Star.
London, England, 1814-12-21 00:00:00

CRANIOLOGY.

VERSES ON A SKULL FOUND IN A CHURCH-YARD.
NY A CRANIOLOGIST.
'ft siva (sir Zief [MS ArneIIXTOW“
Tlriereer, er' Levi. Stuolitets.
0 empty vault of former Fiery !
Wltste'er thou wert in time of old,
Thy surface tells the living story,
now si hollow, dead, and cold ;
For in thy form is yet descried
The traces left of young desire ;
The Paieter's art, the Statesman's pride,
The Muse's song, the Poet's fire;
. But these, forsooth, now seem to be
Mere lumps on thy periphery.
Dear Nature, constant in her laws,
Hath mark'd each mental operation,
Fhe ev'ry feelitig's limit draws
On all the heads thoughout the nation,
That there might no deception be;
And he who kens her tokens well,
Hears tongues which every where agree
In language that no lies can tell—
Cettrage-7Deceit—Destruction—Theft—
Have traces on the skulcap left.
But through all Nature's constancy
An awful change of form is seen,
s. • Two forms are not which quite agree,
None is rrplac'd that once bath been,
Endless variety in all,
From Fly to Man, Creation's pride,
Each shows his proper form—to fall
Eftsoons in time's o'erwhelming tide
. And mutabilil goes on
With ceaseless combination.
'Tis thine to teach with magic power
Those who rill find life's fragile stem,
To suck the sweets of every flower,
Before the sun shall set to them;
Calm the contending passitins dire,
Which on thy surface I descry,
Like water struggling with the fire
In combat, which of them shall die;
Thus is the soul In Fury's car,
A type of Hell's intestine war.
Old wall of man's most noble part,
While now I trace with trembling hand
Thy sentiments*, how oft I start,
Dismayed at such a jarring hand.
Man, with discordant frenzy fraught,
•
Seems either madman, fool, or knave;
To try to five is all he's taug,ht—
To 'scape her foot who nought doth save
In life's proud race ;—(unknown our goal)
To strive against a kindred soul.t
Those various organs thew the place,
Where Friendship lov'd, where paliion closed,
• %Vitere veneration grew in grace,
Witere Justice sway'd, where man was proud—
Witt nce Wit its slippery sallies threw
On Vanity, thereby defeated;
Where Hope's imaginary view
Of things to come (fond fool) is seated,
Where circumspection made us fear,
Mid gleams of joy some danger near:
Here fair Benevolence doth grow
In forehead high—here Imitation
Adorns the stage; here on the brow
Are sound, and colour, and gay motion.
Here doth appropriation try,
By help of secrecy zo gain
A store of wealth. against we die,
For heirs to dissipate again.
Cause and Compari-on here show,
The use of every thing we know.
But here that fiend of fiends doth dwell,
Wild Ideality unshaken
By iacts or theory, whose spell
Maddens the soul and fires our beacon.
Whom memory tortures, loves deludes,
Whom circumspection fills with dread,
On every organ he obtrudes,
Until Destruction o'er his head
Impends ; then mad with luckless strife,
He volunteers the loss of life.
And coast thou teach to future man
The way his evils to repair—
Say. 0 memento—of the span
Of mortal life ? For if the care
Of truth to science be not given
(From whotn no treach'ry it can sever),
There's no dependence under Heaven
That error may ndt reign for ever.
Some future head more good may cull
Ftom thee, when my own head's a skull.
• The orgms marked on the outside of the head.
f Competition for honour and riches the coalition occupation
of the multitude.

WINDSOR, DEC. 20.—The weather proving very
Ene to-day, her MAJESTY, accompanied by Princess
ELIZABETH, attended by two Ladies in Waiting, took
an airing in a coach and four, through Slough, &c.
Princess AUGUSTA, attended by Generals TA veoal
and CARTWRIGHT, Mr. Dissaow, and Lady MARY.
TAYLOR, rode on horseback. Princess MARY, at-
tended by a Lady in Waiting, walked from the Castle
to Frogmore. Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALEN, who
appears in excellent health, drove herself in an open
can iage with her beautiful grey poneys, followed by
' several attendants, through the Park, &c.
A party of Sportsmen, last week, near Cheadle,
hunted 26 and killed 19 hares, 1+ pheasants, 14 brace
and a halt of partridges, 3 woodcocks, and 13 rah-
-1345, in one day.

In the vicinity of Cupar of Angus, on Thursday
the lith inst. Eliza Farquharwn Cruden, a child of
five years old, daughter of Cruden, Esq. as
she was travelling northward, the door of the car-
riage flew open, whereby the child was precipitated
with violence on the road, and killed on the spot.

Tuesday night, the 6th inst. a stable belo4ing to
Mr. Johnitonaldson, Sauchland, was discoi eree. to
be on ire, and for some time bore a most alarming
aspect; but by timely assistance, the flames were
prevented from spreading farther than the house in
which they originated. Four horses perished in the
flames.
On the 11th inst. or.e of the bed-rooms of Rosehill,
Lelonp,ing to Mr. Duthie, of Ruthrieston, n( ar Aber-
deen, was discovered to be on tire. The flames raged
with considerable violence for nearly two hours,
threatening destruction to the whole premises. By
great exertrons, the house was miraculously saved,
after having been on fire in two dillerent places.—
The damage is principally confined to the room
where the fire originated, and where some valuable
furniture has been totally destroyed.
Wednesday a fellow of the name of William Fra-
med was convicted before the Vice-Provost of Enni:;,
Ireland, with having induced a soldier of the 18th
regiment to dispose of his &clock, and for which, it
appears, Freeman had given him ss. laid. Freeman
appointed a place for Meeting and receiving his pur-
chase—the soldier was punctual, but be had previ-
ously communicated the circumstance, and Freeman
was seized, with hii prize well secured under his
great coat. He was sent to jail for three months, or
to pay a fine of 485 within four dais from his con.
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