Star.
London, England, 1826-06-01 00:00:00

NAVAL IN 1 ELLIGENCE.

The Shipley transport, from Cowes to the West Indies, with
troops on board, was totally lost at Barbadoes the 19th of April.
The crew, troops, women, and children, were all saved.
The American ship Endeavour, arrived off Plymouth, was plun-
dered in lat. 29.52. N. long. 40. by a privateer of seven guns and
Go men, said to be from Carthagena, and the Captain a Colombian.
--Another, of nearly a aisoilar description, was to cruise off the
'Western isles.
FALMOUTH, Ma: 30.—Wind E.—Arsived the Osborn packet.
from the Leeward Islands—sailed from St. Thomas's the 29th of

April. Off the port, the French ship Cornelia, Rion, from Mar-
tinique, in 34 days, for Havre; the ship Antigua Packet' from
Liverpool, arrived at Antigua the 46th of April. Sailed the Mary,
LAM, for Glasgow.
PIA-mourn, MAY 30.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Dalrymple,'
Dawson, from Rip. Sailed the Dispatch transport, for Bermuda.
The C.m.imerna., 120, is to undergo a slight repair. Her copper
sheathing was stripped off on Thursday last. and though it has been
en the vessel's bottom eleven years, and the had never been fitted
pith the iron protectors, it was found to he in a most excellent state
of preservation.
Nemo:turn, MAY 31.—Wind N.—Arrived the Huskisson,
ilaaruson, from Falmouth for Sheerness.
Dear., MAY 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the River,
the Ruby, Mowl.r., from the Havannah ; Jessie, Wavers, from
Guernsey; Julia, SARGNAINT, from _St. Domingo; and the. Maria
transport, from Portsmouth. Also arrived, the Carolus Magnus,
)lausszar, from Stockholm; Johannes, GAAZO, from Port au
Prince; Janus, AMAMI'S and Andreas, Hnixasraosr, from
Lisbon; Ulrica Charlotte, S:arissaa, from Terra Vita; and the
Robert, Sinnott, from Trieste. Sailed the Mary Ann, MOZILY,
for St. Domingo ; Manly, &yeas, for St. Vincent's ; and Arca-
dian Woretn, for Berbice.—Frye, eon. Foggy.
MAY 31.—Wind sN.B—The Bruce, of Aberdeen,
Cacao, with sugar, tobacco, and cotton, from Salvador to Ham-
burgh, was lost on the Long Sand the Stilth inst. Crew saved, and
landed here by the Perseverance, of London. A few bales of cot-
ton have been landed at Margate.
CUSTOM HOUSE, MAT 31.
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Suns Erreitan fuwakos--The Gute Hoffnung, from EmbAlen ;
Lively and Union, from Harlingen; Thane of Fife, Brothers, and
Speedy, from Lisbon ; Perseverance, from Elsineur ; London, from
Rotterdam; Ecotia, from Riga; Exchange, from Grieswald;
Buckinghamshire, from Canton ; Janet, from Limerick ; and For-
titude, from Havre.
ENTIRM) OOTWAftros—The Diana and Mina, fur Dublin; Argus,
for Hamburgh ; Sandwich, fur Grenada; Sirene, for Calais;
Cllo, for St. Vincent's; George, for Tobago; and Geruuda, for
Ostend.

Tuesday night, Mr. ACQUA BONA, an Italian Messen-
gerawaadeopmebed from the Gloria! Mat to the lonian Islands.
Yesterday morning a Messenger of the same name,
and brother to him who left London on l'ileadaY night, arriVed at
the Secretary of Statt's Office for Colonial Affairs with despatches
from the lonian Islands for Earl BATHURST.

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An accident bete! the Hon. CiusTAvus, fifth son of
Lord TALIDOT, at Ingestre, near Shrewsbury, on Wednesday
morning. The young gentleman was driving a horse, unaccus-
tomed to harness, through the perk, in a low carriage on four
wheels, when the animal set of at full speed, and attempted to
leap a gate. The consequence was, that the shafts broke, and the
young gentleman falling forwards, had Ms thigh forced with such
violence between the front of the carriage and the gate, that it re-
ceived a severe fracture. The young patient is doing well.
NEW PUBLICATIONS. The following interesting
Works are just published by Mr. COLBORN New Burlington-street.
The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, the Dramatist, by
Himself, Two Vols.—Captain Maitland's Narrative of the Sur-
render of Napoleon, and of his Residence on board his Majesty's
skip Bellerophon' One Vol.—De Vavasour, a Tale of the Four-
teenth Century, Three Vols.—The Life and Correspondence of
Major Cartwright, by his Niece, Two Vols. The Plain Speaker,
Opinions on Books, Men, and Things, Two Vol. —Memoirs of
Count Sego:, Vol. Second, containing the Account of his Residence
at the Court of Catherine 11. of Russia—Sandoval; or, the Free-

mason, a Tale of present Times, by the Author of Don Esteban,
Three V015..-The Second Volume of Godwin's History of the
; and the Memoirs of the Prince de blentbarey,

Two Volumes.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India Howe, when Captain Twouss Foams Iltunacron, of the
ship Asia, tout leave of the Court previous to deputing for Bengal
direct.
PEEPING TOM AND Laos GoDlvA.—The present is
the show week at Coventry, and every thing has the
appearance of gaiety. A traveller, in passing through
the place at this time, would be surprised to see a num-
ber of children, about four nr five years of age, habited
in a tawdry theatrical or show-like looking dress. On
inquiry he would find, that these children belong to re-
spectable parents; and that they have formed part of a
procession which was headed by the Members of the
Coventry Corporation,end a common woman, not ac-
tually in a state of nudity, it is true, but dressed so as'
to resemble it as much as possible. Men of sense think
that this exhibition, which is intended to keep no the
memory of the fable about Lady (iodiva, would be
more honoured in the breach than the observance; but
Ist homines fuot sex:entice, as they say in the Classics ; or,
as we safia the edge, 44 Every one to his taste," quoth
the old wonsup when she kissed her cow.
About seven or eight years ago there was a turn-out
for an advance of wages at Coventry, when the weavers
adopted an expedient, as they say, of their ancestors, to
oblige the masters not to give below a certain price,
and the workmen not to take a reduced rate. The ex-
pedient was this :—A mob of people walked about the
streets with an ass—not a fat ass, but a very lean, net,
row-backed ass,—and, whenever they met with an
offender, whether he was master or man, they put him
n he bare back of the said ass, with his face towards
t .e tail, which tail served him for a bridle, and in this
sate they paraded him through the city. Mr. Horsefall,
one of the most respectable manufacturers in the city,
WAS thus exhibited.
STATI oP TIIADF..—We are happy to state that a
little more activity pervaded our warehouses again this week, and
they have bees partially relieved of the immense loads of calico
pieces which have for several anseiths incumbered them,—even in
some cases so as to endanger the safety of the building. Should
the increased demand which took place at Manchester last week
enthuse, we may expect in time better prices and more employ-
ment for the poor w We were also glad to see the retail
provision and other shops more thronged with customers so Satur-
day, than for many months past, and bail this as another proof of it
gradual amendment in the condition of our labouring pour—
% Bled bum Mail.

SOCIETY ion PROPAGATING rue CHRISTIAN'
RELIGION IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS.

The above interesting Society held its anniversary
Dinner yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern. Sir PETER
LAURIE in the Chair. The company sat down to
dinner at seven o'clock. On the removal of the cloth, and
after the" King" and the usual toasts had been drank,
The CHAIRMAN said, that in rising to propose the
Prosperity of the Institution, he would merely mention
to them that it was a society of long standing, having
taken its rise in the year 1701, from the benevolence
and public spirit of a few individuals in Edinburgh ;
and by the activity and management of its directors it
soon gained public patronage and encouragement. The
Society had at that moment under its daily care upwards
of 20,000 children, bestowing on them the advantages
of a moral and religious education, which, after all,
was the best fortune which the possessor of active facul-
ties could receive. He, therefore, hoped that the In-
stitution would not be suffered to languish for want of
funds, calculated as it was to advance the best interests
of the community.
The Sscarraay then read the Report of the Subscriptions and
Donations, which amounted to rather more than 500 i, including a,
legacy from Alexander Ribble, Esq. who, it was represented, had
been throughout his life a warm supporter of the establishment.
The health of Thomas Wilson, Esq. M. P. Sir Peter Laurie, the
Rev. Dr. Crombie, and Mr. Hume, were next drank ; and at eleven
o clock the Chairman quitted the Chair, but the conviviality of the
Meeting was kept up to a much later hour.