Star.
London, England, 1827-08-23 00:00:00

HIGHNP.S3 THE DUKE OF LAUENCE.

ANNIVERSARY oF THE BIRTH OF HIS ROYA

HAMPTON COURT, Auo. 42.

Tuesday bring the anniversary of the birth of la's'
Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, the same ve.s
observed, accmdi•,g to annual custom, by a splensid
dinner at the Red Lion, Hampton. For thirty years
the Gentlemen connec•ed with the Honor and Nlanor
of Hampton and Hampton Court, and those of the
f Spe.thnris, have regularly met on this
auspicious day, and rega'ed them elves with tittle and
venison, afterwards discussing several magnums of good
wine to the health of their royal and it usti ious neighbour
the Lord of the Manor—a Prince endeared to theirs all.by
his kind c•mdesceading manners, and good old Eigl•sh
neiehbouily feelings—never disd lining to take a cup of
TWINNING '3
best with any dowager in the Palace, or ear
his mutton with anyG.ntleman in the district,managi,g
his farm a ith all the practical experience of any good ()Id
E•llishYeornsan,and cracking hi , joke among his brothel
farmers, with all that jovial good feeling which chi
racier sea the true b•ed English Gentleman.
those who have thus lived in daily intercouve with
hit Royal Dighoess, it has iften been a subject of
sincere regret that his expanded and enlightened mind
had no other some • of employtnent than the stip.-r.
intendance of his Hocks and the inspection ,of his
ploughed fields. They therefore hailed his advancement
to an office of great importance in the State, as the
dawn of a brighter era, pregnant with good to the
country, and calculated to br ng his Royal Highness
before the eyes of the world as one whose talents had long
been bid, but who was capable of doing credit• to has
high tank and to human nature. lied from infancy to
the naval profession, his Royal Highness had made
that set vice his peculiar d light and study, and
he most thoroughly understood the service in all its
branches—the KlNG.theiefore, judged most wisely when
he made his Brother the L rd High Admiral. The na-
tion ha led the appointment as one to which the Rayal
Sailor seas justly entitl •d ; and his friends and neigh-
bours here, as one which would affo:d scope for
a display of those superior mental abilities which they
had long known his Itnyal Highness to possess. This,
we bel eve, was the dm tieth time that his Royal High-
ness's friends have met to celebrate his bitch-day in the
village of Hampton, and never was there a more nu.
rneroas•or splendid meeting on this anniversary. Mi.
ta.stata, the worthy Representative of Surrey, was in
the Chair, suppoi led by Sir BENJAMIN HOISIIOUSE, Si:'
WATIILN WALLER, Sit EDM STANLEY, Sit A. Ilat.thi
DAY, :lad above 40 other Gentlemen of the neighb
ut-
hood, After the health of his MAJESTY, which im A.
drank with four-tim s four, the CHAIRMAN introduced
the ;oast of the d.,y in a se eech of peat feeling and
much eloquence : the social and private virtues of the
illustri us Prince were chiefly dwelt upon. It was
A meeting of neighbours. he said, and as such the)
must all feel alike, for the ?tiller was known to them all.:
It was not the splendid office which his Itnyal Highness
now filled, and filled so ably, .that could false him
in their opinion—it nas while in retirement and cool-
parative obscurity that they hid learnt to appreciate
his worth—had become acquainted with his vir-
tues, and formed their opinion of h's talents; and the
period of his i)uhl c life, short as it yet was, had shewn
that they :tad not judged erroneously: and he con
eluded by proposing the health of hi. Royal Highness,
with a pr.i}er that he !nig' t I.•ng be spaced to the Bri- '
tish incion and to the B•itish Nav).The Amen was long
and rapt tirouslyrepeated. It was an expression of t. ue and
genuine lee:ine, that ss a• continued for nearly a quar•er
or an hour. Many loyal as.af•patrintic toasts then. fol.
lowed,:and the hilarity of the Meeting was kept up to a
vet y late hour. The only vast of any political bearing
was the health of the Earl of LIVERPOOL, who, as a
neighbour, is universally heloved.

ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 18.

The Greek Fleet, consisting of twenty four sail, in-
cluding the Hellas, appealed off this port on Saturday
evening, under Austrian colours, but were soon recog-
nised by the Garda Costa, which, in retreating into
the harbour, touched near Marabout. The Greeks
rent a brulot to destroy her, which did not take
effect. A second was more successful ; and this
formed the sum total of Lotd Cochrane's achieve-
ments against Alex indria. He remsined off the port
that night, and part of the next day, during which
the Pacha was exerting hirwelf to get his ships out ; but,
for watt of wind, the large vessels could only sail this
mottling; and they a•e now, to the number of twenty-
four sail, including seven frigates, in pursuit of the
Greeks. The no:bona Bey commands the Constantinople
ships, and Moharten Bey those belonging to Egypt.
If an action takes place, the result cannot be doubtful.
Every thing was conducted liege, during the presence
of the Greeks, with thegteatest order and tr.snquillity.
The Pacha continued on board ship, to encourage all
hands to exert themselves in getting ready, and only
came on shine this morning, when the squadron went
to sea,. '[he Pacha sends 4,000 or 5,000 met mote to
teinfoike Fbtahint Pacha, who has lately received the
submission of Gastouni and the district about Patras.

A dinner was given on Tuesday by the Proprietors of
the late Royalty Theatre to a party of Gentlemen, at the Court-
house, for the Tower Liberty, Wellelose-Nuare, in commemoration
of the commencement of a new Theatre on the she of the old one,
to be called" The Brunswick Theatte."

During the trial of a Libel case, last Saturday, at
Warwick, vdrile Mr. Reader, who conducted the de-
fence, was speaking, Lord TIENTERDIN yawned loud
enough to be heard by the L..arned Gentleman, who
was immediately below him. The latter instantly
stopped, and looked up at his Lordship, who slid, " 1
beg your pardon."--.. Oh, my Lord," said Mr.
Reader, " 1 beg yours; 1 hope 1 have n, :t disturbed
your repo e." I assure you, Mr. Reader," observed
his Lordship, 1. it was perfectly accidental." Mr.
Reader, who seemed very much agitated, immediately
sai.i, that 4. one word from the Noble and Learned
Lord on the 13encli was enough to satisfy him. He
had receised numerous marks of kindness from the
Noble L..rd, and he entertained the most unbounded
respect and veneration for that eminent person; but his
(Mr. Reader's) treiirigs were easily excited, and were
easily wounded." The Learned Counsel then resumed
his address to the Jury. Subsequently, Lord Tenter-
den said, that before he proceeded to sum up the evi-
dence, he wished to state, that the noise which had
escaped him did not proceed from any listlessness on
his p rrt,or inattention to the observations of the Learned
I Counsel who was speaking at the time,but was induced
by the sense of fatigue, which severe attention to
laborious duty will comet mes bring over the constitu-
tion. He could assure the Learned Counsel, that their
was no man whom the Judges more regarded an
respected in Court, or more esteemed out or Cour t.

LivnnrooL, Au° 21.

penile MEETING TO DETERMINE UPON • MARK•
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: CANNING—.
RESPECT To Tot 34E1%1011N or Ma. CAN \
A Meeting was yesterday held, in the Costneil-torm
of the Town Hall in this town, to con.ider on the pin.
,estrallbt:tioCnt.O(lcieEnoßoGf
e pect to t!.e
nipreiemtyoloyf
ots.illehweinlg soatert
lost a BOLTON, Esq. was called to the Criair, and bit %;,
,ta-ed the object of the Meeting.—A conversation th,il
arose, in which two modes of 'hewing the respect of
the town to the deceased Minister were mentioned.
The fi:st, an Address of Ciindolence to hi, Al AJCsTV•
.n I the second, the erection, by public subscription. rf
a statue or pillar to Mr. Canning's !Tim( IT .r
.ne latter
seemed to be unanimon.ly considered the preterabl;
mode, and a strong feeling Was expressed in firpnir
rf
erecting a monumeht, wh ch should permanently rec 74
the estima ion in which the town of Liverpool i.eld .t,
late Representative. It was mentioned, tha. a statue r f
brinze would cost 10,0001. and that a column like mot
erected to Lord Melville in Edinbu• ph, to Lord Hill -t
Shrewsbury, an Ito Lnrd Nelson in Duhl airtight he rms.
ed for about 4,0001. A situ tion for the itionoment Wits
mentio ed, viz. on the open space which would e'er
between ihe we,t side of the Custorn•hnuse and the
River, a situation particularly appropriate. as the last
act of Mr. Canning's public life was to make the Govern-
ment grant of that piece of ground for the Custom-
house. Some further c rnversation took pl ice as t the
manner of originating the subscription, whether at that
meeting or at a public meeting of the town. The
great majority of the Gentlemen present, including in-
dividuals of all parties, were decidedly in favour of
public meeting, which they considered much mare
honourable to the deceased, The Chairman was of
the same opinion, and a requisition to the Mal or,
desiring him to call a meeting for that purpot on alt
early day, was drawn up, approved, and signed by
every Gentleman present. In the course of the atiet-
mon many other signatures were affixed, and the
reqiii ition, we believe, was presented Itte yesterday
evening by Mr. Bolton to the Mayor. The day of
holding the meeting has not yet been fixed; but it wid
probably be at the latter end of this week.