Star.
London, England, 1826-08-10 00:00:00

HIBERNIAN MINING COMPANY.
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The Half-yearly Meeting of the Shareholders, in eon-
formity with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement*
was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern t Mr.
Bat,t. in the Chair.
- The Report of the Directors WAS road, and ordered to
be received. It,gaa►e a most flattering • account of the
Company's affairs, and of the probable success of their
raining speculation in Ireland. It alto appe4red that a
sum of 12,0001. was now in the hands of she Treasurer,
available to the disbursement of-the Association, which
sum it was confidently anticipated would be increased
to the amount of 20,0001. by the expected payments of
defaulters. The statements of the Report, as to the
prosperous condition of the lash Mines, were founded
on accounts received from CaptainßEAVF 'RT. •

Mr. Bum addressed the Meeting, and expressing his dissent
from the statement of the Report, maintained that the concern was
by no means se prosperous as it was represented to be.
After the confirmation of the Report, it was resolved that the
names of the Shareholders should be printed, with asterisms, Mark-
ing the number of votes to which each was entitled.

CANTERBURY, Anal= S.—Saturday morning a
storm of thunder and lightning passed over this city,
but happily without doing any damage. The surround.
ing country, however, was not so fortunate, as at Adi-
sham the lightning struck a windmill and forced out
the windows and the door from its hinges. At Charing,
also, the electric fluid descended on a dwelling house,
the owner of which was severely .scorched, and the
Muse partly demolished.
%Tatum' ALL.•••-The grand Concerts givenat these Gar-
dens have formed a pew epoch, as it were, in the fashion-
able, as well as the musical world ; for it was considered
very ungentee.l to be seen at Vauxhall, before ten or
eleven o'clock, but now, the carriages roll along by
eight o'clock, and the Saloon is generally full before
half-past. Last evening the selection was a very good
one, and several new compositions were introduced, be-
sides al lots of favourites," as Mingle has it, by Miss j
naves, Miss Lova, Miss Hums, De BEONIS. SINCLAIR
repeated hisalegant Rondo of 0 I tell me no more of My
sighs and thy tears, with his accustomed taste and axe-
cotton. BRAHMA sung, for the first time, England, the
home Vthe World, which was //cored; he also sung a
new song, founded on an idea which he gave to Mr.
PARRY, of having the military words of command In-
troduced; the, recepttbh was enthusiastic, and the encore
universal; chi volume of voice which be threw into the
line 44 Make ready ! present ! firs r was truly wonderful.
Tomtit:Km Wat4.l.--The Duchess of Mani honour-
ed Tunbridge Wells with her presence on Friday even-
ing. The inhabitants evinced strong feelinga of loyalty
towards her Royal Highness, and each seamed to en-
deavour to vie with the other. The town was brilliantly
illuminated, and at many houses the lights were inter-
spersed with festoons of Rowers, having altogetker a
most splendid effect. The Orchestras on the Parade, in
which were two military bands, who relieved one ano-
ther by playing several popular marches and airs, con-
tributed much to enliven the scene. They were both
ornamented with flowers, transparencies, and lamps.
The illuminations were general in the neighbourhood.
Tuesday se'nnight, the servant of Mr. Longford, of
Auchlyne, was robbed of a gold watch, and upwards of
1001. in money, by a person having the appearance of a
horse-jockey, and who had only arrived two or three
hours before at_Mr. Gibb's inn, Stirling, where he gave
a horse in charge to the hostler. He was apprehended
next day in a public house in Stirling, and all the pro-
petty, with the exception of about 121. on his person.—
He was immediately committed to prison.
There is now living at Fort William a woman of the
name of Mrs, Ross, who has attained the extraordinary
art of a hundred and five years. She is of a religious
disposition, has been a very industrious and a very tem-
perate regular living woman, and still possesses a re-
markable buoyancy of animal spirits. She manages
her household matters, and walks about the place with
the activity of a maiden of eighteen. Her sght is but
little, and her hearing none impaired, and it is only
from a lack of lustre and animation in her eyes that a
person discovers her patriarchal age. Her delight is in
reminiscences of the days of other years, and possessing
an excellent memory, with the garrulity natural to old
people, she relates with great vivacity a number of ro-
mantic traditionary legends, which were much valued
by aged people in her youth; instances of individual
peril and intrepidity in battle, or the joys and misfor-
tunes of some happy or unfortunate pair. She has paid
particular attention to the events that have been passing
under her own eyes, and details with great minuteness
the changes that have t4ken place in the dress, manner
of living, and the face of the country, since her juvenile
days. She is held in great respect by her acquaint-
ances, and is visited by a number of the intelligent
people who visit Tort William.
COMING TO Tat POINT.—The following is a ver-
batim copy of a Cieeronias epistle lately sent to s parish clerk re-
siding somewhat less than one hundred miles (torn the parish of
Wooten. near Northampton: " Can wa bas snared to morrow
morning at alavan Clock—Plase to sand man word."
It is impossible in Russia for a man of character to
go out, although it be only to next door, unless in a
coach drawn by six horses—a state which becomes
sometimes almost ludicrously inconvenient.—" The first

day on which I confirmed to this practice, having a
visit to pay to a Lady who occupied the next house to
mime, one of my postillions had already entered the
gate of her dwelling, while the carriage was still under
that of my own."—Memoirs V Count Segur.
A BANDY Jogs.—A company of itinerant actors
once attempting to gratify the inhabitants of a country
town by their united efforts, one of our best tragedies'
~
was selected for the night's amusement. In the fourth
act of the tragedy, the Duke, sitting in judgment, or-
dered the culinit into Court, in thew words:--" Bring
the vile offender straight before us." The messenger,
who was a wag, stepped forward, and exclaimed in the
superlative, " It's impossible, your Grace, to bring him
straight before you, for he is one of the bandyestlegged
fellows you ever saw jn all your life;" which occa-
sioned such a universal roar, that a considerable time
elapsed before the tragedy could be proceeded with.
Sir CHRISTOIWEII Nlruus, who commanded an Eng-
lish fleet in 1666, having taken a Spanish man of war,
and got the Commander on board his ship, committed
the care of him to a Lieutenant, who was directed to
observe his behavionr. Shortly atter word was brought
to MINNS that the Spaniard was deploring his captivity,
and wondering what great Captain tt could be who had
made Don with a lung and tedious string of
names and titles, his prisAter. '['he Lieutenant was
ordered to return to the charge, and, if the Dan per-
sisted in his curiosity, to tell him that KIT MINNS had
taken him. This diminutive name uttetry confounded
the titulado, threw him into an agony of grief, and
gave him more acute pangs than all the rest rif his hos.
fortunes.