Star.
London, England, 1823-09-06 00:00:00

MISSIONARY HYMN.

BY THE REV. DR. REGINALD HEBER,
2ISUOP Or CALCUWTA. •
From Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afries sunny fountains•
Roll down their golden sand;
From many an ancient river,
From many a balmy plain,
They call us to deliver
Their Land from Error's chain I
What though the spicy breeses
Blow soft on Ceylon's isle,
Though ev'ry prospect pleases,
And only man is vile;
In vain, with lavish kindness,
The gifts of GOD are strown:
The Heathen, in his blindness,
Bows down to wood and stone!
Shall we, whose souls are lighted
With wisdom from on high,
Shall we to man benighted
The light of life deny ?
Salvation ! 0, Salvation!
The joyful sound proclaim,
'Till each remotest nation
Has learnt Manua's name !
Waft, waft, ye winds, his story,
And you, ye waters, roll,
Till like a sea of glory,
It spreads from pole to pole ;
Till o'er our ransom'd nature,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
RtDIDDIER, Kato, CREATOR,
In bliss return to reign !

NEW CHURCHES.

CHURCHES NOW BUILDING IN AND NEAR LONDON;
THEIR STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE, THE PROGRESS
MADE WITH THEM, SCC•••• FROM PARLIAMENTARY

DreUbIENTS.

CHELSEA, St. Luke; style Gothis, with Tower and
porches : accommodation for 2,003 ; grant 8,3331.
6s. Sd. list stone laid 12th October, 1820. The
works remaining to be done to complete the building
are principally the greater part of the joiners' work ;
the steps and
.internal paving ; about one-third of the
external ashlar work; the greater part of the above
are already prepared ; part of the glazing, the paint-
ing, and varnishing. To be finished October next.
CAMBERWELL, Surrey; Style Doric, with Portico
and Steeple ; accommodation for 1,734 ; giant 5000/.
First stone lai.l 23.1 April, 1822. The steeple is
finished, and the scaffolding removed ; the whole of
the exterior masonry is completed, except the web-
tern pediment, the steps and paving of the portico,
the cleaning off the west front, and the fluting of the
columns. The plasterers have finished three-fourths
of the ceiling of the church, and a considerable quan-
tity of the ersiched entablature round the interior;
the greater vir, of the joiners' work is prepared, but
none yet fix.e.l. To be finished December nest.
GireeNwictr, Kent: style Grecian of the lonian
lonic 0; der, with Portic., and Tower ; accommodr-
tion for 1,713; grant 11,000/. Begnn June, 1823.
The ground generally is being excavated, and on the
tooth-east anule the walls are built up to the level of
the ground. f ) be fini.hed October, 1821.
IlacKNF.y, 'Middlesex; style Doric, with Portico
and Cupola; accrsmmodation for 1,828; estimate
1(3,5001. Begun 17th November, 1821. The whnle
of the masons, bricklayers', plumbers, and carpen-
ter,' works fiiti,hed, except the portico. The joiners
work for- the inside fittings is in a forward state of
preparation, and the pla-tmeri* work will be nearly
finished by the end of the present month. To be
completed October next.
H A NOVER-SQVAR., (Regent-street, in the Parish of
S:. George,) Middlesex ; style lonic, of the Temp/co,/
Minerva-Polias' at Prieni, two Belfries, Portico, and
Cupola ; accommodation for 1,580 ; grant 5,5;51.
Begun 16th April, 1823. The granite plinth is set
to both turrets, and the Portland bases set thereon
(except.the base of north-east turret). The Portland
base on each side of principal door-way, the plinth-
stones and part of the architrave of principal door-
way are set. The ground vault under the street is
oompleted, with the brick.piers to receive the columns
of the portico. The eight brick piers to receive the
columns in the interior of the chapel are brought up to
their proper height to receive the stone. The west
wall is built up to the height of plate of upper gallery.
The north and south walls are built up to the height
of first gallery. The timber of roof is sawing out.
To be finished Dec. 1824.
Nonwooo, in the parish of Lambeth, Surrey :
style Grecian, of the Corinthian order, with Steeple
and Portico; accommodation for 1,412; estimate
12,3871. Bs. 3d. Begun 16th April, 1823. The walls
of the principal and north front, and the tower, are
carried up to the height of nine feet above the level
of the church floor; the walls of the other side of the
church are, on the average, about seven feet above
the floor. To be finished June, 1824.
BRIXTON, in the parish of Lambeth; style Doric,
with Portico Tower and Steeple; accommodation for
1,926; estimate 15,3401. Begun Ist July, 1822.
Exterior :—The body of this church is completed.
The tower is carried up to the height of about
twenty-two feet above the cornice of the church. All
the shafts, and one of the capitals of the columns of
the portico, ate fixed ; another capital, and a great
part of the entablature are worked ready for fixing.
Interior : The vaults are turned, and the centres were
struck on the 29th May. The timbers for the gallery
floor are all framed and fixed; and more than half
the iron window-frames are fixed. The plasterer has
neatly finished the ceiling and walls down to the
gallery floor. The joiner's work is prepared, ready
for fixing up : and the painter has given part of it the
first coat of paint. To be completed December next.
KENNINGTON, in the parish of Lambeth ; style
Grecian Doric, with Portico Tower and Cupola : ac-
commodation for 2,016 ; estimate 15,2481. Begun
Ist July, 1822. The body of the church is roofed in,
the arched. vaults turned and centres struck; the win-
dow-frames fixing, and the joiners' work in progress;
the plastering is rapidly proceeding. The tower is
carried .up to the top of the windows of the bell-loft.
To be finished June, 1824.
WATERLOO•BOADa in the parish of Lanibeth ; style

Doric with Portico and Steeple; accommodation fir
2,032; estimate 18,1191. Begun 30th June, 1823.
The piling and planking of the foundation finished;
and the whole of the walls carried to the height of
eleven feet, on the average, above the planking. To
be finished July, 1824.
MARY-LA-BONNE, (Langham-place ) Middlesex ;
style Grecian the lower order, lonic the upper ; Co-
rinthian Portico and Spire; accommodation for 1,761;
estimate 19,5141. Begun 18th November, 1822.
South side of the church, the walls are 23 feet above
the paving of the church. North side, the walls are
21 feet above the paving. The walls of the circular
tower are 16 feet above the paving of the church. To
be finished March,lB24.
MARY-LA-BONNE, (Wyndham-place,) Middlesex;
style lonic, with Portico and Tower ; accommodation
for 1,828; estimate 20,0001. Begun in the autumn of
1821 ; the foundations were laid at different times, as
possession of the ground was obtained. The whole
nearly finished.
MARY-LA-BONNE, (Stafford-street,) Middlesex ;
style Roman, of the lonic order, with Portico and
Cupola; accommodation for 1,844; estimate 19,7431.
Bricks were laid in the foundation, 29th July, 1822.
The external walls are raised to the height of 20 feet
above the level of the street. The internal stone co-
lumns, and pilasters are fixed to the level of the gal-
' lery. All the vaulting is completed. Two-thirds of
the gallery timber are fixed, and the roof is framed.
To be completed September, 1824.
NEwisoTox, (Beckford-place), Surrey; style Gre-
cian; accommodation for 2,000; estimate 18,4681.
Begun 2d June, 1823. Work just commenced. To
be finished December, 1824..
NEWINGTON, (Suffolk-street,) Surrey; style Corin-
thian, with Portico and Tower; accommodation for
2,018; estimate 1.5,775/. Begun 2d June, 1823. The
piling and planking of the foundation are completed,
and the walls of the church carried to the height of
12 feet four inches above the planking, being the
height for receiving the stone plinth ; the masons are
preparing the plinth and ashlar, of which a consider-
able quantity is ready for setting; the large trusses
of the roof are all framed._ To be finished by Mid •
summer, 1824.
OLD -STII Egr, Saint Luke, Middlesex ; style Roman,
lonic Steeple and Portico; accommodation for 1,608;
estimate 15,065/. Begun 22d January, 1822. The
whole building is completed, excepting the tower, and
steps to poi tico, and a part of the pesving and interior
finishing:. To be finished this month.
ST. PANCRAS (Regent-square, Middlesex); style
Grecian lonic, with Portico and Tower ; accommo-
dation for 1,832; estimate 16.528/. Begun 26th Au-
gust, 1822. The walls are up ready to receive the
gallery timbers. To be finished September, 1824.
ST. PANCRAS (Somers-town) Middlesex; st) le Go-
thic, with Tower and Pinnacles; accommodation for
1,985 ; estimate 14.2911. Begun 26th August, 1822.
The walls a: e 'up ready to receive thegallety timbers.
To. be completed June, 1821.
CIIL.ICIIES or CnAPELS are to be built at the rol-
' lowing places, the plans having Leen approved:
IlitanVOlLD, Shipley, York ; style Gothic, with Tower.
BRA Pr() ID, WiiSdell, York; style Gothic. with Tower.
liimor-WrAlt3lollTll Durham; style Gothic, with Cupola.
Duot.zr, Netherton:Worcester; style Gothic, with Tower.
Dawssune, Darien York; style Gothic, with
Tower sod Pinnacles.

Dzwssuur, Dewsbury Moor, York ; style Gothic, with
Tower and Pinnacles.

IlasovEn-ot7.sitr, Pimlico, Middlesex; style Grecian. •
GATIDMEAD, Durham ; style Go hie.
l'itcsvim„ the Paths; style Gothic, with Turrets.
Plans for New Churches or Chapels at the fol-
lowing places are under consideration:
Bermondsey, Surrey; Blackburn, Mellor, Lancaster; Bir-
mingham, Dale End, Warwick; Clerkenwell, Middlesex;
Dean, Farnsworth, Lancaster; Dewsbury, Earls Heaton, York;
Edmonton, Middlesex; Liverpool, Lancaster; itlary-la.Blnne,
Hastens Division, Iliddiesex; Manchester, Travis-street, Lan-
caster; Manchester, Marne, Lancaster; Oldham, Lancaster;
Portsea, Southampton; Shoreditch, Iloxton Division, Middle-
sex; Shoreditch, llag;Terstoa Division, Middlesex ; and Shef-
field, Sheffield Moor, York.

Places where New Churches or Chapels are to be
built, but for which the plans have not been received :
Bethnal Green, Middlesex ; Blackburn (two)1 Lancaster;
Birmingham, Watwielt ; Chelsea, Rana Town Divimion of the
Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex; St. George in the East, Mid-
dlesex ; Hanover-square, St. George, Middlesex ; liolborn, St.
Andrew, City of London and. Canty of Niddlesex; Islington,
Ilornsey, and Pancras, in the parishes of Highgate, Middlesex;
Kensington, Middlesex ; Si. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex ;
and Old street, St. Luke, Middlesex.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—Monday morning, the
Friends, Captain PIIII.I.IPS, in attempting to make
Izer moorings at t!:e Cluay at Carmai then, the fresh
in the river swung her ,Itddenly round, and she fell
on board of the llope, Bristol trader, when Captain
Jou N, of the laiter, in attempting to fend her off, was
so dreadfully crushed between the bowsprit of the
one vessel and the pump of the other, that he-sur-
vived the accident but a few minutes. He has left a
widow and six children.

TILE NIGHTINGALE.—This is the season chosen
by those sweet serenaders of the night to leave the
shores of Albion for more congenial climes. Consi-
derable numbers of those sweet warblers, like other
birds of passage, are now lodging in the little gar-
dens within the very precincts of Brighton. A bota-
nical Gentleman of that place, whilst seeking for
plants, observed their gradual approach towards the
coast, and on Wednesday morning he traced them
to the garden of Mrs. SOBER, near Bedford-square,
where the young birds were distinctly heard to make
their call of congregation during the whole day.
" Thus the wise nightingale that ►eaves her home,
Pursuing constantly the cheerful spring,
To foreign groves does her old music bring !"

The nightingales do not migrate so far to the west
as Cornwall; they sometimes visit Yorkshire, but
never favour Scotland or Ireland with their song.
" The nightingale now bends her flight
From the high trees, where all the night
She sang so sweet, with none to listen ;
And hides her from the morning star,
Where thickets of pomegranate glisten !"

It is generally supposed that these feathered song-
sters emigrate to Syria, which was anciently called
the Land of Roses, and where,the Eastern Poets tell us,
" The nightingales warbled their enchanting notes, and rent
the thin veils of the rosebud and the rose."
This little plaintive chorister of vesper hours has
been named Pliilame', from Philomela, a Princess of
Athens, who died of grief and melancholy, and was,
if we may believe ancient Poets,. metamorphosed into
this bird, which bears her name, and continues to
mourn her fate. It is called nightingale &Urn the
Saxon, galan• to sing.

PALACE COURT.

SEPTEMBER 5.
WHITE AND ANOTHER V. QOMPERTZ.

In this case Mr. Tinsman had obtained a rule
nisi that the bail-bond executed on behalf of the de-
fendant, who was arrested for a debt of £77, alleged
by the plaintiffs to be due to them for goods sold and
delivered, should be delivered up to be cancelled, on
the ground that the defendant, being one of the ho-
nourable band of his Majesty's Gentlemen Pensioners,
was privileged from arrest.
Mr. CLARIDGE now shewed cause against the rule.
He said that this was in some respects a case of first
impression; for he could find none upon the books
exactly bearing upon the principle it involved. The
cases at all resembling it which had been decided,
were cases in which the defendants were menial ser-
vants of the King, such as his body coachman, or un-
der clerk of the kitchen, whose services were sup-
posed to be always indispensable ; and as it was his
Majesty's accommodation, and not that of the set-
vant that was contemplated, the claim of protection
by privilege in these cases was allowed. But in the
present instance, he contended that the services of
the defendant were not of that constant and indis-
pensable nature that would bring them within the
rule he had referred to. The defendant, according
to his own agidavit, was only bound to attend his
Majesty at his Drawing-room and Levee, and on
other similar occasions. His duties, therefore, were
mere duties of state.
The Cowry asked if it was possible to say when he
might not be called on to perform one of these duties ?
Mr. CLARIDGE observed, that at all events, accord-
ing to his affidavit, these duties might be performed
by a deputy, who was to be approved of by the Cap-
tain, the Earl of Courtown.
The COURT said, that the defendant might not be
able to find a deputy of whom the Earl of Cow town
would approve.
Mr. CLARIDGE submitted that he was bound at
least to shew by affidavit that he had endeavoured to
provide a sufficient deputy to be tendered to the Earl
for his approval. However, after interchanging a
few other observations with the Court, the Learned
Counsel declined pressing the argument any further.
Rule absolute.

RIOT Al A FUNERAL.—Tuesday afternoon an ez•
traordinary scene took place in the Parish of St. John,
Westminster, and a watchman named Oliver nar-
rowly escaped with his life, in consequence of the in-
dignant fury of John Bull. Oliver's wife died on
Monday, at his lodgings in Grub-street, Horseferry•
road, and on Tuesday he begged of the Overseers a
grave in St. John's Church-yard to bury her. Tues-
day afternoon the parish bearers arrived at Oliver's
room, to carry the corpse to its long home, when they
found that Oliver had thought proper to dispense
with that article which is generally used on such oc-
casions, viz. a coffin, but had enveloped the corpse in
an old blanket. The neighbour's, knowing that he
did not want the means to buy a coffin, interfered, to
prevent the body being interred by the unfeeling
husband in that state; and the parish bearers, though
used to disgusting scenes of wretchedness, refused to
carry the corpse in that state through the streets, and
they returned to the Workhouse and procured a shell,
in which the body was carried to the grave, followed
by the husband solos. On the way to the grave, as
the corpse passed down Grub-street, Marwham-street,
and Peter-street, to St. John's Church, the women in
the neighbourhood assembled and pelted hint all the
way, and he sustained very considerable injury.

ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—At one o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 26th ult. Mr. Samuel Milligan, surpervisor
of excise, accompanied by Messrs. Pagan, Grant, and
ltoss, excise officers, and a small party of the 73d
regiment, succeeded, after much exertion, in disco-
vering a private distillery at work, on a large scale,
in Eaglesham Moor, which, for a considerable time
past, has been the great theatre for illicit distillation,
carried on with systematic regularity, and to an ex-
tent of which no example has hitherto been discovered,
in any other part of the counties of Lanark or Ren-
frew. On this occasion, a still of 110 gallons con-
tent, was found at work, five large mash tuns, the
content of each 240 gallons, one cooler of 250 and
one mash tun of 320 gallons content, 680 gallons of
fermented wash, 200 gallons of wort, SO gallons of
low wines, 10 gallons of barm, and six spirit casks,
all of which, with a variety of petty articles, were
burned or destroyed ; and what may be considered
of equal value u ith this destruction of utensils and
materials, hree of the ruffian gang concerned in car-
rying on a trade so pernicious, were secured, and
with great chfficulty carried prisoners to Paisley,
where, as they were unable to pay the fines awarded
against them, they were committed to Paisley jail in
terms of the Statute. It can be ascertained by pretty
good evidence, and even by the evidence of the de-
linquents in custody, that from 20 to 30 bolls of malt
were mashed and distilled into spirits every week at
this work, and if this was the case, the Revenue, for
the time it was carrying on, must, on a moderate
calculation, have sustained a loss at the rate 0f3500/.
per annum. By the detection, therefore, of an illicit
work of such magnitude, Mr. Milligan has rendered
an essential service to the country, for which much
praisiis due to him and his officers. The career of
the Eaglesham gang may now be considered as draw-
ing rapidly to a close. The Glasgow officers have
been as eminently active and assiduous in the dis-
charge of this branch of their duty as the Paisley
ones, and from the combined exertions of two classes
of men, equally eager to distinguish themselves, and
above all, from the example held out by the circum-
stance of twenty offenders' of this description being
just now in Paisley jail, the smuggler can no longer
hope to carry on his traffic with impunity in this
quarter.— Glasgow Courier.
D. DELVEAU respectfully solicits the attention of
the Nobility and Gentry to his newly-invented Double
Movement Harp, for which he has obtained his Ma-
jesty's Patent, and the unqualified approbation of Mr.
BOUM and other eminent Professors. Independent
of the more splendid and elegant appearance of this
Harp, the sound (principally the bass) is more power-
ful, and the strings (except the very small one), war-
ranted not to break. J. D. has likewise discovered
a methOd of adding, at a moderate expense, the
Double Movement to any Single.action Harps.—
To be seen at the Manufactory,
.28, Conduit-street,
Hanover-square.

BIRTHS.
Lately, at. St. Servans, in France, the LacTy pf Lieut. J:well.
R.N. of a son.

Sept. 1, the Lady of Sir Edward Synge, Bart. of High Cliff
House, Dorsetshire, of a ten.
August 25, the wife of the Rev. R. H. Scott, of Newcastle,
of a son.

Angust 22, the wife of W. Whitehead, a wot king man, re-
siding at Ball Green, Halifax, was delivered of twin children,
for the third time; she has also had a triple birth, making, at
four births, nine children !