Star.
London, England, 1830-08-26 00:00:00

SCINTILLA:.

TO THE fit I COLOUR.
MY T. ROSCOE, Esq.
Down, down with your colouts, ye slaves !
Ye despots ! bow low the proud knee
To the Standard of Freedom that royally waves
With the sovereign people's decree.
Proclaim it aloud, till it rings
Through the regions of earth to the sky—
That Victory's freemen have made themselves kings,
And claimed their Divine Right from high.
Joy, joy to thee, land of the brave !
To the gallant and fearless in soul,
Who dared to tell Europe, lwued fast slave with slave,
And her despots in steel-clad controul,
That the spirit of Gaul was not dead—
That the last drop of blood in her veins
For her young rights of freedom should gladly be shed,
Till her children were washed from their stains.
The pollution of ages of crime,—
Of scorn, and oppression, and wrong,
From those libels of monarchs whose names thro' all time.
With our Stuarts, to shame shall belong.
We honour thee, land of the Gaul !
The beacon of light in the storm—
The last glorious bulwark of patriots, when all
Had perished--orctinged like the worm.
Then up with your proud Tricolour,
The emblem of Hope to the world ;
Let it wave from each mast-head, each palace and tower
To the ends of the earth be unfurled.
Let it blanche the hot blood of the priest,
Of the lordling, the minion—the broed
Of old tyrants whose vultures are trained to the feast—
Whose talons drank deep of your blood.
The day-star of Europe bath risen !
Young Freedom's creation's begun ;
At her word, out of Anarchy, Slavery, and Treason,
Spring Light, Peace, and Order, whose sun
O'er a new earth and heaven bath beamed—
The homes and the hearts of the free ;
'Tis a glory—a triumph we dare not have dreamed,
And we owe it, brave Paris, to thee.
What honours—what wreaths of renown,
To the heroes of Liberty due !
Crown, crown, on the thrones of earth's despots hurl'd down,
Our Citizen Kings who are true. •
Let us honour your brows with the palm
Of victories won with your voice ;
Your example shall teach man to dare yet becalm,
Your victory—man to rejoice.
These, these are the thanks we decree
To the saviours of Freedom and France !
Not the thanks vow'd by Courts to new despots o'er thee,
When our Metternich statesmen advance.
Then up with your brave Tricolour,
The emblem of Hope to the world ;
Let it wave on each mast-head, each palace and tower,
To the ends of the earth be unfurl d !

The following placard was exhibited to tl►e view of the per-
sons collected opposite Crockford's, on Saturday night, attracted by the
illuminations :

To behold all this fuss, you would really conceive
King William the Patron of sinners ;
But those who best know him will never believe
lie cares either for losers or winners.

MONSIEUR ROUGET DE LILLE, AUTHOR OF TII I
CELEBRATED MARSEILLOIS HYMN.—This veteran votary of the
Muses, on whom the new monarch of France has settled a pension, was
born at lions le Saulnier, in 1760. He was early known as a man of
letters, but the universal, and, perhaps, unexampled success of the
national air above mentioned, has eclipsed all his other productions. In
1792, at the commensement of the French revolution, 111. de Lilk
wrote both the words and the music of this air, which was then called.
" War Song for the Army of the Rhine." Perhaps there never was an
impression so widely and rapidly spread, as the enthusiasm produced
by this air. It was the song of the morning and the evening ; whether
in peaceful employment at home, or preparing to combat the enemy on
the frontiers, it was the burden of every Frenchman's voice.
The following short and pithy dialogue actually took
place, a few days since, between a worthy and enlightened elector of the
borough of Southwark and his friend Mr. A. So, Mr. L. you have
turned out Calvert ?" " Yes, Sir," snuffed Mr. L. Mr. A. " But
why did you wote agen him ? " Mr. L. " Why, cos he woted for the
Beer Bill." Mt. A. a Oh, lawks, you're tin-informed, he muted cx.
actly the rewerse." Mr. L. " Well, 1 don't know ; but he done sum.
rout, and so we injected him."
W TCttc R A rr.—A case was brought before the Justice
of Peace Court at Cromarty, on Monday week, of a singular descrip.
tion. The circumstances are as follow :—A small anchor having a
short time ago been stolen from John Fraser, boatman, at Ferrytown,
parish of Resolis, he set out for Inverness with the view of consulting
Miss Hay, who is reported to be skilled in the occult sciences. The
usual fee having been demanded and readily paid, the spaewife, alter
having chalked out two letters (D. H.) directed Fraser to return home,
assuring him that the first person he should meet, the initials of whose
name would answer to the above letters, was the thief. It happtntd
that soon after his return, Fraser met David Holm, farmer at Ferrytown,
whose initials corresponded with the letters, and he was accordingly de.
nounced as the guilty person. The man, however, convinced of his in.
nocence, and seeing that his character was at stake, prosecuted Fraser for
defamation before the Justices, who, after having taken a proof, awarded
the sum of 21. of damages against Fraser, with expences. The Justices
strongly reprobated " consultations" of the description referred to.
which have become very prevalent in knolls, and directed a copy of the
judgment in this case to be posted on the church door of that parish oa
Sunday.
A correspondent in the Timierury Free Press commu-
nicates the following " important" information :—" A Vestry was held
in the Parish Church of Fethard, on Monday last, the flth instant, for
the purpose of confirming the applotment. The apploucrs levied
sum of twopence-halfpenny per acre on Protestant landholders, am!
one halfpenny per acre on Catholics. 111 r. Thomas Heffernan and a
great number of the parishioners attended. • • The l'nion
of Fethard contains about 12,000 acres. 11 would be well if all the
parishes in Ireland would follow the example set in Fethard."
PERIODICAL PRESS AT ALGIERS.—W e have ken
favoured with a sight of the Ectufetle d'Alyer, from the Nth 14' Jure
to the 11th of July last. This singular production is one of fruits
of the occupation of that capital by the French : and a few selections
from the numbers before us, cannot but prove ir.teresting to the rcala.
—Atheneum.

An old Algerine woman, who had been captured in a ecuntry
house, whilst loading her husband's musket in defending himself
against his Gallic assailants, had been brought into the camp at Sidi
Ferruch. The man was killed, and the woman slightly wounded. Shc
was kindly treated, and gave the captors to understand, in a melancholy
tone of voice, " that she was perfectly aware what object the invaders
had in view, who had come for no other purpose than to I.stk after fine
women ;" but, she told them, " they would be foiled in their ent•CLI.
tiohs, and would not meet with a single beautiful face la all Algiers.
They should have turned another way, and paid a visit to Tutus."
FRENCH DiGNlTAttiv.s.—ne Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs served under Napoleon, first as Kelt ct of the Cote
d'Or, then as Councillor of State, afterwards as Director-General of
Bridges and Highways, and lastly, as M.nister of Justice. He was
terwanls placed at the head of the Naval Board by Louis XVIII. it
great experience in public affairs, coolness, caution, and considerable
talent as an orator. be of any consequence, there can be no doubt of the
Count proving himself quite equal to Lord Aberdeen ! This °like sill
require extraordinary prudence and foresight for some time to come, on
account of the jealousy which many of those will be careful to cherish.
with whom the Foreign Secretary will, of necessity, have to do. The
Duke de Broglio is President of the Council, and has also the sub.tle-
partment of Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Afiliirs. Ills claims ¶0
office rest on other grounds than those of his having previously bten
in
the Ministry ; but he is not likely to prove inferior to his colleaguis.
being a man of great mental resources, and possesses not only a daugh-
ter of the celebrated Madame de Stael, but is a great admirer of
lady's politics.—Al. B. Constant is President of the Committee of Le-
gislative and Administrative Justice; Lieu*..Gcneral Gerard, Alinister
of War; Stbastiani, Minister of Marine; AI. Guizot, a man of some
literary reputation, Minister of the Interior; Al. Dupont de l*Fure, Mi-
nister of Justice; and Lafitte, the banker, Casimir Paler, 'Signor. and
the elder Dupin, are Ministers with. ut departments.—Sheteld .11(7-
cloy. that

HI lUD'S.
In Montague-square, on the 25 b inst. the lady or Major 11. H. Close.
of a 25th hitt. the tidy of Nicholas Garry, Esq. of Stratton-
street, of a son.

MARRIED.
The 44th inst. at St. Luke's. Chebea, T. Burrow, Esq. of Dolton-
place, to Harriet. eldest daughter of J. Stephen, Eq. Chutch.street.

DIED.
At Worthing, on the 14th inst. Anna, the second daoght. rof Sir
C F. Goring, Bart. of Highden, Susses—ln Kenton-street, nuns-
wick-square, on the 24th inst. Susan, second daughter of 11..1idable,
F..q. in the 15th year of her age—The 25th inst. J. Darvill. Esq• late
of Kentish-town.

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