Star.
London, England, 1820-12-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ORIGINAL EPILOGUE
TO THE TRAGEDY OF WALLACE,"

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IN TIl P. CIIAILACTIR OF A wrtcH DARIN
BY THE REV. DR. CARTWRIGHT.

In conscqu'ence of the omission of an incident in the Play, to
which the Epilogue had a particular allusion, it also was
omitted in the representation).

Enter Welsh Bard and Actor.
♦CTOR.

• You speak the Epilogue?—pray who are you?
BA ILD.

A Bard of ancient times in me you view.
On Cambrian Hills, in accents soft or sharp,
My voice, sustain'd by no inglorious harp,
As love or war call'd forth the varied song,
Pour'd the full tide of melody along:
In bower and ball I led the vocal train,
And Knights and courteous dames approt'd the strain !
AMA.,

When bappen'd this?

SA RD.
In the first Edward's time.
A love of liberty our only crime,
I and all Cambria's Bards were doom'd to bleed,
For so the ruthless conqueror decreed !
I fled, and flying, wander'd far and wide,
Till fortune brought me to the Falls of Clyde;
There WALLAC 14 Scotland's glory, laf conceal'd,
By fraud though vanquish'd, scorning still to yield.
And there--

ACTOR.

Old Gentleman, you prose away,
As though all this had happen'd lesterday.•
A bare-fac'd hoax, indeed ! that niers to shew
You were alive five hundred years ago !

• RAID.
I read your thoughts; but lay suspicion by,
For know, the real Bard can never die !

ACTOR.

If this be true, you'll prdve it now or never ;
For if you live to-night, you'll live for ever !
si►aa

The Tragic Muse complains, and justly too,
That her poetic votaries are few.
Bards, the most highly-gifted of the age,
Make now alliance with the modern Stage ;
Yet when, in all her pride, could Britain boast,
Of Bards so numerous, such a brilliant host?
First, in the foremost line, see Harold stand,
The whole ideal world at his command !
How inexhaustible his mine of thought!
The gems his fancy forms, bow highly wrought !
And these he scatters with profusion wild—
Giant of intellect ! though term'd the Childe !
High-tow'ring in the zenith of his fame,
Behold the veterar, whom I need not name !
That brilliant stir, that ceases not to shine,
Bright as when view'd on the meridian line !
Than his, what pencil gives, in colour fresher,
Of past or passing time its form and pressure?
Or paints, with such fidelity and force,
Each shade of passion in its wayward course;
.7..ach tint, each trait of the minutest kind, _
*Nor leaves untouch'd one feature of the mind?
The Border Minstrel, too—is heard not here!
Nor he, whose mellow tones, so tweet and clear,
From Erin's harp, have witchery divine
Of power to ravish colder hearts than mine !
Since these, with numbers more, all keep aloof,
Oh, do not- check, by too severe reproof,
His hopes, who, more courageous than discreet,
Has dar'd this night from you his fate to meet !
Let not to earth your critic censure fell
A beardless bard, " just bursting from the shell."
But wherefore fear? if I can read your looks,
And I have studied long in Nature's books,
His youth, at least, has your compassibn won,
With kindness cheer, then, this my youngest son!
If novelty alone may hope to please,
When ever had you tragic scenes as these,
From one not yet on manhood's lists enroU'd,
Or *hen an Epilogue, from one so old?

LPL

DRURV-LANE Tit EATRE—Saturday anew Drama,
in three Acts, entitled, Pocahontas; or, the Indian
Princess, was performed for the first time. The plot
is founded on an historical fact. The simple tale
set forth in the drama is the preservation of the life
of Captain Smith, one of our early adventurers to
America, by Pocahontas, the daughter of an Indian
Chief. The treachery of a few of the colonists, the
consequent release of a native warrior, and the pas-
sion of the heroine for the British Commander, com.
prise the whole of the materials. The Piece had the
advantage of some very good scenery, and the dresses
were splendid and appropriate. It was favourably
received, and repeated last night with increased effect.
COVENT-GARDEN' THEATRE.-Mr. VANDENHOFF
came forw:•ard last night in the very arduous charac--
ter of Coriolanns, in the Tragedy of that name. His
success was most complete, and from his first appear-
ance to the falling of the curtain, his performance
was accompanied by unanimous and reiterated ap-
plause. Mrs. BUNN, as Voluninia, gave a very im-
pressive delineation of the character. The Other cha-
racters were well filled. The Play is got up with all
possible pomp and splendour, and went off with en-
tire success. The House was full.
BARON SCHARF.-011- the 28th of November, ar-
rived at the Hospital of Strasburgh. a sort of palan-
quin, accompanied by gendarmes, in which lay a
man about forq. years of age. It appears from his
papers that he is Baron &Naar, formerly Lieute-
nant-Colonel in the service of Russia. He states, that
in the late war against the Turks, he had the misfor-
tune to have been taken prisoner, and thrown, with
hirty of his companions, into a small dungeon; that
shortly after a body of executioners, attended by sol-
diers, entered and mutilated all the prisoners in the
most cruel manner. Only himself and 'two of his
comrades survived their sounds. All the rest bled
to death. Baron SCHARF remained fourteen years
in this dungeon. Ile was at length put on board a
French ship, which landed him last autumn at Mar-
seilles. From thence he was carried from brigade to
brigade, accompanied bysgendarmes, in a carriage
constructed purposely .for him. This unfortunate
man lies constantli:on his back, and is not able to
take any other position. His limbs are entirely
wasted. He speaks the German, French, and Turkish
languages fluently. From Strasburgh he is going to
Carlsruhe, wl,ere he purposes to pass the winter, and
iu the spring will continue his journey to Russia.

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SETTING AT TATTFUSALL'S YESTERDAY.
15 to 1 agst Oustavus 18 to 1 fist Troth
16 to 1 agst parasol $0 to 1 agst Jock ._
18 to 1 agst bro. to Ats4reW 20 to I apt Chios • •
0.1110.
Bto 1 agst lkfj, Lady • 112 to 1 Sgst Emitt
12 to 1 agit Breeze

BUNTING.
Ills Majesty's Stag Hounds meet on Friday, at Longford.
. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds meecto-morrow, at Kent-
gate; Saturday, at Farthing Downs.
H. Jaffe, Esq.'s Fox Hounds meet to-morrow at Chariwood
Village; Saturday, at Caple.
Tha Surrey Fox Hcuods meet on-Thursday, at Addington
Lodge; Saturday, at Worm's-beath.—The Harriers every day.
The Pytchley Hounds meet on Friday, at Arthingworth ;
Saturday, at Badby Wood. •
The Duke of Grafton's Hounds meet to-morrow, at Beach-
ampton Grove; Friday, at Bradden, at half-past ten.
The Oakley Bounds meet on _Thursday, at Moulsos ; Satur-
day, at Bolton, at half-past ten.
The Quonidon Hounds meet to-morrow, at Ovrthorpe; Notts ;
Thursday, it Wimeswold; Saturday,. at Cotes Turnpike, at
half-past ten.
The East Essex and Thurlow Fox Bounds meet on Thurs-
day, at Berwick Hall, Topsfield ; Friday; at Little Waltham.
The'East gussex Fox flounds had a smart Chace on Thurs-
day last of two hours and a half, in the course of which they
run Reynard into Stanmer Park, where be topped the wall, and
again faced the open country, crossing the Downs to Patcham,
where the hounds killed biro in gallant style.
The Badsworth Fox Hounds have had capital diversion this
year. Tuesday the 88th uh. they met at Grove, when upon
throwing into cover they found a fox, which chewed little sport,
„and was` soon lost. A second was found, which, after a very
smart tun of an hour, was killed in Baltic. At length, in Crid-
ling Park, a gallant ox broke cover, and his style of going away
presaged a run. He was traced to a field at Burntwood Nook,
lin the middle of which he was thrown up by his staunch pur-
-1 suers, after a run of at least twenty-five miles, in two hours
and ten minutes. Only ten horsemen were in at the death.—
The huntsman,Whose horse fell exhausted under hint, came up
afterwards, on one of the whippers' horses.
Thursday se'nnight a bare, that appeared to have been wartnly
chaced, leaped over the New Bridge, at Leith Mills, into the
river, and swam into the building-yard of Messrs..Mortoo,*here
it landed. After being pursued several times round the yard,
it again took to the water, and made for the south side, where
the quantity of persons assembled frightened her back again.—'
Several, anxious to gain the prize, launched boats to endeavour
to take her, but she again made for the land, when one of the
by-standers, more earnest in the sport than his neighbours, en-
tered the water breast-high, and secured the prey.
Errnaoanniaar Suov.—Tuesday two woodcocks were killed
in the parish of Brede, Sussex, at one rising, by Mr. Riensan-
son, before whom the birds crossed on a public road.

Friday and Saturday, the Ist and 2d instant, the
Duke of BEDFORD and- six of his Grace's friends,
being at Wansford for a few days, had a grand bat-
tue amongst the game in the purlieus. On the first
day the return was-84 pheasants, 46 hares, and a
cart-load of 'rabbits. Tie second day's, return was
not so considerable, but still was large.
Tuesday, a bird's nest was discovered in the or-
chard of Mr. MIDDLE/MOOCH, of Acaster Selby, near
York, containing four eggs, on which the old one
was sitting.
Five valuable horses, the property of Mr. BROWN,
of Scampton, Lincolnshire, died about a fortnight
ago by poison, supposed to have been intentionally
mixed with • their food ; and the sweepings 'of the
manger having been thrown into the cow-yard, were
eaten by one of the cows, which died in a few days.
The value of the horses and cow was not less than
£2OO. No evidence is yet obtained likely to convict
the perpetrator of this gross act of villainy.
Thursday morning, as the London Mail was pro-
ceeding down the hill called Carlisle Brow, near I'en-
rith, it was unfortunately overturned, owing to one of
the horses falling. There were four inside passengers
and one outside; the latter was slightly injured. The,
driver, William Lawson, had his hip dislocated. The
guard, perceiving the danger, leaped off and escaped.
One side of the coach was dashed to pieces, and the
horse which fell is dreadfully lacerated.
A few days since, Captain BLACESTON, an Officer
of the 9th Regiment of Lancers, stationed at Rum-
ford Barracks, had appointed to visit a friend at Chat-
ham, and set off with the intention in his gig, drawn
by a very valuable blood horse, with every requisite
and handsome equipment, accompanied by his groom
in the gig. On their arrival at Tilbury Fort, the horse
boat not being ready, some delay necessarily occurred

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in being ferried over, and to prevent the loss of too
much time, the Officer desired his servant to give his
horse a feed of corn, whilst he went into, the Fort to
call upon a Gentleman there. After his departure,
the groom desired the ostler to fetch a quartern of
oats for his horse, which he did, and put them in the
trough kept there for the purpose of feeding, the
m still_ retaining his lordly seat in the gig, and
siring the ostler to take off the bit and bridle, that
the horse might eat freely, which he accordingly did..,
Shortly after, the high-spirited animal, finding his;
head at liberty, started from his feed, ran most fu-1
riously towards the sea, and plungahimself and gig
therein, over a tremendous high embankment, and
was lost almost in an instant ; -the servant with great
difficulty saved his own life,, by throwing himself
out of the gig, in doing which he received several
serious bruises. .

DREADFUL MURDER.—Tuesday morning, a most
distressing circumstance occurred on the estate of Co-
lonel DEAN, within fourteen miles of Cambridge.—
The following are'the particulars communicated by
a Gentleman who was near the spot at the time:—
Three gamekeepers belonging to the Colonel were
upon duty, and after parading over the estate, they
heard tht report of a gun at a distance: on proceed-
ing to the spot, they discovered two men, who, the
moment they arrived, • fired and killed a pheasant.
The game-keepers immediately challenged them with
being poachers, and threatened to take away their
guns from them. A scuffle ensued, and, after some
difficulty, the game-keepers succeeded in securing
one of the poachers i they then tied his hands, when
his comrade, who stood at a short distance, declared
if they did net release him, he would shoot them.—
This not being complied with, he levelled, and shot
one of the game-keepers through the head. The friends
of the latter were so engaged with the wounded man,
that the culprit had time to escape. Communication
' was instantly made to Colonel DEAN of the circum-
stance, who mounted his horse and went in pursuit
of the poacher; he is well known, and said to be a
man of property and respectability. The informa-
tion obtained at his residence was, that he had been
home, saddled one of his horses, and rode off imme-
diately. From the respectability of the parties, the
circumstance had created a great sensation in the
county, and no doubt was entertained of the speedy
apprehension of the culprit. The man shot, died in
about five minutes.--Bunday Monitor.