Star.
London, England, 1829-10-10 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, Oct. 9.

An accident occurred this morning, nearly attended by
the most fatal consequences, by the Alert coach having been dashed
to pieces over the Cliff, nearly opposite to the Old Ship Hotel. I're-
♦ious to the departure of the coach at nine o'clock, it was sent round
with a pair of horses to take up passengers—it stopped opposite No.
2 or 3, King's-road, to take up a Doctor Robettson and family
(having already taken up a lady, Mrs. Stewart, in Bedford-square).
Whilst the porter was arranging the luggage, and the person who
drove the coach (not the regular coachman), the horses went
suddenly off and fouled the railing on the edge of the Cliff,
which yielded to the concu.sion—both horses and coach went
headlong over. One of the bind wheels, having struck
against a lead projection in its fall, was capsized,and literally dashed
to atoms. Mrs. Stewart, who was inside, was taken up for dead,
and removed to the Old Ship Hotel, where medical aid was pro-
cured. Although it is ascertained that none of her limbs are broken,
her life is despaired of. Her bead is dreadfully cut,but not fractured.
The extent of her injuries has not yet been ascertained. Sir M. J.
Tierney, on hearing of the accident, drove immediately to the
and visited Mrs. Stewart, who is said lobo much less injured
than could possibly be expected. Strange to say, that notwith-
standing the depth of the fall was about 50 feet, neither of the
horses were materially hurt. One is blind and the other a bolter—
the blind horse proceeded with another coach to London.
THE ARMY.

11111FRIEWSHIlli YZOSSAIIRT Csivatay.--Monilay this regiment.
under the command of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bum marched
into quarters here, for the usual period of training and exercising.
The muster of the regiment this year is considerably above 2C03
and a finer body of men, or better horie4, or more perfect equip-
ments, we hive never seen equalled in any Yeomanry Corps in
&otland.—Paisky Advertiser.
Tns Yoadsutaa Huu*as.—During the recent assembling of the
Yorkshire Hussars at Pontefract, Major the Honourable E. It.
Petre presented a splendid gold snuff box, made by Hamlet of
London, weighing 17 ozs. and valued at 170 sovereigns, to the
Right Hon. Lord Grantham, and the officers of his regiment, for
the use of the mess.

The Taunton troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Capt.
E. Coles, assembled last week and on Tuesday, at Rath-pool, for
exercise, and will this day complete the six days' trals'ng required
by the Act. With a kindness quite characteristic, their Captain
has intimated to such of the Yeomanry as have been prevented at-
tending on the appointed days, that he will be present on any en-
suing day to inspect those who may be desirous of entitling them-
selves to the advantages conferred by the late Act.
LIMERICK, Sn'. 7.

Saturday last, two light field-pieces, and one 12-inch howitzer,
with severAl ammunition carts, arrived from Dublin, and were
added to the artillery force in this garrison. They were escorted
from Nenagh by a detachment of the 56th Regiment, or Pompa-
dours. The howitzer in constructed on a new principle by Major.
General Miller, and is calculated to throw shot and shell.
As several changes have taken place within the last month in the
stations of the Infantry Regiments in Ireland, we present our
readers with their present head-quarters :-4th Regiment Newry ;
sth Galway ; Bth Dublin ; 9th Belfast ; 21st Mullingar, 3
Dublin ; 36th Birr ; 37th Enniskillen ; 53d Cnrk ; 56th Birr ;
60th, Ist Batt. Limerick ; 62d Limerick ; 64th Dublin ; 70th
Templemore • 75th Fermoy; 76th Templemore ; 92d Kilkenny.
The 37th Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Smelt, at bn-
nisktilen, will undergo their half-yearly inspection on Saturday,
before Major-General Thornton.
The 28th and 68th, are daily expected in Ireland.
Monday morning a detachment of the 22d Regiment, consisting
of Captains Tait, Edwards, and Boileau, Lieutenant Matson, two
serjeants, and fifty privates, marched front Tralee for Cork, on
their way to join the service companies of that corps in Jamaica.
A detachment of ;he 86th regiment, consisting of four officers
and 42 men, under the command of Lieutenant Holland, marched
from Buttevant, yesterday, on their route for Liverpool via Cork,
to join the service companies of the 86th at Barbadoes. The
Officers names are Lieutenants Holland and Holt, Ensigns
"Theobald and Chichester.
The North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, (under
the command of Col. Horner, now on duty in Bath, were yesterday
reviewed on Claverton Down, by Lieut.-Col. Btenton.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS ARan.o THIS Day.- Dubliti I—Waterford I—Sweden 1.
The Cremonmogate was totally wrecked on Anticosti the 9th of
August. Crew saved.
The Eliza, Scabern, from St. Petersburgh to Bristol, was driven
on shore near Newport on Wednesday, but expected to be got off,
with little damage
Pownsatount, Oct. 9.—Wind N. by W.—Arrived from London
the Sesostris, Yates, for Bombay.
Dm, Om 9.—Wind N. W.—Arrived from London, the Eli-
zabeth, Philip, fur Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, OCT. B.—Wind N.
Dow, OCT. 9.—Off the port, the Matilda, Mitchell, from
Montreal, and Argo, Martin. from litlboa.
CARDIFF, Oca. B.—Arrived the Lady Frances, Barry, from
Quebec.
nitrous, Ocs. 9.—Arrived the Hope, Brown, and Union,
Russell, from Quebec.
NOLTH SHIELDS, OCT. B.—Last night and this day it has blown
a heavy gale from N.E. with thick showers, and hail and snow.
The George Alexander, Gifford, frcm Aberdeen, got on the Herd
Sand this forenoon, and beat out of the breach of the sea. Crew
saved by the Lifeboat, and it is expected the vessel will be brought
in next tide.—Foua, r.at. It is now more moderate, but the sea
continues very heavy on the Bar.
Hut., Orr. B.—lt has blown very heavy for the last 24 hours
from N.N.W. to N.N.E. with showers of rain and snow.
Mimics', Oct. 9.—The Brown, Russell, from London to
Goole, has put in here with loss of anchor and cable, and windlass
strained.

Quzisc, SIFT. 7.—The John Dunne, arrived here on the sth
inst. from Dublin, reports the Unicorn to be on shore on Aloslume
Island.

CHRISTIANSAND, Aug. 31.—The Emanuel, %lorlin, from Stock-
holm to Hantiburgh, has put into Nlandabl in a leaky state, and
must di•charge. The Vw. Antona. Bonurnam, from the Baltic to
Holland, has discharged her cargo here, with damage.

Miss GRANT, late of Drury-lane Theatre, has just
concluded a very successful engagement at Oxford; and if we may
judge horn some farewell lines addressed to that young lady, in-
serted in the last number of the Word Herald, her vocal and mu-
sical abilities will be long and deservedly remembered by the
Oxonians.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 10.—The demand for Cotton con-
tinues very pod, and the sales to-day amount to 3,000 bags; and
on most descriptions we may quote an advance of id per lb. on
last Saturday's CIUTHICT.
SIERRA LEONE.—II is with satisfaction we are autho-
rised to contradict the report of Major 'ticket's death. The ship
Perse►erance arrived yesterday in the River, having left Sierra
Leone on the 30th of August, at which time the officer in question
was in good health.

BEDFORDSHIRE.

No. I.
In May last, the House of Commons ordered the Re-
turns from the charitable Institutions throughout Eng-

land to be printed ; and accordingly that was done.—
These returns occupy about 500 pages folio, and a
greater mass of corruption was, perhaps, never collected
in such a compass. Lengthened as the report is, these
returns are very imperfect : from various counties, both
in England and Wales, no return whatever has been
made ; and the Clerks of the Peace in many counties
have not been able to present returns of the emoluments,
management, or application of very many charities, for
a reason which is well expressed by Mr. CHRIS-
TOPHER PEMBERTON, Clerk of the Peace for
the County of Cambridge. Mr. P. says :—" Many
of those returns being made out by illiterate
persons, and others so little in accordance with the Act,
they are not in a fit state for registering!" A pretty
set of fellows in Cambridge, to have the charge of se-
veral valuable charitable foundations—" so illiterate"
as not to be fit to make a return of the money they inter-
meddle with !! ! _

But ire shall come to Cambridge by-and-bye, rith a
statement of th2ir Charities. It is best to begin at the

begiuniag ; and accordingly we proceed to analife
charities, and charitable donations, in the count• of
• _

Bedford. In this county there are actuany ffty-
five registered charita!de foundations, which pr,diice
2,049/. 17s. 9d. annual income, or investment ; besidoi

many other charities, which, although public ones, it
defies the legal authorities to get defined. But of the
fifty:five, producing the above sum, there is no doubt.
They form part of our Parliamentary record, under the
hand of Mr. TH EE D PEARS E, Clerk of the Peace.

The charity of highest consideration in Bedfords'nire
is the Linkinyton at Dunstable. Its yearly produce is
308/. ss. arising from real estate, consisting of houses
and lands at Ttuldington, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard,
Tottinhoe, and Solebury, in Bedfordshire and Bucks.—
This sum of 308/. ss. goes to pay " an annuity of 50/.
to the issue and descendants of Thomas Irentonger for
ever ; to the rector of Dunstable, per annum, '2Ol. to
the churchwardens and overseers of Leighton Bueznal,
per annum, 201. to the churchwardens and overseers of
Leighton Buzzard, for Nor bonsekeepers, per annum,
101. to the minister of Ilockliffe, per annum, 101.
to ten poor honest maids or widows, 201. to five
poor clergymen of the Church of England, each
per annum • 51. to five poor clergytnen's widows, each
per ann. 5/. overplus to .poor children harboured in
Christ's Hospital." This munificent donation is of such
universal application that its publicity cannot be too
extensively known ; and it is fur the parties who ought
to benefit by it to enquire into its legitimate appropriation.
There is a donation in Bedfordshire called the
" Heath and Reach Charity"—a real estate consist-
ing of lands at Heath and Reach, in the occupation
Of SARAH BALDWIN. It was
.forrnerly applied " for
purchasing flour and bread for the poor of Heath and
Reach; bat fur several years past"—says the report—
" the tenant hath applied the rents and profits to her
own use only !" SARAH BALDWIN is really a pri-
vileged lady ; she must, of course, be the only indi-
riducl on the " real estate" of Heath and :teach ;
and as such, she must swallow up " all the floor and
bread of the poor"—nor does she choose to make the
annual income known. Mr. TREED PEA ILSE cannot
tell any more about it than we have herein briefly re-
ported.
The little town of Eversholt, in Bedford, ought to look
after its legitimate property. There is another " real
estate" bequeathed to certain trustees there, producing
an annual income of 132/. " for the reparation of the
parish church of Eversholt, relief of poor people, and in
aid and case of the town chargcs. There are many
royal boroughs in the kingdom that cannot boast of so
much income, as this one charity amounts to. Miss
BLA NDIN A MA ILSII left a real estate consisting of six
houses and gardens at Dunstable—annual income un-
known; but which seems to produce what supports " six
poor maiden gentlewomen to reside therein—to pay each
yearly 10/. ditto for firing ditto 21. to repair the houses
ditto 51. towards a yearly dinner of the trustees
3/. 3s. Mr. Yonte bequeathed one pound yearly—
"an annuity on the estate of JAMES 01.1 V L tt,
of Dm:stable," for the poor of that town ; and the report
informs us that " this annuity has not been paid fur
many years." Why not? We all know that the estate
of Mr. OLIVER. ought, and can pay it; and there are
many poor persons in Dunstable whose comforts—
encroached upon as they are—would be improved by it.
Such is the case, too, with the bequest of Jotis MARSH,
of Dunstable : it was 3s. 4d. per ann. to " buy bread for
the poor ;" and it " has not been paid for many years."
One remark more, for the present, on the Bedfordshire
charities : thirty-four out of the fifty-five donative
foundations are in the hands of the Midistars and
Churchwardens of the several parishes and townships of
the county. For the benefit of those persons who are
deeply interested in these bequests, we shall take a future
opportunity of drawing a line of distinction between the
application of the monies intrasted to the Churchwardens,
and those in the hands of lay trustees in this county--
enumerating each charity as wo proceed. In the mean-
time, we shall leave the authorities of Bedfordshire to
the consideration of this introductory notice; and shall,
in an early nienber, glance at the charitable foundations
,n Berks.

Tuesday last, on the appointment of Wm. ALLAN,
Eq. of Glen, as L►rd Provost cf Edinburgh, the Lord
Provost and Magistrates of that City, with about 200
respectable guests, dined in the Waterloo Tavern, where
his Lordship presided. Among the more distinguished
guests were the Earl of Morton, Viscount Melville,
Lord Nairn, Sir William Rae (Lord Advocate), Hon. Sir
Alexaniler Hope, of Stiffness, Hon. ►Major Dundas, Hon.
Captain Dundas, R.N. Admiral Sir Philip Durham, Sir
Walter Stirling, Sir John Hope, the Lord Register, Co-
lone Stisted, Royal Lancet', Captain Abercromby,
D.lWilkie, Esq. R.A. R. Dundas, Esq. of Arniston, kc.
The accounts received from Dominica allude to a cir-
cumstance which occurre►l in that Colony, which en-
grossed public attention, and was indeed unprecedented
in that or any other Colony. It was a trial in :►•hich the
Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Hon. M. J. Gin N-
A, 1 LLE, was the defendant. The fact-Jr c-f-the case as they
were communicated, are these :—lt appeared that one
of the Members of the House of Assembly had been
arrested for debt, and the Speaker, keeping in view the
privilege of Members to be free from arrest, directed the
release, or rescue, as it is termed, of the individual re-
ferred to. The Member was brought up before the
House on a writ of habeas coipus, signed by his Honour
the Chief Justice of the Colony. For this conduct on
the part of the Speaker, the I-lon. Gentleman WAS brought
to trial before a special jury, in the Court of Common
Pleas, by the party to whom the Member of the House
of Assembly was indebted, and a verdict returned for the
plaintiff of 8371. 14s. 2d. The verdict had created the
greatest surprise throughout the Colony, and it was un-
derstood would not be allowed to rest where it did.

THE LA TE NAVAL COURT 21.1.1 TM 1.
Concluded from the STAR of yesterday.

PROP It. GATITItAII,St.i. TO SIR R. CaDRINGTOV.

Portsmauthiluly:24,

" Sta,—l beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your lett. r
of yesterday's date, in which you have named some per.ott. -s
witnesses on the part of the prosecution, on the Com t klartial
be assembled for the trial of Captain Dickensm.
" Captain Smith, late of 111.- Genoa ; Mr. William Lindsay,
late assistant surgeon ; and Mr. Charles F.. Andrews, laic pto.er
of the same ship ate now at this port. Mr. Williant Miller, late
master of the Genoa, is now superintendent of convicts at Bei
muds ; Mr. William Augustus Bates, the late surgeon of the
Genoa is now in the Sportuate in the Mediterranean, I ant in-
formed that there was not any signal lieutenant on board the
Genoa Mr. Busse:, one of the signal midshipmen, was killed in
action ; and Mr. Giles, the °thar signal midshipman, is in the
Leveret, in the West Indies.
" The Lords Commissioners of the Admiral, y hove made ap
plication to his itlajesty's Secretary of St..te for the Home De-
partment, to send out immediate directions to Mr. William
Miller to proceed to England by the first opportunity, for th.•
purpose of giving evidence at the Court Martial of Captain
Dickenson, if he should be able to arrive before the r..eovery of
Captain Ominanney.
0 Admiral the lion. Sir Robert Stopford has been informed by
Captain Onimanney that he shall be sufficiently recovered by tho
:id of August to attend the Court, and Captain Dickenson
consented to dispense with the appearance of Mr. tViiliam Miller,
on his defence, co prevent the Inconvenience which will result
to the pulriic service lay hi rec di front Ileratuda, ani the increase.:
expense attaching to himselt by such delay in the maintentnce (11
so mauy witnesses, now at this port, cad remote from their s..ver;.i
home.. I will be shliged to you to acquaint me as early as
canvement, whether you consid:r the attendance of Mr. Willitm
Miller, the late mater, Air.' William Augustus Bates. the late
surgeon, and Mr. Giles, the late signal midshipman of the G,•noa,
a. indi'pen.ably trice ...airy on the rot of the prosecution. as the
time fur holding the Court Martial cannot be fixed until it is
ascertained whether the prinecurioa can be proceeded in without
those persons, who are at preset abroad.
I have the honour to be, Sir. &c.
(S'Sr:d) "M.G It EETH AM.
"Deputy Judge• Advocate of the Fleet."

V1L,411, SIR E. COU3tIiGTON 10 M. GRVITHAM. [tQ•

" E4ton-square, July it 5,.1 529

" reply to your letter of yesterday's date, I am to
inform you that I have received a letter from the Secretary i‘f
the Admiralty upon the lime subject; that I have explained folly
to their Lordships the position in which I find myself :—that their
Lordships having decided that the good of his Nlajesty's setvce
resu,red a Court Martial, which I, acting upon the same principle,
had divemea w.t't and 'Mint; way io p.),se,sion of all the
formation which I hid to gurC:e mz. are them%elvcs the most
competent j.ttigri of the cot.r.e rr..ne expedient to pursue under
all the circunistaoces ot easz. l':esumiug that you will recele:,
front the .-iumralty a copy of my setter, I need not enter forth,:
haw the subjtct of it. " I remain, Sir. &c.
(Signed) " HIMARD CODRINGTON."