Star.
London, England, 1829-10-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot arrived on Wednesday
in the Isle of Wight, from Chatham'.
A detachment belonging to the 50th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment
of Infantry arrived in town on Wednesday from Scotland, and
marched yesterday morning for Gosport.
A detachment belonging to the 2d Battalion of the 60th (the
Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps) arrived in town on Wednesday
morning from Scothud, and marched yesterday morning for Ports-
mouth.
The North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, about 400
strong, under Colonel Horner, assembled in this city on Saturday,
for eight days' training and exercise. On Friday next we under-
stand they will be Inspected by Col. Homer on Menton Down.—
Bath Olowsisk.
Tan ROYAL Hoses Guaans.—lt is said in the best-informed
military circles, that on the demise of the Earl of Harrington. Co-
lonel of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, the command of that re-
giment was offered by an Illustrious Personage to his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cumberland, who declined the offer, observing
at the same time, that in consequence of the attachment his late
King and father bad for the Regiment of Royal Horse Guards,
when it was called the Oxford Blues, which be bad at present the
honour to command, he should most certainly decline the proffered
exchange.

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.

Mums Malvin) Tuts Mr.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Leeward

Islands 1.

The Shepherd, Findley, from St. Petersburgh to London, was
stranded on the 13th uk. near Gotbland. Cargo expected to be
saved.
The Coronet, from Van Diemen's Land, is supposed to be
arrived off Ramsay.
The Para Packet, Potter, from Para, is supposed to be arrived
off Dover.
nut, OCT. B.—Whod N.E. to N.N.W.—Arrived from Lon-
don, the Seppingo, Loader, for Ceylon.
Pownotourzu, Ocs. B.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrived the
Thomas Wallace, Chewy, from Quebec. Sailed the Lady Black-
wood, Dibbs, for New South Wales, and Joseph Green transport,
for Deptford.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Lapwing
• packet, from the Leeward Islands—sailed on the sth of September
from St. Thomas's.
BILISTOL. Ocs. 7.—Arrived the Jane, Pines, from Nevis, and
Maxfield, Brown, front Quebec.
HoLYwuAD, OCT. 7.—Off the port, the Ganges, —,from Bengal.
Lnraaroox, Oct. 7.—Arrived the Collins, from Quebec.
Doves, Oct. B.—Arrived the Crown, Hopper, from Quebec.
Coax, Oct. 6.—Arrived the Mary Ann. Wright, from St.
Domingo.
Talmo:a, Oct. s.—lt blew bard from N.W. to N.N.B. all
night, still continues, and rather increases, getting farther round to
N.B. About eve, rag. yesterday, a brig with yellow sides, painted
ports, and royal-masts, struck on the Cockle Sand, remained some
time, but hove over, and brought up without the Scroby, where
she rode till about noon to-day. Several boats have been off to-
day, but dare not cross the Scroby. She is now driving, appa-
rently with loss of rudder, without the Cross Sand, and two smacks
are about two miles from her : she is supposed to be timber laden.
There are from 400 to 300 vessels in the Roads. A large brig and
a schooner have just parted.—Hats-ens: Two. Wind blowing
very bard.

SIR WALTER SCOTT IN THE WRONG.—As two
gentlemen were travelling together in a coach, near Oxford, the
conversation turned upon the neighbouring village of Cumnor, and
the melancholy death of Amy Robert, as recorded in the excellent
novel of " Kenilworth." As one gentleman had not read the
work, the other described the scene to him, as far as his memory
would serve, in the beardful and pathetic language of Sir Walter
Scott, which seemed to take an extraortinary effect on a farmer
who sat opposite, though he expressed his feelings in a different
manner to that which his fellow passengers had a right to expect;
he be exclaimed with violence, " The Sir Walter Scott you speak
of is a liar, for I have lived at Cumnor for no years, and
never beard the lady's name or a word about the matter before."—
Aidenhom (*wade.
QUEER AD • ENTU az. The Pawtucket (Rhode
Island) Chronicle states, that a comical crazy fellow, who is in the
habit of ranging the country, recently entered a Magistrate's oMce
3n the village, in the absence of the rightful occupant, and began to
endue the documents upon the table, among which were a dozen
or ante writs against persons whoa be knew by sight, but who did
net know him. He pocketed the instruments, and in about an
hour afterwards was seen coming up the street, followed by three
at four sorry-looking fellows, whom be had arrested, and carrying
under each arm a journeyman tailor, who inclined to show fight
rather than be taken at such short notice. He conveyed them to
the place from whence he took the catchl pspen, and Soling the
Judie sdil absent, made the of the lock aid key, to confine them
there, as be said, " that they might take their trial at the next sit-
dug of the Court."

STATE OF PORTUGAL:

CONCLUDED FROM TIIE STAR OF YESTERDAY.
LISBON, Sen. 19.
My anxiety to controvert the unblushing assertions
of the Miguelite Journals of London, has made me al-
most forget to notice two circumstances which cannot
be indifferent to the English public. I allude to the
liberation of the four seamen of the Vigilant, and the
recent arrival of two English vessels, the Briton and
Vine, also one American, the Gleaner, under the Portu-
guese flag : the crews and masters having been taken
out at Saint Michael's. You are already acquainted with
the history of their capture for an alleged breach of the
blockade of Terceira. It appears that one of these
ships, the Briton, had been liberated by the tribunal
at St. Michael's, but that the sentence was reversed
here; what is more, it is firmly believed that both this
vessel and the Vine, would have been released, but for
a recommendation sent from the friends and counsellors
of the faction in London, to make an example, by way
of deterring any vessels that might really attempt to
relieve the Patriots. As to the seizure and condemnation
of these vessels, it will soon be proved to have been made
in violation of every recognized international law ; and,
is, therefore, to all intents and purposes, an act of pure
Piracy on the High Seas. When all the concomitant
circumstances of this, and other outrages, committed
on our flag are considered—when it is besides con-
sidered that they have been perpetrated under the
authority of a person whom, even our present Mi-
nisters declared an usurper, from their places in
Parliament, and whose title is not yet recognized
by a single Power in Europe, there is surely seine
difficulty in believing the evidence of our own eyes !
It remains to be seen how long such humiliations are to
be borne ; and above all, whether a series of insults and
outrages which places England on a level more degrading
and dishonourable than the most contemptible nation
of Europe, are to pass by without inquiry or redress ?
You may readily imagine what my feelings were on
seeing two British vessels pass Belem Castle under
a Portuguese flag, at a time too, when distress and
embarrassment among the shipping and manufacturing
interests of our country, have reached their present
alarming extent ! It will lel for those who have not
merely allowed, but encouraged these outrages, to ac-
count to the nation for a conduct which, I would fain
hope, has no precedent in British history.
I must inform you that a large American ship, the
Galatea, which had been most wantonly seized off
Terceira, above three months ago, and whose crew are
actually in the prisons of St. Michael's, has been
here some time, having been sent on without her
master and crew, in the same way as the other
vessels. The Gleaner, which arrived this morning,
was cut out of the roadstead of Angra as a neutral vessel,
without the aggressors knowing whether she had violated
the blockade or not. Indeed the whole of the proceed-
ings with regard to the American vessels, amounts to a
bona fide declaration of war, and actual hostility. As
may be imagined, the people here are in hourly and
anxious expectation of hearing the determination of the
American Government.
The case of the four seamen of the Vigilant, a
King's vessel of war, forms a fit climax to the long
series of injuries to which British subjects have been
exposed ever since the usurpation. You are of course
acquainted with the circumstance of these men having
been seized when in the act of conveying some specie to
the Vigilant's boat, in obedience to the orders of their
commander. Indeed he was with them at the moment
they were arrested, but was suffered to embark, while
the poor men were thrown into the Lemoira, where they
have been shut up fourteen weeks, in the most horrid
and filthy prison in Europe, for no other offence than
obeying the orders of their superior officer—a refusal
to do which, would, by the articles of war, have entailed
the punishment of death. With respect to Captain
Jones himself, the last London papers inform us, that he
has been struck off the naval list after a service of
thirty-three years. Without stopping to inquire into
the justice or injustice of this act, it may as well be
asked upon what principle the four seamen have been
imprisoned so long ; and it would be satisfactory to
know, whether any steps were taken to obtain their
liberation. I understand that it was not on account of
embarking the money, which is an every-day occurrence
here, though there is said to be an old law which imposes
a duty on the export of specie, that Captain Jones
excited the vengeance of the faction ; but because he hap-
pened to have been the bearer of the report so incau-
tiously inserted in one or two London newspapers, stating
that the Cabinets had determined on turning Don
MIGUEL out. This rumour, awakened the hopes of
the Constitutionalists to such a degree, that they
were on the point of flying to arms ; it therefore led to a
number of arrests, and some executions, as well as to the
subsequent complaints against Captain Jones. The con-
sequence has been his dismissal without a trial.
From the impunity with which the excesses of the
faction against our commerce and countrymen has been
met, as well as the ready acquiescence to all their com-
plaints, their exultation knows no bounds. Such is the
natural effect of tolerating a set of persons who are not
only grossly ignorant of the principles of Government,
but determined, as their uniform conduct has proved, to
mistake the ill-timed concessions of our Ministers for ab-
solute submission to their caprice, and who are as insen-
sible to the virtues of gratitude and moderation, as they
are incapable of one generous sentiment. Ministers
may perhaps discover, when too late, the true character
of the viper they have cherished here. The wonder is,
that they should have for a moment so far misconceived
the interests of England, as to hold communion with such
an unprincipled and demoralized crew.
I cannot conclude without offering one general remark
suggested by all I have witnessed since my absence from
England, and during which I have communicated largely
with all classes of the Portuguese. I had been so long
in the habit of hearing them depreciated, of their indif-
ference to freedom, and fitness, through apathy and in-
clination, for despotism alone, that, like many others, I
began to imagine there might have been some truth in
the oft-repeated assertions of their enemies. I now de-
clue that I consider Portugal to be the most calumniated
nation of Europe. So far as my observation has ex-
tended, I entirely agree with a writer in a late number of
the Quarterly Review, who represents the peasantry as
being " industrious, patient under privations, intrepid,
and courageous,—only standing in need of good govern-
ment to call forth their natural good qualities."—With
regard to the Constitutionalists, faring as they do, the
great majority of the educated classes, I have found a
degree of acuteness, talent, and general information
among them, which is not exceeded by the same class
either in France or England. As to the military charac-
ter of the Portug.tese, if there were any thing wanting
to establish its claim to professional skill, bravery, and
patriotism, it was amply proved during the late war, and
will, above all, be found in the recent defence of Ter-
ceira. Finally, should the fears of the lamented Mr.
CANNING be realized, and that " war of opinion "
which the measures of but too many Cabinets seem

to be precipitating with such fearful rapidity, ever I
take place, I am greatly mistaken if Portugal does not
display a degree of patriotism and public virtue calculated
to excite the admiration of contemporary nations. Even
as she is now situated—the victim of domestic oppression
and foreign treachery—who knows but that, when goaded
on to the point beyond which human nature cannot bear,
this much-injured people may break their fetters, and by
one glorious effort, revive those transcendant periods of
their history, when they were led on to victory and free-
dom by a VIRIATII4-B,lld a SERTORIUS ?
P.S. The lowest dejection still pervades both at Court
and among the usurper's ministerial agents, while the
military precautions continue unabated. Strong hopes
are entertained that a French army will come to the aid
of despotism here as it did in Spain. At all events, it is
well known that PEREIRA, the emissary, who sailed by
the last packet, was to proceed to Paris with a formal de-
mand to the above effect, as the only means of preventing
the anticipated burst of public feeling. The account
given in my letter of the 17th, relative to the
pregnant robberies and murders of the capital,
will have prepared you for the shocking event
which has just occurred to Mr. MAcKEAN,
our very estimable English resident of Buenos Ayres,
and of which you shall have the particulars by next
packet. The schooner Vine, of Hull, concerning', whose
detention I have already spoken, has just been condemned
by the tribunal without the least form, or even taking
the trouble of examining the depositions of the Master
and crew. Yen kriow that the vessel was laden with
Manchester Goods, all of which were taken out at St.
Michael's, and are doubtless, ere this, sold by the agents
of the Usurper.—But his friends in England will still
vociferate " we are strictly neutral, and afford no sup-
port to Don Mit: U E L."
I forgot to inform you of one positive fact, that when
the Usurper heard that Donna MARIA was about to
return to the Brazils, peremptory orders were given to
the Commanders of the few ships he has remaining to
sink the vessel in which le.rM AJ EAT Y should be found!

The New Police are to have oil-skin covers to their
hats, with their numbers painted upon them, a In 11iiiitairs.
There was no night watch in London till after 1189; it
was nut regularly e-tablished till 12.13. It appears that at such pe-
riod London was so subject to riots and disorders that Henry
then commanded watches to be kept in the cities and borough
towns for the preservation of the peace ; the King at the same time
ordaining that " if any man chanced to be robbed, or by any
means damnified, by any thee& or robber, he to whom the charge
of keeping that county, &c. where the robbery was done, should
competently restore the lour." That period was the origin of the
"nightly watch," which, instead of bring renovated, is now to
give way before the 4 march of intellect."
It is said that there was a heavy fall of snow on the
Bth of October. 10 or 12 years ago, which was followed by a
mild winter.
Persons whose out-door occupations give them the
means of judging, declare that the weather was at no time so
piercingly cold during the whole of last winter as it was yesterday
morning.
As early as September 2, 1816, there was a consider-
able fall of snow in the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon,
by which much damage was done to the gardens in particular.
The fall of snow in and about London on Wednesday last, which
at many places continued for two hours, was followed yesterday
with excessive cold winds and some very cold rain in the after-
noon. They were particularly felt in the northern suburbs of the
metropolis.
ACCIDENT.—The iron gates at the top of Upper
Harley-street, New-road, originally of ricketty construction, have
been for some time left in a dilapidated state. The carriage-gars
is removed, but a part of the cross-bar through which the uprights
passed has been left projecting about two feet on each side. A
medical gentleman, of Broad-street, was set down at the top of
Upper Harley-street on Wednesday evening, and proceeding a few
steps at a brisk pace. came violently in contact with the projecting
bar, by which bis face was dreadfully lacerated, and he fell on the
pavement bleeding profusely. The remaining passengers, with the
coachman (Palmer) and cad were prompt in their assistance. and
tho gentleman was supported in a tainting state by one of the pas-
sengers and the footman of the house to which be had been pro-
ceeding—to Mr. A. C. Hutchinson's, in Duchess-street—who ren-
dered him every skilful and humane attention. The shameful
neglect which has caused this injury remains still unreal,-
died. When the New Police can find leisure from their occupa-
tion of kicking walnut baskets off the pavement into the mire, we
trust they will correct this more serious nuisance.
SINGULAR PRA TER.—The Minister Of a village not
a hundred miles from Edinburgh, a few Sundays ago, commenced
his discourse with the following pious prayer :—" () Lord, shower
down thy blessings on the illustrious family at present resident in
this neighbourhood; and, for fear there should be any mistake, it
is the Earl of Hopetoun I mean."
CAPTURE OF A SMUGGLING LUGGER.—OR the 25th
ult. the Prince of Wales revenue cruiser, Benjamin Oliver, Esq.
commander, captured in Lock Sawa, Isle of Skye, a large
smuggling lugger, with a cargo of gin, brandy, tea, tobacco. and
snuff, and a crew of twelve men. The lugger is called the
Maria, of nushing, and bad anchored at Uig, about noon of
the day she was captured. Two smugglers had come to that
quarter for many years, and the Captain thought that be bad
eluded all the cutters that were in chase, and that they had
gone in a different direction ; but indeed he seemed eo con-
fident in the switt sailing of his vessel, that be said he could
escape although all the five revenue cruisers were in sight.—
Captain Oliver, however, with his brig, was beating up by Dun-
tuba Castle at the time the lugger anchored in the bay, at Uig,
which is so situated that without going to the neighbouring heights,
vessels at sea could not be seen at any distance. The brig came up
by abort tacks close in-shore, till about four o'clock, when she ap-
peared near the entrance of the bay ; she immltliately hoisted her
colours, and discharged one of her guns. The lugger cut her cable,
and in less than five minutes was off, when a beautiful Chace ensued,
during which the brig fired several guns. In about an hour and a
half, the captain of the lugger, finding that the brig was gaining Last
upon him, launched his boat, and, with his whole crew, en-
deavoured to escape ; but, after securing the prize, Captain Oliver
despatched his boat with a stout crew, who soon retuned with the
whole smugglers, 12 in number, in custody.—Many ladies and
gentlemen witnessed the affair front the hill at the Point of (Jig,
and declared that they had never witnessed any thing more in-
teresting and masterly.
BROKEN HEARTS.—There is a certain cant among
authors touching the more delicate feelings of women—their strong
susceptibilities—and liabilities to that interesting climax of wretch-
edness—a broken heart ; but I believe there are as many men die
of broken hearts as women; indeed, the only broken heart I ever
saw was that of a man. 1 was in the anatomical museum of the
celebrated Mr. Brookes, who introduced It to my notice with all
the pathos of which he was capable. " Here," said he, "is the
palpable illustration of-'—a broken heard—this heart—this heart,
sir, is the heart of"—" Of whom?" said 1, impatient at his pause.
" Of a coal-heaver," said he, " who died suddenly from the
effects of that rent, caused by overstrained elation in carrying a
heavy sack of coals !"—frifinat Warwick, Vol. a

CORN—EXCHANGE, MARK—LANE. Oct. 9.
We continue in the same stagnant state as on last market•day;
and although some country buyers appeared this morning. they only
looked at the samples and walked away; if sales were forced.
lower prices would be submitted to; however. Monday's prices
must be nominally quoted for fine Wheat. Barley. and Oats.

zuroatattows starcs mynas.
Wheat, English (qrs.) . 3,250 f Barley, Foreign
Irish . . 2504 Oars. English .
Foreign . 1,9001 Foreign .
Barley, English . 2,450 Irish . .
Irish . . I Flour (sacks) .
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Oct. 9.
caTTLI AT NALIIIT.

. 1,500
1,100

450
. 3.4(.0

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Beasts
I
Sheep and Lambs
Beef 3s 64 to 4s 04 ..3s 104 to 44 841
Mutton, 3l 10d 4s ed Pock es Od 51 Od
Lamb ........Os Od Os Od
Hay per load, £215% to £4 101. Clover 13 10s. to AS 10s.
&raw 11 18s. to AS ss.
COAL MARKET—Tom Day.
Haw-ran Once—The Coal Esduage was very ntunereedy
attended by mere/mats to-day, and •Coals were is good demand ;
the solely of Sooderiand and Newest* Coals was also very aims.
dant, 85 new ships having arrived since Wednesday last, whin a
Mal on the week's arrival of 139 ships.
Best Wallsend Coals .... Ma. Od. Me. id.
Other sons 47s. 6d. 355. 6d.
Ships at Market