Star.
London, England, 1817-11-11 00:00:00

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This pry drainer, Wore she left Bristol, evinced
quids apparent tontrition for the numerous pranks
',he had played in that neighbourhood ; and Ler cro
.codile teats induced .slime kindhearted persons to
supply her with the pecuniary means of proceeding
to Amesica, where. in the obscurity of some honest
and creditable employmei:t. it was hoped she might
eve from the odium she had so justly incurred by
',er impositi.ns. These hones have been wilfully dis-
appointed Sl:e reached Philadelphia on the I lth of
September, and on Cle 15th, only four days after her
rival, we filid her anninuncing a Concert A Car.
Taboo Concert." as it is called in the American Pa-
. MS. Of this exhibdion, a Philadelphia Paper gives
the follnwing account t—t, The Hall was splendidly
illutOinated, the music 'good. Ana the vocal pertor-
mers exerted themselvei in a nianr.o. %Well Aare
general s orsfaction. In part first, the celebrate.)
*-I....Garrahno made her appearance, dressedin the
cr ••tumr of Itwaso, and supported by two Gtnilemex
Miters She was received with a general burst of ap-
,.; 1.1.4., and her appearance and mannerasilvneed those
nainuations which have been so inkistriou.ly cited-
' *hitt° injure an innocent and unoffeiiiiing female.
Paper was handed to her. on which she wrote a letter
in the language which puzzled the Universities of Ox-
ford and Cambridge, and the most learned protes-
sors of the Oriental languages in Great llrihin. lieu
taking leave of the audience in the language of the
Moos, was highly applauded."
But thii part of the story was all moonshine ; fur
the Concert was badly atsended, and the receipts did
not pay the expenses. Mary, at the date of the last
American papers, was on bet way to Baltimore and
N..1.-11c, in me hope of being able to levy contrihu-
rue.s ; bur, if we may be permitted to judge from
the following paragraphs, her receptions there would
not fie more favourable than at l'iiiladelphia
liciaroxs,ssrr. 211.

Tb Tug EDIT 0 g —Gentlrmers.—Havirop seen it mentioned
in a New-York Paper, that the famous Mi.s Caaassoo. whose
arrival at Plilladelploia you noticed in year Paper some time pa.t,
was about to pay a visit to New-York. 1 big leave, tlirsegli your
paper, to undeutivethe public upon that highly imp • subjmt ;
Miss-Carrshoo, allow me to say. Las lately arrived in this
Bo-
rough ..tod rented the Lricb book,. No. I, Inkot-streue, where
.he has riabliduld hvis.:lt with a vomit:3ns ertxu it, and may
be train at all hours of the doe. It Is a subjvat of :south regn:t
with the re•ptetable Inhabitants of that neighbourhood, the, fee
deeenty's sake, the Police of the Borough have nor, err this,
waited on her ladyship, and conducted her and her difailo of
Jf.eour to mar. suitable lodgings. 7Ms much for the present,
Maws. Editors: perhaps you may bear mars of it by and bye."

On the boys: paragraph, the Editor of a New. York
Paper Makes the following remaiks Should it be
the intention of this invasive to visit New. York, she
is informed, that we have a Statute called the Vagrant
Act, which is provided 'for all such persons, and a
place called :3ridewell, setadr to riceive them i of
which, it is hoped, she will take due notice."
It may be noticed, as an additional trait in the
character of this Primo of lisextre, that on the very
day of her first tarkiiiiiess at Phil.' I.elphia, the wrote a
letter to a friend' in Bristol, stating, that she was
about to engage herself as cook in the house of a re-
spectable merchant
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Satarday as Mr. and Mrs. Mnrecreft were riding
through Holloway in a gig. the vehicle got entang.
ied with a dray. near the brewhonse. and it was over-
turned. Both were thrown out. and the head of
Mrs. Morecroft WA's thrown under a waggon passing.
sad crushed to ativrts. What readers the case atill
more afflicting is, that the Lady was eight nionthi
gone with child.
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Exinsoittumaav !—We lately gave an account of
an immense !mune being left to a youth, by a Gen.
tieman who had accidentally met him in a stage.
coach, on his way to school, at Shrewsbury. We
have now before us a letter on this subject, from a
Gentleman in Cambridgeshire, dated October 29.
from which we extract 'the following particulars t
GI I delayed this letter, till I could give you some
particulars of dm most extraordinary of ail extraor-
diriary affairs that ever came to my knowledge. The
young man wlio has been spoken 61 in the newspa-
pers as hsving had a fortune of £SOO.UU() left him,
is one whom I know very well. as well as his family.
They ate respectable farinets at Chippenham, near
Newmarket, ..pd their farm is part of the Thorpe
•Esraset of which 4r. W. is receiver, by appointment
of the Court fit Chaheery. • When the tidings were
first made ptiblio: here. it was considered as a jnke
.ppoti the father of the young min'; and alter it be-
gan. jar somd very slight degree, to be credited,
no one could` think it possible that the propel ty be-
wail...o was so 121111101114 as it has since proved.--
The accounts you have seen in the papers are pretty
correct as far as they go, with the exception of this
patticolar. The person who left the property. never
itnew the family ; nor the fottunete object of his
bounty, any farther than seeing him ring to and
the Shrewsbury school. But now for the
meant. The Duke of ' Devonshire's iocnnw ilk
4238,000 ii-yitar, and that tif the Duke of Rutland
ASSAM by rent roil. The income left to this
youth is more than double that ol these two Dukes I
lillr. W. (the receiver above mentioned, and who is
naiotletaanial great respectability), teasrequested on
ariday ity-the lather of the youth, to go to Chip-
peahens immediately to meet the fatuity ;.and he
Maid with them till Saturday. I have had much con-
eensiian with him singe, bit the matter. It appears,
awfstsaa who left this Oriverty was named Devel-
'beaus ; that he lived recluse, and was Mto known.
la the toads have been found millions, his prnpeity ;1
vim or two, Mr. W. says, bhtildnuosa 1. The'
estate is Spahr ii valued at iIIOU,OOO a year—the
scotch estate lostnesse--laisides an estate of great
value aohe West Indies. -.There is not a Sovereign
it iCsilapri'isut what is indebted to him, and that to
set—wires:ly a boat that be Meant
alhignantesenlein rosar Nobleman's estate in Great Britain,
bisehrea, but this} ono has a claim upon. Whanienc
pls iooyitlitak ofihisatstement, it *ail soon be found
co WI true. /dr. W•141.1.it irk property of most
dallgerOSS amount 1. k
r I, Is Oen '*MS SUificient to
ovation the state.' lam aarry-snadd, that within
tha.last few days. the iii•oorMi Ydiudi (who is about
eightees Yliro 01.
f ir') Its takie to his bed, end can.
le porsuatiid to get up. 'it ii feared that la,
sot
owl feetsan bas affected ks. mind, and groat unettsi-
-1 and alarm au felt foebtm. In my ant pownhau
hear. more.'!—Bendel Mirror.