Star.
London, England, 1828-12-19 00:00:00

OSVESTRY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB.

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The first Aanienrsary of this Establishment was held at
the Wynnblay Arms, Oswestry, on Ftiday, thesth inst.
when a numerous and highly respectable party of Gen-
tlemen (amounting to nearly one hundred) dined to
gethet, to celebrate the formation of an Establishment
having for its object to express . an. unalterable attach.
ment.t‘those ptinei, les under which these kingdoms
have been happily .governed during a .long series of
years, and have become " the Anchor and Hope of the
World."

The Chair was taken by the Hon. THOMAS KIMYON ;
and the office of Vice-President was filled by WILIJAM
Ovissm Guits, Esq.

COMMON COUNCIL.

The LORD MAYOR held a Court of Common Council
yesterday, which was fully attended.
• A Petition from Mr. Taylor, in relation to a proposed
Suspension Bridge from Holborn Hill to Skinner-street,
was presented to the Court. and referred to the Con.
mittee for. Improvements to consider and revolt.
A Petition from Peter Jeffery, relative to his plan lot
the formation of Approaches to thk New London Bridge,
was presented, and in part read, when an objection being
taken to part of the petition, it was withdrawn, and
after being altered. was again presented and read, and
referred to the New London Bridge Committee for con-
sideration.

The City Lands Committee delivered' in a Report hi
relation to a Copy having been begun to be made of
the Portrait of the Chamberlain, for the purpoie of an
Engraving being m4de therefrom, which was read, and
Mr. Jennings permitted to complete the CoPy far thE
pint pose.
The Finance Committee delivered in a Very long Re-
port upon the state of the City Finances, w: ich was
agreed to, and ordered to be printed for the infornia-1
non of the Members cf ;he Court.
A petition from several inhabitants of Botolpli`ind
Pudding Lanes, on the subject of the proporei avenues
to the New London Bri eras presented and Termed
to the Committee, sho were instructed to hear evidence
Jberemr.

• ' SPANISH AND -ITALIAN NILIDOSSIL •
At the request of the LORD MATCiIt on behalf of the
Committee for the relief of the Spanish-and Italian Re-
fugees, the use of the Guildhall wits Unanimously voted
for the purpose of a Concert in aid of their funds.
. toupote BRIDDF.
The Court then took into consideration the Report cf
the London Bridge Committre, upon their grneral pro•,
ceedings in relation to the New Bridge and the air-,
proacbes thereto, in which they recommended the
adoption of a plan with an arch over Thames ;treet, as
being in their opinion better adapted- to the relitive
altitude of the Bridge and the adjoining h.II, more
sword to the convenience of the public at large, And
occasioning much less destructioh of property.
The Report was opposed by Mr. Pastimes's, 'echo
moved an adjournment, which was negati►ed by a
g eat majority; and the Report, alter a .sh..rt discua-
,i :n, was agreed to, and the Committee instructed to
p oceed accordingly.

Smithfield market was so over-supplied with ht
beasts on Monday, that nearly one third were reported
to have been driven away unsold.
By the arrival of the Badger, sloop f war, Rom die
Azores, the doubt as to the fate ol the wall force sent
by 1.):41 Micmac, to reduce Terceira. has beeri cleared
up. It appears that previously to the Bth iostant, w hes
the Bidget left St/Mtehael's, a ve,set had arrived there
4scom.l.isbori, bringintt a confirmation of the sesiorrtg
Elie Dispersion of those vessels, and of their tettlin' to
Lisbon.— Plyrnouth Jena Pia •

...

Yesterday: between the hours• of eleven rend rifeigiV-
the forenoon, a boat from his Majesty's Nightirs
ga!e, lying in the S )(rod, was '•rdered to pidceed to the
tact end of the B.eakwater, to take up a keg of etintrar.
band spirit, which was floating there. Whilst in the act
of doing so, a heavy sea 0 ashed immediately over the
boat and filled it, by which unfortunate circumstance
one of the men called Leader (a Onartermastei) Was 11
drowned, and had it 'not been for theinomist and tin;
"mane assistance afforded them by the boats belooging
to the Breakwater, the whc.le of the crew must have
been lost. Tfe body has not been picked up.Plyntouth
.Journal:
That malefactors used to be ieteired at 1) burn I.
former days is now clearly proved, for as the workmen
.were employed in laying pipes connected wi h the
Grand Junction Water Wb.k, a short trine sio, ju.i
behind the Turnpike house,
,they dug
.up ts•e skeleton
of a man of enormous .heigh., _at lead sevenfeet, for
the thigh bone was considerably longer than 'that of
one 11 the men, who Was six feet high. On be'n •ex-
posed to t•'re air the skeleton soon crumbled to pieees,
with the exception of the upper and 10-Wer jaa...s, the
teeth in which are in a • ;lend state or reser iation.
Tr is curioos..pecimen of mortality must hive been un-
der ground for about 2) years. [
Demerara Papers ha•e arrived to the 28th of Octo-
ber. They contain the premolars 4.f the opting:got the
House of Assembly at Tobago.' The'. new Governor's
speech appears t. have given great. salisfacii[ii, as he
states—" fa followrog my in-trucions, I am bound t"
maintain your freedom of debate, as al,o to restect yodr
constitutional rights and . privileges." ' The House el [
Assembly in reply s•id—" It is with no ,mall deg',
of pleasure we heard your Escellency assert that it win
Lan article of his Majesty's instructions that you were C,
promote our freedom of debate, and to respect our
con.tnutional rights arid privileges. That your Excel-
lency will regard them as sacred, we have no doubt"
The rights and privileges of the House have been here-
tofore the subject of moth contention. •
r A gentleman with whom we are 'acqu tinted has
communicated to us the following instance ,of sleep-
walking, or, as it is more classically designated. sons
nambulism. We can vouch for it. truth. -.Tire mother
of our informant bai a maid servant, who sleeps with
her. A lew days ago the mistress ordered a sweep to
attend on the following morning, for the purpose of
cleaning a chimney. The maid was present when
sooty was engaged, and the tbrughts of the necessary
preparations had probably operated on her mind ; for
during the.sight she arose, and proceeding to the I. ul
chimney, actually.conuiveJ to introduce herself into it,
and with a hand-brush which she had seized seeceeded
in sweeping the lower part most effectu illy. Satisfied
with the molt of her operations, she at length re-
turned
to bed; but neglected to perform those ablu-.
*op which her dirty occupation ha(' I endered peculiarly'
When the man of soot arrived, she awoke,
104. unconscious of what had taken place, let bias in.'
He no soorer.perceived her than be burst into an Mr
Moderate fit of laughter. and said be supposed .' I as
[ bow site had finished the job herself." Not under.t.ind-.1
mg his meaning, the girl bre, recourse tri a glass. and
ttseis the mystery was explained. We need scarcely
Add, that•she linen of the bed bore ample testimony to
the tooth of tit* sweep's suppositions.•—HerrfberMenwry