Star.
London, England, 1826-01-03 00:00:00

bATUI, JANUARY I.

The Conceits on Chrtstmas Eve, and on
.Tuesday
last, boasted a numerous display of fashion. On the
former evening we had. a selettinn from the Messiah.
nisS PATON and PHILLIPS veere the principal ail ractiols ;
the former exectied this sublime rnosk, mote especially
" Rejoice greatly," in a most brilliant manner, and
cleated a powerful sensation, which her s tond appear.
ance last Tuesday rat' er iticreased. Her "Che faso,"
.moldier tiled," and that exqu'site ballad, "Jock o'
Ilazledean," produced an effect thst ss ill not easily be
tennoved. PHILLIPS RllO made a most favourable
impression, as did PEA Lim AN, who sang at the last Con-
cert; and the greatest coedit is due to the Entrepre-
neurs, Sir G. SMART and Mr. LODER, for their exertions.
Miss Patron played two nights at the Theatre to
crowded hours. Her Clad, Laura in Sweethearts and
Wives, and .snsannah in Figaro, have proved eminently
successful. Tite audience on the tirtt evening were 6.1
liberal in their encores that an apoli.g.y and request were
obliged to be maJe in behalf of the s:nger. On Mon-
day, aided by PEA RNI AN, she bids us " tarewell," we
hope nor " a long fatewell," when their collective ta-
lents cannot fail to produce " a bump !r at parting."

NAVAL IN'T'ELLIGENCE.

FAST INDIA INDIA SHIPPING.

Its Majesty's ship MIAMI. Cisormas. arrived at Portsmouth,
left the llauritius, August 28; the Cape, October —; and St. He-
lena, November 7.

ABRIVAL AT BENGAL—His Majesty's ship BOADI 'RA, BRISBANE,
front Alaska., August 4.
SAILINGS stunt CALCUTTA—The Palmyra, Lamb. for London ;
and the Lord Amherst, Lucas, for Nladras and London—the 18th
of July ; the Theodosia, Kitlson, for London, the 30th July; the
Boyne, Lawson, for London, the sth of Augur.
SAILINDS ratell SAUGUR—Tte Ts:thrill, Wallis, for London, the
19th of July ; the Lord Anther', Lucas, for Mlara+ And London,
the 3d July. The Throdosia, Kid‘on, for London, the 2‘.1 August.
The General Kyd, Nairne4; the Ilythe, Wilson; and the Bridg.
water, Manderson, for Penang and Chins, the 6th August.
Sims LOADING AT CALCUTTA —The Job, for the Cape, was to sail
the 12th August; the Bengal, for Liverpool. was to sail the 15th
August; the Hope, Flint, for the Cape and London, the 20th Au-
gust; the Coromandel, Boyes, was also loading.
Passiworas raft ASIA, CAPTAIN STEAD, FROM BLNGALCAptIIiII
Kelly, his Majesty's 54th Regiment; Mr. G. R. Paul, Civil Service ;
and Mr. H. Thomas.

&MUG TROU Sr. 1111.01.1..-.-The Palmyra, Lamb, for London,
the 13th November.

Fausorrit, Jam. I.—Wind S. strong gales, and heavy strialls
Arrived the Nymph, Sal:ways, from Gibraltar for Newfoundland,
out 54 days, and obliged to bear up; and the Eweretta,
from London for Trinidad.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind S. blowing a heavy gale.—Arrived
from the Downs, the Sector, HAAT, for St. Nlichaers; Thetis,
Catsr, for Lisbon; Anna, liaaan, for Bristol, leaky; Hassaren,
&lawns, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Cygnec, FISH as, for Sierra
Leone; Nestor, Wmayan, for St. Ilelena; and the Lit;le Mary.
Gicoaor, for Liverpool. Also, the Caco, and three other transports,
from

PORMIOIIIII, JAN. r.—Wind S.S. R.—His Majesty's ship Meat.
OAK has put back into St. Helen's Roads, having sprung her fore-
topmast. Arrived the Star, ......--., from Milford for London ;
and the Arabella, Danasicm, from Leith for Lisbon. Sailed the
Henrietta, MIDUNAL, for Chepstow.
Dist, JAN. 2.—Wind S.S.R.—Arrived the Admiral-Cockburn,
Cocaina, from Batavia—sailed from the Cape of Good Hope, the
23c1 of October; Palenyra..Laras. and Ash, STSAD, from Bengal;
andhave sailed for the Inver. Arrived from London, the Rifietla,
Noaros, for Gibraltilr. The ['erg., for St. Vincent's ; Nereid, for
St. Domingo; and the Coventry, for the Cape of Good Hope, are
now (five, Pos.) under weigh, end:avuuring to round the South
Foreland.

LivaltFOOL, JAN. 1.-W ind S.S.F.—Arrived the Halcyon,
Walsers, from Savannah; and William, from St. John's
(N. 8.) Off the port, the Duncan,Gma, front Quebec.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, JAKUAIII 2.
Sums EMI= Itivr4aut —The Ceres, from ; Friends,
from Llibon; Miser, from Hamburgb ; Henrietta, front Roitock ;
Emilie, from Ghent; Apollo, from Waterford; Ply, from Lisbon ;
Sisters, from Standgate Creek ; Lady Middleton, from Itott•rdam;
Cato, Lord Sitimuuth, and William, from Nlikantichi ; Glatton,
from Tenerife ; Mirriam, from Quebec ; Builds, and Calista,
from St. John's; Argo, front Dantzic ; Thomas, from Quebec;
13elleuncle, James, Stratton, and Hobbs, from Stangate Creek.

The IVaterford Mail ann,unces that the Catholic
Cleigy were going through that City for the purpose of
making a new Census of the population. In Clonmel
the Catholic Clergy are employed on the same busiO/M.
FATAL DUEL.—We lately stated that a duel had
taken pliCe in the county L ngford, which proved
fatal to one of the pat tie.. The principal and second
have, we understand, been commit:e ! by Lord CASTLE-
' MAIN, to Longford gaol, to abide tit. ir trial at the
ensuing Assizes.—Dublin Lvening Post.
The Ritss;an Consul• General at Amsterd4m has ac-
quainted all Russian subjects in that city, that " con-
formably .to superior orders which he had received, he
should administer to them the oath of allegiance, which
every faithful hessian subject was bound to take to his
Majesty the Emreror C NSTANTINE."
An account reached Nuremberg on the 24th ult. by
the circuitous route of Vienna, that the city of Palermo
had been destroyed by an eardignake ; but up to the
30th ult. Sicily, it is true, is peculiarly liable to acci-
I dents of this kind; hut, float the want of information
by the most direct channel, we may indulge the hope
that the Nuremberg account is incorrect ; particularly
las n' news of such an event had been received at Am.
sterdam by the !I: ortcr channel, through Sw itzeiland
and Fiance.
The Belfast Bank and the Commercial Bank, of this
town, have each raised the interest to ['nee per cent. on
deposits, and discount at five per cent. as well as the
No:thern Bank.

Capt. AltauLts, Commander of the Greek brig of
war, Cimone, has addressed a letter to the Deputies rd.
Greece in London, expressive of the gratitude which
he, as well as his tificers and crew entertain towards
the inhabitants of Guernsey in general, and parzictt-
larly towards the Ltentenant•tin-e•nor, Sir Ilya
COL➢ORNE. and the family of Mr, Tueek:it, resident in
that place, for their most g.nrtan% and benewilent cow-•
duct inwards them when the vessel was shipwietked on
that ct ast.

The second Quarterly !eting of the Cork NI
Institute, was held at the lichattic's Hall,on IVeditesday
last, when it ape sled. that the amount of subsc:ip•ions
and donations that had been received was 1,8391. Ils.
The disbursements sett 9101.19.. 2d. and the halance
n Government debortne. i, 1028/. 11i. 101 Age
neral Meeting of t:,e Dublin Mechanics' I ri _,ls...tiation was
held on ‘liednesday, when it appeared that it WAS
going cn s ell.
St. Stephen.' Day having fixed fora general engage-
ment beto e. n two desperate factions, n-u lily cal.ed tt,e
Fitzgibbons:old Flaiighs ; they marche.a •tle
theland), to the number of ei _lay, or upwaid.,
.liettibuted themselves in VAliolus parts of the town;
ihey corn I. atted some (mirages, but were p•ev,med
tom a general enga_tement 1). the intet terence of On
Several tit the ringleaders wete Arrtst:,i, an,
t derachme •t of the WI atriri.ig, the 11 of Act wa,
reai, and tranquillny te.toted.
A kbalanc--,h et ha. been Aluck at the Bank
blessrs. .11h,(111 C. in Whit haven, the debt n
he concern is 93,000/ 41)4 they cAlculdte upon fur
shat slam to Meet Ito

WESLEYAN' lI.SiIONAITY SOCIETY.

Tie Annu 41 •Meftinz of this Srciety was held last
evening, in the Methodist Ch Tel, Great Queen-street.
Joseph Butterworth, Esq. M.P. in the Chair.
The ettatessaat,-.after the busidess of the Meeting
had been opened by singing and prayer, ob erved, that
it was unnecessary to go into a lengthened detail of the
objects of this Society. He had heard with no incon-
siderable degre• of regret, that the affairs were this
year in ales• flourishing state than they had been at the
list, b:tt he trusted that this clecl,ne was to be attributed
rather to uncontroulable events than to any relax
of en:4eavout on the part of the collectors, or any dimi-
nution of feeli,,g in the contributors; and he had no
doubt, when the Christian world was made acquainted,
as it speedily would be by the publication of varitius
Misiionary works, how much good had been effected
through the instrumentality of Missionary labours, and
how much yet remaine i to be done, that the same
feeling of philanthropy which had first founded this
Institution would induce them to support it. He was
glad to find that a p .werful effort was about to be made
by this country for the emancipation of the slave—
( Hear, hear); and though he gloried in the prospect of
his disenthralment from moral fetters, vet he conceived
tha• the rill it gement of the mind was of surrey rot con.
Aderation. Tins was the object of Missionary Associa•
tions. Toe accounts frr. m South America, that inte
re•ting portion of the world, recently received, tended
to pr ,v,. the necessity of increased exertion. In all
places where the Missionaries had go e, a mateti .1
moral and ..ocial change had been effected, a convincing
ptoot of the'r uti ity ; and he felt satisfied that, however
a tempora. y gloom might he errown over the hopes of
the friends of civil a:rd religious freedom, it would
speedily pass allay.
The SECRETARY then read the Report, which, though it admitted
a deficiency in the receipts of the last year', spoke in congratulatory
terms on the general success which had attended 11IiAtinary la-
bours all over the world.

Several Gentlemen addressed the Meeting, and after passing a
series of Resolutions, the business was concluded with the same
ceremonial of singing and prayer, and a handsome subscription was
made in behalf of the funds.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

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JUDGMENT ON SIR JOUN MILES WINNINOTON.

Toe above petitioner, who has been repeat-dly before
the Court, was brought up to receive its judgment.
Tire CHIEF Commtsstotien said, the only impression
which he was awsre of was, that there was nothing in
the oppu ition that affected the insolvent. 'The Learned
Commissioner then tuck an extended view of the case,
the leading points +f which we; e as follow : —About
the year 1818 the insole. ut -disposed of a small ieeer-
sion to his molter for 2904 it being all the available
property he had at that time, so far as the C. was
aware cf. About this period .he went to Mr. Gass, a
respectable jeweller, in Oxford•street, and represented
Olathe was a twin of fortune, and further, that he had
an expectancy of larye reversionary property contingent
on the life of his mother, none of which representations
had any foundation in truth. Ile stated, that he wanted
articles of a description and value which could only be'
wanted by persons of distinction, and in consequence
of these representations, Mr. Gass was induced to give
hinicredit (or 931. 13.. 661. of which had never been
; and. before the bill became due, all the
troffer had bees,: drawn from the bankers, undthe in-
solvent liad left his residence—it was quite clear to him
(the Chief Commissioner) that the insolvent had ob-
iiiineii,,ifeclit by false statements. With respect to Mr.
'S.irisirson, a wine-meichant, that creditor had, by
means ,f false appearances and false statements, been
induced to part with wine and spirits to a considerable
aitiouo tt for which he never ob•ained payment. •
endei- all the circumstances of the case, the Court
vas clearly of opinion, that the insolvent had assumed
a. false charicler, and c,•ntracted a debt by such, for
which offences the judgment of the Court was, that the
insolvent be remanded, at the suits of one or both of,
these creditors, for the term isf eight calendar months,
and that he be confined within the walls of the prison,
inctittit within the rules or liberties thereof.