Star.
London, England, 1825-08-02 00:00:00

WATERFORD. JULY 27.

Monday, the Catar JUSTICE opened the Assizes in
the County Court, and Judge JOHNSTON presided in
that of the City ; when the Court proceeded to the trial
of a libel case, with respect to which considerable in-
terest had been excited—that of Robert Power, Esq.
Barrister-at-Law, against Joseph Timothy Haydn and
William Glynn, Esqrs. proprietors of the Dublin Evrn-
ing Arad, for a libel published in that paper on the
31st of December, 1823, and for which the damages
were laid at 10001. Atter a trial cf considerable length,
in which much ptofessio,nal ability was displayed by
the leading Counsel at both sides, the Jury returned a
verdict for plaintiff—Damages, three hundred pounds.
and 6d. :cm.

Mr. Sullivan, the Gentleman who pleaded guilty to
an indictment for writing an insulting letter to Mr.
Doherty, the Banister, with intent to provoke him to
fight a duel, was this day brought up for judgment.
Mr. Justice JOHNSTON animadverted in strong terms
on the great impropriety of Mr. Sullivan's conduct, but
taking into consideration the apology he had made, and
the regret he had expressed for having► comniitted the
offence, tl,e Learned Judge sentenced him only to one
month's imprisonment, and a fine of 501.

The Borough of Lancaster, which thirty years ago,
was a scene of so much electioneering manesuvre. will be severely
contested at the next General Election.

Revenue ARRANGEMENTS.—It has been determined-
by the Board of Commissioners, that the present Col-.
lectors of Excise of Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Perry,
and Belfast, shall retire on compensation annuities for
past services, and are to be severally succeeded by'
Messrs. Ward, Smyth, Bridgewater, Plant, and Thomp-
son, English Gentlemen at present:aCting as Inspectors-
General. All the other Collections, it is e7pected, will
be disposed of in a similar manner, .in the course of a
few days.—Dublin Evening Post.
The American Papers state that Commodore FORTE rt
has been put under arrest, and received notice of trial
by Court-Martial, from the Office of the Secretor y of
the Navy. His offence is not mentioned, but it is
supposed for unofficerlike and ungentlemanly crarduct,
in prematurely publishing Oe proceedings of a late
Court of Inquiry,and sending the pamphlet to the PEE-
SWINT and to the Navy Department.
The state of trade in Aberdeen at present is, gene-
rally speaking, more flourishing than it has been for a
'long time past.—The cotton manufacturers, notwith-
standing the late heavy advance on the raw article, find
a ready market for manufactured goods.—The linen
trade seems equally brisk; and shipping concerns are
recovering from the late depression. Among many of
the working classes there hns beenhn advance of wages.
Friday, the Honourable Commissioners of the Vic-
tualling Office, Somerset House, made an aquatic ex-
cursion down the river, in their barge, and visited the
Dock. yard, Deptford. They afterwaids went to Green-
wich, and partook of an elegant dinner at the Crown
and Sceptre Tavern.
A short time since, a match was made between a
butcher and another person of Tiverton, to fight two
cocks; one of the animals having but one eye, the hot-
elier, in order that his bird also should fight with one
eye only, had the horrid brutality to sew up. one of its
eyes with a needle and thread !
Two Choctaw Chiefs lately fought a duel at New
Orleans. One was killed, and the other, according
to the custom of his tii!•!e. reueated, was shot by his
companions, and hush were buried in one grave.
LAUNCH i F THE GREAT CANADIAN SHIP, THZ
BARD?: or R ENeartw.—Quellec, JUNE 26.-46 Yesterday
was a proud day for science and for Canada : your
townsman, Charles Wood, set alba-, in fine style, the
, Baron of Renfrew,' by far the largest ship which
ever was built, with more than 2000 tons of her cargo
on board, loaded on the stocks: she was immediately
towed to the anchorage near the Falls of bloutmorency,
where she now rides triumphant, as one of the greatest
wonders of the deep. She is a much more sightly ship
,than the Columbus; and, from her greater breadth and
depth of bold, better alapted for crossing the ocean.
'Her rig will be tb It of a four-marred ship, and the
pumps will be worked by a ten-hone power steam-en-
gine. Two thousand tons of her cargo will consist of
masts for the Royal Navy, such as were never seen at
Woolwich duck-yard, where her proprietors have tort•
tracted that they shall be landed. The residue will be
fir timber and deals, with about one th usand tons ot ,
oak and other specimens of the hardwood of this coon
try. Towards the end of July she will he all ready for
sea, when the Hercules steam-boat, of 140 horse power,
will tow the Baron for two hundred miles down the
river, whence she vii proceed, under the care of Capt.
Walker, accompanied by Mr. Wood, for the Downs.
From thence steam-vessels will again convey this stu-
pendous representative of naval majesty to her moor-
ings at Deptford. The bottom of this ship is perfectly'
flat, tapering towards both ends in such a manner as to
insure ber steering and sailing well. She is 301 feet
on, the keel, 60 feet breadth of beam, 35 feet depth of
holdkand adineasures five thousand two hundred and
seventy-seven tens. It is estimated that her stowage
will be about 8000 togs, and that she will draw twenty-
one feet water."

.1...10.V FIGHT AT VIENN 1
.
There-was a l?on light in the Amphitheatre of Vienna,
is the summer ofll9o, which was almost the last per-
mitted in that.capital, the EMperor Leopold having, a
few weeks afterwards, supplessed altogether the exhi-1
bition of animal combats in his dominions.
The Amphitheatre at Vienna embraced an area ofl
from 80 to 100 feet in diameter. The lower part oldie
strecture comprised the dens of the different animals.'
Above those dens, and about ten feet from the ground,
were the first and principal seats, over which were gal-
leties. In the course of the entertainment a den wa,
opened, out of which stalked, in free and ample range,
a most majestic lion; and, soon after, a fallow deer was
let into the Cirins from another den. The deer in-
, scantly fled, and bounded round the circular space, pur-
' sued by the lion ; but the quick and sudden turnings
of the former continually baulked the effort of its pur-
-1 suer. After this ineffectual cliace had continued flr
several minutes, a door was opened, through which the
Jeer escaped; and presently five or six of the large and
'fierce Hungarian mastiffs were sent in. The bon, at
the moment of their entrance, was leisurely returning
to his den, the door of which stood open. The dogs,
which entered behind him, flew towards him in a body,
with the utmost fury, making the Amphitheatre sing
with their bar kings. When they reached the lion the.
noble animal stopped, and deliberately turned towards
them. The dogs ins tautly retreated a few steps, in.
creasing their voci fel aeons, and the lion slowly resumed
his progress towards his den. The dogs again ap-
proached ; the lion turned his head ; his adversaries
halted ; and this continued until, on his neat ing his den,
the dogs separated, and approached him on different;
sides. The lion then turned quickly round, like one'
whose dignified patience could brook the harassment
of insolence no longer. The dogs fled far, as if in-'
stinctively sensible of the power of wrath they had at
length provoked. One unfortunate dog, however,
which had approached too near to effect his escape, was
suddenly seized by the paw of the lion ; and the piercing
yells which he sent forth quickly caused his comrades
to recede to the door of entrance at the opposite side of'
the area, where they stood in a nw, bar king and yel-
ling in concert with their miserable associate.
After arresting the struggling and yelling prisoner
for a short time, the lion couched upon him with his,
foie paws and mouth. The struggles of the sufferer
grew feebler and teebler, until, at length he became per-
fectly motionless. We all concluded him to be dead.
In this composed posture of executive justice, the lion
remained for at least ten minutes, when he majestically
rose, and with a slow step entered his den, and disap-
peared. The apparent corpse continued to lie motion-
less for a few minutes; presently the dog, to his amaze-
ment, and that of the whole Amphitheatre, found him-
self alive, and rose with nose pointed to the ground, his
tail between his bind legs pressing his belly, and, as
soon as he was quite certified of his existence,,he made
off for the door in a long trot, through which he es-
cape d, with his more fortunate companions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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