Star.
London, England, 1829-08-05 00:00:00

COLLECTANEA.

A Won AN POsTED.—ti bold
maligned by some woman, has taken r,venge on her by an adver-
tisenient in an Ohio paper, in these words : " To all concerned—
In regard to an attempt to tarnish my reputation, recently nude
by Mrs. Elizabeth of Sprigg Township, I have only this re-
mark to submit to my acquaintance and the public : The said Mrs.
Elizabeth —is a liar, mid a n ihhhourhood nsisance; and ina.-
much as the licentiousness of Mi. tongue cannot he curbed, ttie
public ought to be advised that her U 4011.1114 are entitled to lin
weight; I accordingly hereby give that information, and boll
myself ready to prove it.—Sasnritt. DAVID' 1111."
MARCII Of IN. El. L ECT.-11.0 few:Sing CX -
Whited iu a window nor far from Clare-market : " Wanted a
yung gall too lam the buckbinden Mules too nock aft the privet
door."
A STItFITCIII:II.—Some of the trees near the Esta-
blishment of the Van Dieman's Land Company at Emit Bay, are
of the most gigantic kind. One in particular, standing above all
hie fellows, measures 63 feet round the base; and the strai.ht
t-unk of another, which has lately fallen by its side, is 160 feet to
the first branch—broad enough for a tolerable careful bullock.-
driver to conduct a cart and bullocks along it. The branches
extend an immense way among the other trees, covering a grra
extent of ground ; so that, irons the root to the top of th highest
branch, this tree c"u'd not be less than 400 feet high. These trees
may certainly be considered hers by the reader—nevertheless,
they are real ones.
COMPLEX RELATIONSIIIP.—A corrtapontient in-
forms us, that there recently lived in one house three mothers, two
grandmothers, one great grandmother, three daughters, two granJ
daughters, one great grand daughter, three children and three woe
there—the whole family consisting of four females only, all grown
personal—Nese York Paper.
STUDDING SAIL KITEs,—We were ainuse:l yester-
day a(:etnoon with the working of a very large and new-fashioned
paper kite, in what sailors would call a one-knot breeze. This lute
was built in the shape of a ship's topsail, and was carried aloft
during a wind hardly strong enough to carry the smoke from the
chimney tops nut of the perpendicular line cat its ascent, by means
of studding sails on es 'h side. of some eight or ten tee t iu !env!, ,
which were rigged out upon sleneer booms, and worked by guys
of minute dimensions, in • truly nautical style. The juvenile
members or society must take advantage of this aeronautic in,-
provrment.—Bearors Daily afdaertisse, July 4.
OYSTER. DAY.—Yesterday morning the season for
oysters commenced, and Billingsgate presented a more than usu-
ally animated and noisy scene. In pursuance of the regulations
adopted just subsequently to that melancholy accident by which
several persons lost their live, a year or two since, the market
opened at twelve o'clock in the day, instead of midnight. A strong
body of the city and other pol-ce were on the spot to preserve
order, and the regulation of the city for the prevention of acci.
dents acted upon with the greatest rigour. The current prices of
the best oysters were from Ms. to 20s. per bushel; common, front
10s. to 14s. middling, 12s. to 16s.per bushel.
The following cutting, but, we fear, too just repw:,l
upon the present state of the Universities, is put into the mouth of
Sir Thomas More, by Mr. Southey, in Ms " Colloquies on the
Progress and Prospects of Society : '—" It has come to pass
in the changes of society, that the very institutions which. in their
origin, were purely religious seminaries, are now the places whir:.
religion may, in a certain sense, be said to be unlearnt. '

A bill was pissed last Session of Parliament, by which
all servants setting houses on fire from negligence or carelessness,
are to forfeit 501. and in default of payment are liable to be com-
mitted to gaol, and kept to hard labour fur 18 months.
JOURNAL v. COURIER.—The squabbles of the LG..-
don Joutnals on the subject of the alleged negotiations between the
Premier and the heads of certain political parties continue as viru-
lent, fur.ous, and laughable as ever. The principal parties to this
fracas are the Morning Aortal and the Standard, on the one s;ele,
and the Courier on the other. On any conceivable subject the last
of these journals would be fearfully overmatched it pitted aga;t:.r
tither of the other two ; but, on the present occasion, it has stood
its ground against both, by the great talent it possts•es fur con:ra-
' diction, and by incessantly bawling out " false, false." lit Ton.:
this it dare not proceed a single step. or it would be annihilated.—
" We affirm that the statements of the Morning Journal and ti.e
Standard are wholly and entirely false in every pat-tient:A. "
(splendid diction, in the bye, of the tautological kind) is the whole
length cif its tether; and it seems to laud itself vehemently for
having bad the courage to adventure so far, as we gather from Lie
following grandiloqu, of chuckle with which it ends its tiegatic.-
lucubration of Friday last : " Twice we have stood in the lists, :ma
sounded the signal ut defiance (too whit, too whoo!) Out gauntlet
is still on the ground (no tht Urea h means) and no mie has ver-
tured to take it up. Once snore shall the trumpet spent ; the host
flourish shall be liven, and if unatowered still, the lists shall chew,
and shut out all laggards and pretenders, as fal e accusers and con-
victed cravens." Here, truly, is as pretty a piece of bombastieal
rant as any man could desire to meet with; and really after reading
it we can no longer refuse to believe the statement of the Courier
that " both our contemporaries are dombfoundered." Nu wonder.
An effusion so inconceivably absurd and extravagant, enianatirg
from any individual whom his • friends permitted to go at large,
' could scarcely tail to " dembfounder" the honest gettl men agaitist
whom it was directed. The Courier, however, vii pernii: us to
remind him of an old adage, not much the worse for the wear :
Qui ;Untie rept, 'Olin negot.—Caledsnissi Mercury.
HOAX AT BROMPTON.—Yesterday morning, abr.:
ten o'clock, Old Bromptun presented a scene of confusion and dis-
appointment very rarely witnessed in that retired part. The object
of attack was a very respectable and industrious woman, resichr.
in Selwood Terrace, to whose house tradespeople of every descrip-
tion and gender were ordered to bring certain ar ides, which they
stated had been ordered by an elderly lady and young girl, and re-
quested to he sent there. Amongst others were the follow -
log nun with several chairs—another with stoves, fire
irons, &c.—two hackney-coaches—a Chelsea stage—a via: to re-
move the goody—a cradles—hnendraper with bombazioes, crape,
du.—another with patterns of ribbons of the choicest descript:on
and, lastly, two undertakers, one with a coffin, and the other to
take dimensions of the body !' Many others, who were ',Memel to
be there at the precise hour, were on their route, but were stopped
at Queen's Sol Gate, and informed of the hoax. Three sweeps,
also, were in attendance to complete the motley group, and a poor
snob to measure for Ants! It was truly lau,:haale (though the
Ittutt may probably injure the individual alluded to) to see the
sorrow and vexation depicted in their faces, having come far and
near with heavy burdens, and compelled to bring them back with-
out even admission into the house.
CORN—EXCHANGE, 11ARE—LANG'. Aug. 5.
The magnitude of our foreign supplies has i 3 a great Illtd•ltic
produced a state of lifelessness on our market this morriiiie, that
scarcely any business has been dune; still the few sales effected of
fine Wheat, Barley, and Oats, were at Nlonday's prices.

INIPOILTATIONS $110:C[ 1110/41*Y.

Wheat, Etiglisl (qrs.) .
Iri.ls

910
Oai

Forint) .
Furogn

. . ...—.— Its. —.OO.
Fortlgo . 17,5001 lindlish .
Bs Hey, kligliph . 400 Irish
Irish . . .To 7.— near (sacks)
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26,95(0
. 1,05(
. 2,550
1,3;0

COAL AJARKET—Tuis Ma:

I lacr-rAse Chtx.--There Is tray appearance of Coals being in
good demand during the present month, as many merchants have
commenced laying in their winter's stock. The Coal Exchange
was well attended by buyers irtalay, and a good business was dnoe,
although the supply of Sumikrlaud and Newcastle coal was but
limited, only 11 ships having arrived since Monday last—nial,inA
a total on the month's urinal of l 2 ships.

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Best Walllend Coals 3ls. Od. 51s. 6d.
Other sorts 11,45. Id. 30s. 6d.
Skips at Market ... 51..

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