Star.
London, England, 1824-07-09 00:00:00

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The entertainments of last evening commenced with She Stoops to
Commer, in which the audience were gratified with las Totes Tony
luitiskin,and Mrs. CuArimar.ev's Miss Hardens*. The laughable
lace of Mrs. Smith followed, and was carried through with much
bade and effect. Mr. I.lsTote, in the character of Mr. Smith, showed
bow well he could lay aside his professional character of broad
mirth, and assume that which he is so well qualified to sustain in
Ovate life—that of a per feet Gentleman. The performances closed
with Simpson and Co. with the Mrs. Brantley of Miss Cirusacti. The
house was literally crowded.

lIIGII COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
EDINBUMr, JULY s.
This day came as, before the High Court of Admi
ratty, the trial of William Blackwood and Alexander
illacalpine,late master and pilot of the Hercules steam
boat, plying on the Clyde, accused of culpable homicide,
in so tar as they, upon the 18th day of February last,
whilst proceeding from Glasgow to Greenock, and
when nearly opposite to the island of Inch Green, by ex-
treme and culpable carelessness, inattention, and mis-
conduct, in directing the course of the said Hercules
steam boat, came in collision with the Robert Burns
steam boat, then proceeding from Greenock to Glas-
gow, whereby Archibald Thomson, lately residing at
Cragans Ferry, in Argyllshire, then on board of the
Robert Burns, was bereaved of life, and thus culpably
killed by the said William Blackwood and Alexander
Macalpine. To this charge, the pannels pleaded gene-
rally Not Guilty. A conoiderable number of witnesses
were examined on the part of the prosecutor, and also
for the pannels. The testimony of those persons who
happened to be in each of the boats, as to which party
was to blame for the accident, was in direct contradic-
tion of each other. The Jury were addressed by Mr.
M.NtEr. for the prosecution, and by Mr. COCKBURN for
the pannels, The Judge (Sir JOHN CONNELL) then
summed up the case, and the Jury, after having been
out for nearly a quarter of an hour, returned a unani-
mous verdict, finding the pannels Not Guilty. Black-
wood and Macalpine were then dismissed from the bar,
after a short address from the Judge on the propriety of
the regulations relative to the navigation of the Clyde
being strictly attended to, particularly by steam boats.
The trial lasted from ten o'clock till nearly ten at night.

Brussels Papers to the Bth instant have reached us.
Their contents are unimportant. The number of poli-
tical characters who repaired to Johannisberg, to meet
Pritice Metternich, continued to increase, and the
report that the affairs of the East and those of Brazil
were the subjects under consideration, seemed to be
gaining ground.
Tuesday last a Conservatory Jury, consisting of 23
householders of the county of Middlesex, sworn in be-
fore the Lord Mayor of London, proceeded, in one of
the City barges, with 16 rowers in full es:Attune, down
the River Thames, to observe and report any nuisances
or impediments calculated to obstruct the safe naviga-
tion of the River. In their progress down the River,
the Jury partook of an excellent lunch, provided by
Cuffe, of the Freemasons' Tavern, one of the Jury.
Miss CLARA. FISHER netted 1801. at her benefit in
Cork, on Monday sennight ; the house was crowded to
excess. In consequence of a misunderstanding in the
boxes at the Theatre on that ui ht, a duel was fought
at Ryecourt on the following Wednc•Aay, between Mr.
)WETE, of Macroom, and Mr. CLARK, of Bandon.
Atter an exchange of shots, an amicable adjustment was'
effected.— Dublin Paper.
ST. JoIIN'S, ANTIGUA, Arm'. f')o.—Saturday a fire
i-.ccidentally took place, at Vernon's Estate, amongst the uegt,o
horses, by which 35 of them were in a short time consumed. ,M e
• sorry to add, that a negro boy fell a victim to the flames. The
...Ind being very high, rendered the efforts to arrest the progress
of
the fire unavailing, till the number of buildings abovemenuoned
were consumed.