Star.
London, England, 1821-04-16 00:00:00

DEPARTURF.S.

Lord Charlei Fitzroy, M.P. for Wakefield Lodge, Suffolk.
The Bev. Mr. Bartlett, for Devonshire.
From Hodgson's Hotel, Dover-street—Major Harriet, for
Bees; and Captain Boyd, on a tour.
From the Pulteney, Heti, Piccadilly—Lord Deerhurst, for
Sr:ern Bank, Worcestershire,

From the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—The Rev. E. Orme,
for Liens; 1). Browne, F.sq. M.P. for Bognor; James Slarkes,
Esq. for Surrey; and Captain Coghlan, R.N. for Bath.
From the Hyde-park Hotel, Oxford-street—Colonel and Mrs.
Hay; Mr. and Mr. Sergcsson and family, for Cuekfield Park,
Sussex ; Mrs. Lukin, for Brentwood Lodge, Essex ; Captain
West, R.N. and Nightingale, Esq.

The walk over the Town Moor, at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, is now planting between the footpath and wall,
with shrubs and evergreen!, at the expense of the
Stewards of the Incorporated Companies of that
town, which, when completed, will render it one of the
most pleasant promenades in that part of the country.
The Cabbage-tree has long been celebrated for its
superior height and beauty, some having attained to
the extraordinary height of 260 feet; but the New
Holland Pine surpasses it, and every other tree we
have read of, so much, indeed, as to stagger belief, if
theinformation werenot from an authenticated source,
which states its height at 600 feet!
Two of the principal Stockbrokers in Paris, M.
MANUEL and M. B—, fought a Duel, on Tues-
day
morning last, at Belleville, near Paris. M. MA-1
am. received his antagonist's ball in the lungs, and
expired almost immediately.
A letter received from Columba, dated Nov. 8, and
which was brought by the Star transport, arrived at
Portsmouth, states that the Government has entire
and quiet possession of the whole of the Candian
country, and that the natives themselves are assisting
(though unwillingly) in forming good and durable
roads throughout the island.—Candy is the head-
Varters of the 45th Regiment of FOot, and the Ist
Leylon Regiment; and the Mails will shot tly he con-
veyed to that place by regular Mail-carts. The im-
protements in this respect, and the Courts through
the maritime provinces, reflect the greatest credit on
the Lieuteaant Governor, Sir E. BARNES, who has
Prrfoimed wonders since he has held the reins of
‘'°vtraMcnt lit that I p aces

THE ARMY.

DESTINATION OF REGIMENTS.
4th Dragoons and. 18th Hussars, to India.
Bth and 17th Light Dragoons, to come home from India.
lit Batt. Royal Scots, from Ireland to the Mauritius.
13th, 41st, and 44:11, from home to India.
:,Bth and 54th, from the Cape of Good Hope to India.
;3d and 91st Regiments, from home to the West Indies.
49th and s:th ditto, from home to the Cape of Good Hope.
58th and Gist ditto, come home from the West Indies.
66th Regiment comes from St. Helena.
6th Regiment to St. Helena.
75th Regiment, from the lonian Isles to Gibraltar.

51st and 85th Regiments, from home to the Mediterranean.
82d Regiment, from the Mautitius to India.
17th, 57,d, 59th, and Gsth Regiments, come home from India.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 13, 1821.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guard;—General Ntiiliam Loftus to
be Colonel, vice Sir Charles Cranford, deceased.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain George Mick
Barlow, from the half-pay of the 22d Light Dragoons, to be
Captain, vice Charles Wood, Who exchanges, receiving the
difference between the full-pay of Cavalry and the full-pay
of Infantry.
18th Ditto—Captain Richard Rich Wilford Brett, from the
half-pay of the 10:h light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice John
Vernon, who exchanges, receiving the difference between the
full-pay of i Troop and a full pay CoMpany.
22d Ditto—Lord Albert Conyngham to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Lord Francis Conyngham, whose appointment has not
taken place.
.18th Regiment of Foot—Captain Thomas Dely, from the Ist
Ceylon Regiment, to be Captain, vice Daniell, appointed to

the 73d Foot.
65th Ditton—TAeutenant John Griffiths Beavan; from the half-
pay of the 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Tudor,
who exchanges receiving the difference.
73d Ditto—Captain Holland Leckey Daniell, from the 38th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Antill, who retires upon
the half-pay of the New Brunswick Fencibles.
77th Ditto—Lientenant Phillips Cosby, from the half-pay of
the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice
George Gabb, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
93d Ditto—Ensign Alfred Macbean to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vie,: 1114 Donnell, deceased; Napier S. Christie,
. .

Gent. to be Eysign, vice Macbean.
st Ceylon Regiment—Captain Henry Cooper, from the half-
pay of the New Brunswick Fencibles, to be Captain, vice
Dely, appointed to the 58th Foot.
hospital-Assistant William Birrell, M.D. to he Assistant-Sur-
geon to the Forces, vice Caverhill, deceased ; Charles Pargeter,
Gent. to be Hospital -Assistant to the Forces, vice Birrell.
GA XRISONS.

Lieutenant-General James Ilay to be Lieutenant-Governor of
Tynemouth and Cliff Fort, vice Sir Chas. Craufard, deceased.
ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.

Ensign William Fair, from the ith Royal Veteran Battalion, to
be Quartet:master, vice Joseph Bill, who retires on the half-
pay of Quartermaster of Infantry. •

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TO JOHN KNOWLES, ESQ. NAVY Ofifkg.

SIR,

You must either have greatly over-rated your own
power, or under-Valutid the discernment of the Pub-
lk, if yOu can possibly believe that yriur Letter cif the
9th instant, :tddressed to us in the STIR of the'l3th
instant, will be held by any parson of candour to be a
reply to our Letter of the :31st of March, published in
the same Paper of the 4th inst. You seem determined
to avoid giving an explicit answer t 3 I,la;it ques:ions,
though put to you to afford an opportunity of vindi
eating yourself against the charge of having wilfully
suppressed truth, and disguised plain facts. Wc have no
wish to pro!ong a correspondence with a gentleman who
seems determined to refuse justice; but it so happens,
that with all your reserve and caution on points not
to be put aside by sophistry," that you have, notwith-
standing, what by your admissions and what by your
silence—said enough to enable the Public to judge
of your candour, and of the liberality manifested in
your personal abuse of those whom you have at-
tempted to injure.
Your shuffle about the Cable furnished by Captain
Bcown to the Crescent, will not avail you. You re-
peat that that Cable had the substance of its links in
the same plane, and you would have your Readers
thence infer, that the Iron Cables now used by the
Navy were of his invention; but you have been called
upon to deny, if you could, that that Chain Cable had
no stays in the links. You have not ventured to say
they had, because it would have been a direct false-
hood, as you yourself well know; and yet, by sup-
pressing truth, you would have-your Reader believe
the falsehood, that Chain's, having the substance of
the links in the same plane, such as are now used by
the Navy, were proposed by Captain Brown, many
months prior to the date of our patent—carefully
suppressing the fact that that Chain (the Crescent's)
was without any stay whatever. Now, Sir, we shall
leave to you, and such casuists as may like to under-
take the task, to determine the precise degree of dif-
ference, in moral guilt, between telling a direct false-
hood, and only writing in such a manner about a
fact, as to make the Reader (were your Readers as
stupid as you wish them to be), believe the falsehood
as firmly as if you had stated it in direct terms.
•

Your perseverance in insinuating that Mr. Brun-
ton_enticed Captain Brown's Foreman to quit his em-
ployment, after that very Foreman (whose character
for probity stands at least as high as Mr. Knowles's),
had publicly denied the truth of your former state-
ment, is so precisely characteristic of the spirit under
which you write, as to deserve no farther notice
from us.

Your evasion of the fact, that Mr. Brunton's im-
provements reduced the weight of Chain Cables one-
half below those of Captain Brown, for the same
sized vessel, by your comparing the weight of Ca-
bles furnished by him and by us, is so much of a
piece with every other part of your Letter, that we
should have passed it without notice (being perfectly
certain that it could impose on none whose opinion.
is of any value), had you not, in your zeal, over-
stepped the bounds of truth. You have stated, that
we supplied a Chain Cable to the Prevoyante, of
which eighty fathoms weighed One Hundred and
Seventy-six cwt. and that Captain Brown supplied
one to the same ship, of the same sized iron, weigh-
ing One Hundred and Thirty-three cwt. and one quar-
ter. Now, Sir, most people will be inclined to think,
even where an erroneous impression is wished to be
produced, that the statement ought, at least, to be
one coming within the reach of physical possibility,
as being more likely to gain credit. But as to the
real fact—we did supply a Cable for the Prevoyante;
in that you speak truly ; but, unfortunately for your •
veracity, it weighed only One Hundred and Eight
cwt. per eighty fathoms !
You have declared, that your Letter of the 9th
instant is the last you will address to us on the sub-
ject of Chain Cables. Now, Sir, it so happens that
we need no more from you; for, notwithstanding all
your care and your unwillingness to render use jus-
tice, you have, directly and indirectly admitted every
thing we wanted.
Ist. The Cable composed of flat oval links, fur-
nished by Captain Brown to the Crescent, had no
stays whatever. You have not denied this fact, nor
can you, or we know you would; and yet you ask,
What merit have you in this pretended discovery,
or what efficient system have you introduced?"—
though you well know that we introduced that kind
of stay (a fact which you would have suppressed, if
you could), that renders Chains efficient as Cables.
2J. The Chain which Captain Brown wished to
have tried against ours, when the experiments were
made on the comparative strength of Chain Cables,
had our broad-ended stay introduced into it—and,
consequently, was our Chain, though made by him.
This fact you would also have suppressed in your very
candid correspondence, had it been in your power.
3d. And, lastly, when these experiments were
made, our improved Chain Cable tore Capt. Brown's
twisted Chain Cables to pieces. This you have di-
rectly admitted.
You will find, Mr. Knowles, that the Public arc
not so stupid as you niay wish to believe them; they
know the difference between wheat and chaff: they
know how to separate truth from falsehood.