Star.
London, England, 1824-05-01 00:00:00

FOOT It en.

At the close of the Burton '' ces a much wv, mule be-
tween a Mr. Calcraft And a Mr. to rua ;ping each ether
twice round the Course for 100 sovcreen.sa-:tde. The competitors
were reputed fast ones, and the performance proved it. They
matted at separate ends of the ('our-o, al:a Mr. Ca!tract did the
first found (two miles) in 11 ruin. 9,, c. 11r. •loncs performed his
round in 11 min. 12 sec. Mr. C. aid ;he tont round in 11 min. rat
sec. and Mr. J. in l l min. ro Tac wunter in sts nun. 11 sec.
and Mr. Jones in ;.:3 nun. tts, c. 'ibis race is described as a sear
interesting one. It was .A0:11); ..bettt Yatds.

in one of the articles of .1 society at the west
it‘ London, the '<Aim% jug etcription of I:ers .ns
prohibited from bcco:ning ...:,:aibers thereof is inserted,
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PARLIAMENTARY PRO-CEEDINGs.
HOUSE OF LORDS, hPRIL DO.

This morning the LORD DOTTY sat for the furtherance of Ap-
peals at ten o'clock.
" Bankes v. Forrester;' from the Court of Session, in Scotland,
Was called for, when dr. SHADWELL was stopped in replication,
and it was ordered that the parties should be called in again.
In the appeal of " Thomson v. Gourlay," in like manner from
the Court of Session, Mr. SHADWELL was beard for the appellant,
and was followed by Mr. NUARAT, when the further heating was
adjourned to Tuesday next.
The Bishop of &arms, Lord Wu:row, and Viscount AttsertiNov,
*ere the Appellate Peers.
Judgment was given in the appeal of " Dickson v. Campbell,"
from the Court of Session, when, upon the motion of Lord Gar-
;man, the decision of that Court was affirmed by their Lordships.
At five minutes past four their Lordships adjourned during plea-
sbre ; and about half after four the Loan CHANCELLOR entered
the House. _ .

Lord DE DUNST ANN' I LLE presented two Petitions for the
Abolition of Slavery, which were laid upon the table.
Answers to certain Addresses for Viper were reported by the
Duke 'of IdoNvaoss from his Idajesty.—.lt a quarter past five
o'clock their Lordships adjourned to Monday morning at ten.

M. DAVID'S :\ W PICTURE.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 24.
The picture by David, mentioned in my last, now
Othibiting at the Museum, attracts crowds of visitors.
It represents the disarming of Mars by Venus, assisted
by the Graces. Mars is represented reclining on a couch,
with Venus hanging over him; she is nakel, ►with the
exception of a crown or tiara on her head; and the
snowy whiteness of her skin contrasts fi,iely with the
sun-burnt hue of the God,
" Who bathes in blood, and shalt:!s the embattled will."
Upon this occasion, however, he is shorn of his beams;'
all his fierceness is gone, and he is represented gazing at
Venus with looks of the fondest love, and pet fectly re-,
fined to his fate. She has nearly achieved her victory.
With one hand she receives his sword, while the other is'
employed in placing a chaplet of flowers on his head.
The Graces are differently employed. One holds his
helmet, another his spear, while the third leas succeeded,
in placing his massy shield at the foot of the couch,,
apparently fatigued with the pet forniance of her ardu-
ons task, yet looking toward the God with an expres-
sion of conscious triumph. I had nearly forgotten
Cupid, who is lying at the foot of Mats, and amuses
himself with unbuckling his sandals, apparently not the
least satisfied of the party. The prominent figures are
of course Venus and Mars, and I hardly know which
to admire most; but the chief attraction to the Engl;sh
visitors is the face of one of the Graces, which is the
exact representation of that of a beautiful English bit
who is the belle of Brussels. The resemblance is so
striking as to fix the instant attention of every person
who has seen the young Lady ; and whether it has bee❑
the result of design or of accident, it doe; honour to the
t'aste or imagination of the painter. The picture has
already been exhibited about ten days, and will, in the
course of a week, be transferred to Paris, having, it is
said, been purchased by the French Government for 800
Napoleons. David has been employed for nearly three!
years ott it, and certainly, if I am any judge, the time''
has not been ill-bestowed, and the proJuction adds
greatly to the fame of this celebrated at tilt.

DoLLs' EYES.
The following curious statement was made before
the Select Committee on Artisans and Machinery (the
Fourth Report of which has just been delivered) by
.Nlr. 0..1er, ag!.ass tri!,ket manufacturer and chandelier
furniture niaufacturer. .I\lr. o,ler was depated to
attend the Committee by the Clamber of Commerce at
Birmingham: " Eie!iteen years ago, r n my first jour-
ney to Loud .11, a .r!!: pectahle looking man, in the City,
asked me if I con::1 .Juoply him with dolls' eyes an.. I
was foolish enough to feel hail offended. I thougt.t it
derogatory to my new dignity, as a manufacturer, to
make 4.i.)115' eyes. He tot.k me into a room quite as
wide, and pea haps twice the length of this ; and we had
just room to walk between stacks, front the floor to the
ceiling, of parts of dulls. IL said, These are only
the legs and arms; the trunks are below: But I saw
enough to convince me that he wanted a great many
eyes; and as the article appeare:l quite in my own line
of business, I said I would take an order by way of ex-
periment; and he shewed me several specimens. I
copied the order. He ordered various quantities, and
of valious sizes and qualities. On returning to the.
Tavistock Hotel, I found that the order amounted to
upwards of £5OO. I went into the country, and en-
deavoured to make them. I had some of the most-in-
genious glass toy makers in the kingdom in my service ;
but when I shewed it to them, they shook their heads,
and said, they had often seen the article before, but
could not make it. I engaged them by presents to use
their best exertions; but after trying and wasting a
great deal of time for flare or four weeks, 1 was
oblige.? to relinquish the attempt. Soon after w aids, I en-
gage,: in another branch of business (chandelier furni-
ture), and took no more notice of it. About eighteen
mouths a,,0), I iesumed the uniket trade, and then de-
termined to think of the dolls' eyes ; and about eight
months since, I accidentally met with a poor fellow v, ho
bad impoverished himself by drinking, and who was
dying in a consumption, in a state of great want. I
shewed him ten sovereigns; and he said he would iir•
struct me in tl.e process. He was in such a state, that
he could not bear the effluvia of hi; own lamp ; but
though I was very conversant with the manual part of
the business, and it related to things I was daily in the
habit of seeing, I felt 1 could do nothing from his de-
scription. (I mention this to spew how difficult it is to
convey by description the mode of wo: king). 110 took
me to his garret, where the poor fellow had economised
to such a degree, that lie actually u•ed tie eirn ails and
fat of ponl•ry from Leadenball-market, n 2 save oil, the
price of the article Lavin?, been last-ily so much re-
duced by competition at. home. In an instant, before I
Lad seen him make three, I felt competent to make a
gross; and the (hire: ence between his mode and that ci
my own workmen was so trifling, that I felt the utmost
astonishment." " You can now make dulls' e) es ?"—"
can. As it was eighteen years ago that I received the
order I have mentioned, and feellog dotibuul of my own
recollection, though very strong, and suspecting that it
could not have been to the amount stated, I last night
took the present very reduced price of that article (less
than half of what it was then), and calculating that
every child in this country not using a doll till two
years old, and throwing it aside at seven, and having a
new one annually, I satisfied myself chat the eyes alone
would produce a circulation of a great many thousand
pounds. I mention this merely. to show the importance
of trifles ; and to assign one reason, amongst many, for
my conviction that nothing but personal communica-
tion can enable our manufactures to be transplanted."

Monday the ship-sawypool, after having
been off work nearly eight months, for au advance, retuned to their
employ at the old rate of wages.