Star.
London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

ROME.

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When the. Son first gilds yon mountain
With the early blush of morn,
Sparkling in the gushing fountain,
Glitt'ring on the dew-deck'd thorn,
Then seek some verdant grove,
Or through the llow'ry meadows roam;
With all my thoughts on those I love,
And heart and soul on happy home!
When his mid-day beam Blunting
Hill and dale with garish light ;
When the lovely fiow'ret blooming
. Looke from loveliness more bright,
Then I'll seek nine cool retreat,
Or tbroqgh the smiling meadows roam ;
Still my anxious heart shall beat
• For peaceful, quiet, happy home !
When his last full beams come darting
From the richly-glowing West
And the glorious day departing,
Brings sweet Evening's hour of rest,
Then I'll think on by-gone days,
lkluse on joyous hours to come,
While my throbbing heart shall raise
A prayer—for happy, happy home !
Literary Chronicle.

ROYAL LIBRARY, BRITISH MUSEUM.

The pile of building, lately erected in the Garden of
the British Museum, for the reception of the Library
given by the King to the Museum, is nearly in a finished
state. The front of the briilding looking towards Bed-
ford-square, is faced with stone, and the projection in
the centre, is ornamented with four half columns of the

lonic Order, fluted, and a pilaster at each end, of the
same order, which support a pediment. The cornice, sc.
of the order, is placed at the top of the wall, along the
whose of this side, wrought in stone. The entrance is at
i.the end of Montague-place. The first apartment on the
tight, is of very great length, extending to the projec-
tion in the centre of the building into which it leads.—
That part of the room which corresponds to the centre
division of the exterior of the building, ornamented on
each side with two superb Corinthian columns, the shaft
and base of which, are of marble, very highly polished.
The capitals of the columns are not executed in the same
sort of marble, but are variegated, and are extremely'
beautiful ; they have also a very high polish. The ad-
joining room is nearly equal in dimensions to the first;
beyond which, there are two other rooms.
The whole of this noble suite of apartments, which

are very lofty, are of an equal height, and decorated at
the top with an enriched cornice frieze, &c. which en-
circles the whole of the rooms. The ceilings are of a
most magnificent description, being richly ornamented
in a light and elegant manner. The frame work, which
supports this ceiling, is entirely of iron, which renders
Vie building fire-proof; very strong iron girders are
placed at intervals across the walls to support the work.
The rooms are lighted by a row of windows on both
sides, of equal dimensions, and extend the whole length
of the building. The party walls, which divide the
apartments, are decorated at the angles with double
faced pilasters of highly polished marble.
A broad stone staircase in the entrance-hall, leads to
a corresponding suite of rooms above of the same ex-
tent as those below, !hough much lower; the ceilings
are ornamented in a very chaste style, and light is ad-
mitteal into these rooms by skylights in the roof. The
principal part of the roof is of cast iron, it has a very
slight rise, so that it is not seen from the ground. It is
covered with copper.

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Sadler's Wells Thea Tired st evening.
We have received from Van Dieman's land the Cola

slid Times up to the 21st April. It is almost entirely
filled with an account of a trial for libel' gainst Mr.
Andrew Bent, the Printer of that Paper, for reflecting
on Colonel Arthur. The verdict was guilty on one of
the counts only. The passage complained of, was one
in which Mr. B.ut termed Colonel Arthur " a Gideonite•

of Tyranny."
The. Dutch. Papers contain some Unimportant ac-
counts of skirmishes between the troops of the Nether-
lands and the natives in the island of Java, which seems
as far from being pacified as ever. The numbers of
sick, we 'egret to find, had increased to 9,000 at Got-
tingen, notwithstanding the immense number of deathsl
which had taken place.
The King of Sweden has permitted the free importa-
tion of hay. and straw into his dominions, as well as
that of oats and bailey on a moderate duty. The Rus-
sian squadron from Cronstadt had been joined by two
ships of the line from Archangel, and had sailed towards
the South. _ _

The Bath Turnpike Tolls were let on Thursday for
14.9101. being an increase on the last year's letting of
10201. This sum, however, includes the addi,ional tolls
arising from the cessation of the city improvement tolls.,
The workmen employed in excavating the ground for
the purpose of laying the foundation to the Custom
House, on Saturday, discovered a well 72 feet deep, in
the middle of Thames•street. The mouth of the well,
which was arched over with small bricks of a very an-
cient make, was 22 feet below the level of the street.
The neighbourhood of llethnal•green is scarcely ex-
ceeded in depravity by that of Portland-town and
Lisson•gteen, which is fast becoming the resort of the
most vile and profligate part of the community, some
c.f. whom take possession of unfinished houses as recepta-
cles rt)r their plunder.
It has been suggested that something in the shape of
a ferry should be established during the approaching
season at the corners of the different streets in Oxford-
road and Piccadilly, to carry foot passengers across the
rivets of mud.

• Monday a fine little gill, about three years of age,
• belowging. to a private of the lOtli Regiment of Foot,
fell out of the window of a house in Galway, three pair,
of stairs from the ground, and was killed.
• Saturday evening, James Jackson, of Blakeley, near
241 in:hester, had a vitlent altercation with his wife
about seine beef, and whilst eating it he was choked.
On the inquiry before Mr. Milne, the Jury found a
verdict Accidcwally choked."
A shocking accident occurred on Saturday afternoon,
in sS it.th.place, Finsbury. Ai a poor man, in the ern.
ployment of Messrs. Chippendale's coopers, of Dunhill
row, apparently between .50 and 60 years of age, was
driving his horse with a cart, the animal going at a
.et'ick pace, the man, in endeavoining to get hold of
toe briJie, which be could not accomplish, held by the
horse's collar, but he at length lost his hold and fell,
and the wheel of the cart passed over his body, in con-
sequence of which lie was killed on the spot.
• ' 'Forty or fifty thousand iron bedsteads have been re-
cently ordered bylioverhaient: one beach RUM •