Star.
London, England, 1824-08-26 00:00:00

CROWN LANDS, IRELAND.

In the Eighth Public Revenue Report, just printed,
pursuant to the order of the House of Commons, there
is a long account of insolvent arrears of quit-rents in
Ireland, with the Collectors' observations thereupon.
On an arrear of rent in Athlone, of 2281. th 6 Collector
says that " there is no such land to be found" as had
been leased ! On rent for the " Isle of Muckleglue,"
in the district of Wexford and Ross, the Collector states
" the island supposed to be washed away by the sea !"
In several instances where quit-rents are regularly
booked, "the lands are not to be found, and rewards have
been offered for their discovery !"
In an account of all lands held under the Crown for
determinable leases, with the rental of the same, there
is the follow ing curious denomination of lands in Meath
county, Lord Malden, &c. lessees : " All that and those,
houses and messuages in the town of Navan, held by
fourteen tenants, and all the days' works and labours
autumn of said fourteen tenants; and also another in
Navan, form.:rly in tenure of John Philpot, and all cus-
tomary duties of mowing corn in harvest for one day,'
and for any other day's work in making of hay, &c. and
one ken from every one of said tenants yearly at Christ-
mas, &c. and also one customary gallon, commonly
called a Mary Gallon, of the best beer of every brewing,
made to be sold in the town of Navan aforesaid;—
all parcel of the Revenues of the dissolved Monastery
of Navan."

A Gentleman has arrived in London, who quitted
Lima on the Ist of April. He passed through General
BoLivaa's army a few days previously, and he repre-
sents it to have been numerous, and deficient in no mi-
litary appointments.
One of the workmen at Windsor Castle, lately em-
ployed in excavating in the Castle-yard, found a large
gold ring, which, from the inscriptions on it, proves to
be a ring belonging to Henry the Fourth.
Friday, at twelve o'clock, James Wet/Jerill was exe-
cated at Lincoln, for the murder of Mr. Berridge, of
Brigg. He was-led to the place of execution, where he
did not say anything. When turned off, he struggled
for a considerable length of time.
Friday morning, between two and three o'clock, an
attempt was made by Wm. M'Kenny, a soldier on
to trd at the Excise Office, Limerick, to force his way
ii b; c wing one of the upright bars of the sash, and
taking out the two panes of glass at either side, but it
is sum cud that the relief was approaching, as he ef-
fected nothing more—when the corporal came to his
relief and put the usual questions to him, he said stones
were thrown at him, by which the window in question
was broken; but being afterwards seen hiding some-
thing near the guard-house, and the timber of the
sash, which to avoid a discovery he took off with him,
being found by others of the guard, he instantly fled to
the main guard, where he left his belts. Upwards of
one thousand potmds in silver, and a large bundle of
hank-notes, were in a sage in the office at the time, but
were not discovered by the robber, who is a native of
Ballyshannon. Every exertion to apprehend him has
yet proved fruitless.
Fl RM—Ye stet day morning, between nine and ten
o'clock, the inhabitants of the Curtain-road and its vici-
nity were thrown into great alarm, in consequence of a
file having broken out in the Lamp-black Manufactory
of Mr. nicker, of Leonard-street, Curtain-road, which,
for some time, raged with increasing fury. However,
by the timely art ival of the parish engines, aided by a
plentiful supply of water, the fire was soon checked,
and before half-past ten o'clock completely subdued,
not however, bef.re a considerable quantity of property
%as destroyed.—Soon after twelve o'clock last night,
another the broke out at Mr. Annercan's, bookbinder,
in the Borough-road, which totally destroyed the pre-
mises, but the speedy arrival of the engines, and a
plentiful supply of water, prevented further damage.
Annercan is insured.

Friday last a villainous attempt was made to fire the
Exeter Theatre. Daring the temporary absence of the
cheque•taker, just at the commencement of the farce,
some malicious scoundrel put a lighted paper into a
Imp in the passage leading to the pit, which, setting
fire to the cotton in it, produced a high flame. and a great
deal of smoke, which the current of air through the
avenues naturally conveyed into the pit. This attempt
having been accompanied by a cry of " Firer the con-
Limon which took place may be easily conceived. Ladies
were shrieking and fainting in various directions, and
in one minute the most timid of the audience found
themselves in safety on the outside of the Theatre; but
those who remained were soon satisfied by the exertions
of Nlr. Harvey, the stage-manager, of their security.
'•Goo save the King" was then played by the orchestra,
arid the performances proceeded.
MEW PROPELLING MACHINERY.--,-,AR ingenious me-
tnanic, of the name of Hoxie, is now exhibiting at New
York, a model of machinery, by which he is confident
vessels of any size may be propelled at sea, independent
of wind or steam, the motion of the vessel being alone
required to give it effect. It is said that " the machi-
tetY simple, and would take up but an inconsidera-
b:e space in a vessel ; three or four feet in length and
the breadth of the vessel would be amply sufficient for
its operation. A rotatory motion is produced by a
vibrating weight in the hold of the vessel, without the
aid of a crank ; an iron shaft connects the horizontal
wheel in the hold (propelled by the pendulum) with
another on deck, which latter causes the shaft, on which
ate the paddles, to turn; and thus is the machine put
Ir. operation. A portion of a cargo, such articles as are
'eery, might be placed as weight in the pendulum, to
amount of some tons ; and thus may this machinery
be used without much diminution of the quantity of
cargo dependent on sails and wind for propulsion."—
Mechanic's Magazine.
When the date was about to be affixed to the treaty
be. tween England and Persia, which had been nego-
tiated by Sir Harford Jones, the difficulty presented
'self—" Should the year of our Loon precede the He-
?" The Secretary proposed that in our copy of
the treaty our era should stand first, and that the order
should be reversed in that which the Persians were to
keep. At last the Persian Minister declared, that "as
Jtsus CHRIST lived before Mahomet, there could be
no doubt but that his tatikh should stand first."