Star.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

ROBIN ADAIR.

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What 's this dull town to me—
ROB/ N .6 not near?
WI o was 't I wisls'd to see?
What wisli'd to hear?
Where's now tke joy and mirth
Made this town heav'n-en-rarth? •
Oh! they're all fled with thee,
Rosh ADAsa!
What made th'Assumbly shine t
RODIN ADAIR.
What made the Ball so fine?
Roots+ was there !
What, when the Play wit o'er, t
What made my heart so sore ?
Oh! it was parting with -
• ROBIN Atants!

But, now thou 'rt coltl to me,
RoHIN ADAIR!
But now thou 'rt cokl to me,
RODIN ADAIR!
Yet him I love an well,
Still in my heart shall dwell—
Oh ! l can ne'er forget
Roust Aour!

CHRISTM4S .17stfrirpa

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Ten fat oxen, with a suitable quan tit"; of pread,
the annual Christmas donation of the Duke nf MAtit-
•Bottoomr, were last week distributed itnorig 3000
poor persons in the neighbourhood of Blenheim.
The Rev. EDWARD MELLISH celebrated his nup-
tials by distributing to the poor of East Tuddenham,
Honingham, and Reynterston, in Norfolk, after hav-
ing plentifully regaled them with ale, upwards of
120 p;iir of blatikos, in addition to his annual d tna-
Cott of be..l- and bread.

On Christmas-day Sir ROBULT HARLAND, Bart.
treated his workmen, thci, wives, and children. to the
nuinbei of 130, at his taim house at Wimiteadi Suf-
folk, with a plentiiul supply of plumb-poddings, roast.
beef, and strong beer.
Friday last, about '250 children belong to a Sunday
school, established in the parishes of Stowmarket and
Stowupland, dined together in a making in the for-
mer town. A plentifUl supply of plumb-pudding and
boiled beef was I.rovided for ►hem by voluntary sub-
scriptions raised in these parishes.

The body of an interesting young woman, respect-
ebly dressed, was picked up yesterday morning, float-
ing below Putney Reach. In her pockets were some
silver, anal an address to Silver-street, St. James's,
which led to a knowledge of her. The body was
owned yesterday, and.the deceased, w/10 was an upper
servant in a Gentleman's family, at Knightsbridge,
had pot been heard of since chrism,as.Day, when, abe
had leave to go out. No accogat how she got .into
the water bas yet transpired. • •
A Coroner's Inquest sat on Tuesday, at the Bi.
shop's Head, Cannon-streer, St. Gene's in the East,
on the body of Hannah Dowers, -who was frozen to
death cm Saturday night last, in Bltter.oat Field'
s,: in
the above .parish.

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Monday evening, as the Liverpool Expedition
coach was coming through Birmingham, it carte in
contact with a waggon, standing in the street. The
coachman made way for another stage that *was at.
tempting to pass him ; but the near wheel getting
into a rut, the coach was overturned. Sit of the
Marqu;sof Stafford's servants, who were inside pas-
sengers, did not receive any hurt ; there were several
outside passengers, amongst whom was a soldier and
two women, who were sent to the Infirmary, at Bir-
mingham. The other passengers, one of them, a
dragoon, and one of Lord Derby's grooms, did net
ueceive any material injury/ and arrived in town on
Tuesday night.
A scaffolding, on which were eight persons, gave
way, on Tuesday, in the King's Road, and a poor
man, named Smith, was killed on the spot. Two,
others received broken bones.
. Tuesday night, about six o'clock,. as Serjeanv
Whiting, of the Royal York Rangers, was passing by
thesead of. St. John-street, in Smithfield, escorting his.
,tr,unks *Ad other articles of furniture contained in a.
kart,
_ the carter was knocked down under the cart, in
,the street, by one of a gang of robbers, seven or eight
in notaber while the Serjeant, in military deess, being
. .on the recruiting service, was only a few paces fora
ward before the cart. The carter most actively rose.
:fin:nx ground, and instantly seized his assailant.byt
the collar, but was forced to let him go by the rob.
iirerst4saving.,drawn the knife,;v7iih.which 1r had be-
fore cut.the three ropes that sewed the trunks in the.
cart, across hiafingers on the back of the hand. The.
fellows effected thL,:ir escape. ,
Oa Moiulay se'nnight, between seven and eight
o'clock,.a most dariog• robbery was committed' on the
Nottingham rculcalsout a roile from Derby, upon the
persons of .Vs'. ,Kirland, of Spondon,..and John Bur-
ton, schoolmaster, of Chaddesden. They were so p •
{red by.three men, one of Whoni prthented a horse
pistol.to the toast of Kirland,, and demanded . his
money; they afterwards robbed him cf**4.2%:. and
his
watch.—They then took from his con panion some -
halfpence, his keys, and penknife ; but .very fortu-
nately .overlooked a pocket-book be had about• hirn,
containing two one-pound notes. 'The robbers' niter-
wards walked off towards Derby, and as yet remain'
undiscovered.
The neighbourhood of St . James's was on sunday
night thrown into great confusion. Boodle'iSobsefip.).
tion-house, in St. Jametreet, was alarmed about
five o'clock in the evenlbg by the cries of the bar. !
maid; who went into a passage leading to theeOlar,
where a barrel of ale is kept for the use of the servants.
A. short man, with a a loose coat, rushed 'pan her,
and stabbed her on the left, side through her clothes ;
the instrument just grazed the skin under the breast ;
the villain made his escape through a small passage
in Bury-street, which lots a communication. to the
house. On the same night, the house of Mr. Shuttle-
worth, watch-maker, in Duke-street, St. James's,
was attempted by.three men ; one of them knocked
at the door, the servant-maid answering the knock,
on her opening the street-door, they rushed in. The
noise alarmed Mr. Shuttleworth's family, and some
friends who were sitting in the parlour, but the ruf-
fians escaped.