Star.
London, England, 1830-06-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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A private letter from Berlin says, that a Spaniard lase,
sent as arisohnisero
native in
language. 1815.
arrived in the above city from Siberia, where he had been
pletely forgotp
hundreds of his fellow-prisoners, living in caves, and hor-
ribly mutilated by the peasants of Tartary.
The Jamaica Courant, of 30th April, says—" W.
have received information, from a source on which ei
ought to place every reliance, that the lady of a gentle
man, holding a high and respectable office in the Island,
with certain ladies in the parish of St. Elizabeth, ha% t.
formed a committee, in aid of the Clapham Anti-Slaver%
Society." We hope, for the honour of the parties bulk-
cated, that the above report is unfounded.
The Jamaica Packet, which was to have sailed on th..
4th of May, has been put off to the 11th May.
The Ganymede, from Columbia and the Sandwich
Islands, had arrived at Hobart Town. Her consort, a
fine vessel of her own class, had been captured by th,
natives of Columbia River, and every human being
board murdered. Petitions were getting up, at Sydney,
to the House of Commons, praying for trial by jury and
a representative assembly. The 26th January was the
42d anniversary of the Colonization of New South
Wales, and was celebrated with great festivity. From
all accounts of the harvest in New South Wales, thr:
wheat crops had not been equalled.
Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland and suite
arrived at the Vice-regal Lodge, Phoenix Park, on Sun-
day night from England. Her Grace was accompanied
by her noble father, the Earl of Powis, who is to prolong
his visit to the Chief Governor.
We understand that Taglioui receives the enormous
sum of 2,0001. for 18 nights' performances in Loudon
Ponchard, too, who has been singing lately at the French
theatre, is paid 201. per night.—Brighton Gazette.
THE MAJORS 11. TIIE is rumoured tha'
the proprietors of the Patent Theatres have it in con-
templation to try the right of the Minor Theatres to act
the regular drama, and it is further stated that the
first crusade is to be directed against the Tottenham-street
Company ; after which the Surrey, Coburg, and other
houses of that description, are to be successively attacked.
Mr. Adolphus, it is said, has been retained on behalf of
the assailants, who make no doubt of succeeding in their
undertaking, as the licenses under which the Minor
Theatres are kept open only extend to spectacles, music,
and dancing, although for some years past tho regular
drama has been acted in them, without, it would seem,
any lawful authority.
REPEAL OF THE UNION.—The freeholders and inha-
bitants of Clonlea, Killuran, Killaloe, Kildysart, and Kil-
fedalis, have petitioned for a repeal of the Union.
IRISH FREEHOLDERS.—An exact return of the num-
ber of freeholders in Ireland is to be printed by order of
the House of Commons.
Petitions against the new duties have been presented
from the county Tipperary, the county Kilkenny, the
city of Kilkenny, the inhabitants of Keady, Ballymena,
Limerick Chamber of Commerce, Mohill, St. Mary's
parish, Limerick, and Clovne Priest.
STATE OF TRADE.—Time public complaints have un-
dergone a considerable diminution in the woollen and
worsted stuff branches within the last few months, and
want of trade is no longer complained of, though small
profits and low wages are still felt, and produce their na-
tural consequences. Trade is also materially embarrassed
in some departments, owing to the precarious state of the
King's health.—Leeds Mercury.
The Treasurer of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
has received the sum of £304 sterling, in aid of the funds
of that institution, from Charles Shaw, Esq. being the
sum he received back from David Paterson, for having
cheated him at cards.
GILMERTON MURDER.TIIOM6OII and Dobie, the
two men suspected of the murder of Margaret Paterson,
near Gilmerton, were indicted on Saturday to take their
trial before the High Court of Justiciary on Monday,
the 28th current, for the crimes of murder, rape, and
robbery.
SURVEY OF TILE NORTH or SCOT I. AN D.—The
Investigator surveying vessel is about to proceed to
Shetland, to continue the surveys that have been for
some time making of the coast and rocks of the north
end of Scotland, and of ascertaining the true nature of
the tide and currents in the Pentland Firth.
NOVEL MODE OF COMMUNICATION.—The folloa •
ing note was found at the bottom of a chest of tea, im-
ported by a Merchant to Baltimore :—" If this box of
tea should find its way to America, and should be opened
by an American, I wish he would inform my brother,
John Wilson of New York, that I am prisoner in Pekin.
1829. " W. WILSON."
An extraordinary instance of despatch in the landing
of goods occurred in the St. Katharine Docks yesterday,
the cargo of the Benjamin Ruggles, from New fork,
consisting of 4,568 barrels of flour, having been lanced
in about seven hours and a half.
Tura WEATHER.—Although Midsummer is now
within a few days of us, so variable have been the seasons
of late years, that we can scarcely know them but by
name; for at the present moment, the weather is of such
a description that it can hardly be compared, from its
temperature, but to the closing of winter, or the com-
mencement of the vernal quarter, the sun withdrawing
from us the greater part of the day his cheering influence,
and exposing us to the keen chill of the northern Eas:,
accompanied by frequent showers of bail and rain. \V
trust that the new moon of Saturday next will dissipate
the present ungenial weather, and gladden nature by the
welcome of summer, which is so much wanted to reaan
the prospect of otherwise apparent abundance, for the com-
fort and happiness of man.—Plymouth Journal.
Friday evening an explosion of gas took place at :Hiss
Nixon's millinery establishment in Union-street, in a
room in which a number of females were at work, none
of whom, fortunately, sustaiued any serious injury. The
gas pipe was conducted through the centre of a table, the
moving of which broke the pipe and extinguished the light.
One of the young females took a candle to examine the
cause, when on placing it underneath the cloth that
covered the table, the gas which had escaped immediately
exploded. The females ran screaming down stairs into
the street, and a gentleman passing at the time being in-
in-
formed of the cause of alarm, entered the house and ex-
tinguished the gas, which was blazing from the orifice in
the pipe, and thus prevented any further mischief.—
Bath Chronicle.
PROTRACTION OF VEGETABLE LIFE.—The
ing extraordinary instance of the lengthened period of
time during which the vital principle of vegetables may
be preserved, was mentioned by
Mr. Houlton, in the
course of his introductory lecture as professor of botany,
at the last meeting of the Medico-Botanical Society. A
.
bulbous root, which was found in the hand of an Egyptian
mummy, in which situation it had probably been for more
than 2,000 years germinated on exposure to the atmos-
phere, in a
PI pat
state of perfect dryness. The root was sutZent y p
here though, when discovered. it was a
into the ground, where it grew with readiness and vigour.
—The Lancet.