Star.
London, England, 1815-01-03 00:00:00

BRITAIN'S MERCIES,
A THANKSGIVING FOR THE NEW TRAK. •
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Happy isle of Britain bnunded
By the gently swelling flood;
• nut bet suratirefuge gtounded
On tfie circling arms of Gov;
• Loan of HOSTS, we look to thee,
/fill our rod and rettge '
tome behold the desolations
Hateful War hart' made around;
Yet awitlq the outlet lig melons

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We have min &lAet-al:et. found,
Coo bath spoken, ard 'tis dont,
lithcr, and no further, come.
Welcome! days of Peace returning
Never may the trumpet more
Wake the rage of VAsriors buroirg,
Drench the earth with human gore!
„Snap the Priv and bre-sk the bow,
rtt the implihneatta of woe !
De t:ty awed name ettalted,
Thou art t;on and thou alone;
litylt above the Heaven% vaulted,
Seated on 0.7 glorinua throve!
Ye that dwt:ll on BR IT
Know your mercies and afore rt tl a tr.

FdISHIONS FOR J41vu.,14.r.

ItitoM AKERMANN'S RWPOSIT(4tY.
'POLL Da ess.—A cel?stial blue crape frock, over a white satin
clip, ornamented round the le-etnnt wall a deep border of tall or
net lace. enobroid. red with shaerd lihte silks 304 Olt ; short
full sleeve, trimmest with toll or net lace; the dress trimmed en-
tirely round the top, to correspond. Hair parted in the centre
of the lershead, contiued in the Grecian style, and blended with
flowers. Neckiace of pearl.
Eve/titan Int t.35.-I.ight pink satin gowo, trimmed round
the bottom Vole a lace Conner, laid on richly, senate(' and headed
wait tufts of the same; &bust mil sleeve, trinuued with lace.-
4 shell lace tipi.et.
gruNt LA ISPLLE ASSEMBLER.
Mfir NI NGWA LSI N /W —Black velvet slip, finished at
the bottom with a double row of trimming. Oyer this dress is
a Mork sa in priisse,l nett with reee-eolouted ctrs let. The tam-
Mins is coon cut d of stamped velvet, superior to embroidery. for
which it is interlard as a ,•tlattitute. A piece of rich worked
nuosPr, et. pointed lace, •ratuls up rom.d the !imam, and partly
"shades ato elegant small tippet of the newly invented Britannia
pearl fur, 1 brae tippets, which are row much worn', are parti-
cularly appropriate to dark silk, tor velvet relived, as they consi-
derably laughter their effrct. Head-etches, the Britannia pearl
tar hat.
Ai+ OTIOL It WA trille Thisss—French cambric walking dress,
ver) abort in the wits', and the body a la chaise, superbly appli-
Nord with kWh gin lace. Long eleeve ornamented in a similar
sionner all the way don n. The mantic which is worn with this
Or4a, is coomposed of the finest Mutme, or plumh-coloar cloth,
lined with whirr serstnt ; the form of ibis mantle is the moat
itrikitte, tastetul, elegant, and origlual that we have ever seen
I Inv shape.we refer cur readers to the Plate. 'I he fullness at
pia competed of astir., to citririptatti with the cloak, laid on in
4,itsis. The trimming, wh.cis is mixture ot acid clie-
nt/le, is the inost elegant royal, of the kind that has ever been
• nirudueed.' have.no hesitation in say ive;that It is infinitely
-opsiyeeio cir• et to any of the silk trimming now wore, and it is
*chaps ;he nay one of them, ti.e pattern of which is perfectly
iovel and original. Thia mantic sri.l be fouttd particularly desi-
rablelor delicate women lit the present severe weat6er, tram Its
beirg wadded rot a the shoulders and bosom, a ciactinistaace,
' dw seer—, titb yno means recent* it donlaying the shape to
abe stnititt itleatuage in. that rimpect ; indeed it claims a Zeeide#
got-whew/ice, dose. nothing cin more elegantly becoming.
lmptiased, french bounet at black Britannia ye.trl fur, -urns
talented with a light elegant plume ut feathers to correspond...
Veachablossuln 1001/43 Znd kal boots.
• The above dresses were invented by Mrs. Bell,. Inven-
arm of the I.adia ektipois Bre' and tie Circassian Curvets, and
of *horn only they can be had, at her Magnin des Man, No.
got ChaSOtt: .64 etc, Liedfortl.square.

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• An act of an atrocious nature was perpetrated by
sane mircreant, on Tuesday evening, December 27,
thntown of Royston, by firing a gun, loaded with
41*, oto the window of the.ball.room at the Red
pm Inn, at a time when very hap company of
ladies and gentlemen were met to cloy the amuse.
mew of a dance. The aim of the villain was se true;
Ahat the whole of the large window, with the excep.
Sion of one pane, was broken to pieces ; one hundred
shot holes were counted by the glazier, through dif.
frrent panes of eats, and reaching to the farthest
end of the room. .It appears, that, to ensure the,
cloinfore of the company, precautionary measures had
keen iskun to prevent improper persons .frUal 14I1Utie
ng: thLlP'Selvit.s into the assembly-room. This. it
. teems, gave umbrage, and suspicion has fallen um.,
an individual. It ksiii great pleasure to learn, that
Ilte aka completely bultil..-not one.of. the company
was injured, nor was therm-any interruption, save for
;he moment, to the pY'AStlteo of .the evening.
It is a eurit ,uS cosncitlence, that in Walker's
tog, of Independence, published about the year 1660,
i.rleeordieg some of the dandit: of those hypocritical
days, he relates an intrigue of Sir Hetare Mikomay,l
that " pretending himself taken with use cholic, he
et an opportunity. to insinuate himself into a citizen's
got an opputtWttY to insisluate himself into a citizen'i
quse inCheapside, and tempted hi,:nife„ but met with
a most spit ited repulse."
LOCXL TorteNn.--Holulers of Local Tokens can
compel the payment of them, although it should hap.
pen that they have. not the value of one pound of them
'a 'herr possession. . A case of, this kind was decided
In the Court of Requests, in Bath, on Wednesday.
the defendants (Messrs. Culverhouse and Co.) con.
wade& that they could
.not be compelled, on the
grounds of their tokens expressing :that payment
should be made in a one pound note for '2os. value;
but this was over-ruled by. the Court, who decided
that every single token must be paid on presentation,
ottl) -,pled ;at the same time remaxking,

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MAxstots, 14(0111:AXIIsterder.1. Zue/sh vm tvmleit'
qp by Johnson, the City alter, under a charge of
liirvieg in Ids ponession a qdantity df counterfeit bunk
tokens. Johnson-owatt, that on Sunday he was is t
formed, by a. Gentleman, that he had bought some',
oranges of a Jew bey, who had rung the changes on
him, and given him a bad Ss. piece. In consequence
of this information, Johnson went to the Bank, and
the moment he made bis appearance, a general route
took place among the Jews. Johnson pursued the ,
prisoner, and took him in Bank-street. When he •
was taken to the Compter, Johnson searched him,
and found on him eight bad shillings, and sit coun-
terfeit 18d. tokens: The prisoner was then convicted,
udder the late Bank Token Act, in the mitigated pe-
nalty of £3, for every bad Md. piece, found in his
possession. Being unable to pay the penalty, he was
committed to prison for three months, or until he
' should pay the fine.
S. Cohen, another Jew, was brought up by Johnson,
under similar circumstances with the former prisoner.
Upon him the officer found three counterfeit is.
pieces, wrapped up in a• piece of paper. These not
amounting to the number specified by the Act, he
was fined ss. for selling fruit during the time of Di-
vine Service, and ordered to be discharged.
Gto Lona I.l..—Yesterday J. Kenntll and J. Reeves,
the fist about 11 years of age, and the other scarcely ,
12, were brought up, charged with stealing
,twes
shawls, . the property of Mr. Jones, lie. en-draper, of
Fleet Market. About six o'clock on Saturday seven:,
an officer observed the boys at the prosecutor's'
window, and hearing a pane of glass broke, he ac.
quainted the prosecutor with his suspicions. The boys.,
were watched, and seen to take the two shawls out of
a pane, which had been previously cracked, and from
which they had removed the cracked piece, so as to
get their hands into the shop. They were both com-
mitted for trial, it appearing that Kennel had only
been eight or nine days released from Bridewell.
J. Brown, who was charged on Saturday with rob.
bing his employers of a portmanteau, and a quantity of
Madeira in bottles, v:as fully committed.
QUEEN•SQUARIL --Yesterday Messrs. Wood and
Co. coal-merchants, ON orthumberland.street,charged
a man in their employ, with robbing them of coals •
and also another person on suspicion of r!ceiving [hi;
same, knowing them to be stolen. The facts were
made ont to the satisfaction of the Magistrate, and
tile servant of Mesirs. Wood was committed for trial,
and the receiver *admitted to bail.

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MARL OOROUGII-STRILIITo.-.Yysterday a little urchin,
under eight years of age, was charged with stealing
a one pound note, a pint of oil, &ea The prisowir
got behind the counter, and stole the note out of the
till. lit spent a part of the property, and carried the
remainder to his mother, who appeared, and gave a.
most shocking history of the prisoner's
lie tv.ts too young for prosecution, and the Magill.,
trate titrneditina over to his friends, with a suitable
admonition. • . I
HAT rom • GilllDlM—Yesterday Jehxiand Hannah'
Gates were again charged with stealinga bundle and
its contents (as mentioned in a former ACIOUNt)' the
property of Mr. lumen, of PagetsWalk, Bermondsey,
which box was left by mistake in the hackney coach,
No. 259, of which the prisoner, J. Gates, was the
driver. The different pawnbrokers with whom past
of the articles were pawned attended, and produced
them ; which were identified by Mr. Purnell, alas' his,
sister-in-law. The prisoners were fully committed. •
J. Nickolas,. the driver of the coach, No. 75`1, ern
fined twenty shillings and costs, for ref using tit take
a party home from Covent Gard:n Theatte on Thurs-
day night last:
UNION Hate.--Jfarf and Nianor Smith, mother
and daughter, were yesterday brought before Mr.
Serjeant S 1 u.nN, charged by Mr. Williams, inen-
draper, of Newington, with stealing a piece Of calico
from his shop, on Saturday morning last. it ap-
peared, that the prisoners weot into the shop together,
and the elder one desired to have some pieces of ca-
lico sheen to •her ; several were accordingly taken
4uwn, and after some time she desired to have f.itir
yards cut off from one of them. This was accor-
dingly done, and she paid fur it. The shopman, who
was serving her, however, bad previously observed
her roll up a piece of celiac), and' draw it from the
counter under her shawl, and he now suffered her to
get to the door of the shop, where, by his direction,
she . was stopped by the other shopman, and the: car
lico was• taken from her. The prisoner now denied
the truth of the statement that the calico was taken
from her ; she said she never had it, and that it was
picked up by the shopman from the door, where it
had fallen ; this did not satisfy the Magistrate, and
sne was committed d'or trial. Nothing,appearing to
eliminate the daughter, she was discharged.
7. Gilliam, the driver of a Portstinouth waggon,
was charged by his employer with embezzling various
bums Of money entrusted to him by his master. From
'the prosecutdes statement, it appeared that the psi.
soner had received £3. pee week, to defray all the
.incidental charges of his joerney a and that he wee
produced to his master bills and receipts of differe*
trallesnien to that amount. The prosecutor at length
suspecting sornethiug wrong, went bitmelt down the
road ; and, on enquiry amongst the different trades.
men, he discovered that the prisoner had !or some
time been carrying on a system of fraud, by destroy!
the real bills received from the tradesmen, end
fabricating others for larger sums. In spine cage
the had substituted eel. ISs. 6d. for 10s. 6J. and in
Others the frail.' was still greater. He was corn.
irnitted for trial.
• J. Apr:, a seafaring man, who. was remanded
from last week; having been stopped by a pawnbroker,
to whcm he had offered a gold watch, worth seld. in
pawn for 30s. was again. brought up. On his first.
examination he stated, that be bad bought the watch,
two years ago, of a Jew, named Hart, who is a slop•
seller at Plymouth, to whom lie bed given £3. for it.
This account not having been deemed satisfactory he
was remanded, in order that the WetCh might be ad.
vertiseil, and to, see whether any one would come for:,
ward to claim it. Yesterday a Mn, Bristow, the
.wife of the Captain of a Wept Indisman, appeared,
and claimed the watch as being her property. She
stated that in November last she went on, heard the
'tetra in. the West . India Docks to remain two or
tree. 4aP frith bliskaltd• At thi; time the or,
,was,atewarak,ool)nsittip, .9p *Am
ae missed bit **IA Ribil* kW, goof MR

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the titter from that tinie . • the saw him before'
Alas tia yoga,. 41he "mot Asad somennwillingoess
tO ptdsecnte thetAlsonet, Ailais relations were re-
nOttYable, but his ICor4shipli4avht it a ease de-
serving of severe pinlishmenit.' The prisoner at lan
Ateived the choice of talting'bis trial.; or ni entering
it soldier into the service of the East India Com-
lmny, if they would accept of him. Ht choie the
ter, its timsequente of which he was remanded till
Thursday, to ate if the Company would take him
into their service. •
R. Floyd and W. nolatirpright were charged by their
employer (Mt. Emmet, of Laurence Pountney-lane,
oilman and drysalter) with robbing him to a consi-
derable amount. Mr. Emmet stated, that Floyd,
who was one of his warehousemen, had been in his
employment for 13 years atid a half. The other pri-
soner was his porter, and had been with him for nine
weeks: Having missed a number of articles, and
suspecting Floya,lie sent for two Officers, who came
and searched him in the warehouse. They found on
him a bottle of sallad oil, in his breeches pocket, and
a quart bottle of pickles in his coat pocket. On
searching his lodgings in Norfolk-street, City-road,
they found a great many articles, which Mr. Emrr.:_t
identified as lacing his property. When the other
prisoner was searched !toiling was found on him ;
.but on examining his lodgings, property of Mr. Em-
mot's was found there to the amount of JC.B. or Jeff.
They were Walt remanded till Thursday.
4 .ffqI.!II•r•qIPIM.M.M;•
MON7III.I' 46RICQI2UR..elL REPORT.
The wheat pon the gfotinii; On all well-drained
lands, look pet the arty sown lutin-
runt. In all great wheat' counties, ,the.quantilp
sown is fully equal to thst ef the twolist 'seasons,
probably the must extensive ever before sown in PirL.
taut. Rye, tares, and the cattle crops, have a health!!
and luxuriant appearance; the latter sown turnips
havegreatly unproved with the mild and showe,y
w.eatho. Considerable breadths of early turnips,
which had filled, were previously broken up, and the
land sown with wheat. Early beans and peas for
market, in the London districts, have had a tine seed
season, and much of them above ground. The ex-
pectation is general, that sheep ,and cattle food will
be short in the spring, and hay is likely to be dear.
The late report from Norfolk, of the insalubrity of
cows, of that nto.it exuberant root called mange!.
wuriel,, or the root of scarcity, is universally slighted
throughout the country. Lean cattle have declined
in price, and butchets' meat in the metropolis has
lately advanced, but is not expected to maintain it,
lit price.

PRICES )P GRAIN, A
Wheat, Kent and Essex, 744.
per iir.—New 60s. 641.
Mitch Suffolk, ..tu.
Ditto New, 00s. 00..
Ditto, Norfolk, 40.. 008.
Rye, 3SI. Us.
Barley, lbs. 335.
White Peas, ids. SO& bdlers
52..

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MARK-LANE, MN. it.
r PILICSI.
Grey Peas,4os. 445. -
Sma!l /Jeans, 404.4H4.
Tick Date, Ms. 4(h.
Oats, Mater, SOIL 345.
Ditto, Poland, Sts. ins.
Oars, Ford, 19s. fits.
Malt, 66,. 745.
Flow, lift 65s per Sack.
liapeseed, 230. Xss. per tau.
µ4):.
barleyt ace. Us-
Gets, k tea. 904. 261,
Ditto, brew, ‘..ttis. t9s.
White Pew. 445. 4154.
Grey Peas, Jas. 36a,
Small lieu', 3its. S4s.

Wheat, DaTitste, s4s. 71..
Ditto, Beide Red, 544. 604.
Ditto, biaatbrie ur Urr.roses,
434. Ms.
Ditto, Br.ibant Reif, 45.. Ms.
'Rye, 5p...?74.

litmus* or Wive*/ Li Atinic-t.i.tt t: hops Des. I" to Dec. It,
Tots! B,llllt gu4rcers—Aver.tgo6.so Sid.-01 (IN thaw
laq remelt. .
Racoon or Fcovo !rota De:.l7, to Dec. 113.—Total 12,135.1
oults.—Average 114s:Oid.--Os. lid. lower than last week.

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copper only excepted; at Inc 11,1111.4 c 111 1.14.• .••..••• ••••••••67
I/ that if it were otherwise, it would be the greatest in-
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`... - justice—the law now prohibiting the holder item
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. , . passing his token to any but the original issuer.
I';. Bow's,: SESSIOS.—At these Sessions, Entign V.
6
A 4. Palmer, of the Bengal Establishment, Ne.t.: tried
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''.. for a ci noinal assault on *child nine years of age, and ,
": •,: was Acquitted.—E. Forster, a private in his lthjetty's
!'• 44Ith loot, was indicted for the murder of S. Tomlin-
fon, belonging to the same corps. The parties were
. fit supper, on the list of April, at Beraniwre ; the
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prjeouer, Who was in a state of intoxication, atterboat-
i;.•a matief woman, observed that the deceased by
has• . hast looks conunioratecl her .uitnation. He inkotedi!.
•• auk struck hani on the right siiie, below the ribs.
' The* *blow, calmed
.iastant Malt. There was no guar::
': ' iribelmmesAwt polio. Previcno ,inalleo not bp-iog
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, An,-40; three howl deliberation. &toad',
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'.l ,41,vsaigglits.taWidow ammo, of the oante,
• 4 tit WI* Owiscsisn#4. the to oil Of II illgAbi
hor sap-m-41w at 134i.4a3.:148'.1b414, 4704 fii e
.. ... nies,dow adjoining Windsor, wstii Or dopornao, . lij
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