Star.
London, England, 1826-04-25 00:00:00

NAVAL IN I'ELLIGENCE.

The Atlas, Relies, from China, was at the Cape of Good Hope
the 20th of February, waiting for Lord Qum.= Sots who
had taken his passage in her.
The Maitland, STUDD, was to sail from Bombay on the 26th of
December; the Sarah, Teets'', 7th of January; Upton Castle,
sth of February, all fur London ; and the Alfred, Lassa,
19th of January, for Liverpool. Ihe Lowther Cutle was to sail
from China on the 16th of January, for London.
. The Mayflower, Snow, sailed from Bourdeaux for Philadelphia
in October, and had not arrived on the 14th nit.
Arrived off the Wight, the Magdalena, Dew., front Ilavannah ;
and the Seneca, LIVeLY, from New Orleans.
Off the Start, the Charles Miller, front New York; and
the Balite, front New Orleans.
Off Dover, the Rawlins, Rusturot, from Jamaica.
raucous's, Aram 23. Wind N.—No arrivals or sailing,.
PLYMOUTH, Aram 23.—Wind N.W.— Arrived his Majesty'
ship .----, from the West Indies. Sailed the Lord Friuoutbs
Baeserr, for St. John's (N. 8.); and the British Union, Times
for Faro.
- Naosiours, Arm. 24..—Wind N. to N.W.—Passed hy,.the'
Minerva, Poses, from Bengal; and the Dutch ship Nederland,
from Berbice for Amsterdam. Sailed the Mary, Damon,
for Jamaica. The Parntelia transport, for Guernsey, went out of
harbour, and remains at Spithead.
Cowes, Aean. 24.—Arrived the Shepherd,Hais,tromMatansas.
DEAL, _Aram 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived and sailed for 'the
River, the Stately, Emma, and Posey Hall, —, from Jamaica ;
the Hou. Company's ship Farquharson, from China;
Iris, BUTCHiII, from Almeira ; Apocrate, GILBERT from Trieste;
and Tula, Vicesas, from Smyrna. Also, the Sarah, Gissox, from
Shields for Malta; and Two Brothers, Minium, from Memel for
Oporto. Passed through from the River, the Indemnity, Woooau.,
for Demerara; George, DUPARIG, for Antigua; and the Maria,
C • , for Honduras. The homeward bound have sailed for
the River.

PA an, Aram St —The Bolivar, Colombian corvette, bound t•
the United States, having on board Officers for the squadron pur-
chased there, has beau captured by two Spanish frigates.

Yesterday the Duke of DEVONSHIRIC and Lord
&SUM= had a long interview with Mr. Sccretary CANNING, at
the Foreign Office.

FUNIRAL or Ma. Coorsa.—Thursday evening the
mortal remains of the ill-fated Mr. Cooper, of ll•gh-
•trret, were removed for interment. Tne street fronting
his late house was crowded with people, all commise-
rating his most calamitous deAth. The coffin was borne
to the grave upon men's shoulders, and was followed by
nis three young children (theoldett of whom is not yet
ten), his brother, .and four other relations. The bo.iy
wAs borne into the church, where the Rev. Mr. CHAP •
MAN read the burial service; the body was then borne
'to the grave in the Old Mary-la Bonne burial-ground,
and the funeral service bring concluded, the last cere-
mony was finished by tweeting the coffin into the grate.
Tile poor children seemed much atte-ted and wept,
bitterly. MI s. Cuorkit is recos►e.ir6 loon► her ts ounds.

NEWMARKET. APRIL 25.
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AaarrAss.....Dozes—ilis Royal Highness the Duke of York,
Grafton, and Portland.
Mamma—Enter, Graham, and Titchaeld.
Tirou.s—Jersey, Orford, Sefton, and VcrulAm.
trial's—Lowther, Anson, Dusiwich, George iientinck, Frederick
Bent irk, Fitzroy, &c.
General Grosvenor, Sir John Shelley, Sir Robert Cliften,*Sir
John Byng, Hon. Mr. Irby; Colonels Russell, Wilson, Keating,
and Synge. - - • - ••
Messas.—Cbrist. Wilson, Stuart Wortley, Wortley, jun. Mills.,
Douglag, Scott, Holyoake, Itantabottom, Page, Russell, Batson,
• Greville, Vansittart,
DINNER PARTI*II.-...AT ?az PALACII Mr. Douglas entertained
his Royal Highness the Doke of York, Lord Lowther, Sir John
Shelley, &e.
AT Tut Roosts—Christ. Wilson, Esq. Duke of Portland, Marquis
of Titchtleld, Marquis of Graham, Earl Jersey, JAW& G. Bentinck,
Anson, Dunwich, and Sir J. Byng; Messrs Keatin, Vansittart,
Holyoake, &c. . .
Lord Sefton had a select dinner party. His Lordship will have
parties every day.
Sir John Shelley's carriage was overturned near Harlow this
morning, in consequence of the driver making too quick a turn.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York was pacing at the time,
and took up Sir John, who, we are happy to add, received no injury

AMERICAN AND COLONIAL STEAM NAVI-

GATION COMPANY.
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• A Special General Meeting of thil Company was
held yesterday, pursuant to. advertisement ; Sir Put.-
TENEY MALCOLM in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that the Meeting was
called at the request of ten Shareholders, for a 'pecific
purpose, and he trusted that every Proprietor would
confine himself strictly to the question.
Dr. Aissue regretted that the Company WAS not in
a more prosperous stile, but it was evident that the
Directors had done all in their power fur the benefit of
the Shareholders. He concluded by moving a Revolu-
tion, that there be paid out of the Company's funds the
amount of expenses incurred by the Directors, in getting
cancelled the contract entered into for the purchase of
the ship United Kingdom.
Mr. W. PORTER begged leave most cordially to se-
cond so honest a motion. ‘Vhen he looked at the body
of the Directors, he was confident that they had dealt
honestly by the Proprietors, and in return the Propri-
etors were bound to deal honestly by them.

Mr. BOWRINO rose to oppose the motion, On the
ground that the Directors had violated the Act of
Parliament in almost every feature. He then detailed
various points, to prove that the a'leged company was
a mete nonentity. He did not accuse the Theectors of
wilful deviation from their duty : they had acted in-error,.
violated the Act cf Parliament, and had destroyed the
company. Utlder the circumstances, he opposed the
motion for indemnity. _ _

Mr. AnDaiws said, that the Counsel of the Company
had given it as his opinion that the Company was
legally conltituted. The Directors admitted, however,
that the contract for the United Kingdom was not made
under the Act of Parliament; had it been, diet e wouli
have been no occasion for this meeting. The only ques-
tion, he thought, was, whether the Dirt ctors had entered
into the contract with honest mctives. If they had,
they were entitled to protection. He did not view the
Company in the desponding way which Mr. Bowling
did, but the contrary.
' After a desultory conversation between -tome of the Shareholders
and the Director,, the CHAIRMAN put the question, which was
carried in the airmative; and after a vote of thanks to the Chair-
man, the Meeting separated.

We believe it is not generally known that • Lnrd
Brame, beautiful lines of " She walks in Beauty," were addressed
to the Lady of Witsaor-Hokron, Fs.A.
The I.ORD MAYOR has unequivocally declared him-
self against the Catholic Claims.
DEW v. CLARK AND CLARK, PREROGATIVE COUNT.—
The judgment pronounced on the 12th instant. in this suit, whereby
the late Mr. Slow was declared to have died intestate, has been
appealed against to the High Court of Delegates.
A letter from Vera Cruz, dated March 1, says : "
convoy of six million dollars is daily expected from Mexico, ttlicit
will have the 'effect of lowering the exchange, at present 54 to 55.
A considerable part of this will probably go by his Majesty's ship
Pyramus. Mr. Moans was expected to leave 51ex:co in the Py-
tames, about the 20th of March. No progress. it is said, had beeo
made in the adjuitntent of the treaty with England. The Congress
bad ordered the immediate payment of the tobacco bonds (held
chiefly on account of London merchants), and Earrea, the Minister
of Finance, bad drawn bills on England for the amount, which
raised the exchange to 524; at the last date it had again fallen to 50.
•Accounts from Bengal state that Lord Cos:Ban:dent
and General Nsonota had a very narrow escape of being taken pri-
soners by the Bhurtporeans ; they were in advance, and reconnoi-
tering the Fortress, when a party of the enemy surprised them, and
it was only by the superior speed of their horses they were enabled
to escape.
A gang of ruffians, armed with bludgeons, attacked
a man named George Byrne, a sawyer, In Stephen's Green, Dublin,
at nine o'clock oa Frlday morning, and having beaten him in a most
inhuman manner, retreated through Stephen's-street into Auogiv:.
street. Two persons charged with this outrage hava Deco taken
and committed for trial.

Frets.—This morning a most calamitous fire broke
out at the hpuse of Mr. Cross, a furi.iture-bsOker, in
Vere-street, Cl.tre•market, which, though trivial in ap-
pearance, and confined to the building en'efhich it ori-
ginated, has !moved fatal in its coniecpieno es 'to some
of the inmates. A few minutes after one o'c'oc k a dense
body of smoke was discovered issuing horn thew hollows
of each story, and immediate alarm being given, tl.e
inmates of the first and third floor boa rooms wt re,
with much difficulty, aroused from their slumber,. and,
at the most perilous risk of their lives, succee.ied in
escaping by the windows—those of .the an; glow by
precipitating themselves into the street, fortunately with.
out material injury ; and those of the third floor by be-
ing hauled over the parapet to the roof of the adjoining
house by persons above. %Ve are sorry to add, that
three of the unfortunate persons inhabiting the back
rooms fell victims to the suffocating vapour which filled
the house, before any assistance could be rendered them.
Two children, a man, and a woman, were brought out
by.means of ladders, from the back of the premises ;
the woman has been restored ; the children wet e quite
dead. The fire originated in the cellar. Great credit
is due to the watchmen and officers of the parish, •for
ti.eir promptitude in giving alarm, and procuring the
parish engines, four of which were almost instantly on
the spot, and had nearly 'exceeded in reduiing the fire,
when several of the larger engines also arrived.
A countryman named Adams, with only one leg,
was robbed of five sovereigns oil Saturday night. The
poor fellow went into a carpenter's shop, in Kent street,
t I purchase a new wooden leg, the old one being nearly
worn out in the service. While strapping o the new
one, lie was observed by some persons outside to tram•
fur some sovereigns from the socket of the old leg into
that of the new, and on his leaving the shop he was
knockeed down at a little distance from it. The rob.
bens eiperiencing some difficulty at getting the money
fromits place of concealment, polled away the uew
wooden leg hom the stump, leaving the poor country-
man on the ground, unable to follow theta, &fie' der iv-
, kith oh 114 niancy and his kg.

CELEBRATION OF THE KING'S BIRTH-DAY•

The Miltary for the different Guards appeared nn
the Parade in St. James's-park in new clothing ; the
King's Guard heiog composed of Grenadiers, under the
command of the on. Lieut.-Colonel Townsend, the
Field Officer in waiting. The bands of the three regi-
ments of Foot Guards attended on this occasion in their
full State uniforms, and marched up to the Palace with
the King's Guard, preceded by the three head Drum
M jors of the three regiments, in their full state regi-
mentals. The novelty of having the. three bands as-
sembled in the Palace yard at the same time induced
the Colonel to detain them nearly an hour after the Guard
had been relieved, to play for his gratification and that
of some friends. The Palk and Tower guns fired a
double Royal salute at one o'clock.

The following were among the official dinners given
upon the occasion

The Earl of Liverpool entertained a number of Noblemen and
Gentlemen connected with him in the Treasury.
Mr. Secretary Canning entertained at dinner the whole of the
Diploniatit Body resident in this country, consisting of the Aus-
trian, French, Netherlands, an& Portuguese Ambassadors; the
Russian Charge d'Affaires; the Prussian, Swedish, Neapolitan,
Colombian, and Brazilian Ministers; the Danish, Bavarian, Saxon,
Threnos Ayres, and Mexican Charge d'Affaires; the Secretary
of Legation of the United States, together with the Count de
Villa Real, and other distinguished foreigners. There were also
present, the Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Gordon, his Majesty's
Envoy to Brazil, Mr. Pl.trita, Lord Howard de Walden, and
turd Clanricarde.—Mr. Rufus King, Minister of the United States,
wai prevented from attending by ill health
The Chancellor of the Exchequer entertainer! Sir George Inn,
the Chairman and Commissioners of the Boards of Excise and
Cottons', and other official Gentlemen.

Mr. Secretary Peel entertained the Judges, the Law Officers, the
I; )rd Mayor, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, the Recorder
of London, Etc.

gad 13.nhurst, as Secretary of State for the Colonial Department,
the Governors and Deputy Governors of Wands who are in Eng-
land, and ocher Gentlemen connected with the Colonies.
the Lord Chamberlain, the Gentlemen in his department.
The Lord Steward, the Gentlemen in his department.
The. Groom of the Stole, the Lords and Gtoont in attendance
upon his Majesty.
The Master of the Horse, the Equerries an/ Aides-de-Camp
belonging to the King.
The Mail Coach Contractors assembled at Mr.Vidler's
manufactory for.all the mail-coaches, in Millbank-row,
where they were regaled whit a sumptuous cold colla-
tion. On the King's health being drank, the Guards of
the different mails played Goa save the King on their
keyed bugles.
The Coachmen and Guards, in new clothing, were
also regaled with a dinner. After which they went on
a grass-plat at the back of the house, and drank the
King's health and success to the wheels.
The coach) were all new, with new hammer-cloths.
The harness for the horses was alsO principally new ;
that for the Glocester horses was very superior, having
the Royal arms on it, &c. Probably such another col-
lection of fine blood horses could not be got together.
The Bristol sported some remarkably fine uniform grays.
The Portsmouth had remarkably fine horses, but they
were all odd. The Edinburgh had a very good set-out
of bays. The Gloceiter hid a novel and temarkably
fine matched set of piebalds. About five o'clock they
set uff from the manufactory in procession.