Star.
London, England, 1824-02-26 00:00:00

NA PAL INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday, a Court of Directors Was held at the East Indialgam,
when Captain Hams= was sworn into the comigand of .0.16
abtp
Thames.
Dr. Diction, of Clifton, Physician to the Platt, has been
pointed Physician of the Royal Naval Hospital at Plyntolitlh•
the room of Dr. TKOMPSOW, deceased.
Captain Bourns', of the CAMILMN sloop of war, who so gallantly
captured the Algerine corvette, is promoted to the rank of Post-
Captain; and Capt. Lsitisicrisappointed to command the CAUILIAN
As the Po, 131%Ln:a Master, was endeavouring to make Padstow
harbour, on Saturday we h, a tremendous sea struck the vessel and
washed the Master ands his son, a fine young man, overboard. As
no assistance could be afforded that, they were both drowned.
FA LMOCTII, FICIIMIYARYfit.—:Vied, the Ruby. WAT
son, for Genoa; -Marys, FiNnLav ; Britannia, •R csi • ana WAt son,
WA 'NON, for Lisbon; and NORMAN, for kfarseilles.
Piassourn, FaaßtlA RV S 4.— Wand R..— A rrived the za, 1: it,
front Charente.

PORTiIIOUII4, FiSSUA RV 25.—Witid N.V.—Arrived the Orpl.e s,
Frion.av, from London for the Isle of France ; and his Mai, sii's
ship Cametrow, from Falmouth.
FEHRUA 25.—Wind N. F--Catne down from the River,
and sailed, the ilonourable Company's ship Sir David Scott, for
Bengal and China; W.lliam Money, JACIC•bt3N, fur Madras; Mit-
ford, TAitos, for :Ilogadore ; West Indian, ('OOK, fur Antigua ;
Sibson, STEPIII mom, for St. Lucia ; Telegraph, G uANnmo, for Havre ;
Betsey, Fun, for Antigua; Cineinnatits, Scotto, for New York ;
Rosanna, JOHNSON, for Batavia; Tula, IVrirrk, for Gibraltar; and
Betsey, Asriti., for Tenerife.
CUSTOM-11013SE.
Sines Mennen lowa Res—The Conferencesa, from Gottenbofgh ;
Better Luck Still, from Calais; Apollo, from Stettin; Lawring.
front Pre deriekstadt ; Lively, from Harlingen ; Emma, from Li-
verpool; Conch, front Antwtrp; Hazard, front Dunkirk i • Kiel. .
from Stock:mint ; Marys, Pheasant, Margaret, Active, and Wharsn.
ger, from Waterford; and Factor. from Belfast.
ENTEKVII Otera•aans--'llte Agincourt, for Antwerp; Gerirude,
for Rotterdam • Golden Spring, for Bermuda ; and Kleenex, fur
the Cape of Good Hope.
CLEARING OuTwARDS—The Massasoit, for Baltimore; Barcl ty,
for Jamaica; Sisters, for Naples; Frederick, for Gibraltar; Oporto
packet, for Pernambuco; and Reward for the South Seas.
ARRIVED—At Lisbon, the Courier, Cozen; Gloria, Baptiste;
and Nancy, Morrisy, from Rio Janeiro ; Lark, Pylons ; Vittoria,
Pinson ; Alliance, Collins ; and Augustus, Cram, front Newfound-
land; and Amphion, Liberg, front Itarnsgare. At Oporto, Isa-
bella, Bishop; and Lapwing, Richardsi from Liverpool; Two
Sisters. Prowse ; and Dove, from Newfoundland. At
Übe's, Auguste, Bateman ; Emanuel, Bismark ; and
from London ; Enigheden, Asander, front Ramsgate ; Union, Da-
vey, from Liverpool; and Ceres, Wagg, from Newfoundland. At
Figuera, Speculator, 'Mulloy ; and Justin, Cotinen, front Newfound-
land. At St. Helena, Kains, Cunningham, from Madras.
PIRACY AND MURDER.
Matteotti, Fee. 2.—The American schooner Napoleon, sailed
hence on the 23d ult. bound to the Cape deVerds, in ballast, and on
the morning of the 25th idem, a Portuguese brig (which had loft
the sehooner off Pond do Sol, and headed at Ilibairo Brava), ar-
rived in town, with the melancholy intelligence of the murder of
the Captain, Mate, Steward, and a ynusig Portuguese lad, by three
of the crew. The Governor immediately sent out armed boats
(under the direction of the Harbour :\laster), in starch of the
schooner and crew; they succeeded In getting the s.:liooner the same
night, and on the morning of the 26th die vessel and mursterers
were conveyed into Funchal Roads. The three men are now un-
dirgoing a strict examination, but nothing further has transpired.
It is supposed they will be sent to America, and there receive their
punishment. The boy who brought Utz intelligence of the murder
had been spared to assist in the vessel, bat on the night of the 24th
be contrived to lower the boat and escape, whilst the men were
below drinking. The object they had in view is not yet known—
the Captain had but a small quantity of specie on board.

SPOUTING INTELLIGEACE.

CAPTAIN PARRY'S MATCH FOR 100 SOVEREIGNS.•
Not the Great Circumnavigator, but a real Light Horseman,
who undertook his match n Tu. salty to ride and. drive thirty-six
miles in two hours. lle first became an equestrian, and did twenty-
one miles in eleven minutes within the first hour. This mot of the
condition having been performed in less time than the equestriaii
thought of, he commenced charioteering, with betting six to foto
in his favour. The ground was over a bye.road fr ilare-hat.ll
to Lemming Wood, on the other side Maidenhead. The diiv:oz;
part was skilfully performed in alight vehicle, weight 1201 its. The
first horse in the gig was too fart fur ,his work. .There -wits ver:
little trot about him it was necessary to take an after chance,
which, by way.of accident, had been prepared to do any fast work
required- Ins second lot was a new Manchester mare, or at lelst
new to the sporting world, said to belong to a Mr. Nelson, front
Westmoreland. She did her work at the rate of sixteen Wile, an
hour with great ease, and the match was won with great difficulty
something under three miritncs and a rew seconds within the time.
THE CHASmossmr.—Sjwing has written another letter, in which
he says—" Of Lungen I have nothing to say, but th .t I consider
him a brave fellow in the ring, and a good fellow out of it: butt iu
order to put an end to all further eArtling, and to-brie; out matters
to a clear understanding. I have only this to o'uervid--Lhisgati at his
.ven benefit publicly statedthat ' he was ready fight any man who
called himself Champion of England, on a stage, •fiat • front e. 300
to £1,000.' Now I have been pronounced the character he de-
teribes, and I sin ready ro fight Langan, or any other man, for
£5OO, in a roped ring on the turf; or for £l,OOO, in any way that
himself or his .fri.:nds may think proper to suggest—on an iron
pavement if they choose. This is my final -answer to all grata;
and I shall be at the Fives' Court on Wedisetelayiaisd. amas tit the -
scratch, if called." •
-Reirtiouts ANT) Wittax.—The former has accepted thee:barllitre
of the latter, with the following proviso:—flu says he is, ut:cLo-
eleven stone, and will fight me fur .6200 a .side. I will accept his
challenge, awd light half way between London and Blanchester;
but it has been whispered to use that Air. Wittain weighs twelve
stone ten pounds; if that is the use, he rough: nave ses.d himself rise
trouble of writing, fur my farads s id uot allow rote to fight aganist
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superior weight.
PEARCE INOUE AND NED TURISEE.—On the Cdth instant, there
was a strong muster of the Fancy, as well as Spotting Gualemen,
at Mr. Thomas Belcher's' the Castle Tavern, Holborn, when, after
a little chaffing, the sum of SU was made good towards 1001 a-side,
between Pearce Inglis and Ned 'Turner; the neat 50L to be made
good on the 6th of April; the battle to take place on the 20th. •:
Monday the 23d inst. was rang at the Parish church of St.
Dnnstan, Fleet-street, by eight of the Junior I:uqthethtnd Speistir,
the whole complete peal of Grandsirc Triples, containing 5010
changes, in three hours and five minutes, conducted by. Mr it; trod'.

The sudden changes of beat- and cold this year, in
Russia, have caused an uncommon increase of sicknes.
Among the cases tried last week in the Court of Ex-
chequer, the most important was the case of "Thu King v.
John Bridges and James Dew," which was an informa-
tion filed by the A rroaNev•GIiNERAL againstthe defen-
dants, for breaches of the Revenue Laws. The selendatits
were common breners, at Bristol, and had, it.would ap-
pear, been guilty of every breach of the Revenue Laws
which it was possible to do in their trade, for which the
various penalties sought to he recovered amounted to
several thousand pouncG. In the &it place, they mixed
strong beer and table beer together, and srld it in that
state for strong beer ; this was a very great fraud on the
Revenue; because the strong beer pats 40;. per barrel
duty, and table beer only 2s. so that by mixing one of
each, and then selling it as strong beer, they pay for the
two barrels' 125. only, instead of 20s.'and put the whole
of that surplus into their own pocket.. The defendants
also frequently mixed table beer and ale together, be-
side; erasing the letter T from the table beer barrels,
mixing grains of paradise (a hot seed from South Ame-
rica), liquotice, and copperas with the beer, duti ig the
process of brewing. Anctlter method they pursued was,
;that of taking a quantity of grains from the vat after a
Lrewingt but before the officers went to gauge it; so
that when it was gauged, it seemed •rs if only table beer
had b:en brewed, and it was charged accordingly by
InhaievEi xwcais,es
itmolono:eadc,h,ao.
which
the ,e offences
hhvasnovs4 very
glittohebaev yr epe - c
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leered. • the Learned Counsel called two of the defend-
:.nts'.foriner workmen; who }.roved the facts • as above
stated Jury returned a verdict for the Crown, in
penalties to thus amount of • •

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