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London, England, 1813-12-24 00:00:00

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At, dttrii.ift atiVs kztLEent)trs.
While other children
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Spot tive and gay in ;punk* Usk" . ti
I weep and sigh when I am told,
. " poor Girl, thou art an Orphad Child r
No mother's kiss—.-no father's smile
Has e'er my infkr.t woes begultd; •
They're dead, and I ism left awhile
• To weep, a helpless Orphan Child. •
Why am I deemed :he porn-use bran,
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From all a parent's love asitd; •
I'd ratites seek an early grave, • , •
• Than live—z friendless Ori.han ChM. • •t "
Noted my wanderings to reclaim,
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Mid scenes of infamy beguild'—*
Now May I ;ink, n'ereehelm'd With shame,
A lost, abandon'd, Orphan Child ! •
Yet stay—forbear my be to break!
On me one beam of joy bas
I've beard, that Gon will ne'er forsake . • -
• , • The poor 'deserted Orphan Child !
Will Ha at whose Almighty voice •
Creation rose from chaos itrild,
• kVi;it smiles of teutfelteits rejoice
The heart Ora poor Orphan Child ••
0 yest he sweetly Whiscirs peace ; •
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Soft are his wOrde,his accents Mild ;
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ll€ iiids me liv&-;he calls me Ms.—
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ilappy, happy °reheat Child 1

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- .S'OCIEIT- OF setwottmAsilits.
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Ott Wednesday the Anniversary of the'Society of
Schoolmasters was held at the Crown and Anchor
7"Plavern, and the Meeting, was tnuch mote numerous-
' ly attended than on any former occasion. 'Eite.Thalre
of KENi presided, and discharged the duties of the
chair with. great ability-and effect. Several eloquent
and impressive Speeches, in. commendation (if the
Charity anti of its benefactors, 'sere delivered by- His
Ro7 *1 Highness, and bythe Bishop of Cattust.e.,Dr.
Dt:ttNty, Dr.. LINDSAY, Me.tiavrcarr,%Mr.,Q,
Mi.. Kussesc, &c. A very uIN
long and resteetaYle
List If' new Benefactors was *ld' by Dr._ .I.'ff
. after mitich the Royal" Doha' -and-the:Presidents ptii. -
tented him with an elegant Silver Vase, Which had'
been voted to him by the Sotiety, as a token of their
sense of hit able and gratuitous services both atter
cretary and Treastuii to the Institution. Marty dial
tinguishel literary charaeteri wow present, and
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day was spent, as usual, with the utmost harmony.
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tRfTISII AND PbffElCif BIBLE sochszi :
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Whereas a report has been-circulated by many
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persons advorse to the British and Foreign Bible So.
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ciety, that at the late anniversary of the said Society;
at Hackney, the Members, in their zeal for the rause,
' handed about and exhibited an effigy of Bonaparte
hanging on, a gibbet, . purporting that this would
be eventually effected', by the- aforesaid Society t we
are authorised hereby to assert, 'that no such absurd
and ridiculous proceeding was countenanced by the
said Society. A common caricature, of which many;
are in circulation, having inen accidentally and inn°.
cently exhibited by a member after dinnerr the report
took its rise from this unfortunate circumstance. It
is a pity, if anniversary meetings be considered ne.,
cessary to further the objects of charitable institutions,
that the members could not dispense with the dinner
as a conclusions far people are- often led into ex-
cesses, after such dinners, of which they would be
heartily ashamed on any other occasion.

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Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD was MOM in.on wennes.
day, by the LORD CHANCELLOR as Solicitor-Geoetal,
in his Lordship's private roam at Lincoln's Inn.—
The question of precedence between the Learned
Gentleman, as. King's Ancient Serjeant, and the At.
torney-Geueral, Las been settled. The latter takes
the lead.

Friday last, the Cornmlssioners of Hackney-ecaches
convicted John Seabright, the. driver of No. 808, in
the penalty of 15s. to be paid to the poor of the Pa-
rish of St. James, Westminster, for cruelly beating
one of his horses, on the Friday previous, in Jermyn-
street; and abusive language to a Gentleman who no-
ticed his improper conduct.
Covent-Garden Market yesterday made its usual
evergreen Christmas display. lie//y and Ground-Ivy
skirted the market like a forest of undtrwood and the
Ilfisletcs bushes, invitingly suspended in allqupters,
attracted a spirited competition among the fema '
purchasers I Vegetables of all descriptions were also
abundant, and sold at moderate prices.
BOXING.—A pitched battle, for forty guineas, took
place on Lea Common or Marshes,'near Cobham, on
Tuesday, between d. Crosiley, a gardener, and T:
Bisgr, a coachman. They set-to in an eighteen-feet
roped ring, with professional seconds, and the combat
lasted two hours. During the first quarter of au
hour besh suffered much, and the advantages were
tolerably equal ; but Biggs was the best hitter,
though his adversary parried many well-intended hits.
At the end of half an hour both were much reduced,'
but they alternately recovered second wind, and from
off-fighting re-commenced some tremendous rallies; •
and Biggs was ultimately declared the victor, his ad-
versary having been beat out of time.
A Dutclosan, of the Larne of Hug:off, of 14, stone,
• underteok, on Wednesday, to go two miles in eleven.
minutes, on the Cranford-bridge-road. He did the I
mile in five *antes and eight seconds, fresh and
tvEll s -but he wis three minutes going the next half
and relished the task. The match was for
.five guineas.
- It may got, perhaps,:beuninteresting to our Rea-
, ders to be informed; that ORANVE BOVEN 1 the watch-
. vord of Puteh'independence, is pronounced by the
Hollander I, Ordayee. Pooitin.
Early in Decembirr, the well-known horse Stag*,
the property of Mr. CIIADBURN, of Blythe, Notting,
haaishire, was found dead in the stable by the groom,
He is supposed_ to hive been poisoned, but by what
!beaus is.not ascertained.
Yesterday nrorning, the body of an elderly man,
genteelly attired, was discoieted, floating in the
'gluten's Bas,n, Hyde Parks and conveyed to the
workhouse of St. Getn,gi.., Hanovta%Npassis