Star.
London, England, 1830-09-02 00:00:00

SCINTILLX.

TII E WORD " NATloNAL."—Cobbett says that the
French have national guard, national colours, &c. &c. In England it
is the King's standard, the King's army, &c. &c. In short, that ut
have nothing national but the national debt.
THE LAND OF LIBERTY.—We wish to purchase 150
likely young negroes, of both sexes, front 12 to 23 years of age, :it'll
bands ; also mechanics of every description. Persons wishing to dts
pose of slaves would do well to give us a call, as we are determined to
give higher prices for slaves than any purchaser who is now, or may be
hereafter, in this muktt. Any communications in writing will be
promptly attended to. We can at all times be found at our residence
at the west end of Duke.street, Alexandria 1). C. Franklin and Arm.
field.-41userieats Paper.
Lord ERSKINE, at the period he was most anxious for
reform, cut down a large magnolia which overshadowed his dining-room,
thinking it would shoot up again from the roots. Mr. Cox, who was
at dinner with his lordship, and missed his favourite tree, made the
following impromptu :
Eager for reform, in country as in town,
Lo ! Erskine's cut his tall magnolia down.
If cool reflection come not to his aid,
He'll lose the substance, as he's lost the shade.
DE FA MATION.—The ladies in America, it appears, pay
pretty dear for their tattling propensities, a young lady having recently
been fined rive hundred dollars in one of the States there, for using de-
famatory language to the injury of the character of her neighbour. We
presume that she did not belong to the Anti.talk.about.your.neigh.
bout's business Society.

MR. ST. JOHN LONG.—Tbe Cork Southern Reporter,
in noticing the inquest on Bliss Cashin, says—" Mr. St. John Long,
who has thus obtained a notoriety which is likely considerably to cur-
tail his practice, is, we understand, a native of this county. His father,
we learn from an intelligent informant, resided in Mallow ; but removrd
some few years ago to Doneraile, where he pur►ued, and still follows,
the bulginess of a basket maker. Young Long assisted in this very un-
pretending but useful avocation, and having gone occasionally on sate
errands to the house of some branch of the respectable family of the
Hills in that neighbourhood, he attracted the notice of some of its young
members, who at the time was learning to draw, and who showed hint
their sketches. He took a liking to the art, began to practise on a slate
with common pencil, and soon excelled his youthful instructors, who,
seeing his proficiency, generously provided him with better materials. It
was soon evident that the trade of basket making was not suited to the
taste or genius of Mr. Si. John Long, and he repaired to London, where
he lived for some time by his drawing productions. But, doubtless,
perceiving that the medical profession was at a very low ebb, or, at all
events, that there was an opening for a bold and adventurous person,
who would venture upon a system of his own, he tried the experiment,
and actually succeeded in obtaining most extensive practice, not con.
fined to, or even amongst, the ordinary classes of society, but the higher
ranks—the rich, the titled, and the nobility of the land."

GENUINE LETTER FROM CAPTAIN MACHEATH TO
SIR RICHARD BIRNIE.

Slll Rtava*D—Having been nabbed in the row at Mr. —'s house,
just as 1 was going to make across the water—l surrendered, as I found
I cosild'nt get away—to one of the police, thof he had'nt got a warrant
against me to 'hew. Now I supposes as how I've been nabbed by your
orders, thof I don't know how it may be under the new " Regime" as
they calls it-1 know this, that under the odd, it was always reckoned
unfair to nab a man unless he was taken in what the lawyers in their
lingo calls an overt act.

I dent know what the gemmen of the office may say to this ;—but if
so be as how you go to lay the affair of Mr---'s house to my account,
I can only say you re under a bit of a mistake. lam u innocent of it
as the child unborn, and as sorry for the row as your wonhip--and if
so be, as mayhap it was, that some of my kiddies were there, it was
only because they thought there was going to be mischief ! As for me,
your worship—l was struck all in a heap as the saying goes—and when
I seed the police and city constables, as I didn't know what the divil
else to do—.why I tried to make myself scarce as fast as I could.
This is all I knows about the matter Sir Richard ; and therefore I
hopes your worship will release me in quiet to my shop which I once
kept for ould clothes, and which I am just agoing to refit at Seven
Dials, St. Giles' —. It always went against me that ever I took to
any other oalliteg, as all as knows me can testify ; and to be called
" Captain" I never could bear it. I've seen enow of the teaks long and
long ago, Sir Richard !

In my tinder years I was twice pumped so I was.—five times in the
house of correction, mores the pity—and once to Botany--and nobody
can say that ever I revenged myself either on prosecutor or witnesses,
thof 1 might have done it, over and over. Some folks may steal a
horse when others may'nt look over a hedge ; and if so he every
house of ill fume and every gemman that may have a trick of put.
tiny his hands info his neighbours' pockets is to be indicted— there'll
be a power of work for your Clark, Sir Richard !—and that's ail I say
about the matter.

If so be your worship's coarse to my going back to my shop at
Seven Dials-I'm willing to quit town for ever, and live, with my
Pal, in rural retirement at Horton. Howsoever, if so be, alter all,
that your worship's determined to commit me—as Newgete's so full,
1 hope your worship will get me into the Surrey Compter, where I once
made my escape, when I was once in for horse stealing—on suspicion.
I prefer it to any other, because I know the gooier is an honest kind of
a fellow, and because the Surrey air agrees with my constitution better
than the Middlesex—for your worship I ketched a power of cold with
lying all night in the lock-up, without a blanket at all at all, after being
pull't about wi' the new police, divil burn 'an !
I'm no hypocrite, Sir Richard, as you knows—and I hope the mil-
fordo of an honest man that's no hypocrite will meet with some con.
sideration before the London magistrates. flowsornever, I hopes, at
no rate you'll not bring me to trial this sessions, when every body $ o
hot against me, and before I've got any credible witnesses to swear an
alibi. When a man's once been had up, he's a suspicious character, and
all he says goes for nothing. But I hopes, Sir Richard, your worship
won't burn my letter before you've read it—and that your worship will
speak a good word for me to the other magistrates.
I remain Sir, your servant to command,
JULIUS MACHEATH.
P.S.—Say by the bit of a epalpeen that brings this, that youve re-
ceived it. J. M.

RI KTHS.
At Clapham, 31m. M. Reynolds, of asst—The lst inst. Mrs. Ed-
ward Complin, of Charterhouse-equare, of a son.

MARRIED.

The Nth ult. at Wortley 11;11,1Orinhire, the Hon. J. C. Talbot,
third son of Earl Talbot, to the Hon. Catena. Jane Stuart il'ortley,
daughter of Lord Wharuchilb—The 31st ult. at Bexley, Kent, E.
Evans, Esq. to Mho Shaw. of Henley—The 31st ult. at St. James's,
‘Vestruinster, W. Robinson, eldest son of J. White, Esq of Margate.
to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of J. J. Nicholls, Esq. of Pali-mall—
The 31st ult. at St. Pancras Church, Mr. 8. Levison, to Emily, third
daughter of the late H. Headland, Esq. of Tunbridge, Kent—The 21st
ult at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Mr. H. Woodyear, to Eliza, daughter of
J. Patterson, Esq. of Kentish-town—The lat inst. at St. Margaret Pat-
ten; the Rev. T. Davies, of Royston, In the county of Herb, to
Frances, eldest daughter of the late Mr. R. Hill, of Rood-lane, solicitor.

DIED.
At Baden, Mr. T. Shew, late of Bath—The 30th ult. Margaret, the
infant daughter of J. Piekergill, Naq. of Tavistoelt.egaare—The Vith
ult. at Bayswater, Mr.. 1% Morose, remedy of Bath, aged 71.

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