Star.
London, England, 1830-07-31 00:00:00

SCINTILLA.

Otn News.—On Sunday afternoon, a girl, about 4
years old, was taken from her mother's door, in Oxford.road, and
carried into the adjoining Narys-la-bonne-fiell. where she was strip.
pod of her frock, petticoat, and ca the p ; but woman got clear off.
—Universal May. Jan. 1753.
OLD CosToms.—This being Twelfth Day, his Ma-
jesty (George IL) went in state to the Chapel Royal. During the
(offertory his Majesty advanced to the altar ; and, according to the
ancient custom of the Kings of England, offered three parses, filled
with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, in commemoration of the pre.
sent made by the Eastern Magi, at the Manifestation. In the
evening his Majesty played at hazard, for the benefit of the Oman
Porter. All the royal family who played were winners, particularly
the Duke of Cumberland, who won upwards of 30001..--Univer.
sal Meg. J4ll. 1763.
AMERICAN Di voaces.—The legislature of Georgia.
at its late Session, separated 27 couples :
A hair-breadth escape.—lt divorced Mary Hare and Willis
Hare.
Not so well.—And loosed the marriage knot of William and
Milly Jewell.
Dosbk-barrekd no lower.—And parted William Gunn and
Polly Gunn.
A bursting of en ordnance.—And split Catharine Cannon and
John Cannon.
A beau that did not stick.--And released S. N. Boitick from
Sarah Bostick.
4 fair division of gains.--And separated H. S. Gains and
Mm, Gains.
No longer a belle, or hells that won't cline.—And interrupted
the matrimonial cords of Elizabeth Bell and Thomas Bell.
The Peel refused—a drawn match.— And broke the match of
Jane Pool and T. Pool.
And Abraham Brown was divorced from Betsey Brown
When I was young and debonaire,
I made her Brown while she was fair;
But now I'm old, and wiser grown,
I will no longer have her—Baowx.
BEAU BRUMMEL DESPERATE..—OIIe day that Brunt-
mel was somewhat melancholy, brooding over the grievous consi-
deration that his tailor would no longer trust him, a friend advised
him " to shuffle off his mortal coil," as " other distinguished indivi-
duals" had done before him—by blowing out his brains, by hang-
ing, or by drowning. " Not so, any boy," cried the stoic Brunnuel,
" I'll be shot, if I blow out my brains ; I'll be hanged, if I put my
head into a noose ; and I'll be damn'd, if I jump into the miller's
pond !"
INDIAN CHARACTER.—A writer in the St. Louis
Beacon states, that the Indians are the most desperate gamblers in
the world, considering their means. One would be astonished to
witness their stakes. I have seen them sit successive hours, and
sometimes days, at their games, alternately winning and losing,
until one of them rose stripped of all his wealth, horse, gun, and
every thing but the rag (as we might say) of modesty. This would
be called ruin by the civilized world • out it causes :no dark or
suicide with them and all that an observer would perceive, is, per.
haps, a little mortified pride at his defeat. The young squaws,
having more leisure, are mote constant gamblers than the men. I
have seen a young squaw pull ornament after ornament from her
arm bead after bead trom her neck, and brooch after brooch from
ber bosom, until she had lost the whole, and then probably pawn
her clothes for another game.—Nero York Paper.
A BAD PEN.—After his Majesty had given his first
signature to some official document, he said to the Home Secretary,
" This is a d—d bad pen, Peel." " Why, your Majesty," Sit
Robert replied, " Mr. flume has caused suck vast retrenchment in
the stationery and other departments, that we cannot afford to pro.
vide better !"
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GOOD-NATURE.--Louis XW. in a gay party at Ver-
sailles thought he perceived an opportunity of relating a facetious
story. He commenced, but ended the tale abruptly and insipidly.
One of the company soon afterwards leaving the room, the King
said, " I am sure you must all have observed how very uninterest.
ing my anecdote was. I did not recollect till I began, that the turn of
the narrative reflected very severely on the immediate ancestor of the
Prince of Armagnac, who has just quitted us ; and on this, as ott
every other occasion, I think it ter better to spoil a good story, than
distress a worthy man."
THE MODE OP TAKING BATHS AT ALGIERS.—
You are tint introduced into a saloon, splendidly illuminated, and
covered with mats. You are there undressed, and two napkins are
placed on you, the one wrapped round your body like a sUrt pet.
Scoot, and the other thrown over your shoulders in the fashion of a
mantle. The bather then passes into a chamber, where be is ex.
posed to a moderate heat, in order that be may be the better pre.
pared for the excessive heat which he is shortly to endure in the
grand saloon of the baths. This latter place is a dome, paved with
white marble, and having several closets on every side, in which the
bathers are rubbed and washed one by one. In this large saloon the
heat is so intense that perspiration flows through the napkins. Frees
it you are conducted into a closet; the napkins are laid aside, and
you are stretched on a white woollen cloth, placed on cushions, and
are delivered up to two strong negroes. They go on one knee and
take each a leg of the bather, and scrape the soles of the feet, In or.
der to remove the hardnesses of the skin. After this rough opera.
• the negroes wrap their hands in some camels' hair cloth, and
estiammat scrubbing your body. Whilst this is going on, warm
valet is poured over you from large silver easels, and then your
Wed is placed under a spout, in order that you may be drenched
with a deluge of hot water. The negroesnextdry and rub the body
with a sort of hot clay. The bather then undergoes a fresh ablu-
tion, and after this treatment the negroes seize him behind by the
shoulders, clap their knees against his loins, and make his johns
crack. They then compel him to pirouet several times, and suer
him to leave the closet, after being there about half an hour. This
is the ordinary mode of tweeting a person, and the only way of
avoiding it is to inform the master of the baths, on entering, of the
precise manner in which you wish to be served.
PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—The Par-
liament called at Shtewsbury in 1283 by King Edward I. was the
first to which cities and towns were summoned to send tepee.
sentatives. It was also the fast that granted aids towards the
national defence, by the three dominions of knights, citizens, and
burgesses, as well as by the lords spiritual and temporal. In this
Parliament the representatives at in a separate chamber from the
barons and knights. The Commons consisted of two knights for
each county, two representatives for the city of London, and two
far each of the following twenty towns only ; Winchester, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, York, Bristol, Exeter, Lincoln, Canterbutv.
Carlisle, Norwich, Northampton, Nottingham, Scarborough.
Grimsby, Lynn, Colchester, Yarmouth, Hereford, Chester, Shrews.
bury, and Worcester. Front this it appears that there were not re.
pirsentatives of any towns in the counties of Westmorland, Lan-
caster, Derby, Durham, Staffbrd, Warwick, Leicester, Rutland.
Suffolk, Hertford. Bedford, Cambridge, Huntin, Buckingham,
Berke, Oxford, Wilts, Somerset, Gloucester, Dorset, Sussex. and
Surrey.—ln after times burghs that were summoned, frequently
prayed the Crown to be excused front seeding representatives. cn
account of their being compelled to pay 3s. 4d. a day to such Metn.
bee for bis maintenance while attending in his place. Sheriffs in
their writs for elections to Parliament, sometimes omitted one or
more burghs in a county, and at other times sent writs to the same
.burghs, and this. fcr aught known to the contrary, !without instruc-
tion from the King or his Council. Where burghs were poor.
there were many such omissions, by favour of the Sheriffs, for a
space of nearly 300 years. Upon petition of the town of Totting.
ton to King Edward ill, in 1366, he directed a letter to the bailiff
and good men of the town, excusing them " from the burden of
sending two representatives to Parliament. as they had never been
obliged so to do till the 24th year of his reign. when," says the
King, " the Sheriff of Devonshire maliciously summoned them to
send two Members to Parliament."

BIRTHS.
The 26th inst. at Sutton*, Essex, the lady of Sit C. Smith, But•
of a daughter—The 17th inst. at Geneva, the lady of Major General
Woodford, of a son—The 26th inst. at Bound's Park. Lady liar-
(tinge, of $ son—Sunday ireanight, at Tomes, the lady of the Rev.
Thomas Cleave. of* son.

MARRIED.
The 29th inst. at St. James's, Colchsster, Mr. C. Comber. of St.
Thomas's-square, Hackney, to Maria. eldest daughter of Mr. J.
Lewis, of the former place.—The 29th inst. at the Cathedral Church,
ventethuey, the Rey, 0. 0. Miller, rector of Milton. in Northamp-
tonshire, to Jana, third daughter of T. Staff. Cl 4. of the •Freeinets,
Liuttertrary.—The 29th inst. at the. Snsael. J. S. Harkness csi. to
Anne Harriette. eldest daughter of Lieut -Ca 41iot. R.A. of 1. ale-
brook-lodge.—At St. Andrew's, Mr. E. Federau. to Mary. widow
of the late Mr. F. Browning.

DIED.
The '29th inst. et Barnwell, io Northamptonshire. 11. H. (MtDirt
mg. in the 87th year of his age.—The 29th inst. is the :10th year of
her age. Charlotte, the wife of Mr. R. G. Gunnell, ot Salisbury-
square.—The 23d inst. in the bith year ot his age, Mr. T. Apt.
only on ot tbo late M. T. Agg,
_ formerly of Broadway, io V.
eattershire.--The Vltb inst. Jobs Gilder En. law of the Hon East
India Company% Bombay 3letlited Establishment—The
14th last
of apoplexy, at the house of his •son. neat Enema Dr. tan
James, M.D. of Geoege.street, Hanover. square. a_ _

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