Star.
London, England, 1824-02-23 00:00:00

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MAJESTY has been closely engaged this do, bn
ciness, reading and answering dispatches from
tors; also in receiving and giving audiences to
Ambassadors, which occupied a considerable
Their Excellencies were Baron FACET., Prince
and Count LIEvEN. Their Excellencies had
of being invited to dine with the KING.

Amp of LONDON has had several interviews
ith Earl BATHURST, the Secretary of State for
Colonial Department, on the subject of sending
of the Chnrch of England to the Colonies.
(arapshircTelegraph of Saturday says," Siriluxt-
,vit, the Pre:ident of the Royal Society, and
:DT SEPPINGS, Surveyor of the Navy, returned
`ris morning, after having been' engaged three
us Dock-yard, in directing experiments made
:toms of the SAM A RANO, 28, and MANLY gun-
:h were taken into dock for the purpose; like-
tour boats, coppered under their direction, with
r ascertain, upon a large scale, the effect of the
principle, which Sir HUMPIIRY proposes to
a particular manner, for protecting the copper
tin ships' bottoms from corrosion. The prin.
understand, is to render the whole copper on
bottom efectrll-negative, by the application of a
tuantity of sine or iron in close contact with the
,pper, or any part of her bottom under ss ater,
no. or iron only will suffer all the oxidation or
1, preserving the topper entire."
Ordennance, published at Geneva, subjects
igners to personal appearance before the Police oil
ival, and at the Alien Office, if their residence
iceedthree weeks. The penalties for non=com-
ire, fine and imprisonment.
'reek Committee at Cambridge have transmitted
rrinrittee in London, 3001. in aid of the Funch
Middlesex Grand Jury have ignored the bill
;aptain Butler, for an alleged attempt to defraud
'maker by a forged 1001. bill.
x.—A very alarming fire broke out in the stables
.isher, Tanners' Hill, Deptford New Town, bed
one and two this morning.which wholly destroye-
,ises and a pottery adjoining, belonging to Mr.
Flour. A young man of the name of
Hewetson was killed in a casual fight at Henley
near Bushey, with a man named Rawlinson, a
in, on Saturday. The combat was occasioned
lic-house quarrel, when both agreed to go out
t for a pot of beer. Alter a fall in the 17th
lewetson was carried away senseless, and he
wily after, from a rupture of one of the vessels

tea 4.
OF Ssow.—Friday night there was a heavy
;now at Dorchester, which tendered the roads
rat miles in every direction very unpleasant for
rg. The fair on the following day (Saturday)
:onsequence so thinly attended, that it had not
ie appearance of a fair. The mail from London
hours later than usual, and the Bath and Wey-
:oach, on its way from this town to Sherborne,
obstructed by the snow as to be under the ne-
, of returning.
was not without the utmost difficulty that the mail
London reached Bristol on Saturday last. The
ngei s were. Surprised, at no great distance from the
)polikto find the ground covered with snow to a
iderable depth. On proceeding further, the increasing
;pretented- considerable impediment ; till crossing
lborough Downs, the snow had increased to an ex-
rendered the toad undistinguishahle, and in
;rifted to a beight 'of twelve or fourteen feet; in
lation the first object that presented itself was the
are coach, which, unable to make its way, had
tbandoned, a silent monument of the reckless
the storm. The great care and intrepidity of the
and guard of the mail, assisted by the physical
of its horses, surmounted every difficulty, and
:oath and passengers arrived at Bath only half an
behind the usual time.
-day week thirty-four shopkeepers and others,
. in the Borough of Truro, were convicted by the
istrates, at the Town-hall, of having defective
in their possession, and fined accordingly.
.ITIME ENTERPRISES OP THE RUSSIANS.—It
ap-
from the last number of the Anuales des Voyages,
I. Siminof, Professor at the University of Kasan,
ten a sketch of the voyages of the Russians to
iuth Pole, which is full of interest. In Europe it
generally known that the circumnavigators sent
Ie powerful Emperor of the North have made, be-
the parallels of sixty and seventy degrees, a
;e round the Pole, much more complete and more
lictive than that made by the celebrated Captain
The island situated farthest south, which is at
at known, bears the name of Alexander the First.—
.nal des Debars.
:REIMAN EXTRAORDINARY. -- Wednesday last,
,am-street, a farmer laid a wager of a sovereign,
would shoot at 25 penny pieces, at the distance
tree rods, and hit '2'2 of them ; the bet was taken,
person threw them up at the proposed distance,
re shot the whole 25, satisfactorily gaining the
and the admiration of the company assembled.
THURTELL.—The surgical knife has at length
concluded its operations on the body of this wretched man. The
witless of dissection was conducted principally by Mr. ASKKNETHr
Mr. STANLEY, in presence of only a select number of Students.
!lob has long since been removed, the detached limbs and
, having been prepared in the customary manner, and being
:red by means of wire hinges. The affixing of the head will
the skeleton complete, when, we understand, it will be trans-
-1 back to Hertford ; and being placed in the custody of the
. Sheriff, he may use his own discretion as to its future disposal.
..aS AT KINGSTOWN HA nsoutt.—The Essex, a first class frigate,
been fitted up as a hulk for the reception of convicts in Ire-
%atter sentence of transportation, and having sailed some
vat Plymouth, under jury masts (which must have caused
Y), she is hourly expected to arrive at her moorings,
have been bid down under the arrangement of Dr. Tits-
the Government Inspector and Superintendant of the
;Ltion of convicts, and the Commissioners of Kingstown
Mr. GILBERT, late Deputy Governor of Newgate,
n the recommendation of Doctor Taxvol, been appointed
IMitt) LIEUTENANT, to the Governorship of the Essex.
cn 10 WOODSTOCK AND RACK coneLreen.—Mr. Abernethy,
or pedestrian, completed his match to go from London to
Oxon, and back before 12 o'clock on Saturday night.
::actce is 124 miles, and the pedestrian undertook to perform
!rty hours. Ile started at six o'clock on Friday afternoon,
,r.t on to Wycomb without stopping (29 miles) in six hours.
abed Oxford (54 miles) at six o clock on Saturday morning,
-cited Woodstock parish at eight o'clock. He travelled at
:r of mere than fotir miles an hour back to Wheatley, where
iced an hour: When at Gerrard's Cross he had 20 miles to
in six hours, having halted an hour only during the Our-
.. The match, one of the greatest on record, was performed in
.:aLutts within the given time.
(-u-Nce Rieman.— Wednesday evening last, eight of the Society
1:0;trn Scholars of St. Alphage, Greenwich, ascended their
' and rang a true and complete peal of Grandsire Triples,
rising su4e changes. It was conducted by Mr. William
,•:I3 and performed in three hours arid thirteen minutes.

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