Star.
London, England, 1830-12-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty held a Court at four o'clock yeste. day after-
noon, at his Palace at Brighton. Earl Grey, Lord Durham,
Viscount Melbourne, end Sir James Graham, left town
yesterday to attend the Court.

The Duke and Duchess and Prince George of Cumber.
land honoured the performance of Miss Fanny Kemble 33
Euphrasia, in the Grecian Daughter, at Covent-garden
Theatre, and also the new Pantomime, with their presence
yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses sat in the
Queen's box.

Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, the Prussian
Minister, and the Mexican Minister, had interviews with
Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
The reserve companies of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment,
under command of Major PRATT, marched suddenly, on the
18th inst., from Chester to Stockport, to relieve part of the
4th Regiment, ordered to Ashton.
The Irish agitators say that their sole object is to produce
harmony and goodwill between England sad Ireland by
dest:oying the Union between both.
It gives us great satisfaction to record the well-timed be-
nevolence of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Doche,s
of Cumberland yesterday at Kew, where about a hundred
poor families had the comfort, at th's inclement sea-on, of re-
ceiving warm clothing from the hands of their illwtrions
I Benefactors. Blankets, flannel, and woollen articles, of
different descriptions, were distributed by them most libe-
rally to all the old or poor men and women in their parish.
The circumstances of each family, not previously known.
were inquired into by their Royal Highnesses, and their
bounty extended in proportion to the wants that existed. A
happier set of individuals, or more grateful for this gen•low
and kind display of feeling for their necessities, was Bev°
witnessed in any parish, and we may safely affirm that whiff
the highest classes evince by such acts the interest whi.:ll
they take in relieving the sufferings of their pacrer
neighbours, there is no danger of an alienation of that
affection and respect which formerly was invariably the
characteristic of the English peasant.
Amain or Howova.—An affair of this kind has bane
going the round of the Papers, by which it appears that e
Mr. Pope and a Mr. L'Eatreage, both military men, havillF
had some misunderstanding about a young lady at a thea-
tre met near Ashbonme fir the purpose of arranging their
mit:understanding by soedeg at each other. They were
attended by a Mr. G. leidt, and another gentleman.
who seems not to hare been known in that part of the
country by any other named= that of " Mr. L." The pistols
having been loaded seaman argon byMr.C. and Mr. L Mr.
Pope and Mr. L' fired at each other—and missed.
This being the case, C. and Mr. L. endeavoured to
prevail upon Mr. Pepe and Mr. L'Estrange to be satisfied
with what bad been done; but they would not; and there-
upon the pistols were loaded again, when Mr. Pope had the
good luck to hit Mr. L'Estrange upon his pistol arm and
knock some of the skin off; and that settled the misunder-
standing at once, as it was considered quite satisfacturr
At all events, tam of the papas maks say motion of uni
other hostilities.