Star. — London, England, 1822-11-21 00:00:00

TEE ARMY. f)entenant-Ceneral Lord Comstawmit test op bis shddettee r : Friday afternoon it the . Royal Hospital, Kilmainham a near t'uhlir. ik ; ,ehments belonging to the undermentioned Corps—tbe tisd (or I a York Wesc Riding) Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant- General S.r J. C. SH tRAROOZZ, G.C.R. Colonel, bearing on its colours and appointments the following honorary distinctions ▪ s i . t intaparaot," " Waterioo".a..the fiDtis (or West Kent) Re! s i t u. lit of Foot, General Sir J. Darr, Kat. Colonel, having on its c.)luurs and appointments the undermentioned honorary dls tio..:ons in commemoration 'of its servicel, " Egypt, " Vi " Corunna," u Almares," " Vittoria." " Pyrenees 4" • • e ," " Orthes," " Peninsula"—the Nat (or Argyllshire) Itrri~.r• eat of Foot, General D. Campeau, Colonel, bearing on t ! „ colours and appointments the following honorary distinctions, • !NP. noes," " " Nive," el'(tithes," " Toulouse," •r, Tula"—and the 92d (Highland) Regiment of Foot, Lieu t' General Sir Joni HOPE, Knt. Colonel, having on its co . appointments the undermentioned honorary distinctions, i; .oin nernoration of its services, " Egmont-op-Zee." " Men d rgypt," " Peninsula," " Waterloo, embarked at c, on the 19th inst. on board the Echo transport, for the . .4 being conveyed to Jamaica. .).‘ .chments belonging to the undermentioned Corps, viz. the West Essex) Regiment of Foot, Lieut.-General Sir Jot; Meatus', Bart. Colonel, bearing on its colours and ap p0::1; netts the following honorary distinction — " Gibraltar ;" t h,. 52,1 (or the Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, General lle:nar PIOOT, Colonel, having on its colours ;AM appointments the undermentioned honorary distinctions— Peninsula," " Niagara ;" together with detachments of Royal Sippers and Miners, and of the Staff Corps, arrived Por - smouth on the 17th instant, on board the Pilot transport, front the Mauritius and the Cape, and are ordered round to Chatham and Woolwich. _ _ The Pilot transport having sailed, in pursuance of orders, for Ch..tham and Woolwich, was obliged, by stress of weather, to ack to Portsmouth, on the 18th instant. Depot of the Nth (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, • . Cienet..l 0. Earl of Daruousta, G.C.B. Colonel, em i).„kcj on the 19th instant, at Cowes, on board the Zephyr tra,,iort, for Cork. • SPORTING INTTLL IGEAZ E. BOXERS. I • EDIh2WIIOII, minivan it. rI It it trith deep !Vacant that we 6nd a regular este , . , blishment has been %rased In Edinburgh for the pro. pagation of the blasphettibus tenets espoused by Car ' lik and his followers with whiCh the Metropolis of England has of late been so mud annoyed. We had The 1;1 , 4, and a full meeting_ of the fighting men and their took Once yesterday in Mr. Jackson's 'Wont% ) for the of rrctiving back the stakes deposited for the fights, Mr. paid Randall .R 250 of his own staked money, .7 r . to others, .`Aartin complained that it had been reported rsit want to fight, and to prove the contrary he would 1+,;:;t in '24 hours for ten sovereigns. Randall said that there ;:o occasion to fight fur that suet, but he would fight hi:r, the:. and there, for the £2.50 be had just received. Mar t!a was silent. no conception that the sober-thinking inbabitaats of this City, whose attention to Public Worship, has always been the theme of admiration, and whose Clergy have ever been remarkable for their attention to the well-being of their Rocks, could have been drawn into espouse sentiments of this description.— True it is, however, that information having been Conveyed to the Sheriff, that functionary yesterday proceeded, along with the Procurator Fiscal, accom panied by a small body of police, under the charge of Captain Robinson, to the Cordwainer's Hall, in the Potter-row, where they surprised, yesterday afternoon, a full meeting of " The Edinburgh Free Thinkers' Zeletic Society." The President, a turner, residing in the Canongate, named Wilson, and the two leading members, or rather directors, named A Meek, were apprehended ; the rest of the audience, consisting chiefly of youths and journeymen tradesmen, were allowed to depart, on giving their names and places of residence. Among the group were several chil dren of both sexes. This Society met every Sunday for the purpose of discussing philosophical subjects.— Among other principles, they denied the pivinity of CHRIST—the utility of prayer—and one of their sub ject,' of discus.,ion was, whether or not-there was a Oahu ? The Society has a library, principally of deittical works, to which all the members pay, and have access weekly when they meet. The Duchess of %tad NGTON received the pleasing intelligence of the entire restoration to health of her illustrious Lord, early in the week, through the me dium of a letter received by the Duke's sister, Lady ANNE CULLING SMITH, written about the 9th inst. In this letter, his Grace says I expect to leave this (Verona) on, the 45th instant, foi England." The Duchess of WELLINGTON is with her amiable family at Strathfieldsay. The Earl of MONMOUTH gave his first dinner, a few days since, at his Lordship's beautiful residence in Portman-square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Csrarmos and family arrived in town yesterday from their seat, Wotton, Bucks. SpasNa A Sp Stews.—On this money being given up, Spring sit: .. e was ready to fight Neat. from £lO to 400 of his own v.*: In th absence of Neate Belcher w.ts not prepared to I answer until the £l5O for feit was paid. Spring observed th watt both well, and he wished much to try wbich was the Mgt .n. A' to the forfeit, It was decided that Neate was en title.. it, and should have it; and any law proceedings should 1. met by a •übscription. llrmnx AND SULLTO3l.—These men met, and Josh. addressing Fbelt: n, very energetically sold, " Why a'nt we to fight, Tom ?' Melton replied, " that he meant nothing but fighting, and they , who talked about a cross, was only ofeard of their money." it 11.11 agreed that the battle should take place on the 28th instant. Mr. Jackson next produced the epistolary correspondence from ?Ir. Elliot, the hacker of Spring and Martin ; and also some ;..enytnous correspondence about crossing; but which threw no li;ht on anything in the cross line. ratter was desirous of fighting Ward, who, it is believed, t:,!•.I the battle to Abbot; but it was agreed that he should not salit ace the P. C. ropes and rakes, or receive any patronage. TURK I SH JunlE:K.—A Greek Lady having com plained to the Tornagi Bachi, that a Turk had killed her husband, the Bachi told her that he feared the people would oppose the penishment' of the mur• derer. The woman wept bitterly. The Judge, to , appease her, said, " I have hit upon a method of consoling you ; embrace the religion of our Great Prophet, and I will force the murderer of your hus band to marry you." It seems that the Turks have lately pulled down a part of the Parthenon, for the sake of the lead which is employed in the junction of the stones ; and this new depredation has strewed the ground with frag ments of both sculpture and architecture. We are not informed as to the extent to which the dilapida rions have gone, but we trust that there may be some British travellers in the neighbourhood, with the, means and the public spirit to endeavour to save', even these fragments from the utter ruin with which' , they are threatened. The statement, which lately appeared in the jour nals, that the Archduchess MAMA LOUISA had made her appearance at Verona, has no doubt been noticed by most of our Readers. We have heard that she' appeals there to claim from the Allies the execution of the Testamentary Dispositions of NA/Potato/I in favour of her son, and that this claim has occasioned great embarrassment to the French Ministers there. The - Court of Austria is said to feel some displea sure at an article in the French Papers relative to the succession to the Throne of Spain, in case the present family should become extinct, or that the Spaniards should determine on a change. With respect to the dormant right of Austria to succeed to the Spanish Monarchy in case of a ♦acancy, to which, we pre sume, the French article refers, that right is of course derived from CHARLES VI. the competitor of Puitub' V. the grandson of Louts XlV.—but on looking to the Treaty of Utrecht, our Readers will find a provi sion expressly made therein, and assented to by Aus tria, that in case of the failure of the Spanish branch of the Boumsows, the Crown of Spain shall pass to the House of Savoy, and not to that of Austria.— However, we apprehend that neither of the two Houses need . keenly interest themselves; for, should the Spaniards determine to remove FERDINAND, we do not think they will seek another King either from the banks of the Po or the Danube. NA POLEON' SMOTHER.-The following-is an•extract from a private letter, dated Rome, October 12th :"". " Well may it be said we live in extraordinary times. Who would have thought, thirty years ago, that the wife of an humble citizen- of Ajaccio, and who afterwards was living in straitened circumstances in the city of Marseilles, should breathe her last, in 11822, in one of the most princely Palaces of this city ; publishing her last will and testament to the world with a pomp and eclat that is not often seen even in individuals of the most exalted station.— Such is the fact, .however, as applicable to Madame Letitia Bonaparte. Her chief heir is her grandson, the young Napoleon, wfio, it is said, will ultimately receive an immense fortune. To her eight children now living, to wit, Joseph Bonaparte, Lucien, Lewis, Jerome, Elisa, Pauline, Caroline, and Hortensia, she bequeaths to each and every one the sum of 150,000 scudi (£37,500 sterling), making{ in the whole three hundred thousand pounds I flie four daughters of Lucien are to have each a marriage por tion of 25,000 scudi. And to her brother Cardinal Fesch, who already rolls in wealth, she bequeaths a superb Palace, filled with the most splendid furini ture and rarities of every sort." Duc D'ENGHIEN.—The monument to the memory of this unfortunate Prince will, erelong, be completed. The cenotaph is surrounded by four figures of white marble. One of these represents the Prince, who is proceeding tranquilly to his execution ; the second is Fortitude, who supports him in this trying moment; the third Malice, who is lurking for him ; and the fourth France, in fetters. These statues are about seven feet six inches high, and the entire height of the mausoleum is 22 feet. The sculptor is M. Daunt, first sculptor to the Bourbon Condi family, and Mem ber of the Academies of Bordeaux and Copenhagen. 40 =LANA bEATiI Mn. DEBliiii i rs • • That sunning body, the D u bli n • &nit or ilter. l Mr. NN o !anent, forrherty an' emiisiht I ichants, have given the world another display of their seller in Piccadilly ) and editor of the works.entitleci very peculiar fitness for the duties of public discus- Debretes Peerage and garonetage. died on Friday, at sion. They met, it appears, on Saturday last, " for his lodgings in Upper Gloucester;stieet, Regent's the purpose of a d opt i ng suc h measures as should Park. He had Se en f or seine time in a declining sure the return of R. Soma, Esq. as Representative state of health, and.was found on Fridaynighe, about of that Guild in the Common Council" of Dublin.--, eleven o'clock. dead in his arm-chair, at the side of ; ' R. SUTTER, Esq. though a staunch supporter of the his bed. Mr. Delman's shop. when in the zenith Orange politics in Choreh and State, had been a re- of his prosperity, was celebrated as the resort of the jetted candidate for honours (such as they were COM- leading Whig Noblemen and Gentlemen resident in petent to bestow) from certain other Dublin Compa- its vicinity, who there spent.a portion of their morn: nies. His most active patron on this occasion was ing in learning and discussing the news of the day:, no less extraordinary a personage than Alderman Be had full opportunity of acquiring a large form* Nuaxtrr, matchless for his oratory, his Orangery, but from too much cenfidenCe in those about him, an his diffidence, and his granimar. We snatch a few easiness of temper, andwithout thrift,-* what is called of these graces as they pass, and offer she following a sufficient portion of cautious and careful worldly for a sample. It may be requisite for some of our wisdom, he did not tarn it to thebest account. H. Readers, towards a due understanding of Alderman I was a kind, good-natured, friendly man, who eve , - ARCHER'S Amendment, that 44 bringing back the , rienced the vicissitudes of life with fortitude—who Union" is an Irish figure of speech, which does not' never made an enemy, and died without having for• mean exctly 46 repealing the Union," but b r i ng i ng kited a friend. He was fa r a d va nced i n ye ars . back tispublin those outward Tories and legislative I cerepm which were carried away by the Act of Union. When the Royal Assent was given to the Act of Union byfive-LoRD LIEUTENANT, crowds of Eeople assembllrd in the streets through which hi s xcellency drd,e , on his way to the House of Lords, "to see, as they expressed it, " the Mien pass by." GUILD OF MIIRCIIANTS. A Post-Hall of the Guild of Merchants was held on Saturday, at the Guildhall, Wellington Quay, for the purpose of adopting such measures as would be most likely to ensure the return of R. SUTTER, Esq. as Representative of the Guild in the Common Council. Alderman NUGENT said, that he would move as a Resolution, that the conduct of Robert Sutter, Esq. in supporting the Protestant Ascendancy in Church and State, was such as entitled him to the support of the ,Guild.—The Alderman then spoke as follows : I intend to make ,a manly and open declaration of my sentiments, not fearing either the Government or the Board of Aldermen—(Great applaute).—l would ask whether you will allow a certain Junto in this city to return every man who may be elected at this Guild ? Evety man who knows Mr. Sutter, knows that he has always supported every Protestant ques-• tion. But the Government of the country is rather putting us down than keeping us up. The Govern ment is sometimes Catholic and sometimes Protest ant, so that the good people of Dublin don't know where to take their. fire from. I don't want to give the Catholics any civil power, until the Parliament is restored. I was always reared in one way, but I don't see that anything has been given up to the Protestants. I appeal to any man if I ever swerved from the Pro testant interest? I have not been fluttering about like a bird ; I do not want anything from the Government. But some persons have been cutting throats with a feather. I admire Mr. O'Connell more than those who will gives Protestant Ascendancy' in one place, and Catholic. Emancipation' in another. If we had Mr. Peel here, there is not a man but would come round by half squares ;—but mind what I tell you—it will all come down on your own heads. You all see what was done on the question of King William. Why, the windows of the Parish Widow house were broken, and the windows of the Archbishop of Dublin Isere broken ; but mind, I say, these times can't last!" Here Alderman NuonnT moved a Resolution to the effect above stated. Alderman ARCHER opposed the Resohition on Con stitutional grounds. Here there was much noise and confusion, after which Alderman ARCHER moved, as an Amendment, a that the Resolution should be referred to the Union Corn mittee, and that,when the Union should be brought back, Mr. Sutter should be made Speaker of the House r The reading of this Amendment excited consi derable laughter. THE LATE CHARLES DIBDIN,'ESQ. Some literary and dramatic friends of this late eel• lebrated writer have, within this week, concentrated together, having determined to raise a monument to commemorate his inestithable convivial virtues, and also the very high regard with whirls his works have everywhere been received. A Meeting among the first supporters of-the regular drama, and some very distinguished friends of literature, was called, and held at the Freemasons Tavern ; the assemblage was necessarily select, but the Gentlemen who composed the Meeting were of rank, and of the first respectas bility in their profession. The Earl of HARCOURT was expected to take the Chair, but sent an apology for his not being present, at the same time observing, did the business take any decisive turn in favour of the measure, he would most willingly come forward. CHARLES Yousici, Esq. of Drury-Lane Theatre, then, at the request of the Meeting, took the Chair, and addressing them, said, that he felt himself proud on being called on to bring forward a measure cal culated to convey a lasting degree of respect to the memory of Charles Dibdin, but at the same time he thought it necessary to remark, that as a testimonial of veneration and respect had not long since been erected, he should say that many poets and dramatic writers decea , ed, had lain in their tombs for years before monuments to their memories were erected 4 therefore surely such an objection, if made, could not well apply in the present instance to one so very ce lebratesl—(Cheersj. Mr. Young then very eloquently took a review of the life and writings of the late Mr. Dibdin, and in conclusion hoped something to com memorate him would be erected. Several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting, and Resolutions a l l tovin g of the design were carried. Several very handsome subscriptions were collected. ANCIENT ENCAUSTIC PICTURE OF CLEOPATRA. FROM THE MUSEUM ; OR, RECORD OF LITERATUTREe PARIS. You know that Dr..l .hnson says somewhere, that " no one ever saw a very strange thing." Lord Ches terfield advises you, in case of seeing a very strange thing, not to tell it, lest 'pair veracity should be sus pected, and you should be under the necessity of putting yourself in a passion to avenge the affront. Now, though I think the world would be a much pleasanter place than it is, if Lord Chesterfield's pre cepts, as to manners, mere better obseived ; yet I think I may venture to depart from his advice, so far as to tell you, what I shall tell all the world—at least everybody who reads The Museum—as soon as I can get the proper documents to translate and transmit to the Editor for insertion.—Quere: is it proper to I say anything about " entertaining columns," since I sometimes contribute to fill them ? I ,rather 'think not. Well then, I have really seen a very strange thing to-day. In company with two French Ladies, I repaired, this morning, by invitation, to the apartments occupied by two Florentine Gentle men, in the Grand Hotel, Rue de Bac (the street Ma dame de Stael was so fond of), and there I was sliewn an encaustic picture of Ckopatra applying Me Aspic to her Bosom, which has been lately discovered and detached from a wall, in which it has been hidden for centuries, and is actually supposed, imagined, or conjectuted (I am afraid to use too positive a term), to be a real portrait, painted by a Greek artist pa tronized by Octavius Cz•;.tr!!! I will not affront your dillettantiship by de-cribing what an encaustic painting is, but allow me to observe, that this one is painted, or rather done, on a blue slate. The co louring is remarkably fresh, very like hie: lanai-Wm:wino !—An affair of an extraordinary natura occurred a few days back, in the county of Wicklow, which is likely to furnish matter for discus sion in one of the Irish Law Courts. The parties are exceedingly respectable, and the occurrence has plunged two families in inexpressible affliction. Two marriages took place—the two brides were escorted by their admiring grooms on the wedding-day to a hotel, not far from Dublin—they dined, took tea, supped, and then the Ladies retired. The Gentlemen unfortunately sacrificed a little too freely to the jolly god, and on retiring to bed, each entered the wrong apartment I ATROCIOUS Ournacm—Wednesday night, the 13th instant, a barbarous outrage was perpetrated in Bal linea, within about three miles of Westmeath. Mr., John Faunt, of Ballinea, was under the necessity of making a seizure and leaving keepers on some of his tenants, for rent. On the night abovementioned, the house was entered by an armed banditti, who, after inflicting on the bailiffs the most brutal treatment, tied them neck and heels and dragged them a consi derable distance from the house; they afterwards succeeded in carrying away the entire property. One of the• bailiffs was in the most imminent danger of his life; after some hours absence, one of the ruffians re - urned and asked him, was he alive ? Supposing it to be a friendly inquiry, he replied, that he was, when, instantly the villain drew a bayonet, and in flicte4 several wounds on his body. The next night a party of Police apprehended several persons of sus-1 picious character, one of whom was sworn to as a principal in the above outrage, and fully committed. It is said that a case is to come before the Judges at the next Assizes for this county, under the follow ing circumstances:—lnformations were sworn, a short time since, before a Magistrate in the neighbourhood of Mallow, by a fellow who had been a soldier, and who is at present a prisoner, wherein he charged a number of persons, not less than 20 individuals, with having conspired to assassinate a highly respectable and active Justice of the Peace in that neighbourhood. On inquiry, however, it appeared, that in the number were included four persons who had been on the night stated in the information, securely locked up in a mill belonging to the very Magistrate who took the in formations. The fellow, it is said, was in consequence conveyed from the Bridewell of Mallow to the County Jail, to stand his trial for a perjury, which had for its object the distraction and alarm Of a neighbourhood, whose quiet is only disturbed by rumours, and where 4 , trifles light as air" have, for some undefined mo tives, been latterly magnified to terrific conspira , ties.—Cork Mercantik Oa-muck. 'Tis so divinely wrought That we might almost say, her body thought. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the lace; the ex pression of extreme agony of mind and body does not at all impair the dignity of the countenance, or the harmony of the features. When we look on her, we think of Egypt's queen; who . saisl of the man who had seen her, " I think he bath looked on Majesty ;" but we cannot fancy to ou: selves even the " wrangling queen, whom everything becomes,' according to tl e stage directions, .4 haling the man up and down." She is represented standing, like one who is not re• signed to death, but resolute to die ; in all the desperate energy of passion. Iler neck -and arms are adorned with jewels; she wears a crown, and her drapery is merely a blood-red mantle (which lam sadly afraid is English for the" imperial purple"), thrown back from one side of her bosom, to which she holds the deadly worm, and knotted on the opposite shoulder : this dra pery is heavy and ugly ; but I really think I never saw a face better drawn, and flesh better painted, and " I think I have looked on pictures.'=-Signor Michell, to whom this precious relic of antiquity belongs, ha., I am told, the intention to sell it, and I have heard it whispered that it has been offered to the King fbr the sum of 30,000 francs. Weri it mine I would bring it to London, take a room, and exhibit it, and then sell it afterwards. The worst is, that though it has not, like Falstaff, an alacrity at sinking, it has an unlucky habit of crumbling away when exposed to jolts and jumbles. So that if you would see it in perfection, and thereby find a fair excuse for all the fooleries of Marc Antony, you have only to repair hither, which that you may soon do ; is the macs wish if yours sincerely. HUNTING. nesday the Brighton Subscription Pack of Harriers, threw erat Patcham, and produced some good sport, but the weather bring unfavourable, the fieW was not so numerously attended as rt would have been under more brilliant auspic_s.. - . llanysliire Hunt Hounds meet on Saturde.Y, at Nutley Church. IRISH SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The KiHenan Hunt Cup was run for on Tuesday, the sth inst fri:r miles over a sporting country, 12st. and woit by Captain ti!airt.vccitsa's b. g. Tom Tight, in great style, rode by C. OIL IER?, V.sq. beating Mr. 13aiscoes gr. m. Caroline, and Captain COTTINGIIAIes Ding Doug; the former was twice successively tie winuer.—Aftet the Hunt Cup had been run for, there was a hantlonne Silver Cup, value 25 guineas, given by the Hunt for any IIkITAC, two mile heats, over the same Chase, and won very ea.ily by Captain COTTIPIGHA Gh. m. Trifle, beating Mr. Bau e••t's gr. g. Skip Jack and five others; an excellent race. Tuesday, inst. a match was run over the time Course, fur 450, be— raven M.jor JotinsvoNa's b. m. Splitfig and Capt. rorruicuast's lA g. Ding Dung, 12st. four miles, and won by the latter in high stylr; so well cuntested a race has rarely been witnessed. GAME. A pergon named COLEMAN WAS convicted yesterday, at Queen *vary °Zee, en the penalty of £5, for having threg brace °fp/wa lloaria Au poses:um, for which he could not satisfactorily account. lu default of payment he was committed to jell for three months • Damn-Lowe TIMATIIL.--.TO witness the repre sentation of Othello last night, the avenues to the Theatre, long before the opening of the doors, were crowded. Mr. KLAN imparted some fresh and na• tura' touches of genius to the noble minded Moor: in short, his whole performance was admirable. Mrs. W.WEST, as Desdessosea, was all that could be desired. COVENT-GA RDlN.—Miss F. KELLY'S rep' e sent ation of Juliet, war last night again attended by an over• Sowing audience. A son of Mr.Cuarstan, of Covent-Garden Theatre, has been filling the kw comedy parts, and with blil lignt success, at Brighton, for some evenings past. The Tom and Jerry mania at the Adelphs Theatre teems in nowise t-r have subsided since la,t season ; the House is nightly crowded to suffocation. The introduction of the Trend• Mill we look upon as a very salutary measure, as those heroic youths olio have their imaginations heated in the early part of the Piece with the glories of flooring a Charlie, see in the third act the enviable award of such an outrage. A letter dated Witharal, near Carlisle, Novem ber 12, speaking of the mildness of the season, ob serves, that he (the write!) has roses and many other flowers in full bloom, and concludes by sa}ing, had from my garden a dish of green peas yesterday, and a crop to follow, now in blossom." The Mermaid has got into Chancery. As she has been entangled in the net of the law, she must extri cate herself as well as she can. It would be curious if six Were made a Ward in Chancery. • A woman named Phoebe Harris, residing at Hanley, in Staffordshire, had a son in the Army, whom she lad not heard of for some time, and supposed him to be dead. A few days since, the post brought a letter torn him, stating that he was alive and well, and would shortly be at home. Such was the joy of poor I'!.ccbe, that she broke out into alternate fits of laugh and \\ ceping, and in a few hours expired! Tue,lay, a fatal accident occurred in the wind mill of Mr. IltmsoN, a miller of Brighton. A son 4 1 t Mr. Ilunsos, a fine young man, about 20 years of pursuit:l; his employment in the mill, got his clothes entangled, with the cogs of the principal then in full play, was dragged ;tit° its vortex, aid crushed in the most appalling manner. Instant death was the consequence. •, i i if 1 11. , ; • I ! :i • it