Star.
London, England, 1814-06-06 00:00:00

21a kilvc,t Bikrll &tr.

Saturday his MAYEbTY completed his 76th year,
Which was observed throughout the Metropolis and
. the tountry with the usual detnonstrations of joy and
rejoicings. The tnotning was ushered in with the
ringing of Bells, the flags on the church steeples and
other public buildings were displayed, and continued`
co during the whole of the day. The annual enter-
taiament was given by Mr. Vintta, thd Mail C'oach.
Contractor, at the manofictory on Millbank-row, to'
the Agents of the Post Office, the Mail Contractors,.
Coach Masters, the Guards and Coachmenof. the
mat-coaches. The coaches, furniture and the har-
ness for the hones wete all new. The Mail Contrac-
tors produced the best collection of horses they could'
possibly find, amounting to about eighty, including
those .for the saddle horsemen. A few minutes atter.
five o'clock they started off, and proceeded to Carltoni
House, where they halted, and gave three cheers to!
the PRINCE Raoisr; From thence they proceeded!
•to the Queen's Palace, and gave .three cheers to die'.
QUEEN. They proceeded up Constitution-hill, halted
uppobite Pulteney flstel, and gave three cheers to the
•. Duchess of OLDENEURGII. They then proceeded to
the General Post Office by Pall-Mall, the Strand, &c.
At one o'clock the Part and Tower guns were fired.
The LORD CiIAMBIERLAINI the Loan STEIV'ARD, the
.Duke of MONTROSA as Master of the Horse, ih Mar.
Os of WINCHESTER. as Groom of the Stole) and Sir
WILLIAM GARROW, asAttorney General, gave grand
'dinners tn those in )heir different departments. The
• King's Tradesmen dined together at the Thatched.
•House. Tavern, and in the evening their houses were
. illuminated. Some of the public Offices, the Opera.
House, the Theatres, the Subscription Houses, and
other public buildings were illuminated. Two barrels
of porter were distributed atAhe Admirahy according
to annual custom. - . - •
• The PRINCE REGENT left town at 12 o'clock, to bd
present at the observance of his Royal Father's birth;
day, at Windsor, where his Royal Highness was met
by the Duke and Duchess of YORK, the Dukes of
KENT and CAMBRIDGE, who together with the QUEEN,
the PRINCESSES, and a sarty, dined together on the
occasion at Frogmore.
The young Gentlemen of EtOn College celebrated
the Zay by a Regatta on the Thames.

Yesterd sy the 411 baring Suileiin of the state-of h's
Mantsn's health during the last month was exhibited
at St. James's Palace
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WINDSOR CASTLE, ,TUNE 4.
u The Knco's health, has been uninterruptedly
gnol, and his MAJESTY has been very tranquill
throughout the last Month, though his Maaz.s-rv's
• disat tier continues without any sensible alteration."
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oigneal a HENRY lIALFORD. aW. lIEBERDEN.
MILLIE. It. WILLIS.
" J. WILLIS."
Lord SOMERVILLE and. Admiral LEGG were the
Lord and Groom in Waiting yesterday, at 84
James's Palace. 1
. Sir NASH Guest, many year's one of the Jude
the Court of King's Bench, stopped at the Dolphin
Inn, in Petersfield, on Tuesday last, between two and ,
three o'clock, on his way to the Pi iory, in the Isle of '
Wight; he had scarcely entered the room when he
fell on a sofa and expired in about ten pinutes, in the
• 74th year of his age. His remains were takes to the
Island and interred on Friday.
KING'S THEATRE. —Her Royal Highness the Prin.
• less of WALES came into her box before the end of the
• Opera on Saturday-night. The moment she entered
the whole company stood up, and she was received
- with enthusiastic applause. " GOD save the King'?
was called for, and sung with peculiar emphasis
and effect. It was encored, amid unbounded accla-
. snation.
COVENT GARDEN.—.The representation of King
/On, phich had been announced for Saturday, was
superseded by that of The Stranger, after timely notice
communicated in the bills of tie continuance of Mr-
▪ Kr.intLE's indispcisition. With the merits of Mr.
Yooso in 'the part of 77se Stranger, the public are too
well acquainted to require any description of them
' now.' He was received throughout with deserved
applause, and Mrs. M‘Glasson bestowed considerable
interest on Mn.
• TAX PARES.-rThe state of the weather yesterday
prechded our accustomed diFplay of dress and de-
, sail(' on the fashionablefirenueader. 'the usual ca-
,...ealcade of dashing equipages, however, appeared
-I', Isi Hyde Park, among which were those of the Dn.°
..chesses, of •Rutland, Montrose, and Leeds, and the
Marchionesses of Blaodfard .and Salisbury. In. St,
James's Park the workmen were employed the whole
day in preparing the Chinese Temple for the ensuing'
Fete.
Our Reader; have often heard of a Bs& in a Chime-
Sho/s—the following accoant.of the proceedings of
Cow in a Music-Warehause, will make as excelledt
twin arsecdote;—Last week, a cow, having a taste
for the " Melody of sound," made its way into the
warehouseof Mr. IL Taylor, of Bridge:street, in thir
city. The animal went to the further end of the
shop, and turned behind the counter, where, after et-
_ amining a few of the music books, and trying it's skill
on a small organ, which it upset, made its exit, with-
. obt doing further damage, although the side of the
shop next thecounter is entirely glass I—L *err Chroe.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROII }[AIL FILL DATED'
KAY 16. .
a I landed here yesterday, whieb happened fortu-
nately to be the Festival Day for the rest oiaddl% of
the ancient family. Nothing could exceed the enthu-
siastic demonstrationt of joy. When compared to the
French, the inhabitants of Holland, in escaping from
the yoke of Napoleon, were—
" Lan as she lace that slumber In the storm." •
Here all is life, and even inanimate nature seems
almost to move. Thr English Officers were pursued
° amidst the throng with shouts of delight. The old
people; who- seemed most enraptured with the return
Oa old times, could scarcely refrain from embracing
us, and the fillet and flower girls presented their_gifts
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and refused to be paid. •'fire' principal parts of the
town were So festooned With shrubs that, after it was
dark, and all lit up, the streets appeared like the walks
of an illuminated garden. The device on oae of the
transparencies was very striking. ;••=4l gigantic arm
Etr7kPrr :i a sword, the lightning fell ifrom Heaven and
there was no motto—the imag
kit to-tsination was
rat riaist.r.titias haad,wiiting on the
trawl— y eingdeak has
depleted frau thee?"