Star.
London, England, 1827-11-07 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER READERS.

SMENSTOWS, the Poet, divides the readers of a Newr
pope; into levels 'lasses. He says—
'. The Mastered loch at the list of bankrupts.
5. Tie poor m tie rice of bread.
S. The Stockjobber to the ties of the day.
4. The somarried to the marriages.
8. The prodigal to the deaths.
IL The aummapoitters to the hopes of a wet and bad Sarno.
7. The boardittipschuot and all other young hlises mak star•
ter. relative to Gretna Green.

LORD Nnaitsais LATEST.—A few days ago, his
Lordship calhd at the estaldislubent of Nett, Farago, an Cs.
in Deese-street, and parchment some tea; be ale denuded sane
sugar, bat was told that they sold nom, and was directed a Mi.
Coonolly's, immediately opposite. After be bad punned Mr
sugar in the other place, he said that " be was glad Mr. Omsk,
was making a fortune by Alt refusing to all sugar."
THE Da A TESS PORTRAIT OF MAST Qom Or
Scorn.—ln the possessien of the Drapers' Conley le a what
length portrait of the Scottish Quote, with her son Jana I. t►
parently about four years of age. It kw a very fine plum, snit
said to bear army aneks et being an enema' portrait of die sa
fortunate personage whoa it is supposed to represest. The Cos
patsy's records afford no written docattnak, sr mewormis,
shew bow they became possessed of it ; hot the Me Mr. Balearg
who was In the Company's once from the year 1737, and cadent
at Despers'Hall to the dine of his death, in 1734, 'hews ensidered
it to be an original picture of QllOOl Mary. He harmer send
that about the beginning of the last century,:it was dimmed
among useless articles In • lumber room, covered with dun ad
enveloped In 'be remnants of an old baize cloth; that ROW of the
servants could give any account, whenow hen whew it 1:211M or
what it was; hut that it bad al ways.doriat their
maned unmoved where it was that found; that, co its heieg
cleared of dust, it was soon recognized as the pkture 'Stich it haw
asserted to be,and placed where it now bengs.The latent Hardwick,
clerk of the Drapers' Conroy from 1737 coins glesth, at Re efe
73, is 1773, also considered it as as original portrak of Quo
Mary, and hated that the above account of its Sauey our
correct. In the year ISIS, David aningten, Qa4 Dow a solicits(
In Dublin, and lineally deocendod from Sir Aothory Bihar"
who was the confidential secretary of Qum Hal, "lid Kr.
Sod*, clerk to the compaoy, if there was sot a picture of host
Draper's Hall. On the latter inquiring what induced that re*.
he said a tradition was handed down in his family, that St Amk°l
had a whole hark portrait of the Qosen. and that be had deposited
it fee safe custody either at Merchant Tailers's Hall or at Drape"
Hall, and that it had tweet cone bock to Sir Anthem et hi
fanny. Th s tradkies is quite esasooant with the circumcises
mods which it was found at Drapers' Hall, and cooirms the Usk
of the suppoiltke that it is MO original portrait of the bawds, ad
unfortunate trees Mary, of Hooded. The painting o with
Weed to Frederic° &inhere, bet far ae other reason, k k believed,
than that Zucchero is known to have resided in England do*
Mary's captivity. and because k h supposed there was oo one
=in finglaestat that time who was capable of Aids ape-
AN Otito—nucy.—Me, Baker, of Roehester•row.
Westminster, haehecked Ineself to draw • hedger, Irrigbing 55
pounds out of a regular drawing box with his naked band, three
times in the space of Ave minutes.
RTUGUISS LOAN, 01 1.3 400,00 M The Hill"
yearly Dividend Warrants, due 011 the I a of December, ISII7. of
Portuguese Fite per Cewt. Bends, of the above Loan, contracted by
Messrs. GOLIMCWIMIT mid Co. will be paid at the Counties-Wye
of Messrs. F. T. flawrave and ALIZAMIIOM T. Sassy°, No. 10.
St. lHeletes.plaw, Bishopagstenreet, on Sanamr, the Ist of
DICIIMIMIK, and every succeeding day, between the boars of Tors
and Two; and the holders are regretted to leave their Deitad
Warrants at their Once, with Nets thereof, in mannical order, si
least one day previou► to die payment. for the purposed examine-
tion.—M.B. Printed tonne are on delivery at the above Once.
Awaits N Z berunanca.—Our readers may ressewher
the case of a French Captain. Olive, who having bee°
captured, with his yes el, by an Algerine pirate, hid
taken advantage of the drunkenness of his captors 10
oee,po%er them. Olive subsequently having hoisted
the signal or distress, was relieved by a Spanish gouda
costa, and brought into Alnseira. Some dental then
arose as to whether the vessel did not become the
perty of the guArda costa; or whether the Captain 01
that vessel was iiot entitled to salvage. The diltsculi
hence arising was materially increased by the demand
made by the Algerme Captain who had taken the
ae.tel, as; without Spanish assistance, it would never
iave entered the pat ot Almeria. The haughty
infidel
densa d.d whether the Spanish Government was at
war ssith the Dey of Algiers, a:, it it was, he became
as prisoner ; but it not, he required that the French
webael should he re,toied to him, and that the SPanl'h
who had convoyed lur should be -purville'L--
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lhe determination ot the 60vethot on this point ismet katown.—Joaraal les Deb-ti. •