Star.
London, England, 1830-10-11 00:00:00

DISTRESSING NEWS FROM TILE DAVIES' STRAITS

PI SHER Y.

It is our painful duty this day, says the Rockingham of Satur-
day, to record the loss of eighteenahips employed in this fishery, six of
which belong to Hull. We do not remember having ever witnessed a
more melancholy sight than that which our streets this morning pre.
seated. Hundreds of persons, particularly females, were assembled in
groupes, anxiously inquiring of each other the news from the fishery,
as a report was fast gaining ground that some casualties had occurred,
though no one could possibly form a correct idea of their extent. This
was about nine in the morning, at which hour, or a little after, the
Grimsby steamer arrived, amply confirming the previous rumours.
We have seen Captain Dannatt, of the Progress, who has favoured
us with the following particulars. lie left Cape Searle on the 21st of
September, and states, as a reason for the want of success, that the
ships were compelled to remain much too long in Melville Bay, as
the wind blew a strong gale from the South, and thus blocked
up the entrance to the Bay. Here they were detained for twelve
weeks ; and when they, at length, were able to effect their departure,
and steer to the west, they could discover neither fish nor ice.—
Captain D. informs us, that many individuals have been deprived
of life by excessive fatigue. We regret this extremely : and while we
lament the property thus destroyed, our warmest sympathies are excited
in behalf of those who have lost their friends and relatives. Capt. D.
has suffered much, and bears about him evident marks of what he has
endured. He and others were forced to travel a great distance over the
ice, in order to effect their escape. The Abram is coming up the Hum.
her, but we do not imagine that any additional information of conse-
quence can be had from her arrival, as Capt. D. was a passenger.
The following is a list of the lost ships, and of the number of fish ob-
tained by those that have been more fortunate. We need not add that
the fishery has proved a complete failure ; and the distress it will oc-
casion in Hull, where such numbers have no other dependence, is al.
most without a precedent.
HULL.—Alfred, Brass, 3 fish ; Abram, Jackson, 3 fish ; Bruns.
wick, Blyth, 1 fish ; Ellison, Jackson, 2 fish ; Everthotpe. Johnston,
3 fish; Gilder, 3141Censie, lost; Jane, Maddison, I fish; Kiero, Mar-
, tin, 3 fish. 20 tons ; Kirkella, Carlin, 2 fish ; Laurel, Manger, lost ;
Lee, Lee, 5 fish; Lord Wellington, Harrison, 1 fish; North Briton,
Story, lost ; Oxenhope, 111‘Intosh, lost ; Progress, Dannatt, lost ;
Venerable, Bennett, S fish ; Volunteer, Markham, 1 fish ; William,
North, lost (master dead); William Torr, Denim; 5 fish; Zephyr,
Ash, 5 fish ; Eagle, Wright, 1 fish.
WHITBY—Masai:, Halide°, 2 fish ; William and Ann, Terry, lost.
Nzwcasrme.—Cove, Palmer, 3 fish; Grenville Bay, Warhasn, 2',
fish ; Lady Jane, Fleming, 2 fish.
Bgawtcc—Norfolk, Harrison, I fish.
KlRlALDY.—Caledonia, Todd, 7 fish, 90 tuns ; Egginton, 3 fish
LElTH—Baffin, Marc, lost ; North Pole, Liston, 1 fish; Rattler,
Stodart, lost; Prince Orange, 1 fish; Ulverstone 2 fish.
Dukrizz.—Achilles, Valentine, lost ; Fairy, 'Welch, 3 fish ; Horn,
Jeffers, 1 fish; Thomas, Thome, 1 fish ; Th;ee Brothers, Stiven, lost.
MONTllOllL—Eliza Swann, Fulton, 2 fish ; Monarch, Davidson, 3
fish ; Spencer, Robertson, lost.
Asicanzim.—Alexander, Allan, lost; Letitia, Clark, lost; Mid.
dieton, Mills, lost; Neptune, Ayton, 2 fish; Princess of Vales, White,
lost ; Saint Andrew, Reed, 1 fish.
Pwrzausan.—Eclipse, Penny, 2 fish; Gleaner, Shand, 5 fish ;
Hope, Volum, lost ; Resolution, Phillip, lost ; Superior, Manson. 4
fish; Traveller, Simpson, 5 fish, 100 tuns; Resolution, Hogg, 2 fish.

Arrears or HONOVR.—Within the last two days,
statements have appeared of two affairs of honour. The first proceed-
ing from a coolness between Lord Bingham and Major Fitzgerald ; and
the second between Lord Nugent and A. Campbell, f;sq. about a speech
of the latter gentleman, at a dinner given to the Marquis of Chandos,
at Aylesbury. We may give some details to-morrow. In the mean.
time, it may be *saved that both affairs are likely to terminate with-
out any very serious consequences. Both appear to have arisen from
mlaspprshension—there being nothing discreditable to any of the par.
ties eoecerned.

THE LORD LIEUTENANT. —His Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant, the Duchess of Notthumberlaad and suite, arrived at the
Great Globe Hotel on Tuesday evening about half-past 8 o'clock. Whilst
the horses were changing, his Excellency convened familiarly with se-
veral persons by whom he was surrounded, and desired that Mr. Russell
should distribute two pounds amonet the poor, which was immediately
attended to; the Vice-Regal party (who were loudly cheered by the
people) then proceeded to Knoeldolly, the hospitable seat of the
Earl of Donoughmore, where a splendid reception awaited the noble and
distinguished visitors. To-day (Wednesday) his Excellency will leave
Knocklofty for Rostellan Castle, the seat of the Marquis of Thomond,
en route to the Lakes of Killarney. His Excellency has wisely dis-
pensed on this occasion with the parade, and guards which usually en-
cumbered the tours of many of his predecessors; but who was it taught
the Viceroys of Ireland this lesson of confidence in the people ? We
answer—the noble, gallant, and justly-beloved Angksey...—Tipperary,
Free Press.
When the accounts of the outrages committed on the
English residents at Brussels were first received, there was an attempt
to have It believed that they were perpetrated by the inhabitants, and
not by the Dutch troops; and to sustain this opinion a goat deal
has been written and said, to substantiate anialleged dislike and estrange.
went between the people of Brussels and their British vbitants. Of
dislike we believe there was none—noes, at boot, amounting to any
thing like a national antipathy; but of estrangement there was a good
deal, owing to the absurd magnificence of too many of our countrymen,
who, hough they, many of them, took refuge in bawls on the score
of poverty, indulged in a style of living, and in hours, and a scale
of expense, quite foreign to the simplicity and economy of Belgian
habits ; and even the wOm classes of people of Brussels, unlike too
many of all dosses among us, not choosing to vie with the Fl
in their fetes or late hours, judged it more prudent to abstain:
much emodation:cipthuple, who had for the meet pen, neither
the good sense nor the taste to occommodate themselves to the
manners of their country, though so congenial with the avowed
cause which hod driven them from their own..—iiensid.

THE KING'S COURT.
BRIGHTON, OCT. lO.
The dinner party of their MaJzsms, on Friday, at tie
Pavilion, in addition to the Royal suite, consisted of
Lord and Lady FITZROY SOMERSET,
Sir WILLIAM and Lady FREEMANTLE,
MIES HARVEY,
Baron WANOENIILIM,
Count HOBART,
Count and Countess MUNSTER,
Mr. Cox and Mr. GREENWOOD.

Yesterday afternoon, the KING, the QUEEN, her Royal
Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, and Lady BuowNLQW,
rode out in a carriage. His Royal Highness the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE rode on horseback, and his son Prince
Grona a, with the view of teaching the young idea how to
shoot, had several of the young gentlemen of Mr.
EYERARD'S Academy to dine with him.
The calls at the Pavilion, in the meantime, were, Colonel
TONSON, Major ANDERSON, Sir MATTHEW TIERNIL,
Mr. E. TIERNIE, Lord and Lady FITZROY SOMERSET,
the Earl of PORTMORE, the Duchess of CANN' Z Z RO, Car .
min NAPIER, R.N. Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, and Mr.
SAISTUARY, High Sheriff of the County of Sussex, :ILI
his Lady.
About three o'clock, his MAJESTY'S ship, the Galatel,
again brought up in the offing, with all her royals, saluted
the KING'S flag with a round of her guns, and landed he,
Captain, who immediately hastened to the Pavilion to pay
his respects to their MAJESTIES, by leaving his card.
The dinner party yesterday at the Pavilion comprehended
Count MUNSTER, Baron MUNCHUAUSSIN, COMA OBERT,
Baron WANG ENHEI M, and Mr. Cox.
This day the LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience of
the KING at the Pavilion.

Divine Service was performed at the Royal Chapel this
morning by the Rey. AUGUSTUS FITZELARENCE, and the
Rev. Mr. WOOD, preceptor to Prince GEORGE of CAM-
BRIDGE, before their MAJ ESTIES and suite. The Duke of
CAMBRIDGE, the Princess AUGUSTA, Prince GEORGE of
CAMBRIDGE, Lady BROW N LOW, and the Earl of DARNLEY,
sate in the Royal pew with their MAJESTIES; and the
body of the Chapel was filled with nobility and gentry of
both sexes.

In the afternoon the Earl of DA RN LET took his depar-
ture from the Pavilion.

Their MAJESTIES, the Princess AUGUSTA, and Ladv
BROWN Low, rode out in a carriage ; and the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE, and his son, Princo GEORGE, walked out.
Baron MuxcltiLtussts, Lord ARTUUR HILL, Mr. W.
HARRISSON, Lady and Miss TIEILNIE, and Count MATOU.
SIIEVITZ, the Russian Minister, left their names at the
Pavilion.

Tho amiable daughter of a gentleman of rank and fortune
met with a severe disappointment on Saturday morning, at Brightor..
Betrothed to a gentleman, as she thought, the bride was attired for the
wedding, and the carriage was at her father's door, to convey her anti
the expected bridegroom to the Temple of Hymen ; but, lo ! the faith.
less swain had fled the preceding night, and with him the young lady's
immense fortune, which had incautiously been paid to him the day
before the intended consummation !

Prince Troubetzkoi, the Russian Ambassador, on a special
mission, accompanied by Count Mastoushevits, the Russian minister.
waited on the fluke of IVellington, at Apsley House, on Saturday, and
had a long conference with his Grace.
Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, and the
Swedish minister, had interviews with the Earl of Aberdeen on Satur-
day, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Viscount Melville and Viscount Clive bad interviews with
the Duke of Wellington on Saturday at the Treasury.
The Secretary to the Netherlands Embassy transacted
business at the Foreign Office on Saturday.
Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, gave a grand dinner
at his residence In Great Cumberland-place, on Saturday evening, to
Prince Talleyrand, the Ambassador from France; Prince Eaterhazy,
the Austrian Ambassador, Prince Troubetakoi, the Russian Ambassador
on a special mission ; Monsieur Faick, the Ambassador from the Nether.
lands, and Madame Falck ; Count Alastousherritz, the Russian Minister;
the Duke of Wellington, Lord and Lady Burghersh, &c.
A cotemporary states :—" We have heard it rumoured in
the City, that the Merchants and Bankers of London are about to form
a deputation to invite the honour of their Majesties company to dinner;
and the large room at the Custom House has been spoken of as the in-
tended scene of the festivity. No expense, it is added, will be spared to
adapt it to the splendid purpose; and, as few ladies are enabled to par-
take on the festal days of the City, it is presumed circumstances will be
so managed as to afford them every possible opportunity on the presert
occasion."

LORD 31a YO ICS DAY.—His Majesty having expressed a
wish that the;dir.ner at Guildhall should take place at an early hour.
the Committee have determined on four o'clock. The Lord Mayor's
procession to Westaniner will, therefore, take ~)lace in the morning, and
the civic cavalcade will aftcrw•asds meet the Royal procession at Temple.
bar, and from thence proceed in state through the City, followed by the
whole of the Royal Family, Great Officers of State, Foreign Amharsa.
dors, &c. It is also said to be the determination of the citizens, in tl:e
line of streets through which the Royal party will return, to
their houses on the occasion.

TILE Dt KEDOM Or ATIIOL.•-- The Marquis of Tullibar-
dine, the eldest son of the lately deceased Duke, is now, and has bcen
for some years, in a private asylum at Kilburne. This distressing cir-
cumstance was a source of great affliction to his father,who possessing as
he did himself, a highly nervous temperament, could never reflect upon
the lamentable condition of his son and successor without the deepest
anguish. The Marquis, or rather the present Duke, was once distin-
guished in the ranks of fashion, and we have heard that his malady
arose from a brain fever, consequent to imprudent bathing. His Grace
is in his b4th year.
The French Civil List will, it is said, be proposed at
20,000,000 francs, or about 800,0001. This, considering tha great
private fortune of the King of the French, is a most anti-republican sum :
and holds out a precedent for extravagant proposals of the ;same kind;
600,0001. for either country, is as much as the utmost extent of dignity,
hospitality, or splendour, could require.
POINTS Of BIONOUR.—CoIoneI Montgomery was shot
in a duel about a dog, Captain Ramsay in one' about a servant, Mr. Fe.
thentone in one about a recruit, Sterne's father in one about a goose,
and another gentleman in one about an acre of anchovies.' One offi-
cer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy a second
goblet,arr and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff; Gen.
was challenged by a Captain Smith, for declining a glass of wine
with him at dinner in a steam-boat, although the General had pleaded
as an excuse that wine invariably made his stomach sick at sea; and
Lieutenant Crowther lost his life in a duel, because he was refused ad-
mittance to a club of pigeon-shooters.
NAPOLEON'S CHAIR.—When the late Mr. Hustisson
was in offices he was presented with the chair which the exiled Emperor
usually sat in during his dismal sojourn at Longwood. This relic Mr.
small brass
Huskisson appeared set a great value on, and a place was appropti-
ated for it in his library. He had also a
du chair, on which the period when it was presented to him. and some
other particulars, were engraved, to which the following lines from
Byron's Ode to Napoleon were added t—
" Nor till thy fall could mortals guess plate affixed to
Ambition's less than nothingness."
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A NEW POLICEMAN.—Last
evening, about six o'clock. a most serious riot took place in that sink of
iniquity, Berwick-street, Soho, which is wholly inhabited by the lowest
Irish. The whole of the day the neighbourhood was in a state of dis-
grateful tumult, and various fights took place, notwithstaodirg
every attempt that could be made by the Police to suppress
them. About half-past six o'clock, a fight took place in
Peter-street, nearly opposite the house of Reuben Martin, the
pugilist, the City ;of London public-house, when a policeman, !timed
David Sims, section C, No. IN, interfered to stop it, and one of the
combatants he seized and intended to take him to the station-house, in
Vine-street, Piccadilly, when a large body of the Irish, consisting of
men and women, rushed forward to the rescue of their countryman,
which they very soon effected. One of the party, Daniel ---,
a robust fellow, struck the oiliest such a tremendous blow, that
he fell to the ground as if struck with a pistol ball !
This ruffian, whilst the pose fellow lay prostrate oa the
gtouW2
he
profusely, took the amok= hum his pocket.
with whia he belaboured the poor mail hail with such murderous
violent*, that his shall was savoroly ihashorod ; and, whilst be was
1 the:l=4 the root of she party Maid sod jumped upon him most
lakessades was root to deo roadoa.house, when Bates and
se Messrs. Dim Butvine, ths surpass, on shutter, when
a Par
eepisarilla by the rims
theY:arrivetdo the
it was Anal that nook sR bin ribs were also broken, and that he was
In a ftlig _slats. HA Iris instantly carried to the Hospital, where his
Asa* Is howdy expected. Firs of tbo party bars been arrested.