Star.
London, England, 1826-08-19 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Star--The following characteristic sketch of a place
and its inhabitants, which has long attracted numbers of
ourself-exiling families to fix their abode there in prefer-
ence to one in the peaceful retreat of their native land, is
drawn by the spirited pen of a celebrated French writer,
M.De Bartbolemy, whose opinion of some of the ab-
sentees from amongst us, enriching his at the expense of
their own country, may afford a pretty fair sample of
the respect with which British generosity, in lavishing
its resources amongst foreigners, is repaid on the
Continent !

Speaking of Boulogne at the present day, contrasted
with its former state anterior to the Revolution, when
it was the residence and resort of several of the highest
and most polished of the ancient Noblesse, Mr. B. thus
paints Boulogne as it is:—
" A revolution of character seems to have accom-
panied a revolution of Constitution ; and great as the
impression of such an event must have been, the extra-
ordinary change would scarcely be credited, did not the
present state of its society present a mournful reverse
to the animated scenes we have previously displayed.
The glow of generous friendship, and undisguised hap.
piness, is frozen in the reserve of suspicion and cere-
mony. If Nature had added no allurements beyond its
society, such is the beauty of its diversified and ex-
tended scenery, no one, unless possessed of a misantropic
disposition, could contentedly sit down in Boulogne !
To the Englishman, perhaps, the objection is not so
great, for the increase of residents from the opposite
shore has created a new class of inhabitants; but we
should be sorry were his opinion of France to be formed
from Bastogne, as in that case we are afraid it would
not pass for the most civilized region of the globe. If
we were to trace the cause of this painful truth, we
should find it rather in their habitual, than in their na-
tional character:

" Boulogne has not yet arrived at that state of socia•
bility which distinguishes the rest of France. The rea-
sons
are obvious, and the con equence is to be deplored.
A cause may be alleged for this excessive reserve, but
as it arises from the morals of some foreigners resident
in the town, the consideration is too particular, and
beneath the notice of an Historian."
So much for the Boulognnais, drawn by the pencil Of
their own countryman ; but whether our compatriot
residents amongst thest "antisocial and uncivilized"
provincials will feel his opinion of "the foreigners in
their town," any compliment, will admit of little ques-
tion, we suppose. What an Author says of the place,
making due allowance for the esprit nationet of the
Frenchman, might be deemed some justifiable plea for
the rage of our wandering countrymen resorting, as
they have for a few years past been doing, to its salu-
brious shores (salubrious, that is, to those who have
neither tender lungs, nor led vitiated lives), had they on
their own coasts no scites equal to it, and even surpass-
ing it in beauty, with all its advantages of atmosphere,
and without its many disadvantages in point of comfort,
and of economy.
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" The air of Boulogne," as our Historian next records,
" is pure and invigorating, "and will be always resorted
to by invalids. The public attractions consist of a large
and extensive Library, wh:ch is enriched and increased
daily with the most choice literary proiuctions—a
Society of Agriculture and the Arts—a Theatre, where
the English [but not of late] and French perform al-
ternately—a Riding Scho4—a Protestant Chapel—
walks, rich with historical remembrances, and diversi-
fied views—and last, not least, excellent sea bathing,
with numerous baths; while its contiguity to the shore
of England, and the extreme facility of communication
with the Metropolis, offer inducements above every
other sea port in this kingdom. The ramparts which
surround the Upper Town afford, from their ele-
♦ation, both a delightful walk, and a most beautiful
perspective of the country in various directions."
And yet, after all, when we read this fulsome descrip-
tion, given by a native in the vanity of his national sell-
love, what are the advantages his country really presents
to justify the sacrifice made oh the interests of our own,
by spending the resources derived from its soil in ano-
ther land—or, on the other hand, to compensate for the
want of the real comforts abandoned on quitting our
native coast? M. De B. would tell us, perhaps. we have
a greater latitude, and more unrestricted licence in the
enjoyments of life on his side of the Channel than on our
own—so at least may we judge, if we are to infer any
thing from his sarcastic reproof of the " morals of some foreigners"
in his town—as such licence-lovers must be the cast of persons he
can only contemplate in this censure ! But be, as well as his coun-
trymen, has perhaps to learn that individuals of the description on
whom he animadverts, are to the full as distasteful to their more
respectable compatriots, and shunned with as much "antisocial
reserve" by them, as they ever could be by the most repulsive and
suspicious of his own wary, and, we are to suppose, more moral
fellow-citiaens of Boulogne. ALUION.

The King's p ivite apartments in the new Palace,
building in St. James's Park, are to be at the side near Constitu-
tion-hill, to which a very 'splendid entrance is nearly completed.
A dispatch, dated the 181 of June, was received
yesterday morning nettle Colonial Department, from Mr. Wait-
' aniavost, the British Consul at Tripoli, Which announces the ar-
' rival of Major LAING at Timbuctoo.
Monday night last, a meeting was held in the Court-
house, in Darley-street, Bradford, on the subject of employing the
unemployed poor labourers, when it was resolved to continue to
employ them in cleansing the Beck, an such terms as to add wages
to the relief they might be receiving from the township. A great
many labourers have been since this regularly employed.
An infant, fifteen monks old, belonging to Mr.
SWINE, of Church-lane, Limehouse, was yesterday placed in a high
loft by a girl twelve years of age, and, springing forward, fell to the
;round and was killed. .
Yesterday morning a Gentleman, in passing down
Fleet-street, in a horse and gig, whilst attempting to pass between
two coal waggons, ilea's. B, idge-street.' got entangled with their
wheels, and the elaise.and horse were overturned with considerable
,violence. Tne Gentleman, fortunately, sustained but little injury,
'either was the florae much but t, hut the chaise was completely
, lashed to peCeo.

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GLASGOW, jULT —•-.
The mansion of W. Akaand--torer, ESq. Woe AogisauSed by fin on
Monday night. The fire originated from the Imprudence,ef a ser-
vant setting a foul chimney on fire in order to zinnia. 'The distance
from Paisley prevented engines arriving in time to be of any service,
and so rapid was the progreu of the flames, that in a short time the
house was, with the exception of one wing, completely burnt down.
Scarcely any Article of furniture wait rescued froth the devouring
element. The fussily were retnoved to Mr. Flapier's of Bliekstone.
Mr. Henry Burby, one of the guards of the mail coach between
Dumfries and Portpatrick, on the morning of Thursday last, ob-
served, while on the road about two miles beyond Glenluce. an
uncommonly bright meteor in the air, apparently directly over him.
It appeared to the eye about the size of an ordinary Winchester
bushel, but without a tail, and disappeared without the slightest
report: Nos parks were, elicited on the dissolution of the meteor.
NAVAL IN •

—ono—
FAcsustrrst, . ACCUST 7.-4 ind W.S.W.—Arrived the Duke
of Kent packet, from Lithonsalled the sth instant ; 'and the Ri-
naldo packet, from the Leeward Istands•rsailed from St. Thomas's
the Ith July. Left at Montserrat the brig Buph i emia to sail on
the Ist of July, for London; and the Usk, to sail on the 10th, for
ditto; sailed the Diana, and San Juan, Danish brig of war, for
Santa Cruz, to sail from thence for Europe on the 13th inst. with
300,000 dollars.. The Paragon, from the Clyde, had arrived.—The
Rinaldo packet spoke on the 17th ult. in lat. 28. 35. long. 59. 8. the
bark Catharine, from Liverpool fOr Charleston, in 35 days.
Portsmouth, Auonn 18.—Wind W. N. W. —Arrived the Seine,
Gottsx, from Riga. Passed by for London, the Montrose,
Rozausa, from Trinidad, in 61 days, and landed ,passetsgers.+-
Sailed his Majesty's ship Lzvas, for Woolwich.
Daat., AUGUST 18.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrives "thclJohn
Bainbridge, Moos, from Cape Breton; and JohnitlanstolOMmtito,
from Mugadore—sailed the 7th ultimo ; left there the Mitford,
TAYLOR., to sail in eight days afterwards. Arrived from the River,
and remains, with the Atlas, fur Jamaica, the Achilles, HINDZIL-
sow, from London for the Cape. The rest of the outward bound
have sailed.

BUM', Mouse IL.—Arrived the Lavinia, Fuataxo, from Jaa
maica; and Lord Collingwood, Hewsow, from Miramichi. .
LITTRTOOL, ATMs? 17.—Arrived the Concordia, &met, from
New Orleans; Samuel Robertson, Florida, and Margaret and Ann,
from Charleston; Lady Digby, Ganges, and Philip Tabb, from
New Orleans; and the Elisabeth and True Blue,from Miramiehi.
The Asia, Foos's, which sailed for Quebec on the 15th instant, has
put back, leaky. The Pandora, from Uarbadoes, hu are
rived off the port.
NA3sau, JULT Be—The Triton, from the Canaries to Havannah,
struck on a sunken rock near Little Isaac, but got off in a leaky
state, after throwing part of the cargo overboard. She put into
Beminis, landed part of the largo, and proceeded. The John Gil-
pin, from Boston to the Havannah, is totally wrecked near tie
Hole in the Wall.
A private letter arrived this morning (the 17th of August) from
IJ. D. Tufty, Esq. a passenger on board the Atalanta, for .Bombay,
stating that the Atalanta bad arrived at St. Jago oa the 22d of. bray►
1826, and the day previous the Palmyra, YOUOKLT, and the V#el-
pomene, for Ceylon, with the 78th Regiment on board. Theire bad
also arrived the Flora French frigate, one brig, and two schionxrs
of WV, betted to. Martinique.
The accounts from Buenos Ayres are to the 31st of
May, when the crisis in Finance and in Commerce was at its height,
information having then just been reteleed of that which occurred
in this country. So universal was tho distrust, that not a bill on
England would be taken. Buenos Ayres, in fact, was in May,
though on a smaller scale. the counterpart of London in-Feb. last.
The Petersburgh Journal, of August 1, contAins a very
flattering exposé of the state of the Russian Finances.
The heat at Madrid on the 3d inst. was excessive, 30
deg. (or 100 Fahrenheit). People only came out a;
night to breathe a little fresh air.
We have received Jamaica papers to the 11th ult.;
they contain no political intelligence worth extracting.
All doubt as to the destination of his fslaJzary's ship
Twain) is now removed. That vessel was off St. Jago
de la Vega on the 6th-ult. and was to it oceed to Port.
au Prince on the llth.
The Bogota Constitucionnd to the 9th of. June, anti a
Garda Extraordinaria de Colombia of the 6th of June,
have reached us. The former contains no intelligence.:
the latter consists 'of o lciaj dispatches transaritted to
the Executive, explanatory of, the events which had
taken place in Venezuela, connected with the proceed-
ings of General PAN& They serve to complete the
series of documentary papers, relating to those transac.
tions. The fullowing is an extract of a private letter
from Carthagena, dated the 27th June: •
" The Spanish fleet has not been seen for ten days, so we trust
they have left our coast for good. We have had much rain of late,
which, with a considerable influx of foieigners (lately arrived) has
'calmed some sickness among the latter, which in some instances
has proved fatal, otherwise we are very healthy. Commerce is quite at
as tand, and money difficult to be got. Prices of all produce nominal."
Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at
Buenos Ayres, dated May 29:-4, This port continues
to be strictly blockaded by the Brazilians, and although
they have within the last week in de two attacks upon
the squadron belonging to this Government, under the
command of Admiral Brown, they were repelled without
much loss being sustained on either side. The Brazilian
squadron is again in sight, standing up the river, and
another attack is exreeted to take place shortly."

Thursday, the Loup MAYOR went down with his
family to see the Arsenal at Woolwich. Although his Lordship
wept in private, be was received in a public way, General Hawse
having ordered that the most marked military attention should be
paid to his Lordship.
Monday week, as Mr. Gmonas M —AGWAY; son of Mr.
Alderman Mannar, Miss howes, and two other Ladies, were
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driving in a sociae, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, the horse took fright,
and, running agaiTst a projection, overset the Whole party over the
precipice into the sea. The Ladies escaped unhurt, but Mr.Maitia.te
received a severe wound in the head.

The Bankrupt List for investigation, yesterday, before
the Commissioners in Basinghall-street, amounted to upwards of
SO; and this day the whole of the cases on papa are 16 only.
LIvERPooL, THURSDAY EVSNING.—There has been a
good demand for Cotton to-day, and upwards of 1,000 bap have
been sold at a shade Improvement on last we.-k's prices; and the
demand yesterday was also very good.
Yesterday one of those numerous vehicles, drawn by
one horse, which carry visitants to the fair at Camberwell, broke
down by being overloaded, having 12 passengers, near the
Liam of Wa'worth; one young man had his thigh broken, and many
of the others were seriously hurt.
A poor woman of the n me' of King, of Sowerby.
street, near Halifax, was safely delivered, on Wednesday morning,
of three boys, all living.
EinutiON.—Wednesday, Andrew Fullarton was et•
tented at the head of Libbetton's Wynd, Edinburgh, for the rob-
bery of James Hunter, &. Leonard's-street, Edinburgh, on the high
road between Edinburgh and Dalkeish, on the night of the 18th of
April last. He was a quarrier in Gilmerton, and was not more
than twenty-four years of age. When visited on Monday by his
wife (an interesting and well-believed young woman, who has one
child, the fruit of their marriage), he told her to grieve not for him,
adding, that " he knew he was going to exchange a state of sin ;ad
misery for one orperfeet bliss." Even till so late as Monday be
continued to assert his innocence of any concern in the robbery,
though he admitted he had shared in the assault. On reaching the
scaffold he partially renewed his composure, and was then placed
on the drop. He prayed so audibly that the exclamations of "Oh .
dear," and" Oh Gun !" were distinctly heard. At length he gave
the signal; the effort was too much, he fainted, and fell towards one
side as the drop descended. His struggles were very brief.
BnlcturoN, Auo. 17.—The public were likely to
have sustained a serious loss, a few days since. Mr. Mamma,
the comedian, though perfectly at home when surrounded by a •:•
nista), audience, has not the same confidence amidst the noisy sea ;
and has consequently been in the habit, when bathing here, in ad.
dition to the security of an inclosed bath, of using a life-preserver.
Having put this on, as usual, he plunged into the water, but from
some cause or other, it slipped from its position round the chest
lower down the body, and his head and the upp.r part of his body
were thus kept under water, his legs only appearing above. Such
a position immediately excited the attention of two or three Gen-
tlemen who were at that time dressing, and the alarm having been
given, the comedian was shortly rescued from his rapleuens situa-
ticio by one of the attendants, without having sustained much in.
convenience, beyond the DeCeNary fright at such au unexpected
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ENGLAND, THE HOME OF THE WORLD!

SUNG BY lelt. lIKAHANI AT VAUXHALL.

Hail to thee, England—blest isle of the ocean,
Thy proud deeds awaken the fondest emotion,
Whose name shall for ever live famous in story—
Tbe watch-word of freedom—the birth place of glory.
Tby sons they are brave and are true to their duty
Thy daughters are fair lovely emblems of beauty--
The joys that surround
But in England are found—
In England—the Home of the world !
Com:it'd is her Lion—Britannia reposes;
Encircled by laurels amid her bright roses,
Her warriors at rest and her banners all furl'd.-.
Bail to thee, England, blest isle of the ocean ;
The Exile beholds thee with blissful emotion I
The joys that surround
But io England are found, •
Dear England !—the Home of the world!
Ye, who inveigh 'gainst the land of the stranger,
Who would, by disunion, its blessings endanger,
Go seek foreign climes, for a country so glorious
As England—Old England !—for ever victorious.
Her light was the beacon that guided to freedom
When nations, opprest, called on England to aid them—
Her clarion she blew
Was stedfast and true,
And spread her shield over the world!
Long may her Navy triumphantly sailing,
And Army still conquer with courage unfailing
Their thunder for ever 'gainst tyrants be hurl'd—
Hail to thee, England—blest isle of the ocean,
The Eaile beholds thee with blissful emotion—••
The joys that surround
But in England are found—
Dear England—the Home of the world !

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Moguls and Marchioness of Bristol and family left town
yesterday, for their seat in Suffolk.
Count and Countess Limn arrived in town yesterday, from
Richmond.
The Hon. George and Lady Georgiana Agar Ellis have left
Niihau Park, for Norman Court, Stockbridge.
Mr and Lady Mary Rocs have left town for Cornwall.
Sir Francis Vincent, Ban. left the British Hotel, Jermyn.st.
yesterday, for Paris.
Captain Rickett arrived yesterday at Fenton's New Hotel, St.
James's street, from a tour.
General and Mrs Ross have left town for their seat inHerts.

General Armstrong arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn
street, from a tour.
Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square—Colonel and Mrs.
Wadlow, from Edinburgh; and :be Rev. J. it. Thompson and
J. R. Thompson, Esq. from Yorkshire. Departure—Dr. Bonnet
and -- Tennant, Esq. for Brighton.
lord King has arrived at his seat in Surrey, from a tour.
Lord John Thynne has left town on a tour.
The Earl of Shrewsbury has arrived at his seat, Grafton House,
Worcestershire, front Staffordshire.
The Provost of Dublin has arrived at the Royal Hotel, St.
James's street, from Ireland.
Atrivals at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook stteet—Miss Floyer,
from Lath; M. Orry La Roche and family, from Paris; M.
Gibert and family, from Paris.