Star.
London, England, 1824-09-29 00:00:00

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ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR-THIS DAY.
baslair beta rossotaid Eillan—n attempt would be made to re-
torts Mclennan giereamair a second time, there was a very nume-
rous attendance of the Livery at Guildhall, for the Election of
Lord Idayor for the year ensuing. When the usual formalities had
been gene tbrosgh, the following Aldermen were pm in nomination I
Roasts Ataxy COZ, Eng. Jolts GA UAW, Esq. Ws. VSSANAMI4
liti.tlitrit War. THOMPSON, Esq.
thew of hands was decidodly in favour of Alderman Ga s-
uave, mho, with Alderman Vimaater, was returned to the Court
of Aldermen.
The choice fell on Alderman Geeserr, whose election was re-
ceived With the most enthusiastic cheering, by the great body of
the Litery in the Hall.

It appears, from the Gaceta de Colombia of the 11th
of July, that the illustrious BOLIVAR has relinquished
intople hands of Congress the salary of 30,000 dollars
assigned to hiin by the law of the 23d July, 1823, and
expressed his wish to serve free of charge to the Re-
public, until the war in Peru is terminated.
A Bogota paper of the 15th of July states, that Mr.
Mciiionzitx, a Member of the Senate has ordered a
mule's load of Pitoya bark to be sent to Mr. Heanan-
sow', British Consul-General at Bogota, in order that it
may be sent to England, to undergo experiments for
establishing its comparative quality for medical pur-
poses with the Peruvian bark; to which the Colom-
bians, with a laudable but suspicious partiality to a na-
tive production, consider it equal if not superior.
Letters of the 17th of August, froM Smyrna, state
that a great mortality existed among the Turkish troops
collecting at Scala Nuova, which was likely to retard
their embarkation in the expedition against Samos. The
'Greek privateers, in the meantime, were actively en-
gaged in intercepting and capturing the small vessels
which-bad been engaged for the transport of the troops.'
flis Majesty's ship Hoax was in the port of Smyrna, and
the city had enjoyed tranquillity for the preceding three
weeks; the Tin kish troops who passed through, from
whose insubordination great excesses wete apprehended,
having submitted quietly to the restraints of mili-
tary discipline.

We unZierstand thit it is in contemplation to form a
Joint Stock Company for the 'construction of a railway
between London and Edinburgh, for the conveyance of
goods and passengers ; the propelling power to be,
locomotive and stationary steam engines. It is under-
stood that the distance between these two places may be
reduced to about 340 miles, and if the same rate of tra-
velling be adopted on this road, as is proposed for the
Liverpool and Birmingham railway, namely eight miles
an bout for goods, and twelve miles an hour for pas-
sengers, the time of conveyance between these two
places will be reduced to 43 and 29 hours respectively.
A meeting was held, at the city of Cork, on the 9th
instant, for the purpose of receiving the Hon. Mr. Noel
and Captain Gordon, Members of the London Bible
Society, with certain propositions for extending the ob-
jects of that Institution to Ireland. These delegates or
missionaries were but scurvily treated, and the project
failed. The chief speakers against them were Mr.
O'Connell and Mr. Shiel, who were both somewhat
abusive. Mr. O'Connell, in his turbulent way, ad-
mitted—very justly, we are sure—that the knowledge
of the word of GOD could only lead to the extirpation
of Popery. He treated, therefore, the project of disse-
minating-the Bible as an attempt to convert the Irish
from the religion of their fathers." How often we
hear that phrase repeated, The religion of their
fathers! The religion of their fathers !" Surely, if the
Irish have any mei it in adhering to the religion of their
fathers, they would have had yet more in adhering to
that of their grandfathers—to the idolatrous rites which
preceded the introduction of Christianity. Mr. Shiel
appears to have been a reader of Coat, obsequiously
adopting his argument, that the Bible was a work cal-
culated to instil impure ideas and a sanguinary practice.
It will be recollected, that the Pagans, in the earlier ages
of the Church, endeavoured to destroy the Bible—Timer.
CURIOUS AND NOVEL Weoza.—Yesterday afternoon,
after a party of Gentlemen had dined together at a
tavern in the Strand, a wager was offered by one of
the company, that he would open two dozen of oysters
quicker than any person present could devour them;
and that by the time be had opened the twenty-four,
six would remain unconsumed. This bet was imme-
diately accepted by a Captain B—, and the whole
party adjourned to a neighbouring shell-fish repository
to decide the wager. Mr. Bowen, the person who of-
fered the wager, after selecting two dozen of the finest
oysters from the man's stock, requested he would fa-
vour him with all the oyster knives he had in his posses-
sion, which amounting to four, he put three into his
pocket, and commenced operations with the remaining
one ;but after opening the oysters, instead of separating
them from the shell, he left that feat to be performed
by Captain B—, who, notwithstanding the aid of his
teeth, with the additional assistance of his thumb and
finger, was not able to effect the devouring of more than
eleven before Mr. B— had opened the whole of the
natives"—thus losing the wager, which was for a din-
ner and wine for a party of twelve friends of each, to
take place on Michaelmas•day.
THE DENNET AND THZ LADY—lnformation was
yesterday sent to Hatton-garden Office, of a chesnut
horse aid a green dennet, the property of Mr. Smith,
livery stable-keeper, Caroline-mews, Bedford-square,
being in possession of an elderly Lady, calling herself
.Mrs. Edwards, and a servant boy. From the descrip-
tion of the woman, she was immediately recognised as
the person who, a few weeks ago, was discharged from
the above office, chargedbya numerous tradesmen with
defrauding them, by going about in a gig with her son
dressed as a servant in livery, and giving the names of
Foss, Foster, Jones, Williams, &c. it appeared that
about ten days ago she went to Mr. Smith, accompa-
nied by her mock groom, and selected the horse and
dennet for hire fof the space of three months, for which
she was to pay three guineas and a half weekly. As she
was in very splendid lodgings in Percy-street, Rathbone-
place, Mr. Smith had no suspicion of her until after a
tew days, when the dennet, which she regularly used,
was sent home at night with broken pipes, tobacco
ashes, tobacco stoppers, &c. This appearing extremely
strange in a Lady's dennet, he sent his ostler next morn-
ing to her lodgings to complain. She then expressed
so much indignation at her servant's conduct, threaten-
ing to dismiss him, that Mr. Smith was appeased.—
When, however, the day of weekly payment came, the
Lady with her groom (followed by her maid-servant),
alter ordering a very delicate dinner to be prepared for
her on her return from taking an airing to Highgate,
took French leave of both the landlord of the house
and Mr. Smith, and has not since been heard of.

A letter to the Editors of the Aratioaal Intelligcncer,
informs theta of the decease of one of their subscribers at
Natchitoches,in _Louisiana, in these brief but comprehensive terms :
" Spottswood Snits is dud. He was assassinated in our town a
few nights ago."