Star. — London, England, 1802-12-31 00:00:00

toll TAE CLOSE 07 11 TZAR tbs. Oa the tweet bdom of reolitag Pence We raw thelaft caballed Year expire, NV/feriae beheld the boftils Flury cafe, And War with demon roar from earth retire ns the turn 'd her clang eye around, liath'd in fresh tears the drooping Widisir flood, The Orphan's cry was faintly heard to found, And yet her recent way was markl with bloOd. 24,„, thus this year departs-.no painful kit impels in agony her lateft breath; A tranquil loilre lights her fibbing eye, Ha life was riedul, Mid Ote Wks In death. ner Dattener battens, and be path appears With MN twists, with gitber'&herds Her Mad the Olive-bean& triumphant ran, And filmy circles round her infant head. Wide be thafe beans dilfued that light her And in he petals add.xl blefranp TM Britilb hearts with grateful rapture glow, And pour t NOW' bade to thcilties. OM& *. iv. Lord Viicourit Lowresa has given dire ions to jai, agent to pay ten guineaS annually, to the Blue Coat Schools, Schools of Indultry, and Sand," *halls, (for the edification of poor children) in ltendal. The rust of Eve pounds, the annual Aeration of MIL AIRLST, of Athby-St.-Ledgers, in North itamroniire, was diftribnted aurae the poor of Brigham, near Coeltirelonth, as Chtiamas day ; to their rest relief at this iaelement feafon. 'On Civilians Day the Margrave and Margra ?sine of Alls*Avtit Annual Does doe of Bread and Peer, Ste. was given tO the poet Seined Benham, when 56 fansiliei wit relieved, and the Margra vine added fevers' doses of worßed Bookings to the gift, for the children who wasted them. The lad &ra j . News Loner coatitins an adwer-1 Ontent altering a grist , reward for difcovering the peeve who wrote or (Mated a threateninglet- 1 talc adirefed to the Earl of Manatees, figned bee e lifolip Cahn. W‘ umietikaad that Mr.. Tartan has certainly parted with his Were* in the King's Theatre, and that Mr. Goilib h the purchafe(. It could not bars fallen into the hands of a Gentleman better "quafified by talents and manners to make it (plan did and profperous than in thole of Mr. Goos,D.— Mr. TATLO% means to refide abroad. Titassass.4—Tbe Comedy of the treader, and the Pantomime of Loosened Afogir, at Drury-lane; nod the Tragedy of Cate, with the Pantomime of Forkfuls': Haley, at &rent Garden, attratted LR night crowded audiences. At both Theatres the woodsy entertainment of the feafon has been confide:ably iroved by repetition, and the changes and trap bons are in genera!eietted with out interruptioo. Tlw aallw i n the aew ham:ohne, at Covent garden Theatre, la& night tack fsa in its courfe, and kettles jhasory over the pit, from whence it could cot be re seed by all the efforts of the ma elthilie, and then k :maimed tili U.s Pantomime isadadadb lad da mance retired. Cssiottty is yery samally excited by die ap =of Yds Der sod Airier! Rise, at the It is the Sri tithe thefe Gentlemen were sitar Peen is hams Soya Aidlot, who bad beta uanzercirally ;moored Vas, by a Gagelier, 1b London, fent him a pre- Ism from Doyen tbs thy befisre Chtlftmas-daT, of a hamper packed , fall of rabbit)), and with a :felt t.tighics lags (luck out at it: *for which the Weller chesefitily paid !even billiogs carriage, and as it was well fecund, be !bud the click out too ;att. A fro Chi Lane , as a gentleman was got along Chartli ,Whiteehapel*aa was neat the burying ground by three innans, who e sobbed him of Us. i n calk. Wades his watch. On n*l'4l a ft ernoon, as Mr. Stevens, of Chalice, waiving from Vauxhall to Batterfea, as be paged throne' the gardeaers gniunds by the river fide, he perceired a young woman fitting among the ruffles in great apparent diftrefs. Fear ing (he meditated on fade ft ruetion, be went up to her, and demanded why the (at in that forlorn Age ? She told him that the bad lived (avant with a Mr. White, a corn chandler in the City, and had allied to go out on Monday, which was atoned to by her mailer. She had formed an aciplaimance with a young man, a journeyman watchmaker, in the neighbourhood, who had pro. roiled to take her, if the got a holiday, to fee his friends, who he told her refided at Wandfworth. On their arrival at that place he pretended his re. Mimi had gone out holiday-making like them. (elves, and that they must take a comfortable dinner at one of the public hooks. They did fo, and remained there till after dark, when he told her it wonid be dangerous for them to fet out for London at that time, and endeavoured to perfoade her to remain all night, seining her that their marriage ithould be folemnised in a few days.— She liftened to the perfon and contented. The nut morning, when it was too late, the perceived her own folly, the perfidy of her fedikir, and the mi. fay the had bratight upon herfelf; saber promif. ed and deftined hutband was no where to be farad. He had made an cacti& to leave the room, and had taken that opportunity of running away from her. The bill amounting to nine billings The was herfeif obliged to difcbarge, and fearing to return to her mailer and :nib& again, the bad wander- ed to that (pot. She added, that her name war Colby, that her parents lived at Neweaftle, from whom the had bun only fifteen months, and that be bad not a friend in London he meld go to, ) or knew a puffin that would take pity on her wretched condition. Mr. Stevens very humanely told her be would befriend her, .that he had ebil• drat of his own, and that if the would go home with him, be would not only write to ber 'Rafter, but would endeavour to bad oat the man who bad fo barely betrayed her i adding, that if Mr. White &odd refub to receive her again into kis fervioe, be wotdd take her into his NM 1 ttlitirgeit igratieglitt4 I -4... i,........, . MAILS TIN DAT.. 11411) it. • aladvsa. la . 'a. a Dom. , a Y M I • • P a • a Dock co ••••....... manna Stink DECRIMIt Sailed the True Briton Eat Tadiamaa for the River. isurmoirtit, Arrived the Dove, —l—, from Nowfooodlona. DOVER. DECEMBER s 9. Athred the Hope, of DoVer. Captain HoiLa, with flares from Deptford; the Argo, Captain Sinst.t.a, of and from Dunkirk, to Lonifiana, with Korea; the AUCKLAND packet, of Doter, Captain HAMMOND ' with a Melrenger .— Wind blowing hard at S. W. Pared by the (hip Admiral CAsoys, ADAMS, in the African trade ; (be loft molt of her officers and men at the Havannah, of the yellowlever ; the number who' have died of difeafe, in the vefTels Sued out laa year for this trade, is unufually large. We are forry to flaw, that the Louifa, Wm, in getting under weigh from Holy Loch, on 4- mo:fay-morning, for Liverpool, got on ihore.—g• We have not yet learned whether the has got off. bat there is reafon to think the will receive no in jury, as the ground is fmootk. The Princefs of Wales, Campbell, for Jamaica, which failed on Saturday, has been forced by con trary winds to pat back, and went into the Holy Loch yeauday. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Dw., Demme 30.--Arrived and fella foe die River the Anthroaa, Harvey, from Cadiz ; Integrity, Oarassr, from; Orreada, and the Fame, Harvey, from Tans.—Wind & S. W. 01161'163ND Decamps* 30. —Paired by the %nosh, Wilfom. from Lifbon; Frederick, —, from Hismbergh ; Mittens, amber, frees Bofton ; Severn, Watfon, mid Wil liam, Lomu, from ibmalca• ' Union, —, from Cork; For ums. Silva, from ',Shoe • Snake, Alas, from Weterfbrd ; Marhall; Mica, Farmer; and Horatio, —, from Beerdeanz.m.Salled the Lady Jane Halliday. Rafe, for Montferrat ; Earl St. 'Vincent's, Hutton ; Margarett, —; Royal Edmond, Multhead, and the Hope, Barker, for Ja maica. In the Downs, Severn, Wade°, from &dodoes; Br Bade, Reeve, from Quebec ; Gypfey, Bennett, from Honduras ; and the Georglana, Warren, from the South Seas..—At Cowes, Redrefs, from Baltimore • and the Hanfeatica, —, from Madras ,— Off Dosgensfa, Maas, Warren, and th e Phoebe Ana. from Pbj.l," A —At Poole, Chriftopher, Walker, amlilmo:ial from NewfoundiandrsAt Ply mouth, Rim Nagoundland, and Providence, Garcolue, from .—At Weymouth, Becky, Bart- Lt, from Amerlead—.At Liverpool, Deane, Lang, from Trl aidad; General Hunter. —1.., from Qttebee ; Tricone , from Philadelphia; Rinser, Webb; Shannon, Robinan, and Ocean, Smith, from New York.—At Bristol , Craig, from Lllbon.—At Cork, Rofe, —, and Henderfon, Bentley, from Philadelphia—At Lilbon, Bch, Cunningham, from Li verpool ; John, Smales, Enterprise, —, and Senna, Brady, from London.—At Oporto, Ceres, White, from London, and Iladow, Whiter:ell, from Clyde.—At Leghorn, Hermes, Neale from Dobbs, mai Oreen, front Newfoundland. A; Nook% Palcom o ilsomek, from Poole. The industry, Dna, which failed from Whitebait!' on Tharfday the astit bftant, deeply laden with coals, arrived fah at Dublin in Aileen hours. The brig Lydia, Bowie, which fatted from New Tait for Newry, on 28th O. was driven on Chore on Long Beach near =rl, on ad Nov. and totally loft : part of the cargo, of Naval Stores and Pot ally fend One only* the ewer drowned. The [choosier ChrUtiana, Allen, from Jamaica for New- Yak, is pot into Philadelphia in diltrefs, after being 40 days at lea. The Waco, Donaldten, from DenUrara to Philadelphia, tit;Norfolk in dares. on 29th 0 Et. in coofeguence of reeeived in a gale of whid—the bad lye feet water in her hold, and the fs a in nanly ail damaged. The Nagai, --- , Onega for Bret, is as tore near Alisega, av,d it is will be MI. Sun derland, Sukcf• --., and Haglike. Bowman, both of Sun were,to the gale at Tharfday fe'ranight,driven abere near Hartlepool. but Iris hoped they will both be got otE Thp Three Brothers, of Blyth, was driven amore in the Caine place. The Good beat. Goodman, from %char, bound to Hull, has put into Datenoods, with damage. On Saturday waft early, a loans man, named Chidden, I took a boat by hhofelf arHamble, to go to So uthampton, where his brother, a butcher, kept the market; but a noon the boat was difavered in the nildft of Southamptest river, every thing on bawd which the young man bad taken bi l il d him, sonfeeready be soul have fallen overboard. His body is not yet &hovered. Its the evening of left Saturday, as Mr. Lreingfton, gunner of the Prince Predate's, of 64 eons, late convalefeent hip in Hansom, and now lying in ordinary there, was going on from the Head, Merrice Town Dock, in the Chip's boat, to hap on board, according to orders, be unfortunately fell over head and was drowned s the boat, it is lippofed, gibbed ethwan a Ihlp's hawfei; the reft of the boat's crew were Caved. In the gale of Thurfday fennight a Sloop, cal-laden, ran ansere a little to the north of Bamborough Cagle, and went to pines. Four of her crew perilhed, but the AM was Laved from the wreck, when almoft exhauttal. Toefday neon, as the Welcome, of Yarmouth, Mark Wat ' fat salter, bound to floahwold, was going through Lowe- Mk Nei., the overfet and funk. The mafter and two ma were drowned, one man faved.--Arrived in Tinnosth Roads, en Wednsfday morning, a gun-brig, and remains, with the Lynx nap. His Majelly's flip la Masan, Capt. juntas Basixon, is fitting out at Deptford with all pof tible expedition for Channel fervice ; and under the command of that aaive Officer, we have no doubt but the will prove a great fcourge to the mtuserous fmugglers which infeft our coaft. Notice has kilt been given that the (hips mail unload in the Weft India Docks after the prefent waskw The damages lately Whined in thofe works are now completely repaired. A letter received by the overland difpatch from Bombay lays, "M. Pisan% the Marine O ffi cer at the Ilk of France, who is accufed of having made unlawful captures, has infifted on the macterbeing referred home. The affidavits of the crews of the Highland Chief, Porcher, Tay, and two Mufcat Ihips,vesnove all doubts upon the fubjea. PIWAVD difputes the purer of MA0111.1.014 the Captain- General of the Ides, to decide finally between the parties. Ws are aured much altercation has al- , taken place; and it• is firmly believed that 1 th rc e d Aneb Go,e,nwr means to take upon kitafelf • the repoability of deciding." Trr"= ••• - 0011# :`. M". I" 1 7 . lOU Ilimeroas NOW I in i c if i oil i t z Whitt, per toJ, from 41. nos. to isi. barley, per (t earter , from il. p. to 11. Ts. Oats, per 4 1 .b1arter, from ti. 4s. to al. di. Beans, per Qsaiter, from si. 143. to 21. Peale, per littaitbr, from al. as. to al. 6s. simm-LANa, D1C111313 The wait of arrivals has thinned our Market of its late fupplia, and- to-day we did not obferire much bufinefs dojng ; and no alteration in prices has taken plsice—we, therefore, quote she terms Of Monday, and refer thereto for general further .information. Englith Wheat, per qr. 485.522, 545. Superfine 595. Fine Dantzic Wheat, 505. 565. Rye, 345. 38s. Barley, 245.;65. (Very Fine) 275. 6d. Malt, 4.45. 48s. Oats, 15S. 223. 255. }orfe Beans, New, 325. 359. Tick Beano, New, 28s. 3ts. Old, 311. 34k. Hog Peafe, 38s. 4os. Boilers ) New 343. 425. - Carraway Seed, 363. to 415. per cwt. Coriander, 28s. to 3os. per.cwt. Canary, 905,t0 965. per qr. Rape Seed, 41. to 361. per he. Flour, 455. sos. per Clek. . - ThefolloWing are Tome furthcf particulars of the murder, near Dulwich :—A poor man, named Mathews, was, do Titerday difcat:tal mur dered, near the mouth of the Cave, or Hermitage, which he inhabited on the borders. of Sydenham common, and Dulwich Wood. 'About so years ago he loft his wife, and was kik *kb one daugh ter, and, having placed her inwfituation in Lon. don, he went to live in the neigbbonthoed of Cam berwell, where he worked as * Gardener. Soon after his going to Camberwell, he obtained leave of the Managers of Dulwich College, to form him felf a dwelling on the land belongieg to the Col lege, which was partly an excavation of the earth, and partly covered in with fern, underwood, Sec, Here for a feries of years he lived unmolefUng and unmolefted, following his daily avocations in per forming under gardener's work in the gardens of tome of the neighbouring Gentlemen; by whom, for his inoffenfive and gentle demeanor, he was much liked. His return to his cave to fleep was conflant, where on the Sunday he ufed to fell beer to fuch perfons (of whom in the rummer there were many) as from curiofity might be drawn to vifit • his lonely cell. About five or fix years ago, how ever, Tome villains, infligated by the fame motive that probably led to his death, (an idea of his be ing poffeffed of money), broke into his cave, beat him in . ,' dreadful manner, and, according to his Own account at that time, robbed him of twelve (billings. From this period, for more than a year and a half, he totally deferted his abode, and continued fleeping in the hay lofts and (tables of the people for whom he worked. Drawn, however, by tome ir refiftible propenfity to his former mode of living, he altered the conttruftion of,his cave, digging it from the mouth like that of an oven, into which he juft left himfelf room - to crawl ; and when he laid down, 'contrived to fix a board sigaina the en trance, which he propped up with his feet. All this precaution did not, however, operate to rave him from future attack ; for on Tuefday morning laft he was found at the mouth of his cave, dead, with his jaw-bone broken in two places. He was covered with fern by Come boys, who had for two or three years paid the old man a vifit in the Livia mas holidays. Under his arm was an oeken branch, about fix or feven feet long, which it is ruppored . the villain had put into the cave for the purpofe of hooking the poor old man out, as the hooked part, which completely matched with the hick, was found broken off ; and from the nature of the wound in his cheek, through which there is a large hole, it appears that it moil have been hitched into' his month, and by the violence which was ufed in drawing . him out of his cave (the body when found being with the head towards the entrance) broke the jaw ; from which, as is the opinion of a pro reffional Gentleman on the spot, the extravafated blood in his throat caufed fuirocation. The branch of the tree with which it has every appearance the deed was perpetrated, was cut im mediately in the neighbourhood of the fpot, as the twigs which were cut off it, -were found cantered about the ground, and are preferved and were &coin to the Coroner's' Inqueft, who fat this day upon the body, at the French Horn, Dulwich ; at which houfe the deceafed had been on the Mon day evening, and had changed half* guinea, with which he had bought Tome provifions, and was known to have fix or (even (billings change when he left Dulwich, none of which were to be,found, his pockets having been turned out, as was a fecret pocket, which was only dircovered after his death, and was not known to any of the perfons who were acquainted with him, but had not efcaped the pry ing eye of his murderers. - This unfortunate man was near feventy years of age, and was as much remarked for civty a*fim plicity; was punanal in all his little de alings in the neighbouring villages, and might, perhaps, by the GO . fset who infelt the vicinity of Norwood, Dul wich, &c. be fuppofed worth money. Three men of this defcription, and who were the vagrant te -1 slants of a camp, hard by the retreat of Mathews, have been committed on fufpicion of knowing fomething of this inhuman tranfaition; by Mr, Bow Las and Mr. BuLioca, two of the Sunny M.- giltrates to wait the iffue of the Coroner's Verdi Sir R. FORD fent a party of the Bow-greet trole into the neighbourhood, to endeavour to lea every poffible information that may lead detetition of the murderers. . 4 ...... a.... _ ~ . . Hz axioitD l Ds e. 4,41h,--La ft week an 40itok tion was laid egainft . a Printer, before two of the Magiftrates of this city, for printing a hand 4.41 without affixing his name .to the paper. The ~ printing being proved, it was urged in favour o f the Defendant, that the Act under which the lip formation was lai 3, was entitled, " An A& for. tbe more effe4tual fuppreffion of focieties eflAbliflied for fiditious and treafonallt purpofes ; and f,)r. better preventing treafonabk -apd fidiiious pra.fticcs," and that as the, paper in queftion contained nothing which could poffibly be conlirued into a Maim qr ' treafofialk tendency, it could hardly fall within the provifions, mach lefs within the fpirit of the a&. In fupport of this defence, the cafe of Mr. Holmes, bookfeller, of the Royal Exchange, London, was cited, as decided in OaCiber !all, iefore tie Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Council of the City of London. Proof was given in Court, that Mr. Holmes had publillied " Baron Munchaufen's Ad veniures," the laid book not having the Printer's name -affixed to it. After hearing Counfel for and *K . ainft the profecution, the Lord Mayor laid, " I amentivinced the Legiflature, in framing the At under which thi? profecution is carried on, did not mean that it Ihould extend toperfons printing books or papers Which are not of a feditious tendency.— At the &me time I with to obferve, that when in formations are laid for the benefit .of the Public anekke Government, they deferve attention ; but A.' ifiisisiftance, they merit reprobation. I am happy lb byre kilt 0 . 7 power to be infirumental in pro. ii•Aigthie bonefAopkeeper; when I do 4 4 find ,Islo inif againit the laws of his country ;and II side' the =former to. purfue. an honelt and re. .pntoble way of life, ' d, not get his bread, by fnch li ee posdites in future.'" ge defendant, in this cafe, .mg then .acteitted. Magi firates, however. foi. Atiscit, deemed it their duty to convia the printer in the fum of iol. The author of the hand bill was known. L''' l `. ll !"-V4VI 7 , 71 1 , • " . , The phrafe applied, to tOyintin lady, “ that the is as well as can be expeCted," zs nq longer to be elafred among our national vulgarifms. We have now Gazette authority for it. . • The Gbevastx defrtfi round the walls of the Fleet Prifon have been lately Arengthened: by the addi tional fortification of a new range of fpikes on the outfide, in order to prevent any other efcapes a la ma eit felefez. A Musical. Switint.sa.—The following comp-de rma was played off at a flop in Oxford- ftreet, ne t t long fine :—A well-dreffed man, apparently a -foreigner, went into a Woollen Draper's fhop, in 'tee afternoon : he had a green bag in his hand, which he laid . on the counter with great care, and salted for Tome kerfeymere for a waiiicoat and breeches ; he affeeed great hurry, and had a boy, like a fervant or errand-lad, with him. The ker. feymere being cut off, he gave it to the boy, fay ing, " Bid the Taylor lofe no time ; I mull have it to•morrow night for my Lord's Concert ; I can not go without it's done—if Ido not I (hall lofe 20 guineas." The boy went off in a hurry with the purchafe the draper aflced the gentleman if he did • not want lining; trimmings, &c. ? The anfwer was, "Yes ; I forgot that ; GOD blefs me! I mull, go to the Taylor now myfeif with them." He then talked of the Concert he was engaged for; mentioned thiviolin in his green bag, for which my Lord had offered him 4.0 guineas, and which he had refufed. He next felt for his purfe, in order to pay the draper's bill ; afteded great furprife, but recollected he muff have left it at the mulic (hop, where he had been to buy a fonata • it was certainly fafe—he had been no where elle ;- and if the gentleman (the draper) would give him leave to hang his violin on the vacant nail he taw in a nitch behind the counter,- he would leave it till he returned with the money; but may be he might not come till next morning, as it wag probable he might ( lay late at my Lord's, where he' was going to rehearfe with Tome amateurs The draper contented; a fplendid violin was drawn out of the bag and hung up with great care, the mufical gentleman obferving it was lucky he had another at home, -for which he fhould want the . bag ; a fonata was in the bag, which he took with him. About two hours after another perfon came for Tome (mall article, and cheapened a piece of cloth far a coat, but did not buy it ; teeing the violin, he anted if it was to be fold ? the anfwer was, " no; the owner would not fell it for forty guines." "It muff be a good one," faid the aranger, " permit me to fee it." He took it, tried it, and was in raptures. " It's a charming inllru silent, Sir ; I'll give you twenty guineas." " Sir, it is not mine ; rcaunot fell it." 46 I'll give thitty, Sir; do let me have it"—and he took out his pfirfe. " I cannot," tail the Draper again. " Let me finger it a little more ; Sir,, you mutt contrive to r...tit for me—thirty-five guineas, Sir ; Oh, by that's a divine tone ; I'll give the forty gui neas, Sir, and pay you commiffion for buying it ; and call to-morrow morning." 46 I (hall do My endeavour, Sir."—The draper now thought be should make a hit ; the commifflon probably on both fides, too, was not to be neßl:6ltd. Early next morning came the-owner of the violin to pay his kerfeymere, and take his inarument. Will you fell your violin, Sir P' "No Sir. Do you play ?' gi No, but I have a mind to make a prefent, and you fay this is a good one. Will you take twenty guineas for it ?" I tell you, Sir, I have refufed forty." " Come, I'll give you thirty." " No, Sir, I should affront my Lord if any body elfe was to get it." " Come, come, you fly you have another." "Aye, that is true, and as like this one as can be." " Well, I will give you thirty-four guineas and no more." " Why, to be Cure, I would 'not like to let my Lord know that l wanted money, if I did even want it ; fo as you teem to like it, if you will give me the kerfeymere into the bargain, you may have it ; my Lord does not know one from the other." IMI!TP • • :41 (; ~( Ma- —The thirty-four guineas were paid. The draper diet. has got a violin which the pretended purchafer Pa- will molt afruredly never call for. Such are the col• kind of hits which avarice fometimes makes, for to a the divine toned inflrument proves to be a Dutch - one of half-a-guinea price. ...- :