Star.
London, England, 1811-08-02 00:00:00

STANZAS.

, What pen stall paint the charms of Sys,
Charms chat would make the fickle trues
And who shall touch ti shades that prow,
Protectors from the bhaft of Load
Suppose an eye so dazzling • sight,
That age looks on with warm delight;
Suppose a cheek so finely red,
• Just like a me-leaf newly shed;
Add yet a pouting lip, whose smile
Speaks a sly wish, a tempting wile;
And then confess w hat bliss were thine,
To kiss this little rogue of mine!
That eye, 'tis true, I should admire,
If anger look'd not through the.fire ;
That cheek to worship I might bindy.s..,
• If rage its roses did not kid;
That coral lip I should adore,
If there was tip, and nothing more;
But Oh ! within, for all her leers,
She has a tongue, and I have ears!

FAantons.—Never did this fickle Goddtss held her court with
**much splendour in 'he month of July, in the metropolis, as
this season. From a variety of circumstances, Winter com-
menced in June instead of Sanitary, and the beautiniq -dresses
roduced for the Prince's Fete, and the numerous 1:alls and de.
Junes since given kas exhausted the taste and ingenuity of the Mar-
chand, de Modes. Under these circumstances we shall not at-
tempt to present our fair readers with any thing new, but confine
ourselves to the costume of a few of our most admired youthful
beauties at Wanstead Fete.—The Mi-ws Long wore white rift saes
with fine lace let ir, and tnmraing; purple bonnets and white
feathers. Miss Montgomery, a lace veil and pink flowers, a pink
eaturet dress with three Bounces round the bottom. Miss Ma-
de:vine, a pale blue slip, with a lace frock over it, and a beauti-
ful lace v • suspended bons the top of her bead. The Misses
Fitzroy, pink dresses and phi!' bonnets, with white feathers. Ihe
Countess of Chat lemont wore a pink tunic over white satin, and
• veil that covered her whole figure. What a reverse from the
exposure of the •tidies' Ishort1short time since! Three inches
were the depth for the back of th• gown, and the impression on
the mind of a person not versed in fashionable costume, on en-
tering an assembly, was, that the ladies were under wiartial km,
and were prepared for the exerstioarr, or that they were all seized
.with a violent &Artist, and were waiting for Dr. 011apoi to cup
er Mister.
Tim ELOPILIA,,NT PREvISTED.—The following cir-
eumstance occurred in the neighbourhncd of Berke.
ley-square on Tuesday last : A venerable seducer
bad ieund means to get introduced to a respectable
family, *here there was a daughter not mere than 17
years of age. Possessing very superior music al talents,
he, under pretence of assisting the young lady in her
studies, became a frequent visitor in the family, and
at length prevailed on her to elope with him ; previous
to doing which, she contrived to secure several valu-
able trinkets belonging to her mother and herself,
and u pleads of 0200 in bank-notes, from her father's
desk.. With this booty she left the house or. Tuesday,
in the middle of the cloy, and proceeded to a coach
which was waitinA for her in Charles-street, and in
which sat her expecting lover. The coach dteve off,
but not unperceived ; the conduct ot the young lady
had awakened the suspicions of her brother, who,
being on the alett, saw her quit the house, and get
into the coach, which he immediately followed, and
stepped ii, Mount-street. The nuts filling netitl was
separated from tie object of her tenderest affections,
and conveyed to a place of safety. The musical hero
is threatened with legal process for the retention of
the 8200, sehich the lady had delivered to him to
defray travelling expences. •
BAPTIST MISSION IN INDIA.--The late subscriptions
and collections in this country, but especially in Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, for the Baptist Missionary So-
ciety, and in particular, for defraying the expence of
translating the Scriptures, and printin;s thes, rransla-
, t;, in the languages of India, Chiila, afid Burmah,
bkv., we hear, been larger than there was reason to
expect. The warmest friends of these undertakings
did lot suppose that the sum of the subscriptions and
eon ctions would have come so near those in former
time in the present state of the country, and when so
many solicitations of a like nature pressed t n the se me
ant; of persons, and when so many societies, recently
estnslished, and measures of public utility were sup-
ported by them. Its will give the hearty friends and
benefactors of the Society great satisfaction to hear,
that advices are just received from Serampore, down
t,, .22d January last, when the missionaries were all
alive and well. To the former translations of the Serie-
tittes, they had begun to add another one; in the lan-
geage of Cashmere, in which direction Messrs. Cliam-
berlaine and Peacocke had set out on the 2lit January,
with passports from Government for Agra, between
1600 :old 1700 miles up the Ganges. It appears that
the number who, in 1810, had been baptised, and
joined the several churches of India, is considerably
greater than can be made out from the last number of
heir periodical accounts, amounting to 103 persons,
besides six persons baptised at Calcutta since January
1811, and six also during that time baptised by Ca-
rapeit at Jessore, who labours there among the na-
tivo, indefatigably in a circuit, the diameter of which,
is about 100 miles. About 60 miles beyond Cutwa,
a wealthy native merchant has renounced idolatry,
committing the car of his GOD to the flames, and has
converted his temple into a warehouse for black pep-
per and other commedities. He assembles with se-
veral of his neig'ibotirs every Lotin's day, reads the
Scriptures, and worships Gun. It is expected that he
will soon be baFtised by Mr. Wrn.Carey, jun. atCutwa,
The following is a statement of the population, B,:c.
in the parish of -Kelso, as taken down last month.—
leitabiied houses, $.29 ; occupied by 1,063 families.
h :r flies chiefly employed in agriculture, tf.l7 ; ditto
employed in trade, manufactures, and handi-
craft, 4:19: all other families not comprised in the
two preceding classes, 407.—Males, 1,797 ; females,
2,429.
The nest of a Caprimulgus, or Goatsucker, was
lately disc,vered in a plantation near Kilkerr..n, Ayr-
shire, the seat of Sir A. Ferguson, Bart. This singu-
lar species belongs to a genus of the order of Passeres,
and may be classed with the swallow tribe. It has oh.
tamed also the name of Fern Own, Night Swallow,
and Wlesclbird, as it feeds at night, on beetles and
has a whirring- noise, resembling that of a spinning
wheel .It is. Migratory, seldom residing more than
six weeks, or two months, in this northern climate.—
It lays its eggs on the bare earth, or even rock, with.
out any form of a nest. Its plumage is beautifully
variegated, and its site that of a small pigeon. It
his been accused of sucking goats, whence the name
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