Star.
London, England, 1825-11-23 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVAL -CLUB OF SCOTLAND.

Tdeaday ieinntgb kohe Royal 'Naval Club of Scotland
gaie !greod-Usstertainment• to the Right H ,nourable
Gtwd Viscount Bat ry's Hotel, Edinburgh,
brat which attended great' • numisee of Officers of
6e Navy, froniUll pats 'of Seotiald'; Admiral Sir P.
G. Dwtu.tsr in the Chair; the Honourable Admiral
FLEMING, croupier. Lord ftlelville "sat at Admiral
Durham's tight. and on his left the' lion. Mr. Dun Jas,
one of the Commission-ers of the Navy. Among the
crimpaity were—the E irl of Leven, Sir David Mike,
Admirals Fra•er, Mowhray, Smith; Capt. Sir Thomas
:LivinpFlone,•Bart. the H Captain Duncan, Captain
Basil Hall, Captain Johnston hope, Capt. :gr Thomas
Trowbridge, Bt. and berg ten 40 and SO other Officers.
After th cloth was removed, the CHAIRUAN propoied—
" The liing." •
«T e Duke of York and the Army."
" Ttie Mike of Clarence, Admiral of the Fleet."
Sit P. C..Du it A M then rose, and proposed the hvalth'
of the distinguished Nobleman who had honoured them
with. his company. That Nobleman had now Resided
many years at the head of the Admiralty, and had
given genet al satisfaction to the country and the Officers
of the Navy. The Noble Lord's enlightened father's
exertions for the prosperity of the Navy, most be so fresh
in .the mind of every Naval Officer. .that it was unne-
cessary tp repeat them. Ile was happy, to iay,. that his
son appeared to be foil wing in the focitsteiss of his much
tespected father. He was happy,. also, to have it in his
power to state to the Meeting, the superior discipline in
which theships. in • commission were. That discipline
was now carried on with the greatest moderation and
temper ; Nand the. good conduct of the Officers Paving
rendered the service so agreeable to British seamen, that
they flocked on board ;. and he was happy to sty, that
, them were now a better description of men than what
formerly used to enter into his Majesty's service in peace.
As to the civil departMent of the Navy, the Admiralty
had not lost any opportunity of exploring the unknown
world, as far as navigation and enterprise could carry a
ship ; and he believed it was well known to most Naval
Officers, that those intricate passages which our galla,q
commanders:were obliged to seek, at great risk and
d inger in put suit of the enemy, have new been sur-
veyed, and charts made of them. As to the ships in
ordinary, they never were in a higher state of preser-
vation ; and he was convinced, should a war be fo ced
upon tne c am!, y, :that the enemy would find that,
during the peace, the British Navy had not declined
either in discipline or gallantry tinder the adrnini,tra•
Lion of theiNoble Lord. He therefore begged.to pro-
po,e the health of Lord Viscount Melville, First Lord
of the Admiralty. Drat.k with enthusiastic apolause.
Lord MELVILLE rose, and expressed his thanks for
the kind manner in which his health had been received
bj the Naval Club of Scotland ; and he felt highly flat-
tered at the hanc'some term; in wi.ith their Ultairnian

had mentioned his serviLes. Ile was happy to have it
in-hi: power to bear evidence of the esculent state in
which. all his Majesty's ships, both in and out of corn-
missioa, Were at tlis moment ; and, should this country
ever • have the misforture again to be plunged into
war, a Navy of great strength and effriency could be
brought forward upon the sh ;rtest warning. This he
did not attribute to his own exertions, but to those of
the Officers at the Public Boards, who afforded him
every assistance. His Lordship alluded to the great'
improvement t f ship-building under Sir ltcbt. S.ppings,
and concludzd by proposing the health of their gallant
Chairman, Admiral Durham, of whom he would say,
that there was no Officer in the Navy who had served
more faithfully during a long series of years, or who
,had better earned the honours his Majesty had con-
ferred u; on him.
The memory of the late Lord Melville was given from the Chair,
and drank in silence. A number of other to.tcts were given, and
the Meeting did not break up till a very late hour.

RISE IN Bern.—The London consumers •rf malt
liquor may take A hint from the following article in the,
Chelmsford Paper :—Out of 33 public-houses in this
town, an advance of one halfpenny lass not taken place
in .any one: neither is it likely that such will be the caie.
—at least for. the present. 11 iw many of. these 33
houses are free and not under the controul of the brewer,
we cannot exactly say ; twelve only have that character,
and evert some of these are doubtful, as they sell
brewers' beer or power... Enough, however, remain to
ensure to the poor man his chief support at a fair mar-
ket price, and if he is but true to himself, the beer
drinker has more power in resisting an unf air increase
than the brewer has in enforcing it."
Wednesday evening, a Lady, genteelly dressed,
driving'on a handsome jaunting car, called at the. house
of a Captain WaLshie, in Richmond-street, Dublin, and
her demand, whether the Captain was at home, having
been answered in the iseotrve, she deliiered to the
servant a bandbox. accompanied by a letteE addressed
to the Captain, %relic a she directed to be handed to him
immediately on.lf.s. return. I I r bidding was perform' d,
and the gallant. Captain on his examining the paper
depository, was agreeably (?) surprised, to find has
search rewarded by a smiling thee lab.
We mentioned in a former P.per that the Jounge
Nicholai, foundered off ficachy Head, and that the
Captain, his crew, aid a niece, were landed at Dover;
several fishing-boats we..t from that pl ace in search of
the wreck, and in company with two French fishing.
boats fell in with it, and were towing it for that port,
when a formidable fleet of French tishi.ag.boats from
Boulogne came up, took foicibll possession of the
wreck, and carried it off.in triumph. We understa if.
a representation ut the circumstance rtill he made to dr
proper authorities, not only by the English, but by the
crews of the two Frtrich fishing-boars in. their coal.
paity.—Kenli4k

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A pprehensiatis haie beep enteuaDed for:some pastme
that the men employed in the ,
neighbourhood shortly ititencl.to:4 411 y. tuCh
di,po~iti~n really exists, 4s there is some, meson to
believe, we trust they ri l cnnsilk the,matter. izkairelt
before they throw th ir. Amities jptfi24trCli tfistreis as
must be the inevitable (ono cOpute., cothiciirible
number of the Jarrow pitrnen.nay already. left.their
employment, and some of..theth. ;hat'e been sent to
Do, ham gaol.: Tne cause of the dispute betw* o.theM
and their Masters, is the. alleged iocreseor woklrg, oc-
casioned by enlarging certain Coal measures in the pit,
without any incro tie of .Pay,. We are not.prepared to
say whether this charge is true or falsi.. pu this ground
many h ave let their work, and it
:is. feared that p;tbete
'may follow their eiample.--•- Tyne Mercury,
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A,tempts are now making to, fora; aptsoo4lioni.
amongst the pitmen employed in 'the,. collier,tes,kU, the
Tyne and Wear ; a e avowed object of the indlitflual,.
wbo are exerting themselves for the parp,0v..,,',W20 in;
duce the men to subscribe to a fUnd . to be Applied
merely in charitable purpeSes among
brother colliers as shall stand in need of rejlit„-
The journeymen Iriok-ptinters in Clasper ltayt re-
solved that in fu•ure nn master shall be entitled:l-tern-
ploy more than a stated numiser of apprentices ,ateone
time; and that no apprentice bound; thre titer to ,serve
in an office where there were more OA Abe, liatited
number, should have the common privileges ot a jour-
neyman when the period of his apprenticeship closed.
Some of the masters have agree) to the.regulician;
The stone masons employed at the National,' lichool,
at St..ckport,liit week turned out for en adran'Ce of
wages. - Their places were immediately filled up by
nth er men, who were glad to obtain employment at this
season of the year, at the.seages offered them,while some
ot the turn outs are now workin for another master at
about half the wages they received at the National School.
No accommo.4ation has yet been effected between the
Fustian Manufacturers arid their workmen, nor is;there
any immediate prospect of a termination of the differ-
ences existing between them. A meeting of tbanofic
turers and merchants was held on Wednesday last, at
the 13t idgewater Arms, Manchester, ashen a resolution
WAS passed f )r explaining some points in the list which
appeared to have been misunderstood. The prices fur
cutting velveteens were denial el to be—for pieces not
exceeiing six ounces to the yard 1 I. per yard; above
six ounces and not exceeding seven, 2J. per yard; above
seven and not exceeding eight, 21.1.: above &gin, and
not exceeding nine, 2i I. tor eight-shaft cords, not
exceeding six ounces, irlis of a pt wry ; above six- and
not, exceeding seven ounces, Id. above eight ounces lid.
In the. meantime, the cutters still refuse to accept the
list r rice, ; so that the business of fustian-cutting is at
present almost completely at a stand.

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