Star.
London, England, 1822-09-05 00:00:00

APTER THZ PRZNCH.

LADY ••••........
I can't abide you Turkish folk,

Who take your wives by twenty;
In England one is tbought no joke,
And numbers find it pknty /
TURKItti A'iIASSADOIM
In England, true, this plan may do,

And be as good as any,
But all the charms we see in you,
We only find in weeny!

To the handsome donations by his MAJESTY to the
Public Institutions of Edinburgh, already mentioned,
we are hairy to add the following :
To the Society for the support of Gaelic Schools (of which
Lis Dlaje‘ty has been pleased to become patron), 100 guineas.
To the Royal Public Dispensary for the City and County of
Edinburgh, .so guineas. '
To the New Town Dispensary, 50 guineas.
To the Destitute Sick Society, 50 guineas.
Numbers were of opinion that the great influx of
people into Edinburgh would raise the rates of lodg-
ing, create a temporary scarcity, and at least double
the prices of provisions in that City. Acting on this
conclusion, among other commodities, large specula-
Cons were made in eggs. So far from realising the
large profits the too sanguine speculators anticipated,
it is probable that not one of them escaped without
a loss proportionate to the extent" of their purchases.
One man bought 6,000 eggs, at 6s. a hundred, from
a Glasgow dealer. On the Thursday preceding his
MAJESTYS arrival, he sent a lad to Edinburgh with
the cargo in a waggon, and a trusty woman to ma-
nage the sale. Eight days expired, and only a few
dozens were sold at what was considered a fair price,
when the owner, having lost all hopes of a ready
sale and high prices, sold his eggs to two men at a
loss of Is. 6d. per hundred, besides the carriage and
other expenses. A higler bought 2,000 of the eggs
at 4s. 9d. a hundred, from these two men ; and at
the very moment Edinburgh was at the throngest,
very eagerly brought them back to Glasgow, and
said them in the Bazaar at ss. a hundred.

It is said, that during his MAJESTY'S visit to Edin-
burgh, forty-eight silver and three gold watches were
stolen.
Among the numerous depredations committed by
the light. fingered gantry during the KING'S visit,
there is none which excites more sympathy than the
loss sustained by Mr. BLAIR, Of Cookston. Tired of
the luxuries he enjoyed in Edinburgh, Mr. BLAIR
proceeded to the coach-office to take a seat for Dun-
dee, thinking, " good easy man," that he would pay
for his seat out of the sum of £B, being the residue of
the money lie had carried with him to pay his expenses.
" Is there room for me in the coach ?"—Clerk, " Yes,
Sir, there is one place, but whether it will hold a gen-
tlewan of your size, I cannot say till you try.
" What is your charge? " Ten shillings, Sir."—
" GCD bless me! my money is gone!" cried the asto-
nished Justice, as he fumbled in hi, breeches pocket:
" My money is gone! My pocket has been picked!
D—n cue if ever I come to Edinburgh again!" Mr.
J. 11. Sc rr, v.,riter in Dundee, also suffered some
loss in the same place where the portly functionary of
the Guild Court was deprived of his gold watch. The
Hon. Mr. Maims had his coat cut in the crowd in
the street, and his pocket-book with 1:25 abstracted.
During the procession to the Calton-Hill to lay the
foundation-stone of the National Monument, it was
remarked that no small sensation was produced by
the various emblematical insignia borne by the dif-
ferent Lodges, and in particular by the Stirling An-
cient Lodge, whose 'filer, a little man, dressed in the
garb of Old Gaul, carried a double-handed sword of
great magnitude and length. It will be gratifying
to cur Readers to learn, that this ponderous weapon
was actually found in the field of Bannockburn about
a century ago, and has been. preserved as a precious
relic by this very ancient Lodge, whose orignal
charter was granted by King DAVID.
The present POPE is eighty years of age, and has
governed the Church twenty-two years. There are
41 Cardinals, and 23 vacant hats. The number of
Patriarchs, Archbishops, and Bishops, dispersed
through Christendom, is 550. The reason of the
vacant hats is, that the moderate revenues of the E 6
clesiastical State compel the Holy Father to be as
sparing as possible in filling up the vacancies, lest
the scanty income of the College should be still more
subdivided. The present income of a Cardinal isnot
nE:xe than £4OO sterling a-year.

Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, a young
woman about 19 years of age, who lives in the capa-
city of housemaid with a respectable old Lady re-
siding near Kennington Common, on being informed
of the marriage of a young man, which took place
on Saturday last (who had formerly lived as a foot-
man in the family, and had paid his addresses to her),
instantly ran down to the bottom of the garden, and
jumped into a large water-butt, kept there for the
purpose of watering the garden; but disliking her
situation, she soon began to scream out for assistance,
and her cries having alarmed the adjoining neigh-
bours, she, by the assistance of two of the servants,
was extricated from her perilous situation, with no
other injury than a good ducking.

SUMMARY JUSTICE.--A poor itinerant Italian Jew
boy, with his board of images, was attacked yester-
day afternoon in Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, by
a fellow of formidable size and strength, who not only
abused him in language he could not understand, but,
because the poor fellow did not reply, knocked the
board off his head, and demolished Bonaparte and
the Duke of Wellington ! A stander-by, short and
sturdy as his native oak, was too much exasperated
to balance the odds against him ; and, on demanding
if lie would redress the grievance of the stranger, by
paying for the injury he had committed, was replied
to by a volley of abuse. Cowardice and insolence are
generally concomitant; and so it proved in this in-
stance : for the bully received the chastisement he
deserved, as completely as if he had been regularly
served oat by an out-and-outer in the ring at Moulsey,
to the no small gratification of the assembled multi-
tude ; after which he was followed and hooted, till
he took shelter in a neighbouring public-house. The
champion of the oppressed set the example, and a
penny subscription amply repaid the damage.

• a
ROYAL ACAbitikt* OF MUSIC.
If the British Public is entitled at any time to' a
just and honourablpatnnishment, it k when an under-
taking of nationaVvle Is proposed for their support.
Their benevolence, en these occasions, is copious,
active, and sincere, and the Institution, into which we
are proceeding to make inquiries, affords a splendid
proof of the zeal and generosity, which, as English-
men, we feel proud to notice. As the greatest attend
tion has been attracted by this Establishment, we
shall lay before our Readers a brief sketch of the
Regulations that govern it.
These regulations, which are now before us, appear
to be drawn up in a spirit of great liberality and dis-
cernment, and tend, in a most eminent manner, to
promote the perfection of the musical art, the inte-
rests of the Professors, and the welfare ofthe Students.
They are assimilated in a considerable degree, to those
adopted in the Conservatories of France and Italy ;
but from the ability with which they are drawn up,
many points, which prevail in these celebrated
Schools, and which have proved by experience to be
faulty and defective, are modified or avoided. The
most rigorous critic will search in vain for opportu-
nities to exercise his asperity upon these rules; they
are marked by firm, acute, and liberal thinking ; and
we can assert, without the least fear of contradiction,
that the Royal Academy of Music, founded as it is
upon these auspicious and correct principles, is wor-
thy of the exalted patronage it possesses, and not only
justifies the confidence of the Public in zeneral, but
demands the most strenuous efforts of the Professors
for its success.
The government of the Institution is vested in a
Committee of Directors, amongst whom we notice
the Dukes of DEVONSHIRE and WELLINGTON, the
Archbishop of YORK, the Marquis of AYLESBURY,
and other individuals, conspicuous for their high
rank and earnest devotion to those elegant arts by
which the character of the country is improved and
promoted. The immediate administration and en-
tire superintendence of the Establishment is con-
fided to a Sub-Committee, composed of nine dis-
tinguished Amateurs, selected from the three first
classes of subscribers, of whom -Lord Btracutansir
is Chairman : one of the most important advantages
to be derived from this arrangement, is the security
it affords against a certain degree of partiality which
has sometimes been remarked, when Professional
Directors alone were employed ; and to this most
salutary and judicious constitution of the Sub-Com-
mittee, may be ascribed the prosperity of the whole
Establishment, and the realization of those objects
it has been projected to secure. Dr. Cacrot, a Gen-
tleman of known talents and character, is nominated
Principal of the Academy, assisted by a Board of
four Professors, whose duty it is to superintend the
musical education of the students; and to appeal, in
all other respects, to the judgment of the Sub-Com-
mittee for general proceedings. Every Professor en-
gaged to teach in the Academy is authorised to pur-
sue his own method of instruction, so that genius of
every description is thus enabled to produce itself.
In the foreign conservatories a most palpable and
pernicious error exists in the distinct branches of tui-
tion—the several Professors of a particular instru-
ment are requ'red to concur in fram'ng some system
by which each branch may be acquii ; this system
is adopted in every case throughout the institutions,
and hence it happens that the pupils imbibe a severe
and monotonous style, destitute, too often, of that
grace, sentiment, and vigour, which nothing but the
mutual emulation of the master and the pupil can
impart. 'lbis emulation, however, is suppressed by
the practice to which we allude; and vlteii the bene.
fits are weighed that accrue to a course of study from
entulotint alone, the advantages Ft-cured by.it change
of the castom will be instantly felt.
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The ultimate proficiency of the scholars aprears to
be most scrupulously considered, and no time is there-
fore allowed to be lost in the study of more subordi-
nate instruments than are required for the purposes
of a sound musical education. A thorough know-
ledge of harmony, and of the piano-forte in conjunc-
tion with it, is indispensably preset ibed, to whatever.
branch of music the pupil may apply himself; and
were the difficulties generally known to which our
best orchestra performers, from their early neglect of
the science of harmony, are sometimes reduced, the
propriety of attending to this branch of education
would not require to be enforced. _ _

To prevent the injury which even talents of the
highest order must sustain from a premature display
of their proficiency, the Students are not allowed,
while members of the Academy, to take part in any
public concert or exhibition, or to print, or to cause
to be performed. any work whatever, without the
previous consent of their respective Masters, and the
sanction of the Sub-Committee.

In order to give the pupils opportunities of hearing
their Masters in public, and of perfecting their mu-
sical taste, there will be two grand Concerts in the
course of each year, the produce of which will be ap-
plied to the benefit and advancement of tl.e Institu-
tion. Such of the pupils as have made sufficient pro-
gress will perform at these Concerts, in the presence
of all that rank and taste which can give celebrity to
their efforts, and incitement to their ambition. In ad-
dition to a variety of rehearsals, ex ami nations, etc. there
will be an annual distribution of prizes, in which the
scholars, according to their respective mei its, will be
publicly rewarded. The anxiety of the Directors ex-
tends itself to the last stage at which the students can
receive their assistance, and they have accordingly
determined to furnish them, on quitting the Academy,
with a certificate of talents and character. They can
offer themselves, under the sanction of this document,
as Professors in any part of the Empire, without ex-
periencing that neglect or distrust with which the,
abilities of youth are so frequently attende3. In this
Institution the elements of a good literary education
are coupled with excitement to that musical profi-
ciency their establishment so proudly offers; and it
must afford the guardians of our British youth a high
gratification to be able to commit the genius and the
virtue they have in charge into the hands of those who
have been elected to the head of this establishment.

Paoor having been wounded by
a musket-ball at the siege of La Rochelle, the surgeon
who first dressed the wound declared that it was very
dangerous, for he could see the brain. 1, Can you, in-
deed ?" said he, 4, do me the favour then to take out a
little of it, and send it in a linen rag to Cardinal RtcHa-
[.tru,whotellsme it hundsed times a day I havemoue 1"

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DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER s.
Saturday, the Commission of Oyer and Term
or general jail delivery, for the city and county. of
Dublin, was opened with the usual ceremonies by
Lord NORSTIRY.
On the Juries being sworn, Lord NORBUItY shortly
addressed them, and said, he was sure it would not
be considered unbecoming in him at that time to re-
mark upon the reluctance shewn by Gentlemen in
coming forward, when called upon, to serve the high
and important office of Grand Juror. It would be a
culpable forbearance on his part, were he to let the
circumstance pass entirely unnoticed; though, from
the great respectability of the Gentlemen present,
he should forbear to animadvert harshly upon their
tardiness, lest it might be supposed he had found it
necessary to goad or worry them into the perform-
ance of a duty so essentially necessary to the public
peace and welfare, anu to the preservation of that
tranquillity which had rendered Dublin so high an
example, and such as he heartily wished.) ad been
imitated by the remote districts of the kingdom. It
was for the promotion and preservation of this state
of security and happiness, that the Commissioners for
the city and county had been increased to within two
of the annual number of those held in London, where
the difference of popylation was so considerable.—
The calendar, though heavy, he was happy in being
enabled to inform them jwith the exception of one
case), exhibited no particular features of atrocity, or
variation from the ordinary course of delinquency
which might be attributed, in a great measure, to
the vigilance of the police and the zeal of the Magis-
tracy. Here his Lordship took occasion to compli-
ment the Lord Mayor, whose services, he said,
" would be ever remembered by the citizens of Dub-
lin." The duties of the Grand Jury were of the most
serious nature, and he should therefore request of
them to be punctual in their attendance, that every
case might have that solemn and due deliberation it
was entitled to, as well from a principle of humanity
as from the sacred obligation of their oath. The crime
in the calendar to which he had alluded as an excep-
tion, was the offspring of iniquitous proceeding', with
which, unhappily, the inmates of those haunts of vice
and infamy where it was perpetrated were too fami-
liar. Those vile receptacles were a disgrace to a
city, with whose order and regularity their late Royal
visitor expressed himself so much pleased and grati-
fied. He hoped that before they should again have
the 11.tpiness of enjoying the Royal presence amongst
them, they would contrive to get rid of such dan-
gerous and scandalous nuisances. In the perform-
ance of their duty, if any doubts arose to interrupt
their progress, the Court would afford them every
assistance; but, said his Lordship in conclusion,
You cannot have more difficulty in finding Bills
than the Court had in finding Jurors."

ARRESTS FOR HIGU TREASON.

After sonic routine business had been gone through,

Mr. HAMILTON addressed the Court, and said he
appeared on behalf of six persons who, as they stated
in their petition, were arrested in Dublin for high
treason on the 25th of June, and kept in the Head
Police Office until the sth of July, when they were
committed to Kilmainham Jail,where they have since
remained in close confinement, and they prayed the
Court would order them to be brought to trial during
the present Commission.
Lord NORIIVRY—Your application is not or the
purpose of obtaining an immediate discharge ?
Mr. Haxtivros—The present application is founded
upon the sixth section of the Habeas Corpus Act,
which provides that, if during the next Assizes or
Commission of Oyer and Terminer, after the prisoners
have been committed for high treason, they should
not be brought to trial (having made an application
for that purpose on the first or opening day of the
Commission or Assizes), they shall be discharged on
giving Lail. I therefore make the present applica-
tion as a preceding matter, that the prisoners may be
entitled to apply ior their discharge cn the last day
of the Commission, if they should not before that time
be brought to trial. -
Lord Nostamtv--Have you served notice on the
A ttorney•General ?
Mr. HAMILTON—My Lord, we shall do so, if your
Lordship orders it.
Mr. SEALY Toll/mum> (who appeared on the part
of the Crown)—My Lord, the Crown Solicitor is in
Court, and that is quite sufficient.
The following are the names of the petitioners—
Michael Keenan, Michael Carr, Nathaniel Redmond,
John Conway, Michael Quinn, and William Mason.