Star.
London, England, 1816-02-03 00:00:00

PROTESTANTS IN FRANCE.

At a Meeting of the Committee of the Protestant
Dissenting Ministers of the Three Denominations,
held at WILLIAMS'S Library, Red Cross•street, on
Monday, January 29, 1816,
It was unanimously Resolved, That the Committee, at length
feel it au imperious duty to declare publicly, that they have never
bad any connection with the Association denominated, " The
Protestant Society ;"—that, sufficient evidence, the Com-
taittee can assure the Public of the correctness of their own pub-
lic statements ;—end that the cOntribotions which have been, or
still may be, entrusted to their ears, continue to be highly neces-
sary, amt will be appropriated to the eilklent relief of the Pro-
testants in the South of France, whose sefietinp have net only
equated, but have exceeded, the representations given by the
Committee. TUOIMIAS MORGAN Sec.

After Mr. MARRON'S first letter was published, it
was denied by the abettort of persecution that he had
sent any other of a contrary tendency. In his second
letter, published the day before yesterday, he him-
self alto denies it, and yet, in the very same sentence,
admits that he did write to the Rev. R. A. Nor is
this all—he admits that it was of a contrary tendcricy
to that first published ; for with a profligacy of ,
expression highly unbecoming a Minister of Religion,
he adds, that G 4 he might have gilded a little the frill, and
have roftrard the crudity of the refusal." This pill still
exists, and will, we hope, be exhibited id the public,
that they may form a correct opinion of the President's
qualifications for pill making. This k the same man
that administered gilded pill, to Bonaltarte, then to the
Bourbons, then to the Rev. R. and lastly to "My
dear G.".

A Mail from Holland arrived this morning, but it
brings no intelligence,of any public interest.
The SPEAKER'S first Parliamentary levee will be on
Saturday, the 14th instant.
Lord CASTLEREAGH had 'a late party to dinner
yesterday, at his house in St. James's.sqinfre. His
Lordship will gise another large dinner to•morrow.
The Lobbies of bath Houses of Parliament, yester-
day, presented a singular spectacle. The printed
copies of the numerous Treaties, recently concluded,
were brnueit down, and enough to load several wag.
gons were 12.eposited the avenue* of each House.—
The printing of the above Treaties consumed aboie
two hundred and fifty thousand sheets of paper. All
that is important among these papers has already
been, published. We however insert again the Con-
vention respecting the case and custody of BONA-
PARTE, as the phraseology is a little different from
the translation before given, and the document it in
other respects a curious one.
The LORD MAYOR has, in consequence of a Re.
quitition for, that purpose, appointed a Court of
Common Council on Thursday next, to petition Par-
liament against the renewal or continuance of the
Property Tax. , His Lordship has also, in conse.
crionce of another Requisition, signed by several of
the Livery, appointed a Common Hall fir, the same
purpose on Friday next, at twelve o'clock.
The French General TRATOT, Whose arrest is men-
tioned in the Paris Papers received yesterday, served
,in the wars of La Vendee during the early part of
the Revolution: ,He we* a most furions Republican
and Leveller. He commanded at 'Nantes when the
unfortunate RoYalist General CHARWETE was shot.
Bomar/41am made him,* Member of the Legion of
ll,mour, and Louis XVIIL confirmed him in all his
dignities and emoluinents: in return for this kindness,
he declared for BONAPARTE at Nantes, where he was
most. imprudently entrusted with a command. In
June, 1815 i he MS called to the mock Climber of
Peers, of short.lived memory, and in July he once
more declared his adhesion to the Bourbon Dynasty.
Fie is now in a fair way, we trust, of reaping the
fruits of all his crimes.
ST. SVEANNE, who has been also arrested, accord-
ing to the same accounts, was a Republican Gonad,
and afterwards one of BONAPARTZ'S Senators: he was I
retained in the House of Peers by Louis XVIII. de-
dared fur .13otaaranTa on his escape from Elba, and
after the battle of Waterloo, as might have been ex-
rcted, declared again for thri &mom

?RYGHroM ;EBRVARr S.

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Yesterday afternoon his Royal Highness the Duke
Of CUMBRRLAND paid .1 visit to the PRINCE RaorwT,
at the Pavilion. The Duke also viewed the Riding
School, the Stables, and the exterior alterations about
the Pavilion, attended by General Sir B. Jkoostracm
with which liii Royal Highness expressed his satisfac-
tion ; afterwards the Dukes of CLARENCE and CUM-
BULAND promenaded round the Steine for some time.
Last night Mr. and •Mrs. MITCHELL gave a most
elegant ball and 'tipper, at their marine parade resi-
dence, to upwards of eighty gersvis of rank and
fashion. The Doke of CLARENCE, Lord R. Savuota,
Colonel &Madam General Sir B. and Lady &omit-
mix, and all the Nobility in Brighton were present.

HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL.
BY JOHN MAYNE,
AUTHOR OP THE FORMS OF GLASGOW, fl SIGLER GUN,
&C. &C.

The following Verses are founded on a Tradition in the South of
Scotland, that a young Lady of Kirkconnell-Lee, in Annan-
dale, walking with her lover, was murdered by a disappointed
and sanguinary Rival.

, I wish I were whereHat.ew lies,
For, night and day, on me she cries,
And, like an Angel, to the skies
Still seems to beckon me!
For me she liv-J, for me she slgli'd,
For me she wish'd to be a bride,
For me, In life's sweet more, she diest
On fair Kirkconnen-Lee !
Where Kir:le-waters gently wind,
As HELEN on my arm reclin'd,
A rival, with a ruthless mind,
Took deadly aim at me :
My Love, to disappoint the foe,
Rush'd in between me and the blow,
And now her cone is lying low.
1:111 fair Kirkconnell-Lee !
Though HEAVEN forbids my wrath to swell,
I curse the hand by which she fell—
The fiend that made my heaven a hell,
And tore my Love from me !
For if, where all the Graces shine-
-0 ! if on earth there's aught divine,
My HELEN ! all these charms were thine—.
'1 hey centred all in thee!
Ah ! what avails It that, anuin,
1 clove th' assassin's head in twain ! •
No peace of mind, my Neuss slain
1:o
rusting-place for me !
I see her spirit in the air-e-
-1 hear the shriek of wild 41:•spzir,
When murder laid her bosom bare,
- On fair KirkcOnnell-I.ee !
' O! when I'm sleeping in my grave,
And e'er try head the rank weeds wave,
May I iv, who life and spirit gave, •
• i:ite my Love and ire!
Then frt:rtl this world of doubts and sighs,
My soul cm wings of peace shall ;het
And, join'ng 1-Ir.s.zie In the skies,
r.irget Kirkcotmell.Lee

Ilis Royal Highness the PRINCE RECENT has nobly
granted a I.:rge sum of stoney lOr the erection of a
splendid Monument to the memory of the Cardinal
Duke of YORK, the last of the race of the STuattrs.
It is to be placed in the Basilisk of the Vatican at
Rome. :Ellis spontaneous act of munificence and
magnanimity in honour of an unfortunate but cer-
tainly (,f a highly accomplished and virtuous Prince
of the Royal House of Srimitr. is beyond all praise :
perhaps no Sovereign Prince in Europe. and we dis-
avow all invidious distinction:, ever exhibited a simi-
lar trait ol ueroism and true magnanimity. The
celel)rated CANOVA is to execute. the monument.

Their Imperial Highnesses the two A =HOURS'S of
AUSTRIA paid a visit this morning to a house in
Cecil-street, Strand. On enquiry we find that their
object w,4.5 to inspect a working Model of a very
iugeniou. Railway and Carriage, invented by Sir
Joserit BAAnER, of Munich, for which he has lately
obtained a Patent in this country.
DRUAY•LANS THEA•TRE —The /SSW Drama of Ae-
etuation, which was received on Thursday with the
must unequivocal testimonies 10 its merit, was repeated
last night with increased effect.
COVEN r GAMIN.—The new Afterpiece of the
Pori Pono was last night again acted, and with suc-
cess corresponding with the expectations which it ex-
cited on its first representation. It is but justice to
acknowledge, that, at both Houses, pains have been
taken to get up the above new Pieces in the best pos-
sible meaner and we haVe seldom seen an effort to
, delight the public mere completely successful. .
A splendid Cup has been presented by his Brethren
of the Sock and Buskin to Mr. Faivearr, for his ex-
ertions in the cause of the Theatrical Fund.
The Subscriptions to the Covent• Garden Theatri-
cal Fund amount to about airlooo, and many have
been sent in since the public Meeting on Tuesday. 1
The audience of Drury-lane Theatre were gratified
last night by the appearance of Mr. SHULMAN. in
L6rd Essex's box, for the first time since its re-build-
ing. After the performance-of the play, in which he
saw Mr. BRAN in Sir Giles Over-reach, he visited the
Green-room, in company with several of the first
fashion in town, and there experienced a reception
as grateful to his feelings, as .to the feelings of the ,
company, who hailed him as the • Father of Modern .
Comedy.
COORSING.—Lord RIVERS was so successful with
his greyhounds at the Berkihire Meeting, that, not-
withstanding he Was opposed by some of the best
greyhounds in that country, be won the silver cup as
the first prize, the couples as the second, and after-
wards twelve separate matches--a degree of general
superiority which, we believe, has not been equalled
at any coursing meeting in the kingdom.

HUNTING•
The Hatfivld Hounds—Meet on Monday, at No Man's Land;
ThursZay, at Mei Hoo ; Saturday, at Bricket Wood, at hall-
put ten.
'rhe Ewen Hounds—Met to-day, at High Roothing-street ; '
meet oo Monday, at Myless; Wednesday, at High Roothlng-
sireet ; Saturday, at Takely Turnpike.
The East Essex Fox-bounds—Mer to•day, at Mark-hall; meet
on Monday, at Totleshuot Darcy; Thursday, at More Gardens.
L Maberly, Esq.'s roz-hounds--Met to-day at Llmpsfield
Coalman.
a iollErta Essrs Fox-hoonds--Met to-diy at Redstone House.

. • r 4, • • • •• '•oir
riot ARM". •

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Yesterday the 73d Regiment marched from Col..
Chester Barracks, on their route for Nattingham.
Several detachments of the troops which had so
proMinent a share in the glorious victory of Water-
loo, have successively arrived, at•Canterhuvr, in 4'..!
course of last week, from France. Of these, the Ist
and 21 Life Guards, and Royal Horse ,Guardi
(Blue) were landed on Thursday and W.idneiday, at
Rimsgate, and have since proceeded for their desr•-
natir in the Metropolis. A detachment of the Rnyal
Waggon Train has also arrived inCanterbuqe whee
they at present remain. A deticiiment of tie o!I
Foot marched this morning horn Canterbury, f
Dover, for embarkation, to join their Regiment in
France,
• The East Suffolk Regiment of Militia has receleed
a route to march from Wicklow to Waterfori, where
they are to embark for Bristol.
The Sussei County Militia were disembodied at
Arnndcl on Wednesday. The head-quarters of the
Staff of the Regiment are to be fixed at Chichester:
The 2d battalion of the 11th Foot, now,at Gibral-
tar, is included in the reduction immediately he
carried into effect in the m;li tary department. Tie:
Ist battalion is ordered to Gii;raltar, to receive the
men to be turned over from the 2d Battalion.
Government contieues in make use of the fac;iit;es
which the port of Waterford offari far the I.:ndisil
and embarkation of troop?. For cavalry in panics) ar
the advantagh of Waterford quay cannot be evAliel
in Ireland.

The Waggon Train Establishment at Croydon is
now to be dispensed with, as the regtllatiori .101E....1
some time ago, of attaching waggoners to the Frgi.
ments of cavalry, renders such an establishment su-
perfluous.

DOVER, FEBRUARY se.
About 1.50 of the 2d Lie Guards, and a few nf
the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) arrived yeazerd.ly,
principally in vessels belonging to this 1)-11, tr,irn
Calais ; the former have been billetted on the Inns,
and the latter have proceeded on their route to
London.

RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY e.
Arrived from Calais the following freight vessels,
the Ann, Rachel, Lively, Elizabeth, Blucher, Re-
solution Ist and Resolution 2.i, with 200 men nod
horses of the Royal H':rce Guards (II)ue), and
some few of the Waggon TraiA, which were pot en
shore, in good order, immediately the vessels g-.t
alongside the Pier w.:lls ; likewise arrived the C.•m-
merce transport, with five Officer, and 2)0 artillery-
men, from Ostend.

Four P. M.—The above freight vessels are now
going out again, to bring home more horses and
troops from 'Calais. •

The Lord Liverpool packet, Captain AYLFSBURT,
has just come in from Ostend with paseengers.

NAVAL M7ILLIGENCE.
FALMOUTH. JANUARY 31.

Arrived the Quebec, WILLIAMS, from London to
Claarante.—Wind S.E.
PORTSMOU FEBRITART S.
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Sailed the Adamant Transport, for St. Helena ;
his Majesty's gun-brigs Cyrag, for the Eastward, and
Wasp tor the Mediterranean ; and the Speculator,
DAVIES, fur London...—Wind S.E.

wESWOUTH; FFlsittrAßY 2.
Arrived the Integrity, Sn,ArumGE, from Goerr-
sey. • Sailed yesterday morning the Hinchinbro •ke
Packet, QuicK, with Mails for Guernsey and Jersey.