Star.
London, England, 1824-12-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Tuesday se'nnight, Lord Commitment, accompanied by Major-
General EGERTON e.t:d their Staff,minutely inspected the Ist British
Rifle Brigade, in the barrack square of Belfast, when the Batta-
lion having gone through several evolutions, agreeably to the new
system of discipline, with the utmost precision, his Lordship ex-
pressed his high approbation of the uniform appearance and disci-
pline of that very efficient corps. The particular cleanness of the
Battalion met his Lordships marked attention.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Rambler, TioLunar, from New South Wales, is arrived in
the Downs—left St. Helena 29th October.
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The Commercial Packet, from Kirkwall to Newry, was lost on
the I4e of Skye on the sth Inst.
The Christina Elizabeth, from Dublin to Stockholm, was lost
near Cape Wrath on the 11th

The AZILOW cutter, Lieutenant Powintr, while cruizing off Cape
la Hogue, on the 14th instant, picked up a cask of brandy, which
contained the enormous quantity of three hundred and twenty gal-
lons of spirits. The cask was so immensely large that it could not
be got down the hatchway of the A aftow.
Cannon TO Maarnarts.—The Trinity House have just issued a
notice that a brig bas been sunk in the Fairway, about a quarter
of a mile to the eastward of the checquered buoy off tire Shingles,
in the Needles channel, her topmast only being visible at low water.
Arronrrwants.--Lieutenant Thomas Gregory, to the Ruse;
Lieutenant F. Gilby, of the Jasper, removed to the Gannet, at
Plymouth, and Lieutenant W. L. Stephens, appointed to the Jas-
per; Mr. J. M'Arthur, Purser, removed from the Coast Blockade,
and appointed to the Windsor Castle, guard ship, at Plymouth;
Dr. Thomas Reynolds, Assistant Surgeon of the Ganges, appointed
to the service of the Coast Blockade; Mr. Retallick, Master, is
appointed to the Atholl.

Mr. Thomas Mitchell, son of Captain Mitchell, of the Royal
Marines, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and ap-
pointed to the Carnation, in the West Indies.
Fatatourn, Du. 19. Wind S.W. blowing fresh, with thick
dirty weather.— Arrived the John and Thomas, Coor. from Cette
in thirty-eight days. Sailed the Lady Mary Pelham packet, for
the Leeward Islands.

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POILTSHOUTH, Dee. 18.—Thursday, the TIMIS, Sir JOHN Pott.-
wawa, C.B. CIDASIPION, Captain SYHDDILIi; ORESTES, Captain
Livenenu.o; PYLADIS, Captain Feats; and the JASPER, Captain
Faxamaxeta, sailed on an experimental eruize. The Nimes, 28,
Captain P. Watua, bound to the Cape of Good Hope station,
dropped down to Cowes to-day. The A naow, only, remains at
Spithead. The Beavea arrived at Barbadoes, from Portsmouth,
the lid of October. The &temp was expected to leave Halifax
for Bermuda, on the 18th of November. The EDF.N arrived at
'Trinidad on the 15th of October. The BLONDS and DASTMOIIIII
arrived at Madeira en the 11th of October; the former sailed on
the 24th for the Sandwich Islands, the latter for the West Indies.
The Gaassnorres arrived at Halifax on the 2d, and the Dorman
on the 7th. The Barrow sailed from Monte Video on the 29th of
September, for round Cape Horn. The Casaaama arrived at Genoa,
from Naples and England, on the 3d December. The &meatus,
Cvaaxe, and ALACRITY, sailed from Smyrna on the :.Ist October.
His Majesty's brig PARTILIDOE, 10, Lieutenant Eon. Yomoz (ten-
der to the liemeeta), was lost en the 27th alt. on a shoal near
Vile Island, in the North Sea, having been driven by the storm
from her anchorage in Leith Reads. The Officers and men were
all saved, and treated with great kindness by the Dutch. It was
expected, if the weather moderated, her stores would be preserved.
Dee. 20.—Wind S.W. blowing a gale, and veering occasionally
to N.W.—The pilot-vessel Favourite, of Nettlestone, No. 9.0, is re-
ported to be lost at the back of the Wight, with several passengers
on board. Several vessels are working into St. Helen's, but not
able to have any communication. The following outward bound
arrived from the Downs and remain with the rest, all well, viz.—
Colombia, WILSON; Clifton, —; Alknomack, —; Hector,
NICHOLS; Betsey, —; King George, —; and Rebecca, ATAN.
HMIS. The Orwell, BRYANT, has put back.
DIAL, Dec. 20.—Wind W. blowing very hard.—The Harmony,
Cagan, for Jamaica, drove, but brought up again with her se-
cond anchor, and apparently rides well. Arrived the Cambridge,
from Bombay—sailed 11th August, and from the Cape
of Good Hope 24th October. Several vessels have arrived from
tilt Westward, some sander quarantine, but from the unsettled
state of the weather, we are nut able to get their names. Arrived
from the River and remain, the Echo, Dusior, for the Cape of
Good Hope; and the Bramley, BRIGGS, for Malta.
Lrvaaroox, Die. 19.—Wind W.—Arrived the Robert, CANNON,
from Buenos Ayres, sailed the 3d October. The Westmorland
sailed on the Ist, the Kerzia was to sail the sth, for this place, and
the Pacific, for London, on the same day. On the 24th October,
in tat. 24. S. long. 30. spoke the Elizabeth (whaler), of London,
an well; on the 25th October spoke the Euphrates, from London
for Calcutta; in lat. 23. S. long. 29. and on the 28th October, in
19. long. 27. spoke the Hiram, for Buenos Ayres. Also ar-
rived the Devonshire, TANNER, front Monte Video, sailed the Ist
of October; Bliss, SCOTT, from Pernambuco, sailed the Ist No-
vember; Neptune, Rotates, from Macaio, sailed sth November :
atristina, 11c:rearm, front Demerara, sailed 10th November;
Maria, Haw', from St. Mary's, Newfoundland, sailed 23d of
November; Lindsay, Harrow: and Atin, from Alexandria;
Dalhousie Castle, l‘PGLerte, front Pictou ; Dikes, Coatis, franc
St. John's, New Brunswick ; and the Euphan, DRYSDALE, front
Lisbon.

CUSTOM HOUSE, DECEMBER 20.
SNITS Etrraun INWARDS—Union, Skiliton, and Mary Swan,
from Petersburgb; Georgiana, from Dunkirk ; Lord Nelson, from
Messina; Queen, from Riga; Stratton, from &argue Creek;
Union, from Gijon; and Friends, from Jersey.
EKTIMID Otairsaos--Kellie Castle, for India ; Elizabeth, for
the Cape of God Hope; Tiger, fOr Ceylon ; Cordelia, for Na-
ples; Ann, for Bahia; Patna, for Ilamburgh ; and Joseph and
Ann, for Dublin.
C114%1'1314 fir Leghorn; Herald, for Ber.
bite; Traveller, for Smyrna; Daphne, for Naples; Navigator, for
Gibraltar; Jane and Mary, and Anna Henrietta, for Ilamburgh.

bAUNTESEY HULME, of Salford, Esq. now upwards
of eighty years of age, has presented the Manchester Infirmary and
Dispensary, with two most generous benefactioni, amounting to
iCIO,OOO , subject to two short annuities.
When his Majesty's ship PHAETON was lying in
Gibraltar Bay, on her way home, she was struck with
lightning, which set the ship on tire, and completely de-
stroyed her foremast. On that occasion two men be-
longing to her, named CrtAntss SHARP. and DAVID
Snow, particularly distinguished themselves b y their ac-
tivity in getting the Ere under, and as A reward for their
praiseworthy conduct, an and incitement to encourage
others under similar circumstances, the Admiralty have
promoted both of them to be warrant officers, appoint-
ing Srow, gunner of the TEnnoa, and SHARP, boat-
swain of the BaCCuus, at Deptford:
Thursday, Miss Foora'a residence was visited by a
Sheriff's officer, acting under a writ obtained by Mr.
HAYSt against her father, for advances, amounting, it
is said, to, a very large sum. His search, from which
the lady's boudoir was not exempted, proved, however,
fruitless; Mr. FoorE having, it is supposed, found
Ineamt to escape ar the back of the premises.