Star.
London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

WINDSOR, APRIL 19.

The v eather being remarkably fine this morning, the
KINU rode out in his phzton, to, the Royal Lodge, and
other pat is in \\lnds°, GI eat Palk.
nince PouGNAc, the French Ambassador, arrived
at the Castle this day;un a visi,t-to his MAJESTY.

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The Princess AucusTA and Prince LEOPOLD dined
with the Duchess of KENT yesterday, at her apartments at the King's
Palace, Kensingten.
Yestes day the Duchess of GLoucesTEß visited the
Princess A UGU,TA.
Accounts were received yesterday in town from Bath,
stating that the E trl of Ltek:arotn. had derived much benefit in his
health front drinking the waters.
The CHANCELLOR I,f the EXCHEQUER and L tt3y SA-
RAH ROISINSUN are ou a visit to Lady BIJEKINGHAIISIIIIIE, at Chad.
toni,_in Kent.
Yesterday, his MAJESTY S bounty, called the Gate
Alms, was distributed to a number of poor men and women at the
Almonry office, in Scotland-yard, by Mr. Harsv, the Secretary to
the Lord lligh Almoner.
Lord and Lady BosroN have left town for their seat,
Iledsor Lodge, lucks.
Yesterday being Later-Monday, the boys of Christ's
Hospital went to the Royal Exchange, where they waited for a
considerable time WI the Lono Mavou and Corporation were teady
to join them, when they returned iu lung pi ()cession to Christ
(';;anal, where the I.lmaal Slsital sermon was preached by the
Bishop of FILETCR.
The proposal ef Mr. Hest,: SSON to permit the Fo-
reign wheat Low tenter t and to he converted into flour, upon
tepi:Lioz I or; uf fl"ur fur every -ix bushels of wheat so removed,
c..nnot tad to hive a 11:4(Cliai inflsence upon the price of Dtitish
wheat; for, as the flour produced items the foreign wheat is only
allowed to be exported, it necessarily follows that an equal quantity
of British flour will be housed; and thus an increased - value given
to British wheat by the increased demand for it, which will be tic-
casioaed by the exchane. The quantity of wheat in the ware.
houses on the sth of January last was 401,591 quarters.
DESTRUCTION OF A PAINTING BY RUEENS.—A very
extraordinary event is this day the subject of general conversation;
all the details hav, not yet reached us in such a manner that we can
give them positively; but the fact is too real, and the following
particulars may be relied on. Some days ago M. de FuttioN, the
Director of the Museum, received an anonymous letter front au
individual, who said that the Government having caused him
to sustain a loss of ..:0,000 francs, he would destroy, one atter the
other, all the pictures ill the Museum, if the sum in question was
not brought to him at an appoiuted place. M. FKANCHET, of the
o received a similar letter ; hut, thinking it the act of some
sin importance was attached to it : but on Friday, a
person employed at the Museum ran to the Director of the Police,
and informed him that one of the finest of Ruarss's pictures had
been torn to pieces. The author of this act has not been disco-
vered. The doors of the Museum were instantly closed, and we
understand that a similar precaution has been adopted at the
Luiembourz.—Fresicli Paper.
The drawings of SALVATOR RosA are extremely
scarce. The value placed even on his most careless sketches may be
judged by the following anecdote t—calling one day on Lormas
LIM, at Florence, be was detained some time waiting for his friend,
and to beguile his ennui he took up a card and made a sketch on it.
This card has reached posterity, and is now carefully preserved in
the lid of a snuff-box, in the possession of Prince ROvieeMorillu•
a Russian Noble.