Star.
London, England, 1826-07-21 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

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Yesterday the LORD MAYOR-held a Court of Com-
mon Council at Guildhall, at which a deed, for securing
to the Lords of the Treasury the repayment of a further
advance of .S0;000/. towards the rebuilding of London
Bridge, was sealed.
A Petition from the Churchwardens .and the inhabi-
tants of the parish of Allhallows, London Wall, for
pecuniary aid towards an improvement in London
Wall, was presented, and referred to the Finance Com-
mittee to consider.,
The City Lands.' Committee made a further report
respecting the several Charities under the management
of the Chamber of whit!' being read, was re-
ferred back to the Committee, to report upon the whole
of these charities, the state of the funds of each, and the
manner in which they are severally conducted.
. The Finance Committee were empowered to draw
upon the Chamber for the sum of two hundred and.
fifty guineas, to defray the expenses of providing a Bust
of Granville Sharp, Esq. which has lately been put up
in the Council. Chamber..

On a Report from the Improvement• Committee, that
the New Court of Requests, in Guildhall-buildings, was,
completed, the Court directed, that, from and•atter the
.24th July instant, the Court of Requests for the City
should be holden thetein, instead of the present premises
in Aldermanbury. .
• Coma Report from a Special Committee, the Court
'agreed to petition his. Majesty relative to the obstruction
at,Tower-stairs, and the Shelia, attended by the Re-
membrances, were directed to wait on his Majesty with
the .petition accordingly: • .
Mr. JeSWAB Twins, one .of the sons of the late Hall keeper, was
elected First Assistant to the Han-keeper, in Mc room of MG
Neivson, deceased.

CAPTURE OF THE COLOMBIAN PRIVATEER

REPUBL/CANA.

By a letter from the Agent of Lloyd's at Gibraltar,
dated the 29th .tune, it appears that the above private
schooner had put Into that port on the 27th, having
been chased by 'a Spanish ship of war. A day or two
previous to her arrival came in the brig Madora del
Carmen, from Cadiz, which brig had been captured
by the schooner. = The Madona was bound from Cadiz,
for Gibraltar, With salt and other goods; and some of
the consignees of the brig having made a declaratiodon
oath that the -salt was British property, and had been
thrown Overboard by the captors, Captain Copeland, of
the Mastiff, surveying vessel, ordered the Nimble cutter
to take possession of the privateer and her prizes at their
anchorage, which was immediately done. The priva-,
teen was dismantled, and her papers sealed up ; and, as
soon as the quarantine expires, an investigation is to
take place- when some most unjustifiable acts are ex-
pected to Le brought to light.
This is the same vessel that has boarded and plundered several
other vessels behind the Rock as well as viithin the Straits • but, in
order to protect the trade, should she bate any accomplice, the
Mastiff had been appointed to convoy the Lady Campbell to Cadiz.

New hay is selling in the neighbourhood of Black-
burn at 6d. per stone.
The hospital of the camp at St. Omer has been burnt,
but fortunately 240 sick have been saved.
A General Meeting of 'Merchants and Gentlemen
interested in shipping, was held yesterday at the City
of London Tavern, to consider the present system of
classing ships at Lloyd's; THOMAS Niru.soer, Esq. in
the Chair. The Chairman having stated the object
of the Meeting, Mr. LINDSAY said it was his wish
that the objects of a former Meeting should be fully
weighed and discussed, before they were finally adopted.
The Report had been sent to about thirty or forty out-
ports, but from only-i few bad answers been received
up to the present time. This of itself was a substantial
reason for postponing the present Meeting. Mr. Lind-
say concluded by proposing a resolution to this effect,
which was put, and carried unanimously, AR was a vote
of thanks to the Chairman. _ _

LINZN MANWPACTURIL—. An account has been print-
ed, by order of the Hone of Commons, of the quantity
of fia‘hemp, and linen imported into the United King-
dom, and of the quantity of linen cloth exported from
it to all parts of the world; together with the real and
official value of the latter, and the amount of bounty
paid on its manufacture in the year ended the sth of
January last. The quantity of hemp imported amounted
to 595,090 quarters, the value of which was 503,4151.
Neatly the whole of this quantity—namely, 561,954,
quarters came from Russia. The quantity of flax,
dressed and undressed, amounted to 1,042,956 quarters,
the official value of which was 2,092,7681. More than
the half of this amount, or 656,772 quarters, was im-
por: ed from Russia. Thy number of yards of linen
cloth exported to all parts of the world was 52,080,184,
of which 35,993,038 yards were of British, and
16,087,146 were of Irish manufacture. The whole of
this immense export, however, took place from Great
Britain alone, with the exception of about 2,500,000
yards. The official value of these exports was 2,676,2951.
But though Ireland doei not export to foreign countries,
the quantity of linen imported into England and Scot-
land amounted to 52,560,926 yards, and the value is
estimated, at 2,893 0181. The Irish linen, therefore,
im; orted into Great Britain, and retained for borne con-
sumption, after deducting the quantity re-exported,
amounted to upwards of 36,000,000 of yards. The bounty
paid on British and Irish linen. exported. amounted to
within .a trifle of 300,0001.
A venerable American Judge relates the following
revolutionary anecdote :—" The morning following the
battle of York Town, I had the curiosity to attend the.
dressing of the wounded; and among others, whose
limbs were so much injured as to require amputation,
was a musician, who had received a musket-ball in his
knee. As was usual in such cases, preparations were.
made to lash him down to the table, to prevent the pos-
sibility of his moving. Says the sufferer, Now, Doctor,
o bat would you be at ?' 6My lad, I'm going to' take
off your leg, and 'tis necessary you should be lashed
dowa;—, I shall consent to no such thing; you may
pluck my hearlfrom my bosom, but you'll not confine
me. Is there a fiddle in the tent ? If so, bring it to
me. -A violin was furnished, and, after tuning it, he
said, s Now, Doctor, begin ;' and he continued to play
until the operation, which took about forty minutes, was
completed, without missing a note, or moving a muscle."
DERIVATION PIP NAMES AND PHRASES Saint
Mary Miry," " St. Mary over Ithe"—i. e. over the tiver. " Wal-
tham," Si Weakkam."-0 Billingsgate." to have been " Beling's
Gate."—." Charter House," corrupted from " Chatreux," and that
Am "Carthusian," acc..44 Worcester" from " Wireceaster."—
" Famine from " Fernharn," a bed of ferns.—" Surrey," from
*4 Sairbrey," the south side of the river.—" Wolverhampton," from
a yolfroles bampton," who built a monastery, &c.—" Rosamond,"
front" Rosa Mundi."—" Rosemary," truni Ilos mare."._"
moor." tram 0 Sala Maur."—" (Sibealtar," from " Glsioal Tariff."
To " Cabbage." alisrabl be is ICabaeet" a northern word for areal.
Selvedge,"—"salvedge, or safe edge.'

GREEK PIRACIES.

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Extract of a letter from Captain John Quick, of the
schooner Tantivy, to his owners, Messrs. Fox, Sons, and.
Co. Plymouth, dated Smyrna, June 2 :—"As Mr. Hayes
wrote you on the 19th ult. informing you of my arrival,
I did not write, but Waited until this post, when I beg to
give you an account of the Tantivy having been plun-
dered on the 15th ult. on the passage from Messina to
this, in a calm, off the north-end of Zea, by two armed
rneistrias, which are a kind of latteen-rigged vessels;
with a square topsail forward, and with from twenty to
thirty men in each:. and two others of larger size lay
on their oars close alongside, and ready to receive the
cargo, if any suitable, with about sixty men in each.—
They used no violence, but plundered the vessel of tar,
varnish, paints, brushes, buckets, water casks, trumpet,
deep sea line, knives and forks, spoons, bread, fish, cor-
dage, and a variety of small articles; I judge the loss
about 101. or 121. They likewise broke open the seamen's
'chests, and took part of their clothes ; my private loss
was trifling.; one of them took the watch out-of my,
pocket, but from threatening he gave it me back again.
We fared much better than our neighbours. After they
put off, three other larger ones came off from the shore,
but the breeze springing up, we made our escape.—
There are now five English vessels in the bay, which
have been plundered to a considerable extent, of cargo,
stores, clothes, am the brig Iris, from Liverpool, the
day before me (I have no doubt by the same gang), of
forty-seven packages, to the amount, with stoles, of
5,0001. and two other masters and sailors of everything ;
one of the,masters of even the trousers he had on him;
and on their arrival he was under the necessity of wait-
ing for clothes to be made before he could go on shore.
On my arrival, I made my report to the Commodore,
Captain Hamilton, who took down every particular,
and sent an Officer from each of the, ships in port to
examine log and crew, but he seems to say he can do
nothing, as having no orders ; but he now senda convoy
with the merchant vessels up and down the Archipe-
lago, as far as he is able, but he has not ships enough.
Since I have been writing, the brig Helen has arrived
from London, plundered of great part of her cargo—
they say to the amount of 20,0001."