Star.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

BONAPARTE-MARQUIS COANWALLIS.

LINES
ON lIIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

BY THE REV• GEORGE CRABS', igloo&

Of old, when a Monarch of England appear'd
In Scotland, he came as a foe;
There was war in the land, and around it were beard
Lamentation, and mourning, and woe
In the bordering land, which the Muses love best,
Was one whom they favour'd of old;
',Vith a view of the future his mind they imprebed,
And gave him the power to unfold!
is Come, strike me the harp, and my spirit sustain,

That these visions of glory annoy,
While Ito the Chieftains of Scotland explain
What their Sons shall hereafter enjoy!
I see, but from far,—l beheld, but not near,
When war on the Border shall cease;
New Cities will rise, and the triumphs appear,
•
Of'Riches, and Science, and Peace !
" Oh! give me to breathe, while this scene I describe,
A Monarch in Scotland I see,
When she pours from her Highlands and Lowlands each tribe,
Vho arc loyal, and happy, and free'
" The Islands at rest, in their Sovereign rejoice,
Lo the power and the wealth they display ;
And there comes from the lands and the waters a voice,
From the Shannon, the Thames, and the Tay!
" All hail to our King ! is the shout of the crowd;

I see them, a shadowy throng;
They are loyally free, are respectfully proud,
And joy to their King is their song!
" Yet bear up, my soul, 'ds a theme of delight,
'That thousands hereafter shall sing,
how Scotland, and Englsnd, and Ireland unite
In their glory, their might, and their King I
41 Aloud strike the harp, for my bosom is cold,

And the sound has a charm on my fears—
A City new-clothed, as a bride, I behold,
And a limg as her bridegroom appears!
" 'Ti, He whom they love, and who loves them.again,
Who partakes of the joy he imparts;
Who over three nations shall happily reign,
And establish his throne in their hearts!"
Edinburgh, August 15, ISt&

THE NEW TREAD-MILL.

The tread.rnila a contrivance for the exercise of unprofitable
labour in pri 'oils, is an invention of truly classical design, and
Ina fairly rank with the perpetual revolving wheel of Izion, the
rolling stone of Sisyphus, or the endless task of the Betides. The
ra.isliment of the iaorimon, which we find so frequently held
tomb in terror to tecrees in the Latin Comedy, is revived in mo-
dern times, aid Magistrates will unwillingly speak in the pro-
verbial language of Terence, and reprobate in their best Eng-
aernon:or, pibtrino dignum. The tread mill is worked by a
wheel. somewhat resembling that of a water mill, which the pri-
soners turn by treading on horizontal planks, brought round
with a rapidity proportionate to their pressure. We cannot, in-
deed, more shortly describe the principle of action, than by com-
paring it to that which our Readers may see every day in the re-
volving cove/ squirrels, which whirl round and round with the
movement of their active prisoners. The difference consists in
this only—that the fear footed captives produce the motion from
within, while the bipeds produce it from without.
The great object of the invention seems to be to give arr exer-
. Cise for labour, when there is nothing for it to work upon, also to
deprive the prisoner of the satisfaction of seeing his allotted task
advance undsr his hands, and indeed of all those excitements
that belong to watching the progress of labour, in whatever man-
ncr, or under whatever circumstances it may re applied. It was
specially recommended, by a writer on prisons in a late Edin-
burgh Review, and seems admirably calculated to accomplish all
that he so exceptionably desires: " We would banish all the looms,
and substitute nothing but the tread wheel, or the capstan, or
some :.pecies of labour, where the labourer could not see the re-
suit of his toil—when it was as monotonous, irksome, and dull as
possible—pulling and pushing, instead of reading and writing—no
stare of.profits—not a single shining." The impulse of benevo-
lence that laboured to reform the condition, and with that, the
lives of prisoners, has perhaps been pushed too far, but we dread
the re-action of sentiment in the other extreme Olsible in the pas-
sage we have quoted. We deprecate the idea of making the pri-
son_ r useless to himself, and leaving him to doubt whether the
sweat of his brow is even profitable to others--of rendering his pri-
son so utterly cheeriess,irksome, and monotonous, as seems the in-
tention of this writer. Such a system would cut off the link that
connects the prisoner with the community—debarred of all inter-
course, not only with his fellow-man, but with books, and forbid-
den to be useful to others and himself, by means of his industry, be
must feel himself iompletely separated from his species, and the
consequence would be, that the malignant vices of the monastery
would he engendered in the gloom of the jail—our malefactors
may be Ird encugh, but don't let us have them let loose among us
with the malice of monks! A serious objection, however, to this
machine is, that the labour will be far from equal. According to
the habits of the individual, it will prove grievous, or compara-
tively easy. It is very clear, that bricklayers, in the daily habit
of running up ladders with heavy loads will find the tread-mill no
great hardship—the labour of which, it will be remarked, is that
of ascending, as it were, an endless flight of steps—roguish foot-
men and domestic servants will perhaps find its demands on:them
less pressing than those of capricious and impatient masters and
mistresses ; while artisans and persons of sedentary habits will
End the unaccustomed exercise almost intolerable. Again, it will
vary in its effect in respect of different constitutions. For a man
whose lungs are in any manner affected, for an asthmatic patient,
• more destructive and insupportable torture could scarcely be
devised, or one more calculated to shorten life. There are many
other diseases to which it would also be highly, though in a less
degree, injurious ; and to the soundest constitution and habit of
body we can conceive no exercise more trying, if unreconciled
by custom, than this—than which there is none that employs the
physical powers to less mechanical advantage.

Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, a coal-porter
of the name of Stringer, in the employment of Mr.
Nicholls, Sun-wharf, Upper Thames-street, while on
the craft in the act of dipping water, accidentally
fell from the barge into the River, and was picked
up not more than ten minutes afterwards.—All at-
tempts to restore animation were resorted to, but
were found unavailing.
The Prussian naturalists Dr. EHRENBERG and Dr
HEI4PRICH, on their travels to the north of Africa,
arrived on the 15th of February at the celebrated
city of Dongola, the capital of Nubia. Previously,
in the years 1820 and 1821, they had sent ten chests
and four casks, with subjects of natural history, to
the Royal Museum at Berlin.
The Court of Examiners for regulating the prac-
tices of Apothecaries, under a late Act of Parliament,
have determined that attendance on the Physicians'
practice of Provincial Hospitals (which must be for
six months at least) shall confer the same eligibili-
ties as a similar attendance on Hospitals in London.
This privilege is likely to be eminently useful to stu-
dents in the medical profession, inasmuch as it will
afford to many of them an opportunity of completing
an important branch of their education in the conn-
tryl and of thus exclusively devoting the period of their
attettdauce in London to other professional objects.

We have already noticed Mr. 014aaaa's a Na-
poleon in Exile" as one of the most curious and in-
teresting works that has appeared for many years.
We at the same time gave one or.two brief extracts;
and now quote the following interesting passages :
41 Cornwallis," said he, 4g was a man of probity, a
generous, and sincere character. Uo tres brave honane.
He was the man who first gave me a good opinion
of the English ; his integrity, fidelity, frankness, and
the nobleness of.his sentiments, impressed me with a
very favourable opinion of you. I recollect Corn-
wallis saying, one day, 4 There are certain qualities
which may be bought, but a good character, since-
rity, a proper pride, and calmness in the hour of
danger, are not to be purchased !* These words made
an impression upon me. I. gave him a regiment of
cavalry to amuse himself wit)) at Amiens, which used
to manoeuvre before him. The Officers of it loved
him much. Ido not believe that he was a man of
first-rate abilities, but he had talent, great probity,
and sincerity. He never broke his word. At Amiens,
the Treaty was ready, and was to be sighed by him at
the Hotel de la Ville, at nine o'clock. Something
happened which prevented him from going ; but he
sent word to the French Ministers, thEtsthey might
consider the Treaty as having been signed, and that
he would sign it the following day. A courier from.
England arrived at night, with directions for him to
refuse his consent to certain articles, and not to sign
the Treaty. Though Cornwallis had not signed it,
and might herb easily availed himself of this order, he
was a man of such strict honour, that he said he con-
sidered his promise to be equivalent to his signature,
and wrote to his Government that he had promised,
and that, having once pledged his word, he would
keep it. That if they were not satisfied, they might
4 refuse to ratify the Treaty. Them was a man of ho-
nour—a true Englishman! Such a man as Corn-
wallis ought to have been sent here, instead of a
compound of falsehood, suspicion, and meanness. I
was much grieved when I heard of his death. Some
of his family occasionally wrote to me,. to request
favours for some prisoners, which I always com-
plied with."

" Shortly after Marengo," continued Napoleon,
44 Louis wrote a letter to me, which was delivered by
the Abbe Montesquieu, in which he said that L de-
layed for a long time to restore him to his throne;
that the happiness of France could never be com-
plete without him ; neither could the glory of the
country he complete without me; that one was as ne-.
cessary to it as the other ; and concluded by desiring
me to chuse whatever I thought proper, which would
be granted under him, prov►ded that I restored him
to his throne. I sent him back a very handsome an-
swer, in which I stated that I was extremely sorry
for the Misfortunes of himself and his family ; that I
was ready to do everything in my power to relieve
them, and would interest myself about providing a
suitable income for them ; but that he might aban-
don the thought of ever returning to France as a
Sovereign, as that could not be effected without his
having passed over the bodies of five hundred thou•
sand Frenchmen."

THE RAMBLER SUSPECTED.—There has been a cu•
rious statement published in the literary world, of
Dr. Joussosr having been suspected Gf writing .his
Rambkrs to satirise a Country Club. The suspicion,
however, was a great compliment to the author. Mr.
MURPHY relates that when the Rambler was first pub-
lished in separate numbers, as they were objects of
attention to multitudes of people, they happened to
attract the notice of a Society that met every Satur-
day evening, in summer, at Romfor.i, in Essex, and
were known by the name of the Bowling-green Club.
These men seeing one day the character of Serviculus
the fortune-hunter, or Testrica, the Old Maid—
another day some account of a person, who spent his
life in hoping for a legacy—or of him who is always
prying into other folks' affairs, began to think that
they were betrayed, and that some one of the coterie
sat down to divert himself by giving to the Public
portraits of all the rest. Filled with wrath against
the traitor of Romford, one of them resolved to write
to the:printer, and inquire the author's name—Sam WM.
JOHNSON was the reply. No more was necessary—
Samuel Johnson was thenanie of the Curate, and seen
did he obtain the reproach of every one for turning
his friends into ridicule, in a manner so cruel and un-
provoked. In vain did the guiltless Curate proteit
his innocence—one was sure that Aliqui meant Mr.
Twigg, and that Cupidus was but another name for
neighbour Baggs ; till the poor Parson, unable to
contend any longer against such reasoning, rode to
London, and brought them full satisfaction concern-
ing the writer, who from his own knowledge of ge-
neral manners, quickened by a strong and vigorous
mind, had delineated, though unknown to himself,
the Members of the Ronyord Bowling-green Club.
FURIOUS DRIVING.—A few days ago an Inquisi

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tion was taken at the Middlesex Hospital, upon the
body of a woman who met her death in consequence
of injuries she received by being run over by a Gen-
tleman's gig in the New-road, and the Jury found a
verdict of Manslaughter against the driver, and levied
a deodand of £5 upon the horse and gig. Yesterday
Mr. STIRLING, the Coroner,attended at Marlborough-
street Office, and got his warrant signed by the Ma-
gistrate, to whom he produced the depositions, when
JAMES NEWHAM, Esq. merchant, residing at Kensing-
ton Gravel Pits, the driver of the gig, accompanied
by two friends, also attended, and after some conver-
sation, Banks, the officer' formally served the war-
rant upon him, and then he was bound over in £2OO
himself, and his two sureties in £lOO each, for his ap-
pearance to the charge at the ensuing Sessions.:
THZ Mmes.—At the last sale, at Truro, 94.0 tons
of copper ore sold at a standard of £lO7. ls.—The
tin coinage for the Midsummer quarter at Truro,
ended on the 3d instant, when the number of blocks'
coined amounted to SOSO.
A crop of hay, being the second this year,was car.
ried on the ltth lust. from one of the Lammas-fields,
near Nottingham, a circumstance very unusual, and
affording to the occupier a substantial proof of
the beneficial effects of the late rains. After the ga-
;haring of the first crop, about seven weeks ago, the
herbage in the same field was literally burnt up by
the heat and drought.