Star.
London, England, 1824-07-20 00:00:00

Total, 132.2 X 5,325,398 £2,107,345

In 1818, it was—
Spanish Amer lea
•
Furetn West Indi,

• X 850,945 X 400,568
5,191,621 1,080,545
1,509,752 850,041

Total, 1818 £5,552,316 X 11,531,152
'The trade to Jamaica btool—

In 1818
In is•i2

Cotions. Total.
361,991,139 5f3,461,250
1,0'23,316 2,697,359

. .
From these refei.e;-,ceF, it is evident the increase of the
trade to South 1 !Lei ica is a delusion, or that where it
ame•irs to !':tve incleased, it is only where it takes a
direct chant-lc:.

In contemplating the prodigious extent of this fo-
reign trade of Great Britain, and considering the very
great trade winch is carried on between one part of our;
dominions and another, as between Ireland and Great
Britain, for example, and the immense internal con-
sumption of the produce of her labours, agricultural,
manufacturing, and commercial, the mind is lost in
astonishment at the amazing industry, resources, strength,
and power of the British nation. The internal consump-
tion of cotton manufactures alone annually exceeds forty
millions ;.the value of the produce of the grain-fields in
Great Britain and Ireland, in a good year, is probably
130 millions, and about 100 millions more for the pro-
duce of all other labours, and produce connected with
agriculture, fisheries, mines, &c. exclusive of various
extensive branches of manufacture.

The past history of mankind does not record an Em-
pire so extensive and so powerful, so wealthy—so great.
On her vast territories, during every season of the year,
the sun never sets. As his evening rays forsake the
groves of Honduras, his morning beams strike the spires
of Calcutta, and three hours before they sink from the
population of Montreal and Jamaica, they gladden the
British subjects on the eastern shores of New Holland.
The British flag is always seen flying—is never seen
struck. The population that acknowledge her-authority,
and live secure beneath her sceptre in Europe, America,
Asia, and Africa, amount to about 125 millions, eqnal
to the number in the Roman Empire, in the plenitude
of its strength and its power. That Empire was unques-1
tionably in population, extent, power, and intelligence, 1
the greatest ever the world saw before the reign ofl
George the Fourth, and before his authority was ac-
knowledged in every quarter of the globe. Great as was
the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Ma-
cedonian, they yielded to the Majesty of Rome, and in
the plenitude of their power and greatness, the Empires
of the Saracens, Ghenghis Khan, Tamerlane and the Ot-
tomans, never included so many people under the sway
of each, as the number who acknowledged the authority
of Itome. But in power And wealth, and knowledge
and greatness, the Casars sink berme the Sovereigns of

IBritain. The navy of the latter at the close of the Last
war was so formidable (it could be made equally strong
whenever necessary) that if all the navies that ever ex-
isted previous to the appearance of the Spanish Armada
had been collected together in hostile array, the British
would have sssept them front the ocean as quickly as
the hurricane sweeps the fields of the Torrid Zone. The
trade between Great Britain and her West India Colo-
nies alone, probably exceeds the trade of the whole Ito-
man Empire.
Planted in the bosom of Europe, amidst the waves
which wash her western coasts, and safe from her im-
mediate grasp, Great Britain interposes with a power-
ful and commanding arm in every movement which
takes place in continental Europe. Her will and her
pleasure must in everything be consulted by the
proudest Thrones. With the one hand she presses,
firmly the Continent of North America—with the other,
she controuls Hindostan and the Eastern Archipelago
while she places her feet firmly on the Southern ex-
tremity of Africa. Her voice and her influence are'
heard and are felt in every corner of the globe, and
amongst every nation on earth. Her flag waves re-
spected in every sea, in every climate, and in every
port. Studding the Charibbean Archipelago with her
Colonies, she separates North and Situth America, and'
compels both to look up to her with respect. Planted
on Gibraltar and Malta, she overawes and commands
the Mediterranean, the Barbary States, and Egypt ;
and in the lonian Islands, are the advanced posts,
which enable her ti command the Adriatic, and to
watch the movements of any European Power which
may seek aggrandisement in Entoi can Turkey. From,
the Mauritius, she overlm.ks the Indian Oceal, an.l can
reach the Straits of Babelmandel, to Shut up the Itt:d
Sea. In Ormus, she commands the Pei i.ian ; iu
Sincapore, the Straits of lalacca, and the trade of
China and the Eastern Ai chipelago; ;:nd taxed in New
Holland, she brings all the Islan,rs in the Pacific Ocean
within the grasp of her arm.
Exclusive of the shipping ssllich belor,,s to her do-
minions in Ilindostan, her merchant ye-4s are 24•,542
in number, tonnage 505,760, and is tvi!,,ired by
165,171 men. The military fo•ce r f her En ire, in
this time of peace, is 2-'20.000 ; her flaw) about
400 sail, with 23,000 se..men ; and me 11,:ye seen that
the PEACE ntnrenne of the Empire is liff•irir ninety mil-
lions, the expenditure seventy- even in:II:oils, her ex-
ports fifty-two millions, and irnpoits forte-tUur mi:-
lions. Can any other nation or l eople shear us :illy
thing like this?

Mrs. W ;gilt, one of Cal We's shopwoaren, convieteo
for selling blasphemous publications, and sentenced to
18 months' impi isonment, and a fine of 1001. has been
liberated, and the fine remitted, before the term of her
sentence had expired.
At the Bristol Sessions, Monday week, the Grand
Jury returned a true bill of indictment against IV. Ferries
and J. Bayley, for conspiring to defraud his Majesty's
subjects by getting up a prize fight bet weea Bayley and
Stephen Strong, alias Cabbage, and then pat ing the
latter a sum of money to induce him voluntarily to be
beaten in the fight, fsr the purpose of enabling them to
make sure but fraudulent bets with the fr lends of Strong.
MURDER IN OXFORDSIIIIM—SoMe account of the
murder of James :11iller, the gamekeeper of Wichwood
Forest, Oxfordsl:ire, under Lord Chin chill, the ranger,
appeared in most of the papers three or four weeks ago.
The unfortunate man, it will be i ernernheied, was found
dead in the forest on the morning of the 1.1:11 of June,
and there was no doubt that he had tiled to death from
a wound in the thigh, through which a ball appeared
to have passed—a wound w hid', of course, deptileal
him of the power of moving to any di;tar!ce fir aid.—
Lord Churchill and Mr. Ilyde, a local Magistrate, apon
being informed of the murder, commenced an active
inquiry, the result of which was, the apprehension of
two men, of the names of James Pater way and Wil-
liam James, but no conclusive evidence was at that
time obtainel against them, and they were discharged.
Lord Churchill then wrote to Sir Richard Birnie, the
Chief Magistrate at Bow-street, requesting that an ex-
perienced officer might be immediately sent down to
assist in investigating the matter. Salmon was dis-
patched to the Forest, and having visited the spot where
the murder was committed, and made inquiries in the
neighbourhood, he recommended that Pitterway and
James should be again taken up. This was done, and
Salmon procured a warrant to search their houses,
where were found snares, and every kind of apparatus
of the most ingenious construction for the taking of
game. There was also found a bullet-mould. Upon
the spot where the body of Miller was discovered a
bullet was found, which there can be no doubt was the
one which passed through his thigh ; and this bullet
exactly fitted the mould found upon the premises of the
prisoners. Several examinations have taken place, and
Salmon contrived to get together a mass of evidence
tending to implicate the prisoners in the crime with
which they stand charged. The final result has been,
that the prisoners are fully committed for trial for the
murder at the next Oxford Assizes, and no less than
16 w itnesses are bound over to give evidence. Lord
Churchill and Mr. Hyde, as well as Salmon, were inde-
fatigable in their exertions. •
At the Oxford Sessions, last week, Miss NEWBERRY,
a young lady of property residing at Benson, brought
an action against a Mr.GRANT, far wooing her against
her consent, and with having tormented and terrified
her with his importunate addresses, and most obtrusive
and alarming conduct, for the last five years, which had
deprived her of health, peace of miird, and comfort.
It appeared that John's love was very constant, though
hottest in the month of May—at which times, locks,
bars, garden walls, were quite ineffectual ; but all was
of no avail—the Lady was firm, and John was ordered
to keep the peace, if he could not conceal his love, in
his own recognizance for 2001. and two others of 1301.
each. But who could guarantee that John's flame,
like a gas light, could be extinguished at once ?
Why, no one ; and the consequence was, that John
Grant was sent to jail.
FIRE AT LEEDS. The manufactory of Messrs.
BRANCKYR, BROWN, and Co. situated in Mill Garth,
was destroyed by fire yesterday (Friday) morning. The
flames, it appears, burst forth about one o'clock, and
the alarm was immediately given by the neighbouring
watchman, but the engines did not arrive till after two
o'clock, when the roof had fallen in, and all hopes of
preserving the stock and premises bad vanished ; as
soon as they got into operation, they played with great
vigour and effect, and the new public engine belonging
to the town, which was used for the first time, proved
itself to bea very efficient machine. Both the ware-
house and counting-house were preserved, almost unin-
jured; and we are happy to learn, that the stock in the
mill and the premises were insured. The cause of the
accident is not clearly ascertained.