Star.
London, England, 1830-08-24 00:00:00

SCINTILLIL

THE BIRTH OF FRENCH LIBERTY.
(3 Mr. Roane, et f Liverpool.)
O'si the vine.cover'd hills and gay valleys a Prance
See the day.etar of Liberty rise,
Through clouds of detraction unwanted advance,
AndloM its new course to the skies.
At: eißslgence so mild, with a lost?* so blight,
All Europe with vender surreys,
And from deserts of darkness, and dungeons of night,
Contends for a share In the blaze.
Oh ! who 'mid the darkness of night would abide
That can taste the sweet bream of morn ?
And who that has drank of the chrptalline tide,
To the feculent flood would return ?
When the bosom of beauty the throbbing heart meets,
Al ! wike would the tratspeet decline P
And who that has tasted of y's sweets
The prize—but with life—would resign ?
But 'tie over, high Hear's' the decision approves,
Oppression has struggled in vain;
To the Hell she had formed, Superstition moves,
And Tyranny gnaws bee own chain.
In the records of Time a new sera unfolds,
All nature exults in the birth,
His creation, benign, the Creator beholds,
And gives a new charter to earth.
Oh, catch its high import ye triode, as ye blow !
Oh, bear It ye waves as ye roll !
From the Nations that feel the Swell retina glow,
To the farthest extremes of the Pole.
Equal rights, equal laws to the Nations around,
Peace and ftirodship its precepts impart ;
And wherever the footsteps of man on be found,
May be bind the decree on his heart !

TO THE EDITOR.
Sll,—The enclosed smen of native poetic talent was taken from
the walls of a church in Hampshire, which has been nine months cloud
for repairs. If you will Insert it in your respectable paper, it may tend
to excite other poets of our country.
Your's respectfully,
THE DES h. tarp CHURCH.
ifiehber Parson, Clerk, nor Sextou, is here to be found
The Church quite neglected, while I till my (hound
use fourth of my produce, debuting Ripeness
Is paid to the Parson, say nothing offences
Is this not tiranick. I ask you by passers
Peens the ether three forths. I pay Rent and Taxes
The Minh being shut up. and our Prsyen neglected
No Tithe for no Duty is what. I reasonably expected
But reason says the Parson. has nothing to do with my Clain.
I insist on my Tithes, if nothing ymi pin
I will be Lord of this Parish ; and if 1 cant have my way
I will take up my Tithe:, without further delay.
I will stop the repairs of the Church. and oppose all the People
I will take off the roof, and if possible the Steeple
Although Times is so bad, I will load you with Expenses
No reduction in my tithes, because defences
The tithes of the Clergy, is the cause of much derision
And a Subject of course. that stands its need of revision
The libitum is bad, the emolument too much
I call forth the attention, of all that think such
To nmedy.the evile. it is my opinion
Something should be said. about a begining
By calling a County Meeting, a Petition to send
To Parliament praying. the Tithe Laws to mend
If some fientlemen of independence, would step forward in this Cause
They would hate the support of the County, and meet great applause.

A. B.

ORIGIN OF THE TRI-COLOCRED CoCBiDe.--Before
the Revolution, the city of Paris had colours of its own—red and blew
—the white being the colour of the Km; and his army. After the
taking of the Beadle, the sensed bargeoise of the city having taken the
name of the National Guard, added the white to the two previous
coleus of Parte, fbr the ;impose of indicating that the King was no
Ismer a separate estate, and that his power had passed into the hands
oldie people. Thus the fri.ooloor became the national colour.
MR. MACKENZIE AND TILE WLATHER.—Mr. Mae-
kande knits, we have reason to know, become a son of Lion of late—that
is ever since we took whales) to phial out the fidelity of some of his
• rughostiesdens. His book halt fleas In every body's mouth fot the last
-two Mends—and a man (we speak from experience) actually acquires
some repots at dinner and 'upper patio, from being acquainted with
ft. Mr. Mackenzie, as we formed_y bore testimo was right to a
&IV&_ in tegerd to the weather of May, Jam, and July. 6 The favour.
Mills change that took plies towsrde the ettd of the list 'Wealth, elevated
Min in the estimation of ntluiy giveloug men, aye, and of sagacious
rant% too, to a rank inferior only to that of a pniphet.—Me. Black.
abed had twenty, thirty, and sometimes even flay applications in a
tot copies of the Atonal"—and we made ourselves quite sure,
told ere art sure so did he, that the Manual for 1881 would be a ntost
tuanty.maklng speculation. But just as our, . and we presume his
hopes, were at the highest, the skies became overcast, and drenching
shown, such as we had yeitcolity afternoon, about four o'clock, have
retailed to our great horrification. Mr. Mackenzie has, we are told,
fot we hive not the honour of his acquaintance, been assailed with
questions from all aides as to what can be the cause of this anomalous
rag on the past of the weather—attiring as it does at a time
alien the public, depending on hid prledietiods as set ferth by ourselves
sod other journalists—the Perth Coderiir in particular—made sure of a
glorious harvest. The answer to these presumptuous interrogatories it
now before us, and it proves, is will be men, dist it is us and cur con.
temporaries that have ban too sanguine, not M. Mackenzie Oat it
wrong. We are sure at a time when the sickle is ready, the hus-
bandman impatient, and the crops most luxuriant, but woefully greens
that Mr. Mackenzie's explanation will be read with attention of no ordi-
nary kind :
In the strictures made upon the Manual for the current year in
different parts of the country, by means of the newspapers, 1 regretted
to observe that the coming weather of August was expected to be par-
ticularly fine; and 1 believe I took an occasion last month of mertior.
ill to you that such expectations were rather extravagant. In the table
of the Manual, August is stated to be dry, mild, dear, light winds—
winds generally northerly and easterly; and at page 76, when giving
the particulars of the weather of the month, it is there mentioned that
the mild temperature would be of an ordinary description, and that the
number of Jaya* rain, and the quantity of rain, would be under average.
Now, putting these circumstances together, the month should conout
only tolerably good ; for the average number of days rain in it is .0
as 18, and any thing below this amount will suit the description,
because it is nut said that the month would be considerably or very dry.
--but simply dry--and it would only be simply mild. Indeed from
the nature of the season, gathered from the calculations, there could be
no allusion made to warm or tine weather in the description of it, arc
accordingly there is none; and what has been mentioned regarding the
harvest weather is rather unfavourable than otherwise, though the bulk
of the crop was indicated above average.
" I suspect the constant disappointment respecting the weather of the
Inatome? months has been partly the cause of such sanguine expectations
being stored up tor August; as it it, it has hitherto been the bud of the
season. Yet I have been questioned by several as to the accuracy of my
ealculations on the first shower which fell .on the month—a fact which
did not occur since the publication of the Manual till now. I have only
time toad& that next summer there will be much more tie patience
evinced at the dry weather than has appeared in this, in consequence of
the rains. By the way, I forgot to state that I never pledged myself as
totba psefeeVoccuracy of every particular in the weather to vine ; on
the contrary; I repeatedly mentioned that there would of necessity be
Nome little huiceuracies, but that in general it would be found covrect.
Whatever may be thought of the Manual of the present year. I have
abundant reason to rest satisfied—at least, hitherto—with the result
Edinburgh Obeervef. ... • . . •

MTH.
Tho 20th inst. the Lady of J. Melville, esq. of Upper Harley.strco,
of a son.

111AikRIE1).
The gist inst. at Chepstow, W. B. Ilathews, esq. of London• to
Elizabeth blary, second daughter of the late R. Fiske, esq. of Chepstow•

8188,
On the 21st inst. Mr. lobo Brabbam, Chemist, C. of Poplar.
altal 02.
The 14th inst. Ittar.Aditiral Heater, at the advanced age of 28.
The 20th inst. as Bath, after a protracted illness. Harriet, the chlot
da„ Vllhter •of John Buda Butler, erg Cormnissary.Grueral to the
Forces.-f—Theleth inst., at Harrogate. in his 81st year, W. Smithson.
".Kl• inW Of- Heath. near Wakefield, Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of
the .two Regiments of Leeds Local 31ilitia.—The 31st inst. at Wal-
thametow, Ella. wife of, S. Smith, esq in the 77d, year of her age.
The 2001 inst. T.. 1A Whiner, Esq:. at his residence, Uhler-terrace.
Regent's-efek.—The 21st inst. in !south itudley-street, • litch`ll'
Esq. formerly Captain, of the Hon. Ems India Company's ship Bridge
water, in the 87th year of his age —ll.e 19th inst. 3lr. J. foremin'
of his 411kjerAy'll C.ustotne, aged 88..—The 224 insr, at her .stn's how.
in Abingdon.street; Westminster, in the 81st year of her age* Un.
Hallett, widow of the late J. Hallett, Esq. of Little Seoll;ril.ysta....
The 211 d blower, in Park-place, St. Junin's, at a very a1va,,,.„4
see, Mrs. Drier:eke, tenet of the late C. &Wake,
2lid inst. in itiallith year, at his residence at Petlithant. P"'
formerly of Bankside, esaLmereissoo

and Plibliabtd by 30111 Millet, at the Sue,
t, 14100. 1, Islekett-plabi, Temple Bar.

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