Star.
London, England, 1828-04-15 00:00:00

NOT I'IIsIGHA M. APRIL 12.

Monday evening, about seven o'clock, the foundation
of a corn mill, b.lnnging to Mr. Tempest, at Little
Eaton, near Derby, gave way, in consequence of which
accident a considerable portion of, the building fell to
the ground. It consisted of what was originally con-
sti ucced as a corn mill, hut had been extended both to the,
East and West, so as to form at one end a paper manu-
factory, and the other was •ccupied, in part, by lace
frames. The centre was still used for grinding corn,
and tl,e whole was raised to the height of four stories.
The upper rooms or the corn miU were employed partly
in the ant cage of wheat and flour, and partly by twist
frames and cotton. _ These stories, from the foundation
to the roof, with all their contents, sere precipitated
into the river, and the falling ruins deur°, ed the
.water
wheels. The damage is •ery considerable, though no
accurate estimate has been formed of its amount. It

was a most happy circumstance that no lives were lose

KEAN has been so much importuned by the Duke of
ORLEANS, and other important personages in Paris, to
give the French " a touch of his quality, in the English
theatre, that he has relinquished many engagements in
the provinces, to enable him to visit France much earlier
than he intended. After performing a limited number
of nights in Paris, KLAN intends to pass the remainder
of the summer at his cottage in the Lie of Bute.
The plan of the alterations i n St. James's Park is now
apparent. The water surrounding the island in the
centre has a good effect, and the shrubs planted on the
margin of the canal are, well arranged. The whole is
well managed with respect to perspective, as it gives
an idea of space far beyond what could be expected
from the ciicumscribed portion of the Park allotted for
the now improvements.

Last weak, one of those scenes of rustic revelry,
locally termed a 44 Hoppen," Was held, we believe for
the first time, at least for some years, at St. Petextsi-
Newcastle, and several prizes, subscribed for by Gentle.
men in the neighbourhood, were keenly contested tor.
amidst the great amusement of a numerous assembly.
Notwithstanding
.the point reserved in favour Of.
Gnaw, whose conviction for murdet we gave last,
week, for the cons;deratioi of the Judges, Mr. Justicei
Lrr fLZDALZ, has expressed his full conviction that the'
confession was perfectly admissible. The Jury purpose
presenting a Memorial to the twelve Judges, express-
ing their entire conviction of the prisoner's guilt, from
the general mass of evidence, wholly independent of
his confession.
Cuatous Occults's/ca.—ln a town in Yorkshire. a
few days ago, considerable attention was excited by the
following occur rence:—Mientlernan with a bad leg,and
appparently in a bad state of health, arrived in town, and
put up at the head Inn. He was attended by a servant,
and gave out that be was on his way to Scarborough to
benefit by the waters. Notwithstanding, however, the
seeming urgency of his case. he remained for some days
in his quatters, going to the reading and coffee rooms,
and making many inquiries respecting the trade of the
place and its neighbourhood. He also 'went to the Bankl
on more than one occasion, drawn in a chair (purchased
for the purpose) by his servant, as he was unable
to walk, and there changed one or two large notes.
His protracted stay, under such circumstances, and
the uncertainty of what he might be, gave rise to
suspicions little favourable to him, and the conse-
quence was, that the Mayor, suspecting all was not
as it should be, wrote to London ; from whence it
appears some person connected with the Police was
seat, who, on arrival, recognised the lame Gentleman's
face as one he was rather familiar with. A coach for
London happening to pass through, shortly after the
recognition, the lame Gentleman having settled his bill,
was, to the astonishment of the few who witnessed the
transaction, seen climbing on the outside as nimbly as a•
monkey, attended by his servant; both of whom left the
place without beat of drum, no doubt disappointed in.'
some coap de main they had in contemplation.

• • •
• LITERATURE.
LA lIRAUME ON iNDIOESTION, ace;
r.. La -Beaume's previous publications, his long
experience, and excellent tact and skill in the practice,
of medical gileanism, have prepared professional men
and the pliblictin general for his present inter esting little
work; which we have perused with so much sattsfac•
tion, that we hive no hesitation in recommending it as a
fair illuttrafibti of the sanative properties of galvanism,
employed, by ate most scientific and skilful medical
galvanist in this country., The facts which the Author
has adduced in confirmation of his cures are ren-
dered unimpeachable by the candid manner in which
he has deseribed other cases wherein the galvanic
influence did not prove so effectual. In liver and
asthmatic complaints, Mr. La Beau me, as well as many
continental physicians, have proved galvanism to be
more beneficial than any other known temedy ; arid
though he fairly admits it to be inapplicable in acute
disease, and in some organic or structural defects, yet in
all chronic disorders, and in derangements of the nerv-
ous system and digestive organs, his long experience
and skilful administration have proved it to be most
bencficial. A lithographic print is given, which exhibits
a view of the thoracic and abdominal viscera, and is
advantageous toinvalids in ascertaining the seat of their
complaints, and in comprehending the mysterious tran-
sition of the galvanic fluid from one part of the frame
to anoftier.

As it is impossible for the unaided efforts of a single
individual to extend sufficiently the knowledge he may
acquire ,by means of a science, hitherto but little en-
couraged or practised in this counts y, and as the public
.t large are more particularly interested in all medical
improvements, we join with plea,ure our contempt:).
raries in recommending to invalids this small and in-
tereqins pamphlet, containing a fund of practical in-
formation, relative to the efficacy of a hil p....osophical
and: medical agent, that has been found of the highest
utility to-the afflicted.

M'Aux Quiteu OP Scuis.—ln the course of Mr. Wit.

SON'S travels he discovered many important letters
from this unfortunate personage to Queen ELIZABIETH
and others, during her captivity, which be believes. bad,
at one time, belonged to the Scots College at Douay,
in Kam. We shall, in the mean time, give one of
these letters, written by MARY to the Queen Mother
of France:

64 MADAM...I send you the bearer for the' same pur-
pose that I write to the King your son, that he may
speak withiyou at greater length, for I am Mil closely
watcher:l4w I have no lei,ure bot while they dine or
sleep forMaxation, for their maids or daughters sleep
in the same chamber with me—the be;arer hereof will
.tell yea siloatod4 entreat you to give him full credit,
and to.bnychini accompanied ai.h those he shall pre-
sent as farm means 1 implore you both to have pity
on nie ; fur stiou do not libtrate me by force, I shall
never get Oilt; and I am sure that if you are pleased to
dispatch atolls, -the wilt le of Scotland wilt revolt
agaimadrirrary sad Morton when they see tbafyou take
the .opite3.4o beao I. lespeax you to attach full credit
.to'Abe bearer, and to uphold me by your graciousfavour.
" twine, to prism, My 1,156 C"

One sorniner, whilst in power, Lird Sandwich re-
sidttin Ldtd Chesterfield's house at Blackheath (the
house afterwards occupied by the Princess of Wales),
and another, summer at Lord Halifax's, on Hampton
Greens this was very convenient, as his Majesty then I
frequently slept at Kew.'l will add some little account
of rl very pleasant day that I passed at Hampton: Sir
Edward Hughes arrived, and brought one of the finest
turtles ever seen from the Island of Ascension, and his
own cook was ready to dress it in the plain manner in
which it is generally served abroad. The *either was
excessively hot, and Lord Sandwich was under the ne-
cessity of scion leaving, so that a fit party was not readily
collected; 'however, invitations were sent to many in
the neighbourhood. Lord Sandwich said to me, Yon
are intimate with Mr. Garrick, I have never met him
above once in company ; could you, without impro-
priety, inform him of particulars, apologizing to him
for the short notice, for it must be dressed to.mori ow,
as Sir Edward Hughes is in haste ?"--Cradock's Mew.
Aemcifir GEOGRAPHY.—It is gratifying to learn that
our Government, with a perseverance worthy of an en-
lightened' nation, continues to direct scientific inquiry
'towards the ill-known, or unknown parts of the coasts
of Afripi,ps well as towards other quarters of the globe
where correct investigation is required. Captain Bote-
ler, who served with much distinction under Captain
Owen extensive survey of Africa, chiefly on the
rasternative and Madagascar, which occupied between'
five aid years, is 'now
appointed to complete the
survey of the Western coast from the Straiti of Gibral-
tar to the Cape de Verd Islands; and will, we under.
stand, proceed on this espi-dition in Captain Parry's old
ship the Hecla, in a few days, front Portsmouth. Cap-
tain Mu4ge, another officer oho served under Captain
Owen, has also been appointed to proceed to Ireland,
to complete the coast part of tl.e Ordnance surrey of
that kingdom.. Captain Mudge is accompanied by
Lieutenant Frazer, who was 'assistant to Captain Bay-
field in his laborious survey', of the lakes of Canada,
which has bet a recently finished,Literary Gazette.

The public will learn with surprise that the play cf
.Willi ,u .Tell has been brought forward at the Vienna
theatre; but,the surprise will. give way to a different
feeling when they learn how dramatic poetry must yield
to the lash of Austrian, police. In the Vienna version of
SchilleiNiplay, the hero, while in the act of drawing
his' bow,is discovered by the- Auttrian aovernor, and
the look of this Noble Functionary is sufficient to damp

the consage of Tell, atho, Inn of remorse for his intended
crime; lays 'his cross-bow al the feet of Gesskr, and is
pardomeske. The chorus of-peasants then esclairo, Hail,
Tell I Hail, Gesskr ! Hail the House of Austria ! and
the cUrtalnialls before die sounds have died away.—
The Anstrian Royal Anthem immediately succeeds, in
order to minguish any patriotic feeling that might
bate ben, awakened during the representition of
William Tell.,
BETHLiII HOSPI TA L.--••• At a Court lately held by the
Governors of Bethlern Hospital, it was resolved that
the sum of two pounds, which had hitherto been paid
on the admission of every patient sent by friends, and
of four pounds on the admission of every patient sent
by parishes or public bodies, should no longer be re-
quired; so that patients will now be received into that
excellent charity without any payment whatever.
LivsavooL, APRIL 12.—About teo o'clock yesterday
forenoon, One of seven large blocks of stole, weighing
on the average about half a ton each, which had recently
been ses in the cornice between the second story and the
attic of obriamew houses building at the corner of Mar
Shall-'st rept:, fronting to Lord-street, fell upon a poor
man; a littiOnrer on the works, who was at the moment
passidebelarViith a hod on his shoulder, and he wits
discovered doubled, up beneath it. Several workmen
who rantolaiihpot instantly removed the stone, but the
poor tell* 4irea with a single groan at the moment
bf :IVaisiwg :A mired. He was removed,_ a dreadfully
putlimihebouse where he lodged in Ather-
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