Star.
London, England, 1826-06-05 00:00:00

THE LATE DUCHESS OF RUTLAND.

We have great pleasure in recording a simple but
most affecting uibute of veneration and gratitude to
the memory o the late excellent Duchess of Rutland.
If them was one virtue which existed in greater per-
fection than another in the chanicter of this distin-
guished and perfect Lady, it was charity. Her Grace's
b:nevolence was unboundei wherever distress was to
be found she.extended the comforting hand of charity
to reliove it. But in administering that relief so lite-
rally did she follow the command of her SAVIOUR—
" Let not your left hand know what your right hand
doeth," that the extent of her bounty was never sus-
pected, even by her family ; and, if herlamented death
had not -revealed her mover, it would still have been
unknown, that in one year, probably of deep distress,
this great and gond woman distributed more than bill
of her income in works of mercy and charity. To
commemorate some of these good works, the following
inscription has been placed on a plain marble slab in a
viHage church near Belvoir Castle, the poor inhabitants
of which had largely partaken of her Grace's bounty,
and by handing down her name to posterity as the
friend and benefactress of the village poor, it confers
more true and lasting honour upon it than the most
sumptuous monument can,bestow:

Tl4ll Tablet was ereoted
by the Curate of this Church,
in grateful Remembrance of the Ftiend
and Benefactress of the Village Poor,
- ELIZ4ORTH DUCHESS OF RUTLiktkID ;
who, " in the flower of her Age, and u the mi4t of her
Usefulness,"
was maddenly taken from this world to a better,
November 49th, 1625,
Aged 45 years.
44 Vibes the ear beard her, then it blessed her:
Mika the eye saw her, it gave witness to bet :
Because she delivered the poor that gird, sod the fatherless,
and &int that had none to help
The blessing of him that was ready to perish CAMS upon her, and
she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."

Bausans, MAY 26.—The storm which passed over
this City ou the gist emended its ravages very fat. At Hoar, the
lightning au sick a farm house, which it totally consumed, with all
tit. fursisyre and stock, including three cows and 130 sheep. Many
acres ascending corn were entirely laid waste by the hail. The
steeple 91 the therch of St. Martin, at Cologne, was struck with
lightnisig en the Yid of May, while the children were assembled to
receive relkiatts iostraetioit ; the fire was extinguished, but the cross
fell on a neighbouring house, and destroyed it.
Doting the last Session 237 private Bills were bt ought
into Parliament. and 206 received the Royal

Saturday, a Noble Lord, in the neighbourhood of St.
James's-street, had five pounds sterling to pay for the
postage of letters, in consequence of the privileges of
fraelong haring fa the present ceased.
The trade of Congleton is improving.
A good demand fin cotton continues, and we have
cheering accounts from Manchester of improvement.
The crop of apples in most of the ciJer counties is
said a be the largest which has been known for years.
&melancholy instance of the effects of unbridled pas-
sion and conjugal bickering was instanced at Colebrook
Ridgway, on Tuesday evening. A man named Roberts,
a miner, disputing with his wife, in a tit of ph:enzy
aimed a violent blow at her, which his daughter (aged
about 13 years) observing, rushed between her parents.
Unhappily, she received the blow from her father, and
fell s corpse at his feet.
The county of Kent has excerieneed several severe
thunder storms; on Sunday last a bird of the gull spe-
cies arras pieked up, which had been destroyed by light-
ship. The wings were much scorched.
PLURALITY QUESI'I'IN IN SCOTLAND.—The Members
who voted in favour of an union of offices in the General
Assembly, now dissolved, were in all 159, viz. 88 Mi-
nisters returned from presbyteries, and 71 Elders re-
'turned from presbyteries and burghs; the anti-pluralists
were in all 105, viz. 61 Ministers, and 44 Elders. The
votes last year were—reakreity, Ministers 73, Elders 671
in all 14Q; minority, Ministers 7.5 Elders 39; is all
114. The majority of the present year is therefore 19.
A great sensation has been produced in Antigua by
the Collector of GUAM§ having seized all slaves who
Lye b:en in England since the year 1847, according to
report, at the empress desire of the English Government,
on the ground that they were entitled to their freedom.
The Magistracy of Antigua issued a warrant against
the Col.ector. Refusing to give bail, he was iinfattoned.
GLasolow, Mu:SO.—Yesterday, a number of Is.
bourers commenced oper*.ions in order to construct a
carriage road round the Green. This will be a work
which, when finished, will prove equally useful and
ornamental to this City. ft was our Whitsun-Monday
market, and the chew of horses was very numerous.
and many of them of the best kinds, for saddle, carriage
or draught. The sales were few, none before three
o'clock, and what sold were at /educed prices. Ma
selleri, in general, were, however, rather stiff at former
prices. The streets of the city were unosually crowded
throughout the whole day, and those from the coun,tri
vest ia the highest spirits.