Star.
London, England, 1825-12-08 00:00:00

PARIS, DECEMBER 4.

There is not, probably, in the whole world, a place
which boasts so much of its Police as Paris; and these
is not, probably, another City on earth where the Police
is so badly regulated, as far as regards the state of the
streets, and their cleanliness and comfort, both for foot
passengers and horses and carriages. A Gentleman,
who is just arrived from Paris, relates the following cir-
cumstance, which will serve as an illustration of the
above remark, and of the total indifference and disre-
gard of practices that, in other cities, would oall down
the vengeance, as it onght, of all the- whole Police
laws. Passing one afternoon through one of the greatest
thoroughfares and most crowded streets of Paris,,the
attention of ffie above Gentleman was directed to
having the appearance of a servant, coming out of one
of the gateways, with a large basket, which he conceived
contained dirt or ashes, or the refuseof vegetables, w hich
it is the common practice to throw out into the streets
at all hours of the day and night, which, as well as large
heaps of oyster-shells, sufficient to ()versa a carriage,
are suffered to remain and take their chance. The man
deliberately walked into the middle of the street, and to
the Gentleman's surprise and astonishment, as delibe-
rately emptied—not dirt or ashes, nor vegetables or
oyster-shells—but a large quantity of broken glass battles
Surprised at such a circumstance, the Gentleman waited
a short time to see if such a strange matter would not
call forth some observation from the neighbours or pas-
sengers in the street ; but seeing it regarded as quite a
matter of course, the Gentleman being a stranger, and
belonging to ANOTHER PARISH, be did nut choose to
trouble his head about the business, but continued
his walk.

The weather in Paris continues rainy and boisterous
to a degree, but the climate is still remarkably mild.
Nov. 30.—General Foy, the celebrated orator in the
Cham)wer of Deputies, was buried yesterday. The
crowds that assembled to witness his funeral was innu-
merably great. All Paris may be said to have been in
motion on the occasion.

Yesterday, Mr. BOLLA ND handed round to his brother
Barristers, at the London Sessions, a letter which he,
as senior practitioner at the Sessions, had received from
the LORD MAYOR, requesting him to notify to the Gen-
tlemen of the Bar, that whenever their avocations
brought them to the Old Bailey Sessions House, the
table would be open to them all. This hospitable
practice prevailed until about twenty years ago, when
it was discontinued; and the custom of giving personal
invitations to the Barristers alternately on different
days, was substituted. This regulation will materiaJly
increase the expenses of the Session, which fall upon
the purses of his Lordship and the Sheriffs.
The effeoa of the failure of Mr. SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
is beginning to be severely felt in Birmingham and its
neighbourhood, from a very heavy amount of bills
drawn upon him, by parties unable themselves to pay
them, and which are, consequently, in the hands of
manufacturers, whose means to meet such a disappOist-
ment arc in general totally inadequate.
A dreadful monster, in human form—an assassin,
who had no fewer than nine murders proved against
him, besides numerous robberies, was late:y hung and
quartered in the Ha vannah, alter nearly escaping con•
dign punishment, through the protection he met with
among persons of high rank and influence, by means of
money, no doubt, which it was in his power to distri-
bute among those on whom his sentence depended. He
was condemned by the Courts three times, and as. often
WAS he allowed to appeal; at length he was tried and
condemned by a Court-martial, when his sentence was
c..rried into execution. This is the way justice is ad-
ministered in the Colonies still dependent on Spain.
The uniform worn by the Consuls in the Levant com-
bines, in a singul.r manner, the habits of Eastern and.
Western nations; it is a long dress, withsa three-cornered
hat, a bag wig, and an anchor un the button of the hat.
For some weeks past persons have practised a method
of injuring the horses which are left in the fields near
Camberwell and Dulwich, by cutting eliff their manes
sand Lath.