Star.
London, England, 1827-11-14 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

The Right Hon. William Hill, from Old Palace Yard, for Red
Rise, near Andover, in Hampshire; Lord Vernon, from Piccadilly,
for Hewer, Exeter; Captain Clayton, for Paris; the Marquis and
Marchioness of Worcester, to their father, the Duke of Beaufort's
seat, in Oifordabire; Mrs. Rigby and Family, to their seat, Mirky
Hall, Essex; Robert Taylor, Req. from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's.
street, for Hampshire; Sir Harry Verney, But. from Read's
Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, for his seat in Bucks; Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence, from ditto. for Rtlighton; the Hon. John Towns-
bend, M.P. from ditto, to hiltfatheni Sydney seat, in Kent;
the Hon. Thomas Eyre, Ilan ditto, Airaris; .Mr. and Mrs. Mare,
from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for
their seat. in Yorkshioe; General -Sir Wm. Lumley, Batt. from
ditto, to his seat in Hams.

Tuesday, the Lord Lieutenant entertained the Lord
Chancellor, the Judges. and several Members of the
Bar, as dinnrr, at the Vice Regal Lodge in the Park.
Sir William M‘Mahoo, Master of the Rolls, had been
invited, but we understand* *dined going, in conse-
quence of the misunderstanding between him and the
Lord Chancellor.

FREDIRICIC the GREAT was wont to say, "No war
was ever carried on without spies, and no administra-
tion without corruption ;" and he certainly evinced ,his
faith in this doctrine by the measures he pursued.—
His favourite, General Sr/mix, who used to take
considerable liberties on the strength of his favouritism,
was bold enough to observe to the KING one day, when
the troops were in want of necessaries and com-
plaining that his Majesty spent mote money in spies
than he did in bread and clothing for his army. 44 You
are a fool!" answered the King ; " a downright fool!
One piece of information, of the worth of 500 riz dol-
lars, has saved me a million of money and 10,000 men!
Don't talk to me of bread and clothing !—talk to me
of advancing without bloodshed, and of saving my men.
Their wants will be easily supplied when I know where
the enemy's magazioes are. How did I take possession
of Saxony? Not with my army, but with a gold ca-
binet key." _ _

During Mr. Pops s last illness, a squabble hap-
pened in the chamber between his two physicians, Dm
BURTON and Tuompsox, the former charging the
latter with hastening his death by the violent purges
he bad prescribed, and the other retorting the
charge. Mr. Pops, at length, silenced them, ray-
ing, " Gentlemen, I only learn from your dis-
course that I am in a very dangerous way ; therefore,
all I have now to ask is, that the following epigram
may be added, after my death, to the nest edition of
the " Donciad," by way of postscript:—

Dunces rejoice ; Foigive all censures" past :
The greatest dunes has killed your foe at last.
A very rare silver coin, in a most beautiful state of
preservation, is in the possession of a person in Lewes,
dug uprecently pc Reigate. It is of Ceolnothus, who
was Archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. BSI, nearly a
thousan4 years ago.
We lately copied from a Westmorland Journal some
observations on the natural history of the Char, which is
supposed to be found in perfection only in the celebrated
lakes of that county. We happen now, however, to
know, that this delicate fish is abundant and excellent
in Loch Leven, but is so little known that there are
not more than two dealers in our market who can point
it out from the trout peculiar to that lake. We have
seen specimens weighing not less than two pounds. In
fact, our market is often supplied with delicious and
rare kinds of fi.h, alike enknewn to the sellers and the
purchasers.—Fife Herald.