Star.
London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

BY SIR WILLIAM JONES

Sweat maid, If thou woold'u charm my sight,
And bid these arms tby neck enfold,
That rosy cheek, that lily hand,
Would give thy Poet morn delight,
Than all Becara's vaunted gold,
Than all the gems of Summand!
Boy, let yon liquid ruby low.
And bid thy pensive heart be glad,
What.'cr the frowning *oasts say,
Tell ;been their Eden cannot stew
A stream so clear as Itanabad.
A bower so sweet as MoseUsy!
Oh! when these fair perSdlous maids,
Whose eyes our secret haunts infest,
Their dear destructive chums display;
Bach glance my tender breast invades,
And robs my wounded soul of rest,
As Tartus seise their deuin'd prey!
In vain with love our besonu glow,
. Can all our tear% can all our sighs,
New lustre to those chasms impart?
Can -cheeks where living rages blow
Where Nature spreads her richest dyes,
Require the burrow 'd gloss of art !
- Speak not of Fate—ah ! change the theme,
And talk of odours, talk of wine,
Talk of the flowers that rimed us bloom;
'Th. all a cloud, 'lls all a dream!
To love and joy thy thoughts confine,
Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom !
Beauty has such resistless power
Tat even the chaste Egyptim: dame
Sigh'd rot the blot/alai Hebrew hoi;
For her-bow fatal was the hear,
When to the banks of Nubs came
• youth se lovely, and so esy!
Bat, AI sweet maid, my counsel hear,
(Tenth should attend when them advise
Whom keg experience renders sage),
While music charms the tavisli'd ear,
While sparkling cups delight war eyes,
Be gay, and scorn the frowns of age!
What cruel answer have I heart!
And yet, by Heaves. I lore thee still;
Can aught be cruel from thy lip?
Yet say, how fell that bluer weed
From lips which streams of sweetness
Which nought bat drops of honey sip?
Go boldly forth my simple lay,
Whose accents flow with artless ease.
Like Orient pearls at random strung;
Thy motes are sweet, the damsels say ;
Hot, oh ! far sweeter, if they please
The nymph tor wheal these notes are sung!

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF OF KING'S BENCH. JANUAIT 7.

The LORD Cum JUDTICI was occupied the greater
part of yesterday in trying undefended causes, accord
ing to the arrangement piesiously made for that pur-
pose. The actions were mostly on bills of exchange.

103 ANQUZT O. BARTON.

Mr. CHITTY stated this to be an action against the
.defendant to recover a sum of money on a bond, which
he had entered into conjointly with two other Gentle-
men. Mr. Peters, the subscribing witness to that instru-
ment, was the son of one of the obligors, and he had
tofu ad to come forward and give evidence against his
father. The plaintiff was, therefore, compelled to sub-
mit to a nonsuit before he was in a situation to
proceed against the witness Peers, or to issue out an
attachment against him for not attending on his sub-
rcena.—The plaintiff was then nonsuited from not be:ng
aisle to prove it. signature of the defendant to the bond
in question.

Accounts from Switzerland, of the 27th of Dec. state,
th t ,0 The interrogatrries of the thieves in Zurich are
continuel without intermission. Before examining the
two members of the Government the Commissioners
desire to discover, as far as possible, the truth or false-
!) od of the statements hitherto made by the bands."
Caraccas Papers to the 17th November have been
received. The latest accounts from Peru state that
BOLIVAtt was still at Cusco. It is reported that Gen.
Beau. had at length sent an intimation to the Indepen-
dent General,, that he was willing to enter into nego-
tiations far the surrender of Callao. In Colombia the
inhabitants are very busy in electing Members for the
Congress to meet early in January. The property tax,
of 10 per cent. levied in Colombr as a war tax, and
abolished, has again been levied, ohich has occasioned
a great outer y against the existing Government.
It is reported in Paris, that the remonstrances of the
different Greek Committees in Europe to the Executive'
Government at Napoli di Romania, relative to their re-
f oral to grant military rank to some of the French, and
other officers, who had entered their service, have at
length produced the desired effect ; and that all volun-
teers who have previously held rank in Europe, and
cad furnish certificate) to that effect, from the D:pu-
ties or either of the Committees, %sill be entitled to
serve one step higher, and to enjoy the same pay as
native officers.

The French Papers give some intelligence from
Greece, which, if true, is important. A bark had ar-
rived at Corfu from Calamoi am the 6th De ember,
with news that the Chicks lird attacked the Turkish
fleet before Patr ra; and that the !mule had ended by
the corlirgratior, of a large Ottoman frigate, three cor-
vettes, and the captui eof six transports. If this be cor-
rect. it may set ye to dimini.h the confidence of Ibrahim
Paella, who is said to have summoned Missolonghi to
surrender, and to have allowed to its heroic garrison
until the 17th of December for accepting his mercy,
44 after which they should all be put ao the sword."—
Tbe Greeks returned for answer, " that they waited for
him under the walk of their city, where 'the articles of
tapitulation might be more amply discussed."
The meeting at Sleaford on Monday, to form an
Association for the protection of British Agriculture,
was most respectably attended. The County Members,
Sir WILLIAM INHILHY and Mr. CHAPLIN, took part in
the business of the day, and were-deservedly thanked
for their devotion to the agricultural interest.
On the evening of Saturday week, seven ruffians
forc•hly entered the house of a poor man, at Millbank,
in Bradford, of the name of Malone, when one of them
throw a brick or a stone, which struck the man's wife
in such a manner as to fracture her skull. Sargical
assistance was procured immediately, but the poor
woman, after lingering a week, expired on Saturday
last. Mr. Sherwin, the surgeon, on being sent for, gave
directions to send for the constable, who came and ap-
prehended four of the men, two of whom afterwards
escaped. Two others have been apprehended since.—
Tuesday last an Inquest was held over the body of the
woman, and a verdict of Manslaughter was brought in
against the seven men, three a ',born have been cons-,
si.i.ted to York Castle. One of them had been previously
sent to Wakerld as a 'reprint.

WINTER ASSIZES..

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MAIDSIVIM 3610 a ST 7.

John Ihrton was indicted for the wilful murder of
Thomas Page, by stabbing him with a knife at Sand-
gate, on the 18th of November last.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner and de-
ceased wete mariners, the former about Mu' years of
age, and the latter twenty-six, at the time of his death.
On the 18th November last, the land.otd of the Ship at
SanJgate, gat e what is called a Ironer warming to some
of his customers, amongst whom were the prisoner and
the deceased. After supper the prisoner, who was ad-
waltzed in liquor, had a squabble with one of the guests
named Gifford, and shortly afterwards vent into the
kitchen. Whil-t sitting there, the deceased came behind
him and rubbed his face with his hands. The prisoner
expressed some indignation at this liberty, and desired
the deceased to leave off his tricks. The deceased left
the kitchen, and in a few minutes after returned with
his hands blackened, and then besmeared the prisoner's
face from behind as before. The prisoner itarted up in
an angry manner, drew a clasp knife from his pocket,
which he opened, and pursued the deceased to the door,
but the latter escaped. In two minutes after he re-
turned, and approaching the prisoner, addressed hint
by the nickname of II 'stack, a.id said, Is we mean to
have a spree to-nigh:: The pi otter, w ho had kept the
knife open in his hand, immediately started up and ex-
claimed, " You are the man," rushed at the deceased,
and stabbed him in the lower part of the belly. Tire
deceased, unconscious at the moment of being wounded,
seized the primmer by the arms and called to the p.r-
sons present to take the knife from him. At this moment,
the deceased perceiving that he was wounded, said,
"Oh Lord, lam gabbed; the d—d old rascal has stab-
bed me Thikproduced an immediate examination of
hiv person, IQ it *ai found that he had a considerable
wound in the lower 'part of the abdomen, from which
the intestines Were.irotruding. A surgeon was directly
sent for, bat the deceased lingered until the 24th, when
he died of mortification. These facts were proved by
several witnesses.

The prisoner, in his defence, said he was so much in-
toxicated on the evening in question, that he had no
distinct recollection of what passed ; he had known and
been on friendly terms with the deceasel for a great
many years, and bme him no malice whatever. He
had been very ill used during the evening, and if, in a
moment of temporary passion, produced by that, and
intoxication, he had been the unfortunate cause of the
fatal injury, he deeply lamented it.
Mr. Baron HULLOCK summed up the case for the
Jury with great minuteness, and after defi,iii.g the law
of wilful homicide, left it to them to determine whether
the prisoner, in the short space of two minutes, which
had elapsed from the time of his receiving the personal
indignity put upon him by the deceased, and the re-
turn of the latter to the room where the wound was in-
flicted, had time enough to recover his cool judgment ?
for if they were of opinion that he_ had not, the case
could only amount to manslaughter;but, if thry thought
otherwise, it would be murder.

The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found the prisoner
guilty of 1/ansbughter.
The Learned Baron, a'ter an impressive admonition
to the prisoner, told him his case was attended with so
few circumstances of palliation, that he found himself
bound to carry the sentence of the law in cases of man-
slaoghtes to its greatest extent, and he therefore ad-
judged that he should be transported for life.
liichard Newman, 17, William Newman, 51, and
William Sherwood, 20, were tried for sheep stealing, at
Lymphe, and another indictment was preferred against
them for stealing three pigs, the property of Mr. Mar-
shall, of Standford. The Jury, after a few minutes
consultation found all the prisoners Guilty, and sen-
Lrerce of death was recorded. At the same Assizes,
William Brown, aged 36, indicted for burglarionsly
stealing from the dwelling of John Alen, at aromley,
on the 29th December, a copper and a sack, of the
value of 40s. James Jenher, indicted for buiglariously
breaking into the dwelling-house of James Dawes, at
Edenbridge on the 9th of Nov. and stealing therefrom
a quantity of goods ; Janus King, aged 28, indicted for
feloniously stealing on the 23d of December, a sheep,
value 11. 15s. the property of Frederick Perkins, Esq.
at Lee. were all found utak', and simi'arly sentenced,
Larkin Foreman was indicted for forging and ut-
tering, knowingly, a coenterfett cheque for 651.65. upon
the bank of Messrs. Day and Sons, at Cranbrnok, on
the 15th of August, with intent to defraud Samuel
Udale Peen. There were other counts varying the
mode of charging the offence imputed to the prisoner.
It appears in evidence, that Mr. Peen, a tanner, kept
cash at Messrs. Day and Son's bank, at Rochester. He
had had some dealing with Mr. Bassett, a butcher, in
the mo-,th of Jane last, and gave him a cheque upon
the bank for Sl. Gs. 9d. At Cria:barin market, on the
25th of the same month, the prisoner, who was by
trade a butcher, and also the keeper of a toll-gate at
Todaurst, took the cheque from Mr. Ba•sett's appren-
tice, and gave him t• e ca.h f r it. On the 15. h of
August, the prison •r presented the cheque to a Mr.
Alarchant, a tiadesman of Cranbrook, requesting him
to ca.h it. The ch, que was at that time altered from
3/. 6s. 91. to 631. Gs. 9d. and the signa me of Mr.
IPeen had the sso.d " fold" added to it. Mr. Marchant
sa'd be had not sufficient cash for the purpose, but
advised bun to take it to the banking-huuse of Mr.
IKing, in the same ton n. The prisoner went there, but
returned, saying that there was such a crowd at Mr.
King's, in consequence of a run upon the bank, that he
couLi not get in. Mr. Marchant then went back sit h
hiinto King's, who, upon seeing the cheque, expressed a
doubt of its authenticity ; but said, that if upon inquiry
it tinned out to be genuine, be would cash it, the pri-
soner agreeing to take some of his notes in payment.
The prisoner left the cheque, and on inquiry it turned
out to be forged in the particulais abovementioned.—
Evidence was given to shew that the cheque was' a for-
ge ry to the extent charged.
The primmer said nothing in his defence. but called a peat many
witnevars, who gave him an excellent character.
BIG Damn litnamie odd the Jury there was no evidence of the
forgery, but left them to determine whether the prisoner bad uttered
the cheque knowing it to have been forged?
The Jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of
the uttering.
There was a second indictment against the prisoner for a similar
offence in uttering a forged cheque upon the Arm of gdineadts and
Co. bankers, Maidsmne, but this was not poi/muted.
Sentence of Death was passed upon the prisoner.
The Anises ended late on Saturday evening.

Mademoiselle Ds Binanon, the daughter of a Pari-
sian surgeon, was the first who invented the making of
anatomical subjects of wax and rags. She modelled
her imitations upon corpses, and they were executed
with such perfection, that Sir W. Palmas, on seeing
them, said, if They want nothing but the smell."

,JAMAIT 7.

Sttpday, arrived his Majesty's Alp Ariadne, 28, Cap-
tain J.Fleming Chapman, from the Cape of Qood Hope
station, having been telieved by the Samarang, vs, Cap-
tain Dunn. The Ariadne left the Mautitius, for the
Cape of Good Hope, on the 25th of August last, and
arrived at the Cape on the 2Sd of September, touching
at Tamatave, a pore of Madagascar, on her way. Ater
refitting at the Cape, she sailed from thence on the 2lst
rit October, leaving there Commod ite Christian, t the
Owen Glendower; also the Leven, Captain William F.
Owen; Barracouta, Captain Vidal; and the Albatross
cchooner, composing the surveying squadron about to
proceed to the Coat of Africa. The Ariadne arrved
a: St. Helena the sth of Noventer, and 1. ft the
When on a cruise on the 25t0 of Novcm'ser, off St.,
Lucia's Bay, on the west end of Madagascar, the officer.
of the watch announced a schooner being in right of
the roads of that:lnch:wage, on beating which, Captain
Chapman sent the first cutter, under the c•lnmand of
Lieutenant Eversfield, with the second cutter in com-
pany, under the island of St. Lucia, on hoard the sa;d
schooner, being under an impression that she was a
slaver. On the first cu:tet's heaving in sight of the
vessel, s! e set her tore topsail, cut let cables, and ran
on shore on the beach ; oa her d ing so, Lieutenant
Ever:field ordered Mr. Nelson to fire a musket, but to
he careful not to file on 1),,a1d her ; this he repeated,
.eni the second cutter followed the Commanding Offi
cer's motions. On Lieutenant Evetsfield boarding the
schooner, he observed several bodies floating; he then
ordered the boats, with a part of the crew, to pick up
those who wet e drowning, and they succeeded in saving
a gray many of the unfortunate slaves. On Lieutenant
Eversfield's arrival on board, he endeavoured to quell
the fears of the negroes, and the poor creatures soon
disc.vered, from the humane conduct of their captors,
that their lot was at least to be ameliorated ; they were
released from their confinement, and ate and drank at
all they could find on board,- votaciously, as ti ey were
nearly famishing, and suffered greatly korn w .nt of
water; indeed, it is almost impossible to conceive the
dreadful situation in which these slaves were when
taken, cooped up in so small a vessel as scarcely to be
able to move, and deprived of air Borer their mode of
confinement: the only food they had was a kind of
common bean, and the little water allowed tl em was
very bad. It was really gratifying to see the joy now
depicted on the care-worn countenances of these poor
beings. Lieutenant Eversfield, with the assistance of
the Master, Mr. Thompson, who had by this time ar-
rived in the gig, endeavotued to get the sch.mner off,
but could not succeed, as she had b. en scuttled in the
act of running on shine. No papers or documents of
any kind were found on board. She proved to be the
Walter Farquhar, a notorious vessel in the Slave Trade.
The slaves, furniture, &c. saved, were afterwards con-
demned by the Admiralty Court at tl.e Mauritius.
The Hope transport has sailed, to Elting the Depot of
the 1 A Foot from Cork; these corps having lately em-
barked for Barbadoes.

By the death of Major Ridley, Captain Moore, many years a
Quarter-Master of this Division of Royal Marines, obtains the rank
at Captain in that Corps, and vacates his situation.
The Victualling Dike at Chatham w.O be removed to Sheerness,
in August neat. •

The Admiralty having allowed one year to wear nut
the old uniform, the replatious of last year, relating to the Naval
uniform, took full effect on the Ist of January last.
A Lvattauo, Nov. 25.—The embargo which was laid
here on the 11th ult. has been raised this day, the Castle
of St. Juan de Ulloa having suriendered.
Several of the landlords in the agricultural parts of
Yorkshire have given notice to their tenants, that they
will not, at their ensuing, rent days, smile any money
in payment of their rents except the coin of the realm
and Bank of England notes.
Last %seek, a girl, thirteen years of age, of the name
of CliftlaTimets, was burnt to death at Walberton, near
Arundel, by her clothes catching the flame, while she
was standing by the fire.
Senor AUOUSTIN F. DECIAbiIiA, in a letter in the
limes, denies the statement in a Bench Journal, that
BIiRTRAN DE Lis .1 ai wed privateers, which, under the
flag of the A me!ican insurgents, daily attack Spanish yes.
gels.' He says, 4, it is not true that the said BERTRAM Die
Lis had armed any privateer, for any use whatever, and
much less to attack the property of his fellow•citizens."
notes:or Da CANDOLLE has moved, in the Represen
tative Council of Switzerland, to remove the Public
Library from the old •building in which it now is, and
proposed the hospital for Lunatics as a proper building
for the purpo,e, and if this was acceded to, a suitable
edifice lot those unfortunate persons might be erected,
somewhere in the country. This proposition was una-
nimously approved. A wish was expressed- on this
occ .sion that the Library might be always open, and a
salary given to the Librarian, which would enable him
to devote his whole time to it.

The following is given in a foreign journal as an ac-
count of the number of Officers who have entered into
the service of the (;reeks:—French, 2 Generals, 3
Colonels, 7 Captains, and 21 Lieutenants and Sub-
Lieutenants; Spanish, Portuguese, Luskin, and Pied-
montese, 2 Generals, 5 Colonels, $3 Captains, Lieu-
tenants, and Ensigns; English and American 35, but
respective ranks not stated; the number of subalterns
of different nations exceeds 100. The total crmprises
all who have entered into the service during the last
three years; deducting those wl.o have reunited to
Europe, and those who have entered into the Egyptian
army, at least four-fifths have been lost to the Greeks.
Saturday evening, a Coronet's Inquest was held at
the Axe Inn, Aldermanbury, before Tuoicsa SHELTON,'
Esq. and a respectable Juryons the body ofJohn Lovely,
who, on Thursday night, about ten o'clock, was found
lying at the corner of Wood-street, Cheapside, in a state
of insensibility, apparently from exhaustion, and sur-
rounded by several persons, one of whom said he lived
in Spitalfields. The poor creatute was delivered into
the care of a watchman, who removed him to the next
beat, where he was left to perish !—The Coroner made
some remarks upon the conduct of the watchman
(Clarke) which he said was highly disgraceful, as there
could be no doubt, if he had conveyed the deceased to
the watch-house, when he had' the charge of him, his life
might have been sayed.—Verdiet, "Died by the visi-
tation of GOD."

Liveries originated in•our British ancestors clothing
their vassals in uniform, to distinguish families; as they
painted arms and symbols on their clothes and armour
fir the same purpose.
Mr. Beauchamp, who had been arrested in Kentucky,
suspected of being the murderer of Colonel Sharp, has
been acquitted. He offered, after his discharge, to re•
main ten days in Frankfort, to afford an opporionly to
adduce new trstimony against him, if any further ci.uld
be obtained.

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No. 1, Pickett-Awe, Tontge-Bor