Star.
London, England, 1820-11-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Poole (Dorset), November 17; 1820.
Sett—Greatly admiring the sentiments of your
Paper on the late portentous occasion,_ I beg to state,
that gn the receipt of the glad tidings of the obnoxious
Bill of Pains and Penalties being thrown out, the in-
habitants of this town expressed their joyful feelings
on the occasion. The colours were hoisted on the
tewer of the New Church, and on all the ships in the
harbour; a number of flags were exhibited from the
windows, &c. of many houses; a royal salute was
fired, and an excellent band of music paraded the
streets until a late hour. The following hand-bill is
just distributed :
" QUEEN.
" The Friends of the Quits igtend to eekbrate the Vietcar

which she bas gained over bet Enemies, by dining together at
the Old Antelope Inn, on resodAy' next, at Four o'Cloek (the
21st 'natant), being the day after the Illumination."

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The vast population of the
towns of Plymouth, Dock, and Stonehouse, received
*e information of the Bill of Pains and Penalties
having been "consigned to the tomb of all the Cop.
kJ," in a manner equally honourable to Christians
and Britons. Every eye beamed joy, and every heart
throbbed gladness. The news, the good news, reached
this town early on Sunday morning ; and though
the sanctity of the day precluded any public expres-
sion of universal popular feeling, it was yet well
spent ; our Churches and Chapels, and all places of
Godly Worship, were thronged with grateful con-
gregations, silently sending up praise and thanks-
giving to the THRONE or GRACII, for having pre-
served to us, unmutilated, our glorious Constitution,
after having been " exposed to the pelting of the
pitiless storm" which seemed to threaten destruction
to that enviable pile of Wisdom, Policy. and even-
handed Justice. We had scarcely passed the " aw-
ful hour," when a long, loud, and heavy peal from
the Church bells, announced the arrival of a new-
day's morn ; and as soon as we could again greet
the presence of lovely Aurora, the gates of the
rich man's mansion were thrown open, and the
laurel branches freely exposed to the hand of the
greedy gatherer, and thus our streets became
as groves, and our porticoes as shrubberies. The
Snowing of the multitude and ringing of the Church
bells enlivened this gay scene until Wednesday even-
ing, when an illumination, both general and brilliant,
formed an equally happy and innocent conclusion to
our harmonious proceedings; and here it is but jus-
tice to observe, that though in a limited degree the
tolltue of slander vomited out its direful auguration,
cot a voice of hand was raised in derision of those
who, hem prudential or other feelings, were con-
strained from participating in the general observance.
BATH, Nov. 17.—Yesterday the inhabitants showed
their independence, aid attachment to her Majesty,
by a general Illumination in this City and its environs
—I say a general illumination, for, with the exception
of the Corporation, the tax-gatherers, and a few who
are living by the present system of misrule, every
house presented a brilliant and heart-cheering ap-
pearance. The Mayor, John Whilshire, for many
years the Captain of the Bath Cavalry, issued several
hand and placard bills, expressive of his disapproval
of the intended illumination. His exertions were
backed by several others, of minor consequence:—
amongst which number there was a person most in-
defatigable in his endeavours, both by persuasion and
threats, to stop the tide of public exultation at the
defeat the miscreants have suffered, but the flood of
joy was too great to be arrested by such puny efforts.
The evening was remarkably fine, and never in Bath
were so many happy faces seen—indeed, with the
exception of the before-mentioned few, there appeared
but one feeling—alt was hilarity and joy. I under-
stand that about twelve o'clock our Magistrates
caused the Riot Act to be read, in consequence of
nine panes of glass being- broken in the Guildhall
four in a little grocer's house, and two in a draper's,
which were the whole that were broken, and that
they actually sent to Bristol for a party of Lancers. i
Happily, however, a trip to Bath was all the trouble
they were put to.
SHENTIELD, NOV. 16.--Eval day since the ar-
rival of the news of the Queen's triumph, has been.
a day of *hike and rejoicing. Dinner and supper
parties bane been formed at most of the respectable
inns and public-houses, where the health of our
gracious Queen has been the prominent mast, many
times repeated, with three times three, and the great-
est ardour. Discharges of cannon, and other arms,
have been incessant every evening; and many re.
spectable houses have been illuminated. The gene-
sal illumination, however, is and for Monday next,
a id many brilliant tramp:Mies are preparing fat
t: occasion. Sheep are to be roasted whole
sous parts of the town and neighbourhood, fare-

works are preparing, alid other means adopting to'
celebrate it as a day of iliefßeci. jubilee. The sa-
itisfactory termination of the case against the Queen
Ihat cheered. the drooping hearts of many thousands
of the half-famished workmen and distressed mane-
fatturers t they forLtet their past and present suffer-
ings in the joyful expectation of a change of wen
and measures, which they fondly anticipate will pro-
duce such a revival of trade, as may enable them
once more to maintain themselves and families by
honest industry, instead of eking oat a miserable exist-
ence bp the cold, and often unfeeling, aid of parochial
charity. A Public Meeting is shortly to be convened in
this Town, for the purpose of presenting an Address
of Congratulation to her Manto', and also to peti-
tion the ICING to dismiss his present evil Counsellors.
At Rotherham, Chesterfield, Dronfield, Eckington,
Ridgway, and every other town and village in this
district, the news of the' hrowing out of the ',sternal
Bill was received with the most lively joy, and the
event has been celebrated by the firing of cannon,
ringing of bells, sheep-roasting, and every other de-
monstration of satisfaction. At Eckington (seven
miles hence), on Monday last, a party of-Gentlemen
met to celebrate the event, and subscribed a consi-
derable sum to remunerate the ringers.
llastsoam—No,withstanding the inclemency of
the weather, and the adverse party, who had very in-
dustriously circulated hand-bills, recommending the
inhabitants not to illuminate, as they would be well
protected—notwithstanding all these attempts made
to prevent that ebullition of public joy, the town pre-
sented one scene of radiant light and glory. The
London Hotel (where the Committee dined, and all
the Gentlemen interested in the cause of our beloved
Queen) exhibited a wonderful profusion of variegated
lamps, Bcc. a most beautiful crown, with C. R. a full
and very interesting likeness of her Majesty; the
Hydra of Corruption at nor feet appears, with a most
malignant and ferocious aspect, darting his fiery eyes
and forked sting ; hile her Majesty coolly and fear-
lessly looks down upon the monster, protecting her-
self with .i s .ield, oil which is engraven Innocence."
The s ot the hotel were very brilliantly illu-
minated, and interspersed with laurel and other green
foliage. At four o'clock, about 150 respectable inha-
bitants of the town of Ranisgate, with Samuel Sher-
wood, Esq. their worthy Chairman, sat down to a
most sumptuous dinner. The evening was spent with
the utmost harmony and hilarity. the mansion of
Samuel Sharwood, Esq. was illuminated with consi-
derable display of taste and elegance : this worthy
Patriot is the ,6 life and soul" of Ramsgate, and has,
upon every occasion connected with the affair of the
Queen, shone in a very conspicuous degree. He it
was, iii spite of the machinations of her cruel and in-
exorable persecutors, and the baneful poison of the
Hydra of Corruption, issuing from the filthy green
bag, boldly stepped forward as the champion and
advocate in the cause of oppressed innocence. The
next brilliant display was the premises of Mr. Rees,
silk-mercer, who has likewise exerted himself in a
very conspicuous manner in this ever-memorable
epoch of British history : his house presented one
continual blaze of light. Many other inhabitants
seemed to vie with each other in the general mani-
festation of joy.
GRAVESEND—(Axother Account).—Monday night
last this town was the scene of much mi:th and har-
mony to celebrate the victory obtained in the House
of Lords. The illumination was general, even to the
small cottages and alms-houses ; but what appeared
most strange was, that the Excise-Office should be
illuminat4 and the Custom-House left in total dark-
ness, although immediately opposite each other, the
width of the street only dividing them: there was
also a grand procession of a Society, called « The
Happy Britons," followed by a waggon, containing
the effigies of four persons who cut a conspicuous
figure in the late investigation, viz.—The Countess-of
Colambier and Majocchi, with their heads in the
pillory, occupied one end of the waggon; and a ce-
lebrated Colonel—, and Sir on two gib-
bets, the other. After the procession had passed
through all the streets in the town, accompanied by
thousands of spectators, it steered its course towards
the Windmill-hill, where an immense quantity of
combustibles had been collected for the occasion, in
the centre of which was placed the pillory and gib-
lbets, with the figures attached to them ; light was
then set to the pile, and the blaze must have been
seen a long way out at sea, from the exalted situation
in which it was placed. The night went off with
perfect good humour, and every one seemed pleased
with the part he had taken in the affair.
CROUCH-END, HoaNsev.---Tuesday, two Gentle-
men of the above place gave to the poor two sheep,
which were roasted whole ; other inhabitants, by
subscription, gave 1,000 loaves of bread, and one
butt of beer. Majocchi's effigy was carried about
and burnt in triumph : transparencies were exhibited,
and some of the houses illuminated. The cries of
Long live the Queen," and Victory, with three
huzzas," rent the air the whole evening. After the
above had been disposed of, the respectable inhabi-
tants dined at the King's Arms, and the whole pro-
ceeding ended in the greatest harmony, and no acci-
dent occurred.

EPPUIG.—The illuminations, &c. at Epping, on
Tuesday evening, to celebrate the triumph of the
Queen, were attended with more general expressions
of joy than were ever witnessed in that town. A
figure, representing the famous Majocchi, was pa-
raded through the town, and finally committed to
the flames. A large green bag was also hoisted, and
shared the same fate. At Harlow, on the following
evening, the illuminations were still more splendid,
and upon a larger scale, being conducted by Gentle-
men of the first respectability in the neighbourhood,
both for character and property. A large white flag,
with the words "Queen Caroline," and the figure of
a Crown, on one side, and the names of " Wood,"
44 Brougham," and " Denman," on the other, was
displayed, and had a striking effect. About nine
o'clock, a numerous company assembled at the Green
Man, and spent the evening with great conviviality.
ang, HERTIPORDBIIIRE, Nov. 16.—Wednesday
last, in commemoration of the late event, this town!

and neighbourhood (in which are quartered the 71st,
Scotch regiment) was both handsomely and univer-
sally illuminated. Au effigy of Majocchi was shot
by platoons in the Bull-inn-yard, and afterwards
hung on a high gallows, in an adjoining meadow,
over a large accumulation of materials as a bonfire
and burnt. The night concluded peaceably, with
every demonstration of joy and festivity.