Star.
London, England, 1818-10-20 00:00:00

THE ROBBER.

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The tomes with terrible flu/ did raw,
The thunder trnmendoudy dada ;
The seabirds were screaming, the billowy wave
With threatened desuection the inouuteins did lave,
The lightning Incessandy !
Though Nature appeared in the tempest to reek,
And seemed as dividing asunder;
A wretch, whose Ingratitude taught him to mock
The voice of the storm, which the bravest might shock,
By Avarice ured, went to plunder !
With innocence Meet his kind master had dept,
Nor during the storm had awoke;
This child of Ingratitude silently errs
To the place where he knew that the matey was kept,

And basely' the cabinet broke.
To aid his vile purpose, a gliotmeeing fight

Within a dark-lantharn he bore ;
lie thought he heard footsteps—he sheok with affright—
And starting, a countenance gleasn'd on his eight,

Aad eenakess he fell on the floor !
Ilia fall woke kb Muter. who Wind), flew

To the closet whence issued the noise ;
Rat what were his feelings, that servant to view,
For whom his attachment no boundary knew.
Lie trembling with guilt and surprise?
The culprit replied not—his pangs were severe,.

The cause of his fear and detection
Arose from a pair of half-boots hanging near,
'Which Tuna's In Bzresn4c had poliah'd so dear,
He sunk at his guilty reflection!
RICHARD TURNER, 114, London-Road.

Yesterday morning, at six o'clock, 25 male con-
Vets, who were tried at the last Sessions, Old Bailey,
and were sentenced to different periods of transpor.
tation, were removed in a caravan from Newgate:
they were escorted by a party of Light Horse, in
order to be put on board a ship now waiting at
Sheerness, to convey them to Botany Bay.
A few nights ago, some villains entered a field at
Maida Hill, near Paddington, and most inhumanly
slaughtered a mulch cow, the property of Mr. &RANO,
the cow-keeper. The ruffians divided the hind-quar-
ters, part of which they carried away.
Between seven and eight o'clock on Friday even-
ing last, as Mr. Boreham' of Saffron-Walden, was
returning from a sale at Littlebury, he was stopped
by a man In horseback, who demanded his money.
Mr. Boreliam at first offered to make resistance,
when the fellow presented a pistol at his head, and
threatened to blow out his brains. Mr. Boreham
struck the pistol aside, and clapped spurs to his
horse, when another fellow rode up and caught his
bridle. They now rifled his pockets, but finding
ittle of value, determined to revenge their disap-
pointment upon his person, and after having shame-
fully maltreated hire, they rode off towards Malden.
Saturday morning, about two o'clock, some vil-
lains bloke into the house of Mr. Leftwich, baker, in
Paradise-row, Rotherhithe. They entered through
the bakehouse into the shop, from whence they stole
41. 15s. in copper; they then proceeded op
broke open the chamber-door of Mr. Leftwich, and
while himself and wife were buried in sleep, took
from under their bed a box, and rifled it of 250/. in
Bank-notes. An adjoining rocm, in which one of
the shopmen slept, next became the scene of their
nocturnal depredations, and without disturbing the
man, who slumbered as soundly as his master and
mistress, they unlocked a bureau, and took out 971.1
in notes, and 161. in silver, and made off unmolested
with their valuable booty. Two casks of butter and
two large parcels of sugar were set apart, and pack-
ed up in readiness to be taken away, in the yard;
but it is conjectured that they were found too bulky
fir conveyance.
Thursday last, seven journeymen shoemakers were
convicted beforeW. BEDFORD and I. SPOONER, Esqrs.
two Justices for the county of Warwick, of an un-
lawful combination to prevent Mr. J. Edwards, a 1
'Laster shoemaker, from employing a person of the
name of Hoult, and sentenced to two months impri-
sonment and to hard labour, in the House of Correc-
tion. The Magistrates, in passing sentence, informed
the defendants, that whenever a case cf combination
was clearly made out before them, they should al-
ways visit it with the severest punishment in their
power, such combinations being as prejudicial to the
interests of the persons combining, as detrimental to
tilt public welfare.
Tuesday last, a gentleman was convicted before two
of the Commissioners of 7 axes for the town and county
of York, in the penalty of 401. for Las ing made up one
window or light in his dwelling Louse without hav-
ing given six days previous notice thereof to the In-
spector or Surveyor of the district, and also a further
peiialty of £lO, for having opened out one window or
light, without giving the same notice.
Stisuas OF CHAPEL FURNITURE FOR POOR RATES.
--A few days ago the parish officers of St. Andrews,
Worcester, entered the Countess of HUNTINGDON'S
Chapel by means of a ladder placed to one of the
gallery windoWs, and, with two constables, took down
and ciuried away ten patent lamps, which they sold
for the payment of 1:18, for six poor levies, at C 3
each ; and they were proceeding to take down the
organ, and had actnally brought a man into the
Chapel for that express purpose, when one of the
Trustees entered the Chapel at ten o'clock at night,
and remonstrated with them on their conduct, and
offered, with another friend, to give them security for
the amount, if, upon an appeal, the proper law au-
thorities decided that they had a right to demand the
rate ; they were with difficulty prevailed upon to de-
sist, although the key of the Chapel and the key of
the organ were delivered up to them, by way of se-
curing to them the possession ; and they marked the
organ with G. R. After this, a friend came forward,
peal the £lB, and expenses, and redeemed the organ,
lamps, and keys of the Chapel, at the same time pro-
testing against the illegality of the demand i—since
this proceeding, legal notices of appeal have been de-
livered to the parish officers, and the case will be
brought forward at the ensuing Sessions. The Trus-
tees ccntend they have no right to be assessed, be-
cause there is no profit ; and Lord ELLE:amitotic,'
has decided, that where there is no profit, no assers-
snent can be made.
A barbarous murder has recently been committed
near Coleraine, where one Adam Linn is accused of
drowting his own son in a bog-hole. The unnatural
father has absconded.