Star.
London, England, 1830-01-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mani AIIII,IIIIII Tuts MT.—Dublin I—Waterford I—France I
—Mediterranean 1.
The Calcutta, Watson, from Bengal, has arrived off Liverpo4
The Petit Auguste, from Senegal, id wrecked an the coast of the

The Deux Armie, hots Martinique, bu been driven on a bank
in the Garonne by the ice.
The Laurel, Smith, from Shields to London, was on shore on
Newsome Send. near Lowestoft, yesterday morning, but it was
expected would be got off.
The Lloyd's Wick, from Newport, Pratt, and Thompson,
Christian, from Limerick, were on shore on West Hoyle oft Tees.
day useeniog, but got off with assistance, and carried into George
Basin. it Is supposed with little damage.
Dux, Jon. 7.—Wind N.N. W.—As rived the Flora.
from Smyrna; Portend., from Buenos Ayres; Jane.
Baiweck, from Oporto • and London, Merdeck, from Quebec.—
Arrived from London, the Planter, like, for Madeira ; Hero,
Reynolds. for Trinidad; George and William, Nicholson, far
Corfu ; Genoa Packet, Patterson, for Leghorn ; and Maria, Pace,
for Swan River.
PORTURIATL JAL 7...*Wiltd the port, the Com-
merce, Cooper, from Tenerife.
PALMOOTH, Jaw. 6—Arrived the Reynard packer, from the
Mediterranean—sailed from Malta 24th November, Gibraltar 12th
nit and Cad's the 14th.

Sir GEoRoE MURRAY arrived in town yesterday
from a visit to the Marquis of CIIAN nos, at Wotton,
Bucks.

Despatches were sent off on Wednesday evening, from
the Colonial Office, for the Hon. Gen. Puxsouav, the
Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, and also for Sir G. DON,
the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial Office for Sir JAMES KEMPT, the Governor-
General of the °amides.

The Earl of ABERDEEN had an interview w:th the
Duke of Wata.ixovox yesterday at the Treasury.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, through
the medium of SirJoitx Cox ROY, has relieved, during the
late inclement weather, several hundred aged and infirm
persons, in addition to the ordinary number of objects of
her Royal Highness's bounty.
Prince LEOPOLD came to town yesterday morning,
from his residence at Claremont. His Highness left
town in the afternoon on his return.

',;TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR.
. LETTER XII.
' • Hesurra, Ocr. lt, 1555.
St n—Necessity, agent of Pnov ID EN C E, and sovereign
mistress over all people and their rulers, possesses an em-
pire in the moral as well as physical world. The Grand
Convention was convoked under her behest, but the
minds of Men being much impassioned, there were only
a few representatives of pure patriotism, moderation, and
strict justice, to place themselves at the side of thers
delegated by ambition, exaggerated principles, and spirit
of faction, and of many more, who, animated by good
faith and the best intentions, wanted experience, or
requisite firmness. In truth the elements of ill, pnido-
dominated in Occusa, and good could not result from CORN-EXCHANGE. MARK.LANK. JAIL s.
sooli a senece. Several vessels imve arrived from the deleltt cease, chiefly
i
h "pars quite incredible, that in the Convention the Loden wish Barley i 111441 is yin tine. The manners were
is want aOh HOWL •7t sold frr. the highest price kin;
Representatives should have disregarded, to the d Me. per quarter. Wheat and Oats Woe le than sandy, said at
they did, the situation and clamours of the country. hisaday's viewdata.
all quarters representations had been directed to this ' DOP•111•TION• Met 11/03111•11.
Legislative Body, signed by the Civil Corporations, the Whig. Rolla (In.) . 1.150 Barley, Fords.
Pielealestics, the Military, and every class of Citizens. huh . • mt.. English . . moo
Parka . LIMO Feurip . Theasliscribing parties had solicited, in terms mere or less ad", ga* • lrish • • ,700
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measured, that only indispensable reforms should be made. Irish . . - raw (sada) . 3,700
Some reminded the Assembly that it did not COAL. MARK ET—Tum Due.
ilioulties to alter the existing organic order ; and in al. This day's supply et Coal was again very ebseseet--44 new
wig every one the „tweeters protested against the fee Wiwi were ar.mar.bet. In fact tbe top* dudes the wee% has Ascii
anal system, required the integrity of the Republie, and ezrzy: esatseiy ma • er„spift,„.l„.• 4 ::: idek
best dopes rim eitanata rili
a 11Me virtuous and concentrated State authority. With- was better te-day, mid the Coal Lehner IP•S tweltauended.
Ike OXII.OOII. all required that the lallitltAToß should he ablp arrived daring the week 1111.-.Therieg Ns iamb, 15*.
continued et the head of stairs. Mai Wahine Clittle .... 0111. a, 07e. 01.
ilise.teme ..........di 91% et .. did public "weft in any time and O
country, Slip et Uarket"... 1119. e............ tam :11. ~ :-:::: w

The Duke of WEL I.IItOTON had an interview yes-
terday with Priam LEorot.o. The Duke of WEL-
Lrsorow gave a grand dinner yesterday evening at
Apaley House, Piccadilly, for the first time since its.
reconstruction. His party consisted of the Lord Cu AN -
CELLOS', the Earl of ABERDELN, VisCOUllt SI FLY ILLY..
Lord ELLIN BOROUOII, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir G.
MURRAY, and the Chancellor of the ExcHEQUEIt.
The Marquis and Marchionese of SALISBURY arrived
in town yesterday, from their seat Hatfield House, anal
took possession of their new residence in Grafton-street.

II

PROPOSE

A measure
and lessees of Theatres.

rally, is in contemplation, of
Parliament relating to the patents of the a null)!
and the Seeming of the minor" establishments. and w
it is e will give tise to much discussion. both in
out of t. Mr. Leonard, M.P. gave notice of inie-1
doe' last Session (and it is understood be will follow It up in
the ensuing one,) to introduce a 13111 to repeal so moth of the
Act of the 10th of George H. chapter 2s, as regaine list*
to be sent to the 'Lard Chamberlain previously to die mew
eentatimp of any new play or entertainment oo the stem or Mt
addition to an old play. The substance of the 3d and Mk med..
of the ace requires notice should be given to the Lord Chambesilin
14 days before the acting. ke. and empowering him to Kaiak, If
he should think It. If web notice Is not given, the pena is 4110.
.• and the license of the play-house shall cease, determine, and be-
come absolutely void." These provisions et the act more especial?
refer to the patent theatres acting under Killigrew's patent,
granted in the reign of Charles the Second. Of the legality of
this patent, there Is, however, difference of opinion, even
amongst lawyers end it is alleged, that granting its lega-
lity, it has been infringed; the patent theatres honks per-
formed old plays to which additions had been made without
giving the required notice. Mr. Leonard's intended bill le
to simplify the above quoted act by a complete milks, err
to do away with the heavy responsibility the patent *mem new
labour under. It is urged, however, oo the part of the minor
theatres, that Mr. Leonard's proposed bill will Increase and cow-
firin the monopoly of the two patent theatres, and serve m a
means by which the patentees will restrict the minor playhouses In
their performances, the latter being licensed by the Mk of Oen.
11. which authorises magistrates to grant. at any Michaelmas Ses-
sion after 1752, " their licence to any house, room, or garden, for
public dancing, music, or other public entertainments of the Ike
kind." Now it is well known that the minor theatres base
for some years past played the regular drama in contravom.
tics of the lest-quoted act, and a prow:ogee was Instituted
id MU, and some years previously, by the patentees of Drury-
lane Theatre, against the Coburg, and penalties recovered; and
here the question becomes of public importance, inasmuch as the
proposed new bpi may give a power restraining the minor theatres
from performing the regular drama, which they still continue to do
in spite of the patents of the great houses. Strong representations
have been made to Mr. Peel, as Home Secretary, on the subject,
and there is every reason to expect that the right honourable gen.
tleman will himself propose some measure to consolidate tbe sta-
tutes and acts now in existence. and which extend from the reign
of Elizabeth to the 21Ith of Geo.

At the Bar we have a Broom (Brougham) which does
not sweep clean ; and Scarlett, which cannot blush, and
is nothing but deep read.
One of the very best of Englishmen is a Scott, and
the most furious of Irish Priests is a Doctor England.
The most zealous Brunswicker in Ireland is a Monk—
the most ardent Reformer a Pope—one of the bitterest
Papists, a Luther. The Trenches are the highest folk.
going.
Private letters from Brussels, in the French Papers,
confirm the accounts of returning satisfaction between
the Government and the Legislature of the Netherlands.
The King has wisely promoted M. de la Come, a Belgian,
to the place of Minister of the Interior. This nomination,
together with some other Belgic promotions, will convince
the southern provinces that his Majesty does not reserve
all the honours and emoluments of office for his Dutch
subjects.
Of Theobald's editition of Shakspeare, which was the
6rst that contained plates, 12,860 copies . were printed.
He had the largest remuneration for his labours of all
the Editors of Shakspeare down to the 19th century,
hiving received £650. Warburton had £560. Port,
whose edition appeared eight years before Theobald's, Ns-
ceived only £217 12s. Capon had £3OO for his editorial
labours. In 1747, when Warburton's edition was selling
at 18s. per copy, Hanmer's edition, which was pub-
lished in 1744 at three guineas, rose to nine guineas, and
continued so until the reprint of 1771. Both have now
sunk to nothing.
The Earl of was in company with Sam Rogers
lately, and being asked his opinion of the poet, said,
' He looks as if he could not say bo to a goose."
Rogers overheard the gifted Earl, and, turning round,
stared him full in the face, and said, " But oanuy
goose to a beau," whereat every body latebed, except
his Lordship, who said ha did not see the joke.
DEICZNDANTI or JOAN D'Anc.—By letters-patent
of Charles VII. confirmed by Henry 11, and Louis XIII.
the brother of Joan d'Arc, and all their posterity, male end
female, were ennobled. At the present moment, M.
Gauttier, a young and learned orientalist, and Madame
de Chnntereyne, the wife of a counsellor at the Court of
Cassation, have proved their descent in the female lino
from Pierre d'Arc, one of the brothers of the heroine of
Orleans : and the Court has registered the letters-patent,
in confirmation of their claim.—Foreign Literary Ga-
zette.

There are two accounts as to the first introduction of
chocolate. Some writers arm that it was first used. in
1615, at the marriage of Anne of Austria, daughter of
Philip the Third, with Lotds the Thirteenth, and accord-
ing to others, in
.1661, at the marriage of Maria Iltiress,
of Austria, with Louis the Fourteenth ; but the latter
mast be incorrect, as, in the year 1648, a physician of
Paris, of the name 'of Bachot, maintained before. the
faculty a thesis, in which, after enumerating its virtues
and qualities, he declared that well-made chocolate was
so noble an invention, that the Gods ought to prefer it.to
nectar and ambrosia.

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• VISION 01111. TIM SEA.II hes usuird that a
person, under favourable circumstaniii, me over
the surface of the ocean to the extent of 150 miles. It
may be asked under what circumstances an object on the
surface of the earth or sea would be visible at that dis-
tance ; as, from the convex fOrm of the earth, it would
require an elevation of nearly three miles to bring it to a
level with the horizen, or within the line of vision, setting
aside the aid of refraction. Perhaps the limit of vision
is unknown, the distance at which a body may be seen
appearing to depend upon its size, the intensity of its
light, and the state of the medium through which the
rays pass from. it to the eye; as the planets, though too
remote for their figure to be discerned by the unassisted
eye ,are yet conspicuous from the light which they re-
flea ; whereto' the fixed "tars, from their immense dis-
tance, would be totally inviable to us, if, like the plaietel,
they shone only by reflected light.
Flat ix WHIT& HART-YARD, DRURY-LANII.
About ten o'clock last night a fire broke out in the house
of Mr. Newcomb; a slopseller and clothesman, in White
Hart-yard, Drury-lane. It appeared to have broken out
iri the rear of the house, which immediately adjoins the
houses on the north side of Feathers-court, ,and from the
bings being old,' and principally composed of wood,
the utmost danger was *apprehended for the safety of the
neighbourhood. In a little time the upper „park of the
next house, occupied by a furniture broker was also on
fire, and the dames then assumed a frightful appearance.
The greatest anxiety was for acme time entertained for
the safety of Mr. Newcomb, whois an aged person, and
has for several years hien bed-rildeni liar' we are glsdto
state that he, ime calvairetfrcirr the O'-offa.l4f,danftoi%in
safety. . A pleUtifid suitylzater, and.the speedy or•
rival oftbe parish and . : , with, thirWl4":7
tions of the firemen, the po• hie'
~_,. , ~ ,I arliO,.,aAindol
in t nicest:Ws: body; juid Ow , ,confined the
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fire to the 'two .holipill, mentioned;. they grottiest part of
which, with the &mature and property, osPenbillY in the
upper parts of them, are destroyed.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TirtirsAivs.
au WY chests la Na WWII% lfstwday, Wee In UM Isittsei
Mellowed, &boot whom 20 to 1 was refawd. The following Is a
correct quotation of the present odds
DWI%
6 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Mummer
9 to 1 -- Mr. Petre's Brunswieker
13 to 1 Mr. Wood's Crum
13 to I --- Mr. W. Chifney's Cressida oolt
13 to 1 -- Lord Cavendloh's Moose colt
20 to 1 Lo►d Exeter's Maissnoud
20 to 1 -- Lord Sefton's SaL Colt
20 to 1 -- Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler
22 to 1 Mr. Ramsbostom's Zoeharell
23 to 1 -- Lord Tsvistoek's Custard
25 to 1 Lord Seftoo's Captain Arthu►
30 to I .-- Lord Sefton's Monello
30 to 1 -- Lord Sligo's Brine
U to I Ld. Biremont's Brother to Grampus
OAKS.
6 to 1 -- Lord Sefton's Mouths
9 to 1 Lord Queensberry's Slater to Same
9 to 1— Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway Sly
13 to 1 --- Lord Jersey's Plilagree MIT
16 to I -- Mr. Maberiry's &his
17 to 1 --- Lord Exeter's Shawls.
ST. MM.
27 to offered to be takers about Bromwich er.
mmonMeritEmlllll•2
THE ARMY.

COURT MARTIAL.
Head Quarters, Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 98. 19119.
At a District Court Martial, assembled at Port Royal, by order
of lUen:enant Colonel Keyt, commanding the Forms, on the 13tb,
and continued by adjournment to the 19th Wit. was tried gunner
and driver John Robertshaw, R.A. who was arraigned upon the
following charge :—" For highly unsoldier-Ike conduct, in wide&
or causing to be written, en or about the lab of Septemtpc, leek
tai the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding in Jamaica, a leSpr,_cen-
taking false statements against Lieutenant Colonel Dm.~. his
Commanding Oacer, and Lieutenant Stewart, the Orr Com.
mantling his Company. and not forwarding such letter through his
Commanding Meer, lieutenant Colonel Dotord."
The Court having most attentively and minutely examined.
weighed, and considered the documents and evidence adduced in
support of the prosecution, as likewise what the prisoner has stated
and brought forward in his defence, is of "Woe that be. the pd.
soner, gunner sad driver John Roberta's+, Royal ArtMery, is
guilt; of all and every part of the charge exhibited against him,
which being in breach of the Articles of War, and contrary to the
rules of the service, die Court does, by virtue thereof. sentence and
adjudge the said prisoner, gunner and driver John Robertshaw, to
receive a corporal punishment of six hundred lashes. In the meal
manner, at such those and place as the Lieutenant Colonel Coin-
media; the Forces may be pleased to direst.
The Court having thus discharged its duty, however painful. In
patiently inquiring into the matter emrsedeti with the charge. and
in according what it deems a modshenens commensurate wkb the
sedans offence of which the primer heelless coavkied, mad but
express its regret at the occurrence of such a glaring instance of
unwarrantable interference with nallkary &dolls, by irresponsible
as is manifest in the case of the anterooms prisoner. who
CesriarAulvocally avowed to the Coped, that he hes givenzer
" persuasions," and which has resulted in briegbg him to p
meat. The Court is also devisees of r a its sense of the
wrong done to lieutenant Goland Dernford, It agpeac heed-
dame. that so far from denying the pekes's that redress the soldier
is entitled to expect at the binds of hie Misr% he 4 two Mann
instances sent Isis Adjutant and the 011ser emseaseding the com-
pany to which the prisoner balms, toast Kimbell any eumpleints,
which Inanity was in both matinees replied tooln she modes
The Coin is likewise dearly of opWan, that the prisoner basest
in the slightest degree substantiated his mensatien against Lent.
Stewart, who appears to have exhibited se small degree of willing-
ness to extricate the prisoner from his unhappy situation.
The Lieutenant Colonel Commending fully approves the and.
Mg and sentence of the Court ; but slew a careful examination
of the evidence for and against the ' gunner and driver
Jake Robertshaw. taking Into misol all the various dr-

clunstances connected with the case, and more espedally the
very good character of the prisoner, wilds appears upon the face
of the proceedings. he bas been induced to remit the punishment I
it the same time he wishes it to be clearly and distinctly eaplalned
to the prisoner, that Ms former good character bas been tthesole
moths veldithe Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding for granting an
uncondidonal remission of the sentence, most properly awarded for
such a serious breach of military discipline.
The pittance will be released and return to his dety, and the
Lieut..CoL Commanding directs that gunner and driver John Rn-
bertahaw may be sent to join the detachment of his company at
Honduras by the earliest oppoctunity.
G. HILLIER. Acting Deputy Adj.-Gsa.

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D ALTERA T ON IN Du E LdlitS
REGULATING THEATRES:
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of considerable importance to the prop jets:a
hewn. and of vest Interest to the poblie gene-
aviation, by the revision of the moue Acts of