Star.
London, England, 1817-12-26 00:00:00

RELIGION.

Bleft charm of the soul, that hi geraleneso smiles
When the gloom of Deinomle. c o ers%adows the Wed,
Awl Deaths Diver piing of rat ..n.roef bests:les,
to Faith's rosy wr.:a h ,wet r Lontentment to And:
021,Rmotor41 thy I.ut y sh,neth,
And Faith, Hope, an.' kfh4r. entwineth

Withrut thee—this svorld a wild desert would seem
Of selfithuris, folly, deception, and woe;
Ana the suo of futurity Lever would beam%
To cheer with its ray all the sor rows we know!
Pweet and pure is each b!essing thy garland entwinetb,
And holy the path where thy light brightly shinethi
Thy breast is the refuge OuntrOT INV t gave,
For the best and the worst, to seekend to share,
When the sunset of life faintly gloms o'er the grave,
With the hope of a future that's faieless and Fair
Oh, then, as the bean to deep stillness declineth,
The bright ray of Faith lu.pure holiness sbineth I
t. 0. Wlttool',.

Tile Doke of WELLINGTON'S Ems are arrived in
town bom List Sheen, near Ric!mnnd, where they
were at cchoad. It is not yet known whether they
will proceed to France to pass the Holidays with the
illustrinu,Ka, or remain at the house in Piccadilly
with the Ductt::.ss.

When Sir THOUAS BUIWON was, last week, in.
stalled Deputy Grand Master of the Grange Instite•
tion of England, at the Lodgeerooni in -Ne..-castle-
upon-Tyne, above SAO of the brethren assisted at the
ceremony.
Lord and Laity Batumi' and family, accompanied
by Dr. BICHARDSON, have been through Greece and
the More. ; they visited Constantinople, 'Troy, and
all the Islands of.the Archipelago; where his Lord.
ship found some valuable antiquities, basso selciros,
Menelaus'' tom., ice. They etterwerds- landed at
Alexandria, went to Grand Cairo, from whence they
were to proceed to the Cat tracts, from thence into
Abyssinia and Nubia. They expect to be at Naples,
en their return, in July next. His Lordship sent his
yacht to %inter at Alta.
Tte immense entry of causes for trial at Nisi
Prins, et Guildhall, in both. Courts, far exceeds the
usual softy at Oils perit,d of the year. There are no
less than 4461 in the CI urt of King's Bench, and Irs
ix she Common Pleas—the greater number of which
are Sl ,eial July causes.
The Canal in St. James's Park was yesterday frozen
deer, and - the ice was so. strong that several young
persons amused themielves with :biting. Fortunately
no accident occurred.

A Letter from Lewes says t—e, Last
.week some
..
v
I.tree: knots of wild-cowl, and such as have not
been very common in these parts for the last twenty
years, were seen hovering over the levels near Vietch.
ing, awl were considered by some is the harbinger of
severe weather."
About sis o'clock on Monday night, lour men, with
their faces blacked, entered the dwelling-house of
Thomas Dickens, Esq. of liessam.coriter,Chertsey,
and carried off a vainable gun, a diamond ring, ten
Alva spoons, several articles of linen, andahout twit
in cash. .The servant Who had the care of the house
was atc..ed by one of the ruffians, While the others
were po sessing themselves of the booty.
Dric. 6.—Saturday last,.a cause came
boat the Royal Court, unprecedented in our juris-
prudence. A 14,1 td • the n4ine or /IfiCaa, not mom
6110 14 15 years of age, and who had been twice'
brought before the Court for robbery, was accused
a having stolen suet: knives in the shop of Mr. 1)ol.
bag. . When the indictment was read, and the wit-
nesses wise called, the Court proceeded, according to
custom, to administer the oath pr scribed by the law
but Mr. Doling and his daughfir, who were among
the priacipa witnesses, being Quakers, refused to take
its M. De Jersey, the pris, tier's advocate, insisted
that they should not be admitted as witnesses, and
stated, the law.ot this Island, 7irrine, which provides
that the Witness muss be sworn, citing his authorities,
Ind also passages from some English lawyers, who
agreed in opinion, that Quakers could hot be ad.
;Witted as witnesses in criminal cases, if they wquirt
siot‘aLe the oath t but might be in civil ones, accord.
iqg to the Act of Parliament. The Court having
deliberated on the subject, pronounced their judg-
mot, that Mr. Dulling and his daupjiter having re.
fused to be sworn, their testimony could not be re.

coved. The prisoner was in consequence acquitted
for want of sufficient prooYsto substantiate the robbery.
DuaLIN. DEC 314114 SlX—Asivier and Kiassahest,
fbr the robbery of the Belfast snail passengers, are
the• only is:lisps out of eight capitally convicted m
the last Commissioo, ordered for ezectuieu at Kit.
minima, this day. The other six convicts have
their sentences commuted to transportation.
Tha mail which was dispatched on Friday for
Cork, mallow, Ddnneraille, Cbarleville, Ike. with
the bags. from Dublin to these places, was robbed
Intween-Challeville and• Croons, by some ruffians,
wins beat the postman severely.
ikaday se'nnight. a boat, the property of Messrs.
F, and .1. Pilsworth and Co. which was going from
Westmeath to-Dublin, laden with corn,. provisions.
Stc. was attacked et Thontastown harbour, by as
aimed banditti, who plu:dered her of 28 tubs of
better, which they cariird off. They also threatened
to shoot the boatmen in charge of- the boat, should
akey snake the least resistance.

*ATIRNORD, LbiclOf ISlL2o.—About seven o'clock
pr. Tuesday evening, a party of. five or sin villains
attacked a farcrier,named Larkin, at his own house,
at or near italteesr,• in this county, nearly oppt,site
claming. The moment they saw him,-one of the= I
snapped * blunderbuss at him, but missed Ere ; Las.'
kip seized a carbine which he kept for his defense,.
and levelled it at his aggressor, but he likewise missile
L. The party were decamping, when
.anotbac.og
them reproved his felons for awkwardness
ectwardicvevand was taking deliberate aim witrfti
blunderbuss', but Larkin was beforehand with hinv,
igsj fired it him with such preeision, that the ba%
trining paged through his body, he staggered ate
Tlai
paces, fell, and almost immediately expired.
refit of die party lost no tome in running away,lerfing behind them Orin killed comrade, Atha
Traced to berme 'O'Connor, from near Two-mile.
bridge, • carpenter, a nsau of very indifferent cbau
ractee, of no property, sold long under strong se*
*dos of lraving been concerned in pubic manses.