Star.
London, England, 1815-08-17 00:00:00

OLD ALT IN fiAS CARRIED THE
LAUREL AWAIT.

WRITTEN AFTER Tilt. BATTU! OF WATERLOO.
By J. DUNLOP, Esq.

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The run nta2; shone bright on the streams of the S ntbre,
Sr,•rtit fun itit, the earrent, and timpill the wave, •
But t.i;•Ot with a ma ent, as dark as December,
Alt dellii:•d it E Id.tr.ls with the bliod of the Brave.

Re::, rest to tha spirits .4f Warrhas departed',
The sport of Anthinon, the vlctiras of Forte,
Am! Peace to the friends they brae left broken hearted,
Dephnlns eke fate that eutiobles tbtir name.

/Par though the fund heart may exult In their glory,
The Tear of Affection must floor for their fail,
And the Ilrave who survive to recount their sad story,
Shall envy the tionciurs that cutter their pall.

Thee► " rai4e the Lament" for the dread desolat'on,
'lite bloat-streaming havock of Waterloo's day;
But pride may indulge in this higl► exultation,
Old Albin has carried the Laurel away !

WAtERLOO VrCTORr.

Extract of a Letter addressed to Calcutta, written
the '2d of June of bait year, which appears to be fully
jasti4ed by the cxperience and event of the Eighrtenth
of June of the tresent, and by the position and aspect
of the affairs of Britain and of Europe at this hour,
alter the fortunate and decisive Battle and Vicroity or
WATEIILOn :
" The Islildary character, spirit and energy, seem now, through
long ex• refer and emulation, by much estertion and from great
reces.i tes and stifF•rings, to have arrived in the last and present
year (tot 4) on all Ades to the highest reach of human excellence
and exertion hi tiff drection : in all points, physical. scientific,
and moral—devotiun to du, y and honour, natal attachment, cou-
rage and fidelity, with ardour and energies of the highest kind
and most honourable qualities, have ben the mark and charac-
ter, in common, of all the countries engaged of late in this ar-
duous, cr:tical, general, and decisive conihet : and moat exem-
plary arnorgaff: abili y, gallant, y. and fidelity to their cause have
been as conspicuous too, in all the leaders, as discipline, devotion,
and bravery in their egildier:.
" The Negociators of the day have now to emulate, in their
way, them. great merits, and reproduce a basis of liberal, prudent,
firiii, and we!l calculated adjustment, worthy of the gees: 'hurl-
bets and endurnigselThrts which have been exerted and supported
to produce this great and liovcl opportunity for the whole of the
guars and Empires of Europe.
" And then, the questions of Commerce in general,and of the
international trading iatercourees of its several starer ; of free na-

Vli.itioll. Of 1 ellgitstill lIACI4IICw, Cif scut tal education, and of In-
tel nal economies, and of all the adjuntents of degrees and levels
of civil life, may be eetered on, and may now, after so much
et,-or, mad ambition, selfiAtiess, and intolerance, it Is to be bored,
be considered with: a loyal, wise, and liberal spirit of pruJeuee
and understanding, suited to promote the.improvement, audtu se-
cure the pracv, contort, and happiness of the general may of in-
creasing society, which cannot live see/1 together keg, without
L'oul isistitutums and nary, wise, strong, and beneficent, in pur-
poscolentunatratiors, aed cushluet."

Friday evening the Earl and Countess of 13Esao-
itoutar, accompanied by Colonel Pritacvev, of the
12th Light Dragoons, whri it will be recollected was
severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo, Afrieed
in Canterbury teem France: the Noble party rested
At the King's Head Tavern that night. The
Lig morning the officers of the 12th regiment, (the
depot of which is bulticiteci in du:retry-4 paid tite,r
-respects to their gallant Coronsander t And the b
of the regiment attended at breakfast ; atter whist,
Alley proceeded to London.
A young Irish Gentleman Way being desired by
a friend to stay and dine, replied, with ail the vertu.
cular naivete imaginable, eg No, I thank you, I have
had all the dinner I am sang to have "
BONAPARTE, it is said, means to play a great deal
at whist. during his present voyage. We hope. the
orscers of the Northumberland will remember what
a dab he is at an odJ tria t

Two !meths Are now growing in a garden at the
front of the Louse of Mr. C..wAes, at Scone, in Scot-
land, which have excited the admiration of all ell°
have seen them, the tallest is six feet six inches in
height, and the stern is four feet six inches in eircum-
voice ; both of them are at, this time in bloom, and
bear upwards of one hundred &sem
Monday, a young man of the name of Robert
y, emeloyed in a paperistill, near Maidstone,
enet with a shocking accident. A Ward having fallen
into the truugh in which the rags are ground, lie at.
tempted to take it nit, in doing which his arm was
tira,,it in ~s high as the eiboW by the toiler, and lace.
rate.; in so dreadful a manner that the limb was
obliged to he amptitated.
Tint RaCiaNT'S PAlK.—Amongthe striking alter-
atbos snide in the outskirts of the town, none are
'more remarkable than ihneeeent works in the Re-
gent's P,uk. • The face of, . the fields and ittclosures,
comprising Willan's Fstm, the Jews' Harp House,
and oil er buildings which gar scattered in that part
of tite suburb, being entinely changed, it cannot he
rec: gtti*ed by any of its what features. This alter.
'Kira, is, lvitoreer. allowoilko'be a great improved:Kw,
and hthly advantagersoesterthe public, as it forms
‘,.,e ni the finest peomeni.des the te.tabit4r.ts of Lon-
don ever enjoyed. • The Regent's Canal forms a most
egree.Abm object. It incloses the Park in the line
from l'ad.lington, eastward t--several handsome
bridges are thrown cyst it, and the banks, which in
some places slope.from an elevation of 1.5 or 20 feet,
being thick set with 6r, fern, and a variety of aqua-
tic pants, form a nsostsigreeahle object. Upon these
elevated borders of the stream, the spectator in his
paptuenade may enjoy the finest view of Islington,
Kentish Town, the villas on the rise of Highgate-hill,
with the beauty of scenery round Primrose-hill and
Padd:ngton. Nest the neat village. called Alpha
C.s.tages, a new Chapel of Ease for the parimb of
Diary-lshonne has been erected. Four lonic -pillars
.11Uppott a peditneut of the same architecture, and the
thainl, on the whole, is peculiarly neat. On the right
of the chapel stands the Asylum for the Orphans Is
the eltsp,y, and beyond that, Lord's Cri;ket•pround,
which may be well considered new objects in that
quarter. The plantations of forest trees and shrubs,
of various sorts, in the centre of the Park, together
with. crops of potatoes, and mangel for cattle, give the
place an appearance of cultivation delightful to the
sage. The melosures are let to gardeners, and we ua.
claretand thy ground, upon an average, with the at.•
tide cultivtited, is worth about d2O as Acre. The-
Park has every attraction with respect to air, beauty
of prospect, andcoirrenience, and we have no doubt
it will become,a.vcryitieomite promenade.