Star.
London, England, 1817-09-11 00:00:00

• DUBLI.V, SEPTEMBER .;.

The learned and respectable Justice of the
Court of King's B. nch is much recovered. His illeess
was not a kite aggravated by the death ol Mr. Jus-
tice OsnattN, to whom he was much attached.
Mr. PEEL has notified to the Err,:ctois General of
Inland Nsvigzaion, that the improv..ment which has
of late taken place in the state of the pi ace of this
count: y, generally, c,mbined with the gratifying prns-
peck of an abundant harvest, have induced the Lntd
Lieutenant to take into considerati, n a proposition
recen!ly submitted to him by the Commander of the
forces, for the progressive fecal of the several detach-1
meats of troops, which *ere, in the course of last
winter and sptiog, judged necessary for the protec-
tion of the inlani navigation, and that thesesletact-
aunts will be withdrawn accordingly.

THE FREED NEGRO.
A SONG-BY MISS EDGEWOR 11!.

Freedom! Freedom! happy s mud,
Magic land this British ground;
Touch it Slave, and slave be nee,
tie :I:id of Liberty!
Indian (Zee's wicked art,
Sicken slow poor N gro's heart ;
English 01:e mates the Slave
Twice be young, and twice be brave
Quick the magic, strong the'pow'r—
t.ce man changing in an hour!
Fur the day that makes him free,
Double worth that man shag Ire !
Massa! gra!eft.l Qeaco do
Twice the work or Slave for you;
Fight for Massa twice as long
Love for Massa twice as .trong !

The LORD CHARCULOR sits on the last Monday in
October. when his Lordship will hold his first Seal.
The Vice CummeLion has ►ntimrated his intention
of sitting on the 23d of October, to hear bankrupt
petitions, and exceptions to reports.
Su loathsome, unjust, and iniquitous, is an endea-
vour to dtTrive of life by conviction on the evidence
of spies and informers, that JEFFRIES himself, when
Serjeant JEFFRIES, on the trial of the murdered Lord
Russeu., said to the Jury, •• Remember, we brine no
iportzinicou persons here ; we have nut raid the gaol:
for evidence; we have brought before you no reanda-
lour SPIES and INroultans, but men worthy of credit."
FATAL DVEL.--011 Wednesday se'nnight a meet-
ing took place near Dungarean, between J. T. Esq.
and F. S. B. Esq. both of that town. They fired but
once ; Mr. B. was wounded in the abdomen, and ex-
pired the next day. Mr. B. was a Lieutenant in the
Waterford Militia.

ITALIAN GRATITUDEA celebravd opera-singer
being highly praised in the presence of a Lady at
Rome, the Lady, wiLli the most an.iable simplicity,
observed, that he had a good voice but a Lad heart.—
My broth( r, the Cardinal, made a soprano of him, and
he has never since evinced the least gratitude to his
benefactor."

ANLMTZ.—A parson, tired of the prolix stories
of a great traveller, slid to him, .6 Sir, you have
doubtleis become accpainted with Geography in the
course of your travels ?"-64 Sir," answered the
learned traveller, ge I have. never been so far"

Ar usual, ILlzArtn, Bonne. and Co. sold in Shares
a Prize of Twenty Thousand Poentis, No. 2377,
drawn yesterday. They also sold a Prize of Twenty
Thousand Pounds in the last Lottery, and three otter
Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds in the last tea
months—a run of mum untaralleled in I,,llery "'Dinah.
Monday, as Mr. Dm, of the Rent Recovery Of-
fice, London-wall, near Coleman-street, was re-
moving the goods of Mrs. Boman (a widow), under
distraint for rent, from Queen-street, Southwark, he
discovered in an old bureau a secret drawer, contain-
£44s in B.,nk-notes, some memorandums, and a will
of her late husband, who died in June, 1795.
A letter from Dominica, dated July 19, staetss
,g That flour was 13 dollars per barrel, and falling
much. There were from six to nine thousand barrels
of it in the market. There had lately arrived about
1,000 hogsheads of tobacco, and that the markets
had been so overstocked with all kinds of American
produce, sugar eight dollars to nine per hundred
weight. They als') mention that all the exportation
of sugar in foreign vessels was prohibited on the first
of July. Two French store-ships had arrived there
from Roclifort." •

From the Nsta Orleans Gazette of July 12:—Lieu-
tenant J. C. CUNNINGHAM, Commander of the United
States' schooner Firebrand, arrived in town yester-I
morning, Iron Vera Cruz, having brought with
him Wyatt, charged with the murder of Captain
DIHICOLL, of the schooner Fox. The Firebrand
sailed Irons 13a1ize on the '2d ult. and arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 14th ; saluted the fort, having first as-
cei tamed that it would be returned gun for gun
which was done; received the prisoner Wyatt on
board, and sailed the 20th. Doting Lieut. CUN-
NINGHAM'S stay at Vera Crux he was treated with
marked civility by the Officers of the Government
and by the citizens. Lieut. CustsiNuttata, in giving,
an account of his voyage, states, that an American
vessel, the Charles, had been twice boarded by In-
surgent privateers. The last of them had made cif
with all the papers. He had in consequence taken
the Charles back to Vera Cruz t and Inciting with
one of these pirates, as he terms them, he took pos-
session of the vessel, and sent her into St. Louis."
On the 15th uit. there were some disturbances at Ge-
neva, and it was not until after considerable efforts
that the gendarmerie succeeded in restoring order.—
' Several persons were severely wounded.

NUMBER OF KNOWN VEGETABLF.3.—The number of
Plants yet known amounts, according to the calcula-
tion of Baton VON HUMBOLDT, to 44,000, of which
6,060 are agamous, that is, plants which have no
sexual organs, such as champiEnons, lichens, &c..—
Of the remainder there are found
In Europe 7,000
In the temperate regions of Asia... 1,500
Iu liquimmal Ada and the adjacent lsianda. 4 54 0
In
In the temperate regions of America, in troth bentivberes
In Equi 'Ng Isl. A merica
Ist I,4tw Holland and the Islands of the Picnic Ocean