Star.
London, England, 1810-10-03 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY AT LISBON.

By the private letters received from Lisbon by the / The battalion of Marines esOodying for service,
Mail of yesterday, and given in another column, it in a great state of forwardness— at present it _
appears that the object of the Conspirators was to the commands of Majors Assam winr andWILLIAMS.
decide the fate of Portugal by more expeditious means They will embark at Chatham. ' • ,
than the fortune of war. I Generals CUPPAGE and M'Lzon, of the Artillery.
The discovery of this iniquitous scheme was made have set off from Woolwich for Portsmouth.
on the Ilth of last month, and the 18th was the time The 2d battalion of the 25th,. or Edinburgh •
fired for its accomplishment. Five thousand stand merit, is recruiting fast at Dundee.
of arms. and a great quantity of clothing similar to There is now little doubt of Lieutenant
that used in the British army were discovered, which Baowtratooe's going out as Commander in
seer, to have been employed on the occasion. It is India. General HEWITT has been in bad '
54id that about 200 persons were seized under the the last two years. •
charge of being concerned in this treason, but the list By the last ships from India, accounts
with which we have been supplied, consists only of ceived of Major M'GREcon, of the 11th N
81. in which are included fifteen Noblemen, several valry, having been killed at Seringspatam,
thrown out of a gig.
Judges, Magistrates, and other Public Officers, with
General MAINE, of the Engineers, is mat,
P. tests, Merchants, and Women. Among them are neral survey of the state of all the fortificatl
the following names : - I Ireland. Colonel D'Attexv accoinpanies him,
1 q
The Mai quis ABRANTES. Lviajor DOWNMAN, with two companies ,
~r RArsoN, i French merchant and Member of the Board
tillery, is embarking at Plymouth, with sot
of Tl.ide.
vANDELLT, a principal house of trade, and Member of the same reinforcements, for Lord WELLINGTON's arm
Bove. . The Honourable General COLV/LLE has
SANtr, r .To. a Nobleman. the Gordon Highlanders, to join Lord WEL
Judge MA I, LARENHA.
CAMBIA aJ, employed formerly by a lace-defaulter who lived army. -
in his Louse. General CIIENZET, of the Guards, is apt
Thoratracq, a Frenchman. serve in the York district.
hioavA mr, an English merchant.
Marchiovess, IiALVITO. General GLEDSTANES, who lately returned
issous ESTAVES anal son, of the Pollee Office. Wect Indies, is appointed to Sir JOIIN Do,
Dr. ALSIrIDA, it Physician in the first practice. at Guernsey.
BR racala r, a Merchant much respected.
PiLLIGRINI, a Painter not long since in London. • Three French Generals, about 100 On
MAUL, ESTAVN. JOSEPH SALDANA, &C. Ike. many privates, French prisoners, have been
Gouvea, mentioned in the private letters as them Cadiz to Portsmoutn, which makes th(
head quarters, is eight leagues S. S. West of Celerico, lof French prisoners at that pl.ice amount
and about two leagues east of Coa, where the Oporto 20N0 061-
lettirs somewhat inaccurately stated the main body of Two hundrzcl men of the Bth Royal Veterat
talion have embarked to reinforce the garrison
the British army to have arrived. Heligoland.
The 2d -battalion 52d, Sir John Monre'-
regiment, being now 700 effective men, ex,
to go on service.

Last night we received German papers to the 23d
rhino, from which we have given some extracts.—
They chiefly relate to the movemenft of the Turkish
and Russian armies. A new triple alliance is spoken
of as being in contemplation in the Cabinets of Vienna
and St. Cloud, but we are left in the dark as to the
pities who are to.compose it.

The six under-mentioned French officers,
who broke their parole from Thame, having
taken in London, were conveyed last week
son ships at Chatham, by an escort of the
and several other
_ French officers have been
:on the coast
Henry Guiltier, Major of Laid Forces.
Vallery Lorin', Lietn•-nant of Land Forces.
Fortun6e Kersalle, Lieutenant of Artillery.
J. C. N. Filiard, Lieutenant of the Navy.
Celestin Kerangoni, Ensign of the Na.ty.
Am. Hypolite St. Ahura, Midshipman.
Yesterday a General Court Martial, con
the following Members : President, Lieur
neral the Hon. John Leslie ; Colonel Cool
Lambert, Colonel Griffiths, Colonel Byn q,
I Hon. - De Coutcy, Captain Cliltn
nant-Colonel Draper, Lieutenant-Colonel V
lain Dorville, Captain Alexander Lord
Captain Latour, Captain West, and Ca?tai.
assen:...:e.t at Chelsea College, for the tr;:
Shaw, a private in the Ist Regiment of Foot
on the under-mentioned charges, preferred
him by Colonel Raynsford
lit, For having slos'..rtell tt..mn the said Regiment
the i Sth of May, I 81(), and atient UT
September last, when brou,;llt Inck to the 1:POIL
escort, from gt. Al!):01', where hr wu, a:•;we'w.ded.
2d, For enlisting with a re,-ruing pair the
Guards, on or about the 19th of July 1;:st, iu f.: inbui
dulentiy receiving from that party :he suns of XS Si
ing from it on th.• 21st of the said month.
3d, For enlisting by the name of John Ball, witl
party of the th Light Dragoons, at St. Alban's, ii
and there frali,!alently obtaining from Captain Pett
that Regiment, the sum of one guinea; also the sui
chiding necessaries, from Colonel Clay, Inspecting
of a recruiting district.
The, evidence and defence be,ing gone t'
prisoner .was conducted hack to the Savo
will remain till his sentence is promulgate
NEWPORT, ISLE' 0 F WIGHT, OCTOI.
I hk.ten to inform you of n dreadful commotion
tr0,,1,, at the Depot, which took place about eight t
eretliag, which, for some time, caused a considerable
all were ca,sic-struck within the garrison. The Bru
part of a foreign corps here, had been, during the da;
guilty of several irregelarities, one of the East India rt
wounded in an affray. But a party being intoxicated,
in; entered the canteen, and demolished every thing
in in;,
way, and did the same iu a second room ; tl
some national songs, and rushed out in a body, and
quarters, and brou;ht out their rifles, with four •
• cartridge, and fired up and down every division at
report mentions 150 balls having been fired—an
makes them but 105.
I One man lam sorry to say, was killed, another
badly in the arm, that it has been amputated—ar
the body,.-but whether dead or not, is not known. .
Inquest will be held, and an account given, a satisfactory
' hope, why these men were entrusted with four rounds
cartridge each.
I The drums at length beat to arms, and the garrison
dered to ground arms, which was at length done,
tie hesitation on the part of the foreigners.
The coach from Cowes to Newport was passing
and the lives of the passengers esters A
undressing a child In a serjeant's quarters, and a;ball
passed between the woman and child without injury.

. There are various reports in circulation this day,
even in the Government Offices, that a battle has
taken place !ret.ween MASSENA and Lord WitaiNG-
TON ; but we cannot trace any of them to their source.
We c,m add that, to a certaint Government have
no official accounts of any
We '„ -ye a series of Papers from T. to the
date if the 2d ult. • Mr. JACKSON had ed from
a tour to the Northward in the steam b‘iit from Al-
bany, and Mr. NIORIEN, our Charge d'Affaires, kft
the Venus on the 25th, and arrived at New York in
the pilot boat on the following day. The language
of the New York Papers is somewhat coarse on the
character of the Legislature of the Republic. 44 The
time," s.tys the American Citizen. 44 is not far distant
when it will be disgraceful to be a Member of Con-
gress. Of 140 Members, of which the House of Re-
presentatives is composA, there are probably nor
more than six who can indite a passable resolution.
Al/man of ability and virtue is tailed an Aristocrat,
and the tool and fool a true Republican."

The Earl Spencer cutter has been sent round to
luirry Bay, to attend the orders of the' val Com-
mander in Chief on that station, who libeen com-
manded to proceed to Bear Island, to examine into
and report upon the capabilities of that place to be
converted into a naval depot, and the fortress sufficient
to protect the trade, and also the vessels that from time
to time may be orelered to rendezvous there, it *being
intended r!lat bye and bye the WeSt-India convoys
shall assemble and sail from Beethoven harbour.

Mr. Rose is confined with a violent attack of the
gout, at his house in Old Palace-yard.

GEORGE CHAMBERS, Esq. has been elected Mayor
Faversliarn.

The Monument erocted in Guildhall to the memory
of Lord NELSON is to be opened on Lord Mayor's.
Day. The group consists of three figures—Britannia
weeping over a bust of Ner...som—the City recording
his brilliant Victories—and Neptune leaning on a
Dolphin. The base contains in bat:o relievo the battle
of Trafalgar, with Lord COLLINGWOOD'S ship in the
state it remained after the action. A seaman is placed
at full length on each side the base, holding the im-
pletnents of war and navigation.
A grand dinner was given on Thursday last at Do.
ver, byLordTED4PLE, to the privates and non-commis-
sioned officers of the Royal Bucks Militia, of which
regiment his Lordship is the Colonel. The corps dined
on the heights in front of the Barracks, off roast beef.
The rural sports, consisting of jumping in sacks a
jingling match, eating hasty pudding with a fork, &c.
excited much merriment. Upwards of 5,000 people
were present.—The wives and children dined with the
11111 the same day Lord gave
dinner • -

Early on the morning of yesterday sei.
sleeping apartment of the mess-master belongil
the 81st regiment, at Bexhill barracks, was /obi
a trunk, containing Bank-notes, (put up
sums, for the payment of the tradesmen's
had been sent in,) amounting to £l5O, I',
cash, a gold watch, three gold rings, some .
and other articles, amounting in the whole
two hintdred pounds value, by a villain
who contrived to escape, undiscovered,
' booty. As soon as the property was missed,
into ber of persons were dispatched different wa'
' of it, by one of whom the trunk was picl
! quite empty. In traversing a small copse,
in the neighbourhood of the barracks, the
drum-boy was attracted by a scrap f lilt
hanging on a tree, vdfich young Too
the robbers might have there placed, as 's
by to ascertain, with more certainty, the
cealrnent ; and with great troth, for on
some bushes nigh to it, the cards were found
prosecuting the search a little farther, a
! led to the recovery of the Bank-antes: the ..
have not yet been traced. A man suspected
concerned in the robbery was taken up and
to the Guard•honek,
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low we same day Lord TEMPLE gave a sumptuous
dinner to the Officers at the mess-room, and enter- •
tained them with Burgundy, Champaigne, and Claret.
On the following evening a splendid ball and supper .
were given to the Ladies of Dnier, Deal, Canterbury,
&c. to which were invited the military and naval
Officers of distinction at either place. The Ball was
given at Copeland's Rooms; which were formed into
a saloon, and decorated with Corinthian columns,
illuminated by chandeliers.
Amongst the company at the ball and supper were,
The Earl and Countess of Liverpool. Lord and Lady Ellenlso-
rough, Lord and Lady Carrington, Marquis Wellesley, Sir James
Fitzgerald, Earl of Romney, and Ladies Marsham, Sir James
'Wynne de Bath, Generals Brownrigg, Hope, Nightingale, Carle-
ton, Richardson, and Brooke, &e.
OLD Paicrs.—ln the eighth rilitidmireign of ED-
'WARD 11. the Parliament or.
.; euuence
of a dearth, an or fatted wi a ld for
1.55. and with corn for 20s. ; • for-tits. a fat
hog of two years old for 3s. Whirl was
shorn for Is. 2d. and unshorn • fa! goose 20.
a capon X and a tat beta
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