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may, on a charge of having circulated false *kid news in Norway, and having sent to the od y National gazelle the article which has made in %vhich the Norwegian Army was pou ch noise, nn:lently attacked. )RD COCIIRANE AND THE AMERICANS. fitoll Tilt IiATSCONAI. ISITIMLIGISCICS Or NOV. 57. The Editors of the Boston Newspapers, partaking, doubt, of the general feeling in that quarter, ap t° be much incensed at the robbery, as it is e d, committed by Admiral COCHRANE, under chili= Hag, on the properti of an American hat, which was unfortunately placed within g rasp, the II uits of which se&ure were distributed ~,,g his crews, even without the formality of a a l; they invoke the Government to resent :his insult to our Flig, by seizing money found under without a pretence even of a violation of my . d's paper blockade 1 These can be no doubt that the Gov,ernment will in attention to this incident; but; before the na gral at m is stretched to resent it, the affair must be erstood in all its circumstances. It is not to be en for granted that Lord COCHRAN& ha, wari y committed an outrage, which it would be so to puni,h. We hope that this matter will slot permitted to embroil us in a quarrel with the udi Ame•ican Governments, or any of them. If d COCHRANE has unjustly seized this money,' oubtless he will be induced to refund it, or his Go. eminent will for him; at least, let us hear before we i'ke. We have done that in the case of injuries of re flagrant character, but of the same nature, re dyed from the Monarchical Governments of the d World; and we see no reason for following a nt course when the question relates to an In dent Government of the Western Hemisphere. PIRACY:- FROM TES NATIOSAIL frTELLIGIINC2II THE 29TH Scircely a vessel reaches our ores, that is not the harbinger of robbery, piracy, d murder, perpetrated on the ocean. 'Another terican vessel has been pilfered of 30,000 dollars, Fthe Tortugas, and the picaroon who committed r act, had a sloop in company, the whole crew of Bich hart been massacred! It is a well authenticated ct, that the vagabonds and incendiaries, who com ae this villainous, heterogeneous mass of ocean high. amen, are the very ejectment of the four quarters of le globe; inheriting from the bout' which ushered iem into the world, the dormant principles of flagi ous depravity, which growing with their growth, and rengthening with their strength, unfold themselves mg before the age of maturity; and eminently qua fy them for the perpetration of every crime in the Irk catalogue of moral turpitude. With shame and idtnation we confess, Many concerned in this sys— en of buccaneering are American citizens, some of !.ern born in Baltimore. The squadron under Lammodore Morris, it is hoped, will bring those de etted in pirating to condign punishment. Should first vessel captured by him contain a solitary baitimorean, concerned either directly or indirectly the foul deed above-mentioned (after due trial and clvictiun), his suspension.'at the .yard-arm of any Tublic vessel lying in full view of our city, might possibly have a good effect." Accounts received from Valparaiso, of the 25th of 'August, state, that an express had just reached that lace, from Buenos Ayres, with news that a Spanish eadron, consisting of two ships of the line and ree frigates, had been discovered of the Cape de d Islands, on the Nth of June, destined for LiMa. 's information had created a considerable sense 'an at Valparaiso ; and it was determined that the xpedition under Lord Coca RASE, having on board Congreve rockets, should put to sea as soon s possible, in order to make a second attack on • a, previous to the arrival of the squadron above mentioned, and it was expected that it would get un der weigh by the 2d of September. His Lordshi p iad shown himself extremely well inclined to the I<7itish interests in those seas ;• and, by his advice, the Governinent of Chili had allowed all British vessels to go in and out of the ports on the South West Coast, under blockade, while those of other nations were not allowed to have any intercourse whatever sith them. Tra.'e, it is said, was improving at Val izraiso, where there was a pretty cnnsiderable qaan of specie collected; a portion of which was des . led for this country, but was detained from the 'tarn of proper conveyances. Extract of a Letter from Madrid, received yester 4Y:—" The terrific proceedings of the Inquisition "11► go on. Under the false pretest of Freemasons 21 vAtchismatic and libertine philosophers, enlil;:acned ten who have rendered the most important services i® defence of their country's fieedum, are now im mured in the dungeons of that TriLunal, The Count MONTIJO, a Grandee, and late Captain-Genera) l 'of Granada, has been' sent from his military prison IN confinement in the Inquisition of Santiago de Ga . - r ia, one of the worst in Spain, and his bro ther, the " I Coant DE TLvA, has also been conveyed awa y , it is .ehnpposed, for a similar purpose. It was the latter ,pread so much enthusiasm in the country atti.e ILme of our glorious Revolution. Senor NIA nifty, •L-Pre,iciert of the Cortes, Don LUIS D 4 AVILA, •lANCIEL CALDERON, MIGUIL .DANDEVA, Dr. CR... CILIA, and several others, are confined in the Inqui sition of Granada, and , •reat apprehensions AT e en tertained for iiscir safety,' WINDSOR, DECEMBER 28. • . . Friday, the Duke of 'font arrived at the Cagle from London ; in the afternoon of that day his Royal Highness went to Oatlands to dinner. Tile Marquis of CAMDEN went out of Waiting on 'the KING on'Friday, and left for London." The Ear of WINCIIILSEA arrived to relieve the Ndble Aitar-ii (pis, and i, now in Waiting on the KING. The Princesses AUGUSTA and SoPHIA take daily airiivs, riding or walking. Sunday, Prince LEoPOLD arrived at the Castle from Claremont, on a visit to the PRINCESSES. His Royal nightleAs remajited tiil Monday. Lady CAROLINE VANIER has been on a visit to the PRINCESSES' and lett on Sunday fin' London. Yesterday, the Earl of CATHCART had a long audience of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton House, upon his return from his Embassy to Russia. The Puke of Montt came to town on Monday ,evening from Oallands. On Tuesday his Royal Highness held a Levee at his Office, in the Horse Littat Sunday evening, the Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived in town from Brightcni. On Monday his Royal Highne,s left town on a visit to the Earl of Yam,- Last, at his seat, near St. Alban's. On Tuesday, P. !ii( e LEOPOLD left Claremont, on a visit to the Earl .4 DARNLEY, at his seat, in Kent. Yesterday, Lord Mat,vitia held a Levee at the Admiralty, to receive Naval Officers, &c. Lord MELVILLE gave a grand Cabinet Dinner yesterday, at his re.idence at the Admiralty. YeStercay, Sir HENRY HALPORD left town to attend on the KING, at Windsor. Lord and Lady CASTLEREAGH are returned to town, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of WEL LINGTON, at their seat, Strathfieldsay, Hants. Lords Roams. and CHARLES MANNERS have left town, for their brother's (the Duke of RUTLAND) seat, Belvoir Castle, Rutlanthhire. General Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON, Bart. has left town, for his seat in Sussex. - GERRARD CALLAGHAN, Esq. M.P. has left War- Ten's Hinel, Regent-street, for his seat in Ireland. The Duke of VVELLINGTON is returned to Apsley house, from his seat, Strathfieldsay, -Hants. Sir GEORGE WA Etaviptit entertained on Sunday, at his house in the Admiralty, a party of distinction to dinner. There were preseht— The Marchioness of Lansdowne and Miss Ciffaid, Lady Herbert and her brother, the Duke di Laurin° Spinelli, Count and Countess Ludoiph, M. Von Bulow; the Prussian Charge d'Affaires, ligr. Ward, M.P. Mr. Pringle, M.P. Mr. D. Mac donald, Honourable Cathcart, atc. 3lrs. FITZ&IERBERT and Miss SEYMOUR entertained a grand circle . on Christmas Day, at their Hotel in Paris. The Duke of GLOUCESTER proceeded this day to join a convivial party assembled at Ashridge Castle, the magnificent seat of the Earl of BRIDGWATER, at Hemel Hempstead,- in Hertfordshire; where are al ready assembled a numerous circle to meet his Elope' Highness, consisting of the Earl and Countess of VERULASI, Earl BaownLow, &c. Hatfield, the seat of the Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY, is a scene of great festivity and amuse ment during the holidays. Old English hospitality prevails most sumptuously at Belvoir Castle, the seat of the Rtrrtann Family. Loyd GROSVENOR keeps open house, at his superb seat in Cheshire. Open house is kept at Ragley Hall, the fine seat 'of the Marquis and Marchioness of liverronn. Doddington Castle, the noble seat of the CODRINO TON Family, is, as usual, very gay at this•season of the year. The most princely munificence prevails its i every department. Old Scottish hospitality prevails in a more than ordinary degree among the tenantry of the Noble Earl Of BREADALBAWE. Friday evening, according to annual custom, Grand Rout, was given by the Lady of the MAYOR of Newcastle, at the Mansion-house. About 450 Ladies and Gentlemen were present, including a great Iwo- I portion of the Gentry of Nes,vcastle and the neigh-, bourhood. After tea, coffee, &c. were served in the, drawing-room and adjoining apartments up stairs., where the company first assembled, about half after ten the door of the ball-room (the oak chamber) mil the ground floor was thrown open, when the gay votaries of Terpsichore throng ed in to mingle in the mazy dance. Miss REED,3f Chipchase Castle, and Mr. LIDDELL, of Ravenswerth, led off to the waltzing measure of the Alexundfr. Dancing was. kept up with great spirit till half-past twelve ()clock. A little after that hour a flourish of appropriate mu sic gave notice of another and more general attrac tion—the supper•room. Owing to the excellent arrangements, every one obtained ample refreshment, from a refectory, in which were blended, in the hap ' piest manner, taste, elegance, and profusion. The whole was one continuous scene of enjoyment until a late, or rather an early boar the Mowing morn ing. The grand entrance to'the Mansion-house was brilliantly illuminated with variegated lamps; and a fine military band (that of the 6th Dragoon Guards) contributed to the general effect, by playing select pieces of music, as the company were setting down. Yesterday morning, a woman named Catherine Lewis, who lived in a back-room in Nest-street, Ber wick-street, was found dead ia her room. She was in extreme indigence, and it is supposed she died from want of the necessaries of life. • The public and private property of Prince PAUL of Wurtemberg bas been for a long period seques trated ly order of the KINCI, his brother. His Royal Highness has received intelligence th at this measure had been reversed. He has likewise received a letter of convocation to attend the opening of the States, in his quality of heir presumptive to the Crown, on the 15th of January, las°. The more the New System is understood, the pore it is ap_proved. It his been thkmeans o f distributing JOUR TWENTY THoUSANDS, SS First-drawn Prises, London and its environs, in theshort space of One Igeoth only. Edinburgh, firistol, Chester, Liver' pool, Newcastle, besides twenty-nine other Towns, have also participated in Four different Tweedy Thousands. In the Small Lottery , to begin Ift JANUARY, the , * are Foul% MORE TWENTY THOUSANDS _and the. Two First-drawn Prizes are certain of en additional Twenty Thousand each. This excess of Prizes is to begin the Leap Year, which is usually it new inducement to emery class -of Adventurers to tcrllpt Dante Formic. . • It is understood, in the Migiarjr,citcles, that Lieu tenant-General Sir ALEYAIMIft CAstPBtLL ,_ Bart. IS destined to take the command of the tiocrps on the Madras station, in place of Sir THOMAS HISLAP, who is on' his; way home. Sir Ataxannze will, pro bably, sail early in the ensuing spring. The Coldstream Regithent of Gila.% mounted duty on the Parade, in St. James's Park,'On Saturdwy mar fling, in their new cloCie:. The appearance. if long-tailed coats, which is the principal new teautite in them, attracted considerable notice. , The sentence of the Court Martial on Lieutenant- Colonel HOOO, of the 55th Regiment, which we men tioned in the'STAR of Tuesday, had been forwarded to the PRINVII REGENT, acquits that Officer of the chargei brought against him. . • The two Troops of the 9th Polish Lancers, and the division of the 90th Foot, ordered last week, from Newcastle to • Macclesfield, have returned to their former quarters, where it is expected they will winter. It' is not without some concern that we see the great guns on nor ramparts dismantled. We understand they are to be conveyed to Leith until further orders, but it is more than probable they will never be brought back. Certainly Radicalism cannot be the cause of this measure; for the guns (24-pounders) could hardly be of any use to the rabble —whereas the 4-pounders on the Saluting Battery, which would be much more serviceable, it appears, are Ao be allowed to 'remain. The guns in Holy Island Castle are also dismantles - Berwick Paper. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Extract of a letter from the Agent to LLOYD'S, at Ran3sghte aid Deal, dated Ramsgate, Dec. 28: " I regret to acquaint you with the melancholy fate of HOLTUX, one cif the Branch - Pilots of this place, who yesterday, off the North Foreland, was proceeding to a vessel in the offing in a Broadstairs boat, with a crew of six men, when the boat shipped a sea, and the whole perished." Poatamoutu. Dec. 29.—Wind N.—Sailed the Thomas Coutts, MAJOMBAWES, for China ; Buimer, Banc- Lay, for Calcutta; John, PO,PLIWILL, and Faith, Cenaca , for Madeira; Abeona, mica, for Jamaica; Woodlark, Idsnetzrox, for. the Mediterra nean ;_end Isabella, Fenno, far Demarara. Ditax,•DEC. 29.—Wind*N.N. W.—Came down from she River and sailed, the Elrick, M.Lzaz, and Adriatic, Rurrza for Rio Janeiro; Intrinsic, for Jamaica ; Maids, Tammuz, for Bien, Leone; and Blenden Hall, Gana, for Bombay. . . MARGATE,. OW. 29.—The Netherlands brig of war Cossack, Captain Havt, from Surinam, was .secn at daylight this morn ing on shore on Margate sand. The Officers and creel have, with difficulty, been taken off the wreck and landed here, with out being able to save any thing from the vessel, which is now, cm her beam ends, with her mainmast gone. HARWICH, Dec. 29.--i Arrived the Lady Nepean, Lord Dun can, and Henry Erecting pekets, ftem Cuxhaven ; and Thetis packet, from Gottenburgh—all with Maile.. When the lust packet left Cuxhiven, the ice was clear, and a npmber of pilots went down from Hamburgh to take charge of vessels waiting for the ice to clear. . • The British brig Charles, Captain Knight, which, it will be recollected, was detained at Corunna onithe, 19th of October, and the Master confined in the corn-, mon jail, in consequence of 93 hard dollars having I been found, on board of her, was pleased on the Ist', instant, by a Royal Order, obtained at the instance of his Majesty's Ambassador at Madrid. The Charles sailed on the 4th instant for Hamburgh, and has sitree pin into Milford, with damage. A warm contest has taken place for the vacant Recordership of Colchester, between Mr. Ctrawoonl and Mr. KELLY. The poll was opened on Monday, and was not espected to close before Tuesday evening., Friday se'nnight an itinerant Radical wide his ap. pear ance in the square at. Retford,-and held forth, to the amusement of a wondering crowd of hearers. He was ordered by the Magistrates to be passed out of the town, but returning, he was taken into cus tody, and the next day committed to Nottingham, On a charge of blasphemy. Andrea) Marshall, news-vender in Glasgoiv, and Margaret Wright, his wife, have been inllicted to stand trial bethre the. High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on Thursday, the 6th of January next, for' vending seditious and blasphemous publications. Last week, as a child about four years old, belong ing to Mr. BUCKLAND, of the Sutton Valence School, was sitting by the fire, its clothes caught, andhurnt the child so much as to cause its death. ' ,During the last few days, seventy pair of blankets' have been distributed to poor families of Rochester, Chatham, &rood, and-Brompton, by the Ladies who superintend the Management of the Blanket Fund. BAIitHQIIAILF IN BCOTLAND.—Ard UL KE F., DEC. 4..•.. About half an hour past seven o'clock this eVening, there was felt here a smart shock of an earthquake, similar to that felt at Comrie, a few days ago: it lasted two or three seconds ; its direction was by the Grampian Hills eastward. The houses and furniture shook, and the whole went away with a noise like the slow passing of carts. I DavaT-LANs Tu earas.—The Opera of The Siege lipf Belgrade was performed yesterday evening at this• Theatre eatre. . The part of the Seraskier was sustained b y Mr. BnAusw, with his usual ability.—Miss BYRNE performed the part of Lilla, anil displayed mpch I musical talent. She was very favourably received. • COVENT-GANDEIL—Last night the Tragedy of Mary Stuart was performed a second time, having, as the bills of the clay announced, "undergone some judicious curtailments. Since its first produ.ction, mare circumstances and arrangements behind the scenes hive caused a change in the cast of the Piece, Miss Macamay having relinquished the character of Mary, it was last night given to Miss Fdors. The character is, certainly, oae requiring greater powers than this interesting Actress possesses ; her beauty of face, and symmetry of form, however, well qualify her for the representative ofThe unfortunate Princess, whose personal accomplishments, as history tells u 4 constituted her greatest crime in the eyes of her ats bitious and haughty rival, .Elizabeth. of the curtain, s ymptoms of disaffection dispia themselves amongst the 'audience. A cry for MACAVLST, and the Manager, prevented a wore the dialogue on the Stage being heard, and Met. fiAtICIT and Mr. TEDDY Wilt oblitto give way Ithe storm, and retire. They soon, ever, atid the Play recounnenced, when the w ell part of the audience, by their loud applause, soots put the malcontents to silence. The. Piece pro. ceedeci, and weft off much better thing* its first m. —.melon, Tim prooesion of *me Visaed to .wooly it pageant ; it excited a meat helieg of Rani:atm liroogb the Hoar - • \ . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SlR—Several Letters have lately appeatedin.,rue paper, 'on the National Debt. Ofie• of your Cor respondents proposed its liquidation by an Annual Lottery of 500,000. Tickets, at £lOO each; which, allowing £10,000,01/0 in Prizes to the Public, would produce 1.30,000,00') for that purpose. Another Correspondent, less sanguine, proposed there should only be 100,000 Tickets, at £lOO each.--They might as well have proposed a Lottery of 10,000,000 Tickets at 12100 each, to pay off the Debt at once, 'neither the one nor the other being practiCable. As to Mr. RICA nno's Plan, or composition of 17s. in the pound (fifteen per cent. on Funded Pfoperti), and a proportionate assessment on all the other Ca pital in the kingdom, to pay off the warm, it would not be submitted to; neither would any Minister dare ,to propose such a measure. Instead of paying oft the Principal, I would propose a reduction of the lnterrit, and this may be done without breach of faith to the Public Creditor.—Suppose the CHASCaLLOR of the EXCREQUER had the immediate means to pay off the Debt, how ceuli the present Stockholders employ their Capital? Would not the least hasm dope use they could make of it be, to re-fuild it at a reduced interest? Nine out of ten would prefer Government security, with two and a half per cent: to buying of land, lending it to individuals, or transferring it me Foreign Funds. I would therefore propose an immediate inessment of fifteen per cent. on Funded Property ; for which amount of assessment the holders shoul&pnly receive two and a half per cent. the Principal contintrisit theirs, and transferable the same astheir other Stock; the Stockholders to receive five per cent. as usual, for the remainder, until redeemed at the present valise, or at pas; and this to be done by Mr. RICARDO'S Plan, of assessing all Capital in the kingdom—with this difference, that, instead. of payment of a certain sum, a purchase of Stack, at two and a half per cent. to the amount of the assessment, should only be required. I would also propose that every person, without exception, now holding, or who in future may obtain any situation under Government, Sinecure, Church= ' Living, or Pension, be obliged to purchase Stock to the amount of one half year r i Income, and, on pro: motion, to half tlie amount of the difference of In• come: also, all persons succeeding to Property, by will or inheritance, to the amount of one half year's Income. If a diminution . of 10 or 20,000,000 of Taxes is effected, it matters not whether it be by a reduction of the Debt or the Interest : by the latter,, a diminution would . certainly be most easily accom plished, as there is no one (not excepting Mr. RI CARDO, or Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY) who would not sooner lend £lOO at 21 Per cent. than give away .£lOO. Let this plan be adopted, and Two Millions 'May be saved ro the Public frogs next Qaa'rter's Di vidends, and More and mole every succeeding Quer ' ter, until reduced to half the present amount. - Your constant Reader, R. R. December 11, iSig. Mrs. M'Gtusotr, whose amiable eatsiaet 141 itrinate life, is only equalled by her, prokselleal abilities, is engaged fof the twat season, at Drury-Lane Theatm. A few day ago, a man, walking along the banks 'of the Tay, discovered in the river, near the mouth of the Amond, a large cask, which appeared to con tain something of value. Elated with his gbed for tune, he proceeded to examine its quality, when, to his fitter astonishment, be found the contents to con sist of a moving mass of living frogs, nearly_ u closely packed together as a barrel of herrings. How • ese amphibious creature came to be inclosed is such numbers, we leave to naturalists to determine. Thursday, the 9th instant, as Mr. WILLIAM Fos- • Tan, son of Captain FOSTER, of the Helena, of Hull, and Mate of that vessel, was out shooting near Mar fleet, his gun burst,. and part of the breech, near three inches long, went in_at his eye, and penetrated nearly to the roof of his mouth, where it remained a day or two before it was extracted. Hopes were entertained of his recovery until Thursday se'nnight, when he fell into convulsions, and died that evening. He was an , amiable youtig man, only 23 years of age. Thursday, as Mr. MURRAY, his son Hamm, and his son-in-law, B. PHILLIPS, were proceeding in an open boat, with a sail, from UpnOr to the Folly point, a few miles below that village, to enjoy the/diversion of ret4tunting, in jibbing the sail, the elder MUR RAY'S hat was thrown into the water; and upon at tempting to recover it the boat upset, and PHILLIP, was unfortunately drowned. The other two with 'difficulty saved-themselves by clinging to thebottom of the boat. ROYAL HT/yr.—Friday the Royal hounds turned out a very fine deer for a day's diversion, ' at Long ford, which skewed great sport : at starting he pro ceeded through the inclosures by Horton, taking to the right by Slough, where he ran with great swift ness by. Salt-hill, making towards the Thames; be was at length takeirnear Elton College, after a sharp and excellent run. One of the sportsmen had his horse, which was a very fine one; drop under bins on coming into Eton; it had been very hard nun during the Chace, which was the cause of its death. Cuttiousßoatcs.—A singular mirth was made at a •Ceifee-house in Piccadilly, on Monday, *Can hoir when the sparkling glasses-were circulating, between four Gentlemen, of the names of WRIONIT, Tong, WILMOTrandaUTCHIXION, tQ run live tram, a kind of sweepstakes race, each depositing ten pi cas, play or pay, and to meet on the If l dgeware-roack at a certain hour. Wright engaged to give 200 yards to Todd, a quarter of a mile to Wilmot, and half a mile •to Hutchinson. They .all met and took their stations, and a gun was the signal for sorting: There was nearly an equality in their running the first two miles,, with the exception that SWIMS ma an with the half mile WM ; and on Ittdd catch* htm at the two miles and a. half. _be' resigned. ether three were together at-the feu aaCit was a fine race; Todd was beat half a adli fists boo* and Wrigheand Wilmot salaamed it tery ritedly in. Wilmot won it cleverly in the less . 4 11 10 P• ter of a mile, by &bolt 90 yin's. Wrisk ups backed at even to win, and though:3X* trey tbs ground etas eroseded. , aa Mar in this &ay. Ali his; • 4 able athostes I . , . W s" • • • 4 ; .. 0,11%**1 -400 • , 1•• • 7 • . A ... .~_ . -- -- ...." . I k. --••••••1 •. , • .;