Star.
London, England, 1824-12-25 00:00:00

THE NEGRO BOY! •

OR, SUPERSTITION SUBDUED.
NEAR Portsmouth, the "Battle of Minden" the sign,
An Inn long renown'd for good cheer and old wine,
A handsome young hostess, and excellent lodging;
An Officer lately came over from France,
No longer in idle attendance to dance,
His occupants Monsieur most gladly disgorging,.
This Officer, then, ev'ry comfirt ensuring,
At" Battle of Minden" a lodging procuring,
• And items of use and of ornament lacking ;
In dress predetermined to shine all resplendent,
Directed, o'er all, that his sable attendant
A quantum should purchase of Waage's. her &amens*
The mild youth of Aide the mandate obey d,
When, lo! in the Boors, by the luminous shade
Of the Jet, like a Mirror, his dark features slating ;
He gsz'd in amaze, long with extacy mute,
Then laugh'd, as laugh'd with him the Child in the Boot,
And eagerly thence to his Massa repairing;--
" 0 come Massa Captain," he said, "come and see •
Him live in de Boot—blacky childa as me—
Mush like as my poor leteel bruder him seem,
Him die—him come back—die no more," and his eyes
Were glisten'd by Joy, when aghast with surprise,
Two" Childa" be viewed in the Boot's jetty gleans.
His Musa the cause of the vision explain'd ;
And now in the youth was delusion rests dined,
His mind Superstition no longer attacking ;
&sinned thence, in fame, is the fine glossy hue
That dress can improve, and dark Error subdue,
Of WASSILN'S resplendent, inimited BrAczina!
This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by

FOR THE YEARS 1824 AND 1825.
THE ANNALS of SPORTING, and FANCY
GAZETTE; a Magazine entirely appropriated to Sporting
Subjects, published on the Ist of every Month, price 2s. 6d.
The Prorietors, on the approach of a New Year, take leave to
call the Poblic attention to the increasing celebrity of this popular
Work, the forthcoming Number of which (to be published on the
Ist of January), will begin a new Volume, and be embellished with
Two capital Engravings, viz.
1. A fine Plate of the Alpine Mastiff, by .Ifaindseer.
2. A beautiful Plate of Snipe Shooting; from a Drawing by
Fielding.
The general plan of this Wert is sto"Wellinowp to the Sporting
that it is only necessary for the Proprleto*s to state that it
Mil continue to be conducted on its present liberal scale with re-
spect to paper, print, and illustration ; and that no pair,s or.ettenne
will *spared to render it every way worthy of the Public atten-
dee. The Sixth Volume, which is just completid, contains a -
Meg of Original Communications, from different parts of the
Kingdom, on • ,
Hunting, I I
Cocking, Cricket,
Shooting, Pugilism, jiilliards,
Coursing, Wrestling, Rowing, • '
Racing, Single Stick, and
Mashing, I Pedestrianism, Sailing.
AccomPanied with the Racing Qalendar. &c. 'Hie Work, cons-
, for the gear-1824, fortnsTwo Volumes, price 11s. eaels,
ely half-bound. •
The Embellishment, of these Volumes comprise a fine engraved
Pbrtrait,by Landmer, of a Cross between the Dog and Fox, from
a subject in the sion of Lord Craniey ; Five Fox-hounds,
Portraits, of the Hatfield Hunt ; a beautiful Engraving of Jerry,
the Winner of the Doncaster St. Leger, from a Painting by Her-
ring ; a Perspective Elevation of the Grand Stand at Doncaster;
Plans and Surreys of Doncaster, and other principal Race Courses ;
Portraits of the Arctic Fox, Scotch Terrier, &c. &c.
London t Printed far Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-row.

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GLAMORGANSHIRE.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Order of the Assignees of John Wood, a Bankrupt,
At the Angel Inn, in the Town of Cardiff, on SATURDAY, the Sth
day of February, 1525, between the hours of One and Three of
the Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, subject to such Con.
&ions of Sale as shall be then and there produced,
ALL that. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE.
comprising the CAPITAL MANSION HOUSE called
ROATH COURT; containing Breakfast-room, Dining and
Drawing-rnoins, capital Kitchens and Cellars, with every requisite
attached Mice on the gtbund-floor ; seven best Sleeping-rooms, and
four others for servants ; Entrance Ledge, Lavin, Shrubbery, and
walled Gardens well_planted ; ttnall Green-hisuse and Gardener's.
house ; Five-stall Stale, Coach-house, and Dog-kennel ; Farm.
yard, Barn, Cart-stable,Waggon-liklge, and several pieces of highly
productive Meadow and Pasture Land adjoining, and five work-
men's Cottages, containing (mqre or less) 36 A. i li. 7z, P.

These Premises, exclusive of the Cottage and one of the Fields,
Containing about Thirteen Acres, were lately in the occupation of
the late Rev. J. Monkhouse, at a nett rent of £1 50 per Annum, and
the Cottages are occupied at rents amounting to ,E 26 51. per Annum.
Also a most desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE called ROATH
LODGE, consisting of a Modern Villa, containing Dining and
Drawing-rooms excellent Bed-rooms, every necessary attached
once; Coach-house, &ables, thriving Plantations, good Garden,
and Farm-yard, and several pieces of productive Land surrounding
the House, containini (more or less) 48 A. 0 IL 14 P.
The above Premises are in the occupation of Sohn Hill, Esq. for
the unexpired term of three years or thereabouts, at the nett rent
of £l5O per Annum, and both year,
are situate in the Parish of
Roath, within one mile and a half of the good Market and Post
Town of Cardiff.

For a view of the Premises, apply to Griffith Lloyd, Esq. Crock-
herb Town, Cardiff; for Particulars to Messrs. Basset. Solicitors,
Bouvilstone, near Cardiff; J. W. Lyon, Esq. Solicitor, Great
Russel-street, Bloomsbury; Mr. Crosland, Solicitor, Broad-street;
and A. Murray, Surveyor and Land'Agent, Strand, London.--
Letters Post Paid.

•
A REAL CHRISTMAS.BOX.
MRS. JOHNSON, Sok Proprietor of the AMERI-
CAN SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children Cutting their
Teeth, removed from 94, Newman-street, to 28, York-place, City-
road.—At this critical Season, when -Children are teething, and suf.
fer more pain than at any time in the year, very few escaping Con.
vulsions, it is earnestly recommended to every Mother and Nurse
that has young Children, not to be without the A MERI CAN
SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery, as it gives immediate
Relief. —Mrs. JOHNSON,feeling for the Poor at a time like this,
when so many are out of employ, and wishing to relieve those lito•
Ole Sufferers, has given them a REAL CHRISTMAS-BOX, bp:
extending her Charity One Hour longer; that is to say, from Nine,
to Eleven every Tuesday and Saturday Mornings until next March
(and then as usual) while the days are so very short, as hundreds-
who live at a great distance, cannot get their Children to her
House in time • they naust bring a letter from a respectable House-
keeper, that they are real objects of .Charity. Mrs. J. hopes, at
the same time, so great a Charity will not be abused, as it is entirely
out of her own Private Purse; and trusts that Persons who can •
afford to purchase the STOWn will not injure the Poor by obtaining
what is intended for their Relief.
This inestimable Medicine to be had, wholesale and retail, as
above, and of all principal Venders in Town and Country, at 2s. W.
per bottle.
N.B. None are genuine, unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs.
Johnson's own band-writing.