Star.
London, England, 1825-11-14 00:00:00

LOnD COCHRANE.

We understand that Lord Cochrane (otherwise the
Marquis of Maranham) on Monday last, addressed a
letter to the accredited agent of the Brazilian Govern-
ment in this country (Manuel Rodriguez Gameiro
Paiez) to the effect that as a peace had happily been con-
cluded between the Brazilian and Portuguese nations,
which was the object his Lordship had in taking the
command of the Brazilian naval force, it was his inten-
tion on the 10th inst. to resign the active command of
his Brazilian Majesty's squadron, and therefore, the
frigate Piranga, lying at Spithead, would henceforth
follow the instructions given to her by the said accredited
agent. We understand that this notification has pro-
duced an order from the agent, directing Captain Shep-
herd to sail, with the Piranga under his command, on
the 20th inst. for Rio Janeii o. There is now no doubt
that Lord Cochrane came to England with the Piranga
without any order or permission of the Brazilian Go.
vernment. He left Rio Janeiro with directions to
prosecute the war against the Portuguese with all
the means of which he could avail himself; and
that he executed these orders very successfully was
proved by the numerous captures he made. One of his
ships alone took ninety sail of merchantmen, thtee ships
of war, and reduced two places to submission ; but not
one of the numerous captures made was ever sold, and
the produce, as was expected, divided amongst the
captors as prize money. The Emperor, as he was
importuned, decreed some inconsiderable sums as a
.4 reward" of the zealous services of his squadron; but
he could not be prevailed on to do more. The ships
and cargoes alluded to have been locked up these two
years, in anticipation no doubt of that event which has
released Lord Cochrane from his engagements with the
Brazilian Government, which, his Lordship foresaw,
when he sailed from Maranham, was hastening ; and
which, it would appear to be dais Llrdship's opinion, the
Emperorwas always more desirous of accomplishing than
he was to do justice to those whose service he was so
anxious to avail himself of in effecting the “ Imperial"
plan. We repeat that it is not true (as has been repeated)
that the Emperor of Brazil has shewn his displeasure of
the Marquis of Maranham by striking his name out of
the list of Officers in his service. Nothing that has or
may happen, can deprive Lord Cochrane of the charac-
ter of an accomplished, able, and gallant Officer—nei•
ther the untoward conduct of others, nor the wayward-
ness of his own, can obliterate the recollection• of his
many brilliant services, or hardly lessen the re•pect and
consideration which these valuable qualities confer
upon him. The Piranga (which has been upwards of
four months at Spithead) will be ready to proceed to
Rio on the 20th instant. She has at present only about
150 men on board (seventy of them Portuguese), but a
sufficient number, we understand, has been raised to
complete her crew, who will arr.ve in a few days. The
pay of the Brazilian seamen is from fifty shillings to five
pounds per month, with a month's bounty at the expira-
tion of every twelve months.—Hampshire Telegraph.

There was a sharp frost on Saturday night, and ice
in the Park in the. ruts opposite Buckingham House at 12 o'clock.
There has been a considerable fall of snow in the
neighbourhood of Carlisle ; and one post (the London
mail), owing to it, was an hour and a half behind time.
The moors round Glasgow, &c. are covered with snow.
N EVVGATE.L— Yesterday morning, the unhappy youth,
&Irqi Crook, aged only 20 years, who is ordeted •for
execution on Wednesday next, was conducted to the
Chapel of Newg•te, when the Rev. Mr. COTTON, the
Ordinary of the prison, assisted by the Rev. CHARLES
COLLIER, Rector of Hambledon, in Rotlandshire, per-
formed the devotional exercises on the solemn occasion.
At the close of the day, the pri,oner was conveyed to
his cell, whither he was attended by his spiritual ad-
visers and Mr. Sherif KELLY, who. united with them in
directing{ his attention "to another and a better world."
In the course (.1 the day, some female relations, who
ire very respectable, wer admitted to the condemned
r. ,c)rti.: :it scarcely need be named that the interview
.vas of a most valiant descliptioll. From the investiga-
tion which lias been made, it appears th .t up to this
onfottut areatfair the man sustaineek good character,
ten. Lis regatd to h s tnothe:..hos.been exemplary.

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NOXINATiON OF SHERIFFS.

Saturday being the morrow of St. Marlin, the Lords
of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council were
summoned to meet in the Court of Exchequer, to re-
ceive the nomination of three Gentlemen in the different
Counties in England, to serve the office of Sheriff for
the ensuing year. Their Lordships assembled, together
with the Judges, in the Judges' Chambers, end pro-
ceeded at a quarter past two o'clock in procession to
the Court of Exchequer, headed by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, in his full splendid robes, followed by
the Lord Chancellor, attended by Mr. Butt, the Sir-
jeant at Arms the Purse-bearer. &c. the Earl of
Harrowby, as Lord President of the Council, the Earl
of Liverpool, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Wynn, Lord
Stowell, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Ring's
Bench, and the Lord Chef Baron, who took their places
on the Barons' Bench, there not being room for any
more Privy Councillors. The Lord Chief Justice of
the Court of Common Pleas took his seat at the head
of the Judges who surrounded the table in the centre of
the Court. All the Judges were present, with the ex.
ception of Mr. Justice Holroyd, including Mr. Warrea,
the Chief Justice of Chester. Mr. Buller, one of the
clerks of the Privy Council, attended their Lordships.
An officer read an oa.h to the Privy Cuunc Mors, Judges,
&c. in Latin, which they all swore to keep.
De alphabetical list of the Counties was then read,
with a list of Gentlemen's names nominated for the
office of Sheriff for the ensuing year, when the Judges,
from the information which they had rec ived on their
different Circuits, proposed ca ruin additions and excuses
for not serving the office, some of which were agreed
upon, others were rejected by their Lordships. One of
the excuses stated for a Gentleman, pleaded, that
although he had not a large family, it was an expen-
sive one; which excuse, on the motion of the Earl of
Liverpool, was rejected. The same name appearing in
two couilitiei, it was ascertained to be the mine person,
who had property in both counties ; his name was taken
from the county where he had the least poverty, and
it remained on the list for the county where he resides.
Mr. Justice Park proposed another Gentleman for the
,county from which the name was taken. At the eon-
elusion of the nomination of three Gentlemen for each
county, Mr. Secretary Peel rose and stated, that he had
sent instructions to all the Clerks of the Peace, to fur-
, nisi' the Judges with a list of those Gentlemen qualified
to serve as Grand Jurors, and the branches of the
families who had served the office of Sheriff. The
Right Hon. Secretary wished to know if his instructions
had been complied with ? when it appeared, that in some
instances they had been complied with, in others they
had not. The Earl of Liverpool suggested. that the
cases of n•glect ought to be enquired into. Mr. Justice
Bayley, Mr. Justice Park, and Mr. Justice Littledale,
declared that the instructions of the Sscre.a, y of State
with respect to themselves, had been fully attended to.
Mr. Justice Park suggested the propriety of sending the
instructions in future to the Clerk of Aslize, in pre-
ference to the Clerk of the Peace, which will be taken
into consideration.