Star.
London, England, 1823-10-31 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Glenalvon, fisitm from Dundee to Shields, got upon the
Herd Sand in entering the harbour, but was got off, with assistance.
The Averiek, %Luaus, from New Orleans to Liverpool, was
driven on shore the end of August, near Belize, and it was sup-
posed would be condemned—cargo expected to be saved.
The Surma, of 74 guns, is ordered from Plymouth to Ports-
mouth, and, with the Gauzes, to embark the 12th Regiment for
Gibraltar; and then, after disembarking the 12th, to embark the
27th for the West Indies. The orders for the embarkations are to
be complete and the ships to tan oft the sth November.
&mourn, Oczossa 29.—Wind W.—Arrived the Nocton packet,
from Jamaica in seven weeks. Sailed his Majesty's brig Paw:luau,
fur Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, OCTObill 29.—Wind W.—Arrived the Escape, Hatt,
front Villa Nova • and Isis, Herrenumon, from Memel.
Powesuouru, Ocruses 30.—Wind E.—Sailed the Providence,
Rtatiscros, for Madras; and Success transport, for Sierra Leone.
Mat, Omuta 30.—Wind E.N.E. —This morning, about day-
light, the wind came fresh from the Eastward, and at eleven, A. sr.
the whole of the outward-bound had cleared the Downs. Through-
out the day the wind has been increasing to a strong breeze. The
Hibernia, for New South Wales, Is reported to have passed this
afternoon.

Aaanren—At Quebec, the British Tar, and Mary, Ford,
from Liverpool; Wanderer, Waygood, from Plymouth; Sir Wib
liam Beasley,—, from Scarborough; and Bolina, Nelmes, from
Trinidad. At Gotenburgh, Scandinavia, —, from Rio; and the
Abby, Nichols, from Boston. At Oporto, Jane, from Lon-
don; St. Antony Ventura.' from Pernambuco; Fanny, Har-
vey ; and Oporto packet, Harvey, front Newfoundland ; also the
Rover, Aka.n, from Cardiff. At Lisbon, Imperador Alexander;
Conde de Caalleros, —; and Luisa, ---.-, from Maranhatn;
Minerva, Maya; Alexander I. De Silva; Patna, Oliveira; !nem-
paravel, and Dons Dominica' —, from Pernambuco;
Mary Ann, Dunbar; and Hugh Wiliam, from Newfound-
land; Mary, Abbot, from Liverpool; Bliss, Mercer, from Lon-
don; Tay, Sim, from Newcastle; and Sir David Milne, from
the Clyde. At St. Übe's, Aurora, Hutton, from Landon. At
Newfoundland, Charles, Clements, from Jersey.

Yesterday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Mr.Joxas
obtained a verdict, with £3OO damages, against Mr.
Shaw, a cheap schoolmaster, at Bowes, in Yorkshire,
for gross inattention to the health of one of his pupils,
the plaintiffs son, aged twelve years, by which he was
entirely deprived of sight.
CAPTAIN PARRY'S EYPEDITION.—EDINBURGH, OC-
TOBER 24.—Extract of a letter from an Officer on board
his Majesty's ship lizcia, dated " OE Berwick," 15th
October, 1823 :•441 was in great hopes that we would
have paid you a visit at Leith, on our way to Deptford,
but wind and weather unfortunately prevented us. 1
suppose it is hardly necessary for me to say, that we
have been unsuccessful in • the grand object of OW
voyage ; but still our time has not been idly spent, as
a long line of coast has been laid down and surveyed
from Repulse Bay, head of Hudson's Bay, to • Strait In
latitude 70. leading to the westward, no doubt, into the
Polar Sea, but so blocked up with the ice, that our
further progress that way was rendered quite impos-
sible. Oar winters, you will easily conceive, were long
aid cold. The first we were nine, and the second ten
and a half months frozen up ; yet, notwithstanding, we
managed to spend the time tolerably comfortable and
very happy. There were natives living on shore, the
latter part of the first winter, and all the second, with
whom we lived on the best terms, and the greatest in-
timacy. lam happy to say that we have enjoyed ex-
cellent health ever since our departure ; indeed, with
a few exceptions, five dead and two invalids, all have
returned, stout and healthy, that went out in both ships;
but you must not expect the particulars of the voyage
at present, as such confusion generally prevails in the
ship, and in some of our heads, that I mast confess my-
self hardly equal to writing anything like a connected
account ; however, as I intend to spend this winter in
Edinburgh, it may serve for some of our evening's con-
versations. We are last from Shetland, where we got
the first newspaper we have had since our departure.'
MIRACULOUS CHILD.—Oar reader:spay recollect the
story of the child born in Galloway with the father's
name on the_eyes, and who had previously the th birth
sworn he was not the parent thereof. At first we were
left in doubt whether the name was in printed, or in
written characters, but a most respectable Gentleman,
who examined it lately, assures us, that the characters
are written, most beautiful (perfect these should be), in
size about the tenth of an inch, circling the upper part
of the iris of each eye, with the name " John Wood" in
one eye, and " Born 181'1" on the other. The inscrip-
tion, he says, is no deception—" the words are there,
and he was informed appeared on the 10th day after the
child's birth." So much curiosity has the phenomenon
excited, that some Gentlemen left this a few days ago
in order to examine in,to the matter, but, we learn, they
returned last night without having seen the child, who
was at the time in a distant part of the country for the
inspection of some sceptics; but we learn further that
this wonderful being is to be here in a day or two, when
the inhabitants of Glasgow will have an opportunity of
judging for themselves, and the numerous speculations
upon the subject be so far set at rest. Amongst the
other curious surmises afloat concerning the affair,
is one which we heard maintained in our Coffee-
room, namely, that the real father of this child was a
compositor in the office of a Dumfries newspaper, who
was in the habit of expressing his love to the object
thereof, after finishing.the task of setting op italic types,
but this we can scarcely credit. A great number of
bachelors and old maids have been to visit the child.
—Glasgow Courier.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANG, OCT. 31. ,
The arrivals of this week are only moderate, and the buyers pre-
ferring to wait for further supplies, they make purchases only to sa-
tisfy their immediate wants. Wisest fully maintains the rites
quoted on Monday. Our Mantas bay B. ley freely, which is
again rather higher in price. Beans and Peas fully support last quo-
tations. Oats meet with a few purchasers, on rather better terms.
Flour is unaltered.
SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 31.
There was rather a short market, but fully suMekat for the
trade, u the business was rather sltsk ; the prices of all articles
ma be quoted u per last asarket-day.
Berf,_per stow of Sibs. 2s. 6d. to 31. ad. Matta% SS. ft to
541. aid. Veal, la Od. to ss. 041. Pork, 2%10d. to fie. 104.