Star.
London, England, 1822-05-08 00:00:00

HANOVER, MAY 1.

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It is expected that the Assembly of the States will
meet about the middle of this month. A Committee
is to assemble in London to draw up, under the di-
rection of Count Munster, a Constitution for the
Kingdom of Hanover.

thataczan, MAY I.—Exchange on London, 36 5-56 8.
Sr. P22zassonon, Aran 16.—Exchange on London, 9 23-32.

A letter from Para, dated the 25th of March, draws
a frightful picture of the situation of the unfortunate
Christiana_ at Constantinople ; they were flying by
thousands, arid the number of them was estimated at
ulrwards of 50,00, who had embarked, or who were
about to implore an asylum of the European Am-
bassadors.

Private letters from St. Petersburgh of the 16th of
last month, coming from respectable authority, favour
theopinion that war with Turkey/will really take place.

Yesterday the Marquis of Lonoonoznar and Count Minim
had audiences of the Kum.
The Duchess of Guouesszze and the Princess AUGUSTA rode
out together yesterday, and called to pay their respects to his
MAJESTY.

Monday the Duchess of Kars visited the Duke and Duchess
at Ccatuacca, at Bushy Park.
The Annual Meeting of the Naval and Military Bible Society,
was held yesterday, in the King's Concert Room, which was
completely filled by a most respectable company. At twelve
o'clock Lord GAIMBIZR took the Chair; and was supported by
many persons of rank, Naval and Military Officers, Stc. who
severally addressed the Meeting in most able speeches on behalf
of the Society, which has greatly meliorared the condition of
of Soldiers and Sailors. The report, however, stated, that the
Society was in debt to the amount of £l4OO. A liberal collec-
tion was made at the door.

Taut Nimes TIIIATRE.—The Opera of Pietro L'Eremitn, with
a Divertissement, and the Ballet of Cendriiton, were the enter-
tainments of last night, and were highly applauded by an elegant
and numerous audience; among whom were the Duchvss of
Kniv, &c. &c. &c.

Deinai-Lays.—The admirable Open' of the Amino was
performed Last night. Mr. Beenen, as the representative of
Carlos, delighted the audience, as usual, with a happy display of
his power of voice. All the other parts were likewise well
sustained, and the whole of the performance went off with eclat.
The idea of returning to a paper currency as a cure
for the present Agricultural Distress—of endeavour-
ing to remedy one evil by plunging into another, of
which we have already had sufficiently painful ex-
perience, strongly reminds us of a certain exploit of
great nursery fame.:
There was a man of Thessaly, and he was wonderous wise,
He jump'd into a quick-set hedge and suet ch'd out both his eyes,
And when he found his eyes were out, with bitter grief and paint
lle jump'd into another hedge to scratch them in again !" .
The Revenue from the sth of April up to Saturday
night is said to be £300,000 more than the cones-
ponding month cf last year.

An immense piece of granite, above 50 feet in
length, and weighing upwards of 60 tons, is now pre-
paring on Dartmoor for the Pyramid, about to be
erected at Ramsgate in honour of his MAJr.srv's
visit to that port.
At tile commencement of the last week a hen was
discovered under a quantity of straw in a barn, at
Woodchurch, which had been missing for five 'Necks,
yet was taken out alive, and recovered after drinking
very eagerly. .

RIOTS AMONG THE COLLIERS.

(From the Pottery Gazette of Monday.)

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of their lending as that pest. Douveifes 4 pn
Sunday. the Stafford of Teoesanty asseehed te Weber. Led' Geeseeesee •
hampten, to relieve the Troop who have been al Me. Winans'. Mee '
duty there the Iset week. Mr. Nesle's bother
'The 1 Sth Regimen remedied fries Dock on Tuesday *Wight, , Mr. Cliartem's Wens!,
Three to I agstw
to occupy the Uubdel at Plymouth, and the detachment of the
10th removed to the barracks at Dock. The Duke of Greftee's
The 72d Regiment Is expected at Dock, from Pbrumeeth. Astute, est. Mb. A.F. let
Fifty Pounds for 5-pe.eld
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCS.
The Amphitrite, SarlYd, for Cbristiantand wp Ilbel
on the :oth Ul t. by the Harriman, Toms, wbith Pod gm PP
-hiaryport on the 4th inst. with lose of bowsprit, feraltMet spina&
and other damage.
FA:Airmen' May .—Wind R. to S.—Sailed the Sandwich
packet, fur Yti
Jamaica.
PLYI2OOII,' MAT 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hannak
Baas, from Liverpool to Petersburg!).
Poaussours, MAY 7.—Wind N. N.E —Arrived his Majesty.
ship Panay, from a cruise; Matilda and Susan, Paws% from
lashars. Sailed the Larkins, Wttztssos, for Madras and Ben-
; and Thomas and Mar transport.
DIAL, MAT 7.—Wind N.E—Caine down from the River
last night and sailed, the Hero, GILATSON Sovereign, Watts*,
and Ceres, Dusw, for Quebec; Ann, Lass, for Bermuda;
Narchsus, CALIDZII, for Oporto; Enterprise, &MATSON, for
'ditto; 'Thomas, Wtnaizaa, for the Cape of Good Hope; This-
tle, SAKOiTiZA, tor Cadiz; Albion, Guru., for Algiers; nod
Elizabeth, Loam aims, for Malta. Arrived the Maria, G.
sung, and Kitty, Twatza, from St. Michael's.
Currox-Houta, MAY 6,—Ships Entered Inwards.--Fox' and
Neptune, from Ostrad; Onyx, from tither; Saxony, from
Hamburgh; Richard and William, from Dublin; Semaphore,
from Havre; Ceres, from Elsineur • Harmony, from LabradoV.
Cleared Outwards t Susan, for Malta ; Alice, for Teneriffe ;
Maria, for Vera Cruz • Siren, for Calais; Thalia, for Madras;
Limerick Packet, fbr Dublin ; Perseverance, for Antigua; and
Palladium, for St. Vincent's • Betsey, for Messina; Rover. for
Calais; ole, for Rouen; Twoi Sisters, for Elsineur • Schwan,
, for stettin ; Flying Fish, for Ostend ; David Walter, for Genoa •
Albion, for Antwerp; George, for Honduras; Shannon, for Ge-
noa; Hebe, for Quebec; Craig Elachie, for Riga • Thornton, for
Nev. Brunswick; and Charles Hamilton, for Archangel
DISTAISCIION. or Passe-Mower.—The Snake, for the MD&
gling lugger Fox • and the' Racehorse for an excess of per tent-
age on the Monticello and the Valentine, on the 16th inst. at
No. 2E, Norfolk-street? Strand, and recalled there.
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The colliers in the neighbourhood of Bilstone still
continue in a state of anarchy, dividing themselves
into bodies, and visiting different works, where they
inflict the punishment of ducking on those who may
be found at work, some having been nearly drowned
in the process of this punishment. One man, who
threw a stone at the Magistrate, on Tuesday last,
while he was reading the Riot Act, was shot through
the body, by a constable, and has since died. Num-
bers of the rioters have been detected in casting bul-
lets, and some commitments have taken place.
Thursday, an express arrived in Stafford from the
Rev. Mr. CLAka, requesting the aid of the Staff of
the County Militia, stationed in the county town ;
which marched accordingly for Wolverhampton on
Friday morning, leaving only a few files of men for
the protection of the regimental stores. The neigh-
bourhood was in the greatest alarm when our account
came away.

A number of colliers from Bilstone, who dare not
retui n to their work, and whose feelings and families
will not pel mit them to join the riotous, are wander-
ing about the district of the potteries in search of
work. Several straggling parties were proceeding to
Golden Hill collieries oh Saturday last.

General Grosvenor''
Lord Foley'a e 3. e.
Mt. Hunter's eh. e.
Mr. Wyndhato's br.
The
7 to 4 apt Vandah--4
Lord G. H. C.avendLb
from Mr. Foz's Selma,

The match for 25
ston baker, and Emmet,
day, before a numerous
them satisfied away.
kicked up the first
Wimbledon Common,
the motly troupe ret'
Hudson and bled •T,

On Saturday, the Staff of the Staffordshire Militia
surrounded the houses of the supposed ringleaders of
the• colliers, while the police officers seized nine of!
them. They were conveyed to the lock-up-house in
Bilstone, and underwent an examination before the
Magistrates, who committed them to Stafford jail,
where they arrived late on Saturday. Another party'
of about six or seven, were marched through Wolver-
hampton, under military escort, apparently peaceable,
though not disposed to work.

A Meeting of the Freeholders, &c. of the County
of Essex was held at Chelmsford yesterday, for the
purpose of taking into consideration " the distressed
situation of all the different classes of society de.
pendent upon Agriculture, in order that the Meeting
might make such a representation on the subject to the
Legislature, a's the circumstances in which the Agri-
cultural Body are placed imperiously require.'—
The limit SHERIFF was in the Chair. Sir T. B.
LEN but RD entered into a detail of the extreme distress
which oppressed the Agriculturists, and moved a series
of Resolutions, of which the following was the last
and the most important:

a However various the opinions of the causes which have in-
duced these afflicting grievances under which the country labours,
it is certain that they cannot be ascribed to any want of Industry,
energy, or patience, on the part of the People ; they do not hesi-
tate to say, ttiat, in their opinion, the various plans recommended
by the Agricultural Committee do not afford any prospect of
adequate and permanent relief, and that, so far from placing
British agriculture upon a fair footing with countries untithed
and comparatively untaxed, the proposed regulations appear to
expose it, more than the present law does, to an unfair and un-
equal competition. It is evident that the country is charged
with burdens hitherto unparalleled, and that unless the fruits of
industry and labour are equal to sustain them, which unques-
tionably at present they are not, those, burdens must be ade-
quately and immediately reduced."
These Resolutions were adopted, and a Petition
founded on them unanimously agreed to.
SALT AND LEATHER TAXES.—Which of these two
Taxes ought first to be repealed ? The Salt Tax,
which pays to the Revenue £1,500,000 nett, and is
a burden upon the Public nearly equal to £1,600,000,
or the Leather Tax, that pays to the Revenue only
£500,000 nett, and, on account of the Excise rEstric-
tions and regulations, is a burden upon the Public to
the amount of £1,600,000, which ikthe smile as the
Salt. Tax, and is equal to 255. 3d. upon each ox and
cow hide ; acts as a prohibition to manufacturing of
the coarse parts of hides, and the coarser sorts of
sheep skins, and to the use of various sorts of bark,
and renders these productions of our own soil of
little or no value; gradually undermines a great
staple manufacture that employs some hundred
thousand persons, and taxes the agi iculturist's and
poor mans shoes twice as much as those of the
rich ? The answer of every true Wend his
country must be, first repeal the Leather Tax.—See
the evidence in the Revolt of the Committees of the
House of Commons in 1813 and 1816, the former,
pages .61 13, 25, 26, 39, 47, 49, and "6;T; and in the
latter, pages 1 and 15Z;.,
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BOXING.
'or 25 guineas n-side, between** Kash. the KIN.
I ElNffifi, known pluck men, was fought cm Moo,
iumerous field or fanciers, and the day's p..y "rt
sway. On the ring being made, the roma b
first wrangle, and seat the cavalcade awards
unman, but the enemy having been issaAl away,
ipe returned, and the fight commented. Jta,
fed-Turner seconded Nash, and two of Emmet',
him up, and be was the favourite at 6 to 4.
and sanguinary battle, which lasted au hour amt
,flowed, and the first part of it was upon tqualic.-,
sour of Nash, who was the hcavie.t hitter. la
I, the mats:debasing been taken off. thy' bigtvg.to
ork, and the claret besprinkled the bystanders like
rponge. Emmet was floored by a hod), nit from
yen rounds were all give and take, fearless of cm.
I though many of Emmet's blows told, yet tine
nd of Nash did the most mischief.
end was the beet in the fight, and Emmet neret
hitting placed upon him. He was all ahroa''.,
a heavy hit under the listener, which citaieceri-!d
stisfied his backers that it was .1 awkwar, suit.
rounds were manfully contested, but N. 41 had
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