Star.
London, England, 1823-08-26 00:00:00

NAVAL IXTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTif, Aucust 24.—Wind &&W.—Off the port, the
Martha and Elizabeth, —, from Curacoa.
PORTSSIOUTH, AUGUST 25.—Wind W.Sailetl the Rip, Fos-
STIR, for Petersbprgh.
DIAL, AUOCIT 25.—Wind S.W.—Sailed for the Rivet, the
Aretbusa, Moitazt., from New Orleans. Arrived and remains,
the American ship I lenry, from Antwerp for Philadelphia, after
hoviiig been on shore.

Gijavasarn, AUGUST 25.—Sailed the Ilarriet, Dzow, for the
South Sea whale fishvry.
CORK. AUGUST 21—Sailed the Isabella, Whams, for New
South Wales, with convicts.

ARMY.
We are extremely sorry to state *hat that gallant Officer
Major Loveet. Ilaneocit, the 14th Light Dragoons, met with
a serious accident by his horse falling with him when out exer-
cising with part of the Regiment at Frorne last Thursday, and
broke his collar bone, and was much bruised.

FRANKFORT, AUGUST 19.—The Genoa Gazette re-
lates, as it says, on good authority, the following sin-
gular occurrence, which lately took place at Nice:—
" On Wednesday, July 2, Signor Gandolft, of Nice,
dined with his wife : about two o'clock in the day a
friend came on a yisit to them, and found Signor
Gandolft lying on a bed lifeless, with a book in his
hand. Signora Annetta, his wife, was also dead,
sitting at her embroidery-frame, with the needle in
her hand ; the maid-servant was found a corpse in
the kitchen, leaning on a table ; the canary-bird was
dead in the cage; an the dog and cat were stretched
lifeless on the floor ! The cause of this awful cams-,
trophe is yet unknown. The police are engaged in
investigations respecting it."
SUDDEN DEATll.—Yesterday morning, about half-
past ten o'clock, as Mr. Irwin, a respectable tailor of
Pelham-street, Mile-end New-town, was going along
Whitechapel, on his way home, accompanied by his
daughter, he suddenly dropped down in a state of
insensibiiity. He was instantly tlcen up and carried
into Messrs. Stubbs End Hancocks' coach-manufac-
tory, close by, and a surgeon sent for, but before he
arrived the vital spark of life had fled.
Tire gardens env ironing the metropolis wear a most
luxuriant aspect. Covent-garden market has, indeed,
been most exuberantly supplied for many weeks past,
with all kinds of vegetables and fruit, in season, of the
finest quality ; but, on the market days of last week,
the market, and a great proportion of every street
surrounding it, were literally blocked up with them.
It is said that a claimant has appeared for the Earl-
dom of tlyndfurd. He is said to be the son of an
elder brother of the last two Earls, who died in India
without its being known that he had left legitimate,
issue.—Glasgow Chronicle.
Last week, a person in the employer Messrs. Ped-
die and Biggs, of Little Missenden, for a trifling
wager, agreed to eat seven pounds and a half of cher-
ries in forty-six minutes. He accomplished his task,
by devouring the cherries and stones one minute
within the given time, and ate a heat ty dinner after.
WamasPour.—Saturday the town and neigh-
bouthood of Padiham, were thrown into consterna-
tion by the appearance of a very large waterspout.
When first seen, it seemed to have risen from clouds
which were gathering thick round Hamilton : soon
after it assumed a mole terrific appearance, and
veered to the north west. In this quarter it displayed
every symptom of immediate explosion, but suddenly
made a rapid circuit to the west. In its passage, the
noise which it created, represented the distant roar
of the sea on a rocky shore—but as it continued to
ascend, the tune was altered, and resembled more the
compressed discharge of steam fuom a boiler. The
revolutions which it made in its transit were awfully
grand ; and its attractive faculties of re-uniting the
volumes of mist which issued from its side, were be-
yond description beautiful. After repeated ascents
and descents, it varied its farm with astonishing ra-
pidity : at one period, its longitudinal extent must
have beep very considerable, and in the next moment,
the point, which left no more than eighty yards from
itself to the earth, was embosOmed in the mass. It
continued these transmutations for an hour, and then
was buried in the clouds. Immediately on its disap-
pearance, the atmosphere became densely dark, and
the most vivid lightning and tremendous thunder that
has been heard in the neighbourhood for many years
ensued.—Blackburn Mail.

A most dreadful accident occurred at Swinefleet,
near Ilovk den, on Saturday last, at the house of Mr.
Ireland, during his absence at Howden market.
Whilst the servant maid was in the kitchen, the two
children came in, the eldest a fine boy about nine
years of age, the other a girl about four ; they were
very desirous that the servant should boil them some
bones to make them some apple scoops, but this per.
haps not being vlva:tient at the time, she refused ;
the children continued their anxious request (but,
alas, in vain); the servant, in order to deter them,
threatened to shoot the boy, and went into another
molts and fetched a gun, et which she twice pulled
the trigger, consequently thought it was not loaded ;
however, when she presented it at the boy it went
off, and killed him dead on the spot, taking away
nearly the whole of his throat, and so near as to burn
the frill on his neck. It appeared that the last time
the gun was used, the priming was taken out, and
the t-ick was left with the cock and pan down.
LORD Howe.—Admiral Lord Howe, when a Cap
tails, was once hastily awakened in the middle of the
night by the Lieutenant of the watch, who jammed
him with great agitation, that the ship was on fire
near the magazine. "If that be the case," said he,
rising leisurely to put on his clothes, " we shall soon
have a further report of the matter." The Lieutenant,
flew back to the scene of danger, and almost instantly
returning, exclaimed, "You need not, Sir, be afraid,
the tire is extinguished." " Afraid !" exclaimed
Howe, " w hat do you mean by that, Sir ? I never was
afraid in my life; and, looking the Lieutenant full
in tile face, he added, " Pray how does a man feel,
Sir, when he is of ? I need not ask how he looks.".

_
SrucK-JonsEltS —SwlFT's account of the origin of
the term " Bears," in the language of this worthy
Eatcinity, differs from the common one. He says,
" He who sells that of which he is not possessed, is
said, proverbially, to sell the bear's din, IA bile the 11
bear runs in the woods: and it being common for
stock-jobbers to make contracts for transferring stock'
at a future time, though they were not possessed of
the stock to be transferred, they were called sellers of
beam skins,' or bears." Another interpretation arises
from the general character of this animal for tramp-
ling under foot, which agrees with their department
of business, viz. to keep down the Stocks.