Star. — London, England, 1817-10-16 00:00:00

CANZONETTE. BY THE LATE JOHN BOWDLEM, lux. Eq. • fill sweet, when in the glowing west 11te Sub'rbright wheels their course are leafing, Upon the mire Ocean's breast To watch rite tla , k wave slowly bearing. Ana oh I at glimise of early morn, When WO htooks ther beads are telling, sweet to hesr the hunter's horn From glen to mountain wildly swelling! Mid it is sweet, at mid-day hour, Beneath the forest oak rerlinini; To hear the driving tempos: , p•+ut, Each s.nse to fairy dreams res;gn'ng„ 'fie sweet, siher. 114.4.1dif1g wets around The nigl+tsha•le 'lark is wildly wreathing, To listen to sane sot souud From harp or lyre divinely breathing. And swedes yet the genuine glow Of ynutblul Vriemlsbip's high devotion, Responsive to the voice of woe, When I:eaves the heart with strong emotions And Yowls is sweet with many a joy, frol?n is axles• measure; And Age is sweet, with less alloy, In tranq . .ii ihougt:t ant silent pleasures Tot lie wt.o gave the life we share, With every charm His gift adorning, Bale Eve her pearly ilew . drops wear, And dress'd in smiles the blush of Morning! • A name ig Well known and hammed In old Bladud's realm !'• - MURDLR of 11111. PHILLIPS. near 41BEVILLG. The Lur.l Weliington packet, Captain Citassem which came in with twenty-five passengers from Dieppe yrstei day, at Brighrois, brings an account ut a most fa, ible 4,ritssination, which was perpetrated two miles from Anil-vide, a sew days ago :—A Mr. and Mrs. Phillip, arrived in Blighton from London, about three months since, having previously engaged a houst: nn lease hear the but tom of Ship street, which they I,ave since occupied. Mr. Phillip:, not long ago, departed n.r France, leaving his wife and children here. At .Dieppe hr ehgaged a person called Frede. rick, a Pe u.:ian, who hau married a French woman, a nd r esidt.l Dieppe, as his interpreter. Mr. Phil lips l e t, Di e pp e on l'hursday for Abbeville, where Frederick was to join Ihm, and lie did so, bringing with him a snail caar.olet, or one-horse cast, or chaise. t c nvi!y them on their journey. They left Abbeville in ttt, togetbt.r. taking the route fcir r.,,,. The next day the PAM Mail Coach, which puts. up at the hotel at Abbeville where Mr. Phillips and Frederick stopped, brought a man's hat in, which had been picked up on the road, the inside of which Was bloody. This excited suspicions on the road— the Police was applied to, and several persons were sent to exemine the place where the hat was found, which was not Mee than two miles from the town. The suspicions in the end were verified—Mr. Phil lips's body was found cold and stiff—the bead lite- ; rally crushed flat, apparently between two stones which lay near him, the surfaces of which wens bloody, mid contained a portion of his brain. The body was borne to Abbeville, and Frederick appearing again Were on the following day, be was seised, and sent to prison. The subsetplent investigation has disclosed Ib'at Frederick returned the cabriolet to Dieppe. where it had been hired, the day after he left Abbeville, the seat of which and the bottom were stained with litho& It has also been ascertained, that in his pro gress to Dieppe, after the assassination, he left seve ral articles of wearing apparel in a bloody condition, together with a great coat that belonged to Mr. Phil lips, at his father-in-law's, bet Ween Abbeville and Dieppe. When Mr. Phillips left Dieppe, this day se'nnight, it is known that he had one hundred Louis. d'ors and fifty gold Napoleons, dtc. in his pockets.— Upon searching Frederick, twenty-fivelouis-d'ors, tWo double and one single Napoleons, were found upon him, which are believed to have belonged to the deceased. A violent struggle is supposed to have taken place, for, on the apprehension of Frederick. thefingers of his left hand were found bruised and wounded, and other marks, as of violence, were also seen upon him. Frederick is well known at this place. The remains of the unfortunate Mr. Phillips were in terred at Dieppe on Friday last. Mrs. Phillips is confined to her house there by indisposition, and the shocking catastrophe has not yet been revealed to her. A letter from Boulogne, dated October 10, says, 14 Some weeks have now elapsed since a malefactor, whose atrocities in the history of human turpitude have had no parallel, expiated his crimes under the %eine:lce of an Assize Court in thiitown, by the gull **tine. Yet though he acknowledged on the scaffold the commission of sixteen murders, and amongst his victim' two English traveller., a marked silence has been observed in the French Journals. This monster bad not completed his 36th year. He mounted the scaffold with a marked determination to shew that steither the awful preparation, nor the cnnsciousness of admitted crime, could in the lent effect the iten temperament of his nerves—he was merely courteous to the Clergyman who attended him ; and seemed most solicitous to redeem the recollection of his une qualled turpitude by. the contempt of death, which he certainly manifested." The coach from Paris to Bayonne was lately at tacked by a band of eight robbers, six of whom were armed with muskets. They made the driver and the guard alight ; and after securing them, ordered the passengers to get out. There were five passengers, each of whom, as he stepped out of the coach, was obliged to lie down on the gtonnd, and some of the trbbers stood over them ready to fire if they stirred. In she Mean time the coach was plundered, and among ot h er property. the sum of 20,000 francs, in piastres, was carried off. The view of that venerable ruin the cathedral of St; Cuthbert, at Holy Island, has lately b een ver y cub:Were* improved by the wreck and rubbish et the fallen .parts of the building being removed from file windows, which tad for ages been bi,wked up ; but must especially by the gtett western door of tht: chotch being opened out, which the sun had not shone upon to ceetcries past, the architecture oi which is the true duos bight/ ornamentcd. POLICZ • WonsttmerasaT.—Jah. Dgall.the Sparselds Chair man, was brought to the Office in the custody of At field, the Officer, followed by an immense mob, whom he had been addressing in his usti..l manner respecting grievances, he being *bunk and disoidvrly. The Officr r having placed him at the Dor, he address r ed the Magistrate (Mr. Thomason) first bo,wing " Sir, my name is John Dyall, a name I have no doubt you have heard of ; many has heard o f my name who di n't know me, having been recently dragged before a Magistrate Iris d ,ring; to express my own opinion in the most loyal manner, but"— MAGISTRAT6•" 1 know your name, Mr. Dyall— I have nothing to do with what has happened re cently. I sit here to do justice, and lam bound to leer any charge brought before me. Who makes the charge r' Plisiiner—' l Then, Sir, I hope you will do jus. tice on this occasion : there is no legal charge against me." Officer—Your Worship, I was sitting in the par lour at the Green Dragon, in Worship-street; the prisoner was haranguing many persons who were in the tap room, till his conduct became obnoxious to some of them. He was with great difficulty turn ed out of the house. Seeing the peace broken, I felt it my duty to bring him before yon. The landlord is here to prove the charge against him. The Landlord stated, that the prisoner was in the I practice of coming to his house when in a state of intoxication ; he would then harangue all present in his usual strain of eloquence, till at length his pre sence became disagreeable to all who frequented the. house, and witness finding he was turning away his customers, he was obliged to forbid him his house. Yestereay, &brut twelve o'clock. he came again; he drank stweral glasses of gin, which was his bever age, and then commenced in his accustomed style, till the tap room became quite in an uproar, and be was given into the custo;:y of the Officer. No less than iwo hundred persons were collected about the door in a lea minutes. Maws-mare Now, prisoner, how came you to create this disturoance and disorder? You have heard what has lave,' sail against you." PI isoner--o You lc:low me very well Sir; no house where I am is disorderly. I went in - there to get a glass of good liquor, and drank more than at other houses. I committed no breach of the peace." NIAGIaIIbIATE- I have bee II you brought to this Office oetore for being disorderly, not before me, but brh.re my brother-Magistrate, who sat upon the Bench with me ' • not billy the public-house was then in an uproar, b ut this Office, in constqucnce of you, was in contusion during your examination." Pawner-4 , I like a glass of good liquor, which cannot be a fault ; it I drink it, I pay for it instantly, and thereby contribute to the Revenue. I thought I was at liberty to drink at a public-house so near this Otßce, but as I happened to be the only honest man' there, your thief-catcher thought proper to drat ee l before you, if that can be called justice ; but I will tell you what I will do with yon"—(interrupted). Mamarraays- 0 I will have nothing to do with you, Mr. Dyall ; but I must inform you, when you drink gin, you must be peaceable. This is the first time you Was brought before me, and I must order you to find bail for your good behaviour, which I presume a man of your respectability will find no dif ficulty in getting." The prisoner bowed and retired; not having bail, he was locked up in the strong room. GUILDHALL. —Williams Sariek, who bad been already twice examined, was yesterday again put to the bur, 'charged with having tendered in payment a ell Bank of England note, knowing it to be forged. The pri soner's defence was, that he had picked the nate up in the streets but the Bank found it necessary to urge his detention, in order that it might be ascer tained whether he was himself a vender, or connected sitth those who circulate forged notes. Neither oil these charges could be established against him, and several persons having given him a good character, he was discharged. thloN HALL.—Jolla Cain, an Irishman, was brought before the Magistrates by Heron, the Constable of St. George's, Southwark, for attemptiag to murder Edward Farrel, a watchman of the said Parish It appeared that at two o'clock yesterday morning the prisoner was observed by Farrel, the watchman, pa. riding up and down Kent-street, Borough, with an open clasp-knife in his hand; he watched him for some and saw him go to a house, No 97, in Kent -street, and attempt to force an entrance, fir at the door and then at the window. Farrel then went up to the prisoner and endeavoured to seize him by the collar, but did not succeed, fur the prisoner forced himself from him and made a desperate stab at him with the knife. The instrument fortunately came in contact with the watchman's rattle, which was banging by his side, after penetrating a thick watch coat and an under coat. Farrel being unarm ed thought proper to retreat as fast as he could to St. George's watch-house and procure assistance to ap. prebend the prisoner. He was followed by the pri soner with the koife in his hand threatening him; he only saved himself by his speed. Heron, the Con stable, came out of the watch-house and seised the prisoner, and - was struggling with him to force him into the watch-house, when he received a stab on his hand; he however disarmeChim, and took hint into the watch-house. The prisoner stated, that he had no intention to hurt the watchman, but had resolved to wreak his vengeance en a young woman named Hannah Webb, who lived at 37, Kent-street. She had formerly lived with him as his wife, but during his absence at sea she had transferred her affections to another object, and he was determined to be the death of her.—The prisoner was committed. QUZAII4QOAILL—SusasuIak Stewart, an old woman, seventy-one years .of age, who was remanded last week for further examination, was this day brought up and charged. by Mr. William Cooke, of Queen's row, Pimlico, with breaking open several trunks in his dwelling-house, and stealing therefrom several pairs of sheets, several table cloths, a quantity of knives and fops, several bedside carpets, shawls, gowns, and other articles, which had been left in her custody by a cousin of his, who had gone into the country for her health.. -Prosecutor stated that when he took the house she, prisoner, lodged in the garret adjoining, that where the Weeks were placed, and as she always paid her rest regularly Avery quarter, he had no sos., Picioo of. heeheing diehoncsta-e-no I.adyWho owned the goods stolen, sod - which . she liad confided to the care of her relative, Me. Cooke, again attended and identified, as her property, several articles which hive been loath' in pricrner's lodging It Chelsea since the ! first search, but she says there is not yet produced one half of what she had lost.—Pace the officer produced a large sack full of articles of different kinds, which he found in her apartment on a second search. Among others a quite new brass coal-shuttle anti tea-kettle, a set of fire-inns, highly polished, town made, and worth from three to five guineas, a handsome black velvet tunic, richly, and tastefully embroidered down the ►rants and round the collar and cuffs with a lam WI gold lice and gold sleeves, such as would do very well for the stage, or to go to a masquerade in. But the most curious article of all was a man's great coat, of rather a middling size, old and very shabby, with an otd round hat and a belt to go round the waist, which it is supposed she used as a disguise to bit); under, being very similar to those used in the Ilegga►'s Bath and the Jovial Crew.—The Magistrate asked her what part of the country she came from ?—Pei sinner answered she came from Northumberland, which was very apparent from her dialect.— What was her family ?--Prisoner answered it was very gen teel, and site herself had received an excellent educa. tiod.—Mr. HARMER, the S rlicitor, who attended on prisoner's behalf, objected to her answering any more questions at present, as she said she would account for all the artidee last produced.—bhe was remanded for a further examination. Saturday a most shocking circumstance occurred in the village of Wentfield, in Somersetshire. A young man, the son of a farmer, had professed an ar dent affection for the daughter of a neighbour, whose circumstances were too low to gain the sanction of the youth's parents to an union. The poor girl was possessed of a g reater share of discretion than her I.ver, and refuse d her consent to a private marriage, convinced that it would only be a source of unhappi ness ultimately to both. It was in vain that he used every persuasion that his passion could devise ; she remaiiied resolute, and he came to the, horrid deter• mination of putting an end to the existence of the girl and himself. He succeeded but too well. He pos sessed himself of a double-barrelled pistol, and, after more fruitless endeavours to make her swerve from her sense of duty, he hastily took from his pocket the pistol and fired, but, from what cause is not known, it burst, and dreadiully wounded the girl, as well as shattering his right hold all to pieces. She f:11, and, as he thought, probably lifeless. He then took from his pocket a knife, which he constantly wore about him, and stabbed himself in many parts of his neck and body. The bodies were found very shortly after the horrid catastrophe, but neither was dead The girl is expected to recover, but no hopes are cherished of his recovery. New COINAO3.--Gold is considered the standard metal, and there is no alteration either in weight or fineness from former coinages; the sovereign, or 20s. piece being 20.21 pans Of the weight and.value of a guinea. and the other pieces in the same proportion. The real weight of the sovereign is sdwt. 9.274 grs.; and 934 sovereigns weigh exactly 201 b. troy. Ox. dwt. gra The weight of the hail sovereign is 0 0 I 3,637 Ditto of the double sovereign is 0 10 6.541 Ditto of the five sovereign piece is 1 5 16.370 The silver coins are also of the old standard fineness, of I loz. 2dwes of pure silver to 18dwt. of alloy; and lib. troy of this standard is-now coined into 66 shil lings, instead of 62 shillings, as was formerly the case. den. gra. One shillh:g of this coinage therefore weighs 3 IS 3•llths The sixpence weigh* . - 1 19 7-11/64 The Crown weighs It 4 4-llthi - - All the other pieces are.in the same proportion. Cononna's Imauarrs.'—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Duke's Head, Whitectapel, on the body of Ann Hunt, a child three years of age: It appeared from the evidence of Ann Domlir, that whilst sitting at work in her own house, at East Ham, she was alarmed by the screams of some children in the next house; the ran there to ascertain the cause, and on opening the doOr, she beheld the deceased all in flames ; witness wrapped her over with a rug and ex tinguished the fire. She was so dreadfully burned that they were necessitated to convey her to the Lon don Hospital, where she died the same evening.— There were two other children in the room at the time the accident happened ; they stated to witness that they were boiling some potatoes for their mo ther's dinner, who was cut at work, and that the de. ceased': clothes caught fire whilst one of them was blowing with the billows. Verdict, Accidental Death. Yesterday an inquest was held in the vestry-room of Wapping Workhouse, on the body of Richard Brewer, aged TT, an Exciseofficer, who wad drowned in the river Thames with another young man, a ligh terman, was has not since been found, under the tol lowing circumstances : —lt appeared from the evi dence adduced, that on Friday night last, the deceased went along with another Excise-officer and a lighter man, in a boat, to the Vauxhall Distillery, to fetch some spirits to the Excise-office. When they arrived at the distillery, they took four pipes of gin, which they put into the boat, and rowed off till they stopped between Blackfriars and London bridges, for the pur pose of putting the other officer on shore, who stated,' the deceased was quite sober when he parted with him. The pipes of gin beia.g measured at the office, and found all correct, they could not have made free with them, by drinking any of it. In consequence of the boat tsing seen floating on the ricer with no one' in it, an inquiry being made, it was ascertained the deceased were missing, and they were dragged for, but only one of them was found. There being, no evi. dence to prove bow the deceased came' in the water, it is supposed that .the lighterman was . turning the boat on going through London-bridge, and fell over ; o w; yasr over board.; caught returned and g I t h h oa e l d d: eor c fd e deceased, in pulled Fine Found nhisd Drowned. r o ao r f efforts after e o hdi save m E T V ; Another inquest was held at the same house, on the body of Ann Sears, a single woman, aged 30. L appeared that the deceased was alive and well on Monday night, prtviaus to retiring to bed; and she went several y t io lying limes, arn r ss o hi m e es . hy d fl ( e )s s, broke dg n e u d jcuipi adknocked,got O u t : 4 .1 e : not making her appearance next meriting, the prop) or, o ld f te th r e c h .d o l e in e g part an d of f h n e d r c lo th e s h anbedd is it there were h p: no marks iemdar: w a sot' violence v e o r n di t c l t te —D boL by the Viiitation olVorb. rfilC47% From an American publication, th e ~ tofi Aoh..t r 0.„, ., the engineer who couvracted Is wonderful machine, we have selected a I,:w tars which s.eive to SiW 4I tile ineehuii, and p.! ; ,. verance of our 'Flans illative brethren, . , power is b.ginnifig to draw the attention i); towards their Baitrisli;ng country, and May in a aa years create jealousies and tears not easy to to supp: med. Ow the subject of the Steam-frigate, corstructed 4 New York, the Biographer Stales, that," in °Mate obviate the didiculties arising from a doubt esittiag in Congress as to die utility of the prop ittl as will as :o providing fonds fix her coastruc:i‘n,ib Ciiirens of New York of red to COPbttact rite at th,ir uw n eipens and risk, if assurances wers j ,i nt . that the Govaiinient, which alone could ; ; eve pl quient to Ler, would receive and ray iur Ler ar ts she WAS built, and her utility dernoi,s ! rated. —J t " estimated she woulJ cost about 309,000 nearly the sum requisite for a frigate of the that class, ills activity of private citizens for their ov. i , pr ,,,, a tiOn;--this voluntary offer to risk their lands, first, upon the success ut the project, and then upon a ilec Assurance of the Executive Government ; and Otis r. timate intercourse between the Rulers and Um [ 4 w pie, present a view of a state of society, of Which, it is beneved, there are few examples." The prot e ct was zealously embraced by the Executive, and' is March 1314, a law passed for building one ur nein. of those steam frigates. " The building of 'lie :G. p ile! was superintended by a Committee of five G. demon. Mr. FULTON, whose soul anima, d the wl:4 enterprize, was appointed the engincer."—Un iir 2dth June, 1314, the keel of this novel and mighty engine was laid ; and in link more than fear ar ' that is on the 29th of October, she was Lou (rout the yard of ADAM and Nn*a BROWN, her and active architects. The sceue exhibited on occasion was magnificent. It happened on one our bright autumnal days. Multitudes of sptc.A: crowded the surrounding shores, and were seen • thE hills which limited the beautii ul prosiest. river and bay were filled with vessels of %ear in all their variety of colours. In the midst et was the enormous floating mass, whose bulk wieldy form seemed to render her as unfit :or mi AS the land batteries which were saluting her. I%lr , the fleet of vessels whirl occupied this pert 4;t the bour were seen gliding in every direction, sera, our large bteasr-boats of the burthen of three and hundred tons ; these with bands of music, aa of gay and joyous people, were winding tie passages lett by the anchored vessels, as it tliey Inn moved by enchantment. The bean could GM been human that did not share in the general ei siasm expressed by the loud shouts of the tnu,!.i He could not have been a worthy citizen, evt,o not then say to himself, with pride and exult, sf this is my country !" and when he look.ei on . man whose single genius had created the most ,e. teresting objects of the scene, 46 this is my cur man." 0.1 the 4th of July, 1815, this steam 1114 made a passage to the Ocean and back, being tance of 58 miles, in eight hours and twenty mini by the mere force of her engine. Several dif ct the machinery being corrected, she made passage in September to the Se., and having time the weight of her whole armament on t she went at an average of five and a halt miles hour with and against the tide ; when stemming tide, which run at the rate of three miles an I eted et, Pa; tice„ NI 1 1 ' Eup pe 111 a ;ea to to meted 4 : order to t eristing I fzigpre, the , Ise et tel tta :;iYe Ler aq., ltrr do firs, I: st class, proter. tads, fire, 0.1 a wre d Otis I Me p.a. which. it se pro: ct ;rill la e ur afore. • the :es . . five the whr4 —Ua sl,o d mighty lr mow ; lauhrhed , her ably on cult :n one of aptc..corr inn tzpon :et. 1r ditiCel ti these k And LE. Motion, ugi :1 the liar. sevtral a e e and !cur Id crowds throuet tl:ey sue Got Lye ral thAba. who dd xtrltati.A, d on the most coutarl. m 11%411 lug a OP nm:uas dtf et, anuthd og at :hit on board. miles re 'ming the an hoer, miles at boats tad el 15 Ins calfrol 1)1 iroe, t of the : betwea .:111.1. 10 Thrtoin into:l44 :ck, triE . Is r 1.: 1:5• Ll 1;2 Ittt s 1 a. 4 Mice to a by aciri• :ozsiontl sequence et. Co' 4 44' .3 I Ur. ft" , T i l e r 01 ilantrY, • hr too r t S cruel!'" tvrryflr ir. '1 II 2 : e with ; • tr sorit'i IWr .• ..4 41 ~4 1 • m iv, 1 xi 101. I COL AI. ILI 4••4 • 4 !•- r:k** Fiffin she advanced at the rate of two and a halt mi' hour. She is a structure testing on two boas and keels separated from end to end by a channel 15 tea wide and GS feet long ; one boat contains the - of copper to prepare her steam ; the cylinder of its piston, levers, and wheels, occupy part of L 3 t other ; the water-wheel revolves in the space bet tbeni. The main or gun-deck supports the went, and is protected by a parapet 4 leet 10 thick of solid timber pierced by embrasures. Thl thirty per-holes, as many 32-pounders are int to fire red.htl shot. Her upper or spate deck, topE2 which several thousand men might parade, is :.r pissed by a bulwark, which atfors:s sale r i 1.1 She is lsfi feet long, 20 feet deep, and 56 feet the boiler is 22 leet long, 8 feet deep, and is broad ; the diameter of her water-v:litei And she measures 2475 tons. A lad named George Friend, an aprrentice to shipwright, at Chatham, a few days since, by . dent, ran a rusty nail into his wrist, which occ :'!' a locked jaw, and the poor fellow died in cur,: e , :‘ on Saturday. BIRTHS. October 9, at the tines, Rochester, the wife of I.leat. Cc Bingham, late of the Grenadier Guar:la, of a 11.4ugi,ivr, MARRIED. Elklay, at Camberwell, William Hindi., Eat'. Capwi: 65th Regiment, to bliss ilothamley, of Camberwell. Thurwlay,at It. George's, Hanover square, Lon 'on. 7 r • Esq. Captain in the 39th Regiment, to Miss Cl.tu:..n. 01 At Zt. John's, Margate, Christopher, second :sm 01 . Ur. k.. ter, to Mug, Want daogltne el lames Brooms's, Bssp DIED. ' Feb.lo, at Bombay, in Camel Rmlth'i Camp, Major =‘ Campbell, of the nth Regiment of Bombay Native !Mawr! , Lis horse falling with him when on a party enjoying do the field, of which 1w was pa-,sion.uely fond. Sunday, at Rochester; aged 56, !Ala+ Ann Baker, illoie'er the late Mrs. Baker, many years proprietor of tt.e h She had retired from the Stage MM. years, and wa4 i 'ray termed through the circuit a very excellent ar:Lre.s tvri pertinent of the drama. Lately, aged in, Miss !inlett, only daugh.er of Nit% Master of an Academy ai lirompton, of rents permitted her to vbit a young frigid v•hu wilt disorder, not apprehending the least danger, as s!ie hid :ieo culated withi the cow-put saute years before, 41 , .i :C Wa , that Vie inosulation had operated with perfect et. et. 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