Star.
London, England, 1827-04-13 00:00:00

MAUNDY THURSDAY.

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At the Chapel, Whitelie% the usual Annual Royal
Donations were distributed to as man) poor aged met
and women as the KING is years old, vit. sizty.four of
each. The Maundy people began to arrive before
eleven o'clock, and were arranged in a temporary
building constructed for the occ !nn .at the back of
Whitehall Chapel. The men were placed round oue
table and the women at another.

MORNING DINTRIGUTIOR.
The Maundy people being seated, Mr. Hamm
Secretary to the Lord High Almoner, and Mr: Jonas,'
Groom of the Almonry, attended by the Yeomen
Guard, entered and supplied
.every man and woman
with a loaf, weighing a pound and a half; six huge
wooden dishes containing pieces of fine beef, each
piece weighing three pounds three quarters, were then
plaoed on each table. The Sub-Almoner in his Robes,
attended by the Secretary, now entered the temporary
building, and after haying inspected the tickets by
which the Maundy people were admitted, read the
following Gi ace before meat:—

" Bless, 0 Loan, this Royal Maundy to the use of these thy Hr.
♦ants, and dispose their hearts to the praise of Thy holy name, with:
frontage to their Royal Benefactor, through Jnos Cusasr, our I
Lord. Amen."
After which the people were supplied each with a
piece of meat ; and the Sub-Almoner having inspected
the quality of the meat, and saw that all welt sttpplied,
pronounced the GrAre after Meat.
" Grant, 0 Loan, in the hearts of these people grateful obedience
to the Royal Dispenser of these thy blessings, and cause them to
look op to Thee as the supreme Author of every good, tLroogb
Jaws Cmobv, our Lord. Amen."

The damask cloths were then taken off, and the at-
tendants placed before each person a wooden platter,
containing two salt, cod, two salt salmon, eighteen red
and a sinrilar ntirnheiof salt hetrffsgs, surmounted with
four luaves.• The Sub-Almoner having again inspected
the quality of the provi,ion•, the distribuor brought
foiwird some large leather' flagons, filled withal?, and
a number of wooden ale cups. The Sub-Almoner then,
drank to the health of Ktso GIORGE THZ Founrw,
which was also drank by . the attendants and by the
Maundy people iniuccesston. ' The Sub-Almoner then
retired, and the Maundy people departed with their
load of provisions.

Visitors were admitted by tickets to see the distribu‘
tion, and seats mere provided foe their atcommodaties
at each end of the principal apartment. •
A FTSRNOCIS ;SERVICE.
The recipients re-assertibted at two o'clock in the
afternoon in th7e interior-of the Chapel, for the purpose
of hearing Divine Service, and receiving the remainder:
of.the Royat Maundy. They were arranged bn foitnt
provided for the occ ision. Great numbers of spectators
were admitted into the Chapel to witness the ceremony.
At three•o'clock the procession moved from the Al..
monry Office and entered the Chapel, preceded by Mr:
Rowse, the Sergeant of the King's Vestry, followed by
the Yeoman U.her and ten Yeomen in their State
I dresses, and one bearins.a large goldadish with 11111
purses, each purse containing a sovereign and as many
small silver pennies as the KING is years old. The
Suls-Almuner, followed by two boys end two girls, se.
lected for their good conduct from the Westminster
Natiocral School, the Secretary and Groom of the
mousey, with several others, all wearing white scarfs as&
carrying nosegays. Sir Geoaoe SMART played a
luntary as soon as the proce.sion entered the Ch -
and continued playing while the procession advan
up the aisle, until the *We was arranged.
The Sub-Almoner, /cc. formed within the altar. thiv,
officers and children on seats io front of the Organis4l
the others along the aisle under the Royal Closet; and
at each door. The Chung% Service appropriate for the
day was very audibly read by the fUr. Dr. VIVIAN and
the ley. Messrs. KNAPP and BORDNAMI.
The first Anthem was, a Blessed is be that considereth
the poor bud needy'," by
.Ksti-r.—The Sub-Almoner
distributed shoes and stockings to the Maundy-men. The
second Anthem was, ig 0, LORD! grant thelKing a long
life."—The Sub-Almoner then distributed the woollen
linen cloths, &c. After they had returned to their
seats the third Anthem was sung, 0 praise GOD in hii
holiness, SCOTT.—The Sub-Almoner distributed purses
of money to the Maundy men and women. The An-
thems were sung by Messrs. CLARE, KIELCE' HAWES,
EVANS, and WELSH, ani ten of the young Gentlemen
of his Majesty's Chapel Royal. The fourth and last
Anthem was,..i War gkd, Poicam.. The Maundy peo-
ple then drank the King's health in a cop of wine.

DUBLIN ELICTION.—The sern•iny was going on very
slowly yesterday. Colonel Waive was present, and
appears fully confident of success.
WISTMLATH ELECTION.—The Committee on this
Election having obtained a commission to procure some,
material evidence in ',eland, continued their proceed-
ings yesterday morning. The decision appears to be
waited fur with much anxiety. The scrutiny at present
is proceeding very rapidly—five votes of the Sitting
Member were struck off in the course of yesterday
morning, two having been tendered twice, and three
having been polled by persons representing individuals
who, on reterenee to the register, had, long before the
Election, been dead. Mr. STUART WORTL WY remarked
that a great deal of inirtentioa had been shevro at this
Election, and Mach unnecessary trouble might have
been saved the Committee who had already been so
many days engaged in investigating this Election.

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Tex CORNT•GARDEN CAUSi.—It will be seen by our '
Law Report, that judgment*was yesterday given by the
Vicz-Ctrancatt.on completely in favour of the plain-
tiff, Mr.HARRIs, by his directing a specific performance
of the agreement enteted into by Messrs. Kzunt.t,
Witurrr, and Formes, who have been ordered to pay
all the costs attendant upon this long-pending question.
Mr. ELLISTON, whose ardour nothing seems able to
damp, and who, Antrus•loke, only springs up the more
vigorously from each successive tall, has nearly con-
cluded a treaty for the lease of the Surrey Theatre, the
scene of his former triumphs. He has, abandoned, for
the present, the intention of building anew Theatre in
the east end of the metropolis.
Miss FOOTeS PORTRAIT.—At the sale of Mr.H Alas
property by Mr. Pumum, yesterday, the celebrated miniature
portrait of Mils nor, in the character of Maria Darlington, in
the farce of .d Rewboul for en Oliver, painted by Stowe. expressly
for Mr. Hamm. waspurchased by Captain Mnamstes at thirty-els
guineas. Mr. rismiars stated, that it cost Mr. Mess from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred guineas. It is mooted in a
spleniW solid gold frame. chased, and enriched wkh emeralds mid
'rubies. It had been inspected by a great number of sad
excited considerable interest in yesterday's sale. r. Pentane
proposed to put it op at too guineas, but only 2$ were named, after
much hesitation. The sale of Mr. Hermes property has been well
encoded. Among the company in the rooms yesterday were the
Marquis of MIRTIOIIII, the Earl of CASSILIII. Lord klaanams,
Lord ilowosit, &e.

SPORTWG INTELLIGENCE.
IBITTIN04003I; T,-""akIRSALL'S, Arms 12.
It will be penciled that there was litde altered= yestesday in
theadds as the Dettrand Oaks i but foe the Riddlesworth some
slight change is observable. hiimeiuke was backed freely at im-
proved odds, and it is hinted that he Is more likely to start than
Illienartney,leho, however, iu the midst of this uneehalisty. keeps
his place. Cressitik and Shoveller ate out of the otarinetsaled it is
doubtful whether they will start. Both Lord Grammies, It is
said, will come out; they havefbeen backed to lams assusem.
Another week will make wonderful alterations. The pnsent odds
are as follow—

5 tb 4 apt Glenartney
5 to 1 apt Mannhake
6 to 1 apt Lord

4 to 1 art Gknartney
111 to 1 alit Taaer
It to 1 agst Defence
10 to 1 apt Espanolle
20 to 1 oast Gaherlungie
TO to 1 agst Catherine
110 to 1 agst Spondee
et to 1 agst Mameluke
22 to 1 agst Gustavus •
Matneluke and Cabeziae sevel
at 5

8 tip I
stol

';,(raketi),

23 to I apt Trumpeter
SS to I apt Dahlia
25 to I apt Protestant
35 to I apt gdmund
35 to i apt Eliza Tussle '
35 to I apt Chrysalis
40 to I apt Cressida
50 to I ass: Pythoness

!ally backed against Trompeter..
to 4.
its.

14 to 1 apt Brown Dadaism
14 to 1 apt Translation •
IS to 1 apt Souvenir
20 to 1 apt Donna Clara
SS m 1 apt Calypso
Sr. Leona.
13 to 1 apt Olivera I es to 1 apt Pedlar
1S to i apt Reviewer No misers mentioned.
The great C Meeting commences at Newroarket on Mon-
day, and, from the extraordinary number and value of the states
and matches, is expected to be one of the most important ever
known. A new betring.r.om will be opened.
GRAND TROTTING MATCH.
YesterdAy morning, Captain Jones undertook Ihr a wager of 200
sows. to trot his horse, Diadem, 14 milev, in one hoar and a half.
The match rook place over a two.mle piece of ground sr the
16th road, and wait done as follows--
m. 1.
"kir two miles

II to I apt Totterldp
Ile to I apt Panting.
12 to 1 agst Morel
12 to 1 apt Maria
13 to 1 apt Shoveller
DOISCLSISIL

Slyth two miles .. .. . 10 44

Second ditto
'fluid ditto
Fourth ditto .... 9 45
Fifth ditto

Seventh ditto..,...rwa.. 10 44
Eighth ditto — 10 26
Ninth ditto • lO tlt
Total lia. not. 401

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The horse broke Into a gallop twice, whilst performing the above,
and when done be was completely knocked up.
PIGEON SHOOTING.
Wednesday afternoon, a grand match took place at the Inc&mare,.
near the Red House, Battersea, between Captain Ross and Mr.
Shuobridge, both brat-rate shots. The match was at 12 birdseed;
distance el yards from the trap ; charge two ounces. Capt. Ross
lulled the whole number of birds, and Mt. Mosobridge missed his

seventh and tenth bird, consequently the Captain was the winner.
A second match of a novel nature took place, between the same
Gentlemen, at sir birds acb, from different traps, each party pull.
log the strings for his opponent. This match was also decided in
I.vour of Captain Itoss,•who shot in very floe style, having in the
coat,e of the afternoon killed 63 birds out of 65. A number or
sporting Gentlemen were upon the ground,-wbp seeped' highly 414i-
lighted with the day's sport.
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By a return to an order of she.Hosse.of Lords, it
appears that 2,000 long woolled *beep bare been "atoned during
the last two years, viz. 800 In 1825, sod i„etto la 1826..
S. •,.
EAST' 051rERIAGS.—Yestertiiy a Meeting rit the
inhabitants of 'Mary-la-bonne was held at the arome.
nor Tavern, Oxford-street, when it was resolved to resist
the payment of the Easter Offetings to the Incumbent,
and to petition Parliament to exempt them from that
charge.
At the East India Company's sale of Indigo, irhich
finished yesterday, 2,584 chests were put up, of which,
about 800 were Oude, and 30 Madras.; the remainder
Bengal, Benares, Eta chiefly of good quality, and the
principal part belonging to the Company. The Sac
qualities wild higher than at the last sale; and, with
the exception of abbuf GPO Chili, td. the Otide, tie whole
found purchasers, at riceseqisrl to the anticipations of
the holders. The chocEpnichales were made foi home
Con%umption, or :to sal again; the sliqwers bought
a
but little. - •
The most active pretiyatio*: are makingleerenew-
ing the expensive contest which took place hart year in
St. Luke's parish, for the lucrative situation of Vestry
'clerk. Mr. Wtuts, senior, has this year declined
the contest in favour of his song Mr. ROWLAND
WILES, a younger brother of the Member for Sud-
bury, who has the powerful interest of the Dissenters,
a very numerous body in that parish, to support him;
the Rev. Mr. WILKS, father of the present Vestry
Clerk, being a favourite preacher at the Tabernacle.
Several candidates have started in opposition to this
interest, and the usual warfare of squibs and scurrility
has already commenced.

A day or two since two young men, apprentices to
Mr. Butcher, a pawnbroker, of Wandsworth, absconded,
with property in cash, notes, and other valuables, to a
very large amount.
In the cause, Smith e 7. Toler, tried at the Horsham
Assizes, a lad from Worthing, who was examined by Mr-
ROLLAND, stated himself to have been employed at the
time in question flaying dog fish (to which he assigned
some local naule) for his dinner. One of the-Counsel
stated the fish to be a species of the shark. " Yes, my
Lord," said Mr. bot.t.a.zo, bowing to his Learned
Friends around the table, o we are ad stated •to be of
Mat tribe!" This produced a roar of laughter from
the Gentlemen of the Long Robe.—Maidstone Journal.
A genteel-dressed young man, about 20, was yester-
day morning drowned in the Regent's Canal, near
Maiden-lane. He slipped in accident:illy, while walking
on th• bank, and was scat cely five minutes in the water.
The body was taken to the. Workhouse ; but nothing
Iwaa found on his person that coutd lead to any know-
6hatl ge of who he was.
Roue, MARCH 14.—(Extract of a Letter.)—The Rev.
Dr. Norr has lately met with a very serious accident.
la seems that the Learned Doetot was indulging his
[owe for antiquarian research, and bad selected the
_baths of Paulus /Ernilius for the subject of his con-
templation, when in passing Over a plank to go from
one part to another, which he was assured by the
workmen was perfectly safe, the plank gave way,
and he was precipitated to the depth of 20 feet,
upon some paving stones. Fortunately no bones were
broken, but the violence of the concussion was a severe
shock to his enfeebled constitution, which has since
I been aggravated by a painful act 4ck of gout: but these
'unpleasant symptoms ate gradually subsidmq. and
there is a lair prospect of has ultimate recover y. Dr.
Norr is a prebendary of Winchester, from which
situation he has his MAJRITY'S leave to absent himself
on account of ill health, and it is singular enough
'that he dated his indisposition from a somewhat similar
accident which occurred to him in the cathedral at
Winchester, about ten years ago,when a ladder gave way
with him, and he fell more than 20 feet, breaking one
arm, and having his hea I and face dreadfully contused:
this accident also was the result of an over zealous
exertion in that research by which Winchester Cathe-
dral has muc't benefitted, for the Doctor was at that
time the most active conductor of all the improvensestsj
and restorations which have beeq elected's that Irene.
tsble structure.

AMERICAN AND COLONIAL STEAM, NAV'.
GATION COMPANY.
Wednesday, a ineeting-of the shareholders was hat.' a •
the City of London Tavern. Admiral Sir P. MAI4:01.11
took the Chair.
The Cibtialiatt informed the .hareholdets that the
'meeting was called to lay before them the steps which
had been pursued to permit those who wished to re we
from the Company to do so. An Act of Parliatnri.t
had been procured for that purpose. All the debt, isi:d
liabilities of the Company had been met. The Cons•
pany's loss had been very con,ider able ; but he trusted
that those who remained in the concerti would be ulti•
mately benefitted by it, and he was convinced the Com-
pany would prove advantageous to the nation.
The report was ih. n read, which detailed the pro-
ceedings of the Directors. The receipts had amo•inted
to 27,2001. 101. having been called on each share. Tile
purchase of the Calpe steam vessel had cost the Com-
isany 20,6581. 3s. I Id. Tne Act of Parliament and
law expenbes had cost 2.2.581 Is. 7d. and smutty other
charges, including loss on sale of the Calpe,
amounted to about 9.0001. had made a total of loss t
the concern of 18,2011. 10i. id. The balance which
remained to be shared was 8,8981. 9s. lid. or 31.55. 7J.
per share, a loss on each share of 61. 14s. sd.
The report was adopted, and after some conversation
thanks were voted to the Chairman for the part he had
taken in bringing matters to a satisfactory conclusion.
The CHA tau AII said his duties had been arduous, and
that the Directors had lost more than one half of the
money expended. He regret ed that the Company had
not yet been, made useful to the community, but had
no doubt A would be, if prosecuted. The meeting then