Star.
London, England, 1812-07-17 00:00:00

'TIIE RIGHTEOUS,

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' Stretria the scene when Virtue dies,
When sinks a righteous soul to rest ;
Ilow mildly beam the closing eyes !
flow genly heaves th' aspiring breast! '
So fades a summer cloud away.;
So•sluks the gale, when vorms are o'er ! • M. •
• So gently Ants the eye of day ;
So dies a wave aloag the shore.
Triumphant smiles the victor hiow.
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Fanu'd ley some afire* ittrPlewipg r
O Grave ! sett ea IS toy eAcerj now 7
hrvithous Death!' where is ihi.stin t
A holy quiet rates oroar.d ;
. A calm, which nothing tin destroy ;
INTought can disturb that peace profound, ,
Which their onfetter'd soak enjoy.
Farewell ! conflicting joys and fears,
Where light and shade, aheniate dwill!
How bright th' unchain tng morn appear-!
Farew' U ! inconstant world I Farewell I
its duty done; as sinks the clay,
right, from its load, the spirit files!
Heaven and Earth combine to say

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" Sweet is the scene when Virtue d:ea I"

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EDINBURGH, JuLr 11;.,

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ti Tuesday a fisherman's wife, engaged in digging
for bait in the basin at Mon:rose, burst a blood-vessel
in her head, and expired on the spot.
Tuesday at Broughty-ferry, near Dundee, in the
absence of its parents, a child drank from a boiling
tea-kettle, which caused its death in a few hours Aker.
Mr. ALLIANDEit baryon, late master of the ship
James, of Aberdeen, and a boy named Dout., went
about three miles from the land on Tuesday se'nni:tht,
to fish in a small boat, and were seen for ..some time
by Mr. Hector's brother, and the buy's father, who
were fishing in another boat at a little distance from
- them. But in an instant the small boat disappeared,
and though the other boat'hastened to the spot, no
thing could be seen but Mr. Hector's hat, and one
oar *sating on the surface of the sea.
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i . ern, JuAr 1. , ..
I William Jamieson, farmerits Craighead, parish of
• Auchirleck, aged 90 years, being an old sportsman,
a few days ago set cut to hunt wild ducks, and was
lucky enough e, bit *five shots running without a
miss, and to kill three brace of full grown -ducks,
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*Atli which the theeifirl t-ld • man came home in tri-
' - seraph. He was married about seven years ago to his
1 li.oFtl; wife, and has upwards of 100 children and
grand children: . . •
Mate hi WV-vaunt • in 'the garden of Auchinleck,
the i4pe,..lealtd, tulip-five in full bloom: This is
iiitiside`risd by gardeners to be a very singular-thing
to;ba seen in Scotland ; some assert it has never been
lien in-bloom in Scotland before. • - •
Lasf*Ot there was caught in the *Almon net at
MililvtE, near Troon, a herring elicit. Measurod
twenty ine s long, and ten round, and vreighed one
pound- eleven ounces and a half.-445. fine sturgechr,
about eve feet in length. wsiekpeoßd 14-itilt in, Ayr
$ ishililarket oil Weilnesdalf:".* ''' '''''''''- -
'llitme seal which was caught Lately on. the sea
gracia. - it Ayr andTrion, and given to a Gentle-
Mei Itti'Aiiiiii now in a state of clomeatfptio4 ind
excettlinglrtame and familiar, When put'sotti *let
f*ittfayiago, it Would not 'remain diev4:l#ll4l4
kifed- tbdse- who committed it to the wise,s -i
ibartikds,-.sntifin a mourning tone of voice scented to
4 ratectioa, and to be atowed to continue" in
biinan docletr..
• • An eel was eaght last week at WhitelligaiAi ~which
eneathred fivaeet and a half itilength,Vst'ilout.lB
inch* in girth.; an 4 weighed'222ottudia:' '" • • '
Saange bfAitlii.The admh.eri of sailing-wero
geatifiid yeseerdaff•hy, a good display of fresh:eretei
faCtics. The sailing borMc which have hitherto Kilned
some honour above Westminster Bridge, eiere,litit: in
competition at Blackwall, where they had Mote* op-
portunity of dispinyitag their roanceuvres to advantage
—The contest was for two tills and covers given by
the Cumberland Society.- 'rise' snciesstulknavisatatt
on this dec. a sion. were Captain'Astley, in the Me!ctity,.
and Captain ficigliinion; in the Viiten.• •
4,Awsgo •hlyrcir..- -Yesterd,ay the Prize "Vtlsetry
given by 'the nanny Club, was rowed fur b sti4eti
pairs (floar!... 'llie- compel itori started froM ANeitiii;n:l
ster bridge at fine o'clock fir the first heat; to t
roan I a boat moored ..eff- the first 'windmill abOi
Vaulhall, 'down the Surrey' shore, round ilia" ife;aCciii;
and threugh the-centre arch; of eStrilin,ster 13t i4pc
, 'Thee first-three boats were be allowed to Saari of
the second .heat. The winning - bolts' accOrAiegrt
-started'fot; ttek-second heat, and polled Irolli Nrest-
minster-Bridge, round a boat mourediri the iiiiaille
of the river, off the Red House, down tae Currey
shore, mid through the centre arch of Westinfnitet,
'ridge. The skit i exhibited by Ike ternpetitaaatfiowl.
ed the spectators a rich treat. Johnsen, ofliNtitliallt
and Colte, nf Horselerry, distinguished by a ptirple
streamer, kept the advantage during thecoutest, and
finally won-the boat,. -- - -
It gives us great pleasure to state, that the town
and county of Nottingham, were nevermore Aria..
• qui) than they are at present.. The frame-workert
are aow busy at work there; endlhroughout Leice?
tershire.; and the combs and shuttles Of Yorkshire,
ilkesn!itly engines of Warwiekshlfejand the sPindles
and looms of Lancashire, are likewise all in motion.
. ' Among the unfortupate persons recently executed
at Lancaster, for rioting, was Hanuah Smith, a.tuar-
' vied woman, with Eigke children, who was convicted
of tr.king two pounds of butter frOtti a• cart• and
forcing the owner. to.sell it kir h. pet pound,- Isaias
. 3d. per pound less thart;he demanded..
An es; eriment has been made to substitute the
• agency of steam, for the use of horses, in the e-aivey-*
• once of coals on the iron- c.iilway, Tron'the niiiiii: sit .
Mr. Brasettling, at Middleton, to Leeds. The niti
chine used is a steam.eagine of four horses' powac,.
which, with-the assistance of cranks turning a vats.
wheel ate} irtaf cogs placed at one side' of the nat.!'
evil, is*capable of moving at the speed of ten [piles
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