Star.
London, England, 1830-09-22 00:00:00

Foreign.offic!.

Despatches were received from Mr. Drummond Hay,
Consul at Tangier, on Monday, at the Colonial-office.
Ministers, it is said, intend to transfer the collection of
the messed taxes to the Excise and Custom-house officers ; which will
only tend to make these imposts more unpopular than they are already.
The Duchess of Berri, it is stated, arrived in Liverpool on
Friday last, to obtain a view of the railroad ; but nobody knew of her
presence—if, indeed, that august and unfortunate lady bas been in Li-
verpool—until after her departure. She travelled as Madame la Mar.
guise de Roigni, end was accompanied by the Cot:luaus de Bonillor,
and M. le Comte de Meinars.

A letter from Rome mentions that there is a great scarcity
of corn in the Roman States, in consequence of the exports made to
Africa, and the scanty harvest this year. The exportation of corn has
been prohibited by the Pope till July 31, 1831, and the importation of
barley and other corn allowed, upon the payment of a small duty.
The stables begun to be built in the rear of the United
Service Club-hose, in Carlton-gardens, remain in state quo, notwith-
standing the injunction of the Vice-Chancellor, which, though it only
literally stayed their completion, was supposed to decree their demoli-
tion. Report says that the Law Officers have given a different opinion.
We cannot believe, however, that the time is come, or, we trust, ever
will, when;the:opinion of an Advocate, be he who be may, can supersede
the solemn decision of the Court in which he may happen to be a prac-
titioner. But, perhape, they have onlyrecommended an appeal. If so,
judging from the slightness of the unfinished walls, wind and weather
will probably settle the matter sooner than a Chancery sult--Herald.
REPRESIINTATION Or LivEaPooL.—The right of elec-
tion in this tows, as declared by a resolution of the House of Commons,
dated March 5, 1T29, is admitted to be in the mayor, bailiffs, and
freemen not receiving alms, and the supposed number of electors is es-
timated at 3,000. The last contest for the honour of representing this
important town in Parliament, was at the general election in 1820, when
the candidates were Mr. Canning, who was then President of the Board
of Control, General Isaac Gaseoyne (the present sitting member),
Dr. Crompton, and
.a gentleman named Leyland. The two latter, how-
ever, were left in a woful minority, only polling 470 votes out of 2,162.
LONDON BRIDGE.—AII the houses standing on the East
side of the Borough, from St. Thomas's Hospital northward, are to
come down. Most of the inhabitants are out, and the demolition of
premises is so rapid, that the public cannot peas without danger. The
passage to London-Bridge is now on the West side of the Borough,
close to the ancient walls of St. Saviour's church, and under the main
arch of the causeway for the new bridge. On the other side the Thames
they have pulled down houses to the Boar's Head at Eastcheap, so
famous for the revels of the English courtiers, when the East of
London was the fashionable rendezvous. The Boar's Head will not
come down.

Remarkable coincidences have been rather eagerly sought
for as connected with the late French Revolution. How closely the
French events may be said to have imitated some of these of England ?
First, Charles I. was beheaded; so was Louis XVI. Second, there
was, after a republic, a restoration in land;Eng there was the like In
Francs. Third, the restoration was with Charles 11. here ; in the person
of Louis XVIII. in France. Fourth, the second Monarch after the
restoration (James II.) In England was obliged to abdicate; the second
Monarch after the restoration in France wait obliged to alxlkate. Fifth,
Ithe English expelled Monarch found an asylum in France; the French
expelled Monarch finds an asylum in Engird. Sixth, with the English
exiled Monarch there was a " Pretender; with the French exiled Mo-
narch there is a " Pretender" in the person of the Due de Berri ; but.
thanks to the " Debt" for giving us much improved knowledge and
wariness in political affairs, we may hope that the parallel will end
here; and that we may have no Crusades in favour of that "legitimacy"
which, when Kings wilkd it, always succumbed to "expediency."
A letter from Paris contains the following paragraph :
" A curious circumstance occurred here on Saturday bum The King
and his wife' (as he calls the Queen) attempted to take a walk in the
garden and colonnades of the Falai* Royal, but were so much incom-
moded by the pressure of the people, that his Majesty was obliged to
address them, earnestly entreating a portion of that liberty which was
the birthright of every Frenchman.' This sensible appeal had hs effect
on the parties within bearing of it, and who immedietely dispersed, but
the crowd continued so to increase—(shouting, it is true, rive Is Rot !
Vice la Reins !)—that the royal couple (the Queen and 'her husband')
were obliged to take refuge in the shop of Chevet, the renowned Mar-
chand de Comestibles."
A letter from Dieppe, dated the 13th instant, denies the
statement that appeared in some of the Paris journals respecting Gene-
ral Coutard, who they represented as commanding in !'aria on the
27th, 28th, and 29th of July. The fact was, that althougn holding
the military command of the division, of which Paris is the chief place,
General Coutard was at that time, and continues to be, a resident of
Dieppe. The circumstance is only worthy of observation, as corrobo-
rating our view of the conduct of the ex. King and his Ministers. Had
they anticipated such resistance as happily they encountered, an officer
holding such an important command, and of such known Ultra-Royal.
ism as General Coutard, would not have been left idling on the coast,
even if indisposed.
FRANCE AND ENGLAND.—The Bristol Mercury has
published a very detailed account of the proceedings at the late meeting
in that city to congratulate the French, and contains also a translation
of the powerful and patriotic speeches delivered, into the French lan-
guage, in order that the brave people in honour of whom the meeting
was held, should become acquainted with the feelings of admiration
their heroic devotion to liberty has excited in England. Mr. Cobbett
has set the useful example which the Bristol Mercury has followed on
an enlarged sale in this instance. It is most gratifying to find such a
spirit of fellowship and good-will--such a communion in liberty, grow.
ing up between the two countries. Such a reciprocity of sentiment is
worthy of the great and noble cause which has produced it. The advo-
cate of universal freedom may anticipate, from the existence of such
sympathies, the best results in favour of mankind ; for it will be diffi-
cult indeed to enslave the people of either country, whilst there is such
an intimate communication in political sentiment between both.
The pulling down of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street,
commences this day. There is no direct evidence as to when St. Dun.
scan's Church was built ; but burials are recorded by Stowe to have
taken place is it as early as the year 1421 ; the chinch was dedicated to
St. Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, who died A.D. 960. It was
anciently a rectory in the patronage of the convent of Westminster.
Richard de Barking, the Abbot, in 1237, granted the advowson to
King Henry lIL which continued in the Crown till 1302; it was after-
wards in the gift of the Bishop of London till 1386, when Robert de
Bragbtooke granted it to the Abbot and convent of Premonastrstenses,
of Ainwick, Northumberland, where the patronage remained till their
sopreudon. King FAward VI. granted it to the Lord Dudley
both the rectory and Memnon were afterwards granted to Sir Richard
Stavin., till alienated to George Riven in 1825 t it is now in the gift
of Richard Taylor, Esq. St. Dunstan's Church escaped the fire of
London in 1668, which stopped within a few houses of it. The sleek
and ilium were put up in 1761: the figune are made of wood.
There is a rumour in town, that the venerable President
of the Jesuit College, at Clongowes, is dead. We hope to find that
the report is unfounded. This excellent Divine, and itighly gifted
r, would be a most serious loss to the Church, wlikh he has
nasuerch an able advacate.--Desidiss Morning Rogiotor.
A SEDITIOUS FIDDLE !—The only tab( Of importance
that appeared on the Dublin police papers of !Wag was the report of
a constable, Hamm, who states, that nie Sowooioy night he arrested a
number of persons la SO unlicensed *pig hosoo, who were disturbing
I the peace with a fiddle!