Star.
London, England, 1805-09-02 00:00:00

THE MAID OF DUNBAR.

It is laid. that th, flrcan c- of Lathe rcnown'd
Gave ohhvion of care a,.1 regrct;
rixd that mortal+, when fortune was adoerfe, hats. round,
front iti virtue., a kind!ler Lae. •

By Labe pular% I might drown all alarms,
But that %Nimbi my lialopinds mar
I delight, tho unknown, to tlib.k en the eltatina
Of Coate, the maid of Dunbar.

A glance of her eye is the I.ghtniug of love,
For a glance lets my harm on fire;
But revel-id he illuhona the may nut approve
To Co RA I dare not afpire.
Yet as nature is cheer's] by th' effulgence of day,
When Sot. from the Fait drives his car;
So cheri'd is my beat, it a glance does hut (tray
From CoßA—the Maid of Dui.l•ar.

How pleafant the Nightiugalee notes, when they vie
11: foothirg their mates with a ;
Or thole of the lark when it carols on high,
Its miuitrelfy there to prolong.
As pleafant are COlA.3—if love be her choice—
Tito' I lift to her notes front a-far,
For the mufic of Love's in the found of the voice
Of Coe —the Maid of Dunbar.
See the wild flow'rs adorn the green banks of yen rill;
And now they are frelben'd with dew:
There, in fancy, with CORA I wander at will,
Tho' the damfel be ableot to view.
And while form feet for riches, and come feet command,
And the Noble auks in his itar,
I have but one with ,—'tis a gift of the Land
Of Coao—the Maid of Dunbar

Its admen Cowls-, Barrach.

LONDON ',ONIONS FOR SEPTEMBER.

Wardtralts Ds esses.—A (port drefs of black fair
sat, trimmed with crape ; a shawl cloak of black
crape ; black chip b :met ; a long drefi, of black Ita-
lian gauze over black farfnet ; a furl cloak of black
crape ; black chip bat.
HEAD Da sss S.•••••A hat of black crape, the crown
made full, and the front turned up, ornamente with
black feathers ; a black chip hat, turned up in front ;
a hat of black filk, trimmed with crape, and orna-
mented with flowers ; a hat of black crape, turned
up on one fide, and ornamented with a flower ; a
morning bonnet of black gauze, trimmed with crape ;
a hat of black crape, looped up in front, a bunch of
flowers or, the left fide; a turban of black crape; a
Once bonnet of black filk, with a flower on the left
fide ; a cap of black crape, ornamented with a wreath
of black flowers.

Gta saes. Oassavarroxs.---So general is the pre-
fent mourning, that not a colour of any defctiption
is to be hen. The dreires are made of farfnet, or
Italian gauze, the waifls extremely flout ; the fleeves
very lhort, and made in a variety of fancy ways ;
fome are covered with-fmall tucks, others quite plain,
and looped up withbroaches. The cloaks are all made
of black crape ; the mitt faillionable makes are, the
fcarf and the long Spanilh cloak. Habit shirts of
black crape, with a fmall white frill round the top
of the collar. The turban hat is alfo much worn,
lined with crape, and ornamented with black fea•
thers, or flowers. Mob caps of black crape, trimmed
with quillings of the fame. For full drefs there is
nothing worn but crape, the trains very long, and
trimmed all round with velvet and bugles.

Du EFS Or CLOS/Cr ST ER.—Of the various Princes
of the Blood Royal of England, who poffetfed the
title of Duke of Gloucefler, his prefent Highnefs is
the only one who has inherited the title by immediate
defcent from his father. The tira who bore the title
was Robert, the natural fon of King Henry I. who
made fome agure in the Hittory of thole turbulent
periods, being more than once in rebellion againft his
Slvereign, King Stephen, the lucceffor of his father;
with him, the title, for a time, became mina. The
neat Duke of Gleucener, upon record, was the Prince
Thomas Plantagand, a younger fon of Edward 111.
and uncle of King Richard If. This Royal Peer
alfo made a confpicuous figure in the hiftory of the
day, and often appeared in rams, with various fix-
ed's, againft the King's authority ! being at length
totally defeated and made peifoner, he was con-
fined in the Cafile of Calais, where he was fhortly
after, by the order of the King, put to death, by
means of fmothcring. The next poildiOr of the
title was the famous Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke
of co onceller : he was the fourth fen of Henry the
IV. and younger brother of the renowned Henry
the V. the hero of Aginconit. This Prince was
commonly known by the appellation of the Good
Du,ir Humphrey. He was a contpicunus charaCter
in the hiflory of his day, and twice appointed Regent
and Guardian of the Realm, as well by the choice of
Parliament as the appointmeat of his Royal Brother.
This Prince at length fell a facritice to the'machina-
tions of his enemies, and court intrigue. He was
ftrangled, wish the connivance, if not by the direCtion
of his nephew, King Henry VI. He was buried in
the great church of St. Alban's, in which his thrine
Rill remains the principal curi,:fity. With him the
title, for a time, became eating. Its neat polka-or
was the infamous Richard Plantagenet, younger bro.
tiler of Ling Edward IV. who conferred the Duke-
dom of Gloucefier nocta on his acceffion to the
throne, on the total defeet of tile Lacaiirians. This
detefted charafter is better known as Richard 111.
The title in queflion, by the acceillen of Richard,
merged in the crown, and rimained dormant a con
fiderable time. It was revived by the unfortunate
Charles I. who created his ylitngeft fon Duke o;
Gloncefter., This Prince died unmarried, loon after
the reftoration of his brot!ter, King Charles 11. The
next Prince of the Bloe,d, who was vetted with the
title, was Willierr, the cult fin of the Princcfs, after-
wards Qtleen Anne, by Prince George of Denmark.
This young Prince died before the acceflic,n of his
mother to the throne, in 1700. The title again be-
came dormant, until it was revived by his prefent
Majefty, who, in ti•e year 1764, conferred it on his
lccond brother, I'i free William Henry, the late and
defervedly•lamented Duke of Giuucelter.