Star.
London, England, 1817-08-30 00:00:00

BRIGh7OIV, AL'Gr,T f 9.

The different watering places, alnng• this coast.
were never known to be so lull hf vibilots. Brightur,
Worthing, and Hastings, ate enjoying A rich harvest,
and the liberal cspenditure iil na .res. among the fa-
shionable' diffusys plenty and employment to thou-
sands. Th.: new hart ut ot Shoreham. about four
miles distant, will give entploy meta to some hum:beds
.4 lab 'suers for more than twelve months
Mr. Setjeant RUNNINGT,IN and Mr. BATICS
med their seats among our bench of Magistrates, at
the Towo Hall, yesterday, after a secession of snire
months. The business of the Court was nearly oc-
cupied in liear:ng the evidence of an excise ()goer.
who 1.1;d informations agait.st several houses of
fame, fur sel.ing liquors %via t a licence. He had
visited these houses with dal:tent unfortunate ft-
males, treating them with spirits, and then turned in-
former..

Mr. SrA N:LEY, a respectable and tivonrite Came-
disn at our Theatre last se Icon, is engage,' at Drury.
I tie, anJ his first appearance on the metropoliton
hoards waist it: the c!tarseter of elsarkt 4:arfaty. :Li
the &hal for Scandal.

EAT,A2DITION TO TILE RIVER CONGO.
INTEIIL6TII4IO NARRATIVE.
The temperature of the sea at this time (April 46)
was at the depth of 220 fathoms, 641 that of the
surface, 80; and of the air, 81. The vessels were
then in latitude 6._-10. N. longitude 16.45. tV. The
currents from their leaving Port ?rayu, till they
reached 6. 00. N. longitude IS. W. set 5 and SE.
' They then ran N.E. and E.N.E. froin eight to fi.rty
miles a day, and continued in this direction till'
May 5, when the expedition was in sight of Princess
Island. • On that day they crossed the meridian of
Cape Palmas, at the distance of 15 leagues from the
Cape, the wind varying from S. in S.W. Tim
greatest heat of the atmosphere was 85, in 4 clear
calm, at two r, st. and the least 74, alter heavy rain,
the rain as it tell being at 7.5. A large shoal of
bottle-nosed porpoises or dolphins, was seen. They
were attended by numerous tropic and men-of-war
birds. The former, it was observed. fish in the
manner of the common gull, while the Lit er ascend
vet), high, dart perpendicularly down on their prey,
and, diving into the sea, will snatch from their own
element the largest flying fish, and carry them off in
their beaks, soaring high as before.
Light breezes from the S.S.W. and S.W. carried
the vessels 64e-hauled over the Gull of Guinea.
The weather was cloudy, with some rain. The tlrer-
mometer sunk to 78. Many of the albicore and be-
nitus were now taken. The albicore was found to
have fourteen rays in the first dorsal fin, and the same
number on the under side. The dorsal, anal, and
false fins are strongly tinged with an orange colour.
Whitish transverse stripes mark the lower part of the
sides of the fish ; the palate is studded with bony
points. The bonito is distinguished from the elbicore
by the foremost dorsal fin having sixteen rays, eight
false fins on the back, and seven beneath, the under
sides being marked longitudinally with four black
'stripes, and the palate quite smooth. The largest
albicore taken weighed 160 lb. the .common weight.
was from 30 to 40 lb. This fish has been supposed
to be the tunny fists of the Mediteranean." It the
tupposition be correct, the enermaus disparity be-
tWeeethent stielind weight is most remarkable,
as the tunny frequently weighs from eight to twelve
hundred weight. .
At this time, the bird called the booby was fre-
quently seen, and several of tlwni were submitted to
the inspection of the sc clinic gentlemen who Amin,.
ponied the expedition. To them it appeared, that
this creature had been erroneously described to be of
the pelican genus. Of two taken at the same time,
the targer• one measured eighteen inches Isom the
point of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and
weighed seven ounces. These birds usually fly in
pairs. just above the surface of the water, the neck
outstretched, and the tail expanded. As the species
is not unknown, a minute description may be spared.
From their entering the Guli to Guinea ti.e sea
had appeared white, and on their approach to Prin-
eessisland they seemed to be sailing on a vast ocean
of milk. This was judged to proceed from the im-
mense number of the pellucid salpa, and of the Sc)
lotus genus„, which weir found its those parts. 'l'hir.
teen different species of cancers were here taken ; five
ut these, in form, tesembled &blimps, the others were .
like crabs, but all were exceedingly small, none of
them being found to be above a quarter of an iiich in •
length. One of these creatures, viewed through the
microscope by candle.leglit, displayed what appeared
to be a most brilliant amethyst, et the size of a pin's
head. This was ascertained to be the basin, and frogs
this, when the aninial moved, &sties of In illiant light
Were darted in all directions.

The albicuies were now plentiful, some twenty a
day being regularly taken with a hook and a line.
Tue flying-fish found in Omni served for but. Fa.
voured by the wind, tl.is creature is capable,ot a cia.
siderable fl;glit but when it attccipts to nuke way
against the wind, it drops aluoist immediately. Many
flights of these were seen endeavouring to escape their
cruel enemy the albicore.ley s nietimes described
an mended curve, unassisted by the wing alter the
first• flattering on their emerging from use water,
borne wholly (Ts die wind. The vicinity of land war
denoted by the numbers in wi ich tlu,e crentuies, and
various fishing-bi:J7, apparently gulls., were seen, and
Princess Island was tni.e on the 16:h at day light.
In addition to tho,s• utizli Live Lean mentioned,
many luminous animais were here caught; and it
was the general opinion that some intLiestiug odds.
Botts to natural histori migl.t have been made, h4d :t
been possible to pre.erve those which were taker.
This, however, horn their delicate urganis.stion, was
in wain attempted, as mucsitmonfgtehdetnthdelirssotloviroduri;n
titsti tleofwawsiniei: ocrori.sie'sqtli''eirice made of them from the
want of a person properly go:di& d to draw and de-
scribe them as seen in the microscope.
Wednesda) the Neptune packet waved at New-
haven from Dieppe, with Bishop, the Bow-street
Officer, having in custody a young man of the name
of Dickenson, who was lately a clerk in the Grave.
send bank. Tne circumstance of his abkc ailing wiA
£6 X), obt tined by a forged check on one of the
wilt be well T. a
Bank-houses in London,

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otfictr secuted the prisoner at Abbesdle. and broag“
him back to England by way of. Dieppe. He was
cant yeti to I....btiott hula BriLhtro4