Star.
London, England, 1828-09-22 00:00:00

Duke of Wrßenton •

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His MAIRSTY his had a slight attack of the gout in
his left hand during the last week, which has prevented
him from taking his usual exercise. The LINO 'S indis-
position. however, has been of so slight a nature, as not
to require the presence of a medical attendant ; and we
are rejoiced to be able to add that his MAJESTY know
perfectly recovered.
MEETING or PARLIAMEST.—The astral repairs and
preparations are procceding at both Houses of PatHa-
ment. In the lobby of the House of Commons some
carpenter's benches have bean fixed up, and workmen
are employed in enlarging the vote office, and making
alterations calculated to increase the accommodation
which it has previously been capable of afirding.
TOR EARL or ERNe.—This excellent Nobleman
departed this life at Dublin on Monday. He was a Representative
Peer, and a uniform supporter. in hi+ place in Parliament, of the
Constitution, as estabh.hed at the time of the Revolution.

Mo, al ptejsid ces are the ,tnp.pps of wit bee ; and,
like other stop pp', it Is often more difficuk for a man to get
either out or in through them, than through any tuber part of the
(cote.

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The beat crite•inn of an enlAtred mind, next to the
performance of great acti..ns, is their comprehension.
A mother shmild give her cli loom suer, Risky of en.
thusissm, that, after they have all they will tow on miming
with the world, enough may still remain to prompt and support
them through great actions. A cloak should be of three pile, to
keep its gloss in wear.
Why should not distant parishes interchange their
apprentices? that the lads on their renal, might Introduce among
their neighb►•ars the improvements in agriculture and the mecha-
nical arts which they had been taught ut bad observed during their
absence. The practice was usual two centuries ago, and still exists,
it is said, in Germany and other parts of the Continent.
Lord Durnafs hou.e in P4rk-lane, as it approaches
towards completion, presents one of the noblest private structures

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in the metropolis.
Mr. Titlard, of Canterbury, who died a few days
since, has left 150,0001. to public chanties.
COLoNT AT FIKNAWDA Po.—Captain Owen, of his
Majesty's ship Eden, who has been appointed Governor
to the Colony, is succeeded in. the command of the
Eden by Commander THOhlita a. GIIIIIINHOOIIa. of
the Primiose, the command of the latter vessel being
confeirtd on Commander —. of the Eden. Upwards
'of 600 slaves taken in the Prince of Guinea, slaver, by
the Sybill's tender, have been landed at the island and
!set to work by the Governor.

In the second Council of Macon it was contended
by a Bishop that a woman could not be called man.
This gave rise to great disputes. which were at length
decided upon the authority of the Scripture—'• Gus
created man, male and female."
THE COMET.—This lucid and beaufful meteor may
be haled as a blessing. Not long since all was des.
pondency, occasioned by the unfavourable state of the
weather. The prospect of scarcity was before the eyes
of the nation, but within these few days all is changed.
The air has become serene, and the brilliant rays of the
sun shining, without obscui ity, has entirely altered the
face of the country. This, in the opinion of men of
science, is occasioned by the bright wanderer in the
Heavens, which may been seen making its wonderful
evolution, in the north east quarter.

Ikausr, Sm. 17.—An elopement in low life was
discovered this morning, in this city. A man named
Cavanagh, himself a married man, was apprehended in
Westmoreland-street, in company with a very pretty
woman, a Mrs. Byrne, of Rathdrum, in the county of
Wicklow, Mho had abandoned her husband and three
children, and rook from the house when she was leaving
it about 504 in money. The desolate husband found on
her person about 351. and on her promise Dever to " do
the like.again," he," his faithful spouse." and his friend
Cavanagh, set off a few minutes ago, on the same car,
for Wicklow.

Ter PaNDULVII.—In reference to the relative inten-
sities of weights at different places on our globe, M. Blot has de-
termined that the attractive force is affected mot only by t►e figure
of the earth, but by the chemical composition of minerals beneath.
From the experiments mad. to the east of the Alps, weight was
found to be greater there than to the west, under the same lad.
code, and at the same height above the level of the sea. It follows,
t►erefore, that the length of the pendulum is not so invanable a
standard of treasure as it was supposed to be, there being, beddes
the earth's oblate/less, the mote inaccesdkle agency of its interim
elements to cornetist wit b.—Lard's redly Review•
ANCIENT TONQUATUS
as 'fame slates, drank three congiuses at a draught—that is 13
pita" and a half ; and Juuus Carinit.ilius. in the lite of 31ausism,
Gaye& .t lis hero drank in one day ,am amphora. containing tight
coogiuses ur thirty-sic piuts.—Lemden WerMy &New.