Star.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1831.

HOUSE TO LET, a mile and a half from
.1.2- Hyde Park Corner, and the same from Buckingham
Gate. It is extremely pleasantly situated, in a genteel
neighbourkood t it contains ten Rooms, and Cellaring ; is in
perfect repair, and fit for the immediate reception of a small
respectable family. Rent, Forty Guineas.
Another of eight Rooms, &c. Thirty-six Guineas.
Apply foe address at No. 1, Charles-street, Fulham.road;
or 22, George-street, Adelphi.

Court of Commissioners Attorney, Ms G. Bickerton.
Barnard's lan, Bairns.
Asixsa, Tuost4s, Austinfriars, merchant, June 94, at
eleven, 28, at twelve, and July 19, at eleven, at the Court
of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. J. Smith, Bastcheap.

LEA, JOHN, Smalltime, Nostgainptonshire, coal merchant,
June IS, at six, 14, and July 18, at eleven, at the Sara-
cen's Head Inn, Daventry, Northamptonshire. Attorneys,
Messrs. Wimburn, Collett, and Dyson, Chancery-lane;
and Mr Grey, Deventry.
Mull!, THOMAS, NiCllOll4-1321e, Lombard-street, merchant,
June 14, 17, and July, 19, at two, at the Court of Com-
miwioners. Attorney, Mr. C. H. Stedman, Throgmortoss.
street.
Plows*, Bestiaries, High-street,. Newiegton Betts, Iran.
i , June 14, 21, at twelve, and July 19, at eleven, at
the of Commissioners. Attorneys, Mews. UMW"
and Hughes, Lothbury.
Mar, NICHOLAS, Albionmirace, White Horse-lane, Mile.
end Old Towh, surveyor, June 10, attwdve, 17, and July
19, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney,
Mr. It Murph. Castle-alley, Roy* 120 sage.
teems. Hew J n ens, lhileguin, awn *spa. June 14,
91, and Julyl2, at eleven, at die Court of Commissioners.
AttOrneys, Messrs. liuniwicle and Guest, Lawrence-lame,
assapside.
11,0xsine, WILLIAM GRAY, Haydon.street, Haydon.
square, agent, June 17, 21, at eleven, and July 19, at ten,
at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. T. Young,
Mark.lane.
HANDLEY, SAMPSON, Sander, Staffordshire, flint grinder,
June 29. 30, at six, and July 19, at one, at the Swart
Inn, Stafford. Attorneys, Messrs. Dax and Bicknell,
Lincoln's Inn fields, London ; and Mr. F. Brookes,
SAfford.
GRIFFITHS, THEOPHII.IIII, Newoutle-Emlyn, Cannata
thenshire, tanner. June 20, 21, and July 19, at the
Boar's Head Inn. Carmarthen. Attorneys, Mr. J. M.
Evans, Newcastle. Emlyn ; and filesars. Gores and Nation,
Orchard-street, Portman square, London.
BASTIAN, THOMAS, Warwick, slater, June 10, 17, and
July 19, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Kitchin, Warwick.
Attorneys, Mr. Eldred, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury,
London ; and Mr. Kitchin, Barford. near Warwick.
WOOD. WILLIAM, Kirbymooraide, Yorkshire, hinkeepw,
Juue 20, at flve. 21, and July 19, at eleven, at the White
Swan Inn, Bickering, Yorkshire. Attorneys, Messrs.
Bell, Brodrich, and Bell, Bow Church-yard ; and Mr. Re
Fetch, Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire.
LEVSSETT, WILLIAM, Harwich, Essex, cablnet-maker,
June 20, at eight, 21, at nine, and July 19, at ten, at the
Suffolk Hotel, Ipswich. Attorneys, Mr. S. B. Jaekamau,
Ipswich ; and Messrs. Bromley, Gray's-inn.square.
Haunts, Josern, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, lace mans.
facturer, June 20, 21, at eleven, and July 19, at two, at
the Lion Hotel, Nottingham. Attorneys, Messrs. Enfield
and Son, Nottingham; and Sir. Enfield, Raytnond.build•
logs, Gray's-inn.
RussELL, JAMES, Ancoats, Manchester, cotton thread ma.
nufacturer, Junc 21, 22. and July 19, at nine, at the AI.
bion Hotel, Manchester. Attorneys, Matra. Adlingtas,
Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row; and Means.
Morris and Owen, Manchester.
FELLowrs, Thomas, Aldersgate-street, broker, June 10,
at one, 17, at twelve, and July 19, at one, at the Court of
Commissioners. Attorneys, Messrs. Crowder and May.
nerd, Lothbury.
DIVIDENDS.

June 2.8 t IW. Chapman, Greek-street, Solo, draper at
ten, at tbe. Court of Commissioners--June 28, J. Tobias,
Ratcliffe-highway, furrier, at eleven, at the Court of Cons-
missioners —June 28. W. R. Turner, Great Dover-road,
carver and gilder. at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners
—June 28, D. James, Minories, woollen-draper, at eleven,
'
at the Court of Commisaloners—June 2kt, W. Best, Wolver-
hampton Staffordshire, ironmonger, at twelve, at the Court
of Commissioners—June 28, C. Pyne, Garrett-lane, Wands-
worth, dyer, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners--
June 30, M. Oldham, Stockport, Cheahin, Innkeeper, at
eleven, at the York Hotel, Manchester—June 30, J. Clay-
ton, Mortram, Longdendale, Cheshire, shopkeeper, at twelve.
at the York Hotel, Manchester—June 30, W. Hunt, New
Mills, Glossop, Derbyshire, cotton spinner, at eleven, at the
York Hotel, Manchester—July 4, J. Browne, jun. Leeds,
Yorkshire, merchant, at half-past ten, at the Court House,
Leeds—July 9, T. Rickaby, Craike, Durham, innkeeper, at
one, at the Royal Oak Inn, Think, Yorkshire.

CEKTIIfICATES-Moss 23.

J. S. Gray, Blanchester, wine merchant—J. Lamb, Liver-
pool, saddler—H. Warner, George-street, Adelphi, coal mer-
chant—W. MaHellen Gig Mill, &gland, Halifax, York-
shire, cotton-spinner:-G.. Spittle, Francis-oreet, Tottenham-
coon-wad, borse.dealer—H. Rideout, Woolwich. cheese-
monger—O. B. Rodwell, Jame..street, Covent-Garden,
linen draper— W. A. Hankey, Mincing-lane West India
broker.

PRICE SEVENPENCE,

son, that it depends entirely on individual con-
formation. The musician who attentively observes
the manner in which Paganini seizes his violin—
the position in which he places it, and next, the
direction which he occasionally imparts to both
arms, will readily comprehend that no living
performer, as yet known to the public, could
hope to imitate his mechanical process with suc-
cess. In order to procure certain effects, Pa-
ganini frequently crosses his elbows one over
the other, in front of his breast ; besides, the struc-
ture of his frame greatly facilitates his execu-
tion; his left shoulder being an inch higher than
right. The consequence of this slight personal
deformity is, that when the artist remains in an up-
right posture, and allows his arms to hang freely
by hirksides, the right arm appears longer then the
left. His hand is, in reality, not disproportioned
to the rest of his limbs, but its capacity seems dor-
bled, by the amazing flexibility of his fingers.
From these facts Signor Bennati infers, that the
merit of this extraordinary violinist does notdepend
solely on his musical genius, but partly results
from the organic dispositions with which Nature
has favoured him, and the development of which
has, of course, been aided by a long course of prac-
tice. His physical conformation, says the Italian
savant, is to Paganini, what the organ of voice is
to a Catalani or a Sontag. He may have imitators
but not rivals.
So exquisite is Paganini's sense of hearing, that
be can distinguish, at a prodigious distance, every
word of a conversation, pitched in the lowest key ;
and such is the sensibility of the tympanum, that
when a person standing beside him addresses him
in a loud tone of voice, he is obliged to turn his
face full in front of the speaker, in order to escape
a painful sensation. His musical accuracy of ear
is inconceivable. Surrounded by a full band of in-
struments of percussion, he can, with a slight
touch of his finger, tune his violin ; and, in the
same situation, he can, at a distance almost!
incredible, distinguish a single discordant instru-
ment from amongst a number. On many occasions
he has been known to perform on a violin out of
tune, without playing one false note. His left ear
is endowed with a keener faculty of hearing than
the right ; both are capacious, well-proportioned,
and extremely prominent. The latter character-
istic trait has not escaped the attention of the
French sculptor, David, who has recently finished
an admirable bust of the artist.

From the earliest dawning of Paganies
intel-
lect, his vocation as a musician was evident, ex-
clusive, and irresistible. At the age of four years,
so correct was his perception of musical rhythm,
that on a certain occasion, whilst his father was
praCtising on the mandolin, the child instantly dis-
covered that the performer played out of time.
When seven years old, he had already composed a
sonata and other pieces of music, which be exe-
cuted in presence of artists, whose applauses were,
at once, his noblest encouragement, and his best'
eulogy.
Paganini may be termed a musician in his in-
, most soul. He himself has declared, that, at five
years of age, the peeling of church bells, such as
I may be heard in Italy, affected him at times with
the most tumultuous sensations of delight ; at
times, with an unaccountable feeling of melan-
choly ; nor can he, to this day, be.us the swel-
-1 ling notes of the full-toned organ, without being
moved, even to tears. Spite of his debility,
i and his physical sufferings, no sooner does he touch
the bow, than an electric spark seems to shoot
through his veins, and to renovate his existence;
his nerves vibrate like the strings of his violin; the
instrument and himself are identified ; and the
weak, sickly frame of the musician yields to the
despotic influence of the power within.- -English-
man s Magazine.