Star.
London, England, 1823-06-02 00:00:00

SSNkE AND §ENSIBILITII

Plow • cnitaitatbubitii'l
We were surprised at an attenspt.made th!other,,l
day to revive the absurd project of suppressing bull-1
baiting and dog-fighting. We thought that Mr.Witc.o:,
HAN! had set that question on its right footing, and
exposed the absurdity of legislating upon such sub;-1
jects—but it is left to the fine feelings of. the, Mont
times to dig up from its grave of obscurity and ob-
livion a mass of absurdity, which, we hoped,- had
returned ere this to its natural element. This eY
treme sensibility and fine feeling we consider to be
among the greatest trifles of the present jaaPFOi".;
and ate not ashamed to own. that we bees in our
compositions so much of the solid and old English
ingredients, as to view with contempt 'and disgust
such pretensions to superiot:liherality Arid sensibility:
indeed, the very terms '1 this ealighened ansi
age," make us feel sick.

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We should like to see a little more of real English
metal, and less of French tinsel —a little .moie.o[ that
hardy spirit and wisdom, which put together Maya
Charta, and procured for us Habeas Corpus, and the
Bill of Rights. It is in this liberal and enlightened
age that a Marriage Act is framed, so full of intelli~
gence, that it bound necessary to repeal it tit ,three
months only after its enactment. , It is inthis liberal
and enlightened, age that Missionaries are sent to
the remotest ends of the earth, where sums are
expended by these deluded victims of universal
philanthropy, which might be. much better be-
stowed at home, and in Ireland particularly, in bet-
tering the condition of the lower classes, and be-
stowing on them the blessingi of a virtuous educa-
tion. We hate this affectation of philanthropy and li-
berality—these children of the French Revolution,
which make a man " a friend to every country but
his own." It was those masters in the art of disor-
ganizing society who excited and brought into play]
that feeling of equality, and these principles orlibe-
rality, as they are mistermed, so hostile to social order.
If the criminal code is to be flamed it the sainss
exquisite spirit of sensibility and liberality, the min
who has picked your pocket will be considered as
' having only committed a slight error of judgment ;
he must, therefore, have a short exhortation preached
to him from a tub :—the felon and the house• breaker,
poor fellows, will be allowed to be men like ourselves,.
and must, therefore, be sent to the Penitentiary, have

two rooms with French windows, and a dinner of
two courses ; as for their desert, indeed, they have no
chance of getting that.
The following lir.es are an epitome of the tenets
of this sect of fine-feelers:
Nought born on earth shotld die; on hackney stands
I reverence the coachman who cries " Gee,"
And spares the lash. When I behold a-spider
Prey on Ay, a magpie on a worendo, ;;;,:•-, ,
Or view a butcher, with horn-handis4 . , „
Slaughter a tender iamb as dead as mutton, •,•,- --; 7 ,
Indeed, indeed, I'm very, very sick !
Indeed, indeed, we're very very sick of pre-
tension to sensibility. , We hive already heard 'of a
subscription fOr bettering the condition oF c chafers;
and Mrs. Fry has lately composed an anodyne to be
taken by lobsters just before they go into their warm
bath. In a very short time, with a little Manage-
ment, this fine feeling will spread`fteiiii the7pailOor.,
into the kitchen, and we shall see: ery cook with a
smelling-bottle in her hand, and. with averted bend.;,
when she twists the neck of the. pear inoffenailie old 1
hen ; and as for getting a scullion to exebrisitetsitil'
eel, she will faint at the very idea! ?'"
The original scheme of the creation will aeon
changed—" novus nascitur ordo"—and the new doe..
'trine will be, that man is made for the animals, net
animals for man; and
.if that is the case,"ii Ihraar
will be in the place of man, so muti dieltleale con-
tented with the condition of an am: •
While min exclaims, die all thin;i for my Use ;
Die man for mine, replies the pamper'd goose ! • •
And thus, naturally, these disciples of the school of
sensibility w ithoutsense, from a fellow-feeling, wish
their brethren the geese to have the upper hand.

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The Opera House was crowded on Saturday
evening in every part. The boxes presented a splen-
did display of fashionable company. The curtain
dropped a little before 12 o'clock, soon after the first
act of the Ballet, the whole of which might have been
performed, if the Divertissement 'was omitted.
Admiral Petite WILLIAMS, who received, by be-
quest, the large estate and the seat of Mr. Strickland
Freeman, of Oxfordshire, has presented the whole
to his son, Mr. Williams, rather chusing to continue
in a tranquil enjoyment of his own handsome com-
petence, than to undergo, at his advanced period of
life, the liminess of occupying a new estate.
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We are informed, that the Author of trarerley, in
some rif his much-admired publichtions, has Callen
into an sertor, perhaps pardonable in one Who may be
a stranger co the Gaelic language, but. which, we are
assured, appears even ludicrous to a Scottish High!.
Lander; vie. in giving the Mike of ArgYll7the appela
lation of Maccartnintore,htsteadbriWrie-etiilein-mdt,
the hitter being the red and *l4 patrottrotle of. that
illustrious family, and denoting the ionorCedik, &c.
the Christian name of several of the renowned heads
of that house; whereas thefermer appeHatiort.of Mee-
ealltertmore signifies the son of itfukolm, &c. a name
certainly oigreat antiquity, but unknown as connected
with the Noble Family of Argyll.—We give this 1
statement on the authority, and at the request, of a
• Reverend Gentlem•an of Cloa Campbell, a native
of and residing in Argyllshire; that the celebrated
iAnuththr fuatiuturedeeddittoionraas oylbhei!bWieorkr.-7-4int the
Al" etitrtistike.