Star.
London, England, 1824-09-17 00:00:00

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DESCRIPTIJN OF DUBLIN.

(ST •N •SIFIRICAN TOURIST.)
The •city presents the most extraordinary contrast of
poverty anti magnificence to be met with in Europe.—
As rat approach it you find the stibtfrbs composed of
'loves, the si.:es of which are I attly stone and partly
earth, the roc,fs of 'inf., the entrances aSoist four feet
:tad a half high, and tiie whole dimensions of each not
cv_eceir.g twelve to boat teen feet square. These.mise-
r ttse caves filly or tray not have a hole for a window,
:21.1 an apert.a e nn tre :op to let out the smoke if the
vory of fire can be afforded. Around the door the
du tv children are ',whiled—opt one half are decently
clad., some ca.theal soil evince no. ions of civilization by
slinking into Ow house, or turning their bare parts
against the w::11. I see hundreds who.e whole dress, con-
sisting of *mass of rag,, of all colours and all sorts °fla-
b ics, will not fm Dish one piece of cloth eight inches
square ; and these tatters seem to be sewer' together
only to prevent them &setting each other. Having
passed the suburbs, the dwellings improve; and, on
reaching Sackvilie-street, you imagine yourself in one
of the finest cities in Eurnee. In walking over the city,
the late Parliament Howe (now the Bank), the Ex-
change, the qiity along the Liffey. and several of the
publicsquates, excite the stranger sjaJmiration. There
is no part of London which can compare with the centre
of Dublin in beauty and magnificence. But in turning
the eye from the atchitecteral splendour which sur-
rounds him, ttpon the crowds which flow along the
• streets, the sti anger v ill be su tic k. with the motley na-
ture of the throng. Here is a la's almost buoyant with
satin and feathers ; there a trembling girl of eighteen,
purple from Cad ; shrinking from shame, and drawing
around her the I nor rags which, with all her care,
scarce cover her body; hem is an Erguisile, perfuming
the air as he passes, with rings on his fingers, diamonds
on his brooch, and a gemmed quizzing-glass at his side;
there is an' honest fellow, who cannot afford a hat,
whose feet, summer and winter, know not the luxury of
shoe or stocking, and whose whole wardrobe consists
of but two articles, viz. a tattered jacket, and about
half a !tair of small clothes ; and, ,not to multiply pic-
tures, while the Lieutenant dashes by in a coach and
four, the stranger gazes' at the gallant an.d.costly pa-
geant, while he empties his pockets to satisfy the throng
of beggars who priy him, in the name of Gov, to give
them a penny.—Lli,gelote's Skelchei.'

SALISBURY CRAGGS.
It is Well known that the quarrying for stones in
Salisbury Craggs has been going on for some years ;
and in a short time, if no effectual measures are taken
to strip the work of destruction, this most beautiful and
picturesque otject, far beyond all the works of art with
winch we have adorned our metropolis, will only be
matter if history-. The abrupt heights of Arthur's Seat
not only present a very happy specimen of mountain
scenery, but there is something singular also in their
position so near a populous town, which renders them
greatly more striking and characteristic. This wild and
mountainous piece of ground is so different from all the
a.lj ining scenery, that it seems as if had it been trans-
p-rted to its present situation by some accident. It looks
lake a picture accidentally hung up as it were for the bone-.
fit of the whole inhabitants of Edinburgh, who may have
at any time a view of this grand and picturesque sketch
of natural beauty. We never weary with contemplating
the works of nature. They are always new and interest-
ing, whether they belong to the grand or the beautiful.—
The eye gazes accordingly with ever-increasing gratifi-
cation on these stupendous and frowning precipices, and
on the whole adjacent ground, indeed, which is of the
same bold and romantic character. No one, therefore,
who has any interest in the progress- and improvement
of Edinburgh, can contemplate, without the greatest
pain, the desulation which every day is now making in
this admired spot. Already the beauties of the picture
are greatly defaced, and, in ; lace of the bold and an-
tique rocks which gave such an impression of grandeur,
we now see on the south-side the detestable prospect of
a stone quarry, full of all the vile and misshapen forms
which such rude excavation: never faiLto produce; and
very soon the progress of destruction will be more
marked; the west-side of the rock is still entire, but in
process of time it must shale the late of the other parts,
and the whole will thus be converted into one mass of
deformity. This is an evil greatly to be deplored, and
yet it is difficult to see any remedy. The subject has
of late excited great interest among all classes, and we
understand that a inblic meeting has been mentioned
for the pnrposes ref raising a subscription to pay the
Earl of Haddington 14 his right of quarrying away
t:ilse rocks. Tire expense would form the great objec-
tion to this scheme. Brit some of the leading men of
the community should certainly consider it there is any
practicable means of preventing farther mischief ; and
if any plan could be devised for saving w hat yet re-
mains of three romantic objects, it would, we have no
dnebt,-meet with general support, while its promoters
would well deserve the gratitude of th;:ir fellow-eitizars.
FRANCIS HAYMAN'.
This artist, who is known to the present generation,
and will doubtless, in some degree, be known to suc-
ceeding ones by means of his pictures of the British
heroes, which adorn the interior of the rotunda at Vaux-
hall Gardens, was an ectiantic personage, and numerous
anecdotes of him are in consequence related.
It is well known that the late M. Cosway was al-
ways, in dre.ss and manners, the very reverse of Hay-
. roan. One night, at the c 411) held at the Turk's Head,
Gerrard-street, Soho, the former called in, alter a visit
at Court, in red-heeled shoes, and otherwise dressed a
la macaroni, %%hen the 1 ty4o. was so full that lie could
not tire! a vacant scat. e What, c.urst thou find no
rood,?" said Hayman to firm in a sneering manner—
" Come, here my little Jack-a-clang, and sit upon my
knee, my little monkey." "If I did," retorted Cosway,
would not be tl.e lira time the monkey rode the bear."
[layman and Beau Nash having one evening been
riining in a tavern, were returning i:,toxicated, when
Nash tell into tl.e kennel. His companion, in endea-
vouring to raise him, felt down also, on which Nash
immured, " What's the "UN of troublieg yourself? The
watch will come by soon, athd they will pick us both up."
, I-Lyman, who eel: deserved 'the designation of bear,
strongly opposite in behaviour 'fir tare polite Carlini,
- who ever insisted on seeing him home'frosn. the Turk's
Head. On- parting, his -constant manr.er Of.thanking-
Clirliei was by saying, " There, ,Mr. Carlini,, now you
• viay go, and be d—d : good night." " Taiikee, Mr.
Hayman," was the constant reply of the foreigner. •
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