Star.
London, England, 1813-07-19 00:00:00

r 0 THE EDITOR OF PEE STAR.

- • The subjoined
letter was received by an Officer at
Meerut, from a Native Circar or Clef ko in Calcutta.
It is a curious specimen of that inflated adulatory and
slavish style which uniformly prevails among Nations
bent under the yoke of despotism. It has always.
been the style of Asia, because Asia has, with very few
!exceptions, uniformly been the prey of despots: A
degree of enervation arises from the climate ; but the
free Grecian States in Asia Minor thought, spoke,
and wrote like men. The connection between tyranny •
and bombast has already begun to be illustrated in
the addresses and other papers, and even the sermons,
id the French :

Paragraph I st—Sta, w ith extreme humility and de-
basement I beg pardon in presuming to interrupt your
avocation, which no doubt is deeply consequential
land important, but the insatiable avidity of my crav-
lings has no boundary, therefore I hope to be excused
mercifully as there is no help for human frailty.
Paragraph 2d—Contemplating with adoration the
sublime grandeur of English Gentlemen, my 'wait
and mind rebound, and beat with such palpitation
for joy that it may be likened unto the volcanic rup-
tures of mount Vusivious in England. In this ecstacy
of charming bliss, I avail myself of this spontaneous
opportunity of notifying to your Honors remembrance
the faithful and sincere promise you made me while
in Calcutta, and feeding myself with sanguine hopes
I conceive advisable to recommend to your pro:ection
my nephew who has been cankering my vitals for his
subsistence in life. Because, with the intention of sa-
tisfying his ambitions and desires, I eagerly implore
your goodness in the abundance of your gracious
gifts will be pleased to cast your prosperous eyes on
his miserable case, and recommend him to your bro-
ther, who is fortunately arrived from England, safely
on shore, and is inhabiting the Writers Barracks, near
the Long Church Monument, adjacent to my Office,
called the Black Hole Remembrance.

Paragraph Sd.—Offering in' gladness of heart
thanksgiving and prayers to the WORSHIPFUL DEITY
above the Stars and Moon, I will make a s.icred vow
•m getting good tidings from your Honorable Good-
ness. Please to be good enough to state to me par.
ticulaily respecting your healthand welfare, that will
gladden my soul like Ghee, Sugar, Milk mixed which
English Gentlemens, make sweet Padden. I hope
you are in happiness, and this will meet in perfect
good condition of circumstane.
Paragraph I:h.—Perhaps most prob aby your honor
may, in your benevolence, take pity on me, and to re-
ply to my address to you., be moved to notice the con-
sequence of it. Therefore please to direct to me, B)ard
of Trade in Council, Old Fort, opposite the Govern-
ment Custom-House. I take leave, with due respect,
and remain, kind sir, your humbly devoted servant,
COURNIOUUN CH L. NU.
Calcutta, .the Sist of August, 1319.

N. 13: Please in recollect kindly to enclose the lctter
of favour to your brother, in the answer you will send
me to this.
•„: In giving the above, we have follcwed the orizintl ortho-
graPk7-

The following letter ,was written by a cranny, or
clerk, to his master, in conser:ttence of an exierior
window-:butter having bee; dowa by a se7cre
north-wester:

HoNocamii.r. Sin—Yesterday vecrr arrive gr:,at
hurricane,. with •:!.lep;traicvn v•:1%-;! •,t
aptirtlite not faster, ; first make gre.it irepis! ition and
palpifetion, then pli•cipli Itc.‘ into rerinct. grant
master more lung itiat gr!.at
I remlin, honorah:e Llr, in ail token i;irer,pect,

Nlaster's Nlcrtzr.
P. 5. No tranquillity in house !.irce %%live adjourn.
I send fUr carpenter to

• FATAL Dur.L.—The dui.' which took place on Fri-
day sc'nniglit, near Newport, Isle of Wight, between
Lieut!nant UNDELL, •Of the 101st regiment, and
Lieutenant MAGUIRE (not Mithtecau), of the 6th
West IniCa reginient, has terminated fatally. Lieu-
tenant 131,mnieL died on the Sunday following. The
hail entered the right shoulJer, in an oblique direc-
tion, crossed the back, taking away part of the ver-
tebi x, and lodged near the arm-pit ; mortification,
delirium, and death, were the consequences. The
deceased was the son of J. DLUNDLLL, Esq. a mer-
chant in London.—A Coroner's Jury has been held
on the body, and a verdict of Wilful Murder returned
against Lieutenant .1716Guire, and several other per-
sona who were present, the whole of whom have ab-
,sconded. . .

Three of the men concerned in the robbery of the
stores on board the victualling hays have been com-
mitted, and will take their trial at the next Assizes
for Kent.

Mr. Jeremiah Morphett, of Bullen, near Tentereem,
(who is upwards of 70 years of age), has undertalcen,.
for a considerable wager, to go on foot five miles
within the hour, (..n the Tenterden race course, on the
21st instant.

Upwards of 300,000 ntackarel have been caughtat
Weymouth during the last week ; they have been. sold
as low, as two shillings a hundred.
Yesterday morning a rick of hay in the Little•PArk,
Windsor, caught fire, and was entirely consumed.
A rick adjoining was also much damaged.
A celebrated cock-fighter at York had a cock called
Bonaparte: being the hero of the dunghill, his fame
induced a person of that neighbourhood to challenge
him with an Irish cock, who killed his adversary .
The victor is now Marquis Irdfington. •

HIGH WATER AT LONDON LRIDG E TO-MORROW.
Morelng ......... . ............... nil:. uses atter ti
Alitrnoon..

Elk IH.

Friday, the 9th instant, at her Lther's house, in Dover, the
wife of H. J. Palmer. Esq. Surgeon, Prince Regent's Own Lan-
cashire Royal Regiment, of a son.

MARRIED.

Tuesday, the Rev. S. Barker, of Yarmouth, to Jane, eldest
daughter of Samuel Ray, Eaq. of Tannington, to SutZulk.
At Brighton, the Rev. George Townsend, of Trinity
College, Cambridge, to Elizabeth, eldest clan7hter of :71unuel
l'y kr, Esq. of Twickenham., Middlesex.
At North Cray, Kent, the Rev. H. Hibbert, o' Prorrley,
to C. Hoiship, second daughter of W. Hoiship, of North Cray.
At Dean Park, near Stamford, the Rev. N. Morgan, M.A.
only son of the late Dr. Morgan, of Bath, to Miss A. Webster,
second daughter of the late D. Webster, Esq. cf Dean..