Star.
London, England, 1822-10-10 00:00:00

TRAM THE TYNE MERCURY.

We regret to state that the keelitien employe3 on
the river Tyne have within the last few days refused
to work as usual, until certain alleged grievances
are removed. We have been given to understand
that their object is to restrict the loading of ships at
the staiths to eight keels, in order that their labour
may be in greater requisition. Rumour further
states, that they claim an allowance of £1 per annum
in lieu of house-rent—to be freed from responsibility
for any damage they may do in tacking their keels
up the river—to have the steam-boats disused for
towing vessels down the river—and to have all the
keelmen employed, which has not been the case re-
cently. Warrants, we hear, have been issued for the
apt): ehensiop of some of the principals, on the ground
we suppose of a breach of their engagements, as they
are bound to their present employers till Christmas.
They hat e. probably from this cause, suddenly taken
ti.eir departure f urn their homes, and are not to be
seen in the neighbourhood.
A petition, setting forth their grievances, has been
presented to the coal-owners, but the result has only
I refusal to accede to their demands. Appre-
i.?.:,ions, it seems, have been entertained that the
I.e.:;tuen would endeavour to destroy the staiths by
wi:ich coals ate conveyed into the vessels, and in con-
:e:ieence small parties of the military have been sta.
7 at the different parts of the river where such
:r..empts were most l.kely to be made. We are happy
zo state, however, that these precautions appear to
have been unnecessary.
NORTH SUIELDS, OCT. 7.—Fliday, a number of
;A:amen visited this place, apparently with no object
but mischief and plunder, each having a stick with a
Hat end, which they freely bestowed on the shoulders
of those who passed them. They repaired on board
several vessels where ballast was casting, and made
the men desist from their labour. Amongst other
ships, they boarded the George, and wounded a trim-
mer, narn;ti Rochester, on the face with a stone, and
aimed a deadly blow at another with a'ballast-shovel,
who had a very narrow escape. On shore, plunder
was the watch-word. They met a baker's cart car.
Tying bread to the country, which they took pos-
session of, and threatened the boy for complaining ;
as to apples, turnips, &c. on the stalls, they made not
the least hesitation in seizing them as they passed.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the'East
India House, when Captain CualsroPutta BIDaN was
sworn into the command of the ship Royal George,
consigned to Bengal and China.

The Doke and Duchess of ATHOLL end suite, the lien. Miss
A. MURRAY and Miss KNIGHT, Colonel R. STYWAnT aid Lady,
Mss. and Miss Smarm, and Mr. BURNET, arrived at the Tontine,
Greenock, on Thursday; and on Friday sailed for the I sle of Man.

We noticed on Tuesday the losses sustained at
Lloyd's, and the sensation produced in consequence
of the impunity with which the pirates were allowed
to continue their depredations upon British property
in the We,t Indies. An application has, in conse-
quence, been made by the Committee at Lloyd's to
Government upon the subject, and the following re-
ply was received yesterday:

" Admiralty Office, Oct. 9, 1823.
" Bia-111aelng laid before my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty your letter of the 7th instant, respecting the-capture
of two 13ritish vessels, the 'Vittoria and Industry, by a piratical
schooner, off Cuba, I sin commanded by their Lordships to ac-
ciairit you, for the information of the Committee fur the MaW
ragerneut of the Affairs of Lloyd's, that their Lordships had al;
ready received an account of that transaction front Captain
%IWO; of his Majesty's ship CARNATION, who had been di-
rected by Rear-Admiral Sir Coast.= Rowisv to take up a
station in that neighbourhood, for the protectiOn of the trade.
Ile writes, under date of the 12th of August, that on that day
seventeen sail of the Jamaica ships had passed round Cape An-
t -nio, and he is now waiting in that quarter to see the remain-
vessels also safely.
" Ilia Majesty's ship Domes. was also in this neighbour.
h'iod. and Sir CIIA IMES Itowtrr reports that he has directed
attention to that qu irter. In addition to which, my
I,ords h.tve taken further ni..asures fur the suppression of these
I• r acies.--. I am, &c. (Signed) "J. W. CIi3OKEIL

6' To Mr. J. Bennet, jun.. Lloyd'i."
The further rneasui es" mentioned above are, we
I'v'tirrse, the sailing of several sloops of war, which
v.e noticed some time back, with sealed orders.

- • 2711 E• AR MY. • •• •
. .
General Sir It Jonsson, Bart. G.C.B. has succeeded to the
Colonelcy of the 6th (or Northumberland) Regiment of Foot.
Thursday, the Provisional Battalion, under the command of
Colonel Hsu: of the .65th Regiment, were inspected on the
Gisela, Portsmouth, by the Ueutenant-Governor, Major-Gen.
Sir Janes LYON. The morning proving very wet, the ma-
neuvres were postponed until Friday afternoon, when the Gene-
ral, attended by his Staff, proceeded to Southsea Common,wher. I
the Bdttalion was drawn up, and after the customary salute,
went through the movements in II most correct aid soldier like
style. Col. Hsu. was complimented on the efficient state of the
Battalion.. which has been for so short a period embodied. Their
detached duties seldom allowing them to be in the field together,
the Officers, individrally, ste well entitled to great credit ; for,
though the men chiefly consist, of young soldiers and raw recruits,
their soldier-like appearance in the field was much commended,
as is alto their general deportment as civilians.

GENERAL ORDER.
Horse Guards, October 8. 180.2.
The Costmaxnes-nr-Cntar is pleased to approve of General
Officers commanding Districts in Great Britain granting leave of
absence to Officers, and furloughs to Non-commissioned Officers
and Soldiers, under the following limitations and restrictions:
1. The leaves of absence granted under this order to Officers,
may commence as soon as the half-yearly Inspections shall have
been made. The furloughs granted to Non-commissioned Offi-
cers and Soldiers may commence from the 25th instant.
2. These Indulgences are to terminate on the 10th of March
next, when, in conformity to his Majesty's regulations all Ol6•
cers and men are t 3 be present with their respective Regiments.
3. One Field Officer, one-half of the Captains, and one-half
of the Subaltern Officers, are always to be 'present with their
Regiments.

4. No Officer (except in the performance of ditty; or for the
purpose of joining his Regiment) is tcrquit the United Kingdom
without having hist received his Majesty's special permission.
3. The Officers employed on the Recruiting Service, or upon
the Staff of the Army, are not to be included in the number
'hereby tired for the constant duty of the Regiment or Battalion.
6. The applications for leave for Regimental Paymasters and
Medical Officers, are to continue to be made in the mode pre-
scribed in pages 72 and 73 of General Regutations of the Army.
7. In case of short leaves of absence being requested by Ad-
jutants, Riding-masters, Quarter-masters, or Veterinary Sur-
geons of Regiments, it will be necessary that a special Report
should be made as to the mode iu which their duties ate to be
performed during their absence.
S. The proportion of Non-commissioned Officers, Trumpeters,
Drummers, and private men, to whom furloughs may be given,
is not to exceed ten per troop or company.
In the event of Regiments, or Battalions, not being stationed
in Garrisons, or in Military Districts, the Officers commanding
are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of
leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to the Officers
and men under their command.
This Order does not apply to the Officers and men doing duty
at the Depots of Regiments on foreign service.—By command
of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
HENRY TORRENS, Adjut..Gen.