Star. — 1819-03-26 (London, England)

REGENT. Quebec and Charleston Papers, to the 21st of February, arrived this morning, but their contents are quite unimportant. In another column we have given an Extract from the Cape Town Gazette of the 2d January, respecting an Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope into the Caffre Country, for the purpose of supporting a friendly CafFre Chief named Gaiko, and to punish another, named 'TSainbie. who had made many depredations upon the former, and also upon the frontier Colonists. The Expedition was attended with complete succors. The same Paper contains a confirmation of the intelligence which we communicated yesterday from Ceylon, namely, the captuic of the two Rebel Lea. ders, named Krifetapola and Peleme Telawc. This event, which may be considered as the deathblow to the rebellion, is officially notified by the Commander of the Forces, in General Orders issued from the Head-quarters, Kandy, the 31st of October, 1818.— Maduzaile, the third of the Rebel Leaders, escaped with difficulty, and was expected soon to surrender, or to be made prisoner. LaVIAWSZ Mapco 16.—0 n the 4th instant It dreadful conflagration nearly destroyed the large village of Azmoos, district of Sargans, Colston of St. Gall. Nearly the whole population of this Tillage and of the neighbouring communes, were at work at the ilykes on the banks of the Rhine, and, bo fore aoy kelp arrived, 113 houses were qonsumed by the Eames, and O' individuals, forming 78 families, were reduced to the melt sitting misery, by the losi of their live stock, furniture, MA i provisions. The Church and 45 habitations escaped this disso relief.ll ter, which has been alleviated in some measure by prompt from the Government of St. Gall. In Me, this village cape-'; tooted a similar fate. The misfortunes which the inhabitants of St, Gall have endured, during several years put, from the stagnation of trade, fees, and inundations, cannot be too much lamented. &scans namezewas at vas Hoses Panom—Thei account which was publishertie our Paper of yesterday, of a Itt.l auk debtor having attempted to force a red-hot poker down the throat of a man named Steele, who was in the same room with him, was perfectly correct. It seem; however, thee the maRISC first proposed to Steele to commit suicide, offering to be. some the first victim himself! The other, thinking he cold nat Is serious, sanned to acquiesce ; upon which the lunatic' suddenly seised the poker and put it into his mouth, by which I be burnt his throat, lips, and tongue! Snide sprung to disarm bins, upon whitish, attacked him most fueioneff with the Pak-ors Which he MOW LS put in big mouth, end struck at him with' twolansied sway, by which be prate his hat, and in all ty would have killed him, had he not warded off the with the 'Ash% In "hb 'rage the unfortunate man hurt himself severely, broke secret puts of the pall, and shivered the chair end a sewbanni to piece% so. that when au pttoPle the door, they. found hint exhaustul and apparently dead. Ter7gtar keeper his been p rocured fig biro since, but It is not sepred that he WM kest*Oble' 'Steele Is tust of danger. LECTIoN tonfonistiralnd if the Id day's poll Mr. M. Atiiit Od It.-4esiterVilletatt 57. The elec'ion expected, to' ante leal thill4eh, with an inerust,ed fisiorityf M.  7: