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POYAISIVI LYRIC. _
It would seem, from our Sepn of a trW in the flour' of
King's *eat in the Sus of Saturday, that the estabSslnnest of
his aneadkney the Cadges of Porde was so complete, that even
a Poet Laureate was attached to it t and that whether he had
bielpipe of sack er not, be deserved it, by his %skate and his in-
dustry. We gave ate of the lays of the Perabien Laureate on
Saturday, and we now add another, which was also reed on the
trial, unified

LINES, ♦DDRBSSBD BY A POYAISIAN EMIGRANT
TO HIS MISTRESS.

Olt ! come with me, my own dear love,
Nor sigh to bid this isle farewell;
For soon thy fairy foot shall rove
Through fields where ne'er a sums
O'er summer seas our bark will glide,
And bear us to that blissful shore,
Where thou wilt be. a Foyer's bride:,
And care tboult feel or fear no more!
I'll form thee bowers, of sunny flowers,
Beneath the mango's shady tree ;
And all day long some sweet bird's song
Shall be a hymn of rest for thee !
The rich banana shall be thine;
The orange, with its snow.white bloom;
The guava, and tlie golden pine;
And every Bower of sweet perfume!
An Indian maid shall tend on thee,
To cool thy brow and braid thy hair ;
A Didy of the land tbou'lt be,
And reign the queen of beauty there!
Oh ! who can tell, save those who've seen,
The beauties of our western clime,
Where every tree Is fresh and green,
And Nature seems unteuch'd by Time !
Then come with me! the Green Cross flies!
The Poyais Eagle's wing is spread!
Oh ! soon I'll see hi those brighters,
A smile for every tear they've shed!

!. fell!

din& to adiienture on these awful theyoot. hathal failed
a circnasstante the lento be wondered at when Milton,
with far mightier powers, could barely keep his genius,
from sinking, thoegh borne in her Hight.
6 Ural the seraph wings et maw:
To add that Lord Byron too has been unsuccessful, is
to tell but half his diigrace. You have fallen below
Addison e • below mediocrity. You barely • keep your
bead above the surface with Sternheld and Hopkins,
,and Brady. and Tate. Indeed there is scarcely a stave
'in the collection which these poetical compeers would
"feel any pride in adopting. In this compartment you
seem altogether out of your element. The fire of your
genius smoulders away when you approach these awful
subjects. Your strength withers when you employ it on
this ruck of ages. There is, in truth, such a miserable
latsmess in the soul of these Melodies, that you no longer
appear to us as a poet. You are a mere versifier, a doer
of the Psalms-of David into English calculated to undo
all the devout impressions we hare received from them.
And if, as bath been observed, • the Hebrew idioms
run into the English tongue with a particular grace
and beauty; • you are the more inexcusablefcir Laving
impacted so little beauty and grace to then?.
" One solitary spark atone remains to convince us
that these songs are really the offspring of your Lord-
ship's Muse, that tendency to wanton description, which
not even the Hill of Zion and the Sanctuary in rains
have power altogether to extinguish, so long as the
daughters of Jerusalem stand before you in their fas-
ciirations.”

Spectator, Va.ti. Na 405.*

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 10.

NORTH V. TANNER.
This was an action for assault_ aid battery, to which
the defendant had pleaded the general issue.
It appeared that the plaintiff was a broker in Ber-
mondsey, and the defendant a shipwliglit, occupy-
ing'adjacent premises. The witnesses on his behalf
swore, that after some words, the defendant, a stout
young man, seised the plaintiff, an infirm-and old
shook him, struck, and kicked him.
On thespart of the defendant, witnesses were called
to shew, in mitigation of damages, that the plaintiff
had used •ery insulting language ; that he had pro-
voked the defendant to commit the assault w and that•
the violence had been greatly exaggerated by the plain-
tiff's witnesses.

Among the witnesses for the defendant, John Usher,
a weather-beaten man, but ,of very_erect appearance,
and striking face, was called ; and, after giving his evi-
dence in chief, was cross-examined by Mr. ScAnLirer
as follows :

You were in the BuckinghamshireMilitia?—No; I was in the
Oxfordshire.
How did you happen to leave it?---I was obliged to leave it for
sly good behaviour. (di laugh.)
Youi good behaviour! What, do they flog men in that regi-
ment. for their good behaviour ?—Yes ; I was Bogged for refping
to kill an innocent child, which my Colonel ordered me.
Where was this ? In Ireland ; the child lay in a bamboo. I was
ordered to kill all, I refused. I was flogged and discharged. I
call that good behaviour.
Re•exaniined by Mr.GAsetet.—Yon have a pension
now ?—Yes; and keep my old mother with it.
Mr. ScAtmerr, in reply, said no human being could
believe that any Colonel ordered this man to kill a
child, and that the witness wa.; untitled to no credit.

At this moment a cat, which for two days before visited
the Bench, appeared in the seat appropriated to the
King's Counsel, ran briskly along the desk, and took
her station in the seat of the Lord Chief Justice, from
which she quickly reti eated amidst the laughter of his I
Lordship and of the Court,
Mr. SCARLET? said he supposed a cat would soon be
an emblem of justice, for she had now three days suc-
cessively made her way to the Bench. (it was sag-
Rested by a Gentleman of the bar, that she was looking
for rats!)
The Lotto CHIMP JusTicE informed the Jury, that
their verdict must, on the pleadings be, for ti►e plaintiff,
and that in estimating the amount of .6 d-slamagesahey
would probably consider whether any and what degree
of provocation led to the assault:
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages ElO.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTIDE sat till past seven o'clock,
at which time lie had got through all the causes in the
paper except three,which were made remanets by consent.
ARMSTRONG T. CORRIE.

This was an action bequght by the plAintiff, a dealer
in turpentine, at Bourdeaux, against the defendant,
merchant in London. The defendant had ordered a
quantity of turpentine of the plaintiff, the contract for
which he did not choose to fulfil, because, as he alleged,
the plaintiff had exceeded his order in quantity and
price. The plaintiff, on the other hand, contended, that
the defendant's refusal to fulfil the contract arose from
the turpentine coming to a falling market. To prove
these counter-statements, several witnesses were
and some intricate calculations were entered into. The
Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict for the
defendant on one count, subject to ajeference; and a
verdict on the money count for the plaintiff.

The Duke of DEVONSHIIkE has at length resolved that
the town of Wetherhy is to be rebuilt, and that operations are to
commence early in the ensuing spring; the bridge, we, is to be:im-
proved and widened.
A Yorkshireman, named Jack Phillips, has been ap-
prehended at Bolton, by the constable of Burnley,
.for
'stealing twelve horses, in concert with another fellotv
who is now in prison. The horses were killed for ear-
rion-meat, and their hides sold to the tanners. The man-
ner in which lie was deteted. is rather singular.' The
constable was on the look-out for another person; and
taking some refreshment at the bar of the' Man and
Scithe public-house, when he' heard a person singing in
an adjoining room, which he recognized to be the voice
of the notorious thief Phillips; he went and patted him
oa the shoulder, saying, ‘• Jack, I want you my good
fellow." Do you'?" replied the thief': a Then -here's
an end to all my acqrsaintance in this world," and im-
mediately gave himself up.
Wednesday morning, about four o'clock, three men
with their faces and bands blacked, entered the house of
Mrs. Whittingliam, West Country Coffee-htiose, Parlia-1
ment-street, Liverpool, by means of a rope-ladder. Mrs.
Whittingham, being alarmed', went down stairs, when
she was immediately seized, knocked down, and very ill
treated. A knife was held to her breast, with threats to
dispatch her, if she gave the alarm. They then forced
her into the front parlour, where they rifled her pocket-
book, andlook away SU They had with them a dark
lantern, and had been regaling themselves for some time
in the house. On going away, they turned back to carry
off two bottles of .spirits. They also took two hams
with them, and made their escape before she could give
any alarm, though there were three men sleeping in
the house.