Star.
London, England, 1830-07-13 00:00:00

SCINTILLIIL

INFANTICIDE.—AS KR inchaw on the eastern border
of Canton province, the drowning of femalei infants is very coot.
mon t and hence in that district tae is not more than one woman
to ten men. In poor families, two brothers agree to marry one wife,
such is the depraved state of public morals.—Prom a Chinese Cor.
repondest.
DIVORCE AND WEDLOCR.—The extraordinary num-
ber of divorce cases, submitted to the legislature in the present See.
sion of Parliament, has induced an opinion unfavourable to the
existing state of wedlock in this country. If, however, the follow.
Mg statement, copied from a work published about thirty years ago,
be founded in fact, this Inference is not just ; and it will appear the
matrimonial state has not suffered any deterioration.—" Present Sate
qf 'marriage is the Sou pi of England."
Number of wives who have abandoned their husbands -
to follow their lovers.
Of husbands who bare deserted their wives
Of married couplei separated b agreement
Of married couples in a stateof diisagreemeat under the
same roof. ..
Of married couples who bate each other cordially, but
conceal their mutual detestation..
r married couples who live in a state of professed in.
510,132
difference to each other • • •
Of married couples supposed to be happy, but who
1,102
are not BO ...... • •.. ..... ...... . ......
Of mulled couples who may be considered compare.
135
tively happy..
Of married couples who are truly happy ......... 9
THE GENIUS OF AMERICAN SQUIBBING.—To such
perfection has the pyrotechnic art been carried in the United State*,
that an artist of Philadelphia has succeeded in representing various
pleasing pictures, and even landscapes, in fireworks. According to
the Yankee statement, the designs of these are extremely good, and
the colouring exquisite; indeed, the blending of the various shades
and tints effected by these materials, is described as surpassing any
effect that can be produced by either oil or st ater colour. It is said
that the artist intends to try his skill in conveying to brother Jona.
than a field idea of some of the chefs.eteuvre of art in this our
" auld world." We would, however, recommend him to con.
dnue as original in subjects as he is in materials. He might try hie
hand, for instance, upon the " Great Sea Serpent," a particular de-
scription of which, from ocular testimony, may be obtained from
any New York mariner.-4therteruns.

2,327
4,120
191,023

162,320

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Correspondent of the Atheneum inquires whether a
sufficient time has not elapsed since the appearance of the " last"
Galloway or Dumfries Mermaid, to warrant the account of a "new"
one ; also, whether a dish of " Aberdeen Marrowfats" as big as
pigeons eggs, would not be in very good season just now. We feel
obliged by his friendly offer of striding us " the pike of three hun.
dred weight," fresh from Loch Lomond, but beg to suggest that
such " articles" arc premature before the rising of Parliament, and
until the courts of law, the theatres, and other places of public
amusement are closed. A reference to the journals at that time will
abundantly convince our Correspondent of the truth of our remark.
DISSUASIVES AGAINST SELF-MURDER.

If you are distressed In mind, Live; serenity and joy may yet
dawn upon your soul.
If you hare been contented and cheerful, Lire, and generally dif.
fuse that happiness to others.
If misfortunes hue befallen you by your misconduct, Live, and be
wiser for the future.
If things hare befallen you by the faults of others, Live; you hue
nothing wherewith to reproach yourself.
If you are indigent and helpless, Live; the face of things may
agreeably change.
If you are rich and prosperous, Live, and do good with what you

poems.
If another has injured you, Live ; his own crime will be his punish.

meat,
If you have injured another, Lire, and recompense it by your good
offices.
If your character be attacked, Live; time will remove the as.
persion.
If the reproaches are well founded, Live, and deserve them not for
the future.
If you are already eminent and applauded, Live, and preserve the
Mnours you have acquired.
If your successds not equal to your merit, Live, in the consciousness
of having deserved it.
If your success bath exceeded your merit, Lire, and arrogate not
too much to yourself.
If you have been negligent, and useless to society, Live, and mate
amends by your future conduct.
If you Pave been active and industrious, Live, and communicate
your improvement to others.
If you have spiteful enemies, Live, and disappoint their malevo-
lence.
If you have kind and faithful friends, Live, to protect them.
If you have been hitherto impious and wicked, Lire, and repent of
your sins.
If you have been wise and virtuous, Lire, for the future benefit of
mankind ; and lastly,
If you hope for immortality, Live, and prepare to enjoy it.
TIIE STUART FAMILY.—The last direct male heir of
the line of Stuart was Henry Benedict, whom the Pope had created
a Cardinal. This Prince took no other step for asserting his claim
to the British kingdom than by striking a beautiful medal, in which
he is represented in his Cardinal's roles, with the crown, sceptre,
and regalia, in the bock ground, bearing the motto " Voluntate
Dcl, non desiderio populi,' implying a tacit relinquishment of the
claims to which, by birth, he might have pretended. He was a
Prince of a mild and beneficent character, and generally beloved.
—After the innovations of the French revolution had destroyed. or
greatly diminished, the revenues he derived from the church, he
subsisted, singular to tell,'os an annuity of 3,01101. a year, assigned
to him by the generosity of the late King fieorge the hird, and
continued by that of his royal successor. In requital of theis
bounty, and as if acknowledging the liou.e of Hanover to be leeti.
mate suceenors of his claim to the crown of Britain, this, the kw
of the Stuart,, bequeathed to his present Majesty all the crown
jewels, some of greet value, which King James the Second bad
carried along with him on his retreat to the Continent in 1688,
:iethwith amass of papers, tending to throw much light on Bei.
history.—Sir W. Soutes Tales of a Grandfather.
BUTTER.—Butter was unknown to the Greeks and
Romans till a late Pliny speaks of it as a common article
of food among the teZti.
rou s nations, and used by them as unction.
The very name of butter, which signifies cheese, or wagulum of
cows' milk, implies an imperfect notion of the thing. Pliny re-
marks, that the barbarous nations were as peculiar in neglecting
cheese as in making butter. Spume Wile, which that author uses
in describing what butter is, seems a very proper phrase for cream.
Butter is of often mentioned in Scripture.