Star.
London, England, 1809-04-05 00:00:00

TO G. L. WARDLE, ESQ. M. P.

ON THE DEATH OF Hli CHILD.

To chase Corruption from BRITANNIA'S strand,
To call back Freedom to her native land,
The PATRIOT rose. In vain the Sons of Place,
With sarcasm stung, or threaten'd with disgrace :
Strong in his cause, he brav'd the hand of Pow'r,
And laugh'd to scorn the Tyrants of an hour !
Unknown to Fame, to Faction unallied,
Fo LICESTON Z and Truth his only aid supplied.
A People's hopes, a People's blessings rose,
And murmur'd vengeance on their haughty foes!
Soon foul Corruption cowering fled the field,
And Truth triumphant wav'd her spotless shield !
Still England rings st ith WARD!. 's honour'd name !_
Still Scotland's hills re-echo to his fame !
But vain are human hopes and human joys:
Some bitter drop the honied cup alloys.—
Belov'd! rever'd! Though thousand voices raTse
The shout of triumph, and the son; of praise,
lie hears them not. The Father, with a tear,
Bedews his darling Boy's untimely bier;
Hangs speechless o'er the Infant's pallid face,
And mourns each blighted charm and vardsh'd grace.—
Yet weep no more! Thy Cherub Child shall rise
By Angels wafted to his native skies.
Sa.v'd from the storms of this tempestuous life,
From all its woes, its errors, and its strife.
Pure and unsullied as the morning ray,
He seeks the realms of everlasting day.
And o:.! if that be true which Poets sing,
The Guardian hovers on the Cherub's wing !
Perchance .Ven now he looks exulting down,
And hears with holy joy his Sire's renowd !

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5.
NICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
r2,,n5015, fur rnoney, 67. H—for April 611;:—Outnium a prs.
Exchequer Bills, 7s. bs. prem.

The following paragraph was added as a postcript
to a letter received yesterday b; a most respectable
house in the North Country trade

" Rotterdam, March 28.
" P. S. War is declared by France and Russia
against Austria."
The d. of the letter, however, is strongly pre-
•utrptive against the authenticity of this intelligence.
Dutcn papers of two days later date hving been re-
ceived, witch, as we have already stated, make no
mention of any declaration of war ; neither did their
,;,rnents lead to any expectation of such a declaration
oo the part of Russia against Austria.
His Royal nighness the Duke of Yonx gave a grand
eiar.er en Monday, at hiz. house in the Stable Y:ird, St.
jarn,n's; to their Royal Highnesses the Pri ace of WALES
Duke of:SUSSEX, Marquis of HEADFORT, Earl of
lvt:ni..l, Lord EIiSKINE, Lord HEATIIFIELD, Lord YAR-
TU, General HULSE, Colonel M4MAHON, Colonel
BLOONIPELD, Mr. STEPNEY, &c.

Sir Davin DUNI/AS held a public day yesterday, at
liis Office, in the Horse Guards, and gave audiences
tr, pinut 40 Officers. Sir DAVID has adopted a regn-
Lawn, that all who wish to see him, must have their
names put down before one o'clock on his public days.
lie begins to give his audiences about half-past one.
A Morning Paper has made it matter of charge
azair.;t the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, that
thq did not extend their investigations to the Office
Commander in Chief. For this they cer-
tainly not to blame, for they had no power sn to do,
liy the Act of 1805, and which was aftLrwards
niewccl 1807, they were empowered to direct their
i:uquir'es tri the Office of Ordnance, tlic Office of Se-
cretary at War, to the Departments of the Adjutant,
(.:;itartertna•tcr, :und Barrackmaster-General, to the
Ciurr.inii.isar;at Department, to the Royal Flospital at
L:uelea, the Royal Military College, the Royal Mi-
),!ary Asylum, and to the Medical Department of the
:Army : They nel-iher had nor have any power to
‘‘. ith the conduct of the Commander in Chief,
nil. with the management of his office. But after the
abuses have been lately detected in this depart.
rent, we trust that this office also will be thrown
ripen to their inspection. It will be much more sa-
iqe.ctu:y to the public to have the opinion of the
;',lilitary Commissioners upon the management of this
ni-irtant branch of the public service, than even the
-2-iii:ictable testimony of Colonel Goitoox.
;• is General BRENNIER, who was taken prisoner at
iiic a.:tle of Vimiera, and not General LEFEBVRE, that
n his way to France, to be exchanged for General
A i;Li, ItOMISIE, who has been detained at Verdun since
',le commencement of the present war.
Cohinel Cannot, has addressed an animated Pro-
-iarnation to the foreigners in the French armies ser-
7iu, in Spain, exhorting them no longer to fight in
detestable cause of the common oppressor of na-
!-,ins ; bat to join the Spaniards in resisting a tyrant,
no, having long since exhausted the military popu-
11uoa of France, supports his power only by making
ti.i± nations he has conquered the means of mutually
oiipuessiinr each other, and of subjugating those yet
u:lenalayed.

Then hush'd, illustrious Mourner ! be thy grief—
Seek in thy glorious course thy best relief !
By patriot deeds exalt thy deathless name,
And add fresh blossoms to thy wreath of fame !
Bertram House, April 3. 11. R. M.

6unday afternoon, at four o'clock, arrived at Tri-
-1:::y-college Lodge, Cambridge, Mr. MANSEL, a mid-
::.:,man in the navy, son of the Right Rev. the Lord
,p of BRISTOL, Master of the College. This
voiing Gintleman, now only nineteen years of age,
d been tyrannically kept a prisoner in France up-
wards cf five years. He, with another Gentleman,
ri,ale his escape, lately; in women's apparel, in an
pen fishing boat. They were at sea two days and
two nights, and landed at Dover.

Mr. Lewis, the Comedian, retires from the stage,
',4.c conclusion of the present reason.

A Requisition, signed by a groat number of re-
spectable names from the Vale of Berkshire, has been
sent to Sir THEOPHILI:S MErCALF, the High Sheriff,
for a Meeting of the County to address Mr. WARDLE,
and those Members of the House of Commons, who
supported him, and on other important subjects.
A Meeting of the Freemen and Inhabitants of
Sandwich is to be holden on Tuesday next, for the pur-
pose of voting the thanks of that town to Mr. WARDLE,
&c.—A vote of thanks to the same effect, has been
resolved by the Corporation of Deal.
The Guild-Stewards, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of
the Borough of Caine, in Wiltshire, have voted an
Address of Thanks to Colonel WARDLE, for his patri-
otic conduct in bringing forward the charges against
the Duke of Yoxic.

Monday last a Common Hall was convened by the
Mayor of Bedford, in compliance with a requisition,
signed by Mr. BELSIIAM, Mr. GREEN, Dr. YEATS,
Aldermen COOKE, PLEASANT, KIDMAN, BARNARD,
; hen the Thanks of the Corporation, togethzr
with the Freedom of the Town, were voted to G. L.
WARDLE:, Esq. " for the purity of the motive; which
induced him to lay before the House of Commons his
late statement of the Duke of YORK'S misconduct, in
disposing of the patronage of the army ; d for the
Undaunted teal, consummate ability, and unwearied
perseverance with which he pursued an investigation
so worthy of an independent Member of Parliament,
and so deeply interesting to every Briton." Thanks
were also voted to Mr. WHITBREAD and Mr. LEE
ANTONIE, Members for that town, for having sup-
ported Mr. WARDLE. The Meeting was most nu-
merous and respectable. The Resolutions were pro-
posed by Fit. GREEN, Esq. seconded by Dr. YEars,
and unanimously agreed to: indeed, there was not
a shadow of opposition evinced by any individual at
the Meeting. The speech of Mr. GuEEN was maaly,
temperate, and perspicuous. He was followed by
Dr. YEATs, in a very animated harangue ; and they
were both repeatedly cheered.
An eating match took place on Wednesday even-
ing last, it the Plymouth Arms, Mill-lane, between
three Hampshire men, and three Maidstone mu', to
eat six score eggs and a ham (161 b. weight) in 15
minutes. It was given in favour of the Hampshire
hogs, owing to one of the Maidstone men being
taken sick.

Part of the music in score has been dug out of the
ruins of Drury-lane Theatre, quite perfect, except-
ing the edges of the paper being a little scorched;
and yet the fire burnt so fierce, that a great deal of
the cast-iron has been found completely fused.
Colonel HANsON, who has taken his trial at the
present Lancaster Assizes, on a charge of using in-
flammatory language to a mob of insurgents, during
the late riots in Lancashire, has been found Guilty.
The sentence is not yet known.
Yesterday Mr. Ludlam made his escape, for the
third time, from the house of confinement of insane
persons, a few miles from London. The master,
with several men, were in pursuit of him in the course'
of the days but without being able to find him.

SPORTING INtELLIGEiVC.E.
kW kAL lIVTELLIENCE.
• .
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, IBM PLYMOUTH, AND PLYMOUTH DOCK, APRIL 3.
TUESDAY, APRIL 4. Ships of War fit for service, at present in this har-
Sir J. Shelley's rvlarrnion., by Whiskey, bought of Lord Cler- Ls.. . ri-4
Mont, beat Sir C. Turner's Chyropodist, late Young Frank, by ...,.asr . I RIUMPII, and VALIANT, 71: kutis i BONNE
Barnaby, bought of Mr. Norton, Est. 21b. each. Ab. M. 200 gs. CITOTENNF4 PHEASANT) and the ORESTES sloops ;
h. ft.-Seven to 4on Marmion. SPRIGHTLY and CADMUS brigs ; WZAZLE 3C1100112r,
Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. Bst. 41b. each. R.M. . GLEANER ketch, SILVIA cutter, ARROW schooner,
IlDuke of Grafton's c. by Sorcerer, out of Bounty I and SANDWICH lngger.-Repairing in Hatrioaze
Ld G. H. Cavendish's c. by Whiskey, out of Mrs. Candour 2 ''
Two to lon Duke of Grafton's colt. the DEFIANCE, 74 guirit ; STATIRA, QUEBEC, and
Sweepstakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. Colts 85t. 41b. and Fillies PHOENIX frigates ; ALERT slOop, and ADRIAN cutter.
Bst. Ilb. D. M. j The SAN JOSEPH, 74, was undocked on Saturday.
Mr. Mellish's b. c. Levant, by Dbil Quixotte, out of a sister I Arrived the ARROW, of 18 guns, Lieut. HAWKER,
to Spadille - - - - i from Cadiz and Gibraltar, last from Falmouth, . now
Mr. M'ilson's bc. by Hambletonian, out of Sophia 4 2
Mr. Prince's b. c. by Trumpator, out of Hop-picker. under quarantine. Also arrived the SANDWICH hired
i
Mr. Vansittart's br. f. by Whiskey, out of Regulator's dams 1 lugger from the Jersey station ; the sloop London
"Three to I agst Levant ;sto 2 agst Mr. Wilson's b. c. • Packet, RICHARDSON, from Gijon, With wool and
Duke of Grafton's Morel, Bst. 31b. beat Mr. Craven's Beau buts, bound to London : she brings no later news
Nash, 7st. 71b. Half of Ab. M. 200g5.-4 to lon Morel. than what has been already received ; but we
Gen. Grosvenor's gr f The Fair Ellen, by the Wellesley Ara-
learn by her, that very considerable quantities of
bian, 7st. 111 b. beat Sir J. Shelley's Sock, Bst. 11b. R. M. 100 gs.
Even betting. . Spanish wool are ready for shipping at Gijon and
The Second Class of the Oatlatid Stakes of SOgs. each, h. ft. D.I. other ports, as soon as vessels arrive from this
Ld Grosvenor's Meteora, 6 yrs old, 9st 71b. - - 1 Country ; the Albion, GILLARD , from London, with
Ld Foley's Weaver, 3 yrs old, 7st. 21b. 2
Gen. Crusvenor's Rifleman, 3 yrs Old, 6st. 121 b. - s sundries ; Caroline, PERRITON, from Lyme, with
Mr. Goulbsirri's Grimaldi, 6 yrs old, Est. Ilb. 4 oats.-Sailed the KING GEORGE hired cutter, for
Mr. Goddard's Fuscus, 3 yrs old, Est. Alb. - - 5 Rochefort ; the CONTEST gun-brig, Lieut. GREGORY,
Mr. Payne's Ferdinand, 4 yrs old, Bst. Ilb. - - 6 with a fleet of victuallers for the same Pace ; and the
Seven to 4 ag,t Meteora, sto 1 agstWeaver, 'I to 2 apt Grimaldi• PEACOCK, of 18 guns, to the westward.
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The SPRIGHTLY cutter, Lieutenant GORDON, is ap-
pointed to convoy a fleet of merchantmen to the east-
ward-expected to sail to-morrow.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.
Arrived the Mentor, LONGRIDGE, for Malta.-
Sailed la LOIRE frigate, for Cadiz. Wind E.N.E.
DEAL, APRIL 4.
Sailed the TAUNTON CASTLE for India. Wind N.E.
ABERDEEN, APRIL 1.
Last Saturday, a small sloop, coal laden, belong-
ing to Montrose, in attempting that harbour, was
thrown among the rocks at the entrance, by the tre-
mendous sea then on the coast, and totally wfeck:d.
The crew with difficulty saved, about ten minutes be-
fore the vessel disappeared. T;ie Lusitania, Captain
CARMEN, arrived at Portsmouth the 25th of March,
from Grenada : left that island on the 29th January,
and had a rough passage. Spoke the Barbara schooner,
of this place, about five weeks ago, all well. Th.:
Tyne, BAXTER, from Newcastle, and Hawke, Gil:l.Ni',
from Sunderland, were driven to Cromarty in the late
storm, with sixteen other vesst•ls.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

GR AVESEND, APRIL 4.—Arrived the Helen, Thomas, from
Surinam; •Zephyr, Thrill, from Lisbon; Silly, Bailey, from St.
Michael's; Linter Rosalia, Gamper, from Malta; and Minerva,
Boman, from Sweden.—Sailed the Commercium, Vansnlow, for
Stockholm; Vrow Margaretha, Vrow Wilhelmina,
and Jonge Hendrick, Henriks, for Heligoland.

THE ARMY.