Star.
London, England, 1829-01-13 00:00:00

THE COl.-OSSEUNI.

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This building, which has so long attracted notice
and excited inquiry, is about to be opened to the pub.
lie, ands when every department is cornyleted, will, no
doubt. sut pass every thing of the kind yet attemp.eJ
in any cm ntry. The original plan tir the bnilding, we
bel eve, as simply the consttuction of a paonrams on
a stand seal-, and the spiiite I proprietor justly con.
ceived that he could not do better than begin .with 11. e
capital of his native country, which is not only the
largest in Europe, but exhibits more objects of vast un-
dertaking and intrinsic vain- than any in the woi hi.—
With this view, dating these'thiee or lour simmers, he
had his tent pitched on the summit of St. Paul's, and
the sitenity ot the morning, and while the city was
yet unobscured by 'the sin ke which, • during the
day, is poured f nth from ha'f a million of chins-
, neys, was occupied iti tracing the outlines of the
city, and the prominent ot.jects of the country for
at Last twenty miles round. This being complete",
'it naturally occulted that the,space around the build-
ing might be laid out in such a manner as t form an
additional attiartion to the public, and for this put.
p..se he planned a great variety t f uildings and winks
of different kinds, is hich ate in the cout se of briny corn.
pleted, and which in a few we ks v ill probably excite
more interest than the principal object—ibe panorama
itself. This is the only part of the undi 'taking that is
finished, sod consequently.our remarks must be chiefly
confined to it. It extends round the whole of the In:
terror of the building, and the canvas on wl•ich it is
drawn is said to be between one and two acres in ex • '
tent. The spectator is supposed to he placed in the
lantern of St. Paul's, and has a vies, ot London, such
as it appears in a very clear day about noun. :.Tlis,te
who have not had the good luck to sue the'en_iiyinal in
a fine day, and at the height of SOO feet above tfie sat.
face of the earth, will be asennished 'and delighted
with the imposing scene which this panorama pre tots
to view. A space of nearly seven miles:ciliate, coveted.
with houses and shops of very
,desc, iption, churches
and spires, walelrouses, decor, pubiic buildings,pal aces,
&c. interspersed with the finest •quales in the world.
and traversed by the winding Thames coveted w.th
thousands of ships, boats, and vessels • f almost ail.
sizes And detuniiiratinns, can hardly fail to excite ad.'.
luishtik nt even in the most callous observer. The river,
with it• six bridges, forms the :sroit con:, ictima feature
in the eaten view. The ships beove London:bridge.
the Mot uo.ent, with the thick cluver • f church spires
mound St Pau. S, the New Post ofii:e. aomer•et-house,
an., Wist•iiititer'''elisbey in the distaiice, Intro the neat
objects t f atteactiont and in the hack ground there is a
beautiful, the dgh rather indistinct, view of Gieenvicb
Hospital, S ionter's-hill Ear tow on the I till. r.e Surrey
hilh, K ith occasional glimpses of the Thames nearly as
far up as Windsor Castle. Ihe buildings and streets i.
theiniasediate neighbourhood are so distinctly seen, and
sit correctly delineated, that almost evil), in leideaP
house, and street may he t covized at or.c-. The two
towels of St. Paul's. with the roof iinmediatily below
the spectator, are given w.th the utmost c ,rtectness.—
The bridges al.o ale excellent, aid the seen try in she
hack grorend,uith a few exceptiohs, deserve great pia se.
These are a-t.u:sibet of curiosities, •uch as the old Cross,
ea St. Pairs, 'the hot in *Nth Ms. Horner t• ink the
of the Panorama, the circular space around the
staircase destined fsr the exhibition ot works of art, &c.
but these need no 'de crtp ion. We baJ almost f s.•
vcten to mention the enchanting effect in oduced on the
spectator on quitting the Gallery and ascending to the
summit of toe building.* when, the-nigh in a different
p siti ti, he has a view or the city in reality, the image
of which he has seen in the. Panorama bridle.% 'pi?
wniks are in an unfinished stare, but by tie
end of February will prob .blr be c mpleted and opened
fir the public. They .cotni.t of iudi a variety of tik.
-part mehts that We can do title Mroe than enumetetel
them. There is at present a Conservatory, filled with
a great vatietv of f, reign and ch ice plant: and shrubs.
T. ere is to Ike an aviary, a I=braty. a leafing room, a
;refectory, gee t os, water fills, jets team,' and, in short,
almost every sort of amusement or recreation that can
afford gratification. either to the studied% or the mere
killers ot time. • The work, altogether-, is novel and
unique in its kin.'; anclout of England, and; we be-
lieve, even in England, no undertaking. on such a grand
scale, has been !it, mpted by one individual. •

The Martial II ell A 11111. ill, report 'says, is likely eft
long to be appointed to some Ministerial oilier.
The importation of Fiour from the United States has
comeoted. but the• quantities imported are not yet
peat. In the week ending the 10th January. 1.904
barrel's of f.reigif flour, horn America, were imported
into Liverpool. About a thousand quarters of Indian
coin have also been Apportedinto 11 at poet.
We s;.e it st sled in. a letter from Lisbon of the 28th
ult.. that Don filtoust. iv so far recovered as to see his
loving-subjeett, and allow them-to kiss his hand. The
f .ct is amounted through the Intendant orPolice.
Their, Mr. Sergeant Letts usetflo tell, with great
glee, the knowing anecdote of his Learned Brother of the Coif,
Mr. Sergeant Hui. Having business to transact with him, he
went to his Chambers, in the New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and found
him with the bookcases, tables, chairs, and carpet, on one side of the
room, while tbe other half of the apartment was without a single
artirdy. After the usual greeting,' Pray,' said Mr. Sergeant Lass,
' what do you intend to do with all the furniture arranged in this
strange fashion? The Learned Sergeant replied,' That since half
his chambers had bred found to stand in the parish of St: Clethent
Dines, he had formed this encampment on the side of the room be.
longing to Lincoln's inn, to prevent diet:officers from di-training his
goads Isar the poor rates.' At a luture period, Mr. Setge'pnt Leas
visited his • brother in distress,' u be humoursously called him, and
actually found the odious in chi apartment (baying erected an en.
trance &knish the back seincirries), and his Learded Brother daring
them to tooth Me goods out of the parte, the boundkry.of *Mob
the had. carefully marked en the them. • The falcon were, so inti-
midated at pse threats, that they never again molested tbit Learned
Serpent,. silo continued to reddp in the chotbets Without paying
ea} paroshbA • .

AMINDURGH, .I*RUST 10. •-•
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About ostro'cloek, A.it. on Friday sennight, one of
the watchmen on the Castle Hill observed a genteelly
dressed man standing, wi hoet his hat,•ax the head cf
Cheyne's Close, apparently n.uch intoxicated; and as
he could give no account of himself, was with wise
ditfieutty conveyed to the Police Office. When he en-
tered, he stated he had been robbed of his watch and
hat, but criold not tell where or by Whom, nor give
' any description of tl e property lost. lie was wk. nto
what is Called t e " watchmen's zoom," Wive none
but persons of rest ectsbllity are placed, and where a
good fire is kept: When he was starci.ed, there was
t.,und upon his person a sulk purse, containing 2s. 2J.
and a silver pentil.case. Hkwas vi i.ed by Mr. Mick,
the surgeon, to whom he coArlained of a violent pain
in his back, and st rted th it he had been thrown from a
window in Plince's-stieet. To another person, he said,
it was horn a window in the Close wherei.i the watch-
men found him. He was eaten to C. 'pies Close in
the couise of the morning, and on coming und r . n
archway, stated that was tl.e house; but there w 414
neither door nor window within several yards of CI e
spot. lle was, however, so confused, that he could give
nri account of the situation in which he had heel, the
previous vernier?, nur of the pl.ce where he had been
robbed. He.did not then speak of any individual hay-
, ing_assatilted him, but still complained r.f the pain in
his back. The surgeon of the Police establishment
•trnngly urged hoist' g.i.liome, where be might be
bled. In the course of conversation he appeared to be
low in spirits, occasioned by recent nitifirtune, arising
horn the lo -s of his situation at leadhills Mines. It
WAS subseq..ently stated, that the untortuaate man had
been for some time lab uriop under an iirfirn.mation
in the bowels. lle left the Police Office about noon,
walked to the• iron Church, and took a coach, and
was driven to a friend'. house in Newington. He was
there bled, but ded i.s t`e c u-se oI the day. Wl.en
he reached home he state.l that an attempt had berm
male on Isis life, arid emphatically said, "he had been
Bu ked." He became weak so rap dly that no farther
explanatir n could he ot,tain. cf. The :mask that he
had been ked,* led the medical men to examine
his body, and very decided masks of injury were dis-
coveted on the thorax and abdomen. The face and
throat were swollen, indicating a su.lden death, but
there were no masks of throttling. In the membrane
that separates th- bick and the belly was found a clumps
t ty of esti av asate.l blood, which could not be accounted
for inhet wise than by his having suffered estetnal in-
jury. The lett arm was red, hut this might be accounted
for by the gr.sp of the watchman conveying him to
the Office. It i, remit kable, that when lie w.is brought
to the Police Oilice hi. clothes were not soiled, nor did
he, appear to have suffered injury, excett from a drop
or two I f blood falling from Isis nose. He appeased to
he about tidy years f age. Ou Satuiday.the Police
made a strict search in Cileyne's Close, but could find
uo trace of his having been in any house there.