Star.
London, England, 1822-10-03 00:00:00

Gleams baleful as tlie.tomb-fire drat

A gentle vision comes by night, .
111 y lonely widow'd heart to cheer;
Her eyes are dim with many a tear,
That once were guiding stars to mine;
Her fond heart throbs with many a tea—
-1 cannot bear to see thee shine!
For thee, for thee, vile yellow slave!
I left a heart that luv'd me true;
I eross'd the tedious ocean-wave,
To roam in climes unkind and new.
The cold wind of the stranger blew
Chill on my wither d heart; the grave
Dark and untimely met my view—
And all for thee, vile yellow slave!
Ha ! com'st thou now so late to mask
A wanderer's banish'd heart forlorn.
Now that his frame the lightening shock
Of sun rays tipt with death has borne
From love, from friendship, country, torn,
To memory's fond regrets the prey,
Vile slave, thy yellow dross I scorn!—
Go mix thee with thy kindred clay !

The following curious and interesting details of
some particulars 4.‘f the trial of Caron and Roger are
extracted trom a letter from Strasburgh, dated the
Ytld, which has been seut us by a most distinguished
and monarchical correspondent :—" According to the
custom of Councils of War, the accused sere taken
back to prison. Immediately as the proceedings were
terminated and judgment given, the Captain-Reporter
acquainted the jailer of the prison where Caron was
confined, that he might prepare the condemned for
the notification of the sentence which was to be made
to him before the guard under arms. He was dining
when the gen d'iii me, bearer of the order of the Re-
porter. piesented -himself; - and while the jailer wrote
the receipt, Caron having cast his eyes on the fatal
note, called out, ' I am condemned : I expected it!'
He then finished his repast. M. de Fossa, Cai-tain-
Reporter, then arrived, preceded by the guard, and
read to Caron the sentence of death. He listened to
it quietly, and afterwards said to the Captain, It is
an injustice: but I had rather be condemned by you
than by my fellow.citizens He had made a de-
mand for a revision of the sentence. It is not known
at what time the Council w ill assemble to decide on
this demand. The Baton d'Escordal, Colonel of the
25th of the Line, presided over the proceedings with
much talent and dignity, and in the most impartial
manner. Among the sixty v. itnesses for the defence
figured Dublar (Casar Brutus), condemned to five
years' imprisonment for the affair of Belfort. Called
on for his description, he replied,' A French citizen;
free though in chains!'—This affair occupied the
Council of War for five sittings. Caron has shewn
much presence of mind in his answers, and as much
skill in his questions to the witnesses. However, a
sensible alteration and discouragement was observed
in him in the two last sittings. AU honest men re-
gret that such a man should have ruined himself by
becoming an accomplice of the factious enemies of
the legitimate Throne, and scourges of their country."
Journal des Debats.
At a late Assize in Somersetshire, the Court was
extremely crowded w:th persons anxious to hear a
case of great interest, which stood first on the list.—
The Judge entered, and taking his seat, waited till
the Crier should open the Court. No voice how-
ever was heard—all was silent suspense. At length
the Judge rose up—" Where is the C ier—what is
he ab,at that lie doesn't open the Court?" When a
countryman, pressing forward among the crowd, ex-
claimed—" He's not here; his wife's dead, my Lord,
and he can't cry to-cla)."
POISONOUS DOSE OF OPIUM.—At a late meeting of
the London Medical S )ciety, Mr. Waay, an eminent
surgeon, related some instances of individuals whom
he had roused from a state of stupor (occasioned by
swallowing large doses of tincture of opium), by
dashing, suddenly and repeatedly, on their heads,l
basons full of cold water. The effects, in all the case.,
were very remarkable; the stupor was so completely
removed that the patients were able to swallow eme-
tic draughts, which succeeded in emptying their sto-
machs, and in obviating any bad consequences.
Comma's INQUESTS —Tuesday night an Inquest
was held at the King's Head, Gerrard-street, Soho,
upon the body of Mr. Thomas Cottle, a master butcher
in Newport-market, whose death was occasioned in
the following suspicious manner :—The deceased, op
Friday night, went to a neighbouring public-house,
where be remained till about ten o clock ; he then
strolled about the street, and at half-past twelve was
found at the corner of Litchfield-street and Grafton-
reet, lying upon the carriage-road, bleeding. He
told the watchman a man had struck him. He was
taken home, but had lost the key of the street-door,
a id he could not gain admittance for some time.—
lie was at last admitted; he was very weak, and re-
Cued medical assistance till late on Monday night;
be was then in a dying state, and expired that even-
ing. Verdict—That the deceased met his death in
C msequence of some violence he received in the street,
bat how or by what means he received that violence,
there was no evidence before the Jury.
Another Inquest was held at the Grave Maurice,
in Whitechapel-road, on the body of J. Hardman,
apprentice on board the Economy, collier, lying off
Stone Stairs, who was returning. to his vessel, when
his boat was crushed between a tier of ships, and be
was so much injured that he shortly died in the Hos-
pital. Verdict—Accidental Death.

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'youthful inhumanity rarely equalled.
Lewis Hart, the prosecutor, was then called.—ls
between 13 and 14 years of age. Is the son of an
Ming-house-keeper in Puke-street, Aldgate; wit-
ness is of the Jewish persuasion. Gets his living by
idling quills and pencils. On the 341 of July last,"
recollects coming through Fleet-market, on his way
Rom Holborn to his father's house; was. alone, and
did not calculate upon being insulted. About the
middle of the market he met the defendant, who had
a large brown dog walking.after him. Defendant
came up, struck him on the head with a bag which
he had to his hand, and said, " You Jew thief, where
have you' been thieving' now r Witness replied—
" What is that to you?' Prisoner was about to of-
fer some more violence, but another boy passing by
4t the time interfered, and asked—" Why dO you in-
sult the boy? don't let me ste you do that again."----
Prisoner then said—" You had better
.say nothing,
tor I'll serve you both worse." He then called to the
dog, and said, " fetch him," pointing at the prosecu-
tor. The animal, which was very large and ferocious,
immediately obeyed the call, and sprung upon the
rosecutor, whom he threw down. He bit him dread-
particolarly, about the groin and his thighs.
Witness swears that the dog wok away a large piece
Of his skirt in his mouth. Witness screamed loudly,
and this brought some of the people of the market to
Isis assistance. The prisoner was looking on all the
time, and when the dog had lacerated one of the boys,
he then pointed to the other, and repeated the words
" fetch him:' The interposition of the people, how-
ever, saved him. Witness was then taken in men's
arms to the prisoner's father's, who keeps a silver-
smith's shop on Holborn-hill. The persons who were
humane enough to carry the boy, upon getting into
the shop, begged that he might be accommodated
with a chair; but its master replied" Pooh, pooh !
I have children enough of my own, and cannot do
it: take him away." Mr. Simmons also added, that
he kept this dog for the protection of his children.
The boy was then taken away in a coach ; he had
been previously taken to a chemist's shop, where
some medical aid was administered.
On his cross-examination witness denied that be
had gifen the prisoner any offence. The boy who
came up was not in his company, and had not been
known to him before that time. He denied that he
had pinched the dog or struck him, or swore at the
prisoner; he also denied that he had walked from the
market to the prisoner's father's house.
Samuel Samuels was the boy who interfered on
behalf of the last witness, after he saw the prisoner
itrike him. He denied that he had ever known the
prosecutor before that day. The dog was so nekr
the prosecutor, that it was impossible any one could
have intei feted to protect him from the attack. This
itness did not wait to see the wounds dressed, or
to know the result.

Another witness, who keeps a stall in Fleet-market,
confirmed the prosecutor's testimony as to the dog
being set upon him by the defendant. He saw no
provocation given by the prosecutor.
Mr. Nathan Constant is a surgeon. He was sent
for to see the prosecutor after he was wounded, whom
he found in bed. The wounds were of a serious
nature : a large piece of flesh had been torn from the
groin,
and he was otherwise much injured. There
were also several marks of teeth in two or three parts
of his belly. Witness desired that the dog might be
sent for, as it was material to ascertain whether he
was rabid. The boy's life might have depended upon
knowing that fact without loss of time. The knife
and caustic would be immediately necessary if the
animal were mad. The pain of such an operation is
extreme, and it could be safely avoided if the dog
were not mad, The boy's father was sent to Sim-
mons's to fetch the dog, but they would not let him
have him. He was sent a second time, and witness
sent his own card and compliments, entreating the
dog might be sent, as an exceedingly painful opera-
tion would be thereby saved the boy. The dog, how-
ever, could not be procured. Witness was then, after
some delay, obliged to proceed with the operation,
and four men were called in to hold the patient. He
was confined to his bed for fifteen day, and then a
medical man, at the desire of Mr. Simmons, waited
upon him. Witness declared that if he had been
permitted to see the dog, he would have been able to
judge whether an operation was necessary, and the
patient been spared the pain.
Hart, the boy's father, was the next witness.
fie went for the dog to Mr. Simmons's shop, by de-
site of the surgeon. The dog was refused, but wit-
ness, upon going a second time, was told that any
person who came to the shop would be at liberty to
see the animal. Mr. Simmons himself said that
nothing was the matter with him, and that he suffered
his children to play with him. The dog was then
laying upon a mat in the shop. He was a ferocious.
looking brute. -
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS then addressed the Jury for the
defence. He stated, that the strength of his case lay
in skewing that the two principal witnesses for the
prosecution were unworthy of credit, for the contra-
dictions of which he had no doubt of convicting them.
This was a case got up to act upon the feelings of a
Jury. He hoped to be able to chew that the prose-
cutor was the aggressor.
Joseph Griffiths was then called—Witness said "I
live with a green-grocer in Fleet-market. On the day
in question I was standing by my master's stall, doing
nothing. I recollect seeing two boys corning down
the market ; they walked together. I saw die pri-
soner at the same time with his dog. One of the
boys, I do not know which, pushed against him.—
Simmons said filet me alone, the dog will bite you."
One of them then came up and squared in his face,
as if to fight. Hatt struck him right in the face.—
Simmons said again " you had better let me alone,
the dog will bite you ; why do you use me so ; I did
nothing to you." The boys said nothing, but *ent
on vexing Simmons. Simmons then set. his dog to.
bite them )3efore this) Hart shook Ms bag in the'

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saw him lying on the ground, but di4
was hurt. He was carried away betirreen-darishris
of two men, walking. •
A witness, who keeps a stall in Tleet-market, staid
he saw the boys together half an hour before this
transaction, and that they bought currants at his stall
in company. (This witness was produced to negar
tive the averment that they were strangers to each
other.) Witness saw the boy after he was wounded,
and thought he was in such a dangerous state that
he ought to be sent to the hospital. One of the boys
called the other "cousin."
John L. Simmons' the defendant's father, keeps a
silversmith's shop in Holborn. He hall been formerly
a pawnbroker. Recollects the affair of a boy being
bit by his dog. The boy's father came to ask for the
dog, but witness was afraid the friends of the boy
would kill him. It was an animal he kept when in
business 46 over the way," when there used to be " a
piece of work" amongst those who came to deposit
pledges. The dog is no longer necessary in that way.
Thinks him a quiet animal, and would trust his chil-
dren with him. There never was a complaint made
against him by " the neighbours," though a perscn
in Leather•lane once complained that he had bit him.
Many persons brought dogs to fight-with him, and
then they complained of him. Witness had 'not heard
anything against him, until by the publication of this
affair in the papers, he got " a bad name."
Cross-examined.—When old Hart came to his
(Simmons's) house, he never said he was the father
of the boy that was hurt, to witness's knowledge.
Will not swear he did not, he might have whispered'
it. Witness denied that the boy was carried to his
house ;• he was able to walk there, and did not ap-
pear much hurt. He never refused him a chair.
Never offered to be bound for whatever expenses
might be incurred in healing the boy's wounds, though
he offered to pay the expenses at the chemist's shop.
George W. Sweetson said he was assistant at the
chemist's shop, No. 67, Snow-hill: Recollects the
boy being brought in. It was immediately after his
being hurt. His wounds were not serious. A medical
Gentleman who was. passing by looked at them, and
desi.ed witness to put on some adhesive plaister, and
that all would he. well. Witness did so, and when
the boy was going away, he desired that if any in-
flammation took place, a poultice might be put on,
and there would be then no danger.
Cross-examined.—There was a piece out of the
wound. I should have sent him to the Hospital, for
in such cases we never interfere.

Thomas Simmons, brother of the defendant, said
he was in the shop when the prosecutor's father came
for the dog. He did not say that he was the boy's
father. Witness's brother said the dog was in the shop,
and any one who came might see him.
Another brother of the defendant was called to
corroborate the last witness,

Mr. ALLEY then replied, contending that his case
was not at all shaken by the evidence brought for-
ward for the defence. He advised the witness Grif-
fiths to beware of how he got out of the snare into
which his prevarications led him : and Mr. Simmons
w give over keeping a ferocious !mute, which was a
nuisance, and would subject Mm to an indictment.=
To say that the prisoner was warranted in setting his
dog upon the prosecutor, even supposing the latter
to have been the aggressor, was absurd; for if one
man struck another in the street, and that other set a
ferocious animal upon him in return, if death ensued
he would be guilty of manslaughter.
• The RECORDER, in a perspicuous manner, summed
up the evidence to the Jury. After confirming the
law, laid down by the Learned Counsel, he concluded
by characterising the whole transaction as one of
aggravated inhumanity and want of feeling.
The Jury, without hesitation, found the defendant

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Guilt!". -
The RECORDER then, having conferred with the
Magistrates on the Bench, desired that the father of
the defendant should stand forward. Addressing
him, he 'said •••‘‘ This Court have found your son
guilty. llis is a great offence; but we wish to make
terms, if you will give a compensation to the parents
of this boy. The Court requires £3O of you. We
will now see whether you, who sheaved so little feeling
for the child of another man, have any for your own.
If you refuse, we will have him severely punished."
Simmons.—" I am ready to do whatever the
Court requires."

The RiCORDER.-" You do well. We would have
punished him with great severity. It is only in con-
sideration of his youth that the Court consents to a
compromise."
Mr. Simmons then left the Court for the money, but
the defendant was kept in custody in the meantime.
The witness Griffiths was also detained, by order
of tlte Court, in order to the preferring of an indict-
ment against him for perjury.

Yesterday, seventeen other individuals were pub-
licly whipped in the Court-yard of the Old Bailey.
The punishments in general were unusually severe,
and welrust that it will have a beneficial effect on
the culprits, and the youths who, in great numbers,
witnessed the painful and degrading infliction.
Croft, alias Capt. Menry, alias Mitchell, who car-
ried on extensive frauds in London recently in taking
houses, furnishing them, and turning the same into
looney, was taken into custody last week for stealing
a chariot and a pair. of horses from a Gentleman in
the vicinity of Banbury. He was lent the horses for
his groom to try if they were quiet in harness. On
the next day he sold the lot for £lOB, and was 'on
his retreat when stopped.
About seven o'clock yesterday morning, the inha-
bitants of Swan-yard, facing Somerset-House, in the
Strand, were dreadfully alarmed at a great part of
the street falling in, and exposing to view a most
fearful abyss, the bottom of which the eye could not
reach. On examination, it appears to have been an
old covered well, and upwards of 100 fret iu depth,
80 of which is now full of water.

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IMO decease)* so enriched his sole dam
buy, * bridge of timber. This bri gri
s the year 1196, in the time of King
wee afterwards rebuilt by a ['tient
of Cole Church, by the help of the re-
belonging to the bridge and other be-
. contributions, It continued a bridge of
timber for 215 Tears. It was then made of stone, and
was 83 years in building. On the 10th of Julys
1213, a fire took place on the Southwark side, *hich
kindled also in the City near the northern end of the
bridge. Multitudes came upon the bridge to ex:
tinguish the flames, likewise in barges and boats ter
rescue the people, so that between the flood and the
flame three thousand persons perished. In 1915, five
arches were borne down by the ice. Near the middle
of the bridge, on the east side, was a Chapel, which
was cdnverted into a dwelling-house, and was built
at the charge of the master mason who laid the foun-
Idation of the bridge.
This bridge is in length 800 feet. It was formerly
adorned with sumptuous buildings and stately and
beautiful houses on both sides; inhabited by wealthy
citizens, and furnished with all sorts of trades, and
was itself a little city, whose buildings were so arti-
ficially contrived, and so firmly combined, that dt
Seemed more than an ordinary street, for it was one.
continual vault or roof, except a few void places, re-
served from buildings, for the retirement of passers.
gers, from the danger of carts and droves of cattle
that then usually passed that way. The middle parts
were used for shews, tournaments, and public tiiver
sions, which were suppressed at the dissolution of re:
ligiotis houses, with the Chapel of St. Thomas which
was a beautiful construction; it had an entrance from
the river as well as the street, by a winding stair-
case, and in the middle was a tomb, supposed to
contain the remains of Peter of Cole Church.—
In one part of the bridge was a drawbridge, which
was protected by a strong tower. It served to re-
pulse Fauconbridge, the bastard, in his general as-
sault on the City in 1471, with a set of banditti, in
order to rescue the unfortunate Henry, then confined
in the Tower. The top of this Tower was covered
with the heads of traitors and unfortunate partizans;
end Sir Thomas More's daughter carried away his
head in a box after it had been exhibited there some
time. In 1593, Hentzer, the German traveiler,
counted thirty heads. The old map of the City, in
1597, represents them in a most horrible cluster.
Formerly the-economical Ladies were woat to drive
from St. James's to London-bridge, to make cheap
purchases of the pin or needle-makers; Spanish
needles were then the order of the day, and invented
by a negro.
The water-'works were contrived by Peter Morice,
a Dutchman, in 158'2 ; they were atterw aids im-
proved by Mr. SorocOld, and since by that great
master of hydraulics, Mr. Harley. They are allowed
by all judges of such machines to be tar superior to
the water-engine so much tamed at Marley, in France,
which is so all contrived in its cranks that it costs
considerable sums to keep it in repair. They were
bast made to force the water no higher than Grace-
churc.:-street. The engineer obtained from the City
a lease for 500 years, at the yearly ten of ten
for the use of the 'chimes water, and one arch
and a place for fixing his mill opon. Alien\ anis
the citizen. granted him A like lease for another arch.
13y which means he grew rich, and they continued
in his family tiii 1701, when they were sold to Rich-
ard Soarns, Citizen and Goldsmith, for £36,000; then
divided into 300 shares, at £5OO each share, and made
into a Company.

A ewe, the property of T.G KERNS, Esq. of Spring-
field, in the vicinity of Mulliagar, pearled two lambs
at or about Christmas last, and a few days ago
brought forth another !

BIRTHS.
Monday evening, in Cavendish-square, M. Keith Douglas,
of a son.
Sept. 19, at Droraore, county of Cork, the Lady of the Rev.
B. Williamson, of a son and heir.
In Limerick, the Lady of Capt. Campbell, late of the 12th
Foot, of a son.

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4r. ALLEY oXned the tisi tilt* :Loy for the gate-hill. to Holborn. _ .T.brei, slifOre'irri Beattifise .4t. I
secuti.n. In prefacing the evidence which he pro. only sift or'seven yards Sic. IC 'irstif*lkuiger•Wertrs ca ed getgr. 01
ed to offer, the Learned counsel observed, that dog. He wits never set opoii the &Ws; Nip Ibilieel vemtetpfland
had no doubt of laying before them a case of Hart's hat was pulled off. The dorseized the be nevolent eosin
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