Star.
London, England, 1830-06-16 00:00:00

MISCELLANEA.

The crops of corn on heavy soils have, it is feared, sus-
tained much injury from the want of warm and sun.light days. 01
seed crops, the stems near the roots have assumed a deep brows
hue, and the operations of the hay harvest are retarded.—silejidi
Herein.
A Paris Paper says, " An Irish Captain has just ar
rived here whose servant is a dwarf, of perfect proportions, and abut.,
34 inches in height. He is 24 years of age, and his weight,
dressed and in his boots and spun, is only 341b5."

NUPTIAL MONUMENTS.—At Rio de Janeiro et ,•tt
society of foreighen has erected some public monument in honour 0,
the recent marriage of the Emperor w►th the Princess of Bavaria._
The English residents hare raised a triumphal arch on the ►quare
of Acclamations; the Portuguese, an obelisk on the square of Co.
nicely.; and the French, a pillar resembling that of the Place Ven-
dome at Paris, though on a diminished scale, on the square of s..
Antony.
At Coventry, a few days ago, a man called at the holist.
of a surgeon, pretending to want his advice ; he war shewn into the
surgery, and in a few minutes walked off with a case of instrument.
worth 10L

A curious circumstance happened on Monday. A
sawyer in Churchstoke, Salop, married a lady at the Manutone....
In the afternoon the bride put on her bonnet, and said she wool,!
take a bit of brute-cake to a neighbour, not &hundred yards off. T..
new husband asked if he should accompany her, and she replied.
" No; I shall be back directly." The new husband waited unt;!
4 o'clock the next morning—but she never returned.

A correspondent remarks, that, as the Duke of Wei.
lington is not on terms with any of the royal parties—having di,.
missed the heir apparent from the Admiralty, defied " the dread-
ful Duke* on the Catholic Question, and is now opposed to Print,:
Leopold pecting Greece—by far the best thing he could do, exec,
for himself, would be, to join the people, and with their aid to carry
a Reform of Parliament, which would enable him to withstand tit.
whole phalanx of courtiers and aristocrats, and to retain his Prim
Ministership to the last."

The Duke of Reichstadt (young Napoleon, non• abou
twenty years of age) is said to be about to fix his residence at
Prague. They should make him King of Greece. His grandmo-
ther hu left him a great deal of money, which the Greeks want ,
and certain pretensions would be act at rest on all sides. But then
" What would Mrs. Grundy say ?"—Chat of the Week.

DONAPARTE AND MADAME DE STAEL•—Respect .
In Madame de Steel and her Delphine, he said some remarkable
things s—" I like women," he observed, " that make men of them.
selves, as little as I like effeminate men. There is a proper part
for every one to play in the world. What does all this vagrancy of
imagination mean ? Nothing. It is all sentimental metaphysics,
and disorder of the mind. I cannot endure that woman—for one
reason that I cannot bear women who make a set at me, and Got
knows how often she has tried to cajole me." In one of her letters
to Bonaparte, she told him that they were certainly created for each
other; that it was in consequence of an error in human institutions
that the mild and tranquil Josephine was united to his fate ; that
Nature seemed to have destined for the adoration of a hero such as
he, a soul of fire like his own. These extravagancies disgusted 80.
naparte to a degree which I cannot describe. When he had finished
these fine epistles, he used to throw than in the fire, or tear them
with marked ill humour, and say, " Well, here is a woman whf)
pretends to genius—a maker of sentiments—and she presumes t,
compare herself to Josephine ! Bourrienne, I shall not reply t,
such letters."—Memoirs of Bourrienne.

PRICES OF TEA, COFFEE, &C. IN AMERICA.--
We perceive in the " Banner of the Constitution," a paper put-
lished at Washington, an article relative to the reduction of the du.
ties on tea in America. The following prices will scarcely appt
credible to those who have been accustomed to purchase the ball.
articles in this country. At the reduced duties on tea, the rlie,
per pound will be as follows :
Imperial and Gunpowder . 3s. sd. to 4s. 4d.
Hyson 23 71d 3s. 9d.
Young Hymn .......Od. . 3s. Gd.
Hyson Skin . . . . ls. Od. . 2s. 41d.
Souchong
Bohca . . . .
Such are the prices which the Americans will have in future to la;
for these articles. Every one who has bought a pound of tea in thl
country must know how great the contrast is between these and the
English prices.—Liverpool Times.

DOVER CA STLE.—The antiquityof Dover Castle is un-
disputed. Remains of a Roman fortification still exist near its site; and
when William the Conqueror was meditating the invasion of the coup.
try, it was of such far famed strength, that he made it a part of
Harold's oath that that unfortunate nobleman should resign it to
him on his landing. Every subsequent improvement made in the
art of fortification seems to have occasioned a change In the castle
and its outworks. Till the reign of Charles 1. it was generally con.
sidered to be unassailable on the side next the sea ; but its annals
record the desperate but successful attempt of a merchant, who, with
only ten or twenty men, scaled the cliff, and made himself mallet
of the place for the republicans. After the termination of the ci% it
war, its importance was not felt, and it was almost entirely ne.
glected till the signs of an European war, and the threats of France.
nein called attention to its advantageous situation.—Dr. Lardru r'.
Cabinet.Cytlopiedia, Vol. VII. being the Cities and priotipa.
Tow of the World, Vol.!.

A CALL TO WOMEN 07 ALL RANKS IN Till: BEE
TINE EMPIRE, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
—Smith, Elder and Co.—To address the fair sex on so grave a
question as the National Debt, is a novelty even in these days o'
innovation The writer, however, is a lady, and the appeal is made
not through the medium of dry, arithmetical statements, but by
teresung the feelings and stimulating the patriotism of our country.
women. They are here urged to curtail their expenses at certain
seductive sports ; at " theatres, operas, and shops ; to keep clear
of such only for one wcck, or the first of every month, and they wir
be surprised at the amount of their reserves ; at the extent of their
power to do good in great things u well as small.'—Let these
savings form the basis of a " Voluntary National Fund," to be
!deposited in the Bank of England, and reinforced by collection,
irons all quarters ; " from strong boxes affixed to every chure.:.
chapel, and meeting-house in the kingdom ; and front the bequet.:
of philanthropic individuals."--Such is the substance of sixty pages
from the pen of a fair writer ; she has put our patience to the test.
but her benevolence of purpose disarm criticism of severity.
Ton A C CU.—The Gardener's Magazine for this month
contains a longand interesting notice of a work of Mr. llrodigar..
on the culture of the tobacco plant in Ireland; in the course o•
which it is stated, that the produce in America is from 1.000 tr.
1,5001 h. per acre; in the county of Wexford, 1,2111 b. and in Altaill
1,6801 b. per English acre. In Virginia, the leaves of four plant.
each occupying a square yard, give a pound of tobacco. The monet •
cost of production in Ireland, Mr. Iliodigan estimates at lfa. l,
acre, where the land is prepared by horse labour ; and 301. where
is prepared by manual labour. The produce at 16L Bs. per hop.
head of 1,35016. barely pays the expense of horse labour. The value
of tobacco, as an agricultural crop, is much diminished from cc:
circumstance of its producing no manure. The farmas of Viittinia
have now ascertained that It is better to raise wheat at one &Aar pet
bushel, than tobacco at eight dollars per cat. As a source c; !about
however, Mr. Brodigan thinks the culture of tobacco a ti• arplot •
ment for the rural population of Ireland.

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst. the wife of the Rcv. J. Crombie, Bed(AT.
square, Commereial.road, of a stillborn Cal
in
the lady of W. Gale, Esq. of Aldingham.hall, in the tour:A. :•
Lancaster, of a son.—On the 14th inst. at the Priory, Old Witt,!.
tor, the lady of Sivewright, Esq. of a daughter.—ln AVatcrfor.l
the lady of G. Mara, of Maypark, Esq. of a son.

MARRIED.
In Trake, J. Primrose, jun. Esq. of Hillgrove, County Kern.
to Ricarda, second daughter of the late J. O'Connor, Esq.—k.
Waterford, W. Moore, Esq. Rogl Navy, to Henrietta 312tria.
third daughter of J. Wallace, q. Collector of Customs.—At
Passage Church, Mr. W. F. Ballard, of the Grand Parade, Cork.
to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late J. Fennell, of that city.
Enk—R. Evans, Esq. of kfaryborongh, to Belle, eldest daughter
of Capt. Graves, of said place.--31r. P. Kelly, of Leitrim Lodge.
County Clare, to Bridget, daughter of Mr. T. Gibson, of Bal.
lyvoc.

DIED.
On the 12th inst. after a long illness, in her I Ith year, Angeline
Tolbot, sixth daughter of Mr. R. Williamson, Moore-plate,
cot-place, Lambeth, Surrey —On the 11th inst. in the 72d year 0.
his age, J. Quick, Esq. of Newton-house. in the county of Devon.
—4)n the 13th hut. Margaret, the beloved wife of Mr. J. Raven.
hill, Lansdowne-place, Rackney--On the 10th inst. at Soling-hall.
near Braintree, Kiwi, Capt. Dobbie, R. N.—On the 11th inst. in
his 24th year, Thomas, youngest son of the late J. Scott. Esq. of
St. Mildred's-court.—On the 12th inst. in his 32d year, Mr. T. H.
Lancaster, of St. Mary-axe.—Mrs. Stewart, relict of the late V.
Stewart, Esq, of Merrion.atrect, Dublin.—At Kilglass, county
Kildare, G. TyrreH, Esq.—W. Browne, Esq. Seneschal of KU-
more.--At Enniskerry, R. Blacker, Esq.—At her house, Mer-
rion.square, Dublin, aged 61 years, Sarah Cooper, wife of A
Cooper, Esq.

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