Star.
London, England, 1824-12-16 00:00:00

NA PAL INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived off the Isle of Wight, the Brighton, Ss:aoft, front New
York—sailed the 20th ult.

Fausourst, Dec. S.S.W. light lairs.—No arrivals or
sailing&
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind S.—Arrived the Fox, Watixr, from
the Downs for Malta.
Porrsatourn, Dec. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from the Downs
and remain, the Posthumous, Hoes, for Sierra Leone; Thomas,
lista., for Sr. Vincent's; and the Maria, for Bilboa.
DIAL, Ds. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived the Jane, Hawents, from
Quebec; and Lord Nelson, WILSON, from Messina. On the 7th
instant, Cape Finisterre N. F.. fifty-five miles, saw a brig upset in a
squall; bore down to save the crew, hut saw none on the wreck,
nor any boats on board ; she appeared to be about 130 tons ; taw
4. Oostende" on her stern, but her name was under water: from
the quantity of oranges coming from her she was supposed to be
fruit-laden. Came down from the River and remain, the Frederick,
'Powat.r., for Jamaica; and the Alknomack, Farm& for Trinidad.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 14 —Wind W. Atrived the Flora, Brans,
from Miramichi. The brig Ve'ronia, --, from Quebec to Lon-
don, was spoken with in lat. 47. long. 27. out seventeen days, leaky,
and one pump constantly going.

IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS COMPANY.

The differences between the Presidents, Directors, and
Shareholders of this Company, have at length been ami-
cably settled ; and we trust, in future that projectors of
new schemes will make no more efforts to take advan-
tage of the Public, by demanding a bonus on every
share offered for subscription. These projectors should
not be ignorant, that without the public sanction, their
schemes would be of no avail g and they should recol-
lect, that by making fair offers, they increase and con-
firm their own consequence. Having gained such con-
fidence, they should not attempt any measure which is
likely to shake and destroy the very foundation on which
they had raised themselves. This has been too evident
in the present instance. The Continental Gas Company
was first contemplated as a regularconcern, and as such,
letters for shares were sent in to probably six times the
amount of the capital required. Before the letters al-
lotting the- shares were issued, each share had reached a
premium of 6 or 7, when it was rumoured that 3 pre-
mium would be required as a bonus from the shares
granted to the Public, to remunerate the four Presidents
for their exertions and expenses. The Directors and
Officers were to be exempt from paying this bonus; but
in fact they would have received it, for in selling any of
their shares they would of course get that ES premium
which the public purchaser would be liable to pay. The
rumour was at length confirmed by the prospectus, but
the attempt to take advantage of the confidence of the
Public has failed, and at a Meeting held on Saturday
last, it was determined to remit the bonus on each share.
This is as it should be; and there is no doubt, that with
the several good contracts brought to England by Sir W.
CONGREVEI the shares will soon reach their real value. It
is true that a reserve of the bonus is left for the consider,
ation of the Directors three years hence, subject to the
prosperity of the Company, but it will then, we conclude;
of course, be paid out of the general fund, by Directors,
Officers,and Public.We cannot for a moment believe, that
the shares distributed to the public, which we think are
not mare than 7,000, being about one-third of the total
number, are intended to bear the expenses and bonus
to the Presidents. By this awkward attempt, the shares
came down to par on Tuesday ; but they will most pro-
bably soon again reach their former premium. The
Presidents, &c. are reported to be respectable men, and
the public has a right to expect respectable conduct.

The statement which has been made respecting the
appointment of Sir CHAIM!! Sevane to the Government of Bom-
bay is wholly unfounded. The Hon. Metnerrruater ELTHINSTONZ
continues Governor of that Presidency ; and Major-General Sir
THOMAS Mona° remains Governor of Madras, and has no inten-
tion of coming home.
The Friends of good Government throughout the
world will no doubt receive pleasure from the assurance that the
publication of The Oriental Herald, which by now been before the
British Public twelve months, has kind d. in every quarter of
Great 134itain, a spirit of inquiry into the misgovernment of India,
unknown since the days of Warren Hastings's Impeachment. This
spirit has evinced itself in a very general demand for morefeeguesl
as well as more ample information on Indian Affairs than it has
been hitherto found practicable to lay before the reading classes of
this country, in the ordinary publications of the day. To meet the
wishes of those most deeply interested in the welfare of the people
of India, which can only be promoted by attracting the public mind
in England to their unhappy condition, Mr. BUCKINGHAM intends to
publish his Journal Once a Fartnight, issuing a Number of the pro•
sent size and price, on the Ist and 16th of every month, so u to
unite, by this increased frequency of appearance, the advantages sire
a Newspaper with those of a Magazine and Review. This arrears'
ment will insure its being earlier at. .l fuller in all that forms the de.
partmeut of its Indian Intelligence,whether Civil or Military, Mee"
candle, or Political, as well as in its Reports of Public I)ebates
England on all subjects connected with the Government or Co.
coerce of India, than can possibly be effected by any Monthly Pe-
riodical; at the same time that it will admit of its including within
its pages such a number and variety of Original Articles, on Indian
and European topics, as could not be compressed within the usual
limits of a Weekly Paper—thus afroiding the defects and securing
the advantages of each. The demand for this Work in India has
been already so great, that One Thousand Copies of each of as
several Numbers that had arrived in that country had been sold off
within a day after their being landed ; and more copit4 have been
ordered to be sent to all the Presidencies, as well as to the remoter
Settlements. To meet this, and the increasing sale of the Work in
England, which has progressively advanced during the last sir
months, it has been found necessary to have separate and eaclu • I
sive establishment fur its publication, which will in future be at
No. 33, Old Bond-street, where Communications for the Editor,
Orders for the Publisher, and Advertisements for the Printer of
The Oriental Herald are requested to be addressed. It will continue
to be sold also by Mr. J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill, and by all
Booksellers in Town and Country.

ROBEERY.—Yesterday evening a robbery was com-
mitted in the house of Mr. JAMES WIGGING, an inde-
pendent Gentleman, residing in Grove-terrace, Lam-
beth, whose premises were entered by some daring de-
predators, and robbed'of a very considerable quantity
of/ silver plate, wearing apparel, &c. The villains it
appeared, gained access from the garden at the back of
the premises, and although the robbers could have been
but a short time there, they succeeded in ransacking
the house of the above property, and escaping with their
plunder without any trace of detection.