Star.
London, England, 1818-08-19 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

The account of the QUEV.N yesterday was, • 'lei
,lAJE4ry remains much the same, having passed*
good night."
At the dinner party given by the QUEEN, in cello
of the Duke of 'Yonic's birth-day, there went
..Int, of the Royal Family, the PRINCE REGENT,
lake Of YORK, the Duke and Duchess of KENT, the
Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, the Duchess of
'iLoucEsien, and the Princess AUOUNTA. The QUEEN
d not dine with them, but joined them at the dessert.
Mcnday her MAJESTY gave another dinner, in ce-
lebration of the birth-day of the Duchess of KENT,
which was attended by the PRINCE RF.OENT, the
Ike and Duchess of YORK, the Duke and Duchess
Es r, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Prin-
AUGUSTA.

1 bration

Monday night the Duke and Duchess of KENT
honoured Vauxhall Gardens with their presence.

The Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, accom-
panied by Prince WILL/AM and Prince FR-EDERICK of
Hesse CAssEL, left town for Dover, on their way to
Hanoier. They set off about nine o'clock.
'londay Mr. CHAD, who lately returned from Aix-
hapelle, set off again for that place, having taken
Lord CAsrt.aotAoli 3 final orders as to his house and

establisimient there.
Countess Coweza left Melbourne House yesterday,
her seat Passanger, Herts.
The Marquis and Marchioness of L.4!f3DOWNR re-
turned, on Sunday, to their seat, Bowood Park, Wilts,
a mar.
The Earl and Countess or CRAVEN and family ar-
rived on Sunday at their house in Clarges-street, Berke-
a-square, from their seat, Hempstead Lodge, Berks.
The Earl and Countess of Swim.: entertained the
and Countess of C eaves, and a party Of distinc-
t, yesterday, at their house in Arlington street.
The Dowager Countess of CORK has left her house
New Burlington-street, on a tour.
Richmond House, Whitehall, is about tolie pulled
down and rebuilt. The Duchess and her interesting
family have removed in consequer.ce to one of the
. houses in Waterloo Place.
The barracks at Shorncliff, hitherto temporary, are
rendered permanent: bricks having been substi-
tuted for weather-boarding, as the exterior, and the
whole are undergoing a thorough repair.
Tednesday, the remains of the Hon. ANDREW
_-AV passed through Hereford, to be interred in the
family vault at Stoke, attended by a large and mourn-
procession of his tenantry, and those of EDWARD
/LEY, Esq. of Stoke.
The funeral of the Earl of sssDwlcu proceeded
Town on Monday for Barneville, in Huntingdon-
shire, where the family vault is situated. The mourn-
. cavalcade consisted of pages on horseback, the
coronet borne on a cushion, a plume of feathers,
hearse and six horses, two mourning coaches and six,
'1 decorated with heraldry, and a train of Gentle-
• carriages.
The Grand Duke Moran., when at Drummond,
the seat of Mr. BURREL DRUMMOND, was shown
sword of Roamer BRUCE, which, tradition says,
wielded by that hero at the battle of Bannock •
burn. The sword is so heavy that it requires both
hands of even a powerful man to lift it.
Guar Guc.—ln a late Calcutta Paper, we per-
_ a description of the great gun which was taken
the British in the fort of Agra, when it surren-
ied to Lord LAKE, in October 1803. It is called
one thousand five hunelrad bras( pounder, and weighs
thousand and forty-nine hundred. On the gun
written the following in Persian characters:
In the reign of Akhber Shah, made by &etul Persband,
a,489 maunds." Value of the gun, as old brass at the ems-
pany's price, Sr. Its. 53,400. Ditto, do. (if serviceable,) 160,e00.
Weight of shot (suitable) if made of Iron, lbs. 1,497 6oz. Uwe,
' made of marble, 947.
The prize agents at Calcutta value the metal alone,
100,000 rupees. It was intended to have for-
warded it to England, and with that view it was, after
labour, got down as far as the bank of the river
,mma, but no beat could be founchsufficient for its
conveyance to Calcutta.
man in Oliver-street, New York, after impru-
ly drinking cold water, was seized with very
alarming symptoms, from which he was relieved by
John de Alton White, who dissolved half an ounce
camphor in a gill of brandy; of this, three parts
• made and given at intervals of three minutes,
red soon gave the patient relief.—American Paper.
Ir. KNIGIIT, of Worcestershire, has purchased the
«ament given in tight of the Crown on Exmoor
'est, consisting of ten thousand acres, for £30,000.
property is near Simond's-bath, and the greater
of it is to be inclosed by a wall, in the centre of
:h a handsome residence is to be built. The spot
Cords great facilities for this purpose, and will, un-
the judicious plans in contemplation, become a
t enviable possession.
About eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Sunday
• the house of Captain MATTHEW ROGERS, at
ring Mill, in the county of Cornwall, was cHsco-
eared to he on fire ; and notwithstanding the imme-
and strenuous exertions of the inhabitants, the
communicated to two adjoining houses, and all'
were burned to the ground. The houses were
covered with thatch ; and it is supposed the file was
occasioned by a spark from the chimney falling on
die roof, which the long continuance of dry weather
rendered peculiarly Combustible : when the thatch
once ignited there was no possibility of arresting
flames, as there is no fire engine in the village.
londay morning, between two and three o'clock,
ire broke out at Captain Brett's, adjoining the
tpany's Packet Office, Nova Scotia, Liverpool.
the alarm being given, the servant girl leaped
im one of the attic windows, and though much
In, we are glad to state not seriously. Mrs. Brett
her life, and was found shortly afterwards in the 'I
corner of a room burnt to a cinder. Captain Brett'
from home, having left Liverpool on Tuesday
'nnight, for Dublin.
Friday se'nnight, the premises of Robert Russell,
of Exeter, situate at Red Loft Estate, near Ho-
aten, consisting of the farm-house, barns, stables,
granaries, and other offices, were consumed by fire,
together with a large quantity of grain, in stock and
tore, hay, &c. 'The fire was entirely accidental,
'ng occasioned by a defect in one of the chimilies.
damage is estimated at about '../01k1. which is
'cred by insurance.

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.

• PENZANCE AUGUST 16.
The French brig Frands,MsisoN, sailed for Rouen,
last (torn St. Ives, where she was stranded, and has
been repaired.

FALMOUTIL AUGUST 16.

Wind S. fresh breezes and tine weather.—Arrived
the Lady Mary Pelham Packet, with mails from
America, last from 'Halifax, in 2.5 days; and the
Europe, HzauEnr, from Quebec, in 38 days, for or-
ders. Arrived off this Port the Albinia, NORTON,
from Bombay in lft treeks--landed passengers here,
and proceeded for London.