Star.
London, England, 1826-11-07 00:00:00

CHILIAN MINING COMPANY.

A meeting or Shareholders was held yesterday at the aty
London Tavern, to confirms a resolution passed on the 16th of
October for dissolving the Company.
Many Sharebbiden express their regret at th* dissolution of the
Company, and their sonviction that the undertaking, if carried on
with a limited capital, would prove a profitable one. The Directors
joined in that opinion, as weU as a large body of Foreign Share-
holders, and it was pretty generally understood- that after the pre-
sent Company should have ceased to exist another would be formed
for the same object but on a smaUer scale. The Resolution that
the Company be dissolved was then put, and curled with only one
'dissentient voice.

•FALMOUTH, Nov. 4.
•
SIR—We beg leave to wait on you, with the enclosed
letter, from Captain Robert Johnson, of the brig Earl of
Egremont, arrived here this morning from the Cape of
Good Hope, addressed to the Committee of Lloyd's,
giving an account of his detention on the passage by a
piratical schooner, and a description of her appearance,
for general infortnation.
We remain, respectfully, Sir, your most obedient servants,
John Bennett, Esq. Lloyd's. WM. BROAD AND SONS.
" to nit coMMITT“ OP LLOYD'S, DOTAL 111.11ANCIL
" Gentlemen—l beg to inform you, that the brig
Earl of Egremont, under my command, on her passage
from the Cape of Good Hope. was brought to by a
piratical schooner, and afterwards boarded by five armed
men, having previously detained my first mate and
boat's crew, whom I had sent cris board with the ship's
papers. This occurred on the 10th of October, in lat.
35.56.. North, long. 41. 36. West. We were brought
to by this vessel first firing a gun, and hoisting Dutch
colours, but on getting within pistol shot, she hauled
down the Dutch, and hoisted a white flag at the main.
"Most fortunately for us, when one of the fellows 'I
was interrogating me as to what I bad on board (they,
having their swords in their hands), a second schooner
hove in sight ; this appeared to alter their plans, as they
were then called on board, pretending they wanted
nothing but a mate to navigate the vessel; that they
Thad fought an action with some vessel;. had lost their
I captain, mate, and one watch; but in fact they 'prevari-
gated so much, and the whole of their conduct appeared
so strange,,that I have no hesitation in saying that their
object was plunder; and a second vessel heaving in
sight, was the cause of saving our property, and, in all
probability, our lives. My mate and boat's crew were
liberated, when I was informed by him, that.after they
had sought out a sharp-edged sword, one of them re-
peatedly brandished it over his head, as if be intended
cutting him down, and threatening him in a language
which he did not understand; he further stated, that a
sail lying in the quarter•deck boom irons was spotted
with blodd. Curiosity led him (unobserved) to lift ep pan
of the sail, when he discovered large' patches of blood
on it, as if murder had been committed.

" This vessel then made all sail possible in chase of the °thy one,
and as she vaikd remarkably fast, would not be long before she
came up with her.
" She appeared to be about 90 tons measurement,
coppered, American built, no head, or galleries, painted
with a narrow yellow side, ports, and a red streak un-
derneath; her lower masts and topmasts were in one
piece; mounted only one large carriage gun in mid-
ships, and the crew were armed with large sabres, and
each a knife in their girdle.
“ I have considered it my duty to make this affair known to you,
as if made public, it mayput others on their guard, and be prepared
to resist vessels of that description from boarding them.
" I anhOentlemen, yogi most obedient bumble servant,
gl Falmogth, Nov. 4. "ROBERT JOHNSON."
British Consulate, Brest, October 30, 1626.
SIR—I have to inform you, that the French brig Le
Numa, Captain Gilles, from Rouen for Marseilles, was
run foul of in lat. 47. 22. long. 12. 27. on the evening
of the 22d instant, at about seven o'clock, by the English
brig Demerara, Captain Venable:, bound from London
to Demerara.

The Numa's foremast was carried away, her star-
board • bulwark stove in, and being otherwise much
damaged, she put into Brest the 26th instant. The
Demerara suffered comparatively but little; her jib-
boom and foretopsail were carried away.
In freeing their vessels, two seamen of the Dense-
rare remained on board the Numa, and one of the
Numa's men on board the Demerara. The weather was
so bad, that ifwax impossible to approach sufficiently
to exchange the men.—On separating the following
morning, the Demerara hailed, and the Captain re-
crested that it might be reported .that he would con•
tinue his voyage.
The foregoing was stated to me by the two seamen
whom I have relieved, and shall forward to England:
One of the seamen said, that ooe of the owners of the
Demerara is a Mr. Kingston, who lives near the Bank.
I remain, Sr, your most obedient humble servant,
ANTHONY PERRIER, Consul.
John Bennett, Esq. Secretuy to Lloyd's, London.

Havastitaa, SEPT. 19, 1126.
GENTLRIIIN-41 is possible this may reach you
through Charleston sooner than the one from the Ha-
vannah direct, stating the total loss of the Levant, in
let. 30.30. N. and 76. W. after experiencing a most se-
vere hurricane, in which the masts were cut away, every I
thing swept from the deck, rudder lost ; the latter, be-1
fore it broke, ripped the lower part of the trunk to
pieces, together with the three lower planks in the coun-
ter, of each side of the rudder case. In the fire part of
the hurricane, for I can call it nothing less, when the
first sea struck the vessel, cleared the decks, and which,
broke the lee stanchions of the bulwark, and threw the
ship completely on her broadside; sails all furled, and
ship perfectly prepared; yards down; tcc. sounded the
pump, and found seven feet water in the weather one,
although on her broadside. Cut the mixen mast away,
and endeavoured to get her before the wind, which she
refused ; the pumps wet e then our only alternative, the
sea making a clear breach over all, and night as dark as
possibly could be. with heavy bail and rain • could not
get to cut the mainmast away. We succeeded next day,
and got before the wind, but that was of short duratiou,-
as she would not steer, and ultimately broached to on
the same tack, and with the lurch of a sea fell over to
windward on her beam ends, the sea then having full
force on the decks, that we could scarcely stand to the
pumps ; we cut the foremast away, but she still lay,
and at last the rudder got adrift, and did the damage
as mentioned in the fore part of this. We were taken off
the wreck by the Catherine of Charleston, bound to the
Havannah. You will pray excuse the shortness, as I
have only just learnt of a vessel getting under weigh for
Charleston. The particulars will come direct from here;
I have noted a protest, and have the log-book with me;
four of my crew wounded and unserviceable at the
commencement; the boy (Brown) arm broke. I have
got him to the hospital with the rest of them. lam
sorry to say ere have no representative at this port to
assist us in our present distress. I shall take care of the boys, and,
come to England with all possible baste. I am, Gentlemen, your
most obedient aervant JOHN GRAN/MON.
Messrs. Henry FleCehar and 800. •

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

•
BRTTINO-ROOM, TAITTRRSA-LL's, Nov. 6.
There hula* been so great en attendance of betting men of all
classes, or so heavy a day of badness, for months; the betting,
from the opening to the close of the room, being remarkably heavy
and important. Fur the Derby, the two first favourites obtained
the greatest notice; but for the Oaks, all the finks mentioned
below were backed to an enormous amount. We subjoin a full,
statement....

Duiv.
11i to 1 apt Tatter 2.1 to I agst Cressida
13 to 1 apt Web 30 to 1 apt Mimeluke (taken)
15 tot apt Blfrid so to 1 apt Tureonun (taken)
17 to I apt Catherine 35 to 1 apt Amason
SO to 1 apt Trumpeter 50 to 1 apt Nicola
11.5 to 1 agst Dahlia 50 to 1 apt Intruder
45 to 1 apt Augusta
7 to 1 apt =rid an
Oa,
to 1 apt Maria (taken)
11 to 1 agst Totteridge • •
14 to 1 apt Brown Duchene
(taken)
15 to 1 apt Souvenir (taken)

Catherine (taken).

16 to 1 apt Scornful
16 to 1 apt Zeal (taken) y.
20 to 1 apt Hampslen (taken)
22 to 1 agst Lunacy (taken)
20 to 1 apt Calypso
Se. Leos&
12 to 1 apt Receiver 23 to 1 apt Granby
20 to 1 agst Popsy 25 to 1 apt Moonshine
23 to 1 apt Matilda 25 to 1 apt Nivalis
TARPORLEY HUNT MEETING, Nov. 2.
A Stakes of 5 soy,, each,, with 20 added. Twice round. (17 subs.)
Mr. France's b. g. by Golumpus, 5 yrs l Ist. 81b. • 1
Sir H. Mainwaring's gr. m. Malvina, aged, llst. 10lb. 2
Mr. Armistead's b. g. Sinapsis, 5 yrs list. 81b. . bolted
Farmers' Cup, with 15 son. added, second besto 0 loos. Heats,
twice round.
Mr. Fennel b. g. b. by Champion, 6 yrs 12st. . 1 1
Mr. Dodd's gr. m. by Friend Ned, 4 yrs llst. 51b. • 2 2
Mr. Shaw's ch. us. by Grand Duke, ditto . • sdr
Silver Cup, by Lord Delamere's Second Regiment of Cheshire Yeo-
manry. Heats.
Mr. Hand's b. g. by Pineapple, 6 yrs . . 2 1 I
Mr. Bird's ch. f. by Maximilian, 4 yrs . . 1 2 2
The Hampshire Hunt Races took place on Turiday, at Abbot-
stone Down, near Alresford, when four horses started—three heats.
The first was won by Mr. JoUilfe's roan mare, and the second and
third by Mr. Bigg's bay mare, consequently he was entitled to the
Cup, which was a handsome and valuable one, and Mr. Jolla& to
the Jockey Whip, as second best. There was good sport, and the
race, although Mr. Vine's horse was drawn after the first heat, was
well contested.

GALLOPING MATCH.
Mr. Masterton's match to gallop his horse, Brutus, twenty miles
in one hour from the eleventh to the twenty-first mile stone between
Slough and Salt-hill, took place yesterday morning. The brat ten
miles were performed in twenty-nine minutes, and after paining
through Golnbrook on the return at a winning rate, the horse fell,
but received no injury. Not so with Maynard, the rider,.he was
stunned for the moment and was unable to mount again until too
late to win the match which was for 100 sous.