Star.
London, England, 1820-02-02 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, FEBRUARY z, 1820.

His Majesty does not require, that the °lacers of the Fleet
should wear any other mourning on the present melancholrot-
casion, with their undress uniforms, than black crapes on their
left arms, bats, and sword knots; nor with their dress uniforms,
than black gloves, and black crapes on their left arms, hats, and
sword knots ; except at Court, when they are to wear also black
waistcoats, breeches, stockings, and buckles: ace that the Of-
ficers of the Royal Marines should wear any other asearniee
with their uniforms, than black crapes on their left arms, bats,
and sword knots ; except on duty, when they are to wear Arc
black gloves, and the sash covered with black, black gorget rfla.
bons, and black crape scarfs over their right shoulders; nodes-
cept at Court, when they are to wear black crapes ma their left
arms, hats, and sword knots, black crape scarfs over their right
shoulders, and black waistcoats, breechca, stockings, and buckles.
The drums of the Royal Marines are to be covered with
black, and a black crape Is to be hung from the pike alba divi-
sional colour-staff. J. W. CROILER.

ANECDOTES OF HIS LATE MAJESTY,
GEORGE THE THIRD.

At the conclusion of a review of the td Regiment
of the Life Guards, in June, 1798, two privates went
through the sword exercise before the KING, after
which Lord CATHCART enquired if his MAJESTY;
would be pleased to see two of the yonngest Officers
display their science in the use of the sword ? he as-
sented, and was much gratified with their execution,
His MAJESTY then turned to the General, and en-
quired who were the oldest Officers present ? and on
being answered that Lord CATHCART and Major
BARTON were, he desired to see them perform, laugh-
ing heartily, and telling his Lordship that he had
brought the exhibition on himself. They accord-
ingly turned out, to the prat amusement of those
present, and though the Major's system savoured a
little of the old school, they acquitted themselves
very respectably.

In the latter end of March, 1781, Lord BATEMAN
waked upon the King, and begged to know what
time his Majesty would chuse to have the stag-hounds
turned out? 44 My Lord," replied his Majesty with
a very grave face, " I cannot exactly answer that,
bet I can inform you that your Lordship was turned
out about an hour ago !" Lord 13. was succeeded by
the Marquis of CARMARTHEN. „
With the KING'S attachment to Agricultural pur-
suits, the Public are' well acquainted ; but it is not,
perhaps, so generally known, that his MAJESTY was
the Ralph .Rohissox, from whose pen some very* sen-
sible and well-informed • Letters appeared, several
years ago, in Mr. ARTHUR YOITNO'. duals of
culture. Mr. YOUNG himself has recorded this fact
in a subsequent part of his Work.
For the most striking Likeness extant -of fits late
MaJzsTv, during the latter period of his life, we are
indebted to the able pencil of Count Aft7NSTEII, to
whom the KING, after he had refused numberless
applications from the first Artists, granted the honour
of a sitting, shortly before he was seized by his last
melancholy illness. An Engraving, from this Portrait,
has been just published by Mr. ACKERMANN. • • •

In the severe winter of 1784-5, his MAJIIIETY, re-
gardless of the weather, was taking a' solitary walk
on foot, when he was met by two boys, the eldest
not eight years of age, who, although igoorant t/ a: it
was the KING, fell upon their knees before him, and
wringing their little hands, prayed for relief. " The
smallest relief," they cried, " for we are hungry, very
hungry, and have nothing to eat." More they would
have said, but a torrent of tears, which gushed down
their innocent cheeks, checked their utterance. The
father of his people raised the weepinz supplicantso
and encouraged them to proceed
,with their YStOrYp
'They. did so, and related that their mother had been