Star.
London, England, 1822-12-31 00:00:00

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SUMLItY—XII4I6IIITDM LII.). •
Thetommisslon for this Contst
UIWRDWI
y4aceptned this ,
morning before the Hon. Mr. Baren4WeitaOlv MAO
Sessions-house, Horsemonger-lane, Oar. which the
'LearnedJudge adjourned to this town for the more
convenient dispatch of business, there.ltaits. no.ac-
, commodation at Newington for-tkeiitliagftttbe Other
. jurige. His Lordship was .received at a short dis-
,inste from the town by a numereui Mtettdante of
the Gentry and Magistracy, and. escorted . to:the
Judge's lodgings, whence, isftet partaking of refresh-
ment, he went to Church-, land heard- an appropriate
sermon preached by the High- Sheriff's Chaplain.
.About two o'clock,the Learned *Judge went into,
, Coat, when the Grand Jury were called over,.and
sworn. There was a numerous attendance of Gentle-
men. The. Hon. H. G. BzNwrr was foreman; the rest
of the Grand Jury were the Crentleinen who usually
attend the Assizes.
Mr. Baron GRAHAM delivered a. very short address
to the Grand Jury. He observed that many intelli.
gent and excellent,persons had suggested the expe-
pediency of a jail delivery at this season of the year,
in consequence of which his Majesty's Government
had directed. a third Circuit. Those persons ,would
now have an opportunity of forming a judgment as
to the wisdom of such a measure. His Lordship,
however, could nothelp observing; that however ad-
risable it might be, as respected the interests of pub-,
tic justice, the season chosen for 'this experiment
could I* but be deemed inconvenient to many• per-
sons whose attendance was requisite. This was a season
of the year observed throughout all Christendom by
thanksgiving and joy, and was ill suited to the duties
which this proceeding imposed upoti the Gentry and.
Yeomanry of the country. His Lordship would say
no more upon this subject; and, after shortly-advert-
ing to the principal cases in the calendar, he dismissed
the Grand Jury to their room.
The calendar contains 91 cases, nine of which are
commitments for the Quarter Sessions, and, conse-
quently cannot be tiled at these Assizes. The follow-
ing is an abstract of the remaining 82, vit.
Three for highway robbery, four for stealing from the person,
eleven for housebreaking, three for rape, four fur hors,eledaNng,
one foie receiving stolen goods, six for stealing in the dwelling-
house, one for forgery, three for stealing from the ,person, one
for bigaMy, seven for burglary, nineteen for larcenies, twolor
sheep-stealing, four for uttering base money,. two for poaching,
fire forassaulti, and six 'Vagrants.
#obert Frystt was convicted of stealing, at St.
George, Southwark, eight penny-pieces and other
monies, the property of James Ward,and sentenced
to four months imprisonment.
John Fairborns was indicted for a burglary in the
dwelling-house of William. Wadge, of t•SoWatatino-
road, in the night of the 12th of-December, and steal-
ing a metal watch, his property.
The property was found in the possession of the
prisoner the day after the robbery.
It was proved that the house was broken open, but
there being no proof how k was broken, the Jury
found the prisoner Net Guilty.

The post-boy conveying the mails from Kilcock
to Trim, was attacked by three men,•within about a
.qnarter of a mile of Sumtherhill, in the county of
Meath, on Tuesday morning. They -robbed him of
the Dublin mails, dispatched hence on the preceding
evening, for the towns of Sommerhill, Trim, and
Athboy, together with the bye letters for Trim and
SummerhilL

Monday se'nnight, the house of'a farmer, named
John Barry, near the town of Kilccml, in the county of
Wicklow, was entered by five-or six fellows. They
robbed the place of all the wearing apparel, and, in
short, everything portable they could find. 'The
villains, not satisfied with this, placed him on the
fire, by which. thepoor Man was dreadfullyiburmed.
• Wednesday night a dispute arose between five:sol-
diers belonging to the Sth;Draoon Guards and the
Enniskillens, and some men, in New-street,•Dublin.
The latter were quickly reinforced by a number of
their neighbours,,and began to pelt the dragoons with
stones. they were obliged to dtaw their swords,
and retreated up. New-street. The jn,ob gaveup.the
pursuit at Donovan's-lane, and were returning home
when they met a party Of-Police, ender the command
of P. 0. Dickson, with whom they turned back.
They all came up with the dragoon's. in Clanbrassil;
street, and the crowd rushed on them with great
violence before the Police could interfere. The-sol-
diers drew their swords,,.and, regret
_to state;
. wounded P.O. Dickson 4yesely, and. three of the
patrol. Two men, namedZirwan and Wormick,
have been also desperately wounded. The skull of
the latter is fractured, and he is much car in Other
places. The soljlers are in custody.
Sunday forenoon between the hours of twelve and
one, some daring villains who are connected with a
most andacioni gang of depredators that have a long
time. existed in the parish of -St, :.Luke, Old.!street,
broke into the parsonage house at the.oorner of
met-row, opposite-the • Church,-the residence of the
Rev. Mr. Ries, Curate of the Parish, and plundered
AO a vast -quantity of property. The burglars ef;
:fected their entrance at the front doer 'in Helmet=
row, by means -of picklock-keys, whilst the
was perforating the.rportiiix. service at the Church:
kevious,to theconc)osion of Lis religious-functions,
theeeyea,was brought to him, and the affair was soon
made known amongst the congregation. On examin-
ing, the premises,' not a room therein escaped the
'.nonce of the robbers, they, being every one completely
ransacked. The heels. room on the first floor was
strewed with papers belonging to the Rev. Gentle.
man, and the door ,was:literally broken to pieces by
-Atte violence used by tbevillains. A tin chest or box,,
.containing cash, plate, and other valuables, .was
:broken open, and the contents carried off.
Sunday night, the house of Mrs. PITT, a widow
Lady, residing ,in Collingwood-street; Blackfriats-
.road, was broien. into and robbed. Mrs. PITT had
atended the evening service at Christchurch, and on
her return home about eight o'clock, she endea-1
voured to open the.street-door, but found it fastened
on the inside. She alarmed some of the neighbours,l
who got over the garden wall, approached the house,
and found the door and windows open. On getting
into the house, they found everything in confusioni:
a box, which was kept in one of the rooms up stairs,
and which contained a quantity of plate, was broken
open, and the contents stolen. -All the linen and bed-
.furnitute were packed up, and lying in the passage.
Xlse thieves bad, .it appears!, been.disturbed at the
moment they were about to decamp with thi: bundles.

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TW4 Inv eintholoiOsit Attracts. itoro AV*eo..s
•Illifteissa anti Cosies'Arspettrgi,. Abe iwp 1114.4.0,01
Asisieir public attendee -is so. deeply ripMrd-
DIANN° OIR FIitBNCH-GBRBRALS. f
'Two of the circtravitesicetrohichhad.most made&
-thetraperOr un the Tteld sof battle, he • said, woe ibe
i:legths of ran% Culbert and General: Corbineats. ~At
Aboukir, it ballet :wept quite throegh the brea.t of
the .fornler, without killing him instantly : • the Ern'-
,peror, sifter saying of few words to 1)1411, was obliged,
by the violent* of his 'feelings to leave hint. The
.other- • was carried away, crushed, annihilated by a
cannon ball,. at Eylau, before-the Emperor's face,
whilst he was giving him- some orders. The Em-
peror spoke also of the. last moments 'of 'Matishal
.tonnes, the valiant Duke of Nfontebello, so justly
rcalled the Orlando of the army, who, when visited
tby the Emperor on his death-bed, seemed to forget
his own situation, and to care only for him, whom
he loved above everything. The Emperor had the
highest esteem for him.
The Emperor next mentioned Duroc, on whose
character and private life he dwelt some
Duroc," concluded he, " had livery, tender, and
concealed passions, little corresponding with the cold.
ness of his manner, It was long before I knew this,
so exact and regular was his service. It was not
untiliny day was entirely closed and finished, and I
was enjoying repose, that Duroc's work began.
Chance, or some accident, could alone have made
me 4cquaintect with his character. He was a pure
' and virtuous man, utterly disinterested, and ex-
tremely generous."
The Emperor said, that on the opening of the
• campaign at Dresden, he lost two men who were ex-
tremely valuable to him, and in the most foolish
manner in the world : these were Bessieres and Duroc.
When he went to see Duroc, after he had received
his mortal wound, he attempted to held out some
hopes to him ; but Duroc, who did not deceive him•
self, only replied by begging him to make them give
him opium. The Emperor, excessively affected, could
not venture to remain long with him, and tore him-
: self from this distressing spectacle.
One of the company then reminded the Eniperor,
that on leaving Duroc, he went and walked up and
down by himself before his tent : no one durst accost
' him. But some essential measures being requisite
against the following day, some one at length ven-
tured to ask him where the battery of the Guard was
to be placed? “ Ask me nothing till to-morrow,"
was the Emperor's answer.
At this recollection, the Emperor, with an appa-
rent effort, began to talk abruptly of something else.
Duroc loved the Emperor for himself: it was. ra-
' Cher to the individual personally that his devotion
• was attached, than to the Monarch. In being made
the confidant of his Prince's feelings, he bad acquired
the art, and perhaps the right, of mitigating and di-
recting:them. How often has he whispered to people
struck with consternation by the anger of the EmFe-
ror--.41 Let him have bis way;' he speaks fiom his
feelings, not according to his judgment; nor as he
will act to-morrow." _

Bessieres was adored by the Guards, in the midst-
of whom he passed his life. At the -battle of Va-
gram, a ball struck him off his horse without doing
him any farther injury. A mournful cry arose from
the whole battalion; upon -which Napoleon-remarked,
the next time he saw him," liessieres, the ball which
struck you drew tears from all my Guard. Return
thanks to it: it ought to. be very dear to you."
He was less fortunate at the openiug -of the cam-
paign of Saxony. On the vsry,eve of: the battle of
Lutzen a trifling engagement occurred, in.:which,
havitig Advanced into the vesy..midst of the. skir-.
;slithers, he was shot dead on the .spot by a musket-.
ball in the breast. Thus,. after living like Bayard, be
died like Turenne. . - • • •

•
DERDS,OF ARMS. _
The Grand Atarshal said, .that what had most
struck him in the life of
.the Emperor, happened at
Eylao, when, attended only.. by some Officers of Ms
staff, a column of four.. or five thousand Russians
came almost in contact with him. The Emperorwas
on foot ; the Prince of Neufchatel instantly ordered
up the horses: the,Emperor gave him a reproachful
look ; then sent orders to a battalion of his Guard to
advance, which was a good way behind, and stand-
ing still. As the Russians advanced, he repeated se-
veral times, " What audacity ! what audacity r At
the sight of the grenadiers of the Guards, the Russians
stopped short. It was high time they should, as
Bertrand said. The Emperor had never stirred ; all
whosurroundedbim bad been much alarmed.
The Emperor bad heard this account without
making any observation ; but, when it was finished,
he said, that,pne of the finest manoeuvres he remem-
bered was that which he executed at Eckmuhl.
:fortunately he did not proceed or give any particu-
jars. " Success in war," said he, " depends so much
on quicksightedness, and in seizing the right mo-
, ment„ that the battle of Austerlitz, which was so
coppletely, yvon, would, have been lost if I had at-
tacked six hours sooner. The'Russiansthewed them-
selves on.that occasion such excellent troops as they
have never appeared since: the Russian army of Aus-
terlitz would not have lost the battle of the Ailoscowa."
." Marengo," said tire Emperor, " via? the battle in
which the Austrians fought best; their troops be-
haved admirably.there ; but that was the grave of
their valour. It has never since beeh seen." -
" The P-russians, at, Jena, did not make such a re-
sistance as was expected from their reputation. As
to the multitudes of 1.814 and 1815, they were mere
rabble compared to the real soldiers of Marengo, bus-
terlitz, and Jena."
—The night before the,battle of Jena, the Emperor
said; he bad rim the. greatest risk. He might then
have disapwarid withorit his faie being clearly known.
lie had approacleil the bieornics of tkeeneniy,in the
dark, to reconnoitre. them ; he had only, a few-Offi-
cers . • . •
_
' The npinion whiCh was. then entirtained of the
Prussian aimi. „kept. ivery one oritlW.aler-t . was
thought drat the Prussians
nocturnal attacks. As theEmperoriej,praed, he w.ts
fired.at by the first satinet of his camp l
.this wa.s•a
signal for the whole.line he had. no resource but to
throw himself flat on.his face until the mistake was
discovered.. But his principal. apprehension was, that
the Prussian-line, which was very near. him, would
act in the same manner.
. ;At Marengo the Austrian soldiers had tit forgot-.

`ten the cotffoecorafinstigiionai-krcole;and Iktvo
his name haci itiuCkingUence over them • but they
ware. Ear from thiukiag be was prevent ; they believed
he vras;alead ;: tare had been taken to persuade them
that he'hul perished in Egypt, that the First Consul,
of who= they heard talk, was only his brother. This
report 44 gained so much everywhere,. that
Napoleon, was under.the necessity of appearing in
public- ac Milan in oratir to ritfutelto
AMERICA.
The conversation that*turned to the present name*
roni entignitions of the artisans of France and Eng-
land to. America. •The limperor Observed, that 'this
favoured•eountry grew rich by our follies. The Go-
vernor smiled, and replied; that those of England
-wouldoccupy the fast place-in the-list, from the nu.
-Introits errors of administration, which had led to the
-revolt and subsequent emancipation of the Colonies.
(The' Emperor said, 'that their emancipation was in.
evitable ; that when children were come to the siza
',of their fathers, it was-difficult to retain them slOng iA
a State ofebecliense.

CnYMIStRY.
After this, the Emperor, knowing that Governor
Wilks was well informed iu chymistry, attacked hint
on that. subject. Ile spoke of the immense.progress
in ah our manufactures occasioned by this science...*
He said that both England and France, undoubtedly,
possessed great chyrnists ; but that chymistry way
more.generally diffused in France, and more particu-
larly directed to useful results ; that in England it
remained a science, while in France it was becoming
entirely practical.—The Governor admitted that tbete
observations were perfectly correct, and, with a libe-
talky of sentiment, added, that it was to him, the
Emperor, that all these advantaaes were owing, and
that wherever science was led by the hand of power,
it would produce great and happy effects on the well-
being of society.—The Emperor observed, that cf
late France had obtained sugar from the beet-root.
as good and as cheap as that extracted from the
sugar-cane.—The Governor was astoni:hed ; he IL•d
not even suspected it.—The Emperor assured him
that it was an established fact, opposed as it weir to
the rooted prejudices of all Eurcpe, France itsek nit
excepted. He added, that it was the same with wood,
the substitute for indigo, and with almost ail the co-
lonial produce, except the dye-‘‘ cods. T!.is led him
to conclude, that if the invention of the compass I:aLi
produced a revolution in commerce, the pr giess et
chythistry bade fair to produce aci iitet-rev.,lution.