Star.
London, England, 1817-12-18 00:00:00

hohj. cl of 11,1 t In:amend in relieve, be reminded them
of thew ds of the Poet :
" Pro e mr! I.oos nriy II turish or may tAe,
" A lara'll can 14sake 'hem, a% a lwratli has made.
" Ef)( a bold pes.asitty, their country'''. pride,
" When <Ace destroy%l„ can never be supplira!"
The peasantry ot their cottony, he inamtained, wet*
entitled to ad the liberal hearts of the friends to that
Institution could bestow. The Highlanders hethonght
worthy of particular attention. The CREATOR of the
Wout.o, when makiug a Hiefilender, hid gone oat
ot has ordinary road —(efildriuse.) He was 104 d
to be interrupted by applause, as every cheer they
Bove leas was a pledge diet they mould go to the Sr-
emery to subscribe, which he knew they would not
lail to make good. When Gen made a Highl4CJert
he bah given him a slut of file and a body of steel,
and how he would fight for the Brunswick Family
and for Liberty, the tracts of Bartow and Waterloo.
among others, would tesiiry. He -appealed to the
comp toy in behalf of these brave oleo and their wi-
dowed weee,, whether they should he permitted to
tee Lima bread, 'Moue. re:Mns their valoar ifee'd r
The health of the Gentlemen of the Committee
having been drank,
Mr. Leuitie returned dunks, in the name of de
gentlemen. The duty which they had, to perform
was sometimes I.aiu4ul, as they could .not give ao
much as the poor applicant leynireet, um- so much us
their own. hearts would eillingly hecow 4 bout if, ill
such eases, their duty was irksome, At otaer times it
was most pleesieg, when they l mod detreselves able
to rescue a suderer from distress and thstrectiont la
general, where the gilt bad been disposed of, the
power in relieve was gone s but it was not so in this
Institution, for each returning month enebled 'heat
to do something fur the isep.air ft knits. He felt
tified isi veins this language. as the poet. were their!
friends. It was pleasant to celeirete the Afiniversary
of a Charity which had been in being one hutelred
and fifty years. A century and a Lair Lack, how-
ever, that Institution was but a tender plant.; but
now, nourished mid watered as it had Luca by Bri•
benevolence, it bad grown into a national estaba
fishmeal. In the last year,• thougif a season or us.
peralle led distress, the subscriptions in favour of thill
Charity stet., greater than in any former year. It
vethiti the lest thirty•six years that it hid most
increased in importance. For nearly the whole of
this extended pereel, the streams of its benevolence
were directed by the hand of their late worthy Se.
cretAry. They hail list his i.ei vices, but his mend(
had fallen on a man of spieled.," talents, aid happy
was it for the Institution, that Wien their Elii ih vas
lost, such an Elistia should be I.und to succeed hem.
The Stewards, lie begged to remark. deserved the
warmest gratitude of die company. Among them
was one generous Englishman. who appeared as
Steward for the second time. Many other generous
Englishmen were present. The gentleman to whom
he particularly alluded, as the officer of a parish to
which they bath belonged (St. George's, Hanover.
square,) had heel), been examined touching the state
ot the poor. In a parish containing Wood peteont;
mid in which it appe:.red that sCS3,(OO was maritally
given to the puns, when asked if there were many
ijzoldiSiarn among thee , his answer was—very. few.
lie mentioned this to sinew that that Charity was k -
tizite:.r. to the perishes about London, and to die*
t;stt pet,pie at i:trge. That liistitution migh: be called.
es he had t :ken the libtrty to remark cn a former
occasion, an old first-rater: a Royal Seamen was at.
the helm—the compass ley towards the Korth—the
sails etre spread n the desk ol the Secretary—and
they wiee that tsay asseniiiled to rake the evied!.-The •
foregoes; speech was frequently interrupted by marks
of apptuhation, and tumultuous shouts of applause
burst lurch at its close.
Seyet el appropriate and coneivi .1 trews fellowecf.
The SCCULTA RY reperted the t;t0):;r: i ionsamount
to £le2—an excess above the last ) Car of betweee
silty and seventy pounds.
Mr. SINCLAIR, in the course of CA: evening, seeg
" Roy's " among i 4 /tom," aid
land :re, with much t4,:e.
The eRLSIDiaT retired at a quarter before eleven,
Mr. La ails was then called to the Chair. and tee
conviviality of the evening was kept up with tinkle eted
spirit for about an hour longer, -when the whole t I
the company broke up in perfect geed huemor, well
sati4i-d Willi the close eta day which had beers thus
consecrated to ash tit and henevelence,

rift) scare of beef and five guineas worth of bread,
will tie distrihuted at Evington on Saturday nest, to
the poor of the ptris!ies of Eltusted And WAMAUL
.5.11 December. was the Second Day of
Drasviny, when No. 5,9-i2, a Ptize of Stai Guineas,
was 5c.1.1 to the Public in Ten Shares, by EYT IN,
Stock-11roicer, COKNHII.I., Who has lin sale Ticket,
and S'oares. tvarranted :indrawn, for the F.tir Twiny
Thousand Pound Prizes, whit are yet in the Witeel,
and must be all drawu the 2,rth Instant, when the
Lottery finishes.
On Saturday Next, the Lottery will fliti,h—when
Ithe Foun Grand Prizes of N2o,tutt, and the ".ha.
Capitals, must be Drawn. A tew Tickets ;old Same'
are st Ii on Sale at both of WEBB% Fortunate ()dices,
9, Curithill, and 17,
ga Wil.!E has been, m.iy be ,gain ;" therefore, no
G. Canitou. sold o.t Dec. .5, the Last Day of
Drawing, NO. 4,3.19, a Pi:ze te-40,000, and Three
other Capitals, in Shares, at his d.rtitnate Odes, 7, '
Conximi., and 96, Oxvoitu.saateer, it is most pro.
b„bh. Oat he will belt another 'in SATUNDAY Next,
when all the Fotat Prises of riE2o,ta)o must ire drawn.
It should not be .ILrgotten that last year, .bone thii •
time, Cannou. sold use last af9J,Lt.,O t ver drat an.
some of the Numhirs :11:eatly drawn Blanks in tie
present Lottery will Most likely become, N. xt Satur. .
day, Priz..s of Txenty Thousand Potiads. Sirange
as this may appear, it 13 00 more than truth, as an the •
5.700 Blanks drawn on the last Day if thawing,
that were not entitled to Money, wit tie put into the
Whsel again and re-drawn. Thc last and ‘inly Lot. •
tery drawn en this plan was in July last, when ND.
drawn First Day a Blank, was on tde S.•crand •
Day ..trawn A Twenty Tlionsaral P: •20, and
sJid by Masi in Sixteen S:xteentit Sii..te: ; rams
as he is the only Othce.keeper that has taw- Jet sold ,
a ize t,t that 114:111t, nt.ttly ot opin•oti tsi ()Aces '
Ira be the tavourites of Fortune tq:.at
when the Four A 20,000 and n•o:ot ClO:ais must 11l
be the Awn. In the present Lottery, WM has already
sold One 020,000 in 12 Shares, bes tits scat:sal t.thce
Capitals, all in Shares.