Star.
London, England, 1823-10-17 00:00:00

SIR 1110,114 S REID, DART.

We are quite sure that there is not an individual in
this town and neighbourhood, who does not rejoice in
the honour which has been so d:servedly conferred by
his Majesty on our townsman, Mr. now Sir Thomas
Reid, in raising him to the dignity (.1. a Baronet. Whe-
ther such a reward be regarded as due to public services,
or to private virtues, there are few individuals on whom
it could have been more worthily bestowed. Sir Tho-
mas left this town in catly life for London, where he
wits received into the counting-house of his relative,
Mr. Rae, then an eminent East India merchant in that
metropolis. Ileie his superior intelligence and assiduity
quickly gained him the favour of his master, and, be-
coming a partner in this flourishing concern, he acquired
the means of following the natural bent of his mind.
From that period, frequent acts of generosity endeared
him to his early acquaintance, and evinced that liberal
disposition and light feeling, by which his public con-
duct in the management of the great concerns of India
has been uniformly marked. In the India House, the
influence of his manly good sense and enlarged views
has long been conspicuous; and if the Government of
that most interesting and extensive Empire which Bri-
tish merchants have established in the East, has of late
years atoned for former errors, and displayed to the
world an example of moderation, of equity and of
sound policy, never before exhibited towards subject
provinces, by any Power, either ancient or modern, it is
but justice to remember, that nu individual has been
more instrumental in raising this splendid monument to
our national character, than Sir Thomas Reid. In pri-
vate life he is exemplary and beneficent. The inhabi-
tants of the beautiful village of Ewell, where his cowl-
try house is situated, have long looked up to him as to
a father. His active mind is constantly devising some
new means for promoting their. best interests ; and the
Savings Bank, and Charity and Sabbath Schools which
he has founded in that place, united with his extensive
agricultural undertakings, are rapidly forming a little
Pat adise around him.—We have often lamented that

honours and dignities should have hitherto been too ex-
clusively bestowed as the reward of military or naval
prowess. Such tokens of public approbation have in-
deed been well earned by our brave defenders; but it
ought never to be forgotten, that the most brilliant
feats of arms, Which frequently depend at least as much
on the valour of the troops as on the skill of their leaders,
do not imply more ,admirable talent and conduct,
nor contribute more permanently or more substantially
to the public welfare, than the triumphs of such men as
have forced their way through the bustle and tempta-
tions of civil life with an untainted character; and in
achieving their own fortune, have kept constantly and
successfully in view the prosperity of their country, and
the good of their fellow-citizens.—Dumfries Courier.

The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD have arrived on a
visit to Sir H. FLATHIIRSTONE, Bart. at his seat in Hams, from Bognor.
The Earl and Countess Cowl.Ea, Lord MELBOURNE,
and the lion. F. Lasts, left town yesterday, for Pansanger, Herts.
Lady SAY and SELE arrived yesterday at Lord EA RD-
Lev's, Lower Grdsvenor-street, from Brighton.
Sir JOHN and Lady HARRINGTON and family arrived
yesterday at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat in Sussex.
The Right Hon. ROBERT PP.EL, M.P. has arrived at
his house in Great Stanhope-street, from his seat in Dorsetshire.
Viscount ALTHORP has arrived at Wiseton Hall,York-
shire, from Northamptonshire.
Lord HOLLAND entertained a select party at dinner
yesterday, in St. James's-square.
Lady AFFLEGIC entertained the Dowager Duchess of
RICHMOND and a select party of Fashiunables yesterday evening, at
her house in Clarges-street.
Tuesday se'nnight, the Rev. E. IRvING, of the Cale-
donian Chapel, Hatton-garden London, left Annan, his native
place, on a matrimonial excursion to Kirkaldy, Fifeshire.
It was said yesterday, that intelligence had been
received from Paris that the Earl of B.taayswaralied on Monday
last, in that city.
So effectually has the water been withdrawn from the
Canal in St. James's I'ark, that men and boys now amuse them-
selves with running across the bed of the CanaL
The nest presentation to the Vicarage of St. Andrew,
Exeter, was sold on Tuesday for 5,050/. Mr. Hstcsaan, the book-
seller, of Piccadilly, was the purchaser,
HOUSE RENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GENOA..—
" Though our house lets at but 204 a year. you can have your
choice out of forty rooms to sleep in. There is nothing between
this sort of house and the cottages or the peasantry, unless one goes
to lodge in town, which would cost a great deal more. For 241. a
year you can have a Palace."
Now that the winter approaches, and the article ma
be in request, it may be worth while to know that blankets toft
their name from Tuosras Btaxirr, who established the first manta•
factory for this comfortable article at Bristol, about the year 1340.
The exact resemblance between July and August in
the number of dry and wet days, and in the quantity of rain fallen,
is a fact that has not occurred for twenty-nine years in the two ad-
joining months.
Mr. BROUGHAM seems to be particularly unfortunate
in having civilities forced upon him in—spite of his perk.
Count BORUWLASKI, the celebrated Polish dwarf, who
has recently published his very interesting memoirs, would not stif-
fer a copy to be offered fur sale until he had presented in person a
large paper copy, splendidly bound, to our most gracious SOVVIRIZN.
The Count, who is now in his 84th year, and only three feet three
inches in height, set out from Durham for this purpose. It is un-
necessary to observe, that he was received at Carlton Palace with
that dignified kindness which distinguishes the character of his pre-
sent Man tar.—ln return for the book his \borne presented the
Count with a handsome gold watch, chain,.and seals.
Monday four men were convicted, under Mr. Mar-
, tin's Act, at the Police I:".Yrac4 Dudley, in the mitigated
penalty of 10s. each, with ants, for iettirrg a bulk dog to
*oily a poor ass.