Star.
London, England, 1826-09-30 00:00:00

SMYRNA, Strtiocues 21.

The Sardinian schooner the Pearl, Captain Guiseppe
Lam, which sailed on the 17th June for Gibraltar, with
a cargo of coffee, sugar, cochineal, indigo, and Indian
silks, arrived at the Island of Lolly, at the entrance of
the gulf of Smyrna, where it anchored on the 24th of
July, in the evening. On the 25th, in the morning, a
Hydriot schooner, which, it is said, was watching the
motions of the American quadron, then at anchor at
%Tourlac, fired a gun as a signal to the Sardinian Captain
to come on board; but the latter not obeying the Greek
Captain, sent two boat. with orders to take possession
'of the Sardinian vessel; They were received with a
brisk fire of musketry, and after having bad four men
killed, tacked about. The Greek schooner immediately
approached the Sardinian vessel, threw out grap-
pling front, and took it by boarding. The Sardinian
crew of fifteen men, including the Captain, defended
themselves bravely; nineteen Greeks were killed on
the deck, but numbers prevailed over valour, and
the Sardinian crew were cut to pieces, except one,
wounded sailor, who was saved by the Hydriot Cap.,
tain, whose gratitude held the arm raised to strike
him. This sailor, it is said, bad saved the life of the
Captain, who was at Constantinople at the beginning of
the Greek r4olution. The Sardinian having been this

seized by force, was sent to Hydra; the poor wounded'
sailor was left on board. The Greek threw him into
the sea, near Trico,, but he escaped by swimming on
shore, with the assistance of a piece of wood, which
PROVIDUCE threw in the way. He is now on board
the Sardinian frigate, on the Levant station, which it is
affirmed, sailed immediately to Hydra.

In the French Papers of Thtitsday, there is no intel,
Hgence whatever either from Spain or Portugal, and the little given
from Greece relates to events with which we were already ac-
quainted, from various sources.

Brussels Papers to the 28th inst. have also been re-
ceived. They represent the fever at Groningen as still on the in-
crease. An application had been made to the Minister at War to
send as many medical men to the suffering town as could possibly
be spared ; and the Groningen Regency had issued an appeal to
Physicians in general, offering 100 florins per month to those who
would come to co-operate in the relief of their fellow-creatures. A
letter from Ostend announces the arrest of several individuals, and
that a deputation had been sent to the Kann to elves. affliction and
hope. All the English bad quitted that unfortunate place, and thus
added to its distress. The number of inhabitants wounded was 226.

The Foutteenth Report of the Committee for in-
quiring into the Stamp Revenue Department, has been
printed. A good deal has been recently said, touching
alleged abbses on the part of the Commissioners; and
we now hear it stated, upon pretty good authority, that
the present Chairman, Mr. SEDGWICIC, with Mr. Com-
missioner HALLAM, retire on the 10th of October, and
that the Cnief Commissionership is to be given to a
brother of the Earl of GALLOWAY. Various reforms
and retrenchments are recommended, and amongst
them a curtailment of the number of Commissioners,
which will in future be five instead of seven ; and the

wren clerks are to be reduced to four. It is also pro-
posed to throw open the Stamp Business to the public,
and the dep ,rtment issuing stamps for law•proceedings,

'and whit is called law stationetlf, will be carried on
as in the ordinary way of .a shop. Other alterations are
enumerated, and the saholeis calculated' to produce a
saving of 20,0001. a-year.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
There has bees a fluctuation in Consols this morning of gamut

per cent. In the earlier part of the morning they were at 803 for
the Account, and the same for Money, since which they were done
at 80, and up to the present time may be quoted at 80 3 for the Acct.
The business doing has not been to any extent, but the Market has
a steady appearance. In the Foreign Market, Mexicans are rather
heavy, nothing doing in Shares or other Foreign Securities.