Star.
London, England, 1817-03-10 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

We have received New York PAp:is to t: e
Their Contents are important. inasmuch M they the
an increasing spirit of hostility to the introductson
British manufactures.

In the Legislature of the State of New York or. th
20th January, the Committee on kanufacturi•
sensed a Report, which describes the injury Atm
rican manufactures have sustained in enlist quence
the uninterrupted communication with all the thttiov
of Europe, which has deluged the country Wit!:
reign fabrics. "Itisto be feared (says tre
that while Great Britain finds her European m•trke
circumscribed by the neighbouring Powers, sh wi!l
still continue to throw into our market such quan-
tities of manufactured goods as will suspend ti..f opt..
ration of our cotton and woollen m mufactories, if
not altogether ruin the manufacturer."
The Report goes on to describe the distress w.i) .c.)
has arisen from unlimited importation, and rec. in-
mends the adoption of efficient measurei ni protec.
tion for the infant manufactories of the United Si..!l-E,
particularly woollen and cotton, either by a perm.,
nent augmentation of the duties upon certain gouth,
or by the prohibition of such woollen and sotto:,
goods from foreign countries as can be supplied by
home manufacture.

While the winter in this quarter of the world has
been remarkable for extraordinary mildness, it Ap.
pearl that on the other side of the Atlantic, it h..s
been distinguished for particular severity, as
Readers will perceive from the following cxtrarr a
letter from St. John's, Newfoundland, Liattd Feb. 10
" We have bad se severe a winter here this y..ar, that
sets leaving the harbour bad to be cut out. Ihr
the Hope were in the Channel ready to sail 10,1.1),
from the N.N.E. drove the Maid of the Millie tea, ,n•huat her
papers or register. The Invulnerable lost h../ tLe
lames and Mary shattered her stern, and tie caltd.thia c.
ashore; but nothing material will occur from the aecitleat. I
have also learned from a schooner, that the 111.1:-y, of Poole, 1,4
been lost oaths Banks. This vepel saw part of the stern, w4h
the anew on it."

THR LITERARY GAZETTR AND JOURNAL Ol TON
BILLIE LRTTRES. —The Seventh Number of this i.-
teresting Paper, published on Saturday, contains,
!Moog other articles--.
observations on Lord Erskine's Amara ; Memoirs of Fray, ;
Horner, Esq. M.P.; The Duke D'Etighfen ; Review of M.,s
Porter's Pastor's Fire-Side; Millet vie de Due de Burger*,
Letters from London; Brazilian Discoveries; Inoculation
the Plague; Russian literature; Canova, rid State of SotietT
at Rome; North American Improvements; African Civilizri.in;
Air H. Davey; Astro-Atmospheric Science; Me.ital Weakness;
Inaccuracy of Vision ; Review of Picttrrev to the British !Totem.
don . The Drama; Mr. Booth; The Oratorio; New Frencit
Drama; New Books; Poetry, See. dce.
Saturday senssight a melancholy accident 11.1.
paned in the lead mines, belonging to Messrs. He.r.
RIR, HURST, and Co. Leadhills, occasioned by the
air being rendered impure from the smoke of a Fre.
engine, placed ab sat one hundred feet under groin'.
As soon as the danger was ascertained, two miners
and the Company's blacksmith descended to the r,
lief of their neighbours below, when unfortunately the
two miners perished in the humane attempt. TN
smith escaped, but is still dangerously ill. Many rf
the miners who were at work at the time were via.
lently affected, almost to suffocation, bet are now out
-of danger.. We have since learned that in all seven
lives have been lest by this melancholy accident.
A few days ago, as a young Gent...Uan, of 0:e
name of GA PISTON& was passing over a pile of stoner
placed on the walls of the ancient City of Chester, to
repair a breach in them, his foot slipped, and he fell
from the summit into the Canal beneath, a der.cent
about fifty feet, without sustaining tile least injire,
except a cold, taken in consequence of the duoking
hr received.

'During The violent storm on Monday last, t!e
Windmilion.levington-hill, near Eastbourne, Sussex,
was blown down, and carried to a considerable
-ranee from its scite. A cat, the only living creat.i.e
on•dtt premises at the time, was found under a pot
of the iuins, alive and unhurt.

An extraordinary circurnst ince took place m
Tuesday last, in the stable-yard of the Hotel, Clitig•
church. .1. ANGRIVITEIN, Esq. being mounted on a
hunter, was giving some orders to the ostler, w!i•t
was in a granary. when the horse suddenly madt
leap into it, the floor of which is nearly five feet hi...).
standing on caps and stones. As there was not rogin
for the horse to turn, some loose straw and tru'.• ,t
hay were procured, on which he WAR cue telly b•:ck••'.
And again placed on terra firma, with only two !lip I•
blemishes. When it is considered that the hors• i;

16 hands high, and the dote-war of the grinary
six feet one inch by three lees two indite-, dsr eseaV
of Mr. Atrocasetteu, with only a brui.,e in his hat,
may be deemed almost eiiractilous.
STAve Patamsetts.—The falowing
adopted 111 the Tower, respecting the persons co:
fined under charges of high treason :—Each prison':
is kept in a separate apartment, and night and d
t We yeomen, or warders, in full dress, continue in oh
room, the door of which is locked, and on the one-
side an armed sentinel is placed to prevent the a;-
poach of any one, except those in the Gevern,:r's
establishment. Their beds and board are provided
rby the Government. No person is allowed to twee
prisoners, unless a special order is sent to the L'e'i
tenant-Governor by the Clerk of the Council, any
then they are restricted from holding any corm's-re
cation, except in the presence and hearing cf sere
person appointed by the Lieutenant or his Derutt.
A special order has been granted for Mr. 11. :rms.
Solicitor to see him twice a-week, under the restr
titans above-mentioned. The prisoners arc not eliaez-.-
jointly, but there is a separate commitmeet foe
iudividuil, signed by twelve bfembers of the Pr i 7:.
+Connelly directing the Lieutenant of the Totter
receive-the accused into his custody, he being charges:
ft is now understood that they will not be hrougt
to trial till May. This delay is attributable to 'Lc
period which will elapse before the conclusion of
I Circuit, and the circumstance of the Old Bailey be. !'
sions occurring immediately afterwards. The tr:;.4
wilt take place in the Old Balky Sesioas