Star.
London, England, 1830-10-02 00:00:00

SCINTILLA?.

SERENADE.

I love the sweetness of thy look,
The brightness of thins eye,
And, murmuring like the crystal brook,
Thy yoke's melody.
I love thy chastened innocence,
Thy kind and guileless heart,
Thy sympathy in grief intense,
Tby words so void of art.
I love to list the witching strain
Of music on thy tongue,
And o'er thy harp, with reeling brain,
In rapture have I hung.
I 1010 thee in the twilight hour
Together when we stray,
By shay brooks, oe ostk tower,
Or surge.resounding bay.
I love thee for thyself alone,
Thy innocence and truth ;
The beandes of thy mind, deer one—
The gisdoses of thy youth.
I lon thee, but can ne'er express
The pleasing pain I feel:
A throbbing bosom's joyfulness
'Twere folly to conceal.

The following account of the taking of Dumbarton Castle
haimfe= Crawford, of Jerdanhill, is given from an old MS. It is
different hens the other aimmuns, and possesses an additional
value, as k is written by Crawford himself:—
Cope% Thomas Crawfutd of Jordanian letter, containing ant account
of the mow of his taking the castle of Dumbarton ; and the Ir.
venter of the Musition that was found there. 1571.
bases HOSOUILUILK 8111,—Afier my hearty commendations, the
laird of Braid shetweth me that ye are desirous to know the manner of
taking of Dalai:Man, and what we found into it. The manner was
this, wv4 knowledge of the manner how they watched, and where
and having ace yeoman, ems that had been one of the watchmen before,
who knew all the Craig, where it wan best to climb, and where fewest
ladders would serve. Without any farther intelligence, I took in hand
to 00 one essay, and to doe that thing which was possible; upon which
we depend to Casio* an boar before son.setting, I having provided
of helms the ladders. and cords, sod croak of iron to cstbedtwixt craigs
to put cods to; and before we struck our drum in ow, sent out
our basso% to keep all the that none shoe toe before,
and see we past fordward while we come to the hill of Dumbed,
within a mile of the said castle ; and there, about one after midnight,
we lay down oar ladders and our cords, and sorted all our business, as
it were long to write : but every man had his hectple.butt bound about
his back, and every ladder had divan cords pat to it, and one cord from
the fanner and weighing, but one man behind another to the higher end,
so that every man had the some cord in his hand, and the foremost to
guide aIL So that no um who held a yip of the cord could go by the
way, because It was in the night ; now we had many fowsses to pass.
and a deep water, bridged with a single tree, before we come to the
castle; and the foremost of us bore the ladders, and so we passed ford.
weed r and because they suspected not the highest part of the craft,
there was not a watch on that part of the wall above, within six score
foot of the pan where we entered. We thought it beet to essay it at
the same part, and so we did, which is the east part called the beik
and when we had knit the ladders of sixty steps, we were yet twenty
steps from a tree, which was above us, to which tree the guide and my-
self wan to without ladders with great difilculty, taking cords with us,
and fastened the said cords at the tree and so letting the cords hang
down to the ladders, wherewith men might draw themselves up to the
VW; and when we were at the tree, we had five score fathoms to the
root of the wall, to the which we bare cords in like manner. Be this
was done daylight was COOK, because it was long of doing ; and there
we took one of the ladders and brought it to the wall, wherewith we en-
tered every man, and at the entry of the first man upon the top of the
wall, the watch that sate beside saw him, and immediately he med.
and wakened the plea; and a cloud of mist fell about us, which was
little lighter than the night. and there came out of sundry houses of
the place men running naked, so that there was incontinent
three slain, and sundry hurt, and so the rest gave back; and
incontinent we warn their artillery, and their powder, and their
bullets, and turned them to themself, who yet kesped Wallace Tower,
the White Tower, with the Wiody.hall, the Chamber between the
Quilts, and the Nether dal% And as soon as they saw their own ar-
tillery turned to domed!, every men took him to his shift, and because
the mist was so thick some leaped the walls and escaped, and other sonic
we got, as ye have beard. And what munition end other things we pot
within the bow, ye shall receive the invents: of it, as just as I can give
It you. And farther I cannot say, except one thing I will assure
you of,--as I live, we have no manner of intelligence within the
house nor without the house, nor I have spoken of before. So
commits you to the keeping of the eternal Gon.—Your assured at
power,
THOMAS CRAWFORD OF JORDANHILL.
The !Invent& of the munition within the Guile of Dumbertan
at the time of the entry of the Laird of Dmmquhassell, as Captain
thereto.

Item, in the first sae roes cohering MOMted for the walls and not
for the fields, with 24 ballets for her. Item, two Douses, mounted for
the walls and not for the Soli, with sunniest osnier of bullets for
the.. Item, two name, sea MINDMSi it the walls and not for the
asides the Ober unmenated either for walls et ills, with wildest
moist Oboists for don two. bum, two lisneaylo Wass. sesurtted
for the walla and not fa the ills, with sadlshot number of beim for
than. as ommisdi it the walls mad est foe the
ilk with maitalbellati labs. bon, these hatgnehats
of head whole, and sr buds& boa. ass is
Bose Iron. Item,
ape isle Bots-u±aidezinmst hoods of asnrossiimder. Item,
sight bunk of NMI Pstrist• Ti.., caner, ;
Odom at my lo7dl7—eommemd, !no erm to Hary odderburn, arse
ether to George Dundee; em dwelt 10. Item, of Speen, headed
and unheeded, 00. hem, of Culvedng powder, three barrels. Item,
of victuals aft in the place, at our entry thereto after my lord's depart-
ing. Impfatie, nag, 10 tuns ; meal, 12 chalders; of wheat, 10 boll..
Item, of malt, 11 bolls; of bisket bread, 11 whole hogsheads. Item, of
bacon, 4 whole punsheons.
smommenemmisma
PiottgaN ISQUISZS.—AIas ! for the once honoured ap-
pellation of Esquire. It has now fallen so low, that per ons of conse-
quence in society are beginning to abandon It when addressing letters to
each other, and adopting the good old fashion—which should never have
been abandoned— of using plain " Mr." in its stead. If an spothe-
carf's titre indite, an epistle to another, be dubs him an Esquire
To y Bolus. Esq." Ike. In like manner a writer's clerk
honour's another writer's clerk, and we have straightway • letter ac.
dressed toe " Joseph Quibble, Esq." by the young limb of the law..
Boys of thirteen Esquire each other ; and the thing is descending so ion
that chimney sweeps and scavengers will be making use of the title br-
and-bye. When the term Esquire was wont to be used in its proper
and legitimate sense, it was regarded as complimentary; but when we
see druggists' and riters' apprentices, and counting-house clerks, ap-
propriating It to themselves, it becomes too much for the gravity of s
quaker ; yet there are respectable people who are offended if their letters
are not addressed to them with this now prostituted title.
WICK art WIN D.—The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday,
in describing the state of the weather for the last week, say, " The
weather has been veryfurimes this week."
Cusions Dlscov ERY.--As Mr. Medhurat was pursuing
his researches on lancing Downs, about three weeks ago, not 300 yards
from a Roman Pavement, he discovered • grave, supposed to be that of
an ancient Briton, containing the skeleton of a human being, completely
bent or curled around three vases, the largest containing burnt bones,
and the smaller one supposed to contain the ashes or the heart, dc.—
Such discoveries are not unfrequent here.
SIR THOMAS LAW REN C E..—BUI Lawrence (the father of
the late President) at this time owed all his notoriety to his son " Tom,"
a boy of about nine veer of age, who exhibited a wonderful prmoritY
of talent in taking Ifitenesses. His father, however had taught him to
reed '• Shakespeare and Milton" with considerable effect, and considered
his ability in this respect (since it proceeded from himself) of a higher
order than the former, which was natural. Nevertheless, the distinction
between the two was, that as a reader " little Tom" was but little Tom
—.a • clever child, nine years of age, and, as a sketcher of likenesses.,
be the rudiments of the future powers of the President. There
was something about little Lawrence, however, which excited the sue-
, prise of the most casual observer. He was a perfect man in miniature ;
his confidence and self.possession smacked of one.anti-twenty.—Rer.
nerds Retro:petioles of Ms Siege.
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MARRIED.
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The bet inst. at St. James, Westminster, G. Baroncelli, Erg. of Fie-.
mace, to Catherine Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. J. Pentold,
Steynlng, Sussex ; and on the same day the ceremony was pertorn:cd
according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church—Thursday lam;
at St. Olive's, Hart-street, D. T. Almon, Esq. to Rlita, daughter I:
T. P. Cooper, Esq. of Hishoprgate-without—The Est inst. at Tot:minty
Church, Mr. W. Mactarlane, of Minto- treet. Edinburgh, to Elisabeth.
the alder daughter of S. L. Kent, Esq. of Tottenhantireen.—On the
30th ult. by licence, at Christ Church. Newgate.street, Captain J. Ro-
bins. to Miss Hanson, only daughter of the late Captain Hanson, of
Weymouth.

The 29th ult. T. Bryan, Esq.of Zdogan.place, one of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Middle.
sex—The 29th ult. at Hyde, Isle of Wight, aged eb, Mr. W. Irish. of
Clark's-mace, Cannon.street-road„ St. George's Ent—The 30th alt. at
Awbridge-bouse, Hants, Henry Lane, the infant son of T. Serpeent.SO4.

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