Star.
London, England, 1826-04-04 00:00:00

INTREPID CONDUCT OF A NAVAL OFFICER.

In November, 18i 5, while the Emulona sloop of war was laying
in the harbour of Port Royal, Jamaica, the cry of " a man over-
board': was heard in the gun-room. tttr. John Moon Potbury,
then a midshipman, was sitting there at breakfast, and beating the
cry, leaped upon deck through the skylight, and plunging into the
sea with his clothes on. saved the life of the acting clerk. In the
preceding month, at Curagoa. he had saved another fellow creature
by jumping into the sea aftgr him.. During the year 1817, he
saved the lives of three persons in Hamnaze ; and in January,
1820, when the, Lee's boat upset in the Sound, he swam with a
midshipman grasped in one hand, to the island. Shortly after this,
while the Lee was saluting in honour of the King's accession to the
throne, a seaman, named Turner, was blown by one of the guns
into the Hamnase, when the adventurous young midshipman again
plunging instantly into the water caught him as he was sinking.
The unfortunate seaman, although one of his-arms had been blown
off by the gun, and he was senseless, grappled with his gallant
shipmate, who did no relinquish his exertions to-save him till he
was dragged by the drowning man two &thorns under water. This
last-act obtained the attention of the Royal Humane Society, by
whom he was presented with a vote of thanks on the 15th of Nay,
1822. This record obtained for the young aspirant the honourable
approval of the Admiralty, by whom be received an appointment,
and on his arrival in the Ran Indies was made a lieutenant. On
his passage out, near Madeira, he was mainly instrumental in
saving another life ; and it also appears by the New South Wake
Gallen*, that he and Mr. John Kingconte, first lieutenant of the
Tees, plunged into the sea from the ship after the purser, who
unfortunately however was drowned, notwithstanding their united I
efforts to save him. uniformly

At the last meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, Mr.
&Lie communicated an ancient code of instructions to
the Portreeve of Westmirster, and the civil officers
tender him, relative to the sale of meat, poultry, &c. in
that city. Among other curious items in this document
are the following ; All tainted meat, seized for having
been offered for sale in that state, is ordered " to be dis-
tributed carefully and seasonably, among the poor"— '
Every butcher who-did not bait and exercise his bull
before he killed him is to he amerced ; butchers are to
be fined 2s. for every piece of meat, under a quarter of
beef, offered for sale on the Saturday, which bad been
offered on the preceding Thursday.
Mr. KINDALL, the Master of the ship Frances Mary,-
his wife, and the female passenger, who were among
the unfortunate persons saved" from the wreck of that
ship by the BLONDS, have recovered sufficiently from
their emaciated state, to set off for Liverpool, to winch
port the ship belonged. But we must call the attention
of the feeling and benevolent public to the case of three
of the seamen, who endured such intense hardship and
suffering as to be yet in a very weak and debilitated
state. The money which has been so liberally offered
by the seamen of the BLONDS cannot be received until
that ship is paid wages. These men, therefore, are at
present wholly dependent for present support on the li-
berality of those who can feel for fellow-creatures so
providentially rescued from a miserable death, and may
be disposed to render them assistance to reach their re-
spective homes, which at present they are incapable of
attempting.—Hotrpshire l'elegraph.
An order has been received at Newgate, from the
Secretary of State's Office, for the enlargement of Ca-
therine Ferris, who has been several months under sen-
tence of death for the robbery of a Mr. Marsh, in
Wentwurth-street ; her innocence being clearly proved,
by the acknowledgment of some other girls, that they
were the perpetrators of the act, and that Ferris was
perfectly innocent. Mr. Marsh, however, being now
a lunatic in Sr. Luke's Hospital, justice is, for a tome at
least, suspended with regard to them.
Monday, a person of the name of Brown, a miller at
Waddon, near Croydon, cart ied, at Waddoa Mill, for a
considerable wager, three sacks of flour, twenty yards,
with but trifling fatigue. They were lashed together,
and raised by him from other sacks ; which, consider-
ing his weight, oily lOst. Sib. is . without equal, we
believe, in the spirting woad.
A marked improvement in the state of the lace-trade
in Nottingham and neighbourhood has taken place.—
Fine nets have, during the last fortnight, met with a
ready sale at somewhat better prices. Breadths, of all
descriptions, have been in demand—fine 11, 12, and
13 point have been most in request : of the two latter
qualities, much more than all the trade can produce
would be quickly taken off. Upon the whole, the pros-
peer is mote reviving than it has been for some months.
CObII'IMATIoN Case.—. Yesterday a Jury assembled
at the Three. Tuns Tavern, Southwark, to assess the
damages in an action brought by the Rev. Thomas
Snell, Rector of Windlesham, Surrey, against the Hun-
cited of Woking, to recover compensation for the de-
struction of some premises by fire, by the hand of an in•
cendiary, on the morning of the 271 March last. It
appeared that on the morning in question, the barn,
stables, and outbuildings, belonging to the Rev. Gentle-
man, situated at Windlesham, were destroyed by fire,
by whom it did not appear, although a reward of 300
guineas, which was raised by the gentlemen in the
neighbourhood, was offered for the apprehension of the
incendiary. George Hatfield, a servant to the Rev.
Mr. Snell, deposed that the barn was detached from the
outbuildings. About three o'clock in the morning, he
was awoke by a great light ; he jumped out of bed, and
saw flames issuing front the barn, which seemed to be
on fire inside. The outbuildings presently caught fire,
and they were burnt down as well as the barn. Every
means *ere used to prevent the flames from spreading
to the buildings, but ineffectually. There was even
some difficulty in preserving the residence, and hot ses
and carriage. There was a back .door into the barn,
through which a prison might enter, unperceived, and
set the wood on fire that was in the barn. A gentle-
man, named Allen, who lodged near the Parsonage-
house, on the night in question, said, that being unwell,
he paced up and down the room all night, and saw the
fire break out at about three o'clock in the morning.
The fire seemed to have commenced in the barn.. Two
carpenters estimated the damage at 2581. 3s. 3d. For
the J- fence it was contended, that them was not sufficient
evidence to prove that the fire was occasioned by an
incendiary. The Jury, however, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages, Two Hundred Pounds.
The Dahlia Evening Mail concludes an article on the
Report on the Kildare street Society, with the following
striking statement . " Were we to show the mere poli-
tician the advantages of an early study of the Sacred
Volume, we would refer him to the :mums of the Sun-
da,' school Society. From an inspection of these, he
will find the state of the country, as to peaceableness,
g. ad order, and loyalty, on the one hand, or to riot,
intemperance, and insurrection, on the other, completely
graduated to the prevalence or absence of Sunday
Schools, and their system of Bible reading in the several
districts. For instance, in Ulster, 1 in 16 of the whole
population attend the Sunday Schools;.in Leinster, 1
m 86 ; in Connaught, I in 193 ; in Munster, 1 in 354
The barometer is hardly a nicer scale for the weather,
than the system religious instruction is of the affec-
tion of the peopb, to tile GOICIIIIIICI3t and its
unions."

CONSPIRACY OF BAZAN.
It is stated in a late number of the Etoile, that by the
papers found on BARAN and his, companions, in. the
recent attempt at insurrection in Spain, " among other
projects, it was discovered to be the intenti-m, in the
event of the fortunate result of his enterprise, that the
Government of Spain should become a kind of regency
or directory, composed of ROMERO ALPUENTE, and'
other violent Jacobins."
It never appeared to us that the plan of Bazar: was
so matured, and the statement, id far as relates to
Romano ALPUENTI, is positively contradicted by that
Gentleman, noiv an exile in this country, who de-
clares that he never knew the BAZARS even by sight,
lor heard of their expedition, until informed by t
public papers that it had failed. On the subject of
losing a violent jacobin, he denies the calumny, an
thus boldly and honestly avows his sentiments and his
service?.
"During thirty two years (he says) T was a judge In the superior
tribunals, and held the distinguished situations of Fiscal of the Court
of Valencia, Governor of the Criminal Courts of the Chaniery of
Granada, and Vice-Regent or Senior of the Court of Madrid. I
Was always hostile to despotism, and in conformity with these
sentiments, invariably attacked arbitrary measures; and how often
has absolute rule attempted to destroy me, although constantly foiled
by the strength of public opinion. As a Deputy of the Cortes I
uniformly maintained the rights of the nation and the prerogatives
of the constitutional King, until I was imprisoned for defending
them. The discipline of the primitive church, as regards the Pope
and other points of religion, were always more esteemed by me than
the present order of such things in Spain ; and I suggested many
plans which, had they been carrrielinto effect, would perhaps have
saved the public.and religious liberties; and yet none of them em-
braced violent measures, being entirety composed of justice united
with clemency. If this conduct is that of a violent kicobin, I ac-
knowledge it, and trust that I shall continue so while I live."

On the 26th of January, a fire broke out at Mobile,
in the lower tenement of Captain Durres res store on Alabama wharf.
The Banns spread to the adjoining tenements, when the whole of
them blew up by au explosion of gunpowder. About 40 persons
were knocked down,and were injured by the fragments of the houses.
POOR RATES.—Nearly one hundred persons were sum-
mand in Brighton, last week, for nonpayment of their poor rates;
and between 30 and 40 distress warrants have, we regret to state,
been issued against defaulters, some of whom have been accustomed
to move is a respectable sphere of life. These measures have
been deemed by the directors and guardians absolutely necessary in
order to procure sufficient funds for the maintenance of the poor.
There is at present in Nottinghamshire a Rev. Gentle-
man, in the full enjoyment of health sod spirits, who has for seventy.
three years held a Rectory in that county. This venerable man is
the Rev. Was. Law, who resides at South/tell, is 97 years of age,
and is Rector of Dunholme, in the neighbourhood of Newark, to
which be was presented in the year 1733.
A most singular and fatal occurrence took place a
few days ago at Hodphrove, in Sussex—a man, in the employ of
Mr. Frualza, while engaged in sewing seeds, scratched a pimple
on Ms nose, which caused the eruption to bleed profusely: his
nose and face then commenced swelling to such a (tepee that be
could scarcely see his way home. In shout half an hour afterwards
be lost his sight; and the swelling continuing, in spite of every at-
tempt to prevent or mitigate it, to make head, at length pervaded
his whole system, and three days afterwards the poor man expired.
CONSCIENTIOUS Evinarroz.—Ann Morris, of Bishop-
stone, Hereford, having been brought before a Magis-
trate, for stealing a rail-post, Margaret Morris, her aunt,
in whose house she lodged, offered to swear that, within
the tight years daring which her niece had lived with
her, the had never seen her niece bring any stolen arti-
cle into the dwelling. On cross-examination, she con-
fessed that she had been blind for upwards of 50 years.
At noon-day, Friday se'nnight, eight one-horse nits
were drawp op in the high road, in the neighbourhood
of Hastings; and, the blockade-men being placed under,
arrest, and persons being prevented from passing,-bi
large bodies of smugglers on foot and horseback, 200
tubs of spirits were landed from a boat, stowed into the
carts, and safely carried off. The smugglers wore
masks, and carried fire-arms.
• A number of benevolent individuals, in the town of
Halifax, have united to alleviate the sufferings of their
unemployed fellow townspeople, and have already dis-
tributed upwards of six loads of oatmeal, and nearly
twenty loads of potatoes, as well as money.
• At the Collegiate Church in Manchester, on Sunday
and Monday week, the number of man rages was 35, and
of christenings 151.. On the same days of the last year
there were 68 marriages, and 198 christenings; mak-
ing a deficiency in numbers of marriages 26, and of,
christenings 47.
The number of unemployed weavers in HaMilton
now amounts to 500. Mr. Brown, factor to his Grace
the Duke of Hamilton, continues to give employment
to numbers, in digging and levelling.
HINT TO A GOURSIAND.—A few raw leaves of parse
ley, eaten immediately alter dinner, will speedily re-
move that disagreeable taint which always infects the
breath, after partaking of onions, garlic, or shalots.
Tza*waz TRova.—An imperfect statement ap-
peared in the Papers, a short time back, respecting a
quantity of gold coin found in the neighbourhood of
Monmouth. We subjoin the feets as ascertained by our
correspondent on the spot, and they are these:—About
two months since, as some workmen were cutting the
new road that goes from Ross to Abergaveany, through
Skedfrith, one of them struck his pick-axe into an old
iron pot in the bank, and broke it. Several gold coins
instantly tumbled out, and the fellow, after helping him-.
self plentifully, decamped, and has never since been
heard of. The coin left consisted of SO jacobuset, and
150 smaller gold coin, of the reign of Jamas 1., some
of the size of als. piece, others as large as a halfguinea,
and others of an intermediate size. The Duke of 132AUe
bat', as lord of the manor, made no claim, as it has
been erroneously stated; but Mr. JOSE,' of the Craig, -
who owned the land %here the treasure was found, had
it valued, and presented one-third to the workmen.
SWIFT.—At the period of my boyhood (says O'Keefe
in his Recollections), SWIFT'S memory was recent; he
was greatly beloved and revered in Dublin. There
were many signs of him in canonicals: they were called
the Drarier's Head, from the signature of his letters
against Wpora's halfpence. Amongst a multitude of
benevolent actions, he lent small sums to tradespeople,
to be repaid at a shilling a week, five pounds the greatest
sum ; which pumice laid the foundation of many a for-
tune obtained by industry, and was the support of
numerous families; but one neglect of the shilling a
week payment, no more money was lent to that person.
Whenever the Dean walked out, the people followed
him with shouts of blessings, and the children held his
cassock. My early passion for the drama made me like
Swier very much, from his having been a friend of
GAY.-4.4Veut Monthly Magazine.
FlRES.—Sunday sennight, a fire broke out in a thatched
cottage at King's Itipton, which was entirely burnt down, but most
of the furniture, &c. was saved.—Friday evening an alarming fire
broke out on the premises of Mr. Bisset', currier, in Woolnionger-
street, Northampton, and from the nature of the materials, &c.
in...irresistible was the progress of the flames, that the whoir of the
interior of the workshop, and the upper part of the divellinkbouse,
were consumed before any check could be given to the devouring
element. Lately a fire broke outdo the White Engine Water Mill,
on Leverington Common, Bedfordshire, and in consertuence of its
being built with wood, was is a ter7 *WI time berm to the
roam!,