Star.
London, England, 1831-10-10 00:00:00

WESrMINsTER MEETING.

This afternoon an immense meeting took place
of the iuhabitants of Westminster, in the great
r•oni at the Crown and Anchor. It was crowded
man overflow, and an adjournment to some opera
space was proposed, but objected to by the mem-
bers of parliament present, on the ground of the
great importance of the questions to be discus,ed
in Parliament this eveuing. Sir FRANCIS EL' It-.
DE?? was called to the chair, and an address to
the King, to exercise hut prerogative in nboosing•
new Peers, was moved by Mr. TIJOU. Mr. tAit-
, PUN, with great ability moved a resolution ex-
pressing the disappointment and indignation of
the meeting, at the late decision of the Lords.
An address was also moved to Earl GREY, in-
treating him to continue in office, and pledging the
meeting to receive the reform bill, from no other
hands. Colonel EVANS, and Sir. J. C. lion-
HOUSE spoke with their usual energy. The pro-
ceedings were conducted in perfect order.
THE NAVY.
DeAL, OCT. 9.—The squadron of ships which were or-
dered to assemble in the Downs, have received counter or.
dens, and the Stag frigate and recoil corvette, which had
arrived to form a part, sailed early this morning fur Spithead.
FALMOUTH, OM. B.—Friday, 7, Wind South—Arrived
the Severn, Braithwaite, from London, for Calcutta ; the
Sterling, Smith. from London, for Cape Coast ; and bis
Majesty's packet Rinaldo, Lieutenant Hill, from Buenos
Ayres. with mails, sailed from Buenos Ayres 20th July,
Monte Video 27th, and Rio de Janeiro A uguat 17th ; spoke
on the 20th August, in lat. 23. 46. S. long. 41 W. Paw('
the Robert Finney, from Rio for England. out six days,
having on board 17,0001. of gold from the Mines. Sept. 28,
in lat. 30. 10. N. long. 28. 30. W. spoke the United State'.
corvette Warren, Oct. 3, In lat. 48. 40. N. long. 12. W.
spoke the brig James Morgan, out tcn days from Cork, for
Gibraltar. Sailing. none. Saturday, Bth, Wind W.S.W.
Arrived the Londonderry steamer, Keay, from London.
Sailed the Londonderry steamer, Keay, for Dublin, his Ma.
jesty's steamer Messenger, Aplin. for the Mediterranean, hi.
Majesty's packet Magnet, Perseus, for Lisbon, and H. M.
packet Pigeon, Lieutenant Blowy, fur the Brant's, each
with mails.

The Court Martial on Commander Belcher, on charges
we enumerated last week, commenced on Thursday on board
the Victory, of 100 guns, and has sat daily since. The
Court is composed of Vice Admiral Sir John Gore K.C. B.
President, Captains Hart, P. Blackwood, Lord hidolphnq
Fitzdarence, 0. Lambert, and Duntra—James Hoskin..
Esq. Judge Advocate. The late First Lieutenant of the
/Etna, Mr. Quin, was examined on the first and cross.
examined on the second day on the whole of the charges.
Lieuts. Bond and Miles have also given their evidence, and
that of Mr. Backbones has commenced. We abstain, In
compliance with the wishes of the Court, from publishing
any portion of the evidence until the Court Martial has ter.
minated ; we cannot, however, refrain from thinking that
the Admiralty would have acted more wioly had they or.
dered the /Ewa to be paid off immediately on her arrival in
England. By such a course some exposure, not quite cre.
disable to the service, might have been avoided, and a great
expense saved, which has often been refused on much more
!important smatters. _ _ _

(From she Hampshire Tesegraph.).
PORTSMOUTM, OCT. B.—The Tribune, 42, Ca:resin
Duntze, arrived on Wednesday evening, from the South Ames
Tian station, having aboard nearly I million of hard dollars,
Including 112,000 recovered from the wreck of the Thetis
frigate, which sum, with 225,000 remitted by previous op.
portunities, make a total of 367,000 saved from that unfor.
toaste ship, entirely through the exertions of Commander
T. Dickenson, and the officers and crews of his Majesty's
ship Lightning, the efforts of whom to recover an additional
quantity were immediately to be resumed. The Tribune
sailed from Valparaiso on the 4th of June, and Rio Janeiro
on the 11th of August, leaving at Rio the Druid frigate,
Captain Hamilton, recently arrived from Ragland, and the
Lightning sloop of was ; the latter was on the point of
' returning to Cape Frio for the purpose we have stated.--
Admiral Sir T. Baker, in the Wanipite, 74, had sailed to
the Cape of Good Hope and the Isuritius ; the Ade.
laide, tender to the flag-ship, had sailed for Bahia and
Pernambuco, with copper ; the Tyne. 28, Capt. Hope,
was at Bahia ; the Algerine 10, Commander De Roos,
was in the Rio Plate ; and ate remainder of the 'gumboot
were round in the Pacific. The Volage, 28, Captain hotel
Colchester, and Semarang, 28, Captain Charles Paget,
had not arrived on :he station from Ri.gland, when the
Tribune left Rio. The Alert, 18, Commander Fitzge-
rald, will be the next ship fur Europe with specie, and
it was fixed she should leave Valparaiso on the 25th of
September. Peru and Chili are still unsettled in their po-
litical relations. A recent revolution in Peru obliged Ge-
neral Miller to take refuge for safety in the American ow.
vette St. Louis • and the Vice President of that Republic
had been compelled to fly. la Chili, the persona in au-
thority used all foreigners indiscriminately very ill, plunder-_
ing them on the slightest pretext. The French squadron were
in consequence about to proceed to Callao, to enforce a de-
mand of 50,000 dollars, uy way of restitution for an attack
that had been made on the French Consul's house at Nan
Jago. At Rio Janeiro confidence was returning, but im-
plicit reliance on the troops toad not as yet been placed, the
Olken., by way of security, inetmehim
_performing the duty
ratitine.a, bearing muskets, at the ftok, Custom thew,
and other public establishments. We are wry to -taw the
death of Mr. bindery, Mate of the Adelaide, tender us Ate
Warapite, and two men, who were drowned moue days
previous to the arrival of the Tribune at Rio Janenci, by
the boats in which they were having been swamped by the
breakers on the bar a catastrophe which arose from a
sudden change of wind to that quarter, which alone makes
the passing of the bar hazardous to toasts; not a breaker
had previously been seen upon it for tour nimiths.
STEAM NA VIGATION .—The select committee
of the House of Commons, appointed on the 6th ult. at the
instance of Colonel Sibtborp, in consequence of the melee-
choly loss of the }loamy Castle, to take into consideration
the frequent calamities by steam navigation, and the best
means of guarding against their recurrence, and to 'twin their
observations thereupon to the House, have been unremtt ing in
their attention to this must interesting and Important sun jeer.
' having held 12 meetings, and examined 50 witt.essi a and
among them a London merchant one of the ruteivt.r. of the
Rothsay Castle. The committee having applied to the Admi-
ralty for the use of a Government steam boat. on board of which
they might make certain trials and esperiments, their request
was of course most readily conceded, and 00' Monday last
Admital Adam. C.B. Mr. Hugh, a Hughes, and Mr. Jeph-
son (three of the members of the committee) accompanied
by the Isieutniant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital (Rear
Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart, K.C.8.) and attended by
' several engineers and other scientific pleats went on board
the Pim° steam-boat, at Deptford Dock-yard, and were ac-
cepted during the day. The same hoe. members, with the
addition of Admiral the right hon. Sir G. Cockbutn, 0.C.8.
and Sir. !Limn& (numbers of the committee), attended as
before, also embarked en board the LiOtnitip Goverment
stesim•boat, at Greenwich Hospital. ea Thursday u.eaninr.
' at ten o'clock, and continued their trials and expenuisins,
between Greenwich and Greenhithes

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