Star.
London, England, 1823-03-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when Captain Jt/FIN BLANCIWID was sworn, into the
command of the ship Marquis of Wellington, consizned'to Ma-
dras and Bengal.
The fats, of 60 guns, at Chatham, was on Monday commis-
sioned by Capt. Goarion, forthe flag of Rear: lidiniral Erse.
The Cuo, of 1$ guns, which was commissioned at Chatham,
on the 9.6 th tilt. W Captain Sioisncwar, is to be hued for
Channel service, with a complement of WO men.

Six 10-gun brigs are ordered to be built immediately at Chat-
ham, and the lite number of the same class at Plymouth and
Milford Dock-yards.
The Jenny, of South Shields, and Guardian, of \'orh Shields,
were abandoned on Wednesday, off the coast of Hoiland, being
full of water.

The Lively, GRIPFITII4, from Pool to Liverpool; and Uniab,
K arri.e, from to Liverpool, were driven on shore near
Holyhead ou Wednesday : the former totally wrecked.
The LiEht.house 'Yacht, Craners.aziar, from Sfigo to Greenock,
was totally wrecked near Ayr, on Tuesday.
The Prince of Waterloo, Fox, from Dublin to Whitehaven ;
and Ellen, Thomas:, bound to Dublin, were driven on shore
near Whitehaven. on Tuesday.
The Felicity, Lasnxxx, from Modals to Newcastle, was on
shore near Calais, with five feet water in her hold, on Thursday.
The llenrietta, Alassirws, of eastlAaven, bound to Liver-
pooh was driven on shore in Carnarvon Bay, on Tuesday.
Sunday an order was received at the Royal :Marine Barracks,
Chatham, to send out recruiting parties for a farther augmenta-
tion of that valuable and gallant corps.
POSTORLOrIft, Marten 7.—Wind S.—Arrived the Liberator,.
Gass, from the Downs far South America, with several appa-
rently outward-bound ships ; but in consequence of it havicg
blown a gale from the southward, with a heavy fall of snow, we
have not been able to communicate with them.

DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind S.—Sailed this morning the whole
of the homeward-bound for the River. Put back this afternoon,
the Euphrates, ME.sur, for Bombay. The Eliza, from Lon-
don to Hull, was blown into the Downs last night, with loss of
an anchor and cable,rand has been supplied with another from
hence : about three, she cut from that also, and proceeded
for Ramsgate harbour.—Half-past Six o'Clock It Wows bard
from S.E. with thick weather and snow.

FROM THE GUIANA CHRONICLE, AND

DEMERARA GAZETTL.

GEORGETOWN, DECEMBER 40, 182

We are ever ready to bow to the better judgment of those
who are placed over us : hence it is, that the few remarks which
we had prepared, relative to the late act of Governor Beard,
appointing three colopred individuals to be Officers of the Ber-
bice Militia, have been hitherto withheld from the public
eye; not that It was forbidden to agitate the subject at all, but
because it was suggested, If not enjoined, that we should wait
till we had learned what coarse of proceeding was likely to be
pursued by those immediately concerned,:in order that it might
not be alledged as the ground of future complaint that our Sister
Colonists were spirited up to adopt such and such meveres
through the stimulus of a distant Press. The suggestion, un-
doubtedly, was wise and provident—hut we had imagined the
spirit and firmness of the good people of Berbice to have been
better known and better estimated—and that, when a sense of.
public duty requires them ro give expression to their sentiments,
or the impolitic acts of a Governor demand reprehension, they
stand in no need of the Press, as an auxiliary, to tell them, what
to do. Accordingly they have acted, in the present instance, as
we expected, with their usual promptitude and decision.
Of the three different persons who have been honoured with
commissions we know nothing amiss. We believe, indeed, they
are deserving and respectable individuals enough in their own
way, and in their own proper condition of society. Further,
they are in good circumstances, and for that reason, are ac-
counted men of certain importance in a commercial point of
view. Money is said to level all distinctions—but this saying
is true only to a limited extent in this part of the world.
Our political situation, the tenure by which we hold our demi-
Hon, and the different grades and castes of our population, '
imperiously require our moral and civil distinctions to be pre-
served from encroachment—so far at least as regards places of
public trust and command. There is, in truth, aConstittitional
jealousy perpetUally entertained on this head, which, so far as
we know, has never before been disregarded by any Governor,
whatever might have been his partialities or prejudices—at any
rate, no Governor, we believe; has done an act so injurious to
the repose and tranquillity of the Colony, or so insulting to the
character of its inhabitants, as that we are now adverting to.
The immediate consequences were to be foreseen. All the
Officers, to a man, of the Ist Battalion of Berbice Militia, threw
up their Commissions. Of the impolicy of the measure there
was but one opinion heard throughout the Colony—and it was
expressed, as was natural, with becoming indignation. On Wed-
nesday eight days, an extraordinary sitting was held of the Cou-
ncil of Government.

The Members, we understand, expressed to his Excellency, hi
firm but respectful language, that the recent appointments had
tended to disturb the peace of the community, and stated their
apprehension that they would be prejudieial to the interests of
the Colony. That, therefore, unless the appointment, were can-
celled; the Council would deem it their duty to make an imme-
diate representation of the matter to his Majesty's' Government.
They besides desired to be informed by his Excellency in what
manner he intended to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the
resignations that had taken place.—The reply of the Governor
was very unsatisfactory. lie is understood to have said that all
the complaint of the Public was the work of a faction—and that
be knew better then any of them what was or was not beneficial
to the interests of the Colony. He therefore would not consent
to the proposal of the Connell—and hinted that they might do
as they pleased.
Our readers wfll easily believe that the Council did not stop
here. They addressed him officially, by letter, on the 16th inst.
in which they-urged the confusion and distraction that his Ex-
cellency, by his,impolitic conduct, might produce in the Colony ;
and insisted that he should make atonenwnt to the insulted feel-
ings of the community, by instantly cancelling the appointments
iu the same public manner, and through the same channel in
which they bad been notified. Not having received any favour..
able answer, the Council had recourse to the only alternative in
their power—they drew up a strong representation of the whole
case to his Majesty's Government, which, with all the Papers
and eorrerpondetsce on the subject, was dispatched on Sunday
last, by the ship Nile, for London.
We have to add that the Officers who had tendered their re-
signations, have been persuaded, at the request of the Council
of Government, to retain their cottunissiuns until:after the holi-
days; led it is right to observe that the three indi;dduals whose
appointments have created so much discord, has,' teen the pro-
' priety of soliciting his Excelleacy to take back the commissions,
at least until be has received instructions from his Majesty whe-
ther that class of his subjects in the West Indies to which they
belong, are entitled to have the honest conferred upon them.
The result of this application we have not learned.
Such are the leading particulars of this singular case, so far
as they CU be conentunicated with a due regard to truth. We
intended to have thrown together a few homely reflections aris-
ing dot of a consideration of Governor Beard's conduct stn this
affair; but are induced to think that,. upon the whole, it will be
better, for the present, to let the circumstances speak for them-
selves. Should anything material occur hereafter,-eomiected with
the above subject, the Public shall be made acquainted with it.

. -
Tile Duke of YORK rode out in his carriage fester•
day; about two o'clock, on a visit to the Princess
SOPHIA..

Lord and Lady Atari MST have arrived at Saltram,
the =eat of the Catl of MoRLEY, preparatory to their
crnbai !cation on board the Jupiter for

iIUNTINGDOA'SHIRE WORM ilizarDict

, • Yesterday a Meeting of the County of Huntins%
doll took place at the Shire Hall, for the purl •
*miring into consideration the prel.ent state ef the Rt.
,pre,entatign and she necessity of Reform.
Mr. S. 6entr-sTorr, :the l mty-9herif,• took the
Chair at t wilve o'clock, and the Meeting was attended
by Lord MILTOR, Lord J. RVIrSIZI., Sir J. Aar maxi
and several other distinguished characters.
Mr. J. B. Roraa, in a short speech, propovd
a series of Resolutions, expressing the -olittionvd
the Meeting that the House of Commons did not e%
present the People—that it !ed more sympathy with
the Government than with -them—that the waste of
the public iesources was owing to the state of et'
Represe:Aation—and that to this was to be ittributel
the neglect shewn -to the Petitions' of the People, and
the violation of their tights.
Mr.WaLLs moved other Resolutions, as an Amen&
silent, the purport of which was. that it is impossible
for the country to go on with its pie:ent enormous
expenditure—that the Ciovrti lands should be sold,
the Church Establishment be diminished, and the
National Debt reduced.

•l be Amendment was opposed by Lord MlLTcta
and Lord J. RussaLL, the original Resolutions were
carried almost unanimously. and a Petition lotint!ei
on them agreed to. The Meeting was dissolved
half-past four o'clock.

SPORTIAG lATELLIGLNCR.

HUNTING.

Mr. Jolifie's nntliounds meet on ‘riontlay, at.Nutfield MArsh
Wednesday,. at Hermitage; Saturday, at the Sinners' Arms.
Tie Surrey Foxhounds meet on Monday. at IVorins I.h.4th;
Thursday, at Titsey Church; Saturday, at Ki,ton.
The Surrey Harriers suet on Monday, Whines.lay, and Ss.
turday, at kennel.

• ;
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY MILES IN 75 HOURS.
A Herefordshire man, of the name of RUssell, started frees
Piccadilly on Thursday night, at twelve o'clock, to go on fox to
Dorchester and back, in the time stated, for 100 sovereign.'.
Tne pedestrian was on the other side of Basingstoke (48 mil,s)
at one o'clock yesterday. Ile was behind his work from the
clement weather, and !letting is two to one on time. The to
is mute than three miles an hour, including stoppages.