Star.
London, England, 1823-04-05 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, .APRIL. 5. . .

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The happy advances in recovery, from ,the uner-
reire,rattack of gout, which his MAJESTY lid made
since theprecedin night, wedrad the satisfaction to
g
report at three o'clock this day. Since tbelatter re-
liod, bit MAJESTYS health hai•so rapidly Imsd sotis-
factady improved, that the postponed Ptivy Council
tit
yesterday was held at the Palace at six o'clock this
evenitie. There were present—
.:ll,irey, the Commander-hi-Chief, the Master of the.
the Seuentry of St ate for the Colonial lkparttnent, the
of Chichester, Lord Colchester, the Vice-Chaneetior, the
jude.Advocate-General, the Lotd Steward, and, as the Clerk,
Greville.
At the close of the Council, the Members of it had
the honour of dining with his Mantsry, together
with the Countess BATHURST, Lady ANNE BECKETT,
and Lord COLCHEsTER.
The Household Apothecary, the worthy 111 r. BA R.
crt,whose solicitude, devotion, and feeling towards
the Kiy,o, whenever he speaks of him, are univer-
sally acknowledged, reports that his itinJESTY's
present fit is not likely to be of long duration, nor is
it attended with the severe pain consequent on the
last visitation. his MAJESTY never enjoyed, ap-
parently, better health and spirits, than immediately
preceding the attack. The Pavilion is now perfect
for the reception of the KING'S friends, and it is uni-
versally acknowledged, that in no Royal Palace, or
the residence of any English Nobleman is there more
e Lse, comfort, and independence, than under the roof
cf his Munn'. During the last day or two the
weather has not been so fine as on Ssturday, on Sun-
eay, and especially on Monday. We attribute the
Tcturn of his MAJESTY'S complaint to tliis variableness.

IrARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

In the contemplation of all the leading arguments
of the communication and political benefits of the
diffusion of knowledge, of arts. manufactures, and
commerce, arising from war, the desolations by which
those benefits have been purchased are very seldom
considered in the account ;•or, at least, with their just'
imuortance. Though this has sometimes been the case..-
‘A Synod, assembled in England under William
the Conqueror; enjoined every Knight or military
tenant who had been with that Monarch at the bat.
Ile of !lasting: to do penance for one year for every
man whom be knew he had slain there; and during
forty Years for every man whom he knew he had
struck; and if he was ignorant of the number whom
he had slain or struck, to do penance, at the discre•
tier of the Bishop of the diocese, one diy in every
week as long as he lived ; without even excepting
those who they say. in the preamble to these very
Canons, " did of right owe military service to Wil.
lion Duke of Normandy :" but an alternative v• as
granted by the Church to these delinquents, which
may explain the motive of the seeming humanity of
the Canonsl—" the penances might be redeemed with
perpetual alms, by building or endowing a Church?
There is one oi these Canons, however, which for the
bmefit of mankind one could wish were received by
all nations. It is the sixth, which says—" let tho e
who fought only for hopes of a reward, know that
they ought to do penance as for murder:
The (Mowing is a chronological list of the various
wars between England and France during the last
seven centuries

Den Duration. 1 Date. Duration.
1)41 - I year 1521 - 6
1::;1 -23 1549 - 1
1224 • 9 1557 - 2
1254 - S 1 562 - 2
1:19 -21 1627 - 2
1565 . 1666 - 1
1422 - 49 • 1689 - 10
149'2 one month 1702 - IL
131: • 2 1744 - 4
Those who, from practical knowledge, are well
enabled to compute the numbers who fell in every
year, might know that they would, in the aggregate,
amount to no less than 26 millions of mankind, if
10,000 may be taken as a lair average for every year !

Date. Duration.,
1736 - 7
1776 - 7
1793 - 9
1803 - 11
1915 •- 14

700 yrs. 266 years
of war.

Accounts from Valparaiso'to the 21 of December,
stm. that several heavy shocks had been felt after the
earthquake on the 18th Qf November, particularly on
the 26th and 30th of November, and the Ist of De-
cember. The loss of lives had not been ascertained,
but it was known that more than 300 persons had
perished, and a still greater number wounded, among
%horn was the Supreme Director.
A most melancholy accident occurred on Wednes-
day to Mrs. Pearman, the wife of the singer of that
name, as she was driving her husband's gig to her
own house in Euston-crescent. It appears Mr. Pear-
roan had driven his wife to Covent-garden Theatre in
the morning, and, as was customary, she was driving
home alone. On reaching the cross roads at the top
of Tottenham-court-road, and turning down the New-
road, towards Euston-square, she was suddenly hem-
med in on both sides by two of the Paddington stages ;
the drivers of which, with that brutal indifference for
which they are so shamefully distinguished, instead of
Piling up, drove on with fury. The consequence
vas, that the gig was overturned, and the unfortunate
lady fell beneath one of the coach-wheels, which pass-
ing over one of her legs, immediately above the ancle,
fractured the limb so horribly, that the foot only hung
by a small portion of the muscle. She was imme-
d'ately picked up, and removed with care to her
borne, where die was shortly afterwards attended by
4surgeon. We understand that it became necessary
to perform amputation in the evening. It vas some
'rne befoie Mr. Pearman became acquainted with
t!e accident. Ilis feelings may be mote easily ima-
woed than described. We ti ust that the ruffians who
'ire the cause of this dreadful occurrence may re-
ceive that chastisement their negligence deserves.
Lastmight, about seven o'clock, a dreadful accident
LPpened in Vere-street, Clare-market. Ai a little
67 about two years of age was looking out of a win-
d° irr he over-reached himself, and was precipitated
r.to the street, a height of nearly 30 feet, and was
literally dashed to pieces.
narinsoN, Goorn.uctc,,and Co. respectfully ac-
Iluilint the Public, that the State I:, ottery will begin
2r,awing, Nem. WEDNESDAY, 9th of this Month. The
xnethe contains 3 Prizes of 4;20,000, 2 of E 5,00(),
,
1:2,000, and 76 other Capitals.—The first-
"724ll Prizes, on the First Day, will be all Casuals,
12z.. the Ist Prize £20,000, and the &Bowing 52
Prizes from 122,000 to £2OO. Tickets arid &rare,
e on cadb
by GOODLUCK, and Cu. at
I err old-established Office, 104, corner of Bank-build-
Cornhill, London.