Star.
London, England, 1803-06-11 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

R;

SIR—You are retlite.u.d to infert the following
F't.illias in your Paper, not for any Poetical Merit
tliry may ()offers, but As expreffing thofe fentiments of
!i, nett indignation, which (it is prefumei) are felt at
t'iis moment by every Briton, at the infolence and
arrogance of the FIRST CONSUL of France. By fu
cluing, you will oblige, fir, your bumble fcrvant.
v! Bow, Britons, bow the haughty head; •
Bend, Britons, bend the ftubborn knee;
Own your ancient virtue dead,
And know not t'at ye once wets free!
Think not, as your Fathers thought;
Speak no more as Britons ought;
Adt noroore the Briton's part,
h vuhaut hand and honeft heart;
'What indignation bids you feel,
Dare not, dare hot to reveal; •
sharpen. dare not gralp the butt,
Nor, untie handed, tempt the ponce of France

IVe. Holland, Italy obey:
Her Weill with many a war-wound:Wel,
And cruih'.l hcnaith my iron (way,'
Pvie,Helvetht owns her Lewd.
Hoag not then your Beets, that fore,
Th tallow and the wettan deep;
Boat not then your leawathl Waft,
Kaaapart-girt by Nature'a hands
Fleas and billows Ray not me,..
Then bow the bead, and bend the line&
Whirs, no more, your rival trio advance,
Ner anglotam'cd dare to cope with trance !"

Yes ! as our Albion's root-bohnd oak
Stoops to the tempeft, we will bow!
Yes! we will bend, as thetall rock
Mocking the wave that chaffs below!
Now, by the fable Prince Imbrued,
Once and again in Gallic blonde...
By the laurels that entwine,
Harty, thy helm, and William thine
By our Chiefs on Mins tide,
Bins who triiirtiph'd, ban who died
By him, whom Acre's turrets mile
To Lion-hearted Richard's praife
Yu: we will Rill our rival ranks advance,
And, futgle-handed, brave the might of France.
Come then, come! thou Conful.King !
Launch thy Navies, arm thine Hall.
And, beneath Nigi is hiring wing,
Thy banner plant on England's coat.
Come!—.but hope not to return.
There other thoughts thou loon Shalt learn,
Shalt feel that Britons Rill may shim
The honours of the BritlTh name;
Can fearlels Rif maintain their Rand
Onßrltilli, as on Syrian land?...
Sd! rife fog:wrier to the font et chance-..
angle.banded, crufh the pride of Frame
(Ilford, lvlzy 23, 0803.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COOPS OF KING'S BENCH, MAY sB. •
THE ZING O STCVINSon.
Mr. Oaaeow faid, this was an indidment againil
the defendant for a very malicious ad, in fending a
letter, which be then held in his hand, to Mr. Rad.
dira, the profecutor. The profecutor and his brother
are pr-prietors of an elate, part of which, is let to :he
defendant. They let to a Mr. Malmilsr the honfe
adjoining to Mr. Stevenfon's, which gave him great
offence. The defendant is the manufadurer of agri-
cultural machines. He lived in a Rate of war for
fume time with Malmfly. In confequence of this
Mr. Raddifh, their landlord, went as a peace-maker,
and remonflrated with them on the impropriety of
their condue, and wilted them to live as good neigh-
bours in future. Upon this, Stevenfbn gor into a vto-
lent paftion, and ufed a great number of hard words
to his landlord. He faid he was a fwindling fcoundrel,
and the greatell rafcal and villain upon earth. He
laid his father was bad enough, and his grandfather
was a poor pitiful fellow, and was no more than a
' fcavenger. This converfation took place in the month
. of Augnik and oa 24th of September following,
Mr. Raddith receiieit-a leuer to the following eSed,
I'llll of bad fpalliic:
" Is not out afeaappailea tar Tat that I fend yon'this
sr2'.l'ing` but for a Geodsminno, kd be latmald get Into a fcrape. as
hr f",",te "111,inurder ref/. I have We bullets and pillots—ln it
;
no It tats be fn. re Melt as sirteha-lo wag bad better keep
IT bom e. Your tither one boa aaereia,uatt Too are the biggeft
'akin 00 earth: and b kilt a 4 Ow awe lathe fanny'.
a Year &were Friend."
The Penfelonf' r, Mr. Raddith, was called, and fully
confirmed this opening. He laid, whenever the let•
ter was put in' m las hand, and before he opened it,
he knew it w: es Sievenfon's hand writing. He had no
doubt in %II world Ant that it was Srevenfon's hand-
writing. t ie Ihewed it to Stevenfon the day follow.
iner.and ar tett him if he had any knowledge of the
hand will' tag 1 tic make anfwer," I hope to the Lord
•you I Ind out the autht.r."
Other itneffes on the part of the profeention (aid,
they boll 4eved it was the band.,writing of the defea-
dant, I nd particularly a perfon of the name of Chcef
Iv, wit n had been Clerk. to Mr. Winlaw, for whom
Steve! eon writ kcd for a number of years {—and
arse Jy fettled his accounts every wekk. He fwore
belt ad not theleafl doubt of its being his hand writing.
ErsaiwE, in the courfe of an eneellent freech
for the defendant, °nerved, that his client was pa-
ths' .ally a &anger to him, but lie was reprefented to
hi at to be a retpedable perfon, a very ingenious man,
et 'gaged in making agricultural ma , very much
✓ efpeded by thofe who knew him, and very unlikely
/tom his ufual condosl and deportment, to 'elite fric,ft
a letter ; which Le did not attempt to jollity :—it
was a mere piece 'of Impertinence, and certainly if
loch a letter had been written to him, thoush be
▪ Should not have been apprehenetve of affalfinatoon by
going out of his bottle, yet be was an utter enemy to
anonymous letters of every defcription, intending in
no part of his life, public or private, to jullify them,
I but to Life every influence to beat them down, and to
reprobate them. His defence sell, that this was not
the hand writing of the defendant.
He 411 ed Llcoafiderahle number of witneffes, ma-
i\
.s.:ut Au& kßown,Mr. Stevenfon for ten years,
Oo at 'the litter, faid, they did not think
• • 41=1 tome of them fi iJ, it had
• tO ant of his writing
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they had ever Peen ; he was a quiet, plateable Ilkaft,
and very unlikely to write filch a letter.
After a reply from the Learned Coutsfel on the part
of the profecution,
Lord aseasoiouott fummed up an the evidence'
to the Jury, and direeted, their attention to took
parts of it that were molt material. His Lordatip
laid, there was no doubt this letter was of a libellous
nature, inafmuch as it bad a tendency to pfovoke
the profecutor to break the peace, by exciting in his
mind an apprehenfinn of perfonal violence. and hold.
ing out a threat to murder him. It was likewife li-
bellous, as it called him the dirp/1 villain upbn earth.
So that it was libellous in both there refpeets, by ca-
lumniating him, and by exciting in his mind an ap-
preheofion of perfonal danger ;---.and if he was the
perfnn who wrote it, (which was a quellion for the
confideration of the Jury) he had committed a crime,
for which he was amenable to the laws of his coun-
try. The Jury would confider the evidence that had
been given on bah fides.—Guilty.
row e o ....CFIAMIIIERS, t111:4 V. MCI ENSON6
Mr. Elt lON I nattll, that this was an anion of tro.
vet, brought by Mrs. Chambers ; for the anion was
not brought by Mr. Chambers. who, for the fake-of
from, was elf) made a Plaintiff. Mrs. Chambers is a
daughter of the late Lord Rodney. whole memory
ought to be dear to every Eoglifhman, on account of
the important Cervices rendered to his country. This
Lady married Mr. Chambers, the fon of the late Sir
William Chambers, late Chief Joflice in India. He
had been lung leparated from his Lady, and the was
here in very float diftrefs, from his being greatly in
mercer in paying her feparate maintenance. She was
the mother of a large and amiable family. Come of
them grown up ; one of them an Officer in the
Guards, and another of them an Officer in the Navy.
At the time when the caufe of anion accrued, Mrs.
Chambers lived at Ilatterfea, in a (mall hcufe. The
Defendapt, who is a Sheriff's Officer, entered with a
di/M."lw in a wrong name, and took away a carpet ;
f it which this anion was brought.
Jofeph Needham faid, he was fervent to Mrs. Chain
hers, who had tired at Barterfea. Her hufband had
been abroad for Come time. He .recollet4ed Mr.
Dickenfon coming to the houfe : he enquired whe
ther Mr. George Chambers was there ? The witnels
['rid be was not, but told him Mrs. Chambers was
✓there. He dcfired the wi:nefs to afk her for 40..
He did ; and Ilse defired the witnels to afk Dickentim
'what it was for ? He did not tell him, but faid he mull
have 405. or 4os. worth. He went into the drawing.
room, took up a piflol, and fait', that is not worth
0.3. He then took the carpet in gut (Lion, and car.
tried it away.
Mr. Geaeow, for the defendant, laid, his client
was ready to deliver up the carpet. He cenfured
1
.thole who had advifed this Lady to bring the anion,
inafmuch as it had originated in a mere rnittake, and
Thad been attended with no ferious confequences to her.
'As the defendant agreed to deliver up the carpet, the
!Jury only found a nominal verdin againit him.