Star.
London, England, 1822-12-05 00:00:00

WINTER.

'ROM TUE MUSEUM ; OR, RECORD OV LITERATURE, st.

Timm often will old Whiter come again.
With his ill ornen'd eyes of frozen blue, • •
And long heard drizzling with slistrp icy dew,
Girding his wither'd loins with iron chain,
And shouting with a charnel voice the reign
Of olden tyranny began anew?
Why do ye worship him, ye mountains hoar?
Doth he not often in proud anger tear
Your leafy honours, stripping ye as bare
As the bleak plains upon the polar shore?
And ye hoarse battling waves, whose hideous roar
Ts like a thousand lions in their lair,
Must crouch when his bleach'd banner, like Death's pall,
Waves drearily triumphant over all!

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MARIA LOUISA, the W IDOIV of BONAPARTE.

This Illustrious Personage has been variously re-
presented to the world, according as the whim, envy,
or interests of people have dictated. Like many
great personages, she is but little known ; and, cons-
Dared to the prominent figure she once made in the
landscape of human life, she has for some years oc-
cupied a shady spot, in the back ground. of the paint-
ing. Little is known of her domestic hahits ; and her
public actions neither want praise nor demand cen-
sute. The Principalities over which she rules are
amongst the finest in Italy, and her subjects gene-
r illy contented. Her Prime Minister, Baron Glaive,
is a man of ordinary talents; to him everything is
confided, and his duty is little more than being
steward over the estates of .2 large family; that he
exercises -the stewardship with discretion is proved
by no complaints ever being preferred against him.
The whole revenue of the three Principalities is not
more than the Duke of Northumberland's income;,
aad to keep her Court, &c. at Parma, Maria Louisa
has not above £50,000 per annum. Of the money,
left her and her son by Napoleon, they have never
yet received a shilling; and it is known at her sepa-
ration from her unfortunate consort that she carried
away only her jewels, and those of inconsiderable
value. Her Court, though small, is said to have
'teen the theatre of great intrigues, and there exists
not a 'more voluptuous society in Italy than the walk
of Parma inclose. _ _ _

The silence which Maria Louisa has observed with
respect to her husband has been variously construed;
some say she was positively interdicted from ever
making any application in his favour, or even men•
;kitting his name; bat such is not the case. She mar-
ried Napoleon from motives of ambition. She was
only attached to his power and glory. It is said she
never wrote him a letter in his exile—it is certain she
never mentions his name—not even to his son ; and
in common conversation relative to public affairs,
when his name must he spoken of, she calls him
NApoleon, the late French Emperor," but never''
her late husband.
Maria Louisa and onr late Queen, when Princess
of Wales, were intimate friends. They travelled
over Tuscany together, and at Leghorn they resided
in the same Palace.

While NAPOLEON was yet a Subaltern in the Army,
ajtussianOfficer, with much self-sufficiency, remarked,
" that his country fought for glory, and the French
for gain." " You are perfectly right," answered NA.
POLEON, " for every one fights for that which he does
not possess."
An Englishman walking in the principal street of
Darmstadt with a German friend,was thus addressed
by the latter, who pointed out to him a Gentleman
on the opposite side of the way—" Look at that Of&
cer; would you believe it, that with so fine a person,
and a mind to correspond with it, he has received
two baskets?" The surprise occasioned by this ex-
pression was removed by the information that, when
a Lady refuses an offer of love, she sends the feckless
lover a little basket, as a token of her disinclination
to receive his addresses.

The female Boy ards have always a chaplet of pearls,
coral, lapis lazuli, or agate in their hands, which they
make use of with as much grace as our Ladies do of
fins. They constantly twine the beads of these chap-
lets in their fingers, and are said to have invented a
kind of alphabet on them, by means of which they
communicate their secrets to their lovers or confidants.

An Inquest was held on Tuesday evening, at the
Brazen Head, Lisson Grove, before Titostas STIR-
LING, Esq. on the body of William Weston, aged 50.
It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased had
for some hours been drinking in the above-named
house, and having gone outside, in about five minutes
afterwards he was found lying on the ground in a
senseless state.—Mr. Davies, a surgeon, of Lisson
Green, attended the deceased, and found him in a
state of lethargy; he first applied cold water to his
head, and afterwards opened the artery of the temple,
during which be expired. In his opinion the deceased
died of apoplexy, but it might have been hastened by
drinking. Verdict—Died by the visitation of Goo.
An Inquest was held last week at Lanover, Mon-
mouthshire, on the body of William Hoiskin, who
was killed by a bull. The deceased, an aged man,
observing his neighbour's bull break into his ground,
went to drive him out, when the animal madetowards
him, and inflicted a number of severe wounds, which
produced almost instant death. Verdict—Accidental
Death. The bull was immediately shot.
Yesterday, an Inquest was held at the Wellington
Tavern, Goswell-street, on the body of a boy eight
years of age, named George Erith. On Saturday,
the deceased was out to play with many other 'chil-
dren, and by some means or other strolled from his
comrades And got into a deep ditch. There was a
strong suspicion that he had been pushed into the
ditch. Seven or eight witnesses were examined, and
their testimony all went to the same effect. None
could tell how the deceased came into the ditch, and
the Jury returned a verdict— Found Drowned.
An Inquest was held at the Duke of Bedford, Old
Gravel-lane, on the body of Frances Brown. The de-
ceased was subject to fits, and on Saturday last was
found on her hands and knees, with her head under
the grate, and a pair of snuffers in her hand, which
she appeared to have been cleaning. The, cinders
from the grate had fallen on her neck, and burnt it
to the bone. A surgeon attributed her death to a
fit, and the Jury returned a verdict—Died by the vi- '
ligation of Goo.