Star.
London, England, 1831-05-20 00:00:00

THEIR MA JE.STIES

Wntimon. 19.—Ordetswere this day remit,' a; tl.e Castle
to prepare for her MAJESTY'S reception, al,o g is tt -
morrow, atcotupanird hy.the Duchess of Sala WEIN aP. in order that
her Highness may inspect the accommodaticns that have is:ea prepare)
for herself and family, u well u the rest of this splendid I{‘ cal r P -
dtnce. The apartmems allotted to her Highness are situated to 0.:1;
past of the Castle called the D,vil's Tower, which is the largest circulor
tower in the whole ; and the frightful name of which mtrht
now be justly changed to that of tie Nursery Tower—as, independent
of bet Highn:th's children, there are three of Mrs. ERSEINE'P. and
some others; in all amounting to reventeen. An elegant collation
will be prepared for the Qur Est and Ler distinguished visite?, ii; the•
family dining room. Iler MAJESTY i. expected to arrive:about tekei?.•
o'clock, and will lace again about lour. rot St James's

COURT CIRCULAR
Their Nlajesties entertained the Lardsravine cf Hesse
Homberg, the Princess Augusta, mid a se!ect FIT-, at dir.-
ner, on Wednesday evening, at the Palace at St. James's.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Princes:4
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Sophia visited the Queen yesterday, and partook of a de-
,jetini• with her Majesty and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar.
Earl Grey and Lord Holland had audiences yesterday of
the King.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duche•s of Saxe Weimar,
took an airing yesterday, in a carriage.
The Duke of Cumberland left town on Wednt sda•: even-
ing, for his residence at Kew.

The _Ambassador from the Netherlands LW a lon c .n-
-ference yesterday with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign
Office.

Lord Ponsonby had an interview yesterday with Earl
Grey, at the Treasury. His Lordship also visitud Vi count
Palmerston, at the Foreign Office.
The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign Office.

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MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Monday, in the eathedril
of Kilkenny, by the Bishop of Killaloe, Harriet Eleanor Wande,fml„
daughter of the Marquess of Ormottle, to Barn Fowler, l'sq. .on of
the Bishop of O.sory.
It is said that the vacant Grand Cross of the Bath is to
be bestowed on Admiral Sir Hairy Ttollope, K.C.B. and thit dut
two vacant K.C.B s will be given to Agee-Admirals E. G. Colpt y•: nd
E. J. Foote.

A -petition, presented by Lord Holland at the levee on
Wednetday last, is curious from the matter sad manner of it. Ibe
subject of it is the replacement of Sir John Peter Grant in his situatioa
as Judge at Bombay. This gentleman, it sill be recollected, is the
" wild elephant," whom a certain President of the Board of Controul
would " place between two tame ones," In order to render hith tracta-
ble. Our brethren of Bombay, of all estates and colours, seem to en.
tertdin a different opinion of 1114 qualities.—i.Timrs.
In this sing-song age, a few lessons in music may prove
more productive to a boy than a hundred in Greek and Latin ; and
when I have one, see if I don't put a fiddle into his little hand the
moment he is out of his leading.strings.— Make him a parson, indeed !
Look at a Welsh curate, with his 301. per annum, and say whether,
the opinion of a blind public, a blind fiddler is not a far more impor-
tant personage P—Regnolda's Dramatic Annual.
A Hamburgh ship yesterday, in proceeding from off the
Tower to the St. Katherine-docks, to take in a cargo for Hamburgh.
being very crank, was blown over upon her beam-ends in the middle ut
the river ; and her ballast port being open, she filled, and dropped down
with the ebb opposite Watson and Metcalf's whirr, where she sank.
The coast blockade have been superseded by the coast
Iguard service round the eastern coast of this county, as far as Margate.
The like exchange will be effected along the remaining part of the coast
of this county, in the course of the present and ensuing week.—Kentish
Gazelle.

SONS OF TIIE CLERGY.—YPsterday was celebrated, at
St. Paul's Cathedral, the Anniversary of the establishing of the Institu-
tion for the benefit of the Sons of poor Clergymen. The Lord Mayor,
accompanied by the Sheriffs, went in state to St. Paul's, where was as-
sembled a most numerous company. The performance of sacred aid
other music was extremely grand, and a good collection was made in
aid of the charity.
The reason why barristers and solicitors always dress in
black is, because they are anxious to be considered men of exquisite feel.
log, and appear as if inownsing for the general fate of their unfortura:e

The works at Hungerford Market are proceeding with
amazing rapidity. The houses which heretofore abutted upon the river,
are entirely removed ; and considerably beyond such point, workmen
are engaged in forming a jetty or pier-head, so that boats may land
their cargoes of fish or vegetables, at low, u well as hitt!) tide, with far
greater convenience than could have been done, had the line of the old
Hungerford.stairs been obit:eyed.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—The fine collection of this So-
ciety in the Regent's Park has just received a most important addition
by the purchase of a noble male elephant. recently arrived from Madras.
Prepatations hare been already commenced fbr inclosing with a
most substantial fence a portion of the Society's garden, as a pad-
dock, in which he is to range; and in the centre of which is to be
formed a capacious pond for the huge animal to bathe in ; an in.
dulgence peculiarly grateful to these animals. The elephant -
reached the Gardens on the night of Friday, having walked from
the East.lndia Docks in little more than two hours. His paces
were so active as to campel the keepers who accompanied him to
run frequently, in order to keep up with him. Ile seemed, indeed, to
be pleased at having regained the power of exercising his limbs with
somewhat like freedom ; and it is rather surprising that he used them
so well immediately after quitting the ship in which he had been con-
fined for nine months; having arrived in England by way of China,
whither the vessel proceeded after quitting Madras. The elephant took
a great liking, when on board of ship, to articles of female apparel.
while at Blackwall he took from her head, and devoured without cere-
mony, a lady's bonnet ; and took from another her reicule, containing
half-;.claten nonpareils, which he swallowed, bag and all !
Yesterday morning, the wind WPS amazingly boisterous,
and committed great havock in the roads, the parks, &c. So great, for
instance, were the clouds of dust, that the various litntish coaches, on
having to cross Blackheath, were obliged to stop for a time, to get
relief from the whirlwinds of dust that absolutely imped.d ti
progress. So powerful was the wind, that severd tries, and litany
immense branches of trees, were blown down in St. James's Park —'
Great damage was done to the shippinge.in the upper and lower Ecolr.
At Limehouse, several vessels were driven from their moorings. srd •
one tier was sent adrift, causing much ilarm ; but through the skill of
their Captains and mariners the different ships were safely secured. Lot
not before several had lost their anchors and chain cables. At We +.
ping, where the channel is narrow. a number of craft, coal-barges. and
lighters, coming up the River, were driven by the force of the wind on
each other, causing great confusion, and, for some time before MO-
water, that part of the Thames was entirely block.d up. and si runt
steam-packets going down the River, outward-hound, were ol•stiu.tad
in their progres., aid remained for a cersiderable tin e lashed to tb:•
chapel.ship off Wapping New-stairs, until the different barges s. ere ex-
tricated. During the confusion, a punt, laden with heavy g14:11:1L, was
swamped near liotheah:the church.

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A Correspondent writes 11A thus:—" A few days since a
poor man was arrested for 201. and confined at his request in a spu. girg
house a wee k, for purpose, if possible, of preceding upon hi• ere•
tlitOr to take a comiovit: the creditor agreed to the terms proposed, of
21. per month, mid the coats down. Tl.e poor wife immedimely set about
disputing uf sonic articles, to enable her to pup the costs; and having
realized sufficient kr that purpose, hurried away in the attorney
to settle ; but, alas! he 111.141 been previously called opt n by
the Usrtes.t l'ainnon, who requested him to take •
nothing short of the Dar ♦xD Coss DOWN. 'lite e:r.se_ •
quince of this unlcoked-fur diaappointinctit was such upon the
mimes of the poor wife, who was far advanced in pregnancy, that it
brought on a prema•ure labour, under which she sunk and expired. The
husband in the mean time was conveyed to prisesn, where he sus, on
the following day, made acquainted with the death of his poor and be •
loved wife—the shock of which was too much tier 1 uman rx:ute to
bear ; he clasped his hands with the deepest agony of grief, fell
into a deep melancholy, n fusing all auatertance ; and in a kw she rt
days death put an end to his suiferinv., leaving to the mercy tithe world
six helpless babes!—ls it nut full time that the law of wt•st weir
amended ?

LONDON SESPIION S—(Thl 18 DA Y.)—The London
joumed Sessions WIC held this day at Guildhall. At ten o'..lock ti
Recorder, Sheriffs, and Aldermen Scholey, Gerrit, and Copeland, titi•lt
their teats on the bench, when a novel scene presented itself. There
were only two cases, nci her of them defended by cour.stl. The first
was the indictment preferred against a poor man named Sawyer, tin
father of eleven children, by a watchman. The defendant having he, ti
confined in the Compter since the 7:h May, the Court only fined hint 6t.
The other was an indieunent against.loseph Smith, for furiously di ivis.ti
over Harriet Mary Gill, on the 24th of April, by which she wa..ti
seriously injured. The prosecutrix not being io court, and the dee ildent
not being prepared to prove thM nodes of trial had been ',erred on het,
the Recorder said the cage was me ai very serious importance to the
public, as appealed by the deposhlo4. and the defendant Must Fite
fresh notice for the nest 'axiom% The Jury were then dismisscil„not
Urine been detsintel half an hour.