Star.
London, England, 1830-08-28 00:00:00

A3l ERICA N POETRY .

ON THE HEAT OF TIIF. WEATHER.
The pavements are all hissing hot—the •ky above is brazen,
And every head u good as dead the Nun c in set I Is rays on.
The lean, like walking skeletons, go stalking pale and gloomy,
The fat, like red-hot warming-yans, send hotter fancies thro' ;
I wake from dreams of polar ice. on which I've been a flying man,
Like fishes dreaming of the sea, and wzking in the frying.pan.
(.Iwrican Pax,. )

SONNE

ON THE LATE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION 1R reartet:.
fiy Rfihrri Pole.
I es! man was born for freedom - for hi• soul
Scorn: Ali the chains that bind him to the earth.
Free was he in the ninincnt or his birth,
And lice, 'till death, shoald his warm IVe-blood roll ;
The winds and waves, that never know control,
)ppression cannot bind diem in a girth ;
And shall it lay upon the human heart
Shackles and bondage, that can have no par:
Wi:b nature. or the it:ys!ery of her ways?
Never ! Let those still worthy to he free
Emancipate theinsrives. 111% ! let them raise.
UK,' France, that bri:4!it, that mrlasting
That beacon light for prostrate worlds to see,
Fann'd by the burning breath of snug:ling Liberty.
August, l8:30.

The new Parliament will ex hi bit a strange sort of polit't al
salmagundi, if we may judge front the names of those alretly mum 1.
We shall have -Voet/ss and West, rna ; 'Mks and Browns; Faint, x,
Flemings, Chaplains, Yaridlers. and Dons; of in:minute thirgs
fear there will be too many), we tiud 'roods, D:riles, Moors, Pitt tei,,
Lemons, Peaches, and Hills ; of hvh.g creatures, we have a me-
. nagerie of Bears, (Bruen ?) Lauds, wild Marts, and tame ( notes
and all these exclusive of Mr'lers, Taylors, sundry hard Kllo.l*, an.:
not a law Somerset:. No wonder at our laws being so obeettre. site I
the makers of them are composed of such en anomalous imseastilage ni
individual things—animate and inanimate.
IMPORTANT INVENTION.--.Mr. G. V. Palmer, of Wm
caster has taken out a patent for a machine, in perfecting which he
has been engaged for ten years. It works by steam and is adapted fur
cutting canals, levelling hills for railways, or removing large masses of
earth. The engine cuts at a single movement six feet wide and three
feet deep, delivering into a cart upwards of a ton per minute; It is
calculated that 360 yards of hard soil, or 720 of Marl, or soft soil,
may be thus removed in 12 hours. The machine also cuts and silts
gravel with like rapidity—Truemase's Exeter Post.
OPINION or POPULAR APPLAUSE.—The street in
which Bonaparte's small residence, No. 6, stood, was named Chante-
reine ; but, during the night of theloth-1 lth December, received the
appellation of " Victory," in consequence of a public decree. This and
other incense offered to his name, the acclamations which every where
followed his appearance, altered not his estimate of the position which
he knew himself to occupy in public opinion. He used to say to nee,
In Paris they soon forget every thing. If I remain long here idle. I
am lost. One reputation in this great Babylon eclipses another. People
will not have seen me above thrice at the theatre, when I shall be co
longer an object of regard : therefore I shall appear but seldom."—
When he did go, it was to a private box. " Nevertheless," observed I,
" it must be agreeable thus to be followed by the admiration of one'.
fellow-citizens.' " Bah ! the same crowd would run after me, with
the same eagerness, were I marching to the gallows."—Constable's
Miscellany, Vol. LVII.)
GRACIOUS CONDESCENSION.—Her Elephantine High-
ness, Princess Djeck, during her late sojourn among our norther.[
neighbours, the "modem Athenians." gave the following instsnce or'
her gracious condescension :—Her Highness, on her arrival in
she Scottish metropolis, experiencing great difficulty in procuring
a palace sufficiently capacious for herself and suite, her grand
chamberlain (Yates) found it absolutely necessary to have a tem-
porary one erected ; the spot selected as the most eligible site wars
In the grounds adjoining the Catholic Chapel, and upon the com•
pletion of the palace, her Highness took up her residence there.
ft however lacked one accommodation, which her Highness gra-
ciously condescended to pardon, viz. a chapel, and throwing
aside all state, she, on Sunday week, left her palace unattended,
and proceeded on foot to the neighbouring chapel, where her ap-
pearance created no small surprise to the congregation, who had received
no previous notice of her Highness's intended visit Their alarm hay-
log at length somewhat subsided, and her Highness having recovered her
usual self-possession, she, after calmly surveying the sacred place, and
the astonished auditory, deigned to give a proof of her entire satisfaction
of all she witnessed, by showering down upon them, not only her bless-
ings, nor a shower of holy water, but a trunk-full of bran, with which
her Highness had come provided from her ptivate stores ; after which
her Highness departed, and returned to her ralace in the mine private
manner, leaving the astonished auditory duly impressed with Lir
Highness's condescens'on and unbounded liberality.
Captain Chevalier Peter Dillon, the diaccverer of the
wrecks of the unfortunate Count de la Perouse, has armed in town
from Paris on a particular mission. This celebrated navigator, who has
recently published his work in French, was invited by the live Govern-
ment in France to undertake a voyage of discovery in the South Pacific,
where he was appointed as Vice Consul, but through the intrigues of
the congregation of Jesuits, who wished to have a creature of their own,
he was thawed in his enterprise. On his makings!, application to the
French Government for an indemnity for the losses he had sustained, in
consequence of their non-fulfilment of the expedition, lie was told that
the croix d'honneur was sufficient. He threatened to make the whole
of use intrigues puhdc, when Polignac sent fur him, and told him that
if he woald leave France in less Clan fifteen' days, 3,000 francs should
be awarded to him, which conditions he indignantly refused ; 3,1:00
francs were, however, paid him, and he remained in Paris during all
the late troubles. It appears he has some proposals to make. si as to
undertake a voyage of discovery round the world, and few officers will
be better suited than he is for the hazardous task.

LOCUS A NON LUCEN DO.—There is n ye:Wen/an of
the name of Dando, who goes about town levying contributions on the
oyster-sellers. lie astonishes ten or twelve dozen of natives, with a due
proportion of condiments, accompanied by a peck loaf, and a propor.
titalste quantity of butter. Such a person would be a welcome CURI0111( r,
but he has one fault, which, like that of Uoliismiih's attorney, is ‘•
thumper.' On the principle of ancient Pasta, he says—" RAM: is t! le
slave that pays 1" and never has any cash in his pocket. This person is
cadet'. Dan& 0 MOOS Dando.

A PCFY DI RECT.—A pedlar, wishing to recommend his
razors to the gaping crowd, thus addressed them :—" Gen,lemen, ti:c
razors I hold in my hand were made in a cave by the light of a ilia.
mood, in the province of Andalusia, in Spain. The) cut as quick at
thought, and are as bright as the morning gar. A word or two o.ore•,
and lam certain you will buy t iem. Lay them under your pillow .t
night, and you will find yourself clean shaved in the morning !•
riean raper. _

would appe-ir thnt the angler does not yield the pniuki
of saws,' to any other sportsmen of the season. A small party returned
to Edinburgh on Saturday from the Yarrow, having caught 110 dozen •n
two days! But when we add, that "the Peeiblis ironmonger" km a
hand, it will cease :o astonish the good folk of that town, who are a-11
aware of the magnetic lifluence of his rod over Itia infatuated victims.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 24.—This is the King's birth-dig.
Great preparations were made for an illumination i.nd a grand rites It.a
as the Flantish say, it is fortoden file town is full of people. What
must the state of a country be when a King is afraid to Lelebrate his
own birth-Jay ? ".1h r say the people, "it is tt:e revolution in
Franei."

Au the domestics and oth:rs connected with the late Coot
of Charles X. whos3 salaries 1 ave become due since die Gnat %Verb,
hsve received the a natant, witbouk any intimation that their ae.v.ces
woulJ hale:G.4th be 4tspensed with. It is trporati that PI the anon.
catiun of some of the ladies wbis were attachtil t-s the houo bold of the
Dauphines and the Duchess of Berry for situations in the new ,stab.
lishinent, they were sold by her Majtsty, toy in order to lessen the
public buriletta, it wao not intended so keep up the Court on sts
Gunter extensive hating t and that, should the:r effete of sers!ec be
ultimately aceetted, thty Inuit 0.0.e1.t tigt.notivcs with a tonunetation
equal en!), to half of what was given during the late reign.—Galivna.
tu's Xs-senor.

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