Star.
London, England, 1810-08-17 00:00:00

Sea—The very hig7- and important situation that
Tau hold constantes you the patron find natural pro-
tector of every man who is employed in the extensive
branch of our national defence, whose management is
committed to your charge. Equal justice in distr,
bating rewards to the brave men who so gloriously
execute your commands, wherever a British pendatit
flies, may very readily be supposed your most pleas-
ing duty ; therefore apology for pressing the follow-
ing observations to your notice will be unnecessary.
The recent promotion of Flag Officers, and Cap-
tains to Flags, going hand in hand with that of the
Army, will doubtless give pleasure to every English-
mm who feels an interest in the welfare of ouradmi-

cable Navy ; but in proportion to their satisfaction
for such a mark of attention to this noble profession,

many who know the merits of the c orps of Royal Marines
will experience some regret to see so veryshort and so
trifling A preferment take place in it. It must be, and
assuredly is the policy. of Government in every coun-
try, to raider those who dedicate their lives to its ser.
vice as comfortable and as well satisfied with their
stations as the nature of things will admit of. This
perhaps is best effected by paying all possible atten-
tion to equitable promotion, carefully providing that
the rise in one branch of it is kept ptoportionate to
the advantages enjoyed by the others ; for where the
duties are equal, equally ought the recompence to be
distributed. To you, Sir, and to every one conver-
sant with the naval protection of these kingdoms, the
services of the Marines cannot be unknown; that they
have universally shared in the dangers, and contribu-
ted to atchieve the most glorious exploits emblazoned
in our annals, is an assertion which defies contradic-
tion.
Although the meritorious conduct of this corps on
every occasion of danger and exertion,. is readily ac-
..knowledged by all who have had opportunities, which
are not unfrequent, of seeing it employed ; it is al-
lowed to languish in a sort of obscurity, almost un-
heeded by the power that is alone competent to its
protection. Reasons for this neglect are not easy to
be assigned, unless indeed they are sought for in the
precarious tenure of the First Lord of the Admiral-
ty's Commissioa, and the accumulation of official
lrisiness. The Chief of the Naval Department is the
person to whom the Royal Marines ha-;e a right to
look up as their patron—they are entitled to expect
that he will become their Solicitor for the flattering
bounty of their gracious Sovereign, in a due ratie
with the Navy and the Army. 'Whether this is the
case or not, let the numerous lists of Officers, both

naval and. military, who have just received testimony
of his Majesty's beneficence, be compared with the
five Officers of the Royal Marines who have bein ad-
mitted to a participation in the same.
It is much to be wished that some effort should be
;node to place his Majesty's Marine Forces on as fa-
vourable an establishment as any of the other parts of
the army. Any attempt to point out the means by
which the object in question is to be obtained will be
superfluous, because, from official situation, you must
be in possession of the opinions of men most compe-
tent to give information thereon. At any rate it can
not be deemed arrogant to express a hope, that the
corps of Royal Marines may receive from you, that
consideration for its welfare and amelioration which
is not denied to be due to its bravery and readiness,
to shed its blood'in the battles of its country against
every ass tilant, from the frozen regions of the North,
to the unwholesome and burning climates of the East
Ind West. I have the honour to be, &c.
August 7,1810. (Signed)

DECIUS.

There never was such an opportunity afforded to
!dventurers in Lotteries, as by the present Scheme.
Any Person may purchase a single Sixteenth, or other
Share as usual, or he may obtain from one to five
Tickets of the same Number, by which he may gain
Five Prizes of £20,000 each ! This could not have
been done in st former Lottery.
A curious circumstance happened at Cranforth,
about six miles from Lancaster, during the dreadful
thunder storm, on Saturday se'nnight. As a person
of the name of Taylor was sitting alone in his house,
be heard something-scratch at the kitchen door ;
thinking it was the cat, he opened the door, and, to
his great surprise, a large foulmart (or pole.cat)
rushed past him, and sat down by the fire. The, man,
astonished, sat down in his chair, looked earnestly at
the strange visitor, which also stared hard at him '--
In length, after a loud clap of thunder the foulmart
kap& upon the man's lap, who, not liking to touch
the animal vrtth his hands, took up the tongs, seized
it by the back, and put it into a wire cage, in which
be exhibited it to his astonished neighbours, many of
whose ducks as well as his own, had lately had their
beads bitten off, as is supposed, by this animal.
-• Saturday se'nnight, two men belonging to the Ad.
vice whale ship, now lying at Dundee, having gone
in quest of a boat which had drifted, they procured
an old salmon coble on the beach near Invergowrie,
emd put to sea. They had not sailed far when the
bottom of the coble gave way, and she filled in deep
water. Neither of the men could swim, but catching
hold of the opposite sides of the bow, they towed
until thEy were observed from the shore. A crowd
of people soon assembled on the beach, who could
render them no assistance. A ploughman attempted
to carry a rope to the men by swimming his horse,
but becoming terror-struck, he returned without ef-
fecting his humane purpose, and could not again be
prevailed on to make the hazardous attempt. At this
critical moment Lachlan Magregor, a young boy,
gavot to Daniel Mackenzie, at Annfield, was pas-
sing, mounted on a poney, the property of John Ross,
tienatt j Blackness. He took the rope and dashed
into the water with his poney. When at some dis-
tance from the shore he too grew timid, and was .in
the act of turning, when a heart-rending groan from
• the unfortunate sufferers inspired him with new cou-
rage, and determined him to risk his life to save them.
•He .succeeded in handing them the rope. Unaccus-
.. ',Corned to manage a horse in the water, the boy now
turned the pony toil suddenly, and they both disap-
for a moment the spectators suffered the
moss sinxiou* suspence for the safety of the boy, but
; -, the poiley soon reappeared, and bore its intrepid rider
to the shore. The two men were then drawn gently
`its the water, and saved.

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• -` • . IriffINDIC PLACES.
tt4 - ARRIVALS, AT STATOR CAREW.
lir: J. Wood, Captain MA kink Gen. Hardy, Mist Mod.
soil, Miss Stevenson, Miss- Wiesb, Mr. and Mrs. !Sward,
Sir C. Lull, Miss, and Mr. J. 1.. Loraine, Miss Dixon, Major
Spawforth, Mr. Gould, Rev. W. and Mrs. Cuss, Rev. W. Miss,
and Miss H. Peacock, Rev. D. and Mrs. Peacock, Mr.and Mrs.
Perkins, Miss Mande, Mrs. J. Rains, Mr. Pease, &c. &c.

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AT SCARBOROUGH.
Mr. and the two Miss Fs!jambes, Mr. Mrs. and the two Miss
Moresby; Rev. J. Falcon, Miss Codd, Mr. HoHaworth, Mr.
Horn. Mr Atty, Mr. Hornby, Mrs. and three Miss Batty., Mrs.
and Miss Tenant, Mrs. Lockwood. Mr. and Mrs. -- Ramsden,
Mr. Carr, Mrs. Coates, Rev. Mr. and Mrs.Dyson, Mrs. Pycroft,
Miss Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. Wharton and family, Miss Shann,
Mr. Strows, Rev. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Smith and family, Dr. Chorley, Mr. Chapman and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Rudston and family, Mrs. Dalrymple and family, Mr.
Mrs. and two Miss Varalows, Mr. and Mrs. Longdon and fa-
mily, two Miss Ardis°lfts, Mr. lbbertson, Mr. and Mrs. Dike,
Miss A. Chaloner, Mrs. Swainson, Messrs. Blair, Stevens, Sta-
ley, Davies, Capt. Barker, Miss Middleton, Rev. Mr. and two
Miss Gilbertsons, Mrs. Wikeley, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Raby and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Payne and family, Mr. and Mrs. Boulton
and family, &c.

AT ZATII.
Lord Wallscourt, General Glenson, Colonel Bathurst, Colonel
Mrs. and Miss Molyneul, Major Brown, Dr. B. Mill, Dr. and
Mrs. Drake, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Haviland, Rev. Mr. Brooke.
Rev. Mr. Morthood, Rev. Mr. Salter, Rev. Mr. Roberts, Rev.
Mr. Wood, Rev. Mr. Hudson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Brent, Capt.
and Mrs. Bitstock., Capt. Suberele, Capt. Grange, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, r. and Mrs. Williams, Mr.
land Mrs. Halifax, Mr. and Mrs. Buller, Mr. and Mrs. Hodge 5,
Mi. an& Mrs. Charlton, Mr. and Mrs.M•Mahou, aid Mr. and
Mrs. Goldwyer.

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A vessel artived in our harbour last Sunday from
Quebec under peculiar circumstances, which we tut-
derstand to be the following :—While on her passage
the crew mutinied, and determined on murdering the
Captain. On his being apprized of the horrid de-
sign, he begged for a short respite to prepare himself
for eternity, to which they with difficulty assented.—
He was accordingly permitted to retire into his ca
bin, and, in the interval allowed him, he contrived to
secrete himself under what is called the scuttle.—
After the limited time had expired, the inhuman
wretches repaired to the cabin to accomplish their di-
abolical purpose, but finding the cabin windows
open, and not discovering their intended victim, they
concluded that he had threwa himself into the sea.
On the arrival of the vessel here a revenue officer
went on board, and was told by the mate, the ring-
leader of the mutiny, that the Captain, in a fit of in-
sanity, threw himself overboard, and was lost ; and
while he was telling this story, the Captain, to his
infinite consternation, made his appearance. It is
scarcely necessary to add that the villains have been
taken into custody.

FOR THE STAR.
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TO ?Hi RIGHT HONOURARLR CHARLES YORK FIRST
LORD OP THR ADMIRALTY, RTC. ITC.