Star.
London, England, 1829-07-07 00:00:00

COLUCTANEi.

The following curious anecdote cf D. SHARPE.
Archbishop of York in 1691. is well alit h
" It was the custom of Archhisliop Sharpe to have a saddle-
horse ~ttetid his carriage, that, in case of fatigue front sitting, he
might take the refreshment of a ride. As he was thus g to
his episcopal residence, and was got a mils or two before his car•
riage, a decent well.looking young man came up to him, and with
a trembling hand and faltering tongue, presenting a pistol to his
Lordship's breast, demanded his money. The Archbi-hop, with
great composure, turned about, and looking steshastly at him, de-
sired he would remove that dangerous weapon, and tell him fairly
his condition.—' Sir ! Sir !' With great agitation, cried the youth,
'no words—'tis not a time—your money instantly ' ' Hear me,
young man,' said the Archbishop, you see lam very old man,
and my life is of very little cotiseeptence ; your's seems tar other.
wise. I ant named Sharpe, and ant Archbishop of Volk; my
carriage and servants are behind; tell me what money you want,
and who yeu are, and I'll not injure you, but prove a friend.—
Here, rake this —, and now, ingenuously, tell me how much
you want to make you inskeetelent of so destructive a business as
that you are now engaged iii.' 0, Sir !' replied the 11141, detest
the business as much as you. I ant—but—but—at home there are
creditors who will not stay ; fifty pounds, my Lord, indeed. would
do what no tongue besides my own can tel." Well, Sir, I take
it on your word ; and, upon my honour, if you will. in a day or
two, call on me at --, what I hate now given, shall be made
up to that sum.' The highwayman looked at him, was silent, and
went off ; and at the time appointed actually waited on the Arch-
bishop, and assured his Lordship his words had kit impressions
which nothing could ever efface. Nothing more transpired of him
for a year and a hall, or more, when one morning a person knocked
at his Grace's gate, and with a peculiar earnestness desired to see
hint. The Archbishop ordered the stranger to be brought in. He
entered the room whe: his Lordship W.ll, but had scarcely ad-
vanced a few steps betore his countenance changed, his knees tot
tercel, and he sunk almost breathless on the fl or; on recovering,
he requested an audience of his Lordship in private. Tne apart.
ment being cleared, Lord,' said he, pan cannot have for-
gotten the circumstances at such a time and place; gratitude will
never suffer them tube obliterated from my mind. In me, my Lot d,
you now behuld that once most wretched of mankind ; but now,
by your inexpressible humanity, rendered equal, perhaps superior,
in happiness to millions. 0, my Lord' (tears for a while preventing
his utterance) ''tis you—'tis you that have saved me, body and
soul you that have saved a dear and much loved wife, and
a little brood of children, whom I tendered dearer than my life.
Here are the fifty pounds; but never shall I find language to tes-
tify what I feel. Your GOD Is your witness ; your deed itself is
your glory ; and may Heaven, and ail its blessings, be your present
and everlasting reward ! I was the younger son of a wealthy man ;
your Lordship knows him, I ant sure; his name waste. My
marriage alienated his affection, and my brother withdrew his love,
and left me to sorrow and penury. A month since my brother
died a bachelor and intestate. What was his, has become mine; and,
by your astonishing goodness, I ant now at ranee the most penitent,
the most grateful, and happiest of my species."—Parey's "Inthology.
The brce.l of the partridge Is likely to be very great
this season. There have been seen many coveys already on the
wing, and the dry weather and the backward grass crop will pre.
vent many nests from being destroyed.—County Chroniee.
The last letters from Spain speak of a violent storm
which occurred on the 15th of June, at Talavera: the hailstones
weighed from one to four ounces. Several individuals were killed.
The following paragraph, which appeared in a Lon-
don Paper on Tuesday January I, 1725, will show the difference
that subsisted in the present wear, and that of a century since, of
what is now one of the most common articles of apparel : '• On
Sunday a woman was seized near London-wall for wearing a gown
faced with calico; and being carried before a Magistrate, and re-
fusing to pay the penalty inflicted by the Statute, she was com-
mitted to the Compter."
While the public has been pot to an immens; expense
for the building of new Churches, for the general accommodation,
it often happens that a number of pews are empty and locked,
though respectable persons, who are anxious to attend to their
spiritual duties, may be seen in the aisle of the Church fatigued
without a seat, though so many are seen vacant. Many individuals
rent pews merely thruugh ostentation, and keep them locked,
while they are amusing themselves on the Sabbath, to the exclusion
of thole who ought to be accommodated. This selfishness has been
often a matter of reprobation and remark, and is most repugnant
and obnoxious to neighbourly kindness and Christian feeling.

Tsvo young dentlemen, in mina! y attire, went
through St. Ives, by the coach, on Saturday last, about four
o'clock, and reached Wisbech about nine. They did not remain
there long, but returned in a post-chaise with a yowl Lady of
fortune, and were at St. Ives again by elev.-n o'clock, on their way
to town, whither they proceeded most rapidly. They ordered
relays of horses on their way down by the cuacb.—Hint/ingdors
Mercury.
Devass o as a celebrated punster, and a mauvais
wiessilosirg was the cause of his being sent to the guillotine. At
the period when the revolutionary horrors were at their highest
pitch he was sitting in a coffee-house, and conversing with some
persons about the large fortune which had been so rapidly made by
a certain army contractor. " I am sure," said M. Devaux, "if
things go on In this manner, even should liberty not be destroyed,
equality most certainly will; we shall soon have another aristocracy
—the aristocracy of riches. Armorial bearings will again be in
demand, and I'll tell you what sort of met will exactly suit our
contractor; let it he a cock without a tail, and the motto " Eoq
irn-
perfai!" (coquin parfait). Information was laid against the pun-
ster; he was first sent to the prison of La Force, thence transferred
M the Conciergerie, and soon afterwards to the scaffold.—Relaied
ei madame de 62 ael.
A Fiencti Paper says —ft The system employed
throughout Austria for spreading instruction among the lower
orders is attended with great succr,s. In rack village are schools,
the masters of which are paid by Government. No one is allowed
to marry who cannot read, write. and show some acquaintance
with arithmetic; and, under a penalty, no master can employ a
workman who is not able to read and write. Small works on moral
subjects, written with great care, are circulated among the lower
classes. Hence crimes ate extremely rare; and in the course of a
twelvemonth scarcely two executions take place at Vienna."—
Heavens and Farah! what an extraordinary revolution iii the Arts-
Klan system ; we wonder lithe preceptors ut those schools are ultra or
liberal—honest philosophers, or only wily Jesuits employed to per-
petuate in the minds of the rising generation notions convenient to
the philanthropic Metternich—perhaps Lord Aberdeen can in-
,d form us.

Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, and
Prince POLICINAC, the French Ambassador, had interviews with
the Earl of AZIRDIaII yesterday at the Foreign Office.
A very numerous Deputation from the W. st India
Merchants and Planter,, including Sir Alexander Grant, Alder-
man Atkins, Mr. Smith, M.P. Mr. A. Browne, Mr. James Col-
qoboun, Mr. G. Hibbert, and Mr. Carrington, headed by the Mar-
mob of Chandos, as Chairman of the Committee of West India
Planters and Merchants, attended at the Trealury yesterday morn-
ing, for the purpose of having an interview with the Duke of Wel-
lington and some of the Cabinet Ministers. The Deputation were
met by the Duke of Wellington, the Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the
President of the Board of Trade. The conference lasted upwards
et an hour and a half.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Marta Aaatvan Tots Dar—Duillo I—Waterford I—France 1—
. Lisboa I—Guernsey and Jersey 2.
foe:mourn. JULY 6.—Wind W.—Arrived the Albion, (tom

Charleston. The Carnbrea Castle, Barber, for Calcutta, which
sailed from this port yesterday noon. got ashore last evening, ahqur
alt o'clock, on some rocks near Sudmore Point, at the back of the
Wight, after Striking very heavily. The main Aed miva masts
%sere cut away, and she has drifted away to within abo it half a
m le of the Mainhead, under Nlotterton, where she lies full of water.
and every prospect of bet bring a complete wreck. Crew and
passengers all saved.
The William, llottomley, from Rica to London, was totally
%%reeked on the Camden Sand, during a gale, on Friday night.
The Bilellium, Pu.kell, front Sewcastk to Corfu, was driven on
shore on the 16th ult. near Cape Sp trtel, but expected to be got off.
DIAL, JULY 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W.— Arrived the Londor„
—; Ida, Pasmoris; Thalia, Shand; and Falt.idred, flew., from
Jamaica ; and Robert, Hankie. front Altint..errat. Arrived from
London the Denterara packet, Co.•kes, for Jamaica.
awns, JULY 6.—Arrived the Fleetwood, from Jamaica.
Sourtussurrott. .Irt.r 6.—Arrived the Afford, Fait baii 1., from
:11iramichi ; Two Brothers, Wollacott, from Oporto.
PLY mourn, Ji' 5. —Wind W.S. W.— Arrived the Ocean, Kirk e,

from Iliga.
FALMOUTH. JILT S.—Wind Y.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the
Magnet packet, from Lisbon—sailed 28th June. &tiled the Cold-
finch packet, for Halifax.
Balmy JULY B.—Arrived the Lavinia, Finlay, from Jimal:a ;
Henry, Carter, from Trinidad.
Livearom., JULY S.—Arrived the Ilarriet, Alitcheson, from
Nlaranbant; Ocean, Nixon, from 111cs'Ale; Navy, Nays, and
New England. 'vane, from Charleston; Timandra, Lsmbton, from
liamburgb, in a sinking state.

SPORFING INTELLIGENCE.

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TATTERSALL'S.

The betting yesterday was general rather than heavy ; nor seas
it so definite as aright have been looked for at the period, the New-
market July Meeting being next week. The Mummer is the mil-
horse backed outright for the July Stakes, the others being talk, 4
of in lots. Lord Lowther's lot are Sapio. Verdict, and Envoy ;
Lord Exeter's, the colt out of Advance, and filly out of Miss
Candy. These may be quoted at about 4to 1 each lot. The Duke
of Grafton's Pawn colt and Zinc filly, at 5 to 1; and Lord Cleve-
land's Walta colt at about 6 to 1 ; but all these are merely spoken
01, not backed. The King is stated to have purchased Lady Sarah
and Murphy, for 11,Z00 guineas; the report, however, is not luoltd
upon as authentic, and the betting is little influenced by it.
July Stakes (next Monday)-4 to 1 against Sir Mark Wood's
The 'Mummer.
Liverpool Great Cup.—Liven on Velocipede, not pp.
THE SOMEESETSH I E STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Popsy
5 to 1 Liston
7 to 1 Alceston
6:o I 11c144
to 1 Jocks)
11 to 1 Itrownlock
1.1 to 1 Jour d: NOCell
S I'. LEG Ell.
G to 1 agst
9 to 1 Sir Hercules (t.sse:,
9 to 1 flowtott
lo to 1 Frederick
11 to 1 Lawn Sleeves
14 to 1 Lady Sarah
15 to 1 The Exquisite (taken)
Cu to 1 Apolloma
So to 1 Stotfonli
22 to 1
25 to 1 Minver
'25 to 1 Felt
50 to 1 Bottoms
60 to 1 Clotilde
We are su:ry to hear that Cottony, the jockey, lies in a very
dangerous state from brain fever, arising from premature re:ll.)yd
to Newmarket, utter his accident at Haurt•ton.

ROCHDALE RACES—(Communen).
The Town Plate of 301. added to a Sweepstakes of .5 soy. riel.
. . Mr. Jackson's Brenda ... 1 1
. Mr. I louldaworth's sliss Butler ... '2 2
The Inuket pas Purse of 50i. added to a Swe.pstakes of 5 soy. rad
Mr. 61tTheson's Murphy ... ... ... 1
Mr. Houldsworth's Miss Butler ... ...