Star.
London, England, 1808-09-09 00:00:00

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SIR ARTEIUR.

To fight, Sir was not loth,
'I hough not 'hold on by Merlin,
Nor o'ci a t3r:ustonc took an oath,
A. Potsdam or at Berlin.
Resoiv'd he was to break the spell
'I hat bound the swords of heroes, •
And torus; internals back to htll,
And glad all hearts but Nt ru's. -
Ht .natch'd his faulchion from tire hall, -
The ancient hall of Dangen',
-Anti sallied forth, at George's call,
To give JoNOT a banging,
Who said, Pray are you Genial NJACX,
Or are yau DoLooavect?
Said ARTHUR, No, I'm-Paddy Whack;
Jotter selClhatisuulucky.
Yet take the sea without a boat,
Or eisit 171 Pad and Pat yc, .
Though come from Cork I cannot float,
Said ARTHUR, so have at ye.
Ile then laid on with ad his might,
Beim:tiers set re titonish'd, •
An-: by example of this Knight
To prowtss were ithitonish'd.
Airtiyet, to gilt.. JUNOT kis due,
lie handiornely resisted,
For, bean n, to go back, he knew
By Bo NA he'd be fisted.
Jottov he claw'd, and curs'd and swore,
For h•• : ad no religion ;
Sir Act-aLR all his eagles tore,
As tagles ttrar a pigeon.
Sir AaruOs eels, Sir NtAL step in;
A laurel, come and share it.
,Sir NI:AL r. plied, your laurel win,
And as you win it wearit.
Though Bo NA thought, at Austerlitz,
Ail Europe his decreed land,
ARTNUst brought him to his wits,
As Pur,ugnrs a Freed4oNd.
Cried Giant BONA, I advance,
O'er Pyrenees I'm coming;
In Duo Arr out dips the lance •
m And stops his fee-faw-fuuth:g.
Then guard the great Oporto bowl,
Nor siilabult nor negus
Let peace with Anna Liffey roll
To Danube from the 'Tagus.
And song and gladness fill'd the hail,
The anziert :all of Dangen,
Sir AKTNUX march'il at Honotr'3 tan,
Aud Ltive the French a banging.
of the Earl of Morniogton, new Marquis Welledcl.

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AMERICA

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.', . ..„ ; A cause of singular novelty occurred on Saturday
. e 9th July in the Court •of General Sessions of the
C':. ' . eace held at the City-hall of the City of Nov York, •'4
in and for the said city and county.
Dr. fifnr: Litde was put on, his trial for an assault
upon his wife, Mrs. Jane Little, and expectationstood
on tiptoe, to learn the reason of an operation so long
exploded and justly condemned in the practice of the
Wdical prcf.:ssic.n. All eyes were anxious to behold,
and all hearts already sympathized, with the fair pa-
tient, when. at the call of the crier, she came forth--
, not ja;r like the swan npoa the lake, but, lihe the ra-
ven. glossy-a.s black, and to the full as comely. The
A ttorney-neral ivas proceeng in her examination, ,
when Mr. Sampson, Counsel the defendant, pro-
posed to shorten the trial by an *admission of the fact.
But he undertook at the same time to skew, that a
more tender or affectionate husband nosrhere existed;
and that this incivility would appear; whet', the defence
w.ts known, to pe rather a-disseroblitig of lose than an
f., ff.: ct of hatred.

Wives were only admitted to testify against their
husbands in cases of great enormity, and when the
weaker velsel was in danger; and needed the protec-
ting arm of the law. Gentlemen of the Jury; said
he, I perceive you smile, and I feared it would be
so. You see, however, Gentlemen, that we are
serci- . There are causes ,which present such
strong enntrast.._ct light and shade, such powerful
effects of dare obwiro, that no words can heighten
their imagery. Nit still to every imagination the
subject may seem differently.- Gentlemen, you do
not perhaps know upon what finindatina my client
may have placed his choice, and as to taste, it
admits of no dispute; every man must follow his
own pleasure. That which seems black in your eyes
o in mine, may be exceeding fair-in his. Thi.-
education of a physician is not that of lOserrer...._.
He ranges thmngh the wide field of nature, and is
not bounded by the narrow limits of positive insti=
t itions. He reads not in the books nftuthority,
bit in the great volume of nature. He knows by
what chemical recess all colours may be produced ;
but that an amiable persoo and a delicate mind are-
treisures, under whatever outward varnish, and if
a late disc very can be relied on, that Adam was
black, a marriage in his family can surely disgrace
no man. We are ready to dispute in due time and
place, and to mains inilhat neither philosophy nor
relsgion have forbade such mixtures; and having
satisfied our conscience, we had no scruple in yield-
ing to Pur passictr. You are in amazement, Gentle-'
men. I do, expect no less. You are all under the
dominion of prejudice; you do not Ace clear. I
shall be forced, I find, to reveal in aefenoe ot my,
client, expressions' intended only for love and pri-
vacy. I shall read to you a letter which no pen but
that of a lover and a poet could have traced. It is
dated on the 4th of May, and addressed to Mts.
.T,tne Little, after the unfortunate occurrence; and
i; in these terms :
reciivud posy kind letter to the Ist June, and aim very
sorry to hear of your being unwell. .1 want my coat, Fantaloons,
jacke.t, ht Mr. Sitntonh' /as 1 have nothing to lay on but my
ol.u.the Since t haie betn.hore."
Is not this repintance, eventkmen, -even to sack.
cloth an d ashes!'

" ',GU write that lon will not appear against me in Court,
which undoubtedly will be for the belt, as I have not for-
got:co my pi: Triage covenant. The unhappy situation in which
I am hivolved by your hastiness, and those that have persc.aded
. s•ou to it, devolves on me the necLssity of addressing you, whicit
caunct' fail of linpresitog your mind with an uncommon degree
of seribusness, especially when you consider how both of our.
- diameters are stigmatized by our own imprudence."
•• Gentlemen, since these parties zre so sensible of
. their own imprud:nce, let us not widen the -breach,
blt pour balm hitt, their wounds;. and let sot the
I- scorch of this Court transmit to An posterity, the,
-.lt tt.4 of two who-loved so dearly. •
• Yea ivy, my dear lane, assure yourself, upon the testi-
tir.• Yof pots: dear husband, who has been taught by the most
. briebolrexperience,tbst were our dinippointusents and per-
- „i-•c kuown,, which this erniargo hes Involved us into, it
vittingtdsli, or Jo haat mi. igate, the kc'entass‘ of s reilection
. c.a i)oth must to etesultgdisduro---."