Star.
London, England, 1816-02-17 00:00:00

DEAL, FEBRUARY N.

Arrived and remain for orders theZealous,Yonao,
from Cadiz ; Industry, Focus, from St. Michael's,
and sailed for the River; Hive, Gramm, from Se
rifle for London ; Elizabeth, HVIDEIaON, from
Mogadore for London. Came down worn the River
the Clifton, Bonita for Virginia ; Princess Charlotte,
—, for Jamaica ; Jemima, Bnowx, for Bearia ;
Fredericka, Moire, for 13.airdeaus ; and remain on
the Downs with his Majesty's ship GAMYAIEDE, Re•
Rent and Fort William Last-Indiamen, and the
whole of the outward-bound, as before, detained by
contrary wind,

RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY M.
Arrived the Agnes transport (No. 245). HUNT.
Put in ae Bee. Roisn; and the Hope schooner, for
shelter.

HARWICH, FEBRUARY It.
Arrived the Lord /sLlion packet. with a mail and
passengers, from , Wind W.
MILFORD-HAVEN, FEBRUARY 13.
Arrived the Sandwich Packet, with a Mall, Sir lone New-
Foal., Hart. M.P. and several other Paisengers, from Waterford;
and rite riptedwell anal.* germ. Cotters, from ac. nit... :Lied
the Ann, Cu A Feast., from tirtitol. for Cnrit ; the I.),lthirt us-
tom-House Cutter. on a crease; and ,lie Maria, Kt vs, :torn
Chester, fur &inst. Remain the Auuts schooner. WiLd W.

By the Lord Hobart packet we have received let-
lets from the Brazils to the al of December, of
which the toll° sving are extracts :
l'he Prince Regent some days ago, created these
dominions ii:to a Kingdom, and has comm:nced
styling himself • Prince Regent of the United King-
!Om ot Portugal, Brazil, and Algarve." This, in
the opinion of the Courtiers, confirms, if further
proofs were necessary, the idea that the Court is re-
solved n.,t to quit Rao Janeiro. In order to render
its territorial limits to the South more compact, it is
believed that Portuguese troops will immediately oc-
cupy Montevideo, and a;1 the eastern bank of La
Plata. For this purpose, it is said, the ttows now
arriving from Lisbon ate to proceed to Rio Grande,
the present frontier in that quarter. Their number
is ail less than .5,000,. and the militia of the country,
as well as the rest of the regular troops, are prepar-
ing for the same service. It is not known whether
all this is to be done in concert with the Spanish Go-
vet nment or not, but certain it is, the operation can-
' not long be deterred.
" In the mean time General Vigodet and Father
Cirilo, the matrimonial agents, rematn here, ill looked
upon by the Court, though greatly noticed be' the
Princess Cat lota. As their mission was very secret,
and to: med. by the suppressed Ministry of the Indies
in Spain; without any participation on the part of the
Ministry of State, this circumstance has created se-
rious difficulty in the Brazil Cabinet, and it is indeed
dubious, whether the marriage will be carried into
effect, notwithstanding the matrimonial contracts
have been,regularly signed."

THZ DECRIL
so Don John, by the grace of God, Prince Regent
of Portugal and of the two Algarve:, arc. I make
known to all who:ball see these presents, that having
constantly in my Royal mind the most lively wish to
cause the prosperity of the States which DIVINE
PROVIDENCE has, entrusted to my sovereign adminis-
tration.; giving, at the same time, due importance
to the vast event and locality of my dominions in
America ; to the abundance and variety of the pre-
cisius elements of riches which they • contain within
themielves and besides, perceiving bow advanta-
geous to my faithful subjects in general, must be a
perfect union .and identity of interests between my
kingdoms of Portugal and the two Algarve:, and my
dominions of Brasil, by raising the latter to that po-
litical rank and scale to which, kw the above-mentioned
reasons, they are entitled ; and in which my said do.
minions have already been considered by the Pleni-
potentiarie► of the Powers who formed the Congress
of Vienna, both in the treaty of alliance concluded
on the Bth of April of this year, and in the final treaty
of the said Congress: I have therefore determined,
and it is my pleasure to ordain as follows:
That from and after the publication of thee. presents, the
state of Brasil shall he Mord to the diguity, proittutosocd,
and desoodeation of the LINEDOK or BEAZIL.

" That or kingdoms of Portupl, the two Algarve% sod
Broad, AA to futon tom one sat Kingdom, voclyr the this
of UNIT= KAMODOM 00 PS&TVOAL, •$O OW BOAZIL, •ND
TOO TWO 'IILOMITtII.

'I hat for the titles inhenent In the crows of Portugal,
and which it hes hitherto used, shall he substituted in an public
acts, the new dde et—Prince Iteret et the United Kingdoms of
Palsied, leak and the two Algarres, Ire,.
66. Gnat at the Palms el Rao is Janeiro, this Itth Dec. ISIS.
041Ped) •I THE PRINCE.
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A grand entertainment was given on Thursdapsat
Freemasons' Tavern, by the Me berg of the City.
Light Horse Volunteers to Colonel Humes and the
rest of the Officers, which was attended by. tbe Duke
of Yone. and the whole of Itii StafF compriiiing the
Adjutant-Gerterrl, his Mil tart' Secret rtes. &-, kc.
The Duke of Moetaiosa, the heads of the dill. rent
VAtinteer corps, and a number of other di,tinvii,hesll
Officers were also present: after dinner a number of
loyal and patriotic toasts were given, enlivened by
excellent songs by professional men, and the day was
spent with that cheerful hilarity and harmony which
the sister whit ever inspires in well regulated minds.
Friday se'nnight, a detachment of the 89th regi.
ment marched from Chatham Barracks to Graves.
end, to embark for India, and nu Monday a detach;
ment of the 86th marchedf T the same destination.
Lieutenants Hewirrsoe and GouLnetr, five See.
jeants, ard 114 rank and file, all of the 83d. arrived
in Waterford on Sunday, in the Fox, Dexts. from
Dover. They had a dreadful passage; the vessel
suffered so severely, as to be nearly unmanageable.
In the storm of the 30th, Captain Dams was tempted
to run the vessel ashore, an the best chance of safety.
The party marched for Cork on Monday.

MILFORD-HAVEN, FEBRUARY is.
Arrived the transports Triton's ---, Jane, HAM.
MOND, and Ilfracombe, WADI. with troops (part of
the 60th and 90th regiments) from Cork for Ply.
month, Sailed the Royal S lrereign (t►ancport),
AU:7E4I6IMR, and Perseverance freight vessel, Witil
pan of the 16th Light Dragoons on boards from
Bristol, bound to Cork.
RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY 16.
Arrived this morning, from Ostend, a transpf.rt,
having on board 180 of the 2d Batfa.ion of the 78th
Regiment, under the command of Car. *Gagnon
they have come on shore, and been placed in roar.
ters for the.night, and wal m •rch off for Deal Bar-
racks in the morning. The Lord Lisr,:rrt 1 packet
arrived yesterday from Ostend with several pdbbCi Ise: s.

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nf -August. by vent inbreed b be d onotition
from an Evening Paper, whkh niodified some of the
assertions before. made, which, however.* the. &fen-
,dant contradicted by pretending to bem the secret,
.pod to explain the' whole relation by. observations
Span the local situation of Brussels la Itnotber pa.
ragraph, tbe lady, who was supposed to be guilty,
was distinctly pointed at a for it was observed that
a very 644401 woman.' of Trish -.ectractleop was
said to be a party in the amour.: et Brussels. Which
hid mods •o Mori; noise oo *ls Continent." By
9•••• 'Moos publications the chabs.of tnaligneht ale
o.satioo was coMforted ; in the first the public ap.
ate fat ecindel was etched, and in the rest it was.
fed almost to .repletion • the poisoned shaft tics—
lumpy bad been drawn home in the first, directed in
the second, and bulls the heart of innocence and
beauty in tbi last. These was no mad More friendly
to the liberty -of the press than the Learned Seism,
OA no Mime could be more detestable than. for the'
elf goils• to play the cold-blooded assassin Of
don—errors ljht be committed. but nil ij#
gjdais &pita, should be the universal Mb
Fnittthe _ publishers of newspapers. Mr. Salome'
his address by an appal to the Jury upon
"gerat damages, which. though the object of
ftWas far Trout pecuniary, he hoped would
he each as tai Mark their strong sense of the
donee° ate unspotted pnrity of Lady FrancesWeb-
ldr. Henry Lord put In .an affidavit troth the
Steep 015cei proving the defendant and a Mr. C:,
Veen to be proprietors of The St. dawn': ChrenkJe.
Ilso produced the newspapers from which At
111berwies read. .

The Mkt* of Itiehmond, who sat on the bench
with hie Lordship, deposed, that be was at Brussels
with the Dacitess and hi, levee. daughters, in the
early pert orjels. He and his family were well
acquainted with Mn Webster and his lady, and;
when 'Mr. Webster went to England, Lady Frances
astired to the house of Lord Mtnorris. The Duke
of Wellington came to Brussels soots time previous
,to thetattle of Waterloo, and the Wee of Itichntind
being intimately acquainted whit him, iovit'd *no to
dinner, and requested Lady Frances Webster to
meet him. considering her a lady of angularly ami-
able and decorous manners. In all probability obis
was the first time the Duke °Wellington bad been
introduced to Lady Frances, who was in the constant
habit of visiting the family of the Duke of Rich-
mond, who, as well as the Duchess, was of opinion
that no lady of their acquaintance was more fit CO be
intrusted with the care of their =married daughters.
The witness had read the libels when at Paris, where
they were ant shewn him, bat he had not in conse-
quence lessened the intimacy between his daughters
and Lady Frances Webster. To a question from Mr.
Serjeant Vaughan, also for the plaudit, his Grace
answered, that while the Duchess of Wellington was
at Paris, Lady F. Webster had been mach in she
company of her Grace.
Mr. Serjeant Rouse, who was with Mr. fierjeatet
Luis, for the defendant, cross-eiamined the Duke Of
Richmond as to the fact of his having seen Va.&
Jassees arsaisk at Paris; to whichhis Grace an.
swered is the affirmative, and that the libels were
inserted. •

Mr. Serjeant Beer then proposed to call the Rev.
George Griffin, and an • Aide.de.Camp of the Duke
of Wellington, to themes, facts; bat the Chieflus.
rice held it unnecessary, Mr. Serjeant Lens haying
said that he did not for a moment mean to cast any
imputation upon the character or conduct of Lady
Frances Webster. The plaintiff% ease was, therefore,
Isere closed.

Mr. Serjeant Lases, in addressing the Jury for the
defendant, observed, that it was not merely the dis.
cretion of an advocate, but the express desire of his
client, that had excluded any justification from the
record ; fur as soon as be was made acquainted with
the error into which he had fallen, he had been
anxious to make every possible reparation for the in-
jury. Undoubtedly, the character of Lady Frances
Webster was far above the reach of calumny, and
all attempts to assail it must be ineffectual, and must
draw down their own punishment : he regretted,
however, that his Learned Friend had, somewhat
unfairly, brought into the scale, which the damages
.of the Jury were to outweigh, the character of an il-
lustrious Duke, whose name would be revered, and
whose achievements would be admired, as long as
history was read. If the Duke of Wellington con-
ceived he had any thing to complain of, be was fully
competent to his own vindication; and he therefore
entmted the Jury to lay out of the cue matters that
were extraneous, and which could only tend, impro.
perly to swell the damages. The defendant had no
justification to male, and scarcely an excuse to offer;
but be hoped his offence would not be considered so
aggravated, when it was recollected that he was the
mere copier of these paragraphs, which had first been
published in other newspapers : his was a different
case from that of a person whose inventive malignity
had voluoteered to inflict deep and incurable wounds.
The real and only question for the Jury was the
amount of damages; and he (Mr. Serjeant Lens)
could not help thinking that the objeet of vindication
of character would have been better attained by in- 1
dktment than by an action for pecuniary compensa-
tion. As it was reduced, however, to a question of
damps, it was necessary to inquire what injury the
plaintiffend his lady bad sustainedf for that was the
only measure of the verdict., There was an obvioos
distinction between the case of a married and a single
lhand ady ;mk act in
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ot -one
meatus
and open in which
atal ur vindicatorwasa
Mr. Webster ha proceeded—while in the other the
utiprotected-fanele was left sometimes without the
means of disproving the base calumny, and compel-
led to leave the work of iedreu to the oblivious hand
of Time, and to be contend to be forgotten, since
it was impossible that she should be vindicated.—
When justice was demanded in such a case, the da-
mages ought to be much more heavy than in one
like the present, where the acknowledgment of, the
libel was in acquittal from the unfounded-char.
The Learned Serjeant for the plaintiff had truly said,
that pecuniary compensation was out of the question.
The plaintiff despised all consideration of damages,,
and only required complete and unqualified vindica-
tion. That vindication had now been obtained; the
unjustifiable paragraphs bad, been refuted by the
acknowledgments of 411 parties; and it seemed there-
fore to Mr. Serjeant Lens that the 'tannest damages
• would effect the purpose of the plaintiff as well as the
Largest. Mailer all ilicciscuatstanses, he kit the case

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