Star.
London, England, 1821-11-02 00:00:00

NAVAL IA FELLIGENCE.

Ile Clarissa Ann. Garter, from Greenock, arrived at New
(Means 7th September; she was robbed of goods to a large
went (probably :20,000 dollars) by a piratical schooner, off ;
Cape Antonio, 28th August, manned by le or 14 Spaniards.—
Tat same schooner had robbed, a few hours before, the British
trig Neptune, KELLY, from Jamaica for St. John's, N.B. of all
th.fr clothes and .5,000 dollars in specie.
Bosch...liner Orleans, from Philadelphia for New Orleans, was
eebta by a corvette of goods to the amount of 60,000 dollars.
SILT v, the. ao. Art ived the David, DONA EDSON, from Vit.
goiat3r London.—She is put under quarantine, in consequence
'fix man being sick with the ague.
FA1.11./Viu,'(kr.sl.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Ilarriet,Suza-
socx,for Sem:gate Creek.
Toaratetee, Nov. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Crown
an:overt, from Plymouth ; Paaqual, Airmen.), from London
far Debra; and St. Helene, Ileastasms, from St. Ilelana, with
troops.
roar, Nov. I.—Put back, the Gemini, .leetwento for Liver.
pout, with cley, kuky, and must partly unload to repair.
Mel., Nov: I.—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the
River the Petterprise, Snorers, from Bourdeettx ; the Ardent,
Tors, from Belfast; La Dame llenriette, CORNELDA, from Ant-
uerp for Liverpool; and several more, names unknown. Came
down bent the River and remain, the Henna, LANIR, for
eondsay ; the Recovery, Data NET, for the South Seas; Comet,
Ceiseto o, for New Trek ; Ocean, KIDD, for Naples ; and the
Nymph, falls:Litre, for Constantinople. The Prince Regent,
TATLOR, for Tobago, could not reach the Downs, and is at an-
chor in the Galls. Arrived his Majesty's ship PHAETON, from
Fortsmouth, to join the Royal squadron, the whole of which re-
main for orders. The weather is moderate; the shipping tide
all Well.
LIVERPOOL. Oc t. al.—The Duke of Wellington, Kea*, from
tbia port fur Bahia, was on shore at Rio Real, about 30 leagues
N. of Bahia: the care° wes expected to be saved and the vessel
got cif: she had lost her maitutia.st five days previous to going
on shore. The Frer.ch ship Gascon, of and for Bourdeaux, front
liarannah, with sugar, coffee. and 80,000 dollars in specie and
hellion, was lost 14th September, on the Punto Bravo (Haven-
nab): the vessel ar.d cargo lust : out of twenty.eix persons on
board telly two were saved.
les or See, Der. e 4 —The Peter William, Awcoorw, from
Stockholm for Bristol, put into Loch liracadale on Saturday, in
distress, and. having rode out the gale until one r.n. on Sunday,
she was driven from her moorings and cast on the rocks, ether,
KT keel gave way and her ribs were stove in ; she is, to all ap-
pearance, a total wreck—crew saved.
Benue Sart 18.—Advices from Rio Real state, that the
whole of the cargo of the Duke of Wellington was landed with-
out &make, anti was shipping in Portuguese smacks for Bahia.
The vessel was high and dry.
PIRACIFS IN THE WEST INDIES.
Reetexert, SEPT. 14.—0 n the 30th uk. arrived here the
French brig Narcisse, from Monte-Video, with the master and
crew of the English brig Alligator, of and for Halifax, Coeasms,
from Jamaica, which, after doubling Cape Antonio, was fallen
in with by two small pirates, armed with blunderbusses, muskets,
and fahrts. They took possession of the Alligator, plundered
bad everything useful, and treated the people, particularly the
Nosier, in the most shocking manner. At last money was
fiend on board, and being satiefied with it, they suffered the
brig to pursue her voyage in that state, but, in endeavouring to
act frbm the shoals and rocks where she had been detained, she
snick on a rock and bilged. The Master and crew took to their
ksg-boat, and were fortunately picked up by the Narcisse, and
leseght i:tto this port.
EASTPORT, Sera our last we mentioned the arrival of
the brie indien Chief, Certain Seamy. LERMAN, from Kingston
(J.maica), a,14.1 hkewisre stated that he was robbed of 2200 dol-
lars; since which Captain MUM?. has furnished us with a par-
ticular account of the barbarous manner in which he and his
crew were treated by the pirates, as has also Captain &SWART,
late of the schooner I. Ahdere, who was a passenger on board.—
It appears that they were all threatened with death, and several
balky cut and bruised. In addition to the 3.200 dollars, Capt. L.
was robbed of cash, clothieg, &c. to the amount of about XB6. ,
WA Captain al of property amounting to abofit >£so; they
were, in fact, ,tripped, is wtil as the crew, of everything except-
ing whet they had on. The Cantelen, of Rouen, arrived at Havre
re the 21st Wt. irons New Orleans, was boarded by a pirate off
the Ravaneah, and plundered of guns, boats, provisions, Ste.—
They rubbed the Al..ster and crew of all their property, and took
away Teri*: which was intrusted to the Master.
New lone, SEP.. 25.—The brig Caledonia, Capt. W.
of Philadelphia, while lying lately in the harbour of Ilavannah,
was boarded at night by fourteen rubbers, armed with pistols,
cutlasses, sod daggers. Taal Captain of the Caledonia was the
first person that WAS knocked down, after which all hands were
put in the forecastle, and Captain WA sees and the mate plun-
dered of everything, and the vessel robbed of 85 boxes of candles,
and her small boat. They, however, on the text morning, reco-
vered 33 of the boxes, and expected to get the remainder, by the
circumstance of one of the gang turning evidence agai::st the
others. Capt. Smite, of the Ajax, of Philadelphia, was robbed
the same night of about 1000 dollars worth of property. There
had been seven or eight other vessels robbed, both at sea and in
the harbour of liamannah, within the space of a week, and the
like depredations are nightly committed.
Sam 26.—Pnuer.—Mr. Gcosce Fxrr, wko was a passen-
ger in the schooner Evergreen, previous to her capture by the
pirates, has arrived at Charleston (South Carolina), front Ila-
wallah. While on board the piratical vessel, he asked the First
Lieutenant where they were lamnd ? to which he replied, that
they would carry the schooner (Evergreen) to the same place
where they had carried two other American vessels about twelve
days previous. The piratical vessel afterwards fell in with the
snack Two Brothers, of New York, bound front Ilavannah
t, Tortugas, which hove to after about thirty muskete were
are(' at her. Mr. ELFE requested the Captain of the privateer
to permit him to go on board the smack, to which he con-
Rated, but would not suffer him to take an article of the pro-
pent belonging to him, consisting of clothing, books, quadrant,
cb:ltb bedding, tsze. leaving him only one shirt, one pair of
ILblrsirs, and one jaeker, saying that was plenty for him.—
!IL Etre has stated the principal facts of the capture of the
leverareen, and has farther furnished the Editor of the amanita&
".*itier with the f 'rowing list of piracies., committed in the vi-
Ciaay of the Ilreesinah :—The schooner -Hatch, arrived at Ha-
vre:oh from Phil.:delphia on the 29th ult. was boarded eff the
Umble.headed Shot Keys, by a small piratical vessel, of about
Ira tons, and ni-eneil by twthe men, who robbed the ..;hooner
every article they could lay their hands upon.—The herma-
phrodite brig Dolphin, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ar-
rived on the tatth, was boarded off Cape Antonio, by a schooner
of shout ea tons, merised with 20 men, who at-ached the vessel
for muney, splitting open the Captain's writing-desk, and corn-
Ming other exc...wits ; the Mate received several stabs in the
Dick, • d
I the
men were severely heat, and hoisted up by the
reek to compel the m to disc,wer where money was concealed.—
A Dutch brig, and a New York schooner, arrived on the eeth,
tad lesth been plundered of rigging, clothire., provisions, aec.
4.1 brig, arrived on the 29th, was boarded off Cape Au-
by a scho 'tier ot about to cony; was TIAPOW4
N*lll main-hat.:im ay, the crew bat most ummrcifully, and
'he
brie robbed of every article they could lay their hands upon.

Comm(On,e MURRAY, tile oldest Officer in the
Attetican \,s y, dicon the 10th ult. At New York.

rl UARDIAN SOCIETE

Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Guardian
Society was held at the Mansion-House, the Right
Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair.

The object of this Society is to provide an asylum
for unfortunate females discharged from prison,
where they may receive support and instruction until
such time as they are judged fit to become again use-
ful members of society. The Meeting was not very
numerous, but all who were present appeared to be
highly respectable.
The Secretary having read the Report,
The Rev. D. Ruataat rose to move that it should
be received and printed. He felt some reluctance in
coming before them at so early a stage of the pro-
ceedings; but his reluctance did not arise from any
objection to move the Resolution with which he
should conclude—namely, that the Report should be
adopted and printed. The times in which they lived
were peculiarly distinguished for the efforts that had
been made to promote the spiritual welfare of all
parts of the habitable lobe, by the distribution of
the Holy Scriptures. Ihis was the object of the nu-
merous Meeting yesterday, in the same place where
he had now the honour of addressing them. But 1
while they were thus laudably employed in their en-
deavours to communicate to all ranks of society and
to every part of the world the means of moral in-
struction, it would be a very culpable neglect if they'
were to be unmindful of the -morals of their own
metropolis. At present, it abounded more than any
other metropolis in that species of moral depravity's
for ninth it was the object of this Institution to pro-
vide some remedy. By lessening, if they could not
entirely eradicate, this great evil, a most important 1
service would be rendered to society; for it might be
said, that it led to every other species of crime. The
laws were inadequate to suppress it. It was true that
a Magistrate might commit to prison those unfortn
nate females who were brought before him; but sal
far was this from producing reformation or leading
to a beneficial result of any kind, that it only rendered
those who were subjected to such punishment more
hardened than they were before, and rendered them
more ready for the perpetration of every species of
crime and mischief. Even admitting that an unfor-
tunate female, after imprisonment, became convinced
of the error of her ways, and desired to forsake them,
I how could she do so without the assistance of some
such Institution as this, to provide her with the means
of making out an honest livelihood? There were
seventy-three unfortunate creatures discharged at the
close of the last Sessions. This was the case every
eight weeks ; and though in the discharge of a me-
lancholy and arduous duty, he felt himself called
upon to exhort them to abandon their immoral
courses, he was convinced, at the moment he thus
addressed them, that what he recommended was,
under their circumstances of utter destitution, en-
tirely impracticable to nine out of ten. He recollected
the case of a young man who had been discharged
some time back: he informed the Judge, that he was
willing, if he could get work, to obtain his living in
an honest way. The answer of the Judge was, that
he had it not in his power to provide him with work.
No doubt, it was impossible for any Judge, or any
individual, to provide all persons similarly circum-
stanced with work, or to afford them the means of
returning to moral and industrious habits; but the
Public could, and ought to afford those opportuni-
ties. Prison discipline could ultimately prove of no
general utility without Institutions such as this. They
were an essential part of prison reform. Withont
some such plan, it would be impossible to effect any
lasting good. It might be said, that the object of
such a Society could not possibly be fulfilled ; but if
the evil could not be completely removed, was it not
possible at all events to lessen it ?—to drive it into
darkness, and prevent it from obtruding at every
moment on public notice, and from spreading moral
contagion by the force of example? There was no
argument in favour of religious instruction that
would not apply in full force to the support of such
an Institution as this. How then could they better
provide for the morals of the rising generation, than
by driving from the public streets, as far as it could
be done, those inducements to depravity and vice
which now met them wherever they turned?—How
better could they follow the example set by CHRIST„
than by selecting such individuals as objects of
mercy ? The Rev. Gentleman concluded by moving,
that the Report should be received and printed.
The Rev. Mr. MORTIMER seconded the motion.
He felt fully persuaded, that it was their bounden
duty in this world of sin, to do everything in their
power to alleviate human woe, and if ever there was
a Society calculated to attain so desirable an object,
it was the present. It was not according to her vic-
tories, her commerce, her arts, or her wealth, that
GOD estimated a nation, but according to her rank in
the scale of morality. This, and this alone, was true
greatness in the eyes of Him from whom proceeds
all good gifts. A nation, therefore, professing the
doctrines of CHRIST, should do everything in their
power to diminish moral evil. If those who spent
their time and their wealth in criminal indulgence,
in the seduction of the innocent and unprotected, if
they could be made conscious of the incalculable
evils they thus inevitably draw, not only on the un-
fortunate victims of seduction, but on society at large,
it was impossible that they must not be torn by re-
morse. Feeling desirous to aid such a Society, GOD
forbid that he, or any person of the same profession,
should plead for the crimes of those unfortunate fe-
males. He did not plead for their crime, but for
mercy to the crime into which they had been seduced
through inexperience, or perhaps want. It might be
said that they wets unworthy of pity, that they were
insensible to their situation, and felt no desire to for-
sake it. But however depraved they might be, weie
there not moments in which their better feelings re-
turned—moments in which they called to mind their
1 days of innocence—Lin which they wished that such
days might return again? Had they no feelings
when brought by disease and misery to the brink of
the grave? Perhaps at the moment he was address-
ing them, one of those wretched beings was breathing
her last in a garret or in a cellar, without a friend to
support or assist her in her last hours; tortured both
with thoughts of the past and fears for the future.—
' How many, thus forlorn and destitute, might, through
the benevolent exertions of an Institution like this, be
restored again to health, to useful industry, and ow-
-ITA habits. In such a case as this, it was important
I not only to talk but to do. Spenches would be of no
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. • .
Oak West they led to something Snore, unless they
led the way to those liberal donations, without which
'the objects of the Society could not be accomplished.
He recollected the case of a highly respectable mer-
chant, who met with disappointments in business :
his friends on 'Change expressed their regret on the
subject, they said he was a very honest man, they
regretted his failure, they were sorry for his losses,
and thus they went on, till one blunt worthy man
said it did not signify how much they talked, but
what they were ready to do—that he would give
£lOOO. They also were called apon, not merely to
talk, but to give something. They might be sure
that their contributions would be disposed of in the
most economical way. There was no extravagance
•
in the management of the funds ; this would appear
from the average expense at which each individual
was supported, not amounting to more than about
ss. 6d. a week.—The Resolution was then put and
carried unanimously.
The Rev. Mr. J. MORRISON, after a short and ani-
mated speech, concluded by proposing a Resolution,
approving generally of the objects of the Society, and
expressive of the good consequences it was likely to
be productive of.
The Rev. J. CAMPBELL was also glad to bear his
testimony to the good practical effect which attended
the progress of the labours of this Society. Ile re-
membered when in one of his journeys about 300
miles in the interior of Africa, he met the Chief of
a tribe of savages, who eagerly sought from him the
instruction which white men have ; that was the way
in which he made his request. He visited the town
of this Chief on the following morning, and saw the
wretched state of the place. Everything lay exactly
in the same state as when Noah's flood left it—( A
laugh, and cries ef " Hear").—Not a spade appeared
to have penetrated the ground since that remote
time. The men and women had no covering but a
few black rags like sheep skins. None of the males
appeared ever to have been washed since the time
they were born. They were all ignorant even of the
name of Goo ; and the oldest of them confessed he
knew nothing more than the beast. He immediately
sent tin instructor among these poor people, and the I
most ample success attended his labours. In ascending
the same country, after an absence of five years, howl
great was the change which he had the happiness of
contemplating. The people he met all knew him
and recognized him : he found they had encompassed
their town with a strong and substantial wall in imi-
tation of brick, and about two miles and a half in
circumference. They had erected two streets; vege-
tation of every kind had grown up about them ; and
both males and females were as neatly dressed in the
European style, as the general class of servants in
England. The display of the advantages of industry
in a practical manner was, he thought, the only way
of civilizing savages; to attempt to civilize barba-
rians by philosophy, was like fighting Goliath with a
feather. It was because he thought the Guardian
Society went the proper way to work moral reforma-
tion among the idle and the dissolute, that he cor-
dially approved of their principles, and had uniformly
devoted to them his support—(App/ause).
Major STRATTON, in coming forward to propose
the next Resolution, said, that he concurred in the
different eulogies which had been passed upon the
objects of this Association by the speakers who had
preceded him. The worthy Gentleman, after calling
on the Meeting to subscribe liberally to the objects
of it, proposed the thanks of the Meeting to the Duke
of Sussex and the Duchess of Wellington, the Patron
and Patroness of the Society.
The Rev.Jaatz BUNTING seconded the Resolution,
which was put from the Chair, and carried unani-
mously. Thanks were then gioen to the Lord Mayor,
who replied to them in a short and eloquent speech :
after which the Meeting dispersed.

A Resolution was moved by Lord SUFFIELD, and
unanimously agreed to by the Magistrates, at the
Norwich late Sessions, recommending that workmen's
wages should be paid not later in the week than Fri-
day, with a view to the better observance of the Sab-
bath, and to enable the poor, to make their purchases
without its violation.

A few nights ago, the Welsh Chapel in Little Guild-
ford-street, Borough, was robbed of the plate, orna-
ments, &c. used in the performance of Divine Service.
'This is the third time within a few months that the
same Chapel has been rob Led in a similar manner.
Within the last fortnight, no less than nine Churches
in the North of Ireland, including those of Seagoe,
Lisburn, Derriaghy, Tullylish, Loughbrickland, Dro-
mara, and Warringstown, have been robbed—in all
cases, of the same articles, namely, the communion-
cloth and cushions. The communion-cloth of the
Church of Seagoe was very valuable.
Wednesday night, as James Riley, a labouring
man, residing in the Mint, Southwark, was proceed-
ing through White Bear-garden, on his way to his
lodgings, two men with their faces disguised, way-
laid him, and beat him with bludgeons, without the
slightest provocation, till they left him for dead, with
his jaw and three of his ribs broken. They were not
thieves, as they left his watch and a small sum of
money which he possessed, without disturbing either.
The poor man was conveyed to the Hospital, and he
is declared out of danger.
Wednesday evening, a little before dusk, as Ema-
nuel Josephs, a Jew clothesman, residing in Fish-
monger-alley, High-street, Borough, was proceeding
from Newington, across the ruins, to the King's Bench
prison, four fellows stopped him, and demanded to
have his money and clothes-bag; and one of them
threatened that if he made any noise the matter
would be worse for himself. The Jew attempted to
rush by, but was struck in the neck by one of the
ruffians, and knocked down; however, he regained
his feet, and made a second effort to escape, on which
another of them made a violent thrust with a clasp-
knife at his shoulder, cut through his great coat, body
coat, and shirt, and inflicted a deep wound. He im-
mediately soared out for help; but his cries were
soon silenced by the robbers knocking him down ;
and whilst two were engaged in rifling his pockets,
the others held a handkerchief over his mouth, and
prevented him from giving any alarm. They took
from his possession about forty shillings in silver and
halfpence, one sovereign, and his clothes-bag, with
which they decamped towards Kent-street. Josephs
followed them crying, " Stop thieves!" by which he
attracted the attention of J. Smith, one of the Borough
constables, who joined him in the pursuit; but not-
withstuuJing their united efforts, the gang escort'.

SPORTING iN7ELLMENCt.

BETTING AT NE%VIIARKET.

MATCH'''.
Alt Witt bet. 21b. apt Letitia, Sst. Slb.-5 to 4 Oh Arbbtbs.
Androssan, Bst.lolb. apt Gustav us, 74.61b.—Gustavus for choice:
fressilian, tut. 41b. apt Kildare, Sst. 11b.-6 to 4 on Tressillab.

Daum,:
100 to 9 apt c. out of Sycoras 18 to 1 art C. nut of Plover'
100 to 8 apt Linttkape .10 to 1 agst any other
100 to 7 apt blarceUus

0 iug.
to 1 apt f. out of Rtserve I 12 to 1 agst Pope lowa
to 1 apt Major Wilson

NEWMARKET THIRD OCTOBER, OR lIOUGHTON
MErriNo, 1821.
THURSDAY, )10,113111111. I.
Mr. Hunter's Custrius, 7st. 61b. beat Lord Exeter's
drossan, Bst. 101 b. R.M. 200 gs. h. ft--6 to 4 apt Gustavus.

Mr. Fox's North Wester, Bst. beat Lord 0. H. CiVendhb'S
e. by Partisan. fist. 61b. I).M. 300 gs. h. ft.—S to 2 apt North
Wester.

Subscription Handicap Plate of LIO, for 3-yr-olds and up-
wards.—D. I.
Mr: Wyndham's hi. c. Black-and-all-Black, 3 y.rs old, itt. Lib.
Duke of Grafton's ch. e. earbonaro, 3 yn old, 72. 21b. 2
Lord Clarendon 's ch. f. Mtrandola, 4 yrs ofd, ast. - 5
Mr. G. L. Fox's b. e. Paint-brash, 4 yrs old, Bst. Blb. - 4
3lr. Greville's br. e. lkominechino, 3 yrs old, Est. 10Ib.
Mr. Rush's b. in. Romp, G yrs old, 9st. - -
Mr. James's ch. g. F.uphrates, 5 yrs old, 92. pa
3 to 1 apt 12ack.and-all-Black-3 to I ags► Mlrandola--
to I apt Romp.
- -

Mr. Bouverie's Arbutus, est. 21b. received abgi. from Mr'.
Prendergast's Letitia, in. Bib: D.I. e. oogs. h. ft.
PEDEATRIANISM.

The match between Messrs. ihnnotru and G 222211004 foi
20 guineas a-side, who should go over moat ground In an houti
toc.k place over a measured two miles on the Watford road yesz
terday morning. The pedestrians started at different ends, and
did the two miles as follow :
Biddulph. min. sec. Greenwood. min- sec
First two mile► in 13 1 First two miles in 13 b
Second ditto in 13 4 Second ditto in 13 2
Third ditto- in 13 10 Third ditto In 13
Fourth ditto in 12 Fourth ditto in 14 10
52 27 53 20
Mr. litunotrn did a mile and a quarter more In the remaining
des minutes and 33 seconds, and won the match, his opponent
having broke down.
_ _

W. Tut., the celebrated pedestrian, undertook, nn Monday
afternoon, to walk twenty miles in three hours in Shrewsbury
Quarry, and completed his task ten minateis Within the time.

SHOOTING.

Last week the Earl of Powh's gamekeeper shot, on his Lord-
ship's 3lontford estate, near Shrewsbury, a mike partridge, ex-
cepting two grey feathers on the tip of each wing, and a very few
grey ones intermixed on the breast, resembling the horse-shoe
on a cock-bird.
ARCHERY.
Saturday the Pagoda medal, given by Uentenant-Colonel
Snss to the Royal Company of Archers, Edinburgh, was shot
for at Butts, and won by Dr. Dutican, sen. What is remarkable.
Dr. Duticau had that day completed his 50th year a Member of
the Royal Company.
Same day, the St. Andrew's Cross, given by Sir Gnomon
&wear Mecums, Bart. was shot for, at 200 yards distance,
and, alter a keen contest, won by ALIiST *lll, Es+ Thakteret
to the Royal Company.