Star.
London, England, 1830-06-23 00:00:00

SCINTILLAL

A love-sick swain aged sixty, drowned himself in the
Severn at Worcester last week, in consequence of kis charmer, a
pauper in the House of Industry, and forty years his junior, having
slighted his attention. It appears that his disappointment had for
some time past determined him to destroy himself, and he bad cop.
suited with a fellow workman as to the easiest mode, which was
decided in favour of drowning. The coroner's jury returned aver.
diet of temporary issamaily.
The Correspondent of Nvrentbi•rg copies from the
Correspondete.qj Hamburg. • stating that an august
nonage has just quitted the Ca.t. for the evangelical church ;
personage ha. just quitted the Catholic for the evangelical chu
but wman% is not the spirit of the svangeMail church to make a bout
of its proselytes, it will not be officially announced.
Tit a Si waswo TRouT.—Lientenant White mentions
a species of musical fish found In the river, which renders it
not incredible that the trout of Klite:a(ironikilia) might make err.
rain sounds capable of being compared to the singing of a thrush.--
Adverthires of Ariston.
FAcrrts.—An Irish servant lad, going along the
pas and singing inharmoniously, was asked by his master what
horrid noise be was making ? I have not made any noise, sir !"
he replied. " Why; you were singing, and a confounded noise it
was." Oh ! perhaps it was the rng in your ears your honour
heard !" This reminds us of the dialogue between two ministers
of the gude kirk of Scotland. One complained that he had got a
rirsging in his head ! "Do you ken the reason o' that ?" asked hi.
worthy crony. "Na " I'll tell ye : it's because its empty !"
"And have ye never a ringing in your head ?" quoth the other.
"Na ; never." "And do ye ken the reason ? It's because its
cracked 1" was the retorts and the truth was not very far off.
THE MARCH Of ECONOMY.—At a village in Lin-
colnshire, on the borders of the Vale of Belvolr, the reverend vicar
of the parish had recently occasion to hire a labourer ; one of his
parishioners offered himself, and was accepted. When the wages
came to be spoken of, his reverence said, " John, that's too much,
as things go now; you know that there has been a great fall in
prices, so you must take something less." The reduced sum was
settled, and they agreed very well together. Last week, John,
choosing to live no longer in single blessedness, and having obtained
the consent of his village damsel, they repaired together to church,
sad there mutually plighted their troth. The ceremony being
ended, It was John's turn to hand out the cash ; he accordingly ad.
bossed the parson, " Well, mester, what's the damage P' The
usual fee was named. " Oh, but mega," says John, who reeol.
bated the parson's speech, " that's too much, as things goes now ;
yea know that there has been a great fall in prices, so you mum e'en
take summat less." This home.thrust completely silenced the par.
len, and John paid just what he liked for fees.
CASE OF EXTRAORDINARY LONG LIFE—COMFORT
vol Torzas.—Hipolito Bendo died on the 15th of April last,
Nor Pawl. at the age of 123, 11 months, and 19 days, being born
tb Ni of Aprll, 1706. In his youth he exercised the trade of a
Nada& He married at the age of 32, and lost his first wife in
UK when in 1807 he contracted a second marriage. He was then
111 old. At the age of 115 he still followed the occupations
stlik trade; but in 18'22 he lost the use of his limbs, in cense.
C7of a fall ; still, however, preserving his intellectual faculties.
25, Pope Leo XII. wished to are him, and settled a pension
01 the veteran. But be could not stand the rigours of the last win.
Ser. In eating he was very abstemious, but he drank regularly six
bottles of wine a day.
ENJOYMENTS OF THE POOR.—The more a man's
enjoyments are increased and his character raised, the less likely
will be be to risk the diminution of these enjoyments, and the loss
of respect among his equals, by an early or rash multiage, and by
the creation of offspring without regard to what is to become of them.
The most destitute ore always those who marry first ; because
when the degree:of suffering is at the lowest point, any change is
sought for relief. The possession of comfort is by far the best se.
curtty for prudent conduct in the passing generation, not only of the
poor, but even those who are better off; and for that generation
which is in progress, our hest safeguard is comfort joined to high
and equal education."—Mr. Loudon.
THE INQUISITION AT TOULOUSE.—The religious
troubles of the Albigenses led to the establishment of the inquisition
at Toulouse —the only French town which received that terrible in.
stitution. Hader its influence, or from congenial fanaticism, Toil.
louse stained its annals with some of the most inhuman atrocities in
the history of religious fury, not only during the troubles of the Re.
formation and the League, but in the latter half of the last century.
The protestant Jean Calas, a kind father, and a most tolerant and
enlightened Christian, was broken on the wheel by an intemperate
magistrate, and infuriate rabble, as the fanatic parricide of his son,
who had renounced protestantism ; but his innocence was es.
tablished, and he was posthumously reinstated in a manner highly
honourable to the enlightened majority of the French nation, the
councils of Louis XV. and that prince bimself.—Dr. Lordner's
Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol VII ; being the Cities and Principal
Towns qf the World, Vol. I.
HORSE RACINO.—The people of England, according
to Fits-Stephen, took great delight in horse.racing even so early as
the time of Henry 11. The citizens of London, be informs us,
would go in crowds to witness the diversion. In the days of good
Queen Bess, races appear to have been greatly in vogue ; and it is
said that the nobility expended immense sums in endeavouring to
improve their breed of horses. It Is recorded that the famous
George Earl of Cumberland, wasted great part of his estate " by
his extreme love of hone-races, tilting, and other expensive diver.
dons." About the year 1600, private matches by gentlemen, who
always rode their horses themselves, were very common. In the
reign of James I. many public races were establishal in different
parts of the kingdom. Races were run in Hyde Park at the latter
part of the reign of Charles I. but it was in the time of the second
Charles that this species of amusement was most patronised. New.
market, though it had been formerly famous only for hunting, now
first became a place of great racing notoriety, which it has ever
since maintained. Charles frequently attended this place in person.
and so fond was he of the sport, that he established races for his
own amusement at Datchet Mead, when he resided at Windsor. Ile
also gave a silver cup, to be run for on the different courses in the
kingdom the value of which was 100 guineas. William 111. who
wasrenuirkably fond of horses was a great patron of racing. He
confirmed the gift of the plates, and enacted some new regulations
for the turf. George 1. discontinued the plates, and gave in their
room 100 guineas. In the 30th year of George li. an act was
passed for putting down races by poneys, &c. "by which all
matches for any prize under 601." are prohibited, under a heavy
penalty. It is also thete ordained, that every race must be begun
and ended on the same day. Them are at Newmarket two courses,
the long and the round ; the former is four miles 380 yards, the
latter three miles 1,360 yards. Childers, considered the swiftest
horse ever known, has passed over the long course in seven minutes
and a half, the round in six minutes forty seconds, which is at the
rate of nearly fifty feet in a second ! No other horse has eves gate
over the long course In less than seven minutes and fifty seconds, or
over the other in less than seven minutes. It is supposed that a
race-horse passes twenty-five feet at every spring. It has been
said that the celebrated horse Eclipse used to cover twenty-seven or
thirty feet at every bound 1— Liverpod Albion.

BIRTHS.
On the 24th of May at Naples, the Lady of W. H. Oomonde,
Esq. of a son...—At Forborne Lodge, the Lady of the Rev. E. G.
Simms of a daughter.—At the Vicarage, Humbleton, the Lady of
the Res. I. Dixon, of a daughter.—At Baribro' Rectory, Derby-
shire, the Lady of the Rev. M. Stapyhon, of a son.—On the 16th
at Monson Villa, the Lady of the Rev. F. Close, A.M. of a son.—
Same day, at Cheltenham, the Lady of Col. Crowder, of • son.

3IARRIRD.
On the 18th hist. at St. Martin's Church, York, Capt. G. E.
Watts, R.N. of Langton Grange, Durham, to Elisabeth, second
daughter of the late J. R. Foulis, Esq. of Buckton and Htslertoo.
York.—At Walthamstow, on the 16th inst. R. C James. Esq. of
London, to Caroline, only daughter of Mr. Vaughan, of Waltham.
stow.--On the 17th inst. at Budock Church, Cornwall, Mr. J.
Byrn, jun. of Aldermanbury, to Susan, eldest daughter of R. J.
Kinsman, Esq. o 1 Falmouth.

DIED.
At Eton, on the 19th of June, C. Susannah, wife of Colonel
R. Podmore, of the iladru Establishment, deeply lamented
by all who knew her.—On the 19th in t. at his house, in Wheels.
street, (1. li
enekelis Neq. aged 77.—0 n Sunday, at his house at
Camberwell, S. Fara, Esq. in the 71st year of his age.—
At the house of his node, J. Wilson, Esq. of Ballymena,
H. J. Wilmer, esq. of Cove.—At Portia's, Watefford, W. Hackett,
Esq.—At his father's seat, Webbville, Cork, J. Tuthill, Esq.
eldest ape of the Rev. C. D. Tuthill.—At Calais, a few days ago,
I/. Allen, Esq.—On Monday se'onight at Bristol, aged ISt Char-
lotte, daughter of Mr. Russell, of Hereford.—Tuesday, at the Par-
swage House, Bishop's Clone, aged MI, the Rev. M. L. Towns.
end, D.D. Rector of that parish, and at Aldertoo,Oloucestershirs.—
A t Barger, Sunda last, Mr. Wm. Woodward, late of Stowe.
The Etch, at Cnipp Sodbury, aged 17, H. Hardwieke, youngest
daughter of the late . VeeL Esq. of Alkertes House, (Ileums-
shire, being the third of the family that has bees removed by death
within the sheet space of seven months.—At Hinckley, aged Mon
the leek bk. E. Ale Ewan. Having lost his sight at the age of
six pony bksattentios was tamed to the science of music. of whisk
be afterwards became so orsarpleof a master. la 1827 be was ow of
the performer' at the Leiesesee Oratorio ; sad the single fact of his
bassos etwandual to atesueir the met @Memo compositions, and
taking alert of lbs psollmmilleris at the chards for three successive
days, mimosa riot ossansitrimensery.

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