Star.
London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 2.

A party of police, headed by Peace-officer Harris, apprehended,
between one and two o'clock this morning, at the Fox and Geese,
a man and woman, under suspicious circumstances, The man
proved to be a deserter from the 58th Regiment, who had robbed
his p, y ;erjeant of Si. and there was found ou him a sum of 21245.
sd. On the woman, two shirts, which Lad been stolen from the
Itrgimrtit. They were committed.
A most diabolical outrage was committed on Saturday night last,
on lite globe lands near Clones. A large quantity of eats, the pro.
party of Dean Roper and others, was maliciously scattered, and in
part destroyed, and a large stack of turf set on fire and consumed.
The fire was fortunately observed, about one or two o'clock in the
mornit.g, by the servants of one of the innkeepers returning to
Clones %%id% horses. On giving the alarm, and approaching the
place, there was no person to be seen, although the destruction of
the property must have been the work of many hands.
This morning, between the hours of six and seven o'clock, a
sawyer, earned Patrick Bryan, whe resides in South Earl.
street, was met by a slumber of men in Bishop-street, and was most
cruel.y and severely beaten by them for working contrary to the
rules 1 ,id down by his trade. The poor man said he did not know
any of the party.

The Countess of awn.; is gradually recovering frcm
her late indisposition.
His Majesty's brig SPHYNX has arrived, with the
mails from New York and Halifax; the former dated the 7.(1, and
the latter the 17th of August. Sir Joins )(we, Colonel bl‘Lsosi,
Captains JOHNSON and Cu:, came home in the Seer":.
Toe bet efit to the country from the Order in Council
is already perceptible in the fall of 6s. a quarter in oats.
A dividend of 135.4 d. in the pound has been declared
of the estate and effects of Messrs. Johnson, Adamson,
and Hope, of Whitehaven.
GIBRALTAR, Auo. 18.—The heat has been most op-
pressive. .The Colombian privateers are destroying the
Spanish trade along the coast. There is now one in the
bay, and every time it weighs anchor, three vessels of
war belonging to Spain do the same. The Colombian
expects assistance, and a fight is expected.
At a Renfrew hire Meeting, on Thursday, on the mo-
Om of Mr. MAXWELL, it was unanimously agreed to
apply to Government for a grant of 80,0001. in order
to commence the formation of a rail-road frcm John-
s:o Ito Ardrossan. The whole expense is estimated at
12.0 OWL 40,900/. will be subsctibed by the county.
Messrs. GIBBONS and Co.'s late banking premises in
Birmingham, have been taken by the Bank ot England,
for a Branch Bank. Other branches are to be stablished
at Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds, and Swansea.
Some days ago A Gentleman from London arrived at
Malvern, with his carriage and a pair of horses; soon
after he had alighted at an hotd, the master of the house
claimed one of the horses, which, it appears, was stolen
from hint about eighteen months ago. The Gentleman
had purchased the horse six months.
A thi:f named Roberts, who ran away with a silver
milk-jag in his hat from a Gentleman's house in Sack-
viile-street, on Monday, was detected by the milk run-
ning down his face. 4 They who carry butter on their
he says the proverb,' should not walk in the sun.'
The following singular occurrence took place on board
the Friends, Captain Lightbody, on her passage between
Belfast and Nlaryport. She having a tin vane at the
mast-htad, representing a sailor taking an observation
With a quadrant, pinned upon the spindle with an iron
pin, a seamew or gull came and actually took out the
iron pin, and after that flew away with the vane to a
cnoside; able distance and dropped it into the sea, amu-
sung itself with it there for some time, after which it
came buck to the vessel.

Wien the accounts of the astonishing success of Bo-
NAPARTZ arrived in Italy, a young Nobleman observed,
that he had gained most of those advantages from the
a%istance of some new Generals he had created. 44 I
know no General he has lately created," said GZORGE
COLMAN, " but one—General Consternation." _ _

In the infancy of steam navigation, the packets im-
pelled by steam were not permitted to land their pas-
sengers at the quays which the sailing vessels were in
the habit of using, but were compelled to anchor at a
distant and inconvenient part of the harbour. Oa one
occasion the Captain of a Holyhead sailing packet im-
periously directed the steam packet to stand off, and
not come near him; when the Captain of the steam
packet told him he would be glad yet to carry coals for
a steamer. A few days ago, one of the late Holyhead
sailing packets entered Kingstown harbour, laden with
coals for the new Government steam packet.
There are now in circulation a great number of coun-
terfeit half-crowns and shillings, so well executed as to
require a pretty close examination to distinguish them
from the genuine ones. The half-crowns are of the
date of 1818, and the edges on each side are raised so
that the surface of the piece is more hollow than that of
good coin, and the King's head is flatter and rather
broader. Tlie,abillings, are dated 1819, and the im-
pressions, both on the right and obverse sides, are a
little more raised than on the half-crowns. The letters
on each are clumty and irregular; and the metal of
which the pieces are manufactured is a mixture of
copper with zinc. The wash on the outside is of a dull
whiteness ; but the truest criterion to ascertain their
quality is to weigh them.
'fhe front of the shop of Mr. Dale, music-seller,"ltt
Poultry, was on Saturday nearly demolished. The
rater portion of the large plate glasses in the window
nies were broken by a dray horse, which backed
:elf upon the pavement, and coming in contact with
window, soon strewed the pavement with the ruins.
E ich of the glasses destroyed were worth 31. but the law
will not award him more than the price of common
gl ASS to replace them.
On Saturday afternoon a fellow was observed lurking
betot e the shop window of Mr. Picket, jeweller, Oxford-
street. At length he broke a square of glass, and seized
‘p,ll some gold articles. He was immediately pursued
a number of persons. On his way he knocked down
veral persons who attempted to stop him, and ran with
.c.l speed that he soot made his escape with the
c•perzy.

MOVER, SEPT. 4.

The amateurs of rowing, and, indeed, all those who
tatke any interest in the aquatic amusements which ap-
pear to be the fashionable science of the day, are anti-
cipating a rich treat from the promised Regatta in our
Bay on Thursday next. The spectacle will derive in-
creased Eclat from the sweepstakes just formed between
three galleys from this port, 'Deal, and Folkstone, of
fifteen sovereigns each. In the art .of boat building
these towns are unrivalled by any place in the world,
Flushing not excepted ; and tfieukfi the Oxonians and
Eton men pride themselves on building light boats,
they may perhaps feel a little surprised to hear that
these 32 feet galleys, which are of the most perfect
model and finished in the best style, do not weigh more
than ISO lbs. each. To the curious in the art of row-
ing, for a mechanical art unqoestionably it is, and one
that was comparatively little studied prior to the esta-
blishment of that important Institution The Royal
Yacht Club," the rowers engaged in the sweepstakes
of Thursday have modes of pulling peculiar to their
respective ports, the Folkstone men, for instance, are
accustomed to a short smart stroke; those of Dover
use a stroke of a greater length, turning themselves at
the time sideways, so as to face each other; and the
Deal crew are famous for the long heavy stroke so fa-
miliar to persons acquainted with the Djwns. These
galleys often extend their trips as far as the French
coast, and boast of the velocity of their movements ;
but the contest of Thursday will determine, in a great
measure, to which method of rowing tre most efficacy
is to be attributed.

Several yachts are already arrived; the town is
crowded to excess, and many distinguished amateurs
have signified their intentions of being present. The
beauty of the Bay and the natural adaption of the place
for a Regatta, excite now some little surprise that it
should not have been proposed before; the large amount
subscribed sufficiently shews the eagerness with which
the idea was received by the inhabitants.