Star.
London, England, 1817-12-24 00:00:00

TO TRI EDITOR OF THE sniff.

67, Old-Battey, udDite. I 1 o'clock, r. w.
Sta—lnformation has this moment been given me,
that bills have been posted to-day, announcing the
re-publication of the Parodies upon which I have
been tried. Permit me to assure the public, through
the medium 'of your Paper, that I am much dis-
gusted, and that I may, perhaps, be much injured
in public estimation by this procedure. I have no
intention of re-publishing those works, in any other
shape than in the Report of my Trials, which I an
preparing for the press, and wherein their appearance
is indispensible, as constituting the ground of the pro.
secutions upon which I was acquitted. I disclaim
all knowledge whatever of dose bills ; and I desire
to add, that if I did not think it necessary that the
Report of my Trials should be upon record, I would
not republish the Parodies at all. I shall never write
aThrolk.of sawn s and when I
come to publish that Report, shall feel it my duty
most earnestly to exhort all my fellow-citizens to ab-
stain from parodying any part of the Holy Writ or
the Service of the Church of England.
I am. Sir, with great respect,
Your obedient servant, w. Holm

Almost every month produces tome lettermenne in
the dress and decoration 01 the House3old troops.
A pair of huge buff leather gloves, the tops of which
ascend to the difeer, is the last novelty. This, no
doubt, is intended to preserve a proper ideate
tween the Ii s and the areal
Thursday evening, a most melancholy and fatal
accident happened to John Bragg. servant at the
Counatrphouse in Exeter, who, whilst in the act of
pumping water from the boiler into the meshing-
kieve, fell into the boiler, where he was so much
scalded, that be expired at three o'clock the following
morning.
A shocking accident happened on Tuesday se'n.
nighteat East Chinnock, near Crewkerne. Between
ten and eleven at night, the wind blowing a complete
hurricane, the poor-house in that parish fell in, and
buried several persons in its ruins. A man, named
William Copper, who was in bed with his wife and
three Children, was killed on the spot, as were two of
the little ones. None of the others were much hurt.

Friday night, a bay mare was stolen out of the
stable of Mr. *Elder, of Burwash, in Sussex, and
rode away with.
Friday night the stables of Mr. J. Hudson, of
Newington, were broken open by some horse-stealers,
by forcing the lock of the door with an iron crow-bar,
and robbed of a blood mare, value 130 guineas,
which was got by the celebrated racer Filo de Puta.
Anodise valuable horse was stolen flom a gentleman
in the same neighbourhood, supposed by the same
gang, about a week before. They are supposed to be
stolen by four fellows who have been uttering forged
Bank of England one and five pound notes in Surrey
and Kent, which they have effected to a vast amount,
by selling and exchanging stolen horses, and pur-
chasing others.
FUNIMAL OF J. VAIITIE.—.After the execution of
poor rank, the b.idy was received by his friends
from Gravesend, and brought down to Mr. FIZARD'S,
at the New Inn, for interment, where it arrived at
midnight, as it was the wish of those who had the
management of the funeral to conduct it with the
greatest privacy, consistent with the respect due to
the unfortunate object of their solicitude. The ar-
rangements for the funeral being completed, it took
place yesterday se'anight, at three o'clock, and was
conducted in a most respectable manner, moving
on foot from the New lan, to Milton, next Graves-
end. The mourners were accompanied by the Rev.
L. PHILLIPS, who proceeded to the church, and read
the burial set vice in a most impressive manner. The
church and church-yard were completely crowded,
there being nearly two thousand persons present on
the melaniholy occasion, and all of whom appeared
affected, which could not be more fully evinced
ctilenTlZy the decorous behaviour dorirg
and the orderly manner in which they
malistely after it was concluded.

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UUY cvinc" -Court before which the question or fGrteitute is plo,
• the ceremony,
separated im- Perll 4 isable, or is suite 'other Ttibundi on II e
spot?"4l

LINES TO THE MEMORY OF MARY,

WHO DI&D 12TH UOYZMUS•

Cold are thy winds, November drew,
And dark thy cheerless day!
All ghastly lies the ndn'd year.
Beneath thy with'ring sway !
One flow'ret fair, my bosom's pride.
In vain I strove to save;
And now thy tempest; wild and wide,
Sweep o'er my Mary's grave ! •
Fled In the April of her lean.
Like sun-beam from the blast;
And from this scene of sighs and tears,
Nee gentle shade is past
Her Maid was like the twilight sky,
Uuclooded and serene;
And peueleas was the lovely eye
That spoke such calm within!
Ar.d rulki those looks so void of pile,
That face so matchless fair,
And Intel oust was the smile,
That mark'd the spirit there!
Dear as the hope of life, and true,
While glows this vital Same,
My Mary's :ninety, ever new, .
My bosom will retain! •
And sad as thee, fell month, my mind,
• Now fraught with joyless care;
dark return shall ever end
A kindred feature there!

* TiIEATRICAL ANNOTANCIC..—.Yesterday the Magis-
trates of Bow-street were called on to investigate one
of those improprieties which belong to the miseries of
social lire, and by which the frequenters of oar the:
atres are annoyed from evening to. evening. I: ap-
peared, that oo Monday night, a gentleman and his
daughter were seated in a box on the first ties in
Covent-garden Theatre, when he found himself much
inconvenienced by a Lady, then sitting behind them,
who pushed her knees against his back, and goaded
biro is other ways. Remonstrance was employed in
vain, and, in fact, was returned with some abuse by
the tart assailant. The gentleman now coolly rose,
called in Smith and Donaldson, the officers, and gave
the offender in charge. Upon her way to Covent-
garden Watch-house, she struck Smith, and was de-
tained about an hour, but was bailed by a Captain
Parry. She yesterday went to Bow-street at about
twelve o'clock, when she attributed her misconduct
On. the preceding night to partaking too freely of
wine. After the Magistrate had investigated the case,
she was ordered to find bail to answer the assault.
GUILDHALL.—A miserable hall-fansished sailor
was yesterday brought before Alderman SCUOLIY,
charged with stealing bread frum a bakeet basket.
The prisoner pleaded hunger in extenuation s he
gated he_ was a native of Newfoundland, and had
been dischaiged from the Onarres frigate in March
last, and nit bring able to find employment, he was
r!duied to the ',MM distress, and had net slept in a
braise f•ir the last four months. The prosecutor, on
bearing this, Alec:hied proceeding farther, and the
prisoner wee-ordered to be kept in the Compter, till
w ship could be found iit4eritiolalle mi4ht beam home.
COROlieftle Ixoussr..—An Inquisition was taken
btfore Huon Lawia, Coronet, at the Crown. Broad-
Meet, St. James's, on the body of Thomas Cross, a
pauper in St. James's workhouse.
Cuthbett Ramshit:, a pauper, deposed that the
deceased was 35 years of age. He had lately been
unpell, but objected to go into the Hospital ward ;
be had the regular diet of the horse ; he had no sur-
gical assistance. -Yesterday morning the deceased
and himself were going from a house belonging co
the workhouse, in Marshall-street, where they slept,
itecunsequence of the workheuse being full of pau-
pers, towards Sits workhouse. The deceased said he
was very thirsty, and they went into the Crown pubs
lie:house, and took a pint of beer. Wizen they got up
toga, the deceased reeled and fell on the ground and
• appeared dying, he ran to the workhouse aod•got the
chair, and helped to-carry theeletrased there ; when
thjy ors iced he yes quite senseless, he was war,ns
bob afispared dead: us was conveyed immediately
to the dead house. No medical aid was seat for, but

he was undressed, washed, and laid out, as soon as
he•was taken to the dead house.
Garener—i think. Gentlemen of the Jury, that the
mister of the workhouse ought to be examined, for
it the deceased was treated as has been stated in cvi.
dame. it be was, when quite warm (possibly biAore
, lite was quite extinct) carried into the dead house,
and them kit without surgical assistaoce being sent
for; Poch conduct ought net to go unnoticed. I
catinot believe that the •MeaSte! of the workhouse is
acquainted with such a proceeding? but be ought to
know of n to prevent its recurring in future..
The toaster of the woekhouie denied all knowledge
of the conduct in the Imams in the workhouse to.
wangle ito deceased, and said such a circumstance
&weld nut again ocean .
Mr. Thomas Alkock, of No. 4, Piccadilly, Pm
rin, said he viewed the body of the deceased after
be was laid gut in the dead•hoose, at the request of
int. Harwood, the master of the workhouse, he sp.
peited to have been dead but a short time. there were
De vanilla smirks of violence on the body.
The Jury and Coroner hoped that medical aid
would in future be procured whoa paupers were taken
Hi. tad returned a verdict of-0 Died it natural death
by, the visitation of Goa"
Thursday se'imight, the following melancholy car-,
marratasee occurred at Airdrech, between Thorubill
and Seoqubar t—James Roan, a man about 60 years
of age. was attacked by a bull in the most ferocious
Planner. There being no person at hand to render,
assistance, the poor man, after being thrown down,
was trampled on with such violence by the infuriated
beast, that his ribs were actually severed both from
the sternum and the spine I in consequence of which.
lie expired on the following Saturday, in great agony,
Mande, night the premises of John blades, Est
of Rrockerell.ball Farm, near Dulwich, were robbed
foe pigs four months old, of the Chinese used.
On the night of Saturday se'nnight an attempt
was made to set Ere to the Waterford Lost Office,
by throwing combustibles into the elipturetor the
tampion of letters. Several letters. br thotbez expo.
rimmed coosiderable injury, nod ttrgpldhair
been 'consumed bad not ni tiravledilemeris z
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