Star.
London, England, 1805-12-27 00:00:00

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ITALLJN -11/i*NNERS.

The following is a defcription of the duties of a
.itheo, or Lavaliere Servante :
7AVALIFILE SkRVENTE.--The fervice of this gen-
ian begins early in the morning and ends late
ii4ht. He has the entree at all hours, and the
iliamber of the lady is as familiar to him as to
hoiband. He aflifls at her toilette, decides
it her dreg, jokes with her maid, and plays with
lap dog. If the goes out, it is his hulinefs in
sc-
tpany her ; if Ilse flays at home, he never quits
fide, for' initial tells him, whether he has read or
, that with certain perfons, and on certain occa.
is, Les alfitu nut toujours tort. A tete a tree afar din.
is nfually this gentleman's exclutive
le lady gees t, an alterably, the Cavaliere Ser-
. takes charge of her cloak, fan and gloves, forts
cards, and fits at her elbow. At Genoa he.fol-
; her chair, in other towns be accompanies her
,r coach—while Jerry Sneak, the hufband, walks
coot, let the weather be what it may. his only
ipage a pair of thick (hoes and an umbrella
crever ;he lady is invited, this gentleman is re-
ed. At public dinners he receives a formal in-
tion, and the bufband, unlefs he be the Cavaliere
rente of another lady, is purpnfely omitted. I
't know that het.uty is ever defirable in this coup-'
in a wife. It occafions uneafinefs when it has
to pleafe. An old gentleman Aced me fed-
ly the other day, whether he fhould marry ? '
in, on a fireilar occafion, faid No, and bring pref.
for his reafon, replied—" If you marry an old
lan-,lhe will (link you out of bed, if a young one,
will kick you out r" ,In Italy, where a wife does
depend on her hufband folely for her amnfements,
gentlemen find better treatment ; I therefore
my friend that he fhould marry by all means.—
ratite recommends matrimony pleafantly enough
If your wife be wife and rational, you will be a
:y man ; if the be wicked or a coquet, fhe will
ae you become a philofopher. You cannot fail
be the gainer by marriage." Befides, thnfe who
to get heirs to their Oates, the chief objeft of
-y in this country, whatever be their age,
never slefpair. Jealoufy in a Au/band is become a
ms worn out fafhion. The good man fub-
its patiently cc his fate !

FRENCH PRISONERS.—The laft divifion of the
Trench prifoners from Port fmouth flept at Epfom on
Thurfday night laft, each party confilltd of 250, in
all r 000. Detachments of the guards met them there,
and efcorted them from thence to Chatham, the de-
tachment was always commanded by a Colonel ; the
greateft kindnefs and attention were !hewn to the pri-
Inners ; they were well fed and comfortably lodged,
and expreffed much gratitude. On the fame day
fome Spanifh prifoners paffed through Epfom, at leaft
twenty ; they travelled in a cart and a waggon ; they
were in the heft poflible fpit its. With the third di-
%llion of French prifonets there was a female who at-
traded much attention ; Ore was the widow of a tai:
for who had been killed in the engagement, and had
snow folaced herfelf with his fiarlrrer Joe; and, when
taken, was fighting with the greatea bravery. She
looked well in her tailor's habit, wore a queue, but
fludioufly concealed her face.
Mr. Hodges, of Scotland-yard, having for fome
time pan been robbed of coals nut of his barges, de-
termined onWednefday night to fit up and keep watch
himfelf. About two o'clock yefterday morning he
heard a rumbling noife in one of his barges, like fill-
ing a rack with coals, and lhortly afterwards law a
man lift a.bag on the gunwale of the barge, and then
jump from it. He called out to know who was there,
/but received no anfwer ; he then cried out he would
loot, if he was not anfwered ; but (lilt receiving no
tanfwer, he f-ed, and faw a man run off along the
'tore ; he purfued him, and tack him prifoner ; he
groaned pitettufly, and on taking him to the watch-
! houfe, he recognized him to be one of the porters of
'the wharf, named Thomas Bufley. His left leg was
dreadfully lacerated by the Ihot. Mr. Hodges then
went back to the wharf, and continued watching till
fir, when he law two other men enter the barge for
the fame purple, provided with large bags, which
they were very bufy in filling, when he, attended by
his Foreman, took them into cuflody, and conveyed
them to their brother rogue. Their names are Ri.
chard Sweet and James Bigby. and both porters be-
longing to the neighbouring wharfs. They were all
brought up to Bow.ftreetdf yeflerday morning,
and, after a full inveftigation the circumaances,
,were committed to take their trials at the coining
&Inane.
Monday Cennighr, about eight o'clock in the 'mot..
Wing, as three Gentlemen were returning to Dublin,
from the Pigeon•houfe, they were flopped between
Ring's-end.bridge and the Draw-bridge, by four
footpads, armed with blundetbuffes, who robbed
them of calh and biNs to a confiderable amount.—
' The principal of the gang canted the others to re-
turn the watches which had been previoofly taken.
Tuefday le'nnight, a fire broke nut at Grange
miln, in the parilh of Donfcore, near Dumfries,
which did confiderable damage before it was got
under.

A few days fince a fire broke nut in the premires of
Mr. Woodcock, at Preann, which destroyed the
whole of his cabinet maker and joiner's (hops. The
lots is ellimated at 24001. t
_cool. of which was inbred.
A 4readful fire broke nut yeflerday morning aisnut
one o'clock, at the premifes of Mr. John Rich, light.
erman, in Lower Thames.areet, Deptford, whote\
warehoufes, containing fails, pitch, &c. were
atearoyed. The tire communicated to the adjoining
svarehoules of Mrs. Merchant, lit*Jiterman, and from
thence to her dwelling honfe, which, together with '
torte fmall hooks nn the footh-weft fide,were alto con-
' firmed. Mrs. Merchant has Ina the greater part of
her property, which, unfortunately, was nor Wined.
The fire broke out in a room of Mr. Rich's hnufe,
called the Summer Roam, which had been fcr two
or three days occupied by Mrs. Rich's father, an in-
firm old man, uhn h.td made a large fire, a coal
from which, it is toppled, fit file to the apartment.
The rooms above and below were tiled as warehoufes,
containing the inflammable articles abGverreminned,
which. f male, increafed the tory of the flames.
The V..lortreers of the neighbourhood, and the Otis-
fl S of tl.e Dock-yard, rendered every pc4ble aflitt-
Lance to the unhappy £'u cress.

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