Star.
London, England, 1824-05-11 00:00:00

NAVAL INTM,LIGENCE.

The Susanna, Turizrn, (tom Swansea to Liverpool ; and Berkeley
Caqle, from Bangor, ware lust on the Silt inst. nettr Milford.

The Fair GHIL I I TIIC, of Cardigan, was totally lost near
Stornaway. the '_'Bth and all the crew drowned.

FALMOUTH, MAY 9. to S.S.G.—Sailed his Majesty's
ship Twean, foe Smith America.
l'uYasourtt, MAY F_—Arrived the Wakefield, WAEII-
- front Liverpool, hound to 111iramichi, out five weeks, very
leaky and much d..maged.
PORTSMOL.TH, MAY 10. - Wind S.E.— Arrived the Johannis,
HURARTII, from Memel ; his Majesty's ship RATTLY:SNAKY, from the
Eastward; and Lady Francis, BARRY, from Sundeiland, very
stckly, having the smallpox on hoard, and already lmt one man.
Sailcd the Resource, THORtiIIILL, fur :Madras and licegal.
DEAL, MAY 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the S.irah, Nienotsosi,
from Messina; Julius Caesar, STAEFORD, front Honduras; and
Mary and Eliza, DAvis, from Cork. Passed through, the Hope,
DEAN, from Sierra Leone.

The following is an extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's
Jtrsey, dated Bth May :—" The Fiiend:-, BrtstliT, arrived here
,on tile Sat inst. from Rio Janeiro, from whence she s. fled cn the
4(11 ht which time there wete lying there the A.trea and
Alagicienne French frigates; F.speratice, Ddigente, and Prte..knte
corectted ; and two othtrs, whose names I cannot ascertain. Three
of the c,,r.-ettes were about to proceed to Lima ; and two
ship: were expected root Toulon. I lis ships SPAR-
rxxxx and CAN1.1171.1:,..t were at

We are glad to find, that, in c usequence of a tequi-
siti.,n most numeroasly and respectahly signed, the
Lon!) PROVOST of Glakgow has convened a meeting for
the purpose of aiding the Fund fir the Relief of the
Di,tiessed Settlers at the Cape of Good l-lope.- We do
not know of any class et persons who have stronger
claims on public sympathy than our feilow.countrymen
now anduting all the miseries of puvLrty and sickness
at the Cape.
evening, in consequence of the absence of Mr.
K FAN,In wAs detained at Derby by indisposition, Mr. MA.:ILEADY,
with his usu rood nature, undertook the character of Richard the
Third, ..t a shot( notice, and played it with great Feitit. Consider-
able disapprobation was manifested by the audience at the delay and
disappoint 'milt, but when the Ttncily was once cotntu.•uced, good
humour was restored.

Covent Garden Theatre was full almost to an over-
flow last night. The performance was the first part of Henry IV.
,yr. Uri A lux, Keanicis has much improved in his playing the part of
John fa.'42.f. No one who had seen Mr. Kvitat.g hut in such
ch.tracters es Ronvo, Orlando, and Charles SuTace, could imagine
h!ni competent to p1.,7 the fat Knight so well as he dru.s.

. .
Priddy, the Presbytery or Glasgow unanimously
agreed to send a respectful letter to Earl BATH nits?, representing
the claims of Presbyterians in the West Indies to public counte-
nance and favour. They also ordained and solemnly set apart Mr.
ALEX. MACLEAN, to be Minister of the Scotch Church in the town
of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.
The battle between Sampson and Josh. Hudson,
which takes place this day, between Royston and Cambridge,
caused this morning, at an early hour, a greia bustle on the Hack-
ney and Mile-end roads. Every kind of vehicle was in motion.—
.10%L. the favourite.

1,101 A ID.—We are informed a Captain of an East
Indiatnan has I.ite'l brought home one c:f ;Lew rare productions of
Nature, and which he has ,•iitiniitted to thi oispectioi: of the most
eminent Naturalists in London, who have declared it as th,ir opi-
nion, that it is genuine.

Not fewer titan thtec coui.le have passed through
Cat lisle, doting the past week,, front-the south,. on, their
•.vay to the far-famed shrine of Gretna-Greek—names
of the parties at present Lnicnown. The last went: for-
ward on Thursday evening, s' ith great swiftness,: in a
carriage and four, .al,d retni :,ed the whole distance
(about 18 miles) in little • mere than two hour.' 'The
bridegroom was a gentleman''f resident in.Liiii`iton.
DEPARTURE ob• Tile Funy.—The final orilers fur' the
sai:ing forthwith cf. this ship on the voyage of discovery,
were received on Saturday evening, •tad Capt Dubs,
tad his Officers, were on board by seven o'clock on Sun-
day morning, accompanied by some ladies of diAinC-
lion. The Comet steam-packet, which had on the
pre-
vious day towed the IlrcLA (10. i n to Nottlifleet, in a
few hours came alongside, and the Ft.tUY,.being loosened
from her moorinls, was kstened to the Comet, and
being swung on the buoy, the steam yacht prepared
her tackle, Ste. The signal for was given by (he
Commander at a (platter past seven o'clock, and the
Bluc Peter" of the FUItY being run up, all was in
readiness for depatture. The ve,sel proceeded down
the liver, thee: e w of the G al l'E ft cheering as she passed.
Several pleasure bm.ts and'yachts iellow•ed with bands
of music, and the river presented a most interesting and
animated spectacle. It is said that no delay is•to take
place at Nordifleet, hut the ships ate to proceed direct
on their .qaluous voyage.

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