Star.
London, England, 1830-04-23 00:00:00

CITY, TwELvii o'CLocx

Although his Majesty is betus, and reported to be out of danrr
the funds have experienced but a slight impmventent.
which left off yesterday at 93 to j for the Account, opened at Tit
to f, and for Money 93, with little business doing at present.

This day is a Bank Holiday, consequently all the dissents to ~
reduction of the 4 per ants• must be accomplished to-morrow.

In the Foreign Market nothing doing.

A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Sandwich, sailed April 11.

The Lady Holland, Indianian, outward bound, has been lost 14
Saldanha Bay, on the South Coast of Africa, near the Cape of Ga.).!
Hope.—Crew and passengers saved.

Accounts from Vienna to the 10th of April state, that a clerk of
the house of Rothschild has set of for Constantinople, it is said,
to contact a loan ; but it is believed that his journey will be use •
less, as the Sultan has several times refused propositions of that
dacription.

Jamaica papers have arrived to the 28th Feb. The Courant
the 28th Feb. has the following article :—" THE JEWS.—A good
deal of trouble has bean taken to misrepresent the intentions of
the Members in the Assembly who took the most active part in tty!

measures adopted in the late Session, to obtain for the Jews the pri.
alleges of their fellow subjects. We may just as well correct this
misrepresentation. A gentleman of the Jewish religion, who
sides in Spanish Town, applied to Mr. Beaumont, as a member
of the Committee, on Sir George Murray's despatches, relative
to the Jews, and enquired whether they were to be left
in a wone condition than the people of colour ? Mr. Beaumont
replied that the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Atkinson, was
assiduously employed in obtaining information to draw up an
answer

showing the fallacies into which Sir George Murray had
been led by the Ignorance of his legal advisers in relation to
Jamaica law. The Jewish gentleman replied that it would be
right to get all that could be obtained for the present, and wait
• more favourable time for the remainder. It was known that
the Council would pass the bill, containing a concession of all
privileges, but it was also known they would couple with it •
suspending clause; and it was reasonable to expect that, acting
as they had done in regard to the General Free Privilege Act,
they would pass a restricted Jew Bill, without any suspending
clause. The Bill was so drawn."

HALF-PAST ONE.

Up to the present time we have no political news, or do we hea-
d any express from Paris, in consequence of which the Cons*:
Market has continued steady the whole of the morning, fluctuating
from 93 to f for the Account to 931. At present they are 93i to *.
and 93 for money. No speculations of importance have taken place.
In the Foreign Market the only business doing was in Colombian.
and Spanish Bonds, which maintain their prices.

CITY, HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.
About half an hour ago, the greatest confusion took
place in the City, owing to a current report of the death
of hie Majesty. Immediately, a certsin eminent dealer
sold about three hundred thousand Consols ; and thus
caused the funds to recede from 931, to 1, down to 92t
for the Account. Soon afterwards, it was ascer-
tained that the Royal Standard, which had been
hoisted at the Tower, in celebration of Hts MA-
JESTY'S birth day, was suddenly taken down about
noon. This circumstance increased the alarm.
as seemingly confirming the general rumour of the.-
KING'S death. It shortly appeared, however, that orders
had been given at the Tower not to celebrate the birth
day ; and the Standard must have been, therefore, hoisted
through misconception. This discovery instantly caused a
re-action in the Market; and Consols again improved to
92i for the Account. In this state of gambling,
uproar, and mercantile distraction, much dissatisfac-
tion was manifested at the want of any official
communication, or Bulletin, respecting the health
of the King—especially on his birth-day. Crowds were.
Socking towards the Mansion-house, in the hope of
being satisfied ; but up to the present moment, every
anxious desire has proved vain.
KING'S BlRTirbms being St. George's Day,
and that on which the anniversary of his MAJESTY'S
birth is celebrated, the morning was ushered in with the
ringing of bells, which continued at intervals during the*
day.
THE WEATHER.—Hitherto the month of April has
proved very unfavourable to the progress of vegetation.
A day or two of mild weather had the effect of unfolding
the leaves and early blossoms in the second week ; but
since then, and more particularly during the last three 01
four days, a rough and blighting blast, acompanied with
showers of hail and rain, completely checked all further
progress. Monday several deep and heavy peals of
thunder broke over the metropolis, preceded by viTid
flashes of forked lightning. The hail which fell during
the storm has doue considerable injury to the delicate
garden productions around. Nevertheless, the markets
are now amply supplied with strawberries, asparagus,
potatoes, and salads.
The House of Assembly at Jamaica have passed a bill
admitting Jews to sit in Assembly of Council ; so that
Jews and Christians, in regard to civil rights, are on the
same footing now in that part of the world.
Tuesday, there was a meeting held in Dublin, of per-
sons desirous of effecting the conversion of the Jews.
The Archbishop of Dublin was in the chair. The Rev.
Peter Roe, and other Clergymen, addressed tho meet-
ing, which adjourned at four o'clock.
We understand that an extremely interesting Scotch
Appeal is set down for hearing on Monday in the House
of Lords. The question is, whether a Bastard born in
England becomes legitimate by the subt.equent marriage
of his parents in Scotland ? It has been decided by
the Scotch Court, that, in such circumstances, legitiniaeu
supervenes; but the decision was not unanimous, the Lord
IPresident and some other learned Judges having dis-
sented from the opinion of the majority. The case is evi-
dently of importance to both sides of the Tweed—
because, if the judgment under appeal comes to be CON-
firmed, there is nothing, so far as we can see, t..
I hinder persons having a large family begotten in open coa-
cubiaage in England,to take a run by the mail to Scotland :
and there, having declared themselves married parties
(which, by the law of that country, is quite sufficient)they
will, on returning home, find their el-decant spurious
offspring redeemed and purged from the macula nata-
tion. Mr. Curran said, that from the moment a slave
put his foot on English soil, he had the stamp of free-
dom indelibly impressed on him. But there is some-
thing still more magical and purifying in the shores of
Scotland, which extend their regenerating benig-•
nity to the inhabitants of other countries, living
under different laws, and subject to different jurisdictions.
Mr. Jeffrey (the Dean of Faculty), who, we learn, has
received a retainer of one thousand guineas, is to open
the case of the appellant.
The greatest beauty in female dress, is that which 4
most simple, and the same time gracefully adapted to ex-
hibit the natural beauty of the female form. This sim-
plicity should be observed even in colour ; a profusion of
tawdry and glaring colours bespeaks a tasteless and vul-
gar mind, even if the wearer were a Duchess. Colour
should also be adapted to complexion. Ladies with deli-
cate rosy complexions bear white and light blue better
than dark colours, while on the contrary, sallow hues of
complexion will not bear these colours near them, and
imperatively require dark quiet colours to give them
beauty ; yellow is the most trying and dangerous of all,
and can only be worn by the rich-toned healthy looking
brunette.—Dublin Literary Gazette.