Star.
London, England, 1814-12-16 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER is.

Arrived his Majesty's ship ZEALOUS from Halifax,
Antelope transport from Cork, and the Hope schoo-
ner from France, with loss of anchor and cable—she
is bound to London, with wheat. Came into harbour
the OLYMPIA cutter, having been on slime, during
the gale yesterday evening, (in the Spit. It has
.blown a gale die whole of yesterday and to.day until
towards the evening, when it became more mo.lerate.
We have heard of no other daniagx than above
stated.—Wind W.

The Afton, 44, Captain FOTIIERGILL, late the Rag
chip of the late Admiral BitOwN, at Jamaica, is ar
rived at this port, with the An.. CIINv, 18, C iptain
Goortmv, from the same srati ,n. They s tiled with
a convoy of thirty merchantmen, but meeting m
very tempestuous gales on the passage, they all
parted company helot e the Anim into the Chan-
nel. There WAS no enemy CrUi4itlg in the Atlantic.
Captain I..tOrn, of the PLANTACSSLT, was the senior
officer on the station.
Dg4,..DN.4'1141.14..a4 r«w:s was
• Arrived the Hacults fwm, twerilife
.'1)46
* I°.,
Pro, JANSEN, from St. MiChstel's 1,. Corrieh 4ryl__4 A .
alas ar, from Citraccia, alter being captortd by an
American privateer, and recaptured by his gijiiitri!
ship CASTILIAN. It bas blowtt a gale
.41)1,, list night
and to-day—the ships in the Downs ride it ,oct re-
markably well : most of theta have two anchor's ahead'
and their top-gallant-masts struck.—, Wind StW•
BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 14. • *4.
Several casks, containing potter, and the
menu of a wreck, ware picked up yesterday; by
water's edge, and floating between this place an
Howe. The casks have. the name of Barclay and.
Perkins on them. A boat, laden with contraband
property, spitits, with several individuals belonging
to this place, on board, it 'opposed to have foundered
in the squalls of Monday or last night.
His Majesty's ship hhottt is appointed convoy at
Spithead lot the East Indies.

An intelligent Correspondent, alluding to the cap.l
tures of our merchantmen by American privateers,
remarks—that as the hope of gain sweetens labour,
it is obvious that the Americans have a strong incite.
ment to fit out privateers, the ocean in every direc.
tion being covered with British traders, some of
which they have a chance to capture : on the other
hand, as there are but few American merchantmen
oa the sea, private individuals have no induce.
ment to fit out privateers to ctuize ogainso them.-
-It is also certain, on the same principle, that our
naval commanders, whatever may be their zeal from
the mere love of fighting, have no stimulus, from
the bnpe of gain, to ferret out American privateers,
by the capture of which they can only gain hard
blows and a few rusty guns. Let a bounty or pre-
Veinot,proportioned to the tonnage and guns of every
piiraleer tams from the enemy, be paid to the cap-
tor); Aulitsiiican be little doubt about the
issue...--
If such an adequate reward cannot, for any reason,
be proposed by the Government, let a private sub-
scription be set on foot by the Committee at Lloyd's
for the purpose, and it will act as a power fill stimulus
to our floating warriors. In the war 1757 a similar
plan was,resorted to against the French, and proved
highly beneficial in its result.
In the STAR of the 9th instant we copied an article
from the Quebec Mercury 'of the 18th of October,
relative to emigrants from the Highlands. of Scot-
land to Red River, in the territory of the Hudson's
Bay Company. We then expressed our hope that the
picture given in that article would he found much
overcharged ; and we are happy tc, be able to sate,
that our hope has proved well feundeci. The fact
appears to be this—that the article was inserted in
the Quebec Mercury for some sinister purpose, from
a mistaken idea that by injuring the interests of the
Hudson's Bay Company, those of some rival esta-
blishment would be proportionably benefited. We
understand that every passible aid is given to the
settlers, and it is certainly in every view desirable
that emigrants from this country should be encou-
raged to prefer our own settlements to taking up
their residence in territories subject to the United
states.


tint JP mr.

ilhe General Court MiniAl which assembled on
Tuesday last, at the OfEce of the Muster-Master-
General, Whitehall, to investigate a ch : g • pr,ferred
by Major Guise, of the 3 i Re:timent of FootGirtrds,
against; Ensign W. G. S. COWELL, belOngiOß to the
said rektnent, st (or misconduct whilst in the The ilre
at Boulogne, in the monthof July last," yesteteay
afternoon finally closed their invustigatien ; the result
tlf which will not be promulgated till sanctioned by
his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT.

Detachments of the following litiliments have been
landed from this country at Ostend within these tew
days, viet—lst and Si Guards; Ist and 2d Dragoons
King's German Legion ; Ist and 2d Kissers ditto;
Ist end 9.. d Battalions ditto, light •nfentry.; lit, 2d,
3d, sth, and Bth Battalions ditto, line ; also A small
det tchment of the Ist Foreign Veteran Battalion.
A large equipment of arms is in preparation for the
service of Hanover.

By the LIFFTY'S convora great number of invalids
fr )m our arm) in Canada have arrived at the Isle of
'Vight.

A detachment of the 42d arrived at Harwich on
the 14th instant, from Aberdeen.

The expenses for the naval department in Ho
are estimated in the Budget for 1815 A, only fly
licos, whilst those for Cie war department Are taken
at re Millions of florins, thong') England maintains •
the troops in Belgium, and which .f rrn, in cc4;junc-
tion with the Blgic and Dutch army, under the com-
mand of the Hereditary Prince of °Kano&
INDIA.—The following are some additional p7rtia
cillAts en the subject of the War betel-An the rival
Princes in India, to which we killtieed v :
About the `20.11 of January, MIitINIX•D 8 RA:t,
who was then encamped at Pt. siviwur, i.rd.rs to
the Wuzeer Furred KHAN to . ‘. ill all his
troops. The SIIAHZ %DU K %%In tit had a. rtvg-tf ac
Cabul, to quell the disturbances in that ci.y. it ap-
pears that at this date the tort of Attock ',fill gar-
risoned by the troops of RUNJEIiT Sison. Furrrit
littAN had written to ItLINJILET Stsuii. regurging

him to send troops to take posstssion of Moolan, in
the occupation of which he would receive as-iszatice
from the troops of Furrur Kirmi. A proposal had
been agreed to by Muitsiouo SHAH and Rux.rtxr
Smits, that the tort of Attock was to be given by the
latter in exchange for Mooltan, and that on these
terms hostilities had ceased—the Sikh army having re-
turned to Labor.
Tne.cession of A stock by Rt'N.TEET SINGII would
have beet (notwithstanding the pruposA exchange)
an act of great imprudence. Attila. s;tuated on the
eastern bank ot the Sind, is provertiaky one tf the
paws of liindoostan ; and the crcupation of it by the
.afghans would have weakened RuNiktes line ot dew
fence on that frontier.

L“ Suatt &lowan. the Ez•King of Cabul, was on
his way from Rawzlpindee to Labor attacked by a
body of 21X) Sikh hone, at the instigation of some
petty chiefs. who are the vassals of Rotuma SINS;
some of his baggage was taken, and the followers
plundered. When this account was received at Labor,
tetters of condolence were dispatched to the Prince.
and ktters of equir.9 to the ingigators of the robb.ry.
agave& oft 1,-e
Do gte (...,4 t.tarch 4ii AII SiI..OO.TA:. lAA • . ,
1):1!Ilai Of Ilailith*t. opposite to Labor, and trifling
isiittrotginers!:ere Tail: for l','ti reception.
vl.ti itEle HAWP.UX43:T, eer Vlkeel of Donut" RAO
N.DI;

ILA, had remised' his pees:Norm and the elitnipfi•
`use:vary prose:us usual on takitlg leave.
44 At this list dare -intelligence arrived that Mut-
' noun SnAtt had' advAnceal one stage from Peshawar
towards Attock, and detacked SOns) men to cross die
-river at that place; KUICItET Siwn in conseqence
sent positive instructions to the Killedar to oppose
their pass rge. The \V uzern FUTTSH KHAN WAS Ako
approaching the Sikh territories with a Liege force.
arid had received the submission of some of the
chi.lfs who are feudatories to RuNfewr Simon, who
published his intend ,n of moving with his army far
the conquest of Cashmere.
64 The writers of the Abbot': (Newspapers) make
ru, scruple of accusing Runjeet Singh of having him.
self instigated the attack on Shah Shooja, when ap-
proaching to dwell under the shadow M his hospita-
lity ; and moreover state that he had instructed some
thieves to .pilfer the jewels in the family of Shala
Shooja, as soon as he shall be settled in Labor.
44 From the camp of Mather Rao Holkar the ac-
counts nr3 to the 7th of March. A body of Pin-
darehs had been plundering the country in the vici.
afty of lndor and Oogyon, and it is somewhat re-
markabl,3 that there are no means of knowing to.
whom this ruffian banditti belonged. On the first
intelligence of their devAnations, Ameer Khan wrote
to Scindbia, complaining that these people were in his
employ, and requesting they might be withdrawn.
In the Latest Akliblr we find that a letter was nytived
Jrons Doulut Ran St.inclhia, complaining in the same
terms, and threatening Holku's family with the dis-
pleasure of the Pesbwa.''.‘,

A GLUTTON 4 —A few days ago, John Lilley, of
Loughton, near Gainsbro', cut fin his breakfast IS
penny-louver;' aud for his dinner, die saose day, he
eat and drank, in one bouvitnd a 11.11 f. as follqw—ten
pounds of bread, half a pound of cheese, a quartern
of boiled potatoes, a qi:art.r of a pound of bt,v,,r,
two quarts of broth, tuo quarts of ale, and one quart
of small beer.
DISVILS PREFERRED TO S AMTS.—From an old Manu-
scrim—A farmer rented e :-,ratr,e, haunted by Faire:,
tor a great rent, which he ptiid every hare yeare.
One asking him how tic durst be so bold to live in
that place, and whether he saw none ? " No," saith
the farmer ; there bee t v.o saints 'in Heaven that
trouble tne more than all the divells in h. ti, narn.:7,
St. Mary and S. Michael, which bee my rent dayesf"