Star.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Bearovwx or rue GUARDS.—This morning, soon after eight
o'clock, the Ist Battalion of the 2d Regiment of Guards arrived at
the Tower, from Knigtsbridge barracks, in order to relieve the in
Battalion of the Ist Regiment of Guards, who go into Westminster
quarters for the ensuing six months.
'I his nv)riiing, a Company of the Train of Artillery, accompanied
by some baggage waggons, from Woolwich, arrived at the Tower.
Orders have been given to the following Regiments to prepare
for embarkation :—The 19th to replace the 9th, at Trinidad; the
22d to replace ill,: 50th, at Jamaica; the 84th to replace the 92d, at
Jamaica; and the 86th to replace the 21st, at St. Vincent and
Grenada.

The 62d Regiment 13 distributed through the counties of Lon-
donderry, Tyrone, and Donegal, in thtt following manner:—Three
companies and head-quarters at Londonderry, one at Lifford, one
at Dungiven, one at Cr.rndonagh, one at Derrybridge, one at Do-
negal, one at Lrtterkenny, and one at Rathmelton.
Non-Commissioned Officers have been sent from the 75th, quar-
tered at Enniskillen, to Londonderry, by order of the Commander
of the Forces, to be instructed by the 62d in the nevi system of
drill; Major-General Tnosterow, commanding the district, having,
at his late inspection of that Regiment, expressed his approbation of
the manner in which that Regimen: went through the manceuvres.

All the military pensioners in the •icinity of tort were inspected
last week in that city, by Commissioners deputed from Chelsea
Hospital. _ _ _

3lajor• General Gawvis, late of the 18th Regiment, is appointed
Barrack-master of Mullingar.
It is mentioned that the 73d Regiment will succeed the 84th in
Limerick gat risoo. _ _

MONTREAL, MAY 25, 1826.
Sti—l have the honour to transmit to you, by desire of the Ma-
gistrates, the Resolutions passed at a General Meeting of that body,
held in this city, on the 24th instant.

The sentiments of perfect cordiality and sincere regard enter-
tained in Montreal towards the 70th Regiment, will, I doubt not,
extend to the inhabitants of every place which may in future become
the station of a corps so deservedly esteemed; but I trust that no
community will be found in which a kinder sense of their merits
and services will be cherished, or more sincere regret be felt at their
departure.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
Servant, SAMUEL GALE, Chairman.

Lieutenant Colonel MI Gregor, 70th Ittgiment.
At a General Meeting of the Magistrates of the city of Montreal,
held, in conformity to notice, sin Wednesday, the 24th May, 1226,
the following Resolutions were unanimously passed, viz.
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Resolved, That the uniformly correct and praiseworthy conduct
of the 70th Regiment, while in garrison at Montreal, under the
respective commands of Lieutenant Colonel Room, and Lieutenant
Colonel Al' Gazooa, and the cervices the Regiment always has zea-
lously rendered to the citizens, whenever their assistance could be
useful, have entitled the Officers, non-commissioned officers, and
privates, of that Regiment to the regard and gratitude of the Ma-
gistrates and inhabitants of Montreal.

Resolved, That as the 70th Regiment is now ordered to a diffe-
rent station, and on the eve of taking its departure from Montreal,
it is fitting that it should receive,on the part of the Magistrates, the
expression of the feelings of high respect and estimation in which,
from its exemplary character and conduct, it is deservedly held.
Resolved, In consequence, that the Resolutions of this Meeting
be communicated to Lieutenant Colonel IM(Gazooa, commanding
the said Regiment, by letter from the Chairman of the Meeting.
A true copy from the Register,
(By Order) JOHN LELISLR, Clerk of the Peace.
which the following Answer was returned :
Normal., MAY 26, 1826.
Sir—l have just had the honour to receive your letter of yester-
day, inclosing Resolutions passed at a general Meeting of the Ma-
gistrates of the city of Montreal, expressing their sense of the ser-
vices and conduct of the 70th Regiment, while they have been
partered in Montreal, and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel
Evans and myself.
It is most gratifying to me, their Commanding Officer, to receive
mark of approbation front so respectable a Body; and the
alicers.Non-cmomissioned Officers, and privates. will, I Am sure,
duly appreciate the honour conferred on them. For them, and for
...z:••••nant Colonel Evass and myself. I beg leave to return our
hest of thanks, and we shall lung bear in remembrance the mutual
pad understanding that at all times subsisted betwixt the citizens
of Montreal and the 70th Regiment, and the kind attention we
a...cafys received from them.
I have the honour to be, &e. &c.
Your most obedient humble servant,
C. 31‘GREGOR, Lieut. Col. 70th Regt.

iday, the Right Hon. C. A Retail-Igor and his Lady
viewed the interior of Liverpool Town Hall, inspected the Ducks,
and the elegant American packet ship Leeds, Ste.
A circumstance of a novel defcription occurred yes
terday at the house of Mr. Hill, 17, West Smithfield.
About three o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Hill was ells-
tailed by a noise proceeding from the chimney of her
bed room, but imagining that some of her neighbours
had employed the chimney sweepers, no further notice
was taken of u at the time. But about twelve o'clock in
the day, however, the servant, while making the bed,
perceived soot falling from the chimney of the same
room; and communicated the fact to her matter and
mistress, search was immediately made, when the legs
of a man were discovered a few yards up the chimney.
Oa calling out, " Holloa, who are you ?" they received
for answer, ‘i Pray take me out, iam fast.* Some of
tic bricks were accordingly removed, and he was taken
and found to be a chimney-sweeper of no ordinary
The prisoner said on the preceding night he had
lost some pigeons, and thought that they had descended
the chimney, and that, in starching for them, he hid
btcn set fast in that predicament till the present mo-1
t. When he was taken out he appeared quite ex-
liainted, and gasped for breath. He had been jammed
fast in the chimtley with one arm upwards, and the
I't her downwards, which deprived him of all power of
liberating himself. What were the prison, is inten-
il-ins may easily be imagined. It may be necessary to
state, that he had reached Mr. Hill's house by m-ans of
a house nearly adjoining, which was wider repair. The
l';- .1:1:r was safely lodged in the Campter.

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tNIIGRATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Llfifillloo4 AUSUIT 21, 1526.
Sift—Having seen stated in your newspaper that
Mr. WILMOT•HORTON had obtained the appoint^ne!it
of a Select Committee of the last House of Com-
mons, relative to Emigration to Canada, you will
oblige a great number of poor individuals, and starving
families, if you can give them any information, through
the medium of.the Sratt, if the Committee made any'
Report to the House before its dissolution, of its nature,
and if it extended to Van Dieman's Land. Wes the'
Government intend to lay the subject before the 11.)tve
the next session ? You will also oblige many who are
anxiously looking for the result of Mr. HORTON'S kind
exertions in favour of the starving multitude, if any as-
si,tance is to be given to the settlers by the Government?
Any information which you can consistently give the
Public will be received with thanks and gratitude—not
only by myself, but by thousands, who would go to the
Colonies in preference to the States, could they get over
as readily: The American ships take passengers over
flee of payment; and on the ship's arrival in America,
the parties are bound over to serve for a limited period
to the person who pays the Captain his passage money.
This may be unpleasant to the feelings of an English-1
man ; but, Mr. Editor, necessity has no law ; those who
are unfortunately under the influence of its iron grasp
must learn t, suffer, and submit in silence to many
hardships which once they little dreamt would fall to
their lot, and which, at a former period of life, they
would probably have spurned from them with indigna-
Mon and contempt. Times are much altered: poverty
gives a lesson to the proud man, and hunger teaches
him submission. You know not the feelings of it man
when he meditates quitting his country for ever : even
the exchange for our own Colonies is unpleasant ;
but when we are about seeking refuge from starvation
in a foreign country, it is almost past endurance.--:
I am here making enquiries as to the nature of se-
curities to be given to the Captain, and the probable
length of services required, after we get ,over, by the man
who will pay our passage money. After I have made
the necessary enquiries, I shall return to Manchester to
my poor brethren and friends. Could I by any means
be assured the Government would aid and assist the
poor and the needy next spring, or sooner, with a pas-
sage, atc. I would wait the result, and many, very many
more, would do the same. I once possessed houses and
some land--4t is now all gone, and any family are wan
derers on the face of the earth, in search of food, for
we have it not, nor can we get it here. Mr. Editor,
may I, without offence, ask you one question—can you
form in your mind the image of little children suppli-
cating their mother for bread—and she has nane to give
them ! Such is the picture in most houses in and about
Manchester for some miles. Farewell : if you can give
us any consolation or hope in future, we pray you to
do so, and we crave your pardon for not paying the
postage of this letter, for we are almost without money'
—work we cannot get, and we cannot beg, we were
never used to it. Wishing you better success than we
have met with in the world, we remain, Mr. Editor,
respectfully, your obedient servants.

P. S. Thireassn. we have addressed you on this subject h. be-
cause we have never seen the subject mentioned in any other paper,
and we are accustomed to read your paper—let this be our excuse.
We in better days have bought many of them.

LAW REPORT.

--or
COURT OP CHANCERY. Amor 24.

His Loosest? sat in his room to-day. The first matter he heard
was the application respecting Lady Greeley, but no person having
been admitted during the hearing but the parties concerned, nothing
was made public.

COLMORE V. BIRMINGHAM CANAL COMPANY.
The application for an injunction in this case, on
behalf of the plaintiff, was again renewed to day, after
notice given. The plaintiff contracted to sell part of
her garden ground to the defendants, for the purpose
of carrying their line of canal through; beyond that
piece of ground there was a nook of land, also belonging
to the plaintiff, through which it was necessary to carry
the line of canal, but which had not been contracted
for, and when the works got to that spot, a compensa-
tion for it was tendered to the plaintiff, but which. she
refused to accept, and moved for the present injunction
to prevent the works going on.
Mr. HARTI for the defendants, said the application
proceeded from a quarrel between the agents of the
parties, and that in point of merit the motion was to-
tally without foundation, the works having proceeded
ever since February last, until the present moment.
His LORDSHIP did not think it necessary that the
Counsel for the plaintiff should reply. The principles
upon which the Court granted injunctions in cases of
this sort were so well understood, that it was almost
absurd to ask for an injunction in the present instance.
He would, therefore, refuse it, without prejudice to any
application for a compensation of the land, or an issue
respecting it.

DespAches were received yesterday from Lisbon,
to the 9th inst. His Excellency Sir CHARLES Sivas: had embarked
on board his Maaairrv's ship DIAMOND, which ship was getting
underweigh at the time the Royausy packet brig sailed.
in consequence of information received that a pri•
vate distillery was carrying on in Crown-street, Hin-
ton, Thomas Gater, accompanied by John Ellern and
Francis Gibbs, Excise Officers—the same who made
the seizure a few days back in the private distillery,
Primrose-street, Bishopsgate.--..repaired to the premises,
and found in an under-ground kitchen, a still, charged
with 150 gallons of 'molasses wash, and the several,
utensils made use of in the process of distilling; the
whole of which they seized and conveyed to the Excise
Office; and 'on the same day (yesterday), and through
the same medium, they discovered in a private house in
Three Colt-lane, Bethnal-green-road, occupied by a
Buckard Holland, 300 gallons of the same material,
with which a still was charged and in full work in the
back parlour; Holland himself and his wife and chit•
dren being present: their admission here was resisted ;
Mrs. Holland, on the Officer knocking at the door,
calling out, noon perceiving them, to her husband,
66 Fly, John, fly l the scorpions are upon you." Thus
situated, the Officers got through an adjoining set od-
yard, and scaled the garden wall of Holland's house,
and before the party could separate, secured the still, n
number of spirit casks and wash bags, which have been
all since lodged at the head office of Excise.
It may not be generally known that the cuttings of
the box tree are injurious to animals. Last week some
box cuttings were incantiously thrown by the servant
into a farm yard belonging to Mrs. M.trton, of Old
Sudbury, Gloucestershire, and e.iten by some pigs.—
Nothing that was administered to the animals appeared
to arrest the progress of she poison ; for within two days
six tine porkers and a sow died is contequence of eating
this vegetable poison.

NORFOLK AND. SUFFOLK RAIL ROAD
- - COMPANY.

A Meeting of thadiallibb was led Satoon's Code-hour!
YiWardayg - • -
Mr. CLARK, who arcs called to the Chair, stated the
object of the Meeting. It appeared that the capital
originally contemplated was 1,000,0001. and that the
Directors had proceeded with the concern before their
funds amounted to 4,0001. It was also stated that several
sums allocated by the Directors to various purposes had
not been paid.
Mr. PA tani, the Poglneer, said .that he had received 7501. and
he held* hill for 250/. not yet due.
Mr. Slim:matte entered inti a defence of his cha-
racter, so far as it formed the subject of certain obser-
vations made by Mr. Wilks at a late Meeting. He never
sent threatening letters to that Gentleman; the letters
merely contained a demand of bis salary. His motive
for burning a copy of a Morning Piper at the Exchange
was, not that it attacked the character of Mr. Wilks,
but that it spoke disrespectfully of some friends of his,
for whom he entertained a very high esteem.
Mr. BLAIN, who had no knowledge of Mr. Wilks,
but from a single accidental conversation with him,
maintained that the shareholders had no right to make
any allegations against that Gentleman, as solicitor to
the Company. Their business was with the Directors,
to whom alone, the solicitor was accountable. It was
therefore idle for the meeting to investigate what pre-
cise sums had or had not been paid by the solicitor, over
whom they had no controul ; but if error was found in
the accounts, the Direttt!iks were clearly, in the present
case, the responsible party.
After some further discussion, it was resolved to appoint a Com-
mittee of seven, to inquire Into the CoMpany's affairs.
thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Meeting separated.