Star.
London, England, 1826-04-05 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

To it Llt=TtsA)lTS.—Matthew Font,Zebste Mokititt Wain.
iwright, John Kiphinstone Erskine, Nitholat Evans, Brunswick
Vopham, Henry Hope Binghatn, James %tart Brisbane, William
Francis Young, Henry J. Peirce, Charles Henry Paw, Nicholas
itefebtre, &twin Wise, George William Rabett,• Thomas Crewr,
'Thos. Seymour Haswell, William P. Greene, Brownlow North'
Garnier, George Rodney kliandy,.John Gibson DiCkio4o. Robert
Lester Parkinson, Poulton Williatns, John William Cornelius
Nash, Joseph 110hinron, Rithard Murray, , Frederick Henry Has.
rings Glasse, Frederick William Boilton Pearce, Francis Rawdon
:Moira Crozier, Charles Richards, Thomas Young, Curyndon
Bpettigue, and Anises Campbell, jun. I.t.

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Thililwrator, from St. John's (N. 8.) to Liverpool,
'struck on the Bellona Rock the 2511 i of February, and bilged.
The General Phipps, of Scarborough, late KENNIDT, from Ja-
maica to London, put into Havannah the 2d of February, in dis.
tress, making three feet water per hour, and some butt ends started.
She was di,charglng part of her cargo.
The Ceres, —, from London to Bombay, was spoken with on
the 25th of September, in lat. 32. S. long 46. IL
Farsiouvis, A rata S.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Countess of
fh!clie-ter packet, from Jamaica—sailed the 2ist of February ; and
the Portuguese man of war schooner Conceicao, from Lisboa, with
dispatches. Sailed the Sandwicili packet, for Lisbon.
PLymourts. Aran. 3.—Wind W. N. W.—Off the port, the
Anlally, lloaraysuo, from Hull for Oporto; and Hector, SAOIII4
for Jamaica.

Pourstsourw, Aram 4.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Parmelia
tr.nisport, from St. Kitts; George the Fourth, &moms, from
11.1! :chla ; and Hannah, Femur, from the Downs for Mira-
'Mali. Passed by, the Elizabeth and Maty, Casio, from Grenada.
Ai tiled the I lope, ilaszrry, for London.
('owls, Aran. 4.—Arrived the Newcastle, Stars, front Rio de
Janeiro, in 85 drys, with d.unage; and 3luy Ann, Cuomo:, from
London for Lisbon.

Deal., Aran. 4.—Wind W. N.lV.—Arrived and sailed for the
the Larkins, WILKINSON, from Bengal; James, SMITH, from
Alicant ; and Nymph, --r, from Honduras. Also, and remain,
the highlander, MlTClirt.t,from New Providence. Arrived from
the liver, and remain, the Wellington, At.r.ea, and New Prospect,
Comvssts, -for Jamaic.i ; Musgrave Castle, Jerras.sos, for St.
John's (N. B.) ;. and the Helen, Cog, for Ilonduras. The Earl St..
Vincent and Hosiery, with several others, have put back ; the
Palmyra and Atalanta have kept oat.
LteutrooL, Aram N.W.—Arrived the Buenos Ayres
packet, —, from Buenos Ayres; Hope, —, from St. Jago de
Yuba; Leedl, STOODA IT, and Florida, TINKHA M, from New" York;
Ann, SMITH, from St. John's (N. 8.); Isabella, ARTHUR. from
Smyrna ; Dispatch, CC% as, from Messina; and the Robert James
from Barbadoes.

EXTRAORDINARY ENCOUNTER.
A scene, which excited nearly as much public atten-
tiun and interest iir the Strand as the destruction of the
iite elephant at Exeter 'Change, occurred on Monday
last on the premises of Mr. Lloyd, hatter, near the
Adelphi, and indeed the circumstances out of which
it atone nearly proved of the mist serious consequence
to Mr. Lloyd's family. Mr. Lloyd had a very fine
Newfoundland dog, of enormous size, which he had
seared from a whelp, and so 'docile and kind was the
animal, that it was the constant play-fellow of Mr.
Lloyd's seven young children, and his first visit, on
quitting his kennel every morning, was to the apart-
ment which the children occupied. Monday. morning
Mr. Lloyd heard the dog making an unusual noise at
the door of the yard where the kennel was, and which
communicates directly wish the house. Most provi-
den:ially on this occasion, contrary teethe usual custom,'
this door did not happen to be then open fur the dog
to enter the house, or no doubt he would have ironic-
oithely proceeded to the room in which the children
were, the consequences of which it is dr..adful to con-
template. On hearing this noise from the dog, Mr.
Lloyd looked ouf of a back 'window, and saw the animal
attempting to force the door, howling in the wildest
manner, and his mouth covered with foam and slime.
Mr. Lloyd suspecting that something must be wrong,
procured a pail of water and dashed it over the animal,
upon-which the litter became ten times more furious,
ith the Ore darting from his eyes, so that no doubt
remained of the dog's madness. Mr. Lloyd sent for a
man who had wormed the dog when a whelp, to have
his opinion as to his state. On the arrival of this man,
he entered the yard where the furious animal was in the
most unclaimed manner, with a broom handle in one
hand and a rope, with a noose to it, in the other. At
this time a vast crowd of persons had collected at the
different windows that overlook the yard, and a court
which adjoins it, leading to the Strand, was chocked
with spectator=, who from that spot could see the
whole proceeding. Mr. Lloyd endeavoured to per-
suade the man not to enter the yard, but proposed
at once shooting the dog. Several neighbours pro-
}steed the same, and a supply of blunderbusses, mus-
kets, &c. were procured in a moment ; the dog-fancier,
boil/ever, determined to have an interview first with the
dog, which h'Oer 'rather exhausted from the violent rage
and exertions of more than ari hour, laid himself down
in his kennel. The man approached him, but the dog
heeded him note ..the man then very dexterously con-
trived to slip the noose of the rope over the animal's
head, which was out of the kennel, while the fire flashed
from his eyes. Still the animal did not attend to him,
until the man dragged him by the rope out of the ken-
nel. Now began a frightful contest—the dog sprang
instantly at the man's throat, but the latter presented
the broom.handle horizontally to him, which the ani-
mal seized, and tore with his teeth until he forced it
horn the mate's grasp ; still the man held the rope, and
Le now too laid hold of a chain which hung from the
dog's neck with the other hand. The dog repeatedly
flew at the man's throat, and when on his hind legs
stood as high as the man himself, but the latter, by dex-
terously checking him to the left with one hand audio the
tight wi: h the other, each time he flew at him, turned him
from the direction of his awn throat. At length, however,
the man became exhausted from the force and fury of
the dog's attacks, and called out to the spectators for as-
sistance. There was a general cry to shoot the infuriated
animal, and in an instant some dozen gun barrels were
directed towards the spot. The man, no doubt, pre.
terrrng to take his chance with even the dog to the
chance of surviving a discharge of musketry, roared out
for mercy and not to fire, and den 'f or the first time the
armed gentry tecolletted that the shooting of the dog
would be attended with a like fate to the man. The
dog had now neatly got the complete mastery of his
-opponent, when the latter called " for GOD'S let some
men come down and knock the dog on the head; this
• was no sooner said than done, several men sprang into
the yard armed with iron bars, sticks, &c. and in au
;itstant the slog's head was beaten to pieces nearly in the
arms of the man, and thus ended this frishtful contest
without the man having received even a scratch.

IMPERIAL PLATE GLASS Co AMT.—At a meeting
of the Shareholders beld yesterday, a series of resolu-
tions v,ele passed, approbstory of the conduct of the
Directors, declaratory of the eligibility of the situation
itt tt 0 hiand of Dogs, of prosecuting the objects of the
Company ; and further, Joe reducing the capital iron)
tt00,0004. to 100,0004 and a prokibit on of any expen-
clituie exceeding 50,0001. without consent of the 131°.
pricary ; and, lastly, that the Directors be instructed
snake a tut Ler c.LII cat Si. per shares