Star.
London, England, 1824-11-09 00:00:00

THE COLUMBUS.

This so-much-talked-of vessel has at length arrived
in the river. She was towed up yesterday morning from
Gravesend, by the James Watt, Tourist, and Soho
steam-boats, and at two o'clock in the afternoon was
moored alongside-the East India hulk, off Mack wall.
Like many other wonders of which so much has been
said while at a distance, the Columbus loses much of
her marvellous character on a nearer approach. Those
who visit her in the expectation of seeing a stupendous
structure, " to which one of our seventy-fours would
appear as a cock-boat,` will find themselves seriously
disappointed. Those who expect to see the latgest ship
in the world, will naturally picture to themselves a ves-
sel, to which the hulk of one of our first-rates would
'be comparatively small, but in this also they will be
deceived. The Columbus is unquestionably the longest
ship ever seen in England, but her appearance in every
other respect is far inferior to one of our large India-
Nen: her construction is quite new for a iarge vessel ;
she is fiat-bottomed, and her bottom two feet wider than
tier deck; her planks and timbers throughout, are on a
scale of thickness proportioned to her great length, and
faitened together with a strength approachis.g nearly
to that of a solid masse It is not true, as was stated in
some accounts of her, that her cargo (red and white
pine) was fastened into her timbers in the building. It
is stowed away in the same manner as on board other
ships timber-laden. Neither is it a fact that she is to be
broken up as soon as her cargo is discharged; at least
that is not the present intention of her prop ietors. In
her masts, spars, and rigging, the Columbus presents
an appearance not at all proportioned to her rate of
tonnage; they are not larger than those used in a small
frigate. On inquiry we learned that .he sailed much
better than was expected—tacked and wore extremely
well (which is very rare with fiat-bottomed vessels), and
made but vcry little lee-way. In the course of her pas-
sage to Europe, she encountered very rough weather,
and shipped seas so frequently, that the crew on deck
could seldom keep themselves dry. The greatest dan-
ger to which she was exposed was from this circum-
stance; and, in anticipation of it, and of her becom-
ing water-logged, her round-house (under which were
stowed her water and provisionk) was made stater-tight.
About a month before her artied on this coast, she
sprang a leak, and made a foot of water per hour, and
it required the constant exertion Of the whole crew to
keep Iser free. Nevertheless, on her arrival in the
Downs, she had 11 feet of water in her hold.
The crowds of persons who went to see her yesterday
were very great, Some contented themselves with a
view of her from the shore t those who chose to pay the
high price of the boatmen got a heater view, and they
who were content to pay two Ailing, additional, were
allowed to go on board. This last demand, it is hut
justice to the officers to say, was without their know-
ledge; or if they were aware of it, it must have been
demanded with the view of preventing the vessel horn
becoming inconveniently crowded, which it would be if
all who sought admission were allowed on, board.
The account which has already appeared in this Paper,
of the size and tonnage of the Columbus was correct.
She is 300 feet in length, 50 feet six inches wide, at d
SO feet deep in the hold ; registers 3,900 tons, and has
on board 6,300t0as of timber.
Another vessel, belonging to the same proprietors,
who, as well as the builder, are Englishmen, is now on
the stocks at Quebec, which will be of the same. length,
,but ten feet wider, and fire feet deeper in the hold.

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.*. .tiOUS PA!cIICIII.ARS OF LORD MAYOR'S SH
Front Times Tet.Escorg fur 185.)
•
All that remains of the Lord Mayor's Shew, to re.
corionsli-informed of its antient character, is
tee first part of the procession. These are the poor
~•ee of the company to which the Lord Mayor belongs,
ihited long gowns and close caps of the Company's
coiner, bearing painted shields on their arms, but with-
,,.,t javelins. Srl many of these head the she was there
e. years in the Lord Mayor's age. Their obsolete
ecntume and hobbling walk are sport for the unsedate,
who, from imperfect tradition, year after year, are ac-
'costomed to call them old bachelors. The numerous
eand• of. Gentlemen-ushers, in velvet coats, wearing
chains of gold, and beating white staves, is reduced to
half a dozen full dressed footmen, carrying umbrella,
i: their hands. The antiquarian terniniicences occa•
:.:e!,e,l by the throwing of substances that stone.eaters
would covet from the tops of the houses, can
:rise no more.* Even the giants in Guildhall, elevated
upon octagon stone columns, to watch and ward the
'peat:East window, stand unrecognized, except in their
gigantic capacity. Apropos of Gog and Magog:—
before the present giants inhabited Guildhall, there
were two giants made only of wicker-work and paste-
board; pot together with great art and ingenuity : and
those two terrible original giants had the honour yearly
to pace my Lord Mayor's Shew, being carried in
great trtioneh in the time of the Pageants; and when
that eminent annual service was over, teniounted their
old stations in Guildhall, till, by reason of their very
greet age; old Tian, with the help of a number of city
rats and Mice, lad eaten up all their entrails.
Until the last reparation of Guildhall, in 1815, the
present giants stood with the old clock and a balcony
of iron-wie k between them, over the stairs leading
from th'e flail to the Courts of Law, and the Council
Chamber. They are made of wood, and hollow within,
and, from the method of joining and gluing the • in-
terior, are evidently of late construction ; buethey are
too subitantiaily built for the perpose of being either
carried or drawn, or any way exhibited in a pageant.
The L d Mayor's S:ew is the only state exhibition
in the metropo.i. that remains as a memorial of the
g-re'at L'oiegs in the tiines of the Pageants. In a cu-
rious doctiption of the Shew as it was managed in
1575, it is related, that, to make way in the s:reetes,
cettayne men were employed, apparelled like devells
and wyde men, with sky bbs and certayne beadells.
The number of persons who dined at Guildhall was
One Thousand, all at the charge of the Mayor and the
two• Sheriffs. This feast (the writer continues) costeth,
4031. whereof the Mayor payed) 200/. and each of the
She' retie. 1001. Immediately after dyner, they go to the.
churche of. St. Pante, the men bearynge staff, torches,
end tare:aets, ethic!) torches are lighted when it is late,
l,do're they' Cc) or from evenynge prayer.' In 1.585,
there were chi;Jien in the procession, who personified
Cle City, Magnanimity, Loyalty, Science, the Country,
• and the river Tharries; they also represented a soldier,.
a sailor, and nymphs, with appropriate speeches.—
The Shew opened with a moor on the back of a lynx.
Oa Sir Thomas Middleton's mayoralty, in 1613, the
solemnity is described as unparalleled for the cost, art,
add. magnificence of the shews, pageants, chariots,
morning, noun, and night 1G53, 'the
city page-anti, after'a discontinuance of about fourteen
years, were revi,ed. Edmund Ciayton, the author of
the description for that year, says, that oar metropolis,
for -these planetary pageants, was as famous and re-
nowned in foreign nations, ac fir their faith, wealth,
and valour.' In the Shew of 1639, an Earopean, an
Egyptian, and a Persian, were personated. On Lord
Mayor's Day, 1671, the ICnt,rl Queen, and Duke of
York, and most' of the Nobility, being present, there
bete, subdry shews, shapes, scenes, speeches, and songs,
in parts;' and. the like in 1672 and 1673, when the
Fine; again grazed the triumphs.'
At the alteration of the style, the Lord Mayor's
Shew, which had been on the 29th of October, was
changed to the 9th of November. The speeches in the
pageants were usually composed' by the City Poet, an
officer of the Corporation, with an annual salary, who
provided a piinteddescription for the members of the
Corporation before the day. Settle, the last City Poet,
wrote ttie last pamphlet intended to describe a Lord
Mayor's Shese; it was for Sit Charles lltincoinbe's, in
1708, bite the Pi ince of Denmark's death, the day be-
fore; prevented the exhibition. The last Lord Mayor-
who rode on horseback at his mayoralty, wets Sir Gilbert
lleathcote, in the reign of Queen Anne.
The mcidein exhibitions, bettered as they ace by the
men in armour 'under Mr. Martiotie judicious manage.
ment, have no pretension to vie with the grandeur of
the ' London Titumphs: In 1760, the Court of Com-
mon Ceuntil recommended pageants to be exhibited
for the entertainment of their Majesties on Lord Mayor's
Day; Although such revivals ate inexpedient, yet.
surely, • means may be devised for improving the ap-
pearance of the present procession, without Wither ex-
penditure from the City Funds, or interfering with the
public appropriation of the allowance for the sisppert of
the civic dignity.—See Hare's Ancient Mysteries.
Such is the brief notice of the civic festival 'yclept
4 Lord Mayor's Day,' which the limits of this woe k en-
able us to present to our readers. And, as some of
thenf; perl•taps, may be tempted to assist at the dinner
at Guildhall, and, anxious to do honour to the august
cetemonies of the day, :rely sacrifice a little too freely
at the shrine of the wine-god,' we will tell them what
to do' the next day, when with head-ache they awake;.
—Aire • advice is from a man of experience in these
matters:

Ring for your Valet, bid hint quickly bring
• Some hack and soda•walcr, then 'you'll know
A pleasure worthy Xerxes, the great king ;
For nut the best sherbet sublimed with snow,
Nor the Srst spackle of the desert-spring,
Nu'r Burgundy in all its son-wt glow,
• Then vie with draughts of hock and soda-water.

Having followed the poet's advice, and somewhat
less oppre,sed with ennui than before they resorted to
the refreshing draught, will our friends have the patience
to hear what constitutes a least?'
Nut haunch of venison, of flavour true,
Fat, juicy, Nicely drest ;
Nor turtle calipash of verdant hue;
Net soup, in whose rich flood
French cooks a thousand relishes infuse :
Not fricaswes well stewed, .

• This practice, derived perhaps from the kindly showering of
comfits and sweet-cakes peculiar to the pageant, has lven abolished
by the efforts of successive Lord Mayors.

Nor France's greater Wait, higtatinted ragouts; .1
Not a sirloin of beef,
Crowning a dish in which rich gravy lies;
Not turbot, ocean-chief,
Which ruddy lobster-sauce accompanies;
No—a good appetite,
And good digestion, turn into a feast •
Whate'er front-tooth can bite,
And grinders manducate, and palate taste.
Be it homely bread and cheese,
Or bacon smoked --
Be it onion, fiery root,
Whose rank effluvia draws unbidden tears;
Potato, Erin's fruit, .
With which the Irishman his stomach cheers;
Or oatmeal porridge, chief,—
Undoubted chief of Scotland's rustic slops.
Yet in these meals so plain,
Let but sharp appetite as guest attend,
And napkined Aldermen
Nay grudge the bout with which the bits descend.
This constitutes a least,
To experience hunger, and have wherewithal
('though it be lot of the best)
To stop the void bread-basket's healthy call.

iday, as Sir JOHN POER BERESFORD was driving h;a
pony chaise to Sir ARTHUR PAGET'S, oncoming near
the gate at Northam, Wilts, the animal turned iound,
and set off in full speed op the new road. Sir JOHN,
in endeavouting to avoid a waggon, was thrown out,
and we are sorry to add that his collar bone was bloken,
and his right arm and one of his ancles dislocated.
Having prompt surgical assistance, the dislocations
have been reduced.
SAVINGS 43 ANKs.—The following case was lately
submitted to the ATTORNEY-GENERAL:
CASF..-^" A Savings Bank has deposited its funds in the Bank of
England—say to the amount of £lO,OOO. A forgery of the names
of certain of the Trustees, successfully committed by one or more of
their Co-trustees, and a sum, say of ae.5000, is thereby feloniously
drawn out of the Bank of Englvid. Query.—Are the Trustees
generally or individually liable to he called on to make good such
sum so feloniously obtained, or are they, in other words, liable to he
called on to make good losses not arising from their own persdno/

delinquency ?"
OPINION OF TIM ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—" I am of opinion that
the Trustees are not liable, either generally or individually, to inak;!
good the sum drawn out of the Bank of England, in the manner
abovemeptioned. (Signed) " J. S. COPLEY.
" Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 22, 1824."
A rumour has spread, says a French Paper, that the
papers of Prince Eugene of Lettchtenberg have been
subjected to an examination by superior authority. This
Prince Eugene, it will be recollected, was the snn-in-
law of Bonaparte, Viceroy of Italy, and married to a
Princess or Bavaria. Pt obably these papers a, e 'sit
ia-
posed to contain information which it might be as ad-
vantageous for certain Princes to have concealed.
It appears by the country papers, that on has of late
;risen fifty per cent. and that cattle, butter, cheese, and
I provisions of all kinds, are considei ably higher in price
than usual at this period of the year.
It is worthy of remark, that none of the Kings of
France have been succeeded in the throne by their own
sons fOr nearly two centuries: the late King, Louts
XVIII. succeeded his brother Lours XVI. who suc-
ceeded his grandfather Louts XV. who likewise suc-
ceeded 'his grandfather Louts XIV. -when about. five
years of age; the present King, however, has .a son to
succeed him in the event of his death.
Tuesday, as John tiatlwey, E-q. of Skibbereen, was
proceeding to distrait' a farm ci his near Ca aletowns-
end, for rent and arrears of tent, he was violently at-
tacked, and his skull fractured, by two notorious fellows
named Sullivan,. alias Comba, and two others,. who are
well known. An account of the outrage having
reached Skibbereen, Captain VDriscoll, aided by Lieu:,
tenant ILiwkshaw of the police, and a few of the West,
Carbery Association, repaired to the spot, and after a.
pursuit of some nii:es, Captain O'lltiscoll and his Asso-
dation, succeeded in securing one of the fellows, whol
is lodged in Bryden~ ell.
The population of the whole Replan empire, includ-
ing the Kingdom of Poland and the Principality of
Finland, amounted, at the beginning of this year, ac-
cording to very credible statements, to 53,768,000
persons. The po -illation of Russia increases half a mil-
lion annually.—Dutch Paper.
A Meeting of Clergymen and Gentlemen was held
at Wednesbury, Staffordshire, on Wednesday. for the
purpose of forming a Society for the Suppression of the
;Altman practice of Bull-baiting, when a series of re-
solutions were unanimously adulated.
puny' BY FIGHTING.—A pitched battle, for five
sovereign; a-side, was fought oft Saturday, on Mickle-
ham Comm.,n, Bucks and Oxoa, which proved fatal to
Jem Barret, a mall whit has exhibited at the Fives-court.
His adversary, Bill Pinball, a man also from Oxford•
shire, had much the worst of the battle, which was fought
in an inclosed ring. After fighting 21. rounds, 13.0 tet
was run down with the side of his head against one of
the rough huge stakes. He was taken up and carried
off the ground in a sensele•s state, to the nearest public-
house, but he died before medical aid could be irocured.
There ate 4507 Magi.trates on record in Ireland ;
1932 of whom are resident and acting, 266 acting
though not resident, and 909 dead. Connaught has
780 Magistrates; Ulster 1188; Munster 1192, and
Leinster 1377. Of this number, 187 are attached to
Limerick, 140 to Clate, 142 to Kerry, 127 to Water-
ford, 231 to Tipperary, and 315 to Cork. Longford
has the smallest number of Magistrates (67), and Cork
the greatest. •
Aw For, DENuarn Alan:sr OF THEQUAKERS.--A Dublin
Morning Pavel of the '2d inst. giving an account of a
Meeting at Water ford, a Pt lest is made to say —" I, and
those who profess the same faith with me, as well as
Protestants, believe that the Quakers, um egenerated in
the waters of baptism, are not members of CHRIST, and
of course, that they are by no me ins entitled to share
in the fruits of Christian redemption."—Yet this Pt iest
says, " I am a Minister of Religion—of a Religion
which preaches charity to all mankind."
Peggy Picket, an old offender, was remanded to the
Penitentiary for 60 days. She opened a floodgate of
foul language, and concluded by saying to the -Magis-
trate " You can't put inc on the stepping-mill, because
I am the best washer in the Penitentiary, and I am al.
ways put at the tub when there." The Justice endorsed
on the commitment, " to be put on the stepping-mill,"
and handed it to Peg, who left the office in custody,
swearing loudly in anger and disapointment.—Anteri-
cart Paper.
Louis XV. had a knack of striking off the top of an
egg-shell very cleverly, at a single stroke of his fork ;
he therefore always ate eggs when. he dined in public ;
and the Parisian cockneys, who came on Sundays to
see the King dine, returned home less struck with his
fine figure, than with the dexterity with which he
broke his eggs.
There was a doubt when the Suspi,:ious Husband was
in rehearsal, what it should be caUed. Qeut, who was of the old
School, and loved pompous declamatida, loOked with contempt on
the pantomimic tricks in this comedy, and disdainfully mow-
mended that it should be called The Hat and Ladder.

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