Star. — London, England, 1822-10-26 00:00:00

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By Order of the Court of piraclpp; cazowin.i. (navel% • ABOUT P OUR HUNDRED 'LOADS OF CAPITAL MEADOW HAY: • TORE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr: ROBINS, • (Ur Wsrwick Home r Regent-striet)i. On the Pirmises, Chigwell Grange, Citigwell, Esse: *On Tummy, the 26th of November, 1822, at One O'Ciaek, TWELVE STACKS of .vrell-got MEADOW 1 HAY, containing spout. FOUR HUNDRED LOADS, part of the present season; and some part one, two, and three years old. To be viewed five dap preceding tibis Sele (Sunday eseepted), by applying to the BARK on the Premises, Chigwell Grange Farm, of whom Catalogies may be had; Aso at the Rides Head, ChlgweU; White .Hart, Abridge, and d brd; Cock, Epping ; -George, and Castle, Woodford ;- Eagle, Snareshrook ; Bell, Laytonstone ; Swan, Stratford ; Mershald, Hackney ; and of Mr. .Robins, No. 170, Regent-street, opposite Old Barking- lent. has also vanished elie•deaSOVes ofcidest,'rusti% ,blushistg,roses. flotbrae o-nsOlninid, and eatkillited with her 01 wo lied trappings. She asks itstrultdon of the *matt rich in secomk4ind go, is deep in the.seeretv'of half the vrohien of tikkta r lity—wooders onev'erythlng slteseez Calls : the gay guardsman,. and is cured af her psissltni 491; by. the sugar places •of a .12ovelaee, the kits of prettylellows, the most accomplished of fops. fb* daring, handsome, irnpudenttorcomb, whom Ladies call a wretch-4n odious, basest! animal; yet' doff= fice theit hendurilile lovers, •theirlappinet s. and their reputat4m, for' Abe...vain glary of adding Moven One night of victory sod convey; to their Midi% debt realizing the words of t h e ballad,...- • i .3. PEPPER, Secretary. Y. a The Chair will be tailed at Tdrelve otichit precisely.. :At this Meeting the Annual Eleition of Atiottliti Will tate Ogee. MUSEUM O'F NATURAL ritifoity. .public are respectfully infortrii.d, that :the EXTENSIVE and CELEBRATED • COLLECTION of NATURAL HISTORY, made during Twenty Years sidence at the Cape of Good Hope, and Interior of Africa, by 31onsieur V ILLETTE, has just arrived in LoiidOn, and is slow' EXHIBITING, for PRIVATE SALE, in the Great Room at the Egyptian Hall, in Piccadilly. It comprises a general col lection of Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptil6s, Insects, Shells, Corals, Plains, itc.fice. Assoc& dm Quadrupeds, are fine Spe cimens of the HIPPOPOTAMUS, and ()they large Atilmals.of the Cape, with a LIVING GNU , and a PAIR Log e extrethely curious WILD NON-DESORIPT DOGS ALIVE, the only ones ever brought to Europe,--Admission, from Ten till Dusk, at One Shilling each. I3F.RNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. • DESIRABLE DWELLING-HOUSE AND OFFICES, • ' .LARGR OPEN YARD, Stc. TO BE LET OR SOLD, BY. MR. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), VERY Commodious DWELLING - HOUSE $ A three stories high, consisting of• two sod three room es a floor, with other convepiences • large . Entrance-hall ;on the Grcund Story, capital Dlning-p;rlour, Library, Accotnpting. house ; and convenient Offices in the 'Basement ' • large Open Yard, &c.—Partic u lars of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent -street. NEXT WEDNESDAY. t'il(TON, Stock-Broker, 2, Cnrnhill and Lombard street, respectfully atmonnces to his Friends the Public, that Tickets and Shares are now on. Sale for a new Lottery, on 1 c: good old fashioned plan, there being 120 Capital Prizes, all of quv,--ns Flred Capitals,-01 the Nisei yoatin . g,—no Re-drazu -2,---pta drawing in Classes t in fact, every Prize may be drawn h - c first Day,and every Ticket or Share stands an equal chance; the P-awing begins NEXT W EDN ES DA Y, but such a grand Scl: will, no doubt, cause a great sale ; therefore, Tickets will be r.ne - h higher in price, and scarce also. EYTON has no occa -5111: turernincl his Friends of his success in selling grand Prizes,it hcirg already so well knawn.—All Business in the Public rituals' var.. icted with fidelity and dispatch, at the Office, 2, Cornbill. NEXT WEDNESDAY. 123 Money Capitals! 5,600 other Money Print !•• All the Tickets in the Wised! Not any Fixed Prizes! Not any Stock Prizes! Not any Classes! Not any Re-drawing ! Each Ticket decides its own Fate! All the Capitals may be drawn the rest Day ! THE above are the principal featares'of the present Lottery ; and BISH has no hesitation in rep&ting what stated when the Scheme was first submitted to the Poblic,viz. that it has his most unqualified approbation, and every day convinccs him his opinion and that of the Public go Mild-In-band, as the F - ;. at this period is unprecedented. The Public, however much t of approved of novelties in Schemes, and which novelties when first introduced were degervedly popular, yet, front their frequent repetition, have ceased to consider them attractive; :lierefore, to have one of the good old-fashioned Old English Schemes, which possesses no novelty, Leanne! the greatest no velty of all, and reminds us of " the good oldest tisse." Tickets and Shares are selling by T. BISH, 4, CORNIIILL, and 9, CH ARING-CROSS. Ter In the late Lottery BISII sold, as he usually does,.the 7,reatest Prize, viz. No. 4,660, A:30,000 and several minor Capi -1.115. I. • Schemes grath. Lottery begins NEXT WEDNESDAY. ' . VIIOM the very great satisfaction which the plan adopted in former Lotteries, of advertising a List of Num tc gave to the Public, and the circumitance• of several of those Numbers selected by BISH having proved fortunate; he b again induced to repeat it in the present most.popular Lot tery ; and hopes, that as all the Capitals are floating, some of the undermentioned may prove Prizes of X 90,000, or any of the 120 Capitals in the Scheme, the whole of which may be drawn NEXT •VEDNESDAY, the 30th inst. The following Numbers are reserved for such persons as may select them, and may be had in Whole Tickets, Halves, Quar ters, Eighths, or Sixteenths, at BISH's Offices, 4, Cornhill, or Cisaring-cross : 4,254 "1,799 8;765 15,05; 15,461 17,1121 19,444 15,488 4,696 8,642 7,879 8,877 13,097 1:,462 17,888 19,445 N 0.122 1,435 4,298 6,716 7,380 8,882 13,210 15,465 17,999 19,184 N 0.141 2,4.56 5,6•17 7,776 8,151 8,885 13,446 15,464 19,239 19,457 No. 244 2,477 Persons not choosing any of the above, may have a great va rizy to ,clect from ; or tf the adventurers have a fancy for any ,articular Number, lIISFI will, if possible, obtain it for them.. PRESENT PRICE. Ticket... 422 151. Od. MN.. Ell 50 I Eighth ,C 3 2 6 Q :: u a z t er . Siateenth •.• Letters (post, paid) duly answered.—Schemes gratis.' READING SAUCE j COCKS. the Inventor and Proprietor of the co • ent,EttltATED 'WADING SAUCE, begs most' re spectfully to caution the Nobility, Families, and the Public, against the daily frauds and impositions practlied by many *Lon don and Country Oilmen and Fish Sauce' Venders, to deed*e and deprive them of the GENUINE READING SAUCE. None are genuine but those Which hare 'the corks sealed With' the impression, " J C'ucks, Reading;" and also the following tlescriptiou of the Sauce on an orange-coloured label, " Reading sauce for Fish, enriching Gravies,'Lke. Prepared and' Sold,' Wholesale and lietail, by . J. COCKS, Reading.' This Sauce isgenerally used at table with all sorts of rish, 4 !: preference to Mini risk Shown; and is esteemed peculiarly cciicious with Came, Wild row!, 'lashes, Steaks, and Cold Ilea. Warranted to keep gotagiseven years in' any cllinate:—: It is presumed that ao-fiabee ever met'With such genend bation ant extensive sale. It is pennies& and recommended by most of the Finn FASILLIES in the Kingdom, and is rt;tailed . ' is London by 250 of the moist respectable Oihndrrand Fisk Naece Venders •in Bath, by 7,0 ; Bristol, 20 ; Edinburgh? Glas gow, Perth, and Aberdeen . , fig; and by nearly all the prniCiPal • Pith Saute Dealers in the United Kingdom,' meat 'Of whom 011 Cocxs's Genuine and Sweater Esstuta of Ascuovtss, made with•prime Gorgona Fish, 'rich as possible.__ • TOOTMACIIR AND tAIIVACHL . • - DER RY'S ' ESSENCE' has'reeeiied the sanction and support of the most distingettheit Pirsietelies *edit! ?kingdom, together with the unittol• testimolly ff the dslt; !shlsiciaas in Europe, and numerous fin/mashie comments in highly respectable bt etliad Journals, where it hashed: . dithered , t . ue the " best thing ever discovered for the :Toosh - 4 1 */:k! 14 , Par-ache." It in3tarivalleouslly relieves the most excliciatincpatn . , Venters the Teeth sounds knot - fitlw, • Prevents 'further 'a`;' effsctuany cures the Scurvy , in the Guinarfameas loose 'feed:, and :o.th:to them firm and serviceable to the latest period; Ad etee %%Lair preveste'the Totstbache. Sold in bottles at la. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butler, Cisetat44, Na 4, Cheapside and 220, Regent-street, London ; £b , &o Ciatibtirik ; Satlville-eiteeet; Dublki; an& by the PrialcipaUllesktinc Vender* thrumilinut the United Kingdein. WELL-SECURED ANNUITY Of 4667. As.. fid. per Annum, and also the Sum of 0e5,100, secoredli Miirtgage, and Two PoEcies of Iniurance, £3OOO and 43000. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, - (Of Warwick House, Regent•street), • At Garrpray,'s Coffee-House,, in 'Change-alley, Cernhill, on j Tnuisnii the 14th November , 1822, at Twelve o'Clock, ' ht Oise Loi,• // . WELL -SECURED .ANNUITY, or • Toarly Rent Charge of £667. 81. Bd. being a portion of a larger sum, for the life of a Gentleman, aged 47 years, charged on the Tithes of .Twaa Valuable Livings in the County of . Norfolit..and on Freehold and Copylaold Estates in the Counties of Norfolk and taniiiiidge, as like/rise upon Dividends on £5,533, Three Per Ceilt• Clusesels. standing' in the • name ,of tesilecte True. tees. Also the Suitt of FIVE THOUSAND ON HUN DRED POUNDS, secured •by a .Mortgage of the Life Inte rest of the grantor in the above•lilltates, Rectories, and Divi dends, and by two Policies of Insulance of £3OOO and £3OOO. The Premium of the Policy of the £5OOO Is payable out of the Estates. The present Annual- Rental of tht Estate., Tithes, and Divi dends, amounts to upwards of ONE THOUSA ND,SIX HUN DRED and TEN POUNDS, after making a considerable abatement from the former Rents of the Land, Curate's &lasi, and other incidents. Particulars may he had at the Office of Thomas Carr, Esq. 43, John -street, Bedford-row ;at Garraway's ; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-street, opposite Burlington-street. SURREY, Between STREATHAM, TOOTING. and MITCHAM. CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATE, Eligible for Building, ' Upwards of TWO HUN ORED ACRES of MeadOw and Arable Land, With a FARM-HOUSE and OUTBUILDINGS, and the bleferials of the Residence to be puUed down. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mi. EOSINS, • Waiwick Hoisie, 'Regent-street), At Parlaway's Coffee...horse, 'Change-aUey,.Cornhill, on Tunas- DAT', ibit . l4th of/Uvemlier, i 820, at Twelve o'Clock , in Lots. A.:- VALUABLE 'FREEHOLD - ESTATE, BIG 4A..GIN FARM, situate at Mitcham, in the County of Surrey, within seven miles of the Metropolis, most eligibly ifuliVroi e - iieitio - ti of 'Villas , occupying a very considerable froetage,, Abutting on. the West side on the turnpike road to - Mitcham, auld the road from Streatham to Mitcham running Arooglithe Lands, whiek contains upWards of TWO HUNDRED ACRES 'Of Meadow and Arable Land, with a compact Farm-House, !Offices, Gatden, Stable, Barn, and Out-houies, & c. A Stream :of Water bounds the Estate on the East side. Also, ' The capital MATERIALS of VAMWORTH HOUSE,' OFFICES, YARD, and STABLES. which are modern, and of an excellent description convertible to any purpose. To be viewed by applying to Mx. Beadell, Bailiff, on the Pre mises, of whom Particulars may be had; at the Rising Sun, and Roebuck, Mitcham ; the Wheatsheaf, Tooting ; the Greyhound, Carshalton ; King's Head, Epsom ; Buil, Ewell ; Cock, Sutton; Greyhound, Croydon; the Windmill, Clapham Common; of Messrs. Bateman and Jones, Solicitors, Lincoln's Inn ; at Cat raway's ; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent -street, opposite Burlington -street. CONTINUATION OF THE NOVELS AND TALES OF THE AUTHOR OF WAVEItLEY. This day were published, handsomely printed by Sallantyne, in 8 vuls. foolscap svo. price 31. boards, to correspond with the Author's Novels and Tales, HISTORIC AL ROMANCES. By the Author of Waverley, &c. comprising Ivanhoe, The Monastery, Tha Abbot, and Kenilworth. With Vignette, Title-pages of Scenes described in these Works. Printed foe Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Cheapside, London. 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Twecis Sitisfsha; lit' "Dr. Truing . ; trisnaserlpt evith a btablyelkalshect logeortsc dawn- by Cyptiani, ana graved by ths slitec Wools, prigs las. • HAMPSHIRE. DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, ELEGANTLY FURNISHED; Excellent Garden, Pleasure• Ground, and Capital 11 , 1anoi; with abundance of Game, strictly preserved. TO BE LET, BY MR. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street), AVERY DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, situate in a fine part of the County of Itants, about sixty miles from the Metropolis, adapted for the accommodation of a Nobleman or Family of the First Distinction, planned with suites of ele gant Apartments, bandsotneljt fitted, convenient Offices, Coach houses, Stables,excellent Garden, Hat-houses, &c. Pleasure- Grounds, and he right of Smarting over an extensive Manor, abundantly stocked with Game, which has been strictly pre served, and not shut over tla:s season. Land may beihad if required. To be viewed by Tickets, which. with Particulars, may be had of Mr. Robins, Igo. 170, Repot=street. SLIGHT SKETCHES OP SOCIETY AND MANNERS. TI MM THE " MUSEUM, OR RECORD OF LITERATURE: We suspect that Londbn has altered a little for the worse, and is by no means so delightful a place as it was about 50 or 60 years ago; before it had spread into such endless ramifications, and before universal refinement had levelled the barriers which divided certain ranks from each other, and obliged the Nobi lity to shut themselves up in their strong holds, the ' privacy of their own houses, to avoid-being associated with, and mistaken for, personages, who only requite five-and-twenty quarterings, and a title, to be equally fashionable with themselves. Dulness is unfortunately deemed by many .he attendant of morality ; and the strict decgrum which 1•••• become necessary to Gran dees, as well as those la an,humble sphere, has re duced society to a very mawkish entertainment ; for 'no persons are now obliging enough to render them selves eminently conspicuous for the amusement of an audience. The establishment of minor metropolises in water. ing-places, and the.dissipation in provincial cities,' has also rendered the resemblance so very close, that a town lady is now no longer exalted abiive the country belle ; and London canna add to the airs and affectation already practised in the most rural haunts. But this was not the case 50 years ago : then the Nobility were privileged to be as free, rich, and whimsical as they pleased, without danger of imita tion from the multitude, who never thought of trench ing on their immunities. Like the old-fashioned plate, they were the bright embossments on a rough sur face, which gave splendour, variety, and relief; but now that the whole has been smoothly polished, the uniformity is wearisome to the eye. What a delightful place was London when the whole of the fashionable world was contained in the parishes of St. George, St. James, and St. Margaret,Westmin ster—when a woman of ton was known by her dress and deportment, and everybody made way for her as she queened it down the Mall ! And if a vulgarian attempted to wear an embroidered coat and lace ruffles, he was betrayed by the awkward management of his sword, the true test of a gentleman. What a multifarious heap of frippery; what essences, [Catches, powders, ribbons, gauzes, la:es, furbelows, and trimmings,were required for the composition of a fine lady ! and then what an art was necessary to give the whole the proper air—how many tire women were employed, mantua-makers and friseurs put into requi-, sition! The whole business of life was to dress, and the amusement to receive admiration. "Oh what a deal of scorn looks beautiful in the contempt and anger of her eye!" Words were almost useless,forthe.flutter of a fan contained a wholeyocabulary; the magic circle of the hoop kept an host of admirers at an awful dis , tance,whilst the favoured swain, permitted to touch the fair soft finger's rosy tip, enjoyed a heaven of happi ness; and all these things were enacted in the open air, the broad blaze of day—in the church, in the theatres, and in the parks,iobleCorydons and titled Artemissas wooed, sighed,and smiled; and my Lady Betty Modish's fl:t tacit:Ts with Lord Poppington was the Wilk or every teaaable, and the whole world felt interested in the event; her chair was besieged,and hosts of slavesclung to her chariot wheels; "her very weaknesses were 'charms," her pretty childish ignorance, her imperti nence, her impatience. 11 ,1 1 tat delicious nonsense flowed from her lips, and bow tyrannically absolute were her commands! She stt all philoiophy and all learning at defiance; but her wit - confounded the subtlest arguments, and one. j;lance of her eye silenced the most erudite orator. Her " sweet heart was on rand array t " and she, believed Mankind was anis , Created to wonder andio worship her. - This is a Creitave mit only to be teeno„.the stagi at tile Texital, of au old comedy, or .imaginesi from-, the descriptioat and sketches in the *Oder. • pa with this. swimming, milking,' dainty, iitaititlC luso- She often reftues theiressthet•she ( ehooses, Agri him she abuses Ores : boo r. Lohdon.was to women of fnsisiots, and, neeneditis to the yopUlar phrase, tq men about Vwriti their whole and sole world ; tkey, knew •nothintag country beyond Richnimid and Windsor. burn Gardens were suiffciently rural for theingoapd more sylvan haunts were associated -in their minds with fox-bunting sqUiies, the cracking of whips, the yelping of dogs, and all the arcana of pickling, pot ting, and preserving. What a picture Lady Teazle draws of .a country life; anti in the Trip to Scaibo rough, altered from Sir John Vanbrugh's Beinpre, the contrast between the . .London visitants and the rustic • inhabitants is painted with a bbld and masterly hand. —The whole race seemed to be divided between monkeys and bear, and a 4' youth of folly . ' led to 4. an old age of cards." But irrational as such an exist ence may appear, it must be a question whether our ancestors were not infinitey happier than we are, in this erudite and philosophic age. People who were condemned to drudge for their subsistence, were not tormented with vain wishes to keep npan appearance beyond their means—they were contented with plea sures befitting their stations; and the middling classes, satisfied with moderate enjoyments, left the nobility to flutter like gilded insects over the parterre of plea sure, and never attempted to appear on an equality with them. . Reputation was not so fragile a thing as it is in the present day. A woman of rank might enact a thousand wild pranks with perfect impunity. The plot of a Spanish.comedy was not more crowded with that harmless sort of intrigue which only seeks to gratify a passion for conquest, than the lite of a fins lady. In the morning she commenced her bright ca reer, and as she sailed down the Mall, in as much state as Cleopatra affected on the Cydntts, perfumed bill t. were thrown at her feet—her servants *ere dismissed from their attendance by more obsequious r and gaudily attired slaves—one held her snuff, a se cond was proud to bear her cardinal, and the third carried her fan. These beaus were all eager to furnish some piece of entertainment for the evening ; an aquatic excursion on the Thames, with a baird of music and fire-works—or a coach and fcur,4nd a dinner of white bait at Greenwich—a supper and dance at the Star at Richmond—or a trip to a review on Hounslow Heath, and a cold collation at Staines. The nymph accepted all these treats, and often, through mere scorn of the donor, bestowed all her attention on a guest, who had never purchased it by such lavish expenditure; or disappointed the whole party, and scuttled ,off, muffled ,in a disguise, in a hackney-coach, to play a trick •on some favoured lover, and win a heart a second time, incognita ; or, pleased to ruin another's wooing, employed every ar tifice to rival her dearest friend, and then cast off her conquest with her gloves, and pointed the artillery of her eyes at some new gallant. With evening came 100 and quadrille, and what she lost at the one, she cheated for at the other ' • or paid her debts of ho nour with a smile, and, like the too adventurous, moth, was in momentary danger of scorching her wings in the devouring flame she loved so dearly to approach. Devoted to vanity, and insatiate of con quest, she made frequent excursions into the City, ransacking the warehouses for , foreign lace, and India China, and doing her best to bewilder the shopmen with the superabundance of her aha;cns. Then the bales of frippery with which' her coach was laden, were to be shewn off at Ranelagh, and ihe - Pantheon; und though With. the decay of those places, a subject of wirnderment has commenced, that people could, ever find atnusement in mettle walking about and looking at each other, the mystery is unravelled when we consider that.the slight restraint placed on words and actions, the floridness of the gallantry, and the excess of the coquetry, together with the entertaining contrast. of those parties who only came to gape and wonder at the great, rendered the promenade equal to any comedy that was ever exhibited, and not less delightful to the spectators than to the actors. Lcndon has now grown too large for these things, and the slightest singularity in conduct has became vulgar. Gentle and simple are so crowded together, so little distinguisheil bi dress and manners ;•and the influx of wealth and the refinement of education have exalted so many little people to a level with high birth, that the Nobility, disliking the conjunction, have become jealous of chewing themselves to the million; and this exclusiveness being also imitated,. dull decorum is firmly established. Vice, still exist ing, is now a rank weed divested of its flower. " All that gives gloss to sin, all gay light folly," is ba nished ; but we fear the appearance of virtue only is assumed, aid we know that the dissipation which was formerly confined to the patrician order, is now extended through all ranks ; am' closely shut up in their carting' dare not speak to a stranger wttl duction, in any place, because they meetiltg admirers in thelong-spur the dandy clerk, :wired in Styli. and these heroes, no longer indi garity, ape the grave air and Gentlemen by profession ; and and. (rolic b lett to Use lowest noble herd of le= and Jenks.. mulct:in oruer, is ucrtv • td belles of fashion are es P v in the Pink, aid ithout a formal intro- they are in danger of purred tradesman and xitze's latest fashants ; lulging in joyous yul- solemn demeanour of I everything like sport t classes—the most igi '1 1.. I fp . . Po 1 . _ Mali STEPHEN BARliERanisON. s lrape leta be g 141112 ! " Vith t Ff re ffi' a qA! Tb f f . t Y 4Vel l Vlr4ftiMf . Cai! *en reconunpa . to.s4l"a CoNFIpRNIIAIL StirtiktifitT in a Coai try Bank, Efiiiat;a6 Counthig t -houe; ciVtaiekiiii: • hitek . Pardeulan at tbiiir Oglee, Oawpti's•couit, Cornhill, LOOons • .