Star.
London, England, 1811-02-18 00:00:00

Mr. Perceval presents his humble duty to your Royal High-
ness, and has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
Royal Highness's letter of last night, which reached him this

morning.
Mr. Perceval feels it his duty to express his humble thanks to
your Royal Highness for the frankness with which your Royal
Highness has condescended, explicitly, to communicate the mo-
tives which have induced your Royal Highness to honour his
colleagues and him with your commands for the continuance of
their services, in the stations entrusted to them by the King. And
Mr. Pereeval begs leave to assure your Royal Highness, that, in
eke expressiea of your Royal Highness's sentiments of filial and
loyal attachment to the King, and of anxiety for the speedy re-
storation of his Majesty's health, Mr. Perceval can see nothing
but additional 'motives for their most anxious exertions to give.
satisfaction to your Royal Highness, in the only manner in which
it can be given, by endeavouring to promote your Royal Highs,
ness's views, for the security and happiness of the country.
Mr. Pert-real has never failed to regret the impression of your
Royal Highness, with regard to the provisions of the Regency
Bill, which his Majesty's servants felt it to be their duty to re-
commend to Parliament. But, he ventures to submit to your
Royal Highness, that, whatever difficulties the present awful
crisis of the country mid the world may create in the adnainistmol
Lion of the Executive Government, your Royal Highness wig
not and them, in any degree increased by the temporary suspen.
don of the exercise of those branches of the Royal Prerogatives,
which has been introduced by Parliament, in conformity to what
was intended on a former similar occasion; and that whatever
Ministers your Royal Highness might think proper to employ,
would find in that full support and countenance which, as long as
they were honoured with your Royal Highness's commands,they
would feel confident they would continue to enjoy, ample and
sufficient means to enable your Royal Highness effectually to
maintain the great and important interest of the United Kingdom.
And Mr. Perceval humbly trusts, that, whatever doubts your
Royal Highness may entertain with respect to the Constitutional
propriety of the measures which have been adopted, your Royal
Highness will feel assured, that they could not have been recom-
wended by his Majesty's servants, nor sanctioned by Parliament,
bet upon the sincere, though possibly erroneous, conviction, that
they in no degree trenched upon the true principles and spirit of
the Constitution.
Mr. Perceval feels it his duty to add, that he holds himself in
readiness, at any moment, to wait upon your Royal Highness,
and to receive any commands, with which your Royal Highness
may be graciously pleased to honour him.

During the present interval of military operations
in the Peninsula, the French Officers nn the out-posts,
having got up a play, deputed one of their number to
invite some of our Officers to be present at the per.
formance. Addressing himself to the first Officer he
met on the British lines, who was an Irishman, he
naturally enquired the name of the play ?—" The.
March to Lisbon," was the Frenchman's reply.—
Ah ! then, (says Pat), you must be very perfect in
your parts, for they have been a long time in rehear-
sal !"
Inar.awo.—lt has been for sometime rumoured that
apprehensions were seriously entertained for the peace
and tranquillity of Ireland. The fact has at last become
too notorious to admit of concealment. On Tuesday
"last the following official notice was sent off from
Dublin Castle to the Sheriffs and Chief Magistrates
in all the counties ;

CIRCULAR.
Dublin Castle, Feb. It.
Stn—lt being reported that the Roman Catholics in the county
of are to be called together, or have been called to-
gether, to nominate or appoint persons as Representatives, De-'
legates, or Managers, to act in their ►ehalf as members of an un-
lawful assembly, sitting in Dublin, and calling itself the Catholic
Committee, yt.o t.re required, in pursuance of the provisions of
an Act of the Thirty-third of the King, chap. 20, to cause to be
arrested, and to commit to prison (unless bail shall be given) a
persons within your jurisdiction, who shall be guilty of giving,or
baying given, or of publishing, or having published, or (amusing,
or having caused to be given or published, any written or other
notice of the election and appointment,in any manner, of such re.
presentative, delegate, or manager, as aforesaid ; or of attending,
voting, or acting, or of having attended, voted or acted in any
manner, in the choice or appointment of such representative, de-
legate, or manager. And you are to communicate these directions,
as far as lies in your power, forthwith, to the several Magistrates
of the said county.
N. B. Sheriffs are to act under the warrant of Magistrates, in
cases where the crime has been comutitted•—By command of his

- W. W. POLL

Grace the Lord Lieutenant,
To ...-- &c.
Nearly the whole of the gang concerned in the
Falmouth Bank robbery, have been apprehended at
Plymouth ; and several other robberies brought to
light in consequence.
Thursday night, a most daring assault and robbery
was committed on Kempshott-hill, near Basingstoke,
Hants.—As Mr. Thomas Rogers, sadler, of that town,
was returning from Winchester, where he had been
receiving a considerable sum, he was stopped by two
footpads, who demanded his money with dreadful
imprecations, which he spiritedly refused to deliver,
I and, defending himself with a large pocket-knife, des,
perately wounded one of the ruffians ; the other with
a large bludgeon immediately knocked him down,
and cut his head in a shocking manner, depriving
him of his senses, They then stripped him start
naked, and left him in a ditch, in which situation he
was heard.groaning by a posany, on his return from
Winchester to the Crown Inn, tsingstoke, who took
him into his chaise and conveyed him home, where
he now lies in a dangerous state, from loss of blood
and the wounds he received, Several of the volun,
Leers of the town went immediately in search of the
. villains, but no tidings could be beard of them.