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THE WIDOW 'S FAREWELL
ON TOR =PASTORS OF ORR SON FOR TS 1 I /UST INDUS;
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Fareweff, my dear son now my sunshine of pleasure
sbadow'd to think that my grief is so near;
Thou wilt sail to the East V the prospect of treasute,
But I, thy lore mother, a widow, am here
When the seas shall arise and the vessel lie driven,
0 think of the bosom that sighs but for thee!
Should that vessel be lost, then my heart will be riven,
And all my desires will be buried with me !
Remember me dearly!—lf distances sever,
I trust, when this life is ended and past,
We shall meet in those realms where affection will never
By passion be clouded, but endlessly last ! .1. R. P.

ANTIQUITIES Im THE CASTLE or HASTINGS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Hastings, Friday. August 6, ISM.
Several men employed in excavating the interior parts of the
what Cade of Hastings (from its heights are beautiful extensive
views of the ocean, Peveneey Bey, and a rich, variegated, rem a&
country), discovered, on Saturday, July the Stet, three Mao ai-
des, deposited in a chamber or vault. Two of than are ems het
in length ; one of which has been opened by removing a Sat mew,
intended as a lid. It contained a perfect skeleton, nseaserlng surly
six feet. At the first estop Arai the ribs were Armed, bet en emperor,
to the atmosphere were soon depressed, and their original appearance
obliterated, except the visible indurated state of die leg and thigh-
bones, with some of the vertebra, arms, jaws. and teeth; but from
the decay of the ligaments which articulated the hones of the pelvis
having caused a change of the position of them, stockish somewhat
difficult to ascertain whether the individual was male or fanale,though

no doubt a person of consequence and distinction, probobly intorrid
many centuries ago, if not is the time of William the Conqueror.
Although no inscription has been traced or observed, it is resew-
able to suppose those only of importance were buried within the
precincts or confines of the Castle walls.
In another co6n, near to the we described, about five feet long,
evidently were deposited the remains of a child. The third will
not be inspected, I believe, until the arrival of the Earl of Chiches-
ter who, it is conjectured, will revisit Hastings in a short time.
The labourers are stiU actively going on with their occupation
and researches, and, it is thought, are on the eve of getting access
to other apartments, and a kind of entraoce by a gateway, denoting,
from a variety of demonstrations, this explored situation to have
been a chapel. It is said the Castle formerly stood on six acres of
ground, and that Lord Chichester means to iodise its present rule
ous state and the works in the manner in which they are laid open,
also to erect a cotta or lodge for a person to reside in, for the
purpose of exhibiting or pointing out whatever may be deemed
worthy of notice. Mr. Moss, a Gentleman who has written on the
antiquities of Hastings and its environs, with his friend, an anti-
quary, are daily on the Castle, with a view to take drawings to elu-
cidate and throw light on this dilapidated fabric. Amongst the re-
lics, a silver penny, of the reign of Queen Mary, has been dug up,
date 1557 ; also, half a large spur, incrusted and nearly corroded
towards the rowel, which is similar to those represented as-eforn
by the ancient cavalry. A large key, of a singular construction,
which might have belonged to one of the Castle-gates, has been
. found, and presented to the Earl of Chichester.
SCOTCH ATTAINDERS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SIR—I read lately a statement 'published in your
Paper, of the auaintsd Peerages of Scotland, giving the
limitation in the patent of each, and the present repre-
sentative of each family, where any such exists, the
whole being furnished, as you mention, by a Gentleman
distinguished for his accuracy and antiquarian research.
So tar as I know, the statement in question appears
to be very correct, except as to the Peerage of Niths-
dale, of which the only titles in the family are stated to
have been Earl of Nithsdale and Lord Maxwell, both
destined to heirs male, all of whom ate said to be ex-
tinct. This may be very true so far as regards the titles
of Nithsdale and Maxwell ; but I think your friend has
omitted to mention the title of Lord Herries, which was
also in the family at the time of the attainder in 1715,
and which was destined to heirs general—for if your
!Earned friend will look into Crawford's or Wood's
Peerage of Scotland, he will find that the eldest daugh-
ter of Lord Herries (I believe in the sixteenth century)
married Sir John Maxwell, second son of Lord Max-
well, and thit their successors bore'the title of Lord
Herries, till at last, on the failure of the eldest male
branch, the then-Lord Herries succeeded to the honours
of Nithsdale, which continued in the same line till the
attainder in 1715. _ _

I may also mention, that there are two other Peerages,
Wemyss and Airly, which are considered by
many persons of legal knowledge to have been forfeited,
though the titles have been for a long time assumed by
the representatives of these families. The eldest son of
the Earl of Wemyss was attainted for being in the re-
bellion of 1745 ; and going abroad, survived his father
many years, but died without issue. On his death, his
brother, Mr. Charteris Wemyss, assumed the titles, in
1787. In like manner the eldest son of the Earl of Airly
was attainted, and survived his father; and dying with-
out issue, the titles were assumed by his brother.
In order, however to place their right out of doubt.
Lord Airly was advised to give in a claim to the Peer.
age about twelve years ago, which was for some time
under discussion in the House of Lords; and in 1818
the twelve Judges pronounced an opinion to this effect,
—that an attainted person, succeeding to a title of ho-
nour, or to an estate tail in dignity, being incapable by
the attainder to inherit, the estate tail immediately re-
verted to the Crown ; the dignity, therefore, was not
suspended merely, but destroyed, so that it could net
be restored without an Act of Parliament. This opi-
nion was so strong against the claim in question, that it
has not been prosecuted any farther, and neither Lord
Wemyss nor Lord Airly have ever voted in any con-
tested election of the sixteen Peers to represent the Scot-
tish Peerage in Parliament. The only effectual secu-
rity to Lord Wemyss and Lord Airly would be a strong
application by them and the representatives of the at-
tainted families, to induce his Majesty to recommend
to Parliament a reversal of all the attainders of 1715
and 1745, a measure which I should hope will, at no
distant period, be agreed to.
I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
Grangemouth, N.B. Aug. 4, 1824. J. M.
rather think your friend will also find that
the male branches of the families of Seaton, of Garleton,
and Dalsell, of Glens, are also extinct.

Upwards of five hundred dogs have been destroyed
by the police of Liverpool, since the Mayor's last order.
Owen Muzinaa.—Saturday, as a young man was
snowing nettles in a field between How-lane and Nor-
bury-lane, Manchester, he discovered on the bank of the
dredge, concealed amongst some nettles, the body of a
male infant, about four months old, with its head tut
off. At a little distance from the body, be found the
bead carefully sewed up in a piece of flannel, but in so
putrid a state as not to leave a feature discernible.
The tribunal of the First Instance at Nismes, has sen-
tenced to six days' imprisonment, and a fine, a Catholic
woman, for having insulted one of the pastors of the
Reformed Chdrch, while in the performance of his
functions. to her husband, a Protestant, who was at the
point of death.

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DrlltE DE DOUDE4UVIL LE.
The following character of the Duke do Doudeau-
ville, the new Master of the Zing's Household, is co.
piedfr?m the Etoik.
There is always some difficulty in praising a Minister
on the attainment of power, so very slight is the shade
between eulogium anti flattery. Still there exist men in
praising whom this datiger is avoided ; and M. the
Duke de la Rochefoucault Doideauville is among that
number. We do not eulogize in him the illustriousness
of his birth, which, however noble, is among the
least of those advantages be possesses.
He was a Colonel at the breaking out of the Revolu-
tion, fought under the White Flag upon the banks of the
Rhine, and served with constancy through three genera-
tions of heroes, two of whom returned to France onlyl
to die. The King, on re-entering France in 1814, ap-
pointed the Duke his first Commissariat. We know
perfectly what was reluctantly said respecting the Duke
himself by the di Man of the Hundred Days, who esti-
mated his fidelity to his Sovereign, and who pronounced
him among the most valuable of men, and esteemed
by all parties.
M. the Duke de Doudeauville, who ranked as a Peer
befOre and after the Revolution, knew only one path
—that of honour. Faithful to his duties, he served only
the Bourbons. No person ever mingled more of gen-
tleness d obligingness with his private intercourse,
nor evinced more of firmness in his political senti-
ments: This noble firmness of sentiment was most
strikingly evinced in 1815, when the Duke was called to
undertake the Presidency of the Electoral College of
Seine et Marne. Attached most heartily to the Re.
storatien, yet he constantly advocated the came of
public freedom in the Chamber of Peers, which he con-
tended could never be expected to flourish so well as un-
der the protecting shade of the throne of the Bourbons.
A lover of literature, and an enlightened patron of the
Fine Arts, the eminent situation to which the selection
of his Sovereign has appointed him, will offer great oc-
casions for exercising the wisdom of his administrative
views, and the taste and activity which characterise
him. It would be difficult to describe the regrets which
are expressed on account of the Noble Duke's removal
from the Postmasteribip, where his conduct was marked
by reforms and by ameliorations, the indisputable be-
nefits of which time alone min enable the public to ap-
preciate to their full extent. M. the Duke de Doudeau-
ville is, indeed, one of those Ministers who occasion no
regret till they have ceased to officiate.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, A VGUSTIO.

J. W. P. Newsom was opposed by Mr. Ha*ru, on
behalf of Joseph Stephenson.
The insolvent, it appeared, had formerly been in
partnership with a person .narned John Proctor, with
whom he carried on the business of a general merchant,
at Savage-gardens, Tower-hill, London; and in the
island of Trinidad, in the West Indies. In the month
of November, 1822, Proctor died at Trinidad, without
having accounted to his partner for the proceeds of a
cargo shipped to him of the value of 9001. of no part
of which he bas yet been able to obtain possession, or
even intelligence, farther than that it had got into the
hands of an attorney in the island. All the particulars
of the cargo, however, were entered in the insolvent's
books, which were lodged in Court. Upon hearing that
his partner had died, the insolvent called a meeting of
his creditors, and they agreed to wait until he could ob-
tain some positive information from TA inidad respecting
the effects of the firm in that place. In the meantime
he became a commission wine-merchant, but realised
little or nothing from that business. Re had repeatedly
accepted accommodation bills for Mr. Joseph Proctor,
his partner's brother, which were always punctually
paid; and the latter baying taken a still, and purchased
*a stock of rum from Mr. Stephenson, for which he was
to pay him about 1,0001. the insolvent was induced to
lend him his name upon a bill of 4901. which he gave
to Mr. Stephenson, together with 5001. in cash. This
was after the insolvent had called a meeting of his cre-
ditors. Before the bill became due Proctor became a
bankrupt, and it was, of course, dishonoured. The in-
solvent said he confidently anticipated that the bill
would have been regularly paid,because all those which
he had previously accepted for Proctor had been punc-
tually honoured; and because he thought Mrs. Soleby,
Proctor's sister, would have advanced him money upon
discount to meet it for her brother, as she had frequently
done on other similar occasions, and as she would have
done now, but for the bankruptcy of her brother, which
occurred before the bill's maturity.
In this case the judgment of the Court was, that the
insolvent be remanded within the walls of the prison for
eight calendar months, for having contracted a debt
with Mr. Stephenson without reasonable expectation of
being able to pay it.
T. Norman, late of the Poulterers' Arms public-
house, Leader hall-market, came up for final hearing
and judgment, after being remanded from the 27th ult.
in order that he might have time to get sober, he being
then a little mystified in his intellects, in consequence of
swallowing "potations deep and strong," and incapable
of giving explicit and satisfactory answers relative to
his interest in the public-house be occupied.
It appeared, from his present evidence, that for several
years he had underlet the upper part of the Poulterers
Arms, at the rate of two guineas a-week, and that it
had passed through the hands of several persons from
time to time, and the fixtures, as originally appraised,
were transferred from one to the other, who were ac-
cepted by the insolvent as tenants. The furniture be-
longing to the house was the property of his wife, by
virtue of a will of a former husband, and be considered
he bad no controul over it. This was the reason why
he did not put it in his schedule. The house was mort-
gaged for a considerable sum, and the concern made
over to a person of the name of Notes, who was now
receiving the proceeds of the business in part satisfac-
tion for advances made by him when the insolvent en-
tered upon the premises.
Mr. Comes submitted that the insolvent had violated
the Act, by fraudulently transferring his property to
Mr. Notes, his brother-in-law.
The COURT, however, thought that as NlGNokeshad
made an advance of money for the specific purpose of
enabling the insolvent to take the Poulterers' Arms, the
part repayment, out of the proceeds arising from it, could
not be deemed an undue preference, and therefore or-
dered the insolvent to be discharged.
Same, James Townsend was remanded for four ca-
lendar months within the walls of the prison, for putting
his creditors to expense, by setting up a sham plea, &c.

A letter from Gottenburgh, of the 28th of July, says,
that the greater part of the town of Marstrand is burnt
to the ground.