Star.
London, England, 1817-05-20 00:00:00

COWE', MAY 19.

Arrived the Solon, Ilo.Dosott, from St. Dom;r.;:o,
in 4f: days. Captain. HODGSON says, that althou,,,h
Parson was i I, he was not dead, as some of the
Newspapers had reported.
HARWICH, MAY 19.
Arrived the Lord Nelson packet, drum Holland,
and Auckland picket Irons Cushaven, with mails.
GRAVESEND, MAY 19.
Arrived the grow Johame, Visker, and 'row Cornelia,
Oversee. from Worcum; Coma, Proudlove, from Cette;
Hero, '!'homes, from l'repanl, Ann, Allen, from Amsterdam ;
Orpheus, Findlay, from Bombay ; Britannia, Swaged/. from
Ostend; Favourite. ISavinden, from Rip; Elise, Wren, from
Dieppe; Prince Blucher, Adams, front Flushing. Sailed the
Royal Sovereign, Spence, for Quebec; rhornloy, Dunning. fur
Genoa; Hope, Stockton, fur Brurs; Britannia, Jackson. for
Flamburgh; Julie and Leopoidine, Mauch, for StrAl.und ; Apollo,
Milberg, for Gottenburgh; Union, Robinson, and Jong Horn,
Vermys, for Rutter/lam; Princess of Wales, Fox, for Ostend:

. -
, A luminous appearance was, a few nights ago,
dissfivered in the Constellation of the Lion, which
had the appearance of a very distant Com/. It can
only be seen by a telescope of consideable magnifying
power. Its plat* in the Heavens is about ItY
N. N. E. of the sear Randur in the Geier du Lion.
Sunday evening the Countess of WaSTUOKLAND
arrived in town, from the Continent, after an absence
of nearly three years.
At a meeting of Hampshire Gentlemen, lately, at
the Earl of Ltemteoot's, a proposal was submitted
and agreed to by those who hid rights in the New
Forest, to wave them in favour of the Duke of Wei:
unoron, who wishes to have ten thousand acres for a
park to surround his house.
Lord Oxatitatte ejected by stratagem the Sheriff's
officer who was put in possession of his house at
Holly Hill. The bell was rung violently, and the
officer stepping without the kitchen door, his Lcrd-
ship shut it against him, refused him re.admission,
and threatened destruction to him, the Under Sheriff,
and a whole mite of assistants, who afterwards de-
manded re-possession. His Lordship, to deter the
officers, fired off a gun at one of the windows, and
placed what apparently were bags of gunpowder at
the windows and doors, with trains leading to them,
and notices stuck up—o, Take notice, explosion bags
are set within _thieves beware f" The High Sheriff,
armed with legal advice from London, and a sufli.
dent force, at length obtained entrance vi d wait,
and found his Lordship in the library, who offering
iso resistance, was permitted to depart. The trains ,
supposed to be- gunpowder, were found to be only
powdered.tharcoal, and his gun at that time charged
drily with powder.

`I4r.IOIIISAT KERR, manufacturer, Glasgow, who
has 'beet) confined in Edinburgh Castle, on a charge
of treatoaable practices, since the 25th of March, has
been liberated, and arrived in Glasgow on Wednes-
day night.
Thin/mod, who was arraigned on Saturday last,
for High Treason, came into the possession of pro-
perty to the amount of re 15,000, by his marriage
with his first wits ; after which he was well kaown
in the sporting world. Latterly his circumstances
have been far from flourishing. The present Mrs.
Thistlewood, an amiable woman, is the daughter of
a tradesman in Yorkshire.