Star.
London, England, 1828-10-30 00:00:00

THE CHASE.

Our Cumberland friends intend to fix dick bead quarters at
Lockerbie, on Saiarday, the le November, and the matures pre.
eently arranged are: For Handykes, on Monday, the sd; Kirk-
wood. Thursday, the 6th ; and Reese hill, oa Saturday, the Kb--
oath morning at ten o'clock.

STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.

GLASGOW. Oes. ea.
Friday evening. between seven and eight o'clock, as
the Highlander steam vessel was passing Loch Craig-
nish, on her voyage from o.ian to Gl swim, she was run
foul of by a sloop or smack, in consequence of which,
we are sorry to state, the C •plain or the Highlander was
drowned. The two .vessels were going in apposite di.
rections; the peo,le on board the Highlander had a light
out, and being otherwise gin the alert. they obseived the
sloop bearing down on t e steamer. The alarm bell was
rung, arid the sloop called to beat ewer ; but the hands
in the sloop, either not hearing the alarm, or not at-
tending to it till very near the steam boat, on a sudden
the helmsman of ve sloop a ttnikted to keep her away,
hut in the hurry he Rase his vessel a wrong direc-
tion, which brought her u t , instant collision with the
Highlander. The crash was tremendous, aud in con-
sequence of it the cutwater and the stern of the High.
lender were carried away. The greatest alarm pre-
vailed among the passengers, about one hundred in
number, the whole of whom came upon deck, some of
them having forced their way from the steerage
through the sky light. Captain Johnson, of the High-
lander, was attending his duty on the quarter deck,
and hay* run from thence to the paddle box, giv.
ing directions with the view of preventing' the • acci-
dent, he was standing on the paddle box when t e
collision ,took place, and the shock precipitated him'
into the sea. Every exertion was made .to save him,
by throwing out ropes, and lowering the small
boats; but Af the sails
•the sloop were kept up while
she was tp CinKan, with the Highlander, both vessels
were cat rieo away, from the spot, and all their exertions
were therefore unavailing. The people in the slonp
would not speak 'when called to, and of course it was
impossible to learn her name, or any thing respecting
her. After endeavouring to save Captain Johnson, and
ascertaining that there was no immediate risk to the
steamer, the small boat was put off to render assistance
to the sloop if she needed any, but none was required.
Captain Johnson was a very sober and remarkably at-
tentive man, and his loss will be regretted not only by
the owners of the Highlander, but by the public who
frequented the vessel. He has left a widow and two
children, to whom his premature death will be irre-
parable.

Extract of a letter from Carthagena, dated 20th Au-
gust—" Santander is proceeding slowly to Bogota to
answer for his crimes, and it will go hard with him, as
'Padilla has mined informer against him. The Presi-
dent (Bolivar) is making great changes for the better,
and every thing will go on well. I natter had a better
opinion of Colombia. General Montilla had been ap.
pointed Civil and Military Chief if Panania, Cartha•
Rena, and Maracaibo ; and Chitty, General Comman-
dant ti the Naval Department of the same proiinces."
A letter from Havre says—" It is calculated that I
within three months there have entered into this port
and that of Rouen 200 cargoes of foreign corn, which
at the rate cf 70 tons the average burden of each cargo,
gives a supply of 14,000,000 kilogrammes, or 17,500
hectolitres. It is probable that the quantity of cora
imported at other prim, is also very considerable. An
acquaintance with these facts is calculated to remove
the apprehensions that mar have arisen in the interior
of the country relaThe *Mlle deficiency in the late
harvest, and the sonsehriences thereof. It is a singular
fact, that whilst Englishmen are buying up corn at
Rouen arid the environs, Frenchmen are making heavy
purchases of corn in Lincolnshire."
A lever of the 16th inst. from Bourdeaux, announces
that the vintage it nearly finished in that department,
and that the quality of both the red and white wines
turns out much better than was expected. As to the
quantity,the following details ate given—In the Meant
there is, in general, a full third less than 'East year; in
the product of the hills of our different arrondisse•
mints these is a greater or less diminution, according
sas the hail or the fill of the grapes spared more or less
certain vineyards. In the country of Graves, which pro-
duces superior white wines, there are some tracts which
have come off well, and others where the quantity was
not abundant, on account of the overflowing of the
Garonne this year. -As to the wines of Pales, the pro-
portionate quantity is not known, bat it seems it will
be greater than was expected at the beginning of the
vintage.—Galignans's Messenger.
Issocvsnr AND Basticaurr.—The great difference
between bankruptcy and insolvency is this--If a Bank-
rupt receives his certificate. he is for ever discharged
from all his•debt.; but an Insolvent, when discharged,
contracts at the very instant of his discharge, a liability
to pay the debt, by a solemn instrument which he signs,
and which the creditors have the power of enforcing for
ever after. The Insolvent, although discharged by due
process of law, when no fraud has been proved against
him, is still liable. until the latest period ref his life, to
pay his debts in full; the creditors have a right to en-
force the payment, it ever the Insolvent should have it
in his power, in future life, to liquidate their just claims,
by bringing him up again from time to time before the
Court, which will judge whether he is, or is nos, able
to pay his debts tut of his dm) property.

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