Star.
London, England, 1825-01-13 00:00:00

VAPAL DITFLLIGERct.

—Vslwaw.
The Diana, M'LIOD, of Greenock, treat Clare, was &iris a%
that near Galway. the Sd lost. and had six feet water in her hold.
The Albion, Gomw. of Glasgow, from Waterford, was driven
op shore, near Galway, the 4th inst.—cargo discharging.
Towels the end of I)ecember, the mist guard of Saint Jean de
got (department of La Vendee) found &bottle, containing a note
written with a pencil, partly torn, with these terms We, pas-
wagers on board the Elizabeth, Captain Lecomte, 'request the per.
Ma who shall receive this note, to be so good as to inform M.
-Boucher that the Elisabeth was on this day (411th Sept. 11124),
with the wind on the quarter, steering E.S.E. at seven knots an
how, towards Madeira. All the crew and the passengers on
wed, whose names are annexed, are well.-- Hal f-past two o'clock."
gossocry, JAn. —Wind N.R—The sloop Camel, Rowse's*,
lad from Nrath the 26th November, for St. Ire's, and has not
since been beard of.
pi/mourn, Jan. 11.—Wind N.E.—The Venus, TATLOR, from
Waterford to London, with a cargo of wheat, flour, and oats, was
run on board of on Sunday night, about eight o'clock, by the Hon.
company's ship Vansittart, Damn-sums, when the Venus bad both
her masts and bowsprit carried away; her starboard bow and stern
von in. We have not yet learned whether the cargo has suffered
ogy damage. The Venus is now (seven, r. al.) four miles and a
half outside the Breakwater.
Poltroons', JAN, 12.—Wind N. W.—The American ship Mar.
rum, Ems, from Amsterdam for Baltimore, is gone through fur
Cowes, I Ay.
Deal., Jaw. 12.—Wind N.W. light breezes and foggy.—Passed
through from the River, the Edgar, Caaarszss, for Cork and Ja-
maica; Woodlark, BKOWN, for Batavia; and Jen.ty. Dessau), for
Corona. The Hon. Company's ships General Kyd and Hytbe,
were preparing to sail, at four, r. as. Arrived arid remain, the
.rund, Essauto; and Roseville, ANDIMIOII, from Antwerp for
London.
DOUR. JAN. 14.—Passed by, his Netherlands' Majesty's ship
Diana, for the Mediterranean.
ismer, JAN. B.—Yesterday, the cutter, La Fanny, Devroucues,
from St. Woe's, was totally lost near Elizabeth Castle—six of the
passengers drowned.

OLD BAILEY SESSIIMS—THIS DAY.
These Sessions commenced th's day 'at the Justice
Ilan, in the Old Bailey, before Mr. Justice Hoist()YD,
Mr. Justice GAZELEE. the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER,
Alder &c. The total number of prisoners for
trial is one hundred. and seventy.
FEMALE ROBBERS.
Mary Lloyd and Mary Larkin were put to the bar,
on an indictment, charging them with assaulting on
the 14th of November last, Daniel Allen, and taking
hom his person a gold pin and h. 6d. in silver, eitc.
his pro; erty.
The lacts of this case, as sworn to-hy the prosecutor,
were, that on the evening of the day in question, he
was passing through Chesterfield-street, when one of
the prisoners forcibly drew him into the house, the
door of which was open, and their both prisoners
robbed him of the property in question, accompany-
ing it with violence.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS and Mr. PRENDERGAST conducted
the case for the defence, and called a witness named
Peter Hill, who swore that he had heard the prose-'
cutor state that he might have dropped the pin. This
was denied by the prosecutor most solemnly. The
witness also swore positively, that when the prisoners
were committed by the Magistrates, the charge only
amounted.to an assault.
The *nom was very closely cross-ezamined by Mr.
BRODRICK, who elicited from him that he was the
friend if Larkins, whom he had known from a child;
a4u.l that he had moved into-the very lodgings the pri-
soners bad occupied on theday following the robbery.
Mr. Justice HOLAOYD summed up the evidence to
the Jury, who found the prisoners—Not Godly.
NEW COURT.
(Before the common Sesawe*.)
RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.
Benjamin Wolfe, an elderly man, was ind'ete3 for
receiving 24. ,ifit shawls, and 17 yards of woollen
cloth, the property (.1 Zachariah Langley and others,
his partners, the prisoner well knowing the same to
have been stolen, and for w hich offence two persons
were tried and convicted at the last Sessions.
Mr. BRODRICK, who conducted the prosecution,
rose, and informed the Jury, that in this case he bid no
rrahnce to adduce against the prisoner, and conse-
queltly he w as entitled to his discharge.
The Jury instantly found him Not Guilty.
Martha Baker was indicted for stealing swo sheets,
and a pair of boots, value 20s. from the house of Mrs.
Hannah Moore, of May's-buildings, St. Martin's-Jane,
on the 20th of December last.
The prosecutriz not appearing when coiled, the pri-
soner was discharged,and the Common Serjeant ordered
tire recognizance* of the prosecutriz to be entreated.
(Afore the Racomma.)
STEALING IN A DWELLING•HOUSE.
Thomas Lushington, aged 32, stood indicted for
stealing a silver watch, ribbon, and key, value 20s. the
property el Mr. R. Sunman, on the I2th of November
last. It appearec. from the evidenCe, that the prisoner
had gone into the prosecutor's house, in Warwick-rows
Pimlico, and informed his wife that he and his mister
had just come to town ; their washer-woman being dead,
he intended to recommend her to wash for them; he
begged, at the same time, to dry his stocking at the
fire, which she readily agreed to, but he only remained
these a few minutes before he left the room, slamming
the door after him. Mrs. Sunman instantly missed the
watch, and pursued the prisoner. The watch was af-
terwards found near the spot.
The RECORDER summed up the evidence, and the
Jury instautly found the prisoner Guilty.

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Yesterday evening,
Colman's Opera of Inkk and York o was revived, but
with little novelty in the cast. Miss TREE was the !te-
nant, and played very well : it is a part just adapted
to her talents. COOT= was the representative of the
scan and pitiful Inkk, and he got through his task
with considerable ability. FARRIN'B Sir Christopher
Cory is not near so good as Micron's ; but who can
get in a passion like DOWTON ? The best played cha-
facter in the piece was Trudge; FA wczres performance
or it Was not much inferior to the best efforts of his
lounger days. The House was crowded.
The Committee for the Relief of the Spanish and Da-
nn Refugees, met yesterday at Guilsiliall, to investigate
the. case of the sufferers. They had time only to In-
quire into the Italian claims. The petitions of the Spa-
surds will be considered another day.
Mademoiselle GARNERIN ascended in a balloon on
t,,,,be2Oth ult. at Rome, and came down in a parachute
The spectacle excited a lively interest in that city. 'I he
Ditches: of LUCCA and her son, together with the Am
4assadors at the Papal Court, were among the spectators.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Members
the Common Ct.nricil for the ensuing year, were
morn in beiote the litv.ht Host. the LORD MAYOR, at-
tended by the Itsconbin and several Aldermen.
Eighteen commi.sariat carts, from Dublin, have ar-
tved at Athlone, Wei' ith clothing and new copper
%el e deposited in the Government stores
:41 are for the we of the army stationed in the western
'Via of Leland.

1243L1511 ANA PRRNCII 4RTISANS.
. A stranger to hod; countries might, perhaps, Conceive
that England and France were nearly on a par,.in point
of scientific improveMent ; hut we find, in the Fifth Re-
port on Artisans and Machinery, convincing proof of
the backward state of the latter country. James Leever,
an E'iglish cotton-carder, who went from Manchester
to work at M.Joly's manufactory, at St. Quentin; says
the state of the machinery there was " the same as it had
been in England thirty years before;" our present ma-
chines " would do more in twelve hours than theirs in
twenty ;" and the yarn which they produced WAS " quite
inferior to that called the bad article in England."
Mr. James Dunlop gives nearly the same account of
the American manufactories. He says, comparing the
American cotton factories with those of Scotland, " I
think they are in a similar state to what we were thirty
years ago." • p:or is thil difference observable only be-
tween different countries, but even between the en-
lightened. parts of an enlightened country. Manchester
and Glasgow, for instance, are both places of great
trade, and very far advanced in manufacturing s 011.;
but Mr. Houldsworth, a great cotton spinner and
machine maker of the latter place, says, " the best mills
of Glasgow are three or four years behind those of
Manchester ;" and one cause to which lie attributes the
difference is very remarkable. " I could have pur-
chased the machinery," says he, "in Manchester, at as
low a price; but the expense of carriage tpon the heavy
and bulky parts of it would have enanced the price
greatly to me in Glasgow." Another very important
observation is, " that where machinery and tools exist in
the greatest perfection, more work will be produced in
the same time, and the wages of the operatives will be
proportionably higher. The London mechanics have,
higher wages thaw those of Manchester, because they
possess better tools; and in Manchester the wages are
higher than in Glasgow, for the same reason."