Star.
London, England, 1822-11-21 00:00:00

TEE ARMY.

f)entenant-Ceneral Lord Comstawmit test op bis shddettee
r : Friday afternoon it the. Royal Hospital, Kilmainhama near
t'uhlir.
ik;,ehments belonging to the undermentioned Corps—tbe
tisd (or I a York Wesc Riding) Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant-
General S.r J. C. SH tRAROOZZ, G.C.R. Colonel, bearing on its
colours and appointments the following honorary distinctions
▪ si.tintaparaot," " Waterioo".a..the fiDtis (or West Kent) Re!
situ. lit of Foot, General Sir J. Darr, Kat. Colonel, having on
its c.)luurs and appointments the undermentioned honorary dls-
tio..:ons in commemoration 'of its servicel, " Egypt, " Vi-
" Corunna," u Almares," " Vittoria." " Pyrenees 4"
• •e," " Orthes," " Peninsula"—the Nat (or Argyllshire)
Itrri~.r• eat of Foot, General D. Campeau, Colonel, bearing on
t!„ colours and appointments the following honorary distinctions,
• !NP. noes," " " Nive," el'(tithes," " Toulouse,"
•r, Tula"—and the 92d (Highland) Regiment of Foot, Lieu-
t' General Sir Joni HOPE, Knt. Colonel, having on its co-
.
appointments the undermentioned honorary distinctions,
i; .oin nernoration of its services, " Egmont-op-Zee." " Men-
d rgypt," " Peninsula," " Waterloo, embarked at
c, on the 19th inst. on board the Echo transport, for the
. .4 being conveyed to Jamaica.
.).‘ .chments belonging to the undermentioned Corps, viz. the
West Essex) Regiment of Foot, Lieut.-General Sir
Jot; Meatus', Bart. Colonel, bearing on its colours and ap-
p0::1; netts the following honorary distinction—" Gibraltar ;"
th,. 52,1 (or the Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of
Foot, General lle:nar PIOOT, Colonel, having on its colours
;AM appointments the undermentioned honorary distinctions—
Peninsula," " Niagara ;" together with detachments of Royal
Sippers and Miners, and of the Staff Corps, arrived
Por-smouth on the 17th instant, on board the Pilot transport,
front the Mauritius and the Cape, and are ordered round to
Chatham and Woolwich. _ _

The Pilot transport having sailed, in pursuance of orders, for
Ch..tham and Woolwich, was obliged, by stress of weather, to
ack to Portsmouth, on the 18th instant.
Depot of the Nth (or Cameronian) Regiment of Foot,
• . Cienet..l 0. Earl of Daruousta, G.C.B. Colonel, em-
i).„kcj on the 19th instant, at Cowes, on board the Zephyr
tra,,iort, for Cork. •

SPORTING INTTLL IGEAZ E.

BOXERS.

I • EDIh2WIIOII, minivan it.
rI
It it trith deep !Vacant that we 6nd a regular este,.
, blishment has been %rased In Edinburgh for the pro.
pagation of the blasphettibus tenets espoused by Car-
' lik and his followers with whiCh the Metropolis of
England has of late been so mud annoyed. We had

The 1;1,4, and a full meeting_ of the fighting men and their
took Once yesterday in Mr. Jackson's 'Wont%) for the
of rrctiving back the stakes deposited for the fights, Mr.
paid Randall .R 250 of his own staked money,
.7 r. to others, .`Aartin complained that it had been reported
rsit want to fight, and to prove the contrary he would
1+,;:;t in '24 hours for ten sovereigns. Randall said that
there ;:o occasion to fight fur that suet, but he would fight
hi:r, the:. and there, for the £2.50 be had just received. Mar-
t!a was silent.

no conception that the sober-thinking inbabitaats of
this City, whose attention to Public Worship, has
always been the theme of admiration, and whose
Clergy have ever been remarkable for their attention
to the well-being of their Rocks, could have been
drawn into espouse sentiments of this description.—
True it is, however, that information having been
Conveyed to the Sheriff, that functionary yesterday
proceeded, along with the Procurator Fiscal, accom-
panied by a small body of police, under the charge
of Captain Robinson, to the Cordwainer's Hall, in the
Potter-row, where they surprised, yesterday afternoon,
a full meeting of " The Edinburgh Free Thinkers'
Zeletic Society." The President, a turner, residing in
the Canongate, named Wilson, and the two leading
members, or rather directors, named A Meek, were
apprehended ; the rest of the audience, consisting
chiefly of youths and journeymen tradesmen, were
allowed to depart, on giving their names and places
of residence. Among the group were several chil-
dren of both sexes. This Society met every Sunday
for the purpose of discussing philosophical subjects.—
Among other principles, they denied the pivinity of
CHRIST—the utility of prayer—and one of their sub-
ject,' of discus.,ion was, whether or not-there was a
Oahu ? The Society has a library, principally of
deittical works, to which all the members pay, and
have access weekly when they meet.

The Duchess of %tad NGTON received the pleasing
intelligence of the entire restoration to health of her
illustrious Lord, early in the week, through the me-
dium of a letter received by the Duke's sister, Lady
ANNE CULLING SMITH, written about the 9th inst.
In this letter, his Grace says I expect to leave
this (Verona) on, the 45th instant, foi England."

The Duchess of WELLINGTON is with her amiable
family at Strathfieldsay.
The Earl of MONMOUTH gave his first dinner, a
few days since, at his Lordship's beautiful residence
in Portman-square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Csrarmos and family arrived
in town yesterday from their seat, Wotton, Bucks.

SpasNa A Sp Stews.—On this money being given up, Spring
sit: ..e was ready to fight Neat. from £lO to 400 of his own
v.*: In th absence of Neate Belcher w.ts not prepared to
I answer until the £l5O forfeit was paid. Spring observed
th watt both well, and he wished much to try wbich was the
Mgt .n. A' to the forfeit, It was decided that Neate was en-
title.. it, and should have it; and any law proceedings should
1. met by a •übscription.
llrmnx AND SULLTO3l.—These men met, and Josh. addressing
Fbelt: n, very energetically sold, " Why a'nt we to fight, Tom ?'
Melton replied, " that he meant nothing but fighting, and they ,
who talked about a cross, was only ofeard of their money." it
11.11 agreed that the battle should take place on the 28th instant.
Mr. Jackson next produced the epistolary correspondence from
?Ir. Elliot, the hacker of Spring and Martin ; and also some
;..enytnous correspondence about crossing; but which threw no
li;ht on anything in the cross line.
ratter was desirous of fighting Ward, who, it is believed,
t:,!•.I the battle to Abbot; but it was agreed that he should not
salit ace the P. C. ropes and rakes, or receive any patronage.

TURKISH JunlE:K.—A Greek Lady having com-
plained to the Tornagi Bachi, that a Turk had killed
her husband, the Bachi told her that he feared the
people would oppose the penishment' of the mur•
derer. The woman wept bitterly. The Judge, to,
appease her, said, " I have hit upon a method of
consoling you ; embrace the religion of our Great
Prophet, and I will force the murderer of your hus-
band to marry you."
It seems that the Turks have lately pulled down
a part of the Parthenon, for the sake of the lead which
is employed in the junction of the stones ; and this
new depredation has strewed the ground with frag-
ments of both sculpture and architecture. We are
not informed as to the extent to which the dilapida-
rions have gone, but we trust that there may be some
British travellers in the neighbourhood, with the,
means and the public spirit to endeavour to save',
even these fragments from the utter ruin with which',
they are threatened.
The statement, which lately appeared in the jour-
nals, that the Archduchess MAMA LOUISA had made
her appearance at Verona, has no doubt been noticed
by most of our Readers. We have heard that she'
appeals there to claim from the Allies the execution
of the Testamentary Dispositions of NA/Potato/I in
favour of her son, and that this claim has occasioned
great embarrassment to the French Ministers there.
The-Court of Austria is said to feel some displea-
sure at an article in the French Papers relative to the
succession to the Throne of Spain, in case the present
family should become extinct, or that the Spaniards
should determine on a change. With respect to the
dormant right of Austria to succeed to the Spanish
Monarchy in case of a ♦acancy, to which, we pre-
sume, the French article refers, that right is of course
derived from CHARLES VI. the competitor of Puitub'
V. the grandson of Louts XlV.—but on looking to
the Treaty of Utrecht, our Readers will find a provi-
sion expressly made therein, and assented to by Aus-
tria, that in case of the failure of the Spanish branch
of the Boumsows, the Crown of Spain shall pass to
the House of Savoy, and not to that of Austria.—
However, we apprehend that neither of the two
Houses need. keenly interest themselves; for, should
the Spaniards determine to remove FERDINAND, we
do not think they will seek another King either from
the banks of the Po or the Danube.

NA POLEON' SMOTHER.-The following-is an•extract
from a private letter, dated Rome, October 12th :"".
" Well may it be said we live in extraordinary times.
Who would have thought, thirty years ago, that the
wife of an humble citizen- of Ajaccio, and who
afterwards was living in straitened circumstances
in the city of Marseilles, should breathe her last, in
11822, in one of the most princely Palaces of this
city ; publishing her last will and testament to the
world with a pomp and eclat that is not often seen
even in individuals of the most exalted station.—
Such is the fact, .however, as applicable to Madame
Letitia Bonaparte. Her chief heir is her grandson,
the young Napoleon, wfio, it is said, will ultimately
receive an immense fortune. To her eight children
now living, to wit, Joseph Bonaparte, Lucien, Lewis,
Jerome, Elisa, Pauline, Caroline, and Hortensia,
she bequeaths to each and every one the sum of
150,000 scudi (£37,500 sterling), making{ in the
whole three hundred thousand pounds I flie four
daughters of Lucien are to have each a marriage por
tion of 25,000 scudi. And to her brother Cardinal
Fesch, who already rolls in wealth, she bequeaths a
superb Palace, filled with the most splendid furini-
ture and rarities of every sort."
Duc D'ENGHIEN.—The monument to the memory
of this unfortunate Prince will, erelong, be completed.
The cenotaph is surrounded by four figures of white
marble. One of these represents the Prince, who is
proceeding tranquilly to his execution ; the second is
Fortitude, who supports him in this trying moment;
the third Malice, who is lurking for him ; and the
fourth France, in fetters. These statues are about
seven feet six inches high, and the entire height of the
mausoleum is 22 feet. The sculptor is M. Daunt,
first sculptor to the Bourbon Condi family, and Mem-
ber of the Academies of Bordeaux and Copenhagen.

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=LANA bEATiI Mn. DEBliiiiirs •
•
That sunning body, the Dublin • &nit or ilter.l Mr. NN o !anent, forrherty an' emiisiht
I
ichants, have given the world another display of their seller in Piccadilly) and editor of the works.entitleci
very peculiar fitness for the duties of public discus- Debretes Peerage and garonetage. died on Friday, at
sion. They met, it appears, on Saturday last, " for his lodgings in Upper Gloucester;stieet, Regent's
the purpose of adopting such measures as should Park. He had Seen for seine time in a declining
sure the return of R. Soma, Esq. as Representative state of health, and.was found on Fridaynighe, about
of that Guild in the Common Council" of Dublin.--, eleven o'clock. dead in his arm-chair, at the side of;'
R. SUTTER, Esq. though a staunch supporter of the his bed. Mr. Delman's shop. when in the zenith
Orange politics in Choreh and State, had been a re- of his prosperity, was celebrated as the resort of the
jetted candidate for honours (such as they were COM- leading Whig Noblemen and Gentlemen resident in
petent to bestow) from certain other Dublin Compa- its vicinity, who there spent.a portion of their morn:
nies. His most active patron on this occasion was ing in learning and discussing the news of the day:,
no less extraordinary a personage than Alderman Be had full opportunity of acquiring a large form*
Nuaxtrr, matchless for his oratory, his Orangery, but from too much cenfidenCe in those about him, an
his diffidence, and his granimar. We snatch a few easiness of temper, andwithout thrift,-* what is called
of these graces as they pass, and offer she following a sufficient portion of cautious and careful worldly
for a sample. It may be requisite for some of our wisdom, he did not tarn it to thebest account. H.
Readers, towards a due understanding of Alderman I was a kind, good-natured, friendly man, who eve,-
ARCHER'S Amendment, that 44 bringing back the , rienced the vicissitudes of life with fortitude—who
Union" is an Irish figure of speech, which does not' never made an enemy, and died without having for•
mean exctly 46 repealing the Union," but bringing kited a friend. He was far advanced in years.
back tispublin those outward Tories and legislative I
cerepm which were carried away by the Act of
Union. When the Royal Assent was given to the
Act of Union byfive-LoRD LIEUTENANT, crowds of
Eeople assembllrd in the streets through which his
xcellency drd,e, on his way to the House of Lords,
"to see, as they expressed it, " the Mien pass by."

GUILD OF MIIRCIIANTS.
A Post-Hall of the Guild of Merchants was held
on Saturday, at the Guildhall, Wellington Quay, for
the purpose of adopting such measures as would be
most likely to ensure the return of R. SUTTER, Esq. as
Representative of the Guild in the Common Council.
Alderman NUGENT said, that he would move as a
Resolution, that the conduct of Robert Sutter, Esq. in
supporting the Protestant Ascendancy in Church and
State, was such as entitled him to the support of the
,Guild.—The Alderman then spoke as follows :
I intend to make ,a manly and open declaration of
my sentiments, not fearing either the Government or
the Board of Aldermen—(Great applaute).—l would
ask whether you will allow a certain Junto in this
city to return every man who may be elected at this
Guild ? Evety man who knows Mr. Sutter, knows
that he has always supported every Protestant ques-•
tion. But the Government of the country is rather
putting us down than keeping us up. The Govern-
ment is sometimes Catholic and sometimes Protest-
ant, so that the good people of Dublin don't know
where to take their. fire from. I don't want to give
the Catholics any civil power, until the Parliament is
restored. I was always reared in one way, but I don't
see that anything has been given up to the Protestants.
I appeal to any man if I ever swerved from the Pro-
testant interest? I have not been fluttering about like
a bird ; I do not want anything from the Government.
But some persons have been cutting throats with a
feather. I admire Mr. O'Connell more than those who
will gives Protestant Ascendancy' in one place, and
Catholic. Emancipation' in another. If we had Mr.
Peel here, there is not a man but would come round
by half squares ;—but mind what I tell you—it will
all come down on your own heads. You all see what
was done on the question of King William. Why,
the windows of the Parish Widow house were broken,
and the windows of the Archbishop of Dublin Isere
broken ; but mind, I say, these times can't last!"
Here Alderman NuonnT moved a Resolution to
the effect above stated.
Alderman ARCHER opposed the Resohition on Con-
stitutional grounds.
Here there was much noise and confusion, after
which Alderman ARCHER moved, as an Amendment,
a that the Resolution should be referred to the Union
Corn mittee, and that,when the Union should be brought
back, Mr. Sutter should be made Speaker of the House r
The reading of this Amendment excited consi-
derable laughter.

THE LATE CHARLES DIBDIN,'ESQ.

Some literary and dramatic friends of this late eel•
lebrated writer have, within this week, concentrated
together, having determined to raise a monument to
commemorate his inestithable convivial virtues, and
also the very high regard with whirls his works have
everywhere been received. A Meeting among the
first supporters of-the regular drama, and some very
distinguished friends of literature, was called, and
held at the Freemasons Tavern ; the assemblage was
necessarily select, but the Gentlemen who composed
the Meeting were of rank, and of the first respectas
bility in their profession.
The Earl of HARCOURT was expected to take the
Chair, but sent an apology for his not being present,
at the same time observing, did the business take any
decisive turn in favour of the measure, he would most
willingly come forward.
CHARLES Yousici, Esq. of Drury-Lane Theatre,
then, at the request of the Meeting, took the Chair,
and addressing them, said, that he felt himself proud
on being called on to bring forward a measure cal-
culated to convey a lasting degree of respect to the
memory of Charles Dibdin, but at the same time he
thought it necessary to remark, that as a testimonial
of veneration and respect had not long since been
erected, he should say that many poets and dramatic
writers decea,ed, had lain in their tombs for years
before monuments to their memories were erected 4
therefore surely such an objection, if made, could not
well apply in the present instance to one so very ce-
lebratesl—(Cheersj. Mr. Young then very eloquently
took a review of the life and writings of the late Mr.
Dibdin, and in conclusion hoped something to com-
memorate him would be erected.

Several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting,
and Resolutions all toving of the design were carried.
Several very handsome subscriptions were collected.

ANCIENT ENCAUSTIC PICTURE OF
CLEOPATRA.

FROM THE MUSEUM ; OR, RECORD OF LITERATUTREe

PARIS.

You know that Dr..l .hnson says somewhere, that
" no one ever saw a very strange thing." Lord Ches-
terfield advises you, in case of seeing a very strange
thing, not to tell it, lest 'pair veracity should be sus-
pected, and you should be under the necessity of
putting yourself in a passion to avenge the affront.
Now, though I think the world would be a much
pleasanter place than it is, if Lord Chesterfield's pre-
cepts, as to manners, mere better obseived ; yet I
think I may venture to depart from his advice, so far
as to tell you, what I shall tell all the world—at least
everybody who reads The Museum—as soon as I can
get the proper documents to translate and transmit
to the Editor for insertion.—Quere: is it proper to
I say anything about " entertaining columns," since
I sometimes contribute to fill them ? I ,rather
'think not. Well then, I have really seen a very
strange thing to-day. In company with two French
Ladies, I repaired, this morning, by invitation, to
the apartments occupied by two Florentine Gentle-
men, in the Grand Hotel, Rue de Bac (the street Ma-
dame de Stael was so fond of), and there I was sliewn
an encaustic picture of Ckopatra applying Me Aspic
to her Bosom, which has been lately discovered and
detached from a wall, in which it has been hidden
for centuries, and is actually supposed, imagined, or
conjectuted (I am afraid to use too positive a term),
to be a real portrait, painted by a Greek artist pa-
tronized by Octavius Cz•;.tr!!! I will not affront
your dillettantiship by de-cribing what an encaustic
painting is, but allow me to observe, that this one is
painted, or rather done, on a blue slate. The co-
louring is remarkably fresh, very like hie:

lanai-Wm:wino !—An affair of an extraordinary
natura occurred a few days back, in the county of
Wicklow, which is likely to furnish matter for discus-
sion in one of the Irish Law Courts. The parties are
exceedingly respectable, and the occurrence has
plunged two families in inexpressible affliction. Two
marriages took place—the two brides were escorted
by their admiring grooms on the wedding-day to a
hotel, not far from Dublin—they dined, took tea,
supped, and then the Ladies retired. The Gentlemen
unfortunately sacrificed a little too freely to the jolly
god, and on retiring to bed, each entered the wrong
apartment I
ATROCIOUS Ournacm—Wednesday night, the 13th
instant, a barbarous outrage was perpetrated in Bal-
linea, within about three miles of Westmeath. Mr.,
John Faunt, of Ballinea, was under the necessity of
making a seizure and leaving keepers on some of his
tenants, for rent. On the night abovementioned, the
house was entered by an armed banditti, who, after
inflicting on the bailiffs the most brutal treatment,
tied them neck and heels and dragged them a consi-
derable distance from the house; they afterwards
succeeded in carrying away the entire property. One
of the• bailiffs was in the most imminent danger of
his life; after some hours absence, one of the ruffians
re-urned and asked him, was he alive ? Supposing it
to be a friendly inquiry, he replied, that he was,
when, instantly the villain drew a bayonet, and in-
flicte4 several wounds on his body. The next night
a party of Police apprehended several persons of sus-1
picious character, one of whom was sworn to as a
principal in the above outrage, and fully committed.
It is said that a case is to come before the Judges
at the next Assizes for this county, under the follow-
ing circumstances:—lnformations were sworn, a short
time since, before a Magistrate in the neighbourhood
of Mallow, by a fellow who had been a soldier, and
who is at present a prisoner, wherein he charged a
number of persons, not less than 20 individuals, with
having conspired to assassinate a highly respectable
and active Justice of the Peace in that neighbourhood.
On inquiry, however, it appeared, that in the number
were included four persons who had been on the night
stated in the information, securely locked up in a mill
belonging to the very Magistrate who took the in-
formations. The fellow, it is said, was in consequence
conveyed from the Bridewell of Mallow to the County
Jail, to stand his trial for a perjury, which had for its
object the distraction and alarm Of a neighbourhood,
whose quiet is only disturbed by rumours, and where
4, trifles light as air" have, for some undefined mo-
tives, been latterly magnified to terrific conspira-
, ties.—Cork Mercantik Oa-muck.

'Tis so divinely wrought
That we might almost say, her body thought.
Nothing can exceed the beauty of the lace; the ex-
pression of extreme agony of mind and body does
not at all impair the dignity of the countenance, or
the harmony of the features. When we look on her,
we think of Egypt's queen; who.saisl of the man who
had seen her, " I think he bath looked on Majesty ;"
but we cannot fancy to ou: selves even the "wrangling
queen, whom everything becomes,' according to tl e
stage directions, .4 haling the man up and down."
She is represented standing, like one who is not re•
signed to death, but resolute to die ; in all the desperate
energy of passion. Iler neck -and arms are adorned
with jewels; she wears a crown, and her drapery is
merely a blood-red mantle (which lam sadly afraid is
English for the" imperial purple"), thrown back from
one side of her bosom, to which she holds the deadly
worm, and knotted on the opposite shoulder : this dra-
pery is heavy and ugly ; but I really think I never saw
a face better drawn, and flesh better painted, and " I
think I have looked on pictures.'=-Signor Michell,
to whom this precious relic of antiquity belongs, ha.,
I am told, the intention to sell it, and I have heard
it whispered that it has been offered to the King fbr
the sum of 30,000 francs. Weri it mine I would
bring it to London, take a room, and exhibit it, and
then sell it afterwards. The worst is, that though it
has not, like Falstaff, an alacrity at sinking, it has an
unlucky habit of crumbling away when exposed to
jolts and jumbles. So that if you would see it in
perfection, and thereby find a fair excuse for all the
fooleries of Marc Antony, you have only to repair
hither, which that you may soon do; is the macs
wish if yours sincerely.