Star.
London, England, 1826-08-31 00:00:00

PAISLEY, AUGUST 26.

Althcmgh the Report of the Sub-Committee for the
last week strews that there is still a very considerable
increase in the number of cases of dirtress, yet it presents
one circumstance of a favourable character. It appears
that the number of persons who have left the work
given by the Committee, and found other employment,
is greater this week than usual. It is also believed,
that the distress in the country parishes, which was ma-
terially abated by the occupation afforded by the har-
vest, has not again increased. The mass of misery is,
perhaps, now chiefly concentrated in Paisley and its
suburbs, and there it is still very great. The number
of families telieved last week, by labour given by the
Committee, or by small donations of provisions, or
money, was 2,229.
Thursday, about mid-day, one of the houses on the south side of
llillerston, the property of Mrs. William Adam, was discovered to
be on Ere. The flames communicated to another house on the
~.pposite side of the street, belonging to the same proprietor.--in
Ince of every exertion that could be made, they were both totally
consumed. The progress of the fire was so rapid, that the poor
tenants saved but little if their furniture., blankets, wearing ap-
parcl, /W. having Elliot a prey to the devouring element. lly this
sudden calamity three families have been ruined, and left in a state
of utter destitution; in addition to others who have suffered consi-
derable loss by having their weaving materials destroyed by the fire,
or in the haste of a removal.

Last night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, a fire brok-
e% in the house of a person of the name of M-lienzie,
in Green-street, Mile-end
,Old Town,• which destro)ed
the house %%here it began, together with the building
rejoining; but the early arrival of the engines pre-
vented further damage.

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About three weeks lagO, the. Wile of Mr. —, a re•
spectable tavern keeper in the City of London, eloped,
in company of Mr. rro--, her plinholtrrirom Kir hus-
band and family, with property valued at betireen 5001.
and 10001.' During the late election, Mr. the
husband of the Lady, was engaged by a popular can-
didate for a borough not 50 miles from the Metropolis,
to receive and entertain his London voters. His bill
amounted to about 5001. He being indisposed, his wife
went to receive the money, and she_gave a receipt for it
in her husband's name. She rettiTned home, and in-
formed her husband that the bill would be paid on the
following day; but the faithless woman went to the
Bank of England, and obtained sovereigns for the bills
she had received, and immediately went to the Tower
Stairs, and proceeded with her paramour on board a
steam packet bound for France. On their arrival at
Boulogne they took lodgings, and on the following day
she went to a Paris banker, who has a Branch Bank at
Boulogne, and paid in 4501. in her maiden name. The
husband, on discovering her baseness, in a state of
distraction, caused by the faithlessness of his wife and
the loss of his money, applied to Bow-street office, and
gave information of her departure from his house with
his property. Salmon, one of the claiefr officers, was
informed of the circumstance ; and in a few days after-
wards, by a cratfidential agent, he was informed of the
arrival of a female of respectable appearance, and a
young man, at Boulogne, and it was suspected that the
female was the person who had eloped from her hus-
band with the property above mentioned. Salmon (he
the orders of Sir Richard Birnie), with the husband of
the frail fair one, set-off instantly for France, and they
arrived on the following day at Boulogne. Salmon
went to the office of the British Consul, and there he
learned that when the money was invested in the Bou-
logne Bank, the British Consul, by some accident, hap-
pened to be present. The British Consul, having the
certificate of the marriage of the parties shewn to him,
and also the register of the wife's baptism, proceeded to
the Bank, and stopped the payment of the money. The
husband was overjoyed, in consequence of having,
through the exerrions of Salmon, recovered his money,
and no language can describe the feelings of the wife,
and the disappointment of her paramour, on discovering
that they had lost the property which she had carried off
from her husband. Her paramour deserted her, and she
is now in a state of extreme wretchedness.

RUSSIAN LOAN, NEGOTIATED BY MR. N. M. ROTHS-
CHILD, rn Lonnon.—The Half-yearly Dividend on the above Loan,
which becomes due To-minnow, the Ist of September, will be
paid by Mr. N. M. Rornscnixo on that and every succeeding day,
between the hours of ten and two, at his counting-house, No. 2,
New-court. The Dividend Warrants, with a list thereof in nu-
merical order, must be left one day previous to payment, for the
purpose of being examined.
BRAZILIAN LOAN 011 £2,000,000 STERLING, WzGo•
TUTU) ST Ma. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, IN LONDON, IS 1325.—The
Half-yearly Dividend on the above Loan, which becomes due on
the lat of October next, wilt be paid by tr. N. M. Rarnscusus,
on Monday, the 2d of October, and every succeeding day, between
the hours of ten and two, at his counting-house, No. 2, New-
court, St. Switbin's-lane. The Dividend Warrants, with a list
thereof in numerical order, must be left one day previous, for
examination.

PRUSSIAN LOAN, NEGOTIATED NY MR. N. M. ROTHI-
CRILD, IN LONDON, IN ISM—The Half-yearly Dividend en the
above Loan, which becomes due on the Ist of October next, will
be paid by Mr. N. M. ROTHSCWILD on MONDAY, .the 2d of Oc.
tober, and every succeeding day, between the hours of ten and
two, at his counting-house. No. 2, New-court, St. Swithin's-lane.
The Dividend Warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order,
must be left one day previous, for examination.
A man of the name of Oliphant, who, in a state of
intoxication on Sunday last, annoyed the congregation of St. Nicho.
las, Newcastle, by crying " Bell for ever !' In the church porch,
was placed in the stocks for an hour and three quarters, to the en-
tertainment of a number of spectators.
A Company has been formed at Leipsig, under the
llperintendence of the Russian Consul-General there,
for facilitating the purchase and transport of Saxon
shifts, in order to improve the breed in Russia, and
likewise to provide for the instruction of the Russian
shepherds in the proper management of them.
42NERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—A Meet
ing of-the Proprietors was held yesterday at the City of
London Tavern. H. Jou.ters, Esq. in the Chair. The
Report of the Directors, which declared a dividend of
51. per share, having been read, several Shareholders
expressed dissatisfation at a want of fulness in its de-
tails. Oa the motion of Mr. HARM, a Board of Con-
troul was appointed with the understanding that no sum
exceeding 5001. should be expended without the con-
sent of the Proprietors. It was also stated that no fur-
ther time would be allowed to those who had not paid
up their calls.
Circulars have recently been issued from the Indict-
ment Office, by the Clerk at the Sessions•house, Clerk-
' eawell-green, which announce that the approaching
Session is likely to bss an extremely busy one, from the
number of prisoners who have already been committed
for trial. In anticipation of this result, it is now pro-
posed by the Clerk of Indictments to attend at the S.ts-
sions House upon two days (Friday and Saturday), the
Bth and 9th of September next, from ten o'clock in the
morning till four in the afternoon each day. Instruc-
tions for the taking out of indictments will then be re-
ceived by the Chief Clerk, for the purpose and to enable
the parties so indicting to be in readiness to come before
the Grand Jury on the morning of Monday, Sept. 11.
Dutch Papers to the 30th inst. contain intelligence
from St. Petersburgh to the 13th, and from Moscow to
the Bth inst. The accomplices in the late conspiracy
, who had been condemned to work in the mines, or to
, banishment to Siberia, had set oat for the place of their
destination in several divisions, under a strong escort.
Several of them were accompanied by their wives. The
lot of many staff and superior Officers, who were impli-
cated in the criminal investigation by participation in
the treasonable societies, now entirely broken up, had
been at last determined by an Imperial Order of the
Day. They were not to undergo any sentence from
the Criminal Courts, but only to receive correctional
punishment. Most of them were to be placed under
' arrest for a fcw months and removed to other regi-
ments. The intelligence from Moscow only des:ribes
the grand entry of the Emperor NICHOLAS and his Con-
sort in that capital on the 6th inst. The Emperor en-
tered on horseback with the Grand Duke MICHAEL on
Isis right, and the Prince CHARLES of PRUSSIA on his
left hand. An article from brussels, in these Papers,
charges four French Officers, who had receiveJ mr,ney
from the Greek Committee for their outfit to Gi eece,
with having suffered themselves to be gained over at
Marseilles to enter into the Turkish service, which they
had done without returning the money. The Brussels
Committee had written 'to' EYNA RD to endeavour
to make such arrangemenii that the funds subscribsd
for the Greeks should -not be applied to the support of
their enerniet.