Star.
London, England, 1827-03-29 00:00:00

figt ARIIY,

It Is sulficiegitly•koown that by the Cooventloo between Crest
Britain and Portugal, the fortresses which command lc wet, to be
garrisoned by British troops. Theft are titers, therefore
Governor of St. Julien 's Castle and Dependencies (aft the North
Bank), Captain OMMANIT, R.N. commanding his Majesty's ship
Alamos, 74.

Ruygl Artillery—Major Naar.
Marine ditto and Infantry, about SOO rent and Me.
Fort Bugio (in the centre of the Tagus)—A Serjeant'a award of
Marines.

An escort of four Portuguese. Cavalry is furnished to the
Governor, and no other 11 'clonal troops are concerned.
Captain Owstaxar is itareated with fun powers of comntaDd,
allowances, &c.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The East India Company's ship blacqueen arrived off the Isle of
Wight yesterday. She sailed from China the 14th of December,
and from St. Helena the 13th of February., The Canning and Ge-i
neral Harris were expected to be dispatched from China the 16th
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of December; the Lord Amherst and Asia about the end of the
month. The chartered ship Ann and Amelia had arrived safe in
Canton River.
The Lady East, EVANS, from Bengal, pet into Lisbon on the 14th
inst. leaky and damaged, and would be obliged to discharge pert of
her cargo.
The Oporto, Covey from London to Oporto, was lost on the
eth inst. near Villa de bond. ; three of the passengers and five of the
crew drowned. - -

The Totness, Foassua, from Lisbon, was drives on shore near
Ftera, on the Bth inst.
e Bermuda, Taman, front Demerara to St. Thomas's, was te-
tally wrecked at Bermuda on she 30th ult.; most of the cargo save&
The Jeep Pietro, --a, and Jong' Cairns, Mersa, from Lied..
to Hamburgh, were totally
.lost near Newarcb during a gale
the tads Meant.
The Phi 4, from Baltimore to Amsterdam, was dthelVe•
on the case of Friesland lath Inst. Cargo meted who- so u&
The Lords*, Bace.swa, from Bremen to wee on shaft
at the month of thi Weser, 41st inst. with lard anchor and cable,
and would be obliged to discharge.
rassunrew, Blames 27.—Wind &&W. to &W.—Arrived 'off
the port, the Hudson, from New York. to 24days; Hawk,
Barrexternme, from London for Cape de Verdi ; and his Majesty's
ketch Vitinaser. Misusers, from Lhhoo, in ten days.
PLYMOUTH. MARCH "27.—Wind 'S.—Arrived the Agatha,
from Antwerp. Sailed the Elizabeth, Man, for St. John's (N.8.)1
• Pekvenoveu, Mann 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Coro-
otter r, MARIN from Christiania.
Mat, Masco 28.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the Mugu/int,
*AVM, from China. An American ship,paserd by for the River
;ins nom. with " X X" on her fore-topsail.
Osamemni, Masco St.—Arrived the Achilles, Haumason,
Been .thefiler ; Adel, Aura,' from Jamaica; and the Duke of
&fat, Denor, from Trinidad. Sailed the Heiress, Vrerada_ for
=; Bleorgiana, WARIMPI, for Berbice ; and John and Mary,
sou, for Malta.
LEVIIIIPOOL, MARCH 27.—Arrived the Dalhousie Castle, Wat.toe,
from New York; Tuscarora, Surma; from Philadelphia ' • Perfect,
Pamensfrona Charleston; and Adriana —, from Bermuda.
The William Penn, bound to New Orleans, is on shore near the
Red Nose. Two boats have been picked up off Limerick, one
nsaited " Julia, of Anstruther, A Lex. M' Waxen, Master ;" and
the ease " George and Mary, of Pembroke, HARLOW Master."
Maacu 26.—The Glasgow, Meronext;
of Gleogriwj
lielloh was on shore at Arran, was towed into this bastewscwreerf,
omen, Ileum W.—Thrte vessels are *ground at Akin.
buck one supposed to be the Omega, Beasts, bound to Philadel.
jidsla ; the others Greenlandmen.
fileaanurrost' MARCY 20.—0 n the 17th and 18th inst. a gale was
experienced along our toast. The Drie Gebroeders' Mouutss,
from Amsterdam to Hamburgh, lost her mast, and has been brought
in here by a pUot.boat.
meemeamernMe •
Rue IN Corrou.—Cotton lace-thread has experienced
a rise of b. per cent. ia this town ; it took place on Fri-
..
day, and was general throughout the trade on Satur-
dep.—Nottingham Herald, Merck 28.
An importation of rather a novel nature took place
last week, a vessel arrived from Boston, in America, [
with a cargo of 1,200 casks of beef and perk.
'' The Ktou has generously subscribed 100 guineas for
the relief of Bzerneven, the celebrated composer, who by the latest
accounts from Vienna was labouring under the complicated evil,
of sickness and poverty. A donation of similar amount was for-
warded to him front the funds of the Philharmonic Society, as soon
as the news of his misfortune was made known.
Colonel WYNDHAM, of Drove House, Chichester,
occupies the intermediate days of hunting with rabbit shooting ;1
and on numerous are these animals, that on one day last week 200
wets killed with six guns.
Tna SPITALVIELDSWZAVIRS.—Yesterday more wee-
vers struck, and including females, there were upwards of 10,000
hands out of employment before the afternoon. During the day
they proceeded in bodies of 300 and 400 to the respective mans-
lecturers, to request an advance of their wages to the minimum
price, or legal book price, before the act for regulating their wages
was repeated. They in each instance urged to the nunufacamwe
that their present average wages of twelve 'billings, fourteen
shillings, and the highest £1 per week, for sixteen hours' labour
per day, with the rent for their looms, was totally inadequate to
their support, and that the trade was sulciently prosperous to per-
mit an advance. They also reminded the masters, that they had
themselves, when before the Committee of the House of Commons,
given evidence that even the then RWRiIRIOR price to which; they
(the men) now wished to return,was far too low, for die proper sub-1
shoelace of a weaver. The general answer was a denial that the trade
was io a condition to warrant an advance In price, and that they (the
masters) partook of the pressure of the times in common with die
men. In the course of the day several of the manufacturers gave their
consent to the increased price, but they form but a small proper.
tion, and not more this 500 hands returned into work upon those
concessions. The conduct of the weavers was quite peaceable, and
little apprehension seemed to be entertained by the Magistrates of
-any disturbance, as there was not the array of constables or display
of civil power usual in cases of turn-outs. One master was booted
who answered intemperately, and said he would suffer himself to be
hung on a lamp-pest before he would advance one penny.
SUITERRANCOUS FIRE AT OSMINGTOS, DollSET.—
On the north•eastern coast of Weymouth Bay, opposite to the
Island of Portland, HK$ a chalky cliff, considerably higher than
the rest of the coast, called the White Nore. On 'Friday, the 16th
of this month, a flame was observed playing on the surface of the cliff,
on a particular spot. The flame has now assumed the character of a
subterraneous fire burning continuously,and may be seen from the es.
planade at Weymouth by night. The chasms from which the fire
issues rover a space of earth 20 feet square. Upon looking into the
cracks In the earth, the fire appears as clear as that of a furnace. The
atmosphere around is sultry, and a steam arises from a larger por-
tion of the surface of the cliff. The coast in BM neighbourhood
produces a slaty coal of a very sulphurous nature, and which cabala
a gas so offensive, that none but those who are driven by poverty to
burn it can endure the odour.
DIESTRUCTIVI FIRE—NARROW ESCAPE OP Till IN.
MATtS.—About two o'clock this morning a fire, which
in the sequel proved extremely destructive, was di:-
coveted in the extensive premises of Messrs.TuctatPaou,
distillers, of Coleman-street, behind the Guildhall,
which for some time threatened destruction, not only
to that ancient edifice( the Guildhall, but to the
buildings adjoining. The flames soon •communicated
to the houses of Messrs. COUSINS • and KEMP, tea.
dealers, and that of Mr. BARRATT, surgeon; all
of which; in less than ten minutes from the bursting.
out of the flames, presented one body of fire. The
rain wai at this time failing in torrents, and the wind
extremely high, blowing from the north and eastward.
All attempts on the part of the firemen (who were soon
on the spot),oided by a plentiful supply of water, were
tendered vain. The flames continued to spread with
increased fury, until they caught the • back of the-
Secondary's Office, which was saved by the determined
'exertions of the& emen, and at which place a stop was,
put to the progress of the devouring element. The loss
will principally fall on the Sun, Protector, Phoenix,. nod
Alliance Offices. Mr.lia It WATT will be a loser. to"thi
amount of yeasty 6001. So rapidly did- the fire. bung
that by four o'clock the whole of the above- encase,.
property presented one pile of burning ruins. Thelma
cannot be estimated at less than 40,0001.

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trignbsiNsTEß sgsstoris.
These Sessions commenced this Mbrning before V.
Coast', Esq. and a bench of !Magistrates.—The day was
unprecedented, there being no else kit trial an the
traverse paper.'
James Audretus, of hackney-coachman, stood indicted
for a wanton and unproirnked assault on the coachman
'belonging to Lord Belfast in the mouth of December
last, while he was attending at Covent-Garded
Theatre to take up his Lordship. The defendant
broke out of the rank, struck the hOrses, and also
the coachman repeatedly in his fate. The Jury
found the defendant Guilty, when the Court sentenced
him to 2 months' confieement in the Han se of Csrreirtion.
William Glover was also indicted, for picking the
pocket of the Hon. Robert Smith, of a silk handkerchief,
in the Strand, on the' 16th inst, The prisoner was
found Guilty on the clearest evidence, and sentenced Id
sevan years' transportations

EAST INDIA HOUSES •
A Meeting of Proprietors was held yesterday. In pdt.
sua'nce of the adjournment on Wednesday last-;—Sir G.
A. Rosman); in the Chair.
The Minutei of the lag Meeting hating been read,
Dr. Giccuatar, before proceeding with the special
business of the Meeting, begged to ask the Hon. Chat%
man why the motion he had submitted on a former
occasion, regarding the non-attendance of Proprietors,
was not read ?
The CHAIRMAN answered, because the motion now
under consideration was not disposed ofi

BURNING Or HINDOO WIDOWS.
Mr. PoINDiR then rose, and after expressing his gra-
titude for the patience and attention which the Cour t
had given him at the last Meeting, he recapitulated
at full length the arguments be had submitted at the
last Meeting. The two points he should contend
for were—first, that the Government at home had
not done what it ought to have done, in order to
suppress the infamous practice complained of; and
secondly, that much more than it bas done for that
purpose may be done with perfect safety to its
authority over the Natives of India. In order to
shew what had been done, he would refer the Meet-
ing to a letter in February, 1805, from Lord Wel-
lesley and his Council to the Government at home, re-
questing instructions how to act regarding the practices
complained of, to which an answer was returned, re-
commending to his Lordship to adhere to the prohi-
bitory regulations; but this recommendation neither his
Lordship nor any of his 'successors paid any attention
to till Lord Minto, in December 1812, resolved in Conn-
eil•that the prohibitory regulations should be adopted.
The Hone Proprietor then read a grest variety of pasa
'awes from the letters of different persons connected
with India, and also from Parliamentary papers and
histories, containing details of horrible sacrifices of
women and childienon the altars of superstition. From
these documents it appeared that the practice of burning
widows is not only net consistent with, or an integral
part of the Hindoo religidn,.but thatit is in direct op.
position to its doctrines, and that it entirely originated
with and was carried on by the arts of the Brahmins,
who alone derived benefit from it. The Hon. Proprietor
implored the Government of this country, to adopt nue-
Isures to put an end to such a state of things. When the
1 jtomana had possession of this island, they repressed the
practice then prevalent, of sacrifices g human beings, in
conformity witlrthe precepts of the religion of the Druids,
and if a heathen Government had so acted,what might be
expected from the Christian Government of Great Bri-
tain? It was with sorrow he was compelled to state,
that even Lord Amherst never submitted the matter to
the consideration of Government, and the Directors
themselves were divided upon the subject. He con-
cluded by moving a Resolution to the effect—That it
was the duty of every. paternal Government to interfere
in putting an end to all rites and ceremonies involving
human sacrifice, and that, therefore, it was the duty of
the Court of Directors to transmit instructions to India,
recommending the abolition of human sacrifices in that
country as speedily as might be consistent with the ha-
bits and prejudices of the natives.
Sir C. FORBES seconded the motion, and thought the
abominable p'ractice could be put an end to, if the
British Government set their faces against it.
Major CARNAC agreed with both the Hon. Members
in reprobating the practices alluded to as repugnant to
every feeling of humanity and principle,of justice. At
the same time he thought that precipitate or rash mea-
sures ought not to be taken for their abolition. It would
be dangerous to tear asunder the religious feelings
which had been cherished by the•Hindoos forages.
Colonel SiANHOPR, while he approved of the motives
of Mr. Poynder, thought that the Court -of Directors
had already done every thing which the circumstances
of the case required. He concluded by moving an
amendment, which went to leave the subject at the dis-
cretion of the Court of Directors. •
Colonel Tnoesrpo seconded the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN (Sir G. Bowmen) observed, that it
was evident the Honourable Proprietor who proposed
the original resolution considered force to be necessary
to the attainment of the desired object of putting a
stop. to the horrid practices of which he so justly
complained, and had quoted many authors to prove
that the proposed measure was perfectly and easily
practicable. He (the chairman) could however, if ne.
emery, quote many eminent men who had been at the
head of affairs in India, who entertained a very different
opinion. The Executive had adopted all the expedients
they considered requisite in this respect. They had
formed ertablishments for the diffusion of education
and knowledge throughout the British possessions in
India, and pursued such other means as were most
likely to correct the prejudices of the natives.—
The establishments for those purposes cost annually
no less than four lacs of rupees. If force were once
used, the most injurious consequenies were likely
to result. The Hon. Chairman concluded by prOposing
an amendment on that of the Gallant Colonel—" That
although the Court deeply deplored the continuance of
-Suttees, yet the local Governments were anxious to do
away with these barbarous aid inhuman customs, and
that this Court having confidence in the Executive
would leave the mistier in their hands.
,The DirUTY CHAIRMAN seconded this amendment.
Col. STANHOPZ withdrew his amendments declaring
that of the Chairman to come fully up
. After a long discussion, in which Cal
414 r. TRANI, Sir .1. Dons, Mr. R.
WIGRAM. and Dr. Gmcmauer, took ,
mint of the Cumsalaw was withdrawn,
al motion put and carried. ..
The. Conn then adjourned at sevens.
next, when die at* apskas appointed
will be distitsakil.

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to his views.
Iptain Maxarrat.o,
Jaccion, Mr.
part, the amend-
wn, and the Oriel.
o'clock to Friday
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