Star.
London, England, 1810-08-25 00:00:00

EXMOUTH, AUGUST 23.

This morning, three French prisoners attempted to
make their escape in a boat which they took away
from Star Cross ; they were, however, pursued and
retaken by the exertions of some boatmen.
The harvest looks very promising ; a grtat deal of
wheat is cut, but not much carried : the ear is heavy,
and the grain full. The orchards suffered stverely
from a blight in the month of May, but hopes are
entertained of its proving a tolerable cider year.

Our readers may recollect how many translations
were given a few years ago of that beautiful Poem.
called Ran% des rack:, so much admired for its sim-
plicity : we have read many with great pleasure, some
of which we have before given to the public—but we
think that few have equalled, and none excelled, the
following translation by Mr. MONTGOMERY, who has
introduced it with several other beautiful poems in his
little vclume of the ,a West Indies," a second edition
of which has just now issued from the Press :

THE SWISS COWHERD'S SONG.
IN A 1011. ZION LAND.
0, when shall I visit the land of my birth,
The loveliest land oe the face of the earth ?
When shall I those scenes of erection explore,
Our forests, our fountains,
Our hamlets, our mountains,
With the pride of our mountains, the maid I adore P
0, when shall I dance on the dalsy-white mead,
In the shade of an elm, to the sound of the reed ?
When shall I return to that lowly retreat,
Where all my fond ebjects of tenderness meet,-.
The lambs and the heifers that follow my call,
My lather, my mother,
My sister, my brother,
And dear Isabella, the jorof them all ?
0, when shall I visit the land of my birth ?
71, the loveliest land oil the flee of the earth I

The L, ,RD CHANCELLOR yesterday attended at Lin-
coln's-Inn Hall, to arrange several matters be•wsen
the Solicitors and the Registers, relative to his Lord-
ship's orders.

A Writ of Inquiry was executed on Thursday lag
at the Castle of Exeter, before the Coroner and a
Special Jury, in an aLtion brought by Sir MANASSIR
Lorra, Ban. against Mr. Isazu, the contractor for
building the prison on Dartmoor, for taking stone for
that purpose from Walkhampton Common, without
the leave of sir M. Urn, the proprietor ; and the
damages were assessed at 0500.
During the hearing of the cause Cove v. Newton,
at Chelmsford Assizes, last week, a number of deeds
were produced. The LORD CRUZ BARON observed,
that the production of old writings reminded him of
a curious circumstance that occurred a few days since,

when, on examining some ancient deeds, he uciden.
tally discovered, that the Black Boy Inn, in Chelms.
ford, bore the same sign in the reign of Edward 11.
a period of near 500 years.

Massey Stackpnlc, Esq. was on Thursday held to
bail at the Public Office, Queen-square, for sending a
challenge to Sir Vere Hunt.
A surgeon of extensive practice, at theWest.end of
the town, has been examined at Marlborough-street
Office, on a charge of a most wicked nature, pref-t.
red against him by a female servant of his household.
She became pregnant by him, which was the origin
of the offence. The Prisoner was committed to Bride.
well for another examination.

A respectable inhabitant of Liverpool was lately
fined £35 for wilfully breaking seven of the public
lamps. Another person, who was a temporary resi•
dent there, for assaulting one of the Captains of
the street watch, was ordered to pay MO by way of
compensation.

DOLLARS.—The following is an account of all be
Dollars issued by the Bank of England, to the Bth of
February last, inclusive :
Dollars stamped in 1797, and Issued 4145,099
Dollars stamped In 1804, and issued
Dollars stamped in 1809 and 1810, ditto
Dollars

&Lys,' COINAGIL—No silver monies have been
coined at his MAJorrit's Mint since the year 1797,
excepting some small silver groats, twopences, three-
mces, and pence, coined for the use of his Majesty's
Maundy Monies, or Easter Bounty, and which, upon
an average, may amount to about £lOO per annum.
In 1798, 98951b5. 7oz. 2p wt. 2Sgrs. or 410,676,65. 11d.
of standard silver ingots, were imported into the Mint,
the coinage of which was subsequently prohibited by
act of Parliament.

The remains of the late Queen of PRUSUA were in-
tered on the 31st of July in the church of the Dome
at Berlin. The coffin was borne by 24 Chamberlains,
who placed it on the hearse. The body was preceded
by all the Court at its entrance into the church ; and
the Clergy received it at the church gate, and accom-
panied it to the sacristy, whither it was followed by
the Grand Marshal of the Court, the Ladies and Of-
ficers of the Court, the Ministers, the Field-Marshals.
and the Princes. The service being gone through,
the body was deposited in the vault with the usual
forms.

The choke of a successor to the present King of
SWEDEN is not likely to terminate in the way that was
generally supposed. The influence that procured the
election of the late Cnowsi Palace still survives and
predominates. Letters of the 15th inst. from Gotten.
burgh ttate, there was little doubt that the Duke of
AUGUSTENBURG would be chosen CROWN PRISM A
great majority in three out of the four States had de•
flared for him. They were all nearly unanimous in
their opposition to the King of DZIIMIARH. The or.
ders of the clergy and the peasants had declared
against BERNADOTTIt ; the &Ist, it is said, on account
of his religion, the latter because he was a Frenchman.
The name of the Prince of OLDINDUROH does not ap•
pear in the list of candidates, nor does the least sus-
picion appear to be entertained of the possibility of
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS coming forward to assert his
right to ;he throne.

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