Star.
London, England, 1819-01-02 00:00:00

WEXFORD, DEC'EMBER es.

The cargo'of the Sat-lah, of Workington, strande
here, is :d1 saved, and there is some hopes of wain.
the veb.el off.

CORK. DECEIIIIKR 24.
Arrived the Deleuce traasport, ' with troops, ficr.
Portsmouth.

COWES, • J kNIARY 1.
_ _ JANUARY __

Arrived the Drie Geistceders CLAussEN, from 0,
tend, with wheat—Sailed the Waterloo, PIiATI,
with sugar and logwood, for Antwerp.—The shi:•
Hope, S'EA.TON NlaLter, laden with deals and herring
from London to Bristol, struck on a ledge near th,
Needles, in the morning of the 29th ultimo; but b
the exettions of the Pil'ots' and Custom-house-boat
crews lac been not off, after taking out part of he.
cargo, and is now in Cowes harbour. The accidcr
to chi; shit) may be attributed to the eiceptims i•
the Pil-itago. Laws in rarcur of ships and vessels o
coasting voyages—the Master of the Hope havini
under the sanction of the Act of 52 Geo. 111. th.
refused the services of a licensed pilot of the di-trict
whereas, on the contrary, had the ship been en a fi
reign voyage, he must have accepted the pilot'. offe.
and the accident would then have been averred.

The Sandwich Sessions were held on Monday, th
22d ult. at the Town Hall, before the Br:cot:mei an,'
a full Bench of Magistrates. The cases erre ne •
ther numerous nor of great consequence. A eel
Bill, however, was found by the Grand Jury, at th •
suit of the King, against George Dowers, Jame
Dowers, John Ilfaistle, William Hart, Luke Pain,
and Edward Cannel, the elder, for a conspiracy, aaa
which is expected to excite much interest.
The favourable expectations which had been
formed for improving the navigation of the river at
Woolwich, by removing the men of war ie ordinary.
hare been fully realized. The removal of the moor-
ing chains, &c. have had the effect of nearly carry*
away all the mud and silt which used to accume-
late ; while, at the same time, the tide in ebbing and
flowing, has been greatly incre.ned, and therefore
more forcible in its effects, and causing the na‘iga•
tion not to be so impeded as when the ships were
lying there. This is not the only advantage obtained
by this meeetie, for the Public have derived a saving
of more than :025,000 per annum, which was paid tc
.t contractor for the removal of the mud and silt by
lighters, which yielded him in addition, it is said, 1
considerable sum of money.
MACBETH'S CASTLE..--(CCMODS DISCOVERY.)--
A letter from Dunsinane, in Scotland, states as fol-
lows:—cc On the 19th Nov. as the servants belonging
to the West Mains of Dunsinane-house, were employec
in carrying away stones from the excavation made
among the ruins that point out the scite of Maumne!
castle here, part of the ground they stood on sud
denly gave way, and sunk down about six feet, dis
covering a regularly built vault, about six feet lone
and four wide. None of the men being injured, cu
riosity induced them to clear out the subterranea-
recess, when they discovered among the ruins a larg
stone, weighing about 6001 b. which k pronounce • ,
to be of the meteoric or semi• metallic kind. Th
stone must have lain here during the long series c
ages since Macelall'S reign. Beside it were eh
found two round tablets, of a composition resembling,
biOnze. On one of these two lines are engrave..
which a gentleman has thus deciphered—' The scorn .
(or shadow) of kingdom come, until sylphs ie a
carry me again w Bethel.' fhese plates exhibit t'
!ivies of targets for the arms. From time Mir
modal it has been believed among us here, that in
seen lands brought Jacob's pilow from Bethel, ar '
dropped it on the scite where the palace of Scoon nr*
stands. A strong belief is also entertained by n.ae
in this part of the country, that it was only a rep
sentation of Jacob's pillow that EDWARD sent te
Westminster, the sacred stone not having been feure'
by him. The curious here, aware of such tradition
and who have viewed these venerableremains of an-
tiquity, agree that Macbeth may, or rather mud.
have deposited the stone in question at the bottom
his castle, on the hill of Dunsinaue (from the trou'e._
of the times,) where h has keen found by the wort
men. This curious swne has been :hipped for Ler-
don for the inspection of the scientific amateur, in •
order to discover its real quality."
FALL—Saturday a dreadful sre accidentally broke out on ttv
Ropery vrizt. Irstiete Sieve-es, a: llarwieh, and in conseqer ee
of there king a quantity of gunpowder in tie bons, at tree
the inhabitants were deterred from using the means for exti -
visiting it, until the explosion took place, when tbe house was
in a complete blaze, and too far gone to be preserved. me ku -
u estimated at 1:1,,C00, and nothing insured.
Last night, a fine boy, only five years old, son of
Mr. Harris, of {tack-laic, Commercial-road, was so
dreadfully scalded by puling. a tea-kettle of boilinr
water over it, that it lingered in gicat torture. sill dui
morning, when he ,lied.