Star.
London, England, 1822-07-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Baron de ROTHSCHILD, of Paris, sailed from Yarmouth on
Friday, for Petersburgh, in the yacht of Sir %wax CURTIS.
FALMOUTH, Juts, 26.—Wind W.S. W.—Sailed the Countess of
Chichester packet, for the Islands ; Duke of Kent packet, for
Lisbon ; Speedy, ANDREWS, for Newfoundland ; and Reward,
ALIXANDER, for Bourdeaux.
PLYMOUTH, Jumr 27.—Wind S.—Arrived the Downe Castle,
HRIIIIEST, from Riga ; Dart, from Dartmouth ; and Gambier,
from Youghal. Sailed the York Merchant, for Charente ; and
Triton, Csamt, for ditto.
The ARIADNE frigate sails directly from Plymouth to the Cape
of Good Hope.
Livairoot, JULY 27.—The Halliday, STEWARD, from Liver-
pool to the ilavannab, was totally lost, the 18th May, on Alo-
croncis Shoal—crew saved.
. Foal-moms, JULY 27.—Yesterday morning the Hon. Sir C.
Pacer, K.C.B. hoisted the superior broad pendant of a Commo-
dore,which confers on him the same honours and advantages as are
enjoyed by a Rear-Admiral, Captain W. J. Mtnosv having been
appointed to command the ROYAL GIORGI yacht, under the
broad pendant. The usual honorary salutes took place between
the Commodore's and our Commander-in-Chief's ships. Lieu.
tenant Geoaue Rosszu. (son of Lord Jonn Russet') is ap-
pointed Signal Lieutenant to the Commodore. She will sail to-
Morrow morning for Greenwich, accompanied by the CALLIOPE
and CAMELZON tenders, to await his Maxerrv's embarkation for
Scotland, which, it is believed, will take place about the Bth of
August. The Pstarrox frigate, Captain W. A. Moumaus, C.B.
the FORTE frigate, Sir T. COCHRANE, and the ECSRIA, 28, Capt.
J. T. NICOLAS, C. B. sailed on Thursday for the Nere, where
the Royal squadron has been ordered to assemble. The Loan
CHAMBERLAIN and the SECRETARY of STATE, with their respec-
tive suites, wiU, it is said, embark in the Forts frigate, Sir I'.
Cocuaarra. The only Equerries that will attend his MAJESTY
to Scotland are General 13avtv and Sir H. Vivian. The ()wax
GtErcoowra, Captain Hon. R. C &MRCSS, has sailed from
Sheerness for the Island of Madeira, having taken on board Dr.
TIMMS, the German mathematician, with a number of astrono-
mical and mathematical instruments, who is to ascertain the
exact longitude of that island. Sir T. HARDY arrived at Rio
Janeiro, in the Canna, on the 23d of May, from Valparaiso ;
she brought 300,000 dollars. The French frigate Clorinde had
arrived round Cape Horn (at Vailiudad), with the loss of her
mainmast. His Majesty's sL:ps ANDROMACHE and Ltrrzv (the
former bound to the Cape, the latter to the East Indies) arrived
at Rio Janeiro on the 20th of May, in forty-seven days from
Spithead. The Leven, on a survey, had also arrived. Captain
CHARLES B. H. Ross is appointed Commiadoner of the Naval
Yard at Port Royal, Jamaica; Lieutenant W. DOVSTON to the
Hamra RE, vice Lieutenant It. J. Naar, appointed to the Ems-
cm Lieutenant Soapy is appointed to the PANDORA, vice
ilmearros. Mr. Caoecs, Secretary of the Admiralty, has been
lately employed in fixing on and purchasing suitable suites be-
tween tills port and Plymouth; on which to erect Semaphore
Signal Houses, for the purpose of carrying on the communica-
tion from the Admiralty to that port. Colonel the Hon. G. A.
C. STAtYSTON, Chairman of the Victualling Board, PINDBRICN

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stetleiaterl'sgpenye
Inert has been entirely rettieod, excepting the • Clerk it the
Cheques we derit, mutton noes. It Is sold that the Plymouth
Victualling Essabliehment will be removed to South Downs:
JULY 21.-..-Elaileffthe Royral Sgoadron for the Downs.
Dias, JULY 27.—IVInd S. W..--Salkd dis Morning, the
Thames, Havanna, for Bengal and China; and the whole of thel
outward-beisnd, ler their different steseinerions.—came down
from the River and remains, the Jane, Butumt, for Oporto.—
Lieutenant Moons= Is appointed to the PlUkCi BROS= yacht,
at Deptford.
Jinx 21.—Arrived this morning and sailed for the River, the
Ruth, Hzair.cv, frosu Jamaica, in 37 days; and Vary, bllGaz-
00R, from Alicant.—Xame down and remains, the Perseverance,, for Sierra Leese.—Put back, the rriet,.M•Pnalson,
for Madeira and Quebec.
Cussow-Housa, JOLT 29.—Ships Entered, inwards The Ro-
ben, from-,Trieste ; Adeline, • from New Orleans; Atalanta,
from Jamaica ; Francis, from Quebec ; Joseph and Mary, from
ditto; Wade, from Cadiz ; Wilna, from Rio Janeiro; Alfred,
hem -Teltaits; Enterprise, from Jamaica ; Louisa, from Gm-,
nada ; Recovery, front Guernsey ; Quebec P;cket, from Que-
bec ; and Denison, from Jamaica.---. Cleared Outwards a The
Lena; Pie Lubec; Hugh for Newfoundland; Job%
for •Hainburgh.; -Levant, for Belfast ; Neptune,' fur"' (mend
-George, for Rotterdam; Ardent, for Belfast; Good Intent, for
Petenburgh; Three Sisters, for ditto • Lark, for Ostend ;
Rapid, for Rotterdam; Providence's Gosdwill, for the Baltic;
Sid' Fortitude, for Demerara.
Dtsraiwernor or Paux-Moxey.—The Sevens, for various
seizures of contraband goods, on the 6th of August, on board,
mid recalled there.

LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP DRAKE.
The following details of the melancholy loss Of his Majesty's
ship Damta, are extracted from a Newfoundland Paper of the
,2d instant, received on Saturday :
" The Dues sailed from Italia: on Thursday morning, the
20th ult. for St. JOWL The weather being nncomnionly fine,
and the wind favourable, she continued to steer a direct course
for Cape Race : on Sunday morning ft came on extremely thick,
with a fresh breeze from W.S.W. at noon it. cleared up for
about a quarter of an hour, just giving us time to get a good
observation of the latitude, which agreed very well with the la-
titude by account. At the time we supposed ourselves, by our
reckoning, to-be ninety miles from Cape Race. At six in the
evening, having run about sixty miles since noon,' and finding
the fog still continued, we hauled out four points, intending to
have steered S.E. During the night, about half-past seven
o'clock, all hands being on deck, the breakers were reported to
be a-bead ; the ship was instantly hauled to the wind ; but not
bring able to clear the danger on that tack, we endeavoured to
stay the vessel, but from the heavy sea, and whilst in stay, her
stern took the breakers, and she immediately-fell, broadside on,
the sea besting completely over her : the masts were immedi-
ately cut away, with the view of lightening the vessel, as well as
affording a bridge to save the crew, but without success in either
point,•for In a few moments she bilged, at which time there did
not appear the slightest hope of trying a man. The cutter was
launched over the lee gangway, but-immediately sunk. A man
attempted with a lead-line to swim on shore, but the current
setting strong to the northward, be Was nearly drowned in the
attempt. The only hope remained in the gig (the jolly-boat
having been washed away), which was launched from the fore-
castle with the boatswain and a lead-line; a heavy surf washed
her upon a rock not communicating with the main, and dashed
her to pieces, and the line was carried away, but the Boatswain
succeeded in scrambling up the rock with a few fathoms of line.
The sea at this moment making heavy breaches over the ship,
the crew were ,on the forecastle hanging by the ropes, each
succeeding wave appearing to bring with it total destruction,
when a tremendous sea lifted her quarter over the rock on
which she first struck, and close to another, comparatively shel-
tered. The forecastle, hitherto the most sheltered part of the
ship, was now abandoned for the rock ; and an hope of the
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Ivessel being gone, it was determined, if possible, to quit her.
The people severally stepped from the poop tootle rock, in at-
tempting which a few (among whom was Lieutenant STANLEY)
were washed away, and dashed with tremendous force against
the wreck. Captain BAKER (after seeing the 'whole of the crew
on the rock) followed; but it was now found that the rock was
insulated, and the rising tide would cover it. The boatswain
observing this, swam with the piece of line in possession, and, in
Ispite of the surf, succeeded in reaching land, and coming oppo-
site the rock on which we were, threw the line across; it was
found just long enough for one to hold it on the main, and
one on the, rock at arms' length; by this trilling assistance 44
out of 50 who landed on the rock succeeded in gaining the main,
and it is probable all would, had not a man and a woman at-
tempted to cross together, which took the line out of the man's
hand on the rock, and in the attempt to get it back it was'
washed away. Capt. BAKER was repeatedly requested to cross,
but every time resolutely refused, and throughout the whole un-
fortunate occurrence, to save the lives of the crew appeared to
be his principal object, regardless of his own. Every instant the
water rose and surf increased, when the Officers and ship's crew
used every endeavour, by tying handkerchiefs together, to make
another holdfast; butt proving too short,we were soon after reluct-
antly compelled to abandon them to their fate, and at day-break
there was not the slightest trace of the unfortunate sufferers.—
At this time we found the frame of the wreck broken in halves,
with the after-part thrown on the top of the bow. On discover-
ing we were on the eastern head of St. Shutt's; we repaired to a
house we found there, after having in vain searched for the body
of Captain BAKER, and then proceeded, after a little refreshment,
to Trepassy. The only reason of so many lives being saved, cer-
tainly, was from the great order and discipline of the crew.
Every man's exertions appeared to be, not for his own life, but
for the general good. Had any confusion prevailed, there is
little doubt but few would have remained to tell the mournful
tale. The end of those left upon the rock was truly nielan.'
choly ; for it is probable they might have remained half an hour
after the line was gone, the tide rising rapidly, and their inevi-
table fate approaching nearer every instant. Captain BAKER died
peculiarly regretted by both Officers and crew : his uniform kind-
ress and attention to every individual on board during the whole
of His command made a deep impression, and it will be long be-
fore the recollection of him and his untimely fate will be effaced
from the memory of the survivors. The following is a list of the
sufferers on this melancholy occasion :—Captain BAKER, Lieute-
nant STANLEY, .Mr. NEWNHAM, Master, Mr. WILLIAM MOORE,
Midshipman (son of Jolts Moons, F.sq. of his Majesty's Customs
in this place), Master's son, Carpenter's son, nine seamen, two
marines, and two women."

The. Agents to LLOYD'S at Smyrna have transmit-
ted the following extract of a Note, addressed by the
Greek Government at Corinth, under date of the 13th
of March last, to the European Cotasuls at different
ports is the Morea :
" They new declare, according to the law of nations and of
Europe, in a state of blockade, all the coasts still in the power
of their enemies, either in Epirus, the Peloponnesus, Eubea, or
Thessaly, and extending from Epidamnum (Toulsin) to galo-
nica. The same prohibition is equally intended for the ports of
the Isles in the Egean Sea, the Sporades, and those of Candia,
still occupied by the Turk. In consequence, all' vessels, after
being duly acquainted with the present Edict, either by the Ad-
mirals, or in their name by the Commanders of the Independent
ships, which shall enter either of the enemy's ports abovemen-
tiuued, shall be taken and detained by the Greek Admirals, in
virtue of their present decision."
The Agents at Smyrna, in transmitting the above
information, under date of the 17th of June, state—
e‘ As far as we are aware, the Commanders of the British, and
other ships of war in these parts, resist the opervion of this De-
cree on their respective national merchant flags, nor admit their
violation under any pretext whatever."
Wednesday, a boy, 1£ years old, the son of a carpenter, look-
ing for a bee's nest, at a place called Klimek, near Howth, fell
down a precipice, and was killed on the spot.
Saturday morning Mrs. KNIGHT, an aged woman
residing in Garden-row, London-road, wile of one of
the Vergers of the Philanthropic Chapel, was endea-
vouring to turn off the water; the bricks •n which the
water-butt was placed suddenly gave way, and the
full butt jammed her against the wall with such vio-
lence as to force the bones of her chest through her
heal t, Which occasioned her ingaut death.

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EMERY. •.
.of tlfe Frieinho- RAT; cony e
bennifii ''ous; took, place in the
EngL Opera H This day, for 414.-
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purpose of raising a subscription for the wife, mother, '
andseven des;itute child' en, of that distinguished actor.
Mr. Grconoit Holub)! being called to the Chair, briefly
stated the object of the Meezin 4. He said it Was in.
contemplation to have a benefit for Mr. EirEnv's fa-
mily at the Opera House, if it could be obtained on
reasonable ter its. Mr. ARNOLD lead suggested that
as Covent Garden was the scene of Mr. EMERY'S' -
fame, it would be the most proper place for his bene-
fit; and with that liberality for which he is distin-
guished, offered that whatever night might be fired
for the purpose, he would dose his own Theatre, and
give the assistance of his whole Company.
A liberal subscription was then entered into; seve-
ral Gentlemen, not presect. sent Eli) each, among
whom was Mr. Er.t.taroN, who, at the same time,
offered the use of Drury-Lane Theatre, as soon as it
opened, in aid of the Fund.

A Committee. was then apf.owed, and it-was re-
.solved that subscriptions should be received at the
different Banking-houses, and by the Committee.
It is highly creditable to the profusion, the zeal
and alacrity with which they have come forward to
relieve the distressed family of a brother performer ;
and we trust their efforts will be warmly seconded
by the Public.

The Interrogative System of Education seems now
to be co-extensive with education itself. Ii is univer-
sally adopted in the male and female schools of the
British Island, and is making rapid progress in France,
Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ame-
rica, in most of which countries translations or re• pub-
lications have appealed of the Tutor's Key, or Key to
all the Elementary Books connected with the System,
for the use of Tutors. In regard to liberal education
in all its branches, the Interrogative System is just
what the Lancastrian and Bellian Systems are,
re-
gard to the education of the poor. In Germany it
has been called the Intellectual System, from its com-
pelling the Pupil to think, as distinguished from the
old system ollea.ning by rote.
Tuesday sennight, about half-past nine o'clock, a
most alarming fire broke out in the village of Errol,
in a row of houses called the Back Close, the 'pro-
perty of Mr. Jolts CLARK. The flames, which first
appeared about the centre of the buildings, rapidly
extended in both directions, consuming every thing
with incredible fury.
Wednesday morning, about three o'clock, a fire
broke out in the extensive sugar-house of Messrr.
Macfie and Co. Elbe-street, Leith. The fire engines
belonging to Leith and the battery were speedily
brought to the spot, and soon afterwards those be-
longing to Edinburgh ; but, from the combustible
nature of the manufactory and goods, the flames
raged with such rapidity as to render completely in-
efictual all attempts to save either, and before six
o'clock the whole was reduced to a mass of smoking
ruins. During the fire, a boy had his skull frac...
cured by the falling of a tile from the roof.
EXTRAORDINARY ENOMENON.—Extract of a let-
ter from Athlone, dated July 25 Thursday, the
18th instant, a most unaccountable phenomenon ap-
peared in this neighbourhood. About four o'clock in
the aftetnoon, after a heavy fall of rain, attended
with thunder and lightning, a kind of tail was seen
suspended towards the .earth from a thick, heavy
cloud. Its unusual shape attracted the attention of
many persons, who observed it in its progress break-
ing down several large trees with which it came in
contact, and hurling them several hundred yards from
their trunks, and lifting many hay-cocks in the air.
It proceeded slowly, in an oblique direction, from the
river Shannon, injoring•whatever arrested its way,
until it came to the village of Ballymurry (within
four miles of Roscommon), where, in passing the
house of Joseph Coleman, it swept from the roof
every atom of thatch that covered it on one side,
raised it aloft, and conveyed it through the air to a
considerable distance; the greater part of the straw
was found a mile and a half from the village. I, this
day saw the house, with half of it quite bare ; very -
little of the timber was stirred from its situation, nor • '
did any other part of it sustain any detriment, with'
the exception of a iew panes of glass that were":"
broken in the windows. In the course of its move-
ment
it assumed different shapes ; at one time it was
twisted after the manner of ai. eel, at another quite
perpendicular, at intervals it glittered like, as it were,
a fire encircled by a mist. The oldest inhabitant- of
this county never heard of such a circumstance—it
may appear incredible, but you may depend upon its
veracity."
A dustman, of the name of Samuel Butcher, resid-

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ing at Mile-End, who kept a large dog, having taken
into his head to divert himself and others, a few days
ago, by the cruel sport of cat baiting, which the dog
refusing to perform to the satisfaction of his master,
was beat by him in a most brutal manner, when the
animal at length, in retaliation, flew at his unmerci-
ful keeper, and inflicted very revere wounds about his
face, limbs, and body, in some in trances tearing large
mouthfuls of his flesh quite deal. cut, and at bne time
clung so fast to the man, that before he could be dis-
engaged from him the animal's throat was obliged to
be cut ! The man was conveyed to the London Hos-
pital, and there died of the injuries he received. '
Coss EICHANCR, NIARK-rates, Jct.v 29.—Our market was
well supplied with Wheat this morning, amongst which were a
few samples of this year's growth, the quality of which was very
fine; and in consequence of the unsettied state of the weather
the demand was tolerably brisk for prime samples, at an advance
of 2s. per quarter, but there is no int oveinent in the prices of
the inferior qualities. Barley was dull s.de, and is. per quarter
lower than on this day se nnight. The Oat trade was very
heavy, and last Monday', prices were only obtained for fine fresh
corn; all other sorts are ls. per quarter lower. In Beans and
Peas there is no alteration.—Current prices:
INGLISH. Small Beans
Wheat, Kent and I Tick ditto s• •• • tt36 14*
Essex . 30s yes Oats, Potato. 2.5s 25s •
Suffolk
Norfolk .... 360 48s Feed i6s 206
Rye 16s 20s Flour, per Sack 456 ZiOs
Barley ...A. . .......... 165 2.1. Rapeseed, re r Last Alo 4`22
Malt ........... ..42s 486 rottaros.
White Peas •'4s 28s Wheat, Dantzic ...... .
SIIiTIiFILLD MAIRICKT, Jutor 29.—Our market continues to
abundantly supplied, and It was with tlificolty that last day
prices were supported, and only
to 3s. Od. Veal. 34, od. to
lamb, 3•.611. to 45.611.—Cattle for tbevery best quality.
Beef, 2s. Od. to 3s. 4d.
elO ; Sheep and Latium, '2'
load t Hay. St. 55. to 41.
It. ifs. to. a 05.

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under Wattles!' at ti lit' with a clew to make radar- .. • • """""
dons therein. It is - ' t the consolidation of the Vic- A meetitig of tt'OFrienasi.
mailing witigook IV mot w ill • effect a steins of• .at too short a notice to be nu
upwards of par amin. tie tow eitiniaied expense a: &Coon of the English Opera
the year is tifili is the Nen Ultimate gt. £10,478. =obit
purpose of raisin a s b •
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it was with difficulty that last day's 1
Id only for the very but quality,
it. prr woos dot Sibs.; Munn°, 2s. cii. .
.to 4s. 0.1. Pork. . 64, to 3s. 4cl. I Y
ntleat .larks . Reams, Ili OMO, Calve% • r ,'.
!4,100 ; Pip. slici.— Hay and Straw per i
Qs. Clover, 41. ha. If Q. ISs. *alio)
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