Star.
London, England, 1815-08-12 00:00:00

ONA PA RTE.

The NORTHUMENULAND, with her precious cargo,
has not yet 61)44 left the British shores. It will be
seen by the subjt.ined letter from Plymouth, that the
WEYMOUTH store-ship, which is considered as •an in-
dispensable attendant on the fleet, is not yet'ready
to join. We understand that bosaPalsre is Aot to
Parsvalargv itr th. tlyiena; k thestrict genie 'Of th*
expression. He' will be as regularly guarded and
confined as he could be iu. England, '.but . will be
allowed to take air and exercise, properly attended.
While he remains at St. Helena, all neutrals are to
be excluded from the Island :" at least such is the re-
port; but we can hardly conceive how this regula.
lion can be enforced. How can A vessel, in want per-
baps of shelter and necessaries, be refused admittance
to the Island ? • We have the law of nations on Fbur
side, when we say that the refusal of shelter and ne-
cessaries to the ships of a friendly or neutral power,
would be a just cause of war at. the instance of that
power. Let us hope, therefore, that since the " Great
Axe" of Justice has not been permitted to. fall where
it was justly merited, th. imprisonment of BONA-
PARTE may be so rigid as to preclude all intercourse

between him and any vessel WhAtever:

•• PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 10.

el It was the general opinion here, until to day,
ihat the NONTIIUSSISZALAND had' finally sailed for S::
Helena ; but we now find that Sir Geo. Coercive's*
is cruizing off and on with hi's infernal cargo, waiting
for the Weymouth store-ship, which is still here, and
not yet ready.
" SAVAISY SW LAW:MAXIM are still on board the
Beutitornox, with a groupe of other worthies of the
same description : they are in a state of great trepi-
dation, and are continually pestering various depart-
ments of the British Government with supplications
lig mercy. It seems tbattbeir fats has not yet been
intrtiuniett t l tn.w
Yesterday, soon-hter twelie o'clock, the QUEZN,
siccempanied 'le Princesses EllaallaTll and MARY,
arrived al. her Palace, from Kew, to make prepara-
tions f;,r tire celebration of the Panics kalliNt"S
birth-44.
There was no medical report of the state of the
Duke of YOMC in Town yesterday, but the verbal
.statement of his Royal Highness was,_ that be was
duing very well.
Yesterday inorning Mr. Rum the. King's Messen-
ger, arrived, in Town with dispatches from Paris.—
After the Messenger's arrival, a Cabinet 0:0061 was
summoned, which sat from• three o'clock till eve.

Several of the daily Papers having stated, that the
redemption of the 5 per Cents. is postponed to the 20th
ol October; also mentioning that Mr. lima had
gireu oGicial notice at the Stock Exchange, we have
made particular enquiry, and tied there is no truth in
the report.
A person of high rank has recently obtained a de-
cision in his favour, by which, upon repaying scum
bind legal interest, he gets rid of a Post Obit anndity
grantea by him smolt" years ago, previous to .his
Sucteedinfi to the title, for an inadequate llartaidera-
• .
tioa vats • egal iaterebt.

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, •` DESCRI.ITIQN 01,SilliELEN•t. i
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The Island of Si. Helena is showed in len IS deg.,
f3S min. South, and long. &deg. 45 min. West. In
the South; Atlantic Oceans about 1200 miles West
of the coast rd Attica, and •1600 East of the coast of
South America. Its appearance on making the land
`fro" the Cape of Good Male is that of a steep high
reek, and resembles a castle in the midst of the sea
On a aesrcr approach is distingiii,lied Long Wood,
where the Lieutenant Governor ( Lhattenant Colons:1
Skelton) has a plantation, which husks vete neat, con-
trasted with the sterile aod lucky dills by wh eh it
is surrounded. All the sli;iis which approach St.
Helena, except the Hotioni able PoMpint 's ships,
bring-to on the windward sithoof the island, and send
a boat on shore to the .-...istko .with an officer or mate,
to report their nation or business, and to request per-
mission for anchoring, which, if complied with, the
ship steers close tinder the Isioi, and passes by Mon-
den k".. rt , so called after Commodore Munden, •wlio
took the island from the Dutch, in the reign of
Charles 11. The shore is very bold, which sometimes
occasions shch violent gusts and eddy winds as al-
natal to lay ships on th-ir lasam-ends ; and the lan-
ding-place at James's Fort being at the most leeward
part of the iislandsrendt.rs the utmost attention neces-
Sara, in navigators. The shipping anchor quite close
Ito the shore ; the anchorage is defended by forts, :;nd
a battery mounting 40 guns.
Rupert's Valley and James Valley are the only'
places in. the island for landing, but the former has
noalstero that which is Rot at the latter is by iba
Vikilso Ogre best quality. aft the entrance of thc
to*A. is the Governor's Iowa:, and it is a neat pretty
town 'of 15l) to 60 houses, betweca two steep and
dreary Mountains. There is an excellent shop in it,
kept by a Mr. Solomons where every article of
China and India manufactory may be had, oppo-
site.to which is the Lieutenant Governor's Louse.-
-With the exception of the Governor, LivitenAnt-
Gofernor, and two Members of Council, all the other
inh.ibitants, both anilitaiy and civil, let lodgings, the
established rate of which, induding board and wine,.
is S4s. per diem for each person, and half that sum
for children and servants. Contiguous to the town, up
Intl* Valley, is a barrack : a few companies of ar-
tillery and infantry compose the gardens. A little,
beyond this are the Company's garden and a few
neat houses built by the officers of the settlement,
with gardens well supplied with fruit. The • popula-
don, exclusive of troops, may be about one thousand
five hundred, reckoning the slaves. The trurenie
length of St. Helena is three leagues, its form circu-
lar, and about twenty-seven miles round.
The principal ridge of mountains in the middle of
the Island is called Diana's Peak, 2,200 feet high.
James Valley his on the south-west side a hill eltvated
nearly 800 feet from the sea, c died Ladder-hill, with
a battery of heavy guns upon it that commands the
south-west entrance to 'the valley and anchorage.
Colonel Mark Wilks, heloo-aing to tic East India
Company's Madras Ai tray, is at preooit the Go-
vernor, who very ohligiogly invit s vhitors o)
his house, and sends his Etialish barouche, dr two
bytiniz bullocks, to convey them up. When the
%tomtit of the Ladder-hilt is attained, then the
tint three miles of thy road is perfectly ie'rren,
until reaching the Castle of High Knoll, when
the .iaterior forms a striking contrast to the sloe!,
ou cliffia. here is
.evarg vAiiim-,. siod soson
\
git:
the aed hills, are erected small neat plantation
homes, having gardens, and with some pasture land
for grazing cattle. All idea of growing corn is
giveit up, for the rats, which shelter in the rocks,
swarm so on ihe Island as to prevept its coming to
perfection.- After a drag up the hill an hour and
a half, nearly tint miles, you come to the Lodge
of the Governor's Plantation Houser by a short
drive through the grounds you reach his habita-
tion, which is well built; the walls are laid out with
much taste. The view from here of the Atlantic
Ocean is very extensive, even to discern the ships
in the offing at the distance of forty leagues, when
the weather is clear. No vessel can sail from the
harbour, homeward bound, without passing in sight
of the Governor's house. The climate is veq
fine and, healthy, although it wants rain some-
times for twelve months. They have no thunder
and lightning. , Notwithstanding the steep rocky
cliffs. present so discouraging an appearance to an
observer, is sailing round the east pint of the island
froin the Cape of Good Hope, yet, after visiting the
interior, you cannot but return to your ship much
gratified. The Island appears to have been forced
upwards from the ocean by a subterraneous fire :
toe ab, opt ridges and chasms into which it is split
seem io prove this origin, and the effects of vol-
canic amalgamation by fire are. visible front the
summits of the hills._, The inhabitants are supplied
with provisions from the Company's stores when they
require it, and sometimes get a supply by sending. a
vessel to the Cape of Good Hope. They sell their
poultry, fish, and pigs, at an exorbitant price, but
have little oLo to dispose of except vegetables and'
fruit ; and, in exchange for those refreshments, they'
got supplied with manufactures from the Company's
shire. Pits touching here are supplied with excel-
. es3irater., • ,

Sir HUDSON Lowe. the newly-appointed Govetonr
of St. Holani4, arrived, in town yeswrdny from the
Continent.

The Allied Troops are spreading themselves over
France. The English are in possession of Amiens,
13enavais, and llroteuif: they will soon have Rouen,
Dieppe..and Havre: Metz and Sarre Louis have
conciuded an artiaistice with General LANGERON.

IkTwtmi is psalm a great deal in a little"—this
' may be truly said of the Scheme of the present Lot-
tery, when we look at the amount of the Caitals :
Thirty Thousand- Pounds I SOOO G unicas ! &c. &c.
autl'ouly 500 U Tickets.
TO THE EDITOR OF.THE STAR. •
take leave to inform such of your Readers as
are fond of the delightful study of Astronothy, that
the state of the atmosphere in. the evenings of the pre-
sent month is peculiarly favourable for astionornicai
obtervatien. The planet Saturn, in particular, is at
present very brilliant, and is likely to c9ntinue so to,
`eight or ten.days. i save this grand luminary And tcie
nt its satellites last night wail a SI; inch acl:rontatic
telescope perfectly distinct : the two belts nn.tlie body
,fifs the Planet and then , ti around it, were pea:batty
Neely. defined. I am, &C. ASTRONGeI VS.
Wesrao•stryir, Fitzroy-square, Anson 12,1815.