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London, England, 1822-04-06 00:00:00

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THE GRAVE OF

Wiry bloom the Sowers around this grave;
Why grows the grass es green;
Why do the trees their branches wave
To grace the solemn scene?
The Sexton wiped Ms dusky face.
Lean'd on his spade, sad sighed;
Gael for a moment on the place.
And, slowly, thus replied :
* There all the brightest beauty lies
That ever dwelt in clay;
There sleep the softest, loveliest eyes
That ever met the day !
There all the beet affections rest
That ever sway'd the mind ;
A heart. of every charm possesed,
To ev'ry ill resigned !
But, eh! the gayest babbles burst;
The brightest visions Sy !
The sweetest Sowers are pluck'd the Ant; .
The fairest, soonest die !
Across the path she us'd to tread.
A youth there cloned to stray
0! bed I seen the easel ad.
Before she saw the day!
They met beneath yon mournful end;
And pledg'd the fatal vow •
He gave a golden gem, sad le
A ringlet from her brow !
Not long he trod the maiden's track,
Nor long his love he told :
Ile gave the raven ringlet back,
And she the gem of gold !
But, ah ! her peace on earth was o'er;
In silent shame she sigh'd !
Till, like a wave upon the shore,
She broke her heart and died!
The turf lies lightly on her head ;
Green grows the clay cold sod :
The flow'rs that round their fragrance shed,
Once deck'd the path she trod !
The trees which o'er her death-bed wave.
And sigh her requiem now,
In silence saw the pledge she gave,
And heard the solemn vow .
By fairy hands each Boyer was set,
It's humble head that rears;
And fairy forms, at midnight met,
Still bathe them with their tears !"
Chesterfield, 1822.

THE LATE SIR JOHN SILVESTER, BART.

The title of the deceased descends to his heir male,
Captain Sicvasrza, of the Army, who, it is stated,
will, at the death of Lady &Li/ESTER, inherit also
the deceased's not inconsiderable property.
The circumstances attending the death of the Baro •
net have not yet been stated with accuracy. Sir Joint
was in bed with Lady SILVESTER at the time when
he breathed his last, and his dissolution having taken
place, was discovered by Lady SILVZSTER'S maid,
who entered the apartment to dress her Lady at the
usual hour in the morning; and, on her going round
the bed, on the side where her master lay, to fetch
some articles of apparel, she was desired by Lady
StcvesrEn not to make a noise, as Sir Jolts went to'
bed late, and she did not wish him to be disturbed.
—The maid, in consequence of her Lady's remark,
looked round, and accidentally saw the face of Sir
Joi.: covered with a deathly paleness; she was con-
vinced, on looking more particularly at him, that he
was a corpse, and determined to conceal the fact for
a time, lest the circumstance might be so alarming
as to be dangerous to Lady SILVESTER, if suddenly
disclosed to her. She proceeded to attend her mis-
tress, but het agitation was so extreme that her Lady
demanded the cause, and she was compelled to state
that she was fearful Sir Joni was dead. Lady Su-
vEsTEß's distress cannot be adequately described.—
Medical aid was called in, but it was found the de-
ceased had been dead for some hours.
The Coroner for the County attended at the house
of the deceased, on being informed of the event, and,
after hearing a report of Sir JOHN'S previous illness
from the Medical Gentlemen, he decided that an in-
quisition (which it was thought could not be dispensed
with) was not at all necessary ; for though the death
was sudden, yet the deceased being
i subject to spas-
modic attacks of the chest, such indisposition was
likely to prove fatal.