Star.
London, England, 1824-08-23 00:00:00

MA RIAJORMIG 11-STREET.

A little boy, of very interesting acper.rance, and genteelly dressed,
about eight years of age, was brought up, charged as a vagabond.
The constable who apprehLnded him, said, that young as the pri-
saner was in years, he was by no means so in his practices as a
beggar. He lire frequently been in custody before, as well as his
father and mother; the former had been for years known about
town as a vagrant dressed in the character of a sailor, although he
never was one, and singing the song, " I sing the British Sailor's
praise, a theme renowned in story." Until lately, the father, in his
singing excursions, generally led the child by the hand, but he now
sends him out to beg on his own account, and very few mendicants
are more successful, for his appearance excites so much interest
that scarcely any one passes who dors not give him something. The
father and mother have two establishments, one at Whitechapel,
and another in St. Giles's, so that on the days they scour the west
end they retire to the latter, and when in the east to the former,
and they are known to live very luxuriously on the produce of their
daily labours.
The little prisoner was now questioned by the Magistrate as to
his general habits, and the average of his daily receipts, and in his'
answers he betrayed as much intelligence of mind as he exhibited in-
terest in his person. He said that for a long time be used to go out
with his father, and sometimes with his mother, who always take
separate walks, but latterly they send him out on a walk of his own,
and he pretty nearly averages, one day with another, 2s. 641. a day,
which be always brings home to his father. It is a very bad day
that be can't make is. 6d. He had that morning, up to the tune be
was taken, got ad. which he had then about him.

The Magistrate said, that had he continued to go about with his
father, and been Liken in that situation, the father, and not him,
would be punished ; but now that be had set up on his own account,
he must take the consequences.
lie was then sent for one month to the House of Correction,and
the officers were directed to have a sharp look-out after the father
and mother.

SALISBURY, Atm. l9.—The Lord Lieutenant of the
county (Lord PEMIIRONE) had his pocket-book (containing only me-
morandums) cut front his pocket coming out of the Cathedral, from
the Musical Festival yesterday. The Bishop's brother had his
pocket picked in a similar way of sel 1, awl the Dean of SAs.v
was robbed of ,C 5. Madame CATALANS, SAPIN am! Mrs. SALmon,
did better than even the family Mell. A very full musical meeting.
THE CASIELEON.-oile of these creatures, which so
rarely live in our climate, and which when not alive no
longer possess that singularity which constitutes their
value, is now exhibited at the house, of a baker, in Fleet-
street. It is imported from Sierra Leone, and is the
only survivor out of a great number who were passen-
gers in the same vessel., It is about nine inches long
" from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail," and
is, in all material points, of the lizard form and species.
The first peculiarity which strikes the spectator is in
the eye. The orb of sight is encased in a spherical
socket, moveable in every direction, and projecting so
much as to enable the animal to see on all sides; and
what adds to this facility is, that one eye has no sym-
pathy with the other; so that one can be shut while the
other is open, or one looking forwards while the other
is looking backwards. The appearance of the eye is
very. singular. It so completely resembles a gem sur-
rounded by a slight ring of gold, that it might well be
supposed to be really a piece of metal and a precious
stone. The variations in the hues over the whole skin
are rapid and surprising. On a plant of delicate green
the cameleon is scarcely distinguishable from the
plant itself; on black it becomes duslcy ; passing over
:grey, it assumes again another tinge. It delights in
light and heat, and changes in form as well as colour
;when warmed by, the rays of the sun. The claws have
,considerable power of tenacity, and are capable of be-
.
ang turned round so as to embrace any object presented
to them. The tongue is long, and of such strength that
;the animal can seize with it a fly or other insect at the
'distance of seven or eight inches. At the end is a divi•
-sion in the manner of a forceps.