Star.
London, England, 1828-09-01 00:00:00

NAVA L IN FELLIGENCE.

MAILS Alumni Tun Day.—Dublin 2—Waterford 2—Guernsey
and Jersey i—Haniburgh I—Holland t —France I—Flan.
dere I—Sweden 1.
The Rokeby. from
_Quebec. has arrived off Holyhead.
The Crisis, Peon, front Dantsic to Loudon, having sprung a
leak, was abaadoseed about the 25th ultimo, near Tromp Sound
crew saved.
The Edgar. from Liverpool to Wick, was totally lost on the 45th
ultimo near Lough Garitsch : crew saved.
Extract of a letter, dated &. lye's August 30:—" Last night
put into our harbour with contrary winds the Russian Finland ship
lasterpri.e, IL W. Bananas Master, with 334 Portuguese refugees
on board, faithful in their allegiance to Ida Majesty Don PSDIIO
the Fourth. The greater part are Officers of Cavalry and Infan-
try belonging to the Portuguese troops that retreated from Oporto
into Spain, and ordered by the Spani Government to quit that
country, but the privates were got permitted to depart. It is the
intention of those Gentlemen and others to quit this place to-mor-
row or next day, on their way to Falmouth, to wait orders from
London. The refugees state that the greatest confusion prevails in
Spain."
DIAL, August 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from London the
Tollgate, TAM MAISTISIO, for Naples; Mansfield, SLAMIZASII, for
Quebec; Royal Charlotte, Hay, and Curlew, Faagusos, for
°pinto ; and Mentor, for 31irsinicisi.
Auoorr 31.—Wind N.E.—Passid the Persian. Pwaxgrr. for
New South Wales; Astrea,Watsou, for Malta; and Helena, Ram,
for Grated Canary.
Ptirnourn. Ammar 29 sod 30.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the
Lively, Foss, font Smyrna; Revel, Russian man of war brig,
from Gibraltar. Off port the Zenobia, DOUGLAS, from Calcutta;
' Astell, Sari, from Halifax. Soiled the Brighton', —, for Sierra
Leone.
FALMOUTN, AUGUST 29.—Wind IL to E.S.E.
AUGUST 30.—Wind E.—Arrived of pen the Electra. Batas.
from New York ; sailed Ist August ' • was struck by lightning,
which carried away foretop-mot, topgallant.inast, acc. and obliged
part of the cargo to be thrown overboard. Sailed the Magnet
packet, for Lisboa.
Huta., August 31.—Arrived the Liberty, Fran. from St. Pe-
unbar:it ; Columbus, Laurel, Beams. Flora, Jamaican, and
Norval, Hiatuses. from Memel; Christian, Duncan, and Ed-
ward, linceraes, from Pillaa • Ann, Huss; from --•; Peace
Coors's, from Dentate; Pacific,
Boas, and Ville, Baowx, from:
Riga.
Peatsmouto, Ammer 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived his Majesty's
ship Crocodile, fur the East India station; and his Majesty's ship
Semarang, for Malta; and Corinthian, Cnanwscx, for New York.
Passed the Diadem, WILMS, fur Van Diemen's Lind.
Lieutenant William Walker (a), of his Majesty's yacht William
and Mary, is promoted to the rank of Commander.
•tm. 30.
The Genoa bulk will be fitted for the temporary reception of
the unfortunate Portuguese exiles, of whom there are between
three and 400 now in this port in the most destitute condition.
The Britannia, 120, will again take her station as flag-ship at
this port, on the 9th of September.
The Bustard. 10, Commander Smith, passed up Channel on
Thursday, from Jamaica.
The Dublin, rase, frigate, 50, is ordered to be fitted with a
round stern.
• The Medway, 74, Implacable. 711, Lavinia and Resistance, 42.
having bad their defects made good, have this week been placed at
their moorings in Hamoase.
The Snipe cutter is ordered to be fitted at this port as a tender
to the Victory lag ship at Ponsmouth.
The Nightingale schooner, Lieutenant Wood, sailed on Thurs-
day, on a cruise.
PROM THE HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH, AUGUST SO.
The various reports respecting the resignation of the
office of Lord High Admiral, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Clarence, could nut fail to excite our live
hest solicitude. We are well aware how deeply the
event interests a large portion of our readers. The fol-
lowing are the f,uits of our anxious inquiry into the
subject, and we do nil hesitate to vouch for their anthen•
ticity. The public expenses of the naval examinations
by his Royal Highness have been rated by public ru-
mour at eighty thousand pounds, and have furnished
one of the causes assigned by rum iur for his Royal
Highness's retirement from office. We can, however,
positively, and without fear of contradiction, assert, that
the public expenses on these occasions did not exceed
2,0001. We do no mean to say that the liberality and
hospitality displayed on these occasions cost no more.
By no means; but we can fearlessly assert, that upon
every one of these occasions, a more heavy charge was
defrayed by his Royal Highness out of his own coffers.
The splendid style with which Earl Spencer, when at
die head of the Admiralty, supported his station, com-
pared with the miserable economy practised by others,
his been often extolled in the public press. Was it less
incumbent upon the Heir Presumptive to the Throne
to support his still mote dignified office of Lord High
Admiral of England with appropriate splendour, asso-
ciated as it was in him with his earliest recollections, his
favourite study and pursuits, his ardent, his enthusiastic
devotion to the navy? His liberality in thus doing ho-
nour to the high station to which he was called has
caused him, while his whole income was only 47,0001.
a year, to expend, in the 16 or 17 months in which he
has been in office, very little short of 100,0001. but how
small a portion of this sum was defrayed by the public,
under one particular head of expense, we have already

stated. His outfit cost nearly 40.0001. hit reviews
mode of life having been free from expense or *siesta.
lion, his R yal Highness's table not having been able-
to display even a service of plate. By his resignation
of office he suffers a diminution of income to the
amount of 8,0001. a year, and this, with the heavy ea.
penes incurred in the performance of its duties, must
leave him, we regret to say, subject to a large ammo-
lation of debt. Some persons may consider this a
greater sacrifice to the public service than prudence
would sanction; but we ast, what indivieu I, how.
ever economical, would do credit to the office of Lord
High Admiral of England without sustaining a heavy
loss by his sudden and early retirement from it? The
Heir Presumptive to the Throne, a man so competent,
so anxious to discharge the deities of his office, so kW,-
fatigable in business, and so acceptable to the Navy,
could not have anticipated such a result. He had
right.to speculate up'n such a lengthened continuance
in office as would enable him to redeem the e xtraordi.
nary expenses necessarily accompanying the outset, and
to retrieve his affairs. He did not, like many eitiiirs,•
come into office to hoard up money, or recruit a broken.
fortune; he came into office perfectly unembarrasseti,
with generous and princely notions, and a detei
tion to d.:vote himself to the good of his wintry. In
April, 1827, his Royal Highness was perfect.), free
from debt: lie did not owe a shilling. T e
dente and economy of his domeet c arraiikements
were acknowledged in the debates in the House of
Commons. To them and the unassuming and un-
ostentatious disposition of his amiable vinvire, he
was indebted for this enviable situation. His Royal
Highness has not surreodered it to extravagance and
fully. It has been sacrificed in the rub' c set vice,
With respect to his Royal Highness's resignation, it
is not necessary to go into any details or specific
causes, if we rtflect that no Minister exists who
would not have been happy to place a less inde.
pendent person at the Adis.italty, and one who, besides
attention, was, being a Member oaf the Cabinet, able and
willing to enter deeply into politics, and fight a battle
in the Senate. Patronage, in these times of ecorrort 7,
is necessary to keep the actual friends and wou!cl-bs.
friend, of Government in good humour. and one great
branch was taken from the Minister by the Royal
Duke's even-handed justice to all. The Ileir Presump.
live could not be turned out nor asked to r tire, but
things might be easily arranged so as to offend high
and proper feeling, and lead to a tender 4:f the office to
the Crown. We have, however, the satisfaction to add,
that no will exists in any spatter ; that the King has
avowed his marked approval of all that has I ern done
by the Roy el Duke in every step of the busire•s ; and
that it has had the effi-ct of rendering the tie between
the Sovereign and his Royal 13r.i.her stronger even
. than it previously existed. •
• The Crocodile, 28, Captain J.,W. Montagu, for the
East India station, arrived last night from Chatham;
and this morning the Samarang, 28 guns, Capta n W.
F. Martin, for the Mediterranean station, arrived from
Woolwich. The latter shin will proceed in a few (lays
from Plymouth, to be paid her advanced wages. The
Crocodile will remain about twelve days at Shithead.

The Sylvia cuter, on a cruise, sailed today. On
Monday the Confiance (•tednei) from the Eastward;
on Wednesday ari ived the Arrow cutter, from a cruise,
and taile.l the Britomart, 10, C.,mmant!er Manners, for
Plymouth, and the Cracker cuter, on a cruise. This
morning arrived the Comet (steamer) from the East-
ward. At Spilhead—Crocodile, Samarang. In the
Harbour—Victory, Spartiate, Melville, Rote, Falcon.
The Jaseur, IS, has been c( mmissioned at Plymouth
by Commander John Lyons (whose brother was killed
at Navarin), for foreign service. Lieutenant Charles
Seccombe is appointed to her.

The Pallas, 42. was commissioned to.day in this har-
bour; Captain Fitzclarence, it is said, is to command
her, on his return from Quebec.

The Onyx, of 10 guns, Captain Cole, is ordered to
be paid off, and is to be re-commissioned by Lieutenant
Edward J. Johnson.
His Majesty's ship Grasshopper arrived at Havanaab, frost
Nassau, 234 Jane, and Nimble 211th June. The liveigle arrived
at Havanna from Trinidad, 254 June. The Valorous siikd frost
Vera Crux for Tampico, 27th June. The Mutine arrived at Malta
from Falmouth, 9th July. The Medina arrived at Madeira fr.ea
Lisboa, 10th illy. The Vigilant arrived at Madeira trost
Lisbon, 10th July ; and sailed 16thfor the Coast of Africa. The
Victor arrived at Barbadoes frost Sc. Kitts, 10th July. The Tribes,
arrived at the Canary Islands from Portsmouth, 9th July. The
Ringdove arrived at St. Jobs's, New Brunswick, 14th July, frost
a cruise.

The Dike and Duchess of CLARINCI came to town
to their residence in the Admiralty, on Saturday morning, from
their seat in Busby Park. The Princess SOPHIA paid a visit to their
Royal Highnesses, and was accompanied to her apartments in the
King's Palace, Kensington, by the Duchess of Ctramics.

The Duke of CLARINCR gave audiences to a us ober
of Naval Officers during the day. His Royal Highness also tran-
sacted business with his Comic& The Right Hon. Varier Pr.s•
eassuz bad an audience with his Royal Highness. The Duke kit
town about four o'clock, on his return to Bushy, and called at
Kensington Palace for his Royal Duchess.
The Hanoverian Minister and Lord Et.t.cmanitotinn
transacted business on Saturday, at the Foreign Office, Dowrieg.
s reel.

We hear from authority that Mr. Kauat.a. finei.g
the increasing duty of his Dramatic labour ,incompatabk
other important arrangement. of the Theatre—has (It lepied the
Management in all its branches to Mr. Fawcerr, to whore •il
persons concerned in, or for, Covent Garden 'theatre, are cf coarse
now to apply, on any matters relative to the san

Mr. HERMES, the M.abler of the Mint, k now m% 4
tour in Scotland with big family. They were in Perth on Tburgiav,
and visited wine of the most remarkable scenery iu the
bourhood.

We mentioned lately the arrival of Mr. OWEN. at
Lanark, from New Harmony. his generally runtouted at New
Lanark, that he has sold New Harmony, and does not again nand
to return to America. On the 3Uth July, he delivered a leciure in
New York on the social bysteou

A meeting of the Cowkeepers in the vicinity tf Lot•-
don, took place tn► Saturday at the Geo►ge Inn, Smithfield, in coo*
sequence of the notice of the Public Brewers, that they entem44
to raise the price of trains. The Meeting cavity to certain lieoilas•
dons, expressive of tleir determination to resit the contionaliou 41
the 'teat Brewers, or they would be compelled to raise the puce
of milk.

The SPEAKER of the HOUSI of Commove lus pur-
chased from 2dr. Alderman Twourser, his house in Gioncreer-
place, for the future residence of his mother and seven unmArtwil
sisters. The Worthy Alderman removes to the very debgbtlals
but not large, mansion of the Earl of &Lease, In PaU•mall.
The Select Committee for managing the crnreies Ofd
Drury-lane Theatre have, at the expense of the Proprie:urs, blot'
to make a new common sewer from -is- Theatre to the &nod.
which the Contractor K. undertaken to finish before the wooing
of the Theatre on the lst of October. I)uring this operation doe
passage through Catherine-street for carriages is suspended.

It appears from tukappendia to a !lepton lately pub-
lished by order of the House of Commons, that the ruasbe► ef
commitments to prison in the hundred of Salford, in Laneadiire,
during the year 1001 was 685, in a population of 281,413, brio; t
in 410; in 1811 the population had increased to :48,699, wile"
the commitments were 753, being 1 in 489 ; in 1821 the population
was 457,880, and the commitments 3,005, bring 1 to 150• The
commitment restates for 1827 are given as 1 in 138, but the amount
of the popuLttien is not stated.
17,463 persons were committed to the Borough Gaol
of Leeds. firma the year 1816 to the year 1847 inclusively, beat
aq average of 1,45.5 per annum.

THE KING.

WISDSOa, AVG. 31.—His MAJESTY, this forenoon,
:mended by his suite, heard Ditine Service perforn.ed
at the private chapel, by the Rev. Mr. SEYMOUR. At
three o'cli•ck the KING left the Royal Lodge in his pony
phaeton, accompanied by the LORD STEWARD, for an
siring in the Great Park ; in the course of his drive he
is expected to visit the Castle.
YesterLias his MAJESTY took his usual excursion in
the Great Pay k, and inspected the improvements mak-
ing at the Belvidere, after which he drove to Virginia
Water, where he dined and passed the evening. His
filmssry is without company, but is in the enjoyment
of good health and spirits.