Star.
London, England, 1830-04-24 00:00:00

COAMEMORATION OF SHAKSPEARE.

STIATFORD-UPOII-AllOll, April tet.
Second Commemorative Festival in honourr of
t! e natal Asy of Shakspeare, commenced this morning, and upon •
scale of splendour sed extent which reflects very great credit on the
Con:in:tree of the Royal Sitakspearian Club.
Stratford, at the time of our express leaving, presented a nowt
animated aeon.. The streets were crowded with an orderly and
happy populace, whilst the Bring of cannon, ringing of bells,
waving of flags, the decorations of the houses, std the charms of
the " Warwickshire lasses," afforded a carp (fail of the most
pleasing description.
The following was the order of the procession :
St. George on horseback, in full armour. *kit the George's
Banner borne by his Esquire on horseback.— Ti.c Banner of the
Borough.—Melpomene, the Tragic Muse, in a car. drawn by
four tiends.—Banner.—!Pity Leon—King Lear, Edgar as
Mad Tom.---Coridanue.—A Roman Soldier and three Lie.
tors.—Herald, with Black Eagle.—Roman Soldiers..—Commi-
nit's and Titus Lartius.--.lrdins Cesar.—Herald, with Coldeit
Eagle.--Julius Caesar in a car, drawn by throe bases tem ast.—
Roman Soldiers on each side.—Bintult rand Cassius.--Anthony
and Cleopatra in a ear, Mawr by three horses abreast.--
Metedeth.—Three Witches, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Ilanquo,
with a Glass, Trumpeter.—King John.—King John, Prince Ar-
thur, and Faulconbridge.—flenry the Fosrth.—Herald melt
trumpet. Henry the Fourth and Henry Prince of Wee, on horse-
back, llotspur and Douglas on horseback.—Roniro and Joe-
firt.—Nurse, Peter, and Apothecary.—Richard the Third
Drums and Trumpets. Richard the Third and Lady Anne.—
Ilanikt.—Hamlet and Ghost, Polonium and Ophelia.—Henry the
Eighth.—Trumpets, Ike., Henry the Eighth and Queen Kwharine,
Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell, his Secretary.--Othello.—
Othello, Desdemona, Cattalo. !ago. and Roderigo ; Banner of
Shakspeare's Arms; a Full Band ; Thalia, the Comic Muse, in a
Car drawn by Four Satyrs.— Tempests—Proopero, Ariel, Cali-
ban, Trinculo. --Merry If lies of H'indsor.—Mrs. Page, Sir
John Falstaff, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Page.—Comedy of Krrnrs.—An.
tipholus cf Ephesus, Aniipholus of Syracuse. Drontio of Ephesus,
Bromic, of Syracuse.—Tanting of the Shreie.—Petruchio and
Katherine, on one horse, in their wedding dress.—As You Like
It.—Orlando Adam, Touchstone, Audrey.--Mrrehara of Ve-
ni.e.--Saylock. Portia.—Mid.ummer Dream—Oben:a
,ni Titania in a ear, drawn by Puck and Fairies, the Royal
Standard of England., Yeomen, Banner of the Club, Committee
and Members of the Club.

It was intended to have hrouglii up the rror of the pageant by In..
trudticing Shukspr.are, Queen Elienbeth, and the Nobles of her
Court ; but, upon mature consideration. the project was aband med,
and the 'on was as above described. The characurs were
sustained by Mr. Mariana D'S Cnips Dramatique, and the 'Lein.
tiers of the 811A1C6TEAR lAN Club, assisted by amateur.. The (Lenses
wore EfiC ly appropriate, and several very splendid. They were
fur tislied by Mr. PALMER, of London, und.r whose superintend-
ence the pageant was conducted.

Loss or AN IRISH TRADER BY Fl RE, AT S:A.—Tir:
se:ooner Ann, of London, 95 tons, Mills, master, on
her voyage from Liverpool to London, caught tire in the
cabin at five p. m. on the Ist instant, when about 120
miles W. by S. off Scilly ; ald while the crew were reef-
ing sails the flames increased so rapidly, that all
efforts to extinguish them proved unavailing. The
crew, six in numbor, had no resource but ta take
to their heat, exposed to a heavy sea, with only a little
water, three oars, and a compass. The vessel continued
to burn for four hours, when she disappeared. A small
raft was made to keep the boat's head to sea, and the crew
had several narrow escapes of being swamped . At nine a. m.
next day, a brig hove in sight, and by tying a bander-
chief on the top of an oar they attracted the notice
of her crew. The brig immediately bore down
upon them, and proved to be the Magdalen, of Lon-
don, from Trieste, commanded by Mr. Lind, a native
of Brighton, who took them on board, and treated them
with the greatest humanity and kindness for twelve
days, when they were landed at Strandgate Creek. The
Ivessel was not insured, except a part of the Master's
share, whose loss (as also that of the crew) is very great,
not having been able to save a single article from the
cabin—Brighton Gazette.
DA RING AND EXTENSIVE Roeneuy•—lnforma-
tion of the following robbery was given yesterday at the
different police offices:—Tuesday, a person calling him-
self Valdez, called on Mr. Cohen, a diamond merchant,
No. 23, Bevis Marks, and said he was a Spaniard re-
cently arrived from South America, and wished to be-
come the purchaser of some diamonds. He pretended
not to understand the English language, and expressed
himself in French, saying, that he was anxious to take
some diamonds from this country in order to make pre-
sents of in his own. A packet of diamonds, amount-
ing in value to 7001. was then exhibited to him,
and he approved highly of their eater, and selected the
lot ; he then sealed them up with a ring he had upon his
finger, set with an onyx, and engraved with a tre.id, and
hastily quitted the shop without paying for them, and A as
out of sight before Mr. Cohen could get round from be-
hind the counter. He is described about thirty years of
age, five feet five inches in height, thin face, acquiline
nose, and dark complexion. A person answering the
above description, accompanied by a well-dressed female,
called on Monday last at Grayhurst and Harvey's, and
at Hawley's, in the Strand, requesting them to look at
some diamonds, describing that they were required to be
made into a cross to be worn by a lady.

COURSE OF EX(
Amsterdam —.12 • C.F.
Ditto At sight „Al 7
Rotterdam... 2 U 12 •
Antwerp ... 12 •
Ilamtnirgh 4j U 14 2
Altana ... 21 U 14 21
Paris, 34by's4ight 25 73
Ditto U 26 U
Madrid
C.idiz ...
Barcelona ..35;
Bilboa —36

'HANGS, April 24.
Seville .. 531
Gibraltar... .. •7$
Leghorn 47$
Genoa ... 16

. ... __
Venice ...471
'Raba
Naples
Palermo .. ... 118 d per os
Lisboa
Rio Janei►o .. 214
Dublin

.. .. I'

PRICRSOF GOLD AND SILVFIt.
Foreign Gold in Bars ... ... £ 17 9
Silver, in Bars, standard ... 0 • 11

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Best Dressing Hides
Common Ditto
Crop lildes,3s to 401bs for cutting
Ditto 45 to 50114 still to led
Calf Skins. 36 to 401bs .....
Ditto SO to 701bs
Ditto 70 to 801bs ... ..
&shill S'eale, Greenland)
named Ilor.e Hides 164 to itt 1
sr.,eish (lone Hides .........

NEW FARRINGDON IIARKEr, Aram 24.
There sas a good simply of num at market. at.tl the seta was
abundantly supplied with Vegetablts, &e. in wawa.
Prices per It,. to the enn+umr►.
Der►—Fittest Rua tins, 64.1. and 71 Do. &•thus, 4'd. rqual
quantky stlr rac►, .5;.1. Rump Steaks. 9d. Bert Steak+, ed. Rump
of Bed, ed. Wzrossit 211trretus—Leg, 7d. and 7',41. Ilauvcb„
6d. and 614. Saddle, 6;4. Loin, 6;d. Shoulder, Sitl. an 4164.
Neck, Id. litrast, 41.1. VVA I.rg , 6 Id. 7.1 I iikt, 91.
SASH), 7d. and 7;d. Prr.tat 7!tt. Neck, lii. Shoulder, 344. tool ,
64. Puss, 541 to, 644. Lams. WI. all t aid.

NEWGATR AND LRADRNIIALL. Avast
By tbe . Per itcrte of sibs.
iiref, 24 6d. to 31. 4J. Mount, its. ai. to 3s. IOJ. V.-4, .11. to
44 B.i. Yorb, Ss• BJ. to 44. Lamb, St. SI to 64. 84

ST. JAMES'S HAY-MARKET, Aram SC
Coartr Heavy Lowland Shadow Hay, 22 s*. to XII IS. Useful
ditto, Al 15s. to Al ►Ss Moe Upland Meadow and Rye Gravo
Flay. £4 Os. 0.. Myer flay. .e 3 Ilk to 23 Sc. Oat
Straw, £2lls. to AI Os. Wheat &raw, £2 So. to Zit 1114. Peg bad
•
of :14 trusses.

SMITHFIELD HAT MARKET, Avon. 14.
Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, ti Oil. to XS 34,,Llartal
Meadow Hay, .13 64. to £3 LS% rum Vplasi Moan/ aid
nye Grow Hay. Al Os to is rat t knee Hay, generally, 43 34.
to 44 16a. Eurarredioary Is. ethos, tS IM. Ow Straw, 42 is.
to Mlle. Wheat &net, Li 64. w 42 M. lKe load of 34 trures.

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~. Vagdftsfecg wthitehlaostbelysfleatyienan".. Nhae.wat.ool,"lghttio tweLivfigirstaoccsolutiptioed"
with, this p:oblent found hi. solution fall about 170 feet per second
11100 of th • experitnentel velatehy. The same were the result, of
f .tuler and other trathematieiane until the time of Laplace,
alto; by- the her diction of a new hypothe.i., came within
thiotiten or fourteen feet of the truth. But is the QuarPrly Jour-
nei:gt Si i, n e. 31'. Der'apath. wi:h only the data Newton had,-..
' easeely. the elastic force and specific gravity of the air. aided by his
own di-enaeries on the nature of airs. has given a theorem which
agrees with a mean of the bet observariame to within It inch. In
dry air, at the freezing point, he competes the velocity at 1089, 4
feet per %reread; the mean of the experiments of Captain Parry in
the rorth. the Fre-eh academicians. Dr. Greeory, Mll. Arago, 6.e.
Dr M.di and dlr. Cohlin_tham at Madrae. give 1080. 3 feet when
redue-d to 'he name temperature The solution of this, as it often
• Lipner.. in gr-lt proble.rea,.ll4. led to those of other. Oe greater dif-
ficui•y a-41 inter at. the principal of which had never, perhaps,
beer, i oag;ned to have any eonnexion with it. The following
are the chief matte ohtained. which in every case where observations
have been made Mr. Ileropath shows are confirmed by phcrnoncna.
Heat and 'mound are transmitted with equal velocity through the at.
sioephere: the rate of transmission increases or decreases with the
temperature of the sir, and decreases perpetually the higher we
asei•nd , the heat diminishes uniformly at the rate of 1 degree
Fehr, nheit for every 3261 fret of altitude, or 16 1-sth degrees
Faahrenheit for every mile • the total altitude of the air is "at a
medi am better than 30 miles," and the time sound would take to
travel vertically through it, four minutes and 474 seconds. Be.ides
these the author draws some various and unexpected consequences.
He affirm that the quanti:y of air haw nothing to do with its total
z.ltitede, " chicly would remain the same whether there was a half,
a third, or 100 times the quantity," that al atmosphere of hydro.
gen would be 14 24th times higher than ours is, that the greater
the attraction of a body, in the same proportion the less is the alti-
tude of its atmeephere, and vice versa. Hence he draws a physical
proof of the phenomenon so often observed, but as yet unexplained
by astronomers, namely, the disproportionally small attraction of
Comets. Be likewise notices and explains a very novel and curious
paradox ; for example, that the pressure of the air at the surface is
uninfluenced by the velocity of sound, while, in the higher regions
of the air the pressure depends " on this very velocity." For com-
puting the diminution of F.threnheit temperature for any elevation,
the author gives the following rule :—" Take a 1-100th of the alti-
tude In yards; subtract a 1-10th of this from itself ;• and then sad
2-10ths of the part so subtracted." The fall of temperature fir an
altitude of 7,600 yards is thus found to be 60.02 Fehr:

JOSEPHINE'S PEARLS.

From Bourienne's Memoires.

The marriage of Murat and Caroline was celebrated
at the Luxembourg, but with great modesty. The First Consul
did not yet think his family affairs were affairs of state. But pre.
viously to the celebration a little comedy was enaced, in which I
was obliged to take a part, and I will relate how.
At the time of the marriage of Murat, Bunnaparte had not much
money, and therefore only gave his sister a dowry of 30,000 francs.
Still thinking it necessary, however, to make her a marriage pre.
sent, and not possessing the means to purchase a suitable one, he
took a diamond necklace which belonged to his wife, and gave it
to the bride. Josephine was not at all pleased with the robbery,
and taxed her wit to discover some means of replacing her neck-
lace.

Josephine was aware that the celebrated jeweller, Fancier, pos.
erased a magnificent collection of fine pearls, which had belonged,
as he said, to Queen Marie Antoinette. Having ordered them to
be brought to her to examine them, she thought there was sufficient
for a very fine ornament. But to make the purchase 250,000 francs
were required, and how to get them was the difficulty. Madame
Buonaparte had recourse to Berthier, who was then Minister of
War. Berthier, after biting his nails, according to his usual ha.
bit, set about the liquidation of the debts due for the hospital see.
vice in Italy with as much speed as possible, and, as in those days
the contractors whose claims were admitted overflowed with grati-
tude towards their patrons through whom they obtained payment,
the pearls soon passed from Fancier's shop to the casket of Madame
Buonaparte.
The pearls being thus obtained, there was still another difficulty,
which Madame Buonaparte did not at first think of. How was she
to wear a necklace purchased without her husband's knowledge ?
Indeed, it was the more difficult fur her to do so, as the Finn Consul
knew very well that his wife had no money, and being, if I may be
allowed the expression, something of the busybody, he knew, or be.
lieved he knew, all Josephine's jewels. The pearls were therefore
condemned to remain more than a fortnight in Madame Buonaparte's
ca.ket, without her daring to use them. What a punishment for a
woman 1. At length her vanity overcame her prudence, and being
unable to conceal the jewels any longer, she one day said to me,—
" Boutienne, there Is to be a large company here to-morrow, and 1
absolutely must wear my pearls ; but you know he will grumble if
he notices them. I beg, Bourienne, that you will keep near me.—
If he ask where I got my pearls, I will tell him without hesitation
that I have had them a long time."
Every thing happened as Josephine feared and hoped. Buona.
paste on seeing the pearls did not fail to say to Madame, " What is
it you have got there ? How fine you are to-day ! Where did you
get these pearls ? I think I never daw them before." " 0 mon Dieu!
you have seen them a dozen times. It is the necklace which the
Cisalpine Republic gave me, and which I now wear in my hair.—
Bat I think--say, ask Bourtenne ; he will tell you." " Well,
Bourienne, what do you say to it ? Do you recollect the necklace?'
" Yea, General, I recollect very well seeing it before." This was
net untrue for Madame Buonaparte had previously shown me the
pearls. Besides, she had received a pearl necklace from the Clad.
pine Republic, but of incomparably less value than that purchased
from Fonder. Josephine performed her part with charming del.
terity, and I did not act amiss the character of accomplice assigned
me in this little comedy. Buonaparte bad no suspicions. When
I saw the easy confidence with which Madame Buonaparte got
through this scene. I could not help recollecting Susanne's reflection
oa the readint as with which well bred ladies can tell falsehoods with.
got seeming to do so.—Translation, vole 2.

MONTHLY RETURN OF CO2N.

PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONERI OF HIS
MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.

Comm HoustcirMilon April 22.
An Account showing the Quantities of Corn, Grab, Meal, and
Flour, imported Into the United Kingdom in the Knnth ended
it of A rril 1830; the Quantities upon which Duties have been
paid 1.01 Home Consumption during the same Nlonh ; and the
Quantities remaining in Warehouse at the close thetenf.
Publi.hed in conformity to the 6th sec of the Act 9th (*al V. c. 60
'Quantities Imported in the Unitiii Kingdom
in the Month ended Ist Apr I 1830.

Specie% of Corn,
Grain, 31rat, and
Flour.

Imported
from
Foreign
Countries.

Cwt. qrs. 16..1
18,536 3 lel

1118,5311 3 Iti

The Produce!
of, and im-
ported from,
Tot Al.
Pos-
selliona out,
of Europe.

40 6

Qrs. Bus.
4,131 1
0 1
2 1

5 3

The Produce
or, and ins.
ported from
British Pos-
sesaions out
of Europe.

Qrs. Bus.
438 5
7 4
95 4

34 7

0 6

377 0

'Cwt. qrs. lb.
88 3 23

I SS 1 9
IQuantities- - rem
United Mild

4 1 1

$9 2 10
rehouse in tie
April 18.3:).

0 2 15

ng in Win
on the Ist

The Produce
Imported of, and itn -
from ported from, Tow.
Foreign British Pos-
Countries. sessions out
of Europe.
Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus. Qrs. Bus.
237,696 5 2,454 4 240,151 1
66,626 2 66,626 2
429,307 .5 429,507 5
26,431 1 26,431 1
9,267 4 128 1 9,395 5
2,860 5 2,880 5
1,184 1 1,184 1
2,117 3 2,117 3
775,311 0 I 2,582 5 778,093
Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt. qrs. lb. Cwt qrs. lb.
105,310 317 I 474 3 7 105,785 224
3 1 22
1 3 0
3 152 1
1 3 0