Star.
London, England, 1831-05-19 00:00:00

John Russell.

Captains.—George Haye, R. N. Lloyd Hodges, Faliv.ini D.:, R.N.
Lardy, Laurence, Backhouse, Peebles, John Campbell, Charles Gra-
ham, H. N. G. Sanders, R. N. G. Harris, R. N. Dlinhaskr, R. N.
A. Shippard, R. N. Aylmer, R. N.
Llentenants.—T. Ottley, J. W. Bailey, C. H. Binatead, J. Htnry
Johnston, R. N. Nevcome, Wen.
Ensigns.--Sir Wm. Ogilvie, Ban Hawker, Peebles, 31.0 31. For-
teocue.

Addresses in favour of Parliamentary Reform, and thanking the
King for dissolving the late Parliament, were presented to his Nlajesty.
By the Lord Chancellor, from the Incorporated Trades of Kelso.
N. 8.; the Tailor Incorporation of Perth ; the Inhabitants of Elie,
in the county of Fife ; the Inhabitants of Alston in the Moms,
Cumbesiand g the Magistrates, Counsellors, and Inhabitants of the
burgh of Dysart, North Britain ; the inhabitants of Kilmarnock,
North Britain; the inhabitants of I,oci w itinock, North Bri.ain ; the
Inhabitants of the parish ofSt. tsry b,ra f.,td, Bow
By Earl Grey, from the iahabi•a its .•f the town of Cambralbe
the inhabitants of Hackney ; the iithabi:ant. of Tip ..n, in the
county of Stafford ; the inhahi-anta of the town of Greenwich ; the
inhabitants of Hyde goal its vicirity, in she parish of Stockport; the
itibabilanoi of Las ark and New Lanark ; .he inhabitauts of Airdrie,
in the county of Lanark ; the .Ilagistra.ws and Teen Council or the
Royal burgh of Arbroath ; the loam& ra.ion of Wei.vers in Glasgow,
and the inhabitants of Belfast.
Lotd Hondas, with an humble address from Shetland
Lieuterant Colonel Tower, Ist Esex L cal Militia, with an address
from the Town, Borough, and Port of H ich
After the Levee, his Majesty belt' a Privy Council, at
which Lc,rd Dundas ass introduced and sworn in Lieutenant
and Shedd of the Orkney and Shetland Wat.ds.
A new seal for Western A ustmlia was iaiJ before the
Council, and approved.
The Hon. Wm. Bathurst attended as Clerk of the Conncii.
After the Privy Council, the Recorder of London was ad-
mitted to the King in Council, and made his report ce the
convicts capitally convicted at Justice-hall in the Old Rii.ey,
at the last April sessions, when the law was ord red o take
its course on George Widgett and John Beseech.
The Duchess of Saxe Weimar (the sister of the Queen)
arrived in the Comet Government steno packet, coninvinded
by Captain Fitzclarence, off the Tower yesterday afternoon,
from Rotterdam. Her Serene Highness was received on
landing by Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain, and. the Bail
of Erroll, the Master of the Horse to the Queen. Lady Be-
dingfield and Ccuntess Mayo. The Duchess and family en-
tered the King's carriages, which were in readiness, attended
by the ladies and officers of the Queen's Household, and pro-
ceeded to the residence of the Queen at the Palace of St.
James, where her Serene Highness arrived soon after three
o'clock.

Their Majesties arrived in town about one o'clock, yes-
terday afternoon from the Palace at Windsor. The Duchess
of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia visited the Queen in
the afternoon.

The Duchess of Cumberland, attended by the Raton de
Linsingen and Lady Sophia Lennox, left town on Tuesday
evening for her residence at Kew.
His Royal Highness Priuce Leopold has been pleased to
add his name to the list of the members of the RoyalSeilivg
Society.

NATIONAL SCHOOL SOClETY.—Yesterday a genkr:tl
meeting of this society was held, after their half,yeark
public examination of the children, at the central school-
rooms, Baldwin's-gardens, Gray's-inn-lane; his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. Amongst those
present were the-Bishops of London, 'Lichfield, and Coven-
try, Landaff, Sodor and Man, and Nova Scotia; Archdea-
cons Cambridge, HollingTorth, Bayley, and Watson,; Doc-
tors D'Oyley, Walmshiy, and Spry; Wm. Cotton, Win.
Davis, Joshua Watson, John Round, and Baker Not ell,
Fa.qrs. It appeared by the Report, that during the last
year 328 schools had been received into union
.with.the Na-
tibnal Society, carrying up the amount of schools in union
to the number of 2,937 ; and 6,6431. had been voted in .id
of the building school-rooms in 104 places : the total ex-
pense of the buildings being estiwated Wt '20,0001. The
society had recently made a general inquiry ae to the State
or education under the Church in all parts of the kingdom ;
and an account had been obtained concerning 8,650 place:.
which were found to contain about 11,000 schools, with
678,356 children. It was calculated that there could not
be less, in England and %Vales, than 71.J,00D children
the care of the clergy.