Star.
London, England, 1821-12-19 00:00:00

THE Po]

IC COBBLER IN DISTBEB&

Near the ditch where Skereespied,
Who bad princely bosom kV.
In a garret, mid and raw,
Windows large, whb crack sad Ilswg
Lives a Poet. poor and sad.
Thinly elotied, and fed as bad,
Bred oo Sortis's warlike plains,
limed for humble rustic strains!
View his garret, where be pines,
=out the lofty lines ;
nu see his useful stall.
Cobbler's bream and his awl,
Folding bedstead, kettle. pot,
Pitcher., shop-hitt, and what set,
Cup and saucer, basins two,
Inkstand to Apollo true;
Poker, shovel, and a broom,
Wanting in a Cobbler's nom; ,
Tinder-box, and matches good.
He can boast of, as be should 3
What's a Poet witbookffre,
Lofty numbers to inspire ;
Warming, as you soar on high,
In the clear poetic sky ?
Nen of genius, men of mettle,
Dve, and boast of fortune little:
Cottage worth, and garret fame,
Suffer penury and shame: .
Bards and herset have been port..
Begg'd a morsel at your dear.
Nature, lavish, gives to one
• Sense superior; fortune nose ;
To another gold she gives,
Whilst a blockhead still be lives!:
But the Poet, he is blest,
By the sacred Nine carese'd:
Great the happiness be sings,
Quaging the Pierian springs I
Wide expands his mental eye.
" Catehlegfolhes as they FS r
Palming Nature's low'ry fields,
As the sounding lay be wields;
Now he courts the torrent's roar,
And the surge that beats the shore;
Sings the Battles dreadful clash
As the Armies onward dash,
lilounts on pinions 'strong, afar
'Bove the elemental war,
Then the song, descending sweet,
Soft as when the Zephyrs meet,
Whispers Love in virgin voice,
Bids the dying swain rejoice !
Wrapt in thought, again he Hies
To the bright Elysian skim
Tells the blest and fair abodes.
Seats of Love and Heroes, Gods :
Lo! majestic be descends,
Ambient air beneath him bends,
In a low familiar style.
Condescending with a smile;
But, alighting—people, hear it,
Finds himself in Cobbler's garret!
1, Hare-court, Shoreditch, Dec. 111. DAVID SERVICIb

A few days since an Inquest was held on a poor''
unknown mar. found dead in the Parish of Britford,
near Salisbury. He had been seen by many persons
on the previous day, in a very debilitamd state, soli-
citing charity.—Verdict, found dead.
Yesterday evening, an Inquest was held at the
Turf Tap, back of St. George's Hospital, on the body
of Richard Watts, who was killed on Saturday last.
Mr. John Coleman, John's-court, Farm-street, Berke-
ley-square, deposed, that the deceased was about 60
)ears old, and had been in the service of Viscountess
Cremotne. His wife and family had apartments over
the stables in Farm-yard. About eight o'clock on
Saturday evening the deceased was lying on the
ground, underneath the window of his room, bleeding
profusely, and apparently dead; there were some
pieces of earthenware on the ground, which the de-
ceased's wife said was a basin in which there had been
water, which he attempted to fling oat of the window,
or rather door, of the apartments, to which there was
no guard. It appeared that there was an extensive
fracture on the right side of the skull, and an effusion
of blood on the brain, which was the immediate
cause of his death. Verdict—Accidental Death.
A party of Players were upset on the Tyne a few
nights ago, on their way to Shields, but they clung
fast to the boat, and were all dived. A valuable trio-
lincello, however, made the best of its way into the
German Ocean.
Monday night, during the gale, a sloop from Cork
ran its bowsprit against the new wall, in attempting
to enter the Old Gut Dock, at Liverpool, with so
much force as to break the bolt, and cause it to slide
along the deck. In its recoil it came in contact with
one of the crew, and literally cut him in two.
NV ROCK PLONDERTIRS.BaCkhOUSC Osbourne, sen.
Joseph Law, and Backhouse Osbourn, jun. committed
on Monday se'nnight, from the Police Office, in Car-
lisle, for farther examination, on a charge of plun-
dering the wreck of the ship Grampus, stranded near
Skinhurnes', during the late storm, were brought up
on Friday last, for the purpose of committal for trial.
The first two were columned on the minor charge,
and the latter (a youth), was held to bail.—Almost
immediately after the Grampus came ashore, she was
boarded and plutidered—and even women assisted in
the unfeeling work. The two unfortunate brothers
(the Marley s), who navigated her, were washed over..j
board before the smack struck, and drowned. One
-of the tpodies was soon afterwards thrown up by the
waves. Instead of being conveyed to some proper
-cleposhory, it was stripped naked ; the jacket pocket,
it is known, contained nearly £7O in Bank-notes, the
produce of a cargo of herrings. These, and various
other facts,coming to the knowledge of Mr. Stephen-
son's ageats, in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, they
procured search-warrants, and taking with them
proper assistance, set off for Skinburness, on the Sa-
turday evening. They soon got such information as
led to the apprehension of the three persons before
mentioned, and one or two others are implicated. In
searching Osbourne's house, there were found in it,
among other things, 25 silk and cotton (mixture)
gowns ; 23 printed gowns, many of them apparently'
sever worn, and some of them not made up ; 40
shirts and shifts, made of linen, some very fine ; about
50 silk and caton shawls; a large quantity of
blatikets ; 10 or 12 webs of linen cloth ; a great many
pairs of linen sheets, many evidently never used; a
very rich table-cloth, curiously worked with silk •
Awards of 100 fine cotton, yarn, and wonted
stockings, some of them with various initials and
names on them; about 30 women's bonnets, some
silk, others straw and Leghorn, many of them never
wed, &c. The jacket of the unfortunate Marley was
also found inthehouse by his relatives, but the money
bad disappeared. Some years ago the Huntingdon
lost in that neighbourhood, laden with silk goods.
Dime of the articles aboveraentiontd cams from the
atitairts. •