Star.
London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

STOCKHOLM, Sen. 22.

The Bank paid on Monday 300,000 ru dollars of the half million
assigned for the purchase of Corn.

WARSAW, Sm. 17.

It is reported that the Coronation of his Majesty our King will
be deferred till neat spring.
HAMBURGII Sm. 26. _ _

An express in five days from Vienna has bFought word that the
negotiations between the Russian and Turkish Plenipotentiarie,
weve going on in a perfectly satisfactory manner ; and that in con-
sequence of this state of things, so desirable fur the continuation of
peace, the Austrian funds bad risen.

Papers have been received from Guatemala to the
2d of July inclusive, and letters to the 12th of the same month,
The Congress closed its sittings on the 30th of Juts', with quiet
formality; and of the alleged disturbance between the militia and
Government troops not a single trace is to be found.

The Paris morning papers of Saturday, and the Etoile
dated Sunday. have arrived;but contain no news of importance.—
Our Correspondent's letter from Constantinople of the Stb ult. gives
the amount of damage done by the late fir., but has not a word of
the reported murder of the SuLTax and his son, 'which the French
Papers have given.

The Duke of Youx took his usual daily airing yester-
day afternoon for about two hours. Sir lIRRIRST TAYLOR, Sir
Hzsiair Tow" and Sir Wit.t.euctiar GORDON. transacted business
with his Royal Highness at the residence of the Duke of RUTLAND'S,
in Arlingtuastreet. The usual medical attendants visited the Royal
Duke in the course of the day.

Tt.e Duke of CLARENCE arrived at Deal on Saturday
evening, in his Majesty's yacht the Royal George, and proceeded
round the North Foreland for the River.

The Loan CHANCELLOR and the Conwess of ELDON
bays arrived at their seat at Encombe. The health of ber Ladyship,
we are happy to hear, is considerably improved.
Dispatches were received at the Foreign Office yes-
terday from Mr. Secretary CANNING.
There is a strong contest this year fir the Mayoralty
of Guildford, in consequence of a vacancy in the Bench of Alder-
men; and yesterday the Corporation met, according to annual cue=
tom, to nominate two of the Bailiffs, when the highest numbers
were—for J. RANO, Fwq. 18, and louotto. Emus Esq. 14, and
who were accordingly returned for the election this Clay.
The attempt to establish a French Uperfs Cosuire
in London has been abandoned=—the LOW/ Cnoinsearrur refusing
to grant a license, and the projectors being unwilling to incur the
risk of establishing it by subscription.
J. M. CARTER, Esq. Mayor of Hertford, gave his
Inauguration dinner on Friday, at the Town Hall, at which the
Marquis of &LIMNS, Lord Mom the County Members, Mr.
BYRON, M.P. Mr. Llama Saimaa, and a long list of Gentlemen
were present.

M§HIONABLE IN itt..LLQENcg.
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of Nurfollehas.arrived at bis seat, Farnham, get ,s
,„ • • $
of St. Alban's,and*Mrs. ‘Coutts arrives! Its town, yes-
I Holley Lodge. ~
and Countess of Jersey hate arrived at their seat,•Mid-
dietOn Park, Oxfordshire, from Paris.
Mrs. Fitzhrrbert arrived yesterday at her house in Tilney-street,
from Brighton.
Lord and Lady Anson have arrived at their house in Curzon-
street, May-fair, from their seat in Staffordshire.
The Earl and Countess of Surrey have arrived at their seat,
Worse, Manor, from Scotland.
Wm. Lushington, Esq. M.P. arrived yesterday at his house,
Adam-street, Adelphi, from his seat, Rodnysham, near Sitting-
bourne' Kent.
The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry has left Christchurch
for her seat, Holwood Lodge, Hams.
Charles Tufton Blicke, Esq. arrived yesterday at his house in
Regent-street, from Cheltenham.

Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Tynte yesterday left their house in Lower
Grosvenor.street, for their seat at Richmond.
_ _ _

Lady Elizabeth Steel has left iimbolton Castle for Waresley
Caxton, Cambridgeshire.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Phillips yesterday left Coulson's Hotel,
Lower Brook-street, for Paris. _ .

The Earl and Countess of Scarborough have arrived at their seat,
&indirect, Yorkshire, from Lumley Castle, Durham.
Sir William and Lady Wrazall have arrived at the Bath Hotel,
At lington.street, on their way to the South of France.
Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street :—Colonel
Jones, ftom Yorkshire; Captain Desvoeux, from Paris; Charles
Hulroyd, Esq. from Berks.
Uvedale Price, Esq. yesterday left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-
street, for Birmingham.
Sir Watkin and Lady Harriet William Wynn have arrived at
their seat, Wynnstay, Denbighshire, from Beilby Thompson, Esq.'s,
&wick, Yorkshire.
Richard Moore, Esq. arrived at Elice's Hotel, St. James's-street,
from Dublin. _ _

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Mrs and Miss Daltry, arrived yesterday at the Royal Hotel, &.
James's-street, from a tour. Thomas Mostyn, Esq. left ditto for
Brighton.
Alexander Adair, yesterday left his house in St. James's•s quire
for Brighton. •

MARTYRDOM OF BISHOP HOOPER.

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On Tuesday the 12th September, a Pedestal Monument was
'rotted in Sr. Mary de Lode's Square, Gloucester, to theniemory of
Bishop Hooper. On the east side is the following inscription :
John Hooper, D. D. Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, was
burnt on this spot do Saturday, February 9,1555, for his steady ad•
herence to the Protestant religion."
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On the south side are the Arms of the Sees of Gloucester and
Worcester empuled ; on the north the Bishop's Family Arms; and
on the west the following inscription;
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"This Monument was erected by James araland, Esq. of Rath -
Gael House, Bangor, Ireland—September, 1826."—Gloutater Jour-

teal, September 23.
When 1)r. John Hooper was appointed to the See of Gloucester,
the Herald that granted and emblazoned his arms placed therein
three crosses on a bar, with rays of glory shining from Heaven on
them; and for the crest—a Lamb in flames.
Bishop Hooper was much affected when he saw it, and said," I
think I shall die for the truth."

There was a remarkable coincidence in the grant of the very sin-
gular crest and arms to Bishop Hooper, as they proved highly em-
blematical of his future sufferings; fur truly he went like a lamb to
the stake, and sustained the tortures inflicted on him with pious re-
signation, meekness, and patience ; he bore also three severe crosses,
for he was burnt in three successive fires; and surely Divine grace
shone from Heaven on him, when he was so signally supported in
that dreadful extremity.
Bishop Hooper had the above arms engraved on a steel seal (for
his private use), which was carefully preserved in the family, and is
now (1826) in the possession of his descendant, Bliu Wiuefreci
Hooper, Castle-street, Hereford.
As some workmen were levelling the ground at Sr. Mary de
Lode's Square, in Gloucester, on Thursday, November, 18, 1824,
on opening the spot on which Bishop Hooper was burnt, they dis-
covered the hut end of the stake (to which he had been fastened)
that was sunk in the earth; it was about three feet in length, and
eight inches in diameter, and appeared to have been made of a
young elm tree, with the. bark on. -On being exposed to the air,
it soon mouldered to dust, except some pieces that were care-
fully preserved.

The English Opera House will close its performances
for the year, after a most successful season, on Thursday. It is
singular, that three pieces, written by the same author, should have
been repeated, night after night, to overflowing audiences; Afore
Breakfast, Jonathan in England, and Presumption r all by Mr.
Plum hlavessws concluded his engagement at this Theatre last
night, with the same eclat that had attended the whole of its pro-
gress. Ile was warmly and unanimously applauded throughout.
The Gaceta de Colombil, of the '2.1 July, announces
the appointment of Senor SANTOS AIICHELENA, as
Consul General to London ; and he was to be empowered
to arrange all the financial concerns of his Government
in this country. M. HURTADO was to remain solely
occupied with the diplomatic duties.
BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETIES.—The number of tracts
issued by the London Religious Tract Society, last year,
was 10,500,000; the publications in' all languages,
since the establishment of the Society, are estima r 1 at
100,000,000; since 1808, tracts have been printed in
42 languages, and the receipts dining the past year, in
England and America, amounted to 1,600,000 dollars.
At the Blandfnrd (Dorset) Petty Sessions, held last
week, Richard Moore, surveyor, made a complaint
against farmer .[anus Althorpe, for having refused to
send his team to draw stones for the use of the road,
when directed so to do by him, the surveyor. The
farmer said he wanted his team for other purposes, and
that it was during the harvest. The CHAIRMAN said,
that is quite a sufficient plea. Every farmer is legally
and properly exempt from statute labour during the
harvest month. The complaint was dismissed.
It is a circumstance no less singular than true, that
the first record for marriage entered into the Session'.
book of the West Palish of Greenock commences with
Adam and Eve, being the Christian names of the male
and female who came forward a few nights aloe the
book was prepared.
QUEEN ANNE'S PARTHINGS...—It is a prevailing mis-
take that no more than four " farthings" were coined in
the reign of Queen Arms:. N3w the fact is, that instead
of only four coins of this description being struck, five
diprent sorts were coined, of the following descriptions:
—l. ANNE'S current farthing, 1714, which now sells at
from 2s. 6d. to 5.. if in extraordinary fine preservation,
they sometimes fetch 155.-2. The current farthing,
with a broad rim, if a fine impression, worth a guinea;
3,4, 5. Three " pattern pieces," one with Britannia
under a canopy, and the others representing Peace in a
car, 1713; these were not in general circulation, but
distributed from the Mint to persons connected with the
Government, and are therefore much more scarce than
the two former, especially those with the figure of Peace,
which are commonly sold at 11. 1 ls. 6d. to 21. 2s. even
the finest impressions seldom producing more titan three
guineas. But the rarest of these farthings is one of the
;lecterns coined on the occasion of SWIFT'S proposals
for the improvement of the British coinage; it has the
usual bust of Queen ANNE on the obverse, and on the
reverse the Legend BELLo ET PACE 1713, with the figure
of Britannia standing with an olive branch in her right
hand, and a spear in her left, a floe specimen of which
was in the late Dr. HUNTER'S possession, and was re-
moved with his collection of coins and medals to the
University at Glasgow, where it now remains. They
are all well executed, and on the best copper ; there are
a great number of counterfeits of the current farthings,
but being badly manufactured are easily detected by
connoisseurs.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

This has been the dullest day we bare had fur some time past,
both fur intelligence and speculations.

Consols have remained steady during the whole of the morning,
at per Cent. fluctuation, at the commencement of the Market
they were 80 to i for the Account, and up to the present time they
may be quoted at 806 to and for Money at tlOl ; some small lots
have been sold at 80 for Money, making a centango of per Cent.
for nine days, to the Account day.
In the Foreign Market. the Brokers are quite idle. . .