Star. — London, England, 1824-03-04 00:00:00

THE ARAM% ' ---..-- major-General Sir JOHN LAMEFRT will svt ont in a few days to lodge UAL, at Rathkeale,to which he has just been appointed. F r idy, Bligade-Major 0101:KR inspected the Rosseastic Infantry, commanded by Captain D'ALTON, at Six-111ile-Bridgea County o g a; the Valor highly approved of the soldier-like appearance of the corp.: and the stat e of their clothing and arms. Ile 97th mud 99th Ite,;inieuts an to be rai.wd in Ireland, and the gi gh in England. Die 58th Regim ent are to replace, at Kinsale, the 57th, ordered :,,the Mauritiub. The 58th are chiefly Irish. The bead-quarters of the 97th (to be raiied) Regiment of Infan ::„ will he stationed at Goopoi t. The head-quarters of the 9e , th (to be raised) Regiment of Infan ;;., will be hNed at Chichester. 'The head-quart-I.s of the 99th (to he raised) Regiment of Foot Neill be stationed at Glasgow. .1 invent of Foot has matched from detac hment of the 9 4 th Reg Glasgow to Manchester, as volunteers to the 95th Regiment. 'lli Ist Royal Veteran Battalion arrived in three divisions, viz. ut: the 12th and 14th ut January, and 16th of February, at -Gal wav hoot Cork. Iln: ;d Royal Veteran Battalion arrived on the 21st ult. at Cork, from Galway. --"'''="—"---"=. BOIKSTREET.-THIS DAY. -~- !Its 11,savvir L. TOE TOLL-COLL% CTORS or KISPSINCITON TRUST. — One of the Collectors of the yells at the Kensington Gate was this day summoned, at tOe instance of his Majesty's State-coachman, for stopping the carriage and unlawfully demanding and taking the sum of five-pence for the passage of a carriage and aeturn pair of horses t hrough the Kensington G ate yesterday, on its r empty from Windsor for the purpose of being repaired. The deferce set up was, that the exemption had not been claimed; but it appeared that the complainant had said,—" This is his Majes ty's carriage and horses."—That was held sufficient. The Magi.trate added, that it was never meant that his Majesty's doruestics, while on Royal duty, should pay toll. The defendant undertook that no toll should in future be de manded; and as the penalty was 00 asked for, he paid the costs. Lady RAVENSWONTH will have a music party this tiening, at her house inPurtland-place. The Marchioness of LANSDOWN will have a rout to morrow evening at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. Lord KING entertained a distinguished party to din ner yesterday, ate is house in Dover-street. Lady ELLENEPROUGII has issued cards of invitation fur her first rout, on the )Oth inst. at Cambridge House. FoH',lito ELLICE. EA. M.P. had a dinner patty yes. tentty, at his house in New-street, Spring-gardens. The Princess of STOLBERG, mother of the Countess of A I.IIAFT (widow of the Parfet:mu, who lately died at Florence), is gill living. She is now ninety-three years of age, and iii perfect possession of her health and faculties. She goes to all the public as semblies, and rehab's up all night at balls, as stoutly as the youngest of her sex. The Master of the Mint (Mr. WALLACE), has un roofed the determination of Government to assimilate the cor r.:ay of Great Britain and Ireland. The amiable and accomplished daughter of W. S. rOUTZ, Esq. Is, we understand, to be-led to the hymeneal altar by the Marquis of Excxaa. Culford-Hall, The seat of the late Marquis CORN• VALLI', is sold to BESYON DE BEAL/VOID, Esq. Great exertion', ate, making to complete the altera tion., repairs, improvements, and new decorations in St. James's palace, by the day appointed for the celebYation of the Kin's ikrrh-day. Tin.: GREEN PAnx.—The improvements are nearly co•rrleted. The ground enclosed as an addition to the garden of his R yil Highness the Duke of YORK, now forms a very hgnd some shrubbery; and the Royal mansion, as well as the whole of lie grounds, is thrown open to public view by the removal of all the old walls and cow-sheds, which are replaced by a high and t.istclul iron rAil!tig, as well on the side of St. James's as that of the kii - cen Park. Tile rents of houses at Odessa ale so extravagantly that the Consul-General receives a sum equal to £BOO sterling a year lot part of the ground-floor of his house, which is occupied . . by shopkeeper. The Dublin Morning Post says—" A serious personal rencontre took 'lace yesterday morning, between the Editor of The Auidok, and a Gentleman who was personally attacked in that Paper." It has been stated, in some of the Papers, that the faviii of Lord GITIORD originated in the parish of St. Leonard; bur this is not correct ; and as every one is asking who and whence he is, that has risen so rapidly, it may be interesting to be informed, that Lord Gff Foul) was born in the parish of St. Petrock, in Exeter, of respectable parents. His family were, and still are, Unitarian dissenters. Ills father was a draper and dealer in hops ; and after his death, the trade was carried on by his Lordship's two brothers, until three or four :years ago, when they purchased the lease of a house and ground, called Parker's Hill, in St. Leonard's, and went there to reside with their mother and sister. It is not a little remarkable, that in the same street, and, it is said, In the same house in which Lord GIFFORD'S father and brothers resided, and witert his Lordship was born, lived Mr. KING, a grocer and dry 'alter, also a dissenter, whose son Prricst not liking the trade, ap plied himself to the study of the law, and became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, afterwards Lord Chancellor ; .and in 1745, was created a Baron, Lord Ksaso, the ancestor of the present Lord KING. THE GALE YESTERDAY AIouNING.--During the - - - • violent gale yesterday mu-ning, a stack of chimnies, belonging to A house in the lower end of Charles-street, Hatton-garden, gave nay, and fell partly into the roof of . the adjoining house, and partly into the street. A poor boy belonging to the Charity-school, who happened to be passing at the moment, was smitten to the ground by the bricks and tiles, and was carried home in a hopeless state. A man at work in the attic was also severely bruised, the rubbish, having pehetrated the roof, and greatly damaged the house where it fell. On the Thames the wind played sad havoc among the barges; particularly between Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges, and above Westminster Bridge. The oldest watermen did not re m:nil:Kr to have seen the waves so rough as they were opposite to Lambeth Palace. The tide too was amazingly high ; the wind un fortunately aided the increased height of the tide, by blowing up the River. Sprays dashed up the sides of the barges, and on shore as they would at sea against the sides of ships. The ordinary boats would not venture out. Several barges from Milbank Wharfs,.in spite of the cautionary and laborious efforts of the men, were severed from their moorings. One barge belonging to Air. Lucas, after having been hurried about for some tinae, was sunk. Another, also driven away, was partially sunk ; but some men were enabled to get to her in large boats, and they were thus enabled to haul her near Satire. Several barges and boats were seen irregularly hurried without any persons on board of them, having been torn from their moorings. ANOTHER Gazz.—ln the evening of yesterday the Metropolis was :pia visited by a severe storm; which did considerable damage to 11% tops of houses, Ste. and the falling materials caused serious ac tidents to the foot-passengers. At the end of Portsmouth -street, Lincoln's bin-fields, the parapet of Dlr. Wells' house, the painter, Was blown down, and the bricks and rubbish falling on a boy on horseback, named Harry Kelly, in the employ of Mr. Butt, the livery stabte-keeper, iu Duke-stretr, his skull was dreadfully frac tured, and one of his arms broken : he was conveyed to the linspi t4, where he now lies in a very dangerous state. In Gray's Inn lane several (Ninnies were blown down, and a poor woman passing was so the. dully injured, that she was also taken to the Hospital. Consideribl- tloninge was done to the shipping in the River ; seve ral craft above bridge broke frail' their moorings, and received great injury by running foul of other vessels. A female of rather dashing exterior, about 2.5 years of age, lot scrne days past has exhibited her pilfering ra - opensities so frequently as to attract the serious no. :ice of the inhabitants of Ramsgate. Her patronage of 7rade in general was such that very little jealousy is ex cited that her favours were not extended to the javoured Jew o n ly. By extreme perseverance on the part of ' Madden, the principal officer of the police, the honoured fail has been detected, and by the of der of Sir Tnosias Gnev, committed to Sandwich Monday morning, as'a Lady and Gentleman. were ridinq in a gig along Blackfriars Road, the horse took fright, and the Lady attempting to jump out, got her ( 1 0thi.s entangled in the step, and was thrown out on Iter head with great violence; she was immediately taken up, but, before sargi,ical assistance could. be had, she expired. The Gentleman was not hart. BRIGHTON, MARCH 2. TI4 LEEDS Faniily are continuing their interesting sojourn at the Royal York Ho:el. Lord and Lady JOHN TOWNSHEND- dined With their Graces their, on Saturday. The Doke, we hear, as his town residence, has engaged the mansion recently occupied by Lord GRANVILLE. Wednesday, while enjnyini; a chase with -Colonel Wirbionam's rox•hounds, Captain BROWN, by a fall from his horse, had the misfoi time to fracture his lar bone, since .when, we are happy to add, he has been adually recovering from the efft•cts of the accident. SONNET. FROM TILE LONDON MAGAZINE. Life has it's wintry time ere suUen Age Has scatter'd o'er our heads his cheerless snows, And man begins to wish for calm repose, And sigfis to end his weary pilgimage, Long—long before his spring-time years have fled ; With spirits broken—prospects wither'd—left Like some green valley of it's verdure reft By sudden blight, in desolation—dead ! For Sorrow's cloud will dint youth's brightest ray, And change it's summer hopes to bleak despair, And strip the tree of young ambition bare, And coldly waste the bloom of heart away! Tempests scowl round where quiet late has been And joy, the swallo•., flies life's wintry scene! V. D. CURIOUS I,II'EMRY QUESTION; A dispute has arisen between two Gentlemen of some repute in the literary world, which is likely to be productive of much curious disquisition. The circumstances are these the month of No vember M. writes a letter to his friend N. to say that he has Act &malty obtained the ground-work for a Comedy, which, if well di. gested, would be certain of reception at either of the Itoyal Theatres, and offers N. half the proceeds in case he will undertake to prepare the piece. The offer is accepted; M. supplies the crude materiel (whether imaginative or borrowed is uncertain), and a Comedy is produced by N: at the period mutually agreed upon. The next thing to be considered is its acceptance with the Committee of Alanagement, in which quarter (particularly one) M. possesses very considerable influence ; and holding the notion (justified indeed ►y present custom) that interest effects more than talent, however es timable, he cancels the former contract, and offers is have the Play produced, provided N. agrees to accept a third of the proceeds in place of an equal share, as originally agreed upon. This proposal meets from N. a haughty reTosal, and the panics go to cuffs in the question. The first three acts remain in the possession of N. .whilst M. holds the fourth and fifth, until some accommodation can be effected. This, however, is by no means likely to be brought about, as N. disclaims holding any futther communication on the subject, and has actually re-written that part of the Play which M. refused to surrender. In this state the affair stands at present, each claiming a right to, the piece • and, in the event of its being pub lished, or acted for N.'s benefit, M. is determined to take legal pro ceedings for the recovery of at least one-half the net proceeds. Li terary partnerships have been seldom successful; not but there are sonic splendid exceptions on record; however, we cannot imme diately call to mind any case similar to the present, so that if it should ever come to a trial, the Jury Will possibly have to decide on a point for which neither law nor literature furnishes a single precedent. Mr. K FABLE was so much difigured from a swelled face, arising from the effects of a severe cold, that he was Unable to perform the part of Romeo, on Monday nigiv, to Miss F. 11. KELLY S Juliet. Mr. COOPER per formed it instead yf Mr. KEMBLE, and acquitted him- self tolerably respectable. An adjourned Meeting was yesterday morning held at Lloyd's, to consider the propriety of appointing Committee to meet a Deputation of Ship Owners, on the subject of the Classification of Merchant Vessels. After some discussion, a Committee of eight was appointed. Yesterday the Sele.ct. Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the " present state" of the Millbank Penitentiary, 'a hich, it will be recollected, has been empty for some months, met for the first time. They appointed the Honourable H. GREY RENNET, Chairman. There was rather a full Committee; amongst those present were Mr. Hoieoaa (who has so actively attended to the Penitentiary), Mr. SPRING RICE, Mr. B. WILBRAHAM, Ste. They proceeded to examine wit nesses. They examined Mr. CHAPMAN, the Governor, at great length, as to the conduct of the prisoners on board the hUlks, since their removal from the Peniten tiary. This is an open Committee; any persons may attend and listen to the proceedings; several strangers were present; but, as it is not the custom to report the proceedings of Committees, till they arearrinted in the Commons Reports, we cannot detail the evidence. A great impulse has lately beers given, at least in' some instances, to the value of land, in consequence, no doubt, of the' change in the rate of interest, and of the steady rise in the price of agricultural produce.— The proprietors of land, it is said, are beginning to look again towards war prices. We have ,heard it men tioned, that an estate in a neighbouring county, for which . the proprietor, about twelve months ago, would have been glad to have closed for 50,0001. has just been disposed of for 68,0001. and another, which was actually sold about the same time for 25,0001. but which, from particular circumstances, having been again brought to market, has lately been sold at the advanced price of 31,000/. We also understand that an extensive property in Fife has just been sold for upwards of 1 00,000/.—Calcdonian Mercury. An Institution has been established in Newcastle for promoting Literature and Science amongst mechanics. It gives u great satisfaction to obser ye that, though not the first, this town has been far from the last, to adopt a scheme so praiseworthy, and so beneficial to a large and most useful class of society. Sunday morning,. betvacn five and six o'clock, a fire was discovered in the brig James, lying at the City Quay, Dublin. The flames soon but st through the deck, and great apprehensions were entertained for the safety ,of all the shipping op to Carlisle Bridge. Fortunately the fire was got limier without any other damage than that sustained by the vessel in which it broke out. DREADFUL. AcctoEsr.---Sunday morning, about two o'clock, a most dreadful accident happened in a , house in Type-ccart, Grub-street. A number of per sons assembled in the first floor of the house to wake (according to Irish custom) a deceased man, named Mahony, and were in the height of their fun, most of them being intoxicated, when the floor gave way, and the whole party tumbled through to the ground floor, which also gave•way, and the poor people were preci pitated into the cellar. Prompt assistance was imme diately given, and they were extricated. The corpse was found among theta, and excited some m.!rriment. One child was unfortunately killed, and many other persons were seriously hurt. Vaughan, the retiarection man, who recently made; his escape from the Mayor's prison, at Maidstone, has been retaken at Manchester, after a de,perate resistance,_ and has since arrived at Ens old quarters. The town of Manchester was in great agitation, 200 bodies having been torn front their resting-place. HAIL, WEDDED LOVE!—On Saturday last, twelve il legitimate children were fikateci at Laucaster, aine of which were to atortied men! • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MARCII.S. PEYTON AND OTHERS V. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS. This was a n act i on to reco ver a sum of 19,0001. b e ing the value of some goods which had come into the pos session of the defendants, under circumstances hereafter mentioned. The plaintiffs wete the assignees of a bank rupt named William Grenville Peyton, and the defend ants were bankers, at Chester: Some time previous to the 28th of Jane, Nit. Peyton borrowed a loan from the defendants, and deposited with tbem, by way of.secu rity, some Dock orders, which authorized the delivery to them of goods lying in the London Docks, to the amount of 19,000/. On the 28th of June, Mr. Peyton stopped payment, and On the 4th of July a commission of bankruptcy was issued against him. After he stopped payment, and before he became a bankrupt, he wrote to the defendants, directing them to take the goods out of the docks, s iiich the defendants accordingly did. The question to he decided was, wheelie' the property svlsich the defendants thus possessed themselves of wa, not the property of the assignees' The Jury found a verdict for the defendants. The CH: EF Josrtoc intima:ed, that as the gnestion was one of gre.tt import,in,:e to mercantile men, he ould take tic opinion of the Judges upon it. SECONDARIES OFFICE, MARCH 3. PINN ET V. BEST. A Jury was summoned to assess damages in this case,, which referred to two orphans, and in which CAI:- Lila Best, svhd is remarkable for the fatal duel with Lord CameHord, was the defendant. Mr. ARABIN, for the plaintiff, stated, that his client had long lived in the humble capacity of butler to a respectable family, and had brought the present action in behalf of two orphans, in the character of adminis trator to the effects of a man named Newman. The amount sought to be recovered was '2531. Captain Bet was well known as a • man of fashion, and was in cir cumstances of great atillence. What the motive of the Captain was for refusing to pay the debt due to two or phans formed no ground for speculation in the pi esent case. Their father had been valet to the defendant, and was, in truth, his factotum. As was common with the servants in the fashionable world,-he had, in the courie of his service amassed money; and, as was equally com• mon, lie lent what he amassed to his mas:er, and kept an account with the defendant, as would be seen from a hook that would be produced. In the year 1821, New man was found dead in his bed. It was known to a man who TV as in the habit of keeping the books of the de (leased, that the latter had advanced much money to his master, and-it was remembered by others that the deceased had mentioned that he had made to the Cap tain a particul it loan of 2006. It was with much diffi culty that the accounts between the Captain and the de ceased had been obtained: Upon a Judge's order, one. book had been produced; but the defendant said that another, in which the particulars of the loam of 2001. had' been made, was not in his power, as Mr. Harrison, his attorney, had it in his possession. Mr. Harrison had since died, and "de nwrtuis nil »isi &mum" was a maxim by which a Counsel should ke controuled upon all occasions. He was a deter man, who would not easily give up a book that might be fatal to his client's interest. In the book produced, there was foundan ad mitted balance of 23/. oa the deceased for daily dis bursements; but in that book, as the Jury would-per ceive, there was one item on which he grounded his claims for the orphans. On the debit side was the kl lowieg entry—" Paid for interest 101." There were entries of precisely the Arne sum due to the deceased for three years previous to his death from his master. Coupling this fact with the declaration made by the deceased, of his having made such a loan, and the ob stinacy on the part of the defendant in withholding the book in which the entry had been made, the Jury; whatever ingenuity might be exercised by his advocate, could feel no hesitation in pronouncing him to be in debted to the otphans in the sum of 2001. with the ad mitted balance and interest. • The book produced by the defendant upon a Judge's , order, was then produced. There appeared in it the successive entries of 101. per annum, as paid by the de fendant from the year 1818, " for interest." Mr. ARAB'S then called upon Mr. Adolphus, Coun sel for the defendant, to produce the book containing the original entry of the alleged hian for 2001. Mr. ADOLPHUS strenuously objected to the production of the book—fit st, on the ground that the notice to pro duce it did not specify it with sufficient distinctness; and, secondly, that proper titre had not been allowed for the purpose, the notice having been only served on the previous eight. These objections the SECONDARY over ruled. Mr. ADOLPHUS then said, his client had not the book in his possession. It was in the hands-of Mr. Harrison's executors, who would not give it up until they had ex amined their accounts, and seen whether anything was due to them from the defendant. Tire SECONDARY said this was an insufficient excuse. The possession of the defendant's attorney was the de fendant's possession, and the former might have been subpoenaed to attend and prt•dtice the book, notwith standing any exiting account. Evidence might now be given of the contents of the book. Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the Jury for the de fendant, and said it would be proved that the defendant had borrowed 2001. for the loan of which he paid inte rest, and that interest had been paid through the bands of the deceased, in such a manner as to make it pro bable that the items were those of payment by the de ceased in behalf of his master. Mr. Richard Lowe, an o.fieer in the Guards, stated, that in 1817 he obtained from a Mr. Butcher a suns ss fl 2001. for Captain Best, on his promissory note of a month's date. A year afterwards Mr. Butcher com plained that he was not paid. Witness induced the de• fendant to pay interest on the sum, and received from his valet the 101. for that purpose. The SECONDARY expressed regret that the book calltd for had . not ben produced. The person who held it might have been sub pienaed by the defendant. • The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damagem 2001, with interest and the admitted balance of 231.—Total suns 2431. 14s. 7d, Mr. THELWALL'S forthcoming Lectures at the Hay market Theatre, on SHAKSPEA 14E and the Drama, are the subject of muck literary expectation and conversation in the higher eircks. ACTIVH BENEVOLENCE. -1n cwwequence of the pub licity given to a case of distress, as reported in the STAR of Thursday, several Ladies and Gentlemen have come forward to contribute various sums for the t el& of the family alluded to; and an anonymous letter µas yes ' tit day received at Ilatton-garden Police Office, inclos ing a note for 101. to be applied in the best manner for that purpose. Real distress seldom fails to excite a pro portionate sympathy with the British public. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. The first Quarterly General Meeting of this Institu 7. aion, which was very numerously attended , took p lace last night—Dr. Birkbeck, President of the Serciety,ln the i Chair. The Report of the Committee was read, aad contained some gratifying statements. From it we learn that the Society now consists of 1,300 Members, above 1,000 of whom have paid their subscription ; that Lectures are' ow regularly delivered once a week by Professor Millington, on Mechanical Philosophy ; and that, shortly,_ Lectures on fklineralogy, to be deli. veied by Mr. Taylor, and Lectures on Chemistry, will 'be oommericed. The Society we also in a fair way of. collecting a Library; and a proposition which was made in the course of the Meeting, by Professor Mil lington, bids fair to establish for this Society as fine a Collection of Apparatus and Machines for the illus tration of mechanical science as is to be found in the world. The Professor proposed, that such of the Members as were mechanics should occa sionally devote a little of their spare time to making s;icii machines for. the benefit of the Society, it paying, when necessary, for the raw material. The acclamations with which this proposal was teceived, ,leave no reason to doubt that it will be completely and splendidly carried into effect. Owing to the grew diffi culties necessarily encountered by the Committee, in !organizing so laige a Society, they felt what it appeared nobody else felt, that their progress in eitabli•bing the Society bad not been equal to Cleir zesl for its welfare,• and fearing therefore that some of the members might be discontented at the first quarter having expired. while so little shew had been made, they proposed 'that the next quarter's payments she ald be suspended. This proposal, greatly to the honour of the large body of mechanics assembled, was the only suggestion of the Committee which did not meet their approbation. — They declined to adopt this suggestion, expressed themselves fully satisfied with the exertions of • the Committee, and thought themselves repaid the' little expense of one quarter's subscription by the honour of being the founders of the Mechanics' Institution. After the Report had been adopted, and some business of little interest Transacted, a vote of thanks was moved to the Chairman, which was unanimously carried. In re turning thanks, Dr. Birkbeck took occasion very pro perly to commend the good order and harmony which prevailed, and observed, if the Members continued to display the same enthusiasm for the Institution which had characterised all their proceedings from the time of the first Public Meeting, and the same forbearance and kindness towards one another which had always been visible in their conduct, they might expect the So ciety would be permanent and flourishing, and that they would receive a large share of that .liondur they conferred by such conduct on the name and character of the mechanics of the metropolis.—The Meeting then dissolved. NAVAL /A TELLIGENcE. The Alexander, BOLTON, from Hull to London, was totally lost on Hasbro' Sand on Tuesday morning — crew save d. The Jason, WAKNACE., of Grimsby, was abandoned at sea on Tuesday—crew landed at Yarmouth. . The Marquis of Drogheda, Room's, from St.Michaers, was driven oft sbore near Kinsale, on Friday. FALMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Wind N.—Arrived the Sector, Haar, from St. Michael's in eighteen days ; and Diamond, Mows!, from Cork. Sailed the following vessels for London; viz.—Success, Active, Speedy, Blues, Wavering, Alliance, Mary, and Ezer. No vessels have yet arrived to profit by the convoy of his Majesty's ship PANDORA, for the Mediterranean. • Posersatount, MARCH 3.—lt has blown a gale the whole day, ac companied with tremendous squalls, veering from W. to N.W. and N.—Arrived the Prince of Orange (Iratisport), WHITE, from the Mediterranean. Dem., MARCH 3.—Wind N.W. blowing strong.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Essex, BARCLAY ; Ranger, MAY ; and Mer cury, M'NAI.LY, from the South Seas: also, and remain, the Sea gull —, from Gottenburgh ; Falcon, Row ; and Dyson, Commis, • from St. Michael's ; and Harriet, Hors, frOna Demerara. Came down from the River and remain, the Lang, Luso, for Van Die man's Land ; and the Alice;—:•--, for Jamaica. LIVIDWOOL, MARCH e.—Sailed the Orbit, TfICKHAM, for New York ; Thomas Furrows, Dawson, for St. Thomas's; Hardware, ERORAL, for Lisbon.; Blandford, &woe., for Newfoundland; and Glide,--, for Boston. YARMOUTH, MARCH 3.—The sloop Margaret. of Londen,Watzu Master, put into these Roads yesterday, in distress, having lost her Master, Mate, and a boy overboard. . SHERRNESS, MARCH 3.—The following vessels have put tn here 001 loss of anchors and cables; viz. Lady Stewart, CASSOSS ; Hec tor, BURNETT ; John, Rexu; Durham packet, MARSHALL; and the Ann, BARNETT. .• Devoerozz, FILMY/AY 28. The Dwaar cutter, Lieutenant Goutu, and the. Essex frigate, fitted as a conv:ct s:iip, to lay off Dublin, under the orders of Mr. Raves', Assistant Master Attend ant of the Dock-yard of this port, sailed hence for Ireland a short time since. On the morning of the Ist instant, about seven leagues front St lye's, and blowing a strong gale, the Essex observed a large smuggling lugger some distance to leeward, and communicated it by signal to the DWARF, which returned orders to chase. The ESSEX made all sail immediately, and being light, ran the cutter completely out of sight. After a chace of eleven hours, the Essex gut up with the smuggler, and Mc. Raves managed bis ship in such a manner as to cross the bows of the lugger, and carry away her bowsprit, which prevented her escape. The Essex, being fitted for civil service, had not on hoard a single rituAret or sword, to enforce the surrender of the lugger ; but rockily was well manned by seventy riggers from the Dock-yards, with the boatswain of the SHAMROCK, and Serjeant WHIM of the Royal Marine Division at this port, who were on board as passengers. Mr. Raven immediately or dered Serjeant WHITE, who was armed . only with the cook's hat chet, the boatswain, and some . others to board, which they did, and drove the crew (thirty-eight in number) below. The Dwaar came up in about an hour and a half afterwards. She proved to be a Dutchman, front Flushing, with a cargo of nearly 1,800 bales of tobacco, 75 cases of gin, and a large quantity of gunpowder tea. — The prize has been carried to Kingstown. CUSTOM-DOUSE, NIARCII 3. SIMS ENTERID INWARDS—The Earl Ilathur,t, from Rotterdam; London, front ilainburgh ; Christble, front ditto; and Science, from ditto. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Marquis Wellesley, for Grenada; St. Domingo, for Hayti; Louisa, for Rotterdam ; Cape packet, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Friends, for Elsineur ; Olive, for I lamburgh ; Velocity . , for Lima ; Prince of Saxe-Coburg, fur Rotterdam ; Fly ing Fish, for Ostend ; Commerce, for Calais ; and the S..rah, fur New Oricotis. CLEARING OrTWARDS—The Exeter, for Lisbon ; Sea Nymph, Inc Naples ; Pursuit, for Rio Janeiro ; Mangrove Bay, fur Trieste; at Virginia packet, fur Philadelphia. E4RTHQUAKE FELT AT SEA.—The following is from the log-book of the ship Orpheus, bound ft cm Engin I to Ceylon s " Monday, 10th February, 1823. At 1 h. 5 tit. e.st. steering N.N. W. at the rate of bye miles per hour, a little swell from the S.S.E. felt a motion as if the:ihip were running over the growll or some other solid substance; and at the same time fur from 60 to 63 seconds heard a confused grinding tremulous noise, affecting the ship in every part: we sounded with' 20 fathoms of line up and down, but no ground. The sea not the least confused, ror could we per ceive the smallest appearance of anything which cotAl occasion this noise and motion. The ship wail tivt felt to strike once : she kei , t perfectly upright in her way ththugh the water, and answered the helm ; nor slid she make any water in consequence of the shock re ceived. At f.). h. sm. e. tu. itibther shock was experienced, hat much lighter 'than the Sett ;,and about three p.n. a third, w!f.ch was only just perceptible. •The first.waa so violent as to unship ono of the 'coropa.s cards front its point in the binnscte; "-Ad a pair of hoots, which were hanging 'on .a nail &teen intef the mainmast be tween decks, ware shake?' off.. The ships place At the first was 1.10. N. 61.6. at the second, 1. 15. 'N. li. - -1-iescat 14,isitury. • • • S . , • ' , ‘ . `.• I ; t I i : .1 I , 1 :~ i • P^ ; , , • . , .