Star.
London, England, 1831-03-08 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

. The King and Queen, accompanied by Prince George of
Cambrit4-0, arrived at their Palace, at St. James's, abeLt
one o'clock ye.sterdav afternoan, in a carriage and for; ,
escorted by a party of Lamy s, from the Palace at
Her Majesty paid a visit to tie Princess Augusta.
Their Majesties having appointed to honour Covent-
garden Theatre with their presence, dined at live o'clock,
and entertained the officers of the household and those of
their suites who were appointed to attend them at dinner.
The two young, Princes George slab dined with the King and
Queen.

Preparations for the reception of their Majesties, upon the
most extensive scale, were made at Covent garden Theatre.
A guard of honour composed of the Coldstream regiment
of Foot Guards, under the command of Lord Henry l'aulet,
marched into Prince's-place, between five and six o'clock, and
took possession of the avenues leading to the theatre.
Sir Richard Birnie, the chief magistrate of police, and
Mr. Halls, one of the magistrates of the public office, Bow-
street,w•ere in attendance, having under their direction Messrs.
Townahend and Sayers, and also &shop, Salmon, J. Smith,
and Ellis, the principal officers of Bow-street, with a nu-
merous party of the New Police, headed by Mr. Thomas,
the superintendent, and preserved great order and regu-
larity.
Mr. Lee, the high constable of Westminster, al,so assisted
in making the arrangements.
. . _

The entrance hall was lined by the grenadiers, and the
staircase by the yeomen guard. The staircase was illumi-
nated by an or-moulu chandelier, and also by lamps on
marble stands. Two life guardsmen were stationed at the
door of the saloon, dressed as cuirassiers ; over the door was
the royal arms.

In the centre of the saloon was a superb or-moulu lustre,
furnished by Mr. Brookes. Two state chairs of white and
gold, and twelve others of a similar description, were ar-
ranged in the saloon. The royal arms, gilt, were over the
window.

The ante- room was fitted up with flutings of amber and
white, with draperies of crimson damask. There were seve-
ral ottomans of crimson damask trimmed with gold-coloured
silk lace corresponding with the draperies. The royal box
was fitted up in a similar splendid style as when their Ma-
jesties honoured this theatre a short time ago with their pre-
sence. There were two state chairs for the King and Queen,
and two small chairs for the juvenile Princes of Cumberland
and Cambridge.
The Queen's attendants were in a box to the right of the
royal box, formed by two boxes thrown into one, and fitted
up for the occasion under the direction of Mr. W. Bradwell.
with white and blue satin, trimmed with gold silk fringe.—
This box had a gilt canopy in front.
Their Majesties and suite arrived at the theatre a few mi-
nutes before seven o'clock, in seven dress carriages, and were
received by Mr. Kemble, the proprietor, and Mr. Bartley,
the stage manager, in full court dresses, bearing large
wax lights. The King was attended by the Lord Chamber-
lain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the
Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord
Byron as Lord in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Campbell,
Groom in Waiting, tha Treasurer of the Household, Mr.
Mash and Mr. Martino, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting,
and Mr. Gardiner, the Groom of the Great Chamber, in
Waiting.
Earl Howe attended the Queen as Chamberlain, and the
Earl of Errol as Master of the Horse.
The ladies in attendance on the Queen were the Countess
of Mayo, Mrs. Paget, Misses Boyle, Bagot, Johnson, Hope,
Eden, and Wilson.
Sir G. Smart, the conductor of the music of the theatre,
presided over the band during the evening.
The pantomime had been laid aside, and some of the
scenes had been appropriated to other purposes, but, in
consequence of their Majesties having commanded its per-
formance, the scenes had been repainted.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Lieven, and the
Baroness Bulow, visited the Duchess of Cumberland yester-
day, at her residence, in the King's Palace, St. James's.
The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, and a select party,
dined with the Princess Augusta yesterday.
Mr. Wynn had a long interview with Viscount Althorp
yesterday at the Treasury.
Lord Stuart de Rothsay transacted business yesterday at
the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Earl of Eldon has had recently an attack of gout in
both his legs, and also in his left hand.
Earl Bathurst experienced an attack of illness a few even-
ings ago, while at a party. His Lordship went home in his
carriage, and has since remained indisposed.
The Duchess of Wellington continues much indisposed at
Apsley-house, Piccadilly.

NAVAL INTELLIt•ENCE.
MAILS Amman Tuts DAT—Dublin, 1 ; Waterford, 1; RUC!, 2.
hiAacit 7 —Wind N. W.—Arrived and remains, his Ma.
jesty's ship Gloucester, from the Mediterranean. Sailed the outward
bound.

POSTIMOUTIII, MARCH 7.—Wind W.— Sailed his Majesty's ships
North Star, for liermuds,and thiMers, for Lisbon.
BRISTOL, Maacm 7.—Arrived the Paris, Symons, from New York.
l'amstourn, blaseu 6.—Wind W. to N.W. strong gale.—Sailed
his Majesty's packet Baracouta, for Jamaica and Carthagena.
Tommy, Matto/ 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Onyx, from Port,.
mouth and Rio Janeiro.

Cowes, hisiacu 7.—Arrived the hlonumeot,Drew, from Charleston.
I.uraeocii, hisiamt 6.—Arrived the Garland, Greave front Bahia,
and Equator, Glover, from Charleston.
The Jane. Carnithew, from Allcant, has arrived at Newry leaky
having struck on Wic►low Hank.
The Carlisle, Bohan, from Cardiff to Blyth, ran on shore uear Salt-
fleet on Saturday, and it was feared would be wrecked.

Wheat and grain does not rise as the speculators hoped;
but is actually lower in all the great markets.

• 1•111111 -

SUPPORT OF MINISTERS.

The following has been circulated in a printed form : --
To THE MEMBERS OF THE beaus!' BAH.—As the
bar has not collectively expressed an opinion iesiii.cting the
great question of Parliamentary Reform, it is sitgs-eeted to
the members of the profession to come forwa: La support of
the plan proposed by the Kifees ministers. Nom- are better
acquainted with the corruptions hitherto connected with the
House of Commons. Perhaps no class of society has, in
idual instances, gained more by those corruptions ; tool
it the bar be now silent, it will never escape just imputation,
as acquiescent in a system which is hurrying millions imito
reckless pauperism, and demoralizing despair. It well be-
comes an enlightened lady to give a new example of dis
interested patriotism. Let us, therefore, putting off the old
liankering for the " flesh-pots" of election committees, and
fur a thousand less honourable means of gain, assist to save
she country from a civil convulsion.
In consequence of a Requisition, respectably signed, hay-
ing been presented to the High Bailiff of Southwark,
a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough.
was held at the Town Hitt, at eleven o'e!ock tl.,
day, to express their opittiomm ut the Ministerial plau of Re•
form. '[he High Bailiff was in die Chair, and the !meths.
was addressed at length by .11r. Ellis, and other gentlemen,
in support of Reform, and unanimously passed resolutions iu
I .vour of that measure. Sir R. Wilson and Mr. Calvert were
present. A similar Requisition fora Meeting of the inhabi-
tants of the Ward of Farringdon Without has been present c.l
to Mr. Alderman Waithman.
Letters received from Cumberland state that the proposed
measure of Reform meets with the concurrent approbation of
the great body of the County, and that all classes of Re•
formers, laying aside their own predilections, have deter-
mined to support government by petitions and every means
in their power.
A petition in favour of the proposed Reform in Parlia-
ument, which has already received the sanction of several ut
the most eminent King's Counsel, and other leading mem-
bers of the Bar who have not left town for the Circuit, is
now lying at Lincoln's Inn in a course of signature. Copies
of it have likewise been forwarded to the different Circuit s .
DCNSTAN'ai, FLEET-STREET.—A Meeting of t h
inhabitants of this parish was held yesterday, in Mr. Stan.
gate's Room, in Chancery-lane, when it was resolved to
give every possible support to the plan of Reform brought
forward by ministers, and to petition Parliament that it may
be passed into a law.
The following Address lies for s;gitaturss at the Selo •1
House, Lambeth Green, this day, March t'S : To THE
KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJ LST Y. The I.liiiiiiit. anti
dutiful Address of the Inhabitant I louseholdes of the
Parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey. May it
please your Majesty We, your Majesty's dutiful and
loyal subjects, venture to approach your Majesty, to ex-
press the satisfaction we feel, and to offer our most humble
and heartfelt thanks for the proposed plan of Reform
brought forward in the Commons House of Parliament.
with the sanction of your Majesty's Ministers. In acknow-
ledging the immense debt of gratitude we owe to youi
Majesty on this occasion, we beg also to assure your Ma-
jesty that it shall be the constant study of our lives to sup-
port, with heart and hand, the honour and dignity of year
Majesty's Throne and Government.
Comtism HALL.—Yesterday the unanimous feeling of
the Livery of London was most powerfully expressed at a
Common Hall, held pursuant to requisition, on the subject
of the great measure of reform introduced by his Majesty's
Ministers. We never, upon any occasion, witnessed greater
enthusiasm. Although the hour of assembling was two
o'clock, a most inconvenient time for the members of the
body, the Guildhall was crowded.
The Leen MAYOR stated, that he never called a meeting
together with so much pleasure.
Mr. Fite RON came forward for the purpose of giving the
Parliament and the King an assurance of his satisfaction and
gratitude to the Administration for the measure of Reform
they had offered to the country. He was quite aware that
the enemies to Parliamentary Reform were tire enemies of
freedom. Their object was, and their °eV hope, although
they called themselves friends to the ConstitutSei, to so,'
the seeds of discord among the friends of liberty, :aid by
that means defeat the measure. He recommended tl e na-
tion to receive it as a boon—as a great blessing.—T. e pro-
posed Resolution was carried. —M r. Toot, s moved the
second Resolution, in approval of Lord John Rassell'silte-
form Bill, which, after Mr. Pearson and some others of the
same party had spoken, was carried.—lt was also resolved
that the City Members be instructed to sups ort the same.
The LORD MAYOR then stood forward amidst loud
cheers. He felt happy, he said, in the opportunity now
afforded him of adding his testimony in support of the mea-
sure before Parliament, of avowing his warmest appro-
bation of,and confidence in, his Majesty's Ministers, and ten-
dering his humble and grateful thanks to his beloved and
gracious Sovereign for the paternal care which he La l al-
ways shown to his people, for the liberal and gracious cots-
duct which he had invariably manifested for their wellaie
and for the confidence which he had been pleased to repose
in his honest and enlightened Ministers (loud cheers). Ile
felt no hesitation in saying, that the measure which Minis-
ters had just proposed, was one of the greatest and most im-
portant ever brought before parliament, and that on the result
depended the happiness, the prosperity, and the peace of our
country. (Cheers.) Convulsions and revolutions in the
Continental nations had been heard of, but to what were
such convulsions and revoutions attributable but to the
despotism of those who reigned, or to the blindness, igno-
rance and infatuation of those who might have been the ad-
visers of the crown. Happily for us, we had a patriotic king,
a liberal, enlightened, and generous king, a king who con-
sulted not his own aggrandizement, but the happiness, the
comfort, and the prosperity of hts people. (Cheers.)
We cannot give insertion to the gratifying proceedings at
the Common Hall, without paying our humble tribute of
approbation to the Lord Mayor for his conduct ou the occa-
sion. His speech, which we regret we cannot give at
length. contained, perhaps, more good sense, in a small
compass, on the interesting subject under discussion, than
any one which we have had to mention at any meeting ; and
we are sure his fellow-citizens will duly appreciate his inde-
pendent conduct. We are the more anxious to allude to
his Lordship's conduct on this occasion, because his good
intentions exposed him, eatly in his Mayoralty, to a little
unmerited sarcasm.

Madame Pasta is re-engaged iu London. What a treat
it will be to hear her and Mrs. Wood in the same piece.
The most successful dramatic speculation of late years is
that of the fascinating Vestris at the Olympic. It is alto-
gether a public tribute to female genius, and crowded to
excess every night.
Miss Pawn, now Mrs. Wood, was recebed at the Opera
House on Saturday night with an enthusiasm, which proves
her the prima donna of the public, and not the hired one
of the manager.
The 10th Hussars have moved to Dublin, from Leeds,
where they have left an excellent character. The 3d Light
Dragomis have succeeded them.
It is creditable to the people of these kingdoms, thin the
petitions against West India Slavery have exceeded in imbi-
bers those against British Slavery ; but the poor blacks have
lost their Wilberforce.

i

IMPERIAL PA BLIAM FNT.
HOUSE OF 1.011 OS. MATCH 7.
Lord HARDWICK presented petitions from the Clergy of Ely and
.t parish in the county of Cambridge, against Negro Slavery. The
noble lord likewise presented a petition' from the inhabitants of Wisbeach,
against a bill before their lordships for the establishment of a Small
O.bt Court.
Earl TTANHOPE prekotted a petition from a parish in Kent, corn-
pl.eiting of distress, and prnv lug for relief. The petitioners thought the
repeal of the malt tax would he a considerable relief.
The Earl of RADNOR presented two petitions for Reform in
Parliament.
The Appropriation Bill, the 5.000,0001. Consolidated Fund Bill, and
t Art private Bills, were read the third time.
arena's.
lord WHARNCLI FEE adverted to the notice he gave on Thins-
slay last of his intention to move, next Thursday, for returns respecting
the population of the several counties, and to introduce the subject of
Reform. At the time he gave that notice he had not the least Idea
that the discus-ion in the other House would extend as it had done.—
(Hear, hear. hear.) Ile did not wish to be the means of bringing
toraanl the import:int question of Reform irregularly, and therefore
should move that the order for summoning their Lordships on Thurs-
&ay next be discharged : it was however. still his intention to introduce
the uitjert at the earliest opportunity.
Earl GREY ; after full consideration of the measure to which the
Noble Baron had 'alluded, said he was prepared to meet any discussion
which the Noble Baron, in the exercise of his discretion, might think'
proper to introduce, Whatever might be the inconvenience likely to
result irons bringing forward the question upon a collateral motion.
he (Fsati Grey) should certainly not object to the same course. He did
not object when the Noble Lord gave his notice, neither should he ob-
ject on that occasion, being perfectly ready to enter upon the question
whenever it should come before the House.
The order was then discharged.
The Duke of SUSSEX said he held in his hand a petition
front the inhabitants of the Hamlet of Hammersmith, praying for
iteforns, retrenchment in the public expenditure, and revision of the
Poor Laws. In presenting this petition his Royal Highness had to
elate that the petitioners professed to he unanimously of opinion that
votes for members of Parliament should be by ballot. From letters
received by the illustrious duke, it appeared doubtful whether the
general opinion of the inhabitants of Hammersmith was in favour of
ballot. His Royal Highness could not give his consent instanter to
ballot. The question must he deeply considered before he gave his
consent. While presenting this petition, his Royal Highness could not
help expressing to his noble friends who presided over the Government
his sincere thanks for the manly and able way in which they had
brought forward a measure so satisfactory to the country. He assured
their lordships that the measure, when it came before that house, should
have his warm support, and so far as the wishes of his Royal High-
ness went, he really did pray the measure might pass into a law.
The petition was read and laid on the table.
Lord KING presented a petition front persons composing the
Wicklow Union, tor alteration of the tithe system. The Noble Lord
said, the petitioners confirmed every word he had said on a former day,
upon the subject of that union.—Petitions to the same effect were pre-
seated from Kilkenny, Dungarvon. and the county of Down.
Lord FARNHAM was desirous of saying he adhered strictly to
what he said on a former occasion, respecting the Wicklow Union.
The Noble Lord then presented two petitions on a subject, which it
was almost unnecessary to say he disapproved. The first was from
Fianna, in the county of Wexford, for repeal of the Legislative Union ;
the second from the Tin-plate-workers of Dublin to the same effect-
He also presented a petition from the Parish of St. Mary, Dublin,
praying for the removal of all duties on sugar imported from the colo-
nies. and one to the same effect from Tipperary.
LUNACY PILL.

The LOH D CHANCELLOR said, the bill•forjregulating Chan-
cery lunatics stood for commitment that night. His noble friend
the Lord Chief Baron was indisposed, and not being able to attend
on that occasion, wished the bill to proceed in his absence. He
(the Lord Chancellor), sensible of the advantage the measure would
derive from the assistance of his noble friend, was unwilling to pro-
ceed, therefore wished to postpone the committee for at least three
weeks, to afford his noble friend, the Chief Baron, an opportunity
to be present. He accordingly moved the order for the committee
to be discharged and fixed for that day three weeks.—The motion
was agreed to.