Star.
London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DEC. 5.

As yet we knew nothing of the day fixed for the return of his
;Majesty to the Pavilion.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset, the Dui of St. Alban's, and the Duchess of Beaufort,
continue to give importance to onr town by residing in it.
The Earl of Egremont, the Lord Lieutenant and, Custos Rotolo..
rum of ibis county, is returned to East Lodge.
Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Lushington are arrived. AdmirarSir
Richard and Lady Keates have left us.

NA, AL INTELLIGENCE.

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The Highlanders, Mtnum, from Nassau, New Providence, has
arrived in the Downs.
The Lady Flora, from Antwerp to Dublin, put into Cuxhaven
the 2.5 th ult. with her pumps choaked.
The Ranger, Tex, from liamburgh to London, was carried into
Cuxhaven about the 20th ult. very leaky, hiving been on shore—
cargo discharging.
FALMOUTH, Dec. s.—The whole of the outward bound got away
yesterday and this morning, with a fresh breeze at N.E.—No
arrivals.

PORTSMOUTH; Dec. 6.—Wind SW. blowing fresh.—The wind
having got round to the &W. this morning, and increasing to a fresh
breeze, several of the outward-bound ships which sailed the latter
part of yesterday have put back (names not mentioned). No arrivals.
DEAL, Dec. 6. Wind W.S. W. Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Mitford, TIMOR, from Mogadore ; and the St. Law-
•ree;r, lit Isar, from Quebec—sailed 12th November, in company
with the fuNowing vessels, viz.-Canada, Jean, Rebecca, Recovery,
Sir Watkin, London, Centurion, Richard Pope, Cherub, Alexan-
der, Canadian, Maria, Kelsie Wood,- William Park, and twelve
sail more, names unknown. The Harlequin. lla ta., from London,
was on shore on Green Island, and full of water—the crew and part
of the cargo expected to be saved. The brig Union was on shore
on the Island of New Orleans. The William Park had been on
shore on Hare Island, and had thrown part of her deals overboard,
bat had made no water—the St. Lawrence passed her off Bic Island.
Passed through from the River yesterday, the following outward
bound, viz.—Comet, l‘PPintason ; Albina, MAnFoan; Hudson,
COALMEN ; Marquis Wellesley. NA rixa ; Fox, WHITS; Latona,
--; Orwell, Dimon ; Alert, SCHOLTS ; Leander, FRITH; and
Scholfield, EvAns. Several coasters, hound Westward, have put back.

The Cabinet Council, held yesterday, was attended
by the whole of the Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of the
Hirt of HAaaowar and Viscount Ssomourtr. The Ministers sat in
deliboation about three hours. Mr. Faistmsr, a King's Messenger,
left town on Sunday night, for the Netherlands.
The Marquis of CHoLatourozczy had a dinner party
yesterday, at his house, in Piccadilly.
The Manager of the New York Theatre, well known
in the theatrical world from his liberality, has, we under-
stand, been lately in imminent peril of losing his life
flora the effect of a hostile rencontre. Mr. I—, it
will be remembered, left this country in the Spring of
the present year, with a considerable addition of talent
to his company, which was even before that considered
the first in the United States. The cause which led tol
the meeting is said to be an affair of a delicate nature)
which took place in New York previously to his depar-
ture for Englarid ; but an opportunity of meeting the
offending party, it seems, did not offer until his return.
'lr. P— received his adversary's shot in the thigh, and
for some days his life was considered in a precarious
stare ; but by the last accounts, we are happy to learn,
he was recovering.
The opposition to the projected Thames Quays, on
the part of the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, is likely
to produce still greater cause for discomfiture on the
part of his Grace, in consequence of recent plans of
improvement in the neighbourhood of Charing cross,
which have just been laid before the Commissioners.
By these plans, the entire south side of Cockspur-street
to come down; likewise all the buildings connected
xith the King's Mews and the Golden Cross Inn, to St.
Martin's-lane, should the Act of Parliament, which is
contemplated, be carried. To complete the uniformity
cf the square, Northumberland House will be exactly
,iiat through, and half that pile of buildings razed to
ground.
THE MAID OF BRARANT AND ANN MOORE.—The
',lrostra" who created such an universal sensation a few
yeas s back, was but a miserable imitator of Etre Fleigen,
tlie Maid of Brabant, viho is said to have taken no sus-
tenance for fourteen years together—that is, from the
year of her age, 22, to 36, and between the year 'of our
Logo 1597 and 1611, which fact is confirmed by the
testimony of the Magistrate of the town of Meurs, in
Flanders, as also by the Minister who made trial other
abstinence in his house for thirteen days together, with.
out detection. HA KEWSLL, in his Apology, 1635, thus
ascribes this extraordinary female—

" This MAW of Mews, thirty-six years-spent,
Fourteene of which she tooke no nourishment;
Thus pale and wan sbeeuits, sad and alone,
A garden's all shee loves to look upon !"
:ASPER MAmg, in his Comedy ( f the City-Match,
pouted in 1639, evidently alludes to this circumstance,
Aurelia says—" Wye think I'm the Dutch virgko,
''tat could live by the scent of Bowers And again, Sir
ItuAt4 EVAVENANT, in his A euis front Plymouth—
" How, do you think I bring you tidings of
The Maid of Brabant, that by d by her smell—
. Th..; din'd on a rose, and mg on a tulip?"

OLD DAILEY—THIS DAY.
DARING ROBBERY AT ACTON.
W,i. Carroll and James Cox wet e put to the bar on an
indictment, charging them with stealing, in the parish of
Acton, in the month of October last, in a dwelling-house,
a watch, &c. the property of Charles Poole: the prisoners,
though young in yeamwere known as bad characters,and
to be the associates of a most daring gang of thieves,who
have of late committed very extensive depredations in
the suburbs of the Metropolis. In the present case, the
facts werl fully proved against Carroll, and the Jury
immediately found him Guilty.
The COURT immediately sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for seven years.

Cox was then put to-the bar on an indictment charging
him with having received the watch in question,
knowing it to have been stolen. In this case evidence
was adduced to prove that the prisoners were in com-
pany both before and after the robbery ; and that they
had gone down in a chaise cart, in which they returned.
Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS submitted to the Court, that
there was no evidence to convict the prisoner as a re-
ceiver,though he might certainly be convicted as the thief.
The COURT overruled the objection, and the Jury
found the prisoner Guilty.

CHARGE Ol MANSLAUGHTER.
Charks Smart was put to the bar, on an indictment
charging him, under the Coroner's Inquest-, with killing
and slaying Henry Smith. The facts of this case have
been so recently before our Readers, that it is only here
necessary to say, that the evidence of the surgeon went
to prove, that the immediate cause of•death was a pro-
fusion of blood on the brain, which might have arisen
from apoplexy. The Jury accordingly returned a ver-
dict of Acquittal.
NEW COURT.

Thomas Holland was indicted for stealing three gold
seals and three keys, the property of Solomon Mosely.
The prosecutor was a hawker and pedlar, residing in
Whitechapel ; on die 19th November, he went into the
Grapes public-house, Boiough ; the prisoner was there,
who called him towards the kitchen, and asked to see
his goods, at the same time shutting the door; there
were also two women in the kitchen—the prisoner
wanted to buy a gold seal and key, he took several from
the box without fixing on anything. One of the women
purchased a pair of ear-rings. Witness remained in the
kitchen for about half an hour, and went away without
knowing that anything had been taken from his box—
this happened on a Saturday, and on examining his box
the Monday following he missed the several articles.—
Last Monday week, meeting the prisoner, be caused
him to be apprehended; he then said he would serve
the prosecutor out, but afterwards asked him if he
would be satisfied by having his property back? the pt o-
secutor replied he would.
An officer proved going to a young woman, as di-
rected by the prisoner ; she delivered to him the seals
and keys, which the prosecutor identified. The Jury
found the prisoner Guilty.
George swain was convicted of stealing nineteen
yards of kerseymere, value 71. the property of William
Giles and Thomas Hooper, of Trowbridge, on the 19th
November last. The Court sentenced him to be trans-
ported for seven years.

Lord STRA VGIORD, since his arrival at Vienna, has
had several conferences with PriDet MITTRIIIIICH, and with M. de
Tainscxxvr, on the affairs of Turkey. An express was to be dis-
patched on the ltith, with important dispatches for the Emperor
ALIZANDCII6
The LORD LIEUTRNANT of Roxburghshire has ap-
pointed Roomy Kean, Esq. of Chatto, to he one of his Deputy-
Lieutenants in said shire, of which his Aiwa tsv r has been graciously
pleased to approve.
The Commander of our forces in the West Indies and
Governor of Barbadoes, Lieut.-General Sir lizszyWaana, K.C. B.
is expected daily in England, on leave of absence.
We understand that the LORD PRovosT has received
a letter from Mrs. Coum, now in Brighton' transmitting 1001. to
the sufferers by the lace fires, and an order also for 100 pair of
blankets for the relief of the most destitute. Among the objects
that attracted the notice of this benevolent individual, during her
recent visit to Edinburgh, was the situation of the former place of
business of Mr. Courra, in the Parliament-square, now levelled to

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the ground by the late catastrophe. .
In the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, on Friday, an
action for libel was tried, Brophy v. Johnson. The de-
fendant is the proprietor of The Dublin Star, in which
Paper the libel appeared, reflecting in scurrilous terms
on the character of the plaintiff. The Jury, found a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—damages, 3001.
Thursday, as the Magnet Coach was travelling be-
tween Bristol and Bath, it came in contact with a wag-
gon, when one of the leaders was killed on the spot,
and the other greatly injured. A Lady inside had her
head severely bruised.
Wednesday last, Sarah Gill, of Leeds, while on her
way to the Workhouse, fell down in Kirkgate in a state
of insensibility, and was conveyed by a number of hu•
mane persons to the Regent Inn, where she almost im-
mediately expired. The husband of the poor distressed
object died the day before.
The Keeper of the Seals will preside on Saturday
next in the United Sections of the Court of Cassation.
The object of the Meeting is to determine the question
of Criminal Jurisprudence with respect to Duels, which
has remained undecided since the interruption of the
proceedings in several of those unfortunate cases so
frequent during the years 1819 and 1820. The first
cause is that of M. HARTY DR PIRRREB3URG, VlllO had
the misfortune to kill M. de BEAUPOIL DE ST. Au-
LAIRE. A sentence of the Chamber of Acr.u•ation of
the Royal Court at Paris having been reversed on the
21st of May, 1819, the cause was removed before the
Court of Amiens, which pronounced the same decision
as the Court of Paris. Another duel between two
Englishmen, Messrs. CA/MAC and GOUGH, which took
place at Calais, was also brought before the Court of
Douay, and after its decision was reversed before that
of Nancy, whose sentence, delivered August 24, 1821,
is at this moment under the consideration of the Su-
preme Court.
A Gentleman, of Henley-en-Thames, offered a farmer,
when at that market, a dinner and 2 bottle of wine, if
he would bring him a grain of wheat on the following
market-day, and double the quantity each week until
that day twelvemonth. This was acceded to tor the
moment ; but the following statement will, perhaps,
satisfy those who have never entered into any similar
I calculations, of the impossibility of fulfilling' such an I
engagement:—Amount of the number of grains,
4,503,599,627,370,495 ; and of the number of bushels,
12,509,998,964; number of quarters, 1,563,7407.0
number of loads, 312,749,974.
On a benefit night, at a provincial theatre, many of
the actor's friends were admitted by a private entrance
before the doors were opened. An Irishman, who, oa
getting in at the usual hour, found all the best seats
tiken, exclaimed in great wrath, " It is a shame that
they should fill the house in this manner, be fore any
body gels in."

FAILURE OF A COUNTRY BANK. •
Monday last, agreeably to public advertisement, a
meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Philip Ball and Son,
of Mevagissey, was held at St. Austel, for the purpose
of hearing the proposition to be submitted by Messrs.
Balls Solicitor, for settling the affairs of the firm. It
was stated at the Meeting, that the debts then ascer-
tained amount to 75,0001. and that the gross amount
of the estate is 60,0001. But of this, real property to
the amount of 10,0001. has long been assigned as a
security to Messrs.Morlands, Mr.Ball'sLondon bankers;
and a lease of the port of Charlestown, which had been
valued at 5,0001. is, from a peculiar clause by which the
deed becomes forfeited on the possessor's being insolvent,
found to be worth nothing—thus reducing the estate to
the nominal value of 45,0001. Of this total, exclusive
of other bad debts, it appears that about 15,0001. con-
,ists of mere personal security from the individuals of
Mevagissey, to whom sums were advanced frqm year
to year, during the late unsuccessful fishing seasons,
with the constant expectation, that by the occurrence of
a propitious season, the money would be replaced. As
these persons are now circumstanced, their securities
are considered of no value; and the estate is thus re.
duced to £30,000. But the property, which at the re-
gular mar ket price may be thus estimated, being chiefly
of such a kind as at present suffers a great depreciation,
it is scarcely expected that the whole effects will realize
a sufficient sum to pay ss. in the pound.—West Briton.

One pound of American cotton, which costs 3s. 6d.
is, by the labour of Nottingham manufacturers, con-
verted, without any expense except that of labour, into a
manufactured article, which sells for 311. 10s.

Last week John Blunder was brought before the
Magistrates of Fareham, by Mr. Cobby, High Constable
of Emsworth, and convicted in a penalty of 20s. with
costs, for discharging fireworks.
A melancholy accident occurred last week on board
the Victory. A boy named Payne, an Officer's servant,
fell down the hatchway, and pitched on his head, which
caused instantanecrus death.

A poor man residing at Forton, near Gosport, of the
name of Webb, on returning home from his labour on
Friday evening, fell down and expired.
Dr. Elihu Tudor, who was a Lieutenant in the army
of General Wolfe in the celebrated battle on the heights
of Abraham, in 1750, is now living at East Windsor,
Connecticut, at the advanced age of 94 years. He is
supposed to be the only surviving Officer of Gen. Wolfe's
army, in Europe or America. He :ontinues to receive
a pension from the British Government. Dr. Tudor
graduated at Yale College in 1750. and , before he en-
tered the army was a Surgeon in the British Navy.
OrEaarrve COTTON- SPINNERS.—ft gives us pleasure
to learn, that since our last, affairs wear a more ami-
cable appearance between the operatives and their was-
ters. The former have, we hear, agreed to relinquish,
what was considered as their most objectionable, or in-,
admissible demands. We have heard that a highly
respectable Gentleman in this city is proposed as umpire
in the matters still. at issue, and if so, we augur from
his experience and practical knowledge the happiest re-
sults.— Glasgoto Courier.
Thursday night last, Mrs. Jane Allison, who occu-
pies a considerable farm, called Borrowdale, situated
on Stainmoor, two or three miles from Brough, having
retired to rest at eleven o'clock, was, as well as her
servant maid and boy, roused from bed, by a person at
the window loudly calling her " to get up immediately,
as the byre (about 100 yards from the dwelling, and in
which there were four calves) was on fire."- Mrs.
Allison at first supposed the alarm to be some idle frolic.
The reflection of light, however, soon convinced her that
there was cause for alarm ; and putting on a small part
of her dress, she hurried out, and was followed by
her servants, leaving a lighted candle upon the table.
With the greatest difficulty;and personal danger to her-
self, she liberated the poor scorched animal+ in the
byre, while the blazing thatch was falling upon her. On
returning to her dwelling, instead of having had the
assistance of the pretended friend, who gave the alarm,
to put a stop to the devouring element, she discovered
that her drawer in the parlour, where she generally kept
her money, had been forced open, and all that was
valuable (consisting of a 51. Bank of England note, and
several memorandums of importance) taken away. For-
tunately, however, she had a few days before remitted to
her landlord a considerable sum as rent, which it is sup-
posed, had been the villain's inducement to commit so
diabolical a burglary, expecting, no doubt, to find a
larger sum. The byre was totally consumed; and had
the wind blown in a contrary direction, a valuable hay-
stack would have been destroyed. It appears that hay
had been pulled from the stack, and laid up in a corner
of the building, and set fire to, which soon commu ni-,
cated to the thatch.

Davit's BRIDGE.—The upper arch of the celebrated
Devil's Blidge, near Hifod, Cardiganshire, is broken
down, and impassable by heavy vehicles. A safe and
temporal y platform has been placed for travellers ; the
coach from Llanidloes proceeds no farther than the
end of the bridge, where passengers alight, and pro-
ceed in another coach, stationed on the other side of the
chasm. The lower arch, and indeed the foundation of
this picturesque and extraordinary structure (which is
supposed to have been built nearly seven centuries ago
by the Monks of Strata Florida Abbey), is still secure.
The second arch, which ovetspans the other, was'
erected in 1753, at the expens'e of the county ; and in
the year 1814. the patriotic Mr. Johnes, cf flalod, re-
moved the low parapets of crumbling ;stone-woz k, and
placed in their stead iron hand rails and ornaments.
Two Englishmen were apprehended, on Monday, in
Cork, with a large quantity of counterfeit sovereigns,
which are well executed.

Monday se'nnight, a most unfortunate affair occurred
at Hinckley. Two youths, named Pinchback and John
Warner, having got into a dispute, agreed to go into a
field and settle it by blows. After fighting for nearly
an hour, Warner became sick, and fell backwards, to
rise no more, as he continued in quite a senseless state
till Wednesday evening, when he expired.
Friday evening last, a man named James Keenan,
returning from the market of Fintona, in the county
Tyrone, in company with his sister, was followed by a
party of fellows armed with weapons of different kinds,
and beat to death.

MUSIC AND MONEY.—A punster being asked by a
musician whether he was not a lover of hat mony ?
" Yes, but I prefer it when it is abridged ; for
then it is money, and that, my friend, is the better half
of it. 1 have no objection to your notes, but I like
those of the Bank of England much better : t'our's may
make good tunes, but those infinitely the hest of tunes."
" How so ? that Bank-notes are excellent things I will
allow, but pray what tune will they make?" " The
very best tune in the world—a fortune."—Lit. Chron.

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BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, DEC. 6.
There was a pretty strong attendance to-day of sporting men,
but the betting was not proportionately strong. The Phantom colt
is still rising, and is spoken of very favourably by those who bare
seen him in training. The odds left off as under ;
DRUM
8 to 1 apt Muleteer 22 to 1 apt Legacy
84 to 1 apt Rufus 25 to 1 agst Diana
11 to 1 apt Duke of York's c. 30 to 1 agst Defiance
15 to 1 apt Bolero 30 to I apt Nigel
is to 1 apt Advance 30 to 1 apt Golianna (taken)
20 to 1 apt Canvas

5 to 1 agst Mine
8 to 1 apt Sorcery

W to I aist Waltz

0111C11.
14 to 1 agst Attica
18 to 1 agst Pipyiing
20 to 1 apt any other

ST. LIG3t/L.
11 to 1 agst Memnon 10 to I apt Amlrogeus
12 to 1 agst Cleveland 30 to 1 agst Crowcatcher
15 to 1 agst Redgauntlet 35 to 1 apt Rosamond
20 to 1 ape Homer 55 to 1 agit Brigand (taken)
25 to 1 agbt His Grace 35 to 1 agst The Alderman
25 to 1 agst Mandane .50 to 1 agst Cymbeline (taken)
28 to 1 agst brother to Duport 50 to 1 apt Whiskeraidos
30 to 1 apt Muleteer (taken)
1000 to 20 apt Daredevil-1000 to 20 apt Scandal-1000 to 20
apt Diana-1000 to 20 agst Canvas-1000 to 20 apt T'errin'e
Slerlin-1000 to 15 i.gst Attica—(all taken).

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1825.
The following horses are named for the Oatlands Stakes, D. I.
AGE. I AGE.

Joseph
Loligwaist
Buzzard
Carnival
" Swallow, by Skins 3
Ilurly Burly . 3
Fmilius 1
Ly rn essa • 3

Triumph
Silkworm
Premium
Ilaji Baba
&re :ohm
Hannah

Vurbena

HUNTING.

The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet to morrow, at Two mile
Ash ; Friday, at Whistley Wood.
Earl Fitzwillianis Hounds on Thursday, at Hunt's Clows.
Mr. Muster's Hounds on Thursday, at Watford Gap ; Friday,
at Buttock's Booth.
The Oakley Hounds on Thursday, at Astwood ; Saturdly, at
Colworth.

The Quorndon Hounds to-morrow. at Segg's ; Thursday.
at Widmarpool; Friday. at Keyhstn; Saturday, at Msrtiushaw
Wood.

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• THE ROYAL HUNT.
Friday his Majesty's stag hounds met at Wellington-bridge, near
Virginia Water, instead of Thorpe-green, the latter place, from the
late heavy rains, being so inundated as to prevent their approach.
The day being very fine, they had an excellent run for upwards of
an hour, when the stag was taken,at Haddleston, near Weylirklge.
Friday week last, the stag turned out before his Majesty's
bounds, at Brlfont-lane, produced an extraordinary diy's sport ;
after a run of upwards of three hours, varying his course alter-
nately, he was taken two miles beyond Hendon. A number of
the sportsmen's horses were knocked up, and several were obliged
to be blooded. The horse of Freeman, the whipper-in, died at
Spittle, as he was returning to the kennel. His Majesty's stag-
hounds are all fine, healthy, and young, and allowed to b.! the
swiftest, and possessing the keenest scent of any pack in hn*land.
NEW FOREST STAG HOUNDS.

Thursday last, the hlunds belonging to the Groomiteepers of the
Forest, met at Bratley Wood. After beating the covers for some
time, they found a fine young stag at Red Hill, near Picked Post,
on the Ringwood-road; and after a sharp run of thirty-five mi-
nutes took him alive near the Woodman's Cottage, at Holmes
Hill Eaclusure.