Star.
London, England, 1825-01-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTEL! IGENCE.

The Fame, Fame, Glass, fur Saloe, with nuts, &c. for orders, has been
damaged, and meet unload to repair.
The French ship Calypso, with a very valuable cargo of coffee,
was retaken the I lth of November, by the United States schooner
Ferrier, from pirates, who had captured her off Cuba.
The Mayflower, Mmtvitt, of Plymouth, arrived at Messina the
26th December.

The Olive Branch, from Plymouth, has arrived at Lisbon.
Captain BvLLOc►t (late Commander of one of the Post Office
Falmouth packets) is appointed to the Itznees.z, 10, at Plymouth,
ordered to be fitted as a packet. The Blume, 10, is also to be
brought forward for the same service.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Wind S.S.W. strong breezes.—Arrived
Ms Majesty's ship Jame, from a cruize; and the Union packet,
Iroac,n, from Cott.

Nimmons*, JAN. 27.—Wind S. W...-Arrived his Majesty's ship
MARTIN, from the Mediterranean.. The lion. Company's shjp
Bridgewater, Maramisort, from the Downs for India; Bee,
WESHA RE, from ditto, for Smyrna ; and the Walworth Castle, WAL-
gra. from Hamhurgh for Mexico.
Dam., JAN. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the London, Putty's,
from Demerara ; also, from the River, the lion. Company's ship
Waterloo, ALSACE*, for China, and remains.

It is very currently reported, that Lord Communists
is going nut to India to succeed Sir EDWARD PAGET as
Commander oldie Forces. Ltd AMHERST, we under-
stand, is to keep, undisturbed, the post of Governor-
General.—Times.
'rue Military Committee appointed by the German
Diet, of which General LANGENAN is President, is going
to continue its deliberations with great activity, relative
to the Army of the Confederation, and the pros isioning
and aiming the fortresses. It is not known whether the
Diet will proceed this time to the choice of a General•in-
Chief, or whether this important post will be given to
an Austrian, a Prussian, or a Bavarian General.
At the Liverpool Borough Court on Friday last, four
pet sons of the name of Baruliason, Briggs, Davies, and
Carlos, were indicted for a riot at the theatre, on the
15th of December last. Carlos and Davies pleaded
guilty, and were discharged. Briggs and Bowlinson
were acquitted. John !lichen was indicted for a similar
offence, found guilty, and sentenced to three months'
imprisonment:
The Dutch Papers state, that M. ISAAC BURGESS, a
merchant at Batavia, has obtained a license for four
rears and a hal!, to steam-vessels to nasigate the
coast of J2vit; these steam-boats are to be built in the
Netherlands, and during the term of the license may go
from Europe to India, and shall be allowed the Colo-
nial flag, with the same privilege as sailing vessels.
The system of pipes for the distribution of water and
conveyance of gas, stretches out in its various ramifica-
tions into a line exceeding 4.00 leagues in extent, be-
neath the pavement of London.
It is reported at Vienna, that there will be immedi-
ately a new promotion in the Austrian Army, and that
mo.t cf" the Officers included in it will be sent to join
t! e Coidon on .the Buckowina, Transylvania, and the
Bannat of Temeswar, which are the provinces adjoin-

iag the Ottoman Empire.
The Cow tot Assizes at Ghent, in its sitting of the
• '22d instant, condemned a man named Delmott, ac-
I cased of having diminished the value of French
croe ns (it is not stated in what manner), to 20 years'
confinement in irons, to stand in the pillory and be
branded, to a fine of 1000 florins and the costs, and to
be under the surveillance of the police for life. The trial
Listed three days.
Dating the dreadful storm of Monday night last, a
lock•keeper on the Royal Canal near Ballinacrig, and
his wife, were blown into the lock, where they both
perished. It is suppo.ed that they were engaged open-
ing tie lack, when the violence of the storm precipi-
tated them into it. They were found next morning,
locked in each other's arms.
'There is not a word in the English language can be
better chosen than the Word "that" for various purposes.
There is a passage in HORNE TooKe's Diversions of
Pueley, where he says—al That that that you spoke of is
not that that that I spoke of."
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON —A thrush's nest, with
four eggs, was last week discovered in a field belonging
to M. Stark, in the parish of Ply mstock.
By a recent regulation, passengers are not allowed
to enter then bodies into a stage-coach in France, with.
out fist agreeing to enter their names, professions, &c.
in a eel lain register kept for the purpose !
Thole are at present 1598 students in the University
of Berlin, 01 whom 612 are studying the law, 412 theo-
logy, 392 medicine, and 182 philosophy.
The new Canal of Amsterdam, forming a communi-
cation from the ocean to that city, exceeds in depth and
d mensinns any like work in England. A 44 gun frigate
:i,s made tl e pa sage, and there is sufficient capacity
for even a ship of 80 guns. The projected canal from
Portsmouth is calculated for ships of the line, and, if
executed, mii,ht vie with this canal of Amsterdam in
deoth, and in length would exceed it in the proportion
of 100 to 50 miles.
The Chinese, it appears from recent experiments,
have a mode f adultetating black tea, by means of
-Andy particles, or minute et ystals of magnetic iron ;
s•ametimes to such a degree, that pat ts of the leaves may
be lifted by a magnet. These particles may occa-
sionally be detected at the bottom of a tea-cup
Near Thornton, in the county of York, in a village)
church-yard, is to be found a plain stone, close to the
church, raised to the memory of John Trollop, who ap-
pears to have been the builder of the church ; and the
epitaph runs cpaintly in these words:
Here lyes John Trollop,
Wbo mayde these stones to roll up;
When God Almighty took his soule up,
His brxiie went to fill this hole up.
INSOLVENTS' PETITIONS TO BE HEARD, FEB. 7,
AT Tin COURT, PORTUGAL...I7RM, LINCOLN'II•INN'FIILDS.
Nyilliam Cole, Vincent-square, Westminster, teacher of music.
I!bert Cassels, Pratt-street, Camden Town, Foreign Stock Agent.
:'lllani Davis, Fenwick-court, Holborn, jeweller.
t I-niel Kaygill, Lambeth-place, Lambeth, carver and gilder.
4, alas Lewis, Poplar, bricklayer.
.''malts Langshaw, Warrington, Lancashire, gentleman.
''t ...,,,loore, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, appraiser.
~ • -tis Martin, Lamb's Conduit-street, working-furrier.
1, ;111..!, ewtnan, Sebright-street, Hackney-road, cirman.
~an, 1 ,le.t. T tins.' ow, Stepney•green, collecting-clerk.
d.wi..tsollas!ell, Erick-lane, Sr. Luke's, commercl ,1 clerk. '
NI 11 Welfare, Newington-green, Islington, milkman.
john;l \
‘‘ ‘:aod s, Kingston, Surrey, coal-ourchant, lister, Ike.
111iam Wells, Little Eastcheap, cook.
John %
Vilma, Stanniaetey,near Leeds, clothier.

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