Star.
London, England, 1818-02-28 00:00:00

GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY 27.

Arrived die Lavinia, Cairns, from Smyrna ; Navigator, Cook,
from Gibraltar; Gard Verwagting, —, from Rotterdam;
Venus, Patterson, from Marseilles • Prince of Waterloo, from
Ostend. Sailed the Sultan, —, for Smyrna ; Adventure, Ir-
win, fur liamburgh ; Teazer, for Antwerp ; Eleanor, for üb.
; and Diana and Isabella, for Dantzic.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India-House, when Captain F. CRESSWELL was
sworn into the command of the ship Astell, consigned
to Bengal direct.
Yesterday the CHESTERFIELD packet, STARR WOOD,
sailed from Southampton for Havre, having on board
the Right Hon. I.ady BLANEY and family; Captain
COLLINS and family ; Mr. CALCRAFT, and many
other highly respectable passengers.
SINGULAR COINCIDENCE OF EvENTs.—Lieutenant
BOWERS, (whose mother had the honour of nursing
the late lamented PRINCESS CHARLOTTE), was seized
with a fit, and died suddenly on board his Majesty's
ship °Possum, in Halifax harbour, on the morning
of the 6th of November, within a few minutes of the
Princess.

COURT or CHAISCIItY, Fee. 27.—Her Royal Highness the
Princess of WALLS v. the kirl of I.terstettux and Count
STEIL, Executors of the late Duke of Bae,..*A k.A.—The Sotsts-
toa-Orxra.tx, Counsel fur the defendants, stated that the Royal
plaintiff had Sled a Rill against them, as executors to her late
brother. The Bill alleged that the Dake gave the Royal
plaie-
tid' two promissory notes, one for the amount of 1,;:b0/.
; the other for a similar suns, but pa/able in lot.i.
One note had been produced to the defendants, but the ether
had not, and his application was, that it nsiAst b.. produced to
the defendants, to enable them to ascertain wheiber :he tv. o
notes were not giyro for one and the same sum, so as to ,11.1ble
them to shape their answer to the Bill properly.—Mr.
Counsel for the Royal plaintiff, was instructed to more the Court
to amend the Bill, by leaving out of it the hote which had
not arrived. For this purpose, he asked the Court for time
until next Scat.—The Loso Cuasscet.ta:a-14 There can be no
objection to the Bill's being amended in the way you hare mere.
tioned, Mr. Sliadwell, but it will be necessary for the Royal
plaintiff to make an a.M..ayst in sepion of the Fill as am. riled."
CRist. CON.—lii an action tried before the Court
of Common Pleas, Dublin, which occupied the whole
of Monday and Tuesday last, in which a Lieuteaaut
NUGENT, of the Dublin Militia, w.ts plaintiff, and a
Mr. ROBERT NORKIE, late Ensign in the 7.2 d Regi-
ment, subsequently married to Mrs. MActat,ss, an
Irish widow, with a fortune of l;it►,OOp, was &fen-
tlant, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's
wife, the Jury found for the plaintiff—Sixpence
damages and Si.rpenee costs. The damages were laid
at Ten Thousand Pounds!

We are requested to state that the Literary Gazette
of this day contains two Otigival Comlitunications
from Greenland and Behrings Straits, written by NT.
Edens, and by M. CitAmiss°, the scientific compa-*
nion of KOTZEBUE t these papers form an interesting
addition to the article in the Quarterly Review out
the Polar Ices, and the Expedition to explore the
Atctic Seas, which has excited so strong a sensation,
and which refers, in a marked manner, to both the
writers. The same Number of the Literary Gazette
contains a continuation of the Tour id the Austrian
Archdukes in England, besides the usual VARIETIES
on the Arts, the Drama, &c. &c. The Literary Ga-
mite is published weekly, price Is. and sent tree of
Postage.
nar.—Yesterday morning, about six o'clock\ the inhabitants
of lied-cross-street were alarmed by the shout: of " Fire," which
was discovered by the watchman to have broken Ant in the pre.
mists of Mr. Bannister, colour-manufactim.r, Union-miner;
which arc situate at the back of the house in lied ross-street.--
There being a quantity of oils on the premise, the flames rose to
a considerable help.ht, and destroyed, in a short time, the whole
building. The .engines were immediately sent for, bin b. fore
any of them arrived the houses of Mr. Fagg and Mr. Abrahams;
lion. 15 and 16, Red Cross-street, were discovered to he on fire
at the back. On the arrival of the engines every exertion was
used
rapid.
utastop to the devouring element, but its props :as was
incrediblyand in a very short period both the abovemcn.
t p
tioned houses weer entirely destroyed, and several others were
muck damaged. A Joins engines were at one time playing, and
fortunately prevented the ravages going further. '!be confla-
gration was productive of a curious ciccunntance. Mrs. Fagg
had, unknown to her husband, hoarded guineas to the amount
of one hundred pounds, which she was unwiliing to leave in
the flames, and equally unwilling that the treasure should
into the hands of her husband. Anxious fur her safety. Mr. Feeg
insisted that she should fins Lave tla- lu,u•e fora place of 'arty,
but her anxiety for the salvation of the hoard induced her to re-
. list his solicitations : but he was determined not to leave her in
danger, and Mrs. Fags at lergth confessed the object of bar
sob-
eitude. The guineas were saved, and about noon the lire w6s ex-
tiniuished. The pretui.es were insuree.