Star.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

NOR NA'S INVOCATION
ON UNSHEETING HER DEAD ANCESTOR
IN ST. RINGAN"S CHURCH.

from " The Pirate."

A Champion, fam'd for warlike toil,
Art thou silent, Ribolt Troil?
Sand, and dust, and pebbly stones,
Are leaving bare thy giant bones!
Who dared touch the wild bear's skis
Ye slumber'd on, while life was In ?
A woman now, or babe, may come
And cast the coi ring from thy tomb !
" Yet be not wrathful, Chief, nor blight
Dline eyes or ears with sound or sight!
I come not, with unhallow'd tread,
To wake the slumbers of the dead,
Or lay thy giant reliques bare ;
Ilut what I seek thou well can'st spare.
Be it to my hand allovid
To shear a merk's weight from thy shroud;
Yet leave thee sheeted lead enough
To shield thy bones from weither rough !
" Ste, I draw my magic-knife—
Never while thou Wert in life
Laid'st thou still for sloth or fear,
When point and edge were glittering near;
See, the cearments now I sever—
Waken now, or sleep for ever!
thou wilt not wake—the deed is done—
The prize I sought is fairly won!
gi Thanks, Ribolt, thanks—for this the seis •
Shall smooth its ruffled crest for thee—
And while afar its billows foam,
Subside to peace near Ribuit's tomb.
Thanks, Ribolt, thanks—for this the might
Of wild winds raging at their height,
When to thy place ••)f slumber nigh,
Shall soften to a lullaby !
" She, the dame of doubt and dread,
Noma of the Fitful-head,
Nighty in her own despite—
Miserable in her might ;
In despair and frenzy great— •
In her greatness desolate;
Wisest, wickedest who lives,
Well can keep the word she elms r

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KTNG'S BENCH, JANUARY Y.
OVEItE)D V. CARTHEW.
This was an action for money had and received,
to recover the plaintiff's proportion of a certain sei-
zure of money paid into the public chest at Jamaica,
which it was alleged defendant's deputy embezzled.
The plaintiff 'was a searcher, and the defendant
was Collector of the Customs at Jamaica. It was
alleged that the defendant's deputy, a person named
Hutchinson, had embezzled about £lO,OOO, of which
the plaintiff claimed 42766 as his share.
• The defence set up was, that the defendant had
not taken possession of his appointment until eight
months after he was nominated to succeed the prior
Collector, and that in the interval the embezzlement
alluded to had taken place.
The Jury, however, under the Judges directions,
found their verdict for the p:aiatiff—Damages, £786.
THE KING V. WEAVER AND OTHERS.
Mr. lii.aci:ntAN stated, that this was a prosecu-
tion against the defendants, as Proprietors and Pub-
lishers of the John Bull Newspaper, for a libel in-
serted in that Paper, reflecting on the character of
the Countess of Jersey.
Mr. SCARLET? stated the case to the Jury. The
prosecutor in this case was Lord Jersey ; the de-
fendants Messrs. Weaver, Shackell, and Arrow-
smith, the Proprietors and Printers of the John Bull
NervFpaper. The prosecution was instituted for a
gross and malicious libel inserted in that Paper, of
the date of the 6th of May last. He did not believe
the defendants were the authors of this libel ; the real
author would in all probability never be discovered.
If he was at present admitted into honourable so-
ciety, were he once discovered. and his person
known, he would soon he excluded from such society,
and his presence avoided. If he could be discovered,
he (Mr. Scarlett) would instantly advise his client to
give up the prosecution of the agents, and proceed
at once against the principal. But if the defend-
ants, for the sake of profit, chose to screen the real
offender, they must abide by all the consequences,
both as regarded their persons and property. The
observations of the Public Press, upOn public men
and public measures, was what he would never com-
plain of ; but he believed it was now, for the first
time, that the licentiousness of the Press had at-
tacked and dragged female characters before the
Public ; and served them up at the breakfast table,
for the gratification of that appetite for scandal which
was too general amongst us. This Paper, the John
Bull, and its conductors, had publicly declared
what their object was--namely, to calumniate and
degrade as far as possible the wife of•the Sovereign ;
and to traduce every female who should dare to asso-
ciate with that unfortunate individual. They seemed
to have forgotten that loyalty required of a good subr
ject to treat every member of the Royal Family with
decency and respect, at least. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to advert to, and comment on the
transactions connected with the last residence of her
late Majesty in this country. Ile was not now called
on to declare any opinion uu the conduct of her late
Majesty. Let the dead rest in' peace. During her
Majesty's life, much difference of opinion had pre-
varied. 'Her friends and supporters were numerous;
and all who had the good of their country at heart,
wished to pay her the respect due to the wife of the
Sovereign. Amongst others who were actuated by
this feeling was the Countess of Jersey ; her Lady-
ship visited her Majesty as a mark of respect due to
her rank; and this action of her's, drew down upon
her the severe animadversions of the John Bull; and,
orrthe 6th of May, the libel in question, headed Lady
Jersey, appeared in the columns of that Paper. The
Learned Coun,,el then proceeded to read the alleged
libel, and to comment upon it as he proceeded. It,
charged her Ladyship with a want of decency, in'
having associated herself with the paramour of Ber-
gami, by which she had sacrificed her character and
respectability. It stated, that-the water wai in pos.
:vision of many facts, relative to her Ladyship,
which for the entertainment and amusement of the
readers of the Piper, they would serve up front
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