Star.
London, England, 1829-09-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Muss Amami) Tuts Day—Dublin I—Waterford I—Guernsey
and Jersey 2—Hunburgh I—Flanders I—Franee I—Holland
1-lAsbon 1.

Off the Wight, the Eugene, Tbackstooe, from Havannah.
DEAL, Sin. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the United King-
dom, —, from Jamaica. Arrived from London, the Favourite.
Food, for the South &as ; Jackson, Jackson, for De ; and
Sisters, Duke, for New Zealand. Nearly the whole of the out-
ward-bound sailed this morning; several have since put back.
PORTSMOOTIO, Barr. 14.—Sailed the Prince Regent, —, for
New South Wales.

FALMOOI3I. Sarr. 15.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrived his Ma-
jesty's Cutter Bramble, from Lisbou—sailed the 6th instant, and
sailed for Plymouth.
CRUZ. Sarr. 14.—Arrived the Susannah, Dunn, from Pa-
lermo, and Luna, Creighton, front Messina.
Cowes, Sam 14.—Arrived the Cyrus, Young, from Havann.b.
Gozasur, Sarr. 12.—Arrived the Poipero, Amy, from St.
Petersburg's, and James, —, from Dantsic.
Jinn% Sart. 12.—Arrived the Cleopatra, Morris, from Quebec.

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Lrvehroot., Serf. 14.—Arrived the Eliza, NP Kelsey Regent.
; and Minerva, Graham, from Quebec ; and Hindostau,
Benny, from Akzandria.
Durtnaa, SEPT. I3.—Arrived the Margaret, Scott, and Choice,
Jock, from Riga ; Austria, Berrie, and Emma, Irvin, from Nana.
Daavuourn, Sass. 14.—The Fancy, Cully, from Shields to
Plymouth, has put in here, with larboard bow stove, having been
run foul of, while at anchor in the Downs, by the Elizabeth, Swan.
From the Hampshire Telegraph.
His Majesty's sloop Blossom, Commander K. Owen, will shortly
sail for the West Indies, for the purpose of completing the y
of those ports left unfinished by 31r. De Mayne. Sit James Car-
michael Smith, lately appointed Governor-General of the Baha-
mas will take his passage in the Blossom to New Providence.
The Constellation American. frigate, of 36 guns, Captain Wads.
worth, anchored last night at Cowes, in 25 days from New York.
She brings to this country Mr. McLean' who is entrusted with
some diplomatic mission. The Constellation will proceed from
Cowes to Havre with Mr. Raves, who has some official appoint-
ment from the United States to Frame; she wiU then take Corn.
modore Biddle to the Mediterranean, to which command he is
appointed.

The Duke of BUCKINGHAM has returned home from
the Continent, after a long absence from England. The Duke,
during his sojourn abroad, has enriched his splendid mansion at
Stowe with a great number of antiques and various articles of
versa.

A final dividend of twopence in the pound is declared
under the commission against Messrs. Whitehead, Howard, and
Haddock, bankers, London.

In consequence of a misunderstanding which took
place a few days previously, a hostile message was delivered on
Thursday to J. Blake, Esq. of Belmont, by John O'Hara, Esq. of
Raheen, In consequence of which hod:gentlemen left Galway on
Friday last, for the purpose of fighting ; but owing to the judi-
cious interposition of their friends, the affair was amicably ad.
jigged.
Tuesday a meeting took place near Dover, between
Capt. and a Mr. B. a gentleman well-known in the fashion-
able circles as well as the sporting world. Capt. S. was attended
by a brother ollicer, and Mr. B. by a Mr. James 'Browne. After
the asual preliminaries bad been arranged, the word was given,
and in the same instant each received the shot of the other ; that
of the Captain taking effect in the fleshy put of his opponent's
thigh, whilst he received that of Mr. B just above the elbow.
The seconds then interfered, and a cassettes: of hostilities was the
cooseqneoce.
As soon after the close of Captain DICKENSON'S trial
as possible, the Melville, of 74 pas, will set sail from Spithesd for
the )IKditerrapan.

BATTLE OF NAVARIN.

COURT SIARTIAL viva CAPTAIN DICKENSON, R.N.
Third Day of the Defence.
(mom ova coameoxnatis).

POftnnxouTM.

Y. Skrr. 14.

This morning, oa our going on board, we found the Court
assembled, and were sitting with closed doors. We reltr•ft sal
the cause was, the sudden illness of Capt. DICIMIKIN ; they re-
mained in private deliberation until near eleven o'clock, when the
public were admitted. The Assistant-Surgeon of the Victory was
then called, who deposed that Capt. Diccenson was attacked with
a severe cold, and had taken medicine ; and, in his opinion, be
could not attend the Court without imminent risk—but he added,
that he thought it probable he would be able to attend to morrow.
The Court then adjourned tiU ten o'clock. We heard that it is not
the intention of Capt. Dickenson to call any more witnesses, with
the exception of one more, we believe the carpenter, when the de-
fence will be closed. After which the Judge-Advocate will read
over all the evidence, which must consume a length of time ;
which being done, the Court will deliberate with closed doors,
until it pronounces its verdict, which it is thought will nor be done
until Wednesday. From the established rules of Courts- M .rtial,
the accused is always considered in custody on board the vessel in
which he is tried, and it is considered a breach of orders of the
Court fur any witness, or even a member of the Court, to address
the accused by his name or rank—they should always. in address-
ing him, call him " prisoner." 'I he avidity with which the Lon-
don papers are read is really astonishing. Officers going on foreign
service are most anxinua to have papers to take out with them.

COLLECTANEA.

CIVIC FEAST IN 1506.

In the court room of ~alter,' Hail there appears,
framed and glazed, the following '• Bill of fare for fifty people of
the Company of Salters, •.D. LI? 6."

s. d.

Thirty.siz chicken 4 4 5
One swan ai.4l four geese 7 0
Nine rabbits.. 1 4

Two rumps of beef tails 0 2
Six quails 1 6
Two ox of pepper

Two oz. of cio;;s and mace 0 4
One and a half oz•of saffron 0 6

Eight 11/S. of sugar 0 $
Two lbs. of raisin.... 0 4
Our lb. of date• 0 4

One and a half lb. coniti!s. 0 2

Half a hundred esp....—. 0 2j
FOUr plltatis of curds.... 0 4

Otte ditto goua•brrries ... 0

a. d.
Two dishes of butter..... 0 4
Four breasts of vea1...... 1
Brawn
Quarter load of coals
Faggots
Three and a half gallons of
Gascolgne wine
One bottle of Nlescovadine 0 8
Cherries and tarts
Verjuice and vinegar
Paid the cook
Perfume
One bushel and a half of
meal 0
Wat.-r
Garnishing the vessels 0 3
Total of feast for So
people .. ,EI 13 ulk

Bread for the company". I I
One kilderkio of a1e..... tt 5
11erb.

—.VArror.

The large sum paid by Covent-garden Theatre to the
parish of St. Paul, in the shape of poor rates, arises from a portion
of the vast space which the building now occupies having, during
the existence of the old theatre, included a number of tenements,
and the poor-rates assessed upon these tenements having been
transferred to the theatre, un which they have been levied ever
since.

DA 'v r, the Royal Academician, who is just returned
from Warsaw, is reported to be the most wealthy Artist in the
kingdom. now that Noxtrants 14 dead. His riches, the fruits of
his own industry, have been principally acquired in Rustia, where
he enjoyed the almost exclusive patronage of the Emperors Axa=-
♦t+osa and hlrcuoLss. It was this A r who received 500 guineas
frum the Duke of Devossutas for painting a whole-length por-
trait of the Emperor Nscnos.xs during the Duke's recent ndsdon
to Moscow.

Mr. LOWNDES, a very ingenious bibliographer, who
has mingled with English literature from his youth to the pre.
sent time, 14 preparing a work. a large portion of which is already
printed, which he calls the Bibliographer s Manual. It will include
an account of rare, euriou., and useful books, published in, or re-
lating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing,
with bibliographical and critical notices, collections of the rarer ar-
ticles, and the prices at which they have been sold in the present
century. It is very strange that, although the utility of a similar
work, published in Paris by itl. BM:MIT, entitled Mowed du
Unwire, has long been acknowledged, yet it has never until now
been attempted in England. It will be indispensable to all book
collectors.

PROPER RESENTMENT. —A young gentleman of this
city, returning home at a certain time, found his father with a gun
at the cellar stairs, and was told that: the family dog exhibited
symptoms of hydrophobia. The news was extremely painful to the
young man, for his attachment to the dog was very strong. Poor
Tray was soon observed near a window, and, a rope being passed
around his neck, he was dragged out and thrown into the dock,
where it was supposed he would of course perish. A few days
afterwards, to his surprise, the young gentleman noticed his old
friend sitting in a tailor's shop at some distance, in good health,
and of sane mind. The dog, however, did not recognise the ac-
quaintance, nor would he ever take the least notice of any one of
the family, but maintained, at all times, an indignant reserve
New York Journal.

LORD MANSFIELD AND A JEW.—" Mr. Abraham,"
said Lord Mansfield, " this is your son, and cannot go in the same
bad bond." •• He ish not my son, my Lord." " Why. Abra-
ham, here are twenty in Court will prove it." " I will ahwear,
my Lord, be lab not." " fake cue, Abraham, or I will send
you to the King's Bench." " Now, my Lord, if your Lordship
pleases, I will tell you the truth." " Well, I shall be glad to bear
the truth from a Jew " " sly Lord, I wash in Amsterdam two
year ann three quarters; when I came borne I flattish this lad;
new the law obliges me to maintain him; and, consequently, my
Lord, he ish but my aew-in-lase." " Well, Moses," rejoined
Lord Mansfield, " this is the best definition of a son-in-law I ever
beard."

PATENT DEFINITION.—Debates. An useless wag-
ging of tongues where the noses have been already counted.
Ditch—A place in which those who have taken too much wine
are apt to take a little water. Doze—A short nap enyoyed by
many people after dinner on a week day, and after the text on a
Sunday. Egotism—Suffering the private I to be too much in
the public eye. Embalming—Perpetuating the perishable with
more pains than we take to save that which is immortaL Feli-
city—The horizon (or rainbow) of the heart, which is always re-
ceding a' we advance towards it. Jealousy—Tottneesting yourself
for fear you should be tormented by another. Marriage—Taking
a yoke-fellow, who may lighten the burihen of existence it you
pull together, or render it insupportable if you drag different ways.
NEW YORK THEATitEs.—The speculation in thea-
trical property seems worse rather in the United States tit to in
this country. It is a singular tact, that though by lucky accidents
la a few eases fortunes have been made in this way, mere than
ten times that amount has been lost. A New York paper says,
speaking of the destruction of the Mount Pitt Circus the day be-
fore—" It is worthy of remark, that this is the third Theatre
which has been destroyed by fire in this city within the last fit.
teen months. The Bowery Theatre was burnt May £6. 1848;
Lafayette Theatre, April 10, 1829 ; Mount Pitt Circus, Aug. 4,
1829. The first has been rebuilt ; the two last, It is presumed,
never will be—at least, until the taste for theatrical amusements

becomes mere predominant than it Is at present. One other build-
ing, which was used last year for theatrical purposes, has been ern-
verted into a musical saloon, and another into a horse stable. The
number of theatres still remaining, and used as suck, is three—
Park, Chatham, and the I3owery.". It adds that only one of
them is making a saving bminess of it."
A marriage was lately solemnized in the wild but beauti-
ful glen of Urquhart, near Lake&ld. between George Anderson.
the blacksmith of the di.trict, and :May Mac innald, a decent young
damsel. who wormed in the same parish. As the " Gobbadhog.4-
ghline," or blacksmith. is still a persnrpge of some importance in the
thinly-peopled straths, a vast concourse of people assembled on the
occasion, and numerous present. were made from all quarters,
that there might be a competency of the good things of this
world available at the ceremony. The younger •members of the
families of Loehletter, Lakefield, and Corrienony, graced the
scene with their presence, and there were in all about
four hundred persons assembled. All the maidens displayed
their snoods and plaids, and about ninety of the young men were
dressed in the full Highland garb. The preparations for the
feast woold not have disgraced an Moguls Corporation dinner or
Vestry Meeting. There were 200 Scots pints or ICO English gal-
lons of whisky; 15 Scotch or 60 English gallons of home-brewed
ale ; two cows ; 18 Highland wedders ; 12 salmon ; three dozen
hens, 40 docks, and six turkeys; 30 brace of muirfowl, and six
black cocks ; 50 stones of cheese ; seven stones of butter ; sia bolls
of meal, baked into cakes; 50 cogs of crowdy ; with milk in all its
varieties of preparation, and eggs," thick as leaves in Vanambrow."
As mere makings of this sort do not occur every day, even in the
Highlands, the guests wisely resolved to male Eke most of the oc-
casion, and they accordingly kept up the festivities from Tuesday
till Saturday Wen,