Star.
London, England, 1825-03-24 00:00:00

THE KENT EAST INDIAMAN.
•
LETTER TO CAPTAIN MB, Iv THE CAMBRIA.
" EAST Tama House, Malen 17, 1855.
gl SIR—I have received the commands of the Ccurt
of Directors of the East India Company to acquaint
you, that they have had under consideration the ce.
tailed reports which had reached them through Capt.
_Cobh, as well as. through Messrs. Dobson and Baker,
of the highly meritorious and humane exertions mani-
fested by yourself and crew, on the melancholy occa-
sion of the loss of the Company's late ship Kt.nt, by
file, in the Bty of Biscay, on the Ist instant.
" The Court immediately caused the expressi( ns of
their sentiments on your coaduct to be m ide known to''
Messrs. Dobson and Baker, and they only deferred the
communication of the same direct to yourself, until
.they should be in possession of the requisite prelimi-1
tmry information, which should enable them to accom-1
()any it by a more substantial mark of their approbation.'
" Such information reaches the Court of Directors
yesterday; and I obey the Court's instructions in coi-
, veying to you their unanimous thanks for the prompt
land humane services which you have tendered to the
lEast India Company and your country on the lamented
loccasion above adverted to—an example which was so
meritoriously and successfully followed by your Of-
ficers, passengers, and crew.
44 Whilst the Court are persuaded that the highest I
reward you can derive is Pram the reflection that you
have been made the instrument of rescuing so many of',
your fellow-creatures from destruction, they desire to
mark the sense they entertain of your praiseworthy
I conduct, at well as that evinced by your Officers and
Icrew ; and they have accordingly unanimously re-
solved to prevent you with the sum of (6001.) six hun-
ched pounds ; that your Fist Mate be presented with
(1001.) one hundred pounds; and the Second Mate
with (501.) fifty pounds ; the nine perions forming the
'Crew with (101.) tem-pooch each ; and the twenty-six
Miners with (151.) fifteen pounds each'. Also that, as a
mark of the Court's sense of the zeal and humanity
evinced by the ten persons who were proceeding with
your ship in the capacity of Miners of a superior
class, the sum of (1001.) one hundred pounds be placed
at the disposal of Mr. Carne, the Company's Agent at
.Falmouth, for the purpose of enabling him to provide
those individuals with such articles as may contribute
to their comfort or convenience, during their intended-
Voyage, as cabin stores.
" These wane sums are payable to Messrs. Dobson
and Baker, on behalf of the several parties interested,
together with the amount of compensation awarded to
those Gentlemen on account of the Owners of the Cam-
bria and yourself, in compensation of the losses and
expenses occasioned by the assistance rendered to the
passengers and ship's company of the Kent.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient humble S .rvant,
(Seed) •" J. DART, Secretary.
" Captain Cook, Commander of the ablp Cambria."
ANSWER.
64 FaiNourN, Rim( 80, Ism
Stx—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter
of the 17th instant, conveying to me the thanks of the
lionourable-the Directors of the East India Company,
for the service I have hid the happiness to render them,
in saving the officers, passengers, and crew of their late
ship Kent, at-the awful period of her destruction.
" The sentiments of the Honourable Directors, made
known to me by a former communication, through the
medium of Messrs. Dobson and Baker, caused me the
liveliest satisfaction ; but the very handsome manner in
which the Court have iblien pleased to express them-
selves, in your direct communication to myself, calls
from me an expression of my feelings, that I am inade-
quate to describe with sufficient fence.
" I must beg you, Sir, to aid my humble efforts, by
assuring the Chairman and Directors, that the reward
of their high approval, awakens sentiments I shall ever
cherish, and such as can only be exceeded by my gra-
titude to the Div= PROVIDENCF., who has permitted
me to be the humble instrument in effecting the service
they requite.
" I must also claim an additional share of your in-
dulgence. I cannot fully express bow much I appreciate
the feelings that dictated the liberality of the Honour-
able the Court of Directors towards me; the extent of
that liberality, I feel, is greater than my merit, and the
satisfaction is rendered complete by the notice taken of
the intrepid men whose earnest exertions and assistance
so materially aided my endeavours ; on their-behalf,
land my own, I beg you, Sir, to tender to the Homur-
able the Court of Directors of the East India Com-
pany, oar most sincere thanks for the reward* they
have so handsomely bestowed..

_
With the great- at respect,
" I have the hoover to be, Mr,
" Your very obedient humble servant,
(Sailed) " WM. Coos.
J. lhrt, Esq. Me. acc."

Mr. Alderman WooD, on Monday, brought in a
general Bill, on the subject of Tithes in the City of
London; it is entitled " A Bill to amend an Act made
in the 87th Henry VIII. called an Act for Tithes in
London." Besides such general Bill, there are mea-
sures before the House of Commons for particular pa-
rishes in the City.
Monday was the last day for receiving Private Bills,
according to the resolution agreed upon ae the corn-
' meacement of the Session ; but so extensive has been
the private business of the House, that it was found
requisite to extend the time for the introduction of seve-
ral Bills till Monday next—those for the North Read.
(Fleet-market) Improvement, the East London Railway,
&c. There were seventy-eight private Bilis brought in
and read the first time on Monday.; fourteen of them.
were for Comftaxies, the West India Company, its.
PORT OF Loanon.--The following Return of the
number of Vessels moored between London-bridge and
Limehouse, exclusive of Ships and Vessels which have
entered the Docks and Canals, for the years 1823 and
1824 respectively, has been printed by order of the
House of Commons. In 1823, Foreign Vessels, Colliers,
and Coasters, 13,112; in 1824, ditto,ls,oss.
A fellow, who had been exhibiting hiasselfin Shrews-
bury lately, as a cannibal belonging to the Pellew
Islands, dancing the war dame, singing the war-whoop,
shewing his tattooed skin, with long hair reaching to
the ground, and various other savage accoutrements,
is said to have been detected at Poole last week, in
rather an odd way. Whilst dancing about the room
with a large stick in his hand, he hit one of the specta-
tors a blow on the face. The Welchman• not relishing
such treatment, laid violent hands on the cannibal's
hair, when the long hair, scalp anti all, came away in
the assailant's gripe, and left " the savage with his
bald head unprotectech!" He evinced no desire, under
such circumstances, to renew the combat;,and was
forthwith safely lodged in Montgomery gaol.