Star.
London, England, 1822-10-18 00:00:00

CANYTABURY, 0CT013171 17. 1

ST. ETiIRLBEETS TOWER.
Vesterd ty morning the inhabitants of St. Paul's,
tongpo-t, and Lady V4'ooton's Green, were thrown
into col ternation by a tremendous noise, nearly re-
sembling the roar of cannon, and supposed by some
to be an earthquake ; most of them eagerly left their
downy beds to ascertain the cause of alarm, which
they soon discovered to be the sudden demolition of
that fine monument of ancient architecture called St..
Ethelbert's Tower, the most conspicuous ornament
of those sublime ruins, St. Augustine's Monastery,
which have for ages occupied and interested alike
the antiquat ian, the historian, and the moralist. The
south and west fronts, corroded by the hand of time,
and probably materially injured by the late winds
and rains, fell with a tremendous crash, overwhelm-
ing everything that lay in its way ; it is calculated
that not less than 1.000 loads of materials have fallen
in the Fives' Court, the garden belonging to Mrs.
Hills, and in the meadow belonging to the Kent and
Canterbury Hospital, the inmates of which were ex-
ceedingly terrified. The remaining side is so much
shaken that it must be removed. Thus suddenly is
destroyed one of the finest specimens of the architec-
ture of the monastic age, shewing the mutability of
the most substantial works of human contrivance.—
The hand of PROVIDENCE has been most mercifully
directed in this accident, as on the two preceding days
several men were employed in carting away a quan-
tity of manure and rubbish which had been placed in
the Hospital yard, immediately under the ruin.
Ethelbert's Tower, was named in honour of King
tlielbert, a Kentish Monarch, who reigned over this
county from the year 860 to 866, during which pe-
riod St. Augustine, a Monk of the Romish Church,
came over as a missionary, and obtained favour with
the Monarch, who embraced the Christian faith,
and bestowed upon the fraternity the scite of the mo-
nastery, with many important appendages. The
Tower was built about the year 1017, and the then
Archbishop (Eaditon) contributed, with many others,
to its erection. 'lasted, in his History of Canterbury,
says-44 When we enter the scite of the monastery,
the first object is lithelberes Tower, whose beauty,
though midi defaced, especially by sacreligieus
hands of laze years, wiil witness to succeeding ages
the Magnificence of the whole, when ail stood com-
plete in their gh.ry together." Ethelbert's Tower,
the original form of which was a square, was corn-
posed of flint and stone; there were the remains of a
stone staircase, leading to the top; it is supposed to
have been used as a belfry. The side walls were
formed of arches of the most exquisite workmanship,
exhibiting the zeal and liberality of the professors of
religion at the period of its erection. The adjoining
chapel or chancel has been used as a fives' court, to
which, and the adjacent howling-green, the citizens
zesort to spend their summer evenings.

Thursday se'nnight the Lord Bishop of LIMERICK
confirmed 230 children at the Cathedral. The Ai ch-
deacon preached an admirable sermon on the occasion.
Wednesday evening the Duchess of KENT, accom-
panied by the Prince of LEI M ENGEN, the Princess
PZODORZ, and the Baroness SPA ETH, honoured Covent
Garden Theatre with her presence, to witness the Play
of The Jealous ;rife.
Miss PATON, of well known musical ability, and
who made •so successful a debut at the Haymarket
Theatre, is engaged at Covent-Garden, and makes
her first appearance at that House on Saturday even-
ing, as Pay, in the. Beggars' Opera.
Monday night, the following singular occurrence
took place at St. Thomas's Hospital :—About nine
o'clock on the above night, a Gentleman was passing
up Fish-street-hill, and having made too free with
the " sparkling glass,* was unable tin preserve his
balance, and by some means slipped from the kirb-
stone, and tolled over and over, till he rolled under
the bellies of the leaders of a Greenwich coach that
happened to be coming down the hill at the moment.
The coachman, on being called to, with all alacrity
pulled up his horses, and many of the foot passengers
sari to the Gentleman's assistance, who to all appear-
ance was killed; for he neither moved a limb nor
spoke a wurd. As usual in tpese cases, a shutter
vas procured, and on it was laid the body of the
supposed lifeless man, which was borne on the shoul-
ders of four men to the Hospital. On their arrival
in the surgery, the body was placed very gently on
the table for inspection, and Mr. MASON, one of the
dressers, promptly attended with his instruments for
operati n. On that Gentleman being introduced to
the unfortunate man, who had never spoken a syllable,
to the amazement of his body carriers, and to all
around, he jumped on his legs, and d—d them all
for murderers, and putting himself in a position for
boxing, offered to fight the dresser for a rump and
dozen.' The porters, watchmen, and other servants
of the Hospital, were now called into action, and for
some time the place was kept in confusion; and it
was not till the young man, who attends in the sur-
gery was knocked down by the intruder, that he was
kicked out at the Hospital gates.
SHOCKING Casc.—ln the account we gave yester-
day of the two children of Mr. HEASLER in Pear-
tree-court, City kenwell, being bit by a mad dog, we
thought we had stated the worst, but on further in-
quiry since, we learn that two other children, one
belonging to Mr. PRICHARD, and another to a Mr.
BEDFORD, in the same court, were also bit by the
same animal, one in the cheek and another in the leg,
both of whom have undergone surgical operation;
and, to add to the misfortune, Mrs. HEASL ER, ill
saving the children, had the little finger of her left
hand bit ; the part has been cut out, the bone scraped,
and caustic applied to the wound. To prevent the
dog escaping, as he was going out she held him be-
tween the door and the jamb, and laid hold of him
by the tail, and kept him so until a lodger came with
a loaded musket, and blew his brains out. The sur-
geons ho attended the wounded persons opened the
body of the dog, and found his stomach in a high
state of inflammation, and containing a quantity of
small stones, and splinters of wood, which, in his
state of madness he bit at and swallowed. Nothing
can exceed the trouble of the families of the wounded
persons, who are all under surgical care.
IRISH GOOD NATURE.—One of the Aldermen in'
Dublin, at a recent Meeting in that city, remarked
that " The people of. Ireland are the best natured
people in the world. The poor peasant will share his
salt and potatoes with a man—and he afterwards
wiry-ley and murder king 1".