Star.
London, England, 1821-10-10 00:00:00

BERMUDA.

The little Island of Bertnuda is involved in the
very a tempest, torrent, and whirlwind" of conten-
.tion, between the governors and the governed, be-
tween the Legislature and the inhabitants of the
Colony. Papers from thence were received yester-
day to the 23d of August. The arbitrary imprison-
ment of the Churchwardens and the Mayor of Hamil-
ton—the former for want of sufficient promptness in
adjusting their accounts with the Rector, and the
latter for an alleged stretch of power in the mode of
suppressing some disorderly assemblages of the peo-
ple of colour—have been mentioned by the American
Papers with some expressions of surprise at the con-

duct of Governor LUMLEY.
The following account of the case of Mr. TILL, the
Mayor, and that of a Captain HAYWARD, who as-
sisted in the suppression of the disorderly conduct
alluded to, is taken from the Bern:adios of the Ist of
August, divested, however, of much angry comment
interspersed by the Editor a -
" A complaint on the transaction was preferred before the
Justices of the Peace, who dismissed it, as not cognisable be-
fore they inasmuch as Mr. Till was curdling the prerogatives
of his Aced The complainant, Instead of appealing to a juridi-
cal Court, brought the matter before the Governor in person,
who accordingly issued a general warrant for citing Mr. Till
and Captain Hayward before him. Believing a warrant of this
nature to be illegal, they declined obedience to its mandate.—
Order was given to the constables to execute it, and the Mayor
diet himself up is the Town Hall, and refused to surrender.
The Hall was in consequence invested by forty or fifty soldiers;
they did not, however, force admittance, and the Mayor re-
mained all night in a state of siege. Some insulting language
passed between the populace and the military, durini the time
the latter were engaged in this singular duty, but It led to no
tumult or mischief. Between nine and ten o'clock the follow-
ing morning, the Mayor thought proper to surrender himself,
and was conveyed to prison, having first, through the medium of
a friend, obtained an authenticated copy of the warrant."
These are the facts attendant on the impvisonMent

of the Mayor. Both parties remained under confine-
ment at the date of the present advice', and strict
orders were issued by the Governor to prevent all
communication with them, without written authority
from the Provost or Magistrates. Great indignatios
is expressed on the subject by all classes of inhabit-
ants in the Colony, and prosecutions for perjury of
those who have given, as it is alleged, false testimony
respecting the transactions in question, and appeals to
the Parliament of Great Britain, are currently talked of.
The Journals of the Wand of Bermuda, which,
whatever may he the case with the inhabitants, ap-
pear to be free from all controul, comment in the
strongest language on these transactions. We quote
two specimens from the Beimudiax of theist August:
The Churchwardens of St. George have now been impel-
mind Mem days for doing their duty, by an edict of his Ex-
ailmay Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley, K.C.B.
Malt wive, Indisposed part of the time, and on. of their alio
lambs limier post dames& sanction. Wien a sepseenta-
MO of this ekannetanco Y imam to his Shade 114 m ay, no
bap redeem vrill be the carstprias; sad limb this main
is supported by every dirty Joe le Moe, the sense of thiamin.
try is uniformly against it. But when we see men, spans boa
the very dregs of racier!, endeavouring to palm their ignorant
dogmas on their superiors, and aspiring to rank with those whose
shoes they are only St to clean, it is high time to turn with an-
lempt,/na bid them recollect their pristine Ignorance, degrade-
tionolnd servility, and not, with' matchless intrepidity of face,
Wine and.pha themselves by the side of their superiors."
The following, which quotes a precedent to spew
the consequences that may attend the conduct of the
Governor, is from the same Paper:
" Has his Excellency ever by chance heard of a Jr..
which took place not many years ago at Halifax? • If sal We
can inform him. Sir Andrew Mitchel, the then Naval Pea
mander-bs•Chk.f, having reason to suspect that some desertion
from his Majesty's ships had taken refuge in the stores of Mama
Forsyth, Smith, and Co. fora few hours, caused the min so
be blockaded by an armed force, for which outrage the Mid
was prosecuted in England, sod had to pay ae16,000 damps
and expenses. The Attorney-General of Nova Scotia is said to
have addressed the Admiral in the following terms upon that oc-
casion t—' For GOD'S sake, Sir Andrew, withdraw your man im-
mediately, for it may be one of the worst day's work you have
ever done.' Let it here be said, if ever there was an excuse for
trampling upon the laws of his country, Sir Andrew Mitchell
had that excuse, for desertion had, at the time to which we allude,
made gigantic strides towards the destruction of oar navy.
" The occurrences however of last evening admit not of the
slightest palliation t they are pf the blackest, deepest die ; and
let us hope for the honour of this Colony, if our Attorney-
General had been consulted, he would have given his Excellasey
a warning similar to that we have mentioned in the case of Sir
A. Mitchell. Besides all this, his Excellency has !mot that
Mr. Till is entitled to privilege of Parliament, which was de-
cided here in the case of the Speaker, who was released on that
ground, during the administration of General Hodgson. We
have no doubt that several actions for perjury will be brought
against more than one individual, and we hope that the Court
of King's Bench will visit this heinous offence with adequate
punishment."

Extract of a letter from Zante, dated August 5e
We have received here the positive news of a
signal victory gained at Samos, by our countrymen,
over the powerful Ottoman fleet, which was almost
entirely destroyed, and are in expectation of the offi-
cial confirmation. A decisive and favourable crisis
for our people seems to be at hand also in the Morea.
The siege of Patras has been renewed with fresh vi-
gour since the withdrawing of the English division,
which series only to inspire our people with appre-
hension, and to afford encouragement to the Turks,
who are daily supplied by these masters of ours with
provisions. The sense of horror inspired by the mea-
sures of that Government, whose perpetual aim is
to favour our implacable enemies, is inexpressible.—
It is said that Prince Ypsilanti is daily expected in
the Morea. The enthusiasm of the Greeks is not to
be described. They are now convinced that they
must either conquer, or be completely destroyed.
Every day affords fresh proofs of this glorious reso-
lution. Many of the inhabitants of the Morea, who
took refuge here in the commencement, make their
escape secretly to join their brethren in the Peninsula.
Two weeks ago, a number of young men of this
island set off secretly for the Morea. They go to
avenge the outrage done to the Greek name by the
Government of the United States of thelonian Islands.

NAVAL IN'TELLIGENCE.

Pauses from the Agents to Leove's. at Boulogne, dated the
Sth October
We beg to enclose a paper which has just been delivered to
Ss in a bottle picked up this morning at eon o'clock, on the shoe
at Dane*, between this port and &espies t
- The 'narcissi eh* Sir Joseph Banks, Jonx WILLIAMS
oeimmindere—At see, Monday, July 16, 192 t, in lat. 49 deg.
11 tlia. le see. N. and longitude, by chronometer at noon,
11 de. 47 min.-96 sec. west of Greenwich; being calm wea-
ther, *few this bottle overboard for the marls (if ever fuund)
wwwWlldre the COM* about the entrance of the &glide
Chinni Wow Aide die IS be good enough to scheme-
ledge k r maw OM arm.'
klen.....The lir See* Reeks arrived is the River July 23,
from Jambe
Fausomen, W.N.W.--Arrived the Onmo-
polite, Nem, from Normonder. Sailed his Majesty's ship
GLASGOW, for Ceylon ; Sally, Senses. for Berbadoes ; and the
following packet with Mans—Duke of Kent, foe Lisboa ; Prin-
cess Elisabeth, for Jamaica ; and Lady Wellington. fur the Bra-
sile. The rest of the outward-booed will no doubt sail in the
course cff the day.
Poarsasount„ Oct. 9.—Wind S.F.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship BUSTAIIID, from the eastward. Sailed the Hester, GRATTOS
Ann, Brace; and Acorn, Cunene*, for Oporto; New Fre-
derick, 1121IDLI, for Cadiz; William and Henry, Paetemost.
for Jamaica; Cincinuates, Cawerue foe New York; Tiger,
Beane, for New South Wales ; Only ion, GRIDS, for St. Übe's;
and Cornwallis, for the Cape of Good Hope.
Diaz, Ocr. 9.—Wind K—Sailed the Henry Percher, Comm-
sun, foe India, and the whole of the outweedi wilt
Are
light breeze from the eastward. Arrived mil 'Met Ihr
River the William. Yoawo, from the Cape of Good Hope
too, TAlit2llll2r, from Malaga ; Bruce, Bosco,
(tom Para ; and
his Majesty's ship ALUGASOS. front Portsmouth. The latter
remains, with his Majesty's ships Seeman and Baas.
Hammen Oct. 6.--Wind s.W.—The 'SwiftSteam-packet
sailed this morning with the William &bile Ewe Indiaman in tow.
Hest, Oct. 6.—Arrived the Ram:wick. Bann, from Davis'
Straits, with 24 Bak 640 butts.
Baum, 9.—The Providencia, Petratant, from St. ATM
for this port, is wrecked at St. Agnes, Seilly—crew saved,
and also the cargo. In a damaged state.
Lavaarom„ Oct. B.—The Eau. PLosnrsa, front Greenock,
which was on shore we Barba, has been got of and returned
without damage. The Punt Blucher. &easy from Dantsic for
this port, was lost 29th ult. no Inch Island—crew saved.
Senenness, Szn. 17.—A brig, of very auspicious description,
came into this port on the 6th, with the quarantine flag at het
main, and having got a supply of fresh beef and water, ,be again
proceeded to sea, with a gale from the S.F. which was thought
to be in consequence of one of his Majesty's cutters making her
Her name was the Cognac, of Scarborough, from
'l=lmnd to St. Petersburgb. with a cargo of salt. She
has not dm been beard 14
Conme-Hoon, Omens 9.—Ships Entered Inwards: IlwIR,
from Harilswen ; Recovery. from bee;Qoa Messenger, from
Belfast; Amelia, from Newcastle; Victoria, frost Havanna!' •
Walter Mathews, from Harlingen ; Ann, from the Cape of Good
Hope; Brampton, from Calcutta; and Ann, from Waterford.
Entered Outwards: Thomas sates, for India; Lady Halewood,
for Grenada; Lord Cranstoun, Thetis, and Sir Edward Hamil-
ton, for Jamaica.—Cleared Outwards : Catherine Green, for
Jamaica ; June, for Cork ; Letitia, for Belfast ; Alexander, for
St. Übe's; Flora, for Antwerp; Minerva, for Norway.
Amnia—At Madeira, the Margaret, Hughes, from Cork ;
Lovely Cruiser, from Bourdeaux ; Little William, from Gibral-
tar; and Eliza and Macy, from New Yak. At Madras, Ca-
ledonia, Cairns, from Batavia. At &Ma, Golden Fleece, from
Liverpool At Lisbon, Joao Boil, Castro; and Infant Don Se-
bastreo, from Rio Janeiro ; Gleaner, Bell ; Placentia,
Henessy ; Levied*, Harris; and Jubilee, Mardon, from New-
foundland; Margaret. Jones; and Jane, Munn, from the Clyde;
Nines, Gibbs; Joe, Lloyd ; and Avon, Tucker. frost Liver-
pool; Royal Clarions, Pleasant, Hill; Gipsey, Miller;
and Neptune, from Newcastle I Anchor. fisher, from
Laid= ; Janet, Sacker, from Lyn; and Ganges, from
Sunderland. At Pigsties, Phoenix, Rogers, from Newfound-
land. At Bilboa, Robert, Gilbert, from Newfouodland; Search.
engem& Chapman; and Mary, Brown, from Lewin Indy
Gorby, from Dartmouth ; Pomona, Comb, hem lipase*;
and Martha, Cella', from Poole.
HURRICANE.—WRECK OF VIE ELIZA.
Dome, One. et-Monday last a dnewlfid storm came on hem
the N.W. which caused mach damage on our coast. A IlFebh
trader was driven from her mooring. at Kingstown Beifbeeti
and narrowly escaped destruction, as she passed within two
yards of the end of the Dew pier. A brig was in the was *ea-
sin, but was preserved by the activity of her Captain and sow.
• three-masted ship, the Eliza, was wrecked in Klisisewn
Illisbour she had arrived from Quebec only about a week.
Men with timber and some casks of potash. The einem, of
it hurricane caused her to drag her an 3orea and bake drives
Steward with rapidity, she struck on the pier, and Ned with
water. All the men employed in the works at linollown were
called en to aid in getting her of; her masts were smock, the
lumber headed. and she was lightened is muck as peedble ; the
labourers and crew toiled all day in vain, and at lest, about
half-past eight es Monday night, she was cleared from the pier,
andlowed in towards the sip. Ten or twelve casks of potash
have bees landed from her; her stern is at this time muck sunk.
and she is completely Wed with water.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.
CLOVELLY, OCTOBER s.
About sixty boats employed in the herring fishery
were yesterday evening, by the suddenness of a gale,
obliged to relinquish their nets in the hopes of gam-
ing the shore in safety, -but unfortunately more than
forty were driven among the rocks. The cries of the
drowning, thirty-five in number, most of whom have
left large families, produced an effect too heart-read-
ing to be adequately expressed. The distress occa-
sioned to the families of the unhappy sufferers, who
looked forward to the fishery for their entire support,
but now, alas! bereft of the means of subsistence, is
most afflicting. Let it be recorded, to the honour of
humanity, that two Gentlemen (the Rev. Mr. Purr
and Rev. Mr. Luxmoste), then staying at Clovelly,
were particularly instrumental in saving the lives of
many who but for their humane exertions must have
inevitably perished, and at their departure generously
left Y. 5 to be distributed among those families who are
now become utterly destitute.—Western Luminary.
Thursday evening last, the most violent gale per-
haps ever known was experienced at Appledore, rn
this county. It is said that the bodies of thirty-two
sailors, belonging to Clovelly and Appledore, have
been taken up, and a vessel came in dismasted. A
vessel was also lost off Lundy Island, and her crew
—Exeter Alfred.

LIVIMPOOL, Ocr. B.—Copy of a Treasury Letter,
relating to the Importation of Wood from British
North American Colonies r,

" To its

or CUSTOMS.

Treasury Chambers, 15th September.
ag Geartsums—lt having been represented to the Lords Qom-
raissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, that the Officers of the
Customs in British North American Colooks have declined
granting Certificates as required by sections 9 and it of the Act
of the Ist and gd Geo. Ile. chap. 37, ott the ground of their not
having received any instructionsun this subject, 1 have it in com-
mand from their Lordships to desire that the necessary directions
an this subject may be forthwith transmitted to the said 011icers
by you; and ask appears that, in consequence of the refusal of
the OMeers of your Department to grant Certificates, several
vessels hue huelj arrived in this country from the British North
American Colonies without these documents, and that they have
in consequence thereof not been admitted to entry, I have fur-
ther to desire you will direct your 011icers to dispense with the
production of such Certificates in all cases of vessels arriving
from such colonies previous to the let day of December neat.
- (Signed) ABBUTHNOT.
Nor.—The Certificates required by the aboie-ntentioswd
Act were, that the wood or timber imported was really and
entafkie the growth or production of smite (Apecilled) Haiti*
Colony or Plantation in America."