Star.
London, England, 1830-05-10 00:00:00

THE KING.

Yesterday the following bulletin was issued :
" Windsor Castle, May 9.
" The Kiog has passed a tranquil night. His Majesty's sy.,ip
toms are essentially the same.
" HENRY HALFORD.
MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY."
This Bulletin Wag exhibited at St. J:t'lleei Palace at ti.e
i.sr.al hour, between tuo and four. The attendants in
the state rooms on Saturday were the Earl of CHESTER.
YIELD, for Lord Sr. HELENS; the lion.
II LN D, Groom, for General Fitictr. Lord Guist LYON
came into waiting yesterday ; Colonel Woart:Lrv,
Groom in waiting for Sir WM. KEPPEL ; rape of the
Presence, Mr. S. Bitow N. The inquiries were very nu-
merous. A special invitation was sent by his MAJESTY to
the Duchess of G Lou C EST ER, who arrived at the Castle
about II o'clock on Saturday morning, the Kix
horses baying been despatched to Hounslow to meet the
Royal Duchess. Her Royal Highness remained nit;,
the Kist.: till about four o'clock, when the Duchess ra•-
turned to London. The Duke of CCIIBERLAND au.i
Prince GEORGE arrived about one o'clock at the Castle.
and remained a considerable time on Saturday. Boti
the Physicians remain in close attendance.

Letter in the Mortitny Herald.
WINDSOR- SUNDAY.

" There is no doubt now entertained of his 31c3E3TT's improt e
ment towards convalescence, as he certainly is much better, havkg
latterly given audience to some of his Ministers, and holding con.
ference with branches of the Royal Family, and others, with in,
usual cheerfulness.—Yesterday, at half.past twelve o'clock, the
Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at the Castle, and had ar
audience of his MAJESTY, and also an interview with his physicians.
and left the Castle at half.past one o'clock, on hi: return to town
The Marquis of I..indonderry also arrived at the Castle. in order to
make his personal inquiries relative to the state of the King's health.
This forenoon the Bishop of Chester performed Divine Service. a,
the private Chapel, to his Majesty's suite and household. At ort
o'clock, the Lord Chancellor arrived at the Castle, and had a long
audience of his Majesty ; after which his Lordship partook of somt
refreshment, and left at three o'clock, on his return to town. Hi.
Majesty's physicians still continue in attendance."

A great deal cf speculation is now going on as to the
course which an illustrious Personage w•ilI take in the
event of the decease of our 'oeloved Sovereign. If tl•.:
statemont of that illustrious Personage having, some
time ago, sent to the Duke of WLLLINGTON a message
stating that he might command his attendance in thL
event of being bald pressed, and of his having given hi•
proxy to the LORD CHANCELLOR, be true, there (r.
be no doubt as to the course which he will adopt ou the oc.
cu:rence of an event such as we have imagined.--Com t
Journal.

The Berkshire Chronicle says : " That his Mai EsTA
is very seriously indisposed cannot for one moment ly
doubted ; but it would seem, from the coniltination of a-
rious circumstances, that the disorder is not of such a na-
ture as to suhject the Royal patient to immediate peril of
life. We believe the Royal disorder is a violent a,:aci:
of asthma, attended with spasms."
It will he seen from the Windsor news, that the Loki:
CIIA X cELLort had a long audience of the Kis° yester-
day. Reports of a conflicting nature respecting his MA..
J EAT Y'S health were prevalent throughout the day. The
last bulletin states that the " symptoms cuntinue essen-
tially the same," but are, as usual, utterly silent on the
nature of the disease; in consequence of which there i,
scarcely any distemper incidental to the human frame
which has not been inflicted on his Mansa v by the
busy invention of public rumour.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday-
afternoon at the Foreign Office, the summonses for tilt
&ambling of which were issued by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer the preceding evening. the Ministers present
were the Duke of WELLING-rox, Earls BATHURST.
Rosstvx, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord
ELLENBOROUGH, Sir R. PEEL, Sir G. MURRAY, the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HERRIES.
The Council sat two hours and a half in deliberation.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colomi:i
Office from Sir G. Dow, the Lieutenant-Governor of
Gibraltar; and also from the Hon. General Pox su N
the lieutenant-Governor of Malta.

The President and Vice-President of the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons had a conference with the Cit n arc Lux h
of the EXCHEQUER and the Chairman of the Conunii•
sioners of Stamps, on Saturday, at the Treasury.
A deputation front the licensed victuallers attended a:
the Treasury on Saturday, and had a conference with the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.

The Lords of his MAJESTY'S Most Honourable Priv.,
. Council held a meeting on Saturday morning at the
Council Chamber.—Mr. POLLOCK and Mr. ToMLINSON
were heard by their lordships on an appeal, SA UTVEANCL
Y ALVY ARDEVOL GIBRALTAR, on behalf of thi.
Appellants. The Master of the Rolls then stopped
the Respondent's reply, and stated their lordships'
opinion to be, that no appeal could be entertained by
the Court from the decree of a Court below, on the
ground that that Court had discredited the witnesses for
the prosecution. The appeal was therefore dismissed—
The Cross Appeal, FRANKLAND Nl‘Gusvv and
M'GUSTY v. FRANKLAND, was called on. The ".‘lss-
TER of the ROLLS stated that he had considered the case
as to one of the points in discussion, whether the
onus probandi, the bona fides of the acceptancv of a part-
ner to a bill of exchange, ought to be on the separate
creditor holding the bill, or on the partner who refused to
pay its amount on the ground that it was not a partner
ship concern.—His Lordship was about to give his deci-
sion; but at the request of W. Serjeant S tr./tars, who
requested to be heard on new facts, the Appeal was further
argued. Mr. ALDERSON appeared for the Respondents.
Judgment was deferred.—An ex-parte motion, TERRILL
V. SHEPPARD, from Barbadoes, was granted.—Mr.
JAMES CAMPBELL opened the Appeal, LA MOTIIE
LA MOTHE, from the Isle of Sian.—Their Lordship
rose about four o'clock.

The first number of a very elegant little work, the
" Family Atlas" has just made its appearance. The
object of this cabinet atlas is to accompany and illustrate
the historical and geographical portions of the Family
Library, the Cabinet Cyclopedia, the Family Clas-
sical Library, and similar publications, by supplying in
the clearest and most accurate manner, all the informa-
tion of large and expensive atlases, in an elegant vo-
lume of the same size as those cheap and popular work:,
The will and codicils of the late Right Honourable
Margaret Dowager Countess of Clonmel were proved Is
Doctors' Commons on Saturday; her personal property
was sworn to be under 70,0001. By her will and codicils
she disposes of a great variety of jewellery and trinkets.
set in brilliants, between her son the Honourable Thom"
Earl of Clonmel, and her daughter, the Countess of
Beauchamp ; and, after bequeathing several legacies of
trifling amount amongst her friends and relatives, she
gives the residue of her property to the Countess of Beau-
champ for life, free from the controul of her present or
any future husband, with power for her to dispose of the
principal by will, and appoints her son and daughter two
of the executors.

LITERATURE.

Paul Clifford. By the author of Pelham, Devereux, &c. 3 vols.
CoLnuaw and BENTLEY.

It has been said of the great Scotch novelist, that while
there are few charms of incident, character, or descrip-
tion, in which his works do not abound, they may yet be
considered rather as delineations of gone-by habits and
customs, than the vehicle of truths calculated to produce
any permanent effect on the manners and sentiments of
the present day. It is evident, both from the former
productions and the volumes before us, that Mr. BuLw ER
aims at a much higher object, as justly observed by
.:onternporary critic, " whether using the diamond arrow
of wit—the graver arms of argument,—whether in the
pictures from real life, or the creations of imagination,
he 'has kept the one aim in view, of human amelio-
i i..on. He has satirised follies—to deter, if possible,
from their pursuit; and drawn, in noble colours, the
good and the great—to attract, if possible, by ex-
ample." A more exalted object could not be aspired
to by any writer ; that the encomium thus bestowed has
been merited, a slight glance at " Paul Clifford " will,
we think, amply prove. It is a further praise to the
author, that while his illustrations of manner, scenery,
and character, abound in those excellencies of style, wit
and humour, which never fail to entertain, his political
sentiments are of the most liberal cast. Of all the quali-
ties which serve to enhance the merits of an author,
nothing is entitled to more praise than the constant
disposition displayed in the writings of Mr. Bulwer, to
check the inordinate pride of " power and place," while
he inculcates such lessons on a different class of readers
as cannot fail to make them " better and wiser."—
When it is considered that Mr. BULWER has acquired
a high reputation, and well deserved celebrity at an
age when other aspirants for fame are too timid or in-
experienced to try their " unfledged wings," what may
not be expected from the future efforts of such a writer ?

While we regret that our restricted limits admit of few
extracts, we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of placing
the following charming portrait before our readers ; it is
that of Lucfßrandon, the heroine:

" Never did glass give back a more lovely Image than that of
Lucy Brandon at the age of nineteen. Her auburn hair fell in the
nthest luxuriance over a brow never ruffled, and a cheek where the
blood never slept ; with every instant the colour varied, and at every
variation that smooth, pure, virgin cheek seemed still more lovely
than before. She had the most beautiful laugh that one who loved
music could imagine,—silvery, low, and yet so full of joy ! All her
movements, as the old parson said, seemed to keep time to that
laugh ; for mirth made a great part of her innocent and childish
temper; and yet the mirth was feminine, never loud, nor like that of
young ladies who have received the last finish at Highgate semi-
naries. Every thing joyous affected her, and at once,—air,—Sowers,
--sunshine,—butterfiies. Unlike heroines in general, she very
seldom cried, and she saw nothing charming in having the vapours.
But she never looked so beautiful as in sleep 1 and as the light
!math came from her parted lips, and the ivory lids closed over
those eyes which only in sleep were silent—and her attitude in her
sleep took that ineffable grace belonging solely to childhood, or the
fresh youth into which childhood merges,—she was just what you
might imagine a sleeping Margaret, before that most simple and
gentle of all a poet's visions of womanhood had met with Faust,
and ruffled her slumbers with a dream of love. We cannot say
much for Lucy's intellectual acquirements; she could, thanks
to the parson's wife, spell indifferently well, and write a
tolerable hand ; she made preserves and sometimes rid-
dles—it was more difficult to question the excellence of the
former than to answer the queries of the latter. She worked to
the admiration of all who knew her, and we beg leave to say that
we deem that an excellent thing in woman.' She made caps for
hermit' and gowns for the poor, and now and then she accomplished
the more literary labour of a stray novel that had wandered down
m the Mansion House, or an abridgement of ancient history, in
which was omitted every thing bat the proper names. To these
attainments she added a certain modicum of skill upon the
ipinet, and the power of singing old songs with the richest
lnd sweetest voice that ever made one's eyes moisten,
Je one's heart beat. Her moral qualities were more fully
developed than her mental. She was the kindest of human beings;
the very dog that had never seen her before, knew that truth at the
first glance, and lost no time in making her acquaintance. The
goodness of her heart reposed upon her face like sunshine, and the
old wife at the lodge said poetically and truly of the effect it pro-
duced, that ' one felt warm when one looked on her.' If we could
abstract from the description a certain chilling transparency, the
:''lowing exquisite verses of a forgotten poet* might express the
verity and lustre of her countenance—

Mr face was like the milky way i' the sky,
A meeting of gentle lights without a name.'
she was surrowlded by pets of all kinds, ugly and handsome, from
Ralph the raven, to Beauty the pheasant, and from Bob the sheep-
ileg without a tail, to Beau the Blenheim with blue riband round his
neck ; all things loved her, and she loved all things. It seemed
doubtful at that time whether she would ever have sufficient steadiness
ar.l itrcr.gth of character. Her beauty and her character appeared
ahle so essentially sexual, soft, yet lively, buoyant, yet caressing,
that you could scarcely place in her that moral dependence, that you
ungl.t in a character less amiable, but less yieldingly feminine—
Pe.e, howevis, and circumstance, which alters and hardens, were
to decide whether the inward nature did not possess some latent,
Jnt' yet undiscovered properties."
The hero is thus described, and, as in the extract we
Lave just given, displays a power of graphic illustration
-.Lich none but a master-hand could draw.

" Few persons, when he liked it, could be more agreeable than
William Brandon; but, at times, there mixed with his converse-
t:on a bitter sarcasm, probably a habit acquired in his profession, or
on occasional tinge of morose and haughty sadness, possibly the
Lanscquence of his ill-health Yet his disordor, which was some-
hat approaching to that painful affliction the tic doulou►evs though
of fits more rare in occurrence than those of that complaint ordi.
tartly arc, never seemed even for an instant to operate upon his mood,
shatever that might be. That disease worked unseen ; not* muscle
't his face appeared to quiver; the smile never vanished from his
.oath, the blandness of his voice never grew faint as with pain, and,
Ole midst of intense torture, his resolute and stern mind conquered
very external indication, nor could the most observant 'triage: have
toted the moment when the fit attacked or released him. There was
inscrutable about the man. You felt that you took his
trust, and not on your own knowledge. The acquaint.
would have left you equally dark as to his vices or
varied often, yet in each variation be was equally
Was he performing a series of parts, or was it the
acs of a man's true temperament, that you behold
illonly smooth, quiet, attentive, flattering in social
:vas known in the senate and courts of law for a cold
iustie venom, scarcely rivalled even in those areas of
s,Tmed as if the bitterer feelings he checked in pri.
ightcd to indulge in public. Yet, even there, he
to momentary petulance or gushing passion : all
systematic sarcasm or habitual sternness; he out.
of ceremonial, or of society ; he stung, without ap.
:ions of the sting ; and his antagonist writhed not maw
'ire of his satire, than the crushing contempt of his NV.
a, ready, armed and defended on all points, sound h
iling in observation, equally consummate in sophistry'
himself, and instantaneous in detecting sophistry h
ling no art, however painful—begrudging no labour,
ty—minute iu detail, yet not the leas oomprebssmibig
,k,et in a grasp :_such was the legal and publis she.

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