Star. — 1824-11-08 (London, England)

OFFICIL OF ORDNANCS, NOW. 4., 1821 . Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain S unuel Camplin Melhuish, from the half-pay, to be Second Captain, vice Macdonald, retired ; Captain John Oldfield, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Kihrington, retired.  DUBLIN, Nov. 4.—King WILLIAM'S birth-day was celebrated at two o'clock this morning, by a few persons who appeared near the statue and gave some loud shouts. Nothing else occurred on the occusion.  The Durham County Advertiser gives the letter of a Dr. MARSHALL, claiming the authorship of the Ode on Sir Joiis Monne, which first appeared in a London Paper, arr.! adds the following note: 44 This H. Marshall, M.D. is an eccentric being, who resides in this city, where he is generally known as 4 Veterinary Doctor Marshall.' Ile has long been celebrated for his doggiel rhymes, but we were not before aware that he has ever wrote even a single couplet of poetry." A Dublin Paper, in noticing the theatrical performances, confounds Moncreiff's whimsical parody of Don Cauvunni in London, with Mozart's opera at the King's Theatre, :and then tells ns that it is, 6' as the readers 'mow, founded on the celebrated poeM of Don Juan, by Lad Byron." The Editor surely never saw the piece or read the poem, or he would not blunder thus. A frightful event took place on Friday se'n night, at 11. e Bout bon Palace. An enraged man was discovered at the door of the apartments of M. de Patini, Intendant at the Household of the Duke of Bourbon, armed with mols and a sword, and meditating assassination. At ".e moment when M. de Patini was about to open the ci(.or, his servant appeared on the saircase, and seeing e armed assassin, cried out—" Monsieur, don't open it tltey intend to murder you." At that Moment the tl.adman fell upon the unfortunate servant, on whom e inflicted serious wounds, and afterwards Made his escape,—French Paper. Sortie very extensive sales, both of English and foreign Stock, were.made during Friday and Saturday last, for %%Lich, as no general scar city of money existed, nor any otitical intelligence received, the reason was not at first alialetic• It has since been ascertained that most of the sales have originated in the principal banking-houses at the west end of the town, on which there has been a very considerable run, in consequence of the late failures, and still more by the rumoursof others. These are now ascer tained to have been without foundation, and exertions are making to discover the source in which they originated, there being some suspicion entertained, but, we trust and believe, erroneously, of malicious and interested motives. The sales of stock made were chiefly Consols, French scrip, and Mexican bonds. Bank-notes, resulting from these sales, have been forwarded to the banking houses question, who will be fully prepared against the effect Li a run, should it continue this day. The want of confidence to which we adverted on Saturday, must be understood to relate to those persons who make deposits of luney in banking-houses: on the part of the great capitalists, who, of course, have the means of ascertainha early and promptly the real state of the houses *hose stability has been questioned, there has never existed any: they have, in mcst cases, tendered their sistance to stem the approaching difficulty, which they were convinced could only prove a temporary one.