Star.
London, England, 1809-09-13 00:00:00

TO A ROSE TREE AND A MYRTLE

SENT TO A LADY.

Ce, little blooming fragrant Rose,
Go to my love andtake thy place,
Unfold thy leaves, thy sweets disclose,
And be an emblem of her face.
And thou, my Myrtle, ever green,
Go with the rose, and there impart,
By thy unchanging, humble mien,
An emblem of thy master's heart.
Then, if Etna, we should twine,
The Myrtle aiaa the Rose together,
Would not the Myrtle's leaves combine,
To guard the Rose from stormy weather

PGLICE:

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MR. ELISTON AND Miss COLSOk.--Mr. Eliston
having been declared by his Medical attendants, to
be so far recovered as to • permit his being removed
without danger, he was yesterday brought before Sir
JOHN PINHORNE, at Union Hall, by Goff and Col-
lingburne. In addition to the evidence already laid
before the public, the female friend who went with
them to the Royalty Theltre was examined. Her
s atemtnt relative to the circumstances which took
place during the time she was with them, corrobo-
rated the statement made by Miss Colson on a former
day. It appeared also, that previous to leaving her
house in Crooked-lane, to go to the Tower, Mr. Elis-
ton had presented her with a broach, which he had
just bought, but which she declined to accept, saying
she supposed he bought it for Miss Colson, to which
" he replied, " No, I have got a present fur her in my
pocket."
The evidence of Miss Colson, taken on a former
day, was then read over to he:, when she ag.iin de-
clred her persuasion that he bad no intention of in-
juring her, but that his intentions were to destroy
himself.

Mr. HUMPHREYS, who attended on behalf of Mr.
Eliston, here submitted to the Mlgistrate, that under
these circumstances the offence of his client did not
come within the meaning of the Act, namely, "of
maliciously shooting at another person with intent to
injure." The words of the Act required that the pi:tol
should be loaded, presented, pointed, or levelled at
the person injured, as did appear to be the fact in the
only case which he recollected,-that bore any analogy
to the present, viz, that of Mr. Hackman and. Miss
Ray. From the evidenCe in this case it did not appear
that more than one ball had been found, it was there-
fore to be presumed that only one pistol had been
loaded, which had been directed against himself. Mr.
Humphreys acknowledged the enormity of the crime,
but contended that it did .not'aniount to a capital of.,
fence, an .1 that tl.ercfore Mr. E. ought to be libewated
upon entering into such recognizance as Miss C.
should require for his future good conduct,• and to
answer any complaint she might hereafter prefer
against him.
Sir JOHN PINHORNE was of a different opinion, and
observed, that from the moment.he had heard Misz
Colson's statement of the transaction, it had, coupled
ith the other circumstances, conveyed sufficient
proofs to his •tnind of the intentions of the young man.
However much he might feel for the parties, yetthere
*as a duty due from him .to the ;public, which int:
periously called upon him to put the law iw forcer--
The father of the young lady, she being a minor,
should be bound over for her appearance to prosecute
at the ensuing Assizes.
Miss Colson here, with much emotion, declared
she would not appear against him, convinced as she
was that he had no intention to injure her, and that
it was only owing to her attempt to size the pistol
that she was hurt.

By the advice of Mr. Humphreys, however, and
the earnest intreaties of the gentleman himself, she at
length consented.
Stir .Tout` then observed, that it would be necessary
Mr. Eliton should be committed till another exami.
nation could take place, in order that the coachman,
and another witness who did not then appear, might
attend.

Gt ILDRALt..--Yesterday, Rickard KirLy, accused
of receiving, knowing them to be stolen, several
small quantities of camphor from Samuel Boon,
porter to Messrs. Maud and Co. druegists, Alders-
gate-street, and who had been liberated oa finding
hail for his appearance this day, again appeared.—
The rormer evidence was read over, and it was stated
that several Gentlemen were ready to identify some
of the articles, eonsisting of bark, isingla6s, anti-
mony, cream of tartar, Dutch drops, &c. &c. f mind
in the Prisoner's premises. Some of these parties,
however, being necessarily•absent, the prisoner found
bail to take his trial at the Sessions for the Misde-
meanor, with whirl) he is already charged.
Some frienAs of Mr. Daffy Swinton applied to the
Sitting Magistrate (Sir John Earner), to havl&an in-
fusion of Aloes, Spirits, &c. seized yesterday, whilst
conveying to him in Newgate, delivered up to them
on this ground, that the concoction in question being
in the nature of a medicine, Mr. Swinton was enti-
tled under the Act of Parliament, to have it brought
to him, in such quantities as he should chase, in pri-
son. In support of this plea, the Act of the 24th
Geo. 11. chapter fourth, was read, in which a gene-
ral exception was made of any spirits introduced into
a prison in the way of medicine. On looking more
minutely into the Act, however, it appeared that such
medicine must have been authorised by the prescrip-
tion of some regular physician, surgeon, or apotlee-
eary, and must have come from the shop of some
regular apothecary. In both these respects the con-
coction in question did net come within the exception
in the Act. Neither was the article so sought to be
iutroduccd into the prlon intended to be used by Mr.
Swinton as medicine for himself alone, but to be im-
p:trtei by lira to others.

Mr. lieptity Box, apothecary to Newgate, attend-
ed. He did not represent the infusion as a noxious
drug, but was rather inclined to admit, that, in some
limes, it might he usefully administered.
The worthy Alderman, on the ground, that no
person who was a prisoner in Newgate, bad; of his
iora free will, a right to open an apothecary's shop
there, and to dli.obe of such medicines as he thought
prope r _was of opinion that Mr. Swinton had no
neht to insist on the infusion in question behigbrought
ii him in prison, in quantities beyond whait a regular