Star.
London, England, 1816-11-15 00:00:00

not el% Mule mirth and .00 hi:Ur:li teem'
• •the comical phiszes a. the' r hl Orator' liviars
hews and.,iinouh tops.Ntrith In his turn eniler
louring to gain iilifidmiring gird&
one titnejinf harmony !of the riseetine Was noir
disturbed by Tome lily livered &wee' bring-
report that the New River Reservoir was to bi
letteelspois Sporselds, precisely as the h?ll tolled one:
Othitirieught to intimidate the chickenhearted by
iiiitours, 'that the Life Guards, sod City Light
Horses (Hz"vor preserve ba ) were ready in the
./fror•Road, to pounce upon the Meeting at the spine
*our. .
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These dastardly forebodings evidently thinned the
Meeting i added to which era4o report, that Merlin',
Cave, like the Trejan 'Hone, or Pandora's Boa o
Old, contained a nutneivisi psi, of Enchanters, val
gayly yclep'd Middlesex Magistrate' and Dow-scree
Patroles.

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The latter Timmer was totally faints Theislrle
of Merlin's cave had been preriously engaged eicrn--
sively for the accommodation of spa boiind Patriots.
and hedge alehouse Yoliciciams. •
As for the inundation trim the- New tie, tin.
idea was suggested-by the ill-selected metaphor, used
by the Rev, Mr. PANELS, about the rushing in of the
great waters. It was too refined for the earl, 4f.
his audience, to say nothing of the deeenCy. of its
lottodnetion at a political meeting, and occasioned
the ridiculous interpretation "given to it as above.
Mr. HUNT concluded by reading a Petition to tht
PRINCE RECENT. which was unanimously voted, and
ordered to he delivered to.mnrcow, to the PutNce, in
person, by Sir F. Buans-rr end Mr. I-luNr. Alto.
*her Meeting is to be held on Monday fortnight. at the
urns place and hour, to hear the PRINCE'S Answer.

By five n'cloik all speechification had ceased : at
obis period the climax of ridicule was thrown upon
the whale scene by some wags exhibiting from the
top of Merhai's Cave, a pz,le 13 feet high, on which
was a greasy night caw. intended, we suppose, to
burlesque the cap of liberty : this and the standard
were afterwards carried before. Mr. Hour's hackney
chariot.

Madrid Parris have arrived to the 18th lilt. but
they are filled with nothing but the eeremonieenthieb
took place on the late murri
An immense number of Officers have had rank gran.
red to them Ln this occa.ion ;...amisttg whoa ate
Count EaIILATA (present Viceroy of Navarre). the
Marquis CASTILLAg, find ABASCAI4 Marquis de is
Colstmitma (present Viceroy of Lima). These three
have beer. m ide Captain Generals, a rank correspon.
ding to that of Field Marshal.

Letters from New South Wales give a deplorable
iccount.of the grazing and agricultural state of the
Colony, last y eetr , Irrun the long continu ince of dry
weather. It is said that out of upwards of SC),000
lambs dropped, not more than 4000 have been saved ;
and that seed %heat had remained 24 weeks in the
,ground, during which time there had not fallen
moisture sufficient to cause its vegetation.
'Last evening, at Covent Garden Theatee, FARLEY,
in the Pagea,at of Theeartie 7'arter,%having exclaimed
with his usual.effect. Do you know who I amt"
a frail fair •one in the slips called out " You are
and you shall know who 1 am "—The cir-
cumstance occasimed considerable laughter.
Doet..—Tuesday last, in the neighbourhood of the
New Forest, a meeting took place between Captain
FAIRMAN and the Honourable BUTLER DAN VSRS,
attended by their respective Surgeons and Seconds,
when, • after an exchange of shots, their proceedings
were abruptly terminated' by the Civil Power, who
rushed forward and took the parties into custody
Captain' PAIKMAN • and Mr. BUTLXR DANVIIRS were
then conveyed to the home of. Mr.Srouttoas Boons a,
a' Magistrate forthecounty of Hants, by whom they
Were bound over to preserve the peace in £5OO each.
Itaattrt, the veteraii hero of Pedestrianism, who
intends starting esrly the ensuing week, on a :fine
piece of ground adjoining the Regent". Park, to per.
form 2000 miles in 42 days, this morning started at
five o'clock, and performed, by tight minutes alter
seven, ten 'miles. in presence of. .a few spectators ; he
'afterwards retired to a room in the Jews Harp Ta-
vern, where be remained but. a rhos time. and set off
again and -made good five miles. in one hour and
eight minutes, without the least sympu in of fatigue.
Prime beef and pork were sold on Saturday last,
in Chester' market, at from Sid. to 4d. per lb: ; fine
fowls at 2s. per 'couple ; and geese, weighing gib.'
:for Ss. GI each.
Potatoes in most districts have proved a most
oliundant crop; there are many instaaces of one.
bushel of seed having produced 20 bushels, and in
•stette places-24 bushels of excelknt potatoes.
COON Ex604110V.... Notaintato 15.—Xlie wind hay-
ing beeis contrary since Wedaesday, has deprived us
Hof a supply of. most Grain which was expected this
morning, and 41though there was tut little Wheat at
i
mareet there W 41,40 advance in prices inconsequence
of. our fort being now open for; the importation or
that grain, as well as for Barley, Rye, and Oats; the
latter article is nearly tussaleabk, ai the consumers
'are holding off till they see the extent of the -foreign
-arrivals. What little Batley was left over on Wed
nesday met ready sale this morning, but at •no
amendthent in price.
EXPEINTI3I:II HVIIIIANIMY.---Some time since a Mr.•
H. let to a Mr. D. a house and lands, at £lO per
acre. situate near Caher, in the County a Tipperary.
When the price of lands and produce declined, en'
abatement in rent was denianded 'from Mr. H. but
was peremptorily refused j on which Ms. D. quitter:
the premises, leaving about three acres of the bean'
wheat in the country growing on the.htnds. Mr. H:
would not resume the occupation—the wheat becalm
ripe, and some.cif the county of Tipperary Legislators,
"considering, no, doula the loss it would be. to the
community 10 leave-th: wheat in danger between tin
parties, and in these doses of scarcity, assembled it
the night, and there actually cut, bound up, and car
tied :pray, in n.yraltnsen.likessanner, every atom rat
the .Orep before aperning ; and, surtwithstantirng t.
ailigentseareh nes mado.the matt tr, a tric•
'of it eteld bs found.