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A t 111111111•••••••••••••• • ON SEEING LADY'M AMINO WM DODS, •N SUNDAY, WNZN OND !ROIL FROM HID SMDRACE, AND ALMOST CALM) A TIT Of IIISANSIT. Trembling fell the Arm of age, When her little Dog she spied, Sporting on life's idle stage, From its tender guardian's side, Oh ! save my Dog —my little datl.ng save, Or plunge us both in one sepulchral grave. Calm those agonising fears, Empress of the brutal tribe: Wipe away those briny tears, Lo! thy darling's at thy side. # t • No bottile arm would strike the reptile dead, Too mean to slay; on human sufferings fed. • 'Tis the Mastiff, he who roams, Dauntless, with assiduous care, Round the Peasant's lonuly home Should the dainty viands share. Tet his kind master, to the stranger gives A whole.onte meal, and he on refuse lives. Grandeur smiles on meaner thingi, These vile curs their dainties share, But when grief the bosom wrings, Grief may welter in despair. Alas! in vain a human sufferer sues, Tissue* glad to snatch what pampered dogs refuse. Ye, who, formed for earthly joys, Neither cold nor hunger know, Listen to the Orphan's cries, Listen to the voice of woe. And, oh! forbear these worthless pets to feed, With food your suffering fellow.creatures need. Love from GOD you'll thus secure, And if more delights there be, Take the blessings of the Poor, Take the prayers of Poverty. Here, Wealth and Power, a phrase divinely true, " The poor should share what litaves bestows on you London. D. 7 THE EDITOR OF THE S74IR. SlR—The Comet which was observed in Europe in its descent to the sun from the middle nearly of March to tl:e latter end of May last, and in the West Indies on Ist June, when it had passed its descend. ing node, and was coming to its perihelion, and was again observed at the Observatory at Pa:is, after it bad passed its perihelion, and had risen above its ascending node w►th a light ascension of 147 deg. 18 min. and a north declination of 32i in the constella tion of Leo Minor, is now very conspicuous under the square of Ursa Major; whence it seems to be passing in•a direction through the square and the tail of Drat° and the body of arsa Minor, near the tail. Its pCIO sition last night was considerably near to C the more southerly of the two lower stars of the square. . When first seen here, 21st August, ten minutes past eight in the evening, it had the appearance of a large Nedula nearly circular, and of about one degree in ex tent, with a central light like that of Andromeda, re. aembled a hazy stir of the fourth or fifth magnitude. It had then R.A. 149 or 50 N.D. nearly 36. Cloudy weather prevented its being again seen till the evening of the sth, when it appealed like a fixed star of about the second magnitude, with a thin pale train of about 4 deg.' min. at about half-past eight; on the 6th it was brighter very considerably, its train then, viewed with a good four foot and a half refractor of Dolland, and a very goad night glass adapted for use by Nairne and Blunt, was evidently divided by a darkish shade near the farther extremity. It was very con spicuous even to the naked eye. The head, which bed appeared like SIIIIIIN in his afthelion, now appeared much more round, like Jupiter at his meridian. Last slight, with R. A. of about 262, N. D. of about 42, still advancing towards the square, it appeared evert brighter than on Friday, the head a yellowish light pretty well defined ; the train, (which when most ap parent was that and the former night about 6 degrees in length and nearly 4 at its farther extremity) a thin, white splendour like the brightest part of the mil 1y way. Breadth of the head (including diffused Coma) about 40, or about 1-4th or 1-sth of the Moon's apparent diameter. From its slow motion and the direction of its path, there seems reason to hope that it will be vi sible three or four months longer. It is a noble con firmation of the Newtonian and Halleian Theory, having been seen so long before, and now after its rrihelion. I am, Sir, your's sincerely, CAPEL LOFFT. Trost= Hall, near Bury, Suffolk, September a. Though less brilliant than the comet of 1807, it is apparently, arid I believe really, a larger comet. From observation of both, and some others, there seems no reason, in general, to suppose any thing noxious or ficstructive in their forms, but the contrary. The Comets in our system, according to Sir laits.e NEWTON, are 2! in number, moving in all sorts et directions. 01 these the periods of three only are supposed to be known to any degree of certainty The first of them is supposed to return, so as to Mtsi. sible to the inhabitants of the earth, every 75th year; and the second every 129th year ; and the third in no less a term than 575 years. This latter Comet, at its greatest distance, is eleven thousand two hundred millions of miles from the sun ; and its least distance from the .nn's centre, which is 490,000 miles, is within less than a third part of the sun's diameter from his surface. In that part of its orbit which is nearest the sun, it flies at the amazing swiftness of 880,000 miles in an hour ;* and, at that period, its heat must be 2000 times hotter than red hot iron ; and, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it approaches the sun again, even should it be 20,000 years, instead of its supposed period of 575 years ! Friday last, as Messrs. Bailiff and Pagan, of Dum. ; fries, were travelling in a gig, between Sanquhar and Muirkirk, on the road to Glasgow, the horse sud clenly became restive, on a dangerous part of the road. On perceiving their critical situation, Mr. Pa. gan sprung out, and Mr. Bailiff, soon after, finding ' his situation no longer tenable, followed his example ; ' but, in spite of their exertions, the horse and gig were i precipitated to the bottom of the hill, The horse I as w killed on the spot. i ' -' 7i V =I - ' 115 71-agt AMERICAN NAVAL BIOCRAPNT. No. VI. Captain John Cassin is a native of Philadelphia; his father was a native of Dublin, in Ireland. where 0.1P.11 - wow ;'~ the squadron up the Mediteivanvn, sent fur Commo dore Morris to return to Washington, with which mandate be complied ; and, on his arrival, a Court of Inquiry sat upon his conduct—and on their report being known to the Executi4e, he was informed that his services were no longer required. He never dd manded a Court-Martial. He is about five feet eight inches in height, and what is called slovenly made ; he has more the appearance of a farmer than a sailor. PROVIDENCE never could have intended him for the latter. Although he had a full knowledge of his profession, his mind was cast in that mould that it could be led from the most serious considerations to the most trifling. He never was without his fa vourite, and by that favourite he was guided. No man possessed a more humane heart, and when act ing from himself, performed its dictates to the admi ration of his beholders. But he undid it on the fol lowing day, at the instigation of some favourite. He is now about 56 years of age, and has lived retired on his farm in the neighbourhood of Second River, in the State of New Jersey, since he was dimissed the service of the United States. he has. many respectable relatives ; they are chiefly people in trade. He emigrated to the United States before the Revolution. and purchased some land to the South of Philadelphia, between Southwark and Gloucester Point, and carried on the business of a gardener and dairyman, from which he accumulated a handsome, but a small fortune. To give an ac count of Captain John Cassin, we cannot better do it than by relating what we have more than once heard him repeat : « I remember when I used to come every morning with two.tubs of milk in a cart to the new market, which I sold by the quart, pint, &c. and then returned home with my money. This I did for years, until I became disgusted at what I considered so idle a life. I went to sea, unknown to my father, and had been in every situation on board, until I be came Master of a merchantman. I thought then my fortune was made ; but the first voyage I was cast away, and lost every thing but my life. On the se coed I took my son Stephen (now a Lieutenant in the Navy) with me; he was only seven years of age. I was fortunate this voyage, but on my third I was Mistime Hi:aim—Monday Margaret Oder, who again cast away, and the only remuneration I re- was charged with attempting to pass a Fleet Bank ceived was a service of plate from the Underwriters Fivepence note, for one of ,e 3 of the Bank of Eng at Lloyd's, for my great exertion in saving the cargo. land, was again brought up and discharged ;—when For a number of years, I never was without a ship, his Lordship told her that the Solicitor of the Bank but did not find my m eans i ncreas i ng . After arriv- had declined prosecuting her ;'but cautioned her in ing from my last voyage, some of my people were future in attempting to change any note that she caught smuggling, and I was adjudged to pay a fine . might find,good o r bad, we ll k no wing it was not her of 1, 5 110 dollars. If I had paid it my family must own property. be ruined. I was in this situation in the year 1800, A Mrs. Griffiths charged her husband, an Ancient when Captain Decatur called on me, and offered me Briton, with having administered to her an over-dose a commission to be Second Lieutenant of the frigate of chastisement ; as the testimony of which she ad- Philadelphia, and that the fine should not be called duced a sharp contusion on her nose. The respondent for. I immediately accepted of the offer, on condi- admitted that he might have given his wife a blow, tion that my son should be made a Midshipman ; but it was because she was always telling fortunes in this was immediately granted, and I joined her."— his absence; and he had frequently, upon his return It was at this time the writer of this article became from his work, found her surrounded by a number of acquainted with Captain Cassin—it would be out of young women, and exercising her cabalistic proles. his power to pass a sufficient eulogium on his cha- sion with cards, coffee-cups, black books, and other meter and goodness of heart. It may be sufficient instruments of incantation. Ever since the appear to say, that he treated the junior officers and crew as ante of the comet, these votaries became more anxi if they were his children—ever watchful to their ous than usual to consult the stars upon the subject wants and instruction in their profession, which soon o f thei r loves and future destinies. Mr. G. having made him be beloved by a ll, an d gave hi m the first taken a copious libation of rum and beer, laid down place in the heart of the late Captain Decatur. The in his clothes to take a nap, during which several of Philadelphia cruised 1$ months in the West Indies, his wife's votaries disturbed his repose, by their con on her return she was immediately refitted, and sent v e n a tion with t he prophetess ; upon which he star up the Mediterranean, under the command of the ted from his couch, half asleep, and dealt his kicks late Commodore S. Barron ; Captain Cassin went in and cuffs to all he met. At the persuasion of the her as First Lieutenant, and on her return preserved Magistrate, the wife consented to a reconciliation, the character he had obtained in the first cruise as a upon her husband's parole to keep the peace towards man and an officer. He was then appointed to the her in future ; but this he would not give upon any frigate Philadelphia in ordinary ; and was soon after other basis than that she should henceforward desist called to Washington to take the command of the from the trade of prophecy; and, upon mutual pro- Naysoyard there, with the rank of Post Captain.— mises to these conditions, a treaty of peace and amity He has been in that situation eight years, respected was duly ratified. by his equals, and beloved by his inferiors. Captain 1 GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday Mary Johnson charged a Cassin is about 51 years of age, five feet nine inches , Corporal belonging to the London'Militia with hav in height, lusty, but not disagreeably so, his face has ing committed a violent assault on her, on Saturday nothing in it to strike the observer at first sight, but night last. The complainant stated, that she had it beams with good nature. He is a member of the been seduced by the man of war, to whom she had Roman Catholic Church, and although he attends its borne a child, hut he had thought proper to forsake duties regularly, he is not bigotted. He is a goad her, and then lived with another. Her child having husband and father, and a most meritorious officer, died, she called on the defendant on Saturday night and, as a man, respected by every class of society in l ast , to procure something towards its burial, when which he is known. ! she was assaulted by him and his there emir, violently beaten with a candlestick, and otherwise maltreated. The soldier protested that the complainant was a false and infamous woman. He certainly had lived with her for a time, but when he found that she had four unnatural children by four different fathers, and a husband living, he could not bear the idea of coha biting with so vicious a woman. Her whole conduct was the effect of jealousy. Wishing to disturb the harmony which subsisted between him and the young woman who was at present in his confidence, the complainant broke open the door of his lodging, si tuated in an alley, in White Cross-street, and threa tened, in company with several other termagants, to sacrifice the new partner of his bed to her fury. Un. der these circumstances, he thought it incumbent on him to drive the enemy out of the garrison, which, after much difficulty, he effected. To substantiate POLICE. Commodore Morris is a native of die State of New Jersey. he was called into service during the par tial warfare between the United States and France, and was appointed to the command of the Adams , frigate, built at New York, carrying thirty-six guns. ; He cruised for twelve months off the Leeward Islands, ' and made several captures. On his return to the United States, he was appointed to inspect the build ing of the New York frigate, then on stocks at the Wallabach. Long Island. After she was launched, he assumed the command of her, and sailed on a cruise off the Windward West India Islands, and re lieved the late Captain Decatur, in the Philadelphia, then off that station. The differences between the United States being adjusted at this time, he had not an opportunity of sheaving much zeal, or displaying great energy. He was not again called into service until the latter end of the year 1803, when he again took the command of the New York, and hoisted his broad pendant for the Mediterranean. Unfortunately I for him, he had been only a short time previous mar ried, and the honey-moon hardly passed. To leave his bride, however disagreeable to his feelings, he was determined oa ; but he considered there could be no harm in seeing he: again, and bid her farewel : this he did, and lost his character as an officer. The tears and entreaties of his wife subdued the man, and he allowed her to accompany him up the Mediterranean: the consequence was, that, as he was Commodore of the squadron, every thing remained inactive; it was only going from port to port, as on a party of plea sure, stopping generally in one port two or three weeks. The Commodore's Lady was invited on shore, and in return there were fandangoes on board. Mrs. Morris at length was far gone in pregnancy, which made the general order on board silence ; the Tripolitans and the squadron were forgot in divest- i ing the means of keeping the ship from rolling.— Alter a tedious voyage of tour weeks from Leghorn, they arrived at Malta—for, on the appearance of the least breeze of wind, all sail was taken in, afraid it' might injure the launch of the ' , bung Commodore;'; this, however, did not take place, as Malta h.id the honour of giving him birth. A nurse was the next thing to be sought for. Mrs. Morris could not think of her babe being suckled by a brown Maltese ; the Commodore himself went in his ship in pursuit of a nurse, and, for the first time, saw Tripoli. He found the wife of a petty officer on board the frigate Adams, who had performed the kind functions of wife to the chief of the Officers, and not being-particular where 'she distributed her favours, the crew were not for gotten. He bore off his prize, and brought her to Malta, and, we are told, the young Commodcre be came much attached to her—so much so, that he died of the affection. The nurse not being scrupulous as to the complexion or colour of her admirers, made a faux paux with the negro servant of the Commodore's, and was sent adrift; but the frigate Adams coming into Malta just at the time of this unpleasant deve lopement, she was once more restored to the affecti. mate arms of her husband. The Government of the United States getting dissatisfied at the inactivity of these facts the defendant called several witnesses, who clearly proved that the complainant had been the ag gressor. Mr. Alderman IS ItYDOILS dismissed the corn. plaint, and the soldier marched off with 46 flying colours." Bow-sraerr.—Yesterday William Candle and Ed ward Chamber:, who were apprehended yesterday morning about one o'clock, in Drury-lane, by Sal mon's party, were charged with being rogues and va- i gabonds. It appeared from the evidence of Mance, that he and the rest of the party were on duty at the 1 above time and place, when they observed three men of a suspicious appearance, in company together ; on their making up to them, one made off and escaped. They secured the prisoners ; and on searching Candle there were found upon him an iron crow, a box of phosphorus, matches, v. atch.chains, seals, and ring. On searching his loJgings a skeleton or picklock key, and a number of pawnbrokers' duplicates, prin cipally for articles of jewellery, were found. Nothing material was found upon the prisoner Chambers.— The officers charged the prisoners on suspicion of having committed divers felonies and burglaries.— They were committed for further examination. Ana Kelly was brought to the Office, charged with defrauding Mr. Moyers, a baker, of Whitcomb street. of two RI Bank of England notes. The prisoner lived servant with Mr. Pollock, saddler, at Charing cross. On Saturday, the 31st day of August last, she went to the prosecutor's shop, where Mr. Pollock dealt for bread, and saw Mrs. Moyers, when she de livered her master's compliments, saying, he would, esteem it a favour if she would lend him ,C 2, he having sent all his money to his banker's, and there were two women waiting in the shop to be paid.— Mrs. Moyers, knowing Mr. Pollock as a Customer and a respectable man, did not hesitate in sending him R 2. Mr. Pollock attended, and denied having sent her to borrow the money, or that he received it from her. The prisoner left Mr. Pullock's service last Wednesday. On her impr o p er con d uct b e i ng disco . wired, and being taken into custody by Nichols, he l astarched her, and found a pawnbroker's duplicate for a silver soup-ladle, shirts, and counterpane, and other articles stolen, the property of Mr. Pollock j also the duplicate of a watch, the property of a lad who wor. heti for Alt. Pollock, which she had the baseness to NEI 1:45P1:' - to the charge di another girl. She was comm:t. d for farther examination. A man, who was brought fro* the cctintry Vickery, was committed for farther esaminati.. n , a charge of assisting French prisoners in making escape out of the country. A young man was charged with uttering a £1 note ; but on examination by Mr. Las, the Inspector, lie pronounced it a good one ; and young man was of course discharged. QUEES-SQUABIL-..-MO.lttay last, Mary Junes brought to this Office, charged with shoplifting, appeared that the prisoner came into the shop v Thomas, linen-draper, at the foot of Westminv, bridge, and looked out a quantity of various - to the amount of £2O, which she ordered to be a tradesman in Westminster, well known to Thomas ; and on the shopman putting the sr together, which were selected by the prisoner, , covered seven yards of printed muslin missin) suspected the prisoner had secreted it, and on ing her, it was found ors , her person. She was committed for trial. The pastry-cook near St. Ann's Church, who scondelA some months since, in consequence pair of stays, stolen from Cranbourn-ally, being , on his premises, has lately returned, under an that a friend had compromised the matter, his woeful disappointment, he was on Mond , prehended by the Queen : square Officers, and committed. UNION-HALU—Jartes Rquolds, a Waterman, summoned before the Sitting Magistrate, charged a Mr. Burnett with refusing to take a fare when sired. Mr. B. stated, that he engaged the defendant, who was plying at Pickle Herring-stairs, and ,' him to row to the Temple : he proceeded so London-bridge, and then refused to go any farther and on Mr. Burnett's declaring he would pa: nothing unless he proceeded to the place to which was ordered, he used some abusive language, and , he would take him back for nothing to the place which be got into the bo.it ; and, notwithstandin,; Mr. Burnett's remonstrances, he did, in fact, - him back to Pickle Herring-stairs. The waterm.o in his defence, said, he refused going under London, bridge because he considered it would be dani, to do so; he denied having used any abusive language; and said he took Mr. IS. back to Pickle Herrin? stairs,' because he would net point out any other at which be would be land.:d. Mr. Burnett when the defendant landed him, another waternian volunteered to take him through the bridge, declaring there was no danger, as the fall did nut exceed inches. This waterman stated, that the prubatile reason for Reynolds wishing not to go through that whilst he was earning a tare above he lest the chance of five or six below bridge. Magistrate fined the defendant 235. and 6J. costs, refusing to take his fare as ordered ; and expressed his regret that Mr. B. had not summoned him t, abuse also, in which case he would have fined 40s. more. The several persons who are confined in the , prisons of the metropolis will be removed to-min to Newgate, preparatory to their respective trials the Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and r Gaol Delivery, which will commence at Justice in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday neat. An adjournment of the General Quarter Sessions the Peace for the County of Isliddkw: being Monday peat, the Court will sit on that day at enwell, lai the trials of traverser: and persons bail Monday night, 20 convicts were removed strong caravan from Newgate for Spithead, they are to embark for Botany Bay. Upwards men selected from the bulks and various prit the count: y, proceed oat thew voyage to New J Wales in a few days ; three vessels are engaged the service, one of them is freighted with Government stores and agricultural implements for the use of the colony. The witnesses examined at the Court Mar tial on Colonel J , ihnstone, return back to the Settle. ment by thissonveyAnce. No women accompany the transports. The Gazette contains notices of intended applications to Parliament next Sessions, for an Act for making a Wet-Dock at Bermondsey, in the county of Sin rev ; also, for an Act for making Water-Works, for the bet ter supplying the town of Birmingham with water also, for making a Canal from the liver Medway, near Brandbridges, in the parish of East Peckham, in Ksnt, to the Royal Military Canal, iu the parish of Apple dorc, in the said county ; also, for an Act for makings Turnpike-road from the bridge at the west end of the Canal, in the hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall, Mid• dleszz, in a north-easterly direction to the Ferryhouse on_the Marsh-Wall, in the Isle of Dogs, opposite Greenwich ; and another road in a southwest direction to the Thames, opposite Greenwich-hospital; and also for making a common ferry, for the conveyance of pc:- sons, carriages, cattle and merchandize across the sail river from Stepney to Greenwich ; also, for a ferry fl similar purposes, from the Isle of Dlgs toWood-wkaif in the parish of Greenwich ; and, lastly, for a CAA ti from the Thames at Mason's Point, in the parish -1 Egham, in Surrey, opposite to Anchorwick, in the parish of Wraysbury, Bucks, to join theThamcs agars in the parish of Egham,below Bell-Wear, near Szainrs. BIRTH. The Bth Instant, at High Wyeonsts, the I.a.!y of the Kea. Csco taln Erskine, King's Hussars, of a son. M.%RIUL D. On the Ist inst. by special licence, at Dublin, Lori Views: Ikerrin, to Anne, eldest daughter of Owes Wynue, Elf of Hr slewood, in the county of Sligo. At Haddington Derricks, on the 2d inst. Casten %hen Cur ningham, of the Berwickshire regiment of EMS*, to Miss Niany AVLaren, youngest daughter of Carala Juba *Lam, Aste tent of same regiment. Tuesday wensight, Mr. Hawkins, rope-nisksealled sh . ll' s "en he dropped down in the street, opposite the Sus TITOP, aauttr anspion, and instantly es pired In Portugal, of a nialignant fryer, the Hon. W. Deane, Lt •e• rant of the 38th regiment, second son of Lord kluskerry. Lately, Eleanor, the wife of the Rea. Thomas hfilnes, r.ca r.r Agnes-burtou Yorkshire. Its DuWu C,atle, on the slat ult. -bed 50, Mr. lit=tlM'D nald, sutler to tile °dicers of the Castle Guard. -- • - • H/UH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO./.IORROW. . 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