Star.
London, England, 1808-10-17 00:00:00

PROLOGUE

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TEKIOI/6 lIAIDC."-WILITTIM BY LOMAT ST. GNORGE
TINGTON, ESQ;•••••IPOIZSI MIL fOTItAill.
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With anxiousmind, with agitated breast,
By ev'ry terror forcibly imprets'd,
Our Bard to-night, exalted in his views,
Resigns the Comic for the SerionX Mine;
Beneath her banner variously displays
Passion's mere spark extended to a blaze•;
While moral ardour kindles into birth
The firm in honour, and the pure in worth!
Here Virtue hails, contending claims above,
The tear of Pity on the cheek, of Loire.
Our Bard no longer treads on Fairyland,
Where Fancy, like a despot, holds command.;
No longer new endeavours to excite
•Ideal grief, and fabulous delight :
Still less attempts, with vigour to transmit
Wit strong as genius, genius bright as wit ;
While learning rears, with animated haste,
Reviving elegance, end rescu'd taste,
He simply offers, unadorn'd by art,
One touch of Nature on a gen'rous heart.•
The pageantry, tho'inagic he forsake,
Tho' " Sleeping BAnitie," here no longer wake,
Yet shall It still decidedly appear,
That Love, whets noble, never slumbers here.
Hearts like your own with clemency can feel ;
To hearts so gifted now We make appeal;
Each party then 'shall equal pleasure share—
He that solicits mercy—You that spare.
' This is an allusion to the character onfiesco.

PIAIDSTONE, OCTOB.ER 11.

Friday evening, Mr. H. Collis, of this town, builders)
Was informed, that it Was designed by some of his
workmen to break into and rob his house that night.
Mr. Collis instantly assembled a guard, consisting of
some of his principal friends, five in number, ready
prepared to secure the assailants, who, soon after one
o'clock, rrad., their attempt by forcibly entering his
counting-house ; having so far accomplished their'
purpose, Mr. Collis and his friends sallied forth out of
an adjacent room and secured two of the miscreants
out of those who entered; a third made his escape.
They then proceeded to a house in Union-street, when
after a long search, they also secured another, who
run out of- the said-house, and concealed himself is
an adjoining privy. This last was the person who
planned the robbery. Two of these desperadoes had
worked for Mr. Collis a short time as sawyers, their
names are Thomas Jackson and John Moss, lately
from London, the third is a William Clemens, lately
from Canterbury, the other who escaped is unfortu-
nately unknown at present.

The congregation in the parish church of Nairn,
on Sunday se'nnight, were suddenly and very seri-
Gusty alarmed by the fall of a part of the building,
which se..7rmd to threaten the downfall of the whole.
A scene of great confusion ensued ; but providen-
tially, although many persons were severely hurt, no
lives *erc lost. The building has long been conside-
red in a dangerous state, but its repair has been re-
tarded by some differences among the heritors.

Two Extra Prize, to be decided on the Firrt and Se-
cond bay of Drawing, each entitled to the Chance of
Five Hundred State Lottery Tickeis.lloENSßY and
Co. 26, Cornbill, respectfully acquaint the Public,
that the above two valuable Chances are given to the
Purchasers of Tickets and Shares in the present J. ot-
tery, in addition to the Prizes contained in the
Scheme, and exceed all former Lotteries in value, in
as much as the total amount of One Thousand Tick-
ets. Schemes at large may be had gratis. No. 10,294,
the last drawn £20,000, and No. 3536, the last drawn
£2OOO, were both shared by HORNbiIY and Co. in the
last Lottery.