Star.
London, England, 1822-01-31 00:00:00

COUNTY OF. LIMERICK. •

Tuesday evening, the 21st inst. about seven o'clock,
upwards of twenty men, all armed with muskets, en-
tered Curragh House, the seat of Sir AUBREY DE VERB
, Hutrr,Bart. On entering the kitchen-door, they called
for the gardener, and having proceeded to the room
where he was, about ten of them took him by the
neck and dragged him outside the house into the yard,
where others of the pasty had secured the steward.—
The Captain ordered them both to prepare for death,
to take off their neck-handkerchiefs, and place them
over their eyes. After some time, however, a book
was produced, and the gardener was sworn to leave
Curragh by the Ist of February, or he should cer-
-tainly suffer death. The steward, who is a native of
the place, was more leniently dealt with, as he was
only reprimanded, and cautioned not to be so atten-
tive in future. They were all disguised. Sir Au-
BIM HUNT is at present in London.

His MAJESTY has been pleased, by Letters Patent
under the Great Seal of Ireland, to appoint—
Robert Hamilton, Esq. to be Prothonotary in the Civil side
of the Court of King's Bench, in Ireland; Dawson Church, Esq.
to be Itilacer, in the said Court; Michael Cormiek, Esq. to be
Clerk of the Appearances in said Court ; Robert Cooper, Esq.
to be Clerk of the Writs, in said Court; Joseph Farrar, Esq. to
be Clerk of the Pleas, in the Pleas or Common Law side of the
Court of Exchequer in Ireland ; Henry Carey, Esq. to be
Illacer, in said Court; Henry Yeo, Esq. to be Clerk of the
Rules, in said Court.

The Chronology of the last Fifty Years, brought
down to 1822, has just appeared. This Work must
be regarded as the most useful Book of reference in
the English language. It serves, in a compendious
form, as a substitute for a file of Newspapers during
the same period, or for a similar series of Annual
Registers, or Magazines.

KING'S THICATIa—PACINI.B Opera of Ilßarone di
Do'Atha was again repeated ou Tuesday night, and
wethink with improved effect. CA RTONI'S personation
of that eccentric Monarch, Frederick the Great, pos-
sesses much merit, and experience has enabled him
to adapt his voice better to the size of the Theatre
than on his first appearance. In Madame CAUPORESE
we know not which to admire most, the pathetic and
supplicating manner of her appeal to the clemency,
or rather the justice, of the Monarch, or the sweet
strains in which it is poured forth. AMBROGETTI,
who never tails in any character where there is the
least chance of succeeding, is highly amusing in
Brandt. At the conclusion of.the Opera the national
anthem of GOD save the King was sung by the whole
strength of the Theatre. The House was crowded,
and among the distinguished personages we noticed—
The Duke of Montrose, the Duke and Duchess of Argyle,
the Count and Countess St. Antonio, the Marchioness of Bath,
the Marquis Graham, the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of
Glengall, the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Jersey, the Countess
of Aboyne, the Dowager Mucbioness of Lausdown, Viscount
and Viscountess Hampden Lord Hill, Lord Burghersh, Lord
Lowther, Lord Erskine, ard A. Hamilton, Lady E. Montague,
Lady Sophia Heatheme, Lady Holland, Lady Nfeholl, Lady H.
I Parker; Sirs J. Nicboll,W. 100, C. Asti, J, Langh.un,

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THE. ARMY.

•.. . •
glue the appointment of the Duke of War,t.nray.on as Master•
General of the Ordnance, it hal been determined br Gowen-
inOnt w pUt a Certain branch of the Treeing' and the Bairack
Department all undel• khe head of Ordnance Department, so as
US make mate of the clerics do more duty, whereby about fifty
can be dispensed with, and on tree pseh of March next that
numbst will be discharged, with a small pension to each, ac-
cording to the length of their servitude.
The Honourable Artillery Conipany fired a Royal salute on
Tuesday, in commeasiwidon of the Accession of Us hieezinv to
the Throne. They• afterwards dined at the Armoury House;
and drank the Kurd's health in a buthper, with rout times four;
ai Capads-General of the Corps.

• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lady Kitt.na. ird, Quinlan, train Dundee to London, ii
on shore on some rocks near Holy bland, and expected to be
totally wrecked.. - • . •
The George, Taunts, of Liverpool...was lost near St. Mary's
(Africa) on the 27th of November.. ."
The Young Arlon, from St. Miry'S (Africa), wis lost near that
place on the Sth ultimo. 'the crews of both the above vessel's,
and a small part of the cargoes, saved; . • •
Cowes, Jas. W.—Sailed the Johanna Elizabeth, Roues, foie
Batavia.
Pearsmourn, Jas. so.—Wind 147.--Sailed the Duchess of
Athol, Damara, for Bengal and China; Golconda, Bowan*,
for Madras and Bengal; Eclipse, Karr, for St. Thomas's; Har-
mony, Woonau., fur Demerara; New Albion, CRIMMILL, for
Trieste • Endeavour, blusszessast, for Jamaica ; James and Isa.
bell; Lens., for Cadiz; Waterloo, Cosa, for Africa : Ocean,
M‘Nateakoz, for Jamaica ; Morninglield, hilrevieen, for Ratter=
•dam ; Swift, • and Sisters, Rumor, for Hull.
Dam, JAN. 50.—Wind N.N.W.—Silled the Swiftsure, Buns.
men, for Gibraltar and lima; Olive Branch, Kumi for the
'Cape of Good Hope; and the rest of the ontward.bound. Ar-
rived and remains the Lovely Ann, Duncan, from the South
Seas, last from. Milford. Came down from the River and sailed
the Thames, HAVISIDE, for Bencoolen and China.
Ilaawscm, Jan. 50.—Arrived the Leicester picket, with a
Mail from Holland. Sailed the Vansittart packet, with a Mall
for Holland.

Livearom., Jam 29..--Arrived the Arno, Patterns, front
Buenos Ayres—sailed Now. 3. On the 29th, in lat. 29. 2. S.
long. 21. 6. W. spoke the Britomart, from London for Vain Die=
man's Land, all well. On the 20th Dec. in lat. 1. 40. N. long.
22. 46. spoke the Southworth, from Cork for New South Wales.
Same day, spoke the Thalia, Wer.sn, from London for Van
Dieman's Land, with passengers, all well.
Cutroxi-Mobss, Jas. 30.--Ships Entered Inwards:—The
Fox, from Ostend ; Criterion, from New York ; Brothers,
Amelia, and Hems, from Seville; Eliza, Maria, and Nassau,
front St. Michael's; Ruby, from Lisbon; Fortitude, from St.
Kitts; Ann, from Dublin ; and Britannia, front Rio Janeiro.—
Cleared Outwards : The Sarah, for St. Mary's; Nimble, for Al-
glen; South Esk, for Messina; Deux Sours, for Marseilles;
and Margaret, for Antwerp.
Aatavao—At Batavia, the Trevant, Mertens, from Bour.
deaux ; Countess of Harcourt, Aura, from Port Jackson; and
Amity, —, from London. At St. Mary's (Africi), Alice,
Hammond, from St. John's (N._ B.) At Antwerp, Magnet,
Hester, from the Macomb..

Monday his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA•
HENCE inspected the Provisional Battalion, and, on
Tuesday, the Royal Marine Battalion, at Ports-
mouth, accompanied by Admiral Sir J. H. Wiwi.-
SHED, Major-Gen. Sir JAMES LYON, Major DRAKE,
&c. His Royal Highness,was much greeted by the
populace: he leaves us tc-morrow morning.
His MAJESTY, in Council, has been pleased to re-
instate Lieutenant JOHN FLETCHER, of the Royal
Navy. It Will be recollected, that Lieut. FLETCHER
belonged to his Majesty's ship TEES, then commanded
by Captain RENNIE.
Friday, Sir CHARLES STUART, the British Ambas-
sador at Paris, and his Lady, enlivened the fashion-
able circle of that city with a magnificent ball and
supper. The Countess of JERSEY, the Marchioness
of DOWNSHIRE, the Ladies HILL, and all the distin-
guished English families resident in Paris were present.
The Mayon and Corporation of Cork have pre-
sented the freedom of that city in a gold box to the
Marquis WELLESLEY, and in a silver box to W. Gout.-
BURN, Esq. a promptness of attention which is highly
creditable to the loyal character of that city.
Tuesday evening, after the breaking up of the Ca-
binet Council, Mr. %riot, the King's Messenger, was
sent off with dispatcLes to Italy.
It is reported that during the late war, private
bargains were made by the Commissioners of the
Victualling Office for ten thousand tierces of Irish
pork, at thirty thousand guineas higher than the
market price at that period, or for six months before
or after!

Oue of the most considerable commercial houses
at Vienna, (in the silk trade), which has been estab-
lished nearly sixty years, suspended payment on the
.sth instant.

Mr. THEODORE HOMER, the Greek Merchant at
Marseilles, has been obliged to pay a ransom of
200,000 francs (50001. sterling) for his father, who
was carried off from Smyrna by the Turks.
A Correspondent from Hertfordshire writes, that
the farmers have been obliged to reduce the wages
of the labouring poor to the lowest possible pittance.
The Poors' Rates Will increase there accordingly.

The Duke of DSVONSIIIRZ left Brighton yesterday for Ports-
mouth, and is expected in town to-morrow.
The Dowager Duchess of Rums°No and the Ladies LEIII.CI,
arrived yesterday at their house in Waterloo-place, from the
Duke of Bra:wow:4 seat, Woburn Abbey.

The Countess of HARROVINT and Lady Masi Ernst are ar-
rived in town, from their seat in Staffordshire.
FILANICLAND Laws., Esq. N.P. and Mrs. Lawn, have left the
Clarendon Hotel, Bond.street, an a visit to Lord Baarstooas,
at his seat, Audley End, Essex.
The Earl of Scasautiouso kit his scat, Sandbeck, Yorkshire,
on Monday, on a tour.
Sir Taunus Lrenramos, Bart. M. P. arrived yesterday at the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Devonshire.
_ _

Lord and Lady Newroar left Leamington, Warwickshire, on
Monday, for their seat near Birmingham.

An old sportsman informs us, that, being out shooting on Sa-
turday last, he found the partridges almost all paired—scarcely a
covey to be seen—a circumstance which he never before observed
so early in the season, and which must be attributed to the re.
markable mildness of weather.--IberdeenJeurterd.

A dreadful contest took place, in the night of Friday last, be-
tween six gamekeepers of the Marquis Coanwaws and a gang
of siveen poachers, on one of his Lordship's manors in Suffolk,
in which one of the former was so much injured by a ►hot in his
side, that his life is despaired of. The lest were so severely
beaten that the poachers were able to pursue their unlawful de•
sign without molestation.

There are already eleven names entered for the Four.in-hond
ate. The favourite vehicle is to be a I.todaulet, painted a cho-
colate brown, with brass furniture, unornaniented with either
arms or crest.

The Ikrkeley Hounds threw off on Monday sennight at
Queen Wood; found, and after running in cover, broke, went
away over Cleeve and Nottingham Hills to Gotheringtou Grove ;
froth thence nearly to Winchcombe, which they left en the tight,
making a turn round through Greet Grove, through the covers,
round Stanley Hill, to Gotherington Grove again, and thence
across the vale to Queen Wood; front thence through the cop.
piers on ?dr. AGG'S plantations, then turned to the lett actor's the
hills to Puck ham &mist's; from thence through West Wood,
Humble lice, Low Willies coppice, through ihsbesch and Halm
ling Scrubbs, and when within a held of the Great Weeds at
Gutting, whipped off at about bait -pug tour o'clock, dos am
of five house and a half.