Star.
London, England, 1824-07-26 00:00:00

NEW CHURCHES.

According to the Appendix to the Fourth Report of
the Commissioners (just primed), for building New

Churches, besides the Chu-rches already buildi—ng, the
erection of Churches or Chapels at the following places,
has been resolved on, only the Plans have not yet been
received :
Bethnal Green, Middlesex—Accommodation for 9,000 people.
Birmingham. St. Martin, Warwlek--Ditto for 1,900 people.

Chelsea, Hat-la Town, Middlesex—Ditto for 1,500 people.
Edmonton, Middlesex--Ditto for S5O people.
St. George in the East, Middlesex—ditto for 2,000 people.
Highgate, in the Parishes of Hornsey, Islington, and St. Pancras,
Middlesex—Ditto for 1,500 people.
Holborn, St. Andrew, City of London, and County of Middlesex
.--Ditto for 2,000 people.
Kensington, Middlesex—Ditto for 1,250 people.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex—Diuo for 2,000 people.
Old-street, St. Luke, Middlesex—Ditto for 2,000 people.
These, it will be borne in mind, are in addition to
those now building at Bermondsey, St. Luke's, Chelsea,
Clerkenwell, Greenwich, Hanover-square, (in which
Parish three are building—Regent-street, South Aud-
ley-street, and Pimlico). Lambeth, (where tour are
building—Norwood, Brixton, Kennington, just finished,
and Waterlou-road). Mary-la Bonne, (where three are
building, in Langham-place, Stafford-street, and Port.
land-road). St. Pancras (two—at Somers Town and
in Regent-square). At Shoreditch (two in that Parish,
at Hoxton and Haggerstone). &c.

A French writer informs us, that in Ceylon, at the
present day, to prove the innate courage of their chil-
dren, their parents place them on the back of a tame
eagle, in the presence of a multitude assembled on the
occasion, who mounts with the child into the air ; if'
the latter betrays any fear, it is sacrificed, as incapable'
of supporting the dangers to which this life is exposed. I
Tuesday, a stone-mason, of the name of Thomas
Brown, who resides at Quarry Hill, Leeds, commenced,
the degrading ceremony of selling his wife by auction'
at the Market Cross. She was put up at Is. 6d. and
the bidding* had advanced to Ss. when a constable ap-
peared, who took the auctioneer into custody, and libe-
rated his spare rib. He was brought before the Magis-
trates, where be stated his reason for being so desirous
of disposing of his property, and was discharged with
a reprimand, after being reminded that a repetition of
the offence would subject him to imprisonment.
In the Prussian army there are 10,683 persons, of
whom 657, of the rank of Etat Major, are noble, and
73 not ; 1,007 Captains, noble, and 671 not. The
landwehr is included in this enumeration. In the
number of first Lieutenants, there are forty-one No-
blemen and ninety-one bourgeois, in the cavalry, and
600 equally divided between both classes in the in-
fantry. In the artillery, there are twenty-five Noble-
men and 144 bourgeois. In fine, in the landwehr there
are 133 belonging to the first of these two classes and
766 to the second. In all, this last body contains 562
Noble Officers, and 3,732 bourgeois.
NEW BVILDING3.—The rage for building is such,
that on all the roads leading direct to and from London,
wherever there may be any spare ground fronting the
road, there is sure to be a board up for the whole or
the greater part, of such ground to let on " Building
Leases." This is particularly the case on the Western
road; at Knigbtsbridge,at Kensington,w here an amazing
extent of building, as well as brickmaking, are proceed-
ing under Lord KENSINGTON, at Hammersmith, and on
to Brentford and lAeworth, this is particularly the case.
The phraseology of some of these boards is highly
amusing: there is one, for instance, between Hammer-
smith and Kensington, which states, after announcing
that the ground is to be let on building leases, that
"bricks, money, and timber, also, may be had!"
Our new enemy in India, the Burmese Monarch, is
the proprietor of the celebrated white elephant. The
writer of the article on the Burman Empire, in the En-
cyclopedia Metropolitan, has the following account of
this important beast, which, like many other important
personages, dwindles down on close inspection :
" One of the most singular and absurd superstitions by which
human nature has been disgraced, is the veneration paid in this
country, to a white elephant, who is considered as the second per-
sonage in the empire, ranks before any of the Royal Family except
the Sovereign, has a regular Court, Ministers, Secretaries, &c. and
is lodged in a splendid palace, connected by a long gallery with thel
Royal residence. A black velvet curtain, embossed with gold,
screens this august beast from vulgar eyes, and his abode la as bril-
liant as gilding can snake it. He has a bed covered with crimson
silk, and trappings richly adorned with gold and precious stones.—
A complete service of gold, including betel boxes, spitting-pots,
and we may presume pipes, though the historians of Ave have not
mentioned those important articles, are luxuries indispensable to so
distinguished a quadruped; but, like many other Royal personages,
he is doomed to live in a splendid prison, and is chained by silver
chains and golden fetters to the pillar; of his palace. Captain Can-
ning, the British Edney to the Coati of Amara-pura, in lino, was
admitted to the sacred presence, and saw nothing but a diminu-
tive, sandy-coloured beast, disfigured-by a species of ',prosy, and
apparendy little gradAed by the hismility of his attendants, who,
at the threshold of the apartment, bowed their heads down to the
ground before him."
The other evening, at the Theatre I'Ambigu Co nig ue,
at Paris, in one of the most pathetic scenes in a new
Melo-drame, called Cordlike, on Le (battier de Arse-
nal the actor, who performed the part of the ferocious
assassin, with perfect sangfroid, advanced in front of the
stage, and presented his friend the Prompler with a Pinch
Of Sitat to the ao small iuousetneot of the audience.

WESTIVINSTEtt SESSIONS, JULY 24.
ACQUITTAL OP TO CPU/EVAN? CAPTAIN lIENST LOWC.
This young man. WHOA case occupied so, much at-
tention at Marlborough-street, and against whom so
many charges were preferred for obtaining goods under
false pretences, was this day placed within the bar
amongst the other prisoners. The Court, however,
went through the traverse paper, and at three o'clock
the prisoner ,was put to the bar. He appeared by no
means genteelly dressed.
Mr. Alen, the chief Clerk, read over the indictment
against the\prisoner, which charged him with obtaining
by fraudulent means, in the part of St. Paul, Covent-
garden, three pair of boots, and two pair of gilt spurs,
the property of George Westcott. Mr. Allen at the
conclusion asked him if he was Guilty or Not Guilty ?
—Prisoner.—Not Guilty, Sir. He here turned his eyes
round with apparent anxiety.
Mr. Wilson was now directed to call the prosecutor
and witnesses. He did so three times, but no one an-
swered. The prisoner during this time seemed greatly
agitated; his cheeks lost their florid hue for the mo-
ment, but on Mr. Wilson again entering the Court, and
saying, " They do not answer, Sir," he seemed to re-
cover his fortitude.
The Chairman, F. CONS; Esq. now addressed the
Jury as follows :—" Gentlemen, the prisoner stands
charged with a fraud in having btained goods from a
person named Westcott. That Gentleman does not ap-
pear, nor does there appear any evidence against him ;
it will, therefore, be your duty to acquit him."
The Jury of course immediately found him Not Guilty.
Before the prisoner left the bar, a warrant was pro-
duced for his detention as a deserter, and the Court
ord. red him to be handed over to the military authority.