Star.
London, England, 1827-01-25 00:00:00

TO ;THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

•RiIiZZA thin** the sis'amefel irreg olaritiee which took
wises on Friday lest. whilst his late Royal Highness the
Duke of York was laying in State, I wish you would
Lase the kindness to notice the following disgraceful
one, which you may depend on as a fact.
An Officer of rank in the army, who had with much
difficulty effected his way to the barrier, opposite to St.
Jaing:s-street, with a party of Ladies, who had been
kindly escorted there by an Officer of Lancers on duty,
and who were immediately admitted, was insolently
drawn back by a constable placed at the barrier r and,.
on his taking a position which left the entranceperfecay
open, was eyed by the constable in question for a minute
cr two, with apparent scrutiny. Shortly afterwards he
pushed open the barrier, rustled with violence upon the
Gentleman in que,tion, seised him by tke breast, and
attempted to strike him with his staff, raising it for this
purpose. On the Gentleman stating, " that it should
be the dearest blow he ever gave in his life, if he effect
it.," he thought it prudent to desist from this pare a
purpose. Whether it was to convert a valuable &mo
pin which the Geutleman had in his neckerchief, and
which was unfortunately conspicuous, to his own
use, he will leave it for others to determine ! Suffice it
to say, it was abstracted in the scuffle, though not
kno a 0 at the moment; but on the constable's quitting him,
• after driving him for some distance from the barrier,
still holding him by the breast, he pointed out his person
to the -Lancers, desiring them to do their duty, which
they effected so completely, that he never had the op-
portunity of getting near the barrier again.
...

The constables —person is well knowa, being a mid-
dling sized man of a fair complexion, and could be
sworn to, if the Gentleman in question could find any
means of making an ens- split of him.

PREROGATIVE COURT, JAN. 24.

•AphillpsinintoLDr. Jaintas. Letter of Adininistraiijairwere,'
ronnilienillealisolhansof tits Crown in a variety of eases, in
which patio tifsi laaroste, bastards, and without any legal dein.
ru TVS 110060 Of MO A. 41AXL
This case, which was argued during the last Term,
having now bren called up for:judgment, Bit J. Numeou.
proceeded to recapitulate the facts of the case.
It appeared that the testator died on tire 16th of
April, 1824, leaving four brothers His will was dated
in May, of the year 1821, and the validity of that in.
ettument was not now sought to be disputed; bat a
codicil was put in, in the form of a letter, dated only,
tM o days before the testator's death; and the question
for the Court now was, whether thatletter was genuine
or a fabricated paper ? The disputed paper was sent to
Mr. Isaac Pryer, a solicitor, and one of the testator's
executors; it referred to the tvill 61 11121, and stated
that there was a material mistake in that will, Which
the testator desired to have remedied, and then went
on to state the alteration which he desired to have
made, by which the disposition of the testator's pro-
perty was changed in many important parectilars—'
After an• elaborate consideration .of all the probabili-
ties of the case, the Coast pronouseed against the
application, and in favour of the validity of paper
lor*POiladed•
The Own dim miaow&

?Hl OLDHAM .CCetTON SPINNERS.

Thu thew eiltimete held to boil for theviotout attacks
upon the,premiies of Messrs. Coßinge and Lancathire
and Messrs. John Leesand Sons, et indham,and'agiailist
whom true bills were found at the Sessions list week,
have obtained writs of certiorari for -removing the io-
distmints into the Como of Xing's Bench, so that the
trials will come on at the next Lancaster Asti*, and
not at these Sessions. There are, however, we undo--
stead. one or two indictments for assaults prior to the
principal riots, which hate not been removed, and are
to be tried.thia week.. .
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vieenitthsy have hplimidoind the bands, and oxispollod aim to
leave there employment. .
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• :Be. Man'ti's PAllSlL—Nestirdara Covet of Petty
*Wpm was held in the Vestry -Room of the above
palish, for the purpose of enforcing the plythent of a
petit* rate, levied on theinhallitaots, by the Coalition
opposoted by the Select Vestry if the Pariah. Sir IL
aborts presided ; audit having been stated to him that
the inhabitants were at issue alto the legality of the
site, the worthy nagistrate said that he had no alter-
native but to enforce its payment ; and the question of
kw would remain open to thecomplaimants.
The Lords of the Treasujy have-paid to the, Treasurer
Of the county of -Middlesex 1,0001. as a rerhuneration
for the use of the Guildhall, Westminster, by the Court
of King's Bench, 'during the erecting of the new Court,
aid for repairs and alterations ate:Cooed thereby. For
the repairs and alteratiOds county should be
Paid; bit why the public aniuldiank for the use Of a
she building we do not so easily undesstand-
Great alterations are going onset Olney, so celebrated
as the favourite residepie of the Poet Cetrper. The
Mansion of the Throckinortons ha; pissed into strange
hands; and the spot in which the melancholy hard
*Mt many of his least clouded bolus will speedily ,be
;deprived of.great part of those interesting aelies, which
have so long rendered it consecrated ground..
Several young men in the neighbourhood of Widen
bare recently been convicted in penalties under tbeGante.
Laws, as not being qualified, notwithstanding they had
taken out licenses.
Two large squares of glass in the lighthouse on Lundy.
Island, were broken to pieces io the night of Saturday
sennight, by a flock of wild ducks, seven of which were
picked up deadin the gallery.
At the late Exeter Sessions, John Itioy, the piston
celebrated for imposing upon most of the attorneys of;
that city, in the shape of a sham client, was convicted
of one of the numerous frauds with which be was
charged, sod sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Txs Diturn.--The tradition of a deluge has been,
preserved by the Sandwich islanders. The story told is
this:—That a certain man, many thousand moons age,:
was fishing in the sea, sod by some ourious fatalisyv
caught the spirit of the waters upon his hook, and•drag-
ged him, to his great astonishment, out of the briny,
element. The consequences of this rash act were de-1
structive to the whole country, the spirit having de-
elated in his anger that he would cause a genera de-
luge; yet in pity to the unintentional author of the.,
mid-mune, he allowed him to escape with his wife to,
the summit of Hannah acid), the mopntain in Owhyhee,
where he remair,ed till after the deluge had subsided,
and was thus prtsei vtd.—lhe Mirror.

• = vit:.r. 1.1 *.C.•
POMPETT.
Wised* stately cities in the dark abrupt
SwaHosed at cote, or vile in rabbi* lad.
A nest for serpents; (Men the red abyss
New hills, explosive, thrown ; the Lotitne tato
A reedy pool ; and all to Camas point
The sea recovering his userp'd domain,
And poued triumphant fie the bided dome."

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The discovery of Herculaneum in 17131 and of Pom.
peii in 1753. excited the greatest interest throughout
Europe. No instances had occurred of large cities,
containing so many works of art. having been buried
for so m toy centuries, and at last brought to light, with
all their temples, statues, paintings, houses, shops, house.
hold furniture, and utensils, in such a state of preserva.
tion. Pompeii, indeed, has no equal; it lies at the foot
of Mount Vesuvius, about 15 miles south-east of Naples,
in that rich plain where Hannibal remained for 'years
after the battle of Canna, and wasted the strength of
his army in luxury and ease. It is a walled town, about
three or four miles in circumference; and, with the ex•
ception of some temples, the amphitheatre, theatres,
tombs, and a few houses, is all built of brick. During
the eruption of Vesuvius, in the year 97.0 f the Christian
era—the greatest on record—the mountain, for several
.days, continued sending forth large quantities of ashes
'and light stones, which fell in showers on the surround-1
Mg plain, and buried Pompeii. The covering is, at all
average, about twelve feet deep. In some places it is
moch greater—in others not more than a few feet ; bail
it appears to have been so complete, that not a vesti
of the city was left. Houses were built above it—vine
were planted in the new soil—roads were made—ani'
Pompeii lay forgotten and neglected, till about sevensk
'years ago, when accident brought it tq, light..*.
It is noly astonishing that it had not been discor
wow, as the covering, in some places. is so slight, .
the roots of the vines have penetrated a consider
way its the buildings below, A great pert of it '
now excavated, ant( exhibits a most interesting sig
art only to the antiquarian and curious, but convoy
man who has read or heard of the Romans. On ap.
proaching it from Naples nothing is seeo but a high
mound formed of the rubbish collected from the into.
rick of the city. On entering by a narrow passage c$
‘brougb this mound, the great road which led to Ronsep
*ld a long street of tombs continued to the walls of the
..tsiern, first attract attention. The street is paved se •
large stones, with five angles, most of them between
and three feet in diameter. The tombs are all 04
marble. Some appear old; some are as fresh and wb
as when the workmen left them, and others are only
finished. Most of them have emblems or fiptres car,
on them, and but few have inscriptions. The principal
'hou:e in this street belonged to Diomedes. His totnb
is opposite to it, with this inscrjption, iii Roman capittli;
" Dioinedes sibi et suis." (Erected by Diomedes, for
himself and family.) Another near it his a most appro..
priate device for a tomb, a vessel is represented entaiqg
the harbour with the sailors on the yards furling the
sails. The voyage of life was over—the frail bark
had reached '0 the safe end quiet barboar of death, actin,
times ready to receive us from the stormy ocean of',
human life." Urns, containing the ashes of the.dead,
me placed in niches, in small square cells, at the back
Of the monuments. They are all of earthenware, and
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very small. The house of Diomedes is in a wonderful
state of preservation. The paintings on some parts of
the ceiling and the ceiling itself are as fresh and entire
as they could have been 17(X) years ago. There is a
garden at the back of the house, with a wine cellar be-
neath it. The cotlar Is inure kink of a funnelrabowttight
feet wide, running round the inside of the garden wall.—
it contained a great number of wine jars, which are
'filled with ashes apparently coloured by the wine. 'knew
jars ate of earthenware, about three feet long, and erf
thewidth of a chimney can at the middle,nerrower at the
'bottom and mouth, and with two handles at the nee
They were ranged against the wall. In this cellar 17
human skeletons were found; one of them had a key
its hand. Whether they had Bed to this place for safety,
or to riot in drunkenness, like shipwrecked sailors, is
uncertain. ft is probable, however, that most of the
inhabitants had tithe to escape from the city,
many of them, no doubt, wire suffocated by the
in their Bight. Pliny is supposed to have died in thlie
manner. When the eruption was at its height, hostiles"
from the port of Miiehum, nn the opposite side Of the
bay, far the purpose of examining it more narrow
The inhabitiets were fleeing its boats in all directi
Ile however proceeded, with two servants, toles'
Pompeii, but sooa faund the itilAur end ashes so in-
'Sufferable, that he wjs fi'A*4l to kitten. On his way
'Nick he *as Oehrtsithe h/kirilltsleat shaitrer of a
aid phisace stbn'es, Snitch k leaf Of life. • '
body was lobed three days after. Not more, perhak
than 25 or 30 skeletally, at most, have been found. It
astonishing that a greeter numberhas not been preserve 4,,
luthere can be no doubt, taking into account the number
Of sick,aged,and harm pet sons,that conld not make t
escape, together with those confined in prison,that a •
'many must have perished. In one of the prison*.
skeleton was foetid with chains at the hands ana
The bones of all these victiMs, on being exposed to
stir, it is stated, seen crumbled to dust, which is ea.!
tremely probable, as none of them are to be seen in t
Museum at 'Naples., Where all the relics we preeervisdb
Leaving the street of the tombs we entered the city by
the ancleit.gate. 41,t Is hardly peesibte to Imagine anp
scene that can 'tulle such interest, or so many melan-
choly tefiections—the 'Renee of death pervades the'
place. With the exception of a few statues and trent**,
which have been removed, everything is left in its
Final state. Houses, temples.theatres, wells, mills, ovens,'
shops—all remain nearly as they were in the time of the
ancient Romans. The streets are narrow with a lea-
path on each side raised about a foot. The houses
arc in general small, and of one story. In the shop:
there appears to have been no partition between the
door and the window. Many of the shops at Naples
have exactly the same appearance. Ido not recollect,
'in any one instance, to have seen a chimney, and be-
lieve there are not more than two or three houses that
have 'stairs. The rooms are generally adorned with
paintings, representing Boners, birds, or beasts. The
peacock and the goat seem to have been favourites. The
colours are of a bright red, bine, or yellow. On some of
the houses and ships the names of the owners are in-
scribed in red paint on a ground of white, which had.
been us-d to efface some previous inscription. A cock
and serpent are the centime signs for apothecaries.
Bakehouses contain small hand-mills for grinding the
wheat, jars for the flour, and ovens exactly like those of
the present day. Above one of the ovens is a symbol
of the same kind with those which ate so common on
the temple arNirmes, with this inscription teneath it :
—" 11w habitat fetiches." At the angle where two