Star.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS AT Nam SOUTH WALES. The Queen Charlotte,
Thompson, front Otaheite, .the 15th June; the Nereus, Ein' men,
front Port Dalrymple, Bth July; his Majesty's ship Tamer, Brent•
ner, front England, on an expedition to the North-west Coast of
New olland, 28th July; the Alfred, Laughton, from London,
July 15; the Countess of Harcourt, Bonn, from London, 12th
July ; the Prince Regent, Wales, from London, 15th July ; the
Th..11;4 Hazard, from the Fishery' 4th August; the Aguilar, Wat-
son, from London and Van Dientan's Land, sth August ; the
Plicente, White, from the Fishery, 6th August ; the Prince Regent,
Lamb, from Holtart's Town, 7th August.
SA ILINGS Fume New SOUTH WAxes.—The Minerva, Forbes, for
Van Dieman's Land, July 16; Caroline, Taylor, for ditto, July 4;
Ann, Grimes, for the Mauritius, July 17 ; John Bull, Tomkins, for
Port Dalrymple, July ID ; .Itlrian, Gordon, for Madras atd Ben-
gal ; and the Hope, fur the Mauritius, August 11.
New Scorn Wat.es.—The Phosnix, White, in working up the
harbour in charge of the pilot, grounded on the rocks, but was got
off with some damage.

James Abernethy, the famous beggar, is now laid up
for lite in an hospital. He was born in Edinburgh, in
March, 1722, and was bred a cork cutter, which occu-
pation he left at the age of eighteen, and entered the
service of his country. He served abroad in a cavalry
Regiment (it i* thought the Oxford Blues) and was en-
gaged, in the twenty. third year of his age, at the famous
battle of Fontenoy, and very likely is the drily person
alive who fought on that memorable day. James gave
a very imrerfect account of this battle, having been
too particularly engaged to makegeneral observations.
On his Regiment taking their station in the morning,
and when he had a view of the combined army and of
the French, he said that he had no idea the world could
have afforded such numbers. He does snot deny that
he was afraid at first, but fear soon gave way. He was
several, times unhorsed in the Brulziement ; and found
to his sarptise, next morning, his horse was black,
having en:ered the field on a grey one. The next most
memorable event in James's military life, was being on
duty at the wedding of his late MAJESTY, and`he was
fonder of dwelling on this than of Fontenoy. He re-
ceived his discharge shortly after this, and coming to
his native place, wrought some time at the quarry at
ICruigleith, where he met with the accident that inglo-
riously lamed him. Having no pension, and being dis-
abled for work, he took to beggary, and till within
these two years, has been a regular traveller in Clydes-
dale and Ayrshire. He was in ,business nearly fifty
years, and during that time, it was calculated that he
had, on an average, drank a gallon of whiskey every
week, thus having consumed 1,100 gallons of the pre-
cious stuff. James could scarcely be called a wit,
although he had many stories and querks that passed
for wit in the country. Soon after the accession of the
late Earl of EGLINGTON, he one day met James going
into the house, and ordered him to turn. James, as.his
custom was, on receiving a repulse, was extremely
rude, and his Lordship threatened to have him taken
as a vagrant, if ever he again entered thi policies.
James, on going out, met with another of the order,
whom he endeavoured to persuade to return, as his
visit to the castle would be unproductive. His brother,
owever, passed on, saying he knew the right side of
tle Earl. James, in his next journey, again approached
the noble residence, and again met its owner, who en-
raged at the presumption of the gaberlunzie, was not
very nice in the choice of the epithets he bestowed on
hint. James never spoke, but made a circle around the
Earl, eyeing him most attentively. His Lordship,
alarmed at this strange conduct, demanded the cause_
of it? " Vary," said James, le I ILA been told that
your Lordship has a right and a wrong side, but I con-
fess I see no difference.' His Lordship, on hearing
this, laughed, and told James that he would give orders
he should have sonivtiung to eat—" and to drink,"
said James, " ay, and to drink !" James was quar-
tered, some years ago, in a farm-house, near Stratha-
yen. For a considerable time _before, this farmer's
cows had been unbOund every night in a mysterious
manner. This made a great noise, and attracted public
attention ; but when Abernethy slept in the cow-shed, the
cows were all found fast bound in the morning. Lac-1
terly, James had to be carried from house to house in.
a cart, when he began to save money, as he could not
their get calling at the ale house,--,-Edargotu Journal.