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London, England, 1810-08-28 00:00:00

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THE. THISTLE'S GROWN ABOVE
ROSE.

The iborhoo LiIIO wet' to smell
7:borga trodden :own by bank and vale;
And Within* rich 'iuongst honey dews,
Haw down the lovely English Rose.
In Scotland grows a hardy flower
'l'oo tough to bu by Lady's bower ;
nurs'il among the Northern snows
The Thistle's grown above the Rose.
Knee-de+•p in Egypt's burning sand
Was seen old Scotland's veteran band,
In deadly wrestle, hand to hand,
Shake ruin from the gory brand;
Red smear'd with blood, and grim with dust,
Through France's fiercest ranks they rush'd;
An resting at the hattle's close,
Rais d the rough Thistle e'er the Rose.
When on Corunna's deadly shore
The Highland claymore dropp'd with gore;
Thick in the battle's awful ,tour,,
In bay'net's push and bullet's shower;

The oaltic eagle low did cower,
Cru,h'd %,eath the gory tread of MOORL!

Then lac'd rich with dieblood of foes,
The Mlle taunted o'er the Rose.
When on Culloden's dreary field
Scotland threw down ber rebel shield;
When war's grim horrors all unchain'd,
Like clouds new loos'd in Heaven

E'en then, sweet flower, 'neath war-men's tread,
Thou heldst tby never-bonded head,
And bloody-wreatled round valour's brows,
Thou flaunted'st o'er the English Rose.
Let England's lovely Roses speak,
ltropp'd rich on Beauty's smiling cheek:
But ill suit Beauty's buxom trim,
The iron grips of battle grim.
Sweet Thistle, tuft of golden down,
Thou princeliest gem on Britain's crown ;
Red wet with dearest blood of foes,
Thou blossons'st far above the Rose!
ALLAN CITNNIN6NAM.
Gaossaar.—Sartre, the sound and tumult of battle—Dust
lifted by the winds.

SAMPFORD GHOST.—For some time past the house
of Mr. CHAVE, of Sampford, in Devonshire, has had,
according to current report, some 66 Supernatural Vi-
strings." The following is the testimony of the Rev.
C. Courox, under the solemn sanction of an oath,
dated August 18, 1810:
44 And first I depose solemnly, that after an atten-
dance of six nights (not successive), at Mr. Chave's
house, in the village of Sampford, and with a mind
perfectly unprejudiced, after the most minute investi-
gation, and closest inspection of all the premises, I am
utterly unable to account for any of the phenomena
I have there seen and heard, and labour at this mo-
ment under no small perplexity, arising from a deter-
ruination not lightly to admit of supernatural inter-
ference, and an impossibility of hitherto tracing these
effects to any human cause. I farther depose, that on
my visits Lo Mr. Chave's house, at Sampford, I never
had other motives, direct or indirect, avowed or con-
cealed, but an earnest, and I presume not a culpable
wish to trace these phenomena to the true and leg;-
timate cause. Also, that I have in every instance,
found the people of the how most willing and ready
to contribute every thing in their power, and to co-
operate with me in the detection of the cause of these
unaccountable sights, and violent blows and sounds.
Also, that I am so deeply convinced of the difficulty
of proving these effects to be human, that I stand
engaged to forfeit a very considerable sum to the poor
of my parish, whenever this business now going on at
Sampford shall be made appear to have been produced
by any human art or ingenuity, collectively or indi-
vidually exerted. Also, that I have, in presence of
many gentlemen, repeatedly sworn the domestics to
the effect, namely—that they were not only utterly
ignorant of the cause of those circumstances which
then astonished us, but also of the causes of many
ether things equally unaccountable, which we our-
selves did not hear or see, but to the truth of
which they also swore; no less than to their perfect
ignorance of the means by which they were pro-
duced. Also, that I have affixed a seal, with a
crest, to every door, cavity, &c. in the house, through
which any communication could be carried on—
that this seal was applied to each end of sundry
pieces of paper, in such a manner that the slightest
attempt to open such doors, or to pass such cavities,
must have broken these papers, in which case my
crest must have prevented their being replaced with-
out discovery ; that none of these papers were de-
ranged or broken ; and also, that the phenomena that
Eight were as unaccountable as ever. Also, that I
have examined several women, quite unconnected
with the family of Mr. Chave; but who, some from
compassion, have slept in this house ; that many of
them related the facts on oath ; that all of them
wished to be so examined,• if required ; and lastly,
that they all agreed, without one exception, in this
particular : 66 that their night's rest was invariably
destroyed by violent blows from some invisible
band—by an unaccountable and rapid drawing
and withdrawing of the curtains—by a 'suffocating
and almost inexpressible weight, and by a repeation
of sounds se loud as at times to shake the whole
room. Also, that there were morethan twenty people
of credibility, quite unconnected with the owner, or
the present tenants of this house in question, who
have related to me the most astonishing circum-
stances they have seen and heard on these premises ;
all of which they are ready to substantiate, if called
upon, cn oath. Also, that this plot, if it be a plot,
bath been carried on for many months ; that it must
be in the hands of more than fifty people, all of whom
are ready to perjure themselves, though not one of
them could possibly gain any thing by it ; that the
present owner is losing the value of his house, the te-
nant the customers of his shop, whom fear now pre-
vents from visiting it alter sun-set, and that the do-
mestics are losing their rest; and all these evils are
with most exemplary patience submitted to, without
any object but the keeping of a ridiculous secret,
which, although so many are privy to it, and many
en( re interested in discovering, hath not yet been di-
vulged, although such a disclosure would be attended
with circumstances highly advantageous and gratify-
ing to any person who could be induced to discover it."
The above was sworn before Mr. B. Wood, a Mas-
ser in Chancery ; and the names of Mr. John Geeett,
and Mr. Betty, surgeons ; Mr. Pulling, merchant ;
and Mr. Quick, innliolder, all of Tiverton ; of Mr.
Merson, surgaon ; and John Cowling, Esq. of Samp-
le, d ; and Mr. Chave, of Mere, are selected from a
d of witnesses to substantiate facts, which they
declare sue to them perfectly inexplicable, and for.
*fish they are utterly incapable to account.

iNSIZZt

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A cause for a breach of promise of marriage was
heard in Limerick, at the late Assizes, in which Miss
Christian Sargeant, second daughter of Francis Sar-
geant, Esq. of Crosbie Row, was Flaintiff, and Mr.
James Spring, Defendant. The trial occupied the
Court from ten till four o'clock, a nutnbir of wit-
nesses being examined, and much legal ability on
both sides displayed. The Jury, after a few mi-
nutes' consideration, returned a verdict for £5OO
damages.

At the Surrey Assizes, Mrs. Sprigg, a widow lady,
residing at Barnes, obtained a verdict againit Messrs.
Bainbridge, Fletcher, and Barber, in an action for a
nuisance in carrying on a soap'manufactory, contigu-
ous to her estate in that village.
At the Warwick Assizes, Job Ellis was found
guilty of assaulting a girl ten years of age, with in-
tent to violate her person. Sentenced to 12 months
imprisonment, as was Sarah Perks, for concealing
the birth of her male child. Hannah Goodwin, for
keeping two infamous houses at Birmingham, to be
imprisoned 12 months, and stand in the pillory.—
James Payne, for assaulting, with intent to commit
a rape, to be imprisoned two years, and stand in the
pillory twice. •
Our Readers will probably recollect a number of
country bank notes having been stolen from a mail
coach ; and that, for the purpose of disguising the
theft, the perpetrators, without altering the nominal
value of the notes, attempted to render another
house liable for the payment, by pasting slips of
paper on them, bearing the address of the new firm,
in the manner that is sometimes done by the count; y
bankers, to avoid the expence of new stamps. Under
this peculiarity, the case of William Treble was re-
served for the opinion of the twelve Judges; doubts
being entertained, whether the alteration of the
notes, as above described, amounted to a forgery.—
Friday last, at the Sussex Assizes, the prisoner hav-
ing been brought into Court, Lord ELLENISOROUOH
informed him, that the opinion of the Judges was,
that his offence amounted to a forgery. His Lord.
ship, therefore, passed sentence of death upon him,
and recommended him to make the best use of his
short portion of time in preparing for his awful
transition to a future state.