Star.
London, England, 1831-08-29 00:00:00

THIS EVENING.

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VAUXHALL—(Last week but one.) Usual routine of
Amusements.
HAYMARKET—" Richard the Third," (Glo'steri Mr.
Kean) ; " My Wife, or my Place:" and " The Devil
to Pay."
ADELPHI-m." The Evil Eye ;" Gullio Resondi's Guitar
Performances • " The Picturesque ;' and " Com-
fortable Lodgigs."
SURREY—" Pedlar's' Acre;" (first time) "The False
Key, or the Locksmith of Stockholm ;" and " The
Somnambulist."
CITY—Mils Ellen Tree's benefit " The Youthful Queen;"
(first time) " Husbands Beware;"i " Etiquette run
mad ;" and " One Fault."
PAVILION—(And to-morrow and Wednesday) " A Lon-
don Tradesman's Life; and " The Idiot Witness."
ASTL El"S—(And during the week)" Maseppa;" "Scenes
in the Circle ;" and (first time) " The Grot of the
Jungle ;" introducing two elephants.
COBURG—(Ditto)—" the Lady of the Lake;' " The
Victim of Sc. Vincent ;” and "The French Hueco-

fleeT.ll
PA NA RAI ON ON—( And to-morrow) " One Faith ;"
" The Lancers t" and " Ella Rosenberg."
SADLER'S WELLS—" Tarnow the Tartar;' " Black-
eyed Susan ;" and " Jew's Wedding."
TO-11ORROW.

HAY MARKET—" She Would and She Would Not;'
Hypolila (first time), Miss Taylor ; " My Wife, or
My Plate ;" and " Frightened to Death."
ADELPHI—" Tee Eril Rye;" Giulio Regondi; " The
Picturesque ;" and " The Middle Temple."
SURREY—" Pedlar's Acre;" The False Key;" and
" Old and Young."
CITY—." A New Way to Pay Old Debts." Sir Giles Over-
reach by Mr. Moss =me); " Beggars' Opera ;"
and " The Floating
WEDNESDAY.
VAUXHALL—UsuaI routine of Entertainments

HAY MARKET—" The School for Coqueitcs;" " My
Wife, or my Place ;" and Killing no Murder."
ADELPHI—v The Evil Eye; last time, Giulio Re-
goodi ; " The Picturesque ;" and " Tom Thumb."
SURREY-" Pedlar's Acre:" " The False Key ;" and
Gil Bias."
CITY—" Pizarro ;" " Tekeli ;" &c.
PANARMONION (and To-morrow)--" The Iron
Chest ;" " The high Tutor ;" end " Charles the
Twelfth."

THURSDAY.
VAUXHALL—The usual Entertainments
HAYMARKET-6, The Goldsmith ;" first time, "Belles
Have at Ye All ;" " My Wife, or my Place;" and
" The Farmer."
ADELPH I--" The Evil Eye;" " The Picturesque ;"
" Wanted a Governess;" and " The Old Regimentals."
SURREY (and Tomorrow and Saturday)—" Pedlar's
Auer and other Entertainments.
CITY—" Clari ; " " Idiot Witness," etc.
QUREN'S—Re-opens with popular entettainments.
PAVILION (and to-morrow and Saturday)—" A London
Tradesman's Life," and " Frederick the Great."
FRIDAY.
VA UX H A L L—The usual amusements.
HAY MARKET " Othello ; " (Othello, Mr. Kean);
with other entertainments.
A DELPIII---" The Evil Rye ;" " The Picturesque ; "
" Old and Young ; " and " Lying mide Easy.
QUEEN'S (and To morrow)-A variety of popular pieces.
PA N A lIM ON lON (and Tomorrow)—" The Slave ; "
" The Child of a Tar;" and " The Blind Boy."
SATURDAY.

HAYMARKET—A favourite Comedy, and other enter-
tainments.
ADELPHI—" The Evil Eye;" and (first time)" Wards
and Wardens," &e.

THEIR MAJESTIES.

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WINDSOR, AUG. 27.—We have the pleasure
of announcing that the Krau and Quinex continue to en.
joy excellent health, and to take their daily 'amnions in
the vicinity of the Great Park and Virginia Water.
This afternoon, at a few,. minutes after three
o'clock, their Majesties and the distinguished Conn left the
Castle in six carriages with out-riders, (or Burlington Villa,
Chiswick, the residence of the Duke of Devonshire, to be
present at the fete champetre, which his Grace ghat this
day to the King and Queen, and the whole of the Royal
Family.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess
Augusta of Cambridge, will take their departure from this
country immediately after the Coronation.
Our beloved King's birth-day, which fell on
Sunday last, was kept in Windsor on the following day, and
never do we remember to have witnessed the manifestation
of a better spirit or greater hilarity in the celebration of a
Royal birth-day than were evinced on this occasion by the
loyal inhabitants of this borough. In the early pan of the
morning groups of persons were seen perambulating the
streets, while the country people began to flock into the
town in straggling parties, all dressed in their holyday
clothes, aid denoting that business of every description had
been suspended, in order that the natal day of William IV.
might be celebrated in a manner correspondent to their ad-
miration of his distinguished patriotism and virtue.

Mr. Jou x WILLI • ms, a respectable stationer,
of Cornhill, and the very ingenious inventor of
patent ledgers and account books, has presented a
petition to the House of Commons, in which he
complains, with reasonable energy, of the establish-
ment and conduct of the Stationery Office, " as a
foul source of corrupt influence in general, and of
private injury in particular."
Messrs. BLACK and YOUNG have transmitted to
that intelligent literary journal, the Atheneum, a
German edition of an English translation of Schil-
ler's Tell, accompanied by a letter, in which those
gentlemen state, that superior editions of English
books, owing to our paper duties, can now be
printed in Germany, imported with all charges,
and sold iu London, at less price than London
printed copies. We cannot, therefore, wonder at
the cruel depression of the book-trade, and of the
typographic art.
An official account has been published of the
trade of this country with France, a neighbour
which might consume half our mannfaesures. In
1030, it appears that only .175,8841. of British
and Irish productions were exported directly to
France, and no more than 181,0651. were trans-
mitted of foreign and colonial merchandise. In
manufactures the amount was au average since the
peace ; but the last article—the merchandise—
was from a fifth to a tenth less titan in former years.
In the mean time, our imports from France are
rf ' our times the amount, being, in 1830, 2,328,4841.
and within the last four years, duple and triple
the previous amounts from 1814 to 1822. In
fact, in 1816, our imports were but 417,7831.
and our exports to France 1,634,2221.—50 much
for free trade !

ANDREW :TRAIIAN, who died on Thursday has
been connected for more than half a century with
literature; having pursued the steps of his father,
Mr. William Strnhan, not only in the extent, but
in the liberality of his encouragement of booksel-
lers, whose names are familiar. On the death of
his father in 1785, he succeeded not merely to an
ample private fortune, but an extensive business
as a book proprietor and printer, and also succeeded
his father as joint patentee in the office of King's
printer. He entered parliament in 1797, for New-
ilport, Hants; and he continued in every successive
I parliament till 1818, when he retired in conse-
quence of advanced age. A life of successful
industry and economy pursued through more than
half a century, increased his original fortune to a
considerable amount.

THE ARMY.
At the dose of the war, the officers on full and half pay of
the line were as follow:
Full Pay. Half Pay. Total.
1816 13,500 4,900 18.400
1830 6,178 8,732 14,910

Leas
The officers of artillery and marines who hare, by the
sale of their eotnmissions, been placed on the half pay of
the line, are 600..

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Paranatoum At a. 27.—The 90th Light Infantry, (on
being relieved by the reserve 7th Royal Fusileers. from
Hull, and the reserve 35th Regiment from Plymouth) will
move to Winchester. The 89th Regiment is ordered from
Chatham to Plymouth. and the 14th Regiment to the I-le
of Wight ; these two are lately arrived from India. Lieu.
tenant• General Sir J mes Kempt, Master-General of the
Ordnance, is expected to arrive here on Monday, on all
official visit.

THE NA PY.
PORTS MOO T Avo. 27.—The squadron under the corn.
mand of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.11.
consisting of the Caledonian, 120, Prince Regent, 120,
Asia, 84, Donegal, 78, Revenge, 78, Talavera, 74, Weller-
ley, 74, Barham, 50, Alfred, 50, Stag, 46, Curaeoa, 26,
Tweed 20, Victor, 18, Royalist, 10, Charybdis, 10, ar.d
Recruit, 10, anchored at St. Helens from the Downs. This
afternoon an order was received by Semaphore, for the Tr.
lavers, 74, Captain Colby, and Wellesley, 74, Captain Row.
ley, to proceed with all haste to the Downs, fur what ger.
vice it la not known. They will sail on Monday. The
Donegal, 78, Captain Dick, and Alfred, 50, Captain
Blaunsell, are ordered to the 31editemnean, and will sail on
the 'sth September. The Stag is ordered for Cork, the
station for w►ich she was commissioned. The rest of the
squadron are refitting. and, it is said, will ag.iin cruise for
two months.

The Grasshopper, 18, Commander Erskine, arrived on
Thursday last, after upwards of three years and a half see.
vice in the West Indies. She left Jamaica on the 28th of
April, Belize on the 7th May, Tampico on the 23rd June,
and the Havannah on the 21st July. She left at Jantaira
the Magnificent, Capt. Jackson, and Hyacinth, Commander
Oldrey ; the Firefly schooner, Lieut. Macdonald, was at the
Havannah, and the Icarus, 10, at Campeachy ; the latter
would be the next ship for England. The squadron was
remarkably healthy, as well as all our West India Colonies.
—Hanipsitire Telegraph.
The Rattlesnake, 28, Captain Graham, sailed on Tuesday
for South America. The David Scott, ast Indiaman, ar-
rived at Spithead this I yen ing from Calcutta; left the 9,11
March. The Imogene, 28, Captain P. Blackwood, is fitting
in this harbour for the East India station. Shc will sail
about the 7th, and will touch at Rio and the
Cape of Good Hope. The Eden, 20, Captain Owen,
was paid off into Ordinary on Tuesday. The Jupiter,
fitted for the quarantine service, sailed on Tuesday for Leith.
The William Harris, transport sailed on Sunday with guns
for Woolwich. The Hope, transport, from Guernsey, pas-
sed by on Thursday, for Cowes.
PROMOTIONS AND APPRINT MENTS la. Corn.
walls Ricketts pare Flag-Lieutenant to Sir. P. Malcolm.) is
promoted to the rank of a Commander.—Mr. H. W. John-
ston and Mr. F. Bird to the rank of Lieut. It. Haig, Eq.
is appointed Sec. to Vice Admiral Sir John Gore ; Lieut. B.
!Jaynes, to the Galatea ; Lieut. T. Mitchell, to the /Etna,
vice Quin ; Lieut. R. W. Wetherell, and Mr. N. W. Roche,
Surgeon to the Ariadne; Lieut. Aircy and M. Tnontaa Gib-
son, Assistant Surgeon to the Isis; Lieut. J. Dick, to the
Britannia, vice Dunlop, whose appointment is cancelled ;
I.icut. P. Hast, to the Warspite ; Lieut. Henry Deschamps
to the Lightning ' • Mr. James Rae, Assistant-Surgeon to
the Pluto ; 31r. A. Muirhead, Assistant. Surgeon to the
Dryad; Alt. John Baird, Assistant-Surgeon to the Cadmus;
Mr. James APAlastcr, Assistant Surgeon to the /Etna.
A Quebec paper of the '27th inst. contains the following:
" Captain Ellis. arrived at Boston from Trinidad, was
boarded on the coast of Cuba, by the United States sloop
of war Natchez, and informed that his Britannic Majesty's
ship Blossom, after being 24 hours on the rock of Cape
Antonio, and having her guns thrown overboard, was una-
ble to get off, but was extricated from her dangerous skim.
don on the 10th uh. by the officers and crew of the former
ship.
The ship Spartan, Sanders, master. from Nevis in 32 days,
for London, landed her passengers here yesterday. On the
kith inst. she spoke the brig John and Mary, of Maryport
far Quebec, with the loss of fere.topmau and yard. Or:
the 12th, the Diana, of Newcastle, Smith, master, from
Dublin to Quebec, with 219 emigrant pensioners on board.
She bad been 92 days at sea, and had expended her pro.
rbsiaos and water. The Spat tan supplied her wish two
bags of bread and a tierce of beef.

Nava*. COWLV.MASTIAL.A Court martial was held on
board the Caledonia, 190, at Sfitbead, on Thursday. to try
Lieut. Francis G. Bond, a Supernumerary Lieutenant be-
longing to the /2 na, surveying vessel, Commander Edward
Belcher. After two bouts' deliberation, the Judge Aden-
care read the following sentence :—" The Court is of opinion
that the charges against the said Lieutenant Francis Go-
dolphin Bond have been in part proved, inasmuch as the
said Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond was negligent in
not taking measurt s to prevent the desertion of the two
Krewrren, who left the boat at Sierra Leone; and also in
not placing some person to look out for any signals which
might be made from the ship whilst the boats were away
watering at the Isles de Los; and the Court doth adjudge
the said Lieut. Francis Godolphin Bond to be admonished
to be more careful hereafter."

It is confidently asserted, that Earl Grey is con-
sulting with the Episcopal Bench, for the purpose
of curtailing the immense revenues of some of the
Bishoprics. In future the income of a Bishop is
not to exceed 5,0001. a year, the surplus of his
revenues is to go to a fund in aid of the build-
ing and repairing Churches and Chapels. The
two Irish mitres, now vacant, are at once to come
under a new arrangement.— H.vnpshire Telegraph.
The Times and the Courier have gone to war,
as a sequel to that in Belgium ; and some amusing
goose-quill bullets are the consequeuce. On Sa-
turday the Times speaks thus of its humble ad-
versary :—" An evening paper, which, in its at-
tempts 1J support n falling character, end to gain,
like a mountebank, a scanty audience under false
pretences, has lately chosen to declare itself the
friend of the present administration (as it has done
of every other), and under ministerial colours, has
done more discredit to their cause than any paper
of ten times its talent could have effected by
open hostility, ventured caster Jay to shake its cap
and bells at us, under pretext of answering a silly
pariasi aph published by ono of our constant ene-
mies and one of its recent allies. We, of coulee,
acquit the Ministers and their friends of suggest-
ing or encouraging such a display cf di ivelling
nonsense. Indeed, we know that the Minister.
complain of its fatal affection for them and their
system, —of its mischievous endeavour to encumber
them with aid, —and of its ignorant awkwardness
in recommending, under their authority, blunders
which they never cummitted, or opitiions tt hich
they never entertained. At the same time we a, e
aware that its existence depends upon its
sclf-
constituted office cf being their organ. We know
too, that though its mistakes we innocent
at home, where its pretentious can be ascertained,
it is .sometimes extremely injwions to Nliniettes
in foreign countries, whei e its former n.iiiistei ial
name, and the continued belief of its milli/Atrial
connection, give its etatements the character of an
inspiration from Doering-street. It has, there-
fore, several times been our intention to warn our
readers abroad, against receiving its communica-
tions as demi-official, or as proceeding from any
even of the underlings of office; but we have been
restrained from doing so by a sentiment of pity, or
by a feeling that it was no duty of ours to detect
all the errors of our contemporaries, farther than
by confronting them with correct information from
oursekes. Even now we will let the poor caitiff
alone, though we confess we had been half provoked
by its impertinence to apply a little wholesome
chastisement."

ROTHSAY CASTLE STEAM-PACKET.
The following particulars are given relative to
some of the persons ascertained to have perished :
Two Miss Broadhursts, of Sheffield. Their father
had been taking a journey, and met his daughters
at Chester. It was their intention to spend a few
days of pleasure at Beaumaris. The father was
saved after being six hours in the water, but his
daughters sunk with exhaustion, after having been
supported for a considerable time by a piece of
wood. They were young ladies of great beauty.
M. Soon, of Liver,,ool.—This gentleman, who
was married to a daughter of the late Mr. Roger
Leigh, was a native of Portugal. In 1813-14,
when the late Mr. Canning was our Ambassador at
the Court of Lisbon, he acted as his secretary.
He had resided in Liverpool for many years, was a
gentleman of high character and extensive attain-
ments, and was universally respected.
Mr. Lucas, of Liverpool, his wife and daughter.
The deceased has left an aged mother, who is blind,
and four helpless children who have to lament the
loss of both their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster, of Regent's-park, London,
with their man servant.—This family bad been on
a visit for some days at the Rev. James Haldane
Stewart's. They had decided before they left Mr.
Stewart's house, not to go by the Rothsay Castle,
but to proceed to Bangor, if practicable, by Bo-
gillt or Holywell. This circumstance accounts for
the lateness of their arrival at the pier-head. They
did not expect to overtake the Rothsay Castle, but
finding her still than they proceeded on board.
None of their bodies have been found. A hymn-
book, which Mr. Stewart had given to the man
servant, has bean found on shore. A favourite dog
they had with them came to land alive, lashed to a
plank. Mr. Stewart went off to Bangor on hearing
of the accident.

The Rev. Mr. M'Carthy was the exemplary
curate of Rathmioes. His untimely fate is deeply
lamented by all who were acquainted with the ami-
ability of his manners, his singleness of heart, and
pure love of religion.
CHESTERFIELD.—On Tuestlay morning, the
16th instant, Mr. Hurwood and Mr. Josiah Brown,
residents of this place, proceeded by the Champion
coach for Liverpool, in the greatest buoyancy of
spirits, with the professed intention of making a
tour of pleasure into North Wales, and the island
of Anglesey. They purposed sleeping in Man •
cheater on Tuesday night, proceeding by the rail-
road to Liverpool the next morning; and then
embracing the earliest oppoctunity of getting con-
veyed to Beaman* by one of the steam-packets
bound fur that fashionable and delightful resort.
Such being the plan laid out by the party, the
greatest alarm naturally prevailed amongst their
friends for their safety, when intelligence was
brought on Saturday afternoon by the Champion
coachman, of the loss of a steam-packet on Wed-
nesday evening the 17th, together with nearly the
whole of the passengers and crew bound for that
very spot to which they themselves were repair-
ing. On Sunday morning this report gained
ground in the town, and caused a deep and general
sensation.—Groups of persona were collected in
various places discussing the dreadful news, and
waiting with intense anxiety the arrival of the
mail, with the faint hope that some information
might be sent by Messrs. Hurwood and Brown, re-
lative to the wreck of the steamer and their own
personal safety. Particularly as they had pro-
mised to write to their friends at the beginning of
the week. No welcome tidings came. The Lon-
don papers, which were filled with various accounts
of the unfortunate occurrence, were eagerly read ;
still nothing decisive could be pined respecting
their fate. At this moment, Mr. Holmes, brother-
in-law of Mr. Brown, accompanied by Mr. Wright,
mercer and draper, set off in a gig to Liverpool, to
obtain correct information on the subject, and con-
vey the earliest possible intelligence to their friends
at home. For several days the inhabitants of
Chesterfield were kept in doubt and suspense, and
never did a calamity appear to make such an im-
pression on the people. When confirmation of
the anticipated news at length arrived of the
awful and sudden death of their two townsmen,
the regret was universal : and to their im-
mediate friends poignant in the extreme. Mr.
Hurwood was a bachelor, about 56 years of
age, and little more than two years ago was in
business as a chemist and druggist, since which
period he has lived independent. Mr. Bruwn was
a married man. aged 30, he had no family, and
was by trade a brazier and tinman.—Soon after
their departure from Chesterfield, Mrs. Blown
was taken seriously ill, and still continues so, and
it was only on Tuesday, that her friends thought
it prudent to divulge to her the lamented intelli-
gence of her husband's death. The information
was received by her with a bumble submission to
the will of PROVIDEXCE, but at the same lime
with great distress and perturbation of mind.
The Menai Strait,where this calamity occurred,
opens to the north-east, and the greater part of it
is occupied by a large sand bank, called the Levan
Sands, which render it necessary that vessels should
pass very near Puffin's Island, at the north-western
extremity of the strait. By some means, however,
the vessel, instead of rounding the western point
of the Liven Sands, and passing under l'itftiu's
Ishlnd, got considerably leeward, and struck upon
a part of the sand which is called the Dutchman's
Bank.

We have received a brief reFort of the proceed-
ings on the Cc:moat:les INQUEST held at 13ZAU-
M A RIS au the bodies of the sufferers.

William Jones, firernan, stated, that the water
came in it the sides, and they began to pump at
ten o'clock at night. The water was then up to the
at cies, and they could not keep the steam up. The
water kept gaining and chcaking the steam pumps.
The vessel struck 14 or 15 times previous to going
down, near PcfEn Island. About 12 the passen-
gers went from one side to the other crying for help.
1k fore going down, she bounded up about two
yards. It was not very dark ; could see land. The
~,sward said to him he knew be should never get us
bete. They were not going a mile au hour when
slur, struck. He was asked, was the captain sober ?
No ; nor the mate. The captain had been drunk
several times. If the steam boat had been put
back before they got there, do you think it might
have been saved ? I do. When requested by the
passengers to put back, the captain said " Hold
your bother, there is no danger." Had you your
regular number of teen on board? No; there
should have been four sailors, there were (sky two.
Wm.Jonee, Liverpool pilot, was deck pasastsw.
Told the mate to put up a light. He said kit was

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no business of mine." What sort of vessel was
it ? An old vessel, creaky. Was she leaky ?
Did not notice. When I said, Why don't you
hoist the jib ? he said, Mind your own business.
I believe all the onscengers were on board when
the funnel fell. Do volt believe you were on the
awash or r n the Dutchman's bank? About the
middle of the hank. She struck several times be-
fore she went down ; it was a very heavy sea. If
we had got in deep water we should have been safe.
Did you see any washed overboard ? About 20 or
30 at one time ; it was quite heart-breaking to
see it.

Evan R edland, musician, heard passengers re-
quest the captain to ring the bell. He said " No,
there is the bell, ring it yourselves." He gave
orders for the passengers to go back sometimes,
and sometimes to go forward. How many was on
board besides yourself? Two men. How many
passengers do you suppose there were on board ?
About 100.

William Hughes, sailor.—Was she a stout boat?
No, not very stout. Could nnt see the buoy ; she
laboured bard in open sea. When she struck did
it drag Yes, abont a mile—drifted to leeward.
The captain was fresh, the mite no better. What
do vou attribute the loss to ? The falling off of
steam. What deprived You of steam ? In conse- '
quence of the water coming in—the water made
upon us by the seams opening. You are satisfied
the captain was not sober? Yes, sir.
Evan Evans, of Liverpool. deposed the sea was
very rough when she struck near Puffin Island.—
What is your opinion of the vessel ; was she stout?
Not so strong as some I have been with.
LlEns.—lt appears that Mr. Thompson, a
highly respectable solicitor, of the firm of Hail-
stone and Thompson, of Bradford. left that place
on Tuesday-week, accompanied by his lady, for
the purpose of taking an excursion of pleasure
into Wales, and that on the day following they
embarked on hoard the nothsay Castle, for Beau-
maris. The intelligence of the loss of that vessel,
communicated through the medium of this paper,
on Saturday morning last, awakened the most
painful apprehension on the part of the friends
and connexions of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson ; but
on Thursday morning all uncertainty was removed,
by the arrival of the following letter from Beau-
maris, received by Dr. Outhwaite, the president
of the Commercial-builings, at Bradford :

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