Star.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

GREEK COMMITTEE AT PARIS.

An account has been published of the amount of con-
tributions for tke Greek cause, collected and managed
by the Greek Committee of Paris. It embraces the
sums placed at their disposal, and extended by their
order, horn the commencement of 1825 to the middle
of the present year. It appears from this statement '1
that the subscription from Paris and from the Depart-
ments, up to the 31st of December, 1925, amounted in
all in 239.649 francs, or 9.6001. sterling. The Com-
mittee, out of this sum, gave 6,688 francs to General
Roche and his family; expended 70,616 francs in an
attempt to esublish an arsenal and a corps of artillery;
disbursed in clothing and other materiel 75,000 francs
mote, and paid 4,600 francs for the maintenance and
education of five or six young Gieeks; besides other
items uhich we have n'.t enumerated. The receipts
of the Committee during the first six months of the
present year amounted to the considerable sum of
651,867 francs, which, added to the balance of last
year, raised their funds to 727,996 francs, or about
29,1201. The following is the manner in which this
fund has been disposed of: fr. c.
Expences connected with Gen. Roche's first mission 2.625 72
Balayte of the first mission - - 8,368 75
Ditto second - . - 49,400 80
Expenses of the third - - - 38,114 31
Ditto fourth - - . 29,756 15
Mission directed by M. Rynard - . 195,000
Education of the young Greeks - - 7,739
Farietices of management - 5,042 99
Sundries - - - - 3,266 60

3-.9,294 32
In hand, with the exception of accounts since opened 388,701 96

727,996 28

Among the donations of individuals, we find several
that are munificent and princely. M. Gabriel. Eynard,
of Geneva, subscribed, in 1825, the sum of 25,000 f.
(or about 1,0001. sterling); M. Casimir Perier, the
Paris banker, 6,000 f. or 2401 ; and the family of the
Duke of Orleans, in two benefactions, 27,000 francs.
The amount collected from door to door by the Ladies
of Paris, was, in the first six months of this year,
129,881 francs. The Committee, by the detailed
statement, which we have not room to insert, seems in
most instances to have made a judicious application of
'the means placed at its disposal. Yet, after all, what
a:e these means compared with the sums raised by
loans, and squandered by improvidence or corruption in
England? The petty items reserved as commission by
the contractor of the last loan (amounting to 64.0001.)
nearly doubles the voluntary contributions of all the
.Phillrellenes of Europe, including those of committees
and corporations, of colleges and universities, of classical
Ladies and benevolent Princes—of Priests, artists, phi-
losophers, and statesmen—the produce of benefit con-
certs, and the collections of charity sermons!

The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL has declined accepting the
subscription which was nude towards defraying the expellees of
his late Election, and amounted to nearly 4,000 E
The Middlesex Sessions business was yesterday con-
fined to some uninteresting appeal cases.
The annual Government contract for the supply of
It ish beef and pot k, for the West Indies, Gibraltar, &c.
was for 10,500 tierces; 3-sths at the rate of 71. 7s. a
tierce; '2 sths at 71. 13s. 4d. a tierce ; being, upon the
whole, a reduction 'of about ss. a tierce on the corre-
sponding contract of last year.
The letters from Harnburgh state a decline of about
1 per cent. in the exchange with England, and an-
nounce an increase in the price of oats : as, however, it
is well known that orders have been sent to Odessa for
large purchases in that quarter, the Hamburgh price
must necessarily fall._

The Magistrates of Dublin have been lately occupied
in investigating the circumstances attending the murder
of a man named Duffy, who had quarrelled with a
sailor, and followed him on board a vessel, when a cry
of murder was raised, and Duffy was found overboard,
with several deep scars on the face and head; but it is
not ascertained/how he came into the water, the sailor
having escaped.
Tuesday, the bodies r f the two unfortenate men who
lost their lives by the accident at the Coburg Theatre,
on Friday last, were interred in one grave, at St. George's
Church, in the Borough. An immense concourse of
people attended the funeral. The families of the de-
ceased have been left in the greatest distress ; and Mr.
I)AVIDGE has kindly offered their widows the use of the
house for a benefit, which will shortly take place.
AN UNWELCOME VlSlToL—Friday evening, a bul-
lick, which a drover was quietly driving from Smith-
field, entered the house of Mr. Horn, of the Plough,
Foie s:rect, Cripplegate, and entered the bar, to the
great terror of Mrs. Horn, who was sitting there at the
time. The animal next endeavoured to spring across
the counter, and got his fore legs over, and then having
esti icated himself, got into the lobby. Two neighbours,
who witnessed the circumstance, instantly went into the
house, and assisted in opening the doors of the lobby,
when the beast quietly walked out, to the no small gra-
tification of those who saw the unwelcome intrusion.

ROYAL CORRESPONDENCE.-Letter from Nuhamanna,
Queen of the Sandwich Islands, to Captain Kotzebue,
crutirg his last voyage round the world : " I love you
ith all my heart, and more than
.myself, and therefore
cannot express in words the pleasure I feel in seeing
you agsin. You will find every thing altered ; when
Tamumaah was alive, the country flourished ; but with
his death these blossoms faded, and every thing in the
islands tell in the grettest disorder. The young King
is now in London ; Karemaku and Kahumanna are at
present absent; and the chief who supplies his place has
too little influence with the people to receive you in a
becoming manner: he cannot send you as much tat:o,
nor as many yams and pigs, as you will want. I am
heartily sorry that my large possessions in the Island
Alowee ate at so great a ditance from here across the
sere ; if they were nearer, you should daily be sur-
rounded rrith swine. When Karemaku and Kahumanna
return, they aiH supply you with every thing. The
King's brother will also come with them ; but he is still
a buy, without any experience, and not able to distin-
guish right from wrong. I beg you to embrace your
Emperor for me, and to tell him with what pleasure
would do it myself; but, alas ! a whole sea lies between
us. Do not forget col dia ly t.> recommend me to your
countrymen. Ab lam a Christian, like yourself, you
will for give my bad o riting. Il ringer obliges me to con-
clude my letter; and I wish that you may also eat your
swine's head with a good appetite. With Royal con
stancy, eve, yours, NcirAstAntga."—Literery Chronicle.
To such an extetrt i, the resurrection system carried
on at Chichester, that there has been scarcely a corpse
committed to the grave for some time past without being
watched.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

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MOVEMENTS.
The Duke of Rutland arrived.on Wednesday at his house in
Arlington street, from Brighton.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury arrived on Wednesday
at Hatfield, from a tour in Hants.
The Earl and the Ladies Talbot have arrived at their seat, In.
gatestrie Park, near Lichfield, from Cheltenham.
Sir Henry and Lady Fitzberbert and family have arrived at
their house in Henrietta street, Cavendish square, from their seat
hi Derbyshire.
Colonel and Mrs Metcalf have arrived at Ramsgate, from Tun.
bridge Wells.
The Rev. Mr. Hawtrey has arrived at Eton, from Hastings,
Lord and Lady Barnard have let Greta-Bridge, on their way to'
the seat of the Earl of Darlington, Raby Castle, Durham.

Colonel and Mrs Parker have arrived at Ramsgate, from
Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Leitrim and family have left town
for Ireland.
Lord Stowell has left town for his seat in Berks.
Arrivals at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street—Sir Edmund
Carrington, Bart. from a tour; A. F. Nuney, Esq. from hir seat
in Hants; and Captain Rivers, from Westmoreland. Departure—
Monsieur le Baron Dupuyttin, for Paris.
Departure from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's street—Captain and
Miss Eccles, for Paris.

Departures from the British Hotel—Captain and Mrs Gordon,
for their seat in Norfolk ; and W. Hughes, Esq. for Brighton.
Departures from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street—Captain
and Mrs Beauchamp I'rocter and family, for the Continent; and
Monsieur and Madame Greban, on a tour.

PAROCHIAL SCHOOLMASTERS OF
SCOTLAND.
The Returns of " Parochial Education in Scotland,"
which has been printed by order of the House of Com-
mons, has just come into our hands. These returns
form a closely printed folio volume of 986 pages, and as
a book of reference regarding the system and extent of
education in Scotland. at is very valuable. We have in
it all the various branches of education, which are taught
in every parochial school in Scotland, the number of
scholars taught, and the income of every teacher, dis-
tinguishing how that income arises, viz. from stated
salary, from fees from scholars, from the emoluments
obtained for acting as Session Clerk, and for taking up
militia lists, kc. and it is a lamentable—we say a la.
mentable fact, that the income of the most useful and
meritorious body of men, arising from all these sources,
runs in general only from 351. (some lower, such as
Clunk, 291. 18s. 6d.) to 601. per annum. The mass of
them are from 401. to 551. per annum. Some few, here
and there, in favourite and more populous districts of
country, reach 701. 1001. and in a few instances, such as
Jedburgh, 1501. but these latter classes of income are
thinly planted in this mighty volume. We know of no
class of men to whom the community is more indebted
than to the Parochial Schoolmasters of Scotland. It is
they that give our population that superiority in know-
ledge, and consequently in morals and habits of industry
which they possess over the mass of the population of
every other kingdom of the world. The forming of
the minds of the whole rising generation—male and
female, is literally and positively in their hands, and we
hesitate not to state that it is a disgrace to this great
and enlightened nation (which greatness is so much
owing to their exertions) that they should have been so
long neglected, and left to waste away their days amidst
poverty and obscurity. We hope to see something
done, and effectually done, to raise these individuals to
a degree of independence in the scale of society (and
not to coop them up in garrets, as in Clunie) to which
their attainments and honourable office so justly entitle
them ; and Mr. Peel will confer a boon more beneficial
and durable on Scotland, than any he ever conferred
upon her, if he will take in hand and perfect this work.

Private letters from Java, given in the Dutch Papers,
say, that unless three or four thousand additional troops
be sent from Europe to that island, the insurrection by
which it is internally ravaged may continue for years.
Van Dieman Gazettes to the 15th of April have come
to hand. They inform us of the pleasing fact of the
whole of the ferocious gang of Bush Rangers having
been completely subdued, and the peace of the Colony
consequently restored.
The Etoile of Tuesday contains some additional intel-
ligence from Syra and Candia, but nothing very new or
very important. As the most effectual mode probably
of putting an end to piracy in the Archipelago, the Bri-
tish, French and Austrian Naval Commanders are said
to have levied fines- on the Governments of the isles,
where piracy was thought to be encouraged, and where,
on examination, any part of the stolen goods was found.
Amongst other things, however, it is related that Com-
modore Hamilton having repaired to Egina to inquire
about the effects belonging to Stratford Canning, and
the inhabitants having declared that they had nothing,
150 men were landed from the Cambrian, to search
a Convent, which was supposed to be the strong
bold of the Pirates. The Superior was called shortly
alter before the Commodore to be interrogated ; but
instead of acknowledging any participation in guilt, he
complained that the door of his apartment had been
burst open, and that some of the Cambrian's men had
taken his watch, his pocket book and its contents, and
other valuables. A strict inquiry was immediately set
on foot, and the facts being proved, the offenders were
instantly punished, the stolen articles restored, and the
Commodore disgusted by this act of delinquency on the
part of some of those who had come to chastise robbers,
raised the embargo which he had laid at his arrival,
and set sail to join Admiral Neal at Hydra. Accounts
from the same place confirm the report of the Greeks
having succeeded in burning one of the Captain Pacha's
large vessels. They also state that Ibrahim had lost
6,000 men in his various attempts to penetrate into the
country of the Mainotes. The Lloik however reduces
the number to 1.200.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. IC—Nothing
occurred in this Curt today worth noticing, except
the fact of a pour woman coming from the Marshalsea
prison to be discharged from a debt of 11. 12s. and the
costs of suit upon it, which amounted to more than 221.
She was ordered to be discharged forthwith.
DUBLIN, Ssrr. 11.—Such is the state of the fever
hospital of Limerick, that there are 160 patients who,
for want of sufficient accommodation, are obliged to
lie two or even tl.ree in a bed. In Cork, and in the
county of Wexford, fever has spread. The want of straw
beds for the Foor aggravates the aflbction of the disease.
Tuesday morning the Eclipse steam packet, after
leaving Brighton for Dieppe, was obliged to put back,
owing to an accidental 1-Attire in some part of the ve.sel.
Another was forthwith procured from Newhaven, in
which the horses, carriages, and passengers, were speedily
re-shipped, and proceeded on their destination.
A fatal accident occurred on Monday se'nnight to
Mr.Bensnstin CHASTON, of Mendham, whilst pursuing
the sports of the field. lie had just discharged one shot
-from a douhle.barrel gun, and was in the act of re-load-
ing, when the other barrel went off, and killed him
upon the spot.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-UOUSE.

A young man named S'inintart, who is in the service of some com-
mercial bOO% in the City, as porter, was brought before the Loan
Move, under the following circumstance..
Mr. Johnson. of Bell-alley, stated, that on . the previous night,
after his family had retired to bed, be was alarmed by a violent
knocking at the door. The blows were redoubled, until he heard
the pannels one after another give way. On going down, he found
the prisoner struggling..eith a neighbour and a watchman, who suc-
ceeded with great difficulty in securing him. He bad come prepared '
for desperate work. He was armed with a terrible long knife, and
a large poker. His object was to get at a servant girl, a relation,
with wLom he was in love, and who was in the employment of
Mr. Johnson.
The young man, in Ms defence, admitted that be bad been des-
perately in love with his cousin, Sally Harris, who was in Mrs.
Johnson's employment. She had encouraged his addresses ; he bad
been repeatedly invited to the house, and had taken both herself and
her master's daughter to the play, whilst Mr. Johnson was from
home. When he was too late, they accom..iodated him with a bed
there. He mentioned other instances of good will towards hint, on
the part of Sally Harris, who had somehow or other Lecome cold
towards him, and had refused to speak to him. She bad otherwise
ill used him, and he could not bear it. He knew not what be did.
Sally Harris, a smart flippant servant girl. who appeared very
likely to drive a young man like the prisoner to distraction, spoke
of him as a stranger. She admitted that she had received attentions
from him, but as her aunt disliked hint, and as she was always
obedient, she had declined to have anything more to say to him.—
For this he had threatened to take her life, and his own after it.
She pretended ignorance of his visits to the house, as did also the
other young girl, who was in charge of it with her.
The Loan MAYOR censured the two females for having impro.
perly introduced the prisoner into the house during Mr. Johnson's
absence. At the same time, the prisoner must not be allowed to
manifest his disappointment by breaking Mr. Johnson's door to
pieces, or disturbing the whole neighbourhood by so violent a display
of passion. His Lordship sentenced him, under a late Act, to pay
4t. for the damage done to the door, and ordered him to find sureties
to keep the peace in future.

Davit, a Waterman, was summoned before the Loan Marna, for
taking a passenger from one of the steam-boats out of his turn.
The decision in this case Is of some importance to the public.
Davis, the defendant, called, as a witness, a Gentleman, who
stated, that he was on board the steam-boat in question and wished
to come on shore. He certainly felt the danger, of which frequent
complaint bad been made to his Lordship, of going on shore in a
wherry, burthened to within three or four inches of the water by
eight persons, and in that condition forcing a way amidst a crowd
of boats and warmest, who were struggling to get forenuost. He
saw the defendant on the outside of the crowd, and called him -to
take him on shore. For this purpose he waited a considerable
time, and in no case would he not be willing to wait an hour, rather
than go on shore in the usual manner. He submitted that whatever
might be the regulations with respect to turn-keeping, he had a
right to go on shore in the manner he found most convenient, or
thought to be most safe.

The Loan filavoa, on looking at the Act, with the advice of the
City Solicitor, decided in favour of the defendant. The latter would
have been liable to a fine if he had plied for a fare out of his turn,
but it was perfectly competent for any passenger to engage him in
preference to those who were in turn. No passenger could be forced
to take those who were in turn, unless be thougnt proper. The
complaint was therefore dismissed.

The complaining waterman declared, that the declaim would be
the ruin of turn keepiag.