Star.
London, England, 1814-10-05 00:00:00

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•k Tut DRATO OF EDWARD MORGAN, A BRITISII SEAMAN,
PRISONER OF WAR, IN PRANCE, WHO WAS BARBAROUSLY
SHOT AT TILE Decor OF SARRE-LOWS, PURSVANT To TILE
SENTENCE OP A MILITARY COMMISSION, ON TDB STII Or
tiers-esteem, 1809, UNDER A IritIVOT.OVS CDARGEOr ASSAULT-
ENO AND DISARMING A TRENCH SOLDIER.
'Mut nactte vitulas bun
Singulos, hcu! laceraut.
It-falls, the gallant Youth! the fatal load
Too well performs ire mission, wing'd with death !
• Low on the ground reclines his bleeding head,
And not a friend, to catch his parting breath!
No.eonirade to bemoan his hapless end,
He falls, untinetlyfalls, in life's full bloom;
No weeping followers o'er his ashes bend,
And breathe a pray'r, and strew with flowers his tomb!
What crime was thine, ill-fated Youth ? what deed
Hast thou committed, to deserve this fate?
No crime was thine—but thine the lot to bleed,
Attd thine to glut a cruel Tyrant's hate !
Nor was there warning giten thee to prepare
To meet a change su awful and so near!
Nor friend alloyed, thy sentence to declare,
And pour the dreadful secret ht thine ear !
Religion's aid to thee, alas! tliny'd,
• No pious lips consoling wards adirest ; .
prom worldly objects turn'd thy soul aside,
And suoth'd, with op ring Heav'n, thy throbbing breast!
At break of day, in lush the ruffian band ;
At break of day, unlock thy dungeon's door;
. With manacles they bind thy trembling band,
Bestride their steeds, and drive thee on before.
Lieu then, with cruel mock'ry and deceit,
Their real mis•ion studious they disguise;
Tell thee, that Brrcni awaits thy wand'ring feet,
And buoy thei• up with hope, and false surmise.
Through lonely streets mys'erious leads the way,
impearl'd with dew still shines the glistening grau;
In silent sleep, as yet Creation lay,
Atil not a window open d, saw thee pass.
But soon the dreadful truth contested appears;
Behind thee, lies Sarre-Louis' fasten*d gate.;
In (rent, its solemn at the church. yard rears,
And soldiers, under arms, thy coming wait.
And now, whilst horror frowns t!.‘ scene around,
Thine eyes they blind-fold, and they bid Mee km:telt'
Now Hash the tubes of de:nil, with certain wound,
And rolls the thunder, with treinetnlous peal

NOR. us. iii, OD. 11.

'lit done! th' atroeioas murder is atchiev'd !
Thy mortal seff'ungs now arepast, and o'er ;
Now, from all sc oddly care and toil reliev'd,
No cells, no deffgeons shall confine thee more
No ruthless Tyrant now shall longer hold
In chains thy body, or thy mind in awe ;
No venal Jury, to a Despot sold,
Ctractno thee, with the mockery of law !
No march, in fetters', make thy frame decay;
No icy daiu the vital current freeze;
No loathir ate dungeon shut thee out from day ;.
Wet craw—thy bed; thy certain lot—disease!
To harp er climes thy joyful spirit flies,
WI ere seas of bliss, in tide perpetual, flow;
And, from the lofty mansion of the skies,
down with pity on the world below !
• Some idea of the difficulty of a march, in chains, may he
formed from the following circumstance, the veracity of which the
Pinot vouches for. Twelve mates of merchant-men were sent
front Verdun to Bitche, for desertion. They were chained, three
luta three, in separate divisions; their irons, on being taken off,
weighed fifty-eight pounds, lot every three men; and so strongly
ware they muted, that the poor fellows were oblige•l to lay
their heads down on a block, to have the collar, which went
round their neck, aawed asunder. In this condition they had re-
stained, day and night, for ten successive days, on the road.

Dialty-LAN: E. THE k lan and Wife w•as the
nay last night at this Theatre. The acting was
excellent. 1)ow•roN played Irerrie in an admirable
Alma ; and ELLISTON, as Charles Austencoari, de-
serves the highest praise. Mrs. EDWIN was the Helen
IVorrit, and displayed considerable merit.—The
Chil-
Ir:u in th: Wood followed, in which BANNISTEN sus-
tained the character of Waller with his usual feeling
and discrinainatian. The House was well attended.

ROYALTY THEATRE.--AlthOtlgil it is seldom that
the performances at the Minor Theatres of the metro.
polis are noticed in the Journals, yet when libe-
rality, attention, and no common degree of merit are
united to amuse the Public, it becomes our duty to
award the just tribute of applause. Monday night
the first representation took place at the Royalty
Theatre,Wallclose-square, of a grand new Equestrian
Mete-drame, called 6, Hilaraad the Gals," in which
a most beautiful stud of horses is introduced on the
stage. In no theatrical spectacle Lave we seen them
with more effect, nor, indeed, can any be conceived in
which their wonderful docility can be better display-
ed: splendid dresses, sumptuous decorations, and
charming music, combine to render the piece still
• more attractive. The Performers acqttitted themselves
with great credit; particularly Mr. KENT, in Edzar,
Mr. CARLEs and Mr. Jour:so:4 in Malt-and and Gs-
tiear, and Mrs. Btu, in lithslavita. The Perform.
ances were announced for repetition amidst the most
unbounded applause, from a genteel and crowded au.
alience,

Saturday a fine boy, the son of Serjeant Grisdale,l
of the 10th Hussars, who so gallantly took General
Lefebre. prisoner in Spain, and afterwards presented
she General's pistols to his Reyal Highness the Prince
Regent, was killed at Romford by a Gentleman's
carriage, the wheels of which went over his body.—
The child lingered in great agony 24 hours. The
-mother of the boy was so much affected by the fatal
accident, that on Monday and yesterday she appear-
ed to be in a state of mental derangement.

&Drys DEA Ill.—Yesterday morning, about half
past six o'clock, Mr. H.Vertue, landlord of the White
Swan public•house, in Swan yard, opposite Somerset.
house, in the Strand, got up according to his usual
custom, opened his door and windows, unlocked his
bar, and served some of his morning.cnstomers.—
Shortly after he was missing, and Mrs. Vertue was
called- up to supply his place; but on her entering
the bar, the first object that struct her was the dead
body of lor husband stretched behind the counter.

MARRIES),
. Thursday tennielit, Mr. John Cate, of Paternosfi.f.-row, Lon-
'don, to Mks Sarah Hepburn, ts epburn, second daugla Jobu Hepburn,
Esq.. of Bermondsey. •

DIED.
On the 3d instant, Richard Bally, En. Banker, of Newbury,
Berko.
Satuppday, at Saint George'Kettaje, Glouce.tershire, aged 33,
Stuannah, the wife of Captain John iffith, Royal Navy