Star.
London, England, 1829-07-23 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Highlaader, Thomas, bound to Now York, pit
back to Bristol on Martial'. leaky. Vessels spoken with—Bury
dims. Ike& London; Itaydoo, Plymouth to Quebec, 10th inst. lat.
45. Isms. 35. Favorite. St. John's, II th Mg. lat. 47. lrog. go -
Thomas liattersby, Charleston to Liverpool, I Sib, lat. Sl. long IT.
by the Majestic, arrived at Liverpool.
The sales of indigo at the Etat India House hare ter-
' initiated this morning. and with eomewhat better appearances tha.,
those they commenced with. The imprnevment in price In Lk?
latter part of the sales has been chicly is the finer qualities; but
of the inferior sorts t►e greater proportion. it is supposed. has beet.
bought in. Of the whole quantity offered. which was nearly 6,000
chests, It is estimated that above 1,600 have been bought in.

a. d. s J.
BEINIAL . Purple
Purple and violet
Foie violet
:Middling and good ditto 6 oto 7 5.
Copper and violet
C.tatiatinting Talkies 3 3 to S 9
Manaas.... Good and line

Ordioary and middling .... 2 2to 4 u
POIID4C u

JAVA 4 6 tu 6 t

cad.
t_
4 to

Ordinary and middling .... 2 4 to 2
In consequence of the extreme drought in Sweden, tLo
exportation of all corn from dui kingdom, except wheat, is pro.
hibited until further orders, as well as the distillitlon of brandy
from corn, during July and August. A scanty harvest is appre-
hended, and, in consequence, the price of grain has risen in the
different Swedish markets.

J. Enaor, Esq. of Rollesby-hall, unsolicited by hid
tenants, has returned them 20 per cent. upon their rents due at
Midsummer last.—Narwieh ligt.

At the audit of Richard Arkw•right, Esq. of Wellersby
Castle, Derbyshire, for his Skerne estates in Yorkshire, held its
Beverley on the 14th Inst. that gentleman directed ene-Skird of the
tenants' rents to be respectively rents ned to them.—Yeek astrant.
By the French wail this day we have au article from
Madrid. of date the 9th instant, to the following effect : " Fur
these several days past the most active correspondence h s taken
place between the Courts of Lisbon, Park. Vienna, and Loudon.
It is thought it relates to the marriage of Don Miguel. Accounts
from Ferrol state. that the ship of the line. Hero. has been put into
commission, and will take srtiUery aboard for the Havanoah. lu
Catalonia numerous arrests have taken place, and a number at
prisoner, from the different provinces have been sent to the citadel
of B inclose."

Private letters from the Havannah, via America, state
that k was reported there that the Spanidi Government had au
understanding with General Santa Anna, who rules over the oaten-
sive district of country between Jalapa and Vera Cruz. He is a
bin and unprincipled soldier, and has twelve thousand troops under
hs cmmand.

A vessel has arrived from Batavia, left sth April. W.
do not hear she brings any news of Importance.
Mauritius Papers have been received to the 10th April,
but they are weld of interest. _ _

A fraudulent package of cochineal was discovered on
Monday at one of the docks. some a the 'erns, or leather bags,
In which this article is packed, being found, on opening, to contain
301 b. or 401 b. weight In stones. It is supposed to have taken place
previonseto the original shipment The loss, which is considerable
on account of the great value of this article of commerce, will of
course fall, if they are able to meet it, on the exporters.—Tresses.
The town of Wick is beginning to assume its usual
appearance of bustle during the herring fishing. Tuesday sight a
number of boats were put out to sea, and next week the fishing
will be general. The early fishing, t. 3 which we formerly adverted,
turned net unprofitably, and several barrels we understand have
been returned from liamburgb on account of the inferiority of the
Ask. The Burgbead boats commenced on Thursday and Friday ;
the first Eight a few scores of herrings were taken, but none the
second. The Losaleownith boats caught from one to four cranes
per boat on Friday. At Portmaholnuck, the boats have also been
out, but as yet without much success. Confident hopes. however,
are entertained of a good fishing this season. as great bodies of her-
rings have been lately seen in the Frith, and the few that have
been caught are in prime coodition. The number of boats at
Banff, blaeduff, sad Pertsoy,are nearly the same as last year. upon
the whole rather an increase. At Frazerborgh the increase of boats
is very considerable, there being nearly sixty additional boats this
mason. The herring-fishery commenced at Banff and Fraserburgit
on Tuesday last ; but very few herrings have been caught, owing
to the clearne4 of the nights being unfavourable to the fishing. At
tits latter place, about 100 boats went to sea but none of Moor
brought ashore above two or threadiness herrings.—/aturness Char.
EGYPT.—This fertile country yields to every grain
' sown, SO grains of corn, IS grains of barley, I to 10 of maize; and
14 grains of rice. Its other agricultural productions are, linseed,
beans, peas, lupins, and Ass which give abundant crops. One
moiety of its produce of wheat, beans, and peas, one-third of that
of maize, and two-thirds of its produce of flax and rice, are left
over from its domestic consumption. for the purposes of exports-
ties. Of cotton—the better species of which resembles the best
kind of Brazilian—more than 900,000 weight have been brought
to market in one year though the cultivation of this article has
net been pursued above seven. The sugar-cane is grown in Upper
Egypt, and produces between 40,000 and 50.000 cwt. one half of
which circulates as merchandise, in a raw state. Were this
article treated with proper skill and attention, it might not only
be cultivated with much profit and to an immense extent, but
would be found from its intrinsic excellence, far superior to any
West India produce for the refiner's OW The raising of indigo
has been attempted, as a considerable scale, and with great success
of
late years - and of this product 60 000 oka, or 135,000 pound,.
have been sold from one twelvemonth's growth. The finest of the
three ualities which are raised is esteemed quite equal to the best
East India indigo. Some Christian settlers from Syria, have be-
gun the cultivation of silk ; but nothing certain is yet known as to
its fitness for the pur, one of exportation. Nature has endowed
this country with a lavish hand—wbether we look at its capabili-
ties for vegetable or animal productions ; and Meilen has calcu-
lated, that if it enjoyed the advantage of a mild and intelligent Go
vernment, it might, independently of a considerable export trade,
be rendered capable of maintaining a population of B,OOO,UtM of
human beings ; whereas, under the iron grasp of its present ruler,
it does not support above 2,500,U.70, including 3,000 Jews, and
170,000 Christians of various persuasions ; but eyelash,e of hity
tribes of Arabs, whose numbers amount to 190,000•, or thereabouts,
dispersed in villages, or following a nonud:c life. The aamowriter
estimates the anneal u e at 21,000,000e—ern half Of which
is derived from the miri, or land-taz—the regular force—trained
after the European fashion, at 10,000 infantry, 9,000 cavalry. an..
1,400 artillery—and the irregular, at 56,000 infantry, sad 6,000
men mounted on horses and dromedaries.—LiWrori Goargre.
The following paragraph, from the Times of this
morning, is chiefly a repetition of the notice we bad yesterday
about the Clionteat VLieerpool—excepting that it omits all meotion
of the English ship being aimed by a Porteguese :—" The CLrwrasr
e Lieerpeee Hill, has arrived at Plymouth, in six days from Ter-
ceira, and brings, consequently, the latest accounts of the situation
of an island which, notwithstanding its diminutive size and im-
portance, engages much of the attention of Europe at this moment.
Ibis vessel sailed originally, it Seems, from Liverpool, with warlike
stores and ammunition for the service of the garrison, and has suc-
ceeded in landing them, in spite of the visitince of the blockading
aexterradros. She pawed through it in the night, and the commanding
had the satisfaction, when it was too late to interfere, to
discern bee at day-break unloading her cargo, under the protection
of the batteries. To put out again to sea without capture was more
diflicoh ,• but in this the Captain also succeeded, and has brought
when of the 14th instate' from the leaders of the Queen's party.
They espies, great confidence in being able to defend the islatid
against Miguei's expedition, particularly since the arrival of Count
Villa Floc, which bad, it is said. united all patties in the determina-
tion to do their utmost for the cause they had 'veined. The pr-
elate was well supped in an respects, and heaktiy. '
HERRING BOUNTIES.—At the Ross-shire county
meeting on Friday. a memorial was directed, on the motion of
Sir 0. 8, klackenz.e, to be forwarded to the Treasury, praying
for the continuance of the superintendance of the litheries fora few
years after the bounties shall have been withdrawn, veloch they
will be after Sib April next, when the Act authorising them ex-
pires. Btoenties were given for the purpose of inducing our popu-
lation to become fisher.; and toe eagerness with which the
people on the coast now follow the business supersede. the
necessity for further encouragement. It appears tat be neces-
sary, however, to continue for some time longer ihe mob-
iles* as to the size of herrings and the mode of curing
Tbete are many engaged its the fisheries, tempted by she
boonties, who care little tar the character of &Web eared 114
in the market, and who, if the restrictions were all at mice
removal,
removal, might injure ;bat character, and consequently affect
the hang as a source of national wealth. The bounties being
withdrawn, and the regulations continued for a few years, those
only will prosecute the trade who understand that their own in-
terest is inseparably connected with the proper eoradithao of the •
Ash sent to market; and when the withdrawal or the boesities shall
have removed mere Menswears from the fishing, the regulations
may afterwards be shendased, and the trade left so keel( on the
security albs capital employed ems it.—/nrentra Chortler.