Star.
London, England, 1823-10-21 00:00:00

WINDSOR, OCTOBER 20.

The weather being fine this morning, the Km:, with
his usual suite, rook an airing towards the Lodge, in
his phaeton, drawn by small ponies.
Yesterday evening his MAJESTY had a small party at
the Castle, among whom were her Royal flightless
Princess AUGUSTA, Earl and Countess IlanatNGToN,
Earl and Countess Ilancounr. &c. The bald of the
Royal Horse Guards attended, and played sacred musk
during yesterday.

The Right Honourable GEORGE CANNING is at pre-
sent on a visit to his noble friend the Eail of MORLEY,
at his delightful seat—SAltram. The Worshipful the
mayor, N. LOCKYER, Esq. has called a meeting of the
freemen of Plymouth, to be holden at the Guildhall, to
'determine on the propriety of presenting the freedom of
the borough, by patent, to Mr. CANNING;, for the emi-
nent services he has rendexed his country. That the
freemen will be unanimous in following up the wishes
of the Chief Magistrate there can be no doubt. This
mat kof attention to the Right Honourable Secretary
will, we are persuaded, be gratifying to the Noble Eat]
of MORLEY, whose exertions to add to the prosperity of
the town deserve the nun ked attention and gratitude
of its inhabitants.—Dcvonshire Freeholder.
• The Duke of SAXE WW EIMAR inspected ;he Mikity
Asylum, at Chelsea, yesterday.
Earl Srexcen has arrived at Cashiobury Park, Herts,
ca a visit to the Karl of Essax, front Althorp, Northamptonshire.
The Countess of BRISTOL and the I I ettvev
kft town lesterday., fur their seat at Putney ; his Lordship
bored this day.
The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD ate expected at
Kensington, on Thursday next, front Hants.
Viscount ALTHORPE has arrived at. Mr. C.•KE'S seat
in Norfolk, from Wiseton 11tH, Yorkshire.
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The Duke of GRAF roN is entertaining a large pa:ty
of Noblemen on a shooting excursion, at Euston-hall, Thetford.

Mr. COKE bas a numerous (arty of distinguished
sport men at his seat, in Norfolk.
Prince MLINRAD ut 11011ENZOLLERN-lIECKINGEN,
Canon of the Cornier Chapters of Cologne and Constance, died on
the lGth 1.1:6171,, in the ninety-fourth year of his age, at Boliringen-
dorf, where he performed the (leaks of Parish Priest.
serec.e iii.Lthoess the Duke Of BILUNhWICK-LU-
Nriwn will make his solenkti entry into Brunswidt with great
splen.'our in the course of the present week.
The ime POPE IS said to hive lei t behind I.im property
in land to the amount of 12,000 crowns a year, and in moveables
to the amount of 130,000 crowns. _

The exhibition of pictures at Liverpool is open to the
labouring ciasses at Ilizht. The riwir. ib lighted by gas..

Tritie has lately con,ideraWy revive,' in the manu-
facturing town of, Trowbridge; and most of the workmen are again
it full employ.
Cne B.aving !links and Ft ientils, Societies of England
and Ireland have eight millions tutl a hj: now deposited in Govern-
ment fund

We learn from Knareshorough, that some approxi•
tuition h making towards a reconciliation between the lineta•manu-
themrtis and a 1.,: weaver,.

MA/Mit:D.—At Kitkaldy, on the 14th inst.. the Rev.
EpecA an lama, A.M. of Hatton-Carden Chapel, London, to IBA.
NELLA, eldest daughter of the Rey. Join( Maisnr, Kirkaldy.
Mr. HAMILTON, the British Vice-Consul at Boulogne-
sur-Mer, arr;yed on Sunday night, at the Foreign-office, with dis-
patches for Mr. Secretary CANNING, from his Excetlency Sir CHARLIN
&Ilia NT, our Ambassador at Paris.

Some years ago, when the late Judge GROSE was
presiding during the Assizes at Bury St. Edmund's, a dog, which
happened to have followed some one into Court, gave tongue
rather iaudly at the same time with one of the Barristers. imme-
drrtel was a cry of " turn that dog out!" but his Lordship,
who, is th.s instance, chewed himself to be a good Judge, drily
said, " turn out the man he belongs to, and we shall soon get
rid of the dog,"
IMPUDENT IMPOSTURE.—Among the visitors this
season at IltAton, were two pretenders to not only the titles and
estates, but to tile personal idei+tity of the Duke and Duchess of
Becci.sucn. They carried it oa in style for some time. At length
my Lord Duke carried himself off one morning with the equipage,
and just as his Grace began to 1):: missed. the Duchess contrived
to become evanescent also. It was a remarkable instance of suc-
cessfully impudent imposture.
INGENIOUS SMUGGLING.—The Ayr Custom-house
Officers, in searching the sloop Industry, WO anw, on
her arrival there from Beltast, on Wednesday week,
found a quantity of smug ;ltd glass; and on the person
of one of the passengers, a female, were found thirteen
wedges of soap, quilted curiously in her petticoat, and
about a hundred wine glasses as ingeniously quilted in
another petticoat, which she wore as a scarf, the whole
singular combination being concealed under a cloak.
DEATH FROM DRINEINU.—Tuesday morning, an old
man, a shoemaker, named Ross, went into a house in
Advocatee-close, with a bottle of whisky, the greater
part of which he drank, and almost immediately after
expired. Medical assistance was procured from the
Police Office, but without effect. He had drank the
same quantity the morning before.—Caledonian ;tiler.
From Spain the letters are now transmitted in the
same punctual manlier as before the breaking out of
the war. Those lately received lion the south describe
the French as extremely unpopular; but the chief cause
is the irregularity of their payments. It is remarkable,
that none of the letters from Madrid mention or allude
to the Proclamation of King FERDINAND, issued at
Port St. Mary's.
Notices have been stuck on the church doors of
Hammersmith, &c. and on the doors of the Sessions'
Houses in Westminster and Middlesex, of its being the
intention, in the next Session of Pailiament, to apply
for leave (by Bill) to build a bridge at Hammersmith
across the River Thames, from the end of Queen-street,
Hammeismirh, to a. station in the parish of Barnes, on
the opposite shore; to make footpaths and carriage
ways to the same, &c. In the hamlet ofTllammersmith
there are now building vast quantities of houses, most
of them small one,; add extensive works of drainage
aro. going on there,. particularly by Starch-green, on
Turnham-green Common, &c.
KILL MYSELF.—Ia this county it is usual at Christ-
mas for the *farmers to kill-each d sheep fcr their own
use; on which occasions, when the butcher inquires if
they want any meat against Christmas, the usual reply
is " Nay, I think net, I think o killing wyzell." Last
Christmas a butcher called on a farmer of his acquaint-
ance, in the usual manner, saying, " Will ye want a
bit of meat, or yeti kill yersell this Christmas?"—"l
kna not," replied the fat mer, "whether I<e kill avail,
cr to' a side o' rue jitther."—Trestmoiland Gazette.
A singular circumstance occurred on Sunday morn-
ing, at the church of St. Botolph, Alder 'gate. Two
persons, apparently of humble condition, weie mairy-
iug It tl:e altar, and the Clergyman bad arrived at that
part of the ceremony, tr here he says. " Wilt thou have
tins woman to be thy wedde.l wife?" when the bride-
groom making no reply to this question, the clerk said
to him, " You must answer, I will." Instead of doing
so, however, he fixed his eye intently on the clerk and
exclaiming, "1 will ?—but I zo3n't !" took up his hat,
and left the church. Ile W4Slo:loVved out by a person
apparently to expostulate with him, but they were seen
im more. The poor girl was quite overcome at the fel- '
low's baseness, and it was some time before she had re-
covered sufficiently to leave the church with her friends.