Star.
London, England, 1828-09-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Detachments belonging to the 10th, 11th,111th,211th, Slat, Stith,
88th, and 90th Regiments, are under orders to join their espec-
tive Service Companies in the lonian Island*.
One Troop of the 14th Ligbt Dragoons, which was stationed at
Kidderminster, bat received orders to return to tha Regiment at
Birmingham.

NAVAL INTELLt6ENCE.

Idatt.s Marlys This DAY.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Guernsey
and Jersey I—Flanders I—France I—Jarnatra 1.
IfOrtuguese Consulate Office, London, Sept,.24-
" Sna—l beg leave to inform you, that I have received instrue-,
tions from the Visconde de Santarem, Secretaty of &ate for Fo.
reign Allot., at Lisbon, to make it public in this country,
That the blockade which had been established at the port of
Funchal, in the island of Madeira, is new raised, which information
I shall feel obliged by your making public at Loyd's, for the go-
vernment of those persons to whom the same may concern.
" I have the honour to remain, &c.

(Sigurd)
" John Bennett, Esq. Lloyd's."

“ F. T.SAMFAYO.

The Elizabeth, MIAMIAN, of Hull, and the Alpheus, Doncax,
of Peterinad, are lost at Davis' Straits.
Pavaitrizao, SAY?. 22.—Arrived the Baffin, Ma, and Triad,
DAVIDSON, front Davis' Straits.
DIAL, Sart. 24.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the Sir
Charles Prue, from the South Seas; West Indian, Gustav, from
Jamaica ; Valkytield, Joustson, from Bombay. Arrived from
London the Wallace, WA tt.ace, icor Nassau; Manly, Monts, for
B;o Janeiro; Greyhound, Cortvitt.tv, for St. Michael's; Amelia,
CAMPBELL, 101 St. John's; Topaz, STROCIAN. for Barbadoes; Duke
of Roxburgh, Illinois, fur India; Pero, RUITEII, for St. Helena;
and Dawn, ISLAND, for Honduras.
PORTSMOUTH, San. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Lady Gor-
don, BILL, from Bombay.
PLYMOVTD, San. 23 —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived I: Esperanto
from Bilboa. Arrived from London the Britannia, Farms, for Rio:
FALMOUTH, Sm. 23.—Wind S.S.W. to W.—Off port the Alert,
CNAPNAN. from Bahia, in s'l days. The Frolic packet is now
outside the harbour, from Jamaica; her malls will be sent off this
post, if possible.
STA /COATE Casa, SATT. 24. Arrived the Swallow, Astra, from
Malaga; Fairy Queen, Boum), from Gibraltar.
Mamas, Sart. 24.—Arrived the James Daly, Cairn, front
Jamaica.

RAM SI:UTZ, Ssrr. 24.—Arrived the Diomede, Davis, from Vir-
gluid, very leaky, and with loss of rudder, having been on the
Goodwin Sand, bound to Amsterdam.
Livsaront., Stria. 23.—Arrived the Harmony, Ross, from Ma-
/wham ; Curlew, Jamas, front New York; Crown., Ras, from
Quebec; klarada, Jonsson, from Miramiehi ; Apollo, from La-
brador ; Sir Thomas Cochrane., from Newfoundland. •
Canosuavzs, San. 22.—Arrived the Berkley, Jonsson, from
Quebec; Buie, A:A:amass, from Monte Video; Tally, HALL,
from Quebec ; Amelia, COOK, from Campeachy.

Sunday the. Doke of Wscradovon, on his way to hil
seat, Strathfieidsay. visited his Maanry at the Royal Lodge,Wind-
lot, with whom his Grace had the honour of a long audience.
The following is the mariner in which the .arrival of
the yoong Queen of Potty:mat is annottdced in the Lisbon Guise
of the 10th :—" We learn by the Duke of York English steamer,
from Malaga and Gibraltar, that two Brazilian frigates have ar-
rived at the latter port, on board of one of which is the Most Se-
.vene Senbora the Princess of Gea Pica, Donna IsLimit as Gso.
ma, on her way to the Austrian Stasi."
DUBLIN, SEPT. 2O—His Excellency the LORD Lieu-
ruanr arrived at Dublin Castle, front Richview, this day, between
two and three o'clock, accompanied by Lortis Gums and Acta=
Pacer. The Countess of Eason, we sincerely regret to state, still
condones seriously indisposed. She passed a very bad night, but
is not worse to-day. Her Ladyship is attended by Dr. Ct.riaza,
State Physician, Dr. FUGUE/31, Dr. ANDIULION, of the Royal Yacht,
and Mr. Qualms, the Surgeon General.
The whole of the late KING'S library. which is valued
at 100,0001. is now placed upon the shelves appropriated to its re-
ception in the new room at the British Museum.
The letters from Oporto, of the 13th instant. by a
merchant ship. mention the first outrage on an English subject U
that place; --- Noble. junior, of the Manse of Noble and Posp,i
has been imprisoned by the Portuguese Authorities. The excite•
meat and alarm amongst the other English subjects was excessive.
EAST INDIA iintivE.—A Quarterly Genet al Court of
Proprietors of East India Stock was held yesterday. Certain
papers, which had been laid before Parliament since the meeting
of the last General Court, and also an account of the expenditure
for the support of the Company's institutions at Haileybury and
Addiscombe, were submitted to the Proprietors; after which the
Cow. adjourned.
Iltwamtv, the tragedian, before he went on the stage,
was a Captain in the army. One day, when lounging in the Park,
he met a Scotch Officer, who had been in the same regiment. The
latter was happy to meet " an old companion of the war," but his
chivalrous notions made him asharr.el to be seen with a player;
he therefore sagaciously hurtled Butane into an unfrequentet
coffee-house, when he asked him very gravely, how he could dig.
grace the corps by turning play-actor ? BENSLIT replied, that he
by no means considered it in that light ; that. on the contrary, an
actor who conducted himself creditably, moved in the first circles,
and kept the best of company. 4' Weel, weel." interrupted kis
friend, and what may you get by this business of yoonr “
sow," answered Buster, "get about a thousand a-year." " What,
man ! a thousand a-year !" exclaimed the astonished native of the
land of cakes, Hee ye ony vacancies in your corps r
A few days ago, as a grocer was counting the re.
ohm' of the day, which were arranged in piles along his counter,
a person entered and inquired for a pound of wax candles.
" What!" said be, " is this a proper time to expose your money 7
Suppose any roaming fellow should take a liking to two or three of
these piles, and put them into his bat in this way ;" at the same
time suiting the. action to the word, to give more weight to his
observation, Ind then ran off. The grocer pursued the moralist,
who gauped, however, and is still at liberty.—Paris Pope.
The intellect of the truly wise man is like glass; it
admits the light of Heaven, and reflects it.
How melancholy are all memorials!
Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking non-
sense to him, before be is old enough to know the
sense of it.
How many actions, like the Rhoneahave two sources,
the one pure, the other impure.
Friendship is lott with jewels on, but without either
Bowers or veil.
Juliet's flow of feeling is a proof of her purity.
Curiosity is iittle more than another name for hope.
The Ladies of Lima are passionately fond of flowers,
and will give very high prices for them. A white lily,
a little out of season, has sold for eight dollars, add
good hyacinths for two or three dollars each. The
gar den% contain most of the flowers cultivated in Eng-
land, with the esception of ranunculuses and tulips.