Star.
London, England, 1825-12-23 00:00:00

Tau DRAW-WELLA Gentleman had a
was deemed an idiot. The little fellow, whec
ten years of age, was fond of drumming, and
dropped his drum-stick into the eel'. He kr
his carelessness would be punished by its not
searched for, and therefore did not mention
but privately took a large silver punch ladle,
dropped it into the same place. The butler was
but the draw-well was not thought of. He then
silver half-pint, and tumbled that in after it;
wants were blamed, but in a short time it was for
'He at last got a silver salver, and thre.v that dot
This was a matter to be inquired into, and a very
Inquiry took place; the servants all pleaded ignorance,
and looked with suspicion on each other, w
young gentleman, who bad thrust himself
circle, said lie had observed something shine
bottom of the draw-well; a fellow was dropped
in the bucker. and soon bawled from the bottom,
have found the punch•ladle, and the salver, at
is the half-pint, so wind me up." " S.op," mire,
the lad, .• stop ; now your hand's in, you may •
bring up my drum-stick."
A MERMAID.-..-A poor.Welch seaman, who
summer cast away in a squall on the Island of Sr..
applied to a Gentleman in Ayr last week for pecniaty
lid to help him on to Carnarvon. He stated,
sequence of the little intercourse which exists betwee•i
she island and the main land, he had.been
there till lately, and related a variety of eirctim-
its to the habits and opinions of the St. Kild;zn•
removed all doubt as to the authenticity of lu
A belief in the existence of mtrm :ids. itseerns,
versal among this little known people, and all
the Welchman at first was extremely ecept,cal
subject, he was finally converted by the ctm.
evidence of ocular demonstration. To secure
self the means of a precarious subsistence,
obliged to participate in the dangerous labour
islanders, and one day while he hung suspended
one of those dreadful pfecipices, from which

" The crows and though: that wing the midway air
Shaw scarce so large as beetles,"
in search of feathers and birds' eggs, the staple ,
of the island, his attention was drawn to the trim
sea beneath by a strange unearthly sound, as
monster of the deep were raising its voice in .
mockery to the human race. At the same moment
native similarly engaged on the rocks near h.
claimed, 4, The mermaid, the mermaid !" and ti,
nished Welchrnan descried on the surface of the
nificent waters a being resembling humanity; I
so curious withal. as to start 'a 'doubt in his mint
the reality of the vision. The description which'
our informint of its form and features, varie.
from the accounts of other historians of veracit,
have had the luck to behold these ominous cit.
Its hair of course !lowed luxuriantly over its silo-,
Under a very short forehead were two small tout
separated by a flat nose, and the cheeks, '-
exceedingly broad, were split across by a Inovi
nearly reached from ear to ear. The chi,' and
were short. and altogether it presented [tilt
appearance which has been often assigned to t'•'
maidens of the Welch mountains.—Ayr Paper.

BIRTH.
At Packington, Coventry, the Countess of Aylesford,

DIED.
Wednesday last, at Clifton, near Bristol, universally
and esteemed, Allen Daisdi, Esq.
At Panlang, In the Burman Empire, on the lit of April
Captain Patrick Forbes, of his Majesty's 47th Regiment. f
son of Major Forbes, of Stirling.
At Hayti, in his 55th year, Jabez.Sbeen Ilirt, Req. forrff
eminent surgeon of Tewkesbury. This Gentleman itftt
about ten years since, with an appointment as body sfar.;eo..:
Emperor Christopbe, but having quarrelled with his sable A
he commenced private practice, and established an Apothezari
Hall, whereby he amassed a fortune of nearly 40,000. 1. the
of which has devolved upon a young female, a aative of
ter, whom be induced to follow his fortunes.

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