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HIGHLAND FETE. Friday, the romantic Vale of Strathglass, Inverness. shire, presented a scene of Highland festivity, which it has not witnessed for many a day. The Chisholme, who is yet a minor, and has been several years in Eng land, came with his mother, Lady Ramsay, and his ~• our g brother, to visit his extensive territory, anti to renew acquaintance with his faithful tenantry. Hun dreds of the Clan, headed by the pipers, met him at the March line, and taking the horses from the carriage, ran it joyfully fur miles to the gate or the old family mansion of Erchiess Castle (at present the shooting goat ter of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, Bart.) who gave the young Chief a hearty welcome, and had invited a dis tingui.mhed party to meet him. The Chisholme, on ar riving at the Castle, was received with the ancient Highland salute by his uncle Glengarry, who with his son had crossed over the hills from Loch Oich to pay this compliment, each having his piper and regular tail. on, aild their whole band, to the true Ossianic style, i.caded by the old blind Macdonell bard, seated on a white pony. A sumptuous entertainment was prepared by Lady Radcliffe, in tents pitched upon the lawn, for the company assembled, amongst whom we observed— Lord and Lady Stafford, Lovat, and the Hon. Mrs. Fraser, the Hon. Misses Jerningham, the lion. Messrs. Jerningham, Colonel and the lion. Mrs. Maedonell. the Hon. Isliss Arundel!, Colonel Maldonel:, of the (Nardi, Miss Jerningham, Mr. and Mrs. Seale Culbohie, &e. &c. Time numerous followers of the different Clans (who with their Chiefs in full Highland garb) were plentifully supplied with refreshments and mountain dew, and the dulcet tones of the pipe gave life to the dance to a late. • hour, whilst all the hills for many miles extent, blazed with bonfires to welcome their young Chief. THE ARMY. Bearovwx or rue GUARDS.—This morning, soon after eight o'clock, the Ist Battalion of the 2d Regiment of Guards arrived at the Tower, from Knigtsbridge barracks, in order to relieve the in Battalion of the Ist Regiment of Guards, who go into Westminster quarters for the ensuing six months. 'I his nv)riiing, a Company of the Train of Artillery, accompanied by some baggage waggons, from Woolwich, arrived at the Tower. Orders have been given to the following Regiments to prepare for embarkation :—The 19th to replace the 9th, at Trinidad; the 22d to replace ill , : 50th, at Jamaica; the 84th to replace the 92d, at Jamaica; and the 86th to replace the 21st, at St. Vincent and Grenada. The 62d Regiment 13 distributed through the counties of Lon donderry, Tyrone, and Donegal, in thtt following manner:—Three companies and head-quarters at Londonderry, one at Lifford, one at Dungiven, one at Cr.rndonagh, one at Derrybridge, one at Do negal, one at Lrtterkenny, and one at Rathmelton. Non-Commissioned Officers have been sent from the 75th, quar tered at Enniskillen, to Londonderry, by order of the Commander of the Forces, to be instructed by the 62d in the nevi system of drill; Major-General Tnosterow, commanding the district, having, at his late inspection of that Regiment, expressed his approbation of the manner in which that Regimen: went through the manceuvres. All the military pensioners in the •icinity of tort were inspected last week in that city, by Commissioners deputed from Chelsea Hospital. _ _ _ 3lajor• General Gawvis, late of the 18th Regiment, is appointed Barrack-master of Mullingar. It is mentioned that the 73d Regiment will succeed the 84th in Limerick gat risoo. _ _ MONTREAL, MAY 25, 1826. Sti—l have the honour to transmit to you, by desire of the Ma gistrates, the Resolutions passed at a General Meeting of that body, held in this c it y, on the 24th instant. The sentiments of perfect cordiality and sincere regard enter tained in Montreal towards the 70th Regiment, will, I doubt not, extend to the inhabitants of every place which may in future become the station of a corps so deservedly esteemed; but I trust that no community will be found in which a kinder sense of their merits and services will be cherished, or more sincere regret be felt at their departure.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant, SAMUEL GALE, Chairman. Lieutenant Colonel MI Gregor, 70th Ittgiment. At a General Meeting of the Magistrates of the city of Montreal, held, in conformity to notice, sin Wednesday, the 24th May, 1226, the following Resolutions were unanimously passed, viz. _ . . Resolved, That the uniformly correct and praiseworthy conduct of the 70th Regiment, while in garrison at Montreal, under the respective commands of Lieutenant Colonel Room, and Lieutenant Colonel Al' Gazooa, and the cervices the Regiment always has zea lously rendered to the citizens, whenever their assistance could be useful, have entitled the Officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of that Regiment to the regard and gratitude of the Ma gistrates and inhabitants of Montreal. Resolved, That as the 70th Regiment is now ordered to a diffe rent station, and on the eve of taking its departure from Montreal, it is fitting that it should receive,on the part of the Magistrates, the expression of the feelings of high respect and estimation in which, from its exemplary character and conduct, it is deservedly held. Resolved, In consequence, that the Resolutions of this Meeting be communicated to Lieutenant Colonel IM(Gazooa, commanding the said Regiment, by letter from the Chairman of the Meeting. A true copy from the Register, (By Order) JOHN LELISLR, Clerk of the Peace. which the following Answer was returned : Normal., MAY 26, 1826. Sir—l have just had the honour to receive your letter of yester day, inclosing Resolutions passed at a general Meeting of the Ma gistrates of the city of Montreal, expressing their sense of the ser vices and conduct of the 70th Regiment, while they have been partered in Montreal, and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Evans and myself. It is most gratifying to me, their Commanding Officer, to receive mark of approbation front so respectable a Body; and the alicers.Non-cmomissioned Officers, and privates. will, I Am sure, duly appreciate the honour conferred on them. For them, and for ...z:••••nant Colonel Evass and myself. I beg leave to return our hest of thanks, and we shall lung bear in remembrance the mutual pad understanding that at all times subsisted betwixt the citizens of Montreal and the 70th Regiment, and the kind attention we a...cafys received from them. I have the honour to be, &e. &c. Your most obedient humble servant, C. 31‘GREGOR, Lieut. Col. 70th Regt. iday, the Right Hon. C. A Retail - Igor and his Lady viewed the interior of Liverpool Town Hall, inspected the Ducks, and the elegant American packet ship Leeds, Ste. A circumstance of a novel defcription occurred yes terday at the house of Mr. Hill, 17, West Smithfield. About three o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Hill was ells tailed by a noise proceeding from the chimney of her bed room, but imagining that some of her neighbours had employed the chimney sweepers, no further notice was taken of u at the time. But about twelve o'clock in the day, however, the servant, while making the bed, perceived soot falling from the chimney of the same room; and communicated the fact to her matter and mistress, search was immediately made, when the legs of a man were discovered a few yards up the chimney. Oa calling out, " Holloa, who are you ?" they received for answer, ‘i Pray take me out, iam fast.* Some of tic bricks were accordingly removed, and he was taken and found to be a chimney-sweeper of no ordinary The prisoner said on the preceding night he had lost some pigeons, and thought that they had descended the chimney, and that, in starching for them, he hid btcn set fast in that predicament till the present mo- 1 t. When he was taken out he appeared quite ex liainted, and gasped for breath. He had been jammed fast in the chimtley with one arm upwards, and the I't her downwards, which deprived him of all power of liberatin g himself. What were the prison, is inten il-ins may easily be imagined. It may be necessary to state, that he had reached Mr. Hill's house by m-ans of a house nearly adjoining, which was wider repa i r. The l';- .1:1:r was safely lodged in the Campter. • tNIIGRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Llfifillloo4 AUSUIT 21, 1526. Sift—Having seen stated in your newspaper that Mr. WILMOT•HORTON had obtained the appoint^ne!it of a Select Committee of the last House of Com mons, relative to Emigration to Canada, you will oblige a great number of poor individuals, and starving families, if you can give them any information, through the medium of.the Sratt, if the Committee made any' Report to the House before its dissolution, of its nature, and if it extended to Van Dieman's Land. Wes the ' Government intend to lay the subject before the 11.)tve the next session ? You will also oblige many who are anxiously looking for the result of Mr. HORTON'S kind exertions in favour of the starving multitude, if any as si,tance is to be given to the settlers by the Government? Any information which you can consistently give the Public will be received with thanks and gratitude—not only by myself, but by thousands, who would go to the Colonies in preference to the States, could they get over as readily: The American ships take passengers over flee of payment; and on the ship's arrival in America, the parties are bound over to serve for a limited period to the person who pays the Captain his passage money. This may be unpleasant to the feelings of an English- 1 man ; but, Mr. Editor, necessity has no law ; those who are unfortunately under the influence of its iron grasp must learn t, suffer, and submit in silence to many hardships which once they little dreamt would fall to their lot, and which, at a former period of life, they would probably have spurned from them with indigna- Mon and contempt. Times are much altered: poverty gives a lesson to the proud man, and hunger teaches him submission. You know not the feelings of it man when he meditates quitting his country for ever : even the exchange for our own Colonies is unpleasant ; but when we are about seeking refuge from starvation in a foreign country, it is almost past endurance.--: I am here making enquiries as to the nature of se curities to be given to the Captain, and the probable length of services required, after we get , over, by the man who will pay our passage money. After I have made the necessary enquiries, I shall return to Manchester to my poor brethren and friends. Could I by any means be assured the Government would aid and assist the poor and the needy next spring, or sooner, with a pas sage, atc. I would wait the result, and many, very many more, would do the same. I once possessed houses and some land--4t is now all gone, and any family are wan derers on the face of the earth, in search of food, for we have it not, nor can we get it here. Mr. Editor, may I, without offence, ask you one question—can you form in your mind the image of little children suppli cating their mother for bread—and she has nane to give them ! Such is the picture in most houses in and about Manchester for some miles. Farewell : if you can give us any consolation or hope in future, we pray you to do so, and we crave your pardon for not paying the postage of this letter, for we are almost without money' —work we cannot get, and we cannot beg, we were never used to it. Wishing you better success than we have met with in the world, we remain, Mr. Editor, respectfully, your obedient servants. P. S. Thireassn . we have addressed you on this subject h. be cause we have never seen the subject mentioned in any other paper, and we are accustomed to read your paper—let this be our excuse. We in better days have bought many of them. LAW REPORT. --or COURT OP CHANCERY. Amor 24. His Loosest? sat in his room to-day. The first matter he heard was the application respecting Lady Greeley, but no person having been admitted during the hearing but the parties concerned, nothing was made public. COLMORE V. BIRMINGHAM CANAL COMPANY. The application for an injunction in this case, on behalf of the plaintiff, was again renewed to day, after notice given. The plaintiff contracted to sell part of her garden ground to the defendants, for the purpose of carrying their line of canal through; beyond that piece of ground there was a nook of land, also belonging to the plaintiff, through which it was necessary to carry the line of canal, but which had not been contracted for, and when the works got to that spot, a compensa tion for it was tendered to the plaintiff, but which. she refused to accept, and moved for the present injunction to prevent the works going on. Mr. HARTI for the defendants, said the application proceeded from a quarrel between the agents of the parties, and that in point of merit the motion was to tally without foundation, the works having proceeded ever since February last, until the present moment. His LORDSHIP did not think it necessary that the Counsel for the plaintiff should reply. The principles upon which the Court granted injunctions in cases of this sort were so well understood, that it was almost absurd to ask for an injunction in the present instance. He would, therefore, refuse it, without prejudice to any application for a compensation of the land, or an issue respecting it. DespAches were received yesterday from Lisbon, to the 9th inst. His Excellency Sir CHARLES Sivas: had embarked on board his Maaairrv's ship DIAMOND, which ship was getting underweigh at the time the Royausy packet brig sailed. in consequence of information received that a pri• vate distillery was carrying on in Crown-street, Hin ton, Thomas Gater, accompanied by John Ellern and Francis Gibbs, Excise Officers—the same who made the seizure a few days back in the private distillery, Primrose -street, Bishopsgate. - -..repaired to the premises, and found in an under-ground kitchen, a still, charged with 150 gallons of 'molasses wash, and the several, utensils made use of in the process of distilling; the whole of which they seized and conveyed to the Excise Office; and 'on the same day (yesterday), and through the same medium, they discovered in a private house in Three Colt-lane, Bethnal-green-road, occupied by a Buckard Holland, 300 gallons of the same material, with which a still was charged and in full work in the back parlour; Holland himself and his wife and chit• dren being present: their admission here was resisted ; Mrs. Holland, on the Officer knocking at the door, calling out, noon perceiving them, to her husband, 66 Fly, John, fly l the scorpions are upon you." Thus situated, the Officers got through an adjoining set od yard, and scaled the garden wall of Holland's house, and before the party could separate, secured the still, n number of spirit casks and wash bags, which have been all since lodged at the head office of Excise. It may not be generally known that the cuttings of the box tree are injurious to animals. Last week some box cuttings were incantiously t h rown by the servant into a farm yard belonging to Mrs. M.trton, of Old Sudbury, Gloucestershire, and e.iten by some pigs.— Nothing that was administered to the animals appeared to arrest the progress of she poison ; for within two days six tine porkers and a sow died is contequence of eating this vegetable poison. NORFOLK AND . SUFFOLK RAIL ROAD - - COMPANY. A Meeting of thadiallibb was led Satoon's Code-hour! YiWardayg - • - Mr. CLARK, who arcs called to the Chair, stated the object of the Meeting. It appeared that the capital originally contemplated was 1,000,0001. and that the Directors had proceeded with the concern before their funds amounted to 4,0001. It was also stated that several sums allocated by the Directors to various purposes had not been paid. Mr. PA tani, the Poglneer, said .that he had received 7501. and he held* hill for 250/. not yet due. Mr. Slim:matte entered inti a defence of his cha racter, so far as it formed the subject of certain obser vations made by Mr. Wilks at a late Meeting. He never sent threatening letters to that Gentleman; the letters merely contained a demand of bis salary. His motive for burning a copy of a Morning Piper at the Exchange was, not that it attacked the character of Mr. Wilks, but that it spoke disrespectfully of some friends of his, for whom he entertained a very high esteem. Mr. BLAIN, who had no knowledge of Mr. Wilks, but from a single accidental conversation with him, maintained that the shareholders had no right to make any allegations against that Gentleman, as solicitor to the Company. Their business was with the Directors, to whom alone, the solicitor was accountable. It was therefore idle for the meeting to investigate what pre cise sums had or had not been paid by the solicitor, over whom they had no controul ; but if error was found in the accounts, the Direttt!iks were clearly, in the present case, the responsible party. After some further discussion, it was resolved to appoint a Com mittee of seven, to inquire Into the CoMpany's affairs. thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Meeting separated. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 2S. The ship Countess rf Morley, which sailed from this port with settlers for the River Ewe, arrived in that' River on the 24th May, after a pleasant passage of wine weeks. The Brazilian blockading squadron was then off the port, and the Commander had detained the Countess of Morley,with many other English vessels, at Monte Video. An advantageous offer was made by the Brazilian anthorities there on behalf of their Govern mentrof grants of lands near Rio de Janeiro to such of the emigrants as chose to settle there instead of the Entre Rios, which the greater part were inclined to ac cept, rather than be exposed to any risk, to which the protracted war and blockade might subject them. The number of men and boys of the Ordinary at this, as well as at the ether ports, is to be increased in a double ratio. The San Josef, 110, the ship occupied by Captain Bo wker, of the Ordinary, is ordered to be rigged, that the men may practice the use of the sails. The vacancies on the list of First Lieutenants of Royal Marines, caused by the recent promotion, ate to be filled up by the same number of officers of that rank (32) being called into service instead of those who were placed on the reduced peace establishment. The whole of the orders issued in this Dock Yard on l the 14th instant, by direction of the Hon. Commissioners of the Navy Board have been cancelled. The minute' of Commissioner Shield, to that effect, was made public on Tuesday. This abrogation arrived by the Hamoate. lighter, from Milford, where Sir T. B. Martin, and the Hon. Courtney Boyle at present are. Things have ac cordingly resumed their usual course in this Yard. The I Lords of the Admiralty are expected here immediately, but for what purpose is unknown. It is understood that Admiral lord Exmouth, G.O B. will succeed Sir James Saumarex, Bart. in the com mand at this port ; Vice Admiral the Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleming succeeds Sir Lawrence Halsted, in the West India command; Vice Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, K.C.B. succeeds Sir Harry Neale, in the Mediterranean. The Royalist tender arrived yesterday from Lisboa. In Hanioaze--Britannia, Windsor Castle, Pelona', Carnelian, Cynthia ; and Badger, Dolphin, and Active revenues, At the Island—Royalist, Bramble, Vigilant. In the Sound—Fart. Mr. HUNTER, jun. whilst on his late journey to Con stantinople with Despatches for the , . Right Hon. STRA,7OIIif Catt alos, was detained by illness for several days at Bucharest. The conclusion of the Firn?an addressed by the Sul.- me to the Cadi of Constantinople is published in the Paris Papers last received. The Finnan, in justification of the Susran's con. duct, says that under the circumstances that existed, the law com mands that blood should be shed without mercy. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.—WINTER 'E delightful Opera of The Chaste continues to attract numerous and fashionable audiences each night of representation. Independently of the great excellence of the music, the effective acting of Miss PATON com mands unbounded admiration. In consequence of the sudden ill ness of Mr. Pima Kam, the Melodrama of The Mind Boy was sub. stituted far that of Two Words, which was to have been revived last evening. Despatches have been received at the Colonial Office, dated 18th June, from Mr.WartaiNoTort, British Consul at Tripoli. These despatches announce the arrival of Major LAING, at Timbuctoo. The date of his arrival is not stated, but from the time he left Twat, it was probable it took place about the beginning of February. The next caravan which arrives at Tripoli from Tim buetoo will bring us further accounts from our traveller regarding his future movements. If he proceeded down the river Niger as expeditiously as he could, we may soon expect to hear of his arrival in England. The reports of the dispersion of the caravan with which he was travelling, atter it had left Twat, and which had reached this country through a respectable channel, are thus falsified. Inured to the African climate, and arriving at Timbuctoo early in the dry season, we consider every danger to Major LAING as over. Two British travellers are at present in the heart of Northern Africa, to which they have advanced from opposite points. No later advices have been received from Clapperton than those which announced his arrival at Sackatoo, but by the arrival of the Dispatch man of war from the cast of Africa (the Bight of Benin), some previous despatches from that traveller have been re ceived, which are of considerable importance, as dis closing his route and progress to Sackatoo. On the 7th of March he was at Katangah, the capit,l of Yarba or Yarribi, a country bordering on Nye; from whence he was preparing to set out for Kiama, and from thence to Wauwa and Youri (distant four days' journey from Wauwa); thus passing the places where our unfortunate countryman Park was Inst. K4ntangah is stated to be thirty miles east of the Niger. Important information he must of course have obtained there; but still more important information he of course obtained, and has no doubt genera ly transmitted to this country, in his ad vance to Katangah, and in his further advance north w•srds ; becduse, in that route, and in the latter space, he must have crossed the Niger, and passed Nyffe at that point t% here some will have it that the Niger turns east to the Nile of Egypt, and othets that it empties ;self into an inland I.4te. . ~. .. ~ REGISTER OF SALES. -..48... . . A - great tnisitee of sthishle gitites . *We lirosiglit to the hartuner yesterday, at the Auction Mart,,and Garraway's Coffee-house.— Among others were the following: By Mr. HOGGART. Two Freehold Cottages and Gardens, at Entre, hear Sandwich and Walmer, Kent ; let at 22/. per annum.—Knocked doss% at 1,01. Five Freehold Brick apd. Timber Cottages, and a Shit, with yards and premises; let_ale3sl. a year, near the preceding lot.w-1401. A Freehold' Cottage Residence near the above; let at 141. a year, subject to Bs. a year land tax.-•-1251. A Leasehold. House, with sebool.room adjoining, in Chttrth street, Stoke Newington; let for three years from Midsummer, 1825, at 841. per annum; held for 11 years at Latlyday last, at 551. a yeat.-95/. A Freehold Residence, known as Walton House, sitnate near to the village of Pastry, Kent, with - a walled garden. coach-house, stabling, outbuildings, paddock, and pleasure grounds, (areas yard, Ice. free (ram land-tat, timber and fixtures to be taken at a valua tion, the whole toataininglADO acres.—.9,l6ol. By Mr. ROBINS, of Regent -street. A Freehold and part Copyhold Estate, comprising the unique Marine Villa Residence, known as Warwick House, Worthing, Sussex, the late residence of the Right Rev. Shute, Lord Bishop of Durham, deceased ; containing the Mansion House, built in the style of a Roman Villa, with numerous attached mid detached do mestic offices, pleasure grounds, lawn, shrubberies, kitchets and flower gardens: a building called Warwick Cottage, sundry small tenements and other buildings, & paddock, andpieee of arable land, in the whole twelve acres, the copylsold part containing nearly five acres ; held of the manors of Cukeham, Droadwater, and Worthing, subject to the customary does and trifling quit-rents ; fixtures in the mansion, offices, and cottage, to be taken by the purchnef, at a valuation.—Knocked down at 9,8001. The Moiety or one undivided half part of a Freehold Estate, called Walleyn, situate in the parishes of Dymchurch and Bur marsh, Kent ; containing five pieces of Marsh land, consisting of about 75 acrei, subject to outgoings for laud tax and quit rents of la 7s. per annum-3,5201. The following Lots were sold by order of the Assignees of Messrs. J. and T. Brindley, bankrupts • Leasehold Estates, held for long terms of years, situate at Shad Thames, adjoining St. Saviour's Dock, formerly Tubb's Wharf, comprising spacious land and water side premises, granaries, ware- houses, sufferance wharfs, commodious dwelling-houses, and gar den, large open yards, with stables, coach house, &c. principally erected on solid bases,upon piles; knockeddown in live lots, at 6,4704 Freehold and Leasehold Estates, comprising Frinsbury Manor Farm-house, Kent, containing a residence, seated on a lawn, with domestic offices, coach houses, stabling, garden, orchard,. meadow, pasture, arable, and wood land, salting*, ace. containing 423 acres; an inclosure o f freehold land, containing 5 acres of brick eat The Quarry Farm, with sundry enclosures of pasture, arable, marsh land, and salting., containing 70 acres; also numerous tenements, cottages, and other buildings; knocked down, in three lots, at 9,67 W. Freehold and Leasehold Estates. situatp at Frinsbury, near Ro chester, Kent, comprising a plot of Freehold Building Ground, situate in Frinsbury street, in the whole nearly five acres ; a piece of meadow land, containing three acres, adjoining; a piece of garden ground, containing fine acres, and a ship-yard, lime-works, stack of warehouses, and enclosures of arable land, containing 47 acres ; knocked down in five lots, at 1,9001. The Freehold Delse Estate, near Rochester, Kent, comprising six cottages, with gardens and barn; an inclosu re of garden ground, for building, containing ten acres • the Silver - street Farm, situate in the parish of Frinsbury and Cliff, consisting of three oast-houses, and sundry inclosures of hop-garden., arable and wood land, in the whole twenty-seven acres; a dwelling-house at Brompton, adjoin ing Chatham ' • a freehold estate at Jenkin's dale, comprising foirr cottages, with yards, Litc. the Yalding Estate, situate in the parish of Yalding, near Maidstone, comprising a cottage, a warehouse ad joining the canal % with lime-wharf, and two acres of meadow-land; part of the land-tax on the estate is redeemed.—Knocked down In ten lots, for 23,710. - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Anteus, and Jamaica, arrived at Antipta on the 9th July, in 95 days from London. The Supply, from the South Seas, has arrived off Has. tinp ; and the ftom Bahia, off Dartmouth. . FALMOUTH ' Atm. 23.—Wind S. \V.—Arrived the Harvey, Gra sows, from London for Genoa ; Margaretta, Prtrwrs, from do. for Teneriffe and 13atavia, with bowsprit sprang; and Achilles, Hunaasoir, from London for the Cape. Sailed his Majesty's brig Rovousr, for Plymouth; and the Kingfisher packet, Lieut. Hai nzason, for Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, Moos: 23.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Eagle, TONQUIN, from St. Petersburgh for Lisbon. Off the port, the Mar pretra Pumas, from London for Teneriffe; and Lamed e e, Ja mmer, from St. Domingo for Havre. Porrnamern, Anoutr 24.—Wind S.W..—Arrived the Fort Wilßamti Nom, from London for Madras and Bengal. Sailed his Majesty's cutters Highlyer and Cracker, on a cruise. Deari Annan 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrlved and remain, the Ida, Ruinous, from London for Halifax; Euphrosyne, Huverns son, from do. for Canada ; &shin, Nocxoxas, from Newcastle for Jamaica; and the Salmon River, Dune, from London for Sierra Leone. Arrived and sailed, the Margaret, Toon, from London for New South Wales; and Endeavour, Cowsorr, frum Quebec for London. LIVERPOOL. Avoorr 23.—Arrived the Birmingham, Coals, from New York—sailed 25th ultimo; Cyrus, —, from Baltimore; Carabobo,Wmoue, from St. Anrew's (N. B.) ; and Nelson,Woon, from Quebec. Mr. HUNTER, jun. the King's Me s senger, was s nt off on Wednesday evening from the Foreign Mee, with Des.. patches to the Continent. IMPORTANT TO SERVANTS.—A case was heard on Thursday last, before Enw. CARTER, Esq. one of the Magistrates of Winchester, under an Act of Parlia ment passed in the fourth year 3f the reign of his present Majesty, which, amongst other things, provides fcr the punishment of servants who may misbehave or miscon dint themselves in their masters' service. The present case was between Mr. Jo!in Mills, of London, a whole sale stay maker, and a man named William Burgess, residing in Lake-lane, ,Portsea, who had been employed by the former, under a written contract, at the wages of two guiueas per week, to get stays manufactured in this neighbourhood, which were sent him from London for that purpose. It appeared in evidence that he had been in such employ for about two years, and that lately, from certain circumstances, Mr. Mills was induced to call for an investigation of accounts, and a settlement of matters between them, when things not turning oat satisfactory, Mr. Mills deemed it proper to seek a remedy under the aforesaid statute ; and it was proved that Burgess had detained a large quantity of goods which he had removed from the premises, and refused to tell to what place hi had sent them ; and also had refused to give up his master's books, under the pretext that he was largely indebted to him for wages. The Magistrate not deeming this a sufficient cause for the detention of Mr. Mills's property, particularly as it ex ceeded, by some hundreds of pounds, the amount of his claim, convicted Burgess of the offence, and sentenced him to three months'.imprisonment, and hard labour, in the House of Correction. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Am Si. The supply hitherto is tolerably good, particularly of Flour, Higher prices are asked for all kinds of Corn, and Wheat may be stated is. Oats Is. and Barley is. per quarter dearer than on Mon. day ; there are, however, not many sales effected at these advances. English Wheat, 4,360 qrs. Barley, 390 qrs. Oats, 2,380 qrs. Flour, 8,500 sacks. Foreign Wheat, 1,430 qrs. Oats, 6,140 qrs. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Au•.. 21. There is not much variation in the price of Meat this day, the best Stots, Runts, ate. being 4s. 4d. to 41. Bd. per stone; and the coarser Bs. sd. to 4s. 9A. per stone. Mutton is steady at 4s. 66. to 4s. lid. per stone for the best young Downs; and Ss. 4d. to 4s. lid. for the coarser and larger Sheep and Ewes. In the Veal trade the alteration is unimportant, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. per stone being the qua. cation. Lamb is tqierably steady, 5 1 i. to ss. 4d. per stone Me the best young Meat; and 4s. 81. to 4s. 10d. per 'stone for the coarser. In the Pork trade there is no variatiust.-Beasts, 537; Sheep, )1,470 ; Pigs, 90; Calves, 550. Beef, per stone, 41. to 45. ad. Mutton, 41. to-4s. 3d. Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Pork. 4s. to 4s. Bd.-.Flay, per load, .C 4 to .15 10e. Clover, £5 to £6 10e. Straw, AI Mk so it.