Star.
London, England, 1825-01-28 00:00:00

SKYRIND V. COX AND GREENWOOD.

This was a motion for a new trial of an action
brought by the widow and administtatriz of a Major
Sicy ring, against his regimental agents, Messrs. Coz and
Greenwood. Major Skyring was an Officer in. the Ar-
tirery, h.lding certain appointments entitling him to
extra allossalices. These allowances bad been dis-
continued by the War Office and Ordnance Boards,
but no communication of their discontinuance had
been made to the officer by the agent, and no final set-
tlement of the individual 'accounts between them had
taken place, or balance struck, until-the death of Major
Skyring, when the Ctimmandes-in-Chief directed the
allowances to be taken off. The 'plaintiff objected to this
deduction, alleging, that the defendant, having from
year to year delivered in Iris accounts, acknowledging
his receipts of the sums in question from the Govern.
ment on behalf of Major Skyling, bad no right to make
any such deduction from these accounts.
Mr. GURNEY argued, that in point of fact, the de-
fendant had not received the money from the Govern-
ment, and thit the accounts between the agent and the
officer, being running accounts, the agent had a right
to deduct, in his final account,any disallowance made by
the War Departments of payments made to the officer,
and credited to him, in preceding years. A verdict had
bein obtained by the plaintiff, but Mr. Gurney contended
that thi, was a case fit to undergo a consultation.
The COURT granted a Rule to shew cause why a new trial should
not be had, with the option to the other party to make a special case
of the points in dispute.
MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS, JAN. 27.

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• James Crooke was indicted for assaulting Michael
Sweeny, who stated, that on the day in question he
bargained for some cloth with the defenJant,who keeps a
sale-shop in Ogle-street,Mary-la-bonne ; and went to his
house at 11 o'clock at night for the purpose of taking it
away. In the passage he met the defendant, who,
without the slightest provocation, struck him a violent
blow on the mouth and knocked out five of his teeth.
Mr. PRENDERGAST, for the defendant, called wit-
messes to prove that them were some drunken persons
making a disturbance in the street, for one of whom his
client mistook the prosecutor.
ThiJury found the defendant Guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to pay a fine of 1.51.
with liberty to speak to the prosecutor.
Alter lo,ir.or five other unimportant causes were dis-
posed of, the Chairman adjourned the remaining cases
on the paper until 11 o'clock to-morrow (this day).

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 182.5.
THE FUNDS.

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consort ()poled this morning at 94 a for the Account, with
little doing.
It is repotted on 'Change that the French RCM'S come higher,
Iosf. 50c. .

FOREIGN FUNDS.
This is settling-day in the Foreign Market, and the most doing
is in settling Accounts.
Current Prices; New Spanish 15, Old 214 22, Ructim 90 is
Mexican 801 I, C.olosibian New 88i 891, Milan 881, French Scrip
141_ pre. Austrian. 961 97, Brazilian Scrip 1.5 h, New ditto:, pre.
Gas 2* pre. Greek 571.
SHAW.
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Anglo Mcziaan Mines 16D -
United Mexican ditto - .40 -
Heal del Monte ditto - 400
Brazilian ditto 100 -
Colombian ditto - 100 -
Rio de la •Plata ditto 100 -
Buenos Ayres ditto -
Peruvian ditto
Milan ditto
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PAID. PRICE TO-DAY.
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PNICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 23214 1/4
3 ler tent. lied. 941 A 3A
3 per Cent. Cons. 93% %
per Cent. Rea. 101
4 per Cent. New 1057 A 3/4 106
Long Ann. 231/s 3-16—India Bonds 100 98 99
ities 9314,
heq. Bills (2d.) 63 4 ; (11/2d.) 63 4
(V.) 63 4 ; (11/2d.) 63 4'
£2OO ditto (22.4 63 4.; (11/2d.) 63 5
Acct. 94% !/2 %

and other German Papers to the 92a inst.
:his forenoon. They contain some contra-
ots from Constantinople, relative to the

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Morea;to the Greeks, on the one hand,
ed as tearing each other to- pieces ; and
PACH A sailed on the .sth of October, with
Ittempt a landing in the Morea.
.s in Constantinople, however, assert that
events off Candia, he is no longer strong
take such an attempt : others pretend that
obeyed the commands of the SULTAN, hut'
met with obsticles, and :ailed to Egypt.
~ort ha; perhaps only originated in the cir-
that IsaAtirto PACIIA ha% -sent tome Suthe
that had become unfit for service.

tarts to-die.26..11 inAant'teached .us this
Tbey contain the following account of an

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'unsuccessful expedition dispatched from Macular,.
against one of theilativie Princes.
BRUORLS, JANUARY 24.
The Batavia Plsets of the 9th October, contain ac-
counts from Macassar, giving the detail&uf an expedi-
tion sent against Soepa, under the commend of Captain
-Lieutenant Buys, of the Navy, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Kheder, commanding the land troops.
The object of this expedition was to reduce to reason
the Prince of that district, in the same manner as had
been done with the Prince of Tanette, but it has not
yet had* the same success. The landing having been
effected, the first attack was mane with 240 men on
the enemy's benting, which was fortified both by nature
and art. This was on the sth August. A party of our
troops, sent to reconnoitre, having got engaged too soon
with the enemy, it was necessary to bring foi ward more
troops, but our men were . obliged to retire to an emi-
nence on the botch, where the artillery was posted,
which 'was effected with the loss of five killed and
twenty wounded.

It was not till the 14th, the troops having been rein-
forced by a party of marines from the frigate Eurydice,
with some attillerymen, that an attack- was made on
the Lentinv. but notwithstanding the spirit of the
-troops, all of whom had approached close to the benting,
and some of them already climbed upon it, the result
unhappily was that they were repulsed, with the loss of
eleven killed and wounded. Among the former was
Lieutenant Van Pelt, of the Marines, who distinguished
himself in the expedition against Tanette, and was
killed fighting bravely at the head of his detachment.
Meantime-the Governor-General sent his Aide-de-
Camp, Colonel Stuers, to Soepa, to inquire into the state
of things, and to place himself at the head of the expe-
dition ; he found not only that the resistance was
greater there than might have been expected, but that
the nature of the ground occupied by the enemy greatly
impeded the operations. To repair the loss in killed and
wounded, and to procure the necessary supplies, the
Eurydice was dispatched; and Colonel Stuers applied
to the Prince of Sindering, an ally, for assistance, who
came accordingly, with his nearest relatives. An at-
tempt to get possession of some wells succeeded, but
not without the loss of four killed and thirty wounded :
among the first were Lieutenant Bruff, an old soldier of
tried courage, and Lieutenant d'Ablaiug Van Gressen-
burg, of the Navy, a very distinguished young Officer.
An attempt made at the same time to set fire to the
tenting, failed. Colonel Stuers continued to press the
enemy more closely, and the artillery having destroyed
the dwellings and the trees of the fortified Campongs,
he judged himself able, oa the 30th August, to
strike a decisive blow. Everything was prepared
to ensure success, but the. attack failed, chiefly for
want of a proper co-operation of the troops of Sin-
dering ; ours, after suffering a loss' of fourteeen killed
and sixty wounded, were obliged to retire to their.
entrenchments, which they did in good order. Among
the killed were Lieutenant Stercke, who had mounted
the breastwork, and fell by the side of Captain Pohl,
who was severely, but not dangerously woundel It
being now deemed impracticable to reduce Soepa by
force, without an increase of troops, and great effusion
of blood, while a blockade would infallibly obtain the
same result, the Commander resolved to act no longer
en the offensive, but to leave 100 men on a well for-
tified eminence, before Soepa, covered by two colonial
brigs; and to employ the troops of Sindering to invest
the plaCe more closely : these latter having received
some reinforcements, had thrown up four or five new
6enlligs, and made themselves masters of two villages
near Soepa, where they took some horses. They had
also repulsed the besieged, who made a sally.
The loss of the Netherland troops is stated at thirty.
killed, and one hundred and forty wounded. Among
the killed are four Officer s. The wounded are all sent
to Macassar.

His Excellency the Governor-General, Baron Vander
Capellan, had returned to Batavia, from his visit to the
Moluccas aiid Macassar, after an absence of seven
months and twelve days.

The French Papers of Tuesday contain several arti-
cles on the subject of the recognition of South America.
The Consiitutionnel ridicules the idea of the French
affecting surprise at the resolution taken by England.
"Mr. CANNING," says this Journalist, "has made
England return to her natural policy ; under hi admi-
nistration the expense has been lessened, and the pros-
pects of the country increased." The writer then
praises the policy of the British Government, which he
considers a triumph over the principles of the Holy
Alliance.
The Quotidienne contains an article from Madrid on
the same subject, from which the following is an extracts

MADRID, JAN. 12.

" The Minister for Foreign Affairs received two days
since news of the Act by which the English Government
recognizes the Independence of Mexico and the King-
dom of TeraFirnia. Thus vanishes the hope which our
Government still clung to, of reconquering, with the
aid of foreign support, its revolted possessions in
America. It was impossible to give a more fatal blow
to the Spanish Monarchy; and the principle adopted by
the Holy Alliance, to preserve to each Power the inte-
grity of its possessions, could not be more openly vio-
lated. Every one, in deploring the ruin which menaces
Spain, is compelled to admit that this evil has been pro-
duced by a long train of fault% and especially by the
little harmony which subsists between our Cabinet and
One Power, whose commercial intel ests are. entirely
bound up with our own ; a fact which seems not to be
known north of the Pytennees." •

'Some insinuations against France follow ; and it is

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exidept tlAt Spain expected the former
.would liave been
allowed to assiit her in the recoveiy of her lost Colonies.
The Aostrian Legation in Switzerland signified, to-
wards the end of last year, to the Governments of the
Cantons of the Grisons and of the Tesin, that those two
Cantons,-baving-acceded to- the convention concluded-
on the 20th of May, last year, between Austria and
Sardinia, relative to the making of great roads, the two
Courts had caused it to be ratified by their Plenipoten-
tiaries on the 28th of November. In consequence of
this convention, a separate arrangement has been made
between the Canton of the Tesin and Sardinia, for the
road of Lurnino. By this convention, Austria under-
takes to repair the road of the Splugen, and Sardinia
that of St. Bernardin, both which shall be made, in their
whole length, as good and commodious as they are
capable of being made. The execution of this con.
vention will afford great facilities to merchants and
travellei s.

The Boston (United States) Advertiser of the 30th of
December, contains what it denominates " interesting
news ;" Boston has, however, acquired a somewhat un-
fortunate character for its intelligence ; and the in-
teresting news it communicates is almost a literal tran-
script of the account of BOLIVAR's reported victory over
CANTERAC at Pampas de las Reyes, which appeared in
the STAR of Friday last. The only addition is, that
BOLIVAR is said to have proscribed some Officers of
the refractory Pi ovinces.

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THE ARMY.

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By the latest accounts which have been received from the dl?•
ferent Recruiting Parties throughout Great Britain and Ireland, it
sprier' that 200 men have been enlisted in Great Britain, and or
wards of 500 in Ireland, for the British Regiments now serving
In India.
A detachment of Recruits sarcbed.yeaturday morniug.from the
Recruiting Depittirient 16-Westminster, for Pristol and Plymouth.
Wednesday, a detachment belonging to the 7rh (Royal Fusileers)
Regiment marched from Westminster, for Manchester.
A detachment of the 79th Regimehrtai matched from Kilkenny
to Carlow. _ _

Upwards of 200 young men have been enlisted by the recruiting
parties in Li nerick, within the present month, and approved a by
Lieutenant Baowmucw, the superintending Meer. '

Public curiosity was excited yesterday, by the pre•
parations for erecting a Temple for the exhibition 01
the long talked of painting, The Battle of Waterloo.
The ground marked out is in advance of the statue
of Achilles, viewing it from the Piccadilly-gate, and to
the west of the figure ;—it adjoins the footpath by the
side of Rotten- t ow._

Another object of attraction is the turning of the
road near Grosvenor•gate. The Gloucester Riding-
house is rapidly disappearing ; and this long wele,s
pile will make way for a plantation of young tree:. ex-
tending to the canal or basun. By this change GI 04-
venor House will have a distinct view of every object in
the verdant landscape which is already approaching.
The Esplanade •on the south side of the Serpentine
River, is nearly completed. This has long heen an oh-
ject contemplated by the Noble Ranger. The gravel
terrace, from its width, will no doubt become a fishion-
able promenade for the beaux and belles in the
sum-
mer months.

We have received accounts from Ceylon to the mid-
dle of June, by which we learn, that in consequtaree of
the irregularity of the seasons, and the deficiency of
rain during the last and the. early part of the present
year, the insalubrity of the climate in many districts
of the island had been. severely felt, especially in do se
of Chilaw, the northern part of the district of Colombo,
the Four and the Seven Korles. The deaths from lever
had beep in considerable numbers, as well among the
native population as the European troops, and several
Officers had fallen victims. It was genet ally believed,
however, at the date of these advices, that the severity
of the sickness was past.
A meeting, consisting chiefly of Artisans, was held
at the Croton and Anchor Tavern last night, when Mr.
Mum, in the absence of Mr. Owen in America, af-
forded some illustrations of the supposed advantages to
be derived from the. system of the latter Gentleman.
DUBLIN, JAN. 25.—Yesterday evening., about seven
o'clock, after the arrival of the Belfast Day Coach (the
Fair Trader) at the office in Sackville-street, and having
discharged the passengers, the horses set off at full
speed through Abbey:street, and Mary's Abbey, dashed
against the window of Mr. Means •TIIAM'S china-ware-
house opposite Maiy's 'Abbey, proceeded through Pill-
lane, Hammond lane, and Barrack-street, where they
broke'a jaunting- car, and Were not stopped till they
arrived near the Park-gate; no other accident occurred.
• The shi.rp frost on yuesday night and Wednesday
morning, *diked, jii the suburbs of London', ice of
the enormous thickness of about one third of an inch ;
but such Was its rarity and value, that cans were seers
hurrying in every direction to skim the ice from the
surface of the ponds. There was hot a ditch or a horse:-
pond, from Kensington to Hammersmith, Brentford,
Acton, &c. but wasvisited with earnestness.
. . A fire broke out early yesterday morning, at the
workshops of MP. FRODSH AM, japarrner, Briart-streer,
Somers' Town, which consumed the same in less draft
half an hour, leaving the bare walls standing. It was
occasioned by some combustibles boiling over; but
there was :plenty of water-as well as assistance. Tile
premises were insured. .
Last night, on its return to town, the Norwich and.
Ipswich Telegraph coach, upset near Holy weii-larre,
Norton Falgate, in consequence of one of its Vi heels
coming off; several Of the passengers were mach hurt,
one man and woman particularly so—the latter of
whom had her skull fractured : they were taken to Mr.
Brown's, a surgeon, and thence conveyed to St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital.--the woman with little hopes of recovery.
M. CousiN, the young French philosopher, who was
arrested and imprisoned in Prussia, on a charge of being
engaged in revolutionary plots, is about to be liberated.
He refuses, however, to accept of his discharge, unless
on condition of .having a trial, in which his innocence
may be cleared and his enemies confounded.
Trie.Doscoveay Sutes.--We have received papers
from St. John's, New Bruniwick, to the.l7th ult. and
extract the following paragraph from the City Gazette
of the 16th: " The discovery ships were among the ice
near Cape Chedley, Hudson's Straits, on the Sd August;
they were about 1,200 milei from Repulse Bay, where
they intended -to winter." Captain LYON of his Ma-
jesty's ship Gareza, on his arrival at Portsmouth, stated
that he heard they were seen about the middle of August.
near Cape Chedley. This account, therefore, apj ears
later than any yet received, where they have been actu-
ally seen.
Yesterday morning, about half-past twelve o'clock,
an alarming fire broke out en the premises of Mr. Ed-
wards,. linen-draper, near Deptford Bridge.. It speedily
communicated to the Floor Cloth Manufactory adjam-
ing, and the premises of Mt. Black, ma't-ter, were in
imminent danger. Mr..Edwards's house, the fur nitur?,
aad other property therein, were totally consumed, and
considerable damage. was done to the Floor Cloth MA.
nufac tor y..
A singular instance* of somnolency occurred a stoat
time since, in the parish of Howgill, near Sedburgl..
A young man, of the name of Hogan, whose mind
must• have been deeply imbued with the thirst 6.1'
learning, started from his bed, left his home early in
the morning, undresred, and pursued a most intric.oe
path to the school,. which lay about a Mile and a halt
distant from his.residence. He had to cross the rivtr
Lune, along the bridge, and to pass a very tat row
iip 1
time;
bridge
ile;barely agraetleysswom—erceietiort
beto oapdemnietd,onaendpebresonbaadt
s ev eri . a
to get over about twenty stiles in crossing the field,.
-His friends were naturally greatly alarmed, upon find-
ing his bed empty and.his clothes in the room. Hs was
found sitting, upon a sone, near the church porch,
where the school was kept, with his feet dreaJfully
torn and lacerate.; ; but, although much affecte I with
.
his miserable and cheerless situatiuci, he was cah.Twise.
luninkrred. - *-
Last 'year there 'arrived at Darazic 524 ships, of which
i 296 were Englishvand 169 Netherlanders ; sailed Slo,
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tit which 412 were English, and 206 Netherlanders.

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