Star.
London, England, 1825-07-12 00:00:00

ZEPHY-R.
FROA! KNIGHT'S QUARTERLY MAGAZIN&

Insets maidens blithely dance at eve,
I slily glide beneath their sleeve ;
Or, if they would their ankles bide,
I toss their rota gowns aside ;
Or, dallying with their kerchiefs blue,
I half betray to transient view
Beauties that thrill the lover through :
Then to a Lady's casement steal
To sigh the love I cannot feel,
'there she has placed a harp all day,
'Expecting me to come and play.
sweet music wakens in the strings
At the soft rustling of my wings;
And as I hover round and round,
She doats upon the plaintive sound ;
Then, as the meldng tones decay,
She thinks of one that's far away.
I see the colour come and go,
I feel her panting bosom glow,
And wish 'Ewers mine to sink to rest
Upon so fair and fond a breast!
At night, when all around is still,
I lay the down upon the bill.
And play with cowslips shining bright,
Beneath the Moon-beams' dewy light ;
Where dapper elves and fairies glance
In merry maze and circling dance :
Or, haply wandering I invade
With rustling sound the leafy shade,
Where Julia, by her lover led,
Denies, with half-averted head,
Of her rosy lips the taste,
Though both bit arms are round her waist!
Alarmed she bears we, and her fear
Imagines me a stranger near;
And he, though loth to fancy this,
Lets her go with half a kiss!
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EICTRAOIII4II4MR IN ifEtriGA FION.
In our Paper of Friday last, we
.gave the proceedings
Of a Coroner's Inquest that was held, touching the death
of a new-born male infant, that had been preserved with
rose leaves and musk, and packed in a basket, and for-
warded from Winchester, by one of the Sluthampton
coaches, to Mr. Pricker, cooper, Vincent-street, Vincent-
square, Vanzhall-road. It will be recollected that at
the close of that sitting the inquiry was adjourned till
a future day. in order that Weale, the officer of Queen-
square Police, might proceed to Winchester to investi-
gate the business. Yesterday morning at ten o'clock the
cfficer art ived in London, and, pursuant to adjournment,
the Jury re-assembled at eight o'clock last evening, and
the following further interesting particulars were re-
lated by Wedge, the officer, touch:ng the extraordi-
nary affair :
On leaving London, he took with him the rush basket
and apron, and the cambric handkerchiefs that the in-
fant was packed in, and on his arrival at Winchester, be
learned that the basket had been purthated at the shop
of Mr. Harper, a basket-maker, on Monday morning
the 4th inst. (the day before the parcel was received by
Mr. Fricker), but he could not recollect to whom he sold
it. He next ascertained that a young Lady, named
Jane Sturgess, residing with her mother in the Church-
yard of Winchester Cathedral, had been delivered on the
same Monday morning, of an illegitimate child, by Mr.
Lyford, an accuucheur, which he left doing exceedingly
well; but on going to the house in about two hours
after, he was surprised at being told that the infant was
dead, but no offer was made to him to see it, although
he expressed himielf much astonished that such a healthy
strong child should die so shojtly after its birth. In con-
sequence of this information, be (the officer) had an in-
terview with Mr. Lyford, who declared the child belong.
ing to Miss S. was a male child, and its features, upon a
description, exactly corresponded with that of deceased.
Weale rest proceeded to Sturgess's house, and found
the female, Miss Sturgess, in a very dangerous state
of health. On putting several questions to her relative
to the child of which she bad been delivered, she said
that it uas a little girl, and that he had died, and that
Ler brother had made a small box for hies, and she
hid given it to Heathcote the grave-digger, to bury.
Ori the production of the rush basket, she declared
she had ro knowledge of it whatever, but said the
apron, sbe thought, was the one she had wrapt her
child in, but she would not swear it was. In come-
goo nee of these suspicious circumstances, he applied
to Mr. Newbolt, the Magistrate, who granted a war-
rant for the apprehension of Jane Sturgess, the mother
ef Miss Sturges, Heathcote, the grave-digger, and a
butcher's boy, named Edwards, against whom strong
suspicion was entertained, and on Saturday afternoon
they were examined beftsre Mr. Newbolt, the Magis-
trate, ea several of the Corporation of Winchester,
when the following depositions were taken. and the
child that had been buried by Heathcote was ula-
'mud, and produced in Court.
i\lr. Henry G. Lyford, Surgeon, of Winchester,
stated that he had seen the child that had been taken
from the grave in the Cathedral church-yard, but he
could not say upon his oath that it was the same child
that he had delsys:red Miss Sturgess of on Monday last,
olthough believed that the child of which be so
delivered her was a male child, and the One this after-
noon produced was female.
Mrs. Cooke, of Winchester, stated that she was pre-
sent with die child soon after he woman's delivery, and
she thought she heard Mrs. Sturgess say it was a girl.
She saw her wash the child with brandy, and doing all
she could to recover it, but sly could not recollect
whether it was a male or female infant.
Loitisa Sopp stated, that she saw the child soon after
it was born, and it was a female. She saw it at half-
past six o'clock in the morning, and was quite sure it
was a girl, and heard the doctor say (when the mother
asked what sex the child was) that it was a little girl;
and Mrs. Sturgess told her daughter, saying, There,
I told you it would be a girl."
Mr. Higgs, the book-keeper, at Winchester, said
that he verily believed that the butcher's boy was the
person that had brought the parcel to hien, but he could
not swear to him.
This was stroc:gly denied by him.
The Magistrates, not considering there were any
e'r.:ges attributable to any but Mrs. Sturgess, they
e-e eischarged, and she was placed under recogni-
ex:ces to appear when called upon.
Weale further stated, that he ascertained that a man
1 ad purchased some musk, on Monday morning, at a
c%Fr...ist's, at Winchester. stating
.that it was for Mrs.
ir. Winchester, and on inquiry of that Lady,
&!.e po:itively denied having sent any person for any.
There being no other evidence to produce hi this mysterious
-- wish • again adjourn ;
and

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Doctor of

Cl= J..; esp.- res-s-e-d their tutaunnints whit to again adiou
t 1.47 at the utile time were desirous to have the attendance of
I4.urd, the sutgeos.—.The inquiry was adjoinnesi,till Friday,
sunacous was sent to air. Llfattli•
Tuesday last was Camist idge Commencement Da3
w bon eight Gentlemen were appointed Docton in "Divinity,
bettor in (Anil Law, tire to Doctors in ThrJc, sue a Docto
Mtuas, and neatly 200 to be Moms of. Arts.