Star.
London, England, 1826-08-26 00:00:00

MARGATE, August 23:

Dear delightful Margate! Thine is the inexhaustible
and never-ending mine of mirth and conviviality! The
opulent merchant—the plodding tradesman—the smirk-
ing clerk—and the fortnight's-holiday apprentice, all--
all find *their respective recreations and amusements
in thee! The young are pleased, the aged smile, and
the health of all becomes improved and benefitted by
the salubrious bieez2s that blow-from thy happy andl
healthy shores.
The Steamers to and from this place bring and re-
turn, every day throughout the week, a number not
less than from three to four hundred. The exaction of
two shillings from each passenger, as pier duty, sticks
dreadfully in the gizzards of the Cockneys; there ap-
pears, however, no redress for them at present. The
town at this minute is extremely full—not a bill of
44 Lodgings to Let' is to be seen throughout the whole
place; the boarding-houses. too are pretty well filled
with company.
The Duke of WELLlNOTow,during his stay bere, made
himself very familiar with the visitors. He was pleased,
to patronise a ball at Howe's, which was, in conse-
quence, well attended, and his Grace condescended to
be present. This is good taste: it cost nothing, and
was a circumstance that was sure to be the means of
his ingratiating himself very highly with the public.—
The Duca wrote his name in the subscription book at
lizat.E's Bathing Rooms, and ten guineas hart been
offered for the leaf upon which this is written. BEALE,
however, prides himself so much on the honour ofl
having the Hero's name standing in his book, that he
positively declares if any body would offer him 500
guineas be would not put with it.
A Miss Dusw is singing here ; she possesses taste,
• and her execution is good. 'Tis strange, that at this
laughter-loving spot, comic singers are never engaged
to amuse the frequenters of the libraties and public
places of amusement. A good laughable and truly
comic song, with a Toll-de-roll 101, or Ri-turn ale-iddle-
sie, at the end of it, would, one should think, be more
suitable to the taste of the visitors of Margate, than all
your fine scientific performance. If this were once tried,
the truth of this observation would, there is no doubt,
be creetually proved.
DECAMP has been amusing the town with his Paul
Pry, which was indeed as fairly given as could be ex-
peered. WALLACE, his wife, and the veteran Irish
JOHNSON (in whose appearance the military officer is
.s strongly traced) are likeniee here for their health.
Poor KELLY, too, is daily wheeled down the health-
blowing Jetty, for the benefit of the sea breezes.
'telling goes on at the library of an evening as brisk as ever,
and thousands are won and lost every night by the gamblers. Some
little sensation has been created by a Lady baying. had her reticule
snatched from her, whilst marketing, by some villian, who got clear
off with it, and which, it is said, contained, in notes and gold, not
1666 than 101.
A public breakfast was given at St. Peter's this morning. The
weather being remarkably fine, crowds of visitors from Margate,
/Unique Broaduairs, &c. attended. Much fashion and elegance
were displayed amongst the Ladies. Of air entertainments glen
(that is, paid for), this seems to be the most fashionable and the
best attended.

The first cert;ficate under Mr. PEEL'S Act, to enable
the witnesses to obtain tbeir expenses for attending before the Ma •
gistrates, was applied for at Guildhall, and granted yesterday, in a
case of commitment for horsootealing. _ _

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The plAgue is spreading at -Constantinople. All the
Coffee Houses without exception, are shut up.
It may be mentioned as a proof that the distress in the
country is abating, that the Committee for the Relief of the hlanu-
facturine Districts have had very few applications during t►e present
week. They are engaged, we understand, in devising some mode
by which their remaining funds may be directed rather to the em-
ployment than to the direct relief of the suffering manufacturers,
conceiving that they may by that means become more extensively
beneficial to the districts.
The water of the Trent has scarcely ever, wi.hin the
r,e:nory of man, been' so low as it is at the present period. The
s:eani packet to Newark has been discontinued, the passage Saving
been found impracticable for some weeks past.
At the Radnor shire Sessions, held at Presteign, Henry
Miaow, the only prisoner, was found Gitiky of having cut the
throat of his Wife, with intent to murder her, and against him Sen-
tence of death was recorded.
EQUITABLE DEv:ce.—An old Italian, on his death-
bed, left little to his widow except a fine horse, and a favourite cat ;
desiring, bowever.that the horse might be sold, and the price em-
pioysd in masses for his soul. The widow sent the horse and the
cat to market, with an injunction to sell the horse foe a crown, but
not except the purchaser also innight the cat for four hundred
crowns. Tn this way she with case to bet' conscience got the tnonep
fur het own use.