Star.
London, England, 1820-05-03 00:00:00

DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIPS.

Panons and Dibble, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, tanners. Or-
bell and Deck, Bury St. Edmund's, cutlers. Levers and Hol-
'And, Nottingham, dyers. Daw and Co. Christchurch, South-
ampton, brewers. Stopford and Jackson, Ashton-uader-Line,
cotton-spinners. Robinson and Shaw, Norwich, manufactu-
rers. Swain and Islip, Lincoln, steam-packet-masters. Ed-
wards and Roberts, Llangollen, Denbighshire, woollen-mind-
faetaren. Va*gban and Loogmore, Bristol, West Indlasmer-
chants. Young and Co. North Shields, hardwaremen. Mack•
intosh and Douglas, Leadenhall-street, merchaists. Hagger-
Ron end Whiteley, Canibridge, attornics-

The Lordiof the Treasury have appointed tIeOROZ
GARDNER, Esq. to be Comptroller-General of the
Customs for Scotland, in the room of the Earl of
Lavas and MELVILLE, deceased.

We understand that the Lords of the Treasury
have lately issued Regulations for the government
of the Boards of Customs in England and Scotland,
which will in future prevent the admission of persons
to offices in the indoor departments, if exceeding
forty years of age, and to outdoor offices, if above
the age of thirty. This is a measure deserving of
commendation, as it will not only be the means of
establishing more efficient persons in offices of labour
and responsibility, but by narrowing the patronage
hitherto acted upon, must open a greater chance
of promotion to those now in office, and thereby
prove a stimulus to their future exertions. Their
Lordships, there is also reason to believe, have in
view further regulations, in order that Merchants
and others having Custom-house business to transact,
may experience greater facility.

A Special Court of Assistants of the Worshipful
Company of Goldstnitbs was held on the 18th ult. for
the purpose of considering a proposition to present
the Freedom and Livery of the Company to the Right
Hon. Sir SAMUEL SHEPHERD, Lord Chief Baron of
the Exchequer in Scotland, in testimony of the high
estimation in which both his public and private cha-
racter are held—when an unanimous Resolution was
passed, authorizing. the Wardens to take the necessary
measures for carrying the same into effect. In par•
nuance of this Resolution, the LORD CHIRP BARON
was invited to attend at Goldsmith's Hall on Wednes-
day last, when he was sworn in, and the Freedom
presented to him by the Wardens, followed by the
ceremony of investing his Lordship with the clothing
of the Company. The LORD CHIRP BARON; in a most
animated and eloquent speech, addressed the Court,
acknowledging the grateful sense he had, and should
ever retain, of the honour they had conferred on him.
An elegant entertainment was given on the occasion,
:o which the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who
is also a Member of the. Goldsmith's Company, was
invited, but prevented attending by his Parliamentary
,engagements►

PRICE SEVEN-PENCZ•

THE LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

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THE CENOTAPH.I.- We feel happy in announcing
to our Readers, that the model of the Cenbtaph to
the memory of the late PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, is
now complete, and has been seen by his Royal High-
ness the Prince LP.OPOLD, their Royal Highnesses the
Duke of GLOUCESTER, the Princesses SoPHIA and
MAliv, and the Princess SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER,
who expressed themselves highly gratified. To his
Royal Highness the Prince LsoPoLo, the sight of
this work must have given rise to mournful seflee-
tions ; but, on the other hand, he could not fail to
find some consolation in the reflection that her me=
mory would be perpetuated, by a Monument raised
by the voluntary subscriptions of those who partici:
pate in his sorrow for the loss of so amiable a Prin.
cess.—The following description, we hope, will not
prove uninteresting :
The Group consists of nine figures • the lower part represents
the Princess extended lifeless on bier, around which are four
figures lamenting her departures--indicating the feeling of the
people from all quarters of the globe; above is seen the spiritual
form, disdaining the confinement of the Tomb, ascending to
RusTrat, accompanied by Angels, who greet bet presence with
rejoicings, whilst mortals are lamenting over her lifeless remains;
We are informed that this interesting work will $e
open to the Public on Monday, the Bth of May.
FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY.

FROM THE LADY'S MAGAZINE.
WALKING Daess.—A green velvet spencer, made rather lone
in the waist, collar high and stiff, the sleeves full on the shoul-
ders, with pipings of green satin to confine the folds, the same
so correspond on the wrists, and finished with a broad white
lace frill. The dress, composted of green Irish lustre, made
long and trimmed on the bottom with a flounce of the same,
bound round each division Irbil s narrow satin piping, and on
each fold a silk fringe tuft. Bonnet white satin, elegantly trim-
med with a superb plume of green • and white feathers, on the
front a full broad blond of Venetian lace.
EvanNo Dasss.—Composed of grey crape, worn over white
satin, the skirt very full and snag, the bottom finished With two
broad pipings of satin • under those a full gauze puffing, edged
with black shame! ; under this a broad and rich puffing, edged
with the same material; a third satin piping, .below which is a
similar trimming : the body of grey satin made long, and the
waist confined with a. ribbon the sleeves full, with alternate
inlets of satin and crape; a broad white frill worn on the back,
and confined to each shoulder.—The Head-dress, the hair worn
very high, paned in the !tont of the forehead in fWI curls, a
coronet of white crape rases, with band of pearl or diamond ;
ear-rings and necklace of the same ; shoes, white Satin; glove%
white kid.

This Number contains a beautiful engraving illnitradve. of
Ivanhoe, drawn by %MALL, and engraved by HAWN.

SPORTING.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1820.
vuzseAr, MAT V.
Seventy Guineas for 5-yr-old colts Sit. lib. Ma, est. 111 b.
Sir J. Shelley's bay colt Ivanhoe • - • - - -
Sir C. Bunbnry's brown colt, by Sorcerer - - - 9
Mr. Wyndham's bay colt, by Oetavius . - 7. S
Mr. Neele's chesnut colt Lounger
Duke bf Giafton's brown colt Lukk
Lord Grosvenor's bay filly, by Thunderbolt
The Judge placed but three.
Even on Ivanhoe--4 to 1 agst Sir C. Bunbury's brOwn
4 to 1 apt Lord Grosvenor's 611 y.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 1211 p. each, fel- 5-yr-olds and upwards.
Mr. Thornbill's Spring gun, 5-yrs-old, 21st. 121 b. - - I
Lord Grosvenor's Aldford, 4-yrs-old, Bst. Bib. - - 9
Mr. Crockford's Sultan, 4-yrs-old, Bst. IClb. -
Mr. Lambton's Agricola, 4-yrs-old, Bst. 121 b.
Mr. Payne's Shreekhorn, 4-yrs-old, Bst. Sib.
The Judge placed but three.
sto 1 agst Spring-gun--3 to 1 apt Sultan-4 to 1 apt Agricola.
Lord Jersey's Master Henry, est. lib. beat Mr. Vansittall'e
Financier, Sot. 41b. Ab. IL 200p.-11 to 18 apt Master Henry.

A case which has been lying in one of the stores of
the Dock-yards at Portsmouth, for many years past,
was opened on Monday last, and found to contain a
beautiful painting, Russem., representing her pre.
sent MAJESTY, in a swung posture, with the late Prin.
cess Cn A nurrrzon her knee. The package was landed
in 1797, from the St. Fiorenzo frigate, and is said to
have been intended as a present to her MAXIM'S
father, the Duke of BRUNSWICK ; but it is conjectured,
that, in consequence of the mutiny in the Navy, at
that time, it was not deemed prudent to allow any of
our ships to approach the French coast.
On the evening or the 11th ult. George Reid,
who was committed to Kirkwall jail, for housebrea k..
ing, escaped, by disguising himself in his mother's
cloak and hood, by which the jailor was deceived
the affectionate old woman being laid up very snugly
in the bed, while the son walked deliberately out of
prison, past the jailor, and effected I ii.escape.
Letters have been received from the Cape of Good
Hope, dated the 3d of February, intelligence having
reached the colony from the Mauritius and Isle of
Bourbon of the malignant disease raging in the
former place, General Donut:, the acting Governor
of the Cape, had issued a Proclamation, enjoining
strict quarantine on all vessels coming rio m the
eastward. The Cape was far from healthy at the.
above date, and several instances of sudden death
bad recently occurred, which increased the general
apprehension.
A letter from Liverpool, dated the 27th ult. says,
" General D'Evanatrx sailed this day for Columbia.
He was accompanied by several Officers of his Staff,
his Chaplain, and about thirty young Gentlemen,
who, in emulation of their countrymen of the Irish
Legion, have consecrated their lives and swords to
the cause of South American freedom."
It has been suggested, and as far as we have the
means of judging, there is both reason and huma-
nil in the suggestion, that the present season would
be well employed in sending out a vessel in starch .
of our Countrymen, who Went on the Baffir
Bay Expedition. It is now certain, that if Lieute-
nant PARRY and his companions be alive, and have
not passed through Behring's Straits, into the North-
ern Pacific, they must have wintered in sonic very
high latitude, and though prepared against most cf
the probable contingencies, still accidents or misfor-
tunes may have befallen them which no foresight
could guard against, nor the most judicivs conduct
have prevented.