Star.
London, England, 1827-12-21 00:00:00

CANADA COMPANY.

A Quarterly Genera! Court of the Proprietors of the
above-named Company- (in conformity with the coni-
pday's Chartery,was yesterday convened at the City, of
jAndbn Tavern,, in. Bishopagate-street, Was. WILLIAM,,
Esq. the Banker, in the Chair.
There having assembled but a few Proprietors at the
tor appointed for the Meeting,
The CHAIRMAN proposed to wait a short time, and,
after about a quarter of an Pinar, proceeded to address
the Meeting. He said, that the.object of the Coon,
• pursuance of the Charter, was to declare the ainount
of the dividend upon the capital stock of the Com-
pany. It had, however, been modeled compulsory on
the Directors to pay a dividend of four per cent. until
the 29th March, 1829, whatever the income or expen-
diture of the Company might be; and that dividend
would be payable to any Proprietor on the 10th of
Imlay', or any subsequent day. The Court of Di-
rectors were anxious to give the Proprietors the earliest
information of the first proceedings between the Com•
pany and his Majesty's Government. They bad, with
that view, prepared a Report of their proceedings; but
although the Court of Directors would be at all times
ansious to give all posiible information to the Proprietors
yet they must protest against this fact being drawn into
a precedent, as it would be extremely inconvenient, and
was not the custom of bodies of this natute. The wor•
thy Chairman proceeded to read the Report, which gave
a very favourable account of the state of the Company's
affairs. Up to the Ist of October there bad been 1,300
applications for reserves of Crown lands. Of these many
had been rejected, but 40,250 acres of land had been
disposed of for 19,2641. Other large sales of the Com-
pany's land had been made, and whilst the number of
applications for lots of the Company's land were conti.
nually increasing, the prices of the separate lots had
been, in some instances, augmented fourfold.. The
Commis;ioners, who had proceeded-at the joint ex-
pane of the Government and the Company, for the
perpose of selecting the million 'of acres which the Com-
pany was to purchase from the Government, ttskdknade
a Report highly favourable to the Company 's interests,
and selected • million
.of acres which lay to a great
extent upon the Coast of Lake Huron, and which in-
elided the inlets of the Lake into the two principal
rivers in that province, and the only harbour which
was; 2o be found,. in a di.tanie of 250 miles. The
proximity of: this tract to the located and settled pats
of Lower Canada upon the one hand, and the great
facilities which it *Sri-Lied for navigation on the
oiler side, woirld produce the moss- material ad-
vantages to the Company's interests, and there was
no doubt but that piece of land (the million of selectee
acret)would, before long, become the most impoeiatitdis-
trict in the western part of Lower Citiiida. Ad'afrange:
went had also been made, which was of the utmost im-
portance to the public, and especially to emigrants.—
The consequence of this arrangement was, that, persons
proceeding from this country to Canada, would, in pki-
siding themselves with a recommendation from any of
the agents of the Company here, be, on their arrival at
Montreal or Quebec, furnished with way-bills, in cense-
luence of which they would be conveyed to Yot k or any
other town in Upper Canada at their own cost., but the
expense sof conveyance would not in any case exceed
171.7-. for en adult, and half that sum for a child. The
advantage of thk arrangement was, that ia addition to
the cheapness of the conveyance, it would enable emi-
grants, before they quitted this country, to calculate
the exact expense of their transmission to their final
destination. The Report, which stated a great number
of other circumstances, which stewed the affsirs of the
Company to be in a very prosperous condition, was
received and adopted with mach applause.
After a long conversation it was agreed to print the
Report and distribute it among the Shareholders, and
also to include in a Prospectus such parts of the Report
as were interesting to emigrants and the public, and to
print and circulate the Prospectus as widely as passible.
A Shareholder enquired whether it was likely that
my further calls would be made, and when? There bad
yet been only 10i. per cent. of the capital subscribed.
The CHAIRMAN said, that in his opinion it would be
found necessary to make a small call upon the Share-
holders soon after the middle of next year.
Thanks were then rated to the Directors and the
chairman, after which the Meeting separated.
- It should have beta statedobat the Directors. in their
Report, expressed much gratitude for the frank and
Eraerous conduct of his Majesty's Government, in the
"usaitiont between them and the Company.

he lori of DIASINTOteII daughter was recently
awned at ii*e, to a Nobleman odthe highest accomplishments,
a yosogn be. et the Doke de Gmru.

14rs. Hatay MALtA WILLIAbik the author of a vast
number of political and poetical works, lately died at
Paris: niter a long illness. This Lady left England for
Frans*, to assist in the important events of the Revo-
lutions Since 1790, she has constantly resided at Paris.
one contracted an intimate acquaintance with the most
ardent and most disinterested patriots. She was the
friendof Madame ROLLAND and the Gritounrus. Since
that period, she has related the different events of our
Revolution in a series of works published at London,
and which have served to direct the opinion of Eng-
land and the United States to the facts of the French
Revolution. To these literary claims she joined quali-
ties of mind equally affectionate and intelligent. She ,
was always the patron of the poor, and frequently, in
the class of unfortunate literary men, her kindness was
often extended to that independent merit which is
ashamed to solicit. She published her Souvenirs de la
the analysis of which was suppressed bathe
Censorship. The last wishes of this distinguished wo•
man we►e in favour of the heroes who overcame bat ba.,
my at Nivarin. Her death has plunged her faissay and
amorous friends in the bittereet grief.—CoadihttioNnel.

EAT LIE OF NAVARIN,
IPURTIlitit PAStICULA IS.
Oe rine, 74, arrived here on Friday night, after
a of 517 days from Malta. bringing home the
of her late Captain, the lamen.ed Walter
Itarharit, E.q. who nobly at the battle of Narearin.
The Genba having suffered mere than any other U. lash
ship in thb action, is in a very shattered condition, and
is under jury mists, h, r mitten being a mere spar. the
is commanded by Captain the Hon. C. L. Irby, late of
the Ariadne. Most of her officers and men being nattites
or old tesidents of this neighbourhood, the announcer
went of her arrival caused a very great sensation, and
at an early hour on Saturday morning the heights com-
manding a view of the Sound, where she lay, were
covered with people of all ages and condition., each
individual anxious (or a peep at the vessel which con-
tained a near relative or friend. Pratique having been
granted, the officers and crew were permitted to land
on Saturday, and many a joyous meeting took place
between relatives or friends who bad so narrowly escaped
the doom of perpetual separatjon, and many a tear was
shed to the memory of those who had fallen. The hate
action has of course been the ,chief subject of causer-
sation here since the arrival of this vessel, and some
interesting anecdotes and particulars have been com-
municated by -the officers and crew to their respective
friends. The following particulars which have reached
us in an authentic manner, and may be received without
doubt, we now lay before our readers, feeling amared,
that even the most trivial circumstances connected with
the subject will be highly interesting :
Tra Aoastaat..—Dasing the 'masa Sir Edward Coirington
set a height example of coolness and bravery. He stood the whole
time oo the poop, constantly shouting to encourage the brave
fellows about him, and waving In the air a white bat which he wrier
His escape is considered quite miraculous, as his situation was the
most exposed one be could have chosen.
Centaur fiarnuarr..--This brave Officer was wounded early in
the action by a splinter, which !noshed off his hat and slightly ton
his face. Shortly aherwatds a shot took off the skins of his coat.
The fatal wound was from a grape shot, which entering his side,
passed through his body, and loJgrd in the opposite side of the ship.
He lived i i hours afterwards. Abort midnight, shortly before his
death, be was visited by the Admiral,who said" well,Wattey, if•you
die, you die gloriously." " I know I shall die, and that sooo,"replied
be; " but, Codringten, I hope you will remember my Officerc"
The Admiral having promised to attend to this wish, the dying
veteran seemed highly *miffed. He made some other requests.
all of which, except one, will doubtless be complied with. The.
request to which we allude, was that be should be buried at Make:
but the Admiral has thought it proper to preserve the body for as
honourable burialin England.
Mr. Wideman, the Captain's clerk of the Elenoa,dledeo beards
few days before the action. He had been twenty years a deck.
hit. Frederick Grey, one of the midshipmen of the Genes.,kati
his arm nearly severed from his body by a shot, and It warhead
necessary to take it off at the socket. On reaching the c0r.14‘,41
called sot to the surgeon, " bear a head hero my bearty--osahoi
haste will pod—the ton is not kat weer Tot, and I must have another I
teach at the fellows." Be was not, however, sacred to go be
deck again.

When the Turkish Admiral went on board the Ada, after the,
action, be was heard to my, with as much carelessness is if It went
a mere trivial matt*, " my head will pay for this."
A Seaman having his leg shattered by a ball underwent amputa-
tion with the greatest indifference to pain. When the limb was
taken off,.k mu of course immediately thrown overboard, upon
*which Jack called out to the man who had performed the last office
for his departed leg, "d—is your eyes, complain of you to the
Captain•although you were ordered to throw my log overboard,
you had no right to throw env thee with it."

A marine of the name of hill, who was quartered on the poop of
the Genoa bad both his arms shot off at nearly the same moment.
lie instantly turned to Captain Dickenson, the Commander, who
stood near him, and said with the utmost coolnesa, " I hope you'll
allow, Sir, that I have. done my duty." The poor fellow is now at
the Naial Ilaspkel at Stonebouse, but is not expected to recover.
After the action, an Irishman, named Phelan, who was cook's
mate of the Genoa, was observed to skip about the kitchen with
thaleinst ludicrous manifestations of jay. On being questioned, he
ahee.ted out, " Och, by the powers I'm so glad the villains been%
4.iit the coppers—the devil a shot has touched them." •
There were several women on board the Genoa, and they afforded
very great assistance to the surgeon in dressing wounds, du.
During the action, two Greeks who were chained to a son '
of the vessids which blew up, escaped, and swam to the Geomi
and
.were taken on board. They instantly set to work-at the guns,
and behaved bravely. They were afterwards put onshore at Nawarin.
DAMAO. SUSTAUIED DT Tile GENOA-00 rumination of the Genoa
after the battle, the damages sustained by her were found to be as
follows—The main and wizen masts nearly cut in two—main yard
badly weended.in both yard arms—foremast shot through in two
plasma—ewe shrouds and spring stay of the mainmast only stand.
ing—all the MUM shrouds gone—shrouds on the foremast gone
—the gammoning est hi several places—Math catheeds shot so
as to be rendered useless—four boats sunk alongside; two on
t►e booms very mock damaged—several shot holes between
wind and water--several of the iron knees and timbers gone,
besides other damages—spare topmast, topsail, and top gallant
yards shot—many raking 4110 t In the hull—hammock nettings
much cot up—two stone shot, one on the lower, the other on
the main deck, each weighing ova MOMS= POUNDS; besides al
manner of chain, ►ar, langrage, and star-shot, in every direction--
several glans disabled,and all the running rigging entirely cut to pieces.
The two Turkish line•of.battle ships which had been particularly
engaged era the Genoa and Asia, presented after the battle the most
deplorable spectacle. It is said that each of them had on board 800
men, and very few escaped being killed or wounded. The Albion
was at one time ordered to destroy the vessels, but the order was

countermanded in conseqtwom of the wretched state in which the
survivors of the crews were found. The state of these ships at
that time baffles description. Beasts in two—decks failing in, and
oot a space two feet wide any where to be seen free from shot holes.

The scene after the battle la described by ascot the Olken with
whom we have communicated, as being truly awful and imposing.
At twenty minutes after six to the evening, the enemy on all sides
were completely beaten, and with the exception of the two line of
battle ships above alluded to, ens frigate, and a few small vessels,
they were either on sheer, sunk, burnt, or burning. The firing
then ceased. Night threw her sable mantle over the bloody
seen, and served as a pan to hundreds of dead or dying
victims. The wind had totally sunk, and left a perfect calm, and
not &Mend was heard save that of a few random shots fired at in.
weal', from the gene in the forts, and which rather added to than
diminished the solemnity of the scene. The barbour,wbich had bat
a few hours before presented the :nest animating picture imaginable,
was now covered with darkness and filled with desolation, which
was rendered occasionally visible by momentary bursts of fight from
the burning vessels.
Retract of a letter received by an 011icer in this town—Jr The
Turks were quite prepared—the Dartmouth need hret. and, I
believe, the little rhilonsel next, who very•soon • blew: ustfiee firy
ship, and then sunk al2 gun brig ; she then op .frve. lire-on a
frigate and two corvettes, and it really was a mbrielenlsitheas not
blown out of the water, but the Turks need very Isagis:;-4. Russia,
frigate which was standing in, seeing the perilous pltuatlonnrjhe gale
lent little Philotnel, ran in between her and her powertlit oppoefeete,
and silenced them. Cant. Davies, of the Rose, seeing itosof.tbe.Turk-
ish fire.ships entangled with one ofike French ahips, and whose head
sails she set on lire, went with the boats belpaging to his ship, lied
In the most pliant manner towed her clear of the Frenchman, and
laid her alongside one of the Turkish frigates, which eery soon alter
blew up. His dashing behaviour excited the admiration of every
ass in the allied squadron. It is supposed the Turks lost at least
tee thousand men. They chained their men to the. guns, and as their
wounded became useless they threw them overbeard.—Pty-
wee& Armed.

ENCLOSURE Q# (3.011.6. it Cplitterrika:
Yesterday a vety nantitotis Meeting of, tkg most
affluent and 'teipectahle resident •Gent 6 hi the neb-
boutlinods of Battrr•ea, .Was.dawottli, :rind Clisoh)sus
Commons, assembled tit the Ss an Tavern, at 'Stock.
well, fin the purpose of adopting Measures to. counter.
act a•Bill which ii abrinr-tiilic introduced into Portia.
went for dividing. *Miffing. and enclosing ell the
commons, open andcommon fields, sneaddes, pastures,
,and commonable lands and waste grounds, within the
manor ana 'parishes aforesaid. Several Gentlemen,
whose property is not at all likely to be affected by a
mesesateofThe kind, attended from public feeling, which
is now in very active operation against the tremendous
system of which the projected Bill is considered a past-
-Deacon, Esq. in the Chair., • -

The CHAIRMAN briefly stated that the object of the.
Meeting was to oppose a Bill about to be brought into
Parliament by Lord Spencer—a bill calculated to do
very extensive mischief.

M. BA RCHARD rose to state the circumstances
under which they were called together. A rumour
had been, he said, afloat, that it was the intention of
his Lordship, and Other persons who had an in-
terest as copyholders, to bring in a bill for the above
mentioned purpose. The rumour increased, and he
and about a doyen other Gentlemen, met at his house.
to consider a subject of such importance to their interests.
—They determined to write a strong, but respectful
letter, urging their objections to the proposition,
and requesting a conference. His Lordship granted
the conference to a deputation of the joint parishes on
the 26th of November, and dpon that occasion admit-
ted the strength of some of the objections, if such
objections had any foundation at all; but thought that
they could be eas ly removed if they really did exist.
In a correspondence between the deputation and Mr.
Lefevre, upon the part of his Lordship, that Gentleman
submitted the following propositions by way of modi-
fications. That that part of ClaphamCommon which was
within the manor of Battersea, should remain in its pre-
sent state—that the avenue east side of Wandsworth,
or Battersea Common, should remain in its present State
—That the remainder of the commons and wastes of
Battersea and Wandsworth be inclosed, but that no
buildings be erected thereupon, except dwelling-houses
of the value of I.oooi. each at least, buildings (not
dwelling-houses) requisite for the cultivation of land,
and buildings for parochial and charitable purposes ;
that the open fields be inclosed, but no dwelling-houses
of less value than 200/. be erected thereupon; that
Lachmere Common (about 18 acres) be appropriated
to the benefit of the Battersea poor, in such manner as
should appear most beneficial; and that an appro-
priation of similar extent be made for the Wands-
worth poor. The Deputation replied to this commu-
nication, that the propositions did not appear to them
,calculated to obviate the objections, and a public
' bsteting of the inhabitants was called. Now, with re.
sket to the alleged modifications, the Wier of his
Lordship not to inclose a certain part of the Common
was certainly no great favour, for it happened not to
be possible to do ao, as a writ had been on a former
occasion issued to determine the boundary without
effect ; and it was but prudent in his Lordship to leave
the avenue in the same state, as any alteration there
would certainly prejudice his Lordship's property.—
With respect to the proposal, that DO building of less
value than 1.0001. should be erected on the Common,
it was well known, that if the Common was inclosed,
it would be soon cot into small slices—and what
was to prevent a proprietor from building whatever
sort of house he pleased upon his portion?—*; for
buildings requisite for the cultivation of laud. a pig-
stye, or any sort of wretched cabin, was inciwded
'under that head. He called upon the Meeting to re-
fleet upon the consequence of the erection of small
houses; all small portions of land were devoted to
building. the most profitable mode -of disposing if"
them, an immenre population of poor would become
parishioners, and the parish rates would necessarily
sustain an alarming increase—(Hear, hear). In Bromley,
an hiclosure of common had some time ago been
carried into effect, and the consequence was, that many
of those who were induced to vote for it, had so much
reason to regret the redundancy of a poor population,
which the measure drew together, as to declare that
they would give 1,0001. each for a repeal of it. There
was e similar case at Bexley, and in Chelsea, where but
a very small portion of land was inclosed—the rates
at once rose from 9d. to 14d. At Hornsey and Nor-
Wood, the annoyance and inconveniences were likewise
intolerable from the same cause. Mr. Dirchard then
spoke of the advantages of the situation and extent of
Clapham Common and its vicinity to the metropolis, and
argued, with considerable force, against any intention
to destroy those public and private advantages. The
poor inhabitants would sustain great injury if the
measure was carried into effect. They laid claim
for their cattle to the pasturage of the Common which
they had enjoyed so long, that it was, if not an actual
right, something very like a right; mad their theans in
that respect would not only be quite destroyed, but
they would be driven into public houses, mete roads
not being the most agreeable of walk% He in-
stanced the case of sr rue Gentlemen who had taken
houses upon the impression that no enclosure would take
place, but who were scarcely settled in their habitations
when they were surrounded by miserable receptacles.—
The case of Botany Bay, in Wandsworth, was in point;
that wretched spot had grown out of one of those mea-
sures, which sere ever attended with public loss and
inconvenience. Mr. Baichard then called upon the
Meeting, with every respect for the character and conduct
of Lord Spencer, to adopt such resolutions as would spew
the determination of the inhabitants to resist the Bill,
and concluded by stating that his /lordship had expressed
that he was ashamed to see the Common in such a state
as it was, and yet had refused either to improve its con-
dition himself, or allow others to.do so.

Resolutions, which were the echo of the speech, were
(ben proposed.

Alderman SCHOLZY seconded the Resolutions. He
declared that he did so more from feeling towards the
public than from a private feeling, although he was
one of ache who would be affected by the projected
measure.

After some further discussion, the Resolutions were
agreed to, and a Committee was appointed to superin•
tend the opposition to the Bill.
The alacrity of the Meeting in opposing the Bill may
be guessed from the. fait, that the subscriptions in the
ruom amounted, in five, minutes, to between 1,1001.
and 1,2001.
• I

,Byers, the informer, made a tolerable good harvest
at Matilsototaghstmet (lies yesterday, as he kad no less than
lee liireithatioes Against Mr. Richard Marry, the proprietor et
some et .thp,M4lwerth stage-coaches that Ma to Charinguerees.
The informations charged that the names of Ow places trees
which the coaches started; and to which they went, were .net pro.
rely painted, as required by the Act. as the panne! of *branch.
rbe CU! being supported by evidence, Mr. Marry was ceased_
span eaelt.laforniatien in:a penalty (*slowest) of& saaiden In an
$5l. Ralf of which goes tato the porAst of Bra. •