Star.
London, England, 1823-10-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WiNDSOII,OcToSsR 25.—This morning his MAJESTY
Attended Divine S:rvice in the l'rivate Chapel in the Castle.' Satur-
day his MAJIVIIv, with Isis usual suite, took an airing in did Park.
Friday the Lail and Countess of HARRINGTON left
the Castle for London.
The Terrace is open every Sunday for the Public. 'A
great number of visitors are also present to promenade.
The Dowager Duchess. of RICIISIosO entertained the
Duke and Duchess of Bk•mmoso and a distinguished party at
dinner, on Saturday, at her house in Regent-street.
Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the Duke of
Sass %num left town for Bushy.
The Duke fif Yonx left the Duke of GRAFTON%
use, Fulton Ilall, on Saturday, fur the Duke of Run.sma's, Che- i
why Park.
Sir TIM:4AS Htstor, Bart. will lead to the hymeneal
ibis?' in a few days' Miss Etttor, eldest daughter of Mr. am?,
bte Governor in India.
Capraat ELLIOT will shortly lead to the hymeneal
altar Miss 31sswessrow, theaccomplished Scotch heiress.
Baron STRoGoNOFF is gone to Paris.
Her Serene Highness the Dowager Landgravine of
lion (a rrincess of Lichtenstein), died at Frankfort on the night
of the 15th inst. of an apoplectic stroke.
THE PAR :s.—Such is the natural partiality of the
British Fair to a Sunday promenade in the Park, that even some-
times *"The elements combined. with rude Boreas at their bead,"
will not prevent our fair ones from taking their afternoon excur-
sion, and enjoting the comparatively salubrious air of Hyde Park.
The manifestairse of this 'determined spirit was never mute power-
fully displayed than it was yesterday; for, notwit'astanding the
uninviting coldness and gloominess of the day, hundreds of " the;
fairest of Geet.errature3" were seen displaying their beauties, at-
tended by admhiug swains, and a numerous cavalcade of horsemen's
and carriages were to be seen in the Drive.
AGentleman at Cobham, who was out shooting on 1
the Ch inst. had wounded a pheasant in a rough wood;
in searching for which be discovered a wood pigeon on
her nest: Thinking it an extraordinary circumstance at
this warn of the year, he afterwards took a boy with him
to the spot, who on climbing the tree discovered, to their
mutual surprise, a young wood-pigeon, half fledged.
OXBERRY, the actor, who has just returned from a
provincial tour, had recourse to the Listonian method
of filling the house oa the night of his benefit at Brighton,
by reciting a 4, Comic Satirical Address (written by the
late STEPHEN KEMBLE, Esq.) in the character of Do-
tninie Sampson riding on an ass, concluding with a duet
between the Dominic and the ass"!! ! This novelty at
Brighton drew. a good house—so much for good taste.
Johnson, the informer, is now travelling the country,
laying informations against persons dealing in articles
which require a stamp license, who have neglected to
take out the same. itlonday he informed against. six
tradesmen of Bath, for selling medicines without a
license, and on Friday he was seen at Devizes.
A HINT TO GENTLEMEN.—A Gentleman of property,
being about to leave Southampton for a shot t time, sent
his servant to desire his tradesmen to send in their
Christmas bills, as money might be more useful to them
than • lying idle in his bankers hands, and he immedi-
ately disbursed the same, observing, it gave him pleasure
thus to anticipate the demands of his tradesmen.
English travellers in Rome will exceedingly regret
the retirement of Cardinal Go NSA Lvt from his high office,
whom rumour has sent to Naples. He was much at-
tached to the people of this country, and as far as was
consistent with the sacred duties of his office, joined the
higher orders of the English nation in their amusements.
There is a curious article in a Brussels Paper, put
porting to be a letter from Vienna, which states that the
Emperors of AUSTRIA and RUSSIA will, at their ap-
proaching interview, seriously consider of the affairs
.01 the Fast; but that " nothing will be treated of be-
tureen Russia and the Porte without the participation
of England and Austria, as those two will not consent
upon any terms to have peace interrupted in the East,
OR account of the conscquences which might result to
affect the monarchical principle in Ent ope." It is added,
that Russia has intimated to the Austrian Cabinet that
4* as it had been left free to settle the affairs of Italy, and
the same liberty bad been granted to the French Cabi-
. wet with respect to Spain, it was just that Russia should
have in its turn vennission to mauuge at its pleasure the
differences in the East."
Friday, as a corporal of the 25th Regiment was
drawing the charge out of his musket, which was not
primed, in the bat i ack-roorn, at Newmatket, in the
county of Clare, it accidentally went off, d l
anodged the
contents in the body of Thomas Doyle, private, which
killed him on the spot. An Inquest was herdield on the
"deceased by ROBERT G. Gums, Esq.ct acci-
dehtal death.

The Edystone, Pert, from Hudson's Bay, has arrived dt SeMy
under jury foremast and bowsptit and with much datnage.
The Anymore has been commissioned at Chatham, by Lieute-
nant Stenos, and is fitting for a convict ship, to be stationed at Ber-
muda. She will take the undermentioned Officers and men far the

service of the ship: one Lieutenant,on;M•as ter, one Chaplain, two
Assistant-Surgeons, one boatswain. one carpenter, a caulker, sixty
seamen, and seven boys.
FALMOOTA, OcTosza 25.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Mari-
anne, Pantea, front the Cape of Good Hope—sailed 26th August;
Duke of Kent packet,-from Lisbon—sailed the 14th inst. Sailed
the Osborn packet, for the Islands; Diana, Union, Maria, Eliza,
and Brothers, for London.
-PLYMOUTH, Gerona 25.—Wind N.—Arrived the Charlotte, of
Stettin, Tacernea, from Memel. Sailed the Charente, Cognac,
Oporto, and Exmouth, for London.
PoeTsxotrrn, OcTosza 25. —Yesterday his Majesty's ship GAMES.
84, Captain EDWARD BRACE, C. B. was ordered to be completed to
her war complement (700 men) and proceed out of the harbour.
She was accordingly fully manned this day, from the. Qom CHAR.
Lorre and the Mame, and in a few days she will be ready to pro-
ceed to sea. It is understood that she is going on an experimental
cruise in the Atlantic, to ascertain the qualities of a round.stern
line-of-battle ship; hut, that she and the GENOA, 74, Sir Toone.
Loot:cm:4, Dirt. which is put into Plymouth, will previously take
the 7th Regiment to the West Indies. The 42d and 77th Regi-
ments, it is understood, are also to be sent out as a reinforcement
to the troops in the We it India Islands. We are informed that the
tierces, 78, at Piymouth, is to be completed to her war comple-
ment of men, for a special service—to be commanded by Sir
TIIDMAS STAINEA. 'the OCEAN, 98, will be commissioued by
Captain ADAM MACKENZIE, for a guard-ship at Plymouth, in the
place of the &MLR& Four frigates at this port are to be fitted
with chain cables, preparatory to their being commissioned.—
Vice-Admiral Sir LAWRENCE WILLIAM HALSTED, K, C. 11 will
sail to-morrow morning, in the Isis, 58, Captain Trio)tas Fos-
Rue, CD. to assume the command in the West Indies. Yes-
terday arrived the STARLING, Lieutenant TURNER, from a cruize ;
and the SURLY) Lieutenant Rims emote, sailed this day for Sheer.
ness. The Navy Board, having accomplished the objects of their
visit to our Dock-yard, on Thursday returned to London. A re-,
entry of sailmakers into the Dock-yard has since taken place—of,
such men as had been discharged with good characters, and others
who were superannuated, but were desirous of returuing to work.
°entree 26.—Wind N.—Arrived the Providence, ittstincrroe,
from the Downs for Madras; and the Success transport, front
ditto. Sailed the Neils, Tneonouz, fur Gottenburgh ; and Comet.
.11`Pitairsore, for London.
DEAL, OcToeze. 26.—Wind N.F..—Arrived the General Harris,
with troops, from Quebec for London.
Sr. lye s, Ocyosza 24. Yesterday the French schooner La
Maria, was wrecked on the Rocks called the Stones, in this bay ;.1
she was from Neath, Laden with coals and iron. The Captain and
four of the men were saved in their boats, but the Mate and anothcri
of the crew went down with the wreck.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCTOBER 25.
SHIPS ENTERED INWARDS—The Hope, and Auspicious, from
Archangel; Walker, front Gott'enburgh; Eucharest, and Minerva,
front Christiana; Salus, James, David, and Blenheim, from Peters-
burgh ; and Vrow Catherine, front Kiel.
CLEARING OUTWARDS—The Harriet, for Charleston; Hibernia,
for Van Dientan's Land; John, and Viscount Duwne, for Ham
burgh ; Violet, for Malta; Minstrel, for the Cape of Good Hope;
Lady Popham, for Gibraltar ; Fox, for Ostend ; Earl Bathurst, and
Three Sisters, for Rotterdam ; and Unity, for Genoa.
Altman—At Gijon, the Brothers. Brown, front London; and
Arm, ---, from Dartmouth. At Villaviciosa. Luna, Bishop; and
Exchange, Shannon, front London. In the River St. Lawrence,
Aurora, —; and John Howard, —, from Liverpool; Spencer,
Ilupgiip, front the Clyde ; and the Sarah, liners, from Maryport.
In the Gulf of Sr. Lawrence, Asia, from London ; and Ana-
creon, ---, from Newcastle. At Havre' Elizabeth, Larch, from
St. Thomas's. In the Texel. Susannah Maria, ----, from Surinam ;
and Floriday, Brown, from Alexandria. A Marseilles, Ann, Si-
cartle, from Monte Video. At Jersey, Pelican, Manuel, front Ham-
burgh. At Guernsey, the Betsey, —7-, front Pettrsburgh ; and
Antelope, from s—see.

MR. SINCLAIR.

di Protect me from my friends," is a motto which
Mr. SINCLAIR may with great propriety adopt, for if
anything could injure, by anticipation,. his fine talents,
it would be the. absurd puffs of his ill-advised friends.
One of these, more ridiculous than the rest, stated, that
in order to prevent his voice from suffering any injury
by a change from the climate of Italy to that of Eng-
land, he had the temperature of his room regulated !
And yet absurd as this paragraph was, it appeared in
several of the Morning Papers. Such an imputation of
effeminacy to a Scotsman is almost an insult, and so
Mr. Sitsctma seems to have felt it, as appears by the
following manly letter, addressed to one of the jour-.'
nalists who had inserted the silly paragraph, with some
observations upon its absurdity :
" 93, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
" Sta—As I am unwilling, like all other people, to be thought a
greater fool than I am, I cannot refrain front requesting you to be-
lieve, that could I have prevented so silly a paragraph from appear-
ing in print, as the one which you quoted from last Sunday's Dull
concerning me, I should most certainly have done so. Who could
possibly be idle enough to write such mischievous nonsense I cannot
conjecture. I should, however, never have thought of noticing it,
bad it not unfortunately attracted your attention and reproof. So
far from there being the slightest truth in the report, you would
find, if you could do me the favour of a call, that I have not even
begun fires, and I should think myself a very unworthy native of
Scotland, if I cared abiitut any change of season or climate, or were
coxcomb enough to pay farther attention to my voice or health than
common sense dictated as a duty to myself and the Public.
s' As you have thought fit to lend your powerful assistance in
giving publicity to the silly and injurious paragraph, accompanied
with a censure of myself, which, were I really to blame I should
acknowledge as just ; I trust I shall not be deemed guilty of any
impropriety or impertinence in requesting you, at your conveeknce,
and in any manner you think best, to exculpate me with the Public
(whose good opinion is my bread) from being at all privy to such
folly as I now stand charged am, Sir, very respectfull,
yours,
" JOHN SINCLAIR.
" October 21, 1823."

Count SOWN DE MONTALIVIT, Lieutenant of En-
gineers, and Aide-de-Camp to Baron RoarAtrur DE
LEURY, died at Gerona on the 12th inst. aged 24 years.
THE NEVI MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—Among the va-
rious Articles of high interest, which are in course of appearance in
the above popular Miscellany, none have perhaps excited more at-
tention than the Sketches of the Dish Bar, which are generally
allowed to be entinently distinguished for their troth and spirit.—
We have already had sketches of Mr. Plunkett, Mr. Bushe, Mr.
&ludo, Mr. Joy, Mr. O'Connell, &c. and the next Number of the,
Magazine, we understand, wW contain Mr. Serjeant Lefroy.
DIBDIN'S SEA SONCHL—We firmly believe there is no
" truly British heart" that does not feel a degree of national enthu-
siasm, whenever the patriotic words and appropriate melodies of
this veteran's composition strike his ear; cold, indeed, and sense-
less must that breast be, which does not feel delighted with their
unerring fidelity to nature, their genuine simplicity, or their moral
tendency. We are, therefore, happy to see that these inimitable
of
Songs, which, as their Author truly said, " have been the solace
Sailors in long voyages,—in storms,—in battle," and which " have
been quoted in mutinies to the restoration of order and discipline,"
have fallen into the hands of so able an Editor as the well-known
Author of" Observations on Vocal Music." In fact, Dr. Kt:comes
has both leisure and ability to do justice to the task be has un-
dertaken, which includes the publication of One Hundred Sea
Songs, accompanied by a " Memoir of the Life and Writings of
Charles Dibdin, ' with whom the Doctor was latterly eitterms of
intimacy, and by whose Widow, ai the lust number of the work
states, be has been assisted.
Great rejoicings have Liken place in various parts of
'the Country, where the Shares of the 1);20,000, drawn
the 16th instant, were sent, and which were shared by
o!ir old friend Btu*, whose luck is so proverbial, that
the moment a L 20,000 is drawn, the first • question is,
not who has sold it? but how has BISH shared it ?
There are Two £20,000 Prizes now to draw, also Ope
of £lO,OOO, and many other Capitals, all or greater
part of which may be expected next FRIDAY,' and we
have no .doubt Bum will. gtve a good account of them.