Star.
London, England, 1820-01-19 00:00:00

sartfitt Anita

WRITTEN NT JOHN TAYLOR, ESQ.

Tie tong histiorielreek of Time survey,
Far as Tradition its& a dubious ray,
hill Britain has beheld, with patriot pride;
In her lov'd Isle', the Csaarrus reside!
Let but Mitres', whate'er the cause, appear, •
L. Pity yields the sympathizing tear!
And, at her side, Benevolence is found,
raise the helpless mourner from the ground!
• atm, as 6f old, the Sons of Britain feel,
' And hei fair Daughters share the gen'reus zeal
One only contest in their breast can glow—
The veble rivalry to succour Woe!
Though Game and Roars their ancient weeds proclaim.
And godlike heroes of immortal fame,
The deeds of 'valour which our annals grate
Attest that Battiest boats an equal race;
An equal race in each heroic part,
With gentler virtues, that refine the heart—
Virtues that tow'r aboVe their proudest plan,
That cheer, embellish, and ennoble man!
Does Erivy doubt?—behold the smiling land!
On ev'ry side the domes of Feeling nand, •
Where Sickness finds a balm to-soothe its pais,
And Age and Wain a ready shelter gain!
Nor less the bounteous arm to spread relief,
Where Merit lingers in sequenced grief,
Enough, they hear Affliction's faintest sigh,
All Vosanfrariui where Sorrow's ensigns ty !

Very considerable damage has been done among
the shipping in the River, by the floating ice, which
Las driven many of them from their moorings, more
particularly in the neighbourhood of the London
Docks, within the last -two days. Yesterday after-
noon, two twigs and a schooner were carried against
London-bridge, by the tide running upwards, when
the mast of one of them was carried away, owing to
• the impetuosity of the current. Numerous other
ships had their bowsprits, yards, att. carried away.
A complete thaw commenced early yesterday morn-
ing, which has continued, and as the ice is sinking
in the River, the navigation, which has been sus-
pended for some days past, will, we trust,be resumed.
A match of Cricket, single innings, was played on
rriday, on the Lake now making in the pleasure
grounds of Sir THOS. FREEMAN HEATIICOTE, Dart
• at Emtley, near Winchester, between eleven pleasure
ground men, and eleven garden men, for two guineas,
which y as won by the latter by one run, and two
wickets to go down. they having got I00;the former
t 9. The Lake contains twenty acres of water, and
when finished will be upwards of one hundred.
A shocking catastrophe betel four young men of
respectability, on Saturday night, upon the Thames,
s)me distatice from Chiswick ; they had remained
skating until aft e dark, and in fallowing each ether,
a sheet of ice.separaterl fro:n the rest, when they were
hurried into the current and drowned. There were
two others in company, who, with difficulty, escaped.
The names of two of the drowned persons were
Heather, whose relations reside near Kew Bridge.
Tuesday sennight, Mr. John Kemp, residing at St.
Mary's, in Romney Marsh, going on a visit to some
'friends at Hythe, availed himself of the circumstance
of the Royal Military Canal being frozen over, to
skate upon it. Unhappily, from some natural cir-
cumstance; the ice at Ruckinge was not, as at other
places, sufficiently strong for the purpose, and be
there met an untimely grave.
Sunday se'nnight, Mr. Parkinson, of Preston, clog-
ger, and his wife, had a most narrow escape from
*drowning. They were crossing the Ribble, near
Pmwortham Bridge, when the tide flowing. caused
'the ice to break,•and let them into the river, where
'the water is about nine feet deep. By a rare presence
of mind Mr. Parkinson threw out one arm upon the
unbroken ice, ard with the other held up his wife.—
He then called to several boys, and instructed therri
to lay themselves flat upon the ice, each one' taking
hold of the leg of his companion, and thus approach
him, promising, at the same time, to let go his hold
of the boy next to him if the ice should break near
him, so that they might easily draw each other from
the danger. They remained thus linked and sus-
pended for about half an hour, when a plank being',
brought and laid across the brpken ice, the man and'
his wife both fortunately escaped a watery grave.
• Tuesday, a lad about thirteen years of age fell
from the top of a waggon load of coal, near the vil-
lage of Ashley, and one of the front wheels passing
over his body, he died soon after. Ile was.the only
son of a man named Norris, who was driving the
waggon, and on casually looking back, saw his poor
• boy under the wheel. He instantly stopped the vehi-
cle, but too late to prevent the fatal consequences.
On the 27th ult. Mr. Allardice, Excise Officer, of,
Strathblane, accompanied by some military, seized
some smuggled whisky and a small still. It is raid,
no resistance was made to the seizure ; but in conse-
quence of some misunderstanding, the Corporal of '
the party stabbed John M'Griger, the owner of the
articles seieed in the side, in consequence of which he
died on the 4th instant.
Wednesday night, Robert Donaldson, wood fo-
rester, at Methven, went into a tavern in the village,
• and drank so much ardent spirits that he became ex-
tremely intoxicated, and incapable of managing him-
self. The people of the house attempted to put him
to bed, which he obstinately refused to allow them to
de, and stretched himself on the floor. Though
every attention was paid him, he died before the
Morning.
CORONER'S INCTESTO--Yesterday evening an In-
quest was held at the Black Swan, in Rider's-court;
Leicester-square, on the body of Mr. Wsi. BOWERS,
aged 61, late of Earl's-court, Craabourn-alley, lea-
ther-seller. It appeared from the evidence, that the
deCeased, who was a man of respectable circum-
stances, had been for some years deranged in his in-
tellects, and confined by his wife in a room which was
extremely cold, and there left for days together,
while he was heard to utter the most piteous cries
for food. His body was a perfect skeleton, the ma-
rifest conduct of the Wittman treatment he had ex-
perienced.—The Jury retired for nearly as hour, and
then returned the following verdict: " The deceased
departed this life in a natural way ; but his death was,
if the opinion of the Jury, accekrated by culpable ne.
glee—The wife of the deemed was about 33 years
d age, and had been walled to the unfortunate
rtturelevore years.