Star.
London, England, 1823-07-23 00:00:00

MARGATE. JULY 21.

The amusements of this delightful place have com-
menced this season with great eclat. The Public
Breakfasts at the Itanelagh Gardens, have been well
attended, notwithstandin the unfavourable state of
the weather : the Sacred Music and Concerts at the,
Assembly-rooms,have also been numerously attended,'',
and the performances have given very great satisfac-
tion ; it is but justice to Mr. nom:, the proprietor of
the Roams, to observe, that the excellent style in
which the above is got up does him infinite credit, as,
certainly no watering-place in England can boast of
anything equal to it. The Balls have likewise com-
menced tinder the direction of Mair Tau FIiENCII, Esq.
M. C. The one of Thursday last was select and nu-
merous fur this early period of the season; and the
quadrille parties were kept up with great spirit.

A LU.VA:i'IC'S CUNNING!

A very laughable incident occurred at the Lunatic Asylum,
lat Lancaster, about ten days ago. A parish officer from the
neighbourhood of Aliddleton took a lunatic to the Asylum, par-
' snant to an order signed by two Magistrates. As the man was
respectably connected, a gig was hired for the purpose, and he
was persuaded that it was merely an excursion of pleasure on
which he was going. In the course of the journey, however,
something occurred to arouse the suspicions of the lunatic with
respect to his real destination ; but he said nothing on the sub-
ject, made no resistance, and seemed to enjoy his jaunt. When
1 they arrived at Lancaster, it was too late in the evening to pro-
ceed to the Asylum, and they took up their quarters for the night
at an inn. Very early in the morning the lunatic got up, sod
searched this pockets of the officer, where he found the Magis-
trates' order for his own detention, which, of course, let him
completely into the secret.
Mr. PHILLIPS, of vocal celebrity, and his fair pupil, With that cunning which madmen not unfrequently display,
Miss DA Vl3. a native of Dublin, have returned to that be made the best of his way to the Asylum; saw one of the
• - keepers, and told him that be had got a sad mad fellow down at
city from America, which .they have reaped a rich Lancaster, whom he should bring up in the course of the day;
harvest i.f substantial dollars. .. • adding, " He's a very queer fellow, and has got very odd ways,
At the Museum in New York is a set of wax-wQrk For instance; I should not wonder if he was to say I was the
amadnan, adnd that
figures; amongst whom are SA tn. in a-Frenchman's he was bringing me; but you must take care
pi believe
cae word
an d the lunatic
s ayws.
embroidered coat, the Witch v'Endor in the costume him,
coursepr4comisneodtcobmela"lkZbeakcek to rat.
of aho . emaid, and SasitraL in a robe de chambre inn, w:lerc he found the °veneer atill fast asleep. He awoke him,
and cotton night-cap. . and they sat down to breakfast together. " You're every lazy fel-
A singular affection has been observed in a men- low to be 'Yinin bed all day. I have bad a good long walk this
dicant, aged 79, in the Infirmary of Niue. This man
morning."
"
Indeed," said the Overseer' " I should like to have
walkaperhaps myself after breakfast : you will go with ."
slept without waking for 80 days. When they sought The hmatic assented; and after breakfast
they set out, the Over.
to awaken him by violent shaking, he sometimes lit- seer leading the way towards the Asylum, intending to deliver
tered an inarticulate sound, and would swallow two his charge ; but it never occurred to him to examine whether his
order was safe..med Wohen
Whatte
or three sponsful of wine or broth, and then re-yagfiot u
ne hiothin sigh
use ttiots;.t.he.Aysylsu.n,i, thideihn-
wde Jap•el into his usual state. All stimulants were all" Overseer," I should like to see the inside of it." "So should the
plied in vain, and on the 80:11 day be expired. observed the lunatic. " Well," said the other, " I dare say they
We are informed it is finally arranged that the will let us look through: however, I'll ask." They went to the
Pavement of St. James's-square is to be iinmedi-
door; the Overseer rang the bell; and the keeper,whom the lunatic
, had previously sten, made his appearance with two or thiee assist-
ately taken up, and the whole /1/acifdainized. The I ants. The Over then began to tumble in his pockets for the
estiniate for i epairing the old Pavement is said not order order when the lunatic produced and gave it to the keeper, saying
to have been less than 5,0001. whereas it is expected 1 ."rhis is the man I spoke to you about, you will take care of
shave his head, and put a strait waistcoat upon him." The
that it will be completed on the new principle .him;
for about 5001. This ex periment as it ma ybe n immediately laid hands on the Overseer, who vocife-
,
- rated loudly that the other was the madMan,an dhe the keeper ;
I
called, is one of very considerable interest, for if it but as this only seemed to confirm the story previously told by
succeeds, the plan cannot fail of • being speedily I the lunatic, it did not at all tend to protUre his liberation. He
I was taken away, and became so very obstreperous, that a strait
adopted` in (abet sit eels of the Metropolis. The
waistcoat tsoa
ndaata was speedily put
htton
advantages anticipated, however, are not only of less I hint, and d his head
the deliberately
expense, but diet e a ill-be less noise; the streets will 1 back to the inn, paid the reckoning, and set out on his journey
be easier kept clean in winter, and will require a; homeward., The good people were, of course, not a little stir
less quantity of a .iter in summer, and there will be - prized on finding the wrong man return ; they were afraid that'
thets they
loan,kataic, him,
m a fit
with of trerenstyt,
less chanct- al accident both to horses an ! d carriages.hadd.tmiounardewredfiatthhee Over
baddseeonre;wardat
Intimation was given on Saturday at the different ' *•• bone wirithahiZisaid the madman, "why I lift
Police-Offices, that it is the intention of Government • him at Lancaster Asylum, as mad as h-4;" which, indeed, was
to es- abitsh a Head Police-Office at Sydney, in New not very far from truth; for the wits of the poor Overseer were
well nigh overset by his unexpected 'detention. and subsequent
Saudi Wales, from which other offices of a similar
treatment. Further inquiry was forthwith made • it was
nature are to emanate; and to effect which, an ex- ascertained that the man was actually in the Asylum.' A Ma-
pet fenced Police Magistrate. clot k, and e ght officers, ! gistrate's order was procured for his liberation • and he returned
or police constables, at a liberal salary, are to go! home on Wednesday last, with a baodkerchief tied round his
Lead, in lieu of the covering which nature bad bestowed upon it.
from London to serve for five years: at the end of
which period they will be at liberty to serve for i
further term of five'years, or return home, when a
tree passage and every expense will be paid. The
Ilagistrate, clerk, and officers, will be selected from
those who volunteer their services; amongst the latter,
and who has been already accepted, is Charles Read,
of llatton-garden.—Morning Paper.
The Magistrates have issued orders for the sup-
pression of IS Barnes" and " C'histnick" Fairs, pursu-
ant to the powers vested in them by the new Police
Act. Those Fairs are declared not to have been war-

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bueto, on the 26th ult. off Cape North, Cape Breton ; Friends,
Bkokinatall, from Dublin to Honduras, on the 17th, in lat. 18.
long. :59; Margaret, longbottoncfrom the Clyde to St. John's
(N. B.) on the 6th inst. in lat. S.S. bog. 55.; Poe, of Baltimote,
from St. Domingoto Fahnostbson the 10th, in lat. -16. long. C 3

CAUTION TO TAVERN-KEEPE#RB AND OTHICRB.•-•••
Tuesday.last, two respectably dressed men called at
the Blue Posts chop-house, in the Haymarket, and
ordered dinner to be served them above stairs, which,
with the liquor, amounted to twelve shillings. Escap-
ing the observation of the waiter, they descended to
the bar, where they left a paper parcel, directed to
a Notary Public in the City, requesting it might be
taken care of till their return. It is almost needless
to add, they did not return. The parcel, on inspec-
tion, proved to contain some old almanacks, part of a
tailor's pattern card, and the trial of a notorious thief.
ST. SWITHIN'S DAY.—Tuesday seanight was 'very'
unpropitious, it having rained a great part of the day.
" The Monks give some shew of reason why rain
' should happen about the time of St. Swithin, for
about the time of this feast there are two rainy con-
stellations, Prcesepe and Asellus, which arise cosmi-
cally, and generally produce rain."—Bourn's
pitates Yurgares. St. Swithia's is not the only day
on which obervations are made about the weather;
St. Etas, Candlemas-day, and Valentine's-day, have
been supposed equally ominous. The following'lines
used to appear, many years ago, in one of the sheet
almanacks, viz.
" If St. Paul* be fair and clear, •
It cloth betide a happy year; • .
11 blust'ring winds do soar aloft,
The wars will trouble England oft;
And if it chance to snow or rain,
Then will be dear all sorts of grain!"
• The 25th day of January.
CANDLIEIsAII-DAL••••01 Candlemas-day it is thus
reported in Scotland:
If Candlemas-day be fair and dear,
Expect cunt wizttrs that year.

ranted by any darters.
Exottsn OPERA HotrsE.—The performances of
thisTheatre proceed spiritedly. Last night three pieces
were given. My A Ukt, in which Cii.CrAAN, as Rali!e,
and IVALLACK, as Dashall, nave established a con-
.

xiderable degree of favouritism, was the first per-
Int mance. The next was, Me Miller's Maid. RAYNEft,
ho has already been advantageously received at this
Theatre, and who seems to have adopted EMERY'S
tag ut pAtis, repeated Giles last night, and he cer-
tainly exhibited no slight feeling. Miss KELLY as
Plabe, the lair source of so much discontent amongst
the men of the mill, played with her usual simplicity
ar..d e&ct. liA n•rt.xv, as the Miller, was manly and
natural; anti the Melod-rama was, on the whole, well

Pel int m••d. the Turnpike Gate followed. ,
t!': Alt E4BOIROVGII TRADE.—The differences be.
twetit tic Nla,tel., and Weavers still exist. The place
merting is changed from the Long Flat to the
v4stte yard, "heir, every evening, a large con-
¶l"-rat t.f veople is assembled; and when, alter hear-
t‘‘o or tii,ee orations, they quietly disperse. Froa,
Li to silty of the weavers have left the town every
e 4„ ir. stri.ch employmentelsewhar.