Star.
London, England, 1816-06-15 00:00:00

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STANZAS
wee or• "bit CHARITY CHILDREN 07 ST. SIART•ILIII-
'TRAMS, At THE ANNIVIIRSARY DIRNISI OP TUB WI-
IIICRIBIRs, ON THURSDAY LAST.
Written for the Occasion by Mt. PMlll3}l4
Priendi.! Benefactor! Patrons dear t
For you our song, our pray'r sincere,
We " offer to our gratitude
To the great FATKIII of all Goon ;"-+
May Ha repay the debt that's due
Prom tis, in tenfold good to You !
Oh ! may the spat of truth divine
Night in our bastes+ ever shins
Thy venom. base Ingratitude,
ale'er on our opening minds intrude;
But may our lives this truth dedde—
N Gaol deeds have not been ill applied.°
Bkes'd Char4y-44 fost'ring smile
Mates refulgeitedlritainis Islet
May that kind portion we now sham,
To judge alight our winds prepare,
Or juvenile career control,
And guide oar coarse to Honour's goal!
That when arriv'd at years mature,
Our conduct may esteem secure,
Aid prove, that Learning can impel,
With Knowledge—Virtue to the Heart I
That Mutation's generbus plan
?agues the Youth—improves the Mani
ailed. i Benefactors! Patrons der!
Foe you our song. our pray'r doceres
We " offer in oor gratitude
44.1% the great PATOIS of all Goon is
•
May He repay the debt that's deo
Prom us, in tenfold good to von

The foundation stone of die New Church, in the
parish of St. David, Exeter, was laid on the King's
Urth.dayi It is to be a Grecian building, of the
Doric order, with a spacious and lofiy portico at the

West end.
We are happy to find that the Anniversary.of the
memorable and glorious Field of Waterloo is fixed on
for laying the first stone of the column to be erected
in honour of the Marquess of ANOLIOSIA $ eq which
occasion there will be a fete chassises... in the immediate
vicinity of the site, and it is looked forward to as a
general jubilee.day throughout the island of Anglesea
and the neighbouring county of Caernarvon. -From
the singular situation of the site, a bold isolated rock,
on the romantic banks of the beautiful river Menai,
the mates Lib of which it is to be constructed, and the
architect consulted, this column promises to present a
permanent and imposing object, highly honourable to
the pr..,,,oeces of it, and worthy of recording and
banding down to their latest posterity, the heroic
deeds of their illustrious countryman. It will be
built of a fine grey marble, raised within the island
of Anglesea, and the chaste and classic taste of Mr.
HAARISON. of Chester, who furnishes the design, leave
no rook) to doubt the superiority of the architecture.
The new Eoelish Opera House is at length Cont.
pieced, and on Thursday and last night there were
two rehearsals of the pieces, with which. it is to be
Opened, with the full band. The orchestra in which
they played. may be called one large instrument, the
fl coring being composed of several soondiag boards,
with two arrangements of ire. bars. The cieling is
composed of several sounding boards. The building
is upon a smaller scale than the other national Ilea:
des. The form of the Theatre in the interior is that
of a lyre, as appropriate to music. The decorations
of the bases and pyoscenium are all appropriate to
the illustration of the effect of music. The lower
circle have a series of subjects in basso relievo, 'elec.!
ted from the classics. Tne principal box entrance is
in the Strand. A large flight of stairs lead to the
4ress .cut de, from which another staircase conducts
to a vestibule communicating with the first circle and
erieb the sat tton, or, which are inscriptions dedicated
to eminent British composers. The other entrances
are from Ezeter•place and Eireter-street.
A Copy of the Treaty of Marriage between the
Princess Cnantarrn of WALES and she Prioce of Co..
mutts limiest been laid before Parliament. It grants
them jointly while liking 460,000 per neramolllo,ooo
of which goes to her Royal Highness se pm money,
independently of bei husband's mound. If she be.
• es omes a widow she will have the whole 5e60,000. if
Ike becomes a widower he will have 5it.50,000 per au-
burn. The eldest child, being presumptive heir to the
-Throne, must be educated as the King directs. The
Following article we copy at length a
artidev. It is understood and agreed that her Royal Highness
'firrieeass CHA 'MOTU. AUGUSTA shall not at any time, leave the
Wised Kingdom, without the perminion In writing, of his Ma.
gusrtvor of the Panics ittotwr, acting in the name and on
Os lulled of his MAJZSTT, and without her Royal Highness's
OW. GOOSaIL,
Asa in the event of her Royal Highness bein
Ns Moittrtg absent from
dots Miustry, in consequence of the permission of .
lir of the Panics Rums, and of her own consent, such real.
abroad shall in no am be protracted beyond the term
by his MA [STY et the Panics RgOSIST, and con.
*mud to by her Royal Highness. And **ball sonillitteat
fee her Royal Highness se recurs to this saisstry berme she alp
*Won of such terns, either in consequence of directions for
dip purpose, in writing, from his MAjisTf,OT from the Panics
Rain?, twat her own pleasure. •
The Treaty is signed by his Grace the Archbi-
shop of CIISTIRSURIN the Loan Criasestaoa, the
Finn LARD of the Tazosual, the Cmascimon of
the EIteIIEQUIR, the three SIteRRTARIOS of arams,
the PRIINIDINT of the Comets., and on the part of
the husband, by Baron Ds Jon.
The Report upon the State of Mendicity its the
Metropolis has been mimed, in pursuance of the
Order of the Moose of Commons of the 46th of May.
It states, that mesdicity in the streets is much ding.
since the iavestigatiois of. last year, and that,
by a strict mifeeemassit of the esistiag laws the tovA
malght be speedily cleared of mendicants altogether"
but *that course would only transfer the evil how
theAmentry. it recommends, that an establishment be
forbad on Mr. blAstraes plan of inquiry, for the per.
pose of discriminating the meritorious poor from the
other classes; that doe diligence be used to mad bola
the Irish, Scotch, and African mendicants, that the,
Chelsea and Greenwich Pensioners (a very, trouble•
ante class of mendicants), be taken out of the screed
and some other minor regulations.
Friday se'nnight, the waggoner of Mesas Lucie,
Chance and Co was stopped an Mosel-lamb Brisdoi.,
by two footpads, who presented a -bright deuble
barraged pistol at his heads and robbed Ida aman
yes Naillea Reles. —T