Star.
London, England, 1824-02-27 00:00:00

REFUGE FOR THE DiSTITUTG.

Yesterday, the Seventeenth 'Anniversary Dinner of
this valuable Institution was celebrated at the Gty
of London Tavern. His Itoyal Ilighiseiti the Duke of
YORK presided in the Chair. Amongst the company
present we observed .the Right Honourable Lord Liven
POOL, the Honourable GREY BENNET, M.P. the Hon.
Mr. Justice BEST, Aldermen Sir C. FLowea and AT-
KINS. On the cloth being removed, Non Nat.; Domine
was sung. in fine sty_le, by Messrs. CLARKE, GOLD! NOt
NEILD, FITZWILLIAM, and EVANS; after shich, Tile
health of the King" *as drank with three times three,
and great appl-4use.—Song, Goo save the King, accom-
panied by the Duke of Yontc's Band.

Lord LIVEIIPOnL, in rising to pApose The health
of the Duke of Yoi k,7 complimented that Illustrious In-
dividual on the interest he manifested in the welfare of
this valuable Institution, at The Anniversaries of which
he bad condescended to preside for so long a. time.
The health of his Royal Highness.having been drank
with great applause, he rose and returned thanks for the
honour which had just been conferred on_ him. lie sail 1
it was impossible not to enfer upon the service of such
an Institution with zeal and animation. He was deter-,
muwa to—do everything in his power to promote the vb-
ject of it, and he knew he should be powet fully supported.
Alderman 17Lowsn proposed
6' The health of Lord Liverpool."—Drank with three tittles
three, and great applause.
Lead LivEttpoot, in returning thanks, adverted to
the manner in which the Institution had been conducted,
and said the greatest credit was due to thuse who super-
intended it.

Duct—" Hail; Star of Brunswick."
Toast—," Lord Sidmouth and the Vice-Presidents." Three
times three.
The SECRETARY read apologies from Lord Sidmouth,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of London,
an several other distinguished individuals.
Toast—" The Chancellor of the !::chequer." Three times three.
His Royal Highness then gave
" Mr. Justice Best."—Three times three.
Mr. Justice BEST said, that lie had had many oppor-
tunities of ascertaining the value of the institution, and
he certainly considered it one of the very best and most
charitable of Chat ides. Persons who had beetl tried by,
and convicted before him, had been completely re-,
claimed by thii Institution ; and if such Societies were
generally extended over the face-of the country, the good
con-equences would be incalculable, asthe morals of of-
fenders could not be improved so much by any otheri,
means that had yet'been devised.
The Duke of YORK then said, 'I shall have the honour
of proposing " The health of my very particular ltiendf
the Honourable Grey. Bennet."—This health was Onessii
with three times three.

Mr. BENNET returned thanks. He regretted to.sratei
that a multitude of domestic circum%tances reveated
him from taking a more Active pail in the.concerui..of.
the Institution. Every day satisfied, him of the benefits
resulting from it, and scarcely a day passed that did he
not her the thanks of scme one who had benefited by. it.
Lord LIVERPOOL then propobedr—

1' The health of Mr. Foster, the Treasurer,"—which was drank
with great applause.

M. FOSTER returned thanks. The Institution stood
higher than ever. It had beer, visited lately by his
Royal Highness and the Duke of Gloucester, both of
whom had expressed their admiration of the manner in
which it was conducted. He then read a list of the do-
nations for this year, amongst which were—
From the Duke of York, 50 guineas ; Lord Liverpool, 30 guineas ;
r Lord Tankerville, 10 guineas; Lord Calthorpe, to guineas; Lord
Sidmouth, 10 guineas Mr. Rothschild, 20 guineas.
The SECRETARY stated, that from the yearlBlB, 882
persons, making a total of 1,289, had been admitted
into the Institution. Of all this number, there were only
146 cases which could not be satisfactorily'spoken. of.
After ." The health of the Stewards," &c. had been
drank, the company were delighted with several excel-
lent songs.—A liberal collection was made.

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At Bergen, in Norway, on the 6th ult. ahouthali-past
five in the morning, a pretty smart shock of an earth-
quake was experienced, accompanied by a rumbling
Subterr ancan noise, by Which the houies were shaken,
and all sorts of furniture tumbled about. The direc-
tion was from S.W. to N.E. The noise lasted nearly
a minute. There were two shocks, but the first was
the more violent. ,

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POLICE INI'ELLIGENCE.
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sow-srutier.. . '• .: • •
At:OTM% Ilea 1110 Ins Dusan !---An inteffirt-Inelthli lad,
very meanly dressed, presentedhimself before Sir tenants' tieiau
ye terday morning, and modusily requested his sdvice and' assist-
an e in what he called &very delicate and important affair. •
. 'r Riess ars told him he was ready to bear him, and desired him
te'speak out freely. ' . .
" Why, Sir," said the youth," I have recently foiind out the secret
that I am son to her Royal Highness the Princess of Cumberland!"
" Well, and what would-you have me do?;,' said his. Worship,
/oohing at the youth with some little surprise.
" I really don't know, Sir," replied be ; " but I think she ought
to acknowledge me, now she has so many friends about her. I was
fent to nurse, when I was quite an infant, to an honest couple,
earned Bell, and they have supported me ever since at. their own
expense as they say, though they have had many misfortunes in the
world. Ile was a baker ; but he failed iu consequence of somebody
setting up a cheap bread shop near him; and now he holds an infe-
rior situation in the Excise Office. I have always gone by their
name; and they have been very kind to me ; but now I am seven-
teen years old, 4 ant ashamed of being a burden to them any loiter."
" llow la it," asked Sir Iticuaan, " that they have not applied
to•the Princess-, as you call her, for the means of supporting you?"
" Because they never found out who I was till lately," replied
the lad; " and now Mr. Bell does.not like to meddle in it, for fear
the l'rincess should get him turned out of his situation."
Sir RICHARD said he doubted whether ha Royal Highness had
i dent interest with the Excise Office to bring about any such
hunentable catastrophe.
" The woman I call my mother," continued the youth, 0 has ap-
plied to the Princess ; but she took great airs upon herself, and
threatened to set her Solicitor tlsout her, if she ever dared to trou-
ble her on the subject again."
S:r RICUARD asked him if he had ever applied to Sir Gerard
'Noel ? and he replied that he had, but Sir Gerard had taken' no
notice whatever of his application.
" Did you ever apply to Mr. Parkles=he that was the Sheriff?"
said Sir itichard—" you know he is a redresser of all sorts of
grievances !"
"Die lad smiled, and replied, " Yes, Sir—poor Byrne to wit!"
" Well, really, my poor boy," concluded his Worship," I can do
nothing at all for you. 'lf your story shoold be true, I should wi•fil
fo serve you ; but be it as it may, you :mast take your own coursei"
and thereupon the tleg!,:eted young Prince made his bovi and retired,

LAW Arm I:datttry.—A Solicitor summoned a hackney-coachman
to 'hew cause why he should not be fined upon two distinct charges
—ahuse,.and bring absent from his coach; to both which charges
coacher pleaded Not Guilty.
It appeared that the coach had been called to carry the solicitor
and h.s family from Drury-Lane Theatre to their house in Lin-
coln's Ina-square ; and when they arrived there, coachee, • not hav-
ing the feat of tin- Isw before his eyes, when the Solicitor offered
him a shilinig, said " Isis a late hour of the night, your honour, and
I've carried live persona, so I hope you will give me a trifle more,
as I've a wife and six children to support." This was the abuse
'-complained ot.
To prove the absence, the Solicitor called his servant, 'mho deposed
that, after he had called the coach, the coachman went away froth
it more than a quarter of au hour. But, in his cross-examination,
he adtuitted th At he did not take the number of the coach, because
lie could not read, and that he could nut swear either to thescoach
Or COAChtilatl.
This being the cute, the Solicitor was.nonsuited• In both nee*,
and had to pay all Costs; though he assured his Worship that he had
instituted she proceedings &Arty pro bone publien--" it hieing very
proper these fellows should be taught that we must have coaches
when we want them-P'
Fentoes Damiso.—Two hackney charioteers were charged by
the patrol with galloping fitriously abreast of each Other down the
declivity utt the Surrey side of Westminster-hridge.
One of them defended himself by saying his horses -could not
gallop at all ; and the other that his horses were so young and' full
offecd, they would do nothing but gallop !
Sir IlEctmuufitted them 10s. loch, and recommended him,whose
horses would not gal:oe at all. to buy more corn and fewer whips ;
and him, whose hors,-s would do noshing but gallop, to be more
spat ing both of whips and co: n..
Pieerockur.—Jantes Jorreit was brought in by Avis, the pa: ml,
who found him attempting to pick the pocket of a Gentlernau
coming out of Drury-Lnie Theatre on the prect-diog night.
The prisoner is one of those cavern-mouthed bipeds who every
night split the earls of the tiny': lieges, by bellowing " coach en-
hired r The patrol caught hits% with one h oaf in the pocket in
question, and the othregen-ly lifting up the bottom of it ; attd as hi
could not deny thisi'he was capsulated fur the misdemeaussur.
". ' . • IMMIIALL.
Mr. JOilson, the Vestry Clerk of St. Andrew's:, Holboen, at-
tended on the part of the Overseers, who had heen summoned by
Agnes Warren, for refusing to take under their care a boy, about
three years old, who had bzen thrown upon her hands. About two
years ago Mrs. Warren and her husband resided in Stang ate-street,
Lambeth. when a:respectable looking man called to inquire if she
would take care of an litfant? The Gentleman represented himself
to be uncle to the child, that he was a merchant in Nicholas-lane,
and would allow £2O a year for its maintenance, and supply it
with clothing. Having saushed herself that the Gentleman did re-
side where he had stated, she took the child. requiring no further
security from him, and the first year's payments were duly remitted
from Hamburgh. She afterwards rev-Peed a hill for 101. drawn on
a firm in.Oement's-lane, but she could not prevail on them to ac-
cept it. In a few days subsequent.to her application, they removed
to fiondon-wall, aud shortly afterwards disappeared altogether ;
and the uncle-was nowhere to be found. About tive-weeks ago the
complainant's husband had his ribs broken, and she was now unable
to support the child gratuitously.
Mr. dopson seemed to think there was a collusion between: the
applicant and the father to foist the child upon them, and questioned
the woman-a considerable time, when it appeared that a widow
Lady, of some property, had called to see the child, and, though
abe denied ir. she was auppOsed to be the mother.
Mr. Aide.* tan Cansena thouaht the parish ought to take the
child, and pass it to its settlement. Here again, howeVer, a diffi-
culty presented itself, for the complainant bad never heard where
the child was born..

Illr. Jopson at length engaged that the child should be taken care
of, Airs. Warren undertaking to furnish every information in her
power.—The child's appearance proved that ample care and atten-
tion had been bestowed on it by Mrs. Warren.

CRUELTY AND HUMANITY CONTRASTED.—The early
revolutionary movements in Mexico led to many wanto
massacres, which were by no means confined to Spanish
Conintande: s. Several Mexicans at that-time wielded
the sword of vengeance against their countrymen, and
vied with each other in rendering themselves worthy
of the confidence of their employers, by resorting to
acts sf the most disgraceful cruelty. One of these
wretc)ies, who afterwards had even the preamption
to aspire to a throne in the very country be had
so much outraged, writing from Salvatierra, to his
Commander-in-Chief, General Cruz, under date of the
17th of April„lBl2, giVes hint an account of a victory
he had just gained over the Independents, and boastingly
adds, " that he had sanctified Goad Friday by sending
on that day SOO of his excommunicated prisoners to the
deep abyss below." How different was the conduct of'
another Mexican, Genet iilßravo,i distinguished patriotic
Chief, in an action about the same time: he took 300
Royalist prisoners, just at the moment. that he received
information that a dearly-beloved father had been shot
by the enemy. Some of those about him observed that
this would be a fair opportunity to avenge the loss of
a parent, and obtain a just retaliation for the massacre
above alluded to. " No," said General Bravo, " t
shade of my virtuous father can never be satisfied by
soinhuman.an act; his murder, .and that of the others,
require of me acts of . charity, nobleness, and genera.
sity." He instantly ordered. the SOO Royalists to be'
released, and sent them home.
A SCRAP FOR THR CREDULOUS.--An A mericanPaper
mentions the following as an easy method of taking
owls;.-e When y6u discover one on a tree, and find
that kit looking at you, all you
.have to do is, to .mbve
quickly, round the tree several times, when the owl's at-
tendon will.be so firmly fixed, time, forgetting the neces-
sity of turning its body with its head, it will follow your
motion till it wrings its head off!"

rim TRF:AD-WEe- •
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Mr. Secretary Peel. in order to ascertain by the only
gyrational method that could be employed, what was the
real practical effect.ol the puniihnient, directed, hit
December, that a circular letter slioirld :be sent to the
Visiting Magititrates of the. several Jails and Hou.es of
Cdrrectiou where tread-wheels havr been 'establisher',
requesting that,.!' after cpnsulting with•che Surgeon of
,the prison, they artould inform .him, whether any bodily
:mischief or inconvenience had bees experienced by the
prisoners- working on the • tread-mill?" The cone.
spondence resulting. from this application has been
:printed and laid upon the tableottbe.HlPOf Commons.
It embraces twenty-one counties, and consists of answe.s
from the visiting-gagistrates aid Surgeons of the dif.
ferent prisons in those counties where the treadmill
used. Without-a single exception, without even the
,shadow of an'exception. the whole.of those Ma,i,t,att.,
and medical men &dare that/he Use Of the tread-.. 611 is
in no way injurious:. ontheicinkrary, most of the Surgf
and Magistrates assert, that since the introduction the
'tread-M, the general health of the prisoners has mini.
festly improved, Of course, proper care is taken Mu:
prisoners arc not subjected to the labour who ate al-
ready in ill health, or may be suffering under-any par-
ticular disease, which would render such an occupat;nll
obviously unfits Its application too to female prisoners
is regulated-by various circumstances. There are, In-
deed, three or four instances of accidents mentioned; bit
they were either purely' accidental as regards the tread-
wheel, or arose from the neglect and misconduct of the
pat ties who suffered.

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OXFORD aft-MlN.—The • death of Mr. FAKE, on,
of the Members of Parliament for this county, fierier-
occasioned. a vacancy ih its representation, :r treetin;
of the freeholders of this county was convened on We.•-
nesday at the Town-hall, Osfm d, by the [Ugh Sherif.
when Mr. FAX; the son of the late Member, was pr, -
poied,-and no opposition appearing, was declared (Jul.-
elected. Sir Getme DAsttwoon, had intimated an in-
tention of canvassing the county ; but on heating that
Mr. FARE intended proposing ,himself, hce declined in
his favour. The chairing, of the new Member took
place in the evening.
An accident befel the Afanchester mail, at four o'clot•l;
yesterday morning, as it was entering St. Alban's.' A
donkey which. had been left astray on the toad, '.,E
between the leaders, and one of the .heel. base;
The coachman and two outside passengers were eirown
'from their seats, and much injured. The fo had
the presentee( Mind tUretain the ; emus, hich i leventcd
further mischief. The passengers made a subsctipt 0,1
to requite the coachman for his meritorious co,,dttc:.—
This should operate as a warning to deter per,ros irtml
leaving aninfals astref in the public thoroughfares.
' The fiat pile of wood for the foundation of the new
'London-bridge is expected to be driven cn Jlo idav
next, opposite Fishmongers'-hall. The new bride uih
he a level, nearly resembling Waterloo bikige, and a ill
Commence from 9non-street. By this plan the de-
clivity of Fish-street, and the nui ante of %aggcnc,
carts. &c. at Londcinzbridge will be avoided, as the e
will be an-arch.' over Thames-street, under wl,ich iht
traffic of City-in carts, &c. will continue without in-
terrupting the thoroughfare of stage-coaches into licnr.
Worn. Taang.—A Meeting was yesterday held at
the White Bear, 13ashighall-street, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the reduction of the duty on
wool of foreign growth,as prOposed by the CHANCELLOR
of the Eznitaaursai when several temperate resolutions
wereentered into upon. the subject, which are to be tub-
Mined to the Right Honourable Vientleman.
_PUBLICANS LteENSEI —Wednesday evening a Meet-
int; of the Licensed Victuallers of the hamlet 4
cliff, took place at the Pitt's Head, Broad-street, Ratchif,
for the purpose of petitioning - Parliament to take off
the additional duties- imposed. is the year 1815, amnunt-
ing, to about 100 per: cent. upon their Licenses for the
retail of Beer, Foreign \Vines, Spiritist:ins Liquors, and
Tobacco. Mr. FA-setrikiinAho Chair. •A Petition was
drawn up, stating•thertritounee,Vhich had been added
to the intolehtble miftaings ofthe;Bubli.casis, and pray-
ing that the House Co.ainsons would, at a time when
they were alleviating time taxation upon other elves of
the people, remove a bitrden of so serious a bdturefrom
them. Mr. lesSOPStatid; that Mr. BeastAc; the Member
for Rochester, had kindly-offered to present the Petition
to the Houle of Co s, The P.etiltion was then una-
nimously agreed ti, #tnd the Meetangseparated.
List week, while a butcher:in Forfar was dissecting a
pig, he found a steel-ringed 'Ouiiel ih keitomach, cone
' taining the remains of a file pound note; two piecei of
gold, and some silver•coin.....,
A Gentleman waiting, ini.the -sailloielitatther at ^the
Exeter Concert-room,,ots Tbursdity:last, inquired of the
attendant what was the nature of the ferformances,
adding, that he supposed they were IniscePaseous ; to
which the other inlinetliateltfieWed, No, Sir, I don't
think she is here; bit-lhere's• MieslTOLtiawAy. and
Miss GEORGE, and several other, lace/lent siogersos

BIRTH.: " " • •
Feb. 15, at Warkworth, tie Lady of *Or abgelalk, of the
65th Regunent, of a son and heir.

- DIED.
Sunday, at his seat, Stoketon Honk, nei;Baltith, the Hon. Mi-
chael De Courcy, Admiral of the Blue.
Sunday, at Btakeney, aged 73, Metes:: Richard Thos. Gough,
Rector of Blakeney, sod of Ado, in the identify of Norfolk, in the
former of which be had resided upqr_ar4k,rtf year.
In Mallow, aged 85, the Rev. Jimes'Mechan, of the Order of
St. Francis, and for many yem .• of the-community in
the Franciscan Convent, Dublin. .••.•.,;•;' -t•-4
4,Glenmuick, on the tlth inst.'at tbe veryadvanced age of 110
years, Petri Grant, edicts Dutareog,,ling: distinguished by the ap-
pellation of the Culloden Hero, boinglottght in that memorable
and decisive action. His funeral, which took place on Saturday
week, was attended by.utgrards of SdO-VeoPle, Who carnefrom sil
,quarters of the surroundisri country, to the extent of many miles,
to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed hero.. In the
true-Highland style three pipers were stationed at die itead-of the
coffin, playing the favourite tune of the period of Cullodeniu.Wha
tdna fight for Charlie's right," while the company present.wtre
Rut unmindful of their wonted portion of Mountain dew, finishing
upwards of an anker.of whiskey before proceeding to the place of.
interment. —lt was to this venerable Highlander that his Iliajesty,
two years ago, granted a pension of one guinea per wet k.
pension now devolves on his daughter Anoe, during her life. It is
thought he was the only survivor-allve who fought tinder the Pre-
tender in the battles of Culloden, Falkirk, Ste: and the skirmishes
in England.. lie was also present wlaen the Pretender embarked
for France. • . . •

MAILS
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France -
Hamburgls I 6
Flandere ,• • • ''l •
Brazils. , A •• •
Gottenburik 0 . 1
Jamaica

Waterford
Guernsey and Jeriey 0 2
Lisbon - 0 1
Ho!and 1 1 0
Leeward Island 0 • . 1

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