Star.
London, England, 1829-03-16 00:00:00

INVERNESS, MARCH 12.

Friday evening, a number of boys and disorderly
lads assembled oil the Castle Hill (a tine green eminence
which overlooks the river Ness) for the purpose of burn-
ing a sort of effigy expressive 4.1 their hatred of Popery.
They after wards adjourned to High-street, and en-
camped in front of the Exchange, directly before the
Police Office. Here they continued some time ►houting
and farming, till one of their numb, r procured ano-
ther eifigy, or scarecrow, which he hoisted up, and im-
mediately the whole party set off en ',fosse down Church
street. They tuned up by Nets-street, &IA we regret
to state, bloke the door and windows of the Catholic
Chapel. On their return t• their former position, theie
number had greatly inc. ea,ed, and the au. horities began
to be alarmed. With a view to intimi.lat•ou, a boy,
who was rendering himself conspicuous in the affair,
was suddenly seized and clapped into ihe Police Office
This, however, operated but as a signal to the mob, and
in a few minutes the iisiudows of the Police Office weie
demolished, the door broken, several of t! e watchmen
hint with stows, and the culprit liberated. Ti e street
continued in a clowd: d and agitated state for some
h.•urs after this, but no fur Cher violence a a. manifested.
On Tuesday night some little disturbance took place,
and an attempt was made to set fire to a wooden shed
on School 11,11, but the constables were on the alert and
frustrated the project. —Avows, Courier.
An Anti. Catholic meeting was het.i 1 list week at
Thurso, and a petition drawn op. William Sinclair.
Esq. of Fie.wick, and D;. Lting, of Thurso, exist essed
themselves in favour of the inea.ure now before Patlia-
Anent. when the former Gentleman was grossly attacked
and insulted. The populace repaired to his house, broke
his windows, and insulted the family in the most wan•
ton and unjmtifiable manner. What renders this attack
the more unpardonable is, that Mr. Sinclair is far ad
sauced in life, being about eighty years of

Ftikland market was held last Thursday. The price►
of horses and cattle ran very high, w.th brisk saves.
Little or nothing was done in corn.
A private sale of property in the Highlands took
place lately for 19,000. being we understand about 4.0
years purchase of the present rental.—Perh Cattier.
New ARCTIC EMDITION.—Captun Ross, whose
voyage to the Polar Seas excited at the time consider-
able attention, is so far advanced in preparation for a
similar undertaking, that be expects to be able to start
by the middle of next month. The expedition is un-
dertaken at the sole expense of Capt. Ross and his friends,
and the great novelty attending it is, that steam is to
be employed in it for the first time. Capt. Ross goes
mat in the Victory, a steam vessel of 200 tons burden,
accompanied by the John, of 820 tons, laden with fuel
and stores and provisions for three years. The power-
ful steam engine of the Victory is of the high-pressure
kind, and will consume fuel of every kind, whether the
wood to be found in many places on the coast, or the
oil to be produred from the tenants of the deep; and
'the vessel is so constructed as to be incapable of de-
struction by the pressure of icebergs, the effect of which
will be to raise her up instead of crushing her. The
paddles, worked by steam, can also be taken off if ne-
cessary. and at once she can be rigged as a sailing ves-
sel. The crews of the Victory and John will amount
to 60 men, and the officers are distinguished for their
scientific attainments. The equipment is in all respects
must complete.

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