Star.
London, England, 1830-09-10 00:00:00

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SONNET TO FRANCE.
A whisper nee. At dist, a favoured band,
Few,, if nseasurol, as their souls expend,
Mae wag then owlet* caught the mnenssrod sound ;
It mu* aldiom lig sk bowie, sod kindred echo knot
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with lapin, mild ea
high,
Monde@ seabed it, von its hued the ay,
And Mims bow woe prodigy was nigh !
Words bosses Wags 0.-the ay snownori a gale;
And round the spot mooniest helm ties;
The heart avows some th
g =ptamos near,
And notes with awe the e dodge dear;
And who is she that Mends widths the ring ?
RicizyzaATloalle 00 Treelm's wing...
Beneath her feet a despot—in Ise hoed a king.
Times. LIBRA.
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As OLD PZEDICTION.--We hope that the late tumults
In thfeed will not verify the ancient prophecy t--
" Chronica si paws, cum pagnent Oxonians**,
" Post aliquot menus mist ha pa Angllgenensm"
Which may be thus &gashed :

" As ette ehronielse write,
" Whoa the Weidman fight,
" All Eagisod's in arms ens a few months take flight."

JOHN BowTAx.—Coming once out of all pulpit, SOD*
of his friends went to shake hinds, and tell him what a tweet sermon
be bad delivered. " Aye," said he," you need not remind me of that_
the devil told me of it before I was out of the pulpit."--Southey's Lifc
Benireia•
Gagne:Jere Messenger states that Mr. Swan, the Ameri-
can citizen, who has been confined In the prison of St. Pelagic since the
year 1807, will now obtain his release, as the inexorable creditor, who,
under the infamous French law, which enables a creditor to keep a
foreign debtor in prison for life, had confined Mr. Swan for twenty.
three years in one of the worst prisons of the world, is dead I
FLOODS ON ETNA.—It appears that two streaMB of lava
flowed, on the 2d of Match, 1765, from the highest aster : they were
immediately precipitated upon an enormous mass of mow, which then
covered the whole mountain, and was extremely deep near the summit.
Tbe sudden melting of this frozen mass by a fiery torrent, three inks in
length, produced a frightful inundation, which devastated the sides of
the mountain for eight miles in length, and afterwards covered the lower
flanks of Ems, where they were less steep, together with the plains near
the sea, with great deposits of sand, scoria, and blocks of lava..—
Lyell`e Geology.
EFFECTS OF ALUM ON THE STSTEM. —During the last
year, M. Orilla was requested by the Parisian Court of Justice, to de.
teimine in what quantity alum might be taken without injury. M.
Orfila accordingly made a series of experiments, which led him to the
following result s—lst. Very large doses of alum, even two ounces of it,
may be given to dogs without producing any effect but vomiting and
purging : after a few hours the animals appear to be perfectly well.-
2nd. If a ligature is applied to the :esophagus subsequent to the admi-
nistradon of it, so that the alum cannot be rejected, death ensues within
• few bouts.-3rd. The external application of an mace of alum be-
tween the skin and the muscles produces a deep gangrenous ulcer, with
profuse suppuration, and death within fifteen or twenty days.--46. It
is more than probable that an adult may take a very large quantity of
alum, amounting perhaps to some ounces, without any decidedly inju-
rims effeet.--The Lonost.

EXQUISITZ DELICACY.—An individual died lately at a
house in She Meld Park, whose history exhibits one of those stapler
abbenations of resolution, which occasionally characterise our race.
About three years ago, a smart.looking young fellow solicited and re.
ceived employment Mr. Heywood,who the; msnaged a farm in
the park, la the occupation of the poor-house. With this employer he
remained two years, receiving for the former ten, and the latter twelve
rem, and subsequently went to live with Mr. Ashmore, likewise in
A =lamong coma duties, having to take charge of several horses.
ime ago, being taken ill, the individual was removed to the
workhouse, and placed under the care of Mr. Needham, the surgeon,
who was surprised to find that his patient was a female. Upon further
inquiry, it was found that the name of the sick person was Martha
Royston. Several years ago, having suffered the disgrace of giving
birth to an illegitimate she determined to abandon her
garb, and assume that of a man. This design was promptly put in exe.
cution, and for a number of years, eight or ten, it is the sturdy
disavow: of her sex took her place with the with% the harrow, or the
teem, without fearing a tom for in the field or on the road. It has
been stated that the d at one period carried on a courtship with a
young man in the park; that report, however, h believed to have been
without foundation, and equally so the assertion that her disguise had
been effected with so much secrecy and success, that her sister, still liv.
lag in the town,. not having; seen her for some years, believed her
dead. The unfortunate woman died of typhus fever, aged 80 yeara—
SAiffield Iris.
MISSIONARY SOCIZTIRs.—The whole country is thrown
into exduneut to support missions. The rich are taxed, and the poor
burdened. We do not say that they are burdened without object; for
Christianity Is so infinite a blessing, that we consent to any honest me.
thods of sending It abroad. But what is the amount of good effected ?
A few missionaries, we know not the precise number, are supported, of
whom most have hitherto brought little to pass. We fear that the
error is spreading of exalting societies of human device above our no.
turd relations. We have heard :that those delicate kindnesses, which
once Bowed from the more psaspwnas to the lees prosperous members
of a large family, and wkilil bend society together by that love which
is worth all lends, are dhAelsitsd since the late excitement in favour of
the heathen. And this we ism wonder at. In truth, we rather won.
des that anything le done for dm Impend comfort of friends, where the
doctrine en obi* maim Medan eibly rest is believed. We refer
w the dumb% that the whale beadles wield are on the brink of a hot.
tomkes and endless hell; that down& every day, and millions every
year, are sinhig into this abyss denture and woe ; and that nothing
can sore beat bat send them our wee. We see not how they who
so believe amt give dmir families athisade a single comfort, much leis
an ornament dills. They mum ha strongly tempted. one would WWI.
to stint themeless and their dependents to necessaries, and to met their
whole rewrielni substance into the treasury of missionary societies."—
Dr. CAffrosio..

A singular case of street-robbery occurred yesterday
evening, about Ave o'clock, in Fenchurch.atreet, City, upon the Bev.
Mr. Brett, who was walking slowly along the street, when he was ac-
costed by a lad, with an apron on, who politely inquired the hour. The
gentleman pulled out his watch, and told the boy it was about Ave. At
this moment a person came up, and, taking the gentleman aside, told
him that the boy was a bad character; and, as he appeared to be a
stranger in London, he would lead him out of the meet, which he very
replith:lay occasion did, andforwitedmetheDiv.inewhaengobo: elientedAthat.hors tin:eaftar
pocket-
book, containing bank notes to the amount of 401. had been extracted
from his side pocket. Information was immediately given to an ofi‘
err, who went in pursuit. The reverend gentleman had just arrived
Aroma Guildford.

Some doubts having arisen whether persons licensed pur-
suant to the new Beer Bill would, after the 10th of October next, be
required to take out a brewer's licence hi addition to their licence to re.
tail beer, Ite. on reference to the 6th Oro. IV. c. 81, it will be found
that every brewer of beer for sale is required to take out an excise
licence. And by the Ist William IV. c. 61, (the act for repealing the
duties on beer and cider,) it is enacted that after the 10th of October
next, the duty payable by keens on such licences shall be charged In
proportion to the quantity of malt which they shall use in brewing, and
that nothing in that act, or in the lst William IV. c. 64 (the New
Beer Bill) should in any manner interfere with the licences required by
law to be taken out and renewed by brewers of, and dealers in beer,
keeping inns, alehouses, Ste.

BIRTHS.
The It inst. Mrs. R. F. Newton. of Ifighbory-terraer, of a
diughter--Tbe 9th inst. Mrs. W. Helder. of Doughty...treat, of
II 800.

The In inst. at St. Giles's, Northampton, Mr. R. Barrow, surgeon,
of Wellingborough, in the same county, the son of Major Geo. Barrow.
late of his Majesty's 15th Regiment of Foot, now Barrack Master at
the Mauritius, to Julia, youngest daughter of L. Ooodyer Esq. of
Northampton—Tuesday, at Sherborne.Dorset, O.M. Butt, Eq et the
Inner Temple, barristenut-law, to Frances Jane, eldest daughter of
T. Fooks Rag. of Sherbotne—Teesday, the 7th Inst. at High Wy-
combe, Bucks, T. LydaU, Esq. of Loodon,to Charlotte, only surviving
child of L. Charlesmo, of High Wycombe aforesaid—The 7th loss.
at St. Bartholussew-tbe-Lses, T. D. Woolbert, raj. of Lower Ed.

amnion, to Mies Mary Owing. • of Rectory-Imi,, B,;w_Th, 7th tho.
at Greenwich. H. O. Buskin, El. of Hayden-square. to ltilsibetb,
fourth daughter of the late T. Lester, Esq. of Croton's-hill, Greenwich
—The 48th ult. at Trinity Church. Newington.butts, J. Nearbeneay.
of Walsworth. to Nike Cornelia Fry. of the same place.

DIED.

The Oth Ins. at Edinburgh, the Right Flom Lady Isabella Doggies,
aster to :the late, and am to the present Earl a Selkirk—The 7th
lam. at gemmed, In the list year el ids age, J. C. Leplastrier, third
sae 44 hlr..J. Laplander. of 13lackfriars—The OM ism
Ides. Jarman. at her milldam in Chatterbousmsspare—The SI bet.
at bar bow, ha Ewa-street. Strand, Mrs. Aroottoedet strilOtts
Req. aged $4.

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