Star.
London, England, 1831-06-14 00:00:00

COUBT CIRCUL.4R.

Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess
of Saxe Weimar, arrived in town about half-past 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a
party of Light Horse, from their Palace at Windsor. The
Laxigravine of Hesse Romberg, the Princess Augusta, and
the Duchess of Glocester, visited the Queen after her arrival,
and partook of a dejettne with Her Majesty. About three
o'clock the Queen, accompanied by the Duchesses of Gio-
cester and Saxe Weimar, and attended by her Chamberlain,
and the Marchioness of Ely, went in two carriages to the
Bazaar for the benefit of the distressed Irish, at the Hanover-
square Rooms.

In the evening the Princess Augusta entertained
the King and Queen, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg,
the Ducheu of Saxe Weimar, and a select party at dinner,
at her residence, in the King's Palace St. James's.
Their Majesties gave a State Palace,
(the third this
season) at their Palace at St. James's, last night, which was
very numerously attended.
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland and
suite came to town yesterday, from their residence at Kcw.
A conference of the Ministers of the Great
Powers, on the affairs of Belgium, was held yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign Office. There were present the
Austrian, French, and Russian Ambassadors, the Prussian
Minister, the Austrian Minister, on a special mission, and
Viscount Palmerston.

Precious to attending the meeting, Prince Tal-
leyrand had an interview with Earl Grey, at the Treasury.
The Belgian Deputation had a conference with
Earl Grey, at the Treasury, yesterday morning.
The Brazilian Charge d'Affaires transacted busi-
ness yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Fo.
reign Affairs._

Mr. Arehitald, the Attorney-General for Nova
Scotia, had an interview with Viscount Godellol yesterday,
at the Colonial Office, to take leave, on his return to Nova
Scotia.

A King's messenger, with despatches from Lord
Ponsonby, arrived at the Foreign-office on Sunday night,
from Brussels.

Prince Talleymnd and Viscount Palmerston had
interviews on Saturday with E:rl Grey at the Treasury.
The Lord Chancellor also visited the noble Earl in the
aftemcon.

Lord Durham and Lord John Russell had inter-
views with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury
on Saturday.
A Deputation from the manufacturing districts
had a conference with Earl Orcy on Friday, at the Treasury,
respecting the truck system.
The following circular is in the hands of mem-
bers of Parliament known to be favourable to the reform
bilL It is important, as showing that ministers are deter.
mined to bring forward that great measure with all the
energy in their power, and without the loss of a single day :
—4- As the preliminary arrangements necessary at the meet-
ing of a new Parliament will be completed, and the business
of the session will commence on Tuesday, the 21st of June,
I most earnestly request your attendance on that day. It is
unnecessary for me to call your attention to the importance
of the bill fur the reform of Parliament, which will be intro-
duced at the earliest possible period, and on which a full
attendance is most essential.

(Signed) " A LTHORP.
" Downiapstreet, May 31. ,

ill NG'S THEATRE.

Signor Paganini's third concert took place last night at
this theatre, on which occasion he introduced a new concerto
in three parts, a fantasia on the fourth string, and the solo
which he played at his first concert, accompanied in ptssi.
sato by himself. In musical beauties the new concerto was
quite equal to those in which he was formerly heard, abound.
log in passages calculated to display the Signor's extraordi.
nary powers of execution. The first movement closed with
an ad libitum cadenza, in which there was novelty in a pas.
I sage done in running chromatic octaves on the whole finger.
board, in ascent and descent. Piesirsto notes were
also abundant, and the clearness, precision, and rapidity
I with which they were produced drew forth bursts of applause
from all parts of the house. We were glad to per
ceive that Signor Paganial looked in far better health than
he boa done on any previous occasion on these boards. There
was much greater ease in his manner of presenting himself,
and more firmness in his step than formerly, though still
modesty and simplicity were predominant. The other pans
of the concert were sustained bMademoiselle Beck, and
Signori Lablache and Rubini. The two latter gave the duet
from L'fiafiana, se incises, a }vendee' moglie, in their
best style, and were a good deal applauded. In a word,
Paganini is a wonder both to the professional and unprofes.
atonal listener :• to the former his skill and execution are
prodigies ; to the latter he is an enchanter, producing
more beautiful sounds than ever before were elicited from
voice or instrument.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
THE " ENGLISH PAGANINI."

Paganini, like other great artists, is to have his imitators,
and to have them, too, in this country at least, close in his
wake. Scarcely has his first bow been drawn, ere a compe.
titor enters the lists with him, and takes his stand on the
same high ground of pretension. He makes, to be sure, his
approaches modestly—.he presents his first essay in this dis-
tant region—he is willing to dwell in the "suburbs of our
graces," or, like a cautious general, forms his first lines out
of the reach of point-blank cannon-shot; but in other
respects he braves a comparison, and professes to give us
all the " feats of Paganini." Mr. Collins, which Is the
name of the hero of this adventure, might have said " more
than all," as he certainly gave us things which Paganini
could not do; for he could not, if he would, stop out of
tune. We will not analyse the performance; but in its
praise we are bound to say that it was dexterous and clever
in a far greater degree than could have been expected ; and,
considering that Mr. Collins bad probably never heard Pa.
ganini till he visited London, the little he did produce in the
sante manner shows no common facility in him. Still he is
more likely to spoil than to improve the skill he has, by
going on with such attempts. We are sorry to remark, that
even the merit he displayed was not appreciated as it de.
served by this enlightened audience; that the gods grew
exceedingly impatient at the length of the Adagio ; and that
the vociferations of the tiers *tat entirely drowned the solo
on the 4th string.

At the last weekly meeting of the Horticultural
Society Lady Cochrane was elected a Fellow of
the Society—at least so say its records.
Exton.%Tiox.—The credulous cannot be too
much on their guard against the corrupt and lying
1 accounts published about foreign settlements.
Persons who speculate in land, write books and
fill the papers with accounts of their paradises,
which are found to be inhospitable deserts when
it is too late to correct the error. No one should
be beguiled, except by manuscript letters, or re-
ports of eye-witnesses, on which they can depend.
Many plausible letters in the papers are fabricated,
and even quoted names and places are often gross
forgeries. Some knave buys a title to a large
tract, and his object is then to coax and cajole
persons from all parts of the world to become set-
tlers ; hence all these unprincipled fabrications.
We erred, it seems, in stating that the Royal
Society of Literature is extinguished. The King
has merely withdrawn his stipends from the asso-
ciates : and really, unless they were a very diffe-
rent class of writers, no man will blame his Majesty
for diminishing the pension list, as far as within his
own control. What good can arise from a close
corporation to direct taste and literature ? That
this society can do none, is evident from its inef-
ficiency during nine years, when it possessed all
the vigour of youth and novelty. We consider it
as an abortion of bad times, and one of the pro-
ducts of the hey-day of Church and King politics.
We have already too many self-elected corporations ;
and though there may be amiable men in this So.
ciety, yet literature demands many superadded qua-
lifications; and, above all, sterling originality, and
men who stand on their own legs like nouns sub-
stantive.