Star.
London, England, 1811-10-17 00:00:00

LEITH, OCTOPER 14.

It blew a dreadful gale from the westward, yester.
day morning, which continued during the whole of
the day, and all the vessels in the Roads drove with
two anchors down, and yards and topmasts struck.
The American ship Live Oak, drove out of the
Roads early in the morning. and went to sea ; the
master and mate, with five of the men, are on shore.
The Royal Charlotte, Excise cutter, and the Osna.
burgh, Custom-house brig, drove down the Frith;
but the latter brought up a little below the island of
Inchkeith, where she mdeemt the gale. At 11 A.M.
the ship Adonis, drove past here, from Inverkeithing
bay, where she had been riding quarantine, and had
driven from her anchors; she was in sight from this
place, yesterday evening at five o'clock, lying to with
a main-staysail ; the gale was then moderating. The
Royal Charlotte is again in sight coming up the Frith.
We have heard of no serious loss by the gale.

KINRARA COTTAGL—For the most part of this sea-
son, Kinrara Cottage, in Scotland, the enchanting sum-
mer residence of her Grace the Duchess of GORDON, tho'
remote from the haunts of fashion, has, from the fas-
cinations of her Grace, been the centre of attraction
to the most elegant and dignified groupes that ever
assembled in the midst of our heath-covered moun-
tains, or perhaps in any other situation. It is but a
few days since the following were among the illus-
trious inmates of the Cottage of Kinrara :—Her
Grace the Duchess of RICHMOND, the Duke and
Duchess of BEDFORD, Viscount MANDEVILLE, and
Lady JEAN MONTAGUE ; the Marquis of HUN TLY, Sir
JOHN SINCLAIR, grandson of her Grace; Dowager
Lady WESTMORLAND and son, Lord APSLEY, &c. &c.
PEDESTRIANISM.—A farmer at Holt, near Dor-
chester, of the name of Rimmington, commenced an
undertaking on Saturday last, to perform on foot SO
miles a day, for seven successive days. He accom-
plished 90 miles on Sunday, and 80 on Monday, when
the last account was received. FROM
_ I:LforoYmD'SNoßrwooaKsy:
is on shore Of
FATAL EFFECTS OF FUOILISM••••••A boxing match
The George,
took place on Monday, near Long Ford, Bucks, be-
the Isle of Strome, and water-logged.
tween two young men, named Spartan and Wilmot,
in consequence of a dispute about a young lady at I The May, —, from St. Vincent's, which arrived
Colnbrook; when after '24 hard fought rounds, Spar- at Liverpool on the 11th inst. spoke, on the 15th ult.
tan received a fall which deprived him of life. A in lat. 29. long. 60. the Friendship, from St. Vincent's
Jury has investigated the case, when it appeared that ; to Portsmouth, which ship had, a few hours befooa
the deceased refused- the encounter till he had been spoke the Amelia, from Tobago to London ;on the
twice struck by his opponent, against whom a verdict 27th, in lat. 44. long. 41. the May spoke the Rego-
of Manslaughter has been pronounced. lator, &toot, from Newfoundland to Gibraltar—she
A few days ago, an Irish lad, on board the Salve- parted from the convoy two days before ;on the 30th,
dor del Mundo, an Hamoaze, having been detected in in lat. 47. 29. long. 33. spoke the Friends, from Ca-
a petty act of theft, underwent the very disgraceful diz to Quebec, bearing up for the first port she could
punishment of flogging, and was sent down into the make in Great Britain, having been laid on her beam
hold. Not having been seen for several days, a re- ends and cut away her masts eight days before.
port got abroad, that he had died and been thrown
overboard. On Sunday, however, search being made
after him, he was found concealed in an empty cask
in the hold, in a most emaciated and deplorable state,
having been more than a week without food ; the
dread of further punishment having operated so
powerfully on his mind.
In the case of Jones-v. Ashburnham," decided
in the Court of King's Bench, in Hilary Term, in
the 44th Geo. 111. the arrest of the body of a de-
ceased debtor was solemnly adjudged to be contrary
to law. Upon that occasion, after noticing the opi-
nion of many high Law Authorities, Lord ELLEN..
BOROUGH says, among other things, " As to the case
cited of a mother who promised.to pay on forbear-
ance of the plaintiff to arrest the dead body of her
son, which she feared he was about to do—it is con-
trary to every principle of law. Such an act is revol-
ting to humanity, and illegal ; and therefore any pro-
mise extorted by the fearof it would never be valid."
The houses at the south-east angle of Paternoster.
row, which are pulling down, are, it is stated, not to
be rebuilt, but are to be carried backwards several
yards from their present scite, which will have the
effect of opening a magnificent view of St. Paul's
from Cheapside.
uesday evening some mischievous persons amused
themselves by tying a cord across the narrow part of
Drury-lane, for the purpose of throwing down passen-
gers. Mr. Sandford, of Holborn, had the misfortune
to become the victim of this act of wanton mischief, for
not perceiving the string, his foot was caught in it, and
falling down, his arm was fractured in two places.
Robert Brown Andcr ion, and James Menzies, alias
Robertson, who were tried at List Stirling Circuit, and
found guilty of breaking into the shop of James atus-
szll, merchant, in Grahamstown, near Falkirk, and
stealing a quantity of goods, were executed at Stilling
on Friday, pursuant to their sentence. They both
behaved in a manner becoming their unhappy situa-
tion, An immense crowd of spectators attended.

GREENOCK, OCTOBER 14.
Saturday night and yesterday morning it blew it
tremendous gale from theN.W. during which, a houw
finishing at Kilblain, was partly blown down. We
have not heard of any other damage on shore. Se-
veral vessels in the Roads and at the tail of the Bank,
drifted a considerable way ; and two sloops (one of
which, the John and Nancy, M,Pneasme, bound for
Dublin), are on shore near the hill of Ardmore.
About twelve days ago, a wherry belonging to
Newton-upon-Ayr, going up Lochlong, loaded with
mussels, foundered opposite to Tarbet, by which un-
fortunate accident two men were drowned. The ves-
sel was seen to go down by some fishermen, who im-
mediately manned a boat, and proceeded to the place,
but found only the hats of the sufferers, and same other
articles floating amid the waves. Their names are
James Downie and John Stewart ; the latter his left a
family.

La POMONZ struck on the Needle Rock, between
half-past six and seven o'clock P. se. and though every
effort was made to get her off, by cutting away her
masts and throwing her guns overboard, they proved
ineffectual. Sir HARFOItD JoNes, by the desire of
Capt. BARMY., left the POMON6 about 11 o'clock, at
which time her masts were all gone, 20 of her main.
ci:ck, and most of her quarter-deck guns, had been
thrown overboard, and the ship was striking so hard
as to give no hope of her holding much longer toge-
ther. Nothing could exceed the coolness and disci-
pline exhibited by Capt. BARRIE, and his officers and
crew, on this trying occasion, to which, in a great
measure may be attributed the saving of the crew and
passengers.
On board the POMONE were three beautiful Arab
horses, +and six goats, which produce the fine shawl
wool, belonging to Sir HARtORD JONES, which it was
found impossible to save. The Pomnae left the Dar.
danelles the 3d, Malta the 17th, Cagliari the ‘23d
September, and Cibtaltar the 6th October. She tele.
graphed the Admiral at the latter place, and ',vu an-
swered there was no news.
The Insurance, of North Carolina, on her voyage
from America to Liverpool, laden with tar, &c. was
boarded off the Banks of Newfoundland by. a French
privateer, who, after robbing Mr. SToresauav, the
owner, of 100 guineas, the Captain and crew of every
shilling they had, taking two barrels of pork, and two
tat pigs, allowed her to proceed.. The day before
bhe had been spoken by the Shannon frigate, Captain
Baoxe, who apprized her of the privateer being in
that latitude, and behaved with the utmost politeness,
as Mr. SroTxsaußY reports.
The 2d instant, in the morning, a tempest of wind
was'. p rienced at Lisbon, which caused an c ittraor.
dinar) agitati3n in the ss:a : it continued on the fol-
lowing day, accompanied by a copious rain. Many
vesseis anchored in the Tagus suffered considerabh
dsmage, and swore small bunts were lt,'• t.

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