Star. — London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

WINTER. 'ROM TUE MUSEUM ; OR, RECORD OV LITERATURE, st . Timm often will old Whiter come again. With his ill ornen'd eyes of frozen blue, • • And long heard drizzling with slistrp icy dew, Girding his wither'd loins with iron chain, And shouting with a charnel voice the reign Of olden tyranny began anew? Why do ye worship him, ye mountains hoar? Doth he not often in proud anger tear Your leafy honours, stripping ye as bare As the bleak plains upon the polar shore? And ye hoarse battling waves, whose hideous roar Ts like a thousand lions in their lair, Must crouch when his bleach'd banner, like Death's pall, Waves drearily triumphant over all! --- MARIA LOUISA, the W IDOIV of BONAPARTE. This Illustrious Personage has been variously re presented to the world, according as the whim, envy, or interests of people have dictated. Like many great personages, she is but little known ; and, cons- Dared to the prominent figure she once made in the landscape of human life, she has for some years oc cupied a shady spot, in the back ground . of the paint ing. Little is known of her domestic hahits ; and her public actions neither want praise nor demand cen sute. The Principalities over which she rules are amongst the finest in Italy, and her subjects gene r illy contented. Her Prime Minister, Baron Glaive, is a man of ordinary talents; to him everything is confided, and his duty is little more than being steward over the estates of . 2 large family; that he exercises -the stewardship with discretion is proved by no complaints ever being preferred against him. The whole revenue of the three Principalities is not more than the Duke of Northumberland's income;, aad to keep her Court, &c. at Parma, Maria Louisa has not above £50,000 per annum. Of the money, left her and her son by Napoleon, they have never yet received a shilling; and it is known at her sepa ration from her unfortunate consort that she carried away only her jewels, and those of inconsiderable value. Her Court, though small, is said to have 'teen the theatre of great intrigues, and there exists not a 'more voluptuous society in Italy than the walk of Parma inclose. _ _ _ The silence which Maria Louisa has observed with respect to her husband has been variously construed; some say she was positively interdicted from ever making any application in his favour, or even men• ;kitting his name; bat such is not the case. She mar ried Napoleon from motives of ambition. She was only attached to his power and glory. It is said she never wrote him a letter in his exile—it is certain she never mentions his name—not even to his son ; and in common conversation relative to public affairs, when his name must he spoken of, she calls him NApoleon, the late French Emperor," but never' ' her late husband. Maria Louisa and onr late Queen, when Princess of Wales, were intimate friends. They travelled over Tuscany together, and at Leghorn they resided in the same Palace. While NAPOLEON was yet a Subaltern in the Army, ajtussianOfficer, with much self-sufficiency, remarked, " that his country fought for glory, and the French for gain." " You are perfectly right," answered NA. POLEON, " for every one fights for that which he does not possess." An Englishman walking in the principal street of Darmstadt with a German friend,was thus addressed by the latter, who pointed out to him a Gentleman on the opposite side of the way—" Look at that Of& cer; would you believe it, that with so fine a person, and a mind to correspond with it, he has received two baskets?" The surprise occasioned by this ex pression was removed by the information that, when a Lady refuses an offer of love, she sends the feckless lover a little basket, as a token of her disinclination to receive his addresses. The female Boy ards have always a chaplet of pearls, coral, lapis lazuli, or agate in their hands, which they make use of with as much grace as our Ladies do of fins. They constantly twine the beads of these chap lets in their fingers, and are said to have invented a kind of alphabet on them, by means of which they communicate their secrets to their lovers or confidants. An Inquest was held on Tuesday evening, at the Brazen Head, Lisson Grove, before Titostas STIR LING, Esq. on the body of William Weston, aged 50. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased had for some hours been drinking in the above-named house, and having gone outside, in about five minutes afterwards he was found lying on the ground in a senseless state.—Mr. Davies, a surgeon, of Lisson Green, attended the deceased, and found him in a state of lethargy; he first applied cold water to his head, and afterwards opened the artery of the temple, during which be expired. In his opinion the deceased died of apoplexy, but it might have been hastened by drinking. Verdict—Died by the visitation of Goo. An Inquest was held last week at Lanover, Mon mouthshire, on the body of William Hoiskin, who was killed by a bull. The deceased, an aged man, observing his neighbour's bull break into his ground, went to drive him out, when the animal madetowards him, and inflicted a number of severe wounds, which produced almost instant death. Verdict—Accidental Death. The bull was immediately shot. Yesterday, an Inquest was held at the Wellington Tavern, Goswell-street, on the body of a boy eight years of age, named George Erith. On Saturday, the deceased was out to play with many other 'chil dren, and by some means or other strolled from his comrades And got into a deep ditch. There was a strong suspicion that he had been pushed into the ditch. Seven or eight witnesses were examined, and their testimony all went to the same effect. None could tell how the deceased came into the ditch, and the Jury returned a verdict— Found Drowned. An Inquest was held at the Duke of Bedford, Old Gravel-lane, on the body of Frances Brown. The de ceased was subject to fits, and on Saturday last was found on her hands and knees, with her head under the grate, and a pair of snuffers in her hand, which she appeared to have been cleaning. The, cinders from the grate had fallen on her neck, and burnt it to the bone. A surgeon attributed her death to a fit, and the Jury returned a verdict—Died by the vi- ' l i gation of Goo. Y . ••' OLD 13 Yesterday Jesepk at St. J.lsres, HAckne, George Thurlow. The prosecutor stated 'cart to the prisoner turned.. :About three weeks afterwards he saw the prisoner at Enfield with the cart. He acknowledged its being witness's cart. Witness told him he was determined to have the cart back.which the prisoner promised should be the case. About a fortnight afterwards witness went to a Wigistrate, who imme diately granted a win rant against the prisoner, and he then returned the cart. Thomas Newman . saw the prisoner in the cart,ind ' heard the conversation alluded to. Mr. Justice BATLiT charged the Jury, and said that there was no evidence that the prisoner stole the cart. In order to make out the case, it must be shewn that the prisoner hired the cart ai a pretence, in order to cover his stealing it, which had not been done. The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. trillium Tucker stood indicted for maliciously dis charging a gnn at William Beckett,with an intent.to kill him. Another count charged the prisoner with, firing the gun with an intent todo the said William Beckett some grievous bodily harm. Mr. LAW said that this was an indictment framed under the statute of the 43d Geo. 111. which inflicts punishment of death for the offence charged in the indictment. The statute also provided, that if the , offence was committed trader circumstances, that W I death had ensued, the prisoner could not be consi dered guilty of murder—then the accused party could not be found guilty under that Act. William Beckett, a little boy of about eight years of age.—l live at Heston. I was in company with the prisoner' at Windmill-bridge. The prisoner had a gun. He wanted me to let him shoot at my hat. I would not let him. He then took my hat off my head, and threw it up in the air; he fired, and shot' two holes in it. He then went on the other side of the road, and picked up some pebbles, and, with an oath, said he would have a shot at my —; I said, " Oh, ah I" He replied, "Do you think I shall hit you from here ?" He then put his gun up to his shoul- , der, and fired it off ; I saw the flash ; the shot came veer my hands, arms, legs, and face ; one came in my eye, which I have lost the sight of in consequence. I had not had any quarrel with him, nor had I ever seen him before; he went up to-a Mr. Coleman, who was near the spot, and told him his gun had gone off, and he had shot a boy in the face. Coleman told him to take me to the Canal side and wash my faCe,which he did, and then rubbed it with brown paper ; he then put me part of the way home, and there left me. Cross-examined by Mr. BOLLAND.•-4 had been in company with the prisoner about half an hour. The prisoner was placed there to keep the birds from the barley. When I saw a Mr. Sibley, I did not say that I had been at play with a boy, and that his gun had gone off. By Mr. Baron GARROW.—The prisoner had not fired off the gun, as I know of, before he fired at my hat; after firing at the hat, he got the powder from his pocket to load the gun, to fire at me: When- I said " Oh, ah r I was in fun, and thought that he was only jesting. Press Bell.—l saw the boy at about halftpast ten o'clock on the night of the accident ; he was living under my care at the time. He was in a dreadful state. I applied to a Magistrate en the following day. Cross-examined by Mr. HOLLANDI once said, that if the prisoner would pay the expenses, I would not think any more of it. Frozley, a surgeon.-1 saw the boy on the morning following the accident; he was in a bad state ; I expected he would have lost the use of both -eyes. The pebbles fired were about the size of a pea. By Mr. Baron GARROW.—The pebbles were of a sufficient size to have caused death. The prisoner in his defence stated, that the gun went off by accident. The following witnesses were called on his behalf: Trumper stated, that the prisoner was in his service; he had entrusted the gun to his care; it was an old gun, and when half-cocked was very steady, but when on full-cock was very weak- The witness had known the prisoner ten years; he was the most humane boy witness ever knew, and was always par ticularly fond of children. William Coleman, jun. was in a boat on the canal, within fifteen yards of the parties at the time of the accident, heard the gun go off, and the boy cry out, but could not give any particular account of what had subsequently occurred. Thomas Coleman was on the tow-path of the canal, within about fifty feet of the boy Beckett; heard the gun go off, and the prisoner brought little Beckett to witness, and shewed him his face ; witness desired him to wash it, as it was all blood and dirt; he did so; he appeared very kind to the boy, and sorry for what had happened. The Rev. Mr. Whitfield is Minister of the Parish, and resides constantly there ; the prisoner had lived with witness three years and a half. Witness never perceived any disposition to cruelty, malice, or re venge, hi the prisoner, nor did be ever know him addicted to any vice whatever. The witness gave a particular account of the prisoner's life for many years, and spoke highly in favour of his general conduct. Mr. Stow a farmer, knew the prisoner, he was a good honest steady boy, and of an excellent disposi tion, he considered him to be one of the best of tempers. Mr. Baron GARROW, in charging the Jury, said, the law of the case had been stated by the Learned Comte el for the prosecution with great candour and propriety; probably if the clause alluded to by the Learned Counsel had not been inserted in the Act, a very different construction must necessarily have been put upon it, by those whose duty it was to construe the law ; but, fortunately, the distinguished framer of that Statute had not left the subject in doubt. In the present case it appeared clear that the hoy had received an injury which would reirderhimles than able, for the remainder of his life, to g a in a living, he would otherwise have been. But the question was, suppose the boy had been killed, would the Jury be ju stified in returning a verdict of "Wilful der" against the prisoner? If they could not, then. the Statute had expressly provided that they could not find the prisoner guilty under the present indict ment. If an individual did an act which was not strictly right, nevertheless, not apprehending any serious consequence would be the result of it, he . sides by prisoner if there was a doubt in their minds, they would of course give the prisoner thebenefit of it.. The Jury found the prisoner Not John Harris stood indicted For stealing, on the 30th October last, in a dwelling-house, a diamond ring, value 501. one 100/. note, one 501. ditto, ten 101. ditto, and a number of - sovereigns, the property of Colonel De Berg. Colonel .De• Berg deposed that he was Colonel of the Queon's Regiment of Dragoons ; the prisoner was a private in that regiment, and was his bat man,— When witness went nut, on the morning of the 30th October, he left the key of his secretaire at home, by mistake; the secretair e contaihed one 1001. note, one 501. ten 101. some other notes, several sovereigns, and a diamond ring. Upon his return home the articles were all gone, sod the prisoner gone also.— He afterwards saw the diamond ring, in the hands of a police officer.—(The constable bele produced the ring).—Witness proved the ring, and a purse also produced, to be his. William Richardson is captain of the watch at Leeds, the prisoner was in my custody on the 11th November last, I found upon him the ring produced and a £lO note, .the purse produced and a green purse and 355. in silver. Samuel Harding, a jeweller, in Oxford-street, aid the prisoner came to witness's shop on the 30th of October, and bought a silver watch and a gold key ; he paid £5. 13s. for them, and had change for a EIO note. The name he gave was John Harris, 23, Cha pel-street. The note was here produced, No. 68*, , dated 27th September, 1822. The Colonel proved the note produced to be one of those stolen from him. James Ingham was deputy constable of Leeds, he got 93 sovereigns and one half one, from the shop pf a man named Halliday, in Leeds, where the prisoner lodged. Witness went there in consequence of seeing a hand-bill, describing the prisoner. He only knows from what he had heard that the money found was the prisoner's money ; he also found the watch bought by the prisoner of Mr. Harding. 'The prisoner declined saying anything in his de fence, and called no witnesses. Mr. Justice BAYLEY charged the ,Jury that the stealing in a dwelling-house above the amount of 40s. was a capital offence . . There could be no doubt that the property stolen was of considerably more than that value. The prisoner was also charged with stealing this property in the capacity of a servant. The fact of a servant robbing the master was made a particular offence by a recent Statute, but that perhaps would not come in question in the present case, as the value of the property stolen would Ten der that inquiry unnecessary. The Learned Judge went through the whole of the evidence ; he remarked that the fact of the prisoner giving his real name and place of abode, on paying the £lO note to Mr. Hard ing, was a circumstance something in his favour. The Jury instantly found the prisoner—Guilty— Death." The prisoner is 21. years of age. The Colonel remarked upon his heavy loss, and asked for the delivery up of the sovereigns found upon the prisoner, which the Learned Judge directed to be done. George William Henry, aged 18, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-house of John Kennedy, in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, on the 7th November last, and stealing sundry articles of linen therefrom, the property of Ann Gough. The prosecutris was a widow woman, and fol lowed the occupation of a laundress. She retired to rest about one o'clock in the morning, and upon rising, found the window-sash about half way open, and sundry articles missing. The prisoner was stopped on the same morning by two of the St. Giles's patrol, with the stolen articles upon him, as well as several instruments of house-breaking. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. Guilty—Death. Martin Bell, aged 20, and William Peiiins, aged 19, were capitally indicted for breaking and enter ing the dwelling-house of William Parry, Esq. and stealing therein a great coat, value £5. his property, and three great coats, the property of Robt. Wasson. Mr. Parry resides in Gloucester-place, Portman squat e, and Wasson was his coachman. On the even ing of the day named in the indictment, the pri soners were discovered to have broken into the back part of the house, by Wasson, and an alarm being given they were secured. The articles mentioned were found strewed about the stable. The charge was fully brought home to the pri soners, and the Jury found them Guilty—Death, but strongly recommended Bell to mercy, he having re ceived an excellent charactet from several witnesses. Anne Wood and Sophia Trayer were indicted for stealing 30 sovereigns, the property of Robert Seggs, from his person. The prosecutor said he was a carrier, and one even ing he met the prisoner Wood in Whitechapel, and accompanied her home. The other prisoner shortly after came in, and demanded money from him, which he refused to give. .The two prisoners then assaulted him, and took away his money. Cross-examined by Mr. Law.—He lost 27 sove , reigns, 10s. in silver, and a check for £l5. 19s. 2d.— , The property was not his own, but entrusted to his care. Ile was not above five minutes in the room, but had never seen the priscsners before. He saw Wood about half an hour after the robbery, and Troyer the following morning. Brown, an officer, said, that the prosecutor told him he had torn Wood's gown, but he found her gown was not torn. The prisoners declared they Were innocent. Mr. Baron GARROW summed up the evidence, and 'the Jury found the prisoners Not Guilty. A fellow was charged at a Police Office in Dublin, a few days ago, by an individual, with " running away with his hand." On inquiry it was found that the parties had a scuffle, and that the false hand of the man fell off in the street, and was afterwards kit at a public-house, near the place where the parties quarrelled. The man.was discharged, the Magistrate observing to the complainant, that "he had made poor hand of the busweas." • ROLLS COURT, DECRMIVR s. 4 GOO Li ' • , apisoo4.thefteu.s continues in a very A?0,..i1i0 Honour had four Phy s i c i ans upon his case, which is said to 'Ofintith 'difficulty. Mr. Modki GIitAMIN, assisted :by tvio Mut e r % i n Clumeeryc again took thin sear utt. • • • • lantittant. vp , Lawii.. • • Mr. WI NOil v,4) stated the facts Of this ease. Tri g plaintiff, I)etty Lithem, - had been married to Jam es Lathani,.who, soon *fever 'Marriage, deserted her, leaving her pregnant, and-withont anyrothanntestra of than those which-she derived from he r own exertions and the assistanceof her ri iends. Etvc husband having been absent seven years, during which time shelled never heard from him, and a Tti port having been received that be had enlisted in a foot regiment, and had beefs .killed in Spain, 1110 married one Jones, of Liverpool,* bookbinder, with whom she had ever since lived as his wife. la th e year 1817, a Mr. Gilhody left to the plaintiff, by t h:, description of " his cousin, Betty Jones," a legacy or £2OOO, for hev sole use and benefit. Her first hus band, Mr. James Latham, however little attractip rs his wite's person might possess for him, had no 4r -_, ; sion to the legacy, and then it had been discneerei that he was not dead. In opposition to any claim which he might set up, this bill had been filed, 2 -,1 the Court had decided frequently, recently (in cas.es which the Counsel cited), that the mortis of the %rill gave her a separate estate in the legacy, free From her husband's . controul. Mr. WiLBRAIIAI4, for the husband, the defendant, denied all the circumstances of deserting his He had never enlisted in any regiment, nor had ever been out of England. He submitted the construction of the will to the consideration of the Court. Ele could not, in the face of recent decisions, contecd that the word " sole," had not the same force " separate," but he hoped the Court would protect such interest as he might be found to have. Mr. Baron GRAHAM saw no need of cases to puree that these two words had the !ante signification. It would he hard, indeed, to prove any difference. lit decreed the payment of the legacy to the plaintiff's separate use; and as the hnsband.had been brotigil before the Court, he should be allowed his costs. MARRIED. Nov. 25, at Kier -street, the Rev. James Mitchell, to Jessie. youngest daughter of the late Mr. William Kinnaird, chentist, Edinburgh. Nov. 25, at Arbroath, David Louson, Esq. of Springfield, Town Clerk of Arbroath, to Ann Forbes, youngest daughter of the Rev. George Gleig, Minister of the Gespel there. Nov. 29, Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. sun of Sir W. Curtis, Bart. to Henrietta, daughter of the late Rev. J. I'. Pearson, of Crozall, Derhithire. Tuesday, at Whippingham, Lieut. J. May, of Chichester, to Miss Butler, of Krick-kiln. Saturday, at St. James's, Richard Stonier Gomm, Esq. As sistant-Commissary-General, to Marianna, eldest daughter of the late John Fox, EA+ of Pailiament.street. Nov. 28, R. 11. Wigston, Esq. late Lieut.-Colonel in the ral Guards, to Mary AmelLi, daughter of the late Acton Chaplir, Esq. of Aylesbury. Tuesday, at Mary-la-bonne, John Brockman, Esq. son of !be Rev. Julius Brockman, of Chetiton, Kent. to Elizabeth Mary Anne, daughter of the late General Stevenson. , BAILEY SES#ONS. n ould not bi paq 4400,14ev.. Aittothower's Mt. RO, • Mane coaddct, - trftWUta•istatVettdi---thiiillacelleitt } * l '4i , t:4 4 illta l i ft %Vat ii. 40,0 for stealing, aicc,ount.given of him brOiritre, Clergy man of tie ! 0.1114 t weti4 ney, a chaise-cart, the property of firiAi, were of !Mai' impitiiiielittlis 4 •fnk criticUl situ: two questions for the Jury were, Mt; 4i34464511r in cotratai ;toted that his servant let the chaise - by a c c i de nt ? if so,there was an•enti CINWA P ri set "if be ..ene * .,e 6. re ron hire, but the Cart was ne re. it did not go off by accident, then they orditr4Ort. m 'mod ..... weeks afterwards he saw t h e sider by what motive the prisoner wit ittatittek and Chancoryoi INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 1. The Rev. Richard Rivkin: was - op ,), .seti by Messrs. POLLOCK and COOPER, on bchalf of se vet ai The insoNent is incumbent of the Episcopal Chapel at Gosport, and has been engaged in banking and other speculations to a considerable extent. 'rhe debts from which he sought to be discharged amounted to upwards of £50,000, consisting principally of charges incurred by various litigations in which be ha teen from time to time involved, pirticulally a S:o:ch suit, in which he was successful through al the in ferior Courts, but which was ultimately rever--e d is the House of Lords; and in consequence of inch he lost his wife's fortune. After a long invest i gation. which lasted from about twelve to three o'c;ock, but which disclosed no fact of any interest to the Public, The COURT, having heard Counsel on both sides, were unanimously of opinion, that no case 114,1 been made out to support the opposition to the ithoivent's relief under the Act: and therefore ordered him to be discharged forthwith. This was the only opposed case which was heard to-day. BIRTIIS. Saturday, at Lymington, the Lady of Liautenant Thomas Bevis, B.'S. of a son. . _ Monday se'nnizht, in Waterford, the Lady of the Rev. Wil liam Frazer, of a son. Oct. 27, at Neder Heernbeke; near Brr.sels, the L - R:v of F:!w. Windsor, Esq. formerly of the 64tit Regiment of Foot, of $01:. Nov. 14, at Altyre, Lady G. G. Coming, of a sun. August 31, at Fort Augusta, Jamaica, the Lady of 71..0r Stewart, 91st Regiment, of a daughter. Dec. 1, at Nlilbrook, Rant•, the Lady of Major-Ger.:n:l Eli- Patrick Ross, .of a son. _ _ _ Nov. 519, the Lady of.the ❑on. Charles Law, of a daughter. At 13irkley, the Lady of James Browne, Esq. 31. P. e: a daughter, who expired in a few hours. DIED. Monday se'nnight, at Lymington, Emily Devil, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant Thomas Be:•is, It N. Nov. 22, at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, in her 96th year, Susannah, relict of the late Colonel Beverley Robinson. June 23, at Bombay, John Alves Inglis, of the lion. East India Company's Military Establishment• Nov. 29, at Hadley, in her 59Th year, Martha, wife of the Hon. G. A. Chetwynd Sup:lron. Sept. 16, at Demerara, Miss Harriet Rose, chn•ghter of the late James Bose, FN. Depute Clerk of Session, Edinburgh. Sunday, at Brighton, aged 23 years, Francis Fearon, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Banister at Law, and Fellow of Now eel lege, Oxford. Thursday, at Calais, Captain Hamilton, aged 34 years- At Finevara House, Burrin, County of Clare. the liev. Ttryan M‘Derinotr, Dean, and•for thirty years Parish Frkst of the United Parishes of Abbey and OngWinans. Sept. 13, at Elizabeth ('it ,, , North Carolina, Frarc's James. aged 12, the only child; and, on the 2Sth of October. en hia passage from thence to England, Mary Kelsey, the with of John James Bowring. " ". =- MARKET, DEC. 4. Adair's 45s 3d—Burdon 418 001—CollingwoOd eld bbrn Main 45s 7,d—Killingwortit 43$ 34—W4Usrthl lkwickt 44s 3d—Wallsend Green 34s 9d—Wallicnd field Trader 46s 6d—Wallsend Mii , ton 43s —ll..lw.aili 403--Wallsend lAmbion . 43s 6d—Eden Main 42% _ 63* Skip at %larket-54 Ships 501d..-101 unsolti. MAILS. •aR. DU E. 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