Star. — London, England, 1820-02-25 00:00:00

THE FISHERMAN'S SONG. shallo:+, it skims o'er the Lke of Erie, As the fighermtr. chant; his ri.de song to the wind; And the notes which enliven his pilgrimage weary Thus speak the emotions that swell in kis mind: " steak, my ars . ; kt the placid wave curling At'.‘_At the full force of each severing blow, And fie riisht-bre:•zl th at Tlickens-/Ceen over me whirling, Convey me where rapeurc and tenderness flow ! " O!! thou home of my ancestors, neer may thy soul-tree ENtend o'er the breast to life's miseries cold; Nay the poor and unfortunate swelter beneath thee, The heart wrung with sadiiess, thz sojourner old! " Then my llor;a shall circle the beverage pure, And the warm smile of checthdite.s tinge ev'ry cheek; o',:r our sot-row. .vrong. soft oblivion will pour • her slumbers la-,thean, and lull them asleep!. 46 And those treas - ores of life no misfortune can wrench, Re%inn and !lope shall serenity spread, And their ligat, which the infidel vainly would quench,: 'With it= glory illumine the fi.J.errnati's shad! " Then, dash or., niy IsGat! scum the ►vicket ril ore, And my cliilireu gall cling round their fond father's knee, And welcome, thou brecue, may thy gulch' et nt"'er stop, Till I tread the bkst dwelling of Ros.► and me 1" llemingdon. R. C. • HIS LATE MAJESTY, AND THE DUKL OF KENT. We are requested to state that the New Monthly Ma: gozinr, for March I, will be embellished with two very fine Portraits, one of his late :11AJE8TY, and the' other of his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT. The Literary Depaitmcnt will ccmprize upwards of tifty origiaal articles. Equally varied and interesting are tlrc cont:nts of every Number of this popular Jour-. nal, men of the tirst eminence beim , .engagengaged in en 1-;.liing its pages with tlzir communications ; and, •independea et Leirg a fait:li'd chronicle el the great political cvents of ti'c times. and an accurate record of domestic u:-.( 7 farrjiy hh.4ory, it forms a compieLe register of every nvicity in the Alts, Sciences, ani Letters, equally accepta'ole to the Scholar and the Philosopher, to the man of leis is n!,..n Of busine,s.-1 c tv.3 ' , rem - lin:2: Numbers, for the pre sent Year, :ire embellished with Portra:ts of the cele brated Callova and of Lord' CASTI.ERI6.IOI, and every succeeding one will be eml>eilished with a For ttait of some distiagui shed pet son, or other engraving. SPORIISG. BETTIN G T..A.TTEtts.II.I.'S YESTERDAY. ODDS OS RACES TO COME. DERBY. to 1 agst Mr. Pi.m . se's gr. 120 to 1 agst c. out of Bri , eis 1 to 1 ag , t l'irelaree I to 1 agst Domino Sampsor. to 1 agst Colt out of Ca 20 to 1 agst Brother to Blucher to 1 agsz. 120 to 1 agst Duke OAKS. g to 1 apt the Seater)! f. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Windham. ItIOIIOI..b.SWORTII. 4 tr , 1 a;st Selina I 13 to 1 agst Nirrah 5 to 1 a4sz. Piiidaree I 12 to 1 agst brother to Comus. TANDEM MATCH The ".‘lattli made. by Captd.ii lieciits to trot two of his own %wises, in tuadem et le. twelve miles in one hour, and to turn at every break, was at,empted vsterdav nn the Newmarket road, over a 51.3 i. miles piece ufgrutir.d, .fOIIuNVS: Sec. 1 r. 6 4 I 7 2 4 28 8 5 5 20 9 4 4 8 10 5 10 11 f 4 40 12 Min. Sec. - 5 1 - 5 1 - .5 10 - 5 9 - 5 12 - 5 '2O I:0 50 59 36 A serious outrage took place lately at Landon, in Ireland :—A di :pate arose among some weavers, owing, originally, to want of employment—a mas ter-man, named O'Hara, who was charged with act ing unfairly, had his house pulled down, and he was himself so dreadfully wounded, that he died in a few hours after. Coroner's verdict—Wilful Mur der.—A man of the name of Warner, was- alsa se verely wounded in the affray, but is likely to recover. On the night of the 12th In-tart; the Rib/qv/men presented themselves in great numbers at Castle Lam bert, near Athenrey, the seat of WA LTBR LAMBERT, E aad demanded his fire-arms. Being assured by LAmnEnT that he had none (iris arms being pre. Nicrusiy removed), they departed, but in their pro gress swcr e every tenant upon his estate. Thursday morning, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. WADDLE, a ship-chandler, at Shadwell-dock, Arhich was totally consumed, the family having scarcely time to escape in a state of nudity. Satur day last, the wife of George Cook, a journey man out of employment, residing at 40, Cierken well clo e, Vierkenweil, was delivered of three female children, who, together with the mother, are likely' to do well, inal.ing now a family of seven children tinder ten years of age, and with but little means to provide for them. • It is said in the Paris Journals that the French Government will indemnity the Theatres as fellows, for b: iii closed during nine days, on account of the Duke of Beinty's de:A : L'.3 Theatre Francais, and Le 'lleatre Veyden, !',0 2 000 francs each , L'Odeon, 20,000 francs ; and all the Minor Theatres, 13,000 fia.lcs each. The Opera and the Theatre Italien, being at the charge of the Civil List, will of course receive no indemnitication. DEATIIS DY FlLM—February 10, a woman of the name of Glassford, residing in Bell-street, Calton, 61aseow, while lifting a pot off the fire, her clothes took lire, and she was so dreadfully burnt that she survived only a few minntes.Thursday se'nnight, an infant girl belonging to Ann Birrletson, of Spr;sig- Gar..kll-I:111e. SunJerlend, was burnt to death by her clothe. having came in contact with the fire, in a short al:senc2 of her mother.—Saturday, a little girl W.!S ICI . : • by herself in a house in the Cowgate, I:dinburzh, was so shockingly burnt by her clothes taking fire, that she died in the Royal Infirmary.— Tuesday !;e'lil.ii:;llt, as Mr. James Williamson, of St. Lees, teacher, wasstanding with his back to the fire, it is supposed that his foot slipped, and he fell back wards, as he was discovered in flames, and presented a must shocking spectacle, his clothes being entirely consumed. He survived in the greatest agony till nLat morning, and then expires. He was a Aran of eonsi.Leaable ability, and is deeply regretted. his back upon Sir William Curtis, and said, that worthy Baronet was in the habit of treating the most important subjects with levity. Sir W. CURTIS said, there was something so unacz , countable in what the worthy—he was going to sty; Gentleman—(Here there was a loud cry tif "Order ) • iJr. Dixoir advised William to neat any per son who insulted •him with silent. contempt. " 1 believe you are in the right," said Sir WILLIAM. Mr, OLIMIAM ! —The language used by the worthy Member (Mr. Griffiths) might have been too strong, but he was not more "out of order than the last speaker. The great question was, whether the Court should grant the sum of '2OO guineas to the several Parishes? In supporting this the lion. Member (Mt-. Griffiths) had Praised the conduct of some Members of Parliament; while he found fault with that of others ; but if his language was strong or coarse, it was not more so than, that which was given ik reply to it. For his own part, he must say, that the lion. Members for the City. whose names bad been men=. tioned, were fully entitled to the thanks of their fel low-citizens, for the able, manly, and dignified stand which they had made against the rapacity of the Fire Act Clergy. He had great respect for the character of the Clergy, and would wish to see them fairly.re-1 munerated for their services, but he could not bear to see them step out of their sphere, and appear more anxious for the loaves and fishes than for the care of the minds and souls of those committed to their charge!—(Hear, hear ).—fle hinisalf could not _ap prove of the conduct of the worthy Alderman (Sir W. Curtis) on the occasion. Tbe worthy Alderman seemed to have forgot his repeated promises to pro tect the rights and interests of his fellow-citizens— (Hear, hear)—those promises which were so broadly repeated in his advertisements and addresses to the Livery—( Hear, hear).—The present,. he conceived, was the proper time for drawing comparisons between upright and honourable men who faithfully dis charged their duty, and that of those who neglected the trust reposed in them.—The Report was agreed to. Mr. HuneoxinE next moved the. Thanks of the Court to Thomas Sanders, Esq. for his able and ac tive conduct in opposing the Bill. Alderman WAITIIM AN, in bearing testimony to the very efficient support which he and his colleagues had ieceived from Mr. Sanders, observed, that never was there any measure so warmly contested in a Com- . mittee before; and so gi eat were Dire exertions made in support of the Bill, that it was only lost in the Committee by two or three votes.—The Motion was put and agreed to. After some routine business the Court adjourned. L dlr INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCII, FEBRUARY '24. TILE KING V. HARRIS. Before the Jury were sworn, three Gentlemen who had been called into the box, were excused from serving ; one a clerk ist the Wanoffice. another in the Treasury, a third in the King's Wut ks. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL barely explained that this was exactly the same libel, published by Christo pher Harris, of which. Mr. Watling had been just be fore convicted. The reading of it would be quite sufficient to satisfy them. Lewis Lew is proved the purchase of the copy exhi bited, from the defendant, at 10, Broad-court, Bow street.—The letter was read. The defendant then read a defence to the Jury. It set out with stating, that although the Attorney , General had addressed them with so much eloquence, theie was more sophistry than sound truth in his speech. If selling was a publication in common law, it was not so in common sense. As a retail dealer, he had no malicious intention. They bad no evidence that he had ever read or known the contents of this letter. In fact, it was impossible for him to read the publications he sold, as there were people to buy them, and take them out of his hands as soon as he got them. Any coffee-house keeper might, on the same principle, be prosecuted for selling a Govei nment Paper. In common prosecutions,. whatever was al leged as libel must be of or concerning the plaintiff; here the matters charged were of and concerning the Magistrates, Yeomanry, and others ; that was, they were concerning other persons than the plaintiff.-- His object had solely been to support his wife and family. Ile sold religious books as well as others. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL replied, and The Lotto CHIEF JUSTICE summed up in nearly . . Mr. Hoacomne presented the Report of this Corn- the same terms as in the former case, and the Jury mittee. • It stated, that in consequence of the active instantly found him Guilty. He was committed to exertions of the several Parishes of the City against the custody oldie Marshal. . the Bill brought in last Session by the Fire-Act THE KING V. SHORTER. Clergy, for an increase of their income, they-had in- Robert Shorter, an active and intelligent youth, curved very considerable expense, about afi'9B6 of but an extremely ioaudicious Counsel, bustled very which was unliquidated. The Committee therefore much on the floor of the Court as soon as his trial recommended that the Court do . order tbe'sum of was called on. Ile insisted upon a Physician in St. 200 guineas to •be paid by the proper Officer, to Luke's serving on the Jury, after the Court and the assist those Parishes. Mr. Ilurcombe observed, that' Counsel for the prosecution had consented to his if the Court agreed to this, he should also move, withdrawing. lie objected to. two who had served that the thanks of the Court be given to Thomas on the preceding Jury, and the SOLICITOR-fixNERAL Saaders, Esq. a Member of the Court, for his active consented that they should withdraw. and able exertions ( in resisting the demands of the The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury (the Clergy on that occasion. It was necessary on this ATTORNEY-GENERAL haying previously left the occasion for him to state, that in the year 1802, an Court), and said he could not Jo better than follow application had been made to Parliament by the the example of the Attorney-General, and leave them Fir; Act Clergy for an increase of their incomes.-- , to judge, from the publication itself; whether it was Parliament, on that occasion, gave them an addition a libel or not. The Law Officers would not have dis in many instances of double their incomes, and in charged their duty faithfully to the Public. if they others of more, so as to create the expense to the had not brought a criminal prosecution against those, City of £12,241, besides Glebe-houses. In 1819, who sold such publications. . they applied for a further increase; and the Court Benjamin Morris proved the purchase of the pub could scarcely believe that this increase intended to lication from the defendant; in \Vych-street. I.le was place a burden on the City of not less than £25,584; sent from Bow-street Office for the purpose of get; and indeed he had heard from one of those Rev. Gen- ting a copy.—The letter was read a third time. tlemen, that if they had got this sum, it was intended The defendant said, he was only twenty-one years to make a further application, in order to have their of age, yet he had devoted eight yettrs to the study income the full 2s. 91 is the pound on the rent of of law. He quoted Pr. Johnson's definition of " pub ! houses.. Finding that this was the intention-of the 101" and " sell." .He then read extracts from News ! Clergy, the several Parishes wok it up, and, ably papers, which reprobated prosecutions against igno- Isupported by the indepeadent conduct of the Corp- rant and poor venders of Newspapers. Ile had shut ration, they most wairnly and effectually resisted up his shop as soon as the informations wen. filed ithe imposition. Aldermen \Vood, Waithman, and against him. . • • Thorp, and another v,•oi thy Member, had exerted Robert Alexander gave the defendant a very good themselves against this.obnoxious measure ; but Sir character. William Curtis had done all in his power to induce The Soineoron-GENECAL said, it was not. a fact Parliament to lay this impost upon his fellow-citi- that any bilk had been preferred before the Middle zens. Mr. Hurcombe moved that the Report, which sex Grand Jury, and . thrown out. As soon as the recommended that the sum of £2lO should be given Attorney-General saw the atrocious .nature of the to assist in defraying the expenses attending the pio- publication, be felt it has duty to file a criminal in ceeJings in Parliament, should be received. fot maim. An information was the sanze.to the de- Mr. GRIFFITHS seconded the motion. Ile Ittrizthd . feadant as an indictment ; time was noi greatei c•A- COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was bald at the Council Chamber, Guildhall, foi• the dispatch of general business. 4 . Mr. S. Dixaisr wished to know born the Lord Mayor, whether any, and what dayi was fixed upon for going up with the Addresses of Condolence and Ctingrattilacif , n which lad been voted to his Ma jesty on the death of his Royal Father, the rite King,. and his own accession to the Crown? The LORD MAYOR replied, that he could give no information to the Court on the su b ject. In the course of the day, the REMEMBRANCER in formed the Couit, that he had, for some time past, been in almost daily attendance at the Office of the Home Secretary of State, for the purpose of know ing when it might be convenient to his Majesty to receive the Addresses. He was at Lord Sidmouth's (Mee the day before yesterday, and was informed, that his Majesty was not as yet sufficiently recovered, to be able to receive the Addresses on the Throne; and that though his Majesty was anxious to receive the Col potation of London, it must be deferred till such time as he was better able to -attend to pub lic business than at present. A hope was at the same time expressed, that his Majesty would• in a very short time be able to receive the Addresses, which would be duly notified to the Sheriffs. The LORD MAYOR suggested, that as it would be proper for the whole Court to appear in similar cos tume, it might be now convenient to come to some arrangements in that respect. It was then agreed, - on the motion of Mr.•OLD IIAM, that the Lord Mayor should provide weepers, : and some other necessary articles of mourning cos tume, the arrangement to be left to his own discretion. THE ORPHANS' FUND. Mr. Fa vett. presented the Report of the Jail Com mittee, stating, that the debt incurred by building Whitecross-street Prison had been reduced to ten thousand pounds, for which City bonds, bearing five per cent. interest, were to be taken. Mr. S. DIXON thought that money might have .been borrowed at a lower rate-than five per cent. . . Mr. Fa VELL replie,l, that he could find no monied men in the City willing to lend money for four or five years at a lower rate than five per cent. When he was walking in the City, looking for the money, he would have gone with confidence into the house of an Ilonourable Baronet (Sir William Curtis) for the money, if he had been aware of what he new un derstood to be the fact, that that worthy Alderman had twelve or fourteen thousand pounds of the City's money in his hands. Mr. S. DlxoN.—lt was unnece;sary, in giving his opinion, to allude to the conduct of the Honourable Baronet, who, he had no doubt, courted inquiry into his conduct: Those who were most ready to accuse him wonld he glad that they were in his situation. A MEMBER said, that Sir William Curtis bad re fused to lend five thousand pounds to the Committee, though he had so large a sum of money belonging to the City in his possession. MT. GRIFFITHS.—As the name of one Alderman was mentioned who had refused to advance the mo ney, it was but justice to mention the name of another who had willingly given it: he alluded to Sir Richard Carr Glyn, who, without having a penny of the City's funds in his possession, most readily consented to ad vance the money which was asked. Mr. HURCOMBE.—The worthy Member (Mr. S. Dixon) who now objected to the rate of interest which was paid, had been himself a Member of the Committee, and he never bad suggested that money could be had at a lower rate than •that which was mentioned. Alderman WAITIIMAN felt himself called upon to make one or two observations. The Committee, finding that it was necessary for them to borrow n:oney, applied to the House of Commons, but were there refused. They then went to Sir William Cur tis, but he refused to advance a loan, even at five per cent. though he had at that moment balances to the amount of £II,OOO of the City's funds in his hands. A Committee of the House of Commons had, in the year 1:51`2, highly disapproved of allow ing such large balances of the City's funds to lie in the hands of individuals; but, notwithstanding•that, the prac tice had not been discontinued. The Report was then agreed to, and referred back to the Committee for execution. TITHE COMMITTEE. pense or delay in the one than in &II otirr. The de fendant had alluded to the new laws. The necessity of those laws was to be referred to conduct such as defendant had been guilty of. Those laws were not for the purpose of restricting the freedom, but of restraining the abuses, of the Press, This case was an illustration of what the greeest lawyers and the 'dearest friends to Liberty and the Constitution, had. said, that those who restrained the licentionsne,s were the best friends of the Liberty of the Press.— The defendant knew well that the Act, authorizing banishment for libel,. was not applicable to his of feace. The Attorney-General would not have brought a criminal inTormation if the publicatirni were of a doubtful character, if any reasonable man could doubt whether i► was a libel or not. The Learned Gentleman then pointed out, with suitable remarks, the more striking passages in the publics" tioti in question. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the defendant had professed to read extract!: from newspapers.---: lie might have quoted correctly, he, indeed, knew nothing of the matter ; but it v..as known to the Jury that proprietors, editors, and printers of news papers, bad a very'great interest in the impunity of Venders Ott papers, since, if the venders were restrained or punished, their profits must be reduced. • The Jury found him Guilty, and he was commit ted ; the LORD Cuter JusricE telling him to be in readiness to be called to-morrow. TILE KING V. Wilt MORN. This defendant, a Avretched-looking old man, way; convicted, in a similar manner, of selling . the &line publication, in Evesham-bwildings, Somers-tol.rn. The Jury recommended him t mercy. The Lotto CHIEF JUSTICE said, the Court would attend to any case which the defendant could lay be fore them in mitigation. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that they would not press for the judgment of . the Court, if it should not be found necessary. TUE KIM V. LAINSBURY. James Lainsbury, the younger, No. 2, Pulteney court, Pulteney-street, Queen-square, was next coil v:cted of the same offence. • TILE KING V. RIDGE, ♦has then called, but the SOLICITOR-GENERAL re criested that it should stand over till to-morrow, as he was called away upon public business. The LORD CAUL! JUSTICE assented. Mr: Dolby stood up, and held some conversation with the CHIEF JUSTICE, upon the importance of Mr. Sherwin's attendance at his trial. The CHILI JusTica said, if his opinion was asked, he thouAlgt it of no in.pnrtance.—Mr. Dolby thanked: his Lordship, and left the Court. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, John Dirg, aged 20, and George Bird, aged 21, (brothels) were capitaily indicted for break ing open the house of Mr. W. Wyllie, at Fulham,' and stealing plate, &c. The prisoners were both found Guilty—Death. James Wright was put to the bar,:on an indictment, charging him with robbing the Marquis of Bucking ham of divers sum of money. _ Mr. Axurtews, Counsel for the prisoner, informed the Court that he wished to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty, and pleaJ Guilty. This, after some con versation, was allowed to be done. The Noble prosecutor also spoke in his behalf, ob serving, that he did not think the crime was done . from any innate propensity to thieving—but that he• had, of late, unfortunately, acquired such an invete rate habit of thinking, as to he scarcely ever able of knowing what he was about.—The judgment of the Court was postponed. POLICE. Bow-sTntrT.—The names of the Officers engaged in the conflict with the conspirators in Cato-street, on Wednesday night, are as follow : G. ltuthven, W. WeAtott, (severely wounded) Townsend, S. Surman (severely wounded), Woodbury, Brooks, Gill, Wright, Gibbs, (severely wounded) and It. Smithers (killed). • Their conduct, on this occasion. cannot be too much praised ; and the unfortunate Smithers 'acted with a degree ct daring intrepidity that would have secured him an honourable reward, had he lived. Lord SIDMOUTH assured Mr. BIRNIF... that his widow should be amply provided for. He had no children, but his widow is pregnant. It was in a gallant attempt to rescue El/is from destruction,. by securing li:istlewood, that he met his death.— Westcott states, that Thistlewood escaped down the. front stairs ; that he (Westcott) fired at him, and al , l y cut at his head; but I.c evaded the blow, and at that moment \Vestcotr received two balls through his ha:, and was knocked down by s-tarte person above. This,: Office was filled last night. with the patrols and con ductors, who had oi &is to remain all night ; and. BIRSIN continued until twelve o'clock, ip readiness for any thing that aright transpire. An Inquest, was yesterday, held, at the Ldp Hospital, on the body of It. Penny, a Police OUice:-, vho died in consequence of the bursting of a which he was discharging ; it blew off the fore fingen' of his 'right hand, and a mortification ensued. Verdict accordingly. Tuesday evening, as Mr.C. GOODCHILD was tali7:g tea with his wife, in Queen's Head-place, near the Paddington New-rt,ad, a pistol, loaded with slug:., was fired through the drawing-room window, the contents lodged in the wahlscot, in a corner of the room, by some person lalro knew the situation of the table. The place is private, and it was eviler.: ; from the course of the slugs, -that the pistol was firt.alt from an eminence. Iniur. On the 224 ult,in Great Surrey-street, Fkackfriars-road, Barnett Guest, Chemist, Inventor of the Guesteitian This renowned individual was born in tke year .1743, Norton, a viii;.ge in Worcestershire; he was apprenticed at —is early age to the late Mr. John Cope, Chemist riad ApetherzT Birmingham. We understand ht is•saccecded in his ptof;:?•t.i.o.o by i nephew, of the same name. NI A I LS Willi DAY.--Altit. Dublin W.tter ford 2 0 i Lisbon 0 2 Fmoce 1 0 I Haint); •111 L. u 4,4 o 11 o ..0 o o o 1 o o o 0 . 4iucrnsey ast I lolland Ilandcrs. Jamaisa 0 H. .).trgh a) . 1 0 Gott bt4rgh 0 l Malta . • 0 0 New-York- HIGICWATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO-Nttlß it 111cruing - 10 minutes afser 1C Aherne.. - - . 55 -- 12, -r . _ N ; Printed mod published by 'Lima% us , hitt t • • Mee, TemiO•43as t• ' V cei Pu l ini Pr fan Lai la I be anc ty tit fro kit I 3 Br - all as th Pol