Star.
London, England, 1820-07-26 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, JULY 24%

Witiiin the last few days, this very favourite resort
of distinguished company has begun to fill fast. Sir
WILLIAM CURTIS came down in his yacht, on Satur-
day last, and teturned yesterday evening, by the same
conveyance, to attend his duties in Parliament,
The Sailing.match spoken cf in our last has been
broken off by the owner of the Nincy, of Whitstable,
who, of course, forfeits his deposit. This has caused
a good deal of public disappointment.
A kRIVALS AT TIM Almon norm—The Earl Waldegrave and
family, Lord Galway and family, Sir Conn and Lady Halkett,
Sir Hugh P. Palliser, and the Hon. Win. Noel.

MARGATE, JULY 24.

Friday, a party of smugglers, endeavouring to work contra-
band goods on sh.l.-e, near !Wellington Minis, were detected by
the men belonging to the Coast blockade service, who seized
twenty half-ankers of foreign spirits, with one horse and cart ;
they secured five of the men, and tcok them before E. HOTS.
Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Cinque
Ports, who fully committed them to Dover jail,to which place
they were conveyed under the charge of ;five Constables, a Mid-
shipman, and two melt, belonging to the service, with the excep-
tion of one young man, who made his escape just as he was going
into prison. As the Officers and men were escorting china to
the Office at Margate, a great number of persons ashambled to-
gether, and one man (Davey Thomas) was takeirinto custody
for assaulting some of the men on duty, and compelled to fiad
bail to answer the charge at the next Dover Sessions.
Sunday morning, limey Spicer was taken into custody, fur
violently asoitating different persons in the streets, and lodged in
the cage; but, in the night he effected his escape, by the asstst-
ance of some other persons, by breaking a large hole in the wall,
which was evider by began on the outside.

sail from thence direct for Angostura.
During the aquatic excursion of the Merchant- The Cour TOF CLA•itis.—The Court was on Mon-
-4 day occupied in hearing arguments f, r and against
Tailors' Company yesterday up the River, a boat .
t
was upset, just above Putney Bridge, by the eager the claims rf the Rev. Mr. Dyreoke to perform the
office of Champion by deputy at the King's Corona-
which had'fallca into the wafer. The party, six in
claim had been allowed in former iastances, and par-
number, were fortunately all picked up, having re-
ceived no other injury than a good ducking. ticularly that of a Lady, possessed a the Manor of
A letter from Genoa is posted at Lloyd's, stating Scrivelsby, who was permitted to appoint one of her
sons as her deputy at the Coronation of Richard H.
that the truce between Tuscany and Algiers had
expired on the sth inst. and that advices from Leg-
It was also shewn that, in cases where the office had
horn had been received at Genoa,
_conveying infor-
been performed by deputy, the King had never in-
mation that the Algerine squadron had captured two terfered in his appointment. The ATTORNEY-GENE-
Tuscan vessels, and that apprehensions were enter-
RAL, however, contended against the right of the Rev.
tained for the safety of-their boats engaged in the Mr. Dymoke to appoint his deputy. A claim was
coral-fisher on
Gibraltar, dated the Sd inst. state,, on the coast of Barbary. then put in on behalf of Lord John Townsend. to
Letters from
serve the office of Chantron, on the plea that the
that the Dutch and American squadrons had sailed manor of Scrivelsby appertained to the manor of
Marmion, of whith he was Lord, and that 'he was ea-
in pursuit of the fleet which lately left Algiers, con-
gable of performing the service in person. Tne Court,
tar from Majorca mention, that the disease, which
sisting of five vessels. Accounts received at Gibral-
on consultation, considered Lord -John Townshend
had at first been reported the plague, had consider-
to have failed in establishing his claim, and deferred
the consideration of the Rev. Mr. Dymoke's claim to
ably subsided. _Every precaution was taken at Gi-
serve by deputy, to the 31st instant.
braltar to prevent infection.
General Risco is extremely ilia.: Seville. . A plant of Lilium Japonicum is at present in flower
the fiist.time in Scotland) in the garden of Mr.
The Spanish ('ortes have determined to rescind the (orFALCONAR, of Carlowrie, introduced from Uinta by
Decree of the Extraordinary Cortes, dated the 18thi
JOHN SreetweT, Esq. of Binny, Commander of the
of March, 1812, which excluded the Infantas Don
FRANCISCO PAULA and Donna MARIA LOUISA, Ex. Lady Me:ville (East Indiaman), in 1819.
Queen of Etruria, from the succession to the Throne. I So great was the supply of salmon this training
"the' trade of Quebec is rapidly extending. On at Billingsgate, that 'mime fish sold at 6d. per pound.
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A Gentleman who has teturned from a tour iu
shire, reports that the wheat, for want of sun,
entered the 10th of June, 1819, the number of vessels which
is rather backward, but that the crop will he great;
,
' entered that port during the preceding twelve month s
was 226, and the amount ef tonnage 53,(5 k On the
that barley, for fineness and quantity, .was never
10th June, 1820, 283 vessels had arrived within a
similar period, and the amount of tonnage was 74,473. more promising ; and that the Hop district is now
in full flower. About. Weyhill they expect to begin
The casts from the Elgin Marbles, which his Ma-
hop-picking before the commencement of the wheat
Jor,TY presented to the Athenzum at Plymouth, are
all nearly fixed in the several niches of the building. harvest.
A fine sample of new oats was exhibited on Satur-
da last at Keel. ASSIZES —The Judges, the Right Hon. Sirket, the prodece of the far
CHARLES ABBOTT and Sir GEORGE WOOD, arrived at ~yj ••• 4 Taunton mat
of J. niteree, Lsq. of Ash Priors, near that town.
I Maidstone yesterday, and proceeded to Church, where The barley harvest has commenced in some parts
and
'they attended Divine Service, and took the Sacra- of Hampshire, and proves a fair crop, very
went, after which they opened their Commission at • 000 d ,„ c,„.. ,
'ty.
the Town Hall. There are 74 prisoners for trial. i° c ---v..— :
ose.....ciaseux MA RE-Wri. JULY 26.—The weather ha Ina
Lady STRATHMORE'S carriage broke down, about been (avowable since Monday, produced a dalnea, 'hi 41; i;
two miles from Durham, as her Ladyship was pro- of .AK heat this moiling, at,il slibbligh Monday's prices weer sale
to perform the last foe a 1 tribute to the it- tuned for the finest samTiples, .yetahtbereof was hale or medraland
Dais being considerable,
tuaills of the late Eat-I. Her La(tyshlp has gone to fcr say ,her
uvrti.h
le
ari
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the' tracts Ivan very heavy ;It a reduction of lc per 'putter. In
S•reatlarn Castle. - ". I Barley, Deans and P,:iti there in no alteration.

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