Star.
London, England, 1819-02-18 00:00:00

POETRY.

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The following Verses are copied from the Literary
Gazette, a Periodical Work of great merit :

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WtITTEN SY A YOUNG LADY IND'', To TITS LIRTLY. BROTHLa IN
ENGLAND, o HIS BIKTII-DAY, DEc. 29. ,
The Moon shines bright In Hindustan,
Her silver waves are dancing ;
And starry Heaven looks down on man,
To wake the mind's romancing :
The fire-fly sparkles on the tree,
And Time glides fast and pleasantly.
But while the Eastern beauties glow,
My love ! my darling ! where art thou?

. Oh ! thou art in that distant Land
Where bitter winds are roaring,
• And where the tempest's iron hand
Hangs o'er a world deploring ;
But yet, with all its storms and tears,
I love that home of early years,
And think that in her wintry morn
My love, my darling, thou wert born!!

Oh take, my Brother, take from me
The love, the wish sincerest,
For they shall fly across the sea,
To dwell with thee, my dearest !
ThOu seest again the circling day
Which led thee on thy mortal way ;
And 'mid its rain, or wind, or snow,
)Iy love, my darling, blest be thou!
Oh ! thou art in that happy age
When smiles chase transtent sorrow,
And when Life's light and merry page
Looks just the same to-morrow.
Thy fair light hair, thy sparkling eye, '
Ah ! could I but behold them by;
And could I kiss upon my knee,
My love, my darling, who but thee?

Thou yet art in thy native land,
And let that one thought cheer thee;
And learn to lend a brother's hand
To those who there dwell near thee.
Forsake not, and forget not thou,
The hewthom hedge, and banks of snow,
For, be the seasons foul or fair,
My love, my darling, peace is there!
Trichinopoly.

EPIGRAM,
TO THE RIGHT HON. 0. TIERNEY.

The Dutchman's juggle, with the Bank Directors,
!las long requied some sage acute Detehtors ;
Timm! proceed, pursue thy Patriot plan--
Marshal thy Hosts, and crush the •CLOUDY VAN !
Thy pious seal we suffering Sinners crave,
Old Nick exorcise, and Old England save !
• Before the cloudy Van
E'er the rough edge of Battle in it
PILISADISI LOST, Book VL line 107.

By the Leeward Island Packet we have receives
letters from Trinidad to the 7th of January, with
some inclosures from the Main, but they contain no
materill news. The following is an extract of the

former : " Port Spain, January 6, 1819.
" By letters from Generals ARISKICIIDI and Goss:, dated 7th
December, which I have seen, Margarita is in a flourishing eon..
dition. Admiral Biumes fleet had procured a reinforcement of
500 sailors. Captain Jetty had just taken two Guineamen,
bound to the Havannah, with 750 slaves, and two brigs laden
with cocoa and coffee, and other prizes, General BIZMUDEZ
writes, value in all 500,000 dollars. BMW'S fleet consists of 14
large vessels, besides the gun-boats, or Seekers'. Fite of the'
Margarita Seams, commanded by Gurszaasal had the teme-
rity to attack two Spanish Government schooners, two sloops,
a large felucca, and three flecheras, well armed, and manned
with sailors and Spanish soldiers' off Punta Arraya, near Cu-
m.- It was a drawn Pattie at night, but the Sachem lay to,
vFn
and.renewed it nest morning. They lost forty-nine . and,
after making great havock among the Spaniards w at last
overpowered,, and lost three flecheras. The sur:d s jumped
overboard and swam adtere, and were afterwards taken off:
paggpxa, second in command, was killed. All this ins done
in breach of instructions; but Go:trams reconciled it, by tell-
ing Mammon he could not keep his hands off the Spaniards
when be saw them : and as they supported their character by the
most determined valour, it was all well."

A Letter from Ceylon, dated August 29, mentions
the deaths of Lieutenant ATHERLY, of the 29th, and
Lieutenant SMITH, of the 73d. " It is calculated,
says the letter-writer, that we have already lost, in
this unfortunate war, between twenty and thirty
Officers, six hundred Europeans, and double that
number of Sepoys, besides between two and 3,000
Coolies, or baggage carriers, whose death causes the
greatest misery amongst their families; who generally'
have, othing but their labour to depend upon. The
Candians seem determined not to submit to our arms;
they say the GOVERNOR has deceived them ; that by
his convention he gave them a worse Government
than they had before; that they will not be conquer-
ed, but will defend themselves in their mountains, and
that their GOD will avenge them, by killing the Eng-
lish by the badness of the cliinate. The expenses
which the Governor of CEYLON has incurred by this
war is already £70,000 a month, and will, when all
our other troops come from Bengal, amount to nearly
£lOO,OOO a month ; half the number of our troops
which have come from Madras, are rendered unfit
for any service by this climate, and by the badness
and scarcity of food in the interior. We, who are
accustomed to the wise measures of the Company,
are perfectly surprised at the measures of this Govern-
ment, where the whole powers of Government—Le-
gislative, Judicial, Revenue, and. Civil—are vested
without any controul in a Military man, who never
was in India till he came out as Governor of this
Island, who is between 50 and 60 years old, and who
can know but little of Civil Government or of the
Indian character. What we have already seen of the
nature of what is called the King's Government in
this Island, makes us grateful that we live under the
Company's Government, and that there is no proba-
bility of its being altered. The enormous expense
which has been incurred, and the total impossibility
of keeping the Island without the troops andconstant
assistance of the Company's Government, will, we
understand, be the cause of this country being deli-
vered back to the Company. All classes of inhabi-
tants say they offer up their prayers, day and night,
that it may be so, as it is the only, chance of saving
it from complete ruin, restoring its trade and agricul-
ture, and securing the prosperity and liberties of the
people."