Star.
London, England, 1825-03-24 00:00:00

MEETING AT LLOYD'S.

Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, a Meeting of the Subscribers
to Lloyd's took place for the following purposes :-
1. To receive the yearly reports of the finances.
2. For the approval of alterations in progress.
3. To vote 201. tu•the widows and children of boatmen diowned
near Carnarvon.

4. To vote 10/. to the seamen of the coast guard, for saving the
crew of a merchantman wrecked.

5. To vote WOl. to Capt. Cook, of the Cambria, for sitting the
crew and passengers of the Kent Indianian.
6. To vote 20/. to Capt. Bibby, of the Caroline, for *ming 14
soldiers from the wreck of the Kent.
The meeting was not numerous ; the Report was
approved of, and all the sums mentioned Voted. It
seemed to be a general feeling that 'lie vote to Captain
Cook was too small, and an amendment to encrease it
to 2001. was proposed, but negatived, owing to the
state of the finances of the establishment.

DISTIIESSI VG CASE.
Yesterday, Edward Palmer, son of the celebrated John
Palmer, the Comedian, of Drury-lane Theatre, who
dropped down dead on the Liverpool boards, when.per-
forming the part of the Stranger in the play of that name,
was brought before the Loan Maxon:
The prisoner is a man of tall stature and genteel ap-
pearance, but deeply marked in the countenance by ca-
lamity. The very perfection of the art in which Hs fa-
ther was so eminent could not have exhibited so touching
a picture of bodily and mentahaffering.
The unfortunate man was th 4 huiband of Mr. Wright's
servant, in Bush-lane, who had been taken into the fa-
mily for charity's sake, as her husband was wholly un•
able to support her. Palmer, however, was so con-
stantly after his wife, that she was prevented from at.
tending to any of the business of the family. The re-
peated interruptions were of coarse noticed, and he was
at length informed that if be persevered, his wife would
certainly lose her place. He wrote a most submissive
apology, and again pledged himself to Mr. Wright to
keep away. On Tuesday evening he called once more,
and after a short conversation with his wife, in which.)
lamented the misfortunes that occasioned their separa-
tion, he attempted an act of violence on himself.

A poor woman, in whose house Palmer lodges, said, that the
wretched man was in the most &p/citable state of indigence. He
bad looked everywhere for the means of supporting himself and his
wife, but was unable to get any situation. He bad for some time
lived at the sole expense of the witness, or rather, she said, starved
with her for seldom anything entered his lips, and she found it
necessary to tell bins, that as she had a family to support, she must
discontinue even the little she had been doing for him. The wit-
ness appeared much affected at the condition of her unfortunate
lodger, who leaned over the bar as pale as ashes.
In answer to a question put by the Loan MAYOI4 Palmer
said he had met with a shipmate, and drank something which
had affected his head, as his stomach was quite empty. He re-
gretted that he had been driven to such an extremity as despair,
but be had failed in all his attempts to get employment. He hoped
his wife would not be a sufferer by his conduct, and that she would
not be removed from the place, which kept her from the parish; if
it would give any weight to his promise to say before the Lord
Mayor, that he would not ask to see her more after one half hour's
conversation, he would make the declaration.

Mr. Wright, at the request of the LORD MAYoa, agreed to retake
the prisoner's wife into his service, on the prisoner pledging himself
not to coin there again.
The Lois Mavon wished to know, whether the prisoner's 'fa-
then whose talents as an actor were so great, left any property
behind him at his death

Paimer.—Not a penny. But we were allowed a benefit at
Drury-lane Theatre.
The Leib Mayon.—What became of the profits ?
Palmer.—Mr. Sheridan was the proprietor: we received no-
thing.
The Lotto Mavos.—Have you applied to the Drury-lane The.
atrial Fund—it is nobly supported ?
Palmer—l have applied in my father's name, but I was told that
I had no claim—that my father had never been a subscriber. I am
willing to do anything for a livelihood. There is no employment,
however servile, to which I am not ready to devote myself ; but I
have been disappointed everywhere. I have been long at sea, but
am now unequal to the severity of the toil.
The Loan MATOB said he was convinced that the professional
cotetnponries of Mr. Palmer, the rivals of his fame particularly,
would readily afford some relief to his unfortunate son • that the
two Gentlemen at the bead of the great theatres would Le contri-
butors; and that honour would be reflected upon those two pro-
sperms establishments, by giving so humane a testimony of their re-
collection of an old servant and favourite.
His Lordship then put some money into the hands of Mr. Pal-
mer, and desired him to leave his address with Mr. Hobler, whose
intention it is, we believe, to write to the old friends of Mr. Pal-
mer. and amongst the rest to two Gentlemen from whom a liberal
coutribution is expected--Mr. Munden and Mr. Johnstone, the
two most diluent men connected with the stage.

If the universal testimony of all parties may be relied
upon, the state of trade in Nottingham was never so
flourishing as at the present time.
I The following letter, dated Gnttenburgh, March 15,
has been addressed to JOHN BENNETT, Esq. Secretary
at
San—ln reply to your letter of the 4th host. I beg to acquaint
you, that a recent arrangement has beep effected by Sir Benjamin
Bloomfield with the SwedishGovernment,by which British shipping
are placed on the same footing as Swedish,with regard to the Diving
Company. (Signed) " J. R. WISE,
His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General."

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Yesterdiy eiining, Mr. Snane, the foitunate pelves-
snr of this inestimable curiosity, opened • his Ifrut.e in
Lincoln's inn• fields, to his friends and other persons
Versed in antiquarian lore, ,to behold the Sarcophagus
displayed by lamplight. It will Be remembered that
this monument of eitretite antiquity; being probably
not less than $OOO years old, was discovered in Egypt
by the indefatigable Belzoni, and was brought to this
country, where, we grieve to say, a false espnomj. pie-
vented its being made public property; an], therefore,
it came, by purchase, into the possession of Mr. Snane.
The Sarcophagus is of transparent alabaster, of a yel-
lowish white, In the shape of a rude coffin, co:
vered, within and without, with hieroglyphics. In the
interior-MU drawn a figure, nearly as large as life, but
in a rude style of design and oo all the other parts
were numerous hieroglyphical figures, which modern
ingenuity pretends (but with what success we cannot
say) to explain.
This extremely curious piece of antiquity was exhi-
bited to great advantage by Mr. Soane, in an apart-
ment decorated with Greek and Roman antiquities;
and in the adjoining galleries and studies were nume-
rons remains of modern art, not only it) architecture, but
iuseulpture and painting. Of the latter kind, are seve-
ral interesting original Hogarths, and one extremely
fine Canalettt. At a late hnur the numerous and fa-
shionable company departed, highly pleased.