Star.
London, England, 1824-08-09 00:00:00

THE POYdIS HUMBUG.

A Meeting was held on Saturday, at the Poyais Land °See,
Dosegate-hill, of the Poyais bond holders, who were convened by
Major or Mr. Richardson, the late Poyaisian Envoy Extraordinary,
to hear his renunciation of all future connection with the " Defender
of the Rights of the Indian Tribes." Indeed Mr. Richardson
went muck further. He not only threw off his allegiance to his
Poyaisian Highness, but openly declared hostilities against the
founder of the Gregorian dynasty. Mr. Richardson states, that his
intercourse with M'Gregor has conviuced him of the propriety of
reclaiming the pledge he gave to the unfortunate speculators in
" Poyais Securities,' that hP Gregor was a fit man to be trusted
with their money to work the Paulaza gold mines in the moun-
tains of Poyais, and build up a new State on the Mosquito shore.—
Mr. Richardson, if he see occasion, undoubtedly has a right to re-
claim his pledge. We only wish that the subscribers who were in-
duced to give their money on the faith of all the fine representations
which have been made to them from various quarters, could as
easily reclaim their cash ; but that we fear is, to use an expressive
commercial phrase, nark in the abyss of the wildest speculation that
was ever yet gravely broached to the world, not excepting even the
never-to-be-forgotten South Sea bubble. Mr. Richardson has, it
is said, beets a mere dupe. He is, nevertheless, obnoxious to
much deserved blame for the part he has taken in these transactiens.
Before be pledged Ms word for this pennyleu adventurer, it was his
duty carefully to have inquired into the foundation of his title ; foe,
as Mr. Richardson must now see, those who relied on hts pledge
cannot call back what they base suffered to go from them, as he
has done. They have Sir Gregor 241Gtegor s bonds, and he has
their mosey ; and we have no doubt they will both remain in the
relative situation of creditor and debtor, until the Poyaisian
sovereignty shall crumble into dust. Mr. Richardson ought,there-
fore, to have looked well to the nature of the pledge he was giving.
Why did he not is the very first stage of the proceedings examine
the grant made by the Indian King ? If he said, how came a passage
in the last clause to escape bis observation? in which it is declared
that " nothing contained in this deed shall be construed into a cession
of the sovereignty of the country now held by his Mosquito Majesty."
—The assumption of sovereignty by Itl'Gregor was a violation
of the grant, by which it was in effect rendered null and void to all
intents and purposes whatsoever. The powers granted to M' Gregor
are subordinate to the authority of the Mosquito King. Supposing,
therefore, that a cession by that Chief could have vested in 14' Gre-
gor the rights to which he pretends, the cession is not only not
made, but expressly disclaimed. Yet with a knowledge of this
fact, or in culpable ignorance of it, Mr. Richardson opens an office
at. Dowpte-hill to sell, barter, and mortgage the lands of Poyaisi
and undertakes two commissions to raise loans to the extent of
Xsoo,ooo. He, besides, appears in the character of the Poyaisian
Remy, and, for his services, is successively created Count de
Is Cass, and Duke de las Sierras. At length, however, It suits
the purposes of Greg' r the First to take from his Envoy the
disgrace " of giving audiences to jobbers and stockholders."—
Two Commissioners are appointed to consolidate the debts of Poy-
ais, and then Mr. Richardson flings his green cross and his ducat
patent into his Sovereign Prince's face, and declares war against
him. He discovets that 111'Gregor has no right to play his pranks
as 4 Cacique of the Poyer Nation," and he purposes to establish a
Payais Cumrhercial Company ! The progress of the Independence
of the South American States will soon set at rest all these ridicus
lons enterprises.. The " territory of royals" will be included
within their limits, and any adventurer who may go forth on soy
wild scheme formed in Dowgate-bill or elsewhere, will find an au-
thority on the spot, or in the neighbourhood, to which they muss
yield. The ofscial documents of the Poyaisian State are laughable
enough. It is one of not the least ludicrous parts of this affair (for
we think we may, after this publication, reckon it to be con-
cluded), that the credentials of the Envoy, and the authority 10
raise the second loan for £BOO,OOO, are both dated at Boulogne,
to which port the Cacique travelled from Paris to meet his Envoy,
though it did not agree with his convenience, from prudential sea-
sons, to cross the channel. Rinses tesseetis, amwt.

By an arrival froniß7Zl7ve learn that at the be-
ginning of June, Lord COCHRANE was preparing to sad
with his squadron for Angola.
Baron CHARLES de ROTHSCHILD has arrived at Paris
from Naples; he alighted at the Grand Hotel d'Artois, where, for
several days past, Baron Sotensort de ROTHSCHILD, with bis family,
from Frankfort, had resided.
Mrs. ROTHSCHILD returned this morning from the
Continent, with her two sons, accompanied by 'Mr. Ruanstamat
who proceeded on Saturday to Calais, to meet them.
The whole of the buildings at Whitehall and Down-
ing-street, extending to the house occupied by the CHANCHLLOS of
the Exemetauxa are to come down, in order to make room tot the
new Public Vices inprogress;
Friday the foundation stone was laid of a National
School, intended for the education of 2.50 children, belonging to the
district of St. George, in the parish of Camberwell.
Thursday the LORD MAYOR gave a Dinner at .the
Mansion-House, to the Loan Paovorr of Edinburgh, several Met..
candle Gentlemen, and to forty Members of the Corporation. The
company separated at a late hour.
We understand the CQmmanders in the !Loyal Navy
are still to be addressed (by cohrtesy) as Captains.
A duel was lately fought at the College, at Caen, be-
tween two French lads, respectively of seventeen and eighteen
years of age, for which purpose they took the buttons off their
fencing foils, and, after a few passes, they both lunged with such
effect, that the foils passed through their bodies : one died instantly,
and the other in four hours.
The Journal de Paris, in criticising The School for
Scandal, states, that there are in that Comedy seventeen characters
and fourteen changes of the scenes. This sort of criticism is blue%
akin to that of Jammu Burros, who went to see GARROCE, and
counted the words that he spoke in the course of the performance.
A COUNTRY CRICKET MATCH.—In that inimitable
Work, Our Village, by Miss 'Mermen, among °tint
faithful pictures of rustic life, is an admirable sketch under the
above title- a sketch, although luxuriantly coloured, posso.gilig a
degree of truth and beeping apparent to all who hare either pinici-
pated in the soul-enlivening exercise, of watched the elfowl tit•_
contending parties. " Who would think," exclaims tlfe Author,
after describing the pleasurable emotions of the winners at the COO'
elusion of the game, " that a little bh of leather and two pieces of
wood had such a delightful power?" None, indeed, but those who
had ocular demonstration of it; and yet we "doubt (to Two: the
author's words again) if there be any scene an the world more 41:1-
mating or delightful than a cricket match."
MUsICAI. DISCORD.—CiMatO-A and Paisiello were
decided enemies. They %vete never heel' together. 1E
was impossible to be on friendly terms with the one it
you happened to applaud the works of the other. .1%,e.,e
two great men, for they were gle.tt in their e
even said to have gone to the theatte in disguise te
each other's compositions.

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