Star.
London, England, 1823-07-12 00:00:00

The House of Commons adjourned last night to
Wednesday next, when they w ill meet to receive the
Bills passed by the House of Lords, and on the Fri-
day following Parliament is expected to be prorogued
by his MAJESTY in perscn.
The Grand Dinner given by the KING on Thurs-
day, took place in the State Room called the Octa-
gon Room, from its situation in the Palace. It is pe.
culiarly well adapted for the entertainment of such
a numerous assemblage. The Royal Banquet was
most splendidly fitted up with the State plate, which
vas most tastefully displayed. It was brilliantly il-
laminated with wax. The dessert consisted of the
most choice fruits, from the Royal Gardens of Ken-
sington, Kew, Hampton Court, and Windsof; the
pines from Kensington were particularly fire and
large. All the State Rooms, which were opened on
the occasion, as well as the Octagon Hall, were per.
fumed with growing choice flowers and plants, also
from the Royal Gardens. The military band attend-
ing the King's Guard, were stationed in the gardens
at the back of the Palace, and played various marches,
overtures, &c. The music, with which the dinner and
evening par ties were gratified, war composed by some
of the most eminent English Composers, particularly
of glee music, both modern and ancient, and the
singers selected for the occasion were the most:eminent
glee singers England can boast. The performances
closed about twelve o'clock.
The following were among the distinguished Per-
sonages arthe evening party :
Lady Maryborough, Earl of Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. \Vynn,
Earl of Scarborough, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Sir Class.
and Lady T. Long, Eatl and Countess Cowper, Viscount Mel-
*Me, Bari and Countess Bathurst, Marquis of Bath, Marquis
Graham, Lord Grantham, Marquis and Marchioness of London-
derry, Mr. and Mrs. Peel, Captain Conroy, Sir R. Gardider,
Lord Lowther, Mr. and Lady A. Becket, the Prussian Minister,
Earl Morley, Hon. G. Villiers, Lord Fife, Earl of Weuntorbnd,
Lord and Lady Gwydyr, Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, &c. &e.
The Duchess of KENT, .on her visit to the Palace,
in Pall-Mall, on Thursday, was accompanied by her
youngest' daughter, the Princess VICTORIA, who had
never till that day been introduced to his MAJESTY.
She is an interesting child, of a very lively and af-
fectionate disposition. She was full of joy oh the
morning of Thursday, at the thought of seeing the
)(me, whom, no doubt, her juvenile imagination pic-
,aired to her .ts the living Monarch of her fairy tales.
" I am going," says she, " to see the KING !" and,
turning round to her Royal Parent, she asked, with
infantiite simplicity, Oh, Mamma! shall Igo upon
my donkey ?" His Ddaseary, with a kindness that
was worthy of him, had sent her his picture, set round,
with brilliants, as a present on her birth-jay.
Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE
gave a grand entertainment at their residence, Bushy
Park, consisting of a numerous dinner party, and a
Ball at night, to celebrate the anniversary of their
Royal Highnesses wedding day,being the fifth anni
versary.—Prince LEOPOLD, the Duke of CUMBER-
LAND, the Prince of SOLMS, and a long list of distin-
guished fashionables were present.
" No other candidate has presented himself for Staf-
fordshire, and it is now thought that Sir JOHN Wavr-
, TULET will walk over the course.
• WILLIAM SHEPHERD KIMMEL', Esq. M.P. for
the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, died a few
stays ago, at his seat, in-Staffordshire.' .
Mr. Baotroata.aa left town yesterday, to proceed on
an: tee Northam Circuit.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.
" PARIS, JULY io.—Seven &Clock, cu.
" To-day the French Loan of 23,114,516 of rents:
has been adjudged to the house of Messrs. dr. ROTHS•
CHlLDBrothers and Co. Four o'clock was the hour
.appointed by the official announcement of the Mini-
ster of Finance for receiving the tenders of such Com-
panies as intended to bid for this Loan. The rublii
rooms of the Minister of Finance in his Hotel, in Put'
Neuve Petits Champs, were thrown open to the Pub-
lic about two. By three a considerable number of
,:ersons 'had collected. At four the suit of public
rooms were nearly filled, and the apartment, where,
a kind of bureau was placed for the Contractors and
the Ministers, was crowded to excess. One would
have supposed that the Stock Exchange had adjourned
from jobbing in the funds to the house of the Mini-
ster 'of Finance, to witness the creation of additional
means of speculation. At a few minutes past four,
a bustle in the crowd announced the entrance of the
Ministers. Not only the Ministers of Finance and
War attended, but the Minister of the Interior and
the Minister of Marine. M. de VILLELE declared
the Sitting opened, and ordered the Royal Decree to
be read, which authorized the sale of the 23 millions
of renter. This Decree was read by the Minister M.
de VlLLuds Secretary. After this the Minister's re-
gulation, 'fixing the conditions of bidding, &c. was
likewise read. M. de VILLELE then formally depo-
sited on the bureau the sealed paper containing the
rniniarnm for which he would allow the renter to be
adjudged. These formalities being completed, the
representatives of the different Companies who in-
tended to bid deposited their tenders.
" The lists were four, and delivered in the follow-
ing order : —lst, Messrs. Lamm and Co. 2d, Messrs.
GREFFOLIIE, SARTORIS, and Co. 3, Messrs. De ROTHS.
CHILD Brothers; and 4th, CESAR DE LAFANOUSE and
Co. After they had all been deposited and numbered,
M. DE Vtt.t.m.s began by opening M. /dams's,
which was numbered first. M. Lartrre, who had
combined with AnDoutn, and several others of the
liberal bankers, made a tender of 871. 75c. for every
hundred of rents:: offering, of course, to fulfil all
the stipulations required by the Minister of Finance's
official regulations. This offer excited a little move-
ment in the assembly, as the rentes, to-day, had left
off in the coulise, at six o'clock, at 90 francs 25 cents.
4. GItEYBULHE and Co's. tender was then opened and I
read. It contained exactly the same offer of 87f. 75c.
Messrs. De ROTHSCHILD and &others tender was the.
third in the order of presentation, and the third read.
It excited not a little movement in the meeting, by
its discrepancy with the two former. It offered to the
Minister for his mites 891.55 c. being nearly 2 per
cent. above theme
" The fourth and the last test was that of M. de
LAPANOUSE. It was the same as that of M. Lsrtrra
and M. Giant/LIM The
,Minister, after'recapitu-
lating the contents of the four sealed papers, an.,
flounced that he adjudged the Loan to Messrs. de
ROTHSCHILP Brothers, their tender exceeding his
sealed ssinintune, which of course was not opened.
The Minister has since announced that his minimum
was 881.50 c. Though the bidding of Messrs. de
ROTHSCHILD is much higher than the rest, it was still
on 'Change considered so good a bargain, that their
certificates were sold at one and a half premium. The
three other companies, it was supposed, from the
uniformity of their biddings, had formed a coalition
.
to keep the Loan among French capitalists."

A letter from St. Petersburgh, dated June 17, says,
" Three hundred and six ships have already arrived
at Cronstadt: one has 86 lasts of silver from Wol-
gast, probably the remainder of the Loan contracted
for by Messrs. ROTHSCHILD& Our trade with China
lincreases almost every month. In January, this year,
the value of the goods bartered at Krackla was
1,891,750 rubles. Tea and nankeens are the chief
articles furnished by the Chinese in return."
The-Governors and Directors of the Bank of Eng-
land, in order to prevent 'depredations on the Public
during the time of paying the dividends, have, in ad-
dition to their own establishment, procured the assist-
ance of two of the City Marshalsmen.
We understand that Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS, who,
in twenty-seven years, has published nearly 1000
books, and added at least 1.50 valuable stock-books
of onr language, proposes to terminate his publishing
career with the useful and spendid work of " Nature
Displayed," announced in alate Paper. Perhaps no
name ever appeared originilly in the imprint of so
many useful and instructive works, and the schools
and rising generations of the last quarter of a cen-
tury have universally experienced the value of his
Interrogative System of Education, of which he has
recently completed an entire Series of Elementary
Books in every Branch of Liberal Education.
At the iron-works at Charenton, in France, which
are under the superintendance of Englishmen, there
ate already nearly 300 English artisans employed,
and it is announced that 100 mote are expected on
the river-side. At about half a mile from Paris there
are also new iron-works, conducted by Englishmen,
which when complete will be very extensive, and
give employment to upwards of 150 workmen. Iron-
works are establishing in all parts of France.
SNOW STORM IN ITALY.—A letter from Bologna,
dated June 10, says: " In the town of Capodaqua,
towards Arquota, a city in the March of Ancona,
there has fallen for some days together such Wquan-
tity of snow that it was 32 palms deep, and buried
48 persons, of whom twelve perished. A Lady re-
mained alive 56 hours without food., and a hen four-
teen days. Twenty-six houses were crushed, and 116
vineyards and fields laid waste—Genoa Gamete.
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