Star.
London, England, 1826-09-22 00:00:00

PASMONASLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Marchioness of Worcester arrived yesterday at her bones in
Pack.place, from Margate.
Countess Beauchamp left her house in St. James'o4quare, yester-
day, for Paris.
Lady Barbara Ponsonby arrived yesterday at her house in St.
James's-square, from her seat In Devonshire.
The Hon, Mr. Coventry left town yesterday for Paris.
Lord Clifton has left town for Cobham Hall, Kent.
William Rasher, Esq. left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn.street,
yesterday, for Brighton.
Captain Knoßeys and Mrs. KnoHeys have arrived at the British
Hotel, Jermyti-street, from Paris.
blr. and Mrs. Sutteroth and family left the Brunswick Hotel,
(late Blake's) Jermyn-street, yesterday, for Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Turton arrived yesterday at the Pulteney Hotel,
Albemarle-street, from their seat, Breasted Park, Kent.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesea and family arrived
yesterday at their home in Old Burlington-street, from the isle of
Wight.
Viscount Dungannon has left town for his seat in Denbighshire.
The Earl Grosvenor has arrived at his seat, Eaton Hall, Cheshire,
from Malkin, Flintshire.
The Countess of Dysart has arrived at het house in Pall-mall,
from her seat in Surrey.
Sly Charles Hobe, Bart. has left town for his seat, Breamore
House, Hants.
Captain Hughes left town yesterday for Brighton.
Arrivals at •the Burlington Hotel, 'Old Burlington and Cork
streets—Col. White, M.P. from Herts; Cosgrave, Esq. from
ditto ; Chambers, Esq. from ditto • Sparks, Esq. from
ditto. Departures—Mr. and Mrs. Ward; .1. C. Jennings, Esq. for
Edinburgh ; Captain Ball, for ditto.

A letter from Lird BATHURST to the Governor of
Demerara, of which the following is the conclusion, has
created a great sensation in that Colony. For the ma-
numission of the slaves it is observed, his Lordship states,
Parliament and his MAJnsTy's Government stand
pledged to give the planters an equitable compensation."
IThe letter is dated Downing-street, Feb. 25, 1826 :
" The manunsisaion of slaves, under these regulations, will be in
conformity with the concluding Resolution of the House of Com-
mons, in 1823, which declares, 4 That the great object of emanci-
pation must be accomplished at the earliest period which shall be
Compatible with the well-being of the slaves themselves, with the-
safety of the Colonies, and with a fair and equitable consideration of
the interests of private property.' But the Court of Policy must
recollect, that if, on one hand, Parliament and his Majesty's Go-
vernment stand pledged to give the planters an equitable compen-
sation; they stand equally pledged to take such measures as may
ultimately, though gradually, work out the freedom of the slaves.—
The Court of Policy may be assured, that from the final accomplish-
ment of this object, this country will not be diverted. " BATHURST."

The charge delivered by the Bishop of LoNoott to
the Clergy of his diocns, at the visitation in July last, has just been
published. It contains the following judicious admonition, with
reference to a subject of great importance to ;the respectability
of the clerical profession ; " I wish," says his Lordship, "to cau-
tion you against culpable easiness in giving titles for holy orders.
I am not'speaking of nominal titles, which are confessedly fraudu-
lent, but of the practice of engaging young men, who have not
yet been ordained, without sufficient proof of their fitness for
the holy office. Allowance, I am aware, must be made for
the partiality of fiends and relations; but I shall do all in my
power to check an abuse inconsistent with the well being of the
Church, and indeed with the real interests of the individuals thus
improperly brought forward. And I give this public notice, that
if candidates for ordination have so little sense of propriety as to
present themselves without due preparation, they must not be sur-
prised if they meet with the disgrace and mortification of rejection.
It is principally with a view to the correction of this evil, that I have
lately discountenanced applications for letters dimissery, having found
that these occasional applicants are, in general, the worst prepared
for examination. The two ordinations which are regularly holden at
Christmas and Trinity Sunday, with a little forethought on the part
of those whom it concerns, I conceive, are sufficient for all the
purposes of this diocese : should the case appear to be otherwise, I
shalt willingly increase the number."

An unfortunate accident occurred at Deptford cm
Monday morning last, about three o'clock, by which a►►
unhappy creature was berried into eternity without *
moment's warning. One of the girls on board the
Leven being compelled by sickness to go to the bow
port ; when leaning out of a hich, the balf poet being
broken or unhinged, it gave way outwards, and she fell
into the water and was drowned. The body limed
about ten o'clock, and was picked up. The unfortunate
victim did not appear to be more than 19-or 20.

In Denmark, and other parts of the North of Europe,
it is common to see gooseberry and currant trees grow-
ing abundantly in hedge.rows near the road; nor is
there any law making the taking of a bunch or two a
crime, punishable by fine or imprisonment.
Mankind have been compared to a pack of hounds,
because they are always ready to follow that one who
gives most tongue. Whoever makes a noise is sure to
have listeners; and he wh' tisakes the most noise and
keeps the clamour up the longest will Invariably have
the greatest audience.
Bader, in. his account of Alfred the Great, de-
scribes a very curious manner that he adopted of mea-
suring time, so as to be enabled to observe canonical
hours more punctually, clocks at that time being un-
known. Altted caused waxen . candles, marked by
notches every inch, to be kept burning in his oratory
before the figures of the saints, hence measuring the
hours. These candles were put into horn lanterns, which
gave rise to the introduction of lanterns into general use.
A Portuguese Gentleman, returning one night to Lis-
bon from Sacavien, heard,as he was passing near a vine-
yard, the moans of a female in apparent suffering. He
immediately proceeded to the si•ot, where he found a
youw4 and apparently 1 vely female in labcur, who im•
plo ed his assistance, which he unhesitatingly afforded
to the begt of his power. She afterwards conjured him,
by every thing that was sacred, to carry the new-b,rn
to the Roda in that cify ; to this he also consented. The
darkness of the night, and the care which she had taken
to conceal her features in the best way possible, pre-
vented his being able to recognise her positively. But
his curiosity, however, was so much excited, that hefol.
lowed her at a conveni.nt distance unperceived, and
saw her enter a Gentleman's quinta not far off; he con-
cluded, therefore, that she was the daughter of the
house, and he was not mistaken. The interest she bad
excited in him was so intense, (for this nation are not
fastidious in these matters), that for a long time he made
that road his favourite ride, in order to have the happi
nets of seeing hei at her window. She had not the most
distant idea that he was the person who had rendered
her so essential a service; and she, therefore, concluded
that no being was acquainted with the shame to which,
as it afterwards appeared, the villany of her confessors
had exposed her. The Gentleman's addresses were,
therefore. favourably received, and she was soon after-
wards united to him. About a twelvemonth alter she
was about to present him with the first pledge of their
love, and every anxious preparation was made for the
event ; but her caprices were so much and so great,
that they outran the tenderest solicitude, and after hay.
ing in vain endeavoured to satisfy every strange fancy
and whim, with all the devotion which the most indul-
gent of husbands could evince, be was at last provoked
, beyond patience to exclaim, that 44 she had been much
less scrupulous when he assisted her in the vineyard."
, This indiscreet and unlucky sarcasm, at so critical a
moment, had a fatal effect ; it threw her into violent
convulsions,under which she expired, leaving him long to
lament the imprudence and rah irritation of a moment.