Star.
London, England, 1820-03-11 00:00:00

Extract of a letter from Galway, dated March 4:

" With respect to the state of the County, matters are much
worse than when 1 wrote to you last. The whole of the County
is organized to obey certain orders whenever received. All the
Gentlemen east of this have either been attacked, obliged to
give up their arms. or threatened in such a ferocious manner,
that they are in a state of constant dread of their properties be-
ing destroyed, and themselves assassinated. The whole of the
lower classes of people are sworn, so that no Magistrate or Gen-
tleman can place the smallest dependence upon their own ser-
vants. The villains call at our houses in the dead of the night,
and demand arms. Our houses are in general thatched, and we
cannot defend them. In vain we answer, "we have only one
stand of arms ;" they reply, " we know better; you have sent •
them away, and if you do slot have them here at such a.night,
we will murder you." The labourers who till our lands come
and openly give it up, urging that they are sworn mit to go be-
yond a certain sum. A Magistrate dare not leave his house
after dark for fear of being shot, and cannot venture out to ob-
tain military aid in the night should he be called upon, and the
military cannot stir without the presence of a Magistrate.
Mr. (;soar, it appears, is acting in opposition to the mea-
sures of Mr. Pim, and will not listen to the repeated appeals of
the inhabitants for the Insurrection Act. The Ribbonmen are
now so numerous, that it is looked upon as an act of madness
any individual to oppose them. We have bad a number of them
in Jail, but they have been allowed to go out on bail by ord..,
of GovEsasstayr, to do more mischief. Most of the Protestants
expect that an attempt at a general massacre of them will be
made on Patrick's Day. Even t...lse of the lower classes, who
were inclined at first, and would have defended us had thef
been backed, have been comps:lied, by want of assistance, to ;..in
the ranks of the Ribbonmen, and are now as desperate as the
rest. My relation, • • • •, and his cousin, who had left their
houses and tetlred into town, have received orders from these
mist-scants to return with their arms, and deliver them up, for
that destruction awaited them. The villains are so well ac-
quainted with every circumstance, through the treachery of your
own servants, that nothing escapes their knowledBe, and yn's
receive a notice, either personally, or posted upon your g;.te.
"'I heard yesterday an account of a most dreadful murder
which was perpetrated here, front a man who said that he saw
the corpses of the deceased. One of these deluded wretches who
had been sworn, repented, and said that be knew the fellows
who had sworn him, and that he would give information against
them. •The villains heard of it, came to his cabin, seized and
mutilated him, and then blew the upper part of lus skull off with
a blpnderbuss; took his wife, put a musket to her breast, a, :d
shot her dead ; then brought out the bodies in the road, laid
them across each other, and left them !"

A letter, it is said, has been received by the LORD
ADVOCATE from the Sheriff-Depute of the County
Of Ross, stating to his Lordship that a force of not
less than five htindred men and three field-pieces
will be iteceF,sary to quell the !lot in that County,
the Highlanders being in full 'possession of the dis,
trict.—Edinburgh Sitzr •

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BATH, MARCH S.

FETE IN HONOUR OF GRORON IV.

It was a most magnificent scene, to which all the
Nobility and Gentry, for twenty miles round, were in-
vited. The Fete was given by the York Club, at the
Upper Rooms, in this City. The superb Saloon was
appropriated for the Ball-room, which was decorated
with flags and other insignia, in honour of the 14e
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rater of Europe. Matchless chandeliers, lUstres, and
globe-lamps, of crystal glass, with wax lights, gave
a brilliancy to the objects in this beautiful place which
is indescribable. The Ball was opened with The
Mouse of Brunswick, by Lady HOOD and the gallant
Captain CROFTON, of the Royal Navy. The dancing
commenced at eleven o'clock ; at twelve, quadrilles
were introduced, and these predominated till one,
when the company promenaded, two and two, to the
Banqueting-room : the great Ball-room was the
Supper-loom ; herein sat down six hundred persons
to an entertainment consisting of the most delicious
viands and wines. The tables were profusely orna-
mented with flags, banners, and mottoes, after the
style of ancient chivalry. Busts of the KING, and
emblems characteristic, were arranged on every side.
Loyal devices ornamented the walls, painted by the
hand of a master. After tdic,Banquet the Ladies and
Gentlemen stood up, and drank—" Long life and
happiness to GEORGE IV." The toast was drank with
enthusiasm, with three times three, the Band playing
GOD save tbe King. At four o'clock the dancing re-
commenced with waltzes and quadrilles ; they were
kept up till six in the morning.

Iris MAJESTY has been graciously pleased, by a
• Royal Grant, to the Master, Fellows, and Scholars,
of Sr. John's College, in the University of Cam-
bridge, to remove the restrictions in their Statutes,
which prevented the election of more than two Fel- '
lows from the same County, into the Foundress's Fel-
lowships. These Fellowships are now open to all
Candidates born in any pact of England or Wales.
GEORGE THE THIRD, HIS COURT, AND FAMILY.—
Upwards •of five hundred distinguished characters
figure in this interesting Work, which has just ap-
peared, and will be read by all classes with the
highest degree of satisfaction.
Saturday, the Governor and Court of Assistants
of the Russia Company had their Annual Dinner at
the City 01 London Tavern, and were accompanied
by Lords LIVERPOOL :tad CATHCART, and others of
the Nobility. Police Officers were carefullt provided,
in case of any disturbance; and this precaution seems
now to be generally taken wherever any number of
the Members of the Cabinet nre invited. _

His ALtJas-ry, we understand, has presented Cap-
tain FIT7.CLARUNCE with a sword of considerable
as .t mark of his Royal approbation of that gal-
lant young Officer's meritorious services in Cato-street