Star.
London, England, 1813-05-25 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTNIFITI'S.

Captains Dix, is appointed to the Royal Oak;
Skipsey, to the Centurion; Battersby, to the Grasshown.
Vernon, to the Challenger; Henry Wm. Herrick, to the AttO.
pot; and A. Dickson, to the Attar. Lieutenants James it,
gets (t), to she Rippon; F. W. to the Revenge; Stat.kpoo',
to the Centurion ; Roberts, to the Medusa ; Young, to the et'.
lona ; Richards, so the 'Tigre; Toodmion, to the ,
Welsh, to the Rivoli; Sanders, to the Fvnont ; Wm. l.amten,
to the Medway; B. Bell, to the Albion; Robert Graves, to the
Byrom; Ahton, to the Chanticleer sloop; Ptitaard, to tit
Acbar ; D. Salter, to the gun-boat service in the Elbe ; P. N.
Hoar and Wm. Dickson, to the Grasshopper; James 10
the Creek ; G. T. Somerville, to the Rota ; L. Eu. n, to

thlan ; J. Rowe, to the Enchantress; T.E. t:ole, to the Pyranv;
F. Fead to the Monmouth P • F. H. woodcock, to the Eth.lt,.

D. O'Brien Casey, to the Ciarence ; I. B. Robertson and H. V
to the Cadmus; and C. G. Randolph, to the Eurotas.

The following military arrangements are likel,
take place :—Major-General the Earl of llautot
trcm the 6th Garrison Battalion to the 26th Foot, tit!
Lord EtratiNtrotir, deceased Major-General P.
KINHAM to the 6th West India Regiment, vice Si‘:ct
FRASER, deceased : Major• General Gong Bitcas
the 6th Garrison Battalion, vice Lord "

appointed to the 26th Foot►
The Duke of RUT&AND has become the pui
of Lord Assou's house in St. Janles's•square, at
price of £:30,000.

That deserving retired Actress, Mrs. M.
had a Benefit last night at the King's TLeatre,
portioned to her deserving, and the combination
professional talents that were so benevolently
for dr in her favour.

Yesterday a numerous Company of the in'
dent Electors of Westminster held their A;

Dinner, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in
Strand, to commemorate the first Election of
FRANCIS BURDETT. The worthy s.lronct
vented from attending by indisposition, and
was filled by his brother, Mr. Jonas Buanarr.

Wednesday the Lord Provost, Magistrates,
Council of Edinburgh, elected the Rev. Mr. Alexin.
der Brunton, one of the Ministers of the Tron Church
in that city, to be hofessor of Hebrew and Onental
Languages in that University, in ).,nt of the Rev.
Dr. Alexander Murray, deceased. :ice were four
candidates for this office, viz. Mr. Brunton:tbe Rev.
Mr. D. Dickson, jun. St. Cuthbert's, Rev. Dr. Scott.
from England, and Mr. Price, of Worcester. A delay
was proposed, but this was lost by a vote, there being
for it 9—against it £l. The vote was then put kr
the office, when 22 voted for Mr. Brunton-4 for
Dickson, and 4 did not vote. Three =embers dal
Council were absent. A protest was entered agaiut
the election by Dean of Guild *Kenzie, on vomit
to be afterwards stated.

Yesterday morning a serious accident happened is
Piccadilly, from the continuing dangerous sute al
the pavement, by one of the Battersea and Chelsn
stages breaking down opposite Lord COI/a:NISI%
house, when five inside passengers, and as many oat•
side passengers, were severely wounded or bruised;
among the former were Mr. Loam, and Mr. Gotot
nephews of MLCONDELL, of Covent•GardenTheatre.
Poor RACE....-The Umpires in the late race hair
officially announced that Rainer did 904 miles in 11
hours, 7 minutes, and the remaining 94 in one hot"
40 minutes, 50 seconds, being 18 hours, 50 minutes
50 seconds, completing 100 miles; and that Cros
completed 48 milts in 7 hours, and then gave up.—
Cross remains very lame; but Rainer is quite re.
covered, is arrived in town, and has been presented
with 20 guineas by Captain Barclay.—Tbe stake al
400 guineas was paid yesterday.
Coral or KING'S BZWCIL—TiIt KINO H. Wnert,—Tee
terday morning, as soon as the Judges took their seats on tin
Bench, the defendant was brought into Court in cpstody the
Marshal and Tipstaff, when' Mr. Justice Gaoss„Ad&essed his
shortly, animadverting in strong terms upon the " atrocity of hi,
offence," stating that it was considerably enhanced by its &lib.-
rate malice in stigmatising so basely the character of his Refi
Higness the Duke of Coliseum/ma, who never gave him (l
defendant) cause to slander him
'I he learned Judge commented on the tendency of a Idell
the bitterness of which consisted not more in its foulness Mu
it
its falsity ; for to any individual nothing could be so heart-woo
ding as to be stignimized with the accusation of morder
to so elevated a personage, that of being the destroyer of wt
own domestic,must give the most acute affliction. "
thank Goo I saki the Learned Judge) the falsity of the clot
was most manifestly established by the Verdict of the Corerei
Jury, who, upon the fullest proofs, has ewn that Sell's th.d:l,
his own hand After some farther observations, to prnnot.r.. '
the sentence of the Court, which wa..-1 hat the cletri,:g:
should be imprisoned in his Alajesty's gaol of Nevegate (if: .1
calendar months, pay a fine to the King of £2OO, and to be ir'
prisoned till such fine be paid.
MmtLIIOItOO3III•ITRUT.FORCIVILT. Hudnall, the
lin
Stockbroker, who lately resided In Nyder.street, St Ja.:l7,
and absconded about twelve months ago, was apprt- J!!
by John Toy, a few days since, in Wake, and yesteror
te
underwent an examina:ion at this (Hike. It appeared that
prisoner had been entrusted with divers sums of mollt/L2
virtue of his employment, to purchase Stock, chiefly 113
Annuities, and he had given forgedvouchers, to satisfy 'be P'lA
who employed him that the money had been properly aeri 4
,
He decamped two days before the first dividend became due ro.l.
had not since been heard of. He also took with him thr p
perry of two young I stiles, to whom 1w was jvint-guarth.ul--
The prisoner was remanded for another aarnin own. ,
Bacau.—No alteration in the price this wee:. .
quartern loaf, eighteenfence-hall penny._

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