Star.
London, England, 1823-08-18 00:00:00

NAVAL lATELLIGENCE.

• ce:day, Vice-Admiral Sir HARRY NEALE, G.C.B. hoisted
his flag in the Revenue, of 73 guns, commanded by Captain Sir
CHARLES BURRARD. Bart. (which ship arrived at Portsmouth Mt
Nonday from Chatham), as Commander-M-Chief in the Medi•
terranean, to which station the Revexot will proceed when the
wind is tor. It is expected .that Sir Groace NAYLER and Sir
'I
LIMAS TYRWHITT will proceed in her to Lisbon, for the pur-
pose of inersting the King of Poirruciar. with the Order of the
Garter. They will return home in the llessaa.
IMPORTANT TO TRADERS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE
West limes.— By an Act of Congress. passed in March last,
vessels are not permitted to go front this country to tht United
States fur the purpose of lording with lumber for the West In-
dies ; they are now only allowed to go from the West Indies to
the United Stares; and therefore, if they sail front England they
Must take ciearances from lit ussels.

Uednesd ty the Right lion. the Earl of Cructiesvut (his'
Slajrsty's Yds:roaster-General) arrived at the George Inn,
Portsmouth, from bis sear, Stanmer-Park, Sussex, to embark
his second son, as a blid,hipman, in his Majesty's ship ItEvexcie.
Jib Lordship's motto, " Vincitamor potria." (The love of my
country overcomes,) appears, in this paternal act, most appro-
priately applied. On Wednesday! afternoon his Lordship made
a visit of inspection to the Qtrixs Cuarmovits, and was received
on board with the saluting honours due to his elevated rarik.—
Admiral and Lady llLwexwooa have arrived at the. George, to
embark one of their sons in the Revs:sok.
Early on Monday morning, a small sloop, deeply laden with
stones, during the tremendous gale, dragged her anchor at
Demon, a few miles below Greenock, and endeavouring to make
the opposite coast for shelter, was, when about mid channel.
struck with a heavy sea, when the instantly went down, and all
on board, two men and a boy, perished.
The Louisa, DICKINSON, from Cape Coast Castle to the West
Indica, E • led a bolt at sea and foundered.
FALMOUTH; AI.GI/ST 113.—Wind S.W. to N. \V.—Arrived the
Lord Wellington, Giese, flout London for Lisbon and Nlalaga ;
Seanmer packet, from Lishou—salled the sth inst. Sailed the
illucher packet, for Lisbon.
Poirssiaotrrn, A UCUST 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Aurora,
Ila asEx, from Rotterdam ; Agnes, GA auto:, from Pernambuco;
Charles, WALKEN, front Riga; Ranger, P.teson, from ditto;
Albi9u, lianas, from ditto; and lltrant, Goss, front Havre.
The James Sibbald, Forum, fur Bombay, has sprung her bow-
sprit. It blew a heavy gale from the W.N.W. the whole of
Saturday : the outward-bound remain all w,.1!.
hat, A L'GUST 17.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived and remain the
•F.liza, Pt-mien, from Antwerp; Ganges, PSAT ; and Blanchard,
from ditto, outward-bound; also and remain,. the Lord MI.
'eill., Hewn, front London for Jamaica. The William, Kent,
Aguilar, Sir Godfrey Webster, and the rest of the outward-
bound remain. Six r u.—Arrived and tailed for the River, the
Trafalgar, Tiroarson, front St. Mary's, River Gambia.

The will of the late Maguis of SALISBURY was
proved, with two codicil*, in the Prerogative Court
of Cauterbury, on the SOth ultimo, by the Most Ho-
no.irable JAMES BROWNLOW WILLIAM GAM:OWNS
CECIL, Marquis of SALISBURY (formerly Viscount
Ca.vsnounae, the son), the Hon. and Rev. GERALD
VALERIAN WELLESLET, D.D. and.the HMV. FRANCIS
FA ITHFUL, Clerk,- the Executots. -The personal e: tate
was sworn to be under £.70,000.
MELANCHOLY CATASYROPH s.—Wednesday morn-
ing, the 6th inst. Miss Mary Hatch (sister to Mr: J.
Hatch, of St. Helier) went to bathe, for the first time,
at the Deo. accompanied t y her niece, Miss Maria.,
Hatch, and her servant, Nancy Giuchy. Miss Hatch
was the first of.the party who went into the water,
unhappily at a spot where it was about ten feet deep ;
but as the rocks on which she stbod were shelving,
she did not anticipate any danger ; until, in the act
of dip!.i,:g her head, a heavy swell deprived her •of
her footing, and plunged her beyond her depth. In
this situation she struggled with the waves, and called
out for assistance to her servant, who, with an ad-
mirable courage and fidelity, leaped into the water,
and endeavoured to thaw her mistress to the shore.
The exertion, however, was too great for the strength.
of this faithful creature, and they both' unhappily
perished. In the meantime, Miss • Maria Hatch,
seeing the perilous situation of her aunt, repeatedly
screamed aloud ; and a young man, of the name of
Pigeon, attracted by her cries, hastened to the spot,
and succeeded in getting out the body of Miss Hatch,
uhich still displayed some signs of life, but they were
ton feeble to warrant any hope of her recovery. The
body of Nancy Gruchy was soon after found, and
both were carried to a neighbouring public-house,
where every means were tried for their recovery, hut
in vain ; the vital spark had fled tor ever, lung be-
Ibre medical assistance could be obtained.—Jersey
British Press.

NEW SOUTH WALES.—The rapid increase of this
Colony may be ascertained from the following state.
snents of a Petition to the House of Curttmnns, pre-
sented on the Bth of July, by Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH,
from the emancipated convicts. The emancipated
convicts are 7,556 in number; their children amount
to 5,859. Of cultivated land they possess 20,000
acres; of land yet uncultivated 212,000 acres; they
occupy 1,200 houses in the town, and double that
number in the country ; they have 174,000 sheep,
41.5 horses, and of other cattle 48,800; they have
215 colonial ships in constant employment, and have
netted in trade a capital of £150,000.
POPULATION.—By the last Census, taken in 1821,
it appears that the most populous county in Scot-
land is Lanark, there being in it 244,387 person,
and 14,617 females more than males. In the county
of Edinburgh, including the city, there are 191,514
persons, and no less- than 15,996 females more than
males. The greatest increase 'of population for the
last ten years,. appears in the counties of Aberdeen
and Ayr, judging from their population, Aberdeen
having increased 20,312, and Ayr, 23,345. The sta-
tionary counties appear to be Peebles and Suther-
land. The first of these, with a population of 10,046,
has only increased 111 in the last ten years ; and the
last, with a population of 23,840, has only increased
211. The least populous county in Scotland is Sel-
kirk, which contains 6,637 persons, and only about
200 females more than males; its increase for the last
ten years, however, has been 748.
CAUTION•TO BREWERS.—AII information bar been
exhibited aptinst Mr. JAMES HEADON, brewer, of
Plymouth, by the Collector of Excise, under an
Act of Parliament, (Ist and 2d George IV. c. 22.),
for selling and sending out divers quantities of beer
to various persons without delivering certificates
signed by him, or by some person on his behalf, to
be left with the beer, from the printed forms in a
book delivered to him by an Officer of Excise,
arid with printed forms and titles, to be kept in some
public and open part ofbis entered premises, certify-
the date and quantity of beer sold and delivered,
to whom sold, and at what rate ; and also for
not having made a corresponding entry thereof, con-
taining the same particulars in the book delivered to
him, whereby he incurred a penalty of 2001. The
case was beard on Friday, at the Guildhall, before
the Worshipful the MAYOR, and EDMUND LOCKTER,
EA). Justice, when Mr, Heamow was convicted-in the
mitizated petidlty of £lOO.

METRQPOLITAN LITERARY INSTI.
2'UTIUN.

A General Meeting of the Proprietors of thii
stitution took place on Friday evening, at the Socie-
ty's Rooms, 'll, New Bt ielge-street, Blackfriars, for
the purpose of taki:ig into consideration. the Report
of the Committee, laid before a meeting of the Pro-
prietors on the 4th instant.
Mr. Alderman KEY having been called to the
chair, supported on his left by the Sheriff elect (Mr.,
W hittaker),
Mr. JE.Nritivcs, the Honorary Secretary, then pro-
ceeded to read the Report. for the consideration of
which the present Meeting had been called.
Mr. ATTWOOD Small, called the attention of the
Meeting to the Report, from which it appeared that
the present number of subscribers amounted to more
than 200; and the Committee add, that with front
220 to 250 they have no doubt of forming a respect- i
able, though not large, Institution.
Tie following Resolutions were passed:
Resolved, lit—That it Is desirable to proceed immediately to
the establishment of this Instltutionsby the procuring of a s...lect
and useful library, and adequate premises for its reception, and
for the general purposes of the Society.
2. That the Committee be therefore authorised to procure
house in er "near New Bridge-street, for the purposes of this In-
stitution, and that, if necessary, ill.), do advertise for the same.
3. That on such house being obtained, the Committee be em-
powered to call fiur the remainder of the amount of the shares
subscribed.

4. That the Committee prepare a code of by-laws for the go-
vernment of this Institution.

5. That this Meeting, at its rising, do adjourn until the first
Friday in October neat, to rereis e the Report of the Committee
on the matters above referred to then.

6. That the present Committee of this Institution remain in
full force until the neat General Meeting early in October, and
that then fresh Committees or alanagcrs be appointed by ballot.
—Carrird unanimously.
7. That the best thanks of this Meeting be mast cordially given
to the able and active Genctal Committee of the Society.
Mr. GYFFORD then moved—" That every proprie-
tor have the right of joining the General Committee,
and of acting as one of that body, if he should think
proper to do so."
The motion was negatived, and disposed of by an
amendment.

The thanks of the Meeting were voted to Alder•
man ht y, who retuned thanks.

The remains. of Cnant.ts,:second Marquis CoRN-
WALLIS, was this resuming -removed from Old Bur-
' lington-street, to be deposited- in the family-vault at
Camila, near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, at which
place the body nil' lay in state for one day.—His
remains will be attended by his Lordship's tenantry,
and' the bier supported by the domestics of the family ;
ILOrds SYDNEY and BRAYBROKE attend as chief
mourners. The Marchioness and five amiable daugh-
' tern have been inconsolable ever since his decease,
and were yesterday evening removed to the house of
the Bishop of LITCHFIELD, in Hill-street, on whom
the title descends. The Marquis died in his 49th year.
HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Saturday evening the
pleasant Farce called Simpson and Co. was performed
at this Theatre, with the permission of the Drury-
Lane Manager, where it originally appeared. It has
lost nothing by being transferred. TERRY performed
with great spirit-, and the Farce throiighout was ex-
ceedingly well performed. This Theatre was never
more successful than it has been the preasent season.
The commodious size of the House is of gread ad-
vantage to authors and actors.
• it has-been erroneously 'stated in the Papers, that
the Archbishop of DUBLIN is one of the Spiritual
Peers who are to sit in the next Session of Parliament:
This duty will devolve on the Archbishop of THAN,
with the other Spiritual Peers named, viz. the Bishops
of LIMERICK, RAPHOE, and DOWN.
SHOP-LIFTING EXTRAORDISARY.—A very hand-
some young woman was tried before the Tribunal at
Toulouse, a few days since, and condemned to two
years imprisonment, for • stealing, in the shop of a
goldsmith, a gold chain nine feet long. Whilst look-
ing at several articles of little value, she had the
dexterity to slip the gold chain round her neck. Her
defence was not less criminal than the theft. She
pretended that having a love affair with the master
of the house, he allowed her to take the chain as a
proof of his liberality, and that the wife, influenced
by jealousy, denounced. her as guilty of robbery.
The 31st ult. an Inquest was held at Birming-
ton, near Chesterfield, before GEORGE GOSLING, Gent.
Coroner, on the body of a male infant child, who was
suffocated in consequence of getting part of an ear of
wheat into its throat, which the mother had given it
to play with.—Verdict accordingly.
Thursday evening the Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Bat-
tersea, preached the Funeral Sermon of his friend,
the late Mr. Hinton, at the Dissenters' Chapel, in
Oxford. About forty Baptist and other dissenting
Clergymen attended in deep mourning, with silk
hatbands. The Chapel was crowded to excess; and
most of the congregation were dressed in black ;
which outward mark of respect was accompanied
by heartfelt sorrow for the loss of their old and
respected pastor.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, AUGUST In.
The unexpectedly abundant supplies of last week, and a fair
arrival this morning, have checked all disposition for specula-
tion, and what sales were effected were at a reduction of full
Ss. per quarter from the prices of this day se'nnight, for super-
hue samples of Wheat ; but there is no demand for the inferior
qualities, although offered at a still further decline. Barley, Peas,
and Beans, are very heavy sale, but not lower than on hit Mon-
day. The Oat trade is rather feverish, and will continue so
until the general average is officially known. Flour dull sale,
at 555. per sack.

♦aRITALS LAST WU=
Wheat Elfish, qrs. 12,865 I Beam
_ _

1,543

_ ./5 I 1a...
Barley - 340 I Peas - 566
M • alt 2,264 Foreign Wisest - ' 190
Oats - - - 4,750 Irish - • 145
Rye - - 8 English Flour, seeks 9,899

SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUGUST ts.

There wu a full Market this morning of every description of
Car.:le; but the trade was rather dull ,st the prices of this dal
se'unight, and it is expected that a number of Beasts will re-
ma:n unsold. Current Prices.:—Beef, per stone of sibs. 3s. to
4s. 21. Mutton, 3s. Od. to 45.2 d. Veal,4s. Od. to ss. Od. Lamb,
4s. ud. to 3s. Od. Pork, 3s. to Ss. 10d.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN,
(vekuca Gomm AIVIIIKATIDIP),
For the Week ended -kn. 9, 1823, made up. from the Returns
of the Inspectors in the different Calla sod Towns In Eng-
land and Wales.
Wheat 60a 4d I Oats 23s 3d I
Beans- 33s 4d
Barley 32s 9d Rye 36. 3d Peas 34s 3d