Star.
London, England, 1826-01-02 00:00:00

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TO GREECE.

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?R•7MI THE NEW aInETHLT MAO tZINIC.
Sweet Hollis earth—my Fancy's fairy-1/ind—
My youthful spirit', glorious Paradise !
Oh ! who may teU how dear the filial band -
Which links to thee one born in distant skies,

Hut with a soul that shares thy destinies,
An I feels thy glory, as it felt thy shame?
That I have lived to see thy star arise—
Thy banner spread for Freedbm and for Fame—
Land of my love ! will be a thought to claim
A. long proud record in my memory,
Where the prophetic echoes of thy name
Speak all of glad lad golden days to be :
I hear the omen, as thy warriors heard,
Before the fight, the wings of Victory's bird !

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.

FROM AN AMIIIIIgAN VAPNR.
The schooner Harvest, Captain Sevey, from Bahl-
m,re, h-unri to-Charleston (S.C.) touched in Hampton
Roads on Wednesday last, and having taken on board
Lientenant Gtintke, of the Navy, his wife, child, and
nurse, sailed from Seawell's Point on Thursday morn-
ing, the 17th of November, for her destined port, the
whole number cm hoard being fifteen.
The same evening, the vessel went ashore between
New Inlet and North Bank, in the vicinity of Currituck,
the wind at the time blowing fresh from the north-
we.t. As son as she struck they let go both anchors,
which brought tier stern on some distance from the
shore. In this situation, the sea making a full breach
over 11,1-, her hatches were washed off, and she imme-
diately filled. Her stern being out of water, the pas-
sengers flew to the quarter-deck, and to shelter them
from the weather, some of the femaies were wrapped
up in the mainsail.
The news of this disaster having reached some of the
neighbouring inhabitants, they very promptly went to
their aid. Early on Friday morning, the Captain and
crew succeeded in getting on shore, carrying with them,
amongst others, a Lady, whose husband and child were
left on board, both of whom (says our informant) were
afterwards drowned. A short time after, the violence
,nf the gale having somewhat subsided, four of the
inhabitants,who had come to their assistance, embarked
in a boat for the Harvest; two of them having got on
boa, cl, the boat immediately capsiz..d, and the two in
it at this time swam ashore. They succeeded in a se-
cond attempt in.getting on board, when they found a
man lying in the lee scuppers, almost lifeless, mho in a
few minutes afterwards ezpited—his name our in-
formant did not learn. A female passenger, with her
AU, was found wrapped up in the mainsail. These,
..with some others, they succeeded in getting into the ,
b Pat, but in the effort to reach the shore, the bolt igain
capsized, and four of the number found a watery grave.
The vessel is supposed to be totally lost.

Monday night, about eight o'clock, a desperate iiot
took place in the town of Mallow, between the country
people, and some of the inhabitants, when a soldier of
the 45th Foot received a blow of a stone on the head,
which killed Nor instantiy.
3 here are now building at Amsterdam, in the doilk-
yard of M. Meyer, a frigate of 700 tons; in that of M.
Knol, a liigate of 600, a frigate of 850; in that of M.
Va Zwieten a frigate of 800, a frigate of 400, a steam
boat o• 600, a ditto of 550; in that of M. Duytz, a fri•
gate of 480, a steam brat of 170 ; in that of Boelen and
Co. a frigate o' 1,000, and one of 450; in that of M. de
Graaf, a brig*of 300; and in that of Hareing and Co. a
frigate of 400, surd a brig of 400 tons—in all 14 vessels.
Tt,e f,:l:owing works are in agitation in the county
of Middlesex ; viz.—Al entirely new Prison at Tothill
Frei s ; an entirely new House of Correction, either for

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women OT tagrantYi an enlargement of the present new
Prison at Clerkenwell ; and a better adaptation of the
chapel, at the present House of Correction, to the pus-
pis es of divine worship.
A vessel arrived lowly from Canada, with a cargo
of timber, but so completely was the market overstocked,
that the consignees offered the whole of the cargo to
• the Captain of the vessel Iv the amount which would
be charged for freight. Since the late reduction of
duties thete have been imports from France and Spain
to the amount of nearly 3,000,0001. in addition to what
was previously the tegular supply from those coun-
tries, viz.—wool, 1,600,006/. wine, 650,0°01. furniture,
150 0001. and the remainder in various other articles.
An Inquest was held at Guy's' Hospital, on the body
of William Gold, late foreman to Mr. Baker, surveyor,
• of Moniagu•street, Bedford-square. The deceased was
engaged in erecting a scaffolding for the landing of
timber, opposite the Custom-house; part of which,
was fastened to a cast-iron lamp-post, which • fell
• down, and crushed the deceased beneath it, breaking
five of his ribs, which perforating his lungs, caused his
death.—Verdict, Accidental Death.
ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROU CONSTANTIM—A
young French Officer, taken by the Russians in the
fatal expedition to Moscow, 11A obtained, front the
generous commiseration of the Grand Duke Constan-
tine, means to return to France. When that Prince
came to Paris in 1814, this young Officer waited on his
benefactor, and was received in the most flattering
manner. The fatal 20th of March,lBls, having again
brought the Russians into Fiance, the young Officer
ag sin hastened ao pay his respects to the Grand Duke
Constantine; hut as soon as the Prince perceived him,
lie cried —" Do not adv.suce I What have you been
doing since .1 saw you?"—" YoUr Highness, I have
jast come from Ghent."--r" Well, then, come and give
ri e your hand; I acknowledge you for a loyal knight,
riuce you maintain your faith to your legitimate Sove-
ei gil."--„FrenckPapir.
VARIETIES OF TDB TIDES ON THE COAST OF GREAT
BRITAIN.—The influence of the moon exerted upon
the miss of waters in the Atlantic causes them to flow
to the western coast, wbsre Ireland presents a barrier,
and divides...the Atlantic tide into two great streams.
One lows round the north of Scotland, and sets in
southward in the G mat Ocean with great rap dity,
where it encounters the southern tide along the English
Channel—and hence the great swell of waters about
the Straits of Dover. , The interruption to the southern
tide also occasions its greater slowness, so that a second
tide from the Atlantic, down the German Ocean,
tirfets It, and thus we find a great swell about the Nore
•at the spring tides. The tide at London. bridge is, in
-Nieto :slither a lunar nor a solar tide ; and becatise
of'.the distance of London-bridge from the Note, we
lad a midway tide—i. e. it is low' water midway be-
tween the Nor, and London-bridge, when it is li-gh
water at each of these places.