Star.
London, England, 1829-07-23 00:00:00

COLLECTANEA.

In some of this morning's papers we have it told us
from Canton, of date the 2d February. that " the disditgatakd
Sardinian Heideman Count Vides. has just arrived from Mania.
He is winking Chins, la the course et his travels, is rook et
scion& banwiedger We Wormed the public et this imports=
event above three weeks ass.
By letters from Rome of the 3d instant, we learn that
Mr. James °Mbar. who is. with his elder deer, travelling is
Ital . was introduced to his Bongos the Pepe. land presented to
his & copy et the new edition in Royal memo( Baubles
Mete, of she /newton asfraistims.
So determined are the new Police Commissioners to
have nem but men of competent bodily strength in their corps.
that sevenl have been rejected on no ether ground than gram*
the appearance of robust health.
The Ramburgh and Dutch Steamers have not arrive&
as yet; by this conveyance it isexpected we shall haves long and
interesting Bulletin of the tall ot and farther operation

of she army.
Messrs. Houlditch, of Long-acre, has just balk a
splendid does halm for Dm Pedro, ist the Brazils.
Miss Foote is pursuing her career throughout the pa-
Ithaca* with undiadnbhed success. list week she was envied*
act three nights at Rochester, sad is comemseare el bee Meese►
dinar, wreak), she was Invited to play a fourth. Oa veer al.
the Theatre literally overflowed.
A SLAP AT PREDESTINATION ET A Nzoao.—A
airs in the United &ates, so beta, Inquired of, as his return from
place of worship, bow he liked the w
ired
re
Why ate
hardly knew what use tiak of bins—hins tel us Int of all that
whets Gosasuorm make de brat man of mama, bias pet by for
himself a certain number of all do men and woman 4t vas for to
mese, and de rest were all for de devil ; that de devil him try with
all his might to get some of Goessemster's for himself, bet saber •
me can he get ; and de preacher Min try all him could to get some
hack from de devil, but sever a one can be get. Me know am
what to rink, which is de biggest fool et de two, do devil or de
preacher."—.Briael Mowry.

MYSTILRIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.-011 Tuesday fore-
north a ma named Masiner, engaged in the employment of a
lighterman at Branford, was working a barge through Yew
bridge, and perceived something floating on the surface of the
water ; upon Mow inspection, be perceived it was the body of a
female, in a rapid state of decomposition ; be with assistancegat
the body ashore, and carried it to the King's Arms Tavern, st
Kew, where a peeper examination et the deceased took place. The
features were se Gwent.' and disigneed, that to trace them war
perfectly impossible; bet certain marks upon the knees and
shoulders, led those who were engaged to form a modules tout
she had come unfairly by her death; the remainder of the body
displayed the blackness incidental to demesposidon. The dress
this unfonsitate female was that adopted by prams of respestabi-
; she bad as a Leghorn bonnet trimmed with ribbons, a Flo-
rentine drew, modals, and bad geld awnless, with drops, he her
ears, and feet geld rings, one of them a wedding-ring, the ether 1
bearing as inscription, " Love for evert" and about her Beck was 1
a twisted necklace of small coral ; some 'riling papers wino found
in the pockets, but on eampietely obliterated was the writing open
them, that it was imposidMe to decipher it. No mangy whatever
was found in the deceased's pocket. She appears to be sheet ID
years of age. An Inquest assembied to the evenlog. before C. R.
Jemaett, Seq. at the King's Arms Tavern, near Kow•bridge,
The jury returned a verdict of—Reend Dawned. The deceased
was buried yesterday by the parochial authorities, who have charge
of the rings and trinkets Mood in her possession.
COLLECTORS 'OT SHELLS.—There is s race of ani-
mals I. this lied ether dyad commies. the principal characterlitic
of which is, dot. sunning the appearance of saturallets, and arra
'Wog to thomakee tls suspect due to ass of abate, they lo-
dger a dermal seem gee satherks sheik tad soapy their duo
as snub in eleariss, sannying, and learebti the mew of chub
areelopee elan betnedni tabs af Wads. known to easendoe
usteanists by the nem of lidellosea, and of whisk nemplee oar fir
miler to meet of war leaden tinder the names of oysters, eansmhb
oulderood petivrbides.Aboot the typologies sleben mime ihey
trouble thesselves as little as the timber about the es whose hew
head was graced by the hoes which he is as weal*
These collections Insinuate themeless Into every corner wines a
heedful of shells can be fouled. A mere has arrived from Indies
the gift of a friend, Intended to demote the drawing-room sessatel-
piece of his cid school-fellow. Tb • shell-man comes; he beim
them all in saccession, admires this and praises that, hints bow
happy he should be to receive one of these duplicates. or asks it
directly, and has his wishes gratified. At the shops you may is
Wit rummaging among the drawers, and as fellows of this sort row
generally peer, and almost always desperately heed, if too Rat
him open his bit, you will discover in it a kidnapped Theo or
Venus. At spring tides you will sue him among the Ilsek•roeks
-at Leith, with his trousers on his shoulders. like the Highland
drovers after the disarming au ; and on the arrival of du 'riff'
bests at Hembree°, he is sure to be found scraping exam' the mad
and bilge-water. He gathers a medial of massai•shells, briuN
them home, locks his door, and sits down for a mina to polish
than. He &pass his labours by cal ling than sd odic. tad whoa
he dads a taw shell, he bouts of his discovery to an his Meads ;
bet he seldom ventures to publish it. lest It should have bum
known for fortryearsr-Ssibluripb Lima Gm *.