Star.
London, England, 1826-12-23 00:00:00

WISS ANNA MARIA PORTIA.

A blessing on your banners' sigh !
A blessing on your swords !
As firm ye tread, while marching by,
Ye look Creation's lords!
Ye look the men Spain ought to fear
True sons of Freedom all ;
Who, when their brother's cry they hear,
Start instant at the call.
Though some are from the peasant's cot,
And some from lordly dome,
From hardy life, or sheltered lot,
Yet all have left a home:
And all of that free home will think,
As on they rush to save,
In brave belief they cannot shrink
Before a Bigot's Slave !
And if ye struggle for the right,
In Gon's protecting name,
What boots it, though the mortal fight
May gain ye nought but fame?
For if ye win—or if ye lose
Where laurels wave not high,
The Christian palm more nobly strews
A field where heroes die.
And to your bloody bed shall bands
From earth's far regions come,
To build with pure and patriot Wands
Your Honour's lofty tomb:
And mothers o'er suck sops shall weep
No tears of frenzied woe •
But tears that heal the hearts they steep,
Embalming where they flow.
On then ! with banner and with band!
In pomp of gallant show,
Ye warriors of my own dear land !
I bless ye as ye go.
Your musk bids my soul rejoice,
Like glory's breath of flame ;
For glory past has Prophet-voice,
And tells of future fame !
Go ! pour that music's rousing air
The hills of Spain among,
And every echo wakened there,
Shall be proud memory's song !
Go, triumph o'er her mountain holds,
There lift your banners' crests;
The lion on their war-sunn'd folds,
The cross within your breasts!

The Duke of CLARENCE returned to his residence in
Busby Park on Thursday night.
The SPEAKER of the House of Commons visited the
Duke of You yesterday at the residence of the Duke of Remise
in Arlington-street.
The Princesses VICTORIA and FEODORIE, attended by
Miss Liras, took an airing yesterday in Hyde Park, Om
Yesterday was paid over to the Consolidated Fund,
the suns of 9,4674 ss. 9d. the contribution to the public service of
the Marquis Cassese for the present year. The sum received by
the public since July, 1817. when Lord Cantons made this sacrifice
of private emolument, is 86,11174 131. lOd. His Lordship's contri-
bution during the war amounted to 45,4571. 7s. 7d. in the whole, to
130,2751. Is. 6d.
THE LORD Cuancr,LLoa.—The accounts of the LORD

CHANCELLOR:4'I health are rather unfavourable. He was stated to be
a little worse yesterday. The 10th of January is the day announced
for his Lordship's sitting, on which and the three following days he
will bear lunatic and bankrupt Petitions.
Mr. JOHN TAILOR, who was for so many years chief
proprietor and conductor of the &os Newspaper, we are glad to And
is about to publish a volume of his Poetical Minions ; many of
which have already received the justly-merited stamp of public ap-
probation. The volume will consist of selections from his former
works, and many of his latest production', comprising Sonnets,
Odes, Prologues, Epilogues, occasional Miscellaneous Effusions,
Tales, &c. and an entire new version of the Odes of ANACIMON
which must altogether form a most agreeable companion to all ad-
mirers of genuine poetic taste. It may not perhaps be generally
recollected, and the fact cannot we are sure be uninteresting to the
public, that it was to the taste and talent of Mr. Taytos we were
origintnally indebted for the excellent Poem of Monsieur Team,
from which two or three most amusing dramas have since been
formed. Indeed, as Lord Brains justly said of Mr. TAYLOR, his
" is the good old style of our elders and our betters;" which our
Readers will, with his Lordship, be " glad to see it not yet extinct."
SOCIETY OF SCHOOLMASTERS.—At the Annual Gene-
ral Meeting of this Society yesterday in Lincoln's Inn-fields, a mu-
nificent donation of 1051. in addition to his blaaasys's annual sub-
scription of 50 guineas, was announced to have been received
through the hands of the Right Hon. Mr. Secretary Put, from
our Most Gracious Sovitadistr. The Presidents and Acting Com-
mittee of the Society for the ensuing year were then nominated.
The number of Petitioners relieved last year were 51.
Lettters were received in London yesterday from
Hanover, dated the 15th instant, •at which time the Duke and
Duchess of Gassmuoce, and the Prince and Princess of Can-
aan:we, were in the enjoyment of go4d health.
A report is current among the members of the legal
profession, that Mr. Baron thulium is about to retire from the
Bench, and that his probable successor is Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN.
Mr. CHEAPE is elected Piofessor of Civil Law in the
University of Edinburgh. The contest between him and Mr.
Rosser Bat.t has been very close, the votes in the faculty. of Ad-
vocates being 139 to 553.
Dec. 25.—Amongst the guests at Sudbourn
Hall, the seat of the Marquis of Hzalrono, spending the Christmas
holidays, are the Duke of WettnicAmt. the Hon. Messrs. Past.
ltosiNsoe, and hosetisoe, with other Members of the Cabinet and
Nobility.