Star.
London, England, 1830-07-16 00:00:00

POLICE REPORT.

LAMSETIPSTRIZT.—WiIIietet Stoat, a Waterman belonging to
Blackwall-stairs, appeared to show cruse why he detained a jar of
tamarinds, and one of pine apples. William James, a cook to aWest-
indiaman, stated that, on Tuesday last, the defendant took him on
shore from his vessel, and on landing him he demanded 20a. as his
fare. Witness refused to'pay it ; on which he seised the jars, and
detained them for his fare. The jars and their contents belonged to
a gentleman who came over as passenger in the ship, to whose re-
sidence he was taking them. The win/villain stud the cons-
plainant made a great mistake, as all he demanded was tiv• shil-
lings. Mr. Wyatt.—And what was the distance which you took
this man? Watennan.—About half a quarter of a mile, your worship.
Mr. Wyatt—And so for this distance you had the conscience to de-
mand 201? Waterman—Upon my honour, your Waship, it was
only as. Mr Wyatt—liven that was an extortionate demand.
Waterman—You know. your Worship, we always charge for lug-
gage. The complainant declared that all the luggage he had was
the two jars, and said that, since the defendant took thargoof them,
one of them had been opened, and three-fourths of its contents ab-
stracted. Mr. Wyatt advised the waterman at once to deliier the
property to the complainant, else he might be proceeded against in
a manner which he might least expect, for feloniously Asa
the property which he so illegally detained. The Waterman
to take his ii-orship's advice, and thus the.busineue was •

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ALL-4 szits.—The account of the capture of Algiers
has given rise to some poetical effusions in France. The follovang
stanzas were introduced on the occasion at the Theatre des Varietal,
and received with great applaue

De nos exploits justement alsrmie
Deja l'Afrique wait vu nos soldats ;
On l'oublisit, mats notre jeune armee
Se souvenant de nos anciens combats•
Nos bataillons, malpe la vents muskeg,
Dans ca climate sons encore descendus ;
lls se soot battus comme lean *co—
b' victoire la a alumnus.

LORD BYRON AND HIS REVIEWERS, a Fable from
the French of De la Vigne.—" Thou art not an ogle I" aied the
serpents, when the unfledged wing of the nestling failed him la his
lust flight. Soon after he turned his gate on the full blaze of day,
and whilst his talons grasped the thunder, and his vengeful beak
inflicted punishment on the rampant monsters, he replied to them,
as they hissed "in the dust,
if not an ogle, what am I then ?"
JOHN BULL.—If an Innocent Irishman make a bull,
an English cockney grants him no quarter; but must not the fol.
lowing, if it do not make, at least imply a seeming contradiction :.••
At sit the turnpikes on the high rmds lading from the metropolis,
we see painted on large boards, "Surrey and Sussex Truer—
" Middlesex Trust"—" Kent Trust," fm. and then on a smaller
board, beneath the name of the turopiker," No Trust."
A THOMPER.—It baying been observed for several
days that a large pavement stone, no less than 751bs. weight ! ! was
gradually rising out of its bedding, several inches above the level, it
was taken up, and underneathwas found et tarps mushroom. 12
inches in circumference, which is in the possession of J. Simmons,
Esq ! l—Hampshire Advertiser.
A BREAD AND CHEESE CANDIDATE!—During the
past week there have been some rare doings amongst the freemen of
ancient Ebor resident in this town. Yesterday se'nnight, after a
plentiful supper at the King's Arms in Fugate, there was literally
an overflow of rum, brandy, and wine, at the expense of the Hon.
E. Petre. On the following evening, another " do" took place at
the Hon. S. Duodena's cost. A day or two after, while a friend of
the third candidate, Captain Bayntun, was soliciting votes, he sa-
luted an old stager with what he no doubt thought would be wel.
come intelligence :—" Go to the house of and you will
receive half-a-frown and bread and cheese I" " Bread and cheese !
bread and cheese !" replied the worthy and independent elector ;'
" no, no; I know where to get better stuff then that." The gallant
Colonel Wilson, in his address to the freemen, says, if they do not
return him, he shall tell them what he thinks of them in " his" way.
—.Sheffield Iris.
A CHINESE STUDENT.—There is now at Brussels a
Chinese merchant, on his way to France, where be intends to study
French ; and he is subsequently to proceed to this country for the
purpose of learning English. As he is in full Chinese costume, be
is an object of great curiosity. It is said that four other Chinese
merchants, of great wealth in China, were to follow his example.
ICELAND.—Letters from Reikiavig, in Iceland, state
that there appeared, on the 13th of March, in the sea, within a
abort distant from the island, a volcano—of which, however, nothing
was visible but the smoke, and even this ceased to ascend after some
time. But it is feared that this volcano has formed a new island
under the water, which might endanger the navigation. Apprehen.
elms are likewise entertained respecting the volcanos on the island,
whose fresh irruption this phenomenon might occasion, has happened
in the case of Skala Falls, lokeler, during the last apparition of a
mimeo in the open sea.—Moniteur.
REVOLUTIONARY REJOICINGS.—The Gazette de
Promos hints that illuminations had been prepared by the Liberals
ibe the 14th of July, the anniversary of the capture of the Bastille
end of the Confederation, but that now these illuminations have
been countermanded, that they may not be mistaken for rejoicina
in honour of the capture of Algiers, and that the Reunion Cm
of the elections causes the lamps to be lighted or extinguished at
pleasure, as it procures the nomination or rejection of candidates by
its influence. It orders rejoicings at the triumphs of the Revolu.
don at both the extremities of the last forty years, and it is obeyed :
it wishes affliction to he displayed at a victory gained under the
King's standard, and it is obeyed likewise. Is this not a more
sovereign government, therefore, than the King himself ?
LUNATICS IN THE NETHERLANDS.—At the dis-
tance of some miles from Mechlin is the village of Oeel, where the
treatment of lunatics is conduced on a principle that might be at.
tended with advantage, if acted upon elsewhere. The patients, in.
stead of being confined in a separate building, are given in charge to
the farmers Inhabiting the village, who receive a yearly stipend for
their superhitendance, and who employ the poor creatures entrusted
to them in such agricultural works as are suitable to their state of
mind. The result has been extremely satisfactory; the apparent
freedom from restrain; the salubrity of the place, the constant but
gentle exache, the enjoyment of the open sir, the combined em-
ployment of mind and body—all together have restored many to the
use of their faculties, who have been pronounced incurable according
to the customary modes of trestment.--Dr. Lardner's Cities and
principal Towns of the World.
THE PATRIARCH ARTIST.—GibbOnS IS the well-
known name of the patriarch of English sculpture. With him or-
namental carving rose to its highest excellence in this country.
No one has since approached him in the happy boldness and na.
tural freedom of such productions. Under his chisel stone seemed
touched with vegetable life, and wood to look as lilies of the valley
and fruit upon the trees. his works chiefly are—the carvings in
St. Paul's choir—the wooden throne at Canterbury—the embellish-
ments at Chatsworth, Petworth, Burieigh, Houghton, Southwick,
in Hampshire, where the whole gallery is embroidered in panels by
Gibbons' own hand; and the altar-piece of Trinity College, Ox-
ford. This artist was appointed Master Caner in Wood.to George
the Firs; with a salary of eighteen-penes a day, which splendid
allowance he enjoyed from 1714 t0p721, on the 3d of August in
which year be died.
THE STAR.—Napoleon was a fatalist. During the
whole of his extraordinary career, these false ideas impelled him for-
ward, and made him undertake those vast projects which, owing to
his rare talents, were crowned with a success so wonderful and com-
plete, that future ages will almost doubt the authenticity of the facts
related of him. Towards the end of 1811, the period the Emperor
had planned the Russian campaign, the Cardinal Pesch conjured
Napoleon not to strive against men, the elements, religion, heaven,and
earth ; and at the same time putting before his view the danger he
incurred of his efforts being defeated In reply to this attac the
Emperor took the Cardinal by the hand, and conducting him to the
window, said to him, "Do you see that star on high ?" "No,
Sire !" " Look again." "Sire, Ido not see it." "Very well !
but I do," replied Napoleon. Perhaps Napoleon pointed to our Papa.
AN ANCIENT CURIOSITY.—A Phoenician inscription
has been discovered in Sicily. Its date is 2,025 years before the
Christian era. It is accompanied by a subsequent Greek transla-
tion. It speaks of a great famine that had taken lace in Canaan,
and of the expatriation of a great number of its ts, who
established themselves in the dominion of an Atlantic Prince. who
reigned them, but whose name is unfortunately effaced in the Greek
version. Copies dilate inscription are to be sent to the Samos of
Paris, capable to decipher the same.—Journal des Debate.
Cu mous CAUSE or WA R.—ln 1006,some Modenese
soldiers ran away with a bucket from a well belonging to the state
of Bologis. This implement might have been worth a shilling,
but it produced a quarrel, which terminated in a 100 and bloody
war. Henry, King of Sardinia, son of the Emperor Henry 11. as.
slued the Modenese to keep possession of the bucket, and in one
of the battles be was taken prisoner. H a father, the Emperor,
offered a chain of gold that would encircle Bologna, which is seven
miles in compels, for his son's ransom, bat in vain. After
twenty-two years imprisoning:at, and his father being dead, he
pined away and died. This fatal bucket is still exhibited in
the tower of the cathedral of Modena, enclosed in an iron cage.
KANSUII PROvINCE.—A poor man in this province,
who wet a maker of idols, sod a reciter of charms when giving the
vivifying dot of blood to the eye of a god, together with various
other superstitious rites and ceremonies, to procure happiness
those who employed him, was seised by the local magistrates, sod
his books examined, to ascertain if they contained any thing sedl.
tious or treasonable. The poor man, Pili-Fa-lisen, would am
answer every question, and even contradicted impertinently, they
say, the sitting magistrate, who ordered him to be chastised by 50
blows on the ankles, with a wooden ruler, which so lacerated the
bones as to occasion death, perhaps by mortification. The magic.
true reported that he died of sickness, and the governor of the pre.
vince slurred over the affair. The Criminal Board at P.king, how-
ever, have taken it up, and insist on both the magistrate and the
actors being punished, if it can be proved that the innocent idol-
maker died in consequence of ar. illegal chastisement.

MARRIED.
On the Bth inst. at Brighton. J. S. 'Smethurst, Esq. of St John's
College. Cambridge, to Margaret Penwaqie, youngest daughter of
Mr. J. R. Hardy. of Shadwell.

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On the 13th Wet- aged 67. J. Walker, Esq. late of Argyll.street,
and of Stydd-hall, Derbyshire, a bencher of the Hon. Society of the
Middle Temple—On the Mb hut. in the sixth year of Ler age,
Elms Felicity, daughter of E. A. Hofay, Eeq.—On the 13th inst.
ae Hengai.terrace, East lodia.rood, Mr. J. Pouher. lied 70; for
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