Star.
London, England, 1819-01-07 00:00:00

THE COE'27MS.S OF MUNSTER.

La cornittost. 71eith contemporary Journalists, we
'46pied, on TAiday; a paragt aph front the Morning
Post of that clay,• which we are authoria to con-
tradict ; and as .it; tended to injure very materially
the respectable Proprietor of an Inn at Canterbury,
we hasten to perform that duty. The Editor of the
gorning herald had also been Misled by this state-
ment yesterday, and to his Journal of this day we
are indebted for the contradiction which we now
give to the fabricated statement. The paragraph
states, in the first place, that "the Countess of Mt:s-
erer' caught the measles there, and communicated
them to her two new-born children, who both died."
The Countess never caught the measles there, nor
have the children died. The infants are well, and
are very fine children. The Count and Countess
were at Canterbury for a month, during eight days
of which time Colonel GRANT was also there ; and
it is not true that Lady GRANT slept in a bed which
had been previously occupied by the Countess. We
the more regret, that the erroneous statement of the
Morning Pidt should have ever gone beyond its own
columns ; because, when we learned the name of the
proprietor of the hotel, we were enabled to testify
that nothing was ever wanted upon his part, which
could contribute both to the health and the conve-
&lichee of his numerous guests.

GENERAL MATIIEW.—We are happy to say that
the accounts received from Ireland by the last Mail,
so far from confirming the report of this Gentleman's
death, mentioned in the letters of Friday last, state

that he was considerably recovered.
Sir Jowl( THROCKWOHTON departed this life a few
days since. The cause of his death was a dropsy,
which terminated in apoplexy.
Lord ;aid Lady FOLKESTONE have left their seat in
Berks, on a visit to their father, the Earl of RADNOR,
at his seat Longford Castle, Wilts.
It is, we are assured, finally arranged, that Messrs.
Roe and Lurriteu. are to retire upon pensions from
the offices of Chairman and Deputy Chairman oldie
Board of Customs. They will be succeeded by two,
of the other Commissioners of the same Board ; and
the new Commissioners will be Captain HANCHETT,
of the Navy, and Colonel SHAwE. The salary of
Chairman, is £2OOO per annum ; Deputy Chairman,
£l7OO ; and that of the other Commissioners, £llOO.
Since the return of Prince HARDENBFRO to Vienna,
several changes have been spoken of. It is said, that
there will be a Council of Ministers, and that the
Prirwe will be President.
Whilst' the Duke of Mosrnoss was at his seat in
Scotland, a few months:ago, he presided several times
at a Meeting in Dumbarton, having for its object the
deepening the bed of the Clyde, five or six feet, in
the neighbourhood of that place, with a view to re-
duce the level of Lochlomond in the same propor-
tion, and thereby increase the extent of land on its
islands and shores. We understand sonic project of
the kind is to be attemptedearly in the ensuing Spring. ,
'We have already stated that the Archduke MAXI-
MILIAN, his late visit to Plymouth, descended
in the diving-bell. The experiment was first tried
by his attendants; but they could not remain under
water long, en account of a violent head-ache, which
attacks most persons who venture on these submarine
excursions. The whole of his Highness's continuance
with Mr. Smint at the bottom of Uamoaze was
nearly three quarters of an hour : during this time he
conversed very fluently in English, and he was equally
intelligent and inquisitive. On Sunday he dined with
the Earl of MOUNT EDGECUMBE. On Monday he
visited the Breakwater, and dined with Lord Ex-
MOUTH. On Tuesday he attended the inspection of
Troops at Mount Wise, looked at different squares of
Barracks, rode to the Citadel, ke. Wednesday he
' was to leave Plymouth Dock. He resided at Weakly's
Hotel, and walked and rode through the streets so
often, that every one had an opportunity of seeing
him. Ile is about Si years of age, has a fine appear-
ance, and possesses the most perished and captivating
manners. 11" travels under the title of Count Nave-
(LULA, and does not wear any uniform.
The match betwcon Mr. HOULDWORTII'S Magis-
trate and Mr. Warsou's Fitz Orville, for 200 guineas,
is to be run at Newmarket, on Easter Monday.
THE DIVIDeNDS due on the Consolidated £3 per
Cent. Annuities, and the Navy £5 per Cents. which
are now paying at the Bank of England, u ill enable
a numerous and highly-respectable class of the com-
munity, who have hitherto postponed their purchases,
to obtain part of the Two Prizes of 4'40,000, which,
with Nine other Capitals, must be dram TI Nurr Tun-
DAY. G. CARROLL, Stock-Broker, :elicits the atten-
tion of the Public to his New Office, No. 19, Corn-
hill ; and his old-established one, No. 26, Oxford-
street, where N 0.2387, a Prize of £90,000, was sold
in the present Lottery.
Itecrmect—HAZAßD and Co. sold Both the Thirty
Thousands last Lottery; and Both the Thirty Thou-
sands must be drawn NEXT TUESDAY, when the Lot-
tery finishes. The Wheel contains Two of £::0,000
3 per Cent. Consols, One of £5,000, £l,OOO, &c. &c.
Haza RD and Co.'s Offices, No. 93, Royal-Exchange
Gate ; 26, Cornhill ; and t 124., Oxford-street.
FIRE, AND SUPPOSED MURDER.—Tuesday night,
about eleven o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out
in one of the work-shops of Mr. KNIGIIT, a timber-
merchant and cutter, of Mile-end-road. The tire had
been burning for a length of time before it was dis-
covered, and had communicated to some timber in the
yard, and burned with great fury. The engines
shortly after arrived, and had a gond supply of wa-
ter; but the flames were so rapid in their progress,
that the whole of the work-shops, the counting-house
and sheds, were completely destroyed, with nearly
the whole of the timber, to a great amount, which is
insured. The
.above circumstance threw the whole
neighbourhood into the utmost consternation ; and
Mr. PHILLIPS, of White Horse-Street, a gentleman of
considerable property, being alarmed by the cries of
" Etre!" left his apartmeat, and proceeded across the
fields .p. vie or it. When the conflagration wasextin-
guished, his not returning home created considerable
alarm, and every search was made after him, to no
effect, until yesterday morning, when his body was
founti le: a •6e14. quite. &wk. by:. two persons who'
were,cpnaing 117=1 ceniveyed by them to the
nearest..hopr p".f e,: hail no. money in is pockets
When totin4. Whets' left s'heiefe he was in excellent
health; and it is ilfpiiirtellritt'Ainiocked-down and
rabid inq ft;al efiac.i.g."*-Thelitcty was removed
LOW okinlcifite, fur a' ciecVn&% frtqnett.