Star.
London, England, 1829-10-07 00:00:00

SCIENCE and FASHION on the CONTINENT.

HEIDELBERG, Sur. 19.

For several months past the necessary preparations have been
making here for giving to the German savzns, naturalists, and
physicians, who are this year to bold their eighth meeting in our
town, a worthy reception. Our Government is zealous for every
thing likely to promote the sciences, and has directed all its care to
this object ; our Sovereign, too, prides himself on account of the
protection he has granted to this Association. The inhabitants of
the town take the warmest interest in it, and the Members of our
Museum have instantly tendered their fine building tor the holding
of the Sittings. Even before the day for the opening was fixed, we
had the pleasure of seeing literati, not only of Germany, but of
"very part of Europe, arrive.
The Privy Councillor Tiedman has been chosen Principal Ma-
nager by the Assembly. He yesterday opened the Sittings solemnly
by a speech on the progress of natural medical sciences, their pre-
sent state, and their influence upon the well being of society. The
Second Manager, Mr. Privy Councillor Ruelin, stterwards read
the names of the Members present. We shall mention, among
the rest, Count Sternberg, of Prague (the celebrated author of a
System of Antediluvian Plants); Dr. de Specs, from Oren, in
Hungary ; the Rev. Dr. Brown, of London ; Drs. Coddington
and Whewell,of Cambridge ; M. de Ferussac, of Paris ; Lobstein
andVolz, of Strasburg; Klehman, of Petersburgh ; Escholz, of
Dorpat ; de Fremery and Quetelet, of Brussels ; Schroeder and
Vanderkock, of Utrecht ; Lohman, of Liege ; Lichtenstein and
Ritter, of Berlin : Trevianns, of Breslau ; Goldfuss Harks and
Ness d'Esenbeck, of Bonn ; Oken and Vogel, of Munich ;
Trevi-
ranus, of Bremen ; Ruppel, of Frankfort ; Kreysig, of Dresden ;
Duleereiner, of Jena ; Froriep, of Weimar ; Ch. and S. Gemelin
and Scbubler, of Trebingden ; Schnurrer, of Vajingen ; Harmer,
of Zurich; Studer, of Berne ; Liebig, of Giessen; Meyer, of
Offerbach ; Koop, of Hanau, &c.
During the first public Session, the Privy Councillor Wrmit, of
Ikeda% discoursed on the dangers and effects of arsenic ; Professor
Trevianus, of Breslau, communicated the experiments of Dr.
Giappett, respecting the effects of cold upon vegetables. Different
sections were afterwards formed In klineralogy, Geognasy, Physic,
and Chemistry; Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, and Physiology.

CASSEL, Barr. 25.
His Royal Highness the Elector has conferred on Mr. John
Adam Rieger, the Bishop of Fulda, the Grand Cross of his family
Order of the Golden Lion. Dubbing a Catholic Bishop a Knight
of a Military Order is perhaps as novel a phenomenon in chivalry as
raising a Jew to a Barony.
TOULON, Senswasa 25.
M. Sake, the inventor of phonography, or musical language, is
at present at Toulon. A commission assembled on board the
bomb-vessels L'Acheron and Le Vulcain, for the purpose of
making experiments in this system of communications, and of
trying if the clarionet can replace the speaking-trumpet, and su-
persede it with advantage to shipping.
A medal is to be struck at Berlin in commemoration of the
capture of Adrianople, On one side is the inscription " Hadria-
stopolis Victricibus Rnssoruna Copils dedita d. 8 Aug. H. V."—
and on the other side, " Auspicilsgloriorissimis Nicola I. Imp. et
ductu Jo. Comitis de Diebitsch Babalkansky."—(Adrianople sur-
rendered to the victorious Russian troops the Bth of Aug. (old
style) 1829, under the most glorious auspices of the Emperor Ni-
cholas I, and the command of Count John de Diebitach Sabal.
Unity.

MR. HumE.—From Montrose, dated on Friday after-
noon :—" A report is in circulation here to-day, that
our present Representative in Parliament, Mr. Hume, is
about to retire from public life, in order to enjoy the
sweets of domestic retirement. Be this as it may, Sir
JAMES CsiorEon, of Southesk, Baronet, has this day
waited personally on all the members of our Town Coun-
cil, for the purpose of soliciting their suffrage, in the
event of a vacation taking place in the representation of
this district of burghs. From the powerful influence
which Sir JAMES possesses, it is very likely he may be
successful. This circumstance has created a great sen-
sation in our town, as such an event was not anticipated
until Sir JAMES dropt in' among our electors this

morning."
Whatever may be the defects in the New Police, the
New Post Office regulations, which came into play at the
same time, appear to work admirably, especially as to
the more early delivery of letters, which has been expe-
dited in most parts .of the town beyond even promise or

expectation.
Mr. Dixox, a native of Whitehaven, now residing
in New York, is president of the St. Oeorge's Society in
that city, a most respectable association composed wholly
of Englishmen, united for the patriotic purpose of pro-
moting the interests of such of their countrymen
as emigrate to that of the United States. In Phila-
delphia, another gentleman, also belonging to White-
haven, presides over a similar society. The knowledge
of these facts may be useful to poor persons seeking
their fortune in the United States.
Several humorous inscriptions have been chalked upon
the empty watchboxes, such as " a Peel box ; " To be
let ; " Removed to the workhouse ;" " Inquire at Colonel

Rowan's," &c.
Some of the London Papers, perhaps considering
these instructions, anticipate that the new police will be
military spies, and they rail away about espionage as if
the system of NAPOLEON were already organized, and
all that every body said or did would be told at head-
quarters ;—but if it were so, what would be the conse-
quence ? Would any Englishman be the worse ? As
long as the press and trial by jury remain to us—as long
as the constitution, impaired as it is, shall endure, we
have nothing to apprehend, if every word and action of
every inhabitant of London, or of every subject of his
MAJESTY, were reported. A spy system in Great Bri-
tain could not be adopted but to its own disgrace and dis-
comfiture. It could not operate but to be despised.—
Tyne Mercury.
We hear from Whitby, that great dissatisfaction exists
amongst the shipping interest, from Mr. Sadler having
neglected, in his two hours' speech, to show how blubber,
the staple manufacture of that port, is affected by the
operation of Mr. Huskisson's " reciprocity system ;"
and his guests insist that, for so kind hospitality as he
received, he ought at least to have pledged himself to
bring forward a motion, in the next Session of Parlia-
ment, to put down the " free trade" in COAL Gns, by
which their interests are to be so grievously damnified.—
Tyne Mercury.
PRACTICAL DEFINITION.—A celebrated dissenting
preacher at Norwich, in Norfolk, named Wilkes, was re-
markable for many peculiarities, and amongst other
things for the manner in which he educated his children.
One day he thought it necessary, to give one of his
sons, who had been a little refractory, a notion of the
torments which await the wicked in a future state. The
boy was ordered into the kitchen, where was prepared a
large fire for cooking, and actually placed before it in a
dripping-pan for an instant, to give him an idea of hell

tames.
A ban mot from Botany-bay may be considered a no-
velty, and we extract the following :—" An edition of
Bailey's Dictionary having been some time since put up
at an auction, the Vendue master observed, that it was a
new Bailey. lam glad of that, with all my heart,'
replied a bidder, for most of us have had enough of the
014 Bailey."