Star.
London, England, 1822-10-12 00:00:00

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ROYAL ACAIiEjIf;OF MUSIC.

As the period approaches for which the opening '1
Of this establishment has been fixed, the degree of
anxiety by which its object and progress were at-1
tended appears t obtain a proportionate increase.
From the 'respect wish which a public feeling, so
pure and beaevoient, deserves to be treated, we shall
resume our promised observations upon the princi-
ples of this Academy, and endeavour to familiarize
our Readers more completely than we hitherto have
done, with the system upon which it proceeds, and
the advantages that system must communicate to the
talent and character of our native musicians.
The constitution of this great school has been al-
ready detailed in our columns with a scope and jus-
tice which, as we earnestly trust, have left nothing
tmattributed to the spirit and energy from which it
has arisen. The controuling power is vested in a
Committee of distinguished taste and zeal, and no
difference of opinion can possibly prevail upon the
impartiality of their measures. Indeed we look upon
the entice exclusion of professional feelings from this
body as a sure token of the sagacity with which its
appointment has taken place, and of the success by
which its deliberations will be attended. The abuses
of power, ft is true, might not have happened which
the supreme authority, in the form it now wears, is
so well calculated to prevent ; but who can answer
for the jealousy and suspicion that would be enter-
tained of the same extensive influence, in mere pro-
fessional han Is? The prevention of early obstacles is
always of double importance, and in this case the no-
mination of an independent Committee has removed
the most serious difficulties, by which the advance-
ment of the Institution was threatened. Our own
faith in this inference is unlimited; and the Public,
we are sure, will find unanswerable reasons for the
same generous confidence, when those arrangements
:Ire examined, by which the fame and value of the
new Royal Academy are to be upheld.
The Subscribers are divided into classes, accord-
ing tc their donations or anw,,sal payments: and the
first clas, or Governors, in right of their superior
contributions, will be entitled to recommend one-half
of the Students admitted into the Academy. These
Students, who independent of their professional tui-
tion, are to be lodged, boarded, and educated, in the
Established Religion, will consist of a given number,
and be selected, most prcbably, from the children of
those numerous professors who have applied for their
admission, some advantages are reserved to them on
this account, and we fully concur in the kind mo-
tives from which they proceed. The exact feature
of the Institution in which the Public must feel more
immediately interested, presents itself in the recep-
tion of Extra Students, or day-scholars, who, for the
MID of twenty guineas per annum, will be perfected
by the ablest masters in every branch of musical
knowledge. Great and striking as are the pecuniary
inducements of this plan, we advert with a much
higher consciousness of its superiority, to the ri-
gorous yet liberal system, upon which the genius of
our British youth is about to be trained. The pro-
gress of the pupil will be sedulously watched, and
publicly examined; rewards will be distributed among
them for superior skill and application; and even
wheie the vigilance and anxiety of the master may
partially tail in their objects, a very powerful stimu-
lus will be given to the young candidate,_ by the
spirit and success of those with whom he is associated.
The finest qualities of the mind will be produced and
applied to the service of the possessor, by a principle
of action which no establishment, less accurate in its
views, and less extensive in its nature, could enforce;
and we shall confess ourselves to be most severely
disappointed if very ample pro-ifs are not afforded,
in sine time, of these benefits which the Institution
aspires to confer upon the fund ct natural talent en-
joyed in this country. It is needless to remark, but
we may again observe, that in every instance of early
and judicious cultivation, the English professors have I
been conspicuous for their superiority. By the plan
now laid before us, the brightest attributes of a po-
pular science will be fixed in our soil, while a broad
and certain path is thrown open to those who may
aim at its acquirement. Many persons of known
taste and judgment have sanctioned this principle by
their subscriptions, and we counsel the great body of
our countrymen to come forward, and join in a work
so material to the character that England should sup-
port for feeling, dignity, and elegance.

Yesterday a fracas took place on the Royal Ex-
change, between two Gentlemen connected with the,
Foreign Security speculations, and a great scene of
confusion took place. Mr. G. accused Mr. M. of re-
fusing to pay him a balance of £2O upon a recent
bargain. :slr. M. denied the legality of the claim :
words ran high, and the language used was not of
the most gentlemanly description. At length there
was a shout of " Turn him out ;" and Mr. M. was
very unceremoniously driven away. He then ap-
pealed to the surrounding persons, and stated to them
that Mr. G. had no claim upon him; on the:contrary,
some transactions in Consols he had with Mr. G. amply
liquidated all differences between them. Several Gen-
tlemen recommended him to submit it to arbitration,
as those public accusations were a disgrace to all par-
ties. Mr. G. admitted Mr. 1.14. was a man of consi-
derable property.
Fleet-market is now frequented by a gang of in-
famous ruffians, who commit the most barefaced
robberies in the middle of the day, and have hitherto
escaped detection. The villains walk the market in
a cluster of five or six ; they have in general a woman
in their company, and the appearance of the who s
that of a set of wretches of the very lowest deseap-
tion. They watch the passengers, and if they ob-
serve any one, a female in particular, after having
made a purchase, deposit her purse in her market
basket, or whatever else she may be carrying, they
gather around her, hustle her as good naturedly as
possible, the woman cries, "make room for the Lady !"
one of the villains tur-ns round and begs pardon,
-.:hen the whole gang disappear, and roe often suc-
ceed in carrying off the booty. Wednesday a Lady
was robbed.in this manner, and was wholly ignorant
of her loss until Are wanted her purse to discharge a
bill. Thursday again, at twelve o'clock in the day,
another Lady was treated in a similar way, and the
villains. on both occaiions, escaped detection. As to
theneighbourhood the di,tui bances are almost nightly,'
and wretched women, disgusting in their appearance
and conduct, constantly petiole the sides of the mar.,
ket, and interrupt the passengers.

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SINGULAR IIAItRA'TII7.

In the year 1812, a. respectable tniddlevatied.Fe
male kept a tavern of very good repute In the city of
St. John't,•New Brunswick.
She was a widow, and had two children, girls— the
elder at that time ten, and the yo*cer ()illy eight
years of age. She was considered Vbe a woman of
some property. About the middle of that year, a
person of respectable exterior arrived at St. John's,
and put up at the house,. He represented himself to
be a British Naval Officer,of.high birth, a native of
Ireland, and possessing large estates in that country.
During a residence there of some months,he affected
to take a great interest in the welfare of the widow
and her family,- by which he gained an insight into
her affairs, and soon ascertained that she was in pos-
session •of some property in trust for her children,
which she was desirous of laying out•to the hest ad-
vantage. In the month of October in that year, the
schooner Lord Nelsen was brought from Nova Scotia
to the port of St. John's, for. sale. By the recom-
mendation of her friendly lodger, the widow was in-
duced to become the purchaser of .the vessel ; her
new friend kindly undertook to negociate the business,
and -6201. was ultimately paid into his hands to
conclude the purchase, in the names of the gill ,
the receipt for the amount being also made out in
the children's name; but he contrived, unknown to
the widow, to get his name indorsed upon the old
register as master, and thus secured to himself the
controul of the vessel.
His attention now assumed a different character,
friendship appeared to " have ripened into love;" he
seemed quite enraptured with the person of the widow,l
and gained so far upon her affections as to prevail
upon her to sell off her whole concern, and 'accom-
pany him on a voyage to Ireland; and a cargo of
timber was accordingly taken in for Sligo. •
When all was ready for sailing, and the whole of
the widow's effects were on board, the min-ware:l
lover managed to give a hint to one of the widow's
creditors, that fie was likely to lose his debt. - On this
intimation she was arrested and thrown into prison,
while her friend, her effects, and her schooner, set sail
for Ireland, leaving her and her children in the ut-
most distress, everything, even to their very clothes,
being on board.
The villainy of the affair was quickly exposed. The
creditor who had arrested her, not only liberated her
immediately, but procured a passage for her and her
children in another vessel bound for Ireland.
This vessel unfortunately, however, was bound to
a different quarter of that kingdom ;• and on her at -
rival in Reload, she found that she and her children
had to traverse the island nearly from one side to the
other, with no other means of conveyance than nature
had supplied them with. Even this difficulty was sur-
mounted, and they at length succeeded in reaching
Sligo, about three weeks after the arrival of her run-
away inamorato. Here she soon learnt he was no
Officer, but a mere adventurer of the lowest clasS;
that he had distributed her's alld her children's clothes
*among them, and was giving balls and entertainments
with the produce of the property he had thus surrep-
titiously obtained.
Her first application for redress was to the Magis-
trates ; but having no documents to satisfy them of
the justice of her claims, and finding he was taking
in a freight of corn for Liverpool, as a last and des-
perate resource, she threw herself and children on
board the schooner.
In the course of the voyage the assumed owner
ran the vessel into a port, where he disposed of part
of the cargo, and consequently on his arrival at Li-
verpool he was arrested by the consignees and thrdwn
into jail.—Her agitation of mind, and fatigue, threw
the widow at this period into a violent illness, which
confined her for some time, and before she recovered
the vessel had been put into the hands of a mercantile
house at Liverpool, and had set sail with a cargo to
London, whither the pretended owner, who had con-
trived to get himself liberated from Liverpool jail,
was also hastening.
By the aid of 'the parish, and tiro contributions of
several benevolent persons at Liverpool, the widow
was enabled to follow ; and she arrived with her chil-
dren in London about the middle of 1820.
The case was submitted to several professional
Gentlemen; but application to lawyers was out of the
question. No orie would undertake her cause ea-
tuitously, nor, indeed, had she the necessary docu-
ments to establish her claims. The villain who had
robbed her, treated her in consequence with the ut-
most indifference;

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Absolute want now pressed upon the wretched
widow and her family, froM which they were for a
short time relieved by the Mendicity Society, who
kindly continued their assistance much longer than
their usual period, and even directed their solicitor to
take steps for obtaining possession of the schooner.—
These were found to be ineffectual, and the Society
were obliged to leave them to their fate.
During this period her false friend had obtained
credit sufficient to get the schooner new coppered,
and again to sea. He had, however, been arrested for
the expense by the British Copper Company, 'and
thrown into the King's Bench prison, where he has
remained ever since, now nearly two years.
The distress of-the widow with her family was now
at the extreme. They were lodged in a small hovel
near the Surrey Theatre, and had not lain upon a bed—
' no, not even upon straw—for upwards of five months.
They were destitute of shoes and stockings, and.
wanted even the common clothing to cover their
nakedness—scarcely tasting food for days together.
In the month of March, 1822, the widow, learning
that the schooner had returned to the port of London,
went to make appliCation to the Lord Mayor at the
Mansion-house; Brand, the marshalman, was in at-
tendance, and to him she made known the nature of
her application. He soon discovered hoc's was not a
case in which the Magistrates could render her assist-
ance, nobly undertook to do it himself; and set about
it with an alacrity,-intelligence, and determination,
that does him honour. He supplied Oe unhappy
family with bedding, and the needful clothing, and
furnished them from his own purse with small sums
of money weekly for' their support. Navin,' thus
placed them in comparative comfort, he proceeded
•to ascertain into whose hands the register of the
schooner had fallen, and succeeded, by threats of
legal proceedings, in deterring them from again
lending her to sea,. although they were under bond
to the pretended owner to work the vessel. With
equal dispatch he wrote off to America for copies of

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, all the necessary Open- ind documents relativete
the sale of the schooner, iti .1819, and, not to butilen
the narrative with tiriiitteresting partkal&s, suc-
ceeded, in defiance of two suits in the Admiralty
.Courts, commenced for the mere purpose of frighten•
ing the real owners into an abandonment of the pro-
perty, in obtaining legal and actual possession of the
vessel on the behalf of the widow and her children,
and about ten days ago sold it for 5001. which, though
considerably less than the original cost, may be fairly
deemed its full value, after the wear and tear it had
undergone, and the neglected state in which it bad
lain for many months.
On the receipt of the proceeds of the sale, the wi-
dOw's first act was to return thanks to PROVIDENCE
fot •his merciful interposition .in her behalf ; her next
to repay Brand the various sums he was in advance—
! he would receive no more; and the residue has since,
undet: his direction, been lodged in secure hands,
until it shall, be determined in what manner it can
be best laid out to insure the future welfare of the
grateful widow and her children.

TABLE DWOTE IN BAVARIA.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.

BANES or THE DANUBE., SETT. 28.

There is, perhaps. no place better'calculated than
the table to elicit those peculiar traits of character
which distinguish man in social life, according as he
happens to be influenced, either by habit or educa-
tion ; and, in the instance to which I allude, this'
fact was strikingly exemplified. The landlord was
neither in mind nor body such a character as we may
suppose that personagelo have been, whom Doctor
Calms, in the play, calls familiarly " Mine host of de
Jarterm." No, he was, on the contrary,' a sallow,
shrivelled, hard-featured, lank-looking being, easily
irritated, aid not soon appeased. The guests had
assembled in great numbers, and of all descriptions
above the rank of the common mechanic. As is usual
on the Continent, females formed no inconsiderable
portion of the motley party ; and you might see a little
simpering Miss, in an embroidered boddice, and
ith her hair combed back from the forehead, so
as to bring it in, a bunch within the compass of a
small spangled patch on the crown of the head,
sitting beside an old wrinkled veteran, who might
fairly be presumed to have served in all the cam-
paigns from the battle of Minden down to the battle
of Waterloo. Mine host, whose forbidding aspect was
of itself quite sufficient to deaden the activity of the
gastric juice in the stomach of an Englishman, was
attended at once by a liebe and a Ganymede ;
!the
former, a fat, clumsy wench, holding a platter of
broth between her hands, the latter a ruddy, thickset
urchin, with a stone jar full of beer under his left arm.
As soon as -the capacious platter was laid upon the
table, its liquid contents exhibited upon the surface
detached masses of floating fat—
" apparent rani nahtes in gurgite vasto."
This, however, was rather a provocative to the palates
of the guests, for in less than five minutes, some fifty
pair of military mustachios were immersed in it, and
those who wore none smacked their lips while they
lackered them. In the mean time, the peevish Fre;
sident of the least rated his two ministering attendants
most vehemently, turning alternately to the right and
left, and demanding in a shrill tone why the one bad
neglected to bring plates enough, and why the other
had omitted to couple forks with several okl rusty
knives that were lying round the table without their
concomitant instruments. The mess of broth being
dispatched (for soup it could not be called), the host
made serious and deliberate preparations to operate
on a piece of beef boiled to rags. His first step was
to lap the wristbands of his shut over the lower part
of the sleeves of his coat, and then dragging down his
cravat he tucked a large napkin under his chin, so as
to lay bare to the company a great part of his scraggy
tough neck. Thus equipped, he grasped in his flesh.
less left hand a formidable weapon, bearing the sem-
blance of a fork, which he stuck perpendicularly into',
the sapless junk that lay before him, while with the
huge knife which he held in his right hand he man-
gled off such portions as be thought sufficient, hand-
ing them over his shoulder on the point of the
fork to a person who stood behind him, with a
dish ready to serve the guests round in turn.
One particular instance of nastiness I could well
forbear to mention, but while noticing the habits of
a people in a foreign land, I feel that I ought not to
omit any prominent feature, however it may excite
disgust at the moment. The old fellow, after having
sent round the pieces.of beef as I have stated, very
leisurely picked his dirty teeth with the fork, till
called upon to furnish a fresh supply to some guest
whose stomach it was impossible fru anything to
nauseate. In the long succession of viandsahat came
to the table, I observed, among other things, slices of
raw bacon steeped in Florence oil, chickens boiled np
in a mess of pears, apples, and patatoes; but the dish
most in request, and which is common all over Ger-
many, was the potatoe sallad. It is a dish worthy the
ingenious projectors of aauer kraut, consisting of pc-
tatoes boiled, and suffered to lie by till they become
offensive to any but a•German palate, when they are
mashed up, saturated with oil and vinegar, and
brought to table with pepper and salt strewed over
them. A British Officer returning from Vienna hap-
pened to witness this scene as well as myself; and
finding nothing else fit to eat, he made a crust of
bread and a few grapes serve him for his supper, a
more temperate, though not a cheaper one than Atte!
others partook of, for he was charged the same price
with them. The business of eating being over, the
natural transition was to the segar and the long to-
bacco pipe. The room in a short time was completely
fumigated, and the guest who had not a bottle of the
common wine of the country placed before him was
sure to •be supplied with a jug of light sour beer,
which a great number drank in preference. As an
additional zest both to the tobacco and the beverage,
jugglers, mountebanks, and strolling minstrels entered
the room occasionally, and after having practised in
their respective vocations, way round, collected a
few kreuitzers; bowed, and retired to some fresh
scene of action. The company also very soon took
their leave lot the night, apparently more pleased
with their host than he was with them, with the
I world, or with himself.

A child, in Newland, named Short, about two years
.old, drank, on Saturday last, some boiling water out
of a tea-kettle, which brought on convuhions, a.)d
caused its dealt in less than two hours

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DITIAdIfESABLE RENCONTREt •
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Yesterday afternoon, *lady, in suddenly, turning
the corner of Russell-square, came in contact with a
fellow Who carried a large ugly grey naked ranntc),
which, without ceremony, clapped its pawn the lad y'a
shoulder. The lady immediately drew, down
a fit, and was with difficulty brought to herself, abets
she gave her name, and was sent home in a coach.
We regret to add, that. she was in.a situation of great
delicacy at the time, and was obliged to take to het
i bed the moment she gqt home.'

Wednesday night, a Mrs. ("Idling, of Cell-lane,
Spitaltields, was .attacked near her own house by thtee
ruffians, who knocked her down, and robbed her of
twelve pair of new shoes which si.e had to bind,
.Was on her way with them to her employers.

A woman of an abanaoned character, who f'r
years past had chiefly lised at Hastings„ and h<it
ben known by the name of Betty D►opslo►t, Was
found dead in a stable at Ilohertbridge the rooming
after the fair. It appears that she we►<t to sleep in a
state of intoxication, and did no: awake again.

During the hop picking season at Plawkllurst, a
young woman, in resisting an attempt that was made
to put her into the bin, by a person whose age might
have dictated more prudence than even o co.inte.
mince, mucli less to set the example of, pueria cony,
received such severe injury, that, after linge.ing
few days, and enduring much pain, she died!

William barrage, who was capitally convicted at
the la't Northumberland As sizes of setting tire to and
burning a corn stack, bel,?ngin' to B. Pc: ry, at 1t.411-
bury, is ordered to be conned and kept to I:atd
labour for two years. lie t% ill be employed about
the works of the jail now building at Morpeth, by
virtue of the Act of Parliament.

A few nights ago, Edward Morray, charged with.
horsestealing ; John Cunningham, as a vagrant ;
Johnstone Brown, who were confined in the county
jail at Dungannon, contrived to make their escape
by cutting the iron bars of their cell window, and
through a space of only 8i inches by 17 descended
into the yard, from whence, by the help of their bed-
clothes, they got over the yard wall, and have not
since been heard of.