Star.
London, England, 1830-07-27 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 27, ISM.

N°. 13,536.

THE ANTARCTIC COMET.

(From the Gaeeta ►fercanti! of the 17th April.)

This phenomenon, which has travelled more than one quarter of
the heavens since it was first discovered in the constellation Hydrus,
near the Antarctic Pole, is now in the Northern hemisphere, and
may be seen in that of Pegasus, in the absence of the moon, in the
morning of the 20th instant, from two till five o'clock.
As was expected, its progress was considerably retarded, when in
the vicinity of the planets Mars and Jupiter, from whose influence
it is scarcely yet clear. It arrived to that important point called the
Ascending Node, situated in the 15th deg. of Aquarius, on the Gth,
or, more properly, at 5 day 21 h. 20 min. when it had 61 deg.
38 min. of western elongation.
Mr. Kiernan, to whom we are indebted for our information, has
furnished us with the following observation+, which, we hope, will
be of some importance to the European astronomer, who, from his
situation, was deprived of the opportunity of marking its etherial
path in its transit from S. to N. They were made with well.
corrected sextants, at the same instant of mean time, the able
lunarian, Capt. Dwerhagcn, giving his assistance throughout the
Whig, COMM '

March 18, at 10h. 2lm. mean time, the Comet w•aa dbtant from
a Alpha Centauri 34 deg. 42 min.
Canopus 34 deg. 18 min.
March 20, 9h. 42m. do. do. a Alpha Centauri 4O deg. 29 min.
Canopus 36 deg. 4 min.

March 21, 101.02 m. do. do. a Centauri .. 37 deg. 21 min.
Canoptu .. 44 deg. 7 min.

March 23, 8h 45m. do. do. Achernar .. 25 deg. 38 min.
Bets Argo Navis 40 deg. .52 min.

March 26, 7k 45m. do. do. Aehemar
Beta Argo Navia 54 deg. 20 min.

March 28, 4h. 30m. a. in. Alpha Centauri.... 54 deg. 10 min.
Jupiter .. :17 deg. 45 min.

March 30, M. 00m. do. do. Jupiter ..... 38 dcg. 30 min.
Altair .. 33 deg. 50 miu.
Fomelbaut . 21 deg. 15 min.

April 1, at sh. 00m. do. do. A1tair....... 46 deg. 0 min.
Fomelhaut 2O (leg. 10 min.

April 5,4 h. 3(m. do. do. Altair...... B4 deg. 32 min.
Fomellsaut 25 deg. 35 min.

NAVAL AND MILITARY MORTALITY AT
JAMAICA.

From the Portsmouth Herald.

" The following comparative statements, with which we have been
kindly favoured by a naval friend, will no doubt be interesting to
our:naval as well as military readers,as showing the mortality in the
two services at Jamaica, and proving the advantage of keeping the
ships' companies of the squadron at sea. It is a known fact that
the deaths in the squadron formerly greatly exceeded those of the
troops, because the ships were generally kept at Port Royal. It
will appear, however, from the following statement, that the mor-
tality in the navy, under the immediate charge of Admiral Fleming,
has been lately only one-twelfth part as great as that in the military,
which we attribute to the judicious arrangements of the Admiral in
keeping his ship as much as possible at sea.

An Account of Deaths among the Troops serving in the Island of
Jamaica, from the years 1819 to 1829 inclusive.
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An Account of Deaths on board his Blajesty's ship Barham, from
April 11, 1827, to March 27. 1830,
James Finlay Edward Fireman
William Young 1829 Horatio Hewlet
Henry Albert George Nichols
George Roslyn William Newland
Joseph Roberts 1830 Thomas Archer
John Douch to Mr. Moultrie
Thomas Illinshaw March James Mills
Benjamin Crichton
Of the above, 12 died from disease, and 3 from accident.
The Barham victualled on an average, during the three years.
450 men, the deaths being (including three accidents) during the
whole of that period. 15; which is very little more than one per
cent. per annum, or one man in every hundred each year. The an-
nual average strength of the army, including women and children,
was 3,414. and the annual average deaths 435, being upwards of
twelve and a half per cent. per annum, or one man in every eight
and a half each year. The years 1819, 1822, 1825, and 1827, ap-
pear to have been by far the most fatal among the ttoops, AI will
be seen by the table. The smallest number of deaths happened
in 1829.

1827

1820

1829

THE KING OF WIRTEMBERG.

His Majesty, Frederick IVilllans I. King of Wirtemberg, who,
on the gracious invitation of William IV. conveyed to him by CoL
Finclarenee, now visits England for the first time, is forty-nine years
of age, and succeeded to the throne in 1816.
His Majesty is son, by a first marriage, to Frederick, Duke of
Wirtemberg, who was raised to the kingly rank by Napoleon. The
late King of Wirtemberg formed a second alliance with the Princess
Royal of England, by '
whom he bad no issue. It has been under.
stood that Frederick when Prince, was not on happy terms
of union with his father, whose alliance with Bonaparte he resisted
on all occasions. The Crown Prince served with much honour dur-
log the last war, and is esteemed on the Continent as a good soldier
and an honourable man. His Majesty's destinies have, however,
been in many respects peculiar. Intended by his Royal Father to
cement his alliance with the French Emperor, by a matrimonial
union with Stephanie Beauharools, no* Orsini Diwbas Mirages of
Baden; he entered, as an evasive measure, into an immediate engage-
ment with the Princess Charlotte of Bavaria, who was equally anxi-
ous to escape a marriage with Jerome Bonaparte the !OLIO West.
palla, afterwards united to the Princess Catherine of W emberg.
he Crown Prince livell for four years on terms of friendship with
his Wife; with it Mutual understemding that their union should
be dissolved whenever the fortunes of Oennsay and the down-
fall- of Napoleon plight perthit them tR form a second choice.—
In 1815, accordingly, the ties of the Crown Prince of Wirtemberg
wine invalidated; he espoused Ina ielioad &adage the *Wowed
Duchess of Olde11511111; lOW tb tam Illeperor of Russia; while his
divorced wife beanie Empress of Austria. The Royal pair still
remain on a footing of friendly fiord, !bonfires aoddectraiti•
stances bring them tol_ether. With hit new. Quern, .01*
the KThg Of Wirtendtng 114ed•Ift the hipplisit tetNiti bid°.
mastic affectiOl. In 1818, her Majesty dial of iladtkit
without leaving heirs male to the throne; and in 1820, the King

PRICE 7I).

was re-married to his Cousin, Princess Pauline of Wirtetnberg, who
gave birth to a Prince In the succeeding year.
In the year 1819 the King of Wirtemberg bestowed a liberal
Constitution upon his subjects, which conciliatory measure, com-
bined with the relaxation of the severe game laws enforced by his
predecessor, added considerably to his popularity in the kingdom.
He also dispersed the enormous menagerie which had been enter.
tained by his Royal father—to the great discontent of the lower
classes at Stutgardt.
The King of Wittenberg is manly and simple in his habits of
life. He makes frequent journeys into Italy from his summer pa-
lace on the lake of Constance, for the purpose of collecting artists
and objects of art for the decoration of his capital; and he has per-
sonally inspected the progress of a delicious villa named Rosenstein
—built after his own plans in the beautiful environs of Stutgardt.
It is remarkable that this lovely spot, a recent purchase selected by
his Majesty, commands avow of the magnificent Mausoleum erected
to the memory of Catherine, his second wife at her own dying re-
quest, on the summit of the mountain of Kaillenberg. This tomb,
w*h overlooks the " city of the vineyards," as the Capital of Wir.
lA~berg has been not unaptly named, is decorated with fine statues
from the chisel of Thorwaldaen and Danekec, and is annexed to a
Greek Church, endowed to perpetuity for the purpose of saying
daily mass for the soul of the deceased Queen, whose memory is
fondly cherished by her husband. Her sons, the young Princes of
Oldenburg, one of whom died suddenly last year, reside in the
Royal Palace at Stutgardt. Frederick William is an excellent
horseman, and his stud, consisting chiefly of Arabians, is splen-
didly appointed. The chief stable contains two hundred stalls filled
with thorough-bred horses. The Palace of Stutgard is inferior only
to that of Versailles in the days of its original magnificence ;
and it is fitly graced by the splendid hospitality of the present
King. Their Majesties appear daily in public, riding together in
the avenues of the Anlanen, or park, and attending almost every
representation of the national theatre. The youthful family of this
royal house consists of six children, by the second and third
marriage.
Coxpawtows or GEO. IV.—The late Marquess of Hastings was
certainly the steadiest of his Majesty's friends ; but he was an im.
provident man, and therefore ill.calculated to be the adviser of
the Prince. He was constantly in debt, and taking up money upon
post-obits, and other securities, at enormous rates. His servants,
of whom he kept a large number, lived riotously, and drank the
dearest wines at their master's expence. He also had a number of
pensioners, most of whom were blood-suckers. One of these was
Felix M'Carthy, an Irish adventurer, who once absented himself
longer than usual from St. Jtunes's.plaee, on which his lordship sent
to know what was the reason. Felix returned an old pair of shoes
worn out at toe and heel, asking " whether those were fit for hid;
to enter his lordship's house in ? It is no wonder that the Prince
and the Marquess should have been constantly embarrassed.
Among the early associates of the Prince was George Hanger, af.l
terwards Lord Coleraine—a man of most eccentric character, not,
destitute of talent, but of dissipated habits, and fond of low com.l
pany. The Colonel succeeded to the title of Coleraine in 1814, on
the death of his brother ; but a greater affront could not be offered
hint than to address hint in word or writing as "My Lord." He
always wore a silk handkerchief round his neck, and a short club
stick under his arm. He died in 1817, at the age of 73, having
been for some years discarded from the Prince's parties, on ac-
count of his low propensities. He was at one time a sort of
purveyor for the royal pleasure ; but though he had all the vice
and good humour of Falstaff; he had not the wit of fat Jack.
Yet compared with others, his old patron might say, " We
could have better spared a better man." • • •
• •. Another of the convivial companions of
the Prince was Henry Bate Dudley, commonly called " the fight-
ing parson." His name was originally Bate, to which, in 1784, he
added that of Dudley. He succeeded his father in the Rectory of
North Farmbtidge, in Essex, but never resided there, living con.
stantly in London, where he wrote for the stage, and conducted
The Morning Post. In 1780, he established The Morning
Herald, which became The Gazelle of Fashion. Bishop Lowth
having called upon him to reside, or discharge clerical duty near
London, he, to avoid the former, took the euracy of Hendon.
Here he used to attend on Sundays, with his friend Parsons the
comedian • and between the morning and afternoon service, Play
at cribbage in the reeky ! When the Duke of Bedford beams
Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland he gave Dudley the Chancellorship of
the Cathedral of Ferns, and other preferments. In 1816, he ob-
tained a Prebend of Ely. The Prince Regent made him a Baronet in
1812. But when application was made to Lord Grenville to
promote him to the Episcopate, his Lordship referred the appli.
cant to the words of St. Paul—" A Bishop must be no striker."
The Prince, soon after the establishment took place at Brighton,
received into his service Louis Weltjle, a German. He was *rig&
nally a gingerbread-baker, and sold cakes about the streets, and the
Prince, being pleased with his manner and cakes, gave him a situa-
tion in his household. Here he rose to be chief cook and purveyor,
both at Carlton-house and the Pavilion. His ride kept even pace
with his good fortune ; and he even took nally great liberties
with his royal master. Weltjie at last, however, lost his place and
the Prince's favour by his folly. He had an only daughter, of
whom he was fond, till she offended him by marrying her father's
assistant cook. Weltjle was so exasperated at this degradation, that
he had the assurance to complain to his royal highness, representing
the ingratitude of the young nun in strong terms, and stating the
disgrace brought upon his family by this match. He concluded by
soliciting the immediate dismissal of the offender. The good-na-
tured Prince only smiled, and told Weltjie to lire amicably with
the young couple. This Weltjie could not endure but kept on re.
monstrating till his royal highness's patience being tired out, he
dismissed the cook front his )nesence, and shortly after front his
service, giving the place to Weitjic s son in law. Weltjie, how-
ever, had realised a handsome fortune, and built several houses at
Brighton. lie also kept a subscription.bouac in St. James's-street
many years, the history of which would be curious. He died slid-
rienly in 1800.—Lloyd's Memoirs.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPSRS. •

THE CHINA TRADE.

The Report from the Select Committee on the Affain of the East
India Company has just been delivered, of which the following is an
abstract _

The Committee, finding it necessary to call for further statements
respecting the Company's finances, have postponed that part of the
subject, and made a report exclusively relating to the trade with
China. The Report commences by stating that the Company re-
serve to themselves the whole of the China trade • but that licences
are granted to country ships occasionally, to purchase a quantity of
tea, not exceeding 400 chests in a ship, and that thedemand fbr these
licences has of late years greatly Increased. The Akin of the Com-
pany are managed by a Committee of Supercargoes in Canton. They
consist of twenty in all; but three or four of them are annually
formed into a Select Committee, who manage the whole of the Com-
pany's transactions with the Chinese.
The influence of the Company's servants at Canton is stated to be
considerable, and to have increased of late years. They are admit-
ted to personal conferences with the Chinese authorities, who occa-
sionally pay visits of compliment to the factory and the Company's
ships. They are the only foreigners who are permitted (and much
value is attached to the privilege) to address the local government in
the Chinese language. All other foreigners are obliged to use Eu-
ropean languages, whereby the Government is enabled to put what
construction it pleases upon the addresses.
The Company's superior influence is ascribed to the magnitude
and regularity of their dealings, and to their being able to temporise,
without either incurring national dishonour, or bringing ruin upon
themselves.

But great difference of opinion prevails on the question of whe-
ther a Btitish Consul could motintain the same influence as that pos.
seined by the Company's savants. 'rata were formerly paid for in
bullion, and the Americana are still obliged to trade with dollars ;
but the Company conducts its uansactions through the means of
British merchandise, bartered with or sold to the Hong. These
commodities are principally woollen and cloth, but it is admitted
that the sale of these ankles has diminished, in consequence, as it
is supposed, of the exertions of the Americans, who ate charged with
the offence of selling inferkie goods marked With the stamp of the
Company, in order to mecum their admission to the interior of
China without the usual examiwion. The Company's expo nt
front China are confined to tat, and the consuMption hat much in.
I creased since 1814. ,
Tea is,grown and used throughout Ois} Those spell& which
ari suited for the European ant Atd&GMthohlr.Eti tle Mad to be
produced in five .proeiess.; bat doubts, as,it,,nggsrom in eel.',
deuce, are entertained whetherthe quantity of fine teas required
for those marketi could be dint dally augmented, on *lon being'
oho given that an inaaised demand would for a time muse a