Star.
London, England, 1821-09-22 00:00:00

P.4RISH OP LAmhErtr.

Yesterday a Meeting of the Inhabitants of t!,.
Pa:ish of Lambeth was held in the Vestry-room, 1,,
the purpose of.considering a proposition for ..r„,.
ing the, Poir. The question CNCI;eil great intere,.
and the Vestry was crowded to excess. ~
The Rector, the Rev. Mr. D'Ortry, in tl:e Chi,.
Captain TUCK addressed the Meeting on the ben?
expenditure which the Parish had incurred, and
v..?.;
still incurring, by a want of due economy ;a themanagement of the Parochial Poor. p, „tit;..
present Parish expenditure for maintenance amounted
to 9s. per week each man, when the slime might bo
defrayed, if the poor were fanned, per little ino,,
than one-third of that amount. Ile ContltQed by
movi'lg, " That the Propo.ition he had breu9,ln rot.
ward, for Farming the Subsistence of the P 0,,,
Ibe adopted."
Mr. Scitur.rz seconded the motion.

Mr. LVTT, at considerable lenßtli, opposed CAntaia
Tuck's motion, which he conceived visionaiy znl
impracticable. He denied the asserted espenditwe,
and said that the amount did not exceed ss. ler
head. This was confirmed by the Rector and me ci
the Overseers.

A discussion of some length ensued, and it was &ft:
mately agreed to refer the subject for colisideraLion to
a Committee, including the Parish Officers, who ate
to report their opinion at a future Vestry.

The father of the celebrated Miss FA Rum wai ;111
actor in Sit triiEntis company, in the interior puts
of Ireland, and was as remarkable fur his gentlmnar,
like manners as Sit EPH ERD for his brutalitY. Mr.F,
being very ill-treated by the manager, retired to las
apartment, and wrote on the window of a house is
Sligo the following lines:
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How different was D.ivid's fare and mine—
His destiny was good, hut mine is evil;
His Shepherd was the !Amu Diviae,
My Sh:Therd is the lkvil!

PICTURES OF THE LATE QuEEN.—There have been
only four Portraits of her late MAdEsTv painted is
England:—the first by Sir THOMAS I.Awm.:sc,
about twenty years ago, with the Princess Crin-
LOTTE on her lap, which is the pie:tire bequeathed
to the Cardinal ALBAN°. Two otlit,rs were last yea
painted by Mr. LONSDAGE, the larger as a pre
from her MAJESTY to the City of London: the
smaller, in a very handsome frame, was precentedby
the QUEEN to Alderman WOOD. The four pox.
trait, now in the possession of Mr. lVyval., was
painted by himself, chiefly front r:•coilec:ion, as he
MAJEiTY only sat once for the Sarni:. The tAk-U of e
pictures bequeathed in her ll.unsres will mu
painted in Italy, by an Italia:l artist of the names
Bosst, and are there at present.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Thursday afternoon, Mr. ions
JENNINGS, a respectable watch-waker, resing is
Spafields, went out with a few friends, an,. oil Ctrit
way home they stopped at the George, in WhitecrA.
street, St. Luke's. Air. JENNINGS, who was previnu•!r
in excellent health and spirits, whilst in the act of
drinking some porter, suddenly fell back and expired.
Medical aid was instantly called in, but the vital
spark had fled. Mr. JENNINGS has left a wife and
young family to bewail his loss.

AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN FOR THE WEEE
ENDING SEP'rEMBER 8, 1821.
GEXERAL Avrawar--Wheat, s.ss.ttd.—Rye, 28s. 9d.--Balts
.255. Ild.—Oats, 19s. Bd.—Beam, 275. 81.—Peas, aOs. sd.
FRICRS BELOW WHICH FOREIGN GRAIN /S
806.—Rye,535.-13arley,40s.—Oats,27s.—Beaus,53s.--PtatA
PRICES BELOW WHICH BRITISH COLONIAL GRAIN IS rItOIIIIIIEI
Wheat, 67s.—Rye, 44s.—Ilasicy, 33s.—Oats, 22s.—Beass,%.
—Peas, 441.