Star.
London, England, 1825-11-19 00:00:00

POPULATION OF AMERICA.

The Journal des Deba g;ves the followi!; las a cor-
rect table of II:e enter: and poru!atirn of ti-e different
States of America. ne extent is e:t4natcd in square
mile-, 15 to a degree:—

Enclich Possessions
Uizitcil States of N. America
Itlt sic°
etsha, Porto Rico, and other
Spanish Possessions .
Hayti
French Colonies
Dutch Colonies
Danish Colonies
Guatemala
Colombia
Peru
Brasil
Paraguay
Ilnenos. Ayres .
Chile

Sq. IMl.ls.
120,150
113,800
72,700

Population.
1,917 ,000
10,645,000
6,868,000

2,500
1,383
493
504
208
15,500
80,000
28;000
140,000
7,000
60,000
7,000

707,700
700,000
272,500
90,0:3)
53,70 C
1,485,0C°
3,600,000
1,900,000
4,000.000
500,000
1,500,000
1,200,000

.

The most crowded population of America is, cvnse-
quently, in Hayti, where we find 506 to a square mile,
and the thinnest the British possessions, where there
is only 16.

LOSS OF THE HALIFAX, THE BEE, AND
THE VENUS. •

FROM THE LEEDS I NTELLIGENCER.

These vessels were sailing in company together (or
ne,,rly .0) from L:ndon to Leeds, on Friday evening.
when they were all wrecked on the Lincolnshire coast,
near Grimtby. At prustnt it is difficult to arrive at a
n.inu'e detail of particulars, but the following are what
we have been able to collect. Several tradesmen in
Leeds had goods on board to the amount of nearly
20001. and a grocer, at Keighley, to about 1,2001. Oile
spirit merchant in this town has, we understand, lost
about 60t)/. a hop-merchant Lad 22 po..kets on board,
18 of which v. ete insured. Several druggists, grocers,
stationers, &c. have lost from 1001. to 2001. e •ch. It
is said that all hands on board the Halifax perished,
and the cargo lost ; the fate of the B is not so severe;
of the Venus we can leant nothing, except what
is conveyed in the following extract from a letter
item Hull, to a Gentleman of this town, dated on Tues-
day morning:
" 1 am afraid Leeds will suffer much by last week's gale. Three
of the London and Leeds traders are ow shore on the Lincolnshire
coast, all loaded with gent rat cargoes; and I have just learnt that
two of them hive broken up. Their natnei are—the Venus, the
Bee, and the Halifax, but which of the three they are which broke
1 don't know. The Britannia got to the Humber just when the gate
came on."

A Madame Jon NSON ascended in a balloon from New
Yo: k, last month.
DORNIANT &QM:ST.-It is at length ascertained that
the turn bequeathed to the different parishes in the
City of Winchester, about fifty years ago, and which
had been accumulating unknown to any one, till its
recent discovery by the Commissioners of Charities, is
about 1,2501. The expenses attending its division, &c.
are expected to br between 50/. and 1001. so that each
parish (six in number) will ultimately receive a sum
little shot tof 2001. _ _

SPONTANEws Cossaosaloar.—An instance of spon-
taneous combustion occurred at the woollen factory, in
Cummington, Canada, helongii.g to Darius Ford and
Co. on the 14th ult. On the 13th, the waste from un-
der the carding machines was gathered into a basket
and set out of doors on the south side of the factory ;
anJ in the cour.,e of the day it was thrown on the
ground and a light simmer fell upon it. On the 14th,
about one o'clock, a smoke began to arise from the
waste, and in about two hours afterwards it burst out
into a flame, and was consumed in t'.e ptesence of a
great number of spectators.
DIVISION OF THE PARISH OF BARKlNG.—Thursday,
an adjourned Vestry was held at the Parish Church of
Barking, for the purpose of deciding by ballot, whe-
ther an application should be made to Parliament, to
divide Ilford and Chadwell from Barking? The ballot
commenced at eleven o'clock in the morning, and ter-
minated at five. The numbers were then declared to
be, 268 in favour of the application, 260 against it
The news of this succe,.s scon reached Ch dwell and
Iliad, the intrOitants of which, headed by a band of
music, met Mr. HALL DARE, who proposed the mea-
sure. They immediately took the horses from his car-
riage, although he requested them not to do so, and
drew him to his residence at Cranbrooke. In the even-
ing the inhabitants wete supplied with a liberal quan-
tity of brown stout by Mr. DARE.
CAUTION TO BANKERS AND TRADESMEN.—Sortie.
thing more than a year ago, a parcel of Bank of Eng-
land notes was stolr n front the porter of Messrs. &row
anJ PAUL, in London, and the particulars of the notes
were at the time made public ; but an interval of so
many months having thrown even cautious people off
their guard, some persona, no doubt directly or indi-
rectly concerned in the robbery, have taken advantage
of the hustle of the Doncaster Ill Aces and the Yor k•tore
Fcs.ival, to push the stolen property into circulation to
a considerable amotoit. At Doncaster nearly 10001. at
York 5001. and at Scarborough 2001. hate been paid;
:mil the holders of the notes have no clue whatever to
the persons of whom they were receivNi. Messrs. Show
and Co. have commenced actions against some, if not
against all the unfortunate holdet s of these notes, and
it is very probable that they will recover the value of
the motes in each case, as they are sup ported by deci-
sions on cases of a similar nature.—Leedslnielligencer.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The Frank 'in Malone
Telegraph gives an account of the execution of S ephen
Viiets, for the murder of Mrs. Fanny Mosely. The
Telegraph says—" That while under the fatal tree, a
parer was then read at his request, in which he asset ted
his innocence in the following terms:—, With regard
to the crime for Which I this day suffer, 1 have only to
remark, that I ant perfectly innocent. By whose hands
the unfortunate Fanny Mosely was deprived of lite, I
do not know; but I say it was not urine, mistier was I
accessory to it ; neither was I aware of the approach of
that unhappy event, but at the time was fearful of the
designs upon my liie.'—A sh rt time after the rope
was fastened to the beam, and the cap dtaan over his
face, he still protested his innocence, and tl.e drop fell.
But, unfortunately, the knot drew over his chin in such
a manner as not entirely to stop hi; breath, ohr the cir-
culation of the vital fluid : in this dreadful situation he
struggled for several minutes in the agonies of dea•h.
The paper containing his protestations' of innocence hi:
had declared his intention of holding in his tight hand,
when yielding up his life. This paper he changed
from his left to his right band, when he had hung tr. o
arahree minutes, and waved it to the multitude aWI
sparent design."

• WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS.
SHEPHERD MIDDLETON.—The plaintiff in this
case, who was one of that description of persons com-
monly called servants of all wor/, toot who, not unfre.
qnently, have a great distaste to work of any kind, was
a mighty vinegar-faced to ,king person; t f whom
Lavater would have had an instinctive horror, and
summoned Mrs. Middleon, her late mistress, for 11.
being the amount of a month's wages, at and after the
rate of 121. a year, she having been turned away after
being but one week in her place; and a e assured the
Commiisioners, with as pleasant a face as it was in her
nature to put en, that she had been exceedingly ill used
by Mrs. Midd!eton.
On the part of Mrs. Middleton, the hiring, the warn-
ing, and the amount of wages were admitted, and also
that she had been turned away at the end of one week,
for which week ss. had been offered to her ; but as to
her having been ill used, it was altogether denied ; ano
it was asserted on the contrary, that Mrs. Middleton,
lady in ill health, had teceived all the ill usage, and was
obliged in her own defence to get rid of the 'our-looking
suitor, Jenny Shepherd. In proof of this it was s!.eern.
that on a certain night, Mrs. M. being more than usuall►
ill, had ventured to call Jenny from her bed to tenths
her those services wh;ch it was her duty to pet lot m.
but the more she cal ed, the more Jane would nnl come.
who flatly told her mistress trough the key-hole, tha.
whether she lived or died, she would do no:l.nn4 for
her before seven in the morning, as she wa, de:ermined
to have her sleep out. The consequence war;that as
soon after seven o'clock as possible, Jenny was dis-
missed, with the offer of a crown for her Neek's set-
vices, which the penis refused.

The vinegar-visaged damsel could not smile away
this charge of neglect, but nevetthdess contended, that
she was entitled to the foil month's wages, though she
so contended in vain, for the tuthl-ss Commo.sionerc,
not having the fear of Jeniiy before their eyes, awarded
her 10, with which, like S:tyluck, and about as agree-
ably—she was obliged to be content.