Star.
London, England, 1818-12-05 00:00:00

The
Upper Canada, at the
MistyLAND, to pass a law to•prevent any

of the House of Assembly of
t recommendation of Governor

of Delegates, has again aroused the spirit of the Re-
formists in that province, headed, at before, by Mr. i
GotntLay, who does not appear to have been at all
dismayed by his late trial. On the 24th October, a
meeting of the inhabitants of the town and township
of Kingston was held, when several resolutions were
adopted, remonstrating against the passing of such an
act, and expressing their disapprobation at the perso-
nal crimination of Mr. GOUMIAY by the House of As-
sembly, when he had been tried and acquitted of the
charges brought against him, and a petition founded
on these resolutions was drawn up and ordered to be
presented to the Legislature of Upper Canada.
The arrival of Lord SELKIRK in London, is very
unexpected, as it was supposed his presence would
have been required in Upper Canada at the trials of
the North West and Hudson's Bay Companies. It is
said that his visit to this country is connected with
them, and that he comes to explain to Oovernment
the circumstances which have occasioned the disputes
between the two Companies.

Three houses of great respectability in the Mas.
chester line, stopped payment yesterday. The total
sum they have failed for is said be a very large one.

We extract from one of the Barbadoes Papers of
October 13. the follow ing particulars of the damages
sustained, in some of the West-India Islands, by vio-
lent storms which prevailed towards the latter end of
the preceding month :—By arrivals from Dominica
and Martinique, we are informed (as, indeed, was
naturally to be expected), that those Islands expe-
rienced the tempestuous weather with which we were
recently visited. It had been more severely felt in
the former of those Settlements—for, according to the
statement of a Dominica paper, "provisions of every
kind had been laid waste; plantains especially, in
every quarter; and on many estates, the canes that
were previously in a forward state, had been levelled
with the earth : the coffee trees were also severely
shaken." In consequence of this alarming state of the
Colony, there being the prospect of a want of food for
the inhabitants of every description, the House of
Assembly had wisely applied to his Excellency Go-
vet nor MAXWELL, to open the ports of that island for
the admission of supplies, in vessels of any country,
for a limited period ; and, with the advice of his
Privy Council, the Governor issued a Proclamation
on the 30th ultimo, to that effect. _ _

Extract of a Letter from St. Pierre, Martinique,
addressed to a Gentleman of this Tsland, dated 2d of
October, 1518 We had bad weather here from
the 21st to the 23d ult. without intermission ; the
wind all the time from the same quarter as you state
it, and at times very violent, though not at all equal'
to what it was last year ; so that the country has not
suffered very much, except in the loss of plantains
and some provisions. The surf was very heavy—
carried away a great deal of the lumber piled along
the beach, and destroyed one half of the Promenade
at the foot of the Hospital.street, with the whole row
of trees next the sea. An American brig (the Mungo
Park) was driven on shore, after riding it out all
Monday and until Tuesday afternoon, and is bilged.
No other vessels suffered, those here being all small
ones and droghers, which put to sea and got into
Fort Royal. At Fort Royal, one vessel (with a cargo
of lumber) was lost ; but, as far as I can learn, no
damage done to any in the Carenage."
By a recent Act of the House of Assembly of Bar-
badoes, an endeavour has been made towards more
effectually suppressing the practice of Obeah. Our
readers are aware that by this name is designated a
kind of necromantic power, which is mostly exercised
by the negroes for the attainment of the worst pur-
poses. By the above Act, however, it is decreed.--

That any slave who shall wilfully, maliciously, and unlaw.
fully pretend to any magical and supernatural charm or power;
in order to prornotv the purpose of insurrection or rebellion of
the slaves within this Island, or to injure and affect the life or
health of any other slave ; or who wickedly and maliciously shall
use or carry on the wicked and unlawful practice of Obeah,
shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer death or transportation, as
she Court shall think proper.
Also, that if any slave wilfully and maliciously, in the prac-
tice of Obeah, or otherwise, s►all mix nr prepare, or have in his
or her possession, any poison, or any noxious or destructive sub-
stance or thing, with an intent to administer to any person (who.
ther the said person be white or black, or a person of colour), or
wilfully and maliciously shall administer to, or cause to be ad.
ministered to, such person, any poison, or any noxious or de-
structive substance or thing whatever, although death may not
ensue, upon the testimony thereof, every such slave, together
with his or her counsellors, alders and abetters (being slaves),
knowing of and being privy to such evil intentions and offences,
shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer death, transportation, or
such other punishment as the Court shall think proper.

The action, respecting the funeral expenses of the
late Earl of PETLRBOROVUIT, which was entered for
trial at the last Wiltshire Assizes, but which was re-
ferred to Mr. Moonz, the Barrister, to award whe-
ther the plaintiff was entitled to recover more than
two thousand one hundred pounds,. has been termi-
nated by that Gentleman's awarding the plaintiff an
additional four hundred and sixty-eight pounds; so
that the whole cost of that magnificent funeral is at
length settled at two thousand,fivc hundred and sissy.
eight pound:.