Star.
London, England, 1823-07-18 00:00:00

BURNS' .V MEN f.

On Friday se'nnight BunNs' Monument, erected
at Ayr, was completed, by the tripod being raised
and fixed on the summit. Fifteen Mason Lodges
walked in Precession, besides Yeomanry, and a vast
numhe of kersons were present at the ceremony. On
the Proces!.ion reaching the spot consecrated to the
memory of Coila's laird, the first corps of Ayrshire
Yeomanry, commanded by Colonel CRAINT,,IID, of
Newfield, formed on the road, while the Masonic
Bodies encircled the building. In the centre stood
WILLIAM FULL A aTON, 'Esq. of Skeldon, attended by
several other Ceuntry Gentlemen.- The tripod, amid
a flourish of trumpets, was then slowly raised to the,
summit of the edifice, and in a iew moments ren-
dered a fixture. The whole ceremony was conducted
with the greatest eclat. The Monument has been al-
ready described: its entire elevation is abdut 70 feet.

Whets the Presbytery of Glasgow broke.up, 'after
their recent resolntion for delaying the induetiosi of
Dr. Matcenns..trie, Principal of the College of Glas-
gow, into the charge of the High Church of that city,
to which lie has lately been presented by the Crown,
on the ground that such a plurality of offices is in-
consistent with the institutions of the Scottish Church,
an elderly person, in the dress of a tradesman, pressed
through the crowd, and addressed a Reverend Mem.
her with—,. Sir, ye maun gi'e me a shake o' your han :
this day ye ha'e foughten the battle o' the Loan: I'd
gre five pound mysel' to raise a monument for you !"
There will. be a remarkable and total eclipse of the
moon on the 231 inst. and as it w ill happen soon after
the moon has passed her apogee, her motion through
the earth's shadow will be slow, and consequently
render the eclipse of long duration.
It is said that the frozen Norwegians, on the first
sight of roses, dared lint touch what they conceived
were pees budding with fire! and the natives of Vir-
ginia, the first time they seized on a quantity of gun-
powder, which belonged to the English colony, sowed
it for grain, expecting to reap a plentiful crop of com-
bustion by the next harvest to blow away the whole
colony !—D'lsraeli.
In the Russian service, every Officer faithfully sew-
ing his country for 25 years, without ever being
broUght to trial, is. entitled to claim the insignia of the
Order of St. George, exclusive of other rewards for
particular services ; and this prudent system is found
to reduce very much occasion for punishment.
IRISII FISIXER/ES.—The Commissioners have pre-
sented the Fourth Report for the year ending the sth
April, 1823, being the Fishery of 1822, which the
House of Commons has published. Notnithstanding
every obstacle, incidental and legislative, the Fish
eries of Ireland are annually increasing. The number
of seamen employed in 1821, was about 36,000, and
this year the amount is 44,892, being an excess of
8700 men. The number of decked vessels is 306-1
of burden 10,960 tons, and employing 209.5 men ;
that of half-decked vessels is 286-5694 tons, and
1684 men; of open sail-boats 2516 —and 12,783 men;
and of row-boats 6196, employing 28,5£10 men.
lIERRINGS.—The herring fishing continues to do
well, particularly about Campbeltion, Isle of Man,
and Loch Long; it is seldom that the fish are so large
and ofssuch good quality. Eight boats arrived the
other day at the Brocmielaw, Glasgow, and sup-
posing each to have eight mazes (500 to a maze), the
supply would in the Ole-amount to 32,000.
Corron.—After all the extraordinary statements
we have made, at different times, respecting the pro-
digious extent of our trade in this article, it is still
rapidly on the increase. The sales effected last week
in this port amounted to 21,000 bags or bales, and it
is not long since the sales of a single week amounted
to 45,000. The demand for Manchester only, has
averaged, we are assured, 10,000 bags per week for
some time past. This astonishing consumption will
not appear so incredible when it is recollected that our
spinning-mills supply the twist or cotton thread-for
the weavers of a considerable part of Europe, as well
as for our own manufactures.—Lioerpeol Paper.
. Two men, who had drank freely on Wednesday afternoon at
a public-house in St. John's.street, having quarrelled, went out
and fought in Islington Fields. After knocking each otheiabout
in hugging fight during the space of an hour, one of them, At-
kinson, a coachman, received a heavy fall, and he was taken
senseless off the ground. He died on his way bowie to West-
minster with one of his friends, in a coach, from the rupture of
. a vessel in the bead.