Star.
London, England, 1820-08-01 00:00:00

THE Q UEEM

Yesterday, at two o'clock, the lieptit.itiOvi front'
the Borough of Ilchester, accompankd by Dr..Lusu-
.
ixeroN and Mr. Alderman Woot, waited upon the
Queen with at) Address, to which her MAJESTY re-
turned the followihg gracidus Answer :
u I retuto 14 internl thanks to the inhabitants of the Bib-
rough of Ilehester and its vicinity, for an Address in which so
much affection is manifested for my person, so much zeal • for
my rights, and so much sympathy for my sufferings.
" My late beloved daughter well knew her mother's Injuries;
and her noble nature made them her own. Over her untimely
end, if I wept se a parent, the whole Nation mourned like an
individual. The grief was one and the same in aik Every man
felt as if he had lost a friend—and that friend his solace in the
passing day, and his hope in the time that Was to-come.
" When I call to mind the form of his late Majesty, oppres-
sed with afflictions, and bending trith age, I ought not, perhaps,
to lament over that event which put an end to his sufferings,
and made him elchange his earthly crown for a. crown more
permanent. But my gratitude will not suffer me to forget that
his Mbjesty was my protector in adversity; and my heart, still
sorrowing, tells me that that protector is no more.
I should, even according to the confession of my accusers,
have been guilty of no sin if I had never revisited this country;
that was my great transgression, and that has been rendered
more inexpiable by this circumstance—that I no sooner came
than the affections of the people all circled round their Queen.
" If to possess the affections of the people be a proof of guilt,
how can I ever shew that lam innocent? Could I prevent, or
was I to try to prevent, the stream of popular sympathy from
running forcibly in favour of Majesty Insulted, and of integrity
reviled? If the Nation could have contemplated the many
wrongs I have experienced, and the greater wrongs with which
I am threatened, with severe indifference or with sluggish apa-
thy, it would nut have been composed of men and women ; it
would have been constituted of beings wltisout sensibility or in-
telligence. But the British people are made of better materiali.
No nation has more right reason or more good feeling ; and this
is a truth of which I tan never be unconscious as long as one
particle of life is streaming in my veins."
After the Deputation withdrew, her MAJESTY went
to North-street, Finsbury-square, to view the School
called the Royal Institution, for 1,000 boys and 300
girls, of which the Duke and Duchess of Kort were
patrons. The children being generally of poor pa-
rents, and many of them very indifferently clothed,
her MAJESTY has given orders to Miss Woo°, the
Treasurer, to clothe the 300 girls with a neat dress,
and to continue the same annually. Although no
public notice was given of the intended Royal visit,
the numbers assembled were immense, and her MA-
JESTY was received with loud and general greetings.
A respectable looking female was unfortunately
thrown down among the crowd, and had her leg
and thigh broken. She was carried on a shutter to
Bartholomew's Hospital.

The Gentleman whom her Majesty has engaged
to proceed to Italy to collect evidence in her behalf
we believe, a Mr. HENRY; and we understand his
Majesty's Government have afforded this Gentleman
every possible facility for the execution of his mis-
sion, and have instructed all our Ambassadors and
other diplomatic Agents abroad, to render him all
the .-usistance he may require.
Yesterday two of her MAJESTY'S witnesses arrived
from Milan, one of whom performed the journey in
the short period of six days. It is said that the Go-
vernor of Milan refuses to grant passports to any
witnesses for her MAJESTY, except those who may
have belonged to her Household, without previously
sending to 'Vienna for authority. Thus the, defence
of the Quart; of England is,: made to depend upon
the will and pleasure of the Emperor of Avarua.
A Meeting of the inhabitants of Hammersmith
took place on Saturday, to consider the propriety of
presenting an Address to her MAJESTY, on her arrival
in this country; Mr. GOMSIE, the Churchwarden, in
the Chair. Several appropriate Resolutions were
moved by Mr. BOWLING, and seconded by Mr. BIRD.
On the motion of Mr. BowLING, seconded by Mr.
HUGHES, an Address was voted to her MAJESTY.

A Meeting of the County of Middlesex, to address
the QUEEN, will take place some time next week.—
The Requisition to the Sheriffs has been presented
some days.
The 24th ult. the Guild of Berwick passed a vote,
that an Address be presented to her MAJESTY the
QUEEN ; the number for the Address was 156, and
against it S 2.
Sir JOHN SHELLY has written a letter to the Town
Clerk of Lewes, declining to present the Address
voted by the inhabitants of that Borough to the
QUEEN. It is said that the other Member for Lewes
has also joined in his refusal.

concluded, by requesting his hearers so to conduct
themselves on the present occasion, as to set an ex-
ample to those who were called the Higher Orders ;
and thereby chew, that they were as superior to them
in that respect, as in general 'utility A eelantation ).
—He then proposed a series of Resolutions, and an
Address to-her Majesty, founded upon them ;at the
sanisitige,,, assuring the Meeting, that the Higher Or-
•ddrtbad had no hand in their composition, but that
were exclusivelt the wok of the Lower Orders.
Resaltitions and Adirreirsovhich were all rather
voluminoul, were sten put, and carried unanimously;
the enthusiastic Waddington and several others,
making neat little spcitchekin support of thorn.—Mr.
WADDINGTOW, among other things, laid, he was sure
his Majesty was no party to the proceedings against
the
,Queen, but that some person had " dropped
poison is his tar l" -Several other Gentlemen also
seemed to be of the same opinion.
The Address was ordered to bePresented by a De-
putation of two discreet persons from every mecha-
nical trade in London, and Committees were ap-
pointed to make the necessary arrangements.
Thank k having been voted to Mr. Gast for his up-
right and impartial conduct, &c.
Mr. GABT returned thanks for the honour thereby
done him ; and availed himself of that opportunity of
recommending his hearers 48 to forego the sensual
luxury of a pipe and a pot," for the purpose of con:
tributing all in their power to farther the object of
the Meeting. He also expatiated again at great
length upon the subject of public opinion being an
Herculean club, which would eventually destroy the•
hydra of corruption. He described the memberi of
the Meeting, and others of the -same sort, as indus-
trious Lees, the higher orders as idle drones, and the
Ministers as the caterpillars of the State ; and con-
cluded with the following mysterious observation
" His Lordship (the Lord Mayor) put a-little vinegar
in our gruel at the outset of thisbusiness, bat-we have
added sugar enough to destroy the -effect of the acid ;
and I hope that will, always be the case with those
sycophants"—(Laughter and applause).
The Meeting then separated. '' -

ROBBERY AND PIRACYA circumstance which
has created much conversation among the commer-
cial interests in Scotland, has lately occurred, and
which will, no doubt, ultimately end in an awful
example to those convicted of being concerned jn
the foul conspiracy ; the following are all the parti-
culars we have as yet been able to collect :--ig A
ship, a few weeks since, sailed from the Clyde bound
to Gibraltar, with manufactured goods on board,
valued at f,20,000 ; she was insuied for- the full
amount of her cargo, and proceeded with a fair and
prosperous gale until she arrived at the Isle of Bate,
she put into port, but it appears she was here plun-
dered of the principal part of her cargo ; after a,
short stay she proceeded on her destined voyage,
and was no more heard of until the Captain and
crew landed at Wexford, in Ireland. The account
they gave was, that the vessel had suddenly foun-
dered off the north coast of Ireland, and that they
were compelled to take to their boats to save their
lives. This appeared very extraordinary, as no bad
weather had been experienced, and the underwriters
were satisfied the vessel was completely sea-worthy,
and in a most excellent condition to complete the
voyage; but a singular and unexpected circumstance
occurred, which has led to the developement of shis
plot. A youth shortly after passing through Glee.
gow,saw some printed calicoes exposed to saki which,
had been shipped on board the above vessel, and'
which the manufacturer had never disposed of for.
sale in this country. On questioning the shopbeeper
how lie became possessed of them? he said he pur-
chased them of a person who happened to be then
approaching with a fresh supply. • An officer was
sent for, and the seller was apprehended. An inves-
tigation took place, and from the information re,
ceived, upwards of twenty valuable packages wen'
foun'd buried under the sands in the Islp of Bute;
three of the principals concerned in this transaction
have been apprehended ; one, we understand, is 4
man of great property, and always considered re-
spectable; another of them has offered to turn
king's evidence, but, in the present state of the
business, it has been deemed proper to decline the
proffered offer."

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Monday se'smight, as a man in the neigltinmrhocd
of Gilmerton, was bnliging bottle -some grits in a
cart, the horse ran Off, when a child of his own, a boy,
ahOut four years of age, to whom he was giving a
ride, was thrown out, and killed on the spot.
Saturday evening, a Gentleman, his wife, and son,
a fine young lad about 18 years of 'age, arrived at
Gravesend in- a chaise, and on Sunday morning they
proceeded to the bathinrenaehines, .for the purpose
of bathing. It was a spring tide, and the current was
consequently. limning very strong. The lad, who
it seems could not swim, was unfortunately carried
out of his depth by the stream, and instantly gave an
alarm by his cries, in which he was -assisted by his
agonised parent. The man attending the machine
ran to 'tender assistance,-and with a boat-hook endea-
voured to reach-the incautious youth. In his humane
efforts he .forgot his own danger, and was himself
precipitated into the river, and being unable to re-
Corer his footing, was, with the object of his solici-
tude, drowned within sight of the persons ..on the
beach. The feelings of the father may be more easily
coanceivedihan described. The unhappy mother was
*Lille instant immersed in the warm bath, and alarmed
by thecries which she hard, rushed forth to witness
her stn Oak, for the last time, beneath the treacherous
element. .The mat has excited the greatest sym-
pathy. in thetciemufGruverend. Poor Ernmington
(the mapterbo.etpendel tlte..batiting-machine), has
kita•wifiolOd Otte children- to deplore his loss. His
body-wild picked up:hlitie iiittie of the day, bat that,
1. of ihe'ititith4taiiief yet been recovered.
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MatiNG Or ie e.IiAN. iCS TO . ' AliDli. E-AS' it'll ALE F.l.siito.vs Pon AUGUST.
--Ir.: , ..,.. -• • ?'HE Q.
-. .
itycy Bak Hista. -..-Roynsi iiress of celestial blue gossamei
.. 4'
.arid
der. Latin,
,aondr ,grts-dat some7-N
A Niece mg was -held yesterday, at. the Cart
alisiesitancweitahbobvme the fold fringe round the No:.
Horses Croswell-street, of about four hundred per-a brOad layer of
geranium Atli; edged on each side weith border,
SI: !as iho assembled in consequence of a placard ill- Corsage of celestial blue satin, elengaarrntly laced gol.thddin-
nthastt;ifutiz.nhely oFlcihmsetiendetsedi
ofwiththe agi.graniold
ntrimmaamtiinnwg,,ocnogrrtohlede:.
eking the " thinking, working, and industrious Me- ° cordon,mi.
skirt of thew dress Eh4nan.idcs of London and its environs, to take into I *raiding
avast oration the tropriety of an Address to the
1 mounted
superbly
trimmedltie eevrie abboof fine net, sun.
wof white
of art, and to express their opinion on the conduct
mag!ealiarne;teelrayapidhite and red. The ns4l7at7fuorll-brine
i her accusers."— Mr. GAST was called to the Chair. hair elegantly arrangnedrosecl:
a r. d AST bas already obtaine..l some reputation as oprninsi.mesenttesed
iatthtliveiback part
• with a rich cluster of
0 seconder San er of Smithfield Resolutions, and he is more- Glauvina 'gold
and ear-rings; white shoes of grog atille-le!k?aptis. Pearl
necklace
on operative ship-builder in one of the yards ates; white kid ewes.
' WIT D&RSS or LADY WoII3LICY fling
Deptford.l He opened the business of the day in .a • (A) a
rich
AT Tilt NW
be,
tinD 111471:1C-110011 or (lemma llT.—.h consiststa otw
h repete with censure of the powers that
wheasir with a, fancy petticoat over it, embroidered inw
pee.a:lt as;
and of at least three quarters of an hour's duration,
finished
edcahtenehillee rosettes,
id and wreaths of the same. The -
commencing. with an expression of sorrow at the in- petticoat with
~ aArouleau of blue groo-dez.
Naples, wreathed over with pearier
ption given to their proceedings by the Lerd trin ofedballue gem:
de-Naples, lined throughout with white satin,r
.iayar, at Jacob's Well ; but admitting that he was by heda rich French blood, and rouleau of gr os-de round
en
no means. surprised, that his Lordship, who was so iwwit;
Theth pearls,
yf to correspond with the border of the 4petti-
sioptcuons for his loyalty in one quarter, should be coasn•tastefully ornamented
atuwith pearls and Frencho
blond.gr°d Head-dress,eNales'
ther. tit to prevent any expression of loyalty,
in ono- with
ostrich feathers, bandeauof diamonds, amagnificent plume
and blond Court lap=
He then proceeded to comment upon the ca •
se pets.—Fivog La Bellevlssemblie
gi the Queen, and described her Majesty
as a per- w •
A LIONG Dauss.—A round dress, composed of jaconot mos
seetite womand whose interests were intimately con- •ha : the skirt is moderately full
and
gored,itis
trimmed -
at the
erected
with those of the Meeting F if,"
g; " or said he bottom by three fiounces of
li rich work ; each flounce is headed
.they (the Ministers) succeed in their machinitions by a muslin bouillonn ih body,ti made without a collar, to
fastast behind, and ornamentede. of work disposed in
asst her, we, who are now only tied by ' leg'
, a serpentine wreath round the busta roSwl
all [hen be completely double-ironed upon both " width, very long over the band, finishedane:v'lofa moderate
with bouil.
(App
..r. He then took a review of the whole. falling
full half, l
, ....r.
work divosed in a Wave to corn -
' ay !- bas the. attempted negotiation at St. Omer's jaeonot ezpoosiiiiidi
.w!th the last. The
spencer is also composed of
to/he present time, and highly eulogized her Majes- the waist is of moderate length, and is finishedit
bayaaftishilokrtaefkult
CS t conduct throughout. He then commented upon jacket;
trimmed
sthare
wort,
to the shape. A large double pelez
that strange attack upon her. MAjesty in the Wes. riae,tmthe t. conceals the lower part of the
hen • oinaaaalimiss
Naar!, country Paper, and thereupon took spencer: the collar is it stands out from the throat;
and is also richly wigitl;
occasion to observe that her 'Majesty " instead of finished at the hand by trimmed
falls work.
Long
loose
al/4.evesi
two of work. Head-dress, a bonnet
keeping:higher-order hours, had the peculiar'
honour
composed of French net, ornamented with chains of French
of- keeping 'mechanical hours."—(Laud applause).— gimp, laid
:the
eero crosswise in
irows, and Interspersed with white satin
rouleus
1 having read her Majesty's Answer to the Wak-
e the
and finished at the etadgoewby a qkurilling of lea thanaually
deep,
field Address, which, he said, had his " decided ad mi-lace; the
ftop of tee.
crown is very tastefully ornamented bydra
.rati on," he observed, that " a King without subjects tened with small white satin bows, and interspersalPeeaof
i ll' faa-
would be no King at all ; and by a parity of reason- A
oneric.h ribbon passes under the chin, aid ties.in a fwulltbow on
ing," he added, "if we say we will defend 'our Queen, side. Black kid shoes ; limerick gloves.
I should be glad to know who will resist us? They Evaxiso Daess.—A round dress,
gcooremrs:dndof Urling's net
'th (he continued) attack a hair of her head, if ever a white
dare not satin slip ; the dress i;
to hang in easy folds round the figure; the bottoms of. thetlyslftirt
t. public voice is raised against it, for the public
of
sftnwrnmhiteedz with flounces of Urling's lace, headed by rosileaus
iovotce is. political power ; and it is the public voice these.h flounces • are festooned in a singular
shone which has preserved to this country, even- a but strikingeP2anner; quetts. of roses and blue-bells.—
adow of its liberties"—((Bravo Bravo ! Bravo !).—He The corsage is tight,to the shape
anvetit moderately low round
the bust, which is ornamentelini with
then censured Lord Castlereao, for designating a lozenge formed by a, large pearl ;nethre front
of
fzethnegeesoof net, eact
certain portion of the community " a base populace,"
shirt;
it rash* geoemis also decorated
ff with pearls. The sleeve is very
and asked, what would his Lordship do without thatfulness of net over white satin In-
base populace ? That populace was the nerve and terspersed with pearls °lei:Ilona! ;sathtienboatntdom of the sleeve
by a twisted rouleawna%O(fs
sinew of the State—the creator of all the luxuries is
finishedin .s profusion of full cutilLs, Hair
which
dressed
are in the French style,
whichH his Lordship enjoyed, &c. (Shoals e f applause). brought very low at ate sides of the face, and parted in the
He congratulated the Meeting upon the, progress middleut the forehead, so as partially to display it • the hind
which liberty was makinthe Continent• g neon ; and hair is bruugbt up in full bows on the crown'oethe head •
- - -. concealed' --nand of - which is -

they are partly t._ .by a garland roses, , placed
very far back on the head. Lear-s ings and necklace, pearls. White
satin slippers and white kid gkweso—Ackerninteses Repository.

THE STORM.—It appears that the tempest which
began on Sunday night, and continued till yesterday
morning at two, has not been exceeded in grandeur
for many years in this country. Several. balls of
liquid fire were obeerved in the clouds, and the light=
ning was not only most vivid, but also quite fOrkech
Spans were noticed Ilyittg at different points, so that
spectators Might have supposed that the chimneys of
houses in those directions had taken fire. Portions
of the Electric fluid fell on the houses, 12 and IS, in
Tuttle-street, Liquorpond-street, shivered the chime
ney-pots to pieces, broke in the second floor of N 0.12.
shivered the cupboard door to pieces, and.set'several
parts of the shattered wood on fire. There were two
beds in the room, and the family were in bed, who
got up, and fortunately extinguished the fire, but they
sat up the remainder of the night. At the adjoining
house, No. 13, the fluid broke through the roof and
ceiling, caught the bell-wire, which was iron, and
descended to the street door; leaving-a- black mark
of smoke along the wall, as if from gunpowder; an
osier cradle, in the first floor, was scorched all overt
and some of the clothes caught fire. Fortunately the
child was in bed with its mother. An old mane *lto'
was unable to walk for six weeks before from Then:,
matic pains, received such an electric shock that he -
jumped out of bed, ran down stairs, and recovered
the use of his limbs. The fluid, after descending as
far as the street door, shivered open the parlour door;
and took a direction along the passage wall, Which it
tort quite to the back door, caught the lock and
hinges, all of which it wretiched off, .and threw the
pieces of the door into the pird,'lleaving aAtrong•
smell all over the house as if caused br gunpowder.
However, their losses were well rieoropen..sed, YOrs.
during the Whole of yesterday Was the street
atidtwci persons at the door of NO:13,- had Iry ninth
s:erdo es they could to receive the peace frekwrittial..
'dfedsiof Gentlemen and others, who were admitted.
to Jet the effects produced by the lightning, The
lelectnc fluid, most probably attracted by the irtin
grating, struck the area door of the house 'of Mr.-
Baxter, No., 42, Richard-street, Commerciat4oad:
It broke five panes of glass, forced down the jamb' of
the door-post, and shattered the brick-work near its
but without injuring any of the fastenings by which
the door was secured. It then took an oblique direc-
tion across the kitchen, and tearing off the drifting.;
board of a dresser, entered the ear tit cicose to the waft,
leaving a strong sulphareous smell, Which was per-
ceptible at a late hour yesterday morning. A. press.
bedstead, which stood close to the wall that was in.
jured, was forced several inches towards the Middle
of the room, and it was providential that the tarrentis.
of rain had inundated the kitchen, as two young
women who slept there, were obliged to leave it a
few minutes before the accident occurred. This storm
was felt not only throughout the Metropolis, but
within sixty miles of it. The effect. generally, was
much the same as in London, except on the Bath
road, where it was not accompanied by rain. 'Such
was the ungovernable state, of the horses in Many of
the mails, that the coachrixen were obliged to Fag
up, deeming it imprudent to.proceed. 'lwo dives,
corning to London in a calf-car, on the Essex read,
were struck dead by lightning. We have notheard Of
any damage arnobg the shipping in the River Thames.
The Plineessitoyal, Gravesend boat.enclnntered pew
of the- heaviest storms ever known, iu ,bfr passiiige
from that,piace,r being full of pa,sengers, •ankl ex-
pecting every minute to go down, the Mister"was
Under the necessity of rOnni herashoreaf Etith for
,an hour and a half, after which she arrived wife ja
the River.

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