Star.
London, England, 1828-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL IN 1 ELLICENCE.

Arrived off Holyhead the Tagus, ---, from Lisbon. .
WATIZTORU, MARCH 15.—The Town of Liverpool (steamer),
on the hocks near the Hook Tower, fills every tide, and is• ex-
pected to go to pieces: cargo discharging, in a damaged state.
klaacat 18.—Arrived the Active, Asti, fromTerceiro;
and John Cabot, —, front Lisbon.
lavraroot., MARCH 17.—Arrived the Cambrian, AIRY, from
Macaio ; Trent, BARSTOW, from Mobile; Cashmere, WHITNET,
from New Orleans; and Oliver. BLANSHARD, from Trieste.
MAL, MARCH 18 —Wind S.W. toW.S.W.—Arrived the Mar-
garet Hall, Hamm+, from Demerara ; and Mary,, Ilueucaorr,
from Bombay, Arrived front London the Craigevant, BAT, for
the Mauritius; Redman, Tavaone, for Gambia; Chieftain, SAlt,
MOS, for Madeira ; 'Miranda, Darsoz, for Grenada; and Tartar,
—, for St. Thomas's.
l'orassrounr, MARCH 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed the Glattorr,
Lawrox, for Honduras.
FALMOUTH• Ma atm 17.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrived the
Glasgow, STLWART, from St. Domingo; Myrtle packet, (rant the
Mediterranean—sailed from Corfu 24th January, from Malta Ist
February, from Gibraltar 4th March, and from Cadiz 7th ditto.
Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon. Arrived off port the
Achilles, HENDZIIHni. from the Mauritius. The Matilda, Rorie-
Wm., no shore on Bolt Point, River Plate, was got off on the
10th January.
FKIURRAS, MARCH 2.—By advice. from Aveiro of the 23th ult.
a vessel laden with silks, cottons, spirits, flour, and butter, bad
been driven on shore there, crew drowned. The cargo was carried
off as it reached the shore.
The Captain of Marines who was lost in the Anne and Amelia
transport, off Lisbon was Captain Miciteet. BURTON, a Gentle.
man of great talent and zeal in his profession, and most deservedly
esteemed in private life for his probity and honour.
Ott the sth March, as the fishing boat Sally and Susannah, of
Staithes, port of Whitby. 60 tons, THOMAS COLE Master, was re-
turning from fishing on the Dogger Bank in a great storm of wind,
when near Flambro Head, a sea rose in a moment, and broke half
way up her foremast into the foresail, tearing away the foreyard,'
the sail and yard, throwing the vessel on her beam-ends, and carry-
ing away one of her cables and almost every thing upon deck, with
five of the men, viz.—Daniel Snowden, John Unthank, Francis
Harrison, John Ward, and Thomas Ward. Four of them have
left wives and poor families to lament their unfortunate end. The
Master, THOMAs CoLz. saw a fine brig suffer very near them, and
every soulferished.

Monday, a Banquet of mote than ordinary magnifi-
cence, was given by Me. and Hon. him Ham to their Royal
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cs.aleocs, and the Princess
Emma of CAW:PLATO'. In the ensiling the Drawing-rooms we*
illuminated for the reception of a Select party.
In the report of .a trial at Edinburgh the other day,.
the LOW) Pawnniv slid—" I confess I was much surprised when
I heard that the Navy Board had resolved to do away with the
naval station at Leith, the consequence of which will be, that when-
ever a new war breaks out, the very ground which has been sold
for a trifle must be bought back, if it can be got, or some other in
a similar situation, at a most enormous price. An instance of
this kind occurred in the short peace which followed the Treaty
of Amiens. It was deemed advisable to sell a great many of
the buff belts and old stores belonging to the second battalions—a
certain person in Edinburgh bought them for a mere trifle, just
an old song, as the saying is. Well, what happened? It was not
long before the war broke out again, and Government were forced
to buy back their own old stores, and the purchaser cleared no less
than 25,0001. by just selling back his bargain. But that is what is
called economy! Now, I shall venture to say, that the very same
thing, or something very similar, will just happen again in reference
to this naval yard. And, even at the present time, if any vessel,
sent to look out for smugglers, or any other service upon this sta-
tion, should chance to lose a mast, or suffer any other damage, she
must go to the Note, or some other naval yard at a very great dis-
tance, in order to be repaired. I hope the Navy Board will ytt
think in time, and avoid such a very awkward resolution."
Dimity LANK THEATEL—The Opera of The Slaw
was performed last night. • COOPIR, as Gambia, was
very effective. BRAHAM was in excellent voice, and
introduced several songs with great success; he was
rapturously encored in " The Year that's awn.* Jams,
HARIAT, SHERWIN, Mrs. OEVSIN, and Mrs. C. JONES,
exerted themselves successfully. Don Giovanni followed,
in which Miss Love pers9nated the gay deceiver with
great vivacity, and sung several songs extremely well ;
her voice is a fine rich contralto.
NEWCASTLZ•ON-TYNE, MARCH 18.—COLLIERY Ex•
PLOSlON.—Another of those distressing events which
have of late years been of 'so. frequent occurrence in
this neighbourhood, has just taken place. At an early
hour, we believe about two o'clock on Saturday roorn-

ing, there was an explosion in Jarrow Colliery, which
is the property of Messrs. T. and R. BROWN, of London.
Eight of the poor pitmen were soon taken our of the
mine dreadfully burnt, six of them lifeless,,and the
other two in a shocking condition. One of'thern expired
in the course of Saturday, making the number of per-
sons killed up to this time, seven. What renders the ca-
lamity greater is, that some of the sufferers have left
large families.
Monday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock,
the inhabitants of the Haymarket were thrown into a
state of alarm by a dreadful crash. It was soon dis-
covered that the whole of the gable end of the Tennis
Court, on the side next the Haymarket, had fallen to
the ground, which was about SO feet wide, and nearly
60 feet in height. The front wall in James-street was
considered to be in such a dangerous state yesterday,
that it was forced to be shored up, and barriers were
placed entirely across the end of the street near the
Haymarket, and also at the corner of Oxendon-street,
so as to exclude entirely the approach of passengers.
The Tennis Court, it appears, has been erected about 160
years, and it is expected that it must be taken down.
An inquest was held yesterday on the body of W.
Strange, the driver of the Worcester mail coach, who,
on Monday, was driving the coach in Charles-street,
Haymarket, when he fell from the box to the gtound in
a fit of apoplexy. The wheel injured his head ; be died
almost immediately. Verdict—Accidentally killed—
deodand on the coach and horses Is.
A Gentleman who has just returned from a tour of
business through the manufacturing districts of the
north of England, states the whole of them to be in a
state of great prosperity. At Halifax, Bradford, Dews-
bury, and Leeds, the manufacturers say, that for the
last six or eight months they have been constantly em-
ployed, to a greater extent than for 10 or 15 years
previous, all on order, and to good account. At Roch-
dale the individuals who, twelve months ago, were
saved from starving by the Relief Committee in Lon-
, clon, have struck work for an advance of wages. At
Manchester the demand for goods has been so great,
that some descriptions cannot be obtained without
giving orders three or four months beforehand. One
firm stated that they alone had employment for 500
additional bands.

• ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
/ZONIS CIRCUIT.--MAiDSTONR, Maui 11.
Caows Sim—Before'Mr. Sergeant 1:11.M.r.
The late Greenwich Postmaster, George Edward:,
aged 28, stood charged on two indictments, the!first
charged him with secreting a letter at Greenwich, eon.
taining an order for payment of 21. 10.. the propeny
of Ellen Cartwell, the said letter having come into MI
possession as a keeper of a receiving house for letters,
sent by post at Greenwich ; a second count charges'
him with a misdemeanour, for neglecting to send
letter by the post as it was his duty to have done.--
The second indictment charged him with the ember.
zlement of the postage of the said letter.
Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW and Mr. BRODRICK were
Counsel for the prosecution. The prisoner pleaded Not
Guilty to the indictment charging him with the capital
part of the charge, and Guilty to the misdemeanour.
No evidence was produced to support the second is.
dictment, and the Jury returned a verdict of —Ad
Guilty. The Court deterred passing sentence.