Star.
London, England, 1820-09-27 00:00:00

FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. RAE.

Application having been made to Mrs. SIDDONS,
for her professional aid at the Benefit for the Widow
and Family of the late lamented Mr. RAE, she has
returned the following answer, which is as creditable
to her regard for the Profession, as it does honour to
the feelings of her heart :
" Sik—l should with the greatest pleasure embrace those
means which you propose, to pay my tribute of respect to the
memory of poor NIL Rae, and to evince my sympathy for the
unhappy family who have suffered so great and irreparable a
loss; but, upwards of sixty years old, it is not to be sup-
posed that I can be exempted from the natural infirmities at-
tendant on such an advanced age, and be assured, Sir, that it is
my inability, and not my indivatien, which leads me to decline
what it would give me the greatest pleasure to accede to. With
the sincerest wishes for the success of ypur benevolent efforts a
this melancholy event,
'6 I have the honour to be, Sir,
11 Your most obedient servant,
" Sandbeck Park, Sept. 23. " S. SIDDONS"

LINES TO DRURY.

Mourn, Drury ! mourn thy half-deserted stencil
Thy triumph once, thy sorrow now is KCAN
And, in fresh gloom to wrap thy setting day,
Lost h thy other Son, extinct thy RAZ :
llops's anchor rais'd, her bwelling sails unfurl'd,
This seeks " another,"—that, " a better world!" &

Ijis MAJESTY is expected to return from his marine
excursion on Saturday next, to the Royal Cottage is
Windsor Great Park.
Meetings of the Inhabitant Householders of tile
Parishes of St. George, Hanover-square, and Sr.
James, will take place in a few days, tor the purpose
of addressing her MAJESTY.
The QUEEN has appointed Mr. LONIDALE to paint
her Portrait, presented to the City of London, fer
which her MAJESTY has sat several times.
The Paris Papers announce the publication there
of Memoirs of Baron Pergami. They are said to
contain some curious facts.
The Election for the vacant seat in the direction of the flank
of England, in the room of the late Barstow LONG, E.q. com-
menced this morning, at ten o'clock, and finally closes at four--
C. Buttes, Esq. is the only Gentleman who offers himself to
fill up the vacancy for the remainder of the year.
Coru-Esenaxtur, Maas-Lax' Sarr. 27.—in addition to
large quantity of new Wheat, which remained over front Mon.
day's market, we had several fresh arrivals from Suffolk this
morning, but the detnaod being trifling, very few sales could
be made, although the finest qualities were offered at an abate-
ment of from is. to tts. per quarter. We bad a fair supplY of
Barley from Suffolk, which" met heavy sale, even the of
samples, at Itlanday's prices, but the ordinary qualities are
per quarter lower. Oats sold freely on full as good terms 118
Altioday, in consequence of the certainty of the Ports shucirg
this week against the importation of this ankle stem the Ports
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ROYJL AQIIATIC EXCURSION.

COWES, SEPTEMBER 26,

His MAJESTY this day disembarked from the Royal I
George yacht, at West Cowes, amidst general enthu- I
siastic shouts of welcome) and huzzas from an im-
mense concourse of the Fashionable World assembled
on the Parade and near the Fort. The royal barge,
which bore the Kis° to the shore, was attended by
the six-oared boats of the ships of the squadron, and
about one hundred pilot and local boats, all dressed
with appropriate colours ; and, on his MAJESTY'S ap-
pt'oach to the shore, the Fort fired a royal salute.—
The it Ixo was conducted to Lis newly-purchased re-
tidence by General the Hon. Sir EDWARD PAGET,
tOtJ GRANTHAM, the Hon. BERKELEY PAGET, GEO.
WARD, Esq. JOHN DASH, Esq. and several other Gen-
tlemen; and after inspecting its state and accommo-
dations, teturned to the landing-place, and re-em-
barked in the royal barge for the yacht, under in-
creased acclamations of applause from the multitude,
and royal salutes from the forts and ships of war.—
Soon after, the royal y acht and squadron got under
weigh for Spithead, and took a short cruize till five
o'clock, when they will all return to Cowes Roadstead,
his MAJESTY having this day engaged Lord and Lady
GRANTHAM, and a select party, to dine on board.—
PI spite of the equinoctials, the KING pursues his sail-
ing, and is deriving, we are happy to say, improved
-health and look daily, from the salubrious sea• breezes
of the solent waters of the Wight. The weather being
so very had on Sunday, his MAJESTY could not land
to hear Divine Service at Cowes, as was his Royal in-
tention ; hundreds in consequence were disappointed,
many of whom took possession of the peWs of the
Church as early as nine o'clock. The Rev. Doctor
JAMES HOOK, one of his Majesty's Chaplains, was
commanded to preach, but from the impossibility of
the K t NO'S landing, he heard Di vine Service on board,
his Majesty's Suite, the Officers of the royal yacht,
and crew, all attending on deck, under an awning pre-
pared for the occasion.