Star.
London, England, 1823-11-01 00:00:00

L A M BETH-STREET.

T. W. Glosaingtom was fully cotontitteti, charged with obta:sing a
piece of satin front Mr. Dianuaelc, of Stewart-str,set, in the 114ISC
of ,Messrs. Eland and Matthews, lineg-drapers4 at Aid; tte, without
their knowledge.

Ballooning is :al the rage in the country, though the
aeronauts are neither remarkable for their skill not their
success. Oa Tuesday, Mr. WILLI AM SADLER madean
ascent from Derby, accompanied by a Mr...llnovni,
from Sheffield. The cords were cut at twenty niiiiutes
before two o'clock, and the balloon rose majestically.
After a fine atrial voyage, Mr. SADLER descelhied iu
Portland Park, near Mansfield, having gone tweutl -ono
miles in forty-five minutes.
Frete.—About half-past twelve o'clock Smithy
morning, a fire was discovered in the large I(ks er•hxren
factory at Kelvin Dock, belonging td Messrs. Reid and
Whiteman, which was burned to the ground beforetlie
Glasgow engines Could he brought to the spbc ; The (Hs-
Lance being three miles. The steam-engine eras le
only isart of the machinery saved. Though too late to
be of service to the pi incipal budding, the fire migines
were successfully employed, under Mr. Black's direc-
tions, in protecting the adjoining houses. The fire ori-
ginated in the upper part of the building, but the cause
of it has not yet been ascettained. Th• property, we
Understand, is nearly all insured.
About a fortnight ago, a cattier wise travels between
Dumfries and a village in Galloway was entrusted ail
f.:26.19.1e6re-a bill accepted by on of -his employers
this stun, together with a *4/ papers; he put 'carefully
in hit pocket-boek, agar as he,taikhimself,.*che aas
sure he had it":when-he errived,in.-Dumfries. After,
howeier, making one_or•two-calli, -.he- missed his trea-
sot,4 hud although ha had his suspicions, he could pro-
ducetto.prOof to warrant a commitment. The earlier
was, of course, sorely afflicted ; hitt.on arriving in town
on the Wednesday following, he discoveied that a blank
letter had been left at his quarters, containing a twenty
pound note—part of the sum lost or stolen.
There exists, at this moment, in-the garden of Hr.
ANDREW Samrsou, teacher, in New Cumnack,. Ayt-
shire, a very singular vegetable production ; a real
Scots thistle, of the following extraordinary dimensions
—it measures in height 8 feet 101 A inches ; one of the
branches measures in length-5 feet 81/2 inches; one of
the leaves is in length 2 feet 2 inches, and in breadth,
1 foot 2 inches; and the whole circumference round the
tops of the lowest tier of branches, 26,feet; the cora*,
or flower pods, are in number 309. The above
had its origin from Burns' Mausoleum, Dumfries:.
When a.Frenchman would let us understand that lie
has settled with his creditors, the proverb is, J'ai
tour vies Anglo. 4-44 I hme paid all my English."
proverb originated When Jon, the French King, was
taken prisoner by our Black Prince. Levies of money
were made for the King's ransom, and for many French
Noblemen; and the French people have thus perpe-
tuated the military glory of our nation, and their ideas
alit, by making the English and their creditors syno-
nymous terms.
. CREASE'S WASHABLE PAPER-HA NCHNGS.—ThesePa-
pers, although of the most delicate colour or pattern,
may be washed with soap and water, which I:Tenth:At
can be repeated as often AS any accidental soil or stain May iwohei
it necessary, without the dighwar' hitirprto papa,, rattail, et
pound coleur. Canon and*. tote inventors and only Otsubo
terers of the Washable Paper Hanginp, feet thmissidvelkilik
tered by the vidts of those Ladies and Gentlemen who may fed
themselves, disposed to aseettaia for themeless the commie*
of the above, by actual experinient, at the .1111anufactsiiircHmi,
Great Newport-street, Long Acre; ,wbsze ebas way be aws kVidit
mens of their Washable Distemper Paladin foe the wogs ef
houses, which, from the brightness of its tint strongly seu=
the appearance of i water-colour, although its surface• isve
impervious td ambler* as that cats - • , . -

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. • MARRIED..
At Scarborough, the Rev. C. Almonsi, of tlie.&isteb PipistOrdj.
Chapel, to Christian Georgians, adept &tighter of the late 14
E. of 4he Inner ors lie, London. -a . •
Rev. Pbersesee Phillips, of Bristol loins 4Usg. of, Ave&
At •Godtenburgh, the. Rev. Megan liorinn; of. Typ-r.,p4
Cahligandilres.to Panay, oldest &near." a Sobs Neentent
late of St. Jones' street, London. • ,

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