Star.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

THE KING.

Hia MAJZSTY'S mental condition h stated tot
that of continued delirium, without arty m'xture of
violence or any access of phrenzy. The hopes of
'ultimate recovery are very faint ; but his MAI ItSTI'S
delusions are of the happiest kind. He imagines thAt
he holds converse with a superior order of beings s ,
'land his imaginary condition is altogethir that of a
sort of heavenly situition. In point of ; cdily health,
his M.uxsry is as well as could be wished. He eats,
drinks, and sleeps, as well as the most healthy persun
of his age could be expected to do ; takes such exec.
lase as his. situation admits ; and is in every repcet
likely to live several yeats in his present state.

Yeaterday, his Royal Highness the D",!of Yam
left Town for Windsor.
Yesterday forenoon, his Royal lii;:iness the Duke
of CI3I3tRLAND had a long interview s ith the CUAN-
IcELLoit of the Excormuaa, at his house in Downing-
street.

Earl GREY is arrived in Towu from Northum,
berland.

Mr. WIITTIIItrAD •'•TTIVII.i in Town last night, from
his seat in Bedfords' ire.
Lord and Lady Casnattaann are expected to tr.
rive at their house in St. Janies's.square in the course
of to-morrow, tram their seek in the North of -Ireland.
Monday, the HI/annum frigate, Captain Malta.
hiving on board Dr. M'Giteooa, Chief of the Medi-
cal Staff of Lord Wets INO ros's army, sailed with a
convoy of victuallers, for Lisbon, from Cowes Roads.
Musnas: has fulfilled his engagements at Shrews.
bury, Chester, and Manchester. The night% of hi,
benefits in the two latter places exceeded the receirts
ever known there.
Yesterday there was meeting of the Parishioners
of St. Anne's, Soho, to take into consideration the pre.
sent state of the watching, which requires improv.•
ment in this, as well as in all the surrounding
parishes. Mr. A OAII3 having been called to the
Chair, a map of the parish was laid before the meet-
ing, distinctly pointing out the beat of each watch-
man, Which arrangement is. almost in every in.
stance, complicated and defective. Mr. TROTTER sug-
gested a plan much more siinpl', and much better
calculated for the security of the inhabitants;--bait
with respect to the inefficiency of the present watch,
there was but one opinion, which was, that it requited
immediate improvement, as it was nee scary, at a
period so pregnant with danger as the present, to
have young and active watchmen, and to augmer.t.
the number. However, as the present Act of Pattiz,
ment limits the watch rate of the parish, it will be
necessary to have it amended ; but that is a matter
for future consideration.
A Committee was appointed, on the motion of Mr.
Woon, to examine the state of the Watch, and to re-
port their opinion thereon to an ensuing Meeting of
the Inhabitants.
DgATH or Dn. JOUN LlCYDettr•We are sorry to record an
unexpected addition to the casualties with which the capture of
Batavia bas been attended. The event to which we refer, is toe
death of Dr. John Leyden. This learned Gentleman accompa-
nied Lord Minto In the expedition to Java, for the purpoie, as
we understand, of acting as an Interpreter to his Excellency, and
of aiding him In forming those arrangements by which the fa-
lure prosperity of our new colony was to be secured Dr. Ley-
den had taken so much loins while following the fortunes of
the army, and was so much exposed to the night dews, that be
was seized with a fever, and after an illness of two or three days,
expired on the 27th August at Fort Cornelis.
Thus has been WA to his friends, to an cowry, Ilan to man-
kind, in the full vigour of life, a character who was amply qua.
lifted to delight and enlghten the world. Feeling himself inspi-
red in early life se itb that ardour which Is the coinpanlon of true
genius, he maintained a steady and successful struggle against all
the disadvantages of humble birth and adverse circumstances i
emerged gradually from his native obscurity to the notice of the
first characters in Scotland, and went to labs about
the year 1802, with brighter hopes, and continued in it under
happier auspices, than had almost ever been the lot of ally of his
young countrymen. Extensively acquainted with the ancient
and modern languages and literature of the European natioos, bis
ardent and indefatigable mind was prepared to enter es int suc-
cess on the study of the various languages which are spoken
through the wide extent of oar Indian dominions : and such was
the rapidity of his progress, that Lord Mince, on a palit.c faecal
woe, observed, that his attainments resembled more the gift of
tenses, than the slow and ordinary acquisioons of human appli-
cation. The early re,ish which he also felt fur the researches
which the Brantanical religion opens to the mind, well prepared
him for the arduous task of outlying in their original st-teithow
books held saCred among the Hentleos, which carried tile mind
back to remote antiquity, which have tended •is fw rm the cha.
rafter of a large pot tion of the inhabitants of the globe, and whack
are leahnoiely counectrd with every thing the most internung ie
the history„of man. in those important qualifications, there is
perhaps no individual nouralive, who was so well calculated to
supply to his country the loss occasioned by the untiniely death
'f the late illustrious Sir Win. Jones. Like that great and good
man Dr. Leyden was desirous of rendering the acsinisitions of
his ;hind subservient to the diffusion of the sublime truths of
Chrittnutity among thedistant tribes of India ; and was employed
a Mort tints before his death in translating
_the gospels into vs-
rises Oriental languaLes. What degree of progress he had made
in this work, we Isaiiiiot learned but we have too much reason
to fear, from the circumstances of his death, that not only his fu-
ture plans, but much of the suit of kis past labours is lost so the
world.
Is paying this hasty tribute to the memory of a man snatched
by the myst,Tious dispensation of HSAVSN, from our hopes and,
expectations, we ought not to pass weer_ In silence the qualities
which endeared him to us as a friend. Marked by great teem.
wittily of manners, and exposed to the dangerous influence which
a change of circumstances, and toe favour of the great and leap- '
ned are apt to produce on the mind, he retained that simplicity
and purity of heart, that warmth of affection, and that uebending
Independence of spirit which raised hint above the smites and
fusers* of fortune, and timid, him to higher hewers than those
oh literary fame,
To all his other attainnumts, Dr. LniCian added that of per
try, and it is no small honour to him to have associated with his
highly-valued friend, Mr. WALTZ% SCOTT, in preparing for the
press the work by. which that gentleman became first known to
the woad as a poet, viz. " The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Bor.
der." Mr. SCOTT has paid him the high compliment of selecting
•osesage from " The Ode en visiting Flo&m," composed by
Dr. LIITOIN for that work, as a motto for his celebrated poem
of " Marmion." But the work by VC 't eh Dr. LET DIN'S poetic
Lune is most likely to be established, is entitled, " Setup at
Infancy descriptive of Teviotdak,' which was written on the
eve of his departure for India. In this interesting production
of the heart, has embalmed the feelings, recollections, -ana
usewations of his early years and Ns native haunts, with
le degree of delicacy and tenderness which will find an echo hi .
reader of scrtehiiiiy. We cannot deny ourselves the mourn-
' fel e of eat:actin from this peon a few Lines which come
home to our hearts at the present moment wiJi powerful liss•
roans:: :
" But. sad, &she that dies in catty sprier,
u When lowers begin to blow, and larks to sing, •
I' When Nature's joy a moment warms his hearts!
" And makes it dumbly bard with life to part,
" I bear the whispers of the dancing gale •
" And, fearful, listen fur the eaypiog anvil, u
" Seek, in these natal shades, a short relief, ric.
" And steal a pleasure true% maturing grief!' i'st,

P

itOYAL NAVAL toLLEdr4
• PORTSMOUTH.
Agreeably to our promise in the SrAti of Sattirl
jay, we now lay before our Readers the qtialificatione
and other requisites for the admission of Studenti
ireo the Royal Naval College. They are at follow
I. Every candidate for admission is expected to
know perfectly the first four rules of arithmetic, re-
duction, and the rule of three.
2. He will be expected to write English from ak.
beim, and to construct English sentences.
$. And it is recommended, that every candidate
timid have in his memory the definitions, axioms,
and postulates in the beginning of Euclid's Elements,
by R. Simpson.
4. Every candidate for admission must transmit
to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a certificate cf his
age, which is not to be under 13, nor to exceed 16 ;
and a certificate of his good moral conduct, from the
blister or person under whom he was last instructed :
or it he has used the sea, from the captain under
whom he last served.
5. Every student, on joining the college, is re.
qured to bring with him the follolving pecelsaries:
A small Fronk or Chest.
Nine Shirts..
*We pair of wift*Bietkings.. ,
six pair of colopred worsted ditto. • •iffo.s.)
Three black idecicloths.
Two pair of black Half Gaiters.
Three pair of Drawers. .
Four pair of Shoes.
One ilmind Hat, withrdckade and Loop
* .Six Pocket Handkerchiefs.
• Two pair of Sheets, and two Pillow Slips.
St! .1 bowels.
• Four Nighttaps.
One Tablt and one Tes:spoori,
• erne set of Cloth Brushes, Combs, and Toots
Brushes.
One Looking Glais. •
'The Bible.
One Prayer Book, with new Version of Psalms.
Any deficiency in the above-mentioned articles-, is
be made good by 'the friends of the students at
lath vacation.
The friends of every student admitted into this
talege, *ill be required to lodge with the Solicitor
ti the Admiralty, security to the amount of .1820 k),
Brit such student, after finishing his education, shall
enter and continue in his Majesty's naval service until
ileshaU have c')mpleted the time required to quality
hint l'or the commission cf a Lieutenant ; unless he
Shill have used the sea two years before hic admis-
sion, in which case no security will be required.
No student will be permitted to carry with him to
.he college, on his entrance, or return from the vaca-
tion) more than one guinea in his pocket; and as One
shilling a-week is allowed out of the public fund to
every student, as pocket-money, it is particularly de-
Cred that their friends do not, on any account, in-
crease this allowance. -
General vacations will take place at Midsummer
and Chr.tmas, the former for five weeks, the latter
of four, when all the students are expected to go
home ; or their friends will be required to pay the
housekeeper one guinea per week (without any other
tharg) during that time; but it is strongly recctn-
minded that they should all leave the college at the
Vacations, as in all probability the masters will thed•
be absent : and the necessaries being directed to. be
made good by the friends of the students at each va.
cation, which if done by the housekeeper, leavei tds•
opening for a half-yearly hill, which should be by all
means avoided.
It a student should be eipelled from the college;
he shall (Sever after be admitted as. a Commissioned
Officer in ',ls Majesty's navy. • •
The Professors of this ancient and excellent Na-
tional Institution are all scientific men, of known'
abilities. Governor GIFEARD presides over. the
college. •

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• -.rip • • .
.. i . NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. ...Ail-4:- ......; et
-•"r,
L•Captale Sheybeard to the Comet ; Lieutenants Med. to the
Rope. WI-sit, imiscrue, liereton and Clark collie Gumberlenapi
Bowe]
Deaaellan to the Melpomene, Gloster to•the North Star, • 'I
mar to the Fi.rrctt, hlontagu to the Edichurgh,'Sparshott task*
Aquilon, Cousins to the Vengcur ; Captain Bedford, lately ape
pouited to the Prince of Wales, at Sheerness, is removedto the
Royal sovereign, at Plymouths in the.roorn of Captain Harvey ;
Lieutenants Walker and Edwards to the Royal Sovereign, Trost
to the Cyane, Lloyd to the Hairannah, - Naughton to the fiord
Sovereign, - Bennet to the Elizabeth, Smith (6) to the Prince of
Waits, Boardman to the Bulwark. .
Mr. J. R. Glover, late Secretary to Admiral Campbell, to be
Secretary to Commodore Cockburn. .
Mr. G. Youug, to be Sawyers Measurer In the Dock.Ysrd at i
Putt.moeth in the ruoas of Mr. Eaulett, apppinted ta supm'is ,
tend the butilitig of b.; Majesty's ships Saracen and Curle,R.t,,
Bridpert.
Monday a Court-Martial assembled on board his'
Majesty's ship SALVADOR DEL MeNDO, in Hamoate,
Plymouth, for the trial of Mr. Gordon, the guider of
the AuAzoN frigate, charged with drunkenneis, etc. I
He has been sentenced to be broke, and serve before
the east of any ship the Admiral shall be pleased to
anfir.

ArAi/L INtALL/cmic.t.

FALMOUTH, DECEMEER O.
The Motiirose packet, for Gibraltar and Matta, has
gone intd the Roads, and will sail to-morrdw.

• PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER Si.
The French General BRAUb:E, with many other
French. Officers, priSoners, arrived yesterday in the
LATONA frigate-. She has been twenty-four days on
her Peelle, and the follosiing transport-ships form
pan of her convoy, 'ifs: the Sybelle, Cicero,
Name, of London; Isabella; Htnerzi, of London;
Jrsolus; nous Wean), of Whitby; Aiia, HALL, of
London; add Alison, 'JAMS GUTHgIz. They left
Lisbon 16 in company, several days before the DIA-
DEM, consequently bring no news. Two or three other
transports have arrived ; the remainder have lost con-
voy.—Arrived the Star, of Greenock, JAMES JAmt-
sox, from Honduras, with a cargo of logwood and
mahogany, for London ; 71-days passage. On the
19th November, in lat. 33.41. lon. 74. she spoke the
SHANNON frigate, from Halifax to Bermuda ; and on
the 24th following she was boarded by an officer from
the SPARTAN frigate, in lat. 37. lon. 63. also bound
from -Halifax to Bermuda—all well.—Arrived the
Emu. SPENCER cutter, from the Cork station.—Sailed
Ate NIKHEN, 36, for Basqtre-ioads ; and the Isret,u-
sex, 14, for Liverpool.

.; • PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 1.
The VENOEUR and COURAGEAUX, of 74 guns each,
came into the harbour this morning to refit, and also
a frigate, for the same purpose. The EXCELLENT,
of 74 guns, is taken into dock for a thorough repair.

pa point.
Coutr-M3r
the PRINCE OF V
Mr. S. Bligh,
desertion ; wLer
charge was not •
S. Ligh be sevt
to be more circu
The Court ne
private marine,
for strikin
language ; whit
part proved ; bi
did Adjudge tha
on his bare bac]
IhiPa as the Cc
direct.