Star.
London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

THE BANKS OF TAMAR.

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The banks of Tamar are rich and free,
And the birds sing sweetly there;
They sit in the shade of the green leafed tree,
And they fill the buoyant air:
But the songs they sing I have heard before,
On the banks of my native stream ;
And the echoes that float along the shore,
I've beard them in my dream,
In the silence of many a happy morn,
By the side of the river where I was Mum !
The banks of Tamar are strew'd with flowers,
All fair unto the sight; •
And there are sweets in her thousand bowers,
That give the soul delight :
But what are the richest sweets to me,
Or the fairest hues that shine?
I feel, in my heart, that they never can be,
Like those which once were mine :
They bring it no. eloquence, hope, or joy,
Like that which came over me when a boy !
The river comes down in a gravelled bed,
Its borders are bright and green ;
Through meadows and gardens its course is led,
With many a grove between;
And it murmurs along as a wayward child,
That sings itself to rest;
When its mother's eyes have looked and smiled,
And its mother's lips bare pressed
But where is the spirit that made me dream,
When I stood by the banks of my native stream?
It is not that here the birds sing less sweet,
Or the flowers are found less fair ;
It is not that echo with echoes meet,
In a less reviving air :
Oh, no! it is not the river's tone,
That bath less of music's flow—
It is that the eloquent heart is gone,
And its hope bath ceased to glow :
And never, oh! never, can I behold
The light of joy, as I did of old!
A spirit is come upon my thought,
Which taketh the charm away;
And Time and Care a ruin have wrought,
A reckless—stern decay.
The tense of beauty will come no more,
The inward light is sped ;
I never can feel as T felt of yore.
My heart is Wholly dead":
And I turn no longer with looks of love,
To the earth below, or the sky above !
Plymouth, Nov. 20, 1824.

OLD BAILEY DECEMBER 6.
Maly Perkins and Elizabeth Watson, two matrons on
the verge of seventy, and apparently sisters, were in-
dicted for stealing sixteen yards of sarsnet, value 31.
the property of John and William Limbut, drapers, in
their dwelling-house, 61, Oxford-street.
Mr. Serjeant AnABIN summeJ up the evidence, and
the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty againat Watson,.
of stealing to the value of 395. Perkins was acquitted.
Nathan Pennioll, a gentlemanly dressed young man,
was indicted for uttering a counterfeit order on Sir John
Perring, Bart. Shaw, Barber, and Co. for the payment
of 2611. 18s. sd. well knowing the same to be forged
and counterfeited, and with intent to defraud them.
The indictment consisted of several counts, one of
which laid the property as that of Geo. Capper and Co.
Mr. LAW stated the case for the prosecution. The
prosecutors in this case were the partners of the respect-
able banking-house of Sir John Perring and Co. in the
City, and Messrs. George Capper and Co. provision-
me, chants in Crosby-square. The transaction in ques-
tion
took place on the 23d of November last. The in-
strumern, is a check on Sir John Perring and Co. pur-
porting to be drawn by G. Capper and nephew. 'When
the check was presented, the prisoner, upon his being
questioned by Mr. Matthews, one of the clerks,
said he received the check from a Mr. Purdy, of the
Commercial Sale-rooms. He then said he was posting
a bill in the Royal Exchange, stating his want of em-
ploy, when a Gentleman took hint to the New Yotk
Coffee-house, Sweeting's-alley, when he inquired into
his alo!itie,, and gave him this check to offer for pay-
ment. At the prisoner's request the parties proceeded
to the New York Coffee-house, when it appeared
probable that the prisoner had been there in the
course of the morning, connected with some transac-
tions or other, as he believed the proprietor of the Cof-
fee-house would testify. The charge was one of a se-
rious
nature, and the question for the Jury to consider
was, whether the prisoner had been the dupe of another,
or whether he had acted in concert with him to con-
coct and consummate the intended fraud ?
Mr. Oliver V) e deposed, that he is managing clerk
to the house of Sir John Perring and Co. On the 23d
ult. the prisoner came to the banking-house with a check
for ti6ll.lBs. sd. drawn by Messrs. George Capper and
nephew, who at that time had cash there. Witness
took the check, and some little doubt arising, he placed
it on their account, and proceeded to the note drawer,
and took out 2601. and then requested a clerk, of the
name of Matthews, to examine the signature, and he
ronounced it right at first. While witness was looking
for the odd money, M r. Matthews expressed some doubt,
whereupon the prisoner was asked whether he brought
it from Capper and Co.'s ? He said no ; but from Mr.
Purdy, of the Commercial Sale-rooms. Witness sent a
Messenger to Mr. Capper's, and detained the prisoner in
conversation. He said, among other things, " 1 am
afraid there is something odd about this check." He then
said, that being out of employ, he had given the porter
of the Exchange a shilling to post a bill, but that not
being large enough, he wrote another. Witness's sus-
picions were confirmed, and lie desired the prisoner to
Five back the notes, which he did without any demur.
The witness then went on to detail the circumstance,
relative to the prisoner's meeting a person on the Ex-
change. In the course of the con versaion with wit-
ness, the prisoner said that lie had lived with Mr. Wil-
liams, tea-broker, in Jewry-street, and that while he
lived there an unpleasant circumstance ar cr.e relative to
something at Williams's,ahe banker. Witness being
aware that 200/. had been improperly obtained from
that bank, asked the prisoner whether he alluded to
that circumstance? when he replied in the affirmative.
He then directed the attention of witness to the New
York Coffee-house, and said, that in all probability the
Gentleman who gave him the check was there. About
this time Mr. Capper arrived, who waited until an offi•
cer came, when they all went to the New York Coffee-
house. They found, that although the parties had no
very distinct recollection of the circumstance, yet they
believed a person like him described by the psi-
soaerhad been seated in a particular room. Witness told
the prisoner it was a case which must be investigated
before the Lord Mayor. He expressed some surprise at
being detained in custody. The check had been in the
possession of witness ever since Mr. Matthews returned
from Mr. Capper's, on the day it was presented.—Mr.
Cunwoon cross•examined the witness.
Samuel Matthews isms assistant clerk at the house of
Sir John Perring and Co. the evidence of last witness, as
assigned to his part of the transaction, was quite col-