Star.
London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

RANISGATE, Nov. 12.

The Petitions to the two (louses of Parliament, con•
taining the Resolutions agreed to at the Kent County
Meeting on Pewit Jen Heath, having been sent to this
tow n for signatures a few days since, will very strongly
exhibit the feelings entert tined by the freeholders here
against the Catholic Claims, as upwards of SOO have
affixed their names. In addition to which, similar
Petitkns have been signed very numerously by the
rated householders (not being freeholders). A
Counter Petition having been laid at the Town Hall
Ant ing the last few dayu has only received three signa-
glues as yet. It is supposed that these are not forty
freeholders left here vs ho have not signed• against the
Catholics. A Consti:utional dinner is to take place at
the Albion Hotel in this town on Friday next, the 14th
instant,- which is expected to be most nnmeronsle at-
tended. The Doke of Newcasrt.E, the- Earl of WIN-
' CIIJLarSA, Sir EDWARD ENATCHBULL,' Bart. Sir Wm.
Cunris, Bart. and several Gentlem n to the county who
have taken a leading part in the Brunswick Associa•ion,
have also signified their intention to be peseta. Our
worthy townsman, Sir W. Curtis, has presented two
,fine turtles for the occasion.

Sir EDWARD OweN's flag ship for the India station
will be the -nth:amt.:ton.
From the darkness of the night an unfortunate colli.
sion took place on Thursday eveninA off the Pvint of
Gourock, betwixt the Inverary Castle steam packet and
the Maid of. Moisten, in consequence of whish the for-
mer hid to put back into Greenock. We are happy,
however, to be able to state that no lives were lost, the
concussion' having only damaged the bide of the vessel,
and by its force thrown some of the hands of the Mot.
vets a beard of the Invetary.—Caledoniun Mercury.
We have before us letter dated Sierra Leon, 19th
August. Lieutenant G ,vernor Lust Lxv is dead, so is
Ensign Goan ,N of his Staff, arid t'ie Gaserlioes.white
servant is not expected to recover. The Governor and
his whole Staff were strut k down by the p-s .1-uce at
one fell snoop. 13, igaJe Mai .1 FRAZER. and Lieutenant
M LEAN.-h4ve recovered. A relation of the I ate GRAN.
VILLB SHARPL'S had come out as Payniaster—hotror-
snuck at what he sac', and trembling for his life, he,
two days after landing, insisted-on being sent back to
England. Dr..CLaarc and Dr. Prom are both laid
up. The mortality even amongst the black inhabitants,
says the letter, is " frightful." The burying grounds
are evening and morning filled with victims! Need we
add more! We'have nt t revealed all the horrors—but
amidst of death we cannot dwell on iniquity.—Glas-
n Courier.
• 'lnc Mayor of EXETER has called a Meeting of the
inhabitants of that city for Saturday next, to express
tneir,sentiments upon the increased alarming exertions
of tt.e.Rimar„Catholics to obtain politic al power. .1 he
Requisition to the Mayor tot this purpose was signed
by filty-five of the principal inhabitants of the city.
The Archdeacon of NOTTINGHAM bas called a Meet-
ing,ef the Clergy for Tuesday next, to pet lion against
the hOIIC _ _

Two boys of the names of Lamb and Donaldson, were
on Monday last killed in a quarry called Diana's Grove,
at the Westgate, near Newcastle. They were getting
coals from the pillars of an old colliery there. and part
of the stories above fell upon them and crushed them to
pieces. There was a third lad there, who escaped al-
most miraculously. A Coroner's inquest was held on
the bodies, and a verdict of a AcciJental Death " was
teritined.-7:yrte Mercury.
The fog of yesterday has seldom been exceeded in
opacity in the metropolis and its neighbourhood, and
many accislents may be expected to be heard Of in con-
sequence. It began to thickets very much about half
past twelve o'clock, from which time, till near two, the,
effect was most distre,sing, making the eyes smart, and
almost suffocating those who were in the street. parti-
cularly asthmatic persons. In the City all the bankers,
and offices of different descriptions. as well in the
principal shops, were obliged to have lights. To
bee ui.h any distinctness further than across the
street was impossible; all the narow lan's, beyond
the perspective of a few yards, were absolutely in a
state of darkness, and in the great thoroughfares, the
hallooing of coachmen and drivers to avoid each
ether, seemingly issuing from the opaque mass in
which they were enveloped, was calculated to awake
all the caution of riders, as well as of pedestrians
who had to cross the streets. On the Thames, as
on land, the tendency which fog has to enlarge
distant objects, was strikingly illustrated; the smallest
vessels on their approach seemed magnified to thrice
their usual dimensions. St. Paul's had a prodigious
effect through the mist, though neither .that nor the
Monument were visible above the height of the houses.
It cleared off a little about a quarter past two, but re-
turned with all its density in the evening.
The following pathetic soliloquy we found written
on the back of a 1001. note of the National Bank, which
passed through our hands lately, and we are sorry we
can now add our sympathies to those of our poet on the
transitory nature of those sublunary enjoyments :
" A little while ye ha'e been mine,
Nae langer can I keep ye; •
I fear yell ne'er be mine spin,
Nor any Idler like ye." .1141absos4 I'hjier.