook Iva complete magic lantern. he falr Travels,
seems to be sisitumnr.; site Ramp; us with so much dclicacey
and censures its with so good a grace, that we cannot potslheg
be angry, vivo when she makes nti,,take,., in imiratson I.f a c.v..
rain individual, hue cothstryrnan, who judged of all the Ladies of
Blois by an inkroper's wile."
CAntn-Excitasioa, SEPr. 3.—The weather brine
fine,
.and appearing settled, caused very • heavy sal •
,for all Grain this morn:ng, and but little was done I
and-although• Monday's prices were asked, purchases
might have been at full 2i. per quarter under Moe- •
dly's prices for all descriptions of Corn.
BANTBOLOMEW-FMR—This day the LORD MAYOR,
according to annual custom, proceeded in his state.
carriage, from the Mansion-House, accompanied by
a numerous party of City Officers, and after having
partaken of rt cool tankard with Mr. BROWN, the keeper
of Newgate, his Lordship arrived at Smithfield about
twelve o'clock, and proclaimed the Fair, with the
usual ceremony.
Exact TI N.—Saturday E. Campl,ll. aged 52, con.
v.cted at the last Stafford Assizes of passing a forged
Bank-note, was executed at the trout of the County •
Gaol, upon a new drop, erected on the same plan as
that used at the Old Bailey, in Ltindon. By plead-
ing guilty to the offence of having forged notes in his
possession, .he might have saied his life, and would
have been sentenced to transportation for 14 years ; '
but on the day previous to his execution, he declared
that he preferred death to that punishment. His
conduct after condemnation WAS penitent and resigned,
And on the night which was destined Nis last he
slept soundly cur several hums.

ASSIZES.

LONDONDERRY.

at!. I. •UNt, DIAN OF DERRY, iv INHABITANTS Of CULNORt.
This was an issue directed by the LORDCHANCELLOR
to ascertain two points : Ist, Whether the lends of
Culmore are situate within the parish of Templemore,
or the titheable parts thereof ? and, 2dly, Whether
the Kings and Queens of England, from time imme
morial, held those Lind: free of tithe. Several wit-
nesses were examined both for plaintiff and defendants,

after which Judge DAY charged the Jury, who re.
t:red for abnin three hours. Upon their return into
Court, they gave in their verdict, ending, that the
lands of Culmore, according to the Down Survey, are
within the parish of Templemore, but not in the tithe-
able parts of said parish. And upon the second issue
they found, that the Kings and Queens of England
held the lands of Culmore, from time immemorial,
without poing any tithe fir the same. This cause
excited great interest, and the Court was crowded at
an early hour.