Star.
London, England, 1822-10-23 00:00:00

TO A FRIEND IN DISTRESS.

Ob ! say not that thy joys are fled,
To bloom on earth no more!
What, though thy kindred are all dead
Tbey from this world of grief were led,
To greet a happy shore!
And short the hour that steals from thee
Their converse and their smile: - '
Time, like a rough but narrow sea,
Bears onward to eternity—
Then wait and hope awhile !
And think not that for thee above
Hope smiles but to deceive;
What though that fairest form has down;
And round the universe, not one
Thy sorrows can relieve!
Hope oft returns to gild the scale
Usurp'd by dark despair:
And many a bright transparent beam '
May gild thy future path, serener
With joys divinely fair!
For thee what new delights may else!
What bliss unknoWis.descehdt •
Thy woes are blessings in disguise,
Sent to allure thee to the skies,
Where all our sorrows end!
Oh ! say not then that hOpe In vain
" Illumes life's ciarksome way
What bib), loss'may be thy gain.
And pleisuies free from every pain,
• Shall crown a brighter day! J. Z.

PRESENT' STATE OF FRANCE.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.
" Pmus, OCTOIIIII 15.

" Your Ministerial Prints are quite sceptical, I per-
"'ceive-, upon the subject of discontent in France. With
'all my heart. Request of them, however,• to. point
'out a single number of any Parisian Newspaper,
'published within the la-t two months. that does not
'contain ..;n account of at r ests, examinations, trials, sen-
tences, or executions, for political offences. In the
JOurnals of this day, even, will be found the con-
demnation of two soldiers (sapeurs), for uttering se-
Ilitious cries; one of them for shouting' Fiver LOtpe-
rear: the other, ' Vive la Liberia.' Their punish-
ments may be only just, but I will ask, what must
be the state .•f a:-prehension of that Government
which deems it criminal for an individual to read a cer-
tain Newspaper (Constitutio.mid), although the spirit
.of all the Journals had already been paralyzed by ty-
xanuical impositions and restrictions,--nay, which at-
tempted to prove such a.circumstance as an overt act
of treason against a man on trial for his life? How
arbitrary or how cowardly must that Government be
which inter fetes with a Prelate, and dictates a censure
,neon an unfortunate Ecclesiastic, for accepting the
I.3an of 3 number of the same Journal from one of his
Ikek, it being perhaps the only one that is read by any
of his pa: isz!aoners? Why are the.eextra-judicial seve-
rities re te,l va, if the French Government be secut e?
If the a: :ily can be •elied on, why resort to such con-
temptible expe,:ients for • conciliating, or rather for
tater ing it, as those with thesight of w !rich we are
daily nauseated? If the National Guards are now 1
as Ultra Royal as they were deemed in 1314, when
Monsieur entere.l l'aris at their head, in the uniform
of that body, why are they now slighted, .o.d the
I army' complimented at their expense? If the good
City of Pat is can be relied upon, whence the neces-
sity fi-r a squadron of Lancers to guard Madame
wherever she goes, even upon the must unimportant
affair—a visit to a jeweller, for example, which was'
the case a few days ago ? How ye Citizens or Lon-
don and Westminster would raise up your eyes in
. • astonishment, were you to behold Übe of the. Miss
F,'s pmceesJing with a troop of horse to Craft-
bourne-allev. or to Soho-square, upon any private
•business I The Government of fiance • betrays its
fears every moment in the day. The Government of
'France must he better infortbed upon the actual state
of the country than I can possibly be—pcshapt I have
.no other reason for asserting that France is one huge
rokano, than the evidence of -their fears ; and even

•so is not that sufficiently strong to bear me out?—
The troops, and the priests, and the Bens-cr4rmes,
'and the hundreis of expectants 'connected with these
different classes, are said to'vociferate enthusiatically
—"Five le Roi—vivent le Bourbons,' on all possible
*ckcasibits. I have been at Church ceremonies, at
military reviews, at theatres,wliere the cue was given
•to cry Vive le Rol,' and, on my conscience, the re-
ception it met with was precisely that which the Citi-
zens of London accorded to Buckingham'. "GOD

'save King Itichat d !" •
"Some dasett of mine •wn followers at the lower end of the
hall, &c.
. .
Belton was a marked man, so was Caron : they

were accused on former occasions, but escaped for it
time : sitaLe, were laid for both : they were hunted
. into the toils: they are dead. But )ou will observe
that the .thirst of yeni,eance has not been satiated by
the death of the nnforxunate Caron ; his wife and two
or three of those implicated with him, and who have
been ari ested since his execution, are about to receive
new pools of the clemency of Government. A Lon-
eon P.o.:er calls this a tirpr:Administration ; and cer-
tainly if unrelenting persecution, if revelling in blood
constipte firmness, the present 'government of France
posse ses, that qteility in! a high de ree. , But will it
1
be said that ibeie. measures of firm ess,. which some
call severity; will have produced, tranquillity, of
rendersfr,France more 14yal ?' An *ticlefrom Metz,
in alEtlic Joui Nati Of th s dui, affords an answer to
this question; for you ill fiad-th:4 there have been
latelyleited a number p?ni4rds,;eaucsl v similar to
thoseyasitss‘d by the ' conkers de la. Liberte—the
consPiratots -of Thoilart, and La 'Rochelle (Bories,
Gonbin, Iltcr lhat irrefrakable testimony of return-
ing (tranquillity 'sled itiyaityr

Friday evening; the bankiili Office of the branch
of the Corn ii.ercial lippking Coniplini of Scotland
at bunkeid, was .robized 4C a bole, containing a con.'
siderable ,um in batik-nores;restuantitty of gold, sil-
veroind eppper.ceiu, and carried' off, The box was
afterwareli iound; empty,, at the south end of Dun-
keld-bridge.' 'le'sdiEredators, it appeared, had
fOl-ced one of the,yrimclgWVoi: tie office, from the oat-'
side; .by sorge-isuplesseets Ouch were found on the
premises exit morning. The thieves have as yet
eluded detection.

INTELLIGEWE.

COURT OF ICING'S BENCH, OCTOBER ESL
WITTE AND ANItTHER -V. HAGUE AND TOPHAM.
Tois was an action brought by the plaintiffs, who
are resident in Well-street, Wellclose-square, to re-
cover a compensation for the injury done to their
premises by the explosion of an engine for boiling
sugar by steam, erected by the defendants.
It appeared in evidence. that the apparatus in ques-
tion 'was erected by the defendants on the premises,
and by the desire of Mr. Constant, whose premises
adjoin those of the plaintiffs. In a few weeks after its
erection, and beltne it was brought into complete
use, it exploded, and did great damage to all the sur-
rounding buildings. It was clearly proved that the-
boiler
was not of the proper thickness, and was there-
fore liable to accident. It was also proved that the
parties, who at the time of the explosion managed it,
woiked it without adequate skill. The-amount of
damage was not. investigated, • as it was agreed to
settle it out of Court in case the verdict should be in
favour of the plaintiffs.
On the part of the defendants, it was contended;
that in point of lair, supposing the engineers had ens
tirey resigned the controul of the apparatus to Mc.
Constant?, the present plaintiffs could- not recover for
any defect in the original construction. And, in pointl
of fact, it was urged .that the boiler was entirely un-
der the controul of • Mr. Constant, and that the de-.
fondants had no responsibility for that carelessness'
which had been quite sufficient alone to account for
the explosion. •
Evidence having been called to this point, and
Mr. GURNEY having replied,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the case to
the Jury. He requested that, if .they thought the
boiler was in itself defective, they would find for the
plaintiffs, but would further communicate to him
their opinion on the point of fact, whether, at the time
of the accident, it was worked by the servants of Mr.
Constant or of the defendants ; because, if they
thought it was still under the controul of the latter,
no point.of law would arise; but if- thee thought it
had passed into the care of Mr. Constant, then the
point raised for the defendants would. beifairly open
to future inquiry. . •
The Jury found a verdict for -the plaintiffs, and
expressed their opinion that the boiler was under the
controul of the defendants; so that the pHint of law
will not arise.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCTOBER es. •,
THE KING V. SMITH.
In this ca;e, which was a prchecutim on the part
of a Gentleman named Coil, against the defendant for
perjury, Mr. ALLEY moved, on behalf of Mr. Smith,
that the recognizances be respited until next Sessions.
He made this motion upon an affidavit, which stated,
that through ignorance of the practice of the Court,
the defendant had neglected to give due notice of
trial until after the day prescribed by law. The trial
had been by consent postponed until the present Ses-
sions, and the defendant had been misled by an old
edition of Mr. Dickenson's work. tinder these cir-
cumstances it was hoped that the.recognizances would
be respited.
Mr. C. PHILLtra, on the other side, Maintained that,
both in-point of law and jittice, dhe recognizances
ought to be cstreated. The defendant having neg,
lected to give notice of trial within the specified time,
ought not to be allowed to turn round and declare
that it was merely through ignorance that the error
was committed. He might have been misled by Mr.
Dickenson's book, but that was no season why the
recognizances should be respited.
The CITA IRMAN Observed, the notice had been served
only fifteen hours too late, and thought that some in-
dulgence ought to be given fur ignorance of the prac-
tice of the Court.
Mr. PHILLIPS thought, that under such peculiar
circumstances the recognizances were never respited.
In this case there were above thirty witnesses, and it
was one of considerable importance.
Mr. ALLEY only wished to observe, that the de-
fendant was a very old man, nearly eighty years of
age, and ought to meet more indulgence than might
otherwise be shewn; but he maintained that recog-
nizances were frequently respited on such grounds as
those' upon which he now rested his present motion.
Mr. PHILLIPS wished to know what rule the Court
laid down in cases of this kind, for its future guidance?
TheCHAIDAAN said, that the only rule which seemed
to have been hither to laid down was to pay no re-
spect whatever to the judgment of the Court.
Mt. PHILLIPS.—What, then, is the judgment of
the Couit ?
The CHAIIIMAN.—That the recognizances be re-
spited. In common fairness, no other decision ought
to be given.
Mr. PHILLIPS.—Then the motion shall be submitted
to the King's Bench. •
Mr. ALLEY wished to know whether the recog-
nizance, were to be respited until next Sessions, or
the adjournment day ?
Mr. Putlcktes said he would not decide, as he
should submit the motion at die King's Bench.
Samuel Johnson was indicted for assaulting John
Davis. There were two other indictments involving
the same transaction ; the one against Charles De.
vereux and John Bohan, watchmen of St. Giles's, for
assaulting James Hicks, a police officer ; and the
other against John Davis, a patrol, and John Hicks,
for assaulting John Jones. • .
The transaction which gave rise to these variciui
indictments took place near the Black Herse public-
house, Tottenham-court-road, on the night of .the
24:h of June, about twelve o'clock. The evidence on
both sides was as long as it was contradictory, and it
would be impossible to give even an outline of the
facts, without occupying more space than the case is
worth. It seemed to be a contest between police-
officers and watchmen, and the endeavour seemed to
be which could give the hardest blows. Ultimately,
after an investigation of some hours, the Jury found
Johnson guilty, and acquitted all the other defendants.
The CHAIRMAN, in his charge to the Jury, deeply
lamented that such glaring perjury should have been
committed by the witnesses on one side or the other.
It was to him extremely distressing even to be com-
pelled to listed to such testimony.
The judgment upon Johnson was postponed.
LONDON SESSIONS
.•
astscoanuoT 01 STAGEAVACHMEN.
Yesterday a powerful man, named Laxgridge, a
stage-coach-driver, was Wed for having assaulted I

Clay, also afraehman, on the 7thof July last.
—lt appeared 'ram the evidence adduced by Mr.
BOLLAND for the prosecution,. that the parties are
Blackheath .coacbmen, and that, from.the peculiarly
civil and good conduct of the prosecutor, he had been
set up Kith a coach and horses, and had been strongly
patronized and recommended by the Gentlemen of
Blackheath. This excited a violent animosity and
oppositicin on the part of the other coach-masters of
the same place, who bad not the same recommenda-
tion to patronage. Every means were resorted to by
them to prevent the prosecutor from getting passen-
gers, and " cads" were placed to intercept persons
before they could get to his coach. On Sunday, the
7th of July last, the defendant was employed with
another in " working" against the prosecutor, by in-
tercepting passengers. A lady with a child in her
arms went to take places for four in the prosecutor's
coach. The defendant stopped her, and told her not
to go with the prosecutor, who was an infamous cha-
racter, but to go with him and encourage honesty.
At the same time, the, defendant's ." car took the
child out of the lady's arms forcibly, and without ce.
remony-placed it in his employers coach, judging
that the mother would follow her infant. The lady,
hoWever; would• not submit to this treatment. She
took her child out of the defendant's c-iach, and, with
her party, went into that belonging to the prosecutor.
The defendant could not contain his rage at the loss
of the passengers, and began to vent it upon the pro-
secutor, whom he abused in a most horrible manner,
and set upon him and beat him furiously, until some
bystanders interfered, and prevented further violence.
• The Jury found the defendant Guilty.
The REcohnza said that the Magistrates were de-
termined
to put a stop to the practice of coachmen
in contending for passengers. It was not to be en-
dured that any persons should take upon themse'ves
to say to the Public what coach they should go by.
The Court sentenced the defendant tube imprisoned
for six weeks in the Compter. For the security of
the Public, the next offender would he punished much
more severely.

• SURREY. SESSIONS.
Yesterday James Collings; a sailor, as tried for
having robbed his shipmate, %Wain Wood, of ten
sovereigns and. thirtieu:,shillinge!:
The Airy found the 'prisoner Gay, but they re-
commended rum to mercy:. .
The Cn AIMg AN said, it -only in cotrsiderstion
of his former good character, ana the teconinenda-
tion of the Jury, that the Court Aid not. punish the
atrocious offence by sending him out of the country,
but as- it was, they sentenced him to be imprisoned
for twelve months to Jiaid labodr.
Two young
.men named_Snrigt and
_Hayden, were
charged with. having robbed Mr. Carter; a.solicitor,
residing in the Borough, of some watch seals.
'On the 9th of September, Mr. Carter was passing
down High-street about nine in the evening, when on
his passing the end of Chapel-court, the prisoner
Haydon, who was standing with Smith, ran out and
snatched the prosecutor's seals and made off up the
emit, which is dark, and for a time made his escape.
Smith, his companion, walked up to Mr. Carter and
asked him what was the matter? when the latter in-
stantly charged him with being an accomplice to'fhe
thief. Mr. Carter obtained the assistance of Wilkin-
son, a constable, and he, found the pi isoneis a short
time afterwards at the sign of the Distiller's Arms,
which-house has been since suppreised, at supper to-
gether upon beef steaks.
A hair-dresser, who resides at the entrance of Cha-
pel-court, stated, that knowing the two prisoners he
watched their motions and saw Smith give a word
of command to Haydon, who darted out on Mr.
Carter, snatched his seals, and made off up the cow t.

The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.
The COURT, upon inquiry, found that they were
part of a gang of thieves, who made it their practice
to shelter in the court, and sally out to corn nit de-
predations upon passengers. The CHAIRMAN there-
fore sentenced the prisoners to be transported for life.

CORW'.ERS' INQUESTS.

Between one and two o'clock yesterday, an inquiry
took place before THOMAS SHELTON, Esq.% Crawler
for London and Southwark and a very respectable
Jury, at the Coach and Horses Tavern, Noithum-
herland-alley, Fenchurch-street, to9chrlig the death
of Mr. Moses Aaron, a Gentleman of the Jewish
persuasion, who died worth considerable property.—
It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased,
though possessed of large property, had lived in a
penurious manner, so much so indeed, that he did
not allow himself sufficient nom ishment to support
nature. He was found dead in his bed-room (which
had a mcst wretched appearance), on Sunday morn-
ing. He has three sons, all of whom he has cut off,
leaving the whole of his property for charitable uses.
Verdict—Died by the visitation of Goo.
An Inquest was held at the Turf Tap, Grosvenor-
place, on the body of J. Hawks. The deceased had
been a gentleman's servant, and married hi, master's
daughter, who had 5001% a-year ; during her life he
lived up to his income, but the property teasing at
her death, he was about 'to return to his own pro-
fession, and for that purpose called on an acquaint-
ance,.a footman in a Nobleman's family, who treated
him liberally with his master's ale, and in going
home he fell, broke his leg, and was conveyed tO the
Hospital, where.ht.died. Verdict.—Accidental Death.
• Last night an Inquisition was taken at the. Arc-
hway Tavern, Highgate, before Titostas STIRLING,
Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of John Clayton,
who was accidentally; killed on Saturday morning,
as stated in the STAR of yesterday.
The first witness examined was John Clay, who
having been• sworn, deposed, the deceased' was at
work under him for about seven weeks, excavating
some ground on which _it is intended to build some
almshouses near the Archway, which are to be deno-
minated 44. Whittington:: College." Witness and the
deceased were at work there on Saturday morning ;
the deceased was engaged filling a wheelbarrow under
what is termed a face of earth, of great height: At
the moment the deceased was filling his barrow the
earth gave way, and the deceased was buried under it.
Several other labourers, working near. the'deceased,
narrowly escaped with their lives. Witness had exa-
mined the earth only five minutes before, and then
no danger appeased. The falling earth struck de-
sealed on thelip with. such force as to throw him a
considerable distance from the place where be stood.
He was dug out as soon as possible. He was sensible,

'and complained of psitta in hit thightandbreast. 11-
was conveyed to the Archway Tavern, and thelical
assistance provided, but he survived little more than
an hour. The deceased has left a wife gnd four chil-
dren in a state of indigence.
Mr. John Roundtree, assistant to Mr. Snow, stir-
geon, of Highgate, deposed to the nature of the injury
deceased had suffered. He survived about an hour.
The Jury consulted for a short time, and returned
their verdict, that the death of the deceased was oc.,
casioned by accident.

F-rtraordinary Sudden Deaths.—Abraham Davis,
a Jew, 97, Old Gravel•lane, Rateliff Highway, died
on Sunday night about twelve o'clock, and his wife
about sir o'clock on Monday morning. It appeared
that Mrs. Davis had been ill for some time: on Sun.
day night she asked her husband, Abraham Davis,
if he would get her something she fancied? he roil
her she was always wanting something: he .%i-hed
she was stiff in her grave. About half an hour after-
wards he was taken very ill and died, thus preceding
his wife by only a few hours.

The potatoes this season have been most abundant
throughout Scotland, particularly in the county of
Fife; the quantity averaging from 65 to 80 boils an
acre. On the farm of Kingsbarns, there was pro.
duced the extraordinary quantity of 100 bolls per acre.
• The herring fishing is now about over. There has
been a considerable falling off in the take ufherrings
this year. There have not been quite two-thirds of
the usual quantity taken on the Caithness coast. The
fishing season has entirely failed at Dunbar and the
opposite coast. The fishers have also met with little
success in the West Highlands.

PRESERVING FISH.—Dr. ll‘CuLtocrr, of Edin-
burgh, has ascertained that the antiseptic quality of
sugar is sufficient to preserve fish in the most excel-
lent condition. He states that this susstance is so
active, that fidi may be preserved in a dry state,
and perfectly fresh, by means of sugar alone, and
even with a very small quantity of it. He has thus
kept salmon, whitings, and cod, for an indefinite
length of time ; and by this simple means fresh
fish may be kept in that state some days, so as
to be as good when boiled as when just caught.
—lt added, that if dried and kept free from
mouldiness, there seems no limit to their pre-
servation ; and they are much better in this way
than when salted. The sugar gives no disagireahle
taste. This process is particularly valuable i,i making
what is called kippered salmon ; and the ash pre-
served in this manner are far-superior in quality iiva
flavour to those which are salted or smoked. 1f de-
sired, as much salt may be used as to give the tai,,e
that may be required; but this substance does not
conduce to their_preservation. In the preparation, it
is barely necessary to open the fish, and to arpiy the
sugar in the muscular part, placing it in a horizontal
position for two or three days, that this -übstance
May penetrate. After this it may be tined ; and it
is only raither necessary to %% ipe and ventilate it oc-
casionally, to prevent mouldiness. A table spoonfll
of brown sugar is sufficient in this manner for a sat-
mon of five or six pounds weight; and if salt is de-
sired, a tea-spoonful or ii.ore may be added. L .lt-
petre may be used instead, in the same proporticr., if
it is desired to make the kipper hard.