Star.
London, England, 1820-12-26 00:00:00

KRISUVIK CHURCH, IN ICELAND.

0 There was nothing so meted in'the appearance of the Church,
as to make us hesitate to use the Altar as our dining-table."-;-
Nackerte's Travels ir. Iceland, p. 114,

Though gilded domes, and splendid fines,
And costly robes, and choral strains,
And Altars richly drest,
And sculptur'd saints, and sparkling gems,
And mitred heads, and diadems,-
Inspire with awe the breast!
The soul enlarged—devout—sincere,

With equal piety draws near
The Holy House of GOD,
That rudely rears its rustic head,
Scarce higher than the peasant's shed,

By peasant only trod!
'Ti, not the pageantry of show,
That can impart devotion's glow,
Nor satictify a pray'r :
Then why th' Icelandic Church disdain,
Or why its sacred walls profane,
As though GOD dwelt not there !
The contrite heart—the pions mind—
The Christian—to that spot coufied,
Before its Altar kneels !
There breathes his hopes—there plizhts his vows 7—
And there, with low submission bows,
And to his Goa appeals !
In realms that touch the Northern Pole,
Where streams of burning lava roll
Their desolating course;
Sulphureous mountains raging boil,
Blasting th' already sterile soil,
With wild volcanic force !
Wheie cold, and snow, and frost cohspire,
With livid subterranean fire,
To curse the barren lands,
Where deer morasses faithless smile,
In transient verdure to beguile,
This humble fabric stands!

Oh ! scorn it not because 'tis poor,
Nor turn thee from its sacred door,
With contumelious pride;
But ent'ring in—that Pontes adore !
Who gave thee, on a milder shore,
In safety to reside!
Where Zephyr breathes in tcmper'd gales,
Thro' wood-crown'd hills and verdant vales,
And gentle rivers flow;
And herbs, and fruits, and fragrant flowers,
And flocks, and herds, and shady bciwers,
Their varied gifts bestow!

Let no presumptuous thoughts arise,
That thou art dearer in llts eyes, _
Than par Icelandic swain ;
Who bravely meets the northern wind,
With brow "rette—and soul resigu'd
To penury and pain !

Where touch is giv'n—more is requied ;
Where little--less is still desied
En3oy thy happier lot
With trenibling awe, and chasten'd fear ;
isuvik's Church to Goo is dear,
And will not be forgot!

All the Theatres, both major and minor, had yes-
terday rehearsals of their new Pantomimes, tobe pro-
duced this evening for the rival attraction of their
holiday audiences.
A poor woman, on going up Church.street, Black-
burn, one evening a short time ago, accidentally hit
something with her foot, which she conceived to be
a small bundle of rags; however, on inspection,. it
proved to be a pocket-book, containing bills and
notes to the amount of £2OO or £3OO, which had been
dropped by a traveller. The woman immediately
got the bell-man to publish the event. The money
was claimed by the traveller, who made the honest
woman a handsome present for her integrity.
UNFORTUNATE HoNet-Moos.--:A marriage took
place at the ohurch of St. Lawrence, without Witlm-
gat,...-llar, in the vicinity of Yolk, on Monday se•nnight,
which was succeeded by several most extraordinary
and unfottunate circumstances, of which the following
is a detail ;—George Fearby, a stone-mason of that
ety, was the fortunate bridegroom, and Mrs. PHs-
- cilia Armstrong, from a neighbouring village, was
the happy fair one. After the usual marriage cere-
mony, the newly married pair went to an inn near
the church, for the purpose of regaling themselies
with tobacco and ale, until the marriage certificate
was prepared. They went into the kitchen of the
inn, and in that kitchen was a closet, generally used
as the repository of something better than the blood
of Sir John Barleycorn. Here they remained, till
the landlord discovered that his guests exhibited
more spirit than ale and tobacco generally excite ;
he therefore inquired of his own rib if the private
closet was secure? and was informed that it was
locked, but the key was on the chimney-piece. Ap-
prehensions of danger now were busy, and the ser-
vant was ordered to peep into the room ; when, lo !
she saw the bride also peeping into the closet above-
named. The landlady was informed, and, on enter-
ing, found that the happy pair had aspired to better
cheer than ale and tobacco—they had taken from the
closet a large jug of rum shrub, drank a considerable
quantity, and, finding it very excellent, had nearly
Stied a bottle with it, in order to preserve it for home
c2nsun:ption ; but the bride attempting hastily to put
it in her pocket, let the bottle fall into a spitting-box
sear at hand, and ultimately was found with the jug
concealed under her clothes. Resistance was now vain;
she therefore fled through the window, and being'
taken in a neighbouring field, was, with her rum
skrub loving spouse, conveyed to a watch-house im-
mediately. Alas ! how uncertain and transitory is
human happiness .'—at eleven o'clock this unfortunate
pair were married, and at the summit of their joy—
at half-past twelve they were both in a prison, where
they were doomed to pass the first twenty-four hours
of their union on a bed of straw. About noon the fol-
lowing day, they were examined before the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, and were committed to the
Mouse of Correction for trial at the next Sessions.—,
hus they whom the Clergyman "joined," hads.the
Magistrate very properly "put asunder cand not all
the trial takes place shall we be able to ascertain, whe-
ther in this instance Eye tempted Adam, or Adam
tempted Eves to take the forbidden fruit.