Star.
London, England, 1829-10-26 00:00:00

FOR THE STAR.

—" Pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, auda-
doss without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange
without heresy."—Suansmas.
" A MAD WORLD, MY MASTERS I"- There was
once an Athenian, named TIIRAMILVS, who was mad
in the pleasantest manner imaginable. He cherished a
notion that the gods had bestowed upon him the Empire
of the Ocean ; and he stoutly maintained that every
ship which put to shore in the Pyroeus was hiA own pro-
perty. Thus he conceived himself to be the richest man
in Greece, or in the world, without encountering any
risks, or exciting any envy. Of the ships which were
wrecked, he took no pains to make any inquiries, but
was beyond measure delighted when a vessel came safe
into port with a valuable cargo. He lived a long time in
this flattering delusion, till one of his brothers, who had
a tender regard for him, arrived from Sicily. By his di-
rections he was attended by a skilful Physician, who
succeeded in restoring him to the sound possession of his
faculties. This was no sooner effected than his cheerful-
ness abandoned hrm, and he ever afterwards declared
that he had never been so happy as when he drove a trade
with all the world from his own port, the Pyrteus.

[We have heard of a great General who, though he
once thought he must be mad to aspire to the conduct of
any civil Government, was, nevertheless, soon after-
wards infected with so insane an ambition, or so ambi-
tious a delusion, that he contrived to trt himself ap-
pointed Director-General of the affairs of a maritime na-
tion. Like our mad Athenian, he never troubled him-
self about.the external disasters or disgraces, the ship-
wrecks or piracies, the loss of possessions or declining
influence of the States whose destinies he swayed, (with
" a voice potential, as double as the Duke's,") but was
overjoyed when by chance or good fortune, a vessel ar-
rived in safety, or a measure of the Government suc-
ceeded. How long his delusion lasted, no authentic
memorial has yet informed the world ; but his contempo-
raries were in perpetual dread that he would preside long
over the councils of the kingdom to survive, not only
his own popularity, but the glory of the country.]
GREAT MEN, LIKE CORN.—When we look at a
field of corn, we find that those stalks which raise their
heads highest, are the emptiest. The same is the case
with men ; those who assume the greatest consequence
have generally the least share of judgment and ability.

CONSERVATORS OF PARLIA 31 EN T.—" GLOUCES-
TER, July 18th, 1646. The first Assize held since the
breaking out of the civil war. SERJ EA NT WILDE,
sitting upon the Commission of Oyer and Termincr, in
his charge styled the citizens, " The Conservators of
the Parliament of England !"—Kist. Int. to Wash-

bourn's Bibliotheca GloUcestren.sis.
[Such a compliment may one day, with justice,be paid
to the victims of borough-mongering tyranny, whose
example cannot be lost upon the country : and it will be
a proud day indeed for NEW ARK—the GLOUCESTER of
this civil war for freedom of conscience and the rights
of the elective franchise—to hear the SERJ EA NT
WILDE of 1829, in the emphatic language of the SER-
J RANT WILDE of 1646, greet its oppressed, and in-
jured, but triumphant freemen, " as the Conservators
of the Parliament of England !")
A DISTINCTION WITHOUT

A DIFFERENCE.

What signifies it whether one is chosen by his tenants,
that dare not refuse him, or come in by bribery ?—Torn
Brown's Short Amusements.'
A HINT TO THE PERSECUTORS OF TILE PRESS.—

Frederick of Prussia, looking out at his window, ob-
served a great crowd of people who were reading a
paper pasted up against a wall. "Go and see what it
is," said he to one of his pages. When the page re-
turned and informed his Majesty, that it was a satire
against him. The king magnanimously replied, " it
is too high, go and place it a little lower, in order that
every body may read it."

Governor San Luez has marched with 800 cavalry and
2,000 infantry, to attack Tampico.
The Great Chapter of the Cathedral of Mexico has
given a donation of 10,000 dollars, to defray the ex-
penses of the war.
Letters from Madrid of the 12th October mention that
General Anedendo will be appointed to command the se-
cond expedition preparing at the',Havannah for Mexico,