Star.
London, England, 1821-11-20 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO LORD BYRON.

ON READING THE LINES WRITTEN RV HIS LORDSHIP,.AND ENGRAVER
ON THE SILVER SIOLNTING OF A HUMAN SCULL, USED AS • GOBLET
AT HIS ELSIDENCE, NET/STEAD ABNEY.

• Why but thou hound around with silver rim
This once gay peopitti palace of the soul?
Look on it now, dissected, bkncled, and grim;
Is this, thou feverish man, thy festal bowl?
Is this the cup in which thou seelel the baba
Each blighted chalice to eny breast denies?
Is this the oblivious bowl, whosifloods becalm
Ter worm that will not sleep, and never dies?
Woe to the lip to which this cup is held,
The lip that's pall'd with every purer draught,
For which alone the rifled grave can yield
A goblet worthy to be deeply quaff'd!
Strip Ikea this glittering mockery from the skull.
Restore the relic to its tomb again,
And seek a healing balm within Ike boa,
The Messed bocci that never Steed is vain!
Sheffield. . •

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, NOVEMBER /9.
COOKE V. COLLINGR MOE.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR asked Mr. Hatt what he'
prayed for by his Bill?
Mr. HART, in reply to his Honour the Vice-Chan-
cellor, said, the prayer of his client the plaintiff was,
that it might be decreed that the sale had not been
beneficial, and that a re-sale might be taken, and
an account of the receipts and pmfits furnished, and
that done, the defendants might be offered to pass
the same.
Mr. HEALD, in noticing what took place on Sa-
turday, said, much of what had then been alleged
had been positively denied; and further observed, that
the Court would, as in all cases where the partner
was also the executor, look with some little legal jea-
lousy at the circumstance, but with nothing more.
A long conversation ensued as to the ruinous cir-
cumstances that would attend partnerships in general'
if something was not done to remedy the evil,
arising in the event of one partner demanding of the
others an equal division of the trade, as it would
have the effect of breaking up an advantageous pro-
perty, and putting each to the necessity of beginning
trade over again.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR did not think the Court
would allow such a transaction to take place; and
as the question was of such importance to the mer-
cantile
world, suggested the propriety of some clause
being drawn up to obviate the evil in future deeds,
and to lay it down as a general rule on which the
Court would act. In order to do this, the Learned
Counsel were directed to turn their minds to the
point, and Wednesday next was the day fixed for
their submitting it to the Court.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER IS.
An application was made for leave to file a crimi-
nal information against two Gentlemen, one of whom
is a Magistrate, for abuse of authority. The Learned
Counsel who made the motion did not consider it
discreet on the occasion to mention the names.
The Coter, having judgments to deliver, ordered
the motion to stand over to another day.
THE LING V. rtareawaLL.
The defendant, on the motion of the Sotactrosy,
GENERAL, appeared to receive judgment, found
guilty upon an information filed by the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL, of violating an Order in Council for regu-
lating vessels under quarantine. The defendant,
who was on board a ship called the Limerick Trader,
under quarantine, not only opened one of the pack-
ages, in disobedience to the said Order of the Privy
Council, but threw the goods out of the cabin-win-
dow. The articles were picked up by a boat. He
was tried at Maidstone, and the conviction rendered
him liable to fine and imprisonment. An objection
was taken by Mr. ADOLPHUS to the words of the in-
formation, which described the Order in Council to
be a Proclamation, when it was only a notification in
the Gazette. The question, which was reserved, came
this day under the eye of the Court, and, after some
inquiry, the Judges held that the informality was a
bar to the judgment, and they directed a new trial,
provided the Law Officers of the Crown were dis-
posed to prosecute de goro.—The defendant was dis-
charged on his own recognizance, to appear again
and receive judgment, if requited.
THE KING V. BARROW, HENSURY, CRESTED, AND
LIMA NS.
The defendants, Stephen' Barrow and Francis Hen-
bury, appeared to re;:eire the judgment of the Court,
found guilty of a conspiracy to bribe an Admiralty
Midshipman, named Burn, whose duty it was to
guard against smuggling, by keeping of all boats
from his station, near the Priory Fort, on the coast,
near Hastings. The defendants were in decent situa-
tions in life; one was a coal-merchant, and the other'
a brewer, both residing at Bexley, in Kent. Henbury
was also to receive judgment upon another charge of
the same de.cription. After the attempt to bribe Mr.
Burn, he was concerned with the other defendants,
Chester and Eylan, in offering a bribe to a seaman,
named Stevens, to let them land goods: this attempt
also failed. Barrow and Henbury put in affidavits,
stating that Burn led them into the offence.
Mr. Justice BATLEY, in passing the sentence of the
Court, said offences of this description could not be
permitted. Every man in a public situation was es-
pected to do his duty; and persons endeavouring, by
the offer of money, to previil on such persons not to do
their duty, deserved heavy punishment.
The COURT sentenced Barrow to pay a fine of
£lOO, to be imprisoned in Horsham jail nine months,
and give sureties for five years—himself in £2OO,
and two others in £5O each.
Francis Henbury, for the first offence, was sen-
tenced to pay a fine of £lOO, to be imprisoned nine
months in Horsham jail, and give sureties for five
years—himself in £2OO, and two others in £so.
For the second offence, a farther fine of £lOO, and
three months' imprisonment.
The other defendants, Chester and Eylan, were
sentenced to be imprisoned three months in Horsham
ja)l, and enter into sureties—theniselves int.loo each,
afid two others in £2O each.
THE KING V. DORTON.
The defendant, a constable, employed at the Court
House, Folkston, was called up to receive the judg-
Ment of the Court for assaulting an Officer of the
Customs, named Dickenson, who was endeavouring