Star.
London, England, 1815-01-26 00:00:00

THE AR Air.

The Colon°lcy of the second dragoons (or Scott
Greys), which was vacant in consequence of t!.
death of the Marquis of LOTHIAN, has been given
General Sir JAMES S rEWART DANIIAI4I Bart.; the
cessiir of Sir JAM IN to the 12th is not yet named.
The whole of the second battalions of the hue ari•
it is said, to be reduced in March next.
The Shropshire Militia, Second Somerset, E is:
Middlesex, and Edinburgh Regiments, now in Ire
land, are ordered to their respective counties for t!:•
purpose of being disembodied.
The undermentioned detachments are ordered t,
be assembled at Chatham for embarkation, to pr
teed to India to join their respective regiments there
The 18th and 24th Light Dragoons, 17th, 9.-Ith,
and 67th Foot.
The Cheshire, West Essex, Ist and 2d Lancashir..
and Wiltshire Regiments of Militia, now in
are ordered to embark from there to their diserobod,
ing quarters in their respective counties.
Tuesday last the Officers comporing the Cava!r,
Depot Garrison, at Maidstone, gave an elegant far.
well dinner, at the Star Hotel, to Colonel Farrar ••
who is about leaving that command to join his regi
ment in ludia. At six o'clock forty Gentlemen sa.
down to table, Lieutenant-Colonel Simms
of the establishment) in the Chair. After the chic
was removed, the glass went cheerfully round, wit!.
many appropriate toasts, and the evening was spy:::
with the utmost harmony and conviviality.

The LORD MAYOR gave a rplendid dinner
Tuesday to the Court of Aldermen and City OiAcir:
Her Majesty's Birthday was celebrated at Edit
burgh by a splendid Ball, at which all the rank
beauty, and fashion, were prettnt. A. number of ne.
dances were composed purposely for this occas,c-
which were played by the Band, but corrld nut
danced, from the extreme fullness of the Assernl4l,;. ,
rooms. Among the company presets were—
The Countess of Moray, (who acted as Lady Virectot es+, c;
Mistress of the Ceremonies); Ladles Morton, Doisan, Gra: •
Andley, Ann Stewart, Hope, Majorlbank, Mackenzie, M..!es-
worth, Johnston, Wynyard ; Lords Murton Duncan, Gray,
33algonie, Audley, Reston, and Moray; Sirs Murton,
Majoribank,
George ackengiei William Forbes, James Colquhoun, Gregory
Way; Generals Wyayard, Hope' Durham ,•Hcu. James Ran,
sey, Admiral Graham, the Lord Provost, Bce.
Earl Sr. ViNCENT attained the gUth year of hi..
age on Friday last, on which occasion his Lirdshii
gave an elegant entertainnrent at Itochets Hall,
Essex, at which the Noble Admiral presided in per-
fect health and spirits.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Captain
SUTTON was Sri
into the comm.:tad of the Warner Castle, destined to
China direct.
Lady DALRYMPLE Haarturlx, who is one of the
Et itish le:tders of fashion at Paris, is the d oughter or
the late Lord DoNcat.r. Her Ladyship, though much
taller than the usual stature of females, has been cr.-
lebrated as a graceful dancer. Her father beat the
French—her manners win them.

Miss O'NelLL's Belvidera, last night, attracted a
most crowded and brilliant audience to Covent-garden
!leave, and was received with enthusiastic applause
The Step-Monier, a new tragedy, performed at the
Edinburgh Theatre last week, WAS consigned, before
the fall of the curt Ain,to a the tombof all the Cepuletr."
The members of the Limerick Hunt have had a
general meeting, at which it was resolved, for the.
better insuring of their sport, to increase the based of
foxes, by taking ground, to be fenced round and
sown with furze for covers; £t4o was immediately
subscribed.

The Lambton Hunt were elegantly entertained or
Tuesday se'nnight by Mr LAMSTON at hishospitable
seat on the Were, and &large party of the Gen
at Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle. The
viands were of the most costly description, and the
wines of the first quality. Those gentlemen who re-
sided too far to return home the same evening, ;bons
twenty in number, slept at the mansion, amon4,st
whom were Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLET, and Sit
CHARLIS LORAINE.
A final Meeting of the Catholics took place at Lon',
Fistom.'s, on the 17th, when Mr. SHIELs' and all the
other Petitions were rejected en a report from tht
Committee, and the following Resolution propose.
by Mr. O.6ONNELL agreed to :
" That we do renew our earnest Petitions to the Legislature
for Se total and unqualllkd repeal of the Penal Statutes whict
aggrieve and degrade the Catholics of Ireland."
A debate took place on this vote, and on a divisior
upon the propriety of introducing the word a unqua-
lified" in the resolution, there appeared—For tht
Resolution 9—Against it S.—Lord FINOAL dissentee
but does not appear to have voted. The next day
there was a Meeting at Capelstreet Chapel, when a
Petition, drawn op by Mr. ENEAS MACDONNELL,
Cork, was adopted, and an Aggregate Meeting sum
moned for next Saturday. It was debated whether.
instead of Lord DONOUGHMORR and Mr. GaarrasT
the Duke of Sussex and Mr. WittizairAn should no
be entrusted with the Petition. The general feeling,
however, was against this.
The late Canteen of the Barracks at Haddin.gton,
Scotland, was destroyed by fire, on the morning of
Thursday se'nn_ig.ht : it is not known how it originated.
INQURsTs.—Monday an inquisition was taken a'
Piddington, Noethamptonshire, on the bodies of R
Cave and Jane his wife, who were supposed to have
been wilfully poisoned ; when, upon an ineestigatior
of upwards of seven hours, it appeared that R. Cave
who worked at Horton, about a mile distant, was ac•
customed to have something hot provided for hio.
on his return home in the evening, generally broth
and a pudding or dumpling. That on the precedini
Wednesday evening he
_had a suet dumpling pre
pared by his wife, the whole' of which he ate, ant:
tound no ill effects from it. That on the next d.'
she also prepared another suet dumpling, taking 'di.
flour out of the same bowl, and the suet from du
same place as on Wednesday. In eating it, he Com-
plained of its taste, and only ate about half of it. Hi
wife then ate part of the remainder, giving some u
her eldest daughter, who only took a small quantity
they were all very soon afterwards taken ills and Jan'
Cove died in about five, and Robert in about righ
hours ; but the daughter is likely to recover. It du
not in any way appear in what manner the poisor
was introduced, or got mixed with the flour or suet.
uoth of which were strongly impregnated with ar
ienic ; no person having been in the -house since Or
making of the dumpling out Wednesday, except th.
family of the deceased, on whom no suspiciourestcd
4 Verdict—Died by Poison.

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NAPAI. lATILLIGSAICE.
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rALmotmg, TANUAItY 23.

cone in the Otince Netifchatel Atttericin prir
ratter, of 19 guns 110. IV men, 330 tons butthen.-..
Sailed the Dhke.OtUlt‘ packet, with a mail, for Lis.
bon; the Hes* JniittWs, for Messina; and several
ships for the Riveks...thePrinee, .Good Friends, and
Swan, for FortsmOt!th-.4.ltriilit N.W. to N.E.
PORT 0601111i1, JANUARY is.
Arrived the Isabel*, TiharrsoN, froth the Downs,
hound to the Meditetleigfah..g-fiailed his Majesty's
shipsLLvrnrow. ahit.4li*Abd Westward. —Wind
Easterly.

DEAL, *l4iitintitir jut
Arrived his Majeity's.d*ltsitedielus; prom off
the North Foreland.—Sailed his
•Majesty's ship 1305t.7
;Ay, for Portsmouth, for ordets and, the whole of
the octward-bound Coasterstind celliett,te the West=
tvArd.—Wind N;E:' ' •
• HARVvipg, JANO,AR.Y.;i:
Arrierd the Beasfoy.paCket, with a mall and pas-
seugers, from Holland.'—Wind.E. • • ~.:),;.
4HAyACKI4UAIifyi
Arrived the ftill!wiqg trait:Ohs'. f;ont. Bristol,
bound to Portsmouth v!,-Xattliss..l6o,LtAlSC. 1.01/01;
AbeGGE 458, %tow* liannah IS, Er uorr ; Lord
Wellington 465, fifitnier.'s•Carils.• SS% HENDER9ON ;
Prince William 552, Frltcks Freeling
and Samuel packets, witlkinasliskshisteplortalfrem
Waterford ; and Nelson, MsTriswacfsnobilronghaP
for Bristol. Also arrived the:ship Satiefattgoe, from.
Dantzic, With timber for his Majesty's 136cklard at
Pater, in this port.—Sailed, the. Earl of Leicester
packet, with a mail and pasiengers, for;Waterford.;
Thistle, WRIGHT, from Palermo, for Liverpool; and
DILIGENCE revenue cutter, for a cruize.

GRAVESEND, JANUARY U.
Arrived the Rover, Marsh, from Antwerp; Perseverance,
Roberts, front Dublin; Ant, Edwards, from Cork; Chancellor,
Menton, from Rotterdam; Vrow lientiricher, Capping, from
Flushing ; Better luck-still, Dobeter, and 'Frederick, Urquhart,
from Kellen ; and the Commerce, Gregson, from Calais.
Sailed the Hebe, Porter, for the Cape of Good Hope; Med-
way, (roves, for Tobago; Colonist, Brantford, for Barbadoes ;
Thames, Storey, for Jamaica ; Quebec, Le Roche, for Demerara;
Elizabeth, White, for Gibrakar; Fanny, Hardie, for Corte.

The Canton, Arend', from Holland to China.—A ktter from
the Captain, dated 9th of September, lat. S 6 S. long. 11 E. states,
that they had encountered a severe plc two days before, which
had much damaged the tipper works ; one man washed over-
board, and several wounded—they were repairing damages and
puciping their voyage.
?Ile Susan, Dodd, and John, —, from Dieppe, are arrived.
at Havre.

The Daughter Alida, Dart, front Londnn to Ostend, put into
Dunkirk Roads on the 9th instant' very leaky, and was run on
LhoTe the following day and nearly full of water—carg• landing.
The Caroline, Ray, front Matta to Hatubursh, is arrived
with a heavy average.

• Almost every county; el.' tY, and town of any conse-
quence in the kingdom. have either met, or are about
to meet. to petition Parliament against the renewal of
• .the Property Tax. It is Calctilated that those already
sigocctwould,load three .Waggoni.
• .A.,inceting el the inhabitants of Edmonton, was
field at< otlay list tif,expre.ss their abhorrent to
~_ty,Tax...Seeildvereisepope.
4).*.f4roiii langur "
:..At a respectable meeting of.tlie inhabitants of the
dresses. of TWiCkenham, In the county of Middlesex,
• on Thursday se'nnight, a Petition against..the
nuance„of the Incorae.Tax was agreed to be pre-
. Ai:l4dt° Parliament by the Members of the County.
_ A ntunexotts meeting of the inhabitants of the town
. or Barnstaple and its neighbotrhoocl, was held on the
•, 18th instant, the Mayor in the Chair, to petition Par-
:. Lament against the renewal of the Property Tax ;
*hen a Petition was unanimously aigreed to, and di.
zeeted to be presented by the Members for the ,
Borough, with a request that they will support the
prayers of the same.
A meeting of the county of Essex will be held on
Monday next, at Chelmsford, to petition Parliament,
against the continuance of the Property Tax.
A very nuraerousineeting was held onWednesday
st?Lnight, at the Shire House, Norwich, which was
atterded by the High Sheriff of the County, the Earl
of ALBEMARL/to Sir It...BUXTON, Sir J. H. AITLEY,
and Mr. Cotta, who all expressed themselves in strong
terms against the renewal of the Property Tax. A
Petition to that effect was drawn up, and ordered to
be presented to Parliament by Mr. Cote.
The clamours against the Property-Tax are loud
;md gencral ; not only on account of its unequal ope-
lation, but the abuse and tyranny exercised in some
quarters by the Surveyors, Collectors, &c. A Cor-
responeent in the West of England wishes to know
'whether Receivers, their Deputies, or Clerks, have
powee by law to alter receipts given (or taxes nine
:months after the payment ? His case was simply this:
hi his absence his then partner paid his Property-Tax,
-ind took a receipt. On going to pay the neat.
bed year, a few days ago, he was told that he owed
a balance of RS on the former payment, only 031
bei.tg at his credit. To prove that the money was
paid he exhibited the receipt for £56. The Clerk, On
locking at it, said, 44 Oh, I see how it is s there is a'
mistake in the receipt. •It ought to be only for seSI,
for that is all brat is at your credit in our b00k.".. So
saying he drtw his pen through the rim and wrote in
wcrd one!! To avoid law "expence, the poor man,
submitted to the robbery.
There are Two Prizes of £20,000 in the remains
of the present small Lottery, and the whole of the'
Capitals which: the Scheme originally contained (ex-
cept the tlO,OOO drawn the First Day) and the First
flrawn Prize above ef2s To•smattow (the Second
Day of Drawing) will be entitled to one of the Two
Twenty Thousands, and the Ticket itself may be the
other 820,000, so that the First-drawn Prize above
£25, may actually be a 440,000 Prize.
To prevent the impositions too frequentlyyract. ised
by the Toll collectors at the different tollgates in the
environs of the Metropolia, the Public should be in-
formed that the additional toll collected on Sundays,
at the following gates, usually denominated the West.
minster Sunday Toll, has ceased to exist, viz. s—The
Marsh sate, Pimlico, Kensington bar, Hyde.park,Ty-
burn, hdgware-bar,Yorkshire-Stingo, Mary-la-bottne,
the Farthing Pye-house, Tottenham•cciurt-road, the
gate in the New-road near Battle•bridge, the Bell-
gate, and the one neat Cold-bath-o,lok
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