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LITERATURE. To the Departed.—Stanzas to the Memory of Lord Byron Bvo. London, 1825. The author of this beautiful little poem is worthy the task of celebrating the genius of that master spirit, whose lyre is now unstrung..but whose works will live as long as the English language. Of all the tributes to the memory of the Noble Bard, we have seen none so chaste, so vigorous, or so appropriate, as the Stanzas to Me Departed, which, we understand, are from a female pen. There is great beauty in the first three stanzas, which we subjoin; and the allusion to that child which Lord Byron so appropriately called the sole daughter of his house and heart, is particularly happy. And didst thou ever five? or art thou not Rather the bright creation of a dream? Thy fame the vision of some fancied lot, A ray of noonday glory o'er a stream, That evening flush which kindles with its gleam The glacier'crown upon an Alpine brow; SO bright, so pure, so transient, that we deem The Spirit of the dying Day doth throw Its gentle farewell o'er the twilight world below! IL Full many a time o'er those eternal bills The Spirit of the dying Day shall part. And youth and fancy, 'mid a worts! of WI, Create a Paradise in many a heart; And waves shall roll, and glittering water! start In fleeting beauty, to the fleeting ray ; Unreal things—they live not—but depart. Nor leave one trace when they have paged away ;, Shadows and visions all—.but Thou went not as they 111. And didst thou ever live? Yes—life was thine, An.l youth, and genius, and the swelling tide (If all in life which seems at first divine, — I lonnur, and fame, and style, and conscious pride Of being alone, with none who might divide The veil which chained all bosoms and beguiled ; And what is left of these, to watch beside The early tomb which o'er thy dust is piled? Reproach—and—Glory—and Thine only Child ! IX. His only child! be loved thee to the last; Thy fancied image was perchance the one In that sad hour of death and doubt which pass'd Latest across his mortal sight ;—and none Will wish the word unsaid, the thought undone, Which breathes, that Fate in kindness may inspire A heart more calm than his ; to ponder on, With grief perchance, but such as cloth not tire, The vanibla'd lift and love of him—thine unknown Sire! Narrative of an Expedition to Me Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Wintrepeek, Lake of the IJ'oods,4-e. Per farmed in the ) ear ISIS, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under Me Command of Stephen li. Long, U.S.?. E. Compiled from the Notes, qj Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Calhoun. By WILLI A NI H. KICATING, A.M. &c. Two VOIS. 81/0. London, 1825. While the Govet nment of the United States is actively attentive to the improvement of those parts of its vast contint-nt which have been brought into cultivation, it does not neglect to explore those-more distant regions which yet remain but little known and thinly populated. Such is that track of country beyond the northern limits of the Co ted States, and bounded by the Missouri and the Mississippi, and extending to the 49th parallel of h latitude. In order to explore these regions, an expedition was filed out in the spring of 1823, under the direction of Mr. Long. who executed his task with great ability.— After tracing the source of St. Pctet's River, the expe dition returned by the Lakes Superior, Huron, Et ie, .nd Ontario. No pains appears to have been spared in ob taining the most correct information as to the soil, cli mate, geology, natural history, &c. of the country through which the ex' edition passed; and hence a Mass of interesting and valuable info: motion was obtained. Mr. Keating, the M.neralogist and Geologist, accons p inied the • expedition, and was appointed li:erary Journalist ; he was afterwards selected to draw up *k connected narrative from the sevirke Journals of each' Officer, and well has he acqui ted . himself of his task. The volumes before us contain Much valuable infor mation respecting a country large as Great Britain, but yet hitherto comparatively little known. This narrative is indeed an excellent work, and we regret that our limits confine us to one or two btief extracts. In meet ing with the I'otawatomi Indians, Major Long was anxious to knr w whether they were really cannibals ? and pretty clearly a'certained that such was really the case. Mr. Keating says— " The motives which impel them to cannibalism are various : in some cas-s it is produced by a famine over the country, and of this we shall be able to cte a num. ber of well-attested instances, some of which carry with them very horrible features, when we treat of the Chippewa tribes, west of Lake Superior. Another, and a more frequent cause, is the desire of venting their rage upon a defeated enemy, or a belief that, by so doing, they acquire a charm that will make them irresistible. It is a common superstition with them, that he that tastes of the body of a brave man acquires a part of his valour, and that, if be can eat of his heart, which by them is considered as the seat of all courage, the share of bravery which he derives from it is still greater. matters not whether the foe be a white man or an Indian ; provided he be an enemy, it is all that is re quired. Mr. Marron has seen the Potawatomis, with the hands and limbs of both white men and Cherokees, which they were about to devour. " It is well attested, that one of the officers attached to General Harmer's command was taken prisoner by the Miamis previously to the defeat of the whole army, and tortured by them in the most cruel and unrelent ing manner for three days, on the west bank of the Maumee. The Indians declared that he had behaved with a remarkable degree of fortitude. Pieces of flesh were cut off from his body, roasted, and eaten by them in the presence of the agonized victim. No exclamation or groan could be drawn ft om the intrepid prisoner, un til a squaw thrust a burning brand into his privates, when he was heard to exclaim, 4 ‘ Oh, my GOD!" A young Indian warrior then declared that the prisoner, Laying proved himself a brave man, should no longer be kept in agony, and put a period to his sufferings by dispatching - him with his tomahawk. One of the best-attested instances is that of Captain Wells, who was killed after the capture of Chicago, in 1812. This man, who had been a long time among the Indians, having been taken prisoner by them at the age of thirteen, had acquired a great reputation for con rage ; and his name is still mentioned as that of the brav,st white man w;th whom they bad ever met. He had almost become one cf their number, and had united himself to a descendant of Little Turtle. At the com mencement of hostilities between Britain and the United Stales, he sided with his own countrymen, while the Indians of this vicinity all passed Into the British service. When the fort was afterwards be. sieged by the united Indians, Captain Wells was there,' having arrived just two days before with tbe orders from General Hull for the evacuation of the post. Wells WAS killed after the action, his body was divided, and his heart was shared, as being the most certain spell for courage, and part of it was sent to the various tribes in alliance with the Potawatomis, white they themselves feasted upon the rest." • Mr. Keating was particularly attentive to the geology and mineralogy of the country through which he tra velled, and in the account of the Salt Springs at Za nesville, be relates a curious hoax. Some of these springs are come at by boring auger-holes about three inches in diameter, to the depth of 700 feet. .• It was in boring for coal, a few years since, that a deception was practised which made considerable noise in the country, and produced much mischief in Zanesville and its vicinity. It appears well ascertained, at present, that the silver, said to have been found in one of the auger-holes bored on the banks of the river, bad been thrown in by. some evil-minded persons. The pretended discovery induced many to speculate largely upon the mine, before the detection of the plot, whence they incurred great losses ; this event occurred in the year 1819." We consider Mr. Keating's work as a very valuable addition to the collection of Modern Travels, and par ticularly interesting to Englishmen, on account of its relating to a part of America with which an extensive fur trade is connected. REMINISCENCES OF MICHAEL KELLY. The following is an extract from this forthcoming work, which cannot fail to aff.)rd amusement to the Public from the experience of the Author, and the intercourse of the veteran Actor, with the first wits and most celebrated characters of his day. " Mr. Lennan, a saddler in Dublin, was most se riously stage.struck, and volunteered to act Major O'ilaherts, in which he was execrable; after this was x,ver, however, he exhibited himself at the Cockle Club. where the facetious Isaac Sparks presided, and Jack ',log was Vice ; Presidelt : they made him extremely tipsy, and then gave him in charge to the watch, for having murdered Maj r O'Flaherty, and left the poor saddler all night in durance vile, who afterwards stuck to making saddles, and never more was found guilty of murdering M jars, even on the stage, " I had the pleasure also to be introduced to my worthy countryman, the Reverend Fuller O'Leary, the well•known Roman Catholic Priest; he was A man of infinite wit, of instructive and amusing conversation.' I felt highly honoured by the notice of the pious pillar of the Roman Church ; our tastes were congenial, for his Reverence was mighty fond of whiskey-punch, and so was I ; and many a jug of Sr. Patrick's eye-water, night after night, did his Reverence and myself enjoy, chattering over that national beverage. He sometimes favoured me with his company to dinner ; when he did, I always had a corned shoulder of mutton for him, for he, like some others of his countrymen, who shall be nameless, was ravenously fond of that dish. " One day the faceti ars John Philpot Curran, who was also very partial to the said corned mutton, did me the honour to meet him at dinner. To enjoy the society of such men was an intellectual treat. They were great friends, and seemed to have a mutual re• specs for each other's talents, as it may easily be ima gined; aqd O'Leary versus Curran, was no bad match. , One day after dinner, Curran said to him, Reverend Father, I wish that you we. e Saint Peter.' And why, Counsellor, would 3ou wish tha' I was Saint Peter?' asked O'Leary. Because, Reverend Father, in that case you would have the keys of Heaven, and you could let me in' By my honour and conscience, Counsellor,' replied the Divine, • it would be better for you that I had the keys of the other place, for then I could let you out:---Curran enjoyed the joke, which he admitted had a good deal of reason in it. The Duke of YORK was in the House of Lords on Friday, during the di-c.issions on the Catholic Petitions. Twenty-three Petitions were presented to the House of Lords on Friday evening against, and eight in fa •your of, the Roman Catholic Claims. Accounts from all parts of the country represent the present Spring as the most promising there has been for many years. The foliage was never known to be more luxuriant; and the appearance of every species of vege tation bespeaks an abundant produce. There has been a partial blight in some of the apple districts, but nut such as to affect the crop. Neon RANT BANK Cord musicArtoN.--Mr. Rtarms, from the Bai k of England, made an important com munication to the members of the Stock Exchange on Saturday, that the holders of the Stock created in 1797, called the Loyalty Loan, will have the option of taking Consols for . the amount of their Stock at 75; or if they do not acceptirf this boon, Government will pay off the amount at par, on or before the 31 of July next. This would give the holders four per cent. for the money advanced. It will be recollected, this stock amounted in 1797 to eighteen millions and a half, at five per cent. interest; in 1802 sixteen millions were paid off, or rather exchanged for other descriptions of stock; sub sequently further arrangements were made, leaving about 600,00 W. to be paid off nlw, , or exchanged for Consols, as we have before stated. The Government, at the time of the creation of. this stock, reserved the power of paying it off three years,after the Navy Five per Cents. were paid off or reduced, or after a peace of two years' continuance. Saturday afternoon, an Inquisition was taken at the' Crown public-house, in Duke s-court, St. Martin's-lane, on the body of the Rev. Mr. Vivian, whose sudden death was announced irs our Paper of Saturday. Mr. Gay Shute, residing at Watford, in the county of Herts, sur geon, stated that he had attended professionally the de ceased and his family for the last four years, and from the description frequently given during that period, of - the complaint the deceased labouted under, he consi dered it to be a species of angina pectoris, and having attended as his medical adviser, he had been particu larly requested by Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. deceased's nephew, to be present at the Inquest; and from the general appearances, was of opinion that the cause of his sudden death was angina pectoris, which produced suffocation, with a total suspension of vital action. Witness had.opened the body, and on inspection found appearances to j ustify him in his opinion. There were no marks of violence whatever, on any part of the body. The deceased was in the 72d year of his age, and has left a family of six children. After some further evi dence, the Jury,without hesitation, returned a verdict -4' Died by the visitation of GoD." Ostia, that mine of antiquities, is again being ex plored. The speculator is a Signor Cartoni, of Rome. ,Several broken columns, , inscriptions, and a superb block, of extraordinary dimensions, of orientalal abaster, have already been discovered. PLAGUF,-CONT AG lag I TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Ma. EDITOR—The subject of Quarantine being now in Parliament, before any legislative measures are adopted for ass alteration, you and your numerous readers would do well to peruse a work published in 1821, entitled 44 History of the Plague," by J.D.Tully, Esq. Deputy Inspector of Army Hospitals, Member of the lonian Academy, late inspector of Quarantine, and President of the Board of Health of the lonian Islands, illustrative of facts as to its contagion, apd the means adopted for its eradication, as it lately appeared in Malta, Goxa, Corfu, and Cephalonia. This Work is dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Maitland, late Lord High Commissioner, &c. From the practical knowledge ani experience of Dr. Tully, on the sput 'where this dreadful calamity made its appearance, and having acted in a medical capacity at the time under him, it leaves no doubt on my mind of this dreadful disease being communicated by contagion. And as long as there are men of equal experience and ability of a different opinion with Dr. Maclean, I consider the Houses of Parliament would do well to weigh the sub ject by evidence in a Select Committee, and hear both sides of the question before any great alteration is made in our Quarantine Laws. • I am, Mr. Editor, your obedient Servant. • AIEDICUS. leth May, 1825. CA7IWLIC CLAIMS. --..d0.-- The partizans of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill have earnestly deprecated the cry of " No Popery ;" we much doubt whether, if this measure be adopted, we should not soon ha* the cry raised of Nu Protestant." . Al- ready, in the neighbourhood of Preston, in Lancashire, the Papists have begun to anticipate their triumph over the English Church. We have been assured, from a quarter on which we can rely, that a very general expectation prevailed there, that on Ester Sunday, the Churches were to be given up to the • Romish Priests, and that Mass was there to be. sung. There is a very general expectation that the " old religion" will be es tablished, and supersede the Pt otestant heresy, and that vengeance will soon be taken on all who do not embrace their faith. These threats are in some instances hor rible—one fellow has repeatedly declared that he wbuld wade up to his knees in Protestant Llood, and is in the habit of using other similar language, in anticipation of the day of retribution. The common people are much disturbed in consequence ; and this agita - ion extends to such of the higher classes as can interpret the signs of the times—for they see all the elements 61 actisity which produce turbulence, and the most dread ful outrages. The mine is ready, it wants but a spat k to cause the most fatal explosion. Our readers may remember that Stonyhurst, the College of the Jesuits, who h ave long been actively employed in converting the peasantry around them, is distant but a few miles from Preston.—Oxford Hera'd. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, MAY 14. BIffiNET V. WALSH. fir this case, which was a proceeding on an attach ment, there arose a question of very great importance to the City and the Public at large. The plaintiff, who is an eminent distiller, residing out of the City, attached the pro forty of the defendant, a publican, in the hands of 111 r. Iliomley, a broker, both of whom also re s ide out of the City. Mr. Brom ley had walked into the City, when the attachment was served upon him in the usual manner. Those facts h4ving appeared from the evidence, Mt. BARNARD, for the garnishee, or holder of the property, contended, that this attachment was not maintainable, inasmuch as it was not proved that the debt was contracted n ithin the jurisdiction of the City. He knew that such attachm►nts had hitherto been held good in this Court, but they must make their proceed ings conformable to those of Courts above, which re quired a different practice. He then.cited a cise where an action had been brought against the holder of some property belonging to the action. The defence set up was, th4t it had been given up in pursuance of a ver dct of this Court, when Lord Ellenborough, who presided, required proof that the debt had been con tracted within the City, in order to bring the case within the jurisdiction of this Court. It would be a most grievous thing if it were to be allowed that a man, who was not a citizen, might be entrapped into the City, and there served with an attachment from a person not residing in the City, for a debt not con tracted within its jut isdiction. But whether the pro perty were in the City or out of it, the Court above would require the proof that the debt was contracted within its jurisdiction before the holder could avail himself of i:s decision, as a substantial ground for parting with it. The decisions were recorded, and the law was incontrovertible. Until it was over-ruled, every person situated as his client was, would be com pelled to pay over the money twice, unless the Court, as it was bound to do, made its proceedings conform able to those of the Courts above. Mr. BOLLAND said, no one had a greater respect than he had for the decisions of Lord Ellenborough, but it was possible that in a Nisi Prius case his Lord ship might err. Certain k ,was, however, that if the proof of the jurisdiction were required in that Court to sustain every attachment, the custom and privilege, which had been ever found so beneficial to the citizens of London, and the public at large, would be almost entirely destroyed. It bad been the custom to act without any such proof. How frequently did it hap pen that immense sums of money belonging to persons in India, or America, were attached in the hands of Messrs. Coitus, when they came to receive dividends in the City ? In one half of the cases brought beneficially for the public into this Court, the property was foreign, and the debt was contracted out of the City jurisdiction. Money was thus got by merchants of the City of Lou.. don that never could have been obtained otherwise. Mr. BARNARD replied at considerable length. The Comm were of opinion, that the debt was rightly attachable upon the person of Mr. Bromley; for money, as had been stated, always followed the person, and it was presumed that the holder carried it about with him, and therefore, that it was in his possession in the City at the time he was there. The Jury were directed to find a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court on the other point, as to whether it was necessary to prove that the debt was contracted within its jurisdiction ?—Verdict for plaintiff. His Grace the Lora Primate of IRELAND has given the sem of 50004 towards the erection of a Fever Hos. pital in Armagh. RAM INTELLIGENCE, - - - • BOW-STREET. Satnaday, &Milan laws voluntarily case before the Sitting Itia istrate at this o ffi ce, to answer the complaint of Mrs. Reedit, wke described herself as an °Meet's widow, who charged hint With II: legally detaining vatious valuable articles, her property. Mrs Everitt stated, that about twelve months ago it was her misforttint to loss her dear husband, and being in rather reduced. circuma stances, she applieff to Peters, who had always professed a friend ship for bee, and begged him to assist her in procuring a befitdng burial for the defunct—this he certainly did ; but as a 'Mirky for' the.ntonay advanced on that melancholy occasion, he took all their effects, amongst which were various articles collected on the held of Waterloo, such as epaulettes, pieces of lace, gorgets, and in par ticular, a richly embroidered pair of breeches, which was actualit taken off a French Marshal's body with her own hands. Magistrates-What, by you, Madam ? Mrs. Everitt—Yes, Sir, by me. I was at Brussels during the action, and curiosity took me to the field on the day after. Peters.—Something more than curiosity, Mrs. Everitt : wail plunder you went for. Magistrate.—l understood you to say that you were an Merl widow; is it usual fur Officers' Ladies to strip French Marshals? Peters —Her husband an Officer ! Not he, indeed, except it be non-commissioned Officer; poor Serjeant Everitt. Mrs. Everitt.—l suppose be was nothing the worse for being Serjeant ? you had no right to rob his widow, because she has act one to right her. Peters, in defence, contended that be merely retained a feW trumpery things of birs. Everitt's, is lieu of the money he had ad. sauced for the funeral, which amounted to XIS, and amongst them was the Marshal's breeches alluded to by the Lady. When his debt was discharged, be had no objectidb to give up the Lady's property, breeches and all. The Magistrate asked Mrs. Everitt if she really owed the money ? and she replied, that Peters had got quite enough to satisfy him, without the breeches. The Magistrate told her that, under such circumstanced he could not interfere, and the poor Lady retired, in evident distress of mind. UNION-HALL. A coachman and footman, named Clstkr and Leftism, in the ser vice of G. IL Barrett, Esq. of Love-lane, &ockwell, were charged with violently assaulting their master. • Mr. Barrett stated, that on Friday night, on his arrival at his •house from Covent-Garden Theatre, accompanied by his family, in their carriage, the footman, on alighting, for the purpose of open ing the coach door, appeared wry intoxicated, and Was unable to pot down the steps; be, therefore, pushed him on one side, when the footman struck him, and, in a scuffle, both fell to the ground *together. On rising, the footman and coachman att.cked him, and ' he was wounded in the temp'e by a blow from the coachman's fist. Mr. Barrett added, that both the defendants used most foul lan guage in the presence of the female part of his family. Littman, in his defence, said he *as not intoxicated ; he was about putting down the steps when his master struck him a blow which sent him reeling to the ground; this was repeated, and he then thought it time to return the blows; they fought fairly. The coachman admitted having struck Mr. Barrett ; but then he said, " It was not until I saw him getting the better of my fel• low-servant." The corstable of the watch-house said both prisoners were drunk wbeu brought before bim. Mr. Barrett informed the Magistrate that he had another complaint to state against these men ; namely, that they had conveyed a woman of the town from the heatre in the boot of the carriage, and would, in all probability, have got her into the Louse, but for the occurrence of the above circumstance. — The Magistrate held both defendants to bail. An inquiry was held, touching the death of an elderly man. an• known, who died in Great Dover-road, on Thursday morning, in consequence of•eating a quantity of bitter apple. Epsom Races commence to-morrow, and continue the three f lowing days. The Derby will be run for on Thursday, and the Oaks on Friday. In consequence of the great increase of sport this year, another day's races has been added. There is to be a Committee of the House of CoM mons, this evening, on the subj:ct.of the present sala ries to the Judges of England and Scotland; resolu tions will be moved respecting their increase, or rather their equa?iy,don. The House of Commons has appointed a Committee to inquire into the subject of conveyance of parcels; why could not bankers' parcels, and the puree's of others who cheese to pay accordingly, be conveyed by the mails, like letters? That would prevent the great thefts planned about once a year. Canova's brother and heir, who is an ecclesiastic, has established a fund for granting, during his own lifetime, a dowry of sixty dollars to each of three pour young women of Possagno, his late brother's big th• place,, or its neighbourhood, reserving, however, a preference to relatives of the Canova family. Ogle of the strangest escapes that we have ever heard of, occurred last week to R.B ernes, a groom and horse breaker, near Whitehaven. He had under his care a horse of a fierce and ungovernable temper, and having frequent occasion to exercise the whip, the animal seems to have formed a design of revenging himself. Travelling one day between Acrewalls and Croft End,. the horse turned upon Barnes, who was leading him, and seizing him violently with his teeth, threw him on the ground; and then, seeing him prostrate, the animal bent down on his knees, and bellowing and gtinding his teeth shewed every disposition to tear him to pieces. Fortunately the groom had a stick, and. he struck the animal on the face just as he was about to seize him. The blow made him retreat, but he returned to the attack with greater fury than before; when re• ceiving another blow, he again retreated ; again and again he returned, foaming and bellowing, and grind ing his teeth, and still bent on his knees for the purpose of destroying his enemy, but was as often repulsed.. Barnes now perceived that his foe was about to change his mode of attack, and to endeavour to trample him with his feet ; he then gave himself up for lost ; deter mining, however, to make a last effort to save himself, he suddenly sprang upon his feet, and aiming a blow with the stick at the jugular vein, fortunately hit the mark—the horse fell, and he jumped on his back! had scarcely done so, when the animal rose, and find ing his enemy on his back, he roared with rage, biat the ground with his hoofs, reared on his hind legs, kicked, plunged, and tried by every means to dis Mount his rider ; finding that impracticable, he galloped down a narrow lane, when his progress being stopped by a gate, he seized the rail with his teeth, and striking the gate at the same time wish his fore feet, shivered it 'to pieces. Nothing but the most complete horseman ship could have saved the rider, and it was not until, entirely exhausted by his own efforts, the horses fairy had abated,that be could venture to dismount with safety. At Norton, near Bothnia, the Lady of Lieutenant Dunstan, R.N. of a son. - Friday se'nnight, at her 11;;; - 1; Berkeley.epare, Lady Ann Barnard, relict of Andrew Barnard, Esq. Friday evening last, in Upper Nary-la-boasse•street, John Brandon, late Treasurer of Covent garden Theatre. MAIL.. 4 DAI. MIL DVS 0 Trance 2 0 Hamburg! am mos. 1 0 1 0 Outollo 0 I l k.. Waterford 0 Haim. Guernsey said Jersey 0 • Flanders 1 0 Lisboa o 0 Buenos Ayns 0 0 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Goctenburgh Malts Holland 0 1 Amoseisa 0 Leinit lands 1 0 1 0 SIGH-WATER at LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning - - 43 minutes after 12 Afternoon • • 7 minutes after UM* : Sod aced Psbbated by J. F. 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