Star.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

DUBLIN, DECEMBER 27.

On Chriqmas-day, his Excellency the LORD Ltau-
T ANT of IRELAND, attended by the grand Officers
v!. the 1-lott,9hold, &c. &c. proceeded to Christ Church
1.1 State. His Grace the Archbishop of Minns de.
Lrete.i an admirable sermon from the Ist Chapter
of S ..Tolin, and 45th verse—"" We have found him
et

• 1. Moses, in the law, and the Prophets did
.IE,US of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." The
As impressive, truly christian,andorthodoz.
t!lree persons charged with a riot in the Theatre
h..ve hcen enlarged on bail, themselves in-£2OD, and
t sureties in £lOO each, for each of the persons
:;::::sed. It is said that informations have been taken
-;:inst several other persons, who were engaged in
t:.;. nefarious transaction, and that warrants have
been issued for their apprehension.

Report states, that a distinguished Catholic Bar.
of great legal abilities and attainments, and
niuch celebrity, has been retained, on a fee
~.t of hundred guineas, as leading Counsel for the
rri-(.hers accused of a conspiracy to assassinate the
Loan LIEUTENANT. •

Thursday morning. Lady ANN Corot presented
her husband, T. W. Comm, Esq. M.P. for Norfolk,
with a son and heir. Her Ladyship's safe cc:cow:he-
.l,7nt was n feed to the inhabitants of Norwich by a
...bite of ‘2: g in. fr. m Mr. lhoolea battery.
The E 1 o Sr. GIRM lINS has a large party of
dist i z ' isi. (it sat his seat, Port Eliot, Cornwall.
The E u of ESSEX had a large party to dinner
yesteraay. at Cashiohury Park, Herts.
Lord HOLLAND entertained a select party of friends
to dinner yesterday. in Old Burlington-street.
The Earl of Hannixorom gave agrand dinner
yesterday to General Goßnott, Colonel and Lady F.
‘`..r.tNIIOPE, COI. C. HILL, Colonel SHAW, &C. at his
house in the Stable-yard, St. James's.

Friday evening M. Wat.sn, the King's Messenger,
left town, with dispatches for Vienna.
On Christmas-eve there were no less than four
Messengers arrived in town; they Xll came to Eng-
land in the same vessel, from Calais. One of them
was a Spanish courier, with dispatches from Sir
Wtsstast A'Contr, at Madrid. Ile travelled with
all speed possible. Ills dispatches were received by
Mr. Pt ANT.t, the Ender Secretary of State, and for-
warded by him to Mr. CANNING, at Gloucester Lodge,
who sent their contents to his NIAJESTY, at Brighton,
by a King's Messenger. The other Messengers were
Mr. WILLIAMS and Mr. Pror.sn, from Verona and
Paris, and a Prussian courier.
The CIIANCELLOR of the EECREQUER left town on
Friday evening.
TLe Canal between Carlisle and the Solway Frith
is now navigable about half its length. On Christ-
mas-day, the hlenai, Captain TIIONIAS GEDDES, be-
longing to the Old Shipping Company, came up to
Dil:efielcl to discharge her cargo. The fineness of
the day, and the novelty of the scene, attracted a
number of spectators from the neighbouring villages.
A Sermon was lately preached at the Parish Church
of St. Anne's, Soho, by the Rev. IL G. WHITE, M.A.
for the benefit of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases
of the Ear. It appears, that since the establishment
of the Charity, in 1816, upwards of 3750 patients,
anlictesl with deafness and other diseases of the ear,
have been received, the greater number of whom
have been cured or relieved; to which may be added
several cases of deaf and dumb, in which much ef-
fective aid has been administered. It must be grati-
fying to know, that the benevolent views of the Cha-
rity are no; confined•to the inhabitants of the metro-
polis, but extends its aid to every individual ; and in
those unfortunate instances which do not admit of
professional assistance, acoustic instruments are gra-
tuitously supplied.
Hype PA RlC.—YesterclAT, the sole object of at-
traction was the Serpentine River ; the usual carriage
lounge and equestrian ride were entirely deserted,
but. the assemblage on the banks of the Serpentine
made ample amends for the desertion of other parts ;
as early as two o'clock, that side on which is the car-
riage ride began to fill with splendid equipages, and
about three rt was completely thronged. The pedes-
trians on the opposite side were numerous beyond all
erampk on similar occasions, and never did the ele-
gance and beauty of our fair countrywomen appear
to more advantage on so severe a day; the north-
east wind was intensely cold, and various were the
preparations made to counteract it. Among the
Ladies, cloth pelisses, of all colours, literally grown
over with fur, were in general use; and with the Gen-
tlemen, blue cloaks were in much requisition ; and a
sprinkling of plaid (chiefly tartan) worn by both sexes.
Ainong the male pedestrians we noticed Lord gni..
Mr. Hume, Alderman %VooD, and several fattier
Msni!iers 4 the Lo sber House.
skaiters ware by much too numerou's to allow
Of y display of skills the whole surface of the river,
esswed such a mass, that only here and there
en,dd be seen the movement of a skaiter. The es-
i.e. ; confined themselves entirely to the South East
end, and kft the other to the awkward squad of
sli.!ers and Cockney skaiters, the tumbling among
whom was really ludicrous.
The Canal, in St. James's, and the Basin, in the
Green Park, were also uurperously attended by