Star.
London, England, 1830-06-07 00:00:00

Viscount MILTON, M.P. the Hon. W. DUNCOMBE,
M.P. and Mr. J. MARSHALL, M.P. three of the
Members for Yorkshire, had a conference with the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 011 Saturday, at
the Treasury, respecting the duty on tobacco.
A deputation of the West India Planters and Mer-
chants, headed by the Marquess of Cli AN DOS, as Chair-
man of the Committee, had by appointment a very long
conference with Mr. H E It RIEB, on Saturday, at the Office
of the Board of Trade. The deputation included the
Earl of HA REIS ooD, Lord HOLLAND, Lord SEAFORD,
and several Agents for the Colonies.

The Austrian Ambassador and the Spanish Minister
had interviews on Saturday, with the Earl of ABERDEEN
ut the Foreign Office.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE entertained a distinguished
party of Nobility with a grand dinner on Saturday, at his
Grace's mansion in Portman-square.
Lansdowne House was crowded on Friday night, on
the occasion of the Marquis and Marchioness of LANS..
00W N E'S first rout for the season.

There are strange and mysterious rumours abroad re-
specting the present state of parties in England. Coali-
tions, unexpected and unpromising, are already in train
of formation. The approach of a general election gives
rapidity and energy to the secret operations of those mo-
dern cabals. The combiaed influence of interests hitherto
scattered will now be powerfully exerted to promote ob-
jects upon which, at last, without any very new motive,
they appear to agree in common. The permanency of
the existing administration, and the settlement of the
future succession, are the topics of vital importance upon
hich the leaders of the projected divided opposition are
said to be engaged. Terms, it is understood, are to be
proposed to the Premier as the conditions of his continu-
ance in office ; and, in the event of rejection at his hands
—the inevitable result—a Minister, in all respects his
inferior, is already named to the anticipated vacancy.
Did we feel ourselves justified in entering upon a prema-
ture exposition, we might, perhaps, explain away these
obscurities; but we feel the difficulties of the crisis, and
choose the more delicate course—silence.—Atlas.
The following form of Prayer for the recovery of our
Most Gracious Sovereign was read in all the English
and German Jews' synagogues throughout the United
Kingdom on Saturday. A copy of a form of prayer,
said to be used on the above occasion, has appeared
In some of the Sunday papers, which is incorrect from
the beginning to the end. " 0 King of kings, whose
eyes are ever regarding the ways of mankind, through
thee do princes rule and guide thy flock of nations:
thou 'lost lead their hearts according to their desire,
and with thee alone are their casualties and destine-
nations. Incline thine ear, we beseech thee, to the
voice and cry of thy people of Israel, who in this small
temple, as before the seat of thy glory, supplicate and
Pray for our Lord the King, whose sufferings are our Olio
tron. 0 ! thou who with thy grace bast hitherto sup-
ported his throne, support him now, we pray thee, on
the bed of sickness. Send him aid from thy holy mei-
denee ; strengthen his spirit, and let thy comfort delight
his soul. 0 ! waft over him the light of thy counte-
nance, and we shall be saved. Strengthen the weak
hand, fortify the feeble knee, and restore him to com-
plete health. Prolong the King's life ; extend his years,
and let thy mercy and truth guard him even until hoary
age, that the government rest upon his shoulders, and
the flourish upon him for evermore." The above
composed by the Rev. Solomon Herschel!,

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Nothing has been heard of the French exhibition since its sailing,
excepting that of the frigate La Duchene de Berri, having seen the
fleet two days after its sailing, 20 leagues S.W. of Toulon, then
having a fair wind. On the landing of the army a Newspaper will
be established, with the title of " L'F.stafette d'Alger (The Algiers
Express) ; this will supply the news of the army, and will be edited
by M. Merle, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief.
Letters from Captain Maiaieu de Clerdal, the Commander of the
French division blockading Algiers, state that on the 14th, lath,
' and 16th of May last, there prevailed in the neighbouring coast of
that city, winds of extraordinary violence, which compelled him to
put out to sea with the vessels then under him. The same letters
express the greatest uneasiness respecting the brigs La Spene and
L'Aventure, which were said to have been stranded near Cape
Brigut. There is also too much reason to believe that the two
brigs-of-war, the Faune and Palinure, have been wrecked in the
Bay of Algiers, and that such portion of the crews as did not pe.
rish in the sea, were barbarously murdered by the Algerines.
The Albatross, tender to the Hecla, arrived on Tuesday from
Sierra Leone, which port she left on the 26th March. She sailed
for Woolwich, to be discharged from the service. We have subse-
quent letters from Sierra Leone, of the 10th of April, at which time
the Primrose and Medina sloops of war, and the Black Joke tender,
were there, all In tolerably good health ; together with six slave
vessels which had been captured.
The Branches freight-ship, for Quebec, put in here with contrary
winds on Wednesday, with detachments on board of the 71st and
79th regiments. Tuesday, the Hope transport, Lieut. Pritchard,
agent, put in, bound to Plymouth, to convey to Chatham the re-
serve companies of the 96th regiment ; and the Alellish, female con-
vict ship, for Van Diemen's Land, yesterday, with 132 women and
61 children, under the superintendence of Mr. John Love, surgeon,
R.N. She sailed this evening for her destination.
Notwithstanding the blowing weather of Tuesday, the American
packet Corinthian, for New York, persisted in going to sea, with a
full cargo of passengers, and in defiance of a strong westerly wind,
made good her passage down Channel. We find arrangements are
making for establishing a similar regular communication between
this port and Philadelphia.
Major General Campbell, Deputy Ai.jutant General of the
Royal Marines, has arrived here this week to make his half-yearly
inspection of this division of that corps. To-day the Major General
inspected the gua and mortar practice of the Royal Marine Anil.
lery, of which he spoke in high terms. On Monday he will inspect
the Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery in brigade, on
Southsea Common.—Hattopsiare Teleyraph.

The Duke of Wellington has expressed himself, in
private circles, with great warmth against Prince Leo-
pold, on account of his rejection of the Sovereignty of
Greece, after the difficulty which his Grace had sus-
tained in inducing the King to concur in the proposal of
conferring it upon his Royal Highness. It is doubted
whether the Prince has actually joined the opposition
' which is forming to the Duke's administration. We do
not know what may cause this doubt ; but this we know,
that a powerful party think they see enough in what has
recently transpired seriously to inculpate the Ministry ;
and a Noble Earl, no tyro in politics, has given it as his
opinion that enough is known to effect their overthrow.
We are enabled positively to state, that no successor to
Prince Leopold has been appointed as Prince Sovereign
of Greece.—Sunday Times.
TILE HEIR PRESUMPTIVE AND Ills FAMILY.--
His Royal Highness was united to the Princess Adelaide
Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia, eldest daughter of the
late and sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe Meininizen,
11th of July, 1818, when the Duke was in his 53rd
year, and the Princess in her 26th. The issue of this
marriage was the Princess Charlotte Augusta, born and
died the 27th of March, 1819, and the Princess Eliza-
beth Georgina Adelando, born the 10th of December,
1820, died the 4th of March in the following year. The
Earl of Errol, the Hon. John Erskine Kennedy (second
son of Earl Casaillis), Mr. Philip Sydney (the Member
for Eye, and only son of Sir James Sydney, Bart.), and
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Fox, of the 34th Regiment
of Foot, stand in the relation of sons-in-law to the illus-
trious Duke, having married the Misses Elizabeth, Au-
gusta, Sophia, and Mary Fitzclarence, his Royal High-
ness's daughters. Colonel Fitzclarence, of the 7th Fu-
sileers, married in 1821 Lady Augusta Boyale, daughter
of the Earl of Glasgow, and Colonel George Fitzclarence
is son-in-law to the Earl of Egremont. Capt. Adolpus
Fitzclarence, R.N. and the Rev. Augustus Fitzclarence,
rector of Maple Durham, are unmarried.
The vacant piece of ground in St. James's-street, op-
posite Arthur's Club, has been taken for the purpose of
building a betting-room, to rival, or rather draw sway,
the company from Tattersall's.
An Italian paper (the Diario di Roma) records the
conversion of four Jews, and describes the pompous ce-
remony which took place on the occasion, in the Basilica
of St. John Lateran, under the immediate direction of the
Vicar-General. The age of one of the holy converts is
not mentioned; but those of the other three respectively
were ten, seven, and three years ! Perhaps the fourth
was of so tender an age that the record of the conversion
was not deemed likely to cast much credit on the con-
verters !

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Mary Anne Paton was born in October, 1802. Her father was a
teacher of writing and mathematics in Edinburgh, and his classes
were so numerously attended, that for a considenible time he was in
the receipt of about 2,000 per annum. Unfortunately for himself
and his family, he entertained peculiar notions regarding the
Christian dispensation, and was not content with the enjoyment of
that liberty which :the chief criminal judge of this country on the
occasion of a late trial stated to be the right of every British sub.
jeer—thinking as he pleased, provided he kept his thoughts
to himself. Mr. Pawn, on the contraty, did not confine his opi.
nions on this most important subject to his own bosom. Orthodoxy
took the alarm, and he gradually lost that professional connexion
which his talents and manners had acquired. Mary Anne at a very
early age evinced a love fur music that gave promise of future emi.
nence. Her natural taste was fostered and cultivated by her mother,
who was herself an excellent singer ; and with so much success that ,
while yet a mere child her extraordinary proficiency reached the ear "
of the Duchess of Buecleugh, who offered her patronage for a public
concert, and her infant syren appeared before an Edinburgh audience I
as a singer, an elocutionist, and a half player, before she was eight
years of age. A highly successful debut decided her future pursuits.,
The study of music became the great object of her being, engross.
ing, even at that infantile age, all her thoughts and occupying all,
her time. Her devotion enabled her to triumph over all technical
difficulties with very little assistance from masters. Some time
after her appearance in Edinburgh, Mr. Paton removed with
his family to London, where he opened an academy, and
Mary Aim continued her studies under her father's roof, with
no other assistance from professors than an occasional hint
from Crenelli. She wished to place herself under the tuition of
Mr. Bishop, but he declined receiving her as a pupil, and she
met with • similar repulse from some other eminent professors,
who gave her no reason to expect success. For three years did
she offer her gratuitous services at almost every theatre in town,
without finding a manager who would run the risk of allowing her
an appearance. At last, however, Morris consented, and she ap-
peared at the Haymarket on the 3d of August, 1821, as Susamtak
in the Marriage of Figaro, and a few nights after as Rosisi, in the
Barber of Seville. She was most favourably received, and gave
earnest of all those transcendent powers which have since acquired
for her the high distinction of being the first British vocalist of the
age. She was Immediately engaged at Covent Garden Theatre.
where she appeared on the 19th of October following, as Polly, in
the Beggar's Opera. Her subsequent career is sufficiently known
to the public. Lord William Lennox was one of those sprigs of
fashion who had the privilege of the entree at the theatre. Miss Pa.
ton was, of course the object of universal admiration, and of his
lordship's most assiduous attentions; but as his intentions did not
at first appear in the character they afterwards assumed, they were
indignantly repulsed, and on more than one occasion his lordship
was threatened with chastisement from her friends. In 1824, how.
ever, a marriage between the parties took place, but under circum.
stances so mysterious, as for a time to depnve the lady of the society
of her own family, although the public acknowledgment of the mar.
riage has since removed their objections. Lady Lennox has two
sisters, Isabella and Eliza. The former Is already known to the
play.going portion of the public as a singer of considerable musical
talent. The youngest resides with her parents at Edinburgh, and,
though a proficient in music, has a great aversion to the stage, and
practises merely as a concert singer and teacher.— r unday Paper.
A N Ex: alh to the state-

,PERIENCED EDITOR.—In allusion
ments regarding Miss Pawn's affair, the Evening Packet
says:—" We are very much charmed with the account
of the reception of this amiable and interesting lady,
whose delicate situation has inspired every feeling breast
at this side of the British channel with warm sympathies.
The conduct of a portion of the London Press towards
Miss Paton, under her present domestic affliction is, in
our opinion, highly reprehensible. If our contemporaries
had formed notions similar to ours on the subject of fa-
mily quarrels, they would have steered a widely different
course : the conviction upon our minds is, that out of
every twenty bad, or undutiful, or truant wives, nineteen
have been made so by their husbands ; and this convic-
tion is not the result of any pre-conceived partiality for
the tender sex, but the result of experience."—What •
happy circle the writer must have moved in!
Sir H. Graham, Bart. of Walbrook, London, another
claimant for the titles and honours of " Earl of Annan-
dale
and Hartfell, Viscount Annan, and Baron Johnstone
of Lockwood, &c." has petitioned his Majesty on the
subject. His Majesty directed the petition to be for-
warded to the House of Lords ; and their Lordships, on
Thursday, directed the same to be referred to the Com-
mittee of Privileges.
Last week a musical performance of rather a novel
description took place at the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly.
The performer was Michael BOAI, and his instrument
his chin, played upon by the knuckles of his two fists.—
The tones which he produces are something similar to the
castinets, and the compass of his instrument, if we may
so speak, is very great. He executed several airs with
variations with a rapidity, precision, and expression, ex-
tremely surprising, considering the means which he em-
ploys. A guitar and violin accompanied the performer.
%ladame V eta ais and Mr. AN n FAWN gave a public
pool of their reconciliation on Saturday night : the opera
of Guy Mannering was played, for the first time since the
very rid h!tdous display of mutual animosity. It turns out
that they are now sensible that they were made fools of
by some designing enemies ; but this was surely no rea
son why they should make fools of themselves. They
seemed amazingly fond of each ether on Saturday night ;
and %%lien Ax nettsow first came on the stage, he seized
and clasped the hand of " our talented vocalist" (as WA 1.-
LACK calls her) with both his, and pressed it to his breast,
with a fervour that was exceedingly amiable—if not
amiable in the French sense of the word. The lady, on
her part, appeared " nothing coy ;" and we wore never
more strongly reminded of the old proverb—amantium
iree, 4-c. Their duets were charmingly harmonious.
Sontag, when she leaves Berlin, intends visiting War-
saw, St. Petersburgh, and Moscow. She returns by
Hamburg!), where she will perform, and then pay one
visit to this country, which it is said will be her last.
The relatives of her Count Ron i, as well
as himself, have, according to report, refused to ac-
knowledge the legality of the marriage on account
of her not being able to boast a descent from nobi-
lity. This is the very perfection of absurdity fully rais-
ed to the tenth power ! A Sicilian Count—a title which
may he had for a few hundred crowns—who never would
have been heard of beyond the coast of Calabria but for
his union with a beautiful girl of the highest talent,—a
man who, but fur this match, so fortunate for him, must
I have lived and died iu poverty and obscurity—hesitates
• to ratify a marriage which gives him at once youth,
I beauty, independence, and a name.—Harmorticms.

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