Star.
London, England, 1830-11-18 00:00:00

SCINTILLA.

Amts.—The daughter of a village church clerk lately
left her humble country dwelling to lead a naughty life in the gay me
tropolis. A Scotch relation being informed of her failing, replied,
I'm no marked, man i the lassie only gangs the gait of her feythe
by being partial to .'wen."
" MY FELLow."—The late Lord Willoughby de Broke,
' who was a very singular character, coming one day out of the House
of Peers, and not seeing his servant among those who were waiting in
the lobby, he called out very loudly. " Where can my fellow be 1"
Anthony Henley, who happened to be near him, said, with a :006-
cant smile, "Not is Europe, my Lord."
A DOCTOR CUAL-ALL.—A young man, in a letter to a
friend, thus describes the March of Physic in a certain village in De.
within ;—" My brother Jack is getting on in practice as if be were
impelled by a steam-engine. All diseases ap to yield to his treat.
ment, and death, the sexton, and the ao ertaker, are totally en.
employed."
PREACRER.--The following choice tomcat:
(says the Ender Gessetio) wan posted about that city a few days ago:
—" October 24th, 1880.—The Revd. W. Mackintosh of Scotland
Will Preach Three Sermons In Sent Thomas' in the Same House
where the Revd. S. Rilpin youse to Preach 81x doors Above, Ocklpyed
by Mrs. Webber. The Services will Comence at half past ten in the
Morning at half past tow in the Afternoon and at all in the Evening
im likewise betwine the Services above =althea on the
Quay or on led a ship."
There is a town in America, Lynn, in lkfassachussete, of
which all are shoemakers. There are more than 5,000 inhabitants,
who make annually 1,200,000 pairs of shoes, valued at 1,000,000 dol.
.last. The women of Lynn earn 60,000 dollars a year by binding
shoes.

We are almost as ungrateful to our great men as were the
Greeks and Romans. Nelson died a poor Viscount, for all his vivo.
ries ; Rodney vanquished De Grasse, and was deOved of his corn.
mod ; Mori h was insulted in the House of lards, and attacked
by the people, and had to pay for the building of the house which was
voted by the nation ; and whilst we are writing this, an Roguish mob Is
thriwiog mad at Wellington !--iftlicamun.
It is a positive fact, that persons immediately about the
person of Charles the Tenth take care, for good coosidsradon of course,
to apprise the French authorities of every thing that penes. Indict.
deals who bad been residing at Lolworth was lately, on the moment of
their landing in France, accosted by some of the pollee sent down from
Paris, and assured that the French Government knew perfectly well
that they were charged with letters to certain pasties in France ; the
police, at the same time, declared their readiness to spare the pee.
sons the trouble of deliveriog them, and accordingly took the least
away.
PUTTY AND BUTTER, OR DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.
The committee for managing the late festival, when all was ow .
thought it right to be monomial, and tried to make a geed with
Mr. Leech, by getting him to take back the delicacies peetheir
order. " What can be done with the IMMO t" dams- iedl " mime
host." " Surely," said Ms. Jones,ltheglasier, "is mull make thee
..... into butter." " No," replied Mr. h, " I angst Make them into
beiner—but perhaps you, Mr. Jones, could convert them into putt.`
There was a great roar at this, and one of the committee remarked that
It was the best butter pat he bad met with for some time.
ASTONISHING POWER OF A PYTHON, OR Hos Co:S
STZICTOR.—.MI.. Henry Wise, a mate In a China ship, says, that whin
at anchor on the coast of Ceylon, opythoo slid along the cable and en.
tared the mate's cabin. When perceived, some of the crew threw the
noose of a round It; but it contrived to twine Itself round a butt of
repe
water. By Axing a rope to a pulley, they with great ditficalty dl
engaged it from the butt, but not until it bad so compressed it that the
hoops from the middle sunk to the bottom. It was stabbed by the esge
then
tab,
dud. t not killed, and was preserved by Mr. Wise seventy aays, ao.l

Tu s ZXACT Coacn M As .—The late leader of the northern
circuit was employed, some time before he left it, in an action against
the proprietors of the Rockingham coach. On the part of the at,
tendons the coachman was called. The examination-in-chief beteg
ended, he was subject Ito the leader's agas.examinarion. Ravin;
held up the fore finger of his right hand at the witness, and
warned him to give a " precise answer" to elm question, and nut
to talk about what hemight think the question meant, he
thus :—`4 You drive the Rockingham coach " No, sir, do not:'
" Why, man, did you not tell my Learned Friend so this mgt.
went ?" " No, sir, 1 did not." " Now, sir, put it to you ontE mom
upon your oath, do you not drive the Rockingham coach ?" " No, sit,
1 drive tie horses."

A Wtto iiTY JURT.—The officer whose province it is to
summon the county court juries for Preston, having been found fault
with, at the last court, for bringing together so poor a jury, was re
quested on the next occasion to invite a more weighty and sub.
*modal class of men s accordingly, on Tuesday sennight, he In-
troduced into court a set of jolly looking fellows, whose weight and
substance will not be questioned, when it is known that the twelve
good men and true, on being put into the balance at the close of
the day's business, were found to weigh no less than 1 too 7 W.
21 lb. or 3,046 lb. the lightest man amongst them being 17 tim lb'
at 141 b to the stone.

A DtTE.--Alfouso Lombardi, a celebrated sculptor of the
Bariperor Charles V. was a great coxcomb. He got punished ow
ay b 7 a young lady at Bologna, to whom be tool it in his brat
to make love in a foppish manner. She was his partner at a bail.
in the midst of which he turned to her, " arati heaving a profound
sigh. said, as he looked in her face, with what he thought ineffable
softness in his eyes." and we may suppose some fantastic and writhing
gLature,

Be ismer non e, the dunque e quel ch• lo sento ?
If lie 110 t love I feel, pray toed what is it ?
" Perhaps," Rid the young lady, " something bites you."—This story
got abroad, and Alfonso became the jest of the city.

BIRTH.
The Bth ime. at St. Voierroce, Rumple, the lady of J. T. Amiga,.
of e &tighter. _ . .

DIED.
Mendajor'nislittt, at Park House, near itianraer Iladalgar
bath,' aged adad mood*. Want daughter 'of lir Aidrew Agoew..4
Lociuraw, 8irr.'&1.P....-011 the Bth.h:stant;at SOuthamma. Jane. sae
id Captain Wm. Dcnholid Vahan; 0( thi hoboufaus gam India Cam-
pktoy', &tyke.

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