Star.
London, England, 1826-09-13 00:00:00

GLEANINGS ALONG-SHORE.

Bumps-was, Sail urna 9.
At Broads' airs things are much in the same quiet and
sociable state as usual. Nobody there but the sedate and
philosophic;—among them Sir Antony Carlile, who is
decidedly of opinion that many people injure their con-
stitution by sea bathing.—" Not but what sea bathing
may be of very wholesome tendency in some particular
cases," saith Sir Antony;" but when people come reeking
hot out of the Metropolitan oven, and plunge at once
into the cold sea, they aro doing that which has a decided
tendency to diminish the number of his Majesty's liege
subjects. Query—Does this remark of Sir Antony's
apply to those of the lieges who stop at Margate —for
there, they do not plunge into the cold sea, but wallow
in the warm mud. By the bye, talking of Margate; the
two or three rainy days at the latter end of last week
drove so many of the London bees back to their hive—
" or the cakes back to their oven," as Sir Antony might
say, that one of the principal bathing machine men
at Margate, had nothing in the world to do, but to
stand on the balcony at the back of his house cutting
down the poor harmless swallows with a cart
" Hoh, hoh, holt I—rve cut down fifteen or twenty of
'em I" said he; and so he had; for there the poor man.
gled swalows lay, scattered about on the beach beneath,
bleediag and shivering in the agonies of death.
RAPASDATS, SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
Ramsgate is full, and as dull and dignified as usual.
There is no better place on the face of the earth for
seeing in perfection 44 a true born Englishman," than
Ramsgate: all respectable family people, who take
large houses, and bring their own livery servants with
them. No congregating amongst the mutton in the
market place, as at Margate ; no "little infernal relaxa-
tions" at raffles and 100 in every toy shop, as at Mar-
gate—where many a blue stocking has been converted
into a black leg; no public piano strumming o'nights, by
very inter-hesting young Ladies; no" Cherry ripe," no
"Isabel;" no nothing—except what is extremely genteel,
and proper.

Bu-t
time are one or two, or may be three exceptions
to all this •ery admirable propriety. The Earl of
is here—or was, .till yesterday, distinguishing
himself as usual by a pain over the left hip; a hungry
looking yellow beard (six inches by four); a broad
brimmed japanned hat ; no coat, no waistcoat, no jacket,
no cravat—nothing but a checked shirt, and a pair of
slop slacks; and truly if a Nobleman has no other way
of distinguishing himself, it might be allowed to pass.
But the thing did not take here At all—the Ladies would
not look from behind their parasols, and the Gentlemen
did not ask him to dine. And so, after walking about
for two or three days, the Noble Earl crept into his
lugger, with the appendages aforesaid, and away he
went up channel—his crew in red flannel shirrs and
night caps, and the *hole concern as much floe a French
smuggler as possible.
Sir is here too, with his yacht, the
Scorpion; and he distinguishes himself by laying in bed
at the Albion Howl till two o'clock in the afternoon—

breakfasting at four, dining at nine—airing his figs on
a Sunday instead of a week day ; and wearing his shirt
collar open to show the hair upon his throat, which is
black—jet black, and mighty curly, in quantity about
enough for the stuffing of a moderate sized chair bottom.
Sir William Curtis is also here. He came into the
harbour at five o'clock on Sunday morning in his yacht
the Emma—heretofore the Gourmand—from Cowes,
in the Isle of Wight, and he is now reposing at his
marine villa on the West Cliff. Unlike the other

Gentlemen to whom we have alluded, Sir William
Curtis does not distinguish himself by a display of
beard—else, what a display might he make !—but on
the contrary he entertains such an objection to that
article, that even when at sea, with storm sails set, and
the wind blowing great guns, be insists upon every man
OD board his yacht, from the Captain to the swabber;
being clean shaved before eight o'clock every morning ;
and there is the worthy Alderman himself, lashed in
his chair before his toilet, lathering and shaving away
at his own chin, as comfortably and indefatigably as if
he was on shore. At eight o'clock, when at sea, let the
weather be as it may, he punctually sits down to break-
fast ; dinner, with a complete service of silver, precisely
at two; tea at seven ; then a rubber at whist—the
dealer always wearing Sir William's Aldermanic three-
cornered hat, by way "of preventing mistakes ; and at
ten he turns in without supper.
The report still holds that the King is coming to East
Cliff Lodge; but none of the better sort of people believe
it. East Cliff Lodge, which the Canterbury newspapers
have appointed for his residence, is about half a mile
from Ramsgate, on the very edge of the Cliff. It is a low
building, very much out of condition; surmounted by
a couple of fantastic little minarets, surrounded by a
screen of withered dwaif sycamores ; and its tout ensens-
bk reminds one of " The Two Pepper-boxes, Tavern and
Tea-gat deo." Certainly it is by no means a dainty
house in- which to lodge a King; and if his Majesty be
really coming into these parts, Wafter Castle is much
more likely to become his residence.
For the rest of 'intimate ;—it is undergoingslivers improvements.
The new Church, a very handsome Giothic edifice, richly orna-
mented, win soon be finished ! and it is high time it was ; for at,
present the good people of Kamsgate must either gp two long miles
to the Church of St. Lawrence, or'pay one shilling admission tons*
Chapel of Ease in Ramsgate, or become members of some of die
dissenting meetings which have sprung up in every part of the town ;
—in consequence, say the High Church folks, of a want. of props
accommodation on the Establishment. Another improvement is a
handsome flight of Stone Steps, with iron balustrades, from the
Harbour to the summit of the West Cliff—in lieu of that ricketty
ankle-revealing piece of lumber ycleped 4 Jacob's Ladder." These
steps will be completed in a day or two; and if they mean to make
their town still more complete, they will erect another light of
steps from the bathing station to the top of the East Cliff—io tbpt
the multitude of fine folks who live up there, may not have to make
their way among pigsties and ruined walls which would disgrace a
poor pelting village in Ireland.

The title of the Master of the Rolls in his Patent, is
Clerical, pima Raga, Cacaos Rottilensis, Ike. He is called Clerk of
the Rolls, stat. 12, Wen. 11. and 110 where Master oldie Rolls until
11th of Han. VII. cap. 20.
Auo. 26.—The first Assembly of the
Estates of the province of Westphalia is convoked lot
the 29th Oct. viz.:—The KING has appointed the
Minister of State, Baron VON STEIs, of Cappenberg,
be Marshal of the Diet, and Baton VON Koss, of Hat.
kotten, his substitute.
Gam( STRAW Sittrs.—The Enterprise and Irresis-1
tible, two of the vessels forming a portion of Lord
COMMA Nell steam squadron, have been lightened, and
their sails unbent, preparatory to the removal and im-
provement of the whole of the apparatus of the engines.
Advices from Puerto Cabells state, that an extra
courier had arrived at Valencia, with dispatches fiom
BouVAR, announcing his entire disapprobation of the
late occurrences at Venezuela, and conveying his most
positive orders to PAU to submit himself to the Civil
IPowess.