Star.
London, England, 1810-03-07 00:00:00

POETRY.

TO TILE AUTIIOR OF LINE% SIGNED A FORE-MAST MAN.
inserted in the STAR of the 2.:2d ult.
" He, travelling life's eventful road ablig,
Beguiles some moment with disportive wing !"
Child of the Muses, oft my list'ning ear
I Lts heard, well-pleas'd, thy sweetly warbling lyre :
Though harsh thy lot—thy destiny severe—
Genius has warnid thee with her sacred :ire.
When round thy head the midnight tempests beat,
And deep-mouth'd thunders roll the awful crash ;
.V."lien glows the Battle's most tremendous heat,
And death-wing'd lightn ors o'er the ocean sash—
May Hz AT'N preserve thee !—Fare thee well—thy doom
Should (Ht.sv'N avert it!) prompt a stranger's sigh;
The lambent rays that gild the Poet's tomb,
Shall consecrate the spot where thou mayst lie!
Plymouth Dock.

T. N. C.

. The sum rf £l6OO was on Monday paid into the
Exchequer, by the direction of Mr. Peßcevitt., to
whom it had been inclosed in an anonymous letter,
describing it to be the amount of certain duties which
had been omitted to be paid, and of which the person
who sent it was anxious not to defraud the public.—
sum of Aim received in a similar manner, was
paid into the Exchequer by Mr. Piamsni. some

month: ,ago.
On Wednesday the 21st ult. the foundation-stone
of Grangemouth Customhouse Was laid in presence of
the Right Worshipful Masters and Brethren of the
Three Lodges of Falkirk and Ciuxon, who went in
nd masonic procession, from their respective
oodges, to assist in the ceremony.
. The removal of the prisoners from the royal pri-
son at Dartmoor, (as stated to be in centemplation
some time since) has been countermanded. Com-
fortable barracks are to be built, without delay, on
an improved plan, on the north side of the prison, for
the accommodation of the troops.
SPORTING.—A remarkable fox-hunt occurred a few
days ago in the Queen's county. A fox was found
near Abbeyleix by a pack of beagles ; after running
a heavy country in the direotion of Ballynakill and
Tiroalioe, he crossed the hills of }'ossey and Suga-
currin towards Clopoke, where refusing the earth, he
ran the country towards Gracefield to Inch, and leav-
ing Cerbally on the left, he passed near Rahen and
Ballylinan,ar d was taken at Ballyadams Castle, near
Athy. At a moderate calculation the chace was 20
mites, and was run in less than two hours.
Yesterday afternoon, as two Ladies were passing
along Westminster Bridge in a single horse chaise,
the horse took fright, when the Lady who was
driving immediately leaped out of tha chaise and fell
on the pavement, by which fall she was much bruised
about the head, without sustaining any other injury.
The horse, after running against the side of the bridge,
was stopped, and the Lady who remained in the
chaise escaped unhurt.
Monday evening, six o'clock, as a young woman,
named I I enly , riving near Cumherlknd-street, Shore-
ditch, was returning from Bidl's Pond, site was stop-
ped by two men, near the Whitelead Mills, who rob-
bed her of four shillings, some halfpence, and an um-
brella.
Thursday sennieht the house of.l. Stack, of Gurn,
sene, near Tralee, Ireland, was entered by 15 ruffians-
who robbed the house of cash and goods to the amount
of naar e2OO.
Saturday, while two journeymen, carpenters were
working on the top of a house near the Tenter-ground,
Finmry-,quare, the platform gave way, when they
were precipitated to the ground. One of them was
killed on the spot, and the other taken to the Hospi-
tal witlioot hopes of recovery.
Wednesday night, Thomas Waldron, a seaman
belonging to the DEFENCE' who had been drinking
in a public-house at North Corner, Plymouth, in
coraing cut, walked over the quay, and the night
being clack, he was unfortunately drowned. The
body was picked up next morning, and a Coroner's
Inquest was held on the same.--Verdict found
drowned.
n old man, named Tiddy, together with his wife
and son, were committed to Exeter gaol, from Ply-
mouth, for stealing a quantity of shoes, the property
of a Mr. Poore. What is very remarkable neither
father nor son have either fingers or toes.
MILITARY EXECUTION.—We have received, via
Stockholm, a private letter from Abo, the capital of
Vinland, under date the 6th ult. of which the follow-
ing is an extract It is with the deepest regret
that I communicate to you an account of the perpe-
tration of atrocities scarcely exceeded by the memora-
ble massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day, at Paris, by
the Russian troops on the inhabitants of this ill-fated
country. In violation of an express stipulation in
the treaty for the transfer of Finland to Russia, It cer-
tain proportion of the inhabitants were ordered to be
drafted, or rather impressed, -into the Emperor's ser-
vice. The despotic mandatt, was, in general, obeyed,
and consiler !hie levies were soon procured, before
titer desfnation was known to be the shores of the
Euxine to tight ..igaiqt the Turps.---In the province
of Savolax the alarm became general, and the peo-
ple conceiving that they were exempt from service for
at limited time, ventured to remonstrate against what
they considered as art infraction of the treaty. Count
Tolesky, the Governor of Finland, to whom the ap-
peal was made in the most respectful and submissive
terms, invited the inhabitants by Proclamation to re-
pairon Sunday last to their respective churches, in
order to obtain a redress of grievances. This artifice
bad the desired efftct. The inhabitants, who are
widely scattered, and difficult to be got at in detail,
were collected in a focus ; and while in anxious ex-
pectation for the proffered Act of Grace, and uncon-
scious of the iodepending danger, they were sudden-
., ly.pirrottuTded.„by bands of soldiers, who, regardless
. of the sabactiwof the place, and deaf to the voice of
humanity, Arsigged thellower of the young men from
*tliohosorns of their parents, and the enjoyment of all
that was most dear to them in life ; and moreover
butchered, Is ithout any distinction of age, sex, or
condition, those that attempted, by intercession or
l'erce, to soften the hearts, or avert the deadly wea-
pons, of their remorseless assassins. In the parishes
s'iliere those atrocities were perpetrated, no less than
700 unoffeoding and defenceless individuals have
fallen victims to the rekatitss fury. of monsters in a'
human form".

FROM LABT NIGHTh GAZETTE.

CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 6.
MEMBER RETURNED TO 'SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PAR*
LIAME'NT.
Borough of Plympton Earl.
Henry Drummond, of the Grange, in the County of Hants, Esq.
in the room of the Hon. William Asheton Harboard (now
Lord Suffield).
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
Commission in the Ist Regiment of Herefordshire
Local Militia, signel by the Lord Lieutenant.
Charles Holloway, Eq. to be Major, vice Downes, resigned.—
Dated January 29,1810.
ORDNANCE-OFFICE, NIARCII 3.
Medical Establishment for the Military Department