Star.
London, England, 1830-05-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Mary, Milne, from Terceira, has arrived at Limerick.
The Louisa, Cummings, from Cadiz, has arrived at Cork.
The Alert, of London, was taken by a Portuguese frigate oi
Terceira 1 eth

Dna., Mar 1, Wind W.S.W. and 2, S.W. to W.S.W.—Th,
Russian squadron, from the Mediterranean, passed through the
Downs on the Ist inst. for the Baltic. Arrived the Mary Ana,
—, from Dominica, and Collingwood, Thornton, from Charente.
Arrived from the River, and remain, the Tulsa Jane, Liddell, for
the Cape of Good Hope, and Canadian, Reid, for o.e &taint',
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Victory, Farquhae.on, and
MI , Probyn, from Bengal.
POATIXOUTIII, MAY 1, Wind W. and 2, W.S.W.--Arrived
I Majesty's ship Sylvia, from Jersey, and his Majesty's steamer
Conflance, front the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Galatea,
for Plymouth.
FALMOUTH, Aran. 30—Wind S.S.R. to S.S.W.—Arrived the
London, Trapp, from Rio de Janeiro ; Agnes, Anstruther, from
St. Domingo ; and Montague, Cook, from Cette. Sailed the Sand-
wich packet, for Lisbon.
bilattomre, A' AT 2.—Off the port, the Julia, Brook, front the
Mauritius; Jane, Cook, from Faro ; and Fame, Miller, from Wa-
terford.

I.IIIIIIPOOL, MAT I.—Arrived the Aquatic, Stewart, iron,
Burnes Ayres; lady Canning, Allen, from Jamaica; Clippet,
Young, from Africa ; Lucy Ann, Waterhouse, from Mobile; Wil-
berforce, Deocb, from Gallipoly; and the Maria, Peters, from
&ralsuod.

Pinworm, MAY I...—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London,
the Flom transport, for Bermuda.

Mr. Ow EN'S third Lecture was given at the Thearr•
of the Mechanics' Institute yesterday, and was attended
by a numerous and highly respectable auditory.
Upon the subject of the Sovereignty of Greece, the fol-
lowing intelligence has been received :—Toulon, Aprii
26.—“ Its said that Prince LEOPOLD is not so anxious
to assume the Sovereignty of Greece as the Courts of
France, Russia, and England, are desirous of his filling that
high station. His Royal Highness objects to the confined
limits of his kingdom, insists on having a larger body of
French troops than it is contemplated to send, and says
he cannot go without money. This first objection can-
not now be obviated : he must be content with the range of
country prescribed for him. His wish for additional troops
will be attended to, and the 57th regiment, 1,600 strong,
is forthwith to embark at Toulon for the Moron, alien
the French force will be increased to 8,000 men. As t.
money, he was offered, on Monday last, through a Mar-
shal of France, twenty millions of francs, from the
Prince de Polignac, without effect. On the other hand.
the Greeks are expecting their Sovereign Prince, whos.
residence is to be at Athens."

Yesterday, being the first Sunday in Easter term, the
Judges, accompanied by the Sergeants-at-law, and King's
Counsel, attended divine service at St. Paul's. The
learned personages were escorted by the City Marshals
from Sergeant's-inn to the cathedral, where they were
met by the state procession of the LORD MAYOR and
Corporation of London. The sermon was preached by
his Lordship's chaplain, the Rev. SAMUEL SMITH. 'Pie
Judges present on the occasion were—the CHIEF J
Tice of the COMMON PLEAS, Mr. Justice BA YLEY.
Sir JAMES ALLAN PARK, Mr. Justice GASELEE, Mr.
Baron VA UG lIA N, Mr. Justice JAMES PA RKE, and Mr.
Baron BOLL AN D.

LORD Aso BURT° N.-1n the debate which took place
on the 25th of March, 1771, upon the motion for com-
mitting the Lord Mayor and Alderman Oliver to tt
Tower, for their conduct towards the serjeant at arms.
Mr. Dunning made a long and animated speech against
the right of the house to commit for such a case of con-
tempt. He also took the opportunity of referring to the
imperfect state of the representation, in the following
strong terms:—" It is a plausible argument, that the voice
of the nation is only to be heard in this house ; but plausi-
bility does not necessarily imply justice, nor does this house
constitute a real representative of the kingdom. The
metropolis, for instance, which contains nearly a sixth
part of the people, has no more than four members, and
many of the principal trading towns are wholly without a
member. When this is recollected, sir; and when it 6.
moreover, recollected that the inadequacy of parliamentary
representation is a subject of universal complaint, there
is but a slender basis for asserting that our voice is the
voice of the kingdom, and that, as such, it should be
decisive in every deliberation."—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet
Cyclopedia, Vol. VI. being Lives of Eminent Lawyers.
by H. Roscoe, Esq.
LORD ERSKINE.—Talents so extraordinary, and el°
quence so powerful as Mr. ERSKINE'S, are, in th,s
country, speedily engaged in the public service. His re-
ndes' predilections had already led him to associate
himself with those celebrated men, who, during the admi-
nistration of Lord Nonni ,beaded the opposition,and base
characters and genious were then in theirbighest meridian
Fox, BURKE, and SHERIDAN, the three most splendid
names inithe modern political history of England, had
hitherto preserved unblemished the fair and brilliant re-
putation with which they entered into public life. The
'" coalition" had not yet dimmed the splendour of Fox's
name; the purity of Bonne's principles had not yet de-
parted from him ; nor had the fatal web of pecuniary em-
barrassment been wound round the soul of SI! ER ID AN.
To associate with men like these was worthy of Eas stsE;
but it was not until after the formation of the coalition
ministry that he became the public coadjutor of this dis-
tinguished phalanx. When the ill-judged and unfortunate
measure of the India bill had been introduced, it became
evident that Ministers would require every assistance
to carry it, opposed as it was by so many and such va-
rious interests. The fame and the genius of Erskine
at ones pointed him out as an invaluable ally; and it
was determined to bring him out without delay into the
House of Commons. Sir William Gordon, the member
for Portsmouth, was therefore prevailed upon, for an
adequate consideration, to resign his seat, to which Mr.
Erskine immediately succeeded.—Dr. Lardner's Cabi-
net Cyclopedia, Vol. VI.; being Lives of Entinent
Lawyers, by R. Roscoe, Esc.