Star.
London, England, 1830-04-17 00:00:00

April 13. 'OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.

ROYAL EXPENCES.—A calculation has been made of
tae expenses paid by the nine principal nations of Europe
;a support their sovereigns respectively, including the fa-
of each. The gross amount of tlieir expenses are
Awed at 150,470,000 of francs, which are divided as fol-
lows : -The Emperor of Russia, 45,000,000 ; King of '
France, 42,500,000 ; Emperor of Austria, 37,500,000;
King of England, 25,000,000 ; King of Spain,
13,750,000; King of Prussia, 10,937,500: King of the
Netherlands, 6,500,000 ; King of Naples, 5,250,000 ;
;Psuedii) King of Portugal, 3,232,500. These expenses,
when divided between the subjects of each monarch re-
spectivel}• amount to the following ratio : Russia 88
eentina•>, (not quite nine-tenths of a franc) ; France, 1
Aram cents; Austria 1 fr. 34 cents ; Spain 1 fr. 20
eents ; England, 1 fr. 20 cents ; Prussia, 1 fr ; Nether-
lands, I fr. 20 cents ; Naples, 80 cents ; Portugal 78
i'ml9l.—Court Journal.

As Cusar•rr sinks deeper into his dotage, his faith
us the gullibility of his countrymen, like that of other
dotards, seems to increase. The whole force of his
-rmaining intellect appears now direeted to the inven-
tion of artifices or tricks to conjure money out of the
pockets of some silly persons whom he has already often
deceived. Unable to subsist by his labour, either of
hand or pen,—unable to get on, either by becoming re-
surrection man or carcass-butcher, farmer or lecturing
mountebank, he sends round the begging-box among his
friends, or traverses the country like a mendicant friar,
with his wallet, asking charity, to get into Parliament.
l'hat bis resemblance to the Catholic &win!, brother may
be more complete, he promises to his charitable contribu-
tors relief from all their political sufferings, as his proto-
type promises relief from the pains of purgatory. The
last scheme of Friar COBBETT for raising the wind is
even more amusing than his attempt to raise money on
Tun PAINE'S skeleton or hair, by exhibiting the one or
adorning rings with the other. He proposes a subscrip-
tion to get 10,0001. to buy him a freehold qualification,
and, like our ancient kings, assesses the mendicant sub-
-5"I" or benevolence (as it would formerly be called) on
< different counties of England according to their
o.tuit or population. Never did he attempt any antick
locti diverting. The humour of the proposition is
greatly increased by the air of seriousness with which
it is 21141 e. It is LISTON acting Bottom, the weaver,
ooluonei.lus of his ass's head, with a gravity which con-
'mho the audience. In stating his claims to the charity
the Public, he goes over his history ; but the only rea-
'Ml that he gives for a subscription is, that he has swin-
'fled Sir P. 13c kIIETT out of 3,oool.—that he ran away
E 0 America from his creditors—that he tried to break the
Bank of England by recommending a plan for scattering
forged notes in the street—that he got rid of his debts
by becoming bankrupt—that he has written a grammar
without being able to write grammatically—that he has
not been made rich by all his tricks—and that it would
bet ery convenient for him to obtain 10,0001. by begging,
out borrowing or stealing! !—Times.

TIIE KING'S LEVEE AND DRAWING-ROOll7

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 15.

Notice is hereby given, that the Levee intended to be held at St.
James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 21st instant, is postponed to
"%Entine&lay, the sth of May next.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, A eau 13.

Notice. is hereby given, that the Drawing-Room intended to be
held at St. James's Palace, on Friday, the 23d instant, in celebra-
tion of His MAJESTY'S Birth-day, is postponed to Friday, the 7th
of May next.

We aro enabled to state that the hope of the speedy
'restoration of his MAJESTY to perfect health, promises
to be realized to the utmost extent of our wishes. His
MAJ EST Y, in whose well-being is involved not only the
best feelings but the dearest interests of the country, our
readers will be happy to hear was last night so materially
improved, that it was deemed unnecessary by his Physi-
cians to issue any further Bulletth respecting his state—
an event upon which we cannot deny ourselves the grati-
fication of cordially congratulating the nation.

" WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Aram 16—Five o'Clock.

" iVe have much pleasure in stating, that the 11;.,alth of the
KING has greatly improved since yesterday. Sir MATTHEW
TIERNEY continued with the Emu during the night, and we had
the gratification this morning of hearing that a decided improvement
in his MAJESTY'S health had taken place since our announcement
of yesterday. Sir HENRY HALFORD arrived at the Castle this
afternoon, and Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY, after a catmultation, is
eNrCCUSI to leave the Castle for London.
"SIX O'CLOCK, FRIDAY EVENING.
"Up to this time, the answer to our inquiries has been, That
his .MAJESTY continues to recover from his illness.'"
FROM THE COURT NEWS' COLLECTOR.

The state of his MAJESTY'S health we are happy to
announce experienced a slight improvement yesterday.
The KING Was considered by Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY
to be a little better yesterday morning. His MAJESTY
remained in the same favourable state during the whole
of the day ; it was not therefore considered necessary to
issue a Bulletin. Sir MATTHEW TIERNEY was in at-
tendance at the Palace throughout the day, but would, it
was expected, come to town last night on being relieved
by the arrival of Sir HENRY HALFORD. A number of
inquiries were made at the Palace yesterday respecting his
MAJESTY'S health. The Earl of MOUNTCHARLES ar-
rived at the Palace about six o'clock. His MAJ CSTY
continued much in the same state in the evening.