Star.
London, England, 1830-02-27 00:00:00

THE KING.

WINDSOR, FL' B. 26.—After the Council at the
Castle on Wednesday the Duke of Wellington hal
a long private audience of the King. Mr. Peel
and the Earl of Aberdeen had also the honour of
private audiences of his Majesty. Yesterday, at one
o'clock, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Clarence, after taking leave of his Majesty, left
the Castle, for their residence in Bushy Park.
After the departure of their Royal Hignesses. the
King's phaeton with two others being in readiness, his
Majesty, accompanied by Lord and Lady Clinton, and
the distinguished attendants in waiting, left the Castle
by the usual route to the Great Park, in which, and the
vicinity of Virginia Water, his Majesty took several de-
lightful drives, returning to the Castle at five o'clock ;
and, at half-past seven, honoured his distinguished vi-
siters and attendants with his company to diunte. The,
King's private band were in attendance, and .played
during the evening. This day Lord and Lady Clifton
took leave of his Majesty, and left the Castle, foi.their
residence in town. His Majesty, we are happy to btate,
is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits.
The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came to town
yesterday morning from their residence in Bushy Park.
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia
sited their Royal Hi,;-linesses at their residence in the
King's Palace, St. James's. The Royal party partook
of a dejeune. Their Royal Highnesses returned to
Bushy in the afternoon. . .

The Princess Augusta is expected to arrive in town in
a few days from Worthing.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of •
Kent and the Princess Sophia yesterday, at their resi-
dence in the King's Palace at Kensington.
The French Ambassador left town yesterday morning
about ten o'clock, in his carriage and four, and proceeded
to the residence of Prince Leopold at Claremont. His
Excellency, on his return to town about four o'clock,
proceeded to the office of the Secretary of State for Fo-
reign Affairs, and hal a long confercuce with the Earl
of Aberdeen.

MR. PEEL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sirt—l feel grateful for the prompt manner in which
you have given insertion to my communications ; and I
conclude, from the manner in which you have been
pleased to notice them, that the sentiments which they
contain, are in many respects your own. I can there-
fere safely infer, that truth, not victory—conversion, not
vengeance—are our sole objects. On reading my letter
as it appeared in last night's STA n, I was convinced that
I had written with too great haste, and that I might have
been more sparing of epithets and adjectives, without in-
jury to our common wishes. I shall therefore feel in-
ereasingly obliged, if you will find insertion for this letter
in this evening's Paper, and for this purpose I will be as
concise as possible.
I will confine myself to the use of the word " unprin-
cipled" in the note at the end of my letter, and to the
quotation from the book of Kings. The quotation was
added after I had concluded my letter, as you will nee.
The passage as it stands, (I write from memory and
have not a copy of my letters,) is calculated to imply far
more than I have the least right to assume, if even I had
intended to assume the consequence which the paragraph
is capable of bearing.
When the historical parts of the Old Testament aro
used as applicable to present events, they can only be
used safely !—whoa used as illustrations of principles,
in this way Sow mow is synonymous with divine wisdom,
and JEROBOAM with human wisdom. Yet human wis-
dom may not in itself be unprincipled—it is only so re-
latively. Now, in this sense it is that I use the quota-
tion, and I will only detain you with as plain an illustra-
tion as at this moment occurs to me ; and I will use the
names of the three distinguished persons who might
possibly feel themselves libelled, as the term is, by
my letter.
The Earl of ELBOW, Duke of WEL LI NO TON , and Mr.
PEEL, are, avowedly, men of industry and business—the
ono familiar with law, the other with war—the latter with
political detail ; and they are, as far as possible, removed
from unprincipled men in the application of their facul-
ties to the several branches of human wisdom to which
they apply thorn. But suppose the law which Lord EL-
DON has studied with such success is not divine law, and
the warfare of the Duke of WELLINGTON not divine war-
fare, and the political wisdom of Mr. Peel, not divine phi-
losophy. I might call their activity in furthering their own
conceptions, unprincipled industry, and yet be far, as I
trust both of us are, from calling them really unprin-
cipled men : just refer to 1 Tim. 1. 13, and you will
understand what I mean. Paul's wisdom was human wis-
dom; after his conversion his wisdom was of a higher kind.
With regard to other parts of my letters, I trust no
misconstruction can be put on my words. Hypocrite,
knave, servile, atrocious, are hard words, but they are
used not personally, but in illustration of principles.
Mr. Peel may think that Government ought in no way
to interfere to relieve the mass of the people. I believe,
on the contrary, that no effectual relief can be afforded
to them, until it is publicly recognised, that the meanest
member of the political body is as much a part of the
body as the head, or the eye, or any other member ;
that the father, and elder brethren, and other members
of the great national family, have no kind of right to
appropriate the wealth and resources of the nation to
their own support and honour, whilst they leave the little
children of the State. unfed, unclothed, unhoused, un-
educated, and distressed! We are either a MoN A RCII A L
FAMILY, standing upon the basis of universal privi-
lege ; or a Bee u iliac, standing upon the basis of indi-
vidual virtue, expediency, and competition.
Your obliged,
February_ 25, 1830. PHILO STAR.
6. H. B.C.

ORATOIIIO.—The Easter Oratorios commenced last
night at Drury-lane Theatre with a splendid and miscel-
laneous selection. The performances drew down repeated
peals of applause. An exquisite solo on the violoncello
was deservedly encored ; and Miss PATox's Oh ! no,
we never mention her," with the harp accompaniment,
was likewise repeated, to the manifest satisfaction of a
select, but not over-crowded house.

THE NEW PANORAMA.—We yesterday attended the
' private opening of the new Panorama in Leicester-square.
The view is of Calcutta—the city of palaces—taken from
the Esplanade, the most favourable point, presenting the
immense line of superb buildings on one side, with the
bay and shipping on the other. Those whose expecta-
tions are high, from the excellenee of the artist's pre-
, ceding works, will not be disappointed ; and we must
rank this amongst the most felicitous efforts of his pencil.
This Panorama is more full of splendid objects than any
we have for a long time witnessed.
The House has met 14 days only ; and on two"out of
the 14 days a sufficient number of 658 could not be got
"to mate a House." Surely. some will say, this is a
good row= for increasing the number, by adding Bir-
mingham, Leda, Manchester, and other industrious
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