Star.
London, England, 1814-02-03 00:00:00

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STANZAS.

For Mr. Browne - -
Mr..Kirwan - -
Majority for Mt. Browne

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WRITTEN Tn rnMNIkNIORATk THE ANNIVEESAR* OF
OF THE BIRTH OF BURNS, 25TH JANUARY.

Again we tneet to hail th' auspicious day
Which gave to Scotia her iinmortal Bard,
Again we offer up the votive lay
The humble tribute of out fond regard :
Accept, lov'd, honnur'd shade, tke homage due
To worth, to Wit, to genii), such as thine,
And 0 ! may each succeeding year renew
The heart-felt otrring at thy sacred shrine,
Thou first of Scottish Bards, though long the illustrious line!
What though no sculpitied pile to thee arise,
No " storied urn" to deck thy humble grave,
No lofty column, tow'rirg to the skies,
Nor o'er thine ashes drooping willow* wave;
thy virtues live—engraver on our hearts—
Thy wit axini—to char:n the social round—
Thy genius beams—its dazzling light imparts
A ray that shoots to Earth's remotest bounsl—a
While bores on every gale tilt magic strains resound.
Dear to thy Country are thy " wood.notes wad,"
Tie patriot song—the Cottar's tender tale—
The simple loves of Nature's rustic child,
Meek, 'tumble tenant of the hawthorn vale.
And worthy of our need thy Satire bright,
For still thy nervous grasp undaunted drew
The base-born, wretched hypocrite to light,
With all the vices of the venal crew,
.And Superstition"-, ccre expos'd to abject view.
Friends of the Bard—who was to all a friend-
-0 ! cherish long the mem'ry of his worth,
Think on his bright career, his mournful end,

Uudniely wedded to Ids parent Earth.
Be to the Patriot and the Poet just,
Igor let it by a future race be said,
While treading all unconscious o'er his due,
" Vibere rests th' illustrious peasant's head ?
Where, Scotia, sleeps thy Boats s—where are ilia ashet laid ?"
Greenock, 25th January, 1824.

MAYO ELEOVON.—State of the Poll, Twenty•se.
eoad Day :

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;ring the late embarkation at Portsmouth of
-mpg for Spain; Lieutenant JAritso2t, of the 10th
;sacs, lost a beautiful and most valuable charger,
;ears old, which, thrabgh the negligence of
_the
ns employed on the occasion, was crushed be-
the transport and the wharf. This horse was
mown on the Turf, having won three or four
:s.

ie Officers and privates of the Leicestershire
ia, who have volunteered for foreign service,
tilting in number to about 300 men, marched
Leicester last week.• The men- were in the
.st spirits, which were ran a little supported by
:rention of the Corporation, who presented all
tort•commissioned officers and privates with half-
,wn each, and Sir WILLIAM WALKER). the Mayor,
an elegant dinner to the Officers.
IKES.—A shocking fire happened early on Tues.
morning, in the dwelling house occupied by Mr.
carpenter, &c. in Huston Town, which burnt
Indy 'avid, and threatened destruction to the
;e of buildings adjoining. Several engines from
various stations shortly afterwards arrived, and
ithstanding the activity displayed by the fire-
, the whole of the building was entirely destroyed.
fainily had hardly time enough to escape with
liver; property to a considerable amount was
:aimed. The work-shops which adjoined the pre.
:see, were with great difficulty preserved from de.
-don. The 'building and stock in trade were
inately insurecL .
n alarming fire also broke out in the premises
Atging to Mr. Hulk, near St. Mary's Church,
otherhitheowall, late on Tuesday night, which raged
the utmost, fury.. Year was entertained for the
:y of the shipping tying in the River, nearly op-
te. to the spot, from the falling of large flakes of
Among the vessels, which threatened the most
;tractile Consequences. The fire was fortunittely
tgnished after gutting part of the buildings.—
as•not ascertained how the fire was occasioned.
aturday night, about 12 o'clock, the lodgers in
house of Mr. &PITH) in Camden-town, were
pmed by a strong smell of fire, which, after some
arke,.they traced to the bed-room of their landlady,
to door f which they forced, and found the unfor-
Inatewomas. dreadfully scorched, and almost sa-
lted, lyirlson her bed, to the curtains of whieb
!tad sLt are With a candle, which.she had placed
chair, for the purpose of reading a novel. The
ies had,•happily, not communicated to the wains.
and thus the house was saved. After taking
S. into the air, she recovered to a sense of her
isery. Medical aid was procured, but little hopes
entertained of her recovery.
Saturday last the body of Mr. MortcAN, Purser of
Mu-riNa brig, who with part of the boat's crew of
vessel, lately perished on the rocks under Folk-
stone Church, was washed on tore at that place. •In
pockets were found checks to the amount of sixty-
pounds ; one of which was drawn on his father,
ois a respectable Attorney in Cornwall. From
long period he had lain in the water the body was
.y much disfigured.
7riday last, a melancholy accident occurred at
_ _ _

.at Melton near Norwich :—As Mr. T. Betts was

tng instructions- to his men, who were felling a
pollurd tree, it fell before it was expected, killed his
itorse on the spot, and Mr. B. was so dreadfully
bruised that he survived but a few hours. It is me-
lancholy to relate, that his uncle, father, and grand-
-Ither all lost their lives by accidents.

During the last few days, a great number of the
called Golden Maids were picked up on Brighton
beach, and sold at good prices. They float on shore
•ite blind, a state to which they are reduced by the
now; and it is a fact well known, that after heavy
fulls; these fish are always thus found in great abort-
Ince.

On the mozning of the 18th ult.- the frost was so se.
wow, that a wood-pigeon was taken alive in Pitch--
stazden, twat Do tniepmline, haring its feet frozen
vi .ag on. which it had alighted but a few
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