Star.
London, England, 1828-11-14 00:00:00

LORD BYRON.

The following characteristic letter from Lord Bxaow,
h dated Genoa, 1823, and addressed to one of his best
and wisest friends. It is an answer to a letter advising
economy and retrenchment:
"This is merely a line of advice to your honour, to
get me out of the tremulous funds of these oscillatory
times. There will be a war somewhere no doubt ; and
wherever it may be,the funds will be affected more or less;
so pray get us out of them with all proper expedition.
It has been the burden of my song to you these three
years and better, and about as useful as wiser counsels
With regard to Chancery appeals, arbitrations, survey-
ing', bills, fees, receipts, disbursements, copyrights, ma-
norial ditto, funds, lands, Bcc. &c. I shall always be
disposed to follow your more practised and practica-
ble experience. I will economise, and do, as I have
partly proved to you by my surplus revenue of 1822,1
which almost equals the ditto of the United States of
America, in proportion (vide President's Report to Con-1
}tuts); and do you second my parsimony by judicious
d sbursements of what is requisite, and a moderate lis'
quidation. Also to make an investment cf any spare
monies as may render some usance to the owner;
because,, however: little, eiery little makes a mickle,'
as we cf the North say, with snore rearm than rhyme.
1 hope you have all receipts, &c. &c. &c. and acknow-
ledgments of monies paid in liquidaton of debts, to
prevent extortion, and hinder the :ellows from coming'
twice, of which they would be capable, particularly as
my absence would lend them a prttext. You will, per-1
haps, wonder at this recent and furious fit of accumu-
lation and retrenchment; 'but it is not so unnatural.
I am not naturally o.tentatious, although once careless
and expensive, because careless; and my extravagant
passions have pretty well subsided, as it is time they
shoul 3, on the very vet ge of 35. I al A ays 'ook .d ;o about
30 as the barrier of any real or fierce delight in the pas.
mons, and determined to work tliem out in t e younger
ore and better veins of the mine; and I flatter myself,
that, perhaps. I have petty well done so, and now the
dro,s is coming, and 1 loves lucre; for we must lose
something ; at least d 1 have nor quite worked out the
others, it is er t want of labouring hard to do so.—
But, perhaps, l deceive myself. At any rate, then, I
babe a pas-,inti the more; and thus a feeling. Huts-
eve,, it is not for myself; but I should like, GOD will.
to leave something to my relatives more than a
nieie name; and I ebrJes that, to be able to do good tr:
I,t nets to a greater patent. It nothing else will do, I
most try bread and water, which, by the way. Are very
nourishing, and sufficient, if good of their kind.
NULL BYRON.'

DUTCH PAPERS.

TILE HAGUE, Nov. 11.
The Second Chamber of the States General began
yestersluy to examine in the sections the Decennial
Budget.
It is affirmed that the produce of the public revenue,
during the last four months of last year and the first
eight months of tl,e present year. has been so great as
to exceed the estimate by 2,779,958 florins. The esti-
mate of the revenue of 1828 exceeded the expenditure
by 793,367 florins ; thus, if the proceeds of the last four
months of the present year do not fall short, we shall
have a surplus of 3,488,325 florins.
AusTatiossr, Nov. rt.—Exchange on London, 11 93-.. Two
Mouths, 11 20.—Deach Papers, Nov. 12.