Star.
London, England, 1825-10-28 00:00:00

NAVAL. INTELLIGENCE.

Stamm:K.—On the 20th inst. the brig William, Captain Suez&
Rita, from Davis' Straits, at anchor off the Ileld,r, the weather
aid a North-west wind would not let the Captain attempt to enter
duties the day. Towards evening it blew a storm; at midnight,
tie,afetp-boat was directed with incredible difficulty along the
and the brig was found to have gone to pieces. The safety-
toe succeeded, amidst the greatest dangers, in rescuing lti of the
sew, which amounted to 47 persons; 31 others, including the
Captuie,und three of his sons, met their death in the most &plo-
t:tale mallet in the waves.—Brussels Paper.
11:0.;Jjesty's ship Ilvm,a, Captain l'Aiutv, from a Voyage of
Dtscowry, passed Gravesend yesterday, for Deptford.
The W.eamorelatail, WOMIINGTON, from Quebec to Liverpool,
tn 4 abandllCed at sea on the 22d inst.-16 feet water in het hold.

Thr l.a iuir, 13itoous, from London to Ilamburgh, was on shore
near Cluckstadt, ml the 21st Inst.
'Ma Independent, WILD, was on shore near Flushing, on the' sth
Sm. and in a dangerous situation.
FsLuotatti OCT. 26.—Wind N. N. W. to W.—Arrived the Dove
pact, ftom Rio de Janeiro—sailed the Stu August; Bahia, sth
September; and from Pernambuco, 15th ditto ; the American ship
Clarissa,lllansrieLD, from Stockholm fur Boston' leaky, out 34
day;—llore up tin the 19th, from long. 15. Jane, Marne;
ncket, DALtEtt.; Amity, PuvaLL ; and Enterprise, liossztr, all
'tom ',cotton.

OCT. 26.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Mary Ann,
Nozary, for St. Domingo.
PoltlS3lolilH, OCT. N.N.E. to N.W.—The Castle
Forties, (►su, for Madras and Bengal, is at anchor at the Mother-
bank, leaky. Sailed the Echo, Dormor, for Frederickstadt ;
Charles Brook, Blur., fur St. Vincent's ; Salacia, HEARN, for Ja-
maica; Exmouth, Owor, fur Bombay; and the Numa transport,
for Cork.
Dui, Om 27.—Wind W.N.W.—The George, CLARK, for
India, has been supplied with an anchor, and remains; the rest of
the outward hound have sailed. The homeward bound have pro-

ceeded this morning. Passed through, the Salmon River, Wine,
for Afiica. An anchor, 26 cwt. made by Hawke., and a whole
chain cable, lost from the Exmouth, are landed at Deal, and at
resent unclaimed.
Lnesenot, OCT. 26.—Calm.—Arrived the Harding, Hum*,
from Quebec—sailed the 22d of September.

COMMON COUNCIL.
A Common Council was held yesterday, at Guild-
hall, for the general dispatch of public business.
The grant or appointment of the office of Town
Clerk or Common Cleik to HiNRY WOODTHOBP, Esq.
LL.D. to which he was unanimously elected at the last
Court, was sealed with the City Seal.
The Committee for General Purposes delivered in a
report on the Petition of Mr. David Gill Saul, to be ad-
mitted to the freedom, and on the Petition of the In-
habitants of Aldgate against the same, stating they
vete of opinion it would not be expedient to comply
with Mr. Saul's Petition. A discussion took place on
the report, and it was finally referred back to the Com-
mittee for reconsideration.

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FOREIGN WINE JOINT STOCK COMPANY.

A Meeting of the Scripholders of the Imperial
Foreign Wine Company, was yesterday held at the
George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, convened by
public advertisement.
The GENTLEMAN who had inserted the advertisement,
and who had made a statement a few days since at,
the Mansion House (for which see Tuesday's STAR),I
rose and stated the grounds of his dissatisfaction with
the proceedings of the Company. He had bought 50
shares in the market. He held in his hand three pro-
spectuses, in all of which there was a difference in the

list of the names of Directors. He had been to the
house of one of the Directors, who had referred him to

the Office of the Company ; on calling there, and seeing
the Secretary, he had refused to give him the addresses
of the Directors, or to give him any information re-
specting the proceedings of the Directors which he
required, stating that he must make his inquiries in
writing, svhen he would have an answer in a week.—
Not meeting with the information he required, he had
put the advertisement in the public papers, and had
also applied to the LORD MAYOR. He had taken the
opinion of Counsel on the subject, and he now' wished
the Shareholders to come to a decision to dissolve the
Company.
A PROPRIETOR rose and stated, that he considered
the conduct of this Gentleman as highly improper.
That there were variations in the lists of the Directors
first advertised was nothing remarkable. The last pro-
spectus, which was issued w hen the subscribers were in-
formed of the allotment of their shares, was the only
prospectus with which the Proprietors had anything
to do. If any subscriber was dissatisfied with the al-
terations in the list, he ought not to have paid up.
Still less had any Gentleman a right to complain
who had bought his Scrip in the market at a sub-
sequent time. If the Directors named in the last pro-
spectus, on the faith of whose name the money had
beer paid, wire proceeding honourably, that was all
that was necessary. No imputation whatever was even
attempted to be cast upon them. That he should call
at the private houses t f the Directors was nut regular,
and the request made to him to meet them at the Board
was a correct proceeding. The Secretary did right not
to give him the addresses Irr the purpose of enabling'
hint to go to their private houses; and in requesting to
have the enquiries put in writing, and promising an
answer after the next meeting of the Board, he did all
which was proper in his situation, particularly as he'
bad not the honour of knowing the Gentleman, or
whether he was a bonajde holder. As to the concern,
he (the speaker) considered it one most beneficial to the
public. It would secure good wine to persons who
could only buy, perhaps, a few dozens at a time. The
plan uf having bottles of full quart and pint measures,
with the Company's name cast in them, was praise.
worthy, and the price was such as wine ought to be
sold at, considering the now low duty. The wine trade,
he was well informed, had more than doubled since the
reduction of the duty, and he doubted not but this
Company would be a check, and produce honourable
conduct in the wine-merchants, and highly remunerate
the share-holders. He understood the Globe Tavern, in
Fleet-street was engaged ; that a stock of wines had
been purchased ; arid, as the business would be avready
money one, a small portion of the 501. of which each
share consisted, would, he was sure, enable the Com-
pany to carry on a large and profitable trade.
Another PftoattleTon stated, that he had an oppor-
tunity of knowing the proceedings of the Company.
The greatest care had, he could assure his friends, been
taken by the Directors in purchasing their wines, by
employing sk Pul tasters, and themselves going down
to the Docks to see t the purchrsesi They had laid in a
,stock of the best quality of lionsecca's putt wines at an
unusually low rate; amongst others, Buon lteteiros, at
' the price of 401. per pipe. He then entered into some
very long details, and appealed to a Gentleman present,
who had been a wine met chant, whether their wines
were not of the best quality, and at very low prices?
The Gentleman, in reply, said he had notbios to object against
the statement made. The wines, he admitted, were superior ; but
he deprecated public companies interfering with private trade.
Several other Proprietors followed, and stated that, although,
from the advertisement, and from what had appeared in the pub-
lic papers on the subject, they bad come with an inclination to vote
for the dissolution of the Company, yet they were satisfied with the
explanation given. They should now moat willingly pay the future
calls that might be made, as well as execute the deed when pre-
pared, and:confidently anticipated the most beneficial results to them-
selves and the public. Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed
at the manner in which the Meeting had been convened; and after
some further discussion, a Resolution was carried, to the following
effect :—That this Meeting, from the information laid before them,
see every reason to confide in the talents and integrity of the Di-
rectors, and in the success uf the Company.

Letters from Majorca state, that an official decree by
the King of Spain had reached that island, allowing the
importation of 187,000 fanegas of wheat, and 31,500
of pulse, at a duty of 10 rs. vn. per fanega. The im-
pottation to be allowed in Spanish vessels only.
It is reported that orders are issued to confine the
habitations of the Jews (as was formerly the case) to
certain divisions of all the cities in the State of the
Church. This has caused various families to leave Fer-
rari, &c.—French Paper.
By the arrival of the British ship, Cadit, at Gibraltar,
letters have been received from Manila, to March 4,
at which time no political change had taken place in
the Government of the Philippine Islands. The Spanish
frigates, Sabina and Paz, had arrived, these vessels
having sailed for that destination, from Cadiz, in
August and September, last year. he frigate Vittoria,
having on board the new Governor, who left Cadiz last
April, had not arrived at Manilla when the Cadit sailed.
The Union, the other frigate belonging to the Phi-
lippine Islands' station, was out on a cruise.
A sloop of war is about being ordered to the Western
Coast cf Africa, to convey two Officers of Engineers
for the inspection of the fortifications at Sierra Leone,
Cape Coast, &c. The Commission being tempo.
rary, the vessel will bring them home again. The son
of General DOUGLAS, First Colonel Commandant of
the Royal Artillery, who is Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Engineers, appears to have had his orders to embark,
of which mission he is President.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of eleven and
twelve, a sad accident occurred at No. 36, Green-street,
Grosvenor-square. This house and the adjoining being
ordered to be taken down, the workmen proceeded to
do when unfortunately the timber and brick work
gave way, and buried in the ruins several of the unfor-
tunate men before they had time tc escape. The
utmost exertions were u ed to extricate them, when one
man was brought out lifeless, and three so d sperately
wounded, as to make it necessary to remove them to
St. George's Hospital.
M. TASSIN has arrived in PM is from NI adi id, charged,
it is said, with new hist:tic:tuns relative to the Spanish
Loan.