Star.
London, England, 1831-09-12 00:00:00

FERNICART.

By Thomas ATKINIIOII.
8o beautiful this scene, I wonder not
Here Love ascending up to Rapture grew,
Till on its own empassloned wing of thought,
Into a higher heaven than others knew,—
Guided by light that seemed voschsafed to few--
Faith-borne it to the empyrean flew,
And thence leaked back with pitying eye to earth
Oh !if 'mere vain—yet 'twas of holy birth,
The wish that waxed to Surety, firm and street ,
And is there one can look with ribald mirth
Ou what to aught so gentle did belong
As she—the meek one of this lowly song?
If such there be—back to the city's glare
Let him hie hence!—Hs cannot love Loch Gair !
Thomas Amnon.
So beautifisl a goose—l do not wonder
Its reset and rhapsody to cackle grew
When tired of spouting In the lowlands yonder,
And buoyed by vanity vouchsafed to few,
It stretched it's neck, and to the Highlands flew.
There, fur Castalian rills, mistaking mountaimdew,
Got drunk, and tumbled headlong in Loch Gait !
Oh ! if 'twere sane! but we believe 'ti. rare
For wit to wax to wisdom in a goose.
But is there one, of longer beard, will dare
In its untimely fate, to find excuse
To let his tongue, in ribald mirth, run loose.
If such there be—why kt him do[ the bonnet !
He is a lowland goose—and cannot write a sonnet?
FUJFICARY.

A gentleman mistook a lady's arm for her waist,
and lu dancing a ...Alta, seised the former instead of the
latter. '!be lady never forgave him for supposing
that her waist mull possibly be as thick es her ann.—
Atheneum.

RAIL-ROADS IN AMERICA:-.4 distance of
about twelve ntile, and a half of the Mohawk and Hudson
rail-road was to be opened last month, just twelve months
after the eereninny of breaking the ground took place; and
the whole w.ts expected to b: completed about the middle of
October. Another is already projected.
AMERICAN PREACH/MS.—This class of emi-
gra..ts has bemuse so numerous of late in Canada, that a
petition has been presented to the legislature, praying for
some enactment to prevent them front exercising their call-
ing among their neighbours on ;he Irfs bank of the St.
Lawrence.

CHANGE OF VALUE IN PHOPERTY.—ThO
Indian King Tavern, in intila.lelphia, with some pound
adjoining, was lately soli fi.. forty.two thousand two bus.
dyed dollars. A century no, according to an old deed, it
WAS let on lease as a oven., it au annual rent of mem
shillings
Le Claw, which has fig some time advocated
the doctrims of the St. Sittionists, awl become the organ of
the new sect, lots at lettgfit been obliged to suspend its pub-
lication from a want of funds.

VFEDINAND THE SEVENTH.—EarIy in the
year 11126, his most Catholic Majesty. after claiming cer-
tain bulls de difiatius, or of the 4:ad, for his father sad
mother, and his first Iwo consorts, sought for two additional
ones, in respect of wide.' he asked 1 courtier at his doors,
whether he could divine for who.n they were intended?
Tne party questioned professing himself in a loss to sue.
wine, Ferdinand replied, " The one is for Vinous, my
chaplain, who, tun may recollect, got his throat cut in
prison • and the othet is for that pour devil Alegi), who was
fool enough to come and tie thy noose round his own neck.'

Ex PHASIS.—The different meaning that may
be gives to sentences by emptiest', is shown in Lord Edward
Fitegerald'a apology to the Irish House of Commons. In
$ moment of great excitement, Lord Edward said—" Sir,
do think that the Lord Lieutenant and the majority of this
House are the worst subjects the King his.• This was fol-
lowed by loud cries of " To the bar," and " Take down
his weeds ;" and three hours were spent in ineffectual at.
tempts to induce him to apologise. At last be is reported
to have said, with some humour, " I am accused of having
declared that I think the Lord Lieutenant atsd the majority
of this House the worst subjects the King has :—I said so,
'Us hit, and lass sorry fur if."
FRENCH AND RONAN EXHIBITIONs.arjn the
Paris exhibition there were 2,000 paintings, in that at
Rome not more than one hundred and seventeen. Yet the
latter Is reported to have borne the palm of meth.—
Atheneum. _

The Paris Exhibition of Works of Art is, in fu-
tare, to commence at the Louvre on the Ist of April, and
continue to the end of May : the works to be sent in be.
tween February Nth and March Ist.
The Geological Society of France, which was
instituted in 1830, has published a volume of Tranesedons
among the papas of interest is one ' Oa the peculiar cha-
racter of the clay soil in the south of Franc., and chiefly of
the declivities of the Pyrenees t and another' On the tertiary
soil of On lido.' In camequenee of a great number of the
members of the Society being foreigners, it has bear deter-
mined to hold oseasional sittings in other countries where
these foreign mambas reside, with a view of associating
the learned of the surrounding nations in advancing the
edema and industry of France, as well as Its amoral and pa
Bakal freedom.

THE CHOLICIA.--Dr. CIIITOEHier (at the
sit-
th.g of the Paris Academy on the 211th ult.) took occasion
to remark, that the people of India, in treating the cholera,
make use of oil, into which, when they have sufficiently
hutted it, the y ihfusc the leaves and buds of the camphor.
tree. He added, that there would be no difficulty in eon-
pounding a similar oil, by ttissulving twelve grains of cam.
phor in every ounce of oil of olives. This compound is
I believed to be equally efficacious with the celebrated
Cajeput oil ; and it may be obtained at a meth less price.
An immense block of freestone was last week
detached by the workmen h. Craigleith Quarry, the dimen.
rims of which were as follow : Length 44 feet, breadth 20
feet, thickness 6 feet, and will weigh about 400 tans I The
block was split off by 172 wedges, and moved about two
Jest from is bed. This is the largest stone ever cut in the
quarry, except one for the National bloonment, whirls
somewhat exceeded even these ample dimensions....Caledo•
sass Mercury. _ _

A LOYAL BELL-RlNGlia..—.Application being
elude to the bell-ringer of a chards not a hundred miles
from the cupolc. of St. Paul's, to toll the funeral bell at the
interment of a corpse, which the friends of the deceased
Intruded should take place on Thursday, after a pause of
mingled horror and astonlshnsent at the proposal, the bell-
ringer demanded if the applicant was aware of what was
to be celebrated on that day. The applicant replied be did
—the coronation. " Yes," replied the loyal bell:lager,
"the coronation to be sure; and sooner than tope death.
I ben oa that day, 1 tell you what, Sir, I'd miler myself to
be hanged by the rope on it first. Why. Sir, my character
would be ruined for 'veil—they'd call me—sounds
they'd call me a boovnglexteapr !" Remonstrance was
meless• and the funeral was put of until Friday, when the
loyal bell-ringer olleisred, relieved from the apprthensio
of being stigmatised as a boroughs/over.

BIRTH.

The 10th hist at liavanuaeit-terrace, Hampstead, IN
lady of Miles H. Prase% Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED.
The 10th inst. at St. Matthew's, Brixton, T. Jobling.
'Esq. of Beaufort.bulidings, Strand, to Miss Dards:Der, as
Herne-11111--Thnreday last, at Bilney, & Home, Jun. Esq.
son of S. Hoare, Eaq. of Hampstead, Middlesex, to Cabe.
rine Edwards, ascend daughter of the Rev. R. Hankins"
of Bilney.ledge, Norfolk—the Bth inst. at St. Mary Abbots.
Kensing.on, J. Johnnie, Ewa of aide, in the Isle of
Wight, to Emily, third surviving daughter of the late T.
Fox, Esq. of Lewisham—the 10th inst. at St. Peter's, Wak
worth, L. R. Peacock, Jun. of Walworth, to Helen. secsoJ
daughter of the lees J. Bggall. Freq. of Quality.court, Char!
cardimr—tbe Bth hiss. at Camberwell, W. Elden, Esq. oc
Leadenhall-street. to Such Meanly, widow of the hae
Williams, Esq. Grove Cottage Camberwell—the Bth hat,.
at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, J. Bill, Esq. Jun.
Farley Ralf Staffordshire, barrister-a:-law, to Miss Hum'
phrys, of Half,
Manchester.

DIED.
The 7th Inst. et Bideford, Devon, Meaner, younfel
dit.aoter tad the hue J. Grilltha, Esq.—the Bth Instaet. SC
ift8114412"089 Clifton, Gloucestershire Martha. relic:.
et W. Breda*, Esq.—theBth inst. J. Sargent, EN. of
Lawbitcsi liallani_aged 81—the Bth host. at Cherwy.
Ilusionah, ef .gge White, surgeon, aged 25-11 k 9`h
Inst. at
aged Iknow, Martha, the wife of the Rev. d. Eno,
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