Star.
London, England, 1821-01-31 00:00:00

TO A CHILD.

BY JOANNA BAILLIE.
Whoa imp art thou, with dithprd cheek,
And curly pate, and merry eye,
And arms and shoulders round and sleek,
And soft and fair ?—thou urchin sly!
What boots it wko with sweet caresses
First call'd thee his, or squire or hind?
For thou in every Wight that passes

Dost now a friendly play-mate end!
Thy downcast glances, grave but cunning,

As fringed eye-lids rise and fall;
Thy shyness, swiftly from me running— •
'Tis infantine coquetry all!
But far a-field thou bast not flown,
With mocks and threats half-lisp'd, half-spoken,
I feel thee pulling at my gown,

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Of right good-will thy simple token!
And thou must laugh and wrestle too,
•A mimick warfare with me waging,
To make, as wily lovers do,

Thy after-kindness more =gaging!
The wilding rose, sweet as thyself,
And new-eropt daisies, are thy yeasure:
rd gladly part with worlay pelf
To taste again thy youthful pleasure!
But yet for all thy merry look,
Thy frisks and wiles, the time is coming,
Wt .en thou shalt sit in cliccrless nook,

The weary spell or horn-book thumbing
Weil, Ist it be! thro' weal and woe
Thou know'st not now thy future range ;
Life is a motley shifting show,
And thou a thing of hopi and change !

CHIMNEY-SWEEPERS.

Yesterday, at Hatton-Garden Office, J. Andrea's,
ciitmney-sweeper,-residing in Moor-street, Edgware-
road, appeared to a summons to answer the complaint
of his apprentice, James Snearle, a buy eight years
of age, whose ease we mentioned on Monday. One
of the Overseers attended. It appeared from the
evidence, that a few evenings ago the poor child
was found. by some humane person sitting on the
steps of a door, crying with cold and hunger, being
barefooted, and complaining of the wounds he re-
ceived by having his legs and feet pricked with a
fork and pinched by another boy, whose business it
was to follow him up the chimney, in order to com-
pel him to climb op. This person took him to Dr.
Skinner. who dressed his wounds, and accompanied
him the same evening before the Magistrate, where
he was examined. He hid nothing on but a piece
of sack for a shirt, and the rags he had on were stiff
from the soot and blood. He was given in care of an
uncle, and Dr. Skinner attended him until yester-
day. Dr. Skinner stated, that when the boy was
brought to him his knees and uncles were in a dread-
ful state of inflammation, and without timely assist-
ance he might lose the use of his limbs; the soot
was ingrafted into his flesh, and he supposed the boy
had not been washed with soap and water fcr a long
time. The boy stated that he had not enough ofi,
food, and slept with five iu a bed ; his father sold
bim to tLe defendant for a pound note! The de-
fendant agreed to cancel the indentures on condition
of the-prosecution being foregone, which was agreed
to, and the unfeeling master was suffered to depart.

Yesterday afternoon, an Inquest was held at the
One Swan, in Alie-street, Goodmatt's-fields, before
the Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of William
Shrader, aged fourteen, who came to his death in
the following manner :—lt appeared, that do Friday
afternoon, the deceased with another lad, about
!Ili own age, were playing in the cellar of a house in
Lambeth-street, when, in their frolicking, the de-
ceased trod on his play-mate's toes, which exasperated
him so much that he struck the deceased in the pit
of the stomach, which caused him to stagger; lie set
himself on a stool, and almost instantaneously fell to
the ground insensible, and began to foam at the
mouth and nostrils. The other boy endeavoured to
rouse him, but without effect, and the poor fellow
was conveyed home to his parents in the sane street.
Mr. Curtis, the surgeon, rendered every possible exer-
tion in his power, but without effect, and the unfor-
tunate lad expired in a short time after. The body
was subsequently opened, when it was discovered
that a cessation of all the vital parts had taken place;
but it did not appear what was the cause of imme-
diate death. There appearing to have been no ma-
lice existing between the deceased and the other boy,
the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
Monday se'nnight, an Inquisition was taken, by
the City Coroner of Oxford, on view of the body of
Thomas Dawson Lucas, jun. aged thirty-five, who,
It appeared by the evidence of a surgeon, was seized
with a fit of apoplexy, in the Town-ball, and expired
in a few minutes after he was brought down stairs.
The deceased was of slender frame and weak con;
Ftitution, and, from his eagerness to witness the pro-
ceedings on the Address, had climbed upon the iron
railing in front of the Hall, and jumping down, it is
conjectured, burst a blood vessel, which occasioned
his death. There were no external bruises or marks
of violence on his body, nor was there any pre,sure
against him when lie fell, which he did on his knees,
With his arms extended, and never spoke afterwards.
Verdiet accordingly.
• A distressing accident occurred on Tuesday se'n-
right, in the neighbourhood of Berkeley. Mr. John
Marklove of the 56th Regiment, was out with his
friend, Mr. Joyner Ellis, shooting rabbits, at Wick-
selme ; when, as the former was getting through a
hedge, with his gun cocked, one of the barrels unfor-
tanately exploded, and lodged the contents in his
right side. He now lies dangerously ill, but hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Sunday se'nnight, :John Valiance, one of the men
who pleaded guilty at the adjourned York Assizes,
to the charge of High Treason, and who was 'sen-
tenced to 14 years transportation, arrived at Barnsleyt
having obtained his free pardon, to the great joy;eff
his wife and small family. He had £3 4e. given him,
to earrp him home, but not a moment's warning, and
consequently neither saw nor spoke to any of his un-
fertitatte comrades, not being within sight or hearing
of them wbca b toseived cho, glad echo

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