Star.
London, England, 1827-12-03 00:00:00

ANECDOTE OF GENERAL HAMILTON.

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During the lifetime of this distinguished statesam,
and while on a journey to Albany, he chanced to pot
up for the night at a tavern in one of the small village,
on the Hudson River, where a mountebank had advey.
tiled to display his ingenuity at sle'ght of hand, s'ack
wire, Btc.-on that evening. Induced by motives of ca
riosity, and a desire to while away the tedious booty
of a winter's evening, the General took a front scat is
the apartment allotted for the performances. His keel
piercing eye did nut escape the cbservarion of thejogg.
ler, who, stepping up so him, and handing him a silver
dollar, politely requested him to hold it until he stioold
call for it,*adding, that it might escape his fliers with.
'out his knoWledge. The Gen:ral, thit.king some harm.
less trick was intended, and being desirous of humour.
ing the joke, very readily accepted the tiller, and clench.
ing it f.rst in his hand, waited in momentary expects.
tion.of some attempt to extricate it from hi, grasp
without his privity. The jogger, whenever he at.
tempted to perform s new trick, v ould first cast aa
enquiring glance at the. General, as much as to say,
" now look for the dollar!" when the former wid.,
immediately look into his hand, to convince hiasself
that he was yet in posse-sion of it. After the parlors.
ante had t nded, the mountebank requested his dollar
of General H. who, on returning it, observed, that he
could discover no trick to it. " I do, thosie,' replied
the mountebank; you had not been three minutes is
the room, when I perceived that if I did not do some.
thing to divert your attention, you would detect me in
,every trick I attempted; I therefore gave you the toi-
ler to hold, and managed to have it ab-cnb so much of
your attention, that I got through the performance
much better thau I anticipated when you Arse find
your eyes upon me. General,kj., it is said, was highly
amused with this chef d7oettem of the juggler, and p.ro-
nounced it "the best trick pertained that evening,
4vrerican Paper.
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A Cuckoo was heard in -Torrington Woods on Thum.
day weelc,,,pooring forth its pkintire stoles as distinctly
,ps in Kt,' 4zetcr ,Paper.
14 ..EAsx Dors.—Tuesday afternoon as an inslivi-
ciPll•llPPlPTed in supplying stone to the Junction
Dock, vas standing on the pier, he was 'accosted by
a man of respectable appearance, who, haying ascii•
tamed that..the .first mentioned .person was going by
piaci) .to. York on the following day, pretended that he
also was about to proceed 10 that city by the same con-
veyance. The ice being broken, it was easy to persuade
the unsuspecting dupe to walk to the Black was, at
the corner of Quay-street, to take a cup to better as
quaintance. Here they were joined by three men, one
of wh; m. after a good deal of what our Londoners.
temporaries would call "chaffing," in which he stated
himself to be possessed of property to the amount of
325,0001. offered, not to pay the national debt, but to
toss up for 1 s.! The decoy accepted the offer, and, hav-
ing won ls. at a time, to the amount of 11. very gom
roust, returned it. He then applied himself to his sew
acquaintance, and.st.st:ng that he had 61. to sport, asked
him to lend him somei money to increase the stakes.—
This the latter actually complied with, and lent him
651. which was, with the 51. before mentioned, tossed
for, and, ofcourse, lost to his accomplice in the twinkling
of an eye. The loser asked his ar rpaintance to walk with
him to Pease's bank, whore he would repay him his 651.
Alter proceeding some distance, however, he was per-
suaded to return to the Black Swan, and *air his
friends rejoining him with the rm.ney. On his arrival
at the house, he found that the three men, one of whom
had pocketed the 701. were gone. We need scarcely
add,_ttrat his new friend has not yet :corned to the
Black Swan.—Hull Packet.

MARRIED.
Rev. Robert Howlett, of Tbeberton, to Harriet, eldest dassitter
of T. Hamm. Esq. of Wickham Market.
- Rev. Lundy Foot, of Holly Park, in the county of Dubha. to
Harriet, eldest daughter of the nor. Jubn Wm. Ctmoinehato,Viear
of Harrow.

DIED.
At the Vicarage House, Frozheld, Wilts, the /lee. Lewis gnu%
at an advanced agfi.
Rev. John Page Julian, RA. of Queen's College, Cambridee.
Rev. John Hopkins, Precentor and major Minot Canon of Win-
chester Cathedral, Chaplain to the College, and Vicar of Warr
borough, Wilts.
At Aberystwith, the Rev. James Williams, Head Master of
the Grammar School in that town, and Curate of Lianycharina,
Cardiganshire.
'Wednesday evening, at his house in South Lambeth, in the 47th
year of hie age, -J John Pittman Esq. principal Proprimot of use
County aromas and County ll;raid, and one lathe Common Cosm-
ed for the Ward of Farringdon Within. He had bees for war-
time in a declining state of health ; but his dearest friends lad its
suspicion of the fatal result, till within the last three weeks, when
his debility became so exceislve as to base the power of the ewe
eminent Professional assistance. Of an active, loteition, end
liberal mind, it may be said truly that few men pool/need in a treater
degree the respect and esteem of the circle in which be moved, se
quitted this tran.itory life more deeply or sincerely lamented. Dow
wive in the cause of benevolence, firm in his friendebips,
possessing all the endearing qualities of social life, his memory
ante
long be revered, and those who knew him best will deplore him men

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