Star.
London, England, 1829-08-22 00:00:00

AUTHENTIC PROCLAMATION.

BARRADAS TO THE MEXICANS.
Ye villains of Mexico, peace to you all,
With muskets, and halters, and scourges I come,
To save you with chains, and aecompli.h the fall
Of freedom and hope at the sound of my drum !
To work at your welfare, a gibbet I'll raise,
You yet shall be free—for your souls shall he freed
From their lodgings of flesh—and the faggot ►hall hliz-,
The Shirr' shall dance—aced the Patriot bleed.
You sigh for a King—ah, you soon shall have one,
The master that owns ye—the Nero of Spain—
He rules like a Sage, with the sabre and gun,
And glad ynu should be to receive him again.
You want purr religion restored—and I bring
A crowd of Inquisitors, Jesuits, Monks :
They'll convert ye right soon to the true Christian thing—
At least theyll convert your vile bodies to trunks.
I bring you prosperity—handcuffs ye rogues—
A greeting from Father Nlerrioustco and friends,
A—en and Don Mig— aid the Bourbon—King Logs,
Send their love, in the hope you will heir dear
For th-.. old cry of freedom, shout tyranny now ;
The good Morning J-- and Bull will unite
To laud your blest state, 14 your dearest veins flow,
And England survey your new chains with delight !
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LITERATURE.
VERSES
From au unpublished poetical work now befrre us.
Oh world ! Oh reality ! where is thy charm ?
What is life without one's little trance?
'Tie a poor dreary heart no illusion can warm—
What is love but a tender romance ?
The sage is a fool when he madly would take
The false gilding from pleasures that seem ;
But who to reality wishes to wake,
When deliciously lull'd in a dream?
Bright castles in air were the charms of my youth—
Still I buld them—and as I advance,
Hide, Oh ! hide from my eyes the sad face of truth—
Give me love—and my dreams of romance.

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RIDICULOUS LINES
On the continued Chancery Proceedings tespecting Covent•gardeu
Theatre.
The case of Kendsle, Wallet, Forbes.
Much of the Chancellor's time absorbs:
I'm sure the costs would make me tremble,
If I were Wide, Forbes, or Kemble ;
They'll have to pay the lawyers, till it
Sickens Kentble, Forbea, and Willet.
Berkshire Chronicle.

CUINISC DRAMA.—The Chinese themselves make no technical
distinctions between Tragedy and Comedy in their stage pieces ;
the dialogue of which is composed in ordinary prose, while the
principal performer now and then chants forth, in unison with
music, a species of song or vaudeville, and the name of the tun, or
air is always inserted at the top of the paszage to be sung.—Quar-
Seri!, &view.
Toasts's Jolts.—When the Caliph Haroun el lia4chld (who was
the friend of the great Charlemagne) entertained Elan Oaz at his
Court in the quality of jester, he desired him one day, in the pre-
sence of the Sultana and all her followers, to make an excuse worse
than the crime it was intended to extenuate. The Caliph walked
about, waiting for a reply. After a long pause, Ebn Oaz skulked
behind the throne, and pinched his Highness in the rear. The
rage of the Caliph was unbounded. " I beg a thousand pardons of
your Majesty," said Rbn Oas, " but I thought it was her High-
ness the Sultana."—This was the excuse worse than the crime;
and of course the jester was pardoned.—Mirrs►.

BRIG lITON, A In:. 20.—Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart.
and family, are expected to return from their town residence, in
Dover-street, to their Pavilion Parade mansion, on Saturday.—
Lord Anson, and the Hon. H. Howard. were among the depar-
tures from the Royal York Hotel, for town this morning.—The
Hon. Mts. Hamilton, and Mr.W. Russell, are arrived at the above
Hotel, from France.—The Marchioness of l)ownshlre, Baroness
Sandys, will shortly pay us a visit for the improvement of her health.
—The wandering Troubadour, who hss made some little stir in
the world, has been with us some days, levying contributions.—
He appeared in the midis of the gay assemblage at Tuppin's Royal
MarineUbrary on Tuesday evening, in his grotesque attire, a rattan
scarf, sugar-lost bonnet, &c. and upper hp garnished with fierce
mustachios. He soon afterwards obtained permission to sing and
exerdse his guitar. His voice is indifferent, and the skill be dis-
played on the instrument certainly not deserving of particular
mention. A collection in silver in his behalf followed, which
he condescended to receive. A mystery hangs about the Trouba-
dour, some saying he is a Nobleman in disguise, and merely acting
upon a wager, which must occupy a twelvemonth to decide ; but
various other opinions also prevail. John Bull is fond of the mys-
terious; a plain "unvarnished tale" suits him not; and therefore
it is that the ingenuity of adventurers is but too often successfully
exerted. If the wager of the Troubadour had only required a
twelvemonth to bring it to a crisis, it would nearly perhaps have
sunk into oblivion before this time, for there are Gentlemen here
who say they saw him at Southampton, and other places, "raising
the wind," obtaining plentiful supplies by similar eccentricities,
three and four years ago. If such be true, it may yet be some rime
before his task is completed ; not so long, in all probability, as en-
couragement is extended to him ; should that be withheld, the
mystery, it may be predicted, will speedily disclose itself, fur " no
longer pay, no longer pipe," may follow, and, not unlikely, other
inventions and experiments be had recourse to. He seems a native
of France, about 30 years of age.

REFORMATION SOCIETY.—Monday and Tuesday
evenings Meetings of this Society were held in Portland Chapel,
which was crowded to ems& on both occasions. The tenets of
the Church of Rome formed the subject of discussion, and several
eloquent speeches were delivered by the members of the Society,
and some gentlemen who defended the prisociples of that Church.
—Cheltenham argot.

CAPTAIN DICK F.NsoN's "flit I 1.. —The Br;gitton
Casette of Thursday contains the following paragraph :—" We
understand that the Court Martial on Captain DICKINSON, which
comences this day, is expected to produce some disclosures equally
extraordinary and lamental.le. The facts to which we allude are
of so delicate a nature, that we cannot, until the evidence has been
given. describe them more minutely ; Gut we venture to say they
are without precedent among naval men."
Tuesday there was a grand procession in Glasgow at
the laying the foundation of anew bridge, to be called Hutehison's
Bridge. over the river Clyde. The day was uncommonly fine, and
the whole ceremony extremely interesting.
GOLFING.—We understand that a challenge by
James Cruickshank, Esq. the younger, of Langley Park, and Cap-
tain Bertram, of Montrose, to the lidinburgh Golf Club, has been
accepted by two gentlemen of that body, for 100 sovereigns a-,ide,
and a match of golf between these parties will h.• played on Mon-
trose Links on the 10th and 1 lth of September asst.—Dundee
Courier.

EXECUTION IN EDINBUILC.II.—Wednesday last, John
Stewart or Broadfoot, and Catherine Wright or Stewart,
were hanged in Edinburgh.—lt must be fresh in the re-
collection of our readers that the murder and robbery for
the commission of which these wretched criminals pail
the forfeit of their lives, were perperated on board the
Toward Castle steam-boat, while on her p issag,e from
Tarbert to Glasgow.—We have been assured, says the
Caledonian Mercury, that the number of murders ascrib-
ed to these miscreants while pursuing their fatal career
has been greatly exaggerated; and we can easily believe
it. Their object was not to destroy outright the persons
to whom they administered the " doctor," but merely to
produce stupor, and thus facilitate their projects of spolia-
tion. Persons who suffer death in Scotland are always
subjected to craniological examination, previous to their
final disposal by dissection. Accordingly, we are told
by the Mercury, that " the great breadth across the
cheeks, the face terminating in an acute angle at the
chin, and the peculiarly small sunk eyes, are fully as re-
markable in Stewart as in Thurtell, Corder, Burke, or
any other Feat murderer."