Star.
London, England, 1828-03-20 00:00:00

THE CARNIVAL IN PARIS.

The remairs of the ancient carnival cannot now bell
found in the annual parade on the Boulevards; the masked balls of
the opera, and Annie other theatre., alone present a picture of what
it once was. Tlie.e balls were first introduced under the Regency
of the Duke of o.4l.eAtit ; and the projector. the Chevalier de Boast,
LON, received a pension of 6,000 byres (2401 ) for his ingenuity. ft
was no less a petrol: than a Friar, a Father Siesarlait, who invented
the means of elevating the Boor of the pit to a level with the stage,
and lowering e at pleasure. It is said that NIARIA Am:worm& often
honoured tincog.) the ballet staseptis et path with her presence.—
An anecdote is related of a celebrated French Bishop, who, to
the inesprea.ible amazement of the whole company, entered the
ball room, attired in full sacerdotal costume. It was bad enough
in the eyes of every one that such a person should be seen
in such a place ; judge then of their astonishment when ths y taw
bins advance, with all the entiwesseatewt of a younger man, to solicit
a masked frail one to be his partner in the dance ; the Reverend
Father threaded the mazes of the quairille with infinite edit.
proved hinnelt an adept in the mysteries of CT,tf, its charm
Anglaise.., and lawn de molest and did himself incalculable
honour by his finished performance of a modern youth's hoe
ror —tlie awnst cavalier and. The dance was finished, his hu
moor enjoyed, and many a joke began to be played oft at his
expense, when he mounted a chair, and by his serious demean
oar and elevated voice, repressed all incipient jests :—•s 11y good
children," said he, " I am right glad to see you thus enjoy
yourselves, and, by my presence here, you may perceive I think
use ill of your amusement; but for my own pact, I am here
with another motive than mere pleasure; I an here in behalf nt
the numerous families who are deprived of the necessaries of life,
through the unusual rigour of the season; you, with are possessed
of the hawks of life, will, I ant sure, lend a willing ear to the
appeal of your distressed fellow•creatures; your own hearts will
tell you what to give; on my side I feel confident that there is nut
one in the room who would not contribute twice as much in the

cause of charity as be would in common-place amusement; you
gave sia francs as the price at admission. yuu will glory Ms giving
twelve to enable vow distressed fellow townsmen to hay bread.
The quaint humour of the benevolent clergyman gained the good
of his ',mamas ; a liberal .übscription was the result of his drums,
awl he departed in his carriage, with load hurrahs, to play off the
same happy stratagem at some other Theatre.

The KENO held a Court yesterday at St. James's
Palace; the number of carriages setting down, and of
spectators, was very limited. At about five o'clock the
Right Rev. Bishop of CHICHESTER, the Bishop of Sonoa
and MAN, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Sir WILLIAM
FREMANTLE, Mr. GnavoLLE, and one or two other
attendants at Conic, not being Privy Councillors,with-
drew. His MAJESTY then held a Council. which con•
tinned sitting fir a considerable time. A quarter past
six o'clock the Court broke up. and the MA•quis of WIN•
CHELSEA, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Mike of WEL
LINGTON, Mr. Secretary PIE" Ms Secretar) Hvantilsow,
Lord DUDLEY, Lord PALMERsToN, OS BATHURST,
Lord Mar.vmur Mi. tiouLauten, the Duke 01 MON
TROSE, Lord ELLENIMROUGH, the Earl of ABERDEEN.
&C. retie ed. His Grace the Duke of WELLINOION looke
in good health and spirits,' wearing a Field Marshal's
uniform, and his appeatance excited much, though nit
clamorous interer. Mr. Secretaty HUSKISSON was
wrapped up in a large blue coak, and seemed to be in
a very bad state of health.
We ate rejoiced to state that his MAJESTY looked
remarkably well, and teas evidently in nio-t perfect
health. The 'evils that have lately appeared in some
of the Papers respecting the state o f his MAJESTY, are
%utterly unfounded. His legs are not in the least
swelled, and his only complaint is a slight weakness in
the knees, whiz!' renders standing for any considerable
time somewhat inconveiient, though it does not prevent
his MAJESTY from walking.
His Grace the Duke of C'srawnoTon is indefatigable
in his attention to. business. He sleeps on a mattress on a couch.
His Grace rises at seven &clock, and breakfasts at eight, and
directly after attends to his official duties; the po.t letters arrive
soon after nine o'clock, to which he gives decided answers, if it be
in his power, the substance of tie anawet being written at the
corner of the letters, fur his private Secretary to reply to. Soon
after eleven o'clock; in general, the Duke rides on horseback to the
Treasury, mostly on a white horse, which it a favourite with hi.
Grace, having rode it at the battle of Waterloo. The Duke re.
mains closely engaged in business at she Treasury till about five
o'clock, except when called to attend the Kts.o's Privy Council.,
Cabinet Councils, &c.—The Duke dues not take any food from the
time of his early breakfast till his dinner, a period of nearly twelve
hours. During the late iudispotitiun of the Duke, which confined
his Grace to the house several days he could not be prevailed on
to take any food in the middle of the day, alt hough advised to do so
by the profession.
Mr. GRADY an I Mi-s litcuanDS, the parties in the ex-
traordinary case of alleged abduction of tbeGentleman by the Lady,
which occupied so much attention lately in Ireland, have been fully
reconciled, with the concurrence and sanction of the young Gentle.
man's father, Mr. H. Deane Grady. On Friday the panics were
re-introduced to each other in that Gentleman's house in Dublin,
and have been since domesticated there. On the late trial there
were, it now appears, eleven of the jurors who were for the acquittal
of the fair defendant. _ _

Whil•t a man last week was picking out a few coals
from a stratum below the rocks in Garioti.hill, Glasgow, for his
own use, the roof gave way, and killed him on the spot. A littla
girl was with him taking out the coals; but, fortunately, she was on
the outside when the accident happened.
Yesterday evening, at the Meeting of the Linnwan
Society, the Melancholy intelligence of the death of the President,
which took place at Norwich on the preceding day, was announced
by the Vice• President in the Chair, when the Society immediately
adjourned.
the proprietors of a vessel which has been lying un-
employed for more than eighteen months, have lately
accepted a rreiAht to l',di•t at the miserable pittance of
TWENTY-71Yr eHILLINGs PER TON !—the charge in the
Company's ships is twenty live pounds. The proprietors
are said to have accepted that sum in the hope that,
though they mu•t lots greatly going out, they may,
perhaps, procure such a freight home as may pay Glen

,expenses.
THIL CARD Or DIVINATION..-ti/ye a pack in which
there is a longer card than the rest; open the pack at that part
where the long card is, and present the pack to a person in such a
manner that he will naturally draw chat card. He is then to put
it into any Fart of the pack, and abufle the cards. You take the
pack, and offer the UM card in like manner to a -second or third
person; observing. boweves, that they do not stand near enough to
observe the card each other draws. You then draw several card.
yourself, among which is the long card, and ask each of the parties
if his card be among those cards, and be will naturally say yes, as
they have all drawn the same card. You then shale all the cards
together. and cutting them at the long card, you hold it before the
first person so that the others stay not see it, anti tell him that is
his card. You then put it again in the pack, said Angling them a
second time, you cut again at the same card, and bold kiln like
manner tu the second pawn, and ata oldie rost.-•-allserve.