Star.
London, England, 1828-09-06 00:00:00

DUMFRIES, Sirr. 4,

An itinerant Italian, or, as his brethren are sometimes
called, one of your ',boy, buy, men," a' rived per the
St. Amite+, steamer, on 'Thursday, at Dumfries. His i
luggage consisted f alabaster sm iges, and he bargained
with • caster. who happened to be tipsy, to convey them
to Dumfries for 2.. 6.1. A seat in the cart cost a trifle
mote, "f rye a gull o' whisky at the gust and ready
money was gruffly asked and promptly given. ArsiseJ
at Kelton, the carter demanded more pa v .which' the othrr :
resolutely !dosed to give.and then a lei r iblr colly-shangy
ensued. Oaths in Swtch, and oaths in Italian, wese inter
!changed at the same moistens, and a • °man with a child
who was siring in the cast, became so apprehensive
.hat mi,chief would ensue, that she requested some
ot the bysstanders to help ber down. And it was
sell she did so; for scarcely had the woman got to
her feet, when the cart was w cooped up," and' its
cargo ,stresed on the public road, to the great dew
went of half the gm.' men in the word. Emperors
and Kings were d-capiiat cl in a moment, and even
stern warriors. such as N spoleon and the Duke of Wel-
lington, were seen bating the dust together. Empresses,
Queens, and celebrated beauties, lay mangled side by
side, obj.cts of compassion rather than admiration: and
the scene altogether, though alabaster is neither fJ sh
nor blood, resembled on a small scale a field of battle.
But the carter' bad no bowels of compassion, and so far
born mourning over the havoc around, he seized a rack
stick, chased the Italian in'o the adjr.ining fields, and
threatened to pound him as he had done ills imaves.—
for all these offences 11e was brought before the Police
Court, and flied, ls., for charging a higher fare than
is allowed by the Tonnage Act ; 2(14, for insulting and
111-using his empl ger ; 3dly, for damaging his b-zes
and goods, and Isstly, for endangering the lives tithe
woman and child. And truly the man had season to
be thankful that he got so easily off, since in some Ca-
tholic and Contines.tal countries, he would have been
liable to indictment for *jib treason, considering the
terrible pluky he• had played to so many mitred and
I crowned Leads.—Dinitleies Courier.

An Inquest was held at the Brown Bear, Knights-
bridge, on the body of a full grown male child, which
appeared to have been in the water several days, and
had several bruises on various pans; but there being no
evidence as to bow it came into the water, the Jury
found a verdict to that effect.

An Inquest was held at the Magpie and Stump,
Fetter-lane, on the body of Sarah Dareet, aged SO.
The deceased was addicted to drinking, and on Than-
day night was in company with several I then women
intoxicated, when her improper conduct caused her to
be ejected by the landlord. Her companions raised a
report that she had been cruelly tie.ted by the land-
lord of the Key, in Fleet Market; but sever al. witnesses
exonerated him from all Mame, and the Juiy returned
a vet diet r fan-Pied by the Ift,itation of Goo.
Thursday a middlearaged man, genteelly dressed in
black and a bin au-great coat, drove up to the house of,
Mt. Caddett. Clarence-terrace, New Road, in a horse
an f chaise, attended by a livery servant, and under some
pretence gained an entrance into the house, when he
&mitered, du ing the absence of the servant from the
room into which he had been shown, to st al a green
morocco writing desk, containing one 201. ten 104 and
five .51. note., with which he got clear off.
A formidable opposition to the Omnitus coaches has
started op in Paris. A great number of new coaches
opon'th • same principle f cheap conveyance, called
Les Dames Blanches" (the white ladies), have been
boilt by a new company. They are painted white, with
a motto in gold upon a red ground ; and at the back
of each coach are sketches of Scotch scenery and cos-
tume, from the opera of La Dante Blanche. The horses
and their hatness are white, and the shivers wear white
hats, and embroide ed white cnats. The mode of as-
cending the coach is different from that of the Omni-
bu which has been so much coniplained 'of. In the
new coaches it is a flight of steps vinh a railing to pre-
vent falling, and the d itns• instead of opcning out-
, wards, disappear by means of slides in the panels; a
kind • f trumpet under the seat of the coachmen. and
which is played by pressure. executes the principal airs
cf the opera of the Dame Blanche.
Weduesday evening an accident of the most dreadful
n.ture occurred at Hammersmith. A poor a on: in,
named Ann Whe t ey, was waiting supper for Inn hus-
band, who does b.isinesi as a jobbing gardener. whcn
she fell asleep by the side t f the Cite. Her son, who had
trills d to rest, was arost•ed by the most dread-
ful shrieks; and, jumping from his bed, he disco-
weird h a poor mother in a flame of fire. He imme-
diately. with great presence I f mind, ran back fir hi
blanket ; and, wt n turui g, t new it rr and het. He
was successful in extinguis.iing tne flaiur-, but not be-
fore she had been _dreadfully bum. Her aims were
completely deprived of the skin, and her b ik was in
a state the u ost dreadful to, think of. He soon obtained
the assistance of his neighbows,.who hat he: conveyed
to an Hospital, where she now Healy theveatest agony.

A *ht.

aiamnias OIL Tit DUKE OF ROVICO (ak; SAVAII*I).

'IIITTI/1 BY 111D1aeL1f. VOLS. 1. 11 A*l4o 111'. •
In the three volumes no* before us, M. Say.ry hal
reviewed the hi,ory of Napoleon Bonaparte, hour 'try,
period At w hich the mule 'or drat extraordinar y man
tirit became known in Europe, to the grand invasion of
France in the Spring ot 1814, and the f II ot his n ikhty
n. M. Sava.? was the friend. the confidant.
and ni t *infrequently the Wei er, ril N .poleon. in w h^be
hand, he received benefits and honnuis, equally merited
by h b Seriricev and hi, gratitude. His deentillo to Vie
y id his ration is as unbounded as w.is his fide.

lity*tt, his cause ;fusing evet y variety f fortune, through
good moon and evil report. Nepolom Lying was the
object of his veneration—Napoleon dead ie still the god
sit his ioolats y. Indeed the anxiety which he manifests,
and the ingenuity he clefts, to lueni.h excuses, of
assign upright motives to actions which have been and
ever will be condemned by all the wool I. betray him
at times in n strange extravagosicies. The situation,
however, of M. Saadi y wars such as to place under his
immediate ob.ervance. f sets and occurrences, the true
mouse of which has hitherto been concealed; and these
Memoirs contain a mass of information, which, not.
lisranding that it is pie.ented to the view in a pecu.
ler light. must be consuleteJ as interesting at the
resent ton- as it will be important to every tutute
gtaphei of N spolerin, or to toe general hi.toti n. Tle
first and second vmumes being down the history to the
annexation of Hoban I to Fiance, aft,. the abdication
of Louts—a voluntary abdication, as M. S teat y would•
sepreient it, much ,agssiiitst the will, and greatly to the
segiet of his bri the, N.ipoleon. At about this period
Vie .author was appointed t i the fliie of Minister of
Police, upon the di,gract- of Fouche. his in that si-
tuation that his means observation enable him to di-
vulge the most remit: kahie facie, and this he onifoinily
dres,.howeier discied table the circumstances to him
self, with a fratikliebb and houclialance which we know
nut whether to commetici (Sr reprobate.
We snake. the following extiact from the third
volume. It reteis is the critical period at which the
Allies were pressing uptui Pali,:
4' The Emperor, who had not been deceived respect.
ing the View" of the Allies, employed in the preparation
of mean, of defence the time which was spent by those
about him Meld, in expressing their hopes of a happy
change. He was uniesnmitting in hi, exertions to eitr.
aemble an army, equip it, and put it in a condition to
take the field. He garrisoned the fortresses of the old
frontier, which had not been thought cf since 1795 ;
but his orders and his provident nie4sute, served may
to show the paucity of his resources.
All that fotmidarle line of fortresses which like a
girdle: encircled France, was nearly di.as med. Tue ar-
tillery with which they were once suppli,d had been
ansported to the fortresses of the new frontier, and
conveyed from place to place as far as the mouth of
the Eibr and the Vistula. Incredible efforts were made
to supply places which were absosute y destitute, and to
remove all that could be collected to II e points mat
exposed to clauses. tiovei nnirot evinced ext. at r
denary activity,•hich was, generally spr.k sib, seconded
as far as possible by the population. But public zeal
was damped when the picture of our datigeas.artite be
foie us. . A demand was raised for sins, from one es-
'remit, ofFrance to the other; and iadead of thi. de-
mand being answered by a supply, the few muskets
which the national goad yet retained were taken to
form a magazine for the supply of the mins.
" The Emperor deafly saw what was-al proachinee
fig mly believe, that in those trying m introit he folioed
a just estimate of the men who six months previuuly
bad told him in full Council, ' that they s ould c insider
him dishonoured if he ceded a single village which had
been united to the Emy be by a S na.u, Consultum.'--
He al-o knew how to appreciate-those who wished t
deceive him respecting the real state of affairs. Yet
these men very well knew the situation t f Frans", and
if, instead of obeying the dictates of silty prole or in
terested zeal, they had given utterance to the complaints
which resounded in their ears, how many misfortune.
might have beets spared !
But the exclusive favour of the Empetor was the
sole. object of their ambition. Thy were moitified if
they saw him speak twice to any man who was ac-
counted superior in talent to themselves; They imme-
diately took aseasines to get rid of such men, and they
never ies ed till they-accomplished their porfose. The
result of this fatal system was soon obvious. Tomb gave
place to flattery ; zeal and entlindasm fled; and the
Empire fell. Ow misfortunes were not the woik of
those who bad originally caused them, but the result of
an obstinacy which those very individuals were unable
to subdue. They shield themselves under the pretext
of having exerted a degree of fit miims and opposition
foteign t t their natures. Bea in vain—their names ate
inseparably connected with public calamities; and our
posterity will see whose hands.wiought the destruction
of that edifice of glory which we proudly hoped 49
transmit to them unimpaired.
" Thoie men who are destined never to show Ahem-
selves on the field of battle me always most eager far
war. They seek to appropriate toothemselves the ho
nour and respect which are the reward of those who
incur,danger. They weigh the talents and courage of
a General; and if they cannot seduce these quaiities
below the ordinsiy level, thefilescribe him as an to,-
principled spoliator. How efen have I heard such
backbiting addiessed to the Enipelor, lespecting min
whom lie was known to est ens; ai.d when ti e calumny
had taken effect, the injured pone, were ii formed by
their detractors that repents had reached the ear of the
Emperor, whs., in consequence had conceived untavout-
able iruptessions, which the r fileadly efforts had been,
unable to erase! I have tiequelitly heard the Emperor
impose silence of these slanderers'; and 1 hose of:en
observed him reading angsily the seents' of General
Office' s who fancied they were giving him . pro its if
attachment by calumniating thee. comrades. A yea'
number of these shameful instances of detraction catAe
to my knowledge ; and the only rvioach that can be
fixed upon the Emperor is that of having been kind
even to weakness to men who sought hii favour only
from base and interested motives. Titer crouched to
him for their own purposes, but they eldest-awed no te-
pid for him, or at least they had none*. that ei.thu-
**attic devotedness which they usiceasingly protessed.
" I have already obsessed. that the Emperoron see•
mg the host of difficulties that sue-wooded him, did not
deceive himself with iespect to the results to which
his situation might expose him. Of this the following
is a proof :
" He placed no confidence in the sentiments ex-
pressed in the declarations of the Allies. Hr had said
long before, ' Tttey hive appointed my grave as theft'
place of rendezvous, but none of them will venture t••
come first.' He now added, Tile time of rendezvous
has arrived. They think the lion dyad t and the (re,
von is. Who will give the ass's kick? It France Sean-
don me,-I can do nothing = but she will soon repent of
doing so.'
• " His conduct on this-trying occasion serves ter shim

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what inaj effeciati itenfis;surli as hi.. We al
judge what I e would 'bare Jo e had he been stippited.
Fate seemed totive toroponitined el 4 *right of his mis-
, .ortunes to his.powsr of endulatite. Nothing astonished
h m. or shorilr his firmness. • •
" The Entiielor resolved to bring tilt affairs of Spain
to a close. lied tie dose it two must ht swine, there
no tfnubt but be would have -Irene?* his ewe' aim
1,1 the Seaupit assay
,ha‘• btch ilt burgundy
when the .411iej fOrces *suited flr the hunters of Salt-
set land. He mentioned this pllo w casubscese ,
whom it was decidedly •Ifys I *CIL Tie for
Foieign Affairs was orJeted to direct inimediiie such;
tion to k. Toe SlSnistrr to me tut a.per' *mission
to enable hi. de la Fos est, who bel.ingei to the depaif-
went of Faeign Affairs, to visit V.ielicey, slid remain
these whenever he thought fit. lie also applied fir a
passport for the Doke de San nhu had been
,eparat d from tie Pritice the Asturias when M.
Fouche was id office, and sir) reside.! at Lons-le-Saul-
neer, in Franche-Comte. _

" The Spanish Princes lived in perfect retirement at
Valencey. However, ad their m ivements wete wall
known; and those who know any thing of Spanish
.manners, will readily believe that it was unnecessary to
resort to any disagreeable measures fir tre peers.. of
oirserving them. These wa.'as much tote ii.;ue at the listle
Court e f Vase' c. y as' there was at Madrid. The cow
ride .cc eel toe Pe tote was as went a ull•riat of competi
tl ea as tie Viceroyalty Of Mexico. The mo.t ambito us
'courtier was alwa)s scatty to sacrifice his rival ; and
that rival would readily have had Recourse to any means
ut getting viii if the person be feared.
' The Spanish iliCeS were diesel' ere never watched
by me, except through these competitions. It was only
neces.ae y to ns.site use of one's eyes and eats; and I
nes elm it recommended that they should be allimed lull
freedom. I was very glad to be this exempt from the
necessity of adopting those coercive measures, which
the general rt.te of .fruits would perhaps hate
rased. 0.1 one occasion only I expetienced a bit e diff.
culty. The hence of the Asturias suidenly conceived
a violent passion for riding on horseback, though pie-
'piously he had Mown but little inclination to go out ;
and when he did. went always in a carriage. I felt a
little embarrassed ; tot though I was net to be made
hii dupe, yet I was unwilling to deprive him of the
amusement which he seemed anxious to enjoy. I took
toy -measures 'accoidingly. His saddle•hutses all at.onee
fell into a nos.t us:versed condition; so that whenever
be wanted to tide, one was lame, another had a nail in
his loot, &c. As tie was not much tit a horseman. many
of these little accidents were attiibuted to hilnself,though
they were the work of A man who was employed to keep
the stud in this continual state of inefficiency. The tr ck
succeeded, and at length his Highness's tiding-fit lest
him, which I was very glad of.
" I neglected no owe:unity of communicating tis
the Ponce trf the Asturias any intelllg*.ce which was
calculated to leave.' him; and I endeavoured so banish
that spirit of it.t Igoe which io ot ten connects it.elt with
misfortune, and which I thought aas likely t.e. lead him
r. to difficulties. The Emperor particularly trcism•
turnded me to crest the Prance with all the respect that
was consistent with my duty."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PONTEFRACT RACES, Bart. 4.
The Two Year Old Stakes.
lard Sligo's eh e Cent ...
Lora Scarborough's br fby Cation • ... ..

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Several others started.
The Filly Stakes of VS sem. each.
Mr. ll•pkinson's Eliza ...
Mr. Duette. Lady Vise .. ••• ..
Lord Scarborough's Prima D.
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WARWICK RACES, Sc,. 4.
A Match for 100 arm The Guy Coons.
Mr. White's b g Granby, 5 yrs, So 41b ... ••• ..... I
Mr. feel's b ( Ariel, 4 yr., Tst 91b ... ... ...,, 8
Sweepstakes of IS sum. each, for three yr olds. Otis mile ball.
Mr. Leigh's be I by Filbe, Sit Sib ...
Sir W. Wynn'a cis e &aptly, list Slb ... ... ,•• I
.11r. Lawl.l'a bi c Frederick. Sit Sib .: .:1 ... s
Mr. King's ch c Chester Billy, Ist Sib ...

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"lime drawn.
There were two starts ; en the first. Chester Billy Dever moved;
the second he tan twenty yards and then gibbed eat of the Course,
*his whips and umbrellas behind. urging him in vain. Me. Giffatd
Is reported to have purchased him on the evening preceding the
Me, for 1000 guineas. Notwithstanding hi. belting un filundey,k
Waseven betting on him agar the held; 3 to 1 apt the Wisps!.

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3 dr

The King's Plate of 10up. Four mile beau.
Mr. Dickinson's ch c Mr. Watt, 4 yrs. 10st 71b
Mr. Peel's b $ Daub*. 3 yrs, hat 711)
Mr. I farendees b b Trumpeter, 4 yrs, last 71b
Mr. J. Day's b b Nimrod, aged, 12st
Five drawn.

The Tows Plate of £3o. Two mile heats.
Mr. White's b g Granby. 5 yrs, Mt Sib
Pickeroell's br b ZArniel, S yrs. tht 21b
Mr. Maffeorien's br b Pontiff. 4 yrs. In sib '...
Mr. Peers b f Ariel, 4 yrs, Ost Gib ..

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6.6 5 2
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A Match for 100 sous.—Four miles.
Rale's b f Palatine. 6 yes, ist•
Yr. Hancks's br f Questa of Hearts, 5 yrs. 7st ..e

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WEY MOUTH RACES. Saes. 3.
His Majesty's Plate of Wogs. ' Heats, two
Mr. W. Wyoubasis be b Conner, 5 yrs, list 1110 .. 3 1 1
Mr. Mlles br h Brow:duels, el yrs, t lot Sib ... 1.
/Ir. Taunton's di m Prosody, aged, I Ist 71b .4. 1 de
Woo by hall a !trail.
The third heat for this Plate wat'velio in lee obsutes'abd IS
seconds. HtUVIIIiUCk W• 111 the favourite, but tile buttering owes
were taken in.

• The Johnstone Plate of 50 sues. Heats, two
Mr. liattun's bg tlafgd7wa, ti yrs, Slat 31b 1 1
Ilr. b g cation, aged, Ilse Lb
Mr. Davis.' bni Jewess, 5 yrs. lOst I ;lb ... 3 3
Mr. Scu.t's hl in Bother'ens, 4 yrs, lOu 2lb .1 dB
A '.latch lot 25 WV*. rack, II ft. One mileand a half. Gentlemen
rides.. •
Captain Hampton's b as Blue Belt, 12st lib
Captain lleville'e b g Tondertop, I tut 30.51 s.
• Won by lull a neck.
The Members' Plate of 50 we.. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Luce's. bas Profile, S yrs, so Sib ... ... 1 0 1
Air. Ilailclyffe's k c Wiuslerinere, 4 yrs,7st 131 b s 0 II
Mr. 'fataitou's b b Krais,ss yrs, 44 7tu ... 3 3 3
BASINGSTOEB RACES, Save. 4.
The Vine Stakes of .5 snits. each, and 35 added, for oil ages.
Heats twice round.
Lord Balton names ch in Aura, ti yrs, Pst llb ... 4 1 1
Alr. Crouch's bis Alliaiross, 4 yrs, Sat Ilb . . .. 1 II $
Mr. !hokum's bin Fancy, 5 yrs. 114 Ulb ... ... 3 ll dr
Mr. Chute names ht in Rigmarole, 6 yrs, Sst 10Ih ... •'4 dr
5Jr. Wetherell's Palfrey, S yrs, Pot paid.
good race.
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• Sweepstakes of 10 sue.. each and 30 added, did not 611.
A Two ye:r.old Stakes of 15 sore. each, dish not All.
TILE FANCY.
Fr.nk Redmond's Nameless and Dudley Downs....-Thisraday
corning, at Harry Hoke, a meeting took place to make good the
second deposit in this match. Five pounds a.skle had beets pls.-
vsuYsly 10...ced in the handset Tom Spring. A good deal of interest
was maisifeated un the occasion in speculating so who the nameless
man should turn oat. Some disputing arose about the meaty
matters, and forfeit was declar. din favour of Dudley Downs. lie
thetadeektred himself ready to fight any man in England of his own
weight. Jack Tisdale was present.
Ned Savage and Peter Sweeney.—Wednesday ceasing, at the
Hol: in-the. Wall, Gate-•treet, the second deposit in this match was
made. good, Making akogetber it 5 a side.

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A French paper says. is yegritt.ry were taken out of
the'sem: rie budies of two men•..whaappeared to have
sojourned (sujoutne) there rot soma tirno."