Star.
London, England, 1825-08-20 00:00:00

LOVE VIGILS.

01. 1 I itsve loftered at the pte,
And farn'd young Hope's delusive Bre ;
Acv! though v.:minced 'twas vain to wait,
S:i:1 something bade me not redre,!
Each distant footfall that I caught,
Amidst the stillness of the night,
Contrive fancy idly thought
The fond forerunner of delight!
And oft as some unwonted sound,
Has wak'd a whispering echo near,
With breathless pause I've harked around,
And fondly hoped thy voice to hear !
Too foolish hope! some restless bird
But chid the spirit of the breeze,
Whose sighs, in wanton mockery stireel,
The rustling foliage of the trees!

SIIOPKEEPERS' HOURS OF BUSINESS.
night a Meeting of Shopkeepers took place at
the London Coffee-house, to take into consideration the
ptopri.:ty of closing their shops at a certain hour. Mr.
JOHN WAITIIMAN was called to the Cnair.
The Chairman said, that though he had no concern
convening the present Meeting, yet he concurred
wish those who thought a limitation of their hours of
business would add to the general respectability of
trade, and be most convenient to their ass►stants. He
understoJd that some resolutions were prepared for the
purpose of carrying into effect the obj,ct of the pro-
moters of tlii, Mee:ing.
Mr. SIIOOI.IIIIEII said that, impressed with the pro-
priety of carrying into effect the object alluded to, and
for the reasons stated by their Chairman, he held in his
hand a string of resolutions which he would submit to

the Meet;ag":
The resolutions were then severally seconded by Mr.
Pima, and put from the. Chair. The first was decla-
ratory of the propriety of closing their shops at earlier'
hours than was the present practice ; and in answer to
a question put by one of the company, the Chairman
explained that the traders alluded to, were, generally,
the linen-diapers, silk-tnercers, haberdashers, and ho-
siers. The first resolution was carried unanimously ;
the next, which recommended the following hours for
closing business, wai carried with only three dissen-
tients. h the months of November, December, Ja-
nuary, and February, to close their shops at seven
o'clock ; in March, April, September, and October, at
e'ght o'clock; May, June, July, and August, at nine
o'clock; and on Saturday nights, for the public conve-
rii,:nce, to keep open an hour later.

Wednesday,W. Reid, one of the patrole of Bow-street
police-office, was appointed by the Sscaeratte of
trim, to the situation of one of. the principal officers
of Marlborough-street office, in eonsequeoce of the
death of Dawkins, as formerly mentioned.
Monday evening, between ten and eleven o'clock,
Mr. THOMAS AMY, of Portland Terrace, was stopped
at the end of John-street, Edgware-road, by two men
and a woman, who knocked him down, and rifled his'
pockets of about 28s. in money, and darted off in dif-
ferent directions.
An Inquest was held on Monday, at Newton upon
oAse, on Thomas Fisher, a miller, who was killed in a
scuffle with a man named Wilson, who struck him a
violent blow on the face, which forced hiti"'to the,
ground, whence he was unable to rise. The Jury re-.
turned a verdict of Manslaughter against J. Wilson.
John Dollar, the assistant Overseer of the Parish
Droxford, in Hampshire, has recently paid a penalty of,
1001. with costs of suit, for supplying the Workhouse
with goods, &c. for the use of the poor, contrary to the
Statute of 55th Geo. 111.
Lord BiIEADALBANif estate, which supports a popu-
lation of 13,537 persons, commences two miles east of
Tay Bridge, in the County of Perth, and extends west-
ward ninety-nine miles and a half to Easdale, in Ar-
gyleshire, varying in breadth from three to twelve and
fifteen miles, and interrupted only by the property of
three or four proprietors, who possess one side of a
valley or glen, while Lord BREADALBANZ has the
other; so that, varying his direction a little to the right
or left he can travel nearly one hundred miles from east
to west on his own property.
Tuesday, the Landlord of the Chequers Inn, in
Water-lane, Leeds, was fined in the penalty of 1001.
and costs, for having deleterious drugs in his possession.
The Mayor said, that in order to mark his sense of the
enormity of the offence, he should enforce the penalty
to the full extent, both now and on all future occasions.
Thursday morning a sloop, laden with lime, took
Fre in the river, near the Friartou 11, Perth, in conse-
qirence of the water coming in contact with her cargo.
The lime slackening and swelling soon burst open the
deck, and tore the timbers asunder, and both vessel and
cargo sunk to the bottom.
Irrocrnr OF A Honsx.—On the 14th ult. Mr. Den-
s-nor, a farmer, at Dalwood, Dorset, was attacked by sr.
s:all,on of the draft kind, which he lad in his posses-
-s:on ; she horse laid hold of his left arm, between the
wrist and the elbow, and reared with the arm in his
teeth, so as to lift Mr. Dooziloe above the ground, and
e'en shoo!: him repeatedly, so that the bone was not
isto.v dreadfully crushed by his teeth, but his shoulder
was also dislocated. Mr. Donziloes servant repeatedly
s:ruck the nose of the horse, but for some time without
erect.. Mr."-D. continued in this dreadful situation
nearly a quarter of an hour. Amputation took place
below the elbow, as soon as possible; and he is now
:o do well. It is remarkable, that the horse was
in trc:es at the time.
Th• errrmous columns of granite destined for the
pc::::e of ti-e. new Church now building in the Place
crisacc, S. Petersburgh, are very remarkable. In
oscier to form a proper estimate of their size, we may
wive the comparative magnitude of the largest blocks
knewr, both ancient and modern.-1. The column of
commonly called Pompey's Pillar, holds
the first rank : it is of a single block of red granite,
(7 feet 4 inches 11i lines. 2. The columns of the
CLtsrels d'lsacc, just mentioned, in height 36 feet. 3.
`lie columns whose ruins are near Mount Citorio, at
Rome, height 52 feet 4 inches. 4. Columns of the per-
ticonthe Pantheon, height 4G feet 9 inches 11 lines.
5. Columns of the Cathedral of Casan, at St. Peters-
burgh, height. 42 feet. 6. Two columns of the Church
of St. Nut, at Rome, without the inclosore, height 38
feet 4 incises. 7. The Columns near the Baths of Dio-
clesiati, and those of Caracalla, now placed at Florence,
igear.the font Trinite, of the same height as the pre-
ceding. To these may be added a beautiful column
of white marble, about 40 feet long, taken from a
cosarry on the south -side of the Simplon road ; it was
destined by hispolsonfor the ornamental improeements.
of Milan

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