Star.
London, England, 1811-11-29 00:00:00

TD THE EDITOR OF THE. STAR.

Sin—Having observed in some of the public prints
a paragraph which states, that two German Missio-
naries, destined for Sierra Leone, are going out to
that settlement under the patronage of The British
and Foreign Bible-Society, I think it my duty to request
that you will give that statement a contradiction, in-
asmuch as the Society, so described, neither can by
its constitution, nor does in its practice, engage in any
measures whatever but those which relate to the Cir-
culation of the Holy Scriptures, without note or com-
ment, at home and abroad, confining itself scrupu-
lously, so far as the languages of the United Kingdom
are concerned, to those copies which contain the re-
ceived version, and are published by Authority.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
JOHN OWEN'.
Secretary to the British and Foreign Bible-Society.
Fulham, Nov. 25, 1211.

The ordnance ships, whose sailing from the Note,
on a secret service, was lately announced in a Kentish
paper, are not to proceed to their destination this sea-
son, but will probably return to their former anchorage,
Sheerness, for the winter.
A young man, named John M'lsaac, of Corphine,
COMBINATION OF SHOE-MAICERS.,—Six Journeymen in Kintyre, in Scotland, made oath, on examination,
at Campbeltown, before the Sheriff-Substitute of Kin-
shoe-makers were convicted a few days ago, before
tyre, that he saw on the afternoon of the 13th of Oc-
,two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace fir the city
sober, on a black rock on the sea-coast, an animal,
of Coventry, of a combination, in assembling and as-
of the partictilars of which he gives a long and curious
sociating, together with many others, not etay ppre-
detail, answering, in general, to the description cool-
headed, and entering into an agreement to obtain an
advance of wages; from hindering several of the mas-
monly given of the supposed amphibious animal,
ter shoe-makers from employing whomsoever they
called a mermaid. He states, that the upper half of
i
should think proper; and for controuling and affect- 't was white, and of the shape of a human body; the
other half, towards the tail, of a brindled or reddish
ing such masters in carrying on their said trade and
grey colour, apparently covered with scales; but the
business, and in the conduct and management thereof;
extremity of the tail itself was of a greetsish red shining
and for raising a fund for the furtherance of the above
object, contrary to the Act of Parliament. The of-
, colour ; that the head was covered with long hair ;
fence being clearly and satisfactorily proved, the Ma-
at times it would put back the hair on both sides of
gistrates sentenced four of them, who, it appeared,
its head, it would also spread its tail like a fan ; and
were principal actors, to two months imprisonment while so extended, the tail continued in tremulous
. motion, and when drawn together again, it remained
in gaol ;and the others to one month's imprisonment
in the house of correction. motionless, and appeared to the deponent to be about
twelve or fourteen inches broad i that the hair was ,
A daring attack was made on Saturday night, on long and light brown ; that the animal was between
the house of Mrs. Wiggle:worth, in Baker-street, four and five feet long.: that it had a head, hair,
North. The family consists entirely of Jadics, and arms, and body, down to the middle, like a human
the man servant had been sent a short distance into being ; that the arms were short in proportion to the
the country on business. It happened that Mrs. W. body, wh;ch appeared to be about the thickness of that
had some friends from the country, who went that of a young lad and tapering gradually to the point of
evening to the Theatre, and after supping they were the tail; that when stroking its head, as above-men-
retiring to bed, 'about one o'clock, when the latch of tioned, the fingers were kept close toge:her, so that
the door was observed to be moved. A gentleman, cannot say whether they were webbed or net ;
one of the visitors from the country, vent to the door, ! he
ethat he saw it for near two hours, the rock on which
when immediately a ruffian rushed in; fortunately,'
it lay being dry; that after the sea had so far hired
however, two or three other villains, who were in the i as to leave the rock dry to the height of five feet above
garden, were kept but by fastening the door, and the i
the water, it tumbled clumsily into the sea; a minute
fellow within, after a hard struggle, was secured and ~, after he observed the animal above water, and then he
delivered into the custody of the watchmen. He was saw every feature of its face, having all the appear.
taken to Marlborough-street Office on Monday before 1 ante of a human being, with very hollow eyes. The
Mr. Conant and committed. i cheeks were of the same colour with the rest of the
A few days ago, a young lady at Horncastle went face ; the neck seemed short ; and it was constantly,
into a yard where a young man was practising ball- with both hands, stroking and washing its breast,
firing with a pistol, and thinking she could hit the which was half immersed in the water. He therefore
mark (a sheet of paper placed against the wall), site cannot say whether its bosom was formed like a wo-
fired ; when, to the surprise of the parties, the ball m'tr,'s or net. He saw no other fins or feet upon it
rebounded, and struck the watch at her side with such but as described. It continued above water for a few
force as to loosen the case, but without further injury. I minutes, and then dis appeared. He was informed
On Saturday last, as the daughter of Mr. Inskip, ' that some boys in a neighbouring farm saw a similar
schoolmaster, of Lewes's* girl about 14 years of creature in the sea, close to the shore, on the same
age, was standing before the fire, her cloaths, by day. The Minister ( f Campbeltown, and the Chem-
some accident caught the flame, and were presently in berlain of Mull, attest his examination, and declare
a blaze ; she ran up stairs to her mother, but, on per- they know no reason why his veracity should be
zeiving there was no water at hand, she returned, questioned.
and made the best of her way into the garden, to ; Monday night last, a horrid murder and robbery
which she was followed by Mrs. Inskip, who, by was committed, at Fowey, on the body of a Mr. Va-
, means of a pail of water, extinguished the flames lentine, a person of the Jewish persuasion, who had
that had by this time nearly enveloped and dreadfully about him, at the time, cash, notes, Etc, to the amount
burnt her daughter ; but she is likely to recover. lof 4,269.

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