Star.
London, England, 1830-10-04 00:00:00

CONTZMPLATION.

Oh, It is sweet to turn upon one's belly
When one Is tired of lying on one's beck,
And pondering o'er the page of Percy !Shelly,
To muse on several sorts of things—alack,
When man deems human life b going well, be
Feels careless and too confident, till, whack
Canes the end care that sets him on the rack.
Oh, oh, oh,
Oh, for a groan to rend the very breast ohne,
Fee fate seems to joy In making a bad jest of me.
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IMPROVEMENT IN TELEGRAPHIC COREESPONDINCE.
—An Mae has lately been started to Paris, which, if coaled into Abet,
will doubtless be attended with many curious results. It consists to
the ostablislunent of lines of telegraph all over the kingdom, which we
to be open to the public in their individual communications with each
other. on the same fooling as the General Poet Uses. It bonbon
calculated that a abort Saiden may thus be transmitted over a specs
equal to that hom Liverpool so London in the courts olive minutes, at
the very moderate expense dip francs (lee.)
RIVOLOTION•RT DUZLII.-A battik akessigo was con-
veyed by Mr. Pl—k—tt from Mr. OIL M.P. to Mr.
a learned cotemporary of ours, in consequence of an article which ap-
para hi the newspaper of which be is proprietor, condemnatory of the
M.P.'s conduct at the great Preach in Dublin. Mr. B. how-
ever, declined meeting the honourable gat eman, as a sot&
cleat excuse for his non-acceptance of tie polite invitrZehst one po•
tidal man had a right to censure the polidcal conduct of another, and
the mots ty when that conduct was not in accordance with the
feelings or the great body of the people—and that, under those chow*
stances, be did not think hat all ottaissary to fight. With this answer
the messenger departed. The " affair," in the meantime, manegkel,
and cams to the knowledge et the Maghostes of Collep.slasse
who boned booed warrants for the appebenske of the hinsmatrable
gentleman end hie Mend t bat up to a late hoar lase night day were
was mt.—Diablo Parer.

SINGULAR AFFAIR OF Howoutt.—We thaw's% that
Frenchmen had too much contempt, or rather dislike, fee mety pardon
of the sachet regime, to suffer its mama in any electsmeamese - but
two Wields& of Le Grand Natiompreved to us yeasting dot seem of
its peaces, if net its preludime,mill dung to thus.. About 8 o'clock
yesterday morning a mild wei -sememed towards the.Welliegsse Tsai-
meabldry the appeareese et two ressehoma get m Agit a duel
with swords. We mew my whether they woe Weed as sehm that
isedity it the et the hostile purposes
C rags
seinellitlailait dimesini possible that but as thelfrer;hpsoply ey
morsel dos * pales et Once" might Ache am sametation of
lasmiedie dim Oise et them got stripped ems of his shirt, and row
Swift to Ids bared weapon, while the ether was making the prepara-
whm fee ot the bps.standsrs seised the sword of the more tardy
WI lea Mt He was panned. however, by the
Gaston, but amoseded carrying of the prise of his bsenolentd
agility,
and thus bit es thi pound the two heroes, with but we sword between
them. They did set oedemata the good-natured Irishmates plan of
" tura about," and wsie umequestly obliged to absadon their inten-
tions. ft is but justice to add, that one of them proposed to decide thew
L austeeld, In their unfortunate dilemma, by boxing it out. but the other
such ungentlemanly redress. aed they retired.—Dalin Mere-
kg fighter.