Star.
London, England, 1823-08-22 00:00:00

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ST AN ocractreaatax, WHO HADSTEN AWAKIDED ST His YOUNG
Mai AND AELVD WHAT kit HAD SEIM DRICAIiIIiG ABOUT.
I clream'd that in Elysium, at a fair,
Venus I fcund a wholesale dealer there;
ller stuck of merchandize she quickly sold
To ready customers, both young arid old ;
I cheap'ned kisses of her favourite doves.
For which I wrs to pay in pairs of gloves:
But, ere the sale takes place, my hopes are cross'd,
For, wak'd by you, my bargain now is lost.
Since, then, I've told you how it fairly stood,
I trust, in honour, you will make it good!
EPIGRAM. ,
A couple of subalterns on half-pay, passing, a few
days since, through Pall-mall, were much struck
with the portly appearance of his Majesty's porter,
and the following dialogue ensued:
Quoth Brown to Smith, " I'm monstrous thin,
Oh, far yon porter's place!
No more half-pay--I'd soon begin,
To sport as plump a face !'
Quoth Smith, " That you might porter be
I own there's little doubt;
Yet still I fear, my poor H. P.
You'd ne'er become Brown *tont !"

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METROPOLIS.
(FRoM THE LITERARY CHRONICLE.)
Among the improvements at the west end of the
metropolis, it is rumoured that one is projected which
will confer much beauty on Pall-mall, by laying
open the extremity of that street to the Green Park.
The effect cannot fail of being peculiarly picturesque,
especially if, as will most probably be the case, the
view thus obtained be seen through a magnificent
arch, of such dimensions as not to obstruct the pro-
spect, while it serves as a fine architectural frame to
the natural scenery seen beyond it.
Although there is hardly any species of public
monument more susceptible of splendid decoration,
or more imposing in effect than gates, or, as they are
generally denominated, " triumphal arches," we
• possess not a single specimen of such a structure : for
it would he a libel on our national taste, for one mo-
ment to suppose that we could deign to quote Tem-
ple-bar, as an exception to our remark. Should this
plan be carried into execution, the space immediately
before Carlton Palace would command three fine
vistas, of which that to the west would be termi-
nated by a cheering glimpse of theorerdure of the
Park. But while the spirit of improvement is lauda-
bly employed in embellishing the environs of the
Sovereign's residence, and rescuing this portion of
the town from the architectural monotony and dul-
ness and insipidity which has so long been the re-
proach of our metropolis, we should hope that other
quarters will receive some of those improvements
which their increased extent and importance demand.
It is much to be regretted that there exists no direct
line of communication between the Strand and the
neighbourhood of Russell and Bedford-squares, ex-
cept the filthy and wretched street called Drury-lane.
Were this widened and entirely rebuilt with good
shops, and the avenue carried in a straight line to
Sotnerset-house, this part of the town would be ma-
terially benefitted ; while the increased value of pro-
perty in this situation would fully repay the outlay of
capital. A direct communication is also much wanted
between Holborn and the Strand, through Lincoln's-
inn-fields. In passing through this part of the town,
one is continually tempted to accuse the stupidity or
perverseness of our ancestors, who seemed to have
delighted in nothing so much as narrowness and tor-
tuosity, and their consequent inconvenience. In re-
fleeting upon this extraordinary propensity, one would
imagine that, by some fatal blunder, they always mis-
took the angustuic for the augustum, and had formed
a theory accordingly—there have Leen blunders even
still more fatal and equally gross and palpable.

A gold mine has been discovered in North Caro-
lina, America, which promises to be very valuable.
A piece of native gold was found worth 1700 dollars.
About three weeks ago, Captain F. returned from
a long residruce in Jamaica, bringing over with him
two of the bloodhounds from the Island of Cuba.
They had remained about a fortnight in London,when
the Captain sent them. on Tuesday week by the wag-
gon to Salisbury, where they were received, and pro-
perly secured in a stable. On the following Friday,
however, the dogs presented themselves at their mas-
ter's lodgings in town, and while conjecture was yet
busy as to the manner of their return, the man in
whose charge they had been placed, called to say the
dogs had gnawed away their fastenings, had worked
a bele through the stable, and had escaped; and as
be knew the value set upon them, he had hastened to
town in the hope of hearing of them upon the road,
or of giving such early intelligenceof their escape as
might lead to their immediate recovery. Nothing
could equal the surprise of the man when he learned
that the dogs had anticipated the messenger.
The late ltev. Mr. B—, of Breehin, was one even-
ing, after dark, attacked on the road, near the dens
of Leuchlantl, by a footpad, who seized his horse's
bridle, and sternly demanded his money; the Minis-
ter, recovering a little from his surprise, recognized in
the person of the robber a townsman of his owns and
coolly addressed him in his homely way, " Aye, ayes
John, what time took ye to this trade, man!" The
villain immediately disappeared.
The iotation in which the h ish Bishops sit in Par-
liament is according to a double cycle: the one con-
sisting of the four Archbishops, and the other of the •
eighteen Bishops. The cycle of the Archbishops is
completed in four Sessions : that of the Bishops ini
six, there being three Bishops in rotation every Ses-
sion. The two cycles commenced together the first
S!ision af.er the U.,i.m. At the end of twelve Ses-
sions they again commence together, and will con-
- stantly continue so to do at the end of twelve Ses-
`sions. The following list completes the whole rota-
tion of twelve Sessions:
1. Primate, Meath, Kildare, Derry.
2. Dublin, Raphoe' limerick, Dromore.
3. Cashel, F.lphin, Down, Waterford.
4. Timm, Ferns, Cloyne, Cork.
5. Primate, Killalot, Kilntore, Clogker.
6. Dublin, °Lusty, Killala, Clonfen.
7. Cashel, 3leath, Kildare, Derry.
8. Tuani, Raphoe, Limerick, Drama&
9. Primate lilphin, Dawn Waterford.
10. Dublin, Cirque, Cork.
1 l Caskmil, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clasher.
11Z. Ossory, Killaloe, Clonfert.