Star.
London, England, 1825-10-29 00:00:00

TIIE .4101 Y.

c.ovel respirnoribp ofvacan Fort William, held by the late General
.!;•lls
'r• 0,1 for training of the Webt Kent Militia terminated on
Thee were reviewed in the Roebuck Field, Maid.
s• •
Color.cl Sir Jots Baowmt, Commandant of the Cavalry

A A VAG INTELLIuENCE.

mie„y% r nOMNEV, with the new Governor on board,
it.:sorfoutailand previotti to the Sth inst.
..rdoff the Wigl:t, the Harlequinflown Weber.
, from Surinam;
notte, and For
uMt+•~ti,tide,
---, .
• Oc?• C 7.--111 nd N. to N• N. E.— Arrived the
frotn London for the :Mauritius. The Ames
ftlatortai.n, which put in here on the 25th inst.
th
•;.,,t1 dischargindargo (iron).
g her cN.N.E.—Arrived the Matilda,
e With
•,.s, ;VIM AnqUili (coast of Mexico), in 61 days—left at
Coabrian, Conic, the vessel that saved the crew of the
v,34 ; aloe the Thomas Hooch, Boocn; Pretty
EA„,. sad J
cz.ames, Herm.
260.—Wind N.W.—The Castle Forbes,
I: iS coming into harbour, and must be lightened, to
wfiere the, leak is. Passed
fr by, the Marshal Benett,
IPIII fin. Yucatan. Put back, henEx-
r Bengal; and the Charles Brook, Brix, for St.

•
Oer. Arrived the Hector, CARRON, from Santos

,T,
r
Oci. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and remain, the
•.:, Maxamertiv, from Cadiz; and the Smyrna packet,
..r, :tom Smyrna. The following vessels were left at Smyrna
:lir Later vessel sailed, but the date is omitted, viz.-a-The
Simnittry, Dove, Eblaney, Helen, Nimble, Alice, Ber,
bioe, Albion, Elizabeth, Briton, Union, kiagslalene,
r:, T. gas, flelen Clare, Iltlett Jettkinson, Princess Fitzabeth,
Silly, Lively, Orpheus, and Odessa ; and ipake the Har-
:l,lton Smyrna. two days since.: Sailed the George, Ci.sas, 1
Isika; !live, SLADILR, and Llatirumney, -----, for Jamaica ;
Or, KNIWIT, and Pyrennees, Wurrwer.z, for Malta; Ex-
,„ Wrri.s, fur the Nlediterranean; and the Rhoda, BULLY, for
o.ona.

aciroL, Oct. 27.—Wind N.—Arrived the Mary, Rostuson,
D.r!tadoes; and Norval, I.6sr.re., front Quebee. Off the port,
'ogna packet, ---, front Bahia ; and ;klarquis Wellington,
khranichi.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCTOBER Vt.
to FAMED INWARDS—The James, from Standgate Creek;
and Strafford, trout Memel ; Princess Royal, from Dunkirk;
tt, inn Constantinople; 'Violet, from Harlingen; Emma,
St; New Union, front Dieppe; Wellington, front
Tait ; Maria, from Jersey ' • and Andreas, from Christiana.
Ism 0111 WARDS—The Elizabeth, fur Gibraltar; Eagle, fur
•a; .I.la,lnt Antwerp; Hopewell aid Temple, fur Jamaica;
for Ostend; and Rockers, for Grenada.
rrt KING OL:1U ARM—The Chieftain, for St. Vincent's; Laurel,
Iterntuja ; 7,11t0.a, for Antwerp; Pyramus, for Bombay;
is, for E14:1; I.: ; Downe Castle and Waterloo, for Hamburgh ;
; tcderick Adam, for Corfu; and Britannia, for Cadiz.

(.1,1 RICAL .INTEL LIG EA CE.

CAMBRIDGE, OC'POBFIL 2s.
'lli Me. James Scholehelti, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College,
.I, on Saturday last elected Regius Professor of Greek in this
raelsity, in the room of the late Rev. P. I)obree, M.A.
te Vicr.Chancellor has issued the following notice:—'e All
tr.... 1 in Yalu ppialkeri are hereby required to take notice, that,
ioiling to an existiog regulation of the University, they are at
!;.ues to appear in the proper academical dress. And the Vice-
**calor desires that this regulation he strictly attended to."
At a Congregation on Wednesday last the following Degrees
tea Cookrel . •
Alplees or Aso.—Rev. John Wm. Gleadall, Fellow of Catha.
e 11. II; Bee. .1 hennas Grills, Trinity College, Compounder ;
. lieupentin Guest, Trinity College; Rev. Thomas Beaumont,
t., Colitze. Compounder.
LAM • OI: is ni v sic—Chi-ales Poole, Caius College.
La LIAII‘S OF A uss--Ilichard Gascoyue, Queen's College, Cont-
; John Adeney, Qtwen's College.
SZOLEsIASTICAL ritOMOTIONS.
Th: rtlxiitst. the Rev. Robert Jefferson, D.D. Fellow of Syd-
-1 Sasses College, Cambridge, was instituted by the Archbishop
I Nott,whe hiectory of South Kilvitigtomcum.Upsal and Theo n- '
.sreisgh,ta the North Riding of that county, on the presentation of
I.e Alasier and Fellows of the above Society.
The Nev. W. Moore, M.A. of Sr. John's College, Cambridge,
erpetuat Curate of Spalding, Liucohnhire, has been appointed a
Surrogate for the Diocese of Lincoln.
The Bev. Mr. M` Grath is appointed Curate of Ennistorthy.
isod,

DUBLIN, OCTOBER 26.
Th,• Ci•hnp of Ferns has, since his elevation to that Diocese,
;turided for .it of the most distressed Curates by presenting them
IA valuable Livings.
Tutlday se'nuight, the Bishop of Waterfora held an Ordination
the Cathedral, when the following Gentlemen were admitted
DfACONS.—Jeremiah NPCheane, George Scanty Monet, Edw.
Gordon, John Browne,John Edmondson, and Ilenniker Johnston.
Thursday se Haight, his Grace the Lord Primate held his An-
nual Visitation for the Upper Diocese of Armagh, in St. Peter's
Church, Drogheda. After Divine Service. Dr. Jackson, Rector of
&he, prn•ached a most learned and impressive sermon, pointing
out thrpui ity of the doctrines of the Reformed Church, and con-
cluding with an appeal to his Rev. Brethren to persevere in their
ere:lions to promote its welfare. Shot tly after his Grace rose and
delivered a Charge, replete with beauty and simplicity of language.
lie dwelt frr some time on the following topics:—Baptism—the
duly administering the Holy Sacrament—the early Education of
Children—and the employment 01 youth in habits of industry and
moral rectitude.

We lave been assured, says the Dublin Courier
of Thursday, that the Vice-Regal marriage takes place this day :
at all evr•ts it will not be long delayed. A rumour, however, pre-
tails :hat the Lady is slightly indisposed, and that the nuptials will,
ie eoniequence, he postponed.
3lis. l'ArrensoN is of Irish descent. Her grandfa-
:i:•.r, 3lr. CARROLL, resides in the city of Washington. He filled,
remote period, a high judicial office in Canada. him PAr-
i,csos's maiden name was CATON. Her late husband was the
i (~ihtr of 3lrs. JEROMT BONATARTIL
Tbe King of the NETHERLANDS has anointed
Consul General f.r Chili.
c Earl of CLARE is about to lead to the hymeneal

accomplidied Miss SWIRL&
At an early hour on Thursday se'nnight, the Rt. Hon.
of GIANGAL passed through Cashel, on his way to Dublin
11,r! Spencer has let his seat, Althorpe, Northamptonshire, I.r
:'!••••Cuke's, in Norfolk.
F:iday week a locust flew through the window into the
1.0%5t of Mr. Ashlout, at Keighlcy. It is nearly similar in its
viake to the common butterfly, but much larger in all its parts,
Aokit the bulk of a wren!
St. CIAMENT DANES.—ELIerIoN OT A SUWCSON
11.1 PA Illill.-At the close of the poll yesterday the numbers
"'.c--Vor RADNOR, 524.-.. Mr. COSCISLA‘g, 246—Mr. DAt.-
ti
At the Stafford Sessions, Sir GEORGE CHETWYND
.:,..,uaced his intention of retiring from the Chair.
At the Surrey Sessions yebterday, the cases tried were
n!,iilly without interest.
At the East Kent Sessions, a man was transported
t -even years, on conviction for stealing fruit.
In the Coutt of King's Bench yesterday, a man named
c"
n sued, in forma pouivris, his landlord, for an illegal disrraint.
owed 12 weeks rent ; the goods sold for their full value;
hi:t he rested upon the point that he was a quarterly tenant. One
tr his own witnesses, however, confuted him, and he failela.—
persou named Sassum, sought to recover damages of a Lady re•
siding in Abingdon.ktreet, for injury done to his wife, who- was
Wounded in the thigh, in consequence of delendanercardage locking
nit rf the Paddington stages, by which she was thrown off. The
co6climan being dead, the plaintiff accepted an offer of 201.
In ti,e night of 'Tueolay, a woman in custody at the Red Linn
Itr, :71 Warwick, on a charge of felony. by the aid of the blankets
,rd 'twos, which she had tied together, 'descended into the stmt.
I
rnrn a height of nearly fifty feet ; leaving two men placed in the
`.me apartment to watch her, fast locked in the arms of sleep.
*bile she effected slier escape in the arms of bcr lover, who, it ill'
t'Ppo-cd, vas anxiously waiting to receive her beneath the window.
It appears that the Lady performed her petiluus undertaking in
11,1clicause. , the remainder of her wearing apparel having been
taken from her previous to btt retiring to rest. An instant search
was made, bat to rra effect.

CAPTAIN PARRY'S LAST VOYAGE.

FROM THE LITERARY CHRONICLE.
The failure of• Captain Parry's lilt voyage, thrstigh
owing to an accident which might have occurred in a
sea less difficult to navigate than the Arctic Ocean, has
almost put the public out of love with these exploratory
expeditions, and the expense and risk of life are men-
tioned as reasons for abandoning them. It is, however,
to be recollected that although four successive voyages
have all failed to make the' worth West Passage, yet
they have done much towards proving its existence ;
they have demonstrated the possibili* of the passage,
though its practicability may be a matter of doubt.
But if the great object of these voyages had not been
attained, yet much has been done in determining the
geography of the Arctic regions. We were particularly
struck with this, in comparing Cary's map of 1811
with that published by Smith last year. In the former,
we were told that all beyond Sanderson's Hope, in
Baffin's Bay, was doubtful. The first voyage, that of
Captain Ross, however, removed this doubt, for B if.
fin's Bsy was explored, and the correctness of the old
navigator fully established. In the second voyage, we
find Captain Parry passing through Baffiti's 13ay into
Lancaster Sound, and venturing on a new regi in, actu-
ally wintering ia 111 deg. west longitude, and 74. deg.
44. north latitude, discovering straits, inlets and islands ;
in fact, air entire new region, to which he gave the
name of North Georgia—a region extending from about
80 to 113 deg. of vest longitude ; the surveys, too, that
were made of the coasts, and the soundings that were
taken, have completed the hydrogra ph y of these lithe: to
unexplored seas. It would be idle, then, to decry Arctic
expeditions, or to say that they are useless ; besides, as
the spirit of discovery is abroad, we may rest assured
that, if we do not pursue the subject, other nations,
profiting by all we have done, will take it up, and per-
haps reap that reward which we relinquish.
The leading features of the voyage we have already
given, but we are enabled, from an authentic source, to
give a more connected narrative. We have already
stated that the Fury was struck on the Ist of August;
she was, at the time, coasting Prince Regent's Inlet, and
as the vessel was obliged to keep inshore, that being I
the only current, the rest being one mass of ice, they
kept heaving the lead all the time; she, however, struck
on a hummock of ice in six feet water; as the ice wore
away, she sank lower, and was driven further in shore ;
at the time she struck, she was making about four inches
an hour; such wasllre force with which the Fury was
struck, that the sternpost was torn off, as well as part of
the cutwater, and the main keel was broken. Four
pumps were kept going constantly for forty-eight hours,
and the men, 0 ough much fatigued, laboured cheer-
fully; there were, however, so many holes in the bot-
tam of the vessel, which could not be stopped, that she
took water very fast; all attempts to heave her down
and examine !sir failed, although by fixing cables to the
icebergs or hummocks, and to anchors on shore, a sort
of artificial harbour was formed round the Fury, in order
to keep her as clear as possible ; they never were, how.
ever, able to unship the rudder, because thete was not
sufficient water.
On the 6th of August, the water increased much,
although the pumps were kept working from five o'clock
in the morning, till eight o'clock in the evening. The
men were excessively fatigued, and their allowance of
provision was increased by a quarter of a pound of
meat and a gill of rum per day.—lt was now deer-
mined to land the stores, in order to lighten the Fury;
in effecting this, Csptain Hoppnrr used a sort of crane,
by which he hoisted the casks up, and ran them along
a cable on shore, which facilitated the landing of the
stores very much ; on the Bth the spirits were landed ;
from this time to the 13th, the ice continued to close in
on the ship; a strong fresh breeze sprung up, blowing
from the N.N.W. and another cable was now employed,
in order to keep the ice as much as possible torn the
ship. The next day there was a strong wind. The
water increased, and was eighteen inches in the well;
the ice continued to tear the vessel so much, that one of
the persons employed below looking out for the leaks,
suddenly sprung to the hatchway, expecting she was
going to pieces. Captain Parry now sent Lieutenants
Austin and Sherer and the master carpenter to examine
the Fury, when they found that there was no chance of
saving her.
On the 16th, a tent was pitched on shore for the men
to sleep in; the next day they were employed in tight-
ening the cables which were fixed to the hummocks,
and in pumping out the water, and they had only three
hours' rest. On the 18th, there was a snow storm, and
the ice increased so much, that Captain Parry began to
fear that the Hecla would be locked in; a consult ition
of the Officers was held, when it was r:solved to get her
out, and preparations were math for that purpose. It
was also agreed to make an effort to get the Fury out
into a more open sea, and examine her. On the 20th,
Captain Parry sent twelve of his men to work on the
Fury ; the wind had now shifted to the N.N.E. On the
21st, there was a high surf running on the beach, and
more hawsers were employed to keep the ice from
wedging in the Fury ; tire next day, she drifted further
in-shore, just as the ode began to fall, which banished
all hopes of getting the Fury out ; in the meantime,
the Ueda was separated from her by a barrier of iced
four miles broad, which induced Captain Parry to recall
his men, lest, if he delayed it longer, he might
not be able to get them off. On the 24th, a south wind
sprung up, and the ir.e between the vessels had increased
so much, that the Hecla was five leagues from thel,
Fury ; all hope of saving her was now at an end, as
she bad nine feet water in the hold, and she was finally
abandoned on the 26th of August, to the great regret
of every person belonging to the expedition, and parti-
cularly Captain Hoppner, who, on the Court-martial,
very feelingly described the painful emotions he felt on
leaving a vessel he had, a short time before, felt so much
pride in commanding.
We have already saidthat the voyage was not fertile
in discovery, and yet some important facts have been
ascertained, net only in navigation, bet in medical
science, *hid; overturn the theories of the faculty. In
managing the ships, Captain Parry found the most sig-
nal advantages hoar Captain Phillips's patent capstan,
by which two men can do the work of fifty by the old
method ; this is so striking an improvement, that Cap-
tain Parr y, on his return, lost no time in recommending
it to the Lords of the Admiralty, who, with a laudable
zeal !or the service, gave immediate instructions that
all the vessels of his Majesty's navy are in future to he
fitted out o ith Captain Phillips's new caps.ans. On
tie subject of ma_iretic attraction, we understand some
very valuable arid inert:-ting di-coveries have been
made, which completely change the old theories on
this subject.
One very curious fact was discovered during the
voyage, a... 4 that is, that the more the body was

charged with caloric, the better dil it withstand the cold.
During the winter, the he it below deck was generally
68. while on deck it was about 45. deg. below Zito; and
although the men
.frequently went from their heated
apartments to this extreme cold, yet there was not a
single iostance of cnugh, cold, or catarrhal affection
whatev6 among the crews of either vessel : the warm
bath was fiequently used, and was found highly bene-
ficial in preventing the cold, and it was remarked that
the mote the body was heated inametrately previous to
goieg out on any excursion, the longer they could re-
main exposed to this cold without injury; and, that
the cold was severe may be inferred from the circum-
stance, that the steam from the baths congealed in its
ascent, and fell in a shower of snow.
The scenery in Prince Regent's Inlet is of the most
magnificent description ; the coast, in some places, pre-
senting a front three hundred feet high, almost perpen-
dicular ; this is supposed to be occasioned by the action
of the water freezing iii smite crevices of the granite,
and expanding it, 1 ke a wedge, until a portion of it
b.:comes separated ; this was inferred horn the circum•
stance that large masses of granite were lotted on
floating iceb rgs, which made them somesintes be mis•
taken for land.
Few collections in natural history were made during
the voyage; some oetanical and entomotigical sped
ns, however, were obtained. A few deer were shot,
and some A:ct•c bears, on which the dogs were fed;
the old Eelumaux dog is still alive, but his mate died,
nor, huaever, until she had left a litter of pupeies,
%%hid] have also pi octeated, thatehe breed is likely
to be peii etuated. A good deal of ;;rouse wes obtained,
which was toun.l very seasonable. The voyagers never
saw a human b ing, but found traces of them in various
parts ; should the poor Esquimaux meet with the stores
that were left, they will be astonished, and at a loss to
know what to do with the prize. W-re another voyage
to be made, it is probable that the Esquimauz would
he found dressed in the uniform of Captain Hoppner,
or treasuring up articles of which they knew not the
use; but it seems doubtful whether any other expedi-
hen will be sent out, in the same directicn at least.
These particulars, though vet,' hastily written, Ate
correct; and are, perhaps, nearly all Oat will trans-
pire until Captain Parry publishes his own narrative,
which he will der in the course of the winter.
Captain Parry was well provided with chronometers,
and with some very ingenious instruments, to enable
him to take observations when the sun was not visible,
but none of the-se were found to answer ; the Officers,
however, were very actively employed in making ob-
servations, and Captain Parry's journals are said to re-
cord many curious facts interesting to science. During
the winter, the title of a newspaper could barely be read
at noon-day on deck, so dense was the gloom which
pervaded the atmosphere for many mouths; this dismal
period was relieved by various entertainments, particu-
larly masquerades, and we know not whether the honest.
character of British sailors will think it a compliment
or not, but many of them were very dexterous in their
disguises. Nothing could be mote social, consistent
With proper discipline, than the Officers and crews of
:the two vessels; they seemed like one happy family,
the men proud of their Officers, and the Officers fully
satisfied with the conduct of the men, who kept cheer-
ful amidst all their privations and fatigues. When
working at, the Fury, they sometimes seemed to com-
prehend the orders of the Offhers with difficulty, owing
to The languor .of excessive fatigue, and a degree ot
stupor createst by the cold—the intellect seemed, as it
were, benumbed. We cannot, perhaps, better conclude
thiti narratibse than-with the following anecdotes of the
expeditioree -•
During•the time the crews were engaged in clearing
the Fury, a regular current fl rating the ice past them at
the rate of a Mile and a half an hour, was to them a strong
indication Of an open sea not far distant. Tire Fury
was completely cleared of everything, even of her coals,
and the repairs nearly completed, when the Hecla was
blown off; arid when she returned and found her con-
sort so nearly destroyed, a regular survey was made,
and all hope of restoring her to service was given up.
The Officers speak of the ten months they rive locked
in the ice as a mcst dreary season. In one of the mas-
querades, Captain Parry assumed the disguise of a poor
enfeebled creature, scarcely able to totter above ground,
and his disguise was so complete, that one of the crew
who had personated an undertaker, declared him unfit
for this world, took his measure, and prod edeJ, with
some assistants, to dig a grave, into which they hurtle('
their well disguised Captain, who was obliged to unde-
ceive them, to prevent premature burial.
It has been stated, in the Daily Papers, that, of the two
seamen who died, one was from accident—the other
from disease; but the death of both resulted from acci-
dent, one having fallen on a block of ice and injured his
back, which produced a diseased spine, and the loss of
the other seems likely to give strength to the ioctrine,
orthodox among seamen, that a particular fate is at-
tached t • every man—whether on sea or on shore, D:ath
sill have his victim at the appointed hour. This sea-
man was one of four mates who went on a little expe-
dition for curiosity, over a table mountain, unarmed ; he
separated from his companions, intending to make a
little tour and rejoin them, but had not proceeded far,
when he way pursued by a bear. To assist his speed he
threw off his snow shoes, or boots, and fled, till he got to
the edge of the rock, where he had to decide, in a mo-
ment, whether he would hurl himself down the almost
perpendicular steep, or yield to his merciless enemy—he
preferred the former, and tumbled himself do e n the
side of the mountain, from a height of about three hun-
dred feet, too steep for the bear to adventure. His'
comrades having discovered his boots, alarmed and
astonished, now sought the poor fellow,found him sense-
less, and conveyed him to their birth. He recovered
graitialiy, and at the end of several weeks, was fully
restored to the use of his limbs, when he was attacked
by disease, and again narrowly escaped death. Shortly
after this he went on a shooting party, again separated
from his companions, and fell through a chasm in the
ice, where there was not more than tour feet depth of
water. The cold soon rendered exe tic)* impossible, and
he was taken out frozen to death—his body becoming
solid and stifles a compact lump of ice. Ile was how-
ever, immediately carried to•tlre vessel, where every
exertion possible was used to restote animation► but
ineffectually. It is supposed that he was teaching, aftet
a bird th at he had shot, and that his foot slipped. He
Iris left a widow and several children, three ot whom are
in the Gueeneich Hospital School.

The match for 100 SPY% over Litchfield Course, on Monday last,
two miles, between Mr. Wakefield's b. m. Governess and Mr.
!'motet'. Fitzwilliam, was won by the latter.
*I he Duke of York's horse Elizabeth is matched against Mr.
PrentitrgsAt's Ully Rainbow, (80.51 b. each), at the neat New-
, market dein& Meeting, for ZUO suvercios

LOSS OF THE COMET. •

FROM THE GLASGOW COURIER, OCT. 27.
The public feeling dwells on this deplorable catas-
trophe 'sr lifi icilieand undiminished-anxiety... A-severe '
scrutiny, we hope, will take place, 'and an example be
made of those whose conduct has either caused or ag-
gravated ibis unpiecedented catastrophe; The Ayr
sailed over the spot where the sufferers were struggling
in the agonies of death, and the principal steward of
the Comet probably met with his death by a stroke
from the paddle 01 the Ayr. ai he was much cut in the
neck. The master of the Ayr is liberated on bail. The
body of Captain Sutherland was found yesterday, but
that of his amiable and unfortunate wife remains to be
discovered. One of the crew states, that he saw them
jump together into the sea from the star board quartet,
brlt as Mr. Anderson seems certain that Mrs. Suther-
land clung round him for some time, they must cer-
tainly afterwards have been separated for ever in this,
to meet in a few moments in another and a better
world. On the psrson of Captain Sutherland is as found
a puree, containing nine shillings in silver, five so-
vereigns and a half in gold, and. a gold and a silver
watch. A poor woman near her SCCOLIC. ement, a
native of Billw, the wife of a man named Macintyre,
residing at Eaglesham, was lost, with six children. It
14 determined to raite the Comet. She l'es in clear
ground, and by actual soundings taken yesterday
m rning, her bow is at half tide in seventeen andjt half
fathoms water, and 165 yards from the shore, her
length extending di ectly from it. So close was she
that soon after the accident hapi.eired, a Gentleman on
shots distinctly heard the cries of the sufferers for re-
lief with the w.,ter gun gling in their throats while strug-
gling with death.
We cannot omit noticing the following remarkable
fact, among the particulars relating to lilts melancholy
affair. A letter, enclosing a one pound note, to a per-
sun in Glasgow, was entrusted to the care of Mr'.
Wright, one of the rersons drowned. The letter was
found on her body after it was wished ashore, and
for warded through the Post-Office to its address in this
city, and has been received perfectly dry and uninjured ;
a proof how nesr the shore the sufferers must have
perished—as from this circumstance, Mrs. Wright's
body could have been but a very short time in the
water. The wind blew strong, and we believe directly
on the shore. To mid day yesterday no more bodies
had been found. Captain Sutherlani is, we learn, to
be buried here with military honours. B:sides. the
numbers saved, and the bodies found, in all 55, it is
ascertained that 15 persons more were on board—and
' there is the strongest reason to believe that the num-
ber is still greater.

FROM THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE OF THURSDAY.
Since the account of the escape of Miss Munro irons
the wreck of the Comet, which appeared in our last,
our It porter has had an interview with that ynung
Lady, Rol teceivei from her the following details of
her providential escape. She states that she was stand-
ing near the funnel of the Comet, talking with Mr.
M.K nzie, of E,lir.burgh, who, on the near appro 'di of
the Ayr, asked her if she would like to see that vessel?
While walking towards the bow for that purpose, the
dreadful collision took place. From where she stood,
she was amongst the first whole;! into the sea, to which
she in a great measure a tributes her preservation, as
'the greater part of the passengers were crowded-aft,
imploring aid !torn the screw of the Ayr, consequently,
by tumbling in heaps upon one another, they acce-
lerated their own destruction. M•ss M. sunk thrice,
and in corning up the last time much exhausted, she
caught fast hold round the neck of a large black dog. The
animal swam towards the shore, dragging her along s ith
him until they came in contact with two spars of wood
which she eagerly caught hold of, and buoyed herself
up by the pilot boat, as formerly noticed. It is not a
little remarkable, that when repeatedly driven' back
from the shore by the refiux of the waves, the dog
never left her side, but invariably turned back and ac-
companied her, and when she was landed followed her
limo the house, when he remained at the foot of her
bed, until the mistress of the house locked him in a cellar; from
whence he made his escape next morning, to the young Lady's great
I regret. She mentions u bee principal associates on the voyage,
Miss M'lntosh, of Campbelton, Inverness-shire, on her way to
visit her friends in Glasgow ; Mr. Colin Rose and his sister, accom-
panied by a little girl, called Catherine, all belonging to Glasgow,
on their return from a visit of six weeks to some relations in
Inverness; and Mr. bl'Kenzie, of Edinburgh, formerly men-
Honed. They were all lost.
I

A young man, the sun of a chip-bonnet maker,
named Rend .11, at Lambrook, Wilts, was discovered
the other day confined in his father's cellar, with no
other food than raw potatoes. He was in a miserable
state when found, and gave a piteous account of the
ill-trea.ment which he had received from his parents.
The following is an extract of a letter firm the Agent
to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated the 19th of October:
Ills Sardinian Majesty's ship the Commerce of Genoa, com-
manded by Commodore Sivoie, arrived in this port yesterday
morning from Tripoli in the West, with news that the differences
which existed between the King of Sardinia and that Regency had
been settled in a satisfactory manner for the former, although not
without having been obliged to base recourse to ho;tilities."
The following is an extract of a letter written by a
Gentleman who accompanied the expedition from
Rangoon against Bassein, and other places s n tls.e
I Bassein river. Its success, it appears, was very com-
plete, and was greatly facilitated by our Officers having
[been enabled, for the first time during the pre cut
war, to employ Burmese troops to fight against their
countrymen : RAICGOON APRIL 16.
" The force sent franchence against Bassein, and which has
just returned hither, consisted of the Larne of 90, the Mer-
cury of 14 guns, the Argyle, Lotus, and Carron transports,
with four gun boats. The troops amounted to 500 Europeans
under Major Sale, and 500 Sepoys. On arriving at the en-
trance of the river, we found 11 stockades a: the Narrows, very
strong and well situated ; we attacked and took two the first
day ; the rest were then evacuated, and we continued our course
to Bassein, 70 miles up the river. The Ay Ilahuon who had
charge of lassein had previously been down to defend the stock-
ades at Regrets, and on his return atter his detest, a party formed
against him, and the result of the distraction thus occasioned
was, that Bassein, with all its defences, was burnt to the ground.
The Mahoon retired to Lamina, two hundred miles up the river,
where be was pursued by our boats, but be escaped. After leaving
Bassein, en our return to Rangoon, wishing to destroy the Negrais
stockades we procured from the Chief of Neputab, who had ae-
cepted of protection, a force of fifty Burmese to assist. With
them, and fifty of our own men, we attacked eight hundred men,
made them give up their prisoners, Lay down their arms, and bring
their Chief, who is a man of great consequence, and invested with
a gold Chattab, on board as prisoner. Two nights afterwards, we
surprised another gold Chattah Chief and 300 men, taking him
-otter, and eight heavy guns, besides swivels, muskets, and ammo..
ninon. This is the brat instance of the Burmese having been em.
played against Burmese. We understand that Donabew was at-
tacked with very little judgment, and the panic of our troops was
so great that they fled at night ten miles from the scene of action,
Reeving their killed and wounded. The next day the Burmese met
down the bodies, dreadfully mutilated, by the ebb tide, lashed and
crucified upon bamboos. Our Officers are all quarrelling ant.mg
themselves, and talking of Courts martial, &c.— the usual coulee
when things go wrong. The whole of the expedition arrived beat
from Panne on the 12th instant:

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