Star.
London, England, 1824-12-31 00:00:00

COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.

The Merchant of reeks was last night played at this
Theatre, for the purpose of introducing .to the Public.
Mrs. SLOMAN in the character of Portia, and Mr. J.
Rosset.r. in that of Skylock. Mrs. SLOMAN was very
effective throughout, and more particularly' so in the
scene where the casket is chosen by Bassanio. In the
trial scene also, her acting was judicious and even good.
On the- whole) it was a very respectable representation
of a character which could not be done full justice to
by any actress at present on the stage, with the excep-.
tion of Mrs. YAM. Mr. Ruseara., as Shylock, pos-
sesses energy, a good deal of judgment) and s good
delivery. Mr. COMA, as Bassanio, was every thing
we cords) wish, except in the trial scene ; during the
greater part of .which he appears to be as little con-
cerned for the late of Antonio, as any ofethe sßectators.
—Mr. Yarta, as &alum°, displayed considerable hu-
mour. Miss Lova was, as usual, lovely and interesting
in Anima; and Miss HAMMER SL! sang much more to
--our satisfaction thanlfr. Dimmer, and was much and
deservedly applauded.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.

This morning, at Queen-square office, Caroline Red-
did was brought before E. MARICLAND, Esq. by
-Ottaway, a Bow-street patrol; charged 'with robbing
the house of her master, Mr.Samuel-Moguinie, Watch-
*mike!, No. 1, Princes-row, Pimlico.
The prosecutor deposed, that the prisoner had been
in his service about three months, during which' time
"he had repeatedly missed articles of valuable jewellery,'
a silver watch, seals, Ike.. He strongly suspected the
prisoner, from several articles of dress that she recently
brought into the house, which he sras positive could
not be procured by her wages ; and this morning .he
challenged her with robbing him, but sbe denied it.
He, however, insisted on searching her boxes, where to
his great surprise, he discovered a part of the stolen
property, consisting of a silver watch, four pair of gold
ear-rings, two gold rings, a gold pin set in amethyst, a
gold hair-brooch, and a variety of silver articles, also-
some lace, and two new Bibles. The prisoner.then fell
on her knees, and begged for mercy : an officer was,
however, sent for, and she was taken into custody.
Mr. Moguinie said, that within the last nine months he
has been robbed by his servants to rt considerible
prisoner said nOthing in her delence,.
gad She war committed to Newgati for trial.


NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ' • . 1

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NOTICE TO PILOTS. •
Russian Consulate, Ldndon, Dec. 27.
lint—Having received from my Government Information, that
henceforward Russian men-of-war will fix a signal-flag to their fore-
top-gallant-mast head, of which the inclosed is a correct drawing,*
as a signal for Alms ; I hasten, therefore, to communicate this new
regulation to yotl, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's,
and such parties es it may concern.
(Signed) . A. DE DUBATCHEFSKY.
To Sao. Bennett, Esq. Secretary of Lloyd's.
• The flag *mild resemble, at a distance, the British Union
Jack, with a broad white border.

Yesterday, the dispatches for Bombay and China, by the ship
Windsor, were closed at the East indil House, and delivered to
the Purser of that ship. . •
The Ann, --, from Demerari, it iupposed to be arrived off
Wey mouth.
The Acasta, from London to New York, was spoken with
on the 19th inst. in lat. 49. 20. tong.2s. 30.
The Alfred, Oxtenattre, was on shore near Helvoet on Tuesday.
The Ceres, of Aberdeen • Lady Annabella, of Sunderland ; and
the Manchester, from Wyburg to Hull, were driven on shore near
Eisineur, during a violent gale at S.W. on the 20th inst.
The Fame, Nrcnorson, from Liverpool to Petersburgh, is totally
lost between Wyburg and Croustade—crew saved.
The Neleus, Huretintson ; find Anna Maria, Baacnt.tx, from
Hamburgh to London, have been on shore near Hamburgh, but
got off—the former must discharge.
The Hull, Hama, front Hamburgh to Hull, was on shore in
the River Stoer previous to the 24th ult. and would be obliged to
discharge.
The Vriendschap. Carsten, from Batavia to Amsterdam, was
I wrecked on Eyerland or the 231 inst.—a great part of the cargo
expected to lie saved.
DEAL, Die. 50.—Wied W.S.W.—Passed through yesterday
from the River, the Navigator, LOGAN ; Agapha, DAVISON • Sultan,
JacesoN; and Daphne Foamaan. Arrived from the River, and
remain,the Spying, Seance; Adonis, Purses; and Ben Lo-
mond, Srrix. Put back the Mary Ann, Moazt.mr, and Lavinia,
Bsooas.
PORTSHOUTN, Dac. 50.—Wind W. blowing fresh.—The wind
having shifted to the S.W. during the night, and blowing hard, the
greater part of the outward bound which sailed yesterday are com-
ing back. The following outward-bound vessels have arrived
from the Downs, vie. The Pursuit, &Dr ; James Harris, beta;
Suffolk, Buoy ; Amity, M' Inrosu ; illiatn Bryan, Dattunaar;
Topaz, STROVAN ; Venus, K MOOD ; Waterloo, WALKEN ; Cuba,
Wasson ; Dominica, HOLDER ; Risebro', Kinn, and his Majesty's
ship RANGER, with several others, names unknown. Arrived the
Hope, Hawaii, from Petenburgb, for Bristol. Sailed the Vibelia
transport, for Chatham.
Rome, Dec.ls.—The merchants who carry on commerce by sea,
and in general all seafaring persons, subjects and foreigners, are in-
formed, that by the etpress orders of his Holiness, the arsenal of
Civita Vecchia will afford them in future everything requisite tho-
roughly to repair their vessels.

A letter from Stockholm, dated the 7th of December,
states that the hurricane of the 18th ult. tore up by the
roots more than 3,000 trees in the crown domains near
that city. Five thousand were uprooted at Leafstadt,
and 40,000 in the wood of Orebro. .

Saturday, five persons went into a boat at Wood•quay,
Dublin, for the purpose of reco*ering a hat which had
been blown into the river. In consequence of the vio-
lence of the wind, and the agitation of the water, the
boat, having been carried for some distance down the
river, was at length overset, and two young met', of the
names of Porter and Kearney, were drowned. _

The amazing success which has attended the inven-
tion of the steam-vessel, gives an interest to any circum-
stance connected, in the most distant degree, _with this
important mechanical application. In searching (for a
very different purpose) the public records of Friburg,
we find, that in the beginning of the year 1701, a me-
chanic of Burgos*, of the name of Dromee, procured
fro& the Gbvernment of Friburg, for himself and his
heirs male, an inclusive privilege for establishing on the
Same a none' species of boat, which was to be pro-
pelled neither by oars nor sails, nor yet drawn by horses,
with which he proposed to navigate the river, for the
conveyance of passengers and merchandize. He un-
fortunately did riot explain the substitute by which be
meant to- effect this purpose; and we are also as com-
pletely in the din* as to the obstacles which checked
his undertaking. It may be, that the inventor was
fearful of incurring the of a:people, buried at that
period in the blindest superstition.—Courier Francaise.
RAIL-ROADS AND CANA comparison has been
made of the relative advantages of railways and canals,
in.a Provincial Paper. The writer calculates the de-
gree of resistances carriage or vessel meets with, either
from friction or the pressure of water, in each of these
modes of conveyance. From these calculations it ap-
pears, that a horse will draw a load ten times as great
.upon a railway, and thirty times as great upon a canal
at he will upon a good road. When the horse moves
at the rate of two miles an hour, therefore, a canal is
the most advantageous mode of conveyance; but when
the speed is iriereased, the case is very different. With
regard to the expense, the writer estimates the cost of a
railway at three times the cost of a good turnpike-road,
And that of a canal about nine or ten times. If rail-
ways, therefore, should come into general use, two-
thirds of the expense of transporting commodities would
be saved, as, though the first cost of the railway is three
times that of the road, the same force will move ten
times the weight over it. Railways then, it is obvious,
afford prodigious facilities overnay other mode of con-
veyance, both-as regards time and expense; and there
is scarcely any limit to the rapidity of movement these
iron pathways will enable us to command, or to the im-
provements in trade, commerce, and even agriculture,
which they will allow us to effect.
Yesterday, the inhabitants of Union-street, Somers
Town, were thrown into great consternation by the
cry of 44 Fire!" and that of an extraordinary descrip-
tion—no less than four chimneys being on fire in one
house. The parish engine speedily arrived, as also
some other ueighbouring engines, but before there was
any occasion for them to work, all alarm had subsided.l
On inquiry, it appeared that the fire originated blithe
following manner : A number of Spaniards, lately
come over to this country, wished to make their own
experiments in dressing a rump steak ; their regular
breakfast hour was nine o'clock, and in their respective
apartments they proceeded on this experiment of culi-
nary skill. They all agreed that the steak should not
only be fried, but that it should be immersed in the pan
In a quantity of lard, a pound and a half of which
being considered as a standard quantity; but when the
heat of their fires operated,' there was a complete over-
flow of the lard, the consequence of which was, every
chimney in the house took fire.
Monday evening last,. James tyrich was waylaid on
his return from the fair of Newmarket, county Clare, to
his residence at lVfoghane, by a large party of men,
who beat him in such a barbarous manner that he died
the next day. . .
'l' ORIGIN or GROG.—OId Admiral VERNON first in-
troduced_ rum and water as a beverage on board a ship;
the veteran used to wear a grogram cloak in foul wea-
ther, which gained him the appellation of Old Grog;
from himself the sailors transferred this name to the
• liquor, and it may be a,question to which of the srogs
they' wete. most attached.

SPORTING
BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, DEC. 30.
The betting today, which was principally on the Er. Legrr,:wa s
neither ostensive nor heavy. Ckoeland and Alemnon are shout
equal, the former far choice, 1100 to 100 being taken. 'lle Duke
of York's and Lord Jersey's Phantom colts have each receded a
point. The odds are as under :
Rmatsawoaeu•-5 to 2 apt Rufus. •
imam
20 to t agst Canvas
22 to 1 apt Legacy
22 to 1 apt Nigel
25 to 1 apt Diana
23 to 1 apt Jenny
25 to 1 apt Gohanna
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9 to 1 apt Rufus
9 to 1 apt Muleteer
13 to 1 apt Duke of Tort's c.
18 to 1 apt Lord Jersey's colt
18 to 1 apt Advance (taken)
18 to 1 apt Bolero

51 to 1 apt Aline
$ to 1 apt Sorcery
10 to 1 agst Waltz
10 to 1 agst Attica

15 to I agst Pint Fly
15 to 1 apt Pipylins
17 to 1 apt Z.Arika

11 to I agst Cleveland (taken)
11 to 1 agst Memnon
la to I agst Itedgauntlet
18 to 1 apt Homer
22 to 1 apt Mandane (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mandane or Dupore winning the St. Leger (taken).
41 to t agst Mr. Watt's Stud (taken).
PEDESTRIANISM.
Townshend, the pedestrian, accomplished another surprising feat
on Monday last, in which he bad engaged to run seven miles, to
drive a hoop seven miles, and also to run a wherl.barrow the same '
distance, making in all twenty:one miles, in three successive hours,
which he performed six minutes within the given time. The piece
of ground which was selected for the task, was on a half-mile of the
road leading from this town to Bishop's Hull. It being a holiday,
the pedestrian was encouraged in his arduous task by the presence
of nearly 2,000 spectators, whom the delightfulness of the weather
and the novelty of the feat bad assembled.—Teunten Courier.

2 to 1 art brother to Dupore
25 to 1 agst Croweatelser
So to 1 agbt Ilia Grace
50 to 1 agat Muleteer

SALE OF THE VILLA OF TIIE LATE MR.
ILENRY FAUNTLEROY, AT 111tIGHTON.
Since the premises have been on view, through the
medium of tickets and purchased catalogues, the vi-
sitors have been extremely numerous.
The company assembled at an early hour on Wed-
nesday, and the Ladies, that inconvenience might be
precluded, were supplied with seats; prior to corn-
meneement, not only the room appropriated for the
sale, but all the avenues, uete crowded ; the intolerable
warmth was increased by the heat of the sun, whose
sudden appearance and darting rays changed the sur-
rounding scene from the gloom and dulness of winter,
to the warmth and resemblance of summer.
Mr. Dawson began with the inferior household fur-
niture, and after about forty lots had been disposed of,
the Auctioneer announced he should proceed to the sale
of the villa. Here some confusion commenced ; those
At a distance, to render hint more audible, proposed his
removal to the lawn—others nearer contended for his
continuance in the same place. This was at length ar-
ranged by removing the rostrum to a more cent: al situ-
ation on the platform where it stood, and the disposal of
the following property then succeeded;
A Villa Residence, standing on a lawn, comprishtg arcade, con-
taining nine apartments, conservatory, billiard room, domestic
offices, double coach-house, loft, lodging room, four stall stable,
kitchen garden, and carriage entrance, the whole inclosed with a
brick wall—sold for £4590.

A Plot of Building Ground, adjoining westward the preceding,
south frontage 143 feet six inches, north end 154 fett, east end 139
feet, west end 126 feet six Inches—£l2oo.
it ditto at present used as a garden, opposite the residence, north
and south sides 48 feet five inches each, west end 50 feet six inches,
east end 56 feet—X44o.
The whole were bought by Mr. Rainy, auctioneer, of Berkeley.
square, for a Gentleman of rank, whose name did not transpire.
Hampton Lodge is an elegant villa, but its southern
views of the sea are greatly interrupted by the into me-
diate buildings, and the prospect on the north is
abruptly bounded by the quick rise of the Down. It is
in the purest style of Grecian architecture, in which, al-
though there is nothing novel, it presents a striking con-
trast to some contiguous residences, especially one where
the chimney flues, collected to one point in the centre
of the dome, the smoke issuing therefrom gives it the
appearance at a distance of an elegant tile. kiln. The
apartments of the lodge are all on one floor, in the true
villa style; elegance, simplicity, and convenience,, are
visible throughout in their construction, and the chaste,
substantial,ar.d appropriate furniture greatly heightened
the effect. It is said Mr. Fauntleroy paid great atten-
tion to the conduct and character of Bonaparte, to
whom he bote a great resemblance in person, and the
billiard-room, probably the most elegant in Europe,
was a fac-simile of Napoleon's travelling tent.--
The conservatory displayed great skill and taste in
the selection, and in addition to the most curious and
rare specimens of myrtles, geraniums, flax plants, and
coronillas, were some valuable_ mesembryanthemums,
and nearly fifty orange trees of a Tema' kably fine growth.
There were about seventy volumes, such as Bell's
Shakspeare, Fontaine's Fables, Flowers of Literature,
Moore's and Scott's Woi ks, a telescve by Adams, a
piano-forte by Wilkinson ; the piaster medallions in
the hall were, however, from the antique, and even the
lamp was of a classical description. In occasional re-
tirement from the fatigues of business, Hampton Lodge
must, devoid of private anxiety, have proved an CO.
viable retreat.

After the sale of the villa and land, that of the ar-
ticles of furniture was resumed, to be continued the
next day, a detail of which would be a waste of space,
and far from interesting—it may be sufficient to add,
that in numerous instances,from spirited and obstinate
competition, much more than the original prices were
obtained.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARX LANE,-DEC. 31.

There are tolerable good supplies of all kinds of Grain at market
this morning. Our millers want fine Wheat, and they give rube
more money for suck parcels, but there is not much doing in Miler
qualities. Barley finds buyers on much the mnse terms as blonday.
Beans and Peas are unaltered. Oats meet a tolerable free sale at
last quotations.
Arrivals—English Wheat, 5,000 quarters; Barley, 5,600 quar-
ters; Oats, 5,900 quarters; Flour, 4,300 sacks ; JIM Wheat, 900
qrs. Oats, 7,800 quarters.
London Averages for the week ended December 25, 1824 :
Wheat 7942 qrs. at 66a. Id. Barley 14234 qrs. at 425. 7d. Oats
7620 qrs. at 28s. 11d. Beans 1230 qrs. at. 494. 4d. Peas 4119 qrs.
at 50s. 4d.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, DECEMBER 31.
The Beef supply is a fair average one for Friday, and the qua-
lity ie rather inferior, which, together with a laxity 81 demand,
causes a trilling decline in the price of Beef from Monday's Market.
The best Oxen are not higher than Si. Bd. to 45. Bd. per Inoue, few
maintaining the latter price. In Mutton the prim continues to
advance, the rot.anstirg• the Sheep causing the Improvement. The
best Mutton li wtsrth sa. 2d. to ss. 4d. per stone, and inferior is
,good sale at Ss, 4d. to Si. The Veal trade has not varied meek, sad
Pork remains steady, at 4s: 6d. to ss. per atone.—Beasts
Sheep 3210, Pigs 90, Calves 146.
Beef per stone of Blbs.-3s. ltd. to 4s. 8d.41411.10tt0n 4s. 4d. to
-55. Od. Veal ss. 2d. to 6s. 4d. Pork 4s. 6d to 61. Od.—Hay
3/. to 51. aover 44 Or. to 64 Straw 11. 16s. to 24

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tre the sun of to-morrow illumine the sphere,
• Or the night breese is silenced in sleep,
Ere the song of the joyous the happy may hear,
- Or the sad have forgotten to weep!
Thy name, thy existence, thy days and thy date,
Passing Year ! will have ceased with thee ;
Yet wbate'er thou halt graved in theunnals of Fate,
Thy requiem a farewell shall bet
We look back at the moments, the hours, and the days, '1
And seek for the blessings that flew;
Examine the circle the dial displays, •
And ask if its mations be true?
Let us tenderiy trace, at the dole of the year, •
Some records embalmed in regret;
Give to dear ones departed a sadßowing tears- -
A tribute love cannot forget !
And will not the thoughts, unstrain'd in their flight,
Revert to the morning of youth,
When elastic with joy, and fulkplumed with delight, -;
Every prospect seemed peucill'd with truth'?
When to bosoms byloved we were tenderly prest,
And each day learnt to love them still more,
So buoyant, so blissful, so blessing and blest,
We dreamt but of gladness in store !
Indulge not these visions. If prescience were ours,
Life, at best; Would be pleasure's eclipse;
We have joys, we have faculties, prospects and powers,
And 'Hope holds her cup to our lips !
If for knowledge we pant as the years may revolve,
And in doubtings consume our last breath,
There k but one teacher our questiens can solve—.
And that only teacher is Death !
In our joys, our sorrows, our hopes, and our fears,
As time's cycle new seasons may trace,
'Tie wiser and better to welcome the years
With the ofrinp of virtue and grace! -
Then,sre Time is no more and his edicts shall cease,
Let us ask, " What is mortals' best bliss"'
'Tis the union of love with the offspring.of
If our earth have a joy it is this!
MADAME CAMPAN'S JOURNAL
Few works connected with the events of the French
Revolution are more interesting thin the Memoirs of
Marie Antoinette, by Madame Campan,who had the sin-
gular duty of being the instructress and companion to
both Botirbon and -Bonaparte Princesses. It was there-
foie with muck pleasure that we opened the volume
before us, containing her own Journal- of events with
which she was connected, with the record of_the opi-
nions of thche with whom she mixed. The work also
contains-her letters, which display mach good sense
and feeling,. and an intimate knowledge of the world.
The following are extracts:—
Madame Campan, while she was at Mantes, said she
was " the instructress of a nest of Kings and Queens,
without ever dreaming of such a thing ; and, indeed, it
was very fortunate for all parties that we did not know
it. Their education was the same as that of my other
pupils. There was no distinction observed amongst
them. When they quitted me, they were all possessed
of an excellent stock of information; with the exception
of one only, who, though gifted with a flue understand-
ing, never evinced a willingness to learn. Had these
young women been educated as queens, they would
have been flattered instead of insti ucted. Being igno-
rant of the'r future destiny, they received the accom-
plishments of women of distinc ion, added to the more
solid acquirements requisite to form good mistresses 4
families, which, indeed, should be the grand object of
female education."
"At the time when Mesmer made so much ociile:4lT
Paris with his magnetism, M: Campan, hut ,
was his partisan, like almost every person who moved
. in/W.o*e. To be magnetised was then a fashion;
nay, it was more, it was absolutely a rage. In the
drawing-rooms nothing was talked of but the brilliant
discovery. Them was to be no more dying ; people's
heads .were turned, and their imaginations heated in the
, highest degree. To accomplish this object it was ne-
cessary to bewilder the understanding ; and Mesmer,
triith his singular language, produced that effect. To
..pitt a stop to the fit of public insanity was the grand
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efifOculty • and. it was proposed to have the secret per-
chased by the Court. Mesmer fixed his claims at a
leery estrayagant rate. However, he was offered fifty
• thousand crowns. By a singular chance, I was one
dm led into the midst of the somnambulists. Such
was the-enthusiasm of the numerous spectators, trot
Most of them I could observe a wild rolling of tbp..eye,
and a convulsed movement of the countenance, A
stranger might have fancied himself amidst the tsofor-:
tunate patients of Chat enton. Surprised and shocked
at seeing so many people almost in a state of delirium,
1 withdrew, full of reflection on the scene which I had
just witnessed.
.It happened that about this time my
, husband was attacked with a pulmonary disorder, and
he desired that he might be conveyed to Mesmer's
house. Being introduced into the apartment occupied
by M. Campan, I asked the worker of miracles what
treatment he proposed to adopt ? He very coolly re-
plied, that to ensure a speedy, nd perfect cute, it would
be necessary to lay in the bed of the invalid, at his left
sided one of three thing's, namely,, a young .woman of
brown comptexion, a black hen, or an empty bottle.
4 Sir,' said I, gif the choice be a. matter of indif-
ference, pray try the empty bottle.
" M. Campan's side grew worse ; he experienced ailif-
ficulty of breathing, and a pain in his chest. All the
magnetic remedies that were employed produced no
effect'. Perceiving Ins failuie; Mesmer took advantage
of the periods of my absence to bleed and blister the
'patient. I was not informed of what had been done
until after M. Cam,.an's recovery. 'Mesmer was asked
for a certificate to prove that the patient had been cased
by the means of magaetism only, arid. gave it."
'The following isan extract from one of MadanseCatt.
pan's letters : .
"If your thoughts be directed to headlong enter-
prises of valour, the love of arms, the ambition which
distinguishes conquerors, and the little which all their
'victories enable theitiVa bequeath to their dr cendants,
You will find • Aley.ander,' Charles VI: and Napoleppi
all on one line. If you reflect on those.haaardonsmaa
dertakings in which valour and wisdom must be counted
for nothing, you will see that Saint Looks perished in'a
foreign land, olbete countless numbers of 'brave oleo'
forfeited their lives ; and that Napoleon lost, his arm
and his crown in a distant expedition : the one MN;
Tiara was sacrificed on a burning southern soil, anithei
latter amidst the snow of the north. If you look back
to those crimes which time renders daily more -a,4
more odious, you may compare the massacre of Saint!
Bartholomew and the scaffolds of Robespierre. "This
the true spirit of history; it: is the study of.-tht
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philosophy reign, one
restrain the-passions of mankii.
confer happiness on human na-
a good system of laws, judiciously ad-i.
inaccessible to-influence; as 'tell as
part of a letter from Madame
is full of maternal affection
sts4 Pillesstooa, Year IX.
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When first a beloved child, releasing itself its I
nurse's arms, ventures its little tottering steps on the
softest carpet, or the smoothest gra:soli:it, the poor mo-
ther scarcely breathes; she imagines that these first
efforts of nature are attended with every danger to the
object most dear to her. Fond mother, calm your
ansiOus feats! Your infant can, at the worst, receive
only a.slight hurt, which, under your tender care, will
speedily be healed. Reserve your alarms, your heart-
leatitigs,' your prayers to Pstoviosnce; ft r the me-
/gent when your son enters upon the scene of the world
to select a Character, which, if sustained with dignity,
•dgment, • and feeling, will render him universally
'esteemed and approved ; or to degrade himself by fill-
ifig one of those low and contemptible parts-fit for the
vilest actors in the drama of life. Tremble at the mo-
ment when your child has to chop:Alba:Neer' the rugged
road of industry and integrity, leading straight to
honour and happiness, and the smooth and flowery path,
which descends, through indolence and pleasure, to the
gulph of vice and misery. It is then that the voice of a
parent, or of some faithful friend, must direct him to
the right course. But goad counsel reiterated constantly
in the same tone, may prove wearisome to his ear;
'while a thousand varied voices, melodious as those of
the syrens, are tempting him to launch into the career,
which must prove fatal to his happiness 1
—Learn to know the valve of money. This is a Most
essential point. The want of economy leads to the
decay of powerful emaires, as well as of private fami-
lies. Louis XVI. perished on the scaffold, for a deficit
of fifty millions. There would have been no debt, no
assemblies of the people, no revolution, no loss of the
sovereign authority, no tragical death, butt for thislatel,
deficit. States ale ruined through the mismanagement
of millions, and private persons become bankrupts, and
end their lives in misery through the mismanagement
of crowns worth six livres Render
me an account of the expenditure of your money, not
viewing me in the light of a rigid preceptress, but as a
friend who wishes to accustom you to the useful habit
of accounting to yourself.
ASIATIC SOCIETY.
75034 71111-110/1111T COMM surrrionors:
Wednesday, the.iiith of August, a Meeting of thel
Members of the Asiatic Society was held at the Society's I
apartmept in Chowringhee—J. H.' Harrington, Esq.
President, in the Chair.
Mr. B. H. Hodgson, assistant to the resident at Kat-
nuncio°, presented, to be deposited in the Museum,
through the medium of Mr. W. B. Bayley, Vice-Pre.
sident, a great number of valuable and exceedingly
curious articles from Whote, via. poles, or religions
,tracts ; juntras ; idols of brass and clay.;. pictures of a
religious kind, called Thangahs; pictures of civil ar-
chitecture ; articles of wining apparel; personal erns.'
silents of the religious kin); ditto, not religious; iln-
plements of art; household and domestic utensils;.
models of temples ; presses and moulds ; musical in-
stt urnents ; natural productions. The inanuscripts,.&c.
appear to be well calculated to throw- considerable
Might on the religious ;read of the B:hoteans.
from Mr. Hodgson s communication we leasgillet
"the.Nepaul lission, which lately reseitiea tiom Chnia;
;trot ght.asith it, among other things; * very flue Chi,
{test mute, which has since been sent down to Cal-
cutsa, together with two yaks, a v. ild and domestic dog
of B'hote, a shawl goat, a four-horned sheep 01"B'bote,
land one..of the common kind. The wild dog is said to
be dtelfirst 9f its kind procured, and was brought flout
;cram a place near the base of. the snowy range,
About twelve munzils north west from Katmandoo.
it! - • UNICORN.
4t-Arsoug the curiosities so liberally sent by Mr. liodg-
son is a large spiral horn, slid to belong to the Uni-
corn, and with it drawings of the animal made by a
Bit9tran peasant. The drawings are stated to convey
the true image of a living animal of the deer k.nd, out
of the centre of v. hose fo:elirad grows a horo of the de-t
scription.transtoitted. The ;pimal is desckilnd as gre-
garious,graminivorous, and its flesh good to eat. Its
name is Chiroo; its colour bright bay, and its dwelling
place the plains' of Mane, beyond the Himalaya!), and
especially the woody track of country situated a few
days north-west of Digurche, known to the natives by
the name of Cliangdung. The testimony of the two:
Whoteans, whom trade and religion bring down an
malty. to Nepaul, appears to be uniform respecting the
existence of this animal, but they hesitate About No-
curing it, though urged by a promise of a liberal re
ward. They declare that the Chiroo is too large and
,fierce to be taken alive, or to fall under their simple
weapons; but they sometimes find the Irtirns, naturally
shed by the living, or remaining after the decay of the
dead animal. These horns they dedicate to their di-
vinities, and the one obtained by Mr. Hodgson was
brought to Katmandoci, to be suspended in the interior
of the temple of Sumb'hood Nat'h.
ENGRAVINGS IN RELIEF UPON AN EGG-SHELL
The shell must be a thick one. Wash it well in fresh
water, and dry it-carefully with a linen cloth. Melt some
tallow or fat, and, while very hot, make any 'figures
you please with it upon the shell, either with a pen or
pencil. Take the shell then by the twOends, and lay
it gently in a tumbler filled uith.vinegar, or dilute)
aqua forth, the acid of which, in about three howl and
a half, will have corroded so much of the shell as to
leave the parts drawn upon in relief, the vinegar having
no influence upon the fat which covered them.
• Mr. Paixham (a Frenchman) has invented a mortar
vvhicb throws bombs horaiontally, cuedy in the same
miller that cannon dilehifige balls. - This bomb-cart
non, executed under the-orders of the Marquis de Cler-.
moat Tonnere, was lately,proscecLat Brest,-in the pre.
sence of .a Committee; composed of superior naval di-
em, and the success was complete. It answered every
expectation and carried-as-far as the largest ship-guns.,
The bomb went true to the direction, and the effect pro-,
educed was 'so powerful, that considerable changes are
immediately to be ynade in the naval materiel. In con=
'sequenced this new invention, large ships Will no longer
isave the Advantage of crushing smaller vessels witotir
'funning any risk. A Well-directed discharge of onto'
these bombs may blow up or Sink the largest "
Jottrnal des Deitate.
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INSOLFENT PERruns coon', rac. sfl . . '
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forth as their am'' meted, that 'about one o'clock Y
m esterda
_so much litigation both in this Court . and before itagi. morshistte en, ii:lip g 1.2 g to the
ote sand •
premiseeof Mr
Court -of Commissioners of Basibrupts, was again. Darby. is US eight et thieves and thievisb inure.
brought up for the purpose of claiming kiii,cliachenge.• nutats,shemesha close Pratesalte to Mr. Dairy's door,
. sapped and ring. end nog and rapped, as Übe intended b to I
He was opposed by Mr., Fold Oclt and Mr. filasTsi,
open the door, instead of alibis the inmates teg open it. la aCiauti 1:
and defended by Mr. Narrow: •
the
seconds, Mr. Derbyappeared; and with much anxiety dengaridedl
1. It appears that a Commission of Bankruptcy has been. cause cilmeli an alarming interruption of bis dome! is quiet?
issued anew against the insolvent, and that two meet- Nelson seridablaraY led billn to the suspicions scaffold and ladder,
in s have been held under it, the third bein a inlet sad asked him w4stber he latudid le encourage thieves by leae-
g g
jug them attached to the walls? Mr. Derby, of course, denied any
for the first of January. The principal objectippo on on the
each intention ; but said they were in use for building, and two '
present occasion was made by Mr. HEATH,bight Nelson having been ailed
on the hem to be taken down
ground that the insolvent, by his balance-sheet, made why he took Mr. Derby and ids see (whom be knew to be r •
himself a debtor for 29,0001. that he also charged him- Ide Pewits) from their Mass to the watch-house at anch a latd
hour of nisht?answered„betattse they did not glee him satisfactintu
self with the principal and interest of certain estates The Magistrate, not, however, thinking that a subject josh ha
amounting to 8,0001. more ; thereby, as he (Mr. Heath) deprived of his liberty merely because his conversation may - ell
contended, leaving a sum of no less than 10,0001. un- not to please a watchman. held Nelson to ban for the awaitb and a'
accounted for. advised Mr. Darby to prosecute.
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Mr. NORTON referred to the balance-sheet, and co!. .MARY-LA-BONNE.
tended that the only way in which the insolvent could • Aeries Laseday,sai-dissentt troop serjeallt.major of the 10th god :.
make known his affairs, was by describing them as he 'an, was brought up yesterday for final examinadon. Two snore
charges Were brought against him. He begged the elamiustion a
bad done. In fact, everything that could be done fpr
might bput offbe till his
The horsssolicitorco attend.waldued on b
bet was
former day,
a! in formed
the general benefit of -the creditors, would be done be
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under the commission; and as two meetings had and hi. solicitor should have attended in time.
already been had under that commission, thert could Anne Burgess, an interesting young woman, was then sworn.—
be no valid objection to the insolvent being discharged. She lived as servant at No. 10, ibrusbery-etreet, felikeiges The
came
oner to the house on the 27th September, and said be was
Mr. Pou.ocit and hir.4lEArri now applied to have' r r brother who had been in the East Indies •be bed just arrived,
two of the creditors appointed assignees. - end had come* to see her first. She was quite overcome at this
The Couar intimated that the usual course was to news, and when she bad recovered a little, she asked bet Waite
who atwomyonied the prisoner, whether be really was their
Await the close of the proceedings under the Commis- Jain",
broth" Ilerol 7 James replied he v" This was said In the Pei-
lion of Wankraptey ;when the assignees there appointed roper's greatly again,
presence. She became agitated when the pri.
would apply in the regular way,. and have the books
loner said, " Anne, don't be analous; you see I i well • what
and papers in the custody of this Court delivered up occasion is there for ad' nonsense? I have just seen your mother, 4
to them. wed am now come to see you before any of your brothers or enters. •
As I have been in the army a long time, I wish to set off; I ant
:.: Meisri. Pou.octc and HEATH submitted, that ender -going to Canterbury to-night by the coach, to get my discha-gei •
the Commission of Bankruptcy, the assignees would
my mother wishes it. I have IV. and it will require 71. more
not be empowered tt? Collect any future property. ' perhapiyou,could lend me as much." She besitated, when he!
The Count' cPticulted for sCuthe time, and then Ind- said, "0, eery wen, if you don't like to lend it. I can remain as I
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She then weut up stairs apd brought him seven sovereigns— I
mated that the usual course should -be followed in this all ill she had. He then asked, if she could not give him, a few she
assignees case, namely—await the appointment of the Hags more? She had no silver, but believes that one other brothers
under the Commissimi ; -god in the meantime cleared gave him Os. 6d. - He promised to repay the money in six weeks,, :I
the insolvent entitled to his isChar dtr" • and she had never seen him since.
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. " Ittirle • ._ Sarah Grindley, egok -to Colonel Wright. Orchard-street, Port-
man-square, deposed that the prisoner came to her master's house •
POL/C.O Mii41.:146.ENC8,. on the 16th. December, said he bad just Cottle from her brother,
Whe had-been abroad, and asked if die wished to go and see him/
The footman then said, " that's your brother, Sarah." "In
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. . •-. . . . lade' said she, "ray brother's hair was dark, but your's is light
Yesterday. Jacob Pyle was brought 'before the Loa, Macros —safely you are not be ?" " Yes," said he, " I am—l am the only
one of the family that had light hair." She still remained incredue
charged with 'tenter* barrel of gunpowder, the property of hisi
bus, when he got into e violent passion, and said "he would never
master, r. prosecuting, an C
onsiderationf Altigate. The latter, however
' speak to her more." She then owned him as her brother, and
declined in c of the•prisetter haviogi wife
shook bands with him. Ile said "he bad a shawl and watch fur
and numerous family. Hs was accordingly discharged, after ne
her, and wished to speak with her it the nest reom." He told her
ceiving a suitable admonitims from tke Loan Maros. - be was going to Canterbury, and wanted €l6 to procure his di,:
Gp!Lpfuto. " , charge. She had only .85 In her possession, which belonged to her
Mr. Waterhouse, proprietor of the.4antet with Tim Necks, 4,11- master. She gave him this. He promised to mare on Christmas
lane, was samurai fee causing a parcel to be delivered D eed to r. Day, but she bad never seen him since. .
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Pinkert!, of liussell-square, without e 'Oct. . . Mr. liewursoe,-Pritoner, what have you to say to these charges?
The case wes partly heard on a fproter day, when k smeared Prisoner—l have nothing to say. They may swear away mil
that a parcel of game was sent to the ccopplainent from Mfr. Water- life, but I can't help it.
house's office by one of his porters, who dons/444 es' fier ger. Mr. Itkeuoubsu-You mean to say that yon are not the man ?
•terage. A ticket was reired, but on saying he Lad 'Reek the moan Prisoner—l do.
was.paid, ' Dr. Pinhead. CIR iliptity. at the office, ascertained that Mr. lieVtlemee—Yon mid, r a tamer tCSIdOis. Toy were Troop
the legal charge was only its. instead of 412 he therefore endeavoured Serjeane-Major its the 10th Hussars—do you abide by that ?
to find out the name of the porter, in order to proceed against him: Prlsoner—No, Sir, lam not tn-the Regiment now.
this he was unable to do, as there had been no less than thirteen Several other charges of a aisaller. kind were proved against the
extra porters employed to deliver parcels that day, so great is the Priloare- ''. • • Se in the
influx of game into London about Christmas time. '. Mr. Itetrualate-Eillcc /08,. SVC p. 94 Troop deant-Major
The ease was adjourned to yesterday, in order Wettable Mr. Tenth, tell me who youPt r
Waterhouse to produce ins head porter. Prisoner—Sly name is Charles Loveday. T reside at Shepherd's
A clerk .trended instead of she head porter, and stated that Mr. Bush. I have been in the 81st Regiment of Foot and the 17th
Waterhouse was extremely anxiotekto detect and pueish any per. Lamers. I obtained my discharge in late.
son in his service who 'should defraud any person of the smallest • Mr, Rawuesee—Wal did yen say that you were under th&
sum ; but as they had no boa than 3,000 parcels that day, to distrie cenimand of Colonel Peers, at Chelsea?
bete, for which there were thirteen extra porters employed, it wag • - Prisoner—That was false—l am not it; the Tenth.
utterly isispossible to detect the pet sou in this instance. • • • • - Mi. Riwunsex—How came you by that dress?
The Alderman (Cos) eelted jf •thece wag tie chute ageknet "yen, %Prisoner... 4 boulMit, and paid far it.. . k
indlytdogitorrer. in eider cwt ilueee, isffil lie Vete: he wfmr.l4. 4 Re Oros Wes crultykystr:lco. tut Mutt balecdeti a: leaat. ittak -
deft' dlir.Waterhouse .Saturday
The Clerk said, the usual wee Ives,. to. take mai:epees* dig night: la'rikit=i held a high tone, enetold,the constable that if
fatal sem each meter is to. receive, and elistelelsh le esiicelii.l so eel 'he arrested an officer, he should *eh aehls peril. At last, when
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pay into the office. . _,- he. unirthit his tricks were found -out, be became bumble, threW
Dr. Pfnkard asked if thetlerk could Irwin a 040 was made Itinentif an his hears, and offered five sovereigns to get 4. —He
:out for. his parcel, and delivered to-the ;metal, . was full j ezentidtled•
'The Clerk said, that out of Om pf,.rcevhpiosiii 0-es ewear. tq Mr. Rogere,
_solicitor, and several of Codfreis creditors (whose
having made out this one; but he unused, 4; nutter, of cum, case we reported yesterday), attended to know the nature of the
the ticket had been delivered to the peter. •• bell Whichwits-to have been brought forward yesterday. No bail;
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Dr. Pinkard, submitted, that Mr. Waterhouse Wu, liable to the however, appeared. and Ms. flaws laisun assured them that Dune but
penalties in both cases, viz.—tor a ',archaise, and for the nosede the newt enexceptioaabte wetteities would be accepted.
livery of the ticket. • • - ffillls''''''''—
The Atuaraum said, that the porter was the person to be pro.-
, needed against. for not deliveries the tickee, and no; Mr. Water-
house. lie should mitigate-the peneitY fog the eye..echos( to 1
with costs. - • . . • • .• .. •_ .
• .• ; • • BOW-STREIIT.
Yesterday-four men, named Bleelote Tv*. West, sad
were brought here„cleteged with simpeuteiyaesauhing and wounds'
ing Thomas. Gooding and J. Vane;. two. men belonging to thin
establishment. The case had been provioudy beard 'at Worship-a
street, and referred to the Magistrate* here. The two Officers,
were on duty at Bethnal-;reeve on l'neiday evening, when thy
saw a woman lying bleeding on • the road, and suiroundui byi q
crowd. A man was pointed oat as the perms who bad assaulted litl
and they took him into custody. -• The mobil interfered in his When
and the Officers tool' him to a public-house, where a known *el
assaulted Vann with a poker. lie 'was seized, but on the way tcj
the Watch-house he escaped, though handcuffed to the others
Afterwards the Officers went, to a fiasb-house in King stsquares
Betimal.green, tolook for him; and there they were asseolted•hp
about thirty or forty desperate thieves, and severely cat aod
wounded. Blacken and Tubb were the 'most active. The former'
toeing only preyented by a cut from Gooding'i sabre from plunging
his knife into the body of Venn. - The Officers were obliged tq
make then escape, or they would have been murdered.
After a long examination, Mutat and Tubb were ordered to
give forty-eight burs' notice of bail, and the other two were held to
bail without giving notice. '
HATTQN-GARDICN. -
RiIUISITS ROUEST IT 4 54T1111441/11 ittrkeT, mitt Sir. eh,
his wife, were brought vein tfie custody Of titnbrick and-Bdwards,
officers of this establishment, under the following circuiestadoeit-e,
About two yen es ago's' •EM•broke :at eir the prembeadr Mr.
Prosser, smoke-jeck.manufainetee and general smith, residing on
'Back-hill, Hatton-garden, at which period the, prisoner1 Jelin
Parker, acted in the capacity of foreman and confidenSal'servant to.
Mr. Prosser; Mr. Proiner's premises were burnt down ; and
though insured tnietargseaniount, still pinpiity to the amount of
between six and seven hundred- pounds (chiefly consisting of old
talatirlialß) aria Ise on do wallah and supposed to be con-
sumed in the enteral ennflegretion. Since that period, this loose
man quitted. Nasser's service, and a few days ago, in Omen
quence of kund dlipme bekwoen the prisoner Sarah Parker and
another ietnele, the- latter gaveinformation to Mr. PrOMer, that
all the property supposed to have been consguised'in the dre, was
carried op la the neeerelhustle on the ocusien. Mr. Prouee im-
mediately applied' at *Wake. gild. UMW & and Edwards were
dispatched to appiebetul 'the perdu. Among other articles found
at their lodgings, (which Mr: Prosser identified to be Magna;
peny) was a curious old key, which; was the master-key of the
different pen in Ifteo.sington-gardens, ha the reign of Que.* eke•
Second; this Kr.. Prosser became possessed of, as beinit Maidni-
jack-manufactuterto the Royal Family. The officers also traced-
a:. curione'ola 'clock, which had been sold to. Mr. Ramsay, a-
respectable 'pawnbroker, in Liquerpoodeereet, where the psi-.
softer, Serab Parker. was kninatingtend who/ bad disposed of In
ender the pretext that it was the property of a Irked who was
muck dibresied.
:... The officers have as yet got no trace et the plate, but in•their
general seerch they doind a large bin containing numerate milieu
in the ironmonger line.-.ticks, Mes, Ike. which ova to be the
Ir. Heaithewaite, immuniser, 781
whom, the prisoner, John Parker also lived. eCe-
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BIRTHS.
Wednesday se'uni‘ht, at canterhory, the Lady of the Rev.
Henry Gipps of a daughter.
Friday, at 'Sailing Vicarage, the wife of the Rev. James Make,
et a soa.
!'day, Roo--

the Lady s Captain Sanest Jackass,
bury at Ocarinas, dr a son. _

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Wodmodoy, at Greenwich; Lewis Crombie,* Hs,. of Argyll-
street, to Harriett, daughter or Thiimas Lester, gaper Groom's-
Oteenerkk.
At Wesel; is Prussia, 9ir Wm. Conveys, Bart. Mt to Isa-
bella, relict of Henry Nesbitt IlirEvoy, Fol.

DIED.
This Wind. at Ardisgl= Rectory, the ate. /i'tT. xickh aged Ns.
Mc. 20, aged 78, John holland, Esq. many years Freight Ac-
countant to the East India Corapanr.

IT INDIA BIRTHS, MAIIRIAGIS, AND DEATHS.

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BIRTHS.
July 17, at Sylbet, Calcutta, Mrs. Jas. Bkchyaden, of a daughter.
Jul; 21, at Patna, Calcutta, the Hon. Mrs. 10phiastene, of a son.
July 23, at Serampore, Calcutta, Mrs. L. De Sous:4%ra daughter
July 23, at Calcutta, she Lady of J. R. Cook, Rs+ of a daughter.
July .3, the Lady of C.aputia N. Campbell. list Regiment of
Nativwlnfautry, of a, daughter.
August 9, At Ahmedabad, Bombay, the Lady of Lieut. G. W.
Shelley, 14th Regiment Native Infantry, of a aott.
August 15., at Massone, Bombay, the Lady of Dr. Smythe,
.of a sea.
. July 25, at the Nano» Iteddescy, Madras, the Itadf of Caloa.
Sandy. of a son.
• July 51, at the- Presidency, Madras, the Lady of Captain R. H.
Rtesial,^llth Light Cavalry, of a daughter.
August 3, at Madras, sho Lady of Captain Moberly, Dom
Sacrotary Military Ward, of a son.
August 4, at the ?residency, Black Town, Madras, Mrs. Ake-
ander Harrison, of a sou.
MARRIED.
July 99, et Calestle, Lieut.. Edward Rushwurth, H. C. 9d E.
R. to Nye:Elirtsbeth Chatter Conyers, daughter of Mr. C9osers,
of the sum place.
DIED.
June 22, at Gbaseitoore. Calcutta, George, the infant son of
Liniment Richard Irving, Ms Majesty's 87th Regiment ; and pit
the likh July, Qs ths river near Barn, Mary Anus wife of Oat
above Ofileer.
June 59, at Ramose, Calcutta, of wounds received in action,
lieutenant George Mitchell, or his Majesty's 99th Foot.
July 25, at Fort. William, Caleusta,- Untested Crauford,
Majesty,' 14th Foot.
July'23, at, Calcutta, Mill Emilia Jose de Lama, aged twelve
years and-twenty-one dayi. -
July 30, at Wants, Mr. S. J. Wahelaad, L f the Hon. Coss.
pang's Marine, aged twenty-two years sod sis mouths.
August 1; at Calcutta, Theodule Bondret, jun. EPP Med 25%
Good Hope
May 22, on board the Charlotte, off the Cape of
Mr. William Farquitarion, the country service, late blhip
man iq the Royal Navy. •
July' 21, at Belgaum, Madras, Essip Willies% Damao, 49t
Regiment, son of the late John Dumas, Esq. Medical Board.

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