Star.
London, England, 1816-11-30 00:00:00

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void tarnish his high repntation so tnnch as his think-
ing that what had hi-en said deserved any reply on
ills part. He thoot7ht it incumbent n
who assumed a pithlic part, to preient {lm
a practical and feasible system. H^ (Mr. fi:kr.l))
ranked bitn;elf as a sincere adviictte t-r y irliaitte:..
tatty P.eform ; 1-,nt it wits necessary to lave gener.il
and unantmotts co-operatior, in order to. nring it
abuiti. Every tin in in the Hill had In .opportgnity
to lend hi.; efF irts to produce this cceer, as a Geeir::.l
Election WA% not :..r distant. WU-, that evon: took
place, they 'Lou! l come to the reso'ution to ithinie
all bribes that corrupt candit:ates .c A:id offer them,
He was inclined to tip,,rove of the firs,. Resntidinoti,
rather than the Atneit.;;;Jent, as being more tangit).e
than the last; and should therefore SI: ppoa thcm..
. The amended.ltesolations were tl7..e:i p..it and, eat-
tied, and ordered'to he puOlisliad in the uvu.illiati
Thanks were voted to the Ltwd Mayor. oft Which
his Lordship came forward, ant! e2clared ids readi-
ness on all °cc:l4oas to attend r..tluisitiorts of the
Livery for c.-:lling a Cntnmon Hail, .particularl!:
when the.objvct of tl:e Meeting was prfipost:d to kh:
to inquire ii‘to the causes of public distrees, And the
means of affordiog a re.a7eriy. He svos,raceisred with
much applause, and the, Meeting then broke up.

The Directors of the East India Company, with a
liberality according with their 'general practice, L
a laudable desire to alleviate the pressure (it the, pre.
sent moment, have determined to FCL•44II on their,em.
ploy, daring the winter, upwards of five hundred el:.
tra laboureri, who, but for such humare considera.
tion, would have been discharged. These men are in
addition tif above 2500 lah'iurers on the Company's
regular establishment.
The Ili,hop and Dean and Chapter of FLY have
at this distresfoil season subscribed X2OO to be ap.
plied in relief of the indigent, by employirN them
( when deprived of itu it umaislabour) upon some ne.
cessary works of public utility.

At a hieetiOg for the Relief and Employment of
the Poor at Chatham, the suhseriptiAns and donations
amount to a sym.wi►ich reEccti the higireit degree of
credit on the philAnthropic disposilion of the inha-
h.tants.

The Re,. Mr. LEICIT, Rccuir of the lenited P -
riches of St Magnus the Martyr and *St. Margaret,
,New Fish street, yesterday convened a meeting of
the inhabitants, for the purpose of enteting into a
subsctiptiou in aid of the Fund now raising for the
relief of the suffering, poet.. in Spitalfii ; which
'Meeting was respectably attended, and a subscription
immediately commenced; and tile Churchwardens
were requested.tn call on all the inhabitants for their
benef..ctians.

The horse of a poor carter was lak.fly brought to
the Cross, at Edinburgh, to be sold for taxes, which
brought but a very small stun. 'The surrounding
spectators, touched with compassion tor" the sufferer,
and seein^ the horse, which was scarcely worth more-
than the skin, and on whose labour his existence
seemed wholly to defsettei, voluntarily m tde a collet.
tion,,and in a sheet time taised for h!ta the sum Of
10s.•
The following is given, in •rt Private Let:er, as the
;.resent price •of prtivisiOni at korte.tle-Grace
54... per pound ; Beef..and Std. Matina,
10d. and, from the total White of the vintage, Wines
aye proportionably dear.
A letter from the Maine, dated November 14, says
--4. The price of coat bas been for some days it a stand
in theie parts, which is a proof that the monopolists
b4gin to be alarmed. We have a prospect et not
tieing obliged to depend on the gettetosity of these
usttrers .Provisions, though not yet fallen much in
price, are "expected CO fall shortly."
henilds of It. A. LLOYD, Esq.
'meet on Tuesday, at AstitigtorAall Green; and Fri-
day, at Preston Win:lnt:ll, near Lavenliain, at ten
o'clock.

Yesterday at -two o'clock the Earl df • Livenvoot.,
Sir km s Namot.t., the Judge of the Arches Court'
Isificuoi.c, the
,King's Vrottor ; Mr. GOSLINUt
the ttegi,trar -of the. Prerogative Court j and Mr.
LE BLANc, the Solicitor, :wended the Pumas Rt...
GENT at Cathan lioti§f, his Royal Ilighnets and Cie
E Liveuroot. being appointed Ex.:tutors WI the
will of the late DuLe of Buusswiot.. . .

Monday night Mr. l'orp;ai nt Covent• nattier:,
made bii first appearance at the Cu; w-btreet Theatre,
Dublin, in the character of L'umici ; he met with a
very Battering reception, and performed the part to
the•satisfaction of a cre4srded audience.

DRURY LANE Tuaarao.--Yetrcrday evening a
new Musical Afterpicce was produCed at this Howie,
called Cry to•doy and loath tq towage; • The plot is
this—Ceptcht Goodwill (W ALLocK) is in hate with'hie
cousin (Miss KELLY), Emit is forbidden to marry het.
He joins his ship, and .the Lady disappears at the
same time. Her clothes having•been found near the
place where they had parted, the loves is suspected cf •
having killed her in a fit of despair. On his return
he is tiled and condemned, but immediately after the
tall the girl whom he was supposed to have murdered
appears; having rt.turned from a ship, in amizu ahe
tad followed him in a sailor's .dress. There is a
side. plot: of a Jack Tor (Muipsno), who finds his
daughter (Mrs. °noes), and of the lore of this
*daughter and Old Goodwill's servant ( Hart Lu 11....
All the talents of bliss KELLY. .which were lolly ei.
erted, and the evolutions of MuNDEN's powerful face
hid not the effect of keeping up too good teniper of
thetudience; Some injudicious encores gave rise to
greater oppasitirna; so that when the Curtain fell the
applause was Mingled with much disaperob4tion.—
There was.a long of HAmitrett,. in which imitatio:li•
of sonre of our favourite actors were introduced, in
which he sheweemtich talent.
Rtmairtueorr, COUPWCIC. and Ca, respectft:l!y
commend-to thoselir Weir Friends, who wish for oar.
'ticular Nurtherr in the-Present Popular Lottery, as
immediate appliCaticti it either Of their fortunate
Officei, Cornhill or Charing Cross.—Tlie Sth.:crie
coerains -otili-12,11160 Tickets. All the Mies are -
Sterlint Mossy-2 of :0.0,000 Guineas, 2• of 5,000
Guineas tcc. /cc. and the lowest rarities. are brim:a
• Ettik.—Drawing.betins 21st of January.
Thursday setanight the School at Tiny Towq.
Rochester, conducted on 4..ARCRSTRR93 01401 was
broken into and robbed. The thietres btoke open the
desk of the master, and stole betweltstwo and three
(Sounds in sitter I they also did considerable dialog*
by breaking the slates, destroying this book% nag other
petty acts of barbarous Outrage.