Star.
London, England, 1826-07-28 00:00:00

JOHN BULL IN PARIS.

The following is an extract of a private letter from
an Englishman in Paris, dated July 19;
44 Yesterday evening the Parisians were regaled with
a rich treat, in the fields lying to the south of the city,
by a large party of thorough-bred John Bulls, who had
paid us a visit from the Weald of Kent. However
laudable the endeavour may be to transplant to the
capital of France the rustic amusements of the English,
it is, I anticipate, a measure which will never meet
with even a tolerable degree of. success. The sports
were of a nature never before exhibited in Paris, and
entirely new to the eyes of a Frenchman who had not
visited England. Jumping in sacks for a fine Holland
chem'se was finely contested by half a dozen rosy-
chi eked wenches, half English and half French. This
was not so much a trial of skill as of strength ; for a
stout lusty wench, who boasted of being born at Smar-
den. in Kent, distanced the three French girls, and beat
those of her own country by twenty yards. It evidently
appeared that it was not thefirst time she had jumped
in a sack. The next fete which engaged the atten-
tion of the wondering Parisians was a gingling match
for a new hat and a pair of boots. In this, at in
the former instance, the candidates for the prize.
(sixteen in number) were of both nations, French and
English. As nimbleness and agility were the only
accomplishments necessary to insure success, both
parties appeared to be equally well matched; for neither
is the space of 20 mina es (the time allo*ed to decide
the mach) could catch the man with the bell, who was,
picked out as one of the most agile Frenchmen of the,
day, being, by profession, a mountebank dancer. What,
evidently amused the assembled throng more than any
of the preceding exhibitions, were six old women drinking
scalding hot tea for a new gown, and five Frenchmen, un-
der 19 years of age, smoking the strongest tobacco for a
new pair of shoes and silver watch ; the old ladies scalding
their mouths, their shrieks, and the wry faces they made
on the occasion—the distorted countenances of the half-
dead smokers, caused by the operation of the 4, best
Virginia" upon the delicate stomachs of these youthful
smokers, were enjoyed as a rich treat by the delighted
crowd of Frenchmen, who testified their joy by the most
rapturous applause. The evening's entertainment con-
cluded with four men crawling up a smooth pole, well
greased, 20 feet high, for 21r francs, which were in a
bag, tied at the top ; and four boys, with their hands tied
behind them, and their legs in a sack, dipping their head,
into a broad tub of treacle for 12 oranges, with a franc
in each. All these amusements terminated without the
slightest accident, or disposition to create riot and con.
fusion ; and the delighted mob of French and English
dispersed, all equally gratified with the amusements
which had been afforded them by a party of thorough•
bred John Bulls from the Weald of Kent."

The widow of the celebrated German tragic poet
&MLLES died last week at Bonn.

Mr. O'ConNELL, during the Assizes of Limerick,
appeared with a broad green ribbon in his bat, th kaf of which
was bordered with the same colour.

CA IN WOOD.—After the lapse of a quarter of a cen-
tury, Caen Wood. the seat of the Alawsrtuns, has arisen into life.
The pasties, on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, were, from
May to the middle of the present month, distinguished as forming
the leading personages in the emit erns.
The Diorama, which suffered so much by the late
hail storms, has undergone the necessary repairs, and again become
the fashionable resort of an admiring public.
Monday, a fine child, about three years of age,.the
eon of an industrious furrier, named Barrington, residing at the
Melon Ground, Peckham, died, in consequence of taking, in-
ternally, a quantity of oil of vitriol. The father, it appeared, bad
placed a bottle, mmtainlag vitriol on the shelf in his workshop.
In the course of Monday, as the family were removing, the
bottle, containing the stuff, was by some accident or other removed
from its situation on the shelf into the kitchen, where the poor child
was playing alone, and who, perceiving the bottle, put it to his
mouth, and swallowed a great portion of the burning liquid. The
terrible effects of the vitriol were apparent. on the deceased's lips,
mouth, and tongue, which were burnt in a frightful manner.

Wednesday evening two 'Then went to the house of a
poor woman of the name of Jenkins, residing in the Cornwall road,
Lambeth, and inquired if she took in washiag, and being answered
in the affirmative, one of them walked in, wrote his address, and
departed. The poor woman soon after discovered that the man who
had been left at the door had decamped with a large basket of linen
which was placed ow a chali in the passage, and which contained
property to the anoint of about eight or ten pounds.
A few days since, as tour youths Were bathing in a
pond near TeLburi, one of them who could not swim
grt out of his depth, and calling for assistance, two of
the party swam to his relief, and in the attempt to save
him all three were drowned.
An inquisition was taken on Wednesday at the °Mee
attached to the powder-mills belonging to Sir C. BATS
CURTIS and Co. which are situated at Hounslow Heath,
about midway between the town of Hounslow and the
village of Twickenham, on the bodies of William Ind.
and Benjamin Horsey, who were killed by the sudden
explosion of one of the mills, on the morning of Toes-
day. Verdict " Accidental death.*
PROVIDINTIAL DIILIVERT.The ship Emily, of
Nantes, having on the 13th July of last year cast anchor
at Christmas Harbour, in the Isle of Desolation, per-
ceived, about six hours afterwards, a boat approaching
the vessel, containing six men, who proved to be a party
of unfortunate beings come from the Cloudy Islands, a
distance of eight miles, where they had been left ten
months befote by an English vessel, with only two days'
provisions. When they were received on board the
Emily, they were covered with the skins of the sea
calves, and their faces were browned to such a degree
by long exposure to the sun, that it was impossible to
discover to what nation they belonged. During their
sojourn on those desert and inhospitable rocks they had
existed upon penguins and other large birds, which
frequent the islands all the year, and bad preserved
themselves against the rigours of the : season by
burning oil, extracted from the fat of sea elephants, in a
cavity of the rock in which they bad taken up their
miserable abode, and from whence they were conveyed
by the Emily, and landed at the Isle of Bourbon,.
What the sufferings of these unfortunate men must
have been, the feeling heart alone can form its idea
• of.—Fiench Paper.