Star.
London, England, 1811-10-18 00:00:00

THE KING.

WT*DSOIIy 'Ocroatue 17.••-• The KINo remains is the
same state as be was yesterday : he has taken the ex-
ercise of walking in his suite of rooms to-day.

Yesterday an Officer arrived at the Admiralty
with dispatches from the Mediterranean, and after-
wards proceeded to Lord LIVERPOOL'S Office in
Downing-street.
Yesterday the Earl of Livutroot, left town for
Coomb Wood.
Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Yoexe gave a grand dinner
at their house at the Admiralty.
A letter from Dublin, of the 14th instant, says,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICIt has retuined the infor-
mations against the Catholic Electors and Delegates,
who were held to bail, to the Court of King's Bench.
Their trial, of course, if proceeded on, will take place
at the Bar of that Court, and not at the Commission.
It is more than probable, however, that the point of
law will be previously decided on arguing the infor-
mations, which the ATTORN EY•CrILN ERA L has lately
caused notice to be served on Lord Fiticat and the
Hon. Mr. IlaantweLL, of his intention to apply for
against them on the first day of next Term."
CovENT-GanneN.—The new Musical Drama of
Kahle:lath, or The Slaw: Tribute, was performed last
night, for the second time. Much opposition, how-
, ever, was experienced, on its being announced-for a
'repetition. The Farce of The Miser was exceedingly
well played.
A person speaking favourably of the Botany Bay
Theatricals, observed, that the ner.,6riners had been se-
lected by very COMlleitfli Judge: i
A Schoolmaster, notorious for his professional
phraseology, being asked by an admirer of his daligh.
tees literary attainments, if she was a songster? he
replied, 64 No, Sir ; vocative caret."
A very beautiful phenomenon appeared in the hea-
vens on Wednesday night : it arose from the tail of
the Comet being intersected by a very luminous shot
star (as it is commonly called). For several seconds
the Coma was divided at about right angles, by the
very brilliant line of fire proceeding from this meteoric
exhalation, and the effect was as singularly fine as can
well be imagined.

'THE Comar.—A letter from a Correspondent on
the subject of the Comet, says The tail of the
Comet so often mentioned in your Paper lately, ap.
pears to be made exactly of such stuff as Ossian sup-
posed the souls of his heroes to be. He believed they
wore material, but so thin, that the stars shone through
them. " Son of Semo," replied the Chief, " the ghost
of Crugal came from the cave of his hill, the stars
dimtwinkled through his form, and his voice was like
the sound of a distant stream."—OsstAx.
The old Lady who. thought to secure herself from
the effects of the Comet, by taking refuge in a butt
of water, has been driven to desperation by the opi.
nion of an able astronomer, that the heat of this new
visitant, should he approach the earth, would be so
great as to caws the ,water to bd. The poor dame
now sees no alternative between being boiled and being

roasted.
An old woman in the Infirmary at Salisbury has
not slept since the Comet first made its appearance;
what is still more extraordinary, laudanum has no
elect upon her.
The grand plan of making one spacious street in
continuation of Portland-place in a straight line
(taking down Foley House), through Mortimer,
Margaret, and Swallow Streets, to Pall-Mall, through
which CARLTON House will appear in the centre, is to
be carried into execution early in the next spring.
A musket-lock cover has beet► invented by an Offi-
cer of the Royal Marines, which affords a complete
preservation of the priming for many hours under the
heaviest rain; and possesses other advantages superior ,
to any contrivance of the kind hitherto adopted. It
has met with the approbation of all the Officers who
hire seen it tried ; and 4000 are now preparing, at
the evened. of Government, to be sent to Portugal
for the use of the light troops of LordVirewsurrores
Army.

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THE ARMY.

A number of fine young men, recruits for the Ar-
tillery, were yesterday landed at Woolwich, from on
board the Lonion and Edinburgh Company's smack
Pilot, Capt. SANDERSON, from Leith.—Upwards of
30 volunteers, for different regiments now in Scot-
land, were this day embarked at Tilbury Fart, on
board the Leith, Capt. MARSHALL, belonging to the
same Company.
The dress of the Officers of the Line is, in future,

to correspond exactly with that of the men, as to co-
lour and form : the only difference will be in the
quality of the materials.
The infantry soldiers serving in Portugal are in
future to wear grey cloth pantaloons, with short gai-
ters of the same colour, instead of-breeches and leg-
gings, as formerly.
EXTRACT Of A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN LORD