Star.
London, England, 1816-04-12 00:00:00

tALMOVriIi APPAL IA
Bailed the kchth PEARct, for Guernsey.
PLYhtOUTH, APRIL 10.

Cstne in the Hibernia, CATTY. from Yemenll tot
Portsmouth, Bailed the Lomat sloop of ow, on a
cruise.
PORTSMOU TH, APRIL tt.
• •Arrieed his Majesty's ships LARNIS and RnaAato,
!from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships Noartt
STAR and AQUILON% for Deptford; and the DWARF,
for Plymouth t also the Aana transport, for Drpt-
ford.—•Wind W.

HARWICH, APRIL it.
' Artived the Prince of Orange Packet, with a Mail
and Passengers, from INland.-.-Wind
• COVE OF CORK, APRII. s.
Sailed his Majesty's schooner BRITON. Wind N.W.
CUSTOM HOUSE, APRIL 11.
SHIPi NNTEURD OLITWARD9LaureI, WiLLIkU
Jonas. for Hamburgh ; Neptune, JAPANS EDMONDS )N.
for Bermuda; Jonge Elisketh, R. C. BLooT, for
Antwerp ; LOILiSN, C. Dunarunnn, for Rotterdam ;
Frau Elsabe, Pluton Fuwn, for Amsterdam ; Marie
Frarri., L. S. PAULMIER, for Calais and Dunkirk ;
Anna, I'. BERGH, for Antwerp ; York Merchant,
.brit Thompson, for Antwerp.; Zealous, RoNERT
YOUNG, for Petersburgh Sarah Margaret, ATKIN-
sox NICIIOLSONi for Bremen ; Fliends, GEORGE Rt.
comtnsom, for. Quebec and Muntreal—.sth March,
for Quebec only Three Johns, Joun Ronr.nrs, for
Amsterdam-22d February, for Hamburg's.

The MISOTAUR, nt 1.4 guns. building at Chatham,
will be launched on Tueslty next.
We find that large exportatiofti of grain from this
country have laiely tsifen place. The accounts from
Ilavre amiounce the arrival of between 30 and 40

vessels with COM and &kir within the List three weeks

The :Jitney Regiment of Militia at present in
.Ferruoy Barracks, is ordered for Kingston, in Surrey,
previous to their being disbanded.
Extract of a letter from 'Brighton :-44 We are all
extremely happy here to find that the beautiful and
fast-sail ng Leith smack the.El.l2A packet, which ha*
been so long, and so deservedly, a favourite with the
public at Brighton, will still continue to sail between
this ;dace and Dieppe every Saturday afternoon, not-
withstanding the heavy tonnage duties paid in France
o.i vessels of tier description. It is lamentable that
the French Government should be so short-sighted as
not to encourage such fine 14rr vessels as the Eliza,
in preference to smaller ones. Not only are vessels
of her class far superior in point ot safety and accom-
modation, bat their immense value operates as a most
leffevual check to all contraband traffic being carried
in by their meant."
Yes.erday -a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when- the new Directors, elected
on Wednesday last, viz. the Honourable Wttuast
FOLLA RYON ELPHINSVINP ; .10/IN INous, Esq: JOHN
' gft/117 Esq. JAiIES PATTISON. Esq. JAMES DANIELL,
Esq; and J. B. TArtra, F.sq. took the oaths and their
seats. "ltouas Rein sold Jorm Bova, Esqrs. were
'chosen 'Chairman and Deputy Chairman, for the year
in stiftig.'
' /e 4 4day, being Maundy Thursday, the usual •
Rsijal. Donntions were 'distributed at Whitehall
Chapel. 'III the morning the Sub. Almoner, attended
'b it party of the Yeomen of the Guard, difitributed
I•to 7S poor women, and as many poor Men, being as
magi of each in number as the.Kneo is years old, .t
1 rnantity of salt fish, consisting of salmon, cod, and
herrings; pieces of beef, several loaves of bread, and
some ale ; at three o'clock they met again ; the men
on one side of the Chapel, and the women on the
other ; a procession then entered of those engaged in
the.ceretnony, consisting of a party of the Yeomen of
the Guard, one of diern carrying a large gold dish nit
1 his head, containing 156 purses, with 78 penny pieces
in. each, for die poor men and women. The evening
church service was then performed, at the conclusion
iii which the silver pennies were distributed, and a
cup of wine given to each, to drink the KING'S health.
The Mansion House . never exhibited a grander
appearance than it will on Monday next, at the Loup
hlAvoit's Fete ; 500 dinner tickets are issued, and
most of the Nobility, are invited. to this banquet ; the
Egyptian Hall is fitted up in greater splendour than
ever, and the tables made much larger, in order to
accommodate his Lordship's numerous friends; the
inside ornamental decorations are Of the most superb
and splendid kind ; the whole house is to be open on
the occasion, and the preparations are on the largest
and grandest scale, the designs for lighting are en.
tirely on a sew construction, the table decorations
are also new, and extremely beautiful. In the even-
ing the LADY MAYORESS will give a grand ball, 'to
which upwards of two thousand persons have receiv-
ed tickets.

The first Spring Meeting of the Golf Club was on
Saturday last, at Blackheath ; the day proved highly
favourable. After three hours play, the Club, to-
gether with a few friends, sat down to an excellent
dinner of the Green Man. The afternoon was spent
in conviviality and good humour—virtues for which
this Club has long been eminently distinguished.
SreamrßoaTs.—These vessels, which have hitherto
b, en confined chiefly, it not entirely, to river osiviga-
tiors, will probably soon come into very general use
for packet and passage vessels employed in deep wa-
ter. Within these two or three weeks one of the
ste.fm-boats.went from this country, and navigated up
the Seine to Paris, to the great surprize of the Pd.
risians, who already anticipate innumerable benefits
Irons tAis mnde of navigation. In one word, the nu.
tural inferiority of the Seine to the Thames is to be
compensated by the powers of steam, and Paris, ere
long, is to rival London as an emporium of genera
commerce. They seem never once to recollects that
by. employing stcans•navigation oa the Thanes, the
the relative difference must be preserved betwe.n
the two rivers.—,Wedateday a very fine vend, in-
tended to be worked by steam as a passige-vessel to
France, was launched at Ramsgate.--Some people,
perhaps from the best motives, think that Govern-
ment should interfere, to confine the storms-naviga,
tion to our rivers and canals I bet this week! only
benefit those who now have passage-vessels navigated
in the usual way, at the expense of the general vons-
munity. If the steam-vessels shall be fooid 1161401
to those now in nee, this very circommence> ern
cause them tube laid aside iWe • 11"1"/ 11PrnDr'
it would be highly improper, by sat
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• . CQUId OF CliAl4ollll.. APAIL 11.
sourroN,.'want;. -
At the sitting of the Court.'' Mr. Helms belted
killers° address his Lordship on the terms of the or.
der made in this pause. His Lordship had given di-
rections, in the terms of the settlement about 'to
be made by the Master, that no part of the property
of Miss. Basely was to be subject to a call of andel-
Arnim The Master had a difficulty, therefore, in
complying with this. order. hs in the event of Mrs.
Basely's death, her husband might be precluded
from all and every right he might be lupposed to
have, even though Mrs. B4sely were even so disposed
to give it him. •
His Lordship said, before he gave a final answer
to this part of the case, he was most anxious to see
the settlement as drawn up by the Master. He cer.
tainly had no abjection (and indeed he doubted his
power) to Mrs. Basely'd disposition of her property by
will, but be never would stiffer her to make or con-
sent to any alienation of it by deed ; he well knew
what the effect of it would he if he did.
Mr. Holm begged not' to he understood as ad..
vising, in the most rem.tte degree, any other line of
conduct than that which was strictly in contempla-
tion of the Court. His reason for mentioning it was
to prevent ambiguity hereafter.