Star.
London, England, 1824-04-24 00:00:00

THE KING.

NV's:molt, APRIL 23.—This being the anniversary of
his MAJEsTr's Bit thday, the mottling was ushered in
by the ringing of the Palish Church and Castle bells,
and although the weather has been patticularly unfa-
vourable all the morning, the inhabitants are making
great rrepatat:osis 1.. r a gencral illumination. Ttte
Royal Horse iiitaids and 7.5 th Regiments received
orders to as•,emble in the Long Walk at one o'clock, to
file a feu-de joie, but the continuation of lain prevented
their purpo,e. A Royal Saute was fired with small
cannon by tie Bachelors of Windsor in their Am, at
one o'clock,

LAw PrzomoTloN.—We tinkle' stand that STEPHEN
Gexetur, E.g. one of the King's Counsellors will fill the vacAnt
situation pf Judge in the Court of King's Bench, in the room of
Mr. Justice Bum., now Lost) CIIIIF JCSTICK of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas. The Learned Gentleman's appointment is expected ce
take place before the Lua:o CVANCELLOM ill a few days.

His MAJEsry is expected in town on Tuesday next,
prrpatatory to holding a Drawing Room on the Thursday following
iris Royal Highness the Doke of Yonx will arrive in
town this evening from his 3laJcsrv's Palace, at Newmarket.

Ilis !Loyal ilighness the Duke of (.1.4t RENCK ilitS be-
come a member of the R.N. Club, io Albesnark.street.

The 1) :chess of Gt.oVices•ru and a select party dined
with the Princess Art:USIA yesterday.
icsterdAy the P,incess Sotitsa visited the Princess
AvctSTA.

The Duchess of GLOUCESTER had a large party of
fashionable% on Thursday evening, a Gloucester House, Park-lane.
Lord ;tilt] Lady GWYDYIi had a dinner party yester-
day at their house in Piccadilly.
The Hon. %Vat. Hoorn GREY entertained a distin-
guished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-street.
The Earl of ARRAN had a select dinner patty yester-
day, at his house in Dover-street ; in the evening her Ladyship had
a card party.
The Countess of WESITSS and CHARTERIS'S grand
rout yesterday evening, in Stratford-place, was among the most
splendid entertainments of the kind this season.
The Marquis of 1-fularty arrived on Thursday at his
new residrnce in Lower Grosvenor-street, from kimbolten Castle ;
her Ladyship and family are expected in a few days.
Counte,s DE Git EY arrived yesterday, at her house in
St. James's-square, from her seat, Putney Heath.
Mr. llgnities, the Secretary to the Treasury, and
family, have left town for the Easter recess, to remain at Seven

Oaks. Kent. The lion. Secretary occupies the seat heretofore pos.
sessed by Lord AMHERST, the present Governor-General of India.
Thus, by a curious coincidence, the Treasury Secretary and Mr.
Hums will be passing their Faster holidays at the same place ; as
the Hon. Alember fur Aberdeen rusticates at Seven Oaks.

Nlajor-General PatEvosr has been dangerously ill, and
still continues seriously indisposed.
Mr. Alderman VENABLEE is SU far recovered from
his late indisposition as to be able to leave town.
DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF BATH A NIAVELLs.Ir-BATII,
' Aram 22.—The melancholy knolling of the muffled Abbey bell
announces the death of our venerable Diocesan, the Bishop of BATH
and Watts, who departed this life late last night,or early this morn-
ing, at his house in the Circus, at the advanced age of nearly 85.
Greenwich Park and the Fair were unusually splen-
did this year. The Caseramtoa of the 8./emu/es and his lovely
bride, Lord Baxter, and many other branches of the Nobility were
in the Promenade, seemingly much delighted with the friskiness of
the holiday folks.
The statement respecting the statue of Queen ANNE,
in 'St. Paul's Church-yard,which we copied from a Morning Paper,
is, we find, erroneous. Her Majesty has had an entire new bust
substituted for her late mutilated body, executed by Mr. HENinsa,
jun. wlttrexhibits several beautiful pieces of Sculpture, (including a
bust a Mr. GALT), in the gallery of the Society of British Artists.
levityl other necessary repairs of the statue have been done by the
same artist, and in a short time her Majesty will appear corn.
pletelf renovated.
Inursday, in Bedford-place, Southampton, a fine lit-
tle girl of five yesv Of age was drowned in a pan of waxer, into
which she accidentally fell heat foremost, while tics- m.,thet swab up
stairs. Tbe water was only about seven itches dec.?,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

About five o'clock on Friday morning, a brig, name man-Aro,
sunk in Swansea Bay, and all hands on board were &ow:l,L It
is +supposed she must have met with some damage during tbe night,
and was making all sail for laud, when she was overturned by a
sudden squall, and instantly went down.
The Mary, —, sailed from Terceira for Liverpool on the 2d of
February, and has not since been heard of. It has been stated that
she was seen on her beam-ends by a brig, sons" time since, which
arrived at Liverpool from that island.
The Tres Amigos e S. Joao Baptista, Pins, from Oporto to Pits
Janeiro, was taken by the Independently' ou Wane privateer, in the
latitude of Pernambuco.

The Friends of the Guard, —, from Wales to Lontlor, swAl on
shore yesterday, on the diddle Sarni, near Whitstable, at:d it was
feared wouhi be wrecked. '

The Flocentia, fmm Bengal; and Royal Cbarlotte, Eros
Bombay, have arrived at Sr. Helena. _ _

Sunday, his Majesty's ship *lmo, 28 gon4, Captain P. Ilexv,
sailed from Portsmouth for Cot k, where she o ill ctnnpl_•te her crte:,
and then proceed to the Brazils,
The Repulse, which was dispatched from China on the lath ciz'
December, arrived at St. Helena on the sth of March.
The HART tender, attached to the avers, at Leith, arrived az
Portsmouth on Monday ; she will return to Scotland the first fair•
wind. We understand that the revenue eruizers nn the coast of
Scotland have been placed under the controul of Captain KNIGHT,.
Inspector-General of the Preventive Service in Scotland. The I lam.
has since sailed on her return.

His Majesty's chip SrAtinownAwk. sailed from Portsmouth on
Tuesday to the Westward; also, the Prince of Orange transport,
Lieutenant WILLIAMS Agrilt, for Cork, where, it is reported, h,
will embark troops to relieve detachments stationed at Jer4ey,
Guernsey, and Plymouth.
His MAJESTY having postponed the celebration of his Birth-day
until the 99th inst. in consequence of St. George's Day falling iu
the Easter week, the tasual honours observant at Portsmouth on
that occasion are pat off until that day.
The STAn.usa cutter has taken a smuggler into Portsmouth.

Admiral Sir G. Al A IITTX. G.C. B. gave 11-splendid dinner on "Iliurs..
day, at the George Inn, Portsmouth, to the Officers of theVicrear,
his flag-ship. _ . .

l'atiotit, Aram 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Dutch chip
Epasurnondes, Lsrmstatur, from Lisbon in eleven days ; Enterprize,
Bs WRINGHAM, from Tarragona in twenty days. The Emulous pack
from Jamaica is now (two is. M.) hove in sight—sailed the 9th ulr.
Pi.vmoteris, Arlen. 22.—Wind S.W.—:l r vett tl.e Frances Ann,
WILLIANIS, from Sierra Leone in eight week..
Poitesnontn, APRIL '23.—Wind S.S.W.— Arrived the Brilliant.
HUNTER, front Lisbon. The Upton Castle, fur India, remains.
Dw., APRIL 23. Wind S.W.— Arrived and sailed for the,
River, the Honourable Company's sbips Herefordshire and Kellie
Castle, from China ; Princess Charlotte, of Wales, Centime; and
Thomas Grenville, MArnitNo, from Dengat ; Jeminta, WATT, front
Penang; Claremont, from Jamaica ; Sprightly and Willi-am an.l
Mary, from Lisbon; Success, from Leghorn; Ceres, Anse, front
Alineira ; Aurora, SUITH, from Carthagena; and Purtsea, Woi.tie-
'mitts, from Bengal. The Latona, for Demerara, attempted t s
turn out this morning, hut, the wind being strop); front S.S. W. wa.
obliged to return, and remains, with the testy( the outward honed.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22.—Arrived the S. Boston, —; and Lade
Gallatin, from Savannah; Ginner, PRITCHARD ; and Albion, JAI-
LZY, from Trieste; and Severn, Riau, from Sicily.

BOROUGH et LA NcArrEm.—Wednesday morning came
on the election of a Representative for this ancient Bo-
rough, occasioned by the decease of General DOVETON,
when THOMAS GREENS, E. q. of Slyase and of Whiait,g-
ton-hall, was proposed and seconded, in neat and ap-
propriate speeches, by Cat ARLES GIBSON, E q. of Quern-
more Park, and R {MIA RD ATKINSON, E q. of Snit:Liar
Lodge. No other candidate being pi oposed, Mr. G REEN&
was unanimously elected.
A French boat arrived at Dover yesterday morning
from Boulogne, bringing a special dispa:cli for his Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State.—Kentish Gazette, April 23.
The Act to regulate the conveyance of Country
Bankers' packets through the Post-Office, which last
week teceived the Royal Assent, contains a clause for
the punishment of persons embezzling Newspapers or
primed proceedings in Parliament.
• Muslcat, FUND.—The Anniversary Dinner of this
Institution took place at the Freemasons Tavern. T,,e
attendance of the Gentlemen interested in this Society
was numerous; and the gallery was adorned by the
presence of many Ladies, who appeared to take a lively
intetest in the scene that was passing beneath them.—
Ills Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX had signified
his intention of presiding on this occasion, but owing
to an accident with which he had met, and which con-
fined him to the house, his Royal Highness had deptnetl
Colonel W I LDM A N, of his own household, to express hi,
sorrow for the accident ss hich prevented him from being
among them, and to lequest that gallant Colonel might
be accepted as his representative in the Chair, who vas
accordingly unanimously called to the Chair.
A dreadful accident occurred a short time ago at
Marjevols. The Vicar of the parish, accompanied by
more than eighty persons, went to the house of a poor
sick woman, to administer the Sacrament. Upon en-
tering the chamber, which was on the second story, the
Boor suddenly fell, and the whole party were preci-
pitated to the first Boor, which likewise at the same
instant gave way, with a loud and tremendous crash.
According to a letter from Fi iburg (Switzerland)
many duels were fought during the winter, between the
students of that University, several of whom teceived
serious wounds, and one died of them. The higher au-
thorities believing that the cause of these duels is the
clashing opinion of various secret socicies, have ap-
pointed a Commissioner to inquire into the subject.
A fortune-teller was apprehended last Saturday, on
the complaint of a girl from Ashburton. The girl had
consulted the sybil in her profession. 'fhe latter, find-
ing Miss Credulous was possessed of seven pounds,
caused her to produce it. Of this cash a potent charm
was to be formed. Pretending to wrap it up in a hand-
kerchief, she redelivered the package, after many a
charm over it, to the girl, with an injunction to lay it
under her pillow. The prophetess had not departed
many hours, before the girl's faith yielded to her cu-
riosity. She opened the parcel, and found her seven
pounds reduced to a halfpenny. The girl pursued, and
overtook her swindler at Exeter, but too late to recover
her money.
Ten prisoners were sent from Chelmsford jail on
the 14th instant, destined for New South Wales: Ed-
ward Blighton, and John Blighton (uncle and nephew),
Stephen Harding, Flits. Christill, Benjamin Ellis, Tho-
mas King alias Hammond, Wm. Brailey, and Robert
Flower Ames. The last prisoner had before been trans-
ported to the same Colony, and at the expiration of his
period of banishment from his native soil, found him-
self in possession of a sum of money, and a public-
house, upon the sign of which was the billowing in-
scription :—" GOD Speed the Plough.' Desirous of
again seeing Old England, he came over with his ca-
pital, upon a speculation, but by visiting his old haunts,
he fell in with his former associates, and is now about
to return; with but an indifferent character, to spend
the remainder of his days upon a spot which he ought
not to have quitted, and where it appears he left a wife.
His last offence was a burglary at Ramsey, Harwich.
Wednesday, about halt-past lour, a fire of a most de-
structive mature occurred at Long Compton, in the county of War-
wick, occasioned by a buy's going to a neighbour's house fur the
purpose of procuring live embers. part of which he dropped on
some loose straw. The wind being very high at the time, the fire
quickly readied a thatched cottage,
.jruin which it spread in every
direction, and in less than two hours seven house:, and }everal ricks
of corn and hay were entirely deStroyed.

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THE ARMY.,
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The 54th Regiment, at present doing duty in Portsmouth pen-
wsn are expected to embark for Cork in the early part of :Way.
app,
is only one company of the 24th Infantry as yet in Brigh-
ton.. nor has it been ascertained, notwithstanding what has been'
„id to the contrary, that the remainder of the Regiment have
orders for that place. The 18th Lancers, it is said, will be quartered
thee shortly.
it is confidently asserted in the Military Circles, that the Earl of
Da/mount, the present Governor-General of Canada, and who is
shortly expected in England, is to succeed to the command of the
forces in India, in the room of Lieutenant.. General Sir &warn)
PAW, who comes home.
Accounts from India, bring intelligence that the volunteering of
the 69th Regiment, preparatory to embarking for England, was to'
take place on the 24th of December last; and that the Regiment
was expected to embark in January, consequently its arrival may
be calculated on in June. The 69th Regiment left England in the
beginning of 1805, and has shared in almost every campaign in
India during the last twenty years. In 1806, they made a most
noble defence at the mutiny of Vellor, against fearful odds, until
:be 19th Dragoons arrived to their support ; they were at the taking
f Travancore, the Isles of France and Bourbon, and the Dutch
wttlement of Java ; and the flank companies formed part of the
iar.k battalion in the late Mahratta war.