Star.
London, England, 1831-06-13 00:00:00

NIGUEL'S PERSECUTIO VS.

A recent publication (The An vud
of public Events for the Year 18:1I) with
the sanction of a well-informed natire of
the following frightful list of due victims of I).ia
Miguel's tyranny :

Mrs.
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400
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Political offenders in the prisons of I,kln .
at the tort of St. Julian
in Peniche
Cascaes, Beletn castle, and frafaria
On beard the hulks in the Tagus ...
at Oporto
In the different prisons of Traz-ta-Montes
In the province of Douro and Moho ...
Beira, including Almeida ... 30410
Estremadura, including Abrams 3.000
Alvintejo, including Blvas ... 5,000
Algarte ... 1,200
Transported u convicts to Aola .. .100
.. to Cabo Verde another islands 500
to Cabinda, Apache. Mozambique 700

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LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.

Journal of a Residence in Germany, written during a
personal Attendance on their present Majesties during
their :0 Ms! country in 1822, 1825, and 1826.

BY WILLIAM BEATTIE, 31. D. LONGMAN AND CO.

This is a most interesting work, and written
►►iLliout pomp or affectation. It not only unfolds
to 118 those ceremonies which are observed at the
courts in Germany, but the beautiful scenery and
awiquities of the country, with the customs and
io.:::nety of its natives: It also abounds in amusing
ia.:l itia•.oetive anecdotes and traits of peculiar cha-
hlclerli. hud describes that enthusiastic reception
the inyal pair had met with from all ranks in the
►course of their travels. The work is interspersed
with some beautiful specimens of poetry, is " well
got up," and on the whole reflects credit on that
thellesty mid ability of the Doctor which pervades
hose professional situation afforded him such
excellent opportunities to see and to judge of much
that passed under his eye, from the splendour of
the palace, to the humblest cottage, Oar limits
onl•: citable us at present to make the follo►wing
portrait of a yager, or old soldier :

, " Before I had time to proceed in my observations, the
gager made his appearance. ' Eccelenz,' said he, slightly
touching a broad forehead, upon which was mounted a mi.. -
'jury cocked hat, brown with the rust of an irksome
peace, teas tetchiest sic ?' My attention was powerfully
arrested by his whole exterior. He stood full six feet high,
as erect and stately upon one foot, as many others could do
on a pair. Not a muscle of his face moved during my short
scrutiny. The ancient moustache still curled luxuriantly
upon his upper lip. His cheeks were weatherbeaten and
lad; ; his nose slightly aquiline, thin towards its apex, on
its left side a scar, running to what anatomists call the' ex-
ternal angular process of the frontal bone,' and in its clear,
ptominent ridge giving token of some past, but deadly Ten-
contre. The e}e of the same side had escaped, as it were,
miraculously, and was not a whit inferior in expression and
lustre to its fellow on the right. On the contrary, it seemed
not a little proud of the scar in its neighbourhood. He wore
a green frock coat, which appeared an old and well-tried
friend. Attempts had been made to modernize it. The
worsted braiding had been recently strips from the faded la-
pelle, while the green fresh surface it had occupied was dis-
tinctly marked out. The contrast was strikingly applicable
to the wetter ; his exterior had suffered more from climate
and circumstance than his coat. The shadow left by the
braiding spoke for the texture and colour of the one in its
best days, the other was left to conjecture. The sleeve on
the right side wu empty, and looped to a button on the chew.
The left, and lower extremity had been substituted by a
wooden pillar, which a few rude instruments had fashioned
to its purpose, and enabled to balance that stately wreck of
which it now formed a prop. A button-hole on the left
breast made a frugal confession of farther services, displaying
about an inch of riband with an abet nate stripe of scarlet, yel-
loa• and green. A black varnished stock secured the neck, and
gave the head a more martial elevation. The coat was but-
toned close up to the gorge, but its original buttons had been
changed. I did not enquire the cause—it was trifling—but
the measure was no less expedient, or even imperative. The
same order which had re-called the Bourbon to his throne,
had also proscribed the button on the coat of the pager I A
small lace loop, amid all these changes, was still retained on
the right shoulder. It had confined the sword-belt, and was
delicately worked with the well.known emblem of industry.
As I continued to observe him some time with attention and
in silence, his rigid expression began to relax, the muscles
of the lip quivered with a slight nervous convulsion, evincing
sore degree of impatience at the scrutiny he had undergone.
He no doubt took me for one of those numerous travellers
whole aim is the discovery of odd characters, who—provided
they are amused with the exterior which has often been the
sport of most painful circumstances enquire no farther, re.
flea no farther, but indulge in a hearty laugh, and on their
return home, make their friends merry for a twelvemonth,
with a ludicrous picture of the " fellow they once met with
at Archaffenburg!"
" It is cruel to sport with wounded feelings, to laugh at
the misfortunes of others, unless where we have relieved
them, and the sufferer laughs with us."
With regard to postilions, and the mode of posting,
in Germany, the Doctor remarks, that " It is very
difficult to impress upon Schwager's mind, the ne-
cessity of using the drag-chain, even in descents
where the road is both steep and slippery. He will,
in nine cases out of ten, prefer trusting to the
haunches and collars of his horses, as the opposing
force. With the ordinary carriages of the coun-
try this may do; but mere rope and muscle
are by no means adequate to insure the
safety of English carriages : such, at least, as
carry much luggage, and their full complement in-
side. It is in all cases unpleasant, where the only
security against a serious accident is a few yards of
brittle homespun rope. This I have often observed
with apprehension ; and the words of Cicero seem
fully as applicable to him who travels in this way,
as to him " qui nariget," &c. It is moreover
but poor satisfaction to hear afterwards from the
postilion, tly.t " the rope never broke till this time."
In Germany the post-horses vary considerably in
the different states. They seem to be of no parti-
cular race or size ; but are harnessed as they come
to hand, and often present ludicrous contrasts. All,
however, are equally expected to perform their task
and where strength appears to Aag, the whip is
freely applied as the never failing stimulus."
The following are among the poetical lines in
this work :

Oh ! we did pan as lovers part :
I've wandered faint and far ;
But still my heart, like lover's heart,
Turned fondly to its star
No streams through Judah's land that flow,
Nor Arno strewn with flowers,
Nor lordly Tiber, could bestow
One ray of those sweet hours—
Of those sweet hours, beside thy stream.
When fancy's fairy train
Locked up my bean in that sweet dream
I ne'er shall dream again !
My native Rhine! amid thy bowers
A pilgrim let me be!
Here live my last and lonely hours
• With solitude and thee ;
At length, in yon sweet isle of thine—
Its green turf on my breast—
And lulled each earthly care of mice,
How calmly could 1 rest !
Produce of the Gongo Soto Mine (Gold) Brasil :
Lbs. oz. dwts. grs.
1830 September .. 370 10 19 0
October .. 230 3 10 14
November ... 216 11 13 16
December .. 186 5 18 8
1831 To 18th Jlnuary 109 10 7 18
Maims Review, No. V.
Fosst t. SIIELLS.—Many of the shells which oc-
cur fossil. are the types of existing species : but it
is remarkable that the fossils are larger than living
ones found in the neighbouring waters; and where
the sizes coincide, the living are found in a warmer
cliMate than the present one of the spot where the
fossils occur.
,"BETWERN FRENCII METRE AND
I).—A recant determination of this,
t. shows the metre to be equal to
lish inches ; the length of the pen-
seconds at Paris. Our measures,
are fractional quantities of the
pendulum in London.

PROPORTION
ENGLISH YARI
by.3ll79.oFranctri;
39dulum vibrating
on the contrary,
length of the pei