Star.
London, England, 1824-02-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a Court or Directors was held at the Fast India House,
when the fallowing Commanders took leave of the Court previously
to departing for their respective destinations, viz —Captain HEAD,
of the Canning, for Bengal and China; Captain ions BARNET
SOTHRBT, of the Gordon, for St. Helena, Bombay, and China ; Capt.
Nlozercuatzate Ilwasivrox, of the Dwain, and Captain THastas La s-
ums, of the Marquis Camden, for Bombay and China.
FA LIIOUTR, FEBRUARY 10.— Wind IV.S. W.—Sailt:d about twenty
coasters, hound round the Land's End.

PLYMOUTH, Fassuattr 10.--Wind W.—Arrived the Mercator,
Jacoanos, frcm Drontheim for Trieste, fifty days out, with 1°,4 of
bulwarks, cook-house, with everything moveable washed overboard.
sails split, vessel leaky, and one man drowned ; also, arrived the
Hibernia, }LUNA ens from Boston in twenty-three days.
PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 11.—Wind Westerly.:—No arrivals or
Dam., Fenutuaav 11.—Wind N.W.—The Dominica, with the
rest of the outward bound, sailed this forenoon. Arrivd and re-
mains the Voyager, Ilicuaansos, from the Cape of Good Hope. The
transport brig Li, passed this morning to the Westward.
Ltvitroor, FEBRUARY 10.—The Panther, for New York, got
on shore this morning in the River, in proceeding to sea, and will
have to return to duck to be repaired. Arrived the Christian,
SMITH, from Malaga. Sailed the Alexander, BALDWIN, for Phila-
delphia ; Herald, DawsoN ; and M'Vernon, HAWES, for Boston ;
Plato, Ile.f.xrrr, for Baltimore; Mary, CAIRNES, fur Barbadoes ;
and Rocket, A rfotruan, for Jantrica.

COWL'S, Fl RRUA RT 1 Wind W. S. W.—Put in by contrary winds,
the James and Ellen, I'.tvr, from Antwerp fur Jersey.
6RA VECENI), Fes RU AKY 11.—Arrived the Minerva, RICHARDS,

from Alessina ; Tamerlane, Bitisrow, from Leghorn ; and Sir Henry
Stanhope, EASELS, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Jane, RICKARD,
for Valparaiso; and Lion, DILLON, for Jamaica.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY It.
Slurs Denim bay/otos—The Marquis of Anglesey, from Sa-
vannah; Commerce, from Seville; Petit Gustave. from linurdeaux ;
Minerva, from Messina ; Ilebe, from Lisbon ; Cape packet, front
the Isle of Bourbon; Esther, from Demerara; and Snsanna, front
Waterford.
ENvaitto Oursvanos—The Carolus, Providence, Confidence, a.nd
Neptunus, for Elsineur ; Dart, for Ostend ; Mary, for Barbadoes ;
Prosperite, for Havre; Burlington, fur Halifax; and DrieVrienden,
for Rotterdam.
CLEARING OUTWARDS—The Union, for St. Michael's; Scotia, for
Lanzarotte ; Colonist, for Barbadoes; Eliza, for Rotterdam ; and
Smyrna, for Smyrna.

Aatterzo—At Havre, the Eagle, Barclay, from Savannah ; Hope,
Clark ; and ♦Villiam Henry, M 5 Lehan, from Charleston ; Indian
Chief, from Nel► York ; Insperui, —, from New Orleans ;
and Jules, Pltron, from Guadaloupe. At Rouen, Deux Amisb Jar-
din, from Cardiff. At Lima, Catherine, Young, from London ;
Globe, Pinster ; Swallow, Nicokon ; Bruce, Greig ; and Romeo,
Johnson, from Liverpool. At the Havannah, Themh, Lobeck ;
and the Polydore, Pick, from Hamburgh ; Adler, Kertland ; Cle-
mens Albert, —I.; and Auguste and Emmeline, —, front Bre-
men; also the Active, Bergveld, from Amsterdam. At Cuba, Au-
gusta Alelina, Myers, from Bremen. At Cadiz, the Bristol Buck-
ham, from South America. At Barbadoes, Itosella, Atkinson, front
Newcastle. At Genoa, Amphitrite, Morgan, from Odessa.

HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA), AN . 14.—The speech de-
livered by his Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
at the opening of the present Session of our Legislature
(on the Bth instant), affords a most gratifying view of
the prosperity of the Province. Its agricultural inte-
rest is unquestionably flourishing to a great degree--
the capability of the soil, and suitableness of the climate,
to the production of all the essential necessaries of life,
is now universally admitted. Our markets daily bear
strong evidence of rapid improvement in rural hus-
bandry—and if active labour and frugal habits are
steadily pursued by our farmers, many years cannot
elapse before the population of Nova Scotia will feel
itself independent of foreigners for supplies. The
fisheries the last year, we are happy to learn, have ex-
hibLed much animation. The bounties granted by the
Legislature produced the best effects, the catch was
great, and the exertions of those engaged in that labo-
rious service were rewarded ss ith liberal prices.
An Inquest was held yesterday at the Swan-with-
Two-Necks, Lad-lane, on the body of a female infant,
found sewed up in a bed, which was supposed to hate
been deposited there by a sister to one of the servants,
who was herself come there to be engaged as house-
maid, but who, after the fact, set off on her return to
Bristol, as stated in our last. A vast deal of evidence
was given by three female servants who slept in the
room with her, but which was of a nature not altogether
fit for detail. It appeared the party acknowledged a
miscarriage; but Mr. Itamsbottom, Surgeon, of Broad-
street-buildings, gave it as his decided opinion that the
child was born alive, and died front suffocation; and
his opinion was borne out by the testimony of two
other Surgeons. The females, however, positively de-
clared that they did not hear the cries of a child ; and the
Jury, after much deliberation, decided on the merciful
side of the question, and returned a verdict—Still-born.
SMITH AMERICAN PRODUCE.—We are happy to find,
by the arrivals from Carthagena, that the Colombians
are beginning to turn to account the advantages of the
soil, and to display an industry which was unknown
under the despotic Government of the Spaniards. The
last vessel which arrived from Carthagena, and which
was consigned to Mr. John Lowe, brought several 5.11111•
ples of productions hitherto unknown in this country.
Among them are the following :—The Molamba bark,
Iwhich is used by the Colombians, as the Peruvian bark
is used in Peru, and which, in addition to the astringent
properties of the latter, possesses a fine aromatic bitter ;
a kind of almond, called in the country wild nutmeg,
which is chewed by the natives, and instantly removes
chelic and flatulencies, and a wool for the use of
cabinet-makers, which is of greater solidity and specific
gravity than mahogany, and in appearance much re-
sembles rose-wood. There is also a sample of another
article, which it i, said is likely to prevent our being any
longer tributary to Rustia, for one of the most essential
articles in the British Navy.
We understand that it is in contemplation by the
Court of Directors of the East India Company to bring
home and present to his Nlajesty, the large brass gun,
cast by the great Anrengzebe, to commemorate the
conquest of the city of Beejapoor, A.D. 1689, the fort
then being one of the largest in the woild. This gun
still remains, in not a very imperfect state. Indeed we
have it from good authority, that an estimate of what
its removal to England would cost, is nearly completed.
The following is a description of the gun, taken from
Hamilton's Gazetteer:—

Feet. In.
" Diatneter at the breech - - 4 10
Ditto at the muzzle - - - 4 8
Ditto at the bore - - - - 2 4
Length - - - - 14 1
Circumference in the middle - - 13 7
" This brass gun is fixed on its centre, on an immense iron,
fixed in the ground, and grasping its trunnions in the manner of a
swivel, its breech resting on a block of wood, supported by a thick
wall, so that it cannot recoil. For the calibre of this gun an iron
bullet, weighing 24641b5. would be required."
The following laughable article has appeared in one
of the Literary Daily Journals of Pails. It is entitled
•THE ECHO OF Tllf. JOURNALS.
Journal des Debate / Ech° Cussalre ...
bat Courier ...
Quotidienne .. hyene Dra'peau ...
Gazette de France ranee • • Anuales ...
Journal de l'aris rit , Muse
o:Mame ••• fiamme .31ercure .. cure
randure .. dort Tablettca ... blettes
L'llnie ... it Journsl der &vans veal.
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