Star.
London, England, 1825-12-07 00:00:00

GENERAL FOY.

A subscription has been opened to raise a monument
over General Foy's tomb, in the cemetery of Pere la
Cbaise, with the inscription tg Honour to General Foy."
With the surplus a landed estate is to be bought for bis,
widow and children. Among the subscribers are M.
Jacques La fi tte, 50,0001. M. Benjamin Delessert,2o,ooof.
M. llagermann (a Swede), 10,000 f. M. Ternaus, 3000 f.
and Casimir Perrier, 20,000 f.
The following is the speech pronounced by General
Sebastian; over the grave of General Foy The
death of General Foy has deprived the army of a va-
liant and experienced Commander, and France of an
eloquent and coutageons defender of its rights and pri-
vileges• The works of the statesman have abridged
those days which Sve-and•twenty years of war spared,
His grave is by the side of those of the illustrious
Chiefs Mascena, Ney, and Daveust. General Foy was
their follower in arms, as he was our most splendid
orator. Peace for him opened fresh sources of glory;
pe.tce conducted him to the Tribune, where he conti-
nued to fight for his country, till his noble destiny was
accomplished by dying for that country. A long course
was promised to him, but he has been consumed by the
fire that devoured him, and he his fallen a victim to
his talents and genius. To his children he leaves an
imperishable name, with an hollow able poverty; to his
friends a cherished memory, and to France a series of
illustrious actions: none can destroy this legacy, for as
long as there shall be genius or virtue in France, the
name of General Foy shall receive that adoration which
virtue and genius deserve."

Accounts from Copenhagen state, that on the 20th
of October, the snow at that place was six feet deep.
In order to meet the scarcity of silver currency at
Rome, there have at last been struck 4,000 new silver
crowns for circulation.
A great number of mechanics from the various dis-
tricts of Germany, have lately arrived at Rome; besides
these there are no less than about 30 English artists,
who have instituted au academy, or place of instruction,
for themselves.
Since the dissolution of the weavers' combination,
some of the leaders have been attempting to persuade
their districts to form themselves into " Friendly Socie-
ties," for their mutual support when out of work, with-
not the least reference to the prices allowed for weaving.
Were this proposition carried into effect, the dronse
would draw largely on the contributions of the indus-
trious; but the idea has been scouted wherever it has
been mooted.—Glasgotu Paper.
The journeymen shoemakers of Drogheda have
" turned out" for higher wages; and they not only re-
fuse to take any work themselves until their demands
are complied with, but also intimidate the masters
from employing the few hands who have not as yet
joined in this lawless combination.
Lira IN LONDON, IN THE DAYS Or id THE MERRY
MONARCH," CHARLES 11.—Mr. Pepys, who held the
important post of Secretary to t 1,4 Admiralty, thus re-
cords the pleasant way in which be, his Lady, and his
Lady's maid, Mrs. Mercer, passed an evening:—" 14th.
After dinner, with my wife and Mercer, to the Beare
Garden, where I have not been, I think, of many years,
and saw some good sport of the bulls tossing the dogs;
one into the very boxes ; but it is a very rude and nasty
pleasure. We had a great many Hectors in the same
box with us (and one very fine one went into the pit and
played his dog for a wager, which was a strange sport
fir a Gentleman), where they drank wine, and drank
Mercer'shealth first, which I pledged with my hat off.
We supped at home, and very merry, and then about
nine o'clock to Mrs. Mercer's gate, where the fire and
boys expected us, and her son had provided abundance
of serpents and rockets, and there mighty merry (my
Lady Pen and Peggy going thither with us, and Nan
W.ight), till about twelve at night, flinging our fire-
works, and burning one another and the people over tl:e
syly, and at last our business being almost spent, we
went into Mrs. Mercer's and there mighty merry, smut-
ting one another with candle-grease and sot, till most
of us were like devils; and that being done, then we
broke up,and to my house; and there I made them drunk.
and uo stairs we went, and then fell into dancing, W.
Bitelier dancing well and dressing, him and 1, and one
Bannister,who with my wife came over also with us, like
women ; and Mercer put on a suit of Tom's, like a boy,
and mighty mirth we had; and Mercer danced a jig,
and Nan Wright and my wife and Peggy Pen put on
perri wigs, and thus we spent till four in the morning,
mighty merry, and then parted and to bed."
LORD MAY .It's DAY.—Mr. Pepys thus describes the
entertainment at Guildhall in his time:---0 '29th. To
Guildhall, we went up and down to see the tab'et;;
many were the tables, but none in the Hall but the
Mayor's and the Lords of the Privy Council that had
napkins or knives."—" There were ten good dishes to a
messe, with plenty of wine of .ill sorts, of which I drank
none; but it was very unpleasing that we had no nap-
kins, nor change of trenchers, and drank out of earthen
pitchers and wooden dishes."
The generality.of people, says a modern writer, area,
• much more tenacious of their prejudices than of any j
thing belonging to thsm.

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• MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 6.
. .
• Two watchmen, named Leonard and Johnstone, were
indicted for assaulting a man named Itarashaw. A
noise, it appeared, was occasioned in the street on the
night in question, by a dispute between one of a party
of young men and a girl of the town, on the subject
of a sixpence, of which the former complained that he
had been robbed, in a neighbouring house of i•l•fame;
the girl called upon one of the watchmen by name, and
he made her opponents 44 move 0n.," When, however,
the same authoritative mandate was addressed to the
prosecutor, who was standing quietly a little way off
from the scene of contention, he refused to obey it,
alleging his right, as one of his Majesty's subjects, to
stand in the King's highway as long as he pleased.—
This right was not recognised- by the man " dressed in
a little brief authority," who immediately sprang his
rattle, and another watchman came to his assistance.
One of them collared him, and raised his staff to strike
him, upon which the prosecutor put up his hand to
defend himself, and brought it in contact with the
watchman's face. The other then struck him, and they
also struck a Gentleman who interfered. The prosecu-
tor was finally borne away to the .v.itch-hluse, and put
into the black-hole, where he was obliged to spend the
night. The watchmen, to be be rehand with the
prosecutor in his appeal to justice, indicted him at a
former Sessions for an assault, of which, however, he
was acquitted, and he now in return brought the pi e...ent
indictment against them.
Mr. PAINDERGAST, Counsel for the prosecution, having called
witnesses who entablisted the above facts, the Jury, after hearing
Mr. Anot.ritus's case for the defence, returned a verdict of Guilty
against both defendants.
The CHAIILMA N animadverted upon the gross abuse of authority
of which the watchmen had been guilty, and sentenced them to
be confined in the House of Correction, Johnstone fur one, and
Leonard for two months.

The last accounts from Jamaica state, that fears were
entertained that the hurricane at Aux Cayes would
have extended to that island. The gale appears t have
been severe, but the damage done is not extensive. It
did not amount to a hurricane. The island was still
very sickly—the crops light. The Kingston Papers
mention the capture of the notorious slave, Good Hope
Harry, after a desperate resistance, in :I.e woods of
Hampden Motintain.
An industrious farmer, named Horsnail, was cruelly
defrauded of a horse on Thursday, at Ingatestone fair,
by a fellow paying for it in notes on a Bank that failed
several years ago. Horsnail gave 21. in good notes as
the balance of the transaction, and he did not discover
the cheat till he got home.
Monday morning, Moisey, one of the Constables of
St. George's parish, attended at Union-hall Office, ac-
companied by a young woman, named Mary Kirk,
who had presented herself at the watch-house on Satur-
day night, and having inquired for the Constable of the
Night, gave the following mysterious account of the
circumstances connected with the death of a child,
whose body was found concealed beneath some rubbish
within a short distance of the town of Buckingham, and
which, she strongly suspected, had been murdered:—
Moisey said, that the girl came t. the watch-house be-
tween 11 and 12 o'clock at night, and in very consi-
derable agitation stated, that she had recently come
from Buckingham, which place she had left in conse-
quence Of an affair that caused her much anxiety of
mind. • Her object, she said, in voluntarily coming for.
ward was, to ease her conscience of a burden which
rendered her life miserable. Having given her name
and place of abode, saying that her parents lived next
door to the Flying Horse public-house, in Buckingham,
she went On to state that, about seven weeks ago, a
woman with. whom she was acquainted, named Eliza-
beth Ayres, called at her father's house at night, and
having asked to see her (Kirk), said that she wanted
very much to borrow a shawl. Kirk, observing some-
thing in the woman's arms, wrapped up in a thin hand-
kerchief, resembling an infant, asked to see what it was?
but the other hesitated, until at length the informant
insisted, and upon raising a part of the handkerchief she
beheld the head of a child. She (Kirk) expressed her
horror at the sight, when Ayres said, " Hush, don't say
a word ; come along with nie ; get the shawl, or you'll
ruin me.* The informant said, that being very much
terrified she did as her acquaintance desired, and they
proceeded together about a quarter of a mile from the
town. Ayres then wrapped the shawl round the child, ,
and walked over to a heap of clang lying by the road
side, in which she deposited it. Having imposed strict
silence upon the informant, they returned to the town
together, and separated. Three days afterwards, a dog,
belonging to the person under whose dung the infant
WAS deposited, discovered the body, and when the fact
became known.a great sensation was excited throughout
the coubty. Marks of violence being perceptible on
various parts of the corpse, the general impression was,
that it had been murdered. During the prevalence of
this rumour, Ayres called noon the informant, and
proposed that they should quit Buckingham together,
and by this means elude detection, adding, that Kirk
was as much jrnplicated as herself, and that if one was
apprehended, both would be' certain of punishment.
Informant believing this to be true, ceasented, and
having provided necessaries, abscOnded front her father's
dwelling, accompanied by Ayres. On their arrival in-
town, having expended the little money they had on the
road, Ayres conducted her to St. James's Park, where
they were under the necessity of remaining all that
night on the benches. At an early hour next morning,
Ayres left her, saying she would be back in half an
hour; however, having waited during the whole day,
that person did not return, and informant being penny-
less, without a friend in London, wandered up and
down the streets, until at length a female accosted her,
who having gathered some part of her history and
destitute situation, conducted her to a house of an in-
famous description in Kent-street, where she has been
living ever since leer at rival, having no other alternative.
The unfortunate girl concluded her statement by ex-
pressing her miserable state of mind, and that it was
the circumstance of her being privy to the concealment
of the child that brought all her misfortunes upon her.
—The Magistrate (Mr. Swaisev) questioned her very closely as to
the account she gave at the watch-house, but the girl did not vary
in the least from her former statement. A letter was then written
to the Mayor of liu.:kingliam, the Magistrate recommending an
investigation into the circumstances of the case. The informant
was also supplied with the means of returning home.
The breeding and fattening of sea-ash, in fre,h water,
continues to be pursued with ardour and p, rfect suc-
cess, by Mr. Arnold, in the Island of Guernsey, who, in
a pond or about four acres, on the c. as', has no less
than thirty-seven species of sea-fish, including turbot,
cod, mackarel, plaice, flounder, sole, herring, serat,
prawn, shrimp, oyster, muscle, ac. No kind of sea-
tish which has been introduced into this pond, appears
to have died, or suffered deterioration, in conscqeence
of it. change of element.

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HIGH COURT OP AtinMALTY, DEC.
4-01110.--
iIICORGE BEIGE AND OTHER PERSONS AGAINST A LARGE
1) QUANTITY OF WINES, BRANDIES, AND OTHER GOODS.
Dr.Pllll4l3,lORi stated, that in this care several hogs-
heads, casks, &c. of wine, brandy, and other commodi-
ties, presumed to be part of the cargo of a vessel or ves-
sels, names unknown, were found, part of them fifteen
months ago, and part a twelvemonth since, derelict at
sea, tossing about in ever.), direction ; and in all re-
spects, therefore, goods in the nature of jefsasn,flotsam,
and ligan. From the estimated value of these articles,
tie Court was now called on to decree a large portion
of them to be sold duty-free, the duties upon them
being exceedingly heavy, in order to raise a sufficient
fund to pay those duties, and to compensate the parties
who had recovered them, by an allowance something in
the nature of salvage compensation.
After a few words from the King's Advocate and the Admiralty
Proctor,
Lord &own. directed, that so much of these goods
(for which no owner had hitherto appeared) should be
sold as would raise the rum of 6001. duty free, which
would leave, as we understood the decree, 4001. for the
men by whom the recovery was effected, and 2001. as a
fund towards the payment of duties upon the residue of
the property.

L'ETOURDI.

The KINaIS ADVOCATE stated, that this was an ap-
plication to the Court on behalf of Captain M.lnlay,
R.N. who, in 1796, commanded the gun-brig Liberty,
and while cruising rff the coast of France, fell in with
his Majesty's ship Diamond, Captain Sir Sydney Smith,
who was in pursuit of an enemy's convoy, consisting of
several sail. This convoy had run for the harbour of
Cette; and while the Diamond proceeded to execute
•the bold designs of her commander against the fort and
works which defend the entrance of the harbour, his
Majesty's brig Liberty, assisted by the boats of hzr con-
sort, attacked a large French national corvette of 16
guns, which was in charge of this convoy. The British
force, however, after capturing the corvette, &Wing that
it would be impossible, by the next tide, to fetch her
out over the shoal water at the mouth of the harbour,
destrored and burnt her, together with others of the
enemy's barks. Upon application made by the agents
of the captors to the Navy-office, that Board returned
for answer, that the French corvette in question con-
tained, as her proper complement, 120 men ; on which
number, therefore, the Couar decreed head-money in
the usual form.

VROW °ILIA.

In this case, a vessel, worth about 2,500/. with a
cargo of timber and 42 tons of iron a-board, ran on
shore on the Whiting Sand, in March last, and was in
great jeopardy for a short space of time, but was got
off at last by twenty-five men in three boats from Ald-
borough and elsewhere : 1501. salvage had been offered,
and refused.

The Couirr found the tender in question to have been a suffi-
cient one.

TUE JANE, OF LANCASTER.

This vessel had been found in distress by the crew of
the Norman on the 29th of May last, about nine o'clock
in the morning, in St. George's Channel. The value of
ship and cargo was about 5.7001. The claims of the
salvors were carried for adjudication before certain
Magistrates, who awarded them the sum of SOL in the
Way of salvage compensation; and who, it afterwards
appeared, had. no sufficient jurisdiction to entertain the
question. The salvors, Dr. JENNIM stated, did not ton.
ceive that 80L was an adequate tender.
Lord Stow= concurred with them in that opinion ; and de-
clared, that he thought he was acting with great moderation to the
owners in decreeing to these other parties €ioo and their expenses.

ESSEX ASSIZES.

CHELMSFORD, Dacutua 5.

John Pearce was indicted for burglariously breaking
and entering the pa►ish church of Nazing, and sacrile-
giously stealing a prayer-book, the property of Eliza-
beth Bury.

Mr. KNOX conducted the prosecution. On the morn-
ing of the 14th August last, it was discovered that the
pat ish church of /gazing had been entered by a window,
and robbed of several prayer-books. Suspicion falling
on the prisoner, he was apprehended, aad, on being
charged with the robbery, confessed that he had stolen
the prayer-book ; having entered the window with the
intention of stealing the communion plate, but finding
himself disappointed in that object, he had broken open
a box, in the organ loft, and subtracted the book in
question. His confession did not go to the extent that
the breaking had been effected in the night time, and
therefore the Jury, under the direction of the Learned
Judge, acquitted him of the capital part of the charge,
but found him guilty of the larceny.
William Osborne and Heart Hunter were indicted for
stealing, at Harlow, on the 2d of September, a mare,
the property of William Blencowe.
Mr. KNOX conducted the prosecution, and Mr. JassorP
and Mr. TOKE the defence.—lt appeared in evidence,
that the prosecutor, who is a tradesman, residing at
Beaconsfield, in Buckinghamshire, lost the snare in
question, which was worth 351. from a field in his oc-
cupation, betweefl seven and nine o'clock in the evening
of the Ist of Septemb-r. At the last Harlow Bush
Fair, the prisoner Hunter was taken in the act of sell-
ing the mare. He was asked how he became possessed
of the animal? and he said he was selling it for the other
prisoner, Osborne, who immediately came forward,
and claimed the mate as his property. They were both
taken into custody. Proof was given that the prisoner
was seen lurking at the gate of the prosecutor's field, on
the evening of the Ist of September, about -seven o'clock.
The defence set up was, that the prisoner Osborne bad
purchased the mare at Smithfield market, on the 2d-of
September, but there was no satisfactory proof of this
fact. The Learned Jonoe charged the Jury that there
was no evidence to affect the prisoner Hunter ; but his'
Lordship left them to say whether they were satisfied
of the guilt of the other prisoner? The Jury Acquitted
Hunter, but found Osborne Guilty—Death.

The Bishop of BATII and WELL; on his late visita-
tion, personally inspected almost every Church in the
county of Somerset, and the beneficial effects resulting
from it are already apparent in increased diligence on
the part of the Clergy, and enlarged accommodation
for the congregations. In the church of Langport alone,
`2OO additional sittings are about to be provided at the
charge of the Coe poration.
In the Cora of Exchequer, Monday, Mr. Lawn, a
professional Gentleman, recovered sel7. and 40s. costs, of Mr.
Booms the sculptor, for professional business done for defendant,.
be alleging that he had never retained the plaintiff.
A flattering account of the state of the wool trade,
which has gone ahr,ll.l, does not appear to he borne cut by facts;
an advance of Ws. per pack on webers, being the only improve-
Amur in this our staple manufacture.