Star.
London, England, 1830-09-17 00:00:00

SCINTILLA.

SPEAK ZES OP TUB HOUSE OF CONSlONSoAltimagli
disused in two or three recent circumstances, it was for centuries the
custom of the speakers elect of the House of Commons to descant in
s*seg dimparapmentof their own abilities. when called to the &alto—
Yelveston was singularlyic eloquent on such an occasion,
as we learn fin= Sergeant D'Ewes s " Journal," under the date 1811:
—" Your speaker," said he, "ought to be a man big and candy,
sestet well-spoken, his yoke great, his carriage majestic, his ea.
tore ty, and his purse plentiful and heavy. But contrarily, the
stature my body is small, myself not so well-spoken, my voice low,
my carriage lawyer-like, and of the common fashion, my nature soft and
bashful, my purse thin, light, and never yet plentiful. This apology
was as usual disregarded, and Yelverton filled the spaker's seat without
detracting from its dignity.--Londiniona.
JACK OTLAN AG AN.—PreparatOry to a long march, or
any other great exertion, Jack never failed to strengthen himself with a
double allowance of his favourite refreshment, brandy. T the weak.
Deis of ween.ear constitution, which rendered sach andaseas asses.
eery, and not to any feelings unbecoming a soldier, is I sally bale
it was owing, that, on the day of battle, he always append to be is a
state of more than usual conglomeration. On such evendel candela,
when the distinctions of rank are apt to be forgotten or ovedsekal by
the men, it was no great wonder that they carried their feediliskis
somewhat too far towards Jack. When en the scene ef
one would say, " Come, Jack, let us be or sedugnithd,
today 1" Another would call out, " Never mind that fellow, Jack,
but keep close to me." A third would shout, " Hum, Jack, for the
Holy Land, the Sod, and the lasses of Limerick 1" To all this Jack
would mildly reply, " Now,
yell my good lads, u soon as this affair is over,
I'll give ye a guinea to drink, if ye not confuse me."....21des of Fiats
and:Flood.
A RAT CAUGHT BY A LIMPST.—Rats are DOW nearly is
widely distributed as men and pigs. It is curious to observe the shitb
to which they have recourse fa ring subsistence. In maritime
places they generally live upon especially limpets, making
predatory excursions among the rocks at low water. In one of the re.
mote Hebrides, a person going to the ebb to look for crabs found a large
rat drowned, and on turning it over was surprised to find that it had
been caught by a limpet. This, as every body knows, is a kind of *u-
rine animal inhabiting a conical shell, which it keeps close to the rock
when at rest, but raises when feeding, as well as upon other occasions,
at which time it is easily detached by the slightest force,although,when
aware of the presence of an enemy, it sticks so fast, as to require a smart
blow with a stone, or other instrument, before it can be knocked os—
rat bad been prowling about in search of prey, and spyitue:itiodlay.
limpet with its shell raised, had attempted to turn it, by his
nose under the shell. The limpet, however, being a powerful an
had dung fast, and so held the rat by the nose until he was drowned...
In commemoration of this achievement, the place was henceforth named
the Rat's Cove.

EAGLES.—Of the many absurd stories told of eagles, the
following, by Von Bub, is not the least remarkable s--" We leaned,"
says be, " with astonishment that eagles were very much dreaded on
these blends r for they are not contented with lambs and smaller ad-
male, but even attack oxen, and not unfrequently muter them. The
manner of their attack is so singular, that we should have doubted the
truth of the account, if we had not heard it so circumstantially and dis-
tinctly confirmed to usEin the same terms, at places a great distance
from each other. The eagle plunges itself into the waves, and slier
being completely drenched, rolls itself among the sand on the shore dB
Its wings are quite covered with sand. It then rises into the sir, and
hovers over Its unfortunate victim. When it is close to it, it shakes its
wimp, and throws states and sand into the eyes of the ox, and coin-
re terror of the animal by blows with
its pumfal wing.. The
oxen run about quite raving, and at l ngtfi fall down
'times& or dash themselves to death hem some cliff The=lettet
me elect undisturbed the fruits of his victory." If this tale be teas, the
Norwegian eagles must be very different from ours, in respect to m-
ugs and sagacity ; for the British eagles are so cowardly, that they do
net eves vesture to defend their nests against a solitary rocksman,
dugling ups a rope, like a spider upon Its thread, and so weak that
they new atoms to carry off a lamb unless in windy weather, and
from an aniseam As to esgies plunging into the waves with the view
of getting assmeled, we are very certain they would be very sorry Is
play sea pubs, for every body knows that for a drenched bird it is as
imeedias to fly, as for a drunken man to thread a needle.
MOP' TOR MAKING THZORIZI OF TIN EARTN."—
Flestpt a little knowledge of the general pbassatona et Nature; and
then Warn the names of rocks, selecting the balsa sad mest compls.
::asszeh as gneiss, hornblende, greywacke, meglemsmate. Fancy the
reeks, extended more or less esedememely over the globs In
layers, like the peelings of an Minn, with a MOM' mass, of unknown
quality, red.hot, and subject; to violent :commetiens. Let:gravitatica,
water, pressure, fie. have acted upon the peelings ; and let the core have
been squirted out and thrust up here sad there, forming various sub-
stances, which rname granite, syenite, porph bual
phonolite, trachyte. trap -tuff, &c. and thus form disruptions,hills,
ridges, valleys, beans, ravines, cracks, and thinks. Then bring the
sea, as often as you please, over the land, and sending It back after
it has deposited sand, and mud, and shells, and fish bones. Let rivers
and lakes come spluttering ova the surface here, and there, and Le
volcanoes vomit lava, ashes, water, and mud. Ponder these thin.
well; jumble all together; then separate and select, seassedual grim.
Write a memoir for the Royal Society, or print an octave, end tram
cess is simplified. Call the result a pognostical theory. The
is to be left to hie own discretion in using it but exercise with a
six-pound hammer on Salisbury Crags is recommended to be saber-
rilor contemporaneously taken; sod if he discovers a crack in
l:too; by which the crags have been ejected, a favourable opt.
also may be entertained as to the speedy restoration of his intellect.
ANECDOTES OF Fox.—Being asked what measures Go-
vernment would take to prevent emigration, Mr. Fox lied, that "be
knew not positively; but, whatever might be attempted, be knew bet
we effectual way, and that was, to make it worth the subjects' while cc
stay of home." Charles Fox one day received a severe reprimand from
his father, who asked him bow It was possible for him to sleep, or enjoy
any of the comforts of life, when he reflected on the immense sums he
stood indebted ?-.." Your Lordship need not be in the least surprised,'
=strand Charles, "your astonishment ought to be. how my creditor,
can sleep." Mr. Fox supped one evening with Edmund Burke at the
Thewasit House, whet they were served with dishes more elegant then
substawdeL Cherises appetite being rather keen, he was far from to
Ming the Mediae that were set before him, and addressing his can-
non dishes, Burke," said be, "are admirably calculated
panics= palate-ahoy are both sublime and fassittist.a
UILEAT EATZIIII.—The following are some of the most
striking examples that can possibly be quoted :—Maximinus ate sixty
r:aof meat per day; Alblaus swallowed one morning, three bu-
figs, one hundred pesetas, ten melons, twenty pounds of muscat,
one hundred imagoes, and forty oysters. Magas devoured, before Au.
reline, a wild boar, a bog, a sheep, and one hundred loaves, and drank a
pipe of wine. Domidus, an Afrima, and Audeboute, King of Eng-
hind, died at table from eating too much. Roman History furnishes us
with several examples of extraordinary drinkers, which it is amusing to
quote. Women even addicted themselves to wine; and there have been
those who at every health they drank, swallowed as many draughts as
there were letters in their names. Peron was made Praetor by Tiberius
for basin drank for three nights running. thefts obtained the pro-
vince of tht for a similar exploit. Novella took down at one draught
three large measures of wine, in the presence of the emperor. 1111
Villain had a Swiss soldier under him who was an enormous ester. The
Marshal one day had him brought before him, and asked how many
rounds of beef he could eat ? "Ah Monseigneur, I can at a pat
many—five er six at haat." "And 'how many legs of mutton P"
Legs of moon rnot many—seven or eight."'", And ducks ?" " Oh !
not rosay—a " And pigeons ?" "Ohl as regards pigeons,
Momeignsur, not many—hay, perhaps fifty, according to appetite."
" And larks, how many of them can you eat ?" " Larks, Monseig-
neur replied the Swiss, " I could est them for ever r....elpiame
Norilsk.
A LACONIC Ranx.—After the short but brilliant !so-
das fought at Margalef, basun the French under Sachet, and the
Spaniards under Henry O'Donnell, hi which the latter were defeated,
the Commander-in-Chief bf the French arm y addressed a letter to the
Governor of Lerida, which place he was then besieging; and in order to
add some positive fact to the common-place language of every summate
to surrm. , which is a mere expression of a desire to avoid the ueeks
effusion of human blood, be proposed that the Government should
sad one or more commissioners to the field of battle of Margaiel.
and to the bead-quarters, that he might satisfy himself as to the
number of killed, wounded, and prisoners. The reply was truly h-
eath, and faithfully pommy, the character of a nation which can.
not be denied the possession of dignified and elevated sentiment.
It was, word for word, as follows " Lerida, 24th April, 1810.-
General, this town has never reckoned upon the assistance of any
army. I beg to assure you of my distinguished consideradeu
(Siteel) JATlllni GARCIA Cowan." If the result had corresponded
with this language, end if the characters who appear on the public
scene could be judged by the tribunel of history by the words they
have spoken, the above might be worthy of being quoted at the
same time with the remarkable expressions which Roue and fires
have handed down to our admiration. After a very arduous step,
the town was fiesta ea the 13th, and the Mile capitulated on the
14th May thstalhole.-Suehef a Masan.

011TH.
The lah hist. Mrs. W. OTISth. of Lower Natis4weee, Greeveesc-
plea, Osseo. •

The 16th bat. at Ale laddieWarildemeilyplalao SW* mai OUII
ford, J. WNt, lag for many pore of die rajmerme, Plagear7•.4ll,
13th last. at Ms loam at itighbary, H. Pees. IM. of Tab4ll•l4
Lambeth, is Ms 67th your.

LONDON: hinted aod realising by jars 31*Trie •0. 9141
Orrin, No. 1, Pliboalimos, Tomas 1111 L