Star.
London, England, 1817-07-19 00:00:00

jinlaliTON, JULY 18.

The very favourable weather for the three preceding
Jays have allayed the fears of a great proportion of
the farmers in the districts of Arundel, and this
neighbourhood, for securing the hay harvest. So
great a quantity of animal food, ricked in good qua
lity, was scarcely before known. Another gratifying
observation might be connected with the genial
showers that have so copiously watered the pastures,
which is,. the promising appearance of the winter feed
stock, particularly the immense breadth of turnips,
sown for sheep pasturage. Every where the seed has
planted well, and free Iroin.injury. As to the wheat
crops in this county, every person engaged in agri-
culture agrees in opinion, that the ear will produce
more in weight than has been known since ISOS—t.
When an enquiry was pursued in this county in
May last, for the purpose of ascertaining what titian
city of bread-corn WAS available to the consumption
of the inhabitants, it was declared in the most posi-
tive calculations, that we should be obliged to obtain
a supply from London ; but the present state of the
market at Arundel; which is a considerable mart for
corn, as well as Horsham, has falsified this asser-
tion. Yesterday more wheat was exhibited than has
been offered any market day from Christmas list—no
sales could be effected at any price, because it is con
skirted that the season is tr,o far advanced for the
crops tribe injured by :toms. The barley crops
;lung the South Downs, .1(1.1 iii the wield of .fusses,
are richly luxuriant, and the oats in :ono: d...l::cts
slew a most prornislog appearat.t.:.

THE QUEEN'S rvrrni.4lN3:!:NT A
FauGMWIE.

On account of the ni.settled slate of the re,atfor,
and tlt.• appearniire of more rain, it wits
to ;titer the arrangements made for die entertOnnooit
of the company by the Qurrs and Parrsct
dining in the Vrogniote-house dainty
they e. 1..-0 accompanied by abo•tt s:rcy
friends; and dining the time of put t 'king of
ments, the Kind of the Ist giment of F•sit G.lnty
were strtioned oti the 14,,.r. 'Afar the window ,q
dining-room, where the QuELN anJ iiittsctr Rsz
were ariar.ged, toget:icr with the Caliiritt
the Finei:tn Ambassadors and Ministers wi h t
Ladies, The cat& of invitation to the conpa-4
was for two n'clark, ut which hour the Lotripary be-
gan to atrive, at.d they continued setting doer,
mmitnitiing to tipwAttis of one th.itiquid pencils,
the scho..irs of Etx School, to the nutOier
of near fore hundr.-d, who were principally dre,sed r-4
blue coats, white waistcoats and trowsers, who beeps
to play at cricket on the newly purchased an:: x:.
tacked grounds to Frogmore Gardens. They were
accompanied by the Rev. Dr. GOOtALL, the i'rovo.t
of Eton, and other Heads of the Estatitis:tinett:.
The company invited began to active at the same
time, and continued setting stouri till the who le
alighted from their carriages. On account of the un-
settled state of the weather, it was iik.red horn th.-
original arrangement of the Ouck.u, fcc. takiag re-
freshment is what is called 'l4;Fun hut
which was converted into. a kind of gate Dre.v..
ing.room, it having undergone considcratle al, era-
Lions and implovements, the English Royal Arms
having been substituted in the centre of the bid.,
with art exalted chair in imitation of a throne, wits
national ornaments, under which her MaJra;r7 re-
ceived the company. After which she was drawn
about the grounds in her garden chair, as were the
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Duelists of Ywuc, the
PRINCESSES, the Countess and Countess Dowager cf
Hmicouter, the Countess of PEMBROKE, &C. &C. fey
whom chairs drawn by ponits were piovtded. The
PRINCE REGENT ath:nded his Wl:if Mother a great
part of' the time in her chair, and e,.t t.thers ate v: t:lrt d
with the Countess LIEVENT, the Lady of the
Ambassador.

The QUEEN appeased in excellent health, and
highly delighted in 0;e reception of her eistingoished
guests to the cntertainnteht, for which no pips or et-
pense had been :pared, and every rarity VUS pra-
duced, consisting of every delicacy, all sorts f ices
in the highest perfection ; pines, grape', in pee.:
proftiFion. Every thing was conducted the
greatest regularity. The three tr.;:itar7 bands were
stationed so as to form a triangle. No person was
admitted. into the tents till five o'clock, %Oen a signal
announced that all was in readiness, and the youths
lost no time in leaving their game of c:l6.et, to re-
sort to the tent prepared for them, measurii.g about
70 yards in length, with two tables, to accommodate
about 500 ; the cloth was laid for 48ii, er..t for the
whole company for 1054. The youth* ;hank the
health: of the QUEEN, the PRINCE ReoeNs, and with
the most electric effect of three times three, in the
most enthusiastic manner, which was heatd for a vet;
considerable distance from such a numetous body
i of voices.

There were torn minor eastern tents 1....r?n,71ing nut
Irons the principal one bAunging to 'fippins Saib, in
which cloths were laid; the Duke of Wm: presided
at that on the right, and the Duke of CLAttitsce on
the left table; on these tables h, t soups wore served
up, all the rest were cold. Mr. DE.sultow, tl;e QUELN%
Vice.Chaanberlain, ptestded at an adjoining tent, and
his particular friends. .I'hose who were invit,d had
the privilege of introducing their friends. Such ex-
cellent regulations were adcpted, that the greateA
order prevailed during the whole of this extmstve en-
tertainment.

Afttr the company rose from the tables, the spec-
tators, who had been admitted on tl.e ground by
tickets, were allowed to partake of the remaining pro.
visions, wines, ire. the company peintrhufafing t•..
view them, the three Bands playing, au•l the whvlt
scene was truly delightful and splendid- The 1)::•:a
of Yone left a little before eight o'clock for Lne..H;.
A heavy fall of rain coming on soon aster, CAIiSA
some confusion and delay in getting :he company
away, which, under tl.a circunistar.ces, was estr,•mr!j
well managed by TowNitieND, DOWSeTT,
River?, the Police Officers. ALL ut fifty of the com-
pany were entertained with supper in the ht e. At
half-past deven o'clf,ck the QUEEN and the fernAe
branches of the Royal Family left for Witicisa Pa-
lace, and the PRINCE Rruey•r tar Loudon.

The late Rev. Dr. Pastry:Jan, Prebendary of
Norwich Cathedral, has bequeathed £Elto to the NcO.
folk and Norwich Hospital ; and 4'50 to the Littocio.
The Resolutions pre posed at the !first trtectirg
the Catholic Board, Dublin, on Saturday last, a
Letter of complaint and remonstrathe to t'.e S e c:
Rome, upon the indignity offered by the Tappers.'
Authorities of the Court of Rome to tie very re.r:::-
able Delegate of the Catholics of irtivld, t!.e
Mr. Hav}:s, and demanding that he may 1-,e
ately recalled—were carried unzoimously.
Board held its second nteeting on Monday. Tht
letter to the Prelates was reported by the Sob-Com-
mittee, agreed to, and ordered to be forwarded. The
Sub•Commito.e was rodete.l to sit again, and the
Board will meet on 'noir:day to receive its Report.
The Catholic Petition has been referred to Sub-
Commit tee.
Thursday senniglir, the eighth d:•v of tlo.
rick Election, the ttoss slumbers a; Use close of the
poll were—tot Mr.Tormt.t.lBs—for Major V yttort
I:.l2—Majority for Mr. Ttorno.o 3.
One day last week a child of about two years of
age, belonging to a cottager at East Derehatn, being
left not more than two or three minutes at the do 1'
6y its mother, the chiLl got upon a low stool which
stood by some paling. v hich unfortunately slipped,
and the little innocent's neck fell between :we,
by which it hung subpcncled, and almost instant death
ensued.
Pep sosst Ex TRAMIDINAIIT.....SOO MILLS 3AeItWAII.D3
IN 20 PAYS.ItrIINS continues his retrograde t„,,k, at Wist:.-
ututid t;crtibs. On 'l'hurscisy tit ht, at tight o'ctock, ht trm'
Arced tti mile.. Yesterday morning he rt.'. I, aat .1, disci -t
five the afternoon he had nerterllltd 2 In ..l.
'Thursday noosing, at nevi u duck, Juaes nonenced
vetiestrato te..t ut wa.ktng 10.50 ire .the.;,.ve day., in
Von Meadow, near t 'mord. lie iilittd at *keen in h.-
having comple,..l Yeeti.i.ilay mut fling he re Ai .1.
task at liait•pot‘t fieliadt, and before Ut o'clock in :1
• veititig clintiitted 4.5 mile, tie is in semi hril.h and
mai uvula of accauvotsbirg L I stshous uadertaiorr.

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:';;)1:17.4L .r.r.T7 ER of THOMSON, THE POET.

ft‘,

THE EDI'l OR OF I FIE ST. R.

I have grr it pleasure in sendin.; is for p,iblicst-
erla in the STAG
.he copy is, original Letter from
[tat ;:teat and sweat poet. Twists:ix, to his sister,
tom I have taken fr,:n the original. It con-
s much affection, SO much religion 01 the right
anti ..to misers psaylohies,, that I think ;• will be
oi the Itvaders of the S•ratt, and useful to
inahkiiii, in tLe ondst of these denim:l;lml; and
tul t &c. BLNEV9LUS.

'• I-Lela)•, in lVoreettershire, Oe•n!►er the Ith, I 747.

:)LAB. • ail kat tl.miett yuu know': INV better than
twettiret my silence into a decay of affection; e 'penally as
11,,c bchaviout:a.i. aiveaya been such as mbar to Illefe.i,e than
Ottun:-1: it. Don't illt because lam a had Com:T.4l*km,
Shat 1 C.llt ever p7ove an unkind Fri•mtl aod Brother. I mon do
eayi-i 'ha judic_ to tell you, that my affection. are naturally
vet). fix and ; and if I had even reason of complaint
ija wench, by ,he bye, I have nut the least ma'am).
:am cm.scious ivf so MAtiy Jcfcets au ni•iself at thsposcs me to be
tot a tittle tharnahlv and thetpving.

" It g vet me the truest heartfelt satisfaction to hear you have
gam' kind husband, and are in easy cinretited c!ratmstanees ;
but were they otherwise, and your situation the same it mice
was, that would only Mort awaken and het,hteit my tend4rtresa
towards you. As our good and tender-hearted parents did nut
i•ve to receive any material testimonies of that highest human
gratitude I (sw. d them, (than which nothing could have given me
equal pleasure), the only return I eau make them now is, by
kaiditess to those they left behind them. Would to Goo poor II
Litzy had lived longer, to have been a tanner wt nes. of the
truth ut wi.at I say; and that I might have had the pleasure in
seeing mice more, a sis:er who so truly deserved my steam and
bye But ante is %any, while we must toil on a little longer
bare below. 1...1 us, however, (di it cheerfully and grate•ully,
supported by the pleasing hnp-• of meeting yet a,iain un a eater
chore—whets, to recollect the storms and thfacultiee of IN-, will
sot, perhaps, be 111C011•16ICIet WI b that blstful state. Yon did
sight to call your elau,:ht:t by. her name; lie you out' needs
have iiad a pardcularly t-tieler tarnisher for o.le ano• her, en-
deared as you were by nature, by having pas the affectionate
--ears of youth toge,her, and by that great solrener and engager
of hearts, mutual hard hip. That it was in my power to ease it
a little, I account um: of the most exquisite pleasures of my life:
inat enough of this melancholy, though nor unpleasing strain. -
" I esteem you for your sensible and disinterested advice to
XL% •••*, do you will see by my letter to him. .1s I approve en-
sirely of his marrying again, you may readily ask me why I don't
marry a, all? My circumstances have hitherto been so variable
and uncertain in this fluctuating world, as in prudence to keep me
from engaging in such a state; and wow. though th:y Sc,- more
setttled, and • late (which you win be glairto hear) considerably
improvi d, I begin to think myself icto far r.•!vaiterrel m life for
such youth. el uod, rtakings—not to mellow' smite flitter petty
reasons that are apt to sta. tle the delicacy of dtfaeult old batches
lore. I am, tuwever, not a little suspicious that was Ito pay a
v.sit to :cotland (which I have some thoughts of caning woo) I
m 1 let possibly be tempted to think of a thing not easily repaired
if done amiss;. I have al earl' beet of i‘,:ition that none make
better wive:: than the Utiles of eertlaistl; and yet, who more tors
sadien than they, while the Gentlemen are clutiuttally running
abroad, ali the word over ! Some of them, it is true, are wise
enough to return for a wife. You see I ant beginning to make one
tercet already with the Scots Ladies.—Bat no more of this Miter
tious subj.:cr.

" Pray lea me hear from you now and then ; and, to I ant
not a regular Correspondent, yet perhaps I may mend in that re-
spect. Remember me ►indly to your Husband, and believe me
to be ever your most affectionate Brother,

" JAUII4I TI1011SON."

L.IIV INTELLIGANG.E.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 19.
DISCUSSION AT TliE BAR.—it was stated again by
Counsel this morning, before the Vice-Chaticet.Lott,
the inconvenience of not knowing any given Rule with
respect to the Motions made in Chancery. The VICE-
CHANCELLOR said, that the ',NW CHANCELLOR had
lately made the Rule, and that as long as the King's
Counsel were called upon to make a Moti:m, it should
remain within the Bar ; but that where a Motion had
got behin'd the Bar, that there the motion should
continue to be made by the Junior Counsel, without in-
terruption from 11n King's Counsel.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH. JULY 18.
LIGHTFoOT V. GOIRDDN.

An action, under stat. 7 Geo. IL c. 8, to recover
the penalty of 4500. The Act is entitled " An Act
to prevent the intam•'us practice of Stock•jobbing,"
and the section applying to this case is the eighth,
which, alter providing that what are usually known by
the name of lime bargain: shall be void, farther enacts,
" that all and every person whatsoever contracting
nr agreeing, or on whose behalf and with whose con-
sent any contract or agreement shall be made to sell,
assign, or transfer, any public or joint stock or stocks.
or other public securities, whereof such person or per-
sons sisall not, at the time of making such contract
or, agreement, be actually possessed of, or entitled
unto," &c. shall forfeit and pay the sum of £5OO.
Mr. GURNEY, for the plaintiff, observed, that no
man would regret that the present action for a large
penalty was commenced against the defendant for the
violation of the provisions of a most wholesome Act
of Parliament. The transaction on which it was
founded occurred in the beginning of the present
year. Mr. Joseph Lightfoot, brother to the plaimiff,
on tilt?. 20th of January last, made a contract with the
defendant on the Stock Exchange for the purchase of
.15000 Consols, to be delivered on the 27th February
following. (The defendant had done business for
some years as a Stock•hrok r, and very successfully;
by finding persons more honest in.their dealings than
himsel4 who having sold stock to him at a certain
. price, to be transferred at a future day, performed
their contracts, or made up the difference. Mr. Gor-
don, however, was a gentleman who, when the settle.
ing day arrived, was quite satisfied with informing
those wilt; had . claims upon him that the contract
was void, and that he had no stock to deliver. • As
he took the benefit of the Statute in one way, neither
he nor any ether person weld have a right to com-
plain if it were applied to him in another. In conse-
quence of the non-fulfilment of his engagement with'
1 Mr. J. Lightfoot for the transferring of the £5OOO
r Consols tor which that gentleman actually bad Gcca
. loon, Mr. Lightfoot had been compelled to purchase
the stock at a loss of about /000. The penalty was
()illy £5OO, and the consequence of this verdict per-
haps would only be to iuduce the defendant to engage

in larger speculations, by the profits of which he
might be indemnified, Weaned upon under the Sta-
tute. At present he was a gainer of 8200; so that
when t. e p•aalty should he enforced, lie would be
re3o•l of pocket--of course, that sum the plain-
tqf did it it intend to apply to his own put poses.
Mr. J •seph Lighttoot being called, deposed to the
circnmst titers under which the contract bad been
made on the 2 ith of Jour:all. The .defendant Of-
teri to sell initiio Consols at 63. and at that price
the witness agreed t, take it. The account day was
the 27th of February, and the witness had his money
r•-a.ly to pay for the stock had the dtlendatit been
ready to transter ; but he never made his appearance,
and when required to transfer by the witness's attor-
ney, be positively refused. Mr. Gordon had Leen'
rather shy of the Stock Exchange some time before
the :ruling day ; but alter the 27th of February the
witness saw him, and said, " Mr Gordon, you are a
pretty Gentleman, to rwn away and never to come
near the place to deliver the stock." The defendant
hardly sod any thing in reply, but that be should do
as he liked ; that lie was endeavouring to collect a
property;little and that I.c would pay when bis rents
came in. The witness admitted th be was very se.
vere upon the defendant. The witntis was not a
stocx.brok,r, but a stock joblyr buying of the broken.
Crost-exmined.—He allowed that the attorney for
the plaintiff was also his (the witness's) attorney;
and when asked whether he did not, in tact, bring
the action, and consider himself liable for the costs ?
he answered, ai h ludicrous simplicity—" Yes; to
1,- sure." He had been a stock-jobber for 21 years,,
hut he knew nothing of the law. A knowledge of
stock was not a knowledge of the law ; and a know-
ledge law was not always a stock of knowledge.
Mr. Torrtso submitted that the witness had dis.
Tialified hi ,self by his own evidence ; and Mr. Gun-
NeY admitting uort he had nu other witness to prove
the contract, the Learned Judge directed that the
plaintiff-should t,• called.- -Plaintiff nonsuited.