Star.
London, England, 1831-05-23 00:00:00

PAN(RAMA OF THE BRITISH.
EMPIRE.

BRIGHTON HERALD, MAY 21.

ARRIVALS AT THII Nsw STRINI HOTRL.T. and Miss Fern-
combs and family, Mrs. Marryat and family, Alr. and Mrs. King
Mr. and Mrs. Frankland, Mr. Vyna, Mr. 1 torero, Mr. Douglas. the
Right Rev. the Dorn of Banger, and Mrs. Campbell. Depurturss.--
Mrs. Marryat and family, for 51, Marine-parade; Captain Vyner, for
London.
ROYAL EIZA House Hortz....-Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
Misses Taylor, Mr. Lett, Mr. Allen, i Mr. Josa, Mr. and Miss
Shute', Mr. and Mrs. Dehunore Mr. Croft, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Howard,
Mr. Camelia, &c. Ke. Mr. aid Mrs. Stark, Mr. Bennett, and Mr.
Craig, arrived by the packet at two o'clock on Thursday morning.
ROYAL YORK HOT ILO.-ML and Mrs. Watford, H. B. Curtela,
Esq. M.P. Mr. Carvalho, Mr. Free, &c. g.c.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes, Sir R. Inglis, Mr. and -Mrs. Watts
and family, Dr. 'ken, Mr. Greece, Mr. Meytnott, Mrs. Browning,
Mr. Currie, Lady Lowe, Mr. and Mr. Ede, Lord De Clifford,
Lady Clayton, Miss Abraham, Mr. Robbins. and Mr. Oolby are in.
chided in the latest IffiVVlll at the Albion Hotel. _

A succession of north-easterly winds has this week been productive
of the most deteriorating effects on vegetation in gnaa4 and has
raised the most painful anticipations in the breast of the husbandman•
But a little month since, and the fields, orchards, and gardens, decked
in verdant array, and white with blossoms, gave ample promise of fu-
ture plenty. That a partial failure of the fruit crops mast ensue, is
inevitable : the frosty nights and parching winds have caused the
newly-set fruits to fall in abundance from the branches, shrivelled, as
if boiled.

The pariah officen are making arrangements for taking the census on
the 90th met. We would suggest that by posting bills over the town,
and giving every publicity by advertisement, the answers, the inhabi-
tants will be required to give, when the officers all, should be made
known, so that persons unacquainted with the business might be ap-
prised thereof, and be prepared to give the information that will be ex-
pected of then: ; also, that printed papers with the questions should
be left at each house previously to the 30th inst. which would greatly
facilitate the execution of this laborious task, in so populous a parish
u Brighton, in one day.
There is now In this town a dog, of the mastiff breed, belonging to •
coal-merchant, named Mitchell, living in North-lane, who Invariably I
steals the ball and peg-tops of children, whenever be comet off shoal
while engaged in their sports, and which he carries home. It is right
to state that the property is returned by the master to the rightful ow.
tiers on application. We have met more than one urchin in tears be-
wailing that Mitchell's dog had stolen his ball.
We are happy to find that that most dangerous and inconvenient
thoroughfare, Pool-lane, is about to be forthwith improved, by lower-
ing the hill and by the erection of some good houses on the vacant un-
sightly space of ground in the hollow.
The whole expense of returning Sir James Macdonald and Mr.
Lefevre, foe Hampshire, is said to have amounted to less than 3601.
A gentleman, who was on the Downs at Epsom, on Thursday, and
witnessed the running for the Derby, assured us, yesterday, that he
counted upwards of 3000 equipages on the come.
On Tuesday last, H. B. Curteis, Req., dined with nearly two hun-
dred, by invitation, of the Western freeholder*. After the toast the
" Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese;" the Rev. C. Hardy returned
thanks for those of the city, and the Rev. Mr. Cornwall for those of the
county. The latter gentleman then sang the following, his own coin-
position, for the occasion :

A SONG ON REFORM.
FW, All your glasses to the brim,
Therein no glimpse of day-light leave,
Confusion must mink him
Who will not drink the tout I give:
Each heart with patriot feeling warm,
With " three times three" will hail—• REFORM."
Corruption starts—Corruption groans,
And trembles with unusual fear,
And writhes within her very bones,
To see—to feel—her end so near :
O'erwhelm'd the people's voice beneath
She droops--sbe sinks—she falls—in death.

Some call it" Russell's purge," In spite,
But if" the purge" the noxious brood
(If Boroughatongers put to flight,
'Twill do the Constitution good :
And free'd from ev'ry foul disgrace,
No spot its beauty shall deface.
But while Corruption from the State
We thus expel with honest zeal,
To make us good as well &acme,
One more Reform is newlful atIlL
Nor have we far for this to roam,
I mean, my friends, reform—AT HOME:
Now to your lips the bumpers join,
And in full chorus let us sing
Honour to Brunswick's Royal line,
Long life to our reforming King
In grateful shouts your voices raise,
To William's worth—to William's praise.

LEWIS Coax Mercers.—Saturday, May 14, 1831.--Oats, 11.
Ba. 6d. per quarter.—TuESDAT, May 17.—W hest, (mixed) 31. 10s. ;
Beans, 11. 17s. per quarter ; Oil Cake, 121. per thousand.
AEUIDEL CATTLI MAREST.-Mily 17, 1831.—Bed, 4s. Od.
4s. 4d. to 41. 6d. per stone; wether mutton, 4s. Bd. to As. Od.; ewe
ditto, 41. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; veal, 4s. 04. to 6s; lamb, 6e. to Os. 0d...
There was a tolerable supply of each description.
MARRIED.—Mr. W. Field, jun. of Reenbeld's Whyte, to
Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr. C. Chitty.
DIED.—At Chichester, Mts. Hales, aged 88.