Star.
London, England, 1823-08-13 00:00:00

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Last night the Anniversary of hi.; Ma.rittert's Birth-
day was celebrated at these Gardens with a Fete,
which, in point of variety and magnificence, far et-
ceeded any that has been given during ;he present
season. The weather was peculiarly favourable for the ,
interesting display, and at an early hour the different
approaches to the Gardens were crowded with re-
spectable
company pressing for admission. At ten
o'clock the number assembled could not have been
less than ten thousand persons, many of whom ap-
peared of a superior order. Among the distinguished
strangers present, was observed the German Prince of
LIPPE. The well-known HENRY HUNT also exhibited
himself in the train of fashion, wearing a white hat
(now no longer the emblem of Radicalism), and
'squiring two Ladies, each of whom was attired quite
in the Parisian mode. The trees and the various
structures appropriated to the purpose displayed an
immense profusion of extra lamps, all tastefully dis-
posed and lighted in variegated splendour. On the
south side of the orchestra, the words « Long Life to
our Patron, the King," were exhibited in vivid lamps,
and in the Rotunda was seen a bust of his MAJESTY,
surrounded with laurel wreaths, encircling the Royal
Arms and motto. The other devices and decorations
were splendid and appropriate ; but a Musical Tem-
ple, the same structure which, under the name of the
Panathenz, has been for a long time exhibited in
Spring Gardens, was particularly admired. The fire-
works passed off with all their wonted eclat ; and it
may fairly be said, that the gay, animated Vauxhall,
was never seen to more advantage than last night.—
The feeling displayed on the occasion was every way
worthy a people who are conscious or, and can duly
appreciate, the blessings they enjoy underthe greatest
and most distinguished Sovereign of his illustrious
1-I,:use.

The following Lines, inviting Three Friends to Tea,
were written by a Lady with her pencil, one evening
last week, on the banks of the Lake of Windermere :

I request my friend Joseph, and you, David Shelly,
Will accomp'ny my fav'tite, your fair sister Nelly,
To visit Jane Heelis this evening to Tea,
When you all shall receive a warm welcome from me!
And though its a bev'rage r.mark'd oft for scandal,
I promise you none of my neighbours handle;
• For detraction I hate, abhor, and detest—
'Tis the baneof all comfort—society's pest;
We have faults of our own which require 'ouch correction,
We should first look at home, and keep them in subjection !
I will sing you Ni.ri and sweet Azdfl long sync,
And give you an excellent glass of old wine!
Thus without any slander the evening shall cease,
trust we shall rest on our pilluws in peace;
To envy our neighbours, or speak HI of others,
Is repugnant to Goy—for all men arc brothers! ANN.

THE GOLDEN DISCOVERY.—As some curiosity may
have been excited by the discovery of a number of
guineas is as old trunk, at a Gentleman's house
in Sussex, we beg leave to state the following par-
ticulars c—The trunk, which is supposed to have be-
longed to Mrs. C. Medley, was full of books belong-
ing to her, as long as it remained in Sir G. Shuck-
burgh's town house. Being afterwards removed (20
years ago) to Buxted, it was used, for some time, to
bold garden-seeds in a shed at the bottom oldie gar-
den; but upon the shed being repaired, and proper
places for the seals beirig made, it was brought back
to the house. When the maids won getting the house
ready for the recepticn of the family this spring
(1823), it occurred to them that the trunk might be
useful to contain some of the servants' clothes ;
and upon tubing it bottom upwards, to clean it oat,
some paper detached itself from the rabbit of each
end of the trunk, on 'a hich rabbit the lid of the trunk
fits down, and two secret drawers, fitting into the
thickness of the ends of the trunk, appeared, contain-
ing 368 guineas. During its continuance in the shed,
when it contained garden-seeds, the back of the trunk
was gnawed through by the rats. The guineas are
of the reigns of Charles 11. James 11. William and
Mary, and William 111. there are guineas coined in
each year. from 1663 to 1698, inclusive, exctpt in
tis year 1693. Many of the guineas, particularly
t•rose of Charles 11. and James ii. are new (or nearly
so) from the Mint. There are of Cfiarles '202 ;
James 11. 114 ; Will. and Mary, 14, ; Will. 111. ;33.

THE LATE DR. Jstitiza.—The Freemasons of the
rrovince of Gloucester, have, with a spirit worthy
the enlightened And liberal policy of that venerable
inotituCon, convened a general meeting, in order to
assist, with a public Subscription, the funds raised to
erect a splendid montiment to the memory of the
immortal and mach loved Dr.JENEER, who, for a
great many years, was a most zealous and highly-
ch,tinguished member of that fraternity.

THE Limos FA M LY.—The Ducal Family of LEEDS
traces its ancestry to a cloth-worker in London. The
following interesting anecdote is taken from Psx-
-14 ANT'S account of the Metropolis, page 322:
The gallant action of Edward Osborne, ancestor to the
Duke of Leeds, when he was apprentice teas William Hewer,
cloth-worker, trust-by no means be forgotten. About the year
1556, when his master lived in one of those tremendous houses,
a servant-maid was playing, with his only datt.:ffiter in her arms,
in a window over the water, and accidentally dropt the child.
Young thborne who was witness to the misfortune instantly
22eung into the river, and beyond all expectation, brought her
safe to the terrified family. • Several persons of rank payed their
addresses to her when she was marriageble; among others the
Earl of Shrewsbury ; but Sir William gratefully decided in fa-
vour of Osborne ; Osborne, says he, saved her, and Osborne
shed! evjay her. In her right he possessed a great fortune. lie
became Sheriff of London in 1575, Ind Lord Mayor in 1582.
I have seen the picture of his master at Kiveton, the seat of the
Duke of Leeds, a half length, on board; his dress Is a black
gown furred, a red vest and sleeve, a gold chain, and a bonnet.
tie served the office of Lord Mayor in 1559, and died in 1566.
Strype mistakes, when he says, that Sir William died in 1599,
and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Paul—another person
of the same name lies there, under the handsome monument
ascribed by our old historian to the former."
MORLANDI THE A RTIT.—A work lately published
gives the following picture of this eccentric person:
" He was found at one time in a lodging at Somers' Town,
in the following most extraordinary circumstances t—His in-
fant child, that had. been dead nearly three weeks, lay in its cof-
fin, in the axe corner of the room; an us and foal stood munch-
ing bariey-etraw out of the cradle ; a sow and pigs were solacing
themselves in an old cupboard; and himself whistling over a
beautiful picture that he was finishing at his easel, with a bottle
of gin hung up on one side, and a live mouse sitting, or (if you
pleases) kicking its own shadow in a looking-glass