Star.
London, England, 1829-02-03 00:00:00

WHITE CONDUIT-HOUSE.

Yesterday morning a numerous and respectable body
of persons assembled to witness the ceremony of la)-
ing the first stone of a spacious banquettiug hall or
ball .scom in White Conduit Gardens, Pentonville,
Fiom the salubrity of this pan of the suhurhs the
buildings and population have within a few years ant. .Z
1110 y increasid in that vicinity, and this favourite place
of resort has doubtless had a portion 01 the cosisevent
advantages of a respectable neighbourhood 0 aging
the foundation the worthy host m ede a speech to the
following effect—
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" Ladies and Gentlemen, you have been invited to witness the
Ceremony of laying the first stone of a structure which, when corm
'pitted, I am vain enough to hope will be capable of affording that
eeeommudation and comfort which the puLlic have a right to de
nund, and which I feel it my duty as well as my interest to aca
complisb.
I.:couraged, therefore, by your past protection, I now proceed
to lay the basis of -another structure, in order that my claims and
mullions may bear sumo proportion t• the liberality of the public
support To deserve that support has always been my most 121.
Mom desire, and the ceremony of thia day affords me an upportu•
nity, of which I most gladly avail myseir, to declare the high sense
of gratitude with which I rememter your past kindness, and the
confident hope with which I look forward to that kindness in fu
cure."—( Lung and loud cheering.)
The cetemony being completed, the host invited the
company to pa,take of an excellent dinner, the intervsl,
if which wrie filled with nslional and convivial songs
by Mr. Morgan and other sons of hat toot y.

A wager was laid yesterday that the word 1, Ireland"
even would not appear in the forthcoming King's Speech
RAIN AND Show.—The old Joe Moles jest of the
shepherd boy. who, being asked by a traveller whether it always
rained in Scotland, replied—" Na, Sir, it sometimes snaws"—has
been partly verified this sealun at Way, in ArgykBhire. Up to
the 10th ult.,there Lad been constant rain in the island for above
two months, which has hew given place to frost arrsl,ant.w.
Buncitmez.— At an early hour on Sunday morning
the warehouse of MOMS. FITCHAM and. NIAISON, wholesale tea-
dealers, of hlartin's.lane, Cannon-street, in the City, was entered
from the rear, which adjoins a dissenting chapel, through which
the burglars found their way to .lessrs. Fitcham and Natscas
warehouse, and by tearing up the iron gratings, entered the same
during the nijbt, and selected a large quantity of the finest teas,
amounting to the value of 1501. The prevailing opinion ii, that
they had associates outside, who had coaches ready about the time
the watch went off duty, who then drove up to the front door.
which appears to have been opened from the inside, and carried of
their ill-gotten booty.
A•Tovou Mosszt..—A French writer, speaking cf,
the relative situation of England and Iceland, says, that
the latger island devoured the smaller, but has never',
been able to digest it I
• During the late severe weathers vast flocks of wild
ducks made their appearas ce in the neighbourhood of
Penzance. All the guns that could he mustered at that
place and in. thetoui try sound were placed in requisi.
von. an.d great r umbels of the se birds were kilted. On
Saturd ey they were s, Id at ['eta nce market fair 6J. t
Bd. each.—Hest Brava. -

The principal part of the numetousibirds and ani-
mals comprising the menegeriehelonging to the Zooid).
Rica! S c.ety have been removed Irons the gardens in
the Regent's Park, on account of the ►everity or the
weather, to more congen al habita. ions. The 'member
cf the Z olngical Society have taken and fitted up some•
stables M -Park-street, Camden-t• wit. fir their accon.-
modatiun, and have taken .thee buirdings for the ri-
ce' tints of a more nurnirous quantity of anim..ls.
Workthen ate employed in erecting resh habitations in.
the gardens.
MARCHILSTZR, JAN. 31.—Tlie severe frost which has
for the last fortnight, Isar ng etop;.ed the con-
veyauce by water, has been a great interrup,ion to
business; in particular instar.ces consider able sacrifices
have been made, and the dem'and fin goods has gene.
rally, thong,' with sonic exceptions, been he ivy. Last
Tuesday, in tl'e prospect o; a ttiaw, it seas, we under-
stand, a little better for some desc iptions of goods; bur
the re opening of the canals is still t.nceitain. As re-
gards yarn, there are very sa•isfactcri symptoms of the
e arty resumption of the purcha es lot shipping, and the
spinners who turn their attentioo to Vie lore ign trade
rent generally to be in vrry•good spirits as to their
prospects. A large demand is antic'', lied, a hich will
probably be increased to some extee.t by the effect of
tlitiihearry imports it corn from the contir ent4l milkers.
On the 23J ult. Mr. Grlhert•iller,butcher,ol

burst, while in the act of slanglitering, an r st,
denly struck through the head by she horn of the bea
and now l es in a very precarious state. '
The late Mrs. R. F. AN.ToN INA LES, who during that
last 25 years has altered in her n.•are. FaNiatt tv Fiats.'
CES, and ANTONINE to A\ Tonsa, and ationsed ttw
title of Baroness La DE PENCER, was the Mrs. Las of
camphor-bag -actor ivy, and for a hose abJuction
don's and Luckart Gordan were tried aid .rcquitted,
the Oxford As•izes in 1804. Judge Lau asucls
sided at the trial, aid on her admittiOg, among cstr.
curnstances too gross to re:ate, that on the Usbridgit
'road she drew from her bosom a gold locket containing
a camphor bag, escniming, 44 Ais 114% hitherto pre;
'served my virtue!' threw it away, and adJed, 64 Now;
welcome pleasure,'' stopped the trial, and directed the
Jury to acquit the prisoners, at tl e same time censuring
their conduct as disgraceful in the eat, eme.--Mrs. Laa
was a Lady of ample fortune, and of accomplished but
eccentric manners. Of late years she was of a capri:
cious disposition, disliking much the company of her
own sea.

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In the second number of the United Service Join-Rai,
which has just been published, there is a •ery.elerre► land
intetesting paper on the battle of N.ivarin, by an Officer
who was engaged in it. We extract the following
gratifying testimony paid by this Gentleman to the
conduct CA Captain Huoow, of the French frigate
l'Arrnide:—" Captain Hugon, ccmmanding the French
frigate l'Armide, about three o'clock, seeing the unequal
but unflinching combat we were maintaining, wormed
his ship coolly and deliberately through the Turkish
inner line in such a gallant masterly style as never for
one moment to obstruct the fire of ourships upon our
opponents. He then anchored upon out _starboard
quarter, and fired a broadside into one of the Tut kisti
frigates; thus relieving us of one of our foes, which in
about ten minutes struck to the gallant Frenchman,
who,on taking possession, in the most handsome manner
hoisted our flag along with his own, to show that be bad
but completed the work we had begun. The skill, gal-
lantry, and courtesy of the,'French Captain were the
subject of much talk amongst us, and we were loud in
his praise."