Star. — London, England, 1822-12-31 00:00:00

I •. i , , '.-.. TtE NEW 'YEAR. .. • BY Mn. COTTON. listk! the cock crows, and rift bright star, It,Us vs the day hiniself's not far; *And see where, breaking from the night, He gilds the western hills with light! :Neigh him old Janes doth appear, Peeping into the future year, With such a look as smuts to say, The prospect is not good that way ! • Ilttu's do we rise 11l sights toaee, Ard 'gainst ourselves to prophecy; When the prophetic fear of things • . A more tormenting mischief brings, • More full of soul-tormenting gall, Jltan direst mischiefs can befall. • )3ut stay! bet stay ! methinks my sight. Vetoer intom'd by clearer light. lkscerns.sereneness in that bra* That all contracted seem'd but now; Ills averted fate may skew distaste, j And frown upon -the ills are past: • ..hlut that which this way looks is clear, •Aud smiles upon the New-betivt Year! .• He looks ton from a place so high, The Year lies open to his eye; And all the moments open are To the exact discoverer; • .:fist more and more he smiles upon The happy revolution ! • 'Why should we then suspect or fear The influences of a year. 'So smiles upon us the first morn, .And speaks us good so soon as born ! ,Plague on't ! the last was ill enough. This cannot but make better proof ; Or,. at the worst, as we brush'd through The last, why so we may this too; And then the next in reason sbou'd lk superexcelkntly good : For the worst ills (we daily see) have no more perpetuity Than the best fortunes that do fall; Which also bring us wherewithal Longer their being to suppert, Than those do of the other sort ; • And *he has one good year in three, :And yet repines at destiny— Appears ungrateful in the case, • Abtrmerits not the good he has. Then'litus welcome the New Guest :iiVith lusty brimner, of the best ; lilisth always shuuld good Fortune meet, And render e'en disasters sweet ; •And though the Princess turn her back, Let, us but line ourselves with sack • We better shall by far holdout, Till the next Year she face about! A fire was discovered on Monday se'nnight, at •Brynkinhault,. the • beautiful seat of Lord Viscount Duirarinota, near Oswestry, occasioned by the cook making t use of an old oven, for the purpose of baking some large Christmas pies, &c. The fire.copmuni eated with some timber in the building, and thence to the pantry and rooms adjoining; but the injury sust3ined is not extensive. Wednesday evening, shout eight o'clock, the stable of Mr. Walker, at Palk Lane, near Hatfield, was set on fife, in consequence of the lads incautiously using ,ligfated straw . fur singing the.liorses' legs, the flames of which communicating with the litter, the place was almost instantly on a blaze. Belore assistance could hesroculect three horses were burnt to death. -1 . • Wednesday last Henry. Miereh, of Gateshead Fell, butcher, performed private penance in the parish church of Ovingbam, Newcastle, for defaming the character of the wife ?flak brother Joseph March. JOHN WESLEY quaintly observed, that the road to Heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels r and. that to lide in a coach here, and to go to Heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man. Jona:, however, rode in a coach before he died. dguitas, the artist, having succeeded happily in .copying (he drought, in surpassing) a picture of Ts- TIAN, looked first at the one, then at the other, and then, with parental complacency, cried, " Poor little Tit! stare!' Taasst.aroas.—A Dutch translator styles Brutus, and. Collatinus " Burgomasters of Rome !" VAT TYLER AND SIR WILLIAM WALIVORTH.-. Win., when in servitude,• had been beaten by his master, IiteHARD Lin. - Ns, a great merchant of wines, —anA a . Sheiiiy of London. This chastisement, work ing on an cvaLlisposition, appears never to have been forgiven ; and when this Itadical assumed his short lived dominion, he had his old master beheaded, and his 'sail cato4l)?efore him.on the point of a spear tio,GiterTop,iells.us, to the.eternal obloquy of this arch Jacobi n, vain 0, was a crafty. fellow, and of an texcelleet . wit, but wanting grace." I would not sully the. of the patriotic blow, which ended the tel belliop4.vith,therebel, yet there are secrets in histo ry; Sir WILLLAMWALWORTH, " the ever-famous Mayor of Lo m lou," as STowe designates him, has left the iplinfir!iflity Of his:nilineto . one of our suburbs; but whhen I discovered in ! Etorve's Survey that W*z. waxy! WAf thelend lord of the:stews on. the Bank side,j which he.farmed out to the Dutch crows, and.whicif WAT pulled s chiwa, I am inclinetto inspect tha4 ;vate..teCring,fist.,k' ked.dOwn the saucy tibalclJ Frl~ :r..dOwn the and then thrust him thisitgh and through with . his, dagger; and drat thine was as much of personal wen! geance as i patilotism, which raised-his arm to crush the a,so, ff i Lich Valuable property...—D'Anyeii. TIM • ORIGIN Or •MzstmAzDs.—The fish called Thirclie4ms, or the Sea. Cow, in-Zoology, is a genus of . sea,aniiniafs,.ii, the Order Of plagi un - , the characters of which are, that it.possesiei teeth both jaws ;-r -there is no fin upon the back, .at•id the skin is . very tough; firm, and hairy. There is but.little doubt but ,this creatige Seems to be the.link uniting ,the fish and quadruped tri b e,, - as the bat does the quadrupeds, and birds. The females of this animal have .between the "pectoral fists two large round breasts and navel, per.: TectlY.resemblingthose of the . human species, which maintain a.ykry.toycible argument, that all the fables concerning these imaginary animals, Mermaids,i‘ler men, and Spells, supposed to be half human half fish, took theiryise frOin an imperfect view of this animal. SOU:HAMPTON, DEC. 28.—We-have a numerous party of French fishermen perambulating our streets. lave come over for the purpose of purchasing betringc tram the lichen Ferry fishermen, who have already reapisl an abundant harvest this season.—The flaks'uf'svild - fowl which have appeared in this neigh boUrhood ate'much more numerous than we have seen for stianx yeas Solon geeSe particularly.—A m a n named..ktfichols,. tad his hand literally.blown to.pieces by the bursting:of a . guts, with which be seas amusing, himself in shouting small birds. mv - mE vivant SUMLItY—XII4I6IIITDM LII.). • Thetommisslon for this Contst UIWRDWI y4aceptned this , morning before the Hon. Mr. Baren4WeitaOlv MAO Sessions-house, Horsemonger-lane, Oar. which the 'LearnedJudge adjourned to this town for the more convenient dispatch of business, there.ltaits. no.ac , commodation at Newington for-tkeiitliagftttbe Other . jurige. His Lordship was .received at a short dis ,inste from the town by a numereui Mtettdante of the Gentry and Magistracy, and. escorted . to:the Judge's lodgings, whence, isftet partaking of refresh ment, he went to Church - , land heard- an appropriate sermon preached by the High- Sheriff's Chaplain. .About two o'clock,the Learned *Judge went into, , Coat, when the Grand Jury were called over,.and sworn. There was a numerous attendance of Gentle men. The . Hon. H. G. BzNwrr was foreman; the rest of the Grand Jury were the Crentleinen who usually attend the Assizes. Mr. Baron GRAHAM delivered a. very short address to the Grand Jury. He observed that many intelli. gent and excellent,persons had suggested the expe pediency of a jail delivery at this season of the year, in consequence of which his Majesty's Government had directed. a third Circuit. Those persons ,would now have an opportunity of forming a judgment as to the wisdom of such a measure. His Lordship, however, could nothelp observing; that however ad risable it might be, as respected the interests of pub-, tic justice, the season chosen for 'this experiment could I* but be deemed inconvenient to many • per sons whose attendance was requisite. This was a season of the year observed throughout all Christendom by thanksgiving and joy, and was ill suited to the duties which this proceeding imposed upoti the Gentry and. Yeomanry of the country. His Lordship would say no more upon this subject; and, after shortly-advert ing to the principal cases in the calendar, he dismissed the Grand Jury to their room. The calendar contains 91 cases, nine of which are commitments for the Quarter Sessions, and, conse quently cannot be tiled at these Assizes. The follow ing is an abstract of the remaining 82, vit. Three for highway robbery, four for stealing from the person, eleven for housebreaking, three for rape, four fur hors,eledaNng, one foie receiving stolen goods, six for stealing in the dwelling house, one for forgery, three for stealing from the ,person, one for bigaMy, seven for burglary, nineteen for larcenies, twolor sheep-stealing, four for uttering base money,. two for poaching, fire forassaulti, and six 'Vagrants. #obert Frystt was convicted of stealing, at St. George, Southwark, eight penny-pieces and other monies, the property of James Ward,and sentenced to four months imprisonment. John Fairborns was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of William. Wadge, of t•SoWatatino road, in the night of the 12th of - December, and steal ing a metal watch, his property. The property was found in the possession of the prisoner the day after the robbery. It was proved that the house was broken open, but there being no proof how k was broken, the Jury found the prisoner Net Guilty. The post-boy conveying the mails from Kilcock to Trim, was attacked by three men,•within about a .qnarter of a mile of Sumtherhill, in the county of Meath, on Tuesday morning. They -robbed him of the Dublin mails, dispatched hence on the preceding evening, for the towns of Sommerhill, Trim, and Athboy, together with the bye letters for Trim and SummerhilL Monday se'nnight, the house of'a farmer, named John Barry, near the town of Kilccml, in the county of Wicklow, was entered by five-or six fellows. They robbed the place of all the wearing apparel, and, in short, everything portable they could find. 'The villains, not satisfied with this, placed him on the fire, by which. thepoor Man was dreadfully i burmed. • Wednesday night a dispute arose between five:sol diers belonging to the Sth;Draoon Guards and the Enniskillens, and some men, in New-street,•Dublin. The latter were quickly reinforced by a number of their neighbours,,and began to pelt the dragoons with stones. they were obliged to dtaw their swords, and retreated up. New-street. The jn,ob gaveup . the pursuit at Donovan's-lane, and were returning home when they met a party Of - Police, ender the command of P. 0. Dickson, with whom they turned back. They all came up with the dragoon's. in Clanbrassil; street, and the crowd rushed on them with great violence before the Police could interfere. The-sol diers drew their swords,,.and, regret _to state; . wounded P.O. Dickson 4yesely, and. three of the patrol. Two men, namedZirwan and Wormick, have been also desperately wounded. The skull of the latter is fractured, and he is much car in Other places. The soljlers are in custody. Sunday forenoon between the hours of twelve and one, some daring villains who are connected with a most andacioni gang of depredators that have a long time. existed in the parish of -St, :.Luke, Old. ! street, broke into the parsonage house at the.oorner of met-row, opposite-the • Church,-the residence of the Rev. Mr. Ries, Curate of the Parish, and plundered AO a vast -quantity of property. The burglars ef ; :fected their entrance at the front doer 'in Helmet= row, by means -of picklock-keys, whilst the was perforating the . rportiiix. service at the Church: kevious,to theconc)osion of Lis religious - functions, theeeyea,was brought to him, and the affair was soon made known amongst the congregation. On examin ing, the premises,' not a room therein escaped the '.nonce of the robb ers, they, being every one completely ransacked. The heels. room on the first floor was strewed with papers belonging to the Rev. Gentle. man, and the door ,was:literally broken to pieces by - Atte violence used by tbevillains. A tin chest or box,, .containing cash, plate, and other valuables, .was :broken open, and the contents carried off. Sunday night, the house of Mrs. PITT, a widow Lady, residing ,in Collingwood-street; Blackfriats .road, was broien . into and robbed. Mrs. PITT had atended the evening service at Christchurch, and on her return home about eight o'clock, she endea-1 voured to open the.street-door, but found it fastened on the inside. She alarmed some of the neighbours,l who got over the garden wall, approached the house, and found the door and windows open. On getting into the house, they found everything in confusioni: a box, which was kept in one of the rooms up stairs, and which contained a quantity of plate, was broken open, and the contents stolen. -All the linen and bed .furnitute were packed up, and lying in the passage. Xlse thieves bad, .it appears!, been.disturbed at the moment they were about to decamp with thi: bundles. ; 7 . . TW 4 Inv eintholoiOsit Attracts. itoro AV*eo. .s •Illifteissa anti Cosies'Arspettrgi,. Abe iwp 1114.4.0,01 Asisieir public attendee -is so. deeply ripMrd- DIANN° OIR FIitBNCH-GBRBRALS. f 'Two of the circtravitesicetrohichhad . most made& - thetraperOr un the Tteld sof battle, he • said , woe ibe i:legths of ran% Culbert and Gene ral: Corbineats. ~A t Aboukir, it ballet :wept quite throegh the brea.t of the .fornler, without killing him instantly : • the Ern'- , peror, sifter saying of few words to 1)1411, was obliged, by the violent* of his 'feelings to leave hint. The .other- • was carried away, crus hed, annihilated by a cannon ball,. at Eylau, before-the Emperor's face, whilst he was giving him- some orders. The Em peror spoke also of the. last moments 'of 'Matishal .tonnes, the valiant Duke of Nfontebello, so justly r called the Orlando of the army, who, when visited tby the Emperor on his death-bed, seemed to forget his own situation, and to care only for him, whom he loved above everything. The Emperor had the highest esteem for him. The Emperor next mentioned Duroc, on whose character and private life he dwelt some Duroc," concluded he, " had livery, tender, and concealed passions, little corresponding with the cold. ness of his manner, It was long before I knew this, so exact and regular was his service. It was not untiliny day was entirely closed and finished, and I was enjoying repose, that Duroc's work began. Chance, or some accident, could alone have made me 4cquaintect with his character. He was a pure ' and virtuous man, utterly disinterested, and ex tremely generous." The Emperor said, that on the opening of the • campaign at Dresden, he lost two men who were ex- tremely valuable to him, and in the most foolish manner in the world : these were Bessieres and Duroc. When he went to see Duroc, after he had received his mortal wound, he attempted to held out some hopes to him ; but Duroc, who did not deceive him• self, only replied by begging him to make them give him opium. The Emperor, excessively affected, could not venture to remain long with him, and tore him : self from this distressing spectacle. One of the company then reminded the Eniperor, that on leaving Duroc, he went and walked up and down by himself before his tent : no one durst accost ' him. But some essential measures being requisite against the following day, some one at length ven tured to ask him where the battery of the Guard was to be placed? “ Ask me nothing till to-morrow," was the Emperor's answer. At this recollection, the Emperor, with an appa rent effort, began to talk abruptly of something else. Duroc loved the Emperor for himself: it was. ra ' Cher to the individual personally that his devotion • was attached, than to the Monarch. In being made the confidant of his Prince's feelings, he bad acquired the art, and perhaps the right, of mitigating and di recting:them. How often has he whispered to people struck with consternation by the anger of the EmFe ror--.41 Let him have bis way;' he speaks fiom his feelings, not according to his judgment; nor as he will act to-morrow." _ Bessieres was adored by the Guards, in the midst of whom he passed his life. At the -battle of Va gram, a ball struck him off his horse without doing him any farther injury. A mournful cry arose from the whole battalion; upon -which Napoleon-remarked, the next time he saw him," liessieres, the ball which struck you drew tears from all my Guard. Return thanks to it: it ought to. be very dear to you." He was less fortunate at the openiug -of the cam paign of Saxony. On the vsry,eve of: the battle of Lutzen a trifling engagement occurred, in.:which, havitig Advanced into the vesy..midst of the. skir-. ;slithers, he was shot dead on the .spot by a musket-. ball in the breast. Thus,. after living like Bayard, be died like Turenne. . - • • • • DERDS,OF ARMS. _ The Grand Atarshal said, .that what had most struck him in the life of .the Emperor, happened at Eylao, when, attended only.. by some Officers of Ms staff, a column of four.. or five thousand Russians came almost in contact with him. The Emperorwas on foot ; the Prince of Neufchatel instantly ordered up the horses: the,Emperor gave him a reproachful look ; then sent orders to a battalion of his Guard to advance, which was a good way behind, and stand ing still. As the Russians advanced, he repeated se veral times, " What audacity ! what audacity r At the sight of the grenadiers of the Guards, the Russians stopped short. It was high time they should, as Bertrand said. The Emperor had never stirred ; all whosurroundedbim bad been much alarmed. The Emperor bad heard this account without making any observation ; but, when it was finished, he said , that,pne of the finest manoeuvres he remem bered was that which he executed at Eckmuhl. :fortunately he did not proceed or give any particu jars. " Success in war," said he, " depends so much on quicksightedness, and in seizing the right mo , ment„ that the battle of Austerlitz, which was so coppletely, yvon, would, have been lost if I had at tacked six hours sooner. The'Russiansthewed them selves on . that occasion such excellent troops as they have never appeared since: the Russian army of Aus terlitz would not have lost the battle of the Ailoscowa." ." Marengo," said tire Emperor, " via? the battle in which the Austrians fought best; their troops be haved admirably.there ; but that was the grave of their valour. It has never since beeh seen." - " The P - russians, at, Jena, did not make such a re sistance as was expected from their reputation. As to the multitudes of 1 . 814 and 1815, they were mere rabble compared to the real soldiers of Marengo, bus terlitz, and Jena." —The night before the,battle of Jena, the Emperor said; he bad rim the. greatest risk. He might then have disapwarid withorit his faie being clearly known. lie had approacleil the bieornics of tkeeneniy,in the dark, to reconnoitre. them ; he had only, a few-Offi cers . • . • _ ' The npinion whiCh was . then entirtained of the Prussian aimi . „kept. ivery one oritlW.aler-t . was thought drat the Prussians nocturnal attac k s. As theEmperoriej,praed, he w.ts fired.at by the fi rst satinet of his camp l .this wa.s•a signal for the whole.line he had. no resource but to throw himself flat on.his face until the mistake was discovered.. But his principal. apprehension was, that the Prussian-line, which was very near . him, would act in the same manner. . ;At Marengo the Austrian soldiers had tit forgot-. `ten the cotffoecorafinstigiionai - krcole;and Iktvo his name haci itiuCkingUence over them • but they ware. Ear from thiukiag be was prevent ; they believed he vras ; alead ;: tare had been taken to persuade them that he'hul perished in Egypt, that the First Consul, of who= they heard talk, was only his brother. This report 44 gained so much everywhere,. that Napoleon, was under.the necessity of appe ar i ng i n public- ac Milan in oratir to ritfutelt o AMERICA. The conversation that*turned to the present name* roni entignitions of the artisans of France and Eng land to. America. •The limperor Observed, that 'this favoured•eountry grew rich by our follies. The Go vernor smiled, and replied; that those of England - wouldoccupy the fast place-in the-list, from the nu. -Introits errors of administration, which had led to the -revolt and subsequent emancipation of the Colonies. (The' Emperor said, 'that their emancipation was in. evitable ; that when children were come to the siza ',of their fathers, it was - difficult to retain them s lOng iA a State ofebecliense. CnYMIStRY. After this, the Emperor, knowing that Governor Wilks was well informed iu chymistry, attacked hint on that. subject. Ile spoke of the immense.progress in ah our manufactures occasioned by this science...* He said that both England and France, undoubtedly, possessed great chyrnists ; but that chymistry way more . generally diffused in France, and more particu larly directed to useful results ; that in England it remained a science, while in France it was becoming entirely practical.—The Governor admitted that tbete observations were perfectly correct, and, with a libe talky of sentiment, added, that it was to him, the Emperor, that all these advantaaes were owing, and that wherever science was led by the hand of power, it would produce great and happy effects on the well being of society.—The Emperor observed, that cf late France had obtained sugar from the beet-root. as good and as cheap as that extracted from the sugar-cane.—The Governor was astoni:hed ; he IL•d not even suspected it.—The Emperor assured him that it was an established fact, opposed as it weir to the rooted prejudices of all Eurcpe, France itsek nit excepted. He added, that it was the same with wood, the substitute for indigo, and with almost ail the co lonial produce, except the dye-‘‘ cods. T!.is led him to conclude, that if the invention of the compass I:aLi produced a revolution in commerce, the pr giess et chythistry bade fair to produce aci iitet-rev.,lution. l' DESTRUCTION OF TIIF. rI.F.I•:T AT TOULON. When the English found that Tmtlon WAS no longer tenable, they proceeded to take measures as well for the embarkation of the troops, as for buro ing and sinking such French vessels as they could not take with them. ' When these disastrous tidings were spread abrozd, a scene of confusion took place which it %%mild be difficult to describe; any mote than the disorder and astonishment of the garrison, and of the on fortunate inhabitants, who only a few bouts beloze, calculating on the great distance of the besiegers trout the place, the slow progress of the siege during four months, and the speedy arrival of reiofincements, expected not only to effect the raising of the siege, but even to usurp Provence itsef In the night, fort Pone was blown up by the Eng lish, and an hour after, aids a Dart of the French; .squadron was set on fire. Nine. 74 gun ships and four frigates or corvettes, became a prey to the —The fire and smoke from the arsenal resembled the eruption of a volcano, and the 13 vessels which were burning in the road, were like as many magni ficenidisplays of fire-works. The masts and terms of the vessels were distinctly marked by the blaze, which lasted many hours, and formed an unparal leled spectacle. It was a heart-rending sight to the trench to see such grand resource, and 6o much wealth, consumed within so short a period. Many - thousands of the inhabitants of Toulon had. followed the English; so that the Revolutionary Tri bunes found but few of the guilty in the place. All the parties most deeply implicated had left ir. Never theless above 100 unfortunate wretches were shot within the first fortnight. Orders arrived from the Convention for demolish ing the houses of Toulon: the absurdity of this mea sure did not impede the execution of it, and many houses were pulled down which .were obliged to be built up again. The news of the taking of Toulon caused a sensa tion in Provence, and throughout France, :he mote lively as such success was unexpected, and almost un hoped for. From this event Napoleon's reputation commenced : he was made Brigadier-General of ar tillery in consequence, and appointed to the com mand cf that department in the Army of Italy. An old resurrection man, it is said, had tye singt hr good luck to pounce upon the field of Waterloo, like another vulture, and to bring away as many feed: as sold to the dentists foe 1:20,000! II A 11RIEI). Dec. 26, at Edinburgh, Sir Alexander Ramsay, of Ilahunk, Bart. M.P. to Elizabeth, second daughter of the 11. x.. William Maule, of Panthere, al'. • Saturday, at Mary-la-bonne New Church, Le Comte de Crois marl, Officier des Chasscurs de la Garde du Rot de France, to Sophia, eldest daughter of the late lion. Sir Wm. Syer, 11,e corder of Bombay. N F.IV G ATE AND LEADI NHA1.1.11:11M ETN, Dze.so. (ffy the C.treast.) Reef .. uuttoti... t...1 to 2s 13.1 I l'oLk Oa to as 4.1 • - PRICE OF SUR: Alt. The Average Price of Brown yr Mw.,.vado Suar. vot puted from the Returns made in the Worjt ending 1i22, 295. Aid. per cwt. exclu,ive of Inipos.t.aitm COAT, MARK ET, DEC. 30. A ttair'm 43s 61-I.ltatuti 455.94 I lolywrll 47,s—Elgin Main 42s—Killingworth 4Vs—Tanticid Moor 4.2 s Liddell's 59s—Wallsena BM and Co. 46s tikl—Walsend Crawl: 44s.—Wallsend Jettnothl 496 \Valli:evil Newnutcli 49.—• - Hartley 4.24—Wallsend Lainhtop Stohart 4.13. 47 Ships at Matkrt-133•Ships sold-33i unsold. A AR. 11111 fr. • MIA. OWL Frmice 1 0 liamburgh 0 1 Flanders 0 0 'Malta 0 • 0 Gottrnbtargh • 0 • ) i~IGH-W 1.6.7413i):4 TO-3 1 ;0 . 1t1WW. Mcnill)ChBl'lrt.:e4 ...ter 4 • Views% n - minutes aitrr 5 Iluhlin O t werripo u tt (turf I,,ey and Jjney 0 I 2 0 Hollatiti 0 1 .ON UON Primed and putsliArd by LAN's'. ksta, )14ci, 1