Star.
London, England, 1824-12-16 00:00:00

.solini4lllPTO.v. DECEMBAR 13.

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The estates of the Dubois of Buecleugh, at Beaulieu,
suffereJ by the late storms, the banks round the manor
being greatly damased. Several large oak a!tcl elm
trees were blown don on the pleasure ground. The
venerable mansion, which had been the asylum of
Queen Margaret, during the reign of Henry VI. suf-
fered but ti ifltng damage, the old fabric having a short
time since undergone a renovation.
STAGE Coact' ItosnEnv.—A few days since a boz
containing about sixty l ounds worth of lace, was stolen
from the Economist stage coach, when on its journey
to Portsmouth. It was the property of Mr. Collins,
liken-draper, of Titchbehf, who was riding upon the
outside of the same coach. The greater part of the
lace has been since found in the possession of a man
named William White, who, it appears, got upon the
co.ich near Kingston Cross, as it was going on, and
having ridden for a few minutes, he got partly down,
and continued so for a few minutes longer, when he
got entirely dawn -and walked off. The boz was not
missed until the coach arrived at the Blacksmith's
Arms. Whitels committed for trial at the next. Putts-
mouth Sessions. _ _

THE EDINBURGH MUSICAL FISTIVAL.—FIOM the
report made by the Treasurer, it appears that the re-
ceipts of the late Festival at Edinburgh, amounted to
49401. the eepenses to 4397/. leaving a surplus of 5431.
As there are still some trifling claims against the Fes-
tival, a small sum has been retained to satisfy diem.
and the sum of 530 i has been placed at the disposal of
the Public Functionaries, to be distributed at. their dis-
cretion among the Public Charities of the city.
NEW ROAD FRoNI OXFORD TO LONDON.—Applica-
don will be made to Parliament, during the next Ses-
sion, for a Bill to open a new line of road, seventeen
miles in length, between Oiford and London. The
proposed new road is to branch off from the present
road, near Wheatley Bridge, passing through Thame
• trrHigh Wycombe. The highest point of elevation is
337 feet lower than the present road, by Stoken Church,
and the surface of the ground over which the new road
is intended to be made is so level, that in few places is
the rate of inclination more than one foot in thirty-
three, and that only for a very short distance.
Saturday, a piece of plate (a candelabra for seven
lights) was presented to the Bishop of Chichester, as a
testimonial of regard and esteem, from the inhabitants
of Biightlielmstone, on his elevation to the See of Chi-
chester:, after having been far twenty years their Vicar.
The Bishop, in the most handsome ter ms,acknowledged
the sense he entertained of this token of regard on the
part of his late parishioners.
The 6th ;est. a Bow-street officer arrived at Chep-
stow, to apprehend a man of the name of Baker, on a
charge of forgery, committed by him on one of the
public offices. He was found at his own house, and
surrendered without any resistance; and on Monday
morning set off, in custody of the said officer, for Maid•
stone, in Kent.
Among other damage done by the late storms at
Bogner, the stone embankment, which has so lately been
erected in the old part of the town of Bognor, at such
an immense expense, has been entirely blown up. The
water forced itself behind the stones, and threw them to
a considerable distance. At Felpham, the sluices were
neatly all destrce ed, as well as the numerous groines.
which had been projected into the sea to resist its vio-
lence. The speculators in the New Crescent, the build-
ings of which ate now carrying on with so much sririt,
nary congratulate themselves, not only on the stability
of their erections, not on: stone of which was moved by
a wind which operated so destructively in their neigh.
bourhooi, but also upon the circumstance of the sea
having 'wade no inroad whatever upon the ground
which they have purchased with the view of foiming
the New Town.
Venus now so rapidly approaches Mars, that they
sill be together on Christmas Eve; but on the 23d
instant, the evening preceding, they will present a
spectacle greatly enhanced by the animating presence
of the Crescent Moon, which, to use the words of the,
Poetess of Nature, will then appear in the South-west
----•• Like a tilvti: bow
New .trung in I leaven !"
and Verus like a globe of living gold. At the same
time, between the Hyades and Pleiades, Saturn, with
his gorgeous magnificent ring now expanded to the
leas of r. 'merit)] telescopes, will be conspicuous S.E.E.
Soon alter seven the same evening, belted Jupiter, with
his beautiful satellite:, will rise to the north of Castor
ay Pollux. 'Then, to increase the grandeur of the
scene, the space between the Hya`es and the horizon
will be occui ied by the most heaetiful of all the con-
stellations, the r et ulgent Or ion, resembline. in appearance
an armed man, as iris Hebrew name Chimalt implies.
A ineurnir was lately read in the Academy of Sciences
at Paris, by a Dr. Vilier me, "On the mortality in
ance in the class in easy circumstances, compared
with what takes place anrnr' the indigent." In two
arrondissements of Pat is, the first and the t end+, lie
makes it appear, the former, w eich is inhabited by rich
per suns, has a mortality of one in fifty ; and the latter,
which is inhabited by pool, has a mortality of one in
twenty-four, there being no other assignahle cause for
tlis enormous difference than wealth and poverty. He
found the deaths in Kee de la lloitellerie, where poor
people are crowded together in unhealthy lodgings,
Misr times and a hall as numerous as in the Quays of
the Isle Louis, where rich people live in large and
well-ventilated apartments. He also skews that the
mortality in-the hospitals rises or falls with the rate of
wv,!,ei of tho..c who enter them.
Of jewellers, cutup-iron', &c. there die is the hospitals lin 1
Ai s - 1 in 8
sineniato.ta in 7
'Masons 1 hi 6
tobourers - • - lin 5
The poorest of all—rag gatherer 4, &c. 1 in 4
Sailers, who are the 11::•A off 1 in 20
ECDOT 2.—A landholder, not far from Dundee,
lately got a new land-steward. On the morning of the
teeing day, the stexard waited on his new master :
"'Wed, Sir," said he, " how mony new servants will I
need to eneage the day ?" " Servants!" said the laird.
" are the: e ally of ray servants leas*, me:"—" 1 was
thinkin, Sir--I was thittkin, that Wiilie Wood wasna
just sae able for the walk as he has been."—" Willie
Wood, man !" rejoined the laird---" Willie Word has a
better right to the estate than 1 have ; he eas here iai
grandfathei's time."
A stupid persoA one day seeing a mew of *teaming
enjoying the pleasures of the table, observed, " So, Sir,
philosophers I see eitil indulge in the greatest delicacies,
as well as men of common minds."—" Why not," re-
plied :he scholar, " do you think Ptrovinesice intended
all the good dins of this world for the ignniant

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