Star.
London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The French Papers to the 14th inst. and the Etoile of
Saturday, contain intelligence of some interest from
various quarters. From Lisbon we learn, that the Parish
or preparatory Elections were terminated throughout
the kingdom, and that in no part of it had they been
attended with the least infringement of public tranquil-
lity. Some doubts having arisen respecting the applica-
tion of the Amnesty granted by the Emperor Don
Pedro, the Regent had dec'cled that they should be
removed by the most favourable interpretation, and
that the Amnesty should extend to every individual
who bad not been tried, when it was signed at Rio
de Janeiro. A Supplement to the Lisbon &emetic of
September 23, gives a report from one of the Ministers
respecting the flight into Spain of "Degenerate Por-
tuguese, accustomed to make a living out of the public
misery and oppression, who considered as the greatest
calamity that could ever befitl them, the approaching
reform of the abuses which had so powerfully contri-
buted to bring the nation to its present state of de-
cadence." This Report charges them with having even
denied the legitimacy of the Emperor and King, and,
after calling them " Deserters, traitors, rebels, and pub-
lic robbers," declares that foreign emissaries were ac-
tively employed in every part of the kingdonvto scatter
lies, calumnies, and incenJiary Proclamations, for the
purpose of producing civil war, and demands that some
measure should be adopted to prevent desertion into
Spain. In consequence of this requisition, the Princess
Regent immediately issued an Ordinance, directing seve.
ral old Decrees to be revived, which deprive of all civil
rights,of honours and employ ments,and of the possession
of their estates, all individuals who should quit the realm
without the authorization of the Government. From the
moment that this Ordinance had made its appearanceide-
sertion had ceased. The intelligence from Madrid comes
down to the 3d inst. and states that our Ambassador had
presented a note to the Minister of Finance, requiring
the immediate liquidation of the sums due by Spain to
English merchants. An article from Presburg announces

We have received letters from St. Jahn's, Newfound-
land, dated 17th September : —The Orestes sailed for
Halifax on the 14th of September. She had recently
tem ned from St. Therms, whither she proceeded to de-
liver some representations on the subject of the encroach-
ments of the French fishermen, within the limits assigned
to the Bluish. His Excellency the Governor, embarked
the same day, on board the Government yacht Forte,
under the customary salutes from the garrison, and
proceeded to the Northward, to visit the hal hours in
Conception and Trinity Bays. He was expected to be
absent from St. John's about three weeks. The yacht
had just returned from Falmouth. The fishery has
proved very unsuccessful, owing to a great scarcity of
bait, and it is feared that the quantity of merchantable
fish will be very small, in consequence of the long con-
tinuance of warm weather. The summer has been the
hottest that has been known there for many years. Thel
Honourable the Judges,'had sailed on their Circuits, in
vessels chartered for that purpo.e, viz. the Chief Justice
in the schooner Argo, for the Northern Circuit ; J i !ge
Des Banes, for the S nithern, in the brig Martha ; and
Judge Paterson, for the Labrador, in the brig lndi ma.
We regret to learn that his Excellency Sir Thomas
Cochrane had been under the necssity of suspending the
Hon. Judge Molloy. The Collector of the Customs
(A. H. Brooking, Esq.) had been appointed Member of
his Majesty's Council in hi. stead.
Bar badoes Papers to the Sd of September state, that
a smart shock of an earthquake was experienced at St.
Vincent, about five o'clock on the morning of Saturday,
the 12th of August; and another slight shock is stated
to have been felt in Bridgetown, and oilier parts of the
island, on the same day, and about the same hour. This
is one of the fearful visitation, to which tropical climates
are unfortunately subject, and which too often bring
desolation and ruin to dismayed thousands.
We have received Philadelphia Papers to the 21st ult.
An express from Neikajack had been received, an-
nouncing a fracas among the Commissioners assembled
there, to run the boundary line between Mobile and
Alabama. These Papers give melancholy details of
shipwreck, and the effects of a hurricane, that took place
in the Gulf of Florida and along the American line of
coast, about the 6th of September. The Spanish !Let
had returned to the Havannah, dismaszed, and in
great distress. An English frigate was seen under jury
masts. These papers affirm that the American com-
mandant on the Brazil coast has succeeded in obtainingl
a modification of the blockade of the river Plate in
favour of the shipping of the United States.
A letter from St. Croix, given in a Philadelphia
Paper, of the 21st September, states, that the European
Residents of that Island, were in hourly terror of an

It was adduced in evidence, that so far from the houses
being well timbered, they were floored with what are
called five-eighth b.iarck, v inch are five boards cut out
of a three inch thick plank ! and a bricklayer swore the
floors were so thin, that when he was walking across
nine of them, his foot actually went through between
the rafters. •

Mr. COMMON SERGBANT then addressed the Jury for
the deieliciants, contending that the houses in question
were well timbered, considering their scale, and the
purpose for which they were built. _ They were erected
merely for the accommodation of poor people, at small
rents, and it could not be expected that such Imams
should have oak rafters and thick floorings.
Several builders,„ettgaged in the erection of such edi-
fices, were then called, who declared that these houses
were well timbered, considering their size, and the pur-
pose to which they were appropriated. In cross-exa-
mination, one of them said, he considered the flooring
no part of, the timber: another said, that he had built
some houses even still worse.

. Mr. Skinner, a bricklayer, residing at Greenwich,
examined the houses in question ; the exterior walls
sere only nine inches thick, the party-walls only four
inches, the partitions were so slight that they were
scarcely sufficient to carry the roof.
The Loan CHIEF JUST= was clearly of opinion that
the plaintiff ought to recover; and declared that it was
highly necessary persons acting in the capacity the de-
fendants filled, should be taught that it was their duty.
to publish true particulars, if they published any, and
not lend themselves to deceive parties.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 35i.

Among the ships that arrived at Bergen last month,
is a Neapolitan, Captain Barbato, the first ender that
flag that ever entered a Norwegian port. It brings salt
from Cagliari, and is to take back stockfish to enjoy a
reduction of a tenth of the high duty on fish which was
granted same years back to ships under the national flag.
Gas tar mixed with yellow ochre makes an excelleV
green paint, well adapted for preserving coarse wood
work and iron rails.