Star.
London, England, 1818-03-20 00:00:00

GR.,IVESF.NO, MARCH 19.

Arrived the Fox, Brand, from Naples; Kate, Ptu ' die from
Sicily; Star, Barratt, from Antwerp ; Sally, —, fromSaloe;
William, Stewart, front Palermo; Prince Regent, Hughes, and
Joseph and Ann, Read, from Waterford; Friendship, Dug-
dale, from Norway; Atlantic, Rumbert, from Ilamburgh;
Providence, James, from Cork; Good Intent, Grain, from
Malaga; New Frederick, Randall, from Mogadore; and Abeona,
Lewis, from Limerick. Sailed the Cape Packet, Agnew, for
the Cape of Good Hope; Friends, Maw, for Ostend; and
Avon, Jones, for Dublin.
CUSTOM-TiOUSE, MARCH 19.

SNITS F.NTERLD INWARDS.—The ''ary, Fria, from Ostend ;
Frendschap, Wesser, from Worcum ; Diana, Roberts, from
vogadore ; Vienna, from linboa; Adolphus Fredericka,
Bartells, from Wolgast ; and Swallows and Sisters, Creek boys.
OCTWARD.—The .11:lander, Anderson, for Elsineur and
Darezic ; Albion, Clements, for Genoa and Leghorn ; Andrew,
Grant, for Quebec; Mary Ann, Warrington, for Fort William;
Mars, Webster, fur Lisbon ; Union, Canner, for Quebec and
Montreal ; Lady Lushington, Dormer, for India ; Catherine,
Holman, for Limerick; Coventry, Horn, for Madeira and St.
Luna; and William Bowers, Mason, for Rotterdam.

The Martha, Captain IvisoN ROOKING, of White-
haven, homeward-bound from Dublin, was drove on
shore in one of the most dangerous spots on the coast
of the Isle of Man (between the Point of Longness
and Fort Island) on the dreadful night of Wednesday,
the 4th inst. and eight ns (all on board) perished.
Friday night a mercraiTof the name of Dick, who
had taken up his residence in a house in Greenock,
to await the sailing of a Belfast packet, suddenly took
ill, and in half an hour breathed his last. He was
,decently interred on Saturday. No documents were
found about him which could lead to a knowledgeof
his permanent place of residence. He had shipped
two trunks with odds, on board the packet.
Wednesday se nnight, John Redmond, of Irish-
town, was unfortunately drowned in the Grand Ca-
nal Dock, Ringsend, near Dublin. This man was the
owner of a jaunting-car, and he met his fate while
returning home from Dublin. He was known to be
sober and industrious, but having been up for two
nights waiting passengers by the Packet, at the Pi-
geon-house, it is supposed that he had fallen asleep,
and as his horse was blind, the animal had gone out
of the road and had plunged into the Dock. This
poor man has left a wife and seven children, who
were entirely dependant on his labour, and they are
now reduced to extreme distress. .

Artificers of various descriptions are ordered by
Government to be sent to Trincomalee from Chatham
Dock-yard, and as none are taken but volunteers, the
offers of service are innumerable.

The French Papers are beginning to notice our
preparations for the Arctic Expeditions. The Journal
Debatc says :
Several recent circumstances have led to the en-
terprise. The Eastern coast of Greenland, a coast
which probably has not been accessible for eight or
nine ages, was visited last year by a ship of Bremen,
and by several fishing-boats from Iceland. This
coast has been always visible at a great distance, but
it was bordered by a high and impenetrable barrier
of ice. It was in the months of August and Septem-
ber last that this immense bank of ice broke into
pieces, and, on disappearing, left a free access to the
coast opposite to Iceland. At the same time, the
Norwegian vessels found, beyond the 80th degree of
latitude, an open sea, where till then nothing could
be seen but enormous masses of ice, heaped up in
mountains upon mountains from time immemorial.
These facts indicate a great change, arising either
from an alteration of temperature, or from some
cause not yet known. Several English and Ameri-
can vessels have seen vast masses of flatting ice as
far South as within ten degrees of the Equator."

THE 8.1 K.

At the Half-yearly General Court of Proprietors
of the Sank, held yesterday,

Mr. B. SHAW wished, before the adjournment of
the Court, tt call the attention of the Directors to the
necessity of adopting measures to render more diffi-
cult theforgisig of Bank-notes, which was now very•
easily effected. The Honourable Proprietor conceived
that the attention of Artists ought to be called to this
subject, through the medium of the Public Prints,
or in some other manner.

Mr. THOMPSON coincided in opinion with the Ho-
nourable Proprietor, that something ought to be done
to prevent the frequency of forgeries. He had drawn
up his opinion on this subject, which he should take
the liberty of reading. In this the Hon. Proprietor
expressed his conviction that it was the duty of the
Bank of England to withdraw their one and two
pound notes from circulation, and to substitute a
metallic currency in lieu thereof, as soon as possible,
to do away the temptation to forgery—and until
they could effect this, that sCeps should be taken
to render forgeries more difficult.

The CHAIRMAN said, that for fifteen or twenty
years this subject had been under the consideration
of the Bank ; it had occupied the attention of the
Directors night and day, and every thing that could
be done to prevent the crime of forgery would be
considered. He could not, however, admit that their
notes were so easily forged as had ken stated. It
would be a dangerous statement to go forth to the
Public. There was, in fact, much greater difficulty
in counterfeiting them than Gentlemen seemed to
imagine. With respect to calling in their one and two
pound notes, he must observe that such a measure in-
volved a question not proper to be entered into there.

Mr. HARMAN'S statement, that the Bank Notes
were not so easily forged as had been stated, is quite
unintelligible. The present Bank Notes can be co-
pied by any Engraver's apprentice who has been six
months at the business. It is undeniable that no
pains whatever have been taken to prevent these for-
geries, excepting only the increasing perseverance of
the Bank in bringing the criminals to the gallows.—
If this be a means of preventing or lessening the
number of forgeries, it must be allowed they have
been sufficiently industrious. At this moment eleven
criminals are under sentence of death in the different
circuits for forging Bank Notes, and no less than
ninety are under prosecution for the same offence.
The Bank may not be able entirely to pret'eni fob
fiery, but they might long ago have les.encd the
number of attempts, by rendering that very difficult
which is now most easy of execution. We have no
hesitation in stating, that persons who have the means
of lessening the frequency of a crime, entailing death
on the criminal, if they neglect to do so, become
collectively and individually ACCESSARIES TO
MURDER!

In proof of our assertion that means were long ago
presented to the Bank to lessen, if not prevent. the
frequency of forgeries, we subjoin the following cer-
tificate of the efficacy of a plan which was offered to
the Directors so far back as the year 1797 :

" LONDON, STH Aram, 1797.

" Mr. ALZIANDER Tittocu, of Carey-street, London, having
submitted to our inspection a Srucimen of an Art invented by
hint, for the purpose of producing Checks to prevent the For-
gery of Bank Notes, tills of Exchange, Drafts, &c. &c. he. we
have examined the same with care and attention, and we ezez.s.ax
each of us for ourselves, that we could not make a copy of it,
nor do we believe that it can be copied by any of the known arts
of engraving. It therefore appears to us to be highly deserving
of the notice of the Bank of England and private Bankers, as an
Art of great merit and ingenuity, calculated, not merely to
DZTECT, but to raxvxxr the possibility of Forging Bank and other
circulating Bills. (Signed)
" newels Bearoustm, R.A. Engraver to his Majesty, &e. he.
" JAMES Duna, Engraver to his Majesty and to the l'rince of
Wales.
" James Ferrera, Engraver to his Majesty.
" J. LANDSIER, Engraver to his Majesty.
" J. R. SMITH, Engraver to the Prince of Wales.
" FRANCIS HAWAII), Engraver to the Prince of Wales.
" James BAs R; Engraver to the Royal Society and to the
Society of Antiquarians.
" WILLIAM SHAW'.
" WILLIAM BYRN/.
" THOMAS HOLLOWAY.
" W. S. MACS, (Writing Engraver).
" Joni: Peel, (Writing Engraver).
" WILLIAM Blase.
" WILLIAM SKHLTON.
MAIMAXI BUVL
" ROIYIT DUIRARTON.
" WILSON Lower.
" Joust ANDERSON, (Engraver on Wood).
" RICHARD Ausrre, (Steel Letter Cutter and Engraver on
Wood)."

Yesterday the first Anniversary Meeting of the
Southwark Auxiliary School Society was held at the
Royal Free School, Borough-road. At an early hour
in the day the room, though of considerable size,
was entirely crowded, chiefly by Ladies of the first
respectability, whose presence gave a cordial pledge
of their valuable co-operation in promoting the inte-
rests of this laudable Institution.

. The Rev. T. HARPER read the Report, which de-
tailed in a clear and perspicuous manner the immen,e
advantages derived by Society from the general edu-
cation of the lower classes, and pointed out the su-

perior advantages for this purpose which the British
and Foreign School Society possessed, as it embraced
persons of all religious persuasions. The Report
gave a flattering picture of the progress of the South-
wark Auxiliary Society, to which it invited the sup-
port of all classes. Among the company present were
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex Lord Viscount Al-
thorpe, Mr. C. Barclay, M.P. the Rev. Rowland Rill, Rev.
Dr. Collyer, Rev. J. Towusoul, Rev. Dr. Schwabe, Rev. 'l.
(butt, lice. T. Harper, Rev. J. Smith, of l'etmoice, and
William Allen, of the Stiehl), of Frienth ;
All of whom spoke in behalf of the Charity ; and
after a liberal collection had been made, the Meet-
iug adjourned.